[DEV-Q] boot.img - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hey guys is it possible to create a boot.img for any Samsung Device?
Does the Nexus S use a boot.img?
because i tried to port MIUI,BUT there is a boot.img needed and with the tut´s in the Web i can´t create a Image -.-
So Guys thinking about that Stuff..

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Which block is boot.img?

well i think title says all,
i want to cook my own rom with the android kitchen but it cant flash the boot.img
Lefl said:
well i think title says all,
i want to cook my own rom with the android kitchen but it cant flash the boot.img
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You can check the updater-script of the zip of any kernel of the forum and you can find that info
Anyway, boot partition is /dev/block/mmcblk0p20

Changing BOOT LOGO Lenovo A7000

Hi,
I want to change my phone's boot image.
Can anybody help me that how to do it?
I have lenovo a7000, running MIUI PRO.
Thank you.
find any boot logo u want and flash it via sp flash tools......make sure that the boot logo is for our phone..... what i mean is that it should be for our display.......1024x756 i think thats the one......i cm 12.1 beta 4 has watch dogs logo as boot screen try that.....cant give u boot logo as such without devs permission
hit thanks if helped
thanks, but actually i want to set my gallary image as boot image (boot logo). if there is something, by which i can create flashable zip or something like that, please suggest me.
Manu46 said:
thanks, but actually i want to set my gallary image as boot image (boot logo). if there is something, by which i can create flashable zip or something like that, please suggest me.
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U will have to unpack the stock logo.img change the pic and repack it....Google how to do it...
I once tried that long ago...
U need logo.bin not boot.img....
I forgot the procedure but there is a tool just for extracting and repacking it again.... Try googling it...
I managed to make it.. But it was upside down...
try to use rom if supports boot logo personality
Arvind Balaji said:
I once tried that long ago...
U need logo.bin not boot.img....
I forgot the procedure but there is a tool just for extracting and repacking it again.... Try googling it...
I managed to make it.. But it was upside down...
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Yea....sorry for that......did not notice my mistake....... I know how to do it.....just don't have the time & the tools......

Zenfone Stuck At Intel Logo And No Access to recovery/Fastboot

Guys It's Not at all a problem For me
There are so many users who's having the same problem like me
It's all came when we try to flash a wrong .img or in a wrong partition Results in Stuck At
ASUS LOGO /INTEL LOGO
And no way to access recovery nor fastboot/droidboot
What we are requesting is Is there any flash tool which directly flash zenfone with out fastboot
i mean---> i'm saying is there any download mode of flash mode for zenfone like the ones in sony e.t.c
Kindly request XDADB Developers to Take a look on our problem and develop any custom tool something like that
A Million Thanks In Advance To Developers // Suggestors
can u booting into system ? (stock or cm ?)
No i Cant
Flashed Recovery.img into boot partition place
fastboot flash boot recoveryfile.img
just wanna test wat's gonna happened
then I'm doomed
so, sad news is no ways can save ur phone now
Thanks
Yeah i Know ,,
But Still a Hope That some one might drag me out
+Tyson 12
I have zenfone4 bricked same you and I download win32diskimager and rom system.img.gz then use rar extract system.img.gz have system.img
.use win32disk write file system.img to sdcard
Insert sdcard in to phone,press volume up and power.it boot into droidboot then flash firmware with fastboot or sd download
Dude Thanks 4 ur reply ..I 'll Try that in this instant..hope it workss
I think fastboot commands will work on intel inside logo screen..... if it does, you can flash system.img method.

Manually patch boot.img for systemless root?

I have a rare phone running Android 6.0 on a MT6750 with an unlocked bootloader (might be MT6750T since it is 1920x1080, but the only things I have found say MT6750)
I have been unable to get TWRP working on this phone after trying several porting guides and TWRP images. Almost all port attempts result in the boot image (logo.bin - android logo), followed by a black screen for a few seconds, then it reboots into Android.
Is it possible to manually patch the boot.img to gain root? If so, can someone point me to a guide for it? I found https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/systemless-root-mediatek-t3309909 but PATH doesnt seem to be set anywhere in my boot image (grep -nrw 'boot.img-ramdisk' -e "PATH"). I tried adding "export PATH $PATH:/data/bin" or "export PATH /sbin:/vendor/bin:/system/sbin:/system/bin:/system/xbin::/data/bin" to init.environ.rc with other exports, but I get a boot loop
try recompile the decompiled boot.img without doing any changes and flash the compiled boot.img to see that there is no problem with respect to compilation of boot.img
shankar_vl said:
try recompile the decompiled boot.img without doing any changes and flash the compiled boot.img to see that there is no problem with respect to compilation of boot.img
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i decompiled and recompiled without any changes using kitchen tools and flashed back ... but its showing error.
same with recovery.img also
btw im using oppo f3 mt6750t
rajeshca911 said:
i decompiled and recompiled without any changes using kitchen tools and flashed back ... but its showing error.
same with recovery.img also
btw im using oppo f3 mt6750t
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Then its a compilation error. Its not being compiled correctly.
Btw, systemless root by supersu and magisk do a lot things like starting sudaemon, injecting supolicy changes, mounting su.img, etc. Its better to port a custom recovery and let supersu or magisk zip do all the required things to root your device.
Or if you want to be ambitious, dirty your hands with hackings, unzip these zip files and try to implement manually what is programmed there.
My suggestion is go for porting recovery from devices matching your device specs ( need not be 100%). There are several threads on this forum helping you out on this. I think chances of porting a workable custom recovery are brighter than manually compiling su compatible boot.img.
There's the problem..
I did port custom recovery.
But when I flash it back to device it's showin error.
I understand that I need to dirt my hands more to get root my device
So I decided to compile revovery.. But oppO f3 source files r not available. I tried with omni Tom source. But it failed
rajeshca911 said:
i decompiled and recompiled without any changes using kitchen tools and flashed back ... but its showing error.
same with recovery.img also
btw im using oppo f3 mt6750t
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rajeshca911 said:
There's the problem..
I did port custom recovery.
But when I flash it back to device it's showin error.
I understand that I need to dirt my hands more to get root my device
So I decided to compile revovery.. But oppO f3 source files r not available. I tried with omni Tom source. But it failed
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You said that even the imgs just compiled without any changes made to decompiled files are not able to boot. Then there must be something wrong with compiling. Your tools for compiling may not be correctly working.
There are carlive image kitchen tools. get them here https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/tool-cika-carliv-image-kitchen-android-t3013658. They are known for flawless working.
What is more important now is that you have right tools for compiling imgs. Then you can think of further.
shankar_vl said:
You said that even the imgs just compiled without any changes made to decompiled files are not able to boot. Then there must be something wrong with compiling. Your tools for compiling may not be correctly working.
There are carlive image kitchen tools. get them here https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/tool-cika-carliv-image-kitchen-android-t3013658. They are known for flawless working.
What is more important now is that you have right tools for compiling imgs. Then you can think of further.
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Thanks bro. But im using carliv kitchen tools only.
I didn't tried with other kitchen tools yet.. So i give a try other tools
rajeshca911 said:
Thanks bro. But im using carliv kitchen tools only.
I didn't tried with other kitchen tools yet.. So i give a try other tools
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no need. carliv tools are perfect. stick with them.
are you able to successfully flash imgs with sp flash tools? no matter whether you are able to boot with them.
as for porting, use twrp or any other custom recovery of SoC as yours, mt6750t and of OS version similar to yours as well.
shankar_vl said:
no need. carliv tools are perfect. stick with them.
are you able to successfully flash imgs with sp flash tools? no matter whether you are able to boot with them.
as for porting, use twrp or any other custom recovery of SoC as yours, mt6750t.
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Ok.. I stick with carliv as u suggested. And... Yes... Im able to flash img files to phone but not with sp flash tools. Im using professional tools ( uni tools from volcano) and also flashing using a cracked download tool meant for oppo devices. ( the download tool was created on base of sp flash tools only)
Then...
I just tried twrp porting only ( same soc mt6750t quitel k6000 plus i think.. Which chipset is mt6750t)
Also tried with oppo f1s twrp which chipset is mt6750.. ( not 6750t.. ) both went wrong..
seniors and xda developrs ( zackie& a guy from Indonesia unfortunately i forgot his name) also tried to. Port twrp for me. I also tried flashing their img files ..everything went not well.. There i have understood that either compiling or flashing causing error in my device
Thats y im trying to find other wayz.. There i found ur thread .& fetching useful checklist:good:
rajeshca911 said:
Ok.. I stick with carliv as u suggested. And... Yes... Im able to flash img files to phone but not with sp flash tools. Im using professional tools ( uni tools from volcano) and also flashing using a cracked download tool meant for oppo devices. ( the download tool was created on base of sp flash tools only)
Then...
I just tried twrp porting only ( same soc mt6750t quitel k6000 plus i think.. Which chipset is mt6750t)
Also tried with oppo f1s twrp which chipset is mt6750.. ( not 6750t.. ) both went wrong..
seniors and xda developrs ( zackie& a guy from Indonesia unfortunately i forgot his name) also tried to. Port twrp for me. I also tried flashing their img files ..everything went not well.. There i have understood that either compiling or flashing causing error in my device
Thats y im trying to find other wayz.. There i found ur thread .& fetching useful checklist:good:
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As you tried various flashing methods, you might have already known all the related intricasies of flashing. still I just want to mention that I presume you might have then known vcom drivers, creating scatter file with mtkdroid tools, loading scatter file and, most importantly switching off phone and plugging phone to PC just after clicking on flash button in sp flash tool.
And about the other tools of flashing you mentioned, sorry I will not be helpful.
A thing to mention regarding porting is taking care of mount points in fstab file and a similar file if any at /etc folder in ramdisk of decompiled port recovery. mount points should be same as fstab of your boot.img.
Besides, ensure kernel (Imaze) of port recovery is replaced with that of boot.img.
shankar_vl said:
As you tried various flashing methods, you might have already known all the related intricasies of flashing. still I just want to mention that I presume you might have then known vcom drivers, creating scatter file with mtkdroid tools, loading scatter file and, most importantly switching off phone and plugging phone to PC just after clicking on flash button in sp flash tool.
And about the other tools of flashing you mentioned, sorry I will not be helpful.
A thing to mention regarding porting is taking care of mount points in fstab file and a similar file if any at /etc folder in ramdisk of decompiled port recovery. mount points should be same as fstab of your boot.img.
Besides, ensure kernel (Imaze) of port recovery is replaced with that of boot.img.
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Your not helpfull??.. I don't agree with that. May be im Not in the position to catch your mind.
However.. Im not going to miss single chance to upgrade myself ( yes ofcourse from devs n seniors like u)
As you said
1) i have installed vcom drivers & fetched scatter file. ( again not from mtk droid tools) . I heard mtkdroid tools nOt fully supporting mt67xx Series. Even i tried modified mtkdroid tools developed by dev havoc.. And droid tool showed some info like cpu info.. Etc. But right hand side there was an error which saying that its usable to fetch info. . I presume the error may b causing by oppo. Own OS ( Color OS based on android 6.0).. And my last try was 2 months ago. So i dont know if there is any improvements in droid tools or not. Please privide me links if they updated/ supported 67xx series
2)yes i agree with mount points you mentioned. I was just replacing fstab file from stock to. Port. I didnt edit any. . I will check again and update u.
3) Actually im in dilemma to blame on cimpiling or flashing.. The device is not booting even i didn't modify any item after repack. I need solution for that. If that resolved... Automatically everything will b set up by themselves.. Pls share any views regarding this..
I know its difficult to u to guide until u have hands on it or personally seen d procedures & results
I may upload videos / pictures/ share Team viewer etc.. if u want to see it personally.. So.. U can better understand my problem , my flaws where i need to b improved ( onlynif u wish) however i need a mentor to guide n judge methods im following
rajeshca911 said:
Your not helpfull??.. I don't agree with that. May be im Not in the position to catch your mind.
However.. Im not going to miss single chance to upgrade myself ( yes ofcourse from devs n seniors like u)
As you said
1) i have installed vcom drivers & fetched scatter file. ( again not from mtk droid tools) . I heard mtkdroid tools nOt fully supporting mt67xx Series. Even i tried modified mtkdroid tools developed by dev havoc.. And droid tool showed some info like cpu info.. Etc. But right hand side there was an error which saying that its usable to fetch info. . I presume the error may b causing by oppo. Own OS ( Color OS based on android 6.0).. And my last try was 2 months ago. So i dont know if there is any improvements in droid tools or not. Please privide me links if they updated/ supported 67xx series
2)yes i agree with mount points you mentioned. I was just replacing fstab file from stock to. Port. I didnt edit any. . I will check again and update u.
3) Actually im in dilemma to blame on cimpiling or flashing.. The device is not booting even i didn't modify any item after repack. I need solution for that. If that resolved... Automatically everything will b set up by themselves.. Pls share any views regarding this..
I know its difficult to u to guide until u have hands on it or personally seen d procedures & results
I may upload videos / pictures/ share Team viewer etc.. if u want to see it personally.. So.. U can better understand my problem , my flaws where i need to b improved ( onlynif u wish) however i need a mentor to guide n judge methods im following
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I empathize with your frustration.
Truth is that with the devices which have not caught the fancy of developers, not having proven root methods, custom recovery, etc only, we take initiatives ourselves and learn the things the hard way which is essentially a true way learning. With popular devices having already so many developments, there is no scope for adventurism and fun as well.
Just see back what are all you gained in doing the things you did with your device for gaining root. Could it have been possible with the so called popular devices?
Now let's come to the issue. In all times of failed booting on compiled imgs, how did you restore them? flashing again stock boot and recovery imgs? and with tools you mentioned?
If you could flash stock boot and recovery with the tools you mentioned, then there is no problem with those flashing tools. Then it comes to the decompiling and recompiling of imgs.
If it could be possible, can you share here stock boot.img, and custom recovery you have selected for porting (also mention the device name, recovery pertained). Let me try.
Yup.. Bro.
What have you said all true.. during this journey i have learned so manythings like porting custom recovery , read back firmware etc and i cant forget what i have learned.. so many trail and errors
below link is the stock and custom recovery i tried to port
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6wWbhnrRZ_-V2RZQXByYjc4QVU/view?usp=drive_web
and a developer also tried to to port recovery for me .. below is the link which he modified for me
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=745425885120760137
Im also enclosing stock boot.img
https://mega.nz/#!MF1ySQ4D!ku6RWfOP8QTkm75sNq_1_n-_Af0y843J0I0tiCHRa8k
My Device Details are
Manufacture : Oppo
Device name : Oppo f3
Model No : CPH1609
chipset : MT6750T , 4gb Ram , 64 Gb storage
[ I Really praying Inside ....:angel: god may give result for our endless efforts }
@rajeshca911 can you give details for the custom recovery you have given links, like name of the device, its os ( lollipop, marshmallow, like), and chipset if possible, it pertained to.
shankar_vl said:
@rajeshca911 can you give details for the custom recovery you have given links, like name of the device, its os ( lollipop, marshmallow, like), and chipset if possible, it pertained to.
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Aquired custom recovery from
Device : qukitel K6000 plus, chipset MT6750T
android version 6.0 (from below)
https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/foru...al/oukitel-k6000-plus-twrp-root-t3620241/amp/
rajeshca911 said:
Aquired custom recovery from
Device : qukitel K6000 plus, chipset MT6750T
android version 6.0 (from below)
https://www.google.co.in/amp/s/foru...al/oukitel-k6000-plus-twrp-root-t3620241/amp/
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I think the signature of the boot.img gets changed. Try to sign it after decompiling and recompiling by AVB patcher from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...signing-boot-images-android-verified-t3600606
anandverma458 said:
I think the signature of the boot.img gets changed. Try to sign it after decompiling and recompiling by AVB patcher from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/an...signing-boot-images-android-verified-t3600606
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Shall i sign both boot.img and recovery.img as well?? or is it enough to sign compiled recovery.img ?
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i generated public and private keys also signed and generated
boot_signed.img
recovery_signed.img
first i flashed both the images... result was soft brick and i had to flash original boot.img
second i flashed only signed recovery.img and same was repeated.
rajeshca911 said:
Shall i sign both boot.img and recovery.img as well?? or is it enough to sign compiled recovery.img ?
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i generated public and private keys also signed and generated
boot_signed.img
recovery_signed.img
first i flashed both the images... result was soft brick and i had to flash original boot.img
second i flashed only signed recovery.img and same was repeated.
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Actually, I had the same problem (I have vivo 1603). When I flashed boot.img after decompiling and recompiling,it bootlooped. I had twrp installed, so I first restored the backup of stock boot.img, and then installed the recompiled boot.img without rebooting. That worked for me
As you don't have custom recovery, I suggest that you first flash stock boot.img, and after the process completes, flash the recompiled boot.img without rebooting your device.
Hey bro, I decompiled the stock boot.img to see that if 'verify' flag was preventing booting the system with other than stock recovery. Dm-verity is a recent security control for preventing booting with changed/modified kernel/system. But I could not find any such flags, but found verity_key, so I just deleted it and decompiled the boot.img. I am not sure whether it can solve your booting problem. Let's see will this now allow to boot with custom kernel. Here is the modified stock boot.img. http://www.mediafire.com/file/tc1k1ghmy76nfqd/modified_oppo_boot.img
Flash first this boot.img and then flash the custom recovery.imgs (you can try your recoveries also)
I have also ported two recovery.imgs. Both are ported from the twrps for the same device, K6000 plus. However, what I found for this k6000 plus was different in size. So I ported two twrp recovery imgs. Here are two twrp ported recoveries, one is from you have given links to and another is from what I found on this forum.
http://www.mediafire.com/file/4als7qmpwdz1iv4/oppo_port_twrpv1.img
http://www.mediafire.com/file/5xz7387at6rr0dy/oppo_port_twrpv2.img
Once again, I reiterate that first flash the modified boot.img and then try flashing the recoveries.
Best of luck
anandverma458 said:
Actually, I had the same problem (I have vivo 1603). When I flashed boot.img after decompiling and recompiling,it bootlooped. I had twrp installed, so I first restored the backup of stock boot.img, and then installed the recompiled boot.img without rebooting. That worked for me
As you don't have custom recovery, I suggest that you first flash stock boot.img, and after the process completes, flash the recompiled boot.img without rebooting your device.
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Bro thanks for your advice.. and i did same what you have said.. i flashed stock boot.img with out rebooting flashed recompiled boot.img the device didnt boot up.. i think culprit is something else .. that prevets booting custom images

TA-1060 Stock system flasher

Hi everyone,
Just got the nokia 1 - TA-1060
Would anyone be interested in me creating a stock system flasher for twrp? (may be able to flash the files via fastboot as well)
I already captured the system.img, so boot.img and vendor.img should be easy to capture.
let me know if you guys want this and Ill build a recovery zip
sooti said:
Hi everyone,
Just got the nokia 1 - TA-1060
Would anyone be interested in me creating a stock system flasher for twrp? (may be able to flash the files via fastboot as well)
I already captured the system.img, so boot.img and vendor.img should be easy to capture.
let me know if you guys want this and Ill build a recovery zip
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Yes its very much required... The Q&,A forum is filled with people with no booting ROM... You'd be doing them a huge favor...
sooti said:
Hi everyone,
Just got the nokia 1 - TA-1060
Would anyone be interested in me creating a stock system flasher for twrp? (may be able to flash the files via fastboot as well)
I already captured the system.img, so boot.img and vendor.img should be easy to capture.
let me know if you guys want this and Ill build a recovery zip
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Is the processor of TA-1060 and TA-1066 the same i.e MT6737M?
No stock flashable rom with pc use?
Really?
This device has very poorly built OS. It cant even handle even 1 background app. seriously?!! I have used 1 GB ram phones before but wasn't expecting this blunder from Nokia.
I tried to backup TA 1066 rom with Mtkdroid tools and but somehow the backup option was grayed and it says that "- Unknown ROM structure, backup NOT possible! ". Don't know whats wrong with this. Maybe go edition has different rom structure.
Let me know if there is any other way to take backup.

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