Modified 7-24 update firmware

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blazingwolf

Discussion Starter · Jul 28, 2010 (Edited by Moderator)

I modified the 7-24 firmware update to remove the userdata.img file. What this means is that you can now update without losing all of your installed applications.

You will need to install the volume button hack but once that is done it should start working again.

A couple of notes:
1. Give it some time to boot up on the first start. It may seem like it is stuck in a boot loop but it probably is not.
2. You might have some issues with programs force closing at first. Give it a few minutes to get updated and see if that helps. If it doesn't try the full update.
3. If you installed the Google experience alpha from clockworx then you will need to reinstall that also.
4. To clear dalvik cache (might help with force closes) perform the following in adb: adb shell rm -r /data/dalvik-cache
5. If you are using the Nook app then you will need to reinstall it following the posted directions in the Nook thread.
6. I am not responsible for bricking your device.

Install Instructions
1. Download the modified firmware from the link below.
2. Place that file on your SDcard.
3. With the Novel powered off press the volume up key (if you have done the button hack then it will be menu) and press and hold the power button.
4. When you see the install screen you can let go of volume up and the power on key.
5. Let the install finish and then reset the Novel.
6. Congrats your Novel is updated.

If you have any issues please read through the posts in this thread to see if your question has been answered. If it is not then feel free to ask and I will help to the best of my ability.

http://www.4shared.c..._ENG_6410P.html

(yes, it has the same file name so make sure that you pick the right one from your PC)

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coloreddust

· #81 · Jul 29, 2010

blazingwolf;24589 said:
The volume hack reinstall is not unusual. It is noted in the first post that it must be done. Not sure about the calibration tool as I have not tried to use mine. Let me test it on my Novel.Edit: Just checked and calibration works just fine for me.

Oh, I checked the instructions on the first post of this thread and did not see that, thanks.

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coloreddust

· #82 · Jul 29, 2010

[quote name='Juffin;24681]Here it is. I see that this (or similar) content of the log was already discussed' date=' but without mentioning of the symptoms stated by cckrobinson."Starting recovery on Wed Jul 28 21:21:08 2010framebuffer: fd 4 (800 x 600)I:........Magic Point:2,50------------------:update_package:SDCARD:Finding update package...I:Update location: SDCARD:I:temp:K_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410P.zipOpening update package...I:Update file path: /sdcard/I:1 key(s) loaded from /res/keysVerifying update package...minzip: mmap(32768, R, FILE|SHARED, 15, 0) failed: No such deviceminzip: Map of '/sdcard/' failedE:Can't open /sdcard/(bad)Installation aborted."I have not had problems with SD card before.[/QUOTE'] I had this same problem (same recover.log), reformating the SD Card fixed it.

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RONO

· #83 · Jul 29, 2010

Applied modified file by Blazingwolf last night, worked as indicated on his post. Problems noted same as others. 1. Switched to PD home screen, was not responding, recalibrated touch screen, worked great, looked at BN and tries to install then says can't access BN server. Also told me not connected. Looked at the connect screen, shows wi-fi on, not connected on top position on screen, below shows my wi-fi connection: connected. could this be the conflict in not loading BN Store. Although I don't care about the BN not working, I like things to work even if I am not going to use them. I will assume Blazingwolf will modify next firmware change when PD tech releases. Tks Mr. Wolf for the easy firmware.

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enjoys1

· #84 · Jul 29, 2010

[quote name='clockworx;24397]How did you install it? Others have reported back that it did not remove it' date=' and it really shouldn't as the entire point of this is to not touch the data partition, which is where the androidId is stored.[/QUOTE'] Sorry for the delayed response.I installed it using the same procedure from SD card and holding the VOl+ button and powering on. See the progress bar and installed fine. Then reboot and checked the androidId using the adb command but it went back to '0'.Also I don't know (maybe it is just me) with the modified firmware the PDN seems to be little slow , response wise.So I went ahead and installed the factory firmware from PDN site and then did the google experience, root access , setCPU and apps install again. For installing all my apps I just wrote a simple "bat" file, so that I don't have to do manually one by one.

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blazingwolf

Discussion Starter · #85 · Jul 30, 2010

[quote name='RONO;24996]Applied modified file by Blazingwolf last night' date=' worked as indicated on his post. Problems noted same as others. 1. Switched to PD home screen, was not responding, recalibrated touch screen, worked great, looked at BN and tries to install then says can't access BN server. Also told me not connected. Looked at the connect screen, shows wi-fi on, not connected on top position on screen, below shows my wi-fi connection: connected. could this be the conflict in not loading BN Store. Although I don't care about the BN not working, I like things to work even if I am not going to use them. I will assume Blazingwolf will modify next firmware change when PD tech releases. Tks Mr. Wolf for the easy firmware.[/QUOTE'] I plan on doing this. Glad it is working for you.

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nchntrman

· #86 · Jul 30, 2010

I was looking around the file structure of the firmware release and noticed a few other things that could be done when removing the userdata.img. Inside the firmware zip fiule there is a directory path "META-INF/com/google/android' insside this directory there is a file "updater-script" This is a FUSE script used by the updater to flash the disk.imgs. You can remove item #8 ui_print("8. fuse userdata.img");package_extract_file("userdata.img", "/tmp/userdata.img");run_program("/tmp/fuse", "userdata", "/tmp/userdata.img");delete("/tmp/userdata.img");I would also update the zip_check.md5 file to reflect the changes in the file/file structure.

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clockworx

· #87 · Jul 30, 2010

[quote name='nchntrman;25555]I was looking around the file structure of the firmware release and noticed a few other things that could be done when removing the userdata.img. Inside the firmware zip fiule there is a directory path "META-INF/com/google/android' insside this directory there is a file "updater-script" This is a FUSE script used by the updater to flash the disk.imgs. You can remove item #8 ui_print("8. fuse userdata.img");package_extract_file("userdata.img"' date=' "/tmp/userdata.img");run_program("/tmp/fuse", "userdata", "/tmp/userdata.img");delete("/tmp/userdata.img");I would also update the zip_check.md5 file to reflect the changes in the file/file structure.[/QUOTE']http://www.slatedroid.com/showthrea...-update-firmware?p=23928&viewfull=1#post23928You don't say.....

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nchntrman

· #88 · Jul 30, 2010

Sorry I hadn't seen it mentioned anywhere else, and figured it was important information.

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