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My pc crashed recently and i was wondering if anybody can shed some light on mobile odin. Is it reliable, does it work well....just wanted some info before spending 5 bucks on a app ......soo should i buy???????
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So far it seems reliable. Bought pro version after using the free for a bit to support. Haven't flashed a ROM through it but have flashed modems and kernals.
Try the free and then decide. Pro gives ability to inject su etc. Not needed for kernel or modem.
Anybody else
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I've also only used it to flash Kernels. Worked great for that. Just flash a kernel then boot into recovery if you're nervous about flashing a rom with mobile Odin. Although if you brick it will be because of the kernel, not the rom.
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Janker5050 said:
My pc crashed recently and i was wondering if anybody can shed some light on mobile odin. Is it reliable, does it work well....just wanted some info before spending 5 bucks on a app ......soo should i buy???????
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i bought it and i flash everything with i only CWM for nandroid backups but something will need more then just a flash ( you will know it migth get stuck in a boot loop and thats only with a couple ROMs that need to have data wiped) , if you flash it and it gets stuck in a boot loop then just go into CWM and wipe data fix everytime and thats the only problem ive had
Mobile odin
I USED MOBILE ODIN PRO TO FLASH THE OFFICIAL ICS UPDATE FOR MY SGSII i777.
FLAWLESS
Only thing mobile Odin can't do on the et4g is.flash modems, they flash but won't stick. Its well worth the $5 but if you'd like to try it first chainfire has a free version here on xda. If you try the free version when you download it make sure to scroll down a few posts in the thread and download the flash kernel for our device, its listed as the sph-d710 I think its post 5 or 6 where its located
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+1 for mobile odin amazingness
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Mobile Odin has always worked well for me,it is nice not having to have a computer around to get my flash on.
Although its not been working on jellybean,has a problem with finding the partition so you have to reboot into recovery
thru the ROM or by manually booting into recovery.I'm sure it won't be long before its fixed.
can i use mobile odin to flash a directboot kernel el29 on ics where i would then flash a rom?
Yes, it will work and I have used it before.
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I've only had a snafu once and that was a couple of days ago with trying to go from blue kuban (sp?) back to el29. Something happened before i even installed it. The rom was falling on its face and reporting things stopped running. I have no clue what caused that but i suspect that is what caused mobile odin pro to lock up before rebooting. It, mop, hasnt messed anything up on a system that was running and not fc'ing or other errors popping up left and right. If you want to flash one click odin files, you need to get zarchiver to unpack the compressed exe to its full size or mop wont be able to do anything with it. I used to mess with the additional wipe options but started leaving them alone lest i screw up something. I think it's pretty safe to use. Now i have to switch out of this damned samsung keyboard because it's driving me crazy!
I've noticed people leaving comments in the app's page in the play store. Their comments are that it soft bricked when using for an ics install. Today I experienced the same thing again. When trying to go from agats fh13 rom to sfhub's one click Odin of el29, using mop, what worked so many other times is now just installing recovery but the rest bombs out. I'm going back to run a md5 on my oc el29 to make sure it isn't corrupted. Use mobile Odin at your own risk. I thought it was reliable but I have to check a few things first.
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I've noticed people leaving comments in the app's page in the play store. Their comments are that it soft bricked when using for an ics install. Today I experienced the same thing again. When trying to go from agats fh13 rom to sfhub's one click Odin of el29, using mop, what worked so many other times is now just installing recovery but the rest bombs out. I'm going back to run a md5 on my oc el29 to make sure it isn't corrupted. Use mobile Odin at your own risk. I thought it was reliable but I have to check a few things first.
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I only use mobile Odin to install el26+cwm to flash from. If your oneclick has a modem that may be the issue, they flash from mOdin on our device but don't stick, so it may be what's causing the softbrick with the oneclick. Or you may be correct and have a corrupted file. I've never attempted to run a oneclick or flash a whole rom tar from mOdin just el26 and then flash what I need from there, never had an issue with it yet:thumbup: usually if I want to Odin a oneclick I use the PC, but I don't Odin a rom unless I bootlooped by forgetting to flash an ics kernel after a nandroid restore from el26 or when I rooted my device. I don't use TW roms tho I stick to aosp based roms so i don't really have a need to do alot of Odining roms unless its absolutely necessary because I borked something or need to do prl and profile updates and don't wanna mOdin el26, flash TW, mOdin el26, then flash a new aosp rom or restore a backup. Ill just oneclick to el29 and a cwm kernel then do my updates, boot to recovery and flash el26.zip and the reboot recovery to flash my rom
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The ability to mobile Odin el26 kernel to be super safe is worth way more than $5 to me, app was a bargain... $5 to a fantastic dev from xda beats the hell out of $100 to asureon for an insurance claim because I was careless
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cp320703 said:
The ability to mobile Odin el26 kernel to be super safe is worth way more than $5 to me, app was a bargain... $5 to a fantastic dev from xda beats the hell out of $100 to asureon for an insurance claim because I was careless
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I've gotten into the habit of using el26 everytime I use recovery, I don't even worry about if the kernel I'm using with my rom has recovery or what recovery it is. I've been using el26 for a little more than 5 months so its just become a habit for me to mOdin it before I go into recovery
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I md5'd the file on the phone I have and on the computer. They both match. I can run the computer one and it goes through without errors. Maybe I should try it again to see if I can determine what's causing the soft brick. I will report back.
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I md5'd the file on the phone I have and on the computer. They both match. I can run the computer one and it goes through without errors. Maybe I should try it again to see if I can determine what's causing the soft brick. I will report back.
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Give it a try without the modem and see if that's causing it too. I know they flash and don't stick but I'm curious if its flashed with the other files if it not sticking like it should causes an error during the flash process that corrupts something in the kernel preventing the boot
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I've flashed a few different ways and no problems. Perhaps it was a couple snafus earlier. All on clicks have a modem packed in them but mop won't flash the modem. You can flash a custom recovery then flash the modem zip if you wanted to. I thought of something I did different earlier but am not sure if I want to go through the hassle again. What I did just before was to flash the fh13 modded 1x zip to show what mode you were in. It definitely broke the looks of the 3/4g icons and the battery. After the flash I couldn't connect to 4g in known good areas. Well, I'm really lazy now but I suppose I won't know if that could be replicated yet. I hate intentionally screwing something up that works nice as it is.
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I've flashed a few different ways and no problems. Perhaps it was a couple snafus earlier. All on clicks have a modem packed in them but mop won't flash the modem. You can flash a custom recovery then flash the modem zip if you wanted to. I thought of something I did different earlier but am not sure if I want to go through the hassle again. What I did just before was to flash the fh13 modded 1x zip to show what mode you were in. It definitely broke the looks of the 3/4g icons and the battery. After the flash I couldn't connect to 4g in known good areas. Well, I'm really lazy now but I suppose I won't know if that could be replicated yet. I hate intentionally screwing something up that works nice as it is.
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My mobile Odin will flash the modem it just doesn't stay after it reboots. That's why I was wondering if flashing the modem in the oneclick was causing some sort of error from it not sticking. I know on other devices the modem will actually stick, I think the et4g is the only one it doesn't stick on, or maybe the cdma devices it doesn't stick on. I always flash my modems in el26 right before I flash TWiz to do a prl/profile update. I'm still rocking fd19 haven't changed modems since late may after I tried the last few modems from end of may and went back to fd19 cuz i have great 3g speeds on it.
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We need to determine whats bricking our phones when flashing/using ICS ROMS. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the kernel and the way things are handled with partitions in the recoveries.
I bricked coming from GB to ICS, after I went from ICS to GB using a NANDROID. Also used Mobile Odin to flash el26 recovery. This is the jist of it, anyone have a similar story?
i NEVER bricked because i ALWAYS follow the rules.
ODIN EL26 Kernel (http://bit.ly/xL3kvm), reboot directly into recovery on auto-reboot (vol up + power), Flash CM9 .zip.. Flash GApps .zip.. Wipe Data... Reboot
autoprime said:
i NEVER bricked because i ALWAYS follow the rules.
ODIN EL26 Kernel (http://bit.ly/xL3kvm), reboot directly into recovery on auto-reboot (vol up + power), Flash CM9 .zip.. Flash GApps .zip.. Wipe Data... Reboot
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;D Funny thing is I did all that after I flashed it with mobile odin. still bricked, and you were told how step by step
Way back in 1942 I had me one of them new Samsung Epic 4G Touch kinda phones. I did me a flash using Heimdall Frontend with that there "Repartition" square all checked and low and behold I got me a nice fancy blue light when I tried to get that phone all powered on. Well, I learned something that day.The next day I was getting me a new one for sure! Well, I did just that and have been very careful cuz them phones ain't cheap. But, since the new FB and FC ICS leaks have been dripping down the pipes I have been flashing like a mad man. I have flashed everything Calkulin has released, Heimdall bad kernels to the device, tried agat's nice little ROM, push and pull files, torn apart kernels and put them together wrong and tried them on the device and you name it, unless the name is switching between Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich. I have had kernel panics, File System panics and other people have panicked. I did get a scare once when I wiped data/system reset and couldn't boot. I push a good kernel and flashed another ROM toot sweet! I have not bricked it again for the life of me. Mr_Milenko asked me to share this I suppose as a success story amidst all the stories and rumors about why this device is bricking. Honestly, I can only speculate. Since it's not a problem that can be reproduced and recovered from we can't just perma-brick devices to run expermients so we have to really think about what we're doing now. We don't even know at this point if an OTA is going to be safer than the leaks of the problem isn't known to samsung. Once we have source we can look for weaknesses in the it. Until then maybe a thread with exact step leading up to the bricking might help others avoid some patterns of destruction. If you say you have ended up with the Blu Light of Death (BLD, cuz we loves acronyms) give as many technical details as possible, including what versions of rom and kernel you are coming from, what methods and versions of tools you may have used to flash/push/etc, and what version you were attempting to flash. If you wanna speculate, at least put the details in a separate paragraph so the devs can see the facts clearly.
Good Luck Y'all!
I'm hearing people of bricking using Mobile odin, I would just play it safe and use my pc to odin. I really wish this would get sorted out. I never had to worry about bricking on my evo4g, now that's all I hear about flashing in ics
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paranoid android85 said:
I'm hearing people of bricking using Mobile odin, I would just play it safe and use my pc to odin. I really wish this would get sorted out. I never had to worry about bricking on my evo4g, now that's all I hear about flashing in ics
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Next phone, definitely sticking with PC. I know its not any devs fault, but I'm sure Samsung changed some major ****.. Theirs no way to tell without source though.
What's bricking phones? Not wiping data and not using a stable recovery...
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I was gonna say using mobile Odin was probably what caused the brick, but then I'll get a slew of people defending Mo'din. PC odin every time man, I've tried damn near all the ICS builds and feel using the PC to restore the EL29 rooted one click restore then sfhub one click CWM push is the safest way to avoid any complications. It takes a whole five minutes and no worries.
Mr_Milenko said:
We need to determine whats bricking our phones when flashing/using ICS ROMS. I'm pretty sure it has something to do with the kernel and the way things are handled with partitions in the recoveries.
I bricked coming from GB to ICS, after I went from ICS to GB using a NANDROID. Also used Mobile Odin to flash el26 recovery. This is the jist of it, anyone have a similar story?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1509795
Mattix724 said:
What's bricking phones? Not wiping data and not using a stable recovery...
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Not wiping data and not using a stable recovery? I wiped data, and I was on EL26.
Can anyone direct me to a full Odin tar a pit file so i can try and repartition my phone via odin?
krazyflipj said:
Can anyone direct me to a full Odin tar a pit file so i can try and repartition my phone via odin?
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Look at resource #A2 in the 2nd post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
When you unpack you'll have ODIN, the pit file, and the tar.md5 file
sfhub said:
Look at resource #A2 in the 2nd post of this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
When you unpack you'll have ODIN, the pit file, and the tar.md5 file
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Hopefully this works. I wiped data while on a cm9 build using its version of CWM. Hopefully I can repartition via odin using pit and tar file. Will keep you guys updated.
krazyflipj said:
Hopefully this works. I wiped data while on a cm9 build using its version of CWM. Hopefully I can repartition via odin using pit and tar file. Will keep you guys updated.
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Not to burst your bubble and you should try anyway, but if you are in the situation where your data partition is not writable, people who have tried repartitioning with ODIN found it didn't fix the problem. Even JTAG has not been able to fix the problem, so the conclusion of most people is there is a hardware issue that was caused by a software operation with incompatible kernel and recovery.
sfhub said:
Not to burst your bubble and you should try anyway, but if you are in the situation where your data partition is not writable, people who have tried repartitioning with ODIN found it didn't fix the problem. Even JTAG has not been able to fix the problem, so the conclusion of most people is there is a hardware issue that was caused by a software operation with incompatible kernel and recovery.
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Figured so but at this point I got nothing to lose lol
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Figured so but at this point I got nothing to lose lol
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The subjects of eFuses even came up.. Could there be undocumented hardware information that we don't know about? So many possibilities its really irritating.
first time I flashed aokp it was all gravy until I tried to boot into recovery, I got the Android System Recovery. I got scared and I read around and ended up odin'ing back to stock and flashing another rom.
I really like aokp so I wanted to try it again. I made very sure I followed the directions, I did not flash from an ICS recovery. I try booting into recovery to see if it worked this time and sure enough, there is android system recovery again, what am I doing wrong?
I searched for this too and saw that someone said to reinstall the packages and reboot, and do it again or something like that and it would boot into CWM, but that was for a different phone so I wasnt gonna try that.
Can I just run the eg4tauto.zip and isntall el26 with cwm to get recovery back and be good, or do I need to odin?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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first time I flashed aokp it was all gravy until I tried to boot into recovery, I got the Android System Recovery. I got scared and I read around and ended up odin'ing back to stock and flashing another rom.
You need to read the OP in the thread.
I really like aokp so I wanted to try it again. I made very sure I followed the directions, I did not flash from an ICS recovery. I try booting into recovery to see if it worked this time and sure enough, there is android system recovery again, what am I doing wrong?
I searched for this too and saw that someone said to reinstall the packages and reboot, and do it again or something like that and it would boot into CWM, but that was for a different phone so I wasnt gonna try that.
Can I just run the eg4tauto.zip and isntall el26 with cwm to get recovery back and be good, or do I need to odin?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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There is no cwm on aokp codename etc for a reason ....to stop people from bring stupid and bricking ....don't use a ics kernel with cwm for anything .... Use el26 to flash any ROM u need and when you want to go to another use mobile Odin or regular Odin to flash el26 kernel again and boot into cwm .... El26 is a GB kernel and won't boot a ics ROM ....then you can flash anything GB or ics
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thanks for your response, but I think I am more confused, I was trying to flash a different modem. when I am not connected to 4g, my data is terrible, with 4g, I am all good. I was going to try a different modem. In the OP, for modems it says this:
Modems
FC18 Modem: DOWNLOAD
Flash through Stock CWM Recovery OR pull the modem.bin out of the .zip file and flash in the Phone option in Odin(mobile Odin doesnt flash modem)
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You probably should flash back to a touch wiz ROM.....you can Odin the el29 tar or one click from sfhub .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
you can Odin the modem and then update profile and prl in tw then you can flash the el26 cwm http://www.mediafire.com/?hkydca9ob98z89m
and go back to aokp or codename etc
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sorry if this is a dumb questions, but what if I get stuck in a boot loop and I have no recovery? just go into download mode and odin my way out?
one other thing, I started flashing ics roms with venum ice and flashed to mijjz ics and caulks and others and never had a problem, was I just lucky so far? I don't recall mijjz or venum's installation instructions saying I needed to odin back to stock before flashing. Sorry for the noob questions, but I've read a bunch and just trying to piece it all together. I read so I don't brick, but then I end up with more questions.
I'm also wondering about this I've spent a good deal of time trying to put the time line of the et4g together and I think I got most of it....just got my shiny white et4g two days ago my wife has had hers. for about 4 mo. shes much less fearless when it comes to flashing on this phone. (however shes settled in on build 27 of aokp, and I doubts shes gonna be flashing anytime too soon.) I'm coming over from my NS4G which always had clear cut rules to flashing! CWM all day. The only thing(s) I ever had to watch for was is it aosp, or not? An do I do a wipe or not? (I got in the habit of wiping just to be safe, and man I flash with the best of them! At least 2 times a week)
OK, OK sorry about the ramblings of my history my real questions are:
A) So Im sitting on alpha 2 of CM9 (nice piece of work I must Say) I made sure I was in the green, and had everything lined up to flash this one! went smooth of course. It wasn't until after my flash that I tried to make a nandroid....I get why theres no clockwork! but I'm totally clueless on how to back up with out it, or if you even can make one with stock recovery?
Can I keep CM9, and flash a kernel with rouge recovery to the make a nandroid? Or is there another way to go about this (I like to make nandroid often as a easy way to restore data after I play around with stuff and brake Wifi or what have you, and scrap unneeded back ups as I find out what I can and cant do with MY phone.)
I really really love Cryogen 9 (yeah its not as far along as I would like it to be ex- cm7 for the ns4g or kangs aokp builds) But there a team I'm familiar with. An I like there stuff, but I'm really nerves about where I go from here if/when i decide to change to something else.What are the guide lines for flashing from cm9 to say another ICS build? and is CM9 compatible with other kernels or only the one that is came packed with?
B) can someone straight up make a new clean thread with proper flashing tech. and no filler or out dated info then the have a mod stick it and close it>>>>simplify this for those of us that know what were doing....until things go funk for some reason, or another and that leaves ,us we are completely lost!
Well after wrighting my first novel (joke haha) I would like to thank everyone thats put up there time and money to make phones OURS and more powerful then what hit the shelfs an allowing me to get the most customized electronic device I have ever seen with the exception of my PC. Clapping
If you want to backup your system with the stock cm9a2 kernel, just mobile odin/odin el26 kernel/recovery, boot into cwm, flash stock cm9a2 kernel, now while still in cwm do a nand backup. That way it will be a full backup.
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I know I'm a little late, but there is CWM for the AOKP rom. The FC07 BootImg on the e4gtuato.zip file worked fine for me on the older version which was based off of FC15.
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I know I'm a little late, but there is CWM for the AOKP rom. The FC07 BootImg on the e4gtuato.zip file worked fine for me on the older version which was based off of FC15.
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I would try that, but these folks have me scurred about using cwm within aokp. I have flashed between caulks ics/venum ice, anakonda/mijjz goodness,xplod mini and a couple other ICS roms all from cwm with absolutely no issues so far.
I am thoroughly confused right now. I am on aokp build 28 with a few significant issues and not sure what what direction to go next. I know how to get out of aokp safely now, but not sure which rom i want to go to, little issues with each that I dont know how to fix yet.
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I would try that, but these folks have me scurred about using cwm within aokp. I have flashed between caulks ics/venum ice, anakonda/mijjz goodness,xplod mini and a couple other ICS roms all from cwm with absolutely no issues so far.
I am thoroughly confused right now. I am on aokp build 28 with a few significant issues and not sure what what direction to go next. I know how to get out of aokp safely now, but not sure which rom i want to go to, little issues with each that I dont know how to fix yet.
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Read this thread it happens when using ics kernel with cwm .and then tell us u want to use cwm with a ics kernel.....it bricks phones please read it and understand
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
That's why people are using Odin to get el26 GB on their phones to flash with
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krook250 said:
I would try that, but these folks have me scurred about using cwm within aokp. I have flashed between caulks ics/venum ice, anakonda/mijjz goodness,xplod mini and a couple other ICS roms all from cwm with absolutely no issues so far.
I am thoroughly confused right now. I am on aokp build 28 with a few significant issues and not sure what what direction to go next. I know how to get out of aokp safely now, but not sure which rom i want to go to, little issues with each that I dont know how to fix yet.
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If you have been having luck thats fine but I can not see how you have not noticed int eh OP of the ICS roms and the OP of the recoveries it gives you instructions on what to do and what not to do. Also there are quite a few threads in here about the horror stories of the now infamous blue light of death. Once again if you have escaped this then maybe you should tell us your secret to success. Honestly the few extra steps it takes to ensure your phone stays your phone is well worth it.
Like Epix has posted please read up a little just incase something happens to you or anyone else who claims no problems so you know how to help yourself. Hopefully we wont have to see a I Think I just bricked my Phone thread from you.
Odin EL26 CWM and basically everything else stays the same after that... except you would need to either reflash the ICS rom you are using or have a copy of the kernel readily available
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Read this thread it happens when using ics kernel with cwm .and then tell us u want to use cwm with a ics kernel.....it bricks phones please read it and understand
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
That's why people are using Odin to get el26 GB on their phones to flash with
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I've read that, hence the reason for my posts. I am not going to load cwm and start flashing away. From aokp, I will odin back to GB before I flash any new ICS roms. I also won't be flashing between other ICS roms, even ones I have done before with no problems. I odin every time now, but it is putting a serious damper on my flashing addiction.
I could flash 3 roms in the time it takes me to odin back to GB, lol!
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I've read that, hence the reason for my posts. I am not going to load cwm and start flashing away. From aokp, I will odin back to GB before I flash any new ICS roms. I also won't be flashing between other ICS roms, even ones I have done before with no problems. I odin every time now, but it is putting a serious damper on my flashing addiction.
I could flash 3 roms in the time it takes me to odin back to GB, lol!
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I don't Odin to stock all the time I mobile Odin the el26 cwm kernel and then boot strait into recovery as the GB kernel won't boot the ics ROM and then I flash from there but I also u caulks format all too ....
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I don't Odin to stock all the time I mobile Odin the el26 cwm kernel and then boot strait into recovery as the GB kernel won't boot the ics ROM and then I flash from there but I also u caulks format all too ....
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Thus is what I used to do at first myself I would flash the CWM kernel then just nandroid back my old rom and keep it moving. It just basically seems that as long as you do everything in a GB kernel based recovery as long as it is not the Touch recovery you should be OK
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I am gonna look into mobile Odin so i don't have to be sitting at a PC to do work. So if I go back to gb and get my modem biz straightened out then flash an ics rom, my modem changes will stick?
It seems like this issue is isolated to sprint only, right? Much buddy on att is flashing ics over ics like crazy. And he said he hasn't seen anything like this over there.
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I've only used the ICS recovery on AOKP to change modems and flash GB roms because it probably wouldn't work too well with other ICS roms.
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I am gonna look into mobile Odin so i don't have to be sitting at a PC to do work. So if I go back to gb and get my modem biz straightened out then flash an ics rom, my modem changes will stick?
It seems like this issue is isolated to sprint only, right? Much buddy on att is flashing ics over ics like crazy. And he said he hasn't seen anything like this over there.
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UPDATE: It seems that using recovery on Touchwiz-based ICS roms (like Blend ICS) is safe but it is much more dangerous on roms built from stock (like CM9). Your buddy must be using roms based off of leaked builds and not stock AOSP.
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If you flashed back to Gingerbread to change your modems and installed an Ice Cream Sandwich rom over it the modem should stay.
faceyourfaces said:
I've only used the ICS recovery on AOKP to change modems and flash GB roms because it probably wouldn't work too well with other ICS roms.
UPDATE: It seems that using recovery on Touchwiz-based ICS roms (like Blend ICS) is safe but it is much more dangerous on roms built from stock (like CM9). Your buddy must be using roms based off of leaked builds and not stock AOSP.
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If you flashed back to Gingerbread to change your modems and installed an Ice Cream Sandwich rom over it the modem should stay.
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It has nothing to do with that it's the ics kernel and aosp and tw is using the same kernel but with minor changed , because there is no source released there can't be a built from source aosp kernel ....there is no safe ics kernel with cwm when source is released they will fix it, but the note has the same problem
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It has nothing to do with that it's the ics kernel and aosp and tw is using the same kernel but with minor changed , because there is no source released there can't be a built from source aosp kernel ....there is no safe ics kernel with cwm when source is released they will fix it, but the note has the same problem
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The recovery that came with Blend ICS worked fine for me though. Trying to flash using recoveries on other ICS roms gave me soft bricks. Would you have any idea how Blend worked for me?
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The recovery that came with Blend ICS worked fine for me though. Trying to flash using recoveries on other ICS roms gave me soft bricks. Would you have any idea how Blend worked for me?
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It is the same recovery and soft bricks ate usually from not wiping right....but use that kernel with cwm and wipe data and your risking a b.l.o.d. It doesn't take much ....the thing is Samsung changed a couple things with how the data partition is handled and they also changed a couple other partitions and sfhub said he thinks it writes over two of the partitions at the same time when wiping and makes both unusable creating a brick
... writers thing is it damages the emmc somehow and makes it even impossible to jtag it .... Which should really never happen
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It is the same recovery and soft bricks ate usually from not wiping right....but use that kernel with cwm and wipe data and your risking a b.l.o.d. It doesn't take much ....the thing is Samsung changed a couple things with how the data partition is handled and they also changed a couple other partitions and sfhub said he thinks it writes over two of the partitions at the same time when wiping and makes both unusable creating a brick
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So the best thing I guess would be to just to avoid ICS recoveries all around.
I just need a link or some information on how to install cyanogenmod 9 from EL29, I'm currently running Calkulin's EL29 v3.0, and then I was wondering how do I come back from ICS without bricking?
I'd appreciate the response so i don't screw up my wonderful new phone! ^^
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Always check stickies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
Nabbu said:
I just need a link or some information on how to install cyanogenmod 9 from EL29, I'm currently running Calkulin's EL29 v3.0, and then I was wondering how do I come back from ICS without bricking?
I'd appreciate the response so i don't screw up my wonderful new phone! ^^
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http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/cm9-install-guide.html?m=1
To go back to GB just flash the EL26 kernel with CWM through Odin. When rebooting hold power + volume up until it boots into recovery and flash from there.
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FYI - OP on the CM9 page for the rom the very first post has it notated that for the CM9 install guide which is the link that has been posted above. I commend you on being careful but just so you know this forum has more than enough info in it to ensure you do everything correct and minimize your chances of bricking..
http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/cm9-install-guide.html?m=1
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808
Just a few links which have helped me stay away from issues to date..
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http://e4gtcm.blogspot.com/p/cm9-install-guide.html?m=1
To go back to GB just flash the EL26 kernel with CWM through Odin. When rebooting hold power + volume up until it boots into recovery and flash from there.
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I've heard to odin just the el26 kernel + cwm and also the whole el26 rom before flashing ICS, more specifically the AOsP variations so which is it? Or which is safer? It would kind of make sense to Odin the whole rom to restore a gb nandroid. There's just so many conflicting methods its cornfuzzling
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
I've heard to odin just the el26 kernel + cwm and also the whole el26 rom before flashing ICS, more specifically the AOsP variations so which is it? Or which is safer? It would kind of make sense to Odin the whole rom to restore a gb nandroid. There's just so many conflicting methods its cornfuzzling
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No not really conflicting if you look at them slowly. Its basically get back to a GB kernel at the end of the day. They say to odin it since you do not want to or have any other way to get a GB kernel on your phone if you are on ICS. Now you could flash from ICS but that is what people are trying to avoid since it could cause a brick.
Basically: When on ICS
1. Odin a GB CWM recovery(now others have used EL29 and Rogue recoveries as well) I personally use a stock CWM recovery from CM7 and Miui
2. From there you can wipe and flash and do nandroids as normal.
Option: Safest bet
1. One Click Odin your choice of any of the GB stock roms by sfhub
I have used both methods so far with no problems. I had CM9 on my phone then used odin to go back to the recovery used with CM7 and then I nandroid back my UnNamed Rom. I did this a few times without issue. I have never heard of any issues with anyone using any of the above two methods I mentioned. If someone has please inform us
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No not really conflicting if you look at them slowly. Its basically get back to a GB kernel at the end of the day. They say to odin it since you do not want to or have any other way to get a GB kernel on your phone if you are on ICS. Now you could flash from ICS but that is what people are trying to avoid since it could cause a brick.
Basically: When on ICS
1. Odin a GB CWM recovery(now others have used EL29 and Rogue recoveries as well) I personally use a stock CWM recovery from CM7 and Miui
2. From there you can wipe and flash and do nandroids as normal.
Option: Safest bet
1. One Click Odin your choice of any of the GB stock roms by sfhub
I have used both methods so far with no problems. I had CM9 on my phone then used odin to go back to the recovery used with CM7 and then I nandroid back my UnNamed Rom. I did this a few times without issue. I have never heard of any issues with anyone using any of the above two methods I mentioned. If someone has please inform us
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I was more confused about whether to Odin(mobileodin) just the kernel + cwm or the entire rom, all the install instructions say Odin kernel with cwm(usually el26) which is what I'm using for ics, I use rogue gunslinger for GB, but then I've seen ppl say to Odin the entire rom before restoring/upgrading/changing roms so i was like
Wtf which is it do I Odin the kernel or the whole rom when i upgrade :-| I've been trying to figure that out for a cpl days b4 I upgrade my AOKP to build 31, cuz I really don't want a paperweight
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
I was more confused about whether to Odin(mobileodin) just the kernel + cwm or the entire rom, all the install instructions say Odin kernel with cwm(usually el26) which is what I'm using for ics, I use rogue gunslinger for GB, but then I've seen ppl say to Odin the entire rom before restoring/upgrading/changing roms so i was like
Wtf which is it do I Odin the kernel or the whole rom when i upgrade :-| I've been trying to figure that out for a cpl days b4 I upgrade my AOKP to build 31, cuz I really don't want a paperweight
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I've searched around and I don't know how to just odin a kernel, so I use sfhubs one-click back to el26 then I use autoroot to install el26 +cwm.
I would like to just odin a kernel and flash from there, but i am unsure of the procedure, do you do this:
phone to download mode and connect to odin, use PDA slot and browse to kernel, hit start or GO or whatever it is, then when it starts to reboot, pwr+vlm up to get into recovery, then get my flash on from there?
I use mobile Odin for the kernel alone but I believe in PC Odin you can just select PDA and choose the kernel. Tar and flash it that way then when it starts to reboot either catch the volume up + power on the splash screen or do like I do and snatch the battery real quick and the boot to recovery, everytime I try to hit it while its rebooting Im too slow
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I use mobile Odin for the kernel alone but I believe in PC Odin you can just select PDA and choose the kernel. Tar and flash it that way then when it starts to reboot either catch the volume up + power on the splash screen or do like I do and snatch the battery real quick and the boot to recovery, everytime I try to hit it while its rebooting Im too slow
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I havent used mobile odin, but I hear nothing but good things, so I think I am gonna grab it and try it out. That way I wont need to be at a PC to get my flash on.
With mobile odin, do I keep the kernel on my sdcard, same place I put roms and such? And when using mobile odin, if the file is *.tar.md5, do I remove the .md5 from the file name first? Do I use the flash firmware option?
I've done this at least 25 times recently; so easy, I'll post instructions here again.
1. get Mobile Odin(time saver to the max)
2. Get EL26 kernel (TAR version)
3. flash EL26 kernel in Mobile Odin (takes 10 seconds)
4. Boot into recovery(you will have the proper one now!)
5. Flash away
if you do this either coming from A GB rom to ICS, or going back to one, Guaranteed success...
Simple as can be; not sure why this keeps getting asked.....
The kernel is 8.1 mb, which exceeds the attachment size, so I can't post it here, but its all over this forum..
krook250 said:
I havent used mobile odin, but I hear nothing but good things, so I think I am gonna grab it and try it out. That way I wont need to be at a PC to get my flash on.
With mobile odin, do I keep the kernel on my sdcard, same place I put roms and such? And when using mobile odin, if the file is *.tar.md5, do I remove the .md5 from the file name first? Do I use the flash firmware option?
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Yea u can keep em in a folder on internal SD that's what I do and just open the location it will find all tar files in that location then just select and follow directions, mOdin works really good its quick and no flash counter in crease or yellow triangle. Its alot easier to flash ics than having to go to the PC cuz u can just Odin el26+cwm kernel boot to recovery and get ur flash on without all the hassle of drivers and connecting a USB etc
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Yea u can keep em in a folder on internal SD that's what I do and just open the location it will find all tar files in that location then just select and follow directions, mOdin works really good its quick and no flash counter in crease or yellow triangle. Its alot easier to flash ics than having to go to the PC cuz u can just Odin el26+cwm kernel boot to recovery and get ur flash on without all the hassle of drivers and connecting a USB etc
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sweet thanks, gonna grab the app and go grab the kernel as well. can't wait!!!
If I just cut my 30 min. flashing time down to 10 mins, that means I can flash 3x more, frick yeah!! Now I just need the new cna to drop so I can flash that girl.
wase4711 said:
I've done this at least 25 times recently; so easy, I'll post instructions here again.
1. get Mobile Odin(time saver to the max)
2. Get EL26 kernel (TAR version)
3. flash EL26 kernel in Mobile Odin (takes 10 seconds)
4. Boot into recovery(you will have the proper one now!)
5. Flash away
if you do this either coming from A GB rom to ICS, or going back to one, Guaranteed success...
Simple as can be; not sure why this keeps getting asked.....
The kernel is 8.1 mb, which exceeds the attachment size, so I can't post it here, but its all over this forum..
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My question was for when going back to gb from ics if I needed to Odin the whole rom, I had seen both kernel+cwm only and whole rom and just wanted to make sure if I just flashed the kernel only I'd be OK more for clarification than an actual how to for me since I know how to Odin both, just wanted to make sure I was odining the right things b4 I jumped and landed on a brick after I had seen someone say to Odin the whole rom I wanted to be sure I was doing it right since I had seen both ways mentioned. Its a little more confusing than my damn evo where I'm always on the same recovery no matter what, and a bit scary with the bricks flying around like a construction site filled with monkeys on meth
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-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
My question was for when going back to gb from ics if I needed to Odin the whole rom, I had seen both kernel+cwm only and whole rom and just wanted to make sure if I just flashed the kernel only I'd be OK more for clarification than an actual how to for me since I know how to Odin both, just wanted to make sure I was odining the right things b4 I jumped and landed on a brick after I had seen someone say to Odin the whole rom I wanted to be sure I was doing it right since I had seen both ways mentioned. Its a little more confusing than my damn evo where I'm always on the same recovery no matter what, and a bit scary with the bricks flying around like a construction site filled with monkeys on meth
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[email protected] monkeys on Meth!!!
Yeah, flashing with this phone is different from the htc stuff, but once you get the hang of it, its just as easy!
wase4711 said:
[email protected] monkeys on Meth!!!
Yeah, flashing with this phone is different from the htc stuff, but once you get the hang of it, its just as easy!
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Yea ur post cleared it up for me, just gets confusing when. Theres multiple methods recommended I was 99% sure I just needed to Odin the kernel only but wanted the clarification before I jumped off that bridge, not too comfortable jumping off a bridge when I'm not sure how deep the water is
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well, like the asshole who pushed me in the deep end of the pool when I was 12 and didn't know how to swim told me, "figure it out or else", sometimes you gotta just go for it!!
Actually, I am nervous too when I try something new the first time, but, once you figure out who really knows what they are talking about, its easy to just pm them and ask them how they do it..
You obviously know your stuff man, so you will be an expert with this phone in no time!!
I did this going from Blazer 4.1 to CM9 with out any issues.
wase4711 said:
I've done this at least 25 times recently; so easy, I'll post instructions here again.
1. get Mobile Odin(time saver to the max)
2. Get EL26 kernel (TAR version)
3. flash EL26 kernel in Mobile Odin (takes 10 seconds)
4. Boot into recovery(you will have the proper one now!)
5. Flash away
if you do this either coming from A GB rom to ICS, or going back to one, Guaranteed success...
Simple as can be; not sure why this keeps getting asked.....
The kernel is 8.1 mb, which exceeds the attachment size, so I can't post it here, but its all over this forum..
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Quick question.. I can flash EL26 kernel again in mobile odin and should be able to restore my Blazer backup without any issues, correct? Blazer was backed up using Rogue EL29 kernel. Thanks!
Plus there's 5 android devices in my house all with different flashing methods it gets confusing keeping em all straight, got the evo4g, et4g, kindle fire, MoPho, and a gNote the et4g is the first Sammy I've used with Odin, my first android was an intercrap I mean intercept and it used the patched swupdater instead of Odin, so I'm still getting the hang of this method. I can flash the evo, kindle, intercept and photon blindfolded and drunker than a slut on prom night
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Nico^APEX said:
I did this going from Blazer 4.1 to CM9 with out any issues.
Quick question.. I can flash EL26 kernel again in mobile odin and should be able to restore my Blazer backup without any issues, correct? Blazer was backed up using Rogue EL29 kernel. Thanks!
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yes sir, that is correct!
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Plus there's 5 android devices in my house all with different flashing methods it gets confusing keeping em all straight, got the evo4g, et4g, kindle fire, MoPho, and a gNote the et4g is the first Sammy I've used with Odin, my first android was an intercrap I mean intercept and it used the patched swupdater instead of Odin, so I'm still getting the hang of this method. I can flash the evo, kindle, intercept and photon blindfolded and drunker than a slut on prom night
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I don't know how you keep all that **** straight; in my house, we ALL go with one "brand" of product, just to avoid that nightmare!!
If someone doesn't like it, I tell them that they get no tech support from me if they don't go with "the flow"!
So what is this?
I have always wondered would it be safe and easier to flash custom roms using Odin if we had odin packages for custom roms. So I started to poke around and research. Rwilco12 has been a great help. I was working on this before new year and was getting somewhere. I had created quite a few full Odin tars for couple ROMs but none of the packages had successfully flashed the whole ROM. These tar packages are similar to the stock .tar files that sextape posts but they are rooted and are not stock Sprint builds.
As some of you may know, I got sick and caught flu on new year so had to stop working on this and hasn't worked on this since 27th Dec plus now new college semester has started so I am somewhat short on time.
So the reason I am posting this here is that I want to know from you whether you would be interested in using Odin to flash custom roms? OR Would you rather continue to flash custom ROMs using CWM?
If more people are interested in this and would seriously use these to flash custom ROMs then I will continue to work on it. I want honest responses. I wouldn't mind a bit if you think Odin custom ROM flashing is not the way you would go. Also you can use the poll for your response.
I will appreciate any useful responses.
Im actually working on something similar for my Note 2 rom. Gonna have the choices of a zip, tar or aroma install. Going the extra tar route to include files for people rolling back from higher firmware with errors so they dont have to flash modems and the fix separately and can just odin 1click back. It would actually probably work well for any rom it makes it much easier for a noob to flash without fear of using an unsafe kernel on et4g and without having to learn everything all at once before they can try something out. Odin has been fairly safe for me minus one incident with a leak when I flashed an incomplete tar and bricked nyself but other than that never had a single hiccup using odin with complete files. It would make it easy for people to flash without recovery as well since they could mobile odin the new rom instead :thumbup:
I give this idea :thumbup::thumbup:
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It has its ups of convenience but is not practical for developers. From my understanding, it is much easier to break into a zip file to update stuff for the new builds fix bugs and find bugs to fix, as well as it being easier to build a zip to flash. Also, as the end user of a ROM, I like to go in and add or remove things before I flash my ROM. I can't do that easily if at all if it is Odin based.
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I've been talking about this for months, since we had the eMMC super brick issue. No one listened...
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graydiggy said:
It has its ups of convenience but is not practical for developers. From my understanding, it is much easier to break into a zip file to update stuff for the new builds fix bugs and find bugs to fix, as well as it being easier to build a zip to flash. Also, as the end user of a ROM, I like to go in and add or remove things before I flash my ROM. I can't do that easily if at all if it is Odin based.
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I hear you but its only couple linux commands to unpack the system folder and then you can make any changes.
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I've been talking about this for months, since we had the eMMC super brick issue. No one listened...
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I heard you, I just had no clue how to pack a tar for odin yet lmao. I know how to create one in linux in place of a rar or zip file but didnt have the first clue what I needed to pack for odin to pick it up and flash. Now I have a nifty little tool that builds the oneclicks for me
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I heard you, I just had no clue how to pack a tar for odin yet lmao. I know how to create one in linux in place of a rar or zip file but didnt have the first clue what I needed to pack for odin to pick it up and flash. Now I have a nifty little tool that builds the oneclicks for me
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Is this the tool you use that came from the N2 forum?
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/package-odin-roms-with-gzip-compression-hidden-menu-gets-an-update/
And Blues - I was attempting this for the deodexed and couldn't get it to clean flash properly. I'd be interested in seeing if odexed/deodexed can be used in this manner since there were people asking for it.
MoHoGalore said:
Is this the tool you use that came from the N2 forum?
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-gzip-compression-hidden-menu-gets-an-update/
And Blues - I was attempting this for the deodexed and couldn't get it to clean flash properly. I'd be interested in seeing if odexed/deodexed can be used in this manner since there were people asking for it.
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Might be im not at my pc to check the package name atm. But if its the one garwynn told me about then yeah that be it
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I hear you but its only couple linux commands to unpack the system folder and then you can make any changes.
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But how many of the average users have either a dedicated Linux box or even a VM to do that? On top of that, How many of the average users that don't have either want to set all that up then learn those commands to unpack the tar, edit what they extracted, re-pack it, then re-sign the tar? Yeah there are programs that will pretty much do that for you, but like I said, it is more convenient to keep the official and unchanging builds for Odin and and keep the custom ROMs that are changing every week in the zip format.
Why try to fix something that isn't broken and is much easier to do?
Am I saying "no you can't do it."? Not at all. If you want to spend the time to do all that, go for it. But I can bet you money that half of the developers that are pushing weekly and nightly builds will not want to do all the extra stuff. Look at the bigger picture, most people want pure convenience. There are also big risks with flashing ROMs via Odin.
Bricks being the biggest one.
This topic has been brought up quite a few times in many device forums including this one, and what I have said has been said by many others.
It's just not logical.
That's why im giving 3 install options. Zip tar and aroma. You choose how you wanna install each have their own pros and cons. The biggest pro for odin is I can pack fixes that cant be flashed in a typical zip and can AIO everything so its a single flash and not a zip stack to get it working
I like to break stuff!
If a developer wants to offer tar files for their ROMs then they can do it. It is their decision, not the end user.
Just because you want to dissect someone else's work, does not mean that they are going to cater to your every desire.
Yes, there are risks in flashing via Odin such as flashing the wrong pit, boot.bin, data... but if the developer has tested the tar like all developers should always be testing their own work before releasing to the general public. The only other issue would be bad downloads, which it is entirely up to the user to always check the MD5 before flashing.
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Ok I want to clarify something. I am not saying rom devs have to do this.
I will be creating them for the various roms.
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BluesRulez said:
Ok I want to clarify something. I am not saying rom devs have to do this.
I will be creating them for the various roms.
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And you have my approval for my FK23 and any future ROMs that I may or may not make.
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My thoughts are that it is great for a noob. That is they only want to flash a rom and run with. If you are a dev or like me trying to get the hang of theming and more the zip is the way to go. It its possible to brick your phone ether way. But its is much easer for the noob to do a one click than installing a cwm zip. That they tend to mess up and post after post about all the problems. LoL
But for a dev I can see the problem. I say yes sofpr the noobs. We were all anoob at one point in time. Thanks op I was thinking of this too.
monkeytools said:
My thoughts are that it is great for a noob. That is they only want to flash a rom and run with. If you are a dev or like me trying to get the hang of theming and more the zip is the way to go. It its possible to brick your phone ether way. But its is much easer for the noob to do a one click than installing a cwm zip. That they tend to mess up and post after post about all the problems. LoL
But for a dev I can see the problem. I say yes sofpr the noobs. We were all anoob at one point in time. Thanks op I was thinking of this too.
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Well, in the words of garyd (search if you don't know to whom I refer to), it seems that 75%, or more, of people aren't here to dev.
I'll be honest; when I first came here a short time ago, I wanted to root so I could add all the tweaks and themes because a fellow co-worker showed me what could be done. Then the inner geek came out and now I am like a dog on a squirrel going tree to tree trying to soak up all I can. Just gotta focus..
My point = this is a place for "stuff". I'm not taking away from the roots of XDA nor it's intentions because I now understand what a dev told me (Venum, cough, cough, good guy, cough) - This is a place to learn.
I hope Blues follows through with this because he can help me figure out where I may have failed or vice versa.
Who cares about the "numbers" that want it..
Ask a teacher - "If you can reach one.. " What they'd say..
My 2 cents... I have always kept a blu kuban nandroid that is a fully functional backup that's ready to go if I crap up the phone and don't have time to rebuild before say going to work. Even if it's out dated, it's ready to go. To turn said backup into a one click would be that much cooler if the recovery is blown too. Could a script be made to turn a nandroid folder into a one click?
As for the roms being released for odin, it sounds cool but I would miss adding stuff like swype and other system apps myself.
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Hey Blues, if you need any help building tar files for the vast number of ROMs out there, I am waiting for more work to be available before I can go back to work... damn construction.
I have at least this week maybe some of next week available to help.
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Mattix724 said:
Hey Blues, if you need any help building tar files for the vast number of ROMs out there, I am waiting for more work to be available before I can go back to work... damn construction.
I have at least this week maybe some of next week available to help.
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Thanks. So far I have used couple ICS roms. Took the system folder and packaged that into factoryfs.img and then a blank data.img and zimage with all remaining files which are standard in stock .tar such as boot.bin, param.lfs etc to create a full rom .tar. It flashes all the parts but when the time comes for it to boot, it goes to samsung flash screen. Tries 2 times to boot and then boots into custom recovery (agat for the zimage I used).
Rwilco has suggested couple things but haven't had a chance to try those so may be I will get on it!
Hey Moho. How much have you done yet?
BluesRulez said:
So what is this?
I have always wondered would it be safe and easier to flash custom roms using Odin if we had odin packages for custom roms. So I started to poke around and research. Rwilco12 has been a great help. I was working on this before new year and was getting somewhere. I had created quite a few full Odin tars for couple ROMs but none of the packages had successfully flashed the whole ROM. These tar packages are similar to the stock .tar files that sextape posts but they are rooted and are not stock Sprint builds.
As some of you may know, I got sick and caught flu on new year so had to stop working on this and hasn't worked on this since 27th Dec plus now new college semester has started so I am somewhat short on time.
So the reason I am posting this here is that I want to know from you whether you would be interested in using Odin to flash custom roms? OR Would you rather continue to flash custom ROMs using CWM?
If more people are interested in this and would seriously use these to flash custom ROMs then I will continue to work on it. I want honest responses. I wouldn't mind a bit if you think Odin custom ROM flashing is not the way you would go. Also you can use the poll for your response.
I will appreciate any useful responses.
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Yessssssss do it!!! It will be less bricks out there cuz ppl don't know wat safe recovery to use! Like certain peeps like to flash using blu Kuban kernel! Then wonder why the ROM don't boot!!! Do it BluesRulez
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BluesRulez said:
Hey Moho. How much have you done yet?
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Slightly different way of making the fs.img and only doing a Rom flash.
Was working with deoxdexed flashing on top of a stock base.
Boots but ui crashes. Like a blank ui..
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