I think I have figured out how to root every G6 that is still ARB 0, and doesn't currently have root.
However, I can't test it (sorry not buying yet another G6), so I need someone willing to try.
If I am wrong, you WILL end up with a brick that can't be fixed except by LG.
If you are interested, reply to this thread. Please do not PM me, it will be ignored (sorry too many PMs).
Also, please don't quote this entire post .. just @ mention me.
-- Brian
@runningnak3d I will try it. I have a G6 H873 to test the method on. If it bricks, it bricks for science.
@runningnak3d does this also include bootloader unlock as alluded you may be able to accomplish in your LAF thread? If yes, then i have a H870DS im willing to risk.
@runningnak3d I have an LG G6 sitting on a desk doing nothing because of lack of root option, I wouldn't care to brick it if it is trying to root it, I vae another device as a daily driver
I am crafting up the procedure, and will try to get something out today.
I am going to have to pull the KDZs for the various models, but until I can do that, what ARB are you guys on. List model / Android version / ARB version
As for the DS -- that will have to be last (if this works at all) because a custom kernel will have to be compiled, and I am not going to do that until we know that it works on the single SIM models.
-- Brian
runningnak3d said:
I am crafting up the procedure, and will try to get something out today.
I am going to have to pull the KDZs for the various models, but until I can do that, what ARB are you guys on. List model / Android version / ARB version
As for the DS -- that will have to be last (if this works at all) because a custom kernel will have to be compiled, and I am not going to do that until we know that it works on the single SIM models.
-- Brian
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Click to collapse
US997z US Cellular unlocked ARB not sure but if that means anti-rollback version 0000 android Oreo 8.0.0
[ro.lge.swversion_arb]: [ ] I guess that means 00
runningnak3d said:
I am crafting up the procedure, and will try to get something out today.
I am going to have to pull the KDZs for the various models, but until I can do that, what ARB are you guys on. List model / Android version / ARB version
As for the DS -- that will have to be last (if this works at all) because a custom kernel will have to be compiled, and I am not going to do that until we know that it works on the single SIM models.
-- Brian
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LG-H870DS/8.0.0/?
SW ver V20d-TWN-XX
Kernel 3.18.71
Hi Brian, how do we find ARB version?
bick said:
LG-H870DS/8.0.0/?
SW ver V20d-TWN-XX
Kernel 3.18.71
Hi Brian, how do we find ARB version?
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use adb shell... once in adb shell type: getprop ro.lge.swversion_arb
if the output in command prompt window is empty I guess is = 00 if it is 01 then you should get 01 as the output of the command
JEANRIVERA said:
use adb shell... once in adb shell type: getprop ro.lge.swversion_arb
if the output in command prompt window is empty I guess is = 00 if it is 01 then you should get 01 as the output of the command
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Click to collapse
Came back with nothing:
C:\adb>adb shell
lucye:/ $ getprop ro.lge.swversion_arb
lucye:/ $
bick said:
Came back with nothing:
C:\adb>adb shell
lucye:/ $ getprop ro.lge.swversion_arb
lucye:/ $
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Click to collapse
I guess that means it is 00 then
Model: H873
Android Version: 8.0.0
ARB: 00
---------- Post added at 08:49 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:45 AM ----------
JEANRIVERA said:
US997z US Cellular unlocked ARB not sure but if that means anti-rollback version 0000 android Oreo 8.0.0
[ro.lge.swversion_arb]: [ ] I guess that means 00
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When I retrieve that value, it returns "ARB00", so I'm not sure if having no value at all means the same thing or not.
Code:
lucye:/ $ getprop ro.lge.swversion_arb
ARB00
A much more reliable way:
Code:
adb shell cat /sys/bus/platform/devices/lge-qfprom/antirollback
Example from an H872:
Code:
$ adb shell cat /sys/bus/platform/devices/lge-qfprom/antirollback
1
With that said, if you are ARB 0, then first we need to get a laf version that we can work with.
Follow the instructions in this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/tmobile-g6/how-to/root-h872-to-including-11g-t3775518
Except:
Instead of the H91810p KDZ, download the H91510e: link
Instead of any of the H872 KDZs, download the KDZ for the version that is currently on your phone.
Only do PART 1 of the procedure to get the H915 laf onto your phone. Do NOT proceed onto flashing TWRP. If you do, you will brick your phone.
Also, go ahead and get an SD card formatted FAT16 or FAT32. It can't be exFat, NTFS, or ext2, 3, or 4 -- laf can only read FAT partitions on the SD card. It only needs to be big enough to hold TWRP, and the eng. aboot (256meg would do).
Lastly, get FWUL downloaded and burned to a USB stick, and make sure you can boot with it and have network connectivity.
Really last this time -- anyone that wants try this is welcome, but I suggest that you let ONE person try it so that you don't all end up with bricks if I am wrong.
Once I get confirmation that someone has completed the above steps, I will post the remainder on how to unlock your bootloader, and actually flash TWRP.
-- Brian
Okay, going through the procedure for my device now. If anyone wants protection from bricking their phone, I've taken on the smallest straw. Will update very soon.
UPDATE
Sorry for the delay everyone. I said 'very soon' but my wife had an errand schedule for our day.
My initial download of the KDZ apparently corrupted so it took me a while to figure out that it was the problem. Fresh download was accepted by LG UP just fine.
LG UP indicated an "ARB PASS: SUCCESS" after the laf partition flashed and then once my H87320g KDZ was flashed without the laf, it has now rebooted into a stock LG install, no bootloop or brick.
Download TWRP: link
Download eng. aboot: link
Copy them both to your SD card, and then put it in your phone, and boot to download mode. Your screen probably won't init -- so all you will see is "download mode" in blue, and not the full download mode screen .. that is normal.
Boot up FWUL from the USB stick, and hook your phone up to your PC.
Login (password is linux)
On the desktop is an LG folder -- open it. Inside is runningnak3d icon -- double click it.
You will be at a shell prompt. Type:
Code:
git pull
git checkout h872-miscwrte
./partitons.py --list
Post the output here...
-- Brian
runningnak3d said:
Download TWRP: link
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Which TWRP should I grab, the one for H872?
---------- Post added at 03:42 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:25 PM ----------
I downloaded the H872 one. Here is the output of those commands:
Code:
[B][[email protected] lglafsploit]$[/B] git pull
remote: Enumerating objects: 73, done.
remote: Counting objects: 100% (73/73), done.
remote: Compressing objects: 100% (49/49), done.
remote: Total 66 (delta 42), reused 28 (delta 17)
Unpacking objects: 100% (66/66), done.
From https://gitlab.com/runningnak3d/lglaf
11caab1..05a924a h872-miscwrte -> origin/h872-miscwrte
3ef85ef..8c04118 h918-miscwrte -> origin/h918-miscwrte
* [new branch] h932-dd-write -> origin/h932-dd-write
4f5522c..be4d9e0 v10-miscwrte -> origin/v10-miscwrte
Already up to date.
[B][[email protected] lglafsploit]$[/B] git checkout h872-miscwrte
Branch 'h872-miscwrte' set up to track remote branch 'h872-miscwrte' from 'origin'.
Switched to a new branch 'h872-miscwrte'
[B][[email protected] lglafsploit]$[/B] ./partitions.py --list
MBR Header
LBA size (sector size): {0} 512
Number of MBR partitions: 1
# Active From(#s) Size(#s) Code Type
1 _ 1 4294967295 EE EFI GPT protective MBR
GPT Header
Disk GUID: 98101B32-BBE2-4BF2-A06E-2BB33D000C20
LBA size (sector size): 4096
GPT First LBA: 1
GPT Last LBA: 59391
Number of GPT partitions: 29
# Flags From(#s) To(#s) GUID/UID Type/Name
1 1152921504606846976 6 10245 20117F86-E985-4357-B9EE-374BC1D8487D Unknown
471A9803-7DF2-5BFE-55D0-6B0A138D0E0E boot
2 1152921504606846976 10246 20613 9D72D4E4-9958-42DA-AC26-BEA7A90B0434 Unknown
CEE95E9A-4402-59CD-3748-2AE13F052C01 recovery
3 1152921504606846976 20614 30981 DF24E5ED-8C96-4B86-B00B-79667DC6DE11 Unknown
27DDFCD8-D866-57EA-0DEA-04D6FCC0C386 recoverybak
4 1152921504606846976 30982 31493 A053AA7F-40B8-4B1C-BA08-2F68AC71A4F4 Unknown
4C1ADAD3-D945-8B94-5FD8-461F57BF5546 tz
5 1152921504606846976 31494 32005 E6C8667F-8044-44A7-B1D9-BEFE88AAD86C Unknown
A48C85CC-487D-AE1E-4A66-4223711B9FD1 tzbak
6 1152921504606846976 32006 32517 400FFDCD-22E0-47E7-9A23-F16ED9382388 Unknown
97D88AF5-8BAF-4993-2172-94D497B88DC3 aboot
7 1152921504606846976 32518 33029 C993E3DF-FE66-49C9-8D8D-7C681C4DCAE9 Unknown
695164DD-4E12-F27E-1989-28CBB576459E abootbak
8 0 33030 34053 4627AE27-CFEF-48A1-88FE-99C3509ADE26 Unknown
D267834D-FAB1-920A-E6FC-A56D7420459F raw_resources
9 0 34054 35077 C1DAB2CF-697D-4665-B43D-00BA47487528 Unknown
B9795B4C-400D-1E60-205B-5650DEE574C5 raw_resourcesbak
10 1152921504606846976 35078 35205 098DF793-D712-413D-9D4E-89D711772228 Unknown
C56E8DC3-3671-12F1-8A01-BC9981649736 rpm
11 1152921504606846976 35206 35333 680CA584-238C-4E0F-8438-15F43257A055 Unknown
C3DB3F2B-A906-A9ED-5021-259DEC048569 rpmbak
12 1152921504606846976 35334 35461 E1A6A689-0C8D-4CC6-B4E8-55A4320FBD8A Unknown
88BE6260-D924-EAF8-BE5A-363EDE26C991 hyp
13 1152921504606846976 35462 35589 24C03326-2523-4E03-8C5E-B07ED7A44CD9 Unknown
0CE8ECBE-46EE-3889-9130-6533519A807F hypbak
14 1152921504606846976 35590 35717 C00EEF24-7709-43D6-9799-DD2B411E7A3C Unknown
343B1328-A7F3-5284-0463-11EC47201309 pmic
15 1152921504606846976 35718 35845 4E646DCC-29E2-459A-B7C5-618E6F3AD76A Unknown
34B1563F-E471-03A6-99F3-FEC1CC85CC80 pmicbak
16 0 35846 35877 F65D4B16-343D-4E25-AAFC-BE99B6556A6D Unknown
D6A64FD3-7F54-545C-48D8-9791D2D632ED devcfg
17 0 35878 35909 10A0C19C-516A-5444-5CE3-664C3226A794 Unknown
0572C0B3-91F0-E82E-08D0-4276C17B4C3F devcfgbak
18 1152921504606846976 35910 57925 A8944C60-3BD0-442F-94C1-D137A5F9C383 Unknown
F5165B81-2DA2-B61D-C11C-82E7B5C7409F modem
19 1152921504606846976 57926 58053 303E6AC3-AF15-4C54-9E9B-D9A8FBECF401 Unknown
7A18B22B-D98E-598B-48D9-672F34850E54 sec
20 1152921504606846976 58054 58181 4F772165-0F3C-4BA3-BBCB-A829E9C969F9 Unknown
494050D0-F6E5-1440-FA96-4E4ECB3DD491 keymaster
21 1152921504606846976 58182 58309 7C29D3AD-78B9-452E-9DEB-D098D542F092 Unknown
4A9A5D18-8149-97ED-C7A9-04B53EFE2E85 keymasterbak
22 1152921504606846976 58310 58437 73471795-AB54-43F9-A847-4F72EA5CBEF5 Unknown
FD7411E7-3C64-42A8-D306-6B31AD271019 cmnlib
23 1152921504606846976 58438 58565 7C29D3AD-78B9-452E-9DEB-D098D542F092 Unknown
8A2F1492-8C9E-3F67-EB15-84FADE9A8058 cmnlibbak
24 1152921504606846976 58566 58693 8EA64893-1267-4A1B-947C-7C362ACAAD2C Unknown
F00B6251-F0EA-9516-C3A3-C3D7AEDDF7A1 cmnlib64
25 1152921504606846976 58694 58821 379D107E-229E-499D-AD4F-61F5BCF87BD4 Unknown
3B2CA5FC-07C6-9A73-2EE4-E4E9E7D3001A cmnlib64bak
26 1152921504606846976 58822 58949 E6E98DA2-E22A-4D12-AB33-169E7DEAA507 Unknown
C4655C1F-AC8F-9BC0-469D-211E69A237E9 apdp
27 1152921504606846976 58950 59077 ED9E8101-05FA-46B7-82AA-8D58770D200B Unknown
705B6B2F-C1C5-C343-B70F-6DB5F9E10D68 msadp
28 1152921504606846976 59078 59205 11406F35-1173-4869-807B-27DF71802812 Unknown
BE798179-83E0-F385-4B9B-3FF815104459 dpo
29 0 59206 59206 3716CB88-FF5A-4DEE-A392-12A05637B49D Unknown
830F530A-C109-D818-959A-1C0BADE11951 grow5
While the H872 version should work, grab the one for the US997.
OK....
Here goes the magic (or the boom and cry -- depending on the outcome).
Actually -- let's make sure you have full root access first....
Type:
Code:
./lglaf.py
whoami
-- Brian
Alright, I grabbed the US997 version. Here is the output:
Code:
[B][[email protected] lglafsploit]$[/B] ./lglaf.py
LGLAF.py by Peter Wu (https://lekensteyn.nl/lglaf)
Type a shell command to execute or "exit" to leave.
# whoami
Hello, I am LAF. Nice to meet you.#
xrosser said:
Alright, I grabbed the US997 version. Here is the output:
Code:
[B][[email protected] lglafsploit]$[/B] ./lglaf.py
LGLAF.py by Peter Wu (https://lekensteyn.nl/lglaf)
Type a shell command to execute or "exit" to leave.
# whoami
Hello, I am LAF. Nice to meet you.#
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Click to collapse
Hmmm... that isn't good. That makes no sense actually.
Try:
Code:
!EXEC toybox whoami\0
Two spaces between EXEC and toybox
-- Brian
Same output. It is a strange return for that command... I even tried 'echo $USER' and same result.
Code:
[[email protected] lglafsploit]$ ./lglaf.py
LGLAF.py by Peter Wu (https://lekensteyn.nl/lglaf)
Type a shell command to execute or "exit" to leave.
# whoami
Hello, I am LAF. Nice to meet you.# !EXEC toybox whoami\0
Hello, I am LAF. Nice to meet you.# echo $USER
Hello, I am LAF. Nice to meet you.#
Related
I was looking up the partition layout of the Galaxy S III while I stumbled upon this problem.
The first time you run a command in 'adb shell' everything is fine, but when you try to run a second command, it just hangs. It doesn't crash, it just hangs.
So, I tried to find out what could be wrong, by doing the following: Instead of going into the shell itself, I just entered a semi-random command 'adb shell mount', which returned the normal result.
Then, I typed 'adb shell' and guess what? It returns a commonly known error: 'error: protocol fault (status 72 6f 6f 74?!)'
The status code is HEX, which translates to: 'error: protocol fault (status root?!)'
So I suppose this has something to do with the fact that my SGS3 is rooted.
I don't feel like unrooting it, but if someone would be so kind to test this on an unrooted SGS3 and report back the results here so we can investigate this further that would be greatly appreciated.
it works without any error.
do you know what to backup which contains kernel and ramdisk ?
Mine is rooted, with Omega Rom V3 and everything works perfect with adb.
Cranck said:
Mine is rooted, with Omega Rom V3 and everything works perfect with adb.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have you tried multiple shell commands? I know adb functions, but it's about using adb shell.
I'm on the stock rom, rooted manually with CF's insecure kernel by the way.
I'm not sure this is related, but there is some very suspicious new functionality in the FactoryTest.apk, called "SysScope". Its some kind of service checking and verifying the authenticity of "something". But I have no idea of what, only that a related java file (ResultCode.class [sysscope.service] contain the following code segment:
Code:
[SIZE=2] arrayOfResultCode[0] = OK;
arrayOfResultCode[1] = ADB_RUNNING_AS_ROOT;
arrayOfResultCode[2] = PARTITION_TAMPERED;
arrayOfResultCode[3] = ROOT_PROCESS_FOUND;
arrayOfResultCode[4] = DANGEROUS_FILE_DETECTED;
arrayOfResultCode[5] = NOT_OFFICIAL_BINARY;
[/SIZE]
Then it looks for SysScope files in the SysScopeVerifyer.class like this:
Code:
[SIZE=2]/data/app/com.sec.android.app.sysscope-1.apk
/data/app/com.sec.android.app.sysscope-2.apk[/SIZE]
I suggest you to back these up, and then replace them, with empty files of the same name, and see what happens.
I have the exact same problem on the GS2, OneX, and OneS. I have no problem shelling into the devices using another system, but on one of my computers I have the same issue. Windows 7 64bit with jdk7 installed.
Also, I enabled adb trace to see what was being returned: set ADB_TRACE=all
-Entering ls three times on the OneX, the first time works correctly
Code:
ls
system/core/adb/commandline.c::stdin_read_thread():stdin_read_thread(): post uni
x_read(fdi=0,...)
system/core/adb/commandline.c::stdin_read_thread():stdin_read_thread(): pre unix
_read(fdi=0,...)
system/core/adb/commandline.c::read_and_dump():read_and_dump(): post adb_read(fd
=101): len=5
ls
system/core/adb/commandline.c::read_and_dump():read_and_dump(): pre adb_read(fd=
101)
system/core/adb/commandline.c::read_and_dump():read_and_dump(): post adb_read(fd
=101): len=32
acct
cache
config
cwkeys
d
system/core/adb/commandline.c::read_and_dump():read_and_dump(): pre adb_read(fd=
101)
system/core/adb/commandline.c::read_and_dump():read_and_dump(): post adb_read(fd
=101): len=318
data
default.prop
dev
devlog
etc
firmware_dsps
firmware_q6
firmware_radio
firmware_wcnss
init
init.elite.rc
init.goldfish.rc
init.qcom.rc
init.qcom.sh
init.rc
init.target.rc
init.usb.rc
mnt
proc
root
sbin
sdcard
sys
system
tombstones
ueventd.goldfish.rc
ueventd.rc
vendor
[email protected]:/ $ system/core/adb/commandline.c::read_and_dump():read_and_dump()
: pre adb_read(fd=101)
ls
system/core/adb/commandline.c::stdin_read_thread():stdin_read_thread(): post uni
x_read(fdi=0,...)
system/core/adb/commandline.c::stdin_read_thread():stdin_read_thread(): pre unix
_read(fdi=0,...)
ls
system/core/adb/commandline.c::stdin_read_thread():stdin_read_thread(): post uni
x_read(fdi=0,...)
system/core/adb/commandline.c::stdin_read_thread():stdin_read_thread(): pre unix
_read(fdi=0,...)
I Have decided that this thread has served it's purpose and will now be closed to future posts. Please direct and 'non' SHV-E160L post's to
Brixfix V2
Please can all Ongoing jobs/works migrate to the above thread.
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It has been mentioned many times that i should go back and correct the information below, i started to correct a few post's then realized i was removing the flavour in change of colour and size, parts of this thread documents my mistakes, assumptions and general lack of understanding of how we NOOBS post on XDA, It's with that in mind that i have decided to leave the mistakes in, so you can see in writing what i gained from the support of other Devs here.
Now, if you are NOOB in anyway or have a few questions please click HELP
If you are bricked and need help, read this thread first, there is NO one CLICK solution for anything, even this mentioned device.
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The tip is write things down as a question for yourself, in the writing process you get to pass the information past the part of your brain that interprets information, virtual sounding board, before posting as a question for others.
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Hi All
As i mentioned on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32231827#post32231827 i will be attempting to come up with a home grown debrick solution for a SHV-E160L samsung note from korea.
I will use the forum to document what i am doing, i am very new to this so correct me please if i am wrong. I have never done Android dev work at any time but i have a very good understanding of the logic behind it all. `
Things i Have :-
Phone ( SHV-E160L)
bus pirate v3 with jtag firmware
openocd compiled on ubuntu and centos 6
smd jtag adapter and relay wire ( magnetic wire)
things i still need :-
openocd target config file for MSM8660 Snapdragon cpu (and a better understanding of eMMC access, how to load boot loaders either into ram or eMMC or trigger fail over boot to sc-card, USB via software or X0M/Boot pins)
assembled jtag (it's the smallest soldering i've ever seen)
.PIT file for 32GB model (if someone could pull the .PIT file from a working unit I would be happy, specify your radio/kernel versions when uploading)
micro fine solder iron tip and 20w iron (i've got 60w but too high for this type of work)
Does anyone have a idea of the SD-CARD partition layout, files for snapdragon devices, google has given me much for other devices but not a snapdragon .
Another question, I've used the USB jig to trigger 301K mode USB-Factory and seen no activity in dmesg for usb devices, i've yet to try windows, does windows/linux behave in a different way when it comes to usb , as in windows see's the qualcom usb mode but not linux ? does the usb client device always start the comms?
using the 615K usb jig i get nothing too, no pbl message from samsung (hence i am led to think is's the pbl/sbl thats damaged)
My understanding up boot is as follows
iROM code
This loads basic settings to boot the PBL (iROM is in rom) the PBL is loaded into radio(modem) cpu and then loads the SBL(s)
PBL/SBL stored in eMMC at address ????? (need to document the address for the masked access to eMMC and jtag/openocd access unmasked access)
Once the SBL is loaded you with have the ODIN mode (USB/UART)
from what i can see of commercial JTAG boxes is the access the radio cpu via jtag, write a new PBL/SBL to the eMMC then halt/reset cpu which now loads the new bootloaders, (resurrect dead body)
The openocd TAP id for the cpu should be 0x105310E1 but thats a number i got from a riff box log, not any actual testing ( still need to solder the fine pitch connector)
Here is a log from a riff box, not sure if the address's are usable accross to opencd
Taken from gsm-forums:-
Open serial port...OK
Connecting to the RIFF Box...OK
Firmware Version: 1.33, JTAG Manager Version: 1.44
Selected Resurrector: [Samsung E160K V1.0.4535.7001]
Connecting to the dead body...OK
Detected dead body ID: 0x105310E1 - IGNORED!
Set I/O Voltage reads as 1.79V, TCK Frequency is RTCK
Adaptive Clocking RTCK Sampling is: [Sample at MAX]
Resurrection sequence started.
Establish communication with the phone...OK
Initializing internal hardware configuration...OK
Uploading resurrector data into memory...OK
Starting communication with resurrector...OK
Detected an Initialized FLASH1 Chip, ID: 0x0015/0x0000 (KTS00M, 0x0003AB400000 Bytes = 14.68 GB)
Detected an Initialized FLASH2 Chip, ID: 0x0015/0x0000 (KTS00M, 0x000000200000 Bytes = 2.00 MB)
Flashing the dead body...OK
Resurrection complete!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I did notice one thing, the riff box opens the serial port, i wonder if they load PBL+SBL into memory, reset the cpu, then using the serial connection activate download mode ? (like on the captive)
I also dont know how the cpu (jtag TAP id? ) and flash variables translate accross to openocd as ive not found a target config file yet ( or my searching is wrong)
in the full stock Firmware I was able to extract the .tar file which contained,
Code:
amss.bin <-- application cpu boot files ?
boot.img <-- kernel/initrd ramdrive
mdm.bin <-- modem cpu boot files
recovery.img <--- recovery image
system.img.ext4 <---- rest of the system applications
so i think we have the two cpu firmware/boot loaders in the .bin files, these bin files are just fat32 images, to access in ubuntu use
Code:
mount -o loop mdm.bin /mnt/mdmmountlocation
My guess is my first approach is getting the right PBL/SBL into the system and getting some feed back via uart, i have the jtag pinouts and further reserach says there is a UART2 on the jtag header, so when soldering up my jtag adapter i will include all pins if i can and sniff for serial logic, i happen to have a Open source logic sniffer, great tool as i do a lot of hacking into serial devices like scales and till printers .
back to topic.
When i do get to the jtag part at a minimum i should have access to the modem radio, afaik jtag devices connect in chains and most of the IC's that have jtag on the phones board all should link to the master device (i am thinking it's the modem cpu, no application) and that the Two cpu's share the eMMC memory some how, or it could be one cpu loads it into the other (it is connected via jtag down the chain) .
hopefully someone could correct me there.
Most of this is theory and my guess work, correct me if you find a mistake. most of the research is only over a few days too so i am far from finished there, does not help that most of the users speak a language that google translate just does not have a flair for.
Most of the info seems to suggest the modem cpu is the first inline so i decided to look further into the files there, notice the mdm.bin file is 23Mb, thats large, when mounted i notice the is a folder called 'image' ( amms.bin has folder called IMAGE , note the case difference, dont yet know whay)
in image folder we have :-
Code:
1.3M Sep 30 13:07 AMSS.MBN
35K Sep 30 13:07 DBL.MBN
2.2M Sep 30 13:07 DSP1.MBN
19M Sep 30 13:07 DSP2.MBN
40 Sep 30 13:07 EFS1.MBN
40 Sep 30 13:07 EFS2.MBN
40 Sep 30 13:07 EFS3.MBN
295K Sep 30 13:07 OSBL.MBN
Ah, i see amss.mbm , that must be the boot loader for the application cpu, DBL.MBM seems to be the PBL , OSBL.MBM could be the SBL
then there is the DSP/EFS files, I did do the command strings on all the files,
DBL.MBM does not have any text in the file that points to being able to do UART on boot, all text seems internal like pointers and references to the original build files e.g
Code:
D:\Q1LGT_MDM\MDM9600\modem_proc\core\boot\secboot2\dbl\target\mdm9x00\src\dbl_ddr.c
9x00B-SCAQSVZM-31613102
D:\Q1LGT_MDM\MDM9600\modem_proc\core\boot\secboot2\dbl\target\mdm9x00\src\dbl_sahara.c
but it also does contain data like this
Code:
auth_image
@[email protected]
@configure_hw
@flash_init
l0:eek:SBL
load_osbl_img
@DBL, Start
hw_init
so it looks more likley that dbl is first in the chain, it refers to loading osbl and configure hardware, i wonder if it means USB/UART at this stage or setting up ram and other GPIO's
in OSBL.MBM we have more interesting text
Code:
MbP?
Unable to attached to ChipInfo DAL
SAMSUNG
TOSHIBA
Flash: Failed to do initialization for probe!
ONFIx
0:ALL
Flash: Multi 2X page read not supported!
Flash: Multi 2X page write not supported!
boot_qdsps
OSBL
hw_init
hw_init_secondary
OSBL, Start
create_vector_table
ram_init
retrieve_shared
clobber_add_protection
mmu_flush_cache
OSBL, End
OSBL, Delta
osbl_sahara_load_amss
osbl_sahara_load_dsp1
osbl_sahara_load_dsp2
osbl_sahara_load_ramfs1
osbl_sahara_load_ramfs2
osbl_sahara_load_ramfs3
smem_boot_init
so it is looking more and more like DBL then SBL which then loads all of the other parts , also if you notice EFS1/2/3 are all tiny 40byte files, now i see why, they are loaded as ram-drives, so i assume those file set out the basic EFS file system in the ram.
again from research the boot stages are often counted as 3, i am assuming the real first part is in rom of the cpu (is this what triggers the qualcom download mode ) that loads DBL from eMMC and chain loads SBL
Now looking around the riff forums i see the list the info in a different way
Code:
Partition 0
SBL1
SBL2
Partition 1
RPM
SBL3
eMMC APPSBoot
TZ
.PIT
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TZ i think is Trusted Zone
RPM - Power manager ?
now how this translates to file name from full flash and to mmcblk0p1 partitions i have yet to find out, i still dont have a .PIT file from a 32gb model
More updates to come,
regards
DarkSpr1te
CPU Boot order updates
So my digging has taken me back round to some of me early searching which i forgot about , hardware level seems to support the qualcom usb mode, but it can be disabled by manufacturer, so even if you find a resistor to the BOOT_CONFIG GPIO and ground it , it still may not work, and you could toast your board. once the qfuse is gone for that track, the maker can now use the gpio for anything else, it no longer controls the iROM branch choice ( CPU:do i start usb first or last?), it my thinking that on the first board sent out by the designers for a final production run ( those first public devices) they keep the option open to print off DEV models by changing the resistors/value of while the hardware stays same, not to be confused with dev board, that is pin/track simlar but is used to design the software mainly, sometimes hardware debug but as you change the hardware between the dev platform and production this is less helpful, google new.intrinsyc.com and apq8060, they produce a dev board that is the same as the device we hold, but everything is broken out for testing so don't expect to see this left in a bar for you to e-bay.
EDIT:
Above I refer to a dev phone and dev board, these are SURF and FFA, FFA is form factor accurate and SURF is Subscriber Unit Reference.
Here is the link, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856327
Now from what i see, it's the same(edit:simlar) X0M pin setup as other phones, ground the right pin, reverse boot order, but this maybe two pins in the snapdragon,
[copied from other link]
Simplified table:
Code:
------------------------------------------------------------------
BC[5:0] Mapping
------------------------------------------------------------------
0b00000 Emergency Boot from SDC3 (SD) followed by USB-HS
0b00001 SDC3 followed by SDC1 (eMMC)
0b00010 SDC3 followed by SDC2 (if used)
0b00011 SDC1 (eMMC)
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So if 0b00000 is EM boot and the docs say the the two gpio's that control this (if qfuse not blown) are taken high then it's 0b00011, so grounding those two resistors should give us 0b00000 or EM boot, the cpu docs also say they are internally grounded, the schematic says the voltage goes throught a 10k resistor, so grounding that side of the resistor that 'goes' to the cpu should change the boot order, but before trying this out, remember if you get the live side of the resistor the is no resistor between your probe and ground, that full current, short, blown, no more johnny 5.
Have you managed to unbrick the E160L?
darkspr1te said:
So my digging has taken me back round to some of me early searching which i forgot about , hardware level seems to support the qualcom usb mode, but it can be disabled by manufacturer, so even if you find a resistor to the BOOT_CONFIG GPIO and ground it , it still may not work, and you could toast your board. once the qfuse is gone for that track, the maker can now use the gpio for anything else, it no longer controls the iROM branch choice ( CPU:do i start usb first or last?), it my thinking that on the first board sent out by the designers for a final production run ( those first public devices) they keep the option open to print off DEV models by changing the resistors/value of while the hardware stays same, not to be confused with dev board, that is pin/track simlar but is used to design the software mainly, sometimes hardware debug but as you change the hardware between the dev platform and production this is less helpful, google new.intrinsyc.com and apq8060, they produce a dev board that is the same as the device we hold, but everything is broken out for testing so don't expect to see this left in a bar for you to e-bay.
Here is the link, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856327
Now from what i see, it's the same(edit:simlar) X0M pin setup as other phones, ground the right pin, reverse boot order, but this maybe two pins in the snapdragon,
[copied from other link]
Simplified table:
Code:
------------------------------------------------------------------
BC[5:0] Mapping
------------------------------------------------------------------
0b00000 Emergency Boot from SDC3 (SD) followed by USB-HS
0b00001 SDC3 followed by SDC1 (eMMC)
0b00010 SDC3 followed by SDC2 (if used)
0b00011 SDC1 (eMMC)
So if 0b00000 is EM boot and the docs say the the two gpio's that control this (if qfuse not blown) are taken high then it's 0b00011, so grounding those two resistors should give us 0b00000 or EM boot, the cpu docs also say they are internally grounded, the schematic says the voltage goes throught a 10k resistor, so grounding that side of the resistor that 'goes' to the cpu should change the boot order, but before trying this out, remember if you get the live side of the resistor the is no resistor between your probe and ground, that full current, short, blown, no more johnny 5.
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I think my E160L got a real brick today after I tried to flash a modified Rom downloaded from a Chinese forum. It can not be powered on after rebooting (installed successfully). I desperately need advice now on how to deal with it.
Jeff_GTA said:
I think my E160L got a real brick today after I tried to flash a modified Rom downloaded from a Chinese forum. It can not be powered on after rebooting (installed successfully). I desperately need advice now on how to deal with it.
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Do you have any backups like nandroid ? does the 3 button boot still work ?
Regards
Have you looked into using ort-jtag. It's only about $150 (USD).
I've been looking into this myself for low-level debugging/bootloader development on SGH-T959V and SGH-I717.
All three of these devices are supported by ort-jtag and have header connectors for the jtag pins.
So I'm also getting some of these from digi-key, and making a small receptacle, much like in AdamOutler's captivate bootloader development thread. (search for k-ww)
Again, ort-jtag does support the SHV-E160L. (search that link for SHV-E160L)
PBL Dump - I think
So ive been doing some tests.
I think i managed to dump the PBL
i dumped memory and a strings search return this
Code:
pbl_error_handler.c
pbl_flash_nand.c
pbl_flash.c
dload.c
pbl_flash_nand.c
pbl_flash_onenand.c
pbl_auth\secboot_rsa_math.c
pbl_error_handler.c
pbl_auth.c
pbl_auth.c
pbl_auth.c
pbl_auth.c
pbl_auth.c
pbl_mc.c
pbl_mc.c
pbl_error_handler.c
and
Code:
qhsusb\src\dci\qhsusb_dci.c
}^PBL_DloadVER1.0
!8}^
}]^}^
Q`omm
z8}]
DEBUG
SW_ID
OEM_ID
pbl_flash_onfi.c
pbl_flash_nand.c
pbl_flash_sflashc.c
pbl_loader.c
pbl_flash_sdcc.c
pbl_auth.c
pbl_auth\secboot.c
pbl_auth\secboot_x509.c
QUALCOMM COPYRIGHT 2009BOOT ROM VERSION: 1.4QHSUSB VERSION: 00.00.08
BOOT ROM AUTHOR: DHAVAL PATEL
07 0000 SHA1
does any one want the dump that can reverse it ?
Dumps & execute address
I also need the help of other SHV-E160? owners, i need dumps from working phones, i managed to create a 8660_msimage.mbn and flashed it, but i was using i717 bootloaders and i dont think they will work, i need working dumps from working phones, starting with partition table layout, sbl1.mbn and sbl2.mbn
Does anyone know if the is is correct
SBL1 exec address 0x2A000000
SBL2 exec address 0x2E000000
as i can upload the sbl to 0x2a000000 but not the sbl2 to 0x2e000000
i can also upload the tz.mbn to 0x2a020000
i am trying to use sec boot 3 based call stack but am unsure of the real exec values
Ive seen in another post these values
"
It looks like ours deviates slightly from this.
If the headers are to be believed,
TZ is loaded at 0x2A000000
SBL3 is loaded at 0x8FF00000
APPSBL/aboot is loaded at 0x88E00000
"
the post is
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=30057296&postcount=243
it does explain why i cant load into 0x2e000000
Progress
So today i made real progress, I have been able to flash a basic program to allow me to access the EMMC, i have taken a full backup and now i need to start scanning the dump for need information,
I still need help from other users so please if you are will to provide me dumps of your working device that would help me a great deal
So Part One is a sucess, I have been able to flash my own code and power on the galaxy note. next step is rebuilding the emmc partition tables, testdisk can find the partitions but is not alowing me to write a non standard partition table (which emmc seems to be formatted with)
Thanks
darkspr1te
help QPST Software Download
Hi,
I'm stuck with the same problem can you tell me what image you use to the phone. I stuck here. I' m really don't know what to do?
Thank you for your help.
tyllerdurdent said:
Hi,
I'm stuck with the same problem can you tell me what image you use to the phone. I stuck here. I' m really don't know what to do?
Thank you for your help.
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First thing i must say is dont flash your phone just yet!! walking blindly into this could render your phone useless due to certain data being lost for good.
if you still wish to continue i will upload a basic guide and files. My method is still in development, it has many bugs ( i flashed the phone with i717 roms, working, SHV-E120 roms, working, N7000 rom complete fail)
But first some questions,
Which model phone is it?
what happened to get you to the point of needing the flash ? ( i ask so i can trace why the bricks are happening and hopefully fix it)
thank you for your help, I will be waiting your method and your files.
Thank you so much for your help.
My phone is a samsung galaxy note SHV-E160L korean version.
what happen was:
I tried to upgrade the firmware with kies and suddenly the program crash. My phone enter in an error issue with the firmware and said use emergency recovery mode.
I tried the recovery several times (uninstalling kies and install it again but that never work).
So, I download odin and this files to restore the original firmware:
CSC - GT-N7000-MULTI-CSC-OZSLPF.tar.md5
Phone - MODEM_N7000XXLR1_REV_05_CL1144476.tar.md5
Bootloader- N7000_APBOOT_N7000ZSLPF_CL558430_REV02_user_low_sh ip.tar.md5
PDA - N7000_CODE_N7000ZSLPF_CL558430_REV02_user_low_ship .tar.md5
Pit for 16GB - Q1_20110914_16GB.pit
I connect my phone and try to install the firmware again, but odin fail and my samsung became a nice brick.
The phone currently does not turn on, the phone is in download mode and I install QPST and the program recognize the system in download mode.
I want to try your method because other information I collected said that I have to send it to guarantee.
Can I install i717 rom in the E160L?
I will be waiting for your post because sincerely I don't know how to repair it.
Thank you so much.
Hello darkspr1te
First of all, nice work there (though I didn't understood most of the things there, but seems there is some good work going on on our SHV-E160's
On your comment;
( i flashed the phone with i717 roms, working, SHV-E120 roms, working, N7000 rom complete fail)
Does that mean that i717 roms can work on the SHV-E160 devices? Please share if that is the case.
The geeky bits
tyllerdurdent said:
Thank you so much for your help.
My phone is a samsung galaxy note SHV-E160L korean version.
what happen was:
I tried to upgrade the firmware with kies and suddenly the program crash. My phone enter in an error issue with the firmware and said use emergency recovery mode.
I tried the recovery several times (uninstalling kies and install it again but that never work).
So, I download odin and this files to restore the original firmware:
CSC - GT-N7000-MULTI-CSC-OZSLPF.tar.md5
Phone - MODEM_N7000XXLR1_REV_05_CL1144476.tar.md5
Bootloader- N7000_APBOOT_N7000ZSLPF_CL558430_REV02_user_low_sh ip.tar.md5
PDA - N7000_CODE_N7000ZSLPF_CL558430_REV02_user_low_ship .tar.md5
Pit for 16GB - Q1_20110914_16GB.pit
I connect my phone and try to install the firmware again, but odin fail and my samsung became a nice brick.
The phone currently does not turn on, the phone is in download mode and I install QPST and the program recognize the system in download mode.
I want to try your method because other information I collected said that I have to send it to guarantee.
Can I install i717 rom in the E160L?
I will be waiting for your post because sincerely I don't know how to repair it.
Thank you so much.
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Ok, as i said it's still a work in progress at the moment.
I used the i717 bootloaders (thats why we have a brick as it's not getting to the aboot loader or little kernel as some other refer to it) and E160 modem and application cpu as my first target is getting odin mode back.
I was able to also use the E120 bootloaders (screen was messed up though )
I've just got home from a very long shift so i will do a full and clear write up ( STILL a work in progress ) tomorrow (20th)
but i will explain the basic now as you do need to download large files before we continue.
First you need to download the same firmware as you were originally on before the brick, The reason is because between versions i suspect there is minor changes in partition tables (that why the n7000 roms brick )
If you dont have the latest QPST (2.7.3xx or higher ) please google for it now, there are many sites that offer it. (links will folllow tomorrow)
also down load :-
ABOOT_SGH-I717M_I717MUGLA2_user_CL875155_REV00.tar (or tar.md5 )
i717-GB-Modem.tar (or .md5)
now my initital work was based off a chinese link for the A820L
http://blog.csdn.net/su_ky/article/details/7773273
To save you the time of many hours of translation and cross reference here is the quick run down
When the phone is in QDLoad mode its because the PBL (Stored in ROM , read only memory) could not start SBL1 or SBL2 , it stores the error in IRAM location 0x3FF18 and then goes to QDLoad fail mode. At this point it has tried uart, sd-card before hand and those failed too.
IRAM is the small built in memory of the MSM8660 CPU, it has not initiated the main SYSTEM ram yet so our memory space ro running code is 87k and 256k (refer to document 8960_boot_architecture.pdf found the unlock bootloaders section.
Now because our partition table and or our bootloaders are damaged (or we have emmc brick bug) we have to rewrite that data again to revive our bricks.
This is where it gets hard, and where my warnings now come into play.
right now you must think of the EMMC chip (its the name for the internal SD-CARD we boot from and store our normal data, imei and all the other data of the system, it is just a sc-card with better security for our purpose)
This emmc chip holds all of you settings for phone function and we must not loose that,
But...
we have to write data to the chip to boot again, I am not fully aware of all the memory locations so this is assumptions on my part.
we are going to write a basic bootloader that turns the whole phone into a sd-card, then write new bootloaders
using QPST we upload 8660_msimage.mbn (its a out of the box emmc factory image) this file is ment for setting up of dev versions of the phone, it made up of the following parts
sector 0 partition table or (partition0.bin AFTER patching with info from patch0.xml) I do not have a real copy of the original of this, it can be pulled from a working SVH-E160x using the code at the end.
after the MBR (which is the first part of the partiton make up, EBR follows, we can have 3 primary partitions and the fourth is a extended which is just another partiton table pointing to the next EBR and so on, upto 29 parititons i think)
anyway, after the MBR is SBL1, which chainloads SBL2 then that side loads RPM, gets a go signal then loads SBL3, when SBL3 is done most of the device hardware has been mapped into the cpu's memory table, SDRAM is now ready for larger code,
aboot now loads
some of the above loading functions occur at the same time and some wait on go signals from other code in other CPU's and some fail due corruption and or security check fails( JTAG users can watch the memory as it changes and halt, change data and continue which is why JTAGers's have more power , we dont have loader outputting data yet so no feed back, hence the brick)
when aboot is loaded we now have access to odin, so thats the goal, get aboot loaded for now who cares about the rest of the funtions.
we do need to care about those function later so thats why we will backup the entire system, i dont know if this will really work when restored and bring back all of our settings, thats later,
So onto the writing and possibly overwriting of important information, WARNING, i dont know yet if we are overwriting imei or simalr data yet so proceed at your own risk.
We will get the required from factory (qualcomm test or dev board not samsung factory in the box for consumer) from the MUI phone firmware
http://bigota.d.miui.com/QDN43/Mioneplus_QDN43_fastboot_Android_4.0_d3d83nmdk2.zip
from this zip we want 8660_msimage.mbn, patch0.xml, partition0.bin MPRG8660.hex ( this file is uploaded first, its a serial bootloader that is loaded at 0x2a000000 (start of PBL IRAM space 256k in size) and that setups a emmc to command access (we use revskill to upload the same file and dump memory , sadly ive not found a way of pulling the entire emmc to a backup, if we can figure that out we can pull the entire boot chain, fix it and send it back with what ever versions we desire, for now revskill is used to read the PBL error so we can at least see why we cant boot, not quite jtag but best we got ))
so now we have a phone running a basic bit of code that allows us to use code sent to serial port to write (possibly read) the emmc
we then use QPST to write the 8660_msimage.mbn as a one to one copy to the very start of the emmc , reboot phone and then when the phone restarts, it sets up the ram, some hardware (charging system, you will now notice your phone gets warmer that before when plugged in) and gives us direct access to the emmc as if it was a sd-card
at this point you could move the phone to any pc and it's just a sd-card branded qualcomm
BUT at this point the pc or any other computer you connect it too only see's the partition table contained in the 8660_msimage.mbn file , you other data is there so i advise the next step you MUST do.
connect the phone to a linux computer (use a live cd or live usb if you are not a normal linux user)
you will then run the following command
Code:
dd if=/dev/sd? of=/mount/location/shv-e160-full-emmc.bin bs=512
? is the letter of the drive , use dmesg and look for sdb or sdc , if you dont understand this part then i would suggest waiting for a possible script/one click solution. right now i am still booting only 1 in 20 boots and do not yet know why the boots fail and why some work.
of=/mount... this is where you will place the entire 16GB (32GB for 32gb models ) which should be a one to one copy of the system
the bs=512 is very important, it's block size, again, if you dont understand then maybe wait.
Thats enough for now, i am going to spend a hour or two working on some theories i came up with today.
user with working phones, please google how to backup parts of your phone, this may happen to you so it's best to backup asap !!!
from the blog.csd site a script to grab the partition table data, if a working usr could please run this and post the file, it does not contain user data only the partiton table and a direct 1 to 1 restore for any phone, i think it possible to write that direct back to a QDLoad mode phone, re write the bootloaders from linux and bingo working phone. i dont have backups as it's not my phone, it belongs to a client who knows i like to tinker with electronics.
anyway, once i have the partition file i can overlay it on my test phone (which i can activate QSLoad at any time, hence it's unbrick-able dev mode)
once the partition file is written to my phone, i can build a script to backup your important data, write known working bootloaders, and reboot the phone into a usable device.
here is the script in python (user linux live cd with a copy of adb, just google adb linux pack, there is a windows and linux allin one pack)
or you can get the original from the link above, i've not tested this as i dont have a device in adb mode but i've read through it and it looks sound but never tested by me.
Well i hope that enlightens you, am sorry i dont have a all in one solution for you, it's still a dev project and most of the information i have has only been collected over the past week, i only discovered it's QSDload after getting a msm8660 schematic and i still dont know what i am trully shorting out to trigger the QSDload when ever i want, even when it's booted
If any one from the unbrickable project(s) want to get in touch to share info i would be happy, i am also sure this is a usable solution for HTC phones as well
oh and one last thing
i read only a hour ago (via cell phone while in a car so not 100%) that once the phone is in QSDload and stays in QSDload on every power cycle then we can write the partition table to a SD-CARD and it will boot that, i have not tested that yet, i will try and see if the 8660_msimage.mbn file written to a sd-card works
I also suspect that some of my good boots have been when i've mixed up the sdcard with system.img.ext4 etc on it with the one with just update.zip on it. it's one my list of things to check , any suggestions are welcome as to how i correctly format the card (heads,cylinders, block size etc)
ok folks, hope this helps
COPY TEXT BELOW ONLY INTO A FILE AND RUN WITH PYTHON (linux is easier, may be possible to use a vm box, i am but linux is my main os and windows is the vm)
Code:
import os
from struct import *
def mbr():
global offset, partitions
os.popen("adb shell su -c 'dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/cache/partition0.bin bs=512 count=1'").close()
os.popen("adb shell su -c 'cp /cache/partition0.bin /sdcard/partition0.bin'").close()
os.popen("adb pull /sdcard/partition0.bin .").close()
f = open("partition0.bin", 'rb')
data = f.read()
f.close()
partitions = [ ]
n=0
while True:
buf = data[446+(16*n):446+(16*(n+1))]
partition = dict(zip(('boot', 'id', 'start', 'size'), unpack('4I', buf)))
partition['type'] = "MBR"
n += 1
partition['no'] = n
partitions.append(partition)
if partition['id'] == 5:
offset = partition['start']
break
def ebr():
global offset, partitions
n = 0
while True:
a = 0
os.popen("adb shell su -c 'dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/cache/ebr bs=512 count=1 skip=" + str(offset+n) + "\'").close()
n += 1
os.popen("adb shell su -c 'dd if=/cache/ebr of=/cache/partition0.bin bs=512 count=1 seek=" + str(n) + "'").close()
os.popen("adb shell su -c 'cp /cache/ebr /sdcard/partition0.bin'").close()
os.popen("adb pull /sdcard/partition0.bin .").close()
f = open("partition0.bin", 'rb')
data = f.read()
f.close()
while True:
buf = data[446+16*a:446+16*(a+1)]
partition = dict(zip(('boot', 'id', 'start', 'size'), unpack('4I', buf)))
if partition['id'] == 5:
break
if partition['id'] == 0:
return
partition['type'] = "EBR"
partition['no'] = n
partition['start'] += n-1+offset
partitions.append(partition)
a += 1
if __name__ == "__main__":
mbr()
ebr()
os.popen("adb shell su -c 'cp /cache/partition0.bin /sdcard/partition0.bin'").close()
os.popen("adb pull /sdcard/partition0.bin .").close()
for part in partitions:
print "%s %2i, Boot: 0x%02X, Id: 0x%02X, Start: 0x%08X (%8i), Size: 0x%08X (%8i, %8i KB)" % (part['type'], part['no'], part['boot'],part['id'], part['start'], part['start'], part['size'], part['size'], part['size']/2)
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beginning
thank you for your help,
I currently have the qpst version 2.7 build 373. You think is enough of download the same version of Chinese post QPST.2.7.374.rar
I will begin to download the other files required and I will be commenting my progress.
Thank you so much for your help, i really appreciate that you share you r knowledge.
Requests
While i try some theories if othe users could possibly provide me with :-
Original partition table via script above and also via adb
use
adb and run
Code:
cat /proc/partitions > /sdcard/partitions.txt
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0 > /sdcard/fdisklist.txt
mount > /sdcard/mountlist.txt
Then on the pc side using ADB again do the following
Code:
adb pull /sdcard/partitions.txt
adb pull /sdcard/fdisklist.txt
adb pull /sdcard/mountlist.txt
and post those files.
there are many posts on it so wont repeat but later will add a link.
along with some spell checks :laugh:
if you can dump the boot loaders from a original e160x too as my data started currupt.
i also need to talk to someone who can assist me in writing a program to take the pit file and turn it into this
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<data>
<!--NOTE: Sector size is 512bytes-->
<program file_sector_offset="0" filename="" label="SMD_HDR" num_partition_sectors="65536" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_KB="32768.0" start_sector="1"/>
<program file_sector_offset="0" filename="sbl1.mbn" label="SBL1" num_partition_sectors="1000" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_KB="500.0" start_sector="65537"/>
<program file_sector_offset="0" filename="sbl2.mbn" label="SBL2" num_partition_sectors="3000" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_KB="1500.0" start_sector="66537"/>
<program file_sector_offset="0" filename="rpm.mbn" label="RPM" num_partition_sectors="1000" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_KB="500.0" start_sector="69559"/>
<program file_sector_offset="0" filename="sbl3.mbn" label="SBL3" num_partition_sectors="4096" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_KB="2048.0" start_sector="70559"/>
<program file_sector_offset="0" filename="aboot.mbn" label="ABOOT" num_partition_sectors="5000" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_KB="2500.0" start_sector="74655"/>
<program file_sector_offset="0" filename="" label="BOOT" num_partition_sectors="20480" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_KB="10240.0" start_sector="79655"/>
<program file_sector_offset="0" filename="tz.mbn" label="TZ" num_partition_sectors="1000" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_KB="500.0" start_sector="100135"/>
<program file_sector_offset="0" filename="partition0.bin" label="MBR" num_partition_sectors="1" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_KB="0.5" start_sector="0"/>
<program file_sector_offset="1" filename="partition0.bin" label="EXT" num_partition_sectors="22" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_KB="11.0" start_sector="69537"/>
</data>
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the partiton0.bin provided below is 8.5kb (.5kb MBR, 8kb EBR) and in raw_program0.xml bove it say 0.5kb and 11kb, making that file 11.5kb, i dont know if the A810 has larger or smaller EBR than us, it could be they pulled extra, in my reading of the dumps i've seen lots of padded 0's after files (between sbl2/ebr/rpm) anyway if you just copy paste it will throw a error, ive got it set at 0.5 and 8.
EDIT:- Do not use this file, ive uploaded newer files later on.
some of the questions i need to answer are :-
1. what is the first partition, it's dos, around 105mb and labled smd_hdr and is filled with smd_hdr.bin (or mbn)
2. what are the real sector locations of the files, above you will see the rawpartiton0.xml file, this tells QPST where in the emmc to put the data num_partiton_sectors does match data from the pit files, but i dont know the real offsets yet, (samsung or htc could put the rest of the partiton table in cpu qfuse data areas and not write it to the emmc to confuse us and write the real files to another location and use the pit file as a base+offset calculation)
start_sector is the real location on the emmc, where it starts writing the file.
at the end is partiton locations(its a generic file containing the first few byes of default partition table, patch0.xml then updates this data), i dont have our device specific figures yet, i also dont fully understand patch0.xml and the difference in figures used.
if we have a backup of each of the different version of android partitons we could just write that in replacement of partiton0.bin and we dont need patch0.xml, this file sole job to alter the generic files, oem's have the choice of changing this data.
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" ?>
<patches>
<!--NOTE: This is an ** Autogenerated file **-->
<!--NOTE: Patching is in little endian format, i.e. 0xAABBCCDD will look like DD CC BB AA in the file or on disk-->
<!--NOTE: This file is used by Trace32 - So make sure to add decimals, i.e. 0x10-10=0, *but* 0x10-10.=6.-->
<patch byte_offset="506" filename="partition0.bin" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_bytes="4" start_sector="0" value="NUM_DISK_SECTORS-208801." what="Update MBR with the length of the EXT Partition."/>
<patch byte_offset="506" filename="DISK" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_bytes="4" start_sector="0" value="NUM_DISK_SECTORS-208801." what="Update MBR with the length of the EXT Partition."/>
<patch byte_offset="458" filename="partition0.bin" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_bytes="4" start_sector="16" value="NUM_DISK_SECTORS-1695744." what="Update final partition with actual size."/>
<patch byte_offset="458" filename="DISK" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_bytes="4" start_sector="208816" value="NUM_DISK_SECTORS-1695744." what="Update final partition with actual size."/>
</patches>
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please note that it's two lines of the same code except one is partition0.bin and the other is DISK,
Do we need both? i know if i dont add the partiton0 section used in raw_program.xml then the drive is blank in linux,
now it's my understanding that the ebr comes as the forth partiton and it point to the next one , above in patch0.xml it start at NUM_DISK_SECTORS-1695744
i am still trying to better understand these figures,
Well time to grab coffee, i guess it's a dev night in.
the file MPRG8660.HEX can be renamed EMMCBLD.HEX and it triggers QPST to always look for a QDLoad mode phone and not debug, you can place all the files you need in one folder, i advise you to keep the originals in one location and only extract what your need to your worrking folder, copy emmcswdowload.exe from the QPST folder there too, we might need to do command line work, ive read that you can pre-create images in emmcswdownload (the same way 8660_msimage.mbn was created ) that you could just drop onto a phone once it's in emmc sd-card mode, almost a one click.
More info, plus help offered
Your welcome tyllerdurdent,
I am going to be putting a few hours into the dev from now actually for if you want assistance then no problems,
I also advise the following, download ubuntu live cd, it has a lot of tools your going to need to extract data you require, if we go step by step we might be good, i did a lot of test writing before i got my first boot, and that again only happens one in 20, i dont know why.
the rawpartiton0.xml above is incorrect for our devices as it states the first partion is 32mb, (i think it's ment to be amss.mbn, or NON-HLOS.mbn , our pit file which i did extract from my emmc dump says it's 105mb. i am confused and to why rawpartiton0.xml says the first bootloader is at start_sector="65537" but fdisk shows it as start 204801, i think someone needs to show me how to convert from blocks to sectors,
in patch0.xml it says
Code:
<patch byte_offset="506" filename="partition0.bin" physical_partition_number="0" size_in_bytes="4" start_sector="0" value="NUM_DISK_SECTORS-208801." what="Update MBR with the length of the EXT Partition."/>
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208801 is where we have our ebr start,
i also think the IROM based pbl, sbl etc use the partition types in some way, why else have so many types? can any one explain that
this is a fdisk view of what i think our partition table looks like
Code:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 204800 102400 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sdb2 * 204801 205800 500 4d QNX4.x
/dev/sdb3 205801 208800 1500 51 OnTrack DM6 Aux1
/dev/sdb4 208801 208801 0 5 Extended
/dev/sdb5 212992 213991 500 47 Unknown
/dev/sdb6 221184 225279 2048 45 Unknown
/dev/sdb7 229376 234375 2500 4c Unknown
/dev/sdb8 237568 258047 10240 48 Unknown
/dev/sdb9 262144 263143 500 46 Unknown
/dev/sdb10 270336 271335 500 5d Unknown
/dev/sdb11 278528 279527 500 91 Unknown
/dev/sdb12 286720 307199 10240 93 Amoeba
/dev/sdb13 311296 511999 100352 c W95 FAT32 (LBA)
/dev/sdb14 516096 522239 3072 4a Unknown
/dev/sdb15 524288 530431 3072 4b Unknown
/dev/sdb16 532480 538623 3072 58 Unknown
/dev/sdb17 540672 741375 100352 8f Unknown
/dev/sdb18 745472 751615 3072 59 Unknown
/dev/sdb19 753664 759807 3072 5a Unknown
/dev/sdb20 761856 29843455 14540800 5b Unknown
/dev/sdb21 770048 790527 10240 ab Darwin boot
/dev/sdb22 794624 815103 10240 60 Unknown
/dev/sdb23 819200 839679 10240 94 Amoeba BBT
/dev/sdb24 843776 3911679 1533952 a5 FreeBSD
/dev/sdb25 3915776 8114175 2099200 a6 OpenBSD
/dev/sdb26 8118272 8736767 309248 a8 Darwin UFS
/dev/sdb27 8740864 9005055 132096 a9 NetBSD
/dev/sdb28 9011200 10035199 512000 95 Unknown
/dev/sdb29 10035200 30777343 10371072 90 Unknown
Oh, download wxdhex or wimlar program, you going to need a hex editor that can load BIG files , 16gb worth
i717-GB-Modem.zip IS THE SAME AS TAR?
i717-GB-Modem.zip 21.35 MB 7 0 2012-06-30 08:45:11
I could not find the i717-gb as tar file but I find it as a zip file. but I'm not sure about thif the contents are correct. Could you check
http://d-h.st/1aP
i717-GB-Modem.zip contents
META-INF
COM
GOOGLE
ANDROID
update-binary
updater-script
TMP
amss.bin
mdm.bin
Blocks and sectors
This may explain it , the different figure in the xml files
Because sectors are logical on the drive (Logical Block Addressing = LBA) you need to convert between LBA and physical (file system) sectors. This is pretty easy to do:
First - get a table of the start and end sectors of the partition table:
Code:
[[email protected] ~]# fdisk -lu /dev/hda
Disk /dev/hda: 120.0 GB, 120034123776 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14593 cylinders, total 234441648 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/hda1 * 63 208844 104391 83 Linux
/dev/hda2 208845 4401809 2096482+ 83 Linux
/dev/hda3 4401810 8482319 2040255 82 Linux swap
/dev/hda4 8482320 234436544 112977112+ 5 Extended
/dev/hda5 8482383 29447144 10482381 83 Linux
/dev/hda6 29447208 50411969 10482381 83 Linux
/dev/hda7 50412033 52516484 1052226 83 Linux
/dev/hda8 52516548 234436544 90959998+ 83 Linux
Use this to determine what partition the bad sector is in. In this case 232962120 is inside the start and end values for /dev/hda5
NOTE: This is in partition 5 - ignore partition 4 as it is the extended partition. Any block from partitions 5 through 8 will also be in partition 4, but you want the real partition, not the extended partition.
Next, calculate the file system block using the formula:
b = (int)((L-S)*512/B)
where:
b = File System block number B = File system block size in bytes (almost always is 4096) L = LBA of bad sector S = Starting sector of partition as shown by fdisk -lu and (int) denotes the integer part.
For example:
The reported sector from the smart log above is 232962120, thus:
((14858312 - 8482383) * 512) / 4096 = 796991.125
^Bad Sec. ^Start Sec. ^Cha Ching! This is the sector!
(Use the block number from the smart test section, not from the smart error log section. They are using different methods of reporting file system vs. physical blocks.)
((BadBLock - StartPartition) * 512) / 4096
You can just paste this into Google as a template
Any fraction left indicates the problem sector is in the mid or latter part of the block (which contains a number of sectors). Ignore the fraction and just use the integer.
Next, use debugfs to locate the inode and then file associated with that sector:
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[[email protected]]# debugfs
debugfs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
debugfs: open /dev/hda5
debugfs: icheck 796991
Block Inode number
796991 <block not found>
debugfs: quit
Ah! It didn't give the inode! It if did, you could have found the file with:
[[email protected]]# debugfs
debugfs 1.35 (28-Feb-2004)
debugfs: open /dev/hda5
debugfs: icheck 796991
Block Inode number
796991 41032
debugfs: ncheck 41032
Inode Pathname
41032 /S1/R/H/714197568-714203359/H-R-714202192-16.gwf
So what the heck? Why no inode? Well, remember how it said the sector might be bad?
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the above copied from
http://timelordz.com/wiki/SMART_Rewriting_Bad_Sectors
i have a feeling we may need to shift our files (the basic files need to start odin are listed in rawpatch0 above, i dont know if that 100% true but it was the only files i wrote on by first sucess)
also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31843525&postcount=13
in the above link they talk about the header of the qualcomm file
+------------+
|Dbl-preamble|
+------------+
|Dbl-header |
+------------+
|Dbl.bin |
+------------+
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and
data_ptr = autodetectpage;
*data_ptr = sbl_header.codeword;
data_ptr++;
*data_ptr = sbl_header.magic;
data_ptr++;
*data_ptr = AUTODETECT_PAGE_SIZE_MAGIC_NUM;
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now i used this in a way to find my bootloaders (i717 by this time, not shve-160l )
and to find the partitons
you will see in a hex editor at the start of each boot loader
something else to think about, my lack of success that last two days to produce a boot could be because my partitons are not clean , thats is to say if i write my sbl1 to 1000, and the trailing 0000 of the partition definition of my 99 block ebr/mbr ends at 999 , if i have dirt data between 999 and 1000 the cpu/pbl my interpret that as code(some of my boots is brick, some are into QDLoad, i have no pattern yet) , something i must test or confirm, or just worry about.
tyllerdurdent said:
i717-GB-Modem.zip 21.35 MB 7 0 2012-06-30 08:45:11
I could not find the i717-gb as tar file but I find it as a zip file. but I'm not sure about thif the contents are correct. Could you check
http://d-h.st/1aP
i717-GB-Modem.zip contents
META-INF
COM
GOOGLE
ANDROID
update-binary
updater-script
TMP
amss.bin
mdm.bin
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Yes thats correct
updater script btw contains text, binary is the flashing exe i think,
Code:
run_program("/sbin/dd", "if=/tmp/mdm.bin", "of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17");
run_program("/sbin/dd", "if=/tmp/amss.bin", "of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13");
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and a google of a simlar sansung product the skyrocket gives me a simlar pit layout
Device Name Size Part Name ODIN tar file Mount Point
mmcblk0boot0 512KB (empty) n/a (empty partition)
mmcblk0boot1 512KB (empty) n/a (empty partition)
mmcblk0p1 100MB SMD_HDR (partition info)
mmcblk0p2 500KB SBL1 sbl1.mbn
mmcblk0p3 1500KB SBL2 sbl2.mbn
mmcblk0p4 1KB (unnamed partition with '55 AA' MBR signature)
mmcblk0p5 500KB RPM rpm.mbn
mmcblk0p6 2MB SBL3 sbl3.mbn
mmcblk0p7 2500KB ABOOT aboot.mbn
mmcblk0p8 10MB BOOT boot.img
mmcblk0p9 500KB TZ tz.mbn
mmcblk0p10 500KB SSD n/a (empty partition)
mmcblk0p11 500KB PIT celox.pit
mmcblk0p12 10MB PARAM param.lfs
mmcblk0p13 98MB MODEM amss.bin /system/etc/firmware/misc
mmcblk0p14 3MB MSM_ST1 efs.img
mmcblk0p15 3MB MSM_ST2 n/a
mmcblk0p16 3MB MSM_FSG n/a
mmcblk0p17 98MB MDM mdm.bin /system/etc/firmware/misc_mdm
mmcblk0p18 3MB M9K_EFS1 efsclear1.bin
mmcblk0p19 3MB M9K_EFS2 efsclear2.bin
mmcblk0p20 3MB M9K_FSG n/a
mmcblk0p21 10MB DEVENC enc.img.ext4 /efs
mmcblk0p22 10MB RECOVERY recovery.img
mmcblk0p23 3MB FOTA n/a
mmcblk0p24 598MB SYSTEM system.img.ext4 /system
mmcblk0p25 2GB USERDATA userdata.img.ext4 /data
mmcblk0p26 302MB CACHE cache.img.ext4 /cache
mmcblk0p27 129MB TOMBSTONES tomb.img.ext4 /tombstones
mmcblk0p28 11.2GB UMS ums.rfs /mnt/sdcard
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Other files
contents of the i717 boot loaders i used
ABOOT_SGH-I717M_I717MUGLA2_user_CL875155_REV00
Code:
527K Jan 6 2012 aboot.mbn
115K Jan 6 2012 rpm.mbn
72K Jan 6 2012 sbl1.mbn
111K Jan 6 2012 sbl2.mbn
601K Jan 6 2012 sbl3.mbn
117K Jan 6 2012 tz.mbn
other files pulled from
ABOOT_SGH-I717M_I717MUGLA2_user_CL875155_REV00 (no bootloader but all the other system files )
First of all i must thank @Shelnutt2 from lg-g2 irc channel who helped me to unbrick my phone and get it back alive. The whole process described bellow came from him.
Description of the problem:
Your LG G2 D802 is living this situation:
1- Rooted and got OTA
2- No Download mode
3- No recovery mode
4- Secure booting error
5- LG detected as qhsusb_bulk in device manager
6- When you boot your device it shows only LG logo with secure booting error, then the screen goes black while your phone is still on.
7- Other symptoms
The only solution for you is the following.
I'll explain the solution for an LG G2 D802 10a, then you can apply it for your device model by downloading the appropriate files.
You will need to use linux.
Ubuntu is good enough to make the job. You can use a virtual machine, live cd or a bootable usb stick.
So lets start.
Files to download from here
VERY IMPORTANT!!!!!!!
You must use the img files that correspond to the ROM you have installed before getting the problem to avoid breaking your phone. The link above is for 10b_EUR_16G firmware version. So don't use those files if your firmware version was not that one. Instead you should look for img files corresponding to the current version installed in your phone. If you don't know what version you've installed then don't use this method because you will break your phone.
1- sbl1.img
2- aboot.img
3- rpm.img
4- tz.img
5- openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.2-g2d802
Thanks to @sabooakhte who has shared his experience:
IMPORTANT: NEVER FLASH ORIGINAL RECOVERY.IMG TO THE RECOVERY PARTITION!!!
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Now just boot into ubuntu and plug your LG G2 to the computer.
Put the downloaded files in the desktop or wherever you want. You just need to know the path to your files.
unplug any other usb device except your mouse, keyboard and lg g2.
Open terminal in ubuntu then type:
Code:
ls /dev/sd*
It should return something like this:
/dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda5
/dev/sdb1 /dev/sdb2 /dev/sdb3 /dev/sdb4
/dev/sdb5 .......... /dev/sdb36
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In this case your device is detected under sdb. you may have it under sdc. just look for the biggest number, in this case /dev/sdb36 so it is sdb.
Linux keeps poping up error message "unable to mount..."? follow this solution by @priority3
priority3 said:
You can stop the "unable to mount..." error messages from popping up by disabling
the automount feature of Ubuntu.
"To enable or disable automount open a terminal and type dconf-editor followed by the [Enter] key.
Browse to org.gnome.desktop.media-handling."
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now, according to the result of the first command type the following:
Code:
gdisk -l /dev/sdb
you will get result:
Code:
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name
1 32768 163839 64.0 MiB 0700 modem
[COLOR="Red"]2 163840 165887 1024.0 KiB FFFF sbl1[/COLOR]
3 165888 166911 512.0 KiB FFFF dbi
4 196608 197631 512.0 KiB FFFF DDR
[COLOR="red"]5 229376 231423 1024.0 KiB FFFF aboot[/COLOR]
[COLOR="red"] 6 231424 233471 1024.0 KiB FFFF rpm[/COLOR]
7 262144 294911 16.0 MiB FFFF boot
[COLOR="red"] 8 294912 296959 1024.0 KiB FFFF tz[/COLOR]
9 296960 296961 1024 bytes 0700 pad
10 327680 333823 3.0 MiB FFFF modemst1
11 333824 339967 3.0 MiB FFFF modemst2
12 339968 339969 1024 bytes FFFF pad1
13 360448 393215 16.0 MiB FFFF misc
14 393216 458751 32.0 MiB 0700 persist
[COLOR="red"]15 458752 491519 16.0 MiB FFFF recovery[/COLOR]
16 491520 497663 3.0 MiB FFFF fsg
17 524288 525311 512.0 KiB FFFF fsc
18 525312 526335 512.0 KiB FFFF ssd
19 526336 526337 1024 bytes FFFF pad2
20 526338 527361 512.0 KiB FFFF encrypt
21 557056 573439 8.0 MiB 0700 drm
22 573440 589823 8.0 MiB 0700 sns
23 589824 655359 32.0 MiB FFFF laf
24 655360 720895 32.0 MiB FFFF fota
25 720896 786431 32.0 MiB 0700 mpt
26 786432 787455 512.0 KiB FFFF dbibak
27 787456 789503 1024.0 KiB FFFF rpmbak
28 789504 791551 1024.0 KiB FFFF tzbak
29 791552 791567 8.0 KiB FFFF rct
30 819200 6488063 2.7 GiB 0700 system
31 6488064 7733247 608.0 MiB 0700 cache
32 7733248 7897087 80.0 MiB 0700 tombstones
33 7897088 7929855 16.0 MiB 0700 spare
34 7929856 8028159 48.0 MiB 0700 cust
35 8028160 30703615 10.8 GiB 0700 userdata
36 30703616 30777310 36.0 MiB 0700 grow
We will be interested by lines marked by red color here. those lines show us the partitions numbers of each file we have downloaded at the begining.
I'm talking about
1- sbl1.img
2- aboot.img
3- rpm.img
4- tz.img
5- openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.2-g2d802
in our case the sbl1.img is located under sdb2
aboot.img under sdb5
rpm.img under sdb6
tz.img under sdb8
recovery under sdb15
now be careful and try to make it the right way.
we will use dd commands to push img files inside the right partitions.
So lets start:
if youare not logged on as root in ubuntu just open terminal and type
Code:
sudo -i
then type your password
now you must be under root access.
then type the following dd command:
Code:
dd if=[COLOR="Red"]/home/med/Desktop/[/COLOR]sbl1.img of=/dev/sdb2
i put files in the desktop, so the path to the img files for me is /home/med/Desktop/. just replace this path by the appropriate path to your files. one done you will get some information about the file size you pushed and maybe time of the operation.
keep doing the samething for the other files:
Code:
dd if=/home/med/Desktop/aboot.img of=/dev/sdb5
dd if=/home/med/Desktop/rpm.img of=/dev/sdb6
dd if=/home/med/Desktop/tz.img of=/dev/sdb8
dd if=/home/med/Desktop/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.2-g2d802 of=/dev/sdb15
Once you finish just reboot your phone, if you did things as described you must boot into twrp recovery.
now just use twrp to flash your ROM and follow this tutorial to reboot into your ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
Good Luck.
If you have fixed your your phone you can consider to pay me a coffee cup
paypal: [email protected]
Thank you, My D800 is working after two weeks
Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk
geodano said:
Thank you, My D800 is working after two weeks
Sent from my LG-D800 using Tapatalk
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Glade to know that.:good:
This process is the same on Verizon LG G2 (VS980). Thanks to Shelnutt2 and Automprime for helping me do the same and great job posting a clear set of instructions Partage!
swagner53 said:
This process is the same on Verizon LG G2 (VS980). Thanks to Shelnutt2 and Automprime for helping me do the same and great job posting a clear set of instructions Partage!
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nice to see you here swr. :laugh:
swagner53 said:
This process is the same on Verizon LG G2 (VS980). Thanks to Shelnutt2 and Automprime for helping me do the same and great job posting a clear set of instructions Partage!
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I'm trying to do this on my Verizon LG G2. When I plug the device into Ubuntu runing in live mode. I geta bunch errors poping up that it's not able to connect the partitions. Is there a way to stop this so i can continue with the process?
toopty said:
I'm trying to do this on my Verizon LG G2. When I plug the device into Ubuntu runing in live mode. I geta bunch errors poping up that it's not able to connect the partitions. Is there a way to stop this so i can continue with the process?
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is it detected as Qualcomm HSUSB_BULK or something else?
Partager.info said:
is it detected as Qualcomm HSUSB_BULK or something else?
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Under windows yes that is what it was showing up as. When i plugged the phone into a windows box i get the same thing with it trying to connect a whole bunch of drives if that helps any.
toopty said:
Under windows yes that is what it was showing up as. When i plugged the phone into a windows box i get the same thing with it trying to connect a whole bunch of drives if that helps any.
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I'm talking about linux.
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I'm talking about linux.
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Yes i am working from a live linux disk now and it was throwing up a lot of windows about unmounted disks. I was just letting you know about the partitoins in Windows as well as Linux. I've tried to flash the recovery partitoin. Even with the messages coming up. After reboot now i get a Fastboot mode started message on my phone. How should i procede?
@Partager.info the phone is turned off when you connect it to the pc or it have to be turned on once then wait to screen goes off? In qhsusb_bulk mode we can see the partitions in linux, or in linux the phone is not in qhsusb_bulk mode. qhsusb_bulk and Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 are the same?
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Yes i am working from a live linux disk now and it was throwing up a lot of windows about unmounted disks. I was just letting you know about the partitoins in Windows as well as Linux. I've tried to flash the recovery partitoin. Even with the messages coming up. After reboot now i get a Fastboot mode started message on my phone. How should i procede?
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Did you use the described method in this tutorial to flash recovery?
If yes, then you should know that it is not enough to push only recovery. you should push all files in the tutorial.
bitdomo said:
@Partager.info the phone is turned off when you connect it to the pc or it have to be turned on once then wait to screen goes off? In qhsusb_bulk mode we can see the partitions in linux, or in linux the phone is not in qhsusb_bulk mode. qhsusb_bulk and Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 are the same?
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actually once you plug your phon to PC it should start automaticallly if it is shutdown. Then the screen goes black whil the phone is still on.
If you have installed qshusb_dload drivers then it is detected as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9006 or 9008.
and yes you can see partitions in linux but you can't see their content. that's why we use dd commands to push img files inside the appropriate partitions.
Partager.info said:
actually once you plug your phon to PC it should start automaticallly if it is shutdown. Then the screen goes black whil the phone is still on.
If you have installed qshusb_dload drivers then it is detected as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9006 or 9008.
and yes you can see partitions in linux but you can't see their content. that's why we use dd commands to push img files inside the appropriate partitions.
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So if there is some whose phone doesn't turn on at all, just goes to directly to qhsub_dload becuase he/she killed the bootloader, then we can dd the bl images to the phone in linux? Am I correct? .
Sorry for asking such things, but this is really an interesting thing.
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bitdomo said:
So if there is some whose phone doesn't turn on at all, just goes to directly to qhsub_dload becuase he/she killed the bootloader, then we can dd the bl images to the phone in linux? Am I correct? .
Sorry for asking such things, but this is really an interesting thing.
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If you are experiencing the problem just give it a try.
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If you are experiencing the problem just give it a try.
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No I am not, but there are lot of people with different devices stucked in that qhsusb_dload mode.
You have a half bricked bootloader, since your phone gave sime sort sign of life when it turned on showed you that error. But i dont know what if it is totaly bricked.
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can i use cygwin in windows ?
Partager.info said:
Did you use the described method in this tutorial to flash recovery?
If yes, then you should know that it is not enough to push only recovery. you should push all files in the tutorial.
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I did push all the files, but it was very difficult because my device kept disconnecting while it was trying to connect all the drives on the phone. One of them must have not successfully pushed. I was able to flash all the files I needed via fastboot. Your method got me to that point. I was then able to get into Twrp and run the command at this link to get my phone to boot. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696. Now I have a working phone.
Thank you for all your help. Without guys like you I would not have been able to recover my phone.
Is there any way this can work on windows? I have this problem and just got back home and ready to jump on any fixes available
I almost finished the process in ubuntu but now when my phone is plugged in it keeps flashing on and off it seems and ubuntu seems to freeze while doing so like the phone is opening up a lot of files.. Im just going to call verizon or something tomorrow to see if i can get a replacement nothing seems to be working did anyone have this problem? ? or is it just me
Hey folks, thanks to @iElvis sharing his or her logo 'data' from the OP6. I have adapted my previous OnePlus programs that let you change the splash screen to work with the OP6. This means that the encoding of the data structure and the encoding of the image data are done. I do not have a OP6 and can not test certain things like where to put the modified file. In the past, flashing was always easy (and always has been especially with the OnePlus models).
My holdup and why I need the XDA/OP6 community support is to find out where to exactly put this modified file. In the past I haphazardly made a super fast in-memory program for altering the splash screen for the Nexus 6p that was (and is currently) at a roadblock for one reason. That reason was Google used ELFs to populate partitions (not short people with pointy ears and green clothing), and at that time utilized separate partitions that the ELFs populate. Not all were ELF generated, but that is outside of the scope of what I do because to a certain point the ones that I wanted to change were generated that way.
This concept of splitting partitions, back then, was just trying to grab a footing on seamless upgrades initially from what I have read up until this newer style. I have put some research into some things involving this, but Google is kind of bland in it's description of what this all means. This is different than the Nexus 6P that I mentioned previously, and if you read that last link, it may be just as easy as flashing it to both partitions logo_a & logo_b. One partition is always active and has two different statuses, which make the device 'ideally' always bootable after an OS update.
Most of my research was done through reading a lot of the open source code put out by the AOSP for "fastboot". You can learn more than you can ever derive from documentation in this realm. I hope to hear some feedback of attempts so that I can delete all of this up above
Please read below so you can better understand this type of encoding being used:
What Is A Raw Image?
A raw image, whether it be a file or an image in memory, is simply pixel data. There is no extra information like width, height, name, end of line... Absolutely nothing, just pixel data. If you have an image that is raw and the resolution is 1080x1920 and you are using a typical RGB24 or BGR24 (like the ones used here), then your exact filesize or size in memory will be 1080x1920x3! We use 3 here because there is one byte for the R or red component, one for the G (green), and one for the B(blue).
What Is A Run Length Encoded Image?
A run length image encoding uses a count ;usually a single byte (char), 2 bytes (short int), or 4 bytes (long int); and then the pixel components. So instead of writing out 300 bytes of '0's to make a line of 100 black pixels. Black is RGB(0,0,0). You could encode this as 100, 0, 0, 0. And only use 4 bytes of data to get the exact same image as the 300 byte raw image. All the run length encoding I've found, except the Motorola style which is a little different, use a run length encoding that is pixel-oriented like this.
Now I've found this new one and it is a byte-oriented run length encoding. This is for runs of bytes, not pixels. You may think, well whats the big deal? When you add a little area of color, you increase the run length encoded image in you logo.bin immensely! You use 6 bytes per pixel if there aren't any runs of color data. If you had an image that was a 1080x1920 black image with a 25 pixel horizontal line in the middle. The encoder would be doing runs of black data efficiently until it reached the red area.
.....0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 255 0 133 /// we've reached the top left corner of the red line /// 13 1 30 1 255 1 // << that was just one red pixel!! in bgr color order (13, 30, 255) <<// And it keeps going through the rest of the red pixels on that line using 6 bytes per pixel, which is the opposite of compression. Before reaching the red line the encoding was decoding to 255 zeros over and over, until finally 133 zeros. 255 zeros is 85 black pixels stored in just 2 bytes!
This type of encoding is ONLY good for grey scale images. It is not good with color, but it still will handle color of course. In grey scale, the Red, Blue, and Green data components are always the same values. All the way from black (0,0,0) to white (255, 255, 255); including every shade of grey in between>>>(1,1,1) (2,2,2) (3,3,3)....(243, 243, 243) (254, 254, 254)<<<
One other difference in this method of run length encoding is that the color byte is before the count, which is backwards from all of the other methods.
The attachment contains the executable that was compiled using mingw32 on a 64 bit Windows 10 PC. The awesome PNG library that I used for generating the pngs is LodePng, the source can be found here.
To use the OnePlus 6 Logo Injector:
Decode your logo.bin:
Code:
OP6Logo -i logo.bin -d
All the PNG 's will be extracted from logo.bin. Edit the PNG(s) that you want to change...
Note:
Your original "logo.bin" file is never changed, it is just read. If the file you try to load isn't a logo file, or a different style, then the program will tell you and exit.
Inject the image(s) back in to the logo.bin:
Code:
OP6Logo -i logo.bin -j fhd_oppo fhd_at
To list whats in your logo file:
Code:
OP6Logo -i logo.bin -l
For a more detailed list:
Code:
OP6Logo -i logo.bin -L
If the colors are messed up use the "-s" switch while decoding.
Code:
OP6tLogo -i logo.bin -d -s
If you had to use the "-s" switch to decode properly, you'll have to use it to inject also:
Code:
OP6Logo -i logo.bin -j image_name -s
Note:
You can put as many names after "-j" as you want, and it's not case sensitive. You also don't have to put the whole name. If you just put "-j fhd" every image in the logo.bin that starts with "fhd" will be injected. There has to be a PNG with the name in the directory though
The size of your modified.logo.bin will displayed along with the original size, if everything went good. The 'splash' partition is 16 MB on the OP6. If you use too much color on too many of the images you will easily go over 16 MB. The program will tell you and delete the "modified.logo.bin" that was created. If for some strange reason you would like to keep it, use the "-B" flag on the command.
The last step is to flash the modified logo file via fastboot with the command
Code:
fastboot flash LOGO modified.logo.bin
Use this at your own risk.
Always make backups.
Always.
Source
Source:
I haven't had a chance to work up a custom splash and flash it just yet, in part because I realized that on this phone, the splash screen only shows up for a split second before it's replaced by the "Your phone is unlocked and insecure, don't put sensitive files on it blah blah" warning. So I'm not sure this is going to do a whole lot for us. I'm going to try later tonight or this weekend and report back. Pretty sure "flash logo" should work fine, but it will flash only to the active partition. We may need to "flash logo_a" and "flash logo_b" to get it on both partitions.
Also, thanks for posting the source. I'm going to see if I can get this to compile in Xcode so we have an OSX version.
Edit 6/10: I can't get it to compile in Xcode, but I'm sure it's something I'm doing wrong.
Anyone tested it splash screen
Okay, welp, I'm throwing in the towel on this one. The bootloader warning is not in text like it was on the HTC phones I've modded to remove it. On those phones, the text showed up in the bootloader file in a hex editor, and could be replaced with empty spaces to remove it.
I pulled the boot file from /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/ and searched through it. None of the text in the warning can be found with a simple search. As I suspected, that warning screen looks like it's a function coded into the boot process, which means removing it is probably impossible.
work Fine !
file :
lodepng.h
lodepng.c
OP6Logo.c
# gcc lodepng.c -c
# gcc OP6Logo.c -c
# gcc *.o -o OP6_prog OR # gcc lodepng.o OP6Logo.o -o OP6_prog
# ./adb shell
# su
# cd /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name
# ls --color --all
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1970-01-06 04:29:20.549999999 +0100 LOGO_a -> /dev/block/sde20
# dd if=LOGO_a of=/sdcard/LOGO_a
exit
# ./adb pull /sdcar/LOGO_a ./
# OP6_prog -i LOGO_a -d
MODIFY YOUR PICTURE .....
# ./OP6logo -i LOGO_a -j fhd_
you have modified.logo.bin
Just dd if of and work fine !
And for the Real Splash :
./adb pull /system/media/bootanimation.zip ../
God bless
gao0309 said:
file :
lodepng.h
lodepng.c
OP6Logo.c
# gcc lodepng.c -c
# gcc OP6Logo.c -c
# gcc *.o -o OP6_prog OR # gcc lodepng.o OP6Logo.o -o OP6_prog
# ./adb shell
# su
# cd /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name
# ls --color --all
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 1970-01-06 04:29:20.549999999 +0100 LOGO_a -> /dev/block/sde20
# dd if=LOGO_a of=/sdcard/LOGO_a
exit
# ./adb pull /sdcar/LOGO_a ./
# OP6_prog -i LOGO_a -d
MODIFY YOUR PICTURE .....
# ./OP6logo -i LOGO_a -j fhd_
you have modified.logo.bin
Just dd if of and work fine !
And for the Real Splash :
./adb pull /system/media/bootanimation.zip ../
God bless
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Way to remove bootloader unlocked warning?
NO
Please create flashable zip. Of splash screen
I'm trying this on linux on a 6T boot splash screen but I get a segmentation fault:
Code:
__________________________________________________________-_-
OP6 Logo Injector v1
Written By Makers_Mark @ XDA-DEVELOPERS.COM
_____________________________________________________________
FILE: logo.bin
_____________________________________________________________
RGB is the color order. Use "-s" switch to change it to BGR.
#01: Offset:0
Header=SPLASH!!
Width=1080
Height=1920
Data Length=81798
Special=1
Name=
Metadata=
Segmentation fault
Any idea why?
foobar66 said:
I'm trying this on linux on a 6T boot splash screen but I get a segmentation fault:
Any idea why?
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For 6T, maybe you need look at this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/development/tool-splash-screen-modification-t3874158
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I tried to report that the error memory could not be read under Windows 10 and wimdows7. Then I executed the following instructions under Linux and still reported the error. What can I do, oneplus 6, Android 9.0?
gcc lodepng.c -c
gcc OP6Logo.c -c
gcc *.o -o a.out
./a.out -i logo.bin -d
The following are the results of implementation:
__________________________________________________________-_-
OP6 Logo Injector v1
Written By Makers_Mark @ XDA-DEVELOPERS.COM _____________________________________________________________
FILE: logo.bin _____________________________________________________________
BGR is the color order. Use "-s" switch to change it to RGB.
#01: Offset:0
Header=SPLASH!!
Width=1080
Height=1920
Data Length=77716
Special=1
Name=
Metadata=
Segmentation fault
Code:
C:\Users\denie\Documents\logo>OP6Logo -i logo.bin -d
__________________________________________________________-_-
OP6 Logo Injector v1
Written By Makers_Mark @ XDA-DEVELOPERS.COM
_____________________________________________________________
FILE: logo.bin
_____________________________________________________________
BGR is the color order. Use "-s" switch to change it to RGB.
#01: Offset:0
Header=SPLASH!!
Width=1080
Height=1920
Data Length=81798
Special=1
Name=
Metadata=
C:\Users\denie\Documents\logo>
Any ideas?
Does this work?
Prakyy said:
Does this work?
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There's no way to hide the Google warning about unlocked bootloaders, if that's what you mean.
iElvis said:
There's no way to hide the Google warning about unlocked bootloaders, if that's what you mean.
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Really... This is what I've been searching all over for for my 6t... Get rid of the stupid bootloader unlock warning. On all my other devices we always used a custom made boot-logo.bin and installed it on slot a and slot b using fastboot.. I guess if it could be covered up it definitely would have by now. ?
Edit added: I just read the thread. From what I've gathered basically this device (6&6t) is designed different and that's why we can't tamper with/cover up the bootloader warning message.
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Really... This is what I've been searching all over for for my 6t... Get rid of the stupid bootloader unlock warning. On all my other devices we always used a custom made boot-logo.bin and installed it on slot a and slot b using fastboot.. I guess if it could be covered up it definitely would have by now. ?
Edit added: I just read the thread. From what I've gathered basically this device (6&6t) is designed different and that's why we can't tamper with/cover up the bootloader warning message.
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I gave up after a lot of experimenting. I'm not aware of anyone managing it.
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I gave up after a lot of experimenting. I'm not aware of anyone managing it.
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You should get an award for your XDA signature. ?? It's funny because it's real and oh so true! The way some people comment on things never ceases to blow me away. I see some posts and I think to myself, "what the hell?" "Who raised this person!?" There are definitely many different types of humans out there in the world that's a fact. I try and stay out of it as much as possible. ? lol.
It sucks we can't just make a ton of boot logos and cover that up. Oh well the 6 & 6t are awesome devices!! Usually whenever I end up on down the road selling my phone and purchasing another one from eBay or swappa things similar to this begin to be solved and then 15 custom roms all drop outa nowhere all at once. ? Happens every...single...time...haha!! Thanks for giving it a shot! :good:
I bricked my phone (XT2041-1 "sofiar") by flashing an unnoficial build of TWRP 3.5.0 downloaded from a Telegram channel by doing:
$ fastboot flash recovery_a twrp-3.5.0-0-rav-sofia.img
$ fastboot flash recovery_b twrp-3.5.0-0-rav-sofia.img
$ fastboot reboot recovery
Since then, my phone is hard bricked - won't boot, recognized on Linux in EDL Mode only (i.e. ID 05c6:9008).
I got the latest official stock firmware, named SOFIAR_RETAIL_11_RPES31.Q4U-47-35-12_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip, from lolinet, and in its contents there's boot.img and recovery.img (among others).
I have qdl on my Arch Linux, and am wondering whether I can use it to flash the stock recovery image back to both slots and get my phone booting again.
How should I approach it?
P.s. I also got a blankflash from https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...equest-solicitud-blankflash-g8-power.4431193/ that is supposed to get the phone working again, but am unsure whether using it will cause loss of data.
I absolutely cannot lose any data from internal storage.
Any help appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Ok, now we're rolling...
First things first. Motorola sucks because they only give you restricted Firehose loaders.
That means of the 70-odd partitions that you have you can only read/write about 1/3 of them using EDL.
If you post your Firehose loader I can tell you which ones you can read/write.
Second, are you sure that the only damage you did was by writing recovery_a and recovery_b?
And you're on Linux, *sad face*.
I was disassembling the Motorola Firehose for my Moto G (2021) and I discovered that they have more reboot options than stock.
There's reset-to-edl and reset-to-fastboot.
I've added those options to my edl.exe (in the sig) this morning. You need to download the very latest.
What may have happened is that you wrote a bad recovery which may have set the boot option in the BCB or misc.
Since the recovery is good enough to be recognized as an image but not good enough to reset this boot option you're stuck.
Your first recourse is flashing a proper recovery.
I'm not sure whether "blank flash" tries to wipe everything. In any case I wouldn't risk it.
Your first try should be to fix the broken things, not everything.
Yes, any edl client that supports ad-hoc xml should be able to get you to fastboot but I'll only answer for my code.
I've tested it.
Code:
C:\>edl /lwhatever.bin
C:\>edl /zf
C:\>fastboot flash recovery_a good_recovery.img
C:\>fastboot flash recovery_b good_recovery.img
C:\>fastboot reboot
I admit to not properly understand what a firehose loader is. :x
Second, are you sure that the only damage you did was by writing recovery_a and recovery_b?
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Yes, 100%.
So, for now, I should try booting Windows, installing the 9008 driver and following your instructions... Will let you know how it goes.
Thanks a lot.
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I admit to not properly understand what a firehose loader is. :x
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A Firehose loader is a replacement xbl/sbl secondary loader that has special sauce added to it to make it interactive.
It is not to be confused with a Windows driver (which, in this case is Zadig, as per the instructions on my web page).
In this case, your Firehose loader is packed in singleimage.bin in the RPE here: https://mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/motorola/sofiar/blankflash/
I extracted it for you. I renamed it sofiar.bin
The extension name does not matter.
Code:
C:\>edl /lsofiar.bin
That's slash-ell-sofiar.bin
Edit: And yes, your Firehose loader has the reset-to-fastboot.
Right, thanks for the explanation. I figured that was programmer.elf from my files.
Ok, I got as far as:
> edl /l
Found EDL 9008
Serial: 69cccc95
HWID: 0010a0e102e80000, QC: 0010a0e1, OEM: 02e8, Model: 0000
Hash: 974359c4290cac7f-9f0dc9a802815b5e-2b376b7a7c1be92c-1e816b5287f18610
> edl /lsofiar.bin
Found EDL 9008
Resetting Sahara
Serial: 69cccc95
HWID: 0010a0e102e80000, QC: 0010a0e1, OEM: 02e8, Model: 0000
Hash: 974359c4290cac7f-9f0dc9a802815b5e-2b376b7a7c1be92c-1e816b5287f18610
Sending sofiar.bin 100% Ok
Waiting for Firehose... Ok
> edl.exe /zf
Found EDL 9008
Requesting reset to fastboot... Ok
But it doesn't boot to fastboot.
It seems to me that your tool, edl could be used to write the recovery partition directly, no?
I tried this:
> edl /w /precovery_a recovery.img
Found EDL 9008
Configuring... Ok
Requesting GPT 0 header... Ok, receiving... Ok, requesting entries... Ok, receiving... Ok
Requesting write recovery.img...
<log value="ERROR: range restricted: lun=0, start_sector=1591552, num_sectors=131072" />
Nope
P.s. curiously, the file I downloaded from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/b...a/0010a0e102e80000_974359c4290cac7f_fhprg.bin wasn't accepted as a valid firehose loader file.
Edit: nevermind. Had to restart the phone.
I believe that's an older loader, anyway.
How shall I proceed?
marc.2377 said:
But it doesn't boot to fastboot.
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Hmm, the screen stays black?
Is it still in EDL mode or some other mode?
Does Windows "bong" when you pull the USB cable?
It's possible that this goes to a fastboot without a screen?
Try holding various buttons, both by long power button reset and /zf
marc.2377 said:
It seems to me that your tool, edl could be used to write the recovery partition directly, no?
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Yes, it could if Motorola wasn't such a pain with the "range restricted".
They've really clamped down (that other file you mentioned is the same):
Code:
qcomview /r sofiar.bin
Addr LUN Start Count
------ --- -------- --------
007f10 0 0 256
007f28 0 256 78336
007f40 0 1609948 512
007f58 0 1610496 512
007f70 1 1 1
You can do this to see which partitions this means:
Code:
C:\>edl /lsofiar.bin
C:\>edl /g
I have a feeling that the Motorola "Blankflash" stuff writes something to those 3 areas that allow it to write everything.
But it probably wipes the userdata.
I'm not an expert on their tools.
Tell me what the GPT says (you only need to quote stuff in the area of that table).
Edit: It looks like in the multi GB zip there are two "instruction" files, flashfile.xml and servicefile.xml
They are mostly the same except that flashfile will wipe userdata!
Curious. The partition table is as follows:
Code:
Found EDL 9008
Configuring... Ok
Requesting GPT 0 header... Ok, receiving... Ok, requesting entries... Ok, receiving... Ok
# Name Start Count Type
-- ---------------- ---------- ---------- --------------------
1 xbl_a 256 9216 Inactive
2 xbl_b 9472 9216 Bootloader
3 tz_a 18688 8192 Inactive
4 tz_b 26880 8192 TrustZone
5 rpm_a 35072 1024 Inactive
6 rpm_b 36096 1024 Resource/power mgmt
7 hyp_a 37120 1024 Inactive
8 hyp_b 38144 1024 Hypervisor
9 devcfg_a 39168 256 Inactive
10 devcfg_b 39424 256 Device config
11 xbl_config_a 39680 256 Inactive
12 xbl_config_b 39936 256 Boot config
13 abl_a 40192 2048 Inactive
14 abl_b 42240 2048 Android bootloader
15 uefisecapp_a 44288 4096 Inactive
16 uefisecapp_b 48384 4096 be8a7e08
17 qupfw_a 52480 160 Inactive
18 qupfw_b 52736 160 QUP firmware
19 cmnlib_a 52992 1024 Inactive
20 cmnlib64_a 54016 1024 Inactive
21 cmnlib_b 55040 1024 Common lib
22 cmnlib64_b 56064 1024 Common lib64
23 keymaster_a 57088 1024 Inactive
24 keymaster_b 58112 1024 Key master
25 storsec_a 59136 256 Inactive
26 storsec_b 59392 256 Store secure
27 spunvm 59648 16384 Spun VM
28 uefivarstore 76032 1024 165bd6bc
29 multiimgoem_a 77056 64 Inactive
30 multiimgoem_b 77120 64 e126a436
31 multiimgqti_a 77184 64 Inactive
32 multiimgqti_b 77248 64 846c6f05
33 prov_a 77312 512 Inactive
34 prov_b 77824 512 d05e0fc0
35 modem_a 78336 368640 Inactive
36 modem_b 446976 368640 FAT32
37 fsc 815616 256 FSC
38 ssd 815872 16 Secure SW download
39 dsp_a 816128 65536 Inactive
40 dsp_b 881664 65536 DSP
41 ddr 947200 2048 DDR
42 utags 949248 1024 1dd40d18
43 utagsBackup 950272 1024 c490f39c
44 modemst1 951296 8192 Modem ST1
45 modemst2 959488 8192 Modem ST2
46 fsg_a 967680 49152 Inactive
47 fsg_b 1016832 49152 Modem storage
48 persist 1065984 65536 Persist
49 prodpersist 1131520 16384 Persist
50 frp 1147904 1024 FRP
51 cid 1148928 256 459abd04
52 carrier 1149184 32768 c63d32d8
53 metadata 1181952 32768 988a98c9
54 kpan 1214720 16384 56465e10
55 boot_a 1231104 131072 Inactive
56 boot_b 1362176 131072 Boot
57 dtbo_a 1493248 49152 Inactive
58 dtbo_b 1542400 49152 DTBO
59 recovery_a 1591552 131072 Inactive
60 recovery_b 1722624 131072 Recovery
61 misc 1853696 2048 Misc
62 logfs 1855744 16384 Log FS
63 apdp 1872128 512 APDP
64 msadp 1872640 512 MSADP
65 dpo 1873152 2 DPO
66 devinfo 1873160 8 Device info
67 bluetooth_a 1873168 9216 Inactive
68 bluetooth_b 1882384 9216 Bluetooth
69 logo_a 1891600 66848 Inactive
70 logo_b 1958448 66848 Splash
71 vbmeta_a 2025296 128 Inactive
72 vbmeta_b 2025424 128 Verified Boot meta
73 padA 2025552 6064 Empty
74 hw 2031616 16384 b2d77ec0
75 padB 2048000 16384 Empty
76 sp 2064384 16384 40aef62a
77 padC 2080768 16384 Empty
78 padD 2097152 32768 Empty
79 super 2129920 16973824 System
80 userdata 19103744 103038943 User data
Doesn't seem to match the output of qcomview.
Also, the file 0010a0e102e80000_974359c4290cac7f_fhprg.bin lists the following codenames:
Code:
QCA6390
QCS605
SA8150
SDA670
SDA845
SDA855
SDA855A
SDA865
SDC830
SDM450
SDM670
SDM830
SDM845
SDM855
SDM855A
SDM1000
SDX24
SDX24M
SDX55
SM6150
SM6150P
SM7150
SM7150P
SM_NICOBAR
While programmer.elf (same as sofiar.bin that you uploaded) lists, additionally, QCM_NICOBAR and QCS_NICOBAR.
I wonder whether this is actually the correct file for me...
Btw, before attempting any further writing strategies, I confess to being interested in pulling userdata. As I understand the real decryption key is stored in the TEE functionality of the chipset and such an image would be unreadable for me, except if I were to restore it later.
With your tool I got the "range restricted" for edl /r /puserdata parts\userdata.img /t too.
Code:
Addr LUN Start Count
------ --- -------- --------
007f10 0 0 256 - GPT
007f28 0 256 78336 - xbl_a to prov_b
007f40 0 1609948 512 - ??? random spot in recovery_a
007f58 0 1610496 512 - ??? random spot in recovery_a
007f70 1 1 1
So, basically, you have free read/write access to partions 1 to 34
Reading is always safe.
Also, you're on the B slot.
So why does reboot to fastboot fail?
It could be that it was never implemented correctly in this Firehose
It could be that this Firehose is not for your device
It could be that xbl and/or abl was damaged somehow
I'd do some checking, xbl_b and abl_b to start with.
Read 'em then compare them to the xbl and abl you have in your big packages.
Code:
C:\>edl /lsofiar.bin
C:\>edl /r /t /pxbl_b xblb.img
C:\>edl /r /t /pabl_b ablb.img
The /t will copy these ELF files only as big as they need to be (not all the blank space).
OTOH, they will enlarge to an exact number of 512 byte sector.
So they could be 511 bytes bigger than what comes out of that package.
If things are wacky, try without /t, but they'll be padded with all the zeroes in the partition.
If those files aren't in the big package, here's ones I extracted from the blankflash.
Check 'em all.
Also, it's possible that somehow the slots got switched.
While you're at it, look at xbl_a and abl_a also.
Hey, thanks for the continued efforts to help me. Sorry for absence for the past days, real life caugh in ^^
I'm glad to report that, amidst some binary checking and all that, I managed to resuscitate my phone using the blankflash strategy, after carefully revising it.
Strangely, it seems that TWRP got installed in the boot partition, such as that "normal boot" kept entering TWRP, despite I having flashed the stock recovery images to both recovery slots. I'll detail this all later.
At this point my phone is on and I backed up what I needed, and have been using it. A few strange glitches are present, i.e. battery charging is acting weird. I plan on doing a clean flashing of the stock ROM soon. Maybe I should take the opportunity to study how to make a fully working port of the latest LineageOS for this device, too.
Will get back within a few days with a detailed report of the endeavour
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I'm looking forward to hearing how you got EDL mode working.
I bricked XT2041-3 Sofiar (downgrade to A10) and am stuck trying the phone to succeed at qboot blank-flash, but it hangs (on linux):
Code:
< waiting for device >
Motorola qboot utility version 3.86
[ 0.000] Opening device: /dev/ttyUSB0
[ 0.000] Detecting device
[ 0.002] ...cpu.id = 266 (0x10a)
[ 0.002] ...cpu.sn = 3773339940 (0xe0e89924)
[ 0.002] Opening singleimage
[ 0.002] Loading package
[ 0.004] ...filename = pkg.xml
[ 0.005] Loading programmer
[ 0.005] ...filename = programmer.elf
[ 0.005] Sending programmer
[ 0.178] Handling things over to programmer
[ 0.178] Identifying CPU version
[ 0.178] Waiting for firehose to get ready
With --debug=2 there can be seen some parsing errors in xmls being passed for about 13 more seconds. On Windows VM phone is recognized as a single QDLoader 9008 device, but qboot fails after half a minute with IO Errors. Is this even EDL mode?
A tried without luck Renate's edl tool. edl.exe /lsingleimage.bin:
Code:
Found EDL 9008
Could not open device
I was growing increasingly desperate, so I opened the phone and played with EDL points according to
MatiasLopezxD. No combination of vol-, power, shorting points, plugging usb seem to make a difference. I must be missing something simple.
Any help would be appreciated.
@ybea: Quick answer for now - I got into EDL mode by holding down VolDown+Power for about 8-10 seconds. Let me know if it works for you. What's your output for lsusb?
Same as yours - ID 05c6:9008 (Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)). It reconnects after pressing power for 9 seconds (with or without vol-), nothing new.
Try restarting it into EDL mode while it's plugged. I found that to be necessary sometimes.
Edit: Btw, I don't remember why exactly, but I only had success running the blankflash from Windows. Linux didn't do the magic, nor a Windows VM with USB redirection...
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Edit: Btw, I don't remember why exactly, but I only had success running the blankflash from Windows. Linux didn't do the magic, nor a Windows VM with USB redirection...
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That was it! I didn't event try it on the metal, because Motorola driver installer and uninstaller crash for me for some reason. Should be straightforward from now.
Thank you so much. You saved the day.
ybea said:
A tried without luck Renate's edl tool. edl.exe /lsingleimage.bin
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Sorry. edl.exe uses the generic Zadig (i.e. WinUsb) driver).
If you have the Qualcomm driver loaded it's stealing the poor WinUsb interface and forcing it into some bogus virtual com port.
Also, singleimage is Motorola's completely morally bankrupt idea of packing stuff in a file.
It is not a Firehose loader, although it contains one.
Add to all your miseries, Motorola is crap and releases only restricted Firehose loaders.
If you're still stuck, ship me the "single-and-totally-bogus.bin" and I'll extract the Firehose loader for you.
Better poke me or I won't see it.
No longer stuck. The problem for me was neither VM USB passthrough nor blankflash tools for linux did work, although both showed proper EDL mode. It seems it only works on native Windows. Thanks for your interest.