GALAXY GEAR: Replacing UK stock ROM with US stock ROM

[Roger Skepple]

Recently I completely wiped my galaxy gear and had to flash the UK stock ROM in order for it to work. Now that I want root my gear, it is not recognized by Cydia Impactor, CMD(for adb purposes) or ODIN. My computer recognizes my gear so I have obviously installed the right drivers but I can't go much further than that. I was able to root me gear when I had the original stock ROM on it (US version). Is there any way to restore the US version back on my galaxy gear??

 

[Golfdriver97]

If Odin can't recognize it, then probably not. The bootloader may have been altered when the ROM from a different region was flashed.

 

[Roger Skepple]

If Odin can't recognize it, then probably not. The bootloader may have been altered when the ROM from a different region was flashed.

Correction, I apologize, Odin DOES recognize it but the flash will only get to a certain point. I tried to flash a custom recovery on it and it starts flashing but then stops when the box hits ID:0/004> NAND WRITE START

 

[Golfdriver97]

Correction, I apologize, Odin DOES recognize it but the flash will only get to a certain point. I tried to flash a custom recovery on it and it starts flashing but then stops when the box hits ID:0/004> NAND WRITE START

Ok. I am still under the impression that the bootloader was changed when the different ROM was flashed. That would explain why Odin has issues now.

 

[Roger Skepple]

Ok. I am still under the impression that the bootloader was changed when the different ROM was flashed. That would explain why Odin has issues now.

So does that mean it is impossible to root the GG?

 

[Golfdriver97]

So does that mean it is impossible to root the GG?

Most likely, especially if Odin is needed. I just thought of something. Have you tried redownloading the file? The download might be bad.

 

[Roger Skepple]

Most likely, especially if Odin is needed. I just thought of something. Have you tried redownloading the file? The download might be bad.

which file? the TWRP recovery or the UK ROM?

 

[Golfdriver97]

which file? the UK ROM or the TWRP recovery?

Do you have the US ROM as a TWRP backup?

 

[Roger Skepple]

Golfdriver97 for some reason I can't see passed the post about redownloading the file but it seems you can still see my response because I'm getting notifications. I'm going to message you

 

[Golfdriver97]

Golfdriver97 for some reason I can't see passed the post about redownloading the file but it seems you can still see my response because I'm getting notifications. I'm going to message you

Ok, check out post #8 (my last reply), and we can go from there.

 

[Roger Skepple]

Do you have the US ROM as a TWRP backup?

ok so apparently my posts have to be approved before they are visible which is why it took me so long to respond...no I don't believe so. The problem is that I don't even have recovery anymore. That's the file I was trying to flash when I kept running into the ODIN issue. I was trying to get recovery back on my GG then see if somehow the ROM was stored somehow

 

[Golfdriver97]

ok so apparently my posts have to be approved before they are visible which is why it took me so long to respond...no I don't believe so. The problem is that I don't even have recovery anymore. That's the file I was trying to flash when I kept running into the ODIN issue. I was trying to get recovery back on my GG then see if somehow the ROM was stored somehow

Ok. I think I get this now. I would try downloading the whole stock ROM.

 

[Roger Skepple]

Ok. I think I get this now. I would try downloading the whole stock ROM.

what do you mean? I went on the Samsungmobile site to download it.

 

[Golfdriver97]

what do you mean? I went on the Samsungmobile site to download it.

Can you post a link, please?

 

[Roger Skepple]

Can you post a link, please?

Firmware archive | Samsung Updates -this is the site I downloaded from

[18.11] SM-V700 (Galaxy Gear) STOCK ROMS COLLECTION (Newest: V700XXUAMK7) - xda-developers is where I looked to find out which file to download

 

[Golfdriver97]

Firmware archive | Samsung Updates -this is the site I downloaded from

[18.11] SM-V700 (Galaxy Gear) STOCK ROMS COLLECTION (Newest: V700XXUAMK7) - xda-developers is where I looked to find out which file to download

I would try downloading that file again. See if it helps. Also try different cables and USB ports.

 

[Roger Skepple]

I would try downloading that file again. See if it helps. Also try different cables and USB ports.

ok I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

 

[Roger Skepple]

ok I'll give it a shot. Thanks!

It only went one step further past the NAND WRITE START notification, I unplugged it and now it's saying "firmware upgrade issue encountered...", with the yellow icon. I don't think there's a way to recover from this is there

 

[Golfdriver97]

It only went one step further past the NAND WRITE START notification, I unplugged it and now it's saying "firmware upgrade issue encountered...", with the yellow icon. I don't think there's a way to recover from this is there

You might be able to through a JTAG service. If not, then I don't think so.

From a Carbon M8 and AC Forums app

 

[Roger Skepple]

You might be able to through a JTAG service. If not, then I don't think so.

From a Carbon M8 and AC Forums app

What is JTAG? I'm still somewhat of a novice, especially with this type of jargon