why is 52bytes? - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

why is 52bytes? - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I had search lot of thread which write "busybox dd if=/system/framework/xxxx.odex of=/data/local/tmp/odex/xxx.odex bs=1 count=20 skip=52 seek=52 conv=notrunc".according to http://source.android.com document(odex/dex format), signature don't start at 0x34!
why?how to calculate is 52bytes(0x34)?THX
according to dex/odex format( http://source.android.com ),signature should start at 0x0c,not 0x34.so skip=52 seek=52 should skip = 12 seek= 12.But in lots of thread write 52 bytes,so i dont understand.

quywz said:
I had search lot of thread which write "busybox dd if=/system/framework/xxxx.odex of=/data/local/tmp/odex/xxx.odex bs=1 count=20 skip=52 seek=52 conv=notrunc".according to http://source.android.com document(odex/dex format), signature don't start at 0x34!
why?how to calculate is 52bytes(0x34)?THX
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Did I understand you right that you want to know how 0x34 can be 52? Well, it's a hexadecimal number. Strike the '0x'(not part of the number) out and you have '34'. Hexadecimal is base 16, so it's:
4*16^0=4 and 3*16^1=48, together it makes 52.

dark_knight35 said:
Did I understand you right that you want to know how 0x34 can be 52? Well, it's a hexadecimal number. Strike the '0x'(not part of the number) out and you have '34'. Hexadecimal is base 16, so it's:
4*16^0=4 and 3*16^1=48, together it makes 52.
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NO,according to dex/odex format( http://source.android.com ),signature should start at 0x0c,not 0x34.so skip=52 seek=52 should skip = 12 seek= 12.But in lots of thread write 52 bytes,so i dont understand.

quywz said:
I had search lot of thread which write "busybox dd if=/system/framework/xxxx.odex of=/data/local/tmp/odex/xxx.odex bs=1 count=20 skip=52 seek=52 conv=notrunc".according to http://source.android.com document(odex/dex format), signature don't start at 0x34!
why?how to calculate is 52bytes(0x34)?THX
according to dex/odex format( http://source.android.com ),signature should start at 0x0c,not 0x34.so skip=52 seek=52 should skip = 12 seek= 12.But in lots of thread write 52 bytes,so i dont understand.
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Indeed, this is an interesting question. With the 8 "magic" bytes and the 4 bytes of the checksum, the signature should begin at 12 (0x0c), not 52.
Maybe this is related to the .odex format. I was only able to find documentation for the .dex format, and maybe the optimization process adds 40 bytes at the beginning of the file. I'll try to look into the source code, but if someone has the answer, I'll be glad to hear it as well.
EDIT : Found in libdex/DexFile.h
Code:
/*
* Header added by DEX optimization pass. Values are always written in
* local byte and structure padding. The first field (magic + version)
* is guaranteed to be present and directly readable for all expected
* compiler configurations; the rest is version-dependent.
*
* Try to keep this simple and fixed-size.
*/
struct DexOptHeader {
u1 magic[8]; /* includes version number */
u4 dexOffset; /* file offset of DEX header */
u4 dexLength;
u4 depsOffset; /* offset of optimized DEX dependency table */
u4 depsLength;
u4 optOffset; /* file offset of optimized data tables */
u4 optLength;
u4 flags; /* some info flags */
u4 checksum; /* adler32 checksum covering deps/opt */
/* pad for 64-bit alignment if necessary */
};
This additional header for optimized .dex files (.odex) is indeed 40 bytes-long.

Einril said:
Indeed, this is an interesting question. With the 8 "magic" bytes and the 4 bytes of the checksum, the signature should begin at 12 (0x0c), not 52.
Maybe this is related to the .odex format. I was only able to find documentation for the .dex format, and maybe the optimization process adds 40 bytes at the beginning of the file. I'll try to look into the source code, but if someone has the answer, I'll be glad to hear it as well.
EDIT : Found in libdex/DexFile.h
Code:
/*
* Header added by DEX optimization pass. Values are always written in
* local byte and structure padding. The first field (magic + version)
* is guaranteed to be present and directly readable for all expected
* compiler configurations; the rest is version-dependent.
*
* Try to keep this simple and fixed-size.
*/
struct DexOptHeader {
u1 magic[8]; /* includes version number */
u4 dexOffset; /* file offset of DEX header */
u4 dexLength;
u4 depsOffset; /* offset of optimized DEX dependency table */
u4 depsLength;
u4 optOffset; /* file offset of optimized data tables */
u4 optLength;
u4 flags; /* some info flags */
u4 checksum; /* adler32 checksum covering deps/opt */
/* pad for 64-bit alignment if necessary */
};
This additional header for optimized .dex files (.odex) is indeed 40 bytes-long.
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struct DexOptHeader is 40 bytes-long,but already include magic + checksum.pls look at dexOffset which is file offset of DEX header and depsOffset which is offset of optimized DEX dependency table.so, maybe the pos of signature is magic + checksum +dexOffset +depsOffset.right?
maybe the dexOffset and depsOffset are according to device models have different value.
I copy aheader 40 bytes from classes.dex(836KB).
Code:
64 65 78 0a 30 33 35 00 a1 f6 7a 1b e6 a3 fb 35
5b d5 66 72 b8 33 36 3a 40 a1 4b ea 40 2f d3 fc
58 0e 0d 00 70 00 00 00
but In Dalvik Executable Format document,dex header is 112 bytes.
according to struct DexOptHeader, checksum = 0x70.dexOffset is so large!depsOffset is large too!
DexOptHeader seem unused.

I copy aheader 40 bytes from classes.dex(836KB).
Code:
64 65 78 0a 30 33 35 00 a1 f6 7a 1b e6 a3 fb 35
5b d5 66 72 b8 33 36 3a 40 a1 4b ea 40 2f d3 fc
58 0e 0d 00 70 00 00 00
but In Dalvik Executable Format document,dex header is 112 bytes.
according to struct DexOptHeader, checksum = 0x70.dexOffset is so large!depsOffset is large too!
DexOptHeader seem unused.

quywz said:
I copy aheader 40 bytes from classes.dex(836KB).
Code:
64 65 78 0a 30 33 35 00 a1 f6 7a 1b e6 a3 fb 35
5b d5 66 72 b8 33 36 3a 40 a1 4b ea 40 2f d3 fc
58 0e 0d 00 70 00 00 00
but In Dalvik Executable Format document,dex header is 112 bytes.
according to struct DexOptHeader, checksum = 0x70.dexOffset is so large!depsOffset is large too!
DexOptHeader seem unused.
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Actually, you're looking at a .dex file header, not a .odex file header, so I'm not sure what you're looking for. Here there is no dexOffset, nor depsOffset, and the checksum is "a1 f6 7a 1b".
For the magic bytes + checksum, maybe these are redundant, and the optimization process only add a 40 bytes header without altering the old one.
To be sure, we would need to look into a .odex file header.
EDIT : Here are the 0x40 first bytes of systemUI.odex
Code:
000000 [B][COLOR="Red"]64 65 79 0A 30 33 36 00[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR="YellowGreen"]28[/COLOR][/B] 00 00 00 58 57 09 00
000010 80 57 09 00 C0 02 00 00 40 5A 09 00 38 16 01 00
000020 00 00 00 00 A2 E1 D9 FA [B][COLOR="Red"]64 65 78 0A 30 33 35 00[/COLOR][/B]
000030 E9 5F F1 ED B3 06 98 D7 80 5D 7D EF 63 7B D7 23
000040 5D 79 05 67 EF 1B 35 E7 58 57 09 00 70 00 00 00
We can see that there are indeed two sets of magic bytes, one beginning at 0 (the .odex magic bytes), and one beginning at 40 bytes (the .dex magic bytes).
As a side note, dexOffset is indeed 0x28 (40).

Einril said:
Actually, you're looking at a .dex file header, not a .odex file header, so I'm not sure what you're looking for. Here there is no dexOffset, nor depsOffset, and the checksum is "a1 f6 7a 1b".
For the magic bytes + checksum, maybe these are redundant, and the optimization process only add a 40 bytes header without altering the old one.
To be sure, we would need to look into a .odex file header.
EDIT : Here are the 0x40 first bytes of systemUI.odex
Code:
000000 [B][COLOR="Red"]64 65 79 0A 30 33 36 00[/COLOR][/B] [B][COLOR="YellowGreen"]28[/COLOR][/B] 00 00 00 58 57 09 00
000010 80 57 09 00 C0 02 00 00 40 5A 09 00 38 16 01 00
000020 00 00 00 00 A2 E1 D9 FA [B][COLOR="Red"]64 65 78 0A 30 33 35 00[/COLOR][/B]
000030 E9 5F F1 ED B3 06 98 D7 80 5D 7D EF 63 7B D7 23
000040 5D 79 05 67 EF 1B 35 E7 58 57 09 00 70 00 00 00
We can see that there are indeed two sets of magic bytes, one beginning at 0 (the .odex magic bytes), and one beginning at 40 bytes (the .dex magic bytes).
As a side note, dexOffset is indeed 0x28 (40).
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right.
thank for your libdex/DexFile.h.
Pls take note of dexOffset is file offset of DEX header.Refer original android.policy.odex,I guess odex header format is DexOptHeader + dex's Header.now,the signature pos is dexOffset + magic(dex's magic) + checksum(dex's checksum).view original android.policy.odex,we will find dexOffset value is 0x28.so signature = 0x28 +0x8 + 0x4=0x34

quywz said:
right.
thank for your libdex/DexFile.h.
Pls take note of dexOffset is file offset of DEX header.Refer original android.policy.odex,I guess odex header format is DexOptHeader + dex's Header.now,the signature pos is dexOffset + magic(dex's magic) + checksum(dex's checksum).view original android.policy.odex,we will find dexOffset value is 0x28.so signature = 0x28 +0x8 + 0x4=0x34
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Exactly. When optimizing an .dex file, the process adds the DexOptHeader at the beginning of the file. Thus, the resulting header is DexOptHeader + DexHeader (DexHeader beginning at 0x28), and the new position of the signature is 0x34 = 52 bytes

Einril said:
Exactly. When optimizing an .dex file, the process adds the DexOptHeader at the beginning of the file. Thus, the resulting header is DexOptHeader + DexHeader (DexHeader beginning at 0x28), and the new position of the signature is 0x34 = 52 bytes
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THX.
Next topic.If you have time,pls help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=41254960#post41254960:)

dark_knight35 said:
Did I understand you right that you want to know how 0x34 can be 52? Well, it's a hexadecimal number. Strike the '0x'(not part of the number) out and you have '34'. Hexadecimal is base 16, so it's:
4*16^0=4 and 3*16^1=48, together it makes 52.
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If you have time,pls help http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...#post41254960:)
thx.

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[TUT] Flashing Himalaya from SD card

In nowadays HTC devices flashing from a SD card is a trivial task, just copy your ROM image to the card and boot it... Unfortunately, with elder devices, like with Himalaya for example, it's different - every image to be flashed have to have a special signature, which is individual not only for your device, but... for the given SD card aswell!
1. Getting a header.
How to get it? You have to make a backup of your actually flashed ROM. You'll need an USB cable and your device in a bootloader mode. Make a backup with below command:
Code:
password BOOTLOADER
Pass.
USB>d2s
SD:Waiting for card insert.........
CMD3 for SD, it's OK, ready to get RCA from response.
SD:Detected one card
SD:ready for transfer OK
pc->drive.total_lba=F5800
pc->drive.num_heads=0
pc->drive.sec_p_track=0
pc->drive.num_cylinders=0
pc->drive.block_size=200
pc->drive.features=0
pc->drive.RCA=2
pc->drive.drv_type=40000000
pc->drive.securedAreaSize=0
pc->drive.securityDrv=0
pc->drive.busWidth=1
pc->drive.erasedSize=0
Total card size=1EB00000
SDCARDD2S+,cStoragePlatformType=FF
*******************************************************************************************************************************
Store image to SD/MMC card successful.
USB>
Done... but when you try to read this card, it shows it's not written in the meaning of a file - it's written sector by sector! Normally you would use ntrw for reading that into a normal file, but it has one major flaw: it dumps a whole card, so if you had 1GB card, you gonna get 1GB file... and that's why our beloved itsme wrote a small utility called psdread (and psdwrite, too), which I'm including in this tutorial.
Using this utility you have to read a header first. Assuming your card reader got a letter m: from your system (that's letter I have assigned to my card reader), just type:
Code:
c:>psdread.exe m: 0 0x19c
so you get something like this:
Code:
00000000: 48 49 4d 41 4c 41 59 41 53 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 HIMALAYAS
00000010: 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 30 0000000000000000
00000020: 31 2e 30 36 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 1.06
00000030: 78 7e a8 50 96 f5 45 3b 13 0d 89 0a 1c db ae 32 x~.P..E;.......2
00000040: 20 9a 50 ee 40 78 36 fd 12 49 32 f6 9e 7d 49 dc 1.P..x6..I2..}I.
00000050: ad 4f 14 f2 44 40 66 d0 6b c4 30 b7 32 3b a1 22 .O..D.f.k.0.2;..
00000060: f6 22 91 9d e1 8b 1f da b0 ca 99 02 b9 72 9d 49 .............r.I
00000070: 2c 80 7e c5 99 d5 e9 80 b2 ea c9 cc dd 00 4c f2 ,.~...........L.
00000080: 53 41 30 30 e1 dc d6 ae 83 90 49 f1 f1 ff e9 eb SA00......I.....
00000090: b3 a6 db 1e 87 0c 3e 77 24 42 0d 1c 06 b7 47 de .......w$B....G.
000000a0: 6d 12 4d c8 43 2e cb a6 1f 03 5a 7d 09 38 25 1f m.M.C.....Z}.8%.
000000b0: 5d 9f d4 fc 96 f5 45 3b 13 0d 89 0a 1c d3 90 2d ].....E;.......-
000000c0: 48 9a 50 ee 40 78 36 fd 12 49 32 f6 9e 81 49 dc H.P..x6..I2...I.
000000d0: ad 4f 14 f2 44 40 66 d0 6b c4 30 b7 3c 84 f2 87 .O..D.f.k.0.....
000000e0: 61 49 d1 4f 0a d8 16 e7 72 e6 bb 12 84 34 a6 77 aI.O....r....4.w
000000f0: 02 37 e4 97 2c 74 cb c9 12 68 33 74 9e ad 87 d5 .7..,t...h3t....
00000100: fa 16 bb 11 ad ae 24 88 79 fe 52 db 25 43 e5 3c ......$.y.R.%C..
00000110: b3 12 4d c8 43 bb 8b a6 1f 03 5a 7d 09 38 25 1f ..M.C.....Z}.8%.
00000120: 5d d4 cb fc 96 f5 45 3b 13 0d 89 0a 1c db ae 32 ].....E;.......2
00000130: 20 9a 50 ee 40 78 36 fd 12 49 32 f6 9e 7d 49 dc ..P..x6..I2..}I.
00000140: ad 4f 14 f2 44 40 66 d0 6b c4 30 b7 32 3b a1 22 .O...D.f.k.0.2;.
00000150: f6 22 91 9d e1 8b 1f da b0 ca 99 02 b9 72 9d 49 .............r.I
00000160: 2c 80 7e c5 99 d5 e9 80 b2 ea c9 cc 53 bf 67 d6 ,.~.........S.g.
00000170: bf 14 d6 7e 2d dc 8e 66 83 ef 57 49 61 ff 69 8f ...~-..f..WIa.i.
00000180: 48 54 43 53 41 30 30 34 30 30 30 30 30 31 46 43 HTCSA004000001FC
00000190: 30 30 30 30 46 45 46 39 46 32 43 44 0000FEF9F2CD
Well, it could be the end of the first part of this tutorial, but let's make a full backup file. Let's take a look at the end of this block:
Code:
HTCS A0040000 01FC0000 FEF9F2CD
where:
A0040000 - location of your OS image in a device
01FC0000 - size of the actual OS (decimal 33292288 bytes)
FEF9F2CD - checksum
On the very end of the ROM image there're 4 bytes more (HTCE), so the size of the whole image would be: 19C + 1FC0000 + 4 = 0x1FC01A0 bytes total.
Now you can make your backup image with following commands:
Code:
c:\> psdread.exe m: 0 0x1FC01A0 os.img
While the header itself (needed for the next steps of this tutorial) will be created with:
Code:
c:\> psdread.exe m: 0 0x19c header.img
2. Getting a bare OS.nb file
While in nowadays kitchens a bare OS.nb file os normal, you probably haven't even seen this file... so how to get it?
Normal ROM image is in nk.nbf file, which is XOR-encoded actual image. Decode it with:
Code:
c:\> xda2nbftool.exe -x nk.nbf nk.nba 0x20040304
so you have nk.nba file now. You can dismantle it now with:
Code:
c:\> dump.exe -o 0x40040 -l 0x1FC0000 nk.nba os.nb
and you have your OS.nb
3. Making a flashing ready image file.
Putting this all to a final file is trivial... it's just our header + OS.nb:
Code:
c:\> type header.img > SD_img.img
c:\> type OS.nb >> SD_img.img
And in the end you get SD_img.img file, which you can transfer to your SD card with:
Code:
c:\> psdwrite m: SD_img.img
I'd like to recommend using some good hexeditor.. I recommend you really great freeware one, called HxD (you can get it here). It can even operate on disk images and disks themselves.
4. Flashing your device.
Well, this will be the most tough part...
Well, not really
Turn off your Himalaya (really! the best would be to put out your battery), put your SD card in and turn it on. It will display a message: "press power to flash". Just press the power button and wait until it finishes. YOU CAN'T ABORT THE PROCESS, DON'T TOUCH IT! GO AND MAKE YOURSELF A COFFEE OR TEA OR GO FOR A SMOKE!!!
and... that's it
happy flashing!

......
good work very thank's

Flashing Himalaya from SD card- Many thanks "utak3r"
Atlast !!!!!!!!!
u r my saviour ........
Many Many Thanks for the steps......
I been asking and waiting a proper procedure to flash from sd card especially for xda2.
I will give a try and see if am succeeding.
well actually my usb is broken that is the reason am looking to flash from sd card.
In that case, can anyone post a lasted stable rom which is already ready to flash from SD Card ?
should the same SD card should be used ?
will it not work if I copy the SD image to a different SD card and flash it?
Many thanks utak3r

WOW!!! amazing tut
Stickied it!

gopi159 said:
should the same SD card should be used ?
will it not work if I copy the SD image to a different SD card and flash it?
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As I said it in this tut - the header is unique for every device and every SD card, so... no, you can't download some image and flash it, sorry. Your bootloader will say: "not allowed" and that's it.
I'm working now on getting this header from a device without a cable - will I succeed? I don't know, last time I tried (about 2 years ago) I failed...

i cant understand all this
can you explain how to flash a new rom with a sd card only without cable

abdelamine said:
i cant understand all this
can you explain how to flash a new rom with a sd card only without cable
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You can do it only if you have this header I'm talking above. If you don't have it - no flashing, unfortunately.

Flashing from SD card
How long time to be need it for flashing from SD card?
did we can charging battery while flashing from SD Card?
because we have old device with a short period of prodigal battery condition

Well, I can't remember it now, but it's faster than flashing through a cable. It shouldn't be longer than 20 minutes AFAIR.
And no, there's no charging while in this mode...

utak3r said:
I'm working now on getting this header from a device without a cable - will I succeed? I don't know, last time I tried (about 2 years ago) I failed...
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I wish You luck in this task!
I think, that there must be the way to generate SD header information.
And thanx for such good tutorial - now I can make SDImage without using of sdtool.pl

Avis said:
I wish You luck in this task!
I think, that there must be the way to generate SD header information.
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well, thanks
As for now I can dump ROM, but with my way, so it doesn't contain this header... it has to be generated by bootloader. So probably I'll end with decompiling a bootloader code

HOW CAN I write password BOOTLOADER and where

hi utak3r,
on the first part of the tutorial, how can we get this header?
where can we actually put this code? is it on command prompt or on device?
thanks...
got it.. use hyperterminal...

abdelamine said:
HOW CAN I write password BOOTLOADER and where
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while you're in bootloader mode connect with your hima with mtty... and that's where you can issue various commands.

easy
any have easy tool..????

my usb connector is really broken, is there any solution to do it without using a pc and usb connection?
thanks

You have Vista, XP???

same question
& i have xp & vista

utak3r said:
As I said it in this tut - the header is unique for every device and every SD card, so... no, you can't download some image and flash it, sorry. Your bootloader will say: "not allowed" and that's it.
I'm working now on getting this header from a device without a cable - will I succeed? I don't know, last time I tried (about 2 years ago) I failed...
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Is every header really unique? let us say, there are 1000 hima, so there are 1000 different headers?
If the answer is not, maybe we can flash the device using only our SD card without the help of usb connection. someone may post their ready-made file then try to flash it, if fails, try another.
I just want to make a possibilty coz my usb connection was broken too.

you can go and try to collect few headers... but I really doubt

[Samsung GT-S5570] my experiments - call for experts contributions

Hi all,
Here I'll describe every Hack/Mod/Discovery i'll do on my phone,
the Samsung Galaxy Next/Mini/Pop GT-S5570.
ASSUMPTION : I will not install CWM.
I've already made some experiments, and bricked the phone...
... but i'm still going on.
I'll log every step i made - while expecting a repaired device from service.
Every suggestion from other experience are welcome!

Summary & Status
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This is the summary/status of the work i made - direct on the phone (Configuration, APKs, Mods, ...)
1) Root the phone AND ADB demon. [post 3]
2) Add Essential APKs. [post 3]
3) Remove/Replace Stock applications. [post 6]
4) Got a personalized Restore. [post 6]
5) my device is back, with new GB ROM ... and personalized /system. [post 58]
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This is the summary/status of every experiment i do with the ROM ...
1) use of ADB and related tools. [post 7]
2) backup copy of /system folder [post 7]/URL]
3) dump of partitions. [URL="http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17900113&postcount=7"][post 7]
4) extract the list of partitions. [post 8]
Analizing the dumped files...
5) the dumped images can be flashed with odin !!! [post TODO]
6) extract the /system filesystem. [post 9]
7) extract the boot & recovey images. [post 12]
8) after extracting boot images...rebuild them (thanks to Doc_cheilvenerdi.org ) [post 32] and [post 40]
9) add ext4 FileSystem and busybox! (thanks to Doc_cheilvenerdi.org ) [post 44]
10) moved /data to SD !! (thanks to Doc_cheilvenerdi.org ) [post 50] and [post 52]
after explaining here how to modify the boot.img, Doc_cheilvenerdi.org wrote some exellent guides to describe his methods to to add ext4 support and move /data to SD and then move /system to SD. He also guides you in hacking the initial logos and animations and gaining root privileges on every ROM(here the IT source). Since he's not only a master in hacking and developing, but he explain it all, this 3ds are a must read !!Only... they're in italian languages... (need help in translation, please)
ToDo
...) share my PC connection to device (Reverse-Tethering) - investigation starts in [post 59]
...) understand and investigate init*** files in ramdisk ( apart from init.rc, when are they started? what they'll do ?).
...) understand and investigate the APK install process
...) understand and investigate the android framework.
...) move /data/apps/ /data/data and /data/dal***-cache to SD (should be simple, after Doc effort !!)
...) load and adapt my dumped images to androind_x86 (porting to PC/VM of android) [post ...]
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>>> OPENED QUESTIONS <<<
1.a) why some apk copied in /system/app/ does not work ? they do not appere in the apps list ...
1.b) why some apk removed from /system/app/ cannot be installed after the delete ?
2) where in ROMS are stored the set up of the Launcher ? i.e. the widget and icons appearing after a wipe ?
3) why bloatware removed from /system are present in the dumped BML12 ? where the 'they are removed' inormation are stored ?
please see also my considerations in [post27]
4) how files inside BML13 for /data and BL14 for /cache can be extracted ?
please see also my considerations in [post27]
5) what are MIBIB, QCSBL, OEMSBL, AMSS, EFS2, NVBACKUP, APPSBL, PARAM, FOTA partitions ?
6) why the kernel has a gziped part in it ?

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stepph said:
1) Root the phone AND ADB demon.
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I used SuperOneClick tool. Its easy.
Only remeber to root also the adb shell, in order to be able to acess as super user.
As you use the tool, the SuperUser.apk is added to your ROM.
This tool make a window appear every time an apps need root access, and you have a log.
Even if you reset the device, the rooting and SU will survive.
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stepph said:
2) Add Essential APKs.
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I install RootExplorer, ES_FileManager in order to be able to navigate in the filesystem.
With rooting, i can also mount /system as R/W... and RootExplorer also indicate the mountpoint of some folders...
Eploring the FS, I notice :
/system/apps - where the preloade apks are. Some are systems apps (unknow), some are apps that i have in the apps folder.
/cache - where tempoarary data are stored.
/data - where apps save info
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... continue in [post 6]...

3x. Would you like to tell how you modify the recovery.img and boot.img?

dongbincpp said:
3x. Would you like to tell how you modify the recovery.img and boot.img?
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at now i'm studing on that...
... reading "HOWTO: Unpack, Edit, and Re-Pack Boot Images".

stepph said:
3) Remove/Replace Stock applications.
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So I manage to remove (and backup on SD and then o my PC) the unused apk
from /systems/apps/
Some APKs have odex file (that are a way to speed up loading...) - the unused one to be removed too.
After a wipe - I noticed that the apks are DEFINITELY removed - WOW i delete something from the ROM of my phone...
If i put the backup copy of the removed files back, they still work.
Instead, if i try to install them, some of them does not work anymore (why?)
I notice the SuperUser apks too... so I try to add different apk here, or change the old one with an updated version...
So when i'll wipe the phone i'll get it with what i want.
Sometimes it works, sometimes i got errors on startup, sometimes the device ignore the new apps (??)
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stepph said:
4) Got a personalized Restore.
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When I wipe the phone, widget and links are the defult ones... how can i modify this ??
I notice dat inside /data/ folder are stored the Launcher dta & options - inside a *.db file.
So i can save & restore what i set.
But i still not understand where the setting are recorder on wipe...
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stepph said:
1) use of ADB and related tools.
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great ... it is like a shell working on my terminal...
i'm not so experienced with linux command, buti'll try
I also use adb mask control, thas has a GUI to rapidly make some operation.
so i push sqlite and a new version of busybox on my device
stepph said:
2) backup copy of /system folder
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playing with mount and my adb shell, i found:
Code:
d rwx r-x r-x root root 2011-09-09 10:10 acct
d r-x --- --- root root 2011-09-09 10:10 config
d rwx r-x r-x root root 1970-01-01 01:00 lib
d rwx --- --- root root 2011-05-02 04:40 root
d rwx r-x --- root root 1970-01-01 01:00 sbin
d rwx rwx --x system system 2011-09-09 10:10 persist
d rwx r-x r-x root root 2011-09-09 10:12 dev mount from tmpfs
d r-x r-x r-x root root 1970-01-01 01:00 proc mount from proc
d rwx r-x r-x root root 1970-01-01 01:00 sys mount from sysfs
d rwx rwx --- system cache 2011-09-09 10:10 cache mount from /dev/stl14 (rfs)
d rwx rwx --x system system 2011-09-09 10:10 data mount from /dev/stl13 (rfs)
d rwx r-x r-x root root 2011-09-09 10:10 system mount from /dev/stl12 (rfs)
d rwx rwx r-x root system 2011-09-09 10:10 mnt
/mnt/asec ??
/mnt/sdcard ??
/mnt/secure ??
l rwx rwx rwx root root 2011-09-09 10:10 d link from /sys/kernel/debug
l rwx rwx rwx root root 2011-09-09 10:10 etc link from /system/etc
l rwx rwx rwx root root 2011-09-09 10:10 sdcard link from /mnt/sdcard
i simply make a backup of files in / and of /system/ on my PC...
since other folders have 'strange' mountpoints... i let them apart for now.
stepph said:
3) dump of partitions.
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i found this list: cat proc/partition/
Code:
major minor #blocks name
137 0 513024 bml0/c
137 1 1536 bml1
137 2 512 bml2
137 3 768 bml3
137 4 25600 bml4
137 5 9216 bml5
137 6 5120 bml6
137 7 2048 bml7
137 8 8192 bml8
137 9 8192 bml9
137 10 768 bml10
137 11 6144 bml11
137 12 222464 bml12
137 13 192768 bml13
137 14 29696 bml14
138 12 214784 stl12
138 13 185600 stl13
138 14 25856 stl14
179 0 1927168 mmcblk0
179 1 1926144 mmcblk0p1
so i start with cat /dev/bml0 >/sdcard/bml0.img
and so on for each BML to 14.
Then i try with STL... and I brick my PHONE !!!
Reading around...
>>>> DO NOT TRY TO ACCESS TO STL5<<<<
Now my phone is at service for repairing - i hope they accept warranty -
I'll continue my investigations on the BMLxx.img files...
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Now, i have the segunt dumped images:
Code:
0 513024 bml0/c
1 1536 bml1
2 512 bml2
3 768 bml3
4 25600 bml4
5 9216 bml5
6 5120 bml6
7 2048 bml7
8 8192 bml8
9 8192 bml9
10 768 bml10
11 6144 bml11
12 222464 bml12
13 192768 bml13
14 29696 bml14
an easy check prove me that the first and bigger one is simply the join on the others... so first of all i look for some indication about the partitioning of BML0, from which the others are derived.
With a hex editor, I found :
Code:
00081000h: AA 73 EE 55 DB BD 5E E3 03 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 ªsîUÛ½^ã........
00081010h: 30 3A 4D 49 42 49 42 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0:MIBIB.........
00081020h: 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 12 10 FF 00 30 3A 51 43 ..........ÿ.0:QC
00081030h: 53 42 4C 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 SBL.............
00081040h: 02 00 00 00 12 10 FF 00 30 3A 4F 45 4D 53 42 4C ......ÿ.0:OEMSBL
00081050h: 31 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 03 00 00 00 1...............
00081060h: 12 10 FF 00 30 3A 41 4D 53 53 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..ÿ.0:AMSS......
00081070h: 00 00 00 00 0B 00 00 00 64 00 00 00 12 10 FF 00 ........d.....ÿ.
00081080h: 30 3A 45 46 53 32 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0:EFS2..........
00081090h: 6F 00 00 00 24 00 00 00 01 11 FF 00 30 3A 4E 56 o...$.....ÿ.0:NV
000810a0h: 42 41 43 4B 55 50 00 00 00 00 00 00 93 00 00 00 BACKUP......“...
000810b0h: 14 00 00 00 01 11 FF 00 30 3A 41 50 50 53 42 4C ......ÿ.0:APPSBL
000810c0h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 A7 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 ........§.......
000810d0h: 12 10 FF 00 30 3A 41 50 50 53 00 00 00 00 00 00 ..ÿ.0:APPS......
000810e0h: 00 00 00 00 AF 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 12 10 FF 00 ....¯... .....ÿ.
000810f0h: 30 3A 52 45 43 4F 56 45 52 59 00 00 00 00 00 00 0:RECOVERY......
00081100h: CF 00 00 00 20 00 00 00 12 10 FF 00 30 3A 50 41 Ï... .....ÿ.0:PA
00081110h: 52 41 4D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 EF 00 00 00 RAM.........ï...
00081120h: 03 00 00 00 12 10 FF 00 30 3A 46 4F 54 41 00 00 ......ÿ.0:FOTA..
00081130h: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 F2 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 ........ò.......
00081140h: 01 10 FF 00 30 3A 53 59 53 41 50 50 53 00 00 00 ..ÿ.0:SYSAPPS...
00081150h: 00 00 00 00 0A 01 00 00 65 03 00 00 01 11 FF 00 ........e.....ÿ.
00081160h: 30 3A 44 41 54 41 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0:DATA..........
00081170h: 6F 04 00 00 F1 02 00 00 01 11 FF 00 30 3A 43 41 o...ñ.....ÿ.0:CA
00081180h: 43 48 45 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 60 07 00 00 CHE.........`...
00081190h: 74 00 00 00 01 11 FF 00 FF FF FF FF FF FF FF FF t.....ÿ.ÿÿÿÿÿÿÿÿ
i.e.
Code:
[I]name[/I] [I]start[/I] [I]len[/I] [I]??[/I]
MIBIB 00000000 00000600 12 10
QCSBL 00000600 00000200 12 10
OEMSBL 00000800 00000300 12 10
AMSS 00000B00 00006400 12 10
EFS2 00006F00 00002400 01 11
NVBACKUP 00009300 00001400 01 11
APPSBL 0000A700 00000800 12 10
APPS 0000AF00 00002000 12 10
RECOVERY 0000CF00 00002000 12 10
PARAM 0000EF00 00000300 12 10
FOTA 0000F200 00001800 01 10
SYSAPPS 00010A00 00036500 01 11
DATA 00046F00 0002F100 01 11
CACHE 00076000 00007400 01 11
that is not only the list of the partition of BML0 in BML1..14, with the correspondant sizes, but also the name of each - they match with what i read in some posts !!
Here it is also some binary tags for ech BML; and adding a quick examiation of the head of each file, i get the following table of preliminary infos:
Code:
Disk MB KB bytes Name flags FSR_STL note Start Lenght
/dev/bml0: 525 513.024 525.336.576
/dev/bml1: 1 1.536 1.572.864 MIBIB 12 10 00000000 00000600
/dev/bml2: 0 512 524.288 QCSBL 12 10 00000600 00000200
/dev/bml3: 0 768 786.432 OEMSBL 12 10 00000800 00000300
/dev/bml4: 26 25.600 26.214.400 AMSS 12 10 ELF 00000B00 00006400
/dev/bml5: 9 9.216 9.437.184 EFS2 01 11 X dev/stl5 ! Attento! 00006F00 00002400
/dev/bml6: 5 5.120 5.242.880 NVBACKUP 01 11 X dev/stl6 (empty) 00009300 00001400
/dev/bml7: 2 2.048 2.097.152 APPSBL 12 10 arm11boot ? 0000A700 00000800
/dev/bml8: 8 8.192 8.388.608 APPS 12 10 ANDROID! - boot image 0000AF00 00002000
/dev/bml9: 8 8.192 8.388.608 RECOVERY 12 10 ANDROID! - recovery image 0000CF00 00002000
/dev/bml10: 1 768 786.432 PARAM 12 10 0000EF00 00000300
/dev/bml11: 6 6.144 6.291.456 FOTA 01 10 empty 0000F200 00001800
/dev/bml12: 217 222.464 227.803.136 SYSAPPS 01 11 X /dev/stl12 - /system (rfs) 00010A00 00036500
/dev/bml13: 197 192.768 197.394.432 DATA 01 11 X /dev/stl13 - /data (rfs) 00046F00 0002F100
/dev/bml14: 30 29.696 30.408.704 CACHE 01 11 X /dev/stl14 - /cache (rfs) 00076000 00007400
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First, i work on the BML12, that is the file related to /system folder.
I read a lot of stuff about Samsung BML, STL, RFS, and so on...
My understanding is that BML is the layer of block level devices,
and STL is the 'file system like' layer on it. I read also that STL are FAT compatible, and that images can be opened with MagicISO.
So i found in BML12.img file the signature MSWIN4.1, cut the previus part (two byte more) and i get a fat-12 image.
MagicISO was able to extract this files.
I compare the extracted /system folder wit the backup i done directly from the phone ... SURPRISE... the files i removed from ROM are there again !! why this ??
On the other side i wander where the others files in original filesystem are...
Same tecnich on BML13 & BML14 for /data and /cach partition does'n work at all -- why ?
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stepph
wat ur doing here is great.
but didn u notice a few other mini threads here already..a few roms n cm7?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167750
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176927
there are other threads too
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stepph said:
1.a) why some apk copied in /system/app/ does not work ? they do not appere in the apps list ...
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I dont think u can install any app as a system, think u can only replace an already existing system app with another of ur wish by renaming the app correctly and replacing it in /system/app
1.b) why some apk removed from /system/app/ cannot be installed after the delete ?
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u cannot install app as a system app. as said abv u can only replace them.
3) why bloatware removed from /system are present in the dumped BML12 ? where the 'they are removed' inormation are stored ?
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maybe u need to remove them frm the dalvik-cache too
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clearly I have not played with my phone enough to be answering such questions.

roofrider said:
stepph wat ur doing here is great.
but didn u notice a few other mini threads here already..a few roms n cm7?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1167750
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176927
there are other threads too
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Thank you for the links,
I notice that already...but none of them talk about HOW it was made...
... i don't want a " download and install " work, but explain to everybody what i do.
roofrider said:
I dont think u can install any app as a system, think u can only replace an already existing system app with another of ur wish by renaming the app correctly and replacing it in /system/app
u cannot install app as a system app. as said abv u can only replace them.
maybe u need to remove them frm the dalvik-cache too
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Ok, it was what i think about 1st & 2nd point...I'll look for technical infos about those 'system' apps.
About the 3rd, you may be right if it was about a running device; but i worked on dumped images, so VM cache should not be involved... i'll investigate.

About Boot.img and Recovery.img
I tested this method on my duped BML files, and on some downloaded ROM.
in bootimg.h - from Android SDK (so i suppose, but i found in this forum)
Code:
#define BOOT_MAGIC "ANDROID!"
#define BOOT_MAGIC_SIZE 8
#define BOOT_NAME_SIZE 16
#define BOOT_ARGS_SIZE 512
struct boot_img_hdr
{
unsigned char magic[BOOT_MAGIC_SIZE];
unsigned kernel_size; /* size in bytes */
unsigned kernel_addr; /* physical load addr */
unsigned ramdisk_size; /* size in bytes */
unsigned ramdisk_addr; /* physical load addr */
unsigned second_size; /* size in bytes */
unsigned second_addr; /* physical load addr */
unsigned tags_addr; /* physical addr for kernel tags */
unsigned page_size; /* flash page size we assume */
unsigned unused[2]; /* future expansion: should be 0 */
unsigned char name[BOOT_NAME_SIZE]; /* asciiz product name */
unsigned char cmdline[BOOT_ARGS_SIZE];
unsigned id[8]; /* timestamp / checksum / sha1 / etc */
};
/*
** +-----------------+
** | boot header | 1 page
** +-----------------+
** | kernel | n pages
** +-----------------+
** | ramdisk | m pages
** +-----------------+
** | second stage | o pages
** +-----------------+
**
** n = (kernel_size + page_size - 1) / page_size
** m = (ramdisk_size + page_size - 1) / page_size
** o = (second_size + page_size - 1) / page_size
**
** 0. all entities are page_size aligned in flash
** 1. kernel and ramdisk are required (size != 0)
** 2. second is optional (second_size == 0 -> no second)
** 3. load each element (kernel, ramdisk, second) at
** the specified physical address (kernel_addr, etc)
** 4. prepare tags at tag_addr. kernel_args[] is
** appended to the kernel commandline in the tags.
** 5. r0 = 0, r1 = MACHINE_TYPE, r2 = tags_addr
** 6. if second_size != 0: jump to second_addr
** else: jump to kernel_addr
So i opened my file, and found
Code:
414E4452 4F494421 C8F42E00 00806013 0E143000 00006014 00000000 00005014 00016013 00100000 00000000 ...
that is
Code:
00000000 struct BOOT_IMG_HDR
00000000 magic[8] ANDROID!
00000008 DWORD kernel_size 3077320
0000000C DWORD kernel_addr 325091328
00000010 DWORD ramdisk_size 3150862
00000014 DWORD ramdisk_addr 341835776
00000018 DWORD second_size 0
0000001C DWORD second_addr 340787200
00000020 DWORD tags_addr 325058816
00000024 DWQRD page_size 4096
00000028 unused[2] 0
00000030 name[16] 0
00000040 cmdline[512] 0
00000240 id[8] xxxxxxx
so i calculate
Code:
n = (3077320 + 4096 - 1) / 4096 = 752
m = (3150862 + 4096 - 1) / 4096 = 770
o = (0 + 4096 - 1) / 4096 = 0
** +-----------------+
** | boot header | 1 page = 0 to 4095 (h00000FFF)
** +-----------------+
** | kernel | 752 pages = 4096 to 4096+752*4096 = 3084287 (h002F0FFF)
** +-----------------+
** | ramdisk | 770 pages = 3084288 to 3084288+770*4096 = 2378055679 (h8DBE3FFF)
** +-----------------+
so i spli the file in 3 parts : header, kernel, and ramdisk.
NOTE: at offset 18825 (h4989) i find 1F 8F that is the head of a gzipped file..
so i split kernel in kernel.head and kernel.gz => decompressed in kernel.tail.
This worked, sinc in decompressed part i found readable strings...
Ramdisk is ramdisk.cpio.gz, so i was able to decompress it and get the filesystems loaded on start.
There are many interesting files...
TASS.rle and TASS-HUI.rle (the original logo, and the logo for italy - HUI is my region)
init and init.rc - and some other script file, that i saw on root folder of my devices
some folders with bins, and so on...
When i use this method with dumped Recovery.img and downloaded ClockWorkMod_recovery.img, i get i working...
So i'll investigate about differences in ramdisk files of those...
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I'm neither an Android, nor a Linux expert but I'll try to answer your questions to the best of my knowledge:
1.a) why some apk copied in /system/app/ does not work ? they do not appere in the apps list ...
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Some system apks don't have a registered activity (meaning they don't have a UI), so they won't appear in your launcher, also (and take this with a grain of salt), I've personally found that some of the apks placed in /system/app/ need to be installed too.
1.b) why some apk removed from /system/app/ cannot be installed after the delete ?
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Dunno about this one, but I'd dare say that it has something to do with the extra files that are placed in other folders, What apps have you had this problem with?, maybe we can find out why they have that behavior
2) where in ROMS are stored the set up of the Launcher ? i.e. the widget and icons appearing after a wipe ?
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If they're not wiped they have to be either in the system partition or in the SD
3) why bloatware removed from /system are present in the dumped BML12 ? where the 'they are removed' inormation are stored ?
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Taken from the link you put on the BML mapping thread:
What you generally see is that BML partitions contain 'static' data (bootloaders, boot / recovery images) and STL partitions contain 'live' filesystem (on android: /system, /data, /cache, /efs, /dbdata). The idea is that things directly on an BML partition don't change very often and wear leveling isn't required. Read/write filesystems however, do benefit from wear leveling and are thus placed on an STL partition.
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4) how files inside BML13 for /data and BL14 for /cache can be extracted ?
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You'd have to find out the partition's filesystem, I believe it's a Samsung propietary FS so you're out of luck with that one
5) what are MIBIB, QCSBL, OEMSBL, AMSS, EFS2, NVBACKUP, APPSBL, PARAM, FOTA partitions ?
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Way above my paygrade!!
6) why the kernel has a gziped part in it ?
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See 5

Great !!
thank you Akath19 for your contribution....
I want to continue this discussion with details on some topics...if you or someone else is able to contribute.
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1.a) why some apk copied in /system/app/ does not work ? they do not appere in the apps list ...
A : Some system apks don't have a registered activity (meaning they don't have a UI), so they won't appear in your launcher, also (and take this with a grain of salt), I've personally found that some of the apks placed in /system/app/ need to be installed too.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
1.b) why some apk removed from /system/app/ cannot be installed after the delete ?
A: Dunno about this one, but I'd dare say that it has something to do with the extra files that are placed in other folders, What apps have you had this problem with?, maybe we can find out why they have that behavior
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In /system/apps i find some different kind of apps...
- those without icon, not appearing in the 'GUI' - (the app folder in launche) - i call them of 'system type' and i do not touch them.
- apps with icon, implementing important functions - gallery, phone, launcher, etc...
- Google Apps
- some other samsung/provider apps
- some 'generic' app - Analog clock, Dual clock, some widget... (i think they are inserted as demo of capabilities)
Many of those apps have related .odex file.
REMOVING Apps - and restore them
I removed the apps that i do not need - and backup the on my sdcard.
If i want to restore them, i can adb push them a their previus place, and this is the only method for odexed ones.
As alternative to reinstall i tried to do 'normal' install for the apps without .odex ... this also mean that they will be installed in /data/apps,
and they are moved from system STL12 to data STL13 - different partitions, with impact on free space)
This doesn't work for many of the apps - ??
ADDING Apps
I want to add some apps - in order to find them installed after a wipe.
This works with some apps, doesnot with others... some apps (TitaniumBackup) generate a force close on power on...
I suppose that apps in system/apps have to be differrent from those in /data/apps...
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2) where in ROMS are stored the set up of the Launcher ? i.e. the widget and icons appearing after a wipe ?
A: If they're not wiped they have to be either in the system partition or in the SD
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Click to collapse
They do are wiped... so the infos are written in /data/data/(somefolder)...
But the preloade info - those appearing after a wipe - where are they ?
I suppose that a wipe completely erase /data and not preload its contents...or a part of /data is restored after a wipe ? how ??
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3) why bloatware removed from /system are present in the dumped BML12 ? where the 'they are removed' inormation are stored ?
a: Taken from the link you put on the BML mapping thread:
What you generally see is that BML partitions contain 'static' data (bootloaders, boot / recovery images) and STL partitions contain 'live' filesystem (on android: /system, /data, /cache, /efs, /dbdata). The idea is that things directly on an BML partition don't change very often and wear leveling isn't required. Read/write filesystems however, do benefit from wear leveling and are thus placed on an STL partition.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This is the description of 'driver level' to access to the phisical chip...
STL are a layer up the BML, adding a wear leveling services, enabling secure r/w of bits...
I understand that in a BML dump is contained the STL dump.
This does'n explain why the apps i removed are still present in dump
(unless i make a mistake, and dumepd before removing ??)
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4) how files inside BML13 for /data and BL14 for /cache can be extracted ?
A: You'd have to find out the partition's filesystem, I believe it's a Samsung propietary FS so you're out of luck with that one
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Click to collapse
You are right... unless we find the source of RFS, in order to be compiled for linux, the only way i have to correctly mount, is on my device - that support RFS.
RFS is reported to be FAT compatible, in fact i was able to extract files form BML12 - aftre some editing - with MagicISO. I suppose that this SW read it as a FAT12 partition - or at least, I found a valid FAT12 heder.
This method does'not work with BML13 and BML14, thas seem to have many FAT12 section in it - but each unreadable.
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No worries man, I'm also really interested in learning and this is a much better way than just downloading and flashing files.
Anyways, on to the discussion:
stepph said:
REMOVING Apps - and restore them
I removed the apps that i do not need - and backup the on my sdcard.
If i want to restore them, i can adb push them a their previus place, and this is the only method for odexed ones.
As alternative to reinstall i tried to do 'normal' install for the apps without .odex ... this also mean that they will be installed in /data/apps,
and they are moved from system STL12 to data STL13 - different partitions, with impact on free space)
This doesn't work for many of the apps - ??
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Well if the apps are odexed, they won't work (not even if you install them), 'cause you'd need to deodex them first before trying to install them (learned this the hard way while theming my stock Phone.apk)
For the other apps I guess trying on a case by case basis would be the answer, give me a list of the apps that don't work I'll try to figure out why.
stepph said:
ADDING Apps
I want to add some apps - in order to find them installed after a wipe.
This works with some apps, doesnot with others... some apps (TitaniumBackup) generate a force close on power on...
I suppose that apps in system/apps have to be differrent from those in /data/apps...
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Click to collapse
Personally I don't use TB, I think manually saving apks and configs works better, also I've heard numerous horror stories regarding TB.
What I do in order to keep stuff after a wipe is, I make a small CWM flashable zip that has all the info that I want to keep, and I just flash it after wiping.
stepph said:
They do are wiped... so the infos are written in /data/data/(somefolder)...
But the preloade info - those appearing after a wipe - where are they ?
I suppose that a wipe completely erase /data and not preload its contents...or a part of /data is restored after a wipe ? how ??
stepph said:
I don't exactly know if this is true but I'd dare say some settings are saved inside the apk itself, so that the user has some "default" settings ready available
Also, no part of /data/ is restored after a wipe.
stepph said:
This is the description of 'driver level' to access to the phisical chip...
STL are a layer up the BML, adding a wear leveling services, enabling secure r/w of bits...
I understand that in a BML dump is contained the STL dump.
This does'n explain why the apps i removed are still present in dump
(unless i make a mistake, and dumepd before removing ??)
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Click to collapse
I guess this question would need someone extremely knowledgeable about the underlying subsystem (someone like Darky), but IMHO the phone must copy the STL contents into BML every certain amount of time or something like that.
stepph said:
You are right... unless we find the source of RFS, in order to be compiled for linux, the only way i have to correctly mount, is on my device - that support RFS.
RFS is reported to be FAT compatible, in fact i was able to extract files form BML12 - aftre some editing - with MagicISO. I suppose that this SW read it as a FAT12 partition - or at least, I found a valid FAT12 heder.
This method does'not work with BML13 and BML14, thas seem to have many FAT12 section in it - but each unreadable.
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If the partitions have a true RFS FS you could just mount them as a loopback device, that's what I did in order to check the contents of BML5, if there are mutliple partitions I guess you would need to find that start and end of each and split them in order to read them
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This is really what I expected from this 3d !!
Akath19 said:
For the other apps I guess trying on a case by case basis would be the answer, give me a list of the apps that don't work I'll try to figure out why.
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I'll post the list of the removed apps... but need to wait for it since i'm without phone and - don't ask too much to my memory - i have to re-check the ones loading.
Akath19 said:
What I do in order to keep stuff after a wipe is, I make a small CWM flashable zip that has all the info that I want to keep, and I just flash it after wiping.
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Good ... else - i do not want to use CWM - i was unable to prepare update.zip for original recovery. This could be another discussion...
Akath19 said:
I don't exactly know if this is true but I'd dare say some settings are saved inside the apk itself, so that the user has some "default" settings ready available
Also, no part of /data/ is restored after a wipe.
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this is also my guess.
-->> and now the important part... <<---
Akath19 said:
I guess this question would need someone extremely knowledgeable about the underlying subsystem (someone like Darky), but IMHO the phone must copy the STL contents into BML every certain amount of time or something like that.
If the partitions have a true RFS FS you could just mount them as a loopback device, that's what I did in order to check the contents of BML5, if there are mutliple partitions I guess you would need to find that start and end of each and split them in order to read them
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I tried mounting with loopback - my experiments are slowly migrating to linux - but it works only for STL12 /system. It doesn't work for others, nor splitted parts - they result in unreadbles files with unreadable filenames.
Does'n work even with bml5 ... but i probably have a corrupted dump, since after that - by reading STL5 - the phone is gone...
.

Have you gotten your phone back yet stepph, 'cause I'm eager to start tinkering with our phones but I can't do it alone!!

I got it yesterday... with a russian gingerbread FW (who knows where it was downloaded ), but without radio FW, and shutting down every minute...
... The guy of the service was not so able... and he doesn't work with 'official' FW... I have to take the phone back to him - for warranty at least.
I'm tempted to do it by myself - but if EFS is gone ?
Meanwhile, i'm working with androidx86 - a porting for PC - on a virtual machine... it seems great for testing some mods on /system - but kernel, executables, and libraries are recompiled...
And i'm tryng revskill - in order to understand AMSS - the free version seem good... but is limited...
If i get some new results, i'll post it...
(interested in matlab scripts for codig/decoding RLE logos ?)

Download the official Euro FW via checkfusdownloader and flash it through ODIN, those FWs come directly from Samsung servers so you shouldn't have a problem.
I checked out that port but I didn't quite like it (too slow for my taste).
What's revskill (forgive my ignorance)
Meanwhile I'm looking into porting voodoo kernel (from SGS) into our minis, mainly to get better audio support through voodoo sound.
(Ewww, I hate matlab!!)

Akath19 said:
Download the official Euro FW via checkfusdownloader and flash it through ODIN, those FWs come directly from Samsung servers so you shouldn't have a problem.
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just tried...ODIN reported success, but now the phone does'nt boot anymore...

[Tool][Test] Firmware Extractor

Hello
Not sure if this is the right place, but I don't think development is the right thread either as I simply need a one time tester and there is already a dev thread for the tool in Optimus Black Forums.
I have developed a tool that extracts LG's bin firmware. I extended it to extract tot files as well. As some of you might know the tot files splits some partitions up into multiple files. I already managed to extract the tot file into their various part, but I have only recently added the ability to merge the parts to it's partition
I don't have enough bandwidth to download one of your firmware files to test it so can someone please test the tool.
Heres the dev thread : link
Heres the git : link
You'll have to compile it with gcc/mingw. The tools name must be BinExtractor(.exe) or it won't remove the first argument (usually the tool path and then it will keep on showing the usage no matter what)
Run it with
Code:
BinExtractor -daph Path/To/Tot/File/firmware.tot
and see if it displays the header info. If that succeeds please test the extraction
Code:
BinExtractor -extract Path/To/Tot/File/firmware.tot
It should prompt you that it detected data blocks with identical names and ask you if you want to merge them. And you want to merge them . After it extracted the files can you please check that the various partitions that it extracted are correct.
To check the system partition mount or extract the system partition in Linux and in Windows use a tool like ext2read to check it.
If it fails with an error please post the results from -daph (and -extract if it happened there) and the first meg of the tot file you used.
If the partitions aren't extracted properly (or merged properly) and -daph succeeded please post just the output from -daph and in what way the output is faulty.
Thanks in advance.

Wow it moved out of page 1 already.
Bump.

It was ignored because the Nexus 4 doesn't use LG .bin files, it uses standard .img files.

Rusty! said:
It was ignored because the Nexus 4 doesn't use LG .bin files, it uses standard .img files.
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Thanks for responding, but according to this: [Stock] Stock ROMs Collection US/CA/EU/AU
These files are in TOT format
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And theres a DL link that I presume contains a tot file
LGE960AT-00-V10c-NXS-XX-OCT-25-2012-JVP15Q-USER+0
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Can you please explain since the info I have atm is a bit contradictory.

Thanks for this xonar. Much appreciated.
Would anyone be able to compile a Windows binary for me and upload it please? Thanks.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

efrant said:
Thanks for this xonar. Much appreciated.
Would anyone be able to compile a Windows binary for me and upload it please? Thanks.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
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I just compiled it with mingw, but it's not behaving as it's Linux counterpart.
If j is 1024 why isn't the output file 512kB ?!? (Tested with P970 bin)
Code:
for(j = 0; j < tmp.pent_arr[i].file_size; j++)
{
/*DO 512 BLOCK*/
fread(buff, sizeof(char), 512, f);
fwrite(buff, sizeof(char), 512, out);
}
fclose(out);
EDIT: Had a facepalm moment
Windows needs to specify reading and writing in binary. I'll give you exe in a moment.
EDIT2: I attached a zip with the exe inside.
To get it working in Windows I changed read access to binary everywhere theres a fopen and I initialized some thing to 0 as Windows unlike Linux doesn't start you of with a nice clean slate.
I'll push changes to git tomorrow morning to make it work on Windows aswel and from now on I'll actually test the windows exe on windows and not through wine.
Hope it works. I'm going to bed now.

xonar_ said:
I just compiled it with mingw, but it's not behaving as it's Linux counterpart.
If j is 1024 why isn't the output file 512kB ?!? (Tested with P970 bin)
Code:
for(j = 0; j < tmp.pent_arr[i].file_size; j++)
{
/*DO 512 BLOCK*/
fread(buff, sizeof(char), 512, f);
fwrite(buff, sizeof(char), 512, out);
}
fclose(out);
EDIT: Had a facepalm moment
Windows needs to specify reading and writing in binary. I'll give you exe in a moment.
EDIT2: I attached a zip with the exe inside.
To get it working in Windows I changed read access to binary everywhere theres a fopen and I initialized some thing to 0 as Windows unlike Linux doesn't start you of with a nice clean slate.
I'll push changes to git tomorrow morning to make it work on Windows aswel and from now on I'll actually test the windows exe on windows and not through wine.
Hope it works. I'm going to bed now.
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Thanks so much. I'll try to give it a shot tomorrow. If it doesn't work, I guess I could always use cygwin.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2

Doesn't seem to work on Bell Optimus G:
Code:
BinExtractor.exe -extract "LGE973AT-00-V10f-BELL-CA-OCT-24-2012+0.tot"
Reading AP Header...
Unknown Magic Number at 0x8 : AF 33 BF DE
Writing Files...
Finished
Running the info command:
GPT HEADER
----------
Signature 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54
Revision 65536
Header Size 92
CRC32 of Header B2 64 10 F5
Current Header LBA 1
Backup Header LBA 61071359
First Usable LBA 34
Last Usable LBA 61071326
Disk GUID 32 1B 10 98 E2 BB F2 4B A0 6E 2B B3 3D 00 0C 20
Start of Partition Entries 2
Number of Partition Entries 36
Size of Partition Entries 128
CRC32 of Partition Array 71 79 32 B7
PARTITION ENTRIES
-----------------
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID A2 A0 D0 EB E5 B9 33 44 87 C0 68 B6 B7 26 99 C7
Unique Partition GUID 7B 6F 3E CF 28 B7 86 F3 6A AE 46 69 B1 BC 9A 08
First LBA 16384
Last LBA 147455
Attributes 8
Partition Name modem
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID 2C BA A0 DE DD CB 05 48 B4 F9 F4 28 25 1C 3E 98
Unique Partition GUID BC D0 5B BC 05 A5 44 30 8E 88 59 5C 87 19 A1 08
First LBA 147456
Last LBA 148479
Attributes 0
Partition Name sbl1
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
....

zivan56 said:
Doesn't seem to work on Bell Optimus G:
Code:
Unknown Magic Number at 0x8 : AF 33 BF DE
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The tool doesn't support Bell OG yet. I made a guess at what the format could be but I can't say for certain that it will work. I'll push changes in a moment.
Someone tested it on another OG firmware, but it fails to mount the image with:
Code:
mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0,
missing codepage or helper program, or other error
In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
dmesg | tail or so
Code:
EXT4-fs (loop0): bad geometry: block count 389120 exceeds size of device (360576 blocks)
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Can anyone give me the output from -dgpt with at&t OG or sprint OG?
or the first meg of the tot file of Nexus 4 or Bell OG along with -dgpt output?
EDIT: If possible use pastebin to display dgpt output as it might be fairly long.

I known what the problem is. Great thanks to SnowLeopardJB for testing and correspondence
The file that was being created doesn't have 'space' up until the end of the partitions. (It was left out since thats where it stops in the file) but on the actual disk still has 'space' after the last bit of data.
So it can be fixed with
Code:
#VAL is the value that is supposedly outside the device from the err msg
VAL=389120
#This will say already that size, but the file itself will change size
resize2fs system.img $VAL
#Not sure if this last step is then necessary
fsck.ext4 -f system.img
#Now you can mount is as any other partition :laugh:
I'll make the program add the 'space' and see if it produces a immediately mountable file.
I also totally changed the way it handles 44 DD 55 AA files for future flexibility and it's a step closer to being able to make it use predefined files as formats.

The latest version in git seems to extract the Bell Optimus G firmware properly now. I tried mounting the resulting radio image section and it worked fine, so I assume it knows the proper partition boundaries now.
Btw, I would recommend posting some instructions how to compile it. Not everyone is savvy enough to know how to use gcc.
Likewise, your program is hardcoded to look for its name when looking for parameters. Since there was no makefile it defaulted to a.out, which, the way it is coded, would never accept any parameters unless renamed to LGBinExtractor.

zivan56 said:
The latest version in git seems to extract the Bell Optimus G firmware properly now. I tried mounting the resulting radio image section and it worked fine, so I assume it knows the proper partition boundaries now.
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Only merged partitions was affected by 'space' bug, plain extraction should have been correct for Bell OB after bb697c27e5. I haven't commited 'space' fix yet.
In retrospect using fseek to create 'space' between image parts might not have been such a good idea either and might also be causing problems.
zivan56 said:
Btw, I would recommend posting some instructions how to compile it. Not everyone is savvy enough to know how to use gcc.
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Adding a makefile is on my todo list.
zivan56 said:
Likewise, your program is hardcoded to look for its name when looking for parameters. Since there was no makefile it defaulted to a.out, which, the way it is coded, would never accept any parameters unless renamed to LGBinExtractor.
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Yea, not one of my better choices. I changed it to remove the first arg if it doesn't start with '-'.

Okay Merging partitions should work now. I'm waiting for confirmation then I'll ask mod to close the thread.

xonar_ said:
Okay Merging partitions should work now. I'm waiting for confirmation then I'll ask mod to close the thread.
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Hello i'm try test with LG Optimus tag working:laugh:
Code:
AP HEADER
----------
Magic Number 44 DD 55 AA
Number of Partitions 32
PARTITION ENTRIES
-----------------
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name MODEM
Data Block ID 1
Size on File 47104
File Offset 0
Size on Disk 65537
Disk Offset 0
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name SBL1
Data Block ID 2
Size on File 1024
File Offset 47104
Size on Disk 2048
Disk Offset 65537
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name SBL2
Data Block ID 3
Size on File 1024
File Offset 48128
Size on Disk 2048
Disk Offset 67585
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name EXT
Data Block ID 4
Size on File 1024
File Offset 49152
Size on Disk 12287
Disk Offset 69633
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name RPM
Data Block ID 5
Size on File 1024
File Offset 50176
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 81920
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name SBL3
Data Block ID 6
Size on File 2048
File Offset 51200
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 98304
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name ABOOT
Data Block ID 7
Size on File 2048
File Offset 53248
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 114688
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name BOOT
Data Block ID 8
Size on File 15360
File Offset 55296
Size on Disk 32768
Disk Offset 131072
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name TZ
Data Block ID 9
Size on File 1024
File Offset 70656
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 163840
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name MODEM_ST1
Data Block ID 10
Size on File 0
File Offset 71680
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 180224
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name MODEM_ST2
Data Block ID 11
Size on File 0
File Offset 71680
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 196608
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name PERSIST
Data Block ID 12
Size on File 16384
File Offset 71680
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 212992
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name RECOVERY
Data Block ID 13
Size on File 17408
File Offset 88064
Size on Disk 32768
Disk Offset 229376
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name MDM
Data Block ID 14
Size on File 57344
File Offset 105472
Size on Disk 65536
Disk Offset 262144
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name M9K_EFS1
Data Block ID 15
Size on File 0
File Offset 162816
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 327680
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name M9K_EFS2
Data Block ID 16
Size on File 0
File Offset 162816
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 344064
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name M9K_EFS3
Data Block ID 17
Size on File 0
File Offset 162816
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 360448
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name FSG
Data Block ID 18
Size on File 0
File Offset 162816
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 376832
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name SSD
Data Block ID 19
Size on File 0
File Offset 162816
Size on Disk 32768
Disk Offset 393216
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name BSP
Data Block ID 20
Size on File 0
File Offset 162816
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 425984
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name BLB
Data Block ID 21
Size on File 0
File Offset 162816
Size on Disk 32768
Disk Offset 442368
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name TOMBSTONES
Data Block ID 22
Size on File 1024
File Offset 162816
Size on Disk 147456
Disk Offset 475136
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name DRM
Data Block ID 23
Size on File 0
File Offset 163840
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 622592
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name FOTA
Data Block ID 24
Size on File 0
File Offset 163840
Size on Disk 49152
Disk Offset 638976
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name MISC
Data Block ID 25
Size on File 0
File Offset 163840
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 688128
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name TZ_BKP
Data Block ID 26
Size on File 0
File Offset 163840
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 704512
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name SYSTEM
Data Block ID 27
Size on File 1720320
File Offset 163840
Size on Disk 1720320
Disk Offset 720896
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name CACHE
Data Block ID 28
Size on File 0
File Offset 1884160
Size on Disk 655360
Disk Offset 2441216
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name WALLPAPER
Data Block ID 29
Size on File 0
File Offset 1884160
Size on Disk 16384
Disk Offset 3096576
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name USERDATA
Data Block ID 30
Size on File 0
File Offset 1884160
Size on Disk 4587520
Disk Offset 3112960
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name MPT
Data Block ID 31
Size on File 0
File Offset 1884160
Size on Disk 32768
Disk Offset 7700480
PARTITION ENTRY
------------
Data Block Name GROW
Data Block ID 32
Size on File 20480
File Offset 1884160
Size on Disk 21000000
Disk Offset 7733248
Code:
Reading AP Header...
Writing Files...
Writing File : 1-MODEM.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 2-SBL1.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 3-SBL2.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 4-EXT.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 5-RPM.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 6-SBL3.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 7-ABOOT.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 8-BOOT.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 9-TZ.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 10-MODEM_ST1.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 11-MODEM_ST2.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 12-PERSIST.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 13-RECOVERY.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 14-MDM.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 15-M9K_EFS1.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 16-M9K_EFS2.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 17-M9K_EFS3.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 18-FSG.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 19-SSD.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 20-BSP.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 21-BLB.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 22-TOMBSTONES.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 23-DRM.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 24-FOTA.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 25-MISC.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 26-TZ_BKP.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 27-SYSTEM.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 28-CACHE.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 29-WALLPAPER.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 30-USERDATA.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 31-MPT.img -- DONE --
Writing File : 32-GROW.img -- DONE --
Finished
PS : @xonar_ If you need any flash file LG pm me i have all files LG
---------- Post added at 01:25 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:25 AM ----------
LG Optimus LTE2 F160 working
Code:
GPT HEADER
----------
Signature 45 46 49 20 50 41 52 54
Revision 65536
Header Size 92
CRC32 of Header 93 23 A2 52
Current Header LBA 1
Backup Header LBA 30535679
First Usable LBA 34
Last Usable LBA 30535646
Disk GUID 32 1B 10 98 E2 BB F2 4B A0 6E 2B B3 3D 00 0C 20
Start of Partition Entries 2
Number of Partition Entries 32
Size of Partition Entries 128
CRC32 of Partition Array 2A A9 B7 BD
PARTITION ENTRIES
-----------------
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID A2 A0 D0 EB E5 B9 33 44 87 C0 68 B6 B7 26 99 C7
Unique Partition GUID 72 05 1F 0E 0C 89 89 B5 F4 D4 0E 5D 04 65 52 1E
First LBA 16384
Last LBA 147455
Attributes 8
Partition Name modem
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID 2C BA A0 DE DD CB 05 48 B4 F9 F4 28 25 1C 3E 98
Unique Partition GUID 9A 00 DF 9C DE F9 95 65 62 3C 0F 15 D6 1A 75 6B
First LBA 147456
Last LBA 148479
Attributes 0
Partition Name sbl1
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID AD 52 6B 8C 9E 8A 98 43 AD 09 AE 91 6E 53 AE 2D
Unique Partition GUID F1 EC 20 B2 C4 FA 8B FC 06 D2 4F 33 72 B6 0F D2
First LBA 148480
Last LBA 149503
Attributes 0
Partition Name sbl2
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID DF 44 E0 05 F1 92 25 43 B6 9E 37 4A 82 E9 7D 6E
Unique Partition GUID A8 87 F8 53 B8 47 22 FA A9 2B 91 26 94 F6 19 2B
First LBA 149504
Last LBA 151551
Attributes 0
Partition Name sbl3
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID CD FD 0F 40 E0 22 E7 47 9A 23 F1 6E D9 38 23 88
Unique Partition GUID 2A D1 EA 8A 29 76 F5 14 50 CD FA D5 2D 9F 41 26
First LBA 151552
Last LBA 152575
Attributes 0
Partition Name aboot
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID 93 F7 8D 09 12 D7 3D 41 9D 4E 89 D7 11 77 22 28
Unique Partition GUID F7 5A 4B 53 B7 53 FB FF 4C F1 26 3A AD 9D C9 12
First LBA 152576
Last LBA 153599
Attributes 0
Partition Name rpm
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID 86 7F 11 20 85 E9 57 43 B9 EE 37 4B C1 D8 48 7D
Unique Partition GUID 7A C9 D2 E5 B5 2A 04 6C BE 24 C7 AE 35 55 01 B2
First LBA 163840
Last LBA 188415
Attributes 8
Partition Name boot
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID 7F AA 53 A0 B8 40 1C 4B BA 08 2F 68 AC 71 A4 F4
Unique Partition GUID F9 09 61 B9 4F 99 AF 89 FF C3 F3 16 99 B0 E3 A9
First LBA 196608
Last LBA 197631
Attributes 0
Partition Name tz
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID 38 68 4A 00 2A 06 DF 44 81 52 4F 34 0C 05 22 5D
Unique Partition GUID BC 83 9C AC D5 BF F4 36 1C 0F D4 63 6F AD 23 07
First LBA 197632
Last LBA 197633
Attributes 0
Partition Name pad
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID 3E 37 13 20 C4 1A 31 41 B0 F8 91 58 F9 65 4F 4F
Unique Partition GUID 46 F4 88 C2 2C 7A 4A AD 17 28 DD 70 10 8B BD AD
First LBA 197634
Last LBA 203777
Attributes 0
Partition Name modemst1
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID 3E 37 13 20 C4 1A 31 41 B0 F8 91 58 F9 65 4F 4F
Unique Partition GUID 0A E8 2B 7F B8 CF 52 3E C2 7E 52 26 3E 03 B5 35
First LBA 203778
Last LBA 209921
Attributes 0
Partition Name modemst2
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID AF 3D C6 0F 83 84 72 47 8E 79 3D 69 D8 47 7D E4
Unique Partition GUID 85 78 29 24 17 62 3D 36 A4 4B E9 47 10 87 AD 67
First LBA 212992
Last LBA 229375
Attributes 8
Partition Name sns
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID 54 05 D3 6C 5D 5F EF 40 82 FE 10 92 35 9F 92 EE
Unique Partition GUID DC BF D4 C1 2E 63 5D 16 3F 45 88 4F 2A 36 86 3C
First LBA 229376
Last LBA 262143
Attributes 0
Partition Name misc
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID AF 3D C6 0F 83 84 72 47 8E 79 3D 69 D8 47 7D E4
Unique Partition GUID 8E C6 02 A3 3F DC 79 98 12 7F 02 BE 38 F7 D4 6B
First LBA 262144
Last LBA 2359295
Attributes 8
Partition Name system
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID AF 3D C6 0F 83 84 72 47 8E 79 3D 69 D8 47 7D E4
Unique Partition GUID E2 F2 D0 8D 3E D2 D0 90 E9 45 09 EA 7E 8F 2C 97
First LBA 2359296
Last LBA 29589503
Attributes 8
Partition Name userdata
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID AF 3D C6 0F 83 84 72 47 8E 79 3D 69 D8 47 7D E4
Unique Partition GUID F7 2D 03 28 16 E8 78 07 D0 84 1B 08 6F 5B 6D 39
First LBA 29589504
Last LBA 29605887
Attributes 8
Partition Name persist
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID AF 3D C6 0F 83 84 72 47 8E 79 3D 69 D8 47 7D E4
Unique Partition GUID 21 6C AF DC 30 3D D9 D9 3F AE 56 42 4C 0F 66 AC
First LBA 29605888
Last LBA 30146559
Attributes 8
Partition Name cache
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID AF 3D C6 0F 83 84 72 47 8E 79 3D 69 D8 47 7D E4
Unique Partition GUID 26 4F D8 D1 AC 24 CC CA EA 7F E1 F0 E5 6C FD 61
First LBA 30146560
Last LBA 30294015
Attributes 0
Partition Name tombstones
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID 86 7F 11 20 85 E9 57 43 B9 EE 37 4B C1 D8 48 7D
Unique Partition GUID BB 74 76 DD 1D 6B 07 56 23 FB 94 96 7A 52 0A DC
First LBA 30294016
Last LBA 30318591
Attributes 8
Partition Name recovery
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID 3E 37 13 20 C4 1A 31 41 B0 F8 91 58 F9 65 4F 4F
Unique Partition GUID 7C 48 3D 02 F0 90 E3 39 F7 14 BA D1 D9 BD 76 C8
First LBA 30318592
Last LBA 30324735
Attributes 8
Partition Name fsg
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID 42 E7 86 2C 5E 74 DD 4F BF D8 B6 A7 AC 63 87 72
Unique Partition GUID 9B 2F 13 2B 51 11 1E C2 30 66 A0 E7 08 BC BF DF
First LBA 30324736
Last LBA 30324751
Attributes 8
Partition Name ssd
PARTITION ENTRY
---------------
Partition Type GUID AF 3D C6 0F 83 84 72 47 8E 79 3D 69 D8 47 7D E4
Unique Partition GUID 75 44 C3 7D E2 05 C3 88 22 1B 8A 2D D1 D9 E4 FA
First LBA 30326784
Last LBA 30343167
Attributes 0
Partition Name drm
PARTITION ENTRY
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Partition Type GUID AC 9C 14 00 9B ED 01 48 9A E9 6D F9 60 3A 18 27
Unique Partition GUID 55 D9 D2 33 14 1A 58 56 F8 47 15 23 E1 B9 A4 07
First LBA 30343168
Last LBA 30408703
Attributes 0
Partition Name fota
PARTITION ENTRY
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Partition Type GUID AF 3D C6 0F 83 84 72 47 8E 79 3D 69 D8 47 7D E4
Unique Partition GUID 38 9D 3B B9 01 35 EA F7 BA 61 44 35 4F AE 2C 73
First LBA 30408704
Last LBA 30474239
Attributes 0
Partition Name mpt
PARTITION ENTRY
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Partition Type GUID BB 51 9C 73 F9 7A 0A 45 88 49 FF 4F 3D 94 CC AF
Unique Partition GUID EB 58 E9 92 44 82 6E A3 9C 07 F8 60 1D 46 AB 8E
First LBA 30474240
Last LBA 30475263
Attributes 0
Partition Name tzbak
PARTITION ENTRY
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Partition Type GUID 11 84 CC 6A A5 68 18 41 BA B0 07 FA 12 72 B4 9B
Unique Partition GUID 8C 02 6E 7C 87 46 63 0D 71 93 68 7C 2A 4A D8 73
First LBA 30475264
Last LBA 30476287
Attributes 0
Partition Name rpmbak
PARTITION ENTRY
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Partition Type GUID 95 F5 3E 32 7A AF FA 4A 80 60 97 BE 72 84 1B B9
Unique Partition GUID 47 79 8A 0B 52 C4 79 9B 2A 90 81 4E FC A8 E0 77
First LBA 30476288
Last LBA 30477311
Attributes 0
Partition Name encrypt
PARTITION ENTRY
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Partition Type GUID 73 75 D2 A7 3C A5 E7 4C 87 BC 4D 35 12 FF C8 64
Unique Partition GUID 96 9C 90 E9 54 25 10 09 5A B6 CB 7E D3 1E 79 1D
First LBA 30490624
Last LBA 30523391
Attributes 8
Partition Name reserved
PARTITION ENTRY
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Partition Type GUID AF 3D C6 0F 83 84 72 47 8E 79 3D 69 D8 47 7D E4
Unique Partition GUID 88 8D 1A E1 EF BF 80 A7 58 89 13 B3 AF AD 5E A3
First LBA 30523392
Last LBA 30535646
Attributes 0
Partition Name grow
Q:\LG\LG-F160L>

Not work on my G
it forceclose when i try to use -daph

KhmerHacker said:
it forceclose when i try to use -daph
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What firmware did you try it on?

Succes with your tools
Thanks xonar. with your tools, I successed with Optimus Vu F100L rom: F100L29j_00.kdz. But the tools ext2read you metioned cannot see the ext4 26-SYSTEM.img, but I mount in linux and get the right result as below
mkdir
mount -t ext4 -o loop 26-SYSTEM.img /tmp
thanks very, a question:
after I make change to the img file, how can I repacked the img to tot file? need a change the wdb dll wdh file also?
anyone can give help is wellcome.

flyhigher76 said:
Thanks xonar. with your tools, I successed with Optimus Vu F100L rom: F100L29j_00.kdz. But the tools ext2read you metioned cannot see the ext4 26-SYSTEM.img, but I mount in linux and get the right result as below
mkdir
mount -t ext4 -o loop 26-SYSTEM.img /tmp
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Not sure why ext2read don't work
,but if it works in Linux it should be correct.
flyhigher76 said:
thanks very, a question:
after I make change to the img file, how can I repacked the img to tot file? need a change the wdb dll wdh file also?
anyone can give help is wellcome.
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It's possible to recreate the tot file from the extracted partitions,but a mistake can make your phone Hard Bricked. I wouldn't recommend doing that.

change Optimus Vu Languge
xonar_ said:
Not sure why ext2read don't work
,but if it works in Linux it should be correct.
It's possible to recreate the tot file from the extracted partitions,but a mistake can make your phone Hard Bricked. I wouldn't recommend doing that.
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I like the Optimus Vu very much, fot it's unique size and it's first-class panel display attract me. But unfortunately, it is not in Chinese, also when I make a call I must choose to call local or call Korea. I'm tired of this, so I want to have a custom system for my own. The difficult is that I cannot get control the /system for root fails many times, so I cannot change any apk and jar in /system. I hope I can modify the rom as I have do with galaxy note, and forturely find this thread.
I know tot format file since I own this optimus Vu, so I have no idea about this format. Can you give me some information about this format, like some website?
vmt.

flyhigher76 said:
I know tot format file since I own this optimus Vu, so I have no idea about this format. Can you give me some information about this format, like some website?
vmt.
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Theres the source code of my tool.

[Q] How to unbrick? (Stuck at S/W update mode)

A little while ago, I had problems with my phone not reading the SIM. When I tried to flash the stock firmware, the application crashed, resulting in a (hopefully) softbricked phone. I tried these methods trying to get it back to life:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1843830 (post 4)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2069723
And I also tried the LG R&D test tool to fash the kdz (I can't find the corresponding thread right now).
I've tried all of these methods on Win7 x64, Vista x64 and XP 32bit. The all did the same thing: they got stuck at wParam=2010 Iparam=210, so I think the phone is the problem and not the computers.
I was running CM11 with an unlocked bootloader. I can turn the phone on (and not off) but I can't get it out of the update mode. I can still update the phone until wParam=2010 Iparam=210, when it gets stuck. (I also tried waiting about an hour, nothing happened). As far as I know the phone is not a developer edition.
My question is, what do I try next?

Beunhof said:
I was running CM11 with an unlocked bootloader. I can turn the phone on (and not off) but I can't get it out of the update mode. I can still update the phone until wParam=2010 Iparam=210, when it gets stuck. (I also tried waiting about an hour, nothing happened). As far as I know the phone is not a developer edition.
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Hello, and good day,
I have the same problem as you,
I also tried several guides ranging from installing KDZ files, through adb consoles and with a program (unfortunately I've forgotten the name) that caused the LG software to detect the KDZ files as an update for the phone, like it was from their servers, so it was 'intalled in an original way'.
But whatever, none of them worked.
Also, very important, mine gets also stuck on wParam=2010 Iparam=210,
I took the phone to a service store, where they repair cellphones through "boxes", but without success, they just mentioned that it would get stuck everytime at 15-25% of the installation process.
My Optimus 4X HD status is: can only access the S/W Update screen, or, if I turn the phone On it just shows and gets stuck on the LG logo.
It has no OS or recovery...
:crying:
Edit: I forgot to mention, I tried on Win 7 x64, x32 and on Win XP sp3 x32. So obviously the problem is on the phone.

Sounds like we have the same problem, except my phone doesn't show the boot logo at all, it instantly jumps to S/W mode when I turn it on.
After some searching, I found 3 methods I haven't tried yet:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475045
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085344
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797190
When I get back from work I'll give these a try, I will report back with results.
Does anyone have more suggestions or ideas? Should I contact LG for a fix?

Beunhof said:
After some searching, I found 3 methods I haven't tried yet:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2475045
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085344
[*]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797190
Does anyone have more suggestions or ideas? Should I contact LG for a fix?
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Hello again, I checked the three methods listed above,
i didn't like the first two really, but the third one got me so I'm doing it.
This is what I did and the result (on Win XP sp3 x32)
- Downloaded a fresh P880 V20A_00.kdz
- Downloaded and Installed fresh LGUnitedMobileDriver_S50MAN311AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.11.3.exe
- During the drivers Installation, XP asked me to download and install this WMFDist11-WindowsXP-X86-ENU.exe (as suposedly I needed an mtp 11 runtime whatever). All good.
- Downloaded the LG Flash Tool 2014 from the guide, and moved the .kdz into that folder.
- Opened the program following the instructions on the post and started flashing my Optimus 4X with that Tool using CSE Flash.
- The second window named LG Mobile Support Tool that poped up started the process and had 4 modules
On the third module, the program started the Installation of the firmware on my device, on the S/W Update screen, after a while it reached 10%
Well.... it's been on 10% of the Installation progress for 43 minutes now (even while writing this response...).
The phone is perfectly recognized by the PC, I just dont get why it won't progress!....
Thanks tho, that LG Tool 2014 seemed really helpful. But still bricked.

Status:
After several investigation, I've also tried the following:
- Using P880_HK_V20B_00.kdz version, didn't work.
- Flashing thru kdz-update UpTestEX_mod2_marwin.exe, didn't work.
- Once LGMobile Support Tool is open, on the Tab "Additional Characteristics" I clicked on Recovery from Update Error.
The Tool asked for the Model & Serial Number of my device, which I entered and after the program tried to connect to the phone, said that it couldn't connect to the device.
I'm now totally sure that the problem is somewhere between the communication of the Computer and the P880, because:
Either KDZ-Update or LG Mobile Support Tool always gets stuck at what seems the 10% of the process.
Any method of flashing the device gets stuck and asks to remove battery and disconnect the usb, then replace and reconnect (an attempt to re-enable connection IMO)
Changing USB port on the PC always 'reinstall' the drivers, but with no avail.
Another thing I forgot to mention before, even tho every guide on XDA says that on the flashing process we should first "Install the drivers of the LG P880 from the list on the LG Mobile Support Tool", my tool (any version downloaded) never displayed LG P880 on the list, I've always had to use the UnitedDrivers package instead.
Any thoughts?

alessocf said:
Well.... it's been on 10% of the Installation progress for 43 minutes now (even while writing this response...).
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I got to 10% in 52 seconds and then I got a disconnect error. I gave it a try with windows enabled just to make sure but the same thing happened. Seems like a nice and fast tool, too bad it couldn't do the trick.
This attempt also failed, but I might have some usefull information now:
Code:
[22:56:11.593]Selected 7 Binary : c:\users\beunhof\desktop\fix\lgp880at-00-v20b-eur-xxx-jul-17-2013+0.dz
[22:56:11.594]DoDownload : Retry(1)
[22:56:11.595]###### Port Opend(41) ######
[22:56:11.595]Opened COM41
[22:56:11.595]=====================================================
[22:56:11.596]= DLL Info : Dec 12 2012 11:01:58
[22:56:11.596]=====================================================
[22:56:11.602] MODEL:P880
[22:56:11.605] IMEI:000000000031
[22:56:11.611] PID:0000000003001721
[22:56:11.614] SWV:LGP880AT-00-V20b-EUR-XXX-JUL-17-2013+0
[22:56:11.617][VerReq]
[22:56:11.618]Model Name : Target(P880)
[22:56:11.618][FeatureQuery]
[22:56:11.633]This firmware supports the following features:
[22:56:11.633] - Protocol Version : 3
[22:56:11.633] - CP Download : TRUE
[22:56:11.633] - AP Download : TRUE
[22:56:11.633] - ROM Download : TRUE
[22:56:11.633] - MaxPacketLength : 0x40000
[22:56:11.633] - Battery Level : 37%
[22:56:11.633] - OperatingMode : 4
[22:56:11.633] - AutoUpdateBuffer : 1
[22:56:11.633] - ThreadOn : 1
[22:56:11.633] - Flashless : 0
[22:56:11.633] - UpdateBct : 0
[22:56:11.636] Dz Information
[22:56:11.636] - Model Name : Binary(P880)
[22:56:11.636] - SWV : LGP880AT-00-V20b-262-000-JUL-17-2013+0
[22:56:11.636] - BuildTime : 2013-07-18 01:35:51
[22:56:11.636] - SecureType : 1
[22:56:11.636] - TotalFiles : 10
[22:56:11.636] Loading FLS
[22:56:11.729]IntelFlash::GetDownloadSize
[22:56:11.729] - PSI : 35316
[22:56:11.729] - EBL : 157172
[22:56:11.729] - Hardware : 172
[22:56:11.729] - Security : 2048
[22:56:11.729] - DownloadData : 20572
[22:56:11.729] - Security : 2048
[22:56:11.729] - DownloadData : 167768
[22:56:11.729] - Security : 2048
[22:56:11.729] - DownloadData : 697892
[22:56:11.729] - Security : 2048
[22:56:11.729] - DownloadData : 356380
[22:56:11.729] - Security : 2048
[22:56:11.729] - DownloadData : 7864428
[22:56:11.729] Loading CFG
[22:56:11.733]NvidiaFlash::GetDownloadSize
[22:56:11.733] - BCT : 6128
[22:56:11.733] - EBT : 1132440
[22:56:11.733] - EKS : 684
[22:56:11.733] - SOS : 8228864
[22:56:11.733] - LNX : 7120896
[22:56:11.733] - APP : 925208920
[22:56:11.733]TotalSize : 83624509
[22:56:11.733]CP Download Starting : 0
[22:56:11.733]CP Binary has been loaded(9349476)
[22:56:11.733][Intel] MemoryMap
[22:56:11.733] FlashStartAddr : 0x40000000
[22:56:11.733] CUST : StartAddress(0x63000000), Length(0x00500000) : LINUX
[22:56:11.734] CUST : StartAddress(0x38000000), Length(0x08400000) : CLONE
[22:56:11.734] CUST : StartAddress(0x30000000), Length(0x08400100) : PREFLASH
[22:56:11.734] CUST : StartAddress(0x20000000), Length(0x00500000) : USBRO_ISO
[22:56:11.734] CUST : StartAddress(0x90000000), Length(0x001FE000) : CUSTDATA
[22:56:11.734][CMD_Intel_DownloadMode]
[22:56:12.294] - Device synchronized
[22:56:12.294][Injecting PSI RAM] : 35316
[22:56:12.294] - Sending PSI RAM
[22:56:15.354] - Receiving CRC
[22:56:15.367] - Received CRC OK : 01
[22:56:15.367] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:15.379] - Received ACK : 01 00 AA
[22:56:15.379] - PSI RAM Running
[22:56:15.379][Injecting EBL] : 157172
[22:56:15.379] - Sending EBL Length
[22:56:15.389] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:15.401] - Received ACK : 0xCCCC
[22:56:15.401] - Sending EBL : 157172
[22:56:29.112] - Sending CRC : FA
[22:56:29.121] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:29.169] - Received OK : 51 A5
[22:56:29.169] - Receiving Capabilities : 76
[22:56:29.184] - Boot-loader is active
[22:56:29.184] - EBL version: XMM6260_20.21_M1S1
[22:56:29.184] - Boot mode is: 00BB
[22:56:29.184] - EBL Running
[22:56:29.184][ReqSetProtConf]
[22:56:29.184] == prot_capabilities_t ==
[22:56:29.184] - protocol_version : 11
[22:56:29.184] - package_size : 2 -> 8
[22:56:29.184] - crc_type : 1
[22:56:29.184] - skip_writeblock_tx : 0
[22:56:29.184] - compression : 11 -> 10
[22:56:29.184] - compression : 10
[22:56:29.184] - flags : 1
[22:56:29.184] - erase_sector_verify : 0
[22:56:29.185] - flash_debug : 0
[22:56:29.185] - protocol_crc : 0
[22:56:29.185] - skip_erase : 1 -> 0
[22:56:29.185] - skip_wr_pack_crc : 0
[22:56:29.185] - Sending capabilities
[22:56:29.194] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:29.208] - Received : ACK 0100
[22:56:29.208][CnfBaudChange] : 3250000
[22:56:29.208] - Sending BaudRate
[22:56:29.217] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:29.254] - Received BaudRate : 3250000
[22:56:29.254] - Changing BaudRate
[22:56:29.267] - Changed BaudRate : 3250000
[22:56:29.267][ReqFlashId]
[22:56:29.267] - Platform : 14
[22:56:29.267] - ProjectName : XMM6260
[22:56:29.267] - Sending HardWare Info
[22:56:29.276] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:29.358] - Received ACK : 0000
[22:56:29.358][ReqCfiInfo_1]
[22:56:29.358] - Sending CfiInfo1
[22:56:29.368] - Receiving CfiInfo2
[22:56:29.406] - Received CfiInfo2 : 256
[22:56:29.406][ReqCfiInfo_2]
[22:56:29.406] - Sending CfiInfo2
[22:56:29.415] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:29.429] - Received ACK : FFFF
[22:56:29.429][Downloading BOOT CORE PSI(0)] : psi.fls
[22:56:29.429][ReqSecStart]
[22:56:29.429] - BootCoreVersion : 131072
[22:56:29.429] - Sending Security Start
[22:56:29.444] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:29.529][ERROR] Type : 0041 <> 0204
[22:56:29.529] - IndErrorMsg
[22:56:29.542]File_id(34), Line_number(415), Error_class(1), Error_code(79)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(16), Line_number(617), Error_class(1), Error_code(10)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(0), Line_number(0), Error_class(0), Error_code(0)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(0), Line_number(0), Error_class(0), Error_code(0)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(0), Line_number(0), Error_class(0), Error_code(0)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(0), Line_number(0), Error_class(0), Error_code(0)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(0), Line_number(0), Error_class(0), Error_code(0)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(0), Line_number(0), Error_class(0), Error_code(0)
[22:56:29.542] - Failure!
[22:56:29.542]ERROR : _Func_03_Ebl_0_ReqSecStart - Line(300)
[22:56:29.543]__Proc_NormalDownload : 0
[22:56:29.543]Error! IntelFlash:__Proc_NormalDownload
[22:56:29.544]_DoDownload : 0
[22:56:29.544]
-----------------------------------------Trace Last 100 Message-------------------------------------------------
[22:56:29.169][T000015] 43 01 00 00 4C 00 00 00 88 13 00 00 15 19 7E C...L..........
[22:56:29.184][R000086] 43 00 00 00 4C 00 00 00 BB 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 15 00 00 00 58 4D 4D 36 32 36 30 5F 32 30 2E 32 C...L...............XMM6260_20.2
[22:56:29.184] - Boot-loader is active
[22:56:29.184] - EBL version: XMM6260_20.21_M1S1
[22:56:29.184] - Boot mode is: 00BB
[22:56:29.184] - EBL Running
[22:56:29.184][ReqSetProtConf]
[22:56:29.184] == prot_capabilities_t ==
[22:56:29.184] - protocol_version : 11
[22:56:29.184] - package_size : 2 -> 8
[22:56:29.184] - crc_type : 1
[22:56:29.184] - skip_writeblock_tx : 0
[22:56:29.184] - compression : 11 -> 10
[22:56:29.184] - compression : 10
[22:56:29.184] - flags : 1
[22:56:29.184] - erase_sector_verify : 0
[22:56:29.185] - flash_debug : 0
[22:56:29.185] - protocol_crc : 0
[22:56:29.185] - skip_erase : 1 -> 0
[22:56:29.185] - skip_wr_pack_crc : 0
[22:56:29.185] - Sending capabilities
[22:56:29.185][T000101] 44 00 00 00 56 00 00 00 20 4E 00 00 CE 88 7E 02 00 86 00 4C 00 BB 00 00 00 14 00 00 00 15 00 00 D...V....N.........L............
[22:56:29.194][R000010] 44 00 00 00 56 00 00 00 D0 6E D...V....n
[22:56:29.194] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:29.196][T000015] 43 01 00 00 0C 00 00 00 88 13 00 00 E4 7C 7E C............|.
[22:56:29.208][R000022] 43 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 02 00 86 00 02 00 01 00 89 00 03 00 B5 2C C....................,
[22:56:29.208] - Received : ACK 0100
[22:56:29.208][CnfBaudChange] : 3250000
[22:56:29.208] - Sending BaudRate
[22:56:29.208][T000029] 44 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 20 4E 00 00 FB 9B 7E 02 00 82 00 04 00 50 97 31 00 9E 01 03 00 D........N...........P.1.....
[22:56:29.217][R000010] 44 00 00 00 0E 00 00 00 1E 5E D........^
[22:56:29.217] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:29.218][T000015] 43 01 00 00 06 00 00 00 10 27 00 00 EF B4 7E C........'.....
[22:56:29.230][R000016] 43 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 02 00 82 00 04 00 C7 FA C...............
[22:56:29.230][T000015] 43 01 00 00 04 00 00 00 88 13 00 00 58 51 7E C...........XQ.
[22:56:29.242][R000014] 43 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 50 97 31 00 9E D9 C.......P.1...
[22:56:29.242][T000015] 43 01 00 00 04 00 00 00 10 27 00 00 80 BF 7E C........'.....
[22:56:29.254][R000014] 43 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 9E 01 03 00 B7 96 C.............
[22:56:29.254] - Received BaudRate : 3250000
[22:56:29.254] - Changing BaudRate
[22:56:29.254][T000011] 45 00 00 00 50 97 31 00 F3 0E 7E E...P.1....
[22:56:29.267][R000010] 45 00 00 00 50 97 31 00 F3 0E E...P.1...
[22:56:29.267] - Changed BaudRate : 3250000
[22:56:29.267][ReqFlashId]
[22:56:29.267] - Platform : 14
[22:56:29.267] - ProjectName : XMM6260
[22:56:29.267] - Sending HardWare Info
[22:56:29.267][T000197] 44 00 00 00 B6 00 00 00 20 4E 00 00 2D 90 7E 02 00 01 08 AC 00 0E 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 C2 01 D........N..-...................
[22:56:29.276][R000010] 44 00 00 00 B6 00 00 00 5A DA D.......Z.
[22:56:29.276] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:29.277][T000015] 43 01 00 00 0C 00 00 00 88 13 00 00 E4 7C 7E C............|.
[22:56:29.358][R000022] 43 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 02 00 01 08 02 00 00 00 0B 00 03 00 4F 25 C...................O%
[22:56:29.358] - Received ACK : 0000
[22:56:29.358][ReqCfiInfo_1]
[22:56:29.358] - Sending CfiInfo1
[22:56:29.359][T000027] 44 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 20 4E 00 00 94 90 7E 02 00 84 00 02 00 00 00 86 00 03 00 D........N.................
[22:56:29.368][R000010] 44 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 68 67 D.......hg
[22:56:29.368] - Receiving CfiInfo2
[22:56:29.369][T000015] 43 01 00 00 06 00 00 00 10 27 00 00 EF B4 7E C........'.....
[22:56:29.381][R000016] 43 00 00 00 06 00 00 00 02 00 84 00 00 01 B4 C7 C...............
[22:56:29.381][T000015] 43 01 00 00 00 01 00 00 88 13 00 00 53 D8 7E C...........S..
[22:56:29.394][R000266] 43 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 AD 00 B1 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C...............................
[22:56:29.394][T000015] 43 01 00 00 04 00 00 00 10 27 00 00 80 BF 7E C........'.....
[22:56:29.406][R000014] 43 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 E3 01 03 00 7D 47 C...........}G
[22:56:29.406] - Received CfiInfo2 : 256
[22:56:29.406][ReqCfiInfo_2]
[22:56:29.406] - Sending CfiInfo2
[22:56:29.406][T000281] 44 00 00 00 0A 01 00 00 20 4E 00 00 F0 12 7E 02 00 85 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 AD 00 B1 00 00 00 00 D........N......................
[22:56:29.415][R000010] 44 00 00 00 0A 01 00 00 2E 76 D........v
[22:56:29.415] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:29.417][T000015] 43 01 00 00 0C 00 00 00 88 13 00 00 E4 7C 7E C............|.
[22:56:29.429][R000022] 43 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 02 00 85 00 02 00 FF FF 85 02 03 00 0B 76 C....................v
[22:56:29.429] - Received ACK : FFFF
[22:56:29.429][Downloading BOOT CORE PSI(0)] : psi.fls
[22:56:29.429][ReqSecStart]
[22:56:29.429] - BootCoreVersion : 131072
[22:56:29.429] - Sending Security Start
[22:56:29.429][T002073] 44 00 00 00 0A 08 00 00 20 4E 00 00 C9 53 7E 02 00 04 02 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 D........N...S..................
[22:56:29.444][R000010] 44 00 00 00 0A 08 00 00 30 EA D.......0.
[22:56:29.444] - Receiving ACK
[22:56:29.445][T000015] 43 01 00 00 0C 00 00 00 88 13 00 00 E4 7C 7E C............|.
[22:56:29.529][R000022] 43 00 00 00 0C 00 00 00 02 00 41 00 40 00 22 00 9F 01 01 00 19 1D [email protected]".......
[22:56:29.529][ERROR] Type : 0041 <> 0204
[22:56:29.529] - IndErrorMsg
[22:56:29.529][T000015] 43 01 00 00 3E 00 00 00 88 13 00 00 03 9A 7E C...>..........
[22:56:29.542][R000072] 43 00 00 00 3E 00 00 00 4F 00 10 00 69 02 01 00 0A 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 C...>...O...i...................
[22:56:29.542]File_id(34), Line_number(415), Error_class(1), Error_code(79)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(16), Line_number(617), Error_class(1), Error_code(10)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(0), Line_number(0), Error_class(0), Error_code(0)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(0), Line_number(0), Error_class(0), Error_code(0)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(0), Line_number(0), Error_class(0), Error_code(0)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(0), Line_number(0), Error_class(0), Error_code(0)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(0), Line_number(0), Error_class(0), Error_code(0)
[22:56:29.542]File_id(0), Line_number(0), Error_class(0), Error_code(0)
[22:56:29.542] - Failure!
[22:56:29.542]ERROR : _Func_03_Ebl_0_ReqSecStart - Line(300)
[22:56:29.543]__Proc_NormalDownload : 0
[22:56:29.543]Error! IntelFlash:__Proc_NormalDownload
[22:56:29.544]_DoDownload : 0
[22:56:29.544]
-----------------------------------------Trace Last 100 Message-------------------------------------------------
[22:56:29.547]
------------------------------------------Trace Last 100 Message-------------------------------------------------
[22:56:29.547] ErrorCode(210)
Anyone an idea on what the strange hex-ish lines are? they show up just after the first error. Maybe something is encrypted? I'll google error code 10, 79 and 210 in a minute.
I lost hope and I can't bother to try the last link I posted, maybe tomorrow
Any thoughts on the log?
EDIT:
Searching the errors in the log led me here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2287267
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2786001
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2737915
The last one is identical to my problem, my phone also couldn't read my SIM. Sadly no one ever solved the problem here.
I think these solutions are the last resort:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1448803
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1861942
I will give these a try later today when I get home.

Hello again,
I've checked the threads you mentioned above, as well as I've been googling to another forums. Yet no success.
Every thread where P880 gets stuck at param:207, Failure:207 or the infamous 10%; have no final solutions.
I've tried LGFlash Tool, LGFlash Tool 2014, LGSupport Tool, SmartFlash, KDZ-Update, each one w/o success and stopping at the same point.
The last and only solution I haven't yet manage to do, is using the program LGNPST v_2.2.3
I have it installed, it does recognize my P880 only on the "Emergency" tab, and automatically recognize it on COM19.
To make the flash procedure it requires a DLL and a BIN or CAB firmware, which I do not possess (I've only found .kdz and .dz firmwares)
Also, as far as I've read, the .kdz files when decrypted become .dz which when decrypted become .fls & .bin files.
That is my last hope... nobody seem to have an answer. Wish we had an ODIN for LG.

alessocf said:
To make the flash procedure it requires a DLL and a BIN or CAB firmware, which I do not possess (I've only found .kdz and .dz firmwares)
Also, as far as I've read, the .kdz files when decrypted become .dz which when decrypted become .fls & .bin files.
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I used this method to create a .cab or .dz from a .kdz for this attempt.
Do you have a guide for the LGNPST? I can only find this thread.
A zeroed MEID could also be (part of) the problem:
If you encounter problems during flashing, upgrading or downgrading you may fall victim to your MEID/ESN being zeroed out.
The usual cause is pulling your battery while stuck on the white LG Software Update screen.
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Thats exacly how I got bricked.

Beunhof said:
I used this method to create a .cab or .dz from a .kdz for this attempt.
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Gonna try with that method for a.cab to use in the LGNPST, thanks.
Also, I'll try using the P880.dll that is inside the KDZ-Update folder.
Beunhof said:
Do you have a guide for the LGNPST? I can only find this thread.
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Sorry, I can't remember where I got it, but I uploaded it to my dropbox for you, here is the link:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/52565427/LGNPST v2.2.3.rar
It contains a Readme.txt with the instructions, its quite easy, the program looks like a suite.
Gonna report later the status. Good luck to both of us, lol.
EDIT: STATUS:
- Made a .cab file and used the P880.dll contained on the kdz-update folder for the LGNPST, the program instantly said "Finish!" and obviously, did nothing.
I'm probably doing something wrong there... but I've ran out of ideas.

Exact Same Problem!
Hi.
Looking all over the internet, the XDA forum in particular, to find a solution to my issue with my 4xHD.
It seems that I have the exact same problem as you describe; SIM not being recognised (out of the blue), eventually decided to re-flash to fix the issue (last resort after trying everything else I could find). Followed all instructions word for word; drivers installed, etc... etc... but when flashing stopped on 210... (not fully explaining, but essentially the same place it stopped for you). Waited hours, nothing happened, so forced to unplug phone. Therefore stuck on S/W mode after a failed/partial flash.
I have also attempted to complete this via every method I can find on here, but stops at the 210/10% point (depending on software being used), every time!
I love this phone and need it back up and running. If you have any luck sorting yours please update and let me know how the issue was resolved. Similarly, let me know if you have had no further luck and if I make any progress I will update you.
Cheers!

aaron_gavin said:
Hi.
Looking all over the internet, the XDA forum in particular, to find a solution to my issue with my 4xHD.
It seems that I have the exact same problem as you describe; SIM not being recognised (out of the blue), eventually decided to re-flash to fix the issue (last resort after trying everything else I could find). Followed all instructions word for word; drivers installed, etc... etc... but when flashing stopped on 210... (not fully explaining, but essentially the same place it stopped for you). Waited hours, nothing happened, so forced to unplug phone. Therefore stuck on S/W mode after a failed/partial flash.
I have also attempted to complete this via every method I can find on here, but stops at the 210/10% point (depending on software being used), every time!
I love this phone and need it back up and running. If you have any luck sorting yours please update and let me know how the issue was resolved. Similarly, let me know if you have had no further luck and if I make any progress I will update you.
Cheers!
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Someone managed to solve. Already tried and everything.

Sup
Hello,
there is no software solution (at least known to me) for fixing this issue.
I've searched and scavenged all over the internet for a solution or at least AN EXPLANATION on why it does get stuck no matter what at 10% or Param:207.
My last resort (I'm trying it this weekend, will post later if it worked) is
a method called JTAG, where they kinda force-fix the boot software of the device connecting directly to the cellphone MoBo (for more explanation look on youtube)
Well, thats it... if it works, cheers, otherwise I'm throwing my Optimus 4X on a drawer.
Till' later.

alessocf said:
Hello,
there is no software solution (at least known to me) for fixing this issue.
I've searched and scavenged all over the internet for a solution or at least AN EXPLANATION on why it does get stuck no matter what at 10% or Param:207.
My last resort (I'm trying it this weekend, will post later if it worked) is
a method called JTAG, where they kinda force-fix the boot software of the device connecting directly to the cellphone MoBo (for more explanation look on youtube)
Well, thats it... if it works, cheers, otherwise I'm throwing my Optimus 4X on a drawer.
Till' later.
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I will research this 'force-fix' and see if i can make any progress when i get some time off work. please update how you get on with this iff/when you try!
im feeling the same way with the phone; getting close to giving up, having tried all the software solutions word for word as described in the forums to fix it.
its strange that on all the guides when people have had similar problems as we are facing the response is usually to remove drivers+software and try again/follow the guide properly (not that im saying that a simple human error is not at fault the majority of the time). but i have not seen any posts were people have accepted that all methods have been attempted correctly and advice given regarding possible hardware faults and/or this 'force-fix' you mention.
if i am not able to fix myself i think i will consider posting a plea for someone more competent with this kind of stuff to have my phone posted to them in order to try and fix it for me. im sure that someone who is really into this kind of thing would like to have a go out of general interest, and the worst case scenario would be that i dont get my phone back (which is no use to me in its current state anyway).
cheers!
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aaron_gavin said:
I will research this 'force-fix' and see if i can make any progress when i get some time off work. please update how you get on with this iff/when you try!
im feeling the same way with the phone; getting close to giving up, having tried all the software solutions word for word as described in the forums to fix it.
its strange that on all the guides when people have had similar problems as we are facing the response is usually to remove drivers+software and try again/follow the guide properly (not that im saying that a simple human error is not at fault the majority of the time). but i have not seen any posts were people have accepted that all methods have been attempted correctly and advice given regarding possible hardware faults and/or this 'force-fix' you mention.
if i am not able to fix myself i think i will consider posting a plea for someone more competent with this kind of stuff to have my phone posted to them in order to try and fix it for me. im sure that someone who is really into this kind of thing would like to have a go out of general interest, and the worst case scenario would be that i dont get my phone back (which is no use to me in its current state anyway).
cheers!
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UPDATE:
had a look at this JTAG repair method (also found a youtube video of some company touting for work, showing repair of a 4x hd - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NRXhJxbtYY).
im not sure that i would want to go down that route, as they explain that it delves further into the phones software to fix issues caused by people bricking due to messing about to much after gaining root access. but i dont feel that this is the reason for the issues with my phone; had it set-up how i liked it for ages (without any real messing about after root), the issue with nonrecognition of my SIM came completely out of the blue (i attempted to re-flash to fix this; causing the stuck in s/w mode issue i now have, but the issue could quite easily be due to failing hardware as it could be an issue with the software).
in the case that it is damaged/failing hardware at fault JTAG would not be able to repair the phone, and even if it got my firmware back up and running there is no guarantee that it would recognise my SIM when i got it back.
so im not sure that i would be happy either paying someone to perform this 'fix' on my phone or paying for the hardware to attempt to fix myself, if its possible that the phone may still not work afterwards due to broken hardware. especially when you can buy a working model of our phone from places like ebay for under £100.
any thoughts or advice?

any luck/updates?
i think that i may just call it a day trying to fix this thing.
from what i have read it may be possible to fix the bootloader, thus allow to boot into recovery/fastboot/adb (hence not remaining stuck in an unflashable s/w update mode) in order to fix the phone, by using nvflash/apx mode. but it does not seem that our phones allow us access to do this.
have you had any luck with your mentioned jtag fix or otherwise?
had to get a new phone anyway (as was fed up using my old phone while trying to fix my 4x hd) - got a moto g 4g. am pretty chuffed with it for the price (enjoying screen mirroring through a miracast dongle and kitkat, etc...), but to be honest would go back to using my 4x hd if someone was able to find a fix.
any response/update would be appreciated, and if anyone thinks they can fix this issue please let me know.
cheers!

It's been a while!
Hey!
Long time since we had this issure with our 4X HD's, in fact almost a year since I had touched mine.
Was clearing out a drawer and found the brick. Which made me think, did anyone actually succeed in fixing their phone/solve this issue?
If so, I may have a bash just for the hell of it. If not, I think it's time for the bin.
:silly:

Whats Up
aaron_gavin said:
Hey!
Long time since we had this issure with our 4X HD's, in fact almost a year since I had touched mine.
Was clearing out a drawer and found the brick. Which made me think, did anyone actually succeed in fixing their phone/solve this issue?
If so, I may have a bash just for the hell of it. If not, I think it's time for the bin.
:silly:
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Same here, didn't tried much since my last update. JTAG didn't work "cause Tegra based devices don't support it" or something like that.
Also tried with a homemade USB Jig Method, nothing happened.
My X4 is in my desktop, I use it mostly as a luxury paper holder.
Bless !.

alessocf said:
Same here, didn't tried much since my last update. JTAG didn't work "cause Tegra based devices don't support it" or something like that.
Also tried with a homemade USB Jig Method, nothing happened.
My X4 is in my desktop, I use it mostly as a luxury paper holder.
Bless !.
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Guys, we may have a working solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/optimus-4x-hd/general/maybe-nvflash-method-t3159853
I am currently testing it right now and until now it seems to work.
Update: It worked! My phone is booting again. Now i need to fix the IMEI and I am good.
Code:
C:\LG\\nvflash>nvflash --blob blob.bin --bct flash.bct.encrypt --setbct --configfile flash_encrypt.cfg --create --bl bootloader.bin.encrypt --go
Nvflash v1.7.75664 started
Using blob v1.1.57813ngs\Adm
rcm version 0X30001
System Information:
chip name: unknown
chip id: 0x30 major: 1 minor: 3
chip sku: 0x81
chip uid: 0x015d441469040a07
macrovision: disabled
hdcp: enabled
sbk burned: true
dk burned: true
boot device: emmc
operating mode: 4
device config strap: 0
device config fuse: 17
sdram config strap: 0
sending file: flash.bct.encrypt
- 6128/6128 bytes sent
flash.bct.encrypt sent successfully
downloading bootloader -- load address: 0x80108000 entry point: 0x80108000
sending file: bootloader.bin.encrypt
\ 1142880/1142880 bytes sent
bootloader.bin.encrypt sent successfully
waiting for bootloader to initialize
bootloader downloaded successfully
setting device: 2 3
creating partition: BCT
creating partition: PT
creating partition: EBT
creating partition: LGE
creating partition: EKS
creating partition: GP1
creating partition: SOS
creating partition: LNX
creating partition: APP
creating partition: CAC
creating partition: MSC
creating partition: USP
creating partition: NVA
creating partition: UDA
creating partition: DRM
creating partition: MLT
creating partition: FOT
creating partition: CAL
creating partition: UDB
creating partition: GPT
Formatting partition 2 BCT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 3 PT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 4 EBT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 5 LGE please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 6 EKS please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 7 GP1 please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 8 SOS please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 9 LNX please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 10 APP please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 11 CAC please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 12 MSC please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 13 USP please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 14 NVA please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 15 UDA please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 16 DRM please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 17 MLT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 18 FOT please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 19 CAL please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 20 UDB please wait.. done!
Formatting partition 21 GPT please wait.. done!
done!
sending file: bootloader.bin.encrypt
\ 1142880/1142880 bytes sent
bootloader.bin.encrypt sent successfully
sending file: eks.dat
- 684/684 bytes sent
eks.dat sent successfully
sending file: recovery.img
/ 7577600/7577600 bytes sent
recovery.img sent successfully
sending file: boot.img
/ 6496256/6496256 bytes sent
boot.img sent successfully
sending file: system.img
- 687920496/687920496 bytes sent
system.img sent successfully

GoodSoul said:
Guys, we may have a working solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/optimus-4x-hd/general/maybe-nvflash-method-t3159853
I am currently testing it right now and until now it seems to work.
Update: It worked! My phone is booting again. Now i need to fix the IMEI and I am good.
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Greetings :fingers-crossed:, love to hear some good news and that it worked out for you.
I'm currently downloading the software and reading on how to use it, i'll be updating on how does it go for me.
Thank you for sharing this info with us.:highfive:
UPDATE: I T - W O R K E D !, after doing the process it automatically restarted and the LG Boot Logo reanimated, and started just as factory reset.
I had some issues installing the NvidiaUsb.inf, because I'm running on Windows 10 AMD x64 bits.
Steps I followed (in case someone needs them):
1) I had to open Command Prompt using the command: shutdown /r /o /f /t 00
THIS WILL RESTART YOUR COMPUTER
2)Then go through the options: Troubleshoot > Advanced Options > and look to "Disable Driver Signature Enforcement" using F7 key.
This allowed my W10 to Install the NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for Mobile devices, which later allowed me to run NvFlash succesfully.
Current Status: LG P880 Boots and Runs!, doesn't have Baseband Version or IMEI, but this is something easier to fix.
Mostly appreciated.

UPDATE: I T - W O R K E D !, after doing the process it automatically restarted and the LG Boot Logo reanimated, and started just as factory reset.
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Yippie!
Current Status: LG P880 Boots and Runs!, doesn't have Baseband Version or IMEI, but this is something easier to fix.
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If you know how please let me know. I tried for serveral hours to fix that problem but had no luck yet.
Mostly appreciated.
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You are welcome.

[solved] Relocking S1 v37

@RO.maniac ask how to relock his v37 bootloader on another thread:
RO.maniac said:
I have a little situation here. on a D6603.
Was running LP, unlocked, andropluskernel, root, xposed. happy.
Relocked bootloader with flashtool.
Updated to N preview using xperia companion.
Unlocked bootloader with flashtool.
That new bootloader, nexus style, was telling me safe boot off and unlocked bootloader.
Wasn't satisfied with the lack of root on N preview, so I decided to go back to stock LP via Xperia Companion. Then I found out the lastest update Xperia would flash is MM. I said fine.
Tried to relock bootloader with flashtool, I got ok message but it didn't relock the bootloader. tried a lot of times, different pc, flashtool version, regenerated code. nothing. so no Xperia Companion - no big deal, I just have an obsession with latest official builds, since my main device is a Nexus5. oh, what a nice girl that is. and easy to undress.
flashed a LP .ftf, tried to relock bootloader, no success.
[...]
What the heck happened with the relocking of the bootloader??!!
I'm thinking it has something to do with the new bootloader from N preview which I was running when I unlocked it. Now it won't relock on any version.
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The idea of this dev-thread is understanding why S1 v37 is not re-lockable and if there is a way to relock it or downgrade it then relock, without bricking the phone obviously.
@RO.maniac can you, please, provide
- the S1boot part of your cmdline,
- backups of your TA partition before, after upgrading the bootloader,
- any flashtool log?
Thanks in advance.

N preview TA backup & flashtool log
Here you have the flashtool log and two backups of the current TA partition. One is pulled with ADB and one is from TWRP.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0YzIybNxHcQa3E0Q1JJZlBkUU0/view?usp=sharing - TWRP ver.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0YzIybNxHcQRXR2MjQ0Y3UzOWM/view?usp=sharing - ADB ver.
I don't have a TA backup of my old bootloader.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0YzIybNxHcQcWNMMUtWeF9RNFk/view?usp=sharing - flashtool log. Tried to relock three times.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0YzIybNxHcQVk1CZ1RISmhLMWM/view?usp=sharing - current bootloader mode photo.
I am now running N Preview 3, rooted, permissive.

RO.maniac said:
Here you have the flashtool log and two backups of the current TA partition. One is pulled with ADB and one is from TWRP.
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Thanks! And no worries for the old TA. Just we can't revert to old version without it.
Can you send me your s1boot partition and the cmdline part with 's1boot'?
Also can you provide me your oem unlock code? (I should be able to find it in your ta partition)
P.S. your name is in plain text in your flashtool log.

nailyk said:
Thanks! And no worries for the old TA. Just we can't revert to old version without it.
Can you send me your s1boot partition and the cmdline part with 's1boot'?
Also can you provide me your oem unlock code? (I should be able to find it in your ta partition)
P.S. your name is in plain text in your flashtool log.
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My name is no secret.
I'm not familiar with pulling s1boot partition and the cmdline part with 's1boot'. Do you need anything more than the photo I just popped in the post? - oh, you mean the boot partition and the code in the photo. That s1 upfront blinded me.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0YzIybNxHcQMGxSTUdtdzBzTjQ - boot TWRP backup
Unlock code: C88FB2FFCCE72540

RO.maniac said:
My name is no secret.
I'm not familiar with pulling s1boot partition and the cmdline part with 's1boot'. Do you need anything more than the photo I just popped in the post?
Unlock code: C88FB2FFCCE72540
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Awesome! I miss the picture, sorry.
Your fastbootlog also says: S1_Boot_MSM8974AC_LA3.0_L_Hero_17 which make me doubt....
Never read this version before. and never seen the screen you post before....
For me, fastboot mode was only blue light.... on this bootloader version.
I will start re with this elements, thank you.
Do you know exactly when this Hero_L17 version get installed on your phone? Is it coming from a custom rom?

nailyk said:
Awesome! I miss the picture, sorry.
Your fastbootlog also says: S1_Boot_MSM8974AC_LA3.0_L_Hero_17 which make me doubt....
Never read this version before. and never seen the screen you post before....
For me, fastboot mode was only blue light.... on this bootloader version.
I will start re with this elements, thank you.
Do you know exactly when this Hero_L17 version get installed on your phone? Is it coming from a custom rom?
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This is the bootloader mode from N preview. Just like the Nexus line. I was really surprised to see it just as on my Nexus5.
Other than stock LP and MM , the only custom rom I've had is RXSW 3.0 which is MM.
I think this Hero_L17 is coming with N preview.
This is what I may seem not to understand. When I flash a complete .ftf doesn't EVERYTHING change, including the bootloader?
You are asking like it's there for some time, surviving .ftf flashes.
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nailyk said:
Awesome! I miss the picture, sorry.
Your fastbootlog also says: S1_Boot_MSM8974AC_LA3.0_L_Hero_17 which make me doubt....
Never read this version before. and never seen the screen you post before....
For me, fastboot mode was only blue light.... on this bootloader version.
I will start re with this elements, thank you.
Do you know exactly when this Hero_L17 version get installed on your phone? Is it coming from a custom rom?
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Also, you should watch my past posts here because I tend to edit them a lot and add things instead of writing a new reply. I will let go of this habit, I promise.

RO.maniac said:
This is what I may seem not to understand. When I flash a complete .ftf doesn't EVERYTHING change, including the bootloader?
You are asking like it's there for some time, surviving .ftf flashes.
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afaik ftf files are almost the same that flashable zip files: partition binaries and script files.
To check that, some tools give you the ability of unpack ftf files.
So some ftf custom rom only flash kernel and system, some other flash everything on the phone. Some other add ta partitions modifying.
But as the full boot process is signed, maybe other process are in cause. That's why i'm digging on.
I hope i didn't miss the point. (my English is really bad )
RO.maniac said:
Also, you should watch my past posts here because I tend to edit them a lot and add things instead of writing a new reply. I will let go of this habit, I promise.
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No worries, but as I'm really slow to write my answers I miss some edits From now I will double check

Your English is not that bad. Yes, you got the point and I got it about the .ftf files.
From what I can remember when I flashed a .ftf of N preview 3, the flashtool log listed everything, from boot to some TA. I'll do a backup and reflash just to check. Will post log.
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nailyk said:
afaik ftf files are almost the same that flashable zip files: partition binaries and script files.
To check that, some tools give you the ability of unpack ftf files.
So some ftf custom rom only flash kernel and system, some other flash everything on the phone. Some other add ta partitions modifying.
But as the full boot process is signed, maybe other process are in cause. That's why i'm digging on.
I hope i didn't miss the point. (my English is really bad )
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0YzIybNxHcQNVA3OTZCM2ZqTm8 - flashtool log of N preview 3 flash

You can continue this little study but just so you know, the screen just died on me. It started flicking all of a sudden and in under an hour is gave away for good. Now is backlit but no color.
So the test object is dead.
For the second time, after the main board water damage. I'm officially done with it. When my friend gets back in the country he'll find out his phone died again. ))

As I've said, my screen died. So I decided to dump the phone and cleaned my pc of flashtool, xperia companion and all that.
Some minutes ago I decided to try another flash because my mind was running scenarios about the facts before the screen just died. What happened exactly before: TWRP backup, updated flashtool at startup, flashed N preview 3, in order to get the log so I can see if that Hero7 bootloader is coming with N preview. And it is indeed.
Booted and the screen was flicking with white flashes on the edges. In a few minutes I saw a vertical black line and then it turned black, but backlight on.
Today I thought, what the hell, flash it again, maybe it's not a hw problem. But now I know it is
So I installed an older version of flashtool, 0.9.18.6, and flashed N preview. Still dead screen
But this version of flashtool RELOCKED my bootloader. I could see the code written to TA and I can flash with Xperia Companion. Too bad I don't have a screen.
One in all, just dump this discussion and everything about my friend's damned Z3. Just close the drawer, as I've done.

RO.maniac said:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0YzIybNxHcQNVA3OTZCM2ZqTm8 - flashtool log of N preview 3 flash
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I see from the github there is a branch 0.9.16 so that is a good idea to test with this version.
First, we see the ta block between your two tries are different. First try block n° 8B2, second try 8FD. I can't understand why (same version of flashtool used).
It take me a lot of time because that was not a hexadecimal place in the ta partition but an unit in the ta partition.
Investigations:
For memory, your unlock code is C88FB2FFCCE72540 (in hex: 43 38 38 46 42 32 46 46 43 43 45 37 32 35 34 30),
my unlock code is 481FD30094B6F2FC (in hex: 34 38 31 46 44 33 30 30 39 34 42 36 46 32 46 43)
If we look in the 8B2 unit we found that:
my ta partition after unlocking
Code:
[COLOR="Magenta"]B2 08 00 00[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]10 00 00 00[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]C1 E9 F8 3B FF FF FF FF[/COLOR] 34 38 31 46 44 33 30 30 39 34 42 36 46 32 46 43
your ta partition after unlocking:
Code:
[COLOR="magenta"]B2 08 00 00[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]10 00 00 00[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"]C1 E9 F8 3B FF FF FF FF[/COLOR] 43 38 38 46 42 32 46 46 43 43 45 37 32 35 34 30
So our unlock code is present. Why it doesn't work?
If I take a look in my ta partition, before unlocking my bootloader, there is no 8b2 unit.
For the 8FD unit, i cannot find it.
So I cannot understand why your first try did not lock the bootloader. Maybe an issue with the usb cable and/or the booted mode, or just with the download of flashtool.
RO.maniac said:
You can continue this little study but just so you know, the screen just died on me. It started flicking all of a sudden and in under an hour is gave away for good. Now is backlit but no color.
So the test object is dead.
For the second time, after the main board water damage. I'm officially done with it. When my friend gets back in the country he'll find out his phone died again. ))
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That's sad. I read some thread about dead backlights but not about screen. Did you think software cause this?
RO.maniac said:
As I've said, my screen died. So I decided to dump the phone and cleaned my pc of flashtool, xperia companion and all that.
Some minutes ago I decided to try another flash because my mind was running scenarios about the facts before the screen just died. What happened exactly before: TWRP backup, updated flashtool at startup, flashed N preview 3, in order to get the log so I can see if that Hero7 bootloader is coming with N preview. And it is indeed.
Booted and the screen was flicking with white flashes on the edges. In a few minutes I saw a vertical black line and then it turned black, but backlight on.
Today I thought, what the hell, flash it again, maybe it's not a hw problem. But now I know it is
So I installed an older version of flashtool, 0.9.18.6, and flashed N preview. Still dead screen
But this version of flashtool RELOCKED my bootloader. I could see the code written to TA and I can flash with Xperia Companion. Too bad I don't have a screen.
One in all, just dump this discussion and everything about my friend's damned Z3. Just close the drawer, as I've done.
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Maybe it is just a connection problem between the motherboard and the screen. I read your other post so it maybe is 'just' a bad connection (cleaning or flyed-up)?
Anyway thanks a lot for your time, I learn a lot with information you provide! I will mostly help me for this project.
P.S.: don't forget I'm looking for a dev z3, broken screen is not a big deal for me Contact me privately if your friend is ok to sell that phone to me.
P.S.2: just for fun:
if you take a look in the (critical) 7DA ta unit it look like:
Code:
hexdump -C TA.img -s 0x0002073c -n 664
0002073c [COLOR="Magenta"]da 07 00 00[/COLOR] [COLOR="SeaGreen"]87 02 00 00[/COLOR] [COLOR="Blue"] c1 e9 f8 3b ff ff ff ff[/COLOR] |...........;....|
0002074c 73 eb 3d 40 59 80 18 1a 68 1a 33 84 5b a6 ad c3 |[email protected][...|
0002075c 45 d3 66 47 02 00 05 0a 02 00 00 00 0a db 37 24 |E.fG..........7$|
0002076c 02 0c b2 c4 85 f4 c9 6c 21 f1 84 33 29 4d 27 ff |.......l!..3)M'.|
0002077c 81 20 a3 65 b6 40 3c 80 16 c9 4a e3 1b 59 d6 54 |. [email protected]<...J..Y.T|
0002078c fa 50 37 82 f9 50 53 ce 1c dc aa fb 0b 98 96 e3 |.P7..PS.........|
0002079c 22 6a 02 00 00 00 0a d2 d9 95 24 b0 77 2b 91 59 |"j........$.w+.Y|
000207ac 59 f2 ee 30 a1 dc d9 88 c7 79 51 20 a2 19 73 0e |Y..0.....yQ ..s.|
000207bc 30 4c a1 29 94 4c 43 2b 8a cd 23 e9 3a 09 0b 03 |0L.).LC+..#.:...|
000207cc 06 74 6a 86 1f ce 97 ea 6c d0 b7 ba 00 90 4f 50 |.tj.....l.....OP|
000207dc 5f 49 44 3d 22 34 33 35 22 3b 4f 50 5f 4e 41 4d |_ID="435";OP_NAM|
000207ec 45 3d 22 43 75 73 74 6f 6d 69 7a 65 64 22 3b 43 |E="Customized";C|
000207fc 44 41 5f 4e 52 3d 22 31 32 38 38 2d 35 30 32 38 |DA_NR="1288-5028|
0002080c 22 3b 52 4f 4f 54 49 4e 47 5f 41 4c 4c 4f 57 45 |";ROOTING_ALLOWE|
0002081c 44 3d 22 31 22 3b 52 43 4b 5f 48 3d 22 46 41 45 |D="1";RCK_H="FAE|
0002082c 46 35 31 39 39 31 34 31 39 34 36 38 43 41 37 38 |F51991419468CA78|
0002083c 43 39 43 33 37 30 38 35 36 31 36 43 42 33 31 39 |C9C37085616CB319|
0002084c 42 39 46 36 36 45 30 35 30 45 34 33 31 38 34 37 |B9F66E050E431847|
0002085c 41 39 41 34 36 46 43 33 39 44 42 41 34 22 00 43 |A9A46FC39DBA4".C|
0002086c 53 45 52 56 45 52 49 44 3d 22 62 6d 63 73 65 63 |SERVERID="bmcsec|
0002087c 73 30 33 22 3b 41 55 54 48 43 45 52 54 3d 22 55 |s03";AUTHCERT="U|
0002088c 4e 4b 4e 4f 57 4e 22 3b 54 49 4d 45 53 54 41 4d |NKNOWN";TIMESTAM|
0002089c 50 3d 22 31 35 30 34 30 39 20 32 30 3a 33 31 3a |P="150409 20:31:|
000208ac 35 38 22 00 09 00 07 30 30 31 30 31 2d 2a 00 00 |58"....00101-*..|
000208bc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 00 00 00 0a 4e |...............N|
000208cc d0 29 6b 2c bf 7b ec 14 0b bb 94 f5 9c fa 62 6a |.)k,.{........bj|
000208dc 1c 02 61 20 6d 79 f5 a7 3e ca c6 6e 30 69 30 f7 |..a my..>..n0i0.|
000208ec c3 a4 80 1e 60 bc ba e8 59 7d 5e 99 55 c4 47 e9 |....`...Y}^.U.G.|
000208fc f5 f5 58 be 02 00 00 00 0a 36 04 d9 c2 fd 86 a1 |..X......6......|
0002090c a1 3c 91 c1 d0 8d bb 35 ab a6 b1 10 f0 20 67 0e |.<.....5..... g.|
0002091c dc a5 62 dd 45 db 51 1e eb 6e f7 c6 95 58 f1 d4 |..b.E.Q..n...X..|
0002092c 39 73 5d 53 c5 22 14 b2 06 be 0c 01 ea 5f 02 00 |9s]S."......._..|
0002093c 00 00 0a 22 39 fe 4a f7 2e 93 6d a7 70 5d 3e 53 |..."9.J...m.p]>S|
0002094c a3 11 6c 96 70 84 18 20 3a 17 7b 00 05 63 1b fc |..l.p.. :.{..c..|
0002095c 6b 96 a4 e2 22 33 e2 05 7a 38 7b 72 81 60 ee ec |k..."3..z8{r.`..|
0002096c f9 da 55 c8 c1 81 e7 bd 02 00 00 00 0a cc 10 ff |..U.............|
0002097c a1 49 75 63 f3 c9 ee 40 fa d8 ac 09 65 b6 e6 dc |[email protected]|
0002098c a3 20 9c 57 33 bf 51 c3 ff 29 20 78 fa 57 2c 69 |. .W3.Q..) x.W,i|
0002099c a5 97 52 fc 33 fa 97 f6 3d 5d 38 89 e0 d7 34 1c |..R.3...=]8...4.|
000209ac 95 eb 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 |................|
000209bc 00 00 14 57 0a e6 ee af 30 a1 e8 57 69 59 10 22 |...W....0..WiY."|
000209cc 6f 78 32 5c 5c f4 0b ff |ox2\\...|
000209d4
There is a RCK_H key. With the script provided here i enter your unlock code and the script answer that:
Code:
RCK_H="FAEF51991419468CA78C9C37085616CB319B9F66E050E431847A9A46FC39DBA4"
When you enter 'fastboot oem unlock <key>' the key is computed by s1 and compared to this information.

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