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Ran across this thread in the evo section, seeing how we also have htc's flash lite. It made me hopeful of attaining root. Ive tried every card mentioned as being successful on three different systems:-(
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=718889
bowtieduece said:
Ran across this thread in the evo section, seeing how we also have htc's flash lite. It made me hopeful of attaining root. Ive tried every card mentioned as being successful on three different systems:-(
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=718889
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Even though I didn't really think it would work, I gave it a shot anyway. Naturally, it was unsuccessful. The Eris take FOREVER to load that website, and it never triggers the shell script to ask for a reload, therefore permission is denied for the second part when you reboot with adb shell.
Interesting exploit, though. I wonder if there is some way to modify it for the Eris. Maybe you could contact the devs.
Really, nobody else is interested in this?
MyFixofAndroid said:
Yep that's what I expected. Yea there's gotta be someone here that can do the changes to the EVO files so they work with Eris, and upload the proper files to file sites and have us downloading in no time, so we can get root finally. Yes please anyone here up and willing
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Toastcfh used to do some work for the Eris someone may want to start there since he provided what looks to be a pretty main part of the EVO root.
sickbox said:
Toastcfh used to do some work for the Eris someone may want to start there since he provided what looks to be a pretty main part of the EVO root.
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Thanks for the tip. I sent him a PM. Will report back when I find something.
Anyone with an Eris can help out - rooted or unrooted.
I looked at those scripts last night - what seems like the necessary conditions for the beginning of the exploit (part1) are:
(1) there is a directory read/write/traversal permission security flaw in the data area for flash-lite;
(2) apparently, when flash-lite is running it must have root privilege at a moment when it performs a file "chmod" operation
So, an unprivileged user goes in, and makes a symlink (at the correct moment in time) in flash-lite's data area that points to a mtd partition - moments later, flash-lite "chmods" what it thinks is a file in it's data area, but instead, it is chmod'ing the target of a symlink - the normally protected mtd partition.
This allows use of flash_image to write whatever is wanted to that partition - even as an unprivileged user.
It should be easy enough for someone with Linux/Unix command line scripting experience to test to see if these conditions prevail on the Eris. You don't even need to be root - make your symlink point to something in /data/local if you are worried about something bad happening to a mtd partition. Chmod it initially to 600, and see if it get's changed by flash-lite when (and if) you drop the symlink into place.
I would do it, but I've got to go buy all the parts for ( & build) a new computer (no dev station as of last night ).
bftb0
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Anyone with an Eris can help out - rooted or unrooted.
bftb0
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Thank you for the detailed explanation. I'll have a look at the scripts, though it's more about learning new things for me, as this exceeds the current state of my unix knowledge. Hope others with more immediate knowledge of the subject will take a crack at it.
The shell script points to sharedobjects within /data/data/com.android.browser/flashlite, but sharedobjects, nor any folder for that matter, exists within that directory on the Eris. Is there a different place this could point; does the Eris have the same objects stored in a different location?
UPDATE: I'm searching my filesystem on my Eris right now to find it. I will report back later with results.
Also If we find a sharedobjects folder (and the right one) then we can point the script in the proper direction and have root very soon.
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Maybe the "sharedobjects" folder and other missing folders are really on the Eris, one of you should look for them. Use ASTRO or a different file manager and search most of the whole filesystem and see if you can find "sharedobjects" on your Erises.
In the meantime I'll try the same thing. Maybe there's a search engine for the file system of the Eris that you can get in the Android Market, that would do the trick. A file and/or folder search engine.
If we find a sharedobjects folder (and the right one) then we can point the script in the proper direction and have root very soon.
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From what I see (and this may just be my eris), the directory probably does exist but we can't touch it:
ls -l
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drwxrwx--x system system 2010-04-15 02:23 data
...
No read or write permissions to the directory using adb or Astro.
I do have permissions for /sdcard/data on my Eris:
d---rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 2010-06-26 13:26 data
but it doesn't contain the referenced folders and I don't think the browser downloads temporary files to the SD card.
I checked on my other Eris which is rooted. It seems that these may be the directories that we are looking for. However I don't find anything in an app-cache directory.
# find / -name *flashlite
find / -name *flashlite
/data/data/com.android.browser/flashlite
find: /proc/851: No such file or directory
# find / -name com.android.browser
find / -name com.android.browser
/data/data/com.android.browser
Well this appears to be the deal breaker then. Because non-root users of Eris cannot access /data as non-root, they cannot see anything in app-cache, and therefore cannot root yet, at least with this particular method unless there's another way to do it.
We should think of a way to still exploit Flash Lite on Eris, but use a different folder/folders in the Part? scripts that they point to for the operations of the script. This may be possible to do, however, still unlikely to work, and it is still going to be hard at this point.
But does anyone want to give my modified EVO method but for Eris a try? One of you should, so that we can root this thing and get it over with.
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From what I see (and this may just be my eris), the directory probably does exist but we can't touch it:
ls -l
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drwxrwx--x system system 2010-04-15 02:23 data
...
No read or write permissions to the directory using adb or Astro.
I do have permissions for /sdcard/data on my Eris:
d---rwxr-x system sdcard_rw 2010-06-26 13:26 data
but it doesn't contain the referenced folders and I don't think the browser downloads temporary files to the SD card.
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I dont think we would need read write permissions to begin with to use this root, if we had them to start we would be rooted
Because is he using a exploit in flash lite to write to a restricted folder, hes not just found a folder where the permissions aren't set correctly.
If flash lite can invoke admin access and we can exploit it there should be a way to root this.
I am going to the bar going to get some beers for my friends birthday, when I get home I am going to see if I can modify this into an eris root
Yeah JVWARD!
On your rooting effort, all the better, try modifying it for Eris and let all of us know if you succeed, hope you can, so we can get root too. Keep trying it with different changes until you get it to work.
Thanks.
You are able to cd directly into /data/data/com.android.browser/ and then ls, so all hope may not be lost yet. The flashlite directory does not show up, I'm guessing because I haven't used my browser yet so I need to try and get to a flash site and see if it is created. I'm having some problems with the touch screen my leak Eris right now that I'm trying to fix right now if anyone else wants to give it a shot.
You are able to cd directly into /data/data/com.android.browser/ and then ls, so all hope may not be lost yet. The flashlite directory does not show up, I'm guessing because I haven't used my browser yet so I need to try and get to a flash site and see if it is created. I'm having some problems with the touch screen my leak Eris right now that I'm trying to fix right now if anyone else wants to give it a shot.
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Yes sickbox, by all means, keep trying stuff, and finding that "flashlite" directory etc. till you get it to root. Hope your touchscreen returns to normal, and that you can create the directory that you mentioned in your previous post by using a flash site.
Hey guys, I know this is a tall order, but I want to help. Any chance you could do a "step by step" set of instructions, or at least copy & paste the Evo instructions with the appropriate changes to try this on the Eris? I'm still not rooted, and the SD card Timing root method isn't working for me. I'd like to try something different.
hey can someone with a rooted Eris using a an almost 100% stock Rom setup dump there file system and post it. Anyone using a highly customized Rom don't bother.
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Hey guys, I know this is a tall order, but I want to help. Any chance you could do a "step by step" set of instructions, or at least copy & paste the Evo instructions with the appropriate changes to try this on the Eris? I'm still not rooted, and the SD card Timing root method isn't working for me. I'd like to try something different.
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Link to the Evo instructions is in the OP. Currently working to see if it's possible on the Eris, so that's a no-go for now.
Stay tuned.
Team,
I've been working with the scripts with the awesome folks on IRC and have currently gotten thus far:
Part1 - http://pastebin.com/FUJWM3zW
Part2 - http://pastebin.com/6h07zrdm
I believe at this point I've screwed up my FlashLite plugin with my testing, so I'm going to try to recover that and keep moving along.
LR
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Working on trying to get some deodex love going...
Just got Xoom WiFi tonight, let me know what I can do to help out the xoom wifi community.
I am curious. How were you able to extract the stock system dump image for the wifi version? Could you put down instructions since I am trying to learn these things.
Just a quick heads up. Moto was handing out DMCA notices on sysdumps. You may wanna save it for those who make it to #xoom on freenode.
bigrushdog said:
Just a quick heads up. Moto was handing out DMCA notices on sysdumps. You may wanna save it for those who make it to #xoom on freenode.
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Moto can suck an egg...will post link on my site :-D
Feel free to post the link on irc...
teamdefuse.com
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Click HERE
Working on trying to get some deodex love going...
Just got Xoom WiFi tonight, let me know what I can do to help out the xoom wifi community.
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1. one click root and unroot
2. safe way to over clock
3. a way to relock the xoom and bring to factory default
4. overclocikng
5. voodoo color fix
6. voodoo sound fix
lets start with that
thanks
ericdabbs said:
I am curious. How were you able to extract the stock system dump image for the wifi version? Could you put down instructions since I am trying to learn these things.
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Install latest moto drivers
Install Android SDK
Enable USB Debug in Xoom settings
Open command prompt
Create new directory
CD to new directory
At command prompt type: adb pull /
files will be dumped to current path of command prompt
I Got the one (well, couple a clicks) root and unroot covered. You can check that one off the list. Thread open over yonder if you want to give it a spin... I am just uploading the newest version that one click updates to HRI66.
jwtyler said:
I Got the one (well, couple a clicks) root and unroot covered. You can check that one off the list. Thread open over yonder if you want to give it a spin... I am just uploading the newest version that one click updates to HRI66.
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good, will be looking for it. NOW, an easy way to overclock to 1.5 would be wonderfull...
ericizzy1 said:
1. one click root and unroot
2. safe way to over clock
3. a way to relock the xoom and bring to factory default
4. overclocikng
5. voodoo color fix
6. voodoo sound fix
lets start with that
thanks
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1 is being worked on...NVM...Check out jwtyler one click root thread.
2 & 4 Going to try the same method that was used for Droid2 and DroidX. Create module for OC. I have not had time yet to look at kernel but I see someone is already creating kernels so should be able to do it from kernel with multiple settings; not sure if kernel behaves same way as it does in Droid.
3 Not sure if bootstrap (clockwork recovery) is available yet for Xoom WiFi but if it is just make a backup before you mod anything.
Not sure what you are talking about with 5 and 6 ... I am a Xoom noob, only been out of box for a couple of hours
ericizzy1 said:
good, will be looking for it. NOW, an easy way to overclock to 1.5 would be wonderfull...
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Sweet
Drop me a line if you want to try to bang out some stuff together...
Thanks Angdroid for the system dump. I downloaded a copy of the system dump for kicks. I will keep it on my hard drive in case anyone loses it and needs a backup copy.
Hopefully we can create a stock boot.img soon for us wifi owners in case something goes wrong or need to return it to factory state. It looks like from the system dump we have access to the stock bcm4329.ko wifi driver.
ericdabbs said:
Thanks Angdroid for the system dump. I downloaded a copy of the system dump for kicks. I will keep it on my hard drive in case anyone loses it and needs a backup copy.
Hopefully we can create a stock boot.img soon for us wifi owners in case something goes wrong or need to return it to factory state. It looks like from the system dump we have access to the stock bcm4329.ko wifi driver.
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Any word on the stock boot.img?
fabian29906 said:
Any word on the stock boot.img?
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I am not a developer. I just meant a community as a whole come up with the files for the stock boot.img.
Still no word from Motorola of providing the stock boot.img for the wifi Xoom.
Do you think it's possible to extract languages in Wifi firmware to flash 3g xoom?
Or flash with entire wifi firmware?
I don't think the adb pull way is the best way at it.
Creating an actual image using dd will retain symlinks and mod perms (not owners).. but it also won't dump a bunch of tiny >1kb files on your computer (whose cluster size may be over 4kb).. plus you can mount it as a loop device..
adb shell
# busybox dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/system of=/mnt/sdcard/system.img
and then if you want
adb pull /mnt/sdcard/system.img
but I wouldn't.. just using the mtp interface is faster..
sausalito said:
Do you think it's possible to extract languages in Wifi firmware to flash 3g xoom?
Or flash with entire wifi firmware?
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What do you mean? are you talking about the ./system/vendor/firmware/fw_bcm4329.bin
I just compared the two system images for both devices
fw_bcm4329_mfg.bin is the only file with a matching checksum..
I gotta run.. otherwise i'd check the version with a hex editor..
I doubt you're talking about the wifi firmware anyways..
ericizzy1 said:
1. one click root and unroot
2. safe way to over clock
3. a way to relock the xoom and bring to factory default
4. overclocikng
5. voodoo color fix
6. voodoo sound fix
lets start with that
thanks
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Ya! A color calibration app would be awesome!
Azrael X 4.0
100mbit:
http://gititbit.ch/xRx3 - Xoom_Wifi_3.0.1.zip
That's what I did for this image. http://www.mediafire.com/file/2fknnmy6nw6i19n/StockWiFiSystem.zip
Note, you need to be able to mount a YAFS2 filesystem to read the contents.
Blades said:
I don't think the adb pull way is the best way at it.
Creating an actual image using dd will retain symlinks and mod perms (not owners).. but it also won't dump a bunch of tiny >1kb files on your computer (whose cluster size may be over 4kb).. plus you can mount it as a loop device..
adb shell
# busybox dd if=/dev/block/platform/sdhci-tegra.3/by-name/system of=/mnt/sdcard/system.img
and then if you want
adb pull /mnt/sdcard/system.img
but I wouldn't.. just using the mtp interface is faster..
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can someone post the 3.1 wifi-model USA system
(i need build.prop)
I figured since getting a replacement A500 and updating to Acer_A500_1.139.04_COM_GEN1 I would update this post with the images.
System.img - http://www.fileserve.com/file/gvemmYd
Flexrom.img - http://www.fileserve.com/file/Suq5yBG
Boot.img - http://www.fileserve.com/file/sSjqpME
Hope this helps anyone.
Kernel Information: Linux localhost 2.6.36.3 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed May 11 22:11:55 CST 2011 armv7l GNU/Linux
103 views and no-one is able to do it? I am sure there are quite a few Aussies on this forum. :-(
i would if i knew how
splinter6 said:
i would if i knew how
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Here is your "knew how"... jejeje
You have to ROOT your A500 first... then use terminal emulator and type SU (this will give it Super User Access) then use the following commands:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard/system.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard/flexrom.img
This will give you the actual system image (first command)
Second command gives you the partition where the update information is located.
Let me know if you need help rooting, its really easy, just remember to have your tablet in PORTRAIT not landscape or Gingerbreak will FORCE CLOSE!!!
Hope this helps... jejeje
I got a replacement A500 from JB HiFi. I will update to Acer_A500_1.139.04_COM_GEN1 then create a system.img.
This would be much appreciated! I'm in Australia, and having some issues too. Thanks again.
koprofile said:
This would be much appreciated! I'm in Australia, and having some issues too. Thanks again.
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I'm at work today. Will hopefully get the system.img uploaded this evening, should take ~2 hours being 600MB and all. :-(
I'm not sure if the flexrom.img is needed though.
that would be appreciated as i have an issue of not being able to update after rooting and NO BACKUP
eliousneo said:
that would be appreciated as i have an issue of not being able to update after rooting and NO BACKUP
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Here is the untouched Acer_A500_1.139.04_COM_GEN1 system.img.
http://www.fileserve.com/file/gvemmYd
thank you really appreciate it...
question 2 im a noob to all this so could you please let me know how ot install is
i know that it may sound like a dumb question but i have not got a clue.
I only rooted my a500 to be able to install apps to sd and that was a dissapointing move otherwise i think i may keep it stock from now on
thanking you in advance
eliousneo said:
thank you really appreciate it...
question 2 im a noob to all this so could you please let me know how ot install is
i know that it may sound like a dumb question but i have not got a clue.
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You should be able to just copy the image onto your A500 and run the following as root: dd if=/dev/block/system-1.139.04.img of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p3
Be careful though, I honestly haven't tested the image but it should be fine.
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so that means use command line and copy image onto SD card?
Sounds simple enough just gotta wait for 8 hours for download
Than again juzman very helpfull
Juzman said:
You should be able to just copy the image onto your A500 and run the following as root: dd if=/dev/block/system-1.139.04.img of=/sdcard/mmcblk0p3
Be careful though, I honestly haven't tested the image but it should be fine.
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk
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We ALL should start using the MD5 checksum to rule out corrupted file size produced by online downloading
UnicornKaz said:
We ALL should start using the MD5 checksum to rule out corrupted file size produced by online downloading
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I used the fsum utility on Windows and believe I created an MD5 checksum: 3A0AF183D5E582CBEA1D1F6BC7A61EA6
Will we need the flexrom as well when flashing this system image?
Also, this thread contains some original kernel modules: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13974214&postcount=62
Will the modules linked there be compatible with this current AU system image in the event of gps/wifi issues?
Thanks again!
Juzman said:
I used the fsum utility on Windows and believe I created an MD5 checksum: 3A0AF183D5E582CBEA1D1F6BC7A61EA6
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Is that definitely the correct md5 checksum? I've downloaded the file twice and both times I get an md5 of 850d68aac56169b211a4913de7e4e8e9
Can anyone else confirm?
mapaz04 said:
Here is your "knew how"... jejeje
You have to ROOT your A500 first... then use terminal emulator and type SU (this will give it Super User Access) then use the following commands:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/sdcard/system.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=/sdcard/flexrom.img
This will give you the actual system image (first command)
Second command gives you the partition where the update information is located.
Let me know if you need help rooting, its really easy, just remember to have your tablet in PORTRAIT not landscape or Gingerbreak will FORCE CLOSE!!!
Hope this helps... jejeje
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Can you say what terminal emulator to use or which is the best one to use?
urdaddi said:
Can you say what terminal emulator to use or which is the best one to use?
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I used Better Terminal Emulator (with the extensions installed). Make sure after installing the extensions (after the prompt) to go into options, select root by default, then type exit (or CTRL-D) to close the terminal so it reinitializes with all the extensions (the icon on the taskbar must be gone). Afterwards do your stuff. After flashing the system.img the tablet might reboot (show the android boot logo) and cycle. Just power down holding the button long enough, and power back on, then flash the other img.
Hi Me again
dd if=/sdcard/system.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3
I did the above thingy and it just extracted mmcblk0p3 into sdcard
How do i install it ??
i cant just run it so i presume there is some kind of command or something in terminal?
Is it possible to get the flexrom too?
Thanks
I could not find any binaries of the MTD-Utils (a set of useful tools when dealing with flash devices; see http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/index.html) for Android so I compiled some Android binaries from the source (http://git.infradead.org/mtd-utils.git).
My main interest was to get the two programs 'nanddump' and 'nandwrite' running on Android which must be used instead of 'dd' when creating images of nand partitions and restoring partitions from these images, because dd does not handle the bad blocks on the nand correctly which could lead to corrupted data.
With these two tools more flexible backup/recovery tools can be implemented since a backup/recovery can be made for every partition available on the device, even those which do not have a readable filesystem, for example the bootloader. Also, for partitions which include a filesystem, but hide some extra data outside that filesystem, this hidden data will also be included in the backup. These raw nand partition images can be tar'd or zip'd to reduce the size of the backup files.
Download: http://www.multiupload.com/5GJLEJNR8M
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Thanks. I am trying to dump the system partition and restore it to another Android Mobile. Any Hints ? Thanks.
kkkelvinkk said:
Thanks. I am trying to dump the system partition and restore it to another Android Mobile. Any Hints ? Thanks.
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Dump from one device wont work on other, if they are very similar it has few chances of booting but else it'ld brick if you dont be safe!
Actually, I want to remove some system app and then install other app, and make all configuration. After that, I want to clone this configuration to other mobile device with same model. Do you have any suggestions ?
Thanks.
kkkelvinkk said:
Actually, I want to remove some system app and then install other app, and make all configuration. After that, I want to clone this configuration to other mobile device with same model. Do you have any suggestions ?
Thanks.
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Ok so you got a phone (model a) and you wanna remove sumtin frm /system/app n add sumtin back n then let some user having the same model a use it
Get root
Install root explorer or any root file explorer
Allow su permissions
Navigate to /system/app and do what you wanted
Then you can dump the /system partition
Kindly give some more info of your device - will help more
And yes also paste the output of "mount" command
I think I can only give more information about the phone after I back to my office.
Actually, I am using System App Remover to remove the System App. It does the job.
Wow can I dump and restore the system partition ? I have tried to use dd command, but it fails. May be nanddump will help, but I cannot find the documentation how to use it. Please help. Thanks.
Is there any way to have nanddump directly send the image to a PC that is running recv_image? I'd like to use nanddump on my Galaxy Nexus, but since it is lacking an SD card, it would seem like writing the nanddump image to the nand would just destroy any possibility of obtaining a clean nand image.
I found a way using netcat...
From host machine in one console window:
Code:
adb.exe forward tcp:5555 tcp:5555
adb.exe shell
# nanddump [options] /dev/mtd/mtd0 | nc -l -p 5555
From host machine in a second console window
Code:
nc 127.0.0.1 5555 > flashdump.bin
So how does nanddump compare with Nandroid, which uses mkyaffs2image to create .img files?
So does n e one a mirror for this??? Multiupload is no good n e more...
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da-pharoah said:
So does n e one a mirror for this??? Multiupload is no good n e more...
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Per my request, stericson kindly built nanddump and nandwrite into his version of busybox. If you still want Ezekeels's pack, I might still have it around here somewhere.
Maximilian Mary said:
Per my request, stericson kindly built nanddump and nandwrite into his version of busybox. If you still want Ezekeels's pack, I might still have it around here somewhere.
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Yes please and thank you..
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Yes please and thank you..
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Nope. I dug through my sdcard and the backups on my computer, and I do not still have it. If you want to contact the OP directly, he is @ezekeel666 on twitter.
Maximilian Mary said:
Nope. I dug through my sdcard and the backups on my computer, and I do not still have it. If you want to contact the OP directly, he is @ezekeel666 on twitter.
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dirty... and nope also.. I PM'd him and he informed me he deleted all his backups on this....
also try compile, but it hard for me.
all link dead. please, upload mtdutil again.
so I saw that you updated your github!! thanks! now lets see if I can get this sorted and btw if I end up using anything no worries I will give you full credit as usual! Thanks again!
mtd ultil for android
ok guys...
1st: sorry for reviving this topic ...
2nd:here ara the binaries for android: http://goo.gl/eJ8mX
3rd and most importanto to me:
If I do a nandread mtd7 > mtd7.img (in my case the /misc partition) I can do a nandwrite mtd7.img > /dev/mtd/mtd7 without any data corruption ?
I have a lot of backups of many partition except this /misc that in freaking me!
So. Is this a reliablbe backup/restore system ? can I do it with all mtd partition ?
* I tested nandread in qcom msm_7x27 device running android 2.3.6.
shaunco said:
I found a way using netcat...
From host machine in one console window:
Code:
adb.exe forward tcp:5555 tcp:5555
adb.exe shell
# nanddump [options] /dev/mtd/mtd0 | nc -l -p 5555
From host machine in a second console window
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nc 127.0.0.1 5555 > flashdump.bin
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Or just:
adb shell "nanddump -f - /dev/mtd/mtd0" > mtd0.img
-f - outputs to stdout
Excude the partial OT, but are there any similar tools for MMC flash storage?
Sup I know there is a hack for ext4 on the nexus s but haven't seen anything for the NS4G. Is it the same hack or what? If so it seems a little complicated to get going with the tutorial given. Does anybody have a better tutorial or if there is a different hack for the 4g can you direct me to it please? Much appreciated.
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Joshhayes801 said:
Sup I know there is a hack for ext4 on the nexus s but haven't seen anything for the NS4G. Is it the same hack or what? If so it seems a little complicated to get going with the tutorial given. Does anybody have a better tutorial or if there is a different hack for the 4g can you direct me to it please? Much appreciated.
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not sure what "ext4 hack" youre talking about, but there is an ext4 mount script. itll give you a little speed/performance kick overall. but its not really a hack, its a fix. type this in a terminal emulator app..
su(press enter)
mount -o remount,noauto_da_alloc /data /data(press enter)
youll have to type it in after each reboot. or you can use an app to run it after each boot. most custom kernels already include it or some version of it, stock doesnt include it.
Use dsixda's rom kitchen to unpack boot.img: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
Then do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/private.php?do=showpm&pmid=4452832 and repack.
snandlal said:
Use dsixda's rom kitchen to unpack boot.img: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
Then do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/private.php?do=showpm&pmid=4452832 and repack.
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That second link seems to not work, it says this "Invalid Private Message specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator"
Joshhayes801 said:
That second link seems to not work, it says this "Invalid Private Message specified. If you followed a valid link, please notify the administrator"
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fter unpacking the boot.img go to BOOT_EXTRACTED/ramdisk and open the file init.herring.rc and add the following in green to the following to lines and save:
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mount ext4 /dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/by-name/system /system wait ro noauto_da_alloc
mount ext4 /dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/by-name/userdata /data wait noatime nosuid nodev noauto_da_alloc
Sorry bout that
Sweet. Thanks. I'll be doing this later after I run errands.
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snandlal said:
fter unpacking the boot.img go to BOOT_EXTRACTED/ramdisk and open the file init.herring.rc and add the following in green to the following to lines and save:
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mount ext4 /dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/by-name/system /system wait ro noauto_da_alloc
mount ext4 /dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/by-name/userdata /data wait noatime nosuid nodev noauto_da_alloc
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I think I've done everything right and getting ready to flash soon. How will I know if it worked?
So I did everything you said, repacked (no errors, everything worked fine) now when trying to flash it gives me this "error in/tmp/sideload/package.zip (status 6)" Do you have any clue why this would happen?
EDIT: NVM I fixed it.
I don't understand why people want to make it harder on themselves. just run the script, it does the same thing.
simms22 said:
I don't understand why people want to make it harder on themselves. just run the script, it does the same thing.
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It's not really hard...it's actually kind of easy with that particular kitchen. Plus I am willing to do it all because I like learning.
Joshhayes801 said:
It's not really hard...it's actually kind of easy with that particular kitchen. Plus I am willing to do it all because I like learning.
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good answer
Hmm
Tried to flash the repacked rom and got stuck in a bootloop. Really can't find anything on why this happened or how to fix. Restoring nandroid as we speak.
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good answer
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Lol. yeah well we all gotta start somewhere. I practically live on xda as it is, so I may as well learn as much as I can and hopefully become a contributor in some way. It started as just wanting to dink sound with my own device but now that I know that I CAN do it. I want to go further with it.
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