Hi all, I'm having great difficulty trying to extract anything from the system.img or boot.img files I got from the stock AT&T rom for the Inpsire 4G. I first had tried to unyaffs the files but I realized that HTC does not use this to package their files anymore. Next, I tried to mount in PowerISO, then unrar (both noob attempts, i know). I've read numerous places that I can mount them as a loopback device in linux but I do not a linux box ready to do this with. In fact, I just erased that HDD to install Windows 7 before I wanted to extract these files.
So my question is this: without using virtualbox or a VM or reinstalling Ubuntu again, is there any way I can extract these rom files from their img archives in Windows? I'm thinking NO but if there is anywhere I would get a definitive answer, it's here.
If not, maybe someone could package up these APK's for me? I'm primarily looking for the AT&T Wifi Hotspot apk as I constantly use McDonald's and Starbucks for WIFI and am looking to automatically authenticate the ssid as my bb Torch used to, without the agreement and landing page.
Thank you to all who look at this, and more thanks if you can help me in my endeavor.
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Hi All,
I'm still looking for a way to either decrypt or extract an apk from an SEUS signed/encrypted firmware.
I've tried the Sin_Reconstructor and I've tried replacing the JAR file in plugins with the one provided, but this still seems to simply download the same encrypted files it always has.
I tried to use the other plugin that was supposed to do a dump such as dump0.zip and dump1.zip however this didn't work either.
I'm using SEUS and not Pc Companion to try and get this all done.
Is there a guide anywhere out there on the net for decrypting seus firmwares. I've tried and tried and just can't seem to work out how its done.
I want to learn as much as possible, and once I've done the learning I'd love to give back everything I learn, but without understanding the basics it just feels I'm dead in the water.
Any help from anyone would be greatly apreciated.
Just out of curiousity why do you want to extract it from a signed firmware? From what I gather the decrypted roms are no different just without branding. As well I think actually decrypting rom's is for people with some solid experience in the field. If you want to get your feet wet with extracting and modifying apk's go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=714288 . I am completely new to programming as well and this is what I have learned so far. Good luck and learning android is a blast!
BTW the link only really covers visual mods. For learning android coding this is a great place to start: http://developer.android.com/index.html
the Android's SDK not contain an Android device emulator ?
If yes, you can mount the Fw on this VM and extract the APK to an sdcard emulated (HD) ...
The System's APK is in /system/app
paid APK : /data/app
Thol said:
the Android's SDK not contain an Android device emulator ?
If yes, you can mount the Fw on this VM and extract the APK to an sdcard emulated (HD) ...
The System's APK is in /system/app
paid APK : /data/app
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So you can mount SEUS encrypted firmware on the VM now? When did that start?
Hello All,
Im new to the Forums I had a question wondering if someone can help. I rooted my nexus one and I have several roms. I used a Windows PC to root my phone and also to download my roms (zipped files), Now I have mac 10.6.1 and I have downloaded some roms then I compress them into zip files. And everytime I try go into recovery and try to unzip the rom that I downloaded from my mac it never takes it. But if I do the same procedure with my PC I can load the rom. Can anyone tell what I am doing wrong.
It seems to create your own rom is more involved than I thought. I knew I should have learned linux. I wanted to fool around and use different browser .apk files from one rom to another. I messed around with this when I had my blackberry. It also seems like its easier to brick your droid. With blackberry I had a list of .cods same as .apks to use. So to open your .tar or .md5 you need android-sdk and then use adb commands? Is there a list of which system files that can be changed from one update to another. I did some searching but I guess not enough. Is there a quick version to create I guess a system dump with what files that can be changed without killing you phone? From what I read you have to use Odin to extract files to your sd card then to your computer or use Sdk with commands. Once extracted to to use a browser one to another you transfer the .apk other files. Do I have the basics or is it way over my head which is why we have developers?
blueis300 said:
It seems to create your own rom is more involved than I thought. I knew I should have learned linux. I wanted to fool around and use different browser .apk files from one rom to another. I messed around with this when I had my blackberry. It also seems like its easier to brick your droid. With blackberry I had a list of .cods same as .apks to use. So to open your .tar or .md5 you need android-sdk and then use adb commands? Is there a list of which system files that can be changed from one update to another. I did some searching but I guess not enough. Is there a quick version to create I guess a system dump with what files that can be changed without killing you phone? From what I read you have to use Odin to extract files to your sd card then to your computer or use Sdk with commands. Once extracted to to use a browser one to another you transfer the .apk other files. Do I have the basics or is it way over my head which is why we have developers?
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Its way over your head! But even devs had to start somewhere. Guys like JT learned everything he knows thru google fu and he actually got the fascinate recognized cyanogen. So don't give up!
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I would love to start to learn how to dev.
Any one could point me in the right direction?
Lol Yeah I figured it was above me but will keep reading, ask some questions and see what happens.
blueis300 said:
It seems to create your own rom is more involved than I thought. I knew I should have learned linux. I wanted to fool around and use different browser .apk files from one rom to another. I messed around with this when I had my blackberry. It also seems like its easier to brick your droid. With blackberry I had a list of .cods same as .apks to use. So to open your .tar or .md5 you need android-sdk and then use adb commands? Is there a list of which system files that can be changed from one update to another. I did some searching but I guess not enough. Is there a quick version to create I guess a system dump with what files that can be changed without killing you phone? From what I read you have to use Odin to extract files to your sd card then to your computer or use Sdk with commands. Once extracted to to use a browser one to another you transfer the .apk other files. Do I have the basics or is it way over my head which is why we have developers?
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Look up harvard's cs50 course.. Its free and online and will get you started.. Ide post a, link.. But I'm lazy so google it
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ty ace
i'll look into it, I've been looking for info for awhile, and was wondering where to start reading up on a "how to"!
Hey guys,
I bought a Macbook awhile back to use for school (I've got a custom Windows desktop for everything else don't worry!)
Anyways, I'm taking a photoshop class and I want to do some themeing on this machine. I was wondering if anyone of you knew of a program that I can use that will allow me to fully explore a ROM like 7zip can on Windows. I have tried a couple of different programs like Keka and Betterzip, but they don't allow me to explore the .zip like I need to. All I get out of them is an extraction, and all I get out of the extraction is the META-INF and system folder.
Also, if anyone knows if there is a proper way to decompile with a Mac? I am using the Android Utility program found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167623
If there is a better way, I would love to know.
Any help at all would help! Thanks!
You can use B1 Free Archiver for Mac, it's absolutely free and with it you can explore all the files contained in archives without unpacking them. Good luck!
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Did u try "The Unarchiver". Its open source too.
I'm trying to covert a thin-client RDP system into a standalone linux system. I'd like to run a lighthttp server on it and auto-boot it to chromium (on start up).
The device comes with a crappy RDP interface and has a method for installing software UPGRADES via FTP. --- Confirmed working.
Doing some research on the web I was able to find an update package for this device. ATTACHED AS TORRENT FILE.
Using CENTOS I've tried to extract the RAMDISK but Linux doesn't seem to know how to extract the file type. I've tried a ton of scripts from xda-devs none seem to work.
I've tried just changing the system dir to see if I can get that work but it seems that the new image doesn't take to the device. I did see that the scripts have checksum info in them but not sure how to repackage or change them to adjust for the new changes.
I do see the build.prop file with a ton of ANDROID stuff and the package is APK signed. Thus I'm thinking it's an ANDROID setup. Also I see that the device is using busybox.
Any help or ideas how to get this doing what I need it?
Thanks!
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I'm trying to covert a thin-client RDP system into a standalone linux system. I'd like to run a lighthttp server on it and auto-boot it to chromium (on start up).
The device comes with a crappy RDP interface and has a method for installing software UPGRADES via FTP. --- Confirmed working.
Doing some research on the web I was able to find an update package for this device. ATTACHED AS TORRENT FILE.
Using CENTOS I've tried to extract the RAMDISK but Linux doesn't seem to know how to extract the file type. I've tried a ton of scripts from xda-devs none seem to work.
I've tried just changing the system dir to see if I can get that work but it seems that the new image doesn't take to the device. I did see that the scripts have checksum info in them but not sure how to repackage or change them to adjust for the new changes.
I do see the build.prop file with a ton of ANDROID stuff and the package is APK signed. Thus I'm thinking it's an ANDROID setup. Also I see that the device is using busybox.
Any help or ideas how to get this doing what I need it?
Thanks!
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Any ideas out there?
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