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[HowTo]THE guide to restoring your Milestone 2

This is my tutorial on restoring the Milestone 2. It is more advanced than the other ones out there so I thought hey, let's tell the community. If you don't understand something please reply in this thread and don't PM me.
1. Install RSD Lite 4.9
2. Download and extract The right SBF restore file
3. Plug in your phone. Power it off and hold CAMERA + VOL DOWN
4. On the PC launch RSD Lite, Click on the [...] to the right of filename, browse for the .sbf file you have just extracted.
5. Click on Start
6. In normal cases the phone should boot up now. If you are SURE it doesn't, which is when it tells you to boot up the phone manually follow the next steps.
7. Unplug the phone and pull out the battery.
8. Slide out your keyboard and hold the X button, insert your battery and power it up while still holding the X button.
9. A screen with an exclamation mark pops up, press the @ button on the keyboard to open the recovery menu.
10. Use either the arrows on the keyboard or the VOL UP / VOL DOWN buttons to navigate up and down. Go down to wipe data/factory reset.
11. It will hang at some times but in the end it will say it's done. Hop over to reboot system now and reboot.
Congrats, if the problem was software-based, your phone will boot now!

What if the process doesn't even start? I put my phone in the bootloader mode, plug it in, start up RSD Lite, searh for the sbf on the disk, hit start and then the image starts to unpack from the sbf. So far so good, but when it comes to flashing that image to phone I get an error saying flash failed (in fact it didn' do literally anything to the phone) and displaying info that the phone got a reboot command but didn't respond to it. I tried doing this from booted up android but no luck whatsoever. When I get back home I'll update the post with an error code, maybe you can tell me how the hell I can get my phone to flash sbf seamlessly.
Sent from my Milestone 2

[email protected] said:
What if the process doesn't even start? I put my phone in the bootloader mode, plug it in, start up RSD Lite, searh for the sbf on the disk, hit start and then the image starts to unpack from the sbf. So far so good, but when it comes to flashing that image to phone I get an error saying flash failed (in fact it didn' do literally anything to the phone) and displaying info that the phone got a reboot command but didn't respond to it. I tried doing this from booted up android but no luck whatsoever. When I get back home I'll update the post with an error code, maybe you can tell me how the hell I can get my phone to flash sbf seamlessly.
Sent from my Milestone 2
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I know it's a bit extreme to do, but it might help for you. Try installing ubuntu or wubi, then use sbf_flash on ubuntu. It takes some time, but if you REALLY need to SBF you should give it a try. Usage is:
chmod 777 sbf_flash
./sbf_flash /path/to/sbf/file

I have no knowledge of ubuntu, but I stomped on the same advice as you have mentioned, before. But I didn't quite understand it clearly. I happened to have a ubuntu live 'cd' on my usb flash drive, I have the needed sbf from the links found in the topic of this forum, but is it all that I need, or am I missing something? Is that command you mentioned is everything I need to run?
Sent from my Milestone 2

[email protected] said:
I have no knowledge of ubuntu, but I stomped on the same advice as you have mentioned, before. But I didn't quite understand it clearly. I happened to have a ubuntu live 'cd' on my usb flash drive, I have the needed sbf from the links found in the topic of this forum, but is it all that I need, or am I missing something? Is that command you mentioned is everything I need to run?
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You first need to download sbf_flash and extract it to your user directory (the one with downloads, desktop folders). Then open up terminal and execute those commands

What firmware is that file?
I have a copy of MILS2_U6_2.2.19_SIGNED_USAMILESTONE2B1B80VF00B.0R_USXMILE20VFAU_P032_A012_M005_HWp2a_Service1FF.sbf.gz , but don't know if it would be good to flash.

Your firmware is for the Vodafone Australia Milestone 2.
The one in Mikevhl's post is the UK Firmware.

Mikevhl said:
I know it's a bit extreme to do, but it might help for you. Try installing ubuntu or wubi, then use sbf_flash on ubuntu. It takes some time, but if you REALLY need to SBF you should give it a try. Usage is:
chmod 777 sbf_flash
./sbf_flash /path/to/sbf/file
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Thanks for your advice, I managed to flash the sbf under ubuntu Now at least I know the way to do it 100%-proof

I did a "format system" in the CMW as I have recovered by this method?

brenopapito said:
I did a "format system" in the CMW as I have recovered by this method?
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YES IT WORKS!
But I had to hold CAMERA + VOL UP before plugging in the usb.

Is there a way to restore to the factory default ROM, but still keep my SMS'es/Text messages?
I'm not sure if an MMS issue I'm having is related to the ROM I'm using (Argen2Stone) so want to put the official one back on, but keep all my recent SMS'es...(and preferably all installed apps, etc etc., but SMS'es most important).

cobo_ said:
Is there a way to restore to the factory default ROM, but still keep my SMS'es/Text messages?
I'm not sure if an MMS issue I'm having is related to the ROM I'm using (Argen2Stone) so want to put the official one back on, but keep all my recent SMS'es...(and preferably all installed apps, etc etc., but SMS'es most important).
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you can back up your text messages using SMS Backup & Restore (available for free from the market place). save the backup file to your SD card, and once your ROM is restored, you can restore your messages using the restore button on that same program. (of course you need to reinstall SMS Backup & Restore in order to be able to restore the previously backed up file)

cobo_ said:
Is there a way to restore to the factory default ROM, but still keep my SMS'es/Text messages?
I'm not sure if an MMS issue I'm having is related to the ROM I'm using (Argen2Stone) so want to put the official one back on, but keep all my recent SMS'es...(and preferably all installed apps, etc etc., but SMS'es most important).
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You could try to make a nandroid backup, flash another SBF and restore just data of the nandroid backup

cobo_ said:
Is there a way to restore to the factory default ROM, but still keep my SMS'es/Text messages?
I'm not sure if an MMS issue I'm having is related to the ROM I'm using (Argen2Stone) so want to put the official one back on, but keep all my recent SMS'es...(and preferably all installed apps, etc etc., but SMS'es most important).
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or use titanium backup

Sbf flashes do not wipe /data. Therefore you could just sbf restore and all apps and text messages will be kept.

i used sbf_flash in opensuse. it detected my phone as droid x. everything was done. it said rebooting. but my phone didn't reboot. i only see a gray screen. what can i do now?

handsomeboy1702 said:
i used sbf_flash in opensuse. it detected my phone as droid x. everything was done. it said rebooting. but my phone didn't reboot. i only see a gray screen. what can i do now?
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I use SBF_flash too on Ubuntu. Try pulling your battery and booting up. If it doesn't work, try booting up by holding VOL DOWN+CAM to get into bootloader mode and start over

Mikevhl said:
I use SBF_flash too on Ubuntu. Try pulling your battery and booting up. If it doesn't work, try booting up by holding VOL DOWN+CAM to get into bootloader mode and start over
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i'd tried it again and again without success. then i finally managed to flash it using windows 7 with this little trick http://goo.gl/QeH5n

Thanks guys, I'll give 'em a try and see how it goes

Thanks to agent008my, DeadSix17, handsomeboy1702 and Mikevhl for the helpful suggestions and info
I ended up trying a restore from CWM (backed-up first!) of my very first backup prior to any ROMs etc and just restoring the system only.
This seems to have worked a treat! As I now have the stock ROM and all my apps/sms'es/phone logs etc still in place before I did the system-only restore!
Exactly what I wanted and so easy!
Many thanks guys and huge thanks to the CWM peoples as that thing is amazing.

How to flash clockwork recovery with nvflash-instructions here

same instructions now found in dev section

step 3--
download clockwork recovery test2-- http://mirror.dal.tdrevolution.net/c...h-recovery.tgz . extract it.
Link doesn't work.

Nice writeup. (Hit thanks) Don't really have any experience with nvflash, but most people say it's safer than cwm because if your stuck in a boot loop, you are screwed. So, my question is, (I came from the Vibrant), and we sometimes used what was called Odin to flash back to stock. Is this kind of like the same thing?

Great writeup, one minor addition perhaps. On XP, I had to keep the volume keys held while the recovery.img file was written to my device. If I removed the volume keys the bootloader failed to initialize.

dougstoner said:
Nice writeup. (Hit thanks) Don't really have any experience with nvflash, but most people say it's safer than cwm because if your stuck in a boot loop, you are screwed. So, my question is, (I came from the Vibrant), and we sometimes used what was called Odin to flash back to stock. Is this kind of like the same thing?
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It is, just without the convenient UI.

Another piece that may help people, I had to put my battery back into the device. So remove battery, hold volume keys while plugiging in USB, put battery back in. Without this last piece NVflash couldn't finish.

love that you made this. I ran into one problem. Not sure if this ia noob thing or just me, but can you add to your steps that you can only run one nvflash command at a time. after each command you have to unplug and replug in the USB cable. After i installed the driver and unplugged the phone, when i replugged in the phone i ran nvflash --sync to make sure the phone was plugged it ok. Once i just ran the recovery flash command after plunging in the phone it jumped to the software screen and all was fine. Thanks for the steps also to add your recovery link still doesn't work.
edit: I did not need to have the battery in and all for the recovery flash.

jlevy73 said:
Great writeup, one minor addition perhaps. On XP, I had to keep the volume keys held while the recovery.img file was written to my device. If I removed the volume keys the bootloader failed to initialize.
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that's the first time i heard that one. odd. but so is windows lol.

boldfacelies said:
step 3--
download clockwork recovery test2-- http://mirror.dal.tdrevolution.net/c...h-recovery.tgz . extract it.
Link doesn't work.
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i fixed it. sorry it took so long.. long day at work today.

ALuton said:
Another piece that may help people, I had to put my battery back into the device. So remove battery, hold volume keys while plugiging in USB, put battery back in. Without this last piece NVflash couldn't finish.
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i've done this many times already, and on other devices in the past. with the g2x i never had the battery in the phone. but if that works for you, amen!

I noticed this is simalar to the instructions here .. Just a suggestion but I would give credit to the original poster.. I've been around android for a bit and this can cause some tension when people don't show appreciation.. Other then that I used your instructions to install recovery, it worked for me.. The only issue I had is you stated:
"step 3--
download clockwork recovery test2-- http://mirror.dal.tdrevolution.net/c...h-recovery.tgz . extract it.
in the extracted folder of cwm recovery test2, copy all the files except for test2.img and nvflash and put them in your nvflash folder."
I tried this and it kept failing install of img.. I had to put all files in my nvflash folder for it to work...

Please Help I think I'm bricked

Ok so im not a newb to flashing ROMs or kernels and such. Both my roomate have the charge with imoseyon's kernel and DarkChargedTQ ROM. While he was on a business trip his phone reset but wouldnt boot, it would just loop at the samsung screen. So he got home, livid of course becuase of his broken phone so I tried to fix it.
I flashed back EP1W using ODIN which completes properly. THen when it reboots the stock recovery comes up saying that it cant mount /cache. THen if you try to factory reset it says that it cant mount /data. When I reboot I am still in the samsung boot loop.
Please Help, I was the one who flashed his phone and now its broken so im kinda freaking out!

I had a slightly different issue, kept getting the recovery halt when trying to go back to stock, all using the directions here. Nothing worked.
I then discovered this process, and it got my phone booting and stock.
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...harge-full-factory-tar-flashing-software.html
There might be an easier fix for you, but just sharing something that helped me out.

Thanks for the suggestion but thats a no go. Here is a little more detail.
After flashing the recovery fails to load the /cache. So when I try to fatory reset, I get this:
E:failed to mount /data (Invalid Argument)
E:install_application_for_customers: Can't mount /data
your storage not prepared yet, pl,ease use UI menu for format and reboot actions
Anyone ever seen this and can you help me?

Have you tried this?http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111486

This was the only way I was able to get out of a bootloop condition the very first time I flashed this phone:
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...harge-ee4-full-factory-odin-return-stock.html
You need to download and install SamsungPST
Download the charge.pit file
Download the CI510_VZW_EE4_ALL_ONE-LTE-CP_REV03_user_CL1014954.tar.md5
Next, you pull the battery from your phone, connect the USB cable to your phone and computer. Then, press the volume down button to enter "download" mode. AFTER you have entered download mode you *MUST* put the battery back into the phone. Do not skip this.
So, at this point you should have your phone connected to your computer, in download mode, ready to flash WITH the battery in the phone to provide the extra power it needs during the flash process.
Next, You run the SamsungPST program, load the PIT file in the PIT section, load the .md5 file into the software section below the PIT *AND* you must click the "Repartition" *AND* the "Update Boot" checkbox before you start flashing.
Your phone will reboot after the flash process is complete and you will see some messages on the screen and it will reboot itself again before finally coming up.
BE PATIENT. This process takes a while. It takes more than six minutes to flash the phone AND another ~5 minutes before it boots up on its own. (possibly longer.)
Hopefully this will recover you. The "Repartition" option is very important. Flashing this same ROM with Odin did not work for me when I had to recover my phone. There is something about the SamsungPST program that is somehow more thorough or works better for this type of recovery.
I wrote this down from memory, so the wording might be slightly off, but you should be able to get it.

quarky42 said:
This was the only way I was able to get out of a bootloop condition the very first time I flashed this phone:
http://www.mydroidworld.com/forums/...harge-ee4-full-factory-odin-return-stock.html
You need to download and install SamsungPST
Download the charge.pit file
Download the CI510_VZW_EE4_ALL_ONE-LTE-CP_REV03_user_CL1014954.tar.md5
Next, you pull the battery from your phone, connect the USB cable to your phone and computer. Then, press the volume down button to enter "download" mode. AFTER you have entered download mode you *MUST* put the battery back into the phone. Do not skip this.
So, at this point you should have your phone connected to your computer, in download mode, ready to flash WITH the battery in the phone to provide the extra power it needs during the flash process.
Next, You run the SamsungPST program, load the PIT file in the PIT section, load the .md5 file into the software section below the PIT *AND* you must click the "Repartition" *AND* the "Update Boot" checkbox before you start flashing.
Your phone will reboot after the flash process is complete and you will see some messages on the screen and it will reboot itself again before finally coming up.
BE PATIENT. This process takes a while. It takes more than six minutes to flash the phone AND another ~5 minutes before it boots up on its own. (possibly longer.)
Hopefully this will recover you. The "Repartition" option is very important. Flashing this same ROM with Odin did not work for me when I had to recover my phone. There is something about the SamsungPST program that is somehow more thorough or works better for this type of recovery.
I wrote this down from memory, so the wording might be slightly off, but you should be able to get it.
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OK this sounds like it might work as its the only solution I have seen that uses the repartion. I have never delt with this and I may be really stupid right now but where do I get teh charge .pit file?
EDIT: I found a link for the charge.pit in the imnuts thread that was posted a few posts back. Does this file not change with different OS builds?

Have you tried the fix my phone thread in development? ?
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I tried the fix my phone thread and it did not work. I have tried flashing just EP1W and flashing it with the .pit in both odin and the SamsungPST and I get teh same errors every time about not being able to mount anything. It seems like I dont have any partitions but I though that using the .pit and checking re=partition should fix the problem???
Ugh my roomate is gonna kill me, anyone have any other suggestions?

MasterRy88 said:
I tried the fix my phone thread and it did not work. I have tried flashing just EP1W and flashing it with the .pit in both odin and the SamsungPST and I get teh same errors every time about not being able to mount anything. It seems like I dont have any partitions but I though that using the .pit and checking re=partition should fix the problem???
Ugh my roomate is gonna kill me, anyone have any other suggestions?
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PIT isn't supposed to be used with GB roms.. go back to EE4 with the PIT file then boot up to make sure it works right, then Odin the GB rom of your choice by itself and you shouldn't have problems
blazing through on my 4G Droid Charge

MasterRy88 said:
EDIT: I found a link for the charge.pit in the imnuts thread that was posted a few posts back. Does this file not change with different OS builds?
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Using the pit file will take you back to stock EE4. Since there is no official release after EE4 the file wont change. Even if we do get upped to an official OTA of GB you could still use this file to go back to EE4 and then you would get prompted to upgrade to GB.
Sent from my SCH-I510 using XDA App

So basically you are stuck at the Sam recovery screen with some coded right
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bfitzpatrickd2d said:
So basically you are stuck at the Sam recovery screen with some coded right
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Correct, Per the suggestions Im going to flash back to EE4 but I just tried and it said the checksum was invalid so im trying to redownload a difffernt one
EDIT: UGH anyone know why the md5 keeps failing or what normall causes that?
No matter what I choose (EE4, ED1, ED2) the md5 fails. Is it safe to just remove the .md5 from the end or is that risky?

Take it to Verizon they will send you out a refurbished device
Sent from my SCH-I510 using xda premium

Something similar happened to me and I took it in and they sent out a new device I think someone told me it has something to do with /system
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Ok didnt really follow everything so just gonna throw some stuff out there. So you are stuck at recovery so you can flash a .zip file? I found ee4 as a .zip file so you could try and do that but that doesnt help if you need to re partition. hmm. Instead of ee4 you could always try a download of ed1 or ed2. Or flash a .tar instead of a .md5. Im a noob also so just trying to help. Since you can odin files can you access your sd card? Can you odin clockwork and then try and load a file from there?

He's stuck system Samsung recovery can't flash from there but yeah flash cmw then flash a rom with kernal I think that should fix it cause when u flash w o kernal Samsung stock over writes cwm if I am not mistaking
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Found something else but it was for another phone. Can you take your sd card out. Use and adapter to put in your computer, format it then put .zip file on there and see if it see's it. Ok well probably making things worse so as someone said take it to verizon and get replacement.
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So something similar to this might work?
1. Download Odin, cwm_froyo-odin.zip
2. Extract cwm_froyo-odin.zip, place update.zip on root of SD card
3. Power phone down, remove battery
4. Open Odin, hold volume down and plug in USB to enter download mode
5. Select PDA and place cwm_froyo.tar and flash
6. Upon finish, replace battery, hold both volume buttons down and power on until you enter stock recovery (blue)
7. Apply:update.zip to enter red recovery

honestly thank you everyone for all your suggestions.
Here is where im at now. I was able to finally get an ED1 to flash with the pit file. Phone went through the same process of flashing, then went to samsung recovery and said it couldnt mount things, but it wasnt the same. It was like /dev/... and things of that nature. Factory reset, same thing. NOw when I boot I get bootlooped at the eye, which is better than what I was getting.
I didnt even think about flashing CWM to it and then flashing a rom/kernel. I might try that after I go through this. BUt as it is now the phone shouldnt show any signs of tampering so I may take it to verizon. Ill let everynoe know and THANKS AGAIN I really appreciate everyones help

I have clockwork as a .md5 file . Flash that from odin and then recover from there.

No problem; been in your boat before If we helped hit the thanks button ;-)
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[Q] [HELP] Stuck on CWM screen, frozen!

Hey everyone!
So I flashed a ji6 tar through SGS kernel flasher to get 2e recovery. I think it managed to do so successfully because now I have CWM when I boot into recovery. HOWEVER, when recovery pops up it goes to the CWM screen and FREEZES! I cannot select any options including reboot system. I also now cannot startup my phone normally! What can I do? I have ODIN but it won't detect my phone when it's connected (tried this about 20 times). I'm running a mac so I guess there aren't very many options. The only way out of anything int his mess is to pull the battery. SOMEONE PLEASE HELP! My phoen is now useless for all purposes. I tried factory reset, etc. On normal bootup my phone is stuck on the startup screen and never progresses past. Help please!

well odin doesnt run on mac.
search for heimdall. (same thing but for all OS) [PROGRAM] Heimdall - Open-Source Cross-Platform Flashing Suite ...
heimdall / odin use download mode not recovery, you know that right? hard to tell by your message.
Instructions for download mode:
plug USB cable into computer
have phone shut off
hold both volume buttons
plug USB into phone
let go of buttons when you see an android digging "down"
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or get VMware or another virtual machine and install windows. http://www.utorrent.com http://torrentz.eu/search?f=vmware http://torrentz.eu/search?f=windows+7

THanks for the tips.
I've been using (or trying to) Odin in Download mode but it will not detect my device. Recovery in CWM freezes, 2e recovery leading to the CWM screen is fine but when I hit'reboot now' or startup regularly using the power button, it's stuck on the boot up logo page. But I'm investigating Heimdall hopefully that helps or I am totally at my wit's end! Been working on this for a couple hours using everything I can think of! (And Google and XDA forums of course!)

Gave Heimdall a whirl, it just says failed to confirm end of PIT file transfer. HELP!!!

NewbDroid said:
Gave Heimdall a whirl, it just says failed to confirm end of PIT file transfer. HELP!!!
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Any chance you have access to a Windows based system? I've never used Heimdall, so I can't help you there.
Are you 100% sure you're in Download mode? Yellow shovel guy. Were you using Odin with VMware Fusion or something similar? Try different USB ports if it's a G5 or something, doesn't apply if a Macbook.

Heimdall is open source and it works on all platforms...
It's BETTER!

studacris said:
Heimdall is open source and it works on all platforms...
It's BETTER!
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I don't doubt that at all. I flash to stock so seldom now that using Odin once ever 3 or 4 months doesn't bother me.

NewbDroid said:
Gave Heimdall a whirl, it just says failed to confirm end of PIT file transfer. HELP!!!
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unfortunately i know nothing about heimdall, even though im the one that suggested it. studa! help a man out! i gave you your 900

here is a link to a 1 click heimdall package, which also has a prerooted version i suggest you get that as this a transitory os and rooting is part of the process of getting 2e recovery WITHOUT flashiing a stock kernel that will make your phone unbootable.
if you have connection issues refer to THIS THREAD
once that is completed, refer to THIS THREAD to MANUALLY replace 2recovery.
then to make sure it wasn't a wonky cwm file you had that made it freeze(actually now that i think about it you could use adb to push this to the root of /mnt/sdcard FIRST to see if its the cwm file. adb should work in recovery) grab the attached update.zip

Had a similar situation and had to order the USB jig to get out of it. It is pretty easy to make or if you want an easy (and clean) option, order one. Once you have that, remove the battery, SIM and SD. Reinsert the battery and then insert the USB jig. It will go right into download mode and then from there use Odin to flash it back to stock.

[Q] noob sorry to bother but soft bricked Galaxy Blaze atempting to root

I am new here and searched for a similar problem but can't seem to find one just like mine. This is my first time to root this phone but have been successful in the past with others. I have a Galaxy Blaze I just bought and attempted to root with blaze.pit and blaze-root-kernel.tar in pit and PDA sections of ODIN respectively. It appeared all went well with a PASS from Odin reporting All threads completed. (Successful 1/faliled 0).
The phone auto rebooted while connected to the PC but froze on the blue "loading" bar (that's what I call it) and is frozen on the battery charging indicator screen which does increment when plugged into AC. If I push the power button it just buzzes. I never got so far as to load a ROM which is what leads me to think my question may be new but stupid me if digging through here didn't turn up what I'm looking for. This is my only phone and I'm SOL without it. I'm afraid I might have gotten the files from an old source (suspicion) and would appreciate any guidance getting me back where I was or rooted so I may continue.
I can get into load mode so not all is lost, except for me. Thanks for any kind person that would take a moment to bail me out.

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mikesmccurdy said:
I am new here and searched for a similar problem but can't seem to find one just like mine. This is my first time to root this phone but have been successful in the past with others. I have a Galaxy Blaze I just bought and attempted to root with blaze.pit and blaze-root-kernel.tar in pit and PDA sections of ODIN respectively. It appeared all went well with a PASS from Odin reporting All threads completed. (Successful 1/faliled 0).
The phone auto rebooted while connected to the PC but froze on the blue "loading" bar (that's what I call it) and is frozen on the battery charging indicator screen which does increment when plugged into AC. If I push the power button it just buzzes. I never got so far as to load a ROM which is what leads me to think my question may be new but stupid me if digging through here didn't turn up what I'm looking for. This is my only phone and I'm SOL without it. I'm afraid I might have gotten the files from an old source (suspicion) and would appreciate any guidance getting me back where I was or rooted so I may continue.
I can get into load mode so not all is lost, except for me. Thanks for any kind person that would take a moment to bail me out.
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I shoult mention that I did try to follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601 but was not able to get the TAR file to download.

What version(ICS or GB) were you on when you tried to root? There are root methods that are different for both ICS and GB... Since you can boot into download mode, try getting Clockwordmod on your blaze via Odin. Then from there mount your device(via CWM) and transfer a ROM you want to try out. Don't forget Gapps... then wipe data/cache/dalvik and flash them both..

im_awesome_right? said:
What version(ICS or GB) were you on when you tried to root? There are root methods that are different for both ICS and GB... Since you can boot into download mode, try getting Clockwordmod on your blaze via Odin. Then from there mount your device(via CWM) and transfer a ROM you want to try out. Don't forget Gapps... then wipe data/cache/dalvik and flash them both..
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^^^ he's right... I did the same thing when I got my Blaze. I forgot to uncheck Repartition. You have to UN-check it after you select the tar and pit. it auto checks repartition once those are selected.
go to the CWM post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591622 and flash CWM via Odin. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY Then if you're able to get into recovery, download whatever Rom you want to your pc, and inside recovery go into Mounts and Storage->Mount USB Storage and plug your phone into the computer. you should then be able to copy the downloaded Rom to your phone (make sure you know whether its your internal or external SD card. Then hit +++Go Back+++ twice and choose Install Zip from SD Card. The pick one: Choose zip from sdcard or choose zip from internal sd card. then navigate to the rom's zip, install, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, reboot phone and you ***should*** be good to go.

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jparnell8839 said:
^^^ he's right... I did the same thing when I got my Blaze. I forgot to uncheck Repartition. You have to UN-check it after you select the tar and pit. it auto checks repartition once those are selected.
go to the CWM post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591622 and flash CWM via Odin. FOLLOW THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY Then if you're able to get into recovery, download whatever Rom you want to your pc, and inside recovery go into Mounts and Storage->Mount USB Storage and plug your phone into the computer. you should then be able to copy the downloaded Rom to your phone (make sure you know whether its your internal or external SD card. Then hit +++Go Back+++ twice and choose Install Zip from SD Card. The pick one: Choose zip from sdcard or choose zip from internal sd card. then navigate to the rom's zip, install, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, reboot phone and you ***should*** be good to go.
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Thank you so much for the input. I must be totally stupid because Odin loaded Clockwork mod without a hitch but it still freezes at the end of the blue bar and will no further. Odin reoorts pass When I boot do downloading... it only gives me the product name sgh-t789 Custom Binary Download Yes: (4counts) and current binary Custom. There is always a chance that I forgot to uncheck ro-partiton but I was pretty careful. All this to get rod of pages of bloatware...rrgh. Thanks so much to thos who have given me input so far. Unfortunatly I am not sure what I ws running in the first place but I imagine it was not ICS. I can't afford a new phone and know I must get past this!!! Thanks a million guys. I will try to find a rom to flash and see but am not even sure how to get into Cloclwork on ths silly thing yet.

To get into recovery you must do the volume buttons/power button hold. It's explained in the rooting thread. It's not hard, just follow the instructions. You shouldn't have to remove the battery, just turn off your phone, then hold all 3 buttons, release the power button after about 10 seconds but keep holding volume buttons until recovery comes up in your phone.
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njstein said:
To get into recovery you must do the volume buttons/power button hold. It's explained in the rooting thread. It's not hard, just follow the instructions. You shouldn't have to remove the battery, just turn off your phone, then hold all 3 buttons, release the power button after about 10 seconds but keep holding volume buttons until recovery comes up in your phone.
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Thank you. I am able to get into recovery mode without an issue and odin reports that Clockwork Mod Passed but I stil can't get past the blue bar locking up when it reaches the end. I must be missing something stupid as I cand even get Odin to recoginze the stock download so I can try to start over. rrgh. I know I'm missing something stupid but it seems to me that when I boot the phone into recovery I should see a clockworkmod screen giving me boot oprions but not sure what I should be seeing am flying a bit blind. Would appreciate good recommendation of a rom to try and download and where I might find it. I do notice that the rocovery mode screen increments the custom binary dowload indicator everytime I try something.

Im thinking you might have forgotten to repartition the phone. Make sure its selected so you can have a clean partition and redo the steps to root it and see if that works.

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Im thinking you might have forgotten to repartition the phone. Make sure its selected so you can have a clean partition and redo the steps to root it and see if that works.
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As said above. The mistake was that he clicked repartition.
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strange, i always thought you had to partition, at least at some point.
Anywho, if you can get into recovery (and since you said odin loaded cwm) couldn't you just put a rom onto a SD card, pop it in, and just install it with cwm?

The Barron said:
strange, i always thought you had to partition, at least at some point.
Anywho, if you can get into recovery couldn't you just put a rom onto a SD card, pop it in, and just install it with cwm?
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Also said above...

Bootloader is bad? Doubt it, but only thing i can think of right now.

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The Barron said:
strange, i always thought you had to partition, at least at some point.
Anywho, if you can get into recovery (and since you said odin loaded cwm) couldn't you just put a rom onto a SD card, pop it in, and just install it with cwm?
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Oddly CWM reports as having loaded in Odin but I cant access it to load a mod unless there is a trick to getting to CWM I haven't figured out yet. I'm also a bit confused that Odin only recognizes TAR files when the mods I downloaded ie liquid are in zip format and not recognized by Odin. sorry for asking stupid questions but I sincerely appreciate the time you all take to respond. I am detrermined to fix this one. I was pretty careful to uncheck repartition but there is always the chance I missed it once.

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Oddly CWM reports as having loaded in Odin but I cant access it to load a mod unless there is a trick to getting to CWM I haven't figured out yet. I'm also a bit confused that Odin only recognizes TAR files when the mods I downloaded ie liquid are in zip format and not recognized by Odin. sorry for asking stupid questions but I sincerely appreciate the time you all take to respond. I am detrermined to fix this one. I was pretty careful to uncheck repartition but there is always the chance I missed it once.
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Zips are flashed in CWM.. Not in Odin..
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mikesmccurdy said:
Oddly CWM reports as having loaded in Odin but I cant access it to load a mod unless there is a trick to getting to CWM I haven't figured out yet. I'm also a bit confused that Odin only recognizes TAR files when the mods I downloaded ie liquid are in zip format and not recognized by Odin. sorry for asking stupid questions but I sincerely appreciate the time you all take to respond. I am detrermined to fix this one. I was pretty careful to uncheck repartition but there is always the chance I missed it once.
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to get to download mode, you need to either have a jig or to have your phone plugged into your computer while pressing VOL UP + VOL DOWN and PWR. that will get you to Download (Odin) Mode. To get to CWM Recovery, Unplug your phone from your computer and press VOL UP + VOL DOWN and PWR. The phone will do a short vibrate and the Samsung logo will appear. Then you will see ClockworkMod Recovery at the top with options. If you have standard (non-touch) CWM, use volume up and volume down to navigate and select your choice with the power button (short presses, a long press will power off). Go to mounts and storage -> mount usb storage. then copy your ROM of choice to your phone. go back twice and then enter install zip from sdcard. then either Choose zip from sdcard or Choose zip from internal sdcard. install. wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. reboot. win.

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to get to download mode, you need to either have a jig or to have your phone plugged into your computer while pressing VOL UP + VOL DOWN and PWR. that will get you to Download (Odin) Mode. To get to CWM Recovery, Unplug your phone from your computer and press VOL UP + VOL DOWN and PWR. The phone will do a short vibrate and the Samsung logo will appear. Then you will see ClockworkMod Recovery at the top with options. If you have standard (non-touch) CWM, use volume up and volume down to navigate and select your choice with the power button (short presses, a long press will power off). Go to mounts and storage -> mount usb storage. then copy your ROM of choice to your phone. go back twice and then enter install zip from sdcard. then either Choose zip from sdcard or Choose zip from internal sdcard. install. wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. reboot. win.
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My problem is that I am not able to get into CWM. I am able to get into Odin mode but I get the vibrate when trying to boot into CWM then the Samsung logo then the blue bar that freezes when it reaches the end. After that when I try a regular boot all I see is the battery indicator if I have it plugged into power. I really appreciate these detailed instructions, but until I can get past the blue bar, I am stuck.......

Do you let go of the vol button and power before the Samsung logo? If you do then hold the buttons until the logo appears then let them go. If you let go early it just boots like normal
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woodzx67 said:
Do you let go of the vol button and power before the Samsung logo? If you do then hold the buttons until the logo appears then let them go. If you let go early it just boots like normal
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Search as I might I can't seem to get past this. I have CWM loaded but am getting an error mounting sdcard when I try and e: unable to write to ums lunfile when I try to mount USB. I'm getting in deeper here and would appreciate any further advice.

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Search as I might I can't seem to get past this. I have CWM loaded but am getting an error mounting sdcard when I try and e: unable to write to ums lunfile when I try to mount USB. I'm getting in deeper here and would appreciate any further advice.
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I'd try reflashing CWM... something doesnt seem right. its like your mount points are all screwy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591622
make sure to use the pit file located in that thread
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Just used the files (CWM and pit through Odin) and CWM flashed successfully for me. Able to do a nandroid backup and restore as well as flash a new ROM.
Also, please dont get mad for this, but just to be on the safe side (had a person last week who mistakenly did this) this is the Galaxy S Blaze 4G, not the Galaxy S 4G. If your device model isn't T769, you've got the wrong forum

I had the same issue today with s3 that I fixed will by restoring stock ........,.,...
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