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How to Root Samsung S 4G using MAC???

I've been looking for a way to do this for 4 DAYS!!!
Can ANYONE help me out?
I need a step by step to make this happen.
Just got the phone last week...
THANK YOU!!!!

I have a Mac. Just download heimdall for Mac and the flash the voodoo kj1 kernel by drhonk its really easy.
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airfluip1 said:
I have a Mac. Just download heimdall for Mac and the flash the voodoo kj1 kernel by drhonk its really easy.
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Hey!
I downloaded Heimall but CANNOT seem to figure it out.. Don't want to do anything wrong and brick the phone.
Sorry, but can you give me a step by step, once Heimall has been downloaded?
Thanks so much!

I have a post in the development section.

Try reading before screwing with your phone.
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airfluip1 said:
I have a Mac. Just download heimdall for Mac and the flash the voodoo kj1 kernel by drhonk its really easy.
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Are you sure the op is on GB?
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airfluip1 said:
I have a post in the development section.
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really? can u post a link??
I was looking but couldn't find it...
thanks man!

umlaaat said:
really? can u post a link??
I was looking but couldn't find it...
thanks man!
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You need the heimdall one click kj6 beta 2d
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Bassmanjames said:
You need the heimdall one click kj6 beta 2d
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Hey man. where is that? i gooled the hell out of it and nada..
btw I've flashed and instaled a custom rom on my vibrant, but it seems to be completely different for the galaxy s 4g.
After much google-ness I'm currently downloading firmware from samfirmware.com and will try to flahs via heimdall this way...
please post something if i'm doing this wrong
thanks!!!

umlaaat said:
Hey man. where is that? i gooled the hell out of it and nada..
btw I've flashed and instaled a custom rom on my vibrant, but it seems to be completely different for the galaxy s 4g.
After much google-ness I'm currently downloading firmware from samfirmware.com and will try to flahs via heimdall this way...
please post something if i'm doing this wrong
thanks!!!
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The one-click is super simple. It only requires that you have Java installed. There are three different ones here:[Heimdall][One-Click][UVKJ6] The KJ6 Heimdall One-Click Collection [12/11/2011]. Whatever you're getting from samfirmware.com is old, as I recall. I don't think they had anything past KI1 or KI3...something like that. The one-clicks are all based on KJ6.

stephen_w said:
The one-click is super simple. It only requires that you have Java installed. There are three different ones here:[Heimdall][One-Click][UVKJ6] The KJ6 Heimdall One-Click Collection [12/11/2011]. Whatever you're getting from samfirmware.com is old, as I recall. I don't think they had anything past KI1 or KI3...something like that. The one-clicks are all based on KJ6.
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THanks man.. but on quick look it seems this is for a PC...?
if not, how do you know if you have JAVA installed on a mac or not?
Also, is this something that I can download from the android market via my phone?

umlaaat said:
THanks man.. but on quick look it seems this is for a PC...?
if not, how do you know if you have JAVA installed on a mac or not?
Also, is this something that I can download from the android market via my phone?
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It's OS-agnostic because it uses Java. You can execute that command on Windows, Linux, or MAC OS. I also want to say that you can double-click it from Windows and/or MAC and it will execute. I have not tried that method.
If you want to see if Java is installed (I don't know MACs) open a terminal and issue the command: java -version
It should return the version of Java you have installed, if it's there.
The one-click kernels are not available on the market; you'll have to grab 'em from here

stephen_w said:
It's OS-agnostic because it uses Java. You can execute that command on Windows, Linux, or MAC OS. I also want to say that you can double-click it from Windows and/or MAC and it will execute. I have not tried that method.
If you want to see if Java is installed (I don't know MACs) open a terminal and issue the command: java -version
It should return the version of Java you have installed, if it's there.
The one-click kernels are not available on the market; you'll have to grab 'em from here
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hmm ok.. i think i'm going a bit over my head on this...
Basically all I want to do is to install a custom ROM on my phone. I dont really know all the terms bootloaders and kernals and the like (the one click on the VIbrant was super easy.. just plug and play..)..
But I don t want to download the wrong thing and brick my phone either..
So a couple of questions:
1. So on the link, which one am i supposed to download?
2. As per instructions on the link, do I type the commands in the terminal window? And if so does it download automatically into my phone?
thanks man

one click noob guide
Get the kj6 beta 2d file. It includes root and a custom kernel with cwm (this is what you need to flash a custom ROM).

stephen_w said:
It's OS-agnostic because it uses Java. You can execute that command on Windows, Linux, or MAC OS. I also want to say that you can double-click it from Windows and/or MAC and it will execute. I have not tried that method.
If you want to see if Java is installed (I don't know MACs) open a terminal and issue the command: java -version
It should return the version of Java you have installed, if it's there.
The one-click kernels are not available on the market; you'll have to grab 'em from here
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Jar files are executable Java ARchive files. If you have the latest Java installed just Double click a jar file to run
do I have Java?
No need for command line
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Bassmanjames said:
one click noob guide
Get the kj6 beta 2d file. It includes root and a custom kernel with cwm (this is what you need to flash a custom ROM).
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Hey I think this was one of the problems I was having with Heimdall.. some files are missing or I can't find them:
On 4B (on your instructions page) it says "Open the unziped heimdall folder then open the the "drivers" folder and run (double click) the "zadig" application"
But there is no "drivers" folder (I downloaded Heimdall Suite 1.3.1 (Binaries) from the glassenchida site)

umlaaat said:
Hey I think this was one of the problems I was having with Heimdall.. some files are missing or I can't find them:
On 4B (on your instructions page) it says "Open the unziped heimdall folder then open the the "drivers" folder and run (double click) the "zadig" application"
But there is no "drivers" folder (I downloaded Heimdall Suite 1.3.1 (Binaries) from the glassenchida site)
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My guide is for windows installation. if you did it right you got the Mac version. It sounds like you already un zipped it so Try putting your device in download mode and opening the one click you downloaded or heimdall front end. It should auto install drivers or prompt you with on screen instructions to do so (if not drivers whatever Mac calls them).
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Bassmanjames said:
My guide is for windows installation. if you did it right you got the Mac version. It sounds like you already un zipped it so Try putting your device in download mode and opening the one click you downloaded or heimdall front end. It should auto install drivers or prompt you with on screen instructions to do so (if not drivers whatever Mac calls them).
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ok.. i think (hope) i'm doing it.. i've got it connected to heimdall 1click 1.3.1 and it seems to be doing something, but i'm not quite sure.. theres no status bar, but the wheel on the bottom right is spinning..
its been going for a bit now, like 7 min. how long is it supposed to take?
btw, I had the app open before I put the phone into download mode. then i clicked "detail", then "flash" on the app

it says:
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...

umlaaat said:
ok.. i think (hope) i'm doing it.. i've got it connected to heimdall 1click 1.3.1 and it seems to be doing something, but i'm not quite sure.. theres no status bar, but the wheel on the bottom right is spinning..
its been going for a bit now, like 7 min. how long is it supposed to take?
btw, I had the app open before I put the phone into download mode. then i clicked "detail", then "flash" on the app
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Your just running the one click not heimdall front end right?
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[ROOT] TF101 ICS from OTA

Hello,
This is a new root method.
This is a linux / OSX version only for now.
When you untar the file. Please make sure to edit the runme.sh it has a path for adb that you need to fix. Other then that it will work.
You just chmod 755 runme.sh and run it
[COLOR="Red"]Mod Edit: removed link[/COLOR]
EDIT: This has been confirmed working on the TF201 and TF101 so its a Universal root for all transformers
EDIT: Adding a step by step guide here.
A) Install an app from market any app. (I choose rootchecker)
B) Open the app-draw and select the asus backup utility and backup rootchecker
C) follow the scripts instructions
D) When it asks you to do another backup. Go into the backup utility from the TF101/TF201 (from the app-draw) go to back and RE-BACKUP the SAME app (Rootchecker in my case)
E) The system will reboot and you will have root. Do this all while the script is running. It will pause and ask you do the above items.
Thanks!

Reserved for later

well adapted it to windows in case anyone needs it
Just extract the zip file, execute the run.bat and follow the onscreen instructions.

chan32167 said:
well adapted it to windows in case anyone needs it
Just extract the zip file, execute the run.bat and follow the onscreen instructions.
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Both you and the OP are legends. worked like a charm.
THANK YOU

bungknees said:
Both you and the OP are legends. worked like a charm.
THANK YOU
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Thanks............

I'm already rooted, but I like the technique- it's quite clever and a wonderful hack.
I don't recall there ever being so many root exploits for a single device. It's like a tablet with a free puzzle that keeps giving. People are going to start buying the TF just to root it.

I tried another way to root but when i rebooted i have cwm 3101 and su which updated but not the binaries. When i try anything its telling me i don't have root access.
Now when i try to rerun it or this it hangs right at waiting for device in the beginning. Any thoughts?
Windows 7 x64 machine
B50

frankwhite8536 said:
I tried another way to root but when i rebooted i have cwm 3101 and su which updated but not the binaries. When i try anything its telling me i don't have root access.
Now when i try to rerun it or this it hangs right at waiting for device in the beginning. Any thoughts?
Windows 7 x64 machine
B50
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Dont know much about windows sorry. I used my method here to root on ICS. Started from stock -> Ota X 3 or 4 then root.

so this will root the official update? if so, i may be interested, but i need to know what kernel version is included in the official FOTA package. if it's still 2.6, i won't bother

sarreq said:
so this will root the official update? if so, i may be interested, but i need to know what kernel version is included in the official FOTA package. if it's still 2.6, i won't bother
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Yes, This roots the current OTA as stated in the OP / Thread Topic

but what kernel version is in the FOTA?

sarreq said:
but what kernel version is in the FOTA?
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2.6.39.4-00002
Neptune #1

sarreq said:
but what kernel version is in the FOTA?
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Kernel is 2.6.39

rhcp0112345 said:
Dont know much about windows sorry. I used my method here to root on ICS. Started from stock -> Ota X 3 or 4 then root.
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Thanks. I was able to flash this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334673
And I'm working as god intended.

frankwhite8536 said:
Thanks. I was able to flash this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1334673
And I'm working as god intended.
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Nice, Good

frankwhite8536 said:
2.6.39.4-00002
Neptune #1
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rhcp0112345 said:
Kernel is 2.6.39
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thank you both.
you'd think they would've updated that, since ICS proper is supposed to run on a 3.x kernel.
so, will a honeycomb CIFS.KO work with the FOTA? or is there an ICS specific CIFS module somewhere out there? / nevermind, found it here nope, wrong again, that's for the tfprime, and causes a bootloop when it loads. i guess we have to wait for one to be ported, then?

update: resolved. Didn't know about the App Backup Utility
Worked as promised. Remember you must run the Asus Backup Utility twice!

rhcp0112345 said:
This is a linux / OSX version only for now.
When you untar the file. Please make sure to edit the runme.sh it has a path for adb that you need to fix. Other then that it will work.
You just chmod 755 runme.sh and run it
http://www.mrcellphoneunlocker.com/V2/tf101_ics_root.tar.gz
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Great job! thanks

tomdot said:
update: resolved. Didn't know about the App Backup Utility
Worked as promised. Remember you must run the Asus Backup Utility twice!
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what's this utility? never seen it before

WOrks!
Working Perfectly.

[Q] Run Exe in Android ...

Is there any way to run exe file in android with the help of cross platform/layer such as "wine layer" in Linux????

Biswajyoti said:
Is there any way to run exe file in android with the help of cross platform/layer such as "wine layer" in Linux????
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Search before you make a thread - looks quite complicated, probably not worth it.
Xda Thread

Here is a way! According to what I know!
Biswajyoti said:
Is there any way to run exe file in android with the help of cross platform/layer such as "wine layer" in Linux????
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What you can do is this, to run Ubuntu image on your android using any custom ROM kernel as the base i-e Cyanogen Mod! To have this you need to get the required Ubuntu image and also Busy box installed, Go to Google Play and search for ubuntu installer or something like this, there will be a free installed for android by XDA member, Grab that! Install that! Get Busy Box installer too from market! and install busy Box tools using that! After that open ubuntu installer read the instructions and using them you will be able to run ubuntu on your android phone using same base kernel.
Simply after having ubuntu on your screen go back to command application in your android phone Terminal Emulator and install wine using command sudo apt-get install wine amm! I don't remember the name exactly you need wine and wine trick both lol! Well Google this command and try this method it will help you! Best Of luck!
Don't forget to hit thanks after this valuable information! LOL

Great idea.....Thanks a lot....i will try this ...

Did it Worked???
Biswajyoti said:
Great idea.....Thanks a lot....i will try this ...
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Hey could you tell me if that worked.

why do you want to run exe on android????
you have all the required apps in google play

Make sure it doen't ruin your phone/tablet
Biswajyoti said:
Great idea.....Thanks a lot....i will try this ...
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Be careful not to damage ur phone/tablet bcuz running an .exe file on Linux (well in my case I don't wanna say about the others) created some stinky file that corrupted my Linux distribution (ubuntu) so I had to go to recovery everytime to restore it... On the other hand u have everything u need on the market or on google if the market banned it or something. Just be careful.

74274265j said:
Hey could you tell me if that worked.
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illuminatic said:
why do you want to run exe on android????
you have all the required apps in google play
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Do you have to have the custom kernal. Also how do you do this? (Noob).
Jf someone was to just make an app that let you run exe files they could probobly charge so much since its like impossible to do it.

[TOOL] One Click CWM Recovery Install

What will this do?This will install CWM recovery on your bootloader unlocked HTC One XL (AT&T, Rogers, Asia, etc.)​
DownloadDownload Tool​
Who do I thank?
Don't thank me. Thank Paul O'Brien of MoDaCo for creating a usable recovery image.​

Ty ;-)
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Is this for windows only?

Justjusten said:
Is this for windows only?
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Yes right now. If someone wants to create a Mac/Linux version, that'd be awesome.
You can manually install by doing the following:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.3.1-evita-modaco.img
fastboot reboot

Justjusten said:
Is this for windows only?
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yes

Thank you! Also thank you for the -5 Points, lol guess i got what i deserved

Installed works wonders! Thanks!

too bad recovery doesnt work yet for flashing roms....

hmm install now or wait until its 100% what are the benefits for installing now? wow file is 7.2mb took over 8 minutes to download on my comcast 50MBPS internet!! servers must be getting bogged! lol

Works perfectly... thank you!

We definitely need someone that can do these conversions for mac on board. Hard out here for a mac user. LOL

dscottjr81 said:
We definitely need someone that can do these conversions for mac on board. Hard out here for a mac user. LOL
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Question, if you run virtualized windows in your mac, can you run adb commands and scripts just like it were a PC?

dscottjr81 said:
We definitely need someone that can do these conversions for mac on board. Hard out here for a mac user. LOL
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Or the mac users can make a dual boot and use windows lol ....*runs and hides*
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dscottjr81 said:
We definitely need someone that can do these conversions for mac on board. Hard out here for a mac user. LOL
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It's no harder than for the linux crowd. If you're familiar with Terminal, then adb commands should be second-nature.
That being said, if you look at the contents of the install.bat, you can see which commands are being run. Use those same commands from Terminal on your Mac, assuming you've already setup the Android SDK tools (adb and fastboot).
Here's where you get the Mac SDK: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
You needn't worry about setting up the Eclipse plugin or anything like that. Once you unpack the zip, you should find an "android" binary, which when run, will launch the SDK Manager. From there you select the Android SDK Tools. That will install adb. Select Android SDK Platform Tools and that should install fastboot.

dscottjr81 said:
We definitely need someone that can do these conversions for mac on board. Hard out here for a mac user. LOL
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Hey stop giving us a bad name, crack that .bat open and show the world your ADB terminal skills.
About to do the same myself.

hey i keep getting remote: signature verify fail. anyone else have this issue, is there a solution for it?

Thanks as usual ! Worked great

thatg said:
hey i keep getting remote: signature verify fail. anyone else have this issue, is there a solution for it?
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Your device is not bootloader unlocked. Please read the instructions.

kennethpenn said:
Your device is not bootloader unlocked. Please read the instructions.
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lol whoops sorry, up and running, need me some CM9!!!

Does this give you the ability to nandroid now?

Picking up my htc one mini right now.

CyanogenMod 10.2 bring-up to follow shortly thereafter .
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h8rift said:
CyanogenMod 10.2 bring-up to follow shortly thereafter .
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welcome! sounds good

Just waiting on initial kernel source
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i got a new htc one mini too it arriived today, got a t-mobile version from germany.
if somebody needs help with testing stuff just let me know.

Ice-Dead said:
i got a new htc one mini too it arriived today, got a t-mobile version from germany.
if somebody needs help with testing stuff just let me know.
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Hi, please connect your phone to your computer (make sure HTC drivers are installed)
Download the zip from the following link and unzip anywhere. Once done unzipping, open a command window in the directory where you extracted the files
http://d-h.st/qmi - adb files for Windows
Next, please run the following command. It will create a "tmo_dump" directory with all your system files. Once the command is done pulling all your system files, please zip it up and upload it, then PM me a link so I can mirror it on a file hosting site.
Code:
adb pull /system tmo_dump
Thanks

CNexus said:
Hi, please connect your phone to your computer (make sure HTC drivers are installed)
Download the zip from the following link and unzip anywhere. Once done unzipping, open a command window in the directory where you extracted the files
- adb files for Windows
Next, please run the following command. It will create a "tmo_dump" directory with all your system files. Once the command is done pulling all your system files, please zip it up and upload it, then PM me a link so I can mirror it on a file hosting site.
Code:
adb pull /system tmo_dump
Thanks
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i get this error:
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found

Ice-Dead said:
i get this error:
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found
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Are you sure you have the latest HTC drivers installed? You need to install HTC Sync to get the latest ones

CNexus said:
Are you sure you have the latest HTC drivers installed? You need to install HTC Sync to get the latest ones
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Hi,
Do you still need a tmo_dump? I've got a UK unlocked device.....

nelvinchi said:
Hi,
Do you still need a tmo_dump? I've got a UK unlocked device.....
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It would be nice to have as many dumps as possible :thumbup::thumbup:

CNexus said:
It would be nice to have as many dumps as possible :thumbup::thumbup:
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It was already running before you replied!!
I'll up it when done and PM you the link.....

nelvinchi said:
It was already running before you replied!!
I'll up it when done and PM you the link.....
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Awesome thanks!

CNexus said:
Are you sure you have the latest HTC drivers installed? You need to install HTC Sync to get the latest ones
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yes got the latest one but you get the files now anyway i guess.

Ice-Dead said:
yes got the latest one but you get the files now anyway i guess.
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Would you be able to do a team viewer with me so that we can figure out the issue?
Like I told the other guy, it would be nice to have as many dumps as possible

CNexus said:
Would you be able to do a team viewer with me so that we can figure out the issue?
Like I told the other guy, it would be nice to have as many dumps as possible
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im working on it right now cant do a team viewer session now but im sure i find a solution.

Ice-Dead said:
im working on it right now cant do a team viewer session now but im sure i find a solution.
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Cool. Try different cables (if possible), different ports, power cycle phone, power cycle computer...
If you type
Code:
adb devices
Does it come up as offline, or does nothing show up at all? Usb debugging is enabled, correct?

CNexus said:
Cool. Try different cables (if possible), different ports, power cycle phone, power cycle computer...
If you type
Code:
adb devices
Does it come up as offline, or does nothing show up at all? Usb debugging is enabled, correct?
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haha nice one it was usb debugging hate this original **** roms cant find ****
its working right now where do you want me to upload it?
ok its done now but 900mb big want me to delete something to make it smaller?

Ice-Dead said:
haha nice one it was usb debugging hate this original **** roms cant find ****
its working right now where do you want me to upload it?
ok its done now but 900mb big want me to delete something to make it smaller?
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No no, the entire thing please
Zip it up (you can use a ton of compression if you want) and PM me with the link and I'll post a stock rooted odexed and deodexed with credits to you
I have a link in my sig where you can sign up for Copy.com and you can use that. Or if you have dropbox or a Google account (you can upload to Drive then) you can use those

CNexus said:
No no, the entire thing please
Zip it up (you can use a ton of compression if you want) and PM me with the link and I'll post a stock rooted odexed and deodexed with credits to you
I have a link in my sig where you can sign up for Copy.com and you can use that. Or if you have dropbox or a Google account (you can upload to Drive then) you can use those
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CNexus would you want a Orange UK firmware as well?

you got mail

FYI....booted cm-10.2 on my htc mini last night.
BT/WiFi/ril/audio is all not working.....but not for long
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