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Can I use odin one click to revert to stock even though I have 1101 build cappy? It seems oc only works for 1010 and below. Should I use odin 3 and flash stock jf6 instead? Currently on cog 4.4.
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some people have trouble with odin one click with newer models. some dont.
you can flash anything with the odin 3 flasher.
avoid stocks with bootloaders. or "3 button fix" versions.
if you dont flash bootloaders you should never hard brick.
Once back to stock, do you know if I can use kies to flash official froyo upgrade, or will that be a prob after flashing custom rom? Is there an odin flash that will get me stock 2.2 without using any bootloaders? I've searched, but seems like everything takes you back to eclair.
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Cdub3 said:
Once back to stock, do you know if I can use kies to flash official froyo upgrade, or will that be a prob after flashing custom rom? Is there an odin flash that will get me stock 2.2 without using any bootloaders? I've searched, but seems like everything takes you back to eclair.
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You could use the one Trusselo made.. In his sig right above your post
thats for rogers... is he rogers...?
I'm at&t. same thing right? I got one completely dead, bricked, cappy in the hands of samsung right now. Hoping they'll replace or fix me. Got one cappy in my hand that's being "borrowed" for the 30 day window till I find out what's up with the one samsung has. Hoping I can get functioning cappy back from samsung, and talk the wife into letting me keep the "borrowed" one. That way I have a stable one, and one to mess around with. Planning on taking on gingerbread, only once I've covered all my bases.....I think. Just wanted to know best way back to stock, just in case I needed to bring back the phone. Like I said, it's a 1101 build, and I'm currently running Cog4.4, so I didn't want to brick it with one click. Dumb noob question, but are boot animations same/diff from bootloaders. I opened archive on cog 4 and in system/bin their are boot animations. I flashed cog via rom manager. Did i just get lucky or are these not bootloaders, just animations? Is there a thread that shows which roms come with bootloaders and which don't?
read this it explains the boot process and what a bootloader is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049294
bootloaders are not the same as a boot animation.
animations are found in /system/media/bootanimation.zip
you didnt get lucky with cognition flashing a bootloader that will only **** **** up if you have gingerbread bootloaders which you didnt, so flashing a froyo secondary bootloader was fine (thats why its in there)
The bootloaders would be in the updates folder of the zip.
Thanks studacris. Seems the more I learn about all this, the more ii find stuff I didn't know. Constantly on forum trying to learn so I don't have to bother guys like you. Since I got ur attention, flashing to i9000 rom would require bootloaders correct? Looking to do that next. Currently im US, att, i896. Sorry to bother ya.
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Sorry I meant i897
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nope new bootloaders are only needed if you are jumping to gingerbread
only flashing the i9000 2.3.3 roms requires bootloaders. all the 2.2.1 roms will work without danger of bricking.
if all you did on the borrowed cappy is root and flash a kernel you can flash the backed up kernel and then unroot. (did you use sgs kernel flasher to flash the kernel like when we talked about it? did you back up the kernel?)
you might want to look at getting a jig just to have one around. samsung keeps releasing new builds of the phone and there are unknowns. there are mixed reports from the 1010 build and up. you should be able to use odin 1.7 and flash the jf6 from icezar1 and you still have stock bootloaders so there "should" be no need for odin one click.
all the problems last time must have been do to the gingerbread bootloaders in combination with your 1010 build phone, i should have told you to use odin one click, infact you should have had a jig before i encouraged you to try gingerbread, my fault, but i didnt have problems when i did the same thing.
Should I flash a i9000 kernel before a i9000 rom? Then after all is said and done, find a compatible modem? Only reason I want to go to i9000 rom is because there seems to be more available. Can I do all this via sgs kernel flasher and rom manager/cwm or does it have to be done odin for the first switch to i9000? I'm assuming I can go back between sgh I897 and i9000 no prob since no ginger boots are involved? Just to be clear, even if I flash a rom with bootloaders, it shouldn't be a prob as long as it's 2.2 rom? Are 2.2 boots backwards compatible if i want to flash back to stock? I ask cuz prob can't use oneclick cuz my build is to new. again, don't mean to be a pest. cut me off whenever you feel like it.
Roms are all in one package kernel and modems are included.
was trying to flash one of the new gb betas from one of the not quite as new betas without doing the wipes. now i have the random colored pixel of death screen. probably doesnt help that i was below 15% either. im charging then gonna try a 2.1 or 2.2 odin restore.
let this be a learning experience for those who are trying to flash. make sure your battery is at least 50% (doesnt take but 20 or 30 minutes to get there from nothing) and make sure you wipe your cache/dalv before anything else. the options are within recovery mode. if you dont know how to do it, do enough research to make sure you know how to do it in your sleep.
well, after a 10 minute charge, i tried again, flashing jf6. i can now get into 2e. gonna let it charge for a half hour or so from the wall then try again with the latest beta.
Charging had nothing to do with it, you didn't flash GB bootloaders with the ROM.
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b-eock said:
Charging had nothing to do with it, you didn't flash GB bootloaders with the ROM.
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nope, of corse i didnt, because i already had the i897 att gb boot loaders from kh3. no need to take that extra risk when i already have them. but i never clarified that so my bad.
running I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 (odin 1 click) twice fixed everything.
there are other cases on these forums though of the same issue, all suggesting that the lack of charge was the issue.
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nope, of corse i didnt, because i already had the i897 att gb boot loaders from kh3. no need to take that extra risk when i already have them. but i never clarified that so my bad.
running I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 (odin 1 click) twice fixed everything.
there are other cases on these forums though of the same issue, all suggesting that the lack of charge was the issue.
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FYI: Any leak after KF1 doesn't have the full BL's in it. So unless you are on a previous leak of GB for the Captivate, you have to flash BL's again!
That puts you back on stock eclair BL, you will need to flash KF1 bootloaders(the AT&T GB BL) and then your Preferred ROM.
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BloodSkin said:
nope, of corse i didnt, because i already had the i897 att gb boot loaders from kh3. no need to take that extra risk when i already have them. but i never clarified that so my bad.
running I897UCJF6-final-OCD-REV0 (odin 1 click) twice fixed everything.
there are other cases on these forums though of the same issue, all suggesting that the lack of charge was the issue.
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The charge doesn't have the pixel effect you had, that was all due to having incompatible BL's
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Well, since you flashed jf6 (twice), you sure don't have GB bootloaders now. Use either cezar's one click bootloader package, or the full Odin version in my sig.
This has happened to me once - when I tried flashing the latest (as of two days ago) Platypus kernel over a Miui 1.10 installation.
My protocol to overcome this has been standard since I started playing around with ROMs:
1) 1-click restore using Odin (thank heaven I have one computer still running Windows).
2) Flash to GB bootloaders using the procedure described on the Serendipity VII site.
3) Re-flash the ROM.
Hasn't failed so far.
why do people still flash jf6? thats retarded.
What would you suggest in place of jf6?
mrhaley30705 said:
What would you suggest in place of jf6?
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Something with up to date bootloaders, like any of the gingerbread leaks. Flashing old bootloaders only forces you to flash new bootloaders again... flashing bootloaders is the most dangerous part of flashing. Why not try and avoid flashing them as much as possible?
i downloaded infused 2.3.3, flashed it with cwm, and it got stuck on the boot animation, the X, i re-flashed, pulled battery, even factory reset and flashed, nothing, getting stuck, im really scared
EDIT- now its stuck at the samsung logo, anything!?! please!
Search this forum for GTGs ultimate unbrick. This will bring your phone back to stock.
or hemidall flash back to stock rom, unbrick it and flash to any other rom of your choice.
so i took it to at&t, they re-flashed the stock rom, but now when i turn the phone on, it ONLY boots into e3 recovery, not the auctual 2.2 rom, any help?
You need to flash the unbrick by gtg to repartition your device... that's what has happened... some how your partitions got jacked and its not letting you get past the kernel screen... its all good...your phone is not bricked... and definately don't take it back to att...gtg unbrick....with pit...factory reset from phone... settings/privacy/factory format...then you should be good
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dman to the rescue
dman3285 said:
You need to flash the unbrick by gtg to repartition your device... that's what has happened... some how your partitions got jacked and its not letting you get past the kernel screen... its all good...your phone is not bricked... and definately don't take it back to att...gtg unbrick....with pit...factory reset from phone... settings/privacy/factory format...then you should be good
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Where can i get the gtgunbrick files?
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Where can i get the gtgunbrick files?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
First post on how to do it. Then you need to scroll to page 40 and get the file from secretasianman.
Make sure you thank him.
sounded like you need to spend some quality time with my how to guide.
@OP:
I used Infused 2.2.3 for months since its inception before I switched to Zeus. I would recommend moving to one of the later roms like Zeus or Revelation or anything else since they have the later android version, and pack in more features too.
Hello, I am a long-time viewer of xda but a new member, this is my first post.
(and yes, i looked for a similar theard. i could not find one.)
So, onto the problem.
I flashed Infinitum 1.1.1 to my Infuse using cwm recovery. I noticed problems right off the bat when after i had installed the zip, i rebooted into recovery then it got stuck on the samsung logo and i had to pull the battery (a normal event when flashing this rom) So when i pulled the battery and booted into recovery to try again, the cwm recovery was terribly screwed up. The top half of the screen was pixelated, and the navigation menu was off center. I was still able to use cwm to flash the rom successfully, But cwm remains srewed up.
So i tried to reflash cwm recovery using rom manager. but when i rebooted i was stuck in a recovery boot-loop that i had to get out of using odin.
I then flashed the rom again using the same procedure suggested by its developer, and it worked, but cwm is still acting as it was before. (the pixelated top half of the screen and the off center navigation menu. )
So can i get some help? i thought about removing cwm the using some other recovery. I also heard that cwm wont work on ics, but im unsure what it is.
Thanks in advance.
You don't have Gingerbread bootloaders. That's why recovery looks the way it does.
You need to Odin or Heimdall back to Gingerbread stock (I find Heimdall much easier for this) and then flash Entropy's DD kernel to get back into red recovery to flash Infinitum.
Posts 1 and 2 in this thread are what you need: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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You don't have Gingerbread bootloaders. That's why recovery looks the way it does.
You need to Odin or Heimdall back to Gingerbread stock (I find Heimdall much easier for this) and then flash Entropy's DD kernel to get back into red recovery to flash Infinitum.
Posts 1 and 2 in this thread are what you need: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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I i came from froyo, and is there a way to get the bootloaders without reverting to gingerbread stock?
Hard2thexcore said:
I i came from froyo, and is there a way to get the bootloaders without reverting to gingerbread stock?
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Yeah, ICS recovery doesn't play nice with Froyo bootloaders.
AFAIK, there is no way to get Gingerbread bootloaders without reverting to stock. With Heimdall it's an incredibly simple, and quick process. I just had to do it myself a couple nights ago
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Yeah, ICS recovery doesn't play nice with Froyo bootloaders.
AFAIK, there is no way to get Gingerbread bootloaders without reverting to stock. With Heimdall it's an incredibly simple, and quick process. I just had to do it myself a couple nights ago
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Thank man, one more thing, will going back to gingerbread stock work if the only time i have ever used gingerbread was when i used the Zeus rom. The only other thing i have had besides zeus and this ics rom was froyo.
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Thank man, one more thing, will going back to gingerbread stock work if the only time i have ever used gingerbread was when i used the Zeus rom. The only other thing i have had besides zeus and this ics rom was froyo.
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Yup, it'll work just fine
Just follow all the instructions for Heimdall to a T (there aren't many) and everything will be fine
Yeah...heimdal is the best way to get bootloaders...odin doesnt always do it and no custom rom includes them that i am aware of...
I had written detailed instructions for another person...ill try and find them and paste it here...
Also-dont use rom manager, that thing is known to cause bricks/bootloops so using it is asking for bad ju-ju lol
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mg2195 said:
Have you tried flashing boot loaders?
Here is how to do it...
1) Download uclb3 heimdal by qckster
2) open the program
3) put phone in download mode
4) click flash (leave program open when finished DO NOT CLOSE)
5) after it finishes and your phone reboots, put the phone back in download mode and reconnect to PC
6) click flash bootloader on the heimdal program you left running
7) flash, let reboot and your problems should be gone
Download mode instructions
1) pull battery
2) put battery back in
3) hold volume up + down
4) connect phone to PC with USB cable *don't let go of volume*
Just because you were on gingerbread previously does nit mean you have ginger bread boot loaders...I had ginger bread since the first leaks and did not have boot loaders until a month or two ago when I flashed them using those steps above...
Good luck!
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There you go...follow those instructions and your cwm will be fixed!!!
Also just added it to my op of infinitum...
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Thank you for posting the guide. I literally just got done flashing GB bootloaders to my Infuse because of the rainbow Recovery when I'm on ICS. I used Odin though and used GB loader that a member posted in the AOKP Uniporn thread. I was scared but there really isn't anything to be afraid of. I tried using Heimdall but dang that was nerve racking because I was trying to use it on Mac and it wouldn't let me do the flash.
Jammol said:
Thank you for posting the guide. I literally just got done flashing GB bootloaders to my Infuse because of the rainbow Recovery when I'm on ICS. I used Odin though and used GB loader that a member posted in the AOKP Uniporn thread. I was scared but there really isn't anything to be afraid of. I tried using Heimdall but dang that was nerve racking because I was trying to use it on Mac and it wouldn't let me do the flash.
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Good deal, glad you got it sorted out. And to clear up some confusion that is in this thread: you don't have to flash an entire Gingerbread rom to get the bootloaders. We all have our preferred ways of doing it, but you CAN flash just the bootloaders.
Here is both a Heimdall and an Odin way to get JUST the bootloaders. That's all that is necessary for someone who has rainbow distortion issues on an ICS or Gingerbread rom.:
See the third post (HERE) in Entropy512's Unofficial CM9 thread for instructions on how to flash just the bootloaders using the Heimdall command line. Or, see the answer to question 1.) in the FAQ of the rooted UCLB3 Odin thread which is HERE.
mg2195 said:
Yeah...heimdal is the best way to get bootloaders...odin doesnt always do it
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Heimdall is one way to get the bootloaders, and here's how I did it.:
heimdall flash --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot Sbl.bin
The second part of your statement isn't true. Odin doesn't do it only when the user can't figure out how to use Odin.
thank you everyone.
Being a creature of habit i ended up flashing to rom and bootloaders using odin. that did indeed fix CWM right up.
GB loader
Jammol said:
Thank you for posting the guide. I literally just got done flashing GB bootloaders to my Infuse because of the rainbow Recovery when I'm on ICS. I used Odin though and used GB loader that a member posted in the AOKP Uniporn thread. I was scared but there really isn't anything to be afraid of. I tried using Heimdall but dang that was nerve racking because I was trying to use it on Mac and it wouldn't let me do the flash.
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I am trying to get those GB Bootloaders. Would you be able to provide them ? or to provide the AOKP Uniport thread ?
RemiChartier said:
I am trying to get those GB Bootloaders. Would you be able to provide them ? or to provide the AOKP Uniport thread ?
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Unfortunately I haven't had this device for over 3 years now. You'll have to do some searching for that.
Jammol said:
Unfortunately I haven't had this device for over 3 years now. You'll have to do some searching for that.
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Thanks, I have found the GG boot.bin and sbl.bin in another thread, I will update later on this thread.
RemiChartier said:
Thanks, I have found the GG boot.bin and sbl.bin in another thread, I will update later on this thread.
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Where did you find them? Please share...
Got the phone today and I'm considering installing a Svc7 based on leak#2 as the only system. Not a fan of GB Motoblur so I'd rather not have it take up internal memory.
I still have some reading to do but here's what I'm aiming at:
Install leak#1
Allow OTA to proceed
Root
Install scv7 leak #2 as only systen in boot menu manager
Keep an eye out for leak#2/final based ICS and CM10 roms to add as 2nd system
Can you see anything obviously bad about the process outlined?
You may want to stay on leak #1 for the time being. As of right now there's no way back to GB from leak #2 if you have problems with your phone.
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r_scotter said:
You may want to stay on leak #1 for the time being. As of right now there's no way back to GB from leak #2 if you have problems with your phone.
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This is stated in many stickies so why don't you tell me about a specific scenario that would require GB?
RoadToNever said:
This is stated in many stickies so why don't you tell me about a specific scenario that would require GB?
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If you screw something up and need to FXZ back to stock, if you get into a bootloop on leak 2 you're done.
JDogg1329 said:
If you screw something up and need to FXZ back to stock, if you get into a bootloop on leak 2 you're done.
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I see your A2 is softbricked. Was it related to ICS updating and did you figure out what caused it?
RoadToNever said:
I see your A2 is softbricked. Was it related to ICS updating and did you figure out what caused it?
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I was fxzing back to GB from ICS because ICS kept crashing and rebooting, the fxz ran successfully but didn't work (bootloop), which apparently is normal, but my battery is also dying so I couldn't use RSD to try again. I'm having even more problems now with my phone not recognizing that a usb cable has been plugged in but that's another story. SCV7 says leak2 in the title but it's based on leak1, basically it's all the good stuff from leak2 but the bootloader is from leak1 so you CAN fxz back from it. There are NO custom roms for Leak2(OTA) and everyone is saying to stay away from it for now, there's really no reason to install the OTA.
Ok, I suppose I could run a leak#2 ROM as a second system for now and reconsider only when CM10 becomes boot menu compatible. Also I suppose the amount of Gingerbread left over after installing leak #1 minimal. Thanks all!
Road, please read the following thread and threads within it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1897042
Because the atrix 2's bootloader is locked we rely on the fxz to get us out of binds. We only have a gingerbread fxz right now. This is why we're recommending everyone to stay on leak one.
It's just not safe to be on the official. Plus leak two has been baked into scv7.
Almost everyone has fxz'd at least once. If not more.
The choice is yours.
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RoadToNever said:
Ok, I suppose I could run a leak#2 ROM as a second system for now and reconsider only when CM10 becomes boot menu compatible. Also I suppose the amount of Gingerbread left over after installing leak #1 minimal. Thanks all!
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Try timmytim's Team Shogun ROM. Its awesome.
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I've gotten to having SCv7 as the first system. Maybe I'll test Shogun as second system when I have more time, right now I'm enjoying the AOSP-ish experience in SCv7. Smooth sailing so far.
JDogg1329 said:
I was fxzing back to GB from ICS because ICS kept crashing and rebooting, the fxz ran successfully but didn't work (bootloop), which apparently is normal, but my battery is also dying so I couldn't use RSD to try again. I'm having even more problems now with my phone not recognizing that a usb cable has been plugged in but that's another story. SCV7 says leak2 in the title but it's based on leak1, basically it's all the good stuff from leak2 but the bootloader is from leak1 so you CAN fxz back from it. There are NO custom roms for Leak2(OTA) and everyone is saying to stay away from it for now, there's really no reason to install the OTA.
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Very sorry for Off-Topic, but the ROM here is ICS leak #1, isn't it?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1683893
From what I've gathered it's Leak#2 with the leak#1 bootloader(allowing for fxz to Gingerbrad)
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From what I've gathered it's Leak#2 with the leak#1 bootloader(allowing for fxz to Gingerbrad)
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Alright!
This is the one I needed, so that I can FXZ back to GB anytime.
Wait! Checked the link again, it's pure leak#1! I'd recommend Shogun or SCv7 which are leak#2/official OTA-based AND will let you go back to Gingerbread if necessary.