[G3 Developer Discussion [Developers Only]] MeetShawn:
EDIT: oops problem solved using carliv image kitchen

I'm completely at a loss here trying to just make an image or mount the stock recovery partition on the F460 variant. Much thanks to anyone who looks at this...

I did the standard dd to img file and I can't open it, getting a bunch of errors (see below) when run through various disk tools. I tried to dd the exact block range which just produces the same result.

I tried mounting the recovery partition on the device but mount doesn't want to work with me. :eek:

1|root@tiger6:/ # mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p21 /sdcard/recovery
Usage: mount [-r] [-w] [-o options] [-t type] device directory
1|root@tiger6:/ # mount -t ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p21 /sdcard/recovery
mount: Invalid argument

I booted into recovery from ADB just to see if it was even intact and it showed the stock recovery logo just fine.

Here's some (helpful??) details...

shell@tiger6:/ $ cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name

179 0 30535680 mmcblk0
179 1 87536 mmcblk0p1
179 2 1024 mmcblk0p2
179 3 512 mmcblk0p3
179 4 16 mmcblk0p4
179 5 512 mmcblk0p5
179 6 2048 mmcblk0p6
179 7 1024 mmcblk0p7
179 8 1024 mmcblk0p8
179 9 4 mmcblk0p9
179 10 1024 mmcblk0p10
179 11 512 mmcblk0p11
179 12 1024 mmcblk0p12
179 13 1024 mmcblk0p13
179 14 1024 mmcblk0p14
179 15 1024 mmcblk0p15
179 16 512 mmcblk0p16
179 17 2048 mmcblk0p17
179 18 2044 mmcblk0p18
179 19 16384 mmcblk0p19
179 20 32768 mmcblk0p20
179 21 16384 mmcblk0p21
179 22 1024 mmcblk0p22
179 23 1024 mmcblk0p23
179 24 1024 mmcblk0p24
179 25 1 mmcblk0p25
179 26 4 mmcblk0p26
179 27 3072 mmcblk0p27
179 28 512 mmcblk0p28
179 29 512 mmcblk0p29
179 30 4 mmcblk0p30
179 31 512 mmcblk0p31
259 0 512 mmcblk0p32
259 1 8 mmcblk0p33
259 2 5104 mmcblk0p34
259 3 16384 mmcblk0p35
259 4 8192 mmcblk0p36
259 5 8192 mmcblk0p37
259 6 32768 mmcblk0p38
259 7 32768 mmcblk0p39
259 8 32768 mmcblk0p40
259 9 32768 mmcblk0p41
259 10 2523136 mmcblk0p42
259 11 868352 mmcblk0p43
259 12 16384 mmcblk0p44
259 13 26480640 mmcblk0p45
259 14 188399 mmcblk0p46
179 32 4096 mmcblk0rpmb
179 64 30703616 mmcblk1
179 65 30702592 mmcblk1p1

shell@tiger6:/ $ ls -al /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 DDR -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p5
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 aboot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p6
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 abootb -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p17
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 boot -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p19
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 cache -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p43
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 drm -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p36
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 eksst -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p32
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 encrypt -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p31
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 factory -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p41
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 fota -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p39
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 fsc -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p28
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 fsg -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p27
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 grow -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p46
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 laf -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p38
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 mdm1m9kefs1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p22
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 mdm1m9kefs2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p23
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 mdm1m9kefs3 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p24
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 mdm1m9kefsc -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p25
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 misc -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p35
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 modem -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 mpt -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p40
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 pad -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 pad1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p26
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 pad2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p30
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 persist -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 rct -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p33
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 recovery -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p21
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 rpm -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p7
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 rpmbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 rpmf -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p14
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 sbl1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 sbl1b -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p10
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 sdi -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p3
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 sdibak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 sdif -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p16
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 sec -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 sns -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p37
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 spare1 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 spare2 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p34
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 spare3 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p44
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 ssd -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p29
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 system -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p42
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 tz -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 tzbak -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p13
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 tzf -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p15
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-04 01:47 userdata -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p45

shawn@shawn-vbox:~/Desktop$ parted recovery.img
WARNING: You are not superuser. Watch out for permissions.
GNU Parted 2.3
Using /home/shawn/Desktop/recovery.img
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
Error: /home/shawn/Desktop/recovery.img: unrecognised disk label

shawn@shawn-vbox:~/Desktop$ fdisk -l recovery.img

Disk recovery.img: 16 MB, 16777216 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2 cylinders, total 32768 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Disk recovery.img doesn't contain a valid partition table

shawn@shawn-vbox:~/Desktop$ e2fsck recovery.img
e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
ext2fs_open2: Bad magic number in super-block
e2fsck: Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open recovery.img

The superblock could not be read or does not describe a valid ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2/ext3/ext4
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
or
e2fsck -b 32768 <device>

shawn@shawn-vbox:~/Desktop$ e2fsck -b 8192 recovery.img
e2fsck 1.42.9 (4-Feb-2014)
e2fsck: Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open recovery.img
Could this be a zero-length partition?