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[Q] odin to froyo 2.2!??????

This may sound like a very dumb question but i am just now getting into the different things i can do with my phone. One of which is i have rooted it and installed clock work manager. I have seen A LOT of people talking about odin and using it to install froyo 2.2 on their phone. I was just wondering how you actually go about getting odin on your phone, or is it something installed on your computer to transfer files to your phone? my main objective of all of this is just to have froyo 2.2 finally installed on my phoneso if anyone could please give me the run down on this and the info i need to install 2.2 on my phone, or a web page that shows you how to install it once i have odin, it would be greatly appreciated!!!

Odin is a program used to flash .tar files (modem, kernel, system) onto your phone while in download mode.
A little poking around here (I would link you but I'm at work) and you will find the Samsung Drivers, The Odin program itself, and recently someone posted Odin files for 2.2
If you have the .zip of 2.2 (or Superclean 2.4) all you will have to do is flash the eb01 modem in Odin, then install the .zip file through CWM.
Follow ALL instructions in the threads you find to the T or it will be a pain in the ass to get your phone back.

Remember: When using Odin NEVER USE THE PHONE BUTTON. We use the PDA button for the Fascinate.
PDA = Good
Phone = brick (that's bad)

KitsuneKnight said:
Remember: When using Odin NEVER USE THE PHONE BUTTON. We use the PDA button for the Fascinate.
PDA = Good
Phone = brick (that's bad)
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THIS!!!!
About the only way to actually BRICK the fascinate

Irish Cream said:
Odin is a program used to flash .tar files (modem, kernel, system) onto your phone while in download mode.
A little poking around here (I would link you but I'm at work) and you will find the Samsung Drivers, The Odin program itself, and recently someone posted Odin files for 2.2
If you have the .zip of 2.2 (or Superclean 2.4) all you will have to do is flash the eb01 modem in Odin, then install the .zip file through CWM.
Follow ALL instructions in the threads you find to the T or it will be a pain in the ass to get your phone back.
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Hi I have a question for you. you said that after flashing to 2.2 eb01 modem then install the .zip file through CWM. I did flash to eb01 2.4 sc and I dont understand what do you do to install the .zip file through CWM? And what that .zip file get you to have?

ksbc616 said:
Hi I have a question for you. you said that after flashing to 2.2 eb01 modem then install the .zip file through CWM. I did flash to eb01 2.4 sc and I dont understand what do you do to install the .zip file through CWM? And what that .zip file get you to have?
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If u get the eb01 sc Odin package...it comes with rom obviously so u don't flash anything in cwm. However... future roms you want will b flashed in cwm. All u do is boot into recovery,instal zip from sd cars, choose the zip from sd card....select it...and hit ok
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Irish Cream said:
Odin is a program used to flash .tar files (modem, kernel, system) onto your phone while in download mode.
A little poking around here (I would link you but I'm at work) and you will find the Samsung Drivers, The Odin program itself, and recently someone posted Odin files for 2.2
If you have the .zip of 2.2 (or Superclean 2.4) all you will have to do is flash the eb01 modem in Odin, then install the .zip file through CWM.
Follow ALL instructions in the threads you find to the T or it will be a pain in the ass to get your phone back.
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i have downloaded a dl09.tar.md5 file.... i thought that maybe this was what i was looking for to get odin or just to even have froyo installed... but neither my computer or my phone recognize the format that it is in.... am i just way off here?

boorad22 said:
i have downloaded a dl09.tar.md5 file.... i thought that maybe this was what i was looking for to get odin or just to even have froyo installed... but neither my computer or my phone recognize the format that it is in.... am i just way off here?
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You are indeed way off... you are playing with fire with this stuff with the things you are trying without doing your homework. People here could give you links to everything you need, but all you have to do is search a little. Dont take it the wrong way, but when you brick your phone youll wish you didnt rush
Sent from my rooted froyo Fascinate

ziggy484 said:
You are indeed way off... you are playing with fire with this stuff with the things you are trying without doing your homework. People here could give you links to everything you need, but all you have to do is search a little. Dont take it the wrong way, but when you brick your phone youll wish you didnt rush
Sent from my rooted froyo Fascinate
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No i completely understand what you are saying that is why i am doing my best to take anyones advice who might know more about this than i do (which is probably everyone). is there anything out there than can just give me a step by step as to what to do in the safest manner to accomplish putting 2.2 on my phone? because so far the closest i have came is receiving a E:failed to verify whole-life signature along with a E:signature verification failed message trying to install the update through clock work manager thanks for your help and advice

boorad22 said:
No i completely understand what you are saying that is why i am doing my best to take anyones advice who might know more about this than i do (which is probably everyone). is there anything out there than can just give me a step by step as to what to do in the safest manner to accomplish putting 2.2 on my phone? because so far the closest i have came is receiving a E:failed to verify whole-life signature along with a E:signature verification failed message trying to install the update through clock work manager thanks for your help and advice
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Ok, easy way to get froyo... go in the fascinate develpment section of xda or droid forums and look for ODIN eb01 package. It will load you up froyo, new clockwork, and root your phone all in one shot. The directions are super easy, just follow them exactly. I did mine this way, you dont have to mess with clockwork at all, ten minutes total. Let us know how you make out.
Sent from my rooted froyo Fascinate

ziggy484 said:
Ok, easy way to get froyo... go in the fascinate develpment section of xda or droid forums and look for ODIN eb01 package. It will load you up froyo, new clockwork, and root your phone all in one shot. The directions are super easy, just follow them exactly. I did mine this way, you dont have to mess with clockwork at all, ten minutes total. Let us know how you make out.
Sent from my rooted froyo Fascinate
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GOT IT!!! thanks so much for the advice...best web site i found for all of the downloads and clearest directions is http://www.droidforums.net/forum/sa...ork-updated-2-11-a.html ....WORKED GREAT!

boorad22 said:
GOT IT!!! thanks so much for the advice...best web site i found for all of the downloads and clearest directions is http://www.droidforums.net/forum/sa...vd
midnight 1.1 theme
btw, this was 8pen-ed.
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[Q] Am looking 4 stock "PHONE" file 4 Vibrant T959

Hello,
Do you know where I can get a PHONE file for Vibrant T959 to use with ODIN?? Please help...
A while back, in the process of installing a 2.3.3 ROM on my Vibrant T959, I used a Galaxy 9000 PHONE file (and PIT and PDA) via ODIN. Since then, at boot, splash says i9000 then 2nd splansh says Vibrant.
Phone works ok, but there are times when it thinks phone is an i9000 not an Vibrant - like using ROM Manager and downloading recovery.
I have looked everywhere but not found a stock PHONE file for Vibrant (only found 512 PIT and PDA files).
Please email or point me to one, if you have or know where.
Much appreciated

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
You'll find the Tar and Pit under Step 2.

eggnoodle said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1047087
You'll find the Tar and Pit under Step 2.
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Hi eggnoodle,
I do not see PHONE file in the package..., only the PIT and PDA files.
Will this fix the GT i9000 splash screen and other issue? Let me know..
thx

Perhaps you misunderstood, but I was not looking for the TAR and PIT files. I am looking for the PHONE file.
Thx

If you're looking for stock rom then you can find it here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737&highlight=T959UVJFD
hopefully someone else with more experience can chime in...as I'm a newbie myself.

Thx anyway, but I am looking for the specific PHONE file to use with ODIN...

Im at work at the moment but go to the dev page and look for tge aoi toolbox that has tge stuff you need to flash back to stock
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

seedofchaos said:
Im at work at the moment but go to the dev page and look for tge aoi toolbox that has tge stuff you need to flash back to stock
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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Hi seedofchaos,
I have flashed back to stock many a time, to install ROMS, etc. but this has not restored the Vibrant initial splashscreen. This first splash only changed after I used a GT i9000 PHONE file with ODIN.
If you can direct me to a PHONE file to use with ODIN, I would appreciate it.
I have read about the aoi toolbox but it is more than I was looking for at moment. I just need the PHONE file for the Vibrant T959, please.

Flashing the Samsung Vibrant to stock firmware does not require a PHONE file to be selected in Odin.
You might have heard that for some other phone, but for this phone all that is required is a .tar file and a .pit file which has already been linked to.
Edit: Seems like you might just have to flash a vibrant kernel. Look into flashing that.

ferhanmm said:
Flashing the Samsung Vibrant to stock firmware does not require a PHONE file to be selected in Odin.
You might have heard that for some other phone, but for this phone all that is required is a .tar file and a .pit file which has already been linked to.
Edit: Seems like you might just have to flash a vibrant kernel. Look into flashing that.
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No sir, I am not trying to flash back to stock. I am not trying to flash to stock. I know how to do that with TAR and PIT, but that is not what I am trying to do.
I need the PHONE file to restore the initial boot splash and to get the phone to stop identifying as a GT i9000 in some apps, which it does. This behavior started when I used a GT i9000 PHONE file in ODIN.
Sorry for the confusion this is causing, but if anyone has it, I need a PHONE file for Vibrant T959.
thanks

peaceful1 said:
No sir, I am not trying to flash back to stock. I am not trying to flash to stock. I know how to do that with TAR and PIT, but that is not what I am trying to do.
I need the PHONE file to restore the initial boot splash and to get the phone to stop identifying as a GT i9000 in some apps, which it does. This behavior started when I used a GT i9000 PHONE file in ODIN.
Sorry for the confusion this is causing, but if anyone has it, I need a PHONE file for Vibrant T959.
thanks
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We understand what you are trying to do. You want to get the old boot splash back the only way to do that is to flash a stock rom. Jfd will do the trick. Otherwise you'll need to have a custom kernel like overstock flashed through clockworkmod.
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Well, I have flashed JFD twice using ODIN, but no cigar.
I did so in the process of installing a new ROM.
Is there something I am missing? Current ROM is Simply Galaxy 3 rc2 based on 2.3.3
Thanks for all help

I think you need vibrant sbl.bin/boot.bin. Look here....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=756832&page=2
You can ask Jellette for bootloader.

It sounds to me like you flashed the i900 sbl and boot.bin in other words your phone has the i900 boot loader. You'll need to find the files to flash the t959 boot loader however be VERY VERY careful doing so as you have about a 50/50 chance of hard bricking your phone when doing so. The files aren't available on xda for that reason. You're only shot is finding a dev who has said files and is willing to help you out. Good luck!
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA App

Unless I'm blind, why haven't there been any one click odins, rooted or stock, for th

I guess I was spoiled with previous phones. Is it because the member(s) aren't active in this sub section that used to make those?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2357471
Sent from my Sprint Galaxy S4 using Tapatalk 2

I'm talking about the rooted and stock tar md5 exe with Odin built into the exe. One big file with Odin and the ROM packaged together. It was just about as easy as it gets for flashing roms.

http://www.sxtpdevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=231 They still exist. Just not updated to the latest ota yet. I know garwynn got all kinds of other projects going on with this phone so I'm assuming he just hasn't gotten around to updating it yet.
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I'm talking about the rooted and stock tar md5 exe with Odin built into the exe. One big file with Odin and the ROM packaged together. It was just about as easy as it gets for flashing roms.
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oscarthegrouch said:
I'm talking about the rooted and stock tar md5 exe with Odin built into the exe. One big file with Odin and the ROM packaged together. It was just about as easy as it gets for flashing roms.
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Never understood the need for those .exe files. is it really that hard to open odin and select the .tar file you want to flash?

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Never understood the need for those .exe files. is it really that hard to open odin and select the .tar file you want to flash?
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I see you've been a member since '07? You mean to tell me in all that time you haven't seen at least one dumbass who couldn't handle that much and screwed their phone up? I know I've seen my fair share. You make something idiot proof and someone will ALWAYS be a bigger idiot.

Stock Odin Flash Issue

Hey guys I am having an issue currently.
I am like 100% knowlegdable with Odin, and how to return a phone back to complete stock, but right now I am at a slump, and for the life of me can't figure out what the issue is.
Last night I went to flash via odin, and I made sure I have the correct files. In fact they were correct because I used them before. I for the pit file and put that in, and then I went to put the tar file into the ap slot, and it didnt show in the folder at all. I went back to the folder and it was there, but the phone for some reason odin doesnt reconize it anymore.
** Another question is I also have another laptop that I use ubuntu on. Can Odin be used on this to do a flash stock or not? Or is there another method? I just want to make sure that when it comes time to sell the phone that I can flash it back for the next person.

I just flashed last night with Odin and one thing I noticed was that the files usually have an extra .md5 or .zip at the end . Once I renamed file and just deleted the .zip and .md5 Odin then recognized the file. I am not sure if that could be the problem , but it was in my case. So my file ended in .tar

mjh68 said:
I just flashed last night with Odin and one thing I noticed was that the files usually have an extra .md5 or .zip at the end . Once I renamed file and just deleted the .zip and .md5 Odin then recognized the file. I am not sure if that could be the problem , but it was in my case. So my file ended in .tar
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just tar and nothing else?

Well it was named n900vvrucn4.tar.zip.md5 or similar and I deleted the extra file extensions so it was just .tar at the end.

mjh68 said:
Well it was named n900vvrucn4.tar.zip.md5 or similar and I deleted the extra file extensions so it was just .tar at the end.
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i need to check that because the one I downloaded looks like this:
n900wrunc4.n900wrunc4.n900wrunc4.tar.zip.md5

That's the same one I used . I just deleted the .zip, and .md5 and it flashed just fine. Mine was 2.34 g from grompy on android file host.

mjh68 said:
That's the same one I used . I just deleted the .zip, and .md5 and it flashed just fine. Mine was 2.34 g from grompy on android file host.
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its not that it wont flash it just wasnt reconized by odin, but the file was before. I will try that tonight when i get home.

the_rooter said:
its not that it wont flash it just wasnt reconized by odin, but the file was before. I will try that tonight when i get home.
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Well, initially before I deleted both extensions it wasn't recognized and then I just deleted the .md5 and it wouldn't flash . Finally, deleting the other extension it flashed.

mjh68 said:
Well, initially before I deleted both extensions it wasn't recognized and then I just deleted the .md5 and it wouldn't flash . Finally, deleting the other extension it flashed.
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awesome I will try that when I get home. thanks. maybe you can help on this last thing. Is there a way to do all this on ubuntu

the_rooter said:
awesome I will try that when I get home. thanks. maybe you can help on this last thing. Is there a way to do all this on ubuntu
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I am sure there is, but I use windows so not familiar with Linux very much.

the_rooter said:
awesome I will try that when I get home. thanks. maybe you can help on this last thing. Is there a way to do all this on ubuntu
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I am sure there is, but I use windows so not familiar with Linux very much.

Why is 5.1.1 rom always "corrupt" ?

Hey guys, sorry I have been away for so long and am not updated... anyway, I have been downloading different 5.1.1 roms (samfirmware and sam updates) for my N910C and everytime I try to unzip, it says the file is corrupt...
Can anybody please tell me what has changed? Whay can't I unzip the downloaded files?
I only want the official rom, and am not rooting my phone for now.
Thanks

xdm9mm said:
Hey guys, sorry I have been away for so long and am not updated... anyway, I have been downloading different 5.1.1 roms (samfirmware and sam updates) for my N910C and everytime I try to unzip, it says the file is corrupt...
Can anybody please tell me what has changed? Whay can't I unzip the downloaded files?
I only want the official rom, and am not rooting my phone for now.
Thanks
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I recommend using Samfirm

thanks for the recommendation. My question has not been answered though, what has changed, and why do we need to use another tool now? Thanks

If you want to know the changelog for stock 5.1.1 then I strongly recommend you read it. Google is your best friend. What are you talking about another tool?
There is only one tool for Samsung to flash stock roms and it's called odin so nothing has changed there. If you are using kies to upgrade then expect the worst as the outcome seems like random events. 25% of the time kies ****s up.

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If you want to know the changelog for stock 5.1.1 then I strongly recommend you read it. Google is your best friend. What are you talking about another tool?
There is only one tool for Samsung to flash stock roms and it's called odin so nothing has changed there. If you are using kies to upgrade then expect the worst as the outcome seems like random events. 25% of the time kies ****s up.
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I am not asking about changelog, I am asking why are the downloads from samfirmware and samsung-updates , when I try to unzip them are all corrupt.. then someone recommended the tool above to download the firmware... that is why I am asking what is changed, and why do I need a tool to download the firmware now??? Whay can't I just download straight from samfirmware and unzip the file like it was before?
BIG thanks

I had the same problem, the zip file corrupted while trying to unzip. But I just waited until WinRAR finish unzipped it. And successfully flashed the md5 with Odin.

I had the same problem with Winrar.
With 7zip no problem.
And I install the new Rom.
Everything is Ok.
Sent from my SM-N910F using XDA Free mobile app

No problem with WinRar here. Check your Internet Connection: if it's unstable, the file will be downloaded and even MD5 hashes could match, but the file still will be corrupted and if you manage to unzip it it could lead to multiple errors in odin.

Thanks to those who tried to help... I donwloaded the new WinRAR and donloaded the 5.1.1 "SEE" and flashed it on my phone... worked perfectly and I have not wiped my phone after flashing, seems to be working great...