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Root Reading NV items

jwh42000

Android Enthusiast
Feb 7, 2012
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Kansas City, MO
This is for educational purposes only and experienced users

Apologize in advance if there's another thread. Searched but didn't find instructions



Using a root file explorer navigate to /dev/block

Copy stl5 but Do Not Open it

Paste it to your SD card

Longpress the stl5 copy on your SD card and rename cdma

Copy the cdma file to your PC

Create a new folder for cdma contents

Open cdma file using magiciso
www.magiciso.com

Upper left box contains tree

Click - to minimize entire tree

Right click on tree name and choose extract

Select folder you created and click ok

Open a hex editor select open file

Choose your folder>NVM>num> any of these files are your NV items

You will be able to read everything


Note: some hex editors do not display the ASCII code properly, might have to try a couple to find the best one
 

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