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[GUIDE] Making and flashing your CFW for S^3 devices
By: abhitheracer Date: October 24, 2011, 6:03 am
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Here is a short tutorial for modding and flashing S^3 phones
using Nokia N8 as reference
First of all the tools needed for cfw are :
1. NaviFirm+ by Il.Socio - DOWNLOAD
HTML http://www.symbian-toys.com/navifirm.aspx#download
2. Nokia Cooker by Il.Socio - DOWNLOAD
HTML http://www.symbian-toys.com/nokiacooker.aspx#download
3. NFE Core 2 (English) by doctorly - DOWNLOAD
HTML http://forum.gizmolord.com/custom-firmware-discussions-61/(guide)-making-and-flashing-your-cfw-for-s3-devices/?action=dlattach;attach=578
4. Phoenix (2011.14.004.45945) - DOWNLOAD
HTML http://www.multiupload.com/RNODDAZFVL
WARNING : FIRMWARE MODDING AND FLASHING IS NOT COVERED BY
WARRANTY AND IS VERY RISKY, SO PLEASE PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK
I'VE TRIED MY BEST TO MAKE THIS GUIDE AS SIMPLE AND ACCURATE AS
POSSIBLE, BUT IF ANY MISTAKE IS FOUND PLEASE CORRECT ME
ANY SUGGESTIONS ARE MORE THAN WELCOME :)
FIRST STEP
Download the firmware files using NaviFirm+
Open NaviFirm+
#1 Make sure that "Nokia Care Suite" has been selected as the
"Server"
#2 Select the "Product"
#3 Select the "Release"
#4 Select the "Variant"
#5 Make sure "Parse VPL" has been ticked and then verify that
all necessary fw files are selected for download
#6 Select the "Files". The needed files are : core, rofs2,
rofs3, uda, dcp, vpl, bin (uda must be ticked manually). You may
also download the "Memory card Content" if you want the
preloaded content.
#7 Then click on "Download from FiRe" to download directly or
copy the URLs and download them manually
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After download is complete, make a backup of all the downloaded
files in a safe place should anything go wrong with modding and
flashing. Later on these original files can be used to re-flash
the phone if needed.
SECOND STEP
Edit the fw files using Nokia Cooker (The backup files should
not be used for editing)
Open Nokia Cooker
#1 Open the required file by clicking on "Open Firmware" (Only
rofs2, rofs3 and uda can be edited using Nokia Cooker)
Alternatively you can just drag the required file to the left
pane named "Custom Firmwares"
#2 A couple of seconds later the right pane will display the
firmware file contents. Now drag and drop the mods u need in
this pane
#3 When finished adding mods and making changes click on the
"Save Firmware" button
#4 The bottom pane will display the log since the opening of the
file
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The firmware will be repacked in the original folder and the
original files will now have a suffix "_BACKUP_" in it
Repeat the steps for the other files if needed (i used the
rofs2, so if needed changes can be made to rofs3 and uda in the
same manner)
THIRD STEP
Calibrate the core using NFE Core 2 (Many many thanks to
nicesoni_ash, without him i would've been stuck with a dead
phone after flash with modded rofs files)
Open NFE Core 2
#1 Click on the "Open" button and select the core file to be
calibrated
#2 After the file is initialized click on the "ROFS calibration"
button
#3 A popup window appears, change all values to "2C"
#4 Click on "Apply"
#5 Click on "Exit"
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Nothing else needs to be done in the core file
FOURTH STEP
Flashing the phone with the modded files using Phoenix (Thanks
to nicesoni_ash again, this procedure is entirely based on his
method as he posted as a document)
IMPORTANT
#1 BEFORE FLASHING, EVERY IMPORTANT DATA FROM THE PHONE SHOULD
BE BACKED UP
#2 THE MASS STORAGE CONTENT SHOULD BE BACKED UP TOO, AND IT
SHOULD BE FORMATTED
#3 IF NOT FORMATTED DELETE THE SYSTEM FOLDERS FROM MASS STORAGE
#4 THE PHONE SHOULD BE SWITCHED OFF BEFORE STARTING FLASH
#5 PHONE SHOULD NOT BE CONNECTED TO COMPUTER UNLESS INSTRUCTED
BY THE FLASHING SOFTWARE
Open Phoenix
Now follow the pictorial instructions
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Now bring all the original downloaded firmware files into the
above mentioned folder
To do this, create a folder named "RM-xxx" inside the above
mentioned folder, where xxx is the device's number, and paste
the files inside this folder
According to the example the files should be in this folder now
- "C:\Program Files\Nokia\Phoenix\RM-xxx\"
Now follow the rest of the guide...
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This guide is finished
Credits to the greatest people in the Symbian scene, thank you
CODeRUS, Il.Socio, Doctorly, PNHT
I hope this guide helps everyone :)
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