This method has been proven by me to work on Mac OS X, Windows 7, 8, and 8.1, plus Linux (whatever heimdall works on).
If you are reading this, you should already be frustrated as all HELL like I was the other night. No need to fear. When Odin doesn't work, Heimdall is here to rescue you. Heimdall and I stayed awake until 3 am the other night so I could throw these quick TUTs your way. Sometimes the gods don't answer, but their watchers will guide you...
There really shouldn't be a need to say this, but....
I take absolutely no responsibility for what happens to your phone. At this point you were probably already messing around with it, then Odin decided to be a prick and error all day long. If you so happen to feel that you messed up your phone more than you already had it, sorry, but still, not my fault.
Thanks:
Benjamin Dobell for Heimdall - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265
DeezNutz1977 - Original 4.3 Build
allenjthomsen - KK Build files
Phil5739 - Philz CWM Advanced Recovery
bigbiff - twrp always in progress
dragonstalker - for his ROMS and contributions.
ghibli3 - for this guide which allowed me to pull and edit the KK pit file successfully.
There were a ton of threads I read through, I cant remember them all, but thanks pretty much goes out to all who contribute here. The XDA community is great!
Bootloop Recovery Heimdall Guide
The above guide will help you to recover your phone using heimdall. This is not a heimdall tutorial. For those instructions please see the heimdall website and read their instructions. I am posting this to help those that may be stuck in a similar situation as I was. Plus the presentation counts towards my "communications" class. The text guide is below...
Download 4.3 JB Recovery Zip Here
Upload for 4.4.2 in progress
1. Put phone in download mode
2. Open Heimdall
3. On utilities tab “check device” If your phone cannot be read, it may be far worse than expected.
4. Click on flash tab after successfully detected.
5. In the pit section, choose the pit file I provided.
6. Click add in the partitions box to the right > Select BOOT
7. Select the boot.img file provided
8. Click add in the partitions box again to the right > Select CACHE
9. Select the cache.img.ext4 file provided.
10. Click the add in the partitions box again > Select RECOVERY
11. Select the recovery provided (you can probably use any recovery, but provided is twrp 2.6.3.7) <-- this will trip knox if you haven't already done so.
12. Make sure no reboot is checked
13. The phone may flash all the way to the end and error out. If this is the case, proceed with steps 14 and 15. If not, proceed to step 16.
14. **Pull battery
15. **Replace
16. Boot to recovery, and re-install your backup (or another ROM, whatever).
If anyone has a mirror, feel free to share as necessary.
Stock Restore Heimdall Guide
The above guide will help those restore to stock MI7 via Heimdall. If you were in the same situation I was in, this will help tremendously as odin would not help me out in the least.
Download Stock JB MI7 here.
1. Put phone in download mode
2. Open Heimdall
3. On utilities tab “check device” If your phone cannot be read, it may be far worse than expected.
4. Click on Load Package tab after successfully detected.
5. Click browse and choose the file (tar.gz) you downloaded.
6. After the package loads, click the "load/customize" button on the bottom right corner.
7. Click on the flash tab afterwards.
8. Ensure repartition, no reboot, and resume checkboxes are not checked.
9. Click on the "start" button in the lower right hand corner... Profit?
** Continue here only if phone does not take the first time.
10. If you receive a libusb error, consult Heimdall instructions for fix... try, try again.
Again, mirrors and sharing are encouraged.
If you are reading this, you should already be frustrated as all HELL like I was the other night. No need to fear. When Odin doesn't work, Heimdall is here to rescue you. Heimdall and I stayed awake until 3 am the other night so I could throw these quick TUTs your way. Sometimes the gods don't answer, but their watchers will guide you...
There really shouldn't be a need to say this, but....
I take absolutely no responsibility for what happens to your phone. At this point you were probably already messing around with it, then Odin decided to be a prick and error all day long. If you so happen to feel that you messed up your phone more than you already had it, sorry, but still, not my fault.
Thanks:
Benjamin Dobell for Heimdall - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265
DeezNutz1977 - Original 4.3 Build
allenjthomsen - KK Build files
Phil5739 - Philz CWM Advanced Recovery
bigbiff - twrp always in progress
dragonstalker - for his ROMS and contributions.
ghibli3 - for this guide which allowed me to pull and edit the KK pit file successfully.
There were a ton of threads I read through, I cant remember them all, but thanks pretty much goes out to all who contribute here. The XDA community is great!
Bootloop Recovery Heimdall Guide
The above guide will help you to recover your phone using heimdall. This is not a heimdall tutorial. For those instructions please see the heimdall website and read their instructions. I am posting this to help those that may be stuck in a similar situation as I was. Plus the presentation counts towards my "communications" class. The text guide is below...
Download 4.3 JB Recovery Zip Here
Upload for 4.4.2 in progress
1. Put phone in download mode
2. Open Heimdall
3. On utilities tab “check device” If your phone cannot be read, it may be far worse than expected.
4. Click on flash tab after successfully detected.
5. In the pit section, choose the pit file I provided.
6. Click add in the partitions box to the right > Select BOOT
7. Select the boot.img file provided
8. Click add in the partitions box again to the right > Select CACHE
9. Select the cache.img.ext4 file provided.
10. Click the add in the partitions box again > Select RECOVERY
11. Select the recovery provided (you can probably use any recovery, but provided is twrp 2.6.3.7) <-- this will trip knox if you haven't already done so.
12. Make sure no reboot is checked
13. The phone may flash all the way to the end and error out. If this is the case, proceed with steps 14 and 15. If not, proceed to step 16.
14. **Pull battery
15. **Replace
16. Boot to recovery, and re-install your backup (or another ROM, whatever).
If anyone has a mirror, feel free to share as necessary.
Stock Restore Heimdall Guide
The above guide will help those restore to stock MI7 via Heimdall. If you were in the same situation I was in, this will help tremendously as odin would not help me out in the least.
Download Stock JB MI7 here.
1. Put phone in download mode
2. Open Heimdall
3. On utilities tab “check device” If your phone cannot be read, it may be far worse than expected.
4. Click on Load Package tab after successfully detected.
5. Click browse and choose the file (tar.gz) you downloaded.
6. After the package loads, click the "load/customize" button on the bottom right corner.
7. Click on the flash tab afterwards.
8. Ensure repartition, no reboot, and resume checkboxes are not checked.
9. Click on the "start" button in the lower right hand corner... Profit?
** Continue here only if phone does not take the first time.
10. If you receive a libusb error, consult Heimdall instructions for fix... try, try again.
Again, mirrors and sharing are encouraged.
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