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Bricked Galaxy s 4g WITH vibrant rom, need PIT file..HELP!

Hi Guys, i cant seem to find the PIT file. I finally realized after 4hrs of searching, that i used the wrong files. It's confusing because they dont separate the 3g and 4g in the WIKI. Can anyone help? Please???
p.s. i already downloaded the TAR file for the 4G, but i had already repartitioned and uploaded the wrong PIT file. THANKS!

looks like we may be in the same boat..... are you getting odin to load about 95 percent of the way before it shows the big red fail? .. i'm not too confident of a pit file that works for us anytime soon.

tri0xinn said:
looks like we may be in the same boat..... are you getting odin to load about 95 percent of the way before it shows the big red fail? .. i'm not too confident of a pit file that works for us anytime soon.
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Yea, Odin says FAIL! THIS IS NOT GOOD! I am getting another 4G on monday, hopefully i can pull the PIT file out. Have you found anything about where the file is located?

wish I knew.. maybe someone does..

Do u have cwm on your phone?
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from earlier posts in other threads, I think you need to wait it out until someone comes up with a solution.

I have cwm.. and I can do some stuff but having troubles loading the only zip'd rom available.. you will see me whining in other threads about it.. heh

tri0xinn said:
I have cwm.. and I can do some stuff but having troubles loading the only zip'd rom available.. you will see me whining in other threads about it.. heh
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If you have that option, I think you can try Krylons flashable KD1, people are mentioning there are issues, but it might bring you to a state where you can flash back to stock.

I'm pretty sure that's the one I tried.. but I'll check. If it is.. when I load it in CWM it said "Mounting mounting points" .. status bar was going for about a minute then it said it completed the update... but I just get boot loop after that. I'm assuming the rom really isn't getting on there.. maybe just mounting?

HAHA, my thread got hijacked, but it's all good as long as someone gets help. No Richie, i don't, so i guess i am more screwed. I have a developer friend i am going to reach out to. *sigh*.

tri0xinn said:
I'm pretty sure that's the one I tried.. but I'll check. If it is.. when I load it in CWM it said "Mounting mounting points" .. status bar was going for about a minute then it said it completed the update... but I just get boot loop after that. I'm assuming the rom really isn't getting on there.. maybe just mounting?
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ahh, i just read that thread. sorry bro, cant help out any further. I know just about as much as you when it comes to CWM. Hopefully someone can help you out.

Hey Tri0xinn, Thanks to Sedy1 from GSMForums, i found this PIT file you might want to try. It got my phone out of the samsung loop, but i cant confirm that the phone is up 100%. Their post has a BIN file to load, but i dont know how to do it. Maybe you can try and let me know if it works. check out the thread http://forum.gsmhosting.com/vbb/f634/need-t959v-full-dump-1241236/index4.html#post7322975. what program are you using to upload the files?

u170who said:
Yea, Odin says FAIL! THIS IS NOT GOOD! I am getting another 4G on monday, hopefully i can pull the PIT file out. Have you found anything about where the file is located?
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You don't need pit file to odin sgs4g. Just download kc1 or kd1 odin version and you should be good to go.
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Seriously u17who.... I hijacked your thread.. and you saved me.. Since around Friday night at 6m it's been non stop trial and error.... way too many hours spent... the only thing missing from the equation was that pit file, which worked perfectly. I loaded it up along with the whitehawkx kd1 rom.. it repartioned and I was shocked to hear the tmobile splash jingle as I was taking a whiz in the other room.. didn't believe it.
Anyway thanks a million.

tri0xinn said:
Seriously u17who.... I hijacked your thread.. and you saved me.. Since around Friday night at 6m it's been non stop trial and error.... way too many hours spent... the only thing missing from the equation was that pit file, which worked perfectly. I loaded it up along with the whitehawkx kd1 rom.. it repartioned and I was shocked to hear the tmobile splash jingle as I was taking a whiz in the other room.. didn't believe it.
Anyway thanks a million.
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thats great news! I know there are a couple other members in here who were in the same position. Maybe this can help them too. very nice.

maybe a sticky?

tri0xinn said:
Seriously u17who.... I hijacked your thread.. and you saved me.. Since around Friday night at 6m it's been non stop trial and error.... way too many hours spent... the only thing missing from the equation was that pit file, which worked perfectly. I loaded it up along with the whitehawkx kd1 rom.. it repartioned and I was shocked to hear the tmobile splash jingle as I was taking a whiz in the other room.. didn't believe it.
Anyway thanks a million.
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Lolol about taking a piss in the other room that made my morning.
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drhonk said:
You don't need pit file to odin sgs4g. Just download kc1 or kd1 odin version and you should be good to go.
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Yeah I have never used a PIT file for the SGS4G to flash builds. They flash fine without a PIT.

Its not needed if you never used one.
It is needed if you accidentally used the vibrant pit.
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Moved to proper forum.

[REQUEST] Boot.bin & Sbl.bin Files

Does anyone happen to have the correct boot.bin and sbl.bin for the Galaxy S 4G? I'd love to have them if so and I know some of the DEV's here most likely have an ODIN package with them. I promise I would search for them but we all know that it's impossible to know what's in the ODIN package without downloading then looking inside it, or someone stating what's in it. I'm looking for good files to flash after JTAG sessions on the Galaxy S 4G.
Thanks!

this is from KC1, but should still work.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9978865/g2x/kc1bootsbl.zip

krylon360 said:
this is from KC1, but should still work.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/9978865/g2x/kc1bootsbl.zip
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Wow this may be a huge help. Ok I've seen it said both ways but do you have a T959V pit? I'm going to be using heimdall and would like to use these but as you probably know the pit is required to repartition. I'm working with a T959V that I jtagged back to life but had previously been flashed with T959 firmware and surprisingly that has the partitioning all haywire.

Ok I confirmed that those are the correct boot.bin and sbl.bin files. Now I think if I could get a hold of a decent pit file I may could get this up and running.

the only one I have is a bad on. LOL
BUT, I know there is a way to make one from the phone. I'll have to look to see how the SK4G guys did it.

They are probably just dumping the bml partition that stores the pit. Thanks for the info though so far!

Alrighty I successfully produced my own PIT file and hex edited to ensure it was about the same as a typical one as there is a lot of extra gobble that must be removed with a hex editor from the dump file. I loaded it up into ODIN and flashed some old KC1 firmware and bam! Back up and running with correct partitioning!

Do you think you could make us a working .pit from it?
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golmar88 said:
Do you think you could make us a working .pit from it?
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Said and done. It worked beautifully on the customer's SGS4G that I hard de-bricked and should for any DEV or enthusiast if needed. Remember, there is no need to use a PIT file unless you are having partitioning problems.
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=186

connexion2005 said:
Said and done. It worked beautifully on the customer's SGS4G that I hard de-bricked and should for any DEV or enthusiast if needed. Remember, there is no need to use a PIT file unless you are having partitioning problems.
http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=186
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Nice job!
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I need the old stock file T839UVKD1

Im trying to flash my daughters sidekick back to the old stock rom cause im getting a new sent and I need the superuser off the phone so I dont get charged for the phone. the only link I found on here, that link is dead to the file I need.
Can anyone help me with this file so I can get this sk4g back to stock so I dont get in trouble with the man????
thanks in advance

Wont thed stock odexed roms accomplish this?
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Why dont u post this in the right section (General Section) per xda forum rules.
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Undeadk9 said:
Why dont u post this in the right section (General Section) per xda forum rules.
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yea, I apologize. right after I hit the post button I realized I had posted it in the wrong one. Is there a certain person who is supposed to fix that or can I do it?
and as for the reply above asking "wont the stock odexed roms do this"? they might but I have never been able to push the correct file to system/bin to fix the clockwork recovery so I cant even get in there to flash any different rom. I have been researching for a few hours and I think I can undo everything in superoneclick.

ksnexusone said:
yea, I apologize. right after I hit the post button I realized I had posted it in the wrong one. Is there a certain person who is supposed to fix that or can I do it?
and as for the reply above asking "wont the stock odexed roms do this"? they might but I have never been able to push the correct file to system/bin to fix the clockwork recovery so I cant even get in there to flash any different rom. I have been researching for a few hours and I think I can undo everything in superoneclick.
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Im pretty sure u odin with the stock rom, hence no cwm req., never done it on this phone so could be wrong though
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ksnexusone said:
Im trying to flash my daughters sidekick back to the old stock rom cause im getting a new sent and I need the superuser off the phone so I dont get charged for the phone. the only link I found on here, that link is dead to the file I need.
Can anyone help me with this file so I can get this sk4g back to stock so I dont get in trouble with the man????
thanks in advance
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You *SHOULD* be able to get away with the KG2 ROM which T-Mobile sent OTA to the Sidekick a few months ago. You can get that and the PIT file required to flash it back via ODIN here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186954
*DISCLAIMER* I'm not responsible for anything you do or do not do here or any negative outcome. Of course, I'm happy to take the credit if everything turns out just peachy.

ksnexusone said:
Im trying to flash my daughters sidekick back to the old stock rom cause im getting a new sent and I need the superuser off the phone so I dont get charged for the phone. the only link I found on here, that link is dead to the file I need.
Can anyone help me with this file so I can get this sk4g back to stock so I dont get in trouble with the man????
thanks in advance
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The link works fine, you can flash the KG2 one linked above this post or the KD1 version here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088413 . Follow the instructions, then once you use ODIN to get back to stock you can return the phone as it is. It'll be just like the software was never manipulated.
Also, i'll be moving this thread to the general section by the end of the day. If you havent responded yet i'll PM you to see if you still need help.

Immediate action required
Yeah, lolzy title.
I soft-bricked my SK4G trying to flash a custom ROM without making any backups or checking anything prior.. and I suffered.
I have ODIN and the sk4g.pit file, a good USB connection with stock cable and I cna get into download mode. Everything is looking really good, except MegaUpload and MultiUpload are down thanks to our guys up in the White House.
So, my (really desperate) question is, can anyone give me a working link to either KD1OdinSTOCK.tar or KG2OdinSTOCK.tar ? Even if it's .tar.md5, as long as it is the file I need to flash back to factory firmware, I'll love you forever. Been looking for 2 days already =\
CONTACT INFO:
GMail: [email protected]
XFire: illusion2088
Yahoo: [email protected]
AIM: [email protected]
Any one of those will work. You can also PM me on my YouTube (Iraqnid2088) or PM me here on this website as I'll be checking everything.
Please help me, I'm really quite desperate. :\
EDIT: I found a firmware that seems to be the latest for SK4G, Looks like the tag is "KH1" Rather than KD1 or KG2.
androidwaptoday.blogspot.com/2011/10/stock-rom-t839uvkh1-221-for-samsung.html
I've downloaded it but I can't get into the .tar without a password? Is this normal for android firmware or is something wrong?
I'm also curious if I can odin my phone with this file rather than the other 2 mentioned above. Thanks again!

I also need the KD1 or KD2 firmware... it would be very helpful if somebody could post a working link!!! Ive been looking for 3 days haha
Help would be greatly appreciated!

Souldrainer, I think I may have found newer firmware. It looks legit and is from SamFirmWare.
http://hotfile.com/dl/145788939/08a9a06/SGH-T839_T839UVKH1_TMB.zip.html
That is the address to the file itself. If that does not work, look up "T839UVKH1" on SamFirmWare.com.
To get the password to open the file, you'll need to sign up on their website (free)
as far as I know, it contains everything KD1 or KG2 firmware would, and is newer. I believe you odin your phone with this program. I'm about to... as soon as I can get odin to recognize my phone.

the reason why i wanted it was because in case i did something wrong with CWM, because i cannot put the recovery file in with KJ2, i wanted something i could rely on to back it up because i can't make a nandroid backup..
I rooted the phone but it wont let me put in the recovery file, and when i try to boot into recovery i get the stock recovery, am i supposed to use the update.zip file that i got? cuz im not sure if it would work with KJ2.
and thank you for the file!!! i shall check it out xD

I believe the reason you're not going to CWM Recovery is because theres a binary file you need to edit since the SideKick has a faulty Recovery file.
http://www.simply-android.com/discu...work-mod-recovery-for-t-mobile-sidekick-4g/p1
If I'm not mistaken, the edited binary file can be found here, and that will allow you to boot into CWM Recovery. Be sure to back up the files just in case. And on the site it tells you to overwrite (still back up) so overwrite, and do not replace or rename. Hopefully that'll help!

yea but it wont let me replace the file, it keeps saying file already exists or that i cant do that

souldrainer2021 said:
yea but it wont let me replace the file, it keeps saying file already exists or that i cant do that
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If you are rooted, you have to make sure that the system partition is mounted as readable/writable (r/w) before you attempt to replace the recovery binary file.
The easiest way to do that is download ES File Explorer from the market, then go into settings and scroll all the way to the bottom. Select the check box for "Root Explorer" ; then, check the box for "Mount File System". You will get a superuser warning prompt- "Allow" it.
Now go follow the process to overwrite the recovery binary and you shouldn't have any problems.
--Finally, make sure that you ALSO have the update.zip on your SD card and boot into recovery. You will end up seeing the stock recovery-select "reinstall packages" and voila... you should be in CWM.

The password is "samfirmware.com" without the quotes (simple google search).
So I also have this file (T839UVKD1) sitting on my hard drive waiting to find out: is this safe to use?
I don't care if it's new or old, it's the only .tar related to the SK4G that's downloadable and it just needs to work.
I just don't understand why no one will simply post T839UVKD1 or T839UVKG2 for those of us who need it (is it a bandwidth thing?), everyone just wants to say, "just go to here/this post," where all the wonderful instructions are that can help me save my phone, but where the links are dead (megaupload and multiupload are down, as we all know, so the files are unattainable) so we download Odin or Heimdal and the .pit file, but are stuck because: no .tar.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?

T839UVKD1 SHOULD be safe to use proving the file you have is not corrupted, you can use it for Odin. if you wouldnt mind posting it i would really super appreciate it!

souldrainer2021 said:
T839UVKD1 SHOULD be safe to use proving the file you have is not corrupted, you can use it for Odin. if you wouldnt mind posting it i would really super appreciate it!
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I tried it with Odin, failed. No harm no foul. I'm going to try it again, but I'm sure it's nothing I did wrong. Can't get Heimdal to play nice on my laptop or I'd try that too.
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SouprGrrl said:
The password is "samfirmware.com" without the quotes (simple google search).
So I also have this file (T839UVKD1) sitting on my hard drive waiting to find out: is this safe to use?
I don't care if it's new or old, it's the only .tar related to the SK4G that's downloadable and it just needs to work.
I just don't understand why no one will simply post T839UVKD1 or T839UVKG2 for those of us who need it (is it a bandwidth thing?), everyone just wants to say, "just go to here/this post," where all the wonderful instructions are that can help me save my phone, but where the links are dead (megaupload and multiupload are down, as we all know, so the files are unattainable) so we download Odin or Heimdal and the .pit file, but are stuck because: no .tar.
Anyone? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? Bueller?
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Wow, I'm. DUMB! I wrote this filename sooo many times in trying to find it, but I have KH1, not KD1.
I tried KH1 and it failed. Sorry for the tease. I would LOVE to have KD1, but I don't.
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haha okay im fairly certain that KH1 is definitely not supposed to work. it doesnt sound like any firmware ive been looking for lately... whats wrong with heimdall?
and seriously somebody should reupload those files =(

souldrainer2021 said:
haha okay im fairly certain that KH1 is definitely not supposed to work. it doesnt sound like any firmware ive been looking for lately... whats wrong with heimdall?
and seriously somebody should reupload those files =(
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Heimdall says "[email protected]@@[email protected] could not be located in the dynamic link library MSVCR100.dll"
I've googled it and can't get a solution that works.

[Q] Download mode but unable to unbrick

Just what everyone wants.... another thread about a bricked phone.
I have no idea what happened to my phone.... I have been running Valhalla Final for a week now with no issues to speak of and lost all my ringer tones after a failed attempt to put sound on a boot-loader using Absolute System. I rebooted into recovery and tried to restore my nandroid which failed when it said unable to unmount system. when I rebooted it had fc in android.core multiple times so I rebooted again and after it loaded had no control. did a battery pull and then would not go past the power up screen. downloaded heimdall one click file T959V-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar and put it into download mode. flashed and it went fine until factoryfs failed. now still in download but img is pic of phone to computer. last 2 attempt was
SMS-KJ6-beta2d_Stock-Rom_with_Bootloaders-One-Click.jar and it failed first at loading the modem and then at loading recovery.
I am lost. seems like everything I try makes it little worse. Have not tried ODIN yet.
Is there any hope or am I out a phone?

Give Odin a try. Last time I used Odin it froze so I pulled the plug, and when I put my phone back in download it showed that same screen, yet Odin still went through.
So no, that screen doesn't mean you're out a phone.
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95Z28 said:
Give Odin a try. Last time I used Odin it froze so I pulled the plug, and when I put my phone back in download it showed that same screen, yet Odin still went through.
So no, that screen doesn't mean you're out a phone.
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I was hoping to hear that... what odin file do you suggest... A lot of the links are now dead.

ShadyAce80 said:
I was hoping to hear that... what odin file do you suggest... A lot of the links are now dead.
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Grab chadster's KG4 here. I believe it has ODIN 1.85 included in the file. Don't mess with any of the check boxes in ODIN; let ODIN decide what to check.
After that, you should be able to get back to KJ6 via a one-click.

Shady grab Ravers stock GB and honks GB odin kernel. Flash Ravers, If you can, then honks. That will give you stock plus cwm. You know where to go from there. Funny thing is just yesterday FB had a post about leaving BOOTLOADERS alone w/o unbrickable mod. Good luck.

Downloading now from sendspace.com
I'm hoping this works...

hechoen said:
Funny thing is just yesterday FB had a post about leaving BOOTLOADERS alone w/o unbrickable mod. Good luck.
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LOL yeah I read that AFTER the fact... I have been messing with the animations for a few days with out issue... it was only after I trying sound for a day or two that I crashed.
Live and Learn

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Downloading now from sendspace.com
I'm hoping this works...
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wait no dude i downloaded that one from sendspace does the download stop and download stop download etc... for you? it did for me i think the files corrupt thomas.raines gave me a newer download link that one from sendpsace is like 197mb the one thomas gives me is 300mb and he said dont flash pit file (he did not include ) because is risky try this one first!!! i tried the sendspace one and it stop at setup connection...
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/54863010/T959VUVKG4.zip

shady
Are you going with the chadsters leak or ravers stock?

I don't know why you guys keep recommending old (leaked) ROMs to debrick with.
@Shady if you see anything posted by myself, dsexton, bhundven or raverx3x you can bet that we've tested it extensively and that it'll work on your phone.
On that note I recommend you read the whole page here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
Download from the SMS KJ6 (beta2d) Kernel Stock Rom with Bootloaders link. This will get you a one click flash solution that you can go back to when you have problems. This, unlike the KG4 file others have been recommending, is the latest version of gingerbread (KJ6 is 2.3.6) and you'll have a custom kernel + root to boot so you can get flashing other gingerbread ROMs. I hope you don't have trouble flashing, and if you do, read the OP to what I linked you to. All the instructions are there.
I know this file has been failing for you but you can try restarting your computer and flashing it from safe mode. When your computer is booting up, keep pressing F8 until you get a menu. Pick "Safe mode with networking" from the menu using your arrow keys and press enter.

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FBis251 said:
I don't know why you guys keep recommending old (leaked) ROMs to debrick with.
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Only because he was failing with one-clicks and wanted to use ODIN. That one (KG4) has always worked for me, so I was basing it off of experience. Never claimed it was optimal
I know this file has been failing for you but you can try restarting your computer and flashing it from safe mode. When your computer is booting up, keep pressing F8 until you get a menu. Pick "Safe mode with networking" from the menu using your arrow keys and press enter.
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Never thought about trying it from safe mode. Nice idea.

FBis251 said:
I don't know why you guys keep recommending old (leaked) ROMs to debrick with.
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That's what I'm saying. I don't use heimdell(because my computer hates it for some reason). So ravers stock GB and honks kernel to get cwm works well to set me back up.

ShadyAce80 said:
glad you posted this. download just completed. i haven't done anything with this file yet... will follow your link.
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oh after they say to flash the bhuvden kernel well that is what they told me to get rid of gremlines or something, then flash the custom rom, youll have cwm and such, tell me how it goes .

To all of you thank you very much for your help... I think I have my phone back.... Our fembot Linda is doing her thing right now...
@FB I tried one click method in safe-mode and it was unable to find the drivers even after reinstalling a few times.. restarted in normal mode and gave it one more shot and I now have my phone back.
Thanks again for all the help.

hechoen said:
That's what I'm saying. I don't use heimdell(because my computer hates it for some reason). So ravers stock GB and honks kernel to get cwm works well to set me back up.
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I totally forgot he made a stock ODIN. My bad!

I really need to rewrite the starter pack to have heimdall one click instructions. Nobody ever got around to making it.

I've only given the guide a cursory look at times, but I'd be willing to draft something for the guide if thst helps keep you focused on developing.
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stephen_w said:
I've only given the guide a cursory look at times, but I'd be willing to draft something for the guide if thst helps keep you focused on developing.
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A video would be perfect. Been busy with school since I just started and now I got a gig making a website so I'm also working on that.

FBis251 said:
A video would be perfect. Been busy with school since I just started and now I got a gig making a website so I'm also working on that.
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I've never done the video thing. Guess I can research it and give it a go.

Ok, so what is Odin doing here?

Hey all,
I'm sorry, I really thought I'd studied stuff about how to root, and yet I find myself stalled on the very first step with Odin.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S 4G Wind (SGH-T959W). Odin is just sitting here doing nothing, apparently, with the stock+voodoo kernel.
* The phone IS in download mode
* I didn't directly install the Galaxy S drivers because previously I had Kies on my computer (in brief: had a Galaxy S II, lost it, later uninstalled Kies) and since I've been able to access my Galaxy S without any problem via USB, I assume that's fine eh?
* I have Odin3 v1.70 on my machine and ran it
* I select the stock+voodoo kernel file and... hit start... and very little happens. The phone DOES NOT REBOOT.
* Actually, I think I hit Start before I'd confirmed download mode on the phone by hitting upvolume, so I hit upvolume and clicked on Start again
* What the hell am I doing wrong? Has just doing the above screwed things? Is nothing going on? (This seems more likely) Of course I don't want to do anything with the phone or with Odin until I know how to proceed.
Apparently I can't post a link to the screenshot that I made of Odin, so I'll just have to describe what I see:
- the row of large white cell at the top is blank
- on the ID:COM line, the first cell says 0:[COM3] and the background is YELLOW
- I have files (PDA) checked and selected stock+Voodoo-T959VKJ1.tar
- the log reads as follows:
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
<ID:0/003> Added!!
<ID:0/003> Removed!!
<ID:0/003> Added!!

Postscript: I guess I didn't have all the drivers installed or something... strange. I re-installed them (it said they were on my PC), then ran Odin again, and now it's in process.

you have a t959W,
this kernel is first of all, very outdated, you should use KJ6.
Second it is designed for t959"V".
The compatibility with the other Galaxy S 4G branches is unknown. If it flashes, it may have deep idle issues causing horrible battery life. But if you absolutely want to flash it, use a a newer version of ODIN(1.85), or use heimdall. Search for them in xda search. I suggest Heimdall.

airfluip1 said:
you have a t959W,
this kernel is first of all, very outdated, you should use KJ6.
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Oh, right. I have since updated to KJ6 (sms-T959V-KJ6-v0.1.1-rc1-unsigned-update.zip). (and just now to 0.2.0) For some reason the guide I found suggested updating to the KJ1 first just to get CWM, and then update to KJ6. *shrug* Maybe it was a noob's guide and that was unnecessary?
I honestly don't know where I go from here. Baaaby steps...
Second it is designed for t959"V".
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Right - happily, that's because bhundven determined that they are essentially the same devices. I would never have tried to update ANYTHING without his work. (Paranoid about breaking my phone.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28566711#post28566711
Thanks very much for your post! For starters I'm going to grab (edit) Heimdall.

Yes but the dma issues and deep idle will still make your battery pretty terrible. Like he said, there are some different bugs, and they have different kernel source.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda premium

airfluip1 said:
Yes but the dma issues and deep idle will still make your battery pretty terrible. Like he said, there are some different bugs, and they have different kernel source.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda premium
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I wouldn't worry about that stuff.

ccamfield said:
Oh, right. I have since updated to KJ6 (sms-T959V-KJ6-v0.1.1-rc1-unsigned-update.zip). (and just now to 0.2.0) For some reason the guide I found suggested updating to the KJ1 first just to get CWM, and then update to KJ6. *shrug* Maybe it was a noob's guide and that was unnecessary?
I honestly don't know where I go from here. Baaaby steps...
Right - happily, that's because bhundven determined that they are essentially the same devices. I would never have tried to update ANYTHING without his work. (Paranoid about breaking my phone.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28566711#post28566711
Thanks very much for your post! For starters I'm going to grab (edit) Heimdall.
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Yup, use heimdall. Odin is closed source badness. It's fine for flashing full stock roms... on winblows.
I've never had a problem with heimdall.
I have had problems with bad usb cables and usb ports on my computer that have gone bad. So bad that I had to get a new computer.

OK, I thought that it'd cause issues.

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OK, I thought that it'd cause issues.
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Nope, the thing causing problem wrt sleep was mmc, fixed here:
https://github.com/teamacid/android...mmit/2d823ea122026309946ee7304fffd4c6e921cdc3

OK thanks!
Good 2 Know

Anyway, I'm running CM9 now which rocks. Thanks to all the devs