Hey guys,
I've been around these forums for a while.
I've had pretty much every Galaxy S phone that has been out for T-Mobile back to the Vibrant days.
I recently went on a journey to the dark side and had switched over to AT&T and had gotten a White 16GB iPhone 5S. Four months later, here I am.. back with T-Mobile and a White 16GB Galaxy S5. I was so close to getting the Note 4, but meh.. too big for me I think.
Anyway, back to my rant..
Never have I ever had so much trouble flashing a custom recovery on a phone, lol. It wasn't anything I was doing wrong I knew for sure, but it just kept failing, even going back to stop kept failing. I was up until like 3:30 AM last night trying to figure it out. I was going crazy. Tried different .tar files, ODINs, heimdall, etc. All this was in both Windows XP VMWare and Windows 7 VMWare, which I've never had an issue using before. Then I thought.. -sigh- it's probably stupid VMWare and ODIN / drivers / something not getting along. So I dusted off my dinosaur Windows XP desktop (Keep in mind I have a Macbook Air) and my god, never have I ever been as happy to own a dinosaur Windows XP desktop. I flashed back to stock, then flashed a custom recovery, then finally flashed Cyanogenmod.
Feels good to be back.
Welcome back to Android! how does it feel?
decimater said:
Welcome back to Android! how does it feel?
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Thanks!
Feels good.. can't keep my phone down now.
Miss the community here too.
Exel said:
Thanks!
Feels good.. can't keep my phone down now.
Miss the community here too.
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My phone stays down if I eat it with crackers or maybe take some Pepto.
gspears said:
My phone stays down if I eat it with crackers or maybe take some Pepto.
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Lol. :silly:
I too have a macbook air, but I'm running win 7 in Parallels. What I found is that Odin doesn't like when you have the tars on the mac side. I have to copy them all to the virtual C: drive. Also it doesn't like when the exe is run from the mac side, even though it still opens in windows. For some reason I have to actually run the exe from windows explorer.
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I too have a macbook air, but I'm running win 7 in Parallels. What I found is that Odin doesn't like when you have the tars on the mac side. I have to copy them all to the virtual C: drive. Also it doesn't like when the exe is run from the mac side, even though it still opens in windows. For some reason I have to actually run the exe from windows explorer.
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Strange, thanks for the heads up.
Hopefully I can get this working on my mac cause I don't want to have to plug in my Winblows everytime I need to ODIN.
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Strange, thanks for the heads up.
Hopefully I can get this working on my mac cause I don't want to have to plug in my Winblows everytime I need to ODIN.
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Well then you should plug the windows computer in and unplug the mac and leave the mac alone. Only pull the mac out if you ever get a iphone.. LOL
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Well then you should plug the windows computer in and unplug the mac and leave the mac alone. Only pull the mac out if you ever get a iphone.. LOL
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LOL, well I did have an iPhone for 4 months..
No but in reality, my Mac handles Photoshop and Illustrator so much better than Windows.
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So I am primarily a mac user (yeah, yeah) and have been for years. I haven't used anything windows in 10+ years, but I just got a netbook today that I've upgraded to windows 7 ultimate. I have flashed several roms, but never flashed back to stock mainly because there isn't as much out there on heimdall and honestly didn't want to bother with bootcamp.
I guess I'm wondering if anyone has used ODIN on a netbook, or if it would be inadvisable to do so?
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So I am primarily a mac user (yeah, yeah) and have been for years. I haven't used anything windows in 10+ years, but I just got a netbook today that I've upgraded to windows 7 ultimate. I have flashed several roms, but never flashed back to stock mainly because there isn't as much out there on heimdall and honestly didn't want to bother with bootcamp.
I guess I'm wondering if anyone has used ODIN on a netbook, or if it would be inadvisable to do so?
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The fact that your computer is classified as a netbook is unrelated to whether or not Odin or Heimdall run. It's usually just a matter of USB port quality on both the PC and the phone itself.
Nonetheless both Heimdall and Odin should run fine in Windows 7 on your netbook.
I always use my Acer Asprie netbook when I need to use odin. It is running Windows 7 Home Premium 32 bit, but I'm sure Win 7 Ultimate will work just as well.
I prefer to use my netbook over my several windows desktop computers because it is very portable and the battery will run for many hours. Consider it a built in UPS. If I lose house power during a flash, I can rest assured that odin will continue working on battery power.
It's also nice to be able to continue using my main desktop PC while odin is doing it's thing by my side.
You can rest assured and odin to your hearts content.
I use ODIN on my Win7 ASUS netbook every time and it works like a charm.
do you ensure you have installed the driver correctly?
I just used odin today on my acer. Everything went smoothly very easy just had to look up alot of information on what to download
Also I'm just running the basic windows 7 that doesnt let you do anything
Dammit Dammit Dammit! lol I have had the Dev preview on another SSD since the day it launched, and guess what happens? My Win7 Ultimate SSD crashed, so I feel all high and mighty I start diving into Win8 for real instead of just playing around and BAM Moto Drivers don't work with Win8 yet because they "Don't recognize the OS". My computer basically told me to get ****ed and that I can't root my brothers phone. I refuse to go back to Win7, guess I will go play on someone else computer!
Just thought I would give you guys a heads up, in case you wanted to migrate onto the Dev Preview or an Alpha/Beta. This is where it stands right now.
Windows 8 Dev Preview has Windows 7 compatibility mode... Right click the installer and set them to install that way. Let us know if that works....
Nope, I had tried that already.
Damn.... That's a pretty crappy bro... I tried it out on a spare HDD I had for a few days and the whole Metro interface being designed for a touch screen device just got cumbersome and I only tried installing some basic stuff like office, chrome, skype, and other things like that....
Most software works(even processor intensive CAD/Revit, Adobe CS5 products), and I rarely even see the Metro UI, I don't use it for anything. I just have my desktop extended across both screens.
True... I have an old dell lappy I might throw it on there and play with it some more.... Maybe that will make it heat up less....
I had to revert back to Windows 7 (no big deal) because I had trouble SBFing in Windows 8.
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I had to revert back to Windows 7 (no big deal) because I had trouble SBFing in Windows 8.
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Yea, for the same reason, lol. I am not too worried though. I am upgrading to the ReZound on Monday. But, I thought I would post this. I am sure there is someone smart enough to adapt the drivers, or knows another way we are not thinking of.
Could probably always partion the drive and have 7 or xp on another partition...
Hopefully this will be fixed when they decide to release Windows 8.
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Could probably always partion the drive and have 7 or xp on another partition...
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I have 4 500GB HDD's 1 1TB HDD and 2 256GB SSD's. I have plenty of space for Win7, but after being on Windows 8 there is no going back. Not to mention I don't want to set up an entire system just to root a phone I will only have for 3 more days
I was thinking about trying that other root method because it doesn't say anything about drivers, although, that might just be an obvious given. We will see, and I will let you guys know probably tomorrow. I am a Veteran, got things to do today that don't involve sitting in front of a computer lol.
BTW, Happy Veteran's Day to my fellow Brothers-in-Arms and Veterans alike! RLTW!
No Bueno...
I found elsewhere on the net a solution to windows 8 problem...
Extract the usb drivers from the motorola's driver MSI using Uniextract to a easy to find folder, then go into device manager and find the 'unknown usb device' and manually update drivers by pointing to the drivers you just extracted. Hope all that makes sense....
I should note that while this method has gotten me farther than I had previously, and allowed RSDlite to work SBF'ing my phone back to stock, but it seems ADB doesn't want to play nicely with windows 8. I've tried windows compatability mode, run as admin. no luck so far.
I don't have much of a clue of what I'm talking about but maybe its worth a shot...what if you ran a virtual of 7 inside of 8? Would you be able to use the drivers that way?
Sorry if I woke an older thread. Just curious..
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I had this same issue with the Moto drivers, I tried compatability mode, didn't work. I don't want to install another iteration of Win7 just to be able to root my phone lol.
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I had this same issue with the Moto drivers, I tried compatability mode, didn't work. I don't want to install another iteration of Win7 just to be able to root my phone lol.
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I'm in the same boat with you, it sucks. So far, every other program and software I've installed has been compatible with the dev preview, but not drivers. But you don't have a lab top, or another computer sitting around to use to root it? Either that, or going back to Windows 7 is the only way to solve it, that I know of
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I'm in the same boat with you, it sucks. So far, every other program and software I've installed has been compatible with the dev preview, but not drivers. But you don't have a lab top, or another computer sitting around to use to root it? Either that, or going back to Windows 7 is the only way to solve it, that I know of
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Nah, I basically have a super computer I built 4 years ago while in South Korea. A couple weeks ago my SSD with Win7 Ultimate went down, and I like Win8 so much more, there was no turning back. I have a recovery I could throw onto another SSD or HDD, but it's too much effort, especially for only a "temporary" root.
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Nah, I basically have a super computer I built 4 years ago while in South Korea. A couple weeks ago my SSD with Win7 Ultimate went down, and I like Win8 so much more, there was no turning back. I have a recovery I could throw onto another SSD or HDD, but it's too much effort, especially for only a "temporary" root.
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That's true, so are you just gonna wait for an s-off method? I don't yet have the phone, but by the time I do, I'm just gonna use my school lab top to root it. But building your own computer? I would really love to do that one day, sounds accomplishing
lol, I have honestly been a computer geek since I was 5/6 I turn 24 X-Mas eve, so I have been doing it a LONG time. I made a killing building this over there. At the time, I priced the parts total cost equivalent in the US was $4,800. I spent $1,300, and have since upgraded my monitors, but that was still only $400. That was 4 years ago, my Windows experience rating is still 7.2 out of 7.9.
Would you be willing to use a thumb drive and boot into ubuntu? Most hacks have a linux equivalent at some point.
I actually have Ubuntu, lol. Didn't even think about it!
Does the Zergrush exploit have a linux version?
AtLemacks said:
I actually have Ubuntu, lol. Didn't even think about it!
Does the Zergrush exploit have a linux version?
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I know the inc2 did, so I'm sure it does for the others
i was running RabiesShot.exe i noticed the phone was taking a very long time to respond. when i noticed it was not powered on i proceeded to power on the phone. no response. i plug the phone into the charger i dont see the notification light.
is there any hope on taking this phone in for repair or a way to get the phone to power on again?
i just got it back from repair earlier today.
i got 1/2 way thru the root process so i am worried that they might find out it is rooted if i go to take it in.
so do i have a brick or is there some sort of hope?
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i was running RabiesShot.exe i noticed the phone was taking a very long time to respond. when i noticed it was not powered on i proceeded to power on the phone. no response. i plug the phone into the charger i dont see the notification light.
is there any hope on taking this phone in for repair or a way to get the phone to power on again?
i just got it back from repair earlier today.
i got 1/2 way thru the root process so i am worried that they might find out it is rooted if i go to take it in.
so do i have a brick or is there some sort of hope?
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Sounds like a softbrick. Go and download RacunHunter from unlimited io. Though I think its linux only.
http://unlimited.io/racunhunter.htm
i will give it a try. right now anything is better than NO PHONE!
Your not in windows 8 are you?
I don't think you can't s off on windows 8
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no i am on windows 7 x64 enterprise edition
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no i am on windows 7 x64 enterprise edition
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64 bit isn't supported by DirtyRacun. Some people have had success but I'm sure there's a good reason they don't (driver issues or something like that). Just use a live disc of ubuntu. It's not hard.
I'm trying to run CASUAL on my macbook; it starts up fine, begins to run, and puts my phone into Download mode, then hangs up. The phone never leaves Download mode (with the android logo, says "Downloading...do not turn off target!!"). I've tried both ports on my MB, tried using my OEM cable and my Nexus 7 cable, and I'm at a loss. Do I need to put my phone in ADB mode (voldown+home+power) first, THEN run CASUAL? I've updated Java, rebooted phone and mac, and made sure I'm running the latest mac-enable update for CASUAL.
Any help would be awesome!!
Just throwing a guess out there. Is your phone set to debugging mode? Needed.
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Just throwing a guess out there. Is your phone set to debugging mode? Needed.
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my thoughts also.
If it's getting to Download mode it has to be set to debugging, because it wouldn't get the adb commands to reboot otherwise. I had the same issue on my Kubuntu machine and never found a fix. I ended up doing on on a Win7 laptop instead (because my Win8 desktop was failing too).
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If it's getting to Download mode it has to be set to debugging, because it wouldn't get the adb commands to reboot otherwise. I had the same issue on my Kubuntu machine and never found a fix. I ended up doing on on a Win7 laptop instead (because my Win8 desktop was failing too).
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good info! i have only used windows 7 so never had that problem.
I am definitely in debugging mode. That was one of the first things I turned on when I got my phone. haha
I'm still getting the hangup. I think Adam said CASUAL for mac is working for some, but others are having the same problem as I am. I just figured I was the only one, since no one posted on the forum about it.
I honestly think there is some dependency somewhere that Heimdall needs that we're not getting...something that's on some machines and not on others, and probably something Adam isn't even aware of. I was using my Kubuntu Linux machine that is specifically built for Android development and it was stopping at exactly the same place as your Mac. It was seeing the device just fine, able to send adb commands to it all day long, but as soon as it went into Download mode, it could no longer communicate. If you figure out the issue, I'd love to know what it is. I didn't spend much time on it since I had alternatives.
Yea I'm just waiting to hear any word from Adam on a fix. He confirmed to me that it does work on some macs, and not on others. I, apparently, am in the "others" category. haha Wish I was lucky enough to have a Windows PC layin around. The only computer I have is my mac, and it's the only thing I have for work and personal, so if something goes screwy (like a VM or Bootcamp installation), I'm effed. lol
Guess I'll just have to wait till someone figures it out.
You're connected to the internet right?
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You're connected to the internet right?
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Yea I have impeccable wifi in my house.
Why?
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Yea I have impeccable wifi in my house.
Why?
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My phone is my Internet. So when I ran through with no connection I got hung at the same spot.
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My phone is my Internet. So when I ran through with no connection I got hung at the same spot.
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Ahhh gotcha. That makes sense.
I'm getting an error stating that protocol initialisation failed and my phone gets stuck in download mode. Even if I disconnect the USB cable, Casual still says "device connected".
Latest Java program Java 7 for Winblows. For Mac Idk.
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I'm sure you guys have checked this, but make sure you have the correct java. It will firebird the 32 bit by default and if you're on a 64 bit system it won't work.
I had this problem with apk multi tool. Was going crazy until it hit me. Felt like an idiot.
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Okay so I installed Windows 7 ultimate 32-bit in VirtualBox on my mac, got it up and running, got the latest Java update installed, installed CASUAL and got IT updated, now I can't get VB and Windows to recognize my phone. I've tried to install the latest drivers direct from the Samsung website, but they don't install (little popup in the taskbar tells me so...). At this point I'm ready to download Ubuntu and run that in VB. This whole thing reminded me why I hate Windows. hahaha
Any confirmation that CASUAL runs correctly in the latest Ubuntu build?
Plenty of people have gotten it to work. I didn't, but others have. I recommend a LiveCD instead of a VirtualBox. No weird VM issues that way.
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Was trying to jailbreak GN2 using Casual but my phone is stuck in the download mode and says,"do not turn off target" HELP!!!