yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] sga999:
@da1writer, you're so right about Heimdall! Much more reliable than odin....tried this full restore with odin 3 times, but it never booted...only put me in download mode.

@zaclimon, I just did the full restore because I want to learn about all this, but the US kernel will still be very useful for me. Whenever you can do it, that's great!

@rozelle, I had the same problem you had where "Samsung USB..." did not show up in the box after I hit "List All Devices". But I'm pretty sure what da1writer suggested works, i.e. try a different USB port. I was in download mode on the player and plugged into another port. I THINK I still had zadig.exe running (from the prior failure to show the Samsung devices), and immediately the "Samsung USB..." showed in the list. I may do this again very soon to see if the order matters, i.e. does it have to be connected before running zadig, If I figure this out, I'll update this post.

EDIT: Yes, I just did this...I already had zadig running, plugged in the USB cable while in download mode, now "Samsung USB Composite Device" shows in the top box, in addition to a webcam and a mouse choice (they were the only choices until I plugged in the cable). Also, the driver name shows as WinUSB (v6.0.1.0). My choices to the right of the green arrow are like yours, except 3.0.4.0 instead of 3.0.1.0. So I think yours is basically the same, except for not mentioning Samsung in the top box. Weird.

I don't know if we have to pick a specific one of those 3 choices to the right of the green arrow. When this first worked for me, I think I just used which one happened to be selected. I don't know what would have happened with one of the other two choices.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] da1writer:
This is why I mentioned to rozelle to try a different usb port in my last post. On my computer, odin doesn't even read my device on one of my usb ports but heimdell does (odin does read off of my other two). My other suggestion was to install kies from samsung, I did, but simply closed anything kies related in my Task Manager as it conflicts with programs like Heimdell and Odin.

Rozelle, did you try force detecting the device? Heimdell has it built in as a last resort in case the zadig fails. Don't have my laptop in front of me but on the last tab of the Heimdell frontend, there is a Detect device box (I think it's on the top left hand side) - it tries to force the drivers on the computer. This is a failsafe to pop to detected when you are so bricked you can't go in download mode. So if it doesn't work in download mode, you can do it in regular mode...

Also, did you try another computer? Maybe yours is not up to date that the drivers are just not there to be read (highly improbable)?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] rozelle25:
I just tried another computer. Same thing-it only recognizes it as a USB device-both before and after zadig is running. Am I missing any files? I downloaded Heimdall 1.32. This comes with front end and zadig. I have the full restore file and the .pit file. Anything else I'm missing?

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Call me crazy. I thought I was supposed to check repartition. This is about the 20th time I've tried and the first time I DID NOT check repartition and it WORKED. I'm stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Nice to hear you have you managed to revert to stock!! :D.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] sga999:
Very good that it's working for you! I did check repartition, and I had no problem (the instructions say this, so I just followed them, just as you did). I wonder why that would not work for you. About the zadig not showing "Samsung USB Composite...", I'm curious about that too. If it's only showing something about USB device, that sounds like it would not be using the Samsung drivers. But it obviously worked anyway! So it's all a bit of a mystery.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] soultaker123:
boot

I have a question. If i cant see my boot up process would that be my bootloader? if so can i have one. My device boots up i just cant see boot up process. :) I have a us device.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] theraf:
my /efs deletes itself everytime i reboot...
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] rockerblood:
sir can i use this even my phone is in good condition? just want to jump from 2.2.2 to 2.3.6 :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
okok just flash the tar i gave you with odin. i dont think youll need SP3. if not flash the .tar corresponding to your device and re-partition (this will wipe all your data.)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] rockerblood:
Do i need to check the re partition?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] sga999:
@zaclimon, I don't mean to bug you, but any progress on making the US zimage.tar for me? Thanks very much.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] tim1089:
OK I followed the Odin instructions and my device still boots into recovery. I tried using heimdell method but it says the US file has a invalid header I redoenload and still get the same erroe on this file. Any ideas on what to do?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
How are you flashing? Do you use the .tar or you extract it? Because with heimdall you need to extract each partitions and then flash them separatly.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] tim1089:
I extracted each one and applied them one by one with no reboot until I applied the last one. Still boots into recovery. I tried flashing the odin recovery file still the same result. Any suggestions?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Do you have some errors concerning not mounting /cache? If yes, wipe the data and reboot. It should work by then.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] tim1089:
Yes and I did the wipe and it went back into recovery without any errors. Rebbots all end up in the recovery or I can get it into download mode
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Wait, you flashed all the partitions according to the post and you re-partitionned right? Also uncheck the no reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] tim1089:
Yes. and checked repartition and no reboot. So I tried it again one at a time and rebooting between each no change. So then I did it one at a time with no reboot. I even restarted by computer before flashing the last time. I am getting this error in recovery "can't mount /cache invalid argument and can't mount /dbdata invalid argument So want am I doing wrong?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Wiping basically, you need to wipe in the recovery when you have these errors, then you can reboot and it will work again. :)

EDIT: I've also added a pit section where you can download all the .pit in one place. They seems to be disappearing from mediafire so I decided to put them on another hosting service.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] tim1089:
OK I will try your PIT. You know what it is it just doesn't boot into the ROM. Which of the files makes it boot into the ROM?

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US PIT link not working
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
The link is working. Try right-click, save as. Also make sure that these are the good setting:

PARAM: param.lfs

CACHE: cache.rfs

DBDATA: dbdata.rfs

FACTORYFS: factoryfs.rfs

KERNEL: zImage

Re-partition with this. When it's finished, wipe data from recovery and reboot. It should work.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] tim1089:
This is what I get when I try to down load the PIT direct orsave as

v˜4 Øø÷=oft IBL+PBLServer\90\Toboot.bininn;C:\Progam Files\ESTsofPITries.pit(EFSefs.rfsSBLsbl.binSBL2sbl.binPARAMparam.lfsKERNELzImageRECOVERYzImageˆFACTORYFSfactoryfs.rfsDBDATAFSdbdata.rfs°CACHEcache.rfsMOVINANDmovinand.mstÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] da1writer:
Use Firefox or Chrome to download it (Dolphin or ucbrowser on Android), they download the file just fine for me. Internet Explorer (or maxthon or any mini version browsers) break downloads...
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] tim1089:
I made a PIT from my player when out was stock will out work. I followed the direction in form. O am at my wits end on this

Samsung Epic 4G Touch on xda premium
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] tim1089:
Well I got it to finally work. I don't know if I was just misunderstanding you but thank you for your help. Your method does work but I could not do it under Odin.I had to go the other way.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] rockerblood:
i sucessfully update my sgs player thanks for ur helo OP :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] GalaxySWifi4:
Sorry for my bad english.I don't know if someone is interested but I can make an tar odin file, or a img or rfs file for heimdall for people who have lost their efs folder and want to find lockscreen and power button on stock ROM.

Sorry for my bad english.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] ultimaDC:
Where can i download the recovery for yp-gb1? (4.0 korean version? i bricked mine) please anyone?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] SaeMii3N:
Thanks! This saved my Galaxy Player! Thanks so much.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] muji8u:
EDIT: so i guess i hadn't flashed it yet. so now i'm trying to flash it, but im having issues with. its stuck on "SetupConnection"

EDIT #2: Okay so i did something disconnected and than reconnected, used the resurrector again, and tried to run odin again, i got to the point where it says param.lfs, going to go and get some grub and see what it says. heres a pic: http://i.imgur.com/7iJuP.png

EDIT #3: okay so idk what i did but now its getting upto nand write start

really would appreciate some help

so this is what i got out of heimdall : http://pastie.org/5121787

but the thing is, my galaxy player doesn't reboot or anything. if i press vol down+home+power button, nothing happens. i had repartition checked and no reboot unchecked. here is a screeny of the program. i'd appreciate all the help i could get.

http://i.imgur.com/6HwNR.png
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Rasa11:
Hmm, everything looks ok in Heimdall. (i think). lol

I don;t know much about this stuff, but I recently used this on my 4.0 with the help of member 'BNaughty', and it saved my galaxy player.

I used Heimdall in Ubuntu 12.04 and it went well.

Only thing I can see different is your Pit file is named differently than mine.

This is the Pit file I used.. http://ubuntuone.com/2LYXDm1rWoxnDcG7eWdRLa

Wish I could be more help, but hopefully this bump can bring someone more knowledgeable to the thread. Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] iJimaniac:
Maybe a stupid question, but this isn't only for bricked devices, is it? I am switching back to completely stock from icy fusion+ext4 before I go to cm9, so I am wondering if there is any reason this shouldn't be used just for returning to stock?

UPDATE: Nvm, I went ahead and tried it and it worked like a charm. Man, I forgot how ugly stock is, lol!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] MrKGK:
Help!

Even I tried to download the pit file on Chrome, Firefox, IE and Android Browser, it just like this
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] bretzke:
Where is the rom.tar.md5 file?

I'm wondering if I need to do something extra to the YPG1FullRestore.tar because when I follow the instructions (pit file+ tar+ repartition checked), ODIN won't flash it. :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
What is your device variant, US or Intl?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Hey zac,

There's a slight problem with my player while flashing the ROM.

I of course flashed everything with heimdall... So first I got the YPG1USPIT and put it in the PIT place.. then I went to the factory thingy and put the factory file... and lastly, I added the kernel (zImage,) and my player boots up with nothing on the screen.. Just black... I cannot go into CWM either.. Only download mode.

How can I unbrick my player? :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Here's the image of the player... Its turned on even though you might think its turned off.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] nv88:
I'm not sure my player 4.0 US is being recognized by Heimdall. I have installed the drivers in Zadig selecting "SAMSUNG USB Composite Device." It says the installation is successful.

In Heimdall I can select the pit and other files. But I always get a "Tar header contained an invalid file size" message when I browse and select the param.lfs or factoryfs.rfs... files. I'm using the "G1UEKI8 Restore Pack Download" files for US that I un7zed from the YPG1USFullRestoreFinal.7z file.

I would think I don't have the driver loaded from Zadig, but I can see "SAMSUNG USB Composite Device" listed under libusb (WinUSB) devices in device manager (XP). If I go to the utilities tab in Heimdall I can click detect device and the output is "Device detected" if my player is connected in download mode. I am not seeing any other indications Heimdall sees my player. Should I see a green arrow of some kind? The start button is always disabled.

I can't get very far with Odin either. Some ROMs will flash; stevies, Icy Fusion get me to CWM. When I try to install YPG1USFullRestore.tar from Odin it finishes in a couple of seconds and doesn't change anything.

Any ideas what I should try?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Hmm did you repartitioned?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Yes I did...
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Is it still recognized by your computer then?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Not in Odin... And no for the computer also, it says "USB device not recognized," every time I use Heimdall, i reinstall the drivers through zadig.exe before flashing
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
I MANAGED to get it out of the blank screen by flashing with my own .pit file but there's an error. When CWM opens this is what it says:

ClockWorkMod Recovery v5.0.2.7

E:failed to open /etc/recovery.fstab (No such file or directory)

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]

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

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/log]

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

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

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/last_log]

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

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

E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]

Now HOW DO I fix this?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
How did you get through CWM 5? haven't you flashed the recovery package?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Yeah... but this is what it shows whenever I go to CWM.. btw, when I turn on my player.. it goes to CWM and says all that stuff.. I cant flash anything because of this.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] ti-pich:
The recovery haven't been flashed correctly if you still have CWM installed so I guess the entire rom doesn't get flashed correctly unleast your package include CWM instead of the stock recovery.

Also, it's normal that odin don't recognize your device as you installed the driver for heimdall. Try to plug in your player on a different usb line (like the back of your computer instead of the front for a tower or right instead of left on a laptop).
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Well... I flashed the recovery package again and now its stuck on the Samsung logo... :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Have you converted to ext4 before bricking your device?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
What is that?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
It is a faster type of file system that would have required you to nandroid backup, then change the names of the files in the backup and then restored that backup.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
How do I convert to ext4? Btw, I have no backup... :(

I know I know... I'm dumb.... :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] nv88:
I managed to finally get past the "Tar header contained an invalid file size" error in Heimdall. I used the command line (DOS prompt) to flash the .rfs, lfs and image files. I placed all the files from the .7z into the same folder as heimdall and it was simple enough. If you type heimdall at the command line it will display all the parameters you need. Just make very sure you match up the right file as the appropriate type. I flashed every file including zimage, cache.rfs and dbdata.rfs... and everything was good from there. Heimdall will try to reboot the player after each flash.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
If you are asking that question, then you have just answered this :

Answer = no
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Oh booty... So I can't do anything? And btw, if I manage to get the stock ROM, how can I flash terrasilent/whitebeam.. through Odin?

EDIT: I got Stock Rom, but how do I flash terrasilent?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
Doesnt mean that at all

If you have the drivers for heimdall installed you cannot flash anything through odin. you are going to have to use heimdall.

Use the zimage I extracted for you awhile ago
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
I am.. But its still stuck on the Samsung logo.... :(
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
2 options

1. Download the kernel from the xda page just to be sure and try again with that one.

2. Try a different kernel
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] iJimaniac:
Can you boot into download mode? To do this, you may have to remove the battery, then reinsert it while holding vol_down+power.

If you can get into download mode, it should be simply a matter of using heimdal to fully repartition (not just factoryfs and zimage). That is, unless you did something to your bootloader.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
As far as I know download mode IS accessible
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Sportfreunde:
I used the stock rom here before when I was initially trying to get the IcyFusion rom on my device. I decided to get rid of icyfusion and go back to default by flashing this however it's failed. I followed the instructions on here and flashed the yp-g1 US 4.0 firmware with partition unchecked but unfortunately it hasn't worked. The device can go into download mode but won't boot. I then tried re-installing Steve's Kernel and IcyFusion but same problem. It goes into clockwork recovery when I do this but won't boot the system. Restoring the backup I made with Clockwork Recovery before doing this stuff also does not work.

I also tried downloading the .pit, checking re-partition, and then installing both this rom and the icy-fusin but no success.

I'll try to do it using Heimdall now but have never used that before and don't quite understand the instructions

Since I can't get past recovery mode, I repartiontioned + use one of the two stock roms for 4.0 US but then it reboots and enters Android System recovery and gives a bunch of lines in red which say things such as failed to mount /cache (invalid argument); can't mount /cache/recovery_kerne_log etc
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] Mevordel:
When it gives you all of those red lines, wipe data and reboot, and you are golden. (Reason: stock kernel can't mount ext4 partitions, so you need to reformat them rfs)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Where's the Odin flashable tar? the ".tar.md5?"
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
I removed it because it made more bad than good (people were complaining more about it so I removed it). If you people want it back then I can reput the link.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Nevermind.. I managed to flash stock ROM BUT there are STILL errors in recovery... not CWM, but recovery.. If I flash a kernel, I'm gonna have the same problems again. YES I wiped data, cache, factory resetted... EVERYTHING possible... but the error's WON'T go away.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
Even though your device seems to be bricked, I doubt that you should need bootloaders

Sent from my YP-G1 running ParanoidAndroid v1.6 (ICS)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
I don't NEED the bootloaders, but I WANT them... I can't flash ANY ROM now. :(

I'm gonna be stuck on stock if I don't fix the errors. :(
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
What are your errors related? Cache or efs?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
When I go into recovery this is what it says:

E:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)

E:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)

E:check_selective_file:Can't mount /efs

--copying media files...

Successfully copied media files.

#manual mode#

--Appling Multi-CSC...

E:failed to mount /efs (invalid argument)

E:multi_csc:Can't mount /efs

Multi-csc applied failed.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Hmm check in my recovery thread about this problem. I've explained how to fix efs.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
So all i have to do is put the boit.img in the efs section repartition and flash? How do I get adb shell?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Assuming you have an efs backup, reflash the stock rom with the blank_efs.img in the efs section. Then flash a kernel with adb root shell support like terrasilent and execute the commands.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
The thing is.. I don't have any backups of ANY sort.. Yes, I'm retarded. :(

So I can't do anything about it then right?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
You don't even have an efs.tar?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] webdroidmt:
Hi all, haven't been to this forum for almost a year, as my US YP-G1 went to soft-brick city around the time of tdmcode's CM7. The player would come on and boot into stock recovery with no way of getting out, home button didn't work and I couldn't get into download mode with power/vol down.

Also, I deleted my efs, so I figured this thing was pretty shot. :laugh: Anyway, finally decided to check in here and see if I could get this thing resurrected, so I bought a jig and got it going again. It's running very well but I can't get into recovery with the power/vol up and I can't get into download with power/vol down.

Fortunately, I am using Quick Boot, which will get me into recovery, as well as download mode with Terra Silent. Of course, I can always get into download with the jig. Was wondering if I could get some tips on getting the recovery/download to work again with the buttons.

I used Zac's Intl recovery rom to unbrick, thought I may need the bootloader and then used Kwippers stock rom to get my home button back. Once it booted cleanly, I flashed Ethereal rom and Terra Silent kernel for CWM. It's running very well but if possible, I would like to get the recovery/download buttons working again.

On a side note, is there really a significant performance improvement if you convert rfs to ext4? From what I remember last year, this Ethereal rom is running pretty slick already.

Sorry for the long post, any help or advice is appreciated. Zac, thank you very much for your files and guides, been a big help getting this thing back to almost normal. :D

Mike T
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Good to see that your device is running fine. Also flashing a intl bootloaders into a us device forces it to recognize the device as a intl one so the home button won't work to get into recovery or download mode. I don't think ext4 have that much improvement over rfs but that's been a long time that I've got into stock. :p
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] webdroidmt:
Thanks for the reply, Zac. I've been searching with no luck but is there a US bootloader available that I can flash? Thanks again, man. :)

Mike T
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Whats efs.tar? I dont think I have it, I cant download it from here?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] goldflame09:
The efs.tar is on your sdcard. It contains personal info so we aren't going to post it.

Sent from my YP-G1 running ParanoidAndroid v1.6 (ICS)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
Oh, I do have efs.tar! What do I have to do with it?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Nope sorry man :s

Make a backup of it into your computer and follow the instructions for the cm7 efs problem.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] the playa!:
How do I make a backup of that?