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Installing a CAB (Sorry!)

Hi everyone,
I am trying to install various cab's, the ones that I have tried in the past have been one cab file. I simply transfer it to my phone and open it there.
But... some recent files appear as multiple files after I unrar them, none appear to be a traditional "cab" and I can't work out what to do with the them.
Any advice gratefully taken!

That maybe because you are extracting what you have downloaded.
What extension are they when you first download them?
Give us some examples of the full file names after extraction.
Mike

Hi Mike.
The one file for example is the Intent midlet manager, it shows _setup.xml and files such as loads of JMMFIL after I use winrar on them. Should I not be unraring them and just placing the downloaded file on the phone?
It does show as a winrar file, very confused!

In a stunning turn around of events I am an idiot, no need to extract them at all! Thanks all!

Generally a cab file will be seen by winrar/winzip as a compressed file if you open it on your pc. But normally a cab file should be copied to your phone (main memory or storage card) and run from there - no need to extract.

Having trouble with zip and xml files

when i install a cab and exe files, i use active sync, extract the file to a folder on my tilt, open it up with my tilt, and boo yah, its installed. not so with zip and xml files. when its either one of these, however i do the same steps as above except when i open it up on my tilt it connects to internet explorer, looks like it "installs", then i get a whole bunch of wording like this:
-<wap.provisioningdoc>
-<charaxteristic
type="install">
etc., etc., etc.
but i NEVER get the program. i see ppl posting opens and loads of various other things in zip and xml format, but i can not obtain these files. What am i doing wrong??

With zip files extract one level only. Normally the zip will extract to either a CAB or an EXE.
Most EXE's you run on the PC with the device AS connected.
CAB files move (unextracted) to the PPC either main or storage card and tap to run on the device.
Sometimes you get a combination of an XML and an EXE (eg Kaiser Tweak) where you move both files to the PPC into a folder and then run the EXE on the device. These are relatively rare - most exe's run on the PC.
If you continue to have problems it is best to give a specific example of the file type and software in question.
Mike

Extracting files from KDZ

HI,
I am trying to get an apk from a KDZ file. I can open up the KDZ but then there are many other files inside. I guess the apks are in one of these other files. Does anyone know how to get the apk from within .img files etc?
Thanks

ballandbiscuit said:
HI,
I am trying to get an apk from a KDZ file. I can open up the KDZ but then there are many other files inside. I guess the apks are in one of these other files. Does anyone know how to get the apk from within .img files etc?
Thanks
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How you extracted KDZ?

Why don't you get it from the sapps module zip on void's rom?

I need a particular app from the Orange UK ROM - the app is called Signal Boost and it is for UMA calling.
Is that app in the ROM you mention?

What you need is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6303911&postcount=827
It allows you to decompress system.mbn (where all the files are).
Compile it under linux, or use cygwin.
Remember that official ROMs are odexed. If you want to deodex apks, you can use dsixda's excelent kitchen. It is used to make lots of ROMs you see around here.
For that, take a look here (you can also use it under cygwin):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246
If you understand portuguese, or use a translator, check these:
http://www.androidpt.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=97&id=91547&Itemid=30
http://www.androidpt.com/index.php?option=com_kunena&func=view&catid=97&id=97416&Itemid=30
Most info was gathered from xda forums, only translated and organized to portuguese folks.

Many thanks, I will see if I can get anywhere with this.

You just need to compile unyaffsmbn (gcc unyaffsmbn.c -o unyaffsmbn).
Then copy system.mbn to unyaffsmbn folder. Then do:
./unyaffsmbn system.mbn
You'll have all files extracted in few seconds.
Then if you want to use those files in kitchen, do this:
First install kitchen, as explained in link i posted above.
Delete all symlinks in bin/ (i think there are 52)
Then you must create a zip file with this structure:
/boot.img
/system/ (here you put all the files you extracted. You should have 10 folders and 1 file)
Now just copy this zip to PATH_TO_KITCHEN/original_update/
Then run it with:
cd PATH_TO_KITCHEN
./menu

Right I have three system.mbn files named:
system.mbn_0
system.mbn_1
system.mbn_2
I have tried a few tools (under Windows) to extract them. Firstly a windows compiled version of unyaffs which falls over with : Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION at eip=61100F73
I then tried another version which didn't error but also didn't do anything!
A different tool errored with "the header states that its binary is longer than the whole file" which makes me think perhaps these three files need combining into one?
I have tried combining them into one file using the copy /b command in Windows which creates a single large file but I still have the same issues trying to unpack it.
Any more ideas? Thanks

Right have now installed Cygwin and managed to extract the files using unyaffsmbn! Thanks for all your help, learnt a lot today!

Right I have three system.mbn files named:
system.mbn_0
system.mbn_1
system.mbn_2
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How did you decompress kdz? I use LG Utils to extract to dz, then dzdecryptor to decompress dz to individual files. Then i use the tools i named to do the rest of it.
Also i can see that lg utils finds those system*, but puts them together before it ends. Maybe you used different software.
Anyway, i'm glad you managed to work it out
I have tried a few tools (under Windows) to extract them. Firstly a windows compiled version of unyaffs which falls over with : Exception: STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION at eip=61100F73
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There is unyaffs, and unyaffsmbn. unyaffs also never worked with me.
I've read somewhere that with lg roms we must use unyaffsmbn. Don't remember were i saw it, neither why...

I used LG utils to extract the KDZ, then used DZExtract to expand the .dz file. Then I combined the system.mbn_0,1,2 files using copy /b.
I then used Cygwin and gcc to make unyaffsmbn.exe which then worked on the combined system.mbn file. Managed to get the apk I needed too.

PLease upload unyaffsmbn.exe for me please as i seriously need it.

Here you go...

[DEV] *.wbd, what you know?

Hello!
I'm trying get some information about the .wdb format, if anyone know something I really like to know about.
For example, the kdb is a crypted cab file, who have inside some other files.
Maybe a .dz and a .dll or a .dll and a .wdb, is there a "third option"?
I heard about CDMA and 3GQTC, it's how this files are "packed"? (in kdz)
I see that KP500 got a .wbd extractor, then, if we extract it, we got 5 different files *.dfat, *.fls and others...
So, what can we do with that files extracted from .wdb, what we won with this?
Can we create custom roms or something like that?
I think this concept work for all the LGE cellphones or almost everyone, right?
Thanks.
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You could use [1]TrID to see if it can tell something
[1]http://mark0.net/soft-trid-e.html

Probably inside the wdb there's the files that compose the rom, like the dz which contains the recovery.img, boot.img and so on. LG seems to have changed the decompress process as the KP500 lg utils cant decompress the wdb files. Maybe with the files we could create a new kdz and flash it, just like this tutorial
http://code.google.com/p/arenoid/wiki/KDZExtractPack

It's an encrypted archive that stores the fls file and bin files in multiple parts. It seems the decrypting function is inside the dll that's extracted from the kdz.

Answering my own question.
WDB is a container format, with several pieces of zlib streams, each representing a file, but encrypted.
Like a zip file

[Q] How to get a .dz file to a .wdb file

Hey,
After a lot searching i have extract my .kdz file to 2 different files. a .dll and a .dz file. I am searching how can i get those files working in the Smartflashtool. Sow i need a app bin and a CP bin, On this moment i need to know how can i get those files?
- Can i extract a .kdz to a .wdb and .dll sow after that i can extract those to app bin and cp bin?
- Can i extract a .dz file after that compile it to .wdb and do the first step again?
- Is it possible to get from the .dz file also the app bin and the cp bin?
Wrong section sorry

Johrans said:
Hey,
After a lot searching i have extract my .kdz file to 2 different files. a .dll and a .dz file. I am searching how can i get those files working in the Smartflashtool. Sow i need a app bin and a CP bin, On this moment i need to know how can i get those files?
- Can i extract a .kdz to a .wdb and .dll sow after that i can extract those to app bin and cp bin?
- Can i extract a .dz file after that compile it to .wdb and do the first step again?
- Is it possible to get from the .dz file also the app bin and the cp bin?
Wrong section sorry
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kdz is a archive format, you can't choose what you get out of it. (It's like saying I want a image out of that random zip file)
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Ask novassoc He said some time ago he's working on dz files.
It should already be possible to extract dz file though, Check on the Optimus G forum.
I don't know to what it extracts possible bin/fls.
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Again I don't know to what it extracts and if or if not it's possible to revert to dz format. Should be possible.
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I can give you lot more info about bin files if your interested, but you'd have to ask novassoc about kdz and wdb.
If dz decompiles to bin/fls then you should be able to create the dz file again, but after extracting the bin/fls file you should not create a bin/fls file again. It's possible, but it could kill your phone since emergency recovery usually relies on first or second stage bootloader and the bin/fls files overwrites it when flashing it on your phone and if something goes wrong.

xonar_ said:
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I can give you lot more info about bin files if your interested, but you'd have to ask novassoc about kdz and wdb.
If dz decompiles to bin/fls then you should be able to create the dz file again, but after extracting the bin/fls file you should not create a bin/fls file again. It's possible, but it could kill your phone since emergency recovery usually relies on first or second stage bootloader and the bin/fls files overwrites it when flashing it on your phone and if something goes wrong.
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Thanks, Let we say we have the next files from different phones like the lg L5 e610 it has as firmware files a .dz and a .dll i know the .kdz files haves those files from those firmware. and also when it isnt a .kdz file its possible to encrypt it to .kdz
You know a lot about bin files. What contains a App.bin and a CP.bin when you use it for the SmartFlashTool. Because i wanne try to get from the Firmware files like ( .kdz or .dll or .dz) a app.bin and cp.bin,

Johrans said:
Thanks, Let we say we have the next files from different phones like the lg L5 e610 it has as firmware files a .dz and a .dll i know the .kdz files haves those files from those firmware. and also when it isnt a .kdz file its possible to encrypt it to .kdz
You know a lot about bin files. What contains a App.bin and a CP.bin when you use it for the SmartFlashTool. Because i wanne try to get from the Firmware files like ( .kdz or .dll or .dz) a app.bin and cp.bin,
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Yes. There is already a tool somewhere to create kdz archive (One of LG's ones, you just have to use WindowsEnabler to get the option)
The bin file (AP) is basically a collection of data blocks and each data blocks usually correspond to partitions on the device.
The first meg is the header which contains the info about all the data blocks
like size on file,offset on file,size on device,offset on disk etc.
The layout of the header seems to be different for each phone. You can identify what type of bin file it is from it's magic number.
Then after the header the data blocks are just appended to the file. Doesn't have to be since the header allows there to be gaps and overlapping data blocks, but thats not practical so it will probably never be any other way.
You can check my tool for extracting bin files here. You can get alot more info on exactly how it's set out in my git by reading the sources.
I don't know to much about the fls file (CP) besides that it does a raw write of everything after what appears to be the header to somewhere in my phones nv partition and contains baseband information.

xonar_ said:
Yes. There is already a tool somewhere to create kdz archive (One of LG's ones, you just have to use WindowsEnabler to get the option)
The bin file (AP) is basically a collection of data blocks and each data blocks usually correspond to partitions on the device.
The first meg is the header which contains the info about all the data blocks
like size on file,offset on file,size on device,offset on disk etc.
The layout of the header seems to be different for each phone. You can identify what type of bin file it is from it's magic number.
Then after the header the data blocks are just appended to the file. Doesn't have to be since the header allows there to be gaps and overlapping data blocks, but thats not practical so it will probably never be any other way.
You can check my tool for extracting bin files here. You can get alot more info on exactly how it's set out in my git by reading the sources.
I don't know to much about the fls file (CP) besides that it does a raw write of everything after what appears to be the header to somewhere in my phones nv partition and contains baseband information.
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Thanks, but still i am thinking why are there extractors for the kdz-> to cab -> to.wdb and .dll -> to App bin and CP bin but not from the kdz-> to cab -> .dz and .dll -> to App bin and CP bin.
is there sow big difference between the .dz and .wdb

I don't know much about what your talking here. I know that the complete firmware from LG comes in a v....kdz package. I know that ...cab containers are Microsoft's preferred format (something like ...zip or ...rar). I know ...bin stands for a lot BINary data files. I know that ...dll stands for Dynamic Data Library. That APPlications are often called app ...
... and I have the feeling that a lot different things are mixed together here. Sure xonar knows what he is talking about but the rest sounds like not much clue and the rest filled up with things you heard somewhere.
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda app-developers app

SaschaKH said:
I don't know much about what your talking here. I know that the complete firmware from LG comes in a v....kdz package. I know that ...cab containers are Microsoft's preferred format (something like ...zip or ...rar). I know ...bin stands for a lot BINary data files. I know that ...dll stands for Dynamic Data Library. That APPlications are often called app ...
... and I have the feeling that a lot different things are mixed together here. Sure xonar knows what he is talking about but the rest sounds like not much clue and the rest filled up with things you heard somewhere.
Sent from my LG-P970 using xda app-developers app
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Let me try to explain a litle for y.
You know that a kdz file contains a cab file. Every cab file contains a .dll file.
But not every cab file contains a wdb.
Sow what i need is a wdb file from a cab what doesnt have a wdb file. Or i need a extractor what makes from a .dz file and a .dll file a cp Bin and Ap bin. ( .dz file is the other file what could be in the cab without a .wdb,)
For some more information: When you use the SmartFlashTool. You need 2 files the CP Bin and AP bin.
You can use a extractor to get from a KDZ file a wdb and .dll file. ( From those its possible to create the CP Bin and AP bin)
But when you dont have de WDB file but you have a .DZ file then i cant create a CP bin and AP bin.
thats the problem. Sow now how can i fix that

Johrans said:
Let me try to explain a litle for y.
You know that a kdz file contains a cab file. Every cab file contains a .dll file.
But not every cab file contains a wdb.
Sow what i need is a wdb file from a cab what doesnt have a wdb file. Or i need a extractor what makes from a .dz file and a .dll file a cp Bin and Ap bin. ( .dz file is the other file what could be in the cab without a .wdb,)
For some more information: When you use the SmartFlashTool. You need 2 files the CP Bin and AP bin.
You can use a extractor to get from a KDZ file a wdb and .dll file. ( From those its possible to create the CP Bin and AP bin)
But when you dont have de WDB file but you have a .DZ file then i cant create a CP bin and AP bin.
thats the problem. Sow now how can i fix that
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Have you tried
DZ-Creator / DZ-Decrypter
or
DZTools
If that fails then you have to reverse engineer your dz file yourself.
The DZ file can't be converted to bin/fls from the looks of it. That is if your dz file is similar to the dz file in the KS20.
That dz file is a collection of data blocks much like the bin file, but they aren't interchangable and I don't think SFT will work with them.

xonar_ said:
Have you tried
DZ-Creator / DZ-Decrypter
or
DZTools
If that fails then you have to reverse engineer your dz file yourself.
The DZ file can't be converted to bin/fls from the looks of it. That is if your dz file is similar to the dz file in the KS20.
That dz file is a collection of data blocks much like the bin file, but they aren't interchangable and I don't think SFT will work with them.
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OKey sow if i understand this correctly is the .dz a kind of like the bin file. If i read correctly on this forum the wdb is also a collection off files like a zip file.
I think your are right it isnt possible to replace the .dz for a .wdb sow i can flash it in the SFT

Johrans said:
OKey sow if i understand this correctly is the .dz a kind of like the bin file. If i read correctly on this forum the wdb is also a collection off files like a zip file.
I think your are right it isnt possible to replace the .dz for a .wdb sow i can flash it in the SFT
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Yes.
I don't think it's possible to flash dz file to your phone with SFT.

xonar_ said:
Yes.
I don't think it's possible to flash dz file to your phone with SFT.
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Thanks for the answers, i know its possible with the kdz flasher but that tool isnt real stable and doesnt do a factory reset after the flash. it must be manual then.