[Q] What do I need to get Heimdall to work? (Mac)

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I have tried numerous times to get it to flash to my phone. Thankfully I don't need it yet but as of now I have no backup plan if I ever had to return to stock. The best I have got is "Failed to detect compatible device."

If someone would be kind enough to, at the least, give me a checklist or links to what all I need to get this thing running I'd really appreciate it.

Running Mac OS X Lion if it helps.

i dont know about the mac version but there should be a readme in there for installation. also i think the mac needs codeless kext installed. should be outlined in the readme but couldnt tell you for sure.

I followed the instructions as best as I could understand. The UI pops up but refuses to flash or even recognize my phone.

re: flashing rom

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Originally Posted by tight686

I have tried numerous times to get it to flash to my phone. Thankfully I don't need it yet but as of now I have no backup plan if I ever had to return to stock. The best I have got is "Failed to detect compatible device."

If someone would be kind enough to, at the least, give me a checklist or links to what all I need to get this thing running I'd really appreciate it.

Running Mac OS X Lion if it helps.

Since you have a mac it would be a lot easier for you to flash a
clockworkmod type custom rom.

You must have clockworkmod recovery to be able to do this.

If you are running stock rom and already have clockworkmod
recovery in your phone then then you can BACKUP your stock
rom with clockworkmod and then flash a new custom rom
as long as its a clockworkmod rom zipfile.

Most all of these custom roms you see here on xda are all
clockworkmod types (zipfiles) which do NOT need ODIN
or Heimdall at all.
But you do need to have a usb card reader if your your
computer is not reconizing your samsung phone as an external
USB drive.
If your Mac computer does reconize your phone as a external
USB device then you do not need to remove the microSD card
and you do not need a card reader.

I am sure you know how to use a usb card reader so I will not
go into that now.

Here is the link to the most popular custom rom for Infuse
which is the type you need. (clockworkmod flash)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1195571

Follow the easy step by step instructions to a "T" if you
don't want to start all over and have to do it again.

Good Luck,
Enjoy!
Please don't forget to give me a big THANKS if this post was worthwhile reading!

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Thanks everyone.

My main concern is that I'm running Gingerbread v2 b2. When we get the official bootloaders will I need to flash through Odin/Heimdall? Otherwise I'm fine.

Originally Posted by tight686

Thanks everyone.

My main concern is that I'm running Gingerbread v2 b2. When we get the official bootloaders will I need to flash through Odin/Heimdall? Otherwise I'm fine.

You are already on a rooted rom. Just get sgs lernel flasher and flash a "rainbow fix kernel." But id try to get heimdall working. it is super easy on linux. I love the debian package system.

If it doesnt see the device it sounds like an issue with that "codeless kext" which is described as being like a driver. that is unless samsung dropped the ball on the boot loaders again. the bootloaders in the odin oneclick packages for the galaxy s would prevent the device from being visable on a mac in download mode. later versions had this fixed. if i had a mac id help. i think the mac is a great system but i just dont know enough about your problem.

there is always the bootcamp or virtual machine options. if you need windows maybe i can help out if you pm me. or yu can do a quick install of mint or ubuntu which is not only more similar to mac than windows but with no need for drivers and the debian packages is easier to install heimdall on than odin is in windows.
or maybe you can contact the developers of heimdall.

Originally Posted by tight686

I have tried numerous times to get it to flash to my phone. Thankfully I don't need it yet but as of now I have no backup plan if I ever had to return to stock. The best I have got is "Failed to detect compatible device."

If someone would be kind enough to, at the least, give me a checklist or links to what all I need to get this thing running I'd really appreciate it.

Running Mac OS X Lion if it helps.

what version of heimdall did you download? i ask because it seems 1.3 wants a firmware.xml file that specifies compatible devices, could be an issue of it looking for that file. i still use v1.1.1, i just updated to 1.3 but dislike it and am going back, will see if 1.2 is compatable with the 1.1.1 frontend because it doesnt appear to have a frontend package.
edit:
yes v1.2.0 comandline seems to work with 1.1.1 frontend, install 1.1.1 and then you may upgrade to 1.2 (atleast that's how it works under linux)

Ok so I can use VMWare to load another OS on my Mac.

Any recommended distros to use this Debian package? So many flavors of Linux.

Lastly, can you please link me to past versions of Heimdall? I can only find the most recent.

Originally Posted by tight686

Ok so I can use VMWare to load another OS on my Mac.

Any recommended distros to use this Debian package? So many flavors of Linux.

Lastly, can you please link me to past versions of Heimdall? I can only find the most recent.

most use ubuntu. debian packages but there own repositories that are less likely to provide unstable updates to break your system.