Here is what I have done for my personal webtop so far.
Download
To install:
Make a partition on a SDCard, formatted ext3, so that the first partition is FAT, second partition is EXT3.(2GB should be fine, YEMV)
Extract contents of osh2.tar.bz2 to this ext3 partition.
Make a backup of /osh/ubuntu.sh
Overwrite /osh/ubuntu.sh with the one on the root of the SDCard's EXT3 partition.
Backup your /data/home/adas folder.
Remove /data/home/adas, leaving just /data/home.
Reboot the phone.
You will need Linux to extract the tar properly and create the SDCard partitions.
You do not need to be unlocked or have a different kernel, you just need to replace ubuntu.sh, so rooted, temp root, whatever. I created everything from a stock Bell phone. Android 2.3.6. If anything doesn't work, just replace ubuntu.sh with the original file or just remove your sdcard.
Cheers!
edit: changed link
what has been modified:
fuse based smbnetfs installed, stock kernel can access windows shares and play video using motorola hd media center.
open office installed, gimp, some games
lxde set up, theme preconfigured.
No need for dependencies to be fixed or webtop to sd apps run, has zero errors and sudo apt-get dist-upgrade has completed without errors several times so adding extra sources and doing dist-upgrade won't cause errors.
Replaced firefox 7 with 8, rest is Bell webtop.
Been installing and playing with it for a while now, can't recall all the mods.
Yes, you can put the tarball on the phone and extract it to the sdcard that way, you just need to mount the partition. I keep a copy in internal memory to be able to restore when I install/uninstall something I shouldn't.
EDIT:
If you use xarchiver from another webtop to untar the archive, you may need more than 2GB.
Can you put the .tar file on the phone and extract there? I ask because I only have access to Windows machines. Creating the partitions on the sdcard is easy with MiniTool Partition on Windows.
I am can't downloading this file, webserver says: "This file is no longer available."
How has this webtop been modified?
Ramble via webtop:
My approach is to avoid established scripts for fixing dependencies and apps for moving webtop to sd card. Not that I have anything against those, but they were developed using ATT phones and might miss some compatibility with Bell.
One key difference for getting going from scratch is that I installed a standard armel busybox from the busybox site, that avoided a lot of errors when installing debs. Not sure where the busybox comes from in apps2sd but it is not as up to date and results in more errors with missing command line options.
I also didn't want to change/replace the contents of the phone too much so I could easily revert to stock, there is this ICS rumour..
This is what I did:
Starting off I updated the sources.list to be jaunty and just worked through the errors by installing debs manually. lxterminal was installed via deb and tomoyo was disabled by renaming the init and start files. Basically, I did a force install via deb file of some rootfs package contents, coreutils, cpio, dbus, dhcp, gpgv, grep, udev. All references to -mot versions were stripped of the -mot suffix so they could be more easily upgraded. I left the references to ~mot and -motorola in the versions of packages, not sure why, just did. Eventually I got to a place where synaptic was installed and I had no errors. Saved the state in a tarball and kept experimenting with installing things.
I really wanted a home folder elsewhere than /data/home but there are too many hard references to it in webtop for stability, I found a lot in scripts but I suspect they are in binaries as well. You can rbind once in webtop but you need it to have stuff in there during boot, not mix and match configs.
I tried an external hard drive, but there is a fundamental flaw in that logic, they only turn on once you open the lid of the lapdock, so you can't have boot files on it.
I copied the firefox-8.0 from ATT, deleted firefox-7, updated the soft links to point to the 8 version, redid profile.zip to have xda be the home page and adblock installed already, tossed in .xdg-bookmarks to add Network to pcmanfm. I originally had all the home folder stuff in profile.zip but some part of the scripts mess with settings and not everything was carrying over.
So, I did a tarball of my home dir's dot files and put it in /osh2/home/adas so when I do a factory reset and adas is wiped it restores my config. Tip: removing the entire adas folder gives you the same effect for webtop as a factory reset. Reboot and you are back to where you were.
I tried all the window managers, avant/awn anything is annoying when it shifts items left and right when an app opened or closed. I was able to have the stock awn working with a cairo menu, but it still shifted things left and right and was slow. I tried recompiling awn on the phone to get the option to just have launchers but there is this tendency for anything new you compile to require a new libc6. Xfce is cool, menu looked odd though, went with lxde, easy enough to switch if you want. Note: Compiz anything is a waste of time.
I have removed the stock webtop theme and replaced it with clearlooks and murrine window decoration. lxpanel is transparent via manual hack of the config file, the gui for changing things always sets alpha to 0, bug into the prefs app.
I could go on and on, but I like what I have done so far, thought I would pass it along. The main bit for me is not having to install a new kernel or wipe existing partitions, make a lot of phone mods, a pure stock phone can have a custom webtop, just needs to be rooted to copy one file over. Also, I like being able to watch tv shows on my lapdock, worth the price of admission right there for me.
Oh, size is around 1.4GB untarred, so it's a least a 2GB ext3 partition. I have an option in there for using mmcblk1p3 for var if you want to copy var over there formatted with smaller clusters. There are a few flags to control things, if you didn't want to remove your sdcard, touch /osh/no_osh2 and reboot the phone to disable. /osh/var_ownp enables the mounting and use of a third partition on the sdcard dedicated to /var. Use that one carefully, commit to it before installing a lot of things, having a mix and match could break the custom webtop.
Cheers!
Thanks for putting this up, I'd like to give it a try but am having difficulties, possibly cause i'm running Nochatrix (ATT 2.3.6).
When you say 'extract properly' to the EXT3 partition, what command would you use? Should extracting first then copying over work? Because I tried that, and it didn't!
Cheers
It has to be linux, either on the phone or on a pc so that tar -xvf will keep the ownership and file permissions.
VMware Player
CaelanT said:
Can you put the .tar file on the phone and extract there? I ask because I only have access to Windows machines. Creating the partitions on the sdcard is easy with MiniTool Partition on Windows.
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Download VMware Player and the free copy of linux.. now you can run Linux.. :highfive:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=player
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... so that tar -xvf will keep the ownership and file permissions.
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That's it, thanks. I was over-complicating things, putting in unnecessary arguments and trying to copy it over using -C. In the end I just copied the tar to the EXT3 and just unpacked it there.
Anyways, it works great! Everything ive quickly tried works nicely, openoffice, synaptic, Gnometris , etc, it's clean and quick, just what I was after.
can make a .zip CWM flashable file???
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jpinoy said:
Download VMware Player and the free copy of linux.. now you can run Linux.. :highfive:
https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/evalcenter?p=player
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where can i find Linux OS??
It work on stock 2.3.4?
It work on stock 2.3.4?
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I haven't tested it, the webtop is from Bell's 2.3.6, probably not a large difference, but can't say for sure.
Can you make a CWM zip?
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Yes, I can.
Cheers!
Chimpdaddy;[URL="tel:28700385" said:
28700385[/URL]]That's it, thanks. I was over-complicating things, putting in unnecessary arguments and trying to copy it over using -C. In the end I just copied the tar to the EXT3 and just unpacked it there.
Anyways, it works great! Everything ive quickly tried works nicely, openoffice, synaptic, Gnometris , etc, it's clean and quick, just what I was after.
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Glad you like it!
Cheers!
I'd love to give this one a try. I'm using Webtop2SD right now. Can someone give a more detailed step-by-step instruction please?
Chimpdaddy;[URL="tel:28700385" said:
28700385[/URL]]That's it, thanks. I was over-complicating things, putting in unnecessary arguments and trying to copy it over using -C. In the end I just copied the tar to the EXT3 and just unpacked it there.
Anyways, it works great! Everything ive quickly tried works nicely, openoffice, synaptic, Gnometris , etc, it's clean and quick, just what I was after.
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28824484[/URL]]I'd love to give this one a try. I'm using Webtop2SD right now. Can someone give a more detailed step-by-step instruction please?
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This does not use webtop2sd, so you would need to uninstall that first as it would likely cause problems.
Not sure how detailed you need instructions.
Cheers!
NFHimself said:
I haven't tested it, the webtop is from Bell's 2.3.6, probably not a large difference, but can't say for sure.
Yes, I can.
Cheers!
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Thanks, but not seeing any zip on OP .....
I have limited experience with linux. What I got:
1. AT&T Atrix on 2.4.6.
2. Webtop2SD created ext3 partition on SD card.
What I plan to do:
1. Wipe ext3 partiion and copy the SimpleTop tar file to it
2. Log into Webtop ( boot from the Webtop partition from the internal sd card)
3. backup .sh and adas folder
4. untar simpletop in the ext3 partition
5. copy the new .sh file.
Will these steps work? I feel it's bit dangerous to do this on the phone. But how can I do this on a windows computer?
Thanks for any suggestions.
qaplus said:
I have limited experience with linux. What I got:
1. AT&T Atrix on 2.4.6.
2. Webtop2SD created ext3 partition on SD card.
What I plan to do:
1. Wipe ext3 partiion and copy the SimpleTop tar file to it
2. Log into Webtop ( boot from the Webtop partition from the internal sd card)
3. backup .sh and adas folder
4. untar simpletop in the ext3 partition
5. copy the new .sh file.
Will these steps work? I feel it's bit dangerous to do this on the phone. But how can I do this on a windows computer?
Thanks for any suggestions.
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That is pretty much it. Just remember to be super user and include -p if using tar for backup. Tar -cvpjf /sdcard/ADAS.tar.bz2 . for example. Also, you don't want to be in webtop2sd mode if you are doing this but from a rooted webtop on the the phone itself. Or you could do it all from an adb shell.
Cheers!
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NFHimself said:
That is pretty much it. Just remember to be super user and include -p if using tar for backup. Tar -cvpjf /sdcard/ADAS.tar.bz2 . for example. Also, you don't want to be in webtop2sd mode if you are doing this but from a rooted webtop on the the phone itself. Or you could do it all from an adb shell.
Cheers!
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I haven't used adb before. Can you list the commands in adb to install this? Thanks.
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I haven't used adb before. Can you list the commands in adb to install this? Thanks.
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ADB is just a way to get a remote shell going over usb, so the commands are linux shell commands.
I would do something like this:
(Blank ext3 partition on sdcard, second partition)
adb shell
$ shsu
# mkdir /mnt/asec/osh2
# mount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /mnt/asec/osh2
# cd /mnt/asec/osh2
# tar -xvf /sdcard/osh2.tar.bz2
# cp /osh/ubuntu.sh /sdcard/
# cp ubuntu.sh /osh/
# cd /data/home
# tar -cvpjf /sdcard/adas.tar.bz2 .
# rm -r /adas
# sync
# umount /mnt/asec/osh2
# reboot
Cheers!
Related
One thing I miss about my windows mobile device is the ability to backup the device to the desktop.
A search on Market didn't turn up anything.
Any options?
keenerb said:
One thing I miss about my windows mobile device is the ability to backup the device to the desktop.
A search on Market didn't turn up anything.
Any options?
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When you say sd contents, are you refering to the fat32 partition of your sd card? You can just mount it to your computer and copy and paste it over.
Or you could also use ADB
Code:
adb remount
adb pull /sdcard desktop/backup
If you want the ext2/3/4 partition, it would be
Code:
adb remount
adb pull /system/sd desktop/backup
(I used "desktop/backup" as an example but you can pull the data to anywhere on your computer that you want)
As for a linux-swap partition, there's nothing in there that you would need/want to backup.
yeah, I know I can do that, but I'd like it to happen automatically.
I wish we had cron or some way to schedule SH scripts on this thing.
As it is for now, I put a shell script in my root directory on the SD card that rsyncs everything with a folder on my desktop PC.
So, whenever I mount the phone, I'll just run the script and it'll get synced.
keenerb said:
yeah, I know I can do that, but I'd like it to happen automatically.
I wish we had cron or some way to schedule SH scripts on this thing.
As it is for now, I put a shell script in my root directory on the SD card that rsyncs everything with a folder on my desktop PC.
So, whenever I mount the phone, I'll just run the script and it'll get synced.
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Doesnt Gscript allow u o schedule scripts?
pentace said:
Doesnt Gscript allow u o schedule scripts?
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Hm, I don't know. I saw where it lets you RUN scripts, but I don't recall seeing a 'schedule' option.
Maybe that's in the full version, I'll check.
It would be awesome to tar/gzip a directory on the SD card and then just upload it to an FTP server, but I don't know if there's a secure ftp application in the Android console.
*edit*
Looks like busybox does support SCP, tar, gzip in a console.
I am writing up a script to tar/gzip a folder and then upload it to an IP address on my internal ftp server
Sadly, gscript does not appear to be capable of scheduling a job to run at a specific time.
Still, it's a step in the right direction.
Ideally, I'll have the following features:
Blacklist of folders to not sync.
Verify Wifi connectivity. (Don't want to eat up my monthly bandwidth!)
Establish VPN connection to home if not on home network.
Tar/gzip file
SCP to home server
Most of this is relatively straightforward...
BUT HOW TO SCHEDULE???
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General all-around fail so far.
tar czvf daily.tar.gz DCIM Books works fine. Archives and zips my images and ebook library, not speedy but not too slow.
The SCP command is all fail though.
scp -i /root/key1 [email protected] /sdcard/daily.tar.gz
/bin/cp: No such file or directory
cp is in /data/expstick/xbin/bb/
I have created a autobackup script for the EFS partition that contains information for your IMEI number.
I am addressing all ROM Developers to include this script in their ROM's!
What does this script do? It creates efs_autobackup folder on your SDCard and then tars the whole EFS partition into efs-backup.tar.gz file. Once this file is created, you can safely copy it to your PC. The script also looks for that file on reboot and if the file exists, it won't create another one.
What are the benefits of the tar file?
It keeps the permissions information for your EFS partition, so that when you want to restore your EFS partition, you only need to extract that file with the RootExplorer to your EFS partition and overwrite the old files. It sets the permissions automatically for you, so you don't need to mess or handle that yourself.
Please Developers, include this in your ROM so that users that forget to backup their EFS partition, don't have to regret that.
INSTRUCTIONS:
For Users:
If you are on ROM that don't have this script integrated - you can flash the attached zip file in your Recovery to integrate the script.
For Developers:
Either take the file from the attached zip or create 01efstar file (very important to name it with 01 prefix, since it runs as first when the Phone starts, otherwise it won't work) in the /system/etc/init.d folder with this content:
Code:
#!/system/bin/sh
# EFS Autobackup script for Samsung Nexus S
# By Brainmaster
mount /dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhci.0/by-name/media /sdcard
if [ ! -f /sdcard/efs_autobackup/efs-backup.tar.gz ];
then
mkdir /mnt/sdcard/efs_autobackup
busybox tar zcvf /sdcard/efs_autobackup/efs-backup.tar.gz /efs
fi
umount /sdcard
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What a good idea.
Should I implement this on the radio zip file too?
window7 said:
Should I implement this on the radio zip file too?
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No, this is ROM based. If the ROM don't support the scripts, then it won't work.
BUT, I am working on a version that can do this directly in the recovery (undependable from ROM) - then you can integrate it in every Radio flash file.
Well done,good job !
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brainmaster said:
No, this is ROM based. If the ROM don't support the scripts, then it won't work.
BUT, I am working on a version that can do this directly in the recovery (undependable from ROM) - then you can integrate it in every Radio flash file.
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you only have to modify the updater-swcript? easy as a pie!
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i hope ur miui rom has this or else should i flash it?
Borky_16 said:
you only have to modify the updater-swcript? easy as a pie!
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Not so easy to mount the efs partition through the updater-script.
ancilary said:
i hope ur miui rom has this or else should i flash it?
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From the next release on. If you want you can flash the script now.
yeah i dunno, first i made my own script and put into etc/init.d (running netarchy 1.3.9 which obv supports init.d scripts) - no dice. so i removed that file and flashed the zip and still getting no backup on sd.
ideas?
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Not so easy to mount the efs partition through the updater-script.
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oh that is right! :O forgot about it
Script successfully injected into my current installation of CM nightly, and successfully executed on reboot.
Uploaded the resulting file to Dropbox -- where I know I'll never lose it!
Two thumbs up!
I will include this script in my next rom update. I believe every dev should do the same.
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Good idea to put this into every ROM. Some people probably are not aware of the danger and if anything happens at least they can find the backup files on their sdcard. Maybe one should also add a small text file as an explanation what this backup is good for, so they do not accidentally delete it. Maybe you could also change the backup file on the sdcard to read-only.
Btw, you can also make a simple backup image with 'dd if=/dev/block/mtdblock6 of=efs.img'.
And for the record: I wondered why the /efs partition is mounted read-write and thought it might be a good idea change this to read-only. Problem was, without write access to /efs the SIM card would not unlock anymore. So not a good idea.
Just got my phone back from Regenersis with the IMEI restored! Shows that it can be done!
Ezekeel said:
Good idea to put this into every ROM. Some people probably are not aware of the danger and if anything happens at least they can find the backup files on their sdcard. Maybe one should also add a small text file as an explanation what this backup is good for, so they do not accidentally delete it. Maybe you could also change the backup file on the sdcard to read-only.
Btw, you can also make a simple backup image with 'dd if=/dev/block/mtdblock6 of=efs.img'.
And for the record: I wondered why the /efs partition is mounted read-write and thought it might be a good idea change this to read-only. Problem was, without write access to /efs the SIM card would not unlock anymore. So not a good idea.
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Actually it should be as follows seeing as we get a read-only error;
dd if=/dev/block/mtdblock6 of=/mnt/sdcard/efs.img
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atrixboy said:
Actually it should be as follows seeing as we get a read-only error;
dd if=/Dec/block/mtdblock6 of=/months/sdcard/efs.img
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Please, IF you want to use the option to make efs.img (I don't know why would you like to do that, because tar is easier to extract and keeps the permissions), THEN you need right command.
You misspelled allot.
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dd if=/dev/block/mtdblock6 of=/sdcard/efs.img
Yea I realised that after I hit post. I agree rfs is much nicer and cleaner to deal with.
dd if=/dev/block/mtdblock6 of=/mnt/sdcard/efs.img
Or efs.rfs. however you prefer. Rfs being the more logical
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brainmaster said:
Please, IF you want to use the option to make efs.img (I don't know why would you like to do that ...)
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Because mtd6 contains more than the visible files mounted on /efs, such as the wimax keys.
My question is how to restore the partition without having to worry about this:
Dees_Troy said:
Using dd on mtd devices is a bad idea when it comes time to restore. It's a quick path to a brick. It tends to inadvertently mark blocks as bad.
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Maximilian Mary said:
Because mtd6 contains more than the visible files mounted on /efs, such as the wimax keys.
My question is how to restore the partition without having to worry about this:
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Darn. I did not know that.
Turns out one should use nanddump and nandwrite from mtd-utils (http://git.infradead.org/mtd-utils.git). Maybe someone can compile a version for Android. That would be quite useful.
ROM Tools v2
Version 2 BETA
v2b (Officially v2)
Linux Script
by iamareebjamal
Automated Android script for extracting boot.img and bml15 partition
My PC has issues so I can't use it to build mods and scripts, also, I have a very slow internet connection. That's why I don't upload my ROMs. Provided, I build EACH and EVERY one of my mod on my mobile, including those long scripts with repeating commands and making it easy for other guys to use, I could've just created a script with two commands which rendered error if used incorrectly, but I make it noob proof in every way possible so that there are minimum errors from your side and if something gets wrong, you know what it is. Even uploading 5 mb of mod makes it very difficult as I have to reupload if it fails. Writing scripts on mobile is not easy, you'll know if you have done it, it takes hours. Also, these colorful and easy guides are also made on mobile by writing BB codes ONE BY ONE by hand.
I am telling you because a person day before yesterday posted my Amazing Sounds Mod in another forum without my permission. However, he has removed it now. My work is fully open sourced for you to learn and make your own mods. But taking part of my work and posting as yours is not appreciated.
The MOST you can give me is love, prayers and Thanks
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Out of the time I was absent from XDA(13 hours ) , I was searching for a method of extracting the kernel from your ROM
Imagine, you want to extract boot.img from your ROM but don't know what to do, you don't have internet to download the stock or custom kernel or simply want to extract it?
I did not find anything except the solution of Android Kitchen but what if you want to do it on your android?
As a bi product of this search, I got a lot of knowledge about the partitions used by Android system and the blocks that define them.
I also got basic knowledge about Linux Scripting.
So, I created this script that backs up your boot.img and bml15.img partitions.
boot.img - kernel of your device
bootextractorv2.sh - Backs up your kernel
bml15.img - IMEI partition
bml15extractorv2.sh - Backs up your IMEI partition
Note:- SGY Toolbox also backs up and restores bml15_EFS.img. And that also with a nice user interface, I just created this mod, because I wanted to but I recommend newbies to use SGY Toolbox for backing up IMEI
However, I found no tool able to backup the kernel, so it may be very useful for some members
ChangeLog
Code:
*More Interactive
*More Intelligent
*Added Option to create Odin Flashable Tar package for kernel
*More Convinient
Requirements :
Root Acess
Busybox
Android device
Hands
Terminal Emulator or Script Manager
(Script Manager recommended)
Instructions
Script Manager Method (Easy):-
1. Download Script Manager.
2.Download desired script and place it on sdcard.
3. Open Script Manager and enable browse as root.
4. Go to the downloaded script and click on the green android icon(root) in the pop up window.
5. Click on Run. Follow Instructions and enjoy
Terminal Emulator Method (Hard):
1. Download Terminal Emulator.
2. Download desired script and place it in the root of the sdcard.
(You can place it anywhere else but the directory should not have spaces and you will have to change the commands accordingly)
3. Open Terminal Emulator and type (After every command you have to press enter)
Code:
su
And Grant Root Access
Then, type
Code:
sh /sdcard/bootextractorv2.sh
or
Code:
sh /sdcard/bml15extractorv2.sh
according to the the script you want to run
4. Now, follow the instructions on screen and enjoy
Download bootextractorv2.sh
Download bml15extractorv2.sh
Credits :
Miscellaneous Google search posts showing how to write Linux Script
Me for writing the script
Rafael.Baugis for source
Ryuinferno for guide
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I'll test on S5830 and report asap
edit: Script wouldn't run on S5830 with script manager. With terminal emulator it dumps an empty boot.img
daxanh said:
I'll test on S5830 and report asap
edit: Script wouldn't run on S5830 with script manager. With terminal emulator it dumps an empty boot.img
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kernel partition of s5830 is different
Give me the Partition
And I will make the mod
V2 completed
Uploading ASAP
OP Updated
v2 released
nice work man...thaks a lot
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He didn't really mean the love and prayers.
Nabs Zains said:
He didn't really mean the love and prayers.
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lol
ROFL
You disclosed my secret Nabs
:good: simple & important... all ace_i owner should get this before 'cooking' ur device...
nice tool for kernel backup... :good:
Doesn't work for me, S5830i stock firmware. If I use script manager method, a lot of "not found" messages, and finally the boot folder is empty. I give script manager root permission. And if I use a terminal emulator, the same error messages, finally there is a 5MB boot.img file, but "untouchable". I can not copy in any other folder. If I connect to PC, boot.img is missing. Appears again in the mobile when I disconnet the USB. I can not change file permissions with root explorer....
Also when the script ask if I want to create a zip file for recovery, I select 1 and I get "bad integer, run again"
Thank you
puntillero said:
Doesn't work for me, S5830i stock firmware. If I use script manager method, a lot of "not found" messages, and finally the boot folder is empty. I give script manager root permission. And if I use a terminal emulator, the same error messages, finally there is a 5MB boot.img file, but "untouchable". I can not copy in any other folder. If I connect to PC, boot.img is missing. Appears again in the mobile when I disconnet the USB. I can not change file permissions with root explorer....
Also when the script ask if I want to create a zip file for recovery, I select 1 and I get "bad integer, run again"
Thank you
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You have busybox?
If no,
You can't run it
Yes, and the script founds it (it says). Finally I zipped boot.img with root explorer and that zip file could be copied to the PC. Guess the file is ok. Thanks.
puntillero said:
Yes, and the script founds it (it says). Finally I zipped boot.img with root explorer and that zip file could be copied to the PC. Guess the file is ok. Thanks.
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Why you zipped it?
English is not my language. I explained that boot.img was untouchable. I tried to copy to computer and I always got writing errors. Rebooting wasn't useful. Permissions couldn't be changed with root explorer.. The file was there, but couldn't do anything with It. Tried to zip it and it worked, and I copied the zip to my computer..
puntillero said:
English is not my language. I explained that boot.img was untouchable. I tried to copy to computer and I always got writing errors. Rebooting wasn't useful. Permissions couldn't be changed with root explorer.. The file was there, but couldn't do anything with It. Tried to zip it and it worked, and I copied the zip to my computer..
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Sure that there is problem in busybox applet sync
I don't know why script couldn't detect it
I don't know what the problem was. I installed, not without many problems, the last busybox available, and everything worked ok. Out of curiosity, I compared boot.img file extracted with "problems" and the boot.img extracted now cleanly, and are identical.
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[Q] IMEI backup work on GT-S5570 Galaxy Mini???
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S5570 has another partition table
So no
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Here's a quick guide on how I make my ROM's once I have everything I want in my setup.
Step 1: Backup system.img and boot.img.
Code:
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system of=/sdcard/system.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img
reboot
If system.img gets around 3.4gb or higher it needs to under 2.1gb zipped to be flashable. If its not your going to have to zero out the free space so it will compress under 2.1gb's. If this is the case to go step 2.
Step 2: Zerofree the image by installing zerofree. Unzip the file attached here in Ubuntu 14+ and install it.
I created a folder on my desktop and called it zerofree and put the system.img inside it. Run this code:
cd Desktop
cd zerofree
zerofree -v system.img
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It will zero out the system.img. Though its still might be the same size, don't worry as when you put it back in the zip it will compress way down.
Step 3: Add to ROM. Now add the system.img and boot.img to ROM-Flash.zip attached and your ready to go!
MicroMod777 said:
Here's a quick guide on how I make my ROM's once I have everything I want in my setup.
Step 1: Backup system.img and boot.img.
Code:
adb shell
su
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system of=/sdcard/system.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot of=/sdcard/boot.img
reboot
System.img will be around 3.4gb and once its put in a zip to flash needs to be under 2.1gb. If its not your going to have to zero out the free space so it will compress under 2.1gb's. If this is the case to go step 2.
Step 2: Zerofree the image by installing zerofree. Unzip the file attached here in Ubuntu 14+ and install it.
I created a folder on my desktop and called it zerofree and put the system.img inside it. Run this code:
It will zero out the system.img. Though its still might be the same size, don't worry as when you put it back in the zip it will compress way down.
Step 3: Add to ROM. Now add the system.img and boot.img to ROM-Flash.zip attached and your ready to go!
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I think I already know the answer to this, but I want to be sure. Does this method make a flashable copy of just the ROM, not any personal stuff or apps you install from the store? I'd like to do this to flash my copy of a crdroid on another LG G2, but I don't want my personal stuff on it. I would just like it to be setup the way I have it now because I have removed a lot of things I don't need and made some changes to a few of the stock apps. It would be nice to be able to port those changes to another phone quickly and easily.
flyinjoe13 said:
I think I already know the answer to this, but I want to be sure. Does this method make a flashable copy of just the ROM, not any personal stuff or apps you install from the store? I'd like to do this to flash my copy of a crdroid on another LG G2, but I don't want my personal stuff on it. I would just like it to be setup the way I have it now because I have removed a lot of things I don't need and made some changes to a few of the stock apps. It would be nice to be able to port those changes to another phone quickly and easily.
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This basically only saves whatever changes you make the system. For example, lets say you debloat a rom using Titanium backup removing system apps. Those changes will be made to the system.img.
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This basically only saves whatever changes you make the system. For example, lets say you debloat a rom using Titanium backup removing system apps. Those changes will be made to the system.img.
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That's what I thought and that's what I want. Thanks. Going to give this a shot right now.
Where does it place the two .img files when it's done? I can't find them on my sdcard or my computer. Nevermind. I tried this on another phone first just so I didn't screw up my daily phone in case I did something wrong. They were put on the internal storage instead of the sdcard.
Does such a thing exist? if not i'd be willing to donate to the cause for a tutorial
wrecklesswun said:
Does such a thing exist? if not i'd be willing to donate to the cause for a tutorial
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It can be done manually, but it's kinda labor intensive.
You mount the old (latest full image without the update) image in Linux, then unzip the update.zip then copy and replace everything in the .zip file to the mounted image.
Just have to make sure you do it for every file and directory and possibly you have to set the file permissions and file owners again...
i am a windows guy so kinda confusing - i start with an img file which i mount using? once mounted, i get the place everything in the zip in the mount commit and unmount. is thi ssimply it? if so what could i use the mount the img? vmware? virtualbox?
wrecklesswun said:
i am a windows guy so kinda confusing - i start with an img file which i mount using? once mounted, i get the place everything in the zip in the mount commit and unmount. is thi ssimply it? if so what could i use the mount the img? vmware? virtualbox?
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I have both Ubuntu and Windows here at work, and I've been trying to modify Android .img files without much success using Windows.
The problem is that those .img files are in EXT4 filesystem, which Windows doesn't support natively.
There some EXT4 utilities for Windows, but I haven't really had the time to try them yet.
If you have VMWare or Hyper-V on your Windows machine, you could just set a VM with Ubuntu, or you could just use a computer to boot Ubuntu from USB flash drive, without the need to actually install it.
However, because you are not familiar with Linux, it's going to be hard for you...
It basically involves mounting an old .img file, then unziping the .zip and replace everything in the .zip file to the mounted image.
However, you need to pay attention to file permissions and file owenship, when replacing the files.
It's really a lot of work... I'm using my own modified .img files based on ComputerFreek's images but I've never attempted to "patch" an .img with an update.zip... it's just not worth my time..
Here is the link to if you want to learn how to modify an .img file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/general/tutorial-how-to-modify-turbo-images-t3064595
It's probably easier to just wait for the full .img
how about conveerting a zip to a img?