was trying to flash one of the new gb betas from one of the not quite as new betas without doing the wipes. now i have the random colored pixel of death screen. probably doesnt help that i was below 15% either. im charging then gonna try a 2.1 or 2.2 odin restore.
let this be a learning experience for those who are trying to flash. make sure your battery is at least 50% (doesnt take but 20 or 30 minutes to get there from nothing) and make sure you wipe your cache/dalv before anything else. the options are within recovery mode. if you dont know how to do it, do enough research to make sure you know how to do it in your sleep.
well, after a 10 minute charge, i tried again, flashing jf6. i can now get into 2e. gonna let it charge for a half hour or so from the wall then try again with the latest beta.
Charging had nothing to do with it, you didn't flash GB bootloaders with the ROM.
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b-eock said:
Charging had nothing to do with it, you didn't flash GB bootloaders with the ROM.
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nope, of corse i didnt, because i already had the i897 att gb boot loaders from kh3. no need to take that extra risk when i already have them. but i never clarified that so my bad.
running I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 (odin 1 click) twice fixed everything.
there are other cases on these forums though of the same issue, all suggesting that the lack of charge was the issue.
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nope, of corse i didnt, because i already had the i897 att gb boot loaders from kh3. no need to take that extra risk when i already have them. but i never clarified that so my bad.
running I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 (odin 1 click) twice fixed everything.
there are other cases on these forums though of the same issue, all suggesting that the lack of charge was the issue.
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FYI: Any leak after KF1 doesn't have the full BL's in it. So unless you are on a previous leak of GB for the Captivate, you have to flash BL's again!
That puts you back on stock eclair BL, you will need to flash KF1 bootloaders(the AT&T GB BL) and then your Preferred ROM.
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BloodSkin said:
nope, of corse i didnt, because i already had the i897 att gb boot loaders from kh3. no need to take that extra risk when i already have them. but i never clarified that so my bad.
running I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 (odin 1 click) twice fixed everything.
there are other cases on these forums though of the same issue, all suggesting that the lack of charge was the issue.
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The charge doesn't have the pixel effect you had, that was all due to having incompatible BL's
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Well, since you flashed jf6 (twice), you sure don't have GB bootloaders now. Use either cezar's one click bootloader package, or the full Odin version in my sig.
This has happened to me once - when I tried flashing the latest (as of two days ago) Platypus kernel over a Miui 1.10 installation.
My protocol to overcome this has been standard since I started playing around with ROMs:
1) 1-click restore using Odin (thank heaven I have one computer still running Windows).
2) Flash to GB bootloaders using the procedure described on the Serendipity VII site.
3) Re-flash the ROM.
Hasn't failed so far.
why do people still flash jf6? thats retarded.
What would you suggest in place of jf6?
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What would you suggest in place of jf6?
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Something with up to date bootloaders, like any of the gingerbread leaks. Flashing old bootloaders only forces you to flash new bootloaders again... flashing bootloaders is the most dangerous part of flashing. Why not try and avoid flashing them as much as possible?
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Here it goes,
My phone had everything working including 3-button combo.
I successfully upgraded to Gingerbread about a week back and tried Mikey's rom and Icezar's rom.
Last time I was running Continum5.2, decided to downgrade to cognition 4.3.2, without any apparent reason.
Since some one said that you can run Froyo ROm with Gingerbread bootloaders, I decided to keep Gingerbread bootloaders.
Returned to stock JF5 using Icezar's safe method. (The one that does not modifies any boot loaders). Successfully booted to stock and then rebooted to recovery using vol up and power.
Installed Clockwork (2.5) using update.zip. (reinstall packages 2-times), and my phone is in clockwork recovery.
Flashed Cognition 4.3.2, flashed successfully.
Reboot the phone. Nothing happens. It's a hard brick. Have tried almost all the methods to go to download mode, but still unsucessful. I don't see anythng on screen, no light nothing.
Where I went wrong?
Can some one guide about jtag method.
bigbyte.me said:
Here it goes,
My phone had everything working including 3-button combo.
I successfully upgraded to Gingerbread about a week back and tried Mikey's rom and Icezar's rom.
Last time I was running Continum5.2, decided to downgrade to cognition 4.3.2, without any apparent reason.
Since some one said that you can run Froyo ROm with Gingerbread bootloaders, I decided to keep Gingerbread bootloaders.
Returned to stock JF5 using Icezar's safe method. (The one that does not modifies any boot loaders). Successfully booted to stock and then rebooted to recovery using vol up and power.
Installed Clockwork (2.5) using update.zip. (reinstall packages 2-times), and my phone is in clockwork recovery.
Flashed Cognition 4.3.2, flashed successfully.
Reboot the phone. Nothing happens. It's a hard brick. Have tried almost all the methods to go to download mode, but still unsucessful. I don't see anythng on screen, no light nothing.
Where I went wrong?
Can some one guide about jtag method.
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U got a jig?
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Zig won't help as nothing is helps only in case of Soft brick.
BTW i figured out where I went wrong, The cognition ROM contains seconday bootloader. So when I flashed it I ended up with Gingerbread primary and Froyo secondary bootloader and hence the Brick. I request all the rom dev to mention at the start of their post if their ROm contains bootloaders.
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Flashed Cognition 4.3.2, flashed successfully.
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^ That's where you went wrong. Cog flashes sbl. You ended up with one bootloader from 2.3, and one bootloader from 2.2.
There are videos of how to unbrick a perma-bricked phone with a riff box jtag unit on youtube. It'll require you to remove the motherboard and blow $150 or so on a riff box, though.
or you send it to someone with the equiptment, like mobiletechvideos.com and not learn about riff/boxing and spend less money... and and and...
or because it doesnt boot and they cant prove you voided your warranty send it back!
So, this could be avoided doing what?
-Going back to GB stock and from there going back to froyo stock (without 3 button fix)?
I don't think moviletech does crappys something about the solder points too close together.
Edit: but could be wrong.
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i was in a similar situation, no 3 button nothing worked my phone wouldn't even power on
but the one method that saved me was this,
Remove battery, SIM card, SD card (if present)
Connect USB cable from computer
While holding down up & down volume, re-insert battery
may be this could help you too.
mobile tech does and has been for over a month, and the first few people are free!
i was able to get myself out of a hard brick, (no buttons no nothing working)
by removing the battery
count to 5
put battery back
DO NOT TOUCH ANY BUTTONS!!!! DO NOT!!! DONT !!!
then put in jig
for me if i touched any buttons the jig would not work.
other methods wouldnt work either.
worth a shot.
You are not the first person I have read about that is not aware that cognition overwrites the boot.bin, and bricked because they flashed it after gingerbread.
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You messed up with the Bootloader.
Atually I always believe Froyo ROMs should not include Sbl.bin
1tontomato said:
You are not the first person I have read about that is not aware that cognition overwrites the boot.bin, and bricked because they flashed it after gingerbread.
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It overwrites the sbl.bin not boot.bin.
DG put it in so people would always have a 3 button fix(which is contained in the secondary bootloader. sbl.bin)
but with the arrival off the new gb bootloaders means flashing this with those will result in a brick. Guaranteed.
studacris said:
It overwrites the sbl.bin not boot.bin.
DG put it in so people would always have a 3 button fix(which is contained in the secondary bootloader. sbl.bin)
but with the arrival off the new gb bootloaders means flashing this with those will result in a brick. Guaranteed.
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Yea your right it is the sbl.bin. It was a good idea before gingerbread, but I think it's time has passed especially since it's really easy to get past not having a button combo with a jig. A bad combination of bootloaders is a "brick" for sure.
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amtrakcn said:
You messed up with the Bootloader.
Atually I always believe Froyo ROMs should not include Sbl.bin
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Actually, Now I believe that all rom's Froyo or ginger should include either both bootloaders or none.
bigbyte.me said:
Actually, Now I believe that all rom's Froyo or ginger should include either both bootloaders or none.
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I say none. ANYTIME you touch bootloaders there is a chance of hard bricking. If they don't have any, worst case is a "clay" (soft brick)
TRusselo said:
i was able to get myself out of a hard brick, (no buttons no nothing working)
by removing the battery
count to 5
put battery back
DO NOT TOUCH ANY BUTTONS!!!! DO NOT!!! DONT !!!
then put in jig
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Perhaps I;m not out of the woods yet but a wrong action in ODIN had HB'd my Cappy. Your steps got me back to DL mode. Perhaps it is the 5 count. Patience not being my strong pt I had "not waited" until your recommendation.
I was trying from Continuum5.3 to get back to eclair so to carrier unlock when I made an ODIN error. Still need do that but for now I'll just be thankful that it lives, and move only forward..
its the not touching buttons that makes this trick work
if you replace the battery, what is your normal instinct?
try the power button! or try the button methods...
you are the first to confirm my trick!
congrats!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Use this to get back to stock safely!
[STOCK ROM] Odin3 One-Click Downloader and Drivers CAPTIVATE
use the thanks button!
Hmm very interesting...
I thought your trick worked because it was a screw up in the param.lfs not a bootloader brick, guess not.
im surprised too...
i just wanted this all in one place.i wanted my daily driver to be torch or fusion cause of call quality but also want to play around on gb roms.i found a safe way to go back and forth.if something happens to your phone i'm not responsible this is what works for me.
1.flash gb stock just like it says here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1045734
2.i wanted mosaic on to play around with so i flashed mosaic.now from mosaic( I have only tried mosaic so far) you can flash back to 2.2 or 2.1 rom that has NO secondary bootloaders(this is very important).and you have to be on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1042543 the kernel from here in order for this to work cause it uses cwm 2.5 still.
3.make sure you wipe data/factory reset and also wipe cache partition and dalvik cache in between flashing roms.
4.if on talon kernel you cant flash from 2.3 to 2.2 cause it uses cwm 3.0.so you need to get kernel flasher from market and the this file http://etc.muteheadlight.net/android/I9000_reoriented_vG.1.1_novoo.tar and flash it from kernel flasher it will put you back on cwm 2.5 and you can go back to 2.2 from there.
this has worked for me several times today i wanted to make sure it worked go and thank all the devs on there respected paged.they work hard on all this development show some appreciation.
again dont mix boot loaders make sure the rom you are flashing does not flash boot loaders.just stay on gb boot loaders.as it is stated you will brick your phone mixing boot loaders.
I hope this helps some people out and explains it good enough.
I just use odin one click to flash back to stock then flash by froyo rom of choice.
To Gingerbread from 2.1 bootloaders:
odin flash bootloader and reorient kernel package HERE (7mb)
odin flash talon or other kernel with CWM3 built in
boot into CWM3
CWM3 flash GB wipe rom!
Back to Eclair/Froyo: (keeping GB booties)
Odin flash a Kernel with CWM2.5 built in (onix)
boot into CWM2
CWM2 flash 2.1 or 2.2 wipe rom.
------AVOID ROMS WITH SBL (secondary boot loader) LIKE A PLAGUE!!! or built-in 3 button fix!----- YOU WILL BRICK!!
****To not worry about mixing Bootloaders or the SBL on Eclair/Froyo roms flash odin-one-click to get stock booties before Odin flashing a Cwm2.5 kernel.
Easy Peasy Lemon Squeezy
i also use odin one-click to get back to stock
Fezz102 you have successfully flashed between GB and Froyo and only used odin to flash the initial boot loaders and rom after that you just swapped kernels with sgs kernel flasher and haven't had a single issue? And you haven't used odin again?
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Why is everyone so afraid of odin? AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T HANG ON BOOT.BIN OR SBL.BIN YOU CANNOT BRICK. PERIOD.
Kernels don't have bootloaders AT ALL using odin to flash a kernel is recommended by all the kernel devs, they have stated the app is actually more likely to cause improper writes than odin.
studacris said:
Why is everyone so afraid of odin? AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T HANG ON BOOT.BIN OR SBL.BIN YOU CANNOT BRICK. PERIOD.
Kernels don't have bootloaders AT ALL using odin to flash a kernel is recommended by all the kernel devs, they have stated the app is actually more likely to cause improper writes than odin.
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I'm on a mac I have a pc around but I swear if you saw it you'd be a little nervous to it's a cheap old lap top running xp it doesn't even have a battery, I'd be fine with odin if I had faith in my pc. That being said don't mention heimdall it doesn't recognize 2.1 bootloaders so in order to move up I still need odin.
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heimdall doesnt recognize 2.1 bootloaders? really?
how was it created with 2.1 bootloaders before the 2.3 ones ever existed??
thats news to me.... learn somethin new every day...
*sarcasm*
This an interesting post from the guys that wrote heimdall the first is a list of confirmed devices that work with heimdall the eighth post is a list of confirmed working bootloaders and osx compatability i9000 this should give you an idea of what I'm talking about. Out of ten only two support osx. As far as the i897 is concerned if you ever flashed your phone with odin 1click and I have the boot loaders included do not support osx. THAT'D be a fact . *touchee*
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Here's the linkhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=891518
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1tontomato said:
Fezz102 you have successfully flashed between GB and Froyo and only used odin to flash the initial boot loaders and rom after that you just swapped kernels with sgs kernel flasher and haven't had a single issue? And you haven't used odin again?
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no problems so far.just wipe everything and factory reset clear data in recovery the key there is to be in cwm2.5 and not 3.0. and to never flash anything with secondary bootloaders.
Hey if Im currently on a JVH ROM, and want to try out the Galaxy Sense i9000, but the whole deal about the bootloaders is a little irrating. And its even trickier for me to go back to stock considering I have a build 1010, thus One Click soft bricks my phone (*I have a jig*). But it really isnt a big deal because I use the JH2 method and iCezars method for flashing back without risk, without replacing the bootloaders. Those are the two methods I have had to flash back to stock while on a Gingerbread ROM.
But my question lies in whether I can flash back to stock using one of the two methods I stated above which DO NOT FLASH BOOTLOADERS and follow the instructions in the Sense i9000 thread (This isnt a how to, to flash, because from December--February all I did was flash MIUI and CM7), but rather do you know if I could flash with GB bootloaders or would it be too big of a mess?
And if I cant can someone point me into a direction of a .tar file that contains BOTH BOOTLOADERS such as Odin One Click but I have to use Odin 3 and manually put it in and flash.
Thanks!
Just use odin one click, yes it will soft brick you, no it's not s big deal you have a jig, after that soft brick use your jig, and icezar's packages liked you usually do. Bam stock with original bootloaders. That is your only option. Nothing else contains both bootloaders.
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Just use odin one click, yes it will soft brick you, no it's not s big deal you have a jig, after that soft brick use your jig, and icezar's packages liked you usually do. Bam stock with original bootloaders. That is your only option. Nothing else contains both bootloaders.
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Hmm.. I was seriously thinking that but I was worried that it would completely brick the phone because it does flash both bootloaders thus completely bricking the phone.
If I knew I could just Jig it back like ive had to do twice when I used Odin One Click Id use the JH2 package or Cezars and be good.
But since im playing with bootloaders Im worried that it will completely brick cause One Click doesnt even work on my phone.
it only completly bricks the phone if it DOESN'T flash both boot loaders!
what happens when you use one click? a soft brick right? if you get ANY activity out of you phone at all your bootloaders are intact. and your jig will work for download mode after that then you can fix the soft brick by using the .tar package you usually use.
nothing but odin one click will flash both stock bootloaders
studacris said:
it only completly bricks the phone if it DOESN'T flash both boot loaders!
what happens when you use one click? a soft brick right? if you get ANY activity out of you phone at all your bootloaders are intact. and your jig will work for download mode after that then you can fix the soft brick by using the .tar package you usually use.
nothing but odin one click will flash both stock bootloaders
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yes I know that im not trying to argue you with you... hahah
Im just saying that I dont know Im just a little hesitant as I havent used Odin One Click in a while, plus the fact that it'll be twice the nerve racking coming from Gingerbread Bootloaders.
That is the one thing that is a little scary, but I know if anything flashes on to the screen im good to go, but just a little nervous, but am seriously considering just using the Odin One Click, and just praying that it at least flashes the AT&T screen then off like it normally does.
But I dont know if it'll work the same with GB, I know its mostly in my head but hahahaha
EDIT: I havent used One Click in a while should I wipe my phone before? And secondly I assume disabling lagfix?
FLASHED ONE CLICK.... Going now I will keep it posted when I get back to stock.
the bootloaders though flash went well so I think im in the clear. Lets hope : D
UPDATE: It soft bricked, Jig--> now on Stock.
THANKS SO MUCH!
No problem man.
TRUST THE ZOMBIE!!
Well, you started the topic, so...
I have gone back and forth one cycle now. GR-10, then Odin one-click to ancient stock, (no master clear), reboot recovery by reinstalling packages (update.zip still there), flash Serendipity 6 (rom cwm still on the phone), then restore from my Nandroid backup, and update calls, texts, and some apps. Takes maybe 30 minutes. On continuum now, since it's the only JVH rom.
I'm wondering if I can skip a step. They say the GB bootloaders are fine with Froyo. If so, I should be able to go download mode, flash Onix in Odin (no auto reboot - since the kernel and rom will be incompatible), then pull the battery, boot to recovery by holding volume-up/power, and simply load the old nandroid backup (since I would have the same kernel - Onix - and same modem - JQ1 - as I had when I created the backup). The backup contains the Dalvik cache, IIRC, so I wouldn't even have to clear that. That's about 5 minutes, plus the time it takes to restore newer messages, apps, etc - maybe 15 minutes total.
Does anyone know why this wouldn't work in theory?
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Well, you started the topic, so...
I have gone back and forth one cycle now. GR-10, then Odin one-click to ancient stock, (no master clear), reboot recovery by reinstalling packages (update.zip still there), flash Serendipity 6 (rom cwm still on the phone), then restore from my Nandroid backup, and update calls, texts, and some apps. Takes maybe 30 minutes. On continuum now, since it's the only JVH rom.
I'm wondering if I can skip a step. They say the GB bootloaders are fine with Froyo. If so, I should be able to go download mode, flash Onix in Odin (no auto reboot - since the kernel and rom will be incompatible), then pull the battery, boot to recovery by holding volume-up/power, and simply load the old nandroid backup (since I would have the same kernel - Onix - and same modem - JQ1 - as I had when I created the backup). The backup contains the Dalvik cache, IIRC, so I wouldn't even have to clear that. That's about 5 minutes, plus the time it takes to restore newer messages, apps, etc - maybe 15 minutes total.
Does anyone know why this wouldn't work in theory?
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please read post 3
i wrote it. i know its there..
Can I use odin one click to revert to stock even though I have 1101 build cappy? It seems oc only works for 1010 and below. Should I use odin 3 and flash stock jf6 instead? Currently on cog 4.4.
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some people have trouble with odin one click with newer models. some dont.
you can flash anything with the odin 3 flasher.
avoid stocks with bootloaders. or "3 button fix" versions.
if you dont flash bootloaders you should never hard brick.
Once back to stock, do you know if I can use kies to flash official froyo upgrade, or will that be a prob after flashing custom rom? Is there an odin flash that will get me stock 2.2 without using any bootloaders? I've searched, but seems like everything takes you back to eclair.
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Once back to stock, do you know if I can use kies to flash official froyo upgrade, or will that be a prob after flashing custom rom? Is there an odin flash that will get me stock 2.2 without using any bootloaders? I've searched, but seems like everything takes you back to eclair.
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You could use the one Trusselo made.. In his sig right above your post
thats for rogers... is he rogers...?
I'm at&t. same thing right? I got one completely dead, bricked, cappy in the hands of samsung right now. Hoping they'll replace or fix me. Got one cappy in my hand that's being "borrowed" for the 30 day window till I find out what's up with the one samsung has. Hoping I can get functioning cappy back from samsung, and talk the wife into letting me keep the "borrowed" one. That way I have a stable one, and one to mess around with. Planning on taking on gingerbread, only once I've covered all my bases.....I think. Just wanted to know best way back to stock, just in case I needed to bring back the phone. Like I said, it's a 1101 build, and I'm currently running Cog4.4, so I didn't want to brick it with one click. Dumb noob question, but are boot animations same/diff from bootloaders. I opened archive on cog 4 and in system/bin their are boot animations. I flashed cog via rom manager. Did i just get lucky or are these not bootloaders, just animations? Is there a thread that shows which roms come with bootloaders and which don't?
read this it explains the boot process and what a bootloader is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049294
bootloaders are not the same as a boot animation.
animations are found in /system/media/bootanimation.zip
you didnt get lucky with cognition flashing a bootloader that will only **** **** up if you have gingerbread bootloaders which you didnt, so flashing a froyo secondary bootloader was fine (thats why its in there)
The bootloaders would be in the updates folder of the zip.
Thanks studacris. Seems the more I learn about all this, the more ii find stuff I didn't know. Constantly on forum trying to learn so I don't have to bother guys like you. Since I got ur attention, flashing to i9000 rom would require bootloaders correct? Looking to do that next. Currently im US, att, i896. Sorry to bother ya.
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Sorry I meant i897
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nope new bootloaders are only needed if you are jumping to gingerbread
only flashing the i9000 2.3.3 roms requires bootloaders. all the 2.2.1 roms will work without danger of bricking.
if all you did on the borrowed cappy is root and flash a kernel you can flash the backed up kernel and then unroot. (did you use sgs kernel flasher to flash the kernel like when we talked about it? did you back up the kernel?)
you might want to look at getting a jig just to have one around. samsung keeps releasing new builds of the phone and there are unknowns. there are mixed reports from the 1010 build and up. you should be able to use odin 1.7 and flash the jf6 from icezar1 and you still have stock bootloaders so there "should" be no need for odin one click.
all the problems last time must have been do to the gingerbread bootloaders in combination with your 1010 build phone, i should have told you to use odin one click, infact you should have had a jig before i encouraged you to try gingerbread, my fault, but i didnt have problems when i did the same thing.
Should I flash a i9000 kernel before a i9000 rom? Then after all is said and done, find a compatible modem? Only reason I want to go to i9000 rom is because there seems to be more available. Can I do all this via sgs kernel flasher and rom manager/cwm or does it have to be done odin for the first switch to i9000? I'm assuming I can go back between sgh I897 and i9000 no prob since no ginger boots are involved? Just to be clear, even if I flash a rom with bootloaders, it shouldn't be a prob as long as it's 2.2 rom? Are 2.2 boots backwards compatible if i want to flash back to stock? I ask cuz prob can't use oneclick cuz my build is to new. again, don't mean to be a pest. cut me off whenever you feel like it.
Roms are all in one package kernel and modems are included.
ok i see since it has been so long since all the rogers development started people dont really remember about all the rainbow problems and how they were fixed and how the fix needs source code.
we now have bootloaders available in leaks from samsung. they are needed with the stock kernels that come in the leaks to avoid rainbow garbage. i am providing the bootloaders to be flashed in heimdall without having to flash a whole rom.
i would like to make this explicitly clear that if this bricks your phone i am not to blame. there is a significant risk when flashing bootloaders! though the infuse seems to have safety measures i strongly recommend only flashing once. and if your phone becomes a brick you will need to solder things to the phone to fix it via j-tag or adam outlers unbrickable mod. be cautious! dont flash boot.bin without sbl.bin, dont flash sbl.bin without boot.bin, dont mix up the partitions, and if the phone bricks i dont want to know about it unless you want to pay me to fix it!
heimdall package
http://www.multiupload.com/GXUTF4QCJX
odin package (untested)
http://www.multiupload.com.... REMOVED May be failing to flash. very dangerous situation...
bootloaders for heimdall to be added through the "flash" tab (unzip first! ibl/pbl-boot.bin, sbl-sbl.bin)
http://www.multiupload.com/NAIA23JZL1
good luck!
Thanks for posting this. Hopefully it will help out with leak questions that tend to get asked over and over again.
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Yeah. Thanks for posting, Dani.
do you know if there its any difference in bootloaders amongst different gingerbread leaks?
I have been running the first leaked gingerbread's bootloaders since Prezkit gave them to us and have had zero issues. I think it was kk1? I've been taking an "if it ain't broke" stance. its going good!
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Yeah. Thanks for posting, Dani.
do you know if there its any difference in bootloaders amongst different gingerbread leaks?
I have been running the first leaked gingerbread's bootloaders since Prezkit gave them to us and have had zero issues. I think it was kk1? I've been taking an "if it ain't broke" stance. its going good!
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there is difs. but I couldn't tell you what. I saw posts by Linux bozo who did binary diferencials but I don't see any difference.
I know the bootloaders have a counter for customer kernels. if you flash the parameters.ifs from the ultimate unbrick it resets it. I also know they changed the galaxy s 2 bootloaders so it was harder to reset the counter so don't expect to be able to reset it when the official update comes along. I also have been using the "if it ain't broke " theory and honestly don't remember which I am using. the packages here are uckk3. if people can test if the counter can still be reset by flashing param.ifs let me know. ill post older bootloaders if it can't otherwise I can't think of any reason to pick one over another.
If i am flashing the bootloaders via odin does the .tar file go in the pda slot. thank you for this.
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bigbadwolf311 said:
If i am flashing the bootloaders via odin does the .tar file go in the pda slot. thank you for this.
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yes. that's how I would do it. the PDA slot seems to be automatic as far as partition sorting. the phone slot is for modems but if a modem is included in a package for the PDA slot it flashes just fine. the bootloaders are in the PDA packages normally so that's how I would do it.
please report results because I don't run windows and did not test that package.
I will report back once i get around to flashing the bootloaders. Thanks again for this.
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Dani897 said:
there is difs. but I couldn't tell you what. I saw posts by Linux bozo who did binary diferencials but I don't see any difference.
I know the bootloaders have a counter for customer kernels. if you flash the parameters.ifs from the ultimate unbrick it resets it. I also know they changed the galaxy s 2 bootloaders so it was harder to reset the counter so don't expect to be able to reset it when the official update comes along. I also have been using the "if it ain't broke " theory and honestly don't remember which I am using. the packages here are uckk3. if people can test if the counter can still be reset by flashing param.ifs let me know. ill post older bootloaders if it can't otherwise I can't think of any reason to pick one over another.
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I've been using the UCKJ2 bootloaders since they came out with no issues.
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I've been using the UCKJ2 bootloaders since they came out with no issues.
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Same here.
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bigbadwolf311 said:
I will report back once i get around to flashing the bootloaders. Thanks again for this.
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Wonder if u can give me directions for the odin method. Should i put it in download mode like im flashing back to stock? Can i Flash this over a custom rom?
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Wonder if u can give me directions for the odin method. Should i put it in download mode like im flashing back to stock? Can i Flash this over a custom rom?
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don't select repartition, no need for a pit, the rom shouldn't matter, the file should go in the PDA slot. remember I haven't tested it in Odin. I don't run windows and have little interest in using Odin for anything. phone needs to be in download mode just like flahong a rom. it should only take a second or two to flash. good luck
Cool i should be able to figure this out. Thanks for the quick response.
It didn't work. I had auto restart, f.reset and the PDA slot checked after i opened the file in the PDA slot and after clicking start it just sat at setup for 45 min until i gave up and flashed back to stock. I had to pull the cord while in download mode and the screen turned black with green dots so i had to flash blindly. I tried it twice and the same thing. Has anyone else tried this?
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It didn't work. I had auto restart, f.reset and the PDA slot checked after i opened the file in the PDA slot and after clicking start it just sat at setup for 45 min until i gave up and flashed back to stock. I had to pull the cord while in download mode and the screen turned black with green dots so i had to flash blindly. I tried it twice and the same thing. Has anyone else tried this?
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I have a bunch of downloads but nobody reported anything at all till now.
ill pull the Odin version for now. try it in heimdall. its not any harder to use.
Can you post an odin package.
I had an Odin package. I got a few downloads, didn't get any people thanking for it, didn't get any positive feedback that it worked and had one user report problems, see the last couple posts. I pulled the file for lack of evidence that it worked. I don't run windows and prefer heimdall so I haven't tested it in Odin. sorry but I suggest you either flash an entire rom leak then flash a non secure kernel through Odin ( any custom kernel should do also flashing back to stock should also do just fine) and then flash a rom or learn heimdall which works on windows as well as Mac and Linux. I would have done a oneclick package but it still requires the installation of the heimdall back end and I figured it was really no harder to just use the heimdall package system.
any chance of relink thats not at multiupload?
edit: disregard, found a workaround. might be useful in future tho.
Hello, I am a long-time viewer of xda but a new member, this is my first post.
(and yes, i looked for a similar theard. i could not find one.)
So, onto the problem.
I flashed Infinitum 1.1.1 to my Infuse using cwm recovery. I noticed problems right off the bat when after i had installed the zip, i rebooted into recovery then it got stuck on the samsung logo and i had to pull the battery (a normal event when flashing this rom) So when i pulled the battery and booted into recovery to try again, the cwm recovery was terribly screwed up. The top half of the screen was pixelated, and the navigation menu was off center. I was still able to use cwm to flash the rom successfully, But cwm remains srewed up.
So i tried to reflash cwm recovery using rom manager. but when i rebooted i was stuck in a recovery boot-loop that i had to get out of using odin.
I then flashed the rom again using the same procedure suggested by its developer, and it worked, but cwm is still acting as it was before. (the pixelated top half of the screen and the off center navigation menu. )
So can i get some help? i thought about removing cwm the using some other recovery. I also heard that cwm wont work on ics, but im unsure what it is.
Thanks in advance.
You don't have Gingerbread bootloaders. That's why recovery looks the way it does.
You need to Odin or Heimdall back to Gingerbread stock (I find Heimdall much easier for this) and then flash Entropy's DD kernel to get back into red recovery to flash Infinitum.
Posts 1 and 2 in this thread are what you need: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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You don't have Gingerbread bootloaders. That's why recovery looks the way it does.
You need to Odin or Heimdall back to Gingerbread stock (I find Heimdall much easier for this) and then flash Entropy's DD kernel to get back into red recovery to flash Infinitum.
Posts 1 and 2 in this thread are what you need: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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I i came from froyo, and is there a way to get the bootloaders without reverting to gingerbread stock?
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I i came from froyo, and is there a way to get the bootloaders without reverting to gingerbread stock?
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Yeah, ICS recovery doesn't play nice with Froyo bootloaders.
AFAIK, there is no way to get Gingerbread bootloaders without reverting to stock. With Heimdall it's an incredibly simple, and quick process. I just had to do it myself a couple nights ago
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Yeah, ICS recovery doesn't play nice with Froyo bootloaders.
AFAIK, there is no way to get Gingerbread bootloaders without reverting to stock. With Heimdall it's an incredibly simple, and quick process. I just had to do it myself a couple nights ago
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Thank man, one more thing, will going back to gingerbread stock work if the only time i have ever used gingerbread was when i used the Zeus rom. The only other thing i have had besides zeus and this ics rom was froyo.
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Thank man, one more thing, will going back to gingerbread stock work if the only time i have ever used gingerbread was when i used the Zeus rom. The only other thing i have had besides zeus and this ics rom was froyo.
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Yup, it'll work just fine
Just follow all the instructions for Heimdall to a T (there aren't many) and everything will be fine
Yeah...heimdal is the best way to get bootloaders...odin doesnt always do it and no custom rom includes them that i am aware of...
I had written detailed instructions for another person...ill try and find them and paste it here...
Also-dont use rom manager, that thing is known to cause bricks/bootloops so using it is asking for bad ju-ju lol
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mg2195 said:
Have you tried flashing boot loaders?
Here is how to do it...
1) Download uclb3 heimdal by qckster
2) open the program
3) put phone in download mode
4) click flash (leave program open when finished DO NOT CLOSE)
5) after it finishes and your phone reboots, put the phone back in download mode and reconnect to PC
6) click flash bootloader on the heimdal program you left running
7) flash, let reboot and your problems should be gone
Download mode instructions
1) pull battery
2) put battery back in
3) hold volume up + down
4) connect phone to PC with USB cable *don't let go of volume*
Just because you were on gingerbread previously does nit mean you have ginger bread boot loaders...I had ginger bread since the first leaks and did not have boot loaders until a month or two ago when I flashed them using those steps above...
Good luck!
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There you go...follow those instructions and your cwm will be fixed!!!
Also just added it to my op of infinitum...
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Thank you for posting the guide. I literally just got done flashing GB bootloaders to my Infuse because of the rainbow Recovery when I'm on ICS. I used Odin though and used GB loader that a member posted in the AOKP Uniporn thread. I was scared but there really isn't anything to be afraid of. I tried using Heimdall but dang that was nerve racking because I was trying to use it on Mac and it wouldn't let me do the flash.
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Thank you for posting the guide. I literally just got done flashing GB bootloaders to my Infuse because of the rainbow Recovery when I'm on ICS. I used Odin though and used GB loader that a member posted in the AOKP Uniporn thread. I was scared but there really isn't anything to be afraid of. I tried using Heimdall but dang that was nerve racking because I was trying to use it on Mac and it wouldn't let me do the flash.
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Good deal, glad you got it sorted out. And to clear up some confusion that is in this thread: you don't have to flash an entire Gingerbread rom to get the bootloaders. We all have our preferred ways of doing it, but you CAN flash just the bootloaders.
Here is both a Heimdall and an Odin way to get JUST the bootloaders. That's all that is necessary for someone who has rainbow distortion issues on an ICS or Gingerbread rom.:
See the third post (HERE) in Entropy512's Unofficial CM9 thread for instructions on how to flash just the bootloaders using the Heimdall command line. Or, see the answer to question 1.) in the FAQ of the rooted UCLB3 Odin thread which is HERE.
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Yeah...heimdal is the best way to get bootloaders...odin doesnt always do it
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Heimdall is one way to get the bootloaders, and here's how I did it.:
heimdall flash --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot Sbl.bin
The second part of your statement isn't true. Odin doesn't do it only when the user can't figure out how to use Odin.
thank you everyone.
Being a creature of habit i ended up flashing to rom and bootloaders using odin. that did indeed fix CWM right up.
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Jammol said:
Thank you for posting the guide. I literally just got done flashing GB bootloaders to my Infuse because of the rainbow Recovery when I'm on ICS. I used Odin though and used GB loader that a member posted in the AOKP Uniporn thread. I was scared but there really isn't anything to be afraid of. I tried using Heimdall but dang that was nerve racking because I was trying to use it on Mac and it wouldn't let me do the flash.
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I am trying to get those GB Bootloaders. Would you be able to provide them ? or to provide the AOKP Uniport thread ?
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I am trying to get those GB Bootloaders. Would you be able to provide them ? or to provide the AOKP Uniport thread ?
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Unfortunately I haven't had this device for over 3 years now. You'll have to do some searching for that.
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Unfortunately I haven't had this device for over 3 years now. You'll have to do some searching for that.
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Thanks, I have found the GG boot.bin and sbl.bin in another thread, I will update later on this thread.
RemiChartier said:
Thanks, I have found the GG boot.bin and sbl.bin in another thread, I will update later on this thread.
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Where did you find them? Please share...