I was wondering if there is a way to change the new style of the file types that clockwork makes. I know its good to keep the filesystem (ie ext4) but if there is ever a problem that i know is not due to a corrupt system (like when you change the name of the file folder or etc) you cant seem to just flash the files manually with fastboot. so really im wondering can we convert these back to an .img that we can manually flash or is there nothing we can do? Is there another nandroid app that will make the relevant files in .img form (data.img, system.img, userdata.img and boot.img)?
Dear all,
I have recently adquired an Android Tablet PC Bmorn v11 from China. I have also obtainded the original ROM from the manufacturer, that is a unique file with .img extension.
I'm trying to unpack this file to modify and customize the firmware for this tablet. The problem is that I have tryed everything with no results and I am without ideas right now. I'm goint to detail what I have tryed to see if any of you have some idea to try.
- When I execute the file comman I just get file_name.img: data (I waited to get a filesystem to mount the image).
- I have tryed to mount the image anyway, trying filesystems ext2, ext4 and even others like cramfs with no results.
- I have tryed unyaffs. (Invalid magic result).
- I have tryed ext4_utilities. No results.
- I have opened the file with hex editor trying to find some logic, file extructure or a known magic number. Nothing useful.
- I have tryed to dump the file to an sd card, as if it was a disk image, but again, no results.
I will be grateful if any of you can can contribute with some suggestion.
Have you tried a program like Android Kitchen, or Android Utility
Yep! I've tryed. Unfortunately these programs often are device specific.
Hy everyone i've searched for this on google and XDA but i didn't find anything i want, so the point is i wanna remove some of stock files of system and add someones new and i wanna make a zip file for recovery so then i can simply install the OS from my recovery mod... and when i wanna make some upgrades i cam simply edit with a normaly archiver program like 7-zip, winrar, or powerarchiver or another program.. i wanna specify that i'm new in development on android
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Hello! Before posting, i search this forum but not found nothing understandable. I wont to modify .ftf file of sony xperia e single sim, edit some apps and repack in fleshable ftf again, but i have some problems. Ok i'm doo next:
1. Extract flashtool via winrar.
2. Copy system.sin to flashtool directory and extract with sin editor, and get 2 files system.ext4 and system.partinfo, but with flashtool only possible to extract yaffs2 files. 3. Here is big problem, i tryed menny softwares for opening ext4 images in windows, but only ext2 exploer can modify this files, but totaly inaccesible with screen readers like as jaws.
4. I found some tutoryals for mounting in linux but i can not understand linux commands as well, for example did i must know exactly syze of system partition to mount ext4 image, maby exist some gui program for linux from wich can mount end edit ext4 images?
Finally, does possible making flashable img or ftf file for sonny phones for custom roms? For example, easyer to me is flashing custom roms via fastboot, because in some situations for cm recovery i need sited assistance.
Thanks, and best regards.
iksi said:
Hello! Before posting, i search this forum but not found nothing understandable. I wont to modify .ftf file of sony xperia e single sim, edit some apps and repack in fleshable ftf again, but i have some problems. Ok i'm doo next:
1. Extract flashtool via winrar.
2. Copy system.sin to flashtool directory and extract with sin editor, and get 2 files system.ext4 and system.partinfo, but with flashtool only possible to extract yaffs2 files. 3. Here is big problem, i tryed menny softwares for opening ext4 images in windows, but only ext2 exploer can modify this files, but totaly inaccesible with screen readers like as jaws.
4. I found some tutoryals for mounting in linux but i can not understand linux commands as well, for example did i must know exactly syze of system partition to mount ext4 image, maby exist some gui program for linux from wich can mount end edit ext4 images?
Finally, does possible making flashable img or ftf file for sonny phones for custom roms? For example, easyer to me is flashing custom roms via fastboot, because in some situations for cm recovery i need sited assistance.
Thanks, and best regards.
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I have looked around to repack an extacted system.sin but never found how to do it. To dump the ext4 img just use ext2 explorer after it has finished extracting & loading click save in the toolbar and choose the folder where you want to save it.
gavster26 said:
I have looked around to repack an extacted system.sin but never found how to do it. To dump the ext4 img just use ext2 explorer after it has finished extracting & loading click save in the toolbar and choose the folder where you want to save it.
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hello! I can't found ext2 explorer, i only found ext2explore, but this software is totaly unusable for me, don't works with screen readers.
P. s. whats your problem when you try making system.sin?
iksi said:
hello! I can't found ext2 explorer, i only found ext2explore, but this software is totaly unusable for me, don't works with screen readers.
P. s. whats your problem when you try making system.sin?
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There's no tutorial on how to build one or a tool. Not for windows anyway.
I have been searching for long time, just trying to find a tool to make a system image after all needed apps are installed. like imagex, Ghost, Acronis or clonzila on Windows, so i can use that image to restore into other device.
I dont want to install all apps on over 50+ android devices (MK902) over and over again......so there must be something i can use to load a rooted .img file with all configured apps....
the .img file can be loaded by using RK Batch tool, but how to make a .img file with all apps installed?
Anyone has any idea?
as far as i know, there is no such software that does that. only way i know is to make a disk image of the partition using DD command in linux or using Roadkill (link is from my own backup) to make a copy of the whole partition table of your phone while it is on download mode.