Samsung Tab s6 Lite (SM-P610) - "failed to verify whole-file signature" at 47%

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The Samsung Tab s6 Lite is on Android 12.

I finally got Odin to install recovery-e-1.7-s-20230111250406-dev-gta4xlwifi.img by renaming it to recovery.img and tar’ing it. Then used Odin 3.12 to install it. (Because I couldn’t get zadig/heimdall to recognize the device properly.)

So I was able to adb reboot recovery into /e recovery.

However when trying to adb sideload e-1.7-s-20230111250406-dev-gta4xlwifi (sha256 matches), at 47% progress, the install stops with “failed to verify whole-file signature”.

Any ideas on how I can get past this verification error?

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Happens even if I try with microglineage’s recovery and lineage-19.1-20221218-microG-gta4xlwifi. Same at 47% progress, it fails with the “failed to verify whole-file signature” error.

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Siince both the Lineage and /e recoveries had the same error, I decided to follow someone who installed TWRP.

Installed this TWRP:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/twrp-3-6-1_11-1_gta4xlwifi-para-galaxy-tab-s6-lite-oneui-only.4452035/

Reboot into TWRP (have to hold down POWER+VOL-UP+while_cable_is_connected_to_computer). Yay!

I copied e-1.7-s-20230111250406-dev-gta4xlwifi onto a SD card and used TWRP Install: reboot into recovery, format data. Install /e rom. Then reboot into TWRP recovery. Then wipe cache/dalvik.

Then reboot into system -->> bouncing e logo forever. :frowning:

Is there a way to tell if TWRP flashed the /e rom properly (which in this case I don’t think so), by looking at the TWRP Advanced File Manager?

That is, is /data supposed to have the normal Android directory that we can see when we plug an Android device into a computer (Alarms, Android, DCIM, Documents, etc)?

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Is it the case that you never ran the First start wizard ?

If First start wizard never happened … ensure battery is >70%, go to TWRP and Factory reset. If /e/OS failed first boot, this will provide a second opportunity.

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Correct - it never got past the bouncing e to the first start wizard.

Battery is > 70%. But I don’t see a Factory Reset option in TWRP.

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It is under Wipe … Swipe to Factory reset.

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Could it be du to installed Samsung firmware later than october 2022 ?

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Are you saying that the e-1.7-s-20230111250406-dev-gta4xlwifi.zip is not new enough for whatever Samsung firmware was on the tablet before?

And that I would need to wait for the next /e rom to come out?

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You can roll back if it is the case
(under some limitations : BIT/BINARY value of samsung firmware have to be the same)

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In case of the (XEF) french firmware for the p610 it is currently "2"

https://samfw.com/firmware/SM-P610

Are you sure your device is still on stock Android 12 (S) firmware? not Android 13 (T) released in january

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From the first attempt and not being able to get past the bouncing /e logo, I had to reflash a stock Android 12 Samsung ROM (since Android 12 was on the tablet when I got it).

Can I reflash a stock Android 11 Samsung ROM and then try again with gta4xlwifi/e-1.7-s-20230111250406-dev-gta4xlwifi.zip?

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I did so. Waited 20 minutes but still bouncing /e logo. Powered it off.

Looks like it’s back to a re-install of a stock Android 12 Samsung ROM.

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When I got the tablet (used) recently, I believe that it was running Android 12.

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Ok. I finally got zadig to work. I had to select the 2nd Gadget Serial device and flash to WinUSB.

choco install heimdall (to install heimdall 1.4.2.)

Then heimdall print-pit worked.

So I installed the /e recovery and it installed successfully!

Thank God! It was my first real use of zadig and Heimdall, as I had been using Odin.

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where did you get heimdall the one i got wont even open

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  1. On Windows, I installed choco:

https://community.chocolatey.org/courses/installation/installing?method=installing-chocolatey

  1. Once choco was installed, then I installed the version of Heimdall in their repository:

choco install heimdall

. . .

hth