I flashed my old Galaxy S4 with odin on a windows computer by doing the pda thing and choosing that .tar.md5 file i was to extract or whatever.
How would I do the same using Heimdall on a mac? That is all I will have when my new S4 arrives thursday morning (got stabbed and mugged for just my phone)
I dont wanna use the motochopper scripts because they hardbricked my phone twice once i rebooted the device. Is that my only option?
edit: for example I know you can flash a a kernal in Heimdall -kernal kernal.img but is this the same as rooting? I thought flashing a recovery image was rooting'?
Also where am I going to find that .tar.md5 file or whatever for a canadian (rogers) galaxy s4 sgh-i337m
Edit2: androidayos.com/2013/05/31/root-i337mumuamdj-samsung-galaxy-s4-sgh-i337m/ I found the guide to using odin, so I just wanna use that same file the "CF-Auto Root tar file." but in Heimdall. any tips?
Rooting and a recovery are two different things. You can find stock firmware on xda or sammobile.com. From sammobile you'll download a zip which contains the.tar.md5
Ps, this could help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42320391
Pps, there is a guide for the s4 which I can't find right now. Google "heimdall s4 xda"
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That much is simple to me, the question is which commands will i need to put in terminal to emulate what odin does to simply root my phone nothing more nothing less.
Nsomnia said:
That much is simple to me, the question is which commands will i need to put in terminal to emulate what odin does to simply root my phone nothing more nothing less.
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Idk, I've never seen Odin root a phone before. Usually you odin a custom recovery and then flash super su-busybox in the recovery.
Edit, maybe you can glean what you need from this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42320391
jd1639 said:
Idk, I've never seen Odin root a phone before. Usually you odin a custom recovery and then flash super su-busybox in the recovery.
Edit, maybe you can glean what you need from this. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42320391
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I cant post links but view this quickly from my OP androidayos.com/2013/05/31/root-i337mumuamdj-samsung-galaxy-s4-sgh-i337m/
thats rooting the phone with Odin
I need to learn what terminal commands ill need for Heidall in OSX to do the same thing as Odin in windows.
well i receive my new phone within the next 2-3 hours, so this is the last chanec for anyone thatjknows how to run this heimall tool on mac, to root it with that tar.gz file
Same boat
Nsomnia said:
well i receive my new phone within the next 2-3 hours, so this is the last chanec for anyone thatjknows how to run this heimall tool on mac, to root it with that tar.gz file
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Hi,
I'm in the same boat. I've tried the Mac OSX terminal motochopper method to try and root my Canadian, Rogers galaxy s4 (SGH-1337M) which installed the Superuser app but did not actually give me root access. I've downloaded Heimdall and have the correct tar.md5 file for my phone, but have yet to find any instruction or tutorial for how to use this file in Heimdall.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Hello,
I have my S4 for 2 weeks now, I always have been a iPhone user but changed my mind for once..
I'm living in Belgium so I received the unlocked international i9505 version, i already rooted it with motochopper, but now my question is if it is possible to flash CWM on my device using a MAC? Since i don't have a windows PC.
Thx
Misha
Miisham9 said:
Hello,
I have my S4 for 2 weeks now, I always have been a iPhone user but changed my mind for once..
I'm living in Belgium so I received the unlocked international i9505 version, i already rooted it with motochopper, but now my question is if it is possible to flash CWM on my device using a MAC? Since i don't have a windows PC.
Thx
Misha
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Here you go, this is the Mac version of Odin: http://heimdall-frontend.mac.informer.com/
You can also flash a recovery from a terminal using adb and the dd command. But the above solution is probably easier.
thunderserpent said:
Here you go, this is the Mac version of Odin: http://heimdall-frontend.mac.informer.com/
You can also flash a recovery from a terminal using adb and the dd command. But the above solution is probably easier.
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Does this instal CWM?
thx
Misha
Miisham9 said:
Does this instal CWM?
thx
Misha
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yes; recoveries, firmware, modems, whatever
I have macs as well, and had to use my friends Windows computer to root. When I wanted to flash new version of cwm, I came across the app sgs4 flasher in they play store, and this will flash cwm via one of the cwm .tar files available for download in one of the threads in the development forums. Make sure it is a tar file not zip, or else the flasher won't be able to detect it.
It works flawlessly right on your phone, no need to use odin, heimdall or whatever.
Pm me if you have questions
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i9505 on MAC
chiefroastbeef said:
I have macs as well, and had to use my friends Windows computer to root. When I wanted to flash new version of cwm, I came across the app sgs4 flasher in they play store, and this will flash cwm via one of the cwm .tar files available for download in one of the threads in the development forums. Make sure it is a tar file not zip, or else the flasher won't be able to detect it.
It works flawlessly right on your phone, no need to use odin, heimdall or whatever.
Pm me if you have questions
Sent from my GT-I9505 using Tapatalk 2
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Hi mate, OK so I have i9505 international, and ive downloaded frontend heimdall, now what are the specific steps on a MAC to install CWM. What link do i download first for firmware, and steps. I think if we can get specific steps done for this, it would be awesome as I havent found any specific and centralised set of steps.
thanks !!!!!
doronkatz said:
Hi mate, OK so I have i9505 international, and ive downloaded frontend heimdall, now what are the specific steps on a MAC to install CWM. What link do i download first for firmware, and steps. I think if we can get specific steps done for this, it would be awesome as I havent found any specific and centralised set of steps.
thanks !!!!!
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Use this app. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2334554
It installs CWM or TWRP directly onto your phone without the need for a computer. It works very well. Hope this helped!
As anyone running OS X or Linux would know, the only truly "supported" way of rooting an S4 talked about on XDA is using CF Auto Root and Odin to flash it. There used to be Motochopper, but that no longer works with recent versions of the S4 firmware.
I actually am familiar with the concepts of how flashing a device works, and upon seeing videos or pictures of selecting the CF Auto Root .tar.md5 file for "PDA" in Odin, I wondered if what was going on behind the scenes was as simple as just performing a regular flash to recovery or whatnot.
I downloaded CF Auto Root and extracted the .tar.md5 file. Why it has the .md5 extension, I'm still not sure. Perhaps it's just because Odin requires that extension? I don't know if it's actually important. Inside though, I found 2 files. They were cache.img.ext4 and recovery.img.
I did some research before posting, but didn't find anything definitive. However, I'm assuming that using Heimdall to flash would work. Because Heimdall interfaces with the device the same way Odin does, only Heimdall actually supports OSes other than Windows. Only problem is, Heimdall doesn't have a one-click "PDA" button to flash the .tar.md5 like Odin does. But would using Heimdall to flash the cache and recovery image files work? Is that all that needs to happen for the S4 to be rooted? Or does Odin also perform some additional function, some function which Heimdall wouldn't do automatically?
To make a tl;dr I guess, has anybody tried flashing cache and recovery image files from the CF Auto Root .tar.md5 file to a S4? Did it work? If so, was there anything special you had to do in order to get it to work? Any answers or insight from someone else would be greatly appreciated. If I could get this working with my S4 I might make a video tutorial so that then there's a good tutorial out there that works for OSes other than Windows.
I did it in heimdall. Worked perfectly
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xchampx13 said:
I did it in heimdall. Worked perfectly
Sent from my SPH-L720
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You just entered in the recovery.img and cache.img.ext4 files as they were and flashed? You didn't do anything else?
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You just entered in the recovery.img and cache.img.ext4 files as they were and flashed? You didn't do anything else?
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Please follow this link. I just did it a few mn ago, and it worked good. Had to do it twice (don't know why). Flash process takes only a few seconds. In case Heimdall hangs too long (> 1 mn) at " Releasing device interface" with no progress bar, power off your device and start again the process.
http://www.all-things-android.com/content/how-root-samsung-mobile-device
NOTE: AT&T variant. Phone is running 4.2.2 with MF3 baseband
So I'm helping a friend root his phone and run a custom ROM. The root went successfully (motochopper) and we installed SafeStrap and then we did a backup and wipe and then installed a 4.3 Google Play edition ROM (first mistake as we meant to download the 4.2 version)
I have the stock firmware zip for the phone and figured that that was the way to fix it, but I can't figure out how to get it to install. Through ADB it gives me an error after starting DAEMON. I converted the zip to a .tar and tried to use ODIN but ODIN stops working as soon as I tell it to run. I made sure I had the most current, correct drivers and am running ODIN3 v1.85. I thought maybe if I put it on the SD card I could install it though that method via the stock recovery but it says there is an invalid arguement.
What am I doing wrong?
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NOTE: AT&T variant. Phone is running 4.2.2 with MF3 baseband
So I'm helping a friend root his phone and run a custom ROM. The root went successfully (motochopper) and we installed SafeStrap and then we did a backup and wipe and then installed a 4.3 Google Play edition ROM (first mistake as we meant to download the 4.2 version)
I have the stock firmware zip for the phone and figured that that was the way to fix it, but I can't figure out how to get it to install. Through ADB it gives me an error after starting DAEMON. I converted the zip to a .tar and tried to use ODIN but ODIN stops working as soon as I tell it to run. I made sure I had the most current, correct drivers and am running ODIN3 v1.85. I thought maybe if I put it on the SD card I could install it though that method via the stock recovery but it says there is an invalid arguement.
What am I doing wrong?
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What stock firmware zip do you have? You have to have the mf3 .tar.md5 file if you're trying to use odin
How does he have mf3 and motochopper works? It shouldn't. Also you have to have a custom recovery to flash the gpe rom and we don't. The closest thing we have is safestrap.
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How does he have mf3 and motochopper works? It shouldn't. Also you have to have a custom recovery to flash the gpe rom and we don't. The closest thing we have is safestrap.
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I'm not sure. I just used the first method I found and it worked. Then when it came to the recovery part that's when I found out about his baseband
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What stock firmware zip do you have? You have to have the mf3 .tar.md5 file if you're trying to use odin
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I'm on the SamMobile site trying to find the firmware and it says that they don't have it. I find that weird that such a popular model doesn't have the firmware needed to do this. I put in the correct model and country
EDIT: nevermind.
Ok so I was running CM 11 while i was on MK2 firmware....i flashed a wrong file now i am stuck, I can get into download mode.
My device is Sprint Galaxy S4 running the MK2 firmware, but i have no idea where to go because it will not boot up anymore and only goes into download mode, any ideas on how to fix?
Thanks
i flashed a wrong file now i am stuck
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Boy that could be bad...
BUT if you get to Download mode you may be able to grab the full MK2 Odin-able .tar you should be Okay.
Please note that the sph-L720 is NOT the L720T. If you have that version and you flash this .tar you'll be hosed.
leaderbuilder said:
Boy that could be bad...
BUT if you get to Download mode you may be able to grab the full MK2 Odin-able .tar you should be Okay.
Please note that the sph-L720 is NOT the L720T. If you have that version and you flash this .tar you'll be hosed.
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Ok thanks, i will try this and let you know later after its all downloaded and what happens!
RogSeve said:
Ok thanks, i will try this and let you know later after its all downloaded and what happens!
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Make sure to Run Odin 'as administrator'.
From the zip just extract the .tar.md5 and place that into the PDA slot. Odin 3.09 seems to be working the best for most on this device.
leaderbuilder said:
Make sure to Run Odin 'as administrator'.
From the zip just extract the .tar.md5 and place that into the PDA slot. Odin 3.09 seems to be working the best for most on this device.
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Yup just downloaded that odin actually, but i have to wait about an hour for that mk2 file to download. And thanks i know I've actually done this before but on mf9 so it was a little easier. Will this bring me back to stock?
Thanks
RogSeve said:
Yup just downloaded that odin actually, but i have to wait about an hour for that mk2 file to download. And thanks i know I've actually done this before but on mf9 so it was a little easier. Will this bring me back to stock?
Thanks
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You'll be stock everything - baseband(modem), kernel, recovery and ROM.
You will have the knox bootloader, so when you flash a custom recovery you'll 'trip' that. But not really a big deal. You can remove the 'Knox software(s) if you want - there are some removal scripts here in the forums. Only thing is you can't Odin back before MJA/MK2.
To root you can use CF-Autoroot or Saferoot, then use Goomanager or find a recovery zip here and install custom recovery of your choice.
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You'll be stock everything - baseband(modem), kernel, recovery and ROM.
You will have the knox bootloader, so when you flash a custom recovery you'll 'trip' that. But not really a big deal. You can remove the 'Knox software(s) if you want - there are some removal scripts here in the forums. Only thing is you can't Odin back before MJA/MK2.
To root you can use CF-Autoroot or Saferoot, then use Goomanager or find a recovery zip here and install custom recovery of your choice.
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Ill try that later if it works, i might just stay on stock mk2 don't wanna mess anything else up....lol
RogSeve said:
Ill try that later if it works, i might just stay on stock mk2 don't wanna mess anything else up....lol
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Ok so now when i try to open it up in odin it says hash value is invalid....any ideas on what to do for that?
leaderbuilder said:
You'll be stock everything - baseband(modem), kernel, recovery and ROM.
You will have the knox bootloader, so when you flash a custom recovery you'll 'trip' that. But not really a big deal. You can remove the 'Knox software(s) if you want - there are some removal scripts here in the forums. Only thing is you can't Odin back before MJA/MK2.
To root you can use CF-Autoroot or Saferoot, then use Goomanager or find a recovery zip here and install custom recovery of your choice.
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Ok when i try to open the mk2 file it keeps saying the md5 hash is invalid. Ive tried 3 different odins to open it and i get the same result..
You don't open the .tar.md5 file.
You place this file - L720VPUEMK2_L720SPTEMK2_L720VPUEMK2_HOME.tar.md5 in the PDA slot.
RogSeve said:
Ok so I was running CM 11 while i was on MK2 firmware....i flashed a wrong file now i am stuck, I can get into download mode.
My device is Sprint Galaxy S4 running the MK2 firmware, but i have no idea where to go because it will not boot up anymore and only goes into download mode, any ideas on how to fix?
Thanks
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have you tried heimdall? its unbricked me a few times, and its way easier to use too. i think you can use ob both windows and mac, i used on mac. if you are familiar with how to use a command line tool or terminal, this is the way to go. just my humble opinion.
Hello!
I am using heimdall frontend on a Ubuntu/Linux to flash. I loaded it on my system and everything seems to work. I just cannot get it to load the root file.
I have figured out I need a tar.gz not tar.md5 like on a windows odin version flashing app.
I got the root firm here:
http://download.chainfire.eu/399/CF-Root/CF-Auto-Root/CF-Auto-Root-hllte-hlltexx-smn7505.zip
I assume that I need a firmware for my sm-n7505 that is maybe for the type installation I a flashing from. Is there a none windows flashing root file that works with Hemidall? I have searched and searched and all flashing root firmwares seem to be for Windows systems. Anyone point me to a place to get the correct flash rooting firmware for my device sm-n7505??
Much appreciated.