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Root Root and OTA Updates

Mancow60 said:
I have the Supreme, the update that I posted should be for that phone, no?
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Ha! If you posted the supreme update then it won't work for the vital. So, same questions i asked earlier when i thought this was a vital update....

Is your device deodexed? If not, post a list of every file you have in the /system/app directory. This is assuming you have not removed files from anywhere else. If you have, list all the files that you do have in those directories too. I can remove the asserts for the files you don't have and make a new update zip. It will take me some time to sort through it but it should work. Make sure you are running supreme software and not vital because even the files you have won't update otherwise.

if you have changed your boot.img you will need to flash the stock one. The update patches it too so you are probably getting a new kernel. If it is not stock supreme boot.img, the update will fail.

edit: gonna make a new supreme stock rom and hopefully the update can be flashed as is.

edit2: ran into another problem. The source files i have for the supreme md5's don't all match. I don't have access to either device so it will be tough to get the update working. The system.img posted in the resouce thread does not work. If someone uploads an unmodified system.img i would be happy to get some new roms out for you guys. Until then there is not much i can do.
 
SuperR said:
@CmplxAdSys The repacked update zip is uploading. Before I post it, I want to be sure you will share the new system.img and boot.img after the update to help others. This repack i made may not work for others as it is based on your missing files, not anyone elses. If you share the images i can make new roms so everyone can enjoy :)
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Yep, if you can give me dummy-proof instructions on how to do it, I'd be happy to!
 
CmplxAdSys said:
Yep, if you can give me dummy-proof instructions on how to do it, I'd be happy to!
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Looks like the update is for the supreme so you are out of luck anyway. Perhaps zte will push the update to the vital in the near future.

Here is the link to the repacked update. You are welcome to try it but i doubt you will get passed the asserts. If you do, the vital/supreme roms are identical and yay lol. But don't get your hopes up as i am 99.999999% sure you will get errors. It won't flash anything if the files don't match up though so it is not dangerous to try.

quantum_supreme_update.zip
 
@Mancow60 OK. I am pretty sure he has both devices, but the list of apps he provided were for the vital.

@CmplxAdSys have you modified your supreme at all? If not, please flash the original update Mancow60 posted earlier. You can flash it in stock recovery. Once it is updated, root the device, and we can grab the new system image. If you have modified things, please provide lists like you did before for the vital. Thanks
 
I just have one phone: the Supreme, and it was modified in the way I described previously. I'll change that in my info in a bit. Sorry!

Downloaded quantum_supreme_update.zip and tried to flash it. Got an "installation aborted" almost immediately, right after "Verifying Pacakge."
 
CmplxAdSys said:
I just have one phone: the Supreme, and it was modified in the way I described previously. I'll change that in my info in a bit. Sorry!

Downloaded the modified one and tried to flash it. Got an "installation aborted" almost immediately, right after "Verifying Pacakge."
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Do you have cwm recovery on your device? The modified one will not flash in stock recovery.
 
Ok, here are the 2 files you are missing. If you replace them, you should be able to flash the official update through stock recovery

quantum_missing_supreme.zip

edit: once you put them back in /system/app you will need to change the permissions to match the other files in that directory. You can do this through adb or a root file explorer.
 
Cool, I'll try that. Tried installing CWM using terminial and it didn't work because there was no such file or directory as was listed in the "to" line of the instructions of the OP.

Off to try with the original update, which I actually still have on my phone. Should I use that one, or download Mancow's?
 
CmplxAdSys said:
Cool, I'll try that. Tried installing CWM using terminial and it didn't work because there was no such file or directory as was listed in the "to" line of the instructions of the OP.

Off to try with the original update, which I actually still have on my phone. Should I use that one, or download Mancow's?
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You can use yours. It should be identical.
 
Moved the two files to /system/app and tried, and it failed at Verifying Current System... assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/bin/debuggered" ... followed by really long hex code.
 
CmplxAdSys said:
Move the two files to /system/app and tried, and it failed at Verifying Current System... assert failed: apply_patch_check("/system/bin/debuggered" ... followed by really long hex code.
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debuggerd.zip

replace the file that is there if it is, and change perms

fyi, i am md5 checking these files to be sure they are the originals

edit: the good news is we got past the apps. I have all the stock supreme files but the apps were zipaligned before i got them so some of them are useless. Since we are past them i can keep giving you all the files you get errors for and we should be good :)
 
Fingers crossed! I gotta get going soon, so this may be my last shot for the evening. Thanks for your help, btw!

Updating now...
 
Mancow60 said:
F' Yeah!

:party:
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Excellent. Here is how to grab the system.img and boot.img. using adb or terminal emulator

adb
Code: 
adb shell
su
cat /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot > /sdcard/boot.img
cat /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system > /sdcard/system.img

terminal emulator
Code: 
su
cat /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/boot > /sdcard/boot.img
cat /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/system > /sdcard/system.img
 
Done. Root seems to have been kept according to Simple Root Checker.

EDIT: I'll follow your code above to try to grab in .img files.
 
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