Hey,
does anyone know how to root an xperia z1 compact on a mac?
some threads say that their rooting works on mac as well but it doesnt...
for example i cant open a .bat or .exe file on a mac because they're microsoft operating system software.
SOMEONE HELP PLEASE!
elfatihshami said:
Hey,
does anyone know how to root an xperia z1 compact on a mac?
some threads say that their rooting works on mac as well but it doesnt...
for example i cant open a .bat or .exe file on a mac because they're microsoft operating system software.
SOMEONE HELP PLEASE!
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Which method are you trying to use? You're going to need a .sh file if it's a script you're looking for. It can definitely be done, you just need to research it a bit more.
For that matter, with some know-how you can most certainly convert a .bat file to a .sh file, assuming you know batch file language and bash programming.
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I recently did this for the E4GT and have been asked to do it here as well.
I've received a TON of PM's and emails asking how to do this and I've decided to do a write-up for everyone. Now to start off, this does not automatically make you a Super Duper Developer, this does not show you how to make your own TAR ROMs, nor does it show you how to make your own Odin One-Clicks. What it does do is show you how to pull files from those stock leaked/official ROMs so that you can proceed to make yourself into a Super Duper Developer!
In essence if the Developer knows what they are doing they could use this method to extract all the files from the build and could then add them to a ZIP and have a stock odexed ROM within minutes and do it all through Windows! Depending on time I may or may not do a tutorial on that as well...
So let's begin!
We've all seen those pesky TAR.MD5 packages that we can flash through Odin. How often have you wanted to look inside them and see what is inside before flashing? There are several ways to do it and the most common answer requires Linux and Dsixda's Kitchen utility. This tutorial gives you the ability to do that through Windows and without having to extract the full ROM. These instructions are specific to the Samsung Galaxy S3 (all variants) but can be used on most Samsung Galaxy phones.
Each TAR.MD5 release contains multiple files. Each of these files corresponds to a specific partition on your device. These files are formatted to be mounted by your device but not by a computer. We will be converting them from a .img.ext4 partition type to an ext4.img type partition so we can mount them and read them through Windows. For this tutorial we will be opening up the system.img.ext4 (the system files partition).
Before you dive in there are a few things you'll need.
- A PC running Windows.
- A stock TAR.MD5 release. Several are available at www.rwilco12.com.
- DiskInternals Linux Reader (must be installed on the Windows PC). You can download DiskInternals Linux Reader here.
- SGS2toEXT4 Utility available here. *Be sure to extract the JAR file from the ZIP archive.
- 7-Zip available here.
For the rest of the tutorial please visit my site: www.rwilco12.com
Enjoy!
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Awesome! First!
Sent from my SPH-L710 using xda app-developers app
great it's work fine with me on windows8
if you let me a noop question
can we cook the rom in this way ? i mean after upack the image we can edit the files or the apk or the font and repack it again as a md5.tar extension
is that possible
regards
IRoN MaN9 said:
great it's work fine with me on windows8
if you let me a noop question
can we cook the rom in this way ? i mean after upack the image we can edit the files or the apk or the font and repack it again as a md5.tar extension
is that possible
regards
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Unfortunately no. That part does require Linux but this could help simplify the process if you prefer a Windows environment.
رد: [TUTORIAL] How To Extract Files From a TAR.MD5 Stock ROM (SPH-L710)
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Unfortunately no. That part does require Linux but this could help simplify the process if you prefer a Windows environment.
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Relly sad hope that you can develop this threat in the future so we can cook the stock roms anyway thank you very much for your answer
Regards
IRoN MaN9 said:
Relly sad hope that you can develop this threat in the future so we can cook the stock roms anyway thank you very much for your answer
Regards
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I might have some other stuff in the works for you guys here soon.
رد: [TUTORIAL] How To Extract Files From a TAR.MD5 Stock ROM (SPH-L710)
rwilco12 said:
I might have some other stuff in the works for you guys here soon.
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I can't wait to see your next work
Hey after installing linux reader on windows it shows mf5 file in HEX manner , it dont convert it in .zip file..
any way to do it?
mjp93 said:
Hey after installing linux reader on windows it shows mf5 file in HEX manner , it dont convert it in .zip file..
any way to do it?
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You need to extract it from the img file by saving it. After extracting you'll need to package it in a ZIP.
I followed the guide to the t and its saying that the image is invalid. Any ideas?
macasus76 said:
I followed the guide to the t and its saying that the image is invalid. Any ideas?
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What device and what files are you using?
Using windows Vista x64 the file is a I537UCUCNE3 stock odin image. I created a .img file using ext4 tool you posted but the Linux viewer says invalid
The image here shows my created .img file on the left, the Linux reader on the right and the error in the middle
This tutorial is no good anymore.
Finally !!
I found how do that after to waste a day to search one real solution.
Is only to use the ClassyKitchen free version for windows.
I found it here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/chef-central/android/tool-classykitchen-android-roms-t3862584
Basically, after to open the program, you will choose "create new project" on the tab "Projects utils", and choose the firmware from PC or from mobile root. So, the program will extract the folders and files to PROJECT/system folder, and you will can access them by windows explorer, including the app folder with all original apks.
I was looking for a way to restore the calculator apk after delete it before to find another to replace it.
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First of all I am mac user, I have follow the guide in this forum to make my own ftf kernel file in my mac before upgrade to .244. I first created the kernel ftf file from the .422 stock file in blob_fs folder, it is success but when I check the file size it is 48mb only but not 78mb that other peoples created. Then I testing to create a whole ftf rom from there and found out the file size only about 238mb, it is a lot smaller than normal ftf file which is about 700+ mb, why? Is it secure to flash this ftf to root my zl after upgraded to .244? I know I can download the ftf file from forum but im Malaysian and don't want to mess up with the generic things.
Thank for your help.
Im a mac user but when it comes to android, i do everything under windows. I have installed parralel desktop and everything works great. Mac methods can be tricky
iPeck said:
Im a mac user but when it comes to android, i do everything under windows. I have installed parralel desktop and everything works great. Mac methods can be tricky
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Thanks for the info.
Hi,
I am trying to downgrade my Xperia Arc from ICS to Gingerbread because it is very slow.
I found some information by when I try to download files required the files are only for windows.
Can I ask some geeks here to kindly provide very easy to understand step by step guide how to do it on my Apple computer? I am only average computer user and not very knowledgeable with this technical stuff.
Thank you.
Download Flashtool from http://www.flashtool.net/download.php
And search on xda for 4.0.2.A.0.62 firmware for Xperia Arc, also known as LT15i or LT15a, depending on your model.
Someguyfromhell said:
Download Flashtool from http://www.flashtool.net/download.php
And search on xda for 4.0.2.A.0.62 firmware for Xperia Arc, also known as LT15i or LT15a, depending on your model.
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Arc is LT18i or a
ManthanRB said:
Arc is LT18i or a
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Both. "a" is for American region and "i" is for International.
Someguyfromhell said:
Both. "a" is for American region and "i" is for International.
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But you said LT15 instead of LT18
Xperia arc is LT15, Xperia Arc S is LT18.
Thank you. I manage to download both files.
As I mentioned in my first post I am not very knowledgeable how to do it, I never heard about this stuff.
Would you be so kind and point me in the right direction or provide link where can I find step by step guide how to do it?
]I decided to try it myself .Copied flashtool to firmware folder and when I start the process following message appear. I dont know if the firmware I downloaded is ok for Mac, thats the only one I found.
Shall I press ok or find "Mac" version of firmware. I can not find it anywhere.
Kennard1 said:
]I decided to try it myself .Copied flashtool to firmware folder and when I start the process following message appear. I dont know if the firmware I downloaded is ok for Mac, thats the only one I found.
Shall I press ok or find "Mac" version of firmware. I can not find it anywhere.
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There are no Mac versions.
Drop the downloaded FTF file into the firmwares folder, then open Flashtool app. Then you should be able to see it.
Thanks, but I can not find any firmware folders
I saw a video on youtube how to do it on windows pc but have no idea how to do it on apple.
On windows pc:
3) Place firmware in correct location on your PC
Place the FTF file in the C:\Flashtool\firmwares folder.
Kennard1 said:
Thanks, but I can not find any firmware folders
I saw a video on youtube how to do it on windows pc but have no idea how to do it on apple.
On windows pc:
3) Place firmware in correct location on your PC
Place the FTF file in the C:\Flashtool\firmwares folder.
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There is such folder. If you looked at the picture you posted, you would see such address
Code:
/Users/[your name]/Desktop/LT15i_4.0.2.A.0.62/FlashTool.app/Contents/MacOS/firmwares
Put the FTF into that directory.
Thanks, I managed to start flashing.
However when I follow the prompts and press back button while connecting usb cable nothing is happening? Flash process do not start.
Hello all!
I'm looking for the folowing files:
qnx_car-201402230339.iso
apkruntime-201402230339.zip
My goal is to add an opportunity to run Android applications on my QNX Car device. So i need those files...
I'll be very appreciate if anyone can help me.
Even having that file, how to flash them by the USB ?
a4tech said:
Even having that file, how to flash them by the USB ?
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In my case i have a tool that flashes an image from usb. So i can put new files into image and flash it.
STL1te said:
Hello all!
I'm looking for the folowing files:
qnx_car-201402230339.iso
apkruntime-201402230339.zip
My goal is to add an opportunity to run Android applications on my QNX Car device. So i need those files...
I'll be very appreciate if anyone can help me.
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I'm looking for the qnx_car file as well (the bin or the exe would do too)... I have searched all over the place, would be very grateful if anyone could share a copy of it... my new car uses it and would like to do some development for it.
Thanks
Hi All,
I downloaded the ROM for SM-R800 and would like to extract the contents of rootfs.img file.
But no success after renaming the extension to .zip and .rar.
Basically I want the system dump of the watch.
Would someone be able to share it with me?
As an Windows Fanboy... I am using WinHex to extract files from rootfs.img...
Best Regards
adfree said:
As an Windows Fanboy... I am using WinHex to extract files from rootfs.img...
Best Regards
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Hi adfree,
Thanks for the advise. I installed Winhex, but I am finidng it difficult to extract the data. Openening the rootfs.img I get a lot of hexadecimal numbers as shown below.
Kindly request your guidance.
Here are Screenshots with WinHex...
Other way is to use for instance Tizen Studio and mount in Emulator... longer way...
Never tested with Linux PC...
Best Regards
rockz1991 said:
Hi All,
I downloaded the ROM for SM-R800 and would like to extract the contents of rootfs.img file.
But no success after renaming the extension to .zip and .rar.
Basically I want the system dump of the watch.
Would someone be able to share it with me?
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How did you dump the ROM for SM-R800?? Can you please explain what you did?
I0T said:
How did you dump the ROM for SM-R800?? Can you please explain what you did?
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I just googled the firmware. I didn't dump.
adfree said:
Here are Screenshots with WinHex...
Other way is to use for instance Tizen Studio and mount in Emulator... longer way...
Never tested with Linux PC...
Best Regards
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I tried this but only get a message that size is not a multiple of 512 and there is an incomplete RAW image. Please let me know what steps you took to be able to read this information thanks.
@Mr Bigglesworth
Sorry, still too laz ehm busy to answer PMs...
Can you give full details...
SM-R815?
Because SM-R815U SM-R815F SM-R815W...
And Firmware you tried...
Filename...
Samsung did same "magic"... so few rootfs.img are easily extract able via 7Zip Tool...
Best Regards
Originally I looked at COMBINATION-FT40_R815FXXU1ASB1 (for my 815f). Then failed so I just tried looking in a r800 image (r800xxu1arh3) as my first stage was really to understand the make up and what changes might have happened between firmware, so it didn't need to be the specific firmware for my watch. Both returned the same when using winhex, and both have an error message if trying 7zip, the the file is corrupted. Do you know which firmware might be readable using 7zip as a start? Thanks