[How to] Return to Stock, FULL with modem ED2 Odin package(Last resort fix)

[DroidXcon]

Post #1 = Index
Post #2 = FAQ & Preperation
Post #3 = How to Backup contacts and apps
Post #4 = Instructions to wipe and restore your phone with Odin
Post #5 = Instructions to wipe and restore your phone with Odin w/visual aids
Post #6 = How to Restore contacts and apps
Post #7 = Trouble Shooting
Post #8 = Credits

[WARN]Android Central, MrLeaks,nor myself are responsible any for modification done to your phone. This includes, bricking, exploding, spontaneous combustion, or it running away with your significant other!!!!!

Make sure you have a good connection and that you do knock your phone off connection as disconnecting during this flash has the potential of bricking your phone.

Please try to avoid flashing this unless you have problems returning to stock from a soft brick
Before Flashing REMOVE YOUR SIM CARD​

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[DroidXcon]

FAQ

Q: Why is this a last resort?

[INFO]A: Because although this has the potential to fix all problems with your phone, it is possible to brick your phone aswell. Please try to find other methods of fixing your phone unless you definatley can not recover.[/INFO]

Q: Will this wipe my phone of all data?

[INFO]A: Yes, this will wipe your phone completely and rewrite the partitions to a stock (the way you bought it) condition.[/INFO]

Q: Will this wipe my SD card?

[INFO]A: NO, this will not wipe any data on your SD card, only system partitions of the phone itself.[/INFO]

Q: Does this void my warranty?

[INFO]A:No in fact if you had a software change that would have have voided your warranty before this will bring you to a state that they will have never known an alteration was made [/INFO]

Q: I am currently running the latest software update, will this return me to this state?

[INFO]A: No this will bring you back to ED2 Firmware build. BUT you will then be able to do an official over the air update to the latest released build[/INFO]

Q: Will i lose any apps or data during this process?

[INFO]A: You absolutely will, this is a full wipe of your system. But please refer to Post #2 where we will give you steps to take to back up your apps and data. Post #6 after you are done with the wipe and restore will give you the steps to restore the apps and data.[/INFO]

Q: What is Odin?

[INFO]A: A Flashing program to download Kernels, firmware to Samsung mobile phones. Also used in recovering failed flashes, bricked phones or doing full system wipes and restores.[/INFO]

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Preparations:

1. Download and Install Samsung Drivers

Samsung drivers Mirror

2. Go to Settings > Applications > Developement > Enable Debugging, then connect your phone to your PC, allow 2-3 minutes to configure drivers

3.Download Odin Application HERE

4.Download ED2 Stock Image HERE
This will need to be extracted, if you don't know how to extract a .rar file directions can be found HERE
MD5:634a36197e4550e068f1fc4320157209

5.Disable any running antivirus (causes an interupt durning process resulting in bad flash)

6.Make sure to plug USB cable in the back of the computer,for most reliable connection

 

[DroidXcon]

Backup Contacts

Backup to Gmail account (Recommended)
Step 1. From the Home screen, touch the menu button
Step 2. Touch settings
Step 3. Touch accounts & sync
Step 4. Touch the Gmail account of your choice under Manage accounts
Step 5. Touch Sync contacts

Export to SD card (Recommended)
Step 1. From the Home screen, touch contacts
Step 2. Touch menu
Step 3. Touch Import/Export
Step 4. Touch Export to SD card
Step 5. Touch ok to confirm export

Send namecard via
Step 1. From the Home screen, touch contacts
Step 2. Touch menu
Step 3. Touch Import/Export
Step 4. Touch send namecard via
Step 5. Touch Select all
Step 6. Touch send
Step 7. Touch destination of your choice

Verizon Backup Assistant
Step 1. From the Home screen, touch the menu button
Step 2. Touch settings
Step 3. Touch accounts & sync
Step 4. Follow the prompts to log in to your Backup Assistant account.

Apps and Data
There are many apps available on the market. But i will suggest My Backup Pro if you purchase you can use this without root. It can be found in the Android Market
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro&feature=search_result

 

[DroidXcon]

[WARN]

Remove SIM card
If flash fails with battery out try with battery in​

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1.) If your phone is plugged into your computer, unplug it now.
2.) If your phone is not powered down, power it down now.
3.) Remove battery from phone.
4.) Launch ODIN on PC.
5.) Plug USB cable into phone.
6.) Plug your Charge into the PC via USB cable.
7.) Press and hold the volume-down key until you see a gigantic yellow triangle and your phone will be in download mode.(Please see 2nd picture in post #5)You can now release the volume key. At this point you will see a yellow com port in the upper left hand corner of the Odin applicate. .(Please see 3rd picture in post #5)

8.) Click on the PDA button in ODIN

Triple check that you pushed the PDA button. Do NOT click the Phone button prior to continuing to step 13. If you choose Phone, you will have bought your Charge a one-way ticket to hell.

9.) Choose the DROID_Charge_ED2_Full.tar.md5
file you downloaded in step 2 above & click the Start button.(this should take approx 3 to 6mins)
10.) Phone will power down when finished.
11.) Remove USB cable.
12.) Reinsert battery.
13.) Power phone and wait to boot approx 4mins

Congrats you are wiped clean and restored to Stock.

 

[DroidXcon]

[WARN]

Remove SIM card
If flash fails with battery out try with battery in​

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First you must download
Odin v1.3


Once odin is downloaded open it, its an executable file so when you open it you will see the following :

Once this is up, do the following
-Remove the battery from your Device
-Plug in the USB cord
-Hold down the Volume Down button until you see a big bright triangle on your screen , underneath it will say Downloading and beneath that it will say Do not turn off target

At this point you will see one of the boxes in the corner turn yellow, letting you know there is a connection, it will look like this

after you are connected you want to hit the PDA button, NEVER PHONE, phone will erase your modem and you will have trouble connecting after that at all.

when you click the PDA button a pop up will appear and you will need to select the file you would like to flash and then click open

now you will see the file appear in the PDA window ,, with connection made and the file in the PDA window, you may now hit Start

Once you hit start this process Should take approx. 5 mins if you are returning to stock . shouldnt take any less time than that and not much more. So dont start freaking out at min 2...(wait till min 7) lol

If you are flashing a Clockworkmod file it should take approx 7seconds.

once it is completed you should see the following window:

Once you have reached this screen it is safe to unplug , put your battery in and boot up..

 

[DroidXcon]

Restoring Contacts

Backup to Gmail account (Recommended)

Step 1. From the Home screen, touch the menu button
Step 2. Touch settings
Step 3. Touch accounts & sync
Step 4. Touch the Gmail account of your choice under Manage accounts
Step 5. Touch Sync contacts

Import From SD card (Recommended)
Step 1. From the Home screen, touch contacts
Step 2. Touch menu
Step 3. Touch Import/Export
Step 4. Touch Import From SD card

Verizon Backup Assistant
Step 1. From the Home screen, touch the menu button
Step 2. Touch settings
Step 3. Touch accounts & sync
Step 4. Follow the prompts to log in to your Backup Assistant account.

Apps and Data
There are many apps available on the market. But i will suggest My Backup Pro if you purchase you can use this without root. It can be found in the Android Market
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro&feature=search_result

 

[DroidXcon]

Trouble Shooting

Odin application displays one of the following in message box OR Odin is locking up in the middle of the process

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)

<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)

Resolution
90% of problems associated with Odin are due to communication between phone and computer

• Reboot your computer
• Redownload the odin package
• Use USB ports in the back of the computer, if you already are use a different port
• Make sure you did not forget to remove battery from phone (Should be out the ENTIRE process)
• make sure Odin is the only application running and Antivirus is DISABLED
• If you are using a laptop make sure its plugged in also find the nearest desktop and try from there

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After failed flash with odin upon power up the following is depicted on the screen

SOFT BRICK

Resolution
First off DO NOT PANIC. there is a simple solution, just remove the battery , plug the phone into the computer, press and hold volume down and it will enter download mode. Please review all the steps oulined in this thread and try and flash again

[TIP]If all of the above fails. try the following

• Close out of odin
• reopen odin
• Uncheck AutoReboot and F. Reset time
• Remove phones battery
• Plug in and put phone in download mode
• While in download mode and plugged in place the battery back in and flash

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[DroidXcon]

Credits

Mrleaks over at Rootzwiki for posting this package

 

[zman6900]

Hey, thanks for posting the stock image. I'll use in case I send my phone back for a warranty replacement. I might soon. My Charge has an inactive pixel. It's kinda bugging me. lol

 

[DroidXcon]

Hey, thanks for posting the stock image. I'll use in case I send my phone back for a warranty replacement. I might soon. My Charge has an inactive pixel. It's kinda bugging me. lol

oh that would drive me nutso aswell, good luck with that

 

[sixstrings78]

doing it with battery in worked for me. thanks for this

 

[flyer05]

Re: [How to] Return to Stock, FULL with modem ED2 Odin package(La

Thanks saved my bacon and phone.

 

[tintn00]

Re: [How to] Return to Stock, FULL with modem ED2 Odin package(La

Odin wouldn't work unless I put in the battery after the yellow triangle screen appeared on my phone (pressing the volume down key). Otherwise saved my phone.

 

[spencer0279]

Re: [How to] Return to Stock, FULL with modem ED2 Odin package(La

all i get is initializing x.x i followed all the steps too x.x <ID:0/007> Added!!
<ID:0/007> Odin v.3 engine (ID:7)..
<ID:0/007> File analysis..
<ID:0/007> Enter CS for MD5..
<ID:0/007> Check MD5.. Do not unplug the cable..
<ID:0/007> Please wait..
<ID:0/007> Checking MD5 finished Sucessfully..
<ID:0/007> Leave CS..
<ID:0/007> SetupConnection..
<ID:0/007> Initialzation..


what do i do D:

( even the battery back in, close it and reopen last resort steps

 

[tintn00]

Re: [How to] Return to Stock, FULL with modem ED2 Odin package(La

Does anyone have the stock image of EE4 instead of EE2?

 

[tkm20]

Re: [How to] Return to Stock, FULL with modem ED2 Odin package(La

Might be a dumb question...will this remove cwm, kernals and ROMs?

 

[DroidXcon]

Re: [How to] Return to Stock, FULL with modem ED2 Odin package(La

Might be a dumb question...will this remove cwm, kernals and ROMs?

yeah everything

 

[Nidaja]

Re: [How to] Return to Stock, FULL with modem ED2 Odin package(La

Do you have to remove sim card to do this?

 

[Oscarpelaoo]

Re: [How to] Return to Stock, FULL with modem ED2 Odin package(La

thx so much this saved my phone

 

[qgqlewis#AC]

Re: [How to] Return to Stock, FULL with modem ED2 Odin package(La

I rooted my phone when we first started rooting the charge. i thought that when i rooted the phone it reduced the memory on the phone because it used another phones software to root the charge. if i am not just dreaming this....does this return to stock bring back that memory?