this may sound really stupid.. im new to it.. ive downloaded a firmware and its on .zip
how do i flash it? can i just rename it to .ftf so that i can use flashtool to flash it?
kagerou001 said:
this may sound really stupid.. im new to it.. ive downloaded a firmware and its on .zip
how do i flash it? can i just rename it to .ftf so that i can use flashtool to flash it?
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Check the contents of the zip file, if it contains a .ftf file inside it you have to extract and use flashtool to flash it.
If it contains an updater-script then its probably a recovery flashable file, which means it won't work using flash tool.
If you rename and try, you most probably will get an error from the flashtool.
But i doubt its possible to brick your phone that way though
it contains .sin files and meta-inf folder
kagerou001 said:
it contains .sin files and meta-inf folder
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Can you post a screenshot of the folder please? I will be able to help you more.
kagerou001 said:
it contains .sin files and meta-inf folder
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Most likely you should be able to. But can you quote the source and name of the file maybe?
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I am needing the whole system dump of the original rom for the Mesmerize (not fascinate) I need some of the files that the original rom has. Please make it in a zip file so i can access it on my computer. Please and thank you.
veteranmina said:
I am needing the whole system dump of the original rom for the Mesmerize (not fascinate) I need some of the files that the original rom has. Please make it in a zip file so i can access it on my computer. Please and thank you.
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Wouldn't that be what the Odin files are in the "get back to stock" thread?
akellar said:
Wouldn't that be what the Odin files are in the "get back to stock" thread?
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I dont want ODIN files. I need the files that you can readily modify in windows. i need to go through and find some files and put them in a rom.
veteranmina said:
I dont want ODIN files. I need the files that you can readily modify in windows. i need to go through and find some files and put them in a rom.
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Pretty certain Odin files are zip files. I can't check into it at work but I would guess you can just use 7zip and extract them. Otherwise, just flash your phone back to stock and pull whatever you need from there.
akellar said:
Pretty certain Odin files are zip files. I can't check into it at work but I would guess you can just use 7zip and extract them. Otherwise, just flash your phone back to stock and pull whatever you need from there.
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Odin is .tar and .md5 files. i cannot open those in windows. I need ones that u can flash for instance with clockworks recovery type of file.
veteranmina said:
Odin is .tar and .md5 files. i cannot open those in windows. I need ones that u can flash for instance with clockworks recovery type of file.
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There is no such thing. That's why you have to use Odin to go back to stock. And I know the file extensions of Odin, however those files contain other folders/files. Which is why I said use 7zip to see them.
veteranmina said:
Odin is .tar and .md5 files. i cannot open those in windows.
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Wrong. Wrong. Wrong.
You know another thing you could try is the pick n pack rom file. It is stock deodexed and a flashable .zip file. The odin files can be opened on a PC you just have to use the programs mentions. But as far as a complete stock flashable. zip file. You aren't going to find it cause we just don't have it. Best bet would be to download the mentioned programs and decompress the ODIN file.
Another thing I just remembered is the program winrar recognizes the .tar ODIN files as winrar archives. You may be able to decompress and extract the files you need with that program. But if your gong to have to download anyting I would just do the above mentioned programs as they have been proven to work.
Tap-a-Talked.
As stated above you can get those from pick and pack it is the stock rom essentially and includes all of the .apk's and files in a .zip (you'll need apktool to decompile the .apk's in windows), or you could flash stock in odin and then pull them with ADB (QTADB works well for that).
You won't be able to work with the .bin files located inside the .tar (in windows), but you can get into the .tar with winrar or 7zip. You need linux to get into the .bin files
Hi,
I need help from kind heart people in this forum if they can help to re-packaged the XXKG5 files from xda-developer into ODIN flashable files like example
CODE_I9100XXKG5_xxxxxx.tar.m d5
MODEM_I9100XXKG5_xxxxxx.tar.md5
GT-I9100-CSC-xxxxxx.tar.md5
I have downloaded the XXKG5 files from xda-developer BUT the package contains files like boot, cache, factoryfs, hidden, modem, param.lfs, sbl and zImage of which I cannot flash with ODIN.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I would like to have XXKG5 on my SGS2.
Thanks.
i guess you extract the .tar file don't you? just double click 7e file that you originally download and use the extracted file as it is. do not need to extract once again.
prydoxs said:
i guess you extract the .tar file don't you? just double click 7e file that you originally download and use the extracted file as it is. do not need to extract once again.
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I didn't. Yes I extracted the first compressed file dowloaded. Then all I get are the files like in Image 1. Since Odin cannot flash the compressed file in Image 1....IF I extracted the compressed file in Image 1 then all I get are the files like in Image 2...
As you can see, either way I can't flash with Odin.
If you downloaded from xda it shouldntt look like that.You only need to double click on the file and it extracts.if you didn't download from here then here it is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Read the first notice part about extracting the file to make sure you understand clearly.
I think that in order to customize a ROM it needs to be in ZIP format, right?
At least in ZIP format I was able to browse the contents of ROMs while in FTF it didn't work with 7zip, or at least the contents are not easily readable.
So, can anyone help me converting FTF to ZIP? I'm on Windows 7.
I tried a tool called F2Z but it didn't work with my Sony Xperia Miro FTF ROM file.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
Try with dsixda kitchen http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
Sent from my D2303
john3voltas said:
I think that in order to customize a ROM it needs to be in ZIP format, right?
At least in ZIP format I was able to browse the contents of ROMs while in FTF it didn't work with 7zip, or at least the contents are not easily readable.
So, can anyone help me converting FTF to ZIP? I'm on Windows 7.
I tried a tool called F2Z but it didn't work with my Sony Xperia Miro FTF ROM file.
Thanks in advance.
Cheers
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1. Open .zip with WinRar or 7zip. Extract system.sin
2. Use the sin extractor tool in FlashTool.
3. The result is a system.ext4 file.
4. If on Linux or OS X, mount it and zip the system folder. On WinRar you can use a tool like Ext2Extractor to do the job.
5. ????
6. Profit.
I downloaded the D6603_23.0.A.2.93_Generic_20GLOBAL for the Sony xperia z3 from xperiafirmware.com and rather than the file being .FTF it is like this, Anybody know how to fix this or what I've done wrong, Thankyou.
luvlfc123 said:
I downloaded the D6603_23.0.A.2.93_Generic_20GLOBAL for the Sony xperia z3 from xperiafirmware.com and rather than the file being .FTF it is like this, Anybody know how to fix this or what I've done wrong, Thankyou.
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FTF files are basically just zip files.
The folder it came in is a compressed folder. It seems you have extracted the contents from it. Make sure you have not hidden known file extensions in the windows options.
If not, just rename the folder to end in .FTF and it will be fine.
Yup, rename the entire folder to .FTF and It will flash just fine.
gregbradley said:
FTF files are basically just zip files.
The folder it came in is a compressed folder. It seems you have extracted the contents from it. Make sure you have not hidden known file extensions in the windows options.
If not, just rename the folder to end in .FTF and it will be fine.
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Thankyou! I've renamed the file and placed it into the flashtool firmware folder but when press the flash device button it doesn't show up, Not sure what to do from here.
luvlfc123 said:
Thankyou! I've renamed the file and placed it into the flashtool firmware folder but when press the flash device button it doesn't show up, Not sure what to do from here.
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Are you sure it was a file and not a folder you renamed....
When you download the file do not open it, just move it to the firmware folder
gregbradley said:
Are you sure it was a file and not a folder you renamed....
When you download the file do not open it, just move it to the firmware folder
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When I try to download it through Xperifirm I get the same problem but it doesn't come as an FTF file. It needs to be to work with PRFCreator.
I need the official firmware 33.2.A.2.93 in format .zip, I want for flash in twrp
Please help I don't use the flashtool, not working in my pc or I don't know to use xD
Downlaod ftf file and replace it by .zip
download fif file from xperifirm and then rename with .zip
Chronoxl said:
I need the official firmware 33.2.A.2.93 in format .zip, I want for flash in twrp
Please help I don't use the flashtool, not working in my pc or I don't know to use xD
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wrundawan said:
download fif file from xperifirm and then rename with .zip
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wrundawan said:
download fif file from xperifirm and then rename with .zip[/QUOT
No you cant download ftf file from xperifirm
Just download the file from xperifirm and convert it to ftf by using Sony flashtool
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Yes correct
divakarhero said:
wrundawan said:
download fif file from xperifirm and then rename with .zip[/QUOT
No you cant download ftf file from xperifirm
Just download the file from xperifirm and convert it to ftf by using Sony flashtool
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It's a better way than just renaming ftf to zip but his problem is that Flashtool doesn't work on his PC
@Chronoxl, You can try to convert it with an Android Kitchen tool like "Assayyed kitchen" from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ch...-android-roms-editor-assayyedkitchen-t3410545
I use it to convert elf boot to img but not tried to convert the whole firmware, it works for others Xperia.
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