I know there is a thread on this subject but it would not let me post. Anyway I had success with flashing clockwork Recovery on the Continuum but there are a few crucial steps missing in all the forums and YouTube videos that I was able to read or watch. I am new so the will not let me post links. Id you search YouTube for flash clockwork recovery on continuum there are links posted there but I watched the video and that process did not work on my sons phone. I kept getting a signature error until I did the following!
1) Download all the files needed
A. Samsung USB drivers
B. Odin
C. The cwm recovery file .tar
D. The update.zip file (this file needs to be placed on the root of your sdcard.
Follow the processes already posted in the forums to unzip Odin and to install Samsung USB drivers. Now here is the process that was successful for me.
1) Open Odin.
2) Power down the phone and pull the battery.
3) Plug the usb cable into your computer.
4) With the battery out, hold the volume down button and plug the usb cable into the phone. You will now see a yellow triangle. This is in download mode.
5) In the Odin software, click on the PIT button and select the .pit file you have downloaded.
6) Next, click on the PDA button and select the .tar file you downloaded.
7) Next, click on the START button. You will then see the Odin software do its thing and the end result will say PASS.
8) Ok...this step is crucial to your success. At this point you will unplug your usb cable from the phone. Now install your battery. (DO NOT POWER THE PHONE YET. IF YOU DO, REPEAT THE PROCESS ABOVE) Press the volume up and down buttons at the same time and while you are pressing them, press the start button so all three are pressed at the same time. The word SAMSUNG will appear then disappear and when it appears a second time release the volume up and down and power button.
9) You will now see blue writing which is the continuum recovery. Use your volume up and down to scroll to the update.zip line. Once this is highlighted, use your soft menu key on the face of the phone in the bottom left corner to select it. This will open the update.zip
10) After a few seconds you will see RED writing. You are now in clockwork recovery. Now you will use you volume up and down keys to scroll and the POWER button to select the option you want.
11) The first thing you need to do is scroll down to backup and restore and select that with your power button. The select backup, then scroll down and select yes. This will create a backup that can be found on your SD card in the clockwork folder.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Thanks a million, S.V.! Your guide is the only one that brought my Continuum back from the dead.
good …………………………………………
Didn't use yours (just found it) but I did successfully get FROYO working on my Continuum today. It would have been a whole lot easier IF I had found this first...I thought I had a brick in my hand for a while.
Ok i just bought my Samsung Epic 4G (SPH-D710) I tried Rooting it but i do not think it worked. My wifi Does not work, The CWM is not there. And i do not know It just isn't what it needs to be haha. Now i rooted it for the i19100 i think, on accident. It said all versions but for some reaso i do not think this is right. So ultimately i am asking,
1. How do i root this the right way?
2. Does it come with CWM?
3. When i re-root it do i need to Un-root it this time first.
Sorry i am a newb when it comes to phones i am a computer guy lol
Thanks in advance
slimpickins said:
Ok i just bought my Samsung Epic 4G (SPH-D710) I tried Rooting it but i do not think it worked. My wifi Does not work, The CWM is not there. And i do not know It just isn't what it needs to be haha. Now i rooted it for the i19100 i think, on accident. It said all versions but for some reaso i do not think this is right. So ultimately i am asking,
1. How do i root this the right way?
2. Does it come with CWM?
3. When i re-root it do i need to Un-root it this time first.
Sorry i am a newb when it comes to phones i am a computer guy lol
Thanks in advance
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What root method did you use?
1. Download Samsung Kies and install it on your computer.
Kies
2. Turn off your phone.
3. While the phone is off, hold down the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons at the same time and plug in your phone via USB cable after you have installed Kies in order to have it install the correct drivers for your device and the device should automatically boot into download mode.
4. Once the drivers are installed and your device can be recognized properly by your computer, make sure to CLOSE KIES completely. If it is running during the next steps, even in the background, it can cause issues.
5. Download Odin and open it.
Odin v1.8.5
6. Download the Recovery file for your specific device and save that to your computer.
T-Mobile Galaxy S II Recovery
Sprint Galaxy S II Recovery
AT&T Galaxy S II Recovery
Galaxy S II i9100 Recovery (Read the developer’s post to decide which file in the third post to download)
7. With the device plugged in and Odin open, click on the PDA button in Odin and select the Recovery file you just downloaded.
8. Select Start and this should flash the recovery to the device and reboot it.
III. Root the Device
1. Once the device reboots, mount the USB storage so we can transfer files to it.
2. Download the Superuser zip file and save it to your computer.
Superuser
3. Copy the Superuser .zip file to the root of your device’s sd card (Not in any folders, just on the sd card itself. Do NOT extract the file, leave it as a .zip)
4. Once it is copied to the device, unplug the device from the computer and turn it off.
5. Turn the device back on by holding down the volume down, volume up button, and the power button. Let go of the power button once the device vibrates but continue to hold the volume buttons until the recovery screen comes up.
6. Once the recovery screen comes up, use the volume buttons to scroll down to install zip from sd and then select the superuser .zip file we downloaded earlier.
7. Once it flashes, select go back, then reboot system now.
8. You should now see the superuser icon in your device’s app drawer. If so, you are all set!
I Used That method ( I wished I would have found XDA First) Thank you for your response
Also a couple things happened during this process, When he sais go into recovery mode, i do not have all those crazy choices i just have ur normal android recovery page..
down load mode
slimpickins said:
1. Download Samsung Kies and install it on your computer.
Kies
2. Turn off your phone.
3. While the phone is off, hold down the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons at the same time and plug in your phone via USB cable after you have installed Kies in order to have it install the correct drivers for your device and the device should automatically boot into download mode.
4. Once the drivers are installed and your device can be recognized properly by your computer, make sure to CLOSE KIES completely. If it is running during the next steps, even in the background, it can cause issues.
5. Download Odin and open it.
Odin v1.8.5
6. Download the Recovery file for your specific device and save that to your computer.
T-Mobile Galaxy S II Recovery
Sprint Galaxy S II Recovery
AT&T Galaxy S II Recovery
Galaxy S II i9100 Recovery (Read the developer’s post to decide which file in the third post to download)
7. With the device plugged in and Odin open, click on the PDA button in Odin and select the Recovery file you just downloaded.
8. Select Start and this should flash the recovery to the device and reboot it.
III. Root the Device
1. Once the device reboots, mount the USB storage so we can transfer files to it.
2. Download the Superuser zip file and save it to your computer.
Superuser
3. Copy the Superuser .zip file to the root of your device’s sd card (Not in any folders, just on the sd card itself. Do NOT extract the file, leave it as a .zip)
4. Once it is copied to the device, unplug the device from the computer and turn it off.
5. Turn the device back on by holding down the volume down, volume up button, and the power button. Let go of the power button once the device vibrates but continue to hold the volume buttons until the recovery screen comes up.
6. Once the recovery screen comes up, use the volume buttons to scroll down to install zip from sd and then select the superuser .zip file we downloaded earlier.
7. Once it flashes, select go back, then reboot system now.
8. You should now see the superuser icon in your device’s app drawer. If so, you are all set!
I Used That method ( I wished I would have found XDA First) Thank you for your response
Also a couple things happened during this process, When he sais go into recovery mode, i do not have all those crazy choices i just have ur normal android recovery page..
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you only need vol down and power ... it will then ask you to press up for custom firmware
Volume Down And Power Takes me into download mode. Do you mean volume Up and power??
When i put The kernal (Wich i may have the wrong one) do i put on my sd card or phone sd
slimpickins said:
Volume Down And Power Takes me into download mode. Do you mean volume Up and power??
When i put The kernal (Wich i may have the wrong one) do i put on my sd card or phone sd
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You need download mode for Odin to work. So vol down + power is correct. When using Odin it will only work if the phone is in download mode.
slimpickins said:
Ok i just bought my Samsung Epic 4G (SPH-D710) I tried Rooting it but i do not think it worked. My wifi Does not work, The CWM is not there. And i do not know It just isn't what it needs to be haha. Now i rooted it for the i19100 i think, on accident. It said all versions but for some reaso i do not think this is right. So ultimately i am asking,
1. How do i root this the right way?
2. Does it come with CWM?
3. When i re-root it do i need to Un-root it this time first.
Sorry i am a newb when it comes to phones i am a computer guy lol
Thanks in advance
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Even though you are a noob you got to just slow down and read for hours and hours until you make a move. Now you also have to remember that stickies will usually have all the info you need. Especially in development.
Not sure where you are at with the phone right now but try this link and Good Luck
Thank you all i got it finally. Now i need to find a good ROM to install.... hmm any idea what is a good ROM to install?
slimpickins said:
1. Download Samsung Kies and install it on your computer.
Kies
2. Turn off your phone.
3. While the phone is off, hold down the Volume Up and Volume Down buttons at the same time and plug in your phone via USB cable after you have installed Kies in order to have it install the correct drivers for your device and the device should automatically boot into download mode.
4. Once the drivers are installed and your device can be recognized properly by your computer, make sure to CLOSE KIES completely. If it is running during the next steps, even in the background, it can cause issues.
5. Download Odin and open it.
Odin v1.8.5
6. Download the Recovery file for your specific device and save that to your computer.
T-Mobile Galaxy S II Recovery
Sprint Galaxy S II Recovery
AT&T Galaxy S II Recovery
Galaxy S II i9100 Recovery (Read the developer’s post to decide which file in the third post to download)
7. With the device plugged in and Odin open, click on the PDA button in Odin and select the Recovery file you just downloaded.
8. Select Start and this should flash the recovery to the device and reboot it.
III. Root the Device
1. Once the device reboots, mount the USB storage so we can transfer files to it.
2. Download the Superuser zip file and save it to your computer.
Superuser
3. Copy the Superuser .zip file to the root of your device’s sd card (Not in any folders, just on the sd card itself. Do NOT extract the file, leave it as a .zip)
4. Once it is copied to the device, unplug the device from the computer and turn it off.
5. Turn the device back on by holding down the volume down, volume up button, and the power button. Let go of the power button once the device vibrates but continue to hold the volume buttons until the recovery screen comes up.
6. Once the recovery screen comes up, use the volume buttons to scroll down to install zip from sd and then select the superuser .zip file we downloaded earlier.
7. Once it flashes, select go back, then reboot system now.
8. You should now see the superuser icon in your device’s app drawer. If so, you are all set!
I Used That method ( I wished I would have found XDA First) Thank you for your response
Also a couple things happened during this process, When he sais go into recovery mode, i do not have all those crazy choices i just have ur normal android recovery page..
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Really, was all that necessary?
Easy way to root:
Download pre rooted odin tar, Here is pre rooted EL29 thread
Put yor phone in download mode, plug phone in, make sure there is a yellow box with com something in it, and click start.
Once phone reboots you are rooted! Go here and select the appropriate option. With EL29, you will select option C then the EL29 kernel with cwm. After reboot you will have root with cwm.
MUCH easier huh?
MikeC84 said:
Really, was all that necessary?
Easy way to root:
Download pre rooted odin tar, Here is pre rooted EL29 thread
Put yor phone in download mode, plug phone in, make sure there is a yellow box with com something in it, and click start.
Once phone reboots you are rooted! Go here and select the appropriate option. With EL29, you will select option C then the EL29 kernel with cwm. After reboot you will have root with cwm.
MUCH easier huh?
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I got it already But thanks bud.
slimpickins said:
Thank you all i got it finally. Now i need to find a good ROM to install.... hmm any idea what is a good ROM to install?
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Lots of great roms for this beauty of a phone, depends what you like though. I personally like the blazer rom which is themed like ICS but based off GB. Blend and TSM are good if you like a lot of customization. Look around and find one good for you, or you can flash to an ICS test build, but because your a noob still I don't recommend it until you're more experienced. I'm currently running BLEND ICS based off FB21 (ICS test build)
Thanks but even then I cant get to download off the site. I dont knowwhy. Both starburst and blazer I cant get tge site work for me
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Try mirrors if you can't get the initial download to work, if it still doesn't work then disable your pop up blocker and possibly anti virus, and if that still doesn't work then perhaps your net speed is too slow. I've downloaded almost every rom on this forum without issue. Keep trying and good luck. Oh and because your a noob, stay away from the ICS leaks for now, until your very familiar with flashing, too many people are bricking good devices because they aren't reading enough.
After following these instructions. I still have a counter, still modified, and brick when I OTA.
I don't understand step four, so if anyone has the proper files and could walk me through just step 4, I think I will be golden.
I read and read, and not sure if TWRP is what I need for that, or something else? But, this is becoming a nightmare for this newb!
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275844
Instructions:
1. Download "back to stock" zip folder I uploaded. It contains all the files needed. No need to search around.
2. Unzip the file and extract the folder to your desktop.
3. Open folder and install Samsung drivers if not already done so.
4. Now make sure you have root and custom recovery on the phone. Turn the phone off. Hold volume up, home and power button at the same time.Wait till u see custom recovery screen and then let go off all the buttons.
5. Once in recovery... delete data, system, cache, dev cache like you want to flash a new rom. Turn the phone off by pulling the battery or see option for power off device under custom recovery.
6. Once the phone is completely off lets get into download mode. Hold volume down, home and power button until you see the screen with an option to press volume up to get into download. Press volume up to enter download mode when asked.
7. Now open odin3.07 I provided in the folder u downloaded. Once open connect your phone via usb. Windows should install device drivers. Once thats done, you should see com## on the Odin software.
8. On odin software you should see button called PDA. Click on it and browse to the file called KIES_HOME_I317UCALJ2_I317ATTALJ2_215287_REV04_user _low_ship.tar. in the folder provided by me. select it and hit ok. Odin will process the file. It will take max 2 to 3 min.
9. Before you click start on Odin make sure auto reboot and F. reset time is checked only. Everything else unchecked. Click start button. Odin will start flashing the factory firmware. It will take time.
10. Once Odin is done flashing. phone will reboot. Now you can disconnect the usb cable. When phone is fully rebooted, skip all the prompt and get to home screen.
11. Turn the phone off again and get into download mode. Connect usb cable to computer with Odin open. Click Pda and select file called CF-Auto-Root-t0lteatt-t0lteatt-samsungsghi317.tar. Let Odin process it and then click start. Once flashing the root file is done. Phone should reboot to home screen. Now you have root. The reason we need root is to get rid of counter # in download more. It should say zero.
12. Connect your phone to computer while on the home screen. Open phone internal storage and go to download folder and copy Triangle away.apk into it.
13. Go into settings and security and check unknown sources.
14. Go to apps and open application "my file". Go to download folder and select triangle away application to install. install it. Open application application and scroll down and select reset counter option. Make sure your are connected to wifi. Confirm you phone is I317 and triangle away will download the file. Your phone should reboot into some type of reset counter recovery screen. follow the instruction on the screen to reset the counter. After that phone should reboot.
15. Once rebooted uninstall triangle away apk. Now open super user application and scrool down and click fully unroot. When done go into stock recovery and clear data and cache. reboot phone. All done. Your counter is set to zero. Your phone should read normal under settings.
You can update your phone under settings from att servers.
You can also try this for going back to stock...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40966346
But as far as step 4...
To gain root you'll need this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33854391
Then after it's rooted all you'll need to do. Is download goo manger, and install your custom recovery from there...
It will be TWRP that'll be installed btw...
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Use 1click method works best
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Hello there. Some of you may know me from my work on other devices. I am Restl3ss. I have come across an SGH-S730M and was painfully disappointed with the support; namely that not only is there not one single custom rom (not even a stock ROM!) but all the root methods to date seem to involve some sort of third party hack-o-tron program instead of rooting the right way (a flashable zip and / or odin file). So, I've thrown together a flashable zip for the samsung galaxy discover SGH-S730M that will both root and overclock the device to 1 ghz. I've also decided to do a comprehensive guide for once, rather than throwing up the files with a figure-it-out type of stance. Without further ranting, here is my noob-friendly root guide for the SGH-S730M.
I am not responsible if anything goes wrong. I don't predict any problems but you never know. Use at your own risk.
Instructions:
Part one is to install a custom recovery. For this guide we will be using CWM. You will need three things to do that. The latest Samsung USB drivers, the CWM.tar.md5 file, and the flashing tool known as Odin. Get the Samsung drivers from here and install. Afterwards, download the Odin.zip from here and the CWM.tar.md5 from here. When the downloads are finished and you have the Samsung USB drivers installed, unzip Odin and run the .exe within.
Now, boot your phone into download mode. To do this, shut off your phone and plug it into your computer. Now hold the volume down, power, and home button simultaneously until the phone vibrates. Once it does, let go of ONLY THE POWER BUTTON. Your phone should now boot into download mode.
Now in odin, click the button that says PDA. a file selection prompt will appear. Locate the .tar.md5 file you downloaded earlier. Once you have, wait for odin to verify, and then click Start. Odin will now flash on a custom recovery, and your phone will reboot normally once the process is complete.
Part two is to flash the actual rooting zip. To do this, first download the zip found here. Then, copy it to your phones storage. once you have done this, shut off the phone. Restart the phone into recovery mode. To do this, (with the phone shut off) hold the power button and volume up button until the phone vibrates, then let go of ONLY THE POWER BUTTON. Your phone should boot into clockwork mod recovery. You can navigate this recovery by using the volume up and down buttons to move up and down in the menu, and the power button to make a selection. In clockworkmod recovery, select "install". Find the root zip you downloaded earlier and select it. Clockworkmod will ask you if you're sure you want to flash, select yes. After the flashing is finished, select reboot device. Your phone will boot up like normal and upon boot you will get an "android is upgrading" message. Wait for that to finish, and then use your phone as normal Congratulations, you are now rooted and overclocked.
Download links (once more, in case someone doesn't feel like peeling through the tutorial to find them)
Samsung USB drivers: drivers
Odin: odin
CWM: cwm
root.zip: root
just wondering if u ever came across a status 255 installation aborted error... i get that in step 2 when in CWM i select the zip for rooting
any ideas ?
I keep getting an error message when I try to flash my phone. It begins but then I get:
E:Error in /sdcard/root-sgh-s730m.zip
(status 255)
Installation aborted.
Any ideas?
So I was trying to root my gf's she today and tried to flash twrp using Odin and kept failing. I then went to recovery to just wipe the cache and noticed something I've never seen before. On the bottom of the recovery screen out mention something about manual mode and multi csc from at&t. Is this the reason why I'm not able to root? And of so what is the steps needed to take in order to be able to root it and possibly install a custom ROM?
Thank ya!
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The things you read on the screen will not prevent rooting the phone.
What version of twrp and Odin are you using? Is the the phone providing error messages during the flash?
It depends on the version of Android you're running as 4.4+ has a few additional steps beyond the normal guides.
Generally the steps are:
1) Install Samsung drivers
2) Hold down Volume Down, Center Home, and Power buttons together until you see a warning screen
3) Open Odin but uncheck reboot, install TWRP
4) After Success, remove battery and unplug usb
5) Hold down Volume Up, Center Home, and Power button together
6) Go to Advanced File Mangaer and Mount System Partition
7) Go to File Manager and delete:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
8) Install SuperSU
If you don't find those files in the File Manager then don't worry about it. Most of the steps I got from: http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s3-on-android-4-34-4-2-new/ which is a great guide but kind of skips deleting those problematic files (as they will essentially on reset put you back to the native recovery).
Matt K said:
It depends on the version of Android you're running as 4.4+ has a few additional steps beyond the normal guides.
Generally the steps are:
1) Install Samsung drivers
2) Hold down Volume Down, Center Home, and Power buttons together until you see a warning screen
3) Open Odin but uncheck reboot, install TWRP
4) After Success, remove battery and unplug usb
5) Hold down Volume Up, Center Home, and Power button together
6) Go to Advanced File Mangaer and Mount System Partition
7) Go to File Manager and delete:
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
8) Install SuperSU
If you don't find those files in the File Manager then don't worry about it. Most of the steps I got from: http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s3-on-android-4-34-4-2-new/ which is a great guide but kind of skips deleting those problematic files (as they will essentially on reset put you back to the native recovery).
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That's the tutorial I used. And I've done this to several Samsung devices but without the problem of not being able to flash the .tar at all.... Just keeps saying failed. Could I possibly do cf auto root and then flash the recovery from flashify or twrp app?
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Maybe try a different version of Odin? Is the Com turning yellow?
I had run into a problem where I one version worked and another didn't.
as suggested, try Odin 3.07 and maybe philz touch instead of twrp.