So today i wanted to update my s6 to nougat and since it isnt available for my csc (SEB) i downloaded a diffrent stock firmware Russia (SER) then i tried flashing the tar.md5 to my s6 and odin said failed at hidden.img. i also tried other fixes on google like deleting it and then making a new tar without hidden img and it said MD5 HASh value is invalid. Also Smart Switch doesnt recognize my phone! Help pls i am worried
You should extract hidden.img and rename it to hidden.img.tar, then flash that file only via odin.
Thanks
JimYoung said:
You should extract hidden.img and rename it to hidden.img.tar, then flash that file only via odin.
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Thanks dude your are a life saver !!!!
KunkerLV said:
Thanks dude your are a life saver !!!!
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If you get stuck in bootloop after reboot then go into recovery mode and wipe cache and data factory reset [emoji6]
JimYoung said:
You should extract hidden.img and rename it to hidden.img.tar, then flash that file only via odin.
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I have the same problem the OP had. I tried your fix, but the newly extracted and renamed hiddenimage file isn't showing up in Odin. Only the original tarMD5 file is showing up?
PS: I used 7zip to extract the hiddenimage file.
oracle01642 said:
I have the same problem the OP had. I tried your fix, but the newly extracted and renamed hiddenimage file isn't showing up in Odin. Which part are you supposed to flash it in? I tried BL, AP, CP, CSC, and none show up the hiddenimage file, only the original tarMD5 file?
PS: I used 7zip to extract the hiddenimage file.
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On Windows folder options select show extensions (it should look like hidden.img), then rename the file to hidden.img.tar
JimYoung said:
On Windows folder options select show extensions (it should look like hidden.img), then rename the file to hidden.img.tar
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I can see the extracted hiddenimage file when I go to the folder. The problem is, when I open odin and try to flash it, it isn't showing up as an option to flash?
oracle01642 said:
I can see the extracted hiddenimage file when I go to the folder. The problem is, when I open odin and try to flash it, it isn't showing up as an option to flash?
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This is because you're changing the name of the file but not the extension, try what I posted above.
After extracting and renaming the hiddenimage file to hidden.img.tar, in the part of the folder where it says 'type', it says the file is a disk image file. Is it supposed to be a disk image file?
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Where are the windows folder options?
oracle01642 said:
After extracting and renaming the hiddenimage file to hidden.img.tar, in the part of the folder where it says 'type', it says the file is a disk image file. Is it supposed to be a disk image file?
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Where are the windows folder options?
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Open any folder and in view you should enable "file name extensions"
It's OK, I manged to fix it. Thanks anyway.
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Hi,
I need help from kind heart people in this forum if they can help to re-packaged the XXKG5 files from xda-developer into ODIN flashable files like example
CODE_I9100XXKG5_xxxxxx.tar.m d5
MODEM_I9100XXKG5_xxxxxx.tar.md5
GT-I9100-CSC-xxxxxx.tar.md5
I have downloaded the XXKG5 files from xda-developer BUT the package contains files like boot, cache, factoryfs, hidden, modem, param.lfs, sbl and zImage of which I cannot flash with ODIN.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to have XXKG5 on my SGS2.
Thanks.
i guess you extract the .tar file don't you? just double click 7e file that you originally download and use the extracted file as it is. do not need to extract once again.
prydoxs said:
i guess you extract the .tar file don't you? just double click 7e file that you originally download and use the extracted file as it is. do not need to extract once again.
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I didn't. Yes I extracted the first compressed file dowloaded. Then all I get are the files like in Image 1. Since Odin cannot flash the compressed file in Image 1....IF I extracted the compressed file in Image 1 then all I get are the files like in Image 2...
As you can see, either way I can't flash with Odin.
If you downloaded from xda it shouldntt look like that.You only need to double click on the file and it extracts.if you didn't download from here then here it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Read the first notice part about extracting the file to make sure you understand clearly.
I haven't had the need to return to stock yet but have a question. I have rooted and done CWM already. I downloaded the stock tar file and when I open up Odin and try to select it, Odin doesn't see the file. I've redownloaded Odin and the tar file but still no luck. Am I doing something wrong? Does anyone else have this same problem? I just want to get this figured out so if I need to revert back to stock there won't be a problem. Thanks in advance.
Al
Did you extract the .tar from the .7z file you downloaded?
-chlor3
Oops... I had the same problem and extracting the file solved it.
chlor3 said:
Did you extract the .tar from the .7z file you downloaded?
-chlor3
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I got it, I must of not extracted it correctly the first time I tried it.
Thanks guys.
I used 7zip.
search 7-zip dot org
-chlor3
Hello all newbe here and have a question i have bricked my phone and i am trying to fix it with Odin I have downloaded everything I need to my laptop but when i go to fint the PDA tar file it is not there i checked in the file i downloaded it to and it has been downlaoded but i cant get it to odin any help would be great.
thanks John
je3169 said:
Hello all newbe here and have a question i have bricked my phone and i am trying to fix it with Odin I have downloaded everything I need to my laptop but when i go to fint the PDA tar file it is not there i checked in the file i downloaded it to and it has been downlaoded but i cant get it to odin any help would be great.
thanks John
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If it is a zip file then unzip the file!
junkypong said:
If it is a zip file then unzip the file!
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it is not a zip file here is what i am using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
je3169 said:
it is not a zip file here is what i am using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1591601
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I find the pit file but for some reason i can not find the tar file when i click on the PDA it does not show in the file i downloaded it to.
GOT IT !!!!
this may sound really stupid.. im new to it.. ive downloaded a firmware and its on .zip
how do i flash it? can i just rename it to .ftf so that i can use flashtool to flash it?
kagerou001 said:
this may sound really stupid.. im new to it.. ive downloaded a firmware and its on .zip
how do i flash it? can i just rename it to .ftf so that i can use flashtool to flash it?
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Check the contents of the zip file, if it contains a .ftf file inside it you have to extract and use flashtool to flash it.
If it contains an updater-script then its probably a recovery flashable file, which means it won't work using flash tool.
If you rename and try, you most probably will get an error from the flashtool.
But i doubt its possible to brick your phone that way though
it contains .sin files and meta-inf folder
kagerou001 said:
it contains .sin files and meta-inf folder
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Can you post a screenshot of the folder please? I will be able to help you more.
kagerou001 said:
it contains .sin files and meta-inf folder
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Most likely you should be able to. But can you quote the source and name of the file maybe?
Hey guys,
I know that many of you have given a bunch of solutions to the error message saying that the play store can't establish a reliable connection. However, I've tried all of those methods and none have worked. I got here in the first place because I couldn't connect to the play store. When I cleared data, I was logged out and couldn't log back in. I've tried editing the host file using total commander,clearing cache/data, and even a factory reset. Do you guys have any solutions? Thanks in advance.
Did you run Towelroot?
If so a friend of mine went into system/etc/hosts and commented out one of the IP addresses and it worked fine. Factory resetting doesn't change back system files to my knowledge.
TheLastSidekick said:
Did you run Towelroot?
If so a friend of mine went into system/etc/hosts and commented out one of the IP addresses and it worked fine. Factory resetting doesn't change back system files
to my knowledge.
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I'm not sure what towel root is, but that is exactly what I did using total commander. I put a # before the second address. That didn't work. Also, since resetting won't change system files, I tried flashing a factory image. However, when I try to download the latest image on my PC, the download shows up as a document and not as a zipped file. That means that there is no flash-all script to run. I've reached a wall lol if you could think of anything that would work, I would appreciate that. Also, thanks for replying!
Winrarlabs.com and get latest WinRAR and extract the .tgz file with WinRAR to same directory as fastboot. Flash all script will be there once you extract .tgz
TheLastSidekick said:
Winrarlabs.com and get latest WinRAR and extract the .tgz file with WinRAR to same directory as fastboot. Flash all script will be there once you extract .tgz
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So I zip the document, and then extract it to the fastboot directory?
Skippery said:
So I zip the document, and then extract it to the fastboot directory?
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Or is there even a need to zip the file? Sorry real tech noob here
Skippery said:
Or is there even a need to zip the file? Sorry real tech noob here
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Install winrar. Open the .tgz file via winrar and then extract all the files you get there. flash-all file will be among those files
vin4yak said:
Install winrar. Open the .tgz file via winrar and then extract all the files you get there. flash-all file will be among those files
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Thanks guys
Skippery said:
Thanks guys
Do you know where I could install WinRar for free (Windows 8 64-bit)?
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Here you go: http://www.filehippo.com/download_winrar_64/
Really appreciate this. Thanked ya both.