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I tried to use the previous version of kies to upgrade my gs2 but it never worked. Update would be from:
[KF3/phone:ke7/csc:KD1] to [KI4/phone:KI1/csc:kh2]
Which I'm sure is a big step forward as I haven't been able to update forever. I thought that once I updated Kies I'd finally be able to update my phone. Now when I connect my s2 and hit update firmware, as soon as it asks to backup it loses the connection to the s2. I've reinstalled drivers twice to no avail.
Does Kies just blow as a software or am I doing something wrong.
Kies blows big time - utterly useless... useless at upgrading, useless at backing up. According to their twitter @samsungkies - "Seamless experience with Smarter Kies". That's a joke of a statement. Go with Odin my friend, much less aggro and it works all the time.
^ I so much agree to that post.
Kies never worked for me, not even when my SGS II was used with the stock rom that shipped with it. While there was an update out for quite a long time (> 1 month) it still was showing my version as being current.
Odin is so much better or just as simple: flashing from CWM.
husaam said:
Kies blows big time - utterly useless... useless at upgrading, useless at backing up. According to their twitter @samsungkies - "Seamless experience with Smarter Kies". That's a joke of a statement. Go with Odin my friend, much less aggro and it works all the time.
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I briefly looked at Odin not too long ago, it looked sort of confusing. I'm in another country currently and spend most of my time either (50+ hours a week) working on projects here or exploring the country. As such I don't have much time to learn a new program if it's too confusing. But I'll give it a try and hopefully get to say goodbye to kies forever.
edit: Do I need to root* my s2 to use odin?
aDroidtoRemember said:
I briefly looked at Odin not too long ago, it looked sort of confusing. I'm in another country currently and spend most of my time either (50+ hours a week) working on projects here or exploring the country. As such I don't have much time to learn a new program if it's too confusing. But I'll give it a try and hopefully get to say goodbye to kies forever.
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It's actually quite simply. Most ROMS come with only one file. That can be flashed via PDA. Do NOT, I repeat, do NOT, I repeat once again, do NOT, and again: do NOT! tick ANY option in ODIN, unless stated specifically in the ROM's instructions and even then tripple check that you're really about to flash a SGS II firmware.
So as long as you get the right firmware, do not tick anything and just flash it via PDA you should be quite safe. There's always a minimal risk, even if you do everything right but it's very very small.
Try This!
RUN Kies onces its loaded connect phone it will say connecting phone within a short period of time and error message will load, click onto the error message a new window will open, now it will have something like 4 stages. 1st stage will say disconnect cable from phone, once you have done this click on next or the follow up stage. Now this will or should Repair drivers, and now install drivers again once this has been done connect phone and phone will now load in Kies.
XP users may have to reboot PC for driver take effect.
Hope this hepls you.
PS:THIS problem only happen to me on live update, download new kies manually install no problems. Win 7 64bit
Looking at Odin for the first time can be a bit confusing. Once you know the score tho its very easy and quick. Flashing intras files for example is a complete doddle as it's 1 tar file
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Nyssa1104 said:
RUN Kies onces its loaded connect phone it will say connecting phone within a short period of time and error message will load, click onto the error message a new window will open, now it will have something like 4 stages. 1st stage will say disconnect cable from phone, once you have done this click on next or the follow up stage. Now this will or should Repair drivers, and now install drivers again once this has been done connect phone and phone will now load in Kies.
XP users may have to reboot PC for driver take effect.
Hope this hepls you.
PS:THIS problem only happen to me on live update, download new kies manually install no problems. Win 7 64bit
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I've reinstalled the drivers using the connection error troubleshoot, and the phone connects fine to kies. It just loses connection to kies when I try to update the firmware. When I have more time I will most likely just use Odin but I don't want to root my phone in order to do it. Is rooting necessary?
Once you get your head around Odin, its a piece of cake.
Look for Intratech's Official i9100 Firmwares thread in the Original Android Development section, you'll find everything you could possibly need in there (instructions, firmwares etc)
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I've reinstalled the drivers using the connection error troubleshoot, and the phone connects fine to kies. It just loses connection to kies when I try to update the firmware. When I have more time I will most likely just use Odin but I don't want to root my phone in order to do it. Is rooting necessary?
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OK Odin is easy just read the Q&A
link pls...
i just upgraded to 2.1 also and now can't upgrade firmware, just keeps looping in disconnecting and reconnecting never upgrading firmware
Since nobody answered yet... No u don't needa root to get Odin work
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i have had the same connect - disconnect or backup problems with kies (my version is 2.0.3) and have always blamed it on kies but once i tried to restart the phone, everything worked smoothly and i could do all kinds of operations with it. My phone is rooted and the current fw version is XWKJ1 original.
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mertakb said:
i have had the same connect - disconnect or backup problems with kies (my version is 2.0.3) and have always blamed it on kies but once i tried to restart the phone, everything worked smoothly and i could do all kinds of operations with it. My phone is rooted and the current fw version is XWKJ1 original.
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you're are correct for 2.0.3 but the new 2.1 is totally screwed up, crashed my windows even
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i just upgraded to 2.1 also and now can't upgrade firmware, just keeps looping in disconnecting and reconnecting never upgrading firmware
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Just read a solution that works for me on the Dutch tweakers.net website:
- In Windows fully uninstall Kies.
- Download the latest Kies version and reinstall.
After that the upgrade worked for me.
janderk said:
Just read a solution that works for me on the Dutch tweakers.net website:
- In Windows fully uninstall Kies.
- Download the latest Kies version and reinstall.
After that the upgrade worked for me.
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do you have the link for the download, i still find 2.0.3 only, nothing directly 2.1
Windows 7pro (32bit) absolutely none of the problems listed here or on other threads (regardless of stock/custom anything) but.. Odin is easy if you follow instructions and seems much more reliable (see intratechs thread in dev section for instructions)
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It finally worked for me, i don't know what happened why it suddenly decided to work/
One difference i noticed is i got a notification 'Samsung Modem succesfully installed' which i did not get for the past 2 hours of restarting,uninstalling ,installing. It just suddenly came when i connected the phone
Kies is really crazy as hell
I think you may just have to turn off your anti-virus/firewall software while you update. It worked for me.
either way im screwed, i have been searching for hours and i knew the risks involved but i proceeded anyway. not blaming anyone just asking for some help please. im 700 miles from home sitting in a truckstop gameroom leeching of mcds wifi cause they are closed all i have is my laptop and phone. i have looked at several posts and have tried different things with hiemdall and odin including downloading files multiple times, different cables, different usb ports, and nothing is working. im really freaking out here. please help...
Don't panic.
What did you do to brick it?
In Odin, flash full stock ec05 with only auto reboot checked
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If all goes bad, bring it in to sprint and say it said there was an update and now it isn't working.
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lol ok thanks that was good thinking to blame them for it phone was rooted using superoneclick and i couldnt get cwm to work to flash any roms, so i thought i would go back to stock and start from scratch. so i downloaded everything like the many tutorials said followed everything step by step and now it wont do anything except download mode. so do you think if all else fails blaming sprint for the brick will work?
Ok you can get into download mode that's great so go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813 it has instruction and links to the tar u need to download and odin very easy don't wory very easy
ive downloaded the stock tar from about 3 maybe 4 different threads and was using odin. is there a smaller tar available? i have been trying to fix my phone for hours upon hours and the stock tar takes awhile to download on this connection. thank you guys for all the responses so late guys, please keep them coming.
Thats the only tar you need . It is a large file your going to have to wait and let it download. At this point it is your only option. Wait and let it download . its the ec05 tar and the only way your going to be able to fix your phone now. Pull out your phones batt so it does not die and wait for the tar to download , and then follow those directions to odin it and you will be back up and runing
ok thank you. i know i have to be patient, its just hard when im working against the clock. ill update in a bit if it works
Sooo, you installed the ei22 update with your current clockwork? I'm confused now. If u have a pc, just odin ec05 once in download mode and re-receive the ei22 ota download. Boom, you'll have a working phone.
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You should also triple thank the people here for trying to guide you. Your freaking out because you thought you were smart enough to mess with your phone. I think you learned a lesson tonight.
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He said in the original post that he knows all that.... no need to be a d***! How about just helping people out instead of acting like their parent! Trust me words like that don't help anybody. Hope YOU learned a lesson this morning! Goodluck getting your phone back up and running!
This Epic is Legendary!
Step-by-step for a fresh setup of EI22.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19444784&postcount=93
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2g6J1JgjU
Thats Qbking77's video on how to bring your phone back to stock its also a brick fix, when i first put a rom on my phone something went wrong and i was bricked, that helped. Then id suggest using OneClickRoot and CWM. He also has a video on that. its this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymN1H2e9YMk hope everything turns out for you. These videos helped me a lot.
b16flybye, you know what i am extremely grateful for those that are trying to help my fix my phone, however you dont seem like your helping much. ill admit im a noob when it comes to this stuff, how ever im not when it comes to dealing with electronics repair and computers. and i wouldnt be freaking out so much if i didnt NEED my phone for work and IF i wasnt so FAR from home with no real access to the internet. i get that you are smart and experienced in dealing with this sort of thing but id be willing to bet that you too were once a noob that prob messed up a phone or 2. so if you would like to help try breaking your first post down, if not then just keep you high and mighty comments to yourself.
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ok so the wifi connection i was on last night sucked. it would get halfway through and then just stop and say the download was interupted. so yet again im sitting in another mcdonalds trying again tonight to download it. to clarify what i did maybe for other people. i was trying to flash the gb update from qbkings thread. CWM was not installed on my phone so i was having problems getting it to work. i tried some different things to unroot my phone so i could start over but none of it worked so i thought i would just flash using odin back to stock rom. i figured out that the stock one i was downloading said it completed but only about 20MB downloaded so when i flashed it was the incomplete rom and that then bricked the phone. once again thank you to everyone who took the time to answer last night to help me out. i may have some more q's but for now im just trying to download that one file.
ok another update... so i finally have the file downloaded and now i cant get my phone to go into download mode...i have 3 different cables and have tried each of them, 2 usb ports and have hooked each cable and 2 batteries nothing is working...any suggestions?
Take your battery out for about 45 minutes then put it back plug in charger. If still nothing try geting into download mode with out the battery in. If still no dice either your battery is dead and u need to find a way to charge it then try again or your now hard brickd and u need to order or make a usb jig to fix it oh u saidbu have 2 batterys so now most likely you are hard brickd. Here read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954458 your going to need to get one of those now. Order that it will get you into download mode thdn u still neex to odin that tar. And 20 megabytes is wayyy to small that tar file is 291 mb
k thanks i have the full tar. go figure my phone would be hard bricked. i didnt do anything to it since last night but try to get that file to download. once again i dont have access to any resistors i checked the pos and neg pins on the phone with the battery out and they have juice to them with the charger plugged in. is there another way? i have the plug just no resistors.
im quoting this from another thread( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813&page=21 ) but does anyone know if this will work? anyone tried it?
dyehya
18th November 2011, 12:55 AM
# 208
Originally Posted by ThunderOKC
I was told by people that its wrong and the picture used is wrong. I don't remember the error messages, but the first box became red with the word fail. I clicked reset trying to do it again, so the message disappeared. Ph wont turn back on, cant get it to do anything. Dead black. Now I have to figure out how I can obtain a loan to get a new phone. My business is going to tank without a phone so fast.
---------- Post added at 11:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:44 PM ----------
As for the poster one above, how much do you charge with that donate button if you know how to revive my phone? I don't see how it can ever be fixed, because it wouldn't do anything...not even open download mode, no showing battery charging pix, nothing.
Leave the battery out, remove the microSD card, hold down the power button and leave unplugged for a bit, then plug in to computer while holding down 1 and power. This will hopefully get you back in download mode.
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You can also hit me up on irc. http://webchat.irondust.net/?channels=#epic,#cyc
My name in irc is Cyc you can PM me.
That has fixed many a phone. Some people...like that Thunder hoser are too lazy to read through the thread to realize his red box was the result of a bad cable. Some people can't be helped no matter what. Use that thread. Dyehya and I answer all questions in that thread.
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try leaving your battery out and plugging it into the computer and put it into download mode without the battery in... i have had success with doing this and i know other people have also
Greetings:
I have an SGH-T999 SGS3. It was running ICS.
When using Kies, I was offered the upgrade to Jellybean (LJA). The Kies update hung at 23%, for hours, repeatedly, and never exited.
I've now downloaded the root66 LJA system, and am trying to flash with ODIN. ODIN has now been stuck for an hour at system.img.ext4.
Can anyone help me get *anything* flashed to this phone, so I can get out of recovery mode please?
Thanks in advance!
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To anyone having this problem, I fixed it by:
1. Using Odin307 instead of Odin185 AND
2. Using a different USB cable.
I don't know which of those two things fixed it, since I tried both at once, but that fixed it.
The entire update took 6 minutes once I changed those two things.
Thanks!
Glen
It takes a lot of time to flash system.img.ext4. I think it may take less or more time based on your computer and other factors. Just let it flash and wait. Mine took about 1.5 hour.
Sent from my frozen SGH-T999
Still waiting after one hour so far...
HajmeR said:
It takes a lot of time to flash system.img.ext4. I think it may take less or more time based on your computer and other factors. Just let it flash and wait. Mine took about 1.5 hour.
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Okay, started at 3:34 PM Pacific time. Still stuck (but not failed, interesting) at 4:37 PM (one hour so far.) I will advise.
This is on an HP Pavilion dv7-2173cl with a fresh load of Windows 8, no bloatware other than the stock stuff. (A similar attempt on an HP dv7-2043cl running Windows 7 also appeared to stick at the same point, but I only waited 30 minutes before giving up.)
By comparison, and just for interest, my international SGS3, I9300, updated over Kies in about 4 minutes, on the same computer. So I would be interested to know why an I9300 goes so fast, and a T999 goes so slow, if there are any ideas...
SOLVED!
glenbarney said:
Okay, started at 3:34 PM Pacific time. Still stuck (but not failed, interesting) at 4:37 PM (one hour so far.) I will advise.
This is on an HP Pavilion dv7-2173cl with a fresh load of Windows 8, no bloatware other than the stock stuff. (A similar attempt on an HP dv7-2043cl running Windows 7 also appeared to stick at the same point, but I only waited 30 minutes before giving up.)
By comparison, and just for interest, my international SGS3, I9300, updated over Kies in about 4 minutes, on the same computer. So I would be interested to know why an I9300 goes so fast, and a T999 goes so slow, if there are any ideas...
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To anyone having this problem, I fixed it by:
1. Using Odin307 instead of Odin185 AND
2. Using a different USB cable.
I don't know which of those two things fixed it, since I tried both at once, but that fixed it.
The entire update took 6 minutes once I changed those two things.
Thanks!
Glen
glenbarney said:
To anyone having this problem, I fixed it by:
1. Using Odin307 instead of Odin185 AND
2. Using a different USB cable.
I don't know which of those two things fixed it, since I tried both at once, but that fixed it.
The entire update took 6 minutes once I changed those two things.
Thanks!
Glen
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I experience this problem when I use a non-samsung usb cable(Vibrant and S3). It would always freak me out, because it would stay for hours and would usually end up in a soft brick.
all I've used on any of my Android phones is a cheap Blackberry-brand usb cable from Amazon. I think it was $2.00 or so. Hasn't failed me yet :good:
I would bet that it was probably just your very old version of Odin, honestly.
Kalm_Traveler said:
all I've used on any of my Android phones is a cheap Blackberry-brand usb cable from Amazon. I think it was $2.00 or so. Hasn't failed me yet :good:
I would bet that it was probably just your very old version of Odin, honestly.
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I would bet that it is the USB cable. I tried flashing stock on my Verizon Note 2 and nothing happened after 90 minutes. I spent three hours flashing nothing happened. I was using the box included Samsung cable, then I read this thread so I might as well try it. I got my sister's HTC Incredible 2 cable and what would you know it was done in under 5 minutes. :laugh: Next time i flash i am going to have a tower of cables next to me
Kalm_Traveler said:
all I've used on any of my Android phones is a cheap Blackberry-brand usb cable from Amazon. I think it was $2.00 or so. Hasn't failed me yet :good:
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Me too!
Flashing a full image through Odin should take 10-15 minutes tops. Is the phone connected as a USB 2.0 device? Sometimes the buggy drivers will put it into 1.0 mode.
mattedwards2686 said:
I experience this problem when I use a non-samsung usb cable(Vibrant and S3). It would always freak me out, because it would stay for hours and would usually end up in a soft brick.
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thanks for the help man it really helped me !!
:good:
SCH-I605 Flash Fails with Odin
I am having a similar issue with my Note II. I tried to flash a new bootloader to facilitate the installation of the KitKat based Ditto Note 3 rom. I, in my failure to read 6 posts down, used mobileOdin to try and accomplish this. My phone is now a plush, soft brick. I can get into download mode. Given this, I have been trying to flash my phone using Odin for windows only to have it fail every time. I have tried different roms, partitions, bootloaders, versions of Odin, PCs, cables and even a couple of different poses. I am not new to rooting and roms, every android device I own is rooted and running custom roms. Any help from those who are definitely more knowledgeable than myself (the XDA community) would be GREATLY appreciated.
Phone Information:
Was running MeanBeanICE
Verizon phone
In download (Odin) mode:
Product Name: GT-N7100
Custome Binary Download: no
Current Binary: Official
System Status: Custom
Warranty Bit: 0
talonzme said:
In download (Odin) mode:
Product Name: GT-N7100
Custome Binary Download: no
Current Binary: Official
System Status: Custom
Warranty Bit: 0
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Wrong Device Forum bud. This is T Mobile Galaxy S3 Only. You are Looking for Note II on Verizon I believe. Here's the correct Forum,
Yup, you'll get better, more specific help there. But just fyi, if kies is on your computer, uninstall it. Also, when trying different version drivers, make sure you first uninstall old ones through device manager. See my sig for drivers. They should work for any sammy device.
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Apologies
DocHoliday77 said:
Yup, you'll get better, more specific help there. But just fyi, if kies is on your computer, uninstall it. Also, when trying different version drivers, make sure you first uninstall old ones through device manager. See my sig for drivers. They should work for any sammy device.
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Sorry for the erroneous post. I do have the latest Samsung driver and I have uninstalled Kies. Thank you for your time. I have made a post in the Note II section. Hopefully I will find some joy soon!
talonzme said:
Sorry for the erroneous post. I do have the latest Samsung driver and I have uninstalled Kies. Thank you for your time. I have made a post in the Note II section. Hopefully I will find some joy soon!
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Actually, dont use the latest. Try a few versions back. The latest, while it should still work, was built for the S5/Note3/Gear. It included significant changes as I understand it. Also in your case driver version doesn't matter. Some have had to try several before getting it to work. Sometimes the original works better than any newer ones.
Good luck with it though!
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Actually, dont use the latest. Try a few versions back. The latest, while it should still work, was built for the S5/Note3/Gear. It included significant changes as I understand it. Also in your case driver version doesn't matter. Some have had to try several before getting it to work. Sometimes the original works better than any newer ones.
Good luck with it though!
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I will give that a go.
talonzme said:
I will give that a go.
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Did you ever solve this?
mrdunlop said:
Did you ever solve this?
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I did it involved the out jtag repair. It that where i was unrecoverable by standard means.
life saver
glenbarney said:
To anyone having this problem, I fixed it by:
1. Using Odin307 instead of Odin185 AND
2. Using a different USB cable.
I don't know which of those two things fixed it, since I tried both at once, but that fixed it.
The entire update took 6 minutes once I changed those two things.
Thanks!
Glen
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thanks bro
i used a different USB Cable it worked.........
thanks alot
Hello all *waves*
This is my very first post although I have used this site countless times. I'm just going to jump right to it because I seriously need some help!
I am trying to fix my SGH-M919 (Tmobile S4) that just suddenly stopped working one day. I have tried EVERYTHING! Kies, custom roms, Odin but my phone still will not load past the Samsung logo. It will boot into recovery (TWRP) and Download mode. I know that using Kies is the quick fix but (LUCKY ME...not) my phone is one of the few phones tmobile/Samsung sent out with no S/N on the sticker under the battery. Since I cant get into my phone I cant get the S/N and I do not have the box anymore.
I have tried using the many sgh-m919 Stock Rom files online, including this site, but nothing is working. When I spend hours downloading them and begin to use them in odin, Odin doesn't load the file for me to flash.
I know I am using Odin correctly because I have done it successfully countless times in the past. I have also tried EVERY download file out there, but I can't find a good one that I can flash in Odin. I have also tried all of the guides on this site several times so please don't redirect me to them, because I have seriously and correctly tried them all. If you have any suggestion please let me know. I can't afford the 161.00 Samsung is requiring or the 175 warranty fee tmobile is charging. PLEASE HELP.
And if some has a good copy of the Stock Rom for SGH-M919 that they would be willing to email me I would FOREVER be greatful!
also my sdcard and battery are not the issue.... tried that too
Thanks,
Nikki
Were there any symptoms or anything you may have done out of the ordinary that might or might not have caused the problem? By saying that odin will not load files, is there an error message or what exactly do you mean by that? And what version odin are you using?
serio22 said:
Were there any symptoms or anything you may have done out of the ordinary that might or might not have caused the problem? By saying that odin will not load files, is there an error message or what exactly do you mean by that? And what version odin are you using?
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I don't know if its something I have done wrong or not. I followed all of the instructions to the letter. I think (but am not sure) that I don't have a usable copy of the Stock Firmware.
I am using v3.10 but I have tried them all.
When I click on AP in Odin, then click on the file I am sent back to Odin, but the file (and filename) doesn't appear in the AP box like normal.
The stock firmware files take a while for odin to validate md5 check I think. Select your firmware file in Odin's selector, then wait a few mins for bit to process before giving up. This time lag surprised me first time I flashed stock firmware. Big file means longer wait!
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Frankenscript said:
The stock firmware files take a while for odin to validate md5 check I think. Select your firmware file in Odin's selector, then wait a few mins for bit to process before giving up. This time lag surprised me first time I flashed stock firmware. Big file means longer wait!
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The longest I have waited has been an hour, do you think that I should still wait longer?
Try different version of odin. Even if the file was bad, it would say something
Try a different pc.
Pp.
i haven't used odin in years. all of my device knowladge is in htc devices and it just uses a few commands in command window and rest is done on device. my girlfriends note 2 decided to start doing random reboots and night before easter it lit up, shut down, and was done. connecting to charger got me nothing. couldn't get it to reboot, so we switched back to note 4 with dead speaker. today we went to sprint and they plugged it in and it did startup splash screen with "note 2" and just froze there. pull the battery and put it back in and it starts right back up to same screen without even pressing power button. got home and did bootloader (volume up and home key) and it just rolled out failed ........ one right after the other, tried to do factory reset and got the same list of everything failing. i currently have the device in adb sideload and want to try to install stock rom.
I have done countless things to many htc devices, incuding current m9 with marshmellow, s-off, twrp 3.0.0.2, modified software, but this note 2 has never been touched, i only do my own devices.
never rooted, never unlocked bootloader, no odin flags, and i don't know that samesung has simple RUU like htc where i just plug into pc, run RUU.exe and it just updates.
note 4 has dead external speaker and sprint ordered fresh new device today for replacement so it will be what i stick to. note 2 is paid off and has clean esn (it may just become my new play toy for hacking and development with some learning from xda) but i want to see if i can get it going again.
Hopefully this helps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2591898
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I found that one-click file a bit after posting this. It didn't take. Tried many times. Have up on phone and forgot about this post.
Thank you though for posting.
jpwhre said:
I found that one-click file a bit after posting this. It didn't take. Tried many times. Have up on phone and forgot about this post.
Thank you though for posting.
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Realized my error that was mk4 bootloader. Its been awhile since I've used it I believe this is the proper bootloader as this was the link that i had in my bookmarks that I used two years ago. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2780984 it took close to an hour but back to stock I went. It failed a few times and I found out I had driver issues if I remember correctly it loaded for a half hour then failed. I used a fresh PC loaded the drivers and was good to go. Hope this helps its been so long since I've had to restore I'm willing to help as there isn't many of us left.
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beansnorice said:
Realized my error that was mk4 bootloader. Its been awhile since I've used it I believe this is the proper bootloader as this was the link that i had in my bookmarks that I used two years ago. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2780984 it took close to an hour but back to stock I went. It failed a few times and I found out I had driver issues if I remember correctly it loaded for a half hour then failed. I used a fresh PC loaded the drivers and was good to go. Hope this helps its been so long since I've had to restore I'm willing to help as there isn't many of us left.
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Thanks, downloading now on m9 at work. I'll dig out phone later and try again. The first one click and everything else I tried, failed to flash pit file. And I've read that once pit falls, device is toast. So I gave up.
I've had it fail several times before never saw where it failed as it took forever on my laptop. I switched to a desktop that never had Samsung drivers i installed them on it and it went a lot better. I've never seen your issue that error so I may be wrong
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beansnorice said:
I've had it fail several times before never saw where it failed as it took forever on my laptop. I switched to a desktop that never had Samsung drivers i installed them on it and it went a lot better. I've never seen your issue that error so I may be wrong
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I'll try to get to it tonight, if not, tomorrow. I'll screenshot it.
I'll read more around as well to see if I can find anything else that may help
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I'll read more around as well to see if I can find anything else that may help
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Edit is this the error your getting pic attached
pit errors are partition errors of drivers aren't the issue you can fix the partitions by flashing a pit file in Odin I found a website on how to pull the pit file for Odin to use if it comes down to it I'll pull mine for you as long as your on a l900 16gb it should work from what I've read so far
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