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Can't reboot recovery

I flashed back to Stock Sprint from the RUU and then let the phone update to the MR update. I rooted and then did the pushed the recovery-RA-heroc-v1.2.3.img to the SD card and flashed it (at least I think so, it happened really fast). When I did "reboot recovery" it just powered down the phone and no reboot. In fact, I had to pull the battery to get it to boot normally. If I try to boot to recovery by holding the home key I just get stuck at the HTC splash screen.
Any help is appreciated.

I went through this SAME THING for 3 days when I first rooted my hero and it was driving me nuts! You may have a corrupt recovery img or just a bad root. I would download the recovery img again, and flash the Sprint RUU AGAIN and then root again. Basically start from scratch again . That is what worked for me. Every time I tried rebooting and getting to that screen where u can do a nandroid backup and flash from sd I could not for the life of me get to that screen, It would just power off and reboot and stay on the HTC screen. So try starting ALL OVER again I bet that it will work.

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to redownload everything and reflash with the RUU, reroot, and try the recovery image stuff again.
It's been a frustrating day.

I feel your pain man, I went through it for 3 days before someone told me to flash the Stock Sprint RUU. And at the time I didnt even know there was a stock sprint ruu,lol.

OK, redid RUU, rerooted, and reflashed recovery and now it's working.
Now I can go to bed!
BTW, thanks aaron130 for your moral support.

No problem. Glad you got it working!

i'm having a bit of trouble with this as well i cant flash back to the stock sprint firmware with the RUU exe file. it times out on waiting for bootloader and the phone will never reset. has anyone encountered this? i downloaded the RUU file three times and and tried two different computers. i'm just trying to get back to the stock ROM. someone help please?

Yes, Spunkzz. Download and install HTC Sync.

Spunkzz said:
i'm having a bit of trouble with this as well i cant flash back to the stock sprint firmware with the RUU exe file. it times out on waiting for bootloader and the phone will never reset. has anyone encountered this? i downloaded the RUU file three times and and tried two different computers. i'm just trying to get back to the stock ROM. someone help please?
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Try doing it from fastboot. (Off the top of my head) With the phone powered off: hold volume down and then hit the power button. It should say if you want fastboot to hit volume up... press volume up. See if it will flash RUU that way. If not then check your device manager and see if it shows you are missing a driver for your phone.

Spunkzz said:
i'm having a bit of trouble with this as well i cant flash back to the stock sprint firmware with the RUU exe file. it times out on waiting for bootloader and the phone will never reset. has anyone encountered this? i downloaded the RUU file three times and and tried two different computers. i'm just trying to get back to the stock ROM. someone help please?
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I saw a thread about this somewhere. I think it was the Sprint Community forums. Are you on Windows 7? If you are, you'll have to manually download and install the Vista drivers for the phone.
I'll find you a link to them if this is your problem.

arashed31 said:
I saw a thread about this somewhere. I think it was the Sprint Community forums. Are you on Windows 7? If you are, you'll have to manually download and install the Vista drivers for the phone.
I'll find you a link to them if this is your problem.
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I'm using Win7 and all I had to do was install HTC Sync.

jonnythan said:
I'm using Win7 and all I had to do was install HTC Sync.
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Really? I have Win7 x64 and it wouldn't install any drivers. The program installed but it would never recognize my phone and neither did the RUU. I had to download the Vista x64 drivers from somewhere and then the HTC Sync program and the RUU would work.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/08/24/workaround-for-htc-hero-sync-problem-in-windows-7/
Here's what I did:
I got the 2.0.8 version off the site.
Installed in normally and let it error with a long dialoge that said something about not installing drivers.
Downloaded the drivers from the site and put them in the HTC Driver folder
Used device manager to manually install the drivers for "Android Device"
And it worked!!

as an update. i figured it out. i was using Fresh Rom 0.5d and for some reason that wasnt letting me run RUU exe file to get it back to the stock rom. i flashed modacos rom and then used the RUU and it worked fine. i'm now back to the stock rom. for some reason after a day something keeps my phone awake. i've been tryign to figure it out but cant seem to narrow it down.

arashed31 said:
Really? I have Win7 x64 and it wouldn't install any drivers. The program installed but it would never recognize my phone and neither did the RUU. I had to download the Vista x64 drivers from somewhere and then the HTC Sync program and the RUU would work.
http://www.mydigitallife.info/2009/08/24/workaround-for-htc-hero-sync-problem-in-windows-7/
Here's what I did:
I got the 2.0.8 version off the site.
Installed in normally and let it error with a long dialoge that said something about not installing drivers.
Downloaded the drivers from the site and put them in the HTC Driver folder
Used device manager to manually install the drivers for "Android Device"
And it worked!!
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Ah, Win7 x64 and x32 are going to be different beasts when it comes to drivers. Great info for those running x64 though, thanks.

Plain and Simple- I Need Advice

i posted about this before, but they were kind of muttled. So ill state my problem as cleanly as i can and see if i can get some help on what to do.
I tried out TW's Gingerbread Tech demo. I tried to ODIN back, but my computer doesnt recognize my phone when its in download mode. I tried Nexus s drivers, and vibant drivers. The nexus s drivers install fine when the phone is NOT in download mode, but my comp doesnt recognize it when in download mode. My computer reads my phone in DL mode as "Gadget Serial". I also tried plugging my phone into my comp while in DL mode and installing the same drivers, but it doesnt work. Honestly i am not really a "noob" at this, and i have tried everything i can think of, so this is why i am posting this.

Try using a Windows XP computer or at least 32 bit Windows 7

anthonys2r said:
Try using a Windows XP computer or at least 32 bit Windows 7
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This might work........ worth a try, but read up on doing this through ADB...... that will probably expose what is corrupted in the software and it may be the SBL........ not sure but either way you need to be able to see line by line what is happening
I can't remember but I think it was untermensch, Whitehawxx or Jellette one of those I thought had some post on ADB and how to help in reloading a rom......
I am really not sure if i understand the total problem ..........
hope that helps

Wasn't the TECH Demo made to run in memory and all you had to do was flash back to the kernel you were using previously and your phone would be back to the way it was.... lemme look at that again..
Yeah thats what you do...even a list of 2.2 kernels to flash

jmcghee1973 said:
Wasn't the TECH Demo made to run in memory and all you had to do was flash back to the kernel you were using previously and your phone would be back to the way it was.... lemme look at that again..
Yeah thats what you do...even a list of 2.2 kernels to flash
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oka1 said:
This might work........ worth a try, but read up on doing this through ADB...... that will probably expose what is corrupted in the software and it may be the SBL........ not sure but either way you need to be able to see line by line what is happening
I can't remember but I think it was untermensch, Whitehawxx or Jellette one of those I thought had some post on ADB and how to help in reloading a rom......
I am really not sure if i understand the total problem ..........
hope that helps
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The problem is odin doesnt recognize my phone in download mode. So thats why just flashing a kernel back wont work. And CWR doesnt work if thats what you were talking about. Ill look up the ADB post though, thank you

f**k this is so aggravating, my phone is basically f**ked....

Might sound wierd but my phone used to do the same thing. Which version of odin r u using. I have 2 versions of it the v1 and whatever the new one is, but anyway one recognizes my phone the other doesnt. Try using a diggerent version on odin. Worth a try hope it helps
Currently running ______________! (<----Insert Rom name here)

have you tried Heimdall ? It's like Odin

Had the Same problem
What you need to do is go over to the Nexus S forums and download the drivers for that and install them on your computer. Then once they are installed ODIN will then recognize your phone. I know that the OP for the Tech Demo state that all your info is still on the phone because it dual boots but to get back to the ROM you had before you are going to need those drivers then in ODIN just download a kernel and place it in the PDA section. This will allow the phone to revert back

vibrant2010 said:
What you need to do is go over to the Nexus S forums and download the drivers for that and install them on your computer. Then once they are installed ODIN will then recognize your phone. I know that the OP for the Tech Demo state that all your info is still on the phone because it dual boots but to get back to the ROM you had before you are going to need those drivers then in ODIN just download a kernel and place it in the PDA section. This will allow the phone to revert back
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ive done all this before, problem is my computer doesnt recognize my phone when in download mode. I installed the drivers and my comp recognizes my phone when its on, but NOT when its in download mode.

oka1 said:
have you tried Heimdall ? It's like Odin
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odin wouldn't recognize my phone, but heimdall worked great.

Kies Software not recognizing rooted S II

Hello all
Wondering if anyone can help me with this. I have rooted my S ii and now when I connect it to the KIES software and try to check for updates, it says device not recognized. I can still use other functions of the software but I cannot try to check for updates. Does this mean when Samsung releases an update or pushes out a new version of Android, I will not be able to update my phone? If so, is there any way to change that?
Thanks for your answers.

search the forums, answers already out there...
in short, when you know that there is some latest firmware available in KIES...flash with the previous KIES update (not the latest) thru odin (the stock firmwares are available in dev section) and you must be knowing all this when you rooted your phone...
thereafter you are all ready for KIES updates...KIES will recognize your phone

SndChsr said:
Hello all
Wondering if anyone can help me with this. I have rooted my S ii and now when I connect it to the KIES software and try to check for updates, it says device not recognized. I can still use other functions of the software but I cannot try to check for updates. Does this mean when Samsung releases an update or pushes out a new version of Android, I will not be able to update my phone? If so, is there any way to change that?
Thanks for your answers.
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If you are running windows 7 make sure you run kies as an administrator if you don't then it will always say device not recognised.

Root has nothing to do with Kies, as long as you stay on Stock ROM Kies will show update.
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Turn off USB debugging.
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Thanks all for the help. Greatly appreciated. I will run it as administrator and see if that does the trick.

SndChsr said:
Thanks all for the help. Greatly appreciated. I will run it as administrator and see if that does the trick.
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do what chrisjcks told you instead.
Windows wont recognize the phone nor would kies as long as the usb debugging mode is active on your phone. In my case it shows to virtual drives flash drives, i cant access when usb debug is active on my phone on windows 7.
When USB debugging is not active, windows 7 shows me a phone icon with I9100 below it, that is fully accessible, at that point even kies recognizes it instantly.

OK, so now the phone is being recognized in Win7 but this is the message I see in Kies:
"This version of the device cannot be updated.
Current Firmware Version: PDA:KG2/PHONE:KG2/CSC:KG2 (VMC)"
Any thoughts why? I know that I rooted my phone in order to unlock it, but I'm not sure if rooting also altered the ROM. Sorry guys, I'm a total noob to Android. I rooted with the method posted here on the forums.
I should mention that I rooted using SuperOneClick and Odin method.

SndChsr said:
OK, so now the phone is being recognized in Win7 but this is the message I see in Kies:
"This version of the device cannot be updated.
Current Firmware Version: PDA:KG2/PHONE:KG2/CSC:KG2 (VMC)"
Any thoughts why? I know that I rooted my phone in order to unlock it, but I'm not sure if rooting also altered the ROM. Sorry guys, I'm a total noob to Android. I rooted with the method posted here on the forums.
I should mention that I rooted using SuperOneClick and Odin method.
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Just means that there is no update for your phone at the moment. It will say that it either cannot be updated or you have the latest firmware. Same thing.

If you use a mixture of a CSC, modem, and rom/kernel from different stock firmwares KIES wont detect it.
So you need to flash to the same kernel, modem and CSC as your stock firmware, if you used superoneclick you must have flashed a insecure kernel, did you flash your stock one back?

veyka said:
If you use a mixture of a CSC, modem, and rom/kernel from different stock firmwares KIES wont detect it.
So you need to flash to the same kernel, modem and CSC as your stock firmware, if you used superoneclick you must have flashed a insecure kernel, did you flash your stock one back?
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No, I did not flash it back. I flashed with superoneclick, unlocked the phone and left it as it is. However, I would like to flash it back. Is the stock ROM available somewhere? And if so, instructions on flashing it back to stock ROM would be beyond words of appreciation.

Do you need to change anything in kies registry.
Coming from sgs1, I remember you need to change HID value or something in kies registry.

[email protected] said:
Do you need to change anything in kies registry.
Coming from sgs1, I remember you need to change HID value or something in kies registry.
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I'm not sure. You mean if the phone is rooted?

Well..I've connected my phone again and suddenly everything works as expected. Kies says everything is up to date. Thanks for the help chumps Greatly appreciated!
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Aftermath Of Flashing German ROM XLPY

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..

[Q] MF3 suddenly cannot get into safestrap recovery.

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.

Wingnutt said:
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!!