Does anyone know if it's possible to build an update.img but to just update the kernel and recovery? I'm pretty sure it must be possible.
Creating an update.img?
- Thread starter Goose247
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Yes, it should be possible to just update these.
I guess you should look at how they build an image to install recovery only. Like when they install custom recoveries.
I guess you should look at how they build an image to install recovery only. Like when they install custom recoveries.
Yeah I thought so. I'll be brave and try it as it'll be a damn sight easier to build the update with just recovery and kernel when I'm doing the 1st boot logo's and easier for everyone that wants a boot logo.
Yes, you can !! Simply replace kernel and recovery
Everything will be fine. But all the rest should be for your processor RK3188 or RK3066. ( system.img and boot.img )We're thinking about creating an update.img containing only the kernel.img and recovery.img, and without the system and boot. Just to replace the boot logo, and not the whole system completely.Yes, you can !! Simply replace kernel and recovery
Oh I understand - it will not work, I think.
In recovery is to check if all the files - kernel , recovery.img, system.img and boot.img.
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It should be possible. The recovery will only update the files that exist. If it doesn't find boot.img for example, it will skip it.Oh I understand - it will not work, I think.
It should be possible. At least when using custom recovery.
Anyway, There is a way to flash a recovery IMG without using recovery using a shell script, maybe this should work for kernel also...stg like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102679
I have use that method before on an android tv box. You should find a correct recovery.IMG for those devices though
If the kernel could not be flashed that way, you can install a custom recovery and install the kernel and the stock recovery.img using a flashable zip.
Anyway, There is a way to flash a recovery IMG without using recovery using a shell script, maybe this should work for kernel also...stg like this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2102679
I have use that method before on an android tv box. You should find a correct recovery.IMG for those devices though
If the kernel could not be flashed that way, you can install a custom recovery and install the kernel and the stock recovery.img using a flashable zip.
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Unfortunately, this is the only Android system I've worked on where updates have to be done with .img updates. It's not really for my benefit, it's for all the peeps I'm creating boot logo's for. Asking them to use a custom recovery or installing it using terminal emulator is more hassle than the way they have to do it at the minute. Not to worry
how do you guys compile the update.img ?
I tried few times with
RK3xxx_firmware_tools_5.99.07.00
extract, change kernel, build
the update.img does not install
RK3188
I tried few times with
RK3xxx_firmware_tools_5.99.07.00
extract, change kernel, build
the update.img does not install
RK3188
RK3066 IMG Mod Tool
works, despite it's name it will unpack and pack the update.img for both RK3066 and RK3188, since they are packed the same.
any link to it?
found this
http://rockchipfirmware.com/developer-tools
but I guess that program is only for linux and not windows
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There is lot resources on rk3188 around there
https://www.entertainmentbox.com/droidsticks-latest-rk3188-q7-firmware-download/
http://www.cnx-software.com/2014/11/10/android-5-0-lollipop-now-boots-on-rockchip-rk3188-tablets/
http://www.rockchipfirmware.com/forum-library
I used first two links and played with some generic Lollipop AOSP. Managed to install kernel and system partitions and to boot.
In third link you have rs232 low level integration described. It is used for MCU integration.
Didnt bother to extract libs and stock apps and try to rebuild with them. It would take some time and I have none to spare.
Anyhow, LP (and even MM) is not hard to get running on these units. Problem is with mumbo-jumbo stock apps that need to be rebuilt in order to comply with changed API and security model in LP/MM.
But even that is not too hard. Reverse engineer, get code / libs for rs232 and just change handlers in apps to confirm with new standards.
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Here you have Windows tools
http://www.rockchip.nl/downloads/
Also you may contact their NL division. They are I EU so they should provide more support in accordance to good business practices.
See attached, you can ignore the parameter file in the archive. If you want to mount the system.img files or others then you will want linux to mount them.
My problem seems to be the image I was using had white background and in ASCII PPM format that increases the size and kernel does not install
made the background black
and indexed the colors to 224 colors in the image and the kernel was created without error
but after install my own logo nor malaysk logo shows
it now reverts to the original head units boot logo.
A note to anyone considering cooking an update.img for RK3188 800x480 devices in particular ('cos that's what I've got) but for any 2DIN car stereo head unit device really. It's more a request, but something I feel is a must-have for every ROM.
Essentially what I'm looking for is what came with the OEM KitKat 4.4.2 ROM preinstalled in my Eonon G2110F. During night driving, I could slide the Notification bar down, tap an icon that looked like a X in a box, and the screen would switch off. If I had a music app. or the AM/FM radio going, they would continue to play, and turning a knob or clicking a button on the unit would light the screen.
Thanks for listening!
ADD A NOTIFICATION BAR SHORTCUT
THAT SWITCHES OFF THE SCREEN!
THAT SWITCHES OFF THE SCREEN!
Essentially what I'm looking for is what came with the OEM KitKat 4.4.2 ROM preinstalled in my Eonon G2110F. During night driving, I could slide the Notification bar down, tap an icon that looked like a X in a box, and the screen would switch off. If I had a music app. or the AM/FM radio going, they would continue to play, and turning a knob or clicking a button on the unit would light the screen.
Thanks for listening!
It is called Malaysk ROM.. does what you want with screen saver and button
now please reduce the size of the font you used
how do I use that in windows?
I just heard back from the developer of RK3xxx_firmware_tools_5.99.07.00 that the update.img I make with that tool can not be flashed in Recovery. and that is my problem, so I can use RK3xxx_firmware_tools_5.99.07.00 to modify the logo in kernel.img and package it all up with another program I guess
so what is the easiest way to repackage the update.img for flash in recovery of the device?
Question for our developers that have made recovery flashable update.img @Goose247 @Malaysk @dsa8310
Watched few videos on how to use the mod tool and they all use RK batch tool to flash the image... can the .img be flashed in recovery?
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Well that's just silly! I've gone through every Settings menu in the latest Malaysk ROM I'm still to find how to place a 'button' on the Notifications bar to switch the screen off. I only ask questions when I've exhausted all avenues of research. With that, do you have a way of enabling such a shortcut on my unit's Home screen, or even better, the Notification bar?
When I did the boot logo changing service (when it worked), everyone I did it for installed the rom through recovery. I did a LOT of boot logos for other people and they all installed through recovery (choosing not to wipe to keep their settings, installed apps etc.) and I am pretty sure I had a 100% success rate with no complaints.
Perhaps the problem is you are trying to change the boot logo for a new rom and it simply won't work. Trying to change the boot logo for any Malaysk rom built after Feb (I think), it simply won't work. If you try mix and match and use stock kernel's and/or recovery's with Malaysk's rom you run the risk of bricking your unit. You are just going to have to accept the fact that you cannot change the boot logo on newer built roms.
I personally use an older rom so that using a custom boot logo will work.
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