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[Q] how to flash i5800XXJPQ, please!

Hi guys
Im new to flashing. Especially with odin multidownloader. Ive downloaded and extracted the firmware with winrar. But there is only one file after extraction. Do i only tick of pda and select that file and leave all the other boxes as is, in odin multidownloader and press start?
Please if someone can help me with a spoon feeding guide to this.
Ive checked the guide in the other threads in xda from samfirmware but they use ops, boot, phone,pda and csc, but the firmware ive downloade has only one file after i extracted it.
please help

ruddag said:
Hi guys
Im new to flashing. Especially with odin multidownloader. Ive downloaded and extracted the firmware with winrar. But there is only one file after extraction. Do i only tick of pda and select that file and leave all the other boxes as is, in odin multidownloader and press start?
Please if someone can help me with a spoon feeding guide to this.
Ive checked the guide in the other threads in xda from samfirmware but they use ops, boot, phone,pda and csc, but the firmware ive downloade has only one file after i extracted it.
please help
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You have to flash it as "One Package". Tick on "One package", "Reboot" and "Protect ops". Then select the ops file(apollo_0531.ops) and the .tar file which you downloaded in the required fields. And then flash.
A detailed tutorial is given here.

if you haven't already flashed remove boot.bin and sbl.bin from the tar file (if they are there)!!!

[Q] Corrupted tar files from sammobile and samsung updates

I looking for updated roms (with no operator customisations) for s5360b but all the latest versions comes with corrupted tar files and I'm unable to extract the files.
Tried to repair the tar file with no success either.
7zip/winrar latest versions unable to decompress it...
There is another way or my sources are bad?

Maybe download didn't get complete.. Try again..
** rooting is new for me,
nd i am a noob to root....**

Only option: Redownload the whole thing again
This post is in compliance with the national potato safety regulation.
[Galaxy S 4 LTE]

gusnd said:
I looking for updated roms (with no operator customisations) for s5360b but all the latest versions comes with corrupted tar files and I'm unable to extract the files.
Tried to repair the tar file with no success either.
7zip/winrar latest versions unable to decompress it...
There is another way or my sources are bad?
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they are not corrupt. their headers are such that you cant see or extract the files inside. only flash them in odin in pda section or if you want files then use splitfus2 by doky73

amit34521 said:
they are not corrupt. their headers are such that you cant see or extract the files inside. only flash them in odin in pda section or if you want files then use splitfus2 by doky73
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I tried to flash them directly but got an error, that's why I'm trying to decompress it. I just downloaded it many times always getting the same results.
I'll try to use a 2.3.5 release and then update it with Kies. I didn't tried using another country's rom afraid of modem file incompatibility issues, I'll do some more tests

gusnd said:
I tried to flash them directly but got an error, that's why I'm trying to decompress it. I just downloaded it many times always getting the same results.
I'll try to use a 2.3.5 release and then update it with Kies. I didn't tried using another country's rom afraid of modem file incompatibility issues, I'll do some more tests
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flashd it in which section?????????

amit34521 said:
flashd it in which section?????????
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Pda

Corrupted .tar files
gusnd said:
I looking for updated roms (with no operator customisations) for s5360b but all the latest versions comes with corrupted tar files and I'm unable to extract the files.
Tried to repair the tar file with no success either.
7zip/winrar latest versions unable to decompress it...
There is another way or my sources are bad?
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Well first of all sorry for being late, seems you haven't resolved your problem or have you? If not, then I wanna suggest you something here. I've also faced a situation like .tar file corruption in my past and resolved it successfully, believe me. How did you try to repair the .tar file? Did you use any third-party application like a repair or recovery software? I also used a third-party recovery application named as SysInfoTools Archive Recovery, to repair my corrupt .tar files. I had two very important .tar files which were corrupted, don't know why. Then I came to know about this application and used it. Though it didn't execute a hundred percent recovery, but I was quite satisfied to recover my maximum data from those corrupt .tar files. I will recommend you check its free demo version first. If it shows your preview of your recovered data, this means the data has been successfully recovered from the corrupt file. You can download the demo of this software from sysinfotools' website.
If this application helps you, please let me know.
Regards.

gusnd said:
I looking for updated roms (with no operator customisations) for s5360b but all the latest versions comes with corrupted tar files and I'm unable to extract the files.
Tried to repair the tar file with no success either.
7zip/winrar latest versions unable to decompress it...
There is another way or my sources are bad?
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flash the .tar file in pda section
they are not corrupt
they are just un-decompressable

How to split ROM STOCK

Hi, I have a stock rom in format tar.md5. I want to split in three, modem.tar.md5 , pda.tar.md5 and csc.tar.md5 to upload archive modem.tar.md5 THROUGH odin.

It doesn't work that way, it will fail md5 checks, however if you want to pick and choose what gets flashed I suggest Mobile Odin from the play store which allows you to choose which IMGs are flashed.
If you don't want to choose, and flash everything, you just need to put the .tar.md5 into the PDA field and flash away.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk

i need to extract modem.tar.md5 to upload through ODIN because i install cm 11 and i have nothing of signal.

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Modem is not a tar file its a bin.
You would be better reading the faqs and guides first .

dieama said:
i need to extract modem.tar.md5 to upload through ODIN because i install cm 11 and i have nothing of signal.
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Your best bet will be to find a flashable zip of the correct modem file, we have a list in the index thread, but that doesn't have the most recent ones.
Also are you sure it's a modem issue, you could have corrupted your /efs, cross reference your imei against what it says on the back of the phone or on the box. also is your phone able to register on the network.

[Q] Pc doesn't recognize md5 file

I want to root my Galaxy Note 3 with Odin. But my pc doesn't recognize the MD5 file that I need to do this. (I use a version of Odin with "PDA" button.) I have installed multiple programs that say that they can read/recognize MD5 files, but none of them work.
I have still windows XP and you know the picture of an unrecognized file. Can't post a picture of that.
Which program does recognize a MD5 file so I can root my Note 3? Or who knows a solution to solve this?
I almost bricked my phone.
Got this:
RECOVERY BOOTING...
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit: recovery
PS English is not my main language.

Why are you trying to get any program other than ODIN to recognise the md5 file?
Send From My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 Using Tapatalk

JaimyLuca said:
I want to root my Galaxy Note 3 with Odin. But my pc doesn't recognize the MD5 file that I need to do this. (I use a version of Odin with "PDA" button.) I have installed multiple programs that say that they can read/recognize MD5 files, but none of them work.
I have still windows XP and you know the picture of an unrecognized file. Can't post a picture of that.
Which program does recognize a MD5 file so I can root my Note 3? Or who knows a solution to solve this?
I almost bricked my phone.
Got this:
RECOVERY BOOTING...
RECOVERY IS NOT SEANDROID ENFORCING
Set Warranty Bit: recovery
PS English is not my main language.
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Try renaming the md5 file to tar and see how it goes.

ShadowLea said:
Why are you trying to get any program other than ODIN to recognise the md5 file?
Send From My Samsung Galaxy Note 3 N9005 Using Tapatalk
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Because it won't work and I almost bricked my phone. My pc has to recognize the file and I wanna know with what program that will be.
IzArsha said:
Try renaming the md5 file to tar and see how it goes.
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Doesn't work.

JaimyLuca said:
Because it won't work and I almost bricked my phone. My pc has to recognize the file and I wanna know with what program that will be.
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Windows recognizing the file has nothing to do with bricking your phone, the two systems are not even related... md5 is an ODIN file. You don't need windows to extract, mount or read it. It's not a Windows file....
I think you need to realize that Windows and Android do not share file systems. You don't need to be able to read an .md5 or .apk or .obb on Windows to use it on Android. It's an unknown file format because Windows has no use for it.
You just need to browse to the .tar or .md5 file in Odin --> PDA. Nothing more, you don't need to extract or read it. That's ODIN's job.
You also need to search for the error you got. There's about 500 threads on it, with the solution. Start with this one, for instance: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2622254 It has nothing to do with windows.

ShadowLea said:
Windows recognizing the file has nothing to do with bricking your phone, the two systems are not even related... md5 is an ODIN file. You don't need windows to extract, mount or read it. It's not a Windows file....
I think you need to realize that Windows and Android do not share file systems. You don't need to be able to read an .md5 or .apk or .obb on Windows to use it on Android. It's an unknown file format because Windows has no use for it.
You just need to browse to the .tar or .md5 file in Odin --> PDA. Nothing more, you don't need to extract or read it. That's ODIN's job.
You also need to search for the error you got. There's about 500 threads on it, with the solution. Start with this one, for instance: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2622254 It has nothing to do with windows.
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Couldn't put it better my self lol

ShadowLea said:
Windows recognizing the file has nothing to do with bricking your phone, the two systems are not even related... md5 is an ODIN file. You don't need windows to extract, mount or read it. It's not a Windows file....
I think you need to realize that Windows and Android do not share file systems. You don't need to be able to read an .md5 or .apk or .obb on Windows to use it on Android. It's an unknown file format because Windows has no use for it.
You just need to browse to the .tar or .md5 file in Odin --> PDA. Nothing more, you don't need to extract or read it. That's ODIN's job.
You also need to search for the error you got. There's about 500 threads on it, with the solution. Start with this one, for instance: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2622254 It has nothing to do with windows.
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Why did it get wrong when I have everything as in the video that I followed? Why did I get a blue box instead of a yellowbox in Odin? Why did I get the Seandroid enforcing warning when I put the md5 file in Odin and hit start? Why is my phone still not rooted and has Knox 0x1?

Download the right file, 4.3 or 4.4. Everything else has been said already.
Sent from my N9005

JaimyLuca said:
Why did it get wrong when I have everything as in the video that I followed? Why did I get a blue box instead of a yellowbox in Odin? Why did I get the Seandroid enforcing warning when I put the md5 file in Odin and hit start? Why is my phone still not rooted and has Knox 0x1?
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I am not the search bar, nor am I Google.com....

That post from XDA is not working for me. I don't have Kitkat and I don't have CWM.
If I put the MD5 file into Odin (at the PDA button) the options are greyed out. I can't change them. Auto reboot is checked, even as F reset time. I can't uncheck that. The video says I must uncheck that. And the box doesn't get yellow, but blue.

Can you show me wich tutorial you followed ?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2466423
Sent from my N9005

Dejan Sathanas said:
Can you show me wich tutorial you followed ?
Sent from my N9005
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I can't post links. But it is the youtube video from Qbking77 (Tim Schofield) "How to root the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 [All variants]"
And is it nessacary to offence (hurt) me?? No its not, thank you.
I have an Odin working with open options (not greyed out), but in that Odin he can't find the MD5 file anymore. Grrrrrr, i'm so sick of this.

Can it be that when I dial *#1234# I only get AP / CP / CSC instead of PDA / PHONE (and CSC)?
Will it work with a Odin who has BL / AP / CP and CSC? And in that Odin variant: where do I have to put the MD5 file?

JaimyLuca said:
Can it be that when I dial *#1234# I only get AP / CP / CSC instead of PDA / PHONE (and CSC)?
Will it work with a Odin who has BL / AP / CP and CSC? And in that Odin variant: where do I have to put the MD5 file?
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AP.... But it should work on any version of ODIN... I tend to use cf-autoroot with ODIN 1.85 and that works well....

JaimyLuca said:
Can it be that when I dial *#1234# I only get AP / CP / CSC instead of PDA / PHONE (and CSC)?
Will it work with a Odin who has BL / AP / CP and CSC? And in that Odin variant: where do I have to put the MD5 file?
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This is the best way to root all the files you need and a video how to http://galaxynote3root.com/category/galaxy-note-3-root/

Different Odin doesn't work either. Every time I get the Seandroid enforcing warning.
I give up. No root for me.

JaimyLuca said:
Different Odin doesn't work either. Every time I get the Seandroid enforcing warning.
I give up. No root for me.
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Seandroid enforcing*is normal when rooted get root checker from Google play and see if you are rooted

JaimyLuca said:
Different Odin doesn't work either. Every time I get the Seandroid enforcing warning.
I give up. No root for me.
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Have you try framaroot?

jaythenut said:
Seandroid enforcing*is normal when rooted get root checker from Google play and see if you are rooted
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I have not proper root acces says Root checker basic.
I have a problem with opening Odin v1.85 like in the link ("How to Root Galaxy Note 3!" from galaxynote3root dot com). The user I'm on will not work while I am on my Administrator account. And another user will not work either.

YEEEEESSSSS!!!! I have done it!!!

[Q] I need help! Soft brick my note 4, need a .PIT file.

My phone is stuck on firmware on "upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
I tried Kies 3 and it doesn't recognise the phone. I tried different firmwares the invalid .4ext error and says the file too big 475000 < 512000 something among those lines. I read that I will need to re-partition the memory with .PIT file for the note 4, which is no where to be found on google. I hope someone will be kind enough to extract the .PIT file from their phone and post it here.
Cheers,
Mus

Me too
madinho said:
My phone is stuck on firmware on "upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies and try again."
I tried Kies 3 and it doesn't recognise the phone. I tried different firmwares the invalid .4ext error and says the file too big 475000 < 512000 something among those lines. I read that I will need to re-partition the memory with .PIT file for the note 4, which is no where to be found on google. I hope someone will be kind enough to extract the .PIT file from their phone and post it here.
Cheers,
Mus
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Me too i have this problem please gays share pit file for N910F thanks to all

Assadesign_sy said:
Me too i have this problem please gays share pit file for N910F thanks to all
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I had the same problem. All i did was use Odin to put TWRP on my phone and it booted back up.

N910F
I tried many way nothing happen i cant use odin fail in everything i try to flash with rom or recovery. and now phone keep restarting and i cant wipe data?? anything i add or delete after restart go back like before like nothing happen?????

Guys I tried flash latest Sweden and have same problem size too big and ext4 failed,then I flash Philz recovery and voila phone booted everything its ok!!!

If you download a stock Samsung ROM, remove the .md5 from the end of it, and then extract the archive, you should find the PIT file in there.
I've not had to do it myself, because I'm using an S4 at the moment and was able to get a PIT file download on its own. So I can't verify 100% that it will be there, but I read it in a thread somewhere that it is.
Give it a try..

same problem
i hv same problem. but after instaling all samsung recovery.tar via odin it stuck on start up showing "android is not seandroid recovery."
i hv tried dfrnt stock firmware to flash via odin but all fails. need help?????????????