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Can someone explain.......

....how if I take an international Odin tar that only has system and boot.img and flash it then leave download mode and go into recovery and flash a kernel for our phone how will I brick ???? I know if you flash gsm things on a cdma you will brick but this is only the /system and won't flash any gsm things
EDIT: is there a full LG8 flashable .zip???
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jamcar said:
....how if I take an international Odin tar that only has system and boot.img and flash it then leave download mode and go into recovery and flash a kernel for our phone how will I brick ???? I know if you flash gsm things on a cdma you will brick but this is only the /system and won't flash any gsm things
EDIT: is there a full LG8 flashable .zip???
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Dude...if you wanna flash i9300 ROMs, you're on your own. And idk what the heck you're talking about, but /system has tons of device specific stuff in it. The framework is full of radio stuff.
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Depends on what's in the Odin file. The international version has a way different file system and the boot.img, at least the one that comes with the international miui, lays out a completely different file system with completely different mount points
I'm not too sure how Odin works, but in the international SGS3 updater-script it wipes different system partitions, I guess that could be a reason for a brick
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Here are some of the differences in just the init.rc (in boot.img)
On the left is the stock init.rc from the LG8 update (Sprint), on the right is the init.rc from the International SGS3 MIUI (it's pretty much stock)
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Here is a quick comparison of each boot.img just to show the difference
The International version also loads modules through boot.img inside the lib folder, not sure if that would cause a complete brick though

Odin doesn't use updater-script. If you flash an i9300 TAR, you're going to be bricked very, very hard.
But do try, and come back here and post the results.

So I'm trying to install a safe kernel , but...

So, I have flashed CWM Recovery onto my Note 2. Rom Manager says both CWM and TWRP are installed. However, when I boot into recovery, I get the stock recovery. I've searched and searched and all I have found are people who aren't pushing the right buttons and others with junk answers that are no help at all, like instructions on how to flash the recovery.
I want to flash Persus Alpha i heard its a "safe" and great kernel.
my current setting are :
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So, I have flashed CWM Recovery onto my Note 2. Rom Manager says both CWM and TWRP are installed. However, when I boot into recovery, I get the stock recovery. I've searched and searched and all I have found are people who aren't pushing the right buttons and others with junk answers that are no help at all, like instructions on how to flash the recovery.
I want to flash Persus Alpha i heard its a "safe" and great kernel.
my current setting are :
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download the zip from the official thread (ODIN FLASHABLE )
Put your note 2 in download mode ie... switch off the phone.. after than press vol down+ home button + power button... wait... a screen will appear with a yellow exclamation triangle symbol.. press vol up to continue... DOWNLOAD MODE is now ready... Use odin and in pda -> put the zip location... after that press start... make sure you connect the device to the pc after putting it into download mode...
You are up and running the perseus kernel enjoy...
For installing CWM just google and find the odin flashable zip.. do the above process.. you will see that recovery is flashed
any doubts ask.. happy flashing
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I recommend not to use the rom manager on samsung devices... its risky...

[Q] Odin says root is successful, but is actually not.

so ive been searching for a similar thread for a while, and have finally decided to post and ask for input.
so i followed a tutorial on galaxynote2root (new user, cant post a url) on how to root my phone, and it all went fine and dandy, but when i tried to go into TWRP it always went into system recovery. I tried again to root, and it shows the number of custom binaries downloaded is 5 (i tried a few more times...)
I downloaded the latest Odin and the latest TWRP, and have looked at a few other tutorials, all saying the same thing.
I downloaded an app called Quick Boot, and it says that im not rooted, but the ODIN MODE screen says i have 5 custom binaries downloaded.
Im still running the Samsung official binary, and my system status is official.
do you guys have any ideas? id be glad to hear any. thanks in advance.

You have to uncheck auto reboot in odin. When the green pass! shows unplug usb and remove battery. Replace battery. Hold vol- home and power to boot to recovery. Flash su.zip. when recovery asks to fix root swipe for yes. Now the recovery install on boot script is disabled so twrp will stick.
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thanks!
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You have to uncheck auto reboot in odin. When the green pass! shows unplug usb and remove battery. Replace battery. Hold vol- home and power to boot to recovery. Flash su.zip. when recovery asks to fix root swipe for yes. Now the recovery install on boot script is disabled so twrp will stick.
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Thanks so much! i installed TWRP, and now im finguring out how to install PACMAN! thanks man, youre really a cool person.

sinistersnare said:
Thanks so much! i installed TWRP, and now im finguring out how to install PACMAN! thanks man, youre really a cool person.
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Not only is evil cool he's smart and very knowledgeable
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I tried several times the other day with same problem. Really a pain the the butt when you have an otterbox wrapped around your Note 2. They need to update or change the how to videos posted as they are giving incorrect information.

can someone please help me??

im rooted my friends epic 4g months ago.. its has super su app thats it.. still has stock revcovery.. i have rooted many samsung phones in the past but this phone seems to be a lil confusing.. all the other samsung phone all i had to do was open odin on my pc.. grab the recovery tar file and boom.. done.. then i could flash rom ect.. can some please tell me how to get a recovery on this phone?? thanks:good:

Recovery is packaged with the kernel on this device, horrible move on Samsung's part
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im rooted my friends epic 4g months ago.. its has super su app thats it.. still has stock revcovery.. i have rooted many samsung phones in the past but this phone seems to be a lil confusing.. all the other samsung phone all i had to do was open odin on my pc.. grab the recovery tar file and boom.. done.. then i could flash rom ect.. can some please tell me how to get a recovery on this phone?? thanks:good:
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i have a mobile odin guide...but it might be a little to much info for you out the gate....more or less on this device. if you want a recovery you have to flash a kernel...as ryan said...our kernels and recoveries are tied together. so you need to go to rwilco12's repo and find a kernel with a custom recovery (cwm ) that is compatible with the rom you are currently running.
if the device is on jb 4.1.2 you need to grab a gb27 kernel that has cwm in it....but if the device is on ics....you really need to odin the gb27 rooted one click that wipes data...this is needed because jb has a preload partition that we need to make room for.
there is a qbking77 video showing how to do this....but even easier than that...there is a link in rwilco12 repo for this exact one click...and it has instructions as well as a link to a video... i think.lol
if you are on jb 4.1.2 hit me back and ill walk ya through a mobile odin flash for the kernel....easy as pie...

Sprint S3 stock without root will not take OTA

So, I was approached by someone asking me to take a stab at repairing their phone. They have a Sprint SGS3, and the owner is, well, less than versed in reading through XDA and determining exactly what steps they've taken to modify their phone.
Suffice it to say, I have a bit of a diagnostic challenge on my hands.
Their story is that they rooted and installed a custom ROM on their phone, and has apparently spent the last week or so fighting with their device to return to stock. I've been told that the ROM is stock, and the recovery is also stock. They apparently want to return to stock and take the KitKat OTA, and have nothing to do with rooting. Though, House says, "everybody lies". I'm assuming there's something else I should be looking at to check whether or not they're deliberately omitting a step they took, or perhaps something they didn't realize/forgot they did.
I have yet to get the device in my hands, but when I do, what should I be looking for, exactly? I haven't modified many Samsung phones in the past, mostly just HTC devices, so I'm not sure what I'm looking for. Poking around the forum, I see some mentions of a Flash Counter and ODIN and some other utilities, but I'm not sure what I should really be using to try to fix the phone. I'd also like to maintain the ability to root their ROM in the future if possible, just in case the owner goes back on their root-bashing.
Thanks for reading! If you guys ever need a hand with an HTC device, I'd be more than glad to give you a hand there. :laugh:

If they're on a stock ROM, you could hook it up to Samsung Kies and do a "firmware upgrade and initialization" under the Tools menu. That should restore a completely wiped stock ROM w/ stock recovery, as well.
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Higgs_Boson said:
If they're on a stock ROM, you could hook it up to Samsung Kies and do a "firmware upgrade and initialization" under the Tools menu. That should restore a completely wiped stock ROM w/ stock recovery, as well. The bootloader will still read at modified status, and if your acquaintance's phone has Knox on it, I wouldn't try the flash counter reset.
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Just run the ND8 tar in Odin-http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2738533. No OTAs, easy as pie.
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