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This is all via pershoot, I hope you don't mind me posting this, as it was buried in another thread and I figure this is great for the community and these steps have never been put all in one place before.
Again, this is not my knowledge, but pershoot's.
This is assuming you're using Windows (XP/2000/2K3/Vista/7):
1. unpack this http://www.relentlessaddictions.com/Androidstuff/signing.zip to tools directory within your sdk folder.
2. run autosign.bat and go number by number
*****the creation of the image (and all related parts) are done in linux. steps 3-7
3. unpack this: http://android-dls.com/files/linux/split_bootimg.zip
4. take a boot.img from let's say, cyanogenmod rom
5. ./split_bootimg.pl boot.img
6. If you would like to modify anything in the ramdisk:
mkdir my_ramdisk
cd my_ramdisk
gzip -dc ../boot.img-ramdisk.gz | cpio -i
To pack back together:
cd ..
mkbootfs ./ramdisk | gzip > my_ramdisk.gz
Note: you can find mkbootfs in AOSP: out/host/linux-x86/bin
7. use mkbootimg (found within AOSP: out/host/linux-x86/bin (assuming your using an x86 linux host)) to create a nexus image, contained of your zImage and a ramdisk:
mkbootimg --base 20000000 --cmdline 'no_console_suspend=1 console=null' --kernel arch/arm/boot/zImage --ramdisk boot.img-ramdisk.gz -o my_bootable_file.img
8. take one of pershoot's bootable recovery update.zips (http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=161)
9. replace your my_bootable_file.img with the boot.img found within the .zip
10. replace your modules folder and wifi module in the modules folder
11. feel free to amend the update-script found within META-INF\com\google\android (you can use this as a reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=641223
12. if you setup autosigning correctly, you can now right click the .zip -> sign.
Note: on windows 7, the right click gets damaged, so to speak, if you reassign the extension after autosigning, so just open up a command prompt and: java testsign my_recovery_update.zip
13. you're all done.
To sign updates in Linux:
Follow this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4155081&postcount=1
-pershoot
*****For Ubuntu : the mkbootimg and mkbootfs executables are found here: http://www.sendspace.com/file/p9s80w for x86 only.
Sign Tool For Linux
I seem to be able to not finish reading the OP!
I'm confused... Why can't you finish the OP?
Thanks Mark (and pershoot) for posting this, will definitely come in handy. Now I can finally post my 1.8ghz kernel
jlevy73 said:
Thanks Mark (and pershoot) for posting this, will definitely come in handy. Now I can finally post my 1.8ghz kernel
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That was a joke, I hope lol.. at least not in update.zip format..
Eclair~ said:
That was a joke, I hope lol.. at least not in update.zip format..
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yeah, he meant his 8.1 ghz kernel...
rori~ said:
yeah, he meant his 8.1 ghz kernel...
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Lmao....
(10 blah)
sry my bad english
can`t do "split_bootimg.pl boot.img" out from cmd console
i dont have perl or something installed.
What am I doing wrong?
thx
crazyknallchopf said:
sry my bad english
can`t do "split_bootimg.pl boot.img" out from cmd console
i dont have perl or something installed.
What am I doing wrong?
thx
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./split_bootimg.pl boot.img (which is implied if it is not in your path)
mark, please update the OP with ./
updated the OP to include your changes pershoot:
"./split_bootimg.pl boot.img"
sorry i don`t understand what you mean with "OP"
crazyknallchopf said:
sorry i don`t understand what you mean with "OP"
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OP = original post (the 1st one on top of a thread)
pershoot said:
OP = original post (the 1st one on top of a thread)
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oke thx...
in CMD i do cd to my sdk directory where my .pl and .bin files are placed,
then i type "./split_bootimg.pl boot.img" (without quotes) it does not work...
no command are found
crazyknallchopf said:
oke thx...
in CMD i do cd to my sdk directory where my .pl and .bin files are placed,
then i type "./split_bootimg.pl boot.img" (without quotes) it does not work...
no command are found
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you put the boot.img in the same directory as the unpacked split_bootimg.pl then run a ./split_bootimg.pl boot.img
you should not be using your sdk directory as a work/scrap area, as things may get messy in there.
use something like /var/tmp/FOLDER or ~/FOLDER
EDIT: the quick brown fox jumps over a lazy dog
pershoot said:
you put the boot.img in the same directory as the unpacked split_bootimg.pl then run a ./split_bootimg.pl boot.img
you should not be using your sdk directory as a work/scrap area, as things may get messy in there.
use something like /var/tmp/FOLDER or ~/FOLDER
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thx pershoot
i dont know what im doing wrong
it wont work
i uploadet a pic :
http://yfrog.com/2gimgoincrazyp
crazyknallchopf said:
thx pershoot
i dont know what im doing wrong
it wont work
i uploadet a pic :
http://yfrog.com/2gimgoincrazyp
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i was afraid you were doing that. the creation of the image (and all related parts) are done in linux.
mark, might want to update the OP with that tidbit, for the linux pieces.
pershoot said:
i was afraid you were doing that. the creation of the image (and all related parts) are done in linux.
mark, might want to update the OP with that tidbit, for the linux pieces.
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steps 3-7
.......
edited: here is the mkbootimg executable that works on ubuntu 9.10.
use at your own risk.
This was the only part that I was unable to do on a stock ubuntu install.
Was following this: http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Unpack,_Edit,_and_Re-Pack_Boot_Images
britoso said:
Can someone upload the mkbootimg and mkbootfs executables please.
I'm on ubuntu 9.1.
Seems like a lot of work to build just this little tool.
thanks.
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http://www.sendspace.com/file/p9s80w
for x86 only.
have anyone seen 7zip for Android?
AndroZip handels 7zip
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
MiMikri said:
AndroZip handels 7zip
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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Unless it is pw-protected.
AllGamer said:
have anyone seen 7zip for Android?
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I've just compiled p7zip-9.20.1, it's the command line version of 7zip, if you still want it, you can download it from here:
http://dl.dbank.com/c0mtm6i3wa
(sorry, it's a file share site provided by Huawei company in Chinese language, outseas file share sites are blocked by "opening" China government)
Code:
$ uname -a
uname -a
Linux localhost 2.6.35.7-perf #1 PREEMPT Sat Dec 3 17:57:38 CST 2011 armv7l GNU/Linux
$ ls -l /system/bin/7z /data/local/bin/7za-9.20
ls -l /system/bin/7z /data/local/bin/7za-9.20
-rwxr-xr-x 1 2000 2000 1702540 Dec 26 03:37 /data/local/bin/7za-9.20
lrwxrwxrwx 1 0 0 24 Dec 26 03:03 /system/bin/7z -> /data/local/bin/7za-9.20
$ 7z
7z
7-Zip (A) 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18
p7zip Version 9.20 (locale=C,Utf16=off,HugeFiles=on,1 CPU)
Usage: 7za <command> [<switches>...] <archive_name> [<file_names>...]
[<@listfiles...>]
<Commands>
a: Add files to archive
b: Benchmark
d: Delete files from archive
e: Extract files from archive (without using directory names)
l: List contents of archive
t: Test integrity of archive
u: Update files to archive
x: eXtract files with full paths
<Switches>
-ai[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include archives
-ax[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude archives
-bd: Disable percentage indicator
-i[r[-|0]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: Include filenames
-m{Parameters}: set compression Method
-o{Directory}: set Output directory
-p{Password}: set Password
-r[-|0]: Recurse subdirectories
-scs{UTF-8 | WIN | DOS}: set charset for list files
-sfx[{name}]: Create SFX archive
-si[{name}]: read data from stdin
-slt: show technical information for l (List) command
-so: write data to stdout
-ssc[-]: set sensitive case mode
-t{Type}: Set type of archive
-u[-][p#][q#][r#][x#][y#][z#][!newArchiveName]: Update options
-v{Size}[b|k|m|g]: Create volumes
-w[{path}]: assign Work directory. Empty path means a temporary directory
-x[r[-|0]]]{@listfile|!wildcard}: eXclude filenames
-y: assume Yes on all queries
Hi lovetide. What kind of compression did you use?
I can't find a way to open it :/
Guys I found another working port of p7zip for android.
I Tried to post a link but becouse i'm a 'noob' here i'm not allowed to.
So you can search for "port2android" at google and you will find it
ilbolza said:
Hi lovetide. What kind of compression did you use?
I can't find a way to open it :/
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It's not an archive file, it's an executable file, you can execute it directly. It's static linked, so it should work on most Android phones.
lovetide said:
I've just compiled p7zip-9.20.1, it's the command line version of 7zip, if you still want it, you can download it from here:
http://dl.dbank.com/c0mtm6i3wa
(sorry, it's a file share site provided by Huawei company in Chinese language, outseas file share sites are blocked by "opening" China government)
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Link does demand to pay for it. Can you upload attachment on the forum?
You have to click the link several times. It will work after some time.
But scroll down... Mirror is attached.
Here version 9.38.1 for arm-v7a, 7za is standalone, 7z needs 7z.so in /system/lib, 7zr a reduced version of 7za, Codecs must be in current dir for rar support (optional)
in the archive I've also added makefile.machine if you want to compile from source (you need to replace the one in the source directory, it needs to be edited for paths)
sherpya said:
Here version 9.38.1 for arm-v7a, 7za is standalone, 7z needs 7z.so in /system/lib, 7zr a reduced version of 7za, Codecs must be in current dir for rar support (optional)
in the archive I've also added makefile.machine if you want to compile from source (you need to replace the one in the source directory, it needs to be edited for paths)
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Thank you very much for this indeed. XDA won't let it download no matter how many times I try, would it be possible for you to post it in a mirror somewhere ?
Edit : Never mind, finally got it. XDA glitch.
Edit 2 : Shoot, this will not run in Android 5 and newer systems... ( Error: only position independent executables (PIE) are supported. )
sorry but I didn't have an arm android 5.x to test it, I'm attaching pie build, I think it should work also on android < 5, but anyway there is still the old attachment in previous post
Hey...
I think the Zarchiver app from the play store would just work.
Hit thanks if I helped you!
ClawSpark said:
Hey...
I think the Zarchiver app from the play store would just work.
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Does it support being called via command line, from eg a bash script?
To the rest: did the PIE build work fine?
p7zip 16.02 stand-alone attached.
help needed. anybody know how to set HugeFiles=on? compiling with -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE does not give expected result
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edit: many thanks to superbeef150 @ XDA for solution!
aIecxs said:
p7zip 16.02 stand-alone attached.
help needed. anybody know how to set HugeFiles=on? compiling with -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE does not give expected result
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Does this work on Android 6.0?
aIecxs said:
p7zip 16.02 stand-alone attached.
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Thanks for sharing! I'm able to get this to run on several devices, but for some reason it errors out when running it in TWRP (which is coincidentally where I hope to run it):
Code:
~ # chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/p7zip
~ # /data/local/tmp/p7zip
/sbin/sh: /data/local/tmp/p7zip: not found
~ # sh /data/local/tmp/p7zip
/data/local/tmp/p7zip: line 1: syntax error: unexpected word (expecting ")")
Has anyone observed this different behavior between TWRP and the normal OS occur with 7zip or any other terminal/shell/CLI apps?
superbeef150 said:
Has anyone observed this different behavior between TWRP and the normal OS occur with 7zip or any other terminal/shell/CLI apps?
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I got this figured out in case anyone stumbles across this in the future.
The default shell in TWRP (in my case) is at /sbin/sh . From what I've read, it sounds like this is the one that is supplied with BusyBox rather than the normal one. When I ran 7z using /system/bin/sh I had a lot better luck.
I'm now running into issues with larger ISO files. It seems like ones over 2GB are the problematic ones, I can't extract, test, or list contents on them, instead I always get an "E_FAIL" error message.
Googling that in the context of 7z seems to indicate a space issue, but testing and listing contents should make that irrelevant. For the sake of trying I attempted this with the ISOs on an exFAT usb flash drive as well as an NTFS usb hard drive with the same results.
I suspect that the HugeFiles=off setting that @aIecxs mentioned earlier may be related, but unfortunately the only information on the topic I could find were on one of his posts on p7zip's SourceForge forum where someone suggested a few different compile flags that didn't seem to make a difference for him or myself.
If anyone has any thoughts on this I'd really appreciate it! Thanks!
maybe compiling on 64-bit machine will support Hugefiles
aIecxs said:
maybe compiling on 64-bit machine will support Hugefiles
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I'm doing that currently, but unfortunately HugeFiles is still showing up as off :/
Hi,
I've backup a few apps from my Nexus 5 (Unrooted),
I've copied the .ab file to my PC and I wondered how can I extract it to edit some file and then repack it again.
I've already tried to extract it using DroidExplorer but I'm getting an un-openable tar file.
Can someone please point me how to can I do it right? and how can I repack it again,
Thanks in advance!
Gilco:good:
There is a sweet guide here
UltraWelfare said:
There is a sweet guide here
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Thanks man, I tried but I get an error while trying to extract the tar file,
also I saw this warning at the end of the guide:
Warning about Helium (Carbon): helium backups are just android adb backups that are not compressed with Java Deflater. It means they were created with the option static final boolean COMPRESS_FULL_BACKUPS = false.
A normal adb restore should work.
see log from first step:
C:\Users\Gil\Desktop\BandR>java -jar abe.jar unpack com.gameinsight.airport.ab A
C.tar
Strong AES encryption enabled
Magic: ANDROID BACKUP
Version: 1
Compressed: 1
Algorithm: none
20664320 bytes read
gilc8 said:
Thanks man, I tried but I get an error while trying to extract the tar file,
also I saw this warning at the end of the guide: ...
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Hi all, I play a bit with the conversion from Helium backups. Here is the utility:
xaos.ic.cz/Helium_ab2tar.zip . Still don't know what are the last four bytes in the Helium .ab file. Is that some checksum or what? Anyone knows?
xaos.cz said:
Hi all, I play a bit with the conversion from Helium backups. Here is the utility:
xaos.ic.cz/Helium_ab2tar.zip . Still don't know what are the last four bytes in the Helium .ab file. Is that some checksum or what? Anyone knows?
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Thank you so much! It's working. I was able to extract my (unencrypted) Helium backup. Did you publish the code somewhere else? Here's a Makefile in case someone wants to build it for Linux. (Just remove .txt before running make or make extract)
Archived utility on Github
Hey everyone,
since the original utility has vanished and is somewhat hard to find, I've archived it at Github for convenience: github.com/floe/helium_ab2tar
If the original author wishes, I can transfer the repo to their ownership.
Best, Floe
floemuc said:
Hey everyone,
since the original utility has vanished and is somewhat hard to find, I've archived it at Github for convenience: github.com/floe/helium_ab2tar
If the original author wishes, I can transfer the repo to their ownership.
Best, Floe
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Hi, the "helium_ab2tar" finally helped me. Good work!
I was running Win7 and didn't have any C compiler installed, so here is what I found:
• from the link above, extract helium_ab2tar-master.zip to a new directory
• from http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/packages/make.htm download Binaries and Dependencies and extract files make.exe, libintl3.dll, libiconv2.dll to your helium_ab2tar-master directory
• from https://bellard.org/tcc/ download a recent TinyCC build and extract the whole zip into your helium_ab2tar-master directory
• edit the makefile and change "CC=gcc" to "CC=tcc\tcc.exe"
• change "-o ab2tar_cut" to "-o ab2tar_cut.exe", "-o ab2tar_corr" to "-o ab2tar_corr.exe", "-o tar2ab_cut" to "-o tar2ab_cut.exe", "-o tar2ab_corr" to "-o tar2ab_corr.exe"
• finally run make.exe
How to use:
ab2tar_cut [.ab file] [temporary file]
ab2tar_corr [temporary file] [.tar file]
Thanks Commander!
It doesn't work for me =(
That's what I'm getting while trying to start it thru terminal
make: *** No targets specified and no makefile found. Stop.
download https://github.com/floe/helium_ab2tar, unzip, run make.exe from helium_ab2tar-master folder
aIecxs said:
download "https://github.com/floe/helium_ab2tar"]https://github.com/floe/helium_ab2tar, unzip, run make.exe from helium_ab2tar-master folder
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there is no such file as make.exe.
of course, you must follow the steps in Post #7
or use linux. you can use Unetbootin and install Xubuntu to usb flash drive
aIecxs said:
of course, you must follow the steps in Post #7
or use linux. you can use Unetbootin and install Xubuntu to usb flash drive
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I did so and it gives me another error
Code:
tcc\tcc.exe ab2tar_cut.c -o ab2tar_cut.exe
process_begin: CreateProcess(NULL, tcc\tcc.exe ab2tar_cut.c -o ab2tar_cut.exe, ...) failed.
make (e=2): The system cannot find the file specified.
make: *** [ab2tar_cut] Error 2
try with full path in makefile for example CC="C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\helium_ab2tar-master\tcc\tcc.exe" (path to tcc.exe)
aIecxs said:
try with full path in makefile for example CC="C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\helium_ab2tar-master\tcc\tcc.exe" (path to tcc.exe)
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ok it seems to work,
PS C:\Users\danbe\Downloads\folders\helium_ab2tar-master\helium_ab2tar-master> C:\Users\danbe\Downloads\folders\helium_ab2tar-master\helium_ab2tar-master\make.exe
C:\Users\danbe\Downloads\folders\helium_ab2tar-master\helium_ab2tar-master\tcc.exe ab2tar_cut.c -o ab2tar_cut.exe
C:\Users\danbe\Downloads\folders\helium_ab2tar-master\helium_ab2tar-master\tcc.exe ab2tar_corr.c -o ab2tar_corr.exe
C:\Users\danbe\Downloads\folders\helium_ab2tar-master\helium_ab2tar-master\tcc.exe tar2ab_corr.c -o tar2ab_corr.exe
C:\Users\danbe\Downloads\folders\helium_ab2tar-master\helium_ab2tar-master\tcc.exe tar2ab_cut.c -o tar2ab_cut.exe
PS C:\Users\danbe\Downloads\folders\helium_ab2tar-master\helium_ab2tar-master>
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what's next ?
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aIecxs said:
try with full path in makefile for example CC="C:\Users\Admin\Downloads\helium_ab2tar-master\tcc\tcc.exe" (path to tcc.exe)
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what should be instead of [temporary file] ?
backup.ab.tmp (or any other name)
aIecxs said:
backup.ab.tmp (or any other name)
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PS C:\Users\danbe\Downloads\folders\helium_ab2tar-master\helium_ab2tar-master>
>> ab2tar_cut backup.ab backup.ab.tmp
ab2tar_cut : The term 'ab2tar_cut' is not recognized as the name of a cmdlet, function, script file, or operable
program. Check the spelling of the name, or if a path was included, verify that the path is correct and try again.
At line:2 char:1
+ ab2tar_cut backup.ab backup.ab.tmp
+ ~~~~~~~~~~
+ CategoryInfo : ObjectNotFound: (ab2tar_cut:String) [], CommandNotFoundException
+ FullyQualifiedErrorId : CommandNotFoundException
Suggestion [3,General]: The command ab2tar_cut was not found, but does exist in the current location. Windows PowerShell does not load commands from the current location by default. If you trust this command, instead type: ".\ab2tar_cut". See "get-help about_Command_Precedence" for more details.
PS C:\Users\danbe\Downloads\folders\helium_ab2tar-master\helium_ab2tar-master>
Sorry I was using powershell for it, it doesn't work in PS but it works in CMD
Hello, I am feeling as dumb as a caveman right now because I could not figure out how to decompress and .ab file created with an old version of Helium which pretty much screw me over this.
I'm pretty much an illiterate with command lines in general. I tried cygwin but can't manage to find the right command combo, also android backup extractor doesn't even work despite I've installed the Java SE SDK etc (running Win10 x64). Can someone tell me step by step how I can decompress this hellish .ab file once for all? Thank you in advance.
P.s.= And yes, I also tryied using the method described on these last 2 pages and I get this:
C:\Users\Dingo Dash>"C:\Users\Dingo Dash\Desktop\helium_ab2tar-master\bin\make.exe" ab2tar_cut "C:\Users\Dingo Dash\Downloads\com.koushikdutta.backup\SM-G900F - 353687063301086\backup.ab" xxx.tmp
make: *** No rule to make target `ab2tar_cut'. Stop.
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- download and edit makefile from post #5
- compile the binaries (.exe files)
- unpack backup + convert to tar
- unpack tar file
aIecxs said:
- download and edit makefile from post #5
- compile the binaries (.exe files)
- unpack backup + convert to tar
- unpack tar file
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Thank you but I wanted to know what I was doing wrong on the prompt because I had already compiled the binaries aka followed the whole procedure.
Anyway, I managed to extract the whole damn file on another device. I don't have an explaination of why helium behaved this way but it actually worked on a more recent device instead of the original one, were the backup was created, also using a 2015 or so old version of the app, which should be the one the file came from.
So, I'm doing this tutorial due to the trial and error I got.
Prerequisites:
Ubuntu or any linux-based os with the right packages installed
Source code from the kernel
Backup of you boot partition
These tools here
Patience
1) The first thing you want to do is to do a backup of your boot partition.
Code:
adb shell
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/sdcard/boot.img
2) Download the source code from here, extract it and place it somewhere. I placed it in /home/fabio/Documentos/Kernel/sourcecode
3) Download a toolchain, I downloaded "aarch64-linux-android-4.8" from google and placed in "/home/<your username>/Documentos/Kernel/aarch64-linux-android-4.8"
4) Go to your kernel source code and find the file "Makefile", open it and change CROSS_COMPILE= to say the place where you stored the toolchain "/home/<your username>/Documentos/Kernel/aarch64-linux-android-4.8" + "/bin/aarch64-linux-android-"
5) Now that you are done setting up the stuff, open a console and navigate to your kernel source code root and type
Code:
make
make pxa1908_grandprimevelte_eur_defconfig
make -j#
# is the number of cores + 1
6) While that runs, go to where you stored those mkbootimg tools and unpack that boot.img you backed up
7) Once the kernel building is complete. Go to your kernel folder and navigate to arch/arm64/boot and copy the file "Image.gz"
8) Download bless or an Hex Editor of your liking and open the following files: boot.img (the original boot), Image.gz, boot.img-zImage.
Search on the "boot.img-zImage" for 1F 8B 08 and copy everything before then on your Image.gz place what you copied and save it as a different file otherwise it will fail to save.
9) Go to your mkbootimg folder and where you stored the unpacked files and build one boot.img with the following command
Code:
./mkbootimg --kernel image2.gz --ramdisk boot.img-ramdisk.gz --dt boot.img-dt --signature boot.img-signature -o boot2.img
10) Flash the boot2.img using any software you want!
THIS MIGHT NOT WORK! If it doesn't you can send me a DM! I will be retouching this post again and make it prettier adding pictures and stuff but for now I can't do much!
If you know a better way of doing this please say in the replies! I will be building a kernel for this device soon enough
RESERVED
Can you please upload link of custom kernel
I'm still trying to do a kernel with new features, but don't know what to add yet. Trying to make Init.d support without 3rd party apps!
EDIT1: I give up! My phone is too much trouble and since SAMSUNG doesn't care about it neither do I anymore! Try to build the kernel yourself and tweak it as you like! Make a script to automate this process to be easier! Good luck! Anything you need just say
Can you help this guy for porting kernel source code http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-prime/general/developers-discussion-sm-g531f-custom-t3444598
fabiossilva21 said:
So, I'm doing this tutorial due to the trial and error I got.
Prerequisites:
Ubuntu or any linux-based os with the right packages installed
Source code from the kernel
Backup of you boot partition
Degas mkbootimg tools
Patience
1) The first thing you want to do is to do a backup of your boot partition.
Code:
adb shell
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=/sdcard/boot.img
2) Download the source code from here, extract it and place it somewhere. I placed it in /home/fabio/Documentos/Kernel/sourcecode
3) Download a toolchain, I downloaded "aarch64-linux-android-4.8" from google and placed in "/home/fabio/Documentos/Kernel/aarch64-linux-android-4.8"
4) Go to your kernel source code and find the file "Makefile", open it and change CROSS_COMPILE= to say the place where you stored the toolchain "/home/fabio/Documentos/Kernel/aarch64-linux-android-4.8" + "/bin/aarch64-linux-android-"
5) Now that you are done setting up the stuff, open a console and navigate to your kernel source code root and type
Code:
make
make pxa1908_grandprimevelte_eur_defconfig
make -j#
# is the number of cores + 1
6) While that runs, go to where you stored degas-mkbootimg tools and unpack that boot.img you backed up
7) Once the kernel building is complete. Go to your kernel folder and navigate to arch/arm64/boot and copy the file "Image.gz"
8) Download bless (Hex Edit) and open the following files: boot.img (the original boot), Image.gz, boot.img-zImage.
Search on the "boot.img-zImage" for 1F 8B 08 and copy everything before then on your Image.gz place what you copied and save it as a different file otherwise it will fail to save.
9) Go to your degas-mkbootimg folder and where you stored the unpacked files and build one boot.img with the following command
Code:
./degas-mkbootimg --kernel image2.gz --ramdisk boot.img-ramdisk.gz --dt boot.img-dt --signature boot.img-signature -o boot2.img
10) Flash the boot2.img using any software you want!
THIS MIGHT NOT WORK! If it doesn't you can send me a DM! I will be retouching this post again and make it prettier adding pictures and stuff but for now I can't do much!
If you know a better way of doing this please say in the replies! I will be building a kernel for this device soon enough
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i follow this step and build kernel after flash boot.img phone not booting
my boot.img size is 8.2MB (image.gz size 6.5MB) where stock size is 8MB
is problem with size?
sorry for my bad english
How did you flash the boot.img?
fabiossilva21 said:
How did you flash the boot.img?
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using odin
What changes did you make to the kernel?
fabiossilva21 said:
What changes did you make to the kernel?
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Add governors
Other setting same as stock
If i build with stock setting without any changes then kernel boot but if i change something then its stuck on Samsung logo
Sorry, I can't really help you... I no longer work with Grand prime... switched to a J5
fabiossilva21 said:
Sorry, I can't really help you... I no longer work with Grand prime... switched to a J5
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Ok
Noice
This is the support thread of PixelFlasher
(PixelFlasher is an open-source self contained GUI tool to facilitate Pixel phone device flashing/rooting/updating with extra features).
Note: This thread is meant for issues and problems faced in Google Pixel 6 devices, generic issues that are device agnostic should be discussed in the main thread.
For full details on where to download / usage and feature set of the tool, visit the main thread at XDA or the project's Github page.
Troubleshooting:
If you need support or assistance, the best way to get is by generating a support file from within PixelFlasher.
You can hit that big Support button on the main screen, or select it from the Help menu.
The generated support.zip file is sanitized (redacted) to keep your sensitive information (username device id ...) private.
Making sure magisk_patched.img is not on the phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
Transfering boot.img to the phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
ERROR: Encountered an error.
adb.exe: unrecognized option '-'
Aborting ...
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I'm getting this on Pixel 6. Any idea what am I doing wrong?
dilruk said:
I'm getting this on Pixel 6. Any idea what am I doing wrong?
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What is your Android platform tools version?
Also can you please share PixelFlasher log? Or everything displayed in the console when you encountered the error.
You should redact your device ID for privacy.
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What is your Android platform tools version?
Also can you please share PixelFlasher log? Or everything displayed in the console when you encountered the error.
You should redact your device ID for privacy.
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==============================================================================
Preparing Package
==============================================================================
Found a previous package oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 deleting ...
Found Bundled 7zip.
zip/unzip operations will be faster
Unzipping Image: D:\Android\Devices\oriole\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3-factory-8bea92d1.zip into C:\onedrive\Desktop ...
Unzip time1: 42.51156783103943
Unzipped into oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 folder.
Extracting boot.img from image-oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3.zip ...
Unzip time2: 0.8888261318206787
Deleting boot.img from phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
Making sure boot.img is not on the phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
Deleting magisk_patched.img from phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
Making sure magisk_patched.img is not on the phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
Transfering boot.img to the phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
ERROR: Encountered an error.
adb.exe: unrecognized option '-'
Aborting ...
There you go...
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What is your Android platform tools version?
Also can you please share PixelFlasher log? Or everything displayed in the console when you encountered the error.
You should redact your device ID for privacy.
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From what I see, it fails when trying to copy the boot.img to the phone. Also, how do I see the log file? The one I see is empty
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From what I see, it fails when trying to copy the boot.img to the phone. Also, how do I see the log file? The one I see is empty
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I see that you have the tool running from one drive folder with spaces.
Maybe that is the issue, please move the tool to a path that does not include spaces or weird characters, see if that resolves the issue, if it does I'll fix it in the next version.
Also see when you do that if the log file gets filled
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I see that you have the tool running from one drive folder with spaces.
Maybe that is the issue, please move the tool to a path that does not include spaces or weird characters, see if that resolves the issue, if it does I'll fix it in the next version.
Also see when you do that if the log file gets filled
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Cool let me try that.
EDIT: Works now. Still nothing in the log though
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Cool let me try that.
EDIT: Works now. Still nothing in the log though
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OK Thanks for reporting back.
I'll make a fix later today for the path issue.
I'll have to figure out why the log file is empty.
worked flawlessly for me, making the monthly update while keeping root a breeze. THANK YOU
Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but it can't seem to find the unzipped image folder. I even tried manually unzipping it, but the app detects and deletes it. Run as administrator and using version 1.1.3:
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Preparing Package
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Found a previous package oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 deleting ...
Found Bundled 7zip.
zip/unzip operations will be faster
Unzipping Image: C:\Downloads\Pixel6\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3-factory-8bea92d1.zip into C:\Apps\PixelFlasher ...
Unzip time1: 0.5752615928649902
ERROR: Unzipped folder oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 not found.
Aborting ...
New release:
March 22, 2022 v1.1.4-alpha release.
Bug Fix: Handle space characters in paths.
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Not sure what I'm doing wrong, but it can't seem to find the unzipped image folder. I even tried manually unzipping it, but the app detects and deletes it. Run as administrator and using version 1.1.3:
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Preparing Package
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Found a previous package oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 deleting ...
Found Bundled 7zip.
zip/unzip operations will be faster
Unzipping Image: C:\Downloads\Pixel6\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3-factory-8bea92d1.zip into C:\Apps\PixelFlasher ...
Unzip time1: 0.5752615928649902
ERROR: Unzipped folder oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 not found.
Aborting ...
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Can you please try with v1.1.4-alph and report back?
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Can you please try with v1.1.4-alph and report back
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Unfortunately, same thing:
==============================================================================
Preparing Package
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Found Bundled 7zip.
zip/unzip operations will be faster
Unzipping Image: C:\Downloads\Pixel6\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3-factory-8bea92d1.zip into C:\Apps\PixelFlasher ...
Unzip time1: 0.08989071846008301
ERROR: Unzipped folder oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 not found.
Aborting ...
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Unfortunately, same thing:
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Preparing Package
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Found Bundled 7zip.
zip/unzip operations will be faster
Unzipping Image: C:\Downloads\Pixel6\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3-factory-8bea92d1.zip into C:\Apps\PixelFlasher ...
Unzip time1: 0.08989071846008301
ERROR: Unzipped folder oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 not found.
Aborting ...
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If you're willing to help out, I'll give you a build that would try few things to determine the cause of the issue and output more verbose messages.
It won't be the final build, but would help me figure out the issue as I cannot reproduce it.
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If you're willing to help out, I'll give you a build that would try few things to determine the cause of the issue and output more verbose messages.
It won't be the final build, but would help me figure out the issue as I cannot reproduce it.
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That would be great.
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That would be great.
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Try this one, let's see what output you get.
When you paste the console output, please keep everything intact and just redact the device id.
=============================================================================
Preparing Package
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Found Bundled 7zip.
zip/unzip operations will be faster
Unzipping Image: C:\Downloads\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3-factory-8bea92d1.zip into C:\Apps\PixelFlasher ...
debug: "C:\Users\Kirk\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI127842\bin\7z.exe" x -bd -y "C:\Downloads\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3-factory-8bea92d1.zip"
Unzip time1: 0.12499141693115234
Unzipped into oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 folder.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Main.py", line 422, in on_prepare
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'C:\\Apps\\PixelFlasher\\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3\\flash-all.sh'
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Preparing Package
==============================================================================
Found Bundled 7zip.
zip/unzip operations will be faster
Unzipping Image: C:\Downloads\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3-factory-8bea92d1.zip into C:\Apps\PixelFlasher ...
debug: "C:\Users\Kirk\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI127842\bin\7z.exe" x -bd -y "C:\Downloads\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3-factory-8bea92d1.zip"
Unzip time1: 0.12499141693115234
Unzipped into oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 folder.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Main.py", line 422, in on_prepare
FileNotFoundError: [WinError 3] The system cannot find the path specified: 'C:\\Apps\\PixelFlasher\\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3\\flash-all.sh'
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sorry @thekdub
In order to test the app before giving it to you, I had added a line to negate a result, but unfortunately I forgot to remove it before building and giving you a copy.
Please try this one.
Looks like it worked was just waiting on python libraries.
Connect your device
==============================================================================
Preparing Package
==============================================================================
Found a previous package oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 deleting ...
Found Bundled 7zip.
zip/unzip operations will be faster
Unzipping Image: C:\Downloads\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3-factory-8bea92d1.zip into C:\Apps\PixelFlasher ...
debug: "C:\Users\Kirk\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI51122\bin\7z.exe" x -bd -y "C:\Downloads\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3-factory-8bea92d1.zip"
Unzip time1: 0.10936474800109863
ERROR: Unzipped folder oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 not found.
Disabling bundled 7zip ...
Trying unzip again with python libraries ...
Unzip time1.1: 49.77444267272949
Unzipped into oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 folder.
Extracting image-oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3.zip ...
Unzipped into C:\Apps\PixelFlasher\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3\image-oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3 folder.
Unzip time2: 108.96331071853638
Deleting boot.img from phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
Making sure boot.img is not on the phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
Deleting magisk_patched.img from phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
Making sure magisk_patched.img is not on the phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
Transfering boot.img to the phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
debug: "C:\Users\Kirk\Desktop\platform-tools\adb.exe" -s 1A061FDF600H0X push "C:\Apps\PixelFlasher\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3\boot.img" /storage/emulated/0/Download/boot.img
C:\Apps\PixelFlasher\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3\boot.img: 1 file pushed, 0 skipped. 13.5 MB/s (67108864 bytes in 4.749s)
Making sure boot.img is found on the phone in /storage/emulated/0/Download ...
Magisk Tools not found on the phone
Looking for Magisk app ...
Unable to find magisk on the phone, perhaps it is hidden?
User pressed cancel.
Aborting ...
@thekdub
Yes it worked, but it would be slow because it won't be able to use the bundled 7zip.
I'd be curious as to why 7zip is failing on your system, if we figure that out you'd get it to work much faster.
Can you try these steps.
1- Quit the App
2- Launch the APP
3- repeat the package step, you can abort it when it reaches the magisk step
4- But do NOT quit the app, that's because the packaged 7zip gets unpacked into a temporary folder, and each time it is different, so we want to keep the app running, and then look at the logs of the first unzip command.
it would be something similar to this, but the part after the Temp would be different (look for the first debug message)
Code:
"C:\Users\Kirk\AppData\Local\Temp\_MEI51122\bin\7z.exe" x -bd -y "C:\Downloads\oriole-sp2a.220305.013.a3-factory-8bea92d1.zip"
You want to remove the debug part, and copy the rest (quotes included, similar to the sample above)
Open a windows command shell and paste it and execute
Tell me what it responds with.