Will rom flashing via parallels desktop on a Mac work? Ive noticed that it doesnt work at all. I did install drivers for my Samsung Epix on Windows XP sp3. It does work fine with activesync but not the Samsung Epix windows mobile 6.5 rom flasher application. Do you think its caused by low level drvers that require a real PC to work properly?
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I am using vmware fusion and it is working fine. I am running windows 7 and I have the android sdk and everything works fine. To flash a rom you put it on your sd card and flash it. If you are trying to do it with adb than just put it on your sd and it should work fine.
Hmmm, Windows mobile does not have an application to flash the rom on the phone like clockwork app on Android. The only way is to flash from a computer...
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VMware fusion didnt work at all with that one. I havent tested it with my Samsung Captivate to see the result.
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I tried it on a real PC, still no go. Im thinking the phone usb port is bad because it wouldnt charge when the phone is off. **** thar ****, lol. Its worth 20-30 for it.
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I've tried it all. Red cwm errors out when I try to delete data.
3e won't format my phone to stock either.
Odin won't recognize my device at all.
Thing is... other than recovery it works perfectly. I'm using it now as you can see. Am I stuck on Infused v1.3.2? It's nice and all but... you know.
Thanks.
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probably a driver issuue for odin, you can bang your head over that or find a friend with a mac or linux box and use heimdall. mac osx and linux dont use drivers for most usb devices thus eliminating that hassel of device recognition.
what windows version? are you running as admin? what drivers did you install? how? did odin work before? which usb port on the pc?
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probably a driver issuue for odin, you can bang your head over that or find a friend with a mac or linux box and use heimdall. mac osx and linux dont use drivers for most usb devices thus eliminating that hassel of device recognition.
what windows version? are you running as admin? what drivers did you install? how? did odin work before? which usb port on the pc?
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Funny you say that. I use a mac with boot camp.
Can you elaborate more on the heimdall manuever?
And I had installed kies. Two Usb ports. Running as admin. Odin worked as normal until today.
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Funny you say that. I use a mac with boot camp.
Can you elaborate more on the heimdall manuever?
And I had installed kies. Two Usb ports. Running as admin. Odin worked as normal until today.
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ok running odin in a vm can be as issue to set up. you might need to manually install the drivers.
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
this is heimdall, it is an open source alternative to odin and has a mac version. if it is like the linux version you need to launch it from terminal. dont repartition unless you have to, heimdall wants bootloaders for repartition and that is an unnecessary risk. dont use the pit, just extract the pda.tar.md5 and the phone.tar.md5 files from one of the odin packages and flash the cache.rfs dbdata.rfs factoryfs.rfs zimage and modem.bin
disable voodoo first! (requires reboot, takes a while)
oh, is kies running in the system tray? that might prevent odin from seeing the phone.
heimdall is probably better for mac users anyway but closeing kies might be all you need to do.
Should I uninstall kies altogether?
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Should I uninstall kies altogether?
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no because it will likely uninstall the drivers with it. you should be able to find kies in the system tray(might depend on the version of kies, im not sure about kies mini) and just right click and close if that is the issue. im not saying it is, it might be something else.
any luck with heimdall? it looks like 1.2 doesnt have the frontend, just the comand line for osx, but 1.1.1 if you scroll down has the gui.
https://github.com/downloads/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/heimdall-suite-1.1.1-mac.dmg
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any luck with heimdall? it looks like 1.2 doesnt have the frontend, just the comand line for osx, but 1.1.1 if you scroll down has the gui.
https://github.com/downloads/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/heimdall-suite-1.1.1-mac.dmg
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I'm getting an error trying to run this application. Seems like it too requires some behind the scenes work.
And I tried killing Kies with Task Manager (Ctrl-Alt-Del) but still no dice with Odin. I JUST used it Saturday to upgrade Infused...I just don't get why it doesn't work now.
Just as a tease...I suppose, I put my phone into Kies mode and lo and behold Odin noticed the phone. Of course, I can't flash in that mode.
I think my phone is doomed. Thank goodness it works at least for all other functions but...what in the world is going on?
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Just as a tease...I suppose, I put my phone into Kies mode and lo and behold Odin noticed the phone. Of course, I can't flash in that mode.
I think my phone is doomed. Thank goodness it works at least for all other functions but...what in the world is going on?
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what windows version? is bootcamp a vm type of thing or is it like just a way to select the os on boot up?
Boot Camp is just official apple software to dual boot Windows and Mac Os X.
I reinstalled Windows and will try again.
I need Kies. Is that it?
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Besides odin of course.
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is it xp or 7?
i think you need the dotnetframework4.0 redistributable package. not positive.
Windows 7.
I'm on my infuse at the moment. Would you be able to provide a link? Thanks.
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Windows 7.
I'm on my infuse at the moment. Would you be able to provide a link? Thanks.
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http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/confirmation.aspx?id=17718
im not sure if it is needed. but alot of programs ask for it, something makes me think odin or the drivers use it. i may be getting confussed with something else though, also kies may install it.
Windows is finally detecting my phone! Sorta....
I installed that microsoft software as well as Kies. Windows is now saying "Unknown Device has been connected".
And it says the device has malfunctioned and Windows has shut it down.
It seems everyone with the broken red cwm issue fixed it. But I'm trapped still...
And yes, I'm posting from my Infuse still.
Is there a way I can just add the files cwm needs to function?
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I think I'm having pretty much the same issue. I'm on Win7x64. Kies installed. I put the phone in download mode, right click and run Odin3 v1.7 as admin, and it doesn't recognize the phone at all. I tried it both with the kies process running, and after killing it.
Yep. That's my story as well. When booted up normally Windows detects it right? "SAMSUNG_ANDROID".
I didn't think to try another usb cord. Hopefully it will work.
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New sync cable didn't help. Rebooted several times to no avail. Windows still sees it as a malfunctioned device.
If Heimdall doesn't work then I'm absolutely boned.
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Is there a way to install the USB drivers and ODIN in Ubuntu Linux?
It's so hard to find clear documentation for a regular guy.
Thanks
radump said:
Is there a way to install the USB drivers and ODIN in Ubuntu Linux?
It's so hard to find clear documentation for a regular guy.
Thanks
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You can either use Heimdall in place of Odin, or you can find a Windows machine and use it. Heimdall is much less straighforward than Odin. I know some people have gotten it to work, but most people just find a Windows machine.
its possible to run it in a vm box but I wouldn't use odin in anything but real windows just because you won't brick it if something goes wrong.. heimdall is also an option though I've never used it
mint 11 here btw
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
I've heard that Heimdall isn't compatible with the Charge. What I wound up doing was installed VirtualBox and XP, and used Odin from there. Worked like a charm.
I'd much prefer a native solution, though.
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its possible to run it in a vm box but I wouldn't use odin in anything but real windows just because you won't brick it if something goes wrong.. heimdall is also an option though I've never used it
mint 11 here btw
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
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You tried out the Mint 12 release candidate yet? I love it, but I'm also a Gnome 3 fan.
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PeterGunz said:
You tried out the Mint 12 release candidate yet? I love it, but I'm also a Gnome 3 fan.
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heard about it but haven't tried it out and yeah Gnome fan here too lol
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge
Really no Linux support?
I can't believe there's no way to root the charge with ubuntu. I've been trying with adb and gingerbreak but no success. Come on, there must be a way!
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I can't believe there's no way to root the charge with ubuntu. I've been trying with adb and gingerbreak but no success. Come on, there must be a way!
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nope aside from doing it in a VM box or on a windows PC you're kinda out of luck
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I tried using Odin in XP on a virtual machine with USB support and out froze in mid flash. While the device was recognized as a COM port of the beginning of the flash at one point it did not recognize anything on the COM port and froze at that point.
I'm not saying it won't work only that it didn't work on that one case which is the only time i tried it. And this was back on my Fascinate.
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You should be able to flash the kernel via Heimdall in Linux to achieve root access.
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I tried using Odin in XP on a virtual machine with USB support and out froze in mid flash. While the device was recognized as a COM port of the beginning of the flash at one point it did not recognize anything on the COM port and froze at that point.
I'm not saying it won't work only that it didn't work on that one case which is the only time i tried it. And this was back on my Fascinate.
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I've had it do that a few times on the Fascinate and once on the Charge (almost permabricked it), I personally just said screw it its not worth the risk and do it on a small windows partition I keep for that
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Ok so I'm not sure what happened here, but my laptop wont recognize my phone. I have windows 7 and the phone is currently running octane. I originally had used odin to set the phone up with the proper boot loaders a while back then used cwm to flash ravers octane. I wanted to go back to stock using the official kj6 that raver posted through odin. When ever i hook the phone in to the laptop it says usb device not recognized. Any ideas or ways to fix this? I tried uninstalling and installing the sgs4g drivers again with no luck.
shut off..when u go into dl mode Odin should get it..don't worry about it while it's on...I did that for an hour last week...with octane
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odin still isn't catching it
http://tinyurl.com/KiesMini1
Download and install Kies Mini
So I just went ahead and downloaded the cwm ver that raver posted. moved it to root folder of sd card and flashed that copy instead. Even now that i'm stock the laptop won't recognize my phone so weird. Any other ideas?
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So I just went ahead and downloaded the cwm ver that raver posted. moved it to root folder of sd card and flashed that copy instead. Even now that i'm stock the laptop won't recognize my phone so weird. Any other ideas?
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If it recognized it before, make sure you're plugging it back into the same USB port you previously used. Also make sure the drivers are installed. If they're acting buggy, uninstall them and reinstall them. Downloading and installing Kies Mini (link provided by FB) would insure you get the right drivers installed.
Every time you flash a new Rom, it will probably do that. It depends on your computer. Once you uninstall the drivers, try to run ccleaner from piriform to clean out the registry. Reboot the computer. Then reinstall the drivers using the files from the Bible.
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Yeah I tried UN and reinstalling the drivers I had gotten them from the Bible. I will try ccleaner and see what happens. Also I tried all USB Ports. Thanx for all your ideas I will post if ccleaner works or not
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Ok so i deleted the samsung drivers. used ccleaner to to fix the registry and then restarted the computer. installed the drivers and the computer will still not recognize the phone. any other ideas?
Have you tried/can you try it on a different computer?
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Plug your phone into your computer. Then go into your control panel and under Admin tools open computer managment. click on the device manager extension and find the device/s with the yellow exclamation point. right click and select uninstall. then unplug your phone and install the drivers from the SGS4G Bible and then plug your phone back in and it should work.
I forgot to mention my wife has this phone to stock never touched and my laptop registers gets just fine. When I plug mine in it says
USB device not recognized. And under some other options it says windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. I will try these suggestions though
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I forgot to mention my wife has this phone to stock never touched and my laptop registers gets just fine. When I plug mine in it says
USB device not recognized. And under some other options it says windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. I will try these suggestions though
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if you have one phone that works on your laptop but another that doesn't then it would actually be your phone not your computer. I know windows far better than I do phones, sorry
yeah i'm deff thinking its the phone butderin what would cause this. thats what i'm wondering.
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yeah i'm deff thinking its the phone butderin what would cause this. thats what i'm wondering.
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What about flashing Raver's KJ6 via CWM & see if it makes a difference?
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Yeah that's what I did thinking it would help lol
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Yeah that's what I did thinking it would help lol
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Short of a factory data reset (which you'll want to do before sending it in for repair, anyway), I don't know. It's weird that it worked until you flashed a ROM.
I know its crazy, kind of blows if I brick my phone i'm done deal lol.
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Only thing I haven't tried is flashing back to stock 2.2 kd1, think that work work?
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Only thing I haven't tried is flashing back to stock 2.2 kd1, think that work work?
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Can't hurt to try, right?
Has anybody been successful? The previous way using one click only works on 2.3.5. Using heimdall is unsuccessful. Im unable to flash cwm recovery using rom manager. All I have is my imac and I'd rather not have to install Odin and files and somebody else's PC. Any help?
I own both a pc and mac but I rooted mine on 2.3.5 using zerg rush and its rooted ever since. I can't be that helpful but you could always use parallels or VMfusion or even bootcamp to install windows on your mac just for the root.
It's not our model but you can check this as a guideline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-fm6FOyKo
AFAIK, you have to flash CWM and use it to flash Superuser to root any version of Android higher than 2.3.5, but to do that you need Odin, which only works on Windows.
If Heimdall worked with SR we could use that to flash CWM but it doesn't. I had the same problem on Linux. Good luck!
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I own both a pc and mac but I rooted mine on 2.3.5 using zerg rush and its rooted ever since. I can't be that helpful but you could always use parallels or VMfusion or even bootcamp to install windows on your mac just for the root.
It's not our model but you can check this as a guideline http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sU-fm6FOyKo
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My buddy recently rooted his phone using VMware Workstation 8. If you're going to go that route, just make sure you attach the USB device to the VM, and disconnect it properly before shutting down the system. Overall it was a fairly painless process. And if memory serves me correctly Workstation has a free 30 day trial.
Solution: rid the mac.
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Yea there is nothing for Mac as of yet. I tried heimdall also. Had a connection error and also couldn't find the tar with the .XML file in it. So boot camp virtual box or borrowing a windows computer. Something like that is your only option. I will say its a quick root. Took me less then 30 seconds.
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you should borrow a pc , dont use mac espicialy if you are a newb w/comps.
read my sticky in my sig about rooting, its made for newbs, copy the files you need to a usb stick, dont forget the drivers for the phone, there in my first link in my sig in the dl section. then use someones comp
Trying to help a friend, he has a rooted G2x running CM7 "skyrom"
i plug it in to store some files on internal memory, and nothing pulls up on my windows 7 machine, i have usb debugging on - what am i missing?
i plan on following this guide btw - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088728
Did u install the drivers from LG?
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probably need the drivers