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I would like to upgrade my stock firmware to KL4 using Odin and am unsure if I need a Pit file or will the tar file be all that I need. Also, do I need to select "Re-Partition" in Odin?
Thanks for any help
you dont need the pit file, you just need the tar file or the files containe within the tar file
Richy99 said:
you dont need the pit file, you just need the tar file or the files containe within the tar file
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Thanks for your reply. Do I need to select re-partition?
Gaugerer said:
I would like to upgrade my stock firmware to KL4 using Odin and am unsure if I need a Pit file or will the tar file be all that I need. Also, do I need to select "Re-Partition" in Odin?
Thanks for any help
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If you have 3 files after extracting (CODE,MODEM,CSC) then attach these three files as PDA=CODE , PHONE=MODEM, CSC=CSC, if you have one file the attach it in PDA,
Then UnCheck Re-partition,
no need to select Pit file,
Put your phone in download mode,
Attach phone to PC
Once your PC detects your Phone Click Start
After Flashing Device restarts twice. Done..
ranjan.alva said:
If you have 3 files after extracting (CODE,MODEM,CSC) then attach these three files as PDA=CODE , PHONE=MODEM, CSC=CSC, if you have one file the attach it in PDA,
Then UnCheck Re-partition,
no need to select Pit file,
Put your phone in download mode,
Attach phone to PC
Once your PC detects your Phone Click Start
After Flashing Device restarts twice. Done..
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Thanks very much for your very helpful reply.
Remember using PC Odin to update, you are closing way to Root your device, If you want to Root it, just Root before it. See installation guide on my signature for further detail
dr.ketan said:
Remember using PC Odin to update, you are closing way to Root your device, If you want to Root it, just Root before it. See installation guide on my signature for further detail
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Thanks for your advice and the guides which are very helpful. I've downloaded the German stock ROM (LA4) from your list but I've been unable to extract the tar file using Winzip, so I'm stuck at the moment. Any further help from anyone how to extract the files would be appreciated.
Gaugerer said:
Thanks for your advice and the guides which are very helpful. I've downloaded the German stock ROM (LA4) from your list but I've been unable to extract the tar file using Winzip, so I'm stuck at the moment. Any further help from anyone how to extract the files would be appreciated.
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Dont use winzip to extract . Use 7z Extractor. its free.
Link to 7z
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
ranjan.alva said:
Dont use winzip to extract . Use 7z Extractor. its free.
Link to 7z
http://www.7-zip.org/download.html
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Thanks once again for your help. I didn't know that Winzip did not work and that I needed 7z which I have downloaded and extracted the tar file.
I had a problem with Odin. Could not get it to flash la4 no matter what I tried.
So I bought mobile odin , put the relevant file on my phone and I was upgraded in under ten min Awesome app, sometimes its worth payin some money to get the job done
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA App
Appreciate any help on the 2 questions below:
Rooted using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1462309. Followed the steps to the letter. As a total noob, I found this easiest to follow.
1. I now have no CMW (only Samsung Recovery when I reflash), I did not have flash CMW as an option in Mobile Odin Pro when I upgraded to LA4, but though it was OK.
2. The samsung keyboard letters come up as "null" when I type. I have tried to reflash the Cache as Dr. Ketan suggested, but have no CSC file. Reflashing all of the md5 does not repair the keyboard.
Many thanks for any input.
Download This
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=867766&d=1327254155
Extract it
Now execute, i m already rooted
connect your device to PC (usb debugging shud be on, unknown source shud ON, close kies/firewall/antivirus if running)
click any key after connecting device
in few second it shud be done
Now you shud have CWM.
flash cache with CWM
Hope everything shud be fine after that.
I have a sample problem. I followed instruction using Mobie Odin Pro to flash LA4. I got null null error. Your instruction said that go to Cache and select CSC and reflash. LA4 file was only single file. I am not sure what to pick.
Also, I followed an instruction here.
As soon as I hit Enter, I had a message saying that "The system can not find specified path."
You said that Put zImage file into zImage FOLDER. Do I have to create this folder? Then where?
Sorry for silly questions.
Thank you.
If you getting null keyboard error, flash la4 with mobile odin. Restore only system and cache. First open mobile odin, select la4 file, select ok, select modem and select clear. Now flash the firmware.
Boy124 said:
If you getting null keyboard error, flash la4 with mobile odin. Restore only system and cache. First open mobile odin, select la4 file, select ok, select modem and select clear. Now flash the firmware.
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I tried as you suggested. Basically, only clearing Modem. I am still getting null error for the keyboard. I must be doing something wrong.
Dont clear hidden. Clear 'only' modem. It worked for me.
Extract single file one level deep, get cache.img n put to SD card
select 'cache' from mobile odin, point to above said file n Flash
Boy124 said:
Dont clear hidden. Clear 'only' modem. It worked for me.
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Correct. That's what I did but still no luck. I will start over again.
dr.ketan said:
Extract single file one level deep, get cache.img n put to SD card
select 'cache' from mobile odin, point to above said file n Flash
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Whenever I had null keyboard error some files in system folder were missing. There was only build.prop file. Not csc and other two.
dr.ketan said:
Extract single file one level deep, get cache.img n put to SD card
select 'cache' from mobile odin, point to above said file n Flash
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dr.ketan.
Where do I get cache.img file? or which file should I extract from? Thank you.
dr.ketan said:
Extract single file one level deep, get cache.img n put to SD card
select 'cache' from mobile odin, point to above said file n Flash
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I am having the same problem. Flashed to LA4 with root+CWM, but I have null keyboard. I have flashed cache.img but it did not help. What can we do?
skim175 said:
dr.ketan.
Where do I get cache.img file? or which file should I extract from? Thank you.
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Get it by extracting ROM file(1 level deep).
Alternatively use multi CSC file to flash, attached here.
Atrix_E said:
I am having the same problem. Flashed to LA4 with root+CWM, but I have null keyboard. I have flashed cache.img but it did not help. What can we do?
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read this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1486508, your problem sorted out
dr.ketan said:
Download This
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=867766&d=1327254155
Extract it
Now execute, i m already rooted
connect your device to PC (usb debugging shud be on, unknown source shud ON, close kies/firewall/antivirus if running)
click any key after connecting device
in few second it shud be done
Now you shud have CWM.
flash cache with CWM
Hope everything shud be fine after that.
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where do i find cache,same keyboard null issue after rooting by your guide.(Thanks).i am using swype now.
[email protected] said:
where do i find cache,same keyboard null issue after rooting by your guide.(Thanks).i am using swype now.
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Use same rom file
Select phone in place of pda on pc odin
Dont select repartition
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium
Hi i have this message on smartphone
an pop up with
PDA : I8190XXAMA2
phone : XXXX
CSC :I8190QUXAMA1
H/W : not active
RF cal Date : NONE
SMD :
CAMERA :N/A,FrontCAM :N/A
TSP :0X11
TSK :0X19
Band : Unknown,CH :N/A
UART :N/A,USB :N/A
UN : nuber and lettre
can any one help to restore it thank you
spawk said:
Hi i have this message on smartphone
an pop up with
PDA : I8190XXAMA2
phone : XXXX
CSC :I8190QUXAMA1
H/W : not active
RF cal Date : NONE
SMD :
CAMERA :N/A,FrontCAM :N/A
TSP :0X11
TSK :0X19
Band : Unknown,CH :N/A
UART :N/A,USB :N/A
UN : nuber and lettre
can any one help to restore it thank you
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Flash original stock
Sent from my GT-I8190 using xda app-developers app
from the pm you sent me...
package_extract_file("boot.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p20");
package_extract_file("recovery.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p21");
package_extract_file("cache.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p11");
package_extract_file("STE_boot1.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p24");
package_extract_file("STE_boot2.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p24");
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Did you just flash an update .zip that included the boot.img and the recovery.img?!
Im pretty sure that you should not do that!
Why are the the 2 Ste_boot. imgs being flashed to the same location? or there in the first place?
From the info you posted above it seems like the Partitions are pretty much messed up.
If you cant get into download mode then there is no way you can fix it.
I ended up having a brick from a CWM touch recovery (not yours) I couldn't fix and I ended up flashing stock everything and rerooting.
Sent from Spaceball One.
I can reboot into download mode and i can flash rom stock or other I have lost internal disque ( is shown but with no exacte size I have -100000000 in size for the internal storage if i can flash with an full erras this can fix ?
spawk said:
I can reboot into download mode and i can flash rom stock or other I have lost internal disque ( is shown but with no exacte size I have -100000000 in size for the internal storage if i can flash with an full erras this can fix ?
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Dam! You ****eup the internal memory !flash official rom with the pit file to re partition the device.
faria said:
Dam! You ****eup the internal memory !flash official rom with the pit file to re partition the device.
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I have find this tool Samsung_Format_Utility_V1.4 now i try it and see if any one have solution pleas give it
in another web site talk about flashe with 3 files ( csc , phone , pda ) and talk about working after performe this but all firmware are on ONE files how I get Official firmware with this 3 files ?
spawk said:
I have find this tool Samsung_Format_Utility_V1.4 now i try it and see if any one have solution pleas give it
in another web site talk about flashe with 3 files ( csc , phone , pda ) and talk about working after performe this but all firmware are on ONE files how I get Official firmware with this 3 files ?
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Do not format your device with any tools if you don't know what they do.
The device has a single flash chip, repartitioned into several Partitions, if you attempt to format you will format the partition table, then the device will require a new motherboard.
Those 3 files are separate partitions instead of one tar, quite common in other devices.
I would try to repackge the original images into separated tars,something like this....
boot.img as boot.tar
modem bin as phone.tar
cache.image as csc.tar
system.img and all remaning .img files, as pda.tar
then flash the all together via odin with repartition.
faria said:
Do not format your device with any tools if you don't know what they do.
The device has a single flash chip, repartitioned into several Partitions, if you attempt to format you will format the partition table, then the device will require a new motherboard.
Those 3 files are separate partitions instead of one tar, quite common in other devices.
I would try to repackge the original images into separated tars,something like this....
boot.img as boot.tar
modem bin as phone.tar
cache.image as csc.tar
system.img and all renaming .img as pda tar
then flash the all together via odin with repartition.
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Ok I wait for your files here i have no formated device
i attached photo for more info if this help
spawk said:
Ok I wait for your files here i have no formated device
i attached photo for more info if this help
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I never said i would build the files!
i got no time at the moment.
your efs folder has been erased,got a backup?
faria said:
I never said i would build the files!
i got no time at the moment.
your efs folder has been erased,got a backup?
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I had a backup but I don't find him I scanned the whole pc but I had not
yet put in a corner apart I believe that is was simply removed by mistake
spawk said:
I had a backup but I don't find him I scanned the whole pc but I had not
yet put in a corner apart I believe that is was simply removed by mistake
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just as it is for me too I'm already all the time to try to get back down
what you are looking for, maybe I can help even further ......
pit file or firmware but not in 1 package separate package ( modem , system ...) ,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37174896&postcount=8 is explained here by faria
spawk said:
pit file or firmware but not in 1 package separate package ( modem , system ...) ,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37174896&postcount=8 is explained here by faria
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the other option is to flash all the separated images with Heimdall Suite.
for a sequence in which the rom with Heimdall Suite is geflash??
faria said:
the other option is to flash all the separated images with Heimdall Suite.
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i dont have linux and i dont know how use heimdall but if have tut complet step by step
spawk said:
i dont have linux and i dont know how use heimdall but if have tut complet step by step
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it can be used in windows, as for the sequence, i don't think it matters .
faria said:
it can be used in windows, as for the sequence, i don't think it matters .
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I have this message with haimdal
if any one can make this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37174896&postcount=8 is so great this can help some user in case like mine with softbricked phone Thank in advance if not i wait until faria have some time now in haimdall i have pop up message with xml not fund i have attached screen shoot and i dont know wher i find this xml also if any one can share PIT + phone + pda thanks in advance
spawk said:
if any one can make this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=37174896&postcount=8 is so great this can help some user in case like mine with softbricked phone Thank in advance if not i wait until faria have some time now in haimdall i have pop up message with xml not fund i have attached screen shoot and i dont know wher i find this xml also if any one can share PIT + phone + pda thanks in advance
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i will make tomorrow as soon once i have time, problem is my upload speeds are atrocious .like 6 hours to upload 500mb.
hi i new to this forum.sorry if my english is bad
i have some questions.first ill explain what i did and want to doo, and here i need help.
i have an galaxy s gt i9000 and i flashed it to the latest firmware XXJW4.than i rooted it.but now its not rooted.
i downlaode some app system remover, so i disabled/deleted some app taht i dont need or arent needed at'all.
than i googled how to open tar file, used magic iso and opend it.deleted few files from factoryfs.rfs.
now my questios.
1.is it safe to delet these file (dialer, voice search,now buddies, some test files and so on..)
2.can i still flash the firmware without these files and without no bugs to see.
3.im not an expert on this, i need someone to create a tar file using those files that i have on my pc
so i can flash my galaxy.
4.can i replace the kernel to an another one and if so which one can i use.
these files are in my folder now:
-boot.bin
-cache.rfs
-factoryfs.rfs <<< this is the one i oped and deleted files
-modem.bin
-param.lfs
-sbl.bin
-zImage.
thnx for help
Yes guys,
The question is obvious. Normally we flash 4-file Roms with pit file.
But, what would happen if I flash 1-fle Rom (namely XXLSZ) via PC Odin with a pit file and Re-Partition TICKED?
TIA
Being a senior member you should know better. You might be new here but rules are rules. REPORTED
Guys, Sorry for opening the Thread in wrong section. I was subscribed to Android Development Thread and forgot to switch to Q&A thread.
Aaaaah I am so sorry for disturbing people.
Though, I would appreciate if someone could answer my question.
ardicli2000 said:
Yes guys,
The question is obvious. Normally we flash 4-file Roms with pit file.
But, what would happen if I flash 1-fle Rom (namely XXLSZ) via PC Odin with a pit file and Re-Partition TICKED?
TIA
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If you select pit file (selecting pit itself will check repartition box) then it will make repartition, regardless of how many other files you have selected.
Basically when you flash single stock tar file, that already contains full package (system.img, kernel,modem, CSC )
while in case of leaked ROM it having separate files for Modem and CSC and you have to select along with PDA.
Even you select pit files without selecting other any files(for PDA/Modem/CSC), it will make repartition.
dr.ketan said:
If you select pit file (selecting pit itself will check repartition box) then it will make repartition, regardless of how many other files you have selected.
Basically when you flash single stock tar file, that already contains full package (system.img, kernel,modem, CSC )
while in case of leaked ROM it having separate files for Modem and CSC and you have to select along with PDA.
Even you select pit files without selecting other any files(for PDA/Modem/CSC), it will make repartition.
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Will it work at the end?
I mean, if I flash a Rom along with a pit file, it won't boot if is no boatloader in it, so to speak.
So, what is the situation for XXLSZ? Would it boot?
But you basically say that if 1-file contains every necessary sub-files, then there will be no problem.
Pit will make partition, and then files will be flashed.
Basically there is no meaning to use pit file if there is no messing with partition.
I mean, if I flash a Rom along with a pit file, it won't boot if is no boatloader in it, so to speak.
So, what is the situation for XXLSZ? Would it boot?
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Now regarding particular LSZ, as this file having bootloader, so using with pit it will boot
another situation
Your ROM file doesn't have bootloader and you are using pit
still it will boot unless you have used custom pit and that mess up with existing.
Phone only won't boot if you have used wrong pit
Pit file just define partition table, it won't format device, so if your existing partition table is same with one you are using in pit, it won't make any difference.
dr.ketan said:
Basically there is no meaning to use pit file if there is no messing with partition.
Now regarding particular LSZ, as this file having bootloader, so using with pit it will boot
another situation
Your ROM file doesn't have bootloader and you are using pit
still it will boot unless you have used custom pit and that mess up with existing.
Phone only won't boot if you have used wrong pit
Pit file just define partition table, it won't format device, so if your existing partition table is same with one you are using in pit, it won't make any difference.
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Hmm.. I did not know that. I knew that whatever happens, if I use pit file while flashing, it will format every partition, including /sdcard nad delete even photos, etc.
I did not know that nothing will happen if I use the pit file which has the same partition table.
Thanks again doctor.