artifintel here with the best news any owner of a Samsung Admire could hear, the venerable ClockworkMod recovery has been ported to work on this device! A big thanks goes out to ACS developers mysteryemotionz, shabbypenguin and SuigintouLain. Without these guys none of this would be possible. I know you guys and girls are chomping at the bit, so let’s get this out of the way:
In no way is ACS, any said developers herein or me, for that matter, are responsible for any damage and/or bricking your device. Do your own research and reading before attempting any modifications! I flashed this recovery to all 3 of my admires in under 10 minutes, this procedure works in Windows 7, any failure is from not reading and following directions! Let’s do this….
GO HERE for downloads
1. Download ODIN
2. Download OPS file
3. Download CWM
4. Download drivers
5. Create new folder and call it whatever you want, extract ODIN here and place the OPS and CWM files in here as well. This makes it easy to find everything.
6. Open drivers and install, if you don’t understand, you probably shouldn’t be attempting this yet.
7. Put your Admire in download mode, disconnect USB and pull battery. Put battery back in and press volume down, camera and power. Count to 3 and release, you should see instructions saying press volume up to continue, do so. This is not easy, keep trying, you’ll get it.
8. Open device manager and make sure your computer recognizes your device.
9. Go to the folder you created and double-click the ODIN downloader, this should start ODIN.
10. Make sure you have a yellow “com” box, if not, you did something wrong, start over.
11. In the downloader select OPS file and when prompted, CWM file in your new folder.
12. Now, press start. You should see some action in the top left corner of the downloader, when it says done, you’re done! Congratulations!
13. Disconnect USB and pull battery. Put battery back in, press volume down, back and power buttons. Release when you see CWM.
14. Navigate recovery with volume buttons, scroll down to back up/restore, select back up using the home button for selections.
Well, there you have it, CWM recovery and your first nandroid back up. Don’t forget to visit our Admire forums and thank our developers! This has been an exclusive ACS Production brought to you by your “Expert in Android”, artifintel, keeping you on the bleeding edge of technology!
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Having trouble i seem to get stuck on recovery on odin it stays stuck on downloading image plz help
Can’t find a yellow com…all I see is a yellow download thing by can’t connection to computer … I got Da drivers instill and everything bt now working
If anyone could post a video tutorial on this I would greatly appreciate it. I just want to make sure that I’m following the steps correctly.
when i pressed start it said “check image files !!” what do i do?
http://forums.acsyndicate.net/forumdisplay.php?131-Samsung-Admire go here for downloads
Download links no longer work
I posted a link in the Admire Forum for the drivers
Minus.com states File no longer exsist or is unavailable. This is stated on all links. “yow after putting my phone into download mode it completely turned off and it wont turn on again. pleaseee HELPPPP – Pierre” Yes this happened to my phone as well. Your phone is now bricked (broken). I took mine to MetroPCS and they even tried a new battery, nothing worked. Luckly I got the phone replaced for very little money. Checking the forums for answers.
please come to the forum…we can help easier there….
I cant install drivers please help my phone isnt working right
can i do this for 2.3.6 gingerbread?
I just tried them….they are working fine…except for the driver link…which can easily be found…but let me see about fixing it up also.
The links don’t work anymore
the same thing happened to me after putting my admire into download mode it turned off and now it wont turn back on
More than likely the battery…..plug it back in and enter download mode again…
Please post here in the forum for support, it is much easier to contain and get answers. Here is the link. Thank you.
http://forums.acsyndicate.net/forumdisplay.php?133-Samsung-Admire-Development
yow after putting my phone into download mode it completely turned off and it wont turn on again. pleaseee HELPPPP
No more questions here please. I’m now the mod for our Samsung Admire forums. All questions should be posted on the forum. Thank you everyone.
in which folder do i put the ops and the cwm.tar files the one i created or the odi downloader folder..?
It’s not to hard people. I’m trying to fix the drivers link right now. Give me some time and I’ll get it done.
yow john’s right it would be much easier if u could make a video a post it on youtube or something…
Could you please make a video..?
it would be much easier.
yow i think you forgot to put the driver’s link so i could download it(4. Download drivers>>>HERE<<<)
Make sure you install the drivers with your admire plugged into your computer before putting the phone in download mode.
Seriously wtf. Is this download mode a myth? I’ve tried the count to 3 thing like 500 times. I get absolutely nothing but a normal boot. Tell me does it go through the metro/samsung boot screen before it gives you the command to press the volume up key? Cause I’m just not seeing anything of that sort. Please help, I’m frustrated out of my mind.
IM having trouble understanding and getting into download mode im stuck.
Im having trouble finding any yellow COM#. Also I am using a Windows 8 trial system. That may be the problem…
hi im having a problem where my screen is stuck on the samsun screen, ive downloaded everything but the driver link was invalid, get back at me, it would be most appreciated, thanks
A really HUGE thank you to all the developers who took the time to make this happen! Now I can enjoy my phone minus limitations
Very legit work that’s much appreciated!!!
artifintel, thanks for your offering of help. I actually got it figured out. I’ve never done a CWM or any other kind of mod set up and was expecting to see the same drive show up as when I connect with the usb cord. Well my computer wasn’t showing that it was making the connection but I finally threw caution to the wind and continued following the instructions thinking if I screw up I can get help to fix things from friends like yourself. Bottom line is that everything went smooth and I now have CWM installed. A quick note to devs who print these instructions, please remember that some of us out here are truly complete noobs and need more clarity at times. Thanks to all of you, keep the help coming.
Bryan, if you are still having problems, email me a complete description of your PC setup and where exactly your having the problem. I’ll do my best to help.
try a different usb cord
I’ve tried over and over to get this to work but although I can get the Odin window open I can’t get my computer to recognize my phone so I can continue. Any help wpould be greatly appreciated.
A big thanks to all the devs involved in making this possible!
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did this and it worked flawlessy thanks to these devs for a job well done!