How to extract SXS from FTF's - Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go

Quick intro: I have an LT18 and I want to take the original SXS apps from ICS to play with, I've downloaded severals FTF's however I'm having trouble mouting them e.g.
sudo mount -t ext4 -o loop ./system.ext4 ./mnt
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
Anyone got any tips on the way to extract the firmware? I've searched XDA and googled yet can't find anyone that has put details up.
Cheers.

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[TIPS] Samba mount - cifs kernel module

Allows to mount a samba (windows) share, so you can e.g. play avi movies over wi-fi directly from a remote shared folder using e.g. RockPlayer.
Unlike the samba support in the ES Explorer, no downloading to a temp file on the SD card takes place and there's no waiting for the download to finish before the playback begins. When using this kernel module, from the applications' point of view, there's no difference between the network files and the local files on the SD card.
Usage:
Code:
mount -t cifs //<ip>/<share> /<mount point> -o username=<user>,password=<password>
Example: tested on CyanogenMod-6
Code:
insmod /system/lib/modules/2.6.34-cyanogenmod/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko
busybox mount -t cifs //192.168.1.3/avi /sdcard/samba -o username=guest
Example: tested on CyanogenMod-6 with wildmonks kernel
Code:
insmod /system/lib/modules/2.6.35/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko
busybox mount -t cifs //192.168.1.3/avi /sdcard/samba -o username=guest
then watch some movies... and later unmount it to save the battery:
Code:
busybox umount /sdcard/samba
I recommend to use the GScript application for the mount and umount scripts, then you can put them as GScript shortcuts somewhere on your screen...
For multi-language support use wildmonks latest kernel kernels dated 072410 that has unicode support.
(Recommend using this one for first time users 2.6.35-rc6_AVS-925mV_CFS_1113Mhz_072410.zip)
Example:
Code:
insmod /system/lib/modules/2.6.35/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko
busybox mount -t cifs //192.168.1.3/avi /sdcard/samba -o username=guest,iocharset=utf8
I tested this and I can see the Cyrillic alphabet just fine.
Very cool! So in theory, I should be able to mount my music shares on my network and stream those while at home? Since we're talking about the kernel, perhaps the default music player might work?
There's no difference between the network files and the local files on the SD card.
Well, right, when you posted that that's what got me thinking about the music. So... I'm right? Well, I will try it later on tonight.
Does this have to be built into the kernel?
Set the path to an existing file cifs.ko. Just search the system using the Root Explorer (File Manager)
How do I show unicode filenames when mount?
I tried -o iocharset=utf8, but it requires nls_utf8.ko, which I don't know where can I get this library
Amazing! Works great on my Nexus One
This is a pretty nice and simple method to get media access over the network. Thanks for sharing this great tip!
@J.L.C.
Most if not all kernels have this either built in or compiled as a module.
Works great! Thx a lot! But how can I add russian language support? I meen when I mount source folder, the folders in russian shown with ??????? and I can`t enter to them.
d750 said:
Allows to mount a samba (windows) share, so you can e.g. play avi movies over wi-fi directly from a remote shared folder using e.g. RockPlayer.
Unlike the samba support in the ES Explorer, no downloading to a temp file on the SD card takes place and there's no waiting for the download to finish before the playback begins. When using this kernel module, from the applications' point of view, there's no difference between the network files and the local files on the SD card.
Usage:
Code:
mount -t cifs //<ip>/<share> /<mount point> -o username=<user>,password=<password>
Example: tested on CyanogenMod-6-RC1
Code:
insmod /system/lib/modules/2.6.34-cyanogenmod/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko
busybox mount -t cifs //192.168.1.3/avi /sdcard/samba -o username=guest
Example: tested on CyanogenMod-6-RC1 with wildmonks kernel
Code:
insmod /system/lib/modules/2.6.35/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko
busybox mount -t cifs //192.168.1.3/avi /sdcard/samba -o username=guest
then watch some movies... and later unmount it to save the battery:
Code:
busybox umount /sdcard/samba
I recommend to use the GScript application for the mount and umount scripts, then you can put them as GScript shortcuts somewhere on your screen...
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I just wanted to say, i was referred to this thread from another topic i posted, basically inquiring about an app, that would do exactly this.
I already had shared folders setup on my computer (and know how to see what they are REALLY called, how samba sees them) for streaming to my Wii, so with the instructions above, this was REALLY easy.
My setup is in my sig, and i basically just copy/pasted the first example (substituting my ISP and shared directory name), and it worked, without flaw...
I would like to simply say, Thank you.
would love to see this as an actual app with a gui! any takers?
Thanks heaps man
I initially had tried getting this to work with my phone after the release of Rock Player, I was trying to run cifs.ko directly without the pathname and eventually gave up and placebo streamed via ftp (dumping file to sdcard while playing it)
Thanks again!!!
Wow! I've been looking for this feature for a last week.
Is there any chance to get it working on stock FRF91?
When I try it gives me "no such device" stderr
Aquila said:
Wow! I've been looking for this feature for a last week.
Is there any chance to get it working on stock FRF91?
When I try it gives me "no such device" stderr
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Same happens here...
And that would be afeature I would love to have working...
Simpson84 said:
Works great! Thx a lot! But how can I add russian language support? I meen when I mount source folder, the folders in russian shown with ??????? and I can`t enter to them.
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subscribe to the issue of displaying Cyrillic
how fix it?
sorry for my English
AllanJacques said:
Same happens here...
And that would be afeature I would love to have working...
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I've just upgraded to the recent Cyanogen 6.0-RC2 and it works like a charm.
I am using the second command (just set up a proper path to cifs.ko).
Amazing ! Thanks a lot ! Just lots of thanks Great !
dimon1983 said:
subscribe to the issue of displaying Cyrillic
how fix it?
sorry for my English
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I afraid the only fix is to rename your folders and files to be using Latin characters.
Update: it works but unmount is not found.
applet not found
please help to unmount this all
please help me making it work at all...
My notebook is on the same wireless network than my N1, my second hd is named Swap, I want to share the whole hd with N1 and when doing this:
insmod /system/lib/modules/2.6.34-cyanogenmod/kernel/fs/cifs/cifs.ko
busybox mount -t cifs //192.168.2.3/swap /sdcard/samba -o
username=myusername,password=mypassword
it doesnt work, and using guest as username gives me no device found!
Please, help me?

Debian for Nandroid

Original thread (Thanks mercianary):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744236
Instructions
Here is a direct link to zipped .img file with deboot file both to be placed onto on root of SD card
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7MON3O0J
Ingredients
debian.img + deboot (to be placed on the root of your SD card)
Better Terminal Emulator (or other terminal emulator) + AndroidVNC (or other VNC client) from the market
To automate one click startup process via Better Terminal Emulator:
Preferences>Initial command:
Code:
export PATH=/data/local/bin:$PATH:.
su
sh /sdcard/deboot
Or type this for each new session in any terminal emulator:
Code:
su
sh /sdcard/deboot
You should get a blank screen showing "localhost:/#" after a couple of seconds.
Then leave Terminal running in background (don't let it close via task killer or otherwise), hold down the hardware menu or home button to switch programs for a bit and connected in via VNC (AndroidVNC)...
address: localhost port: 5901 and password: password ... then hit connect (login details will be saved for next time)...
its working fine software keyboard etc and at good speed. In menu options select 24bit colour, local mouse, 1:1 scaling and Touchpad only to make navigating menus much easier.
Normal phone and Android functions should be fine.
Short press hardware menu key to get mouse options etc and longpress to bring up software keyboard (using Android VNC).
This debian image cannot be shut down unless the phone is rebooted.
I am using the Hyperdroid Rom off NAND, overclocked at 1.2ghz and a 16GB class 6 microsd (although it should be independent to all this... worth mentioning)
Edit 1. This is a bare image with LXDE on top but the repository for Debian is large and you can use apt-get install openoffice.org, apt-get install abiword etc to grab whatever you want to fill the 1.5GB image... unlike Ubuntu all the applications are free.
Edit 2. Its possible to have debian and ubuntu on your SDcard.
2g SDcard. Can running ?
This is too small I think, you should have at least a 4GB card!
This will sound stupid but is it possible to run this if you have sdcard android build and not nand?
Ty for reply.
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Hmmmmmm can any body tell me exactly WHAT IS THIS?!?
sorry for stupid Q
farhang_za said:
Hmmmmmm can any body tell me exactly WHAT IS THIS?!?
sorry for stupid Q
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Linux running as some sort of virtual machine on android by using vnc(rdp) software.
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maneken25 said:
This will sound stupid but is it possible to run this if you have sdcard android build and not nand?
Ty for reply.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA Premium App
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No. But look out for this.
Hmmmmmm can any body tell me exactly WHAT IS THIS?!?
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Its a versatile linux OS of desktop quality, affectionately known as the mother of all linux operating systems, it is the 4th most popular linux variant as compliled by distrowatch as of 2010 and third in terms of downloads in early 2011. Ubuntu was number 1.
Here are some positive traits of Debian.
How to set into Chinese
So, ok, Ive got this working,.. where does the image come from exactly? how was it built and can any linux variant be used?
imperiallight said:
Original thread (Thanks mercianary):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744236
Edit 1. This is a bare image with LXDE on top but the repository for Debian is large and you can use apt-get install openoffice.org, apt-get install abiword etc to grab whatever you want to fill the 1.5GB image... unlike Ubuntu all the applications are free.
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Nice, will have to check it out. Used to use debian on my IBM X31 'cos Ubuntu was just little too resource hungry until my PB butterfly arrived Just looked into the 'paid apps' for Ubuntu. OMG!!! Are they having a laugh? Who is seriously gonna pay for commercial codecs when you can just download the 'bad' and 'ugly' packs from the repos!!! Off topic I know, but, seriously, what???
well i have tried my best but this is NOT realy working for me!
i get this Error :
# su
# sh /sdcard/deboot
mkdir failed for /sdcard/debian, File exists
losetup: /dev/block/loop5
mount: mounting /dev/block/loop5 on /sdcard/debian failed: Device or resource by
mount: mounting devpts on /sdcard/debian/dev/pts failed: No such file or directy
mount: mounting proc on /sdcard/debian/proc failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting sysfs on /sdcard/debian/sys failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /sdcard on /sdcard/debian/root/sdcard failed: No such file or dy
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
chroot: can't execute '/bin/bash': No such file or directory
#
finallly got that working!
but this damn androidVNC wont connect!!
it says VNC connection failed!!!
farhang_za said:
finallly got that working!
but this damn androidVNC wont connect!!
it says VNC connection failed!!!
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https://market.android.com/details?id=com.toremote.vncpro
I use that... remote vnc pro.... like $6 but it works great.....
diesburg said:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.toremote.vncpro
I use that... remote vnc pro.... like $6 but it works great.....
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yeah! it worked thanks maan
I keep getting the error message
"sdcard/deboot: line 5: syntax error: unexpected "else"
#"
I checked out the linked thread by the OP and downloaded another deboot file but still got the same error.
I have got WP7 dual booted with american android with a 16GB SDcard partitioned 50:50
I managed to get Ubuntu 10.10 working via VNC off the SDcard but would like to get this debian to work to free up storage space.
Any suggestions would be appreciated
i also got this error
# su
# sh /sdcard/deboot
mkdir failed for /sdcard/debian, File exists
losetup: /dev/block/loop5
mount: mounting /dev/block/loop5 on /sdcard/debian failed: Device or resource by
mount: mounting devpts on /sdcard/debian/dev/pts failed: No such file or directy
mount: mounting proc on /sdcard/debian/proc failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting sysfs on /sdcard/debian/sys failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /sdcard on /sdcard/debian/root/sdcard failed: No such file or dy
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
chroot: can't execute '/bin/bash': No such file or directory
#
what do you have to do to fix it. is it a rom problem becouse i have hyperdriod gbx v12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=918899
is it different form hyperdriod gbx 2.01 becouse that is what imperiallight is using, im even using a 16gb sdcard but class 2
I also got the same problem...
any body know how to fix it??
Edit: solve the problem, reinstall the ROM from scratch..
Next.. ubuntu
plasmastrike said:
i also got this error
# su
# sh /sdcard/deboot
mkdir failed for /sdcard/debian, File exists
losetup: /dev/block/loop5
mount: mounting /dev/block/loop5 on /sdcard/debian failed: Device or resource by
mount: mounting devpts on /sdcard/debian/dev/pts failed: No such file or directy
mount: mounting proc on /sdcard/debian/proc failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting sysfs on /sdcard/debian/sys failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /sdcard on /sdcard/debian/root/sdcard failed: No such file or dy
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
chroot: can't execute '/bin/bash': No such file or directory
#
what do you have to do to fix it. is it a rom problem becouse i have hyperdriod gbx v12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=918899
is it different form hyperdriod gbx 2.01 becouse that is what imperiallight is using, im even using a 16gb sdcard but class 2
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When connection via VNC client fails try:
vncserver :1
or
vncserver :2 (the port is 5902)
in the debian console
plasmastrike said:
i also got this error
# su
# sh /sdcard/deboot
mkdir failed for /sdcard/debian, File exists
losetup: /dev/block/loop5
mount: mounting /dev/block/loop5 on /sdcard/debian failed: Device or resource by
mount: mounting devpts on /sdcard/debian/dev/pts failed: No such file or directy
mount: mounting proc on /sdcard/debian/proc failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting sysfs on /sdcard/debian/sys failed: No such file or directory
mount: mounting /sdcard on /sdcard/debian/root/sdcard failed: No such file or dy
net.ipv4.ip_forward = 1
chroot: can't execute '/bin/bash': No such file or directory
#
what do you have to do to fix it. is it a rom problem becouse i have hyperdriod gbx v12
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=918899
is it different form hyperdriod gbx 2.01 becouse that is what imperiallight is using, im even using a 16gb sdcard but class 2
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First off, you already have the .img mounted(/sdcard/debian device busy), and the rest of the file structre wasn't created right.
to create it manually, run these in terminal:
Code:
cd /sdcard
rm /debian
mkdir /debian
cd debian
mkdir /dev/pts
mkdir /proc
mkdir /sys
I just managed to boot this using SD Android via haret.
I couldn't get it to work before using ACA sd, see my previous post.
I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437463 SD ICS from tytung.
First boot created debian folder ok but after second boot I could not connect with VNC due to localhost:1 being used by /tmp/X1-lock. I tried using 5902 but no go.
After reading up whether you can delete this, it seems you can.
So using root browser (from market-free) I deleted /mnt/sdcard/debian/tmp/X1-lock (and also X11-UNIX in same place, as this also gives the same problem) and then entering the commands in terminal
I haven't had any problems so far.
Remember to backup everything before trying this, I don't accept responsibility etc.
Note; megaupload link in first post gone, use link in original thread

Using all of the NTs storage

I posted this in the nook touch forum by mistake. Please read below and let me know what you think.
One of the biggest issues I had with my nook was the 16/1GB division between content I can load and content from B&N/etc. Not being able to use that 16GB how I wanted was something I set forth to fix. Here is my solution to make this usable to non-rooted apps.
1) Root if not already rooted.
2) Make a directory inside of /data. I chose /data/usrdata.
3) remount / as RW with the command mount -o remount,rw -t rootfs rootfs / (credit to Indirect for this, as I could't find the command to do so)
4) mkdir /mnt/internal . We need somewhere to mount /data/usrdata/ and /mnt is public enough.
5) busybox mount -o bind /data/usrdata /mnt/internal. Mounts /data/usrdata to /mnt/internal.
6) For good measure, chmod 777 /mnt/internal and chmod 777 /data/usrdata.
Now, /mnt/internal should have whatever free space /data has, and should be read/write accessible from any program. A quick test with touch+terminal emulator shows new files as being created with RW permissions for all.
Alternatives: When I was initially thinking about ways to do this, my first reaction was to just open up /data to be read only to all, then have my usrdata folder be read/write all. However, I know part of android's app security model depends on some of these permissions. While I can't think of anything breaking or sensitive data being leaked, I decided against it. If anyone has any thoughts as to that scenario, I am very interested in hearing about it.
USB support: This will *not* be mountable under USB. Unfortunately you are still limited to transfering the data from a computer to the B&N internal storage or SDcard first, then moving the data internally. The problem that I see with this is similar to my understanding of the galaxy nexus situation, where the system can't unmount its /data partition and let the USB host take over. Another alternative to this could be to write an image file and mount that over usb (I've done this on my Evo, it worked so-so). Problem with that is that it really wouldn't grow/shrink with the storage. I suppose you could do some shell trickery and pipe it through gzip somehow, but that wouldn't help very much.
Let me know what you think and if you have any ways to improve this.
UPDATE: Persistance:
To make this persistant across reboots, run these commands as root:
1) mount -o rw,remount -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/mmci-omap-hs.1/by-name/system /system
2) echo mount -o remount,rw -t rootfs rootfs / >> /system/bin/clrbootcount.sh
3) echo mkdir /mnt/internal >> /system/bin/clrbootcount.sh
4) echo busybox mount -o bind /data/usrdata /mnt/internal >> /system/bin/clrbootcount.sh
5) echo mount -o remount,ro -t rootfs rootfs / >> /system/bin/clrbootcount.sh
All this does is put the following at the end of clrbootcount.sh
mount -o remount,rw -t rootfs rootfs / #Remounts root as RW. Root is regenerated at each reboot, so /mnt/internal is never going exist on a fresh startup
mkdir /mnt/internal #make /mnt/internal, see above
busybox mount -o bind /data/usrdata /mnt/internal #Binds the directory
mount -o remount,ro -t rootfs rootfs / #remounts root as RO. Unsure if this is necessary, but since it runs as RO, its probably better safe than sorry.
Thanks to eded333 for mentioning a good place for the script.
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I was the one who wrote the script gameman. >.>'
Very nicely done.
Does Android possess a fstab? If so, could these changes (also) be made there and still be persistent?
this is a good work around
Am I understanding this correctly in that if I follow these guidelines I can move my data over to the Barnes and noble alotted storage that we were complaining about not having available?
Sent from my Nook Tablet using Tapatalk
downsay said:
Am I understanding this correctly in that if I follow these guidelines I can move my data over to the Barnes and noble alotted storage that we were complaining about not having available?
Sent from my Nook Tablet using Tapatalk
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That is correct, from what I understand as well.
Sent from my BNTV250 using Tapatalk
liquidzoo said:
Very nicely done.
Does Android possess a fstab? If so, could these changes (also) be made there and still be persistent?
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From what I could tell, it does, but its not the normal /etc/fstab. It looks like they have a daemon or something that mounts the sdcard and the media (1gb) drive. When I first looked at its version of the fstab, it looked like it only took a block device, which doesn't quite work for the directory binding.
downsay said:
Am I understanding this correctly in that if I follow these guidelines I can move my data over to the Barnes and noble alotted storage that we were complaining about not having available?
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Yes that is correct. You still cannot mount it under USB, however. If you have some other way of getting the files there, however, its open as an option. I've been using swiFTP (in the market) to do that. Could also copy and move from the media/sd cards that do mount to the PC, but thats a two step process. I've thought about getting MTP setup so that you can see that folder via USB, but haven't really had a chance to look into how that would work.
*Note, when using swiFTP and other programs more than likely, you may get some file permissions errors or other odd errors about corrupt files. These are just the file permissions that the program defaulted to, and can be fixed by doing a 'chmod -R 777 /mnt/internal/'. Don't have this problem on sdcard or media because they are just FAT32 formatted, which don't support permissions.
Trying to understand ...
gameman733 said:
I posted this in the nook touch forum by mistake. Please read below and let me know what you think.
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I don't understand the purpose of the mounts. Why not just create /data/usrdata and put your stuff in there?
I know /data has "access-only/no-read" access for non-system apps, but anything in /data/usrdata/ should be visible (and no need to modify clrbootcount.sh).
If you need "/mnt/internal" (I don't see the need for that either), why not just use a soft link (which is permanent)???
The primary reason for using the mounts was that I was originally planning on trying to mount it in a way that would ignore file permissions, but didn't know at the time that you can't do that with a bind mount. Using a simple link would be just as effective in this case.
However.. / is Read only. Even when remounted read-write, this filesystem is actually regenerated every boot. So nothing in /mnt would stay past the next restart.
The purpose for having it in /mnt (could have been anywhere, I suppose, but it seemed a little more appropriate) was for apps that can't browse /data. For example, gameboid and related programs would get to /data and show nothing, because you can't browse it as a non-rooted app. Having a symlink or bind mount elsewhere in the filesystem where they can browse helps with that. The alternative was to remove the no-browsing permissions from /data. I didn't feel comfortable with doing this, however, as I'm sure there are some security risks to doing this. It probably isn't a big deal, but since we have the tools to do it while maintaining those existing permissions, why not go ahead and do that?
Is there a solution that does not require being rooted?
[I was gonna start a thread about this 1.0 GB vs 16GB issue. Glad someone
beat me to it. ]
A day or two ago, I side-loaded a couple of movies, each about 400-MB in size,
and was surprised to notice that I had only 20% of my 1.0GB remaining.
I haven't 'bitten the bullet', and got brave enough to 'root' my Nook yet.
(Still not sure yet whether my wife will keep it, and it's an XMAS-gift for her.)
But, I'm quite fluent in Linux, so if we DO keep it, I'll definitely get around
to doing the 'root'.
Meanwhile, if anyone does find a way, without rooting, to re-allocate these
built-in assigned storage quotas, please post it in this thread.
Cheers...
gameman733 said:
The primary reason for using the mounts was that I was originally planning on trying to mount it in a way that would ignore file permissions, but didn't know at the time that you can't do that with a bind mount.
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To solve this issue I've compiled fuse kernel module and bindfs userspace utility. Bindfs is similar to "mount -o bind" but can override permissions and ownerships. I can share how-to instruction and compiled binaries if you want

[Q] How to extract .img 'data' type files?

I'm unable to extract the files from the firmware upgrade .img file for my Iberry BT10 tablet.
I get the following error :-
$ sudo mount -o loop -t ext2 m801_mtds.img /tmp/iberry
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
$
When I check the file type, it gives me:-
]$ file m801_mtds.img
m801_mtds.img: data
]$
Anyone know how I could extract the files from the .IMG file?

[Q] HTC One refuses to mount /system as rw

Hi,
I've been Google'ing all over and now am really stuck
I have an HTC One with Android 4.2.2 installed on it and the phone is ROOTED
I want to do something really simple however, due to a puzzling Busybox install I keep getting caught out!
So here's the issue; I want to install Archlinux on the phone in a chroot... documentation is here:
<can't post link>
no probs
Though the issue I'm facing is wget can't resolve host, I try nslookup and get the internal loopback address of the phone "127.0.0.1/localhost".
This seems to be due to no resolv.conf file existing in /system/etc... using information described here:
<can't post link>
I attampted:
Code:
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/<output from mount cmd> /system
mount -o remount,rw /system
mount -o rw,remount /proc /system
these seem to work for a while as "mount" shows /system being rw..... only after a while this seems to revert back to ro?
Additionally if I try installing anything like Busybox from Stephen Stericson the phone just crashes and reboots itself?? - using both "normal" and "smart" install methods.
Busybox X seems to work well for the current runtime, however, after reboot it's gone?
I have absolutely no idea how to solve this as I've been reading and reading and reading and the closest thing I came up with is a watchdog timer mentioned on a Sony handset but then if there is such a thing on my HTC how to find the pid to kill it?
Unfortunately standard *NIX commands don't really seem to work well, ie.
Code:
ps aux | grep watch
so I have no idea how to even begin finding it.
I have tried using various GUI apps additionally which also just reboot the phone when checking the "remount /system rw" option.
Has anyone got any advise or suggestions that could help me win the battle??
Many thanks.
.....well I hope this helps someone now but found an app called: HTC One RW which did the trick!
Busybox installed properly, nslookup worked and now running shell script to install Archlinux

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