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Soft bricked(total noob) just got the JIG, got into download menu.
Can someone give me instructions on how to get back to stock, gain root, and install custom ROMS/ MIUI
It be very appreciated, i'm doing this for a buddy and i don't want to give him a brick lol.
1. for restoring stock : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
2. use superoneclick to root
3. Install clockwork recovery and rom manager
4. Install custom roms.
Wait before you flash that, what firmware version did it come with???
It could mess your phone up if it isn't right.
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b-eock said:
Wait before you flash that, what firmware version did it come with???
It could mess your phone up if it isn't right.
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Pretty sure it came with 2.2 but not sure.
Then I wouldn't do that 2.1 Odin one click.... Look for a stock 2.2 Odin or Heimdall, make sure to read thoroughly too.
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Then I wouldn't do that 2.1 Odin one click.... Look for a stock 2.2 Odin or Heimdall, make sure to read thoroughly too.
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See thats the thing i hate to be a pain but im looking for detailed instructions.
b-eock said:
Wait before you flash that, what firmware version did it come with???
It could mess your phone up if it isn't right.
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thank you for pointing it out
OP might want to look at these threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15330252
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963403
Note: as b-eock pointed out, make sure what was your stock version before restoring it!
I've always just flashed newer than my stock to avoid that problem and it always works well for me, after bricking or when i want to flash a new rom i flash to cappy gingerbread and flash boog kernal to get CWM(clockworkmod). CWM is essential is you plan on flashing to other roms. If you plan on flashing to another rom anyways it doesn't matter which version of stock you load as long as it work so I'd just flash 2.2 or newer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
- this has all the odin 1-click flashable packages for captivate
To do everything you want to do...
flash back to stock, use 2.2 or one of the 2.3 versions. If you plan on flashing to a gingerbread rom (2.3) you'll most likely need the gingerbread bootloaders, if you don't originally flash a odin package with the gingerbread bootloaders you might be asked to install them later depending on what rom you use
incase you don't know odin is the computer program used to flash one click packages, you can find it by searching XDA, one click packages won't require it.
odin has to be open before you plug the usb into the phone putting it into download mode.
to flash to other roms you need CWM (ClockWorkMod-a customized recovery mode for the phone) the thread in this post has links to odin flashable kernals with CWM for each software build. To get CWM flash the respective kernal for the version you use. You'll need odin to flash the new kernal, its essentially stock apart from CWM. In odin select PDA and browse to the kernal zip to flash it.
you can search around XDA for oneclickroots, they will typically be odin or CWM flashable it's quite straight forward. New roms will typically already be rooted so you shouldn't have to root again.
good luck!
Does anyone know which exact ODIN i need to flash to get back to 2.2 from download mode.
You can use adamoutler's uckb2 heimdall one click. That's stock 2.2.
But whitch ODIN do i use.
Gez, HTC is so much easier then this samsung!
David522d said:
But whitch ODIN do i use.
Gez, HTC is so much easier then this samsung!
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Unfortunately, there is currently no Odin one-click of stock Froyo (at least that I'm aware of). If you want stock Froyo, you'll need to either piece it together with full Odin, or use the Heimdall One-Click.
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Unfortunately, there is currently no Odin one-click of stock Froyo (at least that I'm aware of). If you want stock Froyo, you'll need to either piece it together with full Odin, or use the Heimdall One-Click.
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*Update*
I flashed the 2.2 from this http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=186
Now i need to root and install recovery please SOMEONE HELP ME!!!! im so ****ty with this crap. Soon as i get recovery ill be straight.
David522d said:
*Update*
I flashed the 2.2 from this http://www.mobiletechvideos.com/blog/?page_id=186
Now i need to root and install recovery please SOMEONE HELP ME!!!! im so ****ty with this crap. Soon as i get recovery ill be straight.
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Take a look in this post. That should get you the right 3E recovery.
Once you have that, you can either use ROM Manager to install CWM recovery, or see if you can find a kernel with it already baked in and use ODIN to flash the kernel (look for the speedmod kernel).
Or you could flash stock GB, but that updates bootloaders and is a whole different can of worms.
jmtheiss said:
Take a look in this post. That should get you the right 3E recovery.
Once you have that, you can either use ROM Manager to install CWM recovery, or see if you can find a kernel with it already baked in and use ODIN to flash the kernel (look for the speedmod kernel).
Or you could flash stock GB, but that updates bootloaders and is a whole different can of worms.
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wouldnt it be better to root first? My focus is just getting MIUI on this thing
Another update.
I rooted the 2.2 im on and now enabled non market apps to be downloaded.
Can someone now tell me how to install recovery and install custom ROMS!
i know i know im annoying, im sorry!
David522d said:
wouldnt it be better to root first? My focus is just getting MIUI on this thing
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Normally, the answer would be yes. However, as part of the Froyo update, AT&T managed to mess up the recovery menu, meaning that it won't flash unsigned packages. This makes getting CWM basically impossible without doing the steps in that post or flashing a different kernel.
You can root if you want to, but doing the steps in that post first will save you some headache.
jmtheiss said:
Normally, the answer would be yes. However, as part of the Froyo update, AT&T managed to mess up the recovery menu, meaning that it won't flash unsigned packages. This makes getting CWM basically impossible without doing the steps in that post or flashing a different kernel.
You can root if you want to, but doing the steps in that post first will save you some headache.
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I already rooted =/ , should i still try this?
If you have full ODIN, go here, and download the kernel labeled "speedmod-kernel-i897-k13c-500hz.tar" at the end of the first post. Open Odin, and in the "PDA" slot, navigate to the .tar file and flash it. That will get you the speedmod kernel, which has CWM, which you need to be able to flash.
Once it's flashed, just hold V+/V-/Power until it reboots, and then you'll be in CWM and can flash MIUI.
I'm assuming you've backed up all your apps with Titanium Backup, right? If you haven't, do that before you do anything else so you don't lose them.
jmtheiss said:
If you have full ODIN, go here, and download the kernel labeled "speedmod-kernel-i897-k13c-500hz.tar" at the end of the first post. Open Odin, and in the "PDA" slot, navigate to the .tar file and flash it. That will get you the speedmod kernel, which has CWM, which you need to be able to flash.
Once it's flashed, just hold V+/V-/Power until it reboots, and then you'll be in CWM and can flash MIUI.
I'm assuming you've backed up all your apps with Titanium Backup, right? If you haven't, do that before you do anything else so you don't lose them.
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Im not sure if i have "FULL" ODIN. I have the ODIN i just used to install 2.2. Then i rooted it using SUPER1CLICK.
Where do i get the full odin
I understand that there is no way to gain root access via z4root or superoneclick because these programs do not work on GB 2.3.3. on this phone as of yet. So I was wondering the method people are using instead? Sorry if this has already been asked but I was only able to find methods that work with froyo.
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I understand that there is no way to gain root access via z4root or superoneclick because these programs do not work on GB 2.3.3. on this phone as of yet. So I was wondering the method people are using instead? Sorry if this has already been asked but I was only able to find methods that work with froyo.
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Well why would you use 2.3.3? The phone got an official 2.3.6 upgrade. To root just use Odin to flash a modded kernel. Get root and recovery at the same time. 2.3.3 has issues. I would steer clear of that build.
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I thought you had to be rooted in order to flash a rom in the first place?... I had no idea GB 2.3.6 could be flashed yet as I read guides on having to downgrade to 2.3.3 first to do so. So I will upgrade to OFW GB 2.3.6 and then flash via odin then . Is there a ROM you could please recommend I use on the SGS4G?? I am waiting on a JTAG on the phone right now because of a wrong rom hardbricking it. I do not want to make this mistake twice when I get it back.
neon_skunk said:
I thought you had to be rooted in order to flash a rom in the first place?... I had no idea GB 2.3.6 could be flashed yet as I read guides on having to downgrade to 2.3.3 first to do so. So I will upgrade to OFW GB 2.3.6 and then flash via odin then . Is there a ROM you could please recommend I use on the SGS4G?? I am waiting on a JTAG on the phone right now because of a wrong rom hardbricking it. I do not want to make this mistake twice when I get it back.
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No, you don't have to be rooted first to flash a ROM. GB 2.3.6 has been out officially since last November. You can upgrade via Kies Mini, RaverX3X has an official 2.3.6 ODIN upgrade (same files as Kies Mini, just repacakged for ODIN), and there are the one-clicks that can be utilized as well. Any of those three options should work for you.
Best of luck to you.
I am unable to find a rom in md5 form so i can flash with odin, only .zip that contains a meta folder a system folder and a updates folder to use with Odin. Will I maybe have to by putting the rom files on the sd card and trying to flash or is there a way to convert the rom to a md5 file?
neon_skunk said:
I am unable to find a rom in md5 form so i can flash with odin, only .zip that contains a meta folder a system folder and a updates folder to use with Odin. Will I maybe have to by putting the rom files on the sd card and trying to flash or is there a way to convert the rom to a md5 file?
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The ROM you grabbed is for flashing via CWM, not ODIN. Look in the Bible (in the Developer's forum) for ODIN ROMs or, while reading through the Developer's forum, make sure it says ODIN on it.
The official ICS release is out: http://www.samsung.com/us/support/SupportOwnersFAQPopup.do?faq_id=FAQ00047555&fm_seq=51638
My phone is currently rooted. If I update to ICS, will this remove root access?
If u want stock official ics then you will need to update through kies and the update won't take place if you are not 100% stock....so yeah you will lose root in the process...unless you flash a rooted version of stock ics.
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Wait so I can't even update when I have root?
If I official update, can I root it again easy enough?
Do I lose any data by doing the official update (and losing root)?
As far as I know you must be 100% stock otherwise the phone will not update. If I am incorrect then someone speak up please.
As for rooting after, this shouldn't be an issue
Edit: you shouldn't lose data during the update but I believe you will lose data when flashing stock so essentially you will lose data
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I think you can be rooted and take the update but you must have stock recovery
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cdshepherd said:
I think you can be rooted and take the update but you must have stock recovery
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This is confusing to me as he must have cwm to be rooted. Are u able to flash back the stock recovery back without doing a full Odin to stock?
I think he has to Odin back to 2.3.5 and then take the 2.3.6 ota if he wants to update to ics through kies.
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Me? I don't have a custom ICS, just the default (Gingerbread) I think... but only rooted.
Zenoxio said:
Me? I don't have a custom ICS, just the default (Gingerbread) I think... but only rooted.
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Your going to want to return to 100% stock UNrooted. Follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
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Mike on XDA said:
This is confusing to me as he must have cwm to be rooted. Are u able to flash back the stock recovery back without doing a full Odin to stock?
I think he has to Odin back to 2.3.5 and then take the 2.3.6 ota if he wants to update to ics through kies.
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Technically you don't have to have a custom recovery to be rooted. If he's on gb he could have just rooted with super oneclick and left his stock recovery alone
When an ota update was pushed you could take the update if you were rooted but you had to still have stock recovery, and it would break root in the process. If you had a custom recovery then the update wouldn't take. You had to either push stock recovery with Odin or flash a custom firmware of the new base.
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cdshepherd said:
Technically you don't have to have a custom recovery to be rooted. If he's on gb he could have just rooted with super oneclick and left his stock recovery alone
When an ota update was pushed you could take the update if you were rooted but you had to still have stock recovery, and it would break root in the process. If you had a custom recovery then the update wouldn't take. You had to either push stock recovery with Odin or flash a custom firmware of the new base.
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I completely forgot about super one click. I wanted a nandroid of stock unrooted so I used the Odin of cwm method. Thanks for the reminder
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Ok, here's what I did to update to ICS 4.0.4 UCLF6 and I didn't lose any data and I was rooted, etc.
Download the file from sammobile here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=SGH-I727&r=-1#modelsa (the version shows 4.0.3, but that's a mistake, when it installs it shows 4.0.4 UCLF6). You'll need odin to install it. Once you install it via odin, it'll reboot and do it's initialization, etc. You'll revert to stock recovery and lose root. Once your phone boots and finishes loading, etc. Go back into download mode and flash CWRM via odin to get a new recovery. Once you have new recovery, you can then flash via recovery the root package which you can download directly from the source here: http://androidsu.com/superuser/
You'll want to download the latest 3.1.3 arm (not just the binary, the Superuser.apk and su). This should do the trick!
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Ok, here's what I did to update to ICS 4.0.4 UCLF6 and I didn't lose any data and I was rooted, etc.
Download the file from sammobile here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=SGH-I727&r=-1#modelsa (the version shows 4.0.3, but that's a mistake, when it installs it shows 4.0.4 UCLF6). You'll need odin to install it. Once you install it via odin, it'll reboot and do it's initialization, etc. You'll revert to stock recovery and lose root. Once your phone boots and finishes loading, etc. Go back into download mode and flash CWRM via odin to get a new recovery. Once you have new recovery, you can then flash via recovery the root package which you can download directly from the source here: http://androidsu.com/superuser/
You'll want to download the latest 3.1.3 arm (not just the binary, the Superuser.apk and su). This should do the trick!
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to confirm what u posted
download ARM devices (2.0 – 4.1)
3.1.3
md5: b3c89f46f014c9df7d23b94d37386b8a
Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip <<<<<< dl this file
binary only
md5: d78ec986923b72dfdaa71d1db731a8f3
su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip<<<<<<<<<and this file
flash via cwm since neither one has an apk extension
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to confirm what u posted
download ARM devices (2.0 – 4.1)
3.1.3
md5: b3c89f46f014c9df7d23b94d37386b8a
Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip <<<<<< dl this file
binary only
md5: d78ec986923b72dfdaa71d1db731a8f3
su-bin-3.1.1-arm-signed.zip<<<<<<<<<and this file
flash via cwm since neither one has an apk extension
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Yes, but download the file named Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip and flash it via CWM. This will appropriately push Superuser.apk to /system/app and push su to /system/bin
This worked like a charm....
Any chance for instructions on Odin? I've never used it before. I see a lot of guides out there, but they're all different and I don't know the specific way to do this.
Zenoxio said:
Any chance for instructions on Odin? I've never used it before. I see a lot of guides out there, but they're all different and I don't know the specific way to do this.
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Are trying to install cwm or flash a firmware? Either way, the links in my sig (from Vincom) will be exactly what you are looking for
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For a one stop shop are Vincom's threads
Everything Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Returning to Stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
Trying to flash to latest official firmware (ICS).
I guess I want the Restore To Stock instructions? Thanks.
Zenoxio said:
Trying to flash to latest official firmware (ICS).
I guess I want the Restore To Stock instructions? Thanks.
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Yes follow that thread and just use the 4.0.4 firmware found in the download section. If u still have questions just let me know
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For a one stop shop are Vincom's threads
Everything Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Returning to Stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
Okay I just finished the Odin part, easy enough.
I'm lost on this part:
Go back into download mode and flash CWRM via odin to get a new recovery. Once you have new recovery, you can then flash via recovery the root package which you can download directly from the source here: http://androidsu.com/superuser/
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After the Odin part, I'm already on ICS right? What is CWRM and why am I flashing it?
Zenoxio said:
Okay I just finished the Odin part, easy enough.
I'm lost on this part:
After the Odin part, I'm already on ICS right? What is CWRM and why am I flashing it?
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That is a beginning step in rooting your phone. It is referring to Clockwork Mod Recovery which must be flashed in Odin. If u don't plan on rooting then disregard that stuff. You are good to go!
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For a one stop shop are Vincom's threads
Everything Root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
Returning to Stock: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
Zenoxio said:
Okay I just finished the Odin part, easy enough.
I'm lost on this part:
After the Odin part, I'm already on ICS right? What is CWRM and why am I flashing it?
Go back into download mode and flash CWRM via odin to get a new recovery. Once you have new recovery, you can then flash via recovery the root package which you can download directly from the source here: http://androidsu.com/superuser/
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which post did you read, those instructions aren't from my sticky
Hey guys, thanks for reading. Here's my issue. My samsung Infuse has root. I put the 3e recovery file in the system-bin as supposed to I have flashed CWM via rom manager Problem is, when I reboot into recovery, there is no reinstall packages. only reboot, install update and wipe/format options. Also, I get the failed signature errors no matter what I do or how many 3e recoveries i try to download and use, it is constantly the same issue..... any ideas? I have followed the procedure to do this down to the letter
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Hey guys, thanks for reading. Here's my issue. My samsung Infuse has root. I put the 3e recovery file in the system-bin as supposed to I have flashed CWM via rom manager Problem is, when I reboot into recovery, there is no reinstall packages. only reboot, install update and wipe/format options. Also, I get the failed signature errors no matter what I do or how many 3e recoveries i try to download and use, it is constantly the same issue..... any ideas? I have followed the procedure to do this down to the letter
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are you on gb? the 3e mod doesn't work on gb because the recovery file is in the initramfs. when you see it in the file system that is just where it is mounted but it is actually being held in ram so when you shutdown it is no longer there, instead a new copy of it is loaded into ram from the kernel image. the actual binary is inside the initramfs files that are compressed in the kernel zImage and not accessible with the normal file managers, the only way to change recovery is to edit the kernel zImage files and flash it to the phone. that's not a task for anyone which is why we have odin and heimdall flashable kernels that skip right to cwm recovery. the 3e methods are for froyo only.
i will note that if you have root you can flash a cwm kernel with sgs kernel flasher but the only gb version that can be rooted is rogers stock and needs a version of superoneclick with the zerg rush exploit which uses a usb cord anyway so there is no reason not to use odin or heimdall unless you have already done the rooting.
Dani897 said:
are you on gb? the 3e mod doesn't work on gb because the recovery file is in the initramfs. when you see it in the file system that is just where it is mounted but it is actually being held in ram so when you shutdown it is no longer there, instead a new copy of it is loaded into ram from the kernel image. the actual binary is inside the initramfs files that are compressed in the kernel zImage and not accessible with the normal file managers, the only way to change recovery is to edit the kernel zImage files and flash it to the phone. that's not a task for anyone which is why we have odin and heimdall flashable kernels that skip right to cwm recovery. the 3e methods are for froyo only.
i will note that if you have root you can flash a cwm kernel with sgs kernel flasher but the only gb version that can be rooted is rogers stock and needs a version of superoneclick with the zerg rush exploit which uses a usb cord anyway so there is no reason not to use odin or heimdall unless you have already done the rooting.
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Ok, thanks for explaining that to me, I've been at this for a couple days now. Yes I am on 2.3.6 is there a way to flash a jelly bean or ICS rom through odin? I have odin and understand it a bit more than heimdall.... where might I find a couple? I'm used to being able to throw a rom on the sd card and away we go!!!!!
I did however download and install a pre-rooted GB for the infuse but no CWM.... so where can I find a odin flashable JB or ICS?
Thanks!!!!!
Actually, my neanderthal mind finally figured out after flashing the pda in odin that the phone was not going to finish restarting on it's own and that I had to boot into recovery and then flash whichever rom I choose from there THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
solomon316 said:
Actually, my neanderthal mind finally figured out after flashing the pda in odin that the phone was not going to finish restarting on it's own and that I had to boot into recovery and then flash whichever rom I choose from there THANK YOU!!!!!!!!
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to get to jb. flash cm9 first.
you may have to do it twice with a factory reset and format system, cache, data in between the first and second flash.
then you can flash jb
solomon316 said:
Ok, thanks for explaining that to me, I've been at this for a couple days now. Yes I am on 2.3.6 is there a way to flash a jelly bean or ICS rom through odin? I have odin and understand it a bit more than heimdall.... where might I find a couple? I'm used to being able to throw a rom on the sd card and away we go!!!!!
I did however download and install a pre-rooted GB for the infuse but no CWM.... so where can I find a odin flashable JB or ICS?
Thanks!!!!!
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i think there is a ics odin package but i never used it. jelly bean is different for the infuse because it is mtd. i don't think odin is capable of flashing mtd roms and if it is the packages would be very different... as similar as ics and jb are they couldn't fit the system files on with jb and had to move over to mtd partitioning. ics was able to fit on the bml partition that existed so it hasn't been converted over.
I am currently on CleanRom 2.1 with the G7 radio. I'm looking to flash to CleanRom 2.5 and I want to start off with a G7 base.
I am planning on flashing back to stock using Adam Lange's linked rom here,
Can I flash using cwm (his instructions link to odin)?
I plan on the following
1) re-lock the bootloader
2) Boot to cwm and wipe/clear caches
3) flash the kernel he links to
4) flash the rom he links to
5) flash the G1 radio.
At that point I presume I am back in a condition to take the OTA.
I also see another set of back to stock instructions from droidstyle here. He has a different link to the stock rom (also odin instructions). I presume his method includes the kernel with the rom.
I've gotten by without odin to this point and would like to keep it that way (one less program / interface to deal with.)
It's been rebuilt already on the G7 base as of 9/25. Flash away.......
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No those are odin packages. Also those are the F2 bases which was used when the phone was first sold. Follow droidstyles instructions as he explains it very easy. Short as i can be, lock the bootloader, shutdown and then start up in download mode, open odin and plug your phone into your computer, click on pda and browse to the stock file you downloaded and click start. Then do a factory wipe and do a update once you boot into your phone to upgrade to the current G7.
You are fine doing a OTA from the F2 base so flashing to a G1 modem do a OTA isnt needed
In short no you will have to use odin. You will not be able to use CWM to flash those img files
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annoyingduck said:
It's been rebuilt already on the G7 base as of 9/25. Flash away.......
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Even though it isn't necessary, Scott and one other poster are making a case for getting the G7 base with the OTA before flashing. I would much rather just go from 2.1 to 2.5 without the hassle of going via the OTA.
If I skip the OTA, I'll just have to come to peace with that nagging ... "would my performance / battery life really be better if..."
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No those are odin packages. Also those are the F2 bases which was used when the phone was first sold. Follow droidstyles instructions as he explains it very easy. Short as i can be, lock the bootloader, shutdown and then start up in download mode, open odin and plug your phone into your computer, click on pda and browse to the stock file you downloaded and click start. Then do a factory wipe and do a update once you boot into your phone to upgrade to the current G7.
You are fine doing a OTA from the F2 base so flashing to a G1 modem do a OTA isnt needed
In short no you will have to use odin. You will not be able to use CWM to flash those img files
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Thanks for the confirmation on odin - I was afraid of that. I surprised someone hasn't made a stock image to use with cwm. And thanks for clarity on not having to go to the G1 modem.
Odin isnt hard at all to use and doesnt take all that long, roughly 8 mins for me. Do you have to use odin?, no. You can just flash a stock kernel then just use cwm to install 2.5. But the lastest G7 kernel isnt available to flash as i remember yet. I would recommend you odin to stock then take the ota, root, unlock, flash recovery, flash 2.5
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Odin isnt hard at all to use and doesnt take all that long, roughly 8 mins for me. Do you have to use odin?, no. You can just flash a stock kernel then just use cwm to install 2.5. But the lastest G7 kernel isnt available to flash as i remember yet. I would recommend you odin to stock then take the ota, root, unlock, flash recovery, flash 2.5
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That is my plan. The time consuming part is just downloading all the components (slow connection) and getting familiar with Odin. But that is just a one time thing. I've managed to avoid it this far... but now I am familiar enough with all the steps that it's no big deal. I might even have to stop calling myself a noob.
x714x said:
Odin isnt hard at all to use and doesnt take all that long, roughly 8 mins for me. Do you have to use odin?, no. You can just flash a stock kernel then just use cwm to install 2.5. But the lastest G7 kernel isnt available to flash as i remember yet. I would recommend you odin to stock then take the ota, root, unlock, flash recovery, flash 2.5
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This!