Im posting this here because I've tried posting in other root forums and have no such luck and I've seen other people comment on this too. My question is does anyone know how to bypass the "failed to initialize protocol" error message in heimdall for mac or is there a better alternative to rooting as of this point? I've tried typing the commands into terminal and nothing has worked, I don't even has Kies installed on my computer. Any help or anyone that could point me in the right direction for rooting on a Mac would be helpful. I know there are plenty of us out there looking for a solution for our inferior computers
You can have your Mac dual boot
Or install something like parallels desktop and have Odin on that
My personal preference is to keep a cheap windows laptop for odin
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Unless something has been released in the last couple of days heimdall does not support the s3 yet. I had to find a pc with windows to root using odin.
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yeah, most of us, including me, have not been able to successfully root the US version of the s3 using any verison of heimdall.
trust me ive tried EVERYTHING. downgrading to older versions, messing with the .kext files, trying to install thru terminal, trying the terminal fix to fix the issue with kies. Ive done everything.
I either get failed to initialise protocol, or claiming interface failed. Were going to have to wait for the makers of heimdall to update it.
For now, like most have said, the only alternative is to find a windows machine you can do it on. Ive yet to do it tho.
I found a versions of Odin that had been wine wrapped to work with mac but I wasn't able to obtain the proper gs3 usb drivers to take advantage it
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drmanhattan said:
I found a versions of Odin that had been wine wrapped to work with mac but I wasn't able to obtain the proper gs3 usb drivers to take advantage it
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lol i tried that route too
Does anyone have a link to the winewrapped Odin for Mac?
Bump
I'm also having issues with Heimdal, and have no access to a good working Windows PC.
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i think were pretty much screwed til heimdall adds support for the US versions of the s3. There was a guy in one of the stickies that got it to work, but he was unable to help with the issue we are having.
Yeah - Heimdall still doesn't support the U.S. S3's, but it does support the international.
The developer is working on it. (<- thank 'em)
I thought I could wait a few weeks for Heimdall compatibility before rooting, but I was weak and "needed" AdAway, TiBu, tether, general modding, etc... so I connected my S3 to a filthy dirty Windoze box w/ Odin to root it. Back to linux now... phew!
^ haha, made me laugh. I'm gonna sit tight till Heimdall gets working.
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gtuansdiamm said:
You can have your Mac dual boot
Or install something like parallels desktop and have Odin on that
My personal preference is to keep a cheap windows laptop for odin
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Yup, I had to go to good old TPB and got Parallels and Windows 7 to root my GS3 with Odin.
how did he do it
how is it possible that this guy got an AT&T i747 rooted using heimdall on the mac, then?
youtube: ?v=5XMxNG01EO4
I, like most of you, have tried EVERYTHING, and I can't figure out how this video show a sucessful root using these methods, when the rest of us are stopped with the failed to initialise protocol error..
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how is it possible that this guy got an AT&T i747 rooted using heimdall on the mac, then?
youtube: ?v=5XMxNG01EO4
I, like most of you, have tried EVERYTHING, and I can't figure out how this video show a sucessful root using these methods, when the rest of us are stopped with the failed to initialise protocol error..
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Man you got my hopes up lol but check the comments it seems like everybody is still having problems trying to root in heimdall. Even those who tried the terminal commands in the thread.
For right now the best way is like everyone else has been saying wait for heimdall to update or dual boot and use odin
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Yup, I had to go to good old TPB and got Parallels and Windows 7 to root my GS3 with Odin.
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Thinking about doing this myself - did you run into any problems/irregularities? It seems a bit rash to not just wait for a real solution, but after two and a half years of no ads on my phone, I keep finding myself saying "what the f*ck is this ad doing here on this shiny new phone?!" hah. Spoiled I guess.
BTW I'm new here - hi all.
Cheers
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Thinking about doing this myself - did you run into any problems/irregularities? It seems a bit rash to not just wait for a real solution, but after two and a half years of no ads on my phone, I keep finding myself saying "what the f*ck is this ad doing here on this shiny new phone?!" hah. Spoiled I guess.
BTW I'm new here - hi all.
Cheers
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I have not been able to successfully install usb drivers with either VMWare fusion/win7 OR Virtual Box/win7
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I have not been able to successfully install usb drivers with either VMWare fusion/win7 OR Virtual Box/win7
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Hm. Good to know. I'll be waiting a bit longer then I guess. Thanks.
I went ahead and went to a friends house to root. Hope heimdall gets updated soon
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So I know Odin is generally the way everyone goes around here, but since I'm running a Mac I was wondering how reliable Heimdall is. I am running SRF 1.2, Genocide 1.1, and wanted to jump to the EF02 modem.
Can anyone confirm this is safe to do with Heimdall? Also if there are any instructions on how to do so I would greatly appreciate it.
Heimdall didn't work with our epics on a Mac. I've tried and I believe chris4g said its because something to do with the boot loaders
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So is there any alternative for Mac users out there? Again all I was looking to do is just try out the newest modem, but I know theres no way of simply flashing that.
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So is there any alternative for Mac users out there? Again all I was looking to do is just try out the newest modem, but I know theres no way of simply flashing that.
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Nope not unless u use boot camp
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I myself, as well as most of the other Bonsai Alpha testers use Heimdall, but I use it on windows.
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I myself, as well as most of the other Bonsai Alpha testers use Heimdall, but I use it on windows.
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In your opinion, would I be running the chance of bricking my phone if I gave it a shot? Sorry if I sound a bit over worried, not having a pc (Odin) does that to you when its the only source of recovery.
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In your opinion, would I be running the chance of bricking my phone if I gave it a shot? Sorry if I sound a bit over worried, not having a pc (Odin) does that to you when its the only source of recovery.
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I don't have a MAC, so I can't say for sure. It seems more reliable than Odin and it is more flexible in that it lets you flash individual components. I suppose if your not sure what you're doing, both Odin and Heimdall could be dangerous.
I downloaded this app/program and can't find it anywhere on my computer. Not in the applications folder or anywhere. I can't figure out how to open it so I can root my Samsung GALAXY S II i9100.
If you're struggling at that point, rooting is probably not for you.
Your supposed to download the heimdall suite. Then after it installs and everything, it asks you to reboot which is necessary. After it reboots, go to applications and look for heimdall-frontend.
Btw, heimdall in general is just complicated idk why their website advertises it as being easy.
I legit just used bootcamp and installed windows 7 last night, used to rooting and everything on windows anyway since that what i did when i had a Galaxy S.
Just install windows on your Mac, it makes life easier for doing anything android.
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Your supposed to download the heimdall suite. Then after it installs and everything, it asks you to reboot which is necessary. After it reboots, go to applications and look for heimdall-frontend.
Btw, heimdall in general is just complicated idk why their website advertises it as being easy.
I legit just used bootcamp and installed windows 7 last night, used to rooting and everything on windows anyway since that what i did when i had a Galaxy S.
Just install windows on your Mac, it makes life easier for doing anything android.
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Thanks. After 3 times it finally showed up in applications. I don't want to have to buy Windows just to root a phone, ya know!! guess I could get a torrent?
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If you're struggling at that point, rooting is probably not for you.
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Thanks for the constructive help bud.
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Thanks for the constructive help bud.
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You're welcome. Thanks for posting in the correct forum and double posting.
No problem. I was going to post in another forum but kept giving errors about being banned if it was wrong place.
Don't know why you felt compelled to post if you weren't gonna be helpful.
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Unlock Root Tools is a android root tool. Supports the Android 2.1,2.2 and 2.3Easy way to get root access Permissions！
the software can be found at : LINKS REMOVED
Try at your own risk but It worked like a charm for my SGS2,
How to Root Your SGS2:
To Root your phone you will have to download Unlock Roottool from the unlockroot.com. and install
1) Your device must be in USB Debugging mode.
2) If you have not installed Android SDK Driver , install it after installing the tool : Start Menu -> Programs -> Unlock root -> Install Driver
3) Connect your device to your PC, Run UnlockRoot.exe
4) Click “Unlock Root”, Enjoy
I did not test the "unroot" option of this tool yet.
Thanks
So rather than use CFRoot which takes all of two minutes, I run an exe in debug mode from a source that I have absolutely no idea about the credentials of ?
No thanks.
Not the simplest method is it at all .
jje
Errrrrrrr no thanks!
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Not the simplest method is it at all .
jje
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OK then I will remove the words "easiest and symplest"
No doubt CF-Root is the best and simplest for those who already started using the Odin.
CF Root method :
1) Get into Download mode
2) Open ODIN, select the file
3) Connect phone and select start
4) Done in under 30 secs
Much easier than this "unlockroot" method...
This may not be the easiest way to get root for us.
But for somebody who doesn't know what odin is, Windows user who doesn't even know there is a download and recovery mode on their phones.
Or for someone who doesn't want to mess up with jigs and flash counters.
For them, this could be the easiest way to root and unroot their phones.
That people will find this usefull, others should shut up.
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This may not be the easiest way to get root for us.
But for somebody who doesn't know what odin is, Windows user who doesn't even know there is a download and recovery mode on their phones.
Or for someone who doesn't want to mess up with jigs and flash counters.
For them, this could be the easiest way to root and unroot their phones.
That people will find this usefull, others should shut up.
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LOL.Well done mate!i mean even if you haven`t tried yet how do you know what da hell is this?do not comment and please shut up.Also i have rooted my old htc desire with similar method and it took less then 1 min without a hassle.it could be useful for someone.
I know a couple of people who used this on there galaxy S and they've not had any problems.
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People can root their device using any method they want.
When you tell people who have helped many many users unbrick their device to shut up Im guessing you are saying leave it to you to help from now on since you know more than them.
Thanks mate mighty good of you.
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Android is all about alternatives. And this is a very good alternative.
So just cause most of you prefer one method does not make this an invalid choice!
So seriously if you have nothing productive to say, maybe you guys should shut it!
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This actually looks a lot easier than CF root... Reminds me of superoneclick.
I posted this like a month ago and got myself banned for this, it worked for me anyways, doesnt work on ICS though
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So seriously if you have nothing productive to say, maybe you guys should shut it!
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Lmfao
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thank you
thanks for the good link~!
i use the siyah kernel. so actually, i don`t need any tool for rooting my sgs2.
but this tool is good i think.
Don't work on Brazilian's 2.3.6 rom!
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Don't work on Brazilian's 2.3.6 rom!
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Hmmm, thanks for information, dont try on 2.3.6
Mine was shipped with 2.3.5 stock
thanks
This project stole code from jcase.
Closed.
Hi im trying to install ics on my galaxy note im on a mac i have tried heimdall every time i point a firmware towards it fails something about xml data mismatch.. Has anyone flashed there note with ics on a mac if so how plz could some one guide me ?? Thanks in Advance......
UPDATE this is what heimdall spits out when i point a firmware--> Tar header contained an invalid file size.<--
ive used heimdall for mac also same result....dunno what to do ..i just wanna root so i can kill some samsung bloaware.....
MrSlippyFist said:
ive used heimdall for mac also same result....dunno what to do ..i just wanna root so i can kill some samsung bloaware.....
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i just went and wasted two bloody hours on bootcamp installed windows 7 half the bloody drivers where missing no network driver couldn't connect to the net i.just got pissed off i deleted it dam this is driving me mad i need ICS ASAP..
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How I Installed ICS on my Note
I had a lot of trouble getting ICS on my Note using my Mac. I gave up on Heimdall, and just ran Windows 7 in Bootcamp so I could flash directly rootable firmware to my Note using Odin. After that, I switched back to Mac OS X and used the whole zergRush exploit I found in the Galaxy Note wiki to root. Then I used Mobile Odin Pro to flash the ics repack, and finally cwm to flash the ics stunner beta. It took forever to get the whole thing set up, but it was worth it. if you have anymore questions just ask.
P.S. I still have no idea how to get Heimdall to work, sorry
this is bunch of bollocks....i dont have access to bootcamp cant run..it...also i saw that stunner rom that **** is really nice i like that one ...i may endup paying someone locally ...
this is what really irritates me with android the complexity of it all, if this was ios it would be a piece of piss and work on both sides, no disrespect to the devs on here but if the yanks where doing all the dev work for android it would be simpler ,but as its the europeans doing most of the dev work it seems like hard work again, no disrespect to the guys i appreciate their work whole heartedly
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I had a lot of trouble getting ICS on my Note using my Mac. I gave up on Heimdall, and just ran Windows 7 in Bootcamp so I could flash directly rootable firmware to my Note using Odin. After that, I switched back to Mac OS X and used the whole zergRush exploit I found in the Galaxy Note wiki to root. Then I used Mobile Odin Pro to flash the ics repack, and finally cwm to flash the ics stunner beta. It took forever to get the whole thing set up, but it was worth it. if you have anymore questions just ask.
P.S. I still have no idea how to get Heimdall to work, sorry
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Dam dude thats a massive process ICS Stunner looks gorgeous i have given up today maybe tomorrow thanks for that
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this is bunch of bollocks....i dont have access to bootcamp cant run..it...also i saw that stunner rom that **** is really nice i like that one ...i may endup paying someone locally ...
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Did you look in Utilities Folder ???? Thats where bootcamp is located dude...
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this is what really irritates me with android the complexity of it all, if this was ios it would be a piece of piss and work on both sides, no disrespect to the devs on here but if the yanks where doing all the dev work for android it would be simpler ,but as its the europeans doing most of the dev work it seems like hard work again, no disrespect to the guys i appreciate their work whole heartedly
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So why don't the yanks contribute any ****? Too lazy to get off their asses or too dumb?
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For me the best solution was to use MOBILE ODIN ($4.99) from the Google Play store.
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For me the best solution was to use MOBILE ODIN ($4.99) from the Google Play store.
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Are you rooted ???
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So why don't the yanks contribute any ****? Too lazy to get off their asses or too dumb?
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I think the USA devs must be more ios users... that's why we haven't got many devs from the states..
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Are you rooted ???
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Mobile Odin Pro requires root, so you need root first, that was the hardest part of my process.
That's the problem. We just wanna root on a mac... That's all... Help. Xda. Gods
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hi,
The better option to root, upgrade, etc... your phone using apple macintosh is using: bootcamp or virtual machine... I used vmware fusion and windows 7 pro! Can instal in virtual machine Linux too.
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N1NJATH3ORY said:
I think the USA devs must be more ios users... that's why we haven't got many devs from the states..
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exactly this we need our own musclenerd posixninja and such like
Can you believe this garbage i managed to get a windows 7 laptop then i headed over to rootgalaxynote.com to root my galaxy note... i downloaded his one click root program connected the phone hit the root application the root program has messed up my phone i cant make calls and i cant connect to mobile data networks ?? Has any one else had this problem if so what do i need to do to get my note back to making calls ?? Also it didnt root my phone this really sucks people
N1NJATH3ORY said:
Can you believe this garbage i managed to get a windows 7 laptop then i headed over to rootgalaxynote.com to root my galaxy note... i downloaded his one click root program connected the phone hit the root application the root program has messed up my phone i cant make calls and i cant connect to mobile data networks ?? Has any one else had this problem if so what do i need to do to get my note back to making calls ?? Also it didnt root my phone this really sucks people
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You have to reflash using Odin
Don't forget to wipe cache and make a factory reset
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treble4 said:
exactly this we need our own musclenerd posixninja and such like
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Yeah true but you do no the brits they dont like working for free??? Money talks LOL
gominolo2002 said:
hi,
The better option to root, upgrade, etc... your phone using apple macintosh is using: bootcamp or virtual machine... I used vmware fusion and windows 7 pro! Can instal in virtual machine Linux too.
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im just installing vmware Fusion 4 ill let you know how i get on thanks
Hey all,
Just got the Continuum, and I see Dutta didn't make a CWM recovery for it...
So I know I can Google it, and I kind of did, but is anyone willing to help me out?
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Read through the rest of the forum there is one for pretty much every build of this phone.
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No need to google, just Do not use rom manager...
And....
What build is ur continnie on?
That's exactly what I was using Lol... Well I used z4 and then SuperOneClick, the latter tells me I'm rooted, I did it like three times, because I read you have to do it twice... I have SuperUser so, I'm thinking I'm rooted, I gave this a break though, otherwise I'd have downloaded like Barnacle and tried to use that.
It's on what Samsung gave it, 2.1 Eclair, and it's slow as hell. Right now, it powers off following boot, not sure why, but I looked into Odin-ing, lots of dead links, and Windows 7 in Parallels doesn't detect it in Downloading.... Mode, so I think I need a legit PC.... I won't be revisiting this for at least a few days, no rush, but thanks for thee replies!
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That's exactly what I was using Lol... Well I used z4 and then SuperOneClick, the latter tells me I'm rooted, I did it like three times, because I read you have to do it twice... I have SuperUser so, I'm thinking I'm rooted, I gave this a break though, otherwise I'd have downloaded like Barnacle and tried to use that.
It's on what Samsung gave it, 2.1 Eclair, and it's slow as hell. Right now, it powers off following boot, not sure why, but I looked into Odin-ing, lots of dead links, and Windows 7 in Parallels doesn't detect it in Downloading.... Mode, so I think I need a legit PC.... I won't be revisiting this for at least a few days, no rush, but thanks for thee replies!
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I suggest reading the forum. There are some different themes, mods and tweaked roms for each build level. Some are complete other not so much so reading is essential so you don't brick your phone.
Here is a good place to start. the Odin file here downloads and is what I use. Some of the links are broken if they are ask and someone should be able to fix the link or get you the file directly. (I have folders dedicated to the two builds I have worked from either ec09 or eg04).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1316769
and another in case you ever decide to take the leap to eg04, the program here is essential for changing softkeys.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250684
I have the tar file if you want me to send you it, then just go into download mode and flash it and you will have cwm.
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