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[Q] Flash Recovery with Heimdall [Note 3]

So first off I have the SM-N900V (Samsung Galaxy Note 3 - Verizon) [hltevzw]
Currently following the instructions over on the CyanogenMod website, and have ran into a problem while trying to flash the PhilZ Touch Recovery. I have tried to flash with Odin-on almost every version-and have failed every time. So I took the path with Heimdall, and got the farthest. This was the process I took:
1) Power off device and boot into download mode (Volume down + Home + Power).
2) Plug in device and open command window in folder location (Where the recover.img is).
3) Run this command: heimdall flash --recovery recovery.img --no-reboot
4) This is the outcome:
Initializing connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...
Initializing protocol...
Protocol initialization successful.
Beginning session...
Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.
Please be patient!
Session begun.
Downloading device's PIT file...
ERROR: Failed to send request to end PIT file transfer!
ERROR: Failed to download PIT file!
Ending session...
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1) Does the phone need to be rooted?
2) Any reason why it is failing the send a request?
Any feedback would be much appreciated. Thanks!

Firstly, the Verizon model is bootloader locked and there is no unlock. You cannot use custom recoveries or kernels. Secondly, heimdall doesn't work if you're on 4.4 or higher for some reason.
Sent from my leanKernel 3.7 powered stock 4.4.2 (NF4) SM-N900T

Cannot Download PIT File or Flash Phone

I accidentally pressed full unroot inthe super user, now my phone only boots into TWRP and cannot mount "system," "data," nor the internal storage. I've tried booting the phone into download mode to flash it. But when I try to download the PIT file in Heimdall, I get this message:
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...
Initialising protocol...
ERROR: Failed to send data!Releasing device interface...​
Please help because this is my only means of communication. i need to flash it! I already have the stock ROMs etc, I just need to work out why I can't access my Internal Storage.
Cheers
(Phone is SM-G935F Model)

flashed wrong ROM into device - how can I safe it?

I thought my phone is a J7 2015 but it is in fact a J7 2017! Initially I flashed the stock ROM for the 15 onto my device using Odin. This was successful and I didn't noticed any problmens while using it.
Next, I attempted to install LineageOS, following instructions for the 2015. The flashing of the image failed and now I don't have a recovery menu. The samsung logo shows up and I can enter ODIN download mode.
I installed WinUSB driver for my phone using zadig. Unfortunately I can no longer connect with Odin, probably due to the libUSB driver.
This is what happened during flashing the recovery image with heimdall:
Code:
C:\Users\a\Downloads>heimdall flash --RECOVERY lineage-17.1-20200716-recovery-j7elte.img --no-reboot
Heimdall v1.4.2
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Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
libusb: error [init_device] device '\\.\USB#VID_FEED&PID_6060&MI_02#6&2970BEE6&0&0002' is no longer connected!
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...
Initialising protocol...
Protocol initialisation successful.
Beginning session...
Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.
Please be patient!
Session begun.
Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.
Uploading RECOVERY
100%
RECOVERY upload successful
Ending session...
Releasing device interface...
my device is (or, better, was):
AP: J730FXXS6CTD1
CP: J730FXXS6CTD1
CSC: J730FOXX6CSK6
Model: SM-J730F/DS
how can I flash a recovery image for J7 2017?

install samsung usb driver to your pc and odin then
download the official rom for your device and falsh it completely
sammobile or any other official roms sites

Did i brick my GT-I9505 ?

Today i wanted to update my phone from cynaogenmod to a recent lineageos. It followed this guide jfltexx/install, but when i tried to "heimdall flash --RECOVERY ...", the blue progress bar on the phone got to ~99% - then heimdall crashed:
Code:
...
Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.
Uploading RECOVERY
100%libusb: error [udev_hotplug_event] ignoring udev action bind
ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!
ERROR: RECOVERY upload failed!
Ending session...
ERROR: Failed to send end session packet!
Releasing device interface...
Because at that point nothing would change anymore, i unplugged the phone and rebooted. Since then the phone won't boot android anymore and reports "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." when booting to recovery mode. Download mode is still accessible, but worthless:
Flashing the original ROM fails with "Complete(Write) operation failed": imgur
Flashing it with a PIT i found on this forum doesn't work either: imgur
Is my phone completely lost? Is there something i can do?

aenderboy said:
Today i wanted to update my phone from cynaogenmod to a recent lineageos. It followed this guide jfltexx/install, but when i tried to "heimdall flash --RECOVERY ...", the blue progress bar on the phone got to ~99% - then heimdall crashed:
Code:
...
Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.
Uploading RECOVERY
100%libusb: error [udev_hotplug_event] ignoring udev action bind
ERROR: Failed to confirm end of file transfer sequence!
ERROR: RECOVERY upload failed!
Ending session...
ERROR: Failed to send end session packet!
Releasing device interface...
Because at that point nothing would change anymore, i unplugged the phone and rebooted. Since then the phone won't boot android anymore and reports "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." when booting to recovery mode. Download mode is still accessible, but worthless:
Flashing the original ROM fails with "Complete(Write) operation failed": imgur
Flashing it with a PIT i found on this forum doesn't work either: imgur
Is my phone completely lost? Is there something i can do?
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Hello,
Please follow my Guides. I recommend you to follow the guide "clean install from scratch" and also use Odin. Everything you need it's on my thread and in my collection.

Issue Resolved
The solution was to use a shorter USB cable. Thank you so much for making me not loose my faith!

Cannot unlock / flash recovery with heimdall (A7 2016)

Hi all,
I am trying to flash the LoS recovery (and later LoS itself) on my A7 2016 using heimdall on Debian Buster: I enabled the developers settings, activated ADB and "OEM Unlock", but when trying to flash the recovery using heimdall version 1.4.2 it gets stuck here:
[email protected]:/tmp/bla/Heimdall/build/bin# ./heimdall flash --RECOVERY ~mistersixt/Downloads/lineage-17.1-20210529-recovery-a7xelte.img
Heimdall v1.4.2
...
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...
Initialising protocol...
Protocol initialisation successful.
Beginning session...
Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.
Please be patient!
Session begun.
Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.
Uploading RECOVERY
100%"
At this stage the device shows a (new) screen saying "Installation Failure" and "You need to unlock your device to install a custom OS" with some extra text.
Which step did I miss? Any help is welcome!
Kind regards, mistersixt.