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I can't figure out how to downgrade my 2.3.4 to 2.2.1, I am on a Mac and everything you need to use to do it seems to be for windows...
You can run windows on a mac. There are ways to get a copy of windows for free, but that's not for this forum
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I'm not interested in putting that on my mac.. I am a bit of a Mac purist!!
Look for a tutorial in how to setup adb with terminal.
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Look for a tutorial in how to setup adb with terminal.
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I got adb set up through terminal, but the downgrade directions tell me to put certain files into my "platform-tools folder". IDoes that mean on the phone, or is that supposed to be somewhere on my mac.
I hate that I was just sent this replacement phone, I was rooted before on my old mytouch 4g, and it was so easy...
Dont forget to To start the SDK Manager, by executing the program "tools/android"
The platform-tools folder is within the sdk folder on your mac.
manleyaudio said:
Dont forget to To start the SDK Manager, by executing the program "tools/android"
The platform-tools folder is within the sdk folder on your mac.
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I did that... when I type "> adb shell cat /dev/msm_rotator" into terminal with the SDK Manager started nothing happens, it just sits there... I am obviously doing something wrong, but I have no clue what.
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I did that... when I type "> adb shell cat /dev/msm_rotator" into terminal with the SDK Manager started nothing happens, it just sits there... I am obviously doing something wrong, but I have no clue what.
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Did you navigate to /yourPathToSDK/tools/android and launch it?
This will start the SDK manager and you will need to install the SDK platform tools, by clicking on the checkbox and hitting the install package on the GUI.
manleyaudio said:
Did you navigate to /yourPathToSDK/tools/android and launch it?
This will start the SDK manager and you will need to install the SDK platform tools, by clicking on the checkbox and hitting the install package on the GUI.
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Yes, I have all of that installed and launched. I have the usb plugged into my phone and I am trying to type the comand into the terminal on my computer... nothing happens, it just sits there.
here is what the terminal looks like
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Yes, I have all of that installed and launched. I have the usb plugged into my phone and I am trying to type the comand into the terminal on my computer... nothing happens, it just sits there.
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Do you have USB debugging turned on in settings> applications> development ?
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manleyaudio said:
Do you have USB debugging turned on in settings> applications> development ?
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yes, i have...
tacopimp said:
yes, i have...
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Check this tutorial.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=649663
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see post below...
So that link you gave me helped me to solve my problem... I actually used that link plus a youtube vid that explained where I should be placing al of my SDK stuff. My phone is downgrading as we speak! Hopefull all goes well!
Thank you so much for all of your help and suggestions!
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So that link you gave me helped me to solve my problem... I actually used that link plus a youtube vid that explained where I should be placing al of my SDK stuff. My phone is downgrading as we speak! Hopefull all goes well!
Thank you so much for all of your help and suggestions!
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Glad you got it working.
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Hello All,
I've read that linux does not open up the file system of nexus 7 when connected? Is that right? if yes, how can one transfer files to nexus 7?
Am waiting on my device which should arrive in few days. I really dont want to go some where else to copy my files or use apps to transfer files over the air. My phone is android and linux shows me the sd card folder right away after plugging in...
Also, can you guys please point me towards howto on rooting my device while on linux? I have seen wndows has one click method which is pretty awesome. I realize we might not have one click methods in linux, am willing to do it the hardway too..just need some direction.
Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks for taking your time.
Linux mint user here if that makes any difference. Thanks
Boomboy said:
Hello All,
I've read that linux does not open up the file system of nexus 7 when connected? Is that right? if yes, how can one transfer files to nexus 7?
Am waiting on my device which should arrive in few days. I really dont want to go some where else to copy my files or use apps to transfer files over the air. My phone is android and linux shows me the sd card folder right away after plugging in...
Also, can you guys please point me towards howto on rooting my device while on linux? I have seen wndows has one click method which is pretty awesome. I realize we might not have one click methods in linux, am willing to do it the hardway too..just need some direction.
Any help would really be appreciated. Thanks for taking your time.
Linux mint user here if that makes any difference. Thanks
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I have no problems loading the file system on my Arch System. However, I personally rooted using Windows and the One-Click. Since all it does is use adb to push files onto the system, it is 100% possible to root and unlock using Linux. Just make sure you have the Android SDK installed. Follow this guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741395 for the acutal rooting
-Twitish
twitish said:
I have no problems loading the file system on my Arch System. However, I personally rooted using Windows and the One-Click. Since all it does is use adb to push files onto the system, it is 100% possible to root and unlock using Linux. Just make sure you have the Android SDK installed. Follow this guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741395 for the acutal rooting
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Thanks for taking you time out. When you say you had no problem on arch, are you saying the file explorer just showed the nexus files? were you able to just copy and paste stuff into nexus?
Thanks for the link..will go through it
Boomboy said:
Thanks for taking you time out. When you say you had no problem on arch, are you saying the file explorer just showed the nexus files? were you able to just copy and paste stuff into nexus?
Thanks for the link..will go through it
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By "showing Nexus files" do you mean the SD card? Linux supports PTP / MTP so this won't be a problem. You won't be able to directly view any other files without some other server installed on the Nexus, such as NFS or CIFS. As already stated, if you install the Android SDK, you will be able to root the device using adb / fastboot shell commands.
I think it depends on which distribution you are using. Ubuntu doesn't have mtp support by default.
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gbroon said:
I think it depends on which distribution you are using. Ubuntu doesn't have mtp support by default.
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Easy to get it though.
Yes, i am able to mount my internal storage in Arch if that's what you are asking. As stated before, you must have MTD support in your distro. Since Mint is based on Ubuntu, you may have to do some work. Sorry, not really sure how in Ubuntu.
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twitish said:
I have no problems loading the file system on my Arch System. However, I personally rooted using Windows and the One-Click. Since all it does is use adb to push files onto the system, it is 100% possible to root and unlock using Linux. Just make sure you have the Android SDK installed. Follow this guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741395 for the acutal rooting
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wmoore said:
Easy to get it though.
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Thanks a ton buddy! Guess I gotta follow that link as am a Mint user..
Does anyone have any ideas about getting the gs3 to show up on Ubuntu 12.04.1 so I can transfer movies and songs to and from the device?
Sorry if this has been posted before. I'm just at the end of my tether with this, don't want to have to reinstall windoze just for this one thing.
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I already google it before and found many packages but i cant paste anything in the memory card!!
I used root access but same .. still i cant find a good package for this !!
Just use both ubuntu and windows
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You already tried airdroid?
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I'm using dropbox for small thIngs and sshdroid to access the files over Adb vIa port forward
I enabled usb debugging and I was able to mount both internal and external SD cards on Ubuntu 12.04 while on stock.
Acidpunk said:
I enabled usb debugging and I was able to mount both internal and external SD cards on Ubuntu 12.04 while on stock.
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I will try this today
Thanks
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Pflunz said:
You already tried airdroid?
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No !!
Link please
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ali8383 said:
No !!
Link please
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Airdroid is in the play store, works on Debian so ubuntu should be fine
Airdroid works a treat. Thanks for that. Will also try usb debugging when I get home.
Is the problem with this phone and Ubuntu that usb mass storage mode was done away with? Would it register on Ubuntu fine that way?
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Never had any problems on Ubuntu with SIII. Works out of the box.
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Just a small update. Airdroid works a treat. Love that. USB debugging doesn't work at all. I also bought a usb otg cable as a backup. That's easy enough.
Just a pity it can't be as smooth as windows.
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Is the problem with this phone and Ubuntu that usb mass storage mode was done away with? Would it register on Ubuntu fine that way?
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Yes, personally I use QtADB, which works fine. I found mounting worked fine out of the box but drilling down through folders showed them as empty, and transferring files just plain failed.
BTW Heimdall works fine as an alternative to ODIN, although I've so far failed to get the GUI functional on Mint Lisa x64, but no issues using CLI.
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USB debugging doesn't work at all.
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Installation instructions for Ubuntu releases prior 13.04
1. Add the PPA to your system
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
sudo apt-get update
2. Then, launch Software Updater (previously known as Update Manager) and install the available updates.
3. Once everything has been updated successfully, restart your computer, unlock your Android device, connect it via USB and it should show up in your file manager.
Change the connection method to MTP and then you can view directories and their contents.
For more details see here (can't link externally yet): askubuntu-com/questions/87667/getting-mtp-enabled-devices-to-work-with-ubuntu/308366#308366
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Installation instructions for Ubuntu releases prior 13.04
1. Add the PPA to your system
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:langdalepl/gvfs-mtp
sudo apt-get update
2. Then, launch Software Updater (previously known as Update Manager) and install the available updates.
3. Once everything has been updated successfully, restart your computer, unlock your Android device, connect it via USB and it should show up in your file manager.
Change the connection method to MTP and then you can view directories and their contents.
For more details see here (can't link externally yet): askubuntu-com/questions/87667/getting-mtp-enabled-devices-to-work-with-ubuntu/308366#308366
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That's correct - Ubuntu 12.04 does not support MTP devices out of the box therefore the instructions above should help.
chevli said:
That's correct - Ubuntu 12.04 does not support MTP devices out of the box therefore the instructions above should help.
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Thanks Chevli, I should have made it more explicit. I guess there are quite a few people on the older release.
hello everyone,
this is my first post here and i've been looking for a solution everywhere but anything worked, so i'm here.
my problem is that since i updated to w8, i cannot transfer data on my kfhd anymore. i installed drivers disabling drivers signature check, i updated adb and followed any existing threads like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34700983 which seemed to be my same problem. what do i have to do in order to transfer my data on kf SD?
thanks for any reply
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hello everyone,
this is my first post here and i've been looking for a solution everywhere but anything worked, so i'm here.
my problem is that since i updated to w8, i cannot transfer data on my kfhd anymore. i installed drivers disabling drivers signature check, i updated adb and followed any existing threads like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34700983 which seemed to be my same problem. what do i have to do in order to transfer my data on kf SD?
thanks for any reply
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hi. could you connect Kindle HD to PC and run command: adb nodaemon server
put there your output
output is: cannot bind 'tcp:5037'
(now when i type adb device the daemon is running and it seems to be recognized by adb but still not as external drive)
Try going into terminal if you have your kindle fire ROOT already and run
shell
start sdcard
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KindleFireGuy said:
Try going into terminal if you have your kindle fire ROOT already and run
shell
start sdcard
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i got the command i run before as output (start sdcard) and then nothing happened, i'm confused
Have you tried wireless transfer technology? Such as what is possible in ES Explorer?
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Krsmqn said:
Have you tried wireless transfer technology? Such as what is possible in ES Explorer?
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it works, as a temporary solution it could be fine, but you know it's kinda slow expecially for music and video files (neither windows media player sees my kfhd). but thank you for this solution in the meantime
Go to a terminal emulator on your kindle and run the command
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Go to a terminal emulator on your kindle and run the command
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now i've no output and nothing happens again
ideas?
with adb i can go to sdcard folder and see files with ls command....
bencio28 said:
with adb i can go to sdcard folder and see files with ls command....
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So what's the problem? You have an ADB connection. Use it to push files to your sdcard.
soupmagnet said:
So what's the problem? You have an ADB connection. Use it to push files to your sdcard.
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i'd prefere to transfer my files in a normal way, like an external hd (it's a bit intricate using adb when you could just drag and drop in a folder)
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i'd prefere to transfer my files in a normal way, like an external hd (it's a bit intricate using adb when you could just drag and drop in a folder)
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201008230
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=201008230
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i already said windows media player is not seeing my kfhd
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i already said windows media player is not seeing my kfhd
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Really? Because I didn't see anything of the sort. You'll have to forgive me for assuming the worst as that is what I'm used to seeing around here.
When you plug your device in, (assuming you haven't installed a custom ROM), what shows up in your device manager?
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Really? Because I didn't see anything of the sort. You'll have to forgive me for assuming the worst as that is what I'm used to seeing around here.
When you plug your device in, (assuming you haven't installed a custom ROM), what shows up in your device manager?
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more or less this is what i see and what i should see and i do not..
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6263/whatiseez.jpg
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9512/nodevwmp.png
hope this help you understand my situation
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more or less this is what i see and what i should see and i do not..
http://img843.imageshack.us/img843/6263/whatiseez.jpg
http://img842.imageshack.us/img842/9512/nodevwmp.png
hope this help you understand my situation
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Have you toggled the ADB Debugging mode off?
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Have you toggled the ADB Debugging mode off?
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i didn't
and i have no custom roms
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i didn't
and i have no custom roms
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MTP cannot work while debugging is on BTW, turn it off and try again.
I have tried multiple times to get Odin working on all 3 of my Mac computers, there is this JOdin3 thing that is supposed to work for macs. Sadly it will not work. It can't find the pit file. Is ther any other way for us mac users? If not, will there ever be a way? Any bit of info can be helpful. I was rooted and running custom Roms before, but I had to bring my phone back to stock to take it into Verizon and now I am stuck with no root again.
Thanks in advance!!
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I have tried multiple times to get Odin working on all 3 of my Mac computers, there is this JOdin3 thing that is supposed to work for macs. Sadly it will not work. It can't find the pit file. Is ther any other way for us mac users? If not, will there ever be a way? Any bit of info can be helpful. I was rooted and running custom Roms before, but I had to bring my phone back to stock to take it into Verizon and now I am stuck with no root again.
Thanks in advance!!
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I was never able to get JOdin to work on either of mine. One thought would be to try regular odin in a virtual machine, but I can't say if that works(I have a backup windows desktop).
Good luck!
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I was never able to get JOdin to work on either of mine. One thought would be to try regular odin in a virtual machine, but I can't say if that works(I have a backup windows desktop).
Good luck!
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Thanks for the response. I may try to use some sort of emulator. ?
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Boot camp? Or friend? Just went on vacation with my Mac and banged my head off the wall when NI2 came out since I didn't have Windows. Couldn't get anything to work.
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Boot camp? Or friend? Just went on vacation with my Mac and banged my head off the wall when NI2 came out since I didn't have Windows. Couldn't get anything to work.
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I may try that application called "Wine" that allows you to run exe files...
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I may try that application called "Wine" that allows you to run exe files...
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Might have issues with drivers given Mac uses kext I've used it for games but never for programs that require drivers
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I honestly don't know anyone with a PC... Or anyone running bootcamp.
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I honestly don't know anyone with a PC... Or anyone running bootcamp.
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Use parallels and run a windows VM.
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Use parallels and run a windows VM.
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I don't want Windows on my Mac. I may find a crappy PC on tigerdirect.
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I don't want Windows on my Mac. I may find a crappy PC on tigerdirect.
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It's a VM.... but okay.
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It's a VM.... but okay.
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A VM dosen't work with Odin on linux so I'm pretty sure it won't on a Mac. I had to use my wifes laptop with Windows for Odin.
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A VM dosen't work with Odin on linux so I'm pretty sure it won't on a Mac. I had to use my wifes laptop with Windows for Odin.
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From what ive heard its highly suggested to NOT use a vm or you could brick your phone, i couldnt even get the vm to detect my phone(which is what lead to research and finding out not to do it that way), I'd say in any case your only option really is indeed using a windows machine by whatever means unless someone magically produces a pit file(which is what heimdall/jOdin require) for our phone.
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From what ive heard its highly suggested to NOT use a vm or you could brick your phone, i couldnt even get the vm to detect my phone(which is what lead to research and finding out not to do it that way), I'd say in any case your only option really is indeed using a windows machine by whatever means unless someone magically produces a pit file(which is what heimdall/jOdin require) for our phone.
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I've used a VM before using my wife's mac. it works.
Rakuu said:
From what ive heard its highly suggested to NOT use a vm or you could brick your phone, i couldnt even get the vm to detect my phone(which is what lead to research and finding out not to do it that way), I'd say in any case your only option really is indeed using a windows machine by whatever means unless someone magically produces a pit file(which is what heimdall/jOdin require) for our phone.
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It's not the pit file with heimdall it's the large tar that is the problem as stated in this thread. We have a pit file. We can use ADB to push the files but that's very risky too.
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I've used a VM before using my wife's mac. it works.
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In my case the VM works for me on linux and detects my phone but when I rebooted into download mode Odin would not detect the phone. As Rakuu said it is highly suggested not to go that route. So for the OP as he said, go with the cheap Windows machine to stay on the safe side.