anybody can tell me how to convert official ROM to update.zip
I want to know how to make an official from the ROM can customize the ROM, instead of only at others do the update.zip in thickening delete...
First, you need to run the RUU.
Check in your system TEMP folder, and you should have an update.zip there.
Unzip that, and you'll have amongst others, system.img
Extract the files via unyaffs or other means, customize your build, zip and sign.
Voila.
My guess is that a simple search via the search tool would've resolved that, then again, I guess you were too lazy to do that.
adwinp said:
First, you need to run the RUU.
Check in your system TEMP folder, and you should have an update.zip there.
Unzip that, and you'll have amongst others, system.img
Extract the files via unyaffs or other means, customize your build, zip and sign.
Voila.
My guess is that a simple search via the search tool would've resolved that, then again, I guess you were too lazy to do that.
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I have get the system.img, but I don't know what tools and methods reduction system.img to update.zip file format,can replace programs self.
Can you explain it step by step?
He actually told you in the post above to use unyaffs, all you need to know is already in this forum if you search for it. Here's a thread to get you started:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566235
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I HAVE READ OVER ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS I CAN FIND ON THE TOPIC AND I KEEP GETTING CONFLICTING ANSWERS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE ---you'll need to have nvflash setup properly and the NVidia boot-recovery driver installed. good instructions can be found here http://android.modaco.com/content/lg...-links-active/
download test2.img http://mirror.dal.tdrevolution.net/c...h-recovery.tgz
place the recovery-star-test2.img in your nvflash folder.
download clockwork recovery test2-- http://mirror.dal.tdrevolution.net/c...h-recovery.tgz . extract it.
in the extracted folder of cwm recovery test2, i took all the files except for test2.img and nvflash and put them in my nvflash folder.----
I BELIEVE I HAVE ALL THE CORRECT FILES I NEED AND I HAVE NVFLASH SET UP ON MY G2X. I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAS TO BE WHERE WHEN I ENTER THE CODE IN COMMAND PROMPT. ABOVE IT SAYS TO PLACE THE TEST2.IMG FILE IN THE NVFLASH FOLDER BUT THEN RIGHT AFTER IS SAYS TO PUT EVERYTHING BUT THAT INTO THE FOLDER. I AM VERY CONFUSED. NEED HELP. THANKS
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I HAVE READ OVER ALL THE INSTRUCTIONS I CAN FIND ON THE TOPIC AND I KEEP GETTING CONFLICTING ANSWERS. THIS IS AN EXAMPLE ---you'll need to have nvflash setup properly and the NVidia boot-recovery driver installed. good instructions can be found here http://android.modaco.com/content/lg...-links-active/
download test2.img http://mirror.dal.tdrevolution.net/c...h-recovery.tgz
place the recovery-star-test2.img in your nvflash folder.
download clockwork recovery test2-- http://mirror.dal.tdrevolution.net/c...h-recovery.tgz . extract it.
in the extracted folder of cwm recovery test2, i took all the files except for test2.img and nvflash and put them in my nvflash folder.----
I BELIEVE I HAVE ALL THE CORRECT FILES I NEED AND I HAVE NVFLASH SET UP ON MY G2X. I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT HAS TO BE WHERE WHEN I ENTER THE CODE IN COMMAND PROMPT. ABOVE IT SAYS TO PLACE THE TEST2.IMG FILE IN THE NVFLASH FOLDER BUT THEN RIGHT AFTER IS SAYS TO PUT EVERYTHING BUT THAT INTO THE FOLDER. I AM VERY CONFUSED. NEED HELP. THANKS
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This is the third thread you've made on this subject. All the information given to you was accurate. Please don't make more people start from scratch helping you on the same issue ESPECIALLY when a completely guide was made in the development section.
Also, lay off the caps man
MWBehr said:
This is the third thread you've made on this subject. All the information given to you was accurate. Please don't make more people start from scratch helping you on the same issue ESPECIALLY when a completely guide was made in the development section.
Also, lay off the caps man
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In one sentence you told me to put the test2 .img file into the nvflash file. Then right below it you tell me just the opposite!! You tell me to put all the files EXCEPT the test2 .img file.. If it was a little more clear and I could understand I wouldnt have to start three threads. Remember, we are all not at your level and even you were an noob once too. Finally, none of the threads I can find explain anything about where and what exactly from the test2.img do I use and where do I put them. Not to mention my other two threads are on setting up nvflash and not so much cwr.
Ok, let's pretend I know virtually nothing about the inner workings of android phones... Can someone explain in noob terms how I would make a zip file containing some system files that I could "push" onto my rooted phone through the rom-manager? I tried to make a simple zip with some files in it but it would not allow me to install it for some reason.
I've heard of things like this ADB or whatever it's called, or maybe I have to get the zip "signed"? I dunno. Please help a poor noob out. I tried searching for it but I don't even know the proper terms yet
Lets suppose you've followed some guide how-to make an installable zip.If You have installed Rom Manager then you should be able to install cwm just by 1 click (1st option in RM if I remeber) When its installed you simply reboot your phone into recovery(this depends on actuall phone) and there simply set something like "install signed zips only"
edit : im not sure if i get your problem well maybe you need just read FAQs about your phone in its section here.
Hello, I'm very new to this forum so plz forgive me if I post this in the wrong place.
I recently bought a asus tf300 and flash the cmw recovery img. Since I'm unlock the bootloader, I no longer get update from ASUS website. My question is how am I manually update the blob file that I download from ASUS support website.
I have look alot threads about this issue, and I find out there are mainly three methods that can update the blob.
1. Using Asus Manual upload:
According to Asus website, they said just put the zip file in the micro sd card and the system will pop up an notification that will help u upload.
2. Using CMW to upload:
upload the blob with CMW recovery. There are some thread that tells me it will brick the device. But some people said it is ok to use CMW to upload the blob, therefore I'm a little bit confused about this method.
3. Wolf's way:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622628
The following is my questions:
1. what is the difference between these three method?
2. if the CMW is okay can someone tells me the right way to upload the blob. Such as using the original build.prop something like that?
3. is it ok to use the wolf's way to update the blob?
Sorry for so many questions and my poor English.
I'd use the ADB / Terminal emulator method (Wolf's way mostly)
Place on transformer, then flash the 'blob' file through the staging partition.
You'll need to reinstall CWM and reroot everytime you do this, unless you manually extract the SOS partition out of the blob file ASUS gives you with blobtools then repack it.
Hi guys,
I really need help on this, and i am hoping very much someone can be patient with me as i try to install a custom ROM on my HTC Desire S.
The BIGGEST problem i am facing is getting command text correct in the command window, i am using Windows 7 home premium on a laptop, the previous posts i read and followed were all saying put this in the command and put that in the command but none of them were correct and my computer kept saying wrong!
I am currently at the stage where i have visited HTC Dev and i have sucessfully gone through the procedure for unlocking the bootloader, i found this difficult to do, command prompts they gave were wrong i had to change paths, and i was missing certain .dll files on my computer too, which HTC did not mention i would need, but here i am after days of messing about and trying all sorts of commands, with a unlocked bootloader, with S-ON and running a Vodafone stock rom of Gingerbread Android version 2.5.3.
My phone is Vodafone branded i wish to remove all of their branding and apps, and install a plain unbranded ROM.
However, i need step by step instruction, i can not do this from threads that say "follow this here (link to another thread) which then links to another and another, i ended up with i think 15 tabs in the browser open, with conflicting advice, conflicting information, mistakes, and a whole lot of jargon that i did not understand, so what i really am hoping for is firstly links to all the software or downloads that i will need first, direct link to the rom, the backup, and anything else, if anyone needs info from my phone to pinpoint a specific rom i am happy to give it, i do not mind another HTC rom as long as its plain with no carrier apps or branding on it, then once i have got all the downloads sorted out i can start from there.
Please help me out i have been at this for days and getting nothing except confused.
Many thanks! :good:
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I have found this quite up to date guide which is very easy to follow, are the rom and all the downloads OK for a UK phone?
I have hboot 200. 0002 as well as S-ON so i believe its the same, i can follow this one quite easy is it ok to do??
Also, while flashing this rom and recovery image, should i have SDK tools open on my computer??
And another thing, i noticed while extracting the recovery image that it just says recovery, should i rename it to recovery.img or leave it as it is? Because the command prompts are saying "recovery.img" and not just "recovery"?????
Thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525100
mickmick72 said:
I have found this quite up to date guide which is very easy to follow, are the rom and all the downloads OK for a UK phone?
I have hboot 200. 0002 as well as S-ON so i believe its the same, i can follow this one quite easy is it ok to do??
Also, while flashing this rom and recovery image, should i have SDK tools open on my computer??
And another thing, i noticed while extracting the recovery image that it just says recovery, should i rename it to recovery.img or leave it as it is? Because the command prompts are saying "recovery.img" and not just "recovery"?????
Thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525100
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First you need to get in Folder Options in your WIN 7 Control Panel.There's option in View tab called " Hide extension for known file types". Uncheck that option and click ok.Then you will see extensions for all files on you win 7.This will show you extension of recovery.Should be .img.
Then you can follow that guide.I used the same one.
You need to get newest recovery.There are TWRP and 4ext for HTC Desire S.They are up to date.Do a little search and read posts and info.
Check post about panels (Hitachi or Sony)http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943524.Again search for that in HTC Desire S forum here.When you check all of that you can try any custom ROM but always backup nandroid.
Little hint : If you want to start CMD window in any folder first open that folder hold SHIFT and right click on empty space.You will get command there named Open command window here.Click on that and you can work.
GL.If you need more help ask here again.
SKENER said:
First you need to get in Folder Options in your WIN 7 Control Panel.There's option in View tab called " Hide extension for known file types". Uncheck that option and click ok.Then you will see extensions for all files on you win 7.This will show you extension of recovery.Should be .img.
Then you can follow that guide.I used the same one.
You need to get newest recovery.There are TWRP and 4ext for HTC Desire S.They are up to date.Do a little search and read posts and info.
Check post about panels (Hitachi or Sony)http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943524.Again search for that in HTC Desire S forum here.When you check all of that you can try any custom ROM but always backup nandroid.
Little hint : If you want to start CMD window in any folder first open that folder hold SHIFT and right click on empty space.You will get command there named Open command window here.Click on that and you can work.
GL.If you need more help ask here again.
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Thanks mate, i will do what you advise, good trick about opening command in a folder
I will ask if i get any questions then cheers
OK i have a question straight away, it says in the tutorial:
Copy the rom onto the SD card, then it says copy the boot.img onto the android C folder - SO -
Do i first extract the boot.img and copy it to the C android folder AND copy the same boot.img onto my SD card, as well as the meta info and other stuff?
OR do i copy the boot.img onto the C drive only, and copy everything else onto the SD card?
A little confused here on what to do.
Thanks for any help.
Copy the rom onto the SD card, then it says copy the boot.img onto the android C folder
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You do exactly that. You place the rom into the sd card, and you copy the boot.img into the said folder.
This is because you are "unlock s-on", the recovery isn't able to flash the boot.img, so you have to do it manually.
Remember, even after you flash the rom, if you did not flash the boot.img the phone will NOT fully boot.
*also, the guide says to turn the phone off after flashing the rom and boot into the bootloader. I dont think this is necessary, you can just reboot the phone into bootloader from the recovery itself.
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#Fear said:
You do exactly that. You place the rom into the sd card, and you copy the boot.img into the said folder.
This is because you are "unlock s-on", the recovery isn't able to flash the boot.img, so you have to do it manually.
Remember, even after you flash the rom, if you did not flash the boot.img the phone will NOT fully boot.
*also, the guide says to turn the phone off after flashing the rom and boot into the bootloader. I dont think this is necessary, you can just reboot the phone into bootloader from the recovery itself.
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So, just to clarify, i copy the whole .zip onto the SD card (including boot.img) and then re copy the boot.img into my Android folder on the computer (i will then have boot.img on BOTH the SD card and the C Android folder, this is where i am getting confused, i intend to start flashing today sometime.
OK i am going to flash Reaper V.4 rom and 4EXT as recovery, if anyone has better suggestions on a safe rom please let me know i will flash that instead.
Thanks.
mickmick72 said:
So, just to clarify, i copy the whole .zip onto the SD card (including boot.img) and then re copy the boot.img into my Android folder on the computer (i will then have boot.img on BOTH the SD card and the C Android folder, this is where i am getting confused, i intend to start flashing today sometime.
OK i am going to flash Reaper V.4 rom and 4EXT as recovery, if anyone has better suggestions on a safe rom please let me know i will flash that instead.
Thanks.
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You can try other roms when you try that.There's a lot of nice and smooth editions. First try reaper you have it now.
With S-ON you have to flash boot.img in fastboot after you install rom from recovery.That's why you need to copy it in android-tools folder.Whole zip goes on sd and you backup old rom from recovery, wipe everything except sd (wipe is recommended) and then install from zip in recovery.After that reboot in bootloader then flash boot.img from fastboot.Reboot and wait.Should be in in few min.No more then 10.Follow the guide.
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SKENER said:
You can try other roms when you try that.There's a lot of nice and smooth editions. First try reaper you have it now.
With S-ON you have to flash boot.img in fastboot after you install rom from recovery.That's why you need to copy it in android-tools folder.Whole zip goes on sd and you backup old rom from recovery, wipe everything except sd (wipe is recommended) and then install from zip in recovery.After that reboot in bootloader then flash boot.img from fastboot.Reboot and wait.Should be in in few min.No more then 10.Follow the guide.
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Any idea what i am doing wrong here? I do have recovery.img in my Android folder, but its not in the android tools folder, should i be putting it in the adt bundle folder rather than leaving it outside of it?
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
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C:\Users\Michael>cd \Android
C:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
error: cannot load 'recovery.img'
C:\Android>
Yes put the recovery.img inside the fastboot/adb folder
jmcclue said:
Yes put the recovery.img inside the fastboot/adb folder
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OK going to try again, thanks!
Success!! And all the crap vodafone apps and branding have gone! I did run into problems but i sorted it out. Thanks very much for all the help here i will be installing new roms all the time
On this reaper rom, there is no app for google play store, would anyone know how to install it? Or how do i get to play store from this rom?
And no options for fastboot that i can see, so i may have a few problems installing other roms
Where can i see a list of all the roms i can download for the Desire S??
Thanks!!
mickmick72 said:
Success!! And all the crap vodafone apps and branding have gone! I did run into problems but i sorted it out. Thanks very much for all the help here i will be installing new roms all the time
On this reaper rom, there is no app for google play store, would anyone know how to install it? Or how do i get to play store from this rom?
And no options for fastboot that i can see, so i may have a few problems installing other roms
Where can i see a list of all the roms i can download for the Desire S??
Thanks!!
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Flash gapps (google apps) in recovery and for everything else ul find below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146601
jmcclue said:
Flash gapps (google apps) in recovery and for everything else ul find below
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1146601
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jmcclue means you need to download gapps for your android.That will be in zip and you install it through recovery just like rom.Most of custom rom require that step.Copy zip on SD,boot in recovery and flash from zip.Reboot and you will get google apps.
This guide is for HTC Desire S and you can find most of things you need but for roms follow Android Development in HTC Desire S on XDA.
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And no options for fastboot that i can see, so i may have a few problems installing other roms
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fastboot is controlled by the bootloader, the rom can't affect it in any way. The option "fast boot" in HTC Sense roms is something else, that sort of hibernates the phone instead of powering off, so the phone "boots fast".
Thanks guys i will go aheah and do these
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This guide is for HTC Desire S and you can find most of things you need but for roms follow Android Development in HTC Desire S on XDA.
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That link i posted also has all the roms in it