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Flashing using windows in emulator...?

Does anyone have any experience using an windows emulator on a non-windows OS for example WINE or Parallels or VMware? I think it would work better than using vista for sure but I just wondered if anyone had tried it. I might just give it a shot if no one has. Any thoughts? Thanks again guys.

I use XP in VMWare. Just a lot easier than dealing with the incompatibilities with Vista. The only odd thing about it is the USB connection is sometimes a little fiddly.

StodgyWaif said:
I use XP in VMWare. Just a lot easier than dealing with the incompatibilities with Vista. The only odd thing about it is the USB connection is sometimes a little fiddly.
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Yea I use VMware as well and I figured as long as it takes usb priority in VMware. Besides if it doesn't work I have windows XP machines I can flash it on. Would just be more convenient on my mac.

VirtualBox @ Ubuntu works for me

Well I gave it a shot and flashing back to tmobile's wm5 rom worked fine but when I tried to flash anything wm6 using VMware it failed. I assume its probably due to the usb framping out. I couldn't get it to work. Weird.

Please help a, gosh, a newb

I have a MAC. I'm using VM Fusion on with Windows XP for the virtual machine.
I want to go I9000 (sick of app limitations and ATT in general).
I cannot for the life of me get the Samsung USB drivers to work on my Windows side of the MAC. I've tried install, re-install over and over. I've tried, and have, both versions of the Samsung drivers that are out there.
I have the ODIN program and all the stuff needed to get the i9000 on my phone.
My phone goes to down load mode.
I've been at this 8 HOURS and am about to break a 32" lcd monitor!!!!
Please.... I will take any suggestions on how to get my phone to connect on Windows XP.

i'm not sure what the compatability is for emulating windows but i did have problems installing my drivers on my pc (win XP) and my solution was kies from samsung. it automatically installed the drivers for me. it can be found at samsung.com.

Sorry..... a little anxious, frustrated, and well.... you get the point.
Thanks.... I am getting KIES right now....

talking like that won't get you help any faster...
edit: yeppers, trust me, i get you.

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Yes I know.... thx again..
Breath, drink, don't break the monitor, keep trying..... the now 9 hours will pay off!!!

lol, did it work for you?

Downloading now...
Of course the download is taking forever. Normally I can download around 200 MB in a minute or two... this 136 MB file is going at the rate of about 39 KB/sec..
Grin and bear it right? Man I hope this works!
Will update this with results.....

40k a sec...wow, i'm sorry man...that makes me want a drink now.

chaosjh said:
40k a sec...wow, i'm sorry man...that makes me want a drink now.
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Just the kind of day it's been.... I no sooner type the speed of download and hit post.... sure as sh*t the thing has downloaded already.
The Kies installer will open, and the progress bar is indicating the files are extracting and then it just dead ends me....
Gotta play around with it I guess..

ever think about dual boot instead of emulating? or maybe in addition to. or can mac's do that? kies installed fine for me, sorry man, idk...
hey i was also thinking about this, how does your setup send the fact that your phone is connected to the emulated xp instead of just iOS? maybe stupid question, but i thought i'd ask

pdxrealtor said:
I have a MAC. I'm using VM Fusion on with Windows XP for the virtual machine.
I want to go I9000 (sick of app limitations and ATT in general).
I cannot for the life of me get the Samsung USB drivers to work on my Windows side of the MAC. I've tried install, re-install over and over. I've tried, and have, both versions of the Samsung drivers that are out there.
I have the ODIN program and all the stuff needed to get the i9000 on my phone.
My phone goes to down load mode.
I've been at this 8 HOURS and am about to break a 32" lcd monitor!!!!
Please.... I will take any suggestions on how to get my phone to connect on Windows XP.
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im in the same page yesterday when I got my captivate.. im just wondering why go with the I9000 stock firmware(too much hassle) if you can just use the unleash the beast

chaosjh said:
ever think about dual boot instead of emulating? or maybe in addition to. or can mac's do that? kies installed fine for me, sorry man, idk...
hey i was also thinking about this, how does your setup send the fact that your phone is connected to the emulated xp instead of just iOS? maybe stupid question, but i thought i'd ask
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Hey that is a great idea, the booting up just the windows side... I've never done it but I think there is a native Mac app called boot camp.
As of now, it seems like the first kies file I downloaded was corrupt. I downloaded again and now it is actually installing the software.
My virtual machine sees the Android phone, and then Windows picks it up but errors it out as an unknown USB device. No matter where I point the XP device to for driver files it won't pick them up.
On the Mac side... it just shows up in Finder once mounted.

Hey OP, I had the same problem as you and I just ended up going the Bootcamp route. For whatever reason VMware Fusion with Win7 does not want to recognize the Captivate. I know its not much help and having to go with bootcamp instead of a VM does kinda suck but the bright side is that you can always open up your bootcamp partition with VMware Fusion while in OSX if you need quick access to Windows.

Kind of topic, but how do you access boot camp with VM Fusion from the Mac OS?
I only use windows for IE, as I visit websites that only work with that browser.
Anyways... sure as sh*t this morning I wake up and get the old xp laptop out, download the Samsung Capitave drivers and instantly hook my phone up.
So.... an entire day wasted on trying to connect my phone to XP virtual machine. Gotta laugh .... right?

Linux on Microsoft Surface

I'm wondering if you can run Ubuntu or any kind of Linux. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.

HTCEvoHaxx said:
I'm wondering if you can run Ubuntu or any kind of Linux. Any comments or suggestions would be appreciated.
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Yes of course you can run Ubuntu, I have it right now on my Surface... :good:
Or wait, maybe we should wait till the device is actually out so we can check what can be done?
And if you want any kind of Linux tablet... try Android

Yeah this is something we will not know till people can get there hands on a device. The chances are no as its rumoured the bootloader will be locked and windows has no forum of chroot...but maybe in a virtual machine
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Secure Boot should be able to be turned off on the Surface Pro. Then you have a regular UEFI based boot loader which should allow Linux to run without problems (UEFI boot code is part of Linux through the Itanium support as Itanium always has been using UEFI).
For the Surface RT it will be locked so without cracking it open neither Ubuntu nor Android will be able to run on it.

It is more likely that Microsoft this time is taking the Apple model and putting it to practise. It is a hardware with software specifically fine-tuned as an appliance (i.e. total combo, seamless experience) both developed by the same developer. So it is unlikely that they would allow, at least officially, alternative operating systems to boot up. It may be possible but not trivial.
All this speculation, however, is pure nonsense

Q? Odin software compatibility?

I've been using Odin on my Windows xp layout since I've been using it, now I'm getting a new pc/laptop and most come with Windows 8 (I've never used it) can anyone tell me if odin is compatible with Windows 8 or a list of Windows versions it is compatible with? I need to make sure I get a computer I'll be able to use it with...or any suggestions on the best os for programs like odin and gimp etc..I know a lot more about phones than computers and people at pc does are pretty clueless so I don't know what I'm looking for...any help or advice is appreciated
Sent from my blackened liquid galaxy

ice.candi said:
I've been using Odin on my Windows xp layout since I've been using it, now I'm getting a new pc/laptop and most come with Windows 8 (I've never used it) can anyone tell me if odin is compatible with Windows 8 or a list of Windows versions it is compatible with? I need to make sure I get a computer I'll be able to use it with...or any suggestions on the best os for programs like odin and gimp etc..I know a lot more about phones than computers and people at pc does are pretty clueless so I don't know what I'm looking for...any help or advice is appreciated
Sent from my blackened liquid galaxy
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odin worked fine for me in windows 8.
However if your not used to win8 it can be annoying. I ended up switching back to win7.

Thanks...want sure what system it worked up to...I'm prob going for Windows 7...never used 7 or 8 but I just don't like the looks and way it seems like 8 works...too geared to social media seems like to me
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Question Linux User Question

Hello Everyone,
It's been a couple devices since my last Galaxy. Previously had the 1+8Pro and the P3XL before that. When I had the SGS4 I had a Windows PC and Odin. Now I have a Linux box and know I now have to get Hiemdall. Any advice on version info and anything else that would be beneficial to have?
Current setup is Linux Mint with KDE desktop but I'm thinking it's time for a change.

Here I am still excited about Linux Mint.
Naturally, updated and equipped with the latest version of OS and applications.
When I discovered Android as an operating system in December, by delving into the smartphone a bit more….instead of just using it, I noticed that Linux is very closely related to Android.
This means among other things, that Heimdall works fine, but I still found it very difficult to understand and requires a lot of study and patience. (maybe because I used older phones to learn)
You might be interested in taking a look at Wine... then you can make Linux and Windows work together.
Also is Linux very well capable of running a Virtual Machine.
Linux, which today bears strong resemblance to Ubuntu, does have excellent support for ADB and the other necessary programs.
Just some thoughts. Sincerely.

I went to a Linux environment for the simple reason of easier interaction with an Android device. Under Windows there was almost always some type of issue. From drivers to programs not working right. With Linux there's none of that. Makes looking for a "way in" easier, too.
I was hoping for an answer like "get version X from here" but since posting my question I've found a couple. The new device will be here today. I'll be doing a repo/compile from Git and reacquainting myself with Hiemdall.

FernBch said:
Hello Everyone,
It's been a couple devices since my last Galaxy. Previously had the 1+8Pro and the P3XL before that. When I had the SGS4 I had a Windows PC and Odin. Now I have a Linux box and know I now have to get Hiemdall. Any advice on version info and anything else that would be beneficial to have?
Current setup is Linux Mint with KDE desktop but I'm thinking it's time for a change.
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Have you successfully used Hiemdall to root your S22 Ultra?

I have a carrier locked device and can't root. I repoed and compiled but haven't used it yet. I want to switch over to the U1 firmware.