[Galaxy Tab 2 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Christoph21x:
Re: Stuck in Flashing system.img

Dear GregZi & ShapesBlue

Dear All

First of all: thanks a lot for caring!

My problem is solved - I'll describe it below if anybody should have the same or similar issue.

Am using Odin3 v 1.85 and the appropriate official Samsung ROM.

Thanks again to you both & kind regards from Switzerland - Chris

---------- Post added at 03:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:56 PM ----------

Dear All,

I'm a glad active user of our SGT2 again.

Over all, it took me roughly 24 hours to find out HOW to get back to a working SGT2.

In case there's somebody elso out there stumbling over the same or similar issue, here's a kind of "how-to" how I resolved it (with repeatable results at least for me)

Just in case of... I'd be glad if this could help you searching for a solution...

Preamble:

If you're in this situation, it's time to be prudent, buddy!

So please follow each single step even though it might appear to be "not valid for me".

Situation:

See post above or quote below.

Solution (for me at least):

Summary:

I split the official Odin *.tar.md5 into two files: one without the trouble-maker "system.img" and one containing ONLY "system.img". Please note, that this is the description if you're encountering problems with flashing "system.img" - other problems may be solved the analogue way, but I suppose that depends on the image you have problems with...

So... how? Read:

Prerequisites:

Download the desired official Samsung ROM, e.g. from here: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-P3100 or http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-P3110 or http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-P3113 - depending on your model.

Download the PIT-file according to your model - watch the memory size! - from here: http://www.droidevelopers.com/f363/11722-%5Bdownload%5D-ops-pit-files.html?11722-Download-OPS-amp-PIT-files=

Then...

Rename the downloaded official (Odin) Samsung complete ROM file from "*.tar.md5" to somewhat like "No_System_*.tar" (NO md5 file extension, the actual root file name doesn't matter! Renaming to simply "*.tar" skips the MD5 checksum verification.)

Copy this file to a second file named somewhat like "Only_System_*.tar" (NO md5 file extension, the actual root file name doesn't matter! Renaming to simply "*.tar" skips the MD5 checksum verification.)

Edit the two *.tar archives: in the first, simply erase the file "system.img" out of the tar-file

in the second, erase ALL BUT "system.img"

Some actions you should do or consider before trying to flash - all of these issues led to a failed flash on my system! (Told you, it took hours to find out :D ). Even though you may think, some settings/actions should not be needed, simply follow them for this time...:

[**] Disable your screen-saver of your PC/Laptop

[**] Disable power-saving of your PC/Laptop

[**] Keed Odin in focus & foreground, do not start other applications while flashing

Start Odin as Administrator

Plug in your SGT2 - Odin should display "x/xx Added!"

First we flash all images except "system.img" - then you can access regular "download" page again:

Select the downloaded PIT-file into PIT

Select the *.tar file without "system.img" ("No_System_*.tar") into PDA

Make sure, all these check-boxes are ticked: "Re-Partition", "Auto Reboot", "F. Reset Time", "Phone EFS Clear" and "Phone Bootloader Update"

Hit "Start" to flash this part of the ROM - here it went through without issues in about 1:45 Minutes:Secs

IMPORTANT: Let the device reboot and watch the screen. I should start an unpacking with Android symbol on the screen and then keep stuck in the "Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0" screen - wait for another Minute!

Unplug and restart the device pressing Power + Volume down - it will enter the Download mode (Yeah! The fist step back to normal!)

Important: Now exit Odin and restart it (as Administrator) again.

Connect your SGT2 again

Select the second *.tar file ("Only_System_*.tar") into PDA and leave PIT empty

Make sure, ONLY "Auto Reboot" and "F. Reset Time" check-boxes are ticked - NOT ANY ELSE.

Flash the ("system.img"-only) tar file and wait for re-boot.

That should be it... your device is back to official ROM and UNROOTED.

I encountered additional issues - read below

In case of problems - give those measures a try:

If you encounter that your "system.img" ROM (part) is still not getting flashed, and in case of you're flashing from a Laptop or Notebook, try another USB port - start with one which is situated on the other side of the Laptop/Notebook. Try them all, step by step.

Before repeating the steps above, please wait patiently (BEFORE starting Odin) until the device drivers are installed successfully. Only THEN start Odin and repeat the flashing of your "system.img" part.

I hope, I could help you solving your issue, it's really a bad one -

With kind regards from Switzerland - Chris