Samsung Grand Neo GT-I9060 Running on JellyBean 4.2.2 device originally comes without root access feature which almost very useful for installing Android applications that require Root access such as xposed modules application.
These files should have ‘.tar’ or ‘.tar.md5’ extension. Step 5: Boot Samsung Galaxy Phone into Download Mode. Before we start the process to install Samsung firmware using Odin, you need to restart your phone into downloading mode. For doing so, firstly switch off your mobile. After downloading it (normally a compressed file), you need to extact/unzip it to certain location of your PC. The file types that Odin uses are.bin,.tar and.tar.md5. Find the file you have downloaded and then unzip it to Desktop. You will find a.md5 file after extracting.
With root access you can get complete control over your device for example you can uninstall pre-installed applications that usually you don't use them and free-up more storage space beside that you can do much more customization on your Grand Neo.
TWRP Recovery for Samsung Grand Neo GT-I9060
TWRP Recovery will substitute or override your manufactured recovery or the stock recovery that comes with the device when flashing this TWRP Recovery you will get more features that is locked or not provided on the official builtin recovery.
When you overwrite stock recovery on Samsung Android Grand Neo as we have seen in that when we flash TWRP custom recovery on Samsung (GT-S7582 ) you will get alot of useful features, you can flash or install supperSU to get root access on this Device.
You can flash any thing that can be flashed via TWRP recovery.
you can update your device to any compatible Custom Rom as if you want to update your device to Kit Kat, Lollipop 5.0 or higher version.
You can make full Backup for system and Data.
Also you can restore data and system files all of them or just one backup.
Also See this:
How to update your Samsung S GT-7582 Duos2 to Lollipop 5.0
Requirements for Achievement
- A Computer and your Samsung Grand Neo GT-I9060 (no else).
- Download latest Odin3 Downloader v3.11.1 - any version can be used
- Download Latest TWRP recovery.tar.md5
- USB cable to connect your smartphone Latest Samsung USB Drivers.
Download Required file sand then follow this: extract USB drivers and install it on your PC then Reboot.. Go ahead to Odin3_v3.11.1.zip file where you have downloaded then extract this file after that run this Odin3_v3.11.1.
Make sure your device battery charged at least over 60%. enable Usb Debugging by going to your device setting then Developer Options, then tick Usb Debugging.
Reboot into Download mode using Volume Down + Home + Power simultaneously and leave keys only when you feel vibration and then press Volume up to continue. then connect your Device to your PC via USB cable.
On Odin3_v3.11.1 check only AP Button and then find where recovery.tar.md5 TWRP located and press on this file to be loaded on Odin3_v3.11.1 then press Start recovery.tar.md5 will be installed.
Boot.tar.md5 Gt-i9060i
How to get root access on your Samsung Grand Neo GT-I9060
After you have installed recovery.tar.md5 on your Device no you can get root access by flashing SuperSU-v2.79.zip using TWRP recovery.
Download SuperSU-v2.79.zip and remember not to unzip this file.
Reboot Into TWRP Recovery With Volume Up + Home + Power button chose Install Zip and then select storage where you have downloaded SuperSU-v2.79.zip, on external SDcard or on internal storage then install the zip file after that reboot your device
now you have root access on your Samsung Grand Neo GT-I9060 and you can see there's SuperSU application installed on it.
Final word, just make sure your device is not other thane this mentioned on this post, because you may get your device not working again.
Here are the required files to install TWRP on your smartphone Device Samsung GT-I9060:
- TWRP recovery.tar.md5
- SuperSU-v2.79.zip.
- Odin3_v3.11.1 Downloader.
- Samsung USB Drivers.
In this post, we included – how to Flash Official Stock Rom on Samsung Galaxy GRAND Neo GT-I9060I and we give you all needed files to Flash and we discuss about errors of flashing Rom and we offer you solutions for errors. we use Odin tool but we also give you all Flashing methods
What is Stock ROM?
Boot.tar.md5 I9060i
Stock ROM– Stock ROM is Original ROM/ Official Rom that your phone have. IF you buy a android phone. It have a Stock ROM. Stock ROM is default ROM.
Warranty – Stock ROM does not avoid your warranty. One of the reasons that android people don’t go for Custom ROMs is warranty. If you install custom ROM then your warranty is canceled on time.
Premium Apps – Premium apps is which you did not install apps. Normally stock ROMs come with unique premium apps to attract customers. These premium apps differ from one mobile vendor to another vendor. These apps can be anything like music players, apps stores, widgets, Track-ID (Sony) , S voice (Samsung)
Security– in stock ROM, You can be sure that it does not contain/include any spywares, malwares, backdoor,trojan or other malicious tools but Custom Rom
Before Flash Stock Rom on Samsung Galaxy GRAND Neo GT-I9060I, you should know these things
♥ You can do this if you want to Go back to Custom Rom to Official Stock Rom.
♥ phone’s pc software does not want to install but phone driver must works on your PC without error.
♥ This Stock Rom has to be installed on thismodel only.
Why I want to Install Stock Rom
♥ When phone does not on.
♥Install Lollipop on Samsung phone
♥Install Marshmallow Samsung phone
♥ When phone does not pass “LOGO” Screen / boot image
♥ When phone get “could not do normal boot Odin mode” error
♥ When phone get “System errors”
♥ If you think though your phone go crazy / Slow even after performing reset, then you can flash Stock Rom
♥ When phone broke after rooting.
Requirement for Flashing Official Firmware/ ROM
♦Your phone should have 50% + battery.
♦USB drivers.
♦Enable developer mood and USB Debugging
♦ Odin – link is below
♦ Stock Rom – Link is below
Stock Rom For Samsung Galaxy GRAND Neo GT-I9060I
Step 1,
First of all, get backup (easy and ultimate backup) your apps, contacts, messages, photos, videos,Music, Call Logs,Whatapp Viber Messages and any other important data stored on the internal storage and external Storage (SD Card) before Flashing.
Step 2,
After Then, download and install USB drivers. If you phone working fine with your computer then go to Step three.
Step 3,
Download Official Stock Rom For Samsung Galaxy GRAND Neo GT-I9060I
Third step is Firmware. please go to this site and choose one of OfficialStock Romfor your phone listed there and Download it. (first you have to sign up. Download speed is 500KB – 2MB so, no need to pay. use free one) alternative site – http://samsung-updates.com/
(If you Install Thailand Rom/, you can useEnglish language or any other language So don’t worry that)after downloading, extract it. To extract, you will need this Software. after extracting, you will see file tar.md5
♥ Note– What is the Stock & Custom Rom? Firmware? Bootloader?
Step 4,
Turn off your phone. And Boot into download mode. To do this, press and hold “volume down + home + power” at the same time until you see the warning screen with a yellow triangle sign,
Step 4,
Must watch – about Odin Buttons & Check boxes for Beginner
- Download Odin tool
- Extract Odin and Odin.exe. and install Odin and launch it.
2. After that, press Volume up key from phone. to go – Download Mode/Odin mode
3. after pressing Volume Up key, you can see “added” message on Odin. If there is not Added MSG then Be sure to check your Data Cable are working.
In case your phone is not detected by Odin, try the following things:
- you can try reinstalling the Samsung USB Drivers.
- Reboot your phone and turn off USB Debugging and turn it on again.
- Try changing the USB cable
- Connecting to other ports.
- See more
Step 5,
Now Click on PDA/AP Icon and browse to the extract of the firmware and select. after selecting you can see firmware location on odin “path box.
Step 6,
1.Now click “Start”. Odin will be start install files to your phone. Don’t unplug.
2.Once you get a PASS!message
on Odin. you can unplug your phone. but you can see on phone screen. there are several installing. app,android… let’s them to install itself.. (first boot may required some time. so wait)Step 7,
After turn on the phone, then Wipe your phone. If you checked “auto Reboot” then phone auto restart
you can now enjoy your official firmware.
Errors and Solutions
I can’t Flash Stock Rom on Samsung Galaxy GRAND Neo GT-I9060I
please try with this post step by step and Please Make sure that Firmware/Stock Rom is match for your device..
PDA = Baseband version
How to watch PDA and base version
phone >> About >> Baseband version>> XXXXXXXXXX
sammobile >> PDA >> XXXXXXXX
First 7 letters of PDA and phone version must be same.
If you come across bootloop
Remove the battery and then put it back again. Boot to Recovery by holding Volume Up + Home + Power. Choose “wipe data/factory reset” then select “Yes” after then Select Reboot to System. If you want Step by Step dedicate link here
Fail! message/All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 1)
try again and try Different Rom. Be Sure to Step by step with Us
Phone says “Could not do normal boot odin mode”
This is Normal error follow this could not do normal boot odin mode
I flash my device, Now phone is stuck displaying the logo screan
Try to Factory Reset and Wipe cache and try again
it says “signature verification failed”
try Different Rom. Be Sure to Step by step with Us
Invalid Ext4 Image Error
you will need to install the PIT file. Note – If you have a S7 64GB, for example, the PIT must be from the same model.. We have Guide post to solve this problem so, please use it slow your problem. If you want to contact us then please send MSG or Comment.
MD5 hash value is invalid” Error
this error come to you when Odin is unable to verify the hash value of the file
may File is corrupt
File didn’t download properly
I can’t go to recovery mood
- Turn off the your computer and Turn on.
- Turn off your phone. (remove the battery)
- Connect your phone to Computer
- Power button + Volume down + Home button.
- Open the Odin and. press Volume up.
- Then you can see, Odin show the message “added”.
But you can’t smile till.. because you need to install Stock Rom again, because you image is Broken..
Odin fails at hidden.img.ext4/ Firmware upgrade encountered an isuue. please select recovery mood in kies and try again
- Turn off your phone. (remove the battery)
- put it to battery.
- Go Download mode. by pressing “Power button + Volume down + Home button”
- See more..
Odin “fail” error and “nand erase all”/ Nand write start fail on odin
There is the discussion about this error in Xda forum. Go and solve your problem.
How to install Marshmallow on Samsung Galaxy GRAND Neo GT-I9060I
we know,some phones Versions still not received updated android, It depend on country too. imagine that you are in Sri Lanka and you phone have Lollipop. But your version Thailand phone may be received Marshmallow. So, If there is available Marshmallow or Lollipop then you can also Flash it as a Stock ROM. (you can update to marshmallow)
How to install Lollipop on Samsung Galaxy GRAND Neo GT-I9060I
we know,some phones Versions still not received updated android, It depend on country too. imagine that you are in Sri Lanka and you phone have Lollipop. But your version Thailand phone may be received Marshmallow. So, If there is available Marshmallow or Lollipop then you can also Flash it as a Stock ROM.(you can update to Lollipop)
How to install Kitkat on Samsung Galaxy GRAND Neo GT-I9060I
YES.you can go back to kikat android versions. . So, If there is available (sammobile-see above) Kitkat then you can also Flash it as a Stock ROM. (you can update to kitkat)
How to revert back to the previous version of Android
When you Flash new Custom Rom, If it is still testing one then you will definitely get errors.. Like Camera fail, WIFI fail, NFC,GPS fails.. So, in this situation, You have to get previous version of android OS. But is there any chance todowngrade Android lollipop to kitkat or Marshmallow to Lollipop? I would Like to say. YES YOU CAN.. you can use this post to go Back to kikat or Lollipop.
My phone stuck on boot logo/keep restarting
That means your current Rom is Corrupted or damaged. Now you have to Install Stock Rom to ON your phone. use this post to Flash new Stock Rom.
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