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SUCCESS !! :) FM Radio app by HTC: Reverse Engineer: Please help

I'm working to enable FM radio functionality, RX and TX on HTC Legend and other devices with TI FM chip.
I need help to get this done ASAP. I'm an experienced embedded Linux dev, but I'm pretty new to smartphones and Android.
A few weeks back I managed to muddle my way through on phone gold card creation, downgrading, rooting, CWMod (2.5 ?) installation, CMMod7 nightly install, S-Off and new Radio flash. Since then I haven't flashed anything and probably forgot half of what I learned.
So now I want to flash the best ROM for the purpose of figuring out the audio routing "secrets" of the HTC FM app. Any suggestions for the best ROM for that purpose ?
Next, I could use some pointers to the best posts or web pages to refer to for flashing the HTC Rom, and then later flashing back to CM7. As easy as possible. Can I do something Nandroid like and save the entire state of the phone to easily get me back to where I started with CM7 ?
Yes, I AM a dev, but very much appreciate easy to follow step by steps that don't leave me scratching my head wondering if I'll brick my device or create some other catastrophy . Eg: Should I ignore those error messages or not worry ? Do I have to reboot 5 times while clicking my heels ? Etc.
Once I get the above figured out, perhaps this thread can be used for discussion of the observations and any reverse engineering results.
Thanks !

Well, the best ROM would probably be BlaY0's, as it has the FM functionality. Take a nandroid of that and then install CM (as that's what your developing for, ye?). Then nandroid the CM and you can easily switch between the 2 without the need to set it up again.
BlaY0's ROM is based of the official HTC one, so it would probably do for the reverse engineering stuff. Thus I don't think you'd need to go back to a stock HTC ROM. If you do you can just flash a pre-rooted one (found here) and that would do it.

TheGrammarFreak said:
Well, the best ROM would probably be BlaY0's, as it has the FM functionality. Take a nandroid of that and then install CM (as that's what your developing for, ye?). Then nandroid the CM and you can easily switch between the 2 without the need to set it up again.
BlaY0's ROM is based of the official HTC one, so it would probably do for the reverse engineering stuff. Thus I don't think you'd need to go back to a stock HTC ROM. If you do you can just flash a pre-rooted one (found here) and that would do it.
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OK, thanks GrammarFreak. BlaY0's ROM 0.7 it is.
Hate to be/seem so newb-ish....
So I'm running CM7 now. So:
(1) Run ROM Manager Backup.
(2) Watch phone go into recovery mode with red triangle and exclamation mark.
(3) Don't freak as the backup will take maybe 10-20 minutes or so.
(4) Phone reboots back to CM7 I presume.
(5) Pull any important data from sdcard including ROM backup files.
(6) Download http://blay0.r3volutionary.net/b-0.7.zip
(7) Run ROM Manager to flash Blayo.
(8) Reboot and mess around with Blayo ROM.
(9) When done messing, optionally save Blayo ROM and mods with ROM Manager Backup.
(10) Use ROM Manager restore to return to CM7 ROM.
Sound good ? I don't even have to remember which key when booting brings up CWMod recovery mode ?
I couldn't find a canonical web page documenting CWMod/ROM Manager and it's usage.
Gee my phone has been stuck in red mode for a while now...
EDIT: So I'm reading threads and getting the impression the red triangle is not what I want. So I run "adb reboot" and will check and see if the backup looks good.
I can understand that the "community" has to somehow pull together to pool info, but my experience seems typical of what so many face.
In order to figure out some sort of semi-foolproof method of doing XYZ it seems I have to search threads all over to collect the full info. 50-100+ page threads are a challenge. Do I start with the first few posts or pages of posts, or should I skip to somewhere near the end for latest info ? Yes I can read to see if first posts are updated etc.
Before I started the rooting process on my phone, I read QUITE a few big threads from begin to end. And I made LOTS of notes to try and figure it all out and avoid problems. And my head got so full it almost exploded, and I almost sorta gave up, dived in, did a few more google searches on the way and thankfully finally ended up with a nicely open device.
But it all seems so ridiculously difficult, UNLESS you happen to come across some very succinct, accurate and informative HOWTO somewhere that works well for you.
/rant off

Ok, I want you to do a couple of things:
Forget about ROM manager, it's a piece or crap and it creates more problems than it solves.
So, you said you performed S-OFF, correct? Did you let the S-OFF procedure install ClockworkMOD recovery? Given the red triangle of doom I doubt it. No worries. Here's what you do:
Download this (it's the ADB tools) to a known location. Then extract the zip to a known location. Open a command window in that location (for the sake of this guide: C:\ADB) So open CMD (start, run, type CMD, hit enter) In CMD type "cd C:\ADB". Plug your phone into the computer (make sure you're using CM). Debugging mode should be on (you'll get a notification in the status bar of your phone). Now, I want you to download this (CWM 2.5) and save it to C:\ADB. In CMD type "adb push recovery.img /sdcard" Wait for it to complete. It will output a file-size, time taken and resultant transfer rate. When it's completed type "adb shell". You'll end up with a "#" and nothing else (if you get a "$" just type "su" and hit enter, and on the phone's screen accept the Superuser request). Now, type "flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img", let it do it's thang. When you see the "#" type "reboot recovery", and your phone will reboot to CWM. This is what I refer to as a win
Now, from clockworkMOD you can use the trackball (move and click) to select "backup/restore" then "backup". Let it do its stuff. Once backed up you can flash B-0.7 and then back that up. Note down the name of each backup so you know which is which

TheGrammarFreak said:
Ok, I want you to do a couple of things:
Forget about ROM manager, it's a piece or crap and it creates more problems than it solves.
So, you said you performed S-OFF, correct? Did you let the S-OFF procedure install ClockworkMOD recovery? Given the red triangle of doom I doubt it. No worries. Here's what you do:
Download this (it's the ADB tools) to a known location. Then extract the zip to a known location. Open a command window in that location (for the sake of this guide: C:\ADB) So open CMD (start, run, type CMD, hit enter) In CMD type "cd C:\ADB". Plug your phone into the computer (make sure you're using CM). Debugging mode should be on (you'll get a notification in the status bar of your phone). Now, I want you to download this (CWM 2.5) and save it to C:\ADB. In CMD type "adb push recovery.img /sdcard" Wait for it to complete. It will output a file-size, time taken and resultant transfer rate. When it's completed type "adb shell". You'll end up with a "#" and nothing else (if you get a "$" just type "su" and hit enter, and on the phone's screen accept the Superuser request). Now, type "flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img", let it do it's thang. When you see the "#" type "reboot recovery", and your phone will reboot to CWM. This is what I refer to as a win
Now, from clockworkMOD you can use the trackball (move and click) to select "backup/restore" then "backup". Let it do its stuff. Once backed up you can flash B-0.7 and then back that up. Note down the name of each backup so you know which is which
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Thanks for the newb-friendly instructions. Much of I don't need, but may help others.
I'm running Linux, I've had adb etc installed for 2 weeks. I've got the SDK installed w/ Eclipse but never tried it, but have done App Inventor. And I've been poking around in the innards of the various source codes, binaries, firmwares and other files for the last 2 weeks too.
OK, I'll "Forget about ROM manager" and just use CWM after manually rebooting into it with Volume Down or whatever.
I'm pretty positive I'm S-OFF and have CWM 2.5.0.0.7 or so installed. ROM Manager says so. I have CWM on before I S-Offed using the Bell/Virgin modified alpharev boot disk.
I'll do the backup manually with CWM later tonight when I get back to this. I checked the SD and the backup isn't there, although there are still 3 backups I took when I installed CM7 2 weeks ago.
So I guess I do a complete flush or wipe or whatever when installing the new (or a backed up) ROM ? And since the backup is a nandroid type it will absolutely restore to exactly the same state as when the backup was taken ? But the SD card is not touched...
EDIT:
"adb reboot recovery" gives me red triangle of doom.
"adb reboot bootloader" gives me AlphaRev and I see S-Off and HBOOT 1.000000000
Did AlphaRev remove CWM ?

Given that you get the red triangle we can assume you don't have CWM installed to /recovery, you have it in fakeflash. Nothing inherently wrong with that, just FYI
As for your rant in post numero uno, I've often considered trying to put together a comprehensive "document" on the matter, but it'd take an age and would probably raise more questions than it'd answer.
"adb reboot recovery" gives me red triangle of doom.
"adb reboot bootloader" gives me AlphaRev and I see S-Off and HBOOT 1.000000000
Did AlphaRev remove CWM ?
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See above about fakeflash. You could well use the image I linked above and use flash_image on the phone or fastboot to flash it

Fakeflash is pretty easy, I either do that or do my business in rom manager as I find that easy.
Rom manager method for installing a new rom:
If rom manager isn't installed, do so from the market
start up rom manager
tap "backup current ROM" (I suggest naming your backup, I just use the rom name)
Let it reboot and do it's thing
When it's booted back into CM7, open up rom manager again
tap "install ROM from SD card"
browse your sd for your rom and tap it.
You are presented with 2 check box options
Since we already backed up make sure "backup existing rom" is unchecked
If you are flashing a new rom, make sure "Wipe Data and Cache" is checked
If you are flashing a newer version of the same rom, you can leave this area unchecked as it will not erase the stuff stored on the phones built in memory
Press ok, let it do it's thing and thats it.
Place the fakeflash update.zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=698404 on the root of your sd card
turn off your phone
Hold the volume down button as you press the power button
using the volume buttons, navigate to "recovery"
press power
your phone will reboot to th red triangle (of DOOOM)
Don't panic, hold volume up and press power (if it gives you an error just wait few seconds)
Using the volume buttons to scroll and power for enter choose "apply sdcard:update.zip"
Use the trackball and go to "Nandroid" if you are using ClockWorkMod 2.5.xxx fake flash or "backup and recovery" if you are using ClockWorkMod 3.xxx
hit "backup"
Let it do it's thing
If you're installing a new rom, scroll to "wipe data/factory reset", wait, then choose "wipe cache partition". If your installing a newer version of the same rom, don't bother.
Scroll to "install zip from sdcard"
scroll to "choose zip from sdcard"
choose your zip, let it do it's thing, and thats that.
You're SD is not touched at all during flashing, no need to backup those files.
Wow, can't believe I typed all that out...

TheGrammarFreak said:
As for your rant in post numero uno, I've often considered trying to put together a comprehensive "document" on the matter, but it'd take an age and would probably raise more questions than it'd answer.
See above about fakeflash. You could well use the image I linked above and use flash_image on the phone or fastboot to flash it
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Re: rant, don't want to come off as complaining, I KNOW documenting semi-foolproof procedures is tons of work, to do properly. I understand a big problem is consideration of the large set of combinations of ROMs, recoveries, apps, S-On/S-Off states, Radios, etc.
OK, cool, I want "realflash" type recovery then. I guess that's one reason to have S-Off ?
I had to slightly alter your first command by appending a '/'.
EDIT: WOOHOO ! Success I think ! Feel free to skip the rest of this post unless you want to hear the details of my adventure...
Thank you ! Editing this post the last hour I wrote "Success ! " here anticipating such, but alas, I have some issue.
I don't know if I have to be extra patient as deodexing happens, Or if I'm stuck in some boot loop... I see "HTC quietly brilliant" and screen flashing on and off and re-writing the HTC spam.
Re: HTC FM app. OK, cool, I see :
ls -l /system/app/HtcFMRadio.apk
-rw-r--r-- root root 826176 2008-08-01 07:00 HtcFMRadio.apk
And bluetooth. Is there any way to switch normal media output, like from TuneIn radio etc, to my cheap new bluetooth headset ? I pushed the button in CM7 and I see I could start a voice dial, but I figured BT would take over all audio I desired routed through it.
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I did:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard/
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
adb reboot recovery
In the CWM menu I had to select "Nandroid", and then "Backup".
That completed.
I didn't want to bother rebooting, so manually grabbed the backup files:
adb shell ls -l /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/
adb shell ls -l /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2011-02-27.03.19.57/
mkdir cm7backup-2011-02-27.03.19.57
cd cm7backup-2011-02-27.03.19.57
adb pull /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2011-02-27.03.19.57/boot.img
adb pull /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2011-02-27.03.19.57/cache.img
adb pull /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2011-02-27.03.19.57/data.img
adb pull /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2011-02-27.03.19.57/nandroid.md5
adb pull /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2011-02-27.03.19.57/recovery.img
adb pull /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2011-02-27.03.19.57/system.img
Then to be sure:
cat nandroid.md5
md5sum *.img
Yes, looks good ! Now for Blayo:
cd ..
adb push b-0.7.zip /sdcard/
Goto CWM. Version 2.5.0.1, I had a 7 at the end before. Fine I'm sure.
Use volume up/down to select install from a ZIP. Press power to select. Oh, oh, shoulda used the trackball switch as it powered off.
Whoops, press power again and screen comes back, LOL. Choose zip from sdcard and use trackball switch this time. Move and select Blayo b-0.7.zip
Wonderfully wacky confirmation. Error message saying it can't find the zip file. Hmmm....
Reboot a few times and finally do "adb reboot recovery" and retry install from ZIP.
No go, get:
-- Installing: SDCARD:b-0.7.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open sdcard/b-0.7.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
Try to open 98 MB zip file. No go. AHA ! corrupted file.
Try download from mirror 2: http://www.dkmdesign.dk/custom_roms/blay0/b-0.7.zip File is supposed to be 126 MB.
Gee I'm glad there's an unzip process that checks the integrity of ROM flashes.
So again:
adb push b-0.7.zip /sdcard/
And install, running..... Done !
Try to use power button to reboot. Use back key and "reboot system now". Cross fingers and offer the gods sacrifices...
See androids on skateboards again. Recall I may have to be patient as deodexing happens... See "HTC quietly brilliant" spam,,, in this context,good. Waiting....
Waiting.... screen flashing on and off and writing the HTC mind control spam.
Try reboot when tired of waiting and same thing. AFAICT, from "adb shell ls * etc" on the filesystem, Blayo ROM is installed but just won't stop flashing the HTC logo.

speedyink said:
If you are flashing a new rom, make sure "Wipe Data and Cache" is checked
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Thanks. Maybe that's my boot loop or whatever problem now. I didn't recall seeing that option, but should be there with CWMod, so I'll try installing Blayo again after that.
There was some Wipe in main menu, and another w/ factory reset. Also in advanced menu I selected Wipe Dalvik cache. I left the Battery Stats alone. Hmmm. Naah !
Did all 3 wipe twice for good luck. Rebooted in between. Installed. Now waiting... Oh here's the HTC screen again. Time to read the Blayo thread to see how long to wait. etc.
Man what a pain ! Yet likely a world easier than the new paths I attempted to forge on my previous LG Optimus Chic resulting in a hard brick, LOL.
WOOHOO ! Success I think !

Welcome to the BlaY0 universe.. Just remember that many of us went through this journey as well to have our phone in same state Glad you got to fully download the BlaY0 rom from my mirror.. now happy reverse engineering..
Sent from my Legend using XDA App

whitetigerdk said:
Welcome to the BlaY0 universe.. Just remember that many of us went through this journey as well to have our phone in same state Glad you got to fully download the BlaY0 rom from my mirror.. now happy reverse engineering..
Sent from my Legend using XDA App
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Thanks. Figured I was finished messing with such nasties once I had CM.
(In case you aren't aware, I have scripts that make the FM radio "work" on CM7. I can scan and see RSSI as expected etc. Only "problem" is I haven't figured out the audio routing part yet so no sound, which is why I'm exploring the HTC app for it's special tricks.)
What I want to do now is try running my hcitool scripts and see if they work on Blayo ROM.
If yes, then the Blayo ROM has something the CM7 ROM needs.
If no, then there's likely some magic step required on either stock ROM or CM7 ROM and likely the HTC FM app is doing that step, directly or indirectly.
But the needed hcitool is not on Blayo ROM. I find 3 of the hci utils and install them. Now I can't get hciattach running, which I think is needed for hcitool.
I'm guessing I can edit /init.legend.rc and change service hciattach to enabled. Reboot and no dice. Try running from command line also with no luck. At one point it hung, but now:
# hciattach -n -s 115200 /dev/ttyHS0 texasalt 4000000 flow
Unknown device type or id
# hciattach -n -s 115200 /dev/ttyHS0 any 4000000 flow
Can't set device: Device or resource busy
Can't initialize device: Device or resource busy
# hciattach -n -s 115200 /dev/ttyHS0 any
Can't set device: Device or resource busy
Can't initialize device: Device or resource busy

Waiting with baited breath
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pjgodd said:
Waiting with baited breath
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Bated ? Baited=fish
Well AFAICT, the world of Bluez bluetooth and hciattach, hcitool, hciconfig and hcidump doesn't get along with the TI BT stack world of btipsd and btipds_cli.
I'll have to bust out the NDK and start trying APIs.
But FIRST, I'm happy to report that btipds_cli is a pretty interesting and cool tool. Once I rebooted, turned BT on and learned the quirky UI, it wasn't too long before I had FM audio coming out of the speakers or the headphone.
I even tried a BT over FM option in another menu, but no go. Next I'll try the FM Tx, cause I'd REALLY like to see if that works.
btipds_cli doesn't seem to want to start FM a second time though, so a few reboots might be needed for testing.
I think it's possible that the "14.start_audiO" option in the "4.fm_Rx/" is the missing link for FM in non HTC ROMs. I don't know yet if it initiates a digital PCM / SCO connection or just switches analog. I don't see any new processes for that but btipsd might be doing the good stuff.

Following this thread with great interest..
Sent from my Legend using XDA App

I still can't get the transmitter to work, despite all the commands seeming successful. Both with hcitool on CM7 and btipsd_ci on Blayo0.7.
So I think one, or both, of the following are the TX issues:
(A) - It is somehow disabled by the hardware. The Tx antenna pin could be tied to ground, perhaps even through a capacitor or something. It may even just be unconnected and unable to transmit a few inches because it's inside an RF shield.
(B) - The firmware file for the FM portion disables TX, yet the registers still respond as if it works.
(A) would be difficult to infeasible to fix.
(B) should be fixable by loading a firmware file from a TI FM chip device that is known to support transmission.
For a TI based device that is known to transmit, I presume firmware files for a TI or TI partner evaluation board may work.

So far I can't get hciattach and hcitool etc working on BlaY0 ROM.
I HAVE, however, gotten btipsd and btipsd_cli to work on CM7. I had to create the /data/btips directory and am running btipsd manually in foreground.
What I find is exactly the same as with my hcitool scripts: everything seems to work but actual sound doesn't exit the device. Even after doing everything else the same as with BlaY0 ROM.
The /etc/firmware files on both ROMs are identical.
So I'm thinking there is some other thing separating the two ROMs. Could be some HTC customized library, or a config file or who knows.

Hi Mike, your work is appreciated, i hope you wil get it to work. We have great legend dev's. Please BlaYo and. Ali Ba, help this guy!

mikereidis said:
I HAVE, however, gotten btipsd and btipsd_cli to work on CM7. I had to create the /data/btips directory and am running btipsd manually in foreground.
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Then you got as far as I did a few months ago. The btipsd stuff can be found in the original init.legend.rc, if you are interested.
mikereidis said:
So I'm thinking there is some other thing separating the two ROMs. Could be some HTC customized library, or a config file or who knows.
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"Customized library" applies here, but that's in fact a euphemism for "all kinds of proprietary code in the framework".
I gave up reverse engineering after looking at the disassembled HTC radio application. As I already told you there are loads of pointers to closed source TI code that can be found in the framework (= /system/lib/whatever.so). You will have to reverse engineer all those rpcs, libandroid_servers and god knows whatnot.

ali ba said:
I gave up reverse engineering after looking at the disassembled HTC radio application. As I already told you there are loads of pointers to closed source TI code that can be found in the framework (= /system/lib/whatever.so). You will have to reverse engineer all those rpcs, libandroid_servers and god knows whatnot.
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Oh, there must be SOME shortcut...
Since I have the FM radio and audio working with the btipsd_cli. I'm not sure the answer would lie in the HTC FM app. Or at least the answer is in btipsd_cli also.
I'd love to find the source to btipsd_cli. I DO have source for TI's fmapp and fmstack-0.12 and I can see they share some, but not all code.
In a log I can see an HCI command is sent when audio starts; I just don't know which one or with which parameters.
btipsd_cli has some rather weird bugs that prevent me from experimenting well with audio routing. When I disable analog, audio keeps playing. At first I thought it was using digital, but now I think it's part of the buginess. When I select various digital options, various weird things happen, including a crash in btipsd for most of them.
If I can run some HCI queries, I might get better clues or the actual answer. I managed to get hciattach to sort of work with "texas" as the type, but I think I need "texasalt" and the binary I have that runs on Blayo doesn't support it. The CM7 binaries wont run on Blayo.
So unless there are some other tools I can use, I'm wondering if it's time to write an NDK app.
Unless I can increase the verbosity of the btipsd logging to tell me everything it's doing. Will check.

These AudioRouting strings aren't in the CM7 libandroid_runtime so I tried pushing the Blayo lib to CM7. GUI never boots fully, but no audio still using the btipsd_cli.
Same when I also replace libandroid_servers.so, bluez-plugin/audio.so and bluez-plugin/input.so
strings blayo/system/lib/libandroid_runtime.so |grep -i audiorouting
FM_RX_DisableAudioRouting
FM_RX_EnableAudioRouting
nativeJFmRx_SetAudioRouting(): Entered
nativeJFmRx_SetAudioRouting: fmapp_set_audio_routing() returned %d
nativeJFmRx_SetAudioRouting(): Exit
nativeJFmRx_disableAudioRouting(): Entered
nativeJFmRx_disableAudioRouting: FM_RX_DisableAudioRouting() returned %d
nativeJFmRx_disableAudioRouting(): Exit
nativeJFmRx_enableAudioRouting(): Entered
nativeJFmRx_enableAudioRouting: FM_RX_EnableAudioRouting() returned %d
nativeJFmRx_enableAudioRouting(): Exit
nativeJFmRx_EnableAudioRouting
nativeJFmRx_DisableAudioRouting
nativeJFmRx_SetAudioRouting
FM_RX_DisableAudioRouting
FM_RX_EnableAudioRouting
DisableAudioRouting
EnableAudioRouting

[SCRIPT/MOD] Deodexed files for Bell (06/05/11)

If you are looking for how to get back to stock Bell, go HERE.​
Disclaimer: I have not tested this on anything but my phone. This is a development section of a hacking website. Make backups. Know what you are doing.​
Credits:
Brut.all for apktool
edgan for 2nd-init
designgears for aroot inspiration.
xda for being a source of info.
​
Requirements:
Windows 7 or Ubuntu 10.10+ (10.10 and 11.04 tested)
Java installed. (For applymods, it uses apktool)
Running Phone, not in recovery mode, etc.
Tips:
Don't factory reset please if something goes wrong, it just erases your personal settings, it doesn't write to the system partition. It also deletes your data partition, making it harder to get back to stock.
Early usb mode, turn your phone on while holding down the lower volume button, when it says fastboot, release and press volume down repeatedly until it says early usb enumeration, then press up volume. It takes 30 seconds or so before adb is ready.
​
Version 9:
Download it here.
What's new:
Added support for 2nd-int (WIP, tested on stock Bell only)
shsu updated to allow a super user to become a super user, acts like sh in that case.
fixed linux install_recovery.sh and uninstall_recovery.sh scripts to use shsu instead of remaining using su. Ditto with ApplyMods.sh
Boot animation now smaller, using jpegs instead of png files, no difference in appearance.
​
Version 8:
Download it here.
What's new:
Added full phone backup and full restore phone options to the menu. It will download a backup if there is none found.
root script more universal, tries psneuter first, then gingerbreak.
Early usb recovery updated, now uses a tmpfs for system, also mounts /sdcard and /sdcard-ext.
Deodexed French 2.1.1 files incorporated.
Misc fixes
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Version 7:
What's new:
New Menu script for windows and linux in the top folder, double click Menu and enter options.
ApplyMods and other scripts updated to use /data/local/tmp/system, this means I can update system.tar.gz and add folders to be copied into system.
Early USB enumeration recovery option. (experimental but useful as is)
Fixed bugs in windows scripts. Can't get user input from bat file while in a parenthesis block apparently.
Bloat backed up to sdcard now
root and unroot scripts updated with more prompts for rebooting phone.
​
Version 6:
What's new:
Support for Telstra 1.4.2.
ApplyMods can create signed update.zips now, Create_update.bat updated. both using basic ready made scripts in main bin folder instead of creating them on the fly, CR LF issues.
Updated root and unroot scripts, more fool proofing, has to be Bell stock firmware (psneuter doesn't work on telstra).
Includes basic boot animation, and mod for Bell apn on telstra firmware. (Have to reset to default under access point names in settings.)
transparent status bar, yellow tinted white for text color, matches front buttons somewhat.
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Version 5.1:
Features:
Works under Linux and Windows 7
Includes root and no ads scripts
Patch system for applying modifications.
What's new:
New scripts for doing mods, fixes issues with patch 9 images.
Updated root and unroot scripts, more fool proofing.
New RestoreSystemPartition script
Custom apktool for more [hopefully] bug free installations.
How to use:
Extract archive, keeping folder structure intact.
run a command prompt/terminal (There is a link to one in the windows folder)
run root.bat or root.sh from the linux or windows folders, depending on which one you are using.
Turn the phone off after that is done and turn it back on again.
The rest of the scripts shouldn't be run with psneuter affecting the phone.
run ApplyMods.bat (.sh) [OPTIONAL] This applies webtop hack and translucent status bar, translucent notification drop down, etc. Select update system.tar.gz.
run install_bell_deodex.bat or .sh
System image of stock Bell.
Mirror of above​
Cheers!

Very nice! Looks good!

Will try this when I get home
Sent from my Motorola Olympus

So what is the benefit of this? Will I be able to theme my device with some of the themes that are available? Or should I play it safe and wait for a bell. Sbf to leak before I try anything and brick my phone again lol thanks in advance
EDIT: i see that you have included soft_brick.bat is it the same as this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982859 because that one did not work for me thanks again
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cool, i'll try this tomorrow when i don't still have a ****load to do and only 5 hours to sleep
nice to see a Bell dev here!

Also I just wanted to say major props for the crazy awesome idea of doing over-the-air download and installation. Really smart and original.

Atrices, just so you know
NFHimself said:
Hi,
(What is the plural of Atrix?)
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Can I run this on my mac? Sorry relatively new to adb
Sent from my Motorola Olympus

you could run it on a mac, just had to edit the script a bit.

Hi,
So what is the benefit of this? Will I be able to theme my device with some of the themes that are available? Or should I play it safe and wait for a bell. Sbf to leak before I try anything and brick my phone again lol thanks in advance
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I wouldn't try theming with ATT files, I would take what was done to them and apply them myself to the deodexed files here. There may or may not be differences that are not obvious. I am never really sure if there is any benefit to this stuff, it's fun to do, about it.
EDIT: i see that you have included soft_brick.bat is it the same as this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=982859 because that one did not work for me thanks again
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The soft_brick.bat script is specific to the folders I am using for transferring data to /system/app and /system/framework. It tries to get root via psneuter, mounts system read write, deletes dalvik-cache files, and tries to copy the files already on the phone to the right folders. It could be that just one file caused the phone to crash mid copy and copying it again will fix things. This avoids trying to do a usb data transfer of all the files which you don't have time to do otherwise. I was also thinking that install-recovery.sh would be a good place to do this, (and then clobber it later with the init.d hack) but I couldn't find setprop and I wasn't in need enough to select a file to use as a semaphore.
Can I run this on my mac? Sorry relatively new to adb
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It would be easier to do it all from a sh script really, and that would likely be more compatible with a Mac.
Also I just wanted to say major props for the crazy awesome idea of doing over-the-air download and installation. Really smart and original.
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Thanks!
Cheers!

maledyris said:
Atrices, just so you know
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Thanks, a lot, really, 10 chars..

How do I recover from a softbrick from this? Thanks.

Before anything is done, all the files are extracted to /data/local/tmp/app and /data/local/tmp/framework. If you run into problems put the phone into fastboot/early usb enumeration mode (see here) and run soft_brick.bat (.sh for linux)
Quote:
A soft brick, in this case, is when you make a bad edit to your framework files and the phone won't fully boot and starts flashing a red LED at you.
There is one catch, you only get about 1-2min to do all of this before the phone reboots on its own. If that happens, do SuperOneClick steps again and continue where you left off. Better yet, build a script to do it all for you
Power off your device
Enter Fastboot:
Hold Volume down + power until you see Fastboot at the top left
Use volume down to scroll down to "Early USB Enumeration" (only shows one item at a time, if you pass it, keep going down, up selects)
Press Volume up to select​

This is the message I get when i run the batch file.
This is of course when invoking Early USB Enumeration.
Wait for the count down to finish ...
'TIMEOUT' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
clearing Dalvik cache..
rm failed for /data/dalvik-cache/[email protected]*.dex, No such file or directory
rm failed for /data/dalvik-cache/[email protected]*.dex, No such file or director
y
rm failed for /data/dalvik-cache/[email protected]*.odex, No such file or directory
rm failed for /data/dalvik-cache/[email protected]*.odex, No such file or directo
ry
reinstalling apps
cp: cannot stat '/data/local/tmp/app/*': No such file or directory
reinstalling framework..
cp: cannot stat '/data/local/tmp/framework/*': No such file or directory
done.

The timeout message means you are running a version of windows without timeout, see adeo thread.
The lines for rm just mean there are no files to delete in the Dalvik-cache, which is normal, you should see that the second time around.
The cp lines are saying that there are no files in /data/local/tmp/app (/framework).
So, that's unusual, in order to get soft bricked using my script you would to have copied files from /data/local/tmp to /system, and if you are bricked would be unable to delete the files afterword.
sequence:
cd /system
cp /data/local/tmp/app/* app/
sync
reboot now
**brick**
So, how are the /data/local/tmp/app files being deleted?

No clue. I'm not sure what to do here? Is my phone permanently bricked? Any other way to recover from this? The one thing that could have gone wrong is I tried installing from my behind my works firewall. Maybe I could not download the proper files.

No, you are soft bricked, you only made a change (that I know of) in system files.
Were you rooted before you tried this?
If you copy the soft_brick.bat files and change the last line to be adb.exe shell ls -R /data/local/tmp, what do you get?
Basically, it sounds like to need to get the files copied over to data/local/tmp, how they are missing/inaccessible is odd. So, create a script to copy the files over bit by bit, might take a while but it should be able to be done.
EDIT:
Do this:
from command prompt:
adb.exe shell ./data/local/tmp/psneuter
wait a few seconds
type this:
adb shell ls -l -R /data/local/tmp
if psneuter fails, it isn't in /data/local/tmp, which is also odd.

I was rooted before this. So I should attempt all these commands while Early USB Enumeration right? That doesn't give me much time Lol.

OK, here's the output.
C:\bell_deodex>adb.exe shell ./data/local/tmp/psneuter
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
property service neutered.
killing adbd. (should restart in a second or two)
C:\bell_deodex>adb shell ls -l -R /data/local/tmp
/data/local/tmp:
-rwxr-xr-x root root 585731 2011-01-09 02:02 psneuter
-rw-r--r-- mot_tcmd mot_tcmd 4 2011-03-30 21:00 ap_tcmd.pid
C:\bell_deodex>^A

And sorry to be a pain. How would I create the script? What are the files that need to be copied? Are they included in your script?

[TOOL] Optimus Toolkit 6 in 1 v1.1.1 | P990-Linux|Root-Flash-Backup-Ap/KDZ Toolkit

Optimus Toolkit 6 in 1 v-1.1.1 - Linux
​
After a few month programming here you have this 6 in 1, we say that it is the counterpart in Linux of the "All in one", though it seems.
In you program have included 6 applications essential for the day-to-day management of Optimus, partitions with the new LG-ICS configuration or the former LG-GB.
Backup/restore of the whole system, and also of the SDs, both internal and external, and stores them in ZIP format.
The program includes:
Uncompress KDZ
Unpacking AP
Backup
Restore
Flash ROM (NVflash)
Rooted
Three languages, Spanish, English and German, I hope that it will soon translate into French, Italian and Portuguese
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An example of use:
You have a ROM format KDZ and does not the Windows program rather than failing, because well, you copy the kdz within the kdz_folder folder, run the Optimus_Toolkit 6 in 1 and choose option 1- UnPack KDZ.
After a few seconds you have the AP and CP files to Flash with Smartflash. Oh, that doesn't want to boot windows?, no problem, use option 2.- UnPack AP, and then option 4.-Flash ROM for flashing by NVflash ROM KDZ just unpack.
But before Flash want do a backup of the system, as with the 3.- Backup/Restore option, this is in Optitool 2, backup/restore DATA, SYSTEM, etc.
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The operation is very intuitive, just follow the instructions on screen.
The program does many things, and others will in the future.
I hope that you go reporting if you detect a fault.
Changelog
V-1.1.1
- Support for German language, thanks to Cupacabra - in this version you can change language from the main menu
V-1.1.0
- Support for any language. I have included a language file that you can go adding translations to other languages - error correction. -Added you fixing of current route to run on MAC (by drag0njoe) - the only language menu exits the first runs, the language selected is memorised.
V-1.0.2 R
- UnPack KDZ - now is can copy more than one KDZ within kdz_folder/, the program will create a menu with the KDZ that is inside the folder. - Added limits so that an opcionque can not be pressed does not exist. - Automatically adapts to options with one or two figures.
- Flash ROM - remodelling of the Flash ROM menu and correction of minor errors
V-1.0.2
- Menu flasher - Two new options, [5] Flash RECOVERs and [9] Flash KERNELs. - Alternative kernels copied them to kernel folder / and the recoverys to the recovery folder. - The program will detect the kernels and recoverys withi
V-1.0.1
- Correction on menu flashing, by drag0njoe
- Added flashing Kernel, by drag0njoe
V-1.0 stable
- Fixed bug when unpacking AP
- Fixed bug when unpacking KDZ
- Fixed bug in detection of ROM
- English version, corrected spelling errors.
- Revamped graphic look.
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CREDITS
• [email protected] introduced the 'LGExtract.exe'. the encrypyted/compressed kdz can be extracted/decrypted to AP.bin/CP.fls by LGExtract.exe
• AP.bin extractor (win32/linux)
• xonar_ made BIN/FLS extractor
and release source
• (original Java version by xonar_)
• (win32 C port by navossoc)
• [TOOL] LGExtract 0.2.1 by navossoc
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DOWNLOAD
Optimus_Toolkit_6-in-1_V-1.1.1.tar.gz - 25.64 MB

Nice bro,
It's good to have another alternative toolkit for linux users.

New version corrected, improved and stable

Thanks for your work and collection, as a regular linux user it's very useful for me.
I have some recommendations which are might be improve the linux users experience.
I suggest you to use some kind of compression which is takes care about the extended *nix attributes, like the executable bit. For example, the 7zip and the tar.gz will be perfect.
But if you feel better, that's no problem using the proprietary rar format, in this case I have to execute these commands:
Code:
chmod +x scripts/*.sh
chmod +x tools/7za
chmod +x tools/adb_linux
chmod +x tools/adb_mac
chmod +x tools/cabextract
chmod +x tools/extract
chmod +x tools/nvflash
Or, if you think you can implement such a thing like these into your menu.
Not a big problem, just an idea how to make your work more user friendly.
The other, which is also just a minor thing, in the tools/flash_en.sh I found that in the Opti nvflash command line there is a tools/fastboot.bin, which is not corrected to the fastbootICS.bin file, so the nvflash of course does not work with.
Lastly, please consider about integrate the recovery from pengus (CWM non-touch) and tonyp (CWM touch and TWRP soon), and to implement the kernel flashing only (ex. for the kernel testers). I attached my version of your flash_en.sh with Flash ROM option 8 (because I am successfully stucked on boot with a new kernel ).
Thank you for your work!

excellent useful tool!

drag0njoe said:
Thanks for your work and collection, as a regular linux user it's very useful for me.
I have some recommendations which are might be improve the linux users experience.
I suggest you to use some kind of compression which is takes care about the extended *nix attributes, like the executable bit. For example, the 7zip and the tar.gz will be perfect.
But if you feel better, that's no problem using the proprietary rar format, in this case I have to execute these commands:
Code:
chmod +x scripts/*.sh
chmod +x tools/7za
chmod +x tools/adb_linux
chmod +x tools/adb_mac
chmod +x tools/cabextract
chmod +x tools/extract
chmod +x tools/nvflash
Or, if you think you can implement such a thing like these into your menu.
Not a big problem, just an idea how to make your work more user friendly.
The other, which is also just a minor thing, in the tools/flash_en.sh I found that in the Opti nvflash command line there is a tools/fastboot.bin, which is not corrected to the fastbootICS.bin file, so the nvflash of course does not work with.
Lastly, please consider about integrate the recovery from pengus (CWM non-touch) and tonyp (CWM touch and TWRP soon), and to implement the kernel flashing only (ex. for the kernel testers). I attached my version of your flash_en.sh with Flash ROM option 8 (because I am successfully stucked on boot with a new kernel ).
Thank you for your work!
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I will take into account the compression, I will use the native tar.gz.
On line 101 of your flash_en.sh it refers to tools/recovery_ics-20121230.img
That recovery is that?
I'm hoping to TWRP, is a recovery which I like very much, I tried to adapt it to ICS based on modifications made by Stefan in the CWM, but I only got a tremendous brick ), is that something different from CWM works
If you think of any suggestions, they will be well received.

Stefan Gündhör said:
excellent useful tool!
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Blessed are the eyes that you read

Homero2 said:
I will take into account the compression, I will use the native tar.gz.
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Thank you! Maybe the newer Linux users also like it.
Homero2 said:
On line 101 of your flash_en.sh it refers to tools/recovery_ics-20121230.img
That recovery is that?
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Yes, this is the latest recovery from pengus77, I am using his ROM, so I think this one is better for me.
Homero2 said:
I'm hoping to TWRP, is a recovery which I like very much, I tried to adapt it to ICS based on modifications made by Stefan in the CWM, but I only got a tremendous brick ), is that something different from CWM works
If you think of any suggestions, they will be well received.
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I tried it too, the result was useless, so I really understand you
Maybe sooner or later somebody has some time to make it for the ICS layout too.
Thank you again for your excellent work, it is really useful for me!

NEW V-1.0.2
- Menu flasher - Two new options, [5] Flash RECOVERs and [9] Flash KERNELs. - Alternative kernels copied them to kernel folder / and the recoverys to the recovery folder. - The program will detect the kernels and recoverys withi

Can't get it working.
Tried running it on a mac but it ends with an End of process after selecting a language:
Escoja una opción/Type an option: [1-2,X]2/Users/ruslanmirsalihov/Desktop/Toolkit_ICS-Root_Stock-v-1.0_by_Homero/root: line 18: tools/en.sh: No such file or directory
logout
On ubuntu it says it was unable to determine my phone.
Any help?

If the "unable to determine my phone" means that when you start the flashing process you get "Nvflash started" "USB device not found" in Ubuntu, I think the problem is that you using wrong cable, or you not plug the phone into the USB while both of the volume keys pressed. Please provide exact error message and the exact menu option you used in order to get your problem solved.
About the mac you need to start Terminal from Utilities and start the script from here.
Or, alternatively, I attached a fixed menu which is working with double-click, just download and replace it your menu file with the attached one (there is a new function which doing the same thing, cd'ing into the script directory, so I just made nearly nothing, but working in linux and mac, and should working in cygwin too.)
But note that, in mac you cannot use the flashing options because of AFAIK there is no nvflash for mac. But you can use the others, such as the rooting and the back up with ADB is working.

This function (fixpath). Should we put it in the script, or just on the menu?

New version 1.1.0, with support for multiple languages, the languages are included in a separate script file.
The program memorizes the selected language, and the language menu will not appear any more

New version, with new options and I think and hope that all errors are corrected.

THanks
At last playing with my android P990 without boot Windows thanks !!!

Does this work with the P880 (Optimus 4X) as well, or is it specific to the P990?

nevermind.......

Phew, search how to nvflash!!!
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SuperSkill said:
Phew, search how to nvflash!!!
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Newbie here trying to flash my o2x however I am not able to enter APX mode I guess. I've removed the battery and I hold down the volume up/down and plug into USB but nothing appears.. it just says no USB devices were found? Anyone else have this issue, not sure what I am missing here but pretty hard to do anything if device is not recognized. thanks.

archish said:
Newbie here trying to flash my o2x however I am not able to enter APX mode I guess. I've removed the battery and I hold down the volume up/down and plug into USB but nothing appears.. it just says no USB devices were found? Anyone else have this issue, not sure what I am missing here but pretty hard to do anything if device is not recognized. thanks.
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Try the all in one tool kit by spyrosk
It has the menu for installing the drivers which you need
Install the apx drivers
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[Tool](s5570I)ROM Tools v2 : Kernel Extractor, BML15 image extractor

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

Getting an error while trying to back up /extract bml15.img
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Man
Its only for s5570i

iamareebjamal said:
Man
Its only for s5570i
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Yup tried on my bros s5570i
I have s5570 he has s5570i so the problems with his....
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hsay said:
Yup tried on my bros s5570i
I have s5570 he has s5570i so the problems with his....
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Does SGY Toolbox work on that device?
If it works
This should also work

iamareebjamal said:
Does SGY Toolbox work on that device?
If it works
This should also work
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No i tried each and every way ti backup his and mine efs unfortunately always failure anyway thanks......
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[WIP] 1 Click Partition Back-Up v0.1

YOU MUST HAVE ROOT ACCESS TO PROCEED
THIS WILL NOT WORK IF YOU DON'T HAVE ROOT
A MINIMUM TEMPORARY SPACE OF 400MB ON YOUR INTERNAL STORAGE IS REQUIRE FOR THIS BACKUP PROCEDURE
THIS PROGRAM IS FOR PARTITIONS BACKUP PURPOSES AND NOTHING ELSE ​
Hello everyone,
After trial and error and keep trying with lot of errors finally got this puppy working, backups 19 Partitions from your device, i don't know if the A2017 (chinese variant) have the same partition table but as far as i know and have seen the A2017U and A2017G does have the same partition table which is awesome for any Rom developers to work on things or any dev.
Steps:
1- Download the zip file from here 1CLick_Partition_Backup_v0.1
2- Decompress anywhere you want (i prefer in the root of drive C: )
3- Make sure you have enable USB-Debbuging
4- Plug your Device
4- Double Click 1click_PartitionBackup_by_DrakenFX.exe and watch the program run
5- When Done your Partition Back-up will be in you C:/a2017u_partitions_backup folder
6- DONE
This is just the beginning i may be adding more Options like Single backup or group backup.
NOTE 01 : I didn't add the system partition backup for the sole reason of been huge file 6gb at least and I can add system in future update as separate option.
NOTE 02 : I'm not a savvy when comes to dev. but if i can do something that can help other do things a little easier , i'll be around

Reserve 01

Reserve 02

Do we have any way to restore these backups after?

XblackdemonX said:
Do we have any way to restore these backups after?
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There is a way using flashable zip via TWRP, but I'll look into for something else... I'm new to all this so still learning , fastboot is another way but I'll look into it

I had to disable windows defender in order to download this. It kept flagging it as malware. Just a heads up.

CandyFoxJ said:
I had to disable windows defender in order to download this. It kept flagging it as malware. Just a heads up.
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really? i'm ensure you there's no malware or anything malicious in this file.... i have downloaded and my windows doesn't detect anything. (Win10 Latest Update)

I've seen it throw false positives before, I'm not worried about it. Probably the packer used in your app. This is what it picked up.

Since this is XDA after all, you should probably either post your source and/or release it as a script/command list. It's not really security friendly to release a .exe that runs root commands. It could probably be run all as a batch command.

CandyFoxJ said:
I've seen it throw false positives before, I'm not worried about it. Probably the packer used in your app. This is what it picked up.
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Could be cuz the commands it runs?
the zip file contains the following...
-adb.exe
-adbWinApi.dll
-adbWinUsbApi.dll
-1click_PartitionBackup_by_DrakenFX.exe
adb files needed just in case the user doesn't have adb install and these 3 files will do the job, Why sees it as Malware i really don't know but for command it have to Pull the Partitions out of the device.

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DrakenFX said:
YOU MUST HAVE ROOT ACCESS TO PROCEED
THIS WILL NOT WORK IF YOU DON'T HAVE ROOT
A MINIMUM TEMPORARY SPACE OF 400MB ON YOUR INTERNAL STORAGE IS REQUIRE FOR THIS BACKUP PROCEDURE
THIS PROGRAM IS FOR PARTITIONS BACKUP PURPOSES AND NOTHING ELSE
Hello everyone,
After trial and error and keep trying with lot of errors finally got this puppy working, backups 19 Partitions from your device, i don't know if the A2017 (chinese variant) have the same partition table but as far as i know and have seen the A2017U and A2017G does have the same partition table which is awesome for any Rom developers to work on things or any dev.
Steps:
1- Download the zip file from here 1CLick_Partition_Backup_v0.1
2- Decompress anywhere you want (i prefer in the root of drive C: )
3- Make sure you have enable USB-Debbuging
4- Plug your Device
4- Double Click 1click_PartitionBackup_by_DrakenFX.exe and watch the program run
5- When Done your Partition Back-up will be in you C:/a2017u_partitions_backup folder
6- DONE
This is just the beginning i may be adding more Options like Single backup or group backup.
NOTE 01 : I didn't add the system partition backup for the sole reason of been huge file 6gb at least and I can add system in future update as separate option.
NOTE 02 : I'm not a savvy when comes to dev. but if i can do something that can help other do things a little easier , i'll be around
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OMG!
This is nice!
But I'm running linux!
You make the script universal please.
Or I could write one myself...

manu7irl said:
OMG!
This is nice!
But I'm running linux!
You make the script universal please.
Or I could write one myself...
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if i only knew how to this in java (Universal) i'll do it in a flash, but i have no clue....i'm creating a new file and may by i'll do it as .bat (you can look it up if i release it this way with some choices and adding probably more partition if i have miss any + separate choice for system dumb (is way to big of a file),
P.S. if you know java PM

DrakenFX said:
if i only knew how to this in java (Universal) i'll do it in a flash, but i have no clue....i'm creating a new file and may by i'll do it as .bat (you can look it up if i release it this way with some choices and adding probably more partition if i have miss any + separate choice for system dumb (is way to big of a file),
P.S. if you know java PM
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Bat file is good for me...
You can check the partition list under
Code:
ls -al /dev/block/....

manu7irl said:
Bat file is good for me...
You can check the partition list under
Code:
ls -al /dev/block/....
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Yeah I have the partition table by-name , just don't see the need of adding every single one but just the necessary ones (modem, Bluetooth, aboot, few more) and I'll add system in the next release.....

DrakenFX said:
There is a way using flashable zip via TWRP, but I'll look into for something else... I'm new to all this so still learning , fastboot is another way but I'll look into it
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you could fire up twrp or any terminal app.
In twrp mode:
Just comnect your device to your PC with adb installed.
Push the partition image you want to flash in /sdcard/ folder.
Code:
adb push [IMAGE.IMG] /sdcard/
then do:
From your PC, run first:
Code:
adb shell
Then do,
Code:
su
dd if=/sdcard/[IMAGE.IMG] of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/[NAME OF IMAGE]
Example:
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/modem.bin of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modem
This will overwrite the chosen partition as dd works at a very low command level.
Do not try to flash recovery or boot or aboot through this if you are on locked bootloader. this will brick your device.
Do not try this at home if you don't know what you are doing, you may kill your neighbor's dog or worse the cat.

I made a script to backup any partition in our A7:
YOU HAVE TO BE ROOT, TO USE IT.
To run it simply push to the sdcard fire up adb shell to launch the script.
from the computer while connected to the A7 with usb debugging turned on
Code:
adb push PATH_to_the_script/full-backup.sh /sdcard
and
Code:
adb shell
su
cd /sdcard/
sh full-backup.sh
you will see a menu to choose which partition to backup.
As in the attachment.
enjoy, and please hit the thanks button.