Extracting firmware - Revision history

User890104: svn -> github

2026-02-28T12:02:30Z

svn -> github

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	The tool for extracting iPod firmware is called extract2g. Extract2g can be found on the freemyipod ~~SVN~~ at		The tool for extracting iPod firmware is called extract2g. Extract2g can be found on the freemyipod GitHub at
	~~http~~://~~svn~~.freemyipod~~.org~~/tools/extract2g/. The Windows and the Linux versions can be built with a simple make command. Extract2g supports all of the Nanos and the 5G and 6G iPods (haven't tested any others). If the output says something similar to "Extracting from osos.fw," you should be fine.		https://github.com/freemyipod/freemyipod/tree/master/tools/extract2g. The Windows and the Linux versions can be built with a simple make command. Extract2g supports all of the Nanos and the 5G and 6G iPods (haven't tested any others). If the output says something similar to "Extracting from osos.fw," you should be fine.

	To obtain a list of availible files, type in:		To obtain a list of availible files, type in:

Q3k at 15:46, 9 January 2023

2023-01-09T15:46:38Z

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	These are your extracted firmware images. To learn more about these, please visit the [[Firmware]] page. If you need more information about using extract2g, type in:		These are your extracted firmware images. To learn more about these, please visit the [[Firmware]] page. If you need more information about using extract2g, type in:
	<pre>extract2g - -help</pre>		<pre>extract2g - -help</pre>

			===Decrypting blobs===

			On iPod Nano3G and above some of these resources (notably [[OSOS\|osos.fw]] and other executables) are encrypted and signed. [[wInd3x]] can be used to decrypt them as long as a compatible devices is connected in DFU mode.

	===Removing header===		===Removing header===

	Also if you are using the osos.fw outputted by extract2g in [[emCORE]] you need to remove the 2 KiB header from it:		Also if you are using the osos.fw outputted by extract2g in [[emCORE]] you need to remove the 2 KiB header from it:
	<pre>dd if=osos.fw of=osos.out bs=2048 skip=1</pre>		<pre>dd if=osos.fw of=osos.out bs=2048 skip=1</pre>

User890104 at 23:26, 18 October 2011

2011-10-18T23:26:41Z

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	<pre>extract2g - -help</pre>		<pre>extract2g - -help</pre>
	===Removing header===		===Removing header===
	Also if you are using the osos.fw outputted by extract2g in ~~iLoader~~ you need to remove the 2 KiB header from it:		Also if you are using the osos.fw outputted by extract2g in [[emCORE]] you need to remove the 2 KiB header from it:
	<pre>dd if=osos.fw of=osos.out bs=2048 skip=1</pre>		<pre>dd if=osos.fw of=osos.out bs=2048 skip=1</pre>
	Or alternatively, under Windows open osos.fw in HxD and select 'select block' from the edit menu, select from 0x0 to 0x7FF, then delete this region and save.		Or alternatively, under Windows open osos.fw in HxD and select 'select block' from the edit menu, select from 0x0 to 0x7FF, then delete this region and save.

User890104 at 23:25, 18 October 2011

2011-10-18T23:25:49Z

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	Or alternatively, under Windows open osos.fw in HxD and select 'select block' from the edit menu, select from 0x0 to 0x7FF, then delete this region and save.		Or alternatively, under Windows open osos.fw in HxD and select 'select block' from the edit menu, select from 0x0 to 0x7FF, then delete this region and save.

	Then put osos.out into /~~iLoader~~/~~osos~~.fw		Then put osos.out into /.boot/AppleOS.bin

	==Helpful pages==		==Helpful pages==

Farthen: Reverted edits by Owixyze (talk) to last revision by User890104

2010-11-24T00:15:52Z

Reverted edits by Owixyze (talk) to last revision by User890104

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	The tool for extracting iPod firmware is called extract2g. Extract2g can be found on the freemyipod SVN at		The tool for extracting iPod firmware is called extract2g. Extract2g can be found on the freemyipod SVN at
	http://svn.freemyipod.org/tools/extract2g/. The Windows and the Linux versions can be built with a simple make command. Extract2g supports all of the Nanos and the 5G and 6G iPods (haven't tested any others). If the output says something similar to "Extracting from osos.fw," you should be fine.		http://svn.freemyipod.org/tools/extract2g/. The Windows and the Linux versions can be built with a simple make command. Extract2g supports all of the Nanos and the 5G and 6G iPods (haven't tested any others). If the output says something similar to "Extracting from osos.fw," you should be fine.

	To obtain a list of availible files, type in:		To obtain a list of availible files, type in:
	~~<~~pre>extract2g -l dump.img~~<~~/pre>		<pre>extract2g -l dump.img</pre>
	Please note that "dump.img" can be replaced with whatever your dump file is named. To actually extract the firmwares, type in:		Please note that "dump.img" can be replaced with whatever your dump file is named. To actually extract the firmwares, type in:
	~~<~~pre>extract2g -A dump.img~~<~~/pre>		<pre>extract2g -A dump.img</pre>
	You should now have 3 files:		You should now have 3 files:
	*osos.fw		*osos.fw
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	To list the files, type in:		To list the files, type in:
	~~<~~pre>extract2g -l -4 dump.img~~<~~/pre>		<pre>extract2g -l -4 dump.img</pre>
	To extract all files, type in:		To extract all files, type in:
	~~<~~pre>extract2g -A -4 dump.img~~<~~/pre>		<pre>extract2g -A -4 dump.img</pre>
	You should now have 9 files:		You should now have 9 files:
	*appl.fw		*appl.fw
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	*rsrc.fw		*rsrc.fw
	These are your extracted firmware images. To learn more about these, please visit the [[Firmware]] page. If you need more information about using extract2g, type in:		These are your extracted firmware images. To learn more about these, please visit the [[Firmware]] page. If you need more information about using extract2g, type in:
	~~<~~pre>extract2g - -help~~<~~/pre>		<pre>extract2g - -help</pre>
	===Removing header===		===Removing header===
	Also if you are using the osos.fw outputted by extract2g in iLoader you need to remove the 2 KiB header from it:		Also if you are using the osos.fw outputted by extract2g in iLoader you need to remove the 2 KiB header from it:
	~~<~~pre>dd if=osos.fw of=osos.out bs=2048 skip=1~~<~~/pre>		<pre>dd if=osos.fw of=osos.out bs=2048 skip=1</pre>
	Or alternatively, under Windows open osos.fw in HxD and select 'select block' from the edit menu, select from 0x0 to 0x7FF, then delete this region and save.		Or alternatively, under Windows open osos.fw in HxD and select 'select block' from the edit menu, select from 0x0 to 0x7FF, then delete this region and save.

Owixyze at 23:01, 23 November 2010

2010-11-23T23:01:04Z

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	The tool for extracting iPod firmware is called extract2g. Extract2g can be found on the freemyipod SVN at		The tool for extracting iPod firmware is called extract2g. Extract2g can be found on the freemyipod SVN at
	http://svn.freemyipod.org/tools/extract2g/. The Windows and the Linux versions can be built with a simple make command. Extract2g supports all of the Nanos and the 5G and 6G iPods (haven't tested any others). If the output says something similar to "Extracting from osos.fw," you should be fine.		http://svn.freemyipod.org/tools/extract2g/. The Windows and the Linux versions can be built with a simple make command. Extract2g supports all of the Nanos and the 5G and 6G iPods (haven't tested any others). If the output says something similar to "Extracting from osos.fw," you should be fine.

	To obtain a list of availible files, type in:		To obtain a list of availible files, type in:
	<pre>extract2g -l dump.img</pre>		<pre>extract2g -l dump.img</pre>
	Please note that "dump.img" can be replaced with whatever your dump file is named. To actually extract the firmwares, type in:		Please note that "dump.img" can be replaced with whatever your dump file is named. To actually extract the firmwares, type in:
	<pre>extract2g -A dump.img</pre>		<pre>extract2g -A dump.img</pre>
	You should now have 3 files:		You should now have 3 files:
	*osos.fw		*osos.fw
Line 14:		Line 22:

	To list the files, type in:		To list the files, type in:
	<pre>extract2g -l -4 dump.img</pre>		<pre>extract2g -l -4 dump.img</pre>
	To extract all files, type in:		To extract all files, type in:
	<pre>extract2g -A -4 dump.img</pre>		<pre>extract2g -A -4 dump.img</pre>
	You should now have 9 files:		You should now have 9 files:
	*appl.fw		*appl.fw
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	*rsrc.fw		*rsrc.fw
	These are your extracted firmware images. To learn more about these, please visit the [[Firmware]] page. If you need more information about using extract2g, type in:		These are your extracted firmware images. To learn more about these, please visit the [[Firmware]] page. If you need more information about using extract2g, type in:
	<pre>extract2g - -help</pre>		<pre>extract2g - -help</pre>
	===Removing header===		===Removing header===
	Also if you are using the osos.fw outputted by extract2g in iLoader you need to remove the 2 KiB header from it:		Also if you are using the osos.fw outputted by extract2g in iLoader you need to remove the 2 KiB header from it:
	<pre>dd if=osos.fw of=osos.out bs=2048 skip=1</pre>		<pre>dd if=osos.fw of=osos.out bs=2048 skip=1</pre>
	Or alternatively, under Windows open osos.fw in HxD and select 'select block' from the edit menu, select from 0x0 to 0x7FF, then delete this region and save.		Or alternatively, under Windows open osos.fw in HxD and select 'select block' from the edit menu, select from 0x0 to 0x7FF, then delete this region and save.

User890104 at 23:16, 19 August 2010

2010-08-19T23:16:08Z

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-The tool for extracting iPod firmware is called extract2g. Extract2g can be found on the Linux4nano SVN at http://svn.gna.org/viewcvs/linux4nano/trunk/tools/extract2g/. The Windows binary is provided, and the Linux version can be built with a simple make command. Extract2g supports all of the Nanos and the 5G and 6G iPods (haven't tested any others). If the output says something similar to "Extracting from osos.fw," you should be fine.
+The tool for extracting iPod firmware is called extract2g. Extract2g can be found on the freemyipod SVN at
 To obtain a list of availible files, type in:
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 *osos.fw
 *aupd.fw
 *rsrc.fw
 These are your extracted firmware images. To learn more about these, please visit the [[Firmware]] page. If you need more information about using extract2g, type in:

Cmwslw at 05:34, 13 July 2010

2010-07-13T05:34:29Z

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	These are your extracted firmware images. To learn more about these, please visit the [[Firmware]] page. If you need more information about using extract2g, type in:		These are your extracted firmware images. To learn more about these, please visit the [[Firmware]] page. If you need more information about using extract2g, type in:
	<pre>extract2g - -help</pre>		<pre>extract2g - -help</pre>
			===Removing header===
			Also if you are using the osos.fw outputted by extract2g in iLoader you need to remove the 2 KiB header from it:
			<pre>dd if=osos.fw of=osos.out bs=2048 skip=1</pre>
			Or alternatively, under Windows open osos.fw in HxD and select 'select block' from the edit menu, select from 0x0 to 0x7FF, then delete this region and save.

	~~Also if you are using the osos.fw outputted by extract2g in iLoader you need to do the following to it first:~~
	~~<pre>dd if=osos.fw of=osos.out bs=2048 skip=1</pre>~~
	Then put osos.out into /iLoader/osos.fw		Then put osos.out into /iLoader/osos.fw

	~~Or alternatively, under Windows open osos.fw in HxD and select 'select block' from the edit menu, select from 0x0 to 0x7FF, then delete this region and save.~~

	==Helpful pages==		==Helpful pages==

Cmwslw at 05:31, 13 July 2010

2010-07-13T05:31:31Z

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	Then put osos.out into /iLoader/osos.fw		Then put osos.out into /iLoader/osos.fw

	Or alternatively, under ~~windows~~ open osos.fw in HxD and select 'select block' from the edit menu, select from 0 to ~~7FF~~, then delete this region and save.		Or alternatively, under Windows open osos.fw in HxD and select 'select block' from the edit menu, select from 0x0 to 0x7FF, then delete this region and save.

	==Helpful pages==		==Helpful pages==

Cmwslw: Unprotected "Extracting firmware"

2009-12-15T18:49:59Z

Unprotected "Extracting firmware"

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