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so i need to know what file type the image needs to be, the size it needs to be, and how to install. basically a step by step of the process.
i'm running osx 10.6 so if anyone can give me some advice for doing it on mac that would be much appreciated.
thanks in advance.
trevor4g said:
so i need to know what file type the image needs to be, the size it needs to be, and how to install. basically a step by step of the process.
i'm running osx 10.6 so if anyone can give me some advice for doing it on mac that would be much appreciated.
thanks in advance.
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I would also love to learn. Also running osx, and also know nothing about splash screens. Thanks
There is a thread that answers all you questions in the themes forum.
Sent from your mom's phone.
Hey guys, on the Forums
As maybe some of you know, I'm hosting/creating a program, that provides the easiest ways of flashing/ rooting your GNex.
I'm currently making a new all-in-one solution. But for this, I need to know, where the recovery.img file is stored, in the phone's ROM.
Could someone please tell me, where it is stored? It is needed, desperatly... AND PLEASE, NO N00BS!!!!!
familyguy59 said:
Hey guys, on the Forums
As maybe some of you know, I'm hosting/creating a program, that provides the easiest ways of flashing/ rooting your GNex.
I'm currently making a new all-in-one solution. But for this, I need to know, where the recovery.img file is stored, in the phone's ROM.
Could someone please tell me, where it is stored? It is needed, desperatly... AND PLEASE, NO N00BS!!!!!
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it's not part of the rom... have a look at the factory images to get an idea http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html
IT may not be part, of the ROM. But it should still locatable, in the EXT or file system. Otherwise, apps, like ROM Manager, wouldn't be able to flash the image, or back it up. If you know, what I mean. But, if no other answers, are present. I shall stick to your's and I will carry on flashing via fastboot mode.
Thanks for the answer though, it is much appreciated.
familyguy59 said:
IT may not be part, of the ROM. But it should still locatable, in the EXT or file system. Otherwise, apps, like ROM Manager, wouldn't be able to flash the image, or back it up. If you know, what I mean. But, if no other answers, are present. I shall stick to your's and I will carry on flashing via fastboot mode.
Thanks for the answer though, it is much appreciated.
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As was mentioned, it is not part of the ROM. It is located here:
/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/recovery
It is kinda surprising that you didn't know that give you are writing programs for flashing.
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efrant said:
As was mentioned, it is not part of the ROM. It is located here:
/dev/block/platform/omap/omap_hsmmc.0/by-name/recovery
It is kinda surprising that you didn't know that give you are writing programs for flashing.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
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Yes, I am making an app, but for Windows, not for Android. And this application, is using both: the ADB and fastboot
That's why I was asking, becuase then, I could flash the image permanantly, via ADB. But this will now come in the next update, because, before I got your answer, I already published it... ^^
Greetings,
(before I brick my device)
I would greatly appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction for flashing a kernel on the N5110. I'm a Linux/UNIX/Mac person, and I have my environment setup for cross compiling / building kernels. I have one ready to go, but I essentially need some expert advice on getting it on my tablet.
My last experience was with the S3.. whereby I was able to use mkbootimg and fastboot (fastboot boot for example, which was pretty safe). Are there any (safe) methods for booting a kernel on the N5110 like that? or am i correct in that I'd have to dd the image to the block device?
In a nutshell -- I have a uImage built, and I need someone to quickly outline the steps I need to take moving forward to get it running.
Any feedback is much appreciated!
Cheers
seattleweb said:
Greetings,
(before I brick my device)
I would greatly appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction for flashing a kernel on the N5110. I'm a Linux/UNIX/Mac person, and I have my environment setup for cross compiling / building kernels. I have one ready to go, but I essentially need some expert advice on getting it on my tablet.
My last experience was with the S3.. whereby I was able to use mkbootimg and fastboot (fastboot boot for example, which was pretty safe). Are there any (safe) methods for booting a kernel on the N5110 like that? or am i correct in that I'd have to dd the image to the block device?
In a nutshell -- I have a uImage built, and I need someone to quickly outline the steps I need to take moving forward to get it running.
Any feedback is much appreciated!
Cheers
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I've found the information on how to flash, yet I still need help figuring out how to create the boot.img from the uImage kernel.
Can anyone link me to any resources for doing this, and possibly note any details specific to the Note 8.0?
Solved http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41304876&postcount=25
many thx to emwno
Hey!
I want to start developing on an old Sony smartphone, the Xperia Miro st23i (Mesona).
Why this device? It isn't expensive to buy a new mainboard in case I break it and for reasons of sentimentality
I have already compiled kernels for Desktop Linux for various reasons.
Now to my question:
There are CM10 sources and some 2.5-ish TWRP available which I intended to upgrade.
Can I break access to fastboot by flashing a kernel that doesn't work at all?
This always happens every now and then when trying something. But on my Thinkpad, I could always swap the hdd when I've messed things totally up... Here, I can't do that.
Same question for TWRP, can I break fastboot?
Can a messed up partition layout break fastboot?
How could I break fastboot?
I think my questions applies to more or less every Sony phone.
I couldn't find any information useful to me by Google or Xda search because the results are so full of questions how to get into fastboot...
I absolutely don't know how the fastboot mode works and what it depends on.
I just want to know what major mistakes I could do before I do them. Maybe I can prevent to be in need of a JTAG Interface by asking in advance
Thanks for any useful answer!
PS: Please don't discuss the fact I'm gonna develop on this device. The amount of thanks given in case I'm successful will be like 4 and the device will be sluggish as hell on Marshmallow or Nougat because it has only a few MBs of RAM and only 1GHz CPU. I know that! But I don't want to start developing on a device that's so expensive that I can't afford to break it.
You wouldn't let a newbie "try to learn something" at your new Prius. You would give him your old 1992 car that you don't need anyway, regardless of its top speed -
Kaffeetrinker said:
Hey!
I want to start developing on an old Sony smartphone, the Xperia Miro st23i (Mesona).
Why this device? It isn't expensive to buy a new mainboard in case I break it and for reasons of sentimentality
I have already compiled kernels for Desktop Linux for various reasons.
Now to my question:
There are CM10 sources and some 2.5-ish TWRP available which I intended to upgrade.
Can I break access to fastboot by flashing a kernel that doesn't work at all?
This always happens every now and then when trying something. But on my Thinkpad, I could always swap the hdd when I've messed things totally up... Here, I can't do that.
Same question for TWRP, can I break fastboot?
Can a messed up partition layout break fastboot?
How could I break fastboot?
I think my questions applies to more or less every Sony phone.
I couldn't find any information useful to me by Google or Xda search because the results are so full of questions how to get into fastboot...
I absolutely don't know how the fastboot mode works and what it depends on.
I just want to know what major mistakes I could do before I do them. Maybe I can prevent to be in need of a JTAG Interface by asking in advance
Thanks for any useful answer!
PS: Please don't discuss the fact I'm gonna develop on this device. The amount of thanks given in case I'm successful will be like 4 and the device will be sluggish as hell on Marshmallow or Nougat because it has only a few MBs of RAM and only 1GHz CPU. I know that! But I don't want to start developing on a device that's so expensive that I can't afford to break it.
You wouldn't let a newbie "try to learn something" at your new Prius. You would give him your old 1992 car that you don't need anyway, regardless of its top speed -
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Sony devices can use flashtool which is different from fastboot and provides the ability to reflash the full firmware - which helps you get out of most issues you may encounter.
hypertrack said:
Sony devices can use flashtool which is different from fastboot and provides the ability to reflash the full firmware - which helps you get out of most issues you may encounter.
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Thanks for trying to answer my question, but that's not it.
I've already unbricked like 50 phones by exactly following tutorials and reading everything I could find.
In the end, I just want to know what flashmode or fastboot mode depend on. I want to know which partitions I may mess up and which I may not mess up.
My guess is I may do everything as long as I don't reflash the bootloader partition.
Kaffeetrinker said:
Thanks for trying to answer my question, but that's not it.
I've already unbricked like 50 phones by exactly following tutorials and reading everything I could find.
In the end, I just want to know what flashmode or fastboot mode depend on. I want to know which partitions I may mess up and which I may not mess up.
My guess is I may do everything as long as I don't reflash the bootloader partition.
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Ahh ok - so I bet @Bin4ry would be able to answer that question - either him or @Androxyde
@Kaffeetrinker
This thread by @munjeni used to contain much more detailed info about the S1 bootloader, but most of it can't be accessed right now.
Titokhan said:
@Kaffeetrinker
This thread by @munjeni used to contain much more detailed info about the S1 bootloader, but most of it can't be accessed right now.
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Thank you very much! This thread gave me some words to google. Doing so, I found the information I needed
As soon as summer's over, the project can start.
To answer my own question in short: you can't hardbrick a Sony device as long as you don't mess with the bootloader.
Fota recoveries are completely seperated from the actual ROM (although they can be updated together).
Fastboot does neither rely on Fota kernel nor does it on the system kernel.
As long as you do only regular rom developing and don't change the partition layout or mess in any other way with the bootloader partition, nothing should go wrong.
If you create an unbootable system kernel, you still can use your twrp. And if you create an unbootable TWRP, you can still get into the system.
If you mess up both, you still habe got fastboot.
I might make a halium boot image for the Samsung Galaxy A10.
No guarantees, but I do have a laptop running Linux. I am currently using Fedora. If anything goes wrong, I wouldn't mind to try Ubuntu.
I am making this because i want to try Ubuntu Touch, and I don't want to buy a supported phone or tablet.
I have no idea if anyone wants to try too, but if so, it would be greatly appreciated.
Someone once tried to do so, and it failed. But that doesn't stop me from trying.
My current mindset is to not stop and find help if something goes wrong.
If it is successful, i will post the boot image to the XDA forums.
This is for the Exynos model, as I don't own a snapdragon model.
It could work for the Snapdragon models.
Have a good day, and thanks for tuning in.
Hyphin said:
I might make a halium boot image for the Samsung Galaxy A10.
No guarantees, but I do have a laptop running Linux. I am currently using Fedora. If anything goes wrong, I wouldn't mind to try Ubuntu.
I am making this because i want to try Ubuntu Touch, and I don't want to buy a supported phone or tablet.
I have no idea if anyone wants to try too, but if so, it would be greatly appreciated.
Someone once tried to do so, and it failed. But that doesn't stop me from trying.
My current mindset is to not stop and find help if something goes wrong.
If it is successful, i will post the boot image to the XDA forums.
This is for the Exynos model, as I don't own a snapdragon model.
It could work for the Snapdragon models.
Have a good day, and thanks for tuning in.
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Did you succeed?
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Did you succeed?
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well, no. I might do this again in the future; this time with more knowledge.
Although, I will definitely need to replace the A10's screen.