Nokia(Series 40) firmware ripping guide

Nokia(Series 40) firmware ripping guide

Nokia firmware contains mainly three important files viz .mcu, .ppm & .cnt which are our main point of interest here.

.ppm contains all icons, tones, fonts and languages available.

.cnt contains themes, games, apps, wallpapers.

*The mcu files in most models ends with mcusw

*The cnt file has the words ucp, nai or image in it

Nokia firmware download links:
http://www.freeflashfile.com/nokia/BB5/

http://mobiteh.org/flash/mobile/nokia
https://www.4shared.com/folder/nSfIcGS_/FIRMWARE_NOKIA.html
https://www.nokiafirmware.net/

.cnt files can be ripped using Trix
  

Simple step by step guide to use Trix

1. First click the Input File check box it will activate the textbox below then click the little magnifying glass icon it will open a file open dialog box.

2. Open the desired firmware image file for me it was "rm242__10.00_ISM_007.image_w" for you it will be different depending upon the firmware.

3. Now click on the Scripts tab then click on the little magnifying glass icon from below it will again open a file open dialog box.

4. Open the "fate_shell.trx" script and click Add.

5. Now click the Start icon from the toolbar menu and wait for a few seconds.

6. After it is done a list of Fate Shell options from 0 to 7 will appear for you to input in Your choice text box below.

7. Optional(Enter 1 to list the contents of the .image file)

7. Enter 7 in Your choice textbox to Dump all the files, give a desired destination directory name and then wait for a few seconds for it to finish dumping the files.

Altap Salamander can also be used to extract files from the fat16 partition