Epic root on mac help! - Epic 4G General

Hey everyone want to say thanks in advance but I tryed to do the one click root on my mac but nothing works on the downlad. I'm running dk28 and I was wondering if there's a step by step video that shows how to root the dk28 epic? Thanks again for your help
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Since you are on dk28b it seems that you can get odin to work on yur mac. I would suggest just flashing the stock dk28 ext that is pre rooted through odin, its in the dev section
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Sh0wNuF said:
Since you are on dk28b it seems that you can get odin to work on yur mac. I would suggest just flashing the stock dk28 ext that is pre rooted through odin, its in the dev section
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Ohh ok but u think odin wll work on a mac I thought that was a windows program?
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Estewa_619 said:
Hey everyone want to say thanks in advance but I tryed to do the one click root on my mac but nothing works on the downlad. I'm running dk28 and I was wondering if there's a step by step video that shows how to root the dk28 epic? Thanks again for your help
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There are no videos that I know of and your question is very vague. First of all, have you put your phone in USB debugging mode? If so, then try other USB ports and if that doesn't work try a different computer. That is the only help I can give you. If you are using the oneclickrootandrecovery made by Drockstar it is rock solid and very very easy to use.
Sh0wNuF said:
Since you are on dk28b it seems that you can get odin to work on yur mac. I would suggest just flashing the stock dk28 ext that is pre rooted through odin, its in the dev section
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Wow, just wow. Please don't respond to any more questions. Heimdall is the program for Macs but most people I've talked to cannot get it to work. If you have a newer Mac and want to continue flashing I would recommend getting a copy of Windows and using it to use Odin.

kenvan19 said:
There are no videos that I know of and your question is very vague. First of all, have you put your phone in USB debugging mode? If so, then try other USB ports and if that doesn't work try a different computer. That is the only help I can give you. If you are using the oneclickrootandrecovery made by Drockstar it is rock solid and very very easy to use.
Wow, just wow. Please don't respond to any more questions. Heimdall is the program for Macs but most people I've talked to cannot get it to work. If you have a newer Mac and want to continue flashing I would recommend getting a copy of Windows and using it to use Odin.
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Yeah I was thinking of doing that thanks for all your inputs ill try to see if I can find a windows 7 install dvd to use with my mac
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Is there a newer version of z4 root for froyo dk28

Hey everyone I'm new to xda and I just want to say how great it is to be a part of this site. My question is. Is there a new version of z4 root that works with the froyo update dk28 for the epic? Thanks again.
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Old one should work. Exploit still works.
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It didn't work it starts to spaz out
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Kcarpenter said:
Old one should work. Exploit still works.
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Won't work; I've tried a while back.
It'll just freeze at the "Acquiring Root" part.
So no, you cannot use z4root to root, unfortunately. However, there are various topics on how to do one-click roots on your phone, with all types of computers - Windows, Linux, or even Mac.
acer1096xxx said:
Won't work; I've tried a while back.
It'll just freeze at the "Acquiring Root" part.
So no, you cannot use z4root to root, unfortunately. However, there are various topics on how to do one-click roots on your phone, with all types of computers - Windows, Linux, or even Mac.
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Yeah I heard about it but can u unroot useing the same method
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Estewa_619 said:
Yeah I heard about it but can u unroot useing the same method
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Yes, when using the one click roots, you get a lot of options.
One being rooting the phone w/ cwm redirector.
And another that gives you the option to unroot the phone.
So basically, use the same method to unroot it as you do to root it, although choosing the correct option.
Simple as that
acer1096xxx said:
Yes, when using the one click roots, you get a lot of options.
One being rooting the phone w/ cwm redirector.
And another that gives you the option to unroot the phone.
So basically, use the same method to unroot it as you do to root it, although choosing the correct option.
Simple as that
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Ohh ok cool thanks a lot for your input ill try that and you said there is a version for mac
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Estewa_619 said:
Ohh ok cool thanks a lot for your input ill try that and you said there is a version for mac
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Yes.
Here is a link for the mac version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808103
If you have any further questions on it, I'd be glad to help since I have a mac as well.
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Yes.
Here is a link for the mac version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808103
If you have any further questions on it, I'd be glad to help since I have a mac as well.
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Ohh for sho thanx man
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acer1096xxx said:
Yes.
Here is a link for the mac version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808103
If you have any further questions on it, I'd be glad to help since I have a mac as well.
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Dang he beat me to it. I too rooted on a mac
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kenvan19 said:
Dang he beat me to it. I too rooted on a mac
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Its all good thanks for the reply.
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Other than z4root

I'm looking for an alternative way to root my phone with out a pc. I tried z4 root for some reason that is not working very well. Any suggestions.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388
alternative to what? the conventional root with cwm added?
you can use odin with a prerooted img.
blackdragon79 said:
I'm looking for an alternative way to root my phone with out a pc. I tried z4 root for some reason that is not working very well. Any suggestions.
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You'll have to use a computer. Do you have a mac/linux? Kuz there is a forum where you can root your phone with those types of computers
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acer1096xxx said:
You'll have to use a computer. Do you have a mac/linux? Kuz there is a forum where you can root your phone with those types of computers
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I have a pc at home. Just looking for away to do it t work. Seen a cool app I wanted to try but requires root access
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Yeah bro you need a PC. Its just so easy.to use a PC and run the one click root with cwm. What version of z4root were you trying? I have the latest version on my PC that I could put on here if you want to try it?
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Are you on di18 or are you on dk28? cuz if your on di18 z4root should work. If your on dk28 than yeah you need a pc with the one click root is so simple. Its just that you do 1 click and it does it thing really fast.
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Yeah, Z4Root worked for me on stock Eclair. It just took a couple attempts for it to finally work. The first time it just sat there forever, so I pulled the battery, booted back up, tried again then it worked.
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Estewa_619 said:
Are you on di18 or are you on dk28? cuz if your on di18 z4root should work. If your on dk28 than yeah you need a pc with the one click root is so simple. Its just that you do 1 click and it does it thing really fast.
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I'm on di18 I rooted my phone before.
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Just checking to make sure. You are using the latest version right? 1.3.0

help with heimdall on epic 4g

so i finally got heimdall to work on my mac however im trying to find the files i need so i can flash back to stock eb13 on my epic in case something happens. i don't have access to a windows computer very easily so this is my only alternative any help would be greatly appreciated. i did try to search for it here and google and i cant seem to find the files thanks in advance
Any one??????
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It's on the Wiki under Official ROMs.
lazyart said:
It's on the Wiki under Official ROMs.
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Ok ill check thanks
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lazyart said:
It's on the Wiki under Official ROMs.
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So I checked the wiki. And its says its odin flashable I don't see nothing about heimdall but thanks for the info
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Estewa_619 said:
So I checked the wiki. And its says its odin flashable I don't see nothing about heimdall but thanks for the info
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Should be the same for both. Guess you're not up on your Norse mythology-- Odin and Heimdall are both found there.
Estewa_619 said:
So I checked the wiki. And its says its odin flashable I don't see nothing about heimdall but thanks for the info
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Heimdall is an open source replacement for Odin. It is meant to use the same files that Odin uses.
You need to decompress the odin tar ball. The files are in there. You will like heimdall once you get use to it. I only use linux so I had to compile it and use it. I prefer it to odin. I how that helps.
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mxcoldhit said:
You need to decompress the odin tar ball. The files are in there. You will like heimdall once you get use to it. I only use linux so I had to compile it and use it. I prefer it to odin. I how that helps.
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What's the tar ball
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You can find the file here: http://www.multiupload.com/F0JFA0487M
I'm not at my computer right now, but I think you might need one more file. Anyways open that file and put the individual files in the proper location in heimdall. If your missing a file let me know. If your not sure what to do, follow the read me with heimdall. It's very detailed.
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mxcoldhit said:
You can find the file here: http://www.multiupload.com/F0JFA0487M
I'm not at my computer right now, but I think you might need one more file. Anyways open that file and put the individual files in the proper location in heimdall. If your missing a file let me know. If your not sure what to do, follow the read me with heimdall. It's very detailed.
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Ok cool thanks for your help
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So I got the files bu now my new problem is it won't recognized my phone I installed the libusb but nothing any help with this
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What version of libusb did you get?
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There is a problem with the secondary bootloader that doesnt allow our phones to be seen by heimdall.. i have the same problem and there are ways to fix it..the guy who made it has a guide (i think its in the I9000 forum) that says how to fix it. I just gave up and borrowed a friends computer..
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What version of libusb did you get?
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Its 1.0 libusb
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[Q] My Epic is stuck! Please help!

My Epic is stuck on a screen showing a phone having a problem connecting to a computer. I was trying to install ClockworkMod and now when I reboot is always shows this screen. I can get it to download mode (power+"1"). I have searched for help but no thing was found. Please help!!
Take out your battery wait a min or two then go into dowload and odin a ROM.
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Follw the steps here it should help u out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
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Follow the tutorial's here. same as prev poster but in video format.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
Shoulon said:
Follow the tutorial's here. same as prev poster but in video format.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
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I've tried them, put Odin always fails.
xizzmatt said:
I've tried them, put Odin always fails.
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Did u install the drivers for ur phone.
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Esteway.619 said:
Did u install the drivers for ur phone.
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Of course I did. Odin detected it, as COM4. I trying this on another computer now hopefully it works!
xizzmatt said:
I've tried them, put Odin always fails.
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Install drivers, try every usb port, try a different usb cable .
I don't understand why using another computer worked, but it did! Thanks to everyone for your help. Thank you qbking77 for your informative videos!
xizzmatt said:
I don't understand why using another computer worked, but it did! Thanks to everyone for your help. Thank you qbking77 for your informative videos!
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Cool glad u got your phone back up to normal lol I bet u got scared huh
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Terrified! I just got this bad boy!
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[Q] Bricked my Epic and my mac isn't recognizing my phone!

I had MIUI installed on my phone, I tried going to a different ROM and I ended up bricking my phone. It was starting to load the new rom then it powered off and then restarted and has not gone past the samsung screen. My phone is able to go into download mode and so I tried reloading software using heimdall and my Mac is not recognizing my phone. I've tried almost every trick I can think of to get it to recognize, no good. Am I SOL? Or does someone know something I don't to get it to work?
scottk02 said:
I had MIUI installed on my phone, I tried going to a different ROM and I ended up bricking my phone. It was starting to load the new rom then it powered off and then restarted and has not gone past the samsung screen. My phone is able to go into download mode and so I tried reloading software using heimdall and my Mac is not recognizing my phone. I've tried almost every trick I can think of to get it to recognize, no good. Am I SOL? Or does someone know something I don't to get it to work?
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Well your not SOL because it gets into download mode, which also means you're not bricked just sponged... I know nothing about heimdall but it seems as though aot of people have problems getting heimdall to recognize their epics... I strongly suggest finding a friend who has windows and use odin... sorry I can't be of more help... but as long as you can get into download mode there is hope...
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I don't know if it will help but post 2 in the following thread has info about Heimdall and some links:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Heimdall for mac seems to be pretty much borked I couldn't get my macbook to recognize the phone either.. either use bootcamp to boot into windows on your mac and odin, or DL everything you'll need, odin, tarball, samsung drivers etc to a flash drive and drive over to a friends with a windows machine, it will go really quick if u have everything u need
You can't get into clockword recovery, right?
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dont worry u can fix this.as the other guy said your gonna have to put all the files in a flash drive and then take it to a windows computer. form there first install samsung drivers. Once done open odin and connect ur phone. put it in download mode. also i believe your going to have to repartition. but dont worry, odin will do this for you. I can give u links to the stock files if youd like and i will guide you through it. if u want help then just reply to this post
what you did is: MIUI is a MTD ROM therefore your phone was MTD and not BML and you probably tried flashing a BML ROM this caused confusion and just bricked it
joe_d08_17 said:
dont worry u can fix this.as the other guy said your gonna have to put all the files in a flash drive and then take it to a windows computer. form there first install samsung drivers. Once done open odin and connect ur phone. put it in download mode. also i believe your going to have to repartition. but dont worry, odin will do this for you. I can give u links to the stock files if youd like and i will guide you through it. if u want help then just reply to this post
what you did is: MIUI is a MTD ROM therefore your phone was MTD and not BML and you probably tried flashing a BML ROM this caused confusion and just bricked it
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Its not bricked if he can get to download mode... a brick is when it doesn't turn on at all... but yes find a windows computer and use odin...
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Just so u know heimdall doesn't work with the epic because something to do with the epics boot loader. Is the only galaxy s phone that I know of that heimdall will not work on Mac.
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Esteway.619 said:
Just so u know heimdall doesn't work with the epic because something to do with the epics boot loader. Is the only galaxy s phone that I know of that heimdall will not work on Mac.
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Wrong!!! I know plenty of people that have used heimdall successfully to flash their epics...
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Oh my bad. Thanks for the info. At least I won't sound like such a noob from now on
step 1. take said mac out back and smash it with a baseball bat.
step 2. buy a pc.
step 3. flash phone.
step 4. ???
step 5. profit!!!
flastnoles11 said:
Wrong!!! I know plenty of people that have used heimdall successfully to flash their epics...
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On a Mac? Cuz it will work on windows but not a Mac.
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Esteway.619 said:
On a Mac? Cuz it will work on windows but not a Mac.
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Yes. At a minimum I have seen command line options for Heimdall for those that couldn't get the gui working.
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Esteway.619 said:
On a Mac? Cuz it will work on windows but not a Mac.
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Yes on a mac... it works... its just a pain in the ass...
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flastnoles11 said:
Yes on a mac... it works... its just a pain in the ass...
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Strange cuz when I had my epic I could never get it to work but I did notice now that heimdall got updated maybe that fixed the issue lol. I've been away from the epic for a long time now.
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This thread may help those having trouble getting Heimdall to work on a MAC:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1412931
flastnoles11 said:
Wrong!!! I know plenty of people that have used heimdall successfully to flash their epics...
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Not on a mac. Secondary boot loader is incompatible. Was fixed on other variants not on the epic. Even mentioned on the heimdall site at one time.
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stilesja said:
Not on a mac. Secondary boot loader is incompatible. Was fixed on other variants not on the epic. Even mentioned on the heimdall site at one time.
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Whatever you say man.... I've seen it work on the epic...
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flastnoles11 said:
Its not bricked if he can get to download mode... a brick is when it doesn't turn on at all... but yes find a windows computer and use odin...
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And also try a new user cable. Sometimes the cable can't make the best connection, and it fails during Odin. That's what happened to mine.
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Or you can buy or use a PC, download the drivers, download Odin and resurrect your epic....easier that way.
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flastnoles11 said:
Whatever you say man.... I've seen it work on the epic...
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Not what I say, man. Chris41 and others explain it here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1109850
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