Samsung has come a long way especially, in the mid-range segment as previously they were not regarded as the go-to brand for mid-range devices. However, there might be situations where you are stuck with a boot loop or having issues with ODIN, you are getting error messages like “Invalid Ext4 image”, “Get PIT for mapping“ or your firmware has corrupted your device’s partition. For fixing all these issues, you need to correct the PIT file available on your Samsung device. And if you are looking for ways to extract PIT files for any Samsung device then, you are at the right place.
As in this post, we will give you a guide on how to extract PIT files for any Samsung Galaxy device. There are quite a few easy methods that you can apply to get the PIT file from the Samsung firmware itself. PIT file basically contains important components of the firmware of your Samsung Galaxy device and flashing a wrong PIT file can hard brick the Samsung phone. So, without any further ado, let us get straight into the article itself:
It goes without saying that in order to extract the PIT files for any Samsung Galaxy device, you need to have root access on your device. Below are three methods via which you can get your hands on the PIT file.
Using Terminal Emulator
- Firstly, install the Terminal Emulator application on your device by clicking the button below:
[googleplay url=”https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm”]
- Install BusyBox Android application and grant root access to the application.
[googleplay url=”https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox”]
- Now, you need to launch the Terminal Emulator application and issue the following command:
su
- Then enter the below command:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/out.pit bs=8 count=580 skip=2176
- You will find the file in your Phone’s storage.
- That’s it!
Using ADB Commands
- Download ADB and Fastboot tools from here.
- Extract the components of the ADB and Fastboot tools downloaded from above mentioned link.
- Then you need to enable the Developer Options on your Android device.
- Go to Settings>>About Phone>>tap on the Build Number 7 times till you see a toast message “You are now a developer”.
- Under the Developer Options, you need to enable USB Debugging option.
- To do that again head to the Settings>>Developer Options>>enable USB Debugging toggle.
- Now open the command prompt on your PC.
- Then connect your Samsung Galaxy device to the PC using a USB cable.
- Enter the below command:
adb devices
adb shell
su
- When SU is called, grant root permission on your Android smartphone and enter the below command:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/out.pit bs=8 count=580 skip=2176
- The PIT file will be downloaded in the phone’s internal storage.
- That’s it!
Using PIT Magic Creator and Editor
The PIT Magic Creator and Editor is a powerful tool that lets you create PIT files for any Samsung Galaxy device. It works on any Android device of Samsung running stock Android firmware. You can perform operations like editing, analysis, creation and much more using the PIT Magic Creator and Editor tool.
1: there is no “su” command on my Tab3 Lite (SM-T110)
2: the “PIT Magic” tool is useless as it’s a MSWindows application (I would need something for Linux).
3: already tried extracting the PIT file from a downloaded firmware file, JOdin3 complains it’s a bad file (had downloaded another standalone PIT file, that one wouldn’t work either).
So still no way to flash a replacement OS/image on this. Android should work more like a PC, where you can install ANY compatible OS on a device merely by booting an installer of your own chosing. Android suffers too much lockdown.