[Q] Convert Flashable Zip. files to flashable tar.md5 files via odin - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I trying every day to convert a zip file to a tar.md5 flashable file
I found the program cygwin but when i create a tar.md5 file and try ro flash it it gives my directly a fail message

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[Q] how to unpack tar.md5 ?

Hi,
I downloaded a ROM from sammobile.com for my galaxy tab 10.1, and all I want is system.img which is located in a tar.md5 file .
if I extract is with 7zip I get a message "there is no correct record at the end of archive"
and dsixda kitchen don't seem to recognize it .
any ideas please .
thanks.
Well its simple just rename it to .tar and use winrar to extract it. the md5 extension makes odin calculate a hash to check if the firmware you're flashing is not corrupted.
hi,
I did that and I got a message "there is no correct record at the end of archive"
the files are extracted but I think it is corrupted because dsixda kitchen can't read it.
just extract it by 7-Zip and don't care about message
I have this problem too, my 7-zpi say that canĀ“t open file format unknowed or damage.
your download maybe interupted, try download it again and do md5 checksum
Ace Duos Kernel
how to get s6802 custom kernel??
jeckyvanz said:
how to get s6802 custom kernel??
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You can find a beta release custom kernel for the Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos from here.
kernel
thanks. but the download link doesnt work again.
MD5
I've problem with restoring through CWM.
it said "md5 sums mismatch. how to troble it?
logic5 said:
Hi,
I downloaded a ROM from sammobile.com for my galaxy tab 10.1, and all I want is system.img which is located in a tar.md5 file .
if I extract is with 7zip I get a message "there is no correct record at the end of archive"
and dsixda kitchen don't seem to recognize it .
any ideas please .
thanks.
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You might be opening the wrong file.
You have to download 2 files:
xxxx.tar
xxxx.tar.md5
the first one is the one you have to open.
the second one is the one that only have the MD5 result of the first.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5 )
jeckyvanz said:
I've problem with restoring through CWM.
it said "md5 sums mismatch. how to troble it?
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Redownlaod and try to unzip again. Kitchen should open it, make sure u have kitchen scripts for your phone or edit from flashable zip. Afaik
best idea
dont use 7zip but use unoversal extractor. it will extract everything.
I have the same issue for 5301. I have to get either the recovery or system img for creating a custom rom. Usually samsung firmware files can be extracted using izarc, 7zip or universal extract tool. some can be opened with ultraISO or similar tool. I tried dsixdas kitchen as well. That does not even acknowledge this ROM. These firmwares come as a single tar file with md5 sum attached. There is something different about this ROM file that wont even let let the regular tools see what is inside the file. I tried to open it with a hex editor and it looks similar what a regular tar.md5 file would look. Looking at the log file from universal extractor:
TrID/32 - File Identifier v2.02 - (C) 2003-06 By M.Pontello
Definitions found: 2641
Analyzing...
Collecting data from file: C:\Technical\S5301XXALJ7_S5301OXXALJ8_S5301XXLJ7_HOME.tar.md5
99.3% (.TAR) TAR archive (149/5)
0.6% (.LZMA) LZMA compressed file (1/1)
7-Zip Tar archive extractions cannot be logged.
If Odin can flash these files using the same boot, recovery and system... images then there must be a way to extract these img files. wonder if odin extracts to a temp location?
Here is a link to the file http://hotfile.com/dl/198648982/cfb...5301_EUR_1_20130214151121_61bveu8l1b.zip.html
logic5 said:
Hi,
I downloaded a ROM from sammobile.com for my galaxy tab 10.1, and all I want is system.img which is located in a tar.md5 file .
if I extract is with 7zip I get a message "there is no correct record at the end of archive"
and dsixda kitchen don't seem to recognize it .
any ideas please .
thanks.
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Use odinatrix to extrat system.img n modem files..
Its the easiest tool do so...
U may also use splitfus2 bt its way trickier to use than odinatrix.
masum73 said:
I have the same issue for 5301. I have to get either the recovery or system img for creating a custom rom. Usually samsung firmware files can be extracted using izarc, 7zip or universal extract tool. some can be opened with ultraISO or similar tool. I tried dsixdas kitchen as well. That does not even acknowledge this ROM. These firmwares come as a single tar file with md5 sum attached. There is something different about this ROM file that wont even let let the regular tools see what is inside the file. I tried to open it with a hex editor and it looks similar what a regular tar.md5 file would look. Looking at the log file from universal extractor:
TrID/32 - File Identifier v2.02 - (C) 2003-06 By M.Pontello
Definitions found: 2641
Analyzing...
Collecting data from file: C:\Technical\S5301XXALJ7_S5301OXXALJ8_S5301XXLJ7_HOME.tar.md5
99.3% (.TAR) TAR archive (149/5)
0.6% (.LZMA) LZMA compressed file (1/1)
7-Zip Tar archive extractions cannot be logged.
If Odin can flash these files using the same boot, recovery and system... images then there must be a way to extract these img files. wonder if odin extracts to a temp location?
Here is a link to the file http://hotfile.com/dl/198648982/cfb...5301_EUR_1_20130214151121_61bveu8l1b.zip.html
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Don't be lazy.
Lift your hand n press the Thanxxx Button.=)
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frankito777 said:
You might be opening the wrong file.
You have to download 2 files:
xxxx.tar
xxxx.tar.md5
the first one is the one you have to open.
the second one is the one that only have the MD5 result of the first.
( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MD5 )
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Now there is only one xxx_home.tar.md5 file..
That was old days.
Be a part of new world.
N now u cnt extract through an archve manager.
U need espicial tools like splitfus2 n odinatrix to extract files.
Don't be lazy.
Lift your hand n press the Thanxxx Button.=)
Thanks SArnab! so finally I am able to split the files using odinatrix. Now for this type of turbo ROMs how do I create odin flashable file???
I created a regular odin tar file with md5 sum but that does not go past 'NAND Write Start'. Please advise.
masum73 said:
Thanks SArnab! so finally I am able to split the files using odinatrix. Now for this type of turbo ROMs how do I create odin flashable file???
I created a regular odin tar file with md5 sum but that does not go past 'NAND Write Start'. Please advise.
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Your pc shud b superfast so that odintrix can work witout lag.
My HP G6 lapi took around 10 mins to extrqct the one .tar.md5 file..
The tool will automatically extract diffrnt .tar files such as modem_xxx.tar pda_xxx.tar n csc_xxx.tar
Now u can use these to flash through odin witout any prb.
U can use pda.tar in kitchen to get boot.img n system.img.
Kitchen will also help u extract sysmtem foldr from system.img.
U can also flash through odin the single .tar.md5....
Choose that in pda field...
Odin is smart enough to do rest of the part.
Don't be lazy.
Lift your hand n press the Thanxxx Button.=)
Appreciate the quick response. I guess my question was not clear enough. I extracted the recovery and created a clockwork recovery named recovery.img. Now I want to flash this recovery back on the device. I created the tar file using:
tar -H ustar -c recovery.img > CWMrecovery.tar
md5sum -t CWMrecovery.tar >> CWMrecovery.tar
mv CWMrecovery.tar CWMrecovery.tar.md5
When I flash this using odin3_v3.07 md5 is verified but he flash does not go through and stops at NAND write start. Is there a special way to create a odin flashable tar.md5 file foe these turbo firmwares?
masum73 said:
Appreciate the quick response. I guess my question was not clear enough. I extracted the recovery and created a clockwork recovery named recovery.img. Now I want to flash this recovery back on the device. I created the tar file using:
tar -H ustar -c recovery.img > CWMrecovery.tar
md5sum -t CWMrecovery.tar >> CWMrecovery.tar
mv CWMrecovery.tar CWMrecovery.tar.md5
When I flash this using odin3_v3.07 md5 is verified but he flash does not go through and stops at NAND write start. Is there a special way to create a odin flashable tar.md5 file foe these turbo firmwares?
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Sorry, I have no idea bout wat u r talkin.
I never did this so cant help u in tis part.
Oh ya where did u put the tar file in odin??
In pda fieled or csc or modem??
I think its need to be in pda field.
I cnt help more on this.
But ya I wnt leave it here.
A user named Deadly can help u.
He is great in converting odin to cwm n cwm to odin.
Hope u understan wat I mean.
Don't be lazy.
Lift your hand n press the Thanxxx Button.=)
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how to install custom system ui/android status bar on system. my device gt-s6802. what's compatible with mine??

odin rom into zip

anyone know how to convert odin rom into zip rom?
ansonchan said:
anyone know how to convert odin rom into zip rom?
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you need a valid update.zip file or use any of the templates that are available all over.
now extract the system files from tar file, extract the boot.img and copy them to the update.zip file(delete the older files in the zip before)

XWLPO/Siyah

I've read that the latest 4.0.4 release (XWLPO) still has MMC_CAP_ERASE enabled in it's kernel.
Am I correct in thinking if I replace the zImage file in XWLPO's tar.md5 file with Siyah 3.4.1's zImage file, then flash the firmware through Odin then:
1. I will eliminate the possible brick bug
2. Device will be automatically rooted
I might replace the new bootloader (Sbl.bin) with the old one while I'm at it.
I know I'll have to install Tungstwenty's 4.0.4 camera/video fix after flashing.
Is there anything else I should consider if tweaking the official SamMobile tar file?
Cheers
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I've tried updating the .tar.md5 archive but I have the following problems/questions:
1. When I open the XWLPO .zip file, as well as the .tar.md5 file, there is an SS_DL.dll file. What is this?
2. When I open the .tar.md5 archive with 7Zip it says "no correct record at the end of the archive"
3. Probably because of this error, if I try to update the archive 7Zip then says "not implemented"
Does anyone know how I can add/replace files in a SamMobile .zip file please?
Thanks
1-Ignore this file. Not needed for nothing.
2-Remove .md5 from the the end of extension .tar.md5 and 7zip open file without problem.
3-7zip does not update tar file. You have to unpack the whole archive and recreate the tar file

Can't see .tar file after unzip stock ROM (CWM_I9305TDVUENC1-XSA.zip)

I am trying to flash stock ROM (CWM_I9305TDVUENC1-XSA.zip) via ODIN, so I can get reception back on my S3 gt-i9305t. But when I unzip it (using 7zip) I don't see a .tar file all I see is -
META-INF File Folder
system File Folder
tmp File Folder
Even when I do it in ODIN it doesn't see the .tar file
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong?

Extracting firmware from Samfirmware ROM

I'm trying to extract firmware I downloaded from Samfirmware to look at the contents but having a hard time extracting it.
I extracted the zip file which gave me five tar.md5 files ( AP, BL, CP, CSC AND HOME CSC).
Then, I mounted the md5 and got boot.img.lz4 files. I used unlz4 to extract that and ended up with img.ext4 file
Now how do I extract the ext4 file to mount the IMG file?
Trying to tar -x it doesn't work, neither does renaming to tar then trying to extract
vortexmak said:
I'm trying to extract firmware I downloaded from Samfirmware to look at the contents but having a hard time extracting it.
I extracted the zip file which gave me five tar.md5 files ( AP, BL, CP, CSC AND HOME CSC).
Then, I mounted the md5 and got boot.img.lz4 files. I used unlz4 to extract that and ended up with img.ext4 file
Now how do I extract the ext4 file to mount the IMG file?
Trying to tar -x it doesn't work, neither does renaming to tar then trying to extract
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With some more research I found the solution.
There's a tool call simg2img . It will convert the ext4 file into an img file which can be mounted directly

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