[PROGRAM] Heimdall - Open-Source Cross-Platform Flashing Suite (1.3.2 Now Available)

sunseaker · Oct 3, 2011

I'm running Heimdall on openSUSE 11.4. I'm getting the following error when trying to print the PIT file using the frontend. The device is detected fine.

Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
ERROR: Failed to access device. libusb error: -3

The logs show.

Code:

Oct  3 12:47:31 suntp001 kernel: [17664.563092] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 14
Oct  3 12:47:31 suntp001 kernel: [17664.759616] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=04e8, idProduct=685d
Oct  3 12:47:31 suntp001 kernel: [17664.759624] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0
Oct  3 12:47:31 suntp001 kernel: [17664.759631] usb 1-2: Product: Gadget Serial
Oct  3 12:47:31 suntp001 kernel: [17664.806788] cdc_acm 1-2:2.0: This device cannot do calls on its own. It is not a modem.
Oct  3 12:47:31 suntp001 kernel: [17664.806906] cdc_acm 1-2:2.0: ttyACM0: USB ACM device
Oct  3 12:47:31 suntp001 mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 14: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1d.7/usb1/1-2"
Oct  3 12:47:32 suntp001 mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 14 was not an MTP device

I've tried different usb ports but the same result.

Any ideas why this is happening?

sunseaker · Oct 4, 2011

OK, I discovered that if I run Heimdall as root I don't get the libusb error. Seems like there is a permission issue somewhere which I'll look into later. Anyway it lead me to discover another issue which I'm not sure if it's a Heimdall or Rom issue.

I tried to flash the CPW version of the KI4 rom from Intratech (with the old bootloader added to allow the jig to work) (GT-I9100_CPW_I9100XWKI4_I9100CPWKH1_I9100XXKI1). It appeared to flash fine but afterwards I was stuck in a boot loop. I deleted the user data as described in the boot loop thread following all the instructions to the letter but every time I flashed the KI4 rom it resulted in a boot loop. Flashing back to my previous KE7 rom each time worked fine.

I was using the PIT file I got from my KE7 rom when flashing the KI4 rom. Is that the right thing to do or should I find a PIT for the KI4 rom?

In the end I resorted to flashing the KI4 rom using Odin on a friend's PC which worked flawlessly. So the rom from Intratech appears to be fine.

So what may be causing Heimdall to not perform the flash properly with the KI4 rom?

cad_2011 · Oct 5, 2011

downloaded 1.3.0, installed on OSX Lion
put my SGS2 into download mode
start console and run "heimdall detect"

and have this error:

"Failed to detect compatible download-mode device"

any ideas?

almorsol · Oct 7, 2011

I am trying to flash an update using Heimdall.
Let me ask you one problem I have with it.
It is not recognizing the phone when I click on start. To start the flash.
It says: Unable to find compatible device.
I try Lusbs and it finds the android device.

I use Ubuntu. So cannot go Odin.
I know that with Odin, when you are going to flash, you set the phone in download mode, then plug it, and wait for the Odin to recognize it.
What about heimdall? I see nothing that tells me that it has been recognized by heimdall.

Any idea is well appreciated.

sunseaker · Oct 10, 2011

almorsol said:
I am trying to flash an update using Heimdall.
Let me ask you one problem I have with it.
It is not recognizing the phone when I click on start. To start the flash.
It says: Unable to find compatible device.
I try Lusbs and it finds the android device.

I use Ubuntu. So cannot go Odin.
I know that with Odin, when you are going to flash, you set the phone in download mode, then plug it, and wait for the Odin to recognize it.
What about heimdall? I see nothing that tells me that it has been recognized by heimdall.

Any idea is well appreciated.

OK a few questions. Are you using the frontend to flash? If so, after you've put your phone into download mode and connected the usb cable have you clicked on the utilities tab and detect device? Did it find the device? If yes then try print the pit file. What is the error message if it fails?

Have you tried running heimdall-frontend as root? You may have a permission problem like I did. Did you compile heimdall yourself or install from the package?

Make sure that your device is infact listed in the rules file (mine is 60-heimdall-galaxy-s.rules located in /lib/udev/rules.d/ (I use openSUSE so your path may be different). My rules file didn't have my device listed which gave me the permissions problem. You can find out what your phone's usb device id is by running lsusb from the console with your phone plugged in.

almorsol · Oct 10, 2011

Thank you man!
I didn't know I had to do that. I will try it tonight.
I am using Front end. But didn't go to utilities and detect device.
I will try it and let you know.

Thank you!

almorsol · Oct 11, 2011

Hi again, I was able to flash KI8 on the phone now.

But how can I root it?
I flashed only the insecured kernel using heimdall, and now I have the yellow triangle at start. But no root. What to do?
Also, it didn't installed Superuser or CWM.
Any ideas?
Thank you!

sunseaker · Oct 11, 2011

OK, first.
How exactly did you flash KI8?
Did you use the rom from Intratech's ROM thread and was it one with the old bootloaders?
Did you extract the rom file and flash all the files contained inside? There are normally around eight files inside.
You should have no yellow triangle at this stage.

Second
How did you root?
Did you flash the zImage file from the insecure KI8 Kernel found here.
That should have installed CWM and Superuser. If not then I'm not sure what went wrong.

With regards to the yellow triangle, you need a usb jig to remove that (cheaply available on ebay) but this will only work if you flashed the old bootloader with KI8 (which it should have if you got the rom from Intratech). I'm not sure if there is another way to remove the triangle without a jig as I have always used a jig.

almorsol · Oct 11, 2011

Hi, and thank you for your reply.
I did flash the KI8 firmware from Intratech's ROM thread. Not the Frankestain. The stock one.

I then flashed an insecured kernell, but not from the thread you just mentioned.
I got it somewhere else. So the yellow triangle was there. But not the root, so what I did was to replace it with the stock kernel to make the triangle dissapear.
Tonight I will try the root kernel from the site you mentioned.

Thank you again.

PD: Heimdall is not that hard to use once you get the hang of it!

sunseaker · Oct 11, 2011

Good. See how it goes with the kernel from the link I sent. It should work - well those kernels from that site always worked for me.

And yes, Heimdall is pretty easy to use once you get the hang of it.

almorsol · Oct 12, 2011

It worked. I am rooted now.
However, the yellow triangle will not disappear. It is not something that bothers me a lot.
But out of curiosity, why is that? I flashed the KI8 that was on the thread above.

Thank you

sunseaker · Oct 12, 2011

Yes of course the triangle is being displayed. You flashed a non stock kernel. There are two ways to get rid of it.

1) Buy or make a reset jig. This will remove the triangle and reset the flash counter.

2) Use the method described here. This will remove the triangle but will not reset the flash counter.

EDIT: Just to be clear, the rest jig only works if you use roms from Intratech with the old bootloader added. I don't know how to remove the triangle or even if it's possible for the new bootloaders as I haven't studied that yet.

almorsol · Oct 12, 2011

Thanks again man!
I will try that later on. It is not an urgency to me. But it is good to know it can still be removed when this triangle starts anoying me.

Regards and thanks again!

wgery · Oct 21, 2011

Hello!

I want to flash a stock rom for my GSII on linux.I've insalled heimdall 1.3.1 and the frontend version of HEIMDALL.

My problem is that if I browse the xxxx.tar file (the rom file contains everything) it starts to extract and decompress it and then...

It says it doesn't finds the frimware.xml

My question is how to get a correct firmware.xml or how to make easily a firmware.xml and where to put in the .tar file?

---------- Post added at 04:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:57 PM ----------

wgery said:
Hello!

I want to flash a stock rom for my GSII on linux.I've insalled heimdall 1.3.1 and the frontend version of HEIMDALL.

My problem is that if I browse the xxxx.tar file (the rom file contains everything) it starts to extract and decompress it and then...

It says it doesn't finds the frimware.xml

My question is how to get a correct firmware.xml or how to make easily a firmware.xml and where to put in the .tar file?

...fixed it...

Now my problem is that is dropping libusb error: 4 (cannot acces devie) any ideas?

Benjamin Dobell · Mar 31, 2012

Benjamin Dobell said:
Heimdall 1.3.2 is now available. Here's the announcement and here are the download links.

Happy flashing!

If you've had trouble flashing certain partitions on your SGS2 in the past then that should no longer be the case! Have fun.

intronauta · Apr 3, 2012

Benjamin Dobell said:
If you've had trouble flashing certain partitions on your SGS2 in the past then that should no longer be the case! Have fun.

Hi benjamin!

Thanks for the update, works flawlessly!

lownoise · Apr 4, 2012

Benjamin,

Thanks for the upgrade from your great tool!
However it looks like there is a little bug in the newest version
If you do heimdall print-pit on linux 32bit you end with a segmentation fault, after restarting your phone you get the computer phone screen. With the heimdall close-pc-screen your phone will boot normaly.
Tested on a sgs-i9000

I'll paste here the log files from version v1.3.1 and v1.3.2
Version v1.3.1 http://pastebin.com/tSZGA3KZ
Version v1.3.2 http://pastebin.com/MQs798i8

Benjamin Dobell · Apr 5, 2012

lownoise said:
Benjamin,

Thanks for the upgrade from your great tool!
However it looks like there is a little bug in the newest version
If you do heimdall print-pit on linux 32bit you end with a segmentation fault, after restarting your phone you get the computer phone screen. With the heimdall close-pc-screen your phone will boot normaly.
Tested on a sgs-i9000

I'll paste here the log files from version v1.3.1 and v1.3.2
Version v1.3.1 http://pastebin.com/tSZGA3KZ
Version v1.3.2 http://pastebin.com/MQs798i8

Hmm, I'll definitely take a look. However, I do all my testing on GT-I9000 and GT-I9100 (because they're the only devices I own) and I didn't encounter this.

Has anyone else encountered this?

intronauta · Apr 5, 2012

Benjamin Dobell said:
Hmm, I'll definitely take a look. However, I do all my testing on GT-I9000 and GT-I9100 (because they're the only devices I own) and I didn't encounter this.

Has anyone else encountered this?

Without problems with Ubuntu 11.10 64bits, heimdall 1.3.2 and my i9100.

PIT is printed fine and without segment fault error->pc-screen.

mai77 · Apr 5, 2012

error: -12

kalpik said:
My driver installation on Windows went well, but I'm getting "Failed to access device. Error: -12"

Any help? Also, Odin does not see my phone!

same here. In my case it is because I plugged in a Sam Galaxy Y, which is not supported.

I then switched back to the old driver instead of libUSB, and ODIN recognized the phone again.

To flash new kernels (boot.img), we usually just dd them to /dev/bml7 after bmlunlock, which can be done while mobile.

it would be very interesting to see a valid PIT file printout. can s.o.please post one ?

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