yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Doesn't matter if you want to flash ICS. You should be good now.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Still bootlooping on the CWM..
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Well your efs is missing some files that's for sure...

EDIT: what preview build are you using?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] ShawnZ248:
I've followed the steps goldflame told me several times... still no luck :(
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
if either of them are o on a us player, they might just want to try the preflash and rom you gave me
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
The one that ends in 01

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Yes PLEASE.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
It was the 0402 that fixed the issue with US devices efs... Download the new one over at the previews thread.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Ok.. I'm trying to flash stock right now though, after it flashes, then I'll flash this,
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] webdroidmt:
Since I didn't get any replies to my above post, can someone please just take a peek inside their EFS folder and tell me what the keystringlock.dat is showing. I just need to know if it shows a "0" or "1" value. A US device is preferred but maybe it doesn't matter.

Thanks,

Mike T
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] ti-pich:
I've tooked a look at my efs and the value is 1.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] DeeJay1:
delete
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Alright I changed a bit the instructions of the efs restore so it should be clearer and easier for people how to restore efs.

If it's still unclear, please let me know.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] markymark567:
Thanks for the reference! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] caseyatbt:
How do you flash the efs image in Heimdall. Heimdall doesn't like the gz file. If I extract it, it doesn't like the img file either.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] markymark567:
Use the .IMG file. Ignore the error it gives. It will give you a blank efs folder so you can restore a backup.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] caseyatbt:
Thanks, worked like a charm.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Efs Solution

I'm doing it for (I hope) a last time. I've put a dummy efs for those who wants to get CM running on their device. However as I said, it is a dummy so you have to fill the information required, all the things you need are in the instruction post.

I'm doing it because of the people that would like to get CM running on their devices but can't sadly. Honestly I could just not do it because it is YOUR role to do it but everyone has to be equal and thus this is why I'm putting it up.

I hope this should solve all problems related to it.

It's not up yet, I'm waiting for approbation.

EDIT: Link is up.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] bpingry:
Alright, I'm able to get into download mode using the Resurrector, and in Heimdall (1.3.2), I load the full US Heimdall package, and it runs. Alright, this is good. During "Uploading KERNEL" it gets to 100%. Sweet! Except it isn't so sweet. It hangs there for a few minutes, and then gives me an error. An error that reads "ERROR: failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence! KERNEL upload failed! Ending session... ERROR: Failed to send end session packet! Re-attaching kernel driver..."

Uh... What did I do wrong?

Edit: Just tried using 1.3.1 of Heimdall, same problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
lol yea but I needed one in case my device were like mime. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Zyxxeil:
Well i just tested your rom and it completely messed up my device it wont even turn on at all.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Which device your have. Intl or US?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Zyxxeil:
I have the 4.0 U.S.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Ok. Well You can't even access to download mode?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Zyxxeil:
Nope no matter what i do it wont do nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Have you tried the resurrector?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Zyxxeil:
I would but there is 2 problems.

1.) Isnt that only for the hummingbyrd processor and the 4.0 has exynnos?

2.) Computer wont even reckonize it wont even make a sound when i connect it.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
To answer your questions

1) Hummingbird is the name (or codename or whatever) of the exynos 3 series.

2) I never really tried the resurrector because I can always restore my device.

Well I'll check if I can make another rom.

EDIT: Just to know, how did you flash your rom? Using heimdall or odin?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] klin1344:
Was odin interrupted when you flashed? Because if something happened while the bootloaders were flashing then the player would be hard bricked.

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Zyxxeil:
I used odin and sorry didnt know it was the same.

Ill try installing linux and trying it there. P.s. If you do decide to make a new rom just put the kernel and the factoryrfs
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] klin1344:
But there is already a rom with that.. This is supposed to be a full recovery for people who screwed up their partitions beyond just /system.

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Zyxxeil:
Yeah. But i didnt cause the interruption it just stopped at like a file and it just kept saying fail. So i took out the battery and that is where it stopped working.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
What was the name of file when it failed?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Zyxxeil:
I wasnt really paying attention can you list the files to see if i can remember cuz i know it wasnt the factory or the kernel.

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I think it was either param or Sbl not sure.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
I think it is param.lfs (Not sure because you don't remember)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] klin1344:
Uh oh.. sbl is the bootloader...

There was cache, dbdata, boot.bin, sbl, and param in addition to factoryrfs and kernel.

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Zyxxeil:
It was a really short file i think the shortest file name i have a feeling it was Sbl anyways i just installed linux. Can i use the ressurector?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] klin1344:
Yes you should definitely try it.

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Zyxxeil:
Ill update you what happens.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] markymark567:
I have had similar issues... after a hard brick, I have NEVER been able to restore with heimdall unless I first restore with Odin. What I HAVE to do is restore with odin first, it will kinda work but the player will still be bricked, then I force it into download mode and restore with heimdall And it works... I have to follow this procedure EVERY SINGLE TIME I hard brick. I don't know why but this is the only way that works. I have never been able to restore with just Odin OR heimdall, I always have to do Odin first then heimdall. Try it. Hope it helps
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
on a side note, zac i have odin 1.85 if you want to give out that versus 1.7. just offering

also uploading the stock US rom and kernel as one package right now if you wanna put it in op when i get the link
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Well a little update don't hurt right? I'll update the links once you've put them up.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
odin stock US package: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2ZcXCdM0CVJUWFseEUzVUhtTHc/edit?usp=sharing

odin 1.85: https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B2ZcXCdM0CVJS196MFRtaUhfSUk/edit?usp=sharing

go ahead and keep them on my google drive. not gonna delete them

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zac i forgot to tell you, but the stock package only includes the factoryfs.rfs and the zimage. nothing else. hope that it is still good
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Ohh, because it's meant to be a full restore package, I don't know if I should remove it from the thread hmm.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
maybe just put a little note next to it. the only reason is because it is almost impossible to find the stock rom for this device
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Hmm I think I still have the Odin flashable rom, I'll reput the link if I find it again.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] ti-pich:
I have a full recovery backup of completly stock with root if you need it. I think there could be some data in and my efs so you would need to delete these as I did the backup while some apps and other thing was on it.

Edit: I checked the size of my tar and it is around 490mb so there is definetly some data in it.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
It's not necessary anymore. I've put the new links on the op.

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] TheTehk17:
I was flashing the CM10 build as per instructions, the kernel preflash zip was successful but the ROM flash aborted. My question is that I know there is a switch to MTD partition somewhere in that process but I don't know where and I don't want to restore my efs (yes I did back that up like 4 times) if I don't need to. What do you think? Is the following all that is necessary or should I follow the MTD instructions as well?

(snip)

Ok, it's all good. My battery was low so I had to flash something. I didn't mess with the efs and it turned out fine. I wasn't sure if I needed to or not because CM10 didn't flash all the way so that's why I posted. Anyway.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Andr01dye:
Alternative way of restoring efs.tar

You can use a file manager to restore it (credits to goldflame09 for this)

I just want to bring up something about goldflame09 "efs restore process". That steps 5-8 I think is just unnecessary, because whenever I used to restore my efs I did only steps 1-4 and it worked every time.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
2 things

1 I have those steps cause doing 1-4 didn't work for me.

2 please edit out the post you quoted please. That's a lot of unnecessary space taken up. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] PairOfSocks:
I am trying to put back my efs using the method which involves using the adb shell and executing the command "cd /efs". Whenever I run cd /efs it says that it cannot find the specified path. I'm certain there is a efs folder on my player, I've checked with the root browser. Does the player need to be in download mode or something? I'm doing it with the player on. Is this wrong? USB debugging is enabled.

Also, inside of my efs.tar backup there is a folder called "." which has all my other efs stuff in it. Is this normal?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
Try CD /efs/
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] PairOfSocks:
No, didn't work. I got the same error. Thanks for the suggestion though, any others?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
First ensure you do this while in recovery. Second be sure that efs is mounted as rfs because maybe it can't be mounted.

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] PairOfSocks:
My EFS is restored! I used Daniel's way of flashing the Dream Ultra Rom after copying the files into the folder. Now how do I back it up as an .rfs file? Is there a thread with instructions or is it just a piece of code you have to run in adb shell?

Thanks again for all your help guys. I would be lost without it. :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] TheTehk17:
I've seen people mention that if your EFS is messed up and you need to restore it, there won't be a lock screen or power menu on stock. I have both of those things intact (flashed to stock coming from CM10.1), is it recommended I restore my EFS before going back to CM even though I don't have these lockscreen or power menu issues on stock?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Do this while in an adb shell or with terminal emulator

dd if=/dev/block/stl3 of=/sdcard/efs.rfs bs=4096

Yes because the CM installer will check to see if you have an intact efs. If not, you will get some bad suprises.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] TheTehk17:
Thank you. Never had to deal with any of this on my old Moment... only way to mess up that tank was to flash a logo.png that was too large :p

Last question. I have my efs backed up as efs.rfs. In the OP it says to simply flash it in odin. So... does that mean I put it in the PDA section just like the other stuff that was flashed? And what about repartition (should that be checked or not)? There weren't any notes about this in the OP and I'm just trying to be careful.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
This is assuming you've already put it into your odin tar and yes you need to re-partition it.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] TheTehk17:
Sigh... so then that means I have to extract the tar, put the efs.rfs in, and create the tar.md5 again. I found a few tutorials on how to do it (looks like I'll be installing Linux on my computer...), and one says there's a specific order the files need to be placed in the tar. What is it? I'd normally just look in the stock tar for the order but I have no idea where efs.rfs would go in relation to the other files.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Depending of your device type it's suit like this:

Intl: Boot.bin, sbl.bin, param.lfs, efs.rfs, cache.rfs, dbdata.rfs, factoryfs.rfs, zImage

US: param.lfs, efs.rfs, cache.rfs, dbdata.rfs, factoryfs.rfs, zImage.

Hope this helps!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] TheTehk17:
Thanks. My Player is back :D back to ROM testing.

(Might want to put this info or a link to our posts in the OP so that others won't have to ask again... just my suggestion.)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] PairOfSocks:
Just in case anyone else is trying to do this, you must type

su

before you type in the other command. :D
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
delete
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Hi guys,

When I try the Odin method, it doesn't work. I have the drivers installed and everything. It stats and then it says it fails. Heimdall on the other hand, is stuck on "Releasing User Interface." Can someone help?

Picture is uploaded as well.

Help would be appreciated :(
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] kings121:
Hi is there anyone up in here who can help me to revive a dead galaxy s 5.0 europe version??

i tried to upgrade with a wrong firmware and now the player is totally dead

only connected sound when connected to pc no software can read it i tried almost everything

thanks in advance for any help
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Sportfreunde:
I've having a hard time restoring my efs folder through root explorer or ES Files Explorer (with root access turned on) or file manager. It won't let me copy/paste the efs folder I put on the /sdcard to /device and overwrite the old efs. I'm on CM11 and have superuser installed obviously and have granted access to those file managers but it denies permission to replace.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
Are you using art
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Sportfreunde:
Ah I see what the problem is, somehow I've unrooted the device while trying to resolve that issue so I'll have to either figure out a way to re-root it under CM 11 or go back to stock and then root.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
edit- OP deleted

So can I flash the dummy efs when my friend is on CM11 without going back to Stock?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
Please remove the op from your post
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
No, it's not even flashable, you just need to modify the contents, then put them on your device (either via USB storage, then after to /efs or by adb by pushing all them.)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
How would I know what to modify? And I can just copy and paste the content right?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
Apparently you didn't read what you quoted. Read it over again and I can guarantee you that it shows you what you need to modify
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Could you at least read the instructions, all is said there... Also yes just a copy paste of the content inside the tar should do it.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
I did, but I how to modify I meant what values I put. My bad. Where do find the values I have to replace?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Zerousen:
Jeez man, you know that it tells you exactly what you need to replace the values with if you open them up first, right?

bt.txt:

You can find your MAC address within Settings > Information

serial.info:

Like it says, you can find your S/N beneath your battery.

buyer_code.dat:

Assuming you have a US version, it would be XAA.

After everything is modified, copy it all into a folder, transfer the files onto the root of your device, and then using a file manager such as ES file explorer, mount / as r/w and then proceed to copy everything from the folder you just transferred into the /efs folder, just replace everything there.

Everything should be fine once you reboot, at least that's all I had to do.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Edit: IT WORKS! :D
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Zerousen:
Congrats. Now you know what to do the next time something like this comes up again. :victory:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Sportfreunde:
Is there a guide on how to move the contents of a EFS folder (modified the dummy/blank files) using ADB? Copying/pasting just doesn't work for me in any file manager even after uninstalling-reinstalling superuser, making sure the app has root/writable access, etc.

Edit: Very very strange....I just restored to stock using the Odin method instead of the Heimdall one despite being on CM11 and the home button is working now despite the EFS having been deleted earlier.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Efs stiff won't really cause a problem in stock because the touchscreen drivers for stock are for the US devices or Intl (depending on the rom you chose). However while in CM, the kernel proceeds to a verification with your efs which is why it's not working if you don't have a good efs. but from an adb standpoint I guess you would copy your efs backup folder into your computer and do this:

adb push yourbackupfolder/. /efs

It should work and I hope your efs will get good again.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Sportfreunde:
I got it working after a copy paste, it should clarify that these instructions in the OP also work on CM11 with Android 4.4. I didn't have to do a factory reset/data wipe or format system or flash the factoryfs.rfs this time, very strange.

Also, in terms of the tool mentioned earlier for backing up/restoring EFS, it didn't seem to work on my device when I tried it after installing CM11 because it said that this is not a Samsung device even though it recognized the drivers so maybe that one just works on stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] map1122:
So I am looking for more insight into a problem I have. I posted to the Q&A http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2575304 but now find myself deeper than I know. It was left off that maybe the Odin flashable for the Player 4.0 is not a "full" backup. The issue is I am missing my data partitions (please ref the link). Any pointers are appreciated as I don't really know where to turn at this point.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
1. The only reason as of why the odin flashable for the US players isn't a real *odin flashable* is because as Meticulus said, there's no bootloaders in the actual package. The rest though should be fine AFAIK (except for your particular issue)

2. By checking from your outputs from the adb shell, the device should be fine. (mmc0 stuff) I guess it could be possible to resurrect your /data partition if somebody wants to give a clean /data partition and then flash it when re-partitionning.

3. Have you already tried to wipe /data with stock recovery? (I assume you would have already did it. If so, then the 2nd option could be preferable)

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] map1122:
Thanks zaclimon. I expect I am at option #2 as I have done #3 several times with both the stock recovery method in the OP of this thread. Is there no way to create this partition manually? If not then how would someone go about "giving" me or even getting a /data partition. It is just another PIT file to flash?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Hmm from checking in the pit, it doesn't look like there's the data partition, so I doubt we could use odin to répartition. Hmm however I think in your case you could try to remake totally the mmcblk0p2 partition if it's possible.

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] map1122:
Well, I have nothing to loose at this point. I have tried searching google on how to remake a data partition and have not had any specific luck. Is there a special term or something for what this is called? any pointers? I am willing try anything...

So I found this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1916936 and got kind of pumped up.

What do you use to "check" the pit file? I would sincerely like to delve into this deeper and actually understand what I am looking at and doing.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Wait a minute, can I see what the kernel's reports? Maybe your chip could have some defect if possible. Could you try this please?

adb shell dmesg > dmesg.txt

Then sending the output here or by pm?

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] map1122:
try this. PM won't let me attach files...
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Hmm that looks bad, the kernel can't even read the mmc block. I'm currently checking and perhaps you could try using a 3.0 kernel to see if its any different.

You can take the boot.img and the recovery from a cm11 zip and try to flash them with heimdall. You should get back in CWM 6.could you try to get me another dmesg there?

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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] ursulavasey:
I have the Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2 UK/XEU version. Can I flash the G1ZKC5 rom (or any other rom) via ODIN, to get my device onto pure stock? At the moment it is booting up and displaying itself as the Galaxy S2, with the yellow triangle, and I want to get rid of that, and have it display as the correct device, without the triangle. I used Triangle Away while rooted to reset the flash counter. The flash counter did reset, but the triangle remains in place, along with the incorrect device name. I would be grateful for any help you can give me.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
No because it's specifically for the Galaxy Player 4.0. Also about the triangle, I think you may be able to remove it with a usb jig which you can buy separately.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] aminking2005:
wifi4 16GB yp-g1ew/hac

hi

i have a galaxys wifi4 16GB . i need to install custom rom but i dont know wich one is mine

yp-g1ew/hac

firmware: 2.2.2

kernel : 2.6.32.9

root@SE-S508#1

build number : froyo.jpke1

it has a phisical HOME button. please help me if there is any custom or even stuck rom for my galaxy player