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Dual Boot HERO

Will it be possible to dual boot hero? Maybe:
1. 1.5 and 2.x rom to choose
2. 1.5, 2.x and a windows mobile (just to try) to choose
Thanks

I have an idea regarding that:
You'll have to modify initrc:
the first thing it has to do is offer a menu (like in recovery), where you choose your ROM
While installing the ROM, all directories are suffixed, for example, system1, etc1
and symlinked at the end of the installation to /system etc...
Second, depending on the rom version, the corresponding directories (system1/system2, etc...) are symlinked to /system, /data, /etc...
THEN initrc proceeds
Which means that all the symlinking part will have to be at the TOP of initrc, just after the PATH declaration.
This is just a concept; I didn't try it.
If you have the time do do so, let us know of the results.

A good approach i suppose, but i'm not able to transform it into a real try... maybe someone can?

adwinp said:
I have an idea regarding that:
You'll have to modify initrc:
the first thing it has to do is offer a menu (like in recovery), where you choose your ROM
While installing the ROM, all directories are suffixed, for example, system1, etc1
and symlinked at the end of the installation to /system etc...
Second, depending on the rom version, the corresponding directories (system1/system2, etc...) are symlinked to /system, /data, /etc...
THEN initrc proceeds
Which means that all the symlinking part will have to be at the TOP of initrc, just after the PATH declaration.
This is just a concept; I didn't try it.
If you have the time do do so, let us know of the results.
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This is very interesting, i can try to do this but i have to know 2 things:
1. How to build a Boot Menu
2. How a recovery works when flashing recovery
Do you know where can i find these infos?

i was thining about this the other day, it would be awesome.
And another thing, android can run on windows mobile phones, it would be great to be able to run windows mobile on android

Exit93 said:
This is very interesting, i can try to do this but i have to know 2 things:
1. How to build a Boot Menu
2. How a recovery works when flashing recovery
Do you know where can i find these infos?
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The "boot menu" would be a simple shell script nested at the beginning of the global initrc,
mainly taking care of the proper symlinking/mounting

djdavis said:
i was thining about this the other day, it would be awesome.
And another thing, android can run on windows mobile phones, it would be great to be able to run windows mobile on android
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+1
:d:d:d:d:d:d:d:d

adwinp said:
The "boot menu" would be a simple shell script nested at the beginning of the global initrc,
mainly taking care of the proper symlinking/mounting
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Oh ok,
but i still need to know how a recovery works when flashing, i'll try doing some searches on google
@d3smond
I don't think that winmob is portable on android phones...

Exit93 said:
@d3smond
I don't think that winmob is portable on android phones...
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I think I read about major kernal issues required to be sorted out. So possible in theory, in practise less so

Branwen said:
I think I read about major kernal issues required to be sorted out. So possible in theory, in practise less so
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Why? I owned WM devices before and I know that porting a ROM from one device to another is not a problem for cookers (example: port HTC Touch HD ROM to HTC Diamond2) ...
Maybe the kernel/bootloader is the problem... WM drivers are tones out there.

d3sm0nd said:
Why? I owned WM devices before and I know that porting a ROM from one device to another is not a problem for cookers (example: port HTC Touch HD ROM to HTC Diamond2) ...
Maybe the kernel/bootloader is the problem... WM drivers are tones out there.
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Kernel is the problem...
Android is open source, WM no...

Just a thought, but i doubt it is posible to do it in initrc becouse of kernel issues but shouldn't it be possible to have 2 kernels built and symlinked and just make a app that let you choose what system to load next boot and make the intirc and kernel symlinks before reboot? I have no experience with android cooking but some old linux knowledge is still in my head i think. Correct me if i'm totally wrong.

me.b said:
Just a thought, but i doubt it is posible to do it in initrc becouse of kernel issues but shouldn't it be possible to have 2 kernels built and symlinked and just make a app that let you choose what system to load next boot and make the intirc and kernel symlinks before reboot? I have no experience with android cooking but some old linux knowledge is still in my head i think. Correct me if i'm totally wrong.
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You can make symlink on every boot

Exit93 said:
You can make symlink on every boot
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Even have multiple kernels? Isn't that chosen in the bootloader? (thinking back on lilo and the great 90's =)

sombody heard about Gen.Y DualBOOT its for windows mobile to run android on windows mobile change that some how so it work on android ?

rudgia said:
sombody heard about Gen.Y DualBOOT its for windows mobile to run android on windows mobile change that some how so it work on android ?
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That rom just start windows mobile and then you can start android through windows mobile using haret, nothing particular....

Exit93 said:
Kernel is the problem...
Android is open source, WM no...
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I see...
But OK, how for example manufacturers make their device to work on WM? How HTC developers get a new phone running on WM? Do HTC's developers have the source code?
Sorry if it's a stupid question..

d3sm0nd said:
I see...
But OK, how for example manufacturers make their device to work on WM? How HTC developers get a new phone running on WM? Do HTC's developers have the source code?
Sorry if it's a stupid question..
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Whoa you're confusing me xD
HTC knows how hardware is built so they can write drivers without problems
Android porting on WM is easier because it's booted using haret
So i was wrong, drivers are the problem not the kernel

Exit93 said:
Whoa you're confusing me xD
HTC knows how hardware is built so they can write drivers without problems
Android porting on WM is easier because it's booted using haret
So i was wrong, drivers are the problem not the kernel
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Hmm, ok.
There is a emulator called Bochs.. it can emulate WM. Maybe we could run it on Android?
I did a little search on google and found out that someone got Bochs working but it crashed when loading the bios..

How 'bout this....
Maybe instead of playing tricks with symlinks and init.rc and all that.......
Make a boot image that does nothing but ask you "Into which OS would you like to boot?" and that replaces the "boot.img" with the new one you want. Then on each of the boot images (for each OS version), you have one of the commands to flash_image back the "menu" boot image so that the next time the phone power cycles you get prompted. Also, you put a timer in it so that if your phone reboots without you present there's a default (and you don't miss your morning alarm clock or something).

RLE collections

I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY BRICK I'M JUST SHARING
This RLE is for those who wants custom splash on their beloved ACE.
Enjoy! This file is made by me. Haven't tested, I don't dare repacking boot.img
Rename *whatever* (#) .rle to COOPER.rle and put onto root folder.
Credits:
DooMLoRD for rle converter
Flickr for this photo
Download:
Apple http://www.mediafire.com/?0aprqq7ju8hr5m8
Android robot-like text http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?g93zueta96istvf
At least please give some feedback.
EDIT: The Apple's got a white line on top, will fix later maybe because Flickr doesn't allow any copy-paste so I screenied it.

well, I gotta say that the Apple one is somewhat ironic

Renan Lazarotto said:
well, I gotta say that the Apple one is somewhat ironic
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Thx! Does it works?
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I'm gonna test later, I think it is better to recompile the kernel with the RLE changed. You can try it using the dsixda's Kitchen -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246. Thanks!

can you make tutorial ??

gametv said:
can you make tutorial ??
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For making or putting it into ace?
Making:
1.) Grab a png file.
2.) Use the converter by DoomLoRD.
3.)
Code:
adb push #.rle sdcard
adb shell
su
rm COOPER.RLE
cp sdcard/#.rle /
##COMMENT DON'T WRITE RENAME #.RLE TO COOPER.rle this exact name##
*rename binary I don't know what it is * #.rle COOPER.RLE
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Renan Lazarotto said:
I'm gonna test later, I think it is better to recompile the kernel with the RLE changed. You can try it using the dsixda's Kitchen -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633246. Thanks!
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Cygwin dependencies file is corrupted
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panpjp said:
Cygwin dependencies file is corrupted
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Hm... Download cygwin from its site and try again! or use Linux in a Virtual Machine

Renan Lazarotto said:
Hm... Download cygwin from its site and try again! or use Linux in a Virtual Machine
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It said "clear" is missing when I typed in ./menu . Can you provide clear for me? PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU.
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panpjp said:
It said "clear" is missing when I typed in ./menu . Can you provide clear for me? PLEASE I'M BEGGING YOU.
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Never heard of this "clear" before! Try installing cygwin again, and on the package selection window search for clear. Otherwise, I really don't know what is wrong.

Renan Lazarotto said:
Never heard of this "clear" before! Try installing cygwin again, and on the package selection window search for clear. Otherwise, I really don't know what is wrong.
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Tried re-installing. Can't find clear :crying:
Got this when ./menu
Code:
Welcome to dsixda's Android Kitchen
Please wait .
Error: The application 'clear' is not installed - the kitchen
will not function properly without it. Ensure you did
not miss a step during installation! Refer to the
Android Kitchen FAQ at xda-developers.com for further
assistance.
PLEASE READ THE FAQ BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS!
I've read the FAQ.

Try asking in the kitchen thread then, I think it is the best lead you can have.

Renan Lazarotto said:
Try asking in the kitchen thread then, I think it is the best lead you can have.
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Migrating to my PC which has the uncorrupted file after killing 6 viruses (4 PUPS, 1 Trojan *I HATE U FUQ'IN VIRUS DEPLOYER FROM SOMEWHERE ON EARTH* and 1 Adware -.- )

panpjp said:
Migrating to my PC which has the uncorrupted file after killing 6 viruses (4 PUPS, 1 Trojan *I HATE U FUQ'IN VIRUS DEPLOYER FROM SOMEWHERE ON EARTH* and 1 Adware -.- )
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Remember that you can always use a Virtual Machine with Linux. No problems on there.

[TIP] How to change the info about Android Version

It's not so useful but it's cool. And can complete your ICS/Jelly Bean theme.
What You Need:
Rooted Phone
Root Explorer
Instructions:
1. Open Root Explorer.
2. Go to system/ and long press on build.prop (is better backup this file)
3. Select Open With and then select Text Editor.
4. Find "ro.build.version.release=(your actual android version)" and change how you want. (will look something like this: ro.build.version.release=4.1.1)
5. And if You want change this too: "ro.build.id=GINGERBREAD"
6. Press menu and then Save and Exit.
7. Reboot your Phone.
Ps: You can edit other informations too, but do this at your own risk.
If you liked, press thanks. (it cost nothing!!)

sometimes modifying it causes bootloop

deathnotice01 said:
sometimes modifying it causes bootloop
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I think it's rare, because never happened to me. But is a good advice, thanks.

ghtheking said:
It's not so useful but it's cool. And can complete your ICS/Jelly Bean theme.
What You Need:
Rooted Phone
Root Explorer
Instructions:
1. Open Root Explorer.
2. Go to system/ and long press on build.prop (is better backup this file)
3. Select Open With and then select Text Editor.
4. Find "ro.build.version.release=(your actual android version)" and change how you want. (will look something like this: ro.build.version.release=4.1.1)
5. And if You want change this too: "ro.build.id=GINGERBREAD"
6. Press menu and then Save and Exit.
7. Reboot your Phone.
Ps: You can edit other informations too, but do this at your own risk.
If you liked, press thanks. (it cost nothing!!)
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Hey u repost
Thrixter is a member n he post first about it:sly:
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AndroidProject said:
Hey u repost
Thrixter is a member n he post first about it:sly:
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whoever was the one to post this, doesnt really matter..
This is old news:victory:

I bet my pal that i got special edition JB 4.8.3 from japan!!! Using this trick. Hahaha
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Changing the version already caused a bootloop on my phone.

How many threads like this will be open.this info so old.
GO AVENGERS+GREEEEETZ!!!

CALIBAN666 said:
How many threads like this will be open.this info so old.
GO AVENGERS+GREEEEETZ!!!
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i was going to tell it
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[Script] Advanced Cm10 Slimmer V1.0 [22/10/2012]

Welcome to ...: AlwaysDroid Cm10 Simmer Version OnepointOh :...
First off give a HUGE thanks to zeppelinrox who helped me with some coding!
>><<> Basically, this is a script that I designed for the purpose of de-bloating CM10. Other scripts just remove what THAT user wants, but maybe that is not what you want!
So I set off to make a de-bloating script that would allow us to individually select what apps/wallpapers etc that you want to remove. >><<>>
- If you have any suggestions for apps to add, way to make this better etc, please do state so!
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Part 1: Instructions to install/use:
1. Download CmSlimmer.zip and put it on your SD Card.
2. Flash the zip file from recovery.
3. Execute with terminal emulator by simply typing " slim " (no quotes).
4. Follow the instructions!
5. Enjoy your slimmer, faster phone :^)
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Part 2: Known Bugs:
1. Something is wrong with my scripting logic at the end, so I cannot yet provide a user option whether to clear the dalvik or not.
(I have the script with the broken end if someone wants to give me a hand)
2. Only Lower Case letters are supported for now. Will be fixed in the future.
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Part 3: Changelog:
- Not Yet Applicable.
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reserved

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:laugh:

Can you tell us what exactly this script does? I am just curious what all happens before I run something I don't understand.

Scifimyth said:
Can you tell us what exactly this script does? I am just curious what all happens before I run something I don't understand.
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Sure . I'll make a video later today as well. Basically instead of just deleting a bunch of items in a row, like other scripts, it gives you choice as user input. If you input "y" it will delete "n" it will keep and so on. So can individually choose what apps/wallpapers/etc to delete based on what is best for you!
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Please add a step, "Type "su" in terminal emulator" as point 3

[WIP][XPOSED]Trying to find a Lollipop FIX

Hi guys, like you know xposed for Android 5 on our device break some system app like LGCover and LGWeather. This because the new Xposed use some binary built from the AOSP source that don't work with the above apks that contain an encrypted classes.dex ( AES128-CBC ).
Since decrypt that classes is quite impossible i started a different approach. So i looked inside the dalvik-cache where all the dex built by the compiler are stored.
Theese classes contains also the original classes.dex code.
example: /data/dalvik-cache/arm/[email protected] @....dex
Structure:
USELESS CODE
CLASSES.DEX ( that start with the magic dex.035 )
USELESS CODE
Header of the classes.dex
Offset.............Size...........Description
0x0................8................'Magic' value: "dex\n009\0"
0x8................4................Checksum
0xC...............20...............SHA-1 Signature
0x20..............4................Length of file in bytes ( in Little endian and hex value )
....
Getting that class is quite simple when you know how the dex header is formatted so i cut off the useless code and got the original classes.dex that can be decompiled with baksmali and used inside the apk.
Unfortunately this method doesn't work for the dex that were encrypted. Or at least, I'm missing the last step because there's something wrong with the code in this extrapolated class since the SHA1 signature appears to be wrong and consecutively also the Checksum are incorrect.
So, from my point of view we have 2 possible scenario:
1- the length of the classes that we can find in the header is wrong; ( most probable for me )
2- the code of the dex has been changed by the system.
Wish you can suggest me some ideas.
@suljo94 @P_Toti pls check this and tell me what you think. Tnx.

Skin1980 said:
methode 1
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could you check if an system service is activated when the lgcover apk is called(to decrypt), if not the key might be saved in the app source code (might be obfuscated)

suljo94 said:
could you check if an system service is activated when the lgcover apk is called(to decrypt), if not the key might be saved in the app source code (might be obfuscated)
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Yes probably the code is obfuscated... might try with Ida pro and a dedicated plugin
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Skin1980 said:
Yes probably the code is obfuscated... might try with Ida pro and a dedicated plugin
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I am sorry that I can't help(ffor now), this week is an vacation and I as a poor student have to work to pay off those expensive books
ontopic: @jcase said he would look into it in the other thread, maybe he found something intressting in the meanwhile

suljo94 said:
I am sorry that I can't help(ffor now), this week is an vacation and I as a poor student have to work to pay off those expensive books
ontopic: @jcase said he would look into it in the other thread, maybe he found something intressting in the meanwhile
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Well... with @jcase all is possible !
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Skin1980 said:
Well... with @jcase all is possible !
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so I found a system service that gets called when the lgsmartcover app crashes to many times. the system restarts it together with lgcover. it is part of lgcover so I am hopping lg was so stupid to save the key in the same file as the encrypted container

suljo94 said:
I am sorry that I can't help(ffor now), this week is an vacation and I as a poor student have to work to pay off those expensive books
ontopic: @jcase said he would look into it in the other thread, maybe he found something intressting in the meanwhile
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Well... with @jcase all is possible !
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Its just encrypted, easiest route is to snag from the cache and deodex as someone said above, if yall really need something to decrypt it ill look at again when i have time

jcase said:
Its just encrypted, easiest route is to snag from the cache and deodex as someone said above, if yall really need something to decrypt it ill look at again when i have time
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Would be great... tnx a lot!
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jcase said:
Its just encrypted, easiest route is to snag from the cache and deodex as someone said above, if yall really need something to decrypt it ill look at again when i have time
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Could you tell us why the SHA1 signature is incorrect?

suljo94 said:
Could you tell us why the SHA1 signature is incorrect?
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incorrect? Which sha1? in the siguatre, or in the dex header?

jcase said:
incorrect? Which sha1? in the siguatre, or in the dex header?
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Dex header(see op)

suljo94 said:
Dex header(see op)
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meh who cares, the sha1 doesnt matter, just fix the alder32 checksum, or correct them both.

suljo94 said:
Dex header(see op)
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Probably the sha1 is added before the obfuscation method.
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Probably the sha1 is added before the obfuscation method.
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did you salvage th whole classes.dex or just partially?
and is recalculating the sha1 and alder32 an option (if you salavaged it completely)
can we use dexguard for deobfuscation?
how did you open the file? I can't dex2jar it because it keeps saying that it isn't a dex file.
so many questions......

suljo94 said:
did you salvage th whole classes.dex or just partially?
and is recalculating the sha1 and alder32 an option (if you salavaged it completely)
can we use dexguard for deobfuscation?
how did you open the file? I can't dex2jar it because it keeps saying that it isn't a dex file.
so many questions......
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try to look into the classes dex with an hex editor, it's encrypted and that's why you can't use tool like that on the original dex.
If you want play, this is the dex i extracted from the dalvik-cache of the LGweather apk:
https://mega.co.nz/#!DsRHQaBL!YInp8fsaRpzZ3dbHogbNytWZfzedF9Le_PndvnmhSQs
The software i tryed fail to decompile it but maybe you are more lucky

Skin1980 said:
try to look into the classes dex with an hex editor, it's encrypted and that's why you can't use tool like that on the original dex.
If you want play, this is the dex i extracted from the dalvik-cache of the LGweather apk:
https://mega.co.nz/#!DsRHQaBL!YInp8fsaRpzZ3dbHogbNytWZfzedF9Le_PndvnmhSQs
The software i tryed fail to decompile it but maybe you are more lucky
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some surfing aroud caused me to find which file decrypts lgcover it is the libgalmond.so file
the colprit it contains some interesting code "adler inflation"
@jcase it has been 2 months and I tried a few things but since you know more about this could you please tell me how to get the correct adler32 checksum? maybe for lets say 1 of those cheap wines you like

suljo94 said:
some surfing aroud caused me to find which file decrypts lgcover it is the libgalmond.so file
the colprit it contains some interesting code "adler inflation"
@jcase it has been 2 months and I tried a few things but since you know more about this could you please tell me how to get the correct adler32 checksum? maybe for lets say 1 of those cheap wines you like
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Tim Strazzere and I may be talking about it at qualcom next week, wait and see if our slides cover it.

jcase said:
Tim Strazzere and I may be talking about it at qualcom next week, wait and see if our slides cover it.
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so I got the slides and I am starting to think that the problem could be that xposed links app_process32 to app_process32_xposed and that the shared library gets injected into the wrong file (app_process32)