I've tried pulling it from /cache which works.... but not really
when trying to open it I get an error. can't remember exactly what the error was but it's something like "file does not exist"
once I have this file, I'm fairly confident I can create a guide on how to update rooted tabs (and keep root of course) as I've done this previously with the Acer Iconia A700
any help would be appreciated... just need to get my hands on this file whether by download or description of how to properly obtain it.
already tried Samsung's website... there's no downloads of any kind available
if anyone has kies installed maybe you could acquire it from there and upload
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i cannot get through the "Android SignAPK" thing ...can some1 give me simple steps to make an update.zip ...i tried editting ones and i always get the verification failed msgs ...how can i just put the commands without having to sign it???
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=473580
I'm pretty sure that's the method I used last time I created an update.zip.
To answer your second question, you can't, it must be signed.
Although I assume you're doing this for the IM app. You don't need to, someone posted a working .apk in the thread you started. I'm running it on my Hero as we speak
oh ..alright .. i almost done working on mine. i needed that last step to create the update file doesnt matter anymore huh!
Hi
I seem to be having a problem rooting my Xperia Arc.
I'm trying to run : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1320350&page=12
And first I got the error message : Adb out of date, but re-tried.
The second time I did it, I didn't get that message but now it just says waiting for device...
Nothing else happens - I have followed all the instructions and can't see anything wrong.
Any help appreciated...
Go to task manager on the PC and end any instance of adb, then try again.
If the above doesn't work just copy the
adb.exe
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbWinUsbApi.dll
From your adb folder and try again
Hi, thanks for the replies.
I tried killing the process but made no difference.
I went through and had another read around and followed the adb guide to make sure I had everything, downloaded things and tried again.
I now get a message adb is out of date, killing.
But then says Daemon started successfully, then does nothing.
I don't seem to have those files any you mentioned anywhere??
If you was following that thread you must have those files, also you must have adb SDK installed you are getting that error because the adb files in the link is different versions to what you have installed so just move the files named
I did it the other way and created files folder in program files\android\sdk with the files from the root package and put batch file in the main directory.
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Absolutely no idea then, It said it downloaded stuff, but no idea where it is. I have file searched but brings up nothing.
I do have the SDK yes, but there is no folder in there called usb or anything.
I'll try re-doing it all again from scratch, see if it makes any difference..
See the link in my Sig.
From My Arc Running CyanogenMod.7.1
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See the link in my Sig.
From My Arc Running CyanogenMod.7.1
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That's what I've been following.
Knightlore,
I seemed to have had the same problems as you. Much as I thought I was following instructions, I just couldn't get it to work.
One of the threads I was reading had a link to a flashtool thread(I can't easily link to it at the moment as not on computer). Anyway, it said that the Zergrush exploit was now in Flashtool, so I followed those instructions and it was really easy to root phone.
HTH.
I think it is this thread I followed: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928343
Still encountering the same problem, I have re-done everything from scratch and I still get the same error. Anyone else got any ideas please?
I've managed to root all my other phones, but for some reason this just won't work...
Hello everyone!
I've been coming to this site for a few weeks now. What a ton of helpful information! I finally decided to create an account though, because I had a question I couldn't seem to get answered.
I'm fairly new to android, this a100 tablet is my first device I've "owned" but have worked with and have a little experience with other android devices. I'm pretty good with Linux, being an IT admin. I'm sure my issue is minute, I'm just stumped as to what is causing the problem.
I've upgraded my a100 to the latest ICS build. I've installed the drivers from acer (unfortunately after windows detected the device drivers first) and I am trying the quickroot method I found in the development forum. I can run the windows .bat file, and everything goes through CMD so quickly that I am not able to read whats happening, but it reboots my device and says root achieved. I've got super user installed, it won't find any updates for the SU in the settings menu, says failed every time it looks for them. I open terminal emulators, still getting $ instead of #. Tried a terminal command I read about for root, where I put the root and SU files at mnt/sdcard and use the command to install, no luck.
Am I truly rooted? I cant tell anymore. I just want to unlock the bootloader, install cwm, and flash an a500 custom rom to it.
Any help at all is greatly appreciated. I'm sure I'm overlooking something, but Im not sure. I can add a legacy device, add Acer's ADB driver, but the fastboot one gets a code 10 and cannot start.
Thanks!
pbrady5 said:
Hello everyone!
I've been coming to this site for a few weeks now. What a ton of helpful information! I finally decided to create an account though, because I had a question I couldn't seem to get answered.
I'm fairly new to android, this a100 tablet is my first device I've "owned" but have worked with and have a little experience with other android devices. I'm pretty good with Linux, being an IT admin. I'm sure my issue is minute, I'm just stumped as to what is causing the problem.
I've upgraded my a100 to the latest ICS build. I've installed the drivers from acer (unfortunately after windows detected the device drivers first) and I am trying the quickroot method I found in the development forum. I can run the windows .bat file, and everything goes through CMD so quickly that I am not able to read whats happening, but it reboots my device and says root achieved. I've got super user installed, it won't find any updates for the SU in the settings menu, says failed every time it looks for them. I open terminal emulators, still getting $ instead of #. Tried a terminal command I read about for root, where I put the root and SU files at mnt/sdcard and use the command to install, no luck.
Am I truly rooted? I cant tell anymore. I just want to unlock the bootloader, install cwm, and flash an a500 custom rom to it.
Any help at all is greatly appreciated. I'm sure I'm overlooking something, but Im not sure. I can add a legacy device, add Acer's ADB driver, but the fastboot one gets a code 10 and cannot start.
Thanks!
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You do have Superuser and it's su binary, so yes, you should be rooted. Try this app if you want to be sure: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.joeykrim.rootcheck&hl=en.
Besides the root checker that theonew pointed you too I have always found downloading and installing Titanium Backup from the market as a surefire way of determining if root was successful.
Upon first run it will ask for SU permissions and should present you with a dialog box asking if that is ok with you. I always answer yes and make sure that the "remember this selection" box is checked.
That will be the first sign that you are rooted. Then, The program should provide you with a summary where you will see a bunch of green check marks. Most notably Busy Box should have a green checkmark and it will probably state Installed from program or something to that effect.
Wahla, you have confirmed you are rooted.
BTW, I recommend this program for it's ability to backup your apps which makes flashing new rom's easier as the apps can then be restored after performing a data wipe which is usually a requirement of flashing new Roms. Just be sure you understand that sometimes restoring app's AND their associated DATA can mess with a new ROM. In that case you can simply install the APP only. which still saves you the time and bandwidth of re-downlaoding it from the market.
Good luck and welcome to the playground.
Trying to figure out how to open up my OTA update.zip and get stuff out of it, all compression/uncompression programs I have fail. It seems like a topic that should have been discussed somewhere but I'm not finding anything useful in search (one thread said to use a tool to "repair" the zip first but that it didn't seem to be the complete filesystem he was expecting so I don't think that's the solution for me).
What I have is the update.zip pulled from the /data/fota folder. I also have some uncompressed blahblah.tmp file from trying to get the update from Kies instead, if that's any easier to extract data from.
The goal is to pull out the stock recovery and other pieces.
Device: Samsung Galaxy Tab3 8" SM-T310 on stock 4.2.2
My Sprint HTC 10 is on a stock rom, but has a custom recovery. I read about it and was told that I can possibly try flashing the update.zip from the OTA update using TWRP to install it without having to do through the mess of flashing stock recovery, relocking, and possibly having my phone format itself from all this. Issue is, I can't figure out where my phone downloaded the update.
I tried reading this post:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-10/how-to/guide-ota-tricks-extracting-manual-t3367449
But the app_fota folder mentioned in that post does not exist.
Any idea where I can find the update my phone downloaded so I can try to manually flash it?
From the link you mentioned, try doing the second method, using the log cat etc.
I don't have root on the stock rom to do that though. TWRP itself is the only root access I have.
you dont need root from what I remember. I have done it in the past using command prompt, it just uses adb. Not the Shell or superuser. It saves the output to a text file and from there, you can CTRL+F the word OTA or FOTA to get the link.
Oh, so the idea is to see where it downloaded the update from and download it directly using my PC?
Can I just download a log viewing app on the phone itself then?
Basically yes. I imagine you can find an app, its just easier to scroll through and find that information using a computer, I find. You dont want the log running too long, otherwise it will have tonnes of information. Even just starting the log, clicking "check for updates" and then stopping it collects quite a lot of data.
But once you have the OTA file, which will look something like this in the log file:
OTA_PERFUME_UHL_M60_SENSE80GP_hTC_Asia_TW_1.30.709.1_R-1.21.709.2_R2_release_477314i6fyk64xlvy886ba.zip
You just add it to this link: http://fotadl-az.htc.com/secure/ so that it looks like this
http://fotadl-az.htc.com/secure/OTA...1.709.2_R2_release_477314i6fyk64xlvy886ba.zip
and you can download it on the computer.
I still can't find where the update was downloaded, the logcat instructions seem to just point to the same folder.