update.zip from Coby (build MID7015A 1.6a 1/26/11)

[cashdude1971]

Just got my coby kyros 7015 tablet yesterday, tried rooting it via Phase3d's video, no luck, and i think it has to do with this update. My tablet came updated (7015A). (Basicly everything up to entering text into the terminal works fine, The root Z4 root installs and re-boots), but when i type the 1st set (into the terminal) and enter: mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak It says: system/etc/install-recovery.sh file or directory not found
The file is there, when i go to there and look. ?

Ive been working on this for 7 hours now, i think im going to go crazy..
If anyone has an alternate way, besides for this video and besides for the tutorials here that all have directions for Windows (xp,vista,7), (I use Linux, Ubuntu 10.10 and Peppermint) (i dont even have access to a computer with a Windows OS on it), if you could point me in the right direction, i would be Extremely gratefull.

p.s. I'm a complete noob, with android tablets and even with Linux systems, i just got into them a month or so ago, so im still learning how to use them.

Me too! I need assistance...I cannot get my Windows 7 drivers to connect to my device. I have not seen any solution to rooting via Windows 7

 

[trthskr4]

Lucid should adb into the device from everything I have read. If so use adb to move the file to system/etc/ as adb with the device in debug mode should give you root access to the directory. Otherwise, after you root open terminal and type "su" and enter. If it doesn't return the line "#" then the root didn't take and you will not have access to the /system/ directory to mv a file into it. If root did take then pay a $ or 2 to D/L "Root Explorer" from the market...(If you have market working)...Otherwise you may can purchase it from the web and D/L it to the device. If you can get it installed you can use it to copy or move the file to the directory.

Sorry if my response is a bit elementary and out of the scope of what you folks need. Maybe I don't understand your issue.

 

[nrm88]

Lucid should adb into the device from everything I have read. If so use adb to move the file to system/etc/ as adb with the device in debug mode should give you root access to the directory.

Thanks! I'll try this, i can't believe i didn't think of this. It is pretty easy to mount the internal 4 G of memory to my own computer then move the files around to the proper places, basicly digging around in the root.

O and yep, i get the superuser priveledges (#), after typing in su, like you said. No problem there. I think the problem is i need to get the files to the right places, ill keep working at it.

 

[xaueious]

I poked through the zip and these are the basic changes

---APKs Updated
Appslib_XXX.apk
Calibrate.apk
Email.apk
Launcher.apk
MediaProvider.apk
Music.apk
Settings.apk

---APKs Removed
Term.apk
TelephonyProvider.apk

---Framework files Altered
android.policy.jar
framework.jar

---Other Alterations (I am guessing to remove unneeded files)
Many bin files removed
Entire xbin folder removed
Some .so files removed from lib folder

Looks like they really didn't do much to the system files, other than get rid of unneeded bits. Rather than do a full update, you can probably reap the benefits of this minor update by just extracting the apks and installing them separately.

Someone just make the update.zip and off we go.

 

[Phase3d]

Just got my coby kyros 7015 tablet yesterday, tried rooting it via Phase3d's video, no luck, and i think it has to do with this update. My tablet came updated (7015A). (Basicly everything up to entering text into the terminal works fine, The root Z4 root installs and re-boots), but when i type the 1st set (into the terminal) and enter: mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak It says: system/etc/install-recovery.sh file or directory not found
The file is there, when i go to there and look. ?

Ive been working on this for 7 hours now, i think im going to go crazy..
If anyone has an alternate way, besides for this video and besides for the tutorials here that all have directions for Windows (xp,vista,7), (I use Linux, Ubuntu 10.10 and Peppermint < (Ubuntu 10.04 derivative)) (i dont even have access to a computer with a Windows OS on it), so if you could point me in the right direction, i would be Extremely gratefull.

p.s. I'm a complete noob, with android tablets and even with Linux systems, i just got into them a month or so ago, so im still learning how to use them. I probably sound like a complete dunce, but im confused and frazzled.

Skip that line, and try to continue at the flash_image liine.

 

[cashdude1971]

Sorry.. On your pc.

Then what do to with the extracted update.zip files?

 

[nrm88]

Skip that line, and try to continue at the flash_image liine.

Tried that: flash_image not found

Which i clearly put it on the sd card, i duplicated the exact instructions on the video, so i know i did it right, there shouldn't be any issues. O and by the way, im snowninja88 on youtube, so ill just ask Q's here instead of on your video comments.
Thanks for the support

 

[l_n]

Have you guys not read this entire thread? The new update doesn't have that binary on it. You need to put a copy from the old update.zip on your tablet.

I hate repeating the same instructions over and over...

@cashdude: go back and read my instructions again. The only thing you need out of that archive is flash_image.

Sent from my MID7015A using Tapatalk

 

[nrm88]

Have you guys not read this entire thread? The new update doesn't have that binary on it. You need to put a copy from the old update.zip on your tablet.

Sorry about that, yes i did just a little bit ago and am now doing what you instructed. Thanks for the help. Disregard my last post (s) or delete them if you want. I did read the entire thread yesterday, but i couldn't find the file you posted until recently, i don't know how i missed it, my fault, sorry about that.

 

[code347]

I just wanted to thank those of you that have taken the time to come explain the changes to the rest of us here. It looks as if there really is no great improvement over what we have currently, just an attempt to lock down root.

 

[cashdude1971]

As promised, here's how to get clockworkmod reinstalled.

Root the tablet with z4root.

Setup the sdk. (instructions can be found in the ultimate guide)

Get a copy of the old update.zip and extract it somewhere.

Use adb to push flash_image from system/bin in the extracted directory to /system/bin on the kyros

On the kyros via a terminal emulator or an adb shell run the following commands:

su
chown root.shell /system/bin/flash_image
chmod 0755 /system/bin/flash_image

Flash recovery.img as per the instructions in the ultimate guide.

I apologize but I seem to be missing something. I cannot find the old update.zip file. I cannot get adb to work because the usb driver (as described in another thread) will not recognize my tablet. So 1. where is the old update.zip file, and 2. How do I get my Windows 7 PC to recognize my coby tablet. It is in usb debugging mode and it is rooted via z4root. Thanks

 

[cashdude1971]

And here is the original 7015 update.zip. This is for those that never had to d/l it.

Sent from my MID7015A using Tapatalk

Ok found the old update. Now I need help with connecting my tablet to my Windows 7 PC and use ADB to move the files to where they need to go. Thanks

 

[cashdude1971]

what is the adb command to move the flash_image from my pc to the /system/bin folder?

 

[cashdude1971]

SUCCESS!!! Took me awhile but I finally got it done! Thanks to everyone!

 

[Tazzin805]

what is the adb command to move the flash_image from my pc to the /system/bin folder?

How did you do this?