Who else has never used kies? - AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727

Anyone? Everything I've read said kies mucks things up. Personally I'm a Odin fan. Looks easier and doesn't take space on my laptop.
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haven't used it yet. always used odin.

I have used odin as well as kies.
Never had any issues.. infact, just used kies last night for a software update and worked like a charm.
If you want to remain stock through out then kies is not bad but if you are a power user / techie then you wud prefer odin over kies...
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back in the old days when i was a noob, say around the spring of 2012

I used Kies once when an ICS leak first came out. I got stuck in a boot loop for using an old version of CWM. Kies emergency download mode saved me by letting me flash stock back on.
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I've used both for going back to stock but I found if you use Lies to go back to stock and then you do OTA to I727UCLI3 Kies won't recognize your phone. I now stick with just Odin.
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yes I 2 has used both, must agree that Kies does at times f----up, but I did use it for this update to 4.1.2 without an issue......dill

vincom said:
back in the old days when i was a noob, say around the spring of 2012
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you was a noob
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I've never gotten to actually use it. What's the point of Kies when you can manage the phone like a usb stick and google backs up your everything

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you was a noob
I've never gotten to actually use it. What's the point of Kies when you can manage the phone like a usb stick and google backs up your everything
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lol, we all were at some point or another

spitfire2425 said:
Anyone? Everything I've read said kies mucks things up. Personally I'm a Odin fan. Looks easier and doesn't take space on my laptop.
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Kies is a pos. It never worked for me. I always odin what I need, including any official updates.
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Need Some HELP ASAP PLEASE..

Ok had a Sidekick 4G rooted and custom rom installed and I sold it to a friend. Well they took it to a T-Mobile store and the guy factory reset it (for what reason idk) and she told me the phone would come back on.. I tried entering CWM recovery and was able to but the phone stays stuck on the boot screen everytime I try to reboot it and the only way to turn it off is to do a battery pull..
Can anyone help me fix this problem like asap please? Thanks for any and all help..
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Flash a new rom?
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bmtdan said:
Flash a new rom?
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I'll try that right now..
Tried and I get a voice saying something like "convert data partition, not enough space on partition"
And now I gotta wait to try something else cause the battery just died and she has the charger.. WTF lol
then u have to odin.. that happened to me and the only way i fixed it was by going back to stock and starting all over.
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HC13 said:
then u have to odin.. that happened to me and the only way i fixed it was by going back to stock and starting all over.
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Can you tell me how I do that please? Rooting the Sidekick was my first time every doing anything like that..
there is a odin thread on the dev sec tion it sticked under all def roms modem , etc
xtrem88 said:
there is a odin thread on the dev sec tion it sticked under all def roms modem , etc
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Aight thanks.. Gonna try in a few hours after the phone is charged..
The takesless than 3 and a half hours to charge from 0
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xtrem88 said:
The takesless than 3 and a half hours to charge from 0
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Naw took about 2 hours but I was eating with the fam.. But followed the ODIN steps and I'm back to factory setting.. Thanks for all the help.. Now I gotta ask her if she wanted it rooted again or not..
THANKS AGAIN

What is up with my charge have u seen this???

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What is this??? Is my phone bricked what can i do??
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I had that. Try to flash a stock rom via ODIN.
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I am but it keeps saying failed,,
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Interesting, I have never seen that but thats not really saying much. when you tried to flash in odin was your battery placed back into phone after going into download mode? can you give any more details as to what you have tried? That way ppl could give you better ideas as to fix.
Just make sure you're battery is in and you'll be fine. If it isn't working then let us know where the flash is getting stuck at.
sexykika said:
What is this??? Is my phone bricked what can i do??
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how to fix your phone >
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1111486
If you haven't seen this, you aren't playing with your phone enough. Use a stock file, a PIT, and PSTLite
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Flash roms for your phone only
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sexykika said:
What is this??? Is my phone bricked what can i do??
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I saw this when I first flashed CWM after taking the GB OTA.
What worked for me was to use another USB port on my PC. After the drivers installed, I was able to successfully flash CWM with Odin.
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What I had to do was use another USB cable to flash whatever I was flashing.
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Yeah just tried another usb port and worked like a charm,, cant thank u guys enough,, xda always comes through for me,,
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Help recovering soft brick/odin not working/not a noob

Like many times before i used the one click odin root to root my phone. This time as soon as it started, it failed. Now my phone boots straight to this screen:
Odin Mode
Product name: SGHI727
Custom Binary Download : No
Current Binary: Samsung official
cell phone pic----------------------exclamtion triangle pic---------------------computer pic
Firmware upgrade encountered
as issue. Please select
recovery mode in kies and try again.
I used odin to try and flash again, i used one click flash, and I reinstalled all my drivers, checked my usb connection and even tried a different computer. I cannot restore my phone. I was on stock ginger bread but not sure which one.
I go into download mode manually, i slect up, and i get back to the same screen as on top w no result.
Help plz. $20.00 donation to who can help me crack this...i really need it fixed, thx.
I also tried to use klies. it didnt work. computer does read the phone as the yellow shows on odin. But everytime i try to flash something it starts, then fails.
You do have an i777 at&t phone right?
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You do have an i777 at&t phone right?
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no. its an i727 as indicated in the OP....
OP is in the wrong forum....
Lol and the tittle says not a noob
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Can you still transfer stuff over Odin, or is your computer not picking it up at all?
Also, are you using Desktops or Laptops to Odin?
This thread is epic. I would've reported it if there was a report button :-(
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I love threads like this(where the answer is actually in the OP's question) reported for clean up
P.S. I, too, run into problems when trying to run "klies"
Yeah....not a noob
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Recovery mode issue

Hey guys, I'm new to the flashing scene so bare with me. Not to long ago I flashed my Infuse 4g device from gingerbread to ics, which for some reason made my recovery mode half disorientated (with weird colors)and half visible. Yet, difficult I was still able to maneuver and flash some tweaks here and there. However, I've now moved on to JellyBean, but now my entire recovery mode screen is disorientated (with weird colors) What should I do now?
You need the Gingerbread boot loaders to make it correct.
Check this thread by qkster.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081
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also you can click on my signature pic and go to the infuse super page for more tools to fix your issue....
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lahwf said:
Hey guys, I'm new to the flashing scene so bare with me. Not to long ago I flashed my Infuse 4g device from gingerbread to ics, which for some reason made my recovery mode half disorientated (with weird colors)and half visible. Yet, difficult I was still able to maneuver and flash some tweaks here and there. However, I've now moved on to JellyBean, but now my entire recovery mode screen is disorientated (with weird colors) What should I do now?
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Here is another way to get the GB bootloaders you need :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29203437&postcount=33
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bigjoe2675 said:
Nice avatar....
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I often glance at avatars to know who's making a post. Now I keep thinking rk is bigjoe.
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Just bear the fact that you are at risk of hard bricking your infuse when you are flashing Gingerbread bootloaders.
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Crinkypops said:
Just bear the fact that you are at risk of hard bricking your infuse when you are flashing Gingerbread bootloaders.
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If you can successfully flash other items in Heimdall or Odin, it's really not that big of a deal. The Gingerbread Kies update and the prezreket UCLB3 leak also update the bootloaders. Just don't interrupt the flash. Crinkypops is correct, though, that a failed bootloader flash is about the only way to really brick an Infuse. So double check that you can flash other items using your chosen software. If you can, go for the bootloaders and don't let your dog or kid disconnect the USB cable for the few seconds it takes to flash.
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Thank you guys so much, I was able to flash the bootloader using odin (because I don't trust myself using Heimdall yet) nonetheless, I'm happy that I can see my recovery mode screen now and all thanks to the XDA community.
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I often glance at avatars to know who's making a post. Now I keep thinking rk is bigjoe.
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how can you confuse me with others....
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[Q] Bricked Horribly

Ok, sup.
So let me start from the beginning....
I had just soft-bricked my phone and after a while got it to be detected by a stock infuse program and I just remembered ( in the beginning of the download > during Factoryfs < I had to run it off because the program never finished and left me with a samsung boot screen forever.. So I took out the batter put it back in and tried to go into recovery.. I get this picture >>
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also I get it while trying to turn on the phone and trying to go into Download Mode.. Got any ideas.
check this thread out, itll help you, i know cuz i've had my phone at the same screen many times, easy fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079 just follow instructions after choosing what android version you want, the first one is froyo, second is GB, third is ICS, and the post under ics is a gb kernel, that screen is a download mode screen and it shall be treated as such, just make sure to flash bootloaders also, just to make sure it sticks
deathblade said:
check this thread out, itll help you, i know cuz i've had my phone at the same screen many times, easy fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079 just follow instructions after choosing what android version you want, the first one is froyo, second is GB, third is ICS, and the post under ics is a gb kernel, that screen is a download mode screen and it shall be treated as such, just make sure to flash bootloaders also, just to make sure it sticks
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OMG THANK YOU!! This cleared up a lot of things I'm glad I'm not spending $155.88 for a fix but I'm not new to android
np always glad to help, all i ask is for you to take one second and hit the thanks button
Wow that's weird...this definitely just happened to me today nd took me forever to find the solution. Glad that worked out for you too man.
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jonahly said:
Ok, sup.
So let me start from the beginning....
I had just soft-bricked my phone and after a while got it to be detected by a stock infuse program and I just remembered ( in the beginning of the download > during Factoryfs < I had to run it off because the program never finished and left me with a samsung boot screen forever.. So I took out the batter put it back in and tried to go into recovery.. I get this picture >>
also I get it while trying to turn on the phone and trying to go into Download Mode.. Got any ideas.
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Did your ROM brick it?????
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First thing I had thought as well.
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No. My ROM did not brick my phone it was my own doing.
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