Hi,
Sorry if this is a stupid question but I have been looking through all the forums for days now and cant find a answer...
I'm trying to root my galaxy s2 'WKI4' I have downloaded the insecure and orginal kernels. But when I upzip them instead of a .tar file there is only a zimage. Can someone please tell me how to change the zimage into the .tar file or where I can get the two .tars
Thanks
Aphex05 said:
Hi,
Sorry if this is a stupid question but I have been looking through all the forums for days now and cant find a answer...
I'm trying to root my galaxy s2 'WKI4' I have downloaded the insecure and orginal kernels. But when I upzip them instead of a .tar file there is only a zimage. Can someone please tell me how to change the zimage into the .tar file or where I can get the two .tars
Thanks
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It's CWM Recovery package.
The zimage is the kernel.
Make your file extensions visible, or view properties to confirm you're not mistaking the tar for a zip. tars will share the same icon as any other archive file, zip, rar, etc...
Wow i just assumed it was another .zip because the same pic... I feel really stupid now lol
Well thanks for the quick reply guys
Aphex05 said:
Wow i just assumed it was another .zip because the same pic... I feel really stupid now lol
Well thanks for the quick reply guys
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I made the same mistake once. It felt like an Abbott and Costello routine until I figured it out. Glad to help out.
Aphex05 said:
Wow i just assumed it was another .zip because the same pic... I feel really stupid now lol
Well thanks for the quick reply guys
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Windows stupidly hides extensions by default, its both an attack vector (.exe.jpg's or w.e) and makes hard to work out what a file is at times.
WKI4 Insecure Kernel
Hello peeps! I looking for a WKI4 Latest insecure kernel and im having a right nightmare. Any help would be must appreciated, i have looked through many threads but little luck. Thanks guys!
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Hi, can someone who has the US version of Galaxy Player 4.0 (yp-g1cwy/xaa) please make a flashable rom backup of the firmware and upload it?
Thanks
I have access to a 4.0 player recently bought from amazon. How would I go about dumping the rom? Would this also dump the persons information with it or is the memory range limited to just the rom?
twobits said:
I have access to a 4.0 player recently bought from amazon. How would I go about dumping the rom? Would this also dump the persons information with it or is the memory range limited to just the rom?
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You can view this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1082288
You will need a rooted device first, but that can be easily done if you just search around the forums.
Twobits, or anyone could you please make the firmware from the guide given?
The other day I let my friend use my player, and he was stupid and opened titanium backup and accidentally deleted a whole bunch of system apps. I had not backed then up yet, and so now my device is super buggy and many things don't work right.
Just use terminal emulator from the market and first type "su" (you need to root your device first), then copy paste those commands under system, kernel, and recovery to create three files on the root directory of your phone. Then can you upload them to a site (such as mediafire, megaupload, etc) and post or pm me the links?
Thanks. I would really appreciate it if you could help me.
Can anbody please help me?
I really need the firmware urgently.
Thanks.
klin1344 said:
Can anbody please help me?
I really need the firmware urgently.
Thanks.
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I would love to help, but my internet is so slow, uploading a file that size would litterally take a couple days,
l Hope someone helps you out!
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I would help you but im a newbie and i need step by step instructions.
Hyperrunner said:
I would help you but im a newbie and i need step by step instructions.
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follow this guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1082288
for the system instead of stl10 its stl9 and for kernel its bml7 instead of 8.
l (minus L)
from choucas06:
But you only have to make a backup a of the Sytem and the Kernel (recovery is not needed).
To backup the system, the correct command for YP-G1 is :
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/stl9 of=/sdcard/factoryfs.rfs bs=4096
For the kernel, it is :
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/bml7 of=/sdcard/zImage bs=4096
Help!
Bircked my 4.0 u.s. version, gives me the phone-!-pc image, please someone tell me how to unbrick! I would appreciate if you could give me the rom you gave op, if anyone ever did! Cant get it in download mode, but odin recognizes it, PLEASE HELP!
iJimaniac said:
Help!
Bircked my 4.0 u.s. version, gives me the phone-!-pc image, please someone tell me how to unbrick! I would appreciate if you could give me the rom you gave op, if anyone ever did! Cant get it in download mode, but odin recognizes it, PLEASE HELP!
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When odin recognize this mode it's a form a download mode. At this point you have 2 choices.
1. send to samsung for a little fee
2. hope for someone to backup a rom
I would like to help you but I have a non-US player (maybe that depends of what you have)
I have backup files I did with terminal emuator, don't know what to do with them though, I read you need to have linux to make a backup rom, I only have windows.
Why would samsung charge, isnt it under warranty?
iJimaniac said:
I have backup files I did with terminal emuator, don't know what to do with them though, I read you need to have linux to make a backup rom, I only have windows.
Why would samsung charge, isnt it under warranty?
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You can just upload the files, and I have Linux and will make then into a ROM for everyone who needs it.
klin1344 said:
You can just upload the files, and I have Linux and will make then into a ROM for everyone who needs it.
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Hi, appreciate help, but I think I got it using cygwin.
Now it fails flashing at recovery.bin, though.
iJimaniac said:
Hi, appreciate help, but I think I got it using cygwin.
Now it fails flashing at recovery.bin, though.
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From what I heard, you don't need recovery.bin, you just need the 2 other files die your ROM.
klin1344;
did anyone ever send you the rom? I am desperate and am willing to download a file that takes a day or two on my stupid internet!
Could someone at least post the pit file for 4.0 2.3.5?
Edit; ok, now I really need pit file, tried one from a guy at anythingbutipod, but guess what, now I get big red errors about "E:\"
Need real pit file please!
iJimaniac said:
klin1344;
did anyone ever send you the rom? I am desperate and am willing to download a file that takes a day or two on my stupid internet!
Could someone at least post the pit file for 4.0 2.3.5?
Edit; ok, now I really need pit file, tried one from a guy at anythingbutipod, but guess what, now I get big red errors about "E:\"
Need real pit file please!
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No, no one ever gave me a ROM.
come on people! kl1344 has been waiting who knows how long.
These are the partitions I need someone to pull:
"/system/ is> /dev/block/mmcblk0p13
zImage is /dev/block/mmcblk0p11"
If someone could please post them for the 4.0 2.3.5 U.S version,
I would click your "thanks button untill it wore out!
thank you!
iJimaniac said:
come on people! kl1344 has been waiting who knows how long.
These are the partitions I need someone to pull:
"/system/ is> /dev/block/mmcblk0p13
zImage is /dev/block/mmcblk0p11"
If someone could please post them for the 4.0 2.3.5 U.S version,
I would click your "thanks button untill it wore out!
thank you!
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Yup, been waiting for st least a month noe.
iJimaniac said:
klin1344;
did anyone ever send you the rom? I am desperate and am willing to download a file that takes a day or two on my stupid internet!
Could someone at least post the pit file for 4.0 2.3.5?
Edit; ok, now I really need pit file, tried one from a guy at anythingbutipod, but guess what, now I get big red errors about "E:\"
Need real pit file please!
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If you have the errors about E:. It's good because I have already have it. To remove it you need to wipe your data and cache (factory reset) because you are already in recovery menu.
Hope it's helps!
Planning on picking up a note next week, I've looked at the dev page for root instructions but I can't really make heads or tails of them and all of the videos I view seems to be the international version. Can anyone confirm of root or is is a work in progress and I should just wait.
It works via odin and is really easy
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA App
nash2000 said:
Planning on picking up a note next week, I've looked at the dev page for root instructions but I can't really make heads or tails of them and all of the videos I view seems to be the international version. Can anyone confirm of root or is is a work in progress and I should just wait.
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Just rooted mine using the steps from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504218
Coming from a Dell Streak this was a whole different process but it was really easy.
Now, seems the rooting/unrooting of the European version does not makes your rom count go up (please excuse my lack of proper terminology) therefore you can return your phone to stock (ex. for a warranty claim) without Samsung knowing you have mess with the rom. Is that the same for this version and if not is that in the works? How about unrooting the phone?
Thanks.
I have yet to hear one single actual case where Samsung denied a hardware claim because of the counter. People are going root counter crazy around here. C'MON ITS XDA! This is why we are all here, right??
jpeg42 said:
I have yet to hear one single actual case where Samsung denied a hardware claim because of the counter. People are going root counter crazy around here. C'MON ITS XDA! This is why we are all here, right??
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I guess I have to apologize for asking a question in a developer forum... I thought I had a valid question and I asked it. Dont know what bein in XDA has to do with the question.
Ciao.
wrightc88 said:
Just rooted mine using the steps from:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504218
Coming from a Dell Streak this was a whole different process but it was really easy.
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Ok, i've downloaded Odin from the link but were is the tar file that we input into the pda box? I don't have a note yet...im just trying to get my facts straight before i get my note. odin opens fine and when i click the pda box i see just a bunch of crap thats on my pc but i don't see the supplied tar file?
nash2000 said:
Ok, i've downloaded Odin from the link but were is the tar file that we input into the pda box? I don't have a note yet...im just trying to get my facts straight before i get my note. odin opens fine and when i click the pda box i see just a bunch of crap thats on my pc but i don't see the supplied tar file?
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You have to download the file. There are links to everything you need in Da_G's root threads in the dev section. Download, extract, then browse to the file via Odin, just like you tried above.
Edit: Actually with this one you don't even need to extract it. Its already a .tar file.
Synner12 said:
You have to download the file. There are links to everything you need in Da_G's root threads in the dev section. Download, extract, then browse to the file via Odin, just like you tried above.
Edit: Actually with this one you don't even need to extract it. Its already a .tar file.
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I think I figured it out, for some reason I downloaded 2 Odin's and one of them I must not hav downloaded tgr tar file.
Hi there i am trying to root my samsung galaxy s2, ive downloaded the kernels i need from your site. when i un zip the kernels i dont get the kernel i get a zimage file which i cant do anything with. can any one help so i can try and root my phone many thanks in advance magsn rich
magsnrich said:
Hi there i am trying to root my samsung galaxy s2, ive downloaded the kernels i need from your site. when i un zip the kernels i dont get the kernel i get a zimage file which i cant do anything with. can any one help so i can try and root my phone many thanks in advance magsn rich
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Try reading and following the directions in the threads you downloaded the kernels from.
cant ask question where i downloaded kernels from
I cant ask questions where i downloaded the kernels from because im a new member and cant find any answers thanks they say ask questions here thanks
ctomgee said:
Try reading and following the directions in the threads you downloaded the kernels from.
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magsnrich said:
I cant ask questions where i downloaded the kernels from because im a new member and cant find any answers thanks they say ask questions here thanks
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I didn't say anything about asking questions where you downloaded the kernels.
I said to read the directions provided in the thread where you got the kernels from.
Don't mean to offend, but If you can't follow the threads, then your not ready to root your phone yet,"you will more likely brick it". READ and then READ again..
Dont run before you can walk.
Also, MAKE SURE you are trying to use kernels (and/or firmwares when you move onto firmwares) meant for your phone. If you got these kernels from a thread in the I9100 forums, make SURE you have an I9100 by looking on the label under your device's battery.
I have seen a ton of people flash kernels and firmwares/ROMs intended for a different device, and the results have varied from the device not functioning quite right, to an outright brick that had to get sent back to Samsung.
The easiest way to root your s2 is zegrush exploit, works for me no problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582
and you dont have to use odin so flash counter doesnt increase
threads
Im not an expert on phones but i know quite a bit about computers ,ive looked at the threads and followed the instructions and even whatched a video.ive un ziped many a file but when i un zip the kernel i get a zimage file. where i got the kernels from no body has this problem thanks am i doing somthing wrong with this zip file because i cant use it as a zip thank
I was confused too before rooting but you learn quick and understand after you do it. I dont know much myself but I dont think you need to download any kernels to root, at least I didnt. just use the link in my post above and it will be easy, yes it is scary the first time!!!
magsnrich said:
Im not an expert on phones but i know quite a bit about computers ,ive looked at the threads and followed the instructions and even whatched a video.ive un ziped many a file but when i un zip the kernel i get a zimage file. where i got the kernels from no body has this problem thanks am i doing somthing wrong with this zip file because i cant use it as a zip thank
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Pretty much every kernels here dont require you to unzip them, you flash them as they are. As everyone above says, read the instructions. I also know a lot of computers, but sadly pretty much no knowledge of that is useful for phones, unless you know programming.
magsnrich said:
Im not an expert on phones but i know quite a bit about computers ,ive looked at the threads and followed the instructions and even whatched a video.ive un ziped many a file but when i un zip the kernel i get a zimage file. where i got the kernels from no body has this problem thanks am i doing somthing wrong with this zip file because i cant use it as a zip thank
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What thread are you getting the file from, and reading? Cause it REALLY seems you are not following the instructions correctly. The zImage file IS the kernel, but it has to be in a .tar file to flash in Odin. So it sounds as if you've unzipped it twice instead of just once, maybe.
kernels
I was sent to this site from android pit,to get my kernels to root my samsung galaxy s2. i have followed android pit rooting video exactly its not hard but the kernels you get from this site are not the same as on the android pit video. And they tell you to get them from here. why
dont these kernels work thanks
magsnrich said:
I was sent to this site from android pit,to get my kernels to root my samsung galaxy s2. i have followed android pit rooting video exactly its not hard but the kernels you get from this site are not the same as on the android pit video. And they tell you to get them from here. why
dont these kernels work thanks
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I just TOLD you what you were doing wrong. I'm starting to think you really have no business doing this yourself.
If you end up with a zImage file, you unzipped it one too many times. Put the file that CONTAINS the zImage file into Odin.
root access thanks
thank mate i was zipping it twice ive just got root access the last message i wrote was before you told me what i was doing wrong thanks
thanks again ive just unlock my phone to any network
Just downloaded a ROM which İ want to flash...
İm confused as to which file goes into which section in Odin:
PİT
BOOTLOADER
PDA
PHONE
CSC
Files in Downloaded ROM:
GT-I9100-MULTI-CSC-OXALPH.tar.md5
I9100_APBOOT_I9100XXLPH_CL118559_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
I9100_CODE_I9100XXLPH_CL118559_REV02_user_low_ship.tar.md5
MODEM_I9100XXLPH_REV_02_CL1104396.tar.md5
Can anyone help me to as which file goes into which section in Odin?
Thank you
muzzyx said:
Just downloaded a ROM which İ want to flash...
İm confused as to which file goes into which section in Odin:
Can anyone help me to as which file goes into which section in Odin?
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Follow the instructions from the place you downloaded it from.
oinkylicious said:
Follow the instructions from the place you downloaded it from.
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this is the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449771
İt does not specify what file goes where
Yes it does.
muzzyx said:
this is the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449771
İt does not specify what file goes where
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It does, actually. There's a section in post 1 as follows:
But where are the files going, you say?
.PIT -> PIT
APBOOT -> BOOTLOADER (or PDA if flashed alone)
CODE -> PDA
MODEM -> PHONE
CSC -> CSC
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muzzyx said:
this is the thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449771
İt does not specify what file goes where
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Taken from the site u mentioned:
.PIT -> PIT
APBOOT -> BOOTLOADER (or PDA if flashed alone)
CODE -> PDA
MODEM -> PHONE
CSC -> CSC
***If you have a 1 file .tar package, then flash it in PDA***
edit: Seems that "ctomgee" was quicker by about a minute.....
I'm disappointed in you guys for spoon feeding him
oinkylicious said:
I'm disappointed in you guys for spoon feeding him
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I remember being a noob once n beeing confused about a lot of stuff. It took a lot of patience for me n help from others to get me doing all of what i do now....so I don't mind helping others when I can.
oinkylicious said:
I'm disappointed in you guys for spoon feeding him
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He still has to figure out how to parse the filename himself...
Which I personally thought was obvious. But some don't find it that obvious.
I look at it more like I put the spoon in the food for him, and now it's up to him to get it to his own mouth.
My hope is posts like mine (and Bruce MJ's) help guys like muzzyx with the critical thinking, and learn to read entire posts before just jumping into stuff they don't necessarily understand.
ctomgee said:
He still has to figure out how to parse the filename himself...
Which I personally thought was obvious. But some don't find it that obvious.
I look at it more like I put the spoon in the food for him, and now it's up to him to get it to his own mouth.
My hope is posts like mine (and Bruce MJ's) help guys like muzzyx with the critical thinking, and learn to read entire posts before just jumping into stuff they don't necessarily understand.
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Yeap, seems that İ missed that part of the thread... İ have been trying to restore my phone the WHOLE DAY and have done allot of reading so my concentration was not 100% there when reading the read. İ nearly fried my brain trying to understand how Odin and flashing works. Finally İ managed to work it out and got my phone back up and running. İ seem to have lost my ROOT access though? Why has this happened?
muzzyx said:
Yeap, seems that İ missed that part of the thread... İ have been trying to restore my phone the WHOLE DAY and have done allot of reading so my concentration was not 100% there when reading the read. İ nearly fried my brain trying to understand how Odin and flashing works. Finally İ managed to work it out and got my phone back up and running. İ seem to have lost my ROOT access though? Why has this happened?
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Because you re-flashed a stock firmware during the course of your fix, if you followed that guide correctly. You'll have to re-root. Root does not persist firmware flashes, unless the firmware you're flashing is pre-rooted.
Flash a stock kernel = lose root. Flash a CFRoot kernel or root your phone again via another method. Or flash a custom rom/kernel.
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İm confused
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Read this
Hello everyone!
Compliments for the wonderful forum!!
Allright, this is my first post here on xda, but it has been a while since when i started following this community and i've always found answers to all of my questions, but not this time, i've been googling for 1 hour but yet no answer i searched on the forum but yet no answere, so i decided to post it myself, hoping that it wont bother anyone and that it's in the right section.
So, my question: Is it possible to turn a rom from Odin format (.tar/.tar.md5 etc) into a flashable zip? If yes, how?
My intention was to customize a stock rom for the gt-s7500, with dsixda's kitchen, that apparently supports only flashable zips.
Thanks a lot in advance
MozeMpk
Ps. i'm sorry if im not in the right section it just seemed logic to me to post in here
found something...
mozempk said:
So, my question: Is it possible to turn a rom from Odin format (.tar/.tar.md5 etc) into a flashable zip? If yes, how?
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Allright my googling wasnt the best :angel: , i just found this madteam.co/forum/support-7/how-can-i-convert-a-tar-for-odin-to-a-cwm's-zip/ but i still didnt try it, ill update here, if anyone cares
Found another one on this site: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1806174
Mods, you can close i hadnt searched well