: This is a direct, cross-platform alternative to SamFirm and Frija. It is available as a native Linux app on GitHub
pip3 install requests tqdm pycryptodome
Use the Heimdall Frontend (GUI) or command line to flash the AP, BL, CP, and CSC .tar files you downloaded with SamFirm. samfirm tool linux
The packages installed. Now for the drivers. This was usually where Linux users gave up and borrowed a friend's Windows laptop. The standard modemmanager service in Linux had a nasty habit of grabbing the USB port the moment a device was plugged in, severing the connection before the flash tool could handshake. : This is a direct, cross-platform alternative to