DISCLAIMER: Since this is a third-party supplied file, flashing this file places any and all outcomes on YOU, the flasher (get your mind out of the gutter, thanks.) This file, though supplied by Samsung Kies 3, may cause issues or have undesirable effects. What these effects are, I have no clue. If you have a custom recovery, it will be overwritten with the stock recovery. Again, if you use this, you are the one responsible for any negative outcome.
This the official stock ROM flashable via Odin. This took me a few hours to download several times and locate the temp directory that housed it. It is a 2.12 gig tar.md5 file. Since Samsung does not have an open source copy for us to download, I used Kies 3 to download it.
FLASHING INSTRUCTIONS:
Using the most recent Odin, put the file in the AP section and flash it.
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Thank you so much it fixed my bricked device!
Thank you so much - Accidentally upgraded firmware and lost root and could not re-root. Worked like a charm and used kingroot to gain root again. You rock!
It downloads as a .RAR file if converted to .TAR, ODIN can not load it. How can the .rar file be used by ODIN?
bunivers said:
It downloads as a .RAR file if converted to .TAR, ODIN can not load it. How can the .rar file be used by ODIN?
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The flashable .Tar file that you will use to restore your device via Odin, is located inside the .RAR provided in the download link. Once the .RAR file has been unrared/unzipped using 7zip, you will have your restore .Tar file that you're referring to. If you need to, you can Google 7zip and download it. The program is free and open-source, and it supports .RAR .TAR .ZIP etc. Happy Restore!
@jaywillsoul Please add to the OP that this firmware will wipe the device.
Thanks again for the firmware!
Sent from my XT1528 using XDA Labs
I was able to un-brick my wife's Verizon Core Prime with this. Thank you for your time and effort, @jaywillsoul.
Donation sent.
Fail
I downloaded the firmware, began to flash and Odin wrote "FAIL", and the screen after turning on is "Software update failed. Your device didnt update successfully. Use the Verizon Software Repair Assistant on a computer to repare your device and complete the update." But the Verizon Software Repair Assistant after this can not find the phone.
Thank you for this wonderful gift to the underdeveloped Core Prime! :good: worked for me and I was able to root afterwards!
is that process unlock the sim card lock for Verizon
ty it work's. I can root now
Sorry to bump this thread, but will updating through recovery mode end up wiping all the data of the phone? (like pictures, and files)
I was dumb and didn't enable usb debugging before my phone got soft bricked, now it freezes on the carrier animation
My phone is a model SM-G360T1
Link999123 said:
Sorry to bump this thread, but will updating through recovery mode end up wiping all the data of the phone? (like pictures, and files)
I was dumb and didn't enable usb debugging before my phone got soft bricked, now it freezes on the carrier animation
My phone is a model SM-G360T1
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You have the wrong model - this guide is for the G360V, not the G360T1. Sorry.
I was wondering if anyone has a solution to why I get a crc failure when trying to extract zip files. I have the at&t note 8 and I want to convert it back to stock firmware in order to root it. I'm on oreo as of now. But every (20+) downloads I have acquired all give me a crc failure when trying to extract the files from a zip folder. I never had this issue with the note 3 when I use to root it. I've heard they different browser, redownload file, etc. Nothing works!!! I still get crc failure every single time and its beginning to frustrate me!!!
Hi, not sure if this is in the right place.... there doesn't seem to be a "Samsung General" forum.
Anyway, I've got my hands on the firmware for the AT&T Samsung Galaxy S7 (SM-G930A - snapdragon SoC), and I've extracted the CSC portion of the firmware to my PC. I'm hoping that I can use this CSC to make my Canadian S7 (SM-G930W8 - exynos SoC) compatible with AT&T's VoLTE service.
First, can someone direct me to a suitable guide for making a zip file that I can flash in TWRP to modify a system (rather than a complete system)?
Second, can someone tell me how to figure out what part of the image needs to go into this zip file?
I think I'm starting too big trying to make a zip file. Now I'm thinking that I first just need to figure out how to get a /system/csc/ATT/ folder created and the contents written into it, then figure out how to switch the phone to that CSC instead of the current one. Any suggestions? I'm currently using ALEXNDR's DevBase for the SM-G930F.
Hello, apologies if this isn't the right place to post this question but I'm at a complete lost and I'm desperately trying to fix the device. My goal was to simply root the device.
I tried following this guide but by the end of my first run of the guide I had errors with the contacts and phone android apps. But the device still wasn't root. I attempted it again only to break the device completely. I wasn't even able to open Android Recovery and only flashing the bootloader only did I manage to to back to the recovery screen. However, from here, I am unable to flash the firmware any further. I only get a message now notifying me: "only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed".
What I'm hoping to achieve with this question is to get some direct guidance on how to resolve my current error. I've followed a few guides and thread a few threads but nothing seems 100% applicable to my issue or the device.
Using Odin3_v3.13.1 and what I think is the stock firmware for J4 (following the download links on the guides) I do the following:
Unzip the binaries with 7zip ZS to uncompressed the various files, specifically the AP, BL, CP, CSC and HOME MD5 files.
I further unzip the AP file and drag the boot.img.lz4 into lz4.exe to just give me the img file.
I run that through Magisk Manager to create a patch file (on another phone) and reupload back to the pc.
I then take the patched file and drag it into lz4.exe to just give me the img.lz4 file
I then delete the original boot.img file and select all of the files and compress into a tar archive.
OR, even without doing any of that and just straight selecting the AP file without doing the patching, I either get a straight up FAIL! (Auth) from Odin and if that doesn't happen, I get the error on the phone itself saying that "only official released binaries are allowed to be flashed".
And that's where I'm just stuck. I know there are many guides, and I tried making sure I have the best one and knowing what to do, but I think I messed something up along the lines. Any assistance would really be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Hello! I need to know how to replace the warning says Bootloader unlocked in samsung devices. I have already followed plenty of solutions found on internet but got no success. My procedure as follows;
1.Got stock rom file and extracted up_param.bin (There's no param.bin file on newer devices -mine is M01Core)
2. Opened file and tried to replace, delete orange_state.jpg, but it fails with error in 7Zip
There are some data after the end of payload data
I tried it with 7zip android, 7zip standard on pc but no luck.
3. Next I used a hex editor and replaced image successfully without corruption in archieve.
But when I attempt to flash it via odin, it's also blocked with security error.
So any suggestion or solution are highly appreciated. Thanks.