'Unrooting" Samsung Galaxy S5 - Android General

I rooted my Galaxy S5 a while back (using Chainfire's ROM) and may now be looking to trade it at CEX. Because of this I want to restore the operating system back to Samsung's standard software. I have downloaded this from Sammobile and have ZIP file G900FXXU1BNL2_G900FXEO1BNL1_G900FXXU1BNL2_HOME.zip
This looks to contain all the necessary files but I can't find any way to install this using Odin as this requires a TAR or MD5 file extension. I have tried using KIES to reinstall the Samsung firmware but this has been superseded by Smart Switch which does not pick the phone up when I put it in recovery mode. All the instructions I have found talk about using Odin to reinstall the stock Samsung furmware (I am using Odin 3.10) but I can't see how to do this.
Anyone have any walkthoughs they could give me?
Thanks
Dave

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[Q] Root a Device's Stock Firmware

Hi Guys,
Recently I bought a Samsung Galaxy J1 (SM-J100H) phone. I wanted to root it but the tools I found so far didn't work.
Therefore I was wondering if it is possible to
1. Download the stock *.tar.md5 file for my phone from sammobile.com,
2. extract the images, push the su, busybox and SupserUser.apk directly into the system.img and
3. flash the repacked tar.md5 from Odin in download mode
has anybody tried this before? is there a potential risk in this method?
Regards
Have you tried? Just curious as I'm also waiting to root my Samsung J1. In the mean time, use helium for data backup and restore.

[Completed] Need help please

okay so my Samsung tab3 lite was rooted but I did something and now it is stuck in CWM-based Recovery v6.0.4.8 and I have the basic android ROM downloaded on my computer and not sure how to fix this problem Is it possible for me to put the ROM on my sd card then install zip on my tablet? I have tired odin but it can never find my ROM
Any help would be amazing!
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. You are on the right track to Odin the stock firmware to get your device working again. But you need the stock firmware, not a rom zip. If you've downloaded the stock firmware it does download in a zip format but you need to extract that so you end up with a .tar.md5 file. Use that in Odin. Also see this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-3. It's the forum for the tab 3 and does have some information for the lite version.
jd1639 said:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. You are on the right track to Odin the stock firmware to get your device working again. But you need the stock firmware, not a rom zip. If you've downloaded the stock firmware it does download in a zip format but you need to extract that so you end up with a .tar.md5 file. Use that in Odin. Also see this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-3. It's the forum for the tab 3 and does have some information for the lite version.
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I have downloaded the firmware but odin does not see the firmware at all not sure what I am doing wrong but could I put the firmware on my sd card then put it in my tablet and install zip?
Have you extracted the firmware zip? Use winrar or 7-zip. You need to use a .tar.md5 file in Odin. That's what you'll get if you extract the stock firmware .zip. Use that in the PDA or AP slot in Odin, depending on what version of Odin you're using. See this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539
jd1639 said:
Have you extracted the firmware zip? Use winrar or 7-zip. You need to use a .tar.md5 file in Odin. That's what you'll get if you extract the stock firmware .zip. Use that in the PDA or AP slot in Odin, depending on what version of Odin you're using. See this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539
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I got the md5 file and got it in odin and clicked start and then a couple minutes later it said failed and now my tablet only says "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & Try again" so I went to kies and went to Emergency Firmware Recovery tab under tools but it can not find my device
OK, XDA Assist is a forum to point you in the right direction and not to solve your issue. So I'd ask here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-3/help. But use the usb ports in the back of your computer, 2.0 and not 3.0, and try different usb cables. Odin can be finicky.

j700T lates update

Anyone have the odin of the latest factory rom or a zip for twrp? Of course the phone knows there is one there but the naughty owner of the phone isn't stock......
you can get the latest stock samsung (any model) ROM on updato.com (no restrictions, no accounts, totally free), however, the google apps will need to update themselves.
Does it have to be done through Odin or can it be done through twrp?
sent from my Samsung wonder device
.zip : TWRP
.tar.md5 : Odin
EDIT: that's not actually true. but, updato.com ROMs are flashable via rocovery such as TWRP.
Sitting right here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j7/how-to/firmware-update-t-mobile-j7-2016-sm-t3506092

How to restore the original stock modem (Android 5.0)

Hi all,
I mistakenly put the wrong modem on my phone (Galaxy S5 SM-G900T). I was trying to do a USB-based sim unlock, after installing a new logic board, which had Android 5.0 installed. I had previously done the same steps on my old (broken) logic board, but at the time, that had Android 6.0 installed. The steps included updating the modem file on the phone using Odin, so that it could talk to the SIM-unlocking sofware. (The custom modem came packaged in a TAR file).
So now my Android 5.0 phone has a modem that was presumably for Android 6.0. It doesn't reliably connect to my computer using USB when not in download mode. I can put it into download mode, but I'm trying to figure out how to re-install the original stock Android 5.0 modem.
Here's what I've tried:
Downloaded a new stock Android 5.0 ROM for my phone. I searched SamMobile for my model number (SM-G900T). I got it from sammobile. Forums won't allow me to post the URL, but the full filename was G900TUVU1DOB1_G900TTMB1DOB1_G900TUVU1DOB1_HOME.tar.md5.
Extracted the rom on my computer using tar.
Found the modem.bin file that was extracted.
Used tar to wrap modem.bin in a new file called G900T50Original.tar
Used Odin to put the G900T50Original.tar onto my phone (by selecting it in the CP section).
I tried these steps, but it just timed-out, and I had to unplug and restart my phone.
Did I miss a step here? Is there a specific way that the TAR has to be packaged for it to work?
Thanks in advance,
Antun
karlovac said:
Hi all,
I mistakenly put the wrong modem on my phone (Galaxy S5 SM-G900T). I was trying to do a USB-based sim unlock, after installing a new logic board, which had Android 5.0 installed. I had previously done the same steps on my old (broken) logic board, but at the time, that had Android 6.0 installed. The steps included updating the modem file on the phone using Odin, so that it could talk to the SIM-unlocking sofware. (The custom modem came packaged in a TAR file).
So now my Android 5.0 phone has a modem that was presumably for Android 6.0. It doesn't reliably connect to my computer using USB when not in download mode. I can put it into download mode, but I'm trying to figure out how to re-install the original stock Android 5.0 modem.
Here's what I've tried:
Downloaded a new stock Android 5.0 ROM for my phone. I searched SamMobile for my model number (SM-G900T). I got it from sammobile. Forums won't allow me to post the URL, but the full filename was G900TUVU1DOB1_G900TTMB1DOB1_G900TUVU1DOB1_HOME.tar.md5.
Extracted the rom on my computer using tar.
Found the modem.bin file that was extracted.
Used tar to wrap modem.bin in a new file called G900T50Original.tar
Used Odin to put the G900T50Original.tar onto my phone (by selecting it in the CP section).
I tried these steps, but it just timed-out, and I had to unplug and restart my phone.
Did I miss a step here? Is there a specific way that the TAR has to be packaged for it to work?
Thanks in advance,
Antun
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This should help you figure it out.
http://www.rwilco12.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=92
Thanks. Actually, after writing my post, I decided to try uploading just the raw modem.bin file via Odin, and it worked. (i.e. without tarballing it up). My baseband now shows the stock Android 5.0 one (
I'm not sure what I was doing differently than the instructions you posted. I didn't specify the ustar format, so maybe that was it. (I just did tar -cvf modem.bin > myfile.tar).
Droidriven said:
This should help you figure it out.
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Where can I download Galaxy Grand prime stock firmware .tar with HOME_CSC?

Planning to use ODIN to flash the stock rom on Galaxy Grand prime g530FZ. I've read that to ensure the user data files are not wiped, ODIN must be specifically provided HOME_CSC file from the firmware archive.
However, all the fw packages I tried downloading only have one .tar.md5 file: <home.tar.md5
Is there any repo that has the multi-tar (5 files) version of the firmware? I am aware, that Grand Prime might be too old of a phone, so its fw could be 1-file only. If that is the case, is there a way to flash the stock rom without losing user data?

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