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Weirdest thing I've ever seen in my Android life. Help!

OK I'm in front of the weirdest thing I've ever seen in my Android life. Turns out I got my Infuse 4G and turn it back to stock AT&T Gingerbread 2.3.6 using Heimdall One-click Back-To-Stock UCLB3, and in the middle of process it seems my USB port disconnected my phone and I though I would see a brick, but thank God it was not that bad (I thought). I change the USB port and put my Infuse in download mode again, passed the tool again and everything went like heaven (again: I thought). I got my stock AT&T Gingerbread 2.3.6, but I never seen CWM anymore, I just can't because the weirdest screen I've ever seen (you'll see).
I thought my phone was unrooted, so I maded my way straight to SuperOneClick v2.3.3 and begin the simplest process. Well... it was unable to root my phone and believe me, it's not ADB problems, I know it because I can install apps through Android Commander without any problem... so that's the first weird thing I have here.
Until that moment I thought my phone was bad-flashed or something, so I tried with another tool, the mythic Odin with h8rift's [UCKD5] Odin - Stock (Root+3e) and with my device in download mode it never shown itself as COM## on Odin (required to start the process), however I clicked on PDA button, selected the .tar.md5 file and start the process that never started (logically).
So right now I have no idea what to do or where to go.
I'm apologize if I explain every little detail, the thing is that most of the time one get answers starting with "You did this?" "Have you tried that?" I all I want is to avoid that. For example, I have USB debugging, ok? Another thing someone could ask.
Please help me guys. I madded a video so you can see what happens when I try to enter CWM. Even when my phone starts, during AT&T logo screen flashes with a strange distortion. I madded this video and post it to YouTube so you can see what is hard for me to explain.
Please HELP!
I need anything that from scratch clean everything and put my phone shiny.
Best regards.

You have "rainbows" because you don't have Gingerbread bootloaders.
You need to use odin a GB leak or Heimdall a GB leak to correct the problem.
Your initial failed flash on heimdall was due to a bad connection -usb data cord or computer usb port.

qkster said:
You have "rainbows" because you don't have Gingerbread bootloaders.
You need to use odin a GB leak or Heimdall a GB leak to correct the problem.
Your initial failed flash on heimdall was due to a bad connection -usb data cord or computer usb port.
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Man I thank you with all my heart... can you give me some resource? Sorry to bother you with that, the problem is I've been reading since yesterday and my head is about to explode.
Please I'll appreciate it.
Best regards.

Stickied "Super Thread" in Development.
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Radiotsar said:
Stickied "Super Thread" in Development.
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Thanks, I'll check it right now

alainalemany said:
Man I thank you with all my heart... can you give me some resource? Sorry to bother you with that, the problem is I've been reading since yesterday and my head is about to explode.
Please I'll appreciate it.
Best regards.
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There are some links on my signature line, including the superthread.

If reading right, you are on uclb3 now. Soc can't root that. I don't think anything can. You have to load another kernel. Like qkster said see his sig. I used both uclb3 packages two night ago. Both work.
(thanks qk)
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Well that is really a super thread... right now I have no idea what to do, where to go. Please can anyone tell me which option take in order to disappear this "rainbows", root my Infuse and finally can install whatever ROM I want?
Best regards.
EDIT: OK I've installed (again) Heimdall UCLB3 2.3.6 but with the Flash Bootloader box checked and everything goes like heaven, NO MORE RAINBOWS However I can't root it with SuperOneClick v2.3.3, why is that? How can I root it?
Best regards.

I see you have not read either the original post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
there clearly says that the only way to root in 2.3.6 is by flashing DD Entropy512's kernel.

kalebdevil said:
I see you have not read either the original post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
there clearly says that the only way to root in 2.3.6 is by flashing DD Entropy512's kernel.
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OK I flashed Entropy512's kernel correctly but the problem is now I see only Samsung logo, I'm stuck there. However I can see a red CWM.

qkster said:
You have "rainbows" because you don't have Gingerbread bootloaders.
You need to use odin a GB leak or Heimdall a GB leak to correct the problem.
Your initial failed flash on heimdall was due to a bad connection -usb data cord or computer usb port.
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Why is it that you can go from froyo stock rooted with cwm recovery straight to flashing zeus for example? What step added the gingerbread bootloaders? Just trying to learn myself!
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SnowBeer said:
Why is it that you can go from froyo stock rooted with cwm recovery straight to flashing zeus for example? What step added the gingerbread bootloaders? Just trying to learn myself!
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from froyo with recovery, you can flash any rom. bypassing the bootloader.
a lot of people do this w/o prob until they run into recovery issue.
i'm not sure re: the exact architecture why this occurs.
the kernel gurus can tell you more.
if you use odin, and install one the gb leaks, you will have that BL, until you do a repartition with gtg's ultimate unbrick which brings you back to froyo. I think you will lose the bl's.
In good practice, I use the 1click heimdall w/ repartition - these are packaged with "official" GB leaks. imho, i believe they are better suited for a base to get to your custom GB rom.
if you're running infused 1.6, there is no needed 'cause it's froyo.
no rainbows there
edit: to each his/her own i guess. the reason why gtg's "unbrick" seems like a life saver is due to repartition with PIT files image.
the heimdall 1 click does the same thing but takes the guess work out from the inexperience user.

[Q] Infuse 4g - Broken CWM - ICS 4.0.4 Infinitum Rom

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

lukas_s said:
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

lukas_s said:
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.

Hard2thexcore said:
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...

i am new here and i am in big problem for my infuse 4g after install custom rom

i have rooted my infuse 4g using odin using this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523. but after installing this my phone was okay, then after i took backup thru cwm, after that i installed rom of jellybean and after installing it my phone cant start, so i took battery out and again go to recovery mod and try to restore it but i m facing same problem, my phone not starting, even usb mount also not working,
i have format my infuse again and try to do it with odin again but it shows that
E: failed to mount/dbdata(file exist)
E: copy_dbdate_media:cant mount /dbdate
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot action.
media files copy failed.
please help me. i m worried about it coz just yesterday i bought it new. so please please help me.
i dont know what is UI menu also.

If you had read the OP, you can't go directly to JB, you have to be on ICS, then flash JB.
Which option did you use from that page? I've used "I997UCLB3-root.rar" many times. But sometimes it gets stuck and I have to pull the usb cable and start over.
So, use I997UCLB3-root.rar, to go back to stock GB. Then flash an ICS rom, reboot. Then flash a JB rom.

Truckerglenn said:
If you had read the OP, you can't go directly to JB, you have to be on ICS, then flash JB.
Which option did you use from that page? I've used "I997UCLB3-root.rar" many times. But sometimes it gets stuck and I have to pull the usb cable and start over.
So, use I997UCLB3-root.rar, to go back to stock GB. Then flash an ICS rom, reboot. Then flash a JB rom.
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Thank you for your reply but i have tried directly to go to jellybean from GB 2.3.6 and i also tried now to root again using I997UCLB3-root.rat but then also my phone giving same error that E: cant mount and samsung logo come only

huseniezzaz said:
Thank you for your reply but i have tried directly to go to jellybean from GB 2.3.6 and i also tried now to root again using I997UCLB3-root.rat but then also my phone giving same error that E: cant mount and samsung logo come only
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Flashing JB is a big leap. Some reading, specially when you are new, could have saved you the trouble. But well, now is time to learn the hard way.
Download any uclb3 back to stock pack, either Odin or heimdall. Put your phone in download mode:
1) take out battery and place it back.
2) while holding vol + & - , connect your phone with a usb cable already inserted into the Pc.
Once in download mode, see if your phone is detected by odin or heimdall. If not you may need to install the drivers.
When all is ready, hit start.
*you probably don't have GB bootloaders. That will cause rainbows in your recovery when flashing ics and jb. If you feel you cant live with them, you will need to flash them.*
To flash jellybean, 1st flash any ics rom following directions coming from GB in the OP. Once you have blue recovery, flash JB with the directions in the rom OP.
Sent from my sweet & buttery Infuse

huseniezzaz said:
Thank you for your reply but i have tried directly to go to jellybean from GB 2.3.6 and i also tried now to root again using I997UCLB3-root.rat but then also my phone giving same error that E: cant mount and samsung logo come only
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read this, should help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1776129
This too
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548

Thank you thank you thank you
andros11 said:
Flashing JB is a big leap. Some reading, specially when you are new, could have saved you the trouble. But well, now is time to learn the hard way.
Download any uclb3 back to stock pack, either Odin or heimdall. Put your phone in download mode:
1) take out battery and place it back.
2) while holding vol + & - , connect your phone with a usb cable already inserted into the Pc.
Once in download mode, see if your phone is detected by odin or heimdall. If not you may need to install the drivers.
When all is ready, hit start.
*you probably don't have GB bootloaders. That will cause rainbows in your recovery when flashing ics and jb. If you feel you cant live with them, you will need to flash them.*
To flash jellybean, 1st flash any ics rom following directions coming from GB in the OP. Once you have blue recovery, flash JB with the directions in the rom OP.
Sent from my sweet & buttery Infuse
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I got my phone back. its working in 2.3.6 very nicely once again. thank you so much for response. i am very happy to see my phone start and i am smiling after 3 hours. huh. now i rooted it with odin I997UCLB3-CWM-root-deodex-extras.rar. now can you please tell me how can i install JB? i m curiously waiting to JB in my infuse. please make it JB.

huseniezzaz said:
I got my phone back. its working in 2.3.6 very nicely once again. thank you so much for response. i am very happy to see my phone start and i am smiling after 3 hours. huh. now i rooted it with odin I997UCLB3-CWM-root-deodex-extras.rar. now can you please tell me how can i install JB? i m curiously waiting to JB in my infuse. please make it JB.
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The first link I posted for you will walk you through it. Read all the instructions, re-read, look up anything you don't understand, and then follow the directions.

huseniezzaz said:
I got my phone back. its working in 2.3.6 very nicely once again. thank you so much for response. i am very happy to see my phone start and i am smiling after 3 hours. huh. now i rooted it with odin I997UCLB3-CWM-root-deodex-extras.rar. now can you please tell me how can i install JB? i m curiously waiting to JB in my infuse. please make it JB.
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As others mentioned, you first need to install an ICS ROM, like CM9 or Uniporn. The first time you flash you will prob get stuck in a boot loop and will need to use the three finger method to get back to recovery. In case you don't know what that means, you hold the volume keys and power button to turn phone on and then release only the power button when the Samsung logo shows. When u get back to recovery, flash the same ROM a second time and then it will boot.
You will now have blue recovery so you can flash the jb ROM of choice by following the method in the OP for that ROM. Remember to pull out the external sdcard if you have one.
Also, as others have mentioned, you may not have GB bootloaders. To get them, go to the "ISET infuse everything thread" which is stickied in the dev section. You will find Odin and Heimdall packages which have the bootloaders there. Be very careful when installing bootloaders (test usb with a kernel or something less dangerous first) bc if it fails while trying to flash the bootloaders, it can hard brick your phone. And then thank bigjoe for putting together the ISET thread so all infuse users can find everything we need in one place.
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Thank you thank you thank you
benbos_06 said:
As others mentioned, you first need to install an ICS ROM, like CM9 or Uniporn. The first time you flash you will prob get stuck in a boot loop and will need to use the three finger method to get back to recovery. In case you don't know what that means, you hold the volume keys and power button to turn phone on and then release only the power button when the Samsung logo shows. When u get back to recovery, flash the same ROM a second time and then it will boot.
You will now have blue recovery so you can flash the jb ROM of choice by following the method in the OP for that ROM. Remember to pull out the external sdcard if you have one.
Also, as others have mentioned, you may not have GB bootloaders. To get them, go to the "ISET infuse everything thread" which is stickied in the dev section. You will find Odin and Heimdall packages which have the bootloaders there. Be very careful when installing bootloaders (test usb with a kernel or something less dangerous first) bc if it fails while trying to flash the bootloaders, it can hard brick your phone. And then thank bigjoe for putting together the ISET thread so all infuse users can find everything we need in one place.
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Thank you so much, i have flashed JB successfully and GAPPs also. thank you once again. i followed your method and its very easy. first CWM was red i flash JB and after that i pull battery and start CWM at that time it was Blue and i flashed, now its installed.

One more HAPPY INFUSE OWNER.

Is this forum group great, or what!!!!!!

benbos_06 said:
As others mentioned, you first need to install an ICS ROM, like CM9 or Uniporn. The first time you flash you will prob get stuck in a boot loop and will need to use the three finger method to get back to recovery. In case you don't know what that means, you ...
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I think if you don't know what "that" means...it means you have not read anything you probably need to read on this forum. and probably should not even be thinking about JB let alone trying to flash it.
No slight on you benbos_06, I thought it was funny reading uninformed posts about "rainbow colors" in their their recovery a few months ago...now it's almost kind of sad to see the uninformed trying to go JB...and needing double flash and 3 finger to recovery detailed in step by step instructions. Jeeze!!! That's a little scary.
Sent from a de-FUNKt Infuse

Smokestack360 said:
I think if you don't know what "that" means...it means you have not read anything you probably need to read on this forum. and probably should not even be thinking about JB let alone trying to flash it.
No slight on you benbos_06, I thought it was funny reading uninformed posts about "rainbow colors" in their their recovery a few months ago...now it's almost kind of sad to see the uninformed trying to go JB...and needing double flash and 3 finger to recovery detailed in step by step instructions. Jeeze!!! That's a little scary.
Sent from a de-FUNKt Infuse
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+ 100... right on, Smoke !!

[Q] Clockworkmod Recovery updated, can't enter recovery mode

Hi, I've searched and can't find an answer. I've managed to root my Infuse and got Infinitum rom installed. It was working great until just this evening when Clockworkmod updated (sorry, I can't find the version number). It went into a boot loop. It took me a bit, but I managed to get it out of the boot loop and back to stock, now it's rooted again with Infinitum running again.
I'm trying to get back to a recovery point that I do have on the phone, but I can't get the phone to boot to recovery no matter what I do. When I try using the vol and power buttons combination or from ROM manager I get the same thing. It goes past the stock Samsung logo into the Galaxy S/Cyanogen(mod) logo, but freezes there.
I can, of course, take the loss of my setup and redo everything manually. I would really prefer to be able to get that backup back. I'm also concerned should I ever need to get into recovery mode for any other reason. My guess is that I need to downgrade the CWM version, but I haven't been able to find how to do it.
Can anyone give me any help? Please let me know if there's info that I can give that would be useful...I'm noobie, I know!

VyCariously said:
Hi, I've searched and can't find an answer. I've managed to root my Infuse and got Infinitum rom installed. It was working great until just this evening when Clockworkmod updated (sorry, I can't find the version number). It went into a boot loop. It took me a bit, but I managed to get it out of the boot loop and back to stock, now it's rooted again with Infinitum running again.
I'm trying to get back to a recovery point that I do have on the phone, but I can't get the phone to boot to recovery no matter what I do. When I try using the vol and power buttons combination or from ROM manager I get the same thing. It goes past the stock Samsung logo into the Galaxy S/Cyanogen(mod) logo, but freezes there.
I can, of course, take the loss of my setup and redo everything manually. I would really prefer to be able to get that backup back. I'm also concerned should I ever need to get into recovery mode for any other reason. My guess is that I need to downgrade the CWM version, but I haven't been able to find how to do it.
Can anyone give me any help? Please let me know if there's info that I can give that would be useful...I'm noobie, I know!
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There are many layers to your questions.
You may need to read a bit more to get a better understanding.
Here is two points I can offer that may be helpful.
1. Don't use ROM Manager for the Infuse.
2. To downgrade a cwm version, you will need to flash a GB or FROYO kernel in download mode via heimdall or odin. You can also use any one of the return to stock that is flashed in download mode also.
If you think you lost recovery, try flashing the kernel for the rom you were running in cwm, if you can get back into cwm again.

qkster said:
There are many layers to your questions.
You may need to read a bit more to get a better understanding.
Here is two points I can offer that may be helpful.
1. Don't use ROM Manager for the Infuse.
2. To downgrade a cwm version, you will need to flash a GB or FROYO kernel in download mode via heimdall or odin. You can also use any one of the return to stock that is flashed in download mode also.
If you think you lost recovery, try flashing the kernel for the rom you were running in cwm, if you can get back into cwm again.
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I believe you about the ROM Manager. Too late, unfortunately. I'll take it off.
I had the phone back to stock with Odin. I went through all of the steps that I went through to first root it and install Infinitum. I had red cwm at the time. I just can't seem to get into it now. I don't think I lost it, I'm just unsure of how to get to it, since it freezes at the cm startup. I can just power off from there after I give up waiting, and it will boot to ICS normally when I power it on normally. I have Titanium Backup Pro, and it can access the nandroid backup that I have to get the apps and data. I was just hoping to recover the whole setup. I had an issue last weekend (oops to me) when I tried to install a JB rom where it went into a boot loop. I recovered everything after backtracking like I did tonight, and was hoping to be able to do the same. Is there any hope, do you think, if I go back and return to stock and start over from the beginning again? If not, I'll just suffer and redo the whole thing.
By the way, I really appreciate you answering. I've been lurking for a few weeks, and realize that you know a LOT about these phones.

VyCariously said:
I believe you about the ROM Manager. Too late, unfortunately. I'll take it off.
I had the phone back to stock with Odin. I went through all of the steps that I went through to first root it and install Infinitum. I had red cwm at the time. I just can't seem to get into it now. I don't think I lost it, I'm just unsure of how to get to it, since it freezes at the cm startup. I can just power off from there after I give up waiting, and it will boot to ICS normally when I power it on normally. I have Titanium Backup Pro, and it can access the nandroid backup that I have to get the apps and data. I was just hoping to recover the whole setup. I had an issue last weekend (oops to me) when I tried to install a JB rom where it went into a boot loop. I recovered everything after backtracking like I did tonight, and was hoping to be able to do the same. Is there any hope, do you think, if I go back and return to stock and start over from the beginning again? If not, I'll just suffer and redo the whole thing.
By the way, I really appreciate you answering. I've been lurking for a few weeks, and realize that you know a LOT about these phones.
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Okay, so next question. I've been reading and searching and reading some more. I can get the phone back to stock and work up again, but I still reach a point where it will freeze on the Samsung/CM startup screen. In reading the Infinitum Project thread, I found this (yes, it's pretty easy to find):
"Recovery/CWM messed up?
Here is how to fix it...
1) Download uclb3 heimdal by qkster
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 recovery problems should be gone"
I used that to get back to stock before...doesn't that remove the root? Do I have to go through all that, then the bootloaders, and then go back and root all over again to get back to a working CWM? I'm sorry to ask so many questions, but it seems that I've done most of this already, though I admit to not doing the flash for the bootloader. I'm just unclear since it says "your recovery problems should be gone" at the end of that, like I have to do nothing more.

That does remove root access. However, root isn't really necessary, at least for the stock ROM, if you have no intentions of staying stock. The ROM .zips you'll subsequently flash are pre-rooted. After you Heimdall back to stock, and flash it again with "flash bootloaders" selected, then use Heimdall to flash this kernel:
http://d-h.st/6KA
That'll flash both a new kernel and CWM Red recovery. It'll take a few minutes to boot up the first time, as it's installing the lagfix. Once it boots up, just shut it down and boot back up in recovery. From there, you can do whatever you need to do.

VyCariously said:
Okay, so next question. I've been reading and searching and reading some more. I can get the phone back to stock and work up again, but I still reach a point where it will freeze on the Samsung/CM startup screen. In reading the Infinitum Project thread, I found this (yes, it's pretty easy to find):
"Recovery/CWM messed up?
Here is how to fix it...
1) Download uclb3 heimdal by qkster
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 recovery problems should be gone"
I used that to get back to stock before...doesn't that remove the root? Do I have to go through all that, then the bootloaders, and then go back and root all over again to get back to a working CWM? I'm sorry to ask so many questions, but it seems that I've done most of this already, though I admit to not doing the flash for the bootloader. I'm just unclear since it says "your recovery problems should be gone" at the end of that, like I have to do nothing more.
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As Apex pointed out, each time we bring the phone back to stock, we lose root access and all the previous setup. It's a fact of flashing.
No big deal though, rooting is easy and is not really needed. What is needed is the insecure kernel with cwm. The link Apex gave you is the same as the posted kernel in post #2 of the thread. That kernel will give you the cwm. Review that thread if you haven't yet.
Flash the heimdall uclb3 repartition package. Immediately after it successfully boot your phone, don't close the program. check the bootloader box and put the phone back into dl mode and flash it again to get your gb bootloaders...
then flash the kernel.
review my how to thread if you need to.
Andros11 also made a how to for JB if you want to live vicariously.
gl

qkster said:
Andros11 also made a how to for JB if you want to live vicariously.
gl
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Thanks guys
It's been a crazy busy week and I just didn't have time to deal with the phone. I've been dealing with stock gingerbread. It's getting kind of annoying, though, it seems less stable than the custom ICS that I had on it before. Not sure when I'm going to have time to play with it again and try to get it to where I want it. I think I'm going to try to totally wipe all of the old stuff out of the memory before I do it again, though. There's something that wasn't allowing me to do what you guys are telling me to do successfully. I'm also thinking of finding a GS2 and just selling the Infuse, not because of my confusion, but because the GS2 was what I was originally looking for anyway.
I'll try to get this one set up first, though, as it's just a matter of me being obsessive about it.
qkster, I'll look into the JB, too, lol.
qkster said:
As Apex pointed out, each time we bring the phone back to stock, we lose root access and all the previous setup. It's a fact of flashing.
No big deal though, rooting is easy and is not really needed. What is needed is the insecure kernel with cwm. The link Apex gave you is the same as the posted kernel in post #2 of the thread. That kernel will give you the cwm. Review that thread if you haven't yet.
Flash the heimdall uclb3 repartition package. Immediately after it successfully boot your phone, don't close the program. check the bootloader box and put the phone back into dl mode and flash it again to get your gb bootloaders...
then flash the kernel.
review my how to thread if you need to.
Andros11 also made a how to for JB if you want to live vicariously.
gl
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Hey I am not the Infuse user... But I faced similar problem in my xperia some days back after updating the recovery.
I was also not able to enter recovery at boot time using my usual volume down way...
What the change was the new recovery checks for tap on the screen (repeatetive) instead of volume down button...
Not sure if it will work or not for you... But you can give a try...
Hit thanks if it works
Sent from my MT11i using xda app-developers app

XperiaNeoVNoob said:
Hey I am not the Infuse user... But I faced similar problem in my xperia some days back after updating the recovery.
I was also not able to enter recovery at boot time using my usual volume down way...
What the change was the new recovery checks for tap on the screen (repeatetive) instead of volume down button...
Not sure if it will work or not for you... But you can give a try...
Hit thanks if it works
Sent from my MT11i using xda app-developers app
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I didn't get a chance to try it, sorry! I ended up wiping my phone totally back to stock Gingerbread with nothing on the sd card, either, and starting all over again. It seems to be working really well this time (fingers crossed). RemICS-UX is pretty much awesome

VyCariously said:
I didn't get a chance to try it, sorry! I ended up wiping my phone totally back to stock Gingerbread with nothing on the sd card, either, and starting all over again. It seems to be working really well this time (fingers crossed). RemICS-UX is pretty much awesome
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No probs...
:thumbup:
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[Q] Want to upgrade to latest Jellybean?

Hi,
I am new to this, my infuse is running stock everything. Firmware 2.3.6, build number: Gingerbread UCKL2.
I would like to upgrade to the latest Jellybean version. I tried to read all tutorials but cant make heads or tails. I was hoping someone could walk me through it all step by step. maybe by messenger or email?
any help would be greatly appreciated.

Okay, first you need to get yourself a cwm recovery.
To do that, flash Entropy's dd kernel.
Qkster has a heimdall one-click which you can use to flash it in download mode.
You will probably also need the GB bootloaders. Qkster also has one for that.
Now you just flash ICS, then a JB rom and you should be done.
There's a guide on my signature which explains all this step by step, with links and everything. I suggest you take a look at it.

andros11 said:
Okay, first you need to get yourself a cwm recovery.
To do that, flash Entropy's dd kernel.
Qkster has a heimdall one-click which you can use to flash it in download mode.
You will probably also need the GB bootloaders. Qkster also has one for that.
Now you just flash ICS, then a JB rom and you should be done.
There's a guide on my signature which explains all this step by step, with links and everything. I suggest you take a look at it.
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After doing all this, are there any apps that wont work??

mrekimf said:
After doing all this, are there any apps that wont work??
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OK, after following the "[GUIDE] How to flash JB " on andros11 signature, on the install I) GB to ICS, I used method B. After step 2 in method B, when do I do step 3? It is sitting at title screen that shows, "Galaxy S cyanogen(mod). I did the step 3 then and selected boot recovery, and it just stays on the "Galaxy S cyanogen(mod)" screen. Is it frozen? What did I do wrong?
PLEASE HELP

Yea, it is supposed to hang at that screen.
Take out the battery and boot into recovery with the 3 finger combo (hold both volume buttons and the power button, and let go of power once the samsung logo pops up

andros11 said:
Yea, it is supposed to hang at that screen.
Take out the battery and boot into recovery with the 3 finger combo (hold both volume buttons and the power button, and let go of power once the samsung logo pops up
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So how long is it suppose to hang like that? Minutes, hour?
Also when in recovery it say on bottom of screen(log I guess) cache couldn't mount?

It hangs because you now have an ICS kernel with a GB system, so it won't boot.
If you do the 3-finger combo correctly it should boot to the recovery. Now you just need to flash a JB Rom and the corresponding gapps

Hi all,
I had a rooted GB 2.3.6 done with the Odin method here and I just upgraded to ICS and CM9 via the Entropy and everything worked ok, including making phone calls.
Then I went ahead and installed SlimBean 3.0/SlimGapps and I seem to be unable to make phone calls because it says Broadband version: Unknown. I'm now on JB 4.2.2 on SGH-1997
I am on Samsung Infuse 4G with ATT and I am not sure how to restore my mobile radio network. Can someone help me how to restore my phone calling feature and HSPA+ data network? Do I need to flash something?
Thanks,

Fanirama, try flashing cm10. That usually restores the IMEI.
Then flash back to slim and hopefully you'll be good

andros11 said:
Fanirama, try flashing cm10. That usually restores the IMEI.
Then flash back to slim and hopefully you'll be good
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Great! That did the trick... I flashed CM10.1 and IMEI is back along with everything else.
Maybe I'll stick with CM10 for sometime and see how it goes. I kinda preferred Slimrom from what I saw of it - it was very zippy, very polished with very few bugs from limited testing I did on main features.
Sadly in all this fiasco, I lost all my contacts which is a major bummer. Hopefully Titanium Backup which I did kept my contacts.
Thank you very much for your help. I was planning on flashing Carbon next but I think CM was a better suggestion.

Can I upgrade my wifes Samsung i897(captivate) with the same stuff as I did with Infuse. Is it upgradable to JB?

Nope.. You'll want to visit the captivate forums to see what is available. Many good devs over there.
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Zen Arcade said:
Nope.. You'll want to visit the captivate forums to see what is available. Many good devs over there.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997 using xda premium
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thank you , heading that way now!