Hi there,
Here is a command line tool that can extract and rebuild a flash.bin file for the LG KS20.
First, the options available :
Code:
LGFlashMuncher.exe [options] path [output]
EXTRACT Options ---(at least one option required)-----------------------------
-r : extract Raw data
-h : extract header
-m : extract MBR
-p : extract partitions
-t : trim extracted partitions
-l : output layout informations to file 'flash.xml'
-o : output OS.nb compatible file
output : path to output directory (must exists)
CREATE Options ---(all options required)-------------------------------------
-c file : create new flash.bin outputed to 'file'
(MBR and fat partition are taken from original flash.bin)
-e file : use 'file' for header
-0 file : use 'file' for partition 0 (boot)
-1 file : use 'file' for partition 1 (rawfs)
-2 file : use 'file' for partition 2 (imgfs)
COMMON Option ---------------------------------------------------------------
path : path to flash.bin file
Next, how to extract data from a flash.bin to a directory named output :
Code:
LGFlashMuncher.exe -htmlp FLASH.bin output
How to rebuild a new flash.bin :
Code:
LGFlashMuncher.exe -c newflash.bin -e header.bin -0 part_0_BOOT.bin -1 part_1_RAWFS.bin -2 part_2_IMGFS.bin FLASH.bin
(This rebuild process requires an existing flash.bin file)
At the moment, this tool use the partition layout and the empty fat32 (last partition) found in the original flash.bin file. The next step will be rebuild the partition layout.
I've made some test with this tool, but I cannot be sure it will work in all situations. Spocky had a preview of this tool a couple of days ago, and he successfully built a french 10G and a french 10A : I'm sure he will soon share his knowledge...
Very Nice job !
Thank.
Très bon travail MisterJP.
Merci.
Does this mean we can flash the files we extract with pdocread? (part00.raw, etc)
I think that for the moment only part02.raw
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dorik2k said:
Does this mean we can flash the files we extract with pdocread? (part00.raw, etc)
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If the generated files are image of your phone partitions, then I guess it's possible if you respect the partitions order.
Hi, misterjp
In your LGFlashMuncher.exe there is an option:
-o : output OS.nb compatible file
I am just wondering is it FLASH.bin to OS.nb?
And is there any way to convert OS.nb back to FLASH.bin?
The reason that i want to do that is because in that case, i can convert a OS.nb which hv a larger partition table to Flash.bin for cooking
Thx in advance
Hi raykisi,
Sorry, but this tool is not able at this time to re-build an Flash.bin from an OS.nb file. It was just a test option while I was testing my code.
I'm planning on updating this tool, but it takes time and I don't have many these days.
JP.
o...gd to hear that you are going to update this tool, we would wait, take you time. And thx for your great work
Hey, sorry about the question.. i know i'm such a noob, but i'm brazilian and my "english understanding" is kind of weak sometimes.. So...
Is there any way to extract the Flash.bin and others of my current ROM? I mean, the actual ROM of my phone?
I'm asking this because here in Brazil we have the MS25/MS20.. A kind of KS20 without 3G, wifi, and front camera devices.. but same processor and same everithing else.. so, I think LG BRASIL will not provide the roms so early, but the v10a are full of bugs! Also i can`t flash with a KS20 rom, because that missing devices and because my operator phone frequency is 850 MHz (VIVO).
well, someone have an idea? Or a link? Or a read recomendation?
Brazilian people are really needing help with this, and we are getting tired to search with no answers..
Thank`s a lot!
Hi,
I am trying to extract image from a WM6.1 ROM emulator and from a tutorial I can see the following emu option :
NBsplit -emu PPC_USA.BIN
I dont' understand because I only have the following ones when launching NBSplit :
NBSplit 2.1rc2
Wrong or missing parameters.
Usage: NBSplit.exe -hermes|-kaiser|-titan|-acer|-wizard|-athena|-sp
|-data <number> -extra <number> <filename.nb>
Generates <filename.nb.payload> and <filename.nb.extra> from <filename.nb>
<filename.nb> will NOT get overwritten.
There is no -emu, so I tried with a -SP and now I get PPC_USA.BIN.extra and PPC_USA.BIN.payload but then when I try this
ImgfsFromNb.exe PPC_USA.BIN.payload IMGFS.BIN
I get Input file 'PPC_USA.BIN.payload' has no valid boot sector! Aborting.
How can I extract image from my ROM emulator ?
Yo must download ROM DONALDS and use their tools to dump, with -emu, in the new NBSPLIT -emu doesn't work.... sorry my bad english
People. How to convert a rom on NBH format do BIN (to use with MS DEVICE EMULATOR)
Thank you.
Me Too!
Me too!
I searched more than a hour but i did not find anything!
marcello.mezzanotti said:
People. How to convert a rom on NBH format do BIN (to use with MS DEVICE EMULATOR)
Thank you.
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If you want to dump a rom:
NBHextract (name of file).nbh
NBSplit -kaiser OS.nb
ImgfsFromNb OS.nb.payload imgfs.bin
ImgfsToDump imgfs.bin
If you want to dump an Artemis rom:
NBHExtract (name of file).nbh
ImgfsFromNb OS.nb imgfs.bin
ImgfsToDump imgfs.bin
and OK !!!
In MS Emulators only one bin file for device and other rezolution
http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/2963/50995977.jpg
And questions how to get bin file from nbh to run with Emulator?
Hive and registry file editor 2.0.112
A command line utility to work with hv files.
Full Unicode support, and more.
!!! WARNING !!!
Do not use CeRegEditor (cereg) to work with .hv !!!
!!! WARNING !!!
Usage:
HVEdit.exe <rgu>|<dump>|<hive>|<hvm> [-r] [<outputdir>]
<rgu> Build boot.hv from rgu file.
<dump> Build default.hv and user.hv from project folder.
<hive> Output hive file contents to the <hivename.hvm> text file.
<hvm> Build hive file from hvm file.
-r Don't insert *.rgu hash value to the hive.
Release history:
---------------------
V. 2.0.112
+ Some changes.
V. 2.0.035
+ Extract hive to the .hvm text file.
+ Build hive from .hvm file.
V. 1.0.000 (Initial Release)
Don't need Unicode??
and I'm wondering whether the "REGEDIT4" is needed.
btxakita said:
Don't need Unicode??
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Who spoke?
btxakita said:
and I'm wondering whether the "REGEDIT4" is needed
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Yes.
NEW Release
V. 2.0.035
Added new functions:
+ Extract hive to the .hvm text file in Unicode format.
+ Build hive from .hvm file.
AnDim
AnDim said:
NEW Release
V. 2.0.035
Added new functions:
+ Extract hive to the .hvm text file in Unicode format.
+ Build hive from .hvm file.
AnDim
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A dump question I'm sure, I started cooking recently and I'm wondering what I could accomplish with this application. In what scenario would I use it? Thanks, 12
Thanks. One problem I had w/ rgucomp is missing unicode support.
12aon said:
A dump question I'm sure, I started cooking recently and I'm wondering what I could accomplish with this application. In what scenario would I use it? Thanks, 12
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What exactly is not clear?
Thanks AnDim, this makes GSM -> CDMA SYS porting much easier.
AnDim said:
What exactly is not clear?
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Well I think I'm starting to understand. As I always have had the luxury of initflashfiles.txt or app.reg and never edited the .hv manually. It was unclear to me why I would need this or what it would add to a kitchen that supports those features (initflashfiles.txt and app.reg)
So does this app have a function in such a kitchen, I mean is there anything I will need to do manually that can't be done otherwise or is this more like a general app so that the hives on any phone can be more easily changed?
Thanks 12
@AnDim, PMed you.
Have anyone used this program? It's not working well for me. I use it fo rgu to hv convert but when i compare the output hv file with cereg alot different files
prpetrov said:
I use it fo rgu to hv convert but when i compare the output hv file with cereg alot different files
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!!! WARNING !!!
Do not use CeRegEditor (cereg) to work with .hv !!!
how does project folder need to be set up to build default and user hv's?
BUG: Default value is imported and exported incorrectly
If I convert an rgu which contains
Code:
@="one"
"Default"="two"
hvedit overwirtes the default value with "two"
Request: option to specify output file
selyb said:
how does project folder need to be set up to build default and user hv's?
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HVEdit.exe <My project folder>
Don`t need to be setup. Rgu´s, packages.sof and so on, can be in any sub folders.
selyb said:
BUG: Default value is imported and exported incorrectly
If I convert an rgu which contains
Code:
@="one"
"Default"="two"
hvedit overwirtes the default value with "two"
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Hey man .... Key name "Default" == Key name @
selyb said:
Request: option to specify output file
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??? f.e.
AnDim
sorry, I misunderstood. Until now, I didn't know you could use "Default"=
selyb said:
Request: option to specify output file
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What I mean is like
Code:
hvedit myhive.hv myhive.txt
so hvedit would export myhive.hv to myhive.txt
selyb said:
What I mean is like
Code:
hvedit myhive.hv myhive.txt
so hvedit would export myhive.hv to myhive.txt
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Usage:
HVEdit.exe <rgu>|<dump>|<hive>|<hvm> [-r] [<outputdir>]
<rgu> Build boot.hv from rgu file.
<dump> Build default.hv and user.hv from project folder.
<hive> Output hive file contents to the <hivename.hvm> text file.
<hvm> Build hive file from hvm file.
-r Don't insert *.rgu hash value to the hive.
AnDim
AnDim said:
Usage:
HVEdit.exe <rgu>|<dump>|<hive>|<hvm> [-r] [<outputdir>]
<rgu> Build boot.hv from rgu file.
<dump> Build default.hv and user.hv from project folder.
<hive> Output hive file contents to the <hivename.hvm> text file.
<hvm> Build hive file from hvm file.
-r Don't insert *.rgu hash value to the hive.
AnDim
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Hi,
thanks for this software it works great, if you now how to put this commands.
My experience was this:
D:\>hvedit.exe hive d:\hive
or:
D:\>hvedit.exe hive d:\hive\user.hv
I'm getting this:
(HVEdit) !ERROR: failed building DEFAULT hives.
When I copy HVEdit.exe and cereg400.dll to d:\hive and run this:
D:\hive>hvedit.exe d:\hive\user.hv
I'm getting this:
Admsoft (R) HVEdit Version 2.0.035
Hive and registry file editor.
(C) 2009 AnDim, XDA-Developers.
(HVEdit) Extracting user.hv ...
(HVEdit) Done! and only 21.kB of 69kB .hv file
When I run it on system.hv like this:
D:\hive>hvedit.exe d:\hive\system.hv
I'm getting this:
(HVEdit) Extracting system.hv ...
ERROR: C:\MacB\private\winceos\COREOS\filesys\reg\reghive\.\registry.c line 172: Reg: Invalid reghandle 0x20000a61
and 144kB .hvm file of 105kB .hv
I didn't mention it but I was trying to convert .hv to .hvm
Maybe my dump has got some errors in it.
Any idea what is wrong, why the user.hvm is so small?
Thank you AnDim for great software. It is quite difficult to find out utility for ce hive.
After use for a period I would to to report some small problem.
1. Long multi string was trimed. (Maybe fixed length variable in code) See Ex.
Registry key in my rgu file is
REGEDIT4
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Filters\fsreplxfilt]
"DirsToExclude"=multi_sz:"\\mxip_initdb.vol",
"\\mxip_system.vol",
"\\mxip_notify.vol",
"\\mxip_lang.vol",
"\\cemail.vol",
"\\pim.vol",
"\\Documents and Settings\\default\\user.hv",
"\\Documents and Settings\\system.hv",
"\\Windows\\Profiles\\guest\\Temporary Internet Files\\",
"\\Windows\\Profiles\\guest\\Cookies\\",
"\\Windows\\Profiles\\guest\\History\\",
"\\Windows\\Activesync\\",
"\\Windows\\messaging\\",
"\\Temp\\"
After change to boot.hv and extract back to boot.hvm the Registry is as hereunder.
; Admsoft (R) HVEdit Version 2.0.035
; Hive and registry file editor.
; (C) 2009 AnDim, XDA-Developers.
;
;
; Source file: boot.hv
; Size: 28672 byte
; Hash: e9e4f2edd12c78eeed7aceeaea22c36f
; Boothash: 1ef4fb8f2b109c0757709e7f46c71a20
; Build tool: HVEdit v2.0
[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT]
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER]
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\ObjectStore\RegistryUpdate]
"boot.rgu"=hex:1E,F4,FB,8F,2B,10,9C,07,57,70,9E,7F,46,C7,1A,20
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\Filters\fsreplxfilt]
"DirsToExclude"=multi_sz:"\\mxip_initdb.vol",
"\\mxip_system.vol",
"\\mxip_notify.vol",
"\\mxip_lang.vol",
"\\cemail.vol",
"\\pim.vol",
"\\Documents and Settings\\default\\user.hv",
"\\Documents and Settings\\system.hv",
"\\Windows\\Profiles\\guest\\Temporary Internet Files\\",
"\\Windows\\Profiles\\guest\\Cookies\\",
"\\Windows\\Profiles\\guest\\History\\",
"\\Windows\\Activesync\\"
[HKEY_USERS]
; (HVEdit) Done!
2.The size of hv file is larger than original. (This is not effect functional just file size is increase from 732kb to 744kb for instance.)
After investigate, there was extra length on data key which have length just fit 32 bits size. (Maybe when adjust cell size to fit 32 bits)
Hope my comment will be some benefit for you for next version.
Regards,
AnDim said:
Hive and registry file editor 2.0.035 (C) 2009 AnDim
A command line utility to work with hv files.
Full Unicode support, and more.
!!! WARNING !!!
Do not use CeRegEditor (cereg) to work with .hv !!!
!!! WARNING !!!
Usage:
HVEdit.exe <rgu>|<dump>|<hive>|<hvm> [-r] [<outputdir>]
<rgu> Build boot.hv from rgu file.
<dump> Build default.hv and user.hv from project folder.
<hive> Output hive file contents to the <hivename.hvm> text file.
<hvm> Build hive file from hvm file.
-r Don't insert *.rgu hash value to the hive.
Release history:
---------------------
V. 2.0.035
+ Extract hive to the .hvm text file.
+ Build hive from .hvm file.
V. 1.0.000 (Initial Release)
(C) 2009 AnDim
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This seems to be JUST what I am looking for .... but I am having problems trying to use I suspect is simply a case of finger-trouble on my part, so will greatly appreciate any help available from AnDim or any other users who can point me in the right direction, please.
I think I correctly understand the command line syntax and have run HVEdit to unpack a default.hv registry file taken from a dumped ROM (Toshiba TG01). I then made some basisc edits to the resulting .hmv file and used HVEdit again to recompile back to .hv.
When the ROM is recompiled and flashed it refused to boot. So I went back and tried using HVEdit to convert to .hmv and back without making any changes. Same problem.
I have attached the .bat files i used to run for reference....View attachment 305797
I have been reading about a need to insert REGEDIT4 at the start of the file; have tried doing so but that just results in an error.
Any guidance will be greatly appreciated
Request Response !!
Is anyone able to offer any assistance on this question please
Help will be much appreciated !
kevinpwhite said:
This seems to be JUST what I am looking for .... but I am having problems trying to use I suspect is simply a case of finger-trouble on my part, so will greatly appreciate any help available from AnDim or any other users who can point me in the right direction, please.
I think I correctly understand the command line syntax and have run HVEdit to unpack a default.hv registry file taken from a dumped ROM (Toshiba TG01). I then made some basisc edits to the resulting .hmv file and used HVEdit again to recompile back to .hv.
When the ROM is recompiled and flashed it refused to boot. So I went back and tried using HVEdit to convert to .hmv and back without making any changes. Same problem.
I have attached the .bat files i used to run for reference....View attachment 305797
I have been reading about a need to insert REGEDIT4 at the start of the file; have tried doing so but that just results in an error.
Any guidance will be greatly appreciated
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Here a new version of that very important tool.
First of all, thanks to mamaich and tadzio for creating the versions before!
And also for Da_G for helping and testing with this version.
WARNING: I've added a more WM like handling of files. That might mean that some of the dump protections are not working anymore, did not try myself yet... but if the OS can read the files, why should this tool not be able to do it? :$ ... was not my intention anyway, and I really didn't try it yet.
Intention was to make the tool faster and it is now! Different algorithms and different way for decompression does the trick.
ImgfsToDump v3
Code:
ImgfsToDump.exe imgfs.bin
this does the same job as the old one, but faster
Code:
ImgfsToDump.exe os.nb
... ok, that is new ... can dump from OS.nb, OS.nb.payload with auto detection and without extracting imgfs.bin
Code:
ImgfsToDump.exe -v os.nb
-v[erbose] ... yeah, there is an option now to simulate and so to only show file names on screen
Code:
ImgfsToDump.exe -w *.mui os.nb
-w[wildcard] ... most useful part I think... this will only extract all the mui files from the ROM
Code:
ImgfsToDump.exe -v -w flashlite.dll os.nb
this is useful for quickly check if a rom contains a specific file.. it will only show the result on the screen if the file exists, but not dump the file
Also added some bat files that work with drag and drop... just drag an os.nb and drop it onto one of the bat files
Code:
Wildcard: *.cpl
IMGFSTODUMP 3 Copyright (c) 2009-2010 bepe Oct 16 2009 14:07:12
cplmain.cpl
historyui.cpl
ipsecvpnui.cpl
MyPhoneLauncher.cpl
AGPSSettingsCPL.cpl
ConnectionSetup.cpl
TaskManager.cpl
MyCpl.cpl
Done!
ImgfsToDump v3.1 Beta
ADD: It's working with packages now, check out the bat files
FIX: Wildcards ignore case now
ADD: New option: [-build] extract files into packages
ADD: New option: [-type <OEM|SYS>] extract only SYS or OEM packages
ADD: New option: [-pkgwildcard <wildcard>] Wildcard for filtering packages
Code:
ImgfsToDump.exe -b os.nb
- Extract into packages
Code:
ImgfsToDump.exe -b -t OEM os.nb
- Extract only OEM packages
Code:
ImgfsToDump.exe -b -t OEM -p *adobe* os.nb
- Extract only OEM packages that contain 'adobe' in the package name
ImgfsToDump v3.2 Beta
ADD: HTC NBH support
ADD: New Layer system
REMOVED: -l -n option
ADD: XIP extraction .... don't tell me that the exe name is not fitting anymore :$
ADD: OS version and build output (only if you are building packages and only with .nbh .nb .xip)
ADD: Some Device information (only for .nbh .nb)
ImgfsToDump v3.2 Beta 2
ADD: Emulator ROM Support
ADD: options for XIP and IMGFS... IMPORTANT: allmost all options have been changed!
ImgfsToDump v3.3 Beta 2
FIX: XIP modules are working now
ADD: Extract compressed XIP sections
ImgfsToDump v3.3 Beta 3
ADD: LZX working now
xidump v1.0 Beta
ADD: Fix for invalid OEM certs
best regards
bepe
Great update bepe, thanks!
Thanks bepe.
As always, great work bepe. Testing now...
very nice !!!
Thanks bro
Tom
Sounds good, thanks bepe
Thanks Bepe again. Is it compatible with your platform builder?
Wow cool
Speed is actually what we need when got a new 200+ Official ROMIMAGE
Thanks bepe for the update
nice
very nice !!!thx
Thank you to share
awesome!
thanks bepe
nice update
thanks
I‘m a chinese ,and thank's for your software .
wonderful Bepe. many thanx.
Nice work！ ths
Great update bepe, thanks!
new Beta
A bit early... but here is a new version to try.
It's still a beta, but has some new options for building packages.
thanks again bepe
i will give it a try as well.
EDIT: the tool works fine, but don't you think you need to add "/D" switch in the batch files here
Code:
cd /D %path_arg%
Grest tools, thanks