So I flashed a wrong rom and I've been trying to unbrick for a few weeks now - anyone got advice?
I get into download mode but when I try to flash with Odin it just gets stuck at setting Pit file...
When I try to use the toolbox heimdall.exe crashes when trying to download pit file
Is the phone done? Is there a paperweight rom for this model?
Update:
I was able to unbrick, the issue was localized to my computer and running the stuff on another one was fine. I've uploaded the files I used for unbrick for your convenience.
http://www.filesonic.com/file/4165639284/sgs4ub.7z
You obviously did not read any of the threads stickied at the top of each forum before destroying your $400 cell phone. Read what's already been posted on this subject and you'll find your answer.
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all you really have to do is.... SEARCH XD jk
but just put the OG PDA file in i think. and start it.
thats an example of not reading and dude, come on if the rom is for another phone... well, that says it all...
anyway, go to developer section and try the heimdall methods over there
Caligula36 said:
You obviously did not read any of the threads stickied at the top of each forum before destroying your $400 cell phone. Read what's already been posted on this subject and you'll find your answer.
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$400? More like $100 and I did not start off in this forum.
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$400? More like $100 and I did not start off in this forum.
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The phone can be found for about $200 online. However, money is money, although it has different values to each person.
From what you're saying, it seems like your phone can still be recognized by Odin. Look for RaverX3X's KC1 Odin ROM. It might be able to bring your phone back to life.
If that doesn't work, you can try the unbrickable mod. However, if that also doesn't work, then you got yourself a fancy brick. It's a lot of tedious work.
The solutions I provided you could be found on this forum very easily if you searched. Since you came from another forum, it would be common sense to search for possible answers to your solution.
Thanks I'll try those. Most likely it will just hang on 'putting Pit' but we'll see.
I just want to point out to some of the repliers:
I did search, and I looked at a lot of stuff and some of you people need to get off your high horse about "searching" it is the lamest thing ever if you don't have anything useful to add just don't.
Update:
I was able to unbrick, the issue was localized to my computer and running the stuff on another one was fine. I've uploaded the files I used for unbrick for your convenience.
http://www.filesonic.com/file/4165639284/sgs4ub.7z
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Is it possible to make a one click odin for our phones???
the story.....
my friend gave my his samsung captivate to unlock and root. I had all of that done. Then he asked me to put a ROM on there. Thats where i FU**** up and i bricked it bad. screen blacked out wouldnt boot into recovery NOTHING. i was searching around and found a one click odin for the captivate...long story short i have the phone back up and running.
This would be VERY helpful
THANKS
The thread where i found it
http://androidforums.com/samsung-captivate/140190-whats-odin.html#post1527154
I must be missing something, cause that thread looks like it's using the exact same steps as our normal method for Odin. I see no One Click link or instructions anywhere there.
Also, this belongs in the General section.
sorry for wrong section...
scrool down till you find a post by james 27007 September 5th, 2010, thats everything i did it has the link to download the program
but basically all it is you have you phone booted into recovery plugged into to recovery the program says device found then all u do is let it run when the device resets your back bone stock
That's basically all we have to do now... the only added step is putting in the pit and PDA...
yea but with this program all you do is click start and it does everything for you
You still have to install the drivers, and get your phone into download mode, that's the hard part for most users. I'm not sure how he made that.
okay well i just thought id see because i see alot of people asking questions about where to put the files and stuff like this just thought it would help
Odin is already so easy to use... a child could use it no reason to make it more simple
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So earlier today i Dl'ed the new radio and its been down here from there.
I was able to get to odin before and i installed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1601483
And i now cant use odin. I found from this thread what to do if i could get into odin (also cant get cwm)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1611796
What should i do?
Does your phone work at all? It sounds like you might have bricked it using ODIN incorrectly. Did you leave "repartition" checked? If so, you shouldn't have.
Can you get into download mode at all? Does your PC recognize your phone? If you don't know what I'm talking about, you need to go to the "DEV" section and read all of the sticky threads, which you hopefully already did before you tried to do anything with your phone. Asking a bunch of questions about things you haven't taken the time to read about isn't going to help you at all.
Have you tried the "Odin Oneclick" leak"s" that have been released? They include ODIN in the install package.
You claim the Note radio flash derped your phone? It has been known to mess with phones but I haven't known of it bricking any phones. If so, have you tried to flash a different radio? You need to provide as much info as you can about what you did and read all of the threads that pertain to what it is you think you wanted to do. If you provide more acurate info, maybe someone can help (if you didn't brick your phone with ODIN). Good luck.
actually my phones all fixed now i did alot of research and fixed it
Thanks anyways
Correction im trying to get the lock screen/ power off menu solution thats all i need atm
Dwolf16 said:
actually my phones all fixed now i did alot of research and fixed it
Thanks anyways
Correction im trying to get the lock screen/ power off menu solution thats all i need atm
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I'm happy to hear you are back up and running. I think the best thing to do is just stay away from the "Note" radio...its just not worth the risk.
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I'm happy to hear you are back up and running. I think the best thing to do is just stay away from the "Note" radio...its just not worth the risk.
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Are you sure you didn't mean to say "it's just note worth the risk. " XDDDDDDD
~PsyCl0ne
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its really not...im still trying to fix my homescreen and shutdown
I'm learning a hard lesson about the Note radio, too.
i just need to find some one with a full efs folder so i cant replace mine and ill be fine
I've updated my method, try again. If ur having write issues with efs, no guarantee that simply dropping it I'm with fix it. I think this new method will allow it to stick
i did a search on this form and i couldnt find nothing similar. to make a long story short when i bought this tablet i was able to put it on DIAG using launcher pro and a few other steps of coarse. and i u was able to read this device on QSTP and i used to get this on QSTP FFA6550-ZRF6500 same one as my Epic 4G. mow here is what happened i was flashing a stock tar ROM with Odin and by accident i checked the clear EFS on Odin and after i a succesfull process after my tab rebooed of caorse y lost all my 3g activation from the tab and when i went to QSTP to load all my activation again it was not able to be detected it on QSTP anymore. now if i go to device manager on windows or QSTP configuration its shows on what port the tab its connected on but under phone number it says NO PHONE. iam wondering what did got wiped? radio or what did i lost? or how can i get back this FFA6550-ZRF6500 or what ever its the right one into this tab? i know it used to have FFA6550-ZRF6500 but i dont know if there is another one for this tab or not. if anyone has any info please let me know thanks in advance..
im pretty sure this is the wrong forum. this is galaxy tab plus. i think youre looking for original tab.
by accident you clicked clear EFS? this place gets better everyday.
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im pretty sure this is the wrong forum. this is galaxy tab plus. i think youre looking for original tab.
by accident you clicked clear EFS? this place gets better everyday.
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well whats wrong with checking clear EFS? i have done that onmy Epic and all it dis was wiped all the info but it got it back after. but on my sph p100 it didnt happened
It disturbs me that in every one of your posts you are mixing up the names of critical tools and systems. I would take a step back, read and understand the systems and processes you need to work with, and then try again.
You sound, to me, like you are rushing to be one of the cool kids without doing your due diligence
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It disturbs me that in every one of your posts you are mixing up the names of critical tools and systems. I would take a step back, read and understand the systems and processes you need to work with, and then try again.
You sound, to me, like you are rushing to be one of the cool kids without doing your due diligence
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well all iam doing its looking for a solution to my problem. before i eve posted this thread i search the whole forum for a similar topic even when i posted the topi the forum have a few sugestions about maybe similar or close topic i went to all 5 and none of them were similar to mines. so thats why i posted on here. iam rushing anyone or rushing my self to anything. iam only looking for an answer if there is one. simple as that. at leat iam honest to specify what happened. not like others that justify by saying>>>>> nahhhhhhh i naver dodne hat before i dont know what happened bla bla bla. <<<<< at least i was honest to describe the best i could on how everything started..
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well all iam doing its looking for a solution to my problem. before i eve posted this thread i search the whole forum for a similar topic even when i posted the topi the forum have a few sugestions about maybe similar or close topic i went to all 5 and none of them were similar to mines. so thats why i posted on here. iam rushing anyone or rushing my self to anything. iam only looking for an answer if there is one. simple as that. at leat iam honest to specify what happened. not like others that justify by saying>>>>> nahhhhhhh i naver dodne hat before i dont know what happened bla bla bla. <<<<< at least i was honest to describe the best i could on how everything started..
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Well, to be honest your writing style makes it incredibly hard to figure out what you are even talking about, and of course you aren't going to find what you need when you aren't even using the right terms. It's QPST, not QSPT or any thing other than QPST.
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Well, to be honest your writing style makes it incredibly hard to figure out what you are even talking about, and of course you aren't going to find what you need when you aren't even using the right terms. It's QPST, not QSPT or any thing other than QPST.
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oh **** lol. my bad i didnt notice that. yes thats what i ment QSTP to flash or edits phone. sorry about that. its sucks having bad eyes like in my case. thanks robyr.
and you're in the wrong device forum as no tab plus has qualcomm chips, I imagine you have the Original 7" Tab correct?
I would still be willing to help, but I havent used the QSTP tool that much. We are familiar with Odin. you say you have no 3G, so you're ROM boots up? Can you check if you have an IMEI or an /EFS folder present? If not you may have a very difficult time recovering if its possible at all.
What do you use QSTP for? flashing radios?
More clear info and we can try to help, although Id start by searching you're devices thread.
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and you're in the wrong device forum as no tab plus has qualcomm chips, I imagine you have the Original 7" Tab correct?
I would still be willing to help, but I havent used the QSTP tool that much. We are familiar with Odin. you say you have no 3G, so you're ROM boots up? Can you check if you have an IMEI or an /EFS folder present? If not you may have a very difficult time recovering if its possible at all.
What do you use QSTP for? flashing radios?
More clear info and we can try to help, although Id start by searching you're devices thread.
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thanks chrisrotolo for you reply. well i have a sprint version of the galaxy tab 7 inches. sph p100. when i first got it i was able to put it on diag mode to be able to flash it to my boost mobile account. and qhen i sued QPSt i was abel to edit the phone or what ever its called on the tablet and i had it working for over a year. but i was doing a clockwork and recovery flash trough ODIN and i dont know how the hell y checked clear EFS and the damn activation disapeared and when i tryed to reflash it again to my account but QSTP wasnt able to detected. it does show up on the device manager and it shows as the modem and the port wich its using. just like it used to before this whole thing started. but now on QPST it not showing up. this whole,thing its stupid. i dont know what the hell it got wiped when the clear EFS was checked. i had done this clear EFC crap on my spint Epic and i dont have that issue am able to go back to QPSt like nothing ever happened. its just this damn tablet its now showing up as a phone like it used to.. iam about to smash it..
welp... here you are.. http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-imei-efs-repair/
googled it in about 2-3 seconds flat. Restoring IMEI with a box is the probably the best way to go.
I just had my Tab Plus JTAG'ed because I flashed a custom boot loader. ( I was aware I was doing so)
I highly recommend this site. If you're in a rush you can choose rush option. This guy is great, send him an email Im sure he can help.
do you have any /efs folder or nv_data.bin or nv_data.bak files anywhere?
Enjoy. Research a bit more and be careful flashing huh?
Peace.
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welp... here you are.. http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-tab-imei-efs-repair/
googled it in about 2-3 seconds flat. Restoring IMEI with a box is the probably the best way to go.
I just had my Tab Plus JTAG'ed because I flashed a custom boot loader. ( I was aware I was doing so)
I highly recommend this site. If you're in a rush you can choose rush option. This guy is great, send him an email Im sure he can help.
do you have any /efs folder or nv_data.bin or nv_data.bak files anywhere?
Enjoy. Research a bit more and be careful flashing huh?
Peace.
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ok thanks man ill give thata a try. and no i dont have any nv data files. i even try doing a back up from my phone my Epic 4g to see if i could use that and i coudnt even back up the efs it came out blank. is there a posible way that i can do this my self? lokking for some nv data file that i can flash trugh oding or how ever its done
Hey everyone.
Im generally pretty savvy with androids. I rooted and S-offed my HTC Desire, I had a nexus S for a bit until it got ran over... Now im stuck with this Galaxy S 4G, which has been nothing but headaches because for some reason... this thing is impossible to root to me. Ive tried Hemidall, Super1clicks, Odin etc..
Can someone please just point me in the direction of rooting this POS? Im hoping that once its rooted and running stock, I wont hate this thing as much... because so far, Its a horrible purchase.
I just need someone to post a link to where I need to be. Ive searched.. and im absolutely lost. Even the Rootz wiki was useless to me.
Thanks.
Model Number - SGH-T959W
Android Version 2.3.6
You might not have any luck this is the T-959V and your phone might not be supported
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28566711&postcount=15
Read that then understand what bhundven means by DONT FLASH BOOTLOADERS!!
You can use the heimdall one clicks he created to get root access and then flash any rom that DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS INCLUDED. That means do not use gremlin remover period. Once you get rooted make a backup and keep it stored in as many places as possible. If you flash the ics variants you will have to use the stock kj6 HOC and then need to flash the HOC for antonx kernel to get root back. At that point you can flash your nandroid or whatever rom you want. AGAIN AS LONG AS IT DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS included.
eollie said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28566711&postcount=15
Read that then understand what bhundven means by DONT FLASH BOOTLOADERS!!
You can use the heimdall one clicks he created to get root access and then flash any rom that DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS INCLUDED. That means do not use gremlin remover period. Once you get rooted make a backup and keep it stored in as many places as possible. If you flash the ics variants you will have to use the stock kj6 HOC and then need to flash the HOC for antonx kernel to get root back. At that point you can flash your nandroid or whatever rom you want. AGAIN AS LONG AS IT DOESNT HAVE BOOTLOADERS included.
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I have no idea what youre talking about. Sorry
I used the Hemidall, and only got an unrooted Tmobile rom.. Im not sure where exactly i get root from this
Meh, forget it... im selling this phone. There is no convincing me to ever buy anything from Sammy again unless its a Nexus line.
HTC or Nexus forever.
Thanks guys
Reading is hard
"Can I get step by step directions please?"
Sure, here you are!
"What?! Your not going to remotely root my phone for me? F this place"
Good luck sir, you have the patience of a saint and the drive of a tiger!
OK let's be honest you gave up kinda quick.......
The forum that eollie linked you to was a forum talking about the phone that you bought, which is an apparent offshoot of the t-959v and according to what Masonite found out, "our" roms work on the t-959w but you cannot flash the bootloaders.
Here is the one click link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498 just boot into download mode and use this but absolutely don't flash bootloaders and it should be OK, no promises.
Eollie was right for linking you there, all the info you needed about your model phone was on that forum, that one click is in the dev sticky which everybody should read.
There has been a flood of people not researching a little bit first before posting and that's why people flamed you but you should not give up, its a good phone and our devs are dedicated and have put in a lot of time on this model, you should be happy your phone can even support all the great roms that are available.
I'm not being mean but seriously, come on, all the info is there, no need to get mad.
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Edit: or Google search how to use heimdall if your confused, I learn off a damn YouTube video..........
Our devs didn't create heimdall and don't support it but it is a great program and the dev has to build the individual one click for the phone, we should be happy to have it that easily available.
Reading the whole thread you got linked to is really hard. Phone-bricking hard
FBis251 said:
Reading the whole thread you got linked to is really hard. Phone-bricking hard
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Hahaha I know but but I believe in you lmao
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You'll need to flash one of the back to stock files that you got linked to in that thread which will put you on stock GB with no root. DO NOT FLASH THE BOOTLOADERS. You'll very likely brick if you do.
After this download the AntonX kernel from bhundven's one click thread and flash that. That will give you a custom kernel with CWM built in and root.
Needless to say, this is all for the SGH-T959V which theoretically should work on the SGH-T959W. As you'll read any disclaimer on this forum, you're resposible for anything you flash and the damage that may occur to your device.
Thanks for that fb I forgot a few steps if he wants to be on mtd roms, I assumed he could read from that point............ but your right for knowing better
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Thank you very much, and I'm sorry for getting angry. I've had this phone for almost 4 months now, and haven't been able to do anything with it. Quite frustrating.
So, I currently have the Tmobile ROM on my phone, so I'm halfway there it appears!
I'm going to download the other ROM as soon as I get home.
Thanks so much! Next up.. Learning to flash with Odin, and not ROM manager.
It seemed like everything I tried wasn't working with 2.3.6. Superoneclick etc.
I was waiting for a new exploit, but it never came. I tried YouTube tutorials, text directions.. Everything would fail, or give me "read only" errors. I feared bricking, so I stopped.. But I searched the forum and came across the thread he linked me to, but it said no bootloaders, and all the ones I saw had bootloaders. Wasn't until tonight that I noticed it's a 2 part flash process, with the second being the bootloaders.
I think I started this thread at 3am.
Lesson learned.
In heimdall, you can click a little box that says "flash bootloaders" to toggle flashing them on and off! .... or maybe it was odin? I can't remember... been a while since I used them!
After being away for the weekend, I came home, and BAM... fully rooted. Amazing! and FINALLY!!!
Thanks everyone for your help...
I just have another issue.
I wanna flash this ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305145
It says its CWM.. but there is a huge disclaimer that we shouldn't use ROM Manager on the development page, which is a bit confusing. Since this ROM isnt Odin flashable... what do i do?
Thanks again.
So I was confused about this when I first started. I'm not at my computer but I can help. In order to flash Roms via cmw you have to turn off your phone hold both volume rockers on the phone then hold the power button and hold till you get into cwm recovery. That will get you into cmw recovery mode. Then wipe data factory rest, from there go back to the main menu and select the install zip from sd card and find the zip file you want to flash and select it and install. Should be good to go.
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Nevermind... im a complete goon. I got it, lol.
Thanks
Hey, everyone. So I've been trying to figure out how to put ROM's on my Rogers Samsung Infuse 4G. I apologize if this frustrates anyone, I am usually pretty adept at figuring tech things out, however I've been browsing the web and these forums for about three days now and I am so utterly confused that it's beyond frustrating. Every time I manage to find a closely related thread or question I end up with dead links or down some tangent to alternate threads which in the end leaves me with more questions and confusion about how to actually do this. There is never a definitive "do this" thread. So, I've reached the point where I had to come on here and create my own thread.
Here's what I've done to this point;
I tried to root my phone using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197248 that thread. I don't know what happened but it somehow failed and bricked my phone. I was able to get it back up and running using the Odin Stock w/root in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193927 and that's where I sit now.
I've gathered that I need to get CWM and a modded recovery file to be able to flash with a ROM and that's where the problems begin.
I downloaded ROM manager and ES File Explorer to find and rename my recovery file, only to find there is no recovery file in my Bin folder.
From there I've read just about every thread possible and this has lead me to just be more confused, mostly because I can't find many threads pertaining to the specific model I have and I'm paranoid as hell to brick my phone by doing/installing something incompatible.
My phone is a Rogers Samsung 4G Infuse. Model SGH-I997R. Using GB 2.3.3 and I gather my baseband version is relevant as well, it's I997R UXKG3.
If someone could walk me through how on earth to sort this out, or point me in the direction of some active and actually useful threads, that would be amazing!
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Hey, everyone. So I've been trying to figure out how to put ROM's on my Rogers Samsung Infuse 4G. I apologize if this frustrates anyone, I am usually pretty adept at figuring tech things out, however I've been browsing the web and these forums for about three days now and I am so utterly confused that it's beyond frustrating. Every time I manage to find a closely related thread or question I end up with dead links or down some tangent to alternate threads which in the end leaves me with more questions and confusion about how to actually do this. There is never a definitive "do this" thread. So, I've reached the point where I had to come on here and create my own thread.
Here's what I've done to this point;
I tried to root my phone using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197248 that thread. I don't know what happened but it somehow failed and bricked my phone. I was able to get it back up and running using the Odin Stock w/root in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193927 and that's where I sit now.
I've gathered that I need to get CWM and a modded recovery file to be able to flash with a ROM and that's where the problems begin.
I downloaded ROM manager and ES File Explorer to find and rename my recovery file, only to find there is no recovery file in my Bin folder.
From there I've read just about every thread possible and this has lead me to just be more confused, mostly because I can't find many threads pertaining to the specific model I have and I'm paranoid as hell to brick my phone by doing/installing something incompatible.
My phone is a Rogers Samsung 4G Infuse. Model SGH-I997R. Using GB 2.3.3 and I gather my baseband version is relevant as well, it's I997R UXKG3.
If someone could walk me through how on earth to sort this out, or point me in the direction of some active and actually useful threads, that would be amazing!
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suits88 said:
Hey, everyone. So I've been trying to figure out how to put ROM's on my Rogers Samsung Infuse 4G. I apologize if this frustrates anyone, I am usually pretty adept at figuring tech things out, however I've been browsing the web and these forums for about three days now and I am so utterly confused that it's beyond frustrating. Every time I manage to find a closely related thread or question I end up with dead links or down some tangent to alternate threads which in the end leaves me with more questions and confusion about how to actually do this. There is never a definitive "do this" thread. So, I've reached the point where I had to come on here and create my own thread.
Here's what I've done to this point;
I tried to root my phone using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197248 that thread. I don't know what happened but it somehow failed and bricked my phone. I was able to get it back up and running using the Odin Stock w/root in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193927 and that's where I sit now.
I've gathered that I need to get CWM and a modded recovery file to be able to flash with a ROM and that's where the problems begin.
I downloaded ROM manager and ES File Explorer to find and rename my recovery file, only to find there is no recovery file in my Bin folder.
From there I've read just about every thread possible and this has lead me to just be more confused, mostly because I can't find many threads pertaining to the specific model I have and I'm paranoid as hell to brick my phone by doing/installing something incompatible.
My phone is a Rogers Samsung 4G Infuse. Model SGH-I997R. Using GB 2.3.3 and I gather my baseband version is relevant as well, it's I997R UXKG3.
If someone could walk me through how on earth to sort this out, or point me in the direction of some active and actually useful threads, that would be amazing!
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it makes no difference if you are on att or rogers if you are trying to flash a custom rom.
after you flash, the only difference is the APN - needs to be set to rogers.
use any of the stock rooted packages in the dev section
use odin or heimdall
jscott30 has odin packages avail to get you the cwm you need
i had a uclb3 stock with recovery also
alternatively, you can just use one of the custom gb kernels via odin or heimdall..flash the kernel to get cwm and flash what ever you want
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search and read
gl
I have the problem flashing my friend's i997r, when i do i it reboots into recovery n never goes into the actual os. Phones goes to the galaxy s cyanogenmod screen and boots into recovery each time.
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