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[Renate]

Originally Posted by downeaster59

I assume I'd need root in order to do this!

Well, hop to it!

At least "adb reboot edl" and see what my edl.exe says for info, maybe try the 636 loader using the link on http://www.temblast.com/edl.htm

C:\>edl.exe /l
C:\>edl.exe /lwhatever.bin

Besides, there is an update up already:
Onyx/Leaf2/Leaf2:11/2022-10-29_19-11_3.3.1_8c9d49397/1583:user/dev-keys
http://firmware-us-volc.boox.com/a29...fdf/update.upx

[downeaster59]

Originally Posted by Renate

Well, hop to it!

At least "adb reboot edl" and see what my edl.exe says for info, maybe try the 636 loader using the link on http://www.temblast.com/edl.htm

C:\>edl.exe /l
C:\>edl.exe /lwhatever.bin

Besides, there is an update up already:
Onyx/Leaf2/Leaf2:11/2022-10-29_19-11_3.3.1_8c9d49397/1583:user/dev-keys
http://firmware-us-volc.boox.com/a29...fdf/update.upx

You've even given me a couple of places to hop to! That will give me something to work with. One of these, at least, should do the trick!

Thanks!

[Renate]

So, you need to update DeBooxUpx.

C:\>adb pull /system/priv-app/OnyxOtaService/OnyxOtaService.apk
C:\>apktool d OnyxOtaService.apk -o OTA
C:\>grep "[^_ ](settings|upgrade|local)[^_ ]" OTA\res\values\strings.xml

Post the three lines of output or just follow what's in the Python file and add the lines yourself.
If you have a problem, just post strings.xml or even just the .apk

Lol, somebody beat you to it: https://github.com/Hagb/decryptBooxUpdateUpx/issues/49

[downeaster59]

Originally Posted by Renate

So, you need to update DeBooxUpx.

C:\>adb pull /system/priv-app/OnyxOtaService/OnyxOtaService.apk
C:\>apktool d OnyxOtaService.apk -o OTA
C:\>grep "[^_ ](settings|upgrade|local)[^_ ]" OTA\res\values\strings.xml

Post the three lines of output or just follow what's in the Python file and add the lines yourself.
If you have a problem, just post strings.xml or even just the .apk

Lol, somebody beat you to it: https://github.com/Hagb/decryptBooxUpdateUpx/issues/49

Lol... that "somebody" was me! I use a different username here and there for variety's sake!

I used the GetBooxUpxKeys app from that site to get the strings.

[CrazyCoder]

Originally Posted by downeaster59

Lol... that "somebody" was me! I use a different username here and there for variety's sake!

I used the GetBooxUpxKeys app from that site to get the strings.

And somebody still beaten you 10 days earlier =) https://github.com/Hagb/decryptBooxUpdateUpx/pull/46.

[downeaster59]

Originally Posted by CrazyCoder

And somebody still beaten you 10 days earlier =) https://github.com/Hagb/decryptBooxUpdateUpx/pull/46.

We did it, in any case! The folks at GitHub will know that there's a need for this!

[mergen3107]

@downeaster59
Thank you for details!!

I guess I’ll pass on Leaf 2, because I am spoiled by Button Mapper which allows me to open the whole frontlight dialog with a long press

[CrazyCoder]

Originally Posted by mergen3107

I guess I’ll pass on Leaf 2, because I am spoiled by Button Mapper which allows me to open the whole frontlight dialog with a long press

You can root and customize everything and button mapper should work too with the patched framework. It's not that hard.

I also use KOReader and I don't need to open any dialogs for frontlight customization at all. Swipes on the left change brightness, on the right the color temperature. I also changed the tap on the bottom left corner to toggle backlight and on the right corner to toggle night mode.

[downeaster59]

Originally Posted by CrazyCoder

You can root and customize everything and button mapper should work too with the patched framework. It's not that hard.

I also use KOReader and I don't need to open any dialogs for frontlight customization at all. Swipes on the left change brightness, on the right the color temperature. I also changed the tap on the bottom left corner to toggle backlight and on the right corner to toggle night mode.

How did you root the Leaf 2? What worked for you?

[CrazyCoder]

Originally Posted by downeaster59

How did you root the Leaf 2? What worked for you?

decryptBooxUpdateUpx (with my keys added) + extract_android_ota_payload to get boot.img file, then Magisk to patch boot.img, then flash the patched boot.img via "fastboot flash boot".

[downeaster59]

Originally Posted by CrazyCoder

decryptBooxUpdateUpx (with my keys added) + extract_android_ota_payload to get boot.img file, then Magisk to patch boot.img, then flash the patched boot.img via "fastboot flash boot".

I was wondering if it was possible to manually add the strings to decryptBooxUpdateUpx. Apparently it is!

[mergen3107]

@CrazyCoder
Thank you!

[CrazyCoder]

Originally Posted by downeaster59

I was wondering if it was possible to manually add the strings to decryptBooxUpdateUpx. Apparently it is!

Sure, you just edit the .py file, here is mine: https://pastebin.com/raw/mUxL26gT.

[downeaster59]

Originally Posted by CrazyCoder

Sure, you just edit the .py file, here is mine: https://pastebin.com/raw/mUxL26gT.

Thanks!

I'm using a Mac. When I try to run extract_android_ota_payload in Terminal, I get an error that the google module cannot be found, even though I have installed it. The Github page to post issues is now read-only. Any ideas?

[Renate]

Originally Posted by downeaster59

Thanks!
Any ideas?

Onyx moved the decode strings to a lib from the resource strings.

What @CrazyCoder says. You have the strings, just add them to your personal copy of DeBooxUpx.py, not any get strings thingy.