yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
Awesome, another device to add to the list.

Here is a link to a thread on this device (for any new followers)

sc_03d http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1366130

Yes the lack of screen etc is aboot.mbn, i was able to swap around most other files in certain configurations but aboot.mbn did control the screen / buttons

you wont be able to flash any other files in a correct manner unless you have a proper bootchain in place for your device, when you used the .hex file to flash the sdcard files did you do a backup of your sdcard with dd? if so then it's possible your aboot.mbn is intact on the backup, using dd you can pull that out if you get the offsets correct, that's done using a hex editor and a bit of math to swap between blocks and raw offset, the mbn files have a header, so using the hex editor (we don't edit just search) we find the correct header .

( i will post some more header info soon, it's important to pulling .mbn files from backups)

once correct header is found, we copy the x number of blocks after that, x can be found by again reading the backup to access the .pit file, yours maybe damaged, do you have access to another user willing to pull that info from the thread i linked ?

I may have figured a way to recreate the mbr/ebr in a clean way which i will try over the weekend. it does still need the pit file though, again a request on the link i posted may help.

Also when posting code, use the code tag's. it makes it easier to read

example

insert code here

just edit post and click advanced, code tag button is at the top #

regards

darkspr1te
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Remolten:
Here is boot-topaz.bin and boot.bin (I believe it's the right one but maybe not). What do you mean by uImages, the ones under /boot or something else?

Any other files you need?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jon1234444:
hey darkspr1te-

I PMed you about this last week, maybe you didn't get the message. I have a bricked HTC Evo 3D (MSM8660), and I also have a functional Evo 3D to work with as well. it would be great to bring my broken one back to life. It doesn't boot but I can get it into download mode in QPST. this thread is getting busy so maybe we should move this elsewhere if you have time to work with me. I know there are a lot of HTC Evo/Sensation users who would love it if we could get these devices truly unbrickable.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
Yes and sorry. I did get the message, my reply had to deal with bush telecom, no signal and edge speeds that would make you grow old :laugh:

I think lets keep it here as i feel the basic structure to the boot loading system on msm8660 devices is all the same, they move them about but if you have access to a working unit , just one, you can rebuild everything you need for basic odin, and the comparison to other devices files helps us understand the structures involved,

HTC really play with the partition table away from the normal but i still believe the principled structure is same, just different names and orders of files but files still do same job, once we rebuild that, basic odin, thats my aim.

Yes thread is getting busy, and we/I could do with a bit of advice now from a mod or as you say start another thread, but there will be a great deal of referring back to this one due the vast amount of work already here. So my feeling is keep it here but if there is a compelling reason to move i understand.

The thread is already covering multiple devices and thats a good thing for the research but a bad thing to follow, which is also why i've asked users like molten to liaise with other forums on our behalf, we pool the knowledge here and have device specific info posted to a clean thread, sadly i dont have time to handle that and this, :D Take one for the team :laugh:

Again, sorry the reply did not reach,

finally do you have access to a working unit ? :- ignore sorry, speed reading again

that makes moving forward much easier. I started this myself only recently so i am still only just starting to understand some of whats going on and why but i have a background on data forensics/data recovery which is what i am applying here.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
ok, from the working device we need the following

mbr and ebr , to get that you need adb access to the device,

root also as we need to use fdisk, but it's possible to get around that sometimes.

so we dd the first few bytes of our /dev/block/mccblk0 device to mbr.bin and then find the ebr ( normally partition 4 in the chain) and dd that out to a file. for the fdisk info we do fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0 and post the info here (use code tags)

early on in the thread i posted a perl script to create mbr/ebr (not my creation) , i think it will work but not without seeing the output from fdisk will i be sure.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
The developer behind http://code.google.com/p/moboot/ may come in handy,
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ph3d:
Ok I have just woken up this morning now and my second touchpad is dead - I actually cant believe it :(

I can put it into qualcomm usb mode - once in usb mode if i home and power it reboots and shows the charging symbol but then goes into a loop of the same charging screen before powering off again :(
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] worthlessgenius:
THIS IS FOR A 16GB HP TOUCHPAD

Here is the file that adb spit out for me: https://www.dropbox.com/s/x0bf5kryxrgxnvm/mbr-large.bin
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Remolten:
You pulled these from the bin files?

By pinouts you mean the internal connections between the jacks/ports etc?

Interesting that so much info can be pulled but the question is how you do it.

Keep up the good work hopefully we can figure something out.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ph3d:
I have asked for additonal help over here - not sure if it will be of any use but worth a try.

https://developer.qualcomm.com/forum/qdevnet-forums/general-discussion/23437
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
Yes, all above info pulled from just the bin files provided. What type of connectors does the device have. If some one could post a picture of usb or describe it. Is it a mini usb, special usb like iphone or a tab ?

If you shine a bright light down the headphone jack and count the gold conductors you see , if 3 pin then my guess is its ground, uart tx, rx. If its 4 pin then one could be a id trigger(example 10k resistor tells it to send the ubootie boot text via headphone).

We are a bit before getting bootie to work, ive pulled the mbr bin and will disect tomorrow. Got a family thing on tonight.

I will also use my google foo on getting some pictures of the unit stripped down and see if that helps. Qualcomm cpu are capable of uart from power up, its up to oem if the give us access or not and when. If this uart it from power up we have another gold hit.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] worthlessgenius:
When I replaced my TouchPad's battery, I used a guide from here: http://www.ifixit.com/Device/HP_TouchPad Maybe that will have some photos that you need?

The TouchPad's USB connector is a standard micro USB connector.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ph3d:
It has micro iusb and headphone jack - looking down the hole there is two gold connectors on one side and opposite that has one gold connector I cant see any others or a fourth but the hole isnt the best for seeing in even shinging a light in there.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
The MBR gave me more information than i expected and answered a few questions I had. Progress folks, its not a solution yet but I can now rebuild the partition table.

Could some one run the following commands on their device from adb

adb shell

mount > /sdcard/mounts.txt
cat /proc/partitions > /sdcard/part.txt
fdisk -l /dev/block/mmcblk0 > /sdcard/parttable.txt

exit

adb pull /sdcard/mounts.txt
adb pull /sdcard/part.txt
adb pull /sdcard/parttable.txt

and post the created files.

darkspr1te
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
If some has a 3.5mm stereo to 3.5mm stereo cable, please can you try this.

Plug one end to touch pad and other to mic in on pc. Load sound recorder and click record, power up hp and wait untill fully booted.

Save file and post here.

Thanks
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
Additional partition recovery info plus webos links

http://www.souldevteam.net/blog/201...ouchpad-recovering-software-bricked-touchpad/
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
Article on head phone uart muxing

http://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg188377.html
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] worthlessgenius:
I will probably be able to have a chance to do this sometime this afternoon. Sorry for the delay, watching a 2 year old doesn’t really allow for much tech play. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
I still need quite a few questions answered as i dont have a device in front of me and never seen one. If users could go back a cple of posts , reread and get back to me. Will repost if they are not clear enough.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
This program may help users see the data coming from headphone mux

http://www.zeitnitz.de/Christian/scope_en

or a simlar wave visualizer

This is posted on the link on muxing,

so mic is rx on host, assuming host is the pc or is the host the android ? thats not clear but i am going to assume they mean the PC, this means a normal 3.5 sereo jack wont work, you need a mic/ headphone (walk n talk ) cable and wire the mic and gnd to left audio in on pc. Again as i dont have the hardware (not even a mic/headset with 4 pins yet lol) i cant test this, it does confirm that the touchpad has 4 pin jack though, my guess is the last connector is deep inside the jack or its a ring at the outside edge of the jack

darkspr1te
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ph3d:
I have 1 working and 1 dead touchpad but no USB or jack cables until Monday I can retrieve everything needed then if its not posted before
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
Ah, I see. as i didnt have a device i am really guessing as to the structure of the file system. thanks for the update. If anyone is willing to give me a device i can resolve it quicker :D

if you have a email please just pm me with it, i searched and found a user with name jcsullins, is that him/her ? have emailed the address provided in the profile.

EDIT:- mail to jcsullins gmail account is bounced back

Thats great, another question answered. if you can get it into sd-card you are 90% done on the recovery. WINDOWS will not see what we need to see, you must be in linux, i cannot stress how important it is that no user tries to format this 'unknown' partition in windows.

i have two more files i need to run my first batch of tests, can i pm you with instructions as you already are at the point i need.

novacom is similar to fastboot which is similar to cellbridge ('asian' version of fastboot, google wont give you a reply tho, a asian develeoper used his google foo and facebook foo to find me and give me some nice info that confirms some of my posted theories) and similar to odin mode, basically they all have the same process up to the aboot.mbn file, it's at that point it seem each OEM add their own flavor, i was contacted by a windows phone developer and we found the same with his device. this aboot.mbn is a little kernel, it's ment to tie in the hardware specific to the device and provide a protocol to allow the flashing of the device before the real kernel/ramdisk kicks in ( think of it as a software bios that allows you to install windows, although some will argue that line i am using it to explain the stages and not be technically accurate)

can you confirm if it's jcscullins or jcsullins ?

Thanks for the info you posted, i just need two more bits of info, i need a fdisk listing (gparted will be fine) of the partitions and a dump of partition 4, will pm my email address.

Finally, I would like any windows dev willing to help with a GUI unbrick to PM me, I am a linux user and have not done windows dev since my pascal days when java was only coffee.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ph3d:
Jcsullins he is working on the touchpad here http://rootzwiki.com/topic/25858-touchpad-backup-with-qpst-need-this-for-unbricking/page__st__190
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
Ive sent jcsullins a direct message via rootzwiki forum.

just waiting on his reply.

darkspr1te
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] unoaman:
Anybody with SAMSUNG NTT DOCOMO SC-03D please help

Anybody with SAMSUNG NTT DOCOMO SC-03D please help
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
Was there no users on the link i gave you willing to dump thier bootloaders
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ph3d:
http://www.2shared.com/fadmin/41357695/c112dc69/ebr.zip.html

EBR Requested on rootzwiki

Can anyone advise on how to get the fdisk/gparted info on the emmc what is the location of the emmc partition?

******* 32GB Touchpad EBR **********
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
Just a quick thanks for all supplied info, starting to reverse the tables now. I think i have everything required, i will need a couple of days to piece together the exact offsets of the boot structure, from here i will create a blank 16gb file a patch the mbr and ebr into it using a hex editor, fdisk will be used to verify this as it has a .dd option(disk dump) and i need to feed it the heads/cylinders/sectors. This dummy file if correct will allow me to test my scripts offsets when writing the bootloaders, each time i run my script it points to the dummy file under testing i can then verify by copying out of it and doing a comparison with my original file. This dummy file i am treating as a hard disk (actually the emmc device inside your hp). Its a long boring process fron here. This is required on your solution as i dont have a device and i dont know if you can trigger qdload mode if things go wrong like i can on my device.

Regards

darkspr1te
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] Remolten:
I can't speak for everyone however I'm pretty sure 32gb Touchpad's are more common so maybe you should get one for that first :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] worthlessgenius:
Actually, I think the 16Gb ones are more common, as they were the cheaper during the fire sale. Those are what my 2 are. But I could be wrong :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
Sadly this didnt produce anything but i suspect its because the output is via the mic signal and not via left or right pins.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
as most of the data i have right now is 16gb, i will require further data for 32gb but i can also work it out from some of the posted data, it was my intention to hopefully make it almost automatic by specifying it via cmd line.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] worthlessgenius:
I realized now that I didn't continue reading in the thread, and had just used a stereo cable. I'll have to see if I have one with more pins, but I don't think I do.

If this becomes a necessity, let me know, and I can pick up the appropriate cable from Amazon. Spending <$20 on a cable at this point is certainly well worth the money, considering I have a non-functioning TouchPad :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
The cable for the headphone uart is just a curiosity, i documented it for others, i would hold onto that $20, you might be buying me a beer by friday. :D
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
At jon1234444, what size is your touchpad ? Ive never seen so many partitions and some of the numbers dont tally, i will know more when i input them into my spreadsheet.

I think for all future posts can users post their device details as well, it will allow me to know which mbr/ebr /table i am looking at when i pull the files. I am going to have to go back too and reread some as i might have mixed up the different device sizes.

Maybe add your devices as a sgnature, it will also help future searchers i am sure.

Darkspr1te
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] TopTongueBarry:
darkspr1te,

jon1234444's fdisk output isn't from a Touchpad.He needs assistance recovering bricked HTC Evo 3D. Here's his previous post ........

TTB :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
HP Touchpad

Atttention HP touchpad owners,

Ive been in touch with jcsullins over at rootzwiki and we will work on the solution as a package together, this will also free me up a bit more to shift my attentions to other devices, like the htc based units and as jcsullins has a device this will allow us to test theories quicker.

I still require users who have posted files and data to ensure they re-edit the post to specify which device the file came from, I will let users know here, jcsullins will handle rootzwiki side, if we require more files or information.

We have agreed to produce a windows version of the solution first, mac/linux users will have to wait a little longer.

regards

darkspr1te
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] ph3d:
Thanks a lot mate this is looking really good now! Hopefully it can bring back my dead touchpad and I can give it to the girlfriend and she wont need to use mine anymore lol :victory:
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] worthlessgenius:
I just added text denoting my posts as being for the 16Gb HP TouchPad, for posterity's sake.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
Many Thanks

darkspr1te
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] jasonwang:
I have HTC G14, can use your file (8660_msimage.bin and 8660.HEX) from my phone?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] darkspr1te:
A really quick google says it's a Snapdragon MSM8260 , so i dont know. ive only used the 8660 file on a 8660 cpu. as far i know, probably not.

from what ive seen each cpu has it's own mbn for sdcard mode, try and hunt down a file, the trick should work on any device if you have a matching .mbn file or can build the partition.xml file, but i still think that required the original sdcard .mbn file.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy Note I717] RussianBear:
guy was able to build the mbn image for a msm 8960 from scratch here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34274853&postcount=2256
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dtddemon:
Hi guys what my phone is currently doing is when ever i plug it into the computer it says disk needs to be formated but it kicks off every 2-3 seconds it does that and it just generates a bunch of format windows on my comp. the phone does not turn on, does not go to into recovery nor does it try to boot tried these steps http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1513359 and more but does nothing except for when i plug the phone into the computer it starts doing what i have described above.

thanks for looking and any information is greatly appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] LoopDoGG79:
That sounds like a hard brick for sure. How did it happen? Looks like jtag or warrenty or insurance claim is your only solution.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] shadyx513:
What happened to cause this issue did you try to root or flash a rom, phone will not go into recovery or download mode?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] dtddemon:
i had recently updated the recovery because the old one kept acting up and this one did as well like it would take for ever and when i would try to clear the cache it would just be there and do nothing only way was to remove the battery and put it back on but this time i tried to do a format instead of just cache cleaning to get a fresh install but it just never turned back on it had been trying to format for a half hour so i thought that was enough time hmm im wondering how that warranty would go cause the phone is in mint condition.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Teo032:
What did you update it to? And how?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hungrytien:
Same issue. Tried to Flash jb aokp unofficial rom and rebooted.

Black screen. going to download mode doesn't work. And I get the same result when i plug into computer
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] WangLung:
Does the phone respond at all to a charger cable?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] DannyDao:
Same problem HELPPPPP PLEASE

I am having an exactly same issue. I can't turn on the phone, cannot connect to ODIN because when I connect it PC, the DISK FORMAT messages keep popping up. seeking for an solution very bad. If anyone, know how please helppp, I will be very appreciated.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] WangLung:
If the phone responds to a charging cable in the wall socket I don't believe it is bricked. And you said it does respond to your computer in some way. Have you tried getting it into download mode and flashing a stock rom? When I had a captivate I thought it was hard bricked but I got it into download mode with a usb jig (my particular captivate did not have 3 button combo to download mode) and used Odin to flash a stock rom and went from there.

Sent from my SGH-T989
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAING1990:
Hi all,

I am quite new and i want to flash a ROM with stable/fast/battery-friendly/low-RAM usage ROM for my GS3. Anyone has a good recommendation?? I tried Resurrection/Liquid ROM but I don't know why wifi is not working in any of the ROM.

Appreciate your help. Thanks :D
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
You can make any rom light by debloating it with ROMCleaner from here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1827817. For out of the box light rom`s see Android Development thread.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAING1990:
Hi. Thanks so much for the reply. I have a few questions. Pardon me if I ask some stupid questions.

1. I can remove any bloats regardless of the ROM I am running?

2. What are modems? What can I get if I flash CWM modems?

3. I usually see Odin and Mobile Odin but I don't know what they are for and how to use them.

If you are running any good ROM, then you can suggest me :) Thanks again.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
1. ROMCleaner is for debloating any samsung based rom

2. See item 4 in my signature for CWM flashable modems, modems are for connecting with your provider, are location/country based.

3. Odin/Mobile Odin are used to flash stock firmware,.tar/.md5 file based modems and kernels, see item 3 in my signature how to use Odin.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] speedyjay:
These threads aren't allowed! The choice of ROM is entirely based on personal preference! Moderator please close.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
No name of any rom is mentioned mate just general talk, don`t see the problem here :)
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Zikor:
*FACEPALM*

Hence the word recommendation. People can recommend any rom based on their personal preference. sigh!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PAING1990:
Thanks. I will do more reading on those.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gee2012:
It is not permitted to recommend rom`s unless on the rom`s thread itself, see the Android Development and Original Development thread for rom`s :)
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] komalsaeed:
hi

i am using desire hd with 2.2. when i go to manual update process from cell it says your phone is up to date. i have seen many desire hd running 2.3 and its official also.... how can i update my cell to 2.3 using official update

regards
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Teichopsia:
Have you tried going to the website and reading the instructions?

Try doing that, you may find an option to download to pc and flashing that way.

Sent from a dream.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] glevitan:
OTA (Over the Air) updates are down after a while. Try going to HTC site for your location and find the .exe file.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imdecoding:
there is a web site called shipped rooms dot com, there you can find the instaler for the stock rom, also if you got a costom rom you can go back to stock.
[Desire HD Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sashank:
http://shipped-roms.com/download.ph...60.29_26.14.04.28_M_release_234022_signed.exe

Download, connect phone to PC, run as administrator.