How can i check if the MD5 Checksum is correct?Thanks
getheo said:
How can i check if the MD5 Checksum is correct?Thanks
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you need the orignal checksum, and the current one..... then you compare
i dont know what the original checksum is and where to find it..
getheo said:
i dont know what the original checksum is and where to find it..
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original checksum of what exactly?
Hi,
You can use this program to check the MD5 Checksum of a file. -->MD5 Checksum Checker
Just virus scan, extract and open. You will need the MD5 of the original file, usually found on the download post/thread.
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We seem to be coming across a number of virii at the moment with people replacing valid tools with trojans. One solution is to provide an MD5 checksum on files you upload so users can verify they are legitimate days/weeks/months down the line. The process is very simple.
1) Zip/rar up your archive as normal.
2) Load the MD5 GUI tool, click the 'Generate Checksum' radio box, and drag your file onto it.
3) Click 'To Clipboard' and paste the result into your forum post.
Users need to perform a similar task, dragging the file they downloaded into MD5 GUI and verifying the checksums are the same.
Background: An MD5 checksum, or one-way hash, is a unique identifier for a stream of data. If even a single character is changed in the stream a completely different checksum is generated. This means if checksums do match, the downloaded file must match the original provided by the uploader.
I'm a noob when it comes to Linux and it's commands and I'm currently dual booting with ubuntu (windows installer) and when it says check md5 sums to see if they match i have no idea, how am i suppose to find the md5 sum for my phone because i have no idea. Detailed instructions is greatly appreciated. My phone is currently rooted running oxygen RC 7 s-off stock table.
Thanks,
Ryan
Why would you want to find the md5 of the phone? Since your S-off and running oxygen I'm gone guess you want to change hboot, just download the hboot image, then open a terminal and type "md5sum "with the space, and drag and drop your hboot image in to the terminal window. It might add " to the location of the hboot image so remove those.
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You need to check the md5 of the file you've downloaded to make sure it matches the original file on the website. Google it and you'll find some freeware programs that will do the job
md5 is nothing to do with your phone
Let me google that for you.
yeah GOOGLE is your friend
Command name is 'md5sum'. This utility usually comes built-in with linux (most distros should have this..). Go to a terminal and type in:
'md5sum <filename>'
Replace <filename> with the file you want to check and make sure you are in the directory which holds that file.
EDIT: I'm not sure what you meant when you said "find the MD5 sum of my phone"...this is the only way I know of for checking MD5 sums.
In very simple terms:
MD5 provides a checksum for an arbitary file. It's just a string of characters like a long PIN code.
You can use it to guarantee that the file that's been downloaded is identical to the original, i.e. not corrupted on the way. So for any file that has an associated MD5 sum. You download the file and run a MD5 utility on that file on your system and check the MD5 value output against the original one.
There are many other checksum utilities available but MD5 is the one most used currently.
It says to verify md5... I downloaded the file verifier off the market. Now where do I go and how do I verify the md5? Thanks in advance!
I usually verify the MD5 on my computer, then transfer the zip to my SD card. I'm not sure how to do it from the phone.
EDIT: I downloaded MD5 Checker from the Market to my phone. You'll need to browse to the zip file for the radio, and copy/paste the MD5 hash that the zip is supposed to have. It'll run to see if the two match.
Okay... I am looking at this:
To flash:
1. Place on ROOT directory of your FAT32 formatted SD card & rename to only PB31IMG.zip.
2. Boot into hboot (volume down + power) & confirm the radio update.
3. When done updating select reboot now. Do not try to boot immediately into recovery from hboot.
Newest First:
2.15.00.08.08
Download: http://www.mediafire...an7zwl5642jxv2j
Md5: DB604392CB81DC6C7323C8151937CBEF
2.15.10.07.07
Download: http://www.mediafire...6fkv5ywe6esc6mr
Md5: 50AFC97ABB7AA5AE6D3114D940AB22F1
So... what am I verifying these md5's against?
RMarkwald said:
EDIT: I downloaded MD5 Checker from the Market to my phone. You'll need to browse to the zip file for the radio, and copy/paste the MD5 hash that the zip is supposed to have. It'll run to see if the two match.
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Ah.. Gotcha! Thanks! Gonna go try that.
cniDXDinc said:
Ah.. Gotcha! Thanks! Gonna go try that.
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Yeah, you'll want to browse to the location of the radio zip file, and copy the MD5 the website lists into the MD5 field, then run the checker to see if the MD5 matches.
It's 2:45 AM and I must be losing my mind, but for the life of me, I can't remember how to access the tar files that are signed with MD5. The file in question is the new EL30 source tar, labeled SPH-D700-EL30-8Gb-REL.tar.md5
Of course, I know there is no such thing as an MD5 file, and I have checked to make sure that the MD5 generated by the file matches the MD5 checksum posted, but I can't actually OPEN the file, even if I delete the MD5 part in order to force Windows to see a tar file. Obviously ODIN won't let me flash anything other than a readable tar ball.
What am I missing here?
7Zip. It's free.
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kennyglass123 said:
7Zip. It's free.
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7-Zip won't allow me to open the file with either an MD5 or TAR extension as an archive.
Dante of the Inferno said:
7-Zip won't allow me to open the file with either an MD5 or TAR extension as an archive.
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I think you got a bad download. I can open the tar right in Windows Explorer and in 7zip.
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There is such thing as an md5 file... an md5 is a check to make sure it isn't a bad download or to encrypt passwords so when a database gets hacked, passwords can't be compromised. The file is actually a tar with several disk images for files in partition. The .md5 tells Odin to not work if the file is bad.
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kennyglass123 said:
I think you got a bad download. I can open the tar right in Windows Explorer and in 7zip.
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Turns out it was just a bad download...from K0nane's mirror.
I was surprised because both the good and the bad downloads had the same correct MD5 checksum. If the checksum can be the same for both a good AND bad download, then what's the point of a signed tar file?
Dante of the Inferno said:
Turns out it was just a bad download...from K0nane's mirror.
I was surprised because both the good and the bad downloads had the same correct MD5 checksum. If the checksum can be the same for both a good AND bad download, then what's the point of a signed tar file?
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It's not signed. The .md5 is just a check. You might be checking the md5 wrong.
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Sorry for beginner-level question...
Via the wiki page below:
http://forum.xda-developers.com
/wiki/HTC_Vision#Rooting_the_Vision_.28G2.2FDZ.29_and_DHD
I have downloaded the file vision.hboot-0.84.2000.zip but the result of the md5sum is not what is shown on the wiki page: 2CE1BDD5E4C1119CCFCECB938710D742...
Could anyone tell me where is the problem?
Is the server of the zip file still trust-able?
I use my browser plugin to check md5sum and it works fine with other files I downloaded...
Thank you for your help in advance!
Possible the download was corrupted. Re-download and check it again.
I just took a quick look.
I downloaded it twice and checked md5 sum twice.
D8F61830F104FF5D48B855BBE0D95F56 *vision.hboot-0.84.2000.zip
File size: 221,206 bytes.
Edit: Here are the md5 checksum for the HBoot download from the cyanogen wiki and xda wiki
D8F61830F104FF5D48B855BBE0D95F56 *vision.hboot-0.84.2000(1).zip
D8F61830F104FF5D48B855BBE0D95F56 *vision.hboot-0.84.2000(2).zip
Edit 2: This is generated with Fast Sum 1.7 from Kirill Zinov, and my HDD has fiile compression on so my md5 maybe different that yours but nevertheless, the files seem to be trust-able.
My guess: The xda wiki folks and the cyanogen folks forgot to check the check sum, or maybe it's just crappy software generate crappy md5 SUM
My advise:
1/ go ahead and use it, or
2/ use cynogenmod guide. I personally used this guide. They're the same anyways.
Cyanogen root guide for the Desize Z
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/HT...26_the_Engineering_HBoot_for_the_HTC_Desire_Z
for the xda wiki, its the md5sum for the .img inside the zip. not the zip.
The cm wiki has the zip of the zipfile, as gu1dry doesn't want to add the extra instruction.
-Nipqer
Thank you. I have got D8F61830F104FF5D48B855BBE0D95F56 too!
Oh, I see... Thank you for the info!