Hello I'm fairly new to this , but I've almost finished making my first stock based Rom. Its for the ZenFone 3 ZE552KL. The problem in having now is the meta-inf folder, more particularly the updated script. I can't seem to find one and I've tried other automated tool but keep coming up with errors.
Any help or insight would be greatly appreciated.
you might be able to use an OTA package from a similar device and rewrite the update-script file as necessary. i've been able to re-use the OTA packages from Nexus devices in the past like this.
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I've recently tried to upgrade my venue 3840 to 4.4.4 after unlocking the bl and rooting on 4.4.2 but it seems to be a giant pain in the ***. I've downloaded the system image tried flashing it via fastboot with the line fastboot flash system system.img but of course it complains about max image size and once I do get it going, it gives me command errors. Yes, I've tried redownloading and all, no change. I've even tried creating a rom with the inside of the system image and I believe the problem is my updater binary/script. I was just wondering if I could get any help. The tablet isn't booting because again of course things don't always go as planned. I know I can unbrick or 'go back to stock' with dells way however I really don't feel like redoing my data.
I got the 4.4.4 files from here https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001604343 <- this one includes the system extracted
This one includes the system image and boot img https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001602440
If anyone is able to possibly turn this into a rom or even direct me in the right direction, that'd be greatly appreciated! If not, completely understandable. Thank you for your time!
Or if someone could possibly make a stock wiped back up of 4.4.4 , that'd be great as well!
update: got the tablet to boot with a stock 4.4.2 zip from dell however still looking to be able to update to 4.4.4 if possible, thanks!
And apparently I was able to take out the system and boot in the dell source http://opensource.dell.com/releases/Venue_8_3840_Merrifield/developer-edition/A195/OTA/ and replace it with the 4.4.4 system / boot. I have a bootable 4.4.4 rom. If it's needed for any purposes let me know. Sorry for the basically pointless thread lmao. You'd be amazed at how long it took me to solve this. :silly:
Can you please upload the ROM you created? Was it an AOSP build?
Thanks!
Hi,
Sorry to reply to an old thread. Could you provide some details on what you've done exactly?
I have the same tablet lying around collecting dust since Dell's stock OS is absolute garbage. I am trying to build an AOSP ROM for it just for the sake of experimenting. Could you please help me out?
Thanks for your time.
Hi,
I have a Rockchip tablet RK312x Android version 4.4. I also have the stock image for it.
What I want to do? Update the android version to at least 5.0.
What I have done so far?
Tried to understand how AOSP works, how building ROMs work. Downloaded AOSP 5.1.1. Completed a test build for one of the nexus devices just to be sure the process completes 100%.
Extracted the stock image to get .img files for boot, kernel, misc, recovery, resource, system and uboot.
My question: Is it possible to upgrade the tablet without going the entire creating .mk files and building from scratch route?
Are there any complete step by step guides on this? I tried searching and did find many but not one of them was complete, covering the process that I want to do in a simple manner.
So many of you had a look at this thread and no replies yet. I am all new to this. So sorry if my questions don't make sense. But if you have any experience in building roms, I need your help.
Still, any help would be highly appreciated.
There is no simple manner to this. As your device was not officially upgrade you will have to do alot of work to hack the kernel to work with the new OS. Then you will have to heck all the drivers to work and even then it might not work at all. I would start by finding out if the oem released the kernel source code for the device. Judging from the name I am betting not.
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My device: OnePlus5 A5000
First of all I want to mention that I am kind of a novice on rooting so please do not go hard on me, mistakes happen. So I was running the lastest version of Android on my phone (Version 5.1.7) and decided to root my phone and use Magisk. So I unlocked my bootloader and I was going to work with TWRP. But I did a terrible mistake and wiped the system while experimenting. I know this is a very stupid mistake but it sadly happened. So my phone is basicly empty and has no OS running everytime with a black screen whenever I enter the system . The only thing I am able of doing is transfering files from my PC to my phone and using TWRP. I downloaded the original and latest OS version from OnePlus' site and moved it inside my phone. I then went on to install it via TWRP but I faced "Error 7". I did a research on that and I found out that it happens because it detects if it is a compatible ROM with the whole "assert" thing in META-INF in the "updater-script". I went on to unzip it and edit it with NotePad++to remove "assert" but "assert" was no where to be found since it was the original version. I then went on to try installing the lineage version for OnePLus 5 not knowing if it was going to work and it turned out to not work at all. I also want to mention that whenever I tried removing the "assert" from the lineage version I got an error of "Invalid zip file format!". Finally I want to mention that in order for me to view the files I worked by repairing the partition and converting it to FAT and exFAT(I did NOT convert it back to EXT4 yet). In case I am missing something or there is a way of solving it please let me know, I would really appreciate it! Also if you do not mind be as decscriptive as possible since I am a novice and I do not know everything like other individuals. I will though make a deep research on every single comment I get, I am not waiting for an easy solution on such a subject. I hope I can fix my phone with your help in the near future. Thanks in advance!
Files that I have downloaded (if necessary):
1)ADB Files
2)Original version of latest OnePlus 5 Update (5.1.7) (.zip file)
3)Lineage ROM for One Plus 5 (15.1-20181127-nightly-cheeseburger-signed)
4)TWRP (3.2.3-0-cheeseburger)
There isn't much development done on this phone and there aren't any updates for stock ROM due to come out. So I've decided to try and port LineageOS from another phone with the same chipset. Problem is that when I follow any guide I can seem to find on here, nothing ever is as the guide states. The copy and paste method doesn't work because the names of the files don't match when I extract the boot.img's. Not to mention that I can't even get the system.img to extract whatsoever. I've tried various tools and have only ever had one tell me about the system.img, and that took hours. It still wouldn't extract it either though. I'm not brand new to Android, it's just been several years since I've really decided to play with them. Currently I have TWRP 3.2.1 installed with the stock ROM rooted with Magisk 24. Even simple modifications on the stock ROM, such as debloating, will cause every app on the phone to not work anymore after a reboot. Ultimately causing me to reflash the stock ROM and going through the root process all over again. Can someone please point me in the proper direction to get rid of this terrible stock ROM and begin building my own port? Thank you ahead of time.
Decided to create a new thread, since it covers a different topic. I'm trying to create TWRP for the MOQI I7S which has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710. I've tried various tutorials on porting TWRP, but it ends up with the MOQI being stuck at the boot logo. Is there any way someone can help me, or someone can just port TWRP for me? I have an older firmware which should suffice for making TWRP.
Firmware: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hne3x3LY1LnKgurlNYK8trr-wHPD1fCD/view
Sorry for the double post but I need a favor from any user with a MOQI I7S. I need to extract files boot_a.bin and boot_b.bin using QFIL, but they need to be as clean as possible, so I can't use mine. It could help me with rooting the device without issues and eventually install TWRP for everyone. PM me if you need help with extracting those files.
Hello. I hope its not too late and you still can do this ? I've got mine i7s near a month ago and before doing anything else I dumped backup from it. Too bad, that for this phone there are no firmwares, so this was my first action for it. I uploaded files you asked as attachments
All this time I use mine device with magisk root without any problems, so, I guess, root through boota is quite safe and stable. I also have uploaded magisk-modified boot, if you'll need it
One thing I want to add: I hadn't succeeded to use QFIL version you'd uploaded. Had succeeded with tool QPST_2.7.496
I hope this will help!
SmashMan4 said:
Decided to create a new thread, since it covers a different topic. I'm trying to create TWRP for the MOQI I7S which has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 710. I've tried various tutorials on porting TWRP, but it ends up with the MOQI being stuck at the boot logo. Is there any way someone can help me, or someone can just port TWRP for me? I have an older firmware which should suffice for making TWRP.
Firmware: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Hne3x3LY1LnKgurlNYK8trr-wHPD1fCD/view
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Hi, I'm looking for the firmware for moqi i7s.
Can you share the file again?It's unavaliable now.
Thanks!
0jmaster0 said:
Hello. I hope its not too late and you still can do this ? I've got mine i7s near a month ago and before doing anything else I dumped backup from it. Too bad, that for this phone there are no firmwares, so this was my first action for it. I uploaded files you asked as attachments
All this time I use mine device with magisk root without any problems, so, I guess, root through boota is quite safe and stable. I also have uploaded magisk-modified boot, if you'll need it
One thing I want to add: I hadn't succeeded to use QFIL version you'd uploaded. Had succeeded with tool QPST_2.7.496
I hope this will help!
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Hi, I'm looking for the firmware for moqi i7s.
Can you share the firmware for this device?
Thanks!
Kasct said:
Hi, I'm looking for the firmware for moqi i7s.
Can you share the firmware for this device?
Thanks!
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Hi. I have uploaded dump of my phone here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1h0_6qW3eE5OacfqXazsBHuxPUP7v73az/view?usp=sharing
This archive have all files dumped from phone after buying, except userdata file for now. Despite this file is almost empty, its size is ~60Gb so I can't upload it anywhere.
Also, archive containts png with partitions addresses.
WARNING: as I understand, simple flashing of these files can replace your phone IDs and other serial numbers! In that case phone can not boot at all. If I'm wrong, correct me, please. Hope it'll help
PS: Better try asking manufacturer for the correct firmware files
Hello there anyone abe to upload the firmware files, can't find them anywhere......my i7s is currently a nice paperweight!