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Samsung firmware image
File type: Mobile phones related file
Files with pit extension can mostly be found as firmware files on some Samsung Android-based smart phones.
Found 2 different file type records with the same pit filename suffix.
What is pit file?
File type category:
Mobile phones related file
Date updated: December 25, 2024
File extension pit is mainly related to certain Samsung Smartphones, such as Samsung Galaxy series and used for one its firmware files.
A .pit file is used to re-partition the phone’s internal memory space. Used on Android platform.
The PIT file contains information such as the number of blocks in each partition, the size of the blocks, the name of each partition, and the type of file system in each partition. This information is crucial for the firmware update process as it ensures that the correct data goes into the correct place. Flashing the wrong PIT file or a corrupt PIT file can brick your device or corrupt the partition table of your device. Therefore, it is recommended to handle these files with caution.
How to open pit file?
You can upload such firmware to a specific kind of Samsung device.
How to convert pit file?
Firmware files cannot be usually converted to anything else.
Suggested software to open pit file:
Associated software actions with the pit file
Software applications that can open pit files:
Odin (Microsoft Windows)
Software apps that extract pit files:
Odin (Microsoft Windows)
Software applications that handle other tasks involving pit files:
Odin (Microsoft Windows)
Google Android (Google Android)
PackIt for Mac compressed archive
File type category:
Archive and compressed file
Date updated: August 21, 2018
The pit file extension is associated with the PackIt a compression utility for Apple Mac OS and OS X operating systems.
The pit file stores compressed archive created by PackIt.
The PackIt is obsolete software displaced by StuffIt.
How to open pit file?
Use PackIt to open *.pit compressed archive.
How to convert pit file?
Probably cannot be converted to other formats.