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[q] can one of you gurues explain this to me plese

I AM TRYING TO MAKE A FOLDER. TO MAKE A CUSTOM SPLASH SCREEN BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO COMPLETE THIS STEP....[Open a command or terminal window and CD to your nbimg folder.
Type in the following command: nbimg -F splash1.bmp -w 480 -h 800
If successful, nbimg should have created an nb file called 'splash1.bmp.nb'.
Rename 'splash1.bmp.nb' to 'splash1.img'.]... I HAVE THE "NBIMG" FOLDER. AND MY CONVRTED IMAGE. I JUST DON'T KNOW TO "CD" TO IT OR WHEN TO TYPE IN THE COMMAND AFTER THAT TO COMBINE THE TWO.....USING COMMAND LINE IS LIKE FRENCH TO ME... PLEASE HELP..

mbancroft41 said:
I AM TRYING TO MAKE A FOLDER. TO MAKE A CUSTOM SPLASH SCREEN BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW TO COMPLETE THIS STEP....[Open a command or terminal window and CD to your nbimg folder.
Type in the following command: nbimg -F splash1.bmp -w 480 -h 800
If successful, nbimg should have created an nb file called 'splash1.bmp.nb'.
Rename 'splash1.bmp.nb' to 'splash1.img'.]... I HAVE THE "NBIMG" FOLDER. AND MY CONVRTED IMAGE. I JUST DON'T KNOW TO "CD" TO IT OR WHEN TO TYPE IN THE COMMAND AFTER THAT TO COMBINE THE TWO.....USING COMMAND LINE IS LIKE FRENCH TO ME... PLEASE HELP..
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Ok I see no one has answered this so I'll try to take a stab at it.
I've never made a custom splash screen, however, I know my way around a command prompt. I'm assuming that your nbimg folder is on the root of your C:/ drive correct?
If that is so then in a fresh command prompt and type "cd c:\nbimg" now you should be in that folder. If its in a different folder like..idk.. programs files. then you would type cd c:\program files\nbimg, ya see?
Now that your in that folder type "nbimg -F splash1.bmp -w 480 -h 800". Hope that helps out some, if there is anyone else that can shed some more light please take this by the horns.

no actually its in my user \down load folder. should i save it to the root of my c: drive. ....or i would have to figure out what the command for my "downloads" file is ... but I think i'll move it to the root. cause you already gave me the command for that thanks........and yes your the first one to answer on three different fourms i have the same question in..... so thanks so much for your help...

mbancroft41 said:
no actually its in my user \down load folder. should i save it to the root of my c: drive. ....or i would have to figure out what the command for my "downloads" file is ... but I think i'll move it to the root. cause you already gave me the command for that thanks........and yes your the first one to answer on three different fourms i have the same question in..... so thanks so much for your help...
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Your very welcome. If you can move it to the root of the C: drive then Id do it.
If not then right click in your nbimg folder and click properties and look at your location (ex. C:\users\download). Now, just CD-change directory to that folder with the addition of \nbimg. so it'd look like "C:\users\download\nbimg". Its a little more work but it will give you a little more command prompt experience.

ok... now that it is explained.. it sounds simple.. thanks again

ok.. command line read: c:\users\my name> .. I typed in about three different things but i got it to read: "c:\>" with out the quotations of course by typing in. " cd c:\ "..... but cant get it to the file.....when i type "nbimg" it says " 'nbimg' is not recognized as an internal command opperate program or batch file........ i have relocated the said file to the root of my C drive like u suggested...any ideas????????

ok played around for a while and got it i think.... I found out how to type command in right.. and it spit a whole bunch of stuff back to me.....to bad you cant copy and paste from cmd line window.. cause i sure aint typing all that.. thanks for your help. alot of thanks been waiting two days to get some kinda answer....

mbancroft41 said:
ok played around for a while and got it i think.... I found out how to type command in right.. and it spit a whole bunch of stuff back to me.....to bad you cant copy and paste from cmd line window.. cause i sure aint typing all that.. thanks for your help. alot of thanks been waiting two days to get some kinda answer....
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You can copy and paste my friend!!! Right click and click paste

c:\nbimg>nbimg -f splash1.bmp -w480 -h800
=== nbimg v1.1
=== Convert NB <--> BMP splash screens
=== (c)2008 Pau Oliva - pof @ xda-developers
nbimg: unknown option -- f
Usage: nbimg -F file.[nb|bmp]
Mandatory arguments:
-F <filename> Filename to convert.
If the extension is BMP it will be converted to NB.
If the extension is NB it will be converted to BMP.
Optional arguments:
-w <width> Image width in pixels. If not specified will be autodetec
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-h <height> Image height in pixels. If not specified will be autodete
d.
-t <pattern> Manually specify the padding pattern (usually 0 or 255).
-p <size> Manually specify the padding size.
-n Do not add HTC splash signature to NB file.
-s Output smartphone format.
NBH arguments: (only when converting from BMP to NBH)
-D <model_id> Generate NBH with specified Model ID (mandatory)
-S <chunksize> NBH SignMaxChunkSize (64 or 1024)
-T <type> NBH header type, this is typically 0x600 or 0x601
awasome it was just done different then the normal right click and right click paste.so the info it sent back to me is it saying its missing something or did it create the file

sounds like it completed

Easier ADB/Fastboot Usage Mac/Linux

Let's pretend you're running Mac OS X or Linux. You might have your adb and fastboot files in a directory such as:
Code:
~/Android/
Which means to execute the command you have to
Code:
cd ~/Android/
then execute
Code:
./adb
You must be thinking, "There has to be a similar way!" Well, there is!
Code:
sudo cp ~/Android/adb /usr/bin
followed by
Code:
sudo cp ~/Android/fastboot /usr/bin
Now, all you have to do, no matter what you're present location in your file system is to simply type whichever command you want. This will probably speed up using the commands and make your time in terminal a little easier.

It is much more efficient to add the ~Android dir to PATH.
If you ever update your android sdk you'd have to copy the files again.
so better:
Code:
export PATH=~/Android:$PATH
if you want it persistent just change your ~/.profile file (depending on your distribution)
same would work in Windows, there you have to set PATH in the system settings.

Trying to Install Takju on Mac, Not Working

Hey all. I'm trying to install Takju on my Yakju Galaxy Nexus on a Mac. I have my folder with the Google factory images and fastboot-mac inside of it. When I navigate to the folder and type in:
./fastboot-mac flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primekk15.img
It says ./fastboot-mac: No such directory. Any ideas why? I have the fastboot-mac file smack dab in the folder. My phone is in bootloader mode as well.

So you've pointed terminal at the proper folder? Have you tried just renaming it Fastboot? It doesn't have to be called Fastboot-Mac.
What happens if you do a ./fastboot devices? Make sure you've turned on USB debugging and booted into fastboot mode.
I use this ADB and Fastboot just fine: View attachment Mac_ADB_Fastboot.zip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sP9ZDWmbLVM&feature=youtube_gdata_player try thoes commands.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

It says the same thing, no such file or directory.
To navigate to the folder I simply drag it into the command prompt and press enter right?

Arcadia310 said:
It says the same thing, no such file or directory.
To navigate to the folder I simply drag it into the command prompt and press enter right?
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you have to do "cd" then drag the folder in.
For example I have my ADB/Fastboot folder in my home directory, so I open Terminal and type:
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cd <Fastboot folder name>
and the Terminal will return properly:
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<Computer Name>:<Fastboot folder name> <home folder name>$
If the folder was on your desktop:
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cd Desktop/<Fastboot folder name>/

Ah, thanks for that. But now when I do:
./fastboot-mac flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primela03.img
It says -bash: ./fastboot-mac: Operation not permitted

Arcadia310 said:
Ah, thanks for that. But now when I do:
./fastboot-mac flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primela03.img
It says -bash: ./fastboot-mac: Operation not permitted
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Are you admin on your computer? You can always try doing a sudo.

martonikaj said:
Are you admin on your computer? You can always try doing a sudo.
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Yes I'm admin.

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[HOWTO] / [GUIDE] Compile Loki_patch and execute

Things you will need:
Cygwin- http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe
ADB- http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Loki Patch source- https://github.com/djrbliss/loki
These are the steps i took to compile and use loki_patch.
I will assume you have the android sdk setup and ready, I will assume your SDK is under c:/AndroidSDK(this is how mine is setup)
Pulling aboot.img using adb:
You can copy cmd.exe into the folder where adb is located and run it from there so you do not have to navigate to the folder manually, or just run cmd.exe and navigate to the adb folder, for me it is c:\AndroidSDK\sdk\platform-tools.
Once you are in your adb file path and your phone is connected and in debug mode follow these instructions to pull aboot.img from your phone.
Original instructions from djrbliss here https://github.com/djrbliss/loki
[email protected]:~$ adb shell
[email protected]:/ $ su
[email protected]:/ # dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/aboot of=/data/local/tmp/aboot.img
[email protected]:/ # chmod 644 /data/local/tmp/aboot.img
[email protected]:/ # exit
[email protected]:/ $ exit
[email protected]:~$ adb pull /data/local/tmp/aboot.img
3293 KB/s (2097152 bytes in 0.621s)
Now you should have the file aboot.img in the platform-tools folder(where the adb.exe file is located)
Copy this file to your desktop so you know where it is.
Installing gcc with Cygwin:
Original Instructions came from here http://www.eecg.utoronto.ca/~aamodt/ece242/cygwin.html
Step 0: Download and run the cygwin installer.
Step 1: Select “Install from Internet”
Step 2: Install to default location
Step 3: Use default local package directory (click next)
Step 4: Use whatever internet connection settings (click next)
Step 5: Select a mirror (use the one already selected, click next)
Step 6 (a): In the “Select Packages” expand “Devel”:
Step 6 (b): Select gcc, gdb, and make
Step 7: click next and follow the rest of the installation instructions.
Ok, now that gcc is installed we can compile the loki_patch source to make the executable.
Go here https://github.com/djrbliss/loki
You should see a file called loki_patch.c, click this link and it will open and you can see all the code.
Select the code from top to bottom and right click, copy.
Now right click on your desktop and select new> text file.
Open this text file and paste the code into it, go to file and save as loki_patch.c (make sure you have your file extensions turned on so you can save this as a c source and not a txt file).
We should now have a file called loki_patch.c on the desktop, keep it there for now.
Open up windows explorer and navigate to the following:
c:\cygwin\home\<username>\
(You will see a few files and a kitchen folder)
Create a new folder in here called compile.
Now, let's go back to the desktop and copy loki_patch.c and aboot.img and paste those into the compile folder you just created.
Go ahead and run cygwin.
Now we need to change directories, so let's type the following:
cd compile
We should now be in the compile folder.
Lets compile this code so we can use it, type the following command:
gcc loki_patch.c -o loki_patch
We should now have a file in the compile folder called loki_patch.exe( windows added this .exe, the file extension can be left alone or deleted)
Now you need a boot.img file to patch, grab one from a rom or kernal and copy this into the compile folder.
Once all the files are in the compile folder run the following command to patch the boot.img file:
./loki_patch boot aboot.img boot.img boot.lok
We should now have a boot.lok file in the compile folder, hope this helps and i hope i didnt leave anything out, i will try and update this with screen shots later.

Nice work..thanks

C13v3r0n3 first link is Broken: Cygwin, my friend!!

TheAxman said:
Nice work..thanks
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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..

[url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdr3buikslvw1qm/adb.png[/URL]
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdr3buikslvw1qm/adb.png

Stevie G said:
[url]https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdr3buikslvw1qm/adb.png[/URL]
https://www.dropbox.com/s/rdr3buikslvw1qm/adb.png
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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.