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Signing the update.zip in Mac OS X?

I'm sure this has been asked before but after prolific searching of the forums and our friend Google I turn to you guys for help. As the title says I'm using OS X and I need a solution (that isn't dual booting to use XP) to signing the update.zip so that I can customise aspects of my ROM, I'm very eager to learn how to do this and this so far seems to be quite an annoying problem.
Thanks for your time in advance

tristyB said:
I'm sure this has been asked before but after prolific searching of the forums and our friend Google I turn to you guys for help. As the title says I'm using OS X and I need a solution (that isn't dual booting to use XP) to signing the update.zip so that I can customise aspects of my ROM, I'm very eager to learn how to do this and this so far seems to be quite an annoying problem.
Thanks for your time in advance
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pm me............

korndub said:
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Hi korndub,
Cannot you post the answer here so everybody that uses OS X can also sign?
I'm also having problems signing full roms (update.zip files) with signapk.jar
Any help is appreciated

rommelin said:
Hi korndub,
Cannot you post the answer here so everybody that uses OS X can also sign?
I'm also having problems signing full roms (update.zip files) with signapk.jar
Any help is appreciated
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i have a folder on the desktop which contains the signapk.jar and both sets of keys...put the Archive.zip that you have created and want to sign in this folder, then open terminal
in terminal, you type
$cd FOLDER-containing-files
$java -jar signapk.jar testkeys.x509.pem testkey.pk8 Inputfile.zip outputfile.zip
the outputfile.zip is your update which is signed....

OK, I do all that I think.
Heres my process.
Download ROM
Extract downloaded zip to folder eg update
Make changes to files
Compress folder back to zip eg update1.zip
java -jar signapk.jar testkeys.x509.pem testkey.pk8 update1.zip update_signed.zip
rename and copy the signed file to sd
reboot recovery
wipe and apply update
It doesn't moan about the signing (so I assume its ok) but I get an update script not found error and it doesn't install.
I haven't changed the update scripts, only the boot.img and one or two scripts in system.
Does every file I change have to be resigned as well? I muct be missing something here
on OSX 10.5

Signing has nothing to do with that error. Make sure that the update-script is in the correct path.
META-INF/com/google/android/update-script

it is, is a normal update.zip (ie cyanogen rom), and the only file I've changed is boot.img and a2sd in system/bin

i have a folder on the desktop which contains the signapk.jar and both sets of keys...put the Archive.zip that you have created and want to sign in this folder, then open terminal
in terminal, you type
$cd FOLDER-containing-files
$java -jar signapk.jar testkeys.x509.pem testkey.pk8 Inputfile.zip outputfile.zip
the outputfile.zip is your update which is signed....
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Thank you so much, this works for me, I might try and build it into an automator workflow
Edit: I spoke too soon, I get the update script error also
Edit Again: my update-script is in the same place as it should be also

Wonder if this is a specific OSX problem? We do have apples 'interpretation' of java don't we?

dazcox5181 said:
Wonder if this is a specific OSX problem? We do have apples 'interpretation' of java don't we?
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haha, yeah that's right, those crazy cats at Apple. but I assume that korndub also has Apples 'interptretation' so something else could be the problem also

perhaps the way we zip the archive?

dazcox5181 said:
perhaps the way we zip the archive?
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sadly not, I just used a application that zips in a PC format (without mac hidden files) and no joy. Good idea though.
Edit: Just tried archiving the zip but not compressing. Thought I was on to something. I wasn't.

Another update, I have tried the same in Fedora 11 and again, getting the update script error message when I flash.

I signed modified update for 3 different builds on my Mac, everything worked w/o problems every time. I did everything like described in readme and several times here. So, it's not a global OS X problem.
BTW, I used muCommander to directly modify all zips.

neuro159 said:
I signed modified update for 3 different builds on my Mac, everything worked w/o problems every time. I did everything like described in readme and several times here. So, it's not a global OS X problem.
BTW, I used muCommander to directly modify all zips.
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When I find the time later on I will give the muCommander a go. Fingers crossed.

dazcox5181 said:
OK, I do all that I think.
Heres my process.
Download ROM
Extract downloaded zip to folder eg update
Make changes to files
Compress folder back to zip eg update1.zip
java -jar signapk.jar testkeys.x509.pem testkey.pk8 update1.zip update_signed.zip
rename and copy the signed file to sd
reboot recovery
wipe and apply update
It doesn't moan about the signing (so I assume its ok) but I get an update script not found error and it doesn't install.
I haven't changed the update scripts, only the boot.img and one or two scripts in system.
Does every file I change have to be resigned as well? I muct be missing something here
on OSX 10.5
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you dont archive (zip) the folder, this is where you are having the issue... say you extracted the rom to ROMFOLDER, what you need to do is go into that folder, select all, then right click or two finger click and choose Compress - you will end up with an archive that contains all sub folders, if you zip the folder then you have a folder within a folder and that is where all goes south..

korndub said:
you dont archive (zip) the folder, this is where you are having the issue... say you extracted the rom to ROMFOLDER, what you need to do is go into that folder, select all, then right click or two finger click and choose Compress - you will end up with an archive that contains all sub folders, if you zip the folder then you have a folder within a folder and that is where all goes south..
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Oh my god, you're right. And I think I actually read that somewhere before now you've reminded me. Damn. Thanks though! Thanks a lot!

Awesome, knew it was me being stupid.

sure thing guys! glad i could help...

Always something stupid...

[TOOL] Something to make BlobTools Easier to use

This tool is an interactive console application. It makes it easier to use blob tools. All you have to do is run it, choose to unpack or repack. If you choose repack it will ask you to enter the name for each of the required files. After that it will due the rest.
Notice: You either have to enter the full, have the blob file in the same directory/folder or have change changed directories to the location of the blob. For example: cd /path/to/blob's Dir/
Update: I have fixed the case sensitivity issue.
Note: The attachments below will always be the latest.

ostar2 said:
I created an application to make BlobTools easier to use. It is an interactive console application. I made this because I wanted to be of some help to the community. Well anyways, here it is...
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Files are corrupt. Try again please.
Regards,
Brad

bradslinux said:
Files are corrupt. Try again please.
Regards,
Brad
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Those were compressed with the LZMA algorithm. Here try these ones there compressed with the normal zip compression for windows.
Edit: To prevent confusion I have removed these attachments please download from The Original Post. Thanks.

ostar2 said:
Those were compressed with the LZMA algorithm. Here try these ones there compressed with the normal zip compression for windows.
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That did it, thanks.
Nice work.
Regards,
Brad

welcome..

Excellent! Thank you - these will aid me greatly!

I like to be of help to the community so I am happy that this helps others.

Sourcecode and Update
As I am unable to compile for Linux or mac at the moment here is the sourcecode for this tool.
This uses a Code::Blocks IDE for its project/workspace. It can be compiled with just a c++ compiler. The icon is only available on windows as I do not know to implement it on macosx and Linux does not support icons in executables. also, I have updated this application as well the updated binarie zip files and source zip are attached. Enjoy!
Edit: To prevent confusion I have removed these attachments please download from The Original Post. Thanks.

ostar2 said:
As I am unable to compile for Linux or mac at the moment here is the sourcecode for this tool.
This uses a Code::Blocks IDE for its project/workspace. It can be compiled with just a c++ compiler. The icon is only available on windows as I do not know to implement it on macosx and Linux does not support icons in executables. also, I have updated this application as well the updated binarie zip files and source zip are attached. Enjoy!
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I tried to unpack a blob and it kept failing with an Invalid Option! error. I hit u then typed blob which was in the same directory. I then manually dragged the blob onto the blobunpack.exe and it unpacked it fine.
Any ideas why?

sbdags said:
I tried to unpack a blob and it kept failing with an Invalid Option! error. I hit u then typed blob which was in the same directory. I then manually dragged the blob onto the blobunpack.exe and it unpacked it fine.
Any ideas why?
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I was unsure of what extenstion the blob file had when I created this. What extenstion do they have? is it .blob? If so I think i can fix it.

Update: Fixed Not unpacking
Hello again I fixed the tool it should work fine now.
Edit: To prevent confusion I have removed these attachments please download from The Original Post. Thanks.

ostar2 said:
I was unsure of what extenstion the blob file had when I created this. What extenstion do they have? is it .blob? If so I think i can fix it.
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The blobs usually have no extension at all, and the extracted parts have a dot and the partition name as their last part, but I would not call these "extensions" (even if Windows disagrees with me).

_that said:
The blobs usually have no extension at all, and the extracted parts have a dot and the partition name as their last part, but I would not call these "extensions" (even if Windows disagrees with me).
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Thanks, that makes more sense. Also, I am thinking about having BlobTools print the command usage in more detail or at least a "--help" command displaying detailed usage of BlobTools. Like, how to unpack and repack.

[WIP] New tool
I am going to make gui version of this using wxwidgets and also maby consolidate the two tools into one and then combine it with GUI. That would make it much better.

still getting the "invalid option" message :/

arminneman said:
still getting the "invalid option" message :/
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Please re-download from the original post. It should work fine. If not let me know.

Ok, its updated let me know if any problems occur.

ostar2 said:
Ok, its updated let me know if any problems occur.
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I try it on win 7 64bit, run as administrator BlobToolUI select u and blob the name of file and give this error:
Unable to open "b"
Can You help me?
Thanks
Riccardo.

cipolippo said:
I try it on win 7 64bit, run as administrator BlobToolUI select u and blob the name of file and give this error:
Unable to open "b"
Can You help me?
Thanks
Riccardo.
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Is the blob you want to unpack in the same directory? If that does not work try adding a "." the end of the file name.

ostar2 said:
Is the blob you want to unpack in the same directory? If that does not work try adding a "." the end of the file name.
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Yes is in the same directory, adding a "." the end of the file does not work..
work if I rename file "blob" in also "b" ?
Thanks.

[Q] Can't establish a reliable connection to the Play Store

Hey guys,
I know that many of you have given a bunch of solutions to the error message saying that the play store can't establish a reliable connection. However, I've tried all of those methods and none have worked. I got here in the first place because I couldn't connect to the play store. When I cleared data, I was logged out and couldn't log back in. I've tried editing the host file using total commander,clearing cache/data, and even a factory reset. Do you guys have any solutions? Thanks in advance.

Did you run Towelroot?
If so a friend of mine went into system/etc/hosts and commented out one of the IP addresses and it worked fine. Factory resetting doesn't change back system files to my knowledge.

TheLastSidekick said:
Did you run Towelroot?
If so a friend of mine went into system/etc/hosts and commented out one of the IP addresses and it worked fine. Factory resetting doesn't change back system files
to my knowledge.
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I'm not sure what towel root is, but that is exactly what I did using total commander. I put a # before the second address. That didn't work. Also, since resetting won't change system files, I tried flashing a factory image. However, when I try to download the latest image on my PC, the download shows up as a document and not as a zipped file. That means that there is no flash-all script to run. I've reached a wall lol if you could think of anything that would work, I would appreciate that. Also, thanks for replying!

Winrarlabs.com and get latest WinRAR and extract the .tgz file with WinRAR to same directory as fastboot. Flash all script will be there once you extract .tgz

TheLastSidekick said:
Winrarlabs.com and get latest WinRAR and extract the .tgz file with WinRAR to same directory as fastboot. Flash all script will be there once you extract .tgz
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So I zip the document, and then extract it to the fastboot directory?

Skippery said:
So I zip the document, and then extract it to the fastboot directory?
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Or is there even a need to zip the file? Sorry real tech noob here

Skippery said:
Or is there even a need to zip the file? Sorry real tech noob here
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Install winrar. Open the .tgz file via winrar and then extract all the files you get there. flash-all file will be among those files

vin4yak said:
Install winrar. Open the .tgz file via winrar and then extract all the files you get there. flash-all file will be among those files
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Thanks guys

Skippery said:
Thanks guys
Do you know where I could install WinRar for free (Windows 8 64-bit)?
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Here you go: http://www.filehippo.com/download_winrar_64/

Really appreciate this. Thanked ya both.

[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
Sent from my Titanium S5 using XDA Free mobile app

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.
-- m9j_cfALt

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
-- m9j_cfALt

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

error
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

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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

[Completed] [Q] Unknown Serial, Cannot Wipe, or Factory Reset. Stuck in Boot Logo Screen

Hi
I have an Asus Fonepad 8 (K016 or FE380CG. 2GB RAM, 16GB ROM), I know it's not popular around here.. But any help is very welcome.
My initial device's state
- Stock rom 4.2.2
- Root (installed: Greenify, App Ops, Coolify, System App Remover (Jumobile))
- I uninstalled about 20 system apps
then I received OTA update to Lollipop and it displayed the infamous android "error" with the red exlamation mark. so i uninstalled every root app, EXCEPT System App Remover (silly me i forgot the most crucial part), probably meaning that some system apps are still gone. I also did full unroot inside SuperSU.
I tried factory resetting in order to successfully update to Lollipop, but once I get to the setup Welcome screen, these dreaded messages show up. ENDLESSLY
Unfortunately, com.android.phone has stopped working
Unfortunately, com.android.systemui has stopped working
Unfortunately, com.process.acore has stopped working
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One time, the endless torture stopped and I was able to access Settings. I opened Applications and there was very (infact, too) few apps installed. Less than 200MB of RAM is used. I thought the factory settings failed, so I tried doing the same thing again in fastboot mode. But still a no-go.
Then I tried
Code:
fastboot -w
and it did say "success" but it couldn't format. "File system not supported". I forgot the exact message but that, i think is the point.
In Droidboot Provision OS, there is an option called "SD download". I put the official ROM for my device (.zip) in my SD card, then tried doing exactly that. Still no-go. Below is the entire (not exact) process
Copying E:\ASUS_UPDATE.zip to /cache (i renamed my firmware .zip file to that)
Copying asus update file (i have no idea where this file (if it even is a file) is located)
then my device reboots
a brief "no command" error appears
reboots back to my faulty state
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I then tried to erase cache and userdata, and ran
Code:
fastboot update fw.zip
This appears
archive does not contain android-info.txt
archive does not contain android-product.txt
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Desperate enough, I tried to again erase cache and userdata and system (probably my worst decision). and the device is now stuck in boot logo screen.
My awesome representation of my device's boot logo screen
ASUS
powered by
ANDROID
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I booted my device back to fastboot, and my serial number was shown as "unknown". The same appeared when i type below code in cmd in my PC.
Code:
fastboot devices
One thing to be noted. I am really confused with ASUS's official firmware.
There is no recovery.img, system.img, userdata.img or cache.img
Here is a list of files and directories inside of it:
META-INF (folder)
recovery (folder, 2 files: recovery-from-boot.p and install-recovery.sh)
system (folder, a lot of folders inside like "app", "bin", "etc", "fonts")
boot.img
fastboot.img
splash1.img
splash1_s.img
splash2.img
splash2_s.img
splash2.img
splash2_s.img
ifwi.zip
modem.zip
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I do not have nandroid or any kind of backup.
I have googled and tried everything I could find for the past 9 hours. So, i think it's high time I ask experts about this.
I am thinking of taking it to the service center. But any more knowledge regarding this beforehand is very valuable to me.
I know this is too long but I've highlighted the most important parts.
Any kind of help is welcome.

Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. Unfortunately there is not a dedicated forum and there is very little information about your device on XDA. There is nothing on how to flash the stock firmware. But it sounds like that's what you need to do right now. Looking at ASUS's web site it looks like there should be another zip file. ifwi.zip, in the one you extracted. That's most likely where the image files you are missing reside.

jd1639 said:
Hi, thank you for using XDA Assist. Unfortunately there is not a dedicated forum and there is very little information about your device on XDA. There is nothing on how to flash the stock firmware. But it sounds like that's what you need to do right now. Looking at ASUS's web site it looks like there should be another zip file. ifwi.zip, in the one you extracted. That's most likely where the image files you are missing reside.
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Hi. Thank you so much for replying and taking the time to read my long "story".
Sadly, yes. There is little to no community for my device.
Regarding ifwi.zip, below is part of the content of the file.
FE380CG_16_BOM_TOKEN_v79.54_CRAK_DEV.bin (3.608 bytes)
FE380CG_16_IFWI_v79.54_CRAK_DEV.bin (4.194.468 bytes)
FE380CG_1_BOM_TOKEN_v79.54_CRAK_DEV.bin (3.608 bytes)
FE380CG_1_IFWI_v79.54_CRAK_DEV.bin (4.194.468 bytes)
FE380CG_2_BOM_TOKEN_v79.54_CRAK_DEV.bin (3.608 bytes)
FE380CG_2_IFWI_v79.54_CRAK_DEV.bin (4.194.468 bytes)
FE380CG_32_BOM_TOKEN_v79.54_CRAK_DEV.bin (3.608 bytes)
FE380CG_32_IFWI_v79.54_CRAK_DEV.bin (4.194.468 bytes)
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I doubt that it's the system image. The file size is just way too small.
The folder with the largest size is System, and inside there are a lot of folders (app (system apps and asus's bloatwares are inside), bin, etc, fonts, framework, etc, and build.prop). It almost looks like ASUS doesn't package system into a .img file, rather in a folder. That's why I am also looking for a script file that "copies" this folder into the device, if it exists.
I am now downloading the latest (was just uploaded by ASUS) firmware, which is Lollipop.
I'll dig in the file and see if I can find anything interesting.

Ok, download's finished.
Below is the root directory of the new firmware.zip
META-INF (folder)
recovery (folder)
system (folder)
boot.img
droidboot.img
splash.img
file_contexts (no extension)
l_recovery.fstab
partition.tbl
ifwi.zip
modem.zip
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ifwi.zip has the same contents, only a newer version.
I tried fastboot update fw.zip and the same error pops up
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
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I have attached a screenshot of updater-script I found inside META-INF/com/google/android. and screenshots of the directories of the firmware zip's contents. Hoping any is helpful to solve this.

First, I know nothing specific about your device. But do you have a custom recovery on your device? CWM or TWRP. The updater-script looks like it should be flashed in a custom recovery, not with fastboot. Edit, also, what's in the system folder, etc. Are there image files in there?

jd1639 said:
First, I know nothing specific about your device. But do you have a custom recovery on your device? CWM or TWRP. The updater-script looks like it should be flashed in a custom recovery, not with fastboot. Edit, also, what's in the system folder, etc. Are there image files in there?
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Sorry for the late reply.
I just got the device back from the service center.
I inquired about where I can get the firmware file, and the guy said ASUS's website, but to flash it I need a tool.
It seems that this tool then copies the entire system folder to the device.
Anyways, the problem is solved now. Thank you very much for your help.

Glad you got it fixed. I'll close this thread.