Galaxy S Plus I9001 General

nail16 · Mar 4, 2012

wintel_mac said:
Well you can create sh scripts with notepad++. But make sure you get unix lf (linefeed, new lines) instead of windows carriage return linefeed (crlf). Google about it. Otherwise your scripts may not be executed correctly.

For you update binary... go to the 9001 development board here and search for all in one package (aio) by crybert. Extract it and analyse its commands and structure. Also search here or google edify scripts.

Sent from my GT-I9001 using XDA App

I was able to create my own update-script using notepad++ thanks fro that,
but the update binary is really confusing i cant open it with any application if i open it with notepad++ it shows all strange characters

none of the text editing apps work ?
Second question ?
what is the update-binary anyways? what's is function?
i googled this and came across some very complicated web pages related to linux
can you explain this in a simple way, what it actually does ?
and how can i open such files

wintel_mac · Mar 4, 2012

You need to open the updater-script. The update mechanism uses the binary to execute the script. There are different versions out there so that's why I wrote take the zip, extract it, analyse updater-script and check how its syntax works.

nail16 · Mar 4, 2012

wintel_mac said:
You need to open the updater-script. The update mechanism uses the binary to execute the script. There are different versions out there so that's why I wrote take the zip, extract it, analyse updater-script and check how its syntax works.

I analysed the update-script syntax from the AIO 1.1 package it makes complete sense, but i wanna know how do i create the update-binary file ?

wintel_mac · Mar 4, 2012

It is a compiled binary. You need the source code to do any edits.

Edit: If you have downloaded the Android sources, you should be able to compile it. Read on here:
http://epiccm.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-make-flashable-zip-and-apks.html

nail16 · Mar 4, 2012

wo! dude, that stuff goes way over my head

for now i'll just stick to the basics

but thanks anyways

nail16 · Mar 4, 2012

For the updater-script in what format should i save the file in notepad++?

rayiskon · Mar 4, 2012

nail16 said:
For the updater-script in what format should i save the file in notepad++?

the updater script doesn't have an extension, so u save it as "all types"
u know can always extract an updater script from a kernel zip (for example) and copy-paste ur code instead of the original and save it. (that's a workaround of course)

nail16 · Mar 4, 2012

Will any txt editing tool do the trick ? like wordpad

wintel_mac · Mar 4, 2012

And to make sure it is really a UNIX style file, press CTRL+H, search for "\r\n" and replace with "\n" and tick advanced option in the lower left corner of the dialogue. Then replace all, save the file as "updater-script" with no extension (filetype "All Types (*.*)").

Then close the file, open it again in notepad++ and check whether it says "UNIX" in the status bar down in the middle of the program window. If it's unix, your file is in the correct format.

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nail16 said:
Will any txt editing tool do the trick ? like wordpad

No it will not. Wordpad sucks.

nail16 · Mar 4, 2012

Please help me, i can't flash any zips with my updater-script i keep getting (status 6) error ?

nikagl · Mar 5, 2012

nail16 said:
Please help me, i can't flash any zips with my updater-script i keep getting (status 6) error ?

Send me the zip and i'll check

wintel_mac · Mar 5, 2012

nail16 said:
Please help me, i can't flash any zips with my updater-script i keep getting (status 6) error ?

If I remember correctly that error states that it's not a UNIX encoded file. Please attach your updater-script as nika wrote.

rayiskon · Mar 5, 2012

nail16 said:
Please help me, i can't flash any zips with my updater-script i keep getting (status 6) error ?

Exactly as wintel already said, it's not being recognized as a Unix encoded file. take an updater script from any zip and modify it in notepad++ , or also take a look at this post

nail16 · Mar 6, 2012

Thank you guys now the updater script works well.

nail16 · Mar 6, 2012

I have a new question
What are permissions that we see in the updater-scripts ?
they somewhat appear to like this (0, 0, 0777) ?
can anyone tell me the meaning of these numbers ?

wintel_mac · Mar 6, 2012

Search on the internet for "chmod", a common Linux and UNIX utility and needed often. Basically it is the UNIX way to set the permissions for a file, may it be read, write and execute (that's 777). Also, you sometimes (on edify) need to specify the owner and the user group (that's 0 and 0, which is always root).

nail16 · Mar 6, 2012

LOL.. i'm enjoying taking these daily lessons from you, thanks man

Found this on wikipedia
Octal digit values can be added together to make Symbolic Notations:
(4=r)+(1=x) == (5=r-x)
(4=r)+(2=w) == (6=rw-)
(4=r)+(2=w)+(1=x) == (7=rwx)

UGO = User, Group, Other
777 = "-rwxrwxrwx" = rwx for all
754 = "-rwxr-xr--" = rwx for owner, r-x for group, r-- for other
124 = "--x-w-r--" = x for owner, w for group, r for othe

wintel_mac · Mar 6, 2012

Yeah you got it

Most of the time, you will need 775, 644 or 777.

nail16 · Mar 7, 2012

How do i extract a *.apk file ?
I actually want to edit the default wallpapers and put some of my own,
Is it the systemUI.apk ?

rayiskon · Mar 7, 2012

nail16 said:
How do i extract a *.apk file ?
I actually want to edit the default wallpapers and put some of my own,
Is it the systemUI.apk ?

i think they're packed with the launcher apk , decompile it (with any apk tool) and check in the res folder. If u don't find them in the launcher try the systemUI.apk.

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