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?
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So I followed the sticky on rooting my friends SGS3 but I cannot get odin 3.04 to read the CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip file. It doesnt even show up at all when I open the pda section to select the file. I even tried to rename it from .zip to .tar and .tar.md5 but even with .tar it detects it but it wont flash it it has an error. On the phone it has red letters that say something like unsupported dev_type.
i used this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746680
try it.
Did houbtry to open the zip and see if there was a tar inside?? I have had that happen a few times.
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So I followed the sticky on rooting my friends SGS3 but I cannot get odin 3.04 to read the CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip file. It doesnt even show up at all when I open the pda section to select the file. I even tried to rename it from .zip to .tar and .tar.md5 but even with .tar it detects it but it wont flash it it has an error. On the phone it has red letters that say something like unsupported dev_type.
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Hello. Do yourself a BIG favor and click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoEVDgjTTdg&list=PL7011CD883D5201B8&index=12&feature=plpp_video. Follow the video by QBKing77. This is what I followed to ROOT my Samsung Galaxy S III. :good:
Have Fun.
Wolfbeef123 said:
i used this..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746680
try it.
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Ghost Protocol said:
Hello. Do yourself a BIG favor and click http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoEVDgjTTdg&list=PL7011CD883D5201B8&index=12&feature=plpp_video. Follow the video by QBKing77. This is what I followed to ROOT my Samsung Galaxy S III. :good:
Have Fun.
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I would personally go with this method. I never use QBKing's videos, but I'm thinking its the same one he uses.
I'm to lazy to look up the file names but you are either trying to load a .zip into Odin when you need to extract a .tar file, or you are trying to load a .zip file meant to be flashed in recovery instead of Odin.
EDIT: Actually, I used this method. At the time I tried it was by far the easiest I saw. Just download the .zip in that thread, unzip it, load it in Odin, root.
gpgorbosjr said:
I would personally go with this method. I never use QBKing's videos, but I'm thinking its the same one he uses.
I'm to lazy to look up the file names but you are either trying to load a .zip into Odin when you need to extract a .tar file, or you are trying to load a .zip file meant to be flashed in recovery instead of Odin.
EDIT: Actually, I used this method. At the time I tried it was by far the easiest I saw. Just download the .zip in that thread, unzip it, load it in Odin, root.
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I was on lg8.. unrooted using odin 3.04... reflashed using 3.04 and epic recovery... all qbkingg77 tips with no problem
Eric-1987 said:
So I followed the sticky on rooting my friends SGS3 but I cannot get odin 3.04 to read the CWM-Recovery-LTE-SGS3-Sprint-v5.zip file. It doesnt even show up at all when I open the pda section to select the file. I even tried to rename it from .zip to .tar and .tar.md5 but even with .tar it detects it but it wont flash it it has an error. On the phone it has red letters that say something like unsupported dev_type.
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Could you link us to the method you are using, or pick one of the many methods we suggested and we'll try and get you through it?
Hello Again. I suggest, if you DO NOT WANT TO BRICK YOUR PHONE, following the video by QBKing77. Also, this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1726558 (link) will help you feel at home.
So I was looking at this you tube video here:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTcslgE0RK4 and everything seems relatively easy except I go to dl the firmware Here:http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ for my friends note 2 and I don't see a dl for USA or anything close to it. My question is which firmware do I dl? Thanks in advance!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1968136
Just to clarify, I can use the aforementioned info in the link to un root the galaxy note II?
I "believe" that its the stock ROM untouched, no root no busy box no custom boot loader.
It will put your Note 2 back to the way it was when you first got it.
* If your uncertain then PM the OP of the post for confirmation.
Itchiee said:
I "believe" that its the stock ROM untouched, no root no busy box no custom boot loader.
It will put your Note 2 back to the way it was when you first got it.
* If your uncertain then PM the OP of the post for confirmation.
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I followed the instructions in the link you had and when i go into odin and click pda it goes to the folder i downloaded the stock tar(which by the way is a zip folder called samsung updates which i thought was weird) but i dont see a stock tar and on my pc it wont let me extract the zip file....
GSIII Rooted Stock #SPURNATION
Inside the the zip file you downloaded should be a file that ends in .tar or .tar.md5 that is used in Odin.
If your not sure what you are doing you may want to brush up on the process first.
Homework - AKA How to Fix Your Situation
Itchiee said:
Inside the the zip file you downloaded should be a file that ends in .tar or .tar.md5 that is used in Odin.
If your not sure what you are doing you may want to brush up on the process first.
Homework - AKA How to Fix Your Situation
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I must have gotten a hiccup in my first dl. I 're downloaded and followed instructions and achieved unroot! I'm an HTC dude coming over to samsung so it'll take some getting use to
GSIII Rooted Stock #SPURNATION
Hi
Please I'd like to know if it's possible to create a Complete ROM (3 files - Modem, PDA and CSC) from an One Package ROM (only one .TAR file).
And is that really useful? After this process, can we only flash the CSC file with Odin (Desktop)?
Thanks for your help. (always appreciated help)
Yes you can extract single ROM file and later create tar file for each component
Alternatively you can use mobile odin to flash indivudual components.
Thanks dr.ketan.
Extracting a tar file we obtain several img files (system.img, hidden.img, boot.img, recovery.img...) (from my own experience with an official rom of a French telephone company).
How could I know which img files is for the Odin's fields PDA, Phone, CSC...?
Alternatively you can use mobile odin to flash indivudual components.
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Atm I don't have Mobile Odin. Do u mean that we can flash .img file thanks to this app?
And do u know if this kind of Full Package flash is better than a One Package one? The result could be different?
Thanks again for your explanation.
System. Is PDA, modem is phone, boot is kernel, recovery is recovery this is different component of ROM file
Single file flashing flash all required component on one go, while individual useful when you want to flash only single component.
PC odin can flash tar file but not. img file, you have to convert it to tar
While mobile odin can flash tar as well img file too.
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All what I need to understand
Thanks again.
Ready to flash firmware, just one last thing
Hello, I have a gt-n7100 which I bought in china and I am looking in to flashing the firmware into the UK version as this chinese version has bloatware and i cant access google play or install many apps even if i get them from other markets. The guys here are all a great help but im stuck on one bit of info.
As I have read the threads, I see that the chinese note 2 cannot be flashed with other firmware using Odin PC, because it has a different bootloader ..(is my understanding correct?) So the solution would be to root it and use Odin Mobile instead. But i cant get mobile odin pro because i can never access the google play because it is blocked by this firmware. (ZCALJ6) So I have to use mobile odin LITE, which the tutorial says I have to manually download and install seperate files such as flash kernels. Thats fine, I located the files needed but i dont know when to install it and run it ? Before I install odin or after? or after I have flashed the new firmware or before? And when I install it what should i do next?....because i couldnt find where it says anything about that process, just goes on to explain that mobile odin PRO does it all for you automatically and picks it up from there.
Seriously in need of help, this chinese firmware does to note 2 what kryptonite does to superman.
IMG Version:
Non-Touch: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.1-hercules.img
Touch: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1-hercules.img
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Zip Version:
Non-Touch: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.1-hercules.zip
Touch: http://download2.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1-hercules.zip
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TAR MD5 Version: (Thanks for KRZ-2pa)
None-Touch: http://d-h.st/s3d
Touch: http://d-h.st/Xnq
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Another way, if you have installed ROM and want to update CWM can use this tool:
- Google play app: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.unstableapps.cwmrtouchinstaller
- Download older version: http://d-h.st/esM or http://d-h.st/M1y
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*Required: SuperUser (ROOT access)
1. Download recovery version from here (img type): http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager/ and save to your sdcard or any folder easy to browse.
2. Install CWMR Touch Installer
3. Open app you will see FLash from other.... Choose that option and browse to your recovery.img file.
4. When flash finish. You can use reboot to recovery option on menu and see result
nguyenduytan said:
IMG Version:
Zip Version:
Anyone can help me convert it to tar md5 version for ODIN flash. I'm very thank you!
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instructions are here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39037837 for making flashable tar
Thanks for reply. But i not use linux or MacOS system so i need help about that
Anybody use linux plz help me convert it.
P/S: My phone now wait for root. So i can't use anything
Thanks!
here it is.
recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.1-hercules.tar.md5 - 6.88 MB
recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1-hercules.tar.md5 - 6.88 MB
OKay. Thank you! I will be copy your post to 1st topic.
You just flash the zip through CWM recovery like normal? I don't own this phone, I'm trying to upgrade my father in law's phone. I'm just trying to figure this all out before messing with his phone. I do NOT want to use Odin because I don't trust third party flashing utilities (have had bad luck in the past, particularly with Odin).
how do you go about doing it manually? I understand that the SGS2 doesn't have fastboot so something like
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1-hercules.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
???
N00b-un-2 said:
You just flash the zip through CWM recovery like normal? I don't own this phone, I'm trying to upgrade my father in law's phone. I'm just trying to figure this all out before messing with his phone. I do NOT want to use Odin because I don't trust third party flashing utilities (have had bad luck in the past, particularly with Odin).
how do you go about doing it manually? I understand that the SGS2 doesn't have fastboot so something like
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.3.1-hercules.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
???
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Odin is from samsung
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If your want root rom. You need odin. My topic have 4 way to update cwm recovery. And you have best choice for you.
I tried update by using older cwm to flash new cwm zip. So after next reboot cwm still old version. I try way 4 and i done.
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Rushing said:
Odin is from samsung
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium
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I am aware. I had to download it from the official Samsung site when i flashed my father in laws phone the first time. But i am a mac/linux user. Odin is not a good solution because it complicates a process that should be really straightforward, eg
Code:
sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
By third party software i mean not part of the android sdk. Odin is proprietary closed source and only works on Windows with a select few samsung phones, whereas fastboot is intended to be universally accessible.
But back to my initial question, do you just flash the. Zip in recovery like normal?
N00b-un-2 said:
I am aware. I had to download it from the official Samsung site when i flashed my father in laws phone the first time. But i am a mac/linux user. Odin is not a good solution because it complicates a process that should be really straightforward, eg
Code:
sudo fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
By third party software i mean not part of the android sdk. Odin is proprietary closed source and only works on Windows with a select few samsung phones, whereas fastboot is intended to be universally accessible.
But back to my initial question, do you just flash the. Zip in recovery like normal?
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Really?
Download the latest .img file from here
Download the above file.
Using adb shell or terminal emulator:
su
dd if=/sdcard/openrecovery-twrp-hercules-[xxx].img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
#! please note the [xxx] should be which ever # twrp .img you choose to use
Make certain that you get this command right. Typing the wrong number could result in a brick!
I just made a zip for myself lol
Sorry bout that bad rom wow just posted wrong rom is all... its not like horseshoes haha
Rushing said:
Really?
Download the latest .img file from here
Download the above file.
Using adb shell or terminal emulator:
su
dd if=/sdcard/openrecovery-twrp-hercules-[xxx].img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22
#! please note the [xxx] should be which ever # twrp .img you choose to use
Make certain that you get this command right. Typing the wrong number could result in a brick!
I just made a zip for myself and also TWRP2.5 is included in my newest build JELLYBEAST3.69 so dl it and you will have the best possible combo, peace.
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he speaks the truth!!! if you want 4.1.2 official jellybeast is what your looking for more stable than stock4.1.2 imo
how to switch back to cwm from twrp?
edwarddlr said:
how to switch back to cwm from twrp?
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Just install a flashable zip file version of CWM through TWRP and vise versa.
KRZ-2pa said:
Just install a flashable zip file version of CWM through TWRP and vise versa.
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I did that. but it always failed.
im using twrp 2.5.0.0
edwarddlr said:
I did that. but it always failed.
im using twrp 2.5.0.0
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It is harder to help you when you post the same question to different threads. I only gave you the link to this thread so you could download the Odin flashable CWM tar file from the OP IF you are not able to install CWM using ROM manager. Have you tried ROM manager already?
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It is harder to help you when you post the same question to different threads. I only gave you the link to this thread so you could download the Odin flashable CWM tar file from the OP IF you are not able to install CWM using ROM manager. Have you tried ROM manager already?
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can anyone PLEASE post a cwm 6.0.3.1 for hercules sgh-T989 in .tar format
not .tar.md5 or .zip JUST a .tar to be flashed thru Odin
thanx:cyclops:
sam.balia1012 said:
can anyone PLEASE post a cwm 6.0.3.1 for hercules sgh-T989 in .tar format
not .tar.md5 or .zip JUST a .tar to be flashed thru Odin
thanx:cyclops:
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Have you tried installing the .tard.md5 posted in the OP, it should work through Odin.
Edit: I've tested the files and Odin crashes.
Has anyone had luck installing the .tar.md5 files, there's a bunch of downloads but no feedback.
KRZ-2pa said:
Have you tried installing the .tard.md5 posted in the OP, it should work through Odin.
Edit: I've tested the files and Odin crashes.
Has anyone had luck installing the .tar.md5 files, there's a bunch of downloads but no feedback.
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.tar.md5 file posted has crashed odin every time. (tried & verified)
CWM 6.0.3.1 Touch Odin Flashable
I made and tested this one and it worked. I think the problem is that you have to rename the img file to recovery.img before making the tar file. Let me know if it works for you.
meekrawb said:
I made and tested this one and it worked. I think the problem is that you have to rename the img file to recovery.img before making the tar file. Let me know if it works for you.
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how did u make the .tar file out of the .tar.md5 file ?
Newb question I know, but I honestly searched everywhere. Their homepage only has .img files and I've managed to find a few relatively new .tar files but I need a .zip of 6.0.4 whatever the latest version is so I can flash it within cwm already (Can't Odin since work PC's permissions won't let me).
If someone could tell me where to get the cwm flashable zip of newest CWM that would be amazing, or how to make one myself.
Thank you in advance.
postulio said:
Newb question I know, but I honestly searched everywhere. Their homepage only has .img files and I've managed to find a few relatively new .tar files but I need a .zip of 6.0.4 whatever the latest version is so I can flash it within cwm already (Can't Odin since work PC's permissions won't let me).
If someone could tell me where to get the cwm flashable zip of newest CWM that would be amazing, or how to make one myself.
Thank you in advance.
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Download flashify from Google play and then use it to flash the img from their homepage
Sent from the KitKat Galaxy
markusf21 said:
Download flashify from Google play and then use it to flash the img from their homepage
Sent from the KitKat Galaxy
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Thank you sir, very very much.
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