Hi,
Complete newbie to this android / flashing thing, the plan is to:
1. Buy a Samsung i5500,
2. Flash on that awesome new ROM.
Problem: Odin seems to only exist as mediafire / megaupload download, for windows. Downloading and executing an exe file from an unknown from one of those links is against every moral fibre of my being... it's what I keep telling people to stop doing... So how do you guys do it?
Many thanks.
Some newb
It's not illegal so what's stopping you from doing it?
The only links I've seen are off some dodgy megaupload link... how would I know it's not full of rootkits and things that will turn my computer into a botnet that DOSes Iranian power plants or w/e....
If the mediafire link is posted on a thread in XDA you can be pretty certain it's legitimate.
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EDIT: We have NAND WRITE ACCESS NOW, NO NEED TO USE THIS ANYMORE! Do the NAND ROOT then Install AdFree from the Market!!!
Sadly we don't have access to write to the NAND on the Evo outside of the recovery console(yet). Some apps such as "AdFree" By BigTinCan do not work for us, as it doesn't have permission for this...
So we must do this manually...
Choose a hosts file!
You need to do is decide where to get your hosts file that will block them. I am attaching the one I am using, but you can find more all over the net
My hosts file (Which is both other options combined)
Another Option
Another option
Once you have one, put it into the tools Android Tools Directory (C:\AndroidSDK\tools for most people).
Copy the Hosts file to the device!
1. ) The phone must be rooted. (Thanks Toast)
2. ) Boot the phone into recovery (Where it says: RECOVERY INSTRUCTIONS).
3. ) Start up ADB Shell
Code:
C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb shell
4. ) Mount the System Partition
Code:
# mount /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
5. ) Exit Adb Shell (Press Control+C)
6. ) Push the hosts.txt file to the device.
Code:
C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb push hosts.txt /system/etc/hosts
7. ) Reboot Device
Code:
C:\AndroidSDK\tools>adb reboot
That's it, not hard at all. Sadly as time goes on, more ads will slip through the cracks, and you have to do this again.
Quick Q&A:
Q: How do I root the phone?
A: Read this thread.
Q: How do I boot into the recovery console?
A: Read this thread.
Q: How do I set up/what is ADB?
A: Read this thread.
Q: Is removing ads wrong?
A: Probably.
Q: What benefits do I get from removing ads?
A: Less distractions, faster load times, more of the actual app/game will be shown.
Q: I still have a question! How do I...?
A: Answer
Credits:
Toast
Joeykrim
BigTinCan
The people that put the list together in this thread.
Thank you so much! I was really pissed that AdFree didn't work!
TheBiles said:
Thank you so much! I was really pissed that AdFree didn't work!
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pissed really? its day 2 with the evo.. things will happen. I would be pissed bout the oil spill but mildly annoyed that adfree didnt work
joey3002 said:
I would be pissed bout the oil spill but mildly annoyed that adfree didnt work
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No hate on TheBiles, but this ^. Sometimes we all need to take a step back and see how ****ed up our priorities are. Myself included.
@BPglobalPR....follow it.
currently boycotting all BP products follow @boycottBP
joey3002 said:
pissed really? its day 2 with the evo.. things will happen. I would be pissed bout the oil spill but mildly annoyed that adfree didnt work
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Well I use "pissed" in a way that is synonymous for "annoyed." My reaction was more like, "Hey, this doesn't work. Damn."
TheBiles said:
Well I use "pissed" in a way that is synonymous for "annoyed." My reaction was more like, "Hey, this doesn't work. Damn."
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lol, i know.. i was busting balls
odd. this looks a lot like my thread here , posted in a section where it probably belongs
beatcha to it, my man
thanks to the OP.. I just did this last night and it works great.. what free apps can i test just to verify lol...
timothydonohue said:
posted in a section where it probably belongs
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pheeew i thought the forum police would never show up...
kidding.
Can this be done if I rooted using UnrEVOked?
apristel said:
pheeew i thought the forum police would never show up...
kidding.
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my point being that
a) i've already posted this up. if tenny had searched, he would have found my thread and would have seen that his was not needed
b) i didn't post it in development, which is designed for kernels, ROMs, radios, etc
honestly, the evo forum is, hands down, the least organized forum that i've seen here at xda. so many people ran out and bought the evo and now come here, just post up without searching, ask the same questions over and over, etc. we end up with 75 threads all saying the same thing. it's ridiculous.
timothydonohue said:
my point being that
a) i've already posted this up. if tenny had searched, he would have found my thread and would have seen that his was not needed
b) i didn't post it in development, which is designed for kernels, ROMs, radios, etc
honestly, the evo forum is, hands down, the least organized forum that i've seen here at xda. so many people ran out and bought the evo and now come here, just post up without searching, ask the same questions over and over, etc. we end up with 75 threads all saying the same thing. it's ridiculous.
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Well depends on what you consider development, some consider any writing to the system partition to be some form of development...
Still though I apologize for posting this after you, I did search but when I originally made this, just I got distracted and didn't submit the thread until later. Don't worry I never saw your thread and did all the research on my own.
But complaining about this thread in the wrong section TWICE does no good... the mods are moving threads and haven't moved this yet... honestly who cares quit *****ing and let's move on.
WillJitsu said:
Can this be done if I rooted using UnrEVOked?
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I do not think so. You need to boot into recovery for anything to stick, so if you can't then no.
hmmm...strange that when I push this hosts.txt file over to /system/etc/hosts, my entire device just hung. I have to revert back to original hosts file.
Any ideas?
I noticed it removed the ads from Jewels but it didn't remove them from chompSMS. Since I use text more than play games, I'd appreciate it if someone figures out how to remove the ads from chompSMS to let me know. O btw, I used the original hosts.txt file the OP uses.
i don't know about chompsms, but if you grab the hosts file from my thread, in q and a, it eliminated the ads from handcent (and everything else i run). the hosts file i posted was updated from adfree 3 days ago.
@vboy, do the push while in recovery mode and with /system mounted for write permissions. there shouldn't be any 'hang' because it's not done while the phone is in android.
Sorry I wanted to edit my post and let you know it works with chomp but as a new user I couldn't. The frame is there, but no more ad! Thanks
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G using Tapatalk Pro.
vboyz103 said:
hmmm...strange that when I push this hosts.txt file over to /system/etc/hosts, my entire device just hung. I have to revert back to original hosts file.
Any ideas?
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Are you pushing it as hosts.txt or just as hosts?
Tenny said:
Are you pushing it as hosts.txt or just as hosts?
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I'm pushing it in recovery mode and pushed over to evo as /system/etc/hosts. I think it caused some issue with my phone in routing for hosts. Whenever I start using apps with data, then it's start hanging. I removed and revert back to hosts file and all is good.
Does anyone know if the ubuntu kit and rootfs files that lilstevie posted in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191141 will be hosted anywhere else. His site that the links refer to appears to be down. Super excited to try this, but can't without the riles. Thanks.
same here. too bad he insisted to host the files only on that site.
Just messaged lilstevie on IRC about this.....
Update: lilstevie had a HDD meltdown and says hopefully in a few hours he will be back up but no guaratees
Thanks!!
Excellent. Thanks for the heads up. I need to get my ass back on IRC.
its back up
Back down again
It's down again... can't get a download anywhere
I am in the process of uploading this onto my online storage. Once it's done uploading, I will link for you guys to download.
Here is an alternate download source for latest version as of 10/03/11:
Download archive
It`s multiupload so stable and maybe quicker too...
Hey guys,
I've been using XDA for quite a while, but so far the community as a whole has been so helpful and thorough that I have never needed to make an account and post, so if any part of this post is wrong or in the wrong section please feel free to move or close this thread.
Now down to business: recently, some old Moto Droid 2 Globals resurfaced at my house, and as they are very old and outdated I figured I would re-purpose them into a few projects I'm working on, as they probably won't be extremely useful in any other ways. Here is my problem though: in order to use them how I would like, they must be rooted. Rooting is not my problem: I have rooted one of them many times when I was still using it (I might or might not have bricked it one or seven times while trying to install custom ROMs so flashing, rooting, and every other aspect of un-bricking is familiar to me). HOWEVER, ALL THE FILES NEEDED TO DOWNGRADE, ROOT, REFLASH AND RESTORE DO NOT EXIST ANYMORE!. This is one of those times where things on the internet actually disappear, as quite a few of the mirrors to the files I need were hosted on the gem of the internet back in the early 2010s, MegaUpload. The rest of the files were linked to personal servers, smaller and now nonexistent file hosting companies, or were straight up removed from their links. So what I'm asking is: if you ever had to root a Motorola Droid 2 Global running GingerBread 2.3.4, System Version 4.5.629.A956.Verizon.en.US, and for some reason you still have the files required to root it, could you upload it and post a link in the comments? I will list the necessary files below in case you would like to scour the internet as I have, or if you want to check that the files you might have are the ones needed. I will also post links to a few guides so if you want to refresh yourself or see how the process is done you can do so without extra searches.
And seriously guys, thanks in advance. Even if no one has the files, this community has helped me out so much over the years that a thank you was way overdue.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1592154
(not entirely sure what this one below is, it looks like its a correct file but its got huge red "DO NOT INSTALL" all over the page so take it how you will)
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/21934-4.5.629.zip-please-do-not-install,-only-for-developers
Files I'm (mostly) Certain I Need:
Verizon OTA Version 4.5.608 (but it looks like this is a modified and repacked version)
Verizon OTA Version 4.5.629
wrong section buddy, post this thread in your device's forum
I accidentally hard bricked my tablet trying to unlock the bootloader with fastboot, and now I can't find any stock roms to reflash it. Do any of you have a rom for this tablet (the rct6773w22b, which is different from the rct6773w22)? I have looked all over google and cannot find anything for it. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
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@moderator these links pipe you through skip ads and lead to potential unwanted software...
but since he shared it here using short link...
figure it should be fine to put the direct download from google drive link here...
will some one clean up this thread plz?
here's the link with out the spamware BS
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-yoQ-weC9qj2ntmPkNNl5itx_WArH1fZ/view
the top link is his g-drive, I moved it to my G-drive in case he decided to erase it or otherwise make the file not available...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-yoQ-weC9qj2ntmPkNNl5itx_WArH1fZ
this is MY g-drive copy
Tried to get it but said I didn't have access
LgPWN'd said:
@moderator these links pipe you through skip ads and lead to potential unwanted software...
but since he shared it here using short link...
figure it should be fine to put the direct download from google drive link here...
will some one clean up this thread plz?
here's the link with out the spamware BS
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-yoQ-weC9qj2ntmPkNNl5itx_WArH1fZ/view
the top link is his g-drive, I moved it to my G-drive in case he decided to erase it or otherwise make the file not available...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-yoQ-weC9qj2ntmPkNNl5itx_WArH1fZ
this is MY g-drive copy
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I used the link to try to receive the rom but was told I didn't have access rights to it.
I procedded to ask for permission but that was not working.
What do I need to do to get the access?
Thanks TT
it was Bull****
Twilight Time said:
I used the link to try to receive the rom but was told I didn't have access rights to it.
I procedded to ask for permission but that was not working.
What do I need to do to get the access?
Thanks TT
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I trashed mine
Never found a way to flash it
LgPWN'd said:
@moderator these links pipe you through skip ads and lead to potential unwanted software...
but since he shared it here using short link...
figure it should be fine to put the direct download from google drive link here...
will some one clean up this thread plz?
here's the link with out the spamware BS
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-yoQ-weC9qj2ntmPkNNl5itx_WArH1fZ/view
the top link is his g-drive, I moved it to my G-drive in case he decided to erase it or otherwise make the file not available...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-yoQ-weC9qj2ntmPkNNl5itx_WArH1fZ
this is MY g-drive copy
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So you still have the files for Flashing the RCT6773W22? I need to flash mine due to the wifi file being corrupted and it's trapped in a logo loop.
Thanks.
LgPWN'd said:
@moderator these links pipe you through skip ads and lead to potential unwanted software...
but since he shared it here using short link...
figure it should be fine to put the direct download from google drive link here...
will some one clean up this thread plz?
here's the link with out the spamware BS
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-yoQ-weC9qj2ntmPkNNl5itx_WArH1fZ/view
the top link is his g-drive, I moved it to my G-drive in case he decided to erase it or otherwise make the file not available...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-yoQ-weC9qj2ntmPkNNl5itx_WArH1fZ
this is MY g-drive copy
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Hello, I would need the file with the firmware, do you still have it?
LgPWN'd said:
@moderator these links pipe you through skip ads and lead to potential unwanted software...
but since he shared it here using short link...
figure it should be fine to put the direct download from google drive link here...
will some one clean up this thread plz?
here's the link with out the spamware BS
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-yoQ-weC9qj2ntmPkNNl5itx_WArH1fZ/view
the top link is his g-drive, I moved it to my G-drive in case he decided to erase it or otherwise make the file not available...
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1-yoQ-weC9qj2ntmPkNNl5itx_WArH1fZ
this is MY g-drive copy
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Can you make this rom available again, please?
May 05 2018 - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge ODIN firmware G935PVPU6BRD2.
This is the 100% stock firmware for your G935P. I tested these files last night,
and uploaded them to Mega. Please feel free to post these on another file
host, as I am sure my mega.nz will be overloaded if more people want or need
these. No credit is needed, as all I did was locate the flash files and archive them.
As per the usual disclaimer, I make no guarantees with these files, for any particular
fitness or purpose. You use these at your own risk, and with the understanding of
the consequences of failed flashing. Neither myself, nor XDA will be held responsible
for you breaking/bricking your device, or for any other consequences from using this
in any manner.
included are the BL, AP, CL, and CSC (SPR) files,
https://mega.nz/#!D1xmnTAZ!kmRM51MYuBi7Sh5P-pjnoXoxodmu8S5v01n2mWGXivs
PS: Mods, I did not see this package posted already, if I am posting in the wrong section, please feel free to move it accordingly,
I have done my best to post this properly, but I'm just human after all. My intent is to solely be helpful to someone in a bad situation as I was last night. Thanks
Dan
BRD2
You are the only one who seems to have that file, any chances that you got or know where to find the same firmware but for SM-G930P?
Thanks!
can someone please upload it? i just soft bricked my phone sm-g935p
I think i had this update, unless there was a newer one
EDIT: sorry guess i couldn't see the file/link on mobile. thanks!
UPDATE: Tried installing an unlocked firmware on my "updated by sprint bootloader" and it soft bricked my phone. the updated bootloader doesn't allow for firmwares with a downgraDED bootloader to load. thanks a bunch for uploading this. seriously saved me a lot of grief!
moxlon69 said:
May 05 2018 - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge ODIN firmware G935PVPU6BRD2.
This is the 100% stock firmware for your G935P. I tested these files last night,
and uploaded them to Mega. Please feel free to post these on another file
host, as I am sure my mega.nz will be overloaded if more people want or need
these. No credit is needed, as all I did was locate the flash files and archive them.
As per the usual disclaimer, I make no guarantees with these files, for any particular
fitness or purpose. You use these at your own risk, and with the understanding of
the consequences of failed flashing. Neither myself, nor XDA will be held responsible
for you breaking/bricking your device, or for any other consequences from using this
in any manner.
included are the BL, AP, CL, and CSC (SPR) files,
https://mega.nz/#!D1xmnTAZ!kmRM51MYuBi7Sh5P-pjnoXoxodmu8S5v01n2mWGXivs
PS: Mods, I did not see this package posted already, if I am posting in the wrong section, please feel free to move it accordingly,
I have done my best to post this properly, but I'm just human after all. My intent is to solely be helpful to someone in a bad situation as I was last night. Thanks
Dan
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link is error or remove
pleass upload it agan in mega cloud
think you bro :laugh: :good: :good:
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