I'm running rooted deodexed QH3 on my Snap s8+. Is it possible, using Flashfire, to flash the extracted QK2 Sys IMG file and the ADD OMC Systemroot file?
Meh, figured it out. It was a bad idea.
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Hi All,
I'm looking to make a stock rom and remove some bloatware. I just need a little push in the right direction. I have rad about ftf, system.image, tar...
I have dsixda's kitchen setup and downloaded the ftf file and if some kind soul could help I would be very gratefull.
So my questions are;
1. can i use the downloaded ftf file as my base in the kitchen? or do i need to convert it?
2.
Ok maybe one at a time.
Thanks for any help.
You can use the ftf file as the base.
However in kitchen software, it need you to extract the system folder from you ROM.
Just extract it by using Flashtool SIN extractor for your system.sin inside your ftf package.
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hackit said:
Hi All,
I'm looking to make a stock rom and remove some bloatware. I just need a little push in the right direction. I have rad about ftf, system.image, tar...
I have dsixda's kitchen setup and downloaded the ftf file and if some kind soul could help I would be very gratefull.
So my questions are;
1. can i use the downloaded ftf file as my base in the kitchen? or do i need to convert it?
2.
Ok maybe one at a time.
Thanks for any help.
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Flash the latest firmware and root it. Install cwm recovery. Don't install any mods. Create a backup and copy the system.ex4.tar from recovery backup folder to pc and unzip using any archive manager. You will get the complete System folder. Zip it and use as input for Rom Kitchen.
Problem: We can download the firmware from Asus in the form of a zip file. We can use adb sideload <firmware>.zip to sideload the firmware.
Request: How can I flash that firmware using fastboot? It looks like I need to use a .img file. How do I convert that .zip file to a .img file?
Reason: I found a situation where using the sideload method didn't seem to work correctly. I ended up having to get a pre-rooted .img and flashed that, but I want a "virgin" img file. Thanks.
If you install zip from ASUS download site (not OTA!) then you will get virgin stock ROM after update.
This kind of update (around 1GB) erases system partition before install, so it doesn't matter how hard you've modified previous firmware. SU, Xposed, etc - everything will be automatically wiped before install.
The question is how do you convert .zip to .img?
damian5000 said:
The question is how do you convert .zip to .img?
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tools to build img from zip (only full ROM, not OTA) published there: http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/orig-development/rom-pre-root-img-t3079590
But keep in mind, it's for advanced users. I would say, for developers.
Thanks. I asked that nice feller if he was able to do such a thing as I'm not a dev or even well-versed in Linux.
What firmware zip are you looking to flash?
flashing system.img was just temporary solution, as the only way to root or modify firmware before bootloader unlock.
With unlocked bootloader and custom recovery you can modify update.zip as much as you want and then install it.
Even if you don't want to unlock the bootloader, then you can use temporary custom recovery and install any modified zip.
So, in general you don't need to create system.img anymore. Just use zip to install whatever you want.
sorg said:
flashing system.img was just temporary solution, as the only way to root or modify firmware before bootloader unlock.
With unlocked bootloader and custom recovery you can modify update.zip as much as you want and then install it.
Even if you don't want to unlock the bootloader, then you can use temporary custom recovery and install any modified zip.
So, in general you don't need to create system.img anymore. Just use zip to install whatever you want.
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^ That's exactly why I was asking. I can put together whatever zip if they know what they want flashed. :good:
Harfainx said:
^ That's exactly why I was asking. I can put together whatever zip if they know what they want flashed. :good:
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Hi,
can you make system.img, pre-rooted or not, like @shakalaca?
I tried but I haven't enough knowledge to do, though I tried to install a ghitub, etc, etc.
I would like to download the system.img fro last firmware, Z00A-WW.2.19.40.22.
Thanks
Could someone please provide the stock Oreo kernel for the SM-A720F, in IMG format (flashable in TWRP)? Alternatively, does anyone know how to extract it from the original firmware package? In that case, I can do it and share here for others. Thanks!
Extracting "boot.img" from stock firmware isn't too hard.
1. Download your firmware on a desktop.
2. Extract AP.
3. Using 7 ZIP modded extract "boot.img.lz4" from AP.
4. Open "boot.img.lz4" with the same app and extract "boot.img". Then flash it into TWRP.
I hope that helped!
Pagan_Serpent said:
Extracting "boot.img" from stock firmware isn't too hard.
1. Download your firmware on a pc/desktop.
2. Extract AP.
3. Using 7 ZIP modded extract "boot.img.lz4" from AP.
4. Open "boot.img.lz4" with the same app and extract "boot.img". Than flash it into TWRP.
I hope that helped!
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Thank you! Precise and straight to the point, worked like a charm!
As promised, to others who might be interested, find below the stock Oreo boot.img for the SM-A720F (A720FXXU3CRD3):
Mega - A720FXXU3CRD3_boot.img.zip
Obs.: this is not a flashable ZIP, I may update this post later if I make one; nevertheless, the plain IMG file should be flashable in TWRP as it is.
Updated my Pixel XL to Pie last week and the battery life is completely horrible. I reinstalled Greenify and it got a little better but nowhere near as good as with Oreo. i need to have the battery life i was getting with Oreo for my job. I tried to sideload the update file to go back to Oreo but about 45% thru it said something along the lines of "the OS you have installed currently is newer than the one you are trying to install" and the process stopped.
I cant figure out how to downgrade other than that and it wont let me because newer OS is installed. I cant find a download on googles OTA site that has the flashall.bat file. they are all Payload files. can anyone link me to an OTA with the flashall.bat or any other ways i can go back to Oreo? I dont really want to lose any data so i plan to remove the -w when doing the flashall.bat.
thanks for any and all help
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Updated my Pixel XL to Pie last week and the battery life is completely horrible. I reinstalled Greenify and it got a little better but nowhere near as good as with Oreo. i need to have the battery life i was getting with Oreo for my job. I tried to sideload the update file to go back to Oreo but about 45% thru it said something along the lines of "the OS you have installed currently is newer than the one you are trying to install" and the process stopped.
I cant figure out how to downgrade other than that and it wont let me because newer OS is installed. I cant find a download on googles OTA site that has the flashall.bat file. they are all Payload files. can anyone link me to an OTA with the flashall.bat or any other ways i can go back to Oreo? I dont really want to lose any data so i plan to remove the -w when doing the flashall.bat.
thanks for any and all help
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Here's the link to googles site for all of the factory images
https://developers.google.com/android/images#marlin
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Thanks jurington but I'm not finding any files on there with the flashall.bat. Only thing I'm able to find on there is files with payload files which I've never messed with
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Thanks jurington but I'm not finding any files on there with the flashall.bat. Only thing I'm able to find on there is files with payload files which I've never messed with
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You need to unzip it, every factory image has flash-all.bat inside the zip.
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Unzip the payload file? I found a program that unpacked them but no .bat that I see. It's got all the image files but no recovery.I'm and another one can't recall. But never seen a .bat file in there at all
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Unzip the payload file? I found a program that unpacked them but no .bat that I see. It's got all the image files but no recovery.I'm and another one can't recall. But never seen a .bat file in there at all
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I'm really not sure what you mean by payload file, I download the zip from Google, use WinRAR to extract the files and flash-all.bat is in there. I'm on Windows though if that's where the problem lies?
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Good Hello Everyone,
I rooted my SM-G985F but the camera stopped working and I don't know what caused it! Some users report theirs is working. Can you help me narrow it down or even fix this issue?
I patched AP TBM with MAGISK 72f6770d and then with 7z, I replaced the kernel with this one flashed all files in odin. And it seems like I have root, although only magisk modules worked so far from what I tested like @geiti94 said because of limitations of only read. Yeah only downside for me, I can't use the camera.
Did I used a old version of Magisk?
Did I replaced the kernel the wrong way?
Is it because my device is 4G?
thanks for help.
its because you used a kernel from another phone model.
instead, extract "virgin" boot.img.lz4 from ap file, tar it up and send to phone, patch in magisk and flash from odin.
Daniehabazin said:
its because you used a kernel from another phone model.
instead, extract "virgin" boot.img.lz4 from ap file, tar it up and send to phone, patch in magisk and flash from odin.
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Oh Dude someone replied! Should I do it like this:
extract with 7z or RAR the boot.img file from a clean/stock AP file.
tar it up? What does that mean? just change the file extension? Just renaming it? Or is a different process?
and then just the boot.img via odin in AP slot or whole firmware?
sorry I know many noob questions...
But thanks so far.
chieco said:
Oh Dude someone replied! Should I do it like this:
extract with 7z or RAR the boot.img file from a clean/stock AP file.
tar it up? What does that mean? just change the file extension? Just renaming it? Or is a different process?
and then just the boot.img via odin in AP slot or whole firmware?
sorry I know many noob questions...
But thanks so far.
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instead of typing instructions in this thread i just made a new thread with instructions so all could see, check it out: https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s20-plus/development/howto-root-phone-s20-t4067649