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[Galaxy S III Mini General] Cogra147:
Still have yet to get this to flash.

Have searched every page of the thread. Here is my process:

Open odin with admin permissions

Select recover.img.tar with the PDA button

And get this log:

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<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> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> recovery.img

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/004> Added!!

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

Have drivers installed and have used this method to install other recoveries on my T599n but the all give me 'Recovery loops'

Any help would be appreciated.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Which recovery, and which version of odin are you using? Also make sure you're using a USB2.0 port (not the usb port that has blue in it), so try switching around.

Here is a more up to date version of odin: http://d-h.st/hSj

Here is a more up to date version of CWM: https://www.4shared.com/file/KNCQYlZ4ce/t599n-kk-recoverytar__2_.html

No need to run Odin with admin privileges, and make sure the phone is in download mode (turn off phone, press volume down home and power button simultaneously and then press volume up when prompted). Make sure the usb wire is plugged in correctly on both ends.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] KageBeast:
This is the error I'm getting

<OSM> Enter CS for MD5..

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

<OSM> Please wait..

<OSM> MD5 hash value is invalid

<OSM> t599n-kk-recovery.tar (2).md5 is invalid.

<OSM> End...

Any ideas?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Remove the .md5 portion from the file and flash. so it should say "t599n-kk-recovery.tar"
[Galaxy S III Mini General] KageBeast:
Well now I feel stupid lol. I installed it with no problems though so thanks.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DuvalBoy54:
This is my first time posting in a while. Maybe one of you devs can help me? I was running meticlus 4.2.2 rom, with twrp recovery. Recovery started boot-looping. Had to wipe and use pre-rooted metro rom. Now I cant put any recovery on. Odin keeps failing on install. Does any of u guys have a zip that can be flashed in standard recovery? Or any ideads on how to get a recovery back on? Thx for any help I can get
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
TWRP doesn't work with the latest build of BeanStalk so flash your device specific recovery in Odin and you should be good. Check Meticulus's thread for the recovery!
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DuvalBoy54:
I have tried the newest recovery. It gets 3/4 of the way through and fails. I'm not sure what it's causing this ? I do know before this happened, twrp was boot-looping and would load anything.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Try going back to stock and installing the newest recovery and try installing the newest rom again.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DuvalBoy54:
Im on the pre rooted stock rom now. Cant get any recovery to stick. Just re downloaded the newest recovery and with same result???
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
That's extremely odd, which recovery are you using and which exact variant of the phone do you have? What occurs during flashing with odin?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DuvalBoy54:
Metro. T599N. Was using twrp 2.6.3.0. Now its the standard recovery. Its flash as normal, at about 3/4 of the way it fails. When this I have to re-flash the pre rooted rom again. Never had this happen with any Samsung I've owned? Any ideas on to fix this to where I can install cwm?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DroidJP:
For some reason odin does not like C drive on windows. I created a second partition drive D. I put odin on D partition, and since then, no more flashing issues. Also put the tar files on root drive (no directories) the less directories the better. Samsung software is buggy. Hope this helps
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DuvalBoy54:
Thanks for the advice. Only problem is, not my computer. I kinda limited on options. Was hoping there was a way to do this w/out odin? Ill keep trying. Any other ideas, let me know? Again, thanks.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
If odin's failing, try heimdall.

Put your device into download mode plug it in, press "detect device" ensure it says something along the lines of "device detected" in the text area. Then upload your device's pit file, and then download the recovery for your device, (remove the .md5 portion from the filename and extract the recovery.img from it" press add and upload that recovery file and that it's set to kernel2 (it should say recovery.img in the bottom right) and then flash away. Ensure that it says kernel2 and recovery.img or you may brick your device (it happens to people new with heimdall and are not careful, and people who think that heimdall will automatically figure out what you're trying to flash like odin). If you need more assistance let me know.

AFAIK that's the only way to do it, there's no mobile way that has been confirmed (I tried one way mobile odin or flashify or something) and it ended up deleting system.img and I needed to revert back to stock to get it working.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DroidJP:
Rom manager was suppose to be the app that you can do without a pc. But could probably brick your phone because rom manager is a hit or miss depending on the phone model. So in short. Still need a PC im afraid. I am kind of dissapointed myself as well.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DuvalBoy54:
I forgot about heimdall. I used it a couple of times when I had my s2. I will definitely give it try. This would be the first time in 5 yrs I've used a stock rom. Thanks exothermic.

Would my friends windows 7 security, or anti-virus disrupt odin or flashing?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Not that I'm aware of, it's odd though I never seen a odin fail during 3/4 of the way.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DuvalBoy54:
Me either. Ive been playing round with android since cupcake days. Never seen odin fail like that? ! I just wondering if my friends security on had something to do with it? Either way ill get it fixed

. Just hope I don't have a paper weight when in done, lol.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] laremus:
I've one although haven't been able to upload it... yet.

I'm also rarely on here but I'll look into getting it up

soon as I've noticed a few requests for one.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Upload what?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] adventurouslover:
hi guys:

I am a newbie on this, so bare with me.

I am trying to expand the internal memory of my Metro PCS SGH-T599N

I followed the steps on first page of this thread but when I reboot and enter recovery I can't not see the "advanced" option, where I should be able to partition the SD card.

What am I missing?

Thanks
[Galaxy S III Mini General] 16BitRun:
Our device does not support ApptoSD natively. The only work around to expanding internal memory and linking your apps to the SD card is by following this guide for our phone created by [MENTION=2213426]morepr[/MENTION] at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2596290
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DroidJP:
Is there any new updates for our phone? Jelly bean 4.1.2 needs work. When a app stops responding, the entire phone freezes and reboots. Going from samsung admire Gingerbread to galaxy exhibit Jelly beans feels like a step back in some way. At least GB was better at handling to non responding apps instead of bringing the whole system to a halt and reboots. No force close dialog in JB.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
No official system update, but try your hand at some of the cutoms roms:

Vanir: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2681808

CM11: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2659668

BeanStalk: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2655706

OmniRom: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2671759

I personally would go for either Vanir, BeanStalk or Omni, since CM11 has stopped development (but BeanStalk is based on cm and has a lot of customization). If these seem new to you, just head on over to YouTube type in the rom's name and go through some of the reviews, and you'll learn what features they have and stuff, but bewarned they are not bug-free just yet ;) but it's really enough to use on a daily basis, I think the biggest issue on all of the roms is just RIL disconnects but that's seems to occur very rarely now, but it's still an issue.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DroidJP:
They seem like nice roms, but i'll think I'll stay with my stock rooted rom (made a nandroid of the factory rom before rooting) and I think I found what was causing those random reboots. Directory bind was set to bind on boot which binds the android folder to external sd. That's another thing about JB. Sdcard0 just eats up your available internal storage. Anyway to disable it or change the default location to put the os files such as the android folder, etc on your real sd card?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2596290 <- that enables you to move apps and what not to an external sd card.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DroidJP:
Thanks. It definitely freed up alot of space. I dont understand why google removed such a useful feature in jb in the first place. I honestly don't see any reason to remove it.. I guess I will never understand how companies run their business. Thats corporate for ya.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
is there a flashable cwm? Been reading for hours an hours an gave up on odin, am on windows 8.1 cannot get odin to work grrr.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Make sure you're using a usb2.0 port (not the blue one), make sure the phone is in download mode (press volume down, home and the power button simultanesouly), and try using a lower/higher version of odin (usually 3.04 seems to work best, atleast from my experience), and try a different usb port. If those don't work, try you're at hand at heimdall.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
All I get is FAIL!, but thanx anyhow. At lest was able to root using Cydia Impactor, cept without recovery that may be a bad idea in my hands. :fingers-crossed:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
If you have KIES uninstall that, and make sure this is installed: https://depositfiles.com/files/42tijy38q (samsung USB drivers)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
Finally got back to a pc to try again. I uninstalled the samsung drivers in prep of installing yours. Downloaded another odin an recovery from OP just to start fresh. Powered off the phone an took out the sim an memory card. Booted into download mode (volume down, home, power button), then connected cable to phone an usb 2.0 on back of tower. As before pc appears to install drivers then stalls about 50 percent, I then run the downloaded driver package an install immediately completes. I unpack an launch odin v3.04 then try installing the new downloaded recovery. After about 30-60 seconds I get a "FAIL!"

What am curious about now is what options do I have incase something major goes wrong with my current setup? Chances are good something will go wrong I already broke contacts. :eek: but app from the play store works for calling so all is good. :victory:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Whenever something goes wrong, odin/heimdall is required to flash stock images back on. The phone is in download mode right?

I've never come across this, odin usually fails because 1) phone not in download mode 2) usb not connected proper;y/bad usb wire/usb 2.0 3) wrong drivers being used 4) Kies installed and it completely ruins it 5) something wrong with the odin file (wrong md5 sum). odd.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
It enters download mode, those images are what i see. An I removed kies as per your instructions. This pc is only a few months old an not used much so suspect all ports working ok, was able to root without any problems if that would be an indication. Ill try a different cable (auta thought of that myself) next time in a day or three (not my pc).

I really do appreciate all this.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
Well I tried again with different cable but still get FAIL!. MD5 checked out ok using IE11 but not Chrome. Went in search of different odin versions again an ended up watching avast doing some sort of dance (popups), seems there may have been some questionable content being downloaded. Anyhow ummm is there some way to test odin? Could that recovery be incompatible with my tmo t599? Is there a way to flash cwm or twrp via stock recovery like we use to on the t679?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
No the zip file has to be signed in order to flash over stock recovery I believe,and there hasn't been any exploits discovered. Um, perhaps you need to install the Samsung USB Drivers for Mobile Phone: http://developer.samsung.com/android/tools-sdks/Samsung-Andorid-USB-Driver-for-Windows or search for SAMSUNG USB Driver for Mobile Phones 1.5.29.0 and make sure the virus scan comes clean. The recovery's compatible with your device, it works on T599, T599N, and T599V (all carrier-specfiic variants of the Galaxy Exhibit)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
After several more attempts I decided to try installing the prerooted t599 rom from Tysons thread. and it worked, odin gave me no issues at all. I tried installing recovery again after flashing, an then again after doin a hard reset but stil no luck?

:confused: Would/could that possibly indicate an issue with the recovery file?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Yep, which recovery are you using? I'll try flashing as well.

Try flashing this recovery:

https://mega.co.nz/#!dBdjRKAb!DYcmsOlIV1A8c7meJLK16gGxyPS3hokQqLcxzS12jfM
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
I was trying cwm from op. Will give the new recovery a try soon as i can get to a pc.

took a whole 5 seconds to install cwm v6.0.4.7 :D

oh an works with usb 3.0 too

now installing twrp linkd to your omnirom thread. Somehow I missed that twrp could be flashed with odin, other posts said flash through cwm. :confused:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SkOrPn:
Will this work on a brand new T599 that my brother just purchased from tmo yesterday? He can't stand some of the bloatware or the advertisements. So I want to root it and remove some of the offending system apps, and install MOaAB ad blocking zip. Do I root first or cwm first? Its been years since I had a Samsung device, my last one was the Nexus S but that used Fastboot, and my last Odin phone was the Vibrant.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
Highly recommend CWM first then flash SuperSU to get it root: http://download.chainfire.eu/204

you also have the bonus ability of being able to switch to a kitkat rom later down the road.

Also pretty sure that ad blocking zip wont be able to work on stock recoverys as only official samsung-signed zips work on it, hence why the need for CWM (recovery that doesn't check for signatures)
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SkOrPn:
Thanks bud, after a few hours I have discovered that my computer and my laptop both do not seem to work with it. Odin starts, says its initializing but just sits at the recovery.img line forever it seems. I tried installing driver 1.5.27 and the newer 1.5.34, but neither seem to help. Maybe later I will try usb deview and clean up the system, and try again but I think he was getting worried that I may brick it, lol. Since its not mine, I admit I am worried about that to.

I have a small 32bit Asus Netbook that I think may have Linux Mint on it, maybe I will try flashing the CWM using Heimdall. Does anyone know if Heimdall will work with the t599?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
It should; if that's the way you're going I highly recommend you use TWRP recovery:

http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407579193

^- Just unzip and use that recovery.img

I'm not sure if WinRAR/etc has support for .tar files, it should but just to be on the safe side.

Just remember to triple check that you're flashing onto recovery and nothign else on heimdall, otherwise you're asking for a brick lol.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] SkOrPn:
Yeah, after loading up the new heimdall I do not see a function for recovery flashes and it does not let me select img.tar files as a choice. That was with the WIndows version. Anyway, he came and got the phone without any mods, so I am fine with that. TWRP on a T599? I didn't realize that was possible.

Anyway I will get back to my Nexus side of xda. Thank you VERY much for the help and links. I'm going to install the latest Ubuntu and get Heimdall ready with the files needed, and the next time I see that device maybe I will be ready. That weak Netbook can not run any version of Windows except for XP, and I am not sure I want to go that route, lol...

By the way, can this device be locked somehow? It says in the Download Mode screen "Binary Flashing: NO" and a few other lines that makes me think its locked down.

EDIT: was I supposed to extract the recovery image from the tar file? Remember I can't remember my Vibrant and Nexus S days.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
If you're flashing with heimdall you need a recovery.img you can get one from either of the files I linked to you (the .tar one is cwm, the .zip one is TWRP, so it's up to your choice), binary flashing If I remember correctly is a count of how many times you flashed, NO would indicate it's still stock. The device doesn't have a locked bootloader.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Cdbarron727:
ThNX

Thank you
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Cdbarron727:
SGH-T599N (codinMetroPCS) ???

I can't seem to find a recovery that will flash a rom for MY phone. I have the MetroPCS version/variant of the sgh-t599n and I really want to be able to flash a custom rom to my phone, but I can't seem to find anyone with (codinMetroPCS) files for it. The only reason I say that is because when I finally got CWM 6.0.3.2 downloaded and working, tried to flash beanstalk rom and it told me "THIS ROM IS FOR CODINALTE PHONES NOT CODINMETROPCS PHONES" Is there a different rom for the Metro phones? Or am I doing something wrong....Im rooted through cydiaimpactor, well, i guess technically through the pre-rooted stock rom I had to flash through Odin...BTW-Over the last two weeks I've learned that flashing a rom on a samsung (at least mine) takes a custom recovery, which needs to be flashed via Odin (something I didn't know how to do at the time)...I almost feel like Im starting to get confused with all these different programs needed to run or flash or download this or that....I'm not sure if the info is even in the correct order in my head......could someone please walk me through this? or call me! lmao...this is giving me a headache. lol....but I REALLY REALLY want to know what Im doing.....ANYONE? PLEASE??
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DroidJP:
I had another bootloop to cwm again. This time, I flashed twrp from zip in cwm. I must say twrp is 10x better and fixed the boot loop problem and now can reboot to recovery using third party apps. Cwm is just bad for this phone.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Mrrom:
I done this but it always says it failed,?
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
had the same prob, it appears that recovery download has become corrupted. Read back a couple of pages.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] thadrizz:
stuck in clockwork boot loop, i think

I have read your thread on recovering from cwm bootloop. My t599 will nor boot into recovery so that I can restore using odin as I have done before. this recently happened after rooting it with Cydia. This is my only phone and I have no way to use it plz help.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] thadrizz:
tuck in cw recoveryloop

I cant seem to get into download mode. it keeps booting into cwm. plz assist:silly:
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
hold volume down + home + power button will get you into download

volume up + home + power button will take you to recovery
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
does philz touch recovery have a zip for the t599? believe the recovery on the op is for t599n which is why I couldn't get it to work.

edit

i only say that because when ya scroll down on philz thread to galaxy exhibit it says t599n, an when clicked ya end up back here on the OP.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] syrialkylr:
possible fix for Odin issue

Ok so o had the exact same thing happen about 2 years back when trying to Odin flash a Samsung m930 and I spent way too much time banging my head against the wall when it occurred to me that maybe my ancient laptop and it's usb1.1 ports just weren't fast enough so I went to a friend's place and voila! I can't be sure about your particular computer but maybe that will help. Good luck
[Galaxy S III Mini General] adamryanx:
Will somebody please update the OP to confirm whether this CWM is working for all T599 variants? An up-to-date link would be helpful too. I have the T599N and it didn't work. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
Exothermic supplied a link for cwm on page 52 that worked great on my t599, cant say for sure if it works on your t599n. Look in the carbon or omnirom threads also. Generally devs will put instructions and a link on the OP.

BTW once you get a custom recovery installed you can just flash between cwm n twrp, grab those zips in vanir thread.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
TWRP: http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407591071

CWM: http://www.meticulus.co.vu/p/cwm-recovery-6047-for-galaxy-exhibit.html

And like earlier mentioned if you ever want to switch recoveries, there's flashable zips in the Vanir thread.

Edit: I'm going to just advertise this link here General Discussion thread for Galaxy Exhibits (T599, T599N) and Galaxy Ace 2 E(T599V) where you could find links to ROMS, recoveries and anything else relevant to our device.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] NomadSpin:
why yes yes it does dadcup fixed it up. big thanx to him also.

http://androidforums.com/galaxy-exhibit-all-things-root/839688-philz-touch-recovery.html
[Galaxy S III Mini General] haji.rehman34:
Solve Problem

Sir i can solve this problem........................................if u want
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DroidJP:
Is there way to update twrp from 2.7 to 2.8 for our phone?. I went to their page and notice there is a update. So I downloaded the twrp manager from the play store. Even though this phone was not on the list. I did find s3 mini which is almost identical from what I read. This update now supports MTP where as twrp 2.7 does not support currently. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
http://www.meticulus.co.vu/p/twrp-for-galaxy-exhibit-ace-2e.html
[Galaxy S III Mini General] clevebb:
Thanks Meticulus ! It's great having the latest recovery. Did a backup, shows progress in a percentage.

IF anyone uses heimdall, after removing .md5 from the downloaded file, extract the tar to get recovery.img . Then:

heimdall flash --Kernel2 recovery.img
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DroidJP:
Is there a flash zip version for this twrp update. My laptop has been acting up and don't want to flash anything until it's fixed. Once again. Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] Mrguggy10:
You failed

THE FLASHING FAILS WITH ODIN. PLEASE USE A REAL TAR FILE, ITS FAKE

<ID:0/004> Added!!

<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> Get PIT for mapping..

<ID:0/004> Firmware update start..

<ID:0/004> recovery.img

<ID:0/004> Complete(Write) operation failed.

<ID:0/004> Added!!

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

ALL OTHERS ONES I TRIED WORKED, BUT THE RECOVERY IS A BLACK SCREEN, PLEASE HELP.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] clevebb:
Your computer is fake.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] DroidJP:
Does anyone know how to flash param.lfs file Or any way to default the galaxy exhibit boot logo?The problem i'm having is the boot splash screen looks distorted the moment I power on the phone. The phone boots normally and goes back to nomal. But it does this every time. I.ve been flashing custom roms lately. But ultimately went back to stock. Everything is fine except the scrambled boot image. How to fix this?

Thanks.
[Galaxy S III Mini General] :
For the life of me, I cannot find the stock param.lfs files, but perhaps download the appropriate one here: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51928632&postcount=270

it's not stock, but better than that scrambled one. You need to flash it via recovery.