Hi,
Excuse me for posting thursday, a school day for most members
I discovered yesterday my updater-script was correct, i didn't make mistakes,
(a ROM-specific system apps remover and replacer)
because i used 7Zipper for Android selected META-INF i chose zip encoding ANSI(ASCII) and Normal compress, Normal speed,
my update.zip worked, but on my computer i have 7-Zip, and it doesn't allow me to choose zip encoding,
So my question is Do you know an archiver that haves an option to choose zip encoding for PC?
I have both Linux distribution and Microsoft Windows
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Thanks in advance :good:
Try using WinRar !
Killnolife said:
Hi,
Excuse me for posting thursday, a school day for most members
I discovered yesterday my updater-script was correct, i didn't make mistakes,
(a ROM-specific system apps remover and replacer)
because i used 7Zipper for Android selected META-INF i chose zip encoding ANSI(ASCII) and Normal compress, Normal speed,
my update.zip worked, but on my computer i have 7-Zip, and it doesn't allow me to choose zip encoding,
So my question is Do you know an archiver that haves an option to choose zip encoding for PC?
Thanks in advance :good:
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Yes man best archiver is winrar
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winrar on pc as mentioned
zarchiver on phone
Problem Solved
Hi,
Problem solved, i installed WinRAR on both of my systems,
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How do I download hastarins 8.5 directly to my hd2, my pc is not working right now....Ty so much all
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
Um go to his thread, hit the download link then follow on from there?
Just use something like es file explorer then to move the files into your Android folder the same way you would on your pc, EXTREMELY straightforward!!!
bates_1974 said:
Um go to his thread, hit the download link then follow on from there?
Just use something like es file explorer then to move the files into your Android folder the same way you would on your pc, EXTREMELY straightforward!!!
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do we copy all the files in the zip file ? or certain files . cause i noticed there is a readme file inside. how about the DEV folder ? I read somewhere before dont need that as well. But im not sure. .. able advise ?
pool7979 said:
do we copy all the files in the zip file ? or certain files . cause i noticed there is a readme file inside. how about the DEV folder ? I read somewhere before dont need that as well. But im not sure. .. able advise ?
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The dev folder isn't needed for anything other than devs from what I remember, all you need to copy is the root folder (this goes in the android folder eg SD/Android/Root) and replace your existing zImage with the one included, simply put extract all minus the dev folder
why when i try to restore this roms it said "MD5 mismatch!"..?
how can i fix this so i can install this roms..?
HAKA posted unwillingly a corrupted zip at first. Make sure you are flashing the new one.
maliceomalice said:
why when i try to restore this roms it said "MD5 mismatch!"..?
how can i fix this so i can install this roms..?
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When you extracted the file.. He created a folder name [GingerFroyo.1.4.16]
Just open this Folder and inside you will see another folder in the same name..
This is one that you should copy in xrecovery/backup/ folder.. this file contains 4 files..
Chris95X8 said:
HAKA posted unwillingly a corrupted zip at first. Make sure you are flashing the new one.
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i dont quite understand what u mean by flashing the new one. i download the newest (i think) v1.4.16_2...rite?
malungkot said:
When you extracted the file.. He created a folder name [GingerFroyo.1.4.16]
Just open this Folder and inside you will see another folder in the same name..
This is one that you should copy in xrecovery/backup/ folder.. this file contains 4 files..
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when i open gingerfroyo folder, i do not see another folder. all i see is 4 files...
maliceomalice said:
i dont quite understand what u mean by flashing the new one. i download the newest (i think) v1.4.16_2...rite?
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Just make sure you have downloaded the new one. Extract it on your PC and you will have a folder named GingerFroyo 1.4.16
Put that folder in SD > xrecovery > backup
Restore and make full wipe
maybe my download was the problem..i'll try to download it again...thank you for helping
better try to redownload, and see what will happen
maliceomalice said:
when i open gingerfroyo folder, i do not see another folder. all i see is 4 files...
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I just downloaded the file just now, and when I extracted the file it came with the folder [GingerFroyo.1.4.16].. and inside that folder I saw a folder again in the same name..
this is the folder as just copy in xrecover/backup
yep, there is 4 file..drag the folder again to sd->xrecovery->backup. and put the folder there. reboot with xrecovery, choose back up and restore, select restore->GingerFroyo.1.4.16. after finish installation, make sure u make factory reset (full wipe). then reboot.
maliceomalice said:
when i open gingerfroyo folder, i do not see another folder. all i see is 4 files...
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maybe you should have a look on the thread with help in flash on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=921652
hi guys..
im unable to install any video player... nothing works...
pls help....
did you try rock player ?
rtzuiop said:
did you try rock player ?
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tried every player available on market.. rockplayer, vplayer, moboplayer etc,..
i tried wiping cache also, i think problem is with this rom..
im unable to make a ftf file with flashtool. i unzip the file. then search it, select it in source folder. The flashtool never opens the file and subfiles. It never displays in the left column. Ive started with a zip file, then unziped it. Ive also tried winRAR to extract the files. Im using 2.9.1 Java 1.6.0_24 os 6.1
Any help or tips would be appreciated
Hey, you must sure that in the zip file just one file .ftf, if so, extract it. If there are 4 files like system, data ... you must rename the .zip file to .ftf
silveraero said:
Hey, you must sure that in the zip file just one file .ftf, if so, extract it. If there are 4 files like system, data ... you must rename the .zip file to .ftf
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i thught you where changing it from a zip to a ftf. Not just renaming it
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im unable to make a ftf file with flashtool. i unzip the file. then search it, select it in source folder. The flashtool never opens the file and subfiles. It never displays in the left column. Ive started with a zip file, then unziped it. Ive also tried winRAR to extract the files. Im using 2.9.1 Java 1.6.0_24 os 6.1
Any help or tips would be appreciated
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All the files you want to bundle need to be in one folder and look similar to this
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27083072/XDA/files.JPG
Then open flashtool and find the folder when you get to teh folder the location shoold appear blank, click open and you will get this
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/27083072/XDA/bundle.JPG
copy them to teh right, fill in the top, Device, Version, Branding and click OK
this is the file i downloaded. its a wb zip file. so i unzip it. i have a ziped and a unziped file on my desk top. then i open flashtool in administer. advance> bundle creation>select source folder.
this is the file folder. unzipped
a screen shoot of the folder.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=692379&stc=1&d=1313629311
once i select the main folder in flashtool it dont open it in small folder like you posted above.
uncompressed screen shot of folder.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=692389&stc=1&d=1313629741
xxloudogxx said:
uncompressed screen shot of folder.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=692389&stc=1&d=1313629741
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OK, what you have is wolfbreaks rom, this is installed on your phone via xrecovery not an ftf file, if you want to install it you need to install xrecovery on your phone first, then install this from there.
You need a rooted rom for this, so is your rom rooted and what version are you on 2.1 or 2.3
I have x recovery on my phone know. That's how I upgraded from 2.1 to 2.3, because my phone is sim unlocked. Super user is v2.3.6.1 I followed a thread on the upgrade. I can link which thread when I'm home.
Sent from my X10i using XDA App
I've tried installing via x recovery, by loading the zip file on my as card and loading it with xrecovery. But I don't see the file when I'm in xrecovery. Something I'm prob doing wrong
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first i would like to say thank you for all your help and tips. this site is the sh!t!! it was a noob mistake. when i looked back in the files in xrecovery it was listed.but once i scrolled down, there is was. oh man!! i spent hrs looking up threads and videos to see if there was something i was missing. there it was. one page down. lol. so i was able to install the new wb 3.5
thank you!!
time to look at what the differences in 3.6
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...
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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 !
With my former rooted S2 I was perfectly able to connect it with my desktop and the program Android Commander recognised it. I used that software to transfer files to the root folders.
Now I have a stock-rooted S4, I wanted to use Android Commander again. But alas, it doesn't recognise my phone.
I don't have any clue as to what is causing Android Commander to not 'see' my S4.
I would like to know if anyone is able to use this software with their S4.
Or if anyone has an idea how to fix my problem.
Thanks.
+1, i need AC working too
Android Commander for Galaxy S4
criszz said:
+1, i need AC working too
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You have to update the ADB counsel on bin folder
Steps:
1- Download View attachment bin.rar
2- Extract with replace to all 4 files on bin folder "C:\ProgramFiles\Android Commander\bin" or "C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\Android Commander\bin" if you have windows x64.
3- enjoy using Android Commander:good:
Note: either change the folder security to add permission for everyone to allow winrar to extract and replace the files directly or extract the rar file outside (i.e. desktop) and simply copy and replace the files.
If it help you, please hit thanks below:good:
mohazia said:
You have to update the ADB counsel on bin folder
Steps:
1- Download View attachment 2097524
2- Extract with replace to all 4 files on bin folder "C:\ProgramFiles\Android Commander\bin" or "C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\Android Commander\bin" if you have windows x64.
3- enjoy using Android Commander:good:
Note: either change the folder security to add permission for everyone to allow winrar to extract and replace the files directly or extract the rar file outside (i.e. desktop) and simply copy and replace the files.
If it help you, please hit thanks below:good:
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Thank you very much!! It works like a charm! Very happy with this!
mohazia said:
You have to update the ADB counsel on bin folder
Steps:
1- Download View attachment 2097524
2- Extract with replace to all 4 files on bin folder "C:\ProgramFiles\Android Commander\bin" or "C:\ProgramFiles (x86)\Android Commander\bin" if you have windows x64.
3- enjoy using Android Commander:good:
Note: either change the folder security to add permission for everyone to allow winrar to extract and replace the files directly or extract the rar file outside (i.e. desktop) and simply copy and replace the files.
If it help you, please hit thanks below:good:
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Thankyou very much dear,,, its working fine after update bin folder...
This helped me with AC not recognizing the S4.
Anyway, how do you get it to obtain root access? On the Xperia I had to use an app called ADBD Insecure, but it doesn't seem to work on the S4.