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[Q] What's installed & how do I update it?

Hello
My girlfriend borrowed her dads HD2, and now it stopped working. She talked to him and most likely it requires an update of Android.
I'm usually pretty tech-savvy, but the language spoken on this forum is beyond my comprehension.
So, I have a HD2 with both win & Android installed. To boot into Android i need to go into windows and press two files on the SD-card: "CLRCAD" & "HARET".
The files look like this in Windows (pc):
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Her dad mentioned Boxmax 6.5, so I found this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1100560
The files I downloaded from there looks pretty similar, aside from a few additions on the phone.
Downloaded the SD-one, but now i'm lost.
How do I update the phone? Just overwrite the files with the new ones or clean install? If it's a clean install, how do i do it? Do i need to backup something?

Backup all files on the SD card to a safe place (pc).
Delete folder Android on the card.
Copy the Android folder from the archive you downloaded.
Pop the SD card back into HD2, and start Android from winMo (clrcad, haret) or better yet install the exceller autoboot.

Thanks alot, sounds easy enough
When i pop the things back on the SD-card from the backup-folder, I still need to install all the apps and widgets again right?
Edit: Oh, and what about all her messages? Are they stored on the phone?

bolbronx said:
Thanks alot, sounds easy enough
When i pop the things back on the SD-card from the backup-folder, I still need to install all the apps and widgets again right?
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Yeah, you usually use titanium backup, heh.
sent from my phone using my fingers

Thanks so far for all the help, I got it working fine except, and this might be a really n00bish question, how do I turn off the phone?
Nevermind, found Quickboot

[Q] How to update to kitkat ?

I have an Gionee elife e7 32gb 3 gb ram and I have the old 4.2.2 android version.I have root on the device and I have installed the Chinese recovery.And I wonder how to update it manually to 4.4.2, because in my device everytime I choose to check OTA update the settings just stop, and yes i tried to clean the device and delete system and chash.
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So I will be very much happy to a method how to update the device manually.

nathan0812 said:
I have an Gionee elife e7 32gb 3 gb ram and I have the old 4.2.2 android version.I have root on the device and I have installed the Chinese recovery.And I wonder how to update it manually to 4.4.2, because in my device everytime I choose to check OTA update the settings just stop, and yes i tried to clean the device and delete system and chash.
View attachment 3367103
So I will be very much happy to a method how to update the device manually.
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looks like ur phone was imported from china running Chinese rom thats why the settings force closes.
first do a factory reset and after that Flash TWRP 2.8.6 recovery and then make a backup of ur rom ( just in case )n copy it to PC and then restore the twrp backup image from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/elife-e7/general/32g-gionee-elife-e7-twrp-backup-kk-jb-t3122057

Thanks mate, will do.

Oh no i dont know why,I have done everything by the instraction, but the device isnt booting.Instead of going into the system it is booting into fastboot.How to fix this ?

OK I HAVE SAVED MY PHONE,i used my backup ^^

nathan0812 said:
OK I HAVE SAVED MY PHONE,i used my backup ^^
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wipe system, data & boot in twrp and then restore the backup image of kit kat i posted.

[GUIDE] How to flash any Stock Rom using Latest TWRP recovery by codeworkx/official

Hi Guys,
Iam now writing a guide to let you know that how to flash stock Rom using latest twrp recovery by both codeworkx or official
Steps :
First open the downloaded stock rom using any zip utilities, for example winrar.
navigate to the following directory
Code:
META-INF\com\google\android
now open the update script using any text editing tool. like notpad++
Remove the first two lines.
Now you re good to go.
If you are still getting the error
then please replace all occurrence of the device name from "le_s2_ww" to "s2" . You can use the find and replace feature of the Notepad ++
Comment below if you have any queries. :angel:
Hit thanks if you thinks it is usefull
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Tq

nice

now after doing so the recovery says rhat the update-binary is missing

You are Great.. Thank a lot.

Thank You

Excellent... worked perfectly. Thank you.

I downloaded x527 stock from here:
https://devs-lab.com/download-letv-official-stock-rom.html#How_to_install_LeTv_Stock_ROMs
But when I want to do your point 3, I just find a metadata and a otacert file in it and no update script?

FridrufHau said:
I downloaded x527 stock from here:
https://devs-lab.com/download-letv-official-stock-rom.html#How_to_install_LeTv_Stock_ROMs
But when I want to do your point 3, I just find a metadata and a otacert file in it and no update script?
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You are in the wrong path!
Look at
Code:
META-INF\com\google\android
not at
Code:
META-INF\com\android

Oh this is embarrassing
Maybe one last question, as I did a lot of version back and forth and I am not able just to flash the bootloader or/and modem file of 19s, I would like to do a clean install of the recovery.
So if I do factory reset with data and cache and start the instalation this will be complete clean?
Or should I delete some files or folders which are beside the sdcard folder, too?

JamBax said:
You are in the wrong path!
Look at
Code:
META-INF\com\google\android
not at
Code:
META-INF\com\android
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Lol , I made a factory reset and flashed the modified update.zip and now I lost my baseband. What should I do now, I don't really want to use my backup because of the wrong modem version...

Gapps is bugged / TWRP does not recognize its own backup (x722)

hello, I require your help to operate my cell phone, I'll tell you step by step what I've done... [it is obvious that my native language is not English]
first, i installed TWRP following this tutorial https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-pro3/how-to/leeco-le-pro-3-root-t3476560
second, backup the complete system with twrp 3.1.1-0 (O.S. 5.8.0.20S Stable, android 6.0.1, Banggood international version). This left me a folder full of files which twrp does not recognize when I want to install that backup again.
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third, Install the ROM by following this tutorial https://forum.xda-developers.com/le...ent--and-mods/stock-eui-5-8-20s-x722-t3680624 Something seems strange to me that when I run the .bat, the phone reboots in a couple of seconds and the only change I see is that it installs the original recovery, since everything else stays the same, even the system version (EUI version: 5.8.001D (Dev))
Finally install S.U. official (all correct), and OpenGApps, use the Stock and Nano (ARM64, Android 6.0) versions, and both show error when starting the system,
does not allow me to do anything (attached image).
So here I am, with a new cellphone, without being able to restore the copy made with twrp, using a EUI developer version, and without being able to install the Gapps.
---I would greatly appreciate your help---

I have just solved my problem, since after installing my TWRP backup (which I was taught a little recently), It could not start because asked for a false password, then, without deleting anything, i installed from fastboot the ROM X722-5.8.020S-by-Batyan, that is here in xda, and arranged.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=74129299&postcount=41
How can I end the post?

Kaidodal said:
I have just solved my problem, since after installing my TWRP backup (which I was taught a little recently), I could not start because I asked for a password and it did not accept it, then, without deleting anything, install from fastboot the ROM X722-5.8.020S-by-Batyan, that is here in xda, and arranged.
How can I end the post?
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Great news. You don't need to do anything. You've done your part. :good: Just leave it up for people in the future to look at and learn from.

Invalid zip format

Hi all,i dont know if this is the right place to post but here goes,i downloded a rom(stock) for a uk galaxy s5 sm-g901f,its this rom here https://samfrew.com/d/py76/
every time twrp says in red invalid zip file format,a lot of roms i have tried to flash do the same,any idea of the cause?,thanks in advance.,if its a duff zip does anyone know where i can get a stock working uk rom for the sm-g901?.

m3vuv said:
Hi all,i dont know if this is the right place to post but here goes,i downloded a rom(stock) for a uk galaxy s5 sm-g901f,its this rom here https://samfrew.com/d/py76/
every time twrp says in red invalid zip file format,a lot of roms i have tried to flash do the same,any idea of the cause?,thanks in advance.,if its a duff zip does anyone know where i can get a stock working uk rom for the sm-g901?.
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That's how it's supposed to be as long as you don't save the Windows file to an attachable memory device, e.g. a flash drive. This is a special file designed for flashing. You can extract the contents normally. However, I recommend using a ZIP with the contents of 4 files to wipe the phone's partitions.

so how do i find these 4 files you mention,and how do i flash them,is there a guide,with most roms i just download a rom zip and install with twrp,why in this case are there invalid zip messages?,thanks.

this is what i see on unzipping the file on my p

this is what i see when i unzip the file,is it ok as i dont see what to flash with odin!.,there are from what i understnd 4 files i need to flash but i dont see them,can someone explaine why i dont see them?,thanks.
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>Here< you have the correct 4-file for Odin.

No,i only had the zip shown,in the end i left it unzipped and selected it with the ap tab in odin,i then flashed it and it sorted itself out,dont know why it isnt mentioned you can do it that way,phones now working great!.