Is there a way I can flash just the stock recovery through Odin without having to flash the entire firmware? I'm currently rooted on the latest firmware with a customer coverage and everytime I reset the counter and reboot it gets set back to tripped. So I want to flash the stock recovery without losing root so I can reset the counter and then flash the entire firmware through odin again so I can send the phone back for exchange.
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Pull out recovery.img, TAR it, flash it.
Ok and just converting it to a tar makes it safe to flash? I'veflashed many times but have never created a file to flash
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Yea I got no clue how to take the .img and tar it.. been on google for 30min.. just cant seem to find out how
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001868
If you download that and get the donation version, it has an option to make tar files. Doesn't matter that the toolkit is for the nexus 10 as far as just making tar files. I've used it to make cwm tars for my S2 and S4.
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Short and sweet, I'm having trouble restoring the Stock ROM on my phone? I have installed the Ultimatum ROM but following multiple guides (even the one here on XDA that includes a full wipe) doesn't seem to remove it. Am I doing something wrong here?
Everything you need to know is in the first few threads in the Dev section
afrobull said:
Short and sweet, I'm having trouble restoring the Stock ROM on my phone? I have installed the Ultimatum ROM but following multiple guides (even the one here on XDA that includes a full wipe) doesn't seem to remove it. Am I doing something wrong here?
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You need to flash through ODIN while phone is in download mode. You can get the stock .pit and .tar files from the development forums if you look. Then you can restore the stock software and start fresh.
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pussyliquor said:
You need to flash through ODIN while phone is in download mode. You can get the stock .pit and .tar files from the development forums if you look. Then you can restore the stock software and start fresh.
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In dev section under sticky..stock rom with root and no trip counter via odin
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To vanilla stock no root flash stock w/root via Odin, use triangle away to reset binary counter(if tripped) then flash the official UCALG1 ROM via Odin and you should be good to go.
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So, I flashed CM10 nightly 11/8. Dirty flash over a previous nightly, just cache and dalvik wipe. Now I can't boot to recovery, it just hangs at the cyan boot logo. Was using TWRP and I made sure to click the inject twrp box. Everything else works well and normally, aside from no recovery. I know the correct answer is to odin to stock and start fresh. However, does anybody know of a way to re-flash twrp or clockwork without access to recovery. I would like a quick temp fix for a few days if there is one. Thanks in advance!
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U can just use odin to flash cwm. Look for the 5.x version thread for cwm and there's a .tar flashable file somewhere there. Just flash it in odin and you should be good. Since ur already rooted it should stick.
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I'm no Odin pro. Do I need the victory pit file too? Also what box do I put the cwm tar ball in? I appreciate the help.
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propjockey said:
I'm no Odin pro. Do I need the victory pit file too? Also what box do I put the cwm tar ball in? I appreciate the help.
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No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do not flash the tar file for cwm, that is bml only... there is no .tar for an mtd recovery for this phone... sorry, but if you lost recovery on mtd, sadly the only way to get it back is to odin to stock...
Word. Thanks for the save. I didn't think of the bml/mtd issue. I guess no short cuts this time. Thanks again guys.
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Lol sorry I forgot about that.
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No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Do not flash the tar file for cwm, that is bml only... there is no .tar for an mtd recovery for this phone... sorry, but if you lost recovery on mtd, sadly the only way to get it back is to odin to stock...
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Ya it doesn't work if you're on mtd, you'll get error on cwm and can't flash anything, even you flash twrp, you'll get error
One solution..
Odin to stock and odin cwm again
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I think there IS (hopefully) a way of flashing MTD recovery without returning to stock. Maybe... grab a recovery.img from the ROM package, put it in SD card, and go to Terminal Emulator on phone. Then...
Command:
su
cd /sdcard
flash_image recovery recovery.img
This works on my good'ol (sold) G1 and Milestone... but don't know if this works on MTD. Anyway, give it a shot
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Well, I ended up Odining back to stock and starting over. After a crappy night of a bad cable and battery CPR, I got it working. I was using TWRP and I suspect that something went wrong in the re-injection process. All is well now. Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions
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I have a bricked Samsung T999, brought it back to live with JTAG, but not i can't flash the stock firmware back on it.
I tried to used odin to put the stock firmware back on it, everything start but when it get to the system.img it just stay there forever (system.img.ext)
anyone have an idea how to get it fix.
Thank you
That sounds like a nandroid backup youre trying to flash in Odin....wont work im afraid.
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If you are trying to flash a nandroid backup, it won't work, this thread (below) contains stock firmware, as well as root66 if you want to flash back to root with Odin. Flash with those
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
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So I'm giving my wife my galaxy s3 since I'm getting the nexus 4. I was running CM10 and she does not like cm10 and prefers touchwiz. So how do I safely go to the official tmobile jellybean update without bricking the phone. Need help been searching the forums all night. Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991255
Just flash the .zip if you want to stay rooted or you can odin which sometimes loses root. All you would have to do is flash recovery then flash the .zip with root injected to recover.
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mrbmg said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991255
Just flash the .zip if you want to stay rooted or you can odin which sometimes loses root. All you would have to do is flash recovery then flash the .zip with root injected to recover.
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THANKS! I'll try this out tomorrow and update.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1991255
Just flash the .zip if you want to stay rooted or you can odin which sometimes loses root. All you would have to do is flash recovery then flash the .zip with root injected to recover.
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So I tried to flash the stock deodexed in cwm and it installed but I was stuck at the black samsung boot up screen. Is there like a step by step method of doing this. I'm still new to the whole odin thing and dont quite understand it.
Did you Odin back to stock? Or did you flash the .zip? There was two files on that thread I linked you to. The top one was an Odin file. The bottom one was the .zip to flash.
To use Odin DL the file then unzip the .tar and Odin it.
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Did you Odin back to stock? Or did you flash the .zip? There was two files on that thread I linked you to. The top one was an Odin file. The bottom one was the .zip to flash.
To use Odin DL the file then unzip the .tar and Odin it.
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I was able to odin back to stock thanks. It was a close call I thought my wife was gonna kill me! Thanks for all your help.
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I was able to odin back to stock thanks. It was a close call I thought my wife was gonna kill me! Thanks for all your help.
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NP man. I was switching back and forth between ICS and jb and realized it was not only messing my SD card up but I had glitches galore on my jb ROMs. I reformatted my sdcard and Odin back to stock jb and have been running jb every since. I had a hard time understanding the process of Odin then flashing the ROM that was already rooted.
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mobile odin came with w rom i just downloaded. what is it before i download it? im using twrp recovery, would using odin be safe? or is it something different all togethr?
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mobile odin came with w rom i just downloaded. what is it before i download it? im using twrp recovery, would using odin be safe? or is it something different all togethr?
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mobile odin is version of odin you can use on your phone to flash tar files it is not a recovery stock roms are usually in a .tar format
Soo if I wanted tto go back to stock. Is using mobile Odin ideal? Stock meaning like no root, no rom, back to factory. I was looking at another thread. Someone was going back to stock to upgrade to jellybean, root it, nandroid, now they have a good fall back to fresh start
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Mobile Odin will flash firmware directly from your phone and inject root
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