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Mobile Odin help -- please :(

Seem to have gotten myself in another bind :/
Ok, so I flashed a ICS ROM and as usual I want to flash something else(I admit its a bad addiction! ). Unfortunately, my OEM cable isnt working and so odin can't recognize the phone!
SO I have mobile odin installed but I need the correct files. Never had to use it until now, I thought I had a correct kernel/recovery to flash but it says "partition not recognized"
So please mind that I will have to download the files DIRECTLY from my phone. I will seriously LOVE anyone who can help me out

Go to the wiki, found in the sticky section, you're looking for el26 kernel with cwm tar file. In mobile Odin, click kernel and find the file. Check md5 and go. During reboot, Press and hold volume up and power till you get to cwm. Do your wipes and flashing there. Good luck!
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thegoodrat said:
Seem to have gotten myself in another bind :/
Ok, so I flashed a ICS ROM and as usual I want to flash something else(I admit its a bad addiction! ). Unfortunately, my OEM cable isnt working and so odin can't recognize the phone!
SO I have mobile odin installed but I need the correct files. Never had to use it until now, I thought I had a correct kernel/recovery to flash but it says "partition not recognized"
So please mind that I will have to download the files DIRECTLY from my phone. I will seriously LOVE anyone who can help me out
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Assuming you are using something from the OneClick thread, you need to unpack the file first, either double-click the .exe in windows to unpack or use zarchiver on android. The resulting file can be use with Mobile ODIN using Open File.

Here's the el26 cwm kernel
http://db.tt/jUNENJGl
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thegoodrat said:
So please mind that I will have to download the files DIRECTLY from my phone. I will seriously LOVE anyone who can help me out
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There are several apps like Wifi File Browser that you can install on your phone that will allow you to transfer files back and forth from your pc/phone if necessary. Really nice to use too.

Bricked?

Im having some trouble and am wondering if someone could help me out. I came from red's freegs3 R6 rom and I decided to use the super wipe zip found in the op. I followed instructions to the T and when I tried flashing this rom (xquizite) after the superwipe my phone rebooted into the galaxy s 3 screen. It wont move from there. I cant access recovery because it seems that superwipe wipe the recovery too lol.
I boot into odin and all I get is downloading do not turn off target. What is it downloading?
I guess I have to flash a new recovery but I cant access anything on my phone. I'm trying to use the toolkit found in the sticky's but I can't get usb debuggin on to flash the recovery. Can someone help me with steps to get this straightened out.

Its booting into download mode. Install odin onyour pc, download the latest firmware, plug in your phone and go. Theres plenty of tuts on odin and I dont want to mess something up by going from memory.
I dont think superwipe does anything to recovery so not sure what hapoened to you there.
You are not bricked though.
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You aren't bricked, I can tell you that. Have you tried to Odin back into stock?

I'm downloading stock rom now. This means I need to reroot right?

Clearly there is a miscommunication on what Odin is. You don't boot into Odin you boot into download mode. Odin is a PC app that you use on your phone while your phone is in download mode. It isn't downloading anything unless Odin is pushing software to it from your PC. It just always says downloading.
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Okay thanks for the correction. Yes im in download mode. Is it okay to push any other rom rather than stock thru odin or is odin made only for stock pushes?

DocHoliday77 said:
Its booting into download mode. Install odin onyour pc, download the latest firmware, plug in your phone and go. Theres plenty of tuts on odin and I dont want to mess something up by going from memory.
I dont think superwipe does anything to recovery so not sure what hapoened to you there.
You are not bricked though.
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Seriously, turn that phone off now, while you can still get into download mode, start reading these forums, EVERY answer is there, before you hardbrick it. From what you posted, YOU my friend are not ready to flash anything.
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elracing21 said:
Okay thanks for the correction. Yes im in download mode. Is it okay to push any other rom rather than stock thru odin or is odin made only for stock pushes?
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If someone makes a tar package....it flashes tar packages to the phone containing modem, system, MDM , data and partitions basically whole stock firmwares I am going to find u a package that is already rooted and ready to go in Odin. If u do it any other way (root) u will have to flash an insecure kernel. So this package will flash the stock firmware and root u from there I suggest flashing recovery right after. I would use twrp.......follow directions carefully here.....download goo manager beta from market then install it open it give it superuser perms. Then hit menu on Ur phone and go to "install open recovery script" this will download recovery (twrp) and install it for u when it says its done just reboot into recovery. IMO twrp way better then cwm and cwm is somehow always linked to imei. Always disappearing ...never heard of any problems with twrp and it does backups and restored quicker.
OK so basically to be on the safe side u need to flash stock recovery on your phone first so the Odin package completes with no problems. This will also be a tar.
Then u will flash the stock ROM tar
After that Is complete u will be rooted and have stock ROM
Now do as I said with the goo managerapp
Here is link for stock ROM with root included...thank Mr.Robinson
https://s3.amazonaws.com/test_file_66/root66_TMO_T999UVALH2.7z
Here is Odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1270006&stc=1&d=1345396888
And stock recovery tar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1269983&d=1345396194
So download the Odin program I linked u then download the stock recovery tar. Put your phone into download mode...pull battery out put back in hold vol down home and power. Then when it tells u warning blah blah just hit up. Now connect to PC and start Odin. U should see on left side it should say "added" that means your connected. Now hit PDA find stock recovery flash it. When that's done and it reboots go back into DL mode. Now DL the rooted stock ROM package and extract it to your desktop when it is done being downloaded. Now repeat process hook to PC hit PDA find stock ROM tar on your desktop flash it make sure u don't hit anything else in Odin just PDA! Leave everything else as is. Now that should take around 8 min to flash when that is done u should be running newest ota uvalh2 rooted. Boot up and do the goo manager steps I told u to get recovery or u could use ROM manager for cwm but I do not recommend it with this phone. Good luck and don't use the super wipe anymore .....for your sake
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Sorry for spelling got a crazy 2 yr old boy running up and down my house tearing **** up

sarni84 said:
If someone makes a tar package....it flashes tar packages to the phone containing modem, system, MDM , data and partitions basically whole stock firmwares I am going to find u a package that is already rooted and ready to go in Odin. If u do it any other way (root) u will have to flash an insecure kernel. So this package will flash the stock firmware and root u from there I suggest flashing recovery right after. I would use twrp.......follow directions carefully here.....download goo manager beta from market then install it open it give it superuser perms. Then hit menu on Ur phone and go to "install open recovery script" this will download recovery (twrp) and install it for u when it says its done just reboot into recovery. IMO twrp way better then cwm and cwm is somehow always linked to imei. Always disappearing ...never heard of any problems with twrp and it does backups and restored quicker.
OK so basically to be on the safe side u need to flash stock recovery on your phone first so the Odin package completes with no problems. This will also be a tar.
Then u will flash the stock ROM tar
After that Is complete u will be rooted and have stock ROM
Now do as I said with the goo managerapp
Here is link for stock ROM with root included...thank Mr.Robinson
https://s3.amazonaws.com/test_file_66/root66_TMO_T999UVALH2.7z
Here is Odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1270006&stc=1&d=1345396888
And stock recovery tar
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1269983&d=1345396194
So download the Odin program I linked u then download the stock recovery tar. Put your phone into download mode...pull battery out put back in hold vol down home and power. Then when it tells u warning blah blah just hit up. Now connect to PC and start Odin. U should see on left side it should say "added" that means your connected. Now hit PDA find stock recovery flash it. When that's done and it reboots go back into DL mode. Now DL the rooted stock ROM package and extract it to your desktop when it is done being downloaded. Now repeat process hook to PC hit PDA find stock ROM tar on your desktop flash it make sure u don't hit anything else in Odin just PDA! Leave everything else as is. Now that should take around 8 min to flash when that is done u should be running newest ota uvalh2 rooted. Boot up and do the goo manager steps I told u to get recovery or u could use ROM manager for cwm but I do not recommend it with this phone. Good luck and don't use the super wipe anymore .....for your sake
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Sorry for spelling got a crazy 2 yr old boy running up and down my house tearing **** up
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Thank you I managed to get back to stock, reroot, reflash custom rom on new baseband.
As for the other guy telling me im not ready to flash anything. Thanks for the positive reinforcement and for your help you really did contribute SOO much to my problem.
I remember superwipe doing this when I owned the g2 it always messes my recovery.

I thought I remembered you from the G2 forums. Glad you got your phone fixed. I'm still trying to figure this phone out. Odin stuff is weird to me. I'm used to flashing. I will admit, rooting the g2 was way harder.
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I actually wouldn't recommend using superwipe since it wipes your internal sd card.

Sometimes its best to do a full wipe. Especially if you are having problems.
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mrbmg said:
I thought I remembered you from the G2 forums. Glad you got your phone fixed. I'm still trying to figure this phone out. Odin stuff is weird to me. I'm used to flashing. I will admit, rooting the g2 was way harder.
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You flash everything after the initial root so no worries. The G2 really was a ***** to root. I did it a few weeks ago and it brought me waaaay back to the OG Incredible days.
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Yup. It was so easy. You didn't have to worry about a flashing a .zip or odin a .tar. half the time people are so freaking confused and flash the .tar.
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joshnichols189 said:
You flash everything after the initial root so no worries. The G2 really was a ***** to root. I did it a few weeks ago and it brought me waaaay back to the OG Incredible days.
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heck yeah it was hard. I remember I was Shi*ing bricks when I rooted it. It was fun tho.
mrbmg said:
Yup. It was so easy. You didn't have to worry about a flashing a .zip or odin a .tar. half the time people are so freaking confused and flash the .tar.
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Yeah Odin had me confused but I guess you have to mess something up to learn something new when it comes to Rom and flashing stuff. I figured everything all out. I just wish people were less jerks and not so quick to judge. I've been flashing since the g1 its just this is my first Samsung phone. But oh well... glad to have you guys on this neck of the woods!
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Bricked - Hardbricked???
If the device is hardbricked - I'm pretty sure that's what happened...what are my options to fix it?
thanks in advance
PS I have searched everywhere for a solution

thesoze said:
If the device is hardbricked - I'm pretty sure that's what happened...what are my options to fix it?
thanks in advance
PS I have searched everywhere for a solution
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Your phone is bricked as well? If you know it's hard bricked then check this out. Only way to fix it http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
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[Q] Root question

Okay so my dumbass rooted my phone and didn't select a recovery menu >_> wasn't planning on installing anything because everytime i have my phone ends up running crappy even after going back to stock. anyway i just found out that there is a multi window mod but i have to flash it and a rom (Thanks to the guys who made them) do i have to flash to stock then go and re root or can i just run the root program again and this time select a recovery?

You didn't puy any recovery on? So that means you still have the stock one? If not I would say to go through ODIN and flash the phone back to stock, then re-root with TWRP. One of the devs here have a 1 click exe to recover stock through ODIN (saved my ass last night when I wiped the rom AND my recovery folder )

bl4ckllama said:
You didn't puy any recovery on? So that means you still have the stock one? If not I would say to go through ODIN and flash the phone back to stock, then re-root with TWRP. One of the devs here have a 1 click exe to recover stock through ODIN (saved my ass last night when I wiped the rom AND my recovery folder )
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Oh god lol Can you link me to that real fast im helping my sister or would track it down. I didn't flash a recovery because i wasn't going to use a rom but found i need to have a recovery to flash the multiwindow mod... I guess back to stock i go even tho i'm already rooted bahaha

I did this last night.
http://rwilco12.androidfilehost.com...sung Galaxy Note II (SPH-L900)/LJC/ROM/Rooted
Download the exe. Put the phone in ODIN. Once the exe is running, plug in the USB and his start. About 20 minutes and you'll have a clean, stock rom on there. You'll need to re-root once done.

bl4ckllama said:
I did this last night.
http://rwilco12.androidfilehost.com...sung Galaxy Note II (SPH-L900)/LJC/ROM/Rooted
Download the exe. Put the phone in ODIN. Once the exe is running, plug in the USB and his start. About 20 minutes and you'll have a clean, stock rom on there. You'll need to re-root once done.
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What do you mean by odin as in download mode? or do i need to download odin

Yeah, sorry Volume down, power and center button all at the same time.

bl4ckllama said:
Yeah, sorry Volume down, power and center button all at the same time.
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Lol no problem you confused me im like wait my phone can enter odin huh XD you guys might refer to it as that ive been out of the scene for awhile lol thanks again bud

cant you just use odin to flash custom recovery if ur already rooted? Should just be able to download the appropriate tar file for whatever u choose our am I mistaken?
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goodpup420 said:
cant you just use odin to flash custom recovery if ur already rooted? Should just be able to download the appropriate tar file for whatever u choose our am I mistaken?
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I'm not sure thats what i'm asking haha i'm already rooted i ran a program that rooted it for me (something QBking uses) and i did just a basic root so I didn't know if i had to restore it to stock then re root or if there was a way to just install my custom recovery

goodpup420 said:
cant you just use odin to flash custom recovery if ur already rooted? Should just be able to download the appropriate tar file for whatever u choose our am I mistaken?
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kittyslasher said:
I'm not sure thats what i'm asking haha i'm already rooted i ran a program that rooted it for me (something QBking uses) and i did just a basic root so I didn't know if i had to restore it to stock then re root or if there was a way to just install my custom recovery
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yes you can. just download a recovery image .img file, load odin and flash it with odin. and btw, this should be in the Q & A section

t3project said:
yes you can. just download a recovery image .img file, load odin and flash it with odin. and btw, this should be in the Q & A section
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Where can i get the recovery image from?

kittyslasher said:
Where can i get the recovery image from?
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http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/t0ltespr/openrecovery-twrp-2.3.2.3-t0ltespr.img.tar

Hmm... you didn't read and follow the directions exactly? Not too much sympathy here. Sorry to be an ahole, but jeez, look before you leap. It literally takes 5 minutes to read and 2 minutes to follow directions.

monkey3ddd said:
Hmm... you didn't read and follow the directions exactly? Not too much sympathy here. Sorry to be an ahole, but jeez, look before you leap. It literally takes 5 minutes to read and 2 minutes to follow directions.
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and even less time to reply but you did it anyway

Wrong section...need to be in Q&A

monkey3ddd said:
Hmm... you didn't read and follow the directions exactly? Not too much sympathy here. Sorry to be an ahole, but jeez, look before you leap. It literally takes 5 minutes to read and 2 minutes to follow directions.
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I flashed not wanting to do roms thats why i didn't originally chose a custom recovery >_>

kittyslasher said:
I flashed not wanting to do roms thats why i didn't originally chose a custom recovery >_>
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My question is y root at all? If there was no purpose its seems a little silly. Just my 2 cents.
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I'm rooted and running stock right now. Waiting for something that works across the board for me. But I do like to try everything that comes out Also apps like Lucky Patcher need it and I installed the DPS audio manager.
Of course, as soon as CM10 starts rocking the BT streaming I'll be a downloading.

When I first rooted for some reason I couldnt get a custom recovery to stick. I tried multiple times with no luck so eventually I just downloaded goo manager and installed custom recovery script that way. Worked like a charm. Maybe you should try that. Would save a lot of time and effort.
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rbtrucking said:
When I first rooted for some reason I couldnt get a custom recovery to stick. I tried multiple times with no luck so eventually I just downloaded goo manager and installed custom recovery script that way. Worked like a charm. Maybe you should try that. Would save a lot of time and effort.
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That's because the file on stock roms called /system/recovery-from-boot.p will re-install the stock recovery at every boot. So the trick is to boot straight into recovery and delete that file. Or, flash the Superuser.zip in recovery, boot Android, use an app to delete /system/recovery-from-boot.p, then flash a custom recovery again and you'll be fine.

need help bad

ok so im a noob you all hate me lets get past that please im at your mercy here ive read through all the forums and tried several things but im lost, anyways so i wiped everything on my phone from teamwin and now i have no os my phone just sits on the galaxy page, i can get it to go into download mode but can understand or am not sure where to find roms im thinking all i need to do is download them and put them into my phone using oden but after hours of downloading im apprently dosnloading the wronthing i dont know the last one i downloaded was n7105xxdmb3 ultimate version 1, but i cant find any tar filed or md5 files like odin is looking for all there are is a bunch of system files, someone please help, thanks

Sammobile.com
Go to firmwares.
Download the one for your phone.
Boot into download. Flash with odin.
The file u downlaoded is to be flashed via cwm or twrp. Not via odin. It will be a zip file. Flash the whole zip together.
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hey man thanks a bunch for the reply so i dont see a firmware section but read around in a few forums to go to sam mobile, on sam mobile i believe but im not sure that the model number im looking for is the n7100 if so they do not appear to have firmware for the united states....
NightHawkUndead said:
Sammobile.com
Go to firmwares.
Download the one for your phone.
Boot into download. Flash with odin.
The file u downlaoded is to be flashed via cwm or twrp. Not via odin. It will be a zip file. Flash the whole zip together.
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Go to YouTube search how to unroot "your phone" and u should find a video tht will have a link for ur stock firmware u download it get odin open odin and flash back to normal then u can re root it and make sure u make a backup of ur rom b4 u install a rom
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Google stock i317 firmware and download. Download odin and boot phone into download mode (power, home, volume down) flash firmware through odin
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Can you get into twrp recovery? If so just put any rom on your phone and then flash it. Just don't wipe where you have your rom stored
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All you need http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2004650
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Downloads, odin and instructions.

ok so just thought id through an update out there thanks to all for the advice i will follow it promptly im out of thnaks for the days so i will get back to you all, anyways i downloaded n7105xxdlk7_n7105ojvdlk5_n7105xxdlk7_home.tar.md5 i got this from a link on here in a forum i believe its the stock rom im not sure if its for the right model number they said it was for AT&T note 2 which is what i have anyways i unziped the file and went into odin used the file as the PDA which is what i was told from another forum the install does start but at some point it fails, now my phone says firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again.

Try flashing a stock kernel bro..... what I think happend is you wiped your entire os in twrp once u flash your kernel you should be good..u can find a stock kernel in this thread, make sure you pick the right one for your phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1970162

elhefe420 said:
ok so just thought id through an update out there thanks to all for the advice i will follow it promptly im out of thnaks for the days so i will get back to you all, anyways i downloaded n7105xxdlk7_n7105ojvdlk5_n7105xxdlk7_home.tar.md5 i got this from a link on here in a forum i believe its the stock rom im not sure if its for the right model number they said it was for AT&T note 2 which is what i have anyways i unziped the file and went into odin used the file as the PDA which is what i was told from another forum the install does start but at some point it fails, now my phone says firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies and try again.
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Thats not the right firmware you will ruin your baseband. Downad i317 not 7105
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so i shouldnt download kies and plug in? how do i know what kernal is right for my phone?
Android The Greek said:
Thats not the right firmware you will ruin your baseband. Downad i317 not 7105
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twanskys204 said:
Try flashing a stock kernel bro..... what I think happend is you wiped your entire os in twrp once u flash your kernel you should be good..u can find a stock kernel in this thread, make sure you pick the right one for your phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1970162
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the link you posted has two kernals for the i317 whats the difference? and where in odin does the kernal go? thanks again guys your all awesome

Have you gotten back into twrp recovery yet?
If youre stuck in a bootloop which it sounds like...hold volume up home button and power until device turns off and once you see samsung logo let go.
Did you make a back up before you flashed? If so restore it and youll be fine. If not then you need to remember this...always always make a backup. Every thread on here says make a backup before you flash.
And btw I dont hate noobs. We all were at one point and I remember how stressful it can be when you're unsure of what youre doing amd think youve bricked. Pm me if you need help. As long as either you can get into recover via the method I said above or alternative method is plug you phone in your pc, open up cmd prompt in then folder you put all your android root files. (Hold shift and right click in a blank space in the folder, then go to open command propmpt here. Then type in:
adb reboot recovery
That will also get you in recovery.
sent from my 1920 overclocked note 2 running jedi xp11

The "m" is the Canadian version...flash the kernel in pda I believe. .

A good kernal that I love is by dev ptmr3
Called : sabre kernal
Theres lots out there but its my favorite
In fact I love all his work. Im using it right now
sent from my 1920 overclocked note 2 running jedi xp11

markbencze said:
Have you gotten back into twrp recovery yet?
If youre stuck in a bootloop which it sounds like...hold volume up home button and power until device turns off and once you see samsung logo let go.
Did you make a back up before you flashed? If so restore it and youll be fine. If not then you need to remember this...always always make a backup. Every thread on here says make a backup before you flash.
And btw I dont hate noobs. We all were at one point and I remember how stressful it can be when you're unsure of what youre doing amd think youve bricked. Pm me if you need help. As long as either you can get into recover via the method I said above or alternative method is plug you phone in your pc, open up cmd prompt in then folder you put all your android root files. (Hold shift and right click in a blank space in the folder, then go to open command propmpt here. Then type in:
adb reboot recovery
That will also get you in recovery.
sent from my 1920 overclocked note 2 running jedi xp11
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will not boot into twrp via this method it just goes to the plug into keis screen i got before im gonna try the kernal and let you guys know what i see

twanskys204 said:
The "m" is the Canadian version...flash the kernel in pda I believe. .
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i donwloaded the non M version from your link and there are no files in it that odin reads.

Dont dl the zip... dl .img

markbencze said:
A good kernal that I love is by dev ptmr3
Called : sabre kernal
Theres lots out there but its my favorite
In fact I love all his work. Im using it right now
sent from my 1920 overclocked note 2 running jedi xp11
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having trouble finding this kernal do you have a link?

Or you an dl the .zip one and flash in twrp

[Q] Weird Heimdall issue

Sorry for bother, I never had problem like this with heimdall and I usually fix them myself but I flashed back to stock because my phone would not install roms correctly. Anyway now im trying to get back to root. I download the CWM recovery tar and extract the bin file and when I go to flash it is says ERROR: Setting up interface failed! then Re-attaching kernel driver. I unpluged my phone and it bricked it. It had the phone-computer logo on it. Im back to stock again but if I use the CWM tar I get bricked. It cant be my cord because I can flash back to stock with no problem BTW im using Ubuntu 13.04

BloatedDuck404 said:
Sorry for bother, I never had problem like this with heimdall and I usually fix them myself but I flashed back to stock because my phone would not install roms correctly. Anyway now im trying to get back to root. I download the CWM recovery tar and extract the bin file and when I go to flash it is says ERROR: Setting up interface failed! then Re-attaching kernel driver. I unpluged my phone and it bricked it. It had the phone-computer logo on it. Im back to stock again but if I use the CWM tar I get bricked. It cant be my cord because I can flash back to stock with no problem BTW im using Ubuntu 13.04
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Strange. The only time I've had that error screen with phone and computer was when I attempted to flash a NS4G modem in Odin and had a bad flash.
I would suggest redownloading CWM and compare hash sums. You could give TWRP a try too. (You download a .bin file if directly on their website.)
If still the same, then try to repartition.
I've never used Heimdall, so the above is all I can really suggest.
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ill do a redownload and check md5. Also isnt twrp only for MTD and not BML. I hope my phone didnt turn unrootable
EDIT now im getting
Handshaking with Loke
Failed ERROR: Failed to receive response
Im about to give up and wait until I get my hands on a windows PC.

BloatedDuck404 said:
ill do a redownload and check md5. Also isnt twrp only for MTD and not BML. I hope my phone didnt turn unrootable
EDIT now im getting
Handshaking with Loke
Failed ERROR: Failed to receive response
Im about to give up and wait until I get my hands on a windows PC.
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Well, outside of building a Windows VM in VirtualBox or using a friend's Windows machine to use Odin, have you tried to flash via adb fast boot?
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nikon120 said:
Well, outside of building a Windows VM in VirtualBox or using a friend's Windows machine to use Odin, have you tried to flash via adb fast boot?
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No How would I go about doing that ?

BloatedDuck404 said:
No How would I go about doing that ?
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Search Google for how to flash recovery via adb. There are a lot of tutorials around here. I'm pointing you that way so you can get familiar with the process and list of commands as a whole.
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Thsnks man ill see i can get it working
EDIT: Now I didnt get to flash to work with adb because the device dosent support fastboot. BUT! I got CWM installed by going here http://oldwiki.cyanogenmod.org/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G:_Full_Update_Guide and getting that recovery and it worked.
But dude I didnt realize how useful adb was. trying to find out how to use it I did learn a few things about it. Ill be using adb now. By the way i got the other CWM (the one that bricked my phone) from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655 and I still dont know why it doesnt work. ho hum!