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Cannot odin stock SGS4G

I tried to flash a rom with CWM but i couldnt mount sd, it gave me an error, then phone would not boot. I got into download mode and am trying to ODIN back to stock, but all i get is the 3e recovery loop. any ideas? in the recovery (3e) after one flashes, it gives: E:cant mount /dev/block/st110; E:delete_files_for_s1_data:cant mount DATA; Cache wipe failed. any help would be appreciated

which rom are you flashing with odin?
open odin 1.7 first on your computer
put your phone in download mode
odin should detect it
use ODIN whitehawkx KC1 found on this page
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554
then just press start and wait for it to finish (approx. 2mins 35secs for me)
when its done, it will reboot you into the blue stock recovery and just reboot it and let the rom load for 10mins or so

i tried the stock KD1, the screen turned all blue one time, and when i threw my sd into my computer, it was in read-only state, and couldnt add or delete any files

Don't do kd1. go into the bible and find the noobs guide to odin. Follow those directions and you should be ok. Let me know how it goes
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should i do KB5 custom or the KD1 + root? also, the kb5 gets hung at modem. I'm following the guide and only putting it in PDA in odin, and no PIT file

I did kb5 and it worked fine for me
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kb5 will not load all the way. kd1 gives me recovery loops. ive gotten kb5 to load, but does recovery loops, never boots into system

ok now try KC1

Kc1 worked
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Kc1 is the best to start with especially if you plan on flashing other roms like team whiskey's bionix roms or team acids icbinb don't forget , read read read.... and Check your mounts ;-)
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Why doesnt kd1 work?
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I think kd1 had a corrupt partition
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Ext4 cwm

My droid charge sits in the blue recovery and I cannot get it back to ext4 cwm or flash anything regardless. I recently had ext4 and I think I somehow tried to flash an rts rom.
I read somewhere its as easy as pie to fix if you flash a red cwm recovery but I don't have one. Any clues. Btw I can't boot into any rom
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flash with odin
CWM-4.0.0.8
http://goo.gl/JMfrR
CWM-4.0.0.8 with a kernel and charge adb enabled:
http://goo.gl/62ZP5

pyrostic said:
My droid charge sits in the blue recovery and I cannot get it back to ext4 cwm or flash anything regardless. I recently had ext4 and I think I somehow tried to flash an rts rom.
I read somewhere its as easy as pie to fix if you flash a red cwm recovery but I don't have one. Any clues. Btw I can't boot into any rom
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Have you tried using ODIN and flashing the latest Gingerbread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179830
Run Odin and pull your Battery. Hold down the Vol Down button then flash GB with ODIN follow the directions to a T. They are posted on the post for the leak.

I'll try this.
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pyrostic said:
My droid charge sits in the blue recovery and I cannot get it back to ext4 cwm or flash anything regardless. I recently had ext4 and I think I somehow tried to flash an rts rom.
I read somewhere its as easy as pie to fix if you flash a red cwm recovery but I don't have one. Any clues. Btw I can't boot into any rom
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This should have been posted in general...Also if u do a lil more reading u can learn alot and be prepared when stuff like this happen...Good luck

Google yielded no results thus far
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Solved by flashing the cwm with kernel. Thanks
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Problem when Rooting! Not Noob Problem! Tried Everything!

Hey Guys, I have the Samsung Galaxy S 4G. I've been trying to root and I've ran into so many problems. I use SuperOneClick. It usually doesn't work or just freezes. Before you call me a noob. Yes I have the Drivers. Yes I've tried different versions of Drivers. Yes I used different versions of SuperOneClick including Latest and Older that have been said to work. Yes I used different exploits for both versions in SuperOneClick. Yes I've ran as Administrator as well. I have Windows 7 32 Bit. I just don't know what's wrong!

Have you tried different USB cables or slots? Sometimes that matters.
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Odin one of drhonks rooted with cwm kernels in the Dev section.
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Yes that definitely would be a good idea. I keep forgetting about those Odin kernels.
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Young Katbodi said:
Hey Guys, I have the Samsung Galaxy S 4G. I've been trying to root and I've ran into so many problems. I use SuperOneClick. It usually doesn't work or just freezes. Before you call me a noob. Yes I have the Drivers. Yes I've tried different versions of Drivers. Yes I used different versions of SuperOneClick including Latest and Older that have been said to work. Yes I used different exploits for both versions in SuperOneClick. Yes I've ran as Administrator as well. I have Windows 7 32 Bit. I just don't know what's wrong!
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Heres the real test if your a noob... Are you trying to root gingerbread with superoneclick?
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dsexton702 said:
Heres the real test if your a noob... Are you trying to root gingerbread with superoneclick?
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Yeah I am... Is that a problem? LOL?

Young Katbodi said:
Yeah I am... Is that a problem? LOL?
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Lol yea superoneclick never rooted GB lol
you can either use the method I found when GB first came out or the easy more up to date technique and flash one of drhonks.gn kernel that will auto root you
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Young Katbodi said:
Yeah I am... Is that a problem? LOL?
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Haha sexton. Yes, can't root Gingerbread on our phones with superoneclick

dsexton702 said:
Lol yea superoneclick never rooted GB lol
you can either use the method I found when GB first came out or the easy more up to date technique and flash one of drhonks.gn kernel that will auto root you
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Wait so I should Stock back to 2.2.1 then upgrade to Valhalla which is 2.3.3?

If your on gb you can Odin one of Dr honks hacked gb kernels to get root and cwm.
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Exodian said:
If your on gb you can Odin one of Dr honks hacked gb kernels to get root and cwm.
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Does that come with ClockWork mod? Also how do I get into adb recovery mode
EDIT: I mean ClockWorkMod.

It comes with cwm
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Exodian said:
It comes with cwm
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Umm.. I just did it in Odin and my phone started speaking and said things such as "Starting re-partition estimated time 3 minutes" I didn't select Re-Partition in Odin. This correct O_O?

Young Katbodi said:
Umm.. I just did it in Odin and my phone started speaking and said things such as "Starting re-partition estimated time 3 minutes" I didn't select Re-Partition in Odin. This correct O_O?
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Welcome to ext4 thats what that means
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Young Katbodi said:
Umm.. I just did it in Odin and my phone started speaking and said things such as "Starting re-partition estimated time 3 minutes" I didn't select Re-Partition in Odin. This correct O_O?
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Okay now it keeps boot looping. The instructions tell me to get into adb recovery mode. I feel stupid and like a noob but how do I do so?

dsexton702 said:
Welcome to ext4 thats what that means
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It's boot looping now. It goes to homescreen scans SD card then reboots. The instructions tell me to do this.
- Install kernel using ODIN version, phone will reboot automatically.
- Go to recovery (adb reboot recovery).
- Disable voodoo
- Reboot
- Install busybox from market
- Go to recovery (adb reboot recovery)
- Enable voodoo
- Reboot
But do I get into adb reboot recovery? I feel like such a noob...
Edit: I used this by the way. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194032

Young Katbodi said:
It's boot looping now. It goes to homescreen scans SD card then reboots. The instructions tell me to do this.
- Install kernel using ODIN version, phone will reboot automatically.
- Go to recovery (adb reboot recovery).
- Disable voodoo
- Reboot
- Install busybox from market
- Go to recovery (adb reboot recovery)
- Enable voodoo
- Reboot
But do I get into adb reboot recovery? I feel like such a noob...
Edit: I used this by the way. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194032
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Here's the translation:
1) flash the kernel in PDA
2) let it boot up; shut down; go into CWM with volume up, volume down, and power
3) once in CWM, Voodoo > turn ext4 off
4) reboot
5) install busybox by Stericson in the market
6) go back to CWM with the same method as before
7) enable Voodoo
8) reboot your ROM and hear Linda convert your file system to ext4. She should say "convert data partition", "convert system partition", and end with "Voodoo lagfix is now activated".
To double check if Voodoo is activated, download the Voodoo app and check to see if ext4 is on /cache, /data, and /system.
Any GB ROM right now could pretty much be flashed over that without a problem.
I hope I helped!

Young Katbodi said:
It's boot looping now. It goes to homescreen scans SD card then reboots. The instructions tell me to do this.
- Install kernel using ODIN version, phone will reboot automatically.
- Go to recovery (adb reboot recovery).
- Disable voodoo
- Reboot
- Install busybox from market
- Go to recovery (adb reboot recovery)
- Enable voodoo
- Reboot
But do I get into adb reboot recovery? I feel like such a noob...
Edit: I used this by the way. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194032
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not trying to be mean here or anything, but i'm some what of a noob here and reading this thread made me feel like a dev. js
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Is there instruction on updating the kernels with Odin. Do I down load both file in the thread. Yes I am a noob to all this, I just upgraded to Gingerbread 2.3.5.

you can just flash the kernel with cwm.
if you really want to use odin, then pda. and that is fine

[Q] rooting questions, device drivers etc..

so i finally decide to grow a pair and root.... how ever when i try to install device drivers it says program unexpectily quit and closes however when i open odin i get a yellow box on teh top that says com something.. i am asuming that is what i need to see in order to see the flash works properly.. second just want to flash a stock rooted rom do a backup and then flash gummy charged newest version with kernal how do i go about doing this want to make sure my i are dotted t's are crossed etc...

bfitzpatrickd2d said:
so i finally decide to grow a pair and root.... how ever when i try to install device drivers it says program unexpectily quit and closes however when i open odin i get a yellow box on teh top that says com something.. i am asuming that is what i need to see in order to see the flash works properly.. second just want to flash a stock rooted rom do a backup and then flash gummy charged newest version with kernal how do i go about doing this want to make sure my i are dotted t's are crossed etc...
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sounds like it's connecting fine.. and you described it right, flash the stock rom in Odin first and boot up to make sure it works or do some minor set-up, then flash the latest 8/17 CWM in Odin and immediately boot into it after, make the backup then flash whatever rom/kernel you want (Gummy 2.0 has one included and will enable voodoo lagfix on first boot)
not that hard once you do it once or twice and kinda learn how it all works and whatnot

do you. mind shooting me a download. link. of stock rom and cwm what about kernals do I need to. flash a kernal or is. that included in stock. rom as well as gummy charged
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what about wiping sd card want to do a clean wipe that is a safe thing as long I format as fat 32 correct?
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
do you. mind shooting me a download. link. of stock rom and cwm what about kernals do I need to. flash a kernal or is. that included in stock. rom as well as gummy charged
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CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112804
Stock (though not the latest as Gummy is based off the slightly older EP1W)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1260214
Gummy 2.0/2.1
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/5643-romep1wcwmgummycharged-gbe-21-10242011/
GB Voodoo Lagfix Kernel (I'd recommend version 3.0.0+)
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/3426-kernel-gb-imoseyon-kernel-stock-repacked-v400-11611/
and no the stock rom does not include a custom voodoo kernel but the Gummy 2.0 package does so it will install the kernel and rom and enable voodoo lagfix on first boot (the Gummy rom package includes version 2.2.5 of that kernel I linked so it's a bit old, you can update it if you want by flashing the new one in CWM afterwards)
bfitzpatrickd2d said:
what about wiping sd card want to do a clean wipe that is a safe thing as long I format as fat 32 correct?
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you don't really need to format the sd card as everything android related (not phone #'s or pictures or anything *you* put on there) will be wiped when you do the wipes in CWM

thanks man so. I am assuming I put. the. stock in the past. section wait. for. reboot. put. kernal in pda. reboot the put the cwm version in there
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and it doesn't matter what baseband I am on currently I just do what is listed above and thought about removing simple just to be safe
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
thanks man so. I am assuming I put. the. stock in the past. section wait. for. reboot. put. kernal in pda. reboot the put the cwm version in there
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no no no stock rom in PDA first, boot up after the flash, power down and connect to Odin again and put CWM in PDA (everything goes in PDA) and flash then unplug phone after it passes and immediately boot into CWM no regular boot up.. then wipe data, dalvik (under advanced) and cache then flash Gummy or rom of your choice (custom rom build must match stock build like stock EP1W with EP1W Gummy 2.0), select reboot phone option and let the kernel activate voodoo lagfix when it boots up (may take a while)... once it starts you'll have a rooted voodoo custom rom, then you can hold the power button down until the reboot options menu comes up and select recovery to proceed to flash the updated kernel if you want
also the modems will be the ones installed with the stock rom, but you can flash new ones in Odin in the PDA section if you want
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thanks man, normally not this causious but dont want to brick again someone linked a video so i will follow that.. sorry gor being a extreme noob ever thoigh im not
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
thanks man, normally not this causious but dont want to brick again someone linked a video so i will follow that.. sorry gor being a extreme noob ever thoigh im not
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lol no problem and yeah its better to be careful at first.. also that guy's videos are good I should've thought to recommend them
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one question if your still around i hope so anyway about the cwm.tar or what ever it is there were a lot of people haveing soft brick and brick issues with this but there was a cwm ver 4.008 will this work all i want to do is flash gummy charged and that is about it.

bfitzpatrickd2d said:
one question if your still around i hope so anyway about the cwm.tar or what ever it is there were a lot of people haveing soft brick and brick issues with this but there was a cwm ver 4.008 will this work all i want to do is flash gummy charged and that is about it.
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yeah that one will work fine, I use it since I don't do nandroid backups much.. I think there's a download link in the OP of that kernel thread at rootzwiki
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sweet thanks
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last time i flashed a rom for some reason the stock. recovery overwrote. cwm anything that you know. of that i can do. to avoid this in future?
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
last time i flashed a rom for some reason the stock. recovery overwrote. cwm anything that you know. of that i can do. to avoid this in future?
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probably because the rom didn't include a custom kernel or for whatever reason it didn't make it work.. flash or reflash a custom kernel and there won't be any more problems
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[Q] Trying to flash CWM

So here is my dilemma. I have the Galaxy S4g the stock firmware version 2.3.6 gingerbread. Since this update, my phone has become less and less stable. I therefore would like to try out some custom roms. I have my device rooted using superoneclick root.
Tried to flash CWM Final, following the instructions, including pasting recovery in the system/bin folder. Further research led me to the understanding that just using this method will not work with a device running 2.3.6.
Problem one, was when I tried to paste the recovery file, there was not in the /bin folder. I did notice that the recovery file is in the root directory of the phone. Can I replace this recovery file with the modified one in the root directory, and then will this allow me to flash CWM ?
If not, is it possible to even flash cwm onto the GS4G? IF so, I am sure that there is a how to out there somewhere.
Some help would be greatly appreciated here.
Deckard67

Flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380331

Try flashing the KJ1 Dr honk kernel with Odin in the following link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194032
I feel its the fastest way to get cwm then in cwm you can flash whatever rom you want and then flash bhund kernel as mentioned above.
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erikmm said:
Try flashing the KJ1 Dr honk kernel with Odin in the following link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194032
I feel its the fastest way to get cwm then in cwm you can flash whatever rom you want and then flash bhund kernel as mentioned above.
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Liberate youself from the evil path of Odin, and learn Heimdall.
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FBis251 said:
Flash this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380331
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I think fb meant: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20067583
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I had the same issue. recovery goes in sysbin folder.
next make sure the rom you eventually would like to use is in your root.
next you'll have to use heimedall and flash the appropriate kernal (kj6 is what I used, from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380331
reboot after that and make your necessary changes to the mount system as required by the dev of your desired rom, and follow their instructions to flash.

bhundven said:
Liberate youself from the evil path of Odin, and learn Heimdall.
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Lol +1
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