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[Q] Hashcode's SafeStrap and the XT883

hey guys, before submitting a bug to Hash i wanted to ask here if anyone tested this yet and made the same experience as i did: SafeStrap 1.08 is not fully compatible with the XT883.
Backups are not working because \system can't be mounted.
anyone can confirm this?

It's a known issue. If you're feeling brave, you can try my modified (and slightly older, now) version of SafeStrap that'll nandroid backup my ME863, and will probably nandroid backup your XT883 as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20976390&postcount=294

i tried it, backups working fine now, thanks a lot!
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I'm using the xt883 radio.img and a tweaked build.prop on the xt862 and can't back-up using SafeStrap.

TBBle said:
It's a known issue. If you're feeling brave, you can try my modified (and slightly older, now) version of SafeStrap that'll nandroid backup my ME863, and will probably nandroid backup your XT883 as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20976390&postcount=294
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So, I was trying to swap out my 2nd-init.zip recovery file with the one from the thread you posted. I'm trying to use file browsers to move the altered 2nd-init.zip file into /etc/safestrap and it won't work no matter the app I use. Is there a particular app/method I should be using here for this last step?
Thanks. Forgive the noob.

Originally Posted by TBBle
It's a known issue. If you're feeling brave, you can try my modified (and slightly older, now) version of SafeStrap that'll nandroid backup my ME863, and will probably nandroid backup your XT883 as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20976390&postcount=294
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So, I was trying to swap out my 2nd-init.zip recovery file with the one from the thread you posted. I'm trying to use file browsers to move the altered 2nd-init.zip file into /etc/safestrap and it won't work no matter the app I use. Is there a particular app/method I should be using here for this last step?
Thanks. Forgive the noob.
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you need to place the recovery file into the original 2nd-init.zip. backup the original file and check the permissions of the new file. you need to do this after succesful installation of the recovery of course
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eis0r said:
you need to place the recovery file into the original 2nd-init.zip. backup the original file and check the permissions of the new file. you need to do this after succesful installation of the recovery of course
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I copied the 2nd-init.zip to my computer and unzipped it just fine. I put the tweaked recovery file in the folder and rezipped it. I just can't get it back into the /etc/Safestrap folder because root browser says it failed. I checked permissions on every folder in the path (including /system) and user has write permissions on each one, so I don't see how that could be a problem. I'm not allowed, for some reason, to make any changes to /etc/Safestrap except I can extract the 2nd-init.zip to my SD card, which is how I got the copy I tweaked and am now trying to replace back on the device.
If anyone can tell me what they did to put the tweaked 2nd-init.zip back into /etc/Safestrap, that would be helpful.
Thanks.
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try renaming the original 2nd-init.zip to 2nd-init.org. then copy the modified 2nd-init.zip from your sdcard to etc/safestrap
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eis0r said:
try renaming the original 2nd-init.zip to 2nd-init.org. then copy the modified 2nd-init.zip from your sdcard to etc/safestrap
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Well, just tried it using Root Browser and Script Manager, both of which I find to be very capable file browsers, and it didn't work. It's just not letting me make any changes to the folder /etc/Safestrap. It allowed me to extract the 2nd-init.zip out of that folder, but won't allow me to zip or unzip anything into it. I'll keep playing with it and update if anything changes.
Otherwise, I'll just wait till I no longer need the xt883 radio.img to back up and flash ROMs.
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BenSWoodruff said:
Well, just tried it using Root Browser and Script Manager, both of which I find to be very capable file browsers, and it didn't work. It's just not letting me make any changes to the folder /etc/Safestrap. It allowed me to extract the 2nd-init.zip out of that folder, but won't allow me to zip or unzip anything into it. I'll keep playing with it and update if anything changes.
Otherwise, I'll just wait till I no longer need the xt883 radio.img to back up and flash ROMs.
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/etc is a symlink to /system/etc which is read only. In a terminal emulator run the command:
busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
Then try moving the files to /etc /safestrap
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Endoroid said:
/etc is a symlink to /system/etc which is read only. In a terminal emulator run the command:
busybox mount -o remount,rw /system
Then try moving the files to /etc /safestrap
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Sweet, thanks, I'll try it right now! Will I need to change it back when I'm done? Hopefully, this will get me a nice shiny back up finally
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Ok, so I got Root Browser to move the original 2nd-init.zip to my sd card and placed the tweaked one in /system/etc/Safestrap successfully, but then Safestrap wouldn't get past the splash screen. I swapped back to the original one and it still wouldn't boot into recovery. Just the splash screen with option to start system or press menu button to go into recovery. I pressed menu and the screen stayed black both times.
Oh well, I'm not in a hurry to flash ROMs or get a backup, so I uninstalled Safestrap for now and will try again when I no longer need the xt883 radio.img.
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BenSWoodruff said:
Ok, so I got Root Browser to move the original 2nd-init.zip to my sd card and placed the tweaked one in /system/etc/Safestrap successfully, but then Safestrap wouldn't get past the splash screen. I swapped back to the original one and it still wouldn't boot into recovery. Just the splash screen with option to start system or press menu button to go into recovery. I pressed menu and the screen stayed black both times.
Oh well, I'm not in a hurry to flash ROMs or get a backup, so I uninstalled Safestrap for now and will try again when I no longer need the xt883 radio.img.
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You don't NEED to change it back, it will automatically on next boot, if you felt the need run the same command but switch rw to ro.
As for your problem with safestrap I can't help you with that
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It's all good, thanks for the help. I can wait
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[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?

Creating and un-flashing a zip file

Hi. Is it possible to unflash a zip that can't delete all the file that I flash from the zip?
And can I flash a zip that have apps that is going to be installed into the SD card and not the system?
Help please

no you cannot unflash a zip but you can delete the content of the zip directly from the mobile by going to /system and deleting those files
app 2 zip:- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1567614
app2zip will create a flashable zip of your installed apps but cannot install them on sdcard

RayQXX said:
Hi. Is it possible to unflash a zip that can't delete all the file that I flash from the zip?
And can I flash a zip that have apps that is going to be installed into the SD card and not the system?
Help please
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The only way to unflash a zip is by reflashing your ROM and about creating zips there are a few tutorials about that in XDA so make a search.
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hasman1999 said:
The only way to unflash a zip is by reflashing your ROM and about creating zips there are a few tutorials about that in XDA so make a search.
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I meant by making a zip file that can install all the apks into the sdcard as a normal app. I already know how to create a flash zip and i only can flash apks into my system/app/.
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Try my backup root the basic concept is the same it creates zips of the apks as backup but unfortunately you can restore it only via my backup root.
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[Q] Making an Android ROM from Backup

So I installed a very bloat-free and well tweaked/optimized ROM, PureBlood V2 for my Xperia SOLA.
I added all the features I wanted (into system) such as Google Now, stock APPS and modified System UI and QuickPanelToggles and Camera Mods, Lockscreen Mods and what not.
Then I took a FULL NANDROID BACKUP of it.
Now the thing is, I want to share my ROM with other's as well. What I'm using at the moment is insanely stable, feature packed yet super fast and still far lighter and bloat free than STOCK ROM. What makes it complete is that it's got every feature you could be looking for too (in a stock ROM that is).
So, is it possible to make a ROM ZIP for flashing from my NANDROID BACKUP ZIPs?
IF YES. HOW?

thunderising said:
So I installed a very bloat-free and well tweaked/optimized ROM, PureBlood V2 for my Xperia SOLA.
I added all the features I wanted (into system) such as Google Now, stock APPS and modified System UI and QuickPanelToggles and Camera Mods, Lockscreen Mods and what not.
Then I took a FULL NANDROID BACKUP of it.
Now the thing is, I want to share my ROM with other's as well. What I'm using at the moment is insanely stable, feature packed yet super fast and still far lighter and bloat free than STOCK ROM. What makes it complete is that it's got every feature you could be looking for too (in a stock ROM that is).
So, is it possible to make a ROM ZIP for flashing from my NANDROID BACKUP ZIPs?
IF YES. HOW?
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Just get an update zip which has system and data and replace it with your files remove the .a extension so its just .tar you should be able to extact using winrar in the zip delete system and data folder make rename your extracted dir to their respective name data and system pop them back into the zip and your done
You might want customize \META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script
to something like this
Code:
[CODE]ui_print("Mounting system...");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
[COLOR="Red"]format("ext4", "EMMC", "/system");[/COLOR]
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/data");
[COLOR="Red"]format("ext4", "EMMC", "/system");[/COLOR]
show_progress(1, 15);
ui_print("Copying files...");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
show_progress(1, 15);
ui_print("Fixing Permissions...");
set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0755, 0644, "/system/app");
package_extract_dir("data", "/data");
ui_print("Unmounting system...");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/system");
set_perm_recursive(1000, 1000, 0771, 0644, "/data/app");
ui_print("Unmounting Data...");
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "umount", "/data");
[/CODE]
The Formart Commands are optional if you use wipe / formart before installing the zip

I
emove the .a extension so its just .tar you should be able to extact using winrar in the zip delete system and data folder make rename your extracted dir to their respective name data and system pop them back into the zip and your done
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Sorry didn't understand this clearly. Could you please elaborate (point form reply would help here)

Hi.
There are links in my All Things Xperia guide (see sig) that will help with extracting the files from the system.img that is your backup. You'll then be able to add them to an CWM.zip for flashing.

XperienceD said:
Hi.
There are links in my All Things Xperia guide (see sig) that will help with extracting the files from the system.img that is your backup. You'll then be able to add them to an CWM.zip for flashing.
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It's vast vast. I must have missed it. Could you please direct it
Give me heading words or relevant words. Will search on browser which will redirect me to the related section.

Tap on his profile picture then look under posted topics
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2067008
don't be scared it's only a phone
ogd x d2g x2 sg3
old ladies ^

bad bone said:
Tap on his profile picture then look under posted topics
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2067008
don't be scared it's only a phone
ogd x d2g x2 sg3
old ladies ^
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That gives me another mess of posts by that user.
I just wanna know from all those ZIPS that a full Nandroid backup from CWM creates, which files do I take to make it into a flashable ZIP to distribute.

thunderising said:
That gives me another mess of posts by that user.
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Which is why I have given each part a clear heading and the relevant part you should have gotten to was Development.
thunderising said:
I just wanna know from all those ZIPS that a full Nandroid backup from CWM creates, which files do I take to make it into a flashable ZIP to distribute.
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My backup is a .yaffs2 img, which I open with [Tool] Yaffey - Utility for reading, editing and writing YAFFS2 images

Why don't u share the whole clockwork folder. Other may restore it with cwm. Lol...
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Need backup file for Note N7000 to get factory apps and features
Hi,
I rooted my phone and mistakenly installed Paranoid android 4.2.2, without taking a backup of my phone N7000 and lost all the apps/features that come with the phone.
Now my phone has an updated ROM but all the applications and features of Note are gone.
Can anyone please provide me with the backup file so that i can get all the default applications (that come by default with samsung Note N7000) and also on how can I install it on my phone.
I want to go back to official version of N7000 (latest official version 4.2.2 ) with all the default apps and features.
I appreciate your time and help.
Please feel free to reach me at [email protected].
Thank you in advance for your help guys,
Cheers

Fonts from the Htc 0ne forum.

Alot of you probably already know of this but theres probably some that dont. I found this thread over in the Htc0ne themes and apps forum, thought it would be cool if we were aware of it here too.
Ive used alot of these fonts and they do work on the Sprint Htc0ne variant. You may have to edit the Meta on some of them.
All in all its nice to have options for fonts. You can find them here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45437057 i know gianton worked pretty hard putting all these flashables together so dont forget to hit gianton's thanks button.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45437057
EDIT: Heres a flashable .zip for our device you can use to flash the fonts.
Just pull the system/fonts file from the .zip you've chosen,
Add it to the .zip I've provided and flash in recovery.
Enjoy

The zips from the original thread flashes just fine. Also downloading the zip and moving the fonts into the zip provided would be redundant as they are indentical in the update script.
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
unmount("/system");

im0rtalz said:
The zips from the original thread flashes just fine. Also downloading the zip and moving the fonts into the zip provided would be redundant as they are indentical in the update script.
Code:
run_program("/sbin/busybox", "mount", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");
unmount("/system");
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More just to let people know they're there. But thanks for the input,,,,,,,,

Thanks for sharing

what am i doing wrong
I have the HTC one m7spr running 4,3 sense 5.0. I download them on my phone and then flash them and they do not work. Not a single one. I have downloaded fonts from another site, droid views. I think it wad and they worked but now the download link doesentvwork for me. But when I flash them it just says failed. I do have the nearest version of twrp

Try it without the zip in this thread. I'm on 4.3 with Sense 5.0 and I just went to the thread, chose the font I wanted, downloaded it and flashed it with twrp.
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Thank. Gonna have to try this.