Samsung released a 16GB variant of the SM-N9005 in Hong Kong. This device comes with a slightly different PIT than the 'international' version of the phone.
I am attaching the PIT files of both.
Many people have soft bricked their phones while tinkering with the 16GB version. And then, people who updated to the KitKat bootloader have no option but to use a custom ROM because an official ROM using that bootloader and the 16GB pit is not out yet.
When trying to flash official 'international' ROMs on the 16GB device, it gives a 'invalid ext4 image' error.
Through some trial and error, I have made this out to be due to the fact that the 16GB pit file has a different size defined for the 'system' partition.
I have been trying to make a PIT file that will account for the 16GB size of the N9005 and will let people flash 'international' ROMs to their devices and have spent many hours on this project of mine.
And well, for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to make the required PIT.
The differences between the 16GB pit and the 32GB pit are in 3 partitions- System, Cache, SGPT.
Also attaching a PIT file that I made but I didn't want to give it out to the community because I wasn't confident about it and didn't wanna risk being the reason for bricking people's phones.
In this PIT, I have changed the system and the cache partition sizes to match the 32GB pit, but the SGPT partition is untouched because it confuses me.
PIT files can be opened, viewed and edited by the software PIT Magic by lyriquidperfection.
I am asking for advice/help, if anybody has any to offer.
Also, I have read the guidelines about these forums and the strict warning. I hope that this is classified as development. If not, I apologize and would request a mod to move this thread to the appropriate forum.
FeralFire said:
Samsung released a 16GB variant of the SM-N9005 in Hong Kong. This device comes with a slightly different PIT than the 'international' version of the phone.
I am attaching the PIT files of both.
Many people have soft bricked their phones while tinkering with the 16GB version. And then, people who updated to the KitKat bootloader have no option but to use a custom ROM because an official ROM using that bootloader and the 16GB pit is not out yet.
When trying to flash official 'international' ROMs on the 16GB device, it gives a 'invalid ext4 image' error.
Through some trial and error, I have made this out to be due to the fact that the 16GB pit file has a different size defined for the 'system' partition.
I have been trying to make a PIT file that will account for the 16GB size of the N9005 and will let people flash 'international' ROMs to their devices and have spent many hours on this project of mine.
And well, for the life of me, I cannot figure out how to make the required PIT.
The differences between the 16GB pit and the 32GB pit are in 3 partitions- System, Cache, SGPT.
Also attaching a PIT file that I made but I didn't want to give it out to the community because I wasn't confident about it and didn't wanna risk being the reason for bricking people's phones.
In this PIT, I have changed the system and the cache partition sizes to match the 32GB pit, but the SGPT partition is untouched because it confuses me.
PIT files can be opened, viewed and edited by the software PIT Magic by lyriquidperfection.
I am asking for advice/help, if anybody has any to offer.
Also, I have read the guidelines about these forums and the strict warning. I hope that this is classified as development. If not, I apologize and would request a mod to move this thread to the appropriate forum.
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hi
i am a hk guy and luckly i did not buy the note3. but i wonder why the hk pit is different from european's, since i have no problem in using european roms at all. i have not read the pit files yet but i suggest you to repack the images from european roms and see if it work. if it fails, extract the images and tar them and untar the tar files in your phone, which should not be bound by the pit, if any
good luck
ykkfive said:
hi
i am a hk guy and luckly i did not buy the note3. but i wonder why the hk pit is different from european's, since i have no problem in using european roms at all. i have not read the pit files yet but i suggest you to repack the images from european roms and see if it work. if it fails, extract the images and tar them and untar the tar files in your phone, which should not be bound by the pit, if any
good luck
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I know for a fact that repackaged ROMs don't work.
Can you explain the other idea? I didn't really understand it.
What do you mean by 'untar files in the phone'?
Also, anybody with a 16GB phone brave enough to test things?
FeralFire said:
I know for a fact that repackaged ROMs don't work.
Can you explain the other idea? I didn't really understand it.
What do you mean by 'untar files in the phone'?
Also, anybody with a 16GB phone brave enough to test things?
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i mean, extracting the system.img, for instance, on a linux. then u can use tar command to create a tar file containing the whole system dir, just like a zip but without compression. finally push the tar file to your phone and then untar it to the /system in recovery. thats it
you don need to worry if u do it correctly, since i always use tar to upgrade my phone
ykkfive said:
i mean, extracting the system.img, for instance, on a linux. then u can use tar command to create a tar file containing the whole system dir, just like a zip but without compression. finally push the tar file to your phone and then untar it to the /system in recovery. thats it
you don need to worry if u do it correctly, since i always use tar to upgrade my phone
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Yeah. That would work, but I want to solve this thing without using recovery. So that people can flash without tripping knox.
If people are unopposed to tripping knox, they can flash custom ROMs anyway.
I did build a tar file with heimdal using kitkat system and 16GB pit. Will upload it tomorrow in university. My net here sucks.
I built a tar file using Heimdall.
This was made using the 16GB pit but the files from the leaked Kitkat ROM.
It does not include the bootloader, so it shouldn't be harmful. Still, flash at your own risk.
Need a tester with a 16GB device. Preferably running Kitkat with the new bootloader.
But even without, we just need to see if this flashes successfully.
Try flashing it through odin. Repartition ought not to be ticked, but if it doesn't work without, try with it ticked as well.
If neither work, try it with heimdall.
https://mega.co.nz/#!xgZHRSqC!FGevxC9hims_UBt5xXPfWuII6KnFkw9drBRuywXtfFM
So, that didn't work.
Any other ideas?
I am all out.
Starting from SGS4, PITs are signed and cannot be flashed if modified.
So, you can only flash official PIT signed by Samsung.
If signature of HK version is compatible with International version then you can flash any of them.
sorg said:
Starting from SGS4, PITs are signed and cannot be flashed if modified.
So, you can only flash official PIT signed by Samsung.
If signature of HK version is compatible with International version then you can flash any of them.
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The problem with the HK pit is the different size alloted to the system partition.
Does the signing issue extend to Heimdall as well?
I don't suggest to use any flasher except Odin. I never used Heimdall. Actually, it's possible to flash partitions to any place regardless PIT, but it may lead to different kinds of problems.
Long time ago, i've experimented with PIT on i9500. I've flashed PIT through dd (so, i've skipped signature check) and result was cycling reboot. Initial samsung static logo appear, shortly flash and then appear again. Thus, phone didn't even start to boot kernel. Luckily, Exynos has simple bootloader and work independently from PIT and other partitions. I've booted into download mode and flashed original PIT.
There is PIT signature check not only while flashing, but also while booting. You can flash modified PIT file through 3rd party flasher, but phone won't boot.
I doubt Note 3 has different behavior than SGS4. Especially, with much more complicated booting process on Snapdragon (unlike simple Exynos booting process) you are risking to get hard-brick.
latest lollipop
Any ideas that the hk version 16gb note 3 able to flash the poland lollipop firmware? I really get confuse coz same version n9005 but both cant share same firmware and ao complicated.
I've got the same question as elvin92,
is it possible to install Polish (XEO) Lollipop ROM on 16GB Note 3 with loaded N9005ZHUENJ1 (TGY) on board?
when trying to install via Odin I get:
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<ID:0/003> system.img.ext4
<ID:0/003> FAIL! (Ext4)
<ID:0/003>
<ID:0/003> Complete(Write) operation failed.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
so it's Pit fault ? wrong sizes ?
Want to update to lollipop..
I have note 3 lte sm n9005 16 gb with TGY frimware and want to update to lollipop XEO... plz help? provide pit file...
Hello friends please upload international P7300 PIT file. .really need it.I installed by mistake Vodacom pit file so now i have vodacom P7300
thanks.
parabelumm said:
Hello friends please upload international P7300 PIT file. .really need it.I installed by mistake Vodacom pit file so now i have vodacom P7300
thanks.
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I'm not sure if this is the correct PIT file. It came with the root package for our 3g tabs, though, I think this is pretty much universal. Just remove the .zip extension on the file.
iZLeeP said:
I'm not sure if this is the correct PIT file. It came with the root package for our 3g tabs, though, I think this is pretty much universal. Just remove the .zip extension on the file.
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YES i'm back thanks now i have international p7300
Is 7310 pit file any different?
Could someone please give me the PIT file for our device? I would extract myself, yet I need root. Being on a Linux computer I cannot run Odin without the proper PIT file for my SM-N910T. If anyone can post this or a link so I may obtain it, there is beer or some cash your way. PLEASE HELP ME!!!
Hi all, please help me out on this. I got a problem of "boot loop" on this T-mobile Note 4 - SM-N910T after update to 6.0.1. I saw a post that said you can flash with SM-N910T3 and then you can downgrade to 4.4.4 kitkat. I used Odin to load SM-N910T3 (got it from Sammobile) to my SM-N910T, but I think I got myself into more problem. While I was flash using Odin, the fail message display like this:
ODIN: flash read failure
ERROR: Thereis no pit binary
Can anyone explain to me why is this happening? What can I do to fix this problem?
Note: I never root my phone before and don't know how. I did some searching and see people flash Pit File but also there are some warning that you should not flash pit file unless you know what you are doing. In this case, I'm a newbie and my knowledge about flashing or rooting is very limited that is why I'm so hesitate to flash pit file, so please take it easy on me. Please show me what to do or where to look for this problem. Thanks in advance for any input!
Leo T said:
Hi all, please help me out on this. I got a problem of "boot loop" on this T-mobile Note 4 - SM-N910T after update to 6.0.1. I saw a post that said you can flash with SM-N910T3 and then you can downgrade to 4.4.4 kitkat. I used Odin to load SM-N910T3 (got it from Sammobile) to my SM-N910T, but I think I got myself into more problem. While I was flash using Odin, the fail message display like this:
ODIN: flash read failure
ERROR: Thereis no pit binary
Can anyone explain to me why is this happening? What can I do to fix this problem?
Note: I never root my phone before and don't know how. I did some searching and see people flash Pit File but also there are some warning that you should not flash pit file unless you know what you are doing. In this case, I'm a newbie and my knowledge about flashing or rooting is very limited that is why I'm so hesitate to flash pit file, so please take it easy on me. Please show me what to do or where to look for this problem. Thanks in advance for any input!
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Flash n910t2 kitkat not the n910t3.
Hello kies in not working while upgrading my gear to tizen and odin is getting stuck. so i need pit file to flash tizen using odin...
No pit file needed. I had this problem when flashing Tizen through Odin. Turns out, I wasn't using the right firmware file. You are probably using a tar file that is 200-400 megs. The one I flashed was 640 megs. I can't remember where I got it from, but if you can't find it, I would gladly post a link.
tell me how and ill check if i can do it
calahorn said:
No pit file needed. I had this problem when flashing Tizen through Odin. Turns out, I wasn't using the right firmware file. You are probably using a tar file that is 200-400 megs. The one I flashed was 640 megs. I can't remember where I got it from, but if you can't find it, I would gladly post a link.
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Hi there, Could I get a copy of the link please?? I ran into the same problem. Luckily i can restore back but it puts me back on BNC1 4.2.2 JB and would like to go back to Tizen.
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Never mind!!! Got it sorted..