stock touchwiz rom for 2017 a5 sm-a520w - Samsung Galaxy A3, A5, A7 (2017) Questions & Answe

so i had an issue installing supersu on my sm-a520 and after searching everywhere for the proper firmware file i could only find firmware files in .lz4 format which odin3 would not flash to the device properly i then found a program that is free called classykitchen which allowed me to decompress the .lz4 files then create a system.new.dat file to flash via recovery so if you have run into this issue i recommend finding classykitchen and installing twrp via odin3 then download the firmware file from updato.com unzip that file then when your starting a new project in classykitchen make sure you put bl ap cp and home_csc all in the new project by highlighting all the files and make sure when its done extracting the lz4 files you select create system.new.dat once thats complete put that file to the sdcard wipe the device for a clean install and flash the file youve just created and bingo your phone will be back to stock other then the twrp recovery which i will say is the best recovery ive used in my mind there is no better.. now that ive explained that i'm gonna try installing supersu again and keep on keepin on have a good one

dirtdirte said:
so i had an issue installing supersu on my sm-a520 and after searching everywhere for the proper firmware file i could only find firmware files in .lz4 format which odin3 would not flash to the device properly i then found a program that is free called classykitchen which allowed me to decompress the .lz4 files then create a system.new.dat file to flash via recovery so if you have run into this issue i recommend finding classykitchen and installing twrp via odin3 then download the firmware file from updato.com unzip that file then when your starting a new project in classykitchen make sure you put bl ap cp and home_csc all in the new project by highlighting all the files and make sure when its done extracting the lz4 files you select create system.new.dat once thats complete put that file to the sdcard wipe the device for a clean install and flash the file youve just created and bingo your phone will be back to stock other then the twrp recovery which i will say is the best recovery ive used in my mind there is no better.. now that ive explained that i'm gonna try installing supersu again and keep on keepin on have a good one
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You shouldn't be installing SuperSU on newer versions of Android. Use magisk instead. Then you shouldn't have problems.

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[Q] Extract Boot.img from Stock ROM

Hi guys, I would like to extract boot.img from a Stock ROM without the need of installing it on my (Galaxy Note 2 T-mobile). All I found on the internet is how to extract it from an installed ROM.
So I would like to:
1. Extract the boot.img
2. Then flash it through ODIN to my custom ROM (Jedi Master 14)
Thanks in advance and please help me :crying:
Why would you do that?
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement
I don't know how you going to use boot.img to fix your problem. But the .md5 rom files are just zipped files. unzip and you will find the boot.img file. Are you sure that this will fix your problem?
Are you trying to change your boot image?
Use a tar archive program (7-Zip, Winzip, Winrar, PKZip, this format is pretty universal) to extract what you need from the official Samsung ROM images. (Check out sammobile.com if you haven't already, you will need to register.)
You might get some error message about the end of the archive, that's normal and due to the presence of the MD5 hash at the end of the file, which most programs will be able to work around nonetheless.
Repack the relevant file with a *nix tar binary, or under Cygwin on a Windows machine. (YMMV, but those are the two only ways I've managed to have the files work with Odin.)
Reboot phone to download mode and flash with Odin as usual.
Done.
Thanks a lot. Thats exactly what I am looking for.
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Darkshado said:
Use a tar archive program (7-Zip, Winzip, Winrar, PKZip, this format is pretty universal) to extract what you need from the official Samsung ROM images. (Check out sammobile.com if you haven't already, you will need to register.)
You might get some error message about the end of the archive, that's normal and due to the presence of the MD5 hash at the end of the file, which most programs will be able to work around nonetheless.
Repack the relevant file with a *nix tar binary, or under Cygwin on a Windows machine. (YMMV, but those are the two only ways I've managed to have the files work with Odin.)
Reboot phone to download mode and flash with Odin as usual.
Done.
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and how do we do?
i flash the file without pepacking it so i can t bot, kernel error!
I'm really annoyed if you can explained to me how do we do it
thx

[Q] install custom recovery - libsub error:-12

Hello Community,
I tried to install custom recovery using this manual "wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_serranoltexx" (<- cannot use the link function, because it's my first post). I followed every step. At point 9 I have to make commands using the cmd. Unfortunately the result is an Error:
Failed to access device. libusb error: -12
I had two insecurities while following the manual:
At point 4 I had to rename the recovery image but I'm not sure what the recovery image is. What I downloaded was a .tar.md5 file within a .zip. Do I have to rename the .zip or the .tar.md5? The renaming causes a change of the file type and I cannot really understand, why they didn't put the right file in that .zip at the beginnig...this step is a bit confusing
To point 5: I deinstalled Kies and the device driver in the Windows operating system. Since I've done this, there are appearing two devices in the zadig.exe when I connect my S4. I installed the zadig driver for both of them.
Im using Windows 7 x64
I hope someone can help me, for this moment I don't know what to do further...
greets
Dr. Bob! said:
At point 4 I had to rename the recovery image but I'm not sure what the recovery image is. What I downloaded was a .tar.md5 file within a .zip. Do I have to rename the .zip or the .tar.md5? The renaming causes a change of the file type and I cannot really understand, why they didn't put the right file in that .zip at the beginnig...this step is a bit confusing
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I don't know about the libUSB error, and I haven't modded a Galaxy S4 mini, but I have installed CM on Galaxy Player. The tar.md5 has to be extracted from the zip; it is in fact a tar.gz file (tar archive compressed with gzip), but you don't have to rename it.
I flashed the Galaxy Player with Odin 3 v. 3.04, after having installed Kies to have the drivers installed. The Player showed in Odin with something like "ID:0 COM"; I then clicked on the "PDA" button, then pointed to the tar.md5, and clicked flashed, and it worked.
Here are my 2 cents :^)
Is your phone rooted? If rooted already it easy! For the most noob method, install ROM Manager from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager and ROM manager will install the CWM for you. From there, its pretty simple.
If it not rooted, that the first thing you'll have to do.
fdelente said:
[...] The tar.md5 has to be extracted from the zip; it is in fact a tar.gz file (tar archive compressed with gzip), but you don't have to rename it.
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I found out, the .tar.md5 is also a compressed file. If I extract it, I get a file called "recovery.img". At this point it's not very clear what to do. Because there is nothing to rename. And even if you are right, the tutorial would be also wrong.
TNCS said:
If it not rooted, that the first thing you'll have to do.
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This is for installing the custom recovery, that's is the root, isn't it? I had the problem that Heimdall doesn't gets access to the device (lubusb error: -12). It's probably a driver problem.
However, I solved the problem by doing another method using odin. The root was succesfull. Afterwards I will flash the custom rom.
Dr. Bob! said:
I found out, the .tar.md5 is also a compressed file. If I extract it, I get a file called "recovery.img". At this point it's not very clear what to do. Because there is nothing to rename. And even if you are right, the tutorial would be also wrong.
This is for installing the custom recovery, that's is the root, isn't it? I had the problem that Heimdall doesn't gets access to the device (lubusb error: -12). It's probably a driver problem.
However, I solved the problem by doing another method using odin. The root was succesfull. Afterwards I will flash the custom rom.
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No, custom recovery is not rooting. Not my favourite method but it easy enough, try this: http://www.kingoapp.com/
It a universal root for JB and it will prompt you to install CWM afterwards.
After installing the CWM I rooted the device. I succesfully installed Canogenmod 10.2.1. The Tutorial says explicit, that it only helps for 10.2.x but I want to install the Nightly version which is running at CM version 11. If I could, I would ask this questions in the threat but I'm not allowed yet to post in the developers section. "forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2474054"
Can I use this tutorial for flashing CM version 11?

[TOOL] Tools for file extraction of system.img and TAR MD5 for ODIN flash

Here are the tools needed for file extraction of system.img and
TAR MD5 packing for ODIN flash, it means you could do your package with only the files to want to flash in ODIN, for me this tools are very useful.
ALL IS WORKING FLAWLESS WITH LOLLIPOP
http://www23.zippyshare.com/v/4v1wFBtL/file.html
Explanation:
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For unpacking the system.img
NEWIMG2EXT2 system.img systemext2.img <- It converts ODIN images to EXT2 filesystem
Read the file systemext2.img with ext2explore and extract any file you want
NOTE: newimg2ext2 is renamed from the original file name SVAImgUnpack, credits to @svadev
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For packing files for ODIN, I made an example file that is named modem2tarmd5.bat, this pack modem.bin into modem.tar.md5 ready to be flashed with ODIN,
edit the .bat and use with the files you like.
Yes!! I have asked countless people and put a thread up but nobody answered. Thank you very much for this tool! I used to use EXT2EXPLORE on KitKat with my S4 Mini, now I can use it on my S6. Thank you!!
citytrader said:
Here are the tools needed for file extraction of system.img and
TAR MD5 packing for ODIN flash, it means you could do your package with only the files to want to flash in ODIN, for me this tools are very useful.
ALL IS WORKING FLAWLESS WITH LOLLIPOP
http://www23.zippyshare.com/v/4v1wFBtL/file.html
Explanation:
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For unpacking the system.img
NEWIMG2EXT2 system.img systemext2.img <- It converts ODIN images to EXT2 filesystem
Read the file systemext2.img with ext2explore and extract any file you want
NOTE: newimg2ext2 is renamed from the original file name SVAImgUnpack, credits to @svadev
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For packing files for ODIN, I made an example file that is named modem2tarmd5.bat, this pack modem.bin into modem.tar.md5 ready to be flashed with ODIN,
edit the .bat and use with the files you like.
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I'm FRP boot loop locked on my G928W8 and I can't fix it because stock firmware isn't available on sammobile yet. Can this tool be used by someone with the stock firmware to pull it off and fix my problem? Does it require root to make the image?
I need a stock firmware image before the battery runs down even while off. So if someone can extract their stock firmware then it could really save my phone. Is this something the tool could be used for, or would the md5 not be the same as the actual stock firmware so the FRP lock would stay?
thismonk said:
I'm FRP boot loop locked on my G928W8 and I can't fix it because stock firmware isn't available on sammobile yet. Can this tool be used by someone with the stock firmware to pull it off and fix my problem? Does it require root to make the image?
I need a stock firmware image before the battery runs down even while off. So if someone can extract their stock firmware then it could really save my phone. Is this something the tool could be used for, or would the md5 not be the same as the actual stock firmware so the FRP lock would stay?
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You need someone that can dump the partitions of their phone and flash that partitions to your phone, you need to understand a bit the procedure before flashing with ODIN
citytrader said:
Here are the tools needed for file extraction of system.img and
TAR MD5 packing for ODIN flash, it means you could do your package with only the files to want to flash in ODIN, for me this tools are very useful.
ALL IS WORKING FLAWLESS WITH LOLLIPOP
http://www23.zippyshare.com/v/4v1wFBtL/file.html
Explanation:
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For unpacking the system.img
NEWIMG2EXT2 system.img systemext2.img <- It converts ODIN images to EXT2 filesystem
Read the file systemext2.img with ext2explore and extract any file you want
NOTE: newimg2ext2 is renamed from the original file name SVAImgUnpack, credits to @svadev
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For packing files for ODIN, I made an example file that is named modem2tarmd5.bat, this pack modem.bin into modem.tar.md5 ready to be flashed with ODIN,
edit the .bat and use with the files you like.
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How can we use it;;it gives wrong parameter if executed.needs editing;;the newimgext2 ??
citytrader said:
For unpacking the system.img
NEWIMG2EXT2 system.img systemext2.img <- It converts ODIN images to EXT2 filesystem
Read the file systemext2.img with ext2explore and extract any file you want
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Works fine ! I tried a lot of methods to do the same thing, of firmware Lollipop Samsung Galaxy S6 and S5 neo. This method is the only one which works. Thanks !
Very good love it, works even on Nougat (S7).

[Guide] Root Oppo F1s(A1601) + SuperSU without custom recovery or unlocked bootloader

EDIT: This root method has been outdated, see the newer guide instead https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/tutorial-root-oppo-f1s-flashtool-6-0-t3651220
Why I made this tutorial:
Recently some members claimed that KingRoot is not working for Oppo F1s(A1601) anymore, I assume it's because Kingroot uses cloud based root method, means Kingroot downloads root package and command from cloud and execute on your phone. Maybe the problem was caused by the change of their server, some configuration has been replaced? At this time, I still have a working root method working now, so I would like to share it with everyone Also, you can follow this guide to get rid of the superuser App from those android root exploit app and use SuperSU.
In short, this tutorial tells:
1.How to Root Oppo F1s(A1601) with KingoRoot.(Though cloud based root App Kingroot is not working at this period but KingoRoot the offline one is still working)
2.Though KingoRoot prevent you to switch to other superuser App, we can still replace it with SuperSU with few steps, no custom recovery needed.
****NOTE****
There're various version of KingoRoot apk over the Internet, use the APK version I provided at attachment can guarantee there're no unexpected errors.
The script to replace kingo root was based on the one here but with a little modification, I've added a infinite loop for the script because KingoRoot cause a force reboot(soft reset) right after you delete root from the app, I assume its because KingoRoot want to prevent you to replace it. A infinite loop can make sure the file copying action has been done before your phone reboot.
Steps to Root F1s and Install SuperSU:
1.Install android terminal from Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm
2.Download the attachment, extract the zip archive, you get an APK "KingoRoot.apk" and a folder "rmkingo", copy the APK and the folder to your Internal storge(Sdcard)
3.Use any file management App to open KingoRoot.apk and install KingoRoot.apk
4.Open KingoRoot and click "one click root" then wait it to obtain root
5.After root succeeded, Open previous installed "Terminal Emulator for Android" and type
Code:
su
. Now KingoRoot's Superuser should pop up and ask you if you want to grant root access, allow it.
6.Now change terminal directory to the script folder, terminal type
Code:
cd /sdcard/rmkingo
7.Now execute the first script, terminal type
Code:
sh step0.sh
8.If there's no error on the previous action, Now proceed to execute the second script which is an infinite loop, you might see infinite error message after you executed it, terminal type
Code:
sh step1.sh
9.Now make sure the Terminal emulator is still open and the script is still running in background, just open SuperUser(installed by KingoRoot), find and click "Remove root" in the option of the App.
10.Your phone should be forced reboot now, after reboot, install SuperSU from google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&hl=zh_TW
11.Open SuperSU and update su binary file with normal mode and wait, it should finish in 2-3 minutes.
12.Hit thanks(My pleasure)
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above method has been confirmed working with the latest rom from my region,(date 2017/02/12 still working)
Rom: A1601_TW_11_A.17_161003
I am on build a1601ex_11_a27_170111
its currently letest update in india
sagargjasani264 said:
I am on build a1601ex_11_a27_170111
its currently letest update in india
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Wow, Taiwan haven't receive any update since October........Looks like the rom of our region is terribly outdated,lol
A lot of people complaint on oppo forum of our region why there're no updates........
Is it method work for the rom from india?
evilhawk00 said:
wow, taiwan haven't receive any update since october........looks like the rom of our region is terribly outdated,lol
a lot of people complaint on oppo forum of our region why there're no updates........
Is it method work for the rom from india?
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kingoroot is on 90% since last 20min
---------- Post added at 12:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:10 PM ----------
sorry bro but kingoroot faild...
Sorry kingoroot failed error code : 0x196514
Lyes2 said:
Sorry kingoroot failed error code : 0x196514
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Hi, I assume you have to downgrade your rom. Find a older version of your rom, flash it via OPPO stock recovery and this method will work.
In my region, Taiwan's newest rom date is 2016 October, so this method work. OPPO might fixed this CVE exploit in their new rom.
The rom I currently use can be downloaded from OPPO Taiwan website, however I'm not sure if it can work on your device, so you might need to find an older version of your region
You can try to get root with older firmware, flash twrp recovery with root app, such as rashr,then once you have twrp recovery, you can flash the new OTA update package, but be sure to modify the update package so you will not loose root after update. However, I think just stick with older firmware will be easier
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Directory not found bro
evilhawk00 said:
Hi, I assume you have to downgrade your rom. Find a older version of your rom, flash it via OPPO stock recovery and this method will work.
In my region, Taiwan's newest rom date is 2016 October, so this method work. OPPO might fixed this CVE exploit in their new rom.
The rom I currently use can be downloaded from OPPO Taiwan website, however I'm not sure if it can work on your device, so you might need to find an older version of your region
You can try to get root with older firmware, flash twrp recovery with root app, such as rashr,then once you have twrp recovery, you can flash the new OTA update package, but be sure to modify the update package so you will not loose root after update. However, I think just stick with older firmware will be easier
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what kind of modification do you exactly need to do to the update package to not loose root after update?
ngoralph said:
what kind of modification do you exactly need to do to the update package to not loose root after update?
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I made one and got root with A27 , all you need is a twrp and a twrp flashable firmware zip.
Here's what I did,first I found that the TWRP by @BouyaPK did not have the same device model settings in comparison with the stock recovery, so I made a little modification to his TWRP image, now the offical firmware zip can pass Device detection test.
!!Before doing it , make sure you have flashed the modified recovery(the one from attachment) to your phone, official firmware is only flashable via this modified recovery and stock recovery
Download here
View attachment OPPO_F1s_twrp3.0_modified_devicemodel.zip
this is the example with the ota update package (A19 to A27 upgrade package around 150mb via coloros update manager app)
Now lets start to modify official firmware, follow my steps:
1.extract the newest official firmware zip.
2.now open the extracted folder, navigate to \META-INF\com\google\android\
3.find the file updater-script and open it with text editor( I suggest NotePad++)
4.you'll find a lot of lines start with apply_patch(xxxxx), remove the one with this file "/system/recovery-from-boot.p"
5.(if needed) also remove boot image sha1 check, in my case I have magisk installed, my boot image do not have the same sha1 value with stock boot image, so I found the line that checkes boot.img and remove it
6.done the file edit and save the file
7.repack it back to a zip file and sign the package with test keys
How to sign?
1.Download the sign package from attachment
2.have Java installed on your PC
3.Open a terminal at the same location with the keys and signapk.jar
4.terminal type
Code:
java -jar signapk.jar -w platform.x509.pem platform.pk8 my_modified_firmware.zip my_modified_firmware-signed.zip
8.install with twrp and you still have twrp exist, flash supersu zip or magisk zip
above is the way to modify a PATCH zip ota file, if you are modifying a full package, which may be easier,
the full package's update script write full image to phone instead, so you just need to modify the image in the ota package.
all you just have to make sure the new firmware do not replace twrp with stock recovery, so
1.try to extract the image in the package and modify the image file, remove files such as "recovery-from-boot.p" from the image then rebuild the image and calculate the new sha1 value of the new image(CarlivImageKitchen is a good tool to rebuild image)
2.replace the old sha1 hash in updater-script, repack and sign the zip.
3.flash with twrp
4.flash superSu zip or magisk zip after the firmware flash with twrp can get root.
evilhawk00 said:
I made one and got root with A27 , all you need is a twrp and a twrp flashable firmware zip.
Here's what I did,first I found that the TWRP by @BouyaPK did not have the same device model settings in comparison with the stock recovery, so I made a little modification to his TWRP image, now the offical firmware zip can pass Device detection test.
!!Before doing it , make sure you have flashed the modified recovery(the one from attachment) to your phone, official firmware is only flashable via this modified recovery and stock recovery
Download here
this is the example with the ota update package (A19 to A27 upgrade package around 150mb via coloros update manager app)
Now lets start to modify official firmware, follow my steps:
1.extract the newest official firmware zip.
2.now open the extracted folder, navigate to \META-INF\com\google\android\
3.find the file updater-script and open it with text editor( I suggest NotePad++)
4.you'll find a lot of lines start with apply_patch(xxxxx), remove the one with this file "/system/recovery-from-boot.p"
5.(if needed) also remove boot image sha1 check, in my case I have magisk installed, my boot image do not have the same sha1 value with stock boot image, so I found the line that checkes boot.img and remove it
6.done the file edit and save the file
7.repack it back to a zip file and sign the package with test keys
How to sign?
1.Download the sign package from attachment
2.have Java installed on your PC
3.Open a terminal at the same location with the keys and signapk.jar
4.terminal type
8.install with twrp and you still have twrp exist, flash supersu zip or magisk zip
above is the way to modify a PATCH zip ota file, if you are modifying a full package, which may be easier,
the full package's update script write full image to phone instead, so you just need to modify the image in the ota package.
all you just have to make sure the new firmware do not replace twrp with stock recovery, so
1.try to extract the image in the package and modify the image file, remove files such as "recovery-from-boot.p" from the image then rebuild the image and calculate the new sha1 value of the new image(CarlivImageKitchen is a good tool to rebuild image)
2.replace the old sha1 hash in updater-script, repack and sign the zip.
3.flash with twrp
4.flash superSu zip or magisk zip after the firmware flash with twrp can get root.
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Can you send me a stock recovery for Oppo F1s or Color Os 3.0 version
[email protected]
I want ask to my friend to build the custom rom with latest version of TWRP.
Ananaqil12 said:
Can you send me a stock recovery for Oppo F1s or Color Os 3.0 version
[email protected]
I want ask to my friend to build the custom rom with latest version of TWRP.
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If you want stock recovery image, check my reply here https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71006625&postcount=26
evilhawk00 said:
I made one and got root with A27 , all you need is a twrp and a twrp flashable firmware zip.
Here's what I did,first I found that the TWRP by @BouyaPK did not have the same device model settings in comparison with the stock recovery, so I made a little modification to his TWRP image, now the offical firmware zip can pass Device detection test.
!!Before doing it , make sure you have flashed the modified recovery(the one from attachment) to your phone, official firmware is only flashable via this modified recovery and stock recovery
Download here
View attachment 4137856
this is the example with the ota update package (A19 to A27 upgrade package around 150mb via coloros update manager app)
Now lets start to modify official firmware, follow my steps:
1.extract the newest official firmware zip.
2.now open the extracted folder, navigate to \META-INF\com\google\android\
3.find the file updater-script and open it with text editor( I suggest NotePad++)
4.you'll find a lot of lines start with apply_patch(xxxxx), remove the one with this file "/system/recovery-from-boot.p"
5.(if needed) also remove boot image sha1 check, in my case I have magisk installed, my boot image do not have the same sha1 value with stock boot image, so I found the line that checkes boot.img and remove it
6.done the file edit and save the file
7.repack it back to a zip file and sign the package with test keys
How to sign?
1.Download the sign package from attachment
2.have Java installed on your PC
3.Open a terminal at the same location with the keys and signapk.jar
4.terminal type
Code:
java -jar signapk.jar -w platform.x509.pem platform.pk8 my_modified_firmware.zip my_modified_firmware-signed.zip
8.install with twrp and you still have twrp exist, flash supersu zip or magisk zip
View attachment 4137905
above is the way to modify a PATCH zip ota file, if you are modifying a full package, which may be easier,
the full package's update script write full image to phone instead, so you just need to modify the image in the ota package.
all you just have to make sure the new firmware do not replace twrp with stock recovery, so
1.try to extract the image in the package and modify the image file, remove files such as "recovery-from-boot.p" from the image then rebuild the image and calculate the new sha1 value of the new image(CarlivImageKitchen is a good tool to rebuild image)
2.replace the old sha1 hash in updater-script, repack and sign the zip.
3.flash with twrp
4.flash superSu zip or magisk zip after the firmware flash with twrp can get root.
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There are no lines that say apply patch
diosdetiempo said:
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There are no lines that say apply patch
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As I mentioned, only the small OTA Update package(smaller than 300MB) extracted from Built in update manager App has the line apply patch.
You are using a full package which is another situation.
If you have the full ota firmware downloaded from official website, you can try the follow steps
1.first make a nandroid backup of the old 5.1, make sure you can always restore your phone with backup
2.flash the official firmware zip with the twrp I attach( if any error occurred,do not reboot ,restore your phone with nandroid backup, also write down the error, and see which image file does not have the match SHA1, calculate and modify the sha1 of that line)
3.if step 2 succed ,do not reboot flash superSU zip file
4reboot, you may have superSU and your twrp may be replaced by stock recovery, use rashr flash twrp back again since you have root
evilhawk00 said:
As I mentioned, only the small OTA Update package(smaller than 300MB) extracted from Built in update manager App has the line apply patch.
You are using a full package which is another situation.
If you have the full ota firmware downloaded from official website, you can try the follow steps
1.first make a nandroid backup of the old 5.1, make sure you can always restore your phone with backup
2.flash the official firmware zip with the twrp I attach( if any error occurred,do not reboot ,restore your phone with nandroid backup, also write down the error, and see which image file does not have the match SHA1, calculate and modify the sha1 of that line)
3.if step 2 succed ,do not reboot flash superSU zip file
4reboot, you may have superSU and your twrp may be replaced by stock recovery, use rashr flash twrp back again since you have root
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It worked!
Here's a little guide
1) Put your TWRP, SuperSU and Android 6.0 Oppo F1S ROM onto SD card
2) Use Flashify to flash TWRP
3) Reboot into TWRP recovery
4) Flash Android 6.0 F1S ROM
5) Flash SuperSU
6) Reboot phone and you should be good to go
evilhawk00 said:
As I mentioned, only the small OTA Update package(smaller than 300MB) extracted from Built in update manager App has the line apply patch.
You are using a full package which is another situation.
If you have the full ota firmware downloaded from official website, you can try the follow steps
1.first make a nandroid backup of the old 5.1, make sure you can always restore your phone with backup
2.flash the official firmware zip with the twrp I attach( if any error occurred,do not reboot ,restore your phone with nandroid backup, also write down the error, and see which image file does not have the match SHA1, calculate and modify the sha1 of that line)
3.if step 2 succed ,do not reboot flash superSU zip file
4reboot, you may have superSU and your twrp may be replaced by stock recovery, use rashr flash twrp back again since you have root
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update: the only issue i find is that SIM card isn't recognized
diosdetiempo said:
update: the only issue i find is that SIM card isn't recognized
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sim card not recognized!? Sorry I can't really understand the reason of that because I don't have this problem.
Just a thought, maybe you lost baseband? Can you see your phone's IMEI number in settings? If you found null IMEI, that means you have lost your baseband, otherwise that's just something else maybe a small unknown issue, may also be the access point and protocol was not included in the 6.0 rom
If you lost your IMEI, I assume you already did the nandroid backup before, in twrp backup of NVRAM is the IMEI part, you should be able to recover your IMEI with that nvram backup
evilhawk00 said:
sim card not recognized!? Sorry I can't really understand the reason of that because I don't have this problem.
Just a thought, maybe you lost baseband? Can you see your phone's IMEI number in settings? If you found null IMEI, that means you have lost your baseband, otherwise that's just something else maybe a small unknown issue, may also be the access point and protocol was not included in the 6.0 rom
If you lost your IMEI, I assume you already did the nandroid backup before, in twrp backup of NVRAM is the IMEI part, you should be able to recover your IMEI with that nvram backup
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have you tested with 6.0?
evilhawk00 said:
I made one and got root with A27 , all you need is a twrp and a twrp flashable firmware zip.
Here's what I did,first I found that the TWRP by @BouyaPK did not have the same device model settings in comparison with the stock recovery, so I made a little modification to his TWRP image, now the offical firmware zip can pass Device detection test.
!!Before doing it , make sure you have flashed the modified recovery(the one from attachment) to your phone, official firmware is only flashable via this modified recovery and stock recovery
Download here
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this is the example with the ota update package (A19 to A27 upgrade package around 150mb via coloros update manager app)
Now lets start to modify official firmware, follow my steps:
1.extract the newest official firmware zip.
2.now open the extracted folder, navigate to \META-INF\com\google\android\
3.find the file updater-script and open it with text editor( I suggest NotePad++)
4.you'll find a lot of lines start with apply_patch(xxxxx), remove the one with this file "/system/recovery-from-boot.p"
5.(if needed) also remove boot image sha1 check, in my case I have magisk installed, my boot image do not have the same sha1 value with stock boot image, so I found the line that checkes boot.img and remove it
6.done the file edit and save the file
7.repack it back to a zip file and sign the package with test keys
How to sign?
1.Download the sign package from attachment
2.have Java installed on your PC
3.Open a terminal at the same location with the keys and signapk.jar
4.terminal type
Code:
java -jar signapk.jar -w platform.x509.pem platform.pk8 my_modified_firmware.zip my_modified_firmware-signed.zip
8.install with twrp and you still have twrp exist, flash supersu zip or magisk zip
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above is the way to modify a PATCH zip ota file, if you are modifying a full package, which may be easier,
the full package's update script write full image to phone instead, so you just need to modify the image in the ota package.
all you just have to make sure the new firmware do not replace twrp with stock recovery, so
1.try to extract the image in the package and modify the image file, remove files such as "recovery-from-boot.p" from the image then rebuild the image and calculate the new sha1 value of the new image(CarlivImageKitchen is a good tool to rebuild image)
2.replace the old sha1 hash in updater-script, repack and sign the zip.
3.flash with twrp
4.flash superSu zip or magisk zip after the firmware flash with twrp can get root.
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ok got it to work for a full firmware package here's what i did
1 . downloaded a27 (still 5.1 since 6.0 is not stable according to some)
2. using the twrp above flashed a27
3. flashed magisk
4. flash the twrp image again to make sure that incase it was overwritten by the update
NOTE: i did get an error like unable to mount dev/block/platform/...... it was fine for me
ngoralph said:
ok got it to work for a full firmware package here's what i did
1 . downloaded a27 (still 5.1 since 6.0 is not stable according to some)
2. using the twrp above flashed a27
3. flashed magisk
4. flash the twrp image again to make sure that incase it was overwritten by the update
NOTE: i did get an error like unable to mount dev/block/platform/...... it was fine for me
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6.0 would work if the sim card issue could be fixed. i can't work it out :/
diosdetiempo said:
6.0 would work if the sim card issue could be fixed. i can't work it out :/
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did you try restoring the nvram using twrp as stated before?
and did you wipe your data before flashing?? i think the transition from 5.1 to 6.0 may have broke some things read about it somewhere that wiping was necessary for LP to MM

Can't seem to patch stock rom using magisk v23, do I have the right file? What am I doing wrong?

I'm new to rooting and I'm trying to root a Pixel 3a XL I've just inherited. Following steps from a tutorial, I've unlocked the bootloader and installed Magisk v23.0 on the phone, and I copied on the internal storage all the files from the zip file I downloaded from Google that are supposed to be the stock ROM for my build #. There are 2 .img files in there: bootloader-bonito-b4s4-0.3-7062600.img and radio-bonito-g670-00105-210113-b-7078968.img (there are a few scripts and another zip file in there too). The first one seems to be the boot file (Ramdisk is YES in Magisk), but when I try patching it (Magisk Install > Select and Patch a File > I choose the file via my file manager), I get the following error messages: 'Unsupported/Unknown image format' 'Installation failed'. The same thing happens if I try the other image file.
I obviously don't want to trial and error too much patching a rom that I'm going to flash my phone with. Any idea what I'm doing wrong there? Thank you!
EDIT: I had also done a checksum of the archive I downloaded from Google and it all lined up, so that shouldn't be the issue.
you need to patch the kernel. inside the zip is a second zip. in there is a file boot.img. that is the kernel. extract and copy it to your phone, then you can patch it, copy it back to your fastboot capable machine, and flash
ei: boot.img within a .zip within a .zip
hp420 said:
you need to patch the kernel. inside the zip is a second zip. in there is a file boot.img. that is the kernel. extract and copy it to your phone, then you can patch it, copy it back to your fastboot capable machine, and flash
ei: boot.img within a .zip within a .zip
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It worked, thank you so much!

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