[FIX] Flashing stock FW fails on flashing hidden.img step (ODIN)

I have faced it myself, and somehow I fixed it by myself. Since it fails on Hidden.img, my mind clicked.

Here are the steps:
1 - Download your Stock FW, its file extension should be '.zip'.
2 - Extract it anywhere you like, then you get the PDA file which its extension is '.md5'.
3 - Flash it, and wait till it Fails.
3 - Right click to open the .md5 file and choose WinRAR.
4 - There you will find boot.img, system.img and other files, but you will also find the hidden.img.
5 - Extract hidden.img to your desktop and then rename it as hidden.img.tar.
6 - Import hidden.img.tar into ODIN in the PDA tab.
7 - Finally, restart your device into Download Mode, then flash it.

If you have any issues, feel free to ask.

Looking for a custom rom without the extra step >>> swipe before pattern

hi Guys,


i am still on CM11 because for me the Pattern lockscreen is perfect

some poeple know this issue

https://code.google.com/p/android/is...etail?id=79889

Quote:

The new lock screen makes it even slower to unlock your phone, and there's no option to remove the extra step. The first screen now makes you swipe up to go to the normal unlock screen (or other directions for the phone or camera). The majority of the time, I don't need either the phone or camera, so the extra step is slowing down the most common action I need to do every single time I want to use the phone. This needs an option setting so it can be disabled.

So i have a question:

Is there any Custom Rom where i can disable this annoying option ? I like tu upgrade to CM12 but i am not sure if i have to swipe before unlock my phone.


Thanks