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[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
Well, i tried flashing twrp right now without using magsik, might have been a bad idea.. there's some error now.

Not really a surprise.. i never managed to brick a phone by all the idiotic things i'f done, no clue how to perceed now as the phone keep rebooting to the exact same screen with the exact same error message.

Did i damage the recovery?

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[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Arealhooman:
You seem softbricked. You can always flash stock recovery. What happens when you try to boot to system? Is it just stuck in Odin mode?
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
How do i boot to system? Just hold power button? Yes it keeps booting to odin mode, it does not even allow me to shutdown, keep booting to Odin.

Remember when you could simply unplug the battery...

Can i use Frija to download stock recovery or is it only for the "system os"?

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[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Arealhooman:
Yes.

Guide to Extract Stock Recovery:​

First, download the preferred Samsung stock firmware for your device model.

Extract the firmware zip file on your computer within a folder.

Open the .tar.md5 file using 7Zip. (Download 7Zip)

You will find the ‘recovery.img’ file. This is the stock recovery file for your Samsung device. Select it and hit Extract.

Compress the recovery image file via 7Zip tool in “.tar” format.

Put your Samsung device in Odin Download mode, select ‘AP’ or ‘PDA’ in Odin tool and select the new recovery.tar file, then hit the Start button.

(credit to Getdroidtips)
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Arealhooman:
Btw its in the AP file
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] V0latyle:
Given that TWRP for this device is experimental, this is pretty unsurprising.

Unfortunately without TWRP you won't be able to install LineageOS, unless there's another way I'm not aware of
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
After re-flashing the stock firmware i checked the KG-STATUS and it says "broken"

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Indeed the twrp i tried to flash is experimental and made by @Zillion

Might sound like a stupid question, people like andy yan appear to provide GSI's (generic system images) just curious if the same would be possible with twrp? A generic twrp image that is compatible with any/most devices? Basically, if mr Zillions twrp does not function yet, what other twrp could i try?
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
Thanks, i managed to re-flash the stock firmware!

I actually didn't want to whole system (the os) the be re-flashed but only the recovery, however when i extract the AP file i do not get any recovery.img file.

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Edit: i see recovery.img.lz4 (can i use that aswell to re-flash stock recovery, i never saw .lz4 whatever that is.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
I tried flashing twrp with odin by placing it in the AP slot, so since that didn't work would it be worth a shot trying to flash it with adb via pc instead? Or is magisk a hard requirement now to bypass Vaultkeeper to be able and flash twrp?
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] applesucksLmao:
actually theres a way of repacking using lz4 images, but i dont really know how to do it
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Zillion:
Wich device is that

*A33 TWRP was never meant for final users

The latest build was just a testing one
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
Hmm, the experimental twrp version does not seem to function, atleast in my case.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
A33 5G 128GB

SM-A336B/DSN
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Zillion:
It doesn't

I'm aware of that
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Zillion:
Flashing stock would fix that
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
Alright, have you seen any other wip-twrp's for the A33 other than your own?

I'd really like to get lineageos on this device, never ever will i use it with the stock-spy-masssurveillance-firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Zillion:
Sadly not, I don't own A33 to fix the issues on A33 TWRP but I may give it another try. Anything you need, there was an A33 & A53 Telegram Group :)
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
I'm following the magisk installation instructions now, one of these instructions contains the following line:

If your device has boot ramdisk, get a copy of the boot.img.

My device has ramdisk and i downloaded the stock firmware from sammobile.

There is no such file boot.img but only boot.img.lz4 so i don't know what to do from here.

Can i get a copy from the boot.img directly from the phone by using the pc or something?
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] V0latyle:
The problem is the kernel - kernels are device specific. A GSI is a Generic System Image - it's meant to be flashed to the /system partition and use the OEM kernel in /boot. Android recovery is its own kernel, and just like the "main" kernel, is device specific. The problem you are having here is that the development demand for this particular device is pretty low, so not as much time and effort have been invested into porting TWRP to this device as compared to others such as the S21/22 flagships.

The blame here actually rests with Samsung, because they have stubbornly clung to their model of using proprietary software (Odin) to flash firmware in a proprietary mode (Download mode), instead of allowing partitions to be flashed directly via fastboot, as is the case with Pixel devices and many others.

Well...you're supposed to be able to do it using 7zip ZS but I haven't had much luck. @Privacydroid the idea here is that you'd basically pack the LineageOS system image as the Samsung specific .img.lz4, then pack it into an AP.tar that you'd flash in Odin. It's complicated and frustrating, and as I pointed out above is one of the things I really don't like about Samsung; on my Pixel, I can just flash any image I want to /system directly from bootloader, and I don't have to use any proprietary software or do any weird repacking.

Please be aware of the XDA Telegram Policy, we would much prefer it if support discussions were kept on XDA, and we do not permit using XDA to divert users to Telegram.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Arealhooman:
7ZIP can unzip this
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] V0latyle:
If you want to try that method, use 7zip ZS to extract the boot.img from the .lz4 file.

It's generally just easier to patch the AP.tar in Magisk.

Not by default, it requires a plugin
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
Can it?
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Arealhooman:
Hmmm… then download something else that can
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
Well what should i say... i would like to get graphene os if not a librem5, the thing is, librem5 uses outdated hardware and grapheneos only runs on pixel devices which are made by google and google is absolutly on of the most evil organisations that exist, i will not support them by buying any of their products or services.

I always tought samsung has good quality products, however the odin situation you explained seems stupid indeed.

Ofcourse the flagships S21 / S22 are more popular, i don't have the money.

I beleve and this might be a mistake, after certain amount of time there will be support for the A33 aswell.

It's just a matter of time? It might not be as popular as the high end products but now that i used the device a bit i can say that it is devinitely not slow at all.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
I'm only aware of 7zip and winrar, neither won't do the job.

Hmm. I'm already loosing hope on this topic.

Maybe best to refund the phone.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
Seems like the error i had with the A33 is solved for the A53
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] V0latyle:
Might as well see if it works on your device, it shouldn't brick it, if it doesn't work you'll just get an error message like you have been and you can reflash in Odin
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
Didn't work but was worth a try.

I don't even know what vbmeta stands for.

I'm curious i can do whatever the hell i want and at best soft-brick the device but that doesn't matter since i can simply reflash the stock firmware/recovery?

Then how would a hard brick look like?
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] V0latyle:
Hard brick is where nothing happens when you try to turn it on - it's about as useful as an actual brick. This would happen if you somehow corrupted the bootloader and/or download mode, and cannot be fixed with normal software tools; this usually requires either replacing the mainboard, or using specialized tools to reprogram the board.

Vbmeta is used as a reference against which the bootloader verifies critical images such as /boot and /system. Since TWRP is a custom image and not signed by the OEM, it will fail verified boot, thereby needing a patched vbmeta image that allows unsigned images to pass.

There's actually two components in play here - one part of Android Verified Boot ensures that the images are indeed authentic and untampered; this is generally disabled by unlocking the bootloader. The other component of Verified Boot ensures that the images are intact and valid, and sometimes AVB has to be "tricked" because it doesn't think an image like TWRP or a custom kernel is valid

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[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
Update: It did actually work (i tried another file), now TWRP is up and running!

If i had no SD Card rn i wouldn't know how to flash lineageos with adb, since adb does not show any devices.

With the SD Card i can flash twrp easily, but if i had none, how would this work with pc?

Anyways, i will attempt to flash andy yans lineageos - GSI.

I have one last question there, andy provides lineageos 19 and 20, the newer one seems to be still in developement so i was going for the 19 one.

However there is one file present for lineage 19 that is not present in lineage 20 and i have no clue what to do with it, any help?

filename: ota.json
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Arealhooman:
You can also use a firehose file to fix hardbricka
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
I am supposed to flash lineageos as system image correct?

Asking because it did not work, after flashing i choose reboot to system but instead it rebooted to recovery (twrp).

I will try another GSI now and see if that works, just want to be sure i'm doing it right?

I never saw all those options, on my old phone they don't exist.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Zillion:
Use the fastbootd mode included with twrp to flash a GSI.

You can run

fastboot flash system gsi_system.img

to flash it
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] V0latyle:
Sometimes, depending on the device. Firehose or .mbn files are generally not publicly available, nor is the Qualcomm Product Support Tool.

If these are @AndyYan files, note the legend at the bottom:

You'll want to use arm64. The securized (bvN/bgN) builds bootloop on some devices, so I'd recommend using the bvS builds that have built in SuperSU. Since Andy only built Gapps into the securized builds, you'll need to flash a GApps package such as MindtheGapps
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
Yeah i saw the legend, it says vndklite is for vndklite devices, how do i know if my device is affected or not?

Yeah i went with arm64 bvN-secure, if i want superuser i will root with magisk.

Flashing didn't work at first, but now it did. Not sure what happened.

Anyways i have twrp and lineageos now, was worth the time.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
Problem is i cant flash it bcs the pc and the phone don't interact in fastboot, the terminal doesn't show any devices with fastboot devices. system partition is wiped, usb debugging doesn't seem to work.

I flashed it via sc-card.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] V0latyle:
VNDKlite builds are for devices that need system R/W. I don't think it's necessary for most Samsung devices because /system is supposed to be read only.

You flashed the image to /system, right?

Did it boot? I wasn't able to get any of the securized builds to work on my T290

This doesn't work on Samsung devices - it's not possible to use ADB to directly flash partitions. You can either flash packages in Odin, or you can use TWRP to install files that are already in device storage.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Deva7591:
Would love a step by step guide for this device to flash lineage os. Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] V0latyle:
What's your point? Qualcomm does not make it available, so anything you find on the Internet is questionable. And the tool doesn't do you any good if you don't have the mbn files.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
working on it now
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Privacydroid:
Ah now i understand, R/W stands for read/write.

I remember that TWRP always asks if i want to keep read only or allow modifications (read-write).

Does that setting only affect twrp (the recovery itself) or the whole phone including system, etc?

I did flash the GSI 20 light version to system but the phone reboot to twrp, then i repeated the same steps with different GSI versions, none of them worked, at the end i tried the same version GSI 20 light again and it worked.

I'm not sure what i did there, if i remember correctly at that moment my phone was still connected to the pc and i unplugged the usb cable, if that caused the previous flashes to fail i dont understand because at that point the pc was not involved anymore, i flashed via twrp directly on the phone.

I did use the secure image not the su version.

Anyways, thank you for all the tips, without your help i wouldn't have finished this today.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] V0latyle:
Just recovery. That prompt is asking you how you want the TWRP kernel to mount /system.

Glad I was able to help.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Arealhooman:
Where can you find these?
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] V0latyle:
That's what I'm saying, you can't, at least not for most phones. I've seen them turn up here and there for some phones like the Pixel 3, but as far as I know nobody has an archive of them besides the OEMs, and they aren't sharing
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] Zillion:
Some TWRP Builds for Samsung do include a fastbootd mode, this may vary depending on the device mantainer but you can run it :)

To enable it you just go to Reboot > Fastboot

And you'll get TWRP Fastbootd screen wich is similar to the screen shown while flashing zips but instead, this will show fastboot commands output.
[Samsung Galaxy A33 5G] V0latyle:
That's very useful knowledge, thank you!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightinfo10:
My old S7582 is in bootloop ☹️ ! I took it to a service center. They flashes rom using pc. But my phone dosen't respond to pc. Because, its internal slots wire messed up, they tried to get root sources of those wire and tried so many times by jumping wire method. But failed. They said it can't be flashed. Note that it happend 2 to 3 times that it gone to bootloop and they would repair it everytime costing 3$ only! (because I rooted my phone and messed system files, I always wanted to make this device fine ! 🥲 So I would delete so many system files which I didn't like! ) I can go to the recovery page (volume & power button) There is only one way to install package using SD card option. I tried so many flash file, it loads and extracts and so many things happens in yellow lines but ends up saying Signature Verification failed or Invalid signature. (Sorry for making the thread too big, I'm a new user ✌️ )

Help, signature the file and flash it! I will install TWRP recovery once I power on the phone. HELP ME TO HAVE MY PHONE BACK!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notnoelchannel:
can you give me a picture about the errors?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightinfo10:
I kept it somewhere under my bed. 🙃 in any one among the bags. I will try to capture some photos. Anyway, its exactly like this one from the google. (Attached!) except originally in portrait postion. (Note: it supports only zip file! )It's syntax's are absolutely same! SIGNATURE VERIFICATION FAILED! Thx for the reply!!

Thread 'Signature verification errors when trying to flash PAC ROM' https://xdaforums.com/t/signature-verification-errors-when-trying-to-flash-pac-rom.2584815/

Maybe my problem like this one. I don't know if corrupted system can be flashed by using sd card. If so, the Signature verification is the problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notnoelchannel:
Reboot to download mode and try to flash some recovery
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightinfo10:
As, I said It doesn't connect to pc. And its not possible. Sd card is the only option (see the attached file please!) Adb indicating pc right? I dont see any download option! Thx!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] notnoelchannel:
install samsung drivers and try again, if it doesn't work, please try this:

- using an older odin version

- using a newer odin version

and no, sdcard is NOT the only option. Samsung doesn't use fastboot and adb. it uses Odin.

Please reboot to download mode by pressing vol down + home + power.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightinfo10:
Its usb port is bad. It can be charged by cable. But its data lines broken cannot connect to pc. Its not possible as it root data lines corrupted. Odin installed in pc cannot connect to the phone. ITS DATA LINES BROKEN. SO SD CARD IS THE ONLY OPTION LEFT. Thx!!!!!
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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightinfo10:
yeah, yeah. ok. I don't much about the forums. And forums category often confuses me. 🥲 . I will stay in Q&A . Until learning about specific forum. Thank you!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alecxs:
once there was a time when it was possible to flash update.zip (signed with test keys) from stock recovery.

but there exist neither Philz Touch recovery nor CF-auto-root flashable zip for this device.

I am afraid the only method is repair usb jack then install TWRP + custom ROM

https://xdaforums.com/t/twrp-3-6-1-9-0-touch-recovery-for-the-samsung-galaxy-trend-plus.4448283

https://xdaforums.com/t/crdroidandroid-7-1-2-v3-8-9-unoffical-galaxytrendplus-s7580-s7582.3921130
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lightinfo10:
I heard that Stock ROM has verified signature. So, I tried to flash with a stock ROM via stock recovery via as sd card . IMAO! I discovered my s7582 no longer boot into stock recovery. Something happened to it's home button. 🤬 So , Everything ends here. I DON'T WANT TO REPAIR THE HOME BUTTON (NO GUARANTEE MY PHONE WILL BE BACK) AND THE USB SLOT ( REPAIRER SAID ITS ROOT USB DATA LINES DAMAGED ) . Any solution, xda developers ?? 😎
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[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] biofilter69:
http://forums.geekstoolbox.com/showpost.php?p=14139&postcount=7

amazing software for streaming xm and sirius to your phone and it works just dandy in VGA
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] seelion:
sorry but need to register in forum!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Keland44:
nice i'll have to check it out on my wizard
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Ovrclck:
Here's the cab
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] biofilter69:
it never hurts to support another forum. ;)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] TurboX2:
im guessing u have to pay for these services to be able to stream satalite radio... im sticking with shoutcast. :)
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] irus:
nice find, i am going to try this out immediately
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] mindfrost82:
I only have XM, not a Sirius account. When I went into the settings and setup my XM account and tried to load channels it told me I needed to setup my account information still. So I went in and checked the Guest account for Sirius and my XM info was still in there, then when I tried to load channels it just sat there and didn't do anything.

I'm using WiFi for my internet.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] bigfootale:
I can't get any channels to load on my ATT Fuze. Has anyone gotten them to load, and if so can they post the XML channel file from their device so i can try just loading that?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] biofilter69:
most of the time the cause is an incorrect username or password. check the forum in the link and they have a number of discussions on how to fix the problems your having.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Ovrclck:
It's working great for me! The only let down is the ad in the background the whole time
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] bigfootale:
i am using a fuze with romeos, and when i connect through WLAN at home i am able to hear sound and get album art. When i am on just cell network, the channels load, and the album art loads and changes as the songs apparently change, but i do not get any sound. I have confirmed that my phone isn't on mute or anything. does anyone have any ideas?

i am asking this question at geekstoolbox too, but am posting here b/c this site deals with my exact phone.

thanks!
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] bechard:
Kudos man, this app rocks. I just picked up my Touch Pro (Telus) today, and combined with this app, amazing.

Thanks much.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] pandaboyy:
Don't they have a free account?

So how much is the subscription?

edit: I successfully log into the account and wow is a great program... they even have lyrics on radio

It's funny, I'm listening to two playmate talking about economy on playboy channel. Just wish that they have a TV on this channel.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] crookdbill:
awseome find. Thank you
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] officer629:
I have no ads on mine, but one let down for me is that all the channels arent there.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nkedge:
Chiming in here...have the same problem. Works over WLAN but not 3G. Did you have any luck fixing it?
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] bigfootale:
no i haven't fixed it yet, and i can't seem to get any attention from anyone either, i live with Sirius radio so i am very interested in getting this fixed
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] qmac:
LOVE this application...using it on the fuze on 3G...no problems...
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] bmc123:
I wasn't able to get the Sirius channels to update. I was able to work around it by installing the windows version on my pc and copying the sirius.xml file over to my phone. I am able to listen to everything fine over 3g now.
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] Ovrclck:
this app is pretty cool. You even get the album artwork and lyrics to the current song playing if available. I just use the supplied adapter to line out to my stereo..saves me money on having to purchase another sirius player. :D
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] biofilter69:
maybe this will help
[Touch Pro, Fuze Themes and Apps] nkedge:
Finally got mine working over 3G by disabling the proxy under connections. Maybe that will do it for you? My weather wasn't updating over 3G either so it became pretty clear it wasn't an app problem but rather a connection setup problem. Hope that helps.