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I'm trying to flash my friend's Galaxy s 4g, but I'm having an issue with Odin failing to flash.
I originally used Vibrant 3g .pit and .tar files, not knowing it wouldn't work on the 4g model. Anyway, that semi bricked it, while still allowing it to get to the download mode.
So I figured I needed the "custom" .tar file to flash the 4g model. I booted up Odin and opened just the .tar that's in the noob guide. This time all I got from Odin is a red panel saying FAIL! It happened during the cache.rfs process. And now I get a new download mode screen. Before it used to be the android digging, now it's just an image of a phone and a computer with an exclamation mark in between the two.
When I get FAIL! on Odin, the progress bar on the phone freezes about 75% of the way.
So what am I doing wrong? Do I need a .pit file? Is it my computer? Should I try another computer? help me out please
I'm not sure about that second message you got, but did you make sure to open ODIN before flashing?
And do you also have the correct USB Drivers downloaded for your computer?
bustanut said:
I'm not sure about that second message you got, but did you make sure to open ODIN before flashing?
And do you also have the correct USB Drivers downloaded for your computer?
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Yea, i had ODIN open before I connected the phone. And I made sure to install the correct drivers for it (It said "drivers installed successfully)
Another thing, is when I was trying to flash it thinking the regular vibrant 3g method would work, I had "Re-Partition" checked. Could that be part of the problem?
You're not supposed to have Re-Partition checked.
Refer to this guide to make sure you're doing everything right in the flashing process : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001759
Well, I have been following that guide. Step by step.
But that was after I semibricked it.
Before, I thought using the method for rooting a vibrant 3g would work for the 4g model. I guess the "Re-partition" box was checked (before I started following that "Noobs guide") and that's why I'm having problems now.
The symbol you are now seeing on your phone means you have a currupt firmware. It was most likely caused by using the vibrants pit file. If you try everything else and it still doesn't work. You may have to wait until we either have a working pit. But follow the directions on the Odin flashing instruction and keep trying.
Good luck
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So, there's nothing I can do now besides keep trying? It's not my phone though... my friend was expecting it back today.
Is there a way I can get to the recovery menu and download somebody's nandroid backup to restore mine?
bryanoid said:
So, there's nothing I can do now besides keep trying? It's not my phone though... my friend was expecting it back today.
Is there a way I can get to the recovery menu and download somebody's nandroid backup to restore mine?
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Sorry bud. Cwm doesn't work that way yet. And even so, I don't think you can even get into recovery mode with your problem. When you used the vibrant pit file you formatted the phone to be like the vibrant which its not. Its very similar, but different enough to cause issues.
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Initially, this post was meant to fix people's phones after a bad restore from CWM, but now I'm changing it to be more general and pretty much be a guide for how to fix your phone from nearly any problem. The original reason for this post is this error:
Code:
-- bootmode=7 from cmdline...
-- Movi_check Start..!!
checksum confirmation need_checksum[0]
Not need checksum confirmation
--Movi_check already executed!!...
--movi_checking done!...
# MANUAL MODE #
It was caused by a problem with /data and this guide helped fix that. Now that several other things have come along (leaks, voodoo, etc.) people are having a host of random errors show up with their phones. This guide will hopefully get you back to a working phone regardless of what is wrong with it. Take note though, that following this guide will delete all data not on the sdcard. So, with that being said, here is how you can fix your phone.
1. Download one of the packages below as well as the PIT file.
2. Open up Odin, click PDA, and select the package you downloaded
3. Click on PIT and select the PIT file that you downloaded.
4. Get your phone into Download mode.
4a. Pull out the battery, hold down on Vol Down, and plug in the USB Cable while still holding the button.
4b. After you are in Download Mode, put the battery back into your phone. This increases the reliability of flashing with Odin
5. Make sure your phone is recognized in Odin
6. Check the box for Re-partition (Odin will fail if you check this and don't use the PIT file) and un-check the boxes for Auto-Reset and F. Reset Time.
7. Press "Start" and flash the package.
8. After it is finished flashing, take the battery out, unplug the USB cable, put the battery back in, and start up what should now be a working phone.
Download descriptions. There are 3 files linked to below. The first is the PIT file, and required for this. The PIT file is the partition information table. It tells your phone where different packages go on the phone, as well as how big partitions are on the phone. Without this information, Odin cannot properly re-partition your device. The next two files are more or less the same and you will only need one of the two, not both (unless you want them just for fun). There is ED1, which is what the phone initially shipped with, and ED2, the update that was released just after the phone was. The ED1 package may be a little bit smaller for those that are concerned about download size as it is compressed. However, you will need 7-zip or similar to extract it after downloading. Also note that this cannot be done with Heimdall as Heimdall does not have the ability to re-partition your phone, thus, you need a Windows computer to be able to follow this procedure.
All packages are available here.
Sweet, as always thanks for the work/effort on this stuff. At least now we don't have to be AS concerned atm if a restore was done in CWR and someone hoses there device.
this work for anyone?
Updated this with what I believe to be the proper steps. I was in and out at work while papi was fixing his phone, and lost track of the exact files used, but some combination of the above Odin packages and the PIT should get you back to a working phone if you are having a problem.
Good sh|t man ... phone was bound to have growing pains.
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this work for anyone?
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Unfortunately, I am trying to fix this very problem right now.
I was able to get rid of the error message with your method and I can now get into CWM again.. which is progress. I used the smaller file as it looks like the bigger one was corrupt for me (may just have been a bad dl on my end). I'm re downloading the full file now.
Anyway, I used odin. Selected the charge.pit and repartitioned. I allowed that to finish. I then restarted and flashed the smaller .md5 file. I then was able to reboot into CWM.. which is where I am now as the system just boot loops on the Samsung logo ATM.
Any words of wisdom to get me out of the boot loop would be great.. I'll check back later - hopefully with news that I fixed my phone.
trebores1 said:
Unfortunately, I am trying to fix this very problem right now.
I was able to get rid of the error message with your method and I can now get into CWM again.. which is progress. I used the smaller file as it looks like the bigger one was corrupt for me (may just have been a bad dl on my end). I'm re downloading the full file now.
Anyway, I used odin. Selected the charge.pit and repartitioned. I allowed that to finish. I then restarted and flashed the smaller .md5 file. I then was able to reboot into CWM.. which is where I am now as the system just boot loops on the Samsung logo ATM.
Any words of wisdom to get me out of the boot loop would be great.. I'll check back later - hopefully with news that I fixed my phone.
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Can you flash anything in CWM? Or how about odin the Ed1 rooted package.?
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Can you flash anything in CWM? Or how about odin the Ed1 rooted package.?
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I'm going to try that next.. it's downloading now (slowly). It may just be me, but I can't get the full ED1_CWM_Fix.tar.md5 to flash at all. I have now downloaded it from multishare direct and rapidshare and both fail the same way (Write operation failed).
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Can you flash anything in CWM? Or how about odin the Ed1 rooted package.?
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And, yes - I was able to previously flash the ed2-debloat rom from CWM, but it wouldn't boot up... I may try that again while I'm waiting for the stock-ED1 root to finish downloading.
trebores1 said:
I'm going to try that next.. it's downloading now (slowly). It may just be me, but I can't get the full ED1_CWM_Fix.tar.md5 to flash at all. I have now downloaded it from multishare direct and rapidshare and both fail the same way (Write operation failed).
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Pretty sure that papi flashed this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1085190 one the error message was gone, and he was good to go.
Hey after you flash the smaller package given by imnuts07 I flashed stock ed1 rooted thru odin and it worked.
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papi92 said:
Hey after you flash the smaller package given by imnuts07 I flashed stock ed1 rooted thru odin and it worked.
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Yeah, that worked. It got rid of the error and I can now boot into stock recovery.. but I'm stuck in a droid eyeball bootloop now. Not sure what else to do. I factory reset everything. I think it's time to just return to the VZW store.
Don't return it. You got that far it can be restored. Try flashing altered beast thru odin o
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Also start up took about 10 minutes for me and make sure your phone still isn't on ext 4.
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Same here. Flashing altered beast fixed the problem and let me cwm flash debloatedv4. (4.1 seems really buggy)
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papi92 said:
Also start up took about 10 minutes for me and make sure your phone still isn't on ext 4.
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I think I turned off ext4. In cwm I disabled the voodoo lagfix and the voice said that it was disabled. How else would I tell if it's off?
I tried your other suggestions too. Flashed altered beast, ed1 rooted, no luck getting past the bootup loop.
When you restored via Odin using the almost-everything.tar.md5, were you able to reboot and use your phone? I can't get that far. If I reboot it just hangs on the samsung logo. After that, I can flash altered beast or ed1-rooted and I get to the droid bootloop.
Trust me, I don't want to return it.. I'm sure there's a fix here somewhere.
You need to wipe data. You have too. And yes I got stuck at Samsung logo after. I had to flash stock ed1 rooted then wipe data
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I think I turned off ext4. In cwm I disabled the voodoo lagfix and the voice said that it was disabled. How else would I tell if it's off?
I tried your other suggestions too. Flashed altered beast, ed1 rooted, no luck getting past the bootup loop.
When you restored via Odin using the almost-everything.tar.md5, were you able to reboot and use your phone? I can't get that far. If I reboot it just hangs on the samsung logo. After that, I can flash altered beast or ed1-rooted and I get to the droid bootloop.
Trust me, I don't want to return it.. I'm sure there's a fix here somewhere.
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To find out if lagfix is disabled run mount from a root terminal app, or adb shell mount if you're hooked up to your computer. If anything shows up as ext4, lagfix is still enabled. If it is all rfs/vfat/not ext4 then you're ok.
Progress has been made! I followed steps 1-8 on imnuts guide. On step 8, nothing happens(as it should). Rebooted into download mode, flashed almost-everything, rebooted, system hangs on samsung logo. Rebooted into download mode, flashed ed1-rooted. Rebooted, system boots into phone!
Now I get an error that my sim card is not supported or readable.. but at least I got back into the phone..
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Progress has been made! I followed steps 1-8 on imnuts guide. On step 8, nothing happens(as it should). Rebooted into download mode, flashed almost-everything, rebooted, system hangs on samsung logo. Rebooted into download mode, flashed ed1-rooted. Rebooted, system boots into phone!
Now I get an error that my sim card is not supported or readable.. but at least I got back into the phone..
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Did you activate another phone? I know someone w/ a TB who reactivated his Fascinate then wanted to switch back and his sim wouldn't work. Had to get a new one.
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Hi guys!
I'm a semi noob when it comes to all this, BUT I did thoroughly look over the forums for almost 8 hours now trying to figure all this out on my own, but now I think I may have taken a turn for the worse.
First of all I have a Samsung Galaxy S Vibrant 4g. I first rooted my phone successfully using the SuperOneClick, no problem. Then I wanted to use team whiskey's Bionix Frost rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119986) which I LOVED on my other vibrant galaxy s (not 4g).
I then went to this thread to get CWM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099374) which was placed in all the right folders I believe, BUT here was when the problems started....
I did not run the update.zip file twice... I went in CWM mod (by pressing the volume buttons and power button) and then reinstalled packages and then selected the update.zip....THEN I thought I could go ahead and install the Bionix rom by selecting that zip file..
It unloaded and then went to reboot...but the screen never passed the GALAXY S 4g logo....
so back to the forums I went. I really couldn't find anything that would help except load the old firmware with odin, so I went to http://www.akaskriller.com/free/vibrantflashing1.php and followed his steps..but I think that was a bad move because these files aren't particularly for my 4g
so when I went to flash the original stock (which was 2.1) I think I really screwed it up because it said FAIL when I tried to run it through odin..
now here's the big probem:
I can't get into download mode any longer (by pressing JUST the volume buttons and then usb and then battery). I took the picture and attached it, so now what can I do?
the picture is a cellular mobile phone connected to a yellow triangle with an exclamation point connected by dots to a computer.
please please please help if you can and leave step by step instructions if possible. I would greatly appreciate it, and I know it's stressful reading these things, but I honestly have tried for 8 hours now trying to figure this out on my own, and now I'm asking the community. Thanks!
You can still Odin from there. That is basically another download screen. I got it once after an Odin fail. Ran Odin again and was fine. Start Odin up and plug in your phone to see if it recognizes it. If it does then Odin a rom mentioned for the sgs4g only.
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You are in download mode. Also, the stock rom isn't 2.1, it is 2.2.1 this isn't a vibrant.
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You are in download mode. Also, the stock rom isn't 2.1, it is 2.2.1 this isn't a vibrant.
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I can't seem to find a stock rom to use through odin (a .tar file right?)
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I can't seem to find a stock rom to use through odin (a .tar file right?)
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Use this,it will work , it has root too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063696
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I can't seem to find a stock rom to use through odin (a .tar file right?)
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Hi, i was currently using SKY ICS UCLD2--- 4.2D-6 and i tried getting the lte. During that process when i took out my sim card everything started going wrong.
My phone would at first only boot up and wouldn't get past the second samsung screen. Now it gets stuck at the boot animation screen. I wasn't able to get into download at first but after a successful try of pressing up real quick i can get into Download. I've downloaded a few tars from the threads hoping it will be fixed but i keep getting the same results. I go to the noob section tried downloading the tars for stock but when i try to download them they are the wrong format and wont open in odin. I am currently just sitting in odin and the download section. Can anyone help me
i believe it messed up because i save everything to my simcard instead or my sd card and when i took the sim card out to reboot it caused the soft brick
Download and install 7zip, its free. Then download the first link in this first of this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348
Open it in 7zip and drag out/extract tar file. The extracted file is the one u odin /download to phone
+1 the tar in the odin thread has a .7z extension. The .tar is inside. Unzip/decompress then flash. But great that u actually read and made an honest attempt to find the answers. If everyone did this. We would really be in business.
if this works i owe u like $400 !!! i just hope this will work
And honestly. If u just run the ics onclick. It will fix your softbrick as well.
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With out unziping anything. Or installing anything. U can just put your phone in dl mode and click one button. It will fix it
OMG IT WORKS YAY!!!!!!!!!!!!! I DONT EVEN CARE IF ITS GINGERBREAD!!! IT WORKS WOAHHHHHH
lol Thank you from the bottom of my heart
That can be found here http://rootzwiki.com/topic/23105-i727ucld2/
Run that and youll be on ics. But not rooted. Youll need to use odin to flash cwm recovery. Then either flash superuser. Or a custom rom thats already rooted.
i actually went there and downloaded the torrent but found somethign else and stopped the torrent download
Hey if i download the cwm cant i just restore my last save or will i need to dl the modem, touch recovery , ics
You should be fine to restore
ok so i restored back to a earlyer time not ics but gingerbread but i always get a message saying
Sorry!
the process android.process.acore has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again
sounds like corrupt data or restore. Try a fix permissions in clockworkmod, or rom manager.
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So i did the odin to stock thing and at first all was well. I then reinstalled clockwork mod through odin then i restored from a nandroid backup. And it seemed good except i couldnt call or look at my conacts. So i restarted thinking things would get better. And now i'm going through the same problem. So later ill just do the ics through one click and hope that works
So i downloaded the tar for ucld2 and i have ics but unrooted. My question now is how do i get my download section back? i cant seem to get into downloads but i have a system recovery image now. I want to get the new touch recovery could i get the zip and add it that way instead of using odin?
Anyone?
If you don't have cwm you have to use Odin to flash that recovery back onto your phone
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i cant get into downloads anymore.
what do u mean by downloads? SD card folder? in any case u can't use one recovery to flash another, use Odin.
when i say downloads i mean the menu u have to get into to use odin
I have seen many posts about this before, and tried to follow them and they did not work for me. Was trying to install a rom then realized it soft bricked because i still had the stupid voodoo cwm installed. So i go to use odin and flash stock. Did that, all settings were fine in odin, but im stuck at TMobile Sidekick boot screen. Ive tried odin MULTIPLE times now and its still not working. Any hope?
Hmm, did you try Odin with 're-partition' checked? I always check that when Odining back from Voodoo lagfix.
Yes i had that and auto reboot checked
that's strange. well, as long as you have the SK boot screen there is definitely hope. what stock tar file are you using, where did you DL it? and you had the pit file in place too, yeah?
it should work. also, there is adamoutler's Heimdall as another option, i have used that also.
I did have the pit file in. and i selected KD1OdinSTOCK.tar through PDA. Also i could not figure out heimdall..
you might wanna try the KG2 file, the KD1 was not as reliable to me, from what i remember. will link you to the KG2 in a second...
find the KG2 Odin Tar in the first post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538576
that should hopefully work for ya.
Downloading now thanks for the link
no problem, let me know how it goes.
still not working
[EDIT] I downloaded a different KD1 and it worked! thanks for the help though!
yikes, sorry about that. not sure why that would be... unless one of the components of the tar file isn't flashing.
so it is hanging at the boot logo when it tries to boot up? Odin runs thru the whole process(about 3-4 minutes), and you get the green "Pass" message at the end.
a different KD1 download worked thanks though!
ok, great!
Can i get the kd 1 tar file u used to fix ur sidekick 4g
plz help me i need the kd 1 tar file that u used to fix ur sidekick 4g
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plz help me i need the kd 1 tar file that u used to fix ur sidekick 4g
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Go to sticky on the development thread, you can find them there re-uploaded
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I tried it it. It works but when it restart it stick in logo
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