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[Q] Creating Odin Flashable Tar with Samsung Galaxy Note 2 ToolKit.

Hi guys, I know a few people have asked this in the past. And some members answer saying that instead of creating an Odin flashable tar, download the .img from ClockworkMods site and flash it with adb or Android terminal. But i dont feel comfortable with that method as i screwed up my S3 once by doing that. Anyways, While reading one of the posts on XDA, i found a member has released a toolkit for the Galaxy Note 2, and in one of the screenshots i saw that this tool kit has a feature of converting a ClockworkMod .img file into an Odin flashable .tar file. So i downloaded the tool kit and followed the instructions. And i successfully converted the .img i downloaded from CWM's website into a Odin flashable tar.
Now my predicament is: I already had a .tar who someone posted online that i successfully flashed to my phone, so i compared the MD5 of the .tar i had just created with the proper .tar and it dosnt match. However, the MD5 of the .img file inside the .tar's they both match just fine. So my question is that the file i created, is it safe to flash onto my S3? Or because it was created with the Note 2 toolkit can only be flashed to the note 2? For now i am fine and dont need to flash CWM on my phone. However, in the future and if one of my freinds needs me to flash a new version of CWM on their phones (S2, Google nexus etc) i would like to be able to download the corresponding CWM for their phones and convert those to a .tar file i can flash onto their phones without having to search the internet for a .tar file someone else created. I am not sure if i am explaing this properly so if any part of my post does not make any sense please feel free to ask. Thank you.
Below is a link to the article with the note to toolkit:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923956

Why don't you download gs3 toolkit?

tonymtl said:
Why don't you download gs3 toolkit?
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There is a similar toolkit for S3?? And can i create an Odin flashable tar file from a CWM .img file with the toolkit?? But still, can i use the Note 2 toolkit or the S3 toolkit to convert CWM .imgs to tar files but for other phones too? Like the S2 etc.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
It has all the same features as note2 toolkit but this one is for s3

tonymtl said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746665
It has all the same features as note2 toolkit but this one is for s3
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Got it thanks! But my question is that can i use this tool to convert .imgs to tar's BUT for other phones along with S3's? Like for the S2 i727, or Google Nexus etc??

I'm not a 100% sure. Other devices have different partitions and if you wright in a wrong one you'll brick it, but I've noticed that unlike making a cwm flashable .zip when you make a .tar you don't need to specify to which part of partition to flash it as long as its named recovery.img and not cwm-touch-recovery-6.0.1.4.img or something Odin will flash it in a right place.

tonymtl said:
I'm not a 100% sure. Other devices have different partitions and if you wright in a wrong one you'll brick it, but I've noticed that unlike making a cwm flashable .zip when you make a .tar you don't need to specify to which part of partition to flash it as long as its named recovery.img and not cwm-touch-recovery-6.0.1.4.img or something Odin will flash it in a right place.
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I see, the Toolkit, it tells you to rename the .img file to recovery.img and put it in the input folder, and then you press go and it outputs the Odin fliashable tar file in the output folder. So its safe to convert for other phones? I need to convert CWM.img for a Samsung Galaxy S2 i727 into a tar to flash it on the S2, than install Cyanogenmod 10. Any idea if doing this is safe?

[Q] Updating Bell S3 from old leaked rom

Hi there
Back in September, there was a leaked rom of the JB update for Bell. I flashed it successfully and everything went smoothly. But in November, Bell released the official JB update, and I'd like to flash that.
I downloaded Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-I747M_BMC_1_20121121150017_8dyms8nejb.zip from Samsung-Updates.com, but not sure what to do with it. When I put it on the phone, and try and instal it from the recovery screen, it fails.
I've looked at various posts, but can't find the answer to my 2 questions.
- Am I using the proper update from the site mentioned above?
- And how do I go about flashing this onto the phone? (I tried ODIN, but in the PDA, there are options for md5, tar, gz, etc, but not .zip files. I'm just being cautious so that I don't brick my phone.
Thanks in advance...

xboarder said:
Hi there
Back in September, there was a leaked rom of the JB update for Bell. I flashed it successfully and everything went smoothly. But in November, Bell released the official JB update, and I'd like to flash that.
I downloaded Samsung-Updates.com-SGH-I747M_BMC_1_20121121150017_8dyms8nejb.zip from Samsung-Updates.com, but not sure what to do with it. When I put it on the phone, and try and instal it from the recovery screen, it fails.
I've looked at various posts, but can't find the answer to my 2 questions.
- Am I using the proper update from the site mentioned above?
- And how do I go about flashing this onto the phone? (I tried ODIN, but in the PDA, there are options for md5, tar, gz, etc, but not .zip files. I'm just being cautious so that I don't brick my phone.
Thanks in advance...
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there should be a tar file in the zip just unzip the file you downloaded

jerrycoffman45 said:
there should be a tar file in the zip just unzip the file you downloaded
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There are only 2 files in the zip file.
KIES_HOME_I747MVLDLK4_I747MOYCDLK4_538866_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5
SS_DL.dll
Thanks for replying.
Can I flash the md5 file with ODIN? What's the purpose for the dll then?

xboarder said:
]KIES_HOME_I747MVLDLK4_I747MOYCDLK4_538866_REV04_user_low_ship.tar.md5
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^^^ This is what you want to use in the PDA section. You can ignore the DLL.

Yeah just flash the md5 file in odin as PDA. I have no idea what the dll file is for
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I just flashed the .md5 with ODIN, and it's working great.
Thanks to all of you for your quick response and help. Very much appreciated.

Stock Rom Question

Hello all. I have posted this problem/question before but received no help. So im posting it again. I recently rooted my S3 and installed cyanogenmod and decided I like touchwiz so I decided to unroot it. So I installed triangle away to delete any traces of root and the process was completed nicely. Then I flashed a stock rom that I downloaded online. Then I did a stock factory reset. But it doesnt feel right. There are slight graphics glitches with opening some apps. Like opening facebook messanger will display white and black lines untill it loads up. I tried the whole reinstall thing and no help. There are other similar glitches. Can anyone help me? I want my s3 fully stock like it was straight from att.
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dima470 said:
Then I flashed a stock rom that I downloaded online.
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I would try another file download location (which you did not specify where you downloaded from). You might also try and redownload and ensure to do an MD5 check. Of course this means factory resetting again and ODIN.
If nothing else, download rooted ROM from Mr.Robinson's post and unroot it. This will keep your flash counter as is.

aybarrap1 said:
I would try another file download location (which you did not specify where you downloaded from). You might also try and redownload and ensure to do an MD5 check. Of course this means factory resetting again and ODIN.
If nothing else, download rooted ROM from Mr.Robinson's post and unroot it. This will keep your flash counter as is.
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Thank You for your quick responce. I downloaded the rom from a video i found on YouTube.(doesn't seem reliable huh...) How do i do an MD5 check?

dima470 said:
Thank You for your quick responce. I downloaded the rom from a video i found on YouTube.(doesn't seem reliable huh...) How do i do an MD5 check?
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Follow this thread for downloading stock roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625. After unzipping most should end with the file name .md5. ODIN will do the md5 check automatically for you. Just pay attention to the prompts.
If you find that this does not work, go here and download rooted rom to be flashed via ODIN. You can then remove root.
If the file is not ODIN flashable with an md5 at the end, look for a long string of digits and letters that should be right by the download. A good example to know what I am talking about is to take a look at the site for rooted stock roms. Notice the md5 under the Old image AT&T file download link. Download and extract this file and follow the directions.

aybarrap1 said:
Follow this thread for downloading stock roms: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968625. After unzipping most should end with the file name .md5. ODIN will do the md5 check automatically for you. Just pay attention to the prompts.
If you find that this does not work, go here and download rooted rom to be flashed via ODIN. You can then remove root.
If the file is not ODIN flashable with an md5 at the end, look for a long string of digits and letters that should be right by the download. A good example to know what I am talking about is to take a look at the site for rooted stock roms. Notice the md5 under the Old image AT&T file download link. Download and extract this file and follow the directions.
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I tried Mr. Robinson's rooted stock rom, and it has the exact same issue.... Is it all just in my head? Please do help. My S3 isn't perfect anymore and i'm really OCD about it. I regret ever rooting.

[Q] Flash Stock Firmware TWRP

I'm trying to flash back to the Stock firmware with TWRP. I have the zip file on my SD card but when I try to flash it is reporting that it is unable to open the zip. I confirmed that the file is downloaded correctly and not corrupt as I am able to access/extract it on my PC without issue. Any ideas on how to get past this?

Its probobly an ODIN zip not a CWM zip. Extract the zip and if it has a .pda in it then you have to use ODIN on your PC

mrevankyle said:
Its probobly an ODIN zip not a CWM zip. Extract the zip and if it has a .pda in it then you have to use ODIN on your PC
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It has an md5 in it...

danmanca said:
It has an md5 in it...
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An MD5 is just an integrity check file. What is the name of the zip and where did you get it?

mrevankyle said:
An MD5 is just an integrity check file. What is the name of the zip and where did you get it?
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The name of the Zip file is
SGH-I317_ATT_I317UCAMA4_I317ATTAMA4.zip
I downloaded it from a couple locations that listed it as the stock AT&T firmware for this phone. Each location same error.

danmanca said:
The name of the Zip file is
SGH-I317_ATT_I317UCAMA4_I317ATTAMA4.zip
I downloaded it from a couple locations that listed it as the stock AT&T firmware for this phone. Each location same error.
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Im pretty sure that the one you downloaded is just zipped factory firmware and not flashable zip. You will need to extract tar file inside if there is one and flash Via Odin. If you are using it for att there is one that you can flash via twrp from link below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2274854
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Ah thanks for the help, I think thats my problem. Testing with the link you provided. Thanks.

I wonder why we see a lot of people asking questions here about install errors from files they got at some random (and often unheard of) sites around the Internet? Don't people know that xda has all the files they could need?
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Restore to Stock after Rooting and Unlocking Bootloader

I'm having a brain freeze or something, but I can't find the instructions to restore to stock after rooting and unlocking my bootloader. (via this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-4-verizon/general/note-4-verizon-bootloader-unlock-t3358913)
Can someone point me to the right instructions/files? I need to wipe this puppy and restore it to stock to turn it back in.
Thanks,
Tom

I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will come along and chime in. But I believe all you have to do is ODIN the official firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...mware-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2942937
IIRC, when you flash the official firmware; the eFuse is reset, so you should be good to go and your carrier will be none the wiser.

I found the files here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...mware-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2942937
Download the "full firmware" file. The top-most listed one in the original post is the most recent firmware. Follow these instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=56811703&postcount=3
Grab the PIT file here to set your partitions properly:
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001613364
Note that during Step #6 of the above instruction, you will also add the PIT file in Odin by clicking the PIT button and pointing it to the PIT file you downloaded. (That will check the "Re-Partition" checkbox under options in Odin.
It will take a few minutes to flash the whole thing - it's flashing the whole phone. But when its done you're bootloader will be locked again and the stock recovery will be in place, as well as a fresh install of the stock v6.0.1 Android.

emc_2 said:
I'm sure someone more knowledgeable will come along and chime in. But I believe all you have to do is ODIN the official firmware.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...mware-firmware-kernel-modem-recovery-t2942937
IIRC, when you flash the official firmware; the eFuse is reset, so you should be good to go and your carrier will be none the wiser.
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Thanks dude! I finally tracked down some of it and stumbled upon the same thread as you posted before I realized you had replied.

Glad I could be of some help, let us know how it goes. Good luck!