I am trying to do this now and I am stuck with odin saying ... setup connection. I installed drivers..rebooted. Any ideas on what I can do?

---------- Post added at 11:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 11:35 PM ----------

I got irritated and pulled the battery and it went like a charm! LOL

help

---

when i put this as pda and click start in odin it finishes in about 5 seconds and dose not do anything to restore my phone.

Originally Posted by im smexyy

when i put this as pda and click start in odin it finishes in about 5 seconds and dose not do anything to restore my phone.

Reset Odin, and start over. Assuming you are still in download mode, hold down power and both volume buttons until you re-enter download mode. Try again. If that doesn't work, try my UCLB3 Unbrick with the pit file to repartition.

Sent from my SGH-I997 using Tapatalk 2

does odining one of these tar package trip the flash counter? i odin once using option c...I remember seeing it having custom..yes..1..something like that. I'm thinking about odining back to stock w/root coming from CM9 based rom.

Originally Posted by kinvid

does odining one of these tar package trip the flash counter? i odin once using option c...I remember seeing it having custom..yes..1..something like that. I'm thinking about odining back to stock w/root coming from CM9 based rom.

i can't say for the packages in this thread but any package that includes param.ifs in the .tar will zero the counter even if a custom kernel is installed, including when param.ifs is flashed in conjunction with a kernel.

the packages that include param.ifs are the ultimate unbrick froyo packages and atleast one package of uclb3 that i saw earlier. i have to look for the tread though.

Originally Posted by kinvid

does odining one of these tar package trip the flash counter? i odin once using option c...I remember seeing it having custom..yes..1..something like that. I'm thinking about odining back to stock w/root coming from CM9 based rom.

In these packages, only Option A and Option B won't trip the custom binary counter. Option C and Option D trip the counter due to having the custom kernel. You may want to take a look at my UCLB3 Unbrick. It resets the custom binary counter, and there is a version with root. It can be found here.:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1705260

If you flash Option A, Option B, or the UCLB3 Unbrick w/ root and want CWM recovery / custom kernel, you can use SGS Kernel Flasher on the phone to flash either Entropy's Daily Driver or Zen's Infusion-Z. Instructions for how to do that are in the OP of this thread.

Originally Posted by Dani897

i can't say for the packages in this thread but any package that includes param.ifs in the .tar will zero the counter even if a custom kernel is installed, including when param.ifs is flashed in conjunction with a kernel.

the packages that include param.ifs are the ultimate unbrick froyo packages and atleast one package of uclb3 that i saw earlier. i have to look for the tread though.

Thanks Dani, I'll look into placing the param.lfs in these if that is the case. By the way, to clear up something: I saw in another recent thread that you stated that the only packages that had the param.lfs were the Ultimate Unbrick packages and packages that took the param.lfs from those packages. To be clear, for my UCLB3 Unbrick, I dumped those files myself and didn't take them from GTG's packages. Some of GTG's past threads on how to use dd to dump files from firmware on the phone were quite helpful in learning to do this.

EDIT: Update - I should have confirmed before completely agreeing with Dani. He's partly right, unless I misunderstood what he was saying about using the param.lfs even with a custom kernel. The param.lfs works to reset the custom binary download counter as long as it is packaged with a stock kernel. I tried packaging Option C and Option D here like I packed my UCLB3 Unbrick, with the param.lfs and all. The packages with a custom kernel still tripped the custom binary download counter. So, if you want to reset the download counter, start with something like the UCLB3 Unbrick and then use SGS Kernel Flasher to flash the custom kernel / recovery. That's the only way that I'm able to keep the custom binary download counter at zero.

Originally Posted by jscott30

In these packages, only Option A and Option B won't trip the custom binary counter. Option C and Option D trip the counter due to having the custom kernel. You may want to take a look at my UCLB3 Unbrick. It has a param.lfs and resets the custom binary counter. It can be found here.:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1705260

If you flash Option A, Option B, or the UCLB3 Unbrick and want CWM recovery / custom kernel, you can use SGS Kernel Flasher on the phone to flash either Entropy's Daily Driver or Zen's Infusion-Z. Instructions for how to do that are in the OP of this thread.



Thanks Dani, I'll look into placing the param.lfs in these if that is the case. By the way, to clear up something: I saw in another recent thread that you stated that the only packages that had the param.lfs were the Ultimate Unbrick packages and packages that took the param.lfs from those packages. To be clear, for my UCLB3 Unbrick, I dumped those files myself and didn't take them from GTG's packages. Some of GTG's past threads on how to use dd to dump files from firmware on the phone were quite helpful in learning to do this.

EDIT: Update - I should have confirmed before completely agreeing with Dani. He's partly right, unless I misunderstood what he was saying about using the param.lfs even with a custom kernel. The param.lfs works to reset the custom binary download counter as long as it is packaged with a stock kernel. I tried packaging Option C and Option D here like I packed my UCLB3 Unbrick, with the param.lfs and all. The packages with a custom kernel still tripped the custom binary download counter. So, if you want to reset the download counter, start with something like the UCLB3 Unbrick and then use SGS Kernel Flasher to flash the custom kernel / recovery. That's the only way that I'm able to keep the custom binary download counter at zero.

i may have been mistaken, or heimdall might flash the files in a different order than odin. not sure but i seem to remember being able to selectively add files to flash on my phone including a custom kernel and param.ifs without tripping the counter. as a linux user i haven't tried it on odin. sorry if i got it wrong....

Switching between Odin unbrick and heimdall resets it for me.
Prolly has to do with stock and custom kernel flashing.

It's a none issue for me though, plugging in the usb jig resets it absolutely

Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I997

Originally Posted by Dani897

i may have been mistaken, or heimdall might flash the files in a different order than odin. not sure but i seem to remember being able to selectively add files to flash on my phone including a custom kernel and param.ifs without tripping the counter. as a linux user i haven't tried it on odin. sorry if i got it wrong....

Yeah, I'm able to change the order that things flash based on the order that I include them in the tar archive. I tried every order possible, and still triggered the counter with the custom kernel in Odin.

Just out of curiosity, I'll most likely try the files again with the Heimdall command line later to see what happens there. Honestly, I never worry about the counter. I figure that I can always reset it later if I ever have to have it at zero. It's not like AT&T or Samsung want it back at this point anyway.

Originally Posted by jscott30

Yeah, I'm able to change the order that things flash based on the order that I include them in the tar archive. I tried every order possible, and still triggered the counter with the custom kernel in Odin.

Just out of curiosity, I'll most likely try the files again with the Heimdall command line later to see what happens there. Honestly, I never worry about the counter. I figure that I can always reset it later if I ever have to have it at zero. It's not like AT&T or Samsung want it back at this point anyway.

my memory does sometimes fail me so if i was wrong thanks for catching it. let me know what you figure out.