[Guide][TUT] How to make a System Dump from Odin-packages - Android Software Development

Hi guys
Today I wanted to start porting some Galaxy Tab A apps to my Tab S by myself.
I searched for a Galaxy Tab A dump but there wasn't any...
So I decided to make a dump for myself.
Here are the steps I have done to create a system dump from a Odin firmware package
Let's start!
Things needed:
- Windows PC with...
- java installed
- sgs2toext4.jar downloadable from here
- ext2explore.exe downloadable from here
1) Take your time; download your Odin-Package from "sammobile.com/firmwares"
2) Extract the *.zip file using 7-Zip.
3) Now, extract the "system.img.ext4" in it
4) Open "sgs2toext4.jar"
5) A window called "Drop .img here" will appear
6) Take the "system.img.ext4" and drop it into the window
7) Wait; A new item called "system.img.ext4.img" will appear on your desktop
8) Now, open "ext2explore.exe" as Administrator
9) Click the "File"-tab and then click "open image"
10) Select your "system.img.ext4.img" which should be on your desktop
11) After this is done do a doubleclick on the harddisk icon on the right
11.1) Now you can see all things in your system partition
12) now go to the "Tools"-tab and select the "save" option.
13) Choose your place you want the dump
13.1) (Not recommended to select the desktop. Otherwise your desktop will be filled with a lot of things. Create a folder on the desktop instead)
14) Voila, your dump is ready. Be happy and press tha THX button now haha
I really do not know whose work the sgs2toext4.jar's is. Tell me via PM so I can give credit
Have a nice day :=)

awesome post!!!! Oh, if anyone needs updated links to the 2 file here, let me know as the original links no longer work.

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I thought if every one added their HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml fixes. Soon everone will have their weather fixes.
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This is my first how-to so I hope I helped some one
prometheus9000 said:
I thought if every one added their HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml fixes. Soon everone will have their weather fixes.
1. Open active sync
2. Open file explorer
3. Go to device
4. Go to tools on your window
5. Double click folder options
6. Click veiw tab
7. Click show hidden files
8. You should then see a "windows" folder
9. In the windows folder find "HH_0409_WeatherCities"
10. Copy this folder to desktop
11. Left click folder and pick properties and unclick read only
12. Open "HH_0409_WeatherCities" with notebook
13. Copy and paste fix over some city you will never use
14. Save
15. Left click folder and pick properties and reclick read only
16. Drag changed folder into windows directory on phone.
Joplin, MO 64801 fix
<city name="Joplin, MO" loca="64801" land="Missouri"/>
This is my first how-to so I hope I helped some one
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Thank you so much!
I have been working on this since yesterday and finally, a fix that works!
<city name="Boaz, AL" loca="35957" land="Alabama" />
prometheus9000 said:
I thought if every one added their HH_0409_WeatherCities.xml fixes. Soon everone will have their weather fixes.
1. Open active sync
2. Open file explorer
3. Go to device
4. Go to tools on your window
5. Double click folder options
6. Click veiw tab
7. Click show hidden files
8. You should then see a "windows" folder
9. In the windows folder find "HH_0409_WeatherCities"
10. Copy this folder to desktop
11. Left click folder and pick properties and unclick read only
12. Open "HH_0409_WeatherCities" with notebook
13. Copy and paste fix over some city you will never use
14. Save
15. Left click folder and pick properties and reclick read only
16. Drag changed folder into windows directory on phone.
Joplin, MO 64801 fix
<city name="Joplin, MO" loca="64801" land="Missouri"/>
This is my first how-to so I hope I helped some one
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whats this for?
I tried to do this but I got an Access Denied error message, on my computer it said that
"I don't have permission to create this file" what can I do?
Is it a matter of pasting this:
<city name="Joplin, MO" loca="64801" land="Missouri"/>
over another city and following the rest of the directions. I tried this, was able to get the city to show up on the list but it is unable to download the weather info?
Device: HTC touch
i can now add a city but then nothing happens. Once I click select it goes back to the main weather screen and thats it the city never gets added.
Thank you,
ed
Nothing? I've been hoping that someone would answer some of the questions in the last few posts.
I am still having the same trouble as above. As soon as I click on the city on the city selection list, it just comes up as no weather data available, but if I click on a city that I didn't have to add, it works just fine. Interestingly enough, this was working just fine before I flashed NFSFAN's newest about 3-4 months ago. I am not sure what is different, but I wonder if I had to edit the registry somehow to make it work, I don't remember now, considering I got it working the first time about 1.5 years ago. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I can't get this working either. I have Windows Mobile 6.1 and have tried everything everyone has suggested. All I am getting is my city in the selection options however if I choose it, it will fail to retrieve the weather data.
Any suggestions?

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