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I used odin to flash ji6, but I'd like to do the kies update instead. Can I flash back to stock without repartitioning? Can I flash jfd over the top of ji6?
No mods, no root, completely stock.
Thanks
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My vote is for yes, since I just completed it myself.
I was using an Odin'ed JI6, and Kies Mini would not allow the upgrade. I Odin'ed back to JFD (did not check "re-partition), then Kies Mini did the update to JI6 smoothly. I did lose some apps and have to re-download them, but did not lose any data from /sdcard.
Is the kies ji6 any different? Better?
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OolonColuphid said:
I used odin to flash ji6, but I'd like to do the kies update instead. Can I flash back to stock without repartitioning? Can I flash jfd over the top of ji6?
No mods, no root, completely stock.
Thanks
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is Exactly what i just did, i flashed back to stock checking re-partitioning and then once phone was up and running i used KIES to get the update. Im thinking something that i had done to the phone previusly had screwed up the update and put the the phone Froze on "Dumb Mode". but anyways, i did flash with odin and then kies
I need to un root my phone to send it in to t mobile. I was told by a fellow XDA member to use an ODIN method and I read through the instructions but I do not 100% understand it. Can somebody please do an easier to understand guide???
Thanks in advance
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odin is a program, you run it and it resets your phone. search: odin.
Ok and when I run it do I transfer files over onto my phone from that sticky or something?
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alecjake said:
Ok and when I run it do I transfer files over onto my phone from that sticky or something?
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Do you know how to put your phone into download mode?
Yes. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I go into download mode, turn on odin, then transfer like 3 files and then from there I have no idea what to do. Do I restart the phone, reboot into recovery, or what?
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alecjake said:
Yes. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe I go into download mode, turn on odin, then transfer like 3 files and then from there I have no idea what to do. Do I restart the phone, reboot into recovery, or what?
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Do not plug your phone into the computer before you open ODIN.
1. Open ODIN and select the .pit and .jar files
2. Plug your phone into the computer via usb cable. You should see the COM port turn yellow in ODIN.
3. Click the start button in ODIN
4. The phone will do the rest
5. Just wait until all is finished and the phone starts
Two files
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MoWeb said:
Do not plug your phone into the computer before you open ODIN.
1. Open ODIN and select the .pit and .jar files
2. Plug your phone into the computer via usb cable. You should see the COM port turn yellow in ODIN.
3. Click the start button in ODIN
4. The phone will do the rest
5. Just wait until all is finished and the phone starts
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Is that it? That's all I do? Sweet. So just to check, ODIN is a computer program-not a phone program, right?
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You have to extract odin with winRAR if you didn't know that already
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alecjake said:
Is that it? That's all I do? Sweet. So just to check, ODIN is a computer program-not a phone program, right?
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Yes it's a program for the PC. I use Odin3 v 1.70 found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821625
Another important note I forgot to mention:
If you use this T959UVJFD.tar file you don't need to uncheck re-partition
If you use any other official firmware T959UVJI6.tar or T959UVJK6.tar for example then you have to un-check re-partition.
I always use T959UVJFD.tar before I flash anything else so I can re-partition but that's just a personal preference.
Don't worry, it's pretty hard to brick the phone.
And once you understand odin he's very agreeable
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willsnews said:
And once you understand odin he's very agreeable
V5 custom vibrant
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You sir are correct. ODIN isn't hard at all and actually I'd prefer using it to flash all of my ROMS. I even made a 301k resistor jig so I can get into download mode without the octopus technique. Plug and Play baby....
Where do I find the JI6 pit and tar files for odin?
I'm running Axura 2.0.5. However, I want to try one of the new JK6 ROMS.
I would like to use ODIN to go back to JI6 first. Where do I find the proper JI6 tar and pit files????
thanks!
Ji6 pit tar?
seen it before, now i can't find them.
SamsungVibrant said:
seen it before, now i can't find them.
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Look here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8511186#post8511186
MoWeb said:
Look here..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8511186#post8511186
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thanks, i already downloaded the rar file, but where is the pit file, I only see the tar inside the rar.
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thanks, i already downloaded the rar file, but where is the pit file, I only see the tar inside the rar.
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Here it is.
MoWeb said:
Yes it's a program for the PC. I use Odin3 v 1.70 found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821625
Another important note I forgot to mention:
If you use this T959UVJFD.tar file you don't need to uncheck re-partition
If you use any other official firmware T959UVJI6.tar or T959UVJK6.tar for example then you have to un-check re-partition.
I always use T959UVJFD.tar before I flash anything else so I can re-partition but that's just a personal preference.
Don't worry, it's pretty hard to brick the phone.
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What is the difference between these? I just want the one that my phone shipped with so I can swap it with no problems
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alecjake said:
What is the difference between these? I just want the one that my phone shipped with so I can swap it with no problems
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T959UVJI6.tar is the last official release from Samsung/t-mobile. If you use that you should have no problem. When I got my phone it had T959UVJFD.tar on it. This version is the oldest.
T959UVJK6.tar isn't an official release.
flash jfd... the ji6 tar file is missing dbdata.rfs
just some words of advice. I just used the JI6 tar file, and pit to ODIN my phone back to stock. Odin completed its job, phone rebooted, saw the white vibrant logo, then it went into recovery and gave me some read error message. Something about a "data" file missing.
did a google search, seems like the JI6 tar file is missing the dbdata.rfs file.
Another forum suggested using ODIN again but this time use the JFD tar file, which has the appropriate dbdata.rfs. Sure enough my phone is back to stock JFD now.
Don't know why, who ever uploaded that JI6 tar file, why didn't they include the dbdata.rfs?
anyways, I might be wrong, but thats what just happend to me, and found the solutino doing a google search. i'm all good now.
Guys
I installed CM 7 successfully on my SGS using instructions here
http://www.galaxyroot.com/rom-cyanogenmod-7-for-galaxy-s-non-official/
It installed perfectly but i m not having signal. So i flashed back original JPY using ODin but phone is stuck on galaxy logo. Please advice on how to revert to original ROM?
Thanks
Try downloading a stock firmware that has 3 files and tick repartition. Then flash jpy.
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Go all the way back to JM8 to be safe. Maybe re-partition too, 512 PIT should be the right one to use but double check what samfirmware.com says.
Then flash whatever ROM you want.
Maddmatt said:
Go all the way back to JM8 to be safe. Maybe re-partition too, 512 PIT should be the right one to use but double check what samfirmware.com says.
Then flash whatever ROM you want.
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And don't forget to switch your left and right speaker while holding right ear with left hand...
Download jpjpa from http://www.emoiz.com/download-stock-firmwares-for-samsung-galaxy-s-i9000
install it with 512 pit file then flash xxjpy without ticking repartetion option
xxjpy is just a update for working firmware
Stock JPU should work fine as well..
So the title says it all...which do you use and why?
myself, I use heimdall...for many reasons. One being I own no windows computers, another being I prefer open source software. A third being it has always either perfect and is easy to use.
The reason I ask is because odin **seems** more cumbersome from what I have read...the pda button over phone button thing is silly and still needs explaining time and time again, as well as still causes noobs issues...also I have read a couple times its less reliable.
Anyways, share your thoughts!
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for me it really depends on what im flashing...if im doing just the modem.bin or just recovery, or anything like that, i use heimdall
if i need to completely default my phone for an upgrade or cause i jacked something up, then its odin time!!!
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for me it really depends on what im flashing...if im doing just the modem.bin or just recovery, or anything like that, i use heimdall
if i need to completely default my phone for an upgrade or cause i jacked something up, then its odin time!!!
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+1. Exactly the same for me. And to the OP, it seems for most things, Heimdall IS WAY MORE RELIABLE, and I have not once seen anyone complain that it is not, like I HAVE SEEN people complain about with Odin. I think Odin is sort of sloppy. But. my vote is Heimdall.
BakedTator said:
for me it really depends on what im flashing...if im doing just the modem.bin or just recovery, or anything like that, i use heimdall
if i need to completely default my phone for an upgrade or cause i jacked something up, then its odin time!!!
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The times I have had to heimdall has been fine. Used atlas pit file and extract the Odin tar file and do each piece in its respective slot... Are you saying for the convenience you use odin?
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Agreed, for me heimdall is good for more intricate tinkering but odin's perfect for a complete reinstall. Also its not that hard to know how to press only two buttons in odin, I'm an android/rooting/flashing noob and even I got it the first time. People just need to thoroughly read and understand instructions before doing anything like that with their phone.
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Heimdall if you need to flash one or two things. Odin if you need to flash a full Odin tar with repartitioning since heimdall kinda sucks at repartitioning.
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heimdall blows odin away
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They are both great and have much more flexibility than some realize. I have spent a lot of time with both bricking and unbricking my phone on purpose to really understand these programs. The main advantage once all is said and done is that heimdall will recover a phone that odin can't. and all this talk about PDA only is great advice if you don't know what you are doing, but it is not true. Also this idea about using some other button than PDA will permanently brick your phone, NOT TRUE, it will make you odin again with repartition checked and the pit file in place to wipe everything. And in the rare instance it doesn't use heimdall. the two main things to understand is IF IT GOES INTO DL MODE it can be fixed, and there are tricks to force it there if it wont, no not a jig, that is absolute last resort. Second is from everything I have learned and received feedback on neither odin or heimdall will work reliably if at all on win XP, but work with Vista and 7. We should all know by now what works or not with Linux and MAC.
Since I use Linux there is only one choice - Heimdall.
Odin Odin Odin odin
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glsteve said:
Odin Odin Odin odin
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What a persuasive argument you give
syborg said:
Since I use Linux there is only one choice - Heimdall.
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Yeah, I only have one MAc computer that i guess I could use odin on (can i?), but i normally flash everything from my main linux box, other than that i have a netbook with linux and a server running freeBSD...
I've always used Odin and have never had any problems so I choose Odin
So I just recovered from a softbrick using the Heimdall method. I'm stoked because I'm no longer bricked but I cannot flash anything via Odin now, even after I have re-installed my Samsung USB drivers. It always gets to SetupCS connection or something like that and just stays there. Is there something I'm missing?
What driver is on your system? Is it the fascinate or the nexus s? If you're coming back to some level of stock from a GB rom you might still have the GB (nexus s) drivers. You might have to reload the froyo fascinate drivers for odin to work.
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MR H3LLMAN said:
So I just recovered from a softbrick using the Heimdall method. I'm stoked because I'm no longer bricked but I cannot flash anything via Odin now, even after I have re-installed my Samsung USB drivers. It always gets to SetupCS connection or something like that and just stays there. Is there something I'm missing?
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as long as you get the yellow "com" with a number underneath the box in odin, drivers are not the issue.......try re-downloading the odin package and then flashing it again
kidserious said:
as long as you get the yellow "com" with a number underneath the box in odin, drivers are not the issue.......try re-downloading the odin package and then flashing it again
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That was my thought as well but its doing it with 3 different Odin packages. This is where I get lost but am I supposed to put the atlas.v2.2 pit in with everything now? I'm at a loss I guess. Phone is functional on ED03 currently but I'm stuck at stock it seems...
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MR H3LLMAN said:
That was my thought as well but its doing it with 3 different Odin packages. This is where I get lost but am I supposed to put the atlas.v2.2 pit in with everything now? I'm at a loss I guess. Phone is functional on ED03 currently but I'm stuck at stock it seems...
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the atlas 2.2 pit file goes in the "PIT" section at the same time as the tar.md5 file goes in the "PDA" section and re-partition checked......when those two files are placed in their respective slots and re-partition is checked, THEN you hit start on odin. If that doesn't work, place this file on the root of your SD card and rename it "update" but without the quotation marks lol: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=556632&d=1301538910 Once you do that, boot in the stock blue recovery using the 3 finger method and select "apply SDcard/update.zip" and let me know what happens
Many thanks to you sir. I'm at work currently but ill try this out as soon as I get home.
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By the way... what file is that? I'm just curious
kidserious said:
the atlas 2.2 pit file goes in the "PIT" section at the same time as the tar.md5 file goes in the "PDA" section and re-partition checked......when those two files are placed in their respective slots and re-partition is checked, THEN you hit start on odin. If that doesn't work, place this file on the root of your SD card and rename it "update" but without the quotation marks lol: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=556632&d=1301538910 Once you do that, boot in the stock blue recovery using the 3 finger method and select "apply SDcard/update.zip" and let me know what happens
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Alright so I just tried adding the PIT, repartition checked, and added my ODIN package, but still had the same problem. About to install the CWM All file you gave me and try that out.
*edit* Well something just happened. My SD card just got corrupted and I cant even format it now. What the hell is going on?!
*edit 2* OK so the SD card issue fixed itself. Just had to hit format a billion times. I'm now running an OTA update to my phone from Verizon as I had to go all the way back to DI09.
*edit 3* I'm now sitting on ED04 fully stock but away from my computer. I will try again once I get home later on tonight. Just out of curiousity... has anyone else other than kidserious and the other guy had this problem or have experience in dealing with it?
So checking in again. I am still freezing at "SetupConnection..." in Odin. No luck at all with flashing the CWM ALL file as "update". I'm completely out of options at this point. Help?
MR H3LLMAN said:
So checking in again. I am still freezing at "SetupConnection..." in Odin. No luck at all with flashing the CWM ALL file as "update". I'm completely out of options at this point. Help?
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RESOLVED
Alright so I finally figured out my own way around this. It was actually fairly simple and I'm a bit ashamed I didn't think to try this earlier.
Hopefully this will be of assistance for any future issues. Thanks Kidserious for your help.
*edit* So I just found some instructions for uninstalling the Heimdall driver from your phone. I'm booting up after a fresh flash of DI01 and hopefully this will work. I'm guessing that even though I'm installing the samsung usb drivers back to my computer, they arn't reaching my phone, and this may be the issue I've been facing. *pauses for a bit to test theory* Yep. That was all it was. Sorry for taking up so much room on here... just FYI to everyone though. If you soft brick and recover via Heimdall you HAVE TO UNINSTALL THE HEIMDALL DRIVER OR NOTHING WILL WORK.
FML. So it didnt work as I had planed. After I flashed my edify rom I samsung bootlooped. And Odin still isnt working for me.
I'm giving up for tonight. Functioning on DI01 stock ): at least it works...
Alright so I'm fairly certain I've narrowed it down to one fix but I seem not to be able to fix it. I need to install the samsunflg husband drover back to my phone and uninstall the heimdall driver. I've tried it twice and or hasn't worked either time
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---actually resolved----
Sorry for spamming this thread everyone, even though I've really been the only person posting in it anyways.
I have found my fix. So I was never able to fully uninstall the Heimdall drivers so Odin wouldn't recognize my phone and would hang at "Initalization."
So I took a weird strategy and actually purposely soft bricked my phone. Scary to do but the outcome was well worth it. Here is what I did.
1.) Puropsely soft bricked phone
2.) Put it in to download mode
3.) Went to device manager
4.) Contrary from Heimdall Uninstall instructions phone will now show up under the general usb devices areas. Find this area, expand, and right click on Samsung Composite USB Device.
5.) Go through the options of manually picking the usb driver you want to use.
6.) Install chosen standard samsung USB driver. You may get many options in the list but pick the Digitally Certified one.
7.) I didnt unplug the phone after I flashed the new driver so open up Odin and flash your DI01 Stock Recovery with Atlas v2.2 PIT and Repartition checked.
8.) Once finished phone will be on DI09 fully bloated stock and should work with Odin for any further flashes.
*edit* It appears as if you need to flash the samsung driver to phone evrytime you want to flash something via Odin.