Thank you for the response! I've had my eth0 interface down for the last
few hours, so I wasn't getting my email, but I've finally gotten the
damn thing working & even using a 169.254.x.x address, whew!
So the problem turns out to be that the zip file I had finally found was
essentially a "best try" and I had *completely* missed some of the
information in http://wiki.openezx.org/Get_a_shell. This is even more
embarrassing since I've even edited this page in the past. :( The
information I needed was in the "A1200 and E6 needs different setup --
This should go into CardRegistry..." part of the #Using_LinLoader section.
I can't tell you the exactly what part of this CardRegistry file that I
changed made the difference between an "Invalid application file" and a
valid one, but I'm glad I finally got it truly working. At this point,
my primary concern is getting my data off of the phone (contacts, text
message history, etc.), so I'm certainly not interested in flashing it! :)
However, I *think* that all of my data is in
/ezx_user/sysDatabase/main.db file and I've found some info on it from
an archive of this list here:
http://blog.gmane.org/gmane.comp.embedded.ezx.general/month=20090301
I hate to admit it, but I was planning on contributing to this project
long ago and I've been on the mailing list for many years. Sometimes, I
get a little side-tracked. :) On the bright side, I didn't know the
kernel very well back in 2006 and I've become much more familiar with
its internals lately and have even managed to get a few patches through.
Daniel
On 12/01/2012 04:08 AM, kundandevelo...@gmail.com wrote:
Hi
I am a bit confused with the firmware version on your A1200 but as you
said you get "Invalid application file" error when you try to launch
LinLoader application this error basically is encountered because of
MPKG signature check that all most EZX phones phones have by default
which can't be removed manually you need to flash a custom firmware to
your phone that will patch the Application Manager
"/usr/SYSqtapp/am/am" binary so that you can run and install
applications that are not signed digitally by verified keys.
If you intend to flash your device to custom firmware then you can
find a bunch of custom firmwares that will enable USBNet/Telnet and
many more features on your device.
for eg. BEAST_R532C2_G_11.31.25P_30082012.sbf.zip - 50 MB
<http://www.mediafire.com/?u30qla9vi0u3h3x>
information about custom firmware
http://www.motorolafans.com/forums/a1200-firmware/110720-firmware-beast-by-kundan.html
download the above custom firmware and flash to your A1200
NOTE: you must read flashing guide before flashing your device its
simple. :)
RSD_Lite_v5.5.msi.zip - 4 MB
<http://www.mediafire.com/?222ecdyelzw6ple> (flash tool)
Motorola_End_User_Driver_Installation_5.2.0_32bit.msi - 2 MB
<http://www.mediafire.com/?fo5a220rkubdkq5> (Driver)
Flashing will erase all your phone data (contacts, messages, etc...)
backup before flashing your device
*IMPORTANT: YOU WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR ACTIONS ;)*
*
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*I hope the information is helpful :)*
Regards,
Kundan Kumar
On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 9:02 AM, Daniel Santos <danielfsan...@att.net
<mailto:danielfsan...@att.net>> wrote:
Hey guys! I know that this phone is way obsolete now, but I need
to get my data off of it and I don't have access to *shudder*
windows to try Motorola's tools. I had telnet access to my A780
some time back, but I guess I never set it up for this one. It's
amazing how files can disappear off of the Internet over the years
and the motorolafans.com <http://motorolafans.com> web site
appears terminally ill.
I did manage to find one version of the "linloader", but it's not
working. (it's small enough that I hope you don't mind my
attaching it). Of course, I thought it was odd that the "loader"
had "!#/bin/bash" as the first line because I didn't think that
bash was installed (just some version of sh). So when either
attempting to directly launch LinLoader from the applications menu
(a useless gesture of course) or launching a script with it, I
"Invalid application file. The file can not be used." (with a line
break in-between the sentences).
I am able to get it to go into cdc_ethernet mode, that works
great, but this one doesn't have a telnetd (or inetd?) running, so
I'm a bit stuck. :( My firmware version (according to Wammu) is
"EZXBASE_N_00.42.A3I" If I could just get a netcat piping to
/bin/sh I could do what I need to.
Any help greatly appreciated!
Daniel
