FYI, at the following:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation (scroll down towards bottom)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-preinstalled/current/
The gunzipped img archive contains a .RAW file. I would like to install this using the multiboot setup instead of the rootfs.IMG file.
Can I used the posted method by Tasssadar here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2011403
and simply substitute the .IMG file for the new .RAW ubuntu release, or does the file need to be converted to an .IMG file first?
thx
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I found this on http://cliq-development.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=13
hopefully this can help anyone who is trying to develop a way for root on the cliq.
To get where we are at in development you must learn about a few things
.SHX = A re-flashing file similar to a .nbh on the HTC brand. It is a full re-flash of everything on the phone, full stock. When extracted it creates three files the main one is the CG2
CG2 = A file extracted from the shx that hold the main partitions that will be flashed to the phone.
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How to extract a shx
(http://modmymoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=525344)
A developer by the name of Meiner Einer created a program named SbfRecalc. With this program we can extract three files and as i stated above the most important one is the CG2
How to extract a CG2
(http://modmymoto.com/forums/showthread.php?t=525477)
A developer by the name of Skrilax_CZ created a program named CG2 Parser. With this program we can extract all of the files within the CG2.
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After you extract all of the files from the CG2 you will find that some of the names were similer to the partitions of the cliq. With a little file manipulation i recreated a boot.img and a recovery.img from some of the files. The guys over at modmymoto dumped a full system partition.
(http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?t ... oot_Images)
To recreate both the boot.img and the recovery.img just do these simple steps
1. Create a directory and put either bootsec.mbn or recoverysec.mbn from the CG2 dump inside it
2. Download the split_bootimg.pl from the link above and run it with the file in the directory to get both a kernel and a ramdisk file.
3. Using the mkbootimg from the android source code you can recombine the kernel and the ramdisk files to create your boot.img/recovery.img strait from the re-flash file
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With the system dump from modmymoto and my boot.img(+a little root) I created an update.zip file with root ready to be flashed when the keys are ready.
This is where we are at any help would be greatly appreciated.
Wow, nice work!
This could really so with a sticky...
Thanks for the update! The cliq goes hard. Once rooted its ova, best android phone on tmo!
Nice! It would be really great if you could repost this at android-devs.org over in the cliq development section of the forum
Since XDA is only for HTC phones and most people here most likely don't have the cliq and there really isn't a correct forum to have this posted in..
I'd reccomend using android-devs.org forums
hi,
i have a big problem.
i have extracted with perl script the boot.img from updata.app
this works fine... but when i want to extract the boot.img, then i have many errors and the .gz files are not readable.
i have tried it under windows and ubuntu, but still the same :-(
can somebody extract the file ?
here is the .img file
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=XX69Z7BM
many thanks
That img file is corrupt, or does not have a ramdisk image within it (only a kernel). Or it is using some non-standard means to store the ramdisk.
What is it from and how did you extract it?
thanks for your replay
the file is from a v845 (huawei 8120).
Firmware: V845 V100R001MYSC02B 236(Malaysia)
from here: huawei
i used the script split_updata.pl, split_bootimg.pl and unyaffs.exe
the boot.img doesn't use yaffs2, it is a raw kernel image combined with a cpio archive of the ramdisk image (and a short header to tell where the files are delimited). Your file has a corrupt header. I was able to extract it for you. Do you want me to attach it for you? I assume you extracted the kernel OK (it worked for me).
Gene Poole said:
the boot.img doesn't use yaffs2, it is a raw kernel image combined with a cpio archive of the ramdisk image (and a short header to tell where the files are delimited). Your file has a corrupt header. I was able to extract it for you. Do you want me to attach it for you? I assume you extracted the kernel OK (it worked for me).
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yes, please attach it
can you tell me, with which tools you managed to extract the kernel ?
thanks
wildgunman said:
yes, please attach it
can you tell me, with which tools you managed to extract the kernel ?
thanks
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I normally use the tools found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=551711
but like I said, your image was corrupt or something. I just hex grepped it for a gzip signature indicating the start of the gzipped cpio ramdisk portion.
Hello
can any one tell me how i can extract a rom so i can gate some apk that my original rom use to have.
thank you
unzip with winrar
system>app> apk files here
Questions to general section please. Written in forum rules.
Sent from my u8800 using XDA App
Thank you oguzhan mobile
How to extract the update.app (stock rom file)?
andreasha said:
How to extract the update.app (stock rom file)?
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The attached should be all you need. split_updata.pl will extract the system image which you can then mount directly. splitfile.c will extract the mbn files and boot.img. Use abootimg to extract the kernel and initrd and then cpio to get the root fs from the initrd. Obviously you will want to use a linux box for this.
dzo said:
The attached should be all you need. split_updata.pl will extract the system image which you can then mount directly. splitfile.c will extract the mbn files and boot.img. Use abootimg to extract the kernel and initrd and then cpio to get the root fs from the initrd. Obviously you will want to use a linux box for this.
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Thanks mate, really nice instructions!
I am a beginner, and I have compiled a game built with C. The instructions I have say that I have to flash the final .img file to a separate partition on my SM-N900P. Now I have successfully downloaded the stockfirmware, unpacked it with mkbootimg, built my own dtb.img and flashed the phone. (Side note: I got an error about Samsung Keyboard, which if you know how I can address I would be grateful). I do not know how / where to put the .img file I compiled though. Do I pack it when I tar my files?
Download Gapps in http://opengapps.org
Extract gapps
Extract lzip in folder gapps files .tar.lz
Convert .tar.lz to .tar with lzip -d filesname.tar.lz (enter)
Extract filesname.tar
Finish
Why though?
partcyborg said:
Why though?
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yes it is..
Just wanted to say thanks for this.
A quicker way to convert all those files would be to type
lzip -d *.tar.lz
This would convert all the tar.lz files in that folder without separately typing each file name.
Thank you for this tool. I have been looking for exactly this for quite sometime.
Here i added an attachment with a ".bat" file in the zip for can run directly in windows and convert the files
Or install this 7zip that read it and decompress
https://mcmilk.de/projects/7-Zip-zstd/ and the releases page is this one https://github.com/mcmilk/7-Zip-zstd/releases