yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] shah.karan01:
Bro i do all thing.. but i still get same error.. the error is....

E: Failed to find cache partition to mount at “/cache”

E:Cant mount/cache/recovery/last_log

E:cant open/cache/recovery/last_log

E:Failed to find cache partition to mount at cache.

Then i try to install zip from sd card, choose zip from sd card select Jet 2.1.zip. It ends up at.

assert failed: write_raw_image(“/tmp/boot.img”,”boot”)

E:Error in sdcard/installations/Jet 2.1.zip (status 7).

Installation aborted.

plzz solve it....thanxx in advance..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Here's the link for Nandroid recovery image,

http://www.mediafire.com/?0ypfe3ygbty

Further details regarding the nandroid image can be found in the link given below.

http://www.receptorblog.com/wordpress/nandroid-gets-working-new-recovery-image/
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] svprm:
Nandroid boot or recovery img means dump img from phone.

He want dumped boot and recovery with md5sum.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rudie_techie:
Sorry Guys was busy with some office work. Well @ dre, the result of your recovery ahs always been uploaded. The screen is fully distorted. It looks similar to the computer screen when the frequency is not proper. It looks funny though...! Well any more updates?

Can you try out something with open recovery? I feel that might somehow help... Just a thought...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Nandroid Backup with the help of Custom Recovery provided by drellisdee

Hey guys, i have to share something interesting to you. Last night i was experimenting with the options of the custom recovery provided by drellisdee. I tried some of the options, something was happening on the screen but as you know its unreadble. So i let it complete and then i reboot my phone and went to bed. And when this morning i tried to download a video from youtube, it gave me an error of insufficient space. So further i checked my sdcard for the stuff which was acquiring space and you people wont believe what i found.

A folder named "nandroid" with a sub folder "mem=212M" inside that another folder named "BCDS-20110406-0029" and inside that i found 5 files

> boot.img size 5,120kb.

> cache.img size 6,782kb.

> data.img size 103,233kb.

> system.img size 110,924kb and

> nandroid.md5 size 1kb.

I've attached a screen shot too.

So from this one thing is sure that the recovery options are working. drellisdee can you please give us a map of the options available in the recovery. For example First might be, "reboot system now" and so on. Can you please make us familiar with the "Options Tree"? I think there are nine options available on the recovery, not sure. But when i navigate with "vol -" it ends at the count nine.

One more thing guys, if anyone need this files i'm ready to help you. Actually i don't have a high speed internet. But i can upload the files, if anyone's interested.

But before that, it will be good if drellisdee provides us an information regarding the "Options Tree" in the recovery. So that after "factory data reset" a stock nandroid backup can be obtained.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
I'm even trying to edit the custom recovery image by drellisde, with the help of a hex editor. I hope it works.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rudie_techie:
Thats an awesome find buddy... keep up the good work... :) Has anyone found out why the display is improper?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] drellisdee:
Options and description can be found here in post of one of my other recoveries. http://androidforums.com/getitnowmarketing/272517-custom-recovery-optimus-v.html Its the same for micromax. I still have no idea why the display is the way it is. Hopefully the nandroid dumps will give me a non corrupted kernel dump (that is if that is the issue). I'll have some free time this weekend to work on it hopefully. Rushank please upload that nandroid dump. FYI anyone can do a nandroid dump from this recovery via adb shell in recovery by command

adb shell nandroid-mobile.sh --backup
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rudie_techie:
Cannot use adb mate as this phone doesn't connect to adb in recovery mode. The same case is with motorola milestone who's bootloader is locked. But for motorola milestone, open recovery works. Can you try to port open recovery to this device? May be that will help...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Ya sure, i`ll try to upload those dumps as soon as possible.

Hey dude can you give me a brief description related to packaging of recovery image. what it contains and how it works?

One more thing buddy, search for an app called "yaffsexpert", in android market. Dude, this app is a work of a genuis. Just download the app and you will come to know, why am i asking for packaging related info. Eager to hear from you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
ZTE JOE series-Eclair kernel(2.6.29) source code

As rudie_techie mentioned it's ZTE JOE series-eclair kernal.

i found this source code on zte site

http://support.zte.com.cn/support/news/NewsDetail.aspx?newsId=1000382

Will this kernel help us to understand more and move to froyo?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Nandroid dump for Micromax A60

Hey guys here's the link to download the nandroid dump. I hope it will be helpful.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JVQYQ5B5
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Micromax Andro A60 Nandroid dump by custom recovery

Hi drellisdee, here's the Micromax A60 Nandroid dump extracted with the help of your custom recovery.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JVQYQ5B5[/QUOTE]

Sorry for double post.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
build.prop

may be others might have already observed... but i remember some time back drellisdee was asking about "msm" which is 7X27..

i found build.prop file in /system, uploading the same. hope it might help to get more details about the current build.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rudie_techie:
drellisdee is missing out... :( and we've to wait till he comes back... :|
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
:(

Hey drellisde, your friends are missing you dude.....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] svprm:
I think this weekend he will work.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Hey rudie, can you upload kernel.img and ramdisk.img of Andro A60. Can anyone? Help heartily appreciated.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] drellisdee:
ok try both of these. A clockwork built from cm7 source (no update script requires updater edify script) and a new ra with kernel from nandroid dump.

Both untested as I dont have device. Flash as per my original directions substituting the different names of the recovery images.

a60_test.zip
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Hey man, i'm eager to try these one's. Let you know with the feedback. Thanks in advance, Pro.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Hey drellisdee, I tried both the recoveries and unfortunately the clockworkmode didn't work ya but the other one did, but with same unreadibility.

I guess the options are working, cos I tried the first one and the devices was rebooted.

So now, can anyone figure out wht the problem maybe. Ya but first give it a try.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] drellisdee:
Yeah the ra sourced one should work 100% feature wise. The only issue is the ui display. Unfortunately, I havent any idea what the issue is on the ui readability and without a deviceI cant really go any further. Ive made 10 or so recoveries for different devices only physically having two of them. Im going to have to admit defeat on this one and tried my best Im sorry guys.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
Can you share the steps?

Hey drellisdee, don't get sad bro.. You surely helped alot and we should not feel defeated...

Can do a favor.. If it's possible can you plz share the steps or things we should look for while build recoveries or update.zip.. some basic and advance steps so that one of us can do setup and try-out things.. and off-course u thr to helps us in case we stuck somewhere..

specially i wish to knw the two part of this froyo building.. once is the OS which is available open source so no problem.. second is the customization or the firmware added by micromax (correct me if i am wrong)... so how do i identify and mix these..

may be i am asking a weigh quest. with less knowledge... :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
More details about phone

hi all i found more details about the phone internals posted on android fragmentation site.. the is a android analyzer tool which give insight details of ur phone..

for our it's here Micormax A60 internals

hope it might help more to derillsdee, can you once more try for custom recovery derillsdee?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cuttysark76:
If you really have a Zte joe series kernel, you would like to know that a 2.2 version was released in Russia, the MTS 945 Glonass phone...

The phone was released on April's 1st.

We, the Vodafone 945/ZTE Joe community, are still waiting for a ROM Dump or any news from MTS 945 Glonass phone users...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Hey drellisdee, any hope regarding the a60 custom recovery?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Hey guys, where have you been lost?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rudie_techie:
This topic should be closed as our developer said he did all he could. Well ofcourse he did. He cant do much without we having Micromax's kernel. Everything else is just waste of time. Just remember to not buy Micromax phones, this might teach them a lesson.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
sad sad sad.......................
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Hey man Micromax's Kernel can be extracted from the recovery itself.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
This is sad man. Is there any other way to develop a custom recovery? I need some info regarding the addressing of the ramdisk and kernel images in the recovery, so that i can extract them with the help of Hex editor. I just need the staring addresses and their relative size.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
ZTE JOE series kernel???

Y don't we try to utilize that and modify one for froyo???
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
Is this the complete restore tool?

this made me jump with joy.. if this is the tool which can help us restore our rom in bricked stage.....

have a look guys.. let's do something..

Complete Installation tool
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Thanks pal. Eager to try it............

This means micromaxian's are still trying hard. Keep up the good work buddy.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
anyone else saw the document

In case others haven't downloaded the full 150MB, here is the document available in that download.. may be easier for u guys to have a look...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
Got my phone detected while in off state

Congrats!!! guys.. i got my phone getting detected while in off state..

procedure:

switch off your phone.

hold "Call" key. i.e. left side key.

Plugin ur usb cable while holding the key...

and voolaa... my system detects it as new device and installs "Android sooner single adb interface" :cool:

ELSE:

It goes in charging state, with charging logo...

now what next???? i Was working on Windows 7 and adb is not installed on this PC.. i'll see on other system if i can run fastboot commands on that... :D

Common guys now please concentrate on building foryo.......
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
By d way it's not they who are trying hard..... It's us :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
Read this:

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Unpack%2C_Edit%2C_and_Re-Pack_Boot_Images

hope helps.. me to reading.... :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Micromaxian's mean to say guys owing this phone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Thanks Pal. But this is what i have already gone through. But i'm bit confused. Need some more explaination. Anyways thanks a lot................
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Thanks again dude, this was an awesome find. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fonehacker:
Wooooooooooowww

HI guys,

thanks to everybody.... for having interest in A60...

I m back after some days.... cheers for a custom recovery....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fonehacker:
Micromax-a60-kernel

Hi guys,here's the original A60 kernel... I have uploaded it on multiupload:

http://www.multiupload.com/D63S810AOA
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
What next???

from where did u get it????? and how can we use it while building froyo... cauz it's a .img..

Can we flash part by part???? dn't knw....

but wat next??? where are we heading? If we have a kernel how do we integrate all together..

By d way custom recovery image is so important??? or can't we use just Update.zip procedure..

Or the guide i have posted? cauz in whole download.. it internally contains update.zip also...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fonehacker:
I have extracted it from stock recovery that I have dumped.

I guess we have everything now... So someone has to put all these stuff togather and build froyo..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
How to integrate??

Hey guys if anybody know any tutorial or something which describe every steps of compiling froyo.. like ramdisk + kernel = boot.img.. then recovery.img buildup userdata.img is empty set.. system.img will be froyo's persist.img will be empty again.

We need to modify recovery.img or the froyo build have recovery build script and tht's will be default i am not sure.. or may be in recovery will have have list of MTD location don't knw.. may be derellissdee can explain it or someone who knows better..

moreover i don't think boot.img needs to be modified as it will be same after upgrade too.. isn't it?

Anybody who have bit's and peaces knowledge abt building whole stuff.. plzzz contribute.. let's see if we can achieve it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
Am i missing or u?

Hey am i missing something or u guessed it wrong??

where do we have custom recovery??? The recovery shared by derellissdee has jumbled UI.. or is that u got something else or i missed in between post?

so do we have proper working custom recovery???????? :confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] heysupratim:
i think that the UI is the problem
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
No we stilled don't have the custom recovery. Ya but the kernel image might help. I'm trying to make some changes to drellisdee's custom recovery. Let's hope that, the UI gets fixed.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Thanks for the kernel fonehacker.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Custom Recovery

Hey guys i used the kernel image posted by fonehacker and tried to edit the custom recovery by drellisdee, but the UI problem hasn't been yet solved. So one thing is sure that, jumbled UI has nothing to do with the kernel.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fonehacker:
Please tell us how you used the kernel to compile the recovery???

in this way we can try editing recovery or modifying it accordingly.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
hw u are spiting the boot.img

hw u are spiting the boot.img file.. i downloaded tht .pl script bt didn't work gr8 for me... if u hv any tool upload it here. cauz once we get ramdisk and kernel.. we should be able to extract files from kernel.. it's actually comes in .gz form.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
JOE recovery img

by d way i have this recovery image of JOE series kernal.. loaded on Vodafone 945.

Any one would like to try and see if it works on ours phone too..

There is a signed update.zip file which can be used to directly flash from sd card. or the another one is the .img file which can be used to push via adb.

have a look guys.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
I have already used this ZTE/JOE Vodafone 945 recoveries, but none of them worked.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rudie_techie:
Thats a great find. But the phone is detected by the PC as adb device but adb still can't connect to the phone. Just tried it. I'm doing some more stuffs here. Now this thread made me believe : "no matter what, dont loose hope" :D :D Do you really think i will give up experimenting? Hell no, not untill i loose the phone... :P
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rudie_techie:
That ARM9 and ARM11 Tools are working perfectly... Just checked them. I bricked my phone by flashing the system.img from abd in switched on mode. This is how i bricked my phone previously. Then used the ARM11 tool, worked perfectly. Now we need some help on making system.img for this phone. Anyone else experimenting?? Do post the result. Does anyone know any tool for extracting and packing img files in windows? Currently my PC has a replacement hard disk (temporary one as my first hdd is out for replacement and the second one has all my data) and i cannot format it and use ubuntu on it. Any tool will be great to know if there is one, else will have to use VMWare, virtual box has too much usb related bugs!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fonehacker:
I tried it too... it just gets detected but adb cant find it.

Posted via Andro A60[rooted]
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fonehacker:
Hey guys here's the ramdisk extracted from stock recovery.hope it helps.

http://www.multiupload.com/OZB9K4L734

Posted via Andro A60[rooted]
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
ideally we can use any generic system.img file of froyo. if we just need to replace system.img..

somewhere i read that /system contains recovery.img also which gets deployed everytime we restart our mobile.

so if we extract system.img and replace existing /system/recovery.img with our stock recovery.img, ideally we should be able to upgrade our system folder aleast.

search unyaffs tool for windows to unpack system.img.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
In following post i read about screen resolution, seems it's very important to have that for recovery or boot.

http://android.modaco.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=311933&view=findpost&p=1320905

we should get this detail for our phone, i guess tht's y derillisdee recovery screen was jumbled.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Hey thanks a lot for the ramdisk image. Im trying somethng else related to custom recovery. Let you guys know if it works.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Also try "yaffsexpert" for repacking. Unpacking not sure. Awesome tool.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
"Build a Custom Recovery Image"

"Build a Custom Recovery image"

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Build_a_custom_recovery_image

Recovery "Amon_RA"

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=530492

Check out thE above two link guys.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] svprm:
It is not easy process to create a recovery.

In My opinion:

Send PM to Amon_RA

Give him all information including dump recovery.img
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
PM sent. Waiting for Amon_RA's reply.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
yaffsexpert can only be run on mobile isn't it? he asked for windows tools.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
BoardConfig.mk??????????

Anyone knows how to get BoardConfig.mk file details?? That important to build custom recovery for our device.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fonehacker:
yaffsexpert packs everything but the repacked object doesnt run on our device.

tried so many times.

Suggest some other tool for packing????:confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
"Guide for porting a Clockwork Recovery by Kaushik Dutta"

http://www.koushikdutta.com/2010/10/porting-clockwork-recovery-to-new.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
"List of Recoveries available for ZTE devices"

http://android.podtwo.com/recovery/
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
No progress happpening...

seems no progress happening..

this weekend i have compiled generic build of froyo after pulling .confg file from my phone.

I got system.img, userdata.img and ramdisk.img (this has to be modified according to our current ramdisk.img for mtd mounting)...

But the place i hv less knowledge about kernel building for froyo (based on our phone)...

Cauz kernel is the heart of the phone which deliver performance...

if anyone of you come across a very nice step by step tutorial for kernel building please let me know.

And also some tutorial which guide "things to be taken care or basic requirements (like .config, build.prop, default.prop) while building" where to place and where to look for out put..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fonehacker:
I dont know anything about building kernel,But if u need any help testing out ur stuff,then i can help u anytime...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ngage_me:
Actually as i said.. i hv compiled generic froyo and the output is system.img, userdata.img and ramdisk.img.

we have to modify ramdisk.img according to our micromax current ramdisk which i'll do.

but until unless we compile the new kernel, which is the core, there will be no performance improvement for our device.

Currently i was comparing ZTE blade (Eclair vs Froyo) and JOE eclair vs Blade Froyo to figure out the differences and also comparing the config files of micromax vs joe config files to understand the changes required.

Currently i m not in a position to have trial nd hit method cauz this is the only phone i got and if something screws up these micromax people will give the phone after a week.

I can try to mix with current kernel with froyo ramdisk etc. but need a volunteer to test it then. Although i m sure that the full rom backup nd the procedure i have posted earlier will help to restore our phone at home itself. but still...

by d way i got a URL here https://www.codeaurora.org/git/projects/qrd-gb-dsds-7225/repository/revisions/master/show , its a project going on for froyo, i have looked at it's Boardconfig.mk etc which is almost similar to our micromax or rather ZTE. but i don't knw how to checkout this stuff so cant try too :mad:

any one of u guys get chance to try it out would be good.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fonehacker:
You need a volunteer??? here I am, just give me the files,I am eager to test them out.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fonehacker:
@ngage_me-can u upload the system.img and other two files??
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rushank2112:
Hey ngage_me, pls upload those files dude.