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[HOWTO] Is Anyone Rooting There Samsung Intercept..?

Hello all..! Love xda..! Love the forums. This is my first post, but long time reader and user of xda. One Question. Is anyone going or have rooted the samsung intercept. Ive checked out sdx and havent really seen much. Just wondering to see if keeping my wifes phone is worth it or just trash it and get something that I can root for her...Thanks in advance..!
"Bill"

ROOT for intercept
xda doent have a page yet but you can find the how to here
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/int...-build-7-for-the-intercept/msg79742/#msg79742

there seems to be no stable recovery yet from what i read. apperantly wiping cache or something bricks the intercept.
is this true?
i want to root my brothers virgin mobile intercept but cant really find a great how to... nor can i find any 2.2 roms.
i met a guy who works at best buy who was actually rooted, he had a live wallpaper running. but he was no help and wanted to charge my brother 100$ for root.
i have rooted well over 70 different phones since my g1 days, and i have always done it for free. appreantly karma didnt have my back that day.
after politely telling the gentleman to fk off, i began researching. hence why i am so confused, so many people advise to use z4, super one click and many others advise and warn against it.
i myself am glad to see this forum here. hopefully we can get some concrete info stickied soon.

I sent you a PM with the link for the rooting tool. I cant post links, I'm a newbie in this forum. Hope that will help you. Please could you post the info and link.
Regards

I rooted my girlfriend's Intercept successfully. The only thing she's used though is wifi tethering with Barnacle Legacy, but that obviously means it's been rooted successfully. Here's the text from the SDX post I used (I think it's for Windows 7 only):
1. Download and install SWUpgrade for the moment from here (http://www6.sprint.com/downloads/samsung/executables/SamsungMoment_Update.exe),
then install LouZiffer's patch (https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0B1g2...ThjOTktODUzYTQwNWJhMGU3&export=download&hl=en).
2. Download the recovery file (http://www.sdx-downloads.com/devs/inxane/intercept/recoveryv14.tar)
and put it in C:\Program Files (Program Files (x86) if you are on 64 bit)\Samsung Electronics\SWUpgrade\Models\Binary.
DELETE THE FILE ALREADY IN THERE OR YOU MAY PERMA-BRICK YOUR INTERCEPT
3. Start your Intercept in Download Mode (Vol Dn + Camera + End) and plug it into the computer. Install the drivers...
4. Open SWUpgrade and walk through the steps.
5. Make the following folders on the SD card:
/sdx/updates
/sdx/zip
/sdx/backup
6. Put
inxane's kernel file: http://www.sdx-downloads.com/devs/inxane/intercept/inxane0381intercept.zip
in /sdx/zip folder created above
7. Now enter recovery mode (vol dn, talk, end) and select the install zip from sd card option.
8. Reboot and you are good to go.

I strongly advise against any ROM found on sdx. I've tried them all and none of them are even fully working. The one currently on my fiancees phone cannot turn off as holding the power button freezes the phone until the battery is pulled. I have not got SU to work with anything except root explorer and su keeps telling me a newer version is available when it's clearly not. The custom recovery can't even wipe without bricking the phone...
We need some experienced developers to take a crack at this. All the developers currently working on the Intercept are making progress and are getting better and better but right now all rooting is experimental and dangerous. I mean for gods sake, a wipe will brick your phone? WTF?

Hello forum,
I have had my intercept rooted and running basic ROM 1.7 since it became available it did take all day to get it to work right but after boot up and using the ROM manager premium to "fix permissions" i haven't had any issues as of yet

23rdparallel said:
Hello forum,
I have had my intercept rooted and running basic ROM 1.7 since it became available it did take all day to get it to work right but after boot up and using the ROM manager premium to "fix permissions" i haven't had any issues as of yet
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FYI - 1.7.1 is out, but I don't think its in the OP on sdx.

sdx roms after rooting
I have used ubuntdroid for my virgin mobile intercept since it came out, fantastic rom , reminds me of cm mods.
forum.sdx-developers.com/intercept-development/(rom)-ubuntdroid-2-2-1-(di06)

has anyone managed to root after the froyo update? z4 won't work for me

What do you mean it will brick after a wipe???? I have inxanes recovery but havent used it except to flash the kernal. Any way to go back to stock??? Its my wifes phone i cant have it bricked
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vampir4997 said:
What do you mean it will brick after a wipe???? I have inxanes recovery but havent used it except to flash the kernal. Any way to go back to stock??? Its my wifes phone i cant have it bricked
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As I understand, the recovery is a Samsung Moment recovery ported just to be able to flash ROMs. People have reported both - a wipe will brick, and a wipe will not brick. I'm going to -assume- that it depends on either sprint or vm. It is stated all over SDX-Developers that a wipe will brick.
The way I "wipe" is go into file browser on the custom recovery, select data, hit the MENU button, and hit delete. Same can be done for system, but not needed as the ROMs you flash will delete the /system partition anyways.

will there be some way to do it the z4root way ever?

Just posted the easiest way to root your Intercept in this forum.

Yeah, our recovery was ported from the moment. Its not able to do half the things that it should be able to do. You could brick your phone by doing a wipe, and many functions might report an error when you attempt them.

ok i have been having ALOT of trouble...i apreciate anyone in advance if they can help me...I DO NOT RUN WINDOWS UNLESS I HAVE TO, i have a dual boot of windows vista and linux mint 10. i am trying to root my virgin mobile samsung intercept. every way i have tried seems like it just wont work. i logged into my windows vista and read up on the super one click root. when i went to DL the drivers it came back with a message that said my processor is incompatible..i just dont understand how when i have a intel core 2 duo...i am wanting to avoid using windows so if anyone can help with linux mint 10 then PLEASE AND THANK YOU!

Well I did a factory restore of my phone and it did brick my phone but i restored the backup and the phone works like a champ again. Rooted with squealjoy. The only problem I have faced so far is the music skipping in the mp3 payer but I can live with that for free tethering.
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smojica said:
xda doent have a page yet but you can find the how to here
http://forum.sdx-developers.com/int...-build-7-for-the-intercept/msg79742/#msg79742
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Hello Forum!
I successfully rooted my phone about two weeks ago, just to have 'live wallpaper' on it. (It works but it's a little slow.)
The problem that I've noticed that I'm having now is the delay time of sound. For instance, when I'm playing a video or even a game, the sound is late and off cue. Is this an issue from rooting the phone, or is it deriving from somewhere else?
It's not a BIG problem, but it's getting very annoying and would like it resolved soon. Any advice would be helpful.

fsu311 said:
will there be some way to do it the z4root way ever?
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Z4root works for me on VM Intercept 2.1, well enough to let me run Barnacle for tethering, which is all I need root for at the moment. VM Intercepts get 2.2 in about a month, should make it easier to root and/or tether.

How can i root my sprint intercept, it has froyo and i want custom recovery.
Also what is the fastest rom????

restore from ROM manager bricked my phone

I did a search and couldn't find much help.
I recently dropped my phone and the screen got a slight crack, so the insurance company sent me a new one.
I figured I'd use ROM manager to backup my old phone, and restore it on my new phone.
New phone restores, reboots, and gets stuck at the black Vibrant screen.
I can get back into recovery mode fine, but nothing seems to work.
I let it sit at the Vibrant screen for about an hour before I try again.
Its attempt 3 when I decided to come on this site for some help.
Specs:
Stock
Rooted
Launcher pro
Nothing too much to be confusing and brick, so wtf?
Oh and I understand I could use odin to reflash my phone, please please please don't suggest odin, because I don't own a PC, I own a mac. Please don't tell me to go out and buy a PC or to download a program that costs $50 to use PC programs on a mac. I could have told myself that kind of information.
HELP, my brand new phone is destroyed wahhhh

From the sound of it you still have your old phone. If so, rather than restore using nandroid, try downloading a copy of titanium backup to backup/restore your apps. I have found that sms restore does a good job restoring texts. For me those two apps get the job done restoring my info. Also, if you haven't, sync your contacts to google and they will auto sync upon load. Of course this all assumes you still have your old phone in working order. ..
Also, there are stock roms flashable via clockwork that basically do the same as odin. Check the ' bible' sticky for links.
Hope this helps
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a400meter said:
From the sound of it you still have your old phone. If so, rather than restore using nandroid, try downloading a copy of titanium backup to backup/restore your apps. I have found that sms restore does a good job restoring texts. For me those two apps get the job done restoring my info. Also, if you haven't, sync your contacts to google and they will auto sync upon load. Of course this all assumes you still have your old phone in working order. ..
Also, there are stock roms flashable via clockwork that basically do the same as odin. Check the ' bible' sticky for links.
Hope this helps
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I still have my old phone in working order, but that doesn't help the fact that my new phone is stuck on bootup, and can only enter recovery mode...

yelowbottlecaps said:
I still have my old phone in working order, but that doesn't help the fact that my new phone is stuck on bootup, and can only enter recovery mode...
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The only way I can think of that a nandroid restore would soft brick you, is because you have restored a version of android with a different kernel.
If the original phone had the original firmware (JFD), and the replacement had the most recent (JI6), this is what would be expected to happen.
Since you seem unable and unwilling to use Odin, your going to have to tell us more details (i.e. which versions of the firmware as related above were actually in play) before we can begin to help. If you don't know, well....
You can also simply take it back to a local T-Mobile store and do another swap, or you can find a friend with a Windows PC and Odin (or Samsung's Mini KIES with JI6). These are your only real options...

both phones had JI6
Thank you for the quick responses.
I'm not unwilling to use odin, but unless anyone knows of a free software to use PC programs on a mac, I'm SOL.

so, you got the new phone, rooted, got rom manager and then got clockwork recovery right?
You did a nandroid backup right (on the new phone), before flashing anything right?
Why not just download Fusion and flash that to get the phone up and running?

yelowbottlecaps said:
both phones had JI6
Thank you for the quick responses.
I'm not unwilling to use odin, but unless anyone knows of a free software to use PC programs on a mac, I'm SOL.
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Well hmm....so much for guessing on my part. Crossing different build kernels is one sure fire way to brick...
Well, there is a solution for Mac and Linux for reloading firmware on a Samsung phone from Download Mode, an open project called Heimdall. It does everything Odin does, but without a GUI, so it depends on how comfortable you are with commandline/shell.
I'll pass you the relevant links so you can see for yourself what's going on.
[PROGRAM] Heimdall - Cross-Platform Open-Source Flashing Software (1.0.0 Available)
Heimdall's Website, with downloads...
XDA Dev Thread with JI6 Odin .tar file....
Best of luck!

s15274n said:
so, you got the new phone, rooted, got rom manager and then got clockwork recovery right?
You did a nandroid backup right (on the new phone), before flashing anything right?
Why not just download Fusion and flash that to get the phone up and running?
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True that...Why didn't I think of that obvious ploy. If he can get into Recovery, and bounce over to clockwork...Well now's a good a time as any to try Bionix or Bionix Fusion...or a few other of the CW Recovery installable builds...Definitely easier than Heimdall or working out Odin on a mac....and definitely preferable to staring at a Vibrant logo...
{{facepalm}}

masterotaku said:
Well hmm....so much for guessing on my part. Crossing different build kernels is one sure fire way to brick...
Well, there is a solution for Mac and Linux for reloading firmware on a Samsung phone from Download Mode, an open project called Heimdall. It does everything Odin does, but without a GUI, so it depends on how comfortable you are with commandline/shell.
I'll pass you the relevant links so you can see for yourself what's going on.
Best of luck!
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If there was a step by step walkthrough, I have no problem trying this out.
But I downloaded it and have no idea what I'm doing. Therefore, still SOL

^ are you? You didn't answer my questions.

I'm gonna guess and say you also dl'd the oclf from the market to root too... so now you can't get back into CwR... right?
If you can get adb to recognize your phone then your not SOL. Im not sure what the exact command lines would be but you could delete the update.zip and replace it with another ROM. GL

I just tried using Odin on my roommates PC. An error happened and now the phone is showing a picture of a phone, a couple dots, an exclamation mark, a couple dots, and a computer.
Nothing I can do is taking it out of this screen. Unplugged from computer, took out battery, took out sd card, put it back in... nothing
Am I bricked for good now?
This is a terrible day.

edit: i managed to be able to get the phone into download mode.

No you are not completely bricked! Honestly that is almost impossible on this phone. The only way you'll lose this phone is if YOU give up.
Just keep trying and take a few deep breathes. Take a break actually. Just redo the process from step one.
Edit: you're half way there. Just flash Eugene's froyo that doesn't brixk, reboot, flash JFD or JI6, reboot... then you'll be right back to out of the box status.

All~G1 said:
I'm gonna guess and say you also dl'd the oclf from the market to root too... so now you can't get back into CwR... right?
If you can get adb to recognize your phone then your not SOL. Im not sure what the exact command lines would be but you could delete the update.zip and replace it with another ROM. GL
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If someone can back this up with some instructions that would be amazing.

All~G1 said:
No you are not completely bricked! Honestly that is almost impossible on this phone. The only way you'll lose this phone is if YOU give up.
Just keep trying and take a few deep breathes. Take a break actually. Just redo the process from step one.
Edit: you're half way there. Just flash Eugene's froyo that doesn't brixk, reboot, flash JFD or JI6, reboot... then you'll be right back to out of the box status.
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Thank you for the motivation!

yelowbottlecaps said:
Thank you for the motivation!
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No worries, we've all been there. It took me 6 hours lol. Best part is after you go through this once it will only take you 5-10 mins the next time. The hard part is just getting everything setup in the mist of anger, frustration, fear & panic.

All~G1 said:
No worries, we've all been there. It took me 6 hours lol. Best part is after you go through this once it will only take you 5-10 mins the next time. The hard part is just getting everything setup in the mist of anger, frustration, fear & panic.
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and in the midst of a roommate that needs his pc back.
I still need a fix that would work for macs... if not, I'd have to wait for my roommate to let me bum his pc again

Do my posts not show up or something? wtf.

s15274n said:
Do my posts not show up or something? wtf.
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/me pats s15274n on the back....don't get mad...get even! =P
Honestly, sounds like yelow's focusing on getting all the help s/he needs from All~G1. I wouldn't worry about it.
~SB

Odin =/

Ive been reading different posts and i keep hearin people say ODIN back to stock... can somone please explain this in newie terms? and can i do this after root to get my phone exactly how it was when i bought it??
if so i've deleted some stock apps and was wondering if those will be back....
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Yes.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=963652

It literally runs itself after you get your phone into download mode (turn it on while holding 1 on the keyboard) and it does return you phone to the way it was out of the box.

there is a thread in development by Whosdaman to get ODIN . It will flash your phone back to stock exactly how you got it...everything will start from scratch. You will have to download the DI18 files in the thread and drivers etc. It will bring back everything from out of the box Epic...
Edit: i was too late ^^^

hmmm, ok... someone posted a link with steps that seem way wayyyyy more complexed then turing the phone on and holding "1".... an i do it either way? or is one more proper than the other...
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Nixo - thanks... u actually kinda answered my last post =D
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I can surely tell you, you need to search and read up, as there are plenty of posts on this topic. This also tells me I really need to keep working on my "Welcome to Hacking Samsung Phones - What you need to know" Thread.
Basically ODIN is what users can utilize to return their epics to stock. ODIN is a program that you run on your computer that communicates with your phone and returns everything back to a stock factory version of android.
In order to use it on your phone you need to put your phone into "Download Mode". Instead of the traditional "three finger salute" that you would use to boot into recovery, you slide open your phone and press the number "1" key and then while holding it down, press the power button. The screen will boot up with yellow text and a yield sign that declares it is in "Download Mode" You then run ODIN on your desktop. Once ODIN opens up you plug the usb cable into your phone. Assuming you have the correct drivers installed, you will see a COM response on the ODIN application. From that point you can load .tar files into ODIN, click "start", and ODIN wipes your phone and returns it to stock fresh out of the package. Because our phones have this option it makes it very difficult to brick the EPIC.
Hope this helps.

nellison1470 said:
Ive been reading different posts and i keep hearin people say ODIN back to stock... can somone please explain this in newie terms? and can i do this after root to get my phone exactly how it was when i bought it.
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The only reason to odin to stock (DI18) is if you plan on getting an OTA or use the update.zip method. If your going to utilize odin, then save yourself the hassle and just odin directly to EB13 from wherever you happen to be. ODIN is a factory production tool to flash a bunch of phones all at one time, but it works just as well on one phone.

watermoore - THANKS!!!!! i have better understanding now of what the heck the hype about Odin is. you explained it perfect and used terms i would undersand since im a newbie...
i really appreciate everyone's help
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nellison, alternatively you can just use the Windows installer version provided by Samsung, which is basically a prepackaged Odin & EB13 update all in one. I haven't used it, but it seems to be very noob-proof from what I've read: http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...22061912233/Epic4G_FroyoUpgrade_EB13_Tool.exe CAUTION!!! Be advised, this will wipe your phone (but leave the contents of your SD card intact), so you'll have a clean, factory-fresh installation of EB13 / Froyo.
If you're looking to do an "upgrade" and keep all your settings, apps, etc., then look for a guide on applying the update.zip, which I conveniently have here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11546546&postcount=15
Good luck!

[Q] Samsung Epic Stuck at Boot Screen, no access whatsoever.

I've been scared to make a thread for my problem cause I know how much you all hate that when there's another thread with the answer. However, I've been getting lost in links and threads for hours with now results and no actual help. If there's a thread for my exact problem please post the link or redirect me.
What I did:
I had a STOCK EC05 on my Epic. I had rooted it about a week ago using the method presented here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808103
I had to use MAC method, cause my laptop won't charge so I had no other choice. It worked, except I had no CWM. Then today, I wanted the CWM so I repeated what I did and I finally got CWM, it was CWM 2.X. After that I decided to take it a step further and tried flashing Syndicate 1.1 Frozen ROM. It looked like it worked, I wiped everything beforehand like I'm supposed to.
Ok, now my problem is, it's stuck on the Samsung boot screen after it rebooted itself. I can't do anything with it. It only responds to the power button and a charger.I can't get into CWM, it'll turn on with the power button but can only turn it off by pulling the battery. Also, When I plug in the cord it tries to bring up the battery picture but just freezes with the little circling circles in the middle of the battery, and it won't recognize on my computer.
I can't find any links or threads that have the answer I'm searching for, especially since I'm on a MAC OSX 10.6.7. If It's best I use a PC then I could gain access to one. Any help is appreciated. and like I said, if there's already an answer posted then I probably missed it, and I apologize.

What you did wrong was root with 2.x, which kept you with an rfs filesystem and then you flashed an ext4 filesystem rom. To flash an ext4 rom you need to root with 3.x. if you can't get back to stock, and you're on mac you'll probably need to use heimdall since I don't think odin works with mac. Hopefully somone can give u more info on heimdall cuz I'm not familiar with it.
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Try turning on your phone by holding the 1 key on the keyboard and the power button. If that brings you to the download screen you can use hemidal on mac or odin on pc to restore your phone.
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Use the TAR located here to fix your phone. Download the CMW 3.0.0.6 version.
---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1061912
I'm assuming Hemidal is the same as ODIN but MAC version.
So just Flash that tar with hemidal. (make sure to boot phone while holding "1" on slideout keyboard.)
Then after you let it boot, you can go into CMW, (let it EXT4 itself) then you can install SRF 1.1 =D )

The "1" on the keyboard...OMFG, Thank you!!! I'm so happy to see something else other than that Samsung screen, YES! Ok, my hope has been renewed. Thanks to all of you. I never even heard of Heimdall till now...I'll get to work on it now
EDIT:Ok, I had spent 12 hours straight figuring everything out. Finally, as I was LITERALLY about to give up hope, I had used Odin on my on my Laptop. I found a PIT and used the TAR that Shoulon suggested. Finally worked. It's miraculous that I had just so happened to receive my new charger for my laptop, because nothing was working for me on my Mac. Thanks to you all for the assistance.

[Q] Bricked my SGH-I337... things I have tried to so far

Been searching and trying various things to fix my bricked phone. For some background of what initially went wrong.
I had the phone rooted following these steps.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4-att/general/how-to-root-i337ucufni1-t2881298
and then also had installed safetrap. I then wanted to use a custom rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2616221 from here so I booted into safetrap recovery. (Was running 4.4.2 at this point.)
First I did backup my existing system to the sd card (maybe this will come in handy later in fixing things?)
Then I went to install and selected the three files I was suppose to use.
After i selected them, I realized I hadn't wiped things, so I left the safetrap install and went to the wipe option. I wanted to make sure I wiped everything except the SD card and here is where I probably screwed up... in the advanced wipe I selected everything to be wiped except for the sd card. It did it's thing. I then went back and selected "install" and here is where things looked different... I figured I'd be back to the option to select what to install, but instead it just went to a terminal window and it showed 'something processing' (Can't recall exactly what it said) and it was just stuck there. I left it for a quite a while (10 minutes or so) and still nothing, so I decided I'd try to start over, so I popped battery out and rebooted.
That's when all I got was the samsung splash screen.
At this time I "was" able to get into both recovery mode and download mode (Not longer can get to recovery mode... probably broke it based on stuff I did coming up.)
So then I was at the stage of googling and researching what to do. The option that seemed to come up over and over was this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2663545 and I would repeatedly try it and everything looked to go well (saw stuff in odin installing) but at then end it just says "failed."
This led me to try the keis approach which I also so recommended. The initial attempt failed so I then tried the keis emergency firmware recovery option, but apparently something is wrong here since I don't see my device listed and have no idea what the recovery code would be.
I also had tried first installing the two kernels I had used that enabled me to first root my phone (listed in the first link NC1 stock and NI1 stock) and then using odin as described above, but same result.
Note lastly, if I now try get into recovery mode, I get the yellow message about keis failed to install (I can get the exact verbiage if it helps.)
Sorry for the lengthy explanation but figured some background might help. I can still get to download mode and use Odin so I figure there must be something I can probably do? Any ideas what to try would be greatly appreciated. Maybe I need to try and flash with a different PIT and different firmware? I'm just not sure what to try.

First, this should be in q&a, not the general forum. It gets lost here.
See this and flash the nb1 tar file in Odin. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56453100
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jd1639 said:
First, this should be in q&a, not the general forum. It gets lost here.
See this and flash the nb1 tar file in Odin. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56453100
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Thanks for trying to help JD. I'll maybe repost in the questions forum (sorry I didn't see that.)
Note from the link above I tried both
NB1 ROOTED WITH SAFESTRAP
nb1 I337UCUFNB1_TWRootable_Full_Odin
and
NB1 STOCK (and optional upgrade to NJ4)
AP_I337UCUEMK2_1921628_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
Both of them run through their motions but end up with failed as shown here ...
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/86998/Screen%20Shot%202014-11-27%20at%2012.13.45%20AM.png
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Thread moved to Q&A
Please remember the word "bricked" is used to describe a phone that can no longer power on at all
Soft--bricked or sponged is used to describe a phone that at least can still get into download mode or LEDs light, etc.
Thanks
FNSM

rickcr said:
Thanks for trying to help JD. I'll maybe repost in the questions forum (sorry I didn't see that.)
Note from the link above I tried both
NB1 ROOTED WITH SAFESTRAP
nb1 I337UCUFNB1_TWRootable_Full_Odin
and
NB1 STOCK (and optional upgrade to NJ4)
AP_I337UCUEMK2_1921628_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
Both of them run through their motions but end up with failed as shown here ...
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/86998/Screen Shot 2014-11-27 at 12.13.45 AM.png
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Try a different usb cable and ports. Odin can be finicky. It looks like you're doing everything correctly
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Thanks!
jd1639 said:
Try a different usb cable and ports. Odin can be finicky. It looks like you're doing everything correctly
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First off THANKS for not just giving up on me and stating the above.
After trying several USB cables it got me thinking, what else could maybe interfering with how Odin is working? When I originally rooted and flashed some kernels using Odin in my windows VM (using VMware Fusion) on Macbook Pro things had gone just fine, but I realized I might have done all of that before having upgraded to Mavericks.
So on a whim, I figured I'd try the trial version of Parallels and use my windows image with that.
Sure enough BINGO it worked!!
I would have guessed the VM as the problem sooner if my old windows vm under Fusion would have said that it couldn't connect, but what threw me off is that it DOES connect... but obviously some kind of USB protocol is getting messed up. The fact you mentioned bad cables and "finicky" prompted me to try Parallels.
Regardless I'm happy now. I'll spend the $70 and just use windows on Parallels from now on.
Thanks again!!!

rickcr said:
First off THANKS for not just giving up on me and stating the above.
After trying several USB cables it got me thinking, what else could maybe interfering with how Odin is working? When I originally rooted and flashed some kernels using Odin in my windows VM (using VMware Fusion) on Macbook Pro things had gone just fine, but I realized I might have done all of that before having upgraded to Mavericks.
So on a whim, I figured I'd try the trial version of Parallels and use my windows image with that.
Sure enough BINGO it worked!!
I would have guessed the VM as the problem sooner if my old windows vm under Fusion would have said that it couldn't connect, but what threw me off is that it DOES connect... but obviously some kind of USB protocol is getting messed up. The fact you mentioned bad cables and "finicky" prompted me to try Parallels.
Regardless I'm happy now. I'll spend the $70 and just use windows on Parallels from now on.
Thanks again!!!
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