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ok so my samsung vubrant i was installing a rom called nero gingerbread edition i had installed it already but i wanted it to be my permenant one so then i put it in recovery and i put install zip then i clicked nero then i had to approve and i did and then all these commands popped out then it said looking for upadate.zip which i have because i never deleted it and it just froze its been like that like for an hour and i need help really bad because i do not want my phone to mess up please just answer pleeaaaaaaaase

Sound like you just need to Odin back to stock and try again
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i did not use odin to root my phone i just added the update package but can i use odin still if i did not use it to root my phone

Yes u can Odin back to stock and then flash cwm and your good to go
jadenrodriguez said:
i did not use odin to root my phone i just added the update package but can i use odin still if i did not use it to root my phone
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jadenrodriguez said:
i did not use odin to root my phone i just added the update package but can i use odin still if i did not use it to root my phone
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The toobox works real well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954509

Jaden, Odin back to stock (look in the Noob guide by S14274N) it has everything you need, Once you are in stock , then root the phone (use superoneclick, it is easy), then download Rom manager, then you will go back into download hit update packages and it will be rooted, From there you can flash any rom you want. Your phone is ok, you need just to go into Download and Odin back to stock first.

You probably can just restart your phone, don't think any changes were even made...long press the power button until it restarts.

Hahaha no offense and not trying to troll but guys please ODIN before any flash of rom, kernel, mod,theme, anything. That way you dont flip out when **** goes wrong. I did,so do many other flashers, and so should you pr anybody else. Also, do a backup with recovery before flashing....
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I really hate to be that guy, but please use periods or any other form of punctuation. I came into the thread wanting to offer advise and about a line into the post I realized it was all one big sentence. I gave up.

not to be a d*ck but why do you have a donate to me button?

emonero said:
not to be a d*ck but why do you have a donate to me button?
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I have seen that a lot with ppl with low posts. I guess it doesn't hurt to try lol

Odin to stock before every new ROM flash is overkill...

Sdobron said:
Odin to stock before every new ROM flash is overkill...
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Yeah its not really necessary, I think the last time I used ODIN was before flashing the Nero beta. It will keep things fresh and mostly issue free, but if you know what you're doing you really shouldn't have to do it for every flash.

Warning about ODIN Packages and Such

I have heard of a lot of reports from people that loose functionality of their radio and even more drastic problems after flashing some ODIN packages...
Now, i don't know which ODIN package is responsible, i know that bubby323 did make a faulty package, somewhere down the line..
ODIN is a last resort... Us here can get you up and working most of the time without even having to open up... ClockWorkRecovery is our friend
If you absolutely need to ODIN, What i suggest is going into the package with 7-zip, and checking whether or not there is a modem file... if there is, delete it... That's just my advise
Also, i have had a couple of reports of people getting fried from with CWM.... As of right now, i would tread lightly in there.... Backups and Restores should be fine, but don't do anything crazy in there If you do need to do anything does not require edify (3.0+) scripting, i suggest using the blue recovery...
This is all just my own personal opinions and such, do whatever you want

Thank you for the warning
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No Problem, glad i could be of help

Need the Odin Files to fix a phone
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If you don't mind searching they're on the forums somewhere.
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Need the Odin Files to fix a phone
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wait what, well just remember about the OP, well just look up the dj20 files we have under Continuum Android Development

torque240 said:
wait what, well just remember about the OP, well just look up the dj20 files we have under Continuum Android Development
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Links are bad
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How about trying a wipe first? Then if that doesn't work, then i can get you up and working through Clock Work... Get into the IRC #Samsung-Continuum so that i can help you better

Used the method we use on the Fascinate and got it rooted again. Did a wipe and she fired up. Odin clockwork, booted to recovery, applied update.zip, flashed superuser zip file. I think that's right. I was do frustrated I can't recall lol
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Great news

Thanks for the help Trailblazer
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No problem, glad i could help
Is messaging there now? And everything good?
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Going to flash Clean Rom today when he comes over.
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Anyway to revert 2.3.3

Is there anyway to revert gingerbread back to froyo until the devs can root it? There has got to be a way. Need my net back
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As of right now there is no way to revert back to froyo. Take a look at this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142115
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That sucks..... I cant beleive how much i screwed myself
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well you r not the only one, I hate my self because i clicked upgrade. I lost lost my net on metropcs flashed evo

Yeah i live in a tech dead zone. The only net available is through my phone...
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honorlost84 said:
Is there anyway to revert gingerbread back to froyo until the devs can root it? There has got to be a way. Need my net back
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Yes, you can but it's a pain in the butt. Go to this thread and then download the original stock firmware. Make sure USB debugging is turned on also.
To install the file you need to have HTC Sync installed and running. Double-click the file and it should recognize the phone and start installing after some input from you.
If you get a USB error, try booting into the bootloader and installing the exe in the same manner.
I just did this last night because I was in the same situation. It works.
Now you can re-root.

bnampel said:
Yes, you can but it's a pain in the butt. Go to this thread and then download the original stock firmware. Make sure USB debugging is turned on also.
To install the file you need to have HTC Sync installed and running. Double-click the file and it should recognize the phone and start installing after some input from you.
If you get a USB error, try booting into the bootloader and installing the exe in the same manner.
I just did this last night because I was in the same situation. It works.
Now you can re-root.
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You were able to downgrade to Froyo with this RUU? If so, that's great.. your the only person I've seen post successfully downgrading and being able to root.

bnampel said:
Yes, you can but it's a pain in the butt. Go to this thread and then download the original stock firmware. Make sure USB debugging is turned on also.
To install the file you need to have HTC Sync installed and running. Double-click the file and it should recognize the phone and start installing after some input from you.
If you get a USB error, try booting into the bootloader and installing the exe in the same manner.
I just did this last night because I was in the same situation. It works.
Now you can re-root.
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I think everyone that ran the factory upgrade has tried this and you seem to be the only one that it has worked for. It goes through the motions then you get error 140 or 170 i think: Bootloader version error. Please get the correct rom update utility and try again

I have rooted my phone and installed the rockmod_devroms_2.3.4.1-speedy and broke my root istalling "extras" can I just try the rooting procesess again or have to revert bak to froyo?
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jimbowski51 said:
I have rooted my phone and installed the rockmod_devroms_2.3.4.1-speedy and broke my root istalling "extras" can I just try the rooting procesess again or have to revert bak to froyo?
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What do you mean you broke root? Do you still have s-off and access to recovery?

Lancerz said:
I think everyone that ran the factory upgrade has tried this and you seem to be the only one that it has worked for. It goes through the motions then you get error 140 or 170 i think: Bootloader version error. Please get the correct rom update utility and try again
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I guess I feel pretty lucky then. I'm fairly certain I didn't miss any steps.
When I upgraded to the gingerbread stock ROM I used this link and chose the "no hboot included" option. Maybe that saved me.

bnampel said:
I guess I feel pretty lucky then. I'm fairly certain I didn't miss any steps.
When I upgraded to the gingerbread stock ROM I used this link and chose the "no hboot included" option. Maybe that saved me.
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That's not the same as accepting the ota.
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bnampel said:
I guess I feel pretty lucky then. I'm fairly certain I didn't miss any steps.
When I upgraded to the gingerbread stock ROM I used this link and chose the "no hboot included" option. Maybe that saved me.
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Yeah, you didnt do the ota update then.

Lancerz said:
Yeah, you didnt do the ota update then.
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It's still the same update. Whether I installed it through an OTA update or from the bootloader doesn't matter.
You guys can get into the bootloader right? Take one of those modified "official" updates, rename it to PG06IMG.zip and flash it from the bootloader. Then do my first post and flash to Froyo so you can root again. May be worth a shot.

bnampel said:
It's still the same update. Whether I installed it through an OTA update or from the bootloader doesn't matter.
You guys can get into the bootloader right? Take one of those modified "official" updates, rename it to PG06IMG.zip and flash it from the bootloader. Then do my first post and flash to Froyo so you can root again. May be worth a shot.
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This has already been tried and covered in this thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1142115&page=2
I posted the same link in the beginning of this thread.

Unless you have an engineering bootloader, like after you rooted, you can only flash an an un modified pg0610.zip from htc. So any one who took an over the air update is SOL on that front. Best hope now is that the evo 3d root can be applied here
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Wow, I almost just majorly screwed myself (again). I have the shift and its just been sitting in my drawer, waiting to be activated after carefully reading thru the forums so i do not true brick it again.
Anyway, for some weird reason, pulled it out just to charge the battery, and it requested to do an update (since it was connected via wifi), it tried and got stuck (praise the Lord) and Im just now reading this realizing I almost just GOOFED UP BIG TIME. So, wanted to take the time to thank the OP for this post which made me aware of the fact that I would be SOL if I had've upgrade and to prevent me from upgrading. THANKS!!!

xPSYB0RGx said:
Wow, I almost just majorly screwed myself (again). I have the shift and its just been sitting in my drawer, waiting to be activated after carefully reading thru the forums so i do not true brick it again.
Anyway, for some weird reason, pulled it out just to charge the battery, and it requested to do an update (since it was connected via wifi), it tried and got stuck (praise the Lord) and Im just now reading this realizing I almost just GOOFED UP BIG TIME. So, wanted to take the time to thank the OP for this post which made me aware of the fact that I would be SOL if I had've upgrade and to prevent me from upgrading. THANKS!!!
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sooo.... hit the thanks button then

They've recently rooted the Sensation and EVO 3D...hopefully it will trickle down to us Shift owners....

Stuke00 said:
sooo.... hit the thanks button then
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I thanked the OP, and I thanked u for reminding me to be "thankful"!!

[Q] Are all samsung phones this easy?

I know this isn't a question that fully pertains to the epic but I'd like to know is the odin tool a standard across all newer samsung phones? I had a hero before this phone and I remember I was always worried about bricking it. Maybe it was a lack of experience with rooting and flashing but I am much more comfortable modding this phone. I guess it would be a huge selling point for the within for me if I knew it would be as easy as this phone to mod. Thanks in advance.

I'm about to start modding my friend's Fascinate and they use Odin, as well. I'm pretty sure it's standard. Best way to check is to see the how to root threads for all the new Samsungs. Sadly, our one-click looks more efficient than others. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to save her data before flahing a ROM. They don't seem to get that one reboot before having to flash and wipe all data. Maybe a nandroid before will be the answer. I'll find out soon enough.

The Root said:
I'm about to start modding my friend's Fascinate and they use Odin, as well. I'm pretty sure it's standard. Best way to check is to see the how to root threads for all the new Samsungs. Sadly, our one-click looks more efficient than others. I'm still trying to figure out how I'm going to save her data before flahing a ROM. They don't seem to get that one reboot before having to flash and wipe all data. Maybe a nandroid before will be the answer. I'll find out soon enough.
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Before flashing a rom you could root the phone and install titanium backup and back up all the apps and data and then copy that to the computer
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rquiett said:
Before flashing a rom you could root the phone and install titanium backup and back up all the apps and data and then copy that to the computer
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That's for Fascinate? If so, thanks!
Btw, I want my wife to get the Droid Charge and I noticed they use Odin and CWM just like us.

The Root said:
That's for Fascinate? If so, thanks!
Btw, I want my wife to get the Droid Charge and I noticed they use Odin and CWM just like us.
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Should Work on any rooted android phone. Odin is samsung leaked software. Before rooting or flashing any thing I do recommend reading up in the threads to be sure of the process first.
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The infuse is just as easy...
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rquiett said:
Should Work on any rooted android phone. Odin is samsung leaked software. Before rooting or flashing any thing I do recommend reading up in the threads to be sure of the process first.
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I know with the old Samsung Moment we used a piece of software from Samsung called SWUpdate. To be honest it is a LOT easier to use and far more idiot proof than Odin. I know there is also a version released for the Epic (I used it to update to official Froyo) and I am not sure why devs have not used that instead. It literally walks you through step by step with words and pictures (Remove the battery by taking off the back cover, reinsert battery, boot into download mode by pressing x,y, and z, etc.) Each step on a separate screen with photos and big "Next" button you had to hit after doing the instructions. The only "hard" part was finding the sub-sub-sub directory the stock .tar was in and replacing it with what you wanted to flash. Still, not very complicated and I never had a single problem getting the phone to flash to stock.

Sprint's Latest PRL

I'm not sure if I'm posting on the right place, so moderators feel free to move it where ever you guys think this should be. With that said I'm please share with you all SPRINT'S LATEST PRL I will be sharing both the most recent with the one before that.
SO here they are sprint's 60687 and 60690 prls for your enjoyment.
Just wana thank _P__ for his support on pulling this prl out my epic.
PLEASE HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF THESE HELPED YOU!!!

Unable to upload orig .prl
I have the original 61007.prl (809C414E_sp.rl0) but am unable to upload it. I'm told "invalid file type." I used one of the latest prls but would have issues with failed texts and being unable to make calls to a Tmobile number so I've switched back.

Pardon my newb-ness but my question is simple. How do I go about flashing this? Is it straight through CWM, Odin, etc...?
Just for reference I'm on AOKP build 39 w/ stock Kernel.
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Mr_Jay_jay said:
I'm not sure if I'm posting on the right place, so moderators feel free to move it where ever you guys think this should be. With that said I'm please share with you all SPRINT'S LATEST PRL I will be sharing both the most recent with the one before that.
SO here they are sprint's 60687 and 60690 prls for your enjoyment.
Just wana thank _P__ for his support on pulling this prl out my epic.
PLEASE HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF THESE HELPED YOU!!!
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Is there a newer one yet than 60690?

Does anyone have the newest one with 3g roaming?

Here you go: [PRL] Post your Sprint PRL here! - LATEST: 25006, 24006 (Corporate)

sorry for the dumb question, but do you just flash these zips from CWM like any other rom or kernel?

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sorry for the dumb question, but do you just flash these zips from CWM like any other rom or kernel?
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Not a dumb question at all. But as far as I know, PRLs still can't be flashed without a computer and a program called QPST - there is an old thread about it somewhere around here that provides a full guide, if you'd like more information. I don't have the link handy, but try googling "xda how to update your prl epic 4g" - that should return the correct page.
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Not a dumb question at all. But as far as I know, PRLs still can't be flashed without a computer and a program called QPST - there is an old thread about it somewhere around here that provides a full guide, if you'd like more information. I don't have the link handy, but try googling "xda how to update your prl epic 4g" - that should return the correct page.
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Thanks, I'll try that

rando991 said:
Thanks, I'll try that
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Kenny provided the link to updating it..

2348z said:
Kenny provided the link to updating it..
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Yup. 4th post.
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kennyglass123 said:
Yup. 4th post.
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Lol, I should have noticed that
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styles420 said:
Lol, I should have noticed that
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Ok copy the link. Tried everything explained there. Most outdated. On CM10 at least, you must dial *#*#8778#*#* (instead of what was listed) to get to the hidden menus and on Win7, Control Panel/Device Manager there's no ports listed. I did however see under general properties of USB H (which was where my phone was hooked to in charging mode, i.e. not in USB Storage) that the port was listed as Port_#0001.hub#0003. I tried single digit numbers, 4 digit numbers, but to no avail at adding a new port. So that was an hour wasted. I don't know, maybe it's not worth the trouble. I even tried the CM9 multiboot FC09 method and from CWM the zip file starts to install and then aborts every time. Maybe the CM folks will come up with a new method for updating PRLs in CM10.

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Ok copy the link. Tried everything explained there. Most outdated. On CM10 at least, you must dial *#*#8778#*#* (instead of what was listed) to get to the hidden menus and on Win7, Control Panel/Device Manager there's no ports listed. I did however see under general properties of USB H (which was where my phone was hooked to in charging mode, i.e. not in USB Storage) that the port was listed as Port_#0001.hub#0003. I tried single digit numbers, 4 digit numbers, but to no avail at adding a new port. So that was an hour wasted. I don't know, maybe it's not worth the trouble. I even tried the CM9 multiboot FC09 method and from CWM the zip file starts to install and then aborts every time. Maybe the CM folks will come up with a new method for updating PRLs in CM10.
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Oh, good point about the outdated info - it still works on older roms, but I forgot to check whether it worked with CM10 (to be honest, I was thinking about the temp boot and forgot to mention it). I would guess that the easiest method would be the temp boot (I know that works, as that's how I connected with QPST in the past), but we would need to figure out why it isn't working for you (for example, is it incompatible with the newer CWM included with CM10, or is there some other problem local to your phone? I'll try the temp boot, if I can get it to work then we can start troubleshooting your setup, and so forth).
So if you want to try to figure this out, I'll do what I can to help. If you just want to update your PRL (to the latest official, rather than a corporate or non-standard PRL), then you can flash the crespo patch and modem, boot up and dial *22803 and *22805 (one updates data profile, the other does PRL, but I can't remember which), then flash an epic modem and reflash CM10 (in that order, unless you prefer to odin the modem - the crespo patched kernel is what allows modem flashing in CWM). Not the most convenient method, but it is a more recent method that definitely works. But like I said, I'll try to help you figure out QPST if you still want to use a non-standard PRL - just let me know
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Thanks! Actually I just want the ability to keep up todate the most current PRL. So whatever is the easiest...I was really hoping the FC09 sdcard boot was going to work. Do you think that can be modified for CM10?
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Bbelos suggested a method in Development requiring flashing a CM9 kernel to get the sd card boot to work.
Last few posts here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32063922
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Wow, what a doozy of a work around: flash back to an ICS kernel, so I can temporarily boot into GB, update, then flash back to JB. Certainly hope a JB fix can be made...otherwise I'm out of luck when PRLs change.
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rando991 said:
Wow, what a doozy of a work around: flash back to an ICS kernel, so I can temporarily boot into GB, update, then flash back to JB. Certainly hope a JB fix can be made...otherwise I'm out of luck when PRLs change.
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I haven't tried it yet, but you could try to flash a temporary ICS boot kernel, like from Marsucant's Nyan Kernel. Tried it, didn't work
Edit: Link dead in thread, here it is: http://marcusant.com/nyankernel/epic/Nyan5-test1.zip
Edit 2: Stuck at Samsung screen, maybe not

rando991 said:
Wow, what a doozy of a work around: flash back to an ICS kernel, so I can temporarily boot into GB, update, then flash back to JB. Certainly hope a JB fix can be made...otherwise I'm out of luck when PRLs change.
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Update PRL and Calibrate Sensors for CM9 / CM10
Updated to work with CM10. For those of you who already have the multiboot files on your sdcard, I have supplied an "upgrade" zip that contains only the modified files. It is not a CWM flashable zip, just extract the files to your /sdcard/multiboot/FC09 directory.
The updated v4 files will still work from CM9, but CM9 users do not need to update at this time unless you want to