[Q] Deodex S5830XWKT7 - Galaxy Ace S5830 General

Can someone help me to deodex this stock rom ?
I searched for tutorials but i didn't find something concrete !
Maybe somebody can link me or explain how to deodex this !
Thanx

Ketut did it with dsixda's Android Kitchen.
->[ROM] DXKT5/XWKT7 prepared using Android-Kitchen, CWM flashable zip
Scroll down to the second post. There he has a mini howto. Be extra cautious about the instructions for system.rfs. Than head over to dsixda's place for more details. From the vast available options you should only need
11 - Deodex files in your ROM
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If you don't happen to have a Linux system, than I would suggest this one (The mother of Android. ... ):
->LiveUsbPendrivePersistent
Again, scroll down to the section "Installing Ubuntu on USB drive using Windows (UNetbootin)"
With this method you can have a second partition (casper-rw) on the stick, where the changes to the system are stored (add, remove packages/software or updates of the system components). Beaware though to never update kernel related stuff.
I'm currently using Lubuntu 11.10 on a 4GB stick with Eclipse + Gimp + Inkscape + AbiWord + ... installed and there is still plenty of room left. With 4GB you normally don't even manage to get a Win7 barebone system up and running smoothly. ...

Thanx for reply, i will try this !

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Himalaya and Android ?

Hi,
I see, many people are trying to port the Google OS, Android.
Are people out there porting a version to our loved Himalaya ?
That would be great
Or why doesn't it start then ?
I start the haret-0.5.1.exe and then run. It says even its name, Himalaya, in the box below. But then it doesn't load the kernel ?!
Is there a way to run android on the himalaya ?
Wow Himalaya and Android ... this will be great... any info?
Any info, update please?
As I remember linux kernel has HIMALAYA compiling platform built-in, so we can compile it easy.
aeroflyluby said:
As I remember linux kernel has HIMALAYA compiling platform built-in, so we can compile it easy.
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Sounds nice, any luck with the compiling?
just wait.....,
i got 'em hihi
but i hangs when the gui is loaded..
(sry for my bad english >.>)
crazycusti said:
i got 'em hihi
but i hangs when the gui is loaded..
(sry for my bad english >.>)
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If it is not fake, could you upload somewhere needed files, and tell us how?
I will manage to dual-boot
Yes i can upload this..
but, i hangs when the gui is loaded. the time stopped and the touchscreen not (recongizend?)
I can upload a Linux Kernel with SSH and a much of Modules (Drivers) for the Himalaya too.. This run, but i cant connect with SSH, the IP is 192.168.0.206, and the port is normal.. No connection say linux-ssh. the SSH Server is dropbear?
i load all files up and i hope anybody fix it
crazycusti said:
Yes i can upload this..
but, i hangs when the gui is loaded. the time stopped and the touchscreen not (recongizend?)
I can upload a Linux Kernel with SSH and a much of Modules (Drivers) for the Himalaya too.. This run, but i cant connect with SSH, the IP is 192.168.0.206, and the port is normal.. No connection say linux-ssh. the SSH Server is dropbear?
i load all files up and i hope anybody fix it
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Upload what you already did, we will work at this at group.
You can use 7zip to compress it, it has very nice compression level, so output file won't be big.
Sorry, RAR is my favorite packer
for another languages as german, please change this entry in the default.txt:
set INITRD "\Speicherkarte\android.bin"
to the right named path. (\Storage Card\ <- for english peoples)
the ram_disk_size entry is 2000, this is important!! more ram = android hangs on the bootscreen
haret_pre_0.5.3 is the newest version of haRET.
copyrights go to google, another forums an xdadevelopers users. i have search 2 days for all files and 1 day to work
here my tutorial:
1. copy all files to your storage card
2. change the "set INITRD" line to your language.
3. close all programms
4. its optional: make a backup
5. open haRET with file explorer or another
6. click on Go!
7. ???
8. PROFIT!!!
have fun and good luck
http://pixelbanane.de/yafu/1624257298/himalaya.rar
Sorry for doulbe post
I have a worked Linux too, with SSH and much of modules (touchscreen with PS/2 support!) But i cant connect with SSH !
the filesize is 6mb, i can directly upload this.
i have tryed to mix this kernel (zImage2.6.12) with the Andorid initfs, but it hang on the root detect..
the ip is 192.168.0.206, the better way is linux as host, windows have problems with the linux-community USB drivers for access the phone.. i have use VMWare, linux not running native on my **** old Pentium-IV :/
its a ready-to-go package, unpack it, start haRET, and go! (all files must be in the same path)
have fun and good luck yeah!
crazycusti said:
Sorry, RAR is my favorite packer
for another languages as german, please change this entry in the default.txt:
set INITRD "\Speicherkarte\android.bin"
to the right named path. (\Storage Card\ <- for english peoples)
the ram_disk_size entry is 2000, this is important!! more ram = android hangs on the bootscreen
haret_pre_0.5.3 is the newest version of haRET.
copyrights go to google, another forums an xdadevelopers users. i have search 2 days for all files and 1 day to work
here my tutorial:
1. copy all files to your storage card
2. change the "set INITRD" line to your language.
3. close all programms
4. its optional: make a backup
5. open haRET with file explorer or another
6. click on Go!
7. ???
8. PROFIT!!!
have fun and good luck
Can a Moderator put my download link in this post? I have not permitted to do this ._.
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You can PM me and I will add a link
edit: http://pixelbanane.de/yafu/1624257298/himalaya.rar
look at your pn-box
crazycusti said:
look at your pn-box
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How did you manage it to work?
How did you compile it?
I'm complete noob in linux, it would be easier to me to write new operating system than understand linux.
compile? i have found this binarys by google search but i found a link for the sourcecode, you need a linux-system and a good crosscompiler.. but which cpu arch is it? than we got it, can we make a new kernel with new programs!
and work, its a puzzle, i download it, and testing various possibilities
good the CPU arch is ARM-v5TE.
this sounds good, i have a qemu-arm machine to directly compile some tools
the problem is, the linux kernel have not any modules for the "Disk-on-Chip" device.. the only solution is to use a storage card..
crazycusti said:
good the CPU arch is ARM-v5TE.
this sounds good, i have a qemu-arm machine to directly compile some tools
the problem is, the linux kernel have not any modules for the "Disk-on-Chip" device.. the only solution is to use a storage card..
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Man, DoC works as I booted linux from there, as linux rom
I think this android does not hang, but no touchscreen driver and no keyboard mapping means it looks like a hang (if clock does not work too, it may be no quartz driver installed)
You do realise this is a big moment for the himalaya!
ALSO do i copy the extracted folder to storage card or device memory?
aeroflyluby said:
Man, DoC works as I booted linux from there, as linux rom
I think this android does not hang, but no touchscreen driver and no keyboard mapping means it looks like a hang (if clock does not work too, it may be no quartz driver installed)
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this is a variant too.. we must testing the zImage-2.6.12 kernel of the other package, this has all important modules for the Himalaya (touchscreen as ps/2 mice, sound and other good things).. or X11 would (rich?).
i want install linux on my pentium 4 again.. i hope its run, ubuntu and xubuntu hang up on X11, then its run, i can make a better initrd (with good SSH support) or a new kernel!

[SCRIPT] - Install2SD - Script to install any ROM to SD

WARNING: This script can be dangerous if you do not know what you're doing!!! I am not responsible for any of your files or hard drives that are deleted if the script is used the wrong way.
The following Bash script (built for Ubuntu) is a simple script that I wrote that does the following:
1. Lets you chose any non-SD ROM.
2. Lets you chose the drive to partition. (WARNING: This ONLY ignores /dev/sda as it assumes that it's your main hard drive. If you have more than one hard drive, do NOT use this unless you know what you're doing!!!)
3. Automatically partitions a Boot partition, a system partition (large enough to hold some BIG ROMs...), a data partition and the rest of your SD card (whatever size it may be) is partitioned as a standard FAT32 space.
4. It modifies both the ramdisk and the vold to boot from the SD and to see that 4th partition as the SD card.
5. If the ROM doesn't have gapps built in and uses the install script to copy them from your last ROM (like CM and MIUI do), it will download and install the gapps.
6. It creates all the required symlinks.
I've only tested it with my 8GB microSD and with MIUI. The permissions are not set up correctly for now due to a bug of sorts... but the ROM that I tested boots and works fine. (Set it all to 777 for now.)
This is only the first version. I just wrote it today. If you find bugs or have a better idea on how to do certain things (like ONLY display USB drives and SD cards) PLEASE let me know here.
If nothing in this thread makes sense, it's because I'm tired...
Update: Adding a bit more info.
Its a really good idea, but not many people can try it unless it's ported to Windows or Mac.
ikingblack said:
Its a really good idea, but not many people can try it unless it's ported to Windows or Mac.
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I know most people use Windows but Windows isn't very well equipped to do the stuff that this script does. I could always try to make an actual program (make it in c or something) but that would require a complete rewrite. I mostly wrote this for myself (to make my life easier while I'm porting a ROM to the Nook) but figured someone else might be able to use it. (Mostly the people who make the SD img's for everyone else, not the general public.)
ivanmmj said:
I know most people use Windows but Windows isn't very well equipped to do the stuff that this script does. I could always try to make an actual program (make it in c or something) but that would require a complete rewrite. I mostly wrote this for myself (to make my life easier while I'm porting a ROM to the Nook) but figured someone else might be able to use it. (Mostly the people who make the SD img's for everyone else, not the general public.)
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Well yeah, it is pretty hard. Anyways, your script works for me. Its really nice.
You can run bash in Windows using Cygwin
What's the benefit from using this script on the pc and not using verygreens installer on the nook?
joej said:
You can run bash in Windows using Cygwin
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Does Cygwin include parted, mkfs.ext4 and mkfs.msdos?
TDO said:
What's the benefit from using this script on the pc and not using verygreens installer on the nook?
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What installer? I didn't realize he had an installer that would let you install any "non-SD compatible" ROM into an SD card and make it SD-compatible. >.<
Just look at the thread directly below this one ... ;-)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
I am using it in this setup: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022786
as alternate boot option.
TDO said:
Just look at the thread directly below this one ... ;-)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000957
I am using it in this setup: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1022786
as alternate boot option.
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Reading that it looks like the differences are:
Mine:
Can do all that in the PC without having to touch the nook.
It's all automated. (Like downloading the gapps.)
You run the script then just pop the SD card into the Nook and go.
Meant more for devs who are testing new builds left and right or who are building an image for others to use.
His:
Doesn't require Linux nor any Linux experience (to choose the correct drive from the drive list that the script gives you.)
Meant for the average usage who wants to be able to easily update their ROMs and install new kernels without "wiping" the SD card's data partition.
ivanmmj said:
Reading that it looks like the differences are:
Mine:
Can do all that in the PC without having to touch the nook.
It's all automated. (Like downloading the gapps.)
You run the script then just pop the SD card into the Nook and go.
Meant more for devs who are testing new builds left and right or who are building an image for others to use. <snip...>
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I like this... Thanks
I am using verygreen's installer on my Nook right now, but I am going to start playing with this script
P.S. Linux rocks, everyone should have it...for those who don't want to let go of Windows, you should at least have Linux installed as a virtual machine on your box using VirtualBox.
So I was playing with this for a few moments on my Mac at work today. Am I copying the ROM archive, say MIUI_us_encore_1.8.5_Eng_Deo_ZipA_Signed_andmer.zip or cm_encore_full-163.zip, into the same location as the Install2SD script?
Or am I to uncompress these roms into their respective folders and copy that folder into the same location as the Install2SD script?
I have yet to get another uSD to play with, so I have obviously not gotten to far with this just yet. I will be back to my Ubuntu machine after I get home from work with a new uSD to play with.
cdaters said:
So I was playing with this for a few moments on my Mac at work today. Am I copying the ROM archive, say MIUI_us_encore_1.8.5_Eng_Deo_ZipA_Signed_andmer.zip or cm_encore_full-163.zip, into the same location as the Install2SD script?
Or am I to uncompress these roms into their respective folders and copy that folder into the same location as the Install2SD script?
I have yet to get another uSD to play with, so I have obviously not gotten to far with this just yet. I will be back to my Ubuntu machine after I get home from work with a new uSD to play with.
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I haven't tested to see if this works on a mac. That said, just run the script and it will tell you where to put the files (in linux (in nautilus to be exact...)) If not, when you run it the first time, it will create the necessary folder and you can put the files there.

[Q] Hacking THBK1-10 (getting root)

Hello,
THBK1-10 is a cheap dual system (Android 4.2.2 /Windows 8.1) tablet based on Bay Trail (Intel Atom Z3740D). More details http://www.thomsoncomputing.eu/dualboot.html
I'm trying to hack it, and especially get root and use non-signed zip in recovery. Basically i'm stuck at theses points, and i'm requesting directions to continue the work.
I have posted in W8 section, but obviously, this is no longer the place
General
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* i can use a work-around to write system (/system, /data) partitions
* i can flash signed updates via recovery
* google apps are working flawesly. Only thing is to keep original files (stock keyboard and layout)
-> i would like to flash non-signed zip via recovery, but i guess i have to build a custom recovery, or can i exploit something else ?
Root:
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* no auto root is working (z4root, towelRoot). Regarding towelRoot, i tryed each 8 common parameters, and i don't really know how to do others. I have also heard this is only working in 4.4.2+
* pushing su is not working. When i'm launching it, let's say from terminal, i have a code 255 return (-1). Tested with both arm and x86 version (i'm still wondering why arm su is also returning -1, i would have expect a non valid binary. Or perhaps my x86 version is bad ?
-> i'm still trying to dig this issue, and idea on how i could do ? i believe running SU was enough... but it seems not. Any idea ?
Many thanks !
Bump. the way it is booting is based on ramdisk images (one for normal android boot, one for android recovery).
I have acces to theses img, and i can, with hexedit (perhaps mounting them directly at a filesystem), view the whole init sequence.
My question is : what triggers the root invalidation ? AFAIK, everything is done as root (mounting FS, updating permissions, etc....). Basically i can't really figure how it is handled.
Thank you !
Solved !
Graveen said:
Solved !
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Woaw ! I'm very happy to see that somebody tried and succeed to root the THBK1 ! Please can you share your method in a tutorial when you'll have time ? :laugh:
Hello, yes !
I'm actually writing a GAPPS tuto, which is intensively tested by Zeksaine. Root will be added, as this is only a simple step inside the whole process.
This is a bit technical (read boring), but it worths the try. My TODO list is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799404 , and while i'll take a little break, i hope soon to have custom recovery allowing you to directly flash gapps or supersu.
Yes ! I confirm ! Graveen has installed GAPPS on Thomoson THBK1 / Danew Dualboot tablet with sucess ! I'm not familiarised with linux environnement and realize it, but it requires some knowledges of linux command (coLinux especially)
Graveen is the only one users identified that it can put GAPPS on android environnement concerning this tablet.
Big thanks to him !
Graveen said:
Hello, yes !
I'm actually writing a GAPPS tuto, which is intensively tested by Zeksaine. Root will be added, as this is only a simple step inside the whole process.
This is a bit technical (read boring), but it worths the try. My TODO list is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799404 , and while i'll take a little break, i hope soon to have custom recovery allowing you to directly flash gapps or supersu.
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7600
I own a Cube U100GT and it's one of the many Chinese brothers of your THBK1-10. But mine came only with W 8.1.
I just start looking for a dual boot solution and I'm happy to know that it's is possible.
I don't need root for while, just play some games and apps.
So the original Android "ROM" of the tablet can do the job.
My version have 64Gb SSD and I've already resize the Win partition to make room for a new system.
Where can I look for a dual boot tuto and find this Android version?
Heya, can you post your partition list ?
What is the bios of your tablet ? Can you wire an USB keyboard to see this at boot ?
Basically, they effectively seems identical.
For partial update, you can find one here: http://www.danew.com/support-pilotes-manuels.php?type=218&produit=219 but it relies on existing android partitions i still have not dumped.
Android-x86 could worth a try also, although i doubt you will have all drivers (touch, gyro, etc..)
Graveen said:
Heya, can you post your partition list ?
What is the bios of your tablet ? Can you wire an USB keyboard to see this at boot ?
Basically, they effectively seems identical.
For partial update, you can find one here: but it relies on existing android partitions i still have not dumped.
Android-x86 could worth a try also, although i doubt you will have all drivers (touch, gyro, etc..)
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The partition list is the standard for a windows installation (but no windows image on the end):
1: 300 Mb (Windows RE)
2: 100 Mb (System)
3: The rest (Windows). My SSD is 64Gb.
My tablet already comes with a dedicated keyboard cover, so I have full access to to UEFI Bios.
There's a lot of numbers:
Aptio Setup Utility Version 2.16.1242
Vendor - AMI
Core Version - 5.008
Project Version - 3BAGR 0.03
EC FW Version - 201401101A
Intel GOP driver - 7.0.1029
Sec RC Version - 00.05.00.00
TXE FW Version - 01.00.02.1060
I found the drivers pack for windows 8 and so I could install my PT-BR edition of W81. And reserve 20Gb at the end for another OS.
It's my first UEFI machine and I'm completely lost. There's a lot of options and I can't understand a quarter of that.
On the Tabletrepublic forum someone said that my bios recuse everything except a Windows pendrive. If is true, there's no way to put Android but changing/patching the UEFI.
Android x86 is for desktops right? And the Intel site, can I find Android images there?
Thank you. What i'll do is to check if my bios is identical to yours, because there are effectively numerous options. Then, i could finsh to dump my android partitions and let you play with them.
Honestly, the trick is the OS selection system, which is bring by the EFI bootloader (and certainly a dedicated partition). Once selection is done, another EFI bootloader (windows only) is called.
let's continue here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2799404

[Q] Archos 10.1 (gen8) update to android 4.4?

Hello guys,
Is there a possibility to update the "archos 10.1 (gen8)"
from android froyo 2.2 to android 4.4??
And if it is possible would it be worth it to do that ?
Will speed and so increase the tablet?
Greetings Avanox
Absolutely not.
Mavasilisk said:
Absolutely not.
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Hello again, thank you for your reply.
And not possible to install another version that's higher than 2.2 on that tablet?
Greetings Avanox
Avanox said:
Hello again, thank you for your reply.
And not possible to install another version that's higher than 2.2 on that tablet?
Greetings Avanox
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2.3 or 4.0 but that's the highest u can go, did u even have a look in the gen8 android development section?
Ranomez said:
2.3 or 4.0 but that's the highest u can go, did u even have a look in the gen8 android development section?
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Waw great. Thanks for the information.
Yes I did check this section but probably not good enough.
Avanox said:
Waw great. Thanks for the information.
Yes I did check this section but probably not good enough.
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Here is the link to ICS (4.0.x): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941377
And here is the link to GB (2.3.x): http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidInstall_CM7_Gingerbread (there is also a thread on this forum)
Unfortunately the openaos site seems to be down right now (was up in the morning and last night when I answered you) but anyway I did find cm9 (ics) to be more stable and "usable" (less bugs than actually affect usability) than cm7 (gb) although no doubt quite a bit slower than cm7, but again that's me that has at least 300 apps installed on each android device and that goes back to since I had a HTC Touch Pro 2 and turned it from an windows mobile device to an android one and the specs on that were way lower than the ones on the gen8.
Also feel free to ask any questions you may have related to our gen8 tablets, I am one of the "lost souls" still using this tablet and I can say that judging by the fact that I bought this quite soon after it was released (at least in my country) I can say it has served me well since then and I still think it is a decent device (although I do now have a much better and much more powerful tablet device too, my 101it is still a fun thing to play around with).
Hello again I will give it a try now.
Any idea where I can download the kernel ?
Because the download link doesn't work on the link you gave me for android 4.
I just posted for it.
Would you still have it or could you reupload this for me?
Would be awesome.
Greetings Avanox
Ranomez said:
Here is the link to ICS (4.0.x): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1941377
And here is the link to GB (2.3.x): http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidInstall_CM7_Gingerbread (there is also a thread on this forum)
Unfortunately the openaos site seems to be down right now (was up in the morning and last night when I answered you) but anyway I did find cm9 (ics) to be more stable and "usable" (less bugs than actually affect usability) than cm7 (gb) although no doubt quite a bit slower than cm7, but again that's me that has at least 300 apps installed on each android device and that goes back to since I had a HTC Touch Pro 2 and turned it from an windows mobile device to an android one and the specs on that were way lower than the ones on the gen8.
Also feel free to ask any questions you may have related to our gen8 tablets, I am one of the "lost souls" still using this tablet and I can say that judging by the fact that I bought this quite soon after it was released (at least in my country) I can say it has served me well since then and I still think it is a decent device (although I do now have a much better and much more powerful tablet device too, my 101it is still a fun thing to play around with).
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Avanox said:
Hello again I will give it a try now.
Any idea where I can download the kernel ?
Because the download link doesn't work on the link you gave me for android 4.
I just posted for it.
Would you still have it or could you reupload this for me?
Would be awesome.
Greetings Avanox
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The link that you are talking about that isn't working is the kernel source link (which is actually very unfortunate) and not the kernel itself, the kernel can be downloaded from the attachments of the first post in the thread (a zimage and the initramfs.cpio.gs files)
Hello again ,
I will set it on a row:
1. Cm9 image download (ok)
2. Initramfs.cpio.gz download (ok)
3. Kernel download
(which files are the kernel to download zimage and the initramfs.cpio.gs??)
I can't see a link to the zimage ?? Can you give me the correct link?
4. Data.img.tar.gz download (ok)
Install kernel by SDE menu
(ok I know how to get in the SDE menu but what steps I have to do there?)
Where to configure menu.Ist (is that the one I downloaded in the attachements downstairs?
What about the terminal ? How to enter the terminal to activate Bluetooth?
What is the swap configuration??
Ok and one last question, at the moment my Archos 10.1 gen8 is running on Urukdroid must I remove the sd card for this procedure and reinstall the SDE firmware or not?
Or is this method for cm9 (android4) not like urukdroid method??
Sorry for all my questions but I don’t want to make mistakes.
Greetings Avanox
Ranomez said:
The link that you are talking about that isn't working is the kernel source link (which is actually very unfortunate) and not the kernel itself, the kernel can be downloaded from the attachments of the first post in the thread (a zimage and the initramfs.cpio.gs files)
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Avanox said:
Hello again ,
I will set it on a row:
1. Cm9 image download (ok)
2. Initramfs.cpio.gz download (ok)
3. Kernel download
(which files are the kernel to download zimage and the initramfs.cpio.gs??)
I can't see a link to the zimage ?? Can you give me the correct link?
4. Data.img.tar.gz download (ok)
Install kernel by SDE menu
(ok I know how to get in the SDE menu but what steps I have to do there?)
Where to configure menu.Ist (is that the one I downloaded in the attachements downstairs?
What about the terminal ? How to enter the terminal to activate Bluetooth?
What is the swap configuration??
Ok and one last question, at the moment my Archos 10.1 gen8 is running on Urukdroid must I remove the sd card for this procedure and reinstall the SDE firmware or not?
Or is this method for cm9 (android4) not like urukdroid method??
Sorry for all my questions but I don’t want to make mistakes.
Greetings Avanox
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There are a few files starting with zImage, chose one of the 3 of them and rename it to just zImage (no extension and don't extract it although when youu will download it it is an archive, just rename it to zImage and I can't really tell you which one to choose cause I do not know which of the 3 will work best for you, I personally use the 35% one.
To flash it you will use the same procedure as for urukdorid but you will loose access to urukdroid, though you don't need to remove your card and also AFAIR the OpenAOS multi-boot menu does not have the ability to boot at tablet boot (or I am wrong, not sure) so you might have to reboot in recovery and run developer version each time you want to boot it.
You could also use kboot for even more multi-boot and being able to still use urukdroid, I think I posted a mirror for the files on it's thread, or at least I wanted to, if I didn't I will. BUT if you do want this first backup the urukdroid kenrel and initramfs, I can tell you how to do it if you intend to do this, if loosing access to urukdroid is ok for you then I'd say don't bother, uruk isn't that great, you can get the same things on stock after getting root on it, though I could still recommend using it as that's the only way to have rooted stock using the kernels here on the forums or being able to boot also GB and/or debian/bodhi/whatever other linux distro you fancy.
For the OpenAOS boot menu you indeed need to download that menu.lst and put it on the storage, it is already setup for booting CM9 so you don't really need to do much more here.
Swap is already configured so you don't really need to do anything about that or worry about it, it's just info and for the bluetooth I think terminal emulator comes preinstalled so you do the commands in there but I would recommend creating a bash script and downloading SManager from play store and using that to create a homescreen shortcut to your script (I could also share you my script if you would like later after I charge my archos.
Also there is no initramfs.cpio.gs that was a typo, it's actually .gz so you have the right file and the kernel is the zImage.
In the SDE menu just do the steps you did when you flashed urukdroid but only place the initramfs.cpio.gz and zImage without a 3rd file (if I remember correctly the steps for flashing urukdroid), I can't really tell you what steps to do in there as I don't really remember, it's something like go in the repair menu and click flash developer firmware or something along those lines I think.
EDIT: Also if you intend to edit the menu.lst file for whatever reason (if you want to use kboot to add the CM7 kernel and use that to boot CM7 and/or debian for example) don't use windows notepad, instead install notepad++.
Ok this makes some things clear to me
Yeah is also a long time ago urukdroid installing.
I found the guide from it but it seems idd similar to your explanation.
https://code.google.com/archive/p/urukdroid/wikis/Installation.wiki
ok I Installed Kernel and initramfs.cpio.gz
But what about installing cm9 image?
1. I did extract "CYANOBIZ_BETA2.6_A101.img" and copyd it to the root.
2. I did uncompressed data.img.tar.gz, I choosed one of the 3 images and renamed it to data_ICS.img
3. I did copy the 2 files to the root.
But what now how to install it? That's not specificly said how you must do it.
Can you help me ?
Greetings
Avanox said:
ok I Installed Kernel and initramfs.cpio.gz
But what about installing cm9 image?
1. I did extract "CYANOBIZ_BETA2.6_A101.img" and copyd it to the root.
2. I did uncompressed data.img.tar.gz, I choosed one of the 3 images and renamed it to data_ICS.img
3. I did copy the 2 files to the root.
But what now how to install it? That's not specificly said how you must do it.
Can you help me ?
Greetings
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You need to also drop the menu.lst file on the internal memory and have the cm9 image named as CYANOBIZ_BETA2.6.img then just got to recovery and boot the developer edition firmware and you will be greeted by a boot menu with just one item, click power and it will boot and that's it.
You don't really install anything, the tablet will boot from the img file and use the data.img file as the data partition, that's all (and if you decide to move any apps to the sd card aka internal memory don't boot in an other android os like stock because the android_secure folder will be wiped, though I am not sure CM9 allows you to, I know CM7 does).
Also I have uploaded kboot and it is on the thread in the development section if you want to use that for more flexible multi-boot (or at least to have the multi-boot menu loaded at every normal boot without needing to enter recovery to boot ics), although now it will be a bit hard to obtain the uruk kernel in case you still want to boot that, it is possible, you just need a linux computer or the ext2fsd driver in windows, I can't really give you the kernel from my installation of it since I understood yours is on the sd card and mine is on the internal memory.
And if you would like I can give you kboot already set up with the stock root kernel and all the 3 ics kernels to make it easier for you.
Ow ok will try tomorrow.
Euhm yeah urukdroid is no more on tablet I think I installed last sde firmware.
The kboot is that for switching between then Linux similar system and android 2.2 and android 4 and maybe urukdroid if I reinstall it (not necessary for the Moment?)
Yeah I will try out that kboot you may send it to me if you want. Maybe it's cool feature
Thanks in advance
Greetings
Ranomez said:
You need to also drop the menu.lst file on the internal memory and have the cm9 image named as CYANOBIZ_BETA2.6.img then just got to recovery and boot the developer edition firmware and you will be greeted by a boot menu with just one item, click power and it will boot and that's it.
You don't really install anything, the tablet will boot from the img file and use the data.img file as the data partition, that's all (and if you decide to move any apps to the sd card aka internal memory don't boot in an other android os like stock because the android_secure folder will be wiped, though I am not sure CM9 allows you to, I know CM7 does).
Also I have uploaded kboot and it is on the thread in the development section if you want to use that for more flexible multi-boot (or at least to have the multi-boot menu loaded at every normal boot without needing to enter recovery to boot ics), although now it will be a bit hard to obtain the uruk kernel in case you still want to boot that, it is possible, you just need a linux computer or the ext2fsd driver in windows, I can't really give you the kernel from my installation of it since I understood yours is on the sd card and mine is on the internal memory.
And if you would like I can give you kboot already set up with the stock root kernel and all the 3 ics kernels to make it easier for you.
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Avanox said:
Ow ok will try tomorrow.
Euhm yeah urukdroid is no more on tablet I think I installed last sde firmware.
The kboot is that for switching between then Linux similar system and android 2.2 and android 4 and maybe urukdroid if I reinstall it (not necessary for the Moment?)
Yeah I will try out that kboot you may send it to me if you want. Maybe it's cool feature
Thanks in advance
Greetings
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If urukdroid was on the internal memory and you just installed the sde firmware it was not removed and I can send you my uruk kernel, if you first went to recovery and did a full format and then installed the full firmware and then the sde then it is no more on the tablet.
If it was on the sd card then nothing affected it unless you put the card in the pc and used something like minitool partition wizard to delete all partitions and I can not give you the kernel.
Yes, kboot is a chroot based multi-boot menu (think GRUB but unable to boot non-linux kernels, I think) and it allows booting android 2.2, 2.3, 4.0 and linux distributions as ubuntu (although the ubuntu for archos files are gone but you can still use it to boot the kernel from OpenAOS and boot debian from that bootmenu, which will be the same boot menu you will get from android 4.0 though you can not boot stock or debian from that as the kernel is different, well you might be able to boot it but most things won't work, like wi-fi and the likes).
Ok, I will send you my already set up kboot but first tell me if your urukdroid instalation was on the sd card or internal memory and what you exactly did to the tablet cause then I might be able to throw in my uruk krenel and thus you will also once again have access to that as well.
Hello first of all I wanted to say I just got into android 4.4.
But when I start it up I get a lot of messages that are saying.
This application doesn't work anymore.
Any idea what this could be?
Hmm after looking I restarted it and now it works better the android 4.4
But how do you put something on the internal memory if I connect them with usb to laptop I can't acces the root with all my files.
Greetings
R
anomez;65030979 said:
If urukdroid was on the internal memory and you just installed the sde firmware it was not removed and I can send you my uruk kernel, if you first went to recovery and did a full format and then installed the full firmware and then the sde then it is no more on the tablet.
If it was on the sd card then nothing affected it unless you put the card in the pc and used something like minitool partition wizard to delete all partitions and I can not give you the kernel.
Yes, kboot is a chroot based multi-boot menu (think GRUB but unable to boot non-linux kernels, I think) and it allows booting android 2.2, 2.3, 4.0 and linux distributions as ubuntu (although the ubuntu for archos files are gone but you can still use it to boot the kernel from OpenAOS and boot debian from that bootmenu, which will be the same boot menu you will get from android 4.0 though you can not boot stock or debian from that as the kernel is different, well you might be able to boot it but most things won't work, like wi-fi and the likes).
Ok, I will send you my already set up kboot but first tell me if your urukdroid instalation was on the sd card or internal memory and what you exactly did to the tablet cause then I might be able to throw in my uruk krenel and thus you will also once again have access to that as well.
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Avanox said:
Hmm after looking I restarted it and now it works better the android 4.4
But how do you put something on the internal memory if I connect them with usb to laptop I can't acces the root with all my files.
Greetings
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It is clearly stated that you can't access the internal memory via msc on the ics thread, only the sd card, and that is also true for any firmware that boots from an img file since the img is on the internal memory and that would mean cutting the system's access to itself=crash.
Ranomez said:
If urukdroid was on the internal memory and you just installed the sde firmware it was not removed and I can send you my uruk kernel, if you first went to recovery and did a full format and then installed the full firmware and then the sde then it is no more on the tablet.
If it was on the sd card then nothing affected it unless you put the card in the pc and used something like minitool partition wizard to delete all partitions and I can not give you the kernel.
Yes, kboot is a chroot based multi-boot menu (think GRUB but unable to boot non-linux kernels, I think) and it allows booting android 2.2, 2.3, 4.0 and linux distributions as ubuntu (although the ubuntu for archos files are gone but you can still use it to boot the kernel from OpenAOS and boot debian from that bootmenu, which will be the same boot menu you will get from android 4.0 though you can not boot stock or debian from that as the kernel is different, well you might be able to boot it but most things won't work, like wi-fi and the likes).
Ok, I will send you my already set up kboot but first tell me if your urukdroid instalation was on the sd card or internal memory and what you exactly did to the tablet cause then I might be able to throw in my uruk krenel and thus you will also once again have access to that as well.
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Hello again,
Owkey now if I start up my tablet android 2.2.1 startsup
(firmware version: 2.4.83)
I did set the iso file from cyanobiz_BETA2.6.img on my internal memory.
So cm9 boots nice on the tablet but I must go first to the SDE (by pushing volume + ) then a see a white menu -> developer edition -> and chose cyonade and it start good
Urukdroid was installed on my sdcard but that doesn't start anymore as standard at moment. don't know why?
Before I started with cm9 I installed the latest SDE firmware for archos 10.1 gen8. (and the procedure to runb cm9)
Would it work with your kboot file so I can choose between:
android 2.2 (Archos),
Android 4 (CYANOBIZ)
Angstrom (openAOS)
urukdroid 1.6 (not in the menu)
Greeetings Avanox
Avanox said:
Hello again,
Owkey now if I start up my tablet android 2.2.1 startsup
(firmware version: 2.4.83)
I did set the iso file from cyanobiz_BETA2.6.img on my internal memory.
So cm9 boots nice on the tablet but I must go first to the SDE (by pushing volume + ) then a see a white menu -> developer edition -> and chose cyonade and it start good
Urukdroid was installed on my sdcard but that doesn't start anymore as standard at moment. don't know why?
Before I started with cm9 I installed the latest SDE firmware for archos 10.1 gen8. (and the procedure to runb cm9)
Would it work with your kboot file so I can choose between:
android 2.2 (Archos),
Android 4 (CYANOBIZ)
Angstrom (openAOS)
urukdroid 1.6 (not in the menu)
Greeetings Avanox
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Kboot will make it load at boot so it will go to the boot menu instead of stock 2.2 from where u can choose what to boot or (after a period of time) it will just boot your last selection.
Yes from Kboot you can choose to boot any of those though I really wouldn't recommend Angstrom (I don't even think you can still find a rootfs.img for it, if you still have it on your internal memory please upload) cause it is really limited and also I don't think OpenAOS made a kernel for Angstrom and it'll be quite hard to get the kernel from the SDL aos package (though I do have a kernel that can boot it directly, compiled from the stock 2.2 sources, NOT by me). In theory you can edit the menu.lst to launch Angstrom for it but remember you must edit it with Notepad++ and not any other windows text editor (notepad, word, etc) and you will need to know the format for booting a linux image file (I can tell you what that is) and just add the OpenAOS CM7 (gingerbread) kernel also and use that to boot Angstrom, never boot ANYTHING ELSE when loading the boot menu with the ICS kernel, you will have the same options but you must always remember you CAN'T launch anything else than ICS when launching the OpenAOS boot menu with the ICS kernel. But if you are actually interested in running linux I'd say just go the debianlxde way (download from OpenAOS site) as it is so way much better than Angstrom.
To boot UrukDroid you will need to either have linux installed on your PC/laptop or boot a live cd, put the MicroSD Card in a card reader and connect it and then search the uruk partitions to find the zImage and initramfs.cpio.gz (they might have some slightly different names) and put those in a new folder in the kboot os folder, of if you want I could probably unpack the UrukDroid install and update packages to find the right kernel for you but as I can't really remember what tools I need for doing that you will have to wait about 2-3 weeks (I have exams and also bought myself a Nintendo New 3DS XL that I plan to hard mod after I finish with the exams and do a nand dump and try to edit the firmware and flash it back to see what I can obtain so that's gonna take me about 1-5 days as I am not the best with soldering things on motherboards). You will also have to wait that exact same amount of time if you want me to tell you from where on the UD partitions to find the kernel files as I do not know myself and will have to search for them.

Help! Creating Updater Script is driving me INSANE

Hi all. New to ROM cooking, so be patient with me please
I am working on a creating a CWM flashable "custom" ROM (actually it's stock ROM with updated preloader, EBR files, performance scripts that is pre-rooted) for a device that currently has no flashable zip ROMS (I can currently only flash stock via SP Flashtool). It uses an Octa core Mediatek MTK8392 chipset, which is basically the tablet version of the 6592 (they are in fact mostly the same processor, and scatter file even shows it as a 6592).
I have got the device rooted, CWM installed (generated with MTK Droid Tools) busybox intalled, everything deodexed, and zipaligned via dsixda kitchen, and the ROM itself is packaged and ready to go. But..after multiple Status 0 attempts in CWM, I realize that my updater script is the issue. I have used kitchen to modify "update" script to "updater", but still no luck. I have attempted to use other updater scripts from similar devices, but even after 1 or 2 of those stated "installation successful", it was clear that the ROM actually wasn't flashed.
I have tried soooo many combinations, and this tool on XDA to generate a working script, but apparently I am just too stupid to get this done (using a master script also didnt work for me). After literally 11 hours of working on this yesterday and trying this method repeatedly, I thought I should ask the pros here on XDA.
I have attached the script from the ROM I recently compiled, and the blocks map file for my device generated from MTK Droid Tools. Could anyone point me in the right direction to FINALLY get this ROM booting? I would greatly appreciate some help.
Also, I have used modded EBR files to extend the internal system storage (1gb for installing apps is a joke). Partition was extended to around 9gb and is working fine, but could it be causing me issues? I basically used EBRs (attached..im using 10GB 1 and 2) to reduce the 12gb USB storage down to around 2.5, and extend internal memory to around 10gb.
@moderators - Sorry, I put this in the wrong section. Could you kindly move it to the Q&A Troubleshooting section?
EDIT: Thanks mods
So I just flashed stock ROM with original EBRs and will try to compile this way. I dont think it will make a difference, but it's worth trying. Maybe the new partitions negatively effected the blocks that need to be written to?
Bump.
Ah common guys. Surely someone here can give a little assistance with an updater script?

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