[GUIDE] How to use ODIN for dummies
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i get that error "Image Path (n some words in a different language)" r u sure clicking OK everytime i see is safe way ????
i just bought a new pc it has windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
earlier my pc was running windows 7 ultimate 32 bit n i never had this problem before
n also i hav completely downloaded the odin ops files tried opening kyrillos v10.4 , v10.5 odin i get the same message even the odin on this thread gives me same error
i just bought a new pc it has windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
earlier my pc was running windows 7 ultimate 32 bit n i never had this problem before
n also i hav completely downloaded the odin ops files tried opening kyrillos v10.4 , v10.5 odin i get the same message even the odin on this thread gives me same error
i get that error "Image Path (n some words in a different language)" r u sure clicking OK everytime i see is safe way ????
i just bought a new pc it has windows 7 ultimate 64 bit
earlier my pc was running windows 7 ultimate 32 bit n i never had this problem before
n also i hav completely downloaded the odin ops files tried opening kyrillos v10.4 , v10.5 odin i get the same message even the odin on this thread gives me same error
I don't think that is an error, but don't worry anyway, I have been getting that error since I started flashing my phone about a year ago... (got my phone i think 25 march 2011... and... started flashing... 29th of same month... I think... so no need to worry. Just make sure you don't flash any bootloader and nothing bad will happen to you
Also, don't mess with the OPS file. AT ALL. just use the one I provided in the OP. The OPS file is a simple note file (or something like that) that tells Odin how to flash the phone. If you open it via Notepad it says something like 1. Bootloader 2. zimage etc. I don't think that is an error, but don't worry anyway, I have been getting that error since I started flashing my phone about a year ago... (got my phone i think 25 march 2011... and... started flashing... 29th of same month... I think... so no need to worry. Just make sure you don't flash any bootloader and nothing bad will happen to you
thank you i successfully flashed kyrillos v10.5 today
error kept showing everytime i clicked on something but the ROM was flashed successfully
thank you i successfully flashed kyrillos v10.5 today
error kept showing everytime i clicked on something but the ROM was flashed successfully
Congrats! Have fun flashing!
I've been reading about how to update this phone and found two ways:
-one is install using one package tar
-the second is using the tar file without boot.bin and Sbl.bin (due to the risk of briking when using these files)
Which is the correct way?
Im thinking of using I5800XWJPK.zip to update a GT-I5800L. I currently have I5800 LVIJG7, so I tried the find a backup of it, but the rar file I found instead of having one file, has 4 files inside:
-APOLLO-BOOTLOADER-Rev0x02-0728_2018.tar.md5
-I5800LVIJG7_PDA_REV00_CL470735_user.tar.md5
-I5800LVIJG7_Phone.tar.md5
-I5800LZVVJG5_CSC_CL462770_ZVV.tar.md5
In this case would I select the files as BOOT / PDA / PHONE / CSC and use the standard OPS file?
-one is install using one package tar
-the second is using the tar file without boot.bin and Sbl.bin (due to the risk of briking when using these files)
Which is the correct way?
Im thinking of using I5800XWJPK.zip to update a GT-I5800L. I currently have I5800 LVIJG7, so I tried the find a backup of it, but the rar file I found instead of having one file, has 4 files inside:
-APOLLO-BOOTLOADER-Rev0x02-0728_2018.tar.md5
-I5800LVIJG7_PDA_REV00_CL470735_user.tar.md5
-I5800LVIJG7_Phone.tar.md5
-I5800LZVVJG5_CSC_CL462770_ZVV.tar.md5
In this case would I select the files as BOOT / PDA / PHONE / CSC and use the standard OPS file?
This guide is restricted to Samsung GT-I5800/gt-i5801 for now. The two ways you mentioned are both the same thing. Some files were simply deleted from the first one to form the second one.
More info: the gt-i5800 is flashed with a .tar imaged file. Furthermore, if you use the same .ops file as in the tutorial, you will get into a lot of trouble. I guess you will have to look for another guide.
If I remember correctly, the samsung galaxy S is flashed with a.tar.md5 file too. Maybe someone in that forum can help you?
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all it took was about two hours
i may make vids about rooting and stuff as well, but im lazy and i think rudolf already done that, so im too late
the reason i made this was that when i first got my phone, it was february last year and the phone was running the eclair (so it sucked
very nice man! noob (like me) proof :laugh:
Glad to see I've helped. I mean to make a ROM guide too, hopefully people will like that too.
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my phone hardbricked cuz the damn Rom Manager. can u show me how to unbrick it?
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You have to give me more info. What were you doing that hardbrickedthe phone? Whag Ron and what kernel? And how did you hardbrickedthe the phone? Screens you can access on phone?
have u ever use Rom Manager? its like a ****! first i have been asked to choose my handset, and then mine is not listed, and after that, i choose Dell i think. after that, i have been asked to download the recovery rom, and then it installs the recovery rom and then blam! my phone restarted and wont boot again! i tried to power+vol up+home and then inserted the battery again, ODIN recognize it, and i tried to reflash it again. but it always stuck at setup connection. can u help me with this thing?
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It is actually volume down
Any way did you try it on other usb ports as well
Also can you navigate to recovery (mostly you won't)
vol up and vol down, odin recognize it both, now the problem is, i cant flash it and its always stuck at the setup connection. how to unstuck it, try in other USB Ports? okay i'll try it!
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pressing up will bring a more userfriendly message, while pressing down will get you directly to download page. NO difference at all.
Yes other USB ports, and also, why the hell did you install Dell recovery on a Samsung phone?! thats just odd
try flashing a single kernel first, preferably G3MOD 2.5 and see how that goes. installing the kernel should help you access the recovery menu, and from there everything is easy. if you successfully flash a kernel, boot. if it works, well great. if not, go to recovery, wipe EVERYTHING, dalvik, cache, system, all of 'em. after that try again to flash a ROM, something like CM7.2 is good. see if that works
pressing up will bring a more userfriendly message, while pressing down will get you directly to download page. NO difference at all.
Yes other USB ports, and also, why the hell did you install Dell recovery on a Samsung phone?! thats just odd
try flashing a single kernel first, preferably G3MOD 2.5 and see how that goes. installing the kernel should help you access the recovery menu, and from there everything is easy. if you successfully flash a kernel, boot. if it works, well great. if not, go to recovery, wipe EVERYTHING, dalvik, cache, system, all of 'em. after that try again to flash a ROM, something like CM7.2 is good. see if that works
actually going on here, i cant flash my gio with odin, cuz odin says
"setup connection..."
and i wait until1 hour and it didnt change! wtf...
i am stuck at setup connection, if i am not. i will flash my phone using cyanogen mod. and get out from this. the problem is, i am stuck at the setup connection. can u tell me how to fix this thing? and my phone is hardbricked like a real brick, it wont boot at all. thanks. anyway, is there any cyanogen mod fits with sch i509 or SG Y CDMA?
Don't tell me you used my OPS file to flash a gio... I think I said this is only for Apollo
if you've done this go buy a new phone. Cyanogen mod is a rom not a flash tool. You need to be more cautious when doing stuff like this to your phone. When you are a noob take little to no risks. Just follow the guides. Also CDMA works differently to GSM so be careful what ROMs you flash in the future. That may cause boot loop. Go find the correct ops file and check if that works right with your phone. That is your last resort.Similar threads
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53I didnt find any step-by-step tutorials about this on xda, which is kind of weird and because i have spare time and its 3:19am I decided to make this tutorial
EDIT: If you are coming from eclair, install a froyo ROM and make sure it has a bootloader. Remember, if you cancel an installation that changes your bootloader, or stop it in anyway, you may hardbrick your phone. MAKE SURE YOU DON'T CANCEL OR TRY TO PAUSE THE INSTALLATION, JUST LET IT FLASH SMOOTHLY. use a laptop if you can, just in case an unlucky power surge would stop the flashing process
EDIT2: Here is a good Tutorial video from xda user Tejas Ahobala (if you don't know what he is doing at the start, dont worry. He is doing a factory reset before flashing):
EDIT3: A word from one of the commenters:Thanks a ton for this guide. I had rooted my phone a couple of months back but wasn't really able to figure out how to use ODIN to install a custom ROM all this while. A few pointers for others noobs...
1. The tip about some custom ROMs requiring a wipe data is important.
2. If you're already using CWM, use the 'shutdown' option and not the 'reboot' option when the phone reboots during the flashing process.
Here we go...
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Terms and words -->
Flashing ==> means installing a new ROM
ROM ==> is the operating system, any version of modded or un-modded android
Android ==> Google made operating system!!!
ODIN ==> Here, it means the program that you can use to flash ROMs on your phone (the phone im going to use here is samsung galaxy 3)
Soft brick ==> No, not the construction brick, this means you've got no working operating system or you have one but its damaged and you can't use it, so you cant see your homescreen, you only see a boot-loop when it wants to come up. You can view your recovery and boot loader (The download screen) when soft bricked, so you can easily fix this problem by re-flashing.
Hard brick ==> Similar to the construction brick, your phone with little hope of recovery without sending to the samsung base for repairs To avoid hard bricks, open the .TAR file which contains your ROM using winRAR, and check if it contains sbl.bin and boot.bin files or not. If it does contain, and you are nervous or this is your first time flashing etc, simply go and flash Kyrillos' ROM or Kyora ROM instead. (I'm not advertising, just stating a couple of ROMs that I know are safe) these ROMs can only soft brick your phone should the worse happen and there is no chance of hard brick
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Should this guide be followed carefully, nothing harmful can happen to your phone. Yet I wont take responsibility if something happens to your phone.
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Remember to Backup your contacts and apps!
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Stuff to download:
1) ODIN and a .OPS file, found Here, Or alternatively here.
2) The ROM, depending on what ROM you want there are different versions available. check This thread, the kitchens/ stock ROM packs part for stock ROMs, or if you want to try a custom ROM, try any other. I personally use Kyrillos' ROM, or Hillbeast's KyoraROM. Marcellusbe is praised highly by all for giving us the Cyanogenmod.
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1) Extract 'Flash tools.rar'
2) open Odin multi-downloader. This is how it's meant to look like.
NOTE: Sometimes some random error message with a korean writing pops up. dont worry, it's nothing, just press OK every time you see it
3) Press the OPS button located in the 'Select OPS' section, as shown in the image below. NOTE THAT YOU SHOULD ONLY USE THIS OPS FILE IF YOU HAVE SAMSUNG GALAXY 3. YOU MAY ENCOUNTER SERIOUS PROBLEMS IF YOU USE THIS OPS FILE WITH A DIFFERENT PHONE. (works with i5800 and i5801 as far as I know.)
4) Browse for the 'apollo_0531.ops' that came in the rar file with odin and select it.
5) Tick the One Package option located on the left side of the application.
6) The ROM that you have downloaded should have a .tar extension. If its a .rar file, open it. If it has a .tar file inside it, extract it and use it, but if it has some weird ass stuff in it that only Jesus and Chuck Norris understand the meaning of, you need to use the 'free rar extraction frog' application to turn it into a .tar file. Download it for free from here.
7) The above step was just to confirm if you have the right file, so you dont get any errors. Now just select One Package button that is highlighted in the picture and browse and select the .tar file.
8) Make sure you have ticked everything that I have ticked. Use picture from part 5.
9) Go to your phone. go to Settings->Applications->Development and tick USB debugging if its not already ticked.
10) make sure you have the device drivers, just install Samsung KIES from HERE to make sure you do have the drivers. If the page doesn't show, just Google 'download samsung KIES'
11) turn the phone off, take the USB out, and press volume up, home button (the big fat button in between the menu and back buttons) and the power button together. hold them until you see the 'FORCE UPLOAD BY KEY PRESSING' screen. Now plug the USB back in.
12) Odin will immediately recognize your phone, and there will be a yellow label, like so:
13) Double check that you haven't missed anything.
14) Press start! HERE
15) You will see a blue download screen, saying please don't interrupt. PLEASE DON'T INTERUPT IT!!!!
16) The process will finish and system will reboot one or two times. go have some tea and come back 15 minutes later. You should have the Rom of your desire working on your phone.
NOTE: Some custom ROMs require you to wipe system data and then wipe cache. don't forget to do that! restart phone after wiping the data etc. If you've flashed a custom Rom and the device is showing a stupid triangle with an exclamation mark inside it, dont panic, press the menu button and you will see the menu (This menu is called the recovery menu).
EDIT4: How to flash kernels (on galaxy3/apollo/5800/5801)
METHOD 1==>
1--> you go to the kernel thread and download their kernel. it is to be a .tar file. (eg g3mod.tar)
2--> follow steps 3 to 5 from above tutorial
3--> put phone in download mode (step 11) and connect with usb
4--> in odin, select the 'select as one package file' option and browse for the kernel .TAR file. select it.
5--> check youve done everything. YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE EVERYTHING IN THE TUTORIAL EXCEPT THIS TIME INSTEAD OF USING A ROM YOU'RE USING A KERNEL!!
6--> There is no need for wipe unless otherwise stated by the developer.
7--> congratz man, you got yourself a new kernel!!
OPTIONAL 8--> download setcpu from xda (you can also download off market and pay for it for the donation)
its really usefull, it lets you control how much your phone uses the cpu and you can undervolt the cpu etc, you will find more info on the setcpu thread.
METHOD2==> (Only works for some kernels)
1--> go to the g3mod website and download the .zip version of the kernel. (there is a .tar and .zip)
2--> put the .zip in the root of your sd card
3--> go to recovery mode by either using kyrillos' rom (press & hold power
then choose reboot into recovery) or by turning the phone off and pressing volume up and down and the power button all together. select install .zip from sdcard and then select your .zip you downloaded before.
4--> it will install. no wipe needed unless the dev says so. reboot. HAVE FUN!!
HOW TO FLASH ROMS USING SYSTEM.IMG
1) Download system.img from safe source, preferably provided by dev, or any other trusted member who knows what they are doing.
2) Flash g3mod ROM.
3) Copy the system.img and paste into this path in your sdcard:
sdcard/android/data/g3mod/roms/**there are several folders here, just paste the system.img to the folder that suits the rom's name**
4) Boot into recovery.
5) Go to Multiboot.
6) Select desired ROM.
7) Done
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THE GODDAMNED END.3If you can think of any missing tutorials, pm me, ill make some (might even make vid)
all it took was about two hours
i may make vids about rooting and stuff as well, but im lazy and i think rudolf already done that, so im too late
the reason i made this was that when i first got my phone, it was february last year and the phone was running the eclair (so it sucked) an i was being pushed by my friends that why i didnt have foryo and it took me literally something like 7 hours to find a 'followable' guide on flashing the xxjpa or something... anyway i thought having a really noob proof guide will be useful too ppl like me a year ago 22
Its not necessary. Flashing takes about 3~4min for me for it to boot up
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