Before I get to my question, a quick background, which might help with explaining my question. So recently I switched to another cellular carrier on my unlocked S6 Edge (G925F) and now I would like to flash the baseband from the firmware corresponding to my new carrier in order to get better/proper connectivity. I downloaded and flashed the new carrier's firmware .tar.md5 using Odin, however, in the process of flashing, Odin threw a FAIL message when flashing the hidden.img file. So I had to manually extract and flash that file again, and it worked.
Anyway, it seems like, because of the aforementioned Odin FAIL message, the flashing process did not include the new modem.img file. So now I would like to manually flash that in order to get better service on my new carrier. So how do I do that? I tried flashing just the modem.img file with Odin by selecting it in the "CP" field, however, the flashing process gets stuck on "File analysis..." and nothing gets flashed. Am I doing something wrong? Can I flash that baseband some other way?
UPDATE, SOLVED:
I figured out the solution. I had to manually create a new .tar archive (with 7zip) containing just the modem.bin file. When I tried to flash that with Odin (by adding it under the "CP" field), it successfully went through.
tahaa7 said:
Before I get to my question, a quick background, which might help with explaining my question. So recently I switched to another cellular carrier on my unlocked S6 Edge (G925F) and now I would like to flash the baseband from the firmware corresponding to my new carrier in order to get better/proper connectivity. I downloaded and flashed the new carrier's firmware .tar.md5 using Odin, however, in the process of flashing, Odin threw a FAIL message when flashing the hidden.img file. So I had to manually extract and flash that file again, and it worked.
Anyway, it seems like, because of the aforementioned Odin FAIL message, the flashing process did not include the new modem.img file. So now I would like to manually flash that in order to get better service on my new carrier. So how do I do that? I tried flashing just the modem.img file with Odin by selecting it in the "CP" field, however, the flashing process gets stuck on "File analysis..." and nothing gets flashed. Am I doing something wrong? Can I flash that baseband some other way?
UPDATE, SOLVED:
I figured out the solution. I had to manually create a new .tar archive (with 7zip) containing just the modem.bin file. When I tried to flash that with Odin (by adding it under the "CP" field), it successfully went through.
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May I please ask you, how did you get a firmware with a modem binary inside it? So far I've downloaded two different firmwares for this device, latest baseband versions, and none of them ships a modem.bin or anything similar. I'm totally puzzled.
zogoibi said:
May I please ask you, how did you get a firmware with a modem binary inside it? So far I've downloaded two different firmwares for this device, latest baseband versions, and none of them ships a modem.bin or anything similar. I'm totally puzzled.
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So were you able to get the latest baseband /modem?? And how??
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Hi guys,
I have the S6 with 5.0.2 and CSC ITV (AP:G920FXXU1AOCV, CP:G920FXXU1AOCW, CSC:G920FXXU1AOCN). Since I leave in Greece, I tried to flash through odin the Stock firmware with CSC EUR but I had fails all 4 times. Tried with both odin 3.0.9 and 3.10. The problem seems to be the hidden file in the end, because everything goes fine until that moment. The result is soft brick. Any one has any idea what should I do?
I've worked with this just yesterday. If you have another firmware downloaded and it worked.. Extract the file from the firmware, from which it worked. I did this with a France version, so an African firmware will work.
Use 7-zip or WinRAR to extract the hidden file and it might be necessary to convert it into a .md5 file. Since it is an .IMG file. Once its converted use Odin and install the hidden file and it'll boot back up.
Hopefully this was clear enough for you to understand.. Maybe my method was a little confusing. It works none the less.
HelloMiggy said:
I've worked with this just yesterday. If you have another firmware downloaded and it worked.. Extract the file from the firmware, from which it worked. I did this with a France version, so an African firmware will work.
Use 7-zip or WinRAR to extract the hidden file and it might be necessary to convert it into a .md5 file. Since it is an .IMG file. Once its converted use Odin and install the hidden file and it'll boot back up.
Hopefully this was clear enough for you to understand.. Maybe my method was a little confusing. It works none the less.
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Thank you for the reply. I've just flashed the original firmware with CSC ITV and everything worked fine. The thing is, is there a way to flash stock firmware with EUR CSC and bypass somehow the hidden file problem, of course without trip knox?
Hello,
I have a Sprint Note Edge (SM-N915P) and I honestly don't like this lollipop update. I tried flashing with Odin back to KitKat but no luck and research on google says bootloader is the problem. Can anyone help me ? Any information on how to unlock this bootloader or just any method on how to downgrade back to kitkat.
I still need help!! Please anyone?
Thanks in Advance.
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Hello,
I have a Sprint Note Edge (SM-N915P) and I honestly don't like this lollipop update. I tried flashing with Odin back to KitKat but no luck and research on google says bootloader is the problem. Can anyone help me ? Any information on how to unlock this bootloader or just any method on how to downgrade back to kitkat.
Thanks in Advance.
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You need to flash the apropriate KitKat Bootloader for your Phone through Odin. By apropriate I mean 4.4.4 Bootloader for SM-N915P. You can search Google or download your Firmware from sammobile.com or sth. Then in Odin > BL > select your downloaded Bootloader and after it's done you can flash any KitKat firmware or ROM from recovery.
Hope it helps
kain1979 said:
You need to flash the apropriate KitKat Bootloader for your Phone through Odin. By apropriate I mean 4.4.4 Bootloader for SM-N915P. You can search Google or download your Firmware from sammobile.com or sth. Then in Odin > BL > select your downloaded Bootloader and after it's done you can flash any KitKat firmware or ROM from recovery.
Hope it helps
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Hello, Thanks for this information. I have the 4.4.4 Firmware for SM-915P downloaded but when flashing with Odin i normally use AP or PDA to flash, i never thought of using BL(bootloader) to flash the firmware. I'm gonna try using your suggested method once i get back home and i would post a reply back to you. I truly appreciate it.
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Hello, Thanks for this information. I have the 4.4.4 Firmware for SM-915P downloaded but when flashing with Odin i normally use AP or PDA to flash, i never thought of using BL(bootloader) to flash the firmware. I'm gonna try using your suggested method once i get back home and i would post a reply back to you. I truly appreciate it.
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NO YOU SHOULDNT. Dude you gotta flash the BOOTLOADER FIRST or it's NOT GOING TO WORK. Open your firmware with WINRAR or sth like that, find the bootloader, boot.img or sth flash through BL and THEN flash firmware through AP / PDA. You had it right all along, but you need to flash KITKAT Bootloader first
kain1979 said:
You need to flash the apropriate KitKat Bootloader for your Phone through Odin. By apropriate I mean 4.4.4 Bootloader for SM-N915P. You can search Google or download your Firmware from sammobile.com or sth. Then in Odin > BL > select your downloaded Bootloader and after it's done you can flash any KitKat firmware or ROM from recovery.
Hope it helps
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Hello again, I tried exactly what you told me to do but still says failed. I downloaded stock kitkat (4.4.4) Firmware, then in Odin > BL > and selected the 4.4.4 firmware. I've attached a picture.
But if you're just talking about just only SM-915P "bootloader" file for kitkat and not the actual full firmware, then it is not present on sammobile.com or on any place with google search. The only bootloader file i found was for the international version (SM-915F) http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/development/n915f-kitkat4-4-4bootloader-tar-unlock-t3063928http://forum.xda-developers.com/not...15f-kitkat4-4-4bootloader-tar-unlock-t3063928, even XDA website don't have the bootloader for SM-915P. :crying:
I've been trying for weeks, trust me. And i feel like i've reached a dead end and stuck with lollipop OS that i don't like.
kain1979 said:
NO YOU SHOULDNT. Dude you gotta flash the BOOTLOADER FIRST or it's NOT GOING TO WORK. Open your firmware with WINRAR or sth like that, find the bootloader, boot.img or sth flash through BL and THEN flash firmware through AP / PDA. You had it right all along, but you need to flash KITKAT Bootloader first
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Yes, i opened the firmware with WINRAR and no bootloader file present. I downloaded it from sammobile.com. Even after extraction no boot.img present in the file. Picture below.
You gotta go deeper...
kezzmo said:
Yes, i opened the firmware with WINRAR and no bootloader file present. I downloaded it from sammobile.com. Even after extraction no boot.img present in the file. Picture below.
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The firmware file you've opened with winrar contains ANOTHER COMPRESSED FILE (the actual firware that's going to be flashed). You have to go deeper. Double-Click on that file ('blabla'.tar.md5). wait a while until you can see its contents in winrar and THERE YOU WILL FIND (among others):
* aboot.mbn
* NON-HLOS.bin
* rpm.mbn
* sbl1.mbn
* sdi.mbn
* tz.mbn
Extract all of the above files >
compress them in a .tar file using 7zip or another program >
flash ONLY THIS FILE through Odin | BL >
when its done flash firmware through AP / PDA
p.s. : If you cannot flash the .zip firmware then extract and flash the .tar.md5 file inside. AFTER you've flashed the bootloader
kain1979 said:
The firmware file you've opened with winrar contains ANOTHER COMPRESSED FILE (the actual firware that's going to be flashed). You have to go deeper. Double-Click on that file ('blabla'.tar.md5). wait a while until you can see its contents in winrar and THERE YOU WILL FIND boot.img. Extract just this file > flash ONLY THIS FILE through Odin | BL > when its done flash firmware through AP / PDA
p.s. : If you cannot flash the .zip firmware then extract and flash the .tar.md5 file inside. AFTER you've flashed the bootloader
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I was so impatient that i opened up a new thread on how to extract a file with winrar. I feel so stupid now. I should have waited for a reply from you first. I guess we still learn everyday. I appreciate the time and effort you're putting in this thread to walk me through. I'm forever grateful and thank you so much. I will do exactly what you mentioned and post a reply afterwards on the result. Thanks again.
kain1979 said:
The firmware file you've opened with winrar contains ANOTHER COMPRESSED FILE (the actual firware that's going to be flashed). You have to go deeper. Double-Click on that file ('blabla'.tar.md5). wait a while until you can see its contents in winrar and THERE YOU WILL FIND (among others):
* aboot.mbn
* NON-HLOS.bin
* rpm.mbn
* sbl1.mbn
* sdi.mbn
* tz.mbn
Extract all of the above files >
compress them in a .tar file using 7zip or another program >
flash ONLY THIS FILE through Odin | BL >
when its done flash firmware through AP / PDA
p.s. : If you cannot flash the .zip firmware then extract and flash the .tar.md5 file inside. AFTER you've flashed the bootloader
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Hello, OK, i did everything step by step as you instructed but it failed to flash the bootloader. I've attached a picture below to see everything. Am i missing anything?
kezzmo said:
Hello, OK, i did everything step by step as you instructed but it failed to flash the bootloader. I've attached a picture below to see everything. Am i missing anything?
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yes you are...
inside the .tar file you created there is a folder that contains the actual files to be flashed. That's wrong. Don't compress a folder, just the files
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yes you are...
inside the .tar file you created there is a folder that contains the actual files to be flashed. That's wrong. Don't compress a folder, just the files
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Oh ok. i will try it again.
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yes you are...
inside the .tar file you created there is a folder that contains the actual files to be flashed. That's wrong. Don't compress a folder, just the files
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Now it says "ABOOT" . Is that right?
kezzmo said:
Now it says "ABOOT" . Is that right?
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does it get stuck there? doesnt it go any further???
kain1979 said:
does it get stuck there? doesnt it go any further???
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Just stuck there and wouldn't do anything.
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does it get stuck there? doesnt it go any further???
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Do you have any suggestions? Or can you link me to a kitkat bootloader i can download, like the one you use for yourself. I don't know if this is a Sprint note edge issue because all other variants of the note edge seems to downgrade back to kitkat.
Lollipop just have too many issues like the one you also posted about the phone heating up badly, that happens to my note edge too. Battery draining like no tomorrow, it's just ridiculous.
I just wanna go back to kitkat.
Thanks again.
Ok guys, Could be a simple answer. I currently have an S6 and it is unlocked and currently on German Vodafone. I have attempted to revert it to BTU firmware as I'm in the UK. I followed all the available guides to achieve this via odin but it failed almost immediately. It failed at Hidden.img I think? Anyway the phone then failed to start up and took me straight to an error screen telling me to connect it to smart switch. I then found out how to fix it and managed it so phone up and running again. Is it possible to flash the BTU firmware in the first place?
Thanks
Come on guys, surely there must have been someone out there with the same problem as me and has managed to overcome it?
The answer is:
extract the Firmware with winrar and extract the hidden.img separat to your Desktop. rename it to hidden.img.tar and Flash that again (AP), after that your phone should reboot. if not, go into recovery make a reset. Here is a link in german:
https://www.androidpit.de/forum/670145/samsung-galaxy-s6-s6-update-problem-hidden-img-fail
That's how I solved the problem with the phone going into error. I need to know if it is possible to flash the firmware BTU to my phone?
sinbrad said:
I need to know if it is possible to flash the firmware BTU to my phone?
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It's 100% possible but check first if the rar file is not corrupted.
I had problem with corrupted files failed in odin.
Ok, I completed yet another download of the firmware for BTU but once again the flash failed. I had to carry out flash with hidden.img.tar in order to restore phone. I don't understand why this is happening? Any ideas?
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).
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This should help you figure it out.
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Hi! A while ago I decided to flash TWRP and a custom rom (LineageOS) onto my S7. After a while I decided that I would prefer the stock OS. So I tried flashing the stock ROM with Odin and a zip file downloaded from SamMobile. But it would always fail when it got up to flashing system.img. So I tried another firmware using SamFirm, the same problem persisted. So I tried flashing the stock ROM using FlashFire, but no partitions showed up. Smart Switch and Kies 3 just said that my device is not compatible. If anyone can help me, it would be massively appreciated.
P.S. I am doing everything right, I've done this exact process on many other Samsung phones.
Are you extracting the AP, BL, CP and CSC files from the zip, or just putting the zip straight into Odin?
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Hi! A while ago I decided to flash TWRP and a custom rom (LineageOS) onto my S7. After a while I decided that I would prefer the stock OS. So I tried flashing the stock ROM with Odin and a zip file downloaded from SamMobile. But it would always fail when it got up to flashing system.img. So I tried another firmware using SamFirm, the same problem persisted. So I tried flashing the stock ROM using FlashFire, but no partitions showed up. Smart Switch and Kies 3 just said that my device is not compatible. If anyone can help me, it would be massively appreciated.
P.S. I am doing everything right, I've done this exact process on many other Samsung phones.
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please post the error showing in Odin