Problem when Rooting! Not Noob Problem! Tried Everything! - Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)

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

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Dumb question for ya

Can someone tell me what cwm stands for. I would like to install the updated infused rom over my 1.5 version but for what I've read they said not to use rom manager but to do it in cwm
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Clockwork mod. They're the devs of rom manager.
So your statement makes no sense to not use ROM Manager but to use CWM...
Evo SHIFT
Enraged21 said:
Clockwork mod. They're the devs of rom manager.
So your statement makes no sense to not use ROM Manager but to use CWM...
Evo SHIFT
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Your right, it doesn't but that's what I read...I think. Ill go back and copy what I read.
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Rom manager uses green cwm more for non voodoo Roms. Red cwm is more geared toward voodoo enabled roms
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That's what I read.
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tyshemi said:
Rom manager uses green cwm more for non voodoo Roms. Red cwm is more geared toward voodoo enabled roms
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So what's the best way to flash the updated rom over my 1.5.
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nash2000 said:
That's what I read.
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If you want to know how to get into red cwm, simply hold the power button and press on "Recovery" or manually do it by fully powering down ur phone. And then hold both volume buttons down and hold the power button. When the samsung logo appears, let go of the power button and itll boot into red cwm.
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nash2000 said:
So what's the best way to flash the updated rom over my 1.5.
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Red cwm
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CWM installed via ROM Manager is the same as any other CWM for our phone. CWM means ClockWorkMod Recovery.
However, for whatever reason, when accessing CWM by using "Recovery" from the poweroff menu (only on custom ROMs, not stock to my knowledge) and via the trick mentioned above (Although I think it's either VolUp or VolDown only when powering up - both leads you to bootloader mode, aka Odin downloader mode), the text of CWM is red. AKA "red CWM".
When you enter Recovery via ROM Manager, you get Green CWM (all text is green) - Don't know what the difference is or why there is one.
Rule of thumb. If you are on stock, you may flash any rom from Green cwm and via rom manager.
If you are on any Voodoo enabled rom with lagfix (which all of these custom roms are), DO NOT EVER use Rom manager to flash anything. It flashes from green cwm, and you will brick.
Manually copy the ROM to your SD card and boot into red CWM, and flash from there.
hoofadoo said:
Rule of thumb. If you are on stock, you may flash any rom from Green cwm and via rom manager.
If you are on any Voodoo enabled rom with lagfix (which all of these custom roms are), DO NOT EVER use Rom manager to flash anything. It flashes from green cwm, and you will brick.
Manually copy the ROM to your SD card and boot into red CWM, and flash from there.
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but WHAT IF you're on a stock rom.. and you boot into recovery from rom manager? lol
bradbusa said:
but WHAT IF you're on a stock rom.. and you boot into recovery from rom manager? lol
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Ummm. As i stated, in the first line of my response, you may flash from the recovery in rom manager...
hoofadoo said:
Ummm. As i stated, in the first line of my response, you may flash from the recovery in rom manager...
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lol i'm just being ornery
hoofadoo said:
Ummm. As i stated, in the first line of my response, you may flash from the recovery in rom manager...
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Hoofa LOL whats this LOL. I'm edumacated now lol
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Well not that I really know what I'm doing but, I just open rom manager and down load the rom and follow the prompts. I flashed 3 infused roms this way. currently on 1.5.2 never really payed attention to the color of the text. Am I doing it wrong? Lol
jayson94538 said:
If you want to know how to get into red cwm, simply hold the power button and press on "Recovery" or manually do it by fully powering down ur phone. And then hold both volume buttons down and hold the power button. When the samsung logo appears, let go of the power button and itll boot into red cwm.
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Or download Quickboot. When I select "boot to recovery" using Quickboot it always takes me to "red" recovery.
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bradbusa said:
lol i'm just being ornery
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lol i just thought you were being stupid... sorry
hoofadoo said:
Rule of thumb. If you are on stock, you may flash any rom from Green cwm and via rom manager.
If you are on any Voodoo enabled rom with lagfix (which all of these custom roms are), DO NOT EVER use Rom manager to flash anything. It flashes from green cwm, and you will brick.
Manually copy the ROM to your SD card and boot into red CWM, and flash from there.
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Can I do all of this from my phone?
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nash2000 said:
Can someone tell me what cwm stands for. I would like to install the updated infused rom over my 1.5 version but for what I've read they said not to use rom manager but to do it in cwm
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if this hasnt been properly cleared up clockworkmod developed cloclworkmod recovery and rom manager. cwm recovery can be used independant of rom manager. rom manager is just an app to access the features of cwm recovery when the phone is booted. but using any of those features will cause the phone to reboot into cwm recovery to complete the action. rom manager also has an interface to download roms and make unique names for your backups.
there are many versions of cwm recovery. some use edify scripting, some use amend scripting. there the infuse uses the same versions of cwm recovery as the i9000. but there is also red cwm recovery which is modded with controls for voodoo lagfix and is integrated into voodoo enabled kernels. if you have a voodoo kenrel installed you have red cwm and should be able to get to it from rom manager, but it may try to launch the update.zip instead.
rom manager is not needed, it is totally optional. having rom manager doesnt automatically give you green cwm recovery. you still need to flash it. (unless you have a voodoo kernel)
Dani897 said:
if this hasnt been properly cleared up clockworkmod developed cloclworkmod recovery and rom manager. cwm recovery can be used independant of rom manager. rom manager is just an app to access the features of cwm recovery when the phone is booted. but using any of those features will cause the phone to reboot into cwm recovery to complete the action. rom manager also has an interface to download roms and make unique names for your backups.
there are many versions of cwm recovery. some use edify scripting, some use amend scripting. there the infuse uses the same versions of cwm recovery as the i9000. but there is also red cwm recovery which is modded with controls for voodoo lagfix and is integrated into voodoo enabled kernels. if you have a voodoo kenrel installed you have red cwm and should be able to get to it from rom manager, but it may try to launch the update.zip instead.
rom manager is not needed, it is totally optional. having rom manager doesnt automatically give you green cwm recovery. you still need to flash it. (unless you have a voodoo kernel)
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All I have is infused 1.5, I haven't installed a differnet kernal. So do toy think I have green cwm
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[Kernel][GB][KG4/KG6/KH2/KI1/KI3/KJ1] Stock Kernel + CWM + Voodoo EXT4 Lagfix

These are modded stock kernel from all gingerbread leak. I didn't change anything to these kernel, they are pure stock but did added few mods to it.
Things I added:
- CWM Recovery (Voodoo Red).
- Voodoo lagfix (it will convert /system, /data, and /cache partition to ext4 during first boot)
- Auto root (kernel will automatically root your GB ROM if its not rooted and install superuser.apk)
Installation procedure for RAW LEAK version:
- 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
ODIN version:
stock+Voodoo-T959VKG4.tar
stock+Voodoo-T959VKG6.tar
stock+Voodoo-T959VKH2.tar
stock+Voodoo-T959VKI1.tar
stock+Voodoo-T959VKI3.tar
stock+Voodoo-T959VKJ1.tar
CWM Flashable:
stock+Voodoo-T959VKG4-unsigned-update.zip
stock+Voodoo-T959VKG6-unsigned-update.zip
stock+Voodoo-T959VKH2-unsigned-update.zip
stock+Voodoo-T959VKI1-unsigned-update.zip
stock+Voodoo-T959VKI3-unsigned-update.zip
stock+Voodoo-T959VKJ1-unsigned-update.zip
Great work as usual dr. honk!
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ty honk as per usual
great work
Brilliant thank you dr honk and team whiskey!
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Thanks man for the hard work..
but have a problem do you flash this in phone,pda, or bootloader i tried all 4 option and it doesnt move what so ever
CozzaFrenzyy said:
Brilliant thank you dr honk and team whiskey!
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This is awesome drhonk is a genius.
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Oh man...!!!! Now I have to flash kg4 bootloaders
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Now im at a totally balnk screen still in download mode took the battery out put it back in and its a black screen still in DM..
Actually where can i find the bootloaders? I flashed hawks deodexed sans the bootloaders. will I have to extract from original leak? Or should I still be on froyo cause I can't get into recovery on this rom
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im flashing back to KD1 then ill flash the debloated version then ill odin this kernal see if that works
Damn! Now I have to switch to Gingerbread. Great work drhonk!
Thank You! You are the Man!
So... my kernel flash failed, and I got the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue." message... Am I screwed? or should I still be able to enter download mode?
EDIT: Scratch that, it took a bit, but my phone appeared in Odin again. No worries
DOUBLE EDIT: This just flashes in the 'PDA' field right? I'm not doing anything wrong?
AThis sounds like good news, if only i understood what most of the stuff meant. Can someone give me accurate, precise directions on flashing this, it would be greatly appreciated. Current info: I'm on balil 3.3UV kernel, ICBINB, and kf2 modem. Thanks for all the help awesome community! Thanks to drhonk for making this kernel too!
mine still hangs wen i try to odin this file
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mine still hangs wen i try to odin this file
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That's what's happening to me. I wonder... if we replace the one in the leak and flash that, should it work?
Truly brilliant work drhonk. Thank you once again for your superior dev work on this phone.
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Truly brilliant work drhonk. Thank you once again for your superior dev work on this phone.
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I'm assuming that it worked perfectly for you?
which slot does this get flashed from bootloader, pda, phone, or csc
drhonk said:
This is a modded stock kernel from the latest gingerbread leak, UVKG4. I didn't change anything to the kernel, it's pure stock but did added few mods to it. In theory .. this kernel should work with any GB leak for SGS4G as long as you're still on Froyo bootloader or KG4 bootloader, otherwise you won't be able to get to recovery.
Things I added:
- CWM Recovery (Voodoo Red).
- Voodoo lagfix (it will convert /system, /data, and /cache partition to ext4 during first boot)
- Auto root (kernel will automatically root your GB ROM if its not rooted and install superuser.apk)
NOTE:
This is ODIN file, use ODIN to flash this kernel .. if you don't know how, google it.
T959VUVKG4_Kernel_CWM_Voodoo.tar
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Humans, (and some others),
To flash. Put it into PDA on ODIN, or extract it and put the zImage in Heimdall.
Thanks
airfluip1 said:
Humans, (and some others),
To flash. Put it into PDA on ODIN, or extract it and put the zImage in Heimdall.
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Cannot root with Cwm

I am having issues with rooting via kernal. I tried to flash a kernal with Cwm but it would just hang. Pulled battery and tried again. It may be a problem with Cwm? Could someone tell me what color latest cwm should be and is it supposed to have a back up option on it? Tia!
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cookemandan said:
I am having issues with rooting via kernal. I tried to flash a kernal with Cwm but it would just hang. Pulled battery and tried again. It may be a problem with Cwm? Could someone tell me what color latest cwm should be and is it supposed to have a back up option on it? Tia!
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latest CWM is the orange 4.0.1.4 version... if you're having problems rooting just flash a superuser.zip, search the dev section for it as myself and others have posted it recently
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Thanks. When. I flashed cwm yesterday it said passed but I now have a blue recovery and it says something about samsung recovery which I am assuming is the stock recovery. I will try to reflash again when I am near a windows machine.
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cookemandan said:
Thanks. When. I flashed cwm yesterday it said passed but I now have a blue recovery and it says something about samsung recovery which I am assuming is the stock recovery. I will try to reflash again when I am near a windows machine.
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use this CWM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112804 and flash the attached superuser.zip
Thanks dude is will try it when I get some time!
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OK I tried to reflash cwm with odin with more times with different usb ports and a stock cable. Once with auto reboot and once without and both times said success and both times I booted into recovery and it is the stock recovery! This phone is no og droid that is for sure! Any suggestions? All I really want is pb and j to kill bloatware if the new update is coming soon now that Steve kondik is with samsung I will just wait!
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OK I tried to reflash cwm with odin with more times with different usb ports and a stock cable. Once with auto reboot and once without and both times said success and both times I booted into recovery and it is the stock recovery! This phone is no og droid that is for sure! Any suggestions? All I really want is pb and j to kill bloatware if the new update is coming soon now that Steve kondik is with samsung I will just wait!
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ok well this should do it:
1. power off phone and take out battery
2. open odin on your pc
3. hold volume down button and connect to pc, should show download mode and should show up in odin, let go of volume down
4. put battery back in, uncheck 'auto reboot' and put the CWM file in PDA
5. push start and let odin flash the file, should only take a few seconds
6. unplug phone from pc, then remove battery
7. put battery back in
8. hold volume up, home button and power button until you see 'Samsung' then let go of power button
that should get you into CWM and you can work from there, since you don't have a custom kernel to make CWM 'stick' on your phone do not let the phone boot up or you will need to odin CWM again... you basically get one try with it
That must be my problem i will try
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I am flashing the kernal via cwm should I still flash the SU file or will PBJ keep root access?
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That must be my problem i will try
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I am flashing the kernal via cwm should I still flash the SU file or will PBJ keep root access?
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it should root you but in case it doesn't no big deal just flash the superuser.zip
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It rooted fine without thanks again!
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unable to load su zip file using CWM
The phone is a charge with CWM 4.0.1.4 installed. When attempting install su 2.3.6.3 efgh from the sd card with CWM the result is an error message relating to bad package.
Has anyone had success with this su ? Thanks Dan
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The phone is a charge with CWM 4.0.1.4 installed. When attempting install su 2.3.6.3 efgh from the sd card with CWM the result is an error message relating to bad package.
Has anyone had success with this su ? Thanks Dan
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might have been a bad download, maybe re-download and try again
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Bricked Phone

My son bricked his phone last night! I'm not familiar with samsung and odin at all. I have an evo and I'm always installing roms on my phone, so I'm aware of the process. Can someone please explain to me how to fix his device using odin. I have already installed the proper drivers and odin software. I'm not sure of what rom or where to get a stock rom from. I also dont know the process or steps to begin usin odin.
Thanks
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554
That link will provide you with the answers you need.
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from that link, go to the op, find the noobs guide to Odin and follow that. if you want, you can Odin to a different ROM. But I would suggest sticking with a froyo one until you know what you are doing
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+1 on froyo...
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One you Odin a ROM, Odin Bali 3.3, run ext4 converter and flash bionix frost or icbinb froyo. Or black ice.
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I ran odin and used many types of rom and I keep getting a cache fail at the very end.
The repartition checked in Odin?
And kc1?
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Use heimdall and don't flash the cache
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gears1979 said:
I ran odin and used many types of rom and I keep getting a cache fail at the very end.
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take out your battery and sim card. then flash KB5 in Odin. make sure your battery is over 15% as well. let me know how it goes. we'll figure it out
Ok odin worked. But now its stuck on the boot image. I can boot into recovery but when I restart my sons phone, it gets stuck at the boot image. Im not sure what I'm doing wrong.
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If your bootlooped Odin didn't work. Download this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193751
and this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1195878
odin it the first one
you'll boot to cwm
go to voodoo
disable lagfix and system.
factory reset clear cache
reboot.
put the second one on the root of your sd card
reboot recovery
flash audiophile(if your son like music he'll dig it).
Hope that works for you.
EDited to give audiophile some love
jager555 said:
One you Odin a ROM, Odin Bali 3.3, run ext4 converter and flash bionix frost or icbinb froyo. Or black ice.
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or u can flash audiophile roms
or u can flash audiophile roms
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people still use those. SO last week. He says running audio ftw.
Just trying to point the guy in the get my phone fixed direction. I'll edit the post and make sure he boots to audio!
when they are talking about mounting, what does that mean. I see it in recocery, but when i select it, nothing happens.
Ok, I flashed the rom in recovery and it just sits on the splash screen. It's not boot looping, just sitting on the splash screen.
look up the noobs guide to odin in the bible and follow that. you should be up and running after that.

[Q] CWM Signature Verification Error?

When I try to flash CWM, I get a signature verification fail error. I replaced the recovery binary but it still won't work.
I am using this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1139326
Does anyone know a fix for this?
The link is broken... Have tried to Odin one of Dr Honk's kernels?
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The link is working again. It looks like that kernel needs adb to access recovery, which I haven't been able to get to work. Do you have any other ideas?
Eraser310 said:
The link is working again. It looks like that kernel needs adb to access recovery, which I haven't been able to get to work. Do you have any other ideas?
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I'm not sure what you mean by this. Are you just trying to get it into recovery? If so, do you have the Android software developer kit (SDK) installed? The SDK includes the adb binary. Download it, install it, then open a command prompt, cd to the 'platform-tools' directory where the SDK installed, insure your phone is on & plugged in via USB, and issues the command: adb reboot recovery.
If I'm off-base with what you're trying to accomplish, my apologies.
Eraser310 said:
When I try to flash CWM, I get a signature verification fail error. I replaced the recovery binary but it still won't work.
I am using this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1139326
Does anyone know a fix for this?
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Don't use a KFx rom, the KF1 and KF2 versions of Gingerbread were really buggy and will give you more trouble than they're worth. You're better off flashing Octane, Valhalla or ICBINB which get updated frequently.
FBis251 said:
Don't use a KFx rom, the KF1 and KF2 versions of Gingerbread were really buggy and will give you more trouble than they're worth. You're better off flashing Octane, Valhalla or ICBINB which get updated frequently.
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Which also means that you need to flash a KG4 leak or newer for the proper GB bootloaders. If not, you'll get a rainbow screen.
Similar Problem
Hey Guys,
I had a similar problem. I am using Fire Expert to overwrite the new recovery to the \system\bin folder. However, I realized my mistake was that I did not mount as r/w. After I did that though and I held the volume up, down and power, I stay stuck at the initial splash screen and can't go into the stock recovery screen. I can't boot regularly either; I have to Odin recover. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
apodictic said:
Hey Guys,
I had a similar problem. I am using Fire Expert to overwrite the new recovery to the \system\bin folder. However, I realized my mistake was that I did not mount as r/w. After I did that though and I held the volume up, down and power, I stay stuck at the initial splash screen and can't go into the stock recovery screen. I can't boot regularly either; I have to Odin recover. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Overwriting the old recovery and putting the update.zip file on the sdcard for CWM Final was for Froyo ROMs only, not Gingerbread (GB) ones. What ROM are you currently on?
In order to get into recovery since flashing the GB boot loaders I have to:
Power off the phone
Hold down Volume Up, Volume Down, and the Power button
When the Galaxy S screen comes on, wait a second, it'll get a tad bit brighter. When that happens let go of only the Power button
Wait a few seconds and you should be in recovery
Sounds like you might be a bit goofed at this point, though. If you were on GB before I'd suggest using one of the ROMs in bhundven's The KJ6 Heimdall One-Click Collection. The last one in the list will also give you root, CWM, and voodoo lagfix.
Hey. Thanks for the quick reply.
I am currently on Froyo, Kernal version 2.6.32.9.
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apodictic said:
Hey. Thanks for the quick reply.
I am currently on Froyo, Kernal version 2.6.32.9.
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Weird. All you should have to do is put the updated recovery in /system/bin & put the update.zip on the root of the sdcard.
What is the current state of the phone? I know in the previous post you said you would have to use ODIN to recover. Did you do that?
Yes I did use Odin to recover. I did it following the link provided in the sgs4g 10 commandments. This is the second time I recovered. After I recovered he first time, I tried the process again and the same thing happened: stuck at the initial splash screen.
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apodictic said:
Yes I did use Odin to recover. I did it following the link provided in the sgs4g 10 commandments. This is the second time I recovered. After I recovered he first time, I tried the process again and the same thing happened: stuck at the initial splash screen.
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Which step in the 10 Commandments did you follow to recover in ODIN?
What's the current status of the phone?
This is the Odin tutorial I used.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001759
Also, I am not too sure what you mean by the current state/status of my phone.
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apodictic said:
This is the Odin tutorial I used.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001759
Also, I am not too sure what you mean by the current state/status of my phone.
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Just wondering if your phone is currently working or not. I wasn't sure given that you reflashed with ODIN.
Yes everything is fine right now. Lucky all of my settings and apps were still there after following that tutorial.
Perhaps file expert doesn't work?
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apodictic said:
Yes everything is fine right now. Lucky all of my settings and apps were still there after following that tutorial.
Perhaps file expert doesn't work?
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I've not used it but if it allows you to mount /system read/write, then it should work fine as long as you're putting the 'recovery' file in /system/bin & the update.zip on the root of the sdcard.
If you try it again then reboot into recovery, what happens?
FBis251 said:
Don't use a KFx rom, the KF1 and KF2 versions of Gingerbread were really buggy and will give you more trouble than they're worth. You're better off flashing Octane, Valhalla or ICBINB which get updated frequently.
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can you help me ?
my xperia play literally cant flash at all i go to recovery mode and try to install a rom but it aborts it and says signature error ive tried around 5 roms what shall i do please some one help me
ive tried everything and im a noob i dont know how to flash properly so please be very descriptive pleaseeee
UKemal said:
can you help me ?
my xperia play literally cant flash at all i go to recovery mode and try to install a rom but it aborts it and says signature error ive tried around 5 roms what shall i do please some one help me
ive tried everything and im a noob i dont know how to flash properly so please be very descriptive pleaseeee
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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21272961

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