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I need to create an update.zip please help

i want to create an update.zip i can install via the recovery console.
i have the apk which is
com.lookout.apk
i have created folders system/app
zipped it and signed it but when i try to flash it needs an update .script how do i create an update script to tell the recover console to install the app to system/app

If you have the apk, why not just install it via a file manager (Astro), adb install (adb install <path:\package.apk>), or adb push (adb shell -> mount /system -> exit -> adb push <path:\package.apk> /system/app) in recovery?
Plenty of ways to install without needing a flashable zip if it's just for you.
If you really need a zip, I'd find somebody else's who is doing the same thing and just replace the APKs and resign it.
Just thoughts.

Hi,
I´m kind of in the same situation. I want to install Sim Checker Pro as a system App.
It is currently installed.
The author told me to copy the simchecker15.apk from /data/app/ to the sd card. Then delete the original. Then copy it over to /system/app/ and finally delete the apk on the sdcard.
Code:
adb remount
adb shell cp /data/app/org.ajeje.locservice15.apk /sdcard
adb shell rm /data/app/org.ajeje.locservice15.apk
adb shell cp /sdcard/org.ajeje.locservice15.apk /system/app
adb shell rm /sdcard/org.ajeje.locservice15.apk
Since I´m not able to write to /system unless I mount it in (pauls) recovery mode can anyone tell me how to do this on the Desire exactly.
I get adb working in recovery and can also mount /system but how do I push the files from /data/app/ to sd and from there to /system/app?
Edit: I got it sorted out
it was
Code:
adb shell mount /system
adb shell cp /data/app/org.ajeje.simchecker15.apk /sdcard
adb shell rm /data/app/org.ajeje.simchecker15.apk
adb shell cp /sdcard/org.ajeje.simchecker15.apk /system/app
adb shell rm /sdcard/org.ajeje.lsimchecker15.apk

[Q] lost etc/hosts file

hello everyone
I have a t-mobile note 2 rooted and i was having problems with my play store and deleted my hosts file by mistake i tried making a new one with root explorer but it fails is there anything els that i can do to get it back when i reset my phone the play store is gone and i don't know what to do any help would be great.

Bdvs said:
hello everyone
I have a t-mobile note 2 rooted and i was having problems with my play store and deleted my hosts file by mistake i tried making a new one with root explorer but it fails is there anything els that i can do to get it back when i reset my phone the play store is gone and i don't know what to do any help would be great.
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Do you have access to a system with adb or heimdall ?
If not
You can create a new file(text) named hosts under /etc/system/ with the following line
127.0.0.0 localhost
You can set the permissions of this file to 0644 via root explorer or using Terminal Emulator:
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cd /system/etc
chmod 644 hosts
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Never used root explorer but there has to be a GUI option somewhere in it.
You will have to mount the /system to read-write mode in root explorer in order to make any changes.
Once you have created the file, reboot the phone and see if it works, if not then manually delete all files under /system/data/dalvick-cache.
Be careful before deleting any file, make sure you browse to /system/data/-dalvick-cache directory and select all files and then delete them.

ciphercodes said:
Do you have access to a system with adb or heimdall ?
If not
You can create a new file(text) named hosts under /etc/system/ with the following line
127.0.0.0 localhost
You can set the permissions of this file to 0644 via root explorer or using Terminal Emulator:
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cd /system/etc
chmod 644 hosts
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Never used root explorer but there has to be a GUI option somewhere in it.
You will have to mount the /system to read-write mode in root explorer in order to make any changes.
Once you have created the file, reboot the phone and see if it works, if not then manually delete all files under /system/data/dalvick-cache.
Be careful before deleting any file, make sure you browse to /system/data/-dalvick-cache directory and select all files and then delete them.
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I have adb access how would i do it with adb
root explorer wont let me make a text file

Bdvs said:
I have adb access how would i do it with adb
root explorer wont let me make a text file
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1) Using text editor create a text file named "hosts" with the following contents:
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127.0.0.1 localhost
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If you are on windows make sure you remove the file extension.
2) Connect phone via USB and open command prompt or shell. Make sure USB Debugging is checked under developers options.
3) Check if adb detects your device by typing: adb devices , you should see your device listed, if not please check if your phone has correct USB drivers.
4) Now push the file you created to your phone with this command : adb push /path/to/file/hosts /sdcard/hosts
example: adb push C:\tmp\hosts /sdcard/hosts
5) Now log in to your phone by typing adb shell
6) Switch to super user by typing: su , grant permissions when asked by SuperSU.
7) Mount system in read-write mode by typing: mount -o remount,rw -t yaffsw /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system
8) Move the hosts file to /system/etc by typing: mv /sdcard/hosts /system/etc
9) Browse to /system/etc by typing: cd /system/etc
10) Change file owner and group by typing: chown root:root hosts
11) Change file permissions by typing: chmod 644 hosts
12) Mount system back to read only by typing: mount -o remount,ro -t yaffsw /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system
13) Delete dalvik cache by browsing to cd /data/dalvik-cache and then type rm -f *.dex
14) type exit two times to exit.
15) Reboot phone and it should work.
I believe there might be an easy way or an apk which does this but I haven't tried it.

play store
ciphercodes said:
1) Using text editor create a text file named "hosts" with the following contents:
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127.0.0.1 localhost
---
If you are on windows make sure you remove the file extension.
2) Connect phone via USB and open command prompt or shell. Make sure USB Debugging is checked under developers options.
3) Check if adb detects your device by typing: adb devices , you should see your device listed, if not please check if your phone has correct USB drivers.
4) Now push the file you created to your phone with this command : adb push /path/to/file/hosts /sdcard/hosts
example: adb push C:\tmp\hosts /sdcard/hosts
5) Now log in to your phone by typing adb shell
6) Switch to super user by typing: su , grant permissions when asked by SuperSU.
7) Mount system in read-write mode by typing: mount -o remount,rw -t yaffsw /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system
8) Move the hosts file to /system/etc by typing: mv /sdcard/hosts /system/etc
9) Browse to /system/etc by typing: cd /system/etc
10) Change file owner and group by typing: chown root:root hosts
11) Change file permissions by typing: chmod 644 hosts
12) Mount system back to read only by typing: mount -o remount,ro -t yaffsw /dev/block/mtdblk3 /system
13) Delete dalvik cache by browsing to cd /data/dalvik-cache and then type rm -f *.dex
14) type exit two times to exit.
15) Reboot phone and it should work.
I believe there might be an easy way or an apk which does this but I haven't tried it.
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Thanks for all your help i got the hosts file in to system/etc folder but my play store is still not working i get a pop up that play store has stop working so i cleared cache for play store, play services and google framework and its still not working
any ideas thanks again

Did you delete dalvik cache ?
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HELP!!!! Cannot update FTV manually

Tried these steps
Connect to your Fire TV using ADB
(If you don’t know how, follow up to Step 4 Part 2 in our Windows or Mac guide)
Run the command: adb shell
Run the command: su
(If this is the first time you’ve ever run su, a pop-up will appear on the Fire TV, select Grant)
Run the command: chmod 777 /cache
Run the command: chmod 777 /cache/recovery
Run the command: cd /cache/recovery
Run the command: echo “--update_package=/cache/update.zip” > command
Run the command: exit
Run the command (yes, again): exit
Run the command: adb push update.zip /cache
(This assumes the update.zip file you renamed in step 2 is in the same directory as adb, otherwise enter the full path to the file like adb push C:\full\path\to\update.zip /cache)
Once the update.zip file has finished transferring to the Fire TV, run the command: adb reboot recovery
The update.zip file is on the same folder where the adb platform-tools is located, but when I enter the full path it says no such file or directory.
Mine looks like this C:\Users\XXX\platform-tools>adb push update.zip /cache
What am I doing wrong, please help

CD to the directory first . then enter adb push update.zip /cache

mastafunk said:
CD to the directory first . then enter adb push update.zip /cache
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I did everything in the same folder.
Do you suggests I go back to root of c folder then go back to the folder again

Copy and paste what you entered and the error..

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Stevie G said:
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when you push a file with adb, the file must be in the same folder/path you're running the adb command from. From your example, you need update.zip on your PC at C:\users\Stevie G\platform-tools\
The error is saying the file isn't at that path.

Luxferro said:
when you push a file with adb, the file must be in the same folder/path you're running the adb command from. From your example, you need update.zip on your PC at C:\users\Stevie G\platform-tools\
The error is saying the file isn't at that path.
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might have issues with the space in Stevie G, try a folder without spaces.

{Tutorial}Push APK files using ADB

Here's what you need to know to start on this adventure:Knowledge of: Android SDK, command prompt, adb push (command), adb pull (command), setting permissions in adb shell (chmod), apktool (compiling/decompiling), 7zip, Notepad++ or equivalent.
Pushing the file to our phone
Here I am taking SystemUI.apk as an example.
Plug in your phone to your computer.
Open command prompt, and change directories to your Android SDK - platform-tools directory(mine is at: C:\sdk\platform-tools).]
Type: adb reboot recovery
On your phone, mount /system. If you don't, you won't be able to access/make changes to /system.
Type: adb shell
Type:cd /system/app
Type:mv SystemUI.apk SystemUI.bak
NOTE: This copies your existing phone's SystemUI.apk to a file named SystemUI.bak. We are backing up our file, I HIGHLY RECOMMEND THIS.
Type: exit
Type:adb push SystemUI.apk /system/app/
Type:adb shell
Type: chmod 0644 /system/app/SystemUI.apk
Type:exit
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Now, reboot your phone normally.
Now, if you screwed up and you need to revert back to your original SystemUI.apk before we pushed the new one, here's how:
Type: adb reboot recovery
On your phone, mount /system.
Type: adb shell
Type: cd /system/app/
Type: rm SystemUI.apk
NOTE: This deletes your newly pushed SystemUI.apk file.
Type: mv SystemUI.bak SystemUI.apk
Type: exit
Reboot your phone normally. Notice we did not do the permissions chmod command again. Why not? We don't have to since copying the file retains its permissions. We only need to do this when pushing a new file to the system.
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Press thanks.!!! if i've helped..!!​

True $tar said:
Here's what you need to know to start on this adventure:
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There's already a guide available with a complete list of adb commands.See here
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Scripting help

Hi, I wrote a little script to change couple of files. This is for replacing "ClassicTV" icons to Kodi icons on the FTV home (using llama).
My file is named "k.sh" and I have attached that (remove .txt from the end). The script works fine when I invoke it using "Script Manager", but when I try to invoke it from shell, it gives me execute permission error.
I have a folder in /sdcard called "kscripts' and this folder has the "k.sh" file.
I did try this: "chmod 777 kscripts" (after cd into /sdcard) and "chmod 777 k.sh" (after cd into /sdcard/kscripts).
When I run from shell (su) "./k.sh", I get the message "can't execute: Permission denied".
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.

dbdoshi said:
Hi, I wrote a little script to change couple of files. This is for replacing "ClassicTV" icons to Kodi icons on the FTV home (using llama).
My file is named "k.sh" and I have attached that (remove .txt from the end). The script works fine when I invoke it using "Script Manager", but when I try to invoke it from shell, it gives me execute permission error.
I have a folder in /sdcard called "kscripts' and this folder has the "k.sh" file.
I did try this: "chmod 777 kscripts" (after cd into /sdcard) and "chmod 777 k.sh" (after cd into /sdcard/kscripts).
When I run from shell (su) "./k.sh", I get the message "can't execute: Permission denied".
Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
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/sdcard doesn't support execution of programs or the linux permission system. If you're rooted, test from somewhere like /data/local which is ext4. If you're not rooted you'll need to work from the PC-side through adb shell,push and the like.