Tar is archive format like zip, md5 suffix is telling odin to check integrity of the archive before allowing you to flash it, odin can actually flash .tar files but it is not recommended usually
Use my bash script to build it or use the batch script from this guide
Then flash the .tar.md5 in AP with original firmware BL CSC
Excellent build! Thank you taking the time to create it and make it available to us! It's fast and smooth as butter. I've only noticed that Accubattery can't access the battery stats but I guess that's probably GSI specific. Anyway, thanks again!!
Thank you so much for your Project Elixir build, nirogu325. Was just what I was looking for! I will flash this once I flash the stock Android 13 firmware.
I directly flashed this build via Odin and it worked lol
I just flashed latest BL + CSC + this gsi. Everything looks fine, thanks
[CLOSED] One ui gsi to all samsung
updated 8 times One ui gsi to all samsung no boot loops all features are working now i'm using one ui 5 it's pretty fast For those who want, the best 3 game acceleration magisk modules are below, I've been using them for a long time, it's fine...
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- Project Elixir 3.6 (Android 13) For SM-T220 (February 23rd update)
- Region: XAR
- Firmware needed: T220XXS2CWA6 (Android 13)
- Has GApps and Magisk 25.2
- Security: February 5th, 2023.
- microSD exFAT compatible
Remember:
- Region: XAR
- Firmware needed: T220XXS2CWA6 (Android 13)
- Has GApps and Magisk 25.2
- Security: February 5th, 2023.
- microSD exFAT compatible
DISCLAIMER: FIRMWARE NEEDED IS T220XXS2WA6 (Android 13). I'm just sharing, not open to GSI building requests/tutorials and I'm not a developer. DO NOT FLASH IF YOU HAVEN'T FLASHED THE ANDROID 13 FIRMWARE SPECIFIED ABOVE, MEANING BOOTLOADER, THE CSC FILE ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING LINKED GSI IMAGE IN THE AP SLOT. PREPARE FOR A FACTORY RESET. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH FIRMWARE YOUR T220 IS ON, THEN YOU SHOULD *NOT* BE HERE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES BY FLASHING THIS. GSI image: HERE
Remember:
- Enable Double Tap To Wake in Phh Treble Settings > Samsung features > Enable double tap to wake. Reboot.
- Fix headset support enabling "Use alternate way to detect headsets" in Phh Treble Settings > Misc features. Reboot.
- Set "Smallest width" on either "Display" settings or "Developer options" at 598 if you don't want the toolbar.
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Thank you for sharing this! Just rooted and installed on my WA6 XAR T220. Do you have any recommendations for getting Bluetooth headphones to work better? I can get them to work sometimes only. It will either keep playing on device speakers or only play on headphones very quietly until I toggle a bunch of settings or reboot. Advice appreciated, thanks!
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1- Project Elixir 3.6 (Android 13) For SM-T220 (February 23rd update)
- Region: XAR
- Firmware needed: T220XXS2CWA6 (Android 13)
- Has GApps and Magisk 25.2
- Security: February 5th, 2023.
- microSD exFAT compatible
DISCLAIMER: FIRMWARE NEEDED IS T220XXS2WA6 (Android 13). I'm just sharing, not open to GSI building requests/tutorials and I'm not a developer. DO NOT FLASH IF YOU HAVEN'T FLASHED THE ANDROID 13 FIRMWARE SPECIFIED ABOVE, MEANING BOOTLOADER, THE CSC FILE ALONG WITH THE FOLLOWING LINKED GSI IMAGE IN THE AP SLOT. PREPARE FOR A FACTORY RESET. IF YOU DON'T KNOW WHICH FIRMWARE YOUR T220 IS ON, THEN YOU SHOULD *NOT* BE HERE. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGES BY FLASHING THIS. GSI image: HERE
Remember:
- Enable Double Tap To Wake in Phh Treble Settings > Samsung features > Enable double tap to wake. Reboot.
- Fix headset support enabling "Use alternate way to detect headsets" in Phh Treble Settings > Misc features. Reboot.
- Set "Smallest width" on either "Display" settings or "Developer options" at 598 if you don't want the toolbar.
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Or you can just try another GSI using FastbootD in your recovery which is a faster method. Yes, I bundled that custom recovery within the custom AP file -credit goes to tom.android.
1. Enter Fastboot through Stock Recovery 2. Enter "fastboot erase system" in command prompt 3. "fastboot flash system insertGSInameHere.img" 4. "fastboot -w" 5. Reboot to Recovery to do Factory Reset 6. Enjoy1
because you used "Phh Treble Setting" to configured in Android 13 GSI , Do not set it , All bluetooth fixed errors were patched already. -
8Hi everyone, this is a short guide on how to flash a GSI on the A7 Lite (without TWRP).
Its a nice little tablet for the price but it doesn't have a very powerful SOC and for me the One UI is barely usable on this device. The launcher and the whole system UI feel extremely laggy, but apps generally run fine.
I tried phhusson's custom Android 12 GSI and the device was almost resurrected. Much much less UI lag and the battery life is the same as stock ROM. The only thing i found not working is MTP but i don't need it.
Since i saw a couple users here asking about GSIs i decided to make a very simple guide.
As always do this at your own risk. You may brick your device. You will void your warranty.
Follow the guide only if you know what your are doing. Read each step carefully and avoid copy pasting stuff randomly.
I won't go deep into details as i believe you should have some basic knowledge if you decide to do this.
The procedure sould work for both T220 and T225 (i tested it on a T220).
I did this on Windows using WSL for some of the steps.
Sources
Thanks to @kkoo and @Brepro1 for the useful info
- https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...sing-odin-without-twrp-phh-lineageos.4114435/
- https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...r-img-and-flashing-our-modifications.4196625/
Requirements
- Unlocked bootloader
If you haven't done this already follow the steps in parts 1-2 from:
[TUTORIAL] How To Unlock & Root Tab A7 Lite T220/T225, & Install LSPosed, Magisk, Mods
While some of these instructions are copied...
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- Latest official ROM
I used T220XXU1AVE1 for EUX region
Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite Firmware Download SM-T220 Free Download
Samsung Galaxy Tab A7 Lite Firmware Download...samfw.com
- Download your preferred GSI
I used AOSP 12.1 v414 with gapps from phhusson
Releases · phhusson/treble_experimentations
Notes about tinkering with Android Project...
github.com
- Clean vbmeta.img from Google
Tools
- lz4
- simg2img
[DEV][Tools] simg2img for Windows
Hello, although I'm working in Linux (VM too)...
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- lpunpack and lpmake
- tar-md5-script-tool
Use the attached tar-md5-script-tool.zip
Steps
1. Extract official ROM files (BL, AP, CP, CSC)
2. Extract AP .tar.md5
3. Decompress the extracted super.img.lz4
Code:lz4 -d super.img.lz4 super.img
4. Convert the sparse super.img
Code:simg2img super.img super.ext4.img
5. Unpack super.ext4.img
Code:lpunpack super.ext4.img
I got 4 partitions in my image (should be the same for all T220/T225 ROMs):
- odm.img
- product.img
- system.img
- vendor.img
6. Replace system.img with your GSI (rename it to system.img)
7. Get the size of all partitions and the size of the original super.ext4.img (not the sparse super.img)
Code:stat -c '%n %s' IMG_FILE.img
8. Repack super.img
Code:lpmake --metadata-size 65536 \ --super-name super \ --metadata-slots 2 \ --device super:ORIGINAL_SUPER_IMG_SIZE \ --group main:SUM_OF_ALL_PARTITIONS_SIZES \ --partition odm:readonly:ODM_PARTITION_SIZE:main \ --image odm=./odm.img \ --partition product:readonly:PRODUCT_PARTITION_SIZE:main \ --image product=./product.img \ --partition system:readonly:SYSTEM_PARTITION_SIZE:main \ --image system=./system.img \ --partition vendor:readonly:VENDOR_PARTITION_SIZE:main \ --image vendor=./vendor.img \ --sparse \ --output ./super_new.img
Replace ORIGINAL_SUPER_IMG_SIZE, SUM_OF_ALL_PARTITIONS_SIZES, ODM_PARTITION_SIZE, PRODUCT_PARTITION_SIZE, SYSTEM_PARTITION_SIZE, VENDOR_PARTITION_SIZE with the values you obtained in step 7.
Read lpmake docs for a more detailed expalation of the args used above:
9. Compress the repacked super_new.img
Code:lz4 -B6 --content-size super_new.img super_new.img.lz4
10. Compress the clean vmbeta.img
Code:lz4 -B6 --content-size vbmeta.img vbmeta.img.lz4
11. Extract tar-md5-script-tool.zip
12. Put all the *.img.lz4 files extracted from AP .tar.gz in tar-md5-script-tool dir
13. Replace super.img.lz4 and vbmeta.img.lz4 in tar-md5-script-tool dir with your repacked and compressed super_new.img.lz4 (rename it to super.img.lz4) and the clean compressed vbmeta.img.lz4
14. Run batch.bat in tar-md5-script-tool dir
You will find the new AP .tar.md5 in the temp-folder subdir
15. Flash your custom AP .tar.md5 with Odin along with BL, CP, CSC from original ROM
16. Reboot into recovery and do a factory reset
17. Done2
Happy testing
GSI: lineage-19.1-20220613-UNOFFICIAL-arm64_bvS-vndklite.img
https://www.filehosting.org/file/details/8249475/GSI-Lineage-19.1_SM-T225_THL_T225XXU1AVB2.zip2
No, your base is not the problem. That particular version of A12 CherishOS uses PHH v415 which has issues booting for our devices. Only PHH v414 or v416 GSIs like this one boot for us (it works for VJ2 firmware, tested it myself). Sadly I don't see any other developer releasing an A12 v416 based GSI like the one I linked to so yes, that's what we have for now until the newer A13 GSIs pick up the v416 patches hopefully.2Successfully flashed GSI with magisk on my T220 following the OP's procedure. MTP is not working as the OP said. However, I can use my flash drive so I don't really miss MTP.
I chose "system-squeak-arm64-ab-vndklite-gapps-secure.img.xz" for GSI. "Treble Info" app can tell you what image would be compatible with your device.
If you want to use a different launcher like Nova instead of the default one, change the "Smallest width" setting from 600 to 598 in Developer options to hide the annoying taskbar.
AOSP-Mods and "Project Themer - Android 12+" work fine for me.
Here is my build for my device SM-T220 (SM-T220_EUX_T220XXU1AVE1):
GSI: system-squeak-arm64-ab-vndklite-gapps-secure.img.xz
Custom AP: https://www.filehosting.org/file/details/7045394/AP_TAR_MD5_CUSTOM_FILE_ODIN.tar.md5
Custom AP with Magisk patch: https://www.filehosting.org/file/details/7045714/magisk_patched-25101_cauJQ.tar
You can extract BL and Home_CSC from SM-T220_EUX_T220XXU1AVE1.
Notes: My device is actually SM-T220 XAR, but I have been updating it with SM-T220 EUX firmware versions without any issue.
