[Q] help with odin and galaxy player 5.0 usa - Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0

hi all Im noobish to android i've used heimdall and never before odin i looked at numerous post none have helped me so for xda and out
my problem is this odin wont recognize(id:com) my gplayer 5.0 usa in download mode ive installed/uninstalled drivers rebooted downloaded kies, tried using zadig i put on debugging tried the usb kies mode, nothing works it recognizes it when its connected normally tho im using everything fresh out the box its on 2.3.5
PLEASE can some anyone shade some light

You have to use an older version of odin. I forgot the version but it is 1.3. Dont take my word on the version number but I know for sure you have to use an older version.
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nightfire37 said:
You have to use an older version of odin. I forgot the version but it is 1.3. Dont take my word on the version number but I know for sure you have to use an older version.
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i've tried 1.3 to most recent no luck only thing i can find is maybe i need a u9 cable instead of the one it came with

vinnyj85 said:
i've tried 1.3 to most recent no luck only thing i can find is maybe i need a u9 cable instead of the one it came with
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I think u need version 1.7.There is a link herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720457
Or just use Hemidall.

joemhewitt said:
I think u need version 1.7.There is a link herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1720457
Or just use Hemidall.
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i get a ERROR: Failed to send file part packet!
KERNEL upload failed!
Ending session...ERROR: Failed to send end session packet!
in heimdall i have the .pit and zimage do you have a link to a complete rom with cwm i can flash with heimdall
im lost now this is my hardest cwm yet

First of all, the default tab heimdall shows you is not the one you'll be using most often (that's only for heimdall created packages). You want the tab labelled Flash.
Secondly, in Heimdall, you actually have to choose which components you're flashing. This is easier than it sounds as most files include the component somewhere in the file name (i.e. rfs, sbl, etc.). zimage files usually contain a kernel, so you'd select Kernel from 'partition name' box, then click add. Rom images are usually distributed as file archives (zip, tar, md5, etc.) with the actual components compressed inside them.
But before you can select a component, you have to point it to your PIT file,

dstarfire said:
First of all, the default tab heimdall shows you is not the one you'll be using most often (that's only for heimdall created packages). You want the tab labelled Flash.
Secondly, in Heimdall, you actually have to choose which components you're flashing. This is easier than it sounds as most files include the component somewhere in the file name (i.e. rfs, sbl, etc.). zimage files usually contain a kernel, so you'd select Kernel from 'partition name' box, then click add. Rom images are usually distributed as file archives (zip, tar, md5, etc.) with the actual components compressed inside them.
But before you can select a component, you have to point it to your PIT file,
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ive dont this pointed it to pit and choose kernal i get the error
ERROR: Failed to send file part packet!
KERNEL upload failed!
Ending session...ERROR: Failed to send end session packet!
then i get the phone ! computer screen(i use oneclickunbrick to get out)
on another note i finally got odin to recognize my device in download mode id:com but when i flash kernal i get same screen of death because it fails

guy thanx for the support i found some thing in another devices forum that seem to work, i went to device manager in windows while in download mode to manually update the samsung driver in libusb

FWIW I used Odin 3.+ and a STOCK Samsung usb cable to unbrick my 5.0 without issue.

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[Q] Heimdall

Do I need to install certain drivers for MacOS X? The Start button won't ungray. I tried to just flash the EC01.tar radio but the start button would not become selectable.
Search for Odin clone. Its an Odin file and Odin clone is for Mac.
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Make sure u get phone into download mode before starting heimdall. Also, when flashing the modem I extract the modem.bin file out of the tar and flash it directly...this is how I do it on archlinux and it always works...did it three times in 5 minutes last night...i see no need for odin clone and have actually never had to use odin...but I have no windows computer either so probably why...heimdall is great
Also, like dalev is saying, maybe the tar is made for odin, but the extracted modem.bin works perfect in heimdall...i installed just the EC01 modem with my voodoo'd sc2.9.2 with jt 4/08 kernel...works great
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rand4ll said:
Make sure u get phone into download mode before starting heimdall. Also, when flashing the modem I extract the modem.bin file out of the tar and flash it directly...this is how I do it on archlinux and it always works...did it three times in 5 minutes last night...i see no need for odin clone and have actually never had to use odin...but I have no windows computer either so probably why...heimdall is great
Also, like dalev is saying, maybe the tar is made for odin, but the extracted modem.bin works perfect in heimdall...i installed just the EC01 modem with my voodoo'd sc2.9.2 with jt 4/08 kernel...works great
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Absolutely correct, .tar files are for odin and odin clone, but they can be extracted and the .bin are used in heimdall. I don't have much experience with Mac so i was hesitant to say anything other than I know odin clone is for Mac. Thanks for teaching me something new tonite, I had no idea heimdall was Mac compatible.
Almost any simple gtk app can easily be made to work on mac...and any time on the education...the more we all know 2hr better e can help each other out
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AuroEdge said:
Do I need to install certain drivers for MacOS X? The Start button won't ungray. I tried to just flash the EC01.tar radio but the start button would not become selectable.
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Heimdall Frontend has a bunch of simple features built in to stop users doing things that will damage their phone. One example of which is attempting to flash a tar file to your device. Please follow the instructions in the README that came with Heimdall when you downloaded it. They indicate that you must extract the contents of the .tar file and then flash the contents themselves.
I did that but now it's displaying "failed to detect compatible device". I followed the instructions presented in the readme

Heimdall Missing Firmware

hi guys
trying to flash back to orange stock as my phone needs to be rma has it has a faulty home button
so far i got in a bootloop from mobile odin,
so had to buy a usb jig to get into download mode, got there tried using odin via VB its not find the phone(gadgetserial)
so look at heimdall but everytime i put the .tar file in it comes back missing firmware.xml
anyone help please
cheers kate
Sounds like the stock firmware package might be corrupt. All it can take is one file in the whole package and it barfs.
What I do whenever I download a rom or kernel is to test the archive to make sure none of the files are corrupt. Programs like 7Zip, IZarc & WinRar will allow you to test the rar package you downloaded.
If the one you've already downloaded comes up clean/OK, then something else is obviously very wrong. If it tells you that any of the files in the package are corrupt, download it again. A while back I was constantly having a problem where every rom I downloaded at home ended up corrupt, so I used another net connection/computer to download them & all was good.
sutty86 said:
hi guys
trying to flash back to orange stock as my phone needs to be rma has it has a faulty home button
so far i got in a bootloop from mobile odin,
so had to buy a usb jig to get into download mode, got there tried using odin via VB its not find the phone(gadgetserial)
so look at heimdall but everytime i put the .tar file in it comes back missing firmware.xml
anyone help please
cheers kate
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thanks once again but ive read something to do with heimdall you have to get a devolper to right these packages

phone not flashing or booting; any ideas ?

good evening
my friend gave me his phone(sgs2 i777 at&t) so that i can flash for him a rom and i accidentally flashed an i9100 rom and now the phone wont flash anything.
the phone wont even boot either.
ive been trying to flash using odin
the phone is recognized by my win 7 computer and luckily i still do get the yellow bar on odin when i connect the phone.
each time a rom(.tar in pda section)(repartition unchecked) is flashed i get a fail
evin the one click odin didnt work and fails
then the phone says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue"
the only way i can get back to download mode is when i flash the root(GalaxyS2ATTRootZedomax) via odin
i cant get into cwm nor am i sure if there is cwm or not.
I9100JPKJ2_I9100OJPKJ1_I9100XXKI4_HOME.tar.md5
this is what i flashed
it has no pit
Zedomax is outdated. Simple search would of brought you to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
getbuzzin said:
Zedomax is outdated. Simple search would of brought you to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1286432
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i did an extensive search, ive seen this thread before (the DL links are also blocked by FEDS)
ive tried the one click stuff and also it didnt work
I tried to download the I9100 package that you flashed to see exactly what is in it, but it was downloading at only about 10 kb/sec, so I gave up after a couple of hours. I'm guessing that the package contains everything including boot.bin, sbl.bin, param.lfs, pit and csc for the I9100, as well as the other stuff.
If you still have the tar.md5 file, open it with winzip or 7zip or something like that and report back here exactly what it contains.
Most of the files you will need to recover your phone are in the Download Repository, but there are no specific directions there about how to use them in your situation. Will try to help, but am very busy with work for the next few days, so won't be here as often as usual. Be patient.
creepyncrawly said:
I tried to download the I9100 package that you flashed to see exactly what is in it, but it was downloading at only about 10 kb/sec, so I gave up after a couple of hours. I'm guessing that the package contains everything including boot.bin, sbl.bin, param.lfs, pit and csc for the I9100, as well as the other stuff.
If you still have the tar.md5 file, open it with winzip or 7zip or something like that and report back here exactly what it contains.
Most of the files you will need to recover your phone are in the Download Repository, but there are no specific directions there about how to use them in your situation. Will try to help, but am very busy with work for the next few days, so won't be here as often as usual. Be patient.
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this is the zip and it only has tar.md5
this is the only thing i get on the phone
and this
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also using heimdell all i know how to do is adding driver using zadig which is succesful
no clue how to due command line stuff
Remove the .md5 extention leaning just the .tar extension. A tar is an archive file just like zip or any other archive. Look inside the tar and tell me what files it contains.
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Remove the .md5 extention leaning just the .tar extension. A tar is an archive file just like zip or any other archive. Look inside the tar and tell me what files it contains.
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this is what appeared
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this is what i get when doing the odin one click (if it benefits you to know)
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i hope you can help
i will show paypal appreciation if this gets fixed
Go to the download repository. (Link in my signature, or in one of the posts above.)
Find and flash this Odin3 One-click Downloader:
I777UCKH7-CL503881 FULL Odin3 One-click Downloader: I777UCKH7-CL503881-Full.7z (MultiUpload - Contains I777UCKH7-CL503881-Full.exe.)
Just in case it doesn't flash successfully, please watch the results to see which elements pass and which one fails. Someone else in your situation had it fail on cache.img, but was eventually able to recover his phone.
This is no more risky than the I9100 that you flashed, but there is always some risk involved when flashing bootloaders.
I'll check in tomorrow to see what your results are.
you do realize you are supposed to EXTRACT the tar out of the zip right? i mean how can ODIN see a file thats INSIDE an archive?
not to mention you are flashing i9100 firmware/bootloaders/param.lfs, basically you are trying to ruin your phone
Try and change USB Slot?
creepyncrawly said:
Go to the download repository. (Link in my signature, or in one of the posts above.)
Find and flash this Odin3 One-click Downloader:
I777UCKH7-CL503881 FULL Odin3 One-click Downloader: I777UCKH7-CL503881-Full.7z (MultiUpload - Contains I777UCKH7-CL503881-Full.exe.)
Just in case it doesn't flash successfully, please watch the results to see which elements pass and which one fails. Someone else in your situation had it fail on cache.img, but was eventually able to recover his phone.
This is no more risky than the I9100 that you flashed, but there is always some risk involved when flashing bootloaders.
I'll check in tomorrow to see what your results are.
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the link is banned by Feds
Try clicking one of the other links on the multiupload page. Working for sure on at least one, just checked.

[Q] Have I really bricked my S3 (EU) using HEIMDALL?

Hello all,
I'm hoping someone can advise me with the following problem. I bought a unlocked S3 in Belgium (no branding, network locks etc), and the other day I noticed the latest firmware I9300XXBLFB on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
As I use OSX I found out that I needed to use Heimdall to flash it.
I download the ROM, unzipped it, then I renamed the tar.md5 to .tar extracted that which gave me the following files:
boot.img
cache.img
hidden.img
modem.bin
recovery.img
system.img
Now the problem began with the PIT... I required one, and stupidly went off to google in search of an S3 .pit file.... which I found
So I selected the .pit, added the files to their relevant partition, and flashed....
Upon rebooting the phone had updated, however there was no factory reset, everything I had previously was there (to my surprise), but the system info showed the correct rom, baseband, blah blah.
Yesterday I noticed I could not access any internet services. Say I open GMail app, and tried to open a mail, it closed the app after a number of seconds (without displaying the mail contents btw).... no error, just back to the main screen.
I also had problems using 3G or WiFi... nether was stable.
So I reflashed yesterday evening.. at which point I found out how to read in my own .pit file off the phone... but of course I've flashed someone else's previously. I did an MD5 sum on the one I extracted off my phone, and also on the one I downloaded off the net and they still matched.
Still I had the same problems, so I thought perhaps I should drop down a ROM version.
I grabbed a zip file with I9300XXALF2_I9300OXAALF2_I9300XXLF2_HOME.tar.md5 and proceeded to flash it.
Now the phone won't fully boot, it just sits in the Samsung animation and the blue LED pulsing.
I'm guessing I've stuffed up the PIT... the big question is now, what the hell should I do.
FYI I can still get to recovery mode and Odin mode.
Any help / advice would be really appreciated guys.
All the best and thanks in a advance
PS: I just this minute reflashed using Heimdall the I9300XXBLFB. Now it boots up, on first boot it said Updating Android optimsing applications 1/65 and proceeded thru to the point it asks me which language I want... this normal??
kuntstubble said:
Hello all,
I'm hoping someone can advise me with the following problem. I bought a unlocked S3 in Belgium (no branding, network locks etc), and the other day I noticed the latest firmware I9300XXBLFB on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646610
As I use OSX I found out that I needed to use Heimdall to flash it.
I download the ROM, unzipped it, then I renamed the tar.md5 to .tar extracted that which gave me the following files:
boot.img
cache.img
hidden.img
modem.bin
recovery.img
system.img
Now the problem began with the PIT... I required one, and stupidly went off to google in search of an S3 .pit file.... which I found
So I selected the .pit, added the files to their relevant partition, and flashed....
Upon rebooting the phone had updated, however there was no factory reset, everything I had previously was there (to my surprise), but the system info showed the correct rom, baseband, blah blah.
Yesterday I noticed I could not access any internet services. Say I open GMail app, and tried to open a mail, it closed the app after a number of seconds (without displaying the mail contents btw).... no error, just back to the main screen.
I also had problems using 3G or WiFi... nether was stable.
So I reflashed yesterday evening.. at which point I found out how to read in my own .pit file off the phone... but of course I've flashed someone else's previously. I did an MD5 sum on the one I extracted off my phone, and also on the one I downloaded off the net and they still matched.
Still I had the same problems, so I thought perhaps I should drop down a ROM version.
I grabbed a zip file with I9300XXALF2_I9300OXAALF2_I9300XXLF2_HOME.tar.md5 and proceeded to flash it.
Now the phone won't fully boot, it just sits in the Samsung animation and the blue LED pulsing.
I'm guessing I've stuffed up the PIT... the big question is now, what the hell should I do.
FYI I can still get to recovery mode and Odin mode.
Any help / advice would be really appreciated guys.
All the best and thanks in a advance
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UNZIP THE DOWNLOADED ROM ONCE FROM .RAR TO .TAR/MD5 FILE. AND PUT THE SINGLE .TAR FILE IN PDA SECTION IN ODIN AND FLASH IT. Really, start to read before you do anything
the instructions don;t mention requiring a pit, also, why remane .tar.md5 to .tar when the instructions say "Click PDA and select *.tar.md5". seeing as you can still connect with odin, you onlt have a soft brick and you can still use odin and flash something properly.
gee2012 said:
UNZIP THE DOWNLOADED ROM ONCE FROM .RAR TO .TAR/MD5 FILE. AND PUT THE SINGLE .TAR FILE IN PDA SECTION IN ODIN AND FLASH IT. Really, start to read before you do anything
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Erm, think you need to read first... I said I use Heimdall because I'm on OSX.
OrbNRG said:
the instructions don;t mention requiring a pit, also, why remane .tar.md5 to .tar when the instructions say "Click PDA and select *.tar.md5". seeing as you can still connect with odin, you onlt have a soft brick and you can still use odin and flash something properly.
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Once again, I'm using Heimdall not Odin. I'm on OSX not Windows.
Secondly the tar.md5 file is a tar file containing all the components that make the ROM.
kuntstubble said:
Erm, think you need to read first... I said I use Heimdall because I'm on OSX.
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Oke, my bad. I don`t use heimdal so can`t help you.
Go to recovery (power on with pressing VOL-UP + HOME + POWER when the phone is off) and do a factory reset / wipe data.
This wasn't caused by using a .PIT, though: never use a .PIT ever again, never ever.
HellcatDroid said:
Go to recovery (power on with pressing VOL-UP + HOME + POWER when the phone is off) and do a factory reset / wipe data.
This wasn't caused by using a .PIT, though: never use a .PIT ever again, never ever.
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Done that also, made no difference :-(
I don't care which ROM I recover correctly but I do want to get the phone working LOL
Use a windows pc and stop using mac?
Its really easy to fix your problem via Odin....
U can use usb jig to unbrick ur phone,and in the future,use odin for all the flashing on ur s3..
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pedja381 said:
U can use usb jig to unbrick ur phone,and in the future,use odin for all the flashing on ur s3..
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Stupid reply USB Jig does not unbrick a phone .
ODIN how can the OP use Odin and why would you think its better than Heimdall ??? .
jje
OK the phone is running, but it's bizarre ...
Basically I'm connected to my WiFi signal, and Chrome works 100%... but the normal browser does'nt... just hangs, then closes.
GMail if I open it I can see all the mails, if I click on one, it just sits there with the circle going round, then closes, although if I scrolll thru all mails it does load more... very strange.
Seems any default apps that where installed have connection issues... It's really pi**ing me off....
Anyone?
BTW: *#1234# reports:
AP: I9300XXBLFB
CP: I93000XXLFB
CSC: I9300OXABLFB
It doesn't matter if you change .tar.md5 to .tar i always do it to.
What was the name of the pit you flashed?
Hi,
I downloaded GalaxyS3RootMac which contained a file called
s3pit.pit
MD5 (s3pit.pit) = c67ccbe3628793a9f0dba761c15e0896
Thats the one I used ... stupidly ... so I guess I overwrote mine own one...
I had this exact same thing with browser. That was caused eather from wrong csc or that I mistakenly flashed the firmware using phone field in odin and not pda. Try to change your csc to something else using *#272*IMEI#. That wipes the phone.
Tried what you recommend but still same problem
I choose BTC btw
It previously was on KOR
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People read the damn topic before posting.
Usb jig is for accessing download mode, which he can do just fine without.
The phone is softbricked, not soft-hardbricked.
I've never used Heimdall but afaik it has caused issues in the past.
Is anyone you know using Windows or can you install Windows as Bootcamp on your Mac?
If so, please try again with Odin, but factoryreset your phone before and after.
Please also confirm you're actually on hardware i9300 or i9300T, not e.g. i9308
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d4fseeker said:
People read the damn topic before posting.
Usb jig is for accessing download mode, which he can do just fine without.
The phone is softbricked, not soft-hardbricked.
I've never used Heimdall but afaik it has caused issues in the past.
Is anyone you know using Windows or can you install Windows as Bootcamp on your Mac?
If so, please try again with Odin, but factoryreset your phone before and after.
Please also confirm you're actually on hardware i9300 or i9300T, not e.g. i9308
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Hi, well you're completely correct I could go bootcamp although I prefer not to. If all else fails I'll do it that way. Sadly today I can't get my hands on a Windows system to use.
The phone is a Benelux model I believe (bought from Mobistar), under that battery it says i9300 from what I remember.
Cheers for the logical response
I got exactly the same problem as the OP with the S3, a Macbook Air on Lion, and Heimdall yesterday. I was frustrated but ended up trying Odin on a Windows 7 virtual machine to re-flash a stock firmware. It went through perfectly and I was saved.

UCLF6 Firmware.exe

It seems to me that everyone thinks that by installing/flasing a ROM, you getthe newest "firmware" on your phone.
this is not true, and it's getting aggravating. Your "firmware" and you "os/Rom" are two completely different things.
The firmware file is an actual .exe file that you execute via odin.
On your PC, double-click SGH-I717UCLF5_478C4F494FE1D8194C6BD7758C972351.exe to run Odin.
Turn off your phone.
Reboot your phone to Download Mode. To do that, press the Power and Volume Down keys of your phone until you see “Warning!!” displayed on the screen. Press the Volume Up key to continue into Download Mode.
Connect your phone to the computer via USB cable.
Odin will automatically recognize your phone and will display an “Added” displayed in the message box on the Odin window.
If you don’t see one, you may have to re-install the drivers.
Also try to use the USB port at the back of your computer’s CPU if your phone is not detected.
In Odin, click the Start button to proceed with flashing the UCLF5 firmware on your phone.
The flashing will take a few minutes and when it’s done your phone will automatically reboot. When you see the Samsung logo, it indicates that you can now safely unplug your phone from the PC. You will also see a “PASS” message on the upper left of the Odin window which means that the flashing is successful.
However, if Odin gets stuck or you get a “FAIL” message, you just have to disconnect your phone from the PC, close the Odin window, remove and reinsert your phone’s battery, and start from step 1 again.
Hurray! You have just installed the leaked Android 4.0 ICS build UCLF5 firmware on the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note SGH-I717.
Case in point. now....
Just because you have ICS 4.0.4 OS/ROM/whatever you make, it does not mean you have the latest firmware. Nobody really seems to understand that.
I have the At&t galaxy note and I'm currently using UCLF5 firmware, with ICS 4.0.4, (CM 9 ROM) that was installed via Clockwork Recovery Mod.
People also seem to think that by installing the stock rom that at&t put out via odin, EX:I717UCLF6_I717ATTLF6_I717UCLF6_HOME.tar.md5, it somehow puts the firmware on your phone. This is untrue. As I've said earlier, a firmware update via odin is done through an .exe file. EX:I717UCLF5_478C4F494FE1D8194C6BD7758C972351.exe
Now, my question is.... Has anybody found the .exe firmware file (UCLF6) for the at&t note yet? I have yet to find it.
You joking right?
The exe file is most likely a virus. I didn't even care to check. This thread's been reported
I have ran UCLE 5 (sucked), UCLE 3, UCLE 2 and now UCLF 6 the latest and official one. They seem like updates/upgrades to me.
That link downloaded something to my computer and now its running slow !! what happened ?? :silly:
There is no virus, thanks for implying that though. It's just a post with pain text.
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Also, being that this was my first post, xda does not allow you to use outside links in your first 10 posts. So this link you speak of is non-existent.
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davo42002 said:
Also, being that this was my first post, xda does not allow you to use outside links in your first 10 posts. So this link you speak of is non-existent.
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Thanks for speaking up. Thread still reported
thanks for nothing, you have been reported as well.
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Odin updates contain all of the firmware. Recovery, kernel, modem, operating system.
Many ROMs contain kernel, and modem, along with operating system. ROM is not even really the right term, just a carryover from older technology that really was read only memory. So analyzing its usage is fairly silly anyways. If anything, the various ROMs seem more akin to distributions of Android, at least the main powerhouses (cm, aokp, etc).
Seeing how worthless stock recovery is, we can say having CWMR or TWRP installed constitutes having a later and greater portion of firmware installed.
As far as the note i717 goes f6/4.0.4 is the latest official version. After that there's nothing official.
What's the point of all this anyways? Why would I need an exe file for my Linux based handset anyways. Cornfused.
BANANA!
What you are describing is a one-click Odin file. That is not how the official release is distributed.
The official firmware update for AT&T is done with Kies and not Odin. Kies is an officially released public-use software designed to interface with Samsung phones at the end user level. Odin is leaked software that is for internal Samsung employees. We're not even supposed to be using Odin as end users.
There are ROMs based on every version of official and leaked releases for the Note. There are also ROMs but from CM9 and AOKP source.
ICS 4.0.4 UCLF6 is the official release from Samsung for AT&T and you can only get the 100% official stock firmware from Kies. Everything else had been touched by a developer in some way, even if it's just repackaging it as an Odin one-click or CWM flashbacks file.
I just bought a windows tablet, it' preloaded with windows 7.
should I install it again with windows7.exe to get the official one? haha
davo42002 said:
It seems to me that everyone thinks that by installing/flasing a ROM, you getthe newest "firmware" on your phone.
this is not true, and it's getting aggravating. Your "firmware" and you "os/Rom" are two completely different things.
The firmware file is an actual .exe file that you execute via odin.
On your PC, double-click SGH-I717UCLF5_478C4F494FE1D8194C6BD7758C972351.exe to run Odin.
Turn off your phone.
Reboot your phone to Download Mode. To do that, press the Power and Volume Down keys of your phone until you see “Warning!!” displayed on the screen. Press the Volume Up key to continue into Download Mode.
Connect your phone to the computer via USB cable.
Odin will automatically recognize your phone and will display an “Added” displayed in the message box on the Odin window.
If you don’t see one, you may have to re-install the drivers.
Also try to use the USB port at the back of your computer’s CPU if your phone is not detected.
In Odin, click the Start button to proceed with flashing the UCLF5 firmware on your phone.
The flashing will take a few minutes and when it’s done your phone will automatically reboot. When you see the Samsung logo, it indicates that you can now safely unplug your phone from the PC. You will also see a “PASS” message on the upper left of the Odin window which means that the flashing is successful.
However, if Odin gets stuck or you get a “FAIL” message, you just have to disconnect your phone from the PC, close the Odin window, remove and reinsert your phone’s battery, and start from step 1 again.
Hurray! You have just installed the leaked Android 4.0 ICS build UCLF5 firmware on the AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note SGH-I717.
Case in point. now....
Just because you have ICS 4.0.4 OS/ROM/whatever you make, it does not mean you have the latest firmware. Nobody really seems to understand that.
I have the At&t galaxy note and I'm currently using UCLF5 firmware, with ICS 4.0.4, (CM 9 ROM) that was installed via Clockwork Recovery Mod.
People also seem to think that by installing the stock rom that at&t put out via odin, EX:I717UCLF6_I717ATTLF6_I717UCLF6_HOME.tar.md5, it somehow puts the firmware on your phone. This is untrue. As I've said earlier, a firmware update via odin is done through an .exe file. EX:I717UCLF5_478C4F494FE1D8194C6BD7758C972351.exe
Now, my question is.... Has anybody found the .exe firmware file (UCLF6) for the at&t note yet? I have yet to find it.
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I'm sorry but does a similar version of april fools day excists and I don't know anything about it??
firmware and OS/ROM are not the same? WTH !!!!!
Yes firmware and OS/ROM is the same thing, and the latest firmware is not a dumb .exe (executable) file which the purpose of a .exe is to start a process for you and add install said firmware.
Just so you know if you were to unpack a one click firmware .exe, a odin tar and a rom zip, the files are all the same, except from the odin stock files are ext4 format and the ones on a zip are not, and yes if your phone says android 4.0.4 and uclf6 that is the latest version of such firmware.
further more installing .tar thru odin does install new firmware, if you look at the file names you added here:
EX:I717UCLF6_I717ATTLF6_I717UCLF6_HOME.tar.md5
EX:I717UCLF5_478C4F494FE1D8194C6BD7758C972351.exe
if you examine the file names same initial code, except i7171uclf5 is the last leak and i717uclf6 is the final official release.
now the rest of the code on the tar file is from the internal files, ending with an md5, and your exe's 478C4F494FE1D8194C6BD7758C972351 is the md5 checksum.
I'm still having my morning coffee so I'm not going to start flaming anyone but you might want to get your information straight before coming here and posting stuff like this , and avoid people reporting anything.
And one last thing even after AT&T and Samsung stop putting out firmware updates , we will always have the latest firmware because the awesome devs here make firmware updates straight from the android source code, the same source that Samsung uses to make AT&T firmware, so yes we will always have the latest firmware and not from a dumb .exe.
it baffles me how one can come on a development forum such as XDA and post non sense like this .
do you know what an exe is ?
to keep it simple its an executable that will unpack itself and run stuff automatically .
have you ever unpacked a samsung one ?
have you compared it s content to a 'tar.md5' as you call it ?
well I have and ill tell you:
the exe is nothing else then odin and a tar.md5 packed together .
FYI the exe are not executed via odin they ARE ODIN , the tar.md5 on the other end need to be flashed via odin .
and fyi , these EXE are not official you can not download them from any 'official source' they are ALWAYS leaked stuff .
ignorance is nothing to be ashamed of but spreading it ....
lol thank you well put dA
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Wow.....
This thread left me speechless...
God faceplamed his own face when he read this...
Wow
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Speechless ^o^
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Trolls will troll haha
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.exe
Lolz
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