• After 15+ years, we've made a big change: Android Forums is now Early Bird Club. Learn more here.

Root STL5 help!

S

solcam

Newbie
I dd-ed my STL5/EFS Folder and bricked my phone. I have the backup but need u guys help to tar and md5 them to flash with Odin. One is r--r--r and one is rw--r--r because I flashed one efs folder with Odin whose contents were rrr but read somewhere else that they should be rwrr. The one with rrr was successful but wasn't made for this phone nor was it to unbrick the phone it was made for, just to remount efs so the user could then unbrick it. I'll just upload them both. Thanks in advance.
 
I'm not even sure our .ops file supports flashing the efs partition. When you flashed it, where did you put it?

The .ops file tells Odin where to place the files, and its different for every phone. I don't see anything in our ops file referencing CDMA info or efs.
 
I've removed the attached files as they may, like in the GSM Galaxy S2, contain info (IEMI etc) that's best not made public. If anyone can assist the OP then please request the files via PM.

Thanks!
 
Thanks to u both for replying. Ok, so I have the ops file for the phone, and I edited it with notepad in windows. The empty slot at the botttom of the ops (like number 9 or 10) is where I typed in "efs" without quotations. Then flashed the efs.7z file that you'll find if u Google "where's my efs" and look at the attachments from 1st post. I saw the green status bar in Odin moving telling me that it would've written if there were something to write. But like they said that file was only meant to remount the efs on THAT phone. So I needed someone to tar and md5 the files to make them flashable with Odin. I may have gotten it though using Rom toolbox's terminal app. It looks like the files may be flashable too but, I can't test till I get home. BTW mods I had already taken out the sensitive parts of the file. Just wanted to see if anyone could tar and md5 them because I have no access to any linux or cygwin-like programs. But if this works when I attempt to flash again I'll post the steps to this tedious task. This may help lots of people whose phone only boots to download mode. EDIT: Sorry guys, this is the link to xda where I found the other efs file for comparing permissions and other things! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888193
 
WOW, you have more balls than me. I don't know enough about Odin to be changing/editing the .ops file... I'm sorry I can't help you. But best of luck :o

If you do get it working, make sure you let us know. If you do further damage, please post that too (so others will be able to learn from the mistake/success)
 
Indeed. I too am very interested to see the results. Either way, I will learn what or what not to do.
 
Yep, u can edit the ops file to say whatever you want it to, if u edit the blank slot! I had it saying "stl5", "efs", and cdma info. Odin will see the change and if u watch the top left of Odin (the window that shows which part of the phone is being flashed) your edited info will appear in that box. cdma info only shows as cdma when flashing. I just couldn't figure how to get Odin to write MY backup to the device. And u guys will definitely be hearing from me again on whether I succeeded or failed. But if one of YOUR prevails/precedents only boots to download mode and nothing more...I can upload the modded file again. It's meid and esn are zeroed out for security reasons but, if it makes your phone boot/ unbrick it. Then we could be saving people time and money on this GOD awful device. I'm still outta town and don't have my phone with me. So, anyone want to try and post results? I ask this because most people who repair their devices with the help of forums, don't reply back because their phones back alive and they forget about the ones who helped them. Not being aware that it may help others. Anyway, let me know if yall want me to upload the files! Oh yeah, btw, if this does fix your phone your meid and esn will be zero! I've heard that one could use "requestnvitemwrite meid" in QXDM to restore the meid that's stored under your battery on the phone. If that program doesn't work you could try CDMA workshop or DFS CDMA Tool to write those areas back to your device!
 
Hello solcam, any news ?

I have a Prevail laying aroung with the same problem (corrupted stl5), only download mode work...

Let me know if you fix the problem.

Thanks.
 
So you're trying to write the efs file you dd'd out of your device back into it?
and you're trying to make the .tar file to load in to the efs slot in ODIN?
name the file something like efs.img
then use tar in cygwin, or on a linux machine.
Code: 
 tar -czvf efs.tar efs.img
that should output a tar with the efs.img file in it (use a tool like winrar to verify)

put that into the efs slot in ODIN and see what it tells you when you try to flash that
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom