Rooting issue please help - Captivate General

Ok i have been sure to be careful in every step of this root but when i get to recovery mode my phone states E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip(no such file or directory) Installation aborted i have triple checked that the file is there and spelled correctly has anyone had this issue or have an idea how to get by this draw back thanks

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With windows 7 i couldnt name file update.zip just named it update and it worked

bigle420 said:
With windows 7 i couldnt name file update.zip just named it update and it worked
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You must have hide known file extensions enabled in Windows so when you named it update.zip you were actually naming it update.zip.zip

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rezipping update

I have opened jf1.5 adp1 and removed the camera app from it how do I zip it back up so my phone will perform the update. I have already updated my phone to the unedited version of jf1.5 adp1 when I try to use the edited version it aborts the updated
quilobo said:
I have opened jf1.5 adp1 and removed the camera app from it how do I zip it back up so my phone will perform the update. I have already updated my phone to the unedited version of jf1.5 adp1 when I try to use the edited version it aborts the updated
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it has to be signed .. read JFs info for his "Build Environment" .. very easy to do in linux .. you can't just modify the zip and be done .. files must be signed
thanks for your response
No need for the entire build environment. Just get the AndroidMod.zip file (google for dl sources) and run the modified update.zip through signapk. There is a readme included detailing how to use it.
I have the sign app but I can't figure out how to use it. I searched but I could not find a good set of instructions.
Open your command line, change directory to the signapk directory (also for convenience your update.zip file should be in this directory too) then type:
java -jar signapk.jar testkey.x509.pem testkey.pk8 update.zip update_signed.zip
That's it. The update_signed.zip file will be the finished file. If it gives you an error 'java' is not a valid executable, that is because you don't have JRE or JDK installed.
ok I did all that put the update.zip that is signed on my sd card with nothing else on it. started teh up date the phone verifies the file. then it starts installing as soon as it starts to install I get this error on my phone. "E:Can't find update script installation aborted.
Somehow you deleted the update-script. Check the zip file to see if its still present:
\META-INF\com\google\android\update-script
it is still there
quilobo said:
it is still there
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Confusing.
it is only a 3k file. I found a 14k file in another update.zip I had
still says it can't find it
What archive creation program are you using to create the zip?
winzip what should I be using
Hm. Idk, I was just curious. It shouldn't make a difference really. Particularly if the signing tool worked fine. Maybe someone else can shed some light on this.
Try and re download your sources and then modify and resign.
Also be sure to check your sources after download and transfer (SHA1, MD5 etc)
ok I redownloaded the file and repeated the process and still get the same error. all I am trying to do is remove the camera app from the jf1.5adp1 build and put it on my phone .

[Q] Samsung Captivate please help

Ok i have been sure to be careful in every step of this root but when i get to recovery mode my phone states E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip(no such file or directory) Installation aborted i have triple checked that the file is there and spelled correctly has anyone had this issue or have an idea how to get by this draw back thanks
bigle420 said:
Ok i have been sure to be careful in every step of this root but when i get to recovery mode my phone states E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip(no such file or directory) Installation aborted i have triple checked that the file is there and spelled correctly has anyone had this issue or have an idea how to get by this draw back thanks
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It probably has .zip.zip. Download Astro from the market and look at the file. Also it must be all lower case.
This should be in the Captivate general forum. You would get a lot more responses there.

creating update.zip files?

Hey!
Can someone tell me how to create update.zip files for g3?
regards
I am not sure, but i think g3 recovery requires update.zip files to be signed with Samsung key, which we don't have.
i tryed to signing the file, it opens the package, and gives an error :/
damnit..
Thing is you most likely signed using the test key which is not accepted by Samsung recovery
yea, i am using the testkey :/ whatever, thank you, need the android.policy.jar file
is this not work?
what is samsung key?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=732957
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk() (or NULL)
(No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount SDCARD:update.zip
Installation aborted
Who can tell me why. Trying to do the 2.2 update.

[Q] Problem with Kitchen

Hello I have problem with making my own rom i Kitchen.
Steps I did are 100% right. I did read the guide over five times.
After i was done i tried to flash new rom, i changed only the default app in app folder, i recieved an error during flash
--> E:Can't open /sdcard/a/blade_signed_051713_131101.zip (bad) Installation aborted.
Then I checked the CWM log file and there was Install from sdcard...
Finding update package...
I:Update location: SDCARD:a/blade_signed_051713_131101.zip
Opening update package...
I:Update file path: /sdcard/a/blade_signed_051713_131101.zip
minzip: Filename contains invalid character '304'
minzip: Invalid filename (at 447)
E:Can't open /sdcard/a/blade_signed_051713_131101.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
After I checked the file format in winn explorer , and the file format was "ZIP" ONLY. There was no "ZIPMINZIP".
After i tried to use 7-zip zipper but i get the same error.
Second thing , if invalid character means wrong simbol in name of zip file and zipminzip is a program to unzip the file , I tried to rename it also to a.zip but withouth any effect.
Is there any other method how to modify roms default app ?
Or any other way how to modify roms.. ?
My CWM is RA-blade-v2.3ro if this helps...
Thank you verry much for answer.
Maybe problem in name of files inside a zip(invalid symbols in file name)
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DeMaCr said:
Maybe problem in name of files inside a zip(invalid symbols in file name)
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Yes , this was the problem . The CWM minzip is not supporting slovak simbols like "ลก" so i renamed and it worked.
Thanx for help.. heh ...

[TOOL][Windows] abimE:: Android Boot Image Editor.. without Linux or Cygwin

i made this small tool to Edit boot images on windows without Linux and cygwin.
i was carefull writing but even if there is any errors.. plz report bugs.
details is given in readme.
i searched over and over on google to find tool that works on windows but couldnt find any
finaly i decided to write my own.. and here is the tool.
New version available (1 aug 2014)
abimE v1.1R2
Hey first of all, nice tool. It seems to extract and recreate the boot.img file correctly although I haven't actually tested it yet.
However, I am getting some strange behavior with the header editor in Windows 7.
First, when selecting the attached image file to extract, I immediately get the error, "HeaderEditorERROR: File does not exists" in the log. This does not prevent me from extracting the image.
Then when attempting to edit the header info file extracted from this image I either get nothing or an overflow error which causes the application to crash.
ok buddy im looking for this
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temporarily.. you can solve this by deleting boot.img_out folder that you last time extracted..
header not found error:: this app automatically try to load last extracted bootimginfo file.. if it not exists.. it show this error.. its not to worry about.
Sent from my Titanium S5 using XDA Free mobile app
What can be the use of it? can you give more details?
nwalk7800 said:
Hey first of all, nice tool. It seems to extract and recreate the boot.img file correctly although I haven't actually tested it yet.
However, I am getting some strange behavior with the header editor in Windows 7.
First, when selecting the attached image file to extract, I immediately get the error, "HeaderEditorERROR: File does not exists" in the log. This does not prevent me from extracting the image.
Then when attempting to edit the header info file extracted from this image I either get nothing or an overflow error which causes the application to crash.
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new version (abimE v1.1R2)available.. your reported bug is solved..
also have a look readme.txt inside the zip.
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net8 said:
What can be the use of it? can you give more details?
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its used to edit boot.img and recovery.img
you may use it for theming purpose.
or making upgrading ROM
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m9j_cfALt said:
new version (abimE v1.1R2)available.. your reported bug is solved..
also have a look readme.txt inside the zip.
-- m9j_cfALt
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Excellent, thank you for the fix. It is working without errors now.
I flashed the image to my device after changing a file and it worked perfectly. Thank you for the easy to use tool
Does not work. Getting a comdlg32.osx missing error.. Tried installing it to system32 from the net, but still does not work.. Did i spot that you used VB6 for this ? Why use something so old
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Da9L said:
Does not work. Getting a comdlg32.osx missing error.. Tried installing it to system32 from the net, but still does not work.. Did i spot that you used VB6 for this ? Why use something so old
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I get the same error. (Getting a comdlg32.osx missing error.) I am running Windows 8.1
Just download comdlg32.osx and stick it in the same folder.
Download Arquive OCX
Da9L said:
Does not work. Getting a comdlg32.osx missing error.. Tried installing it to system32 from the net, but still does not work.. Did i spot that you used VB6 for this ? Why use something so old
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Download file >
View attachment COMCTL32.rar
Download File OCX
Da9L said:
Does not work. Getting a comdlg32.osx missing error.. Tried installing it to system32 from the net, but still does not work.. Did i spot that you used VB6 for this ? Why use something so old
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Download File OCX
View attachment COMCTL32.rar
Download File OCX
iaTa said:
Just download comdlg32.osx and stick it in the same folder.
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Download File OCX
View attachment COMCTL32.rar
Download File OCX
iaTa said:
Just download comdlg32.osx and stick it in the same folder.
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Download File OCX
View attachment COMCTL32.rar
Interesting tool .... it won't unpack a Nexus 9 boot.img, though ...
Says not a valid Android boot img ...
do you still maintain this tool? cause i have successfully pack n repack but when i flash the packed boot.img the device boot into fastboot instead of system
Dont work with Wiko Pulp 3G Boot.img or recovery.img
Error Message:
MGError:byte 1Not a New ASCII Format CPIO directory Header
ERROR: Unpacking Failed!!
It will unpack s6 plus 7.0 boot.img but after repack if you try to flash it will not allow secure check fail boot

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