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[Q] Which file in the Samsung installer is the PIT?

If I want to use the files from the Samsung EB13 updater in Odin so I don't have to jump through their usb plug shuffle, which file is the PIT file? Is it SamsungPST_SPHD700.dll?

dewey1973 said:
If I want to use the files from the Samsung EB13 updater in Odin so I don't have to jump through their usb plug shuffle, which file is the PIT file? Is it SamsungPST_SPHD700.dll?
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You don't need to use a pit file..just put SPH-D700-EB13-8Gb-REL.tar.md5 in the PDA slot and go from there

I was wondering the same thing, thanks

PIT file for GT-N5110 ¨[solved]

I need the PIT file from a GT-N5110 PLEASE!! My partitions are messed up , did a little to much of flashing and testing.
Edit: solved
Solved , ha I saved my tablet the second time from a near hardbrick.
I need to stop my flash addiction . But it is so thrilling, Oh the tablet is dead :crying: , Ah it is back a live .....
More info , I tought I messed up partition as I got stuck in bootloop (again) and restoring EFS didn't solve the problem.
I noticed I marked "NAND erase all" in odin by accident and that was the reason why I got myself in this mess.
So never use that thing in Odin.
How I figured out what was wrong , well that was easy , I had stock recovery on my tablet as I installed a official samsung firmware.
So I started up recovery (stock) and it gave me some info , data partition could not be mounted.
I used the stock recovery to do a data/factory reset and it solved the problem.
Next thing I will do is get my PIT file , you need to do that from within linux but that is no problem got both running on my system. Just need to find out on how to extract it, google will help me...
I want to know everything about this tablet , and make sure it is unbrickable if you just got the right files.
So the PIT file is the next I want , that is what you need when you mess up partitions.

civato said:
So the PIT file is the next I want , that is what you need when you mess up partitions.
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Hi civato, you can extract the pit using heimdall on windows as well.
On my device this corresponded exactly to the file I get directly from the device as root with
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=n5110.pit bs=1 skip=17408 count=8192
I have never used the pit, the emergency has not happened yet for me, so I can't.recommend anyone to use this, but someone could compare to verify theirs is the same. Attaching the pit and text description of pit for n5110 ONLY obtained from heimdall:

davp said:
Hi civato, you can extract the pit using heimdall on windows as well.
On my device this corresponded exactly to the file I get directly from the device as root with
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=n5110.pit bs=1 skip=17408 count=8192
I have never used the pit, the emergency has not happened yet for me, so I can't.recommend anyone to use this, but someone could compare to verify theirs is the same. Attaching the pit and text description of pit for n5110 ONLY obtained from heimdall:
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Oh thanks , will give it a try , best that we start collecting these files as I see a lot of users of samsung devices at one point need it.
I had some strange stuff going one but was able to save the device every time.

This is my PIT file of my GT-N5110 , it is the same as yours but I took it with the latest Heimdall so I think that is why some names are different in the print out text.
If you look at the block sizes you see they are the exact same size as yours. So I'm guessing this is a good backup for the GT-N5110 16GB , now it is up to other users with other devices to do the same.

Had the same problem and followed your instructions, thanks man now my note is back to live. And running your rom and kernel.
Sent from my GT-N5110 using Tapatalk 4 Beta

I have a 5100 and is also soft briked
Hi,
I have almost the same problem. i don't have the pit file, but I have a N5100 (the 3G model). My problem is that I can't get into reocvery either. I can get into download mode though. Do you think I can use this pit file on my N5100?

I need pit file for n5120 please where I can download it

civato said:
This is my PIT file of my GT-N5110 , it is the same as yours but I took it with the latest Heimdall so I think that is why some names are different in the print out text.
If you look at the block sizes you see they are the exact same size as yours. So I'm guessing this is a good backup for the GT-N5110 16GB , now it is up to other users with other devices to do the same.
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How do i run this in odin?

Komic11 said:
How do i run this in odin?
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I use Odin 3.07... you have to unzip the pit file, and select PIT file and open your pit file you unzipped. Tick the repartition box and start the upload.

gooberdude said:
I use Odin 3.07... you have to unzip the pit file, and select PIT file and open your pit file you unzipped. Tick the repartition box and start the upload.
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hey sorry for the delay havent been working on this. will try tonight thanks for responding relatively quickly. i feel like a dummy, I didnt understand the tar file but i see theres a rar file i didnt see the rar before i know what to do

GT-N5100 PIT can't be flashed
davp said:
Hi civato, you can extract the pit using heimdall on windows as well.
On my device this corresponded exactly to the file I get directly from the device as root with
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=n5110.pit bs=1 skip=17408 count=8192
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Hi, using heimdall with Arch-Linux.
Problem: PIT can't flash on GT-N5100.
Question:
Does it right, that the right using of dd is in this case:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=[B]NAME_OF_THE_PIT[/B].pit bs=1 skip=17408 count=8192
A few years ago i'd crashed a hard disk and with the help of robi (Linux-Club.de) i fixed it. (Look here: linux-club.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=118487
So i know, prinzipally i can get an image from the Tablet with dd.
But I'm not a freak.
And I think, maybe it's better to safe the image first, bevore repairing.
That was the way with the harddisk, so no dates has been lost.
I think, the synthax to get an image from the Tablet is like this:
Code:
dd if=dev/sdx of=/mnt/sdx/sicherung/image_Tablet.img
Right?

PIT file for Galaxy G925T TMOBILE (ROM)-G925T_OC3_Stock_Restore

WHAT IS THE USE OF .pit FILE?
.pit FILE IS USED TO DIRECT THE PARTITION OF THE WHOLE ANDROID SYSTEM..JUST LIKE WE ARE DOING GRUB IN PC...HERE ALSO WE NEED TO PARTITION THE SYSTEM FOR FLASHING THE FIRMWARE PROPERLY.. AND HERE THE .PIT IS USED
1. Get your phone into download mode..
2. connect to computer. Make sure that usb drivers installed and you have the firmware.tar file.
3. Now open odin 3.10
4. click on PIT and select ZEROLTE_USA_TMO.pit
5. Make sure that partition is tick
6. click on PDA and select firmware.tar file
7. Now start button and wait...You are done
link:
https://drive.google.com/folderview...tmV3YxMTB4WGpSZU5ReEI1WjZtUXM&usp=sharing_eid

Mhhh could be useful great job Op

The link doesn't work for me, could you reupload it? Also does this contain data about your /data partition? If so this might be specific to your model (16/32/64 GB)

update the file
update the file

SHATTAH said:
update the file
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Just requested permission for the file.

SHATTAH said:
WHAT IS THE USE OF .pit FILE?
.pit FILE IS USED TO DIRECT THE PARTITION OF THE WHOLE ANDROID SYSTEM..JUST LIKE WE ARE DOING GRUB IN PC...HERE ALSO WE NEED TO PARTITION THE SYSTEM FOR FLASHING THE FIRMWARE PROPERLY.. AND HERE THE .PIT IS USED
1. Get your phone into download mode..
2. connect to computer. Make sure that usb drivers installed and you have the firmware.tar file.
3. Now open odin 3.10
4. click on PIT and select ZEROLTE_USA_TMO.pit
5. Make sure that partition is tick
6. click on PDA and select firmware.tar file
7. Now start button and wait...You are done
link:
https://drive.google.com/folderview...tmV3YxMTB4WGpSZU5ReEI1WjZtUXM&usp=sharing_eid
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Can you please explain how you got the pit file? from what I understand you cannot simply dump the pit anymore unless I missed something.

requested access to this as well-- can you post somewhere other than Google Drive as people cant get to this file?!

can you please grant my request to download the file? I have a soft bricked phone and I really need the Pit file. thanks so much

looking a pit file for latest firmware 5.1.1 G925TUVU2COF6 does anyone have?

onlineunlocks said:
looking a pit file for latest firmware 5.1.1 G925TUVU2COF6 does anyone have?
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According to: http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-extract-pit-file-from-samsung-galaxy-devices/
Requirement: To be able to use any of the methods described below [to extract the PIT file], you must have root privilege on your Galaxy device. Both the methods have been tested on the Samsung Galaxy S5.
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This means that, unless someone gets it directly from Samsung somehow (leak, release, or otherwise), you'll need to wait for root on the 5.1.1 stock ROM.
I don't know a whole lot about the PIT file, and why someone would ever need it (apart from screwing around so much that you overwrite your partition information on the device... which would be hard for the average user to accidentally do).
Have you tried Samsung Smart-Switch? I don't know if it's capable, but it might download the PIT info from the internet before restoring stock firmware on a 100% borked device.

Thank you for the reply; by adb I know does not work without root as I looked over those methods. But there is also Heimdall that should be able to extract the pit while in download mode and has the option to save it,but seems not supporting this device. Also odin performs this tasks " Get PIT for mapping.." ,but does it automatically and there is no option to save from a working device with same details to use on other. I need it for a g925t that is stuck on samsung logo after odin restore and showing in download mode SW rev. check fail. device:2 binari 1 , and I think by flashing with a pit might fix it

onlineunlocks said:
Thank you for the reply; by adb I know does not work without root as I looked over those methods. But there is also Heimdall that should be able to extract the pit while in download mode and has the option to save it,but seems not supporting this device. Also odin performs this tasks " Get PIT for mapping.." ,but does it automatically and there is no option to save from a working device with same details to use on other. I need it for a g925t that is stuck on samsung logo after odin restore and showing in download mode SW rev. check fail. device:2 binari 1 , and I think by flashing with a pit might fix it
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Let us know if this worked. I need to restore back to 5.0.2 also from 5.1.1. Thanks

will not work to restore to 5.0.2 from what I know and might also damage it,so do not recommend to try that

onlineunlocks said:
Thank you for the reply; by adb I know does not work without root as I looked over those methods. But there is also Heimdall that should be able to extract the pit while in download mode and has the option to save it,but seems not supporting this device. Also odin performs this tasks " Get PIT for mapping.." ,but does it automatically and there is no option to save from a working device with same details to use on other. I need it for a g925t that is stuck on samsung logo after odin restore and showing in download mode SW rev. check fail. device:2 binari 1 , and I think by flashing with a pit might fix it
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I'm in the same situation.
Have you found a solution?

Aou said:
According to: http://www.droidviews.com/how-to-extract-pit-file-from-samsung-galaxy-devices/
This means that, unless someone gets it directly from Samsung somehow (leak, release, or otherwise), you'll need to wait for root on the 5.1.1 stock ROM.
I don't know a whole lot about the PIT file, and why someone would ever need it (apart from screwing around so much that you overwrite your partition information on the device... which would be hard for the average user to accidentally do).
Have you tried Samsung Smart-Switch? I don't know if it's capable, but it might download the PIT info from the internet before restoring stock firmware on a 100% borked device.
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is this gonna fix my phone if efs is not mounted??? me and my buddy have no idea how he broke his phone.

[Q] Sboot.bin partition T800

Hi
Where is Sboot.bin partition located in T800? I want to dump it.
Thanks

Just pull it from a stock Rom.

ashyx said:
Just pull it from a stock Rom.
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Yes, i know, thanks. I have pulled a stock copy already. I wonder if it's possible to dump a copy from my tab and compare with stock (for research). I could not locate it in: /dev/block/platform/dw_mmc.0/by-name. Is there a copy in T800?
Thanks

Sorted. Pit file dumped with PIT Magic, and analysed with Jenkins online Pit anaysis tool.

SM-T900 pit file

I know this is a very stupid question.
Last time I installed a custom rom through Odin.
I also played with the setting and i did a re-partition <-- I know, shoot me if you can
Now i need a PIT file for my MT-T900
Everytime i install the original rom it fails.
Who has the PIT file for me from the SM-T900 ?????

I have totally no experience in pit file restoration because i never was clever enough to do what u did.
Maybe you have something with this files . I looks like one of it is an pit file:
asanfile.com/file?path=samsung%2Fflash%20file%2Fsm%20series%2Fsm-t900%2F
On website:
asanfile.com/file
Choose samsung -----> flash file -------> sm series -----> SM-T900
I give no garantee this is the correct one.

marbee said:
I have totally no experience in pit file restoration because i never was clever enough to do what u did.
Maybe you have something with this files . I looks like one of it is an pit file:
asanfile.com/file?path=samsung%2Fflash%20file%2Fsm%20series%2Fsm-t900%2F
On website:
asanfile.com/file
Choose samsung -----> flash file -------> sm series -----> SM-T900
I give no garantee this is the correct one.
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Thanks for the replay and te link.
It has partly worked. I was able to install the original rom but still got the fail error.
It was clearly not the correct pit file.
My device worked but i wa snot happy.
Afther this i was looking futher in to the problem and found a new program that samsung is using for it's devices.
It's called Smart Switch. I used this program to do a emergency recovery of my device and it worked. The program did a new re-partition of my device.
Many thanks.