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Ubuntu on Archos 70

Hey
My goal is trying to install Ubuntu on the Archos 70.
I have downloaded a OMAP3 .img from the Ubuntu Wiki. So I use 7zip to extract the tar.gz file, then it ends up as a .raw file. I need it to be in a .img file. Is there a converter or an extracter that can do this?
I can't do any other extracting when I get to the .raw file.
Also would this work on the Archos: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=962023
Thanks

check the development section
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1360920
there might be problems with the newest image working but if so just use a old one

ubuntu works for me fine on 70IT

Thanks,
I'm downloading the 11.10 image. Do I just need to rename the image file to rootfs.img when I copy it into my Archos 70. I have got SDE installed in my tablet!

StocChr said:
ubuntu works for me fine on 70IT
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Which version did you use? the newest 10.10 image?
AZBoy28 said:
Thanks,
I'm downloading the 11.10 image. Do I just need to rename the image file to rootfs.img when I copy it into my Archos 70. I have got SDE installed in my tablet!
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Please read the guide, its for running ubuntu within android, follow the guide step by step. It is also recommend not to use the 11.10 image as the GUI does not work very well
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I would in fact recommend you download the app at the top of the guide as the guides image's are a little out of date, the app will guide you through the process and includes the most up to date ubuntu images I have created making the process even easier!

Thanks for your help! I appreciate it =)
Is there a way to run Ubuntu by itself through Archos SDE?

AZBoy28 said:
Thanks for your help! I appreciate it =)
Is there a way to run Ubuntu by itself through Archos SDE?
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There is a project to do it I think but it is missing a lot of features. At the moment this is the most stable way
Sent from my HTC Desire S using XDA App

[Q] Blue screen and i am desperate :(

I was only trying to install a new rom but with cwm i deleted everything by mistake, boot etc. After that, when i tried to open phone, it went into blue screen and i connected to pc but there were no files. SO i put
amss.mbn
boot.img
EMMCBOOT.MBN
recovery.img
files to image file that i created but still cant open.And before deleting everything, i had a problem, in cwm it gave error "cant mount sd card".
I tried to format sd card but it did not.
SO, i cant use internal sd card but i found 8 gb sd card of my brothers, but i dont want to lose his files. SO what can i do now with thhat?

Cursed Chico said:
I was only trying to install a new rom but with cwm i deleted everything by mistake, boot etc. After that, when i tried to open phone, it went into blue screen and i connected to pc but there were no files. SO i put
amss.mbn
boot.img
EMMCBOOT.MBN
recovery.img
files to image file that i created but still cant open.And before deleting everything, i had a problem, in cwm it gave error "cant mount sd card".
I tried to format sd card but it did not.
SO, i cant use internal sd card but i found 8 gb sd card of my brothers, but i dont want to lose his files. SO what can i do now with thhat?
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See if you can go to the CWM recovery (volume up+power buttons).
★HUAWEI IDEOS X5 U8800H★

BLUE
what your phone and pc does when you conect the usb cable?

Mahdial said:
See if you can go to the CWM recovery (volume up+power buttons).
★HUAWEI IDEOS X5 U8800H★
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No, it cant. Only blue screen and pink scree.
socioan said:
what your phone and pc does when you conect the usb cable?
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When i connect, pc behaves as if i first time connects, tries to find drivers and shows the phone memory only not sd card in my computer.
And it is empty file .
I now put dload(update and update cust apps in it ) to sd card of my brother and put to phone, vool - and + and then now it is installing but after it is completed, i cant still open the phone. What is wrong with that? Do i need imei or what?

if you can see the phone memory only thats a start.
make a folder with name image and i will upload some files to put in
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download this rom http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?3cs3savi6v79sdu
it is 2.3.5 Gb the on that i run

socioan said:
if you can see the phone memory only thats a start.
make a folder with name image and i will upload some files to put in
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I can see the memory of it but i could see. Now i am trying to upgrade and i dont know.
When i could see thememory, as you told i made image file and put recovery.img and boot.img(those are original) and 2 more .img files that ic ant remember. BUt despite that, i could not open it. SO i put dload file to sd card and tried but still cant open :/
Now i am doing firmware update, 2 steps. It completed,i am making power on, ideos screen is displaying for 10 seconds then goes to black screen, power off.
I will try your files now.

i am moment i will give you the link with the files to put in to the image folder now i am extracting from my phone.
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download this zip and copy the image folder to your phone not to sd card http://www.2shared.com/file/pyo8lRCY/image.html

socioan said:
i am moment i will give you the link with the files to put in to the image folder now i am extracting from my phone.
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>Hey, one hour ago
http://johnnyparanoia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/huawei-u8800-firmware-list.html
from here i downloaded the firmware and installed and now i can open the phone. As how i first bought first time. EMpty everything. And i can see 1.02 gb phone and 1.46 gb sd card. I made partition and i can see now it works.
But now i have to change rom to custom rom,CyanogenMod, how is that, what do you suggest?
Superuser apk, cwm apk all gone, i have to install again i think now.

my files is from b528 white light and it is 2.3.5
download my image files and the the b528 white light rom from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1884741
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Cursed Chico said:
>Hey, one hour ago
http://johnnyparanoia.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/huawei-u8800-firmware-list.html
from here i downloaded the firmware and installed and now i can open the phone. As how i first bought first time. EMpty everything. And i can see 1.02 gb phone and 1.46 gb sd card. I made partition and i can see now it works.
But now i have to change rom to custom rom,CyanogenMod, how is that, what do you suggest?
Superuser apk, cwm apk all gone, i have to install again i think now.
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first you must root
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socioan said:
my files is from b528 white light and it is 2.3.5
download my image files and the the b528 white light rom from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1884741
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first you must root
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the find a custom rom and read instruction how to install
it will say what version of recovery needs to install it
put the corect recovery.img in image folder and the rom.zip file to your sd

socioan said:
my files is from b528 white light and it is 2.3.5
download my image files and the the b528 white light rom from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1884741
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first you must root
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the find a custom rom and read instruction how to install
it will say what version of recovery needs to install it
put the corect recovery.img in image folder and the rom.zip file to your sd
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Thank you so much, you are so helpful.

Cursed Chico said:
Thank you so much, you are so helpful.
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b528 white light is already rooted no need for root and every other custom rom
when i tell you first to root it was for the original rom.

socioan said:
b528 white light is already rooted no need for root and every other custom rom
when i tell you first to root it was for the original rom.
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Ok.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527745
I want to upgrade to cyanogenmod, because it seems it is the latest.
1-Check your stock version. If you are on froyo 2.2.* go to step 5 else if you are on official gingerbread 2.3.5 continue to step 2.
2-Given that you are on official 2.3.5 you need to downgrade to stock froyo.
3-Get the latest stock froyo from here and put the dload directory into your sd card.
4-Power off. Press both volume keys and power on. Wait for the update process to finish. Once rebooted wipe data/cache.
5-Get Official CWM from here.
6-Remove the dload folder and boot into pink screen by holding both volume keys and power on.
7-Replace recovery.img with the cwm recovery provided on step 5.
It saysthat. First i should install stock froyo?

[Noob-Tutorial] How to create a CWM flashable zip file from FTF Firmware

Hi @all,
I´m using the Flashtool and other provided tools here in the Forum for a long time (thanks to all people who are involved in the developing)
Now I want to give something back.
I´m not a developer but I understand (hopefully) basic things.
I have also some phones which does not support the flashmode so I am reliant to the fastboot mode and CWM.
At this point my goal was to flash the stock ROM to the Xperia Z.
I found a tuturial how to make a flashable zip file for CWM but it was for old devices with yaffs2 filesystem and the new ones have ext4.
After some search I found everything what is needed and I want to share it with you.
The Tutorial covers basic things but maybe it will help some people who will try it.
Step 1
Download the Stock-FW you want (FTF-File)
Step 2
Rename the .ftf File to .zip
Step 3
Extract the system.sin (with 7zip or WinRar for example)
Step 4
Open Flashtool go to "Tools" -> "Sin Editor" -> Choose the extracted system.sin and push "extract" Data
Step 5
You will get an system.ext4 file
Step 6
We have to extract the files which are in the system.ext4 file - for this I used the DiskInternal Linux Reader
Step 7
After extracting the files you have to put all the files in a folder named "system" (low letters)
Step 8
Create a folder named for example "Firmware"
Step 9
Put the "system" folder in the "Firmware" folder
Step 10
Download the Attached META-INF File - extract it and copy the META-INF Folder in the "Firmware" folder
Step 11
Now you have in your "Firmware" folder two sub-folders
"system" and "META-INF"
Now you only have to zip the both folders for example with 7zip or WinRar
Important: You have to set the compression to "Store"
Step 12
Copy the zip File to your SD-Card and flash it with CWM
If you want you can now add files to the system folder - like busy box - and or modify things and flash it over CWM.
Special thanks to Bin4ry
Best regards
UserX10

Learned ! Thank you.

Nice tutorial!
EDIT: The flashable zip is huge (990MB), did this have anything to do with the compression being set to 'store'?

xL3thalTuRdZz said:
Nice tutorial!
EDIT: The flashable zip is huge (990MB), did this have anything to do with the compression being set to 'store'?
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If you don't set it to store it wont work at all, no rom/flashable zip have anything other than store compression the same goes for bootanimations
Edit: OP/Mod you might just want to change TFT file to FTF in step 1
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Edit2: It seems like this only goes for bootanimations, sorry my bad.

Great.....learning it now

Thanks for the positive feedback.
Changed also the typo on Step 1

I've tried setting compression to 'Normal' and all seems to be going fine...
Sent from my C6603 using xda app-developers app

Can this be applicable to nxt devices like mine?thanks for the tutorial...
Sent from my LT22i using Tapatalk 2

how to extract from ext4
can you explain with details :fingers-crossed:
im getting ext4 file again after extracting !

ShivangDave said:
can you explain with details :fingers-crossed:
im getting ext4 file again after extracting !
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You have to selected the .ext4 file open with LinuxReader. (like you .doc file with Word)
LinuxReader will "mounted" it in his own window, open your "new" disk (2Go) then select the "Save" option above...

tempofestival said:
You have to selected the .ext4 file open with LinuxReader. (like you .doc file with Word)
LinuxReader will "mounted" it in his own window, open your "new" disk (2Go) then select the "Save" option above...
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did it via linux ! thanks any way !

When I tried to extract Xperia S's stock rom from the ftf using DiskReaderInternals, then the rom would boot but USB would never work. Even the guy above me (ShivangDave) tried extracting using DiskReaderInternals for Miro but the rom failed to boot and got stuck at the Sony logo. That's why it is better to use linux to extract the system.ext4 image.

i want to make a flashable zip to install aps

UserX10 said:
Important: You have to set the compression to "Store"
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How do I set the compression to "Store"?
Thanks a lot for your guide!

MinnesotaVikings1961 said:
How do I set the compression to "Store"?
Thanks a lot for your guide!
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whenever you add file in archive it will show a box first ! 'NORMAL' is default ! change it to 'Store' !

Please!
Does this tutoriral can be applied to other models as Neo V.
Thank you and best regards!

fer14 said:
Please!
Does this tutoriral can be applied to other models as Neo V.
Thank you and best regards!
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This Tutorial should also work with the Neo V. Only one thing could be different.
But depending on your Android Version (when I remember well) it could be possible that you have instead of an ext4 file a yaffs2 file. In this case you can search the forum for an how to for this extension.

TheHawk002 said:
If you don't set it to store it wont work at all, no rom/flashable zip have anything other than store compression the same goes for bootanimations
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I use a template for flashing various things and I just drop stuff in it using Normal compression and it flashes ok, might be more important for full ROMs or zips to be run on the Phone like a boot animation, but for flashing the odd apk or other file I don't think it matters.
UserX10 said:
This Tutorial should also work with the Neo V. Only one thing could be different.
But depending on your Android Version (when I remember well) it could be possible that you have instead of an ext4 file a yaffs2 file. In this case you can search the forum for an how to for this extension.
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XperienceD said:
[GUIDE] How to make your regional firmware an .FTF file
[Guide] How make a FTF of stock firmware from SUS files
[GUIDE]How to make a rooted flashable rom from ftf file[FOR ALL XPERIA PHONES]
[tutorial] | how to extract system.sin
[tutorial] step by step method to extract ftf file from ics [ics]
[Tool] Yaffey - Utility for reading, editing and writing YAFFS2 images
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UserX10 said:
Hi @all,
I´m using the Flashtool and other provided tools here in the Forum for a long time (thanks to all people who are involved in the developing)
Now I want to give something back.
I´m not a developer but I understand (hopefully) basic things.
I have also some phones which does not support the flashmode so I am reliant to the fastboot mode and CWM.
At this point my goal was to flash the stock ROM to the Xperia Z.
I found a tuturial how to make a flashable zip file for CWM but it was for old devices with yaffs2 filesystem and the new ones have ext4.
After some search I found everything what is needed and I want to share it with you.
The Tutorial covers basic things but maybe it will help some people who will try it.
Step 1
Download the Stock-FW you want (FTF-File)
Step 2
Rename the .ftf File to .zip
Step 3
Extract the system.sin (with 7zip or WinRar for example)
Step 4
Open Flashtool go to "Tools" -> "Sin Editor" -> Choose the extracted system.sin and push "extract" Data
Step 5
You will get an system.ext4 file
Step 6
We have to extract the files which are in the system.ext4 file - for this I used the DiskInternal Linux Reader
Step 7
After extracting the files you have to put all the files in a folder named "system" (low letters)
Step 8
Create a folder named for example "Firmware"
Step 9
Put the "system" folder in the "Firmware" folder
Step 10
Download the Attached META-INF File - extract it and copy the META-INF Folder in the "Firmware" folder
Step 11
Now you have in your "Firmware" folder two sub-folders
"system" and "META-INF"
Now you only have to zip the both folders for example with 7zip or WinRar
Important: You have to set the compression to "Store"
Step 12
Copy the zip File to your SD-Card and flash it with CWM
If you want you can now add files to the system folder - like busy box - and or modify things and flash it over CWM.
Special thanks to Bin4ry
Best regards
UserX10
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I tried this on Xperia SP but the installation is aborted, does this supports Xperia SP? If not, how can I make another one for Xperia SP? Thanks

tdth said:
I tried this on Xperia SP but the installation is aborted, does this supports Xperia SP? If not, how can I make another one for Xperia SP? Thanks
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which error ?
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tdth said:
I tried this on Xperia SP but the installation is aborted, does this supports Xperia SP? If not, how can I make another one for Xperia SP? Thanks
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this works... make sure you have correct update-binary file and also script !

Trying to install Wear 2.0 developer preview 3 on Huawei Watch

I'm trying to install Wear 2.0 Developer Preview 3 on Huawei Watch. I'm currently using Developer Preview 2, so I thought I'd be familiar with the flashing process.
Anyhow, all the tutorials I managed to find include a part with running a flash-all.bat, which for some reason isn't included in the preview image package I downloaded from https://developer.android.com/wear/...ampaign=android_discussion_wearpreview_092916 .
Where can I get the flash-all.bat?
Edit: Umm, I decided not to go with DP3 at least for now. I thought I'd return to the official stock firmware, but how do I perform the flashing? Do I manually have to edit the file names in flash-all.bat to match the file name of the stock rom's name? Does it matter that the stock rom came as a .tgz even though the files mentioned in the flash-all.bat are .img and .zip? Damn this is confusing, and googling isn't helping at all...

This page is what I'm using as a guide. Worked fine though did take a bit to get the flash-all.bat to run. All files are included in the downloads. Top download is preview image. Bottom is to go back to stock.
https://developer.android.com/wear/preview/downloads.html
Sent from my SM-G935F using XDA-Developers mobile app

The stock download from that page does not contain a flash-all.bat.

I used stock download for flashing and ewerything goes just fine. Just extract all packages in same folder. But if you are interested use this link http://rootjunkysdl.com/files/?dir=Huawei Watch/Firmware. There is all revisions.

highaltitude said:
This page is what I'm using as a guide. Worked fine though did take a bit to get the flash-all.bat to run. All files are included in the downloads. Top download is preview image. Bottom is to go back to stock.
https://developer.android.com/wear/preview/downloads.html
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The downloadable files there are .tgz and do not include any .bats or .zips (I tried opening with 7-Zip).
cerisu said:
I used stock download for flashing and ewerything goes just fine. Just extract all packages in same folder. But if you are interested use this link http://rootjunkysdl.com/files/?dir=Huawei Watch/Firmware. There is all revisions.
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Thanks, I'll try that page :good:
Edit: Thanks @cerisu, the downloads on rootjunkysdl.com included the files I needed I wonder why they're not on the official Android development page...?

submin_ said:
The downloadable files there are .tgz and do not include any .bats or .zips (I tried opening with 7-Zip).
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You have to extract .tgz file too. And all files has to be in same folder beore flashing.

Android Wear 2 Developer Preview 3- LGUrbane Watch 2
cerisu said:
You have to extract .tgz file too. And all files has to be in same folder beore flashing.
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Personally, I would be grateful if someone can provide me with the set of documents already downloaded and extracted; and, if I am not asking too much, to please give me a dumbman's procedure to get the Wear 2 software to work on my watch.
Having to now wait until early 2017 will surely drive me crazy!

Unroot & Re-pack firmware?

I had 50pc japan version of s5(sc-04f), installed rom 'G900F.STOCK.FOR.SCL23.FULL.MINHQUAN'. The downside of this rom is that its pre-rooted. I managed to unroot it by goin in supersu & click 'full-unroot'. But i had multiple devices to flash, so is there a way for me to re-pack this firmware again after i unroot it? So that i could flash it to my other devices without root.

wee2000 said:
I had 50pc japan version of s5(sc-04f), installed rom 'G900F.STOCK.FOR.SCL23.FULL.MINHQUAN'. The downside of this rom is that its pre-rooted. I managed to unroot it by goin in supersu & click 'full-unroot'. But i had multiple devices to flash, so is there a way for me to re-pack this firmware again after i unroot it? So that i could flash it to my other devices without root.
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Your best bet is to post this question within the following Q&A thread that's specific to your device.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2700073
Good Luck!
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I DO NOT provide support via PM unless asked/requested by myself. PLEASE keep it in the threads where everyone can share.

ok done, thx 4 the info

just in case if i missed the reply there, hope someone could reply me here?
when i extract the ZIP file, i got
METE-INF folder
boot.img
system.img

just in case if i missed the reply there, hope someone could reply me here?
when i extract the ZIP file, i got
METE-INF folder
boot.img
system.img

wee2000 said:
just in case if i missed the reply there, hope someone could reply me here?
when i extract the ZIP file, i got
METE-INF folder
boot.img
system.img
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Should we search for this firmware or you can provide a link to its thread?

the link is here : https://choimobile.vn/threads/6-0-1-scl23-stock-rom-g900f-full-port-v3-by-huaminhquan93.37412/

wee2000 said:
the link is here : https://choimobile.vn/threads/6-0-1-scl23-stock-rom-g900f-full-port-v3-by-huaminhquan93.37412/
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Generally, if it's 6.0.1 and rooted systemlessly, you need to replace boot.img with a stock one and remove SuperSU app from system.img.
This ROM intended to be flashed from TWRP, so it's an ext4 image.
You can mount it to a linux system on your PC and remove anything you want.

I havent done anything like this before. Could u give me some links or guides? My PC is running Windows 10.

wee2000 said:
I havent done anything like this before. Could u give me some links or guides? My PC is running Windows 10.
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Ok, here' a simpler way:
1. Make changes on one phone.
2. Make a TWRP backup of boot and system partitions.
3. Restore this backup on other phones. They must have TWRP installed, a 6.0.1 bootloader and modem.
You'll have to rename backup's folder path and to wipe cache/data/system before restore.

can i use winrar to extract & compile the rom, without linux? So that i will have a much faster flashing process for all other units..

wee2000 said:
can i use winrar to extract & compile the rom, without linux? So that i will have a much faster flashing process for all other units..
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Ok, I've managed to download that ROM at last.
The things look even simpler.
To prepare an "unrooted" ROM:
1. Download the zip form this post and unpack updater-script somewhere.
2. Make a copy of V3.G900F.STOCK.FOR.SCL23.FULL.MINHQUAN.zip, open it with Windows Explorer and replace V3.G900F.STOCK.FOR.SCL23.FULL.MINHQUAN.zip\META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script with the file you've unpacked from the attachment.
3. Try to flash ans see if it's what you need.

thx so much, already passed all units to the buyer. ill try that on next batch restock, may iknow if there's a way to get the service menu shortcode *#0*# to work again? This rom doesn't has the service menu.

bbsc said:
Ok, I've managed to download that ROM at last.
The things look even simpler.
To prepare an "unrooted" ROM:
1. Download the zip form this post and unpack updater-script somewhere.
2. Make a copy of V3.G900F.STOCK.FOR.SCL23.FULL.MINHQUAN.zip, open it with Windows Explorer and replace V3.G900F.STOCK.FOR.SCL23.FULL.MINHQUAN.zip\META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script with the file you've unpacked from the attachment.
3. Try to flash ans see if it's what you need.
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I've replaced the updater-script in the zip file, but supersu is still there