yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] skim7x:
I'm definitely using the files provided in the OP...

The cable IS the one that came with the phone, but after some usage, it doesn't sit REALLY tight in the port, but it seems to be working fine... it's bent a little, but I don't think it has a bad connection, seeing as it's not constantly falling out or losing connection with the computer.

There are no other devices plugged into my laptop through USB ports.

And I have been switching USB ports... One of the three doesn't even recognize the phone, and the other two seem to have different results with Odin... oddly enough... but I switch between the two to get the best results that I can...

I don't really have a problem getting into download mode... it's just in "Firmware Upgrade Fail!" mode, which you can still use Odin with... I don't even have to hold down any buttons to get this mode haha...

I also tried your method of opening Odin first and then connecting the phone... no change...

I'm not sure what else there is for me to do... may just have to take the phone into T-mobile tomorrow to get it fixed?? Will they even do that for me?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] blestsol:
Okay.. So I followed all of the directions and left my phone on after flashing Valhalla. It was on the samsung Galaxy s 4g screen for a while but when I woke up it was working! But now when I reboot it or try to go recovery it just has this horrible screen. Different colors and looks like a messed up tv...

What have I done?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cybok0:
You didn't install the GB bootloaders. You need to start over and follow the directions completely, you can't skip any steps. If you did follow the directions you wouldn't have the rainbow boot.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] s15274n:
^ is correct... that was the "Rainbow" screen... not really an issue, other than not being able to see your recovery :)

GB Bootloaders will fix that.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] skim7x:
I'm still having a problem with the bootloaders... here's my log:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> pda.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/004> Odin v.3 engine (ID:4)..

<ID:0/004> File analysis..

<ID:0/004> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/004> Initialzation..

<ID:0/004> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/004> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/004>

<ID:0/004> Re-Partition operation failed.

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Anyone else have this problem?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] s15274n:
If I am reading that right, it sounds like when you are loading CSC, it is having an issue. Those files were downloaded and extracted together... if the MD5 is right for one, I would assume the other has to be. You are loading it in CSC, right? As noted in the guide, pasted above.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
s15274n, thanks for being so helpful. About md5 sums for files I posted, to create a proper Odin file, you just create a tar file and then run md5 on it and output the hash at the tail of the file. Most of the time when there's a download error, the end of the file (where the md5 is stored) will not get saved so Odin knows already that the checksum is missing and won't even let you flash. Odin always does the md5 check for you. I've seen some Odin tars without that checksum and it worries me if people are flashing incomplete files.

skim7x, are you sure you're doing this on the sgh-t959v? You can check your phone's model number if you look on the sticker after removing the battery.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] skim7x:
Yeah, I'm loading it in the CSC box... =/
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] s15274n:
^ I did not mention it earlier, and it always sounded crazy to me, but others have suggested to remove the SIM and MicroSD card. May want to give it a whirl, could not hurt at this point.

FB - good to know about the md5 sum tag. I need to do that for my odin files on the og vibrant.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] skim7x:
Geez... I'm embarrassed to say... figured out the problem. I went out and bought a new cable... I dont' know if it's coincidence or not, but everything works fine now... rediculous... =P Thanks for everyone's help...you guys are awesome!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
http://androidforums.com/behold-2-all-things-root/54424-creating-custom-roms-backups-odin.html

ctrl + f, ustar

That's the way to do it :D. I wound up finding that awesome Odin guide. Too bad that messing with the images' filesystem directly (mounting it) causes more problems than it's worth. Don't know how whitehawk gets away with it with the old school Odin deodexed roms. Well, have fun reading that thread.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] s15274n:
^ wow man, that is a great resource. Thank you.

Didn't you know man, whitehawkx (Jonathan) is a Norse (EDT) God!

Big fan of him, EDT and now I am certain I'll be learning of some new dev's on here (hopefully).
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Yeah, it's in his sig and ROM descriptions. :D. There's a myth that another EDT dev, Krylon, appears whenever you mention his name on the forum. We'll see if it works this time. KRYLON. Testing testing.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ryan8440:
Followed the first five steps, listed below. Got into red CWM. Now I can't get into download mode to continue. Each time it boots it says something about the convert system partition, system is not available.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

1) After formatting the SD card with the steps above, put your favorite GB ROM, and install_busybox.zip onto the SD card

2) Put your phone into download mode

3) Open Odin on your computer

4) Load up Odin, and load the KC1 files, DON'T TOUCH ANY OTHER OPTIONS, leave them like they are even if Odin changes them!

- 4a) PIT: Sgs4g.pit

- 4b) PDA: pda.tar.md5

5) Flash and let the phone reboot. Once you see the T-Mo startup screen (the pink one), OR the CWM (red text) screen do a battery pull.

---------- Post added at 04:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:01 PM ----------

I was able to let it boot then use adb reboot download to get into download mode. I'm now flashing the kh2 files.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] s15274n:
^ I notived it went to voodoo recovery as well.

I pulled the battery (remained on from the usb cable), so I pulled the cable out.

Then got into download mode with the button combo
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] krylon360:
the post gods told me to reply :P
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] s15274n:
^ #Winning
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] TheKucho:
Do we need to check repartition? I thought repartition gets autochecked. o_o
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jager555:
It said system not available because you didn't partition correctly or you didn't flash the previous Odin files properly. Be patient with it
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
:D

I said in the guide to leave all the checkboxes like Odin leaves them. If you load a file and Odin automatically checks repartition. If it doesn't check repartition, do not touch that option. The defaults will work fine.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] MrPapito429:
screenshots please
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
This is a stock rom. It looks exactly like your phone looked when you turned it on the first time

Sent from my awesome SGS4G
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Babyj303:
Thanks for the files FB. And instructions right to the point thank you much.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] MrPapito429:
can I do it this way without odin, make a backup of my sd on computer, format and put rom and everything else needed on formatted sd, flash gb and busybox through cwm, and then move files back to sd and restore apps
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
You WILL need Odin since the most important thing this fixes is the bootloaders, which we have no way of updating through CWM.

What you can do though is do the sd card backup, format it and then put all your files including the new rom you want to flash and the busybox installer on it, and you can do the voodoo conversion. Make sure you have at least 2 gigabytes free on it though.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cannondale0815:
I followed the instructions and in the final steps installed ICBINB KJ3. On the next reboot, the robotic voice said that it was converting the filesystem. But everything in KJ3 is super sluggish. After a couple of hours I then downgraded to ICBINB KJ2, and it seems somewhat more responsive, but still not great.

Here's my actual question: I didn't reformat the visible partition of the SD card in Windows -- I merely checked if it was already FAT32, which it was, so it didn't make sense to me to format it and then copy all previous data back on it. Why is that step required, and could the lack of me having followed it be the reason for the sluggish behavior?

Thanks

-J
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Download voodoo control from the market. Check to see if lagfix is enabled. If it isn't enable it. If you're having trouble with icbinb I recommend you ask for help in the respective thread since I'm not the author of that rom

Sent from my awesome SGS4G
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cannondale0815:
Thanks -- while I still don't know what the problem was, I had to try the procedure several times and also did a wipe of all data after installing the ROMs here and before flashing the one I was after (ICBINB KJ3). This made it work for me in the end. But to be honest, I tried so many different ways that I can't be sure what fixed the issues for me.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] onlyonthursday:
Does Linda scare any of you? O_O I feel like my phone is possessed when she starts her rant LOL. But this was SUCH a helpful guide. Thank you SOOOO much!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] David1239:
I was scared when linda started rambling about ext4 too. My mom was in the room when she spoke and was like wtf is that?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] MrPapito429:
First time I heard Linda, I thought the phone God was gonna take away y sgz4g

Sent from My. Olympus on my SGH-T959VUVKD1
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dzshopping:
Get error after step 4

I always got the following errors after step 4:

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log

E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log

I have tried to format the SD card using the adapter for many times in the FAT32, but it still didn't work.

Probably due to this error, after I finished step 8, I cannot see reboot into recovery mode.

Any help please?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Try redoing the guide from the beginning. It seems your KC1 files may not have gotten flashed correctly
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dzshopping:
Thanks for your reply. I have tried at least 10 times. But I got the same error every time. Is there any other ways I can try?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Well something definitely didn't flash correctly.

Have you tried a different USB port or different USB cable?

Try looking for and flashing the Odin KB5 + root rom.e

EDIT

What does the text in Odin say after you flash the KC1 rom?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dzshopping:
Thanks again. I didn't try different USB port or cable. But the text in Odin says the it's successful every time.

I currently have the T959VUKB5 installed, which I think it's the Odin KB5 + root rom.e? If I have this rom installed, do I still need to follow the instruction from Step1?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Yes.

10char
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dzshopping:
So, the only think I can try now is to use a different USB port or cable, right? I will try it and report the result here.

To me, it's so difficult to install a custom rom with SGS4.

---------- Post added at 05:01 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:29 AM ----------

Too bad, I tried a different USB port and cable and still got the same error. Below is the text in Odin after flashing.

<ID:0/010> Added!!

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

<OSM> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> pda.tar.md5 is valid.

<OSM> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..

<OSM> Leave CS..

<ID:0/010> Odin v.3 engine (ID:10)..

<ID:0/010> File analysis..

<ID:0/010> SetupConnection..

<ID:0/010> Initialzation..

<ID:0/010> Set PIT file..

<ID:0/010> DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!

<ID:0/010> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/010> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/010> boot.bin

<ID:0/010> NAND Write Start!!

<ID:0/010> cache.rfs

<ID:0/010> data.rfs

<ID:0/010> factoryfs.rfs

<ID:0/010> modem.bin

<ID:0/010> param.lfs

<ID:0/010> Sbl.bin

<ID:0/010> zImage

<ID:0/010> RQT_CLOSE !!

<ID:0/010> RES OK !!

<ID:0/010> Completed..

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

<ID:0/010> Removed!!

<ID:0/007> Added!!

Any further advice please? Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Well it flashed correctly. What's the model number of your phone?

It should start with

SGH-T

It's behind the battery when you remove it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dzshopping:
It's SGH-T959V, Samsung Galaxy S 4G for T-Mobile. Thank you.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Had to make sure. Hmm. Look for the KG4 leak. It should say it has bootloaders in it. Should be a few pages in by now in the dev section. Try flashing that then following the guide.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dzshopping:
Too bad, it still do not work after I flashed the kG4 leak.

OK, I give up. It's just too complex for me to get it work. Thank you so much for all of your help.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Does it boot up at least?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dzshopping:
Ok. Try one time.

Here's what I have done:

1. Flashed the T959VKB5-Custom.tar and it worked perfectly.

2. Flashed stock+Voodoo-T959VKG4 succesfully. The phone rebooted but with a coloful screen. Also Lina said: convert partition, not enough space on SD card. But I have a 16GB SD card there without any files.

Should I format the SD card and go to the 1st step of your instruction?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
I think you flashed the Kernel only, which is the reason why you're still getting the rainbow screen. You want to try to flash the whole rom (it should be a 200+ meg download)

It's this one:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1183413

password: samfirmware.com

Format your SD card while the download finishes.

That should install the right bootloaders and you can skip the first part of my guide and start from step 7.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dzshopping:
You are right, I just flashed the Kernel only. I downloaded the corect file already, so here's what I will do, please correct me if I am wrong.

1. Format the SD card

2. Flash the KG4 file. On this step, after I unzip the file, there are 3 MD5 files and 1 pit file, should I put them into the corresponding location in Odin?

3. Follow your instructions from step 7.

Please correct me if I am wrong. Thank you again.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
That's correct.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dzshopping:
I have flashed both files, it seems the errors before was gone. But after I finished the step 7, I cannot reboot into recovery on step 8. Do I need to install CWM individually?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
What does it reboot to?

The instructions have you do a battery pull after it boots up all the way (step 9) so that you can get into CWM recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dzshopping:
It just reboots to the normal phone interface. I understand I need the cWM in order to install custom ROM. But does the K4 leak I installed on the first step have the CWM included?

Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
The KH2 files from step 7 have CWM. It shouldn't boot to the regular phone at all, you should at least boot to a screen asking you if you want to continue with blue and yellow text.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] dzshopping:
NO, I didn't see the screen at all. Now, anything further I can try? Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Battery pull.

Put the battery back in.

Hold vol + and -

Press power.

Let go of Vol + and - when you see CWM
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] urbanart21:
Reboots to recovery

I looked all over this forum didn't find a solution did my first galaxy phone went through like a breeze.Second phone which is the wifes major bummer didn't work .I keep getting the reb:mad:oot to the red screen what am I doing wrong?Update:When i do through the first Odin and it boots up Linda comes on convert partition then it goes to failed to mout recovery blue red yellow words everything fails.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] ultimakillz:
Are you following the instructions correctly? After the first Odin (step #5) you are supposed to do a battery pull (once the phone boots) and continue. If I remember correctly there is no Linda after the first Odin (and I don't see anything in the guide either).

If I were you I would start over from the very beginning and make sure you follow the steps just as they are given.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] urbanart21:
Failed to mount

When it comes back up its says every thing was unable to mount.Cannot mount data.

Failed to mount
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
What step are you on?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] urbanart21:
I figured it out when I realized I shouldn't hear linda .I had to have had the pda files mixed up thanks for the support.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] snakebitezz:
and after this the phone wont even turn on and when i plug it in all windows says is device not recognized no screen action at all even did battery pull and left it out for about 15 min and tried again I think im completely bricked anyone have suggestions??
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Download this (Raver's 1 click debrick):

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1178606/android/1_click_bootloader_debrick.zip

Do a battery pull

Put the battery back into the phone

Hook up the phone to the computer with the usb cable.

Open the 1 click debrick program

Run it

The most likely cause of your phone bricking during an Odin transfer is the USB cable getting unplugged. Find a nice stable table (rhymes???) to set it on and let it do its thing.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] snakebitezz:
ok i downloaded i and followed instructions like three times and windows still doesnt recognize the device

edit: tried following the full guide but since i cant get it to recognize my phone at all i cant even install the drivers

also it seems as if it only flashed the PIT file and not the PDA file so im starting to think im fuzzed
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cannondale0815:
For the past two weeks, I followed this approach a few times with different roms, kj2, kj3 and kj6, every time with drhonks kj1 kernel. In each case, when I turn on ext4 on the system partition, a few hours later my phone slows to a crawl. Ext4 on the data partition works fine though. What am I doing wrong? Is there an alternate approach to getting voodoo enabled? Perhaps a newer version of CWM or so?

Thanks as always for your help and great work!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] cannondale0815:
Ok, I helped myself as follows by going back to basics:

1) Turned off voodoo completely

2) In CWM, wiped everything (data, cache dalvyk)

3) ODINed the latest KJ6 unmodified stock ROM

4) ODINed drhonk's KJ1 kernel

5) Injected Adrenaline Shot v12

6) Turned on voodoo for both data and system

And everything's running smooth now.

-J
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Ah. I labeled the files very clearly so you wouldn't confuse them. :/. Did you download and try what I linked you to?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] snakebitezz:
it wasnt a matter of labeling it was a matter of odin not flashing the pda file somehow got unchecked but by the grace of something crazy this morning after leaving it alone for 8 hours i plugged in into the comp then held the vol +- buttons inserted the battery and viola i have a working phone thanks for all the help now if someone could just make an odin to get onto valhalla i would be greatful i cant get it to flash for shizzz
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
The whole point of this thread is to get you on Gingerbread with bootloaders + CWM. Everything else you can update through CWM, including flashing a GB rom like valhalla.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bigtom624:
I was able to follow this guide and sucessfully root and flash CWM and then Valhalla yesterday after getting my SGS4G off of eBay. I'm no stanger to flashing Rom's but it is alot different with this phone than it is on the Vibrant. I just wanted to thank all of the Developer's, FBis251 and everyone else who made the guides for this phone. Without them I would have been really screwed. Thanks again and I'm really looking forward to flashing and learning more about the SGS4G.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
@bigtom624

I'm glad it worked well for you.

I always wonder how some of the new users wind up asking questions already answered on the post seeing that it's a guide. You're the kind of person who reads (AKA, a good forum user) :D. Haha.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bigtom624:
Thanks man. It does bother me that more people don't follow directions before asking questions. Over in the Vibrant forums, which it the phone i had before this one, it is really bad. So many developers have left for this reason. I always try to help out in anyway I can. Just check out my posts.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
The thing is that sometimes you just get tired of seeing the exact same questions with slight variations in spelling asked all over. I understand that the search feature of the forum isn't the best but a lot of people's problems could be solved if they just spent a little more time reading. Value skill that.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bigtom624:
I totally agree.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Marvlet:
I was hesitant on flashing GB because I thought it would be too hard and I would screw up my phone. With this guide, it took me 15 minutes. I followed the instructions to the T and had NO problems. So easy even a caveman can do it. Thank You for this guide.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jadi929:
just wanted to says thanks to the OP, and anyone who contributed, I upgraded from my HD2 to a Galaxy S 4g, and did have a trouble with Odin as I was new to using it, but figured out what I was doing wrong.

Thanks :) I like 2.3.4
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Nov 24, 2011

Updated the guide and files for the official KJ6 GB release. Now you get Raver's KJ6 ROM plus drhonk's KJ1 kernel + voodoo.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] raysacr:
I followed the instructions. Everything seemed to work fine. But after I flashed the rom and the busybox, and restarted. It just goes back to CWM, it won't boot into the rom. Any help?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
After it goes to CWM, have you picked reboot (the 1st option up top)?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jdonk:
Hi there, just a quick question. Could not find it in the thread, but was wondering if this guide would work on an SGH-T959D, totally stock. Doing this for a friend, and just wanting to confirm before I go ahead. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
This is only for the SGH-T959V. You want the Samsung Fascinate forum.

http://xdaforums.com/forumdisplay.php?f=718
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jdonk:
Yeah I found that, thanks for the reply.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bswann:
OK, I followed the instructions word for word, even reading through the pages for 2 days before doing this but, my apps still disappear. I have had this phone for about two weeks and I tried Valhalla then Octane 2.x and now I am on Tehgyb's Rom. Every time I reboot my apps disappear if they are on the SD card. They will stay only if I have them on the internal memory. I even tried to use link2SD but, even linked they disappear, I can go into recovery and wipe the dalvik cache and they will return or I can use the quick reboot option in Link2sd and that works too but, I still lose all my widgets either way. I have a 1GB (1024MB) partition on my 16GB SD card and I've tried a larger partition but that didn't wok either. This is becoming really aggravating as I do not want to be limited by the internal memory. Is there anything else I can do or change to be able to use my card without my apps disappearing? Thanks for any help you can provide.