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I have clockworkmod and I updated the recovery to 3.0.0.8. When I boot into recovery and try to install EC10 comavolt and it won't let me. I also tried to install other recovery's via Rom Manager but it says download failed.
ddb1984 said:
I have clockworkmod and I updated the recovery to 3.0.0.8. When I boot into recovery and try to install EC10 comavolt and it won't let me. I also tried to install other recovery's via Rom Manager but it says download failed.
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Rom manager is not compatible with our phones. You will likely need to revert back to an older version of cwm.
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akellar said:
Rom manager is not compatible with our phones. You will likely need to revert back to an older version of cwm.
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Ohhhhhhh OK well how would I go about reverting back and I am looking for the info while Im sending this
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Ohhhhhhh OK well how would I go about reverting back and I am looking for the info while Im sending this
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I too would also like to know where I can get this older version of cwm.
http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...roms-w-root-clockwork-updated-3-25-a-389.html
There should be a link to a cwm.tar file (not the exact name) on this page. Flash it via odin and there you go.
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emarohl said:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/ver...roms-w-root-clockwork-updated-3-25-a-389.html
There should be a link to a cwm.tar file (not the exact name) on this page. Flash it via odin and there you go.
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Thats my problem I cant use my USB right now and I can only zip at the moment but barely can do that do to the Recovery messing up
Can't use USB right now...? I think you might be confusing transferring files to the USB card while the phone is booted, with flashing a TAR file via Odin.
Remember--when you're flashing via Odin, your battery is pulled, the phone is off, and then--while you do plug in your USB cable--it's only receiving power through that USB connection.
Use BDE's "How to customize.." guide here, and go directly to step 2. If you don't already have it, grab the "Red" Recovery from this thread (also linked to in BDE's guide); grab the TAR file listed there. Then go back to the guide and follow the instructions for Step 2.
That should get your recovery back to Red recovery, and I think from there I'd make sure everything else is working and the phone boots before doing anything else. Once it's up and running, then maybe give the kernel another shot.
EDIT: Thought of what else you might mean; if you're unable to get Odin to recognize when your phone is plugged in, hit up the Samsung website to get the Samsung USB drivers. Then, when you hold the volume down key as described in the guide, you should see one cell of Odin turn yellow, which tells you your phone has been recognized. Assuming you have a Windows PC, at least.
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Can't use USB right now...? I think you might be confusing transferring files to the USB card while the phone is booted, with flashing a TAR file via Odin.
Remember--when you're flashing via Odin, your battery is pulled, the phone is off, and then--while you do plug in your USB cable--it's only receiving power through that USB connection.
Use BDE's "How to customize.." guide here, and go directly to step 2. If you don't already have it, grab the "Red" Recovery from this thread (also linked to in BDE's guide); grab the TAR file listed there. Then go back to the guide and follow the instructions for Step 2.
That should get your recovery back to Red recovery, and I think from there I'd make sure everything else is working and the phone boots before doing anything else. Once it's up and running, then maybe give the kernel another shot.
EDIT: Thought of what else you might mean; if you're unable to get Odin to recognize when your phone is plugged in, hit up the Samsung website to get the Samsung USB drivers. Then, when you hold the volume down key as described in the guide, you should see one cell of Odin turn yellow, which tells you your phone has been recognized. Assuming you have a Windows PC, at least.
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Yea I even put in another post about my USB issues and can't seem to find a solution. I may just purchase another phone. My girls works perfect and no connection problems but I may of damaged it or something but it only charges doesn't work other wise. ADB, USB file transfer, nothing.
ChromDog's post was a mess. I'm ignoring it.
So you're saying you can't even get the phone to work in Download mode? Will the phone actually boot up into Download mode?
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ChromDog's post was a mess. I'm ignoring it.
So you're saying you can't even get the phone to work in Download mode? Will the phone actually boot up into Download mode?
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Yea I get the yellow screen with the android saying downloading. I have tried 3 cables and 5 diff computers. I even went to cellular south and got a new cable. When I figured it was my phone was when my girls phone worked with the same equipment. Also sometimes when I plug it up to the PC doing download mode it will say USB Not Recognized and I have the drivers installed I even tried to select the specific driver but didnt know which one to do out the that folder of many LOL
Have you tried opening ODIN in Download Mode anyway just to see if it'll recognize the phone?
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ChromDog's post was a mess. I'm ignoring it.
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Rare is the occasion that wiser words than these have been uttered. XD
While I was getting pretty wordy with my answer, Add's more or less on the same track as me: Even with the USB not working when the phone's booted normally, does Odin recognize it even so, or is Odin what you've been trying and not getting to work?
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Yea I get the yellow screen with the android saying downloading. I have tried 3 cables and 5 diff computers. I even went to cellular south and got a new cable. When I figured it was my phone was when my girls phone worked with the same equipment. Also sometimes when I plug it up to the PC doing download mode it will say USB Not Recognized and I have the drivers installed I even tried to select the specific driver but didnt know which one to do out the that folder of many LOL
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The different computers you tried wouldn't really matter unless each one had the Samsung USB driver installed. Also, does your girlfriend have the same model phone as you? If not, it's not necessarily a fair test.
It does sound like you've tried using Odin, and it just hasn't worked (based on the bolded part). So, try this:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SCH-I500RKAXAR
Go to the above link. Underneath where it says "Download Center for SCH-I500RKAXAR", look for "Manuals | Software". Software should be a blue link; click on that.
You should see a list of four items you can download. Look all the way to the right, under the "File" column; there should be four little icons. Click on the first of the four, and Agree to their user agreement. Save the file somewhere easy to remember, and run that file. I'd suggest doing this on any home computer you might connect your Showcase to.
Then, try putting the phone in Download mode and connecting to Odin once again.
Does it work after that?
I dont know how or why but I was able to get odin to work on a XP machine and I flashed the odin files for pick and pack and the odin files for cwm recovery all and was able to get both the recovery and 2.2 but I have more problems LOL. My internal memory is 0. I factory wiped and wiped cache via red recovery but to no avail. Still getting 0
If you can get into your phone and do stuff in Android, I'd run a Titanium Backup of your apps and stuff. If not, you may be SOL.
I'd start by just finding a stock ROM for 2.1 or 2.2.1 and Odin'ing that over to the phone. Start completely clean, no custom ROMs. Then load up CWM Red again.
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If you can get into your phone and do stuff in Android, I'd run a Titanium Backup of your apps and stuff. If not, you may be SOL.
I'd start by just finding a stock ROM for 2.1 or 2.2.1 and Odin'ing that over to the phone. Start completely clean, no custom ROMs. Then load up CWM Red again.
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I have been looking for 2.1 Stock Rom for CS but I have not been able to. I have my apps backed up but unfortunately I can't install them in this Rom yet but I will keep trying to get it.
Ouchie! I just had a look throughout the Mes Dev thread, and the one post I saw for EB11 for Showcase had the link removed. Couldn't find any other reference for an actual stock 2.1 or 2.2.1 specifically for the showcase; the guys *may* tell you the Mesmerize ones work for Showcase, but DO NOT use them until one of them says so. I would guess not, but don't know for sure.
I'd see about hitting the IRC channel and asking for a clean stock ROM from there, and/or maybe getting some "in-person" advice that way. ...or hope Phidelt82 or Elijahblake come across this thread to get it to you/help you out otherwise. XD
LOL IKR but I have already asked them for a Stock 2.1 Rom for CS and I was pointed to someone but they haven't responded to me so idk. And thanks for some of the info and I am happy I was able to get the files b4 he removed his comments. I had them already saved on the computer.
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LOL IKR but I have already asked them for a Stock 2.1 Rom for CS and I was pointed to someone but they haven't responded to me so idk. And thanks for some of the info and I am happy I was able to get the files b4 he removed his comments. I had them already saved on the computer.
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Some individuals were trying to put together a 2.1 stock image but weren't able to get one working, the one they have is stock 2.2 and that is the only pure stock ROM they have, but there is no reason to go back to 2.1 unless you planned on using it and staying with it, so a clean flash to 2.2 should fix any issues you may be experiencing.
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Some individuals were trying to put together a 2.1 stock image but weren't able to get one working, the one they have is stock 2.2 and that is the only pure stock ROM they have, but there is no reason to go back to 2.1 unless you planned on using it and staying with it, so a clean flash to 2.2 should fix any issues you may be experiencing.
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I am with Cellular South and I don't believe there is a stock for us just yet. I was also able to put the SDcard in a card reader and put Superclean 2.9.2 on it for Showcase. Pray I get internal storage and my phone works.
YES!!!!!!!! Internal Storage w/ Superclean and a working recovery. Well I have more issues to attend to but that's wonderful to me.
Can anyone help please? I was running stock ED1 and decided to update to EE4. I put Voodoo lagfix on, then flashed the EE4 update that was in the general forum through recovery as an update.zip. It stopped about halfway through for some reason, leaving me with an "unknown" baseband and thus, no way to get a signal. All attempts to flash different radio updates failed. So, I decided to flash everything over. I flashed the stock ED1 through Odin, but it keeps saying the MD5 checksum is invalid, so I flashed Altered Beast. This got me clockword mod, but still no baseband. Finally, I tried to flashed debloated EE4 through clockword and now, I'm stuck at the Samsung screen, with no way to get into recovery. Any suggestions for my noobness? :/ I can still get it to connect to Odin.
Ok, quick update. I got Altered Beast reflashed. CWM is still on there. I'd like to get back to stock, ED1, ED2, EE4; I don't care which, as long as I have a working baseband. Suggestions?
try redownlolading ed1 because the md5 has to do with the file itself not the phone. Then connect to wifi and update to ed2. after, try flashing the update .zip thats from the forums while you are stock, no custom recovery or anything other than root ed2. if none of this works, then you probably burnt out your sim card like i did accidentaly by activating my old droid x. so if you did burn the sim card, go to best buy or verizon or the costco wireless booth and have them activate a new sim card for you. this happened to me where i couldnt get data or anything and i got a new sim card and pow! it worked. try my initial instructions first. and make sure you are using the PDA button in odin
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Ok, quick update. I got Altered Beast reflashed. CWM is still on there. I'd like to get back to stock, ED1, ED2, EE4; I don't care which, as long as I have a working baseband. Suggestions?
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whenever you flash an update you need to be completely stock thats including the kernel
i would disable lag fix then flash ED1 downgrade and try to update if it doesnt let you i would unroot and bring your phone into VZW tell them the update failed and left you with unknown baseband.
you may be a good test subject to try out his idea on flashing a radio , if he is there yet
also you posted in the wrong section
rami98 said:
try redownlolading ed1 because the md5 has to do with the file itself not the phone. Then connect to wifi and update to ed2. after, try flashing the update .zip thats from the forums while you are stock, no custom recovery or anything other than root ed2. if none of this works, then you probably burnt out your sim card like i did accidentaly by activating my old droid x. so if you did burn the sim card, go to best buy or verizon or the costco wireless booth and have them activate a new sim card for you. this happened to me where i couldnt get data or anything and i got a new sim card and pow! it worked. try my initial instructions first. and make sure you are using the PDA button in odin
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you cant get the update over wifi im pretty sure he will need to download the update.zip files for each update if he doesnt already have them
Hah im trying to figure out how to get outta bootloop forgot to disable voodoo odin'd back to ed2 w/root and now i have bootloop..
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Ok, I'm still getting a MD5 mismatch on the third try with the stock ED1 file. any other ideas?
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Hah im trying to figure out how to get outta bootloop forgot to disable voodoo odin'd back to ed2 w/root and now i have bootloop..
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flash altered beast, then boot up , boot into recovery disable lagfix then try again
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Ok, I'm still getting a MD5 mismatch on the third try with the stock ED1 file. any other ideas?
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redownload the file
i've done that three times today. i think something else is going on
I would suggest reinstalling the Samsung drivers for the Charge, then open Odin, use a different USB port and try again. I had a lot of issues with flash ED1 and one of the ways I found worked around this (for me) was to make sure the drivers were messed up.
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i've done that three times today. i think something else is going on
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where are you downloading the file from?
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I would suggest reinstalling the Samsung drivers for the Charge, then open Odin, use a different USB port and try again. I had a lot of issues with flash ED1 and one of the ways I found worked around this (for me) was to make sure the drivers were messed up.
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MD5 mismatch happens when a file is corrupt or not fully complete
ok, good news (sort of). the md5 mismatch was being caused by the way chrome was naming the multiple instances of the download. I renamed the file and got back to stock ED1. still no signal, but i got the pop up saying i had a system update waiting, i just have to wait for the battery to charge a bit. I'll check back in soon. in the meantime, thanks for all the help and patience everyone.
ok, installing the update didn't help. is it possible my sim card is fried?
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I put Voodoo lagfix on, then flashed the EE4 update
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wait i thought if you wanted to flash to stock you want the Voodoo lagfix off? i think your problem might be that your flashing non voodoo kernals to a system that has voodoo on i dont think you should do that, try flashing a voodoo kernal maybe instead of the stock stuff
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well, a trip to verizon and trying new sim cards didn't fix it. guess i'll need to wait for a replacement.
I'm making this post because the fix, and the cause for the problem seems to be different.
My friends captivate was rooted with the latest cm7 rom for about a month now, and just last night after he performed a reboot a message that stated{ phone.android.not.found} started to flash on, and off it wouldn't allow him to do anything.
I booted his phone in to recovery to flash his backup but it failed, after I did another reboot. It just froze on the white at&t world phone screen. I've tried to boot in to recovery by using all button methods. Odin3 failed to recognize the phone. Drivers are installed.
its a I897 version. I really don't know what my next step should be.
In hindsight I should have just pulled the sim and put it back in. I think that would have fix the warning sign.
I'm going to try the jig option today, but any other advice would be helpful.
The backup in question: was it a 2.2 backup?
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I'm not 100% sure but I think it was just a stock root 2.1 back up.
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I'm not 100% sure but I think it was just a stock root 2.1 back up.
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Sounds like you need to flash a stock ROM with Odin. If you tried to load rfs based ROM over the cm7 file system (I think its a combination of ext4 and yaffs), it won't work.
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Sounds like you need to flash a stock ROM with Odin. If you tried to load rfs based ROM over the cm7 file system (I think its a combination of ext4 and yaffs), it won't work.
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also, kernels/modems dont backup on nandroids, therefore they dont restore either
OP, you are on a 2.3.3 cm7 kernel with a 2.1 rom
ODIN flash a 2.1 kernel
done
So I finally got my jig in. so it goes in to boot mode which is awesome, but odin still won't recognize the phone. I've tried 3 different computers.
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So I finally got my jig in. so it goes in to boot mode which is awesome, but odin still won't recognize the phone. I've tried 3 different computers.
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try heimdall. its better
mentalchaos03 said:
So I finally got my jig in. so it goes in to boot mode which is awesome, but odin still won't recognize the phone. I've tried 3 different computers.
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Make sure you are using a USB port on the back of the PC and/or is on the main board.
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I flashed the 0817_charge_recovery.tar.md5. I didnt see that it worked and then went back into download, thru Odin, tried to flish cwm_Recovery4008.tar. Got a fail and now when i try to turn on it just shows an icon of a phone with a yellow triangle exclamation point between that and a computer icon. it still goes into download mode with volume down and usb connection but it wont flash the default VZW rom back.
Suggestions?
Battery in or out?
battery in = (phone) ... ! ... (cpu)
battery out = can still go into download mode
Did you come from another rom? I think if you want to flash back to stock from another rom via odin you need to also flash the pit file. At least thats what I had to do.
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No i had reverted back to the stock (pentafive ee4 full factor tar).
Have you tried everything from imnuts Fix your Phone thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111486
Ya i got a fail for that as well on Odin. Also tried the Samsung PST and it said error download there as well
DRO1DZ1LLA said:
Ya i got a fail for that as well on Odin. Also tried the Samsung PST and it said error download there as well
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Are you keeping the battery out during the entire process? You're using the PIT too with the Re-partition box checked (unchecked Auto Restart and F. Time)?
I left the battery in cause in step 4b he says to but anyways it worked. the first time i tried i was using the ed2 file cause for some reason the ed1 link wasnt loading. then i realized i had that file already from somewhere else and used that and it went through
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I left the battery in cause in step 4b he says to but anyways it worked. the first time i tried i was using the ed2 file cause for some reason the ed1 link wasnt loading. then i realized i had that file already from somewhere else and used that and it went through
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Nice, bro! Glad to hear you're back up!
thanks for all the help tho! so should i not try to re-root/rom/kernel this ***** or what?
DRO1DZ1LLA said:
thanks for all the help tho! so should i not try to re-root/rom/kernel this ***** or what?
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Right now, your best bet is to apply whatever system updates there are. If your phone doesn't get you up to EE4 on its own, then you should follow imnuts' instructions here: http://rootzwiki.com/topic/10202-how-to-prepare-for-the-gb-ota/
At some point today, someone will be able to confirm whether the update.zip (leaked) is truly 100% identical to the update.zip that Verizon is pushing out for EP4. If it is, then we'll be safe update to EP4 ahead of the OTA, root, restore any backups, and apply working EP4 themes. I'm anxiously awaiting the ability to depoop my phone--rolled back to stock EE4 last night and have hated my phone ever since!
Haha same. I returned initially for the same reason and then was so sick of it i pushed ahead and messed it up. Still haven't gotten the update tho
Happened to me once. Used stock ee4 odin with the charge .Pit file imnuts posted and it brought me back to stock
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aight so ive searched and searched for all kinda different methods. and done all of them. is it possible to have a permanent brick?
heres the story. i had been running cm10 for prolly 4 or 5 months. no problems. i wanted to check out liquid smooth rom. so i flashed it. no problems. had been running it for a month or so then one day at work when i went on break my network was gone. my apn's were deleted. came home inspected some more and my imei was unknown as well as baseband and many others were unknown. i took it back to stock many times using. gtg method. using heimdel. using odin. with different stock files. from different websites. including xda. i have tried just about everything to re do the phone. including going back to cm10. and other known working roms. ive *#*#4636#*#* and manually switched to gsm which wont change when i click it it still says unknown.
i dont belive it is a rom problem. i have been overclocked 1300mhz. what else is out there can i try. \
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any help will be very appreciated
Have you by chance odined back to stock then reupgraded to JB? If not I can get you the necessary steps to do so...let me know
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FauxAffliction said:
Have you by chance odined back to stock then reupgraded to JB? If not I can get you the necessary steps to do so...let me know
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yea i went to stock and back to cm10. still nothing. buttt now im unable to do any kinda flashes. im on rooted 2.3.6 threw odin. and no matter what i flash it will say somthing on the lines of failed to find file signature or what ever that code is. i tried changing the cwm in different ways still wont get off the what is it 2.5.2 cwm blue. ive basicly gave up. it seems its to far bricked or whatever the case may be
im sorry i need to correct that. i have not been able to flash to any other roms. i didnt go to stock and then cm10, due the the signature deal on cwm. i was thinking of another time i had problems. so no i have no been able to go to jb after the imei has went unknown
Did you flash a custom kernel to get cwm after going back to stock?
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Did you flash a custom kernel to get cwm after going back to stock?
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im in able to flash anything.....
really? no one can help me?
Are you trying to flash through Odin? Or through CWM?
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Are you trying to flash through Odin? Or through CWM?
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dont know how to flash a cwm threw odin. i tried loading a cwm threw rom manager and manually
kritz84 said:
dont know how to flash a cwm threw odin. i tried loading a cwm threw rom manager and manually
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but im pretty sure the problem isnt with cwm im more interested in why and how to the imei isnt known and how to fix this problem if theres a cure
Download a heimdall one-click or odin back to stock pack. Open either one up and put your phone in download mode:
- turn off and have the usb cable connected to the pc.
- remove and reinsert battery
- hold both volume buttons and connect usb. Phone should now boot into download mode.
Run program and you will be good. Then look for entropy's dd kernel and flash it in download mode to get cwm.
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Download a heimdall one-click or odin back to stock pack. Open either one up and put your phone in download mode:
- turn off and have the usb cable connected to the pc.
- remove and reinsert battery
- hold both volume buttons and connect usb. Phone should now boot into download mode.
Run program and you will be good. Then look for entropy's dd kernel and flash it in download mode to get cwm.
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i guess u didnt read my first post. ive already done that. ive done many things....
but anyway weirdest thing just happend. i have been using my phone via wifi. so its been on a while without a sim card inside of it.
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i noticed i had signal bars. i looked at the imei and its was a number. it was a different iemi then what its supposed to be but there was a imei. baseband was still unknown but anyway i shut the phone done and inserted my sim card. btw its a straight talk sim. and restarted it now im back to unknown imei......
ok so im back on cm10. before i was on cm10 its was giving me the imei which wasnt my original imei. i guess cuz i flashed a efs.tar. but anyway i was able to make a phone call. now im flashed on cm10. and no imei no baseband nothin. i tried flashing the efs again with odin and still nothing. when i do the *#*#4636#*#* it still wont let me switch to gsm. and i cant add a apn.
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ok so im back on cm10. before i was on cm10 its was giving me the imei which wasnt my original imei. i guess cuz i flashed a efs.tar. but anyway i was able to make a phone call. now im flashed on cm10. and no imei no baseband nothin. i tried flashing the efs again with odin and still nothing. when i do the *#*#4636#*#* it still wont let me switch to gsm. and i cant add a apn.
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odin or heimdall back to stock.
follow andros11's guide on how to flash jb
he spent the time to write the guide; spend the same amount to time to read the guide
Seems IMEI was kidnapped about a month after Liquid
Ironically, I seem to have EXACTLY the same issue that this original poster has. I have been flashing my Infuse for a little over a year now and I Flashed Liquid, I'd say about 3 weeks ago, maybe end of November. Everything has been smooth sailing. About a 2 days ago I started noticing that my network would just drop - for no reason. But at first it came back. Ok, no problem, probably just a glitch. However yesterday morning it happened again and then I was without the use of data for most of the day until around 6pm. It came back but the bars were grey but I was able to make a phone call. Once I made another call it did not go through, I tried to hangup and it just hung there. there was nothing I could do to get it to hang up. Rebooting the phone resulted in no bars at all. Nothing, nada, ziltch. So last night I reflash it a couple times and notice that there was an update to Liquid (2.1 beta). cool. I wipe, flash 2.1b and it is beautiful. EXCEPT for the fact that I have no network. wifi works fine, but no carrier whatsoever. GRRRR. I decided to back every thing up (have done so several times in the past), stock back down to 2.3.6. Barebones and all it all looked great until I hung up the phone... Same thing. So I went all Rambo on the phone, wiped it down to the very last compound. AT&T wouldn't know the wiser if they took it from me. Master Reset, wiped files, data, I think I took an IC out with all of the wiping I did... Result? No IMEI, circle with the slash. Upset, disappointed and dejected I slumped back to XDA (after I went on Craigslist feeling my phone was broke) to see if I missed anything. That was where I found some links about missing IMEI. To make a long story short, I DO have an old copy of EFS thanks to QKSTER, but I have no idea how to restore. I swear I have been on this since 6:30am and just now am I finding these threads. Must have gone through about 50 others... Sigh. BTW, along the way of my flashing experience today, my network came back temporarily, but I have not relied on it because I knew it would leave me. Just don't know how to use Heimdall to restore. To make a long story short, using Windows, could someone please help me with how to restore my EFS to see if this would solve my dilemma?
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To make a long story short, I DO have an old copy of EFS thanks to QKSTER, but I have no idea how to restore. I swear I have been on this since 6:30am and just now am I finding these threads. Must have gone through about 50 others... Sigh. BTW, along the way of my flashing experience today, my network came back temporarily, but I have not relied on it because I knew it would leave me. Just don't know how to use Heimdall to restore. To make a long story short, using Windows, could someone please help me with how to restore my EFS to see if this would solve my dilemma?
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What is the format of your EFS folder?
*.zip
*.tar
just a folder?
If you have lost the signal while on JB, see if you can factory reset the phone.
/settings/privacy -reset
Then put it into download mode.
Use the heimdall 1 click uclb3 and flash it once, then without closing heimdall, check the bootloader box and flash it again.
After this, check your imei and band. If it works, no further back up is needed.
If you're still missing the imei, you can flash one of the gb kernel in the second post to get cwm.
Then use the root pack in post #2,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079 to install root and su.
install a root tool like root explorer (remember to toggle the r/o r/w) or adb and copy the /efs into the phone's root efs folder,
reboot
check the baseband.
you can also check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895500
qkster said:
What is the format of your EFS folder?
*.zip
*.tar
just a folder?
So it is in the .tar format that your script backed it up in. Finding another link on the we (which he also linked back to XDA, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021 I was able to take my backup (that I used with your script) and follow his steps -mostly- (my/your backup had a 'root' folder that had the nv_data.bin file in the afs/settings folder while the instructions did not mention that. I followed the backup location settings (which in turn was also the same as the default that I had backed up)) and replace the EFS folder. It still did not restore it in any flash image just like that. Still had the the circle w/slash. However while I was still searching and typing out that loooong last passage I wrote, my phone network came back for a little while. I know this because I began receiving a bunch of texts. I was able to make a phone call. But it still happened again when I made another, it did not go through and when I hung up, it just stayed there looking at me with its grey, blank look. Even killing the phone app did not work. I rebooted back to the same drama.
If you have lost the signal while on JB, see if you can factory reset the phone.
/settings/privacy -reset
I actually was on 2.3.6 using your posts, first the basic rooted flash having to then using the Entropy kernel and then I did the lazy flash that was already rooted and just having to add the vold file to /system/etc/blah/blah. I do want to add that I DID have wifi active at this time and it may not be associated, but the first poster did mention he felt it may have had something to do with it. With wifi on, after awhile of me NOT looking at the phohe (actually doing so made me want to HULK SMASH), the network came on and my texts came in. I was able to look in settings and see ATT, and my IMEI. I was almost finished with my passage to you so I decided to update to Liquid 2.1 beta, but moving up to JB, then to LiquidSmooth. Of course doing so I got the circle w/slash, but wifi started restoring my apps.
Earlier I mentioned that I did a whole rubba dub dub, meaning I did do the /settings/privacy -reset thingy, wiping the phones carcass. I will do it again (at this point nothing to lose), following everything you ask to a 'T'.
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qkster said:
What is the format of your EFS folder?
*.zip
*.tar
just a folder?
If you have lost the signal while on JB, see if you can factory reset the phone.
/settings/privacy -reset
Then put it into download mode.
Done.
Use the heimdall 1 click uclb3 and flash it once, then without closing heimdall, check the bootloader box and flash it again.
Done
After this, check your imei and band. If it works, no further back up is needed.
Sigh, did not do a darn thing. Circle w/slash.
If you're still missing the imei, you can flash one of the gb kernel in the second post to get cwm.
Done.
Then use the root pack in post #2,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079 to install root and su.
install a root tool like root explorer (remember to toggle the r/o r/w) or adb and copy the /efs into the phone's root efs folder,
reboot
check the baseband.
Went in Root Explorer, did the toggle, deleted the contents of efs then copied the contents of my backup into there. Rebooted. Nada.
you can also check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895500
I then was going to try the other link using Odin, but I cannot get Odin to see my phone. I read some thread talking about if I use Heimdall I will have problems using Odin because they use the same ports? How frustrating. The weird part is now that I have the flashed, rooted 2.3.6 image and using wifi, at some point tonight my network may come back on. Or it may not.
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Bugged out, huh?!!???
Dnice808 said:
Bugged out, huh?!!???
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I wasn't sure if there was a question there.
From my experience, flashing to JB (MTD partition) from GB without going through ICS may result in lost of imei.
Sometimes, it just happens. I had very limited experience with JB.
The few methods that I've tried worked for me. Just simply flashing back to stock with a re-partition ( (Heimdall -1-click for me) usually brings back the /efs and imei without doing anything extra.
If you haven't, and if you can, I would try the heimdall-1-click a few times.
If you want to use Odin, you may need to reinstall samsung drivers and use a different usb port on the PC than the one you used for heimdall.
You may also want to check the signal of the phone at your location. you may be getting poor signal and it has nothing to do with the phone's OS
qkster said:
I wasn't sure if there was a question there.
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Me stating that it is bugged out, was me just confirming that it is Weird!
qkster said:
From my experience, flashing to JB (MTD partition) from GB without going through ICS may result in lost of imei.
Sometimes, it just happens. I had very limited experience with JB.
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Ok just to explain myself better. I have been saying that I was going from GB to JB when in fact I meant to say that I was going from GB to ICS. Sorry for that. Also, the reason my responses have looked wacky is that I was trying to select the multi quote button and getting no response. Hopefully this response is a little more organized.
qkster said:
The few methods that I've tried worked for me. Just simply flashing back to stock with a re-partition ( (Heimdall -1-click for me) usually brings back the /efs and imei without doing anything extra.
If you haven't, and if you can, I would try the heimdall-1-click a few times.
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See that is what confuses me too. I have flashed back and forth several times at this point, and sometimes the /efs and imei do come back, but now they have never stayed. It is the only reason why I have tried to pretty much rule out a hardware issue. Even when I flash and there is no imei, there is the same /efs folder. And when I wipe the whole thing sparkling clean, even the newly formed /efs folder has the correct imei but it is just not being recognized on the phone.
qkster said:
If you want to use Odin, you may need to reinstall samsung drivers and use a different usb port on the PC than the one you used for heimdall.
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Of course what I did was accidentally leave my phone home preventing me from testing it out with Odin on another machine. Its all good though.
qkster said:
You may also want to check the signal of the phone at your location. you may be getting poor signal and it has nothing to do with the phone's OS
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I have an AT&T prepaid phone and the sim from the Infuse works in it flawlessly...
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