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Mac OS and HD2

Hi to everyone. I’m trying to upgrade my ROM but the file I’m downloading (Greek 1.48.482.4) is .exe and doesn’t work on my MacBook. (As most other .exe files that I've tried so far). Any suggestions? Thank you in advance!!

Forget it on a Mac. You have to install VMWare, Parallels or Bootcamp to install a Windows version on a Mac. Or use someone else's PC.

use emulation or boot camp
Hi there,
No exe file will ever launch on mac OS.
Many emulators allow mapping of USB ports, but i'd say you are likely to fail or get corrupted sooner or later (i.e brick your device because of some VM/ emulator failure).
The best way would be to use bootcamp and install XP on a small partition.
You may also try a live CD like BartXP (google is your friend)

Well, I may use a friend' s PC. Thank u for the immediate answers.

christav said:
Well, I may use a friend' s PC. Thank u for the immediate answers.
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I like your wise alternative solution. Sometime things are not as complicated as they seem. Thank you for showing us the way.

I would reccomend against using emulation software for such an important task. For me I have a bootcamp partition of 7. I'm sure you can find a cheap copy of XP somewhere and install that (but i think 7 takes up less space!)

You will need to to the goldcard method I think and therefore install from your sd card.
You'll need a pc to extract the .nbh

If you have an Intel Mac, you might have luck with this.
I just checked, and the one ROM updater I tested (TUR_1.61.468.1) seemed to work fine running through Wine on my machine (iMac7,1 running Snow Leopard). I didn't flash over USB, but directly from MicroSD-card.
Here's what I did:
1) Download and Install Wine. I used this, which includes WineBottler.
2) After installing, run Wine.app.
3) You will get the opportunity to add a Prefix. This is the location on your drive that your virtual Windows system will be placed. Create it in any location you like, I create mine as 'WineDefault' in my user folder, so /Users/meptik/WineDefault/. This might take a minute.
4) Now find the ROM Updater you downloaded and right-click (or ctrl-click) on it, and Open With -> Wine.app.
5) When prompted, select 'Run directly in <prefix you just created>' and click Go. Installshield Wizard should run, click 'Next' and it should start extracting files.
6) Now, when the ROM Update Utility window appears, don't do anything.
7) Instead, head over to the Wine prefix you created earlier, and look in drive_c/windows/temp/. There should be some temporary folder here. Inside should be the files extracted by the ROM Updater, including RUU_signed.nbh.
This file, once renamed to LEOIMG.nbh, can be used to update your HD2 directly from your MicroSD-card. Follow this tutorial from step 6c.

so, in essence, using my Macbook and my HD2 means I'm a bit stuck for changing the ROM on the phone

SDK WP7 for windows xp!

On MS site there isn't an sdk for xp but only for vista o 7! I found this...download the iso file and burn it on the cd o dvd! Then make this u read in this post!
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=201927
http://www.ms-windows.info/Help/wp7-dev-tools-sdk-win-xp-15535.aspx

Anyone confirm this working?

I followed the instructions on the link. However 2 of the files are not able to install because I am missing windows developers tool or visual studio. Thought I was just installing those programms.
Still, anyone succeeded in installing sdk for xp.

yeah i couldnt download the two files either. seemed kind of contradicting.

Installing Windows Phone 7 Developer Tools on XP
1. Download the Windows Phone Developer Tools SDK 7.1 from Microsoft Download Center
2. Extract the downloaded package by running vm_web2.exe /x
3. Go to the folder of the extracted package & open the file baseline.dat in any text editor
4. Look for the ‘gencomp7788’ section and change this two entries from 1 to 0:
* InstallOnLHS=0
* InstallOnWinXP=0
5. Save the file baseline.dat
6. Run setup.exe /web
7. All ok installing :good:

supercommanderz said:
1. Download the Windows Phone Developer Tools SDK 7.1 from Microsoft Download Center
2. Extract the downloaded package by running vm_web2.exe /x
3. Go to the folder of the extracted package & open the file baseline.dat in any text editor
4. Look for the ‘gencomp7788’ section and change this two entries from 1 to 0:
* InstallOnLHS=0
* InstallOnWinXP=0
5. Save the file baseline.dat
6. Run setup.exe /web
7. All ok installing :good:
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I got another error, .NET Framework 4.0 GDR -could not install, and that abort proccess.
I have .NET Framework 4.0 installed, but not GDR version.
Best regards!

APK Installer for Windows

If you're constantly downloading APK packages from the Internet, you'll know how annoying it is to copy them to the SD card. So, with this application, you can just click one from anywhere on your PC to install it onto your phone!
SYSTEM APP INSTALLING DOESN'T WORK YET.
THIS PROGRAM SOMETIMES DOESN'T WORK.
Prerequisites
- ADB environmental variable set up
(Cornea, one of my programs available on XDA, can do the same thing for you).
- Windows
- ADB drivers for your phone
- APKinstaller.bat
1. Enable USB debugging.
2. Right-click any APK file, then choose Open With. Tick 'Always use the selected program to open this kind of file'.
3. Click Browse.
4. Find APKinstaller.bat, then double-click it.
5. In the textbox, type "Android package file (double-click to install)".
6. Now, the APK will install.
To install an APK in the future, just double click it!

How to extract the USB driver from the Acer executable package

There are times when a driver package simply will not install properly leaving Windows in a state where a a single component is missing or is linked to the incorrect driver or a dummy driver. In these cases Windows must be coaxed into finding the correct driver.
Go into control panel/system/device manager with the tablet hooked up. Look for devices with the yellow ! exclamation point.
Some drivers when you download them can be extracted directly from the package. Unfortunately the Acer USB executable keeps you from doing this directly. But, there is a way to get to the driver package and copy it.
Open an Explorer window. Navigate to C:\Users\<youruserprofile>\AppData\Local\Temp
That folder is technically hidden, if you can't see it, you'll have to go to the menu under tools/folder options and check 'Show hidden files and folders'. You may have turn on the menu bar by going to 'Layout' on the sidebar.
Note: Even if you can't see the AppData folder upon entering your profile directory, you can also navigate to it by appending \AppData to the path on the address bar.
Change your view to 'Details' and then sort by date. Leave that window as is.
Unzip the the Acer USB driver executable package. This will leave you with a file called "ICONIA TAB USB Driver Setup.exe"
Run the executable and select the language and then click 'next', and just leave it open and don't do anything. At this point the setup will extract the driver package from the executable.
Now go back to the Explorer window open to the temp folder. Scroll until you can see the newest folders (they should have the current date and time). The setup will have created 2 folders. One is the actual setup, the other is the drivers. On my machine, the driver folder name is "{2736D2C2-2104-4AA0-BEB9-091B78D38D7D}" but this may differ on yours.
Of the two created folders, the folder that has about 20 .ini files in it is the one you want. Go back up and make a copy of this folder to a different location where you can find it easily (right click and copy/paste or drag and drop).
Once you've copied this folder, rename it to something useful like "Acer A500 USB driver".
You can now close the setup. When you do, the setup will delete the folders in Temp.
You now have a folder with the full driver package.
Fixing missing or B0rken drivers:
Go to back to control panel/system/device mangler. With the tablet hooked up, look for any exclamation points related to USB or tablet. Right click on the non-working item and select "Update Driver Software". Then select "Browse my computer for driver software". Browse to the folder you copied and select it and click OK.
Windows should acquire and install the driver properly.
I have used this in ICS, where the tablet connects as a media drive but will not establish an ADB connection (Acer Composite ADB Interface).

Hi guys
I think i tried every tips i could find. My problem, it's impossible to install the usb driver from Acer. Everytime i tried i got this second windows popping.
Any ideas?
Thanks

Spidernico said:
Hi guys
I think i tried every tips i could find. My problem, it's impossible to install the usb driver from Acer. Everytime i tried i got this second windows popping.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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This is from memory, and a few weeks old.
But from what I recall there is an additional step for the 1.06.1500 download, it does not extract the drivers directly but a msi package that contains the drivers.
So the steps would be something like:
Download the driver package
Unzip the driver package
Run the setup.exe
Just leave it running untill you have completed the next steps.
When started setup.exe file will extract a msi package into a subdirectory of %tempdir% (should be C:\Users\<youruserprofile>\AppData\Local\Temp as mentioned earlier)
Look in %tempdir% for the extracted .msi file
Extract the .msi file (using winrar of whatever you prefer that can read .msi)
It contains among other things the driver dll and inf files
Copy the files you want somewhere else

Well, that work, for the first step. Now i have to install the APX driver... And this is not working with these instructions... Any new Ideas? Thanks anyway

Spidernico said:
Hi guys
I think i tried every tips i could find. My problem, it's impossible to install the usb driver from Acer. Everytime i tried i got this second windows popping.
Any ideas?
Thanks
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When I got stuck there, I fixed it by unplugging the Acer A500 from the PC's USB port.

[Guide][TUT] How to make a System Dump from Odin-packages

Hi guys
Today I wanted to start porting some Galaxy Tab A apps to my Tab S by myself.
I searched for a Galaxy Tab A dump but there wasn't any...
So I decided to make a dump for myself.
Here are the steps I have done to create a system dump from a Odin firmware package
Let's start!
Things needed:
- Windows PC with...
- java installed
- sgs2toext4.jar downloadable from here
- ext2explore.exe downloadable from here
1) Take your time; download your Odin-Package from "sammobile.com/firmwares"
2) Extract the *.zip file using 7-Zip.
3) Now, extract the "system.img.ext4" in it
4) Open "sgs2toext4.jar"
5) A window called "Drop .img here" will appear
6) Take the "system.img.ext4" and drop it into the window
7) Wait; A new item called "system.img.ext4.img" will appear on your desktop
8) Now, open "ext2explore.exe" as Administrator
9) Click the "File"-tab and then click "open image"
10) Select your "system.img.ext4.img" which should be on your desktop
11) After this is done do a doubleclick on the harddisk icon on the right
11.1) Now you can see all things in your system partition
12) now go to the "Tools"-tab and select the "save" option.
13) Choose your place you want the dump
13.1) (Not recommended to select the desktop. Otherwise your desktop will be filled with a lot of things. Create a folder on the desktop instead)
14) Voila, your dump is ready. Be happy and press tha THX button now haha
I really do not know whose work the sgs2toext4.jar's is. Tell me via PM so I can give credit
Have a nice day :=)

awesome post!!!! Oh, if anyone needs updated links to the 2 file here, let me know as the original links no longer work.