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[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortland:
I just currently opened my box fresh out and installed z4root to root it... Sucess!

Now im trying to downgrade as i am "supposed" to according to this thread.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1036956

This is what is in my about screen under settings so you know what version ect i have http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1476/20110427032325.jpg

from the aforementioned thread i downloaded the 4349_Downgrade.zip and placed it on my sd card... Renamed it update.zip and closed usb connection, and then powered off and powered up first pressing and holding the "+" on the volume rocker on the top of the tab. and then pressing power.. When i say "+" i mean Volume + witch is on the top left of the tab closest to the right in the direction of the search home menu and back keys...

When im holding this combo of buttons the screen boots up after a second or two says recovery key detected or whatever in the top left for a few seconds and then goes to the g tablet white screen... THen it shows a box with a downarrow on it and a progress bar for a few moments and then shuts off and reboots into the homescreen.......

I read in this forum a topic how the guy experienced the same results but turned out he was holding the Volume - key... I made certian i wasent doing what he did and literally just held the Volume + key on the right edge with the tip of my nail and held power... Same results..

I have tried with the program root explorer going into the file manager... (Why is there a file called sdcard2?? never seen that before) i go into /sdcard find the update.zip i put from the renamed 4349 file and then back up to the "/" dir and mount as r/w and paste the update.zip in there then mount as r/o back out to home power off.. i repeate the aforementioned process and still the excat same thing...

The origonal update that was put on there when i first put in my newly formated fat32 sd card i deleted.. i have searched and search and have no idea what is wrong or how to fix this... Certianly i couldnt be the only one with this issue?

Please help, im just killing time sitting here waiting for help lol.... Thanks..

My end result is im trying to get CWM 08 on there and a great and stable rom witch i choose that RC1 of vegan.. Unless u know of a better one. And once this is all done is there a good kernal i should be flashing? Why and how do i do it.?

Thank you in advance..
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
1) The downgrade is only necessary if you were on 4349 to begin with.

2) what you described is exactly what should happen in stock recovery for 3588 and older.

3) No... it is not exactly what others have said about holding the wrong volume key because when you do hold the wrong one the screen goes black after a few seconds.

4) SDCARD is your internal storage. SDCARD2 is the mount point for your external (MicroSD Card) storage.

5) It sounds like nothing is wrong...

6) Install CWM... http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865245
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortland:
Ooook

The thread i mentioned in my first post the first link if u click it the title of tje topic reads

[STICKY] [ATTENTION] - 3991 and 4349+ VIEWSONIC-LOCKED BOOTLOADER INFO here

Also it has a link to a pic of my about phone so cant u tell from that?

I am lost i did excatly to a T as described in the tutorial in step 6 in your reply and im getting the same thing i hold down volume + it says recovery key detected for a few secs in goes to gtablet screen and flashes to that down with a down arrow.....

What am i missing? Surely i dont have the only tablet with this problem..
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
Yes, I can... Your TAP UI version is 3391... LOWER than what you are trying to downgrade to. So you don't need to. You are seeing exactly what is supposed to happen with the version you have. This is the normal behavior for that version.

The only thing you are missing is the knowledge that nothing is wrong...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=892090

There is nothing wrong with your tablet.....[mod edit]
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortland:
Then why can i not flash CWM? I went to your link tried both internal and sd files mounting on "/" and on "/sdcard" /update.zip or /recovery.zip in either folder and im still getting the same issue when i hold Volume + and power...

I cannot get CWM and a Rom on there.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortland:
From what i gather from that link is that i am to take the files insides cwmod_microsd.zip witch are update.zip and recovery folder that houses command and physically take the microsd card out and mount on my computer witch is technicly SDCARD2 and place those files in that root directly... and then the power down insert card and vol up and power.....

I am getting the same issue same box and same nothing.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] K J Rad:
Most likely because you aren't following the directions. Take some time to learn at least the basics about your tablet. Then read the instructions again.
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
you can do it on either the internal or external. It depends on what the line in the command file says. Once you boot once whether sucessful or not the command file is deleted. Your making this harder than it is
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortland:
Then what am i missing? I got this tablet yesterday at 2 pm and stayed up till 3 am trying to get CWM on it!

I cant imagine what im missing, ive read dozens of posts tried atleast 15 times putting either the downgrade or cwm sdcard update files in the internet "/" or "/sdcard" or "/sdcard2"

And yes i noticed that it deletes the update and recovery folder if i drop it in /sdcard2 or "/", ill put the files there either directly to sd card from the computer or thru root explorer and when i hit vol + and power it does the same thing.

This has to be the most frustrating tablet/ android device ever!

The last time i had something this hard was when i bricked my iphone in early 09 and figured out i had to reload the ipw file via a brand new install of itunes from a virgin computer (that computer turned out to be me using the librarys lol)
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortland:
so i just got both the internal and external cwm files from this post

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865245

and put them in both /sdcard and /sdcard 2 for some reason when i used root explorer i noticed that for somereason in /sdcard2 there was a recovery/recovery/command so i pulles recovery to /sdcard2/recovery and pasted it there and deleted the other recovery folder.. re did the whole process and low and behold i was lookin at a CWMN screen! so... i have no idea, but if i ever meet the man who created the Vewsonic g tab ill kick him in the nuts.

Now i followed this guide

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865245

and i mounted the usb put the Vegan Rc1 rom in the ROMS folder and choose zip from sd and installed... and im just stuck at the view sonic screen, so i powered off did a wipe data factory reset and wipe cache and then went to advanced and fix permissions... Then to choose install from sd card choose my vegan rom and installed then backed out to home and hit restart and again its been ten mins or so and im still staring at a viewsoniv screen still..... Is this normal or any more suggestions?
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
There is a fix but as much trouble as you had installing clockwork I'm suggesting you avoid that fix so I'm not even saying the name. Stick with froyo roms
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortland:
Thats not very helpfull... Just please tell me what it is i can ifgure it out on my own, i obviously did with the CWM now i just cant get the rom installed for some reason i have a tablet that just boots to the view sonic screen at the moment
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mortland:
Just to update...

I fixed it. THanks for your help and no thanks for your sarcasim.

Was stuck at the viewsonic birds screen

So i did so more, searching... its now 5 am and figured out what nvflash is and

via this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=861950

and making sure u extract EVERYTHING in all the zip files with the exception to the USB folder u drop in the nvflash folder as directed, because if u dont u will get a error when u run nvflash_gtablet.bat

Once that is complete follow this thread

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=865245

Word for word to install Vegan from stock... It may save a lot of confusion to just nvflash from stock and then drop the CWM recovery and update on the sd card and go that route..

Hope this helps and newbs...
[G Tablet Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thebadfrog:
See...the search function does work
[Bada Software and Hacking General] Jwtiyar:
While connecting to wireless ad-hoc and browsing does not open page it sag DNS Faild ,what i have to do?

My phone is samsung s8003.

Thanks.
[Bada Software and Hacking General] Jwtiyar:
Yes i shared internet on my computer to my samsung but it say DNS failed,i dont know the ad-hoc need this DNS?

What i have to do?
[Bada Software and Hacking General] 313hitman313:
didnt helped
[Bada Software and Hacking General] mafaa:
Try using Static IP Address:

Settings-> Connectivity -> Wi-Fi -> Select Network

Make sure to disconnect the network if connected.

Now open the network,

Select Static IP

Here you can assign IP Address

IP : 192.168.0.2 (or 192.168.1.2)

Subnet Mask : 255.255.255.0

Gateway : 192.168.0.1 (or 192.168.1.1)

Now from your LT / DT using dos command mode

Enter this "ipconfig/all"

Find your DNS server enter in Wave DNS 1 (don't bother about DNS 2)

Save
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
Heimdall Section for users having trouble with Odin or do not have Windows PC will be added shortly. Below is mordant23's post that I am putting here in the mean time. My post will feature the gui as the main interface and give options for all supported operating systems. Until then thank you mordant23 for allowing me to use this in the opener:
[Epic 4G Android Development] krisman:
Important to note this will take a very long time I've been sitting waiting for mine to finish for a while. Been about 30 minutes and still not done.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
What is it saying? It shouldn't take that long. Do you see the blue progress bar on your phone?

I was going to mention that it froze once when I was trying to do it and I just unplugged my phone and took out the battery and restarted and it went through.

You can chat with me on Fossnet

http://webirc.fossnet.info/?channels=epic

Just say my name "Cyc" in channel and I will respond.
[Epic 4G Android Development] krisman:
Yea still has the blue progress bar odin says factoryfs. I actually thought it might be frozen. But i started to ask how long it would take and it jumped forward some more. And now it just finished as I'm typing this. Which it won't boot stuck on the samsung boot screen just keeps vibrating gonna try again.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
Yeah try again. It takes a few minutes of factoryfs due to it pushing 258MB to the phone but shouldn't have taken 30 minutes.

Now this can't fix your phone if it has hardware problems but should fix everything else. Let me know how it goes. My problem with it freezing was before it started push stuff to the phone.

The only other thing I could think of and didn't even question was your computer using a USB 2.0 port. That's the only reason I could see it taking so long to transfer data to the phone if it was Using usb 1.0 or 1.1
[Epic 4G Android Development] krisman:
Finally gave up on eb13 after redownloading the tarball and still not getting anything. Tried a di18 tar and it worked first try. Trying to odin from there to eb13 seems to be slow flash and then not working right still.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
IF DI18 works you can let it OTA update to EC05 the same way EB13 would. I used EB13 because there is no OFFICIAL EC05 tar available presently but any of the full tars should work. Any reason you are trying to tar to EB13 in particular if you got DI18 working?

I don't remember where I downloaded EB13 from I just looked for a link when I was posting this How-To. You might want to try finding an EB13 tar from another source and see if that resolves the issue or redownload the EB13 tar. My EB13 tar has an md5 of b9b14611dcde5fbe586fdc242315b92b and I know it works on my Epic. You can use HashCalc or some other program to calculate the EB13 hash.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
I updated the EB13 tar link in my original post. You may have to refresh your browser to see it http://www.multiupload.com/3YPCROH00T

You can try that.
[Epic 4G Android Development] krisman:
No reason in particular for wanting to go to eb13 just thought it strange that it wouldn't work and wanted to keep trying.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
I appreciate you trying. If you want you can try the new link of EB13 I posted and see if that works. I am downloading it now myself to see if the hash check matches what I have or not.
[Epic 4G Android Development] qbking77:
I made a video showing how to do this. You might want to link it in the OP:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2g6J1JgjU

Also, a link to my other how to video thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1009997

Oh and just for future reference, a post like this doesn't belong in the development section. It goes in to the general section.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
Yeah I am going ask impaler to move it for me b/c I didn't mean to post it in dev just had a few too many windows going when I was putting it together. Thanks for the video link I'll add to OP with credit of course :)
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
I verified the new link has the correct md5 so it should work.
[Epic 4G Android Development] iSaint:
Very good directions.... should be added to the Other thread we have about ODIN though...
[Epic 4G Android Development] chris41g:
This will also bring back your samsung logo if you repaired your epic after a visionkernel brick but lost the samsung logo..
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
This thread sponsored by k0nane.info. ;)
[Epic 4G Android Development] djgallis:
@DYEHYA

IM having my first issue with my epic .. SEMI BRICK ... i see in ur picture of ODIN n description u have everything checked but from video n past ODIN tries ive only had reboot checked is this only for semi bricked or should i do what i know worked from previous odin use and that is only keep the auto reboot checked ....
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
I would suggest you continue as you have been - check ONLY 'auto reboot'.
[Epic 4G Android Development] djgallis:
thank you will do ..
[Epic 4G Android Development] jirafabo:
Just checking....

This returns the phone to 100% stock correct? Rom, kernel, recovery, everything will be stock after this correct? EC05 is still the current Sprint ROM version?
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Yes, yes and yes. Just like when it came out of the box (if purchased after EC05 was released). So it will allow your phone to get the GB OTA if it is ever released.
[Epic 4G Android Development] jahizen:
my phone went from bad to worse and now it wont turn on at all.

tried to root. apparently the thread i ended up in was TOO old. thanx for not locking it.

so after i rooted it i found a new and improved thread some purple.

so then something bout the letter E wasnt working, thats what the phone said, so i figured i bring back to fresh out the box condition....

so it got locked up with an off colored screen and and odin still not a quarer past the first block...

took it off to try a different tar or whatever, but now it wont even turn on.

phawkin great.

---------- Post added at 02:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:46 AM ----------

p.s, im obviously inept at being able to read simple directions. most likely what caused my phone to do what its doing. i have most probably never done anything as complicated as this.

gotta be a genius to accomplish rooting a phone and stuff. what was i thinking right.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Sounds like your cable is going bad. Now that you have a brick, let's see if we can get it going again. First try taking the battery out. Have Odin up on your computer. Plug in the USB cable to each. Now press and hold the 1 key on the phone keyboard then right after add pressing and holding the power button. Hopefully the yellow triagle for download mode should show up. Now with only the reboot box checked and the tar listed in the 1st post of this thread in the PDA box and checked start it.

If that doesn't get download mode going, leave the battery out for 30 minutes. Press and hold all the buttons on the sides to discharge anything in the phone. Now pop the battery in and try to get into download mode. If it doesn't do anything, pop the battery in and out a few times trying to get into download mode.

You may want to get a heavy duty cable to use like a Blackberry or Palm Pre cable. That is why Odin didn't complete was it lost connection mid way.

Also your tag says you are on AT&T. Are you sure you are in the right place?
[Epic 4G Android Development] sicclee:
I installed absolute system root tool, didnt read the readme (downloaded from usenet, not the market). tried to change the font, restarted from the app, and wam... stuck on samsung screen, cant boot to recovery.

this thread fixed me right up, first time, no problems. thank you so much for making this so easy for us.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
kennyglass123,

I am a bit sleep deprived (not to mention a cold/sinus infection) and I tend to be a bit pissy so thankfully by the time I saw the post you already responded....is my OP not clear enough? Would you suggest some different wording or phrasing or order so we don't have the same question asked 600 times?

Also thanks for responding so promptly to this thread as by the time I get around to it a few days usually have passed (if not more). On that note I am going to take more cold meds.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
No, your instructions are fine. Sometimes it just takes a rephasing of our explanations. Bottom line is the usual that people panic and don't want to read through everything here. Don't sweat it and at the same time sweat it out.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
Haha well I still couldn't sleep...no fever thankfully but this is one of the worst colds I had in awhile...started with a dry sore throat that got really bad (not quite strep bad) and then the sinus congestion, coughing, and everything else. I'm super drugged up so no coughing or anything but can't really sleep despite feeling exhausted.

Despite being more sleep deprived I'm less pissy so I am going to relook at my OP and see if I can make it more clear....also I got my first ever donation of $5 (which is a little over $4 after Paypal takes its cut) a week or two ago... I was happy. I'll save a local copy of the current page before I change it and I'd be interested to see your feedback though I don't know how minor/major the changes will be. Also I will be updating Odin version used as well as keep a link for the current version.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
I would be happy to look it over. The majority of the people have no problem with it. There will always be those that want their hand held. In the past month in General and Q&A there have been about 10 threads "stuck on samsung". No one searches.
[Epic 4G Android Development] naenyc:
Brick Repair

Just in case you are completely frustrated and have a total brick on your hand, here is the review I put forth on:

mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-epic-4g-jtag-brick-repair

I purchased a phone that was completely bricked, no power lights at all.

It was handled promptly and perfectly, back to me in about a week from the day I sent it.

What one hopes for in this day of dubious Internet operations.

I'm just a developer like the rest of you and received a brick phone off E-Bay. This worked after I tried all other methods, including searching for the alleged reset pin next to the camera.

They asked me to write a review if I was satisfied.

naenyc
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
jtag is always an option but was expensive to buy $40 is definitely not bad for a hard brick but $40 is not bad but no guarantees either especially if it doesn't just need the software reflashed directly to the chip...do they replace defective circuitry or just try to jtag and then if that doesn't work charge you $10+shipping and send it back because that was the impression I got reading the link...

Also this thread is for Epics that are NOT hard bricked and can go into download mode so feel free to start a thread about hard bricks if there isn't already one and I'll link to it.

Yeah well as far as no one searching I don't care about that so much as this being as good as it can be...I made some notable changes so tell me what you think.
[Epic 4G Android Development] turbosr123:
"Click PIT and select the victory_8G_100528.pit that you extracted previously."

I don't get this step or where this file would be at?
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
The PIT file is packaged with Odin.
[Epic 4G Android Development] DroidDavi:
just to make sure when i go into recovery mode i plug my phone into the computer with my battery out ?
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Download mode. Press and hold the "1" key on keyboard then add pressing and holding the power button. Should pop up the yellow triangle.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
Yes with the battery out you plug in the phone and then do as kennyglass123 mentioned to get into download mode after plugging in the phone with the battery out.

No wonder you respond to this thread so fast you have the XDA app. I have it archived but don't have it installed on this test build. I might as well give up on checking this thread because every time I do you already beat me responding to posts asking for questions :P
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
I would be happy to leave you some if you want...lol.

XDA helped me root and make my phone awesome and like you, love to give back to help others.
[Epic 4G Android Development] k0nane:
Just like to remind you all that this thread is still sponsored by k0nane.info. ;)

That EC05 TAR generates plenty of traffic, and bandwidth isn't free!
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
Does that mean you have rights to all my answers...LOL? Good to see you...well...everywhere again K!
[Epic 4G Android Development] bgreiwe:
I want to thank everyone for this post. I am using odin and I have tried multiple times. Everytime I attempt to load the ec05 tar file, it goes all the way green under factoryfs but it never moves onto modem. I have tried multiple usb ports and multiple cables and I have had no luck getting it past that point. Anyone have any suggestions.

NM, redownloaded the tar and it is perfect now.
[Epic 4G Android Development] KennyG123:
As suggested in the OP, keep battery and sd card out. And you have the tar from the OP right?
[Epic 4G Android Development] J31Rob:
Just used this for the 2nd time. Worked like a charm. Sending my old Epic in because of the ribbon cable going bad. Had to return it to stock before hand. Thanks!
[Epic 4G Android Development] babystewie:
Mine semi bricked using this method. Had to odin back to ec05 and then let the phone auto update to gingerbread. I really like gingerbread. GPS works better and phone is generally way snappier.
[Epic 4G Android Development] dyehya:
Not sure what you meant by your "semi bricked using this method" and then followed that by "Had to odin back to ec05"...

Were you saying it was already semi-bricked and you used the method to odin back and update to GB or what?