Someone mind dumping the bootloader image for this device?
if you are savvy with adb it can be done via rooted adb shell
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/Unbrick_Files/unbrick_sm-g900t.img bs=4096 count=50000
or if you want quick and easy this flashable zip will dump the image, zip it up and put it on your sdcard for faster uploading
http://shabbypenguin.com/getdownload.php?file=Tools/Unbrick-Creator.zip
shabbypenguin said:
Someone mind dumping the bootloader image for this device?
if you are savvy with adb it can be done via rooted adb shell
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/Unbrick_Files/unbrick_sm-g900t.img bs=4096 count=50000
or if you want quick and easy this flashable zip will dump the image, zip it up and put it on your sdcard for faster uploading
http://shabbypenguin.com/getdownload.php?file=Tools/Unbrick-Creator.zip
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Hey Shabby o/ nice too see a familiar user around. Just moved from sprint. If no one else does it I can do it later =)
Shoulon said:
Hey Shabby o/ nice too see a familiar user around. Just moved from sprint. If no one else does it I can do it later =)
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Thanks, but im only visiting
i actually moved back to sprint. tmobile has some good deals and its awesome using any gsm device, but signal inside my house is terrible. i hopped on a fellow dev's framily plan so its 25 a month, plus 15 a month for a nexus 5. stinks to be locked to certain devices, but in my area spark is about to light up and at least now im no contract with em .
shabbypenguin said:
Someone mind dumping the bootloader image for this device?
if you are savvy with adb it can be done via rooted adb shell
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/Unbrick_Files/unbrick_sm-g900t.img bs=4096 count=50000
or if you want quick and easy this flashable zip will dump the image, zip it up and put it on your sdcard for faster uploading
http://shabbypenguin.com/getdownload.php?file=Tools/Unbrick-Creator.zip
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Here you go! http://www.mediafire.com/download/8e1cdcj7dho92b1/unbrick_sm-g900t.img.gz
You making something for us, Shabby?
BLuFeNiX said:
Here you go! http://www.mediafire.com/download/8e1cdcj7dho92b1/unbrick_sm-g900t.img.gz
You making something for us, Shabby?
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Thanks!, and actually. you just did
this is an image that can be used with sdcard booting and unbrick peoples phones . ill probably bug someone like @mattlgroff to do the writeup tutorial though, hes a bit more known on the TMO side of things.
shabbypenguin said:
Thanks!, and actually. you just did
this is an image that can be used with sdcard booting and unbrick peoples phones . ill probably bug someone like @mattlgroff to do the writeup tutorial though, hes a bit more known on the TMO side of things.
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Awesome! I can't wait to see what comes of this.
shabbypenguin said:
Thanks!, and actually. you just did
this is an image that can be used with sdcard booting and unbrick peoples phones . ill probably bug someone like @mattlgroff to do the writeup tutorial though, hes a bit more known on the TMO side of things.
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baiscally woould it work the same way like the N900T SD boot tutorial just use this IMG file i guess??
man if you explain to me i can write it even in spanish
Gracias amigos
what ever became of this?
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Im looking to take a go at some theme making / startup shows. Ive done some looking but I can't find a definitive guide on pulling the framework-res.apk. I have found some how-too on modifying the files contained inside but most assume you already have a pretty solid understanding of abd. Mine is basic so if someone was willing to right out the abd commands for pulling it, backing it up (im guessing just a right click and copy), and then putting the original / modified (if different) back in, it would be much appreciated.
Not much in the line of themes for the Streak so far, so although it take me a while, im willing to do some work.
Any help is appreciated.
Ok I have been looking around and since no one has provided any info/insight ill post what ive found here and perhaps "someone" could be kind enough to just verify.
Pulling "framework-res.apk":
adb pull /system/framework/framework-res.apk
Pushing "framework-res.apk":
adb shell remount rw
adb push framework-res.apk /system/framework/
I also found this code for remount (not sure which is more appropriate?):
adb shell mount -o rw /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system
Also has anyone tried using this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=737526
i was looking to change the bootscreen and in the process i found 'rootexplorer' together with z4root working great. you can copy the files to sdcard (i use usb, but bluetooth or wifi works also) and from there to the system dir.
dell splash logo
you have themed the dell splash logo @ power on? Sweet! can you tell us where it is located?
maybe a short vid to see it in action.
Yes I cant wait do debrand my streak,
chrisrotolo said:
you have themed the dell splash logo @ power on? Sweet! can you tell us where it is located?
maybe a short vid to see it in action.
Yes I cant wait do debrand my streak,
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=859009
please dont hijack the poor man's thread lol
Ha, ha @da_jojo. I suppose that should be happy that sooomeone posted any reply in this thread. Im going to have a look at the boot animation you posted as that was something else id like to try tackling in the future as well. Although I have to admit I was a little bummed that no one could confirm my questions. Just keeping trying on my own I guess.
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brunswick000 said:
Ha, ha @da_jojo. I suppose that should be happy that sooomeone posted any reply in this thread. Im going to have a look at the boot animation you posted as that was something else id like to try tackling in the future as well. Although I have to admit I was a little bummed that no one could confirm my questions. Just keeping trying on my own I guess.
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yeah same here.. information sharing is limited to helpdeskfunctionality nowadays lol
the method i used works great and doesnt require a pc to use. the adb commands should be fine i guess.remount the dir should do. im not to sure about the block remount. you can remount system in adb with :
su
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock6 /system
after some fiddling i found out that bootanimations installer for droid x works good.
You don't neccessarily need a knowledge of ADB to theme. You could just open up Steve's ROM, edit what you want and sign it again (each .zip inside the update.zip must be signed also).
Then you just flash it through recovery.
Meltus said:
You don't neccessarily need a knowledge of ADB to theme. You could just open up Steve's ROM, edit what you want and sign it again (each .zip inside the update.zip must be signed also).
Then you just flash it through recovery.
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yu, but i think its more handy to just copy the file over with rootexplorer, for testing. the end-product can then be implented in the update if required , the way you describe it.
Ok sounds good. Ill give it a try tomorrow if I have some down time at work. Cant wait to get to work on something for this beast.
Hi, I opened a new thread here because it is my first post and I'm not allowed to open it in the developers section.
I have my Prime since January and all went well.
Until I decided to unlock my Prime and go for a custom rom.
First I backed up my stockrom with CWM 5.8.2.0. Then I changed CWM with CWM Touch 5.8.1.8. I back-upped my stockrom again.
After that I changed CWM Touch with TWRP 2.1.3 and I back-upped my stockrom again.
With GooManager I changed the rom with CyanogenMod and later with TeamEOS.
Btw great roms but it didn't work with the GPS dongle.
So I decided to turn back to stockrom. But with TWRP nothing showed up in the Restore screen.
I decided to use Rom manager but that works only with CWM 5.8.2.0. I changed TWRP with CWM.
After rebooting in CWM I wiped cache and Dalvik cache and after that wipe data/factory reset.
Then I would restore to stockrom but when I did I got the message 'MD5 mismatch'.
OK, when I go to reboot system now I got in a bootloop.
When I tried method 1a from Diamondback to unbrick the Prime I get the # sign after 'adb shell'. But after 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 bs=100 count=1' I get 'dd is not recognized as an internal
or external command, operable program or batch file'.
I don't know what to do next? Please HELP
you're copying and pasting arent you?
sammytheman said:
...When I tried method 1a from Diamondback to unbrick the Prime I get the # sign after 'adb shell'. But after 'dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 bs=100 count=1' I get 'dd is not recognized as an internal
or external command, operable program or batch file'.
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That implies you've not set your paths completely correct. Check that you've set up ADB properly with all the appropriate paths under environment variables in windows.
htcdesirezgeorge said:
you're copying and pasting arent you?
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What he said!
Long story short, make sure you have the # after you type adb shell. I noticed that if I wait 30 seconds then the # disappears so I just copy and paste it so it's much more efficient.
Thanks for the replies sofar.
Yes, I did copy and paste. I'm lazy, I admit.
First I have to charge the Prime because it ran out of juice. Then I will do what you recommend me to do.
I will report tomorrow.
sammytheman said:
Thanks for the replies sofar.
Yes, I did copy and paste. I'm lazy, I admit.
First I have to charge the Prime because it ran out of juice. Then I will do what you recommend me to do.
I will report tomorrow.
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Go Here... http://dottech.org/tipsntricks/21534...android-phone/
Did this yesterday...I was stuck in CWM Bootloop...Works perfect...
I had the same reply as you in adb cause path was set up wrong in environments...
Read it...and copy it to a tee...especially in the environment area...If that is set up the right way...It will work...
ronny71 said:
Go Here...
Did this yesterday...I was stuck in CWM Bootloop...Works perfect...
I had the same reply as you in adb cause path was set up wrong in environments...
Read it...and copy it to a tee...especially in the environment area...If that is set up the right way...It will work...
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Thanks ronny71,
This did it for me too. I'm a happy man again.
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Thanks ronny71,
This did it for me too. I'm a happy man again.
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No problem...
Glad you're up and runnin...
And I know the feelin...
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No problem...
Glad you're up and runnin...
And I know the feelin...
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Hi guys. The link is dead. Can you add new? I have bootloop top.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium
Was wondering if someone had the dev folder on the lg connect archived I think I might have deleted a file in that directory. Thanks for anyone one who helps out. oh and I'm willing to test out any roms someone has made for the phone to try and port ics to it.
just use the builtin command.. dd if=/dev/null of={system partition}
no.. not really.. is this a trolling post?
If you are on MDK, I need really would appreciate one of you to run a script for me and upload it. Im trying to test whether we have the ability to use the sdcard to unbrick S4's like the Note 3 and Galaxy S3 people do. I only thought that this was worth doing since it works on the Note 3. If this works ill write up a guide on how to unbrick your phone without JTAG. Please upload the output. This would be very helpful to know whether we have the ability to unbrick using these means, also it would mean that we would be able to test bootloader unlock ideas without such a high risk of a brick.
Note: For this test you have to have a MDK phone. Later on we can test for ME7, etc.
Open terminal or use adb from a pc:
Edit: see below
If your sdcard is not located at /sdcard please edit the script to your needs, for instance on the s4 your external sdcard is located at /mnt/extSdCard so you could substitute that for /sdcard in the script above. Thanks
I have a MDK phone but I'm running a ME7 rom. Will that work?
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Ryno77 said:
I have a MDK phone but I'm running a ME7 rom. Will that work?
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yes, but Im going to to edit the script because I don't want it to include any of your personal data, so to fix either go here and download the zip in the bottom of the OP (that creates the debrick.img for you) or you can use one of the modified scripts below (they both say the same thing btw, its just that I forget if terminal/adb uses bytes by default or megabytes). If you do decide to make this, pm the file.
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.bin bs=1024 count=131072 conv=notrunc,noerror
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dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.bin bs=1M count=128 conv=notrunc,noerror
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If your sdcard is not located at /sdcard please edit the script to your needs, for instance on the s4 your external sdcard is located at /mnt/extSdCard so you could substitute that for /sdcard in the script above.
Surge1223 said:
If you are on MDK, I need really would appreciate one of you to run a script for me and upload it. Im trying to test whether we have the ability to use the sdcard to unbrick S4's like the Note 3 and Galaxy S3 people do. I only thought that this was worth doing since it works on the Note 3. If this works ill write up a guide on how to unbrick your phone without JTAG. Please upload the output. This would be very helpful to know whether we have the ability to unbrick using these means, also it would mean that we would be able to test bootloader unlock ideas without such a high risk of a brick.
Note: For this test you have to have a MDK phone. Later on we can test for ME7, etc.
Open terminal or use adb from a pc:
Edit: see below
If your sdcard is not located at /sdcard please edit the script to your needs, for instance on the s4 your external sdcard is located at /mnt/extSdCard so you could substitute that for /sdcard in the script above. Thanks
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Uploading now. I'll pm you a link to the file. I'm running aosp right @ the moment on my MDK phone. Hope that doesn't matter.
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Surge1223 said:
yes, but Im going to to edit the script because I don't want it to include any of your personal data, so to fix either go here and download the zip in the bottom of the OP (that creates the debrick.img for you) or you can use one of the modified scripts below (they both say the same thing btw, its just that I forget if terminal/adb uses bytes by default or megabytes). If you do decide to make this, pm the file.
If your sdcard is not located at /sdcard please edit the script to your needs, for instance on the s4 your external sdcard is located at /mnt/extSdCard so you could substitute that for /sdcard in the script above.
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PM Sent.
I'll keep you guys updated. From what I hear this *should* work on Qualcomm variant S4's. So far, no dice, but I believe some of that is user error. Alot of this is writing the right partitions to right areas, with the right block sizes etc, etc, etc. Thanks guys.
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I'll keep you guys updated. From what I hear this *should* work on Qualcomm variant S4's. So far, no dice, but I believe some of that is user error. Alot of this is writing the right partitions to right areas, with the right block sizes etc, etc, etc. Thanks guys.
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Glad to help when I can. Hope you find what you're looking for. Thanks for working on this.
Sent from my SCH-I545 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
So if this works... Then hypothetically we could restore the MDK bootkoader if unfortunate enough to have ended up on ME7 version. Or am I misunderstanding the possibilities here?
Sent from my SCH-I545 using xda app-developers app
No this wouldnt let you downgrade, just save you from having to use jtag in case you brick. But Ive tried three different mdk unbrick.img's (my own and two from others) and havent had success.
Sent from my XT912 using xda app-developers app
My S4 Sch-i545 is hardbricked
any luck on getting a debrick image to boot a hard bricked s4 from Verizon?
arrowproof said:
any luck on getting a debrick image to boot a hard bricked s4 from Verizon?
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Kind of, but not to the point of unbricking entirely. Im testing a alternative debrick method as we speak for MDK. If you want to test/need to test one out I can upload instructions and files. The debrick image has the gpt and partition info, it also contains the bootloaders for MDK.
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Kind of, but not to the point of unbricking entirely. Im testing a alternative debrick method as we speak for MDK. If you want to test/need to test one out I can upload instructions and files. The debrick image has the gpt and partition info, it also contains the bootloaders for MDK.
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yes it would be nice if you can upload those files. Thanks
I know not a lot of people have their MJ7 rooted at this point but for those who did it can you upload an unbrick image archived using the following code
Code:
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.bin bs=1024 count=131072
I am trying the SD card unbrick method to see if I can unbrick my hard bricked (bootloader flashed) phone.
this is one of the many guides for the method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369125
the img file size should be 128mb, so please zip/compress before upload.
Thanks in advance!
Ah I see you requested me to upload one in the other thread. Sorry I didnt see your message. But bootloader version does matter. That being said I would upload one if I had an MJ7 debrick image. C'mon people upload this, it would also help development because we'd be able to experiment knowing we could unbrick. OP let me know if you need help creating it after someone hopefully uploads one.
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I am a complete noob, but my MJ7 S4 is rooted. Can you help me figure out where I'm supposed to put this code?
TheOnlyChicken said:
I am a complete noob, but my MJ7 S4 is rooted. Can you help me figure out where I'm supposed to put this code?
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Yes if launch any command shell apps like Busybox and type in
Code:
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0.img bs=1M count=100
It would copy the debrick img file from your phone onto your SD card and then if you don't mind please upload that file. Thanks!
Oops I have to have 10 posts for some reason... What should I do? Can I private message you or something? BTW the file is 100b, did I do something wrong?
I have a rooted S4 on mj7, let me know if you still need this
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Here's mine.
Maybe itll help someone let me know what else i can do.
I'm on MJ7 rooted.
arrowproof said:
Yes if launch any command shell apps like Busybox and type in
Code:
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/mmcblk0.img bs=1M count=100
It would copy the debrick img file from your phone onto your SD card and then if you don't mind please upload that file. Thanks!
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Let me know if that's what you were looking for.
Verizon Galaxy S4
# MJ7 #
ALL Knoxed Up!
Mistertac said:
Let me know if that's what you were looking for.
Verizon Galaxy S4
# MJ7 #
ALL Knoxed Up!
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hmm I guess 1M doesn't register on the phone... can you try again with this
Code:
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.bin bs=1024 count=131072
the file size should be 128mb and then please zip/compress before upload. thanks
Here you go, I verified it was 128mb. It exceeds upload limit, so added to my dropbox.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/nsjor6ida1132cw/backup.zip
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hmm I guess 1M doesn't register on the phone... can you try again with this
Code:
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.bin bs=1024 count=131072
the file size should be 128mb and then please zip/compress before upload. thanks
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Here's mine as well. Verified 128mb.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/0yjgduyqg5ecgyd/backup.zip
Verizon Galaxy S4
# MJ7 #
ALL Knoxed Up!
Let us know if it works OP. I couldnt get MDK or ME7 to go reliably.
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failed
tried 3 different debrick file all failed to even get the phone turn on
arrowproof said:
tried 3 different debrick file all failed to even get the phone turn on
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Try win32 disk imager on a class 10 sdcard mTching phone internal storage