Hello,
I want to return my Samsung S3 to unrooted stock firmware, I have just reset my flash counter but I am having a few issues following this tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343338
I have acquired the stock firmware, and booted my phone into download mode, Heindall can connect to the phone and I saved my .pits file successfully to the Desktop of my Mac.
However, wafter extracting the .md5 file the tutorial starts by loading the 'ABOOT" file in Heimdall and I don't have an ABOOT file. After extracting the stock firmware I have these files:
boot.img
cache.img
hidden.img
modem.bin
recovery.img
sboot.bin
system.img
tz.img
Can someone advise me ion how to procees flashing the custom firmware? I downloaded the latest UK stock firmware which is unbranded (as is my phone) and matched up the baseband etc so I know it's the correct version. I just want to unroot/re-lock the bootloader etc.
Thanks
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Sboot.bin is the file you are looking for. Aboot is only for Snapdragon phones, yours is Exynos.
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Hi!
I really don't know if this question belongs to here or in the Development section of the forum...
So, how do I split the firmware file in the 3 parts: CSC, MODEM & KERNEL?
Thanks.
Regards.
Create a tarball with modem.bin for the Phone
Create a tarball with hidden.img and cache.img for CSC
Create a tarball with all the rest (boot.bin factoryfs.img param.lfs Sbl.bin zImage) for PDA
can i use 7zip to make tarball ?
Thank you.
I don't know about that. Always done it in OpenSUSE using the Linux terminal.
Yes Zzip makes tar .
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Intratech said:
Create a tarball with modem.bin for the Phone
Create a tarball with hidden.img and cache.img for CSC
Create a tarball with all the rest (boot.bin factoryfs.img param.lfs Sbl.bin zImage) for PDA
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You're THE GUY, Intratech!
Thank you very much.
Regards.
Intratech said:
Create a tarball with modem.bin for the Phone
Create a tarball with hidden.img and cache.img for CSC
Create a tarball with all the rest (boot.bin factoryfs.img param.lfs Sbl.bin zImage) for PDA
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@Intratech
Thank you for your helpful instructions;
After some testing I can say that this method do not full wipe within the flash procedure.
Allow me one more question: which script/file i have to alter/edit to get a "full wipe" 3 parts firmware ?
I would be grateful for furter detailed instructions.
best regards
Thank you so much
Intratech said:
Create a tarball with modem.bin for the Phone
Create a tarball with hidden.img and cache.img for CSC
Create a tarball with all the rest (boot.bin factoryfs.img param.lfs Sbl.bin zImage) for PDA
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As for boot file , as you know in odin there is bootloader button can i use it there ?
if not where to get the bootloader file ??
cuz the idea to mix the firmware a lil bit to make downgrade for some galaxy phones like the galaxy S4 & S3 from 4.4.2 to 4.3
Hey guys.
Is there a possible way to pack a system.img.ext4 into a .KDZ file to flash normally with KDZ Updater? or transfer to phone after install the stock rom?
I saw some tutorials to how flash the custom system.img.ext4 but never works for me.
I need help in the problem of non-completion of the installation of the firmware
phone Galaxy S6 Edge Model SM-G925I
Root was rooting , When you attempt the firmware installation is not completed See attached photo .
The file was the inauguration of linkage here and then returned to life, but so far the inauguration of the firmware can not be the same problem .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s6-edge/orig-development/cf-auto-root-t3056631/page16
Thank you pending resolution of the problem
you need to have a pit file that matches you device..or you need to have the firmware file your phone comes with..
Alex-V said:
you need to have a pit file that matches you device..or you need to have the firmware file your phone comes with..
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Yes it is true I read it but how do I get the file Pit ..? , thank you very much
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Yes it is true I read it but how do I get the file Pit ..? , thank you very much
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now..comes the part that is not simple..there non online..you must get it from your phone..the best is a rooted phone..there are some tutorials and tools online..simple google search it..I tried but was tired with my non rooted phone..
BTW..what you can try is to extract the firmware and make your own with only system and kernel firmware..look in the general thread for new Vodafone firmware..I will try that also...it should bring a few updates..
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you need to have a pit file that matches you device..or you need to have the firmware file your phone comes with..
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Alex-V said:
now..comes the part that is not simple..there non online..you must get it from your phone..the best is a rooted phone..there are some tutorials and tools online..simple google search it..I tried but was tired with my non rooted phone..
BTW..what you can try is to extract the firmware and make your own with only system and kernel firmware..look in the general thread for new Vodafone firmware..I will try that also...it should bring a few updates..
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Sorry I do not know how to extract a file from the firmware, I will try, don't leave me I need your help, thank you very much Alex-v
Abdulaziz7888 said:
Sorry I do not know how to extract a file from the firmware, I will try, don't leave me I need your help, thank you very much Alex-v
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I got the same issue many times with some regional FWs on my old GS5, just follow these steps and you should be ok, i guess it's a mismatched "hidden" partition size, you don't need anyway, i contains only some bloats most of the times.
- Extrat the FW with any archiving tool (i recommend 7zip).
- Remove "Hidden.img"
- Repack all other files as "tar" archive with 7zip, OR linux command line "tar -cvf G925I_AOD1.tar sboot.bin cm.bin recovery.img boot.img cache.img modem.bin system.img"
- Flash it through Odin
wanam said:
I got the same issue many times with some regional FWs on my old GS5, just follow these steps and you should be ok, i guess it's a mismatched "hidden" partition size, you don't need anyway, i contains only some bloats most of the times.
- Extrat the FW with any archiving tool (i recommend 7zip).
- Remove "Hidden.img"
- Repack all other files as "tar" archive with 7zip, OR linux command line "tar -cvf G925I_AOD1.tar sboot.bin cm.bin recovery.img boot.img cache.img modem.bin system.img"
- Flash it through Odin
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Thank you my friend, but how do I package the files using ZIP7. I tried a lot to transfer tar and gzip but ODIN does not recognize the file, please I need an explanation for this, I spent 3 hours trying. Please wanam
wanam said:
I got the same issue many times with some regional FWs on my old GS5, just follow these steps and you should be ok, i guess it's a mismatched "hidden" partition size, you don't need anyway, i contains only some bloats most of the times.
- Extrat the FW with any archiving tool (i recommend 7zip).
- Remove "Hidden.img"
- Repack all other files as "tar" archive with 7zip, OR linux command line "tar -cvf G925I_AOD1.tar sboot.bin cm.bin recovery.img boot.img cache.img modem.bin system.img"
- Flash it through Odin
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Thank you so much, I hope to return to the last reply to you there, know that you are available here more, await you there.
Try this Rom, unpack and flash it through Odin.
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Try this Rom, unpack and flash it through Odin.
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You are a great person, thank you so much . :laugh::laugh::laugh:
Help!!! Sw rev. Check fail. Device= 2. Binary=1.// efs corrupted s6 edge 64gb
hi I have a s6 edge 64gb from south Africa and I have rooted it. After a while I felt the phone was lagging and decided to unroot and flash stock firmware I did so and then my efs got corrupted now im stuck. after doing a bit of research I decided to flash a official rom from another country and its stuck on the samsung s6 edge powered by android screen....... please help
hy all. i need the steps and tools to extract modem.bin from the image tar for galaxy alpha.
what does the modem.bin if i install in odin? is this change my csc or m i stpid and confused, scrambling things here?
first, i need to change my csc, trough flashing via odin does not change.
and 2, i need to know what modem.bin does if i flash it trough odin separately....and how to do it?
...i think i need to go to some android proffesional school cuz every day i learn something new...and that's cool
Hi kepiro,
you can extract modem.bin from the firmware image with 7zip or WinRAR, ignore the error message and extract the file. For changing your CSC you can have a look here.
Flashing modem.bin is possible with odin.
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Hi kepiro,
you can extract modem.bin from the firmware image with 7zip or WinRAR, ignore the error message and extract the file. For changing your CSC you can have a look here.
Flashing modem.bin is possible with odin.
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i know i can extract modem.bin but how?....the exact steps, i mean where is located modem.bin in a specific .tar image?
and after that, do i need to compress the modem.bin into something else? to flash it with odin or what?
thx
kepiro said:
i know i can extract modem.bin but how?....the exact steps, i mean where is located modem.bin in a specific .tar image?
and after that, do i need to compress the modem.bin into something else? to flash it with odin or what?
thx
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The modem.bin is located in the root of the compressed tar, here's a picture of the opened archive: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-alpha/help/lolipop-modem-t3185495.
You can take the modem.bin file untouched to flash via odin.
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The modem.bin is located in the root of the compressed tar, here's a picture of the opened archive: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-alpha/help/lolipop-modem-t3185495.
You can take the modem.bin file untouched to flash via odin.
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k. thanks alot. found it already ....opened the image and is there.
thanks again. problem solved
How do I know which modem should be flashed??
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Hi can i extract my firmware with winrar, cos all the videos i watched they just extracted it and it became a normal file but my extracted file has the winrar logo on it. So i just wanted to ask if its ok cos it has the HOME. Tar on it.
I have a German S6 Galaxy Edge G925F. I rooted it early on with Kingroot, which (I gather) blocked me from receiving OTA updates from my provider. So I was stuck at 5.0.2. I've flashed custom ROMs on all my previous android devices, so this morning I thought I'd try flashing XtreStoLite as a way of getting to 5.1.1, and a nicer 5.1.1 at that! I used the directions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...-xtrestolite-pure-edition-1-0-beta-1-t3082467 . I made a stupid mistake though, and started the update before reading ALL the instructions ALL the way through.
Now I can get into Download mode, but otherwise I'm stuck at the initial "samsung galaxy s6 edge powered by android" boot screen, with red text at the top:
Code:
KERNEL IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
SYSTEM REV. CHECK FAIL. DEVICE: 2, BINARY: 1
I'm on a Mac, and since JOdin can't seem to read PIT files anymore I'm using pure heimdall command line. So here's what I did:
1) Downloaded G925F-XXU2BOGG-BOOTLOADER.tar from the above thread, and flashed the contained 5.1.1 cm.bin and sboot.bin. (
Code:
heimdall flash --no-reboot --80 sboot.bin --90 cm.bin
)
2) Immediately found myself unable to boot. Worried I had already ****ed up, I did not flash the modem (since that's the part that REALLY can't go back AFAIK)
3) Flashed TWRP linked from http://zidroid.com/how-to-install-twrp-root-galaxy-s6-edge-on-android-5-1-1/ . (
Code:
heimdall flash --no-reboot --6 recovery.img
).
Still couldn't boot into recovery.
4) Flashed a 5.1.1 kernel to see if that would help me boot: S6_UniKernel_v8-0002-ODIN from http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...d-development/kernel-stockmod-kernel-t3100395 .
Now I'm stuck. I can't get into recovery mode to flash the actual rom, and my 5.0.2 OS doesn't match my 5.1.1 bootloader or kernel. If I could flash a 5.1.1 OS from heimdall that would be my next step, but I can't find one to use, and I'm not sure which partition(s) it would go to anyway.
On the download mode screen I see
Code:
ODIN MODE
PRODUCT NAME: SM-G925F
CURRENT BINARY: Custom
SYSTEM STATUS: Custom
REACTIVATION LOCK: OFF
Secure Download: Enabled
KNOX WARRANTY VOID: 1 (0x0304)
AP SWREV: B: 2 K:2 S:2
Please help! How I can get to recovery mode from here?
I dusted off an old Windows machine and fired it up, just to use ODIN. Found a vanilla 5.1.1 ROM for ODIN, and installed it from there... and it worked perfectly!
I don't understand why so many ROMs exist for odin, but no one packages for Heimdall. Heimdall seems much more reliable, and it's cross platform! Plus, we actually know what it's doing... /rant
Anyway, for whatever unlucky soul finds this... Flashing 5.1.1 via ODIN involved overwriting boot.img, cache.img, recovery.img, system.img, and modem.bin . Of course that's just one step for ODIN, you get a single .tar.md5 file, press the "AP" button to load it in, and it flashes those files to the right partitions in sequence.
So unless you have all of those files, I guess you can't do an update with Heimdall. You actually NEED a windows device.
ohthehugemanatee said:
I dusted off an old Windows machine and fired it up, just to use ODIN. Found a vanilla 5.1.1 ROM for ODIN, and installed it from there... and it worked perfectly!
I don't understand why so many ROMs exist for odin, but no one packages for Heimdall. Heimdall seems much more reliable, and it's cross platform! Plus, we actually know what it's doing... /rant
Anyway, for whatever unlucky soul finds this... Flashing 5.1.1 via ODIN involved overwriting boot.img, cache.img, recovery.img, system.img, and modem.bin . Of course that's just one step for ODIN, you get a single .tar.md5 file, press the "AP" button to load it in, and it flashes those files to the right partitions in sequence.
So unless you have all of those files, I guess you can't do an update with Heimdall. You actually NEED a windows device.
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hi there i did the same thing as the op and my situation is identical but i am using windows so could you please help me because i am stuck now.
Just flash a custom recovery, boot into recovery, wipe everything then flash the custom rom. Pretty simple stuff no rocket science involved