[Q] Odin Bootloader Anyone???

ChadBFlores

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• Sep 15, 2011

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I have been looking everywhere for a bootloader to flash to my SGS 4g via Odin, can anyone help me?

P.S. would a SGS Vibrant bootloader work on it because I have found one of those?


Thank you for your time,
Chad

 

David1239

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i don't know much about bootloaders but WHATEVER YOU DO DO NOT FLASH THAT VIBRANT BOOTLOADER, IT WILL BRICK!

 

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ChadBFlores

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David1239 said:

i don't know much about bootloaders but WHATEVER YOU DO DO NOT FLASH THAT VIBRANT BOOTLOADER, IT WILL BRICK!

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Thanks for the reply and helping me eleminate one potenial brick! haha

 

David1239

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ChadBFlores said:

Thanks for the reply and helping me eleminate one potenial brick! haha

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Your welcome wait until FBis251 gets to this thread, he always helped me out.

 

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ChadBFlores said:

I have been looking everywhere for a bootloader to flash to my SGS 4g via Odin, can anyone help me?

P.S. would a SGS Vibrant bootloader work on it because I have found one of those?


Thank you for your time,
Chad

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What exactly are you attempting?

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FBis251

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FB to the rescue? Why exactly are you trying to flash a bootloader? You might not need it

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ChadBFlores

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Right now I am trying to root a 2.3.4 firmware with .tar files

 

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Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A

 

ChadBFlores

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Could I root with superoneclick? If so which exploit?

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David1239

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FBis251 said:

FB to the rescue? Why exactly are you trying to flash a bootloader? You might not need it

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Thanks fb, you practically camp out on these fourms.

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Exodian

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ChadBFlores said:

Could I root with superoneclick? If so which exploit?

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Don't think that Superoneclick will root gingerbread. Dr honks modified gb kernels will auto root and give you cwm.

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ChadBFlores

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Anyone know if this is a reliable source for my answer?

http://answers.downloadatoz.com/q,3761,how-to-root-samsung-galaxy-s-4g-gingerbread-2-3-4.html

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Exodian

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Not sure but again you can Odin Dr honks modified kernel to get root and cwm. They are in the dev section.

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FBis251

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David1239 said:

Thanks fb, you practically camp out on these fourms.

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Nowadays I tend to only check here twice a day. Busy busy days now. =/.

But Chad, to answer your question, if you're gonna root, you might as well try out some of the custom gingerbread roms we have on this forum. There are Audiophile, valhalla and ICBINB. There are differences to all of them so make sure you read up on which you might wanna flash.

Superoneclick can't root our phones on Gingerbread, so you'll need to flash a custom GB kernel as Exodian recommended.

If you want you can follow my GB starter pack guide from step 7 on so you can prepare your phone for having ext4 and a gingerbread rom of your choice without issues.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1223765