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[rickw]

Was hoping someone would come up with stock boot image tar for S4 dev

[jayrod]

You don't need no stinking images! You've got a Dev..that means that you ummm...eat bacon? Haha

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[rickw]

lmao,just like to have a backup plan

[skeetch79]

I also have a Dev. I was wondering if there are any words whether Stock Images would be released (available from Sammy's website) or if they will ever be obtained. The Moto devices always had SBF files leaked and could be used as a safety net. I currently have a rooted S4 with a custom recovery. Was hoping these files were available somewhere in case I ever wanted to return to full stock (System, Recovery, etc).

 

I saw these two threads and wasn't sure if the images available would help us or hurt us.

http://www.sxtpdevel...hread.php?t=237

http://forum.xda-dev...d.php?t=2301259

 

 

Comments?

[rickw]

Hi,those are for stock s4,not dev editions which are different,wish i knew how to do it,but way over my head,been hoping someone would help us out and do one,fingers crossed

[skeetch79]

Yeah, I thought that they would be for Stock, non Dev editions. 

 

I see you are looking for a stock boot image. After powering up my phone I flashed a custom recovery via Odin and then installed the SuperSu zip via recovery. I made a nandroid backup before making any modifications. I noticed that I do have a back up of the boot.img along with cache, data, recovery and system tars. Would my nandroid backup of the boot.img help you out?

 

Too bad Sammy doesn't make the stock images available. There has to be another way to pull the images....if we found someone with a brand new Dev device, could they issue the dd block command via adb to pull stock images?

[rickw]

i will check and find out,thanks

[livinginkaos]

Yeah, I thought that they would be for Stock, non Dev editions. 

 

I see you are looking for a stock boot image. After powering up my phone I flashed a custom recovery via Odin and then installed the SuperSu zip via recovery. I made a nandroid backup before making any modifications. I noticed that I do have a back up of the boot.img along with cache, data, recovery and system tars. Would my nandroid backup of the boot.img help you out?

 

Too bad Sammy doesn't make the stock images available. There has to be another way to pull the images....if we found someone with a brand new Dev device, could they issue the dd block command via adb to pull stock images?

Skeetch, you willing to send me all but your data & recovery?

[jayrod]

Skeetch, you willing to send me all but your data & recovery?

Kaos,you willing to send me your Dev..minus data and recovery?

It was worth a shot.


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[livinginkaos]

Kaos,you willing to send me your Dev..minus data and recovery?

It was worth a shot.


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Sure why not !  Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ..... repeat.....

[jayrod]

Sure why not ! Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ..... repeat.....

So..does that mean you're going to think about it or.., I'm not understanding.

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[livinginkaos]

Me Either !

[jayrod]

So..what you're saying is.....?

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[livinginkaos]

EXACTLY !

[rickw]

ok

[skeetch79]

The files from my Nandroid are as follows:

.android_secure.vfat.tar

.android_secure.vfat.tar.a

boot.img

cache.ext4.tar

cache.ext4.tar.a

data.ext.tar, .a and .b

nandroid.md5

recovery.img

recovery.log

system.ext4.tar, .a, .b and .c

[skeetch79]

Skeetch, you willing to send me all but your data & recovery?

 

The system backup is 2.4gb alone!!! :-o

[rickw]

it's a biggie,lol

[skeetch79]

I have a few questions - no sure if you have any answers:

 

So, my Galaxy S4 Dev has Philz's Touch Recovery on it and in October Samsung is planning an update for the S4, S3 and Note 2 to Android 4.3.

 

1. Does that Update to 4.3 include Developer edition users or is it just for regular devices?

 

2. For us Developer Edition guys will Vzw push it to us OTA or will it come from another source (maybe another way - i.e. download)?

 

3. With a custom recovery, do you think it will cause the update to fail or will the update not even touch the recovery partition?

 

4. When will we get stock images?! :-) <----joke

 

 

Just a few points to ponder. I am new to the Developer Device scene, so please excuse any "silly" questions.

 

(From my understanding GPE devices will receive updates directly from Google)

[jayrod]

From my understanding, the Dev will be pushed via VZW just like the rest of us. However, based on the fact that VZW sucks at pushing updates that are good..who knows when that will be. I'm thinking that this is gonna be a cluster..and since y'all don't have images..I definitely would wait.. Just in case..but that's just me..I don't trust many..especially penguins. Sent from my Platyraptor extreme ultra maxxxx 4gLTE/GSM/ABC/123 Nick Knack Pattywack Ermegherd GED, MD,RNA,DNA,YMCA Edition S4! Via the 4th dimension....NOW RUNNING ECLIPSE