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extract nandroid backups?

I flashed my phone to JF 1.5 and in the process some how managed to screw up my sd card and lost all my apps. i did do a nandroid backup of jf 1.41 so i ahve those img files. I tried to restore to that to recover everything but it wont boot past the g1 logo. I tried downgrading firmware to 1.43 (couldnt find 1.41) and using the same restore for nandroid and still wouldnt boot. I also tried jsut applying the user data img to see if i could jsut grab that and it fialed on both firmware revisions 1.5 , 1.43.
In the end im stuck with a backup i cant use, the only thing i need off of it is the apps. I read that you can use the emulator to mount it but i couldnt figure that out. I also looked at yaffs extractor from the google code site but i wasnt quite sure how to compile/run it.
Anyone have a simple solution or a complex one i can follow to getting my apps out?

did you follow this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3311708&postcount=2

darkrangr said:
I also looked at yaffs extractor from the google code site but i wasnt quite sure how to compile/run it.
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You go into the source directory, type "gcc -o unyaffs unyaffs.c", then you (create and) go to some directory where you want to extract the contents ("mkdir ~/extract") "cd ~/extract", and finally you extract the image "/path/to/unyaffs /path/to/data.img".

I tried the standard nandroid restore and it failed.
Trying the yaffs thing now and i got an error.
I placed the yaffs files all in a folder on the sdcard and put the img in that folder as well.
I open the terminal on the phone and did cd /sdcard/nan nan being the directory i made
I then tried to run that command "gcc -o unyaffs unyaffs.c" and i get gcc not found. what did i do wrong?

Unless your backup was corrupted, flashing the backup should have been fine.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata data.img
You said it failed - what error did it give? Did it say it couldn't find the command? Be sure you're running these commands on your PC with your G1 connected via USB, the correct drivers are loaded, and you have the fastboot program.
As for using unyaffs - I don't think you understand what you have to do to use it. You have to compile it on your PC...all you get is the source code. I haven't looked on the google code site, but I would imagine there isn't a version for windows.
EDIT: After reading your original post for a second time, I have to ask: if you screwed up your SD card and lost all of your apps, does that mean you were using Apps2SD? That's a bit of an important detail to leave out, if so. Unless I'm mistaken (and someone correct me if I'm wrong), your apps wouldn't be in the backup anyway, you're wasting your time. If your backup is just restoring the symlinks to the SD card and the SD card is screwed up, then no wonder it's hanging at boot. You'd need to wipe your SD card and start from scratch. I'd recommend doing that either way - would you rather have to redownload a few apps or continue having a bricked phone for days?

it didnt fail on the restore with fastboot, it loaded up everything fine and then when i rebooted it just sat on the boot screens forever and never loaded.

I am feeling nice so darkrangr if you want to PM your image files I will unyaffs it on my ubuntu box for you.

TemporalShadows said:
EDIT: After reading your original post for a second time, I have to ask: if you screwed up your SD card and lost all of your apps, does that mean you were using Apps2SD? That's a bit of an important detail to leave out, if so. Unless I'm mistaken (and someone correct me if I'm wrong), your apps wouldn't be in the backup anyway, you're wasting your time. If your backup is just restoring the symlinks to the SD card and the SD card is screwed up, then no wonder it's hanging at boot. You'd need to wipe your SD card and start from scratch. I'd recommend doing that either way - would you rather have to redownload a few apps or continue having a bricked phone for days?
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no, my apps were installed normally. I am running curent jf firmwar enow while i try to get my stuff back, but some of the apps i had are no longer available or have converted to pay apps, plus i forgot a lot of apps i had.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=497034
In the other tools archive on this post you can find the unyaffs tool fully compiled. Just move your image to the same folder, drag and drop it on the unyaffs.exe and watch the files appear.

How about YOU DIDN'T INSTALL GCC!!!
darkrangr said:
I tried the standard nandroid restore and it failed.
Trying the yaffs thing now and i got an error.
I placed the yaffs files all in a folder on the sdcard and put the img in that folder as well.
I open the terminal on the phone and did cd /sdcard/nan nan being the directory i made
I then tried to run that command "gcc -o unyaffs unyaffs.c" and i get gcc not found. what did i do wrong?
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Restoring a dd backup with Odin (A fix for a badly broken EFS)

I was reading rotohammer's post about an easy on-device backup method (using dd) that can restore data at a bit more of a lower level (Odin) than a nandroid backup. (EFS partitions, etc.)
It's possible to get your EFS partition in such a state that the /dev/block/bml3 and /dev/block/stl3 devices are no longer exposed on the device at all. This results in such nice behavior as the Cellular portion of the device not functioning at all. Providing you made a dd backup of all bml and stl devices (i.e. you have a backup of stl3 specifically,) you can recover from this situation.
Odin can recognize any file defined in the .pit file, when they are flashed to the PDA slot in a .tar, and place them in their proper partitions. One benefit to this is that if you get the EFS partition to a place where the device nodes aren't exposed to the OS anymore, you can restore it to working functionality.
These are the possible filenames that Odin recognizes: (from 512.pit, other .pits may have differing partition schemes.)
Code:
ries.pit
efs.rfs (this is the file we are going to restore to fix a broken EFS with a dd backup)
sbl.bin
param.lfs
zImage (kernel and recovery)
factoryfs.rfs
dbdata.rfs
cache.rfs
modem.bin
Any of these files are flashable by Odin3 1.7 if you place them in a .tar and put in the PDA slot.
rotohammer's post details which device matches up with which filename, in this case what we want to do is name the /dev/block/stl3 backup efs.rfs, and add it to a tar file (efs.tar) then flash it.
Assuming you have adb installed, and the stl3.bin file in the current folder:
adb push stl3.bin /sdcard/efs.rfs
adb shell
$ su
#
# cd /sdcard
# tar -cf efs.tar efs.rfs
# exit
$ exit
adb pull /sdcard/efs.tar
Now, get into download mode, open odin, stick efs.tar in PDA slot, and press start. Bam! EFS fixed
Note that in normal conditions you won't need a backup this extreme (copies of the files inside will be ok) but i've seen a number of users who have gotten their phones into this state (and did it myself during testing!) - This works with all the partitions you back up with dd that have support in your .pit file.
I've also used this to make an odin backup of my ROM, and flash it back later. This way you can have a pre-lagfixed ROM, for example
Dedicated to cerjam

how to obtain stl3 and bml3
in adb
adb shell
su (allow the root access)
cat /dev/block/stl3 > /sdcard/stl3.bak
cat /dev/block/bml3 > /sdcard/bml3.bak
rename .bak by .bin
sorry for my english.

Da_G said:
I was reading rotohammer's post
I've also used this to make an odin backup of my ROM, and flash it back later. This way you can have a pre-lagfixed ROM, for example
Dedicated to cerjam
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How can I make ODIN back of my ROM, a little guide would help. Thanks in advance for your response.

trip007in said:
How can I make ODIN back of my ROM, a little guide would help. Thanks in advance for your response.
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hi please use the search button , you will easily find how to , this is a 5 month old thread ....

Gonna go out on a limb and assume they are using search, hence the 5 month old post bump.

whiteguypl said:
Gonna go out on a limb and assume they are using search, hence the 5 month old post bump.
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I dunno how they used it but htere s a 2 weeks old post by darky in the i9000 section .

can someone upload efs.rfs?efs.tar?
i screwd mine and i dont have backup

Every device has there own efs folder (IMEI and stuf).
So if you don't have a backup I don't know what to tell you...

thats not nv_data.bin or imei and product code stuffi want efs partition structure
wich come from stl3.bin

This thread may be almost a year old, but it just saved my Infuse.
Once again it just proves that if you serach, read, try and search, read and try somemore, you can find the answers.

Truckerglenn said:
This thread may be almost a year old, but it just saved my Infuse.
Once again it just proves that if you serach, read, try and search, read and try somemore, you can find the answers.
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Someone gets it lolz .
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda premium

moeinf said:
thats not nv_data.bin or imei and product code stuffi want efs partition structure
wich come from stl3.bin
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Sorry im late...but adamoutler was going to post a blank efs partition in another thread . Dont know what happenwd to it tho.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using xda premium

Da_G said:
I was reading rotohammer's post about an easy on-device backup method (using dd) that can restore data at a bit more of a lower level (Odin) than a nandroid backup. (EFS partitions, etc.)
It's possible to get your EFS partition in such a state that the /dev/block/bml3 and /dev/block/stl3 devices are no longer exposed on the device at all. This results in such nice behavior as the Cellular portion of the device not functioning at all. Providing you made a dd backup of all bml and stl devices (i.e. you have a backup of stl3 specifically,) you can recover from this situation.
Odin can recognize any file defined in the .pit file, when they are flashed to the PDA slot in a .tar, and place them in their proper partitions. One benefit to this is that if you get the EFS partition to a place where the device nodes aren't exposed to the OS anymore, you can restore it to working functionality.
These are the possible filenames that Odin recognizes: (from 512.pit, other .pits may have differing partition schemes.)
Code:
ries.pit
efs.rfs (this is the file we are going to restore to fix a broken EFS with a dd backup)
sbl.bin
param.lfs
zImage (kernel and recovery)
factoryfs.rfs
dbdata.rfs
cache.rfs
modem.bin
Any of these files are flashable by Odin3 1.7 if you place them in a .tar and put in the PDA slot.
rotohammer's post details which device matches up with which filename, in this case what we want to do is name the /dev/block/stl3 backup efs.rfs, and add it to a tar file (efs.tar) then flash it.
Assuming you have adb installed, and the stl3.bin file in the current folder:
adb push stl3.bin /sdcard/efs.rfs
adb shell
$ su
#
# cd /sdcard
# tar -cf efs.tar efs.rfs
# exit
$ exit
adb pull /sdcard/efs.tar
Now, get into download mode, open odin, stick efs.tar in PDA slot, and press start. Bam! EFS fixed
Note that in normal conditions you won't need a backup this extreme (copies of the files inside will be ok) but i've seen a number of users who have gotten their phones into this state (and did it myself during testing!) - This works with all the partitions you back up with dd that have support in your .pit file.
I've also used this to make an odin backup of my ROM, and flash it back later. This way you can have a pre-lagfixed ROM, for example
Dedicated to cerjam
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If I could Ill kiss you! Thank you it really did the trick!

[HELP] Odin FAIL!

I edited a ROM (JPA-Stock AOSP Theme 0.1), and I try to change the apps into factoryfs.rfs with MagicISO in Windows seven! I can do it, I changed and added many apps that I like! I save the factoryfs, but when I tried to flash my phone with that ROM, the ODIN shows me this fail:
"Big partition size!!"
And the ODIN starts to charge the factoryfs but never finish! =(
WHY?
Thank you for all!

UP! Help please!

"I changed and added many apps that I like"
You added too many apps and your factoryfs is just too big...

pff... Ok, I supose it... THANKS!

fersago said:
pff... Ok, I supose it... THANKS!
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sorry buddy. I have no idea. Perhaps you can try to PM GSAM or others who post ROMS. They might be able to help you

Looks like you have added too many apps and size of the factoryfs.rfs is over 200MB. /system mount point is only 200MB. So you can not flash more than that.

OK, a lot of thanks for all!
I am trying make a ROM with a Factoryfs 200 MB below!
Of new, thanks
EDIT: I tried to make a factoryfs below 200mb, but ODIN shows me the same error! =(

Did u wipe dalvik cache and partition??

hold on! you said "I try to change the apps into factoryfs.rfs with MagicISO in Windows seven!" ??? how can you change apps into factoryfs.rfs??
this is the command you should use to dump factoryfs.rfs : "dd if=/dev/block/stl6 of=/sdcard/factory.rfs"
I don't understand why you need "MagicISO"...

J.Purungrit said:
hold on! you said "I try to change the apps into factoryfs.rfs with MagicISO in Windows seven!" ??? how can you change apps into factoryfs.rfs??
this is the command you should use to dump factoryfs.rfs : "dd if=/dev/block/stl6 of=/sdcard/factory.rfs"
I don't understand why you need "MagicISO"...
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+1

JP mentioned the correct way.
Just copy as much apps your phone has space via adb command or qtadb or whatever a programm / app to your /system/app directory
When its full, its full.
Use the command mentioned above to dump your phone. The correct (and usable!) factory.rfs is found on your sdcard.
Take this file and a one package TAR file of any firmware flash file, echange the file in the TAR package and have fun with flashing via ODIN.
-> dont forget to exchange the kernel you need, too
OH...
this thread is some days old... maybe another user finds this thread via the search function and has use of the answers.
Cheers
qaysed

[Q] DD to dump factoryfs?

If i use DD to dump factoryfs, can i use this in a Rom as it is?

Ok so i found out how:
ADB shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/stl6 of=/sdcard/factoryfs.rfs

Is this any different to adb pull ?

that could be used to make a full backup of your phone for future recovery directly with ADB?
You sure it's possible? I'm intrigued

Bubble-be said:
Is this any different to adb pull ?
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Way different.
Sent from my ACID Lestatious 2.0 BUILD 1.7 Galaxy 3 FROYO

Once you have have the factoryfs.rfs file how do you use this to flash the phone back?
I used this method to take a copy of the factory firmware before flashing a ROM. I can see in the TAR file used in the ROM I flashed has other RFS files as well.

flash it

stubborn_d0nkey said:
flash it
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Hi Stubborn_d0nkey,
Thanks but I'm a bit of a noob at this. How exactly do you setup odin to do it as odin wants tar files and when using "one package" that tar combines lots of rfs files.
Can you explain step by step
thanks

astrae said:
Hi Stubborn_d0nkey,
Thanks but I'm a bit of a noob at this. How exactly do you setup odin to do it as odin wants tar files and when using "one package" that tar combines lots of rfs files.
Can you explain step by step
thanks
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Download Total Commander and add it to a .tar file.
Sent from my ACID Lestatious 2.0 BUILD 1.7 Galaxy 3 FROYO

This is becoming interesting. So one could dd all the mount points and flash it back, or dd it back in download mode.
Which block devices should you backup ? To what rfs files do they correspond ?
Another question I have : where are the mount points defined ? I couldn't locate an fstab.

Bubble-be said:
This is becoming interesting. So one could dd all the mount points and flash it back, or dd it back in download mode.
Which block devices should you backup ? To what rfs files do they correspond ?
Another question I have : where are the mount points defined ? I couldn't locate an fstab.
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No. You dd back in normal mode.
stl6: system
stl7: data
stl8: cache
Sent from my ACID Lestatious 2.0 BUILD 1.7 Galaxy 3 FROYO

Looks like deskjeti is one step further :
[Need Help] Galaxy 3 Backup Tool

I9505X live demo unit how to recover, install rom

I decided to make this post to help people bring life back to the I9505X live demo unit. I know how conflicting some some sites are so I just wanted to write something all can follow step for step. Hope it helps like it helped me
1 Download rom from www.sammobile.com
2 Once file is downloaded you will have something looking like this I9505XXUAMDM_I9505OXXAMDB_BTU.zip (this is one i used) http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/?page=1&model=GT-I9505&pcode=0#firmware
3 Extract the zip file
4 You will now have somthing like this I9505XXUAMDM_I9505OXXAMDB_I9505XXUAMDM_HOME.tar.md5
5 Rename file to samrom.tar
6 Place this file on your desktop (this will be the tar file we want to edit)
7 Download cygwin from here http://cygwin.com/setup.exe and install
8 Move the tar file to C:\cygwin\home
10 Open cygwin
11 We need to delete some files from the tar file. to do so i will list the commands below and files that need deleting. after typing each line command please wait while the action completes as it will look like its doing nothing. commands as follows
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar NON-HLOS.bin
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar modem.bin
12 Once the last command is done just close cygwin (depending on the rom you download there maybe other files that need deleting)
the files remaining should be
boot.img
cache.img.ext4
hidden.img.ext4
recovery.img
system.img.ext4
(you can check this by opening the samrom.tar file with winrar)
13 Download odin and install from http://www.android.gs/download-odin-3-07/
14 Make sure samsung drivers are installed if they are not download em from http://www.mediafire.com/download/d2h54mx7kt4uupt/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones(3).exe
15 Open odin and connect your S4
16 Click on PDA and place the samrom.tar file in there and click start (it will flash)
17 after it has flashed install TWRP and install adams kernel explained here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2256252&page=14
i hope this helps people who are having trouble installing roms on there S4 live demo unit. if you would like to know anything or having trouble message me im happy to try help.
Thanks to marian_86 for helping me sort out this problem for me
If this helped you please hit thank me

Hi!
is everything works fine after you did this?
I have live demo unit, I'm afraid bricking it.

there is the possibility of making a video demo?
there is the possibility of making a video demo?
QUOTE=Sirus2012;43240081]I decided to make this post to help people bring life back to the I9505X live demo unit. I know how conflicting some some sites are so I just wanted to write something all can follow step for step. Hope it helps like it helped me
1 Download rom from www.sammobile.com
2 Once file is downloaded you will have something looking like this I9505XXUAMDM_I9505OXXAMDB_BTU.zip (this is one i used) http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/?page=1&model=GT-I9505&pcode=0#firmware
3 Extract the zip file
4 You will now have somthing like this I9505XXUAMDM_I9505OXXAMDB_I9505XXUAMDM_HOME.tar.md5
5 Rename file to samrom.tar
6 Place this file on your desktop (this will be the tar file we want to edit)
7 Download cygwin from here http://cygwin.com/setup.exe and install
8 Move the tar file to C:\cygwin\home
10 Open cygwin
11 We need to delete some files from the tar file. to do so i will list the commands below and files that need deleting. after typing each line command please wait while the action completes as it will look like its doing nothing. commands as follows
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar NON-HLOS.bin
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar modem.bin
12 Once the last command is done just close cygwin (depending on the rom you download there maybe other files that need deleting)
the files remaining should be
boot.img
cache.img.ext4
hidden.img.ext4
recovery.img
system.img.ext4
(you can check this by opening the samrom.tar file with winrar)
13 Download odin and install from http://www.android.gs/download-odin-3-07/
14 Make sure samsung drivers are installed if they are not download em from http://www.mediafire.com/download/d2h54mx7kt4uupt/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones(3).exe
15 Open odin and connect your S4
16 Click on PDA and place the samrom.tar file in there and click start (it will flash)
17 after it has flashed install TWRP and install adams kernel explained here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2256252&page=14
i hope this helps people who are having trouble installing roms on there S4 live demo unit. if you would like to know anything or having trouble message me im happy to try help.
Thanks to marian_86 for helping me sort out this problem for me
If this helped you please hit thank me [/QUOTE]

Pics pleas??
Verstuurd van mijn GT-I9505

Every thing is working fine for me only one prob.
when i reboot it . it stuck into the first logo. i have waited for more than 10 min.
than if i got recvoery and format the data. it boot than normally once.
Again if i had to reboot it. i have to goto recovery and format the data to boot the phone.
how to get rid of this?
br

s4 demo unit
Deduxma said:
there is the possibility of making a video demo?
QUOTE=Sirus2012;43240081]I decided to make this post to help people bring life back to the I9505X live demo unit. I know how conflicting some some sites are so I just wanted to write something all can follow step for step. Hope it helps like it helped me
1 Download rom from www.sammobile.com
2 Once file is downloaded you will have something looking like this I9505XXUAMDM_I9505OXXAMDB_BTU.zip (this is one i used) http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/?page=1&model=GT-I9505&pcode=0#firmware
3 Extract the zip file
4 You will now have somthing like this I9505XXUAMDM_I9505OXXAMDB_I9505XXUAMDM_HOME.tar.md5
5 Rename file to samrom.tar
6 Place this file on your desktop (this will be the tar file we want to edit)
7 Download cygwin from here http://cygwin.com/setup.exe and install
8 Move the tar file to C:\cygwin\home
10 Open cygwin
11 We need to delete some files from the tar file. to do so i will list the commands below and files that need deleting. after typing each line command please wait while the action completes as it will look like its doing nothing. commands as follows
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar NON-HLOS.bin
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar modem.bin
12 Once the last command is done just close cygwin (depending on the rom you download there maybe other files that need deleting)
the files remaining should be
boot.img
cache.img.ext4
hidden.img.ext4
recovery.img
system.img.ext4
(you can check this by opening the samrom.tar file with winrar)
13 Download odin and install from http://www.android.gs/download-odin-3-07/
14 Make sure samsung drivers are installed if they are not download em from http://www.mediafire.com/download/d2h54mx7kt4uupt/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones(3).exe
15 Open odin and connect your S4
16 Click on PDA and place the samrom.tar file in there and click start (it will flash)
17 after it has flashed install TWRP and install adams kernel explained here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2256252&page=14
i hope this helps people who are having trouble installing roms on there S4 live demo unit. if you would like to know anything or having trouble message me im happy to try help.
Thanks to marian_86 for helping me sort out this problem for me
If this helped you please hit thank me
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please dose it mean my live s4 live demo unit will now behave like a normal phone and make or receive calls? after intalling this rom?

Help!
Just picked up a i9505x live demo unit.....does this process still work??

Demos don't have imeis do they I know our 3 s4s don't so calls can't be made
Sent from my GT-I9505 using xda app-developers app

s4sajii said:
Every thing is working fine for me only one prob.
when i reboot it . it stuck into the first logo. i have waited for more than 10 min.
than if i got recvoery and format the data. it boot than normally once.
Again if i had to reboot it. i have to goto recovery and format the data to boot the phone.
how to get rid of this?
br
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Flash edited stock rom

Yes
Already did that. As described in the first post.
Br

Works but...
Everything works as it should but no WiFi.When flash Adam Kernel just get a black screen and that's it

I follow all the steps from the first post but at the end of odin flash i get FAIL . Any ideas?

Sirus2012 said:
11 We need to delete some files from the tar file. to do so i will list the commands below and files that need deleting. after typing each line command please wait while the action completes as it will look like its doing nothing. commands as follows
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar NON-HLOS.bin
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar modem.bin
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i did it but i got this
Dj [email protected]ib ~
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar NON-HLOS.bin
tar: NON-HLOS.bin: Not found in archive
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
Dj [email protected] ~
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar modem.bin
tar: modem.bin: Not found in archive
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
Dj [email protected] ~
so sir what to do ???

mastro:° said:
i did it but i got this
Dj [email protected] ~
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar NON-HLOS.bin
tar: NON-HLOS.bin: Not found in archive
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
Dj [email protected] ~
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar modem.bin
tar: modem.bin: Not found in archive
tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors
Dj [email protected] ~
so sir what to do ???
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same problem here.....seems like the command is not written in the right way
EDIT: I noticedd that when you start the program, it creates a folder inside 'cygwin-home' which is your user name and you have to place the samrom.tar in there in order to delete the two files!
btw the command lines are correct! cheers!!

stergios89 said:
same problem here.....seems like the command is not written in the right way
EDIT: I noticedd that when you start the program, it creates a folder inside 'cygwin-home' which is your user name and you have to place the samrom.tar in there in order to delete the two files!
btw the command lines are correct! cheers!!
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So what`s the status of your phone, I was given an S4 LDU and I`d love to get rid of the demo all together, I`m not to bothered that I won`t be able to use it as a phone.

mloc33 said:
So what`s the status of your phone, I was given an S4 LDU and I`d love to get rid of the demo all together, I`m not to bothered that I won`t be able to use it as a phone.
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Well, based on the stock ROM I downloaded it (I9505XXUAMDM_I9505OXXAMDB_I9505XXUAMDM_HOME.tar.md5),I deleted the the files sirus2012 was referring to and I am stuck at a point were the Odin says fail while flashing the ROM....
Trying to figure out if I need to delete another more file from the .TAR
After the FAIL status in Odin, I disconnected the phone, removed battery and placed it again and I had an error saying 'Firmware needs to be recovered via Kies'
I, once then, flashed again the stock ROM(without the deleted files) and noticed there was no WiFi....
So I either have a phone with no WIFI, or an error and phone can't boot
Hope I can find a way out of this!

stergios89 said:
Well, based on the stock ROM I downloaded it (I9505XXUAMDM_I9505OXXAMDB_I9505XXUAMDM_HOME.tar.md5),I deleted the the files sirus2012 was referring to and I am stuck at a point were the Odin says fail while flashing the ROM....
Trying to figure out if I need to delete another more file from the .TAR
After the FAIL status in Odin, I disconnected the phone, removed battery and placed it again and I had an error saying 'Firmware needs to be recovered via Kies'
I, once then, flashed again the stock ROM(without the deleted files) and noticed there was no WiFi....
So I either have a phone with no WIFI, or an error and phone can't boot
Hope I can find a way out of this!
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Seems that there`s no real method or solution, pity, it`s a waste of a phone the way it is..

mloc33 said:
Seems that there`s no real method or solution, pity, it`s a waste of a phone the way it is..
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Don't give up on that.....I think there will be a solution sooner or later....(I'll try to find it asap) because this 'phone' is really good
Or it could be something really small that we can't see and do it wrong.

stergios89 said:
Don't give up on that.....I think there will be a solution sooner or later....(I'll try to find it asap) because this 'phone' is really good
Or it could be something really small that we can't see and do it wrong.
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True man, fingers crossed I suppose

mloc33 said:
Seems that there`s no real method or solution, pity, it`s a waste of a phone the way it is..
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Sirus2012 said:
I decided to make this post to help people bring life back to the I9505X live demo unit. I know how conflicting some some sites are so I just wanted to write something all can follow step for step. Hope it helps like it helped me
1 Download rom from www.sammobile.com
2 Once file is downloaded you will have something looking like this I9505XXUAMDM_I9505OXXAMDB_BTU.zip (this is one i used) http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/?page=1&model=GT-I9505&pcode=0#firmware
3 Extract the zip file
4 You will now have somthing like this I9505XXUAMDM_I9505OXXAMDB_I9505XXUAMDM_HOME.tar.md5
5 Rename file to samrom.tar
6 Place this file on your desktop (this will be the tar file we want to edit)
7 Download cygwin from here http://cygwin.com/setup.exe and install
8 Move the tar file to C:\cygwin\home
10 Open cygwin
11 We need to delete some files from the tar file. to do so i will list the commands below and files that need deleting. after typing each line command please wait while the action completes as it will look like its doing nothing. commands as follows
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar NON-HLOS.bin
$ tar --delete --file=samrom.tar modem.bin
12 Once the last command is done just close cygwin (depending on the rom you download there maybe other files that need deleting)
the files remaining should be
boot.img
cache.img.ext4
hidden.img.ext4
recovery.img
system.img.ext4
(you can check this by opening the samrom.tar file with winrar)
13 Download odin and install from http://www.android.gs/download-odin-3-07/
14 Make sure samsung drivers are installed if they are not download em from http://www.mediafire.com/download/d2h54mx7kt4uupt/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones(3).exe
15 Open odin and connect your S4
16 Click on PDA and place the samrom.tar file in there and click start (it will flash)
17 after it has flashed install TWRP and install adams kernel explained here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2256252&page=14
i hope this helps people who are having trouble installing roms on there S4 live demo unit. if you would like to know anything or having trouble message me im happy to try help.
Thanks to marian_86 for helping me sort out this problem for me
If this helped you please hit thank me
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Well I think I figured it out with my S4 demo unit to make WiFi work.
All the steps were followed BUT...
I DIDN'T delete the two files(modem and NON-hlos) and continued with the procedure
The most important step was .17 which redirects you to another thread about TWRP and Adams Kernel...
Following the steps there where enough to solve my issue.
And now my WiFi works pretty good(so far so good at least for the last 2-3 hours )
Let me know if it worked for you too!
Cheers!