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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bitst0rm:
Unable to flash the recovery.img

Kyron MID-7015A (updated with Coby Update)

I've rooted successfully, however am unable to flash clockwork.

here's what i've run:

$ su

# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

flash_image: not found

#

I get "flash_image: not found" when running this via adb or via Term Emu ON the device.

Any ideas?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JohnSpeer:
Deleted double post.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JohnSpeer:
I have the same problem.

I think the Coby update.zip file has been changed from what worked before.For example, the device name is now changed to 7105a.

I tried to revert to an earlier version of the update.zip file via the Coby recovery method, but the file did not execute as it was identified as having an earlier date.

Hope someone will post a quick fix.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] stoned99:
You're right it's not the same update. See post here for instructions with new update: http://www.androidtablets.net/forum...zip-coby-build-mid7015a-1-6a-1-26-11-a-2.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JohnSpeer:
Thanks for the link.I appreciate the quick reply. Now I'll learn how to work with adb.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MarcelProust:
a problem

Hi,

I successfully rooted my new Coby tablet. However, I cannot install clockwork recovery.

After placing recovery.img to SD card, I type in the sdk window of my PC:

#su

#flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

After that Coby tries to reboot, but the logo Coby stays on the screen forever.

If I type su in the Android shell emulator, the application (shell emulator) freezes. If I type

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

then coby says: []erroroutput[usageL flash_image partition file.img

I tried to reroot and also to recover factory condition, but it did not help.

Is there any way to resolve the above problem and to install clockwork recovery?

Thnx!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bitst0rm:
Unable to flash the recovery.img

Solved using the method provided at Androidtablets.net

search for "kyros push flash_image"
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Durdy B:
i dont understand...i did the mv recovery thing posted at the top but then it says "then reflash clockmod". what does tha mean or how do you reflash it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] garydhansen:
everytime i try to enter cp /sdcard/flash_image /system/bin/flash_image i keep getting

cp: omitting directory '/sdcard/flash_image '

what do i do to get passed this step? and yes i am in SU mode and it has the # sign on it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] toekneebullard:
Anyone know if this works on the 7015B? I have a version that ran on the 7015A, but it's not working on the 7015B.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bobbbb:
If I have a Galaxy S Vibrant from Samsung can I still flash I9000 ROMS and stuff?
[G2 and Desire Z General] Momo251212:
I bought the HTC Desire Z from Bell in Canada about a week ago. So far im loving it. but... the phone is missing "Locations" app which a normal DZ should have. I emailed and asked HTC and they said the Bell version of DZ DOES NOT have "Locations".

Then I started to check out my phone and I found an option in setting->location->Reinstall. That option is to reinstall the locations app. However, when I pressed the button and it said "Unable to find an activity to handle this option."

I have read that the Locations app on Desire HD is in SD card. Is there anyway for me to get the locations app back?

Thank you.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Stealth1985:
You will have to install a custom ROM to add locations, also the Canada maps cost money so kinda pointless.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
The Locations *maps* are on the SD card, but as far as I'm aware, the actual app isn't.

You'll need to install a ROM containing HTC Locations, as has been said, but then you'll still need to get hold of maps.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Boosh63:
I debranded my Bell DZ and got Locations and the Car Panel.

Here's the link.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=835777

I just don't have any POI's for some reason.
[G2 and Desire Z General] thehoovie:
need map data

Locations let me download the Canada map file without a charge. /shrug

You should be able to create your own POIs.

To get others listed you must have the map data for that area.
[G2 and Desire Z General] zeetoronto:
Locations is a month by month suscription($10.00 per month). Didn't you get some sort of notifiation of this when you launched the app. Maps I believe are free. The service seems similar to the GPS Navigator app on the Bell Desire Z.
[G2 and Desire Z General] steviewevie:
It's not a month by month thing in the UK. I have no idea about your country. It's free to use the maps that are loaded onto your phone (e.g. my UK phone has maps of the UK, Ireland and France). But everything else does cost though - e.g. navigation, traffic, speed camera alerts, etc, etc.
[G2 and Desire Z General] CoolinHL:
I believe Locations is a free app with free maps provided by HTC.

Bell, being Bell, removed the HTC Locations app and replaced it with its own GPS Navigator app that costs $10/month.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Boosh63:
Whatever nav application that was on my phone before debranding had loads of POI's in it. Although I have map data, I have no POI's.
[G2 and Desire Z General] jark99:
Google maps navigation is awesome and free! I love it

Sent from HTC Desire Z using XDA App
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VirusZer0:
Is there anyway to "refresh" the gallery 3d because I just downloaded images and they aren't showing up. And if I move from one folder to another the old folder sometimes shows up in the gallery but wont let me open/use the image in it since it isn't really there.

Thanks,

Tee Jay
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wvalurejr:
Try using SDrescan from the market. It seems to help. Run it when you think something should be showing up in gallery3d.
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] user7618:
Easiest way is to unmount then remount your SD card. Or reboot. :)

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Sent from my CDMA Hero. I got some hot Froyo-on-Hero action here!
[Hero CDMA Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] VirusZer0:
Good look guys.

I'll give them both a shot!

Appreciate The Responses,

Tee Jay
[Captivate General] messxxxedge:
it would be awesome to start a thread with all the information in one place someone would need to maximize the phones potential without rooting it or wrecking the warrenty. i know i will end up rooting my phone but not right away. so im looking to maximize it without doing anything too crazy. so what should i know and what free programs should i get to do this.

thanks so much
[Captivate General] boborone:
Droiddog and places like that have recommended apps and such if you want to stay stock. XDA is a place for modding. Its great that you're learning and on your way.

Remember, that you can always go back to stock for warranty issues with oden. Once you flash, you never go back.

From a phone
[Captivate General] NinjaCoder:
Note: Droiddog only has 1 post in the samsung captivate/epic/fascinate/vibrant forum http://www.droiddog.com/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=87

When searching for captivate stuff, I found most information (even not related to rooting) on this forum.

For my stock captivate I got:

Advanced Task Killer - the free ad based one. I have not tried the auto kill levels since I am scared that my phone will turn off randomly when I want to receive a call.

Launcher Pro - the free one (so i can customize the 4 buttons at the bottom of the home screen)

Home Switcher - so i can switch to touch wiz launcher if I want to use the Kies mini app

Google Map - I heard the one that came on the phone wasn't as good as the one in the app store.

I removed all the AT&T Apps from the home screens.

For music I got double twist to sync music with my iTunes.

I tried the AT&T video/music players and PowerAMP and DoubleTwist and something else but none are really that good - They seem to forget which podcasts I already watched/listened to and are not really good at resuming. This is probably because they think podcasts are songs.

I got Pod Manager to download podcasts - worst UI in the world but gets the job done. I am still almost thinking of using itunes and just syncing with double twist every morning.

The battery isn't the greatest on this thing. Not sure what techniques I can use to make it better. I set my background to black but not really sure if that will help. Also I used the "Power widget" to dim my screen a bit. I really wish I could use the "auto" setting on the light but still tell it to be darker in general. To offset the power even more I bought a couple micro usb cables. 1 for computer, 1 for car, 1 for work computer, and power adapter from box for next to bed. However I had to cut down some of the plastic off the ends of the cable to make it fit. I do generally make it all day with just the nightly charge even when I watch a podcast on the way to work and home from work (about 1 hour each way) on the bus but I like having the cables just in case.

The Kies app and mini app seems to suck - I can't get either of them to work on win 7 x64 even with .net 4.0. On windows 7 x86 the mini version used (without .net 4.0) to work but not anymore since the latest kies mini update.

Other than that I just got a bunch of games and apps. Although it probably based on personal preference.

Hope that starts you off in your quest.
[Captivate General] tylerdurdin:
If you want awesome battery life un-install all that crud( launcher Pro, ATK, fancy music player) use any wallpaper you want and toggle your background data and wifi notifications my cappy gets 12 hours easy.
[Captivate General] NinjaCoder:
Oh sorry I was considering 12 hours (10 hours of sitting in pocket use + some phone calls + 2 hours of video playing) poor battery life.

I picked the black background because I heard the "Live Backgrounds" were a battery drain and I like the black color (its my PC's background color as well).
[Captivate General] emuneee:
Auto Task Killer is not needed...does more harm than good IMO.

Also your black background is the best for Super AMOLED (all OLED-based) displays because when a pixel is black it is essentially using no energy.
[Captivate General] fldude99:
-Battery life gets better with about 2 weeks of use

-I uninstalled all task killers. This thing multitasks on its own fine

-I figure a full day without plugging into a charger is excellent on any smartphone device.

-However, I bought the samsung external charger and battery on amazon, so I now seldom plug my phone in. I just swap batteries in the evening and charge the battery thats been in the phone all day
[Captivate General] iJemuel:
My captivate is 1 week old. The battery the first few days was not very good but now it seems to last longer.

This is what I have done:

1- Brightness set the lowest (Phone + Browser) I can see the screen just fine.

2- Black background, but with style so it doesn't look plain

3- All apps. sync manually and background data off. I turn it on when I need it but I am most of the time on wifi.

4- GPS off, I don't need it or use it

As of right now, with moderate use, I am on my 2nd day without charging and I'm pretty sure I will get a 3rd day without charging.

Apps that I can recommend:Fancy Widget,SamServmode, Barcode Scanner, 3G Watchdog
[Captivate General] boborone:
My post about droiddog was about the app reviews and such they do. Basically all unrooted android phones are the same, just different hardware. That's why general android sites are best for unrooted phones. Samsung support forums would be a good place. General public troubleshooting each other. Get where I'm going with this?

From a phone
[Captivate General] tylerdurdin:
oh why didnt you say that:confused: If I were you I would buy an ipod touch for video playing and your battery in your phone will last for 20 hours.:D
[Captivate General] Paladuck:
I resisted rooting for the longest time, thinking I'd wait till Froyo.

I finally got tired of waiting and did the one click root + lagfix. Didn't try anything else yet but let me tell you, just doing that small amount has made my Captivate experience so much happier :)
[Captivate General] messxxxedge:
Do you have the link to the oclf you used? I'm just afraid of bricking it. I need to root first then I can use the oclf? Our does the oclf do it all?
[Captivate General] xredjokerx:
with my usage, my phone lasts me 8 hours, if im lucky. sometimes i go to class at 12 get home by 3 and im at about 60% lol..
[Captivate General] sremick:
Don't use OCLF. Use z4root, it works with 2.2
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ninsassin:
Hi, I was wondering what people do when they enter into a bootloop. I kinda want to find a easy way to recover from it. Atm I have to re-root my phone again using the r6 madaco method.

So the question is there a better way to recover from this. Like should I flash a custom recovery? I think there one from unrevoked if memory serves me right.

Thanks!
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lordvoldemort:
How about restoring nandroid backup and trying to the activity you want to do again..
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mercianary:
Any one of these should sort out that problem.

Nandroid restore

Wipe data

Flash rom again

Flash a different rom
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ninsassin:
I think what I should do is flash a perma custom recovery image. I tried using unrevoked yesterday but it seems to have failed during the root.
[Galaxy Tab General] jay_jay_n:
Thx great work, any instructions on how to rebuild the apk ?
[Galaxy Tab General] peestandingup:
Nice, thanks for the writeup. Flash is still far too flaky on mobile for my taste though. Its a complete mess IMO.
[Galaxy Tab General] calebchosen:
Would you be able to post the apk you used? I would gladly host it.
[Galaxy Tab General] mcroson:
Rebuilt .APK is not installing

Followed the directions but I am not sure if I rebuilt the .apk properly as my modified Flash Player package fails to install. Can someone please post a working modified .apk?
[Galaxy Tab General] SonicTab:
I was following great until

... rebuild install_adobe_flash.apk with your hacked library included ...

How is that done?
[Galaxy Tab General] calebchosen:
Sign APKs

here is a tutorial on creating a key and how to sign an apk. hope this helps.

http://www.androiddevelopment.org/tag/apk/
[Galaxy Tab General] Akihikov:
I tired following your instructions to the letter then returning the edited hex file into the apk replacing the existing one, but no go. Is there a particular way it needs to be recompiled? If anyone knows how and can provide the edited apk for an ATT galaxy tab I would happily donate and I'm sure I'm not alone.
[Galaxy Tab General] calebchosen:
no dice

hulu and other sites gives me an error "requires flash player 10.0.32 or higher..."

as far as hexing, signing, and installing everything works a charm.

http://www.pixeldesire.com/box/install_flash_player.apk-signed
[Galaxy Tab General] Ikyo:
Wondering if you could use the Flash apk from the files for the Epic: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=841472
[Galaxy Tab General] Ikyo:
Does anyone know about that apk?
[Galaxy Tab General] calebchosen:
Which apk?
[Galaxy Tab General] :
hulu and other streamers

okay so a whole peck of websites are rolling out xda's howto for the hulu hack, but any comment says it no workee. anybody that can confirm or deny? also, anybody got a line on netflix for the Galaxy Tab?
[Galaxy Tab General] MagnusRagnarok:
im on sprint tab and it def dont work. spent a few hours with it one day...maybe intended for an older flash like the firmware op suggests...just amazed how many stupid blogging sites repost info w/o testing...way to spread the ignorance...i have another idea on how to make it work using what i know about my evo. this MAY work. if it does i will post the apk...
[Galaxy Tab General] ra1254:
it would be cool if we can get something working.
[Galaxy Tab General] agentdr8:
Success! Thanks to the OP for the write-up. I took the stock AT&T flash player apk, hex edited the version in libflashplayer.so and replaced it on the phone. It works fine in Dolphin HD (plugins set to Always; haven't tried On-demand) for Hulu.

I tried my hand at repacking the apk and signing it, but it doesn't seem to register the plugin using my apk, even though it's properly signed. So for now, the only approach that seems reliable is to install the stock apk and once installed, copy the modified libflashplayer.so over to /data/data/com.adobe.flashplayer/lib.

See attached. I provide no guaranties, so YMMV. Unzip libflashplayer.so.zip prior to copying.

EDIT: Works great on southparkstudios.com too! :D
[Galaxy Tab General] bhagiratha:
Would this work with the netflix web site?

Thanks for your efforts.
[Galaxy Tab General] agentdr8:
Browsing their website works fine, but you can't stream directly to the browser. That requires Silverlight, which I don't believe is available for the Android platform.
[Galaxy Tab General] heythorp:
Sorry, does not work for me. Any suggestions? I did try in Miren and the default browser so perhaps browser specific?

Just tried Dolphin HD, no go. using your files.
[Galaxy Tab General] synplex:
I hope someone who knows better can get this working on a Tmo tab and confirm it before I blow mines up.

Hulu is a must have for long trips! :D
[Galaxy Tab General] agentdr8:
I only tried the latest beta of Dolphin HD (with fixed PTZ) on JME. Not sure if it matters which firmware revision, although I can't imagine it being that particular. What error(s) if any did the sites show?
[Galaxy Tab General] heythorp:
I just get the standard hulu does not work on mobile devices message

Also anyone have a work around for viemo

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] agentdr8:
Make sure you change the user agent setting in Dolphin to "Desktop" instead of "Android".
[Galaxy Tab General] heythorp:
I bet that is it. It alone fools viemo and almost gets hulu to work. Will try your files again and report back

Thanks
[Galaxy Tab General] heythorp:
That did it!

Now able to watch hulu. This works folks
[Galaxy Tab General] agentdr8:
Glad you got it working :D
[Galaxy Tab General] maxjivi05:
Works just replace the flashplayer.so and works
[Galaxy Tab General] Lucky_Charms:
Are you saying you didnt have to do any of the other previous steps? All you had to do was replace flashplayer.so?
[Galaxy Tab General] jinsoku3g:
+1 did you really only do 1 step?

im using Verizon
[Galaxy Tab General] SiL3nTKiLL:
thanks for this :)
[Galaxy Tab General] maxjivi05:
Yes just the one step. I have a script setup to move that file in place everytime I reboot. I watch Hulu all the time.
[Galaxy Tab General] Lucky_Charms:
Any chance you'd care to share this script?
[Galaxy Tab General] maxjivi05:
I use this script in a txt in sgstools when I reboot my device and want to watch Hulu.
[Galaxy Tab General] maxjivi05:
You have to make sure the edited libflashplayer.so is in extracted with that script or change the path to the location
[Galaxy Tab General] JaysFreaky:
Works for me!
[Galaxy Tab General] fechina:
Do I have to be rooted to use the tool?
[Galaxy Tab General] maxjivi05:
Yes
[Galaxy Tab General] nexttonomy:
I have it setup just like stated above...and when I run the script it states

"cp: not found

All Done! Press back key now"

What do I have to do to make it recognize cp as a copy command?

Thanks, Nexttonomy
[Galaxy Tab General] JaysFreaky:
You probably don't have the cp command formatted right. Make sure it's all one line, like this:

cp /originalfolder/file.so /destinationfolder/file.so
[Galaxy Tab General] molynyk:
Verizon Samsung Galaxy Tab

Is it possible to make GSM work on the Verizon version of the Samung Galaxy Tab? How about getting Google Talk to work?

Thanks,

Matt
[Galaxy Tab General] kodakeos:
Really?

Its got a different antenna / radio

NO you cant make GSM work on a CDMA VZW tab
[Galaxy Tab General] JaysFreaky:
Why is this even in the Hulu thread?
[Galaxy Tab General] tjlotz:
flash hack worked for a while!??????

This hack worked perfectly at first. I admit it was the first hack i had tried on my us cellular galaxy tab. I then tried to do a boot lag fix to speed my tab up. I ended up locking my system up however. I did a factory reset, and set out to do the flash hack again. This time when i try to play hulu i get the we dont support your platform message. Other websites still work though. Can some one help me? Just want to be able to watch hulu again.

Thanks,

Tim

tjlotz@gmail.com
[Galaxy Tab General] quattr0:
Sounds like you forgot to set the browser agent to Desktop
[Galaxy Tab General] dai123:
How do you set it up so that the script runs on startup ? I got it to work by manually copying the libflashplayer.so file already. Thanks.
[Galaxy Tab General] raaleck:
Working Great on my GT using Dolphin HD!
[Galaxy Tab General] crutoi:
i tried these steps and flash it self is working but not on hulu, it says my flash version is too old
[Galaxy Tab General] aibo:
It would be nice if someone could make an apk with the latest version of flash with fix for hulu like on the xoom.
[Galaxy Tab General] DeekoVB5:
The instructions in the OP are for Flash 10.1. You need to do this again for Flash 10.3. If you've got the latest (10.3) from the market, follow the same steps above, but instead of

You need to change it to

I just did this on a new Tab and it worked. Note that the newest version number is available here: http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/

Also note - the posted .so file from agentdr8 above will not work with this. You need to use the .so file for flash 10.3.

edit: One more thing - while Root Explorer is a good app and you should feel free to purchase it if you'd like, its not necessary. Just search the market for "root file explorer" or something similar and there are workable free options as well. I used AntTek.
[Galaxy Tab General] onlinespending:
I've done the hack to libflashplayer.so with the latest 10.3 and it works perfectly. But how can I obtain an up-to-date install_flash_player.apk so I can replace the libflashplayer.so and sign?
[Galaxy Tab General] KazeOne:
has anyone tried this recently? does it still work? or is there another option out since then?
[Galaxy Tab General] kodakeos:
Serious! NEtflix is full on working now, lets get on the ball hulu
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] polvalt:
My MT4G is constantly getting more and more laggy. It seems like it lags when the phone is syncing... and it wants to sync all the time. The syncing icon appears in the notifications bar for at least 20 minutes out of every hour. I have tried a master reset and I restart, yes restart, my phone at least once per day to combat the lag... it flies for the first few hours and then the lag sets in... almost as bad as my old G1...
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] floepie:
What exactly are you syncing?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cnflct:
It is also possible to change sync intervals on many applications, as well as turn syncing off entirely.

Individually:

Settings > Accounts & Sync> [Select Account] > Uncheck Sync options.

All:

Settings > Accounts & Sync > Uncheck Auto-sync.
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesd86:
I noticed this right after I signed into the "Peep" application...it would not stop syncing..i've tweeted a total of 3 times, and i'm not following anyone, so i have no idea what it was trying to sync..i just ended up unsyncing it in the settings.