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Please help...Odin Fails on Recovery.bin

My name is Chris and I am a noob
I bought a used Galazy S2 Epic 4G Touch. As it turned out the phone was rooted and was running the Starburst rom. All day today I have spent reading about and trying to put this phone back to the stock firmware from sprint. I have tried the one-click odin installers and tried using odin and loading the PDA manually. Each and eveytime it fails on the recovery.bin. Can someone please help this noob out?
The phone will no longer boot up into the OS and states there was an issue with the firmware. However, I can boot into the download mode and the phone is recognized by odin. I have tried using a different USB cord, different USB ports, different computer running Windows XP....all with no luck. I would greatly appreciate any and all help.

Whenever you interrupt an ODIN flash it will give you that message until you get a clean flash of something. Sometimes you need a USB jig to get back into ODIN D/L mode, but it seems you are saying you already can get there.
Your flash memory is probably defective for the recovery.bin partition. It actually isn't used. Try flashing individually the modem, kernel, and ROM. If you look at the 2nd post of the ODIN One-Click posts, the individual tar files are provided.

Do you have the samsung drivers installed, I had a problem like that until I updated them..
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This does not belong in development ..... Please read the rules and post in the right place .. general section is probably best or q and a
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Thanks for the reply. I apologize if I posted this in the wrong section. It appears that this should be in the Q/A section. If a mod could move my post I would greatly appreciate it. Once again, sorry if I posted in the wrong section.

Do you still have cwm
Up and power,
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No, I do not have cwm.

Griff1324 said:
No, I do not have cwm.
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have you tired just a kernel with cwm
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sfhub said:
Whenever you interrupt an ODIN flash it will give you that message until you get a clean flash of something. Sometimes you need a USB jig to get back into ODIN D/L mode, but it seems you are saying you already can get there.
Your flash memory is probably defective for the recovery.bin partition. It actually isn't used. Try flashing individually the modem, kernel, and ROM. If you look at the 2nd post of the ODIN One-Click posts, the individual tar files are provided.
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I installed the modem, kernal and rom individually and the phone is working! Thank you so much. Is there anything else that I need to do to the phone to get it back to factory or is this it?

Griff1324 said:
I installed the modem, kernal and rom individually and the phone is working! Thank you so much. Is there anything else that I need to do to the phone to get it back to factory or is this it?
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If you want you can do a ##786# reset. This will clear your android user data and clear NVRAM. Your phone will reprovision itself at next boot. If the previous owner messed with the NVRAM though it might not always reset properly though.
If your phone is otherwise working now (ie provisioned) then I wouldn't bother clearing NVRAM and instead would just do a wipe data/factory reset from Recovery or do it from Privacy->Reset.

Flash a stock rom with efs clear checked in odin. This will reset the phone and OTA activate. Plus it will reset anything the previous user may have done with the nvram.
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help
I have a similar problem that happens is that when loading the rom with odin this stays in NAD xxxxx or something the CWM me the black screen only buttons are to select the option, but as I say I have no option
someone help me urgently and try heimdall and I have no answer
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Soft bricked phone - could use some help!

Hi guys. I recently tried rooting my phone and messed it up pretty bad. I didn't realize the root method was for ICS and not the recently deployed JB update until after I did it. Here's what's going on:
- Can't boot into android. The screen just goes black after the first Samsung logo fades. I do get an AT&T sound afterwards, but it's very distorted.
- I can boot into CWM (which was included with the root?) just fine by holding vol + pwr + home.
Now I've tried a million things from googling around, but I can't seem to find any way to flash my phone (or recover it) back to stock. I know I may get some people saying "an easy google search would show you", but I'm at a complete loss at the moment. Everything seems to be for ODIN + download mode which I can't get to since CWM is installed.
Is there any way I can flash my phone back to stock? Step by step instructions would be great (and where to download firmware).
Thank you!

grazed said:
Hi guys. I recently tried rooting my phone and messed it up pretty bad. I didn't realize the root method was for ICS and not the recently deployed JB update until after I did it. Here's what's going on:
- Can't boot into android. The screen just goes black after the first Samsung logo fades. I do get an AT&T sound afterwards, but it's very distorted.
- I can boot into CWM (which was included with the root?) just fine by holding vol + pwr + home.
Now I've tried a million things from googling around, but I can't seem to find any way to flash my phone (or recover it) back to stock. I know I may get some people saying "an easy google search would show you", but I'm at a complete loss at the moment. Everything seems to be for ODIN + download mode which I can't get to since CWM is installed.
Is there any way I can flash my phone back to stock? Step by step instructions would be great (and where to download firmware).
Thank you!
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Download mode and recovery are different. Cwm is recovery, if you can get to recovery, use adb to push a ROM over. If you go to download mode, use Odin to load a tar few package. What phone are you using? D2att or international?
Edit: Nvm the phone type. Use vol- and home combination to get download mode. Vol+ and home for recovery. Go to the stickied thread on how to root and load ROMs. It has an index of TW and AOSP ROMs. All of them prerooted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=27745443.
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Download mode and recovery are different. Cwm is recovery, if you can get to recovery, use adb to push a ROM over. If you go to download mode, use Odin to load a tar few package. What phone are you using? D2att or international?
Edit: Nvm the phone type. Use vol- and home combination to get download mode. Vol+ and home for recovery.
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How would I go about using adb (I'm apparently clueless)?
I just tried download mode and it worked. How would I use Odin to flash it? I have the stock firmware image (and CM10 which is what I wanted to eventually flash) already downloaded, but I think you need Odin specific zips, right?
EDIT: I just browsed the phone's internal SD and everything is still there, is there a way to just undo what I did in the first place? Or if anything, I still need to backup my IMEI and such from what I've read... I think.

grazed said:
How would I go about using adb (I'm apparently clueless)?
I just tried download mode and it worked. How would I use Odin to flash it? I have the stock firmware image (and CM10 which is what I wanted to eventually flash) already downloaded, but I think you need Odin specific zips, right?
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Odin uses tars. Different compression type. If you hook the USB up to the phone while in recovery, it should load adb mode drivers on the comp. Did you have a ROM already on internal? If so, just factory reset, wipe system, load ROM and gapps.
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gunz.jones said:
Odin uses tars. Different compression type. If you hook the USB up to the phone while in recovery, it should load adb mode drivers on the comp. Did you have a ROM already on internal? If so, just factory reset, wipe system, load ROM and gapps.
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Well, I was just going to root the phone first so I could use Titanium before flashing, so I never ended up putting the ROM on the internal SD.
When I connect the phone when CWM is up, drivers attempt to install but fail.

There are threads literally for every question you have asked I would suggest reading them before ever flashing anything on your phone
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aaroncal said:
There are threads literally for every question you have asked I would suggest reading them before ever flashing anything on your phone
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Trust me, I have read them. I saw the thread on flashing the international GSM image, but I don't get how I would get back to stock after doing that.
Honestly, I wish I hadn't done it and made a thread before I did anything, but it seems as if curiosity and laziness got me.

grazed said:
Trust me, I have read them. I saw the thread on flashing the internation GSM image, but I don't get how I would get back to stock after doing that.
Honestly, I wish I hadn't done it and made a thread before I did anything, but it seems as if curiosity and laziness got me.
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Get a tar of the stock ICS firmware. Follow the directions while in download mode to flash. TiBU is useless to freeze anything if you're going to load a ROM anyway. Don't be lazy and just reload apps manually. You should always have a backup plan.
For sh*ts and giggles, go into cwm and just factory reset.
Since adb drivers arent loading for you, I'm not going through that process with you. For future though, you will want adb knowledge. Look it up.
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gunz.jones said:
Get a tar of the stock ICS firmware. Follow the directions while in download mode to flash. TiBU is useless to freeze anything if you're going to load a ROM anyway. Don't be lazy and just reload apps manually. You should always have a backup plan.
For sh*ts and giggles, go into cwm and just factory reset.
Since adb drivers arent loading for you, I'm not going through that process with you. For future though, you will want adb knowledge. Look it up.
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I used this thread to flash back to stock AT&T ICS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727443
Didn't work. It still boots into a black screen with a blue LED after the Samsung logo fades. Factory reset also went through, but nothing worked. It just booted into a blank screen again, but with the AT&T sound afterwards.
Sorry for being an idiot, I'm getting kinda desperate here, and I totally realize that this was a bad call on my part without more research.

grazed said:
I used this thread to flash back to stock AT&T ICS:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1727443
Didn't work. It still boots into a black screen with a blue LED after the Samsung logo fades. Factory reset also went through, but nothing worked. It just booted into a blank screen again, but with the AT&T sound afterwards.
Sorry for being an idiot, I'm getting kinda desperate here, and I totally realize that this was a bad call on my part without more research.
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Did Odin show a pass on flash?
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gunz.jones said:
Did Odin show a pass on flash?
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This is what it showed:
<ID:0/004> NAND Write Start!!
<ID:0/004> RQT_CLOSE !!
<ID:0/004> RES OK !!
<ID:0/004> Completed..
<ID:0/004> Added!!
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)
<ID:0/004> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Removed!!

Sounds like problems Motorola gave grief with on the droids and their flashing tool. I'm looking for a jb tar file. When you used cwm and used Odin, both of them should have removed any times that would cause and issue. Especially since odin of stock fw would be like ghosting an image. Try using the toolkit to lock everything up and go back to stock completely.
Samsung stock image for jb : http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-I747
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gunz.jones said:
Sounds like problems Motorola gave grief with on the droids and their flashing tool. I'm looking for a jb tar file. When you used cwm and used Odin, both of them should have removed any times that would cause and issue. Especially since odin of stock fw would be like ghosting an image. Try using the toolkit to lock everything up and go back to stock completely.
Samsung stock image for jb : http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SGH-I747
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Unfortunately can't use anything in the toolkit since it's needing me to be booted into the OS first with debugging on (I'm stuck with download mode or CWM).

grazed said:
Unfortunately can't use anything in the toolkit since it's needing me to be booted into the OS first with debugging on (I'm stuck with download mode or CWM).
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Tried using the jb stock image?
http://developer.android.com/tools/help/adb.html for adb use and information. To get the drivers to work, try loading the naked drivers pack. It includes Samsung drivers. Remove all Samsung installed crap from your comp and reboot. Manually install drivers by forcing legacy devices or by telling the computer you have the disk if needed after hooking phone back up.
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gunz.jones said:
Tried using the jb stock image?
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Couldn't find it, but I'm in the middle of downloading this to see if it works:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426

Holy crap it worked! Thank you for all of your help.

grazed said:
Holy crap it worked! Thank you for all of your help.
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Good deal.
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[Q] Odin Froze...

Just want to get straight to the point;
Brother did a bad flash, Phone doesnt come on at all. But odin still recognizes the phone. Tried flashing stock from xda. gets stuck on setup.
Again, if pc doesnt recognize my brothers phone you would think its dead, but odin does recognize the phone. Also tried using usb jig, nothing, tried recovery, download modes nothing... Any help is much appreciated.

Try different USB ports..or maybe check the download of the file your trying to flash or redownload
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yea tried all my usb ports, and three different downloads and stock rom off xda. I dunno im just kinda blank at what else i can do.....
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Try different USB ports..or maybe check the download of the file your trying to flash or redownload
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My first step would be to re-download a stock rom and try to flash it multiple times (which i'm sure you already have done). I know when I had a bad flash back to stock and got a completely black screen, it took me quite a few flash attempts to get it to flash correctly.

ok will do.
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My first step would be to re-download a stock rom and try to flash it multiple times (which i'm sure you already have done). I know when I had a bad flash back to stock and got a completely black screen, it took me quite a few flash attempts to get it to flash correctly.
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Might also try a different usb cable if you have one, I know one of my cables went bad and had issues connecting to my pc.

Yeah I had to use a Samsung OEM cable to get mine to reconize
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Any progress on your re-flashing?
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Yea I had to step aside and repair some iPhones. Just doesn't make sence... Yea I'm pretty close to calling for jtag.
It recognize then freezes on setup connection... On every com...
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Any progress on your re-flashing?
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I had a similar issue and I managed to recover it by flashing just the stock UVLH1 kernel.
There was also a PIT file packed with Odin which I removed before flashing the Kernel.

I know this is a basic question but did you run Odin as administrator?
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Yes^
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I'm sure they were running Odin as administrator, but I had to ask to cancel that out.
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Help! Bricked my brand new T-mo Galaxy S4

In serious need of your help here guys. I bricked my T-mo SGH-M919 today trying to root. Now I can't flash the stock recovery thru Odin. Tried a zillion times, uninstalled and reinstalled drivers restarted my comp, done everything I could think of still no dice.
I keep getting this Fail message in Odin saying " There is no PIT partition" tried to search for a PIT file for my specific model but couldn't find any. I even tried recovery thru kies emergency recovery and failed at the last step. Anybody can help me please.

NYCguy2020 said:
In serious need of your help here guys. I bricked my T-mo SGH-M919 today trying to root. Now I can't flash the stock recovery thru Odin. Tried a zillion times, uninstalled and reinstalled drivers restarted my comp, done everything I could think of still no dice.
I keep getting this Fail message in Odin saying " There is no PIT partition" tried to search for a PIT file for my specific model but couldn't find any. I even tried recovery thru kies emergency recovery and failed at the last step. Anybody can help me please.
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If you can still get into Odin mode, there's still hope. Have you tried using Odin to flash a stock image instead of Kies?

NYCguy2020 said:
In serious need of your help here guys. I bricked my T-mo SGH-M919 today trying to root. Now I can't flash the stock recovery thru Odin. Tried a zillion times, uninstalled and reinstalled drivers restarted my comp, done everything I could think of still no dice.
Dont use Pit thats why Use pda
I keep getting this Fail message in Odin saying " There is no PIT partition" tried to search for a PIT file for my specific model but couldn't find any. I even tried recovery thru kies emergency recovery and failed at the last step. Anybody can help me please.
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Don't use and dont need pit file.
Find the stock shipped tar file (aka) 4.1.2 Rom
Load in pda leave everything checkedbin odin thats checked.
Rooting isnt hard at all just got my s4 3 hrs ago rooted in 5 minutes soon as I walked in the door.
You need the Root_m919uvuamdl.zip
And then flash MDB setUIDoff .zip
Then flash superuser.
Thats it.
If u have odin Booted its 1000% NOT BRICKED
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lojak29 said:
Don't use and dont need pit file.
Find the stock shipped tar file (aka) 4.1.2 Rom
Load in pda leave everything checkedbin odin thats checked.
Rooting isnt hard at all just got my s4 3 hrs ago rooted in 5 minutes soon as I walked in the door.
You need the Root_m919uvuamdl.zip
And then flash MDB setUIDoff .zip
Then flash superuser.
Thats it.
If u have odin Booted its 1000% NOT BRICKED
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Had that and tried flashing it thru Odin several times and I keep getting the same error message. "there is no PIT partition"

Let me ask you one thing. .. is the com port in odin coming up recognize the phone ...if so you are not bricked. . The two vital things u need to see is com port turn on usually blue color and download mode..
The problem def lies somewhere else possibly bad tar file .
Try to find another source for the stock rom tar file another option is boot into recovery and flash a stock rom if you have recovery still
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Change cable, change PC, download latest Odin version, and reflash stock TMO ROM

Yes cable and USB port can affect Odin's ability to flash
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Gunkk said:
Yes cable and USB port can affect Odin's ability to flash
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Thanks guys. Finally got it resolved. Rooted and rocking Wicked V5.1

Id at least like to know what resolved it and if anyones opinion? We told ya it wasnt bricked. ..
Bricked is No pc to usb recognition and or phone wont boot into anything ..Black screen of death
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I bet he changed USB port or cable.

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I bet he changed USB port or cable.
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Uninstalled and reinstalled drivers and Odin, rebooted my comp and used the Sammy USB cable.

Well glad you got it.... but i still find it hard to believe any usb was the issue Usb recognition is usb recognition. .if odin seen the phone usb was working. ..its literally that simple... the problem initially explained was that the pit error was coming up... that all relates usually to a file error .
But glad it worked out and u didnt loose a 600$ phone.
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When I read this post, my stomach felt like it felt the first time I almost bricked my brand new s2 when it first came out, glad you got it to work

lojak29 said:
Well glad you got it.... but i still find it hard to believe any usb was the issue Usb recognition is usb recognition. .if odin seen the phone usb was working. ..its literally that simple... the problem initially explained was that the pit error was coming up... that all relates usually to a file error .
But glad it worked out and u didnt loose a 600$ phone.
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I own three Samsung devices, and my sgs2 will not transfer files or work with adb when I use a generic best buy rocketfish usb cable. The original Samsung cable works every time.
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I have seen that a lot.
I actually bought a few spare Samsung ones from eBay to make sure I would always have a good cable.
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Well... one case to the next is different. .. ive never had issue using a lg cord moto cord or htc on a samsung device. .
I just think that the op post if you read his initial problem and how it was stated i think it had to do with trying to odin in the pit section instead of pda.
Ive seen this issue before.
Once again glad its fixed
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Nope, it was in the PDA section. I'm familiar with Odin and used it several time in the past (on my Note 8.0) . I believe the error message was either due to corrupt download and/or the USB cable. Anyway so glad it was solved quickly and thanks again for your help.

NYCguy2020 said:
Nope, it was in the PDA section. I'm familiar with Odin and used it several time in the past (on my Note 8.0) . I believe the error message was either due to corrupt download and/or the USB cable. Anyway so glad it was solved quickly and thanks again for your help.
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+1 for the corrupt dload.
:thumbdown:Usb not likely since Odin seen the phone ill leave it at that.
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lojak29 said:
+1 for the corrupt dload.
:thumbdown:Usb not likely since Odin seen the phone ill leave it at that.
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Pit file. That solved my problems. Flash it alone, then flash a good stock rom.

Error messages

Im having issues flashing roms thru odin. I keep getting an error message saying
E/sbin/runatboot. sh process ended with ERROR-1
When i try to flash thru odin i get a failed and on my download mode, top left, it says something about a magic string failed.
Can anyone tell me whats going on? I have tried to search it but came up with nothing.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.
AT&T i317
NJ1

Anyone?
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First error in my experience is irrelevant to the ROM and doesn't affect flashing. I always get that error using TWRP 2.8.7.0 and have wondered what's the chase myself. I rarely use Odin so I can't really say, maybe the ROM needs to be specially formatted to be flashed through Odin?

xBkKx said:
First error in my experience is irrelevant to the ROM and doesn't affect flashing. I always get that error using TWRP 2.8.7.0 and have wondered what's the chase myself. I rarely use Odin so I can't really say, maybe the ROM needs to be specially formatted to be flashed through Odin?
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Thanks for the reply. I guess we'll have to sit around to see if someone can shed some light. I thought maybe that was a reason why i couldnt flash roms successfully.
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The vast majority of problems flashing with Odin can be traced to the connection between the phone and the pc, either the cable or one of the ports. If Odin recognizes the phone and you can start the flash but it fails, then it is very likely a connection problem.