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xda-developers Chef Central Android [GUIDE] How to extract Huawei firmware (update.app) by GalaxyUser

[GUIDE] How to extract Huawei

rmware (update.app)
By GalaxyUser, Recognized Contributor on 8th June
2013, 03:45 PM
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mcgyver83

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8th January 2015, 11:21 PM | #51

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I have the g620s device and I'm looking for a way to update
the system without wipe everything (unlocked bootloader,
root and CWM).

Following you guide to have system.img and receovery.img

starting from the g620s update.app, could be dangerous for

my device?

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janpavel
12th January 2015, 08:43 AM | #52

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I have a problem
I try to extract the boot.img and recovery.img from B512
firmware and it's giving me 12 unknown files
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firmware and it's giving me 12 unknown files

after this i execute huawei finder and it's giving me just a

system.img not boot.img and recover.img
How to solve this problem
Thank You

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mamece2
10th May 2015, 10:11 PM | #53

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Is there a way to do it using ubuntu?

wolfman66

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17th May 2015, 04:55 PM | #54

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Quote:
Originally Posted by GalaxyUser

How to extract
Huawei
firmware /
update.app
I wondered how to extract the firmware
files Huawei, since with the dsixda's
Android Kitchen I could not do it. After
some research I finally found and I share
my method in this thread.
This method works for the newer
firmware (i tested on JellyBean Emotion
UI 1.5) but should also work on a lot of
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UI 1.5) but should also work on a lot of

others version.
Please for all improvements, send me a
MP. Im french and its possible for me to
misspellings
This thread is in constant progress
thanks to your feedback..

I. What you will need

ActivePerl to execute the script that will extract
update.app[/URL][/B]
JoeyJiao's split_updata that i have modfied
Winrar
The Huawei update.app you want to extract
Android ICS JB EXT4 imagefile unpacker
A brain =)

II. Download and install

ActivePerl

1. Download ActivePerl
2. Install it:

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3. It's okay for ActivePerl

III. Install script to extract

update.app

1. Create a new folder on your Desktop named "Huawei

ROM extract"
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ROM extract"
2. Download this script (I modified it to work
properly) in the folder "Huawei ROM extract"
3. Put your update.app in the same folder
NB: It have to be named update.app !!!
4. So you folder look like this:

5. Double click on split_updata.pl

6. This window will appear, just wait:

LOGIN REGISTER

search
plus

7. When it finish the window is closed automaticaly

8. In your folder this is a new folder named "output",
open it
9. You will see some files like:

10. It's okay for extraction

III. Find system, boot and

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III. Find system, boot and

recovery files

1. Download my script HuaweiFinder in the folder

"Huawei ROM extract"
2. Execute my script with a double click, youwill see
this windows:

3. It's done, go into ouput folder and you will see some
files:

boot.img is the kernel files

recovery.img is the recovery
system.img is the rom
others files are some others system files

III. Open and extract img

1. Now download Android ICS JB EXT4 imagefile
unpacker
2. Extract it in the folder "Huawei ROM extract"
3. Open ext4_unpacker
4. Double clic on ext4_unpacker.exe

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5. Clic on this icon:

6. Go to the output folder and select system.img clic on
"Open"

7. Now select all files, right clic and clic on "Extract"

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8. You will see this:

9. It's okay the ROM is extracted where you have

choosen !!

I hope this guide will be helpful!! And don't forget to

thanks
GalaxyUser
Please can you help.

After running the split_updata.pl file, I immediately get a

system.img file in the output folder The file size is 18 528KB.

Then after running the HuaweiFinder.bat file, the output file

shows two system files. The original one (18 528KB) is named
system.img.img and there is also a second file named
system.img with a size of 47 162KB.

WHICH FILE IS THE CORRECT SYSTEM IMAGE?

Also, when executing the HuaweiFinder.bat file, no boot.img
or recovery.img is found?

PLEASE CAN YOU ADVISE.

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A third issue, but no so important for me: The ext4 unpacker

does not extract the .img file. Unrecognised file formaT.

massmeeran007

Junior Member

18th May 2015, 10:34 AM | #55

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boot.img needed

Give me a link to dwnld boot.img for honor holly.

Harley

Junior Member

17th June 2015, 04:02 PM | #56

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hi, I getting this error findstr: 123456789 line too long.

how do I fix?
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XDADEVX

Senior Member

27th June 2015, 09:55 PM | #57

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hello guys

I need advice..

I have file for huawei phone which is called update.zip but I

need this file change to UPDATE.APP
Is it possible ?
Thank you

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Junior
shahram49

7th July 2015, 09:25 PM | #58

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hi to all

i am new member to this forum and i cant speak English very

good so excuse me

i have huawei y625-u32 update.app i repack update app with

winrar and edit it and then repack it by winrar and rename to

update.app but when i flash it give signature error.i cant leave

a screen shoot from files because i am new member.
have any body idea for solve this problem?
thanks a lot

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bubble_cat
12th July 2015, 12:11 PM | #59

Thanks: 5

Thank you ! You just saved me from a bad nandroid backup of

the system (never happened before, and verified by MD5) on
my Huawei Mate 7 (LT10)

lello22

Junior Member

30th July 2015, 02:41 PM | #60

Thanks: 1

i follow the guidance [GUIDE] How to extract Huawei

firmware (Update.app) by Galaxyuser i find a problem

to step script HuaweiFinder

the terminal gives me output FINDSTR: line too long

and i can not go forward
fix???

thanks

VdBBc

Junior Member

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