How to?

AMB_Sunday · January 4, 2018, 12:32pm

I wanted to root this tecno spark plus phone… Been looking for it’s stock ROM for backup in case it bricks. Anyone know where I can find it? Online downloads are not reliable apparently

system · January 4, 2018, 12:49pm

Ukitfuta, unitafutie mbaka ya itel p51

aristide · January 4, 2018, 3:02pm

Why not dump the stock firmware from your handset?

system · January 4, 2018, 3:49pm

How?

aristide · January 4, 2018, 5:08pm

There are a million and one guides available online.

For the technically inclined you require adb (Android Debug Bridge) and depending on your operating system, a utility to extract the relevant files (dd works on both Linux and Mac).

system · January 4, 2018, 5:14pm

which commands do you type on ADB? Nataka kujaribu saa hizi for science

aristide · January 4, 2018, 5:29pm

Assuming a successful connection, $ adb shell is what you are looking for.

system · January 4, 2018, 5:43pm

then after typing that it will create a stock rom file in the ADB folder?

aristide · January 4, 2018, 6:02pm

No. Adb only gives you access to files and directories on the handset. In my example, you would then use dd to extract the firmware.

There are more comprehensive writeups on Xda forums, I would recommend you start there.

system · January 4, 2018, 6:15pm

hehehehe I dont think you can extract firmware using ADB, you can only make full backups using the backup command. Firmware get from the OEM or other sources

aristide · January 4, 2018, 6:25pm

Dd dumps the firmware.

Mshikadau · January 5, 2018, 6:33am

@aristide Is that your wife on the avatar

AMB_Sunday · January 5, 2018, 7:16am

thanks i got this…