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[Samsung Infuse 4G] gem_247:
Ok, here goes the complete situation:

I wanted to update Samsung Infuse from 2.2.1 to 2.3.5.

I downloaded odin 1.3 and I997UCKI4-Homebinary.tar.md5.

I baught the phone in downloading mode, i saw the yellow mark and it said downloading. In odin, i saw that com:03 something and selected PDA, i selected I997UCKI4-Homebinary.tar.md5 and only checked the auto Reboot option in odin. I pressed the start button. i saw in message some progress started but later it got stuck at something image.gz. i waited for long time. later, i pulled the cable from my laptop and i tried pressing power button on mobile to restart it. But some pinkesh dots came. Later, when i pressed power button, nothing came up on screen. Then I pluged usb cable and connected to PC, white screen started blinking. i tried all ways to get into download mode or recover mode but still the white screen blinking didn't stopped. then I pulled the cable from Laptop. the blinking stop. i tried pressing power button to see some action but the phone was blank. then i plugged the cable it to charger and again the white screen started blinking. This is what happening. I then again plugged cable to laptop with Odin kept on. it again started blinking white screen and In odin, i can see the message added(when white screen appears on phone), removed(when white screen goes off), added, removed...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
ok..So if I understand correctly, the problem starts when you plug in the usb cable right?

If that's the case, you may have a bad computer or laptop usb port or usb cable.

You have a few options.

Uninstall all the usb drivers for the phone.

reboot and reinstall drivers.

Use a different cable and/or a different usb port.

Try it on a different PC and switch through every usb port.

During the first installation, somehow, that port you were using and maybe the odin file became corrupted.

Start over...the best result may came from a different pc.

good luck
[Samsung Infuse 4G] gem_247:
but the problem is not only with usb cable when pluged to pc, the problem also comes when i plug the usb cble to power charger.

Now i tried connected my phone to my friends laptop but still, the phone is blinking white screen.......
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
do you have a usb jib?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rdn5GoRjhn0

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHEAP-Price...ccessories&hash=item2a15a1193f#ht_3782wt_1202

If none of this works, you can try getting a warranty through at&t..it's a hardware issue.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] gem_247:
Ok, now, i will go to samsung to get it replaced or repaired.....thanks for ur help. Really appreciate it.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
good luck. garen21 had similar issue. I don't think your problem is software either.

Sound like hard ware.

If you can't get it into DL mode, they won't be able to either.

You can truthfully said that during the 2.2.1 upgrade via kies mini, it stopped midway and went haywire.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
I tried renaming the file as shown but when I went to settings to search it read "Error" next to the box. Changed the name back and it worked again. Not a big deal, but wifi does drop out at times while phone is off.

Thanks
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
That fix is for wifi that is unable to maintain a constant connection.

Wifi that drops off when the phone is off is due to your settings:

Change advance wifi settings to never sleep.

If you are running a task manager or juice defender like app, this will happen as well. Remove to apps.

If that doesn't work, you had a bad flash left over cache/dalvik that is not cleared.

You may want to clear data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik or do a complete factory reset and reflash
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
Ok. Thanks. I do have never sleep set. I have changed the settings on the router as I have seen posted. I will try removing jd. Thanks.

Sent from my High Tech Redneck Infuse Thingy powered by Zeus 5.2 King of ROMs
[Samsung Infuse 4G] corinagernea:
help installing my first flash rom

hi there,

owning a samsung infuse with Froyo stock and want to install infused rom v2.2.3

followed step by step the instructions added here and on gtg465x thread

so i got my phone rooted,backed up all system data and app with tittanium installed CWM-community-kernel-v8.zip with

GS Kernel Flasher, deleted the recovery from /system/bin/recovery using root explorer,everything was fine up to this point.

now using Rom Manager would like to move to the next step

my questions now are as following:

- these steps are exactly the same applicable on installing any rom or just for the infuse rom?

- my phone is unlocked i am using it in europe with a local sim card ,would installing a custom rom affect this aspect will my phone remain unlocked?

- the Voodoo lagfix must be FULLY enabled?(i mean i don't have to delete the /Voodoo folder on your internal SD card, delete it and reboot as mentioned in the step 2 on gtg thread)

-can i make a backup of my stock froyo i have using rom manager so i can come back later if something goes wrong along the process.

sorry for all these questions any help is highly appreciated

thanks
[Samsung Infuse 4G] diablo009:
Please post in only one place. I have already answered this on Infused thread. Please bookmark any thread you want to track so you may know if anyone replied to your question.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] gem_247:
Finally, I got the white screen blinking problem solved by JTAG. I took my phone to repair shop to just see if its quick fix and he used JTAG(http://www.jtagbox.com) to reload the corrupt bootloader. All the problem was due to corrupt bootloader.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4zwn_HMTek
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Thanks, gem.

Adam Outler said that a bad bootloader flash will brick your phone.

If you look him up under android hardward hacking, you will see that he did a lot of work with that sort of thing.

He has an unbrickable mod either in our forum or the i9000 forum.

Either way, it was beyond what we could do with software flashing alone.

How much did it cost you, btw?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] gem_247:
It cost me around $30
[Samsung Infuse 4G] farmer_0660:
HELP ME please :) lol

im currently using AT&T samsung infuse 4g.. last night i went to hit the power button to wake the phone to unlock it to call someone and when i pushed button nothing happened.. i figred it powered down for somereason. so i continued by holding the power button to power on and the samsung screen came up as normal but then went back off, so i tried to power up again and samething, so i removeed battery and re-inserted it and and proceded to boot in to clockwork mod with the volume buttons an power button , same thing happened, it said SAMSUNG and immiditly turned back off, i re-tryed severl times to boot into recovery to wipe data but it wont boot period,, so i got on here and did some reading , found out how and i got it to boot in to download mode, the yellow triangle with dude digging saying DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!!!,, what do i do now,, im lost and it desperate need of some assistance :) thank you kindly:confused:
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Were you running stock froyo? Or a custom ROM?

It also sounded like you may have s bad battery or your usb charging port , or cable is bad and your battery is bad. May want to try one of the stores to check for you. Or try a diff cable or battery
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
Unrooting Official GB Heimdall or Odin

:confused:

Could give me an idea which is better? I saw your post on the other thread (and gave thanks :) ) but I am wondering if Heimdall is better or easier than Odin. I have only flashed my phone to Zeus, so I am pretty new to this. I used odin when I was having issues which turned out to be the external sd card. And of course that was from Zeus to Fryo. So now I will take my son's from stock GB update to Zeus. In reading directions Odin seems simpler to me, but I may not know the whole story. If you have the time I would appreciate some input ... I would hate to brick it ... plus I have to do this stuff when the wife is not looking lol, she already thinks I am cheating on her because I am looking at the phone so much. Guess I kind of am with my Infuse. lol

Please notice .... I took this to the proper thread. I seem to have a bad habit of hijacking ... trying to do better. ;)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
:)

On stock GB, there is no recovery.

You need to introduce an "insecure" kernel - on that doesn't require a signature to flash a software.

You can use either heimdall or odin.

Which ever way is easier for you.

You can use gtg's unbrick and odin the stock gb back to froyo.

then root and 3e recovery. If you do this, use lost1's files:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1081072

this will root your phone and give you the unlock code also.

then do the 3e recovery.

If you dont want that, you can make it easy on yourself and use this: h8rift's

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1092021

It has root and 3e built in.

You can also use heimdall, flash once to uckj4 then the defuse kernel for red recovery. (I guess technically, since you're already on gb, just flash the defuse kernel for recovery)

then flash your rom

Any1 will work.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] farmer_0660:
Thanks, my phone bricked but luckely it was a infuse. I got it in to download mode, installed Odin on my PC and was about too take it back to stock and re-flash it ..
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
Thanks for all the help. :D
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
glad i can help...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
Me too. Very glad :)

Sent from my High Tech Redneck Infuse Thingy powered by Zeus 5.2 King of ROMs
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Erik_T:
Wow.. wonderful job maintaining this thread... :eek: I think that I will try and pop my head in more often and give you some help.. :rolleyes: Rather see them answered here then everywhere... ;)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
This thread is my Happy Place lol

Sent from my High Tech Redneck Infuse Thingy powered by Zeus 5.2 King of ROMs
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Zen Arcade:
This is great. Wish I had found it before I started committing flash-crimes on my phone a couple weeks ago. One thing that helped me get past a boot loop was Heimdall, then a flash of CM7, then my final ROM, in this case Zeus. (found this tip on another thread). I think the start of it was a Super1Click with my ext. SD Card mounted which caused partition anomolies.

I'll definitely be coming back to this thread as needed. Thanks!

---------- Post added at 08:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:57 PM ----------

Hey - can someone repost this over on the Zeus Dev forum to kameleon25 (post #5248)? I don't have enough posts to do so myself. Looks like he's having the same prob I had.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] daytonasportster:
Thanks

Just wanted to say thanks for the thread. As a n00b I like having such threads so I can learn as much as I can as quickly as I can.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
I'm glad it's helpful guys. There's a lot of info here. I tried to gathered what I thought was helpful.

If you saw something good, feel free to leave a post with a link to help out the next person.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Erik_T:
Just shoot him a pm.. You can do it. :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Zen Arcade:
Thanks and done.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
I prefer heimdall as a method of flashing and restoring from soft brick as well.

I'll completed a 1click heimdall return back to stock UCLB3.

I will be posting it in the dev section soon.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] BrassGuy:
I wish this was here when I started flashing! I haven't used heimdall only odin. But next time... maybe 4 hours from now:rolleyes:... I might try heimdall:)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Zen Arcade:
If starting from a stock 2.3.6 ROM what is the best way to get root? SOC does not work. I've had success flashing a rooted ROM after Heimdall, but for those who don't want to go that route what is best? Flash one of the unsecure kernels (i.e. Entropy DD) then ??
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
After the entropy. boot into cwm. flash your Rom. no rooting need
[Samsung Infuse 4G] xDa.Fun:
Hi Qk

This is an very good post for all. Can you apply some formatting in free time on your OP so that article can look more eye catching :)

Thanks for the post.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
If you have some free time, ndhanta, can you re-write it in better highlighted format in the next post?

I will just updated to my op as the first line link to yours.

As you re-work it, I promise you will learn from it as well. :)

Add more to it if you feel there are things that are left out but important enough to include
[Samsung Infuse 4G] xDa.Fun:
Yes i will be back ;)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Goraksha:
Any knows how to root 2.3.6 ? off course without flashing kernel.:p
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Currently, without flashing an "insecure" kernel, it is not possible to "root" a later gingerbread 2.3.6.

I noticed that you had asked similar questions in the Zeus thread.

So I am assuming that is what you wanted to run as a custom rom.

You are currently on UCLB3. You need to let go of your fear that you will not be able to get back to this ROM - it is very simple.

I don't understand what your hesitation in flashing another kernel. I believe it's a lack of understanding. If that was the case, you will need to read further and spend some more time reading and researching to understand your objective.

With your current situation, you have some choices.

You can use odin or heimdall and flash an insecure kernel to get clockworkmod (cwm) recovery to flash your rom.

Or you can use odin or heimdall to "downgrade" your operating system to UCKJ4 or lower where superoneclick(SOC) to root your device then go through the painful process of flashing what you want.

You then had questions regarding HDMI output. It is not currently possible to have HDMI and a custom "insecure" kernel. You will need to run the stock kernel to have HDMI. Switching between the insecure kernel and the stock kernel is also tricky. You will need to read more about this part.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Goraksha:
Yes all my doubts are clear now thanks for you reply. will post my success pretty soon
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
If you want to run Zeus..the simplest way is to flash entropy kernel in download mode.

It will give you cwm.

Then boot into recovery and flash the custom rom you want.

If you decide you want to have your phone back to uclb3, simply use odin or heimdall to flash back to stock rom.

Once you learn how to use the heimdall 1 click packages, it will make your like so much easier.

Good luck...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
Q you are consistently helpful, patient, and polite. A real asset to the Infuse community. Thank you.

R3velators, Mount Up.

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Thanks, bubbajoe.

I'll hit you up with a thanks later...lol..24hrs..later. :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] scorpiovip:
nice work

tks for the post
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Goraksha:
Yes I flashed Zeus v6, surprised to what dman has cooked, Its good ROM.

Thanks for helping me out
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
try posting the question in this thread...i have not played with zeus 6.0 enough to recall.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1413488&page=128
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
Great thread. Thanks for putting this here. It is very helpful.

Is there a proper way to install a theme?

I think I'm doing it wrong. Ive been flashing it like I would a ROM but when I get back into the ROM some things are too hard to see or missing menu items that were there prior to my "flashing a theme".

Is it specific to each ROM?

If there is a method posted elsewhere, i couldn't find it....
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
Once you have you're Rom. Just flash the theme over it. No need to wipe any thing. How this is helpful. You are using thems specific to your rom right?

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
So same steps as flashing a rom? But not wiping etc.

That's what Im doing.

Yes for example im on emancipation and using one of the OTA themes

Once I flashed it the OTA settings (in the settings menu) were gone and I can't see words for example

in the pull down where it would say clear all I see is a blank box

so if I flashed that theme correctly these things should not happen???

If Im doing it right Ill try again and if issues are still there, I'll post over at the emancipation thread.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
Seems as of you are. Is egger a chance that you have a bad download? Try to download the thebes again. Then flash again. I'd that doesn't get it.... please past on the theme thread. I an sure someone can get you fixed up.

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
Cool. Thanks for the help!!!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
What theme are you trying

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
First time I tried Evergreen

then had issues with it being so dark

so I cleaned up wiped and reflashed Rom

and have the aztec installed

and before I try the Blood orange I wanted to make sure that

Im not crazy in installing them like this.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
If you have installed a theme and are changing it, makes sure and use the revert to Getty rid of anythig left behind by the previous theme.if note you will have issues.

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
The revert will put the rom back to black and white.then flash you're theme.

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
Gotcha.........Actually didn't see that until I reflashed this time,

Revert to Base Theme
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
Good luck Rebel. Welcome to you're emancipation. The people involved in this area the best.. Enjoy.

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] Rebelranger:
Thanks BubbaJoe!!!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
:) Anytime.

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[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Phone.apk with 2G/3G toggle(GSM/WCDMA)

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25175608&postcount=21
[Samsung Infuse 4G] kalebdevil:
Finally here it is, thank you Qkster you're great men.... you're the best...
[Samsung Infuse 4G] abo gassar:
good guide man
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Here's a thread by enelyam on his experience with fixing a lost EFS or corrupted EFS.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1729838

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1726149

Of course, if you guys read the OP's, I have long advise you to make a backup of your EFS before flashing.

There are many tools to do this.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] smyc305:
hey, i did heimdall to go back to UCLB3 gingerbread stock. when i try to go to recovery it shows a rainbow screen because it doesn't have recovery installed. i want to do http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=25526654&postcount=3 but im not sure. dont i need cwm to get into download mode in order to use it?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
When you use the heimdall uclb3, you need to flash it 2x as intructed in the post. The second flash is where you will get the boot loader flash. It is a safety issue.

After the second flash, you can then flash the jt kernel to get to ics recovery to flash your rom
[Samsung Infuse 4G] whois.christopher:
Thank you - great stuff for noob like me. :-)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Working APN for MMS CM9.

Credit to stratatak7

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=29219661&postcount=1785
[Samsung Infuse 4G] xxXDAxx:
Rainbow usually means an issue with bootloaders
[Samsung Infuse 4G] bilihor:
INFINITUM

Decided to finally dedicate some hours to upgrade my phone from 2.3.6 because of multiple problems.

First article I found was to root and then install 4.0.4 with INFINITUM v1.1.1.

Everything is working fine, except bluetooth.

There are a lot of different ROMs in here and its not working in INFINITUM because it was not working in CM9 (whatever it is).

I think it is fixed now (with exception of power save). Does it mean I have to ping author of INFINITUM to get new build?

Is there an actively developed nice ROM which minimal list of "not working" ?

thanks
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
most of the GB firmwares are mature, ie, minimal issues. Ex: Ethereal, Legend, Aeon, Numas, Zeus6 and maybe Vagabond (I'm not sure about this last one)

The CM9 and CM10 and other CM9 based firmware may still have some kinks.

Check out their threads, Remix, UniPorn, Paranoid, CM9 etc. I have minimal experience with them.

bigjoe's Iset page has all of them listed. See my sig links
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Bubba:
Don't forget about Emancipation

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And yes ... Size is important.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] minnaing:
I need AT&T GB bootloader !!!!

Anyone Know ? Where can i get AT&T GB Bootloader...

Plese give me??:(:(
[Samsung Infuse 4G] whois.christopher:
Qkster is right about the maturity between GB, ICS, and JB ROMs. The newer ROMs do have some kinks that are being worked out, but the important thing is to make sure the phone works for you such that you are not hindered by its kinks.

For example, I held out of the ICS ROMs because I need Bluetooth functionality on the phone to link it to the existing handsfree system in my car. The moment I found out BT is working, I started to experiment with different ROMs looking for one that I am truly comfortable with. I have gone through Dark Knight, Remics-UX, and now on UNiPoRN (Yuma75 has done a very impressive job with that).

Check out each ROMs development thread and get a sense of the ROM's pro's and con's, and most importantly how responsive the developer is to the user community.

Good luck!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1331381

read op
[Samsung Infuse 4G] blrumph:
Gb bootloader

just go to the infuse android development page and follow the instruction for the stock rom UCBL3 port via odin
[Samsung Infuse 4G] daemonlmrj:
Thanks for this very clear instructions
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
I'm glad it helped.

Looking it over, I think the op needs updating. Several things have changed since then. I'll see what I can do
[Samsung Infuse 4G] qkster:
Ok. OP updated to reflect newer trends. Enjoy. :)

For my reference.

Battery drain on GB:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1408433

Stuck in cwm boot loop because you accidentally reboot recovery in cwm?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1779859

Some users are reporting a constant Samsung Logo boot loop. They can't seem to get into download mode, even with a usb jig:

We suspect it is due to a stuck power button.

Fix it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1792848

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1677769

How to get a log cat:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=30227183&postcount=1902

How to get dmesg and /proc/wakelock in Terminal emulator:

su

dmesg > /sdcard/dmesg.txt

cat /proc/wakelocks > /sdcard/wakelocks.txt

Last_kmsg is in the root directory /proc
[Samsung Infuse 4G] blrumph:
Thanks
[Samsung Infuse 4G] electricpete1:
alternate EFS save?

First and most importantly, thanks very much for your time to produce this detailed map, suitable for complete and utter newbies like myself.

Second, is it correct that the Infuse Toolkit cannot be used until we have flashed something to give us a custom recovery?

If that is incorrect, please disregard the remainder of my message.

If it is correct, it presents a dilemma because we can't backup until after some flashing, but that may be too late if that flashing kills our EFS.

The solution to that (real or imagined) dilemma that I found by searching this wonderful site was to use the EFS Pro tool found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1308546

If I understood correctly, the EFS Pro tool may be useful to add to the instructions.

If not, sorry for my confusion.

Thanks again for your helpful instructions.