[GUIDE] How to extract FTF file step by step [GB/ICS/JB] [Newbie]

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The reason behind to post this guide, if you had forgotten to make backup before flashing any mod. you don't need to write a post for getting the files of stock one.
you can get it from your ftf file and drag n drop into that flashable.zip which one you applied.
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Rom porter can easily get the system dump.....
Before going to proceed this tutorial you need

• your desired ftf file which you want to extract.
• winrar
• Flashtool
• ext4_unpacker [ attached ]
  

Instructions:

First,open your ftf file via winrar and get the system.sin file.


Second,

• open Flashtool
• go to Tools -> Sin Editor
• click on '...' button
• open the system.sin
• click 'Dump data' button

wait untill flastool shows 'Data Extraction finished'



Note: the below method depends on which one you get. 1st one is for yaffs2 & 2nd one is for ext4

Third,

• open Flashtool
• go to Tools -> Extractors -> yaffs2
• open system.yaffs2

extraction will start


wait untill flashtool shows 'Extraction finished'



now you get the system dump.

for system.ext4

• open ext4_unpacker
• click on the 'folder icon'
• open system.ext4
• select all
• click right button of mouse
• click Extract
• select the destination folder where the files of system.ext4 will be extracted

ext4_unpacker_exe.zip - [Click for QR Code]  

Done