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Hello and thank you for looking at this, i have an epic unrooted that i updated to 2.2 with an update.zip. My epic usb is broken and i need to exchange it and they won't take it with 2.2 on it. I need an update.zip that puts my epic back to 2.1 stock. I need to be able to put it on my sd card and update through recovery. Like i said i don't have root. Please help me! Thank you in advance.
Theres a thread about how to return your phone to stock with odin, also check the wiki. Your best bet is to flash through odin to di18, our dg27, either works...
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my usb doesn't work..
snowmanwithahat said:
Theres a thread about how to return your phone to stock with odin, also check the wiki. Your best bet is to flash through odin to di18, our dg27, either works...
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@ kpkimmel
if im right there is a zip you can flash with samsungs recovery to go back to 2.1.
its somewhere around here i think
kpkimmel said:
my usb doesn't work..
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Pull the storage card out of the phone and plug it into a storage card reader and plug that into you computer.
that is for rooted phones.....thanks anyway
kpkimmel said:
that is for rooted phones.....thanks anyway
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You can root your phone without usb. z4root does work for the epic.
how do i do that
Search for the APk for z4root. Then dl it and install it. Open the app and click root.
recovery
musclehead84 said:
Search for the APk for z4root. Then dl it and install it. Open the app and click root.
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yeah but doesnt he still need a custom recovery to flash the rom??
Can't he use rom manager to give him a custom recovery
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kpkimmel said:
Hello and thank you for looking at this, i have an epic unrooted that i updated to 2.2 with an update.zip. My epic usb is broken and i need to exchange it and they won't take it with 2.2 on it. I need an update.zip that puts my epic back to 2.1 stock. I need to be able to put it on my sd card and update through recovery. Like i said i don't have root. Please help me! Thank you in advance.
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this is the factory update zip. I copied a long time ago... This is a long shot but here it is, hope it work. ( I've never tried it )
View attachment update.zip
seems very small to revert me back to stock.
update..didn't work..thanks anyways.....i can't believe there isn't an update.zip for returning to stock without root........found like 100 evo stocks ones......frustrated..
This Tread may be your savior...Good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861259
Oh also you might need to change the the file name to update in order to flash it in the stock recovery.
I did this when I first went to FROYO ( forgot who's post I got it from) If you have the factory ROM just rename name it... update.zip and try that, it worth a shot
Here's this thread too........
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786266
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deciple said:
Here's this thread too........
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=786266
Sent from my spot on the earth.
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i gave him that link earlier
he doesnt have clockwork installed
Easy fix man, break a battery pin off so the phone doesn't power on, and take it back saying it just died. They won't be able to boot it to check the rom at that time and should in store replace it with a refurb. I have done this once, when they didn't want to replace mine for screen wobble.
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You could also intentionally flash a file that shouldn't have be flashed, to stick the phone at the boot logo.
Without being able to boot, they cannot reveal what rom is 'running'
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Just get a 12-24VAC power brick, like one used on a sprinkler timer. Drag the 2 bare leads from the output around the contacts on the back of the phone for battery, sdcard, antennas, etc... It'll roast the **** out of everything inside of the phone. They'll never know what ROM was on it after that.
So last night I tried running the one click root with CWM 3, and it ran, but got stuck installing the recovery image, so I disconnected, rebooted, and ran again. Now it won't run cuz Asphalt and Free HD game demos are gone. What can I do? I really don't want to Odin just to get those two apks back
Odin a prerooted tar.. or manually install the recovery because if you made it that far ur phone should be rooted... is superuser in the app drawer now??
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chris41g said:
Odin a prerooted tar.. or manually install the recovery because if you made it that far ur phone should be rooted... is superuser in the app drawer now??
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It was, but then I ran the one click again and it froze up my whole phone, it wouldn't even start. Somehow, messing around with Odin unlocked it, but superuser was gone, but my phone was back to normal (still missing those two apps)
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It was, but then I ran the one click again and it froze up my whole phone, it wouldn't even start. Somehow, messing around with Odin unlocked it, but superuser was gone, but my phone was back to normal (still missing those two apps)
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There is not enough room for one click to run and copy so it deletes those 2 apps to make room. When you are rooted move a bunch of stuff to SD card and you can download and install them again.
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There is not enough room for one click to run and copy so it deletes those 2 apps to make room. When you are rooted move a bunch of stuff to SD card and you can download and install them again.
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But the problem is that I can't root. I'll try a different computer later to see if that solves anything
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b3nny said:
But the problem is that I can't root. I'll try a different computer later to see if that solves anything
Sent from my epicly epic Epic
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Make sure Superuser is not still on your phone. Go into manage applications>all and see. If it is there, clear data in it. Then try one-click again.
kennyglass123 said:
Make sure Superuser is not still on your phone. Go into manage applications>all and see. If it is there, clear data in it. Then try one-click again.
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or he can odin a prerooted tar, and be back to normal...
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or he can odin a prerooted tar, and be back to normal...
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That's what I do.
I've never gotten the one click script to work. I assume it's because I'm dumb or my hardware isn't compatible or something. It always says "phone not connected" even though it is connected and I have the proper drivers installed.
pre-rooted tars in odin are just so much easier.
If you are getting "phone not recognized" error it is 99% of time your cable you are using. The factory cable is junk!
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If you are getting "phone not recognized" error it is 99% of time your cable you are using. The factory cable is junk!
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Blackberry cable FTW! I agree. I always use my blackberry cable and never have problems.
Anyone have any explanation as to why my phone locked up while running the one click and then fixed by using Odin, abiet with everything still intact? In scared I messed up something behind the scenes. And where and how do I get a flashable tar to root my phone with?
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Anyone have any explanation as to why my phone locked up while running the one click and then fixed by using Odin, abiet with everything still intact? In scared I messed up something behind the scenes. And where and how do I get a flashable tar to root my phone with?
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Yeah, that shouldn't of happened unless flashed only a modem instead of a full tar. They should be greater than 150MB. Here is the link for an EB13 prerooted tar set, also in development there are a bunch of new EC05 files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
the tittle says it all. i want to go stock to take it back to sprint. b/c my phone is defected. my phone cant tell when its connectedto my computer.. it just keeps charging and never gives me an option to use the usb mas storage. yeah i tried changing cables, using different computers, disable usb debugging, tried different roms, tried going to recovery and mounting my storage. nothing works.. my phone works perfectly with a custom rom. however, I cant connect to my computer.. my phone is not bricked it just wont connect to my computer. so im trying to go back fuclly stock with out using ODIN.. (FORUM PLZ HELP)
Not sure why you have 2 threads about the same thing.. but anyways..
You might want to try out Mobile Odin
https://market.android.com/details?id=eu.chainfire.mobileodin.pro
It's $3.99, but well worth it.. I think anyone messing with custom ROMs and rooting their phones should have this just in case.
I'd actually like a youtube tutorial on this same process. Mobile odin confuses me a bit after using pc odin for years on my vibrant.
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Not meaning to be a smart butt here but I must ask:
Do you have Kies installed on your pc?
Kies installs the proper drivers so your pc and phone communicate. Just saying....
rdisanza said:
Not meaning to be a smart butt here but I must ask:
Do you have Kies installed on your pc?
Kies installs the proper drivers so your pc and phone communicate. Just saying....
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yes i do.. i also re installed them again on all my pc's..im running out of options..and mobile odin seems confusing for me..since im so use to the regular odin..i would love to see a tutorial on the mobile odin..thanks tho for the question..
Not knowing for sure if it would do the trick for you but what about a Hard Reset?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1368486
I'd do some reading 1st.
Dial ##8778# in your dialer, and tell me which is selected?
You should have AP selected. If not switch it to AP and see if that works.
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Dial ##8778# in your dialer, and tell me which is selected?
You should have AP selected. If not switch it to AP and see if that works.
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Yes i do have AP selected.. im guessing there isnt a way to go stock with out the use of Odin...
geomatiq said:
Yes i do have AP selected.. im guessing there isnt a way to go stock with out the use of Odin...
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You can technically create an update script to flash via CWM and flash everything but the bootloaders...
there are some more advanced ways to flash bootloaders manually.. but I wouldn't recommend it unless you REALLY know what you're doing.. You can brick your phone, so it's not even worth it. I'm not sure they can even see the bootloader version anyhow, so it doesn't really matter.
Flash a stock rom without root, flash a stock kernel, wipe data and everything to factory default and reboot.
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Flash a stock rom without root, flash a stock kernel, wipe data and everything to factory default and reboot.
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which stock rom do u suggest? which stock kernel do u suggest??
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which stock rom do u suggest? which stock kernel do u suggest??
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Ek02... Anything else wouldn't really be stock.
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Ek02... Anything else wouldn't really be stock.
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But if i download a rom without root im not gonna have root access to flash the kernel
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You don't need root access to flash the kernel, since you would still be on custom recovery. So yeah flash a stock unrooted rom, then proceed to flash a stock kernel with stock recovery.
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You don't need root access to flash the kernel, since you would still be on custom recovery. So yeah flash a stock unrooted rom, then proceed to flash a stock kernel with stock recovery.
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Or if for some strange reason it doesn't work in that order just flash the stock kernel first (it won't change until you reboot) then flash the stock rom without root.
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Or if for some strange reason it doesn't work in that order just flash the stock kernel first (it won't change until you reboot) then flash the stock rom without root.
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So the only close enough to stock rom that i found is this one should i use this one ????? damme this is a headache http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415924
You could also use terminal emulator on the phone and run the script from sfhub thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728) to install stock EG30+stock recovery, and run unroot script straight from the phone. Then just use file explorer to delete the 000root directory.
Since your phone wont recognize the computer you can always copy the files over by using a sd card reader.
So i went to the sprint store...and i told the tech support guy that my phone was not connecting to my computer and he took a quick look at my phone and said did you rooted??? and i frozed and he continued, if you rooted your phone then thats the problem. i told him that it was more of a hardware issue not a software...he wasnt even paying attention to me.. he just said stop messing with the phones if u dont know how to how to fix them.. i was so madd i felt like throwing him my phone at his face.. but then i thought to my self.. my phone is not messed up.. it just doesnt recognize my phone.. plus i got the XDA community..
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Not sure why you have 2 threads about the same thing.. but anyways..
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What the hell is going on with these phones??? Me + 3 others have all started a thread today with the same issue! What could be causing this???
Wow... i just even did a dial code hard reset of the phone and i'm still having the same issue --- ughhhhhh frustrating
Just take your phone into sprint with it rooted. The first thing they will do is return it to full stock to see if that solves the problem. Sprint's policy is to service all phones rooted or not. Just expect it unrooted when they hand it back.
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So, lately I've been noticing a lot of DEVs saying "Flash EL26 kernel through ODIN, then proceed to recovery to finish the rest of your flashing".
This holds true, correct? Any other ICS kernel is going to cause the eMMC lock-up issue, if you wipe or do a delete on a massive scale?
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True.
So, what's this eMMC chip everyone is talking about?
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The eMMC chip is basically what controls your Internal Data Partition. Anything to do with writing (or for this case, deleting) data from your internal partition is going to involve this chip!
Why is the eMMC chip messing up?
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In a basic explanation, the eMMC chip doesn't mesh with ICS kernels as perfectly as GB kernels do. There were some issues with the firmware inside of the eMMC chip, and the ICS kernel would trigger it to (in a sense) meltdown if a partition wipe script was initiated. There may be a way to fix the firmware, but as of today, we are unaware of it and are awaiting the answers.
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So, until the eMMC bug has a permanent fix, I'm going to make a comprehensive guide to flashing new ROMs, backing up, restoring, and any other helpful tips.
My goal is simple: Collected, organized, informative, and clean.
Disclaimer: Don't blame me when you do this incorrectly. I will laugh. You knew what you were getting into when you first rooted, my friend.
If any of my information is wrong, please PM me and I will correct it ASAP. Even spelling errors..
CREDIT GOES TO:
Chris41g for his EL26 kernel. Thank you very much!
Tell me of others I'm missing.
Read all steps and make preparations BEFORE starting this tutorial! You better be prepared before undertaking these processes!!
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Guide Part I: Flashing new ROMs.
For users who already have an ICS kernel on their phone. Or for those who don't know, and want to be safe!
It's really basic. Because of the bug in the ICS kernel recoveries that crash the eMMC chip during Wipe Data scripts, you must use the EL26 kernel, and flash it from ODIN before making any changes.
Make sure you READ these instructions BEFORE starting, and prepare accordingly!
(files also attached at the bottom of this thread, extract the .md5 kernel from the .zip first before using it in ODIN.)
First, flash the EL26 Kernel + Recovery through ODIN.
Step 1: Download the EL26 kernel, ODIN, and install AND setup completely KIES, to make sure the drivers are there and ready!
Step 2: Once ready, put the phone into Download Mode by holding down the VOL DOWN + POWER buttons, until you see a Warning!! screen with a triangle at the bottom. Press VOL UP to continue into Download Mode.
Step 3: Plug the device into your Windows PC and wait for the drivers to say they're full installed, then open ODIN.
Step 4: Wait for ODIN to show a yellow, lit up bar with "0:[COM?]" under the "ID:COM" section.
Step 5: Once ODIN is ready, go to the PDA box and browse for the StockCWM-EL26.tar.md5 file you downloaded earlier. DO NOT CHECK ANY OTHER BOXES. Messing around with settings in ODIN will get you into trouble.
Step 6: Press "Start", and wait for it to finish its thing. WATCH YOUR PHONE, and be ready to go into Recovery Mode.
Step 7: Don't allow your phone to boot! Hold down VOL UP + POWER as soon as your screen shows the Samsung Galaxy S II splash screen, until you see the blue CWM screen. (should be ver. 5.0.2.7, if I'm not mistaken.) (You may notice the yellow triangle, we'll get to removing that later!)
We are now in EL26 Recovery, where you can wipe till your heart bursts with joy.
But, you might wonder.. Why are we using a GB recovery for flashing an ICS ROM?
After you flash the ROM in this recovery, it will flash an ICS recovery over it, so that after you reboot, you'll have your ICS recovery and kernel. We only need the EL26 recovery to do the in-between work..
Now, onto flashing your new ROM! This one's easy..
Step 8: Wipe data/factory reset by using the option on the main screen of recovery, Wipe cache using the option a few clicks below it, and Wipe Dalvik cache using the option from the Advanced menu.
Step 9: Once you've wiped those listed, prepare to flash your ROM. If you haven't downloaded the ROM to your SD card yet, now would be a good time. Either remove your SD card and load the ROM onto it from your PC, or back up and go to "Mounts and Storage", then mount your SD card and load it through your USB connection that way.
Step 10: Go to "Install from zip file" and go through the needed directories to locating and selecting your ROM.
Step 11: Flash your ROM, like usual. (Also flash GAPPS, or any other after ROM installation zips at this time, if that's when they're supposed to be done normally.)
Now, once you click reboot, EL26 RECOVERY WILL NO LONGER EXIST ON YOUR PHONE. Once again.. DO NOT PLAN ON WIPING DATA AGAIN, WITHOUT A FIXED KERNEL AND RECOVERY. Once rebooted, the affected ICS kernel and recovery (the one that came in your ROM .zip that you flashed while using the EL26 temp kernel) will be back into place. Doing any sort of hard reset, data wipes, LARGE FILE DELETES, or factory resets MAY result in a bricked phone. Please, be careful!
Step 12: Reboot and enjoy your new ICS ROM!
CONGRATS! You got to dry land safely. You should now be in your new ROM, with no crashes to the eMMC chip! If you're not.. Well, you didn't listen.
Now, about that Yellow triangle during boot.. Check the end of the post.
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Guide Part II: Backing up your existing ICS ROM.
Just like flashing a new ROM, we're going to need the EL26 kernel and recovery to do this. Once the backing up has taken place, we'll need to restore your old kernel. I'll show you how.
Step 1: Go here and download a kernel that corresponds to the CURRENT ROM that you're going to be backing up. The choices are AOSP/AOKP, CM9, or TOUCHWIZ, mainly. Make sure that you find the kernel that is associated with your current ROM (ex: FE21, FE16, FE14, and so on..), because we will be wiping that kernel away, and will need to restore it again later. Check for current kernel version in System > About Phone > Kernel Version.
Step 2: Once you've downloaded your corresponding kernel, put the phone into Download Mode by holding down the VOL DOWN + POWER buttons, until you see a Warning!! screen with a triangle at the bottom. Press VOL UP to continue into Download Mode.
Step 3: Plug the device into your Windows PC and wait for the drivers to say they're full installed, then open ODIN.
Step 4: Wait for ODIN to show a yellow, lit up bar with "0:[COM?]" under the "ID:COM" section.
Step 5: Once ODIN is ready, go to the PDA box and browse for the StockCWM-EL26.tar.md5 file you downloaded earlier. Do not mix the kernels up! EL26 is for before backup, and the kernel you downloaded that matches your currect ROM is for after the backup process. OKAY? DO NOT CHECK ANY OTHER BOXES. Messing around with settings in ODIN will get you into trouble.
Step 6: Press "Start", and wait for it to finish its thing. WATCH YOUR PHONE, and be ready to go into Recovery Mode.
Step 7: Don't allow your phone to boot! Hold down VOL UP + POWER as soon as your screen shows the Samsung Galaxy S II splash screen, until you see the blue CWM screen.
Now, you're in EL26 recovery. Let's backup your old ROM, then flash the new kernel!
Step 8: Proceed to the backup and restore options, then backup as you normally would.
Note: Make SURE that you understand that this backup is going to contain the EL26 kernel. This kernel WILL NOT WORK with ICS ROMs. Just because we are using it during recovery, doesn't mean it's friendly with ICS. If you ever wish to restore this backup, you'll need the kernel that matches it. I suggest renaming it afterwards with a clear and distinctive name, and placing the kernel inside the backup folder with the backup itself, to avoid confusions.
Step 9: After you've finished the backup, Wipe cache and Wipe dalvik cache, using the main menu of recovery and the advanced menu, respectfully. Don't skip this step!
Step 10: Now, you'll need to flash the kernel that you overwrote when you flashed EL26 with ODIN at the beginning. You can do this with the EL26 recovery. Go to "Flash a zip file" and find the kernel that you downloaded from this page, then flash it. If you haven't placed this file onto your SD card yet, please do so by either removing the SD card and using your PC to load it on, or use the "Mounts and Storage > Mount USB" option, then load it through your USB connection.
Step 11: Once the kernel that matches your existing ROM has been flashed, you can safely reboot and your phone should start up as normal. It will take longer this time, since you've flashed a new kernel, so be patient and don't fret.
You now have successfully backed up your current ROM! Like I said earlier, "Make SURE that you understand that this backup is going to contain the EL26 kernel. This kernel WILL NOT WORK with ICS ROMs. Just because we are using it during recovery, doesn't mean it's friendly with ICS. If you ever wish to restore this backup, you'll need the kernel that matches it. I suggest renaming it afterwards with a clear and distinctive name, and placing the kernel inside the backup folder with the backup itself, to avoid confusions."
I cannot stress this enough. If you're going to use this process to backup, you need to make sure you label your backup with details of what kernel it needs, since you've backup your ROM with an EL26 kernel that's not usable with this ICS ROM. Either place the kernel it needs in the same folder as this backup, or rename it with specifications. (ex: 5.24.2012.NEEDS.FE16.AOKP.KERNEL.zip)
Now, let's move on to restoring! Very similar process.
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Guide Part III: Restoring a backup made using this totorial.
Just like backing up, we're going to temporarily use the EL26 kernel to restore your old ROM, which will contain the EL26 kernel as well. After restoring, we must flash the kernel that your backed up ROM requires to operate. Let's start, shall we?
Step 1: You should already have the kernel that matches your backup, since you used this method to backup in the first place. But if you don't, here's a link to the available kernels. Go find and download your kernel here. Make sure that you find the kernel that is associated with your backed up ROM. (ex: FE21, FE16, FE14, and so on..)
Step 2: Once you've downloaded your corresponding kernel, put the phone into Download Mode by holding down the VOL DOWN + POWER buttons, until you see a Warning!! screen with a triangle at the bottom. Press VOL UP to continue into Download Mode.
Step 3: Plug the device into your Windows PC and wait for the drivers to say they're full installed, then open ODIN.
Step 4: Wait for ODIN to show a yellow, lit up bar with "0:[COM?]" under the "ID:COM" section.
Step 5: Once ODIN is ready, go to the PDA box and browse for the StockCWM-EL26.tar.md5 file you downloaded earlier. Do not mix the kernels up! EL26 is for before backup, and the kernel you downloaded that matches your currect ROM is for after the backup process. OKAY? DO NOT CHECK ANY OTHER BOXES. Messing around with settings in ODIN will get you into trouble.
Step 6: Press "Start", and wait for it to finish its thing. WATCH YOUR PHONE, and be ready to go into Recovery Mode.
Step 7: Don't allow your phone to boot! Hold down VOL UP + POWER as soon as your screen shows the Samsung Galaxy S II splash screen, until you see the blue CWM screen.
Now, you're in EL26 recovery. Let's restore your old ROM, then flash the required kernel!
Step 8: Unlike backing up, we need to wipe before the restore. Wipe data/factory reset by using the option on the main screen of recovery, Wipe cache using the option a few clicks below it, and Wipe Dalvik cache using the option from the Advanced menu.
Step 9: After wiping, like instructed above, proceed to the backup and restore options, then restore as you normally would.
Note: Make SURE that you understand that this restore is going to contain the EL26 kernel. This kernel WILL NOT WORK with ICS ROMs. Just because we are using it during recovery, doesn't mean it's friendly with ICS. We will be restoring the kernel that belongs with this after we restore the backup itself.
Step 10: Now, you'll need to flash the kernel that you overwrote when you flashed EL26 with ODIN at the beginning. You can do this with the EL26 recovery. Go to "Flash a zip file" and find the kernel that you downloaded from this page that matches your backed up ROM, then flash it. If you haven't placed this file onto your SD card yet, please do so by either removing the SD card and using your PC to load it on, or use the "Mounts and Storage > Mount USB" option, then load it through your USB connection.
Step 11: Once the kernel that matches your existing backed up ROM has been flashed, you can safely reboot and your phone should start up as normal. It will take longer this time, since you've flashed a new kernel, so be patient and don't fret.
You should now be back into the old ROM that you used this method to restore! Not too hard, was it?
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Now, as promised! The Triangle on boot up issue!
This happened because you used ODIN to flash the EL26 recovery kernel. There's an EASY fix.
Go here and download this to your phone. I HIGHLY recommend this app! It's WELL worth the $1.99, and the DEV really honestly deserves it. If you really want that annoying looking triangle gone, and to get that flash count reset, this app will be perfect.
Here's an excerpt from the description:
Triangle Away can remove the yellow triangle from your boot screen as well as reset the flash counter, for a select few Samsung devices running Ice Cream Sandwich.
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So, go download it. It's called Triangle Away, and it saves you the headache.
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Well, my eyes hurt. Brain hurts. And it's well past my bedtime. But I sure hope this guide helps someone get what they need!
If ANYONE has any questions, please, comment and let the community help you as much as they can! If this thread helped you, please rate it and send a thanks my way!
I will not, nor ever will, accept donations for my write ups. This knowledge was pulled from tens of threads around on XDA, and I thank them for helping me create this thread. Will credit, if asked. Just PM me.
If anyone thinks this write up needs clarifications, or is missing any detail, please PM me and I will fix it accordingly!
Happy flashing, XDA! Live long and root on!
I sent you 2 PM's my fellow XDA Member.
BTW Really nice Guide Bookmarked right away...
Great job on the guide, hope this lessens the questions about the el26 work around in the threads.:thumbup:
Also give credit to where it's due.
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I know you link to the correct download of EL26 but you may still want to mention it's Chris41g's EL26 CWM kernel that they need use. They're lots of other versions of the EL26 kernel they could use by accident if they don't click on the link and try to find it on their own. I'd also mention buying a USB jig as another way to remove the yellow triangle and reset the Odin count. The jigs can come in quite handy at other times too. Good job though!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26428986
. . . Need i say more?
Kebetz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26428986
. . . Need i say more?
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That doesn't fix this type of brick. In the other thread the OP could still get into recovery and download mode so he actually can still repair his emmc.
Wow, excellently stated and extremely comprehensive!
MeWarning said:
That doesn't fix this type of brick. In the other thread the OP could still get into recovery and download mode so he actually can still repair his emmc.
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You had THE brick? Worked on one?
Saw one from a distance? ? Lived in the same neighborhood of one?
I did.
What do you think all the talk about it "getting to data and then hanging" was about/did you not understand in almost all posts about the brick?
Also, have you factored for peoples lies?
"no, i didn't touch it at all..." Or "i was just looking at it and it fell off, i swear i wasn't playing with scissors"
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I sent you 2 PM's my fellow XDA Member.
BTW Really nice Guide Bookmarked right away...
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Thanks, I got them and I will give them a reply in a few hours! Got some morning shopping to do.
sol_671 said:
Great job on the guide, hope this lessens the questions about the el26 work around in the threads.:thumbup:
Also give credit to where it's due.
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Thank you! I will go back and find the threads I got information from in a few hours, and add those in! I hope this guide helps my fellow users not brick as often!
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I know you link to the correct download of EL26 but you may still want to mention it's Chris41g's EL26 CWM kernel that they need use. They're lots of other versions of the EL26 kernel they could use by accident if they don't click on the link and try to find it on their own. I'd also mention buying a USB jig as another way to remove the yellow triangle and reset the Odin count. The jigs can come in quite handy at other times too. Good job though!
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I do not have a USB jig handy, but I will look into it a bit more and if it seems better off then Triangle Away, I will suggest it as needed.
And YES, you are correct! I need to mention that it is indeed, his kernel, and give him a mention in this!
john9 said:
Wow, excellently stated and extremely comprehensive!
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Thank you! That's what I was going for!
Safe flashing, everyone!
Kebetz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26428986
. . . Need i say more?
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I would not, and could not, ever rely on this thread as a way out of this brick. Sadly, it's not complete enough for me to have faith in it. HOPEFULLY, it does turn into an unbrick in the future and someone turns it into an exe script that can help those already doomed, but as I see it now, it's not ready for the masses.
It IS a good find, though. And thank you for bringing it into the light. Maybe someone can make a use of it, cause I know I can't!
The thread you're discussing has been a known but not recommended workaround since March when drnull experimented with this on his E4GT. The main problem is that you would have to customize the .pit file to flash ODIN and it's questionable at best with CWM flashes. And as this is a problem with the embedded eMMC controller it's not known whether using the file system in this state will behave or not long term.
Hopefully we'll get the firmware patch which can apparently fix the issue so long as the device can boot. I haven't heard anything from the various parties yet but it seems the communication is going on finally.
And YES, it was the same issue. As Mr. Sumrall from Google has stated the eMMC lockup doesn't always happen at boot, so in those cases it's possible to get in and use that to get a working device. Bottom line, don't wipe from ICS just yet... but stay tuned.
Hope that clears it up.
The market says our phone isnt supported by the app. Is it only for ics? (im on blazer 4.1)
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The market says our phone isnt supported by the app. Is it only for ics? (im on blazer 4.1)
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Yes it is only for ICS.
Shoulon said:
The market says our phone isnt supported by the app. Is it only for ics? (im on blazer 4.1)
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Yes, what rain said. NONE of this should be performed for GB ROM flashing. This guide was written for ICS ROM flashing, restoring, and backing up.
So are a lot of people just abandoning the mobile odin ship now or what?
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I know this sounds trollish.. But this guy just seems to take other people work.. Repackage it and maybe feel important? Triangle away is old.. Flashing el26 is old.. Mobile Odin and it seems 4.0.4 May not have this issue at all at this point.. This seems like an attention grab
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So are a lot of people just abandoning the mobile odin ship now or what?
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I've been told to stay away from it, so I have.
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I know this sounds trollish.. But this guy just seems to take other people work.. Repackage it and maybe feel important? Triangle away is old.. Flashing el26 is old.. Mobile Odin and it seems 4.0.4 May not have this issue at all at this point.. This seems like an attention grab
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Indeed trollish. This is the method I was shown and use to make sure I stay away from bricking. I do not care if it seems to be a repost. I'm not wasting your time, and I'm not slandering your name. So please, do not come here and do the same to me.
I did this so that many others could see that it works, and that noobs and pros alike can have something to refer to, to help them. If you're really going to slander the action of being a helpful human on xda, then maybe you shouldn't be posting on here.
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So are a lot of people just abandoning the mobile odin ship now or what?
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Mobile odin should be okay. Haven't heard of any issues with it to date. I use it as well.
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barnacles10 said:
Mobile odin should be okay. Haven't heard of any issues with it to date. I use it as well.
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Do you really? Hmm.
I might take another look into it and give it a go.. I mean, I rarely like to do what others tell me not to, especially with my phone at stake..
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Mobile odin should be okay. Haven't heard of any issues with it to date. I use it as well.
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I thought mobile odin is also risky as it can use the same suspect erase function that's been identified to be the cause of this eMMC issue.
Not that I have personal experience, but thats what ive read in that emmc discussion thread.
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iv been reading all the post i can find about the epic 4g on here and i cant seem to get it right. would anyone like to help me
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9eaCtiS0Bo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
If this doesn't help I offer remote rooting services. Purely donational so no obligation for payment.
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The video Uber pointed to has all the links to the files you need. To summarize you will have Odin on your computer with Samsung drivers installed. You will also have the clockworkmod tar on the computer and download the ROM to your phone's sd card.
1. You will turn off your phone, hold the 1 key on the keyboard then add pressing and holding the power button until the yellow triangle saying download mode pops up.
2. With Odin up on your computer and auto reboot box unchecked, connect the usb cable (recommend a Blackberry cable). It should show a comxx in the box. Put the clockworkmod tar in the PDA box of odin by browsing to the file on your computer from odin.
3. Hit start. It go pretty fast and tell you when it is complete and passed.
4.Now with the yellow triangle still on your phone, disconnect the cable. Pop the battery out and in. Press and hold in this order, volume down, camera and power buttons making sure the power is the last you add. Hold those for about 5 full seconds. Clockworkmod 5 should come up.
5. Choose install file from sd card by scrolling with the volume down button and selecting with the camera button. Go to the place on your sd card that the FC09 ROM downloaded to, perhaps a directory called download. Choose the file and flash it.
6. Hit reboot system and you should have a rooted deodexed stock ROM on your phone. You are ready to do any rooted stuff and even flash themes on this ROM.
ok im runing gingerbread.el30 i used the qbking77 vidoe and got the superuser to work but know what do i go to flash it and such? sorry for being such a noob.
hellsing73 said:
ok im runing gingerbread.el30 i used the qbking77 vidoe and got the superuser to work but know what do i go to flash it and such? sorry for being such a noob.
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If superuser is working then you should be rooted. As for flashing.... read read read before you flash anything and make sure it won't effe up your phone.
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hellsing73 said:
ok im runing gingerbread.el30 i used the qbking77 vidoe and got the superuser to work but know what do i go to flash it and such? sorry for being such a noob.
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Why don't you keep using qbking77's videos? He has how to videos for a bunch of rom's, plus he reviews rom's too.
Give some of the reviews a viewing, see if you like what is in the rom, and then follow his directions.
What others have said is correct, you can screw up your phone if you're not careful, but his directions are very good and very complete. If you do exactly as he says, you should not have issues.
If you do have issues, others have written instructions on what to do to recover from that too.
Have fun. Take your time. You'll learn as you experiment.
Since you already got the hang of odin it is almost impossible to brick this phone...sponge it yeah but tough to brick. Have fun.
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thanks for the help guys
have very little idea of what I'm doing but know what I want. Want a simple way to use my phone to get I guess you call it tethering for my Acer Iconia 500W tablet. Who can help a brand newbee who know very little of what to do?
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have very little idea of what I'm doing but know what I want. Want a simple way to use my phone to get I guess you call it tethering for my Acer Iconia 500W tablet. Who can help a brand newbee who know very little of what to do?
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Either pay for the tethering plan.
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Or follow the rooting instructions found within these forums or youtube qbking77 epic videos. And download a 3rd party tethering app or flash a custom rom that has tethering baked in.
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But be advised the root method violates TOS agreement and if sprint finds out and decides to they can terminate your service no questions asked. I've only heard of it happening if someone uses a extremely large amount of data while tethering. But there is a first for everything.
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kennyglass123 said:
The video Uber pointed to has all the links to the files you need. To summarize you will have Odin on your computer with Samsung drivers installed. You will also have the clockworkmod tar on the computer and download the ROM to your phone's sd card.
1. You will turn off your phone, hold the 1 key on the keyboard then add pressing and holding the power button until the yellow triangle saying download mode pops up.
2. With Odin up on your computer and auto reboot box unchecked, connect the usb cable (recommend a Blackberry cable). It should show a comxx in the box. Put the clockworkmod tar in the PDA box of odin by browsing to the file on your computer from odin.
3. Hit start. It go pretty fast and tell you when it is complete and passed.
4.Now with the yellow triangle still on your phone, disconnect the cable. Pop the battery out and in. Press and hold in this order, volume down, camera and power buttons making sure the power is the last you add. Hold those for about 5 full seconds. Clockworkmod 5 should come up.
5. Choose install file from sd card by scrolling with the volume down button and selecting with the camera button. Go to the place on your sd card that the FC09 ROM downloaded to, perhaps a directory called download. Choose the file and flash it.
6. Hit reboot system and you should have a rooted deodexed stock ROM on your phone. You are ready to do any rooted stuff and even flash themes on this ROM.
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Hey Guys,
Here's my situation. my power button doesn't work and to my understanding, that's part of the motherboard so I'm kind of fked on that end (water damage so sprint won't replace it).
My phone's stock right now, but I have rooted in the past with QBKING77's method (mentioned above by kennyglass and QBKING77's youtube how-to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9eaCtiS0Bo&feature=youtube_gdata_player).
I'm trying to root the phone so that I can install CM9 on it (used beta 2 in the past). I'm able to adb into the phone and get it into download mode. I'm scared that if I flashed the CWM Tar file, there won't be anything to get into CWM with since I can't do the button combination anymore.
Any suggestions? Also any recommendations on the power button problem would be much appreciated as well (I currently slide to open it and bought a cheapo non-data charger and it boots it up).
Thanks guys for all your help
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Any suggestions?
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Get another Epic off of Ebay.
It works fine now. I just slide to get it on and installed a power off app so that's a workaround for now. Upgrade's coming up soon so just going to stick this out for now.
I'm not familiar with ODIN enough but I would assume there's a way to just flash the ROM and CWM at once to obtain root and CWM together....
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It works fine now. I just slide to get it on and installed a power off app so that's a workaround for now. Upgrade's coming up soon so just going to stick this out for now.
I'm not familiar with ODIN enough but I would assume there's a way to just flash the ROM and CWM at once to obtain root and CWM together....
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As a test y don't you turn off your phone... hold down volume down and the camera button and use your "power button" trick... should put you straight into the stock recovery... then you'll know whether or not you can get into cwm
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flastnoles11 said:
As a test y don't you turn off your phone... hold down volume down and the camera button and use your "power button" trick... should put you straight into the stock recovery... then you'll know whether or not you can get into cwm
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Sorry, forgot to mention that it doesn't work
The cable just powers the device on without performing the actions of the power button so button combinations don't work
I know I can boot to recovery with a rooted rom, but I need to be able to install that first. And I need my phone to be on with a working ROM in order to ADB into it for any ADB commands.
Can you get into download mode with the cable and holding the "1" key? If so there are odinable prerooted ROMs.
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Can you get into download mode with the cable and holding the "1" key? If so there are odinable prerooted ROMs.
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@kennyglass123
I can't get into download mode with the cable and holding the "1" key, BUT
I can get into download mode by turning on debugging and adb into it with "adb reboot download"
What would the steps be then? Would I obtain a odinable pre-rooted rom (any suggestions?), Odin, re-boot, installed cwm recovery through the app, reboot, boot into cwm, and then wipe + flash cm9?
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@kennyglass123
I can't get into download mode with the cable and holding the "1" key, BUT
I can get into download mode by turning on debugging and adb into it with "adb reboot download"
What would the steps be then? Would I obtain a odinable pre-rooted rom (any suggestions?), Odin, re-boot, installed cwm recovery through the app, reboot, boot into cwm, and then wipe + flash cm9?
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Here is an EC05 favorite: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32800014/EC05_DXC.tar.rar
When you say app, do you mean ROM Manager? You will have to see if that EC05 prerooted will accept ROM Manager. If that is what you meant, then yes. Just like that.
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Here is an EC05 favorite: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/32800014/EC05_DXC.tar.rar
When you say app, do you mean ROM Manager? You will have to see if that EC05 prerooted will accept ROM Manager. If that is what you meant, then yes. Just like that.
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Ok a few things just to make sure:
I'm on FC09 Stock right now, so by flashing this ROM, I would then be able to install clockworkmod recovery through ROM Manager (giving me the latest clockwork mod recovery I believe) and then get to clockworkmod recovery through ROM Manager.
Eventually I would like to end up on CM9 which is MTD. Could I just flash a CM9 ROM over the EC05 Rooted ROM?
Would I still be on FC09 and/or would it be better to flash another FC09 Rooted ROM (i'm referring to the one in QBKING77's youtube link) to upgrade to FC09 and then flash the CM9 ROM.
In ODIN, I would place the EC05 file in the "PDA" location in Odin?
Would I check re-partition and autoboot? I'm assuming I don't check f. reset time.
Thanks for all your help
If you Odin the tar I posted you will be back on EC05 modem. You can always flash a newer modem with Odin. If ROM manager does work on that odined ROM then you can go right to cm9 after clockworkmod 5.
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