The circle with flash disappeared. Maybe it was because of low battery…?
Now I have recovery mode. Shall I shut down and try the download reboot trick again?
You have to button trick before the e logo appears. You shutdown the phone, and when it’s shutdown, volume down+home and THEN press the power button, but all at the same time. I don’t know if you understand…
The circle appears when the phone is shutdown and charging. Try to shut it down and then do as I told you.
Sure, I understand. I tried that many times, the reboot trick. I did it before our conversation here.
But shit, now we have another problem, I can’t shut it down, it just reboots… In recovery mode, I go to advanced then shut down, then it reboots…
This is crazy, so many problems…
Since there is an option Update from ADB in recovery mode, can’t that be used?
sure, this could be used. have you set your computer ith the ADB (Android Debug Bridge) suite/software ?
I’ve been reading this sub for several days.
for your information heimdall is the equivalent of Odin but for linux systems ^^
Welcome Didou to this growing sub…
I am ready to install ADB on my Windows 11 computer, just waited to see if it was necessary.
Ok, I will go ahead.
I came so far as running ADB and typing adb devices in the command prompt.
Then I am not sure what to do. It says daemon started successfully in the prompt. Then nothing.
Phone connected via USB.
I then tried to chose ADB sideload on the phone, but it is unclickable.
Not sure what to do now.
Unclickable ? Then try with the volume down and up to choose and the power button to click… Ye it’s crazy the numbers of problems there are each time…
Normally, when you have selected the ADB sideload, your phone is waiting for the update. Then you throw the file from the computer to the phone using an ADB prompt.
You need to download the /e/OS rom firstly: you can find it here, as @piero said: https://images.ecloud.global/stable/herolte/
When you have downloaded the file, you throw it using the ./adb sideload <ota_file.zip> prompt. You might want to run it as an admin. When I say <ota_file.zip>, this mean the path, like C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\e-osromherolte.zip.
When chosing ADB sideload on the phone, will it show something, like a screen? Maybe I don’t need to click it, maybe it is just waiting for the update?
Can not change anything with the volume up or down…
Now first I tried to do what you say “throw the file from the computer to the phone”. Not sure what the phone is doing, but maybe it is waiting for something, in any case I wanted to see if I can understand the process on the computer. Seems I can’t… I have the /e/OS on a USB stick, file path E:
You run that command on the command prompt? I tried it and it says syntax error.
Then what do you use ADB for? When running ADB it asks questions, like install drivers. I have no idea what it is doing…
I think this is never gonna work and I am up over my head in this, but thanks for your attempts to help.
Just copy the /e ROM on a SD card, on your computer and then insert it into your S7, choose install from file in you recovery. It’s all very intuitive that way.
make-nz, I tried that (SD card method). That was the first thing I did. Does not work. If it was that easy…
I think this phone is specially difficult. After all, last time, I tried to three days and failed. But another guy actually managed to do it, he is pro, so it is doable though.
Maybe I got the ADB process wrong? I actually don’t understand how to do VinK’s commands above. That is probably vital. Let’s try again with that, doing it right, and if that does not work maybe we have to consider that this is impossible and give up.
Oh ye ! You should have on the bottom screen something like “waiting for update”.
If you have your rom on a USB key, that should do something like adb sideload E:\path\to\your\file\eosrom.zip. If it doesn’t work, try just to put the file name like adb sideload <eosrom.zip>
Ok, I got it, I found out how to run ADB!
Now it is sending the package. The phone says “now send the package you want to apply with adb sideload…” But nothing is happening. I will try again, maybe it timed out from the last try.
Okay ! Great job ! The most difficult has been done !
Now the 2 pence question is why is nothing happening ? Normally, you have the computer sending package and the phone receiving and applying.
But unfortunately the prompt says "error: device (null) not found
Okay, let’s just run the adb devices prompt ! If your phone is listed, you didn’t enter the sideload mode. Otherwise, this is either the cable or the boot.
Since you have another working phone now, why don’t you just provide some pictures – someone already suggested that, too.
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I ran adb devices. List shows nothing.
I don’t have another phone, yet. Just an old iPhone, but it is so old that I can only call from it.
I could send photos though, if you want, with a normal camera and moving them to my Linux computer and attaching here. Not sure if there is much to see though. Just a normal recovery screen. Just a normal prompt. But let me know if you want photos.
you probably need another cable… or use another USB port…
what “normal” is ? samsung recovery ? recovery-e ?