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So, yes before anyone tells me to read, Ive read the instructions on how to use Odin again and again. I downloaded Odin and the 64 bit usb drivers, i have a laptop running on windows 7. I put my phone in downloading mode and connected it to my laptop, but nothing seems to happen in Odin, no COM number, just nothing, I uninstalled the drivers and Odin and installed them once again, and i tried a different port...still nothing. I'm running on the leaked android 2.2.1, the phone is not rooted, just flashed with the update.
Any suggestions??....
Try a different USB cable/port... The one that is included with the Epic is a peice of crap as far as I am concerned.
Another idea... Try right clicking on Odin and running as administrator (not sure if this will effect anything, just throwing ideas out there).
Koadic said:
Try a different USB cable/port... The one that is included with the Epic is a peice of crap as far as I am concerned.
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Yeah I bought another cable i know the one that comes with the phone is useless.
Will give a shot to the administrator idea and see what happens o.0,
thanks
The other thing is that you must put your phone in download mode, open ODIN and THEN plug in your phone. Aside from that, the USB thing is your best bet.
Well...i tried running Odin as administrator, launched it before plugging the USB into the phone and the laptop...and once again...nothing...I'm using a Gigaware USB cable, this is just driving me insane >.>
My last bit of advice would be to check in IRC at #samsung-epic the people there are very versed in using ODIN and are very helpful
monnie27 said:
Well...i tried running Odin as administrator, launched it before plugging the USB into the phone and the laptop...and once again...nothing...I'm using a Gigaware USB cable, this is just driving me insane >.>
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I've had this issue before myself. I have two Windows 7 machines, both 64 bit. One would recognize my phone in download mode, and the other would not. I installed the correct drivers on both machines.
Make sure you are connected to one of the USB ports on the rear of the machine. Some people have had issues using the front USB ports.
ok thanks, I managed to get it to work somehow, i repeated the process od uninstalling and installing the drivers, Odin and somehow it worked this time. However i had Kies installed on the laptop, so i decided to uninstall it just for the heck of it ....and well after that, Odin recognized the phone o.0.
But thanks to all of you for the support ^_^
i would love to know the source of the x64 driver...as i found it to be a load of horsecrap
the driver found on the samsung website installs on both x86 and x64 machines in my experience
i was running windows server 2008 x64 at the time and only got the phone working with the driver directly from the samsung website
peoples long winded history of drivers and windows makes for a bad situation...at least be willing to try THE MANUFACTURERS option first
i bought my phone used...but it did come in the original box...
i just wasn't sure enough, then, to say that it is BS for a company like samsung not to distribute some kind of media/drivers with, or preloaded on, the device.
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SPH-D700ZKASPR
well..i got the drivers from this page:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=798067
and used BitZipper to extract them, it worked this time.
good news
enjoy dk28
it saved me from believing android was a suckers solution to windows mobile
my phone instantly locks gps now and the easy access to enabling 3g via the power button menu was nice
i am a believer...adb is my new god...reborn in code...blahblah...
actually i'm just glad something like a cellphone can simply work simply as it should
finally after billions of ages of fail
Well im actually having some problems with the gps navigation and lock. The location is not accurate, it was extremely accurate when i was running on 2.1 and i had no probs with neither of them. I saw a thread related to this issue before and ill see what can be done..
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the only method that worked for me:
odin back to dI18 (.md5 extention removed/renamed to .tar extension)
get gps lock
odin dk28 modem (modem only) with victory_8G_100528.pit
gps lock again
odin dk28 (.md5 extention removed/renamed to .tar extension)
i actually didn't even try to get a gps lock after flashing the dk28 modem...
the key here seems to be performing the modem flash separately/first as there are multiple bootloaders working
When the official German ICS ROM LPY was released I decided to flash it using Odin rather than wait for the official UK ROM for my UK Note. I thought because it was an official ROM there would be little risk and I would be able to replace it with the UK ROM when that was released.
However, now that the official UK ROM is available I find that I cannot flash it with Odin because Odin no longer detects the Note in download mode. I also found that I could not use Kies because although it could detect the Note, it did not recognise it for updates.
I have never rooted my Note or flashed anything other than the official ICS ROM LPY using Odin.
So I had a working Note but no way of returning to a UK ROM or updating the installed German ROM. So I decided to change the CRC code to the German one ODT to match the German ROM and that seems to have fixed the Kies problem. Changing the CRC code does a factory reset but at least I now might be able to use Kies or OTA for future German ICS updates.
If you search using Google you will find loads of people who can no longer use Odin because it no longer detects their phone. Many reasons have been suggested such as bad USB cable, wrong or corrupt drivers, interference from Kies running in the background etc and I have tried those solutions without success. But I believe that in some cases it is the result of flashing the wrong firmware as I did
Some people have then tried to use recovery mode to solve the problem and ended up not being able to use their phone at all. There are others who are stuck on a buggy custom ROM and cannot use Odin to escape.
I am hoping that there will eventually be an official German ICS update that I can flash using Kies or OTA that will replace my current German ROM and allow me to use Odin again to flash the correct UK ROM.
I'm lucky that at least I can still use my Note normally even though it has German firmware. But if I eventually manage to get the UK firmware installed and running again then I will wait for the correct official updates for my Note in future.
You sure have a weird problem. Did you try on a different computer?
Maybe mobile odin could be helping you out, it's in play store.
i know that you really need the correct drivers to let Odin detect your device, installing kies takes care of that, but i know there are separate drivers around here somewhere to so you won't need kies on your PC (it highly interferes with Odin).
I would give you the link but am on my Note now.
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Hi, uninstall Kies and reboot your PC. Then download the latest version of kies and install it again. Connect your Note via USB cable and wait for the drivers to get installed. Then put your phone in download mode, close kies and connect the Note to the PC. Wait for Windows to automatically download and install the drivers. Once the drivers are installed, open ODIN. It should detect your phone in Download Mode.
Nirak said:
You sure have a weird problem. Did you try on a different computer?
Maybe mobile odin could be helping you out, it's in play store.
i know that you really need the correct drivers to let Odin detect your device, installing kies takes care of that, but i know there are separate drivers around here somewhere to so you won't need kies on your PC (it highly interferes with Odin).
I would give you the link but am on my Note now.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
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If you read some of the many posts by people who cannot use Odin to flash any more then you will see people have tried different computers, separate drivers, Kies drivers, starting Odin in administrator mode, several cables including official Samsung USB cable, trying Kies Mini, using Task Manager to stop any Kies software running whilst using Odin etc. but to no avail. Which is why I believe the problem for some people is within the Note and not the PC.
Unfortunately, in order to use Mobile Odin you need to be rooted and you need to use Odin get root. Although I read a post here recently where someone had developed a way to root without using Odin. It would be interesting to hear from anyone who has used that non-Odin root method to use Odin Mobile to flash a new ROM.
lifehijack said:
Hi, uninstall Kies and reboot your PC. Then download the latest version of kies and install it again. Connect your Note via USB cable and wait for the drivers to get installed. Then put your phone in download mode, close kies and connect the Note to the PC. Wait for Windows to automatically download and install the drivers. Once the drivers are installed, open ODIN. It should detect your phone in Download Mode.
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I tried your method but to no avail because I think my problem and many others is within the phone rather than the PC.
Gaugerer said:
If you read some of the many posts by people who cannot use Odin to flash any more then you will see people have tried different computers, separate drivers, Kies drivers, starting Odin in administrator mode, several cables including official Samsung USB cable, trying Kies Mini, using Task Manager to stop any Kies software running whilst using Odin etc. but to no avail. Which is why I believe the problem for some people is within the Note and not the PC.
Unfortunately, in order to use Mobile Odin you need to be rooted and you need to use Odin get root. Although I read a post here recently where someone had developed a way to root without using Odin. It would be interesting to hear from anyone who has used that non-Odin root method to use Odin Mobile to flash a new ROM.
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I've rooted my stock ICS following this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647148
no odin involved.
But i never used MobileOdin.
Nirak said:
I've rooted my stock ICS following this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647148
no odin involved.
But i never used MobileOdin.
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Yes, that is the method I was talking about. You could try MobileOdin available in Google Play to see if you can run it and perhaps flash a rom. That would be interesting for it would eliminate all the PC problems.
Gaugerer said:
Yes, that is the method I was talking about. You could try MobileOdin available in Google Play to see if you can run it and perhaps flash a rom. That would be interesting for it would eliminate all the PC problems.
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Why don't you give it a go yourself:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347899
I've just set up my device as i wish and have no intention of flashing it again..sorry
I am on LPY and was able to flash SpeedMod via PC Odin with no problems.
Try different USB port and use the original Samsung USB cable. I never used Kies before, so I am not sure about this part. I used to setup the driver installer only.
Hope it helps..
Searched but and found similar posts but with different phones or different firmware, so the file references were of no help.
Basically I had safestrap working, had flashed google play edition ROM and it was working great with the exception of the play store not wanting to connect. I was in the process of messing with that and read (here) that I needed 4.3 edition of that app, I checked and I had 4.2, so I loaded 4.3 to the Sdcard and installed it..
Phone rebooted and just stays on the samsung custom splash screen indefinitely . I can get to ODIN on the phone, soI tried using https://builds.casual-dev.com/jodin3/ to get access and see what I could do, but it keeps telling me to unplug and plug in the phone, and gives an error that it cant mount the device.
So, im kinda stuck, I didn't use ODIN to do anything previously, But considering its the only thing I currently have access to, I guess its my only hope.
Been fighting this a few hours and getting pretty dejected, I had almost everything PERFECT.. and now back to WORSE than where I started.
Wingnutt said:
Searched but and found similar posts but with different phones or different firmware, so the file references were of no help.
Basically I had safestrap working, had flashed google play edition ROM and it was working great with the exception of the play store not wanting to connect. I was in the process of messing with that and read (here) that I needed 4.3 edition of that app, I checked and I had 4.2, so I loaded 4.3 to the Sdcard and installed it..
Phone rebooted and just stays on the samsung custom splash screen indefinitely . I can get to ODIN on the phone, soI tried using https://builds.casual-dev.com/jodin3/ to get access and see what I could do, but it keeps telling me to unplug and plug in the phone, and gives an error that it cant mount the device.
So, im kinda stuck, I didn't use ODIN to do anything previously, But considering its the only thing I currently have access to, I guess its my only hope.
Been fighting this a few hours and getting pretty dejected, I had almost everything PERFECT.. and now back to WORSE than where I started.
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The 4.3 edition of SS doesn't work on 4.2. Does it stay on the splash or does it go to the actual boot animation? Also, you don't need to boot into the phone to use odin, it's a PC program. You can google "mf3 tar files" and you'll find the thread with the ODIN files, use them to get back to stock.
DeadlySin9 said:
The 4.3 edition of SS doesn't work on 4.2. Does it stay on the splash or does it go to the actual boot animation? Also, you don't need to boot into the phone to use odin, it's a PC program. You can google "mf3 tar files" and you'll find the thread with the ODIN files, use them to get back to stock.
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It sits on the Samsung custom screen, that's it.
And how do I use the ODIN files.. When the ODIN program won't do anything except tell me over and over to in plug and plug in the phone?
How do I "use the Odin files" ??
Wingnutt said:
It sits on the Samsung custom screen, that's it.
And how do I use the ODIN files.. When the ODIN program won't do anything except tell me over and over to in plug and plug in the phone?
How do I "use the Odin files" ??
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Did you install the Samsung USB Drivers? Google that and install them, then plug in the phone and run the program.
DeadlySin9 said:
Did you install the Samsung USB Drivers? Google that and install them, then plug in the phone and run the program.
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I *think* I already have installed them but I'll double check just in case, I have android file transfer installed, it does the same, I'll try it under windows in instead of Mac as well.
Ok, ODIN sees the phone, under windows, Downloading a MF3 TAR file as seen here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2504311
(1.5gb?!) once thats done Ill see what we have![/QUOTE]
Well, im a little stuck
I downloaded a the MF3 TAR file from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2504311
Flashed the bootloader: BOOTLOADER_I337UCUAMF3_812098_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.mp5
That went through properly, the phone rebooted..
No change..
what am i supposed to do next?
I flashed the CSC file: CSC_ATT_I337ATTAMF3_812098_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
That went through as well, after reboot no change.
Tried flashing the phone file: PLATFORM_I337UCUAMF3_812098_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
but nothing happens, no error message... it just doesent do anything :silly:
a little help?
Wingnutt said:
Well, im a little stuck
I downloaded a the MF3 TAR file from here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2504311
Flashed the bootloader: BOOTLOADER_I337UCUAMF3_812098_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.mp5
That went through properly, the phone rebooted..
No change..
what am i supposed to do next?
I flashed the CSC file: CSC_ATT_I337ATTAMF3_812098_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
That went through as well, after reboot no change.
Tried flashing the phone file: PLATFORM_I337UCUAMF3_812098_REV06_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5
but nothing happens, no error message... it just doesent do anything :silly:
a little help?
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You put platform tar in the PDA slot right? Also, you might have to restart between flashes or just load them in all at once.
There's a picture on this post with what options you should have: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46955352&postcount=7
DeadlySin9 said:
You put platform tar in the PDA slot right? Also, you might have to restart between flashes or just load them in all at once.
There's a picture on this post with what options you should have: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46955352&postcount=7
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Yep, ive read that thread stem to stern, everything is in the correct slots, I can flash everything EXCEPT the platform file
have tried it by itself, and as added with the rest, either way it same result.
Wingnutt said:
Yep, ive read that thread stem to stern, everything is in the correct slots, I can flash everything EXCEPT the platform file
have tried it by itself, and as added with the rest, either way it same result.
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Make sure the file you download was full and that it extracted the whole platform file. Other than that i'm not sure why it wouldn't work..
DeadlySin9 said:
Make sure the file you download was full and that it extracted the whole platform file. Other than that i'm not sure why it wouldn't work..
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Ive downloaded it twice, Ive tried flashing it under windows 7 and OSX. Same result.
I would be happy to try a different platform file, but I cant find any others.
One oddity, the ONLY Odin program that can see the phone is Jodin3, the web based version.
Ive downloaded 1.85 and 3.07 (windows) have updated the samsung USB drivers, have updated the heimdall software... they cant see it.
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Ive downloaded it twice, Ive tried flashing it under windows 7 and OSX. Same result.
I would be happy to try a different platform file, but I cant find any others.
One oddity, the ONLY Odin program that can see the phone is Jodin3, the web based version.
Ive downloaded 1.85 and 3.07 (windows) have updated the samsung USB drivers, have updated the heimdall software... they cant see it.
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Seems like it's not installing the drivers right. I'd try installing again: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555 or just manually go into device manager and point it to where you installed the drivers. Also, you might have to wait a while on any version of ODIN (even the we version) for it to finish checking the file.
OHHHH ****!
You were right, it was the USB drivers, I had to do it via method 3, I.E. manually select them.. for some odd reason the installer DID install the drivers but the device showed up as someting totally different than when doing it manually.
flashing now... will see what happens:laugh:
ITS ALLLLIIIVVVEEEE!!!!!!!
Ok. so, now I cant start over lol!
Thanks for all your help, everyone!!
I'm having issues with version 3.07 and 3.09 of Odin on a borrowed HP windows 7 PC. It keeps saying "Not responding" immediate. This is one of the many reasons why i got rid of crap PC in first place and switched to a Mac a few years ago. I'm on a Samsung Galaxy S5 Developers Edition. I'm trying to flash a rescue package stock rooted rom after accidently not unchecking reactivation lock in phone options when i went to do a regular TWRP backup a couple days ago. I need help with this and i'm getting few responses and i'm stressed out to get this working properly. I'm flashing tar files in PDA/AP. Please refer to fourm http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2747156&page=3
Also i was able to borrow a friends Dell W7 PC when i first got the phone and i rooted and flashed it just fine with Odin. I run Odin as Admin on PC.
Update need help!!!!!!!!!!
Thought someone would respond by now!? Well i loaded Windows 7 on virtualbox on my Mac and got ODIN to recognize my phone but it renders same windows error "NOT RESPONDING"! I'm despriate to get my phone in working order! There has to be someone that can help me?
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Thought someone would respond by now!? Well i loaded Windows 7 on virtualbox on my Mac and got ODIN to recognize my phone but it renders same windows error "NOT RESPONDING"! I'm despriate to get my phone in working order! There has to be someone that can help me?
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At this point I think a PM to the developer is in order.
Hello,
I have an SM-G928I telstra branded, i've tried flashing a autorooting kernel and it bootlooped my phone, after this i've flashed twrp and wiped the system... so right now i am on MAC OS X, i use JOdin3 and i've tried flashing a lot of firmwares, but JOdin3 gets stuck on Running, and in the Messages Box nothing seems to go on, i think i might just use the phone as a door stopper right now, but you guys are my last hope, if you know how can i get out of this situation please help me.
P.S. Don't tell me to use Odin on Windows because i do not have access to a windows computer
I think only way is odin on windows
Yeah, only way is odin on windows because JOdin3 is way outdated.
rel0xzje said:
Hello,
I have an SM-G928I telstra branded, i've tried flashing a autorooting kernel and it bootlooped my phone, after this i've flashed twrp and wiped the system... so right now i am on MAC OS X, i use JOdin3 and i've tried flashing a lot of firmwares, but JOdin3 gets stuck on Running, and in the Messages Box nothing seems to go on, i think i might just use the phone as a door stopper right now, but you guys are my last hope, if you know how can i get out of this situation please help me.
P.S. Don't tell me to use Odin on Windows because i do not have access to a windows computer
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=20803
Have you tried this version ?
Get a virtual machine and install windows. Do it there. You can emulate windows on mac