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Can you backup your firmware using Odin before rooting/flashing?

I am going to get my Galaxy S tomorrow and before I consider rooting/flashing it, I want to know if it is possible to create something like a recovery image of the phone's firmware and settings so I can restore everything if necessary. Is it possible to do this with Odin or adb?

I've been looking for an answer to this question. No one's answered it in any of the threads I've found where it's asked, nor in the one I created: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=762104
ODIN has a Dump option on it and I'm hoping these will work. Specifically they are "AP RAM" and "AP NAND."
Can ODIN create a useable backup?
Can someone please answer this? Would be very appreciated.

I dumped my nand, but I could never work out how to put it back personally. So I'm interested too

andrewluecke said:
I dumped my nand, but I could never work out how to put it back personally. So I'm interested too
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I was wondering how long took you to dump your NAND and how big is the dump file.

Hey People Please join in... Alot us have this question and no answer can be found anywhere...
Help Guys...

yeah I would love this too.
any1??

would love this too!

[Q] How to Extract the VZW Tab files

I think I asked my question wrong on the first post.
Shortly I will have a factory fresh VZW tab. Given that from the posts a number of people are looking for pit files etc ... what tool can I use to extract the files for the VZW tab users ....
Any pointers or threads that I missed? Just hoping to help where I can because I won't leave it stock long LOL.
Thanks,
Tony

You can use roto backup to dump your firmware to odin flashable files. Look it up in the development section.

Thanks, just wanted to make sure I used the best method to grab the files. I will do some reading and make a good backup and share what I am able to pull off for the other VZW Taber's

Just a quick update .... I have the fresh Tab ... so I am going to follow Roto Hammers process for pulling the files and will try to get a heimdall and Odin fresh rom set for VZW Taber's ..... I will also see about hosting the files on my server so that they are available and will see if anyone else wants them as well.
If anyone needs something off a fresh tab ... please post or PM me and I will do what I can.... I'll leave it alone until Tuesday 8/2/11
Thanks again for the pointer!
Tony

Oh god, i hope you are serious about this. My verizon tab is stucked in the samsung logo for 3 weeks now.
You are probably my last chance .
If you can, please, please do it.. You will save a lot of people like me

pedrohfsd said:
Oh god, i hope you are serious about this. My verizon tab is stucked in the samsung logo for 3 weeks now.
You are probably my last chance .
If you can, please, please do it.. You will save a lot of people like me
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You do know that the stock sprint roms work too.. to at least get you back up and running (3g doesn't work, but everything else is reported working fine)
Always good to have complete stock to fall back on though.

I heard that the 2.3 sprint firmware works on verizon tab. But i've tried the rooted version of it, which i found here in the forum, but still couldn't boot into the OS, it hangs on galaxy tab screen. Since you mentioned this, can i use the sprint pit file too?
Also, i forgot to mention, my tablet is cdma. Don't know if it makes any difference for using sprint firmware version

[q] [B][/BSGH-I537 ROM REQUEST PLEASE URGENT!!!!

]Hi folks, I have a request and a question. I have 300+ pcs of s4 active(i537) they are for one of my customers, he wants me to remove all At&T bloatware and boot animation. We all know that will take all year to do 300+ phones. So I'm asking if anyone have or can modify a i537 stock rom removing all bloatware and logos so that i can just use odin to flash to all phones. thanks please let me know im willing to pay. its Very Urgent.
Now another questions is if possible can anyone make the gt-i9295(oem s4 active) fit on the i537? I would rather that it would make things much easier. Please PM me if anyone has an answer, please let me know cost and i will send to your paypal thank you again!!!

noelb2 said:
]Hi folks, I have a request and a question. I have 300+ pcs of s4 active(i537) they are for one of my customers, he wants me to remove all At&T bloatware and boot animation. We all know that will take all year to do 300+ phones. So I'm asking if anyone have or can modify a i537 stock rom removing all bloatware and logos so that i can just use odin to flash to all phones. thanks please let me know im willing to pay. its Very Urgent.
Now another questions is if possible can anyone make the gt-i9295(oem s4 active) fit on the i537? I would rather that it would make things much easier. Please PM me if anyone has an answer, please let me know cost and i will send to your paypal thank you again!!!
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You will not be able to do anything that you've stated with the i537. The i537 has a locked bootloader so it can only flash things that have been signed by Samsung. The Odin files have been signed by Samsung, so that is why we are able to flash them; however once you modify the Odin package the signature will change and you will no longer be able to flash it to the i537.
As for flashing i9295 firmware to the i537, it is also impossible at the moment because the signatures don't match. Until somebody finds a workaround to the locked bootloader there's nothing you can do. You would be able to exactly what you are asking with the i9295 however since the bootloader is not locked.
I thought of one possible option though.
First you would have to root every phone manually, if they're on 4.2.2 it's going to be significantly faster than 4.3.
Install SafeStrap
Make a Nandroid backup of the rooted stock ROM with all the AT&T bloat removed.
Restore that Nandroid to the other 299 phones using SafeStrap.
Remove SafeStrap and unroot (remove SuperSU).
It's still going to take a ton of time but at least you don't have remove all the AT&T bloat manually.

Thanks for your quick reply, yeah i was doing what your mentioned above but mannnn thats a looonnggg process. Was hoping to find something faster
and some of the phones are 4.3 so you already know how long of a process it is to root that one. but i really appreciate your help if anymore quick advise it will be more than appreciated and as I said I will pay for anyones time and hard work. thanks again guys!!

[Q&A] Anyone who has a mofo flashed turbo... Help me help us

Q&A for Anyone who has a mofo flashed turbo... Help me help us
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Thanks for understanding and for helping to keep XDA neat and tidy!

SaschaElble said:
Because I've spent countless days on 4.4, I know how it works. Its actually pretty simple, way less complicated than when I first started with it. And I rather help those that were smart enough to stay on the 4.4 bootloader and waited for the mofo flashable 5.1 rom. Because anyone who cared or even had the fainted idea about exploits knew better than to upgrade, when they could STILL get 5.1, but would have to wait... like what less than a week before the first flashable image appeared?
5.1:
How it works: Nobody has a clue because the 4.4 loophole is patched.
4.4
How it works: (I'm just making an example don't pick apart my math or partition sizes)
system.img = 3.5gb
cache partition = 1.5gb
So with a modified fastboot, you will write to the cache partition, but send more than 1.5gb of data, since the /system partition is next in order anything you send now will actually write to /system and not the /cache partition.
There are a few quirks I've seen, fastboot sends the "download" command 2x back to back, while the first "download" command hardly sends anything. This has something I assume to be "fake writing" Not quite sure. Its like it writes a tiny amount of data to /cache, sends the second "download" command to now write to /system. I've noticed that the data sent to /cache is actually a clone of a portion of the data sent to /system. Also there is 3gb of ram on the device, so after that gets filled up, the flash command is sent, then it goes back to download commands.
At the end it erases /cache because its full of garbage.
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What do you need,if I can help I will

kinglove1211 said:
What do you need,if I can help I will
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I need someone who has used mofo and a computer with internet

Let me know what I have to do and what you plan on doing.

This: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61699040&postcount=11

Help! I did something stupid.

I was using safestrap to try and install a custom rom, I wiped my stock rom but my phone ended up dying (I didn't see that the charger wasn't plugged in) now I can't do anything at all. IT just gets stuck on the samsung galaxy s5 logo. I cannot flash any AP I just get an auth failed error. I tried using the G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick but I get an error on that as well. Please help me. I figured that I don't have an OS to boot into now. And I cant downgrade from 5.0 am I screwed?

So you can't put your phone into download mode and ODIN your old firmware back on to the phone?
Please post everything ODIN shows when you attempt so we can try and help you further. Might want to try flashing with the BL and PIT file as well.
P.S. I don't know what G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick is, but google took me to
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/att-galaxy-s5-lollipop-update-odin-firmware-80652/
And that doesn't look legit. Make sure you get all of your firmwares from here or sammobile.com. The "Odin" on that page doesn't even look like odin.

at&t s5 active sm-g870a
I was trying to root my phone following instructions on this site.
I installed the NE4 that was about 10+mb.
then I got stuck on the screen with red font that says "android system recovery <3E>"
I can still flash in download mode.
I attempted to install the full NE4 available from this site which is about 2.3 gig and it says FAIL! (Auth)
So then i attempted to load NG3 available from this site and it was sucessful but I'm still stuck on the "android system recovery boot.
Would anyone happen to know where I might get the "G870AUCU280F3 ROM"?
Also does anyone know what NAND erase all does when the box is checked in Odin 3.09?
Im thinking about checking that box and trying again.
for now I'm thrilled that I can still get to download mode and I don't want to mess that up.

In general section.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk

XRange said:
In general section.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G870A using Tapatalk
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thank you so much sir, but i do not understand your post.
I do very little with computers and internets and forums.
I've been scouring this site for the info i need and I'm either not smart enough to know what i'm looking for or this site is so vast that it may take more than a few days to learn how to navigate it.
I will say that I find it unsettling that the forum doesn't seem to recognize that our phones (sm-g870a) even exist, as evidenced by typing s5 active in the equipment box.
but meanwhile i will search for a general section.

Sean89us said:
So you can't put your phone into download mode and ODIN your old firmware back on to the phone?
Please post everything ODIN shows when you attempt so we can try and help you further. Might want to try flashing with the BL and PIT file as well.
P.S. I don't know what G900AUCU3BOC4_OneClick is, but google took me to
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/att-galaxy-s5-lollipop-update-odin-firmware-80652/
And that doesn't look legit. Make sure you get all of your firmwares from here or sammobile.com. The "Odin" on that page doesn't even look like odin.
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I can get into download mode just fine. However, when I try to flash it. I get the fused binary error. Regardless of the firmware.

squirt r6 said:
thank you so much sir, but i do not understand your post.
I do very little with computers and internets and forums.
I've been scouring this site for the info i need and I'm either not smart enough to know what i'm looking for or this site is so vast that it may take more than a few days to learn how to navigate it.
I will say that I find it unsettling that the forum doesn't seem to recognize that our phones (sm-g870a) even exist, as evidenced by typing s5 active in the equipment box.
but meanwhile i will search for a general section.
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Squirt,
if you have a question, please submit your own question in this thread instead of hijacking somebody else's question with an off-topic one. I suggest you take XRange's advice and check the "General" section of the "AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5" thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general
Had you checked the general section, you would see that the 4th post down is exactly what you are looking for.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-update-to-g870aof2-5-0-keeproot-t3161733
Also, S5 actives do not need a separate thread, they are identical hardware-wise to the S5.
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rbxrootx said:
I can get into download mode just fine. However, when I try to flash it. I get the fused binary error. Regardless of the firmware.
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At this point I recommend you try and use Samsung's Kies software to restore your phone to factory, then you can start over with rooting or flashing roms.
Guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717
Please note that the link on that page to download kies is broken, so you can find kies here (you will want to download kies3):
http://www.samsung.com/in/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/
Good luck, and let us know how it goes.

Sean89us said:
Squirt,
if you have a question, please submit your own question in this thread instead of hijacking somebody else's question with an off-topic one. I suggest you take XRange's advice and check the "General" section of the "AT&T Samsung Galaxy S 5" thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general
Had you checked the general section, you would see that the 4th post down is exactly what you are looking for.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s5/general/how-to-update-to-g870aof2-5-0-keeproot-t3161733
Also, S5 actives do not need a separate thread, they are identical hardware-wise to the S5.
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At this point I recommend you try and use Samsung's Kies software to restore your phone to factory, then you can start over with rooting or flashing roms.
Guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984717
Please note that the link on that page to download kies is broken, so you can find kies here (you will want to download kies3):
http://www.samsung.com/in/support/usefulsoftware/KIES/
Good luck, and let us know how it goes.
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Thank You sean89us, and sorry I didn't mean to hijack your thread RobotX, i just figured that if were in the same predicament whatever fixes yours may fix mine.
My bad

kies says it is not compatible with the phone so I had to install a new program which acted like it was going to do the trick. After 3 hours, It quit and told me that it was unable to complete the task.