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?
Hey guys, I was wondering if you could find me a good tutorial for converting an FTF into flashable zip for CWM I found something but it creates a massive ~900mb file so I think there's something wrong. I want this for creating an E (1505) rom based off that new 11.3.A.2.33 ftf
Thanks in advance
dradudi_rom said:
Hey guys, I was wondering if you could find me a good tutorial for converting an FTF into flashable zip for CWM I found something but it creates a massive ~900mb file so I think there's something wrong. I want this for creating an E (1505) rom based off that new 11.3.A.2.33 ftf
Thanks in advance
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1) Open the ftf with WinRAR.
2) Extract the system.sin to your desktop.
3) Open flashtool.
4) Click Tools>Sin Editor.
5) Select the system.sin file on your desktop and then click extract data.
6) Wait for the whole process to finish.
7) Download ext2explore and run it in administrator mode.
8) Open the system.ext4 flashtool has created for you.
9) Save the files to your desktop by right clicking on the root of the directory shown.
10) Bundle these files into a flashable .zip (there are plenty of these in the forums).
Sure Will Help
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=53495829
Stick into this thread :laugh:
Thanks a lot guys, I think I'll do this
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
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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 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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Here, I got system.sin of 2 Sony Xperia NXT series phones (files inside the zip). I wanted to extract those files and wanted the apk's but I can't even extract those files. I tried all the apps for extracting but gives me errors. Can somebody help me? It's for a experiment
socerguy said:
Here, I got system.sin of 2 Sony Xperia NXT series phones (files inside the zip). I wanted to extract those files and wanted the apk's but I can't even extract those files. I tried all the apps for extracting but gives me errors. Can somebody help me? It's for a experiment
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search for "unpack Sony sin image" here on XDA or with Google. which platform? are you rooted?
WoKoschekk said:
search for "unpack Sony sin image" here on XDA or with Google. which platform? are you rooted?
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Uhh.. I didn't rooted it and extracting .sin file gingerbread worked fine but ics didn't worked
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search for "unpack Sony sin image" here on XDA or with Google. which platform? are you rooted?
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And it's for Sony Xperia u in android 4.0
socerguy said:
And it's for Sony Xperia u in android 4.0
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you need a tool to unpack *.sin images for Android 4.0?? What about Windows or Linux?
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you need a tool to unpack *.sin images for Android 4.0?? What about Windows or Linux?
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I tried all apps from this forums but none of 'em worked (it works with 2.3 gingerbread). I'm using windows 11
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you need a tool to unpack *.sin images for Android 4.0?? What about Windows or Linux?
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And I don't need a tool, I need help
socerguy said:
And I don't need a tool, I need help
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help for what? how do you want to unpack it?
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help for what? how do you want to unpack it?
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to unpack system.sin. I wanted to get the contents inside the file in a zip file
socerguy said:
to unpack system.sin. I wanted to get the contents inside the file in a zip file
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but HOW??
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download, unpack and open the folder. copy the .sin file(s) into the folder and create a new folder called "output" =>
Code:
C:\Users\$NAME\Downloads\sony_dump_tools\output
type "cmd" in the above address bar of the Explorer window and hit "Enter" => cmd.exe starts
execute
Code:
sony_dump output <name of your *.sin file>
DO NOT doubleclick the .exe! It's a binary for cmd.exe!
For any errors please post the output of cmd.exe or post a screenshot (WINDOWS+Shift+S) of cmd.exe
It gave me system.sin.unknown file
And here is the cmd
socerguy said:
And here is the cmd
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as you can see everything is fine. the file is called *.unknown because the tool don't know what it is. but it's not an error.
rename system.sin.unknown => system.ext4
download and install 7z from here. Then open system.ext4 with it.
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as you can see everything is fine. the file is called *.unknown because the tool don't know what it is. but it's not an error.
rename system.sin.unknown => system.ext4
download and install 7z from here. Then open system.ext4 with it.
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unfortunately 7zip says archive is corrupt
socerguy said:
unfortunately 7zip says archive is corrupt
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Then we have to find out what kind of file type was unpacked.
Please install HxD - Hex Editor.
=> choose your language and "Edition = installable"
=> open HxD > go to "File" (top left) > "Open" > select "system.ext4"
=> press F11 and make screenshot
In HxD you'll see left "Offset". Please also scroll down to Offset 00000400 and do a second screenshot that shows 00000400 and the following lines to round about 00000600.
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In HxD you'll see left "Offset". Please also scroll down to Offset 00000400 and do a second screenshot that shows 00000400 and the following lines to round about 00000600.
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You have a Sony NXT, but which model exactly? The NXT-series consists of 6 different models.
It's a Sony Xperia s lt26i (4.0) https://m.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_s-4369.php