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[Q] Noobie... Nervous system overload...Root/simunlock

I have spent Hours on this site looking for help with my phone...
I have down loaded app after app. reset factory setting. hard reset the phone. but the fact is my phone will not Root. I am with sask-tel. this all started with me wanting to unlock the phone.
What the phone will do:
down load apps
hook up to wifi
hard factory resets(up and down /power button)
usb debug
but thats it. if I try run a root program it does nothing. if I try to open the tech aids(down and power) nothing happens it says downloading for hours.
I have manually looked for the efs file and SU start commands are not reponding(jack's program for got the name).
Model number
GT-i9000m
firmware 2.3.3
baseband version I9000Ugkg3
kernel version
2.6.35.7-19000ugkg3
[email protected]#2
build number
gingerbread.gkg3
Mobile network type
Umts
yeah soo... please help sorry the post was so long I have no idea what I am doing...lol

Have you checked this thread??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939752
Gti9

UMMM..
gcuchiha said:
Have you checked this thread??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939752
Gti9
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I did look at but it still does not help me as I am trying to refresh all the software in the phone because some one delete vital file Samung told me the carrier did it and they are the only ones who can fix it. I am really startiung to dislike Sasktel
but I really cant afford to by a new phone that 22 percent, or more, of my monthly income.

keepitsimpleplease said:
but the fact is my phone will not Root. I am with sask-tel. this all started with me wanting to unlock the phone.
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Flash this rooting kernel using odin and install superuser and busybox from the market

keepitsimpleplease said:
if I try to open the tech aids(down and power) nothing happens it says downloading for hours.
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If you are trying to get into recovery, it's volume up, power and the home button.
Volume down, power and the home button gives you download mode, so it's normal for it to say "downloading" for hours.
try the file xsenman posted. Put your phone in download mode, open Odin, choose the file under PDA, plug in your phone
(make sure you have the Samsung USB drivers installed) and that the ID:COM box is lit, then flash.
Once it is finished, download Busybox and Superuser from Google Play and you are rooted.
By the way, KG3 is a very difficult ROM to get a rooted kernel for.
Ian

I'll try that....
Thhank you very much... I do hope that it works. I am taking a couple days break from it all. spend 9 hrs yesterday trying to simply diagnose, and for some one whom knows nothing about system programs, or tech access points for the phone I think I have done well for a newbie.
So far all I have been able to do is fix every lag in the phone. lol. thank you for the File link and for the walk through

Quick questions
w98seeng said:
If you are trying to get into recovery, it's volume up, power and the home button.
Volume down, power and the home button gives you download mode, so it's normal for it to say "downloading" for hours.
try the file xsenman posted. Put your phone in download mode, open Odin, choose the file under PDA, plug in your phone
(make sure you have the Samsung USB drivers installed) and that the ID:COM box is lit, then flash.
Once it is finished, download Busybox and Superuser from Google Play and you are rooted.
By the way, KG3 is a very difficult ROM to get a rooted kernel for.
Ian
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Ian,
How do I insure my "Samsung USB drivers" are installed?
Can you please further explain what you mean by "ID:com box is lit"
Thank you

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Samsung drivers are installed together with Samsung Kies. If you already have Kies installed on your computer and it connected successfully at least once before then you have the right drivers.
Now, when flashing anything onto your phone the Kies application must not be running. Make sure you stop it (e.g: by stopping any Kies service from Windows Services).
"ID:COM box is lit" means one of the upper boxes in Odin turns green.
The steps are:
1. Start Odin on your computer and select the PDA and CSC files (you should find more details about what files to flash in other posts)
2. Start your phone in Download mode : Vol. Down + Home + Power until you see Downloadin
3. Connect the USB cable to your phone.
If none of the boxes turn green in Odin you should try different USB ports on your computer. One of them will eventually work.

In need for help with my S4, please

I have the galaxy s4 from sprint (sph-l720). I was having the phone flashed to page plus. something went wrong and he couldnt get it to flash. now the phone won't boot past the samsung screen but, i can get to recovery. I have been searching for days and days on how to figure this out. When i connect it to my computer odin wont recognize the phone in download mode. i have tried to re-install the drivers but they keep failing. my computer does make the sound when i connect the usb and it does attempt to install the drivers but fails. If anyone can help me i would greatly appreciate it. i know time and knowledge is money, i am not looking for a hand out. I am out of options here, please.

1dollarbi11 said:
I have the galaxy s4 from sprint (sph-l720). I was having the phone flashed to page plus. something went wrong and he couldnt get it to flash. now the phone won't boot past the samsung screen but, i can get to recovery. I have been searching for days and days on how to figure this out. When i connect it to my computer odin wont recognize the phone in download mode. i have tried to re-install the drivers but they keep failing. my computer does make the sound when i connect the usb and it does attempt to install the drivers but fails. If anyone can help me i would greatly appreciate it. i know time and knowledge is money, i am not looking for a hand out. I am out of options here, please.
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Sounds like a couple of things.
First go buy (or use) a brand new usb cable!
A buddy of mine was banning his head trying to connect recently and found his cable was for charging only. And I've had old usb cable s cause a world of frustration.
next uninstall the Samsung drivers and then reinstall them "as administrator".
then go find the full tar of the m f9 Rom not just the firmware but the full tar. its a zip extract it. open up Odin as administrator, put it in the PDA slot. then plug your device in and flash
Sent from my SPH-L720 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

leaderbuilder said:
Sounds like a couple of things.
First go buy (or use) a brand new usb cable!
A buddy of mine was banning his head trying to connect recently and found his cable was for charging only. And I've had old usb cable s cause a world of frustration.
next uninstall the Samsung drivers and then reinstall them "as administrator".
then go find the full tar of the m f9 Rom not just the firmware but the full tar. its a zip extract it. open up Odin as administrator, put it in the PDA slot. then plug your device in and flash
Sent from my SPH-L720 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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okay i will try the install as admin, guess i missed that and will report back thank you for responding so fast this is driving me crazy

looks like odin still wont show the magic connection

oh and before this happened odin did work fine with this USB that i have (the one that came with the S4)

1dollarbi11 said:
oh and before this happened odin did work fine with this USB that i have (the one that came with the S4)
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You said you can access recovery..is it a custom recovery? If so flash a stock rom
If not heres a ota mf9 flashed from stock recovery http://androidromupdate.com/2013/07/09/sprint-galaxy-s4-ota-update-l720vpuamf9-stock-via-recovery/
Sent from my SPH-L720 using xda app-developers app

1dollarbi11 said:
oh and before this happened odin did work fine with this USB that i have (the one that came with the S4)
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Ok uninstall your old sammy driver and install the latest Sammy drivers 'as administrator'.
Make sure your phone is charged to at least 60%. Even if it doesn't turn on plug it in to the wall for a while and let it charge.
Don't connect it to PC yet.
HERE is the FULL system tar. All stock, kernel, recovery, ROM Modem.
Extract the zip and extract the .tar.md5.
Run Odin 'as administrator'. Place tar.md5 into PDA slot of Odin. Odin should look like this If you check on 'repartition or anything you are going to hose your phone...
With Odin open on your PC and your phone still not connected, put it into download mode - Simultaneously Press and Hold [Power][VolDn] until confirmation screen appears
Press [VolUp] to enter Download mode.
NOW plug your phone into the PC [Windows may install additional drivers; hopefully] and see if it shows up in any COM port (doesn't matter which one). If it shows up press start and let it finish. You should then have a stock MF9 working. First boot takes about 5 full earth minutes, let it go for even a little longer if necessary. If it doesn't boot after 10 earth minutes you may have to pulll the battery and then restart it but it should start.
You can then use the CF-Autoroot method to quickly root the phone. Then download goomanager and install a custom recovery and your off to the races.
Good luck.

leaderbuilder said:
Ok uninstall your old sammy driver and install the latest Sammy drivers 'as administrator'.
Make sure your phone is charged to at least 60%. Even if it doesn't turn on plug it in to the wall for a while and let it charge.
Don't connect it to PC yet.
HERE is the FULL system tar. All stock, kernel, recovery, ROM Modem.
Extract the zip and extract the .tar.md5.
Run Odin 'as administrator'. Place tar.md5 into PDA slot of Odin. Odin should look like this If you check on 'repartition or anything you are going to hose your phone...
With Odin open on your PC and your phone still not connected, put it into download mode - Simultaneously Press and Hold [Power][VolDn] until confirmation screen appears
Press [VolUp] to enter Download mode.
NOW plug your phone into the PC [Windows may install additional drivers; hopefully] and see if it shows up in any COM port (doesn't matter which one). If it shows up press start and let it finish. You should then have a stock MF9 working. First boot takes about 5 full earth minutes, let it go for even a little longer if necessary. If it doesn't boot after 10 earth minutes you may have to pulll the battery and then restart it but it should start.
You can then use the CF-Autoroot method to quickly root the phone. Then download goomanager and install a custom recovery and your off to the races.
Good luck.
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way cool thank you for the write up I am in the process of trying this out. thank you very much

dang still a no go as far as odin seeing the phone. i guess i dont understand why odin was working before but now after reinstalling the drivers several times still cant pick it up.... any ideas? tried different port and new cable. anyone able to check it out remotely?

1dollarbi11 said:
dang still a no go as far as odin seeing the phone. i guess i dont understand why odin was working before but now after reinstalling the drivers several times still cant pick it up.... any ideas? tried different port and new cable. anyone able to check it out remotely?
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one more silly thing to try.
After your phone is fairly well charged take out the battery for 1/2 hour or more even. I had some issues with other sammy's and doing that worked a few times; think it lets all the capicitors fully discharge on the device.
Put it back in the phone and go straight to download mode. Then start Odin and plug your phone in.
Also did you uninstall the old drivers, reboot, then install the new drivers and then reboot again before trying to connect?

I had this problem as well once. My cure was using Revo or some other advanced uninstaller to remove Samsung Kies, then I reinstalled the Samsung drivers.
However, that is only assuming that your problem is coming from your computer. Sounds like your phone's usb drivers got messed up during the flash. This seems somewhat reasonable to me, as I assume the USB drivers are in /system and the flash would disturb files there.
One other idea: be advised that Download Mode eventually times out. So, if you turn your phone on in Download Mode and leave it there for a while THEN connect it. Odin may not register it because your phone shuts off the download stream after a certain time of inactivity.
Hope this helps.

What are you guys using to unzip this image files, I downloaded like more than 10 stock files, every time I try to unzip them, it says the file is broken. I used 7zip, WinZip. My laptop has windows 7.

You should just have a .zip file that you flash via the recovery interface.
-Mobile post

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You should just have a .zip file that you flash via the recovery interface.
-Mobile post
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No, I'm talking about stock images that are in zip or rar files, that I need to unzip to get the the other tar.md5 files to odin, cause my phone is not working anymore. I think it might be my computer, or my internet connection. I don't know, I'm lost

maurogg84 said:
No, I'm talking about stock images that are in zip or rar files, that I need to unzip to get the the other tar.md5 files to odin, cause my phone is not working anymore. I think it might be my computer, or my internet connection. I don't know, I'm lost
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NO just unzip the zip file.
Download the zip. extract the .tar.md5 file - it's a 2.10GB file after extraction named "L720VPUAMF9_L720SPTAMF9_L720VPUAMF9_HOME.tar.md5" .
Launch Odin 'as administrator' and put that ONE .tar.md5 file in the PDA slot.
Re-read the tips here on the rest.

leaderbuilder said:
NO just unzip the zip file.
Download the zip. extract the .tar.md5 file - it's a 2.10GB file after extraction named "L720VPUAMF9_L720SPTAMF9_L720VPUAMF9_HOME.tar.md5" .
Launch Odin 'as administrator' and put that ONE .tar.md5 file in the PDA slot.
Re-read the tips here on the rest.
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I used a friend computer, and I was able to unzip the file, I think my computer is corrupting those files some how. Thanks for the help though.

[Q]Need help, :(! Samsung SGY

Hi to all, i really need some help here,.. I think i have bricked my phone SGY GT-S5360...the problem is its freeze on the startup logo and when i turn it off it turns on back without turning it on back, it turns on itself and the thing is i cant access recovery mode.. the worst part is, my phone cant be read by PC. (
at first ive installed CWM, Cyanogen and the ios7 totoro thing in my cp but there is a problem cuz it wont read my simcard.. then i seek out some way here in xda and ive read a another rom, i did flash it to my cp and now it freezes like i said in above statement.. ( can anyone help me about this ?
Problem:
*Freezes at start-up
*When turned-off, turned back on it own
*Cant access to Recovery mode.. !ONLY the other one Vol down + Power key + Home button key..
*My phone cant read by PC Windows 7
Help(s) much appreciated.. Thank u and godbless..
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I have repaired my brick phone and succesfully installed the ios7 rom, what i did is flash my phone using odin w/ DDLK2 and it worked.. but i have another problem, my phone does auto reboot, sometimes it reboots 3x in less than 10 mins.. how can i fix this, any help will be much appreciated.. Thank you )

Flash stock rom via odin
make sure you have samsung usb drivers installed
go into download mode (vol down home button power button)
connect phone to pc via usb cable
push volume up to start connection
open odin
put pda in pda
modem in phone
csc in csc
start
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568853
you cant get into recovery because you have flash a kernel incorrectly or a kernel that is not meant for your device

marcussmith2626 said:
Flash stock rom via odin
make sure you have samsung usb drivers installed
go into download mode (vol down home button power button)
connect phone to pc via usb cable
push volume up to start connection
open odin
put pda in pda
modem in phone
csc in csc
start
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568853
you cant get into recovery because you have flash a kernel incorrectly or a kernel that is not meant for your device
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--hmm i cant connect through odin.. im not sure if i have installed samsung usb driver.. Thanks for the help and ill get u updated to the outcome..

[Q] Little help with my S4 please!

So i have a rooted galaxy S4, it also has a flashed rom on it (its an s4 rom but was manually flashed due to a few problems)
So I was wondering, is there any way for me to unroot my phone, but also reset everything else (I mean the flashed rom etc back to normal..., and just have my S4 like I just bought it?)
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
-Eddie

in order to reflash the original rom you had, you need to have some former-flash informations:
-Android version you had before the flash
-Country of origin of the rom (not really important but if you want it really as you had it from factory you need this information)
Now what you need to do is to activate usb debugging from parameters : (Plus -> about device -> tap 8 times on baseband version, it will tell you that developper mod is activated, back to menu, tap developper options, tick usb debugging)
You need to download Odin 3.07 or whatever (i advice you use this one.)
and download the firmware you exactly want from sammobile (Warning, choose the exact model device you have)
then you need to factory reset your phone (via recovery)
now shut down your phone, put it on download mod (down volume + home button + power button)
press up, open odin on your computer then plug your phone to the computer. wait until your phone is detected in odin (a blue com will appear on odin). if your phone is not recognized, install usb drivers (google it) and turn off kies.
now extract the firmware you downloaded from sammobile, you will have a .tar.md5 file, click on pda, (or ap if newer odin version), then choose the file (it will take a long time to charge, if you don't want to wait, you can rename the .tar.md5 file to just .tar)
Click start and wait until "pass!" appears on odin.
That is all.

Filous11 said:
in order to reflash the original rom you had, you need to have some former-flash informations:
-Android version you had before the flash
-Country of origin of the rom (not really important but if you want it really as you had it from factory you need this information)
Now what you need to do is to activate usb debugging from parameters : (Plus -> about device -> tap 8 times on baseband version, it will tell you that developper mod is activated, back to menu, tap developper options, tick usb debugging)
You need to download Odin 3.07 or whatever (i advice you use this one.)
and download the firmware you exactly want from sammobile (Warning, choose the exact model device you have)
then you need to factory reset your phone (via recovery)
now shut down your phone, put it on download mod (down volume + home button + power button)
press up, open odin on your computer then plug your phone to the computer. wait until your phone is detected in odin (a blue com will appear on odin). if your phone is not recognized, install usb drivers (google it) and turn off kies.
now extract the firmware you downloaded from sammobile, you will have a .tar.md5 file, click on pda, (or ap if newer odin version), then choose the file (it will take a long time to charge, if you don't want to wait, you can rename the .tar.md5 file to just .tar)
Click start and wait until "pass!" appears on odin.
That is all.
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Downloaded the correct ROM of sammobile. Can't try at the moment in school right now!
But thanks for the great reply, I'll do it when I get home and let you know how it goes

Soft Bricked Phone Help!

Hey all, new Android user here. I just rooted my device with no problems, but it dies and I recharge it, but it just goes to the "samsung" screen, and will vibrate 3 times quickly followed by another about 1/2-1 second later, then repeat every ~15-20 seconds. I am able to run it in ODIN (download) mode. I was told I need a new rom/firmware, can someone show me how to do this without ruining my device? I didn't save a backup because I assumed I would have no problems
I have had 0 problems before this, and even after root I didn't experience a problem.
Model: SM_G530T
FYI I am a mac user so have downloads be .dmg's.
Thanks in advance! If you need more info, tell me!

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pls help I want my phone back

You'll find your stock firmware on samsung-firmware.org
It'll be tar.md5 format, perfectly normal.
Add it into the AP/PDA in Odin and it'll flash fine.

u0aol said:
You'll find your stock firmware on samsung-firmware.org
It'll be tar.md5 format, perfectly normal.
Add it into the AP/PDA in Odin and it'll flash fine.
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teach me how to upload to odin pls

Make sure all your drivers are installed, turn your phone off, plug the USB into the computer.
Start Odin (right click, properties, run as administrator and in xp compatability mode)
Put your phone into download ode (VOLUME UP, HOME, POWER)
Plug your phone into the computer. Odin will say "added" in it'd output box.
Press the button PDA or AP (depends on version) then select the firmware you just downloaded (tar or md5).
Once loaded into Odin, press start, it'll flash everything and then restart your phone.
Let me know if you need any more help!!
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Please ensure you are flashing the correct ROM for your phone. Bad firmware or recovery images can cause some bad problems.

u0aol said:
Make sure all your drivers are installed, turn your phone off, plug the USB into the computer.
Start Odin (right click, properties, run as administrator and in xp compatability mode)
Put your phone into download ode (VOLUME UP, HOME, POWER)
Plug your phone into the computer. Odin will say "added" in it'd output box.
Press the button PDA or AP (depends on version) then select the firmware you just downloaded (tar or md5).
Once loaded into Odin, press start, it'll flash everything and then restart your phone.
Let me know if you need any more help!!
Edit:
Please ensure you are flashing the correct ROM for your phone. Bad firmware or recovery images can cause some bad problems.
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Is there a version of http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117 for mac? Could you give links to everything that I need to download? (I got this https://samsung-firmware.org/downlo...Mobile)/400h/TMB/G530TUVU1AOF8/G530TTMB1AOF8/) Also remember that my phone can't turn on, gets stuck at the T-Mobile part.

acheccone19 said:
Is there a version of http://developer.samsung.com/technical-doc/view.do?v=T000000117 for mac? Could you give links to everything that I need to download? (I got this https://samsung-firmware.org/downlo...obile)/400h/TMB/G530TUVU1AOF8/G530TTMB1AOF8/) Also remember that my phone can't turn on, gets stuck at the T-Mobile part.
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Not that I'm aware of, but Google is your friend, friend.
Home + Volume Down + Power, that starts your phone in download mode which Odin uses to push software.
Your phone needs to be in download mode to do anything at all with Odin.
Also, why not just spin up a virtual machine and use the windows Odin, Windows is much better for all of this sort of stuff.