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Root [Boost Mobile] [odin] How to create odin flashable rom

Stoned.805

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If someone could create flash back to stock.. using instructions from->

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2092244

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1082288

I would but I'm running sprint s3 flashed to boost. (yes mms, 3g, everything works.) and so far no problems using any of the sprint roms.. BUT I have to fix MMS everytime I flash new rom..

as soon as someone makes a stock odin rom, ill post how to port roms from different carriers, and how to fix mms on boost s3..
 
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to answer my own question... here it is...



I:\SafeDrive\Phones\Phone Moding\adb>adb shell
shell@android:/ $ ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name
ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 aboot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 backup -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p21
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 boot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 cache -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p17
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 carrier -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 efs -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 fota -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p19
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 fsg -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p22
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 grow -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p24
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 modem -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 modemst1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 modemst2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p13
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 pad -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 param -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 persist -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p16
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 recovery -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 rpm -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 sbl1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 sbl2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 sbl3 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 ssd -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p23
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 system -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p14
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 tz -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1969-12-31 17:15 userdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p15
shell@android:/ $
 
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for a full backup of your phone...


dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=/mnt/extSdCard/aboot.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 of=/mnt/extSdCard/backup.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=/mnt/extSdCard/boot.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=/mnt/extSdCard/cache.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p20 of=/mnt/extSdCard/carrier.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/mnt/extSdCard/efs.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 of=/mnt/extSdCard/fota.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p22 of=/mnt/extSdCard/fsg.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p24 of=/mnt/extSdCard/grow.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/mnt/extSdCard/modem.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 of=/mnt/extSdCard/modemst1.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=/mnt/extSdCard/modemst2.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/mnt/extSdCard/pad.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/mnt/extSdCard/param.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 of=/mnt/extSdCard/persist.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/mnt/extSdCard/recovery.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/mnt/extSdCard/rpm.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=/mnt/extSdCard/sbl1.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/mnt/extSdCard/sbl2.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=/mnt/extSdCard/sbl3.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p23 of=/mnt/extSdCard/ssd.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/mnt/extSdCard/system.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 of=/mnt/extSdCard/tz.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 of=/mnt/extSdCard/userdata.img
 
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here is an easy .bat file to have it build an odin file on your phone
(it should work, but i cant test it... so use the file at your own risk)
the creation of the file will be no risk just using odin :)

plug phone into computer
click the bat on your computer
press any key
wait... could take like 15-20 mins
when done look in the folder on your computer and you will find PDA.tar
that should work in odin
good luck

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67637108/S3_odin_packer.zip
feel free to edit and distribute
 
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here is an easy .bat file to have it build an odin file on your phone
(it should work, but i cant test it... so use the file at your own risk)
the creation of the file will be no risk just using odin :)

plug phone into computer
click the bat on your computer
press any key
wait... could take like 15-20 mins
when done look in the folder on your computer and you will find PDA.tar
that should work in odin
good luck

https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/67637108/S3_odin_packer.zip
feel free to edit and distribute


Anyone try this yet?

Google sprint L710 root and use theirs.

I'm using twrp and I'm having zero problems.

I'm surprised there's still no development but I'm enjoying my stock s3.
I feel the same way I'm just kinda pissed because I hate touchwizs lag
 
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Will I need to flash CWM or TWRP to be able to ADB during recovery or will it work with the stock recovery?

Try it with complete stock, it probably won't let you mount so it won't work but is worth the try... pulling the file is harmless... try again after flashing recovery but before flashing root, that should work and will give a stock boot img... all else fails do it after root and that will at least give an as close to stock ss possible. ...

For some reason my recovery has failed to work on three different S3's... I can't even get adb access in recovery with root... I have to root using sprints unsecure boot img using SGS3toolkit, so my boot.img/ kernel is spirnts and Its not the same, some things don't work.

A nandroid from cwm is easy I am suprised no one has put a copy out... but odin backup it by far superior, and for me (as of now) its the only security I have.
 
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