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[TUTORIAL]Making and flashing your CFW for S^3 devices
« on: January 10, 2012, 02:18:08 am »

ALL CREDITS TO Witcher3 FOR THIS GUIDE




First of all the tools needed for cfw are :


1. NaviFirm+ by Il.Socio - DOWNLOAD
2. Nokia Cooker by Il.Socio - DOWNLOAD
3. NFE Core 2 (English) by doctorly - DOWNLOAD
4. Phoenix (2011.14.004.45945) - DOWNLOAD


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

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Re: [TUTORIAL]Making and flashing your CFW for S^3 devices
« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2012, 02:20:10 am »

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





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.

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Re: [TUTORIAL]Making and flashing your CFW for S^3 devices
« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2012, 02:20:56 am »

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





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)

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Re: [TUTORIAL]Making and flashing your CFW for S^3 devices
« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2012, 02:22:57 am »

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"





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





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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Re: [TUTORIAL]Making and flashing your CFW for S^3 devices
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This guide is finished


I would like thank all the members here who have helped me in many ways, starting from when i started learning these things in S^1
I would also like to be really thankful to the greatest people in the Symbian scene, thank you CODeRUS, Il.Socio, Doctorly, PNHT
Thank you all the hard working people here on the forum
Thank you Upakul, nicesoni_ash, and everyone here who has helped me in one way or the other


I hope this guide helps everyone

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Re: [TUTORIAL]Making and flashing your CFW for S^3 devices
« Reply #5 on: February 22, 2013, 11:59:51 am »
ALL CREDITS TO Witcher3 FOR THIS GUIDE




First of all the tools needed for cfw are :


1. NaviFirm+ by Il.Socio - DOWNLOAD
2. Nokia Cooker by Il.Socio - DOWNLOAD
3. NFE Core 2 (English) by doctorly - DOWNLOAD
4. Phoenix (2011.14.004.45945) - DOWNLOAD


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

Can I callibrate the Core Using Nokia cooker...?
is NFE core Editor necessery....?

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Re: [TUTORIAL]Making and flashing your CFW for S^3 devices
« Reply #6 on: February 22, 2013, 10:04:43 pm »
Can I callibrate the Core Using Nokia cooker...?
is NFE core Editor necessery....?
you can use either of the tool.