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[Q] Flash samfirmware through odin?

I went to samfirmware and got my firmware, and there is only one file (a .tar.md5)
What do I do with it? I have odin 4.03

ajt1995 said:
I went to samfirmware and got my firmware, and there is only one file (a .tar.md5)
What do I do with it? I have odin 4.03
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unless otherwise noted by samfirmware, their stock ROMs are Odin flashable.

How would I go about it? Which options would I use?
Sorry, I'm an odin noob.
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I odined it with pda and make sure only auto reboot is checked and should be good to go... oh I used odin 1.85
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And I presume yours went smooth? Also, did yours get rid of clockwork recovery?
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Never checked honestly... Should take it off thought cause it's a md5 so... Hell try it. U.shouldnt mess it phone up if I don't go through u put it in the wrong spot
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Okay it worked, but it's still overclocked and it still has root.... Its installing the OTA 2.3.6 right now
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Just checked, Clockwork is gone.

:| Are you doing this because of ICS? Because if it comes out it will only be maybe a couple weeks before root and then you can just flash that on top of your current rooted instead of having to go through more work...
Hopefully we will get AoSP ICS so I won't need the touchwiz ugly version. (unless, however, it's the new tw that comes with GS3 )

Yes, prep for ics. I want ics as fast as possible! (And I love touchwiz)
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Gonna be faster after dman gets ahold of a phone... B4 art even gets it started!
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Update for sprint samsung epic 4g

Sprint rolled out system update at 3:00 AM EST 4.0.4.0 I think, but did not succeed because im rooted with Odin. Not sure what to do now.
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spades2001 said:
Sprint rolled out system update at 3:00 AM EST 4.0.4.0 I think, but did not succeed because im rooted with Odin. Not sure what to do now.
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? Just being rooted will not stop the update. In fact most paths will let you take the update and brick your phone if you actually did things like removing system apps. Luckily thats usually a soft brick.
Are you on EL29, some other Gingerbread, one of the 4.0.3/4.0.4 leaks or FF18? There hasnt been a "New OTA" in a month. If your not on FF18 and you want FF18 just odin it.

Fh13 update possibly or just sending out ff18 again.? Hmmmm
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it's FF18 update and im on el29. I read more about it and mentioned that adobe flash will not work on ICS build and seen battery drainage from users who updated their phones. I guess I'll wait till the patches roll out if needed. Also can't flash with clockwork recovery installed. It has to be stock recovery.
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spades2001 said:
it's FF18 update and im on el29. I read more about it and mentioned that adobe flash will not work on ICS build and seen battery drainage from users who updated their phones. I guess I'll wait till the patches roll out if needed. Also can't flash with clockwork recovery installed. It has to be stock recovery.
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LOL Flash works fine on ICS, are you sure you were not reading about Jelly Bean? Which still works in just no new installs allowed.
Besides as of today Adobe is supposed to have pulled Flash for ALL phones on all android versions that dont already have it installed
http://www.engadget.com/2012/08/14/psa-adobe-halts-new-installs-of-flash-on-android-as-of-tomorrow/
You can flash FF18 OTA, in clockworkmod, or flash the tar in odin that we had 3 weeks prior to the OTA. I flashed a tar/one click earlier for testing and someone else flashed a zip for it in clockwork mod using a safe recovery.
Taking the OTA means you loose root anyways, not sure why people think they want the OTA. With no root exploit youd have to flash an prerooted one in odin.

I tried to flash it with the original update and looked like it was going to update but after the animation showing as a box with a arrow unpacking the update it threw me into the Android with the exclamation screen. Had to battery pull and safe to say that my phone is safe and not bricked.
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spades2001 said:
I tried to flash it with the original update and looked like it was going to update but after the animation showing as a box with a arrow unpacking the update it threw me into the Android with the exclamation screen. Had to battery pull and safe to say that my phone is safe and not bricked.
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Well once again its going to rape you of root and the only way to get root is the same way to get rooted FF18 from where you are. Mind you the update to FF18 is not without its issues. Swype for example you have to delete its data for it to work again. Best bet is to backup your stuff and wipe it.
Zip with Root - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771799
http://little-melon.com/sfhub/update_SPH-D710_EL29_to_FF18-rooted-cwm.zip
NoData One Click (same effect as an OTA + Root) - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721229
http://sfhub.rainmotorsports.net/e4gt/SPH-D710.FF18_CL663858_ROOTED_NODATA-oc-sfx.exe

Here it is it prompted me to do it again .... Smh
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Well i did the upgrade to ics and it sucks battery drained fast wifi didnt work but i found a solution what i did was i rooted ff18(ics) then i unrooted and installed gingerbread(el29) and im back to stock not even rooted and now my phone works
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Going from ics to gb

So basically I was having issues with my phone and ended up getting a warranty replacement. So b4 I sent my old one back I needed to revert it back to stock. I found a flashable zip from zedomax that returned the stock kernel, recovery, and ROM. Only thing it was 2.3.5 gingerbread. I was running infamous 3.1 and did darkside super wipe and cache., well after flashing the zip I got the stock recovery, and part of stock boot animation, well after the stock boot animation then came the infamous animation then nothing. It wouldn't boot up past that.,I ended up using Odin and fixing it and converted stock that way. My question is... Is there a special method going from ics to gb?
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If you want stock then you just odin
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bobby3306 said:
So basically I was having issues with my phone and ended up getting a warranty replacement. So b4 I sent my old one back I needed to revert it back to stock. I found a flashable zip from zedomax that returned the stock kernel, recovery, and ROM. Only thing it was 2.3.5 gingerbread. I was running infamous 3.1 and did darkside super wipe and cache., well after flashing the zip I got the stock recovery, and part of stock boot animation, well after the stock boot animation then came the infamous animation then nothing. It wouldn't boot up past that.,I ended up using Odin and fixing it and converted stock that way. My question is... Is there a special method going from ics to gb?
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Yeah just use odin or a flashable zip to return to stock no big deal

I know how to Odin and get stock...I'm asking if there's anything special to go from an ics ROM to a GB ROM? BC when I did it I soft bricked, using all the darkside
Wipes.
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And btw I know the zip wasn't corrupt BC I had used it b4 when I did an exchange when I was running GB already.
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There is a sticky post having all the links
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bobby3306 said:
I know how to Odin and get stock...I'm asking if there's anything special to go from an ics ROM to a GB ROM? BC when I did it I soft bricked, using all the darkside
Wipes.
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I have flashed from GB to ICS back and forth a few times never really had an issue like that the only real issue I have ever had was a few apps force closing but a quick wipe of the cache took care of that issue
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angellsl said:
There is a sticky post having all the links
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Omg read the entire post moron, I wasn't asking for a guide for any damn links. Was a question, read
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don't use the CWM flashable zips. if you do you should flash the rom and kernel too? you probably did but sometimes it doesn't work correctly. I would suggest flashing via odin to get to stock then wipe data/factory reset through stock recovery. that is the cleanest method to get to stock. the CWM flashing to zip sometimes leave stuff behind from earlier flashes.

Wanna revert to ics...

Hey guys, im rooted on stock jb for tmobile with stock recovery. I wanna get custom recovery and flash back to ics and use a custom rom like wicked v7.
To do this do I just download goo manager, install its recovery, wipe then flash? Or do I have to change the firmware etc?
Sorry, I usually search for my solutions but im read mixed stuff on reverting and I really dont wanna brick this thing. I even kinda forgot how to do all this since I havent touched my old sensation in months.
Thanks guys.
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Yup.

If you're rooted, 1. download goo manager 2. install openrecovery script 3. flash ROM of choice. You may need to wipe cache and data if you get a bunch of FC's since you're going back to ICS from JB. Don't forget to do a nandroid (step 2.5).

Already on Frosty ics, but thanks guyss
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What I would first do is Odin the ics so you have all drivers installed properly then root and flash rom of choice
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I agree with Crisisx1. I know you said you're already running Frosty (I'm a Wicked guy myself) but if you notice any anomalous behavior, I'd definitely Odin to stock ICS and then go through the proper flashing process. This will ensure all of your partitions/drivers are properly set up. GL man.

So far so good, if any weird things happen ill deff odin back, thanks again guys.
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Flashing issues

Good morning you all,
I have my son's s3 on rooted stock mb1 at the moment.. was trying to update a kernel and it doesn't seem to be flashing.. the kernel name stays the same in the about phone screen... I also tried to flash the hotspot mod and it doesn't show up in the settings after flashing.. it's as of twrp isn't flashing fully.. it's says success when flashing but didn't seem to complete.. I'm thinking I may just try to update to the latest stock and go from there.. any ideas on the flashing and why things wouldn't be sticking?
Thanks
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lilmexx said:
Good morning you all,
I have my son's s3 on rooted stock mb1 at the moment.. was trying to update a kernel and it doesn't seem to be flashing.. the kernel name stays the same in the about phone screen... I also tried to flash the hotspot mod and it doesn't show up in the settings after flashing.. it's as of twrp isn't flashing fully.. it's says success when flashing but didn't seem to complete.. I'm thinking I may just try to update to the latest stock and go from there.. any ideas on the flashing and why things wouldn't be sticking?
Thanks
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It would be very helpful to know the answers to these questions:
1. How did you attain root?
2. What recovery are you using?
3. What MB1 stock rooted ROM are you using?
4. Which kernel are you trying to flash?
5. did you check the MD5 code in the zip you downloaded?
Thanks

I obtained root using the tool kit..
I am using twrp for recovery.
Stock mb1 deoxed Rom.
Trying to flash updated optimized stock kernel..
Also retired to flash the hotspot fix zip..
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
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Yes.
I'd return to 100% stock and then obtain root -not- using the toolkit.
There have been lots of issues had by those that utilized that method of rooting.
First, unroot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1904099
re-root:
follow this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoEVDgjTTdg&list=PL7011CD883D5201B8&index=12&feature=plpp_video
make sure to use the newest version of CWM (6.0.3.1) I am using touch, it works well.
EDIT: the tar file available for download (that the video talks about) should contain the latest version of CWM
Good luck

If you're just flashing a kernel you should wipe Dalvik and cache. That could be where it went sideways.
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