Okay, I am not a total noob but I'm not a developer either so I only ~kind~ of know what I'm doing.
I bought a rooted gingerbread droid charge. I tried to un-root it so that I may activate it on my verizon line - to do this I used Odin to put a rooted ED1 rom on the phone. I then used an OTA update which was "supposed" to unroot it but it did not. I only updated it once, not twice, so it was only running froyo.
I then brought the phone to Verizon hoping that they would be able to activate the phone. The first thing that they did was switch the 4G Sim card with a new one and tried to activate it. After multiple failed attempts, they did a hard reset on the phone and tried to activate it again. The verizon guy said that the phone was able to use voice commands to search the internet, but that was all. He said that technically the phone was "all-set-up" and that the problem was was that the phone was not able to activate because it had a hacked kernel. He then told me that in order to fix this problem I would have to find a stock kernel and install it onto my phone.
I then went home and used tried to use Odin with several roms. The last one I tried was this one:
chargeforums.com/forum/droid-charge-development/1575-odin-rom-ep4d-factory-full-factory-restore-2-3-6-radio-unrooted-12-7-11-a.html
However, regardless of the rom I try to use, Odin fails at this line:
ID:0/006 Complete (write) operation failed
If I try to put my phone into recovery mode now, I get a picture of a phone with an arrow pointing to a computer.
Please help me!!!
af.austin.french said:
Okay, I am not a total noob but I'm not a developer either so I only ~kind~ of know what I'm doing.
I bought a rooted gingerbread droid charge. I tried to un-root it so that I may activate it on my verizon line - to do this I used Odin to put a rooted ED1 rom on the phone. I then used an OTA update which was "supposed" to unroot it but it did not. I only updated it once, not twice, so it was only running froyo.
I then brought the phone to Verizon hoping that they would be able to activate the phone. The first thing that they did was switch the 4G Sim card with a new one and tried to activate it. After multiple failed attempts, they did a hard reset on the phone and tried to activate it again. The verizon guy said that the phone was able to use voice commands to search the internet, but that was all. He said that technically the phone was "all-set-up" and that the problem was was that the phone was not able to activate because it had a hacked kernel. He then told me that in order to fix this problem I would have to find a stock kernel and install it onto my phone.
I then went home and used tried to use Odin with several roms. The last one I tried was this one:
chargeforums.com/forum/droid-charge-development/1575-odin-rom-ep4d-factory-full-factory-restore-2-3-6-radio-unrooted-12-7-11-a.html
However, regardless of the rom I try to use, Odin fails at this line:
ID:0/006 Complete (write) operation failed
If I try to put my phone into recovery mode now, I get a picture of a phone with an arrow pointing to a computer.
Please help me!!!
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Did you odin the pit file along with froyo rom?
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No, and I don't know how I would do that either...
Go to the Development forum and follow the "How to fix your phone" guide that is stickied. I would recommend using the EP4D Odin package to get to the latest software. The PIT file used is the same for all builds, and when flashing with Odin, leave the battery in the phone.
Thanks! I ~think~ that it worked. One question though, I wasn't able to find out if my my phone is now rooted or not (after using the EP4D Package)...
af.austin.french said:
Thanks! I ~think~ that it worked. One question though, I wasn't able to find out if my my phone is now rooted or not (after using the EP4D Package)...
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if your rooted try and app that needs root
depending on which rom you installed or if you ended up ota to gingerbread..
Ota - odin cwr, flash new kernel using cwr
Rooted rom - do you have superuser app, if yes open it up.. If no dl it from market. See if you have root.
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Every time I brick my droid going from rom to rom. I use the all_in_one_ep4d odin package. Even if your reverting completely back to stock your gonna have to upgrade your stock recovery anyway (thanks imnuts). I suggest you that use package if you didn't already.
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Can anyone help please? I was running stock ED1 and decided to update to EE4. I put Voodoo lagfix on, then flashed the EE4 update that was in the general forum through recovery as an update.zip. It stopped about halfway through for some reason, leaving me with an "unknown" baseband and thus, no way to get a signal. All attempts to flash different radio updates failed. So, I decided to flash everything over. I flashed the stock ED1 through Odin, but it keeps saying the MD5 checksum is invalid, so I flashed Altered Beast. This got me clockword mod, but still no baseband. Finally, I tried to flashed debloated EE4 through clockword and now, I'm stuck at the Samsung screen, with no way to get into recovery. Any suggestions for my noobness? :/ I can still get it to connect to Odin.
Ok, quick update. I got Altered Beast reflashed. CWM is still on there. I'd like to get back to stock, ED1, ED2, EE4; I don't care which, as long as I have a working baseband. Suggestions?
try redownlolading ed1 because the md5 has to do with the file itself not the phone. Then connect to wifi and update to ed2. after, try flashing the update .zip thats from the forums while you are stock, no custom recovery or anything other than root ed2. if none of this works, then you probably burnt out your sim card like i did accidentaly by activating my old droid x. so if you did burn the sim card, go to best buy or verizon or the costco wireless booth and have them activate a new sim card for you. this happened to me where i couldnt get data or anything and i got a new sim card and pow! it worked. try my initial instructions first. and make sure you are using the PDA button in odin
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Ok, quick update. I got Altered Beast reflashed. CWM is still on there. I'd like to get back to stock, ED1, ED2, EE4; I don't care which, as long as I have a working baseband. Suggestions?
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whenever you flash an update you need to be completely stock thats including the kernel
i would disable lag fix then flash ED1 downgrade and try to update if it doesnt let you i would unroot and bring your phone into VZW tell them the update failed and left you with unknown baseband.
you may be a good test subject to try out his idea on flashing a radio , if he is there yet
also you posted in the wrong section
rami98 said:
try redownlolading ed1 because the md5 has to do with the file itself not the phone. Then connect to wifi and update to ed2. after, try flashing the update .zip thats from the forums while you are stock, no custom recovery or anything other than root ed2. if none of this works, then you probably burnt out your sim card like i did accidentaly by activating my old droid x. so if you did burn the sim card, go to best buy or verizon or the costco wireless booth and have them activate a new sim card for you. this happened to me where i couldnt get data or anything and i got a new sim card and pow! it worked. try my initial instructions first. and make sure you are using the PDA button in odin
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you cant get the update over wifi im pretty sure he will need to download the update.zip files for each update if he doesnt already have them
Hah im trying to figure out how to get outta bootloop forgot to disable voodoo odin'd back to ed2 w/root and now i have bootloop..
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Ok, I'm still getting a MD5 mismatch on the third try with the stock ED1 file. any other ideas?
mv1luv said:
Hah im trying to figure out how to get outta bootloop forgot to disable voodoo odin'd back to ed2 w/root and now i have bootloop..
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flash altered beast, then boot up , boot into recovery disable lagfix then try again
empyreandance said:
Ok, I'm still getting a MD5 mismatch on the third try with the stock ED1 file. any other ideas?
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redownload the file
i've done that three times today. i think something else is going on
I would suggest reinstalling the Samsung drivers for the Charge, then open Odin, use a different USB port and try again. I had a lot of issues with flash ED1 and one of the ways I found worked around this (for me) was to make sure the drivers were messed up.
empyreandance said:
i've done that three times today. i think something else is going on
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where are you downloading the file from?
RaptorMD said:
I would suggest reinstalling the Samsung drivers for the Charge, then open Odin, use a different USB port and try again. I had a lot of issues with flash ED1 and one of the ways I found worked around this (for me) was to make sure the drivers were messed up.
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MD5 mismatch happens when a file is corrupt or not fully complete
ok, good news (sort of). the md5 mismatch was being caused by the way chrome was naming the multiple instances of the download. I renamed the file and got back to stock ED1. still no signal, but i got the pop up saying i had a system update waiting, i just have to wait for the battery to charge a bit. I'll check back in soon. in the meantime, thanks for all the help and patience everyone.
ok, installing the update didn't help. is it possible my sim card is fried?
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I put Voodoo lagfix on, then flashed the EE4 update
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wait i thought if you wanted to flash to stock you want the Voodoo lagfix off? i think your problem might be that your flashing non voodoo kernals to a system that has voodoo on i dont think you should do that, try flashing a voodoo kernal maybe instead of the stock stuff
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well, a trip to verizon and trying new sim cards didn't fix it. guess i'll need to wait for a replacement.
Recently rooted my droid charge using voodoo lagfix kernel with odin 1.85. Everything went fine until I tried to put files on my SD card. So I found the forum that had the fix. Wasn't able to put fix file on the SD no matter what I did. So I just said forget it and I went ahead and flash my phone back to the stock ROM using Odin 1.85. Now every time I go to flash it odin says it fails. Now I've flash my phone to factory before and it worked perfect. Also I put gingerbread on it and that worked. Now I can't do it anymore. It just keeps failing.
Any suggestion?
Thanks,
Brian
EDIT: Not just odin 1.85 Any version I use doesn't work.
bvsbutthd101 said:
Recently rooted my droid charge using voodoo lagfix kernel with odin 1.85. Everything went fine until I tried to put files on my SD card. So I found the forum that had the fix. Wasn't able to put fix file on the SD no matter what I did. So I just said forget it and I went ahead and flash my phone back to the stock ROM using Odin 1.85. Now every time I go to flash it odin says it fails. Now I've flash my phone to factory before and it worked perfect. Also I put gingerbread on it and that worked. Now I can't do it anymore. It just keeps failing.
Any suggestion?
Thanks,
Brian
EDIT: Not just odin 1.85 Any version I use doesn't work.
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what are the steps you're using in odin? put the battery back in to flash stuff (if you don't already have it in) if it keeps failing... also what are you trying to flash and where are you trying to end up rom/kernel wise?
I just want to put the stock ROM back on. Right now I have my phone booted up but I dont have service. I have 4G but no calling services. But the weird thing is that when I just ran odin it said it failed but I just shut my phone off and it booted up.
bvsbutthd101 said:
I just want to put the stock ROM back on. Right now I have my phone booted up but I dont have service. I have 4G but no calling services. But the weird thing is that when I just ran odin it said it failed but I just shut my phone off and it booted up.
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Yeah if an odin flash fails and you unplug it and boot it up it will start the last rom you were running. You can still get it into download mode for odin right? Strange that its not flashing right... Try using a different USB port on your pc (as well as plug in your pc for good measure), disable any antivirus software you may have or run Odin as administrator, then put the battery back in for odin as always only use PDA and/or PIT sections
tried all my usb ports, but yeah getting into download mode works fine. But I just got back from verizon. There sending me a new phone.
bvsbutthd101 said:
tried all my usb ports, but yeah getting into download mode works fine. But I just got back from verizon. There sending me a new phone.
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I probably would've tried a little more to fix it, its extremely hard to brick this phone or make it so you can't recover or get back to stock... anyways thats good, hope its easier to odin with the new one
yeah, i think ill wait for them to come out with a kernel that doesn't make it so your SD card stops working when you root the phone. Right now my phone is working fine except the fact that I can't make phones calls.
bvsbutthd101 said:
yeah, i think ill wait for them to come out with a kernel that doesn't make it so your SD card stops working when you root the phone. Right now my phone is working fine except the fact that I can't make phones calls.
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hmm that's weird, something may have gone wrong internally that has to do with the radio or making calls... though if it's not gonna do what a phone does and make calls then yeah I'd get a new one too
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hmm that's weird, something may have gone wrong internally that has to do with the radio or making calls... though if it's not gonna do what a phone does and make calls then yeah I'd get a new one too
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Exactly, pretty important part if I do say so myself. I'm happy though. They didn't give any problem. I didn't even ask to get a new phone. They just told me that we'll just send one out to you.
First of all I apologize if this has been brought up before in other posts. I am in a mixture of frustration and panic right now because I tried upgrading to ICS on my Rogers SGS2 LTE, and it failed.
Using Kies, I followed the prompts, and for whatever reason it didn't finish. Now when I boot up the phone, it keeps telling me to use the recovery mode option in Kies. However, if I do try to use recovery mode, it always times out and tells me I may need to contact a Samsung service center. The computer has no problem communicating with the phone, AFAIK.
Basically, I'm here to ask what options I have. Currently, i'm trying to do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 , but because the stock TAR is taking a long time to download, I'm asking if I have any other options. I would like to keep the data on my phone, but if I have to wipe it to return it to normal I'm willing to do that.
Please help.
Reboot and try again
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Are you rooted? Are you running the stock recovery that came on the phone? If your rooted and have apps that are froze or your running a modded recovery like cwm you must flash back to stock or kies will not ever work
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I've tried rebooting the computer I was using, and I've also tried another computer with no luck. I got the latest Kies on the other computer, connected the phone with no problem, and tried recovery mode on THAT 2nd computer, but it didn't work because it didn't recognize my recovery code that the first computer gave me.
garydv2002 said:
Are you rooted? Are you running the stock recovery that came on the phone? If your rooted and have apps that are froze or your running a modded recovery like cwm you must flash back to stock or kies will not ever work
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I *think* I was rooted. I remember doing something a long time ago involving odin. I never installed Cyanogenmod or any other 3rd party roms.
I had Superuser under my apps, if that helps.
I wish I could reply sooner but this board is making me wait 5 mins between posts. Sorry. It's like I'm in the emergency room with a gunshot wound and I'm waiting for the doctor to finish his smoke break, then his coffee break, then washroom break, jesus
by CWM, I think you're asking about Clockwordmod? If so, yes, I had that on my phone. Does this mean I can't use the steps in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 to fix my phone now? Or can I still proceed.
If you have superuser then most likely you are rooted and since you have clockworkmod especially then kies is not gonna update your phone. Your on Rodgers so you need to find the stock firmware and flash it. I'm on att or I could link you to one that would work. I got my stock firmware from Samsung website. Try going to sammobile and see if you can find the stock firmware for your phone. I'm sure since its Samsung they should have Rodgers firmware to. Download the stock firmware and flash it in Odin onto to your phone and then kies should work. If you can't find the stock firmware at sammobile then look for the stock firmware here on xda I'm sure someone on Rodgers has it....
Edit. The link up there to Odin back to stock should work. Just download the file and follow the steps in order and don't leave one out. There are no shortcuts when it comes to flashing a phone or it could be rendered useless for anything more than a paperweight. Konane is real good and would not lead anyone wrong....
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Just flashed it via Kies, had to use ODIN by flashing stock, Odin wouldn't work till I rebooted my computer, then once Kies updated, I had had a error ( com.Android.phone stopped) but I cleared data and cache in 3e, then everything worked.
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I just wanted to post a follow-up. I followed the steps from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 and it fixed me phone. Best of all, I didn't lose anything.
I would still like to get ICS on my phone. I noticed on Sammobile's site that there is a firmware for 4.04 that was released recently. Would I somehow be able to use that, combined with Odin, to get ICS on my phone? In other words, follow all the steps in the aforementioned thread, except, use this newer firmware file? Sorry I realize this may sound like a dumb noob question, but I want to make sure I do things right.
Thanks for all the help btw.
bobbastard said:
I just wanted to post a follow-up. I followed the steps from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342348 and it fixed me phone. Best of all, I didn't lose anything.
I would still like to get ICS on my phone. I noticed on Sammobile's site that there is a firmware for 4.04 that was released recently. Would I somehow be able to use that, combined with Odin, to get ICS on my phone? In other words, follow all the steps in the aforementioned thread, except, use this newer firmware file? Sorry I realize this may sound like a dumb noob question, but I want to make sure I do things right.
Thanks for all the help btw.
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If you're back to stock and on Rogers, you should be able to update using Kies.
The thing is, when Odin fixed my phone, it didn't remove Superuser, so doesn't that mean my phone isn't stock anymore? I was expecting Odin to basically reset my phone back to factory settings, but it seems to have just reverted it back to before I tried updating to ICS with kies.
bobbastard said:
The thing is, when Odin fixed my phone, it didn't remove Superuser, so doesn't that mean my phone isn't stock anymore? I was expecting Odin to basically reset my phone back to factory settings, but it seems to have just reverted it back to before I tried updating to ICS with kies.
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If you go into 3e or cwm if you still have it, you should be able to clear cache and data, so after that Kies should recognize it and start the download
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denenatse said:
If you go into 3e or cwm if you still have it, you should be able to clear cache and data, so after that Kies should recognize it and start the download
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I haven't used the stock 3e that much always just flash cwm but I would suggest that you do a factory data reset to from the recovery if 3e gives that option I've never used it so I'm not sure. But if you are still on cwm recovery kies will not ever update your phone until you put everything back stock. You must have just flashed the kernel only. Flashing just the kernel does not wipe anything you need to flash the stock firmware from sammobile in Odin and that will do a full wipe and restore everything to stock
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Sorry but what is 3e? The only place i see cwm mentioned is under the rom manager app, but when i launch it rom manager says i don't have a rooted device and super user can't be found. Weird thing is i see super user as an app on my phone.
bobbastard said:
Sorry but what is 3e? The only place i see cwm mentioned is under the rom manager app, but when i launch it rom manager says i don't have a rooted device and super user can't be found. Weird thing is i see super user as an app on my phone.
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Turn the phone off. Hold both volume up and volume down and hold the power button do not release the volume buttons yet. Pressing all 3 buttons when you first see the screen come on mine shows an att logo then release the power button only. The phone will then boot into either 3e stock recovery or cwm recovery
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OK, I did what you said, and I see 3e and the option to wipe data/factory reset. So you're recommending I do this BEFORE i try to use Odin and the latest firmware for Sammobile?
Just out of curiosity, if I didn't do a reset before flashing using Odin, what would happen?
bobbastard said:
OK, I did what you said, and I see 3e and the option to wipe data/factory reset. So you're recommending I do this BEFORE i try to use Odin and the latest firmware for Sammobile?
Just out of curiosity, if I didn't do a reset before flashing using Odin, what would happen?
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Yes. And if you don't it might not wipe everything. I suggest you do it before you flash it and again after...
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read this to return to stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
this post is just a copy paste from another post i wrote to a n00b
read, read more, read the stickies, i read alot b4 i even attempted to flash, at least a few hundred posts and using the search button.
all problems and solutions have been posted, as u r a n00b all u have todo is invest time into reading alot of posts, because of ur post we all know u havent even bothered to read the stickies, espicially read the one w/n00b's in the title, thats y they r there. .
once u know what ur r doing and r stumped at a certain problem, believe me we can tell by how u post a question, post in the q&a forum
Ok so I've been rooted and unlocked for a while now, but stayed with the stock rom as when I tried out Synergy Nightlies it gave me some errors. So I went to try out CleanRom 2.1, people liked it and I didn't notice any flashing errors. So I flashed it through CWM 6.0.1 and it gave me the yellow exclamation mark saying I had unauthorized data on my phone. So I followed the sticky on how to unbrick my phone using the 2 boot loaders and the root66 stock image. My issue is that when running the root66 stock image through Odin it fails at _XmitData_Read, which seems to be somewhere in system.img.ext4. I've tried rebooting the computer, the phone, Odin, it just doesn't work. So when I reboot my phone after the failure I get Odin auto loading saying:
Odin Mode
Product Name: SCH-I535
Custom Binary Download: No
Current Binary: Samsung Official
System Status: Official
Qualcomm Secureboot: Enable
Then an image of a phone, 2 dots, a yellow exclamation, 2 dots and a computer are shown with the message "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again.
Anyone able to help me?
can you still get to odin mode? also if you have kies installed on the computer erase it.
kidhudi said:
can you still get to odin mode? also if you have kies installed on the computer erase it.
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Kies isn't installed on the computer and yes I am still able to get into Odin Mode.
I'm under the impression that "unauthorized software" message comes from the locked bootloader (if I'm wrong about that someone plese correct me.)
Sounds like you're functional enough to be able to Odin back to stock and go from there - that's what I'd try. See the stickied thread in the Q&A forum.
I would run the FULL VRALF stock image through ODIN to return to stock. That is always the safest way out of a sticky situation.
Thanks guys, according to another post the version of EZ-Unlock I used most likely gave a false report and never actually unlocked my phone. The problem with going back to stock, which if what I'm trying to do, is that it fails.
Could be an USB issue - an intermittent connection would be most likely to cause problems while sending the system partition since that's the biggest. I've had problems using adb from time to time if I plug into one of the front-panel ports on my PC but no trouble with one on the back.
Maybe try switching ports or try a different cable ...
Actually what usb plug are you using on your computer? You should be using one in the back of your computer by the power supply. Seen the front jacks not work correctly for large transfers. Finally, try another usb cable.
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Strange.... i was able to flash syergy on thefirst try. Never used odin during the whole process....
If youre rooted you need to make sure you have a custom recovery in place like cwm or twrp. Make sure you make a nand-backup.
I used casual to flash unsecure bootloader, with that and recovery in place you should be able to flash roms without any hitches....
I could never find a comprehensive guide on using odin so i never got around to testing it
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Actually what usb plug are you using on your computer? You should be using one in the back of your computer by the power supply. Seen the front jacks not work correctly for large transfers. Finally, try another usb cable.
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So far I've tried 3 different USB cables and both a desktop, both front and back ports and a laptop, each one fails on the write of XmitData under system.img.ext4
I had a custom recovery installed and Odin is only being used to get me back to a stock rom, otherwise I did all my flashing under CWM 6.0.1 or twrp. I think the whole fake unlocked bootloader just hard bricked the software.
EDIT: Come to think of it I remember waking up to my phone in download mode. I think Verizon tried to install the update to my phone while I was sleeping. Granted it failed at the end, but I'm wondering if that did something to brick me now.
If you can get in download mode it can be saved. I woud re download the stock firmware or the 66, but personally i would go bone stock. You may just have a bad download.
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kintwofan said:
If you can get in download mode it can be saved. I woud re download the stock firmware or the 66, but personally i would go bone stock. You may just have a bad download.
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Yea, I'm currently downloading at the speed of slug the newest update from the forums, will probably just redownload at home, since it's going to take over an hour >.<
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Does anyone have a link for an older EZ-Unlocker, that is known to work, so that I don't get this problem yet again.
FIXED!
Ok, so using the newest stock rom from the dev forum worked. Can someone please give me a link to an old EZ-Unlocker so I can flash without worrying about another massive brick in my palm. I'm guessing that running the original root66 stock rom through dropbox somehow corrupted it.
LlirasChosen said:
Ok, so using the newest stock rom from the dev forum worked. Can someone please give me a link to an old EZ-Unlocker so I can flash without worrying about another massive brick in my palm. I'm guessing that running the original root66 stock rom through dropbox somehow corrupted it.
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I personally suggest not using the app if you already had trouble. Just root your phone using the Debug Root method in Development, download the aboot.img from Adam Outlers thread HERE to your phone, and run the commands at the very bottom in Terminal Emulater app (from the market).
That way you know for sure your bootloader is unlocked. This is what I have done and never had an issue.
Edit: Glad you got your issue resolved!
What I have:
ATT Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket
What I was doing:
Updating via Kies to JB
What Happened:
It froze or got stuck half way on upgrade via Kies. Went to recovery likes prompted but will not recovery. Samsung says mail them the phone because stuck in recovery mode.
What I have done now:
Went to XDA ! and downloaded ODIN 1.85 and stock ATT tar file per Vicom (sp). Also installed TWRP. I can get into recovery and download modes ! I tried to flash with ODIN but did not work ( would not reboot) Tried to flash with TWRP with ATT tar in my sd card. Looked like it worked but would not reboot.
What now? Any ideas?
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What I have:
ATT Samsung Galaxy S2 Skyrocket
What I was doing:
Updating via Kies to JB
What Happened:
It froze or got stuck half way on upgrade via Kies. Went to recovery likes prompted but will not recovery. Samsung says mail them the phone because stuck in recovery mode.
What I have done now:
Went to XDA ! and downloaded ODIN 1.85 and stock ATT tar file per Vicom (sp). Also installed TWRP. I can get into recovery and download modes ! I tried to flash with ODIN but did not work ( would not reboot) Tried to flash with TWRP with ATT tar in my sd card. Looked like it worked but would not reboot.
What now? Any ideas?
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If you have twrp, and can get to it, install the ucmc1 stock ROM by Mohan. .tar file is for Odin only. Also, read vincoms sticky again (and again)
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FIXED
Did every thing in Vincoms procedures. Nothing worked. Talked to Samsung and they said when original update failed to complete it did not leave enough info for recovery to finish it. BUT ! Samsung said to just go to ATT Service center store ( not retail ) and have them flash phone for free back to original. Took ATT all of 10 minutes ! Phone is like new. Now why did the original Samsung rep I first talked not tell me aboyt ATT re flash? Anyway phone is fixed
RPHGALAXYS2 said:
Did every thing in Vincoms procedures. Nothing worked. Talked to Samsung and they said when original update failed to complete it did not leave enough info for recovery to finish it. BUT ! Samsung said to just go to ATT Service center store ( not retail ) and have them flash phone for free back to original. Took ATT all of 10 minutes ! Phone is like new. Now why did the original Samsung rep I first talked not tell me aboyt ATT re flash? Anyway phone is fixed
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Question.
When they flashed your phone, did they flash it to JB? Or did they flash it to ICS and you updated it to JB? (Or neither?) The first time I tried to update my phone via Kies, the same thing happened to me and AT&T said they couldn't flash my phone. (Maybe it has to do with where you're from?) I had to send my phone to Samsung and I got it back with ICS, and I'm afraid to do the update via Kies because I don't want it to do that again, or I'll have to send it to Samsung again.
Basically, I'm trying to figure out if I can do the update safely now.
ajdearmond said:
Question.
When they flashed your phone, did they flash it to JB? Or did they flash it to ICS and you updated it to JB? (Or neither?) The first time I tried to update my phone via Kies, the same thing happened to me and AT&T said they couldn't flash my phone. (Maybe it has to do with where you're from?) I had to send my phone to Samsung and I got it back with ICS, and I'm afraid to do the update via Kies because I don't want it to do that again, or I'll have to send it to Samsung again.
Basically, I'm trying to figure out if I can do the update safely now.
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Nothing is ever safe. Either take the risk or don't. Or just Odin it yourself instead of sending your phone away like a tard.
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xcrazydx said:
Nothing is ever safe. Either take the risk or don't. Or just Odin it yourself instead of sending your phone away like a tard.
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Sorry, it would have probably been easier if I just linked my original thread. I used Odin, I did everything I could. It just wouldn't completely transfer, it would just do basically what this persons phone was doing from what I can tell.
I understand there's a risk, and that's why I haven't done it yet. I just figured I'd ask, I'd be a lot more comfortable doing it if it worked for him