Hey everyone! Long time lurker, finally had an issue and needed to post--thanks for having such an awesome community.
Basically I tried to use Mobile Odin for the first time tonight, but failed to properly install the FlashKernel necessary with the light version before attempting to flash a kernel. Now my phone just hangs at the Samsung Galaxy SII boot image and does noting. I can get into download mode, but Odin isn't recognizing my phone.
Any ideas on what I can do? If I need to provide any more info, just let me know. Thanks in advance for all your help!
topshins said:
Hey everyone! Long time lurker, finally had an issue and needed to post--thanks for having such an awesome community.
Basically I tried to use Mobile Odin for the first time tonight, but failed to properly install the FlashKernel necessary with the light version before attempting to flash a kernel. Now my phone just hangs at the Samsung Galaxy SII boot image and does noting. I can get into download mode, but Odin isn't recognizing my phone.
Any ideas on what I can do? If I need to provide any more info, just let me know. Thanks in advance for all your help!
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What kernel did you flash and did you install a wrong flash kernel?
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I was just trying to flash the basic EL26 kernel with CWM. I don't believe it was a wrong one at all, as it was from rwilco12's android repository.
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I was just trying to flash the basic EL26 kernel with CWM. I don't believe it was a wrong one at all, as it was from rwilco12's android repository.
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If you keep holding down PWR + VOL UP, can you get in CWM 5.0.2.7?
I can get into recovery, but it seems like it's stock, not CWM. Think a factory reset would help at all?
topshins said:
I can get into recovery, but it seems like it's stock, not CWM. Think a factory reset would help at all?
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Nope. I guess you installed wrong flashkernel before flashing el26 from the mobile odin lite thread?
I didn't install a flashkernel at all. For some brilliant reason, I thought my device wasn't listed, event though the app prompted me to view the thread and download the proper one. So I hit cancel and proceeded to flash. That's where my issue lies.
topshins said:
I didn't install a flashkernel at all. For some brilliant reason, I thought my device wasn't listed, event though the app prompted me to view the thread and download the proper one. So I hit cancel and proceeded to flash. That's where my issue lies.
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Dude. Not the most intelligent thing you could have done. Why would you be so careless with something like this?
Anyhow,I would search for and download the drivers for this phone and then hopefully your PC will recognize the device and you should be able to desktop Odin that kernel from there. Just do some reading and make sure you flash things the right way. For God's sake pay attention to the warnings. Don't skip steps. Your lucky you didn't brick your device.
Best of luck to you. Past your progress and folks will help
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topshins said:
I can get into recovery, but it seems like it's stock, not CWM. Think a factory reset would help at all?
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BluesRulez said:
Nope. I guess you installed wrong flashkernel before flashing el26 from the mobile odin lite thread?
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I didn't think you needed to install the flashkernel to install the el26 cwm kernel with mobile odin lite. I installed it when I flashed the EL26 CWM kernel but later saw a QBKing video where I thought he said it wasn't required?
At this point you're going to need a PC/Mac probably. Hold Vol Down + Power to get to download mode (You'll have to press Vol Up when you get to the warning screen) and then I would honestly suggest getting a full restore one click and using that to make sure there are no lingering effects. Heimdall can do the same with a full restore .tar.
bill9999 said:
I didn't think you needed to install the flashkernel to install the el26 cwm kernel with mobile odin lite. I installed it when I flashed the EL26 CWM kernel but later saw a QBKing video where I thought he said it wasn't required?
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I think the "flash" kernel that mobile Odin prompts you to download is what it uses to flash whatever you're flashing. At least that was my understanding. I could be entirely wrong. But yeah, like garwynn said, he's best off getting into download mode and using one of the one-click full restores
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Hey everyone, thanks so much for your replys. After messing around with drivers and such I removed everything from my PC, then did a factory reset of the phone. I turned it on and plugged it in to the computer while it sat at the boot screen and all of the drivers started installing. From here it booted into Odin mode and it recognized it! So glad I did screw myself by not being more careful, needless to say I'll be checking things a little more closely before I blindly flash things. Thanks again for being so responsive!
You could use Odin3 v1.85 and StockCWM-EL26 and that should install CWM 5.0.2.7. I have both if you cant locate either. Dont recall if there was an Odin EL26 or 29 1-click because I would have probably had them on 1 of my 10 hard drives around here. I do have the EL26 zip and md5 files. I presume you can get into Odin mode?
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Hey guys. I'm having some issues installing kernels. I'm aware of how to do the process but aside from the CWM kernels and the stock kernel that's installed when you odin back to stock every other kernel I flash results in a boot loop.
Things like ROMS and zips install fine in CWM but as long as the file has a custom kernel I get boot loops.
Anyone have any idea how I can go about fixing this so I can install ROMs on my phone?
Can anyone help? Plz???
Probably because your well on your way to bricking your epic.. kernels are rom specific just cause theres many out there doesnt mean you can flash anyone over any rom..
I wouldnt really play with cwm just yet phones to new... alot people are bricking this device fasst ..I was one of them.
If u wanna play safe use stock rom with zedomaxepicv3 1.6 oc kernel flash that tar in odin after u go back to stock eg30.tar
give development some time ..let others go through trial and error.
Spare your device she will brick trust me.
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Probably because your well on your way to bricking your epic.. kernels are rom specific just cause theres many out there doesnt mean you can flash anyone over any rom..
I wouldnt really play with cwm just yet phones to new... alot people are bricking this device fasst ..I was one of them.
If u wanna play safe use stock rom with zedomaxepicv3 1.6 oc kernel flash that tar in odin after u go back to stock eg30.tar
give development some time ..let others go through trial and error.
Spare your device she will brick trust me.
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Nothing that I'm doing should result in a hard brick with this phone. The issue isn't that I'm flashing different kernels with any random ROM. It's that ROMS don't install properly because of the issue my phone is having with kernels.
I've tried to install Zedomax's latest kernel immediately after going back to the stock eg30 tar before and I wasn't able to do that either. It resulted in me getting a boot loop as well (that had to then again be fixed by flashing the eg30 tar).
It's a weird issue that I don't see others having on the forum and honestly I think it's possible that it might be a small fix such as flashing a particular tar or possibly formatting some area of the phone, but I'm just not sure how to address the issue.
Heres what u do worked for me ok
Step by step
Go to stock with eg30.tar its a 435-450mb file
Use the odin version 1.85 reccomended
Enable usb debug on epic
Get into download mode
Only select pda and choose the zedomaxepic v3 1.6oc kernel it is a tar file should be in android dev section or google it.
Only selct auto reboot should already be checked in odin , do nothing else and do not use any pit file.
Then you should get a successful flash then phone boots up as galaxy s 2, gt 19100 with a yellow triangle that means it flashed
Thats exactly how i did it.
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Flash the tar kernel with odin.. dont use the cwm zip method i bet that does it
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Yes samsung is known for that once ur on a kernel made for the device bit its really from a diff phone cause zedomax is a gti9100 kernel i a way u cant flash rom zips over a custom kernel
You can only use rom zips over stock kernel
The only way to flash zips is be on stock rom stock kernel first.
The best method is odin not cwm
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lojak29 said:
Heres what u do worked for me ok
Step by step
Go to stock with eg30.tar its a 435-450mb file
Use the odin version 1.85 reccomended
Enable usb debug on epic
Get into download mode
Only select pda and choose the zedomaxepic v3 1.6oc kernel it is a tar file should be in android dev section or google it.
Only selct auto reboot should already be checked in odin , do nothing else and do not use any pit file.
Then you should get a successful flash then phone boots up as galaxy s 2, gt 19100 with a yellow triangle that means it flashed
Thats exactly how i did it.
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If I do this process in the order you have it here then when I try to install Zedomax's Kernel it hangs at zimage in ODIN and I have to disconnect the USB. The kernel never flashes and it stays on the official Samsung kernel.
This stuff is frustrating
Weird weird... It shouldnt hang anywhere as long as u see yellow com port in odin and you have correct tar put into pda only dont unzip anuthing just put download into winrar choose pda and select the downloaded tar.. When done itl say pass in green
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Make sure its the complete prerooted zedomaxepic v3 1.6 kernel no other version and it must be a .tar file not zip . In pda only let it sit sometimes it will fail keep trying but make sure ur on stock rom first..
That kernel willl give u over clocking ..root and cwm recovery all in one
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try another usb port, and/or another cable...
and you can just flash the stock repack with CWM to avoid flashing zedo first
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Weird weird... It shouldnt hang anywhere as long as u see yellow com port in odin and you have correct tar put into pda only dont unzip anuthing just put download into winrar choose pda and select the downloaded tar.. When done itl say pass in green
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I know what to expect in ODIN during a correct flash, I've used it multiple times, but for whatever reason, that particular tar file always end in a hang at zimage.
lojak29 said:
Make sure its the complete prerooted zedomaxepic v3 1.6 kernel no other version and it must be a .tar file not zip . In pda only let it sit sometimes it will fail keep trying but make sure ur on stock rom first..
That kernel willl give u over clocking ..root and cwm recovery all in one
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I have the right file. And I already know how to obtain root and CWM with the few kernels my phone can flash (Which now that I think about it are mostly stock kernels with slight modifications). Overclocking isn't that important to me but overall my main problem is that when I'm in CWM I can't fully install ROMS. They install but do not flash over correctly/completely and cause boot loops. Other zips flash fine.
chris41g said:
try another usb port, and/or another cable...
and you can just flash the stock repack with CWM to avoid flashing zedo first
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I've tried multiple USB cables, all result in the same thing. I've tried to flash the stock pack with CWM that you're talking about before and that works fine. i was able to root afterwards and everything but once I tried to install a ROM when I'm on that kernel. I get the same thing, boot loops.
are you sure its bootloops and not just taking a long time? because rebuilding the dalvik-cache can take a while and loop the bootanimation..
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are you sure its bootloops and not just taking a long time? because rebuilding the dalvik-cache can take a while and loop the bootanimation..
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I can't imagine rebuliding the dalvik-cache should take in excess of 10 minutes or more (if it can, correct me). It just hangs at the Samsung Boot Animation that has the yellow triangle with the exclamation mark.
(I've left the phone on for about 15-20 mins before at this screen) I can only then access download mode,nothing else. No recovery and no booting.
Maybe just stay stock for now till development furthers..
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lojak29 said:
Heres what u do worked for me ok
Step by step
Go to stock with eg30.tar its a 435-450mb file
Use the odin version 1.85 reccomended
Enable usb debug on epic
Get into download mode
Only select pda and choose the zedomaxepic v3 1.6oc kernel it is a tar file should be in android dev section or google it.
Only selct auto reboot should already be checked in odin , do nothing else and do not use any pit file.
Then you should get a successful flash then phone boots up as galaxy s 2, gt 19100 with a yellow triangle that means it flashed
Thats exactly how i did it.
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I'm not experiencing the boot issues but, I found there is a lot of information out there regarding kernels and rom's. This is good stuff here. By doing this method, will it root the phone? After doing this, I would like to get rid of the yellow triangle. Mostly just annoys me. Is there an easy way to do that?
I see a method chris41g provided for doing it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297999
Is it possible to just use that stock tar and then use zedomaxepic v3 1.6oc kernel? Or is it the kernel that causes the triangle?
Sorry for so many questions. I'd like to do this once and do it right the first time. I came from the Bonsai ROM on the Epic 4g. It has been a while since I have had to do this.
Thanks for your time.
taaz69 said:
I'm not experiencing the boot issues but, I found there is a lot of information out there regarding kernels and rom's. This is good stuff here. By doing this method, will it root the phone?
The kernel is pre-rooted so, yes it will root the phone.
Is it possible to just use that stock tar and then use zedomaxepic v3 1.6oc kernel? Or is it the kernel that causes the triangle?
Yes it is the kernel that causes the triangle.
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Maybe just stay stock for now till development furthers..
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Development furthering itself doesn't necessarily mean I still wont have issues later.
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Can anyone else help with this issue? I still haven't come across a fix.
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Can anyone else help with this issue? I still haven't come across a fix.
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Have you tried going completely back to stock? It will remove root and cwr. Then try odin chris41g repacked stock pulled kernel with cwr (can't remember if it provides root or not) but you xan always flash the root zip.
Here's back to stock : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420
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Duce HD2 said:
Have you tried going completely back to stock? It will remove root and cwr. Then try odin chris41g repacked stock pulled kernel with cwr (can't remember if it provides root or not) but you xan always flash the root zip.
Here's back to stock : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282420
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I've had to go back to stock multiple times. Every time I've tried to flash a ROM it's run into a boot loop and the only way that I can access the phone again is to ODIN back to stock, install one of the few kernels I can that has CWM and restore a backup. The kernel you mentioned in your post is one of the few my phone will take but others like the Lost Kernel and Zedomax's OC ones will send the phone into a boot loop.
So somehow someway my phone is on the "Galaxy S 2 Yellow triangle with exclamation mark" screen and wont boot up.
I simply wiped factory reset, and dalvik ( coming from Caulks Rom ) and then flashed Blazer Rom 3.7 and it never went past that screen.
My question is can i simply re root on my mac and would my phone go back to stock rooted OS? Or do I have to restore it through Odin?
Note I did backup my previous rom!
Sorry forgot to mention I cant access recovery either! I hold down volume up and power and nothing just stays on the yellow triangle screen...
Jess813 said:
So somehow someway my phone is on the "Galaxy S 2 Yellow triangle with exclamation mark" screen and wont boot up.
I simply wiped factory reset, and dalvik ( coming from Caulks Rom ) and then flashed Blazer Rom 3.7 and it never went past that screen.
My question is can i simply re root on my mac and would my phone go back to stock rooted OS? Or do I have to restore it through Odin?
Note I did backup my previous rom!
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Get calks format all ...flash it and then go to advanced and wipe system and then flash new ROM .... If it still doesn't work check md5 on the ROM that it's a good download if it's not redownload and flash ....you can always restore your back up
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Epix4G said:
Get calks format all ...flash it and then go to advanced and wipe system and then flash new ROM .... If it still doesn't work check md5 on the ROM that it's a good download if it's not redownload and flash ....you can always restore your back up
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Sorry for got to mention I cant access recovery either! I hold down volume up and power and nothing just stays on the yellow triangle screen...
Can you get into download mode? If so Odin a ROM, then restore your old Nandroid.
Jess813 said:
Sorry for got to mention I cant access recovery either! I hold down volume up and power and nothing just stays on the yellow triangle screen...
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Does Odin recognize your phone?
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Can you get into download mode? If so Odin a ROM, then restore your old Nandroid.
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Man you guys are fast (THANKS) yes I can get into Download mode, but I guess my main question is, If i re root again and flash the Samsung drivers, rootzip etc ( like rooting again) would this fix my problem?
Jess813 said:
Man you guys are fast (THANKS) yes I can get into Download mode, but I guess my main question is, If i re root again and flash the Samsung drivers, rootzip etc ( like rooting again) would this fix my problem?
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Try to Odin just a kernel with cwm first
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Epix4G said:
Try to Odin just a kernel with cwm first
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How do I do that? Sorry...I never really do things like this.. Do I simply put my phone into Download mode, connect it to Odin, and select PDA to a kernel I want? Woulld I do the same for CWM?
Jess813 said:
How do I do that? Sorry...I never really do things like this.. Do I simply put my phone into Download mode, connect it to Odin, and select PDA to a kernel I want? Woulld I do the same for CWM?
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I would definitely recommend going this route. Follow the instructions in this thread it will help you to install ACS (CWM) Recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1268037
for future reference recovery is volume Up + power. not down.
From the sounds of it id say you may need to flash more than the kernal I was in a similar situation where my recovery wouldnt work and I couldnt boot into the rom and I had to flash back to stock through Odin to get it working again. Then after that I re rooted and flashed a rom.
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From the sounds of it id say you may need to flash more than the kernal I was in a similar situation where my recovery wouldnt work and I couldnt boot into the rom and I had to flash back to stock through Odin to get it working again. Then after that I re rooted and flashed a rom.
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Yeah agreed but wasn't there a way to restore back to stock and rooted at the same time. ..?
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Jess813 said:
Yeah agreed but wasn't there a way to restore back to stock and rooted at the same time. ..?
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Im not sure, when it happened to me there wasnt a way. Its really simple though I mean when I did it I was back up and running, rerooted, and running a rom in about 10 minutes if that.
This is the file you would need to flash the stock tar file http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409634 this is what I used then after I just re rooted.
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Im not sure, when it happened to me there wasnt a way. Its really simple though I mean when I did it I was back up and running, rerooted, and running a rom in about 10 minutes if that.
This is the file you would need to flash the stock tar file http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1409634 this is what I used then after I just re rooted.
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Just curious will this work on a Mac?
Jess813 said:
Just curious will this work on a Mac?
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Honestly I gotta say I am not sure. It might say in the thread though.
Jess813 said:
Just curious will this work on a Mac?
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Yes but instead of ODIN you'll use Heimdall. There's a guide in the link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000
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Yes but instead of ODIN you'll use Heimdall. There's a guide in the link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000
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This is for rooting not for flashing a Rom I used this method to root but I need to restore even if its unrooting.
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I've been in this situation before, you have a bad flash.... you have to odin back to stock redownlaod the rom you installed and try again... the yellow triangle will probably still be there but the phone will boot. i bought a jig to get rid of my yellow triangle (It really bothered me and the jig was like a buck)
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This is for rooting not for flashing a Rom I used this method to root but I need to restore even if its unrooting.
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Yes that guide is for rooting but you can flash ROM's with Heimdall too. Just do a Google search for it and you'll see. Either that or find yourself a windows box and ODIN a rooted ROM with clockwork recovery and then restore your backup.
mauricehall said:
I've been in this situation before, you have a bad flash.... you have to odin back to stock redownlaod the rom you installed and try again... the yellow triangle will probably still be there but the phone will boot. i bought a jig to get rid of my yellow triangle (It really bothered me and the jig was like a buck)
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Use mobile Odin to flash stock and it will get rid of the triangle ...the pro version will auto root it too then use mobile Odin to flash kernel with cwm ....no triangle and count does not go up using mobile Odin
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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?
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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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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 )
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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.
Hi Guys need help bad. I hope I didnt screw my phone up.
I rooted my phone using the latest toolkit and installed twrp. Once i did that I backed up everything including efs on the external card.
Once i did that I flashed Jedi x rom but did not have much signal so decided to flash another rom which was liquid smooth. Once I flashed it again
my signal was almost non existent. I downloaded a canadian modem in the zip file and flashed it using twrp the same way i would flash a rom.
After i did that i wiped all the data and cache and the system. As I was rushing it siince its late at night i got a message saying that I am not rooted. I ignored it and rebooted the system and now its stuck on samsung logo. What can i do? Please help!!!!!
It appears that when I hold vol up plus home plus power I can get into download mode. I hope that helps.
Can someone give me some help how to get it back to life. I am pretty sure I have to use Odin at this point but dont know how
Ok i did some reading and I think the next step is to download stock image for the wind mobile turn on Odin and upload the image to the phone..
What settings should I use in Odin? What should be checked at the top and am I to use PDA only?
You can use odin or just reflash the ROM. You said tout wiped system after flashing the modern. That means you erased what ever ROM was on there. It's sticking at Samsung because there is no ROM to boot into.
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kintwofan said:
You can use odin or just reflash the ROM. You said tout wiped system after flashing the modern. That means you erased what ever ROM was on there. It's sticking at Samsung because there is no ROM to boot into.
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Well I cant get into TWRP and dont know how to flash a ROM through ODIN? I am total newb at this.
Could you give me some pointers once I open up odin what do i need to do ? Thanks
Have you puked the battery. Put it back in then held volume+, home and power? Your recovery should still be there.
Also, odin is easy. Just open it and click the pda box and put your stock ROM there. Two things make sure you put your image in PDA and PDA ONLY and make sure it's your official stock Image
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kintwofan said:
Have you puked the battery. Put it back in then held volume+, home and power? Your recovery should still be there.
Also, odin is easy. Just open it and click the pda box and put your stock ROM there. Two things make sure you put your image in PDA and PDA ONLY and make sure it's your official stock Image
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Yup went back to ODIN and flashed stock image and everything is now working great. I assume that I need to root the phone again before attempting to flash any roms again. I guess it was late at night and like you said I wiped the rom and there was nothing to boot into. I am an idiot!
Thanks for your quick help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
vseslija said:
Yup went back to ODIN and flashed stock image and everything is now working great. I assume that I need to root the phone again before attempting to flash any roms again. I guess it was late at night and like you said I wiped the rom and there was nothing to boot into. I am an idiot!
Thanks for your quick help !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Next time odin this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975560 pre-rooted doesn't trip the counter,,,
deeznutz1977 said:
Next time odin this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1975560 pre-rooted doesn't trip the counter,,,
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Ok so here's my next question.
In order to root again do i use the toolkit again or simply just download the pre-rooted rom and flash it with Odin? Which one would be better just
to get root again? Thanks!
vseslija said:
Ok so here's my next question.
In order to root again do i use the toolkit again or simply just download the pre-rooted rom and flash it with Odin? Which one would be better just
to get root again? Thanks!
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Download the rom from the link i posted..flash in Odin Thats it pre rooted
deeznutz1977 said:
Download the rom from the link i posted..flash in Odin Thats it pre rooted
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When I did this approach, I did it in two steps. I downloaded factory image of the firmware and flashed the device by using Odin 3.0.7.
Next, I used a tool package called "Galaxy Note2 ToolKit." Follow the instructions for how to root.
When I did the procedure, the software also had an option to include clockworkmod recovery
and busybox.
Gideon.