I'm aware there are some Linux alternatives for Odin (I mean, through 30 seconds of Googl'ing, Heimdall seems to be it), but I am hesitant in using these to flash using the available guides, because I don't know if there are differences in the Linux clone and the updated program from Samsung. On the other hand, it's always been kind of a PITA for me to get the ADB drivers working properly on my Windows installation and doing it through VMWare seems like an even bigger PITA.
Would I be okay just using the Linux alternative to Odin or should I go out of my way to get it all up and working on WIndows in order to follow the guides I've found? Are there any horror stories using the Linux clone?
I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab A T-280 and I'm trying to follow this guide
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...covery-samsung-galaxy-tab-a6-sm-t280-t3475381
If i recall it's called Heimdall, and it had always worked as a fine alternative for me. There's even a gui for ye scarey types. And if you're that concerned, why not just do as you said? Or just do it via a winblows vm?
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I have been having problems on XP(not regarding flashing). I am just tired of XP so i was thinking on using Ubuntu. Im going to get to the point now, Is there any software that i can use to flash my phones on linux?
I dont think so really. I have been using linux for a few years and not really seen anything for flashing wm phones. One option i was thinking of was setting up an xp install in a virtual machine and then trying that. I guess you could also try using the windows flashing app via wine but i just havent had time to do this yet.
If you do find a solution please can you report back here as it would be useful to know.
try microSD instead
well actually I am running a Gentoo OS here and tried flashing in XP in virtual machine in VirtualBox, but it did not work for me (after a certain time a timeout occured). From now on I will always flash via microSD card, I have a spare one I can always use for these purposes. Already flashed two different ROMs and works OK, so no need for XP anymore.
my friend put ubuntu 10.10 on my pc i have always had windows i cant seem to figure out how to get odin for my computer am i going to have to have him put windows back on here or is there a way
Odin is Windows only. You could run it under Wine or a virtual machine, but given that it's meant for flashing your phone, I'd avoid doing that. You could use the open source replacement, Heimdall, though.
Okay thanks i have been on android since the g1 but just basic flashing and such i must learn more now though
I have looked everywhere I can think of for a solution but haven't had success yet. I would REALLY like to use my Macbook Pro to root my new Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 but no guide I've found has been very detailed or even successful. Anyone know how to REALLY do this?
huntingbear said:
I have looked everywhere I can think of for a solution but haven't had success yet. I would REALLY like to use my Macbook Pro to root my new Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 but no guide I've found has been very detailed or even successful. Anyone know how to REALLY do this?
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Its basically the same procedure as a pc but we use Heimdall instead of Odin. Theres even a gui frontend for Heimdall in case you dont like playing with the command line. Macs are flaky when it comes to anything to do with Android though, whether its rooting/flashing, compiling or even file transferring. I gave up and just installed Windows with Bootcamp to make it easier.
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Its basically the same procedure as a pc but we use Heimdall instead of Odin. Theres even a gui frontend for Heimdall in case you dont like playing with the command line. Macs are flaky when it comes to anything to do with Android though, whether its rooting/flashing, compiling or even file transferring. I gave up and just installed Windows with Bootcamp to make it easier.
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I tried Heimdall and the error I kept getting was annoying and people say to try using older releases of Heimdall until it works but it never did. Kept saying some XML file was missin from the Odin TAR and when I extracted the image file from the tar it said that the TAR file size was incorrect or something. I've avoided soon boot camp because I don't have a very large HDD my MacBook (but ssd's sure are fast!!). Maybe I'll just use an external for the windows partition. How reliable was using windows while in boot camp? Get many lookups, memory dumps or driver issues?
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I tried Heimdall and the error I kept getting was annoying and people say to try using older releases of Heimdall until it works but it never did. Kept saying some XML file was missin from the Odin TAR and when I extracted the image file from the tar it said that the TAR file size was incorrect or something. I've avoided soon boot camp because I don't have a very large HDD my MacBook (but ssd's sure are fast!!). Maybe I'll just use an external for the windows partition. How reliable was using windows while in boot camp? Get many lookups, memory dumps or driver issues?
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So far Win8 is fine and im on a first gen Mac Pro from 2006. I had to install 7 first and upgrade it since Apple doesn't support it yet. I dont think you can run it from an external though. It wouldnt even install for me until I pulled all my drives out but the boot disk. You can also try a virtual machine like VMWare fusion or Parallels. Ive also had good luck using Crossover but ive never tried Odin with it.
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Is there anyone who has the VZW retail S5 and runs Linux Mint? I switched to Linux a week or so ago and can't figure out how to flash firmware or tar files in Linux. I tried VirtualBox with Odin and Kies but neither detects the phone. Heimdall and JOdin3 don't seem to be working either. Besides using a seperate computer with Windows is there any other solution that works? Please let me know, I would like to make a full departure from Windows. I've been searching for a solution but no luck yet.....
Hmmm, no Linux users here willing to help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265
First off DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES USE ODIN FROM A VM. You have a chance of breaking stuff even if you do somehow manage to get it to detect your phone, your only option is heimdall or jodin, and as far as i can tell jodin is just a graphical frontend for heimdall, but heimdall has its own gtk anyway. The main issue with flashing using either is they both require a PIT file which you cant get afaik, so you will need to use comouter with windows on it or install Windows on another partition.
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First off DO NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES USE ODIN FROM A VM. You have a chance of breaking stuff even if you do somehow manage to get it to detect your phone, your only option is heimdall or jodin, and as far as i can tell jodin is just a graphical frontend for heimdall, but heimdall has its own gtk anyway. The main issue with flashing using either is they both require a PIT file which you cant get afaik, so you will need to use comouter with windows on it or install Windows on another partition.
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Thanks for the reply. So it looks like I will just use the wifes laptop for Odin. I did get Jodin to detect the phone but sadly there is a problem with Heimdall handeling the large tar files that Samsung uses and the dev doesn't have a fix. I could push the seperate files to the proper partitions via ADB but that's way too risky for me. It was worth asking anyways.
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Thanks but I already tried that...
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Is there anyone who has the VZW retail S5 and runs Linux Mint? I switched to Linux a week or so ago and can't figure out how to flash firmware or tar files in Linux. I tried VirtualBox with Odin and Kies but neither detects the phone. Heimdall and JOdin3 don't seem to be working either. Besides using a seperate computer with Windows is there any other solution that works? Please let me know, I would like to make a full departure from Windows. I've been searching for a solution but no luck yet.....
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I'm actually running the opposite setup: Win 8.1 Pro host with Linux Mint guest. I would actually recommend this sort of setup. If you've got enough RAM and powerful enough CPU, you should be alright. I've got a Core i5 (2core 4 thread) with 6gb RAM. I've dedicated 3gb RAM and 2 vCPUs (virtual CPUs) to the guest OS. Also, make a shared directory on the Windows host anywhere (mine's in c:\vm\{shared_folder}\) and share it. Then on the guest OS browse the network/host os name/shared folder. This way you can move files back and forth from host to guest.
EDIT: and make sure the network settings for the VM is set to bridged, not NAT. This will place the guest VM on your network just like it were a physical machine.
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I'm actually running the opposite setup: Win 8.1 Pro host with Linux Mint guest. I would actually recommend this sort of setup. If you've got enough RAM and powerful enough CPU, you should be alright. I've got a Core i5 (2core 4 thread) with 6gb RAM. I've dedicated 3gb RAM and 2 vCPUs (virtual CPUs) to the guest OS. Also, make a shared directory on the Windows host anywhere (mine's in c:\vm\{shared_folder}\) and share it. Then on the guest OS browse the network/host os name/shared folder. This way you can move files back and forth from host to guest.
EDIT: and make sure the network settings for the VM is set to bridged, not NAT. This will place the guest VM on your network just like it were a physical machine.
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I have this same setup. Works great.
As far as vb not recognizing your phone, did you go to devices->usb in vb to check mark it to work in the windows guest? Install the drivers in windows? I'm sure you tried this already but have to ask.
I did research and discovered JOdin (equivalent to Odin 3 for windows) I believe.
Just want to request for a step by step guide for MacOS to root the s8?
Better ask than brick my s8, cheers!
Go sell your mac and take a Dell !
royalbloodvi said:
I did research and discovered JOdin (equivalent to Odin 3 for windows) I believe.
Just want to request for a step by step guide for MacOS to root the s8?
Better ask than brick my s8, cheers!
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You should consider installing Windows under a virtual machine or Bootcamp if you rather boot natively. I haven't checked lately but JOdin isn't maintained and is outdated. You might accidentally brick your phone using it.
install a virtual machine on your Mac. Or use something like Wine. I know it works well on Linux so it should work too on Mac. It allows to run Windows apps on Linux/OSX
Thanks guys