yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] katinatez:
What a coincidence that is the repackaged nabilab I posted a while back; with twrp 2.6.3.0 for jellybean 4.1 also known as firmware 2.3.11 if you have your tablet updated up to 2.3.11 you can safely use this to get most current twrp.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Snoshrk:
Ok, tried to download this several times...keep getting this: :(

both 7Zip and WinExplorer give the same error: invalid zip file
[Miscellaneous Android Development] brbarnyard:
No need to unzip, just flash with twrp
[Miscellaneous Android Development] n3wt:
I think this is nabilab and not a flashable zip
[Miscellaneous Android Development] brbarnyard:
Oh, sorry. I guess I misread the post. Sorry for the confusion!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] katinatez:
I just checked the file & its fine. Try to redownload again.

You unzip and run the program on computer.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheSleezkIng:
i'll have access to the tablets again tomorrow so i'll try this version and see what happens... i wanna make sure things work on one tablet before i even start work on the othe rlol..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] n3wt:
I just downloaded it 3 times (FF, chrome, and IE) and all three opened just fine for me...seems really strange. Maybe try a different browser?

Edit: Just saw your latest post, glad you got it working finally!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] katinatez:
Whenever a zip file will not open, its usually because the file was partially downloaded.

Glad you figured it out.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Snoshrk:
[MENTION=3814731]katinatez[/MENTION] & [MENTION=5141636]n3wt[/MENTION]

Finally, PKZip was able to open the containers enough to SEE that it hadn't downloaded everything.

All is good now.

Any hints on how to pry the Nabi away from an 8yr old? :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] n3wt:
lol, sorry but I'm no help on that one!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] alexbobspoons:
As usual...lost again UK update (nabi store)

Hi all.

Ive just received an email saying that the nabi store in uk is updating and unless I do an OTA update, then I wont be able to use the store in future (not sure if this is only new purchases or also downloading existing purchases).

My nabi-2 is the uk version (which complicates things I understand) and is rooted with gapps on it.

I also have the link2sd running and have 9GB of apps sat on the external sd card running quite nicely.

Soo.. Im worried about what I should do.

If I OTA update, will it kill my routing? Will it also mean my sd-card apps wont work anymore if the linking is damaged in the update (takes about 7 hours to download and install all the apps individually).

Should I just kick nabi-store away and continue buying apps through Google and Amazon stores only?

It took me ages to get sons nabi-2 working properly with all the extra games sat on the external hidden sd card partition, im concerned about breaking whats currently working (and am also a bit annopyed at fuhu for changing the goalposts on me).

Any advice please?

My autistic son relies on his Nabi so I realy done want to mess up at all

Many thanks

Alex
[Miscellaneous Android Development] n3wt:
do you depend on the nabi store?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] alexbobspoons:
Well not really...

I wuld rather buy apps from google or amazon-uk because then you can move apps across devices, however occassionally my son finds an app he likes the look of in the damn treasure chest that I cannot then find on google or amazon-uk and then I resort to getting it from the nabi-store.

Also, he has a LOT of nabi-store purchases and I would be worried about losing those if they needed to connect to nabi-store to confirm that they are authentic purchases (or something similar to that)

So in one sence I prefer not to use the nabi store, but then I would hate to lose the apps from it and have trouble if i cant find the same app on other stores.. so I was hoping there would be a stress free way of having the nabi store as a fallback position.

Thanks for your reply.

Alex
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bait-Fish:
I got a similar E-mail. Here's the link to the how to update.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] alexbobspoons:
Will following that links instructions break my rooting of the nabi2 or cause my sdcard-linked apps to stop working do you know??

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bait-Fish:
Yes, it most likely will break your setup. It's best to sit tight and let the dev types figure out the update/procedure. I've seen way too many people rush into updates only to get locked out of root and/or recovery, sometimes permanently.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Snoshrk:
Well, after getting TWRP and SU installed Yeah! I now have another issue...

I can't seem to make a backup in TWRP it can't seem to mount anything other than the external SD. :confused:

I also can't seem to install anything from the Play store due to insufficient storage. It says I have 361MB available.

Sno
[Miscellaneous Android Development] katinatez:
Which TWRP version did you install? What firmware are you on? Do you have US or UK, or Madagascar version? Need more info to better help.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Snoshrk:
Doh!

US

Version 2.3

Bld# JRO03C

TWRP 2.6.1.0

Ran the NabiLab from your post. Ran the update. Ran the option to install TWRP and root. Everything seemed to go ok.

Went to install Link2SD ( and subsequently anything else) and I get the insufficient storage error. I tried deleting a couple of apps to free up space still no luck. According to Storage, there is 300+MB available.

Going back into twrp. twrp doesn't seem to mount anything but the external SD.

Thanks

Sno
[Miscellaneous Android Development] n3wt:
yeah, update twrp to 2.6.3.0 and that should fix your recovery issues.

for the storage prob try clear play store data and reboot maybe. might also remove your Google account and then add it back.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Snoshrk:
Weird...

I re-ran the nabilab install / patch. Re-ran the twrp install and root on the nabi and it seems to have installed twrp 2.6.3.0. I had to run the backup manually ( but was able to select the necessary partitions (YEAH) and it is currently *working* on the backup....

Will try clearing the playstore data etc... when the backup is done :good:

Thanks

Sno
[Miscellaneous Android Development] katinatez:
I forgot to mention the nabilab I posted, you are suppose to just install twrp option only, that version is 2.6.3 JB. Then flash SuperSu.zip to gain root.

If you have space issues, you can flash minimalnabi.zip in twrp that will wipe all nabi apps found in the wiki
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DarkAngel:
Space might be the issue if root is not taking when you are flashing as katinatez stated. I had that before with my two girls nabi2's, while installing BusyBox though. Root would take but not BusyBox. There was just not enought room to save in system/xbin/ for it. I manually went in and removed programs ( APK files ) in the system folder they did not use ( I asked which ones ) to make room for BusyBox to keep it as stock as possible for them. No problems since then.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Snoshrk:
Thanks to everyone who helped me twrp and root the NABI2! Success! Even got Link2SD up and running and most of the apps my son wanted reinstalled...:D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheSleezkIng:
well this zip worked,making a backup now and then gonna run the minimalnabi to make some room.. thanks again

is their anyway to charge the nabi faster? the charger for these things sucks,they take forever to charge lol
[Miscellaneous Android Development] katinatez:
After purchasing multiple car seat dvd players to entertain my children on long trips, but only last 3-6 months because of lousy materials. The last straw was the RCA DVD player from Target lasted 2 months; every bump and pothole the DVD would skip or jump or all together stop playing.

I decided to find a permanent fix since we are heading on a 5 hour trip. I then looked toward the Nabi and since I have two of them and two kids I tried a few attempts to mount the Nabi to the car seat but found a better solution that turned out to be free. And here are some pictures.

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I took a DVD case and cut it to dimensions and drilled 6 holes to screw back in with two slots for velcro straps I removed from previous car seat dvd player. The pictures are self explanatory.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DarkAngel:
Great thinking. Pretty sure we all like free stuff.

:good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Eric Karz:
link2sd and gl2sd makes a good combo for more room I made a 9gig ext4 for data and 6 gig fat32 on External SD card . this where I am at with free space
[Miscellaneous Android Development] alexbobspoons:
well for infos sake, I am having to rebuild the system of my nabi for various reasons, and the damn new nabi-app-zone will NOT let me install any of the apps I have already bought because it is insisting on the OTA update to then get the new app-zone.

So i either risk bricking my nabi or ruining my root of it by OTA, or, I loose much money in paid for apps and rebuy them from google or amazon.

Really hating how convoluted fuhu/nabi are and their awful sales attitude

---------- Post added at 10:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:39 PM ----------

well this is just marvelous

I tried the OTA update, took ages to download, clicked install and it went off doing its thing, then rebooted and went into twrp??.. no instructions... I didnt know what to do so shut down and rebooted, and nothings changed, no OTA update and app zone still not working

No idea what to do now
[Miscellaneous Android Development] alexbobspoons:
Please help if you can. (Ps this is UK version of nabi2)

It seems the fact my nabi is rooted and got twrp at the same time is my best guess at why the ota update will not take on my nabi. As a result i have £300 worth of apps sat in the nabi store with no way to get to them. Fell like ive been robbed.

I have two nabis as one got cracked glass (long story) but it still works ok.

Is there anything i can do over and above a factory reset that will then enable me to be at base-start and thus be able to ota update? (Factory reset still seems to leave the nabi rooted with gapps still installed)

If i then somehow managed to get my old cracked nabi on new os and thus new app store and then be able to download all my paid apps, is there any way i can get those apps off the old nabi, maybe via sd card or pc cable, and then be able to install them onto my newer rootef nabi that isnt running latest ota update?

Id appreciate any help as my other option is to re buy the apps from google instead of nabistore, which will cost so much its shocking (but id have to do it to keep my son happy, he has autism and will not understand dissapearing apps)

Any help or advice appreciated thanks

Alex
[Miscellaneous Android Development] katinatez:
You could try using Titanium Backup to backup all apk from 1 nabi then restore them on second nabi. In Titanium Backup you could backup apk and create a flashable zip to flash on second nabi.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] alexbobspoons:
Thanks. Thinking about it, on my kindle I used esfile explorer to backup apks is that the same principle as titanium backup?

Not sure what a flashable zip is or does, would this install them all at once or is this something that needs to be done in order to install the backed up apk's?

I've also looked in the nabi wiki and seen some stock roms and some updates and such. Thinking one of these is what I need to make the cracked nabi able to take the new ota update. I'm UK version, any idea which thing I need please? Stock rom ota update or other? Will it need to be UK specific ?

Thanks

Alex
[Miscellaneous Android Development] alexbobspoons:
Titanium backup sounds fantastic from the googling Ive done.

Couple of questions please that google hasnt answered:

1

Im nervous about backing up the "data" aspect of the app because Im not sure where it is or would go considering my tablets are using link2sd, so if I backup/restore apps without the data, am I right in thinking that this will still work perfectly fine, and the only downside would be any ingame progress would be lost (not a problem) and some games that need extra data would download it as needed when you start the app after restore?

Or am I wrong and the app will not work without the data?

2

If I do the "restore missing apps" does this do exactly what it says on the tine and thus skip any app I already have installed on the rebuilt nabi? Would this even recognise the apps already installed on the nabi that have been linked2sd or would I end up with two of the same app?

3

Does anyone know of the link2sd integrates with the batch restore?

If I have link2sd running, will it do its magic automatic linking-to-sd as titanium backup restores (installs?) each missing app?

If not, id have to do each on manually as there would not be enough internal space on the nabi to resotre them all in one batch without being able to link2sd at the same time

Many many thanks for all your help. My little boy relies on his Nabi so much it is pur horror and terror when something goes wrong with it and needs fixing so quickly. Thats just one of those quirks of Autism.

Thank you

Alex
[Miscellaneous Android Development] katinatez:
1)I believe the data is stored in data/data/angrybird.apk (example) I personally do not backup data, I just backup apk to store safely. It would not recognize apk stored in sdcard stored by link2sd.

2)link2sd & Titanium Backup are two different animals so I use them separately

Also Titanium Backup creates a flashable.zip file that zips 100 apk and then you can batch restore by flashing in TWRP. voila 100 apk back to Nabi.

My recommendation is to create a full backup with twrp and play around with both programs. I would restore all apks from sdcard with link2sd then use titanium to create a flashable zip.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] alexbobspoons:
Ok some news to report

1. Titanium backup is amazing and it seems to work with link2sd which automatically links the apps as titanium installs them one after the other in batch mode. Amazing.

2. After all was done, I still had the problem. Sadly. Though as befor only in nabi mode not in parent mode.

So despite me having plenty of internal and as card space I uninstalled 5 apps and all worked great.

So it made me wonder if nabi mode takes extra resources above parent mode. Then maybe the sheer number of apps I have installed/linked is too much for the nabi to remember?

Does link2sd maybe have a limit of links?

I have about 380 apps linked.

So I have a couple of choices.

1.

Delete a few apps and all is ok..... Until the next time little guy wants a new app

2. Ignore nabi mode and let him have the tablet in parent mode but use "application protect" to lock out everything he's not allowed to access.

Not sure what to do yet.

Also wondering if I'd have been better buying a nexus or Samsung rather than the nabi, would they have had same problem?

Any further thoughts appreciated
[Miscellaneous Android Development] katinatez:
Or you could freeze nabi mode with titanium Backup. And install an alternative kidz launcher which does the same as nabimode.apk.

Go to play store and search kids launchers.

If you don't like uninstall and unfreeze nabimode
[Miscellaneous Android Development] alexbobspoons:
Another question I do have.

What advantage would a replacement kids-mode have over simply giving him the parent-mode with all the adult applications (such as main browser, app stores, settings, titanium backup etc) all password protected by using “application protect”?

Would a kids mode me any better?

At the moment, I am thinking that the only advantages of nabi mode were as follows: (please let me know if I am missing something)

Ability for multiple kids (we only have one so not relevant)

Treasure box (which in honesty is a pain as he likes the look of some apps we know he would hate, then have to buy them)

Fooz kids – He would miss this, but he only used the “Videos” option and mainly then just to access websites where the vids are, so I think I could create a series of maxathon browser shortcuts to emulate the ones he uses.

Locking kid out of stuff they shouldnt touch (which I can do with application-protect)

So Im wondering, would a replacement kid mode just add to the processing work the nabi is doing (which is maybe what nabi-mode is currently doing)?

Also, am I right in thinking that Fooz-kids is only available through nabi so really that would be lost. (EDIT: Yes it seems its only in nabi mode, damn, but I think the books and weblinks to vids were the only things he used)

Thanks very much again

Alex

PS: Ill need to set a similar colour desktop to Parent mode as the blue squares chequered background of nabi mode. (Edit: If anyone has access to the background images from nabi mode, mainly the blue checkered one, Id appreciate it)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MerlinOfLore:
I'm using TWRP 2.6.3.0 for ICS and Nabi 2.1.27. The 2.2.11 ROM installed fine but every time I try to 'install' the addonfix.zip file I get "Error executing updated binary in zip addonfix.zip". Should I be using the TWRP version for ICS or JB when I 'install' the addonfix.zip?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] aicjofs:
A few people have had a problem with the addonfix.zip. Never really found out why some have issues and others don't.

I'd say this is the best method these days for US

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51037177&postcount=21

and the best method for UK

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=50431606&postcount=98

For both it's critical that after you restore boot, system and addon to then "install" the bootloader zip BEFORE rebooting.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] josh8519:
is there anyway i can go back to the ics bootloader and get back to original stock version. i messed up an now i cant flash anything i have twrp recovery for jb
[Miscellaneous Android Development] katinatez:
Need better description of problem to help you out. What steps did you do to get into the mess your in? Does it boot?Where you trying to do ota to 4.1? Which version of twrp is installed?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] aicjofs:
I have a ICS bootloader bin. You would need to convert in to a blob to use it "flashable" style and copy to staging partition. Otherwise the only other way is through apx and nvflash. I posted something in the TWRP thread I think about how to do it nvflash way.

I don't see a need to do this though. Something else must be wrong.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] thajacka:
i flashed the minimalnabiwip zip and now my nabi will not boot, just spins on the logo. any ideas?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] katinatez:
Was Nabi up to date with 4.1? Is it a regular US Nabi? Is your recovery the latest twrp? You could try to wipe cache & dalvik thru twrp. If that don't work, you could restore the addon partition and reboot.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] thajacka:
i was on 4.1, regular us nabi with latest recovery. tried wipe cache and dalvik and factory reset from recovery. how do i restore just the addon partition?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] aicjofs:
If you have a backup of it before you started using the script(because everyone makes a backup of a working system before installing a script :rolleyes:, bahahahahahaha) then just "restore addon" in TWRP, else download

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0ByTvxgaoJXi5c3ctdW5sZFhJVG8/edit?pli=1

Extract the zip on your SD at TWRP/BACKUPS/XXX/folder, then restore just addon in TWRP. If that doesn't work might need to do similar with "system".
[Miscellaneous Android Development] thajacka:
yeah, im one of those that forgot too backup. well i was able to download and install the restore addon. however it is still just coming up to the nabi logo, not spinning and just frozen there. any other ideas?

edit update: i restored the 2311stock as well and now it booted. not sure if rooted though. but at least its back up.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] aicjofs:
If you exit TWRP it will ask if you want to root it. Glad it worked. Should be back to square 1 if you restored both of those.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] thajacka:
yes backup and running great now. better than it was before. all i gotta do is restore my sons games. thanks for the help
[Miscellaneous Android Development] {ParanoiA}:
If anyone is interested, here is a complete backup of my Nick Edition Nabi2. It is fully updated stock. I fastboot booted twrp and created a full backup. Also there is a stock recovery img created using dd command. HERE
[Miscellaneous Android Development] knoxploration:
Thanks very much for sharing this! I'd like to do the same, but go a step further and also remove Nabi Mode, Timer Controls, Nabi App Picker, and University. Can anybody tell me how I'd modify the script to get rid of, essentially, every single thing that isn't a stock Google app?

Thanks in advance for any help!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] n3wt:
you just have to track down the locations and names of the apk's and add them to the script. You can just open the zip and edit the script.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] knoxploration:
Thanks! Does anybody know the locations and names? Not sure what's safe to remove, and surely I can't be the only one who wants to do this...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pvman:
Confused about rooting/not-rooting

I've read a god deal of this thread, but I'm still a bit confused. Partly it is due to all the terms/acronyms and tribal knowledge. So, I need someone to be patient with me and spell a few things out.

Firstly, for the Nabi 2, there are 2 epocs. One prior to Dec. 19, 2013 and one after.

So, I loaded the OTA update relased on Dec. 19, 2013, so I'm at the latest rev. But, like alexbobspoons, I, too, am out of space.

I've interpreted that I can probably alliviate the problem by:

1.) rooting

2.) installing/using Link2SD

So, fist, I'd like to ask, "What is the complete ,comprehensive process to accmplish step 1?" Is the process to "root" the same after 12/19/2013 as it was before 12/19/2013? Does it involved installing something "new" to the Nabi, or do I just need to load ADB or NabiLabs and run a few commands to simply "enable" root? That whole "recovery" concept has me a bit stumped. I can't tell if the "recovery" is already a part of the Nabi/Android, and, if it is, has some of it's standard features been disabled. Or is it that the XDA'ers simply prefer a different "recovery" tool installed because its "cool" (has extra capability). Basically, I want to avoid modifying this thing too much; its memory is limited.

Second, once one uses Link2SD and allow it to perform it's magic, does root need to continue to be enabled as long as Link2SD is installed?

Thirdly, can one "unroot" or disable root as easily as one enabled it in step 1? If I later decide to give this thing away, will the system reset in "Settings" restore it back to factory settings, including "unroot"ing?

Fourth, if one wants to use and SD card (32 GB, class 4, in my case), to be most stable, should it be partitioned with ext2 file systems? Can that be done with Link2SD or does it need to be done prior to using Link2SD. What tool should one use to partition/format the SD Card?

Lastly, what is the deal with fastbootloader? Is that something I need to be concerned about? I'm sure it will be explained in the complete, comprehensive explination.

I think the answers to these questions should get me started.