So, I just got my tab today, actually a few hours ago. I used the z4root app to root. Then i installed RM and used it to flash a recovery. Then i stumbled across Koushs thread, figured he had an updated version of cwmr and followed his instructions. tried to boot back and up it wont. just sits on the samsung screen.
Sad thing is, im on a macbook running ubuntu, so i cant use that odin stuff. any ideas?
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So, I just got my tab today, actually a few hours ago. I used the z4root app to root. Then i installed RM and used it to flash a recovery. Then i stumbled across Koushs thread, figured he had an updated version of cwmr and followed his instructions. tried to boot back and up it wont. just sits on the samsung screen.
Sad thing is, im on a macbook running ubuntu, so i cant use that odin stuff. any ideas?
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The good news is that you're not bricked. You'll need to use Heimdall for Linux to flash the stock kernel back. You should jump on irc.freenode.net #ModADroid-Galaxy-Tab for assistance if its all new to you.
tried that, but it doesnt recognize my device so i cant install any drivers :/
tried it a sec ago with wine. ill hop on irc though
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looks like im the only one in the channel?
ok, i found the linux version. not sure how to use it though. never had to use it before
r2DoesInc said:
tried that, but it doesnt recognize my device so i cant install any drivers :/
tried it a sec ago with wine. ill hop on irc though
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looks like im the only one in the channel?
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Sorry, #ModADroid-Galaxy-Tablet
rotohammer said:
Sorry, #ModADroid-Galaxy-Tablet
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It's alright I helped him on the other "channel"
i did get it booted, but its not working as well as before. boot up lokos all funky and no usb mounting. i think the kernel i grabbed was good enough, but wasnt the right one.
r2DoesInc said:
i did get it booted, but its not working as well as before. boot up lokos all funky and no usb mounting. i think the kernel i grabbed was good enough, but wasnt the right one.
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If you don't mind loosing all your files then use Heimdall to flash the whole firmware. If you want to keep some of your data then don't flash dbdata.rfs.
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my phones 3g stopped working 1 day after i flashed a new rom so i tried flashing it again and that didnt work so i am trying to go back to stock with the how to return to stock guide on here but i cannot get my pc to recognize my phone in downloading mode
i can adb when its on and the drivers are installed but when i boot into downloading mode it just says device is unrecognized
i have tried a different computer and reinstalled the drivers more times that i can remember. what would be the next step here?
is there anyway i can start fresh even if i lose root?
There needs to be a q&a section.
The drivers suck.
What os are you using. Persistence will be your friend. Don't forget to power cycle everything.
im using win 7 64bit
The win 7 drivers are actually vista drivers if I remember correctly.
Which Odin arevyou using? Do you have clockwork?
i have tried 1.0 and 1.3 nothing works. and yes i have clockwork thats how i install my roms.
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i have tried 1.0 and 1.3 nothing works. and yes i have clockwork thats how i install my roms.
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noobnl said:
1. boot into clockworkmod recovery
2. apply http://www.sdx-downloads.com/devs/noobnl/stock.epic.DI18.rom.update.zip
build 2 fixes wifi/bluetooth
older build
http://www.sdx-downloads.com/devs/noobnl/stock.epic.DI07.rom.update.build2.zip
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I believe this flashes stock through cwm
Edit: read that thread I am not on the computer...
You should be able to flash two field and be good to go.
Good luck op
that post looks very very familiar i think i have tried that or maybe i was going to and never got around to it... ill do it right now ill keep you posted. thanks for your support man
xtkxhom3r said:
that post looks very very familiar i think i have tried that or maybe i was going to and never got around to it... ill do it right now ill keep you posted. thanks for your support man
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yellowxboy said:
any chance of the original epic Rom? the one that came with the phone prior to DI07? i used Oden to rever to stock and then applied the update (DI07) but Android Market is not working (i'm guessing corupt (g)Talk file).
Data Wipe + Clear Cache did not seem to help when in clockrecovery, the android market wont let me download anything
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this looks like the other file that you will need.
apparently the first one writes system the second for the modem (phone/data)
lmfao your gonna kill me for this but as soon as i finished transfering the file to my sd card 3g just started working.... maybe it was just a glitch with my signal over here? im going to let it be and if it messes up tomorrow then i will flash that stock rom and see what happens...
incase it doesnt work where can i get that 2nd file and how do i install it?
This post here.
So i flashed something that my phone doesnt agree with and now it gets stuck in boot. it gets to samsung screen then goes black and back to samsung over and over..
through clockwork i've wiped everything, tried to recover, tried to flash fresh roms, new kernels everything but i'm still stuck.. is this a situation to try odin? I don't have access to a pc so i just wanted to know if that is the next step cause its kinda of a pain in the ass to get a hold of one
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So i flashed something that my phone doesnt agree with and now it gets stuck in boot. it gets to samsung screen then goes black and back to samsung over and over..
through clockwork i've wiped everything, tried to recover, tried to flash fresh roms, new kernels everything but i'm still stuck.. is this a situation to try odin? I don't have access to a pc so i just wanted to know if that is the next step cause its kinda of a pain in the ass to get a hold of one
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what exactly did you flash to your phone that it didnt agree with
i flashed geek's uv superfast test and then followed his links to enable the BLN.. i think i might have flashed a bln mod for another device by accident but i'm having trouble finding the links i clicked so i'm not positive.. all i know is after i flashed it my boot animation changed to i 9000 and then it got stuck and then it got stuck in boot lock
to be frank, i can't find what the **** i did so i'm starting to think i was in a diff device forum or something... i musta flashed something for another device
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i flashed geek's uv superfast test and then followed his links to enable the BLN.. i think i might have flashed a bln mod for another device by accident but i'm having trouble finding the links i clicked so i'm not positive.. all i know is after i flashed it my boot animation changed to i 9000 and then it got stuck and then it got stuck in boot lock
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to be frank, i can't find what the **** i did so i'm starting to think i was in a diff device forum or something... i musta flashed something for another device
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yeah you are pretty much screwed
screwed as in i should go to verizon w/ a sob story or screwed as in try odin
Couldn't you use Odin to restore? Or have you already tried that?
yeah man just revert to stock via Odin . Youre fine , happens to everyone at some point . Get back on that Android horse and ride it haha .
Yes, use odin.
If flashing other kernels doesn't fix this, (ie you still get stuck after the Verizon logo with lit buttons) let me know. I've got a trick up my sleeve for this, but I've only seen it happen twice, it's pretty rare.
i'm not proud of myself but i went to verizon and they gave me a brand new device...
illtema said:
i'm not proud of myself but i went to verizon and they gave me a brand new device...
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i'm not proud of myself but i went to verizon and they gave me a brand new device...
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awwwww wheres the fun in that XD
OK I did the same thing last week. I fixed it by running voodoo uninstaller. Don't know why it worked or how but I was desperate after being without a phone for 2 days. Then that afternoon my replacement showed up via fedex
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Ok guys so here is a little something i have been working on for yall. some of you may know rom manager and all its abilities (download roms and flash them without needing a computer, aka "OTA custom roms") well its done. only one team has the roms up and listed right now. now here is for the issues;
-rom manager does not recognize anything but 2.5.1.0 which is the first version of cwm we had going. afaik there are no plans to let it see cwm3 on teh epic
-any roms put on the list will be under premium, sorry ive tried talking to koush but this means you would need to have rom manager premium
now i am hoping we can get more rom devs up on the list and push for cwm3 to be recognized so that users of a certain rom can get notifications of updates and download them via wifi/4g/3g whenever they want. obviously i dont expect people to pay for the premium rom manager when they cant get the free one working.
if any rom devs wish to have their roms added to the list i will not do it for you but after a couple of hours of screwing with the lists (they are javascript.... >.<) i can offer some help on what may not be working. i am in the irc channels almost all the time, if you cant reach me there then shoot me a pm..
P.S. you may be wondering why i posted this in general eh? because this is partially for devs, but its for the users of the epic.. if this is a feature you want then yall need to speak up cuz as it stands now its pretty useless, im hoping by putting this out there that there will be enough of a cry for it that the situation gets handled and then everyone can use koush's awesome program
shabbypenguin said:
Ok guys so here is a little something i have been working on for yall. some of you may know rom manager and all its abilities (download roms and flash them without needing a computer, aka "OTA custom roms") well its done. only one team has the roms up and listed right now. now here is for the issues;
-rom manager does not recognize anything but 2.5.1.0 which is the first version of cwm we had going. afaik there are no plans to let it see cwm3 on teh epic
-any roms put on the list will be under premium, sorry ive tried talking to koush but this means you would need to have rom manager premium
now i am hoping we can get more rom devs up on the list and push for cwm3 to be recognized so that users of a certain rom can get notifications of updates and download them via wifi/4g/3g whenever they want. obviously i dont expect people to pay for the premium rom manager when they cant get the free one working.
if any rom devs wish to have their roms added to the list i will not do it for you but after a couple of hours of screwing with the lists (they are javascript.... >.<) i can offer some help on what may not be working. i am in the irc channels almost all the time, if you cant reach me there then shoot me a pm..
P.S. you may be wondering why i posted this in general eh? because this is partially for devs, but its for the users of the epic.. if this is a feature you want then yall need to speak up cuz as it stands now its pretty useless, im hoping by putting this out there that there will be enough of a cry for it that the situation gets handled and then everyone can use koush's awesome program
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I thought this app was a cool idea when I first saw it..... then I realized it didn't work, and I never installed it anymore. if you can get it going, that would be awesome.... you've got my vote!
yogi2010 said:
I thought this app was a cool idea when I first saw it..... then I realized it didn't work, and I never installed it anymore. if you can get it going, that would be awesome.... you've got my vote!
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He got it working <_<'
Thanks a bunch shabby! This should help with user error issues when it comes to flashing =D
I never see any roms when I go to download roms and I have the premium I thought that was bs.
Epic 4g
jbadboy2007 said:
I never see any roms when I go to download roms and I have the premium I thought that was bs.
Epic 4g
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tahts because no one ever took the time to post em on there. im hoping to change that
I'm currently running cwm3; but when I open ROM Manager it tell me im running 2.5.1.0...
With that said.. I wonder if it'll work? ;p
wait you get rom manager to work with cwm3???
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wait you get rom manager to work with cwm3???
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No no no. I'm a moron disregard what I said haha.
All thats happened is ROM Manager thinks I'm running 2.5.1.0 when I'm not.
But; shouldn't this just be a redirector issue?
right but even with it thinking you have 2.5.1.0, what version of cwm do you have? does it pop up and ask you to install cwm version x.x.x.x???
I'm running cwm 3 running ext4.
Rom manager works on the phone; but anytime it needs to go into cwm it fails.
It'll hang at the sammy logo. Pulling the battery and powering the phone up normally does the same.
However..doing the three button recovery boot it attempts to load cwm and fails then gives me the Triangle with an Exclamation point inside it..along with the green android.
so how do you get into recovery? also is it 3.0.0.5 or 3.0.0.6?
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so how do you get into recovery? also is it 3.0.0.5 or 3.0.0.6?
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3.0.0.6
I'm unable to get into recovery through the manager it self. Once I do the three finger salute..it attempts to load and fails; I pull battery and just hold the power button and it loads into cwm.
ok so sounds like 3.0.0.6 is sorta working but we just need to be able to get into recovery normally now....
3.0.0.5 is confirmed to not be working at all
I would love this... had premium on my hero, but sadly I cannot use it on my epic.
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ok so sounds like 3.0.0.6 is sorta working but we just need to be able to get into recovery normally now....
3.0.0.5 is confirmed to not be working at all
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Seems to me like it's just a redirector issue; but I've yet to dig into this too deeply so I could be wrong.
It seems to work fine..it just has issues loading directly into cwm.
Hey peeps hopefully someone here can help with almost similar problem.
I used one click root with cwm recovery 2.5.5 in both 2.1 DI18 and EB13. The recovery installed just fine on both.
When I download Rom manager from clockworkmod it doesnt detect that the recovery is installed. I cant do anything without installing the recovery according to ROM manager.
BUT it is installed! Why doesnt it detect it??
How can I get the rom manager to see that I do have clockworkmod recovery 2.5.5 installed?
Or is it not possible yet? I too am a suckered premium owner.
ErlyD said:
Hey peeps hopefully someone here can help with almost similar problem.
I used one click root with cwm recovery 2.5.5 in both 2.1 DI18 and EB13. The recovery installed just fine on both.
When I download Rom manager from clockworkmod it doesnt detect that the recovery is installed. I cant do anything without installing the recovery according to ROM manager.
BUT it is installed! Why doesnt it detect it??
How can I get the rom manager to see that I do have clockworkmod recovery 2.5.5 installed?
Or is it not possible yet? I too am a suckered premium owner.
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I don't think that ROM Manager can detect recoveries on the phones partitions. I believe it downloads and installs recovery to the sd card.
I some how managed to get an older recovery installed 2.5.1 But still get "an error occured while downloading your recovery." when I click any option and select samsung epic from the prompted list. In an attempt to install the recovery.
If it doesn't install to the fixed partitions how does it install the recovery to boot from? I thought thats where it had to be? That would mean the current recovery I have is in the SD card? then a simple edit of a file would allow it to be detected?
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I some how managed to get an older recovery installed 2.5.1 But still get "an error occured while downloading your recovery." when I click any option and select samsung epic from the prompted list. In an attempt to install the recovery.
If it doesn't install to the fixed partitions how does it install the recovery to boot from? I thought thats where it had to be? That would mean the current recovery I have is in the SD card? then a simple edit of a file would allow it to be detected?
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I believe ROM Manager uses the stock recovery to redirect to a zip file on the sd. If the redirector isn't set up right it won't work. The One-Clicks we use to install CWM install it to fixed partition.
I do see that the ACS team is on board with this, hope to see more support soon. On my buddies Fastinate there is quite a bit to work with in Rom Manager, it is a very cool option.
Thanks to all the Dev's
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So can I or can't I root my phone?
Any tutorials? Searched for an hour. :/
Coming from MIUI HD2 by the way.
If gingerbread is on your phone (2.3.3)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218386
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1228566
If froyo is on your phone (2.2)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
I don't mean to be mean, but 5 posts below yours answers your question.
mattykinsx said:
If gingerbread is on your phone (2.3.3)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1218386
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1228566
If froyo is on your phone (2.2)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=838448
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Stuck on "waiting on device". Followed instructions to a tee. On 2.3.3.
kariuki said:
Stuck on "waiting on device". Followed instructions to a tee. On 2.3.3.
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Usually means debugging isn't on on ur phone. Go to setting/applications/ its in there
Papa Smurf151 said:
Usually means debugging isn't on on ur phone. Go to setting/applications/ its in there
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Thanks for the reply, but I had recently uninstalled Sync, I restarted my pc, and now it's working.
Had everything working, when I tried to boot a ROM, it was stuck on the htc EVO 4G screen. I went into recovery and wiped everything. Now I'm definitely lost.
Bump, hope it's not bricked...
If you can boot into the white HTC screen, IT IS NOT BRICKED! Put your recovery so you can transfer another rom via usb to your sdcard, then flash a different rom after wiping everything!
Art2Fly said:
If you can boot into the white HTC screen, IT IS NOT BRICKED! Put your recovery so you can transfer another rom via usb to your sdcard, then flash a different rom after wiping everything!
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I had to transfer a ROM from another phone to this one. Working now. Hope this is isn't a problematic phone.
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I had to transfer a ROM from another phone to this one. Working now. Hope this is isn't a problematic phone.
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It also helps to know what recovery you're using to flash. Depending on the rom amonra works better than clockwork. I use amonra but that's just my preference. Not getting past the white htc screen isn't that problematic, battery pull vol down+power. How long you sit on the htc screen depends on the rom, some roms take all day to boot on that first one and you need to just let it sit and not panic. Some roms just don't work on some phones. I love Evolved's work but I could not get his "Directors Cut" rom to get past the white htc screen but my guy has the same hardware as I do and his booted right up. To me there is no perfect rom, it's the rom that's perfect for you. We're all different people and like different things. Happy flashing.
p.s.- Just make sure you do the usual wipes before flashing alot of devs also have a format zip that you should use as well. It really doesn't matter which one. Used them all and don't really have a preference to either of them.
Try doing a search next time buddy..
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Try doing a search next time buddy..
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Why should he? Every question he asked, with attitude even, was answered in his thread even though the answers to all his questions were available all on the front page of the forum.
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This is a case of "I have no idea what I'm doing. I shouldn't have messed with crap I don't understand."
I have an Epic 4g that I've rooted previously and, using Odin, installed a custom ROM (forget which one). Yesterday, I attempted to flash Legendary ROM, following the directions in the How-to video linked in the Legendary post. I have an earlier version of CWM (v2.5.1.0 if that makes a difference) than what was on the video. I wiped the data, the Dalvik cache, and the battery stats before I began the flash.
The flash consisted of downloading the zip file of the ROM to my phone, booting into CWM, and installing the zip file from the SD card. The screen said that it installed correctly, but I got an error "E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log". When I went to reboot, it got stuck at the Samsung screen permanently.
I tried to flash again the same way - same thing happened. I read on a forum post somewhere that the SD card partition may not have enough space to flash the ROM, so I partitioned my SD card. Yup, I'm that dumb. Now, when I boot it up, it goes to the Samsung screen for a few seconds, then directly to CWM screen. It even goes to CWM when I plug the phone in without turning it on.
I've searched the forums here and elsewhere for this problem and specifically the error message (E: Can't open ...) and can't really make heads or tails of anything. The replies are over my head as far as my knowledge of my phone and these processes. I don't know what the exact problem is nor how to fix it. If you could help an idiot through the steps, I would greatly appreciate. If you live around the Philly area, I could offer you $50 to fix my phone and install the Legendary ROM.
Thank you for your time in reading this.
as long as it turns on and you get some kinda life you are still good couple things you can try
1 since you are on a older version of CWM wipe data 3 times cache 3 times and dalvic 3 time then try installing your ROM again give it a shot wont hurt anything
2 if that doesnt work you will have to Odin back to stock and re-root...i know it sounda like a pain in the ass but its the best option ill find you a how to for this if you need it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1461337
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This is a case of "I have no idea what I'm doing. I shouldn't have messed with crap I don't understand."
I have an Epic 4g that I've rooted previously and, using Odin, installed a custom ROM (forget which one). Yesterday, I attempted to flash Legendary ROM, following the directions in the How-to video linked in the Legendary post. I have an earlier version of CWM (v2.5.1.0 if that makes a difference) than what was on the video. I wiped the data, the Dalvik cache, and the battery stats before I began the flash.
The flash consisted of downloading the zip file of the ROM to my phone, booting into CWM, and installing the zip file from the SD card. The screen said that it installed correctly, but I got an error "E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log". When I went to reboot, it got stuck at the Samsung screen permanently.
I tried to flash again the same way - same thing happened. I read on a forum post somewhere that the SD card partition may not have enough space to flash the ROM, so I partitioned my SD card. Yup, I'm that dumb. Now, when I boot it up, it goes to the Samsung screen for a few seconds, then directly to CWM screen. It even goes to CWM when I plug the phone in without turning it on.
I've searched the forums here and elsewhere for this problem and specifically the error message (E: Can't open ...) and can't really make heads or tails of anything. The replies are over my head as far as my knowledge of my phone and these processes. I don't know what the exact problem is nor how to fix it. If you could help an idiot through the steps, I would greatly appreciate. If you live around the Philly area, I could offer you $50 to fix my phone and install the Legendary ROM.
Thank you for your time in reading this.
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I can fix your phone remotely do you have teamviewer?
Go download and install teamviewer and pm me your id and password and ill fix it.
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Sounds like you bricked it. Search the epic development subforum for thread with the guide on how to odin back to stock and go from there. It should have all the files you need to get everything working.
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as long as it turns on and you get some kinda life you are still good couple things you can try
1 since you are on a older version of CWM wipe data 3 times cache 3 times and dalvic 3 time then try installing your ROM again give it a shot wont hurt anything
2 if that doesnt work you will have to Odin back to stock and re-root...i know it sounda like a pain in the ass but its the best option ill find you a how to for this if you need it
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Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
You need to flash CWM5 for correct conversions
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Sounds like you bricked it. Search the epic development subforum for thread with the guide on how to odin back to stock and go from there. It should have all the files you need to get everything working.
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no he just sponged it "bricked" is un-fixable
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ajt167 said:
Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
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The link i sent you has everything Toadlife put together awesome packages for us
doing the 3 wipe on older versions is just to ensure you completey wiped everything on some older versions it was mandatory to do it 3 times i believe because not all info would be cleared resulting is bad flashes
On the other had Biggoron is good at what he does and he really can fix your pohone remotely hes a good guy you can trust him.... i think in this case it might be the way to go and im sure he will explain to you everything he is doing
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no he just sponged it "bricked" is un-fixable
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The link i sent you has everything Toadlife put together awesome packages for us
doing the 3 wipe on older versions is just to ensure you completey wiped everything on some older versions it was mandatory to do it 3 times i believe because not all info would be cleared resulting is bad flashes
On the other had Biggron is good at what he does and he really can fix your pohone remotely hes a good guy you can trust him i think in this case it might be the way to go and im sure he will explain to you everything he is doing
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Yep yep I've done this quite a few times now
My record for unbricking flashing to stock and rerooting and restoring a backup is like 10 minutes xD
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brooksyx said:
Sounds like you bricked it. Search the epic development subforum for thread with the guide on how to odin back to stock and go from there. It should have all the files you need to get everything working.
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Its not bricked if it turns on! And you don't have to wipe 3 times... only 1 time each on all 3 things! Update your cwm and try to flash again, if that doesn't work odin to stock and start over... this time don't use an old version of cwm use the newest (5.0.2.7)
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ajt167 said:
Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
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here is a link for qbking77 with a tutorial for ODINing back to stock...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2g6J1JgjU
the links for the software are under the video.
hope this helps.
bigron is da man and can help u, but if you want to play more with ur phone, BigRon might be with one of his "Honies" and you can't disturb da playa.
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no he just sponged it "bricked" is un-fixable
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The link i sent you has everything Toadlife put together awesome packages for us
doing the 3 wipe on older versions is just to ensure you completey wiped everything on some older versions it was mandatory to do it 3 times i believe because not all info would be cleared resulting is bad flashes
On the other had Biggoron is good at what he does and he really can fix your pohone remotely hes a good guy you can trust him.... i think in this case it might be the way to go and im sure he will explain to you everything he is doing
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Just so you know, bricked isn't unfixabe... I have unbricked a couple epics... it involves a jig and hooking directly to the motherboard... kinda complicated but doable... so no a brick is not unfixable...
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flastnoles11 said:
Just so you know, bricked isn't unfixabe... I have unbricked a couple epics... it involves a jig and hooking directly to the motherboard... kinda complicated but doable... so no a brick is not unfixable...
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I always heard it was good to know that there is a way to fix it thanks for the info
ajt167 said:
Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
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http://files.devphone.org/epic4g/SPH-D700-EC05-8gb-REL.tar
MD5SUM: 4ea4dfea809c1a6d59b9fccf9e939f35
That's the file you'll have to use with Odin to flash your phone back to stock 2.2. That file will go in the PDA slot of Odin. Don't bother with a PIT or repartitioning (probably not needed in your case).
Once you boot with stock 2.2, let the phone OTA to EI22 and EL30 to get to stock gingerbread with the updated modem. From there you can start the root/rom flash process again.
flastnoles11 said:
Just so you know, bricked isn't unfixabe... I have unbricked a couple epics... it involves a jig and hooking directly to the motherboard... kinda complicated but doable... so no a brick is not unfixable...
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk
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I'm just glad no one has suggested the good o'l magical restore button anymore xD
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Thank you all for your help. Man, you guys are awesome! I'm going to try to reload stock using Odin this evening. If I'm unable to do this, I'm going to get Biggoron to help me via teamviewer.
Thank you all again. It seems that the only way I'm able to learn about things is by breaking them.
ajt167 said:
Thank you all again. It seems that the only way I'm able to learn about things is by breaking them.
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Dont sweat that... most of it is all through trial and error. Truthfully, that's how I really got to know my phone better and the stuff I can do w/ it. That and this community. That's why trying a new rom isn't no big thing. If it doesn't take... it doesn't take. That's why we have "nandroid backup" and in "bad" situations, we have ODIN...
wscott9903 said:
Dont sweat that... most of it is all through trial and error. Truthfully, that's how I really got to know my phone better and the stuff I can do w/ it. That and this community. That's why trying a new rom isn't no big thing. If it doesn't take... it doesn't take. That's why we have "nandroid backup" and in "bad" situations, we have ODIN...
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Welcome to the Sponge club and also the halls of Asgard to visit Odin or heimdall.
It worked!
I was able to successfully set my phone back to stock 2.2 and just received the OTA updates.
Before I left work last night, my wife called and told me that I locked the cat in the office the night before and she chewed up the USB cable for the phone (I'm so "internet"). I stopped at the Sprint store on the way home and got a new USB cable. I was using Odin for the process, following the video, using my new cable, and Odin couldn't see my phone. The guy in the video was completely right about Sprint/Samsung cables being crap. The chewed cable was originally from a Blackberry. I tried the chewed cable, having to hold it stretched out and tilted to the left, and Odin saw my phone. It went smoothly from there, though my arm got a bit sore.
When I get a chance within the next few days, I'm going to root and try again to install Legendary.
You guys are fantastic. Thank you all for your help. It's obvious that the people here know a lot about this stuff, but it's especially great that you're able to explain this stuff to people who don't know much at all. That's a talent.
ajt167 said:
I was able to successfully set my phone back to stock 2.2 and just received the OTA updates.
Before I left work last night, my wife called and told me that I locked the cat in the office the night before and she chewed up the USB cable for the phone (I'm so "internet"). I stopped at the Sprint store on the way home and got a new USB cable. I was using Odin for the process, following the video, using my new cable, and Odin couldn't see my phone. The guy in the video was completely right about Sprint/Samsung cables being crap. The chewed cable was originally from a Blackberry. I tried the chewed cable, having to hold it stretched out and tilted to the left, and Odin saw my phone. It went smoothly from there, though my arm got a bit sore.
When I get a chance within the next few days, I'm going to root and try again to install Legendary.
You guys are fantastic. Thank you all for your help. It's obvious that the people here know a lot about this stuff, but it's especially great that you're able to explain this stuff to people who don't know much at all. That's a talent.
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Replace that cable ASAP, if you had lost connection in the middle of Odin'ing to stock you could have really bricked your phone! You might need to use Odin again soon..when learning my phone I had to Odin to stock probably 15 times, especially when you start flashing between MTD and BML ROMs (if you don't know what that is, just keep reading on here you will figure it out soon)
luna_c666 said:
Replace that cable ASAP, if you had lost connection in the middle of Odin'ing to stock you could have really bricked your phone! You might need to use Odin again soon..when learning my phone I had to Odin to stock probably 15 times, especially when you start flashing between MTD and BML ROMs (if you don't know what that is, just keep reading on here you will figure it out soon)
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I have a good cable that I'm planning on using, I just left it at work last night. I'll read up on those types of ROMs. Thank you.