All the CWM files from the official website are *.img but odin3 is asking for a tar file.
there has to be some reason why all the files are IMG that its the right file (its the only thing available form their site...). Where can I find a tar file from CWM?
Additionally, do you have to root to flash CWM from stock?
Hi
Is there a way to get a stock kernel somewhere, in the purpose of flashing it either with CWM or in Odin? Everywhere I look, the Stock Rom packages contain the kernel, but also contain system image and recovery. I need only the kernel from this to flash, is there any way to get the kernel from each of this packages, so that I can flash it alone?
lukair1983 said:
Hi
Is there a way to get a stock kernel somewhere, in the purpose of flashing it either with CWM or in Odin? Everywhere I look, the Stock Rom packages contain the kernel, but also contain system image and recovery. I need only the kernel from this to flash, is there any way to get the kernel from each of this packages, so that I can flash it alone?
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open the stock firmware with 7zip and copy the boot image to desktop
Thank you for taking the time.
So "boot.img" is kernel image?
If so, then once I extract the boot.img, how do I flash it using odin?
lukair1983 said:
Thank you for taking the time.
So "boot.img" is kernel image?
If so, then once I extract the boot.img, how do I flash it using odin?
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yes boot.img is the kernel.
you can use a special tool to make it a tar file like this
if you want. attach the boot.img here in a zip and i will make it for you
Thanks samersh72. I should probably learn that myself, you did enough for me already. I should be able to take it from here. Thanks again.
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How can i make flashable kernel zip file from twrp backup file or boot.img file???
You can flash the .img file by switching twrp to img flash mode.
Very simple way:
Take other custom kernel zip file, replace it with your boot.img and flash. That's it.
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Does anybody know how to extract modem & bootloader from stock firmware into flashable .zip? Is it fairly straight forward?
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Does anybody know how to extract modem & bootloader from stock firmware into flashable .zip? Is it fairly straight forward?
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Yeah i found this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/general/guide-extract-bootloader-make-flashable-t2864264
That's for making Odin files. A method for creating a flashable .zip was requested.
For that matter, I can't really help you but I'm pretty sure the bootloader is protected and writable only in download mode.
Friends kindly share file link of flashable stock recovery image