Download firmware for Samsung devices (without any extra Windows drivers).
Given https://github.com/samloader/samloader was archived and this didn't work I just fixed it. I'll probably still use it ~ once a year and will try to fix at this point, but don't plan on supporting much more than my use case.
$ pip3 install git+https://github.com/martinetd/samloader.git
Run with samloader or python3 -m samloader. See samloader --help and
samloader (command) --help for help.
Check the latest firmware version: -m <model> -r <region> -i <serial/imei number prefix> checkupdate
Download the specified firmware version for a given phone and region to a
specified file or directory: -m <model> -r <region> -i <serial/imei number prefix> download -v <version> (-O <output-dir> or -o <output-file>)
Decrypt encrypted firmware: -m <model> -r <region> -i <serial/imei number prefix> decrypt -v <version> -V <enc-version> -i <input-file> -o <output-file>
$ samloader -m GT-I8190N -r BTU -i 355626052209825 checkupdate
I8190NXXAMJ2/I8190NBTUAMJ1/I8190NXXAMJ2/I8190NXXAMJ2
$ samloader -m GT-I8190N -r BTU -i 355626052209825 download -v I8190NXXAMJ2/I8190NBTUAMJ1/I8190NXXAMJ2/I8190NXXAMJ2 -O .
downloading GT-I8190N_BTU_1_20131118100230_9ae3yzkqmu_fac.zip.enc2
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$ samloader -m GT-I8190N -r BTU -i 355626052209825 decrypt -v I8190NXXAMJ2/I8190NBTUAMJ1/I8190NXXAMJ2/I8190NXXAMJ2 -V 2 -i GT-I8190N_BTU_1_20131118100230_9ae3yzkqmu_fac.zip.enc2 -o GT-I8190N_BTU_1_20131118100230_9ae3yzkqmu_fac.zip
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This project was formerly hosted at nlscc/samloader, and has moved to
samloader/samloader, and is now currently forked on martinetd/samloader...