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[Q] List of Heimdall-compatible Firmware Packages for SGS4G?

I have to use Heimdall if I'm to flash my phone. At home I only have access to Mac. I used a PC at work to root my phone (superoneclick was waaay easy), but I don't want to push my luck with IT and my boss at work.
Is there a list of Heimdall packages for the SGS4G anywhere? I've been searching and can't find them anywhere. Maybe Heimdall 1.3 is too new??
I am hoping to use Audiophile because it just chaps my a$$ that I can't play a stock music player (TMOUS) without it skipping out (paucity of cpu cycles I imagine). I very much appreciate the post RaverX3X put up about Audiophile recently. However he focused on Odin and I can't use Odin.
Any ideas anyone?

No one has made any firmware packages for it.
You'd only use Heimdall for flashing a stock rom base with a custom kernel and then you'd have to flash audiophile through CWM anyway.
I'd make a firmware package for you if I wasn't on my way out soon though. Maybe if no one else has done it when I get back I'll set something up for you.

Alright I made the heimdall package for you, I haven't tested it though, so proceed at your own risk.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tea..._kh2_with_kg4_kernel_heimdall.tar.gz/download

Did it work? I want to know so I can post it on the original thread.

You gave some qualifications about using CWM before putting up the Heimdall package. Since this is my first time flashing and I only have my SGS4G so I am going slowly. I got CWM installed and backed up. I downloaded your file and have it on my Mac. Before I try to use, I want to be sure I know what I'm doing. So I'm reading a lot of XDA first.
You will be the second to know I got it installed and working (with me being the first obviously. )
Thanks for the help.

You actually don't need CWM at all. You'll wind up with CWM after flashing this.

Okay, I'll give this one a try. In a previous message you said that after using Heimdall, I still need to flash Audiophile using CWM. Is that still true? Is there any other software I need to flash with CWM?

You might need to flash my busybox_installer.zip but I think Raver may have included that in the audiophile ftw installer.

Well I tried but Heimdall could never see my phone. I can connect USB storage using the phone, but Heimdall can't detect the device at all.
I've searched XDA trying to find MAC drivers for the phone that might be better than mine, but I've not found anything yet.

http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
Scroll down and find the OSX version (Heimdall suite 1.3.0). It comes with Codeless kext (aka driver). It should install libusb for you.

Hmmm, I installed that package. I do not know why kext didn't work. I know I have a system reboot since then.
Maybe I'll uninstall and try to re-install.

Thanks A Lot
FBis251 said:
Alright I made the heimdall package for you, I haven't tested it though, so proceed at your own risk.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tea..._kh2_with_kg4_kernel_heimdall.tar.gz/download
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Hello. First of all I want to thank you for this wonderful rom. I know how to use Odin but recently I got a Mac so I'm still learning how to use it. I decided to upgrade to gingerbread last night and then hell went broke loose I almost BRICKED my phone:-(. But searching the XDA this morning I found this thread and BAAAMMMM my phone is working again. I dunno how it works but I know You put effort on doing this so again Thanks a Lot!!!!!

MjLvMj said:
Hello. First of all I want to thank you for this wonderful rom. I know how to use Odin but recently I got a Mac so I'm still learning how to use it. I decided to upgrade to gingerbread last night and then hell went broke loose I almost BRICKED my phone:-(. But searching the XDA this morning I found this thread and BAAAMMMM my phone is working again. I dunno how it works but I know You put effort on doing this so again Thanks a Lot!!!!!
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Awesome, I'm glad it worked for you. I'll be making the Froyo portion of the heimdall package available soon in order to update my GB Starter Pack guide for mac/linux.
How straightforward was the install by the way? I'm still trying to get feedback from users.

I am very happy heimdall is working for you and you got the ROM flashed.
Very frustrated that I can't get heimdall to see my phone. I have CWM installed and I have the RootExplorer app working and I can see my SD card as a USB drive on my Mac. Is it possible to flash with just those three tools?
All the guides I see seem to focus on Odin or Heimdall. Do they do some magic that I can't accomplish on my own?

ustamills said:
I am very happy heimdall is working for you and you got the ROM flashed.
Very frustrated that I can't get heimdall to see my phone. I have CWM installed and I have the RootExplorer app working and I can see my SD card as a USB drive on my Mac. Is it possible to flash with just those three tools?
All the guides I see seem to focus on Odin or Heimdall. Do they do some magic that I can't accomplish on my own?
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Sadly there's no safe way to flash bootloaders using CWM, which is the only reason we're using Odin/Heimdall. I can't diagnose the problems on a mac since I don't own one, but have you tried removing heimdall, restarting, reinstalling, restarting and trying again? Might make it work.

Thanks A Lot
FBis251 said:
Awesome, I'm glad it worked for you. I'll be making the Froyo portion of the heimdall package available soon in order to update my GB Starter Pack guide for mac/linux.
How straightforward was the install by the way? I'm still trying to get feedback from users.
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Well I mess up with the bootloaders cuz Im coming from trigger rom froyo. But luckily for me I able to put the phone on Download Mode and the Heimdall just detected it. I just follow the read me files on the Heimdall then put your files on it. Press start and it work like magic... I have Gingerbread Phone
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ustamills said:
I am very happy heimdall is working for you and you got the ROM flashed.
Very frustrated that I can't get heimdall to see my phone. I have CWM installed and I have the RootExplorer app working and I can see my SD card as a USB drive on my Mac. Is it possible to flash with just those three tools?
All the guides I see seem to focus on Odin or Heimdall. Do they do some magic that I can't accomplish on my own?
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Just try to put your Phone on Download Mode and pray that Heimdall can detect it. Then your good!!!!

i tried flashing my sgs4g with odin and now all i get is the samsung galaxy s 4g from tmobile screen and it just keeps loading like that in a loop.
at first when I tried odin, i was not able to reboot and my screen displayed all sorts of colors and just did not work. I unplugged and tried odin again and came up to this point. now i'm trying to just get my phone working again. help anyone?

Cannot get Captivate to boot, tried everything!

Hi guys, I'm pretty good with every phone I use but I've tried everything I could think of to get the GFs Cappy to work. Her phone was pretty slow so I tried to boot into recovery and it was just a black screen. Used Heimdall to flash the zImage listed on the Cyanogen forum. It got CWM on there and from there I could never get back into CWM. Everytime I flash the zImage, it just hangs at the boot screen. Odin doesn't recognize the Captivate, I've installed and uninstalled the drivers and rebooted as well. So I'm at a complete loss as to what to do with this now. Can anyone help? I have searched and poured through all of the guides and things. I'm stuck. Thanks guys!

If you can get into download have you tried plugging the usb into the back of the computer and running odin as administrator? That's what I did.
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mossination said:
If you can get into download have you tried plugging the usb into the back of the computer and running odin as administrator? That's what I did.
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Tried multiple usb ports, tried as administator, Odin freezes on SetupProcedure. The files I have for stock KF1 are:
CODE_I897UCKF1_CL273832_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
Kepler_odin_new_part_JE3_S1JE4.pit
MODEM_I897UCKF1_CL1017518_REV02.tar
SGH-I897-CSC-ATTKF1.tar.md5
I probably can flash them though Heimdall, but I don't know if I need all the files or where the first one goes. I'm really getting sick of trying to fix this phone, so if anyone has more suggestions, I would appreciate it.

Any other suggestions? I'm about to break my laptop and her phone...

-viperboy- said:
Any other suggestions? I'm about to break my laptop and her phone...
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Have you tried the one click heimdall Adam Outler put together?

sixstringsg said:
Have you tried the one click heimdall Adam Outler put together?
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That didn't work either. However, it looks like it's going through now. It seems like it was a driver issue and the Captivate drivers weren't working. So in one of the threads, there were other drivers for the GalaxyS and I installed, rebooted, and tried again and it's in the process of flashing. Fingers crossed! Thanks everyone!

-viperboy- said:
Hi guys, I'm pretty good with every phone I use but I've tried everything I could think of to get the GFs Cappy to work. Her phone was pretty slow so I tried to boot into recovery and it was just a black screen. Used Heimdall to flash the zImage listed on the Cyanogen forum. It got CWM on there and from there I could never get back into CWM. Everytime I flash the zImage, it just hangs at the boot screen. Odin doesn't recognize the Captivate, I've installed and uninstalled the drivers and rebooted as well. So I'm at a complete loss as to what to do with this now. Can anyone help? I have searched and poured through all of the guides and things. I'm stuck. Thanks guys!
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Why Cyanogen forum?
And why not Odin........there are so many one click flashes with odin that will get you back to stock state here for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843

chappatti said:
Why Cyanogen forum?
And why not Odin........there are so many one click flashes with odin that will get you back to stock state here for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
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Heimdall is more reliable and cross platform, so it's usually a better bet. You can also exclude bootloaders when using Heimdall, but not Odin unless you grab a package without bootloaders.

sixstringsg said:
Heimdall is more reliable and cross platform, so it's usually a better bet. You can also exclude bootloaders when using Heimdall, but not Odin unless you grab a package without bootloaders.
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Plus, if you run Heimdall on a Linux system, there are no worries about drivers.

sixstringsg said:
Heimdall is more reliable and cross platform, so it's usually a better bet. You can also exclude bootloaders when using Heimdall, but not Odin unless you grab a package without bootloaders.
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The link I posted has Odin one clicks WITH and WITHOUT bootloaders all the way from JF6 to KJ3, and also CWM packages all in one place. That's my only reason for the Odin question.

chappatti said:
The link I posted has Odin one clicks WITH and WITHOUT bootloaders all the way from JF6 to KJ3, and also CWM packages all in one place. That's my only reason for the Odin question.
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Ah, ok. I wasn't trying to argue, I was just trying to answer the question.

I was going to mention drivers, but saw this too late. CM uses no non-captivate USB drivers.
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sixstringsg said:
Ah, ok. I wasn't trying to argue, I was just trying to answer the question.
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No worries man, same here. Have no problem with your point at all......

chappatti said:
Why Cyanogen forum?
And why not Odin........there are so many one click flashes with odin that will get you back to stock state here for example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
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IDK, that's just what I found cause I was going to put CM on there. And I tried every Odin and nothing worked. But I finally got it working now. Thanks for the help everyone

[Q] Downgrading KJ6

I want to know how i can downgrade stock KJ6 from samsung kies to KI1 and then root it, or if i can just root KJ6. I tried Superoneclick and some of the stuff on the other threads but nothing helped. Im obviously not rooted.

Make sure you have the most current version of superoneclick. It works.
Sent from my SGH-T959V

Did superoneclick fail? Have you downloaded a root check app from the market to see if you are rooted?
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Odin a modded kernel. You will get root and custom recovery.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

Yeah superoneclick freezes and then crashes after "Starting adb server". I have Superoneclick version 2.3.2

And can you please send me the link and instructions on flashing the kernel.

Effort makes a difference on your learning and understanding.
Most current kernal from bhubdven:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20067583
He provides instructions in his thread using heimdall. Afterwards you will be rooted and have CWM and be on your way to a flashing addiction.
Sent from my SGH-T959V

And to help your understandIng there are multiple ways of doing everything. Don't get confused or frustrated reading threads. You have ODIN, Heimdall and CWM to flash things. Right now your options are Heimdall or ODIN until you flash a modded kernel that will give you CWM, which I think is the easiest to do and understand.
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Ok so just to clarify, i have to flash this through Heimdall?

jalaldaniel said:
Ok so just to clarify, i have to flash this through Heimdall?
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If you don't have CWM already, then yes. I did it that way and it worked quite well.

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stephen_w said:
If you don't have CWM already, then yes. I did it that way and it worked quite well.
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Im sorry im kind of a noob and i dont understand how to flash this through heimdall. Can you make a video tutorial?

I haven't successfully used Heimdall.
If that doesn't work use ODIN to flash modded KJ1 kernel from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16160325
That will give you CWM and you can flash the updated bhundven kernal through CWM.
Sent from my SGH-T959V

Did you just ask somebody to make a video tutorial??? Not sure my eyes are working.
Edit: hell stephen is such a nice guy he might just do it. A little bit much to ask though I think.
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jalaldaniel said:
Sorry im kind of a noob. I dont understand how to flash this through heimdall.
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No worries. They key is to not use the Heimdall-frontend program but rather the Heimdall command-line program. So here's what you need to do:
Go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20067583
Download Heimdall per instruction #1 under "Flashing"
- It doesn't "install" per-se, rather, it's a zip archive. Use Windows/Winzip/7Zip to extract it to a directory of your choosing.
- Once it's extracted, go into the "heimdall-suite-1.3.1-win32" directory, then into the "drivers" directory
- Make sure your phone is plugged into the computer & it's in download mode.
- Run the "zadiag" program
- On the "Options" menu, select "List All Devices"
- Use the drop-down menu to select "Samsung USB Composite Device"
- Click the "Install Driver" button.
- This part might take a minute. Also, if you're on Vista/Win7/2008 and you receive a message about unverified publisher/drivers, install them anyway.
Use Windows/Winzip/7Zip to extract the "sms-T959V-KJ6-0.1.0-unsigned-update.zip" file to a directory of your choosing
- Use Windows Explorer to go into that directory, then into kernel_flasher, and then copy the "zImage" file into the "heimdall-suite-1.3.1-win32" directory
- You don't have to copy it if you're comfortable with using the command line, I just said to do it this way as it's easier. Totally up to you.
Open a command prompt
cd to the "heimdall-suite-1.3.1-win32" directory
Run the command in step 5 under "Flashing" on the page referenced above.
Let us know if you need further help. Good luck
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lumin30 said:
Did you just ask somebody to make a video tutorial??? Not sure my eyes are working.
Edit: hell stephen is such a nice guy he might just do it. A little bit much to ask though I think.
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Not a video...but whatever. LOL. I can't help myself, man. I was a noob here too, once, and I feel compelled to help others that are lost. It's the geek in me I guess.

Hell I am still a noob. I think Heimdall gave me troubles because of the redistributables. Odin and CWM have been easier for me during my journey.
Here are some videos - see if one helps with Heimdall or do the method I suggested.
Google videos on Heimdall

lumin30 said:
Hell I am still a noob. I think Heimdall gave me troubles because of the redistributables. Odin and CWM have been easier for me during my journey.
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Ditto; I usually learn at least one new thing here a day. I'm just now trying to learn how to use Heimdall. I'm like you & ODIN was what worked for me then CWM once I had it installed. I'm trying to get out of the comfort zone so I have a better understanding of all of the flashing options & hopefully so I can help others. I plan on re-flashing via Heimdall command line later today to see if I can do it right. I'm surprised my phone hasn't blown up from me messing with it so much.
I really want to get into the kernel/OS stuff on it. Trying to find the time to get into it.

stephen_w said:
Ditto; I usually learn at least one new thing here a day. I'm just now trying to learn how to use Heimdall. I'm like you & ODIN was what worked for me then CWM once I had it installed. I'm trying to get out of the comfort zone so I have a better understanding of all of the flashing options & hopefully so I can help others. I plan on re-flashing via Heimdall command line later today to see if I can do it right. I'm surprised my phone hasn't blown up from me messing with it so much.
I really want to get into the kernel/OS stuff on it. Trying to find the time to get into it.
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Let me know how it goes. Bhundven seems to prefer it which makes me think it is a good method to know.

Thank you both so much. It went perfectly!!!!

You may consider editing your last post and thoroughly explain your steps to help other noobs.
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[Q] IMEI problems-how do I fix it?

Ok so I (stupidly) tried to flash erikmm's mokeeOS. I tried to follow the directions, but I think I messed up somewhere along the way. The result is that I have a efs file, but it is corrupted, and I have a IMEI of all 0s when I format and flash the system, and I have a IMEI of DXD with weird symbols when I flash cm7 restore. So my question is, how do I get my IMEI back? I dont have a good efs file, but I do have a good nandroid backup. But when I try to restore it, it says e:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on system. So how can I fix this too? I'd also like to apologize to erikmm for being a dumbass and not correctly following directions

I suggest you use FB's [odin+cwm] gb ext4 starter pack and get back to stock.....this will not fix your imei but will get ur phone to a usable state that you are a Tad bit familiar with for starters.
There are ways to fix the imei but I'm not familiar with it for I have never had this problem...

I'm sure there's an easier way to do it, but when I flashed his Rom the first time, I accidentally flashed the efs-backup file twice instead of the efs-restore and screwed mine up. I got a little too excited to try something new I guess. But I ran the 1-click Gremlin remover and everything came back fine. Then I reflashed moKee correctly and all was right with the world. I have no idea about the last error you were getting however.

how do I go back to ext4? Becuase i dont think my nandroid is working since the phone is MTD now. And I cant use ODIN right now becuase my windoes pc isnt working for now, but I can use a mac to transfer files and stuff

I'm not going to hold ur hand....go look for what I previously mentioned in the dev section and follow directions...I know I'm kinda blunt and a lil rude but I don't have patience when people don't pay attention to the answers given to them...I will help you but you will have to read and pay attention to the instructions in the OP's of the threads
Sorry I missed the no computer part
Without a computer there is NO fix at this point.
One thing I've learned is never flash mtd roms without a computer available

I appreciate you helping, but I stated that I cant use ODIN due to my Windows computer not working, so Im looking for alternate solutions. Right now Im trying the Gremlin remover

Isn't heimdall a Mac program?
If so use the heimdell 1click in the dev section.
I'm not familiar with heimdall or Mac...

One click back to stock with Anton's kernel installed I believe bhund updated the one clicks. Then u can try ur nand restore
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Shortbus-Driver said:
Isn't heimdall a Mac program?
If so use the heimdell 1click in the dev section.
I'm not familiar with heimdall or Mac...
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Heimdall is a Java-based program, which makes it mostly OS agnostic. It runs on Windows, Linux, and the Mac.

Ahh ty for that info

I tried doing the one click for heimdall, but it said error when claiming interface. What do i do?

I do not know...if only you were on a PC.....this would be so simple

Have you tried a hammer?lol
The only way to fix your issue is with 1-Click gremlin Remover or a Heimdal 1-Click. Your /efs partition will be there and all will be fine after you go back to stock.
To overcome the problems with heimdal, you might want to try this:
System Cleaner
However, in your case, you may not be able to do the system check portion. I would suggest, just downloading the system cleaner, reboot to recovery and flash it (Just follow Step 3 in the OP). It will probably soft-brick your phone, but you will be able to get into recovery and download mode which will enable you to flash the phone via heimdal...

i can get into download mode, but i get a claiming interfaceerror
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mierkat09 said:
i can get into download mode, but i get a claiming interfaceerror
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That's not what i said... I said, Run the system cleaner. It will soft brick your device but you will still be able to get to download mode and recover it... Fix the error you are getting... God, why don't they ever read the entire freaking thing?
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thomas.raines said:
God, why don't they ever read the entire freaking thing?
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Just the way it is sometimes Thomas. Plus to a lot of us this is second nature but someone without the knowledge you have may easily be confused. Don't let it get to you. lol OK I'm done defending human stupidity for the day.

Help, Phone Stuck On Slim Bean

Hello all, could someone perhaps assist me? Now I know how to get my phone back to fresh out of the box, I have done it before to unbrick my device. However I am having major issues with doing this again. Last night I wanted to try Slim Bean, The ROM is beautiful and fast, but Tethering is buggy and my device frequently freezes and reboots, so I tried to flash Valhalla Black Edition, my device then was stuck on Team Kick Ass bootscreen forcing me to flash back to Slim. I cannot seem to get my phone recognized with Windows. I have a netbook with Win 7 Starter 32bit, a Desktop with 64bit Windows 7, and a Laptop x64 Windows 8. I have tried multiple drivers and Mini Kies and cannot get my pcs to recognize my phone. What am I doing wrong, somebody please help. My device is highly unstable. I have everything I need to get back to stock except to get my machine to recognize my device.

Hi
I used Heimdall on Win7 32bit and also on Win8 64bit.
You just need to make sure you delete all SAMSUNG drivers.
Then, when you plug phone to a USB port, try to make it to a USB port you haven't used yet.
If you do get the Heimdall screen after running the JAR - ask it to reinstall driver for the "Gadget" device.
You may also try to do it with both SDcard and SIM card removed.
Good luck!

Thanks, Ill give that a try, however I believe when I first tried it on Windows 8 No drivers were installed at all, my pc just states my device as an Unknown Device. I only have 2 USB ports on my 8 machine.

DroidWizzy said:
Thanks, Ill give that a try, however I believe when I first tried it on Windows 8 No drivers were installed at all, my pc just states my device as an Unknown Device. I only have 2 USB ports on my 8 machine.
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Windows 8 prevents unsigned drivers from installing, thus stops the Zdiag drivers from installing the drivers Heimdall needs. I'm in a rush but if you google disable driver signing Windows 8, you'll find some links that tell you how to reboot Windows 8 into a mode that allows unsigned drivers, then you can use Heimdall. PITA, but the only way around it for now.

getochkn said:
Windows 8 prevents unsigned drivers from installing, thus stops the Zdiag drivers from installing the drivers Heimdall needs. I'm in a rush but if you google disable driver signing Windows 8, you'll find some links that tell you how to reboot Windows 8 into a mode that allows unsigned drivers, then you can use Heimdall. PITA, but the only way around it for now.
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I tried this yesterday actually, The problem is Heimdall doesn't Prompt me at all to install drivers. Which Last time i returned my phone to stock I remember a utility coming up and installing my drivers for me. I have the one click jar file. Do I need something else?

DroidWizzy said:
I tried this yesterday actually, The problem is Heimdall doesn't Prompt me at all to install drivers. Which Last time i returned my phone to stock I remember a utility coming up and installing my drivers for me. I have the one click jar file. Do I need something else?
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Go download the Heimdall suite 1.3.1 with the frontend (don't get 1.3.2, it was buggy), and unzip it, do the driver thing for windows 8, then inside the heimdall frontend folder, there is a drivers folder, in there is zdiag. Run that, that is the driver program, and do the steps to select the gagdet device, install drivers, then close that, then run the one click jar and see if that does it. Zdiag is the program you seem come up before probably, and for some reason it's not, but it's just part of heimdall suite, so you can run it separately and get the drivers installed, then the one click so go through.

Thank you, Once I get a chance after school I will give this a try. And major thanks on the 1.3.2 fact of it being buggy, I had googled zdiag and found out about the suite. I'm hoping this works, Ill reply later to report my results.

Could you provide me with a direct link for 1.3.1 frontend. Looking through the github I am only seeing frontend versions for mac and debian.
EDIT: Scratch that, upon extracting 1.3.1 I saw Heimdall frontend.exe Github just didnt have it listed as the other versions were

MANY MANY MANY thanks!! I was able to restore everything using my windows 8 Laptop Now a quick question Do i need to use the one click to flash bootloaders? I do want to flash Valhalla Black Edition to this phone.

Yes.

Actually you should not have to. If you were on ICS or the kj6 based roms then there is no need to flash bootloaders.

glad that worked for you. I ran into this a bit ago with Windows 8 and my first trying to use Heimdall since I installed 8 and had all those problems and driver signing off plus zdiag worked like a charm. PITA because as soon as you reboot, driving signing is back on again.

eollie said:
Actually you should not have to. If you were on ICS or the kj6 based roms then there is no need to flash bootloaders.
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Almost everything from CM7 on uses MTD partitions. Slim uses MTD partitions. Valhalla black uses BML partitions. If you don't flash bootloaders you WILL bootloop.

hechoen said:
Almost everything from CM7 on uses MTD partitions. Slim uses MTD partitions. Valhalla black uses BML partitions. If you don't flash bootloaders you WILL bootloop.
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Wanna put a c-note on that?

eollie said:
Wanna put a c-note on that?
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If I had it I would. lol If it did change I missed it. So what am I missing?
Actually give me a few minutes and I'll put VB back on my sdcard. Oneclick without bootloaders. Then flash and see what happens.

You only need to flash bootloader when the current ones are corrupted or coming from a different version of bootloaders IE: froyo or early leaks of Gingerbread.
Nothing is changed in the bootloaders when flahing MTD roms. We dont have MTD bootloaders therefore we cant change them.

You are indeed correct. Just flashed a one click without bootloaders. Then flashed VB. Booted up and runs fine. Thanks for the catch.
EDIT: You are indeed wrong. lol So after it initially booted into the OS I just rebooted the phone. Now I'm stuck in a bootloop at the splash screen. I'll be back after some further investigating.
EDIT2: Just rebooted recovery. Wiped cahes and fixed perms. Still stuck in a bootloop. Give me a few to do it my way. Like flashing the oneclick WITH bootloaders. I'll be back.

Well now I'm back to stock GB with.a custom kernel and I tried to flash Valhalla Black Edition but it changed nothing except the team acid boot screen from the custom kernel
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The bootloop has nothing to do with not flashing bootloaders. There is nothing changed in the bootloaders. We dont have bootloaders for ICS/JB. When partitioning the phone for mtd the bootloaders are not touched. Seriously its been explained by bryan and max I think even FB talked about it. Without ICS/JB bootloaders there is no reason to touch that partition therefore no need to flash them.
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Well now I'm back to stock GB with.a custom kernel and I tried to flash Valhalla Black Edition but it changed nothing except the team acid boot screen from the custom kernel
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In cwm make sure to mount system. Ive been having some issues with it mounting properly. Not sure if the script is borked or CWM.

Okay ill give that a try
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