Welp I am one of the stupid ones and installed MIUI on my Infuse, and like everyone else, I'm stuck on the boot screen. I looked at the post on the same topic and tried to do it but couldn't get it to work probably becuase the computer says that its an Unknown device instead of a Samsung device.
So my question is what do I do now that my computer doesn't recongize the phone as a device anymore?
Thanks to all that can give help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
And lesson learned - never install a ROM from another phone.
Yeah I know that now. Foolish mistake I know I shouldn't have made.
But, I have tried using that but when I connect the phone to the computer it shows to be an unknown device and Odin doesn't pick it up at all. My problem is, is that the computer doesn't recognize it as an Android Device anymore. Is downloading the drivers from Samsung going to help?
I'll have to leave that to someone else - I use Heimdall on a Linux box, I've never flashed from Windows.
Oh, ok. Well thanks for your help .
I fixed my problem. What I had to do was get another computer that doesn't have the Samsung Drivers or Kies installed and then install them. Once that was done Odin found the device and I was able to restore it.
So there's a tip for anyone who can't get their device to be recognized by the computer or Odin itself.
Or just uninstall/delete those drivers?
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I'll have to leave that to someone else - I use Heimdall on a Linux box, I've never flashed from Windows.
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i have started to do this to since i got the infuse. ill tell you i dont miss driver issues one bit! linux/bsd/mac/whatever rock as long as you have supported hardware and that is becoming less and less of a problem these days.
re: Now Stuck
You need to try and pull the battery out and put it back see if you can get the phone into "download mode". If you cannot get it into download mode by doing that or using the up/down volume and power key combo then I would suggest that you purchase a "jig" on ebay. (they cost under $10 bucks shipped).
Here is the ebay link for the jig:
http://cgi.ebay.com/Samsung-Galaxy-...0563626533?pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item20ba3eba25
With a jig all you would need to do is to remove battery, plug the little jig into the usb port of phone and replace the battery, then wait 5 seconds or so and the phone will be in download mode allowing you to use Odin3 and flash back to "stock rom" to start with..
Best if you did that using the "Ultimate Unbrick" stock froyo rom after that
you can install infuse 1.5 custom rom or Bionix or the defused custom rom or any other rom.
Here is the link for the Ultimate Unbrick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
Good luck.
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Or just uninstall/delete those drivers?
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I tried that but it didn't work on my computer, but that's just my computer that could work for someone else. If that doesn't work though, you can get another computer and install the drivers on them and that should work.
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I tried that but it didn't work on my computer, but that's just my computer that could work for someone else. If that doesn't work though, you can get another computer and install the drivers on them and that should work.
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Where are you trying to uninstall the drivers from? I have windows 7 and went to device manager or whatever and took it off there. Then reinstalled kies, worked perfect after.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
And lesson learned - never install a ROM from another phone.
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and.... do not touch if it works properly
I guess this is a good sign. Our phone is gaining popularity because new people are buying it and trying dumb things with it
i have a soft bricked infuse i got odin the unbrick zip the drivers and odin doesnt pick up my phone but my computer does
Are u in Download Mode??
Try the heimdal version Adam Outler put out. Works great for ur situation.
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i have done both
heimdler one isnt that one the one click unbrick oh and yes it is in download mode
yes pllease reply what to do
IF your in download mode, and Odin is not seeing the Phone.
Its a Driver issue(Usually) maybe even a port issue...try the ones on the Back of the PC as well.
Just a soft brick you CAN get out this pretty easily. if all else fails you can try another machince to run odin on.
Hi, I've been looking to root/change the rom on my Samsung Galaxy Skyrocket for a while, but everytime I come onto the dev forums here for a guide to do it, I seem to get stuck in a circle.
I tried ODIN, and all the troubleshooting, but it doesn't work for me.
I went to the ODIN-less methods, but it seems that I already need to have CMW....on there?
I am quite confused, so I downloaded the file linked here: http://d-h.st/40A (cwm6011touch_INSTALL.zip)
..Then i tried to 'apply update from sdcard' with that file from recovery mode in my phone...and i get: 'E: signature verification failed'.
My issue is that the documents are pretty confusing to me, they seem circular. The ones i've been looking at are:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Can anyone explain what I have to do to be able to apply this(aokp jb) to my phone?
Honestly you must be too computer illiterate if you can't root a Samsung phone. Just don't bother lol
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Honestly you must be too computer illiterate if you can't root a Samsung phone. Just don't bother lol
Sent from my SGH-I717 using xda premium
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Helpful, bro. I'm pretty computer literate, i'd say. There's nothing wrong with needing help...does anyone have anything helpful to say?
Odin is the only way. You have to Odin the recovery on to your phone.
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Everything you need is in or linked from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
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Odin is the only way. You have to Odin the recovery on to your phone.
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...Really? So I have absolutely no other options at all if ODIN doesn't recognize my phone?
Its weird because I don't think its a USB port issue. Windows recognizes it, but ODIN simply won't.
lawizeg said:
...Really? So I have absolutely no other options at all if ODIN doesn't recognize my phone?
Its weird because I don't think its a USB port issue. Windows recognizes it, but ODIN simply won't.
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Not unless you are running stock 2.3.5
Otherwise.. yes Odin. Are you in download mode when using Odin?
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lawizeg said:
...Really? So I have absolutely no other options at all if ODIN doesn't recognize my phone?
Its weird because I don't think its a USB port issue. Windows recognizes it, but ODIN simply won't.
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Did you run as administrator?
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For a one stop shop are Vincom's threads
Everything Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Returning to Stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
rpr69 said:
Everything you need is in or linked from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
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I used that, and yes, I ran ODIN as an admin, as well as have my phone in download mode while doing so.
what does the screen show when your in dl mode
if you didn't follow the troubleshooting guide in odin, theres no way we can help you, and yes you have to go through the whole troubleshooting procedure
if you thought my guides are hard to understand, then you are computer illiterate, stay away from jb and stick with stock until you do some further reading, allot more reading and understand what you are getting yourself into, read the last part of my sig, we dont want you to brick your phone as we do see newbs do that, we're not trying to be condescending, we're just telling you the way it is
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what does the screen show when your in dl mode
if you didn't follow the troubleshooting guide in odin, theres no way we can help you, and yes you have to go through the whole troubleshooting procedure
if you thought my guides are hard to understand, then you are computer illiterate, stay away from jb and stick with stock until you do some further reading, allot more reading and understand what you are getting yourself into, read the last part of my sig, we dont want you to brick your phone as we do see newbs do that, we're not trying to be condescending, we're just telling you the way it is
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The screen of what? The computer? Well, ODIN shows nothing, as in no change from when the phone wasn't in DL mode. And the screen of my phone says: ODIN MODE, blah blah....then it has the Android bot and DOWNLOAD MODE with a warning.
I did indeed go through the whole procedure, i said that. I also understand what i'm getting myself into; i've done stuff like this before. Yeah, i get the whole way it is thing...but you guys probably didn't even read what i said in the first post.
Listen. Its not the guides i don't understand, its how to get CWM onto my phone without using ODIN. They were circular, meaning when i had an issue, id get linked a post that led me to the post i was just at. I'm confused on what i need to do.
I'm not going to go into how NOT computer illiterate i am, I'm really just trying to figure out either how to get ODIN to recognize my phone, or get CWM on it without ODIN, which is what your guides don't have/i'm confused about. Writing me off isn't helping at all.
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The screen of what? The computer? Well, ODIN shows nothing, as in no change from when the phone wasn't in DL mode. And the screen of my phone says: ODIN MODE, blah blah....then it has the Android bot and DOWNLOAD MODE with a warning.
I did indeed go through the whole procedure, i said that. I also understand what i'm getting myself into; i've done stuff like this before. Yeah, i get the whole way it is thing...but you guys probably didn't even read what i said in the first post.
Listen. Its not the guides i don't understand, its how to get CWM onto my phone without using ODIN. They were circular, meaning when i had an issue, id get linked a post that led me to the post i was just at. I'm confused on what i need to do.
I'm not going to go into how NOT computer illiterate i am, I'm really just trying to figure out either how to get ODIN to recognize my phone, or get CWM on it without ODIN, which is what your guides don't have/i'm confused about. Writing me off isn't helping at all.
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k, sorry didnt understand
no theres no way to get a custom revovery on a stock phone w/out odin as my guide states
did u go through the exact procedure on getting into dl mode, if you could post a pic of the phone when in dl mode that would be helpful
did u go through the odin troubleshooting section in my stickies, you really need to do that b4 we can pinpoint the prob
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k, sorry didnt understand
no theres no way to get a custom revovery on a stock phone w/out odin as my guide states
did u go through the exact procedure on getting into dl mode, if you could post a pic of the phone when in dl mode that would be helpful
did u go through the odin troubleshooting section in my stickies, you really need to do that b4 we can pinpoint the prob
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Gah...darn it. Okay...well I just downloaded Kies to check for the driver issues in a different way, but here's everything i've done in the troubleshooting guide:
If Odin Shows An md5 Error: Unzip The Firmware Tar File Again And/Or Redownload The File Again
If The Phone Boots Into Any Rom, Make Sure Windows Can Transfer From And To Internal And External Sdcards To Rule Out Driver Issues
Does Kies Recognize Your Phone, Even If You Are On A Custom Rom Kies Will Recognize Your Phone, This Rules Out Driver Issues
Make Sure You Are In Download Mode On Your Phone
Make Sure Adb Or Kies Is Not Runnung In The Background
Restart Computer
Make Sure Battery Is Charged
Try Different Usb Port, Preferably The Rear Ones On Computer
Use Original Samsung Usb Cable, Or Try Different Cable But Still Oem
Uninstall drivers and kies, unplug phone & reboot comp, then just reinstall the USB Drivers from here
Try A Different Computer
Clean Phones Usb Port W/no Battery Installed
If You Tried All Of Above Tests And Phone Is Not Recognized By Your Computer You Then Have A Hardware Problem With The Phones Usb Port, Repair.
not an issue: If Phone Boot Loops Or Enters Into Recovery Mode While Trying To Get Into Download Mode(and you are sure you followed above procedure and also did not touch the power button), You Could Have A Stuck Power Button. To Fix That Try To Repeatedly Keep Pushing The Power Button Hard To Try To Unstick It.
u just copied and pasted my ts guide, but i need to know specifics, when you are booted up into android os, does windows see both sdcards and you can transfer files to and from phone and comp
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u just copied and pasted my ts guide, but i need to know specifics, when you are booted up into android os, does windows see both sdcards and you can transfer files to and from phone and comp
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Yes, I can transfer from and to both phone and SD. What do you mean by when I'm booted into android? I usually try something on the ts guide, and then try Odin...then I boot my phone into dl mode. Whenever Im trying to see if the phone is being detected its in Android is. Otherwise I turn it off.
I dunno.. if you are doing everything in the troubleshooting guide.. it should work.
There is no hardware OR software reason from what you have described that would prevent it from working.
The only other thing I can think of is the Odin version...
Well somethings not right, either your on the first screen in DL mode the one with yellow triangle and then u hit the volume up button to get into the second screen for DL mode(Odin mode), did u follow the guide in getting into DL mode.
Make sure kies (anything with word kies) is not running in the background in windows.
does kies recognize your phone
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lawizeg said:
Hi, I've been looking to root/change the rom on my Samsung Galaxy Skyrocket for a while, but everytime I come onto the dev forums here for a guide to do it, I seem to get stuck in a circle.
I tried ODIN, and all the troubleshooting, but it doesn't work for me.
I went to the ODIN-less methods, but it seems that I already need to have CMW....on there?
I am quite confused, so I downloaded the file linked here: http://d-h.st/40A (cwm6011touch_INSTALL.zip)
..Then i tried to 'apply update from sdcard' with that file from recovery mode in my phone...and i get: 'E: signature verification failed'.
My issue is that the documents are pretty confusing to me, they seem circular. The ones i've been looking at are:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Can anyone explain what I have to do to be able to apply this(aokp jb) to my phone?
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Alright, I did the driver thing again. (uninstalled Kies AND driver, then reinstalled driver) Then I tried it again, and ODIN worked! So, right now I'm waiting for the AOKP JB rom to finish loading up.
Thanks for the help.
lawizeg said:
Alright, I did the driver thing again. (uninstalled Kies AND driver, then reinstalled driver) Then I tried it again, and ODIN worked! So, right now I'm waiting for the AOKP JB rom to finish loading up.
Thanks for the help.
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make sure you have the CWM touch version. The non-touch version didn't work for me.
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make sure you have the CWM touch version. The non-touch version didn't work for me.
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You MUST have a NATIVE Skyrocket recovery for the JB roms... Update the one that Odin loaded to one of these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1777970 (Touch)
http://d-h.st/eHq (Non Touch)
I went into Odin mode and flashed TWRP in the AP/PDA as all tutorials say (I am skeptical about that, I think this is what caused my phone to brick. BL obviously stands for bootloader, but I wasn't going to question the experts). Afterwards, I went to restart my phone and now I only boot to a broken Odin mode which says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again." I cannot turn it off without taking the battery out, it reboots immediately. I tried plugging my phone in and running Kies, but I left it to detect devices for 10 minutes and it was still attempting to connect to my SGS2. I have absolutely no idea what to do, I've never gotten this message in Odin before. It was tricky to even get Kies as Samsung took down their link and replaced it with SmartSwitch. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
idk which tutorial youve read but you should of read mine, it uses odin3v1.87 and only pda is ever used and/or needed for the skyrocket.
u could be sol but trying my tut shouldnt hurt.
if theres life theres a chance for it to be revived.
you could try flashing twrp or better yet a full stock firmware so all partitions get reformatted/repartitioned correctly, fingers crossed.
links in my sig
vincom said:
idk which tutorial youve read but you should of read mine, it uses odin3v1.87 and only pda is ever used and/or needed for the skyrocket.
u could be sol but trying my tut shouldnt hurt.
if theres life theres a chance for it to be revived.
you could try flashing twrp or better yet a full stock firmware so all partitions get reformatted/repartitioned correctly, fingers crossed.
links in my sig
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Thanks; the only problem is that I can't even flash anything at the moment. My phone needs Kies and the drivers first, the Odin/download and recovery modes cannot be accessed otherwise. Kies has never had my phone drivers beforehand as I never had Kies before my phone had problems I should have looked harder for more detailed tutorials like yours first (one of many oversights that I neglected as a newbie). I also forgot to mention I visited the cm wiki to try to flash a newer custom OS and the tutorial asked for Windows users to use Heimdall suite, which failed to work properly in Windows 10 (at least for me). I used it to install a driver which may have replaced my Kies driver but now that I had uninstalled Kies completely and reinstalled it just after my phone broke, I no longer have a way of getting those drivers back since Kies apparently uses the history of my connected phones to install the drivers. I may be completely wrong (I feel I am) so please correct me.
thers a stand alone usb drivers link in the 1stop thread under the utilities section
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thers a stand alone usb drivers link in the 1stop thread under the utilities section
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Well it's not the drivers. Kies simply won't connect for whatever reason. I've tried Kies emergency recovery but it needs my phone to have been plugged in to another computer somewhere in order to get a recovery code or I need Kies to simply detect my phone. I've installed the new drivers multiple times but it doesn't change any results.
fyi you dont need kies for any of my tutorials.
uninstall kies, restart pc and reinstall standalone usb drivers and restart pc.
then follow my guides to the "t"
vincom said:
fyi you dont need kies for any of my tutorials.
uninstall kies, restart pc and reinstall standalone usb drivers and restart pc.
then follow my guides to the "t"
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I found your stickies and found a link to the proper .tar.md5 file for the stock rom and it works now. Thanks for the help ^^
same prob
Raeffion said:
I found your stickies and found a link to the proper .tar.md5 file for the stock rom and it works now. Thanks for the help ^^
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i have the same probleme can you sent me the tuto please and links for the correct solution i727 Galaxy S II Skyrocket (SGH-I727)
ayuda
I format the mobile and now when it starts it stays in the twrp crazy and it blinks it stays like an infinite cycle of blinks and when I put it to load with the engine it starts only to the twrp logo it makes. do not abilite the mode
depuration
usb but if I go to the download mode I need your help thanks