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[Q] Unable to flash UOT zip

Hey guys, I've looked around and haven't found any reason why I SHOULD'NT be able to flash a custom theme from the Ultimate Online Kitchen, so I'm posting for suggestions as to why I am getting this error when trying to flash this... here is the error message I keep getting:
Installing update...
E:Error in /sdcard/Flashing/Themes/UOT-08-25-17-41-1.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
I also tried flashing it from the root of the SD card with the same results.
At the kitchen I am using the Type MTD (default) update binary...
Looking forward to your suggestions, maybe I have my settings wrong in the kitchen

From the how-to page:
WORKAROUND for recovery error (Status 0):
1. Unzip your ROM and find
META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary file
2. Put this file in the UOT zip (overriding UOT's file)
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I saw that in the How TO section and tried different ways:
1: Just dragging the file (update-binary)to root of the zip
2: Navigating in the zip to where the update-binary is and dropping it in there
3: Unpacking the zip and placing the file in the root of the zip
4: Unpacking the zip and replacing the file in the zip with the one from my rom
They all yield the same results (I'm pullin' my hair out) because the 2nd technique should've worked

did you ever figure out how to make this work?

My bad fellas, I should've posted back that I got this resolved...
I eventually downloaded a fresh copy of my ROM, unzipped the entire thing instead of just dragging out the file I needed.
I then deleted the file I was replacing with the one I got from my ROM and it went fine (after about 10 tries).
I also flashed my recovery to my phone and the amss and the dsp1...
Anyway, now I'm a cookin' fool changing themes every other day

cdzo72 said:
My bad fellas, I should've posted back that I got this resolved...
I eventually downloaded a fresh copy of my ROM, unzipped the entire thing instead of just dragging out the file I needed.
I then deleted the file I was replacing with the one I got from my ROM and it went fine (after about 10 tries).
I also flashed my recovery to my phone and the amss and the dsp1...
Anyway, now I'm a cookin' fool changing themes every other day
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Hi, I am from CR too
I am trying to do this but no luck
Galaxy S2 i9100
Ice Cream I9100XXLPQ
I have the file but when I try to install it I get the error (Status 0)
I understand this:
WORKAROUND for recovery error (Status 0):
1. Unzip your ROM and find
META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary file ----->> What do they mean to unzip the ROM?? I installed ICS from a .tar.md5 file and it is without folders (opening with Winrar). I also searched in the phone with root explorer and didn't find META-INF....
2. Put this file in the UOT zip (overriding UOT's file)
PV!

mrfmanuel said:
Hi, I am from CR too
I am trying to do this but no luck
Galaxy S2 i9100
Ice Cream I9100XXLPQ
I have the file but when I try to install it I get the error (Status 0)
I understand this:
WORKAROUND for recovery error (Status 0):
1. Unzip your ROM and find
META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary file ----->> What do they mean to unzip the ROM?? I installed ICS from a .tar.md5 file and it is without folders (opening with Winrar). I also searched in the phone with root explorer and didn't find META-INF....
2. Put this file in the UOT zip (overriding UOT's file)
PV!
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I have a i9100 also and you really don't need the kitchen because there so many themed ROMs out there. If you like send me a private message and will contact you with pointers on getting the most out of your i9100

[Q] Can we make a signes zip file own are own?

I was thinking if we can make a zip file of our apps like the gapps which we can zip it via recovery.
There are so many roms coming up everyday and you are tempted to test each one of it. But with our basic apps we feel the rom is incomplete
And downloading it from the market or finding and installing via a file manager again and again is very irritating and boring
Can we make our own CUSTOMIZED SIGNED ZIP file file without complex signing??
Thanks in advance

yes you can.

hetunandu said:
I was thinking if we can make a zip file of our apps like the gapps which we can zip it via recovery.
There are so many roms coming up everyday and you are tempted to test each one of it. But with our basic apps we feel the rom is incomplete
And downloading it from the market or finding and installing via a file manager again and again is very irritating and boring
Can we make our own CUSTOMIZED SIGNED ZIP file file without complex signing??
Thanks in advance
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Well, if you are changing your ROMs like underwear ... head over into the Android Development and Hacking section and grab yourself any tool you're able to find there which can batch-install APKs at the convenience of pushing a button.

You must put all the files you need to system/app folder.
Then use the simpliest script:
Code:
mount("yaffs2", "MTD", "system", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
unmount("/system");
You can try with other commands.
Then save this as updater-script in META-INF/com/google/android
Extract attached binary to the same folder as script. Pack it as zip in normal compression and voila
If you need to sign your package search for tools in XDA. There's a lot of them.

hetunandu said:
I was thinking if we can make a zip file of our apps like the gapps which we can zip it via recovery.
There are so many roms coming up everyday and you are tempted to test each one of it. But with our basic apps we feel the rom is incomplete
And downloading it from the market or finding and installing via a file manager again and again is very irritating and boring
Can we make our own CUSTOMIZED SIGNED ZIP file file without complex signing??
Thanks in advance
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You can try titanium backup it's one of my favorite apps because I often change roms

eagleeyetom said:
You must put all the files you need to system/app folder.
Then use the simpliest script:
Code:
mount("yaffs2", "MTD", "system", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
unmount("/system");
You can try with other commands.
Then save this as updater-script in META-INF/com/google/android
Extract attached binary to the same folder as script. Pack it as zip in normal compression and voila
If you need to sign your package search for tools in XDA. There's a lot of them.
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thanks im trying it now...
also can we put the apps in data partition too? cause i also want to back up some games which i guess we can put in the system...
can i use sign+ to sign the zip??

B.Jay said:
Well, if you are changing your ROMs like underwear ... head over into the Android Development and Hacking section and grab yourself any tool you're able to find there which can batch-install APKs at the convenience of pushing a button.
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could not find any 1 button tool... can u attach a link which u use or u know?

Yeah. You could extract data as well. Don't forget to mount data and /data. Signing zip files is not necessary to use them (of course, you might do this if you want).
Maybe there is one button ADB tool, but using ADB is really simple. Just download Android SKD, put it on C: drive, copy cmd.exe from windows/system32 folder to platform-tool and run it.
If you will place apk's inside platform-tools just type "adb install" with your phone connected in debugging mode.
Good luck

getting a error of installation aborted

Which status?

Help.

Holla amigos...
I need help........again.
See, I'm creating my own rom and my base uses blackhawk. I want to change this to firekernel. I searched xda and Google but I couldn't find anything. All they talk about is how to flash another kernel. I want to know how to include it in rom before flashing. And also, could someone tell me the .XML that is used for Modding the lock screen.
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda app-developers app

Inside the flashable zip (any flashable zip) you'll find several folders and files. To see where each file gets flashed to, look inside the META-INF folder and search for a file called "updater script".
Its the updater script the one that indicates where each part of the zip will be flashed, so open it with a text editor, take notes where each file ends up, and copy them to their location inside your rom.

dxppxd said:
Inside the flashable zip (any flashable zip) you'll find several folders and files. To see where each file gets flashed to, look inside the META-INF folder and search for a file called "updater script".
Its the updater script the one that indicates where each part of the zip will be flashed, so open it with a text editor, take notes where each file ends up, and copy them to their location inside your rom.
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And at the start, through dsixda kitchen updater script was converted into update script. Is it the same? Okk. And what about including scripts, I want adrenaline engine. I downloaded the zip. Ignored the Meta -inf and copied the system folders inside the system folder of the working project....Am I right?
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If you're using the kitchen its OK, you can add any flashable zip that way, copying the files and folders to their respective location inside your Project. Checking the updater script is only necessary when in doubt of where each thing goes.

Don't use kitchen's updater script and binaries.They won't work,could even brick the device.To change kernel,download firekernel and replace the boot.img in that pack with the one in your rom.Boot.img is the kernel.Scripts go in init.d

Prawesome said:
Don't use kitchen's updater script and binaries.They won't work,could even brick the device.To change kernel,download firekernel and replace the boot.img in that pack with the one in your rom.Boot.img is the kernel.Scripts go in init.d
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Hey. Thanks for that. Please help me out here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28891130#post28891130

Can't Upgrade CM9

So while I was still learning about flashing, ROMs, Kernels, etc, I managed to get a CM9 build on my Captivate. However, I installed the build for smtd device instead of mtd device. Now when I go to install the latest nightly CM9 build (mtd version), it fails right away with an assert failure. I think it is because it is checking my device type and sees that I have the smtd version currently.
Is there an easy way around this? I've considered editing the install script in the zip file to bypass the assert. Would that work, or there a better way?

cgulka said:
So while I was still learning about flashing, ROMs, Kernels, etc, I managed to get a CM9 build on my Captivate. However, I installed the build for smtd device instead of mtd device. Now when I go to install the latest nightly CM9 build (mtd version), it fails right away with an assert failure. I think it is because it is checking my device type and sees that I have the smtd version currently.
Is there an easy way around this? I've considered editing the install script in the zip file to bypass the assert. Would that work, or there a better way?
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Open the .zip file with winrar, then go to "\META-INF\com\google\android" and open the file "updater-script" with Notepad ++. Delete all the lines (The very beginning) that says: assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "captivate" etc... save it, let winrar update the files. Then try flashing it again.

Thanks! That worked. That was what I suspected I needed to do. I can tell you this, it takes a LONG time to re-zip such a large file on a little under-powered netbook.

Nick0703 said:
Open the .zip file with winrar, then go to "\META-INF\com\google\android" and open the file "updater-script" with Notepad ++. Delete all the lines (The very beginning) that says: assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "captivate" etc... save it, let winrar update the files. Then try flashing it again.
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I've been having a similar problem, so I did this and was able to install the ROM, but it gets stuck in the boot animation. Any ideas?
UPDATE: Fixed it by formatting the boot and system partitions. I blame semaphore.

[GUIDE][N8000/8010/8013] Adding GN 10.1 to dsixda's kitchen

Hello everybody!
I created this thread, because I had realized that this device isn't supported in dsixda's android kitchen.
Although adding support is not difficult..!!
So here is what you need to do..
dsixda kitchen tools addons:
1. Download [dsixda Kitchen fixes for Note 10.1.rar] from the attachment bellow.
2. Open your dsixda's kitchen_dir/tools/edify_defs folder and copy the content of [dsixda Kitchen fixes for Note 10.1.rar] edify_defs folder (p4noterf) into it (this will install mounting points for the device)
3. Open your dsixda's kitchen_dir/tools/update_files folder, rename emmc-update-binary file to something else. (e.g.: emmc-update-binary.bak) and copy the content of [dsixda Kitchen fixes for Note 10.1.rar] update_files folder (emmc-update-binary) file into it (this will tell the device to use appropriate update-binary during flashing)..
We haven't finished yet; after finishing cooking a ROM, you need to pay attention to the followings in the updater-script:
updater-script fixes and addons:
1. format command needs 4 args instead of 3 args:
This one is wrong (3 args):
Code:
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p9");
This one is OK (4 args):
Code:
format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p9", "/system");
2. To flash recovery.img, put it on the root of rom zip and add these commands:
Code:
assert(package_extract_file("recovery.img", "/tmp/recovery.img"),
write_raw_image("/tmp/recovery.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p6"),
delete("/tmp/recovery.img"));
3. To flash modem.bin (for GT-N8000), put modem.bin with flash_image (content in [dsixda Kitchen fixes for Note 10.1.rar]) on the root of rom zip and add these commands:
Code:
package_extract_file("flash_image", "/tmp/flash_image");
set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/tmp/flash_image");
assert(package_extract_file("modem.bin", "/tmp/modem.bin"),
run_program("/tmp/flash_image", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p7", "/tmp/modem.bin"),
delete("/tmp/modem.bin"));
and that's all.. hope you all good cooking folks

You are on fire:laugh: , nice work this will be much helper :good: .

For the noobs like me
What is dsixda Kitchen ? = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246

Great!
Inviato dal mio GT-N7100 con Tapatalk 2

Great great work!

majdinj said:
Hello everybody!
I created this thread, because I had realized that this device isn't supported in dsixda's android kitchen.
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I continued your work and made little stronger integration with android kitchen. I modified some scripts and did Note 10.1 integration in same way as S3 and S4 integration was done.
What I did?
Automatic adding of proper update binary - no more manual renaming of update binary is needed!
Automatic adding of flash_image to ROM - copping it from samsung_files/flash_image
Automatic converting of format back to delete_recursive - as for other galaxies
Added Note 10.1 to show rom info
edify_defs file and update binary used are yours, just renamed.
I must confess that I haven't test this yet, but I maintain most of Linux shell scripts that we use at work, so I am very confident in what I did.
Would you mind if I post this here?

viking13 said:
I continued your work and made little stronger integration with android kitchen. I modified some scripts and did Note 10.1 integration in same way as S3 and S4 integration was done.
What I did?
Automatic adding of proper update binary - no more manual renaming of update binary is needed!
Automatic adding of flash_image to ROM - copping it from samsung_files/flash_image
Automatic converting of format back to delete_recursive - as for other galaxies
Added Note 10.1 to show rom info
edify_defs file and update binary used are yours, just renamed.
I must confess that I haven't test this yet, but I maintain most of Linux shell scripts that we use at work, so I am very confident in what I did.
Would you mind if I post this here?
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not at all,,, sharing is caring dude,, we are all here exchanging our experiences
please go ahead :good:

majdinj said:
not at all,,, sharing is caring dude,, we are all here exchanging our experiences
please go ahead :good:
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Android-Kitchen-Note10.1-support
Some quick instructions:
1. Backup your current AK - if anything goes wrong, you will be able to quickly restore your current AK
2. Download and install AK v0.224 from https://github.com/dsixda/Android-Kitchen/tags - this modification works only with v0.224
3. Download Android-Kitchen-Note10.1-support.zip from http://db.tt/czMk3fQe
4. Do not add majdinj files to AK - his files are already inside Android-Kitchen-Note10.1-support.zip, just renamed
5. Extract archive and copy scripts and tools folders over AK
6. Overwrite files that are already there (almost all files from scripts folder) - this is the reason why AK version must be v0.224
That's all.
All things that automatically work with S3 and S4 should now work with Note 10 (N8000, N8010 and N8013)!
I did quick check and everything looks fine, but unfortunately, this is still not properly tested yet. The problem might happen if I misspelled some of the variable or file names.
Darkman wanted to test it, but he had to finish some things on work before vacation. I have some very close deadlines at work.
Please let me know if you encounter any problem, so I can fix it.
If everything works fine, I will post this to dsixda, and I hope he will find some time to incorporate this into official release.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that I modified scripts from AK v0.224, so this version must be used in order to work properly!

Kitchen v0.224 doesn't work on the newest ROM XXUCMH2 for N8010:
Code:
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/Dropbox.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/FaceLock.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/Gmail.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/GmsCore.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/GoogleTTS.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/GroupCast.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/Phonesky.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/PlusOne.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/PolarisOfficeTablet.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/SNS.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/SamsungAppsUNA3.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/SamsungApps_Tablet.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/SamsungIME.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/Samsungservice.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/SecEmail_Tablet.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/SecSettings.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/Snote_P4C.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/Snote_P4C_Provider.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/Talk.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/Velvet.apk: No such file or directory
cp: /tmp/for_kitchen/app/YouTube.apk: No such file or directory
any solution?

This looks interesting, I might have to sit down and work out the mods for the n8020 and post em if anyone is interested...

viking13 said:
Android-Kitchen-Note10.1-support
Some quick instructions:
1. Backup your current AK - if anything goes wrong, you will be able to quickly restore your current AK
2. Download and install AK v0.224 from https://github.com/dsixda/Android-Kitchen/tags - this modification works only with v0.224
3. Download Android-Kitchen-Note10.1-support.zip from http://db.tt/czMk3fQe
4. Do not add majdinj files to AK - his files are already inside Android-Kitchen-Note10.1-support.zip, just renamed
5. Extract archive and copy scripts and tools folders over AK
6. Overwrite files that are already there (almost all files from scripts folder) - this is the reason why AK version must be v0.224
That's all.
All things that automatically work with S3 and S4 should now work with Note 10 (N8000, N8010 and N8013)!
I did quick check and everything looks fine, but unfortunately, this is still not properly tested yet. The problem might happen if I misspelled some of the variable or file names.
Darkman wanted to test it, but he had to finish some things on work before vacation. I have some very close deadlines at work.
Please let me know if you encounter any problem, so I can fix it.
If everything works fine, I will post this to dsixda, and I hope he will find some time to incorporate this into official release.
EDIT: I forgot to mention that I modified scripts from AK v0.224, so this version must be used in order to work properly!
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Hi,
tried the link,
support zip - http://db.tt/czMk3fQe -but seems dead,
please help,
thanks.
Sent from my GT-N8000 using xda app-developers app

jebll said:
Hi,
tried the link,
support zip - http://db.tt/czMk3fQe -but seems dead,
please help,
thanks.
Sent from my GT-N8000 using xda app-developers app
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Sorry for late reply, but I was in the hospital, having a surgery.
I just check, link works fine here.