Hello forum-comers,
I want to update my cell's firmware using Kies, but neither this nor FOTA are possible. I've trying using Kies to download a firmware file (to %username%\appdata\local\temp\Binary\GT-I9000 folder), and got a "download complete" notice. The file is supposed to be a *.tar archive containing other *.tar archives that are flashable with Odin, but it has no extension (just a name) and I can't open it. I've tried adding a *.tar or a *.zip extension but it didn't seem to help.
Does anyone know how to open or use that file?
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Okay, it turns out that the file is encrypted somehow, and there's a program that can open it (as well as check and download firmware without the Kies suite) - it's called Check Fus, and you can read about it on this thread from a couple of years ago, or head to the dev's website. The decrypted file is a zip containing both a firmware *.tar file that can be flashed using Odin, as well as a *.dll the purpose of which I don't know.
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Hi, I'm trying to use Odin 1.3 to flash JF7, and the SRE mod. I was running JF6 with the SRE mod. So far, I've used Odin one-click to wipe (with phone booted), reformatted internal sd (after reboot), and one-click restored to factory JF6 (from download mode). Now, my phone is booted, and not connected to USB. I have "Odin3. [Android + SLP]" open, and extracted the I897UCJH7.rar file, and also extracted the resulting I897UCJF7_homebinary.rar file.
Here's my question--how the hell do I use Odin 3?!? I've read that it can be picky, and I would rather just do it right the first time I've read all this stuff about .tar and .pit files, but cant seem to find them from any of the rars i've extracted. Odin3 is able to find I897UCJ7_homebinary.rar when opening a file in the "PDA" option of the program. When opening a file from the "Phone" option of the program, I'm able to open the aforementioned rar, and also the modem.bin file in the folder extracted from I897UCJ7_homebinary.rar.
So, do I open the file from the PDA option, or the PHONE option? Also, what's the deal with these pit and tar files? Do I need to load either to flash JF7?
I just can't seem to find a comprehensive overview of the program anywhere....
Thanks a lot!
Edit--turns out I897UCJF7_homebinary is actually a .tar file. The rest of questions still stand
Edit--It also seems that the I897UCJF7_homebinary.tar might just have to be loaded into the PDA sections of the app. Not sure about this yet.
Edit--I think the answer might be here, post #194: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780887
j1mb34m said:
Hi, I'm trying to use Odin 1.3 to flash JF7, and the SRE mod. I was running JF6 with the SRE mod. So far, I've used Odin one-click to wipe (with phone booted), reformatted internal sd (after reboot), and one-click restored to factory JF6 (from download mode). Now, my phone is booted, and not connected to USB. I have "Odin3. [Android + SLP]" open, and extracted the I897UCJH7.rar file, and also extracted the resulting I897UCJF7_homebinary.rar file.
Here's my question--how the hell do I use Odin 3?!? I've read that it can be picky, and I would rather just do it right the first time I've read all this stuff about .tar and .pit files, but cant seem to find them from any of the rars i've extracted. Odin3 is able to find I897UCJ7_homebinary.rar when opening a file in the "PDA" option of the program. When opening a file from the "Phone" option of the program, I'm able to open the aforementioned rar, and also the modem.bin file in the folder extracted from I897UCJ7_homebinary.rar.
So, do I open the file from the PDA option, or the PHONE option? Also, what's the deal with these pit and tar files? Do I need to load either to flash JF7?
I just can't seem to find a comprehensive overview of the program anywhere....
Thanks a lot!
Edit--turns out I897UCJF7_homebinary is actually a .tar file. The rest of questions still stand
Edit--It also seems that the I897UCJF7_homebinary.tar might just have to be loaded into the PDA sections of the app. Not sure about this yet.
Edit--I think the answer might be here, post #194: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780887
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Yeah, that is pretty much all you need to do. Make sure you are using the full odin program and not the one click.
Hello everyone,
I have a ZIP file downloaded using Kies and saved with Kies Patcher.
How can I create a ODIN package?
Link: Hotfile - JP5_JP4_JPP_TIM.zip
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@OP, Extract the contents using a unzipper like winrar or 7zip. tell me the contents.
Also tell me where you downloaded it from.
Curious aswel!!!
ragin said:
@OP, Extract the contents using a unzipper like winrar or 7zip. tell me the contents.
Also tell me where you downloaded it from.
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Here's the content. I downloaded it from Kies. It's the official package of Froyo for italian branded TIM smartphones
Thank you!
Did you find a tar file in the zip? Use that
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
Its the file allready ready for Odin?? just put the file in PDA section and flash. Ihave seen many files that is just .zip files and u dont exract the .zip file because its ready for ODIN for flash
if you take a look at this official thread and the roms all of them I downloaded are just .zip file and ready to flash....please correct if im wrong.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846913
The extracted files from zip u can use to flash in a iMac/macbook and heimdall app.
I downloaded a zip file from sammobile.com's OTA files section. The ZIP contains the following files:
debug_info ==> 1kb (size)
delta.hidden ==> 856kb
delta.modem ==> 1kb
delta.platform ==> 84455 kb
delta.Sbl ==> 1280kb
delta.ua ==> 241 kb
delta.zImage ==> 4936kb
the ZIP file won't install using Mobile Odin, Odin, and CWM. In mobile Odin, it says that the file is not an OTA / Update ZIP file, and merely extracted the contents.
the filename of the downloaded file is GT-N7000_SMA_93970111.zip.
any idea how i can install the OTA file?
I have tried searching this forum and google, but to no avail. it appears that nobody knows how to use the ZIP file.
Any leads would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks in advance for your help.
What was your purpose in downloading this OTA file anyway? A firmware zip file either contains a single file with "tar.md5" as the extension or 3 files for CSC, Modem/phone and PDA file all of which are recognized automatically by mobile odin or can be loaded on PC odin. I don't think sammobile has files for CWM. No idea about the several files that are contained on the one you downloaded. From the size of the files alone we can conclude that this is NOT firmware as normal size is 600-900 MB.
What I understand from the word OTA is Over The Air and as such can only be used either within the device itself to update or thru kies.
Good luck!
I think it is a very specific scenario to use ota.
The ota file probably need you to have previous released versions of csc installed.
Dont know much about mobile odin.
I think ota is a new feature in mobile odin. Best to check cf mobile odin thread.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
when Mobile Odin extracts the zip file you'll get a.md5 file. After the extraction just select this md5 file in Mobile Odin and you're good to go
According to the OP there is no md5 file contained on the zip file.
As per sammobile:
OTA files
This section is specially for the die-hard Samsung owner.
The person who love to tweak with their device fully on their own RISK!
If you dont know what to do with these files, you probably shouldn't touch them.
Let those who knows do it insead.
Not all OTA updates are officially released to public! Samsung may use OTA firmwares as tests first.
SamMobile will not help you with all kind of OTA updates.
Using OTA updates is fully at your own risk.
Feel free to use our forums for any kind of question regading update with the OTA files.
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AFAIK OTA updates are firmware specific.You must be on certain firmwares to flash the OTA.For exampleTA update yyy may need you to be on xxx firmware for it to work.But sadly I dont know how to flash it....
Could it be that you have to be totally stock unrooted to be able to flash it via stock recovery (3e)? If that's the case the OTA .zip must be stored in external sd. I don't think need to rename it to update.zip, because we can still flash any .zip with the right signature on 3e. Thinking of trying on my Note but it has been 'out of flashed' for close to a month!
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Could it be that you have to be totally stock unrooted to be able to flash it via stock recovery (3e)? If that's the case the OTA .zip must be stored in external sd. I don't think need to rename it to update.zip, because we can still flash any .zip with the right signature on 3e. Thinking of trying on my Note but it has been 'out of flashed' for close to a month!
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So we just need to sign the file - any idea?
chikess said:
So we just need to sign the file - any idea?
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No, it's not necessary (and it's not what I meant about the whole thing).
kopitalk said:
No, it's not necessary (and it's not what I meant about the whole thing).
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then tell us what do you want to do? the 3e recovery wont take the file even if it is renamed or not... I've got totally unrooted and on stock.
Hello, I think this would be the right subforum to post this thread but if it ain't feel free to move it where it belongs.
I'm helping out a friend which has an S5570I. His phone used to work but all of a sudden it didn't so he downloaded Odin and started to do god knows what with it following a YouTube video until it failed. End result: the phone seems to be soft-bricked.
In essence if started normally it would stay put in the Samsung logo, recovery can be accessed and the download mode apparently too. It was too bad this morning when I didn't see a procedure detailed here to (try to) restore the phone, so I'll try that when I have the chance.
Before knowing that it was bricked I was downloading the stuff necessary for a reflash, the questions I have are related to the firmware for the device.
I looked for the right firmware for it: matching model number and latest version matching current customization (just in case) which happens to be Movistar (Spain). I downloaded an archive with the firmware. Then I downloaded the latest version I could find of Odin (4.43 although I have 4.38 and 4.42 around here as well) and an OPS file for the model (named TASS_v1.0.ops).
So doing a dry-test here (without the actual phone) I did the following:
- Opened Odin (4.38 and later 4.43).
- Selected the OPS file.
- Checked the "One Package" option.
- Selected the tar.md5 file in the proper section.
And that's where Odin crashed, so at first I though "OK... bad firmware image?". I went on and downloaded a different one, customized for Spain as well but without any operator branding specifics; only to arrive at the same result. So the thing should be the image unless that other one was corrupted as well...
I started researching about that "tar.md5" format and it seems it should be a tar file (in ustar format) with the results of an md5sum execution appended to it.
Examining any of the firmware files I have through an hex editor I saw the output of the md5sum program in the end, which was expected, but then what should be a tar archive didn't seem to be (or I don't recognize its format). There is no magic number at 0x101, and the "file" utility in Linux recognizes the files as data instead or tar archives.
I'd like to know if anyone knows something about this, if there's anything wrong with the firmware or if those files were created in different way. I'd like to convert them to the appropriate format to use with Odin once/if the phone is debricked.
Thanks everyone for the time dedicated to at least read all this .
PS. I uploaded the files I have here to a hosting place so that you may download them if you wish to help out, here are the links (add https:// before the link because I don't seem to be allowed to post links just jet):
(S5570IBGMB2_S5570IXECMB1_XEC in SamMobile)
Link: copy.com/poYZ64CZLLvU
(S5570IXXMC1_S5570IOXXLK3_PHE in SamMobile)
Link: copy.com/onfqEYD3rQlw
PPS. By the way, how should I detect the phone when connected in download mode in the device manager? I'm unsure of what to look for there.
Many users wanted to flash their own CSC on custom ROM. Here is small guide how to get original CSC from base and add to custom ROM.
1.Download your desired ROM from SamMobile (OR use if you have any base already with you from same region)
2.Extract zip to get tar.md5 - again extract it to get cache.img.
3.Get Img Extractor from here Extract exe file on a new folder. copy extracted Cache.img in this folder as well.
4.Drag and drop cache.img you have extracted from base on ImgExtractor.exe
5.You will see newly created folder cache.img_ along with exe
6.Open cache.img_ - recovery - sec_csc folder, you will see system folder. - Drag and drop that system folder on you desktop.
7.Now download csc_changer_new.zip template from here and drag and drop system folder on root of zip. (so after this when you open zip you should see three folders data, META-INF and system)
8.Flash that zip immediately after flashing ROM.
Update : Updated script so it will auto backup all ROM CSC features and auto restore after changing CSC
Repo
Here is sample ready made pack. (you can submit if you make for your region)
1.India CSC for N910G - Download and flash zip immediately after flashing ROM.
2.DBT CSC - Download and flash zip immediately after flashing ROM
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Updated script so user have not to manually copy ROM CSC features.
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thx doc.
Your download link drops csc_N910G_India.zip.exe which is malware, WTF?
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...5be0c844a946a25ff87a1aa5/analysis/1434632411/
2.Extract zip to get tar.md5 - again extract it to get cache.img.
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Using 7zip on Windows I get a cache.img.ext4 file which does not create the expected files when dropped onto ImgExtractor.exe.
May I get a clue?
catseyenu said:
Using 7zip on Windows I get a cache.img.ext4 file which does not create the expected files when dropped onto ImgExtractor.exe.
May I get a clue?
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Don't drop cache.img direct from zip. First drag to desktop then drop on exe
Sent from my SM-N910G using xda premium
dr.ketan said:
Don't drop cache.img direct from zip. First drag to desktop then drop on exe
Sent from my SM-N910G using xda premium
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Thank you for your reply...
I put both files on my desktop and then dropped the file onto the .exe.
It seemed to do something but still no folder.
Log saying folder created. Look again folder somewhere on desktop. Better you make new folder and put exe inside it then drop cache.img so it's can easily located inside that new folder
Sent from my SM-N910G using xda premium
dr.ketan said:
Better you make new folder and put exe inside it then drop cache.img so it's can easily located inside that new folder
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Tried it in a new Temp folder on my desktop, it is still not working for me.
catseyenu said:
Tried it in a new Temp folder on my desktop, it is still not working for me.
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The link where you downloaded image extractor has a guide for how to extract.
Got it, thanks!
dr.ketan said:
Here is sample ready made pack. (you can submit if you make for your region)
LINK REMOVED - Download and flash zip immediately after flashing ROM.
Your download link drops csc_N910G_India.zip.exe which is malware, WTF?
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...5be0c844a946a25ff87a1aa5/analysis/1434632411/
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Okey dokey, I think I'll settle this once and for all.
@catseyenu was using the wrong download link. As you can see from going to the download page there are 2 download buttons, the first which says "Download" is a fake download link and will redirect you to another site and try to get you to download some sort of software in .exe form.
The correct link is the one that says "Download Now" which I have verified this and was able to download it without any problems.
With Dev-Host it is a case of knowing which download link to press. On a side note, our (XDA's) partnership with Dev-Host has ended due to them not wanting to control the ads that they have and often redirecting users to other sites and trying to get them to download possibly malicious software. Due to this I would encourage the OP to use other file hosts such as AndroidFileHost for example.
Thank you Jonny for clarifying the status of the malicious host.
Jonny said:
Due to this I would encourage the OP to use other file hosts such as AndroidFileHost for example.
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Actually for small Download I also prefer mega which is now a days offers highest Download speed and most users prefer it. Initially I have posted link was mega. But I need to update it and particularly this file targeted for Indian users, and many provider in India have blocked mega so this time I made dev host upload.
For rom I prefer dev /pCloud and Media fire bcoz all three gives Web upload (remote uoload) option so I can provide three mirrors by uploading at one place.
Again thank you very much for being with us always.
Regards
Sent from my SM-N910G using xda premium
One question: Can i loss some tweaks or features of the custom ROM flashing my original CSC files?
dr.ketan said:
Many users wanted to flash their own CSC on custom ROM. Here is small guide how to get original CSC from base and add to custom ROM.
1.Download your desired ROM from SamMobile (OR use if you have any base already with you from same region)
2.Extract zip to get tar.md5 - again extract it to get cache.img.
3.Get Img Extractor from here Extract exe file on a new folder.
4.Drag and drop cache.img you have extracted from base on ImgExtractor.exe
5.You will see newly created folder cache.img_ along with exe
6.Open cache.img_ - recovery - sec_csc folder, you will see system folder. - Drag and drop that system folder on you desktop.
7.Now download csc_changer_new.zip template from here and drag and drop system folder on root of zip. (so after this when you open zip you should see three folders data, META-INF and system)
8.Flash that zip immediately after flashing ROM.
Update : Updated script so it will auto backup all ROM CSC features and auto restore after changing CSC
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Sir, this method can be used for completely stock rom?
German CSC for N910F
Hey Guys,
if anybody is looking for the german csc you can download it from here: http://workupload.com/file/Km2FjCof
I made it according to dr. ketans explanation. Just one thing when I go into phone info / CSC-Code it states:
Original CSC.-Code: INU
Firmware CSC-Code: DBT
Active CSC Code: INU/ DBT
Available CSC.-Codes: BTU, CPW, DBT, ITV, KOR, XEF, XEO
CSC Country: Germany/DE
Do I need to use the csc changer apk and therefore wipe everything? Or am I good even though active CSC is Indian and German??
I am on Nameless Rom 4.2 and the reason for me doing this was because of the message I receive on every boot up stating: Texting just got better.... Where you need to give your mobile number (you can also just click 2 times on no but thats not an option for me) But even after I flashed my CSC zip it still shows up.
@dr. Ketan do you have a solution or did i do something wrong? I did it step by step. Hope to receive an answer.
Probably that is issue of rom and not csc.
Indian csc causing send a text message to Indian number that should be fixed (on latest nameless I think prefixed) by changing csc
Sent from my SM-N920I using xda premium
I solved with the csc changer app, i switched to dbt and had to wipe everything. Restored my apps and date with titanium backup, now i am running with german csc on nameless rom 4.2
And the texting got better pop up disappeared
CSC Note 5
I tried this on my new note 5. I flashed a TMOBILE rom and that totally screws with csc and features. This does work in the sense that it brings back my multi csc for my Canadian note. However where I get the problems is similar to the gentleman above. It only partially applies the csc that I need. When I flash the zip. It attributes a generic out of the US csc XAC. When i try something like Phone info Samsung to change it to RWC. It only changes where its says active csc and it still shows XAC as also active. ANd firmware csc and original csc still show as XAC. Why when i flash the stock rom does it default to RWC eventhough the csc files are the same, but with a custom rom XAC?