I've posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365680 but I feel like I can get some more Tablet S audience here.
To summarize what this tool does, it basically extracts the emulator data from Crash Bandicoot, patches it, and allows you to load any PSX game that you rip to run on your device.
Check the link above for more information and download links.
Here's my request to you tablet users:
First of all, I need people to test this as I do not own a Sony Tablet. More importantly, I need different APKs from people. Currently, the only APK of crash bandicoot I have for the Tablet S is one with a CRC32 checksum of 6c7c966b (NCEA00344.apk). If you have a version that has a different checksum (I'm looking for the US version especially), please PM me with a copy of it. I need to manually patch each version of the game to support it with the tool.
Again, I do not own a Tablet, so development will not be as fast as it is for the Play. Therefore, it is up to beta testers like you to help me get it working. If anything goes wrong, I need psxperia.log found in the folder you extracted the files to and android's logcat if you can get it. It would also be nice if a developer for this device can take care of supporting it. Or, if anyone's feeling generous, get me a tablet (I can also look into unlocking it, I have a couple of ideas), but I know that's asking too much.
I just got one today. How can I help?
I pledge $30 to get you the tablet. Don't even have time to convert images for your new beta as i still have them working on my previous version on xperia play with the older firmware but admire your dedication to keeping this project alive. I can donate this money straight away if you want - i just hope you get the tablet soon.
Sent from my Sony Tablet S using Tapatalk
I have HK version of Tablet S, but I do not know how to extract the apk from it as there is no root for Tablet. Please advise. Thanks.
I've Medievil and Destruction Derbi from store in a Sony Tablet S, where i can find that files?
When i try to install a game converted with this software i get an error from table ("Not installed"), maybe is Android version (Android 3.2.1).
i didnt think of ttrying the psxperia on my tablet, i will get on this today, and let you know what i find! since im still waiting for FedEX to deliver my Xperia Play.
EDIT: got the .apk for you. Mine is NCUA94900, not sure about the check sum, but im about to pm you about it.
I'd be happy to test things out as I'm keen to try Driver 2 ISO which I'd found - excuse my ignorance, but without ROOT, how is it possible for me to obtain the Crash Bandicoot APK file and I assume it is "NCUC80631_T1_1_01.zpak" required from the Android/Data...... folder
Thanks.
SWFlyerUK said:
I'd be happy to test things out as I'm keen to try Driver 2 ISO which I'd found - excuse my ignorance, but without ROOT, how is it possible for me to obtain the Crash Bandicoot APK file and I assume it is "NCUC80631_T1_1_01.zpak" required from the Android/Data...... folder
Thanks.
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There are a few different ways to do it. Without root, I used Astro to browse up to the root and then I could freely browse the system partitions (you just cant write to it). You could always try ADB as well, if you've got that working..
And I've just sent through my APK from my Tablet S. Thanks!
Just created my first APK with PSXPeria 1.0 as 2.0 doesn't work with me and there is no error log showing - the APK doesn't work, it installs but bounces back to the homescreen, the data files are in the correct places.
With 2.0, it just hangs at "Checking files...."
Any ideas please?
Just had some kind help from a forum member, the APK compiles when using the Xperia APK, but doesn't install on my Sony Tablet. Using the CrashBandicoot APK from the Sony Tablet, produces an error in the JAVA program.
I assume the develop is no-longer monitoring this thread, rendering my feedback and determination to run my PS1 games useless
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Just had some kind help from a forum member, the APK compiles when using the Xperia APK, but doesn't install on my Sony Tablet. Using the CrashBandicoot APK from the Sony Tablet, produces an error in the JAVA program.
I assume the develop is no-longer monitoring this thread, rendering my feedback and determination to run my PS1 games useless
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Have you tried FPSE? almost flawless IMO
its paid but more than worth it
When trying to extract in PSXPeria it says "CAN NOT EXTRACT APK! JAVA SAYS CAN NOT FIND CONFIG FOR THIS APK CRC32: D1EEDC9F". Can anyone help me out on this? Can somebody also upload their APK file of Crash for me too? Thanks.
SWFlyerUK said:
Just had some kind help from a forum member, the APK compiles when using the Xperia APK, but doesn't install on my Sony Tablet. Using the CrashBandicoot APK from the Sony Tablet, produces an error in the JAVA program.
I assume the develop is no-longer monitoring this thread, rendering my feedback and determination to run my PS1 games useless
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Could you post the errors log to the thread he has on the xperia play forum - I wonder if compiling using data from the other games from ps store would work - I had no time or know how to update my xperia play to 2.3.4 yet so staying on psxperia version 1 (on 2.3.3 experia play) for now which is not compatible with tablet s. Thanks in advance
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error message posted in image above
That error in the above post means the dev hasn't included the patch for that particular APK in this version of PSXPeria. Try PM'ing the OP with a link to a copy of your apk and ask if he might be able to include it in the next release. It's all detailed in the first post of this thread. Read there.
If we keep adding APK's we might get better results across all the Tablets
Anyone know if this works? I tried to install an apk I made for my Xperia play onto the Sony tablet S. I installed it the exact same way, where I tossed the folder into Android/data/, and had the apk in the root. It wouldn't even let me install lol.
I'm guessing i'd have to rip the current Crash, and the data, and then see what I could do. I was hoping someone may have already tried this.
What would be truly legendary is if one of the emulators made managed to emulate multiplayer somehow. The only one I can see being possible in the short term is a gameboy link cable emulation via bluetooth or wifi.
Otherwise for the likes of PSX games, potentially something where a device syncs like a bluetooth controller to a "host" device. Then the host device would broadcast whats on screen to the other device and go from there (perhaps in split screen cutting the image down the middle and scretch to fit screen what remains, so you only see your player ) Pretty sure we'd have to wait for quadcore or better devices for that though haha
Alright an update on what I was testing. I got the exact same error that Cypherwolf got. I even tried to rename the apk and zpak. The oddest part is the fact that the folder of the zpak is labeled NCUA94900_T. Where as my xperia play phone has the zpak as just NCUA94900.
Though again renaming didn't seem to do jack. Not sure if its an issue with the software conversion or this "T" version of the zpak is somehow encrypted. I'll see if I can use the 1.0 version of the software and if there's any diff.
Need DEV Help
So after playing with the files from my Tablet S and messing around inside PSXperiaTool.jar with WinRAR, I added my own CRC32 to the \resources\patches. After studying the layouts of the files in the other patch folders and help from yifanlu's GitHub page, I put together a seemingly working config.xml, filelist.txt and stringReplacements.txt. I then used the game-patch.bin & libjava-activity.so.jbpatch from GitHub for the last two patch files.
Now when I run the extract on my NCUA94900.apk, I don't get any errors at all. However, I have run into a problem. When I click Convert in the convert section, the words "Checking to make sure all files are there." appear, but nothing happens.
I've tried using versions 1 and 2 of the program and both just hang there. I've also tried editing the config.xml to not patch the libjava-activity_NCUA94900_T_1.so file in \lib\armeabi, but I still have the problem.
Anyone else working on this and have gotten as far or farther?
Nope I haven't even been able to extract tnhe zpak properly it says that its not recognized. If I ignore that and continue it has the same error as above. I did find something in system/app zpackdownloader.apk, not sure what that entitles. I have a feeling that when installing something from say xperia play, something like an apk prevents it from being installed.
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Edit: This thread has been moved to General since Android Port has been accomplished. ~TheRomMistress
tutorial originally posted by bojan6
Please read this before start asking questions
1.Android is in testing development.
2.Is not working fully.
3.You can't install Android in your phone.
4.You can run Android in your phone with Haret and see how it look but:
5.There are no working wifi, bluetooth,phone calls, battery, usb conection, ac charger connection and many other things....
6.All drivers and kernel are still under construction.
7.Now you know that Android is not working fully in our phone.
8.If you still want help and test build that is OK.
Now to run Android properly in your phone !
1.Download any of the builds we have around here.
2.Do backup on your sdcard or if you have additional one use this one.
3.Extract the file with android in your sdcard.
4. Check all the files are inside (sdcard/Android/AndroidApps"folder", media"folder",root"folder",clrcad"file",rootfs"fil e",startup"file",system"file",zImage"file",initrd" file")
5. If you want you can take everything from Android folder and pest it in root of the sdcard but you have to change default text (set cmdline"rel_path=Android change to set cmdline"rel_path=" or set cmdline"rel_path=sdcard") tri with one if is not working try with the other one. I thing the best is leave all files and folder in default Android folder and just copy this folder to your sdcard.
6.Check your zImage and Startup is for Toshidroid :OP (TG01).
7.First RUN haret without CLRCAD.
8.It take no more than10 min to run for the first time.
9. If it take more time RESTART the phone by pressing the POWER BUTTON for 10/20 sec it will restart and back to windows.
11.Try to do the same one more time.
12.If it still not booting to Android and you receive any error messages. Check your sdcard if there is space left in it. Check error message if it say that it can find some file or it can't create a data.
13. Delete everything from your sdcard and format it to fat32.
14.Start from the beginning.
15. If it still not booting to Android then check if you have all files and all set how it has to be.
16. Don't forget you can broke your phone. And we are not responsible for any damage you cause to your phone.
17.It is all up to you.
19. If I forget something sorry about just ask there are other memebers who will try to help you if they can.
20. Sorry for my English mistakes. I'm trying to fix them. :OP
Thanks to all people who try their best to make that possible: Markinus, Arash18k,Bally3,Endrix,Nyl,Arnookie and all other.
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There are 2 active projects.
Android on TG01
PLEASE FOLLOW MARKINUS THREAD FOR UPDATES
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846777
Other resources..
http://gitorious.org/linux-on-wince-htc/linux_on_wince_htc/commits/linux-on-tg01
ToshDroid.
The main man behind the ToshDroid project is Endri Bezati
PLEASE FOLLOW ENDRIX THREAD ""ToshDroid" FOR UPDATES
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788860
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The android screen (1.5 cupcake) on Tosh TG01 was taken from intomobile.com
There is no android for HD2 or Acer F1/s200 (and these phones have bigger community) so I don't think someone here will run android on TG01 until it comes for one of these two mentioned above...
you are right..
however I have googled and found these.
http://htcandroid.xland.cz/
http://xdandroid.southcape.org/
I am not into programing but it might give some head start to who want to make it happpen..
I don't know how to go about porting android to TG01, but I'm looking into it... don't know if it will go anywhere but what the hell, it's worth a try.
Source code for the Acer Liquid and the Xperia X10, two Snapdragon phones with both Kernel Source code available
Wyatt said:
I don't know how to go about porting android to TG01, but I'm looking into it... don't know if it will go anywhere but what the hell, it's worth a try.
Source code for the Acer Liquid and the Xperia X10, two Snapdragon phones with both Kernel Source code available
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Maybe one of the ROM developers can have a look at these and convert the drivers to TG01?!
gamerr120 said:
Maybe one of the ROM developers can have a look at these and convert the drivers to TG01?!
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I'm downloading 10.04 release of ubuntu, once that is done, i'll compile the kernels and have a go at making android boot with haret on the TG01, tomorrow is my day off so i'll keep you updated if I get anywhere or not
nice on man, that sounds awesome. I'll be at school :/ I wish I could learn how develop like you guys..... maybe this summer?
here is haret for the snapdragon... found it a while back somewhere i don't remember....
thor2002ro said:
here is haret for the snapdragon... found it a while back somewhere i don't remember....
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Anyone test, i can't now until tomorrow....
Wyatt said:
I'm downloading 10.04 release of ubuntu, once that is done, i'll compile the kernels and have a go at making android boot with haret on the TG01, tomorrow is my day off so i'll keep you updated if I get anywhere or not
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Good news...
can't wait for the result..
gamerr120 said:
Anyone test, i can't now until tomorrow....
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Don't know much about Android. But I think Haret is only a bootloader. You still need the Android files to boot.
anon-4 said:
Don't know much about Android. But I think Haret is only a bootloader. You still need the Android files to boot.
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I have posted a request in android forum. see if any body come here and give us hand,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6341361#post6341361
anon-4 said:
Don't know much about Android. But I think Haret is only a bootloader. You still need the Android files to boot.
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Yep Haret kills the WinMo kernel to boot another one, i've got the Xperia X10 and Acer Liquid Kernels source code, so i'm going to build them just to see how far it will go and hopefully create a starting point for Android on TG01
Just to keep you updated, i'm not getting anyware for the moment, but i'm not giving up, if anyone has got any info on building a linux kernel for snapdragon please post it
Google Nexus one, acer liquid and many other devices have Snapdragon and Android.
If it's found some info about linux kernel on them, it would be a good starting point, don't you think?
EDIT: I've just google a little and found this:
NEXUS ONE KERNEL POSTED
Cyanogen has developed a web for developing nexus one kernel. So, maybe, you can find something there.
Here you can find a kernel for Nexus One
And here you can find the kernel source for the Acer Liquid
Wyatt said:
Just to keep you updated, i'm not getting anyware for the moment, but i'm not giving up, if anyone has got any info on building a linux kernel for snapdragon please post it
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Hi, have you installed ubuntu 10.4 yet? Do you like it?
I ask because I am on 9.10 and thinking about upgrade
a_petrov303 said:
Hi, have you installed ubuntu 10.4 yet? Do you like it?
I ask because I am on 9.10 and thinking about upgrade
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Yep, i've installed the 10.04, and it's pretty cool, on my dell precision m6500, i had a probleme getting the wifi working but other than that it runs like a charm
Has anyone got any idea on how to find the 'RAMADDR' and 'RAMSIZE' for haret ?
these are for HTC diamond witch has 192 mb ram
set RAMSIZE 0x7800000
set RAMADDR 0x10000000
Yeah but it is specific to every phone... so I either somebody already know them, or I need a way to find them..
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I just got myself a Viewpad VB734 from China, but strangely this model is not found anyway on the Viewsonic Official Website.
The price is about USD110.
It have a Cortex-A8 RK2918 CPU @ 1GHz, 512MB DDR3 Ram, 7" screen with 5 point touch panel. running on gingerbread with honeycomb interface. surprisingly smooth playing 3d games. but certain games is not supported.
wondering any idea how to root it? it this have the same rooting procedure as 7e or 7x?
Thanks.
Looks like a clone - no real Viewpad...
ok, i found the official website
http://www.viewmate.com.cn/2011VB734/
it is from Viewmate, the ViewSonic company in China.
And this product is officialy claim that it will be support Android 4.0.
wondering when it will have ICS.
chchia, have you tried any roms on this yet? I just saw a shop here with a Viewsonic VB734 and VB734Pro.
Please let me know if you find a site that has upgraded ice cream sandwich roms. I've got this viewpad97a tablet for my children it works great but I would really like to upgrade the rom. I think I'm the only 1 on the entire in that bought this model there's not any information for it anywhere.
Sent from my ViewPad97a using XDA App
If it's running gingerbread (2.3) then you can root vie SuperOneClick or ''Gingerbreak'' as I did on my VIEWPAD 7
AntiNSA said:
Please let me know if you find a site that has upgraded ice cream sandwich roms. I've got this viewpad97a tablet for my children it works great but I would really like to upgrade the rom. I think I'm the only 1 on the entire in that bought this model there's not any information for it anywhere.
Sent from my ViewPad97a using XDA App
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Viewpad97a is definitely not the same tablet of this thread!
Well, I made some search and VB means ViewBook. It can be updated by pc using a software you can download from their site:
http://www.viewmate.com.cn/index.php?c=list&cs=download-center&
The software needs to install on your pc some drivers for Fuzhuo Rockchip (RK29 device), then you can update or restore using Rockchip batch tool (and using google translate for the install notes included)
Now I can just restore with the update.img provided in the cd coming with the tablet.
I was able to root this tablet with SuperOneClick over the original Gingerbread... Is there nobody that can tell us how to install CWM and ICS rom?
Maybe this tablet has other model number (and manifacturer) outside China?
I'm trying to write down in chinese :-o to Viewsonic to know when they're going to release the promised ICS version...
ICS for VB734Pro ect.
I'm testing the official version coming from the manifacturer*.
As soon as I get some result, I'll keep you posted.
*They have beta versions for all products from ViewMate aka Viewsonic
ICS for VB734Pro
I'm testing, since my last post here, the official beta version for Viewmate (viewsonic) VB734Pro.
Nice one, is working fine with some little setback:
- first, you can't root this: connecting it to my pc with windows, there's no way to see the tablet as an android device. It's just a linux hard drive on my device manager. So, debug mode doesn't work at all;
- second, using the usb connection makes the tablet a little unstable and, after you disconnect, you can see a message saying SDcard damaged, It's not true, but it's just necessary to reboot the VB734Pro;
- booting takes time, about two minutes...
- some app won't install from Google Play (ie. Chrome) and Google Books won't update because of signature conflict (there's a 2.2.1 version as system app!).
Finding a way to root it should give me the chance to reduce booting time, but also to correct Google Books conflict, use any app that needs rooting and... make complete backups with titanium if necessary.
VB734Pro with ICS and rooted!!!
Thanks to picchiopc and his blog I was able to root this tablet using a pc with Linux Ubuntu 12.04 installed.
I wasn't able to see the tablet using Windows 7: maybe because both Linux and Android share the same code from Unix I had the chance to implement the adb service otherwise not usable with Windows.
The procedure is quite complex: first you need to install correctly AndroidSDK, second you need to properly connect the device using 2207 as [VENDOR ID] and 0000 as [PRODUCT ID], third you need to create the file adb_usb.ini inside the directory .android in your root. This file must contain just "0x2207" without quotes as text inside it.
Then use this script to root your tablet VB734Pro with ICS installed.
FYI: Mediacom 840I and Viewsonic VB734Pro have the same motherboard, processor, etc.
BE CAREFUL: connecting the tablet to your pc with Windows can create instability to the VB734Pro, mainly because the internal sd card is unreadable (and inaccessible) to the pc. So expect the screen of your tablet start scrambling a lot when you attempt to connect to your pc via usb cable.
One workaround is to turn off your tablet, unmount your external sd card and then connect it directly to the pc using an adapter or card reader, or try to use Airdroid on the same wifi network.
UPDATE: The only good reason to root this tablet is to use Root Uninstaller, Clean Master and also Root Explorer: I was able to clean up some unnecessary apps and take a look to Google Now, that is not working fine... in this tablet.
I don't recommend the use of any sd booster, like Sd Increase or Sd-booster: it doesn't make any difference at all.
I don't recommend the use of Link2sd: it simply doubles the time when you turn on the tablet!
ViewSonic VB737
tanx dude,, i have bought a viewsonic VB737 just a moment ago.. but i couldnt find anything that related to this tablet as u - with searching anywhere about viewsonic vp tablets!!
do u think that this model that i have is same as ur model? i mean can i root my tablet just as u or what? appriciate ur concerning
O have rooted my ViewPad 7e whit GingerBreak app. Maybe it works in your tablet.
This is the one I used GingerBreak-v1.20.apk. Search whit Google.
Sent from my ViewPad7e using xda app-developers app
tanx dude
but that was not my answer
amir2pa said:
tanx dude,, i have bought a viewsonic VB737 just a moment ago.. but i couldnt find anything that related to this tablet as u - with searching anywhere about viewsonic vp tablets!!
do u think that this model that i have is same as ur model? i mean can i root my tablet just as u or what? appriciate ur concerning
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I don't think so. VB737 is different from VB734PRO.
After some search, I found that VB734 has the same motherboard of that Mediacom model quoted before.
I suggest to see if you find analogies with another tablet: Viewsonic is a chinese brand, in other words they are assemblers, putting their brand on their products.
Still working, I'm amazed with this little, heavy, book and video viewer!
Definitely Videwpad tablets only give headaches. I bought one of the latest models and finding your Rom is a titanic task.
So I'm the owner of the infamous MediaPad 7 Lite [WiFi only] or S7-931w and there is hacking challenge ahead.
As Huawei rarely updates FW for S7-931w and original FW is buggy, I decided to experiment in some way: I put S7-931u FW on S7-931w tablet.
That should work perfectly as both tablets are same by hardware, except that S7-931u have 3G modem.
So after flashing and tablet boot, everything is perfect but there is annoying message on the screen: "Failed to update modem" that will sit on the screen and not go away.
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Now, I seeking for a way to remove that message. As I'm not very experienced android developer, I have no idea how to remove it. Maybe to remove modem driver? Or some modifications on firmware before flashing?
I would like to stay on this firmware as it's seems to be more stable and faster than one for S7-931w.
Thanks in advance.
Well I'm not sure that removing modem driver is an easy task.. because the firmware of this tablet is a real mess - but you can try.. because you said you are experimenting. That probably includes rooting of the device, and/or maybe even custom ROM-ing
I own S7-931U with SP19 firmware version and it is not stable at all - at least on my tablet
Wifi version that you have has only reached SP01 version as you can see on this link.
But if you really want to experiment (and don't mind translating from russian) do check 4PDA forum.. they also have some stuff for MediaPad 7 Lite tablets.
Good luck.
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Well I'm not sure that removing modem driver is an easy task.. because the firmware of this tablet is a real mess - but you can try.. because you said you are experimenting. That probably includes rooting of the device, and/or maybe even custom ROM-ing
I own S7-931U with SP19 firmware version and it is not stable at all - at least on my tablet
Wifi version that you have has only reached SP01 version as you can see on this link.
But if you really want to experiment (and don't mind translating from russian) do check 4PDA forum.. they also have some stuff for MediaPad 7 Lite tablets.
Good luck.
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It's already rooted. But I do not have experience with removing drivers on android, so yes, it will be tricky.
Ohh I see that you are also from Croatia, that explains why we both have MediaPad 7 Lite. This tablet is pure crap, but for basic task can be a bit frustrating because of it's "awesome speed". Maybe it can be less useless with better firmware.
I'll check that Russian stuff, it may help.
EDIT: I checked but I don't see anything useful. I would like to know how to edit Huawei firmware by my self like Russian guy did. I managed to open update.app with 7-zip and check all 3 archives (931U.zip, 932U.zip, 933U.zip) contained in it.
Each archive contains 2 files:
- MOBILE_CONNECT.BIN
- UpdateWizard (No extension) - File seems to be an ELF file determined by header.
I have no idea how I should edit anything of that.
This firmware is become open source but I don't know how to edit it either.
I would appreciate if someone can explain me or provide me some tutorial for such, If I get involved and done something, I'll publish it so others may also enjoy the benefits.
Well most of us got this tablet for an "T-Contract"
I don't have enough experience with customizing ROM-s, so I'm not much of a help, but here are two links which may help you disassemble original ROM.
[GUIDE] How to extract Huawei firmware (update.app)
[TOOL] Huawei Update Extractor [UPDATED: v0.9.8.0]
App on the second link is a believe easier to setup if you are on windows platform.
Btw.. you are probably on your own on this experiment, because I've search for some answers on the subject of this tablet, and got none (even nothing from Huawei!)... That is why a gave up trying.. Only thing I've seen new is open source stuff on Huawei pages.
I guess people (or even worse Huawei) are just not interested to create something better for this tablet.
At least some users on this forum and Freaktab.com, helped with rooting and TWRP custom recovery... I can only thank them for their effort
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Well most of us got this tablet for an "T-Contract"
I don't have enough experience with customizing ROM-s, so I'm not much of a help, but here are two links which may help you disassemble original ROM.
[GUIDE] How to extract Huawei firmware (update.app)
[TOOL] Huawei Update Extractor [UPDATED: v0.9.8.0]
App on the second link is a believe easier to setup if you are on windows platform.
Btw.. you are probably on your own on this experiment, because I've search for some answers on the subject of this tablet, and got none (even nothing from Huawei!)... That is why a gave up trying.. Only thing I've seen new is open source stuff on Huawei pages.
I guess people (or even worse Huawei) are just not interested to create something better for this tablet.
At least some users on this forum and Freaktab.com, helped with rooting and TWRP custom recovery... I can only thank them for their effort
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Yeah "T-Contract", as 80% of Croats, me included.
But you helped me a lot, you bring me things I didn't even known that are exist for this tablet.
If I make some success, I'll post about it.
And yes, Huawei have NO interest for it - They even removed S7-931w support from their site - SHAME.
It's a bad tablet, slow and as you said with messy firmware, that's probable reason why almost nobody works on it, or maybe nobody have enough courage to challenge Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite? Who knows
Some update, I used extractor to extract the firmware, after extraction I extracted system.img and under bin directory found guilty script:
modem_update
The problem is that this script is probably called by another, so how to stop that chain....
I have attached recovery log file from mine S7-931u model using SP19 firmware.
Maybe it can be helpful to you, because it contains some stuff near the end of the file related to modem installation and partitions (?!)
EDIT: I forgot to mention... as I understand (not excatly sure about details!) rild is command/daemon that helps communication between modem device and Android code (I believe there is something about that on Stackoverflow forum).. so maybe this may also be your point of interest.?
As I see by viewing the log you shared, it even creates special "modem" partition.
This maybe even complicates the things, maybe I could change creating modem partition.
As experimenting with Android partitions is never good idea, I need to be extremely careful as there is possibility of bricking device.
Do you maybe know where I can find script which handles installation process?
Sorry I haven't investigate Android very deep so I don't know what is the script in charge of installation procedure.
Maybe if you check init.rc and/or init.<machine_name>.rc scripts/service or maybe even updater_script... maybe you can find some more clues, about what is going on during boot procedure and/or installation.
Okay, I'll look into it when I got some time, and I'll keep updated.
Success!
After a while, I finally managed to get some time and will to work on our poor S7-931w, and I comming with a good news!
I finally managed to remove permanent "Failed to update modem" message.
Message is caused by system application HuaweiInit.apk which I found safe to remove after message appears, as after removal there is no annoying message nor bugs.
Also, now all telephony apps could be removed since S7-931w doesn't have any way to use it.
Now we can have S7-931u firmware on our S7-931w. For me, it seems that u firmware is more responsive.
Using S7-931u firmware also brings back USB Mass storage mode which was removed in latest S7-931w firmware.
However, it's still a lot of thing to done, there is annoying empty(gray) GSM signal icon next to the battery, and we should do something more serious with it like optimizing it.
Later I'll post brief tutorial, and maybe release modded S7-931u rom for S7-931w.
I finally did it!
UPDATE: The App is now fully released with the abiltiy to install packages with their dependencies and progress bar notifications on PC and Mobile! This app can now fully replace the built in App Installer and Windows Device Portal for sideloading apps
Source Code: https://github.com/colinkiama/UWP-Package-Installer
NOTE: I don't know if it's a bug or not but on mobile, when I open an .appx or .appxbundle, it asks me what app I want to use to install the package but it doesn't list mine. Maybe it's because I'm on the insider builds so please message me if opening the files works for you on mobile.
For mobile there's a workaround for this shown below. On PCs, the app works exactly like the built in app installer.
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
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How To Install: Unzip the file, install the dependencies first then install the appxbundle.
Download it here: https://github.com/colinkiama/UWP-Package-Installer/releases
Oh wow running awesome in mobile... But some bugs showed up...
1. Sometimes install completes, but still showing installing 98-99% in app..
2. Scaling is not quite perfect.. Please fix scaling for portrait devices...
Suggestion:
Please try to show app name and it's icon, like the App installer of pc
maruf8 said:
Oh wow running awesome in mobile... But some bugs showed up...
1. Sometimes install completes, but still showing installing 98-99% in app..
2. Scaling is not quite perfect.. Please fix scaling for portrait devices...
Suggestion:
Please try to show app name and it's icon, like the App installer of pc
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I can fix 1. and 2.
But I need help with the suggestion. I need a way to get the metadata out of the package. My app handles a StorageFile object so it's pretty difficult. I would only be able to show the app name and logo AFTER the package has installed.
Package installer is now feature complete!
You can now install packages with their dependencies and install progress will show in a notification (on all devices including mobile running on the creators update or above). Devices running earlier versions of Windows 10 will have the install progress inside the app like before but there are some notifications that pop up too.
Download it here: https://github.com/colinkiama/UWP-Package-Installer/releases
Source Code: https://github.com/colinkiama/UWP-Package-Installer
Wow!!! This is freaking Awesome ?
Seriously loved it so much... But maybe a progress bar in app should be appreciated ?
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I can fix 1. and 2.
But I need help with the suggestion. I need a way to get the metadata out of the package. My app handles a StorageFile object so it's pretty difficult. I would only be able to show the app name and logo AFTER the package has installed.
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There's gotta be a way... Built in App installer in PC can read those metadata... Can you investigate it?
maruf8 said:
Wow!!! This is freaking Awesome
Seriously loved it so much... But maybe a progress bar in app should be appreciated
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It might be possible using the extended execution and the "extendedExecutionUnconstrained" restricted capability. I've released the source code so anyone could add it in. I'm done with the project right now. I'll just open it up as an issue.
EP1CNESSHD said:
It might be possible using the extended execution and the "extendedExecutionUnconstrained" restricted capability. I've released the source code so anyone could add it in. I'm done with the project right now. I'll just open it up as an issue.
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Alright... Thanks for your hard work ☺
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There's gotta be a way... Built in App installer in PC can read those metadata... Can you investigate it?
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There are some things that Microsoft know that they don't document. I'll open this up as an issue too. I've done research of my own but haven't found anything.
I can't seem to get this working in my Lumia 625, whichever app I try to install it just gives me a "The parameter is incorrect" I already installed the dependencies and have interop and cap unlock from Interop Tools, meanwhile Interop Tools can install apps normally (not entirely sure you were aware or not but that has also had the install appx/appxbundle option since a while).
On another note would there be any hope of you adding the option to also install xap?
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I can't seem to get this working in my Lumia 625, whichever app I try to install it just gives me a "The parameter is incorrect" I already installed the dependencies and have interop and cap unlock from Interop Tools, meanwhile Interop Tools can install apps normally (not entirely sure you were aware or not but that has also had the install appx/appxbundle option since a while).
On another note would there be any hope of you adding the option to also install xap?
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pm me more details about your phone and what you did to get that error.
I'm also aware that interop tools has had this install feature. I don't know if it can show progress on the notifications like my app can though ?.
Lastly, no I can't add xap support. The API I'm using doesn't support them.
@EP1CNESSHD well this app did start on builds before CU, even on builds before AU, it allowed me to select an app and a dependency but when pressing Install both on a build before AU (10586.36) and after AU but before CU (14393.1066 and 14393.1715) it would give me the "The parameter is incorrect" error as I described, however once I managed to get CU (15063.297 and then 15063.608) it just started working normally, no error anymore, I didn't even update to the new build from after I reported the error (will test that one on 10586.36 and probably AU afterwards since you confirmed the Notification Extension requires AU soon) so my only guess is that something used actually requires CU, I'll have a look and try to find out what that is when I have some free time.
If anyone has devices on the anniversary update, can you try debugging the app on visual studio. You can clone the source code and even open the project directly in visual studio from github. The link is here: https://github.com/colinkiama/UWP-Package-Installer
Please report any errors you find while debugging to this thread.
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I finally did it!
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Yeah! This app is very useful! Thanks a lot!
After lots of testing and feedback, this app is now absolutely amazing for Mobile! Now on the Creators Update, you can check your install progress in the app and/or in your notifications. If you still have a Windows Phone with Windows 10 lying around then you should get this app ASAP!
[PC Users only]
On the other hand, Windows 10 for PC is still really annoying. PCs won't install any appx/appxbundle packages without their certificates existing in the "Trusted People" certificate store.
However, one person has created a working win32 installer that works around this. Unfortunately, they haven't finished it. Microsoft has made this unnecessarily difficult to sideload apps on PC without paying a lot of money for a certificate. I would love to see someone come up with a workaround for this that makes it easy for every developer to distribute their apps to everyone.
Lol, I've just realised that I never actually released the new version with multiple progress indicators so here it is!: https://github.com/colinkiama/UWP-Package-Installer/releases
Please Add support To Install XAP Apps On Pc Or Add Support To Install ARM Apps On X86/X64 Pc
ahmed605 said:
Please Add support To Install XAP Apps On Pc Or Add Support To Install ARM Apps On X86/X64 Pc
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is not possible
EP1CNESSHD said:
I can fix 1. and 2.
But I need help with the suggestion. I need a way to get the metadata out of the package. My app handles a StorageFile object so it's pretty difficult. I would only be able to show the app name and logo AFTER the package has installed.
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What's the metadata file (name) do you want to get from Appx file maybe I can help you, do you mean "AppxManifest.xml"?
I want a Msixbundle installed. Can this do it if I rename it to an Appxbundle?
Hello, I have been having trouble for months with a Gretel A9 smart phone provided by my employer.
The thing seems to be infected by a Trojan which cannot be removed by Factory Restore, or any virus program I have been able to find. (Malwarebytes will detect and clear it, but it comes back straight away).
Here are the symptoms:
-Horrendous pop-ups advertising games
Such as "Grumpy Gorrilla", "Oh No", "99 Balls", and "Sticky Glue). These pop ups are difficult to remove and require scrolling on the advert to find the X to remove, which often leads to clicking on the pop up itself.
This ended up with the phone being subscribed to "Demon Games", running up a £50 phone bill with the network provider.
-Constant browser pop ups to a website called "Aiboo.cc" which I am sure has something to do with it.
-An app called "Magic" which comes up as a virus on malware bytes, and keeps reappearing on the phone, with a little picture of a blue Octopus.
-Constantly tells me I have a new Whatsapp message, but when clicked on, something called "H5 Games" comes up.
-Lake worth ISD is another dodgy app that keeps appearing.
The phone is running Android 6.0.1
Please, help me if you can. I have tried resetting numerous times, and I've researched everything I have found but there's no information online about any of these things.
If it's provided by your employer than return it to him and refuse to use it until fixed or received new one.
To remove any files from system you need a root access. You have to root your device first but you lose warranty
If I return it, they will only provide me with a tiny 'Alcatel Pixi' phone, which is just awful to use.
I think I may try to Root it, but I have no experience doing this
Huscarl said:
I think I may try to Root it, but I have no experience doing this
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Please post a screenshot of 'About phone' and also run Anti-virus Dr.Web Light (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drweb&hl=en) and post the results. Feel free to post the results from Malwarebytes as well.
Palm Trees said:
Please post a screenshot of 'About phone' and also run Anti-virus Dr.Web Light (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drweb&hl=en) and post the results. Feel free to post the results from Malwarebytes as well.
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Ok, I will figure out how to get this done and post it tomorrow night (it's late here now and I need to figure out how to do it).
I will also keep a log of what appears on the phone during the day, as I get various messages and pop-ups.
Really do appreciate any help on this, as it has me and my work stumped. It would be a decent phone to use were it not for this terrible virus/trojan.
A quick scan on Malwarebytes came up with this:
2 Malware found
-Android/Trojan.Agent.ASH
(Installed Application - Settings) [I repeatedly get a fake application called Settings]
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-Android/Trojan.Dropper.Agent.CKA
(Installed Application - Magic) [This is the app with the Octopus Icon which I mention earlier]
Tried wiping these off the phone numerous times, both manually and using Malware bytes and other virus apps, but they persistently come back.
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Really do appreciate any help on this, as it has me and my work stumped. It would be a decent phone to use were it not for this terrible virus/trojan.
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Did my own research. A number of phones came pre-installed with the Triada malware/virus, which is a well-known case. Unfortunately, Gretel A9 was one of those.
I downloaded the stock rom 3.04 and 3.02 both are infected and the only solution I see is replacing the lib which is causing this and deleting the .apk that is also causing this (based on what I could tell). However, I need to know specifically which version you are running and also what the result of the Dr. Web scan is (please post a screenshot). We could try to repack the cleaned system.img and then you can flash that. However, there are no guarantees it'll work.
TWRP and a few custom roms are available for your phone + general discussion here: https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=807386.
I have posted a Dropbox link to a screenshot of my About Phone..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lie3868wcrquchg/LongShot_20190415_092503.png?dl=0
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"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
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Currently running a full scan with Dr Web Lite and it has detected 20 threats so far, that's far more than malware bytes or any other virus scanner I have used.
Once that's done I will post the results
Huscarl said:
Currently running a full scan with Dr Web Lite and it has detected 20 threats so far, that's far more than malware bytes or any other virus scanner I have used.
Once that's done I will post the results
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Sounds good! Did some more research, Alberto96 posted this in 2017 (huge thanks for providing both TWRP + the K10 and A9 firmware) https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77545922&postcount=7 and I've succesfully compared the firmware. My thinking here is - replace the clean files from the Oshiyama K10 stock firmware with the infected ones from the Gretel A9. Repack system.img and then you can try flashing the new system.img via SP Flash Tools. Alternatively, flash TWRP and we'll have to figure out how to create a new flashable system.img script.
I'm having a hard time getting it onto one screenshot despite trying to save it as a long shot, but here is some of the Dr Web diagnosis..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/na47qmq9ek4fvs0/LongShot_20190416_084021.png?dl=0
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Sounds good! Did some more research, Alberto96 posted this in 2017 (huge thanks for providing both TWRP + the K10 and A9 firmware) https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77545922&postcount=7 and I've succesfully compared the firmware. My thinking here is - replace the clean files from the Oshiyama K10 stock firmware with the infected ones from the Gretel A9. Repack system.img and then you can try flashing the new system.img via SP Flash Tools. Alternatively, flash TWRP and we'll have to figure out how to create a new flashable system.img script.
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Just looked through this thread and I can confirm they were getting the exact same symptoms. Everything they described is what is happening with my phone.
Huscarl said:
I'm having a hard time getting it onto one screenshot despite trying to save it as a long shot, but here is some of the Dr Web diagnosis..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/na47qmq9ek4fvs0/LongShot_20190416_084021.png?dl=0
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Thanks. If you can pull the full detection list that would be great.
I need to know what some of the detections are associated with, so can you run 'adb shell' and then 'pm list packages –f' like this example:
Then copy the list and post it here as .txt preferably.
Currently decompiling the rest of the 3.04 firmware to see if they've hidden malware in the other partitions as well. If not, we're all set to have you flash a test cleaned test rom if you're up for it.
deleted: \system\priv-app\SecurityService\
https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/1...2b95f86b37e1fd65d495ec4f7782a1df5b8/detection
replaced: system\lib\libandroid_runtime.so with the clean libandroid_runtime.so from the Oshiyama K10 (the device Alberto was referring to).
https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/4...63a1eaca0329162e1d5bd6a6205c1ce78ab/detection
Furthermore, I've removed these vendor apps (pre-installed bloat).
\system\vendor\operator\app\FaceBook
\system\vendor\operator\app\Gmail2
\system\vendor\operator\app\Instagram
\system\vendor\operator\app\Maps
\system\vendor\operator\app\Twitter
\system\vendor\operator\app\YouTube
Here is everything I am getting from Dr Web:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4a8xw8838vizxul/OneShot_20190416_164440.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gvl5it7ucfo0s01/OneShot_20190416_164541.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/04am7g7mdw1vlk1/OneShot_20190416_164604.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/04am7g7mdw1vlk1/OneShot_20190416_164604.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e987ajlgp3hjriz/OneShot_20190416_164612.png?dl=0
Sorry about the format, I'm not so tech savvy, I'm sure that's the lot. I'll now start working on the other instructions you gave me (abd)
Still trying to figure out how to use ABD.
I am following the instructions on here:
https://www.howtogeek.com/125769/how-to-install-and-use-abd-the-android-debug-bridge-utility/
I have download the SDK tools, and unzipped them to a new folder, but I do not see the SDK Manager EXE
I think that it would be easier to flash new rom from the link few posts above - xda site
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I think that it would be easier to flash new rom from the link few posts above - xda site
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The problem is, it won't boot. You need to flash the system.img only - but the K10 system.img needs to have the required libs from the A9, e.g. fingerprint, cam libs. Though there's no indication hereof, the K10 may pack malware as well. But like I said, I can repack the K10 system.img with the required A9 files and Huscarl can test it. This can likely be omitted, if we can repack the stock rom with the clean files from the K10 system.img. That's why I need to know what packages are linked to the Dr. Web detections aside from SecurityService and libandroid_runtime.so.
An alternative quick fix: flash TWRP, root the phone, run Dr. Web and let it remove the malware. However, as research indicates, the problem still persists for some users.