Which block is boot.img? - Galaxy S III Mini Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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

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[Q] installing a new ROM question

I have a Xperia Z, and installed CM 10 on it, using the following method
Unlocked the bootloader from Sony's site
Downloaded the SDK
Flashboot flash boot boot.IMG
And installed cm.zip from the sdcard.
It worked, in fact, I am typing this from my newly ROM'ed xperia.
So, the question is , if I want to install another ROM now, say CM11 or even a complete different one from xda , what is the process?
Do I just copy the new zip, boot into recovery, and wipe wipe install?
Or do I need to reflash the new boot.IMG from the new ROM every time?
Thanks
endlesslyonline said:
I have a Xperia Z, and installed CM 10 on it, using the following method
Unlocked the bootloader from Sony's site
Downloaded the SDK
Flashboot flash boot boot.IMG
And installed cm.zip from the sdcard.
It worked, in fact, I am typing this from my newly ROM'ed xperia.
So, the question is , if I want to install another ROM now, say CM11 or even a complete different one from xda , what is the process?
Do I just copy the new zip, boot into recovery, and wipe wipe install?
Or do I need to reflash the new boot.IMG from the new ROM every time?
Thanks
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For flashing CM11
Copy the rom to device
Reboot to recovery
Clear dalvik cache
Flash the rom.
For other rom
Copy rom to device
Copy Gapps to device
Reboot to recovery
Format system
Format cache
Format dalvik cache
Format data(not internal sd)
Flash the rom
Flash Gapps
OK, thanks
So I was correct in thinking the boot.IMG (which is the recovery, right?) Won't have to be flashed again.
endlesslyonline said:
OK, thanks
So I was correct in thinking the boot.IMG (which is the recovery, right?) Won't have to be flashed again.
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You dont have to flash recovery again.
Hitting thanks would have been easier than writing it!
endlesslyonline said:
OK, thanks
So I was correct in thinking the boot.IMG (which is the recovery, right?) Won't have to be flashed again.
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well not exactly, the boot.img is the kernel
Pablosch23 said:
well not exactly, the boot.img is the kernel
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That's my understanding as well. So why is flashing boot.img necessary for installing custom recovery?
Pablosch23 said:
well not exactly, the boot.img is the kernel
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Ah OK. But am I correct in saying that the (for example) clockworkMOD, or any other custom recovery resides in the boot.IMG
In lamens terms, can we say that the boot.IMG is almost like the bios on a PC?
Sorry for the dumb questions, I just wanna learn some mpre
endlesslyonline said:
Ah OK. But am I correct in saying that the (for example) clockworkMOD, or any other custom recovery resides in the boot.IMG
In lamens terms, can we say that the boot.IMG is almost like the bios on a PC?
Sorry for the dumb questions, I just wanna learn some mpre
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I think you are right, I'm a also a newbie though..the boot.img contains the kernel (and the ramdisk) where the recovery resides.
Khaiyan said:
That's my understanding as well. So why is flashing boot.img necessary for installing custom recovery?
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The boot.IMG is the kernel itself
If you flashed wrong one on wrong device so say goodbye to the device
Tapatalk'ed from my Xperia™ Z (C6602) running Dirty Unicorns ROM!
endlesslyonline said:
Ah OK. But am I correct in saying that the (for example) clockworkMOD, or any other custom recovery resides in the boot.IMG
In lamens terms, can we say that the boot.IMG is almost like the bios on a PC?
Sorry for the dumb questions, I just wanna learn some mpre
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Most custom roms include recovery so I dont think you will have to flash boot.img separately again and again

Nokia 5 system dump (7.1.1)

Here's System dump from nokia 5, enjoy.
Link
note: this will be quite useless for now but once the bootloaders are unlocked and i can port TWRP if someone will send me the update.zip that is for Nokia 5.
aboot
Dude, can you modify aboot partition to enable adb and turn off dm-verity and flash using QFIL?
wolfyapl said:
Dude, can you modify aboot partition to enable adb and turn off dm-verity and flash using QFIL?
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you know modifying aboot could end up bricking your device
Yeah, but that's the only way to modify the bootloader, am I right? Btw can ya tell me the difference between aboot and boot.img?
wolfyapl said:
Yeah, but that's the only way to modify the bootloader, am I right? Btw can ya tell me the difference between aboot and boot.img?
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Boot.img contains your kernel & Ram Disk
SpamMachine said:
Here's System dump from nokia 5, enjoy.
Link
note: this will be quite useless for now but once the bootloaders are unlocked and i can port TWRP if someone will send me the update.zip that is for Nokia 5.
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Could you please upload the media folder alone?
Ota 7.1.2 for TA-1024 is live

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.

HELP!!! I cant enter recovery and system! Forcibly enter fastboot mode!

And I flashed previous boot.img .
So it is going to brick .(already?)
please give me system.img ver Global rom NX629J_Z69_EN_WPJ0O_V207
And tell me how to fix enter fastboot only
Sorry for the poor English
Hi,
Here's the requested file...
To make sure, I would flash the whole ROM if you have it.
Regards.
thank you
Thank you
Please also give system.img if possible
yajujann said:
Thank you
Please also give system.img if possible
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There is system file on the zip folder you need to extract
File name
System.new.tar. Something like this
You can extract it , just search it on Google
Good luck
yajujann said:
And I flashed previous boot.img .
So it is going to brick .(already?)
please give me system.img ver Global rom NX629J_Z69_EN_WPJ0O_V207
And tell me how to fix enter fastboot only
Sorry for the poor English
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=79713910&postcount=68
NX629J_Z69_EN_WPJ0O_V207 please i need this firmware iacnt download from the server
mandolen said:
NX629J_Z69_EN_WPJ0O_V207 please i need this firmware iacnt download from the server
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Why you need this one, it is a old version
JerryYin said:
Why you need this one, it is a old version
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Then where is the new one dude
sky104hk said:
Then where is the new one dude
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You can find the new version SD card update file on red magic official site.
Hey
Here's what you need to do.
1.) You should download the global rom for your phone from the official site.
2.) You should flash boot, recovery, splash etc
3.) After successfully flashing, go to recovery, wipe cache, user partition and update thru OTG

Help modding BE2013 (EU).

So i've tried modding it 3 times, soft bricked all times, can anyone provide a solid guide?
What was your procedure?
thomaskmaagaard said:
What was your procedure?
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i don't remember since it's been around like a year since i last tried, but i think it was a bad rom.
Check build number in "About phone" and find the corresponding ROM here
thomaskmaagaard said:
Check build number in "About phone" and find the corresponding ROM here
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do you have a guide on how to flash it and root?
Extract boot.img from firmware (google "android firmware extractor)
Move boot.img to phone and patch image via magisk
Move patched image back to PC and flash with fastboot flash boot patchedboot.img
thomaskmaagaard said:
Extract boot.img from firmware (google "android firmware extractor)
Move boot.img to phone and patch image via magisk
Move patched image back to PC and flash with fastboot flash boot patchedboot.img
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can you link an extractor or is that not allowed?
Zeooxxx said:
can you link an extractor or is that not allowed?
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I could, but don't really have a link to whatever one i downloaded on my PC ages ago. I just go to google and pick the first one that works with Windows. You'll usually need Python installed and remember to read the instructions for the extractor closely or you might end up with missing requirements for the script.
You can also try your luck with looking for pre-patched images on the web. The ROM repo post and the general help board will usually have people asking for pre-patched boot images. See if anyone has uploaded one matching your build number, region AND update version.

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