Very versatile tool for reading and writing OS images to and from the Wallaby. Can read ROM directly from device through ActiveSync, as well as from SD-card and from various disk file formats. Can write to the device (using programme A), to SD-card and to disk using various file formats.
This tool replaces our earlier tool 'XDArit'.
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Is there any way to backup the ROM to a desktop PC. I've done the SD process but I really don't want to waste SD cards for ROM images.
Any suggestions?
Just use the ROM Image Tool
The ROM Image Tool can save the image as a file, if you have Windows NT/2000/XP and a PC <-> SD-card adapter.
http://xda-developers.com/XDArit
I backed up my ROM from my XDA onto an SD card.
When I run XDArit, it reports that card is not formatted, do I want to format it? I just noticed that trying to read the card in file manager, I get the same message.
I remember when I did the ROM backup I chose CE + BOOT.
What is wrong?
Try using XDArit version 1.0 which can be download from the software section at: http://www.yorch.net
Qman
This version seemed better but was a bit confusing.
When run it asks me to chose read from or write to SD card.
I chose "read from"
Then it brings up window to choose files to read for
Bootloader and
Windows CE
There is a directory button labelled ".." to the right of these.
When I click on them it brings up a box that asks me to "save as"
If I add *.nb0 for boot and *.nb1 for CE, I get a device failed message.
However, when I try to read the SD card through file manager on my PC, I get the same "device not formatted" error.
HELP!
i seem to remember reading somewhere on these forums that the pc cannot read the sd card once the image has been written, so you will receive 'device not formatted errors' although it is likely that the data is on the card.
Confirming you're using XDArit 1.0 version?
Also your saved ROM is not saved in a standard windows FAT format so Windows Explorer wants to format it so it can read/write it
As far as "Read from SD card" goes just use a name something like xda.nb1 for Windows CE and xda.nb0 for the bootloader.
Qman
Noted about saved ROM format. That must be why file manager does not recognize card.
Yes I'm using XDArit 1.0
There are 5 different disks to read from in the drop down menu. All have the same name and report the same error, "Failed Device"
"failed to open and read device ()"
when I tried using the names you suggested.
Joe_PDA said:
There are 5 different disks to read from in the drop down menu. All have the same name and report the same error, "Failed Device"
"failed to open and read device ()"
when I tried using the names you suggested.
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Now thats strange, because you should at least be able to read your hard drive! What of PC SD card reader are you using?
I had the same problem with "format the card" message and guessed that wasn't really the problem.
I couldn't get "write to SD" to work, it kept saying "failed to write" or somthing like that, so following this thread I tried the same thing with the older version of XDArit and it worked!!
My xda is back from the dead.
Thanks guys.
Same for me, and everything's OK , using XDArit old version
Thanks a lot guys for all the wonderful job you're doing on this site and forum !!!! You're GREAT :!:
The old version of XDArit did get me farther along in the process.
However I still end up not able to read from the SD card with my ROM.
Qman,
I'm using a Dazzle 6 in 1 card reader, which works well for all other reading /writing I do.
Although there are 5 disks in the drop down menu, they all have the same name, although the program recognizes them as 1-5.
I know that after the backup process I saw the "completed" message.
Here is another trick with xdarit:
Situation: Win2000 Advanced Server / Win2003 Enterprise Server, two different motherboards.
PQI TravelFlash "5in1" or PQI TravelFlash "6in1" (behaves similar).
No USB hosts
New or "old" XDARit version are the same.
Problem: Unable to read image from SD with "reading success" message after 1 second but resulting file size is 1k instead of 32Mb
Solution (at least it 100% works for me): just write something to XD with XDARit. After this all read/write operation are really success until xdaRit not restarted.
I am attempting to use the XDA Rom image Tool to write a rom on to my SD card but I keep getting the error message "Failed to open device \\.\physicaldrive11.
My sd card reader is a dazzle high speed usb reader & writer.
Don't do it with XDARit until the new version is released. It looks like you have several logical drives on single physical hard disks. Am I correct? If you use XDARit, you might end up writing over a partition table of a Harddrive.
Best to use XDARit when you have a single Drive C, 1 or more CDRoms, and no other devices except your SD reader.
Wade
you may try it now actually, just haven't officially released it yet, and it may get more documentation.
tell me what you think of it:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~itsme/projects/xda/OsImageTool.html
it does less than xdarit, but does it faster, and probably safer, with less risk of destroying other disks.
I am trying it. I am trying to use the Device Memory as the source and then for the Destination, I am trying to use the File Selector to select Test.nb1 as the Destination. It says, Test.nb1 , File Not Found. Please verify that the correct Filename was given.
I then created an empty text file and renamed it to Test.nb1. Then I retried. It liked it since the File existed.
Then I had a sense of foreboding and I canceled everything, fearing that I might be trying to flash my device with an empty file if things went wrong. :shock:
So I am hoping to get a warmer fuzzy before trying it.
PS. I did try and flash my SD with an NK.nbf and it worked great.
Wade
Did it!
I used the USB reader on a machine with a single hard drive and cd rom and it worked great.
Thanks for the advice wbalzer.
I think it suffers the same shortcoming as pnewbootloader, that it needs
pput.exe.
I added it to the archive now.
if you select 'device memory' as a destination, it will start "programme a"
so you will have plenty of opportunities to click cancel, if you didn't mean
to do so.
I found today that XDE creates VHD file located here C:\Users\a.sorokoletov\AppData\Local\Microsoft\XDE which is named {GUID}NandFlash.vhd
Does anybody know what is it?
vhd file is harddrive image for microsoft virtual machine..
I know
But for what it's being used?
For microsoft virtual machine... Its virtual hard drive, like your physical harddrive in PC...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VHD_(file_format)
Persistent storage?
If it's in VPC format indeed, you should be able to mount it and access files inside, using, for example: http://www.freewarefree.net/utility/5888/vhd-attach-150/
Hi.
Im running wp7 by nand/magldr 1.12.
There is a "fake"/emulated SPL (wp7 with sd-card) and Cotulla points out that sd cards are formatted with 2 partitions: one in UNKNOWN format: that it RAIDs it with RAM!!! Could this be connecte to VHD?
You can access new wp7 spl after magldr 1234-5-6. boot. press vol down around 4 or 5 before go go go.
Easiest way to try Linux on a RK3288 if you only have a Windows PC.
First check your bootloader version and if necessary flash the RK3288Loader_uboot_V2.17.02.bin (downloadable from 'https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99O3A0dDe67Tm1nVjdncVBuaG8') to your device to allow SD card booting.
Next download and uncompress one of these images ('https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99O3A0dDe67cU1ZSkoybEdPeTA' or 'https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B99O3A0dDe67XzBhYTRKS1BqTnc') and write the image to an SD card using 'Win32 Disk Imager' on Windows (or 'dd' on Linux).
Then just put the SD card into your device and turn on the power to boot up Linux.
Booting will give you a full Linux desktop. It will not affect your installed software as everything needed to boot is taken from the SD card so it will work even if the device is 'bricked'. As it provides effectively a generic RK3288 kernel and resource image, both wifi and/or sound may or may not work depending on your specific device. However you can then use the system to build a bootable SD card by following 'Running Android or Linux from an SD card on a RK3288 device' (see 'https://plus.google.com/+IanMORRISON/posts/22Vxc6Sr5Ei') or similar.
The default username is 'linuxium' and the default password is 'p'.
A root password can be set by entering 'sudo su -' and then 'passwd root' in a terminal window. You can expand the file system to utilise the whole SD card by entering 'echo -e "d\nn\np\n1\n139265\n\nw" | sudo fdisk /dev/mmcblk1' then rebooting and entering 'sudo resize2fs /dev/mmcblk1p1' to complete the resizing.
One other advantage is that this image also supports a Linux root file system (RFS) on USB. So if you want to try a different RFS all you need to do is download one and write it to USB and then make sure both the SD card and USB are inserted before connecting the power.