I have a backup that was made automatically when I updated my phone back in November called "before-ext4-convert-XXXXXXX" and I need to restore it to my phone. I've tried like 3 different versions of Android, all rooted and have been unable to restore the backup. Does anyone know how to restore it? I've been googling around and can't find anything.
Everyone seems to be using EXT4, and going into clockwork always changes the format to EXT4. Any suggestions? I just need some data off of the backup.
this will convert you back to "rfs" format (before ext4)
Blippi said:
I have a backup that was made automatically when I updated my phone back in November called "before-ext4-convert-XXXXXXX" and I need to restore it to my phone. I've tried like 3 different versions of Android, all rooted and have been unable to restore the backup. Does anyone know how to restore it? I've been googling around and can't find anything.
Everyone seems to be using EXT4, and going into clockwork always changes the format to EXT4. Any suggestions? I just need some data off of the backup.
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just transfer the conversion zip file from pc to your phone, then boot into cwm and install the conversion file and you should be good to go.
Are you on MTD?
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Current projects: MIUI, MarcusantROM, BetterStock kernel (hopefully)
marcusant said:
Are you on MTD?
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marcusant, i think they are running on ext4
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Blippi said:
I have a backup that was made automatically when I updated my phone back in November called "before-ext4-convert-XXXXXXX" and I need to restore it to my phone. I've tried like 3 different versions of Android, all rooted and have been unable to restore the backup. Does anyone know how to restore it? I've been googling around and can't find anything.
Everyone seems to be using EXT4, and going into clockwork always changes the format to EXT4. Any suggestions? I just need some data off of the backup.
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LORDFIRE00 said:
just transfer the conversion zip file from pc to your phone, then boot into cwm and install the conversion file and you should be good to go.
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Thanks, I'll try it out.
The same thing is happening.
Install from sdcard complete.
Checking MD5 sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Error while flashing boot image!
I have no idea what to do now. Any suggestions?
Blippi said:
The same thing is happening.
Install from sdcard complete.
Checking MD5 sums...
Erasing boot before restore...
Restoring boot image...
Error while flashing boot image!
I have no idea what to do now. Any suggestions?
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Again...are you on an MTD ROM. If so you cannot restore old BML backups without Odin to stock with repartition checked and the included pit file. I recommend you do this whether you are on MTD or not.
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kennyglass123 said:
Again...are you on an MTD ROM. If so you cannot restore old BML backups without Odin to stock with repartition checked and the included pit file. I recommend you do this whether you are on MTD or not.
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I don't know what a MTD ROM is. I flashed my phone to sph-d700-dk28-8g-rel.tar.md5 (ODIN) which is stock, and used EXT42RFS.zip. I never have used a PIT file, nor tried it with re-partitioning.
Just tried it with re-partitioning, I get the error: Can't open the specified file - it probably needs a PIT file.
Pit file is included with Odin. Look in the directory you unpacked it in.
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kennyglass123 said:
Pit file is included with Odin. Look in the directory you unpacked it in.
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Is Re-Partition necessary? It keeps failing "Re-Partition operation failed."
Is using a PIT file necessary? According to other threads "Do not need pit people, it's the full md5."
Blippi said:
Is Re-Partition necessary? It keeps failing "Re-Partition operation failed."
Is using a PIT file necessary? According to other threads "Do not need pit people, it's the full md5."
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Yes. It sounds like your partition table is messed up. Did you put the Victory Pit file that came with Odin in the PIT slot? Try it without repartition if you like. Maybe it will work.
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Blippi, with the tar file, place the "pit" file where it says pit in odin. Make sure only re-boot and re-partition are checked. Alo make sure u are not using the stock cable that came with the phone
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Blippi, to answer ur mtd question, imagine a pie with no cut slides, its just solid. That is mtd. Now imagine a pie with one small cut slice, that's bml (aka "rfs" partition)
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kennyglass123 said:
Yes. It sounds like your partition table is messed up. Did you put the Victory Pit file that came with Odin in the PIT slot? Try it without repartition if you like. Maybe it will work.
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Yes I did.
LORDFIRE00 said:
Blippi, with the tar file, place the "pit" file where it says pit in odin. Make sure only re-boot and re-partition are checked. Alo make sure u are not using the stock cable that came with the phone
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Same thing happens with my touchpad cable.
Try a completely different cable
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LORDFIRE00 said:
Try a completely different cable
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Same thing, is there any way to diagnose where the issue is (with my phone or the backup)?
try this "pit" file.
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ok, for some reason it's not letting me upload the pit file that i have to you. it's the one that i use.
see if this version has the pit file.
LORDFIRE00 said:
see if this version has the pit file.
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That zip with ODIN does not include a PIT file.
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What all needs to be used to flash the EC05 tar file from Mammon in ODIN? What settings need to be checked? Do we need to put in the victory_8G pit file and the EC05 tar file? Any help with this would be great! Thanks in advance!
The only option checked should be auto reboot. Yes you do need to use the .pit file, and the modem.tar file should go in the phone slot. Good luck. Im using it, its working fine.
spitefulrain said:
The only option checked should be auto reboot. Yes you do need to use the .pit file, and the modem.tar file should go in the phone slot. Good luck. Im using it, its working fine.
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That's what I thought, confirmation is everything! Thank you very much!
spitefulrain said:
The only option checked should be auto reboot. Yes you do need to use the .pit file, and the modem.tar file should go in the phone slot. Good luck. Im using it, its working fine.
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OK so do this and there will be no data loss (I know, backup always) then flash the new ROM over the old right?
Don't know what is going on in the DEV section. Seems to be a war or something. And Bonsai thread keeps getting closed.
kennyglass123 said:
OK so do this and there will be no data loss (I know, backup always) then flash the new ROM over the old right?
Don't know what is going on in the DEV section. Seems to be a war or something. And Bonsai thread keeps getting closed.
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Yup, I did a nand backup and flashed the EC05 modem through ODIN and it rebooted back into the VIPERrom 5.0 and everything worked alright. I wiped 3X and installed Bonsai 4.0. Works fine.
jerbeck24 said:
Yup, I did a nand backup and flashed the EC05 modem through ODIN and it rebooted back into the VIPERrom 5.0 and everything worked alright. I wiped 3X and installed Bonsai 4.0. Works fine.
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Cool. Thanks. I assume I can flash Bonsai 4 right over 3.0.1 since they have been including the wipes in the flash. Can't ask anyone since their thread keeps getting locked.
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kennyglass123 said:
Cool. Thanks. I assume I can flash Bonsai 4 right over 3.0.1 since they have been including the wipes in the flash. Can't ask anyone since their thread keeps getting locked.
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Where did you get the .pit file?
nixo31 said:
Where did you get the .pit file?
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Pit file came with the Odin 1.6 download. The tar file came from Bonsai. Thread is closed but links are active.
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you dont have to wipe
Well i have the EB13 pit file...can i just use this one? Or is there one specifically for EC05???
Anyone know if there is going to be a .tar file at midnight?? or is the .bin file the same thing???
qbking77 said:
Anyone know if there is going to be a .tar file at midnight?? or is the .bin file the same thing???
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its already out!
Where can I find the .tar file??
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qbking77 said:
Where can I find the .tar file??
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Look in the page before last in Bonsai 4.0.0 thread its closed but the link is up...u will have to sign up to download
Are you using eb13-ext4.pit file or another with the odin?
apatcas said:
Are you using eb13-ext4.pit file or another with the odin?
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I just used the same EB13-ext4.pit and it was flawless. Only problem was i forgot i had to be in download mode lol
Who hasn't done that? lol
nixo31 said:
Look in the page before last in Bonsai 4.0.0 thread its closed but the link is up...u will have to sign up to download
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I don't see a link it has been removed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1001469
or is this the wrong thread
This is removed too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976864
Can someone PM me his link please?
I'm thinking of going purely stock for a bit...
Edit: Thanks to both you guys, you know who you are. Don't know if y'all want me to publicly say who lol
spitefulrain said:
The only option checked should be auto reboot. Yes you do need to use the .pit file, and the modem.tar file should go in the phone slot. Good luck. Im using it, its working fine.
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Thanks, I only wanted the modem for now and never used odin. I always felt odin was a last resort if cwm ever failed to restore a nandroid, still never wanted to use it. Anyhow I still screwed up by putting the tar file under pda instead of phone, but thankfully it didn't matter....as I wipe the sweat beads off my forehead. :-D
If you flash a tar file it goes under PDA. .bin goes in phone. You did it right.
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Every time I go into recovery mode I get the system recovery. It doesn't let me flash anything. I also tried to install CWM5. I followed all the guides I've come across for Odin and every time I think I finally got it, I still have the system recovery.
any help?
christiantailor said:
Every time I go into recovery mode I get the system recovery. It doesn't let me flash anything. I also tried to install CWM5. I followed all the guides I've come across for Odin and every time I think I finally got it, I still have the system recovery.
any help?
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Hmmm tell me the steps you are taking to root through odin
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Your forgetting to odin the kernel from mksaick.... let me find that link give me a second... once you odin this kernel odin cwm5 again and you'll be set.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307980
Go here scroll towards the bottom and download the GBa3.tar its the kernel you need to odin.
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Big Goron said:
Your forgetting to odin the kernel from mksaick.... let me find that link give me a second... once you odin this kernel odin cwm5 again and you'll be set.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307980
Go here scroll towards the bottom and download the GBa3.tar its the kernel you need to odin.
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which slot do I put the kernel in?
Stop whatever your doing. Then...
Open ODIN, place the recovery.bin file in the recovery slot.
Be sure to use the .pit file.
Uncheck auto-reboot.
After successfully flashing CWM, pull the battery.
Boot into CWM and flash whatever custom rom you want.
Done.
You are having this problem because the stock kernel checks the recovery type/partition and if there is a mismatch, it automatically flashes the stock recovery again.
If you want stock + root & CWM, then replace the stock kernel with a custom one for your current build.
nikon120 said:
Stop whatever your doing. Then...
Open ODIN, place the recovery.bin file in the recovery slot.
Be sure to use the .pit file.
Uncheck auto-reboot.
After successfully flashing CWM, pull the battery.
Boot into CWM and flash whatever custom rom you want.
Done.
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what recovery.bin? ha
I'm not used to using Odin.
Topic you should read
.tar.md5 file for CWM 5
My bad, I thought I had the actual .bin file, but just use the .tar.md5 file linked above. I'm too drunk to extract ****.
Twas a good night.
Good luck.
nikon120 said:
Stop whatever your doing. Then...
Open ODIN, place the recovery.bin file in the recovery slot.
Be sure to use the .pit file.
Uncheck auto-reboot.
After successfully flashing CWM, pull the battery.
Boot into CWM and flash whatever custom rom you want.
Done.
You are having this problem because the stock kernel checks the recovery type/partition and if there is a mismatch, it automatically flashes the stock recovery again.
If you want stock + root & CWM, then replace the stock kernel with a custom one for your current build.
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Why would you use the pit file? Repartitioning is not needed. Don't use the pit.
Put CWM tar in the PDA slot.
As mentioned, if you're on a stock ROM, delete the script (install-recovery.sh) to prevent stock recovery from overwriting CWM on boot. Or flash a different kernel.
tl;dr
Watch qbking's youtube guides.
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etirkca said:
Why would you use the pit file? Repartitioning is not needed. Don't use the pit.
Put CWM in the PDA slot.
As mentioned, if you're on a stock ROM, delete the script (install-recovery.sh) to prevent stock recovery from overwriting CWM on boot. Or flash a different kernel.
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What if I accidentally put something in the phone slot? My phone won't connect to network now.
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etirkca said:
Why would you use the pit file? Repartitioning is not needed. Don't use the pit.
Put CWM tar in the PDA slot.
As mentioned, if you're on a stock ROM, delete the script (install-recovery.sh) to prevent stock recovery from overwriting CWM on boot. Or flash a different kernel.
tl;dr
Watch qbking's youtube guides.
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B/c I flashed the recovery.tar file via odin w/o the pit file before and soft bricked. The next flash attempt I used the pit file, all was well.
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christiantailor said:
What if I accidentally put something in the phone slot? My phone won't connect to network now.
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Reflash. Preferably the right way this time.
There's plenty of guides on here on how to flash properly.
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You guys suck at directions... sorry.
The gba3.tar goes in the pda section. Leave EVERYTHING unchecked. Nothing else should be put in anywhere just the kernel in pda slot.
Then once it says pass on odin unplug the device (yes I know it still says do not remove target just do it.)
Pop out the battery, put it back in and go back into download mode.
Then you can have auto-reboot checked, and odin in the recovery in the pda slot as well. Double check its only auto reboot and hit the start button.
This is the easiest method for n00bs, no going in and deleteing the "install-recovery.sh". No having to quickly unplug the battery before it boots and flashing a rom etc etc. This IS how Qbking77 does it, and this IS how it should properly be done.
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christiantailor said:
What if I accidentally put something in the phone slot? My phone won't connect to network now.
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F(*^*ck me I'm too late.....
Now your going to have to reflash to stock and start over... *facepalm*
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I've run into quite the problem with my AT&T Galaxy S3. It seems my file system has structure has changed and my internal sd card has been wiped. If I try to install a new ROM via CWM, I get the file choices, 0, legacy & obb...none of which have my rom in it.
I have tried to flash a new ROM via ODIN but it always gets stuck at the aboot.xxx portion of the flashing process (attempting to flash the stock room...just using pda in ODIN). I searched other forums and they suggested finding a firmware with PIT file so that I can repartition the S3.
All the firmwares I have downloaded contain a single file that goes in the PDA part of ODIN. Does anyone have any links to firmware zips that contain the PIT file? My phone doesn't boot past the Samsung bootscreen.
Any help is appreciated. Thank you.
Sir, I understand your need but this type of thread is not for the Development Section...moved to the Q&A.
Thank You.
Here this is what your looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30547929
Its at the bottom of the post
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thatsupnow said:
Here this is what your looking for
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30547929
Its at the bottom of the post
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You are a life saver good sir! Thank you! It worked perfectly
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chizzwhizz said:
You are a life saver good sir! Thank you! It worked perfectly
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How exactly did you fix it? I am having a strange issue, where the phone will not boot and in recovery everything fails to mount ex: "e: cannot mount \cache" and so on. I've flashed a few different stock restores with no avail, and I think that the partitions are jacked.
Corrupt SD
amawatts88 said:
How exactly did you fix it? I am having a strange issue, where the phone will not boot and in recovery everything fails to mount ex: "e: cannot mount \cache" and so on. I've flashed a few different stock restores with no avail, and I think that the partitions are jacked.
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Check this link out
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2422893&page=2
Does anyone know how to repartition our phone to take advantage of more of the 16gb?
re: partition
joshua.justice said:
Does anyone know how to repartition our phone to take advantage of more of the 16gb?
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The partition scheme and size are governed by the .pit file.
If you flash any .pit file which is not stock you will end up with a shiny brick.
That's why none of the roms found here in xda contain a .pit file.
Best bet is to get an external sdcard or if you already have one get one with a larger capacity.
Good luck!
There is a pit file creator floating around. I tried using it on my s3 but it never seemed to change anything. And as long as you flash a pit file that matches stock with different sizes you won't brick. And DO NOT touch bootloader or recovery partitions. Only data and system. I too wish to reformat, I'm tired of wasting 1.8 gigs of system data
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elesbb said:
There is a pit file creator floating around. I tried using it on my s3 but it never seemed to change anything. And as long as you flash a pit file that matches stock with different sizes you won't brick. And DO NOT touch bootloader or recovery partitions. Only data and system. I too wish to reformat, I'm tired of wasting 1.8 gigs of system data
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Yess! This is needed. but im not testing it
C.Sweat said:
Yess! This is needed. but im not testing it
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I've already tested it Like i said, it doesnt do anything it flashes and succeeds but nothing changed in reference to the partition. now im not sure if i need to flash an actual image along with it but nothing i did worked. But yes, we do need this!
Long story short, directly after installing Swap Internal Sdcard to External Sdcard my phone rebooted into recovery mode saying that it could not mount /Data & /Cache. This was on Cyanogenmod 10.2 (latest nightly) and I was an idiot and tried to start over and failed at repartitioning my ROM. Does anyone have a ROM configuration directory tree for a PIT configuration so I can recovery my phone?
Model is: SPH-l900
Recovery: TWRP
This is my last resort D:
======Update======== 10/09/2013
I've done a lot of research, pretty much summed up my options. Since I do not have a PIT configuration for my SPH-l900 I can either buy a hardware / software combo to repair my phone, throw my phone away, or risk taking it to a sprint store.
Also what device would I use to repair my phone? JTAG / RIFFTag? or ???
And also no one can make a PIT file for the SPH-L900 (16GB) ?
I have
Just odin back to a stock rooted LJC rom and it will automagically repartition your phone back the way it needs to be.
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
d12unk13astard said:
Just odin back to a stock rooted LJC rom and it will automagically repartition your phone back the way it needs to be.
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
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Last I researched and tried you cannot just Odin back without a .PIT configuration file with a corrupted ROM (EMMC). Does anyone have a .PIT configuration file for the SPH-L900?
Can you get into odin download mode by holding volume down and power? If so im 99.9% sure its an easy fix. Or you can try your luck finding a .pit configuration...
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
d12unk13astard said:
Can you get into odin download mode by holding volume down and power? If so im 99.9% sure its an easy fix. Or you can try your luck finding a .pit configuration...
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
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I have the PIT file somewhere.... just need to find it.
*Edit* Attached. Use this and MC2 and you should be all set.
garwynn said:
I have the PIT file somewhere.... just need to find it.
*Edit* Attached. Use this and MC2 and you should be all set.
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Thank you so much, I was hesitant to PM you directly and thought someone else might have the proper .PIT file...
Did you just create it yourself using Pit Magic or how did you get that .PIT configuration? If you don't mind me asking.
d12unk13astard said:
Can you get into odin download mode by holding volume down and power? If so im 99.9% sure its an easy fix. Or you can try your luck finding a .pit configuration...
Sent from my note 2 ya bish!
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I was looking for a .PIT configuration file because my ROM (EMMC) was corrupted, from my experience Odin only works with regular Custom OS .tar installs if you only have a working ROM (EMMC). I had to repartition my phone first... And I did look lol, I couldn't find a working .PIT file for my phone sadly and on top of that I tried to create my own but failed it hard. I guess it was a great learning experience because sprint looked at my phone and just said that they would replace my old one, and since I've had it for about a year they just let me keep the old one
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Thank you so much, I was hesitant to PM you directly and thought someone else might have the proper .PIT file...
Did you just create it yourself using Pit Magic or how did you get that .PIT configuration? If you don't mind me asking.
I was looking for a .PIT configuration file because my ROM (EMMC) was corrupted, from my experience Odin only works with regular Custom OS .tar installs if you only have a working ROM (EMMC). I had to repartition my phone first... And I did look lol, I couldn't find a working .PIT file for my phone sadly and on top of that I tried to create my own but failed it hard. I guess it was a great learning experience because sprint looked at my phone and just said that they would replace my old one, and since I've had it for about a year they just let me keep the old one
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This one I got from a Heimdall pull.
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garwynn said:
This one I got from a Heimdall pull.
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Thanks again, I think I'll do that from now on lol
garwynn said:
I have the PIT file somewhere.... just need to find it.
*Edit* Attached. Use this and MC2 and you should be all set.
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So if I have MC2 firmware and use your MC2 pit file this repartition the phone and restore firmware. so what do i click on in odin too run both files. Thanks
tommyjoesanders said:
So if I have MC2 firmware and use your MC2 pit file this repartition the phone and restore firmware. so what do i click on in odin too run both files. Thanks
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Pit goes in pit slot, tar in pda.
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garwynn said:
Pit goes in pit slot, tar in pda.
I have same problem and tried to do things as your guy have shown: get the t0lte.zip and MC2 but the pit re-partition is failed after all just seconds after hit the start. Tried to do with several USBs but no help.
What should I do next? I can get my phone into ODIN download mode but could not flash the any stock ROM. I got the message :There is no PIT partition and if I attach file t0tle.pit and check the re-partition box then I got the message second after hit the start button : Re-Partition operation failed.
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abbuyacc said:
garwynn said:
Pit goes in pit slot, tar in pda.
I have same problem and tried to do things as your guy have shown: get the t0lte.zip and MC2 but the pit re-partition is failed after all just seconds after hit the start. Tried to do with several USBs but no help.
What should I do next? I can get my phone into ODIN download mode but could not flash the any stock ROM. I got the message :There is no PIT partition and if I attach file t0tle.pit and check the re-partition box then I got the message second after hit the start button : Re-Partition operation failed.
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You should not need to repartition. I don't believe they changed to go to 4.3. What happens if you do just the tarball?
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abbuyacc said:
You should not need to repartition. I don't believe they changed to go to 4.3. What happens if you do just the tarball?
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Could not do anything, and sorry what do you meant when saying "do just the tarball"?
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abbuyacc said:
Could not do anything, and sorry what do you meant when saying "do just the tarball"?
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My meaning is try flashing the tar file only. Don't add the pit file or check repartition.
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garwynn said:
My meaning is try flashing the tar file only. Don't add the pit file or check repartition.
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OH, OK... if so then I got the message something like there is no pit file. The phone if I don't do anything but just hit the power button it will come to a blank screen with nothing in it and you cannot control anything even power button and you will need to take the battery out in order to turn the phone off but I also mentioned that I can get into the Odin download mode and when you do the tarball (your term) you will get the message that said no pit file.
Did this end up working out for you? I've downloaded MC2 (4.1.2?) and another version (4.4 I think) and everything I try keeps telling me I need a PIT file. My phone is soft bricked where it'll go into download mode, but trying to go into recovery or booting it normally and it'll turn into a Poltergeist screeen and won't do anything - http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-2-sprint/help/odd-semi-brick-t3082102
garwynn said:
I have the PIT file somewhere.... just need to find it.
*Edit* Attached. Use this and MC2 and you should be all set.
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I've tried literally everything possible....Cannot get anything to flash in Odin or Philz Recovery....Is there any other way to try to reset internal memory?
New logic board and now the phone is good as new, thanks eBay
kchannel9 said:
New logic board and now the phone is good as new, thanks
I am in the same boat.
Woke up this morning and phone is on "Galaxy Note 2" screen. Does not even get past the Sprint and Samsung boot anims. Try to boot into TWRP to send some commands and disable Xposed, I did some playing with Xposed last night but when I went to sleep, I had done multiple restarts and tests w/ Xposed modules and all was sound. Put it on the charger and slept. Until this morning!
Not able to send and ADB commands to phone during boot.
I can get into dl mode with Odin but so far the recovery files I've tried to flashed have returned either FAILED or NO PIT PARTITION error.
Kchannel9.. so you got a new motherboard. Were you ever able to recover any of your data off your old motherboard?
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Nope.