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Another KIES ICS update failure?

Posted this in the Kies ICS update thread as well .. can anyone help?
Ok, so I'm at the Firmware upgrade and initialization screen in Kies ... it's been stuck at 2% for about 20 minutes now. I'm assuming this is a problem. Anyone have advice on what I should do? Let it go ... disconnect, restore with CWM and try again?
My config when I started:
GB 2.3.6 - rooted, cwm touch installed
(Running on Windows 7 through VMWare on a MacBook Pro if that matters)

You need to be on stock recovery for it to work.
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Damn.
So ... do I pull the plug, restore to the CWM backup I ran before running the update and then flash the stock recovery on it?

Odin back to 2.3 stock and it flashes stock recovery.
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Check the stickies on here or in the dev section i cant post links
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Thanks man, I'll give it a rip and post an update in a bit.

ODIN hates me.
I wasn't able to flash anything with odin, it just kept failing or hanging.
Fortunately, I was able to use CWM to recover so I got back up and running on my rooted 2.3.6 setup.
I tried Kies update again, same result. Ran through the download, then hit 2% on the install and hung. Odd thing is, Odin lets me flash CWM and I was able to recover with that again. But, Odin continues to fail on ROM flashes. This just doesn't make sense.

car vs driver said:
ODIN hates me.
I wasn't able to flash anything with odin, it just kept failing or hanging.
Fortunately, I was able to use CWM to recover so I got back up and running on my rooted 2.3.6 setup.
I tried Kies update again, same result. Ran through the download, then hit 2% on the install and hung. Odd thing is, Odin lets me flash CWM and I was able to recover with that again. But, Odin continues to fail on ROM flashes. This just doesn't make sense.
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odin doesnt hate u
u cant flash a rom w/odin, what were u trying to flash w/odin
read this on restoring to stock, has info about odin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398

Sorry, I mean firmware via Odin. I should be more careful with my words

Bootloop after ICS flash

Just flashed ICS one click to my infuse that was rooted and running the last Zeus ROM. Ultimate goal was rooted jellybean, but thought I had to have ICS rom to proceed. Now, stuck on "Galaxy S cyanogen(mod)". I can boot into recovery, but nothing there to restore to. I have cleared everything I can from recovery mode, (but not done the factory restore yet). It is CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4. I can also boot into download mode, and have tried to reflash ICS, but same results. Any suggestions? Thanks.

Wipe everything and Flash the ROM one more time.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779859

emrmcrn said:
Just flashed ICS one click to my infuse that was rooted and running the last Zeus ROM. Ultimate goal was rooted jellybean, but thought I had to have ICS rom to proceed. Now, stuck on "Galaxy S cyanogen(mod)". I can boot into recovery, but nothing there to restore to. I have cleared everything I can from recovery mode, (but not done the factory restore yet). It is CWM-based Recovery v5.5.0.4. I can also boot into download mode, and have tried to reflash ICS, but same results. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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did you double flash? Coming from gb to ics requires a double flash. Hanging at galaxy s screen us normal. from galaxy s screen you need to go back to recovery and flash again.
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Definitely double flash ICS if you haven't already. If it still doesnt work, boot into download mode and flash other Gingerbread rom then start the process over. I had a similar problem and started a thread (link can be found on qkster's post above) and it turned out that the initial Gingerbread rom might have interrupted the boot process. So give other gingerbread roms a try if you're still stuck after double flashing.

Only booting into odin mode... borked recovery

Ok, here's what I did.
I have had my s3 rooted and running custom ROM's. I stupidly and accidently flashed google wallet as my recovery using ezrecovery. Now the phone only boots into odin mode. Is there a way to get recovery back onto the device so I don't have to wipe it and start over (possibly losing everything on my internal SD card)?
Thanks in advance.
Silly Noob.

I don't think you'll be able to get recovery back. You'll probably need to flash stock with Odin.
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I ended up with the same result after flashing a custom recovery incompatible with Imo's Lean Kernel/Kexec.
I used ODIN to flash the Root_66 ROM, and all of my internal SD contents remained intact. After the clean install, I flashed CWM 6.0.1 through EZ-Recovery and successfully restored a backup.
The only thing that didn't restore was the kernel.

Awesome. Lesson learned. Think twice before clicking! Odin'd to route 66 and now have recovery of my back up. Thanks guys!

Actually, I in case anyone does something similar the phone booted rooted just how I left it minus the custom rom. I re flashed the rom and I am back where I was without even having to flash a recovery. Thanks again!
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Stuck on bootloop from Clockworkmod 5.8.4.9

PLEASE HELP!! I have successfully rooted the device and was doing ok after flashing CWmod recovery 6.0.1 through E-Z recovery app and running Liquid Rom. I managed to be dumb enough to flash CWMod version 5.8.4.9 through Rom manager and when I rebooted my phone it got stuck in boot loop. I am able to get into CWMod 5.8.4.9 but I cannot restore my backup anymore. I can also data wipe and install a new rom, but it all just keeps going into bootloop and I cannot get past the samsung custom unlock screen. It first flashed that, then the android man pops up on the next screen like its loading something and then just keeps looping through the process. I did not use ODIN for any of this process and I dont know how to get myself back tothe point where I can reboot. Any help would be tremendously appreciated, because I'm dead stuck and in a panic. Thanks in advance for any assistance.

Happend to me last night...
I made the same mistake... DO NOT download any recoveries from ROM manager. I found out the hard way... So the problem now is your phone is stuck using the recovery you downloaded. I am not sure of a quick way using that recovery if you can revert back but... My solution got me where I needed to be in order to get going again.
I had to use Odin to root to stock ROM. Yes when you wipe it will destroy your data but not your pictures, downloaded files, and other files you put on there. When I re-rooted with stock all my stuff for CM10, gapps, and the kexec CWM was there.
So use this guide...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28530394&postcount=1
Section 1!!!!! And follow the steps EXACTLY the way it says to.

This is why i have never liked rom manager...

The best solution for us to flash recoveries is ez recovery free from the market. I would use this going forward once you Odin back to stock
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Same **** happened to me.
Odin. I lost my pics and internal memory though...
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Soft-bricked - Looking for Odin Flashable Stock Recovery 3e

So after 2 days of trying via Odin, I give up. Anybody here got a copy of Stock Recovery 3e? One that can be flashable via Odin?? I tried installing hyperdrive, and it installed via aroma but when I rebooted I got a Verizon Unauthorized rom warning. I really, really thought I had an unlocked bootloader after ez unlock. I don't have stock recovery nor cwm touch anymore (the one I replaced 3e with).
Since Odin just wouldn't work (tried all versions) and just fails after a few minutes, I figured maybe I could get away with flashing a recovery 3e, then wiping and reflashing a flashable stock rom from there. Any help will be appreciated.

Your best option is to figure out how to get Odin to flash stock. That will fix your recovery. Do you have the proper drivers installed? Does Windows detect it in device manager? Does Odin see it?
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This solved my soft brick, I hope it solves yours too!
ojpd said:
So after 2 days of trying via Odin, I give up. Anybody here got a copy of Stock Recovery 3e? One that can be flashable via Odin?? I tried installing hyperdrive, and it installed via aroma but when I rebooted I got a Verizon Unauthorized rom warning. I really, really thought I had an unlocked bootloader after ez unlock. I don't have stock recovery nor cwm touch anymore (the one I replaced 3e with).
Since Odin just wouldn't work (tried all versions) and just fails after a few minutes, I figured maybe I could get away with flashing a recovery 3e, then wiping and reflashing a flashable stock rom from there. Any help will be appreciated.
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Thank you! Finally out of soft brick.
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