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[Joey Carlini <moocow1452@xxxxxxxxx>]

http://d-h.st/GeG

That's my latest build if you want to give it a shot, though I think I have
an idea on how to reproduce it manually.


On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:50 PM, Gianguido Sorà <gianguidorama@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> If this old device uses the same flash method of any android rom out there
> (flashable zips) yes, it's possible.
> Basically, this python script does four things: extract the android base
> zip, remove the stock updater-script with one modified to include the
> commands to extract the Ubuntu rootfs, copy the tar.gz of the rootfs from
> its zip and then repack all in another, bigger zip.
> As you can see from the code, alter it to use another android base
> different from the one that it usually download it's easy: change the
> androbase variable with the name of your base zip, make a proper
> updater-script by mixing the one into the rootfs and the one into your base.
> Otherwise, if you can host it in a public space (better things like direct
> download, nothing like Dropbox, media fire or similar) I can add official
> support for this device!
> Let me know.
>
> Il giorno 18/mag/2013, alle ore 00:41, Joey Carlini <moocow1452@xxxxxxxxx>
> ha scritto:
>
> Right. Can the python script be altered to work with any old device if
> there is an existing bootloader?
>
>
> On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Gianguido Sorà <gianguidorama@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>> Hi, please reply to the mailing list too, otherwise we can't keep track
>> of this conversation! :)
>>
>>
>> 2013/5/18 Joey Carlini <moocow1452@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>> Any chance I can bootstrap it to work with my own bootloader and raring
>>> combo for Nook Color, or is it just nexus devices only?
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 5:56 PM, Gianguido Sorà <gianguidorama@xxxxxxxxx
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi, i've created this function, finally!
>>>> I said friday? Well, in Italiy (UTC+1) now it's 23.53 (or 11.53 PM) so
>>>> I'm in advance of 7 minutes :D
>>>> Simply clone my git repo [1] and run the script, the "-h" argument will
>>>> help you!
>>>> It both Saucy and Raring are supported.
>>>> Let me know if there are issues, good flash!
>>>>
>>>> [1]: https://bitbucket.org/PeppeLaKappa/ubuntu-touch-daily-downloader
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 2013/5/14 Gianguido Sorà <gianguidorama@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>> Making this function working seems that will require some time, at
>>>>> least 1-2 days of work for me. Except a release for this friday.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 2013/5/14 Gianguido Sorà <gianguidorama@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'll add this function to my Ubuntu Touch daily downloader, wrote in
>>>>>> python.
>>>>>> Here's my Git repo [1], feel free to commit or comment. Or both :)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1]: https://bitbucket.org/PeppeLaKappa/ubuntu-touch-daily-downloader
>>>>>> Il giorno 14/mag/2013 12:17, "Joey Carlini" <moocow1452@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>> ha scritto:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  Right, whoops.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 6:16 AM, Gianguido Sorà <
>>>>>>> gianguidorama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hey Joey, you've forgot to forward your reply to the mailing list!
>>>>>>>> Reply to that so we can keep track of the conversation :)
>>>>>>>>  Thanks. That would be a big help.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On 5/14/13, Gianguido Sorà <gianguidorama@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>>>>>>> > If you mean a tool that create a zip with both encore and the
>>>>>>>> rootfs of
>>>>>>>> > Ubuntu touch, I think that it's easy to do.
>>>>>>>> > Later I'll try to write something.
>>>>>>>> > Il giorno 14/mag/2013 03:35, "Joey Carlini" <moocow1452@xxxxxxxxx>
>>>>>>>> ha
>>>>>>>> > scritto:
>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>> >> Is there a tool available that can combine the bootstrap and
>>>>>>>> preinstalled
>>>>>>>> >> files into one zip? I build the encore bootstrap, and that
>>>>>>>> device has a
>>>>>>>> >> function that lets you run an OS from an SD, so I was wondering
>>>>>>>> if I
>>>>>>>> >> could
>>>>>>>> >> pass off the composite file as a version of CM so that it would
>>>>>>>> take.
>>>>>>>> >>
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