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[GUIDE] Using ODIN to flash your Epic 4G Touch (windows only)

PREREQUISITES:
ODIN v1.85 (included at the bottom) [WINDOWS ONLY]
Samsung KIES (for the drivers needed)
Samsung Epic 4G Touch (I know - should be obvious.....) and USB cable
Your brain and eyes to read this ENTIRE thing BEFORE you do anything
INITIAL SETUP:
Install Samsung KIES
Connect your Epic 4G Touch to a Windows computer. (Sorry ODIN uses Windows only...)
Wait for Windows to initialize your phone with the drivers
Unzip the Odin3 v1.85.zip file to it's own directory
Disconnect Epic 4G Touch from your computer
ODIN STARTUP
Open up odin3 v1.85.exe and you'll see this screen
Turn your E4GT off (again should be obvious) and unplug if plugged in
Put your E4GT into download mode by holding down Volume-Down first and then hold down the Power button until you see this screen:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Press Volume-Up to continue or Volume-Dn to restart
Volume-Up gets you this screen:
You're now in Download Mode and ready to continue.
ODIN OPTIONS:
Here is the ODIN screen:
Connect your E4GT to your computer.
The top left box should light up like this:
If it doesn't, close out of ODIN, unplug your phone, take the battery out, put it back in, restart computer, and repeat the ODIN STARTUP steps above.
PIT Button: This is for the partition structure when flashing an entire ROM
BOOTLOADER Button: This is for uploading a new bootloader (we don't have, and have never used this - IGNORE!)
PDA Button: This is for flashing kernels and ROMs (in .tar format)
PHONE Button: This is for the phone's RADIO/MODEM ONLY!!!!!!
CSC Button: Not sure - don't use.
DO NOT USE PHONE FOR ANYTHING BUT A RADIO/MODEM - YOU WILL DEFINITELY NOT BE ABLE TO USE YOUR PHONE FOR CALLS, AND YOU MAY POSSIBLY BRICK IT - YOU'VE BEEN WARNED
This concludes the basics on what ODIN is and how to use it. For the items to flash you'll find them on this site.
DISCLAIMER: YOU, AND YOU ALONE, ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS IN USING ANYTHING ON THIS SITE. DO NOT COME CRYING IF YOU MESS UP YOUR DEVICE.
Noteworthy posts:
Yet Again said:
I'm not going to blame you for anything...I'm a retard, and WAY tired. I just flashed the root kernel over "phone" in Odin! Do you know where I can find the stock radio/modem to reflash it right? Anything you can do to help would be great!
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Stock Modem EG12.bin - flash this using PHONE in ODIN

Awesome! I could have used this when I started on my GTab 10.1.
This will help a lot of folks. I'm very impressed by you and the other devs in this community thus far. You guys rock hard and I hope everyone realizes it.

For Linux/MacOS users - Heimdall is an open source cross-platform replacement for Odin - http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
However it can't automatically flash Odin tar files - you need to manually extract the tar and flash each individual component.

Entropy512 said:
For Linux/MacOS users - Heimdall is an open source cross-platform replacement for Odin - http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
However it can't automatically flash Odin tar files - you need to manually extract the tar and flash each individual component.
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Yep - was going to (sometime) put together a guide on Heimdall as well - but there are some out there

ok, I have tried the above directions. Kies installed. Odin installed. phone in d/l mode. Odin found phone. chose the tar file and started. It keeps getting stuck at zimage or setup connection.
I have uninstalled Kies thinking that maybe it was locking up the port and restarted. Still have the same "stall" condition. Any ideas? I really want to root and am stuck!
edit: I was using a usb cable through a usb hub. I switched to the cable that came with it directly to my pc and it worked fine. Guess Odin is picky.

jerdog said:
Yep - was going to (sometime) put together a guide on Heimdall as well - but there are some out there
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I have googled the subject and can't find a guide on flashing using Heimdall in Ubuntu. I came from the Evo so I'm not familiar with Samsung's way of doing things.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium

firemedic624 said:
I have googled the subject and can't find a guide on flashing using Heimdall in Ubuntu. I came from the Evo so I'm not familiar with Samsung's way of doing things.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
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Heimdall rocks, here u go bud:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000

Stupid question but can Kies software be uninstalled and just keep the Samsung USB drivers, would that still work?
dja2k

dja2k said:
Stupid question but can Kies software be uninstalled and just keep the Samsung USB drivers, would that still work?
dja2k
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Could but better to use Kies for newer Samsung devices.

zedomax said:
Could but better to use Kies for newer Samsung devices.
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I meant why keep Kies installed if you don't plan on using it and only needed the Samsung drivers installed to use Odin.
dja2k

Thanks for the guide you worthless pimple on the face of humanity. I couldn't soft brick or perma brick my new phone because the guide was too easy to follow.
You suck..... now I can't post...
"You're stupid guide bricked my new phone arsehole"

thebadfrog said:
Thanks for the guide you worthless pimple on the face of humanity. I couldn't soft brick or perma brick my new phone because the guide was too easy to follow.
You suck..... now I can't post...
"You're stupid guide bricked my new phone arsehole"
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I am sorry to have given you an excuse to actually be productive with a device. I suggest you place it in a jell-o mold and freeze it as the one device you didn't brick - but then you'd have bricked it - thus fulfilling your original desire to brick. Now go pass one through your intestines.

jerdog said:
I am sorry to have given you an excuse to actually be productive with a device. I suggest you place it in a jell-o mold and freeze it as the one device you didn't brick - but then you'd have bricked it - thus fulfilling your original desire to brick. Now go pass one through your intestines.
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I'm not going to blame you for anything...I'm a retard, and WAY tired. I just flashed the root kernel over "phone" in Odin! Do you know where I can find the stock radio/modem to reflash it right? Anything you can do to help would be great!

Yet Again said:
I'm not going to blame you for anything...I'm a retard, and WAY tired. I just flashed the root kernel over "phone" in Odin! Do you know where I can find the stock radio/modem to reflash it right? Anything you can do to help would be great!
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Updated the OP:
Stock Modem EG12.bin - flash this using PHONE in ODIN

LOL...I'm SOOO thrilled you used my post as the "Noteworthy Post" example. A grand tip to the rest of the community, DO NOT attempt flashing/modding/rooting/hacking (as an amateur) when you are semi-drunk and half asleep. And THANK YOU to the OP for supplying the stock Modem, although, the scare of almost bricking my phone sobered me up enough to use the search function on the forum.
End of story!

anyone got a link to all the stock files for odin??

i cant get to odin.....instead it gives me android system recoverry. #manual mode# looks almost like clockwork mod but cant install using clk roms...

HELP
jerdog said:
Updated the OP:
Stock Modem EG30.bin - flash this using PHONE in ODIN
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this is the real EG30 modem? not EG12? because I'm at EG31 and i've been trying to get back EG30 modem to try the EK02 modem.

exconvictriddick said:
this is the real EG30 modem? not EG12? because I'm at EG31 and i've been trying to get back EG30 modem to try the EK02 modem.
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This is EG12, I wish Jerdog would update the link because it is going to confuse people.

kingsway8605 said:
This is EG12, I wish Jerdog would update the link because it is going to confuse people.
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Just updated - my apologies.

[Q] drivers

ok my computer picks up my device and i am able to view my files on my phone and it shows up on odin. but then when i turn phone off and put into download mode it doesnt show up on odin and my computer tells me a new device is plugged in and needs to setup driver but it cant. what can i do or what am i doing wrong.

I had this too using the stock cable. Got a blackberry cable and it fixed. Dont understand why it would work for one and not the other, but it did.

auggie43 said:
ok my computer picks up my device and i am able to view my files on my phone and it shows up on odin. but then when i turn phone off and put into download mode it doesnt show up on odin and my computer tells me a new device is plugged in and needs to setup driver but it cant. what can i do or what am i doing wrong.
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When it says searching for or installing new device wait for it to fail and click the search manually option [I'm not sure exactly what the options called] then find it manually and install the downloaded driver.
*note- if you don't have the epic 4g driver use google to find it and save it somewhere you can find it easy.
If your computer recognizes it then it should work.. if my instructions fail try unplugging you epic and dialing ##8778# a menu will pop up and try toggling modem or pda under the usb section, then try again. I hope that works for you.
-Singularis

Yeah some cables just suck though. Though I guess I am lucky no issues with my stock Samsung cable. Might also try a different port on a desktop if you are using desktop try back ports. I know sometimes the front ones cause issues with some devices, since it is a hub kinda on the front ports. Though if laptop, try different cable or what j7jman said.

i toggled the from pda to modem when i dialed ##8778# and it reads on odin but my pc doesn't prompt me to view files as the evo does.

Definately has to be something with the drivers. The cable is enough to transfer files and see it, so I would imagine it would be just fine for ODIN.
Next time you put it into download mode and plug it in, check your device manager. See if there are any bangs (yellow exclamation marks).
Also,
Try reinstalling the drivers, trying different USB ports on your computer, or trying a whole different computer within itself.
Let us know what you find.

Yeah about the double post, I was not thinking straight from being so frustrated from my usb problem. As I said I think my phone has the problem because my girls evo works fine with my pc. I just don't have any idea what else it could be.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

So I would imagine that the Evo does not use the exact same driver. Nor does the Evo interface with Odin much like our Epic does.
Evo is made by HTC.
Epic is made by Samsung.

Alias8818 said:
So I would imagine that the Evo does not use the exact same driver. Nor does the Evo interface with Odin much like our Epic does.
Evo is made by HTC.
Epic is made by Samsung.
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That is correct...totally different hardware. Different printers don't use the same drivers right?

That is true.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

I was wondering, should I do a factory reset on my phone to see if that helps fix my problem.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

This is the message I get when I plug in my epic
"USB Device Not recognized, One of the USB Devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned and Windows does not recognize it."
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/sprint/SPH-D700ZKASPR
Click software
Click the little
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
icon.
Download
Extract
Run the MSI

Thanks everybody I got my phone recognized finally and I flashed the EC05 modem. But now after I downloaded the update I hit install and yet powered down my device and it on the screen that says samsung. I waited about 10 minutes and nothing. So I pulled the battery out and turned it back on and it stayed stuck on that screen. So I pulled battery back out and I put phone into recovery mode and I selected apply update.zip from sd card and it aborts install. So I just selected reboot and it powered up correctly and I looked for the update file and I renamed it as update and put in on sdcard and I tried to flash the update in recovery and it aborted install again. What did I do wrong?
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Do you have cwm installed?
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

It has the green clockworkmod recovery v2.5.1.0
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I was going to do the OTA update then install the latest clockworkmod and root and be done with this mess.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

As far as I am aware, you can't install the OTA while rooted or with cwm installed. Its one of the two can remember which.
Use the eco5 to ei22 flash to update the modem, then flash a rom. Also might be helpful to flash acs recovery first.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Yeah I unrooted my phone last week and went back to Froyo 2.2. How do I remove clockwork?
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Good question. That I don't know. Poke around and see if you can find anything in the dev section.
I am headed to bed, best wishes.
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Trying to root 2.3.3 Hboot 2.16 Revolutionary; PC/USB Problem.

Hello everyone,
I am trying to root my HTC Evo 4g using the Revolutionary method, my phone is on Android 2.3.3 and Hboot 2.16. I have installed all of the drivers needed, however my phone is not being recognized by my computer when it is plugged in and Revolutionary simply says:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
And so, I cannot achieve root, any suggestions for what I can try to do to fix this problem?
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NOTE: I cannot get the phone to prompt me with the connection type menu.
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NOTE: I have tried at least 4 different cables, 2 Windows PCs, and 1 Linux PC.

Wulfre said:
Hello everyone,
I am trying to root my HTC Evo 4g using the revolutionary method, my phone is on Android 2.3.3 and Hboot 2.16. I have installed all of the drivers needed however my phone is not being recognized by my computer when it is plugged in and therefore Revolutionary simply says:
Therefore I cannot achieve root, any suggestions for what I can try to do to fix this problem?
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Do you have "usb debugging" checked/enabled?

MIKESTONY said:
Do you have "usb debugging" checked/enabled?
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Yup. However it doesn't even give me the 4 option popup you get when plugging in your phone (which is enabled as well).

Wulfre said:
Yup. However it doesn't even give me the 4 option popup you get when plugging in your phone (which is enabled as well).
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Well, it should be set to charge only anyway.
Do you have any antivirus?--disable it
Do you have any firewalls?--temp. disable it.
Uninstall htc sync.
Fastboot UNchecked?
Uninstall anything that would interfere with phone when phone gets plugged in such as pdanet, doubletwist.
Perhaps toggle usb debugging while it says "waiting for device"
I have heard of some people trying revolutionary a couple times for it to work.....even going to the extent of deleting, then reinstalling the revolutionary exe file.

MIKESTONY said:
Well, it should be set to charge only anyway.
Do you have any antivirus?--disable it
Do you have any firewalls?--temp. disable it.
Uninstall htc sync.
Fastboot UNchecked?
Uninstall anything that would interfere with phone when phone gets plugged in such as pdanet, doubletwist.
Perhaps toggle usb debugging while it says "waiting for device"
I have heard of some people trying revolutionary a couple times for it to work.....even going to the extent of deleting, then reinstalling the revolutionary exe file.
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How do you disable Fastboot?

Wulfre said:
How do you disable Fastboot?
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go into menu/settings/applications.....there should be an option there to disable fastboot.

MIKESTONY said:
go into menu/settings/applications.....there should be an option there to disable fastboot.
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Thanks, I'll try again now.

Wulfre said:
Thanks, I'll try again now.
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If that doesn't work, try another usb port or another cord.
Does your computer recognize your phone otherwise? As in, using the cord to transfer files to/from sd card?

MIKESTONY said:
If that doesn't work, try another usb port or another cord.
Does your computer recognize your phone otherwise? As in, using the cord to transfer files to/from sd card?
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No it doesn't.

Updated first post, need help still.

Wulfre said:
Updated first post, need help still.
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Well, what concerns me is the fact that you stated, (correct me if I'm wrong), your computer doesnt recognize your phone when plugged in, and you dont get the popup options when you do plug in.
Which leads me to believe either, a: your usb port on phone is wonky or, (a long shot) b: you have a faulty sd card, or no sd card.
First try this, while at the "waiting for device" screen, toggle "usb debugging" off, wait a few seconds, then toggle on again.

MIKESTONY said:
Well, what concerns me is the fact that you stated, (correct me if I'm wrong), your computer doesnt recognize your phone when plugged in, and you dont get the popup options when you do plug in.
Which leads me to believe either, a: your usb port on phone is wonky or, (a long shot) b: you have a faulty sd card, or no sd card.
First try this, while at the "waiting for device" screen, toggle "usb debugging" off, wait a few seconds, then toggle on again.
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I do have an SD card, and I have been using it for 14 months on all my androids. I also tried toggling while plugged in as you suggested. What really bothers me is that I was able to get the popup to occur when I had Android 2.2 (Froyo).

Wulfre said:
I do have an SD card, and I have been using it for 14 months on all my androids.
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Did you try the usb debugging toggle?
Perhaps redownload the drivers.
If you need a new download, I can link the drivers from my dropbox.

MIKESTONY said:
Did you try the usb debugging toggle?
Perhaps redownload the drivers.
If you need a new download, I can link the drivers from my dropbox.
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I have updated my previous post from before:
Wulfre said:
I also tried toggling while plugged in as you suggested. What really bothers me is that I was able to get the popup to occur when I had Android 2.2 (Froyo).
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And yes, your drivers may be better than the ones I am currently trying.

Wulfre said:
I have updated my previous post from before:
And yes, your drivers may be better than the ones I am currently trying.
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Saw you updated post.....
o.k..try this for drivers
https://www.dropbox.com/s/851ss8hfcd07gyw/HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe
Edit: I dont know what guide you are using or where you got your drivers from, but this is the guide I have used for 3 phones I've rooted
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...ooting-dummies-guide-gingerbread-edition.html
Thanks to Ocnbrze for a great write up

MIKESTONY said:
Saw you updated post.....
o.k..try this for drivers
https://www.dropbox.com/s/851ss8hfcd07gyw/HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe
Edit: I dont know what guide you are using or where you got your drivers from, but this is the guide I have used for 3 phones I've rooted
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...ooting-dummies-guide-gingerbread-edition.html
Thanks to Ocnbrze for a great write up
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That is the guide that I was using, do you think it may help to upgrade or downgrade my phone?

Wulfre said:
That is the guide that I was using, do you think it may help to upgrade or downgrade my phone?
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Honestly, no...with that hboot---2.16--is a good hboot to have that can be run with revolutionary.
Not sure if upgrading or downgrading would help or not.
You could try posting over in that forum for help also as ocn frequents that site, he knows alot more than I.
One last thing, what does your bootloader screen say...i.e. post here what it says.

MIKESTONY said:
Saw you updated post.....
o.k..try this for drivers
https://www.dropbox.com/s/851ss8hfcd07gyw/HTCDriver3.0.0.007.exe
Edit: I dont know what guide you are using or where you got your drivers from, but this is the guide I have used for 3 phones I've rooted
http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all...ooting-dummies-guide-gingerbread-edition.html
Thanks to Ocnbrze for a great write up
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MIKESTONY said:
Honestly, no...with that hboot---2.16--is a good hboot to have that can be run with revolutionary.
Not sure if upgrading or downgrading would help or not.
You could try posting over in that forum for help also as ocn frequents that site, he knows alot more than I.
One last thing, what does your bootloader screen say...i.e. post here what it says.
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I hope this is what you mean:
SUPERSONIC EVT3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-2.16.0001
MICROP-041f
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.15.00.0808
Mar 8 2011,17:02:15
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Wulfre said:
I hope this is what you mean:
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yup, that's it.
You should have no issues with that and that's what is puzzling.
If you have followed the guide, and my suggestions (which is basically what the guide suggests) you should have no issues.
However, I have heard of people having to try numerous times to get it to work including, but not limited to:
Uninstalling and reinstalling drivers.
Uninstalling and reinstalling revolutionary files.
I even started reading thru that guide for other issues people have had to try to help ya.
If your phone is not being recognized by the computer before this rooting thing, I wonder if your usb port is not working.
I mean, you have tried multiple cords, computer ports, computers etc right?
I am at a loss here man...I wish I could help you more but I just don't know what to tell ya!

MIKESTONY said:
yup, that's it.
You should have no issues with that and that's what is puzzling.
If you have followed the guide, and my suggestions (which is basically what the guide suggests) you should have no issues.
However, I have heard of people having to try numerous times to get it to work including, but not limited to:
Uninstalling and reinstalling drivers.
Uninstalling and reinstalling revolutionary files.
I even started reading thru that guide for other issues people have had to try to help ya.
If your phone is not being recognized by the computer before this rooting thing, I wonder if your usb port is not working.
I mean, you have tried multiple cords, computer ports, computers etc right?
I am at a loss here man...I wish I could help you more but I just don't know what to tell ya!
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It must be my phone. I will try to figure this out on my own, I am currently trying to downgrade to 2.2 and see if any old methods will work.
Thanks for all of your help!

Tutorial: How to use KIES Emergency Firmware Recovery (EFR)

Edit Nov 28 2013: GN3 Owners PLEASE READ!
As of the new update the ATT Galaxy note 3(possibly all carriers) IS NOT compatable with KIES EFR!
This includes KIES 2.XX and KIES 3! What does this mean?
If you took the MJ5 update you will no longer be able to use the KIES Emergency Firmware Updater.
Please complain to Samsung, locking the bootloader is one thing but no EFR??
Would you get on ship with no life boats or life preservers??
Seriously uncool of Samsung to do this.
-end of edit
/rant
So its come to my attention a lot of new guys are getting stuck soft brick, bootloop, borked recovery etc.
So .... I made this tutorial for everyone.
Please: dont flame or post useless comments.
Its great for you Odin is easy, but I made this for people who want a hassle free easy way to recover their phone.
This is also imo the fastest and easiest way back to true stock w/o a "modified"
Some people have reported a flash count of 1 but idk I always went back to 0.
If you are new, have no rooting, rom flashing or w/e experience, imo you should NOT be using odin until you have completely read up on it. I mean hey some of you super geniuses have no probs but when I see posters who have no clue about usb drivers or even how to use kies, im confused why you would want to venture to odin? 500 $ is a very expensive brick.
Ok so unsure about odin or just new and now you just borked your brand new phone?
First things first:
Can you get into dl mode.
Dont worry about recovery mode because it doesnt matter for this. This works with corrupted recovery as well.
For now lets just say download mode is achieved one way only:
Press : vol down power and home key all at the same time. Release quickly when you see the screen come up. Takes practice some times.
:thumbup: This method will remove "modified" status from your phone! :thumbup:
:beer:
Ok ready? You want step by step you got it.
If this doesnt work you are doing it wrong, so try again. Even with Odin you may have to try several times, its the nature of android.
If you can get into DL mode you CAN 100% recover your device.
If it doesnt work or you get an error, you are doing this wrong. I am pretty sure this is for ALL Samsung phones but I can only confirm this for my gs3 and note2.
Keep in mind: I corrupted my recovery on my gs3 several times and this still worked. I will assume the same for my note 2.
Download kies from samsung.com
Follow the prompts but no need to install the stupid codecs.
When you are done, (dont forget hit "yes" to dl current usb drivers)
ON your computer "run as administrator" the kies icon.
make sure you are connected to the internet.
Kies will automatically check for updates and proper usb drivers.
No need to install "myfree codecs" hit no on that.
every thing else hit yes
Step one:
Run kies as administrator as I said And do all the usb updates, kies updates
but leave the codec thing alone.
Step by step instructions just follow the pics in order:
1.Kies opens asks about update
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
2.
3.Dont worry about this
4. Now in top left corner hit "tools" tab. Ignore everything else
5. After clicking tools tab click the emergency fimrware recover choice as described below
6. For now ignore this button. YOu might need it later but ignore it for now
7.
8.Well last step. Hit emergency recovery ( the "ok" button wont be there )
this will probably take 20 to 30 min total. The EFR will let you know if its succesfull or fail.
IF it fails try using the method I said to ignore. Its the same thing just an extra step of in putting your phones exact model number.
Heres some xtra links: (Thanks to Bajanman for finding these btw!)
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/
http://www.sammobile.com/kies/
http://m.samsung.com/us/support/

Nice help guide for noobs.
Good guide freak :thumbup:
Might want to go back and check some of your words tho. Lot of them misspelled... lol
Side note: All my years with Sammy I've never used Kies with any of my phone's!!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using Xparent SkyBlue Tapatalk 2

yeah yeah yeah

Nice tut freakboy i just hope I dont need to use it someday I subscribed anyways who know flashing games always full of surprises.
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Please HELP
i have an at&t galaxy note 2 was rooted got OTA update now no signal and when i go to mobile networks (under settings) it says insert sim card so i am trying to do it your way and i have updated everything (drivers and kies) and when i try to connect to kies it says my device isn't supported by kies and there is no phone model in the white box to use the "emergency recovery using recovery code" is there a place to get this code?
Please help

Well first off there shouldnt be a need to use the kies efr with just an ota.
You can select your phone model manually.
Can I ask...did you install a recovery and make a bu after you rooted ?
im not familiar with these newer ota probs, I remember on my dx ota was no biggie due to rootkeeper. Its strange that a stock rooted phone gets borked with an ota.
Can you get into recovery?
Can you get into dl mode?
Im subscribed to this thread so ill try n help out
Edit: are you using this method because you are unfamiliar with odin?

i did install CWM recovery
i don't remember making a back up but i am sure i did
i can NOT get to recovery
i can get to dl mode
i am familiar with odin but i am on my work computer as i don't have internet at home at the moment so i cant run searches as it trips the big brother software here and i would get in trouble the phone seems to work fine other then it doesn't recognize the sim card and no recovery mode
but if i could find a stock rom i could just flash with odin

That may also be your problem.
Are you running kies as admin?
Sorry if these sound like stupid questions.
But 8f you dont have admin privies kies may not work.
Regardless there is a drop down for you to manually choose your phone.
You do have usb debugging?
A corrupted recovery should not affect your ability to use kies.
Your jobs software could be blocking it.

Also you do realise you cannot take ota with custom recovery?
Thats why your phone is borked.

i do realize it now lol but i didnt even think about it when it happened
yes running kies as admin
no to usb debugging don't event remember how to get to usb debugging but if it is in settings under mobile networks i cant get there it just says insert sim card

Justvto be sure this is an sgh-i317 correct?
Try doing the upgrade first that may give you the code.
First make sure you have usb debugging
Home>Settings> developers options> make sure usb debugging is checked.
Also since it sounds like your recovery is corrupted do not do a factory reset.

Ok so try this:
Make sure you have latest drivers from samsung for YOUR device.
Make sure kies is the latest version.
Make sure antivirus is off orvput kies in the whitelist/allowed.
Turning off is better.
Go to dl mode on phone .
Sincevkies is already running go to thetop menu :
tools> emergency firmware recovery
You should get a drop down list of devices. If this is an att phone and not another carrier model ported to att, you should choose sgh-i317 (att galaxy note 2). You shouldnt need a number thats only if you try to upgrade and it fails ( as I mentioned you may want to try upgrade first to trick the que to give you a number)
Post back.

+1
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freakboy13 said:
Ok so try this:
Make sure you have latest drivers from samsung for YOUR device.
Make sure kies is the latest version.
Make sure antivirus is off orvput kies in the whitelist/allowed.
Turning off is better.
Go to dl mode on phone .
Sincevkies is already running go to thetop menu :
tools> emergency firmware recovery
You should get a drop down list of devices. If this is an att phone and not another carrier model ported to att, you should choose sgh-i317 (att galaxy note 2). You shouldnt need a number thats only if you try to upgrade and it fails ( as I mentioned you may want to try upgrade first to trick the que to give you a number)
Post back.
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thanks so much for all your help there is no drop down box on my version of kies however i found stock firmware some where else and it is working now again thanks so much

mrnewspaper said:
thanks so much for all your help there is no drop down box on my version of kies however i found stock firmware some where else and it is working now again thanks so much
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Nice job! Isnt it great figuring things out yourself?
Love hearing happy endings!
Now... go into recovery and :
Make a backup/boot img .
:thumbup:

Hello,
I am trying to fix my Korean Note 1. It is not being listed in the list of devices. I have it in D/L mode but it isn't listed. Can I use the code and, if so, what is the right code?

activepassive said:
Hello,
I am trying to fix my Korean Note 1. It is not being listed in the list of devices. I have it in D/L mode but it isn't listed. Can I use the code and, if so, what is the right code?
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Hmmm not that familiar with note 1 or international version but ill assume its the same?
If you are not listed in the database you may want to try using odin.
The code needs to be generated by kies.
Is kies recognizing your phone?
I may be mistakwn but isnt their a kies for your country or some thing like that?
Have you submited this question in your forum?
Edit: I found this I hope it helps you!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1740367
sent from my T.A.R.T.I.S
(Time And Relative Tarts In Space)

so this will restore my phone to stock and will instal stock recovery and reset my flash counter and modified status? no need for tiangle away and unroot??

i tried doing exactly what was in the OP and it's now stuck at 0% at restoring. It's given me an error message a few times before and i tried again but it still stays at 0%. I tried doing it with the button you said not to click and running as admin.
Now i've got two problems, one is the phone not getting out of this mode and 2 is it not even giving me an error message meaning i can't try again since it's still busy restoring.
What can i do now? Should i just pull the plug out of it and try again? Will this not break anything?
What should i do now OP?
further info:
model: galaxy S3 GT-19300
i've had it rooted using CF-root and i did a firmware update to trigger emergency recovery mode.
I got into emergency recovery mode on purpose but expected to get out of it...
---------- Post added at 08:03 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:10 PM ----------
Hooray! it's now actually installing it and i didn't mistake it for downloading this time. I switched USB ports and now it works apparently.
Also something people that do this in the future should know: if you unplug the cable, it just gives you the error message saying that it couldn't find it which shouldn't cause any trouble. BUT only do this once it is stuck at 0%.

Possibly stupid question..
Having rooted the Note 2 att with mr skips toolbox, I then noticed a few days later the modified status.. So due to concern for warranty being voided, I'd like to return to stock: ( Heres the stupid question part).. I did install stock recovery via same toolbox, But How do I tell if it is stock vs twrp? I dont see where/how to check if it succeeded. Next- Why wont factory reset work to clear the flash counter, modified status to normal with full wipe? and as much as I admire mr Cortex method to full wipe ( 10 min process..) is that repetitive process of wiping, triangle away,unroot, reroot etc..necessary? I had a rooted samsung epic 4g touch before this note 2 and All I did to return phone to stock firmware for trade in was factory reset! yes- it was Not jellybean, was Gingerbread android.
Perhaps someone or some devs can explain this bit of mystery to me, and perhaps others... who are in search of a more direct and straightforward reset without complicating the steps. I will probably reroot and run a custom rom after warranty runs out.. but for now..stock again.

[Q] How To Root Samsung Galaxy SPH-D700 Epic 4G Using A Macbook Pro OS 10.8.4

Hey everybody,
I've researched this topic for days and I'm not coming up with any good solutions here.
Essentially, I am trying to figure out what the best firmware as of current date that runs really well on the Samsung Galaxy SPH-D700 Epic 4G.
I'm on 2.3.6 currently and from what I know the latest firmware for Android is 4.3 Jellybean. Is Jellybean available for the SPH-D700? If so, does it run well? If not, what's the next best alternative?
How do I root this phone using a Macbook Pro? I've read about "Wine", "Wine Bottler", "Heimleter" ( I don't think that's how it's spelled but I'm sure some of you know what I am talking about )
From what I have read, Wine doesn't seem like it's going to be very effective. Heim is more of a manual root which I could do but there isn't really a straight forward set of directions. The directions I've found have been written by many different sources and neither of them are the same.
If anybody has suggestions, I would greatly appreciate some. This will be the officially the 2nd phone I've ever rooted, the first being an HTC Hero and my 2nd droid phone ever owned.

DarkXShadowX21 said:
Hey everybody,
I've researched this topic for days and I'm not coming up with any good solutions here.
Essentially, I am trying to figure out what the best firmware as of current date that runs really well on the Samsung Galaxy SPH-D700 Epic 4G.
I'm on 2.3.6 currently and from what I know the latest firmware for Android is 4.3 Jellybean. Is Jellybean available for the SPH-D700? If so, does it run well? If not, what's the next best alternative?
How do I root this phone using a Macbook Pro? I've read about "Wine", "Wine Bottler", "Heimleter" ( I don't think that's how it's spelled but I'm sure some of you know what I am talking about )
From what I have read, Wine doesn't seem like it's going to be very effective. Heim is more of a manual root which I could do but there isn't really a straight forward set of directions. The directions I've found have been written by many different sources and neither of them are the same.
If anybody has suggestions, I would greatly appreciate some. This will be the officially the 2nd phone I've ever rooted, the first being an HTC Hero and my 2nd droid phone ever owned.
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v4.3 isn't released yet, that I'm aware of, but v4.2.2 is released and stable (mostly).
For most yes it does run well, but for me JB roms and my list of apps installed leaves ~3-9MB of RAM remaining. So that causes crazy lag and is incredibly annoying. You basically have to try it out yourself with your apps and decide if it'll work for your needs.
You can use Odin (in Windows via bootcamp), or Heimdall (in Linux and possible OSX).

nikon120 said:
v4.3 isn't released yet, that I'm aware of, but v4.2.2 is released and stable (mostly).
For most yes it does run well, but for me JB roms and my list of apps installed leaves ~3-9MB of RAM remaining. So that causes crazy lag and is incredibly annoying. You basically have to try it out yourself with your apps and decide if it'll work for your needs.
You can use Odin (in Windows via bootcamp), or Heimdall (in Linux and possible OSX).
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I don't have a Windows via bootcamp. I deleted that from my Mac last year. Is 4.2.2 available for the Epic 4G?
Do you have any good sources for how to root the Epic 4G from 2.3.6 to 4.2.2? It's been quite a long time since I've rooted. Thanks.
I would like to get my phone to be all set up with this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2131117

Well rooting or flashing a custom rooted rom is easy, if you can use Odin in Windows. I'm not familiar with Heimdall enough to give you a tutorial.
I posted this in a thread halfway down page 1 of Q/A:
nikon120 said:
TWRP: Flashes through CWM; OR you can pull the recovery.bin file from the zip file and flash that in Odin.
Root:
Power down device
Open keyboard, press and hold both the 1 key and power button. This places the phone into download mode.
Plug the device into your computer, and most likely drivers will install. Allow that to finish before proceeding.
Within Odin, wait until you see COM and a port number appear. That means your phone is recognized.
Next, uncheck all boxes on the left side, including auto-reboot.
Place the victory_8G_100528.pit file in the PIT box. Place CWM v5.0.2.7 .bin/.tar/.md5 file in the PDA box.
Click start and will complete relatively quickly.
Disconnect the phone from USB and pull the battery out.
Replace battery.
Press and hold Vol down, Camera and Power buttons until the capacitative lights light up, then release. This will place you in recovery mode.
From there you will boot into CWM, where you can flash whatever you want (custom rom or a compatible kernel for FC09 & SuperSU) off the SD card. So place those files prior to doing all the above.
Keep in mind, that if you want to remain on stock FC09, but rooted, you will need to flash a custom kernel. The stock kernel will replace CWM with stock recovery every time. That is why in the list above you must disable auto-reboot and battery pull.
All files are in my devhost, in my signature. If not, then they expired and I can reupload them if notified.
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Just flash Avatar rom from your SD card when booted into CWM v5.0.2.7. Typically when coming from stock, you will be rebooted into a newer version of CWM that is MTD compatible and have to go through the same flashing steps as you just performed to flash Avatar. If you are still on the same CWM version (5.0.2.7), then you need to manually flash either TWRP (2.6.0.0 is current) or CWM (6.0.3.2 is current) before attempting to flash Avatar again.

Unfortuantely, Odin doesn't work for mac. Wine/Wine Bottler is extremely unpredictable. All I need is a way to root my Sph-D700 using the latest version of Mac OS without Windows via dualboot.
Heimdall seems to be the best solution but to be honest, I don't quite understand the procedure. I tried to do it earlier and I didn't have any luck. Since I'm posting this from my phone currently, I'll post the sources I tried in a bit when I jump back on the computer.
Here are the sources I have been trying to use:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_epicmtd
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1ILk3Dlo9Gg
Here are the steps I've tried taking.
1st Step: I download DRockStar's ClockworkMod Recovery
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
2nd Step:
I download Heimdall Suite 1.4RC1 Command-line Binary:
Place the libusb-1.0.0.dylib library from the zip inside /opt/local/lib on the machine.
I don't know where this folder is on my Mac. I've searched for it and it doesn't exist and it also doesn't specify where I should create it if necessary.
Building From Source: The source code for the Heimdall Suite is available on Github. For more details about how to compile the Heimdall Suite, please refer to the README provided on Github or refer to the instructions to Install and compile Heimdall.
I don't quite understand how to do this earlier. I'm pretty familiar with xCode since I am being taught how to use it from my University. Even with that being said, I'm still not understanding exactly how to build it from the source. I read through the read me and it seems a bit more advanced than what I know how to do. Even with following instructions, it's very confusing to follow.
Booting the phone into download mode is a given to me.
This doesn't relate to me since I am using a Mac.
Number 4: Place DRockStar's ClockworkMod Recovery file into the Heimdall directory.
I'm not sure exactly what this is asking to be honest.
Putting phone into download mode....
Here's what I type into Terminal. I've tried with and without Sudo and I always get the same error.
Also, Heimdall version 1.40 doesn't even recognize my device.
I also tried selecting the Avatar zip from the sd card from going into "Apply update from sdcard" and I got the following error.
This is where I am basically stuck at. I'm not sure what else to do honestly.

DarkXShadowX21 said:
This is the tar file I downloaded:
Zedomax Epic Touch Kernal v3.
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Don't use that file. It's for the D710, aka Epic Touch.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2

nikon120 said:
Don't use that file. It's for the D710, aka Epic Touch.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
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Which file should I be using? I updated my last post with a bunch on information by the way.

To anyone else following this, I have responded on the Github issue:
https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/issues/149

DarkXShadowX21 said:
Hey everybody,
I've researched this topic for days and I'm not coming up with any good solutions here.
Essentially, I am trying to figure out what the best firmware as of current date that runs really well on the Samsung Galaxy SPH-D700 Epic 4G.
I'm on 2.3.6 currently and from what I know the latest firmware for Android is 4.3 Jellybean. Is Jellybean available for the SPH-D700? If so, does it run well? If not, what's the next best alternative?
How do I root this phone using a Macbook Pro? I've read about "Wine", "Wine Bottler", "Heimleter" ( I don't think that's how it's spelled but I'm sure some of you know what I am talking about )
From what I have read, Wine doesn't seem like it's going to be very effective. Heim is more of a manual root which I could do but there isn't really a straight forward set of directions. The directions I've found have been written by many different sources and neither of them are the same.
If anybody has suggestions, I would greatly appreciate some. This will be the officially the 2nd phone I've ever rooted, the first being an HTC Hero and my 2nd droid phone ever owned.
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Have you tried using heimdall and the instructions found here?