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Whats Wrong with my fone? someone please help

i hope im posting this in the right place, ive never really messed with forums before, but anyways
ive done everything there is to do to get a custom rom on my streak (StreakDroid) including the whole flash recovery, when i do that it all seems like its working, but when i go to where you are supposed to install the streakdroid (when you turn your phone on with both volumes ect) soo when i get the screen with the blue letters, its tottally different it says something like "insert a SD card containing an update file(/sdcard/update.pkg and the only choice it gives me is press up on the volume to turn device off. BTW i did already had the streakdroid on my sd card. someone please HELP me
if this helps i have a Dell Streak from AT&T
V 2.2
Baseband Ver. 2.6.32.9-perf
OEM Ver. GAUSB1A135331
Build 15697
Thanks

Sounds like this might help.
You may also want to read this.

i already know all of this, but thanks for trying, i cant root it eather, i forgot to mention, it keeps failing, and ive tryed all versions of oneclick

Do this - you do not need root to use that method and is you read the previous links I posted you will figure out how to use StreakMod Recovery even if you aren't rooted.

I got same problem when I installed custom rom at very first time from stock 2.2.
Do this if still can boot to stock rom..
1) Rooting with Gingerbreak.apk , this will work..
2) After rooting done, use R.E and change one file in the system as this file automatically blocked custom recovery when reboot so your problem happened... your DS5 still booted on stock recovery even already flashed StreakMod recovery...
Read this.
3) After modifying one system file then flash StreakMod recovery then you can continue....
Hope this can help you.

i tried that too, but like ive said when i first made this post, when i go into streakmode (when i turn it on with both volume bottons ect) and go into mode after that all i get is something like for an emergency restore blah blah , idk whats wrong, ive done the streakmod right and still,

i have att 2.2 rom it wont allow me to install other source apks

Regarding the issues faced by the OP on this thread:
1. If you are seeing mention of an update file when trying to access StreakMod Recovery, then you let the Streak boot regularly once you installed StreakMod, rather than immediately booting into StreakMod Recovery. If you let the Streak boot normally, StreakMod Recovery gets overwritten. If you're trying to install StreakDroid, then you need to hold down volume down and up as soon as you finish flashing StreakMod Recovery via Fastboot to use it.
Custom ROMs do not have the problem with recovery images being overwritten.
2. The recommended method of rooting a Streak is to flash StreakMod Recovery and then flashing Superuser.zip through it. One click rooting methods are not 100% reliable. The OP is attempting to flash a custom ROM, which doesn't require flashing Superuser.zip. It DOES require flashing StreakMod Recovery.
3. AT&T was supposed to permit sideloading on newer AT&T ROMs. Go to Settings>Applications and make sure "Unknown Sources" is checked. If the option is not present in the ROM, then either the ROM must be changed or a PC application such as the Sideload Wonder Machine must be used.
OP, you were attempting to change the ROM to StreakDroid. Did you change your mind?

@Strephon Alkhalikoi man, just when i thought all hope was lost, your 1. step did it all thank you sooooooo much for finally having my problem solved
also thanks to marvin02 and androidunia for trying to help me, i appreciate it

Hit the thanks button next to my post, Marvin's post, and androidunia's post if we helped out.

taylorgang809 said:
@Strephon Alkhalikoi man, just when i thought all hope was lost, your 1. step did it all thank you sooooooo much for finally having my problem solved
also thanks to marvin02 and androidunia for trying to help me, i appreciate it
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Gee - the same info was available from my first post in this thread. All you had to do was click on a link and actually read. If you had you would have had the answer less then an hour after your OP.

marvin02 said:
Gee - the same info was available from my first post in this thread. All you had to do was click on a link and actually read. If you had you would have had the answer less then an hour after your OP.
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+1......right !

[Q] Xoom files doesnt change

Hello guys,
i got a serious and frustrating problem here.
A few days ago my xoom was stuck on the M screen, so I used a thread in the forum and recovered it.
It solved myh problem back then, but since I had 3.2 before this and the solution injected me with Android 3.01 my problems started to show themselves.
the first one is that
<b> Through Fastboot, RecoveryMod, ADB </b> and any other way you can Imagine to install a new ROM or even remove or create a file,
All of them show success message but when I check them out I see no changes.
i tried fastboot and Recovery to install nearly every ROM,Recovery and bootimage in this site but so far it was wild goose chase.
so I want to ask if I'm doing anything wrong or if you need any more information here, but please help me with this

wow I cant believe it, All these masterminds here and no answer to my distress signal??
Guys I am so in trouble and this is the only place I hoped to get answered.
I can provide you with more info if you need, but please dont say I'm on my own here.
all these years this forum was the last hope for me.
i know I'll get my answer here one day

You are not being very clear about what you have done,, but I'm assuming that you reinstalled the stock image that got you back to HC 3.01. Can you see if you are able to get OTA updates to get you back to at least 3.1, or 3.2 if possible?

If that's my problem forgive me please, Ive written that post in 3:00AM
for the sake of clearity I should add some info:
1. I even tried stock ROMs but you see I cant even flash them (Not from Recovery nor Fastboot) the steps seem successful : it opens the package,it installs them and it says everything was a success. But when I restart the device I see nothing has changed.
2. OTA updates are the same, they keep downloading and when the sysem reboots to recovery to install them it cant find them.
3. You dont believe it if I say even files and programs that I remove from device by my hand(Android OS) are back after the first restart.
And you see it's dark magic! everything from a file to a partition are back by one reboot. I dont know what should I call it but I havent seen anything like it on the whole Internet.
So seems like I should make a competition for the xda experts here
Can you publish it so all of them can see it?

Mohfath said:
If that's my problem forgive me please, Ive written that post in 3:00AM
for the sake of clearity I should add some info:
1. I even tried stock ROMs but you see I cant even flash them (Not from Recovery nor Fastboot) the steps seem successful : it opens the package,it installs them and it says everything was a success. But when I restart the device I see nothing has changed.
2. OTA updates are the same, they keep downloading and when the sysem reboots to recovery to install them it cant find them.
3. You dont believe it if I say even files and programs that I remove from device by my hand(Android OS) are back after the first restart.
And you see it's dark magic! everything from a file to a partition are back by one reboot. I dont know what should I call it but I havent seen anything like it on the whole Internet.
So seems like I should make a competition for the xda experts here
Can you publish it so all of them can see it?
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Actually, I have seen someone with the same problem here on this forum, but I can't recall exactly what the solution was.
Can you describe, step by step what you are doing, what cable you are connecting to your pc with, etc?

okantomi said:
Actually, I have seen someone with the same problem here on this forum, but I can't recall exactly what the solution was.
Can you describe, step by step what you are doing, what cable you are connecting to your pc with, etc?
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That would be relief to know this could be solvable.
I will look more too.
As for your post I must say:
1. I plug the Xoom to the PC using the included cable
2. I start the xoom and start fastboot
3. on the PC system has the drivers and completely knows it
4. I start with SDK:
I. Fastboot oem unlock (Completing onscreen instructions and reboot device)
II. Fastboot mode again I use Fastboot flash boot boot.img
III. Continuing with Recovery,System
IV. Rebooting the device anything is the same.
My ROM is unchanged by the process and keeeeeeeeps giving the damn error of System process error please submit
5. And with ClockworkrecoveryMod I have the stock ROM on my sd card.
I. I choose install zip from sd card.
II.Choose the correct zip file and start flashing.
III. Choosing Wipe Data/Factory reset will take the device into a complete hang. unless I first use the mount page to mount the System/Data
IV. I reboot the device and ..... you know nothing changed.
so thats my story.
Still hope to find something about it.

Thanks...that was helpful. But now I want to know the following:
Were you rooted before the trouble started?
What did you do to recover?
If rooted, what version of CWM recovery did you have installed? Did you do a nanadroid backup? (I guess the answer is no, because you could have just restored with that).
What recovery are you accessing when trying to flash a zip file?
If you can answer these questions I will continue to wrack my brain trying to recall where I saw that thread.
Edit: please check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370312
Some of what I said to him may help you .

okantomi said:
Were you rooted before the trouble started?
What did you do to recover?
If rooted, what version of CWM recovery did you have installed? Did you do a nanadroid backup? (I guess the answer is no, because you could have just restored with that).
What recovery are you accessing when trying to flash a zip file?
If you can answer these questions I will continue to wrack my brain trying to recall where I saw that thread.
Edit: please check out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1370312
Some of what I said to him may help you .
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Being rooted? -> Yes, The world is more beautiful with root!
to recover -> I followed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097997 Shame it was Android 3.0
I use ClockworkRecovery 3.0.0.28 and I cant upgrade it cause of ... you know
And for your help I must say you are definitely the most caring person I know...
I'm off to check the provided link now

I was thinking of something that might be a reason.
I have this tiny problem:
When I go to CWM and choose Erase userData/Factory Reset Device Hangs
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I was thinking of may be the userdata partition is corrupted and I gotta find a way to flash it completely.
Somehow I used Fastboot utility to do this and after saying Success, Nothing changed again.
Do you know any other way to physically do this job?

[Q] General question(s) Please help

Hello, I am slowly learning how all of this works, and i have successfully rooted and custom ROMed my phones, and this is the first time I have tried a tablet. I have been trying to boot my Nook Color from sd card with CM7 and I got it to work great, except... I cannot get into a recovery. I even installed das uboot to choose where and how to boot, and it only takes me into a screen with a penguin and writes some code then wants to reboot. I have re done this several times, (I had the thing for 3 hours before I started trying, lol) I have no way to access recovery to install some changes I made to the ROm as Some Icons, animations, ect, I made on UOT. I have done this with my phone several times but this does not give me the option to do anything in recovery, No UI at all..
I was thinking of starting again, and wanted to know before I did if anyone here could give me a suggestion on what would be a good way to go or ROM to choose for a dual boot situation. I have seen on a thread that Dualboot Mirage CM7 / ICS CM9 ROM is a decent setup, but wanted to ask a few Nook users first.
Does this version let you go into recovery and flash things to the sd card ROM like changes and tweaks to the ROM ?
Would there be any better one to try?
Thanks for the answers in advance.
Chris

The screen with the penguin is verygreen's SASD "recovery" mode. To update to your "customized" ROM... name it update-WHATEVERYOUWANT.zip and copy it to the boot partition then go back into that recovery... it will install the updated ROM.

What you had seen was actually a Recovery mode.
Note: with verygreen's image, as soon booting into recovery mode, it will AUTOMATICALLY detect .zip files, install it/them, delete it/them then AUTO shut down.

Youre kidding me, right? I just had it named wrong? Im going to try again, I had the zip file from UOT on the boot partition, changed the name and it did something, but then had an error. Ill try loading the file again. I cant believe it was something so simple, and I have been asking over at CM and on the site where I followed the tutorial for a few days with no answers....
Any suggestions or comments about any other ROMS?
*edit* same error again, but at least it is doing it now! I can work with it now!!
line 1: syntax error: unexpected word (expecting ")")

Redneckhightech said:
Youre kidding me, right? I just had it named wrong? Im going to try again, I had the zip file from UOT on the boot partition, changed the name and it did something, but then had an error. Ill try loading the file again. I cant believe it was something so simple, and I have been asking over at CM and on the site where I followed the tutorial for a few days with no answers....
Any suggestions or comments about any other ROMS?
*edit* same error again, but at least it is doing it now! I can work with it now!!
line 1: syntax error: unexpected word (expecting ")")
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Might have to edit the updater-script in META-INF\com\google\android of the ROM... I'd suspect the first line is not formatted correctly.

DizzyDen said:
Might have to edit the updater-script in META-INF\com\google\android of the ROM... I'd suspect the first line is not formatted correctly.
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This is the first line.
ui_print("Applying UOT framework");
Is it supposed to be lowercase or is there a space supposed to be between print and the parenthesis?
Still new to the language but learning. I am on linux (ubuntu) now I self taught myself some of it with googles help! Im going to try mint on another computer soon as well.
Thanks,
Chris

That line looks to be right.. not sure what the issue is.

Samsung Recovery Mode is useless! Grr

hiya, well i am new to the forums been learning a lot and found out a lot of weird things about this phone.
Yesterday downgraded wifes HTC Wildfire HBOOTs, Firmware, Rooted it, and Installed ClockWorkMod and cygenMod7
so i am fairly confident when it comes to using recovery mod so decided to try and see what i can do on my galaxy 3
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i have my stock ROM (rooted) and just how i like it, the only thing i want to be-able to do now is just put ClockWorkMod
on my phone, so if anything goes wrong i can just restore via the bootloader.
Read a lot today and decided the best way to go is to just flash the kernel that includes CWM
and the install method for this i read was to boot into recovery and install the kernel from the SD card.
On booting into the recovery (power home volume up/down together) there is an option that says
"Apply SDcard update.zip"
do i rename the kernel to update.zip? or will it see the kernel file?.
i did try clicking this update.zip just to see what it would say but it give me this message.
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Finding Update Package
E: can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 (or null)
(no such file or directory)
E: Can't mount SDCARD:Update.zip installation Aborted
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Now is there something i am missing? does this mean i cannot flash the kernel to another one
Grrr all i want is to just get clockworkmod recovery on this phone nothing else and its just seeming impossible
does this now mean i have to use ODIN the magical Mystical Tool that everyone knows about but doesn't have a clue where it come from?
or is there some other way to get this kernel onto this phone
i don't want to try the other options wipe data factory reset to see if the options are in there?
Sorry if this sounds dumb just i have no clue what this Apply sdcard:update.zip is or meant to be for
and if thats not how to update the kernel i don't see any other options to install a file from the SD card!
it's frustating now any help advice would be great even if someone could explain more about what this option does?

GraphiX2004 said:
hiya, well i am new to the forums been learning a lot and found out a lot of weird things about this phone.
Yesterday downgraded wifes HTC Wildfire HBOOTs, Firmware, Rooted it, and Installed ClockWorkMod and cygenMod7
so i am fairly confident when it comes to using recovery mod so decided to try and see what i can do on my galaxy 3
--
i have my stock ROM (rooted) and just how i like it, the only thing i want to be-able to do now is just put ClockWorkMod
on my phone, so if anything goes wrong i can just restore via the bootloader.
Read a lot today and decided the best way to go is to just flash the kernel that includes CWM
and the install method for this i read was to boot into recovery and install the kernel from the SD card.
On booting into the recovery (power home volume up/down together) there is an option that says
"Apply SDcard update.zip"
do i rename the kernel to update.zip? or will it see the kernel file?.
i did try clicking this update.zip just to see what it would say but it give me this message.
---
Finding Update Package
E: can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0 (or null)
(no such file or directory)
E: Can't mount SDCARD:Update.zip installation Aborted
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Now is there something i am missing? does this mean i cannot flash the kernel to another one
Grrr all i want is to just get clockworkmod recovery on this phone nothing else and its just seeming impossible
does this now mean i have to use ODIN the magical Mystical Tool that everyone knows about but doesn't have a clue where it come from?
or is there some other way to get this kernel onto this phone
i don't want to try the other options wipe data factory reset to see if the options are in there?
Sorry if this sounds dumb just i have no clue what this Apply sdcard:update.zip is or meant to be for
and if thats not how to update the kernel i don't see any other options to install a file from the SD card!
it's frustating now any help advice would be great even if someone could explain more about what this option does?
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You have to use odin

Download the G3MOD kernel and flash it via Odin. Search on this forum and you'll find Odin as well as the ops file for our phone and a guide on how to use odin.
Click thanks if I helped.

stubborn_d0nkey said:
You have to use odin
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saying oh you'll have to use odin isn't really helpful
something like explaining any fatal flaws when using odin that you might know about would be helpful.
example do i tick protect ops? when flashing the kernel? or is that just for ROMS
some really in depth information would be really helpful and grateful not only to me but anyone else who's looking to do this.

You're over complicating it. There is a guide on how to use Odin on our forum so read that. You flash a kernel the same way you flash a ROM and there's not much risk. Yes you do protect ops. The process of flashing takes approximately 5-10 seconds for a kernel then your phone reboots. Just relax and do it. After you've done it once you'll be able to do it a million times.
Edit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1372414 << here is the tutorial.
Click thanks if I helped.

GraphiX2004 said:
saying oh you'll have to use odin isn't really helpful
something like explaining any fatal flaws when using odin that you might know about would be helpful.
example do i tick protect ops? when flashing the kernel? or is that just for ROMS
some really in depth information would be really helpful and grateful not only to me but anyone else who's looking to do this.
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well you could easily have just read the sticky topics explaining all the different things about our phone including how to flash using Odin.
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GraphiX2004 said:
saying oh you'll have to use odin isn't really helpful
something like explaining any fatal flaws when using odin that you might know about would be helpful.
example do i tick protect ops? when flashing the kernel? or is that just for ROMS
some really in depth information would be really helpful and grateful not only to me but anyone else who's looking to do this.
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"You have to use odin" pretty much answered all of your questions since it did answer one and made all the rest irrelevant. You wrote all that text and all those questions yet you couldn't have written three little words ("If so, how?") after asking if you needed to use odin? You never made it seem as though you would need help if the answer was that you had to use odin, so dont shame me if I chose not to waste words when answering your post, which I did do. If I wasn't helpful the reason isn't because I was cheap on words, its because your post didn't require anything more than what I wrote (even if you did).

no worries thanks anyway 12 hours it was driving me nuts trying to just simply get clockworkmod on this phone.
in the end i decided to opt for a popular rom here (which will be donating after this post) the guys rom does everything i needed.
i made a post about odin 117 views but not a reply.. since this thread seems to be a little active
in simplyfied terms where on earth does this odin come from? everyone knows about it uses it but who makes it?
is there an official downloads page, their must be something otherwise how would people know when newer versions come out?
again donkey sorry i snarked, yes i looked into the guide it was great! followed everything and i now have a lovely G3Mod rom installed.

GraphiX2004 said:
no worries thanks anyway 12 hours it was driving me nuts trying to just simply get clockworkmod on this phone.
in the end i decided to opt for a popular rom here (which will be donating after this post) the guys rom does everything i needed.
i made a post about odin 117 views but not a reply.. since this thread seems to be a little active
in simplyfied terms where on earth does this odin come from? everyone knows about it uses it but who makes it?
is there an official downloads page, their must be something otherwise how would people know when newer versions come out?
again donkey sorry i snarked, yes i looked into the guide it was great! followed everything and i now have a lovely G3Mod rom installed.
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Samsung made it, however there is no official download page since it is leaked software. It probably not intended for the general public, but I dont think Samsung minds that it gets out. AFAIK samsung uses it/used it internally.
No problem about the snarking, I understand what its like to be a noob, every has been a noob, but I do know what its like to be a person who tries to help noobs.

[Q] EMERGENCY - Lost kernel and rom, can I recover?

So super sorry for this one, but 9 hours of trying has left me no choice but to beg for help and I am running out of time to search for the solution.
Ok, I have softbricked my s5360B, foolishly I didn't make a rom and/or kernel backup before I tried messing around with my phone, I was trying to simply network unlock my device, I return back to the UK from Brasil on Saturday and I need an operational phone so I can get home.
I settled on using JellyBlast rom for my installation but after running into installation errors like (status 7) and later on a (status 0) I got frustrated and tried installing any of the .zip files (JVBota1signed.zip and filetypes similar to). And I think I messed up badly - the phone when booting has the original 'samsung galaxy y s5360b' screen but does not move past it, at one point it flicked back an to from this splash screen and Vivo (brasil network carrier) but now it does not. I still can boot into CWM recovery (v6.0.4.9) which is a good sign I think.
As a mac user I am a little adversed to using Odin - Windows 7 via Parallels recognizes the phone and begins installation of stuff, but hangs up at 'setup connection', so I think I need a solution that I can use just the SD card for. I need a fix as quick as possible - I have only 2 days left here and during that time I have to say my forever goodbyes to my love.
Bottom line - I need my phone operational ASAP - I don't care about what version of rom or kernel it is running (be it factory stock or custom), just so long as I can be network/carrier unlocked. If you have a viable solution for me can you please post links to downloads for the files I need? And if there is any more complexity than 'install this then this' then I may struggle. What do I do?
Really appreciate the efforts of the community, thanks guys!

DreadyBear said:
So super sorry for this one, but 9 hours of trying has left me no choice but to beg for help and I am running out of time to search for the solution.
Ok, I have softbricked my s5360B, foolishly I didn't make a rom and/or kernel backup before I tried messing around with my phone, I was trying to simply network unlock my device, I return back to the UK from Brasil on Saturday and I need an operational phone so I can get home.
I settled on using JellyBlast rom for my installation but after running into installation errors like (status 7) and later on a (status 0) I got frustrated and tried installing any of the .zip files (JVBota1signed.zip and filetypes similar to). And I think I messed up badly - the phone when booting has the original 'samsung galaxy y s5360b' screen but does not move past it, at one point it flicked back an to from this splash screen and Vivo (brasil network carrier) but now it does not. I still can boot into CWM recovery (v6.0.4.9) which is a good sign I think.
As a mac user I am a little adversed to using Odin - Windows 7 via Parallels recognizes the phone and begins installation of stuff, but hangs up at 'setup connection', so I think I need a solution that I can use just the SD card for. I need a fix as quick as possible - I have only 2 days left here and during that time I have to say my forever goodbyes to my love.
Bottom line - I need my phone operational ASAP - I don't care about what version of rom or kernel it is running (be it factory stock or custom), just so long as I can be network/carrier unlocked. If you have a viable solution for me can you please post links to downloads for the files I need? And if there is any more complexity than 'install this then this' then I may struggle. What do I do?
Really appreciate the efforts of the community, thanks guys!
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How did you tried connecting phone to odin? Did you went into download mode then connected the phone to pc ?

DreadyBear said:
So super sorry for this one, but 9 hours of trying has left me no choice but to beg for help and I am running out of time to search for the solution.
Ok, I have softbricked my s5360B, foolishly I didn't make a rom and/or kernel backup before I tried messing around with my phone, I was trying to simply network unlock my device, I return back to the UK from Brasil on Saturday and I need an operational phone so I can get home.
I settled on using JellyBlast rom for my installation but after running into installation errors like (status 7) and later on a (status 0) I got frustrated and tried installing any of the .zip files (JVBota1signed.zip and filetypes similar to). And I think I messed up badly - the phone when booting has the original 'samsung galaxy y s5360b' screen but does not move past it, at one point it flicked back an to from this splash screen and Vivo (brasil network carrier) but now it does not. I still can boot into CWM recovery (v6.0.4.9) which is a good sign I think.
As a mac user I am a little adversed to using Odin - Windows 7 via Parallels recognizes the phone and begins installation of stuff, but hangs up at 'setup connection', so I think I need a solution that I can use just the SD card for. I need a fix as quick as possible - I have only 2 days left here and during that time I have to say my forever goodbyes to my love.
Bottom line - I need my phone operational ASAP - I don't care about what version of rom or kernel it is running (be it factory stock or custom), just so long as I can be network/carrier unlocked. If you have a viable solution for me can you please post links to downloads for the files I need? And if there is any more complexity than 'install this then this' then I may struggle. What do I do?
Really appreciate the efforts of the community, thanks guys!
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The rom you mentioned is a banned rom
You have 2 options
Option 1
If you can get into recovery mode (Vol up home button power button)
Download any stock based custom rom
Go into cwm
Format system data cache
Mount system data cache
Flash rom zip
Assuming that you are using a stock based kernel it will boot
Option 2
Flash stock rom via odin
See my firmware thread link in my signature
Note you can use standard 5360 firmware instead of the b variant which may be better

Posting to say I didn't get the phone to work still, but I got home without too much trouble. needless to say this thread is no longer an emergency.
I want to express my gratitude to you guys for helping me out, thank you so very much.
Unfortunately as I say the phone does still not work -
With multiple attempts using ODIN I keep getting the hangup at 'setup connection' - I tried on mac via parallels (windows 7) and a windows 8 machine.
I can successfully install a ROM via CWM but the phone gets stuck in a boot loop (samsung galaxy y splash screen) so I'm guessing I have a kernel problem? When I try flashing a new kernel I get the "error mounting /sd-ext!" message, and the same when I try to format it via CWM. I found this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1750888, but I cannot boot the phone so I guess I'm stuck.
My last install attempt was these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2462914 - V3LenoxEvolution ---- SUCCESSFUL INSTALL.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2644262 - Blackheart kernel ---- FAILED, error mounting /sd-ext
Got any other ideas guys? Or do you know where I'm going wrong?
I think I'm in way over my head :s
Many thanks once again!
EDIT: some additional information, I cannot reboot to bootloader, and as far as I can tell I can't replace the custom recovery CWM v6 (I find a different version, boot into CWM v6, click install .zip from sd card and say CWM v5 launches, but when I reboot it's back to v6)

Flash stock rom via odin....
Flashing other diffrent ROM packages won't help until you have right bootable kernel...
So put your efforts towards making it to boot up on a stock firmware....
By ODIN mode
Try installing drivers and checking that no other device is connected to pc via USB.
Also make sure you follow the guide properly....
Then post errors ...or try google...
We'll help...
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