I tried searching and did not really find any answers that worked so I am asking for assistance.
I recently used Odin to move to 2.2 (/showthread.php?t=797282) and that went well. The only issue now is that I am trying to root, and cannot get that to work. I would like to use Cognition with all the nice tweaks.
I have tried to use the one click root /showthread.php?t=761751) which is what I used when I first got my captivate. Each time that I run this it gives me a error about a esignature failure and so it will not allow the fix to happen.
I then tried to use Odin 2.1 stock recovery (/showthread.php?t=731989) but I cannot get it to boot into the same recovery that I used to get it to 2.2. I hold the volume keys (up and down like before) and no pure recovery. I hold the volume+power and I get the option to reinstall as when I am rooting, and get the same errors.
I have tried to follow the directions here:/showthread.php?t=734163 to go back to stock, but I am sure that I am missing something.
I have tried removing the update.zip from the internal card (using Root Explorer) file from the device, rebooting, and then running the root attempt again.
I have Clockwork Rom Premium but cannot use it as it will not work without root.
I am at a loss, and would really appreciate the communities support. I am sorry if I missed something one searching, and feel free to point me to a thread I missed. I really just want to get the phone back to 2.1 and I can root and then put Cognition on it, or just 2.1 and I can root it and wait for ATT for the OTA to 2.2.
Thank you in advance for assistance.
ps.. sorry for the /showthread= links. System would not let me post full urls.
RESOLVED!
UPDATE:::
I was able to get the 2.1 stock Odin to work and now I am on 2.1 with Root again.
Just so you know, at the moment clockwork recovery doesnt work wit 2.2. If you wanted to get to clockwork while using a 2.2 rom you have to make sure the clockwork update.zip is on your sdcard then use odin to flash a 2.1 kernel. Kind of a pain but it works.
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Just so you know the issue with using the update.zip or clockworkmod is the phone, when in 2.2, requires a signed update.zip; the old update.zip and the one that clockworkmod uses is not signed for 2.2; so you cannot root or modify with any of the update.zip methods. There is a longer process to root a 2.2, but if you are going to cog 2.2, you don't need to worry about it.
Been searching for a way to unroot my samsung galaxy s 4g. Tried the superclick method and the universal galaxy s tool wit no luck. Can anyone help, or guide me towards the right direction please?
you can odin a rom that is prerooted. or you can odin bali and flash from there. i would suggest odining ravers KC1 first and then bali and you should be good to go. let me know if you cant find it in the bible or through search and i'll help you out
He's trying to unroot. Are you unrooting on Froyo or GB? Froyo should really be as easy as SuperOneClick > unroot. GB would probably require a new flash of GB.
I'm curious though, why unroot?
thanks jagger, but bkoon is right... I bought this phone for my girl as a gift. It was already rooted by unknown source and was loaded with froyo 2.2.1. Tried hookn her up with GB through odin but got a lil confused, roms werent being flashed and was stuck with bootloops. So than i tried flashing thru CWM, with the vodoo lagfix, and once i got them to flash phone was pretty unstable. so I tried reverting back to froyo using odin. Got it flashed back but now her phone goes thru some serious glitches. I figured if i can unroot, i can start all over from scratch. Im no professional but have experience on other phones, but this phone has been a serious beeeeotch from day 1. Any ideas bro?
my bad. misread that. it sounds to me like you messed up the bootloaders. search for ravers kc1 and flash all 4 or so files in odin and that should give you a fresh start. once there, format the sd card on the phone and reboot. then reinstall your drivers (uninstall, reboot computer, reinstall) and then try superoneclickroot and try unrooting again.
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thanks jagger, but bkoon is right... I bought this phone for my girl as a gift. It was already rooted by unknown source and was loaded with froyo 2.2.1. Tried hookn her up with GB through odin but got a lil confused, roms werent being flashed and was stuck with bootloops. So than i tried flashing thru CWM, with the vodoo lagfix, and once i got them to flash phone was pretty unstable. so I tried reverting back to froyo using odin. Got it flashed back but now her phone goes thru some serious glitches. I figured if i can unroot, i can start all over from scratch. Im no professional but have experience on other phones, but this phone has been a serious beeeeotch from day 1. Any ideas bro?
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I hope that phone was purchased from a credible source and it wasn't stolen. That would suck if someone reported it and her phone got blacklisted.
Unrooting the phone won't help make much of a difference though. Odin'ing RaverX3X's KC1 will already remove your root and give you the cleanest slate you can possibly get on this forum. From there, you can work on getting GB on the phone. I hope you have experience flashing with this device though. Reading is VERY important for this phone. Unfortunately, it's not as easy as other phones out there.
Follow what jager555 said. He's got his stuff down, lol.
lol. Thanks!
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flash kc1 itll do the trick
Thanks jagger and bkoon, going to work on it tonight. Hopefully all goes well.
Hi everyone,
Noob here, looking for some phone specific info. After extensive research I have not found exactly what I'm looking for thus the reason for this post. Thanks in advance.
I'm looking for help finding the safest, simplest, most reliable way to root my 959v. I want to root so that I can a) delete preloaded browser bookmarks b) delete preloaded bloatware c) file share with my PC over WIFI (with Samba?) and d) block pop up ads (adfree). I need to be able to undo this in case of a warranty issue and I don't want to lose any of the function of the phone (i.e. front face camera, contacts sync, wifi).
Couple questions: Will factory reset take care of the bloatware and bookmarks?
Also, has anyone found a way to put a 4g toggle switch icon, like the power bar that comes with the phone, or do I need a new ROM to do this, and what does everyone recommend as for an O.S. / ROM. Thanks!
Firmware: 2.2.1
Kernel: 2.6.32.9
Build: FROYO.VUVKD1
i would suggest you flash ravers odin kj6 rom. then flash drhonks kj1 kernel with odin too in order to root it. both go in pda section. then flash through cwm soma's simplysimple rom wich is debloated or just use titanium backup to remove bloat from your rooted stock kj6.
I consider myself pretty technical but I don't completely understand Roms and kernels. By flashing a ROM, are you changing the OS and/or GUI? Does it overwrite the old OS or just make an amendment to it? Will any old Roms be left taking up useless space in memory? What about kernels? Thanks,,
Joe
Flashing a new rom is like re-installing windows on a PC. you need to backup your data before you flash.
The best way to root, is to either use ODIN to flash a new kernel that already had root (doesn't replace the whole rom), or use the latest superoneclick to root. Rooting does not erase your data. Then you can use a program like titanium backup to remove bloatware.
check out the dev form, and look for the bible thread, there are links to roms and guides on how to safely flash your phone. You are going to have to read up a bit to become familiar with how this phone works.
good luck.
Normally, I follow FB's ext4 guide.
But since my phone has been UnBrickable Modded, I've made a kj6 Back-To-Stock One-Click. This oneclick will basically get your phone to where it would be if you got your phone new with kj6 preloaded. RaverX3X tested for me, so I know it works well. After you run the one-click, odin kj1 from drhonk or extract the zImage and Heimdall it to KERNEL and RECOVERY partitions.
If you run the One-Click a second time, you will also get the right bootloaders for GB.
What if I have the KD1? What is all this KJ6/KJ1 about? Do I have to find and manually reinstall drivers for my device? Does a ROM need to be compatible with a Kernel or vice versa? How do I know what ROMS/Kernels will work with my device?
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What if I have the KD1? What is all this KJ6/KJ1 about? Do I have to find and manually reinstall drivers for my device? Does a ROM need to be compatible with a Kernel or vice versa? How do I know what ROMS/Kernels will work with my device?
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Well, KJ6 was just released (leaks and source).
KJ1 (kernel) was the last voodoo kernel that drhonk made.
There isn't a KJ6 voodoo kernel, yet.
KD1 is Froyo.
Drivers... If the drivers you have now work, then don't change them
The roms and kernels we are all talking about will work with your device, because they are modified leaks for your device.
Just don't go off flashing stuff from other device forums. That is stupid.
You're basically safe if you mix froyo kernels with froyo roms, and gingerbread kernels with gingerbread roms.
Ok thanks a lot that I can understand. I'll need to brush up on differences between gingerbraed vs. froyo, and whether or not ice cream sandwich is going to be worth the headache. I'm actually happy with the stock rom, it's just that I hate bloatware, and any spy programs, and I want total control over my file access, wifi file sharing, bookmarks/etc. So really all I need to do is root the phone, I was thinking of superoneclick, but I'm not sure the device is supported.
Okay. You NEED to READ. Really dont know if SuperOneClick works with our phone? Come on. Do some research first.
There's a lot of techno jargon babble out there I'm trying to sort through, I'm not 100% literate on everything smartphone yet. When you flash a new kernel, say, KJ6, what happens to your applications? In a windows system they would stop working, but their data files would still exist. Are programs unchanged, do they leave useless data files, or can they somehow be reactivated, like the installer package and the data are in the same folder, just need a little help filling in the blanks Thanks
I know how you feel, but there is not "do it just like this and you will get this result," because development has been fast and furious, even a little ad hoc. The Bible is useful to a point, but in the end you are just going to have to read and cautiously test. If you stick with stock KJ6, your phone should work as intended. If you move to a custom ROM, some things may be buggy and other things may work even better than stock. For instance, battery life is improved via a couple roms I have tried, but wifi (dynamic dhcp) suffers. You just have to proceeed CAUTIOUSLY. Tha's the best advice I can offer.
Farlander said:
There's a lot of techno jargon babble out there I'm trying to sort through, I'm not 100% literate on everything smartphone yet. When you flash a new kernel, say, KJ6, what happens to your applications? In a windows system they would stop working, but their data files would still exist. Are programs unchanged, do they leave useless data files, or can they somehow be reactivated, like the installer package and the data are in the same folder, just need a little help filling in the blanks Thanks
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If you are looking to JUST ROOT your SGS4G then I would recommend SuperOneClick. Version 2.2 worked for me running stock 2.3.6.
I'm rooting my phone as we speak using superoneclick 1.6.5 shortfuse. I enabled usb debugging, download samsung drivers to pc, installed drivers to pc, then started superoneclick and plugged in the phone. Clicked rageagainstthecage, "ROOT", then after about 10 minutes my girlfriend called me, which I had to answer, only to find out that she was breaking up with me, then it got to the part where it says "running rageagainstthecage" and now it's basically frozen after 30 minutes, superoneclick icon saying "(Not Responding)" Great...
Update: No combination of rebooting and rageagainstthecage was compatible with my device/os/version of superoneclick. I used SuperOneClick 1.6.5, my OS is stock 2.2 froyo, and the with usb debugging enabled, it froze every time. Using psneuter, it worked ok, the superuser icon is there... so, for a test. I went to the browser, still cannot delete those annoying bookmarks. Ok, so now to try and delete some bloatware.... still cannot delete any factory installed programs. So, that seems a bit pointless, I'm going to play with wifi filesharing, file explorer, and see what I can access, will report back.
My ultimate goal is to have a fast as **** phone, complete functionality, no bloatware, all custom apps, I want to be able to shortucut ANYTHING to the desktop, especially a 4g toggle switch. How close am I? So far the phone runs a lot slower than before I rooted.
<< Another wierd glitch, when I went to the market without rebooting the phone first, the screen went black, it vibrated in sets of 3 pulses, and I had to hard power down to reset. Went back to market and problem did not reoccur>>
Ok so I installed Titanium Backup, umm yay now for some fun, started deleting everything that didn't look familiar including those pesky sec.android.acore.blahblahblah and now my phone does that 3 vibe thing and I have to reboot. Ok so next chore is reflashing the rom I guess....
Glad you got it working... ummm, sort of?
From what I understand about where you are, I would
1. Use odin 1.8.5 to flash KJ6 stock.
2. Let it reboot and do its thing for a bit (say, 5 minutes?)
3. Check to see if everything is working, stock--4g, wifi, browser, market etc.
4. Use SuperOneClick 2.2 (after setting usb debug in settings-->applications) to root. May take a few tense minutes, but it works. Least it did for me.
5. Load your titanium and uninstall stock apps as you desire.
6. Get a full charge and calibrate your battery.
7. Lust after the roms (especially the great looking 2.3.5 based one by Raverx3x) that require CWM, but cry over your fear of a no-stock recovery.
Should get you where you want to go.
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Ok so I installed Titanium Backup, umm yay now for some fun, started deleting everything that didn't look familiar including those pesky sec.android.acore.blahblahblah and now my phone does that 3 vibe thing and I have to reboot. Ok so next chore is reflashing the rom I guess....
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Well, I'm officially the master of this sheeet box. DAAAAANG SKIIPPPY FOLKS I had a soft brick condition, didn't know what the f to do, started getting lost on google and good old you tube led me home, can you believe I was bout to cut my usb wire to make a jig no no no not necessary, just hold both volume button and plug in usb, it goes to download mode. Next I couldn't get odin to recognize the phone but eventually went straight to pc (not through my usb hub) and it popped up, I flased the zip of the closest thing I could find to my stock 2.2 froyo, now I have KB5, kernel 2.6.32.9 wtf wow it almost the same but noticeably different, the settings menu is different, it came pre-rooted, but video skype works perfectly and on front facing camera booyah
been fun fellas talk again soon
I am glad you are where you want to be, but DUDE! I assumed you knew how to get into download mode up vol+down vol+plug in usb. Jeeez! That's frickin' basic! Anyway, glad you're sailing. You should be able to Odin 2.3.6 and root it with SuperOneClick 2.2 now, if you want. I am still trying to get upo the nerve to load CWM and try Raverx3x's Octane. It's a downgrade from 2.3.6, but the screenshots look tasty!
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Well, I'm officially the master of this sheeet box. DAAAAANG SKIIPPPY FOLKS I had a soft brick condition, didn't know what the f to do, started getting lost on google and good old you tube led me home, can you believe I was bout to cut my usb wire to make a jig no no no not necessary, just hold both volume button and plug in usb, it goes to download mode. Next I couldn't get odin to recognize the phone but eventually went straight to pc (not through my usb hub) and it popped up, I flased the zip of the closest thing I could find to my stock 2.2 froyo, now I have KB5, kernel 2.6.32.9 wtf wow it almost the same but noticeably different, the settings menu is different, it came pre-rooted, but video skype works perfectly and on front facing camera booyah
been fun fellas talk again soon
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Really wtf. Download phone drivers, Odin program, Ravers Odin Kj6 ROM and drhonk KJ1 kernel. You need nothing else.
SOC 2.x
How many times and in how many (slightly) different ways can one say the same damn thing? If he has flashed KJ6 already and wants to keep that kernel, then I still say SuperOneClick 2.2 will root his device. Am I wrong? Why do people keep using SOC 1.x then complain about not getting it to root their gb 2.3.6 successfully?
SOC 2.x...use it!
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Really wtf. Download phone drivers, Odin program, Ravers Odin Kj6 ROM and drhonk KJ1 kernel. You need nothing else.
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Subject pretty much says it all.. I'm familiar with various flashing, rooting, and recovery methods, but I haven't found a way to get back to the original bootloaders after I've loaded the newer ones for GB..
any thoughts?
I haven't heard of anyone going back to the froyo bootloader is there a reason that you want to. Bootloaders are something most don't like to mess with
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well, to be honest I may be barking up the wrong tree..
Over the last few days I've been playing with various custom ROMs, as well as flashing back to stock repeatedly. In the course of all of this experimentation a couple of strange issues have arisen..
First, after running CM7 for a few hours I flashed back to Froyo/stock. At that point my phone decided that GMT was the only time worth displaying, despite my location clearly not being Western Europe... Additionally, I'm now completely unable to gain root on the stock froyo ROM. SOC will complete successfully, and says I have root, but nothing requiring root works. SuperUser is installed, but never prompts for permission. I get 'permission denied' when I try SU in a terminal..
So, the only thing I can think of that hasn't been reverted back are the bootloaders.. I'm curious if there's a compatibility issue between froyo and GB, and wanted to test that theory.
I'm not sure what's going on with your root maybe try doing a factory reset once you get back to stock just know that it will delete your SD cards ext. And internal I have been on gb bootloaders since they came out and have went to stock many times and have never had that problem
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sounds like a corrupt su binary sometimes happens when soc fails and sometimes happens when you update the binary and the kernel init.rc script overwrites it with the old binary again( thats the trouble with voodoo kernels now that there are su updates). once the binary is corrupt it can be a pain to fix even if you are shell rooted in the kernel because for some reason even after deletion of the file it doesnt always get removed. i had this trouble with my infuse and a vm intercept and in bouth cases only a reflash fixed it. I don't know about the clock. try flashing stock again and root. also why root the stock Rom anyway? are you gonna run it that way? if not use Odin to flash the defuse or community kernel. that would actually root the phone but technically you don't need to be rooted in the first place to flash a rom just need cwm and a kernel that has a non secure shell.
about the bootloaders there should be no reason to revert, if you want to reset the counter just flash param.ifs from the unbrick package. but if you must then the bootloaders were dumped by a long gone dev names lost1 but nobody tested them. good luck if you try it!
I wouldn't mess with it. You can really mess up your phone.
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I managed to get things back to "normal" today. The time still isn't quite right when running Froyo ROMs, but at least I was able to get root back and flashed to UCKL2 w/ root and fixed video.
As far as messing up my phone.. well, that's what insurance is for. ;-)
So my girlfriend's Verizon Galaxy S III is in quite the jam. The power button stopped working. She has to use a software button to turn the screen off and the home key to turn it back on.
Verizon sent over a replacement, but she needs to send the original phone in. Problem is, the normal methods for returning to stock all involve Odin, which requires the phone to enter Download mode....which we can't do. The phone won't register the power button being held down. I don't even want to turn it off since I'm not sure it could be turned back on.
So I've been googling around for another way (already having used Triangle Away) and found a couple of sets of instructions (here and here) on using Odin Mobile to flash the phone back to stock. But there seem to be a lot of comments around, especially on the YouTube video guides, of people saying it bricked their phone.
What's the safest bet here? As far as I can tell these are the options:
-Shut down the phone and pray the power button somehow works for getting into download mode (doubtful) so I can use Odin.
-Restore a nandroid / flash a zip of the stock ROM and then use EZ Root or whatever to unroot the phone and hope Verizon doesn't look into it.
-Use one of these sets of instructions for Mobile Odin...though it's not clear which one is best and what files I should be using.
-Just send it in and pray.
Odin Mobile seems like the smartest option...but the instructions out there aren't as comprehensive and up to date as I'd like. I'd rather not brick the phone.
Can anyone help? The phone is currently on AOKP 4.2 Milestone.
I originally accidentally posted this in the international forum. A poster there advised that I use Odin Mobile. What files should I use to move safely back to stock? I've never flashed back to stock before so I'm not familiar with the best source or if there's a specific version I need.
Thanks!
If all you need to do is get into download mode, you could probably force it with a usb jig. Then you can use ODIN on a pc and restore it that way. I have no idea how to use mobile odin, but I assume it shouldn't be that difficult to do a similar process. People make mistakes by not reading correctly and moving too fast through a process.
You could try to reboot, then while the phone is booting back up hold volume down + home to get to download mode. Just be ready to flash the phone, if your power button is broken you're only going to have 1 shot to do it and no way to verify it worked.
Did you happen to make a nandroid of your stock rooted rom? If so, you could just restore that and unroot it.
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I did create a back-up. Would restoring back-up -> using triangle away -> ez unlock to re lock bootloader -> unroot be just as good as using Odin?
What's the best tool for unrooting? I rooted it for her almost a year ago so I don't remember. I have a Galaxy Nexus myself.
Thanks!
You can always unroot from a superuser app from within the rom itself. On a stock rom you would simply relock with ez unlock, unroot with superuser app, then phone would be pretty much stock.
All triangle away does is erase the flash counter, you only had to do that once. It won't be tripped unless you flashed something over odin.
I think your best bet is to restore that backup, then accept an OTA update after unrooting and relocking the bootloader. That will overwrite your recovery partition and make sure you're back to full stock. Is your stock backup touchwiz 4.0.4 or 4.1.1? It won't work with a 4.1.2 backup.
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