SGS won't pass this screen with a picture. Phone/YellowTriangle/Computer

androidboss7 · Apr 22, 2012

Ok so i was trying to root my SGS and got stuck in the first step.
It says after u download the zip u unzip and there is supposed to be a .tar file.
But after i unzipped mine was another zip so i unzipped that and there was some weird file called : zImage
Its not a tar file so says my computer. Is it supposed to be like that? Any help will be thanked.

So i tried rooting my phone and it didn't work, i am on gingerbread and have no experience about SGS but have some experience about android.

So after i failed my root i tried turning on the phone but this weird picture of a phone/yellow triangle/computer
And it won't let me turn on the phone fully, i can only go to download mode and nothing else. i have tried hard reset but not working.

Please help!

Simliar problem as this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=805923.

yahyoh · Apr 22, 2012

just unzip it first one and its tar file just put it in pda in odin and flash it. don't

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androidboss7 · Apr 22, 2012

yahyoh said:
just unzip it first one and its tar file just put it in pda in odin and flash it. don't

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From properties it said that the zImage file is a tar file so should i flash using that?

androidboss7 · Apr 22, 2012

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yahyoh · Apr 22, 2012

cuz u have to flash the kernel and the phone will boot. as i said before just unzip the downloaded file the put the unziped file in pda in odin
don't extract the zimage file from the tar file

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yahyoh · Apr 22, 2012

androidboss7 said:
From properties it said that the zImage file is a tar file so should i flash using that?

the zimage is inside the tar file don't extract it just flash the tar file

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Weissi46 · Apr 22, 2012

You have to flash a complete stock rom to get the phone to work

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O-T · Apr 22, 2012

Start with settings in Windows file manager = show file extensions (like .tar .zip .txt .exe)

Depending on what program used to unzip, .zip and .tar might have same icons. Show file extension to see difference.

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androidboss7 · Apr 23, 2012

yahyoh said:
the zimage is inside the tar file don't extract it just flash the tar file

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thats what i did and this is what happened.

do i have to flash to stock rom again or can i just root again and it will
boot?

Coolgreek · Apr 23, 2012

The zimage file is contained in the .tar, but still you need to flash the .tar file...
.Tar files seem like zip files and can be extracted, so to solve the windows showing the file as zipped do as O-T said:

O-T said:
Start with settings in Windows file manager = show file extensions (like .tar .zip .txt .exe)

Depending on what program used to unzip, .zip and .tar might have same icons. Show file extension to see difference.

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Then start ODIN with administrator privileges and use the .tar file (ONLY TAR FILES) as PHONE, do not choose any other file and certainly dont tick re-partition, after all are ready (and your phone is in download mode and recognized by ODIN) press start.

If you failed and see the screen with "Phone/YellowTriangle/Computer" do not worry, just pull out the phone battery, leave it with battery off for 30 secs, put the battery back in, get your phone to download mode (guess you are putting your phone to download mode before flashing, right?

) and try again using the instructions that you have read in all those posts!

androidboss7 · Apr 23, 2012

Coolgreek said:
The zimage file is contained in the .tar, but still you need to flash the .tar file...
.Tar files seem like zip files and can be extracted, so to solve the windows showing the file as zipped do as O-T said:

Then start ODIN with administrator privileges and use the .tar file (ONLY TAR FILES) as PHONE, do not choose any other file and certainly dont tick re-partition, after all are ready (and your phone is in download mode and recognized by ODIN) press start.

If you failed and see the screen with "Phone/YellowTriangle/Computer" do not worry, just pull out the phone battery, leave it with battery off for 30 secs, put the battery back in, get your phone to download mode (guess you are putting your phone to download mode before flashing, right?) and try again using the instructions that you have read in all those posts!

Thanks mate!
After i read ur post i flashed again and it works again with root!
So final question. if i want to unroot do i just flash stock kernel and i am unrooted?

Coolgreek · Apr 24, 2012

androidboss7 said:
Thanks mate!
After i read ur post i flashed again and it works again with root!
So final question. if i want to unroot do i just flash stock kernel and i am unrooted?

Glad to be of help!

About your question: Exactly. Flashing original kernel will remove root!

androidboss7 · Apr 25, 2012

Coolgreek said:
Glad to be of help!

About your question: Exactly. Flashing original kernel will remove root!

thanks for ur help dude

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