#1129948 heimdall-flash: Fails to flash to Exynos 7580 based devices

Package:
heimdall-flash
Source:
heimdall-flash
Description:
tool for flashing firmware on Samsung Galaxy S devices
Submitter:
Evelyn
Date:
2026-03-06 12:17:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#1129948#5
Date:
2026-03-06 12:14:38 UTC
From:
To:
Dear Maintainer,

Trying to flash to a Samsung Galaxy S5 Neo (SM-G903W) on Debian Forky, Heimdall
just gives the error `ERROR: Failed to receive file part response!`. This
appears to just be an issue with Exynos 7580 based devices, I tested with
multiple other Samsungs, using other Exynos, Snapdragon and MediaTek SoCs, and
none of them have this issue. Doing some Googling on the issue, there are
reports of it on the Galaxy A3 2016, also Exynos 7580 based like the S5 Neo.
Some people on GitHub and Reddit did report a fix, however that's for Heimdall
1.4.1, and I'm unsure if it'll apply to 2.1.0. https://github.com/Benjamin-
Dobell/Heimdall/issues/347
https://www.reddit.com/r/LineageOS/comments/e0y0z5/installing_recovery_with_heimdall_fails_on/