compress ota updates

[f.partonia]

hi there
@ingbrzy look at this git project : https://github.com/XiaomiFirmwareUpdater
can be implemented in your ota updates ...

 

[f.partonia]

less creation method (https://github.com/XiaomiFirmwareUpdater/xiaomi-flashable-firmware-less-creator) :
chmod +x create_flashable_firmware-less.sh
./create_flashable_firmware-less.sh [MIUI ZIP] [OUTPUT DIR (optional)]

updates size is about 60-90 MB ...

 

[drewmerc]

less creation method (https://github.com/XiaomiFirmwareUpdater/xiaomi-flashable-firmware-less-creator) :
chmod +x create_flashable_firmware-less.sh
./create_flashable_firmware-less.sh [MIUI ZIP] [OUTPUT DIR (optional)]

updates size is about 60-90 MB ...

the above post needs doing

 

[skan]

Or even better would be to make the updates incremental.

 

[cubick]

I tried it.

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1280756511 Sep  3 12:04 xiaomi.eu_multi_HMNote4X_8.8.30_v10-7.0.zip
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1231480666 Sep  6 10:36 fw-less_mido_xiaomi.eu_multi_HMNote4X_8.8.30_v10-7.0.zip

Wow! About 50MB decreased!! ... Is this really necessary?