[Solved] How can I restock using Overcome on Linux? - Galaxy Tab Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

my windows drive has failed i have come to learn.
i want to restock from a non-mtd version of aokp (build 31) in order to install the latest build 36.
i have never used odin or the other samsung specific tool so am a bit lost (my android experience is largely with htc where adb and fastboot is all i really need to know outside of a recovery like clockwork.)
i do happen to have CWM labelled HumberOS-v5.6.0 installed

dude, just follow the set of instructions on the team overcome website. its easy enough to follow even for a noob like me.

dude, he said Linux.
Overcome site don't do linux
BTW, this is what I do using heimdall on linux, and remember that restock is to GB-stock-safe, not to Overcome.
For most purpose, you only need restock (to get back to BML partition), then Overcome Kernel 4.0 to get CWM.
So here goes
1) naturally unpack the GB_Stock_Safe_v5.tar
2) go to download mode
3) heimdall flash --repartition --pit ./gt-p1000_mr.pit --factoryfs ./factoryfs.rfs --cache ./cache.rfs --dbdata ./hidden.rfs --primary-boot ./boot.bin --secondary-boot ./Sbl.bin --param ./param.lfs --kernel ./zImage
4) at this point you can reboot to the stock rom.
there may be some error, mine did, but I ignore it
when done,
5)unpack the overcome kernel 4.0 tar and you get another zImage
6) go to download mode
7) Flash that zImage
heimdall flash --kernel ./zImage
then wait for the fembot voice to complete.
8) Boot into recovery and flash your latest AOKP.
It may throw you back to recovery but that is normal, then choose to flash AOKP again. You may notice the CWM is slightly different from Overcome one, and the internal and external sd is swapped around. Just explore to both to find your aokp zip if you are confused.
9) flash gapps

oops.. sorry, my bad!

priyana said:
1) naturally unpack the GB_Stock_Safe_v5.tar
2) go to download mode
3) heimdall flash --repartition --pit ./gt-p1000_mr.pit --factoryfs ./factoryfs.rfs --cache ./cache.rfs --dbdata ./hidden.rfs --primary-boot ./boot.bin --secondary-boot ./Sbl.bin --param ./param.lfs --kernel ./zImage
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it rebooted it itself. now i have a samsung that is "flashing". and it seems it is rebooting now and again. it's been doing this for 5 minutes.

priyana said:
dude, he said Linux.
Overcome site don't do linux
BTW, this is what I do using heimdall on linux, and remember that restock is to GB-stock-safe, not to Overcome.
For most purpose, you only need restock (to get back to BML partition), then Overcome Kernel 4.0 to get CWM.
So here goes
1) naturally unpack the GB_Stock_Safe_v5.tar
2) go to download mode
3) heimdall flash --repartition --pit ./gt-p1000_mr.pit --factoryfs ./factoryfs.rfs --cache ./cache.rfs --dbdata ./hidden.rfs --primary-boot ./boot.bin --secondary-boot ./Sbl.bin --param ./param.lfs --kernel ./zImage
4) at this point you can reboot to the stock rom.
there may be some error, mine did, but I ignore it
when done,
5)unpack the overcome kernel 4.0 tar and you get another zImage
6) go to download mode
7) Flash that zImage
heimdall flash --kernel ./zImage
then wait for the fembot voice to complete.
8) Boot into recovery and flash your latest AOKP.
It may throw you back to recovery but that is normal, then choose to flash AOKP again. You may notice the CWM is slightly different from Overcome one, and the internal and external sd is swapped around. Just explore to both to find your aokp zip if you are confused.
9) flash gapps
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as per usual priyana, you are a great help!
two things i will note:
dont use the latest version of heimdall, use the second last version for the best results. i had trouble with the latest version and flashing kernels
you dont need to wait for the fembot voice to do its magic (converting to ext4 is irrelevant when you are going to change partition types again anyway), after you flash the overcome kernel, restart and hold down vol up to go straight back to recovery, from there continue on to point 8
best of luck! there will be an updated and clearer tutorial for heimdall on the AOKP website once its completed!

how long should i wait for the horse head of aokp to go away?

milomak said:
how long should i wait for the horse head of aokp to go away?
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Still nothing. Guessing after I wake up it will be the same story.

Since you have gone that far, try enter download mode and flash aokp again, wipe cache as well.
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thanks. yeah i rewiped data, cache and dalvik.rebooted and all is well.

I want to update this with one piece of info:
Somehow, the above restock using heimdall and pit, did not wipe internal SD.
I heard an Odin repartition with pit file will wipe it.

Do the steps above cater for the modem?

Hi milomak,
You are right! I missed out
--modem modem.bin
Of course I have been doing it hurriedly to restock only to flash AOKP mtd again.
For that purpose, I didn't even boot to gb, I immediately flash overcome kernel.
Then when it reboot to do ext4 conversion, I force it to power off, and then straight away boot to cwm, then flash AOKP.
Yes, to restock to gb jq1 or overcome (and stay in bml rom, you need to flash modem.bin during heimdall flash,
Or later using cwm recovery to flash modem zip that is for bml rom.
Mark that, because the cyanogenmod wiki now has zip for mtd rom. That one is for mtd only and in my opinion unnecessary.
For mtd rom just copy directly to /radio
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To clarify, is that for mtd; I would copy the modem zip to /radio?

Confirmed for mtd. Just copy to /radio
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Related

Recover P1000L/N

Many P1000L/N users are trying to install the new android version (Gingerbread).
But them dont know one thing:
This version was built for P1000 ONLY, at moment!
Well, lets try recover!
If your device shows a black screen you will need press on power button some time for power off it.
Now, for download mode you will press this buttons: Home + (Vol -) + Power
You can test download mode with Odin. When it shows COM Port (yellow) enabled.
You need learn about Heimdall.
What is Heimdall?
Heimdall is a cross-platform open-source tool suite used to flash firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung Galaxy S devices. More information.
Now, you need download P1000L stock ROM (Password is "samfirmware.com"):
P1000L
Uncompress .rar
Uncompress .tar
You will see:
boot.bin
cache.rfs
factoryfs.rfs
gt-p1000_mr.pit
hidden.rfs
modem.bin
param.lfs
Sbl.bin
zImage
Now, using Heimdall command line, you will flash boot files.
Be careful!
Its very IMPORTANT...
Its works ONLY on P1000N or P1000L devices.
Code:
$ heimdall --help
You will get this result:
Unknown action "--help"
Usage: heimdall <action> <arguments> [--verbose] [--delay <ms>]
action: flash
arguments:
--repartition --pit <filename> --factoryfs <filename>
--cache <filename> --dbdata <filename> --primary-boot <filename>
--secondary-boot <filename> --param <filename> --kernel <filename>
--modem <filename>
or:
[--pit <filename>] [--factoryfs <filename>] [--cache <filename>]
[--dbdata <filename>] [--primary-boot <filename>]
[--secondary-boot <filename>] [--secondary-boot-backup <filename>]
[--param <filename>] [--kernel <filename>] [--recovery <filename>]
[--efs <filename>] [--modem <filename>]
description: Flashes firmware files to your phone.
action: close-pc-screen
description: Attempts to get rid off the "connect phone to PC" screen.
action: dump
arguments: --chip-type <NAND | RAM> --chip-id <integer> --output <filename>
description: Attempts to dump data from the phone corresponding to the
specified chip type and chip ID.
NOTE: Galaxy S phones don't appear to properly support this functionality.
action: help
description: Display this dialogue.
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Command for recover:
Code:
heimdall flash --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot Sbl.bin
This boot files are signed.
Read this topic for solve this.
Regards,
Humberto.
for euro?
for euro tab work? the phone ability?
P1000L/N Devices
mauwri37 said:
for euro tab work? the phone ability?
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Hi mauwri37,
You devide is a P1000 version.
P1000L versions have an antena for digital and analogic TVs and P1000N dont have, but this ROM was compatible with both.
I think that FW is not compatible with the P1000 version because both are different physically.
Regards!
Humberto.
tanck
grazie
I don't know if we are the only two users of L and N Tabs
Where did you get the hardware info?
I have the N Tab, but it does not come with any TV program, would love to try to enable it.
What model do you have?
Thanks!
Sorry
jgaviota said:
Where did you get the hardware info?
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Samsung Website: HERE
jgaviota said:
I have the N Tab, but it does not come with any TV program, would love to try to enable it.
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You're right.
I dont see more the APP for TV in my Tab.
I'll update the first post with this information.
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What model do you have?
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I have a P1000L version.
Do you tried install Roto-JME?
I tried installing Roto-JME original and lost the touch screen. I have to try replacing the kernel and modem, but I have not had the time yet.
jgaviota said:
I tried installing Roto-JME original and lost the touch screen. I have to try replacing the kernel and modem, but I have not had the time yet.
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I also tried installing the Roto-JME and lost the touch screen.
But this Rom fixed many bugs when I bricked my tablet. For example, the system files.
Please, tell me when you can install it.
Thank you!
Sent from my GT-P1000L using XDA App
Did you make a Roto Backup of your previous Rom?
No. I did a manual backup of key files but I lost previous Rom.
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I also have a P1000N. Installed the roto rom but also lost touch screen. Thankfully i did do a roto back-up.
Tab is laggy. Looking for a working rom that doesnt have signed bootloader. Sucks that there is not much support for our GSM 850mhz modem tabs.
If yo guys get any working rom please post.
Hi i have a galaxy tab, a P1000L, and have update my firmware to jjm9 like previous post in this forum.
The best thing in this firmware is take off my carrie logo : ) TIM
Nice to meet you...
That last firmware is more fast? I apple user and I thing android I little slow. My friend have a htc hd 2, is double fast that galaxy and milestone 2.
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naasma said:
That last firmware is more fast? I apple user and I thing android I little slow. My friend have a htc hd 2, is double fast that galaxy and milestone 2.
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Mabe you dont know about One Click Lag Fix yet!
Hi, you mention that the rom has a protected bootloader.. Is it safe to flash it ? did you use the Chainfire patch to fix it ?
hotsync100 said:
Hi, you mention that the rom has a protected bootloader.. Is it safe to flash it ? did you use the Chainfire patch to fix it ?
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Yes, its safe.
The problem is when you flash a ROM with bootloader protected you will can't flash another ROM without this security. But, if you apply Chainfire/Roto patch, you will fix and can flash.
Humberto.
Heeeelp !!!
After flash this rom on my P1000N, it starts in system recovery with the next error:
E: can't mount /dev/block/stl10
(Invalid argument)
E: Copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount DBDATA
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy default media content failed.
What can I do ?
I have access to download mode, and I did a roto backup..
Should I try to restore my backup ?
Update: I flashed back my roto backup, and it finished with FAILED !!!!.. restarted my Tab, and it is alive again... I do not know if something is going to fail.. but now, I'm doing a Restore with Titanium.
Any advice ? should I flash again my roto Backup ? or any FW ?
hotsync100 said:
Heeeelp !!!
After flash this rom on my P1000N, it starts in system recovery with the next error:
E: can't mount /dev/block/stl10
(Invalid argument)
E: Copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount DBDATA
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy default media content failed.
What can I do ?
I have access to download mode, and I did a roto backup..
Should I try to restore my backup ?
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Hi,
You have a dbdata problem.
This problem happens when bootloader is update.
For fix your device you need flash roto JMI.
You will lost touch screen. But, you will fix dbdata error.
Set you tab to download mode again.
You will extract any rom and (its very important) don't use bootloader files (boot and sbl).
Download Heimdall and use it with command line for flash individual files.
You can flash with zImage, factory, dbdata, cache, params and modem files.
After, let me know about your procedure.
Sent from my GT-P1000L using XDA App
P1000LVJJM9 with @koxudaxi kernel
I restored back my roto backup FW using Odin, it finished with fail, but when It turned on, worked well. Until now every seems to be ok.
Now, I am breathing, but still very nervous to flash again. I would need detailed steps to do it. It is a little more difficult than flashing with my SGS.
Sent from my GT-P1000N using Tapatalk
N
humberos said:
Hi,
You have a dbdata problem.
This problem happens when bootloader is update.
For fix your device you need flash roto JMI.
You will lost touch screen. But, you will fix dbdata error.
Set you tab to download mode again.
You will extract any rom and (its very important) don't use bootloader files (boot and sbl).
Download Heimdall and use it with command line for flash individual files.
You can flash with zImage, factory, dbdata, cache, params and modem files.
After, let me know about your procedure.
Sent from my GT-P1000L using XDA App
P1000LVJJM9 with @koxudaxi kernel
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Do you mean, that I should uncompress the FW using unrar?,and flash all the files except boot and sbl? Could you please share the command lines? Why not using the GUI?
This FW doesn't have dbdata.rfs, could it be the problem?
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hotsync100 said:
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Do you mean, that I should uncompress the FW using unrar?,and flash all the files except boot and sbl? Could you please share the command lines? Why not using the GUI?
This FW doesn't have dbdata.rfs, could it be the problem?
Sent from my GT-P1000N using Tapatalk
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Hi!
Search for "Heimdall" application.
Regards,
Humberto.

[Q] I9000 soft bricked

I need some help... Please!
I have a I9000T galaxy S phone and I soft bricked it. This is the story:
I flashed my phone using Odin with ROM JPY_JPY_JPY (downloaded form samfirmware, only file: PDA), and then flashed supermod-kernel-k13d-500hz...then I uploaded Modem UGJL2 for Froyo as an update.zip file (to get band 850 mhz for my country) and applied successfully!
My phone worked as a charm. No bricking.
Then I realized that there was a newer ROM: I9000XWJS5 with the XEN thing.
Since the ROM has the 3 files (MODEM, CSC, and PDA) and I read that it needed a different PIT, I flashed with the re-partition checkbox checked and with the 803 pit file.
It didn't get through. It got stuck at flashing sbl.bin
I had to unplug it after several minutes and I realized that it was soft bricked. It didn't work but download.
I tried to go back to JPY. After many tries and errors (changing PIT to 512 and repartitioning), finally I could flash back to JPY ROM. At the end of the process it reboots and the system get into Android system recovery <3e>. I can read at the bottom the following signs:
E: Can't mount /dev/block/stl10 (invalid argument)
E: copy_dbdata_media: Can't mount DBDATA:
your storage not prepared yet, please use UI menu for format and reboot actions.
copy default media content failed.
If I reboot the system, it boots and I see the splash "S" moving theme, and it seems that it is booting but then it stops and it starts vibrating from time to time... then the screen goes black and nothing happens (but vibrating from time to time). It never appeared the "login screen"
Reading here and there, some advised to flash first the speedmod-kernel with the PIT 512 file and re-partitioning. I did so, and then, after boot I was able to get into Clockworkmod recovery screen. The menu is green and the version is 2.5.1.0
Someone suggested to flash to JPU ROM (that way it fixed a similar problem) but when I did so, it takes me to the beginning (the process hung at sbl.bin)...
I've been flashing and reflashing with different options these 3 ROMs (JPU, JPY, JS5) the only one that completes the flashing successfully is JPY, and eventhough it tries to boot, it fails to present the logon screen (dots for password)... JPU and JS5 hang at sbl.bin and after that, no boot... freeze. I have to flash back to JPY.
I have read tons of forums, I have learned a lot, but I believe I need deeper advices.
Thanks in advance!
Some further information. JPU, JPY, JS5 are ROMs that were downloaded from samfirmware.com... I guess that is what you mean when you advice to flash any stock ROM. Am I right?
Guessing you have a I9000m. If yes, Flash JPC with 512 PIT and repartition ticked. You will still be in a boot loop. Take out battery and then load JL2 into PDA of ODIN and flash. You could try it even if you do not have an i9000m but at your own risk! Advice is free, phone isn't!
droilfade said:
Guessing you have a I9000m. If yes, Flash JPC with 512 PIT and repartition ticked. You will still be in a boot loop. Take out battery and then load JL2 into PDA of ODIN and flash. You could try it even if you do not have an i9000m but at your own risk! Advice is free, phone isn't!
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No... I don't have a I9000m, I do have a I9000T
When I flashed the JPY it turned a I9000, but I applied the Modem UGJL2 which adds the 850mhz band (which is the only difference between the I9000T and I9000.
Someone suggested going to JM8 (Eclair 2.1), but I have read that in some cases it produces hardbrick... what do you think?
Oh, been there! I can give you some advice... First, i will recommend heimdall for flashing, it allows a little bit more of control with the files you want to flash. Then, i had this problem with the dbdata... i think it's becacause of the repartition thing, honestly i'm not sure but do not worry, if you can enter download mode it's recoverable.
So, let's try something. Download heimdall, install it, install your drivers and then download the rom in this post (it's and old build of Darky's Rom), the thing here is that you <<have>> to flash this with the command line client, so you can specify the order of the files to flash leaving at the very end the Sbl.bin and modem.bin (Both files can't be flashed neither with heimdall nor Odin in my Galaxy i9000T). Obviulsy the heimdall flash will fail with the Sbl.bin file, so you just pull out your battery and power up your phone. That should do it... it have failed a couple of time for me, so if it fails for you (It gives you a boot loop) tell me so i can share my other method. If this works you should be able to enter CWM and flash a custom ROM or be able to flash another stock rom but be careful, do not flash bootloaders, modems or do a repartition (That's why i prefer Heimdall over Odin).
I hope you could have your phone back.
froysm said:
Oh, been there! I can give you some advice... First, i will recommend heimdall for flashing, it allows a little bit more of control with the files you want to flash. Then, i had this problem with the dbdata... i think it's becacause of the repartition thing, honestly i'm not sure but do not worry, if you can enter download mode it's recoverable.
So, let's try something. Download heimdall, install it, install your drivers and then download the rom in this post (it's and old build of Darky's Rom), the thing here is that you <<have>> to flash this with the command line client, so you can specify the order of the files to flash leaving at the very end the Sbl.bin and modem.bin (Both files can't be flashed neither with heimdall nor Odin in my Galaxy i9000T). Obviulsy the heimdall flash will fail with the Sbl.bin file, so you just pull out your battery and power up your phone. That should do it... it have failed a couple of time for me, so if it fails for you (It gives you a boot loop) tell me so i can share my other method. If this works you should be able to enter CWM and flash a custom ROM or be able to flash another stock rom but be careful, do not flash bootloaders, modems or do a repartition (That's why i prefer Heimdall over Odin).
I hope you could have your phone back.
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Thank you froysm... What I see in your post is that we are going to try to flash a Darky's ROM in order to have CWM so we can flash a custom rom?
If that is so... I already have CWM... It is version 2.5.1.0 with its menu in green.
What is custom rom? are they the roms from samfirmware? I tried JPU and JS5 and they hang at slb.bin... the only one that flashes successfully is JPY, and eventhough it "runs", somehow it is not working.
In regard heimdall... Do I have to have ubuntu in order to install it? Is there a heimdall for windows?
Well, if you have CWM try one of the roms of the world famous romkitchen Cook a rom, download it, enter recovery mode, go to mounts & storage (and connect your phone to the computer) and select mount USB storage, put the donwloaded zip file in your phone. Then unmount, go bak to the main CWM menu, select install zip from sdcard, the choose zip from sdcard, find your rom and flash it! However... as far as i can remember i could never mount my phone with CWM 2.x so may need to flash Darky's Rom just to be able to mount your phone, put the zip file there and then reflash with the new ROM viw CWM...
jdelagarza said:
In regard heimdall... Do I have to have ubuntu in order to install it? Is there a heimdall for windows?
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Yes, heimdall is available for Windows here It's pretty straight forward, just put your phone in Download mode, select the files you want to flash and hit start.
froysm said:
Yes, heimdall is available for Windows here It's pretty straight forward, just put your phone in Download mode, select the files you want to flash and hit start.
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Thank you... believe it or not you poured some light into my darkness.
I have 3 issues and I hope you can clarify...
How would you order flash methods, in order of importance? Odin, CMW, heimdall? Which one is better, which one is worse?
I'm able to flash speedmod-kernel-k13d-500hz... that is what brings me the CMW v2.5.1.0.... should I try to install a newer version of CMW? or should I stick with heimdall option?
Flashing ROMs such as Darky's rom can be potentially harmfull? I mean, can my phone end with a hardbrick?
jdelagarza said:
Thank you... believe it or not you poured some light into my darkness.
I have 3 issues and I hope you can clarify...
How would you order flash methods, in order of importance? Odin, CMW, heimdall? Which one is better, which one is worse?
I'm able to flash speedmod-kernel-k13d-500hz... that is what brings me the CMW v2.5.1.0.... should I try to install a newer version of CMW? or should I stick with heimdall option?
Flashing ROMs such as Darky's rom can be potentially harmfull? I mean, can my phone end with a hardbrick?
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Don't worry, that is exactly why we are here to learn from other people experience and share what we have learned.
About your issues,
I only have access to my Linux machine and heimdall says this when i ask for help (with the command
Code:
heimdall help
Usage: heimdall <action> <arguments> [--verbose] [--delay <ms>]
action: flash
arguments:
--repartition --pit <filename> --factoryfs <filename>
--cache <filename> --dbdata <filename> --primary-boot <filename>
--secondary-boot <filename> --param <filename> --kernel <filename>
--modem <filename>
So, what you have to do is navigate to the location of your files and write something like this
Code:
heimdall flash --repartition --pit s1_odin_20100512.pit --factoryfs factoryfs.rfs --dbdata dbdata.rfs --cache cache.rfs --param param.lfs --kernel zImage --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot Sbl.bin --modem modem.bin
See how i reordered the files to flash leaving at the very end Sbl.bin and modem.bin?
As i told you before this will fail because of the last files, but it will allow to flash everything else. Remove your battery, put it again and try to boot your phone.
I forgot to tell you something really important!! Since the flash in going to fail it will give you the <<scary>> "Connect phone to PC" screen, but don't worry, heimdall can take care of that. Again, asking heimdall for help in the command line says something like this:
action: close-pc-screen
description: Attempts to get rid off the "connect phone to PC" screen.
And that is exactly the next step to take, write down in your command line (with the pone connected to the pc and in download mode)
Code:
heimdall close-pc-screen
And that's it, wait for the phone to boot.
This method is the one i advise when you just can enter Download Mode or when you really need to repartition.
Better? Worse? Nah, they are just really different approaches, Odin is the Samsung standard, Heimdall came to the game because it's OS X and Linux compatibility and CWM allows you to control your phone, custom kernel settings, flash updates packages with modems, boot animations , even whole roms without the need of a cable to connect your phone to a PC and other really cool stuff. Generally, since i've been in custom roms (like darky's, romkitchen, ultimate, etc) since i got this phone, i only use CWM, and when i have a big problem or i need a stock rom i use Heimdall (because i'm on Linux).
The CWM version is just fine, not all the roms are compatible with CWM 3 at the moment, so just make sure you can mount your phone in your pc with CWM. Try first the CWM option, if you can't mount it or it just don't works try the heimdall option.
The last question, I'm not saying it's 100% safe because it is not, but not only custom roms, this also can happen flashing a rom with Odin or Heimdall. Honestly i haven't heard of someone who bricked a phone in the whole thread of the romkitchen or darky's rom. I mean, it could happen, even with a perfectly stable stock rom. but it's not so common, at most, the worst thing you will encounter in your custom rom experience is a lot of Force Closes in applications (if you mix data and apps from incompatible versions) maybe a couple of boot loops, but nothing to be really scared about, just make sure you can enter Download Mode and everything will be fine.
Phew! The longest post if ever written in any forum. I hope i made everything clear, if you happen to have any other question i'll be happy to answer it (But it will have to wait for tomorrow... you know, it's midnight).
Thanks...
I'm downloading darky_heimdall.zip. As soon as it is downloaded, I will try it.
Just for your information, with CMW I tried to mount the USB and it worked!
So, now I am at a dilemma... Should I flash darky with CMW or heimdall?
Oh, if you wanted to know how I managed to install a WORKING STOCK ROM with froyo... here is the tutorial that I followed:
http://neosystm.com/2010/12/actuali...000t-a-froyo-2-2-1-xxjpy-de-forma-no-oficial/
It worked as a charm... I had Froyo 2.2.1 with JPY ROM.
The problem began when I tried to update it to JS5 ROM.
Cheers!
I just finished downloading darky's rom...
I noticed that it has 3 .bin files: boot.bin, modem.ini and slb.bin
I was curious about the content of my previous working ROM (JPY) and the not working ROMs (JPU and JS5).
I found that JPY has only the modem.bin file.
and JPU & JS5 have boot.bin and slb.bin (but no modem.bin).
Question: Since you advised to install darky's rom and but the sbl.bin file at the end, so my phone can get flashed with everything but slb.bin, can I do the same with the JS5 ROM?
I look forward to your response...
OK... I tried to flash darky's rom with CMW... it said:
"Installing: SDCARD: darky_heimdall.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update..."
And it hung... I guess this was expected due the slb.bin...
I'm gonna try the heimdall method.
So, what do you think? Should I try it with JS5 or with darky's rom?
Cheers
Ok... I flashed with heimdall.
This is the result:
Claiming interface... Success
Setting up interface... Success
Beginning session...
Handshaking with Loke... Success
Uploading PIT file
PIT file upload successful
Uploading factory filesytem
100%
Factory filesytem upload successful
Uploading cache
100%
Cache upload successful
Uploading data database
100%
Data database upload successful
Uploading primary bootloader
100%
Primary bootloader upload successful
Uploading secondary bootloader
100%
Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!
Secondary bootloader upload failed!
The last two sentences appeared when I unplugged the phone after a 10-minute wait.
I removed the battery, and put it back again. Turned my phone on, and I've got the picture of the cell phone - computer hazard. I'm able to enter download.
What's next?
Froysm, do you know what's the original ROM that telcel uses to ship our Galaxy' S?
jdelagarza said:
Froysm, do you know what's the original ROM that telcel uses to ship our Galaxy' S?
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I've found a thread that says that they fixed it going back to JM8 ROM, and then moving back to Froyo 2.2.
Does anyone know any potential damage of such flashing?
I read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780867
And it seems that downgrading can lead to corruption and hard bricking.
Does anyone know?
Hey, sorry i didn't answer sooner, let's see...
jdelagarza said:
I just finished downloading darky's rom...
I noticed that it has 3 .bin files: boot.bin, modem.ini and slb.bin
I was curious about the content of my previous working ROM (JPY) and the not working ROMs (JPU and JS5).
I found that JPY has only the modem.bin file.
and JPU & JS5 have boot.bin and slb.bin (but no modem.bin).
Question: Since you advised to install darky's rom and but the sbl.bin file at the end, so my phone can get flashed with everything but slb.bin, can I do the same with the JS5 ROM?
I look forward to your response...
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Yes, you can.
jdelagarza said:
OK... I tried to flash darky's rom with CMW... it said:
"Installing: SDCARD: darky_heimdall.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update..."
And it hung... I guess this was expected due the slb.bin...
I'm gonna try the heimdall method.
So, what do you think? Should I try it with JS5 or with darky's rom?
Cheers
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That specific version of Darky's rom is intended only for heimdall, so it will obviously fail. You'll see, some files can just be flashed via CWM and some can just be flashed with Odin and Heimdall, be careful and read with which tool can be flashed.
jdelagarza said:
Ok... I flashed with heimdall.
This is the result:
Claiming interface... Success
Setting up interface... Success
Beginning session...
Handshaking with Loke... Success
Uploading PIT file
PIT file upload successful
Uploading factory filesytem
100%
Factory filesytem upload successful
Uploading cache
100%
Cache upload successful
Uploading data database
100%
Data database upload successful
Uploading primary bootloader
100%
Primary bootloader upload successful
Uploading secondary bootloader
100%
Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!
Secondary bootloader upload failed!
The last two sentences appeared when I unplugged the phone after a 10-minute wait.
I removed the battery, and put it back again. Turned my phone on, and I've got the picture of the cell phone - computer hazard. I'm able to enter download.
What's next?
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As I told you on my last post, heimdall can take care of that. Just put your phone in Download Mode and write heimdall close-pc-screen. That should solve your problem.
jdelagarza said:
Froysm, do you know what's the original ROM that telcel uses to ship our Galaxy' S?
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Nope, i've never found it (actually i've never needed it).
jdelagarza said:
I've found a thread that says that they fixed it going back to JM8 ROM, and then moving back to Froyo 2.2.
Does anyone know any potential damage of such flashing?
I read this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780867
And it seems that downgrading can lead to corruption and hard bricking.
Does anyone know?
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Try my methods first, I've tested them a lot and never had a real problem. If you want to try this, go ahead. As i told you before it's very rare to hear a phone really bricked, most of the times it's recoverable.
Oh, I forgot the heimdall close-pc-screen.
Ok... I tried it twice.
The first time my command prompt was busy trying to upload sbl.bin, so I opened another command prompt and I threw the command. The result: "Failed to access device. Error: -3"
The second time I waited until the flashing ended with error, and then I threw the command (within the same command prompt). The result: "Failed to retrieve config descriptor"
Hmmm... what was the other method that you mentioned in your first post?
In the other hand, can you read the following post, and could you go through all the comments after the post. Pay special attention to Jedi and GSCATIL...
http://foro.neosystm.com/f19/androi...00xxjvk-%96-beta-para-el-samsung-galaxy-s-69/
Jedi describes my exact problem (about the phone vibrating), and GSCASTIL is from Puebla, so he is with Telcel as well...
My problem didn't happen updating to gingerbread... It happened updating to JS5 (Froyo).
Hope this helps... what do you think?
jdelagarza said:
Oh, I forgot the heimdall close-pc-screen.
Ok... I tried it twice.
The first time my command prompt was busy trying to upload sbl.bin, so I opened another command prompt and I threw the command. The result: "Failed to access device. Error: -3"
The second time I waited until the flashing ended with error, and then I threw the command (within the same command prompt). The result: "Failed to retrieve config descriptor"
Hmmm... what was the other method that you mentioned in your first post?
In the other hand, can you read the following post, and could you go through all the comments after the post. Pay special attention to Jedi and GSCATIL...
http://foro.neosystm.com/f19/androi...00xxjvk-%96-beta-para-el-samsung-galaxy-s-69/
Jedi describes my exact problem (about the phone vibrating), and GSCASTIL is from Puebla, so he is with Telcel as well...
My problem didn't happen updating to gingerbread... It happened updating to JS5 (Froyo).
Hope this helps... what do you think?
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Always, after any task completed successfully or unsuccessfully either with Heimdall or Odin, unplug your phone, reboot it, put it again in download mode and connect it. So do that again, flash, wait for the fail, unplug, reboot, download mode again, connect again and try to remove the error screen with heimdall.
I will read that post and see what i can find (I can't read it right now, sorry).

[Q] SGS I9000 stucked at Darky's 10.2 resurrection boot

This is how I got stuck in Darky's rom boot.
I have to mention that I'm on Linux and have Heimdall as my only rom flashing tool. Well I have XP and Odin setup in a Virtual Machine VB.
- First I started with the stock rom my phone comes with Froyo 2.2
- Flashed speed mod kernel with Heimdall "speedmod-kernel-k13e-500hz-CWM" which makes my phone much more responsive and stable.
- Downloaded Darky's rom 10.2 Resurection Edition from Darky's site.
- Extracted the content of the PDA.tar from Darky's rom archive.
- Within the directory containing the pit file and the extracted files from PDA.tar I executed the following command in the terminal
Code:
heimdall flash --repartition --pit s1_odin_20100512.pit --factoryfs factoryfs.rfs --cache cache.rfs --dbdata dbdata.rfs --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot Sbl.bin --param param.lfs --modem modem.bin --kernel zImage
This series of command is included in a txt file from Darky's rom archive namely heimdall.txt.
- Helmdall completes the flash with message saying all files being 100 percent uploaded to the phone.
- The phone auto restarts, went through the automatic initialization and arrives at Darky's rom logo and boot animation.
- :-/ Stucked at darky's logo and boot animation being displayed one after another.
- In a forum someone mentioned initial boot can be as long as 20 mins to 1 hour. Last night I left it for 8 hours without getting through the booting process.
- ???!!!
Problem solved!!!
As a Linux user, I use Odin in Win XP running in virtual machine (Virtualbox Oracle version, not opensource version)
Seems like Odin and Helmdall DOES produce different outcome after all, despite how many claims it is said to be compatible. So AT THIS TIME, I can say that there exist a certain things heimdall perform differently from Odin.
What was your fix? Mine is stuck on a Can't Mount error. Did yours do this at all?
Sissy2170 said:
What was your fix? Mine is stuck on a Can't Mount error. Did yours do this at all?
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Are you on Linux? More info would be useful. I don't have problem what so ever with mounting Odin did its' thing smoothly. As a Linux fan I wish heimdall could manage though, but as I said it soft brick my phone for a day. Hope you get through the flash, IMO it is totally worth it.

[Q] stuck at starting screen after installing cwm using heimdall

Help!
I tried to installed technomancer's clockworkmod recovery (sorry, i can't post a link now) on my galaxy tab (gt-p1000) (gsm)
while in download mode, with heimdall, using the command "heimdall flash --kernel zImage --no-reboot".
the flashing went smoothly and after that i tried to boot in to recovery mode, but it's just stuck at the galaxy tab screen. It doesn't even boot into the stock android anymore.
Thanks in advance to anybody who can help.
Flashing CWM on its own is a hit and miss.
Use Overcome method.
What it does is it provides a baseline GB stock version that is sure 100% will work with Overcome Kernel 4.0 (which has CWM 5).
Follow my signature and download GB-stock-safe-v5 and Overcome Kernel 4.0 tar.
heimdall:
1) unpack the GB_Stock_Safe_v5.zip have a good look at the contents (unpack the .tar file as well) and modify the command below accordingly
2) go to download mode
3) heimdall flash --repartition --pit ./gt-p1000_mr.pit --factoryfs ./factoryfs.rfs --cache ./cache.rfs --dbdata ./hidden.rfs --primary-boot ./boot.bin --secondary-boot ./Sbl.bin --param ./param.lfs --kernel ./zImage --modem ./modem.bin
4) at this point you can reboot to the stock rom.
I normally don't boot to the ROM, I just know it is a good base now, and I don't need it.
when done,
5)unpack the overcome kernel 4.0 tar and you get another zImage
6) go to download mode
7) Flash that zImage
heimdall flash --kernel ./zImage
tab will reboot
- ignore the robotic voice, just force the tab to off
From here I assume you want to flash a custom ROM, in here my example is AOKP SGT7
8) Boot into recovery and flash your latest AOKP.
It may throw you back to recovery but that is normal, then choose to flash AOKP again. You may notice the CWM is slightly different from Overcome one, and the internal and external sd is swapped around. Just explore to both to find your aokp zip if you are confused.
9) flash gapps
thank you! Priyana. Your method was extremely helpful. I am now running CyanogenMod 9.1 on my galaxy tab.(which i never dreamt of)
BTW.. I would still like to know what the problem was when I was trying to install CWM using heimdall directly.
Simply put, the technomancher cwm only works in certain condition. Overcome tried to create a standard condition that works every time.
Sent from my GT-P1000 using xda app-developers app

Screwed up Captivate while installing CyanogenMod

I could not find much help on this issue so starting a new thread. I was trying to install the CyanogenMod Android on my wife's Samsung Captivate I897 using the official instructions in the CyanogenMod Wiki page -
wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_captivatemtd
While installing a custom recovery on Captivate, I screwed up on step 5 while running the below command.
heimdall flash --kernel zImage --no-reboot
I tried with zImage keyword and it didn't work and not sure what went into my mind, I copied the "Semaphore_2.5.0c.tar" into the Heimdall directory and pushed it into the device using the below command -
heimdall flash --kernel Semaphore_2.5.0c.tar --no-reboot
After this the device is not starting. Only the AT&T initial Flash page is coming and it freezes there unless I take out the battery. I can still get the device into the download mode using the USB and volume keys.
Appreciate any help in this regards !!
tom0044 said:
I could not find much help on this issue so starting a new thread. I was trying to install the CyanogenMod Android on my wife's Samsung Captivate I897 using the official instructions in the CyanogenMod Wiki page -
wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_captivatemtd
While installing a custom recovery on Captivate, I screwed up on step 5 while running the below command.
heimdall flash --kernel zImage --no-reboot
I tried with zImage keyword and it didn't work and not sure what went into my mind, I copied the "Semaphore_2.5.0c.tar" into the Heimdall directory and pushed it into the device using the below command -
heimdall flash --kernel Semaphore_2.5.0c.tar --no-reboot
After this the device is not starting. Only the AT&T initial Flash page is coming and it freezes there unless I take out the battery. I can still get the device into the download mode using the USB and volume keys.
Appreciate any help in this regards !!
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you will have to flash to stock using odin.
you can find the one which has cwm installed here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294849
then after the phone boots up shut it down
open the cwm and flash the rom which you want to flash

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