Hello, I've been looking for a while on the forum for a way to install CWM to my Samsung Mini from my Mac OS, it seems that there is this application called ODIN but it's not supported on Mac OS, my question is: is there an alternative for ODIN for Mac OS?
jupiterpol said:
Hello, I've been looking for a while on the forum for a way to install CWM to my Samsung Mini from my Mac OS, it seems that there is this application called ODIN but it's not supported on Mac OS, my question is: is there an alternative for ODIN for Mac OS?
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Yes, true ODIN is not supported for MAC and no alternative is available. However I have some alternatives for you:
1. Find a friend who have Windows PC and ask for his help.
OR,
2. Use VirtualBox (if available, or similar visualization tool) to install windows on your MAC and then try from there.... (i am not sure if this is possible, so you may need to do some research).
All the best!
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Hello all.
First of all, before people shooting at me and saying "please search", I come from many Google and xda search with "MacOs, download mode, failure vm, virtual machine, odin , kies" in every combination you can imagine and no result.
So, the problem is the following one:
I remarked, with some friends from a french forum that we all succeed to use KIES in a virtual machine and connect the phone:
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That work like a charm.
Then w wanted to flash, then reboot the phone in Download mode ( yellow android at work ) and then there is a big crash telling us that the device is not recognized:
"unable to connect USB device to virtual machine"
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I would really be pleased to have more info on this issue and if we are only a little group to have this issue.
For info, I am using MacOS Snow Leopard and the trial of parallels desktops 6.
It doesn't work with VMware Fusion either. Must be something to do with the USB interface on Samsung.. I've heard some people have it going on Virtualbox running on Linux - but not Mac.
Works fine on VirtualBox on Ubuntu.
Why don't you give Heimdall a go? Haven't tried it personally, but OS X is in the list of supported OSes
Maybe I found the explanation , thanks to ed link:
Although Heimdall runs on OS X all Galaxy S phones tested thus far contain a bug in the secondary boot loader that prevents the phone registering itself with OS X. This may change if Samsung release an updated secondary boot loader.
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Maybe there is the same problem.
Does the secondary boot loader has a link with download mode? If yes, that might be the problem!
profete162 said:
Maybe I found the explanation , thanks to ed link:
Maybe there is the same problem.
Does the secondary boot loader has a link with download mode? If yes, that might be the problem!
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Saw that today too.. .pretty sure its the issue since it affects all parallels, fusion and virtualbox on Mac OSX.
profete162 said:
Maybe I found the explanation , thanks to ed link:
Maybe there is the same problem.
Does the secondary boot loader has a link with download mode? If yes, that might be the problem!
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Yes, download mode functionality is provided by the secondary boot loader. If you really desperately want to get it working with OS X then you would need to download the source for, modify and install a custom IOUSBFamily.kext that contains a work-around specifically for the Galaxy S.
The only options for we Mac users right now are to find a Windows machine, install boot camp on your Mac (then point your vmware machine to it to save duplicate Windows wasted space), or possibly find a way to boot from an external drive with Windows (like a thumbdrive or livecd if possible).
distortedloop said:
The only options for we Mac users right now are to find a Windows machine, install boot camp on your Mac (then point your vmware machine to it to save duplicate Windows wasted space)
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Exactly what i have done. And I HATE it :|
I had this same problem, and I just saw this thread after spending hours last night trying to figure out why XP in Parallels stopped recognizing the phone as soon as it went into download mode. So irritating!
it works for me on VMware 7 + WinXP SP3
because my Win7 64bit PC is crazy it won't recognize the phone randomly, twice it bricked my phone doing the Flash on the Host PC
so after setting up my ROM FLASH VMware machine, now i no longer have problem
stupid windows, no time to mess with the system registry to figure out what is the madness with the USB detection
i'm pretty sure you should have no problem as well if you use VMware 6.5
I posted this in the Heimdall thread but thought I should let followers of this thread know also.
I sent Samsung the OS X USB failure log and since then Samsung have informed me that the Froyo update (specifically the Nordic version released October 15) includes a fixed bootloader which should allow the phone to be recognised in OS X. I'm yet to verify this but hopefully this is the case!
hi
i just got a new replacement sgs last night.
im on a macbook pro and now need to connect to kies to upgrade the firmware
the problem is that i instaled kies on my virtual machine windows xp via parallels and now KIES simply doesnt recognise the SGS
please help me as how i can do this if it is possible
anyone else using kies on a mac via parallels? how do u do it ?
thanks
yet another nov dev question posted to get more attention
Some issue with non-standard USB drivers of the Galaxy - it doesnt work on Vmware either. I have never tried Kies, but got Odin going through a Vmware-Bootcamp installation. Thats probably the only way far as I know to get Kies going.
The advantage of a Parallels-Bootcamp installation is that you can run it like any other virtual machine from Mac but boot into it in bootcamp if you want to run quirky stuff like Kies.
Easiest way is to wait for an Odin release of your firmware and flash it with Heimdall.
I cannot for the life of me open Odin on my Mac to save my life, I just dont understand.
I've flashed 4 different ROMs and I am trying to do a stock reflash to start clean and just cannot figure out how to open Odin.
Please help before I fry my beloved Craptivate.
Odin is not for macs. I believe there is another procedure for macs but much more complicated
As far as I know the only way to get odin to work is to have a copy of windows running either via bootcamp or virtualization software like VMware or Parrallels. I'm sure a search will come up with something .....
I was unsuccessful at getting Parallels to work with the USB specifically when the captivate was in the download mode. Since this is a requirement of Odin, I had to use a PC.
I read several articles/posts with recommendations for getting download mode to work with various VMs but nothing worked.
Save yourself the time and just find a PC. You can then use the mac/vm for other functions.
Thanks for the replies, hopefully I don't fry this before I get to a PC. =-O
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I have a Mac and a PC running windows 7 64, no good for ODIN. I use Clockworkmode to go from 2.1 to 2.2 flashing Cognitive. It worked great, no problems. Check the site for instructions under development
Hello guys,
I've got a problem, does anyone know how to flash recovery - CWM or - using Heimdall? I've tried running Odin on Wineskin but it didn't detected my Mini, and Heimdall is hard to understand because there's no menu like Odin and also I'm pretty new to Android - been using iPhone 3G for a long time. Can you please help me?
Cheers!
Anyone? Please?
Heimdal don't work with mini
And we should not use odin in any virtual player.
So almost not possible
Try a friend's windows pc
kosciakpl said:
Hello guys,
I've got a problem, does anyone know how to flash recovery - CWM or - using Heimdall? I've tried running Odin on Wineskin but it didn't detected my Mini, and Heimdall is hard to understand because there's no menu like Odin and also I'm pretty new to Android - been using iPhone 3G for a long time. Can you please help me?
Cheers!
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Its not impossible you can use a windows emulator or Wine?(I not sure cause that's what I use on Linux and some say supported by Mac)
Sent from GALAXY mini...Please Thank Me when you think I deserve it
Samsung Fan1693 said:
Its not impossible you can use a windows emulator or Wine?(I not sure cause that's what I use on Linux and some say supported by Mac)
Sent from GALAXY mini...Please Thank Me when you think I deserve it
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Wine doesn't support USB Detecting.
RE: Root on Mac
I finally rooted on Mac via VMware and then installed Windows 7 via BootCamp. Sorry Apple but Mini 2 is such unpopular phone that there's no method to do on OSX.
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I recently converted my windows 10 laptop completely (accidentally) to ubuntu studio and am having a hard time finding what can be used in replace of odin. I have heimdall but read it doesnt work above 4.4.2 and cant find jodin3 as links to it dont load. Anybody here use linux and can give a few general steps on what to use and how to get it?
droseofc said:
I recently converted my windows 10 laptop completely (accidentally) to ubuntu studio and am having a hard time finding what can be used in replace of odin. I have heimdall but read it doesnt work above 4.4.2 and cant find jodin3 as links to it dont load. Anybody here use linux and can give a few general steps on what to use and how to get it?
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Install a Virtual Machine or VirtualBox and download a version of Windows that you can run on it with a key to activate windows or just use a temporary one but you'll have to learn how to use the VM'S they're not hard at all though.
I will deff try that and appreciate the help. That doesnt seem difficult at all or anything but other then that is there a method that is for linux such as heimdall? Heimdall may be ok i just read it doesnt work after 4.4.2. Right now the virtualbox does seem best as i am used to windows but wondering if there's something specifically for linux or Linux compatible.
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I will deff try that and appreciate the help. That doesnt seem difficult at all or anything but other then that is there a method that is for linux such as heimdall? Heimdall may be ok i just read it doesnt work after 4.4.2. Right now the virtualbox does seem best as i am used to windows but wondering if there's something specifically for linux or Linux compatible.
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Unfortunately I have not found anything capable of being used after 4.4.2 on Linux which is why I said the VM.. I use VirtualBox and it works great running Windows 7 but you need to make sure that you have all the software it needs to run installed.. This isn't like Windows where you just install a .exe and it works, there's a lot more involved than that. With VirtualBox after you install it you'll have to also install a VirtualBox Extension Pack. You should make sure you read up pretty good on it and you should be ok.
Will do and I appreciate your help. Which linux are you running or have you? I am running ubuntu 16.04lts ubuntustudio and whenever i try to open stellarium the screen flickers bad and freezes up. By chance do you have any experiences with that or have i shot way too left field.
winetricks is what you want.. in the app store unbuntu