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Heimdall does not recognize phone on Mac!

Can anyone tell me how to fix?

Try another USB cable
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Heimdall doesn't work with our phones on Macs. I've tried every possible way and nothing
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Does adb see and connect to the phone?
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Its an issue with Samsung. They need to update the SBL before it'll work.

Someone on another site said you had to have installed the binary .deb package the "backend" and then it satisfies the dependency and thennn you install the frontend. If that makes sense to you.

kennyglass123 said:
Someone on another site said you had to have installed the binary .deb package the "backend" and then it satisfies the dependency and thennn you install the frontend. If that makes sense to you.
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That doesn't work I've tried. I actually contacted the developer of heimdall and he said that it has something to do with the bootloaders. Also I believe chris4g also said the same thing.
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How about installing Linux?

kennyglass123 said:
How about installing Linux?
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I never tried that. I've tried virtual machine to run windows 7 and it wouldn't recognized my phone in download mode. I was told I would have to use bootcamp to run windows OS but I have an imac and it came with Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Would I have to use bootcamp to run Linux?
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Esteway.619 said:
I never tried that. I've tried virtual machine to run windows 7 and it wouldn't recognized my phone in download mode. I was told I would have to use bootcamp to run windows OS but I have an imac and it came with Bluetooth keyboard and mouse. Would I have to use bootcamp to run Linux?
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I've tried to run Linux, and it hasn't worked for me. I was probably just doing something wrong. And I think bootcamp is Windows-only.

any new developments on getting this to work? i was about to start my own thread on this in Q&A.. ive been doing a lot of research to get heimdall working with my mac on 10.6.8
have the latest heimdall with a GUI i believe 1.1.1, does not recognize the phone in DL mode..
did find this guide started by the heimdall dev.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878686
specifically this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9918224&postcount=2 relating to the bootloader being basically crappy on galaxy S phones, and you need to update it in order to get a mac to properly recognize the device. of course this post is not epic specific, so im not sure if this applies for us
my understanding is that its boot.bin that is the bootloader in a TAR file...i dont think theres an epic user on XDA that hasnt odined at least the EC05 update. the post talks about how you need to get the "froyo bootloader", sounds like we already have that if we have odined EC05
the OP on the heimdall guide above has new versions? wondering if anyone has tried these command line versions? there is also somestuff in there that says the usb not recognizing issue is fixed in these newer versions.
i would love to get this working.. my only PC is from 2005, and the last time i tried to odin a modem it blue screened immediately after hitting start, i really dont trust the thing to be honest.. reinstalling windows does not seem to help..

Root 4.1.1 on Mac osx?

I just got my GS3 after my Evo 4G LTE malfunctioned. All the methods I found are for windows or ICS.. is there a way I can accomplish this with Mac or Ubuntu live cd? The heimdall method I did find seems to not work either so im unsure how to proceed. Thanks in advance

Well, if heimdall didn't work, I'd personally recommend you go steal a friend's pc for 5 minutes. You 'could' do it on a linux cd, but you'd have to install the android sdk, drivers, etc, and on linux its a pain, cuz of all the edits, then need wine to run odin. But you could do that method, or use windows in a vm and don't activate, then do it the same way.

teh roxxorz said:
Well, if heimdall didn't work, I'd personally recommend you go steal a friend's pc for 5 minutes. You 'could' do it on a linux cd, but you'd have to install the android sdk, drivers, etc, and on linux its a pain, cuz of all the edits, then need wine to run odin. But you could do that method, or use windows in a vm and don't activate, then do it the same way.
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Guess I gotta borrow a windows machine. Thanks!

banccalif said:
Guess I gotta borrow a windows machine. Thanks!
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Its just less painless than installing everything in a vm and especially with linux. But gave you your options, and no prob man.

teh roxxorz said:
Its just less painless than installing everything in a vm and especially with linux. But gave you your options, and no prob man.
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Yea I'm gonna take your advice for sure and use a pc

Odin for Mac OSX?

Hi.
I'm reading this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189539
which is very useful, trying to flash a stock ROM using Odin. My GT-N7100 is bricked, possibly with SDS. I'm on Mac OSX 10.8.4 and as far as i have read i need to download Odin 3.0.7 to my Mac (do they have a .dmg of this?). Samsung USB drivers to my Mac and the stock firmware from Sammobile.
The problem it is that everything is made for Windows. I'm seeing Samsung drivers in only Windows enviroment.
How can i flash using Odin on Mac OS X. Any links?
Thanks.
Another pal with SDS.

Hello there, Unfortunately I'm in the same boat as you. I'm on a Mac primarily but do have a windows desktop I can turn to when I come across windows only solutions as we have here. You can install a windows os using bootcamp or virtually through something like virtualbox on the Mac. For me though the windows route isn't getting anywhere. I don't think you have a full SDS situation where your phone is a complete brick like mine though. From your posts it sounds like you can at least get into download mode correct? If so you should be able to download the original 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 firmware for the Note II and flash via Odin. I wish I could at least try this step but as it is my phone is completely dead and won't boot at all. I'm trying to figure out how to submit a support request in the US right now which is proving very unsuccessful so far since we have the Galaxy Note International version (GT-N7100) which Samsung USA does not support in any way. I'm taking my phone to a local cell phone/tablet repair shop tomorrow to see if they can get anything accomplished. Good luck in your quest!

I have done more reading and have downloaded Heimdal 1.4- as well some random country GT-N7100 stock sammobile build .tar file (June- 4.1.2)
Please i need some incredibly generous person that might have an idea how i can flash a custom rom using Hemdal 1.4. My phone doesn't boot. I only have access to the "download mode". (No- recovery mode). I'm almost sure i have SDS (Sudden Death Syndrome) and i'm using OSX and my only choice is to try to flash the Note II with Heimdral.

Check if this helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1240136
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265

i am also a macbook user, and using note 2.
i installed also windows 7 on my macbook and choosing windows partition if i need to do something to my phone.
easiest way for me. its better to install windows too...

Thanks guys, i am going to try and get a windows computer tomorrow for a more straight forward process.

mvtm said:
Thanks guys, i am going to try and get a windows computer tomorrow for a more straight forward process.
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kinda late reply but you could use mobile odin to unroot.

Did anybody tested Heimdall ?
You can find it in mac softpedia, and it's an Odin equivalent..

elmanu13 said:
Did anybody tested Heimdall ?
You can find it in mac softpedia, and it's an Odin equivalent..
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I confirm that working, heimdall 1.4, gt-i9505 and 10.8.4, flashed cache and recovery successfully... first ofcourse downloaded .pit. Two times gave some errors, third time success.

zabenoid said:
I confirm that working, heimdall 1.4, gt-i9505 and 10.8.4, flashed cache and recovery successfully... first ofcourse downloaded .pit. Two times gave some errors, third time success.
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Something went really ****ed when I tried to flash CM 10 on to my GS4 using Heimdall front end (1.4). Took it back to the store and they said they had never seen one fully "bricked like that"...
What steps did you follow if you dont mind? Explain like I'm 5 - they won't replace another phone for me haha

sybau said:
Something went really ****ed when I tried to flash CM 10 on to my GS4 using Heimdall front end (1.4). Took it back to the store and they said they had never seen one fully "bricked like that"...
What steps did you follow if you dont mind? Explain like I'm 5 - they won't replace another phone for me haha
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You don't use heimdall to flash cyanogenmod. You use it to flash the recovery, then you root from the recovery and then you flash cyanogenmod from the recovery.

djpimpbot said:
kinda late reply but you could use mobile odin to unroot.
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Not if you are running Android 4.3

alternative for mac osx
You can download kies as alternative for maintaing samsung devices
do a google search for kies mac

For anyone still wondering about this. Get VMWare Fusion pro, install windows(I have windows 7 basic), then install odin(any version, i tested all of them), then flash that way.
And my specs are Macbook pro late 2011 2.4ghz quadcore running mavericks. Ive had no problems flashing whatsoever. Windows loads very quickly too
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mr_villagomez said:
For anyone still wondering about this. Get VMWare Fusion pro, install windows(I have windows 7 basic), then install odin(any version, i tested all of them), then flash that way.
And my specs are Macbook pro late 2011 2.4ghz quadcore running mavericks. Ive had no problems flashing whatsoever. Windows loads very quickly too
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Any hiccups? And how you had VMWare set up?

DMCrimson78 said:
Any hiccups? And how you had VMWare set up?
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No hiccups, i just installed everything recommended. No special anything. And run odin as administrator. I probably flashed over 70 times already with 0 hiccups.
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Http://jodin3.casual-dev.com is Odin for Mac. Because of limitations to Heimdall, I don't recommend flashing large files though. Its awesome for CF-Auto-Root and TWRP though.

i need Odin for mac
How to restore Firmware stock for Galaxy Note 4 N901K?

AdamOutler said:
Because of limitations to Heimdall, I don't recommend flashing large files though. Its awesome for CF-Auto-Root and TWRP though.
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Thanks for jodin3.
Using this to flash Lollipop (1.5 GB) will then not work using my Mac?

bricked phone
kflanegan said:
Hello there, Unfortunately I'm in the same boat as you. I'm on a Mac primarily but do have a windows desktop I can turn to when I come across windows only solutions as we have here. You can install a windows os using bootcamp or virtually through something like virtualbox on the Mac. For me though the windows route isn't getting anywhere. I don't think you have a full SDS situation where your phone is a complete brick like mine though. From your posts it sounds like you can at least get into download mode correct? If so you should be able to download the original 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 firmware for the Note II and flash via Odin. I wish I could at least try this step but as it is my phone is completely dead and won't boot at all. I'm trying to figure out how to submit a support request in the US right now which is proving very unsuccessful so far since we have the Galaxy Note International version (GT-N7100) which Samsung USA does not support in any way. I'm taking my phone to a local cell phone/tablet repair shop tomorrow to see if they can get anything accomplished. Good luck in your quest!
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hey can you still get where you can factory reset. because i bricked my phone trying to root it, and all i did is flashed the the stock firmware on it and it worked it again.

Rooting Koodo t989D With Linux Help

Hiya everyone. So; Normally I do my rooting and whatnot on my windoze XP Hard drive, using ODIN. However; for some reason my Windoze is suddenly having some issues with USB (I'm working on resolving it; not why I'm posting.) so I'm left with my Linux HDD (Oh noes! Like I'm really complaining I can't use windoze...lol...). However that being said, I have no idea how to go about doing this on Linux. I run OpenSUSE 12.3 32bit.
I'm not a Linux Poweruser, still learning, but I'm not entirely useless with it either; I know how to do basic program compiling (./configure, make, make install, etc); Am somewhat comfortable in Terminal / CLI, and have a live USB handy incase it breaks
I have done a bit of research and know that Heimdall is the way to go with Linux, however I've also read that Heimdall is not compatible with the T-Mobile S2? Does Kodoo fall into that incompatibility as well, since they can flash the same ROM's?
If it IS possible to root the Kodoo Galaxy s2x t-989D using Linux; can someone either point me to a detailed link explanation of the process, or post here and walk me through this? Assume I know nothing; to save questions. I'd rather have too much information and do it with ease than have not enough and have my woman castrate me for bricking her Phone, and then have to give her my S3 ;p
Thanks! :good:

Dragostini said:
Hiya everyone. So; Normally I do my rooting and whatnot on my windoze XP Hard drive, using ODIN. However; for some reason my Windoze is suddenly having some issues with USB (I'm working on resolving it; not why I'm posting.) so I'm left with my Linux HDD (Oh noes! Like I'm really complaining I can't use windoze...lol...). However that being said, I have no idea how to go about doing this on Linux. I run OpenSUSE 12.3 32bit.
I'm not a Linux Poweruser, still learning, but I'm not entirely useless with it either; I know how to do basic program compiling (./configure, make, make install, etc); Am somewhat comfortable in Terminal / CLI, and have a live USB handy incase it breaks
I have done a bit of research and know that Heimdall is the way to go with Linux, however I've also read that Heimdall is not compatible with the T-Mobile S2? Does Kodoo fall into that incompatibility as well, since they can flash the same ROM's?
If it IS possible to root the Kodoo Galaxy s2x t-989D using Linux; can someone either point me to a detailed link explanation of the process, or post here and walk me through this? Assume I know nothing; to save questions. I'd rather have too much information and do it with ease than have not enough and have my woman castrate me for bricking her Phone, and then have to give her my S3 ;p
Thanks! :good:
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OK your going to need the program heimdall, and heimdall frontend, I assume u know ur way around a CLI if I've been using Linux so what ur going to need to do is flash the recovery, put phone in download mode, connect to PC, DL twrp2.6.0.4 img file and extract it to ur working folder, open heimdall and run command heimdall-flash -recovery recovery.img cache.img, that'll flash the recovery to the phone, from there its just booting into recovery and flashing a ROM(if u want a custom ROM) or rebooting system from recovery, it will ask if u want to install superuser access, tap install and ur good.. Hope that helps
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[Q] Root galaxy note 10.1 2014 using adb?

I'm very familiar with linux and adb. Can I root galaxy note 10.1 2014 using adb? All the instructions say to use odin,
but I don't have any windoze machines.

Nothing needs to be installed, just unzip Odin and run it so easy to do on a friends computer or at work (after hours of course).
Plan "B" would be a Windows VM (but a lot of work).

Colchiro said:
Nothing needs to be installed, just unzip Odin...
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Should we not better use Heimdall? I mean this works on different OS and is a real development and not a strange leak program.
Or didn't work Heimdall with the Note (didn't check it until now)?

Elim said:
Should we not better use Heimdall? I mean this works on different OS and is a real development and not a strange leak program.
Or didn't work Heimdall with the Note (didn't check it until now)?
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I wish I could use Heimdall, but I don't see any report that it works. I don't want to be the first to try it.
I could try running oden with virtualbox. But I'm nervous about usb passthrough functioning precisely
as expected. Again, I didn't want to be the first to try this, because a brick'd note is a possible failure mode.