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[Request] Unpack .RARs

Anyone know of an archive manager that supports unpacking password protected .RARs?

abcdfv said:
Anyone know of an archive manager that supports unpacking password protected .RARs?
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WinRAR, 7zip

afazel said:
WinRAR, 7zip
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Those aren't for android though

I'm afraid that I don't think there is one. You're probably stuck using a computer.
Or you could try to get unrar (linux command line) running on your phone and then do this from the command line
Code:
unrar e -p{password} file.rar
Let me know if you get unrar compiled on your phone

Originally Posted by Poodulz over at AndroidCommunity
Well try this out, download any .rar file you want from the internet to your Hero, open up opera browser and point it at http://www.unzip.co.nr/
Upload the .rar and click the button
It will upload it to the site and then decompress it for you, then you can download the decompressed file and voila, bobs your uncle, your shiny file is ready for use.
Updates by me.

quick search in market, gave me Unrar from Twanky Deuce Software

I use AndroZip for zips and rars, works well

Unrar is closed source, can't get it compiled for ARM.
Unrar and Androzip don't support passworded files.

Google Experience only

I am happy with what I have since the new update from Viewsonic.
If I only want to add Google Experience, marketplace, do I still need to go through the process of rooting, installing clockwork and a new UI?
Is there just a simple way to add GE to the Classic UI?

Gapps install
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842590

Everyone,
I have had zip luck with this method of installing zapps. Not a dev, but I've been doing this long enough.....
I moved the Recovery file to to /sdcard. Checked for command and command line inside that file All ok to my eye.
Downloaded the gapps file which my WinRAR pronounces a WinRAR/Zip file. So I tried renamein the original update.zip and didn't get any install. So I extracted using winRAR. Still no install.
I tried the permutations as well. Extracted using G-Tablet extract. Still no results.
There must be something I am missing here -- too much holiday cheer or too many crowds or whatever.
Suggestions?!
Rev

butchconner said:
Everyone,
I have had zip luck with this method of installing zapps. Not a dev, but I've been doing this long enough.....
I moved the Recovery file to to /sdcard. Checked for command and command line inside that file All ok to my eye.
Downloaded the gapps file which my WinRAR pronounces a WinRAR/Zip file. So I tried renamein the original update.zip and didn't get any install. So I extracted using winRAR. Still no install.
I tried the permutations as well. Extracted using G-Tablet extract. Still no results.
There must be something I am missing here -- too much holiday cheer or too many crowds or whatever.
Suggestions?!
Rev
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I HAD to resort to putting on Clockwork Mod 0.8 to get GApps on my G Tablet.
Putting the update.zip on the internal and sd card storage did not work for me either with the newest update installed.
Clockwork Mod is a super easy install - just follow the instructions on how to install G Apps...basically: put CWM on your SD card in it's root (meaning NOT in any directories) and rename it update.zip, put the corresponding recovery directory on the SD as well. I use Winrar as well, I drag the recovery directory right from the file itself and to the SD Card.
Will look like:
Drive: update.zip
Drive: /recovery/command
basically.
Flash it the normal stock way (power and volume +). I press Power and Volume + without even powering off the device, because if the device is powered down and then you start it and miss that first start up, the device WILL delete the recovery/command file and the update won't flash.
GL

I don't officially get to play with my GTab until after package opening tomorrow so I can't do anything today, but I'm trying to line up my to do list. I have never rooted, flashed, or modded anything but am not afraid to play around as long as I don't brick the tablet.
What do you mean when you say "put the corresponding recovery directory on the SD as well. I use Winrar as well"? What is the corresponding recovery directory? What do you use Winrar for? I Googled "winrar" and found " WinRAR is a shareware file archiver and data compression utility developed by Eugene Roshal, and first released in the fall of 1993.[1] It is one of the few applications that is able to create RAR archives natively, because the encoding method is held to be proprietary. " I cannot figure out why it would be needed to load the standard Android market.

MSU_Sparty,
When you do updates (or installs) that have to be flashed onto the internal sdcard, they usually com in pairs of files. You will have an update.zip file that has the update in it (DUH!) -- and accompanying it will be a "Recovery" directory that has a command file in it (The command file has only one line that "calls" the update.zip file.
WinRAR "Zip" utility enters the picture because most of the devs here use WinRAR to package updates. The when they tell you to decompress it, you use WiinRAR and are left with a .zip file to install.
That's the question I had about this update. The Gapp file show to be a RAR package, but when I un-RAR it I come up with no .zip file -- only regular files.
Hope this helps you understand.
Rev
P. S. -- If you are new to this business, take it slow and easy and read ahead on this site and make sure you understand what you are doing. I try to do that, but even with years of IT experience I still mess things up once in a while.

Neoprimal,
Thanks for the tip about CWM. I have two tablets and the other has CWM on it and is fairly modded.
But this tablet I am trying to keep basically stock so I can get updates, etc. and see what the "state of product" is.
As mentioned in my previous answer, I am stumped because I am not getting what looks to be an update.zip file from the Gapp download. When I use WinRAR to decompress the Gapp file, I don't get a .zip file -- only a couple of directories. On the other hand, when I rename the Gapp file update.zip and try to flash it it doesn't work.
Again, thanks for the reply.
Anyone else with suggestions!!!????
Rev

Thanks. What you've written really does clarify the previous post. I appreciate it.
But let me ask another naive question. Why don't the developers create their update programs so they can be installed by just downloading them OTA like most applications? That would sure make it easier for neophytes. I'm guessing that the reason is because we aren't really adding an application but replacing the OS.
I greatly appreciate your guidance and that of all of the folks who use this forum.
Happy Holidays!

Uploading Files directly to phone?

I have been googling and researching for an hour but have had no luck, and my question is pretty basic
I am trying to get some XML files as described in this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17060997
into my phone. I have a registered dev phone, but I cant figure out how to get **** into the device! "

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239329

RealEmotionX said:
I have been googling and researching for an hour but have had no luck, and my question is pretty basic
I am trying to get some XML files as described in this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17060997
into my phone. I have a registered dev phone, but I cant figure out how to get **** into the device! "
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Visit my initial thread for Samsung provxml under Mango:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1226030

That would have been perfect if the program you built worked. Thank you very much but I am going to have to seek another solution. Every time I try to use the IsoStoreSpy, the software crashes.
UPDATE
@contable and when I try your method, the application deployment program tells me the XAP is invalid.

RealEmotionX said:
That would have been perfect if the program you built worked. Thank you very much but I am going to have to seek another solution. Every time I try to use the IsoStoreSpy, the software crashes.
UPDATE
@contable and when I try your method, the application deployment program tells me the XAP is invalid.
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My .xap file is working well on chevron unlocked devices, so it should also work on developer unlocked devices.
I can deploy the file with the official deployment tool or WPV xap deployer 1.5.

When I unzip the XAP and change any of the XML files is when it decides the XAP file is invalid. I can upload the original file.

RealEmotionX said:
When I unzip the XAP and change any of the XML files is when it decides the XAP file is invalid. I can upload the original file.
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I have changed the xml files inside the xap 1000 times.
Did you change the file extension from .xap to .zip before unzipping ?

Here are the steps
1. Unzip files after renaming extension to .zip
2. Update XML
3. Rezip files with 7zip
4. Rename file extension to .xap

RealEmotionX said:
Here are the steps
1. Unzip files after renaming extension to .zip
2. Update XML
3. Rezip files with 7zip
4. Rename file extension to .xap
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I use Winrar not 7zip...
Sent from my OMNIA7 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App

same result using winrar compression
is there another way to deploy apps?

Anyone have any suggestions?

Are you on Mango or NoDo? If Mango you have to do some reg edits when you get to Mango or you can't side load unsigned apps (I think; I could be wrong).

I was trying to be able to do what is described in my first post of this thread. Those tweaks can be applied and carried into Mango, I am currently on NoDo. About to give up though

ADB.zip download

I have uploaded a working ADB package on mediafire. I use it on both Vista 64bit and XP 32bit. I uploaded the zip because you can not email .exe files, and needed to get it to my little Bro. I am posting this to let anyone else who is in need know where an easily installed ADB is.
Get here http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?18k1mi04lpg75y2
Extract to a folder on the root of your C drive, I named mine ADB.
Open a CMD window and type "cd C:\ADB"
Thats it, you should then be able to procede with starting the server.
I also have the EVO Shift USB drivers in a zip, they are billed as Win 7 compatible. Once again I found it the only way to get it to my brother. I have not used this driver package, any problems found please make me aware of.
Driver zip here http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5ef7ga7napv0mg4

i cant unzip it

I would need to no what OS you have, you should be able extract it to a folder you create on the root of your C drive. You may need an application to unzip I have winrar and Windows may not be able to work with that compression. I am quite sure 7zip will and it is free. If you tell me what you have I should be able to help you get it done.

7-zip.org
Whatever you need it for.
Always (!!!) install 7-zip.
Its better AND cheaper, than WinZip, WinRar and all those others.. COMBINED!!
:fingers-crossed: :victory:

don't work with 7-Zip too
I can't unzip with 7-Zip too because the file is hidden in a file and 7-Zip can't extract it:confused

i want to download adb .rar file . please somebody help me with this.

glennruel said:
I have uploaded a working ADB package on mediafire. I use it on both Vista 64bit and XP 32bit. I uploaded the zip because you can not email .exe files, and needed to get it to my little Bro. I am posting this to let anyone else who is in need know where an easily installed ADB is.
Get here http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?18k1mi04lpg75y2
Extract to a folder on the root of your C drive, I named mine ADB.
Open a CMD window and type "cd C:\ADB"
Thats it, you should then be able to procede with starting the server.
I also have the EVO Shift USB drivers in a zip, they are billed as Win 7 compatible. Once again I found it the only way to get it to my brother. I have not used this driver package, any problems found please make me aware of.
Driver zip here http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5ef7ga7napv0mg4
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Good share dude will inform if it works

Folder is empty
when trying to extract, it says it's invalid. Windows XP 64bit here. Help.

The Zip file has no content in it

[Completed] Need an update to my RK3066 that isn't in RAR type but rather ZIP.

i need an update to my RK3066 to 4.4.4 kitkat that isn't in RAR type but rather zip. I've downloaded a couple different ones from the Malaysk profile on XDA and then converted to zip only to have my device recognize it as a bad file. any options?

Hi !
What did you use to convert it ? The zip or rar are the same
You maybe want a zip file in order to flash it in recovery but you have downloaded a rar which isn`t recognized
Open the rar archive and use the files from inside of it , it may contain an image an you have to use that one
Good luck !

xanthrax said:
Hi !
What did you use to convert it ? The zip or rar are the same
You maybe want a zip file in order to flash it in recovery but you have downloaded a rar which isn`t recognized
Open the rar archive and use the files from inside of it , it may contain an image an you have to use that one
Good luck !
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i did try and flash update w/ the rar but the tablet didn't recognize a rar ext. So i converted to a zip and the tablet stopped because it stated it was a bad file. I thought something may have messed up during the conversion and did it again but same result. I've looked everywhere for updates to 4.4.4 for this tablet but no luck. the ones that i did try and flash would open update and then abort the install.

As I said, I understand what you have tried, now please listen to me, the rar file is not a flashable zip and you cannot just convert it to zip in order to flash it, the flashable zip file results from building the ROM not converting rar to zip
Rar and zip are indeed both archives but the zip you need is a flashable zip as I mentioned above
Open that rar and tell me what you have inside
As for roms, if here on xda aren't available then contact the manufacturer's website or go deeper into Google, as far as I can see there is no ROM for your device here on xda
Sent from my Darkside of Oneplus 3T