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Reviving a Sammy
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Xcalamyte
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12. June 2009 @ 19:57 |
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My bro tried flashing his Sammy drive but ended up erasing the whole thing. Now Im trying to revive it for him since he got the original key but I have no idea how. I figured it would be using JF but the drive freezes my puter. Any help or a tut would be appreciated
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13. June 2009 @ 00:28 |
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Originally posted by Xcalamyte:
My bro tried flashing his Sammy drive but ended up erasing the whole thing. Now Im trying to revive it for him since he got the original key but I have no idea how. I figured it would be using JF but the drive freezes my puter. Any help or a tut would be appreciated
Get original FW from internet, then use hex edit inject key, and reflash.
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Xcalamyte
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13. June 2009 @ 13:06 |
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So doing that should fix this drive. How hard is it to use hex edit since Ive never done that before, thx.
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13. June 2009 @ 13:12 |
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Xcalamyte
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13. June 2009 @ 13:20 |
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My savior thank you. I can finally try and fix this thing and get it out my house.
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Xcalamyte
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14. June 2009 @ 10:00 |
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Hello again, I have tried everything to get this thing going and still nothing. I have the orig.bin file and the key for the sammy but I cant get it fixed. I cant do it in windows cuz itll freeze my puter. This is aggravating. Will my puter detect it even though the drive dont open and the only thing the drive does is blink. Should I delete something on my sata card so the puter dont freeze everytime I try to do this. Thx
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14. June 2009 @ 10:05 |
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Use MTKFlash and do it in dos.
The commands are mtkflash w /m /sata orig.bin
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Xcalamyte
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14. June 2009 @ 10:18 |
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I tried that, I used iprep ver .08 or whatever the last version is and the only thing it said was port 170 which thats not even my port for the drive and it just froze there so I hit esc and it said stopped at 50 instead of 70 and thats it. Really is this process that easy and thats why im having such a hard time with it or i so hard that a fool like me will never get it.
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15. June 2009 @ 02:20 |
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If MTKFlash doesn't work, try DosFlash v1.7 (2 files from the DosFlash16 folder) on a bootable jumpdrive + your custom firmware.
It is simple. Once booted to the jump drive, type dosflash.exe
Then select the SATA port your drive is connected to, you will probably have to power cycle (shut on and off within 1 second).
Type W for Write. Type the file name. Example SAM-CFW.bin
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Xcalamyte
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15. June 2009 @ 04:55 |
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Cool thx I will try this as soon as I get home from work.
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Xcalamyte
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15. June 2009 @ 21:56 |
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Ok i tried the suggestions that i was given. With mtkflash I get nowhere it aims for my pc burner instead of my sammy. I tried dosflash and it let me check out my sata port but it tells me that the firmware is not valid. Maybe Im missing something but Im close I can feel it.
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Xcalamyte
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15. June 2009 @ 22:11 |
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well trying one more time I actually got it to start erasing but then I get "Erasing failed"
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15. June 2009 @ 23:21 |
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Originally posted by Xcalamyte:
well trying one more time I actually got it to start erasing but then I get "Erasing failed"
Try renaming the firmware to something short like samcfw.bin.
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Xcalamyte
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16. June 2009 @ 19:44 |
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Well I just wanted to thank you all that helped me out. I finally got it going and the xbox is working again. You guys rule.
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16. June 2009 @ 19:56 |
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Originally posted by Xcalamyte:
Well I just wanted to thank you all that helped me out. I finally got it going and the xbox is working again. You guys rule.
What did you end up doing that got the flash to take? Glad you got it working again! :)
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Xcalamyte
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17. June 2009 @ 20:56 |
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Man I have no idea I did the same thing you guys told me with the Orig.bin file. I think since I had 2 Orig files, 1 a spoof for a BenQ and the original I was using the wrong one. Thats my guess Im not sure but I conquered this beast.
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18. June 2009 @ 11:32 |
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If your computer is still having problems freezing with JF, go to C:\Windows\System32\drivers and remove "viamraid.sys" or "vsmraid.sys. Then reboot the PC. I am assume you are using the VIA card because of the freezing issue.
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Xcalamyte
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18. June 2009 @ 16:38 |
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Coll Ill keep that in mind I havent had that issue till this drive so I figured it was cuz it was a blank drive.
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