Running version 1669.45.40516... unable to mod?

[Denoir]

I was trying to load the new firmware that's in the sticky post to my son's tablet and noticed it's a few revisions behind. Is there any hope for an updated version for the above and if so, is there anything I could do to help with it getting completed?

[Deak Phreak]

I have been very busy and still have not set up a virtual linux box to do the firmware patching. I have tried to go out of my way to help out people in need who have donated to the site though.

Patching the firmware is pretty easy though if you have some linux knowledge.

[Denoir]

I do have some linux knowledge, I just don't have the capability to solder anything. Could you point me in the right direction for this kindly? And donating to the site does sound like a pretty worthwhile thing to do considering the amount of time that goes into doing this.

[Deak Phreak]

You don't have to solder anything. Just get a dump of your firmware using one of the dumping methods, then follow the instructions to unsquash the firmware to access the files. At that point, its a matter of editing the file to patch the code. You can find the code in one of the modded firmwares. You then simply squash it back up and modify the data on the flasher to match your firmware info.

[Denoir]

You don't have to solder anything. Just get a dump of your firmware using one of the dumping methods, then follow the instructions to unsquash the firmware to access the files. At that point, its a matter of editing the file to patch the code. You can find the code in one of the modded firmwares. You then simply squash it back up and modify the data on the flasher to match your firmware info.

Could you do me a favor and point me towards the right direction for reading up on the firmware dump as google isn't being as transparent as i'd like please.

[Deak Phreak]

http://spiffyhacks.harmonypogo.com/thread-2.html
Read: "How can I modify my own firmware?" and "There is not a firmware for my version, what can I do?"

[Denoir]

http://spiffyhacks.harmonypogo.com/thread-2.html
Read: "How can I modify my own firmware?" and "There is not a firmware for my version, what can I do?"

Alright so I have a vmware ubuntu box up and all that jazz but I'm still not seeing how I'm suppose to dump the firmware as the spiffyhacks app doesn't show up in the "other" directory unless I just did something wrong by copying it over? Did I need to add the unitID to the spiffyhacks item?

[Deak Phreak]

You may need to add the UnitEID to the database for the flasher to show up or you copied the files to the wrong location. You can also download a firmware file and run it on your tablet. It should fail due to the version being incorrect, but will dump your firmware first. You could even remove the flashing part of the code in my_run just to be safe. The flasher uses a different method to launch and may or may not need the UnitEID for that.

[Denoir]

Alright thank you SO when you say looking for the code to change from one of the firmware's that's unmoded to the one that's modded, what exactly or WHERE is the "code" im looking for under the dir? Is it under app/bin/flash/lib or what? I hate to be a pain but I feel I almost have this and when I do i'm uploading this here or rather putting a link up since I think this is the first Innotab 3splus done up.

[Denoir]

Yeah it's pretty ambiguous as it just says "edit the files you want" with a smiley face... that doesn't really say what files are needed to be modified manually/edited what have you to run everything appropriately so it has me thrown for a loop.