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[GUIDE] MD5sums: What they are...and how to verify them!

What is an MD5sum?
An MD5sum is a commonly used hash value that is created to verify the integrity of files. Here at XDA-developers, MD5sum values are provided by developers to allow users to verify that a file download is not corrupt or been altered.
This is a security feature that XDA users are provided with to verify the integrity of downloaded files for personal use.
DISCLAIMER!: PROCEED WITH CAUTION! I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE CAUSED TO DEVICES! ALWAYS VERIFY THAT MD5SUM VALUES MATCH PRIOR TO OPENING A DOWNLOADED FILE!!! YOU SHOULD NEVER USE/OPEN A DOWNLOADED FILE IF THE MD5SUMS DO NOT MATCH!!! USE/OPENING OF A CORRUPT FILE CAN LEAD TO DEVICE MALFUNCTIONS AND/OR FAILURES!!!
How to verify an MD5sum!
These steps are for Windows-based systems. HashTab is available for Mac OS.
There are a number of freeware programs available over the internet. Simply entering "Free MD5sum checker" on Google provides a number of results.
Step 1: Download an MD5sum checker
I recommend:
Left-click name for download link
HashTab (Proceed to "HashTab Step 2")
or
MD5 Checker (Proceed to "MD5 Checker Step 2")
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HashTab Step 2: Run HashTab Installer
Upon download completion of HashTab, you will be asked to run the HashTab Installer. Left-click on "Run"
HashTab Step 3: Doing an MD5sum Check
Upon installation completion, you can begin checking MD5sums of downloaded files.
1. Download a file. Note the download location of the file. (Note: Most XDA developers provide the MD5sum with the download link).
2. Navigate to the file's location.
3. Right-click the file. Left-click on "Properties".
4. You will notice the Properties window now has a new tab at the top labeled "File Hashes". Left-click "File Hashes".
The hash values will be computed. The user can compare the MD5sum value with the developer provided value. If the MD5sum values match, the file is safe. If MD5sum discrepancies are found, the file is to be considered corrupt and should be removed.
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MD5 Checker Step 2: Unzip the "MD5" folder
Upon download completion of MD5 Checker, navigate to the location of the "MD5" zip folder. Right-click the "MD5" zip folder. Left-click on "Extract All". Note the location of the extracted files. Optional: Open the unzipped MD5 file and simply click-n-drag the MD5 application file to your Desktop for easier access.
MD5 Checker Step 3: Doing an MD5sum Check
1. Download a file. Note the download location of the file (Note: Most XDA developers provide the MD5sum with the download link). Highlight and copy [Ctrl + C] the developer provided MD5sum value.
2. Double-click the "MD5" application file. You will be asked if you trust the unverified publisher. Left-click "Run". A new window with two open fields will display.
3. The first field is where you input the developer provided MD5sum value. Left-click "Paste". The MD5sum value you copied should display.
4. The second field is where you input the location of the downloaded file. Left-click "Browse". Navigate to the download location of the file and double-click it.
The MD5 application will compute the MD5sum value of the downloaded file. This value will be compared to the MD5sum value the developer provided. If the values match, the file is safe. If MD5sum discrepancies are found, the file is to be considered corrupt and should be removed.
ALL CREDIT GOES TO THE DEVELOPERS OF THESE MD5SUM CHECKING APPLICATIONS. THANKS FOR KEEPING OUR DEVICES SAFE.
If you have any additional tips or suggestions on MD5sum Verification please feel free to share them with the rest of the XDA community.

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nice, ive been using md5 checking in my downloads for ages, nice write up for nubs, we all start somewhere

I really like hash tab for MD5 checking. Thanks for the write up.

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This should be required for any attached apps on xda, for posters/devs to add the md5 along with the app

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This should be required for any attached apps on xda, for posters/devs to add the md5 along with the app
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I agree. I am hoping that by providing this MD5sum guide to the community, members and developers will have a greater interest in file integrity. I don't think that it is asking too much to have developers provide MD5sum values. This would make the XDA experience safer and more enjoyable for everyone.
I can verify that MD5sum checking has saved me a couple times from a corrupt download. I feel the need for file integrity checks is necessary. Better safe than sorry.
If everyone did their part in asking for MD5sum values for all file downloads, this would become a popular and safe trend.

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I agree. I am hoping that by providing this MD5sum guide to the community, members and developers will have a greater interest in file integrity. I don't think that it is asking too much to have developers provide MD5sum values. This would make the XDA experience safer and more enjoyable for everyone.
I can verify that MD5sum checking has saved me a couple times from a corrupt download. I feel the need for file integrity checks is necessary. Better safe than sorry.
If everyone did their part in asking for MD5sum values for all file downloads, this would become a popular and safe trend.
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Couldn't agree more! You can really save yourself a lot of troubleshooting by simply checking the MD5Sum first of all.
If you want something "smallish" to use instead, feel free to use the attached little tool (req .NET framework 2.0 in Win), just drag and drop the file(s) on the executable and it'll spit out the MD5sum(s). Most Unix/Linux-flavors should have a tool called md5sum (just type "md5sum [file]" in the shell), and BSD-like systems should have a similar tool simply called "md5" (this including OSX).
I attached the source as well, nothing complicated, just a 5min-job. The .cs-files should compile fine using Mono in most Mono-supported OS's (including Linux and OSX). I don't have access to my Linux- nor my OSX-machines right now, so can't confirm.

I am a noob to md5sum, could you tell me where/how exactly you get the downloaded file's md5? Thanks for the info.

Or you can do it directly on your Android device with ManD5 (free app available).

Thanks for the info!

Rendarion said:
Or you can do it directly on your Android device with ManD5 (free app available).
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Nice, good to know!
Sent from my Nexus One

Thank You For This Awesome Tutorial. Why MD5 Checker Always Reports Codes Didn't Match Although They Are The Same?

nexus 4
i am a Nexus 4 user!
i just flashed a rom via TWRP for the first time and i was like CHECKING MD5sum then.... SKIPPING MD5 : MD5 sum not found.
it never happend to me in CWM!!
iz it normal or i need to fix it????

[WINDOWS][TOOL]Android ICS JB EXT4 ImageFile Unpacker!!!

Download NOW from SourceForge!!
VIEW YOUR SYSTEM.IMG (HAVEN'T TESTED OTHERS) FROM YOUR ODIN DUMPS IMG'S FROM THE TUTORIAL:
"[GUIDE][HOW-TO]Create custom ODIN packages"
VIEW THE IMG FILES AND THEN SAVE THEM AS EXT4!!!
VIEW XML (NICELY)
HEX TOO!!
For WINDOWS!!!​
UNPACK folders to any place in Windows:​
(ie: look at your system.img in this tool, then select the folder you want to have in Windows, right-click on it, and click "extract", and then choose where in your Windows Directory where you want it saved.)
"I had not tried it with anything but the System.img. But if you right-click on ANY folder in the tool, you can extract it (save a copy in windows) to anywhere. And it's totally readable. You can also extract the apk's, etc, etc.."​
PERFECT TOOL. EASY TO USE. I FOUND IT WHILE BROWSING SOURCEFORGE AND NOBODY HAD DOWNLOADED IT YET.​
DOWNLOAD HERE​​
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Android RFS Unpacker
HERE IS ANOTHER TOOL FROM THE SAME PERSON:
HERE
THE ANDROID RFS UNPACKER

Nice find.
Ta,
Alqi
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Nice find! Hopefully, this can help some of the Devs on here that know what they are looking at.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda premium

It really helps me out a lot if I am stuck in Windows and don't feel like firing up my Ubuntu Machine or having to start VMware. I mainly use it for the Odin dumps I pull off my extSdCard (if I am already in Windoze...
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I get "Unknown file" when I try to open the .ext4 file. How do I fix this?

MinnesotaVikings1961 said:
I get "Unknown file" when I try to open the .ext4 file. How do I fix this?
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Me too.

I can See the files, But cannot do anything else
h311sdr0id said:
Download NOW from SourceForge!!
VIEW YOUR SYSTEM.IMG (HAVEN'T TESTED OTHERS) FROM YOUR ODIN DUMPS IMG'S FROM THE TUTORIAL:
"[GUIDE][HOW-TO]Create custom ODIN packages"
VIEW THE IMG FILES AND THEN SAVE THEM AS EXT4!!!
VIEW XML (NICELY)
HEX TOO!!
For WINDOWS!!!​
UNPACK folders to any place in Windows:​
(ie: look at your system.img in this tool, then select the folder you want to have in Windows, right-click on it, and click "extract", and then choose where in your Windows Directory where you want it saved.)
"I had not tried it with anything but the System.img. But if you right-click on ANY folder in the tool, you can extract it (save a copy in windows) to anywhere. And it's totally readable. You can also extract the apk's, etc, etc.."​
PERFECT TOOL. EASY TO USE. I FOUND IT WHILE BROWSING SOURCEFORGE AND NOBODY HAD DOWNLOADED IT YET.​
DOWNLOAD HERE​​
PHOTO SOURCE: SourceForge.net (they were better than my screenshots)
THIS TOOL WAS NOT MADE BY ME. NOR DID I HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH IT OTHER THAN THE FACT I FOUND IT WHILE WHILE BROWSING...​
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I can view the files inside the folder. But cannot do anything. It is shown in a dialogue window. When open it says, unknown file. Can anyone help to extract an apk from the list??

Thanks! Works great.

Hi.. I saw your tutorial.. I tried to extract system.sin from my Stock ROM of Xperia S.. And when i did, i got to extract it in "ext4" format instead of what other tutorials showed me as "yaffs2" format.. Well, i googled about how to extract ext4 format files and found your tutorial.. I happened to find only app and bin folders as in the SS i have given you and even when i try to extract those folders i am unable to.. I see the error i have given you in 2nd SS.. And i couldn't even exit the application.. Can you help?

sudhindrakv said:
Hi.. I saw your tutorial.. I tried to extract system.sin from my Stock ROM of Xperia S.. And when i did, i got to extract it in "ext4" format instead of what other tutorials showed me as "yaffs2" format.. Well, i googled about how to extract ext4 format files and found your tutorial.. I happened to find only app and bin folders as in the SS i have given you and even when i try to extract those folders i am unable to.. I see the error i have given you in 2nd SS.. And i couldn't even exit the application.. Can you help?
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i get unknown file formay when i try to open a system.img file. or pretty much any file .it seems

I downloaded the ext4 unapcker v. 16.10.2013 (R2) archive.
The file inside are quite old (April and August 2013) and didn't include latest changes (italian translation and tips for translation).
Please update the files in the distriibution archive.
Could add simple text file for documentation
*** README.TXT
- Info about command line parameters
- How to change GUi language
- How to create a new language
*** CHANGELOG.TXT
- Small info about changelog in different releases
If I can help you I can post a sample for two files.

Hi.
There some serious bugs in this util.
1. Didn't extract all files (compared with other similar utils)
I checked that utils didn't extract all files (compared with other utils).
I made a comparison between the file/folders extracted from saprse file iamge (ex. Android systm.img of some smartphones) by this util and Total commander Diskinternal Total Commander Plugin)
EXT4 unapcker extract a lot of file less than Total Comamnder with DiskInternal plugin (about 300 Mb elss).
2. File extracted dind't maintain original date/time
Opening a system.img file and extracting the files inside, the extracted files/folders have today date/time instead original date/time.
Please mantain original date/time for the file extracted.
3. Comamnd line use - it crashed
Using command line for EXT4 unpacker it crashed
The error is
Extracting \system\xbin\Base64
Exception EListError in module ext4_unpacker.exe at 00019E8A
List index out of bounds (0).

Is it a really living project?
No one answer.
The autho din't reply since first day of novembrer.
There are some critical issues.
The file into sourceforge repository are wrong.
Very interesting project but (probably) dead.

The idea is good, but..
From time to time i need to unpack system images for android. It happens. the latest models have HUGE images ~2Gb+
But unfortunately, the program designed to load data to RAM, wich makes problems for 32 bit applications to work with huge images.
Actully, EXT4 partitions may be unpacked in many ways (WinHex can do it easy), but we have here some-kind of compressed images wich have to be uncompressed before we can read it with any 3rd party tool.
According to the SF sources i made a small tool for this purpose.May be it will help to someone
BR

@darkmen
jb.ext4 comamnd
Could you customize the app with more option like
/nodetail to avoid showing the progress
add an option to specify the output file name, ex
jb.ext4 system.img newsystem.img
Should be possible to make a similar command to extract all ffles/folder by system.img?
Or should be possible to use unyaffs command?
Thanks.

I believe that we can close this thread!
The program was very interesting but had some bug and from November the author didn't replay on Sourceforge.
Thanks.

bovirus said:
@darkmen
jb.ext4 comamnd
Could you customize the app with more option like
/nodetail to avoid showing the progress
add an option to specify the output file name, ex
jb.ext4 system.img newsystem.img
Thanks.
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Hi, source is attached, so its very easy to modify.
Updated the download URL with these fixes.

Many thanks darkmen.
If I will have some improvement proposals I hope that you can help me to implement it.
Which language do you sue for this program?
Which resources/program are needded to compile it?
Thanks. Bye.

bovirus said:
Many thanks darkmen.
If I will have some improvement proposals I hope that you can help me to implement it.
Which language do you sue for this program?
Which resources/program are needded to compile it?
Thanks. Bye.
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Just open zip and you will see (delphi).

[HOWTO] NEWB GUIDE w/pics TO CHECK MD5

For Newbs On Howto Check If They Have A Good Download By Checking The Md5 Checksum For A File.
Before Installing/flashing Files To Your Phone Its Good Practice To Check A Files Intergity After A Download Or Better Yet On Your Sdcard After Copying It From Your Computer.
For Now This Guide Is Using Your Computer To Check The Files Integrity But Later I'll Add A Howto By Using The Phone, But No Eta On That As This Method Will Check The Files Intergity While On Your Sdcard.
The Example Im Using Is twrp 2.6.0.0 Tar file From Devhost.
Devhost Posts The Md5 Checksum For All Downloads.
If Theres Is A Sha-1 Checksum(usually Used For Very Large Files) Use That Also If Site Provides It, Devhost Does Not.
On Your Computer Download And Open The md5/sha-1 Utility, It Will Look Like Pic Below.
Click On Browse And Locate The File You Want To Check.
I Highly Recommend That You Copy The File(file Being The One You Want To Check With The Md5 Utility) To Your Phones Sdcard(s) And Browse To That Scdard With The Md5 Utilty, Although On Bigger Files It Might Take Longer To Hash Out The Checksums Because Its On The Sdcard.
The Utility Will Then Spit Out A Md5 And Sha-1 Checksum Number.
You Cannot Repair A File W/a Bad Md5 And/or Sha-1 Checksum.
If It Fails The Md5 Checksum Redownload The File And Test The Md5 Again.
Still Failed, Try Another Browser And/or Theres A Problem With The Server, Try Again Later.
Still Failed, Check The Md5 On The Computer First If Its Good Then Copy It To Your Internal And External Sdcard And Test The Md5 On The Cards And If It Fails On Either Sdcard Then Maybe One Of Your Card Is Going Bad, Copy Its Contents To Your Computer And Format(Fat32) The Card And Try The Procedure Again.
Use The Card That Had A Md5 Match.
If The Md5 Fails On Both Sdards Then It Could Be A Bad Cable And/or Port, Very Unlikely That Both Cards Are Bad But Copy Their Contents To Your Computer And Format(Fat32) Them And Try The Procedure Again.
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UPPER/LOWER CASE DOES NOT MATTER
AS YOU CAN SEE THE MD5 CHECKSUM WAS A MATCH.
NOW YOU CAN PROCEED TO FLASH THE FILE

and what to do if they dont match ? also if i cant get the md5 when down loadin ? when i load a rom it show its md5 can i copy then hit paste on the right ? will this fix the (rom) md5 cksum to be used ?

mrdead72 said:
and what to do if they dont match ? also if i cant get the md5 when down loadin ? when i load a rom it show its md5 can i copy then hit paste on the right ? will this fix the (rom) md5 cksum to be used ?
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If the md5 didn't match re-download it. And no you can't fix it

i never thought of explaining about a failed md5 checksum test as i thought it would be obvious as what todo about it, i edited the op w/more info if the md5 did fail

thanks guys just find it weird i cant flash a couple of roms one even has the correct md5 but im still working on it. thanks i never really understood the md5 thing. on another note if the rom comes with a md5 file do i add it to the sdcard ? could this be the reason it wont flash this is on one rom not the case on another one im trying.

mrdead72 said:
thanks guys just find it weird i cant flash a couple of roms one even has the correct md5 but im still working on it. thanks i never really understood the md5 thing. on another note if the rom comes with a md5 file do i add it to the sdcard ? could this be the reason it wont flash this is on one rom not the case on another one im trying.
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No
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Applications that are really useful for noobs. Thanks dev. :good:
Sorry I've run out of quota thanks button, currently. Once again I apologize. :angel:

[Tutorials] byTeam MagioROM

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All mods are specifically made for MagioROM but can easily be adapted to fit other sense5 roms with minimal changes. I will
continue to add more tutorials as I find the time and as I learn more.
Tutorial #1: Flashable boot animations.
What you will need to complete this tutorial:
1. 7zip or any file compression tool that is able to zip files without compressing them. I use 7zip.
2.Download this file to use as a template.Bootanimation.zip
Download the bootanimation.zip posted above. Extract this zip into whatever directory you like. There should be two folders: one called META-INF and another called "system". You do not want to touch the meta-inf folder. The files you are interested in editing are in system/customize/rescource and system/customize/CID.
Firstly we will edit the files in "rescource" folder. THere are two files in the rescoures folder one called "hTC_bootup_one.zip" and "hTC_downanimation.zip" Extract the "bootup" file into whatever directory you want. Inside you will find a file called desc.txt and a folder called android. Again dont touch the desc.txt file. The boot animaition images are in the android folder and are named in sequence: bootup_htc_one_00000.png,bootup_htc_one_00001.png,bootup_htc_one_00002.png........and so on.
You can then delete all images in the android folder and then copy whatever images (they must be in png format) you want to be your bootanimation into the folder. Rename your sequence of images, beginning with the first one in the exact naming sequence they were in before: bootup_htc_one_00000.png, bootup_htc_one_00001.png,bootup_htc_one_00002.png........and so on.
After all the images are renamed and everything is how you want it open 7zip and navigate to the folder where you extracted the boot animation. Select both the desc.txt file and android folder and click "add" in the 7zip toolbar. In the menu that pops up select compression level and choose "store". You can rename the file whatever you like and then hit "OK" After it is done rezipping you can copy the file file back to the bootanimation/system/customize/rescource folder overwriting the orginal "hTC_bootup_one.zip" with your new one, or if you changed the name, be sure to delete the original bootup.zip. IF you decided to change the name( most developers do and don't overwrite the original "hTC_bootup_one.zip") then navigate to the system/customize/CID folder. Open the "default.xml" file and scroll down till you find this line:
<BootConfiguration>
<BootAnimation animation="/system/customize/resource/hTC_bootup_one.zip" audio="/system/customize/resource/Startup_3_Sekunden_4.mp3" audiostart="TMO" />
</BootConfiguration>
Change the "hTC_bootup_one.zip" to whatever name you decided to name you zip or if you didn't change the name you can leave it like it is. After making your edits you can save the file and close it. Afterwards you may rezip system and META-INF folders with 7zip and remember to change the compression level back to normal. Copy the bootanimation.zip to your phone and flash through twrp.
Congratulations you have made your very first flashable bootanimation!!
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If any of my directions aren't clear just post your question in thread and Ill try my best to clear your confusion up. I dont consider myself to good at giving directions but Ill do my best LOL

Very much appreciated......:thumbup:
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Just installed the new sense 5 toolbox and checked all the cleanbeam icons by vomer and all icons changed except the Bluetooth and the mobile data icons! Still the normal 4g icon appears! Is there a fix for this?
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Just installed the new sense 5 toolbox and checked all the cleanbeam icons by vomer and all icons changed except the Bluetooth and the mobile data icons! Still the normal 4g icon appears! Is there a fix for this?
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I think you might have your threads confused, the q&a thread is here. That's something you'd have to take up with the Sense 5 Toolbox dev anyway.
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ted77usa said:
Very much appreciated......:thumbup:
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bro your signature literally fills my browser window

timmaaa said:
I think you might have your threads confused, the q&a thread is here. That's something you'd have to take up with the Sense 5 Toolbox dev anyway.
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You are right! I actually wanted to post this in the tweaks and mods thread!
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bro your signature literally fills my browser window
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Sorry that's was more than one year ago.....don't have computer access to change it yet......two of my laptops kinda messed up .....
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I was intending to write a lot more of these but my phone broke down and I got busy with a lot of other things not related to android. I hope to have some more soon though.

How To Guide Guide to remove bootloader warnings

Here is a detailed guide on how to remove the bootloader warnings that appear at boot after oem unlocking your bootloader
please be sure to go over to here and give juda iskariotsky a like
if you want to remove them your self you will need
(only tested on Exynos)
Modded 7zip = Gdrive - Mega - Dropbox
Odin 3.14.1.3b = Gdrive - Mega - Dropbox
your firmware extracted
to just remove them without doing it your self
flash the up_param.tar file in odin under the BL tab
get it here = Gdrive - Mega - Dropbox
to remove them yourself you will need to follow these steps
(there is a video below too)
1st - download and install 7zip standard , and download and unzip odin
2nd - navigate to the extracted firmware and right click on "BL_S908BXXS2AVDB_S908BXXS2AVDB_MQB51326408_REV01_user_low_ship_MULTI_CERT.tar.md5" {your firmware may be different}
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3rd - select open archive with 7zip standard, once its open drag "up_param.bin.lz4" into the firmware folder window and drop
4th - right click "up_param.bin.lz4" and select "extract to "up_param.bin/"" using 7zip standard
5th - navigate into "up_param.bin" folder and right click "up_param.bin" and select open archive using 7zip standard
6th - select the two files "svb_orange.jpg" and "booting_warning.jpg" keeping your finger pressed on "ctrl"
7th - press the "red x" delete icon in the top bar to delete them
8th - close that window, and in windows explorer right click the "up_param.bin" inside the "up_param.bin" folder and select add to archive using 7zip standard
9th - in the archive format tab select "tar" and click ok, that file is now ready to be flashed in odin
10th - open odin, clicking "ok" to dismiss the warning, the press "bl" and navigate to "up_param.tar" inside the "up_param.bin" folder
done......
thanks to
juda iskariotsky for making it common knowledge
Kangi26 for patched odin​

Do you recommend to keep the created up_param.tar to be used after each update?

i would like to say yes, but its possible samsung changes something and flashing the up_param conflicts with a change they make and causes an error, its unlikely, but never say never

Well detailed Guide, Thanks!
Wish there was something for Snapdragon users.

Nice

Does it work in snapdragon? Is it risky to test? Don't want to reflash and go through all the hassle of getting the phone exactly as it is now, since we don't have TWRP backups yet...

ffp. said:
Does it work in snapdragon? Is it risky to test? Don't want to reflash and go through all the hassle of getting the phone exactly as it is now, since we don't have TWRP backups yet...
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i wouldnt flash the file, but if you follow the guide, you can look in your directories for the same/similar files, its untested on sd variant

gav83collins said:
i wouldnt flash the file, but if you follow the guide, you can look in your directories for the same/similar files, its untested on sd variant
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I have tried on snapdragon but there aren't such files there.

mrjoy said:
I have tried on snapdragon but there aren't such files there.
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can you screenshot that folder for me ? up_param.bin/

gav83collins said:
can you screenshot that folder for me ? up_param.bin/
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im going to download your firmware and some exploration, bare with me

gav83collins said:
im going to download your firmware and some exploration, bare with me
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Its great. Thank you for your support.

gav83collins said:
im going to download your firmware and some exploration, bare with me
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Exynos has the param bin file, Snapdragon possibly has it somewhere else.
Firmware code is S908E.. Give it a try, and its lovely if you succeed !
Cheers!

JazonX said:
Exynos has the param bin file, Snapdragon possibly has it somewhere else.
Firmware code is S908E.. Give it a try, and its lovely if you succeed !
Cheers!
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mrjoy said:
Its great. Thank you for your support.
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ive had a prelimenary look around but, the file types are a lot different to mine, so im gonna have to get more software to be able to open and explore further

gav83collins said:
ive had a prelimenary look around but, the file types are a lot different to mine, so im gonna have to get more software to be able to open and explore further
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Yes sure. You are the person that can make it possible. Good luck.

gav83collins said:
ive had a prelimenary look around but, the file types are a lot different to mine, so im gonna have to get more software to be able to open and explore further
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I was going to post my print, but mrjoy posted before. Digging around, it seems that this is not possible for snapdragons, at least for previous devices. It seems that the boot file is mounted during the boot and images are loaded, there is no way to extract and replace the images there without Samsung's signature.
I'm just writting what I found in other threads, though.
If you want to dig, it seems it is part of abl.elf file. See if you can get this to work.
Maybe if we could do that by another mean?

Any updates for S908E?

mrjoy said:
Any updates for S908E?
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I wish for the same too. Guess no luck so far

I have followed your steps but it failed with my S22 Ultra Exynos :-(
Could it be because of "Universal Samsung PARAM Changer" Magisk's module?
Or "WETAmod" Magisk's module?

then there is no way to remove the bootloader warning in the snap version