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I want to flash Android ROMs onto old Samsung tablets (Android 4.4) which Samsung hasn't allowed to be updated past Android 4.4.

The issue is that I have an M1 Mac.

I tried:

  • https://flash.android.com/ - it won't detect anything connected.
  • Developer Options -> Allow USB debugging
  • Power+Vol Down+Home to get into "ADB download" and "odin" modes.
  • Downloading "platform-tools" (ADB) which refuses to detect anything after ./adb devices
  • Restarting, rebooting, turning on and off again.

Nothing worked.

Waqqas
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  • I think you misunderstand how Android updates work. Samsung has not disallowed anything, they simply don't provide updates. And because Android firmware images are device specific for one device type only (in difference to Windows and MacOS which have a long list of supported devices) you need a special Android version for your device. If Samsung don't provide one you can only try to find a CustomROM for your exact device type. – Robert Nov 21 '22 at 12:08

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Unfortunately, you can't do this operation on your M1 device. Because, Android doesn't officially support the ARM version of SDK Platform tools. Only the intel version of Apple devices could be used to flash roms.

You should check this site, will see only the intel version of Mac supported in download page.

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