yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Awesome i'm looking right now...

I've successfully deconstructed the .kdz into .dz on windows then chunked those /dzextracted/files

into a "system.image" fired up virtual machine (Kali-Linux) and copied system.image to desktop in "guest" ..

opened terminal (root@kali:~# dd if=system.image of=system.img) the result is a .img file that i open and then cancel in "DiskMounter" wich then gives me an icon on the desktop such as a mounted usb-drive ...

guess what its a 2.2Gb file/system containing the files and folders and everythings there ...

im thinking its a little progress. Now what to do with it...

first thing was use the black death triangle icon thingy labled "fota_error_popup_icon.png" as my desktop wallpaper : )

any ideas?

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@ Sharky007

Man...

im not sure what to do with this info you linked to here....the frp reset thing on gsm or whatever...

how the hell can i get this "Z3X BOX 2-3G TOOL VER 9.29 "CURRENT VER" software ?

as far as I know these things cost money... big money sometimes...

i only paid $20 for this phone so , i can't logically spend more than $20 to fix it or i may as well buy a new one.
[General Topics] Sharky007:
true is does cost and doesnt really help as far as I know it just helps reset password protection...

I believe since it has drivers to download mode i believe that it could be of some use not sure a lot about it.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Well...

Verizon Wireless Software upgrade assistant Tool gets stuck at 20%....

and I even left it plugged up all night while I slept.

I did figure out that LGUP if I choose FOTA_UPDATE option it lets me flash a zip file without checking anything.... on a whim I chose "kernel-nethunter-generic-armhf-3.15.4-20170211-0304" which I had from another project ...

anyhow it read the file pushed it to device and then the bricked fone flipped to recovery and tried to update....

Wrong Update.zip so I just ended up with the "Dead Android " at the end....

but does anyone knoe maby how to make an Update.zip that could be flashed by regular recovery to repair build.prop ?????????????

If I could do that I'd have a working device again... if I can change build.prop back to stock I can reflash with LGUP and Be working again

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somebody somewhere please help me with getting update.zip
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
[MENTION=2839601]Motojunki01[/MENTION]

sorry to bother you I Know youre busy and all ,

But I was wondering if you would know anyone who could do the OTA_update on this device and snatch the downloaded file before it has a chance to reboot to update and thus destroy the file ???

I Believe I Can Restore My device with a copy of the signed update.zip from the ota.

please Help...

This Surely Qualifies as A Big-Brick...

and this is the only source i can find for un-bricking this device ...

even on Google all roads lead here ... Congrats by the way for gaining top results on google :)

Thanks ,

Astr4y4L
[General Topics] Nat82k14:
Just curious if any fellow vs425pp users got the fastboot working and how ?
[General Topics] Sharky007:
I finally got it working. After you zero the laf partition. You can access it after trying to get into download mode via volume up and insert usb cable. Then with the correct drivers on windows it will say ADB Interface at the top. I had to uninstall one driver that had kedacom usb device first.

Edit: The current driver I have finds the phone but wont flash anything.
[General Topics] Sharky007:
I compiled custom recovery but everytime I try to flash with dd command. The stock recovery keeps coming back.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
check for a way to disable "recovery-from-boot.p" or the like.

i believe i read that its pascal code but has something to do with reflashing the recovery on boot if it doesnt match stock...

just a shot in the dark...

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[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
Sounds like a lot of progress is being made on development for this device. If nothing else, a great list of DOs and DON'Ts is being compiled; sometimes, unfortunately, at the cost of somebody's device. I've been out of commission health wise, but it's nice to look at this thread and see it's growth and the continued interest in development for the Zone 3. I hope to be able to contribute soon.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Thats great,

i have went and bought another one ....

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hopefully i'll ever get time to work on this...

i've wondered about a bootstrap recovery such as SafeStrap...

it's a lot of work though.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
tried to flash brndnew device to p2 ,

Bootloops etc. Then it doesn't recognize the Sim card.. Forked out $50 to activate and eveverything but p2 doesn't work for me
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
That's the oddity with this particular device. Some users have been able to successfully downgrade/root this device with no hitch, while others have encountered an insurmountable obstacle with the procedure.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Yep unless until we can fix the bootloop and use flashfire or find a way to patch the driver [MENTION=483433]sharki[/MENTION] was using for fast boot its a jam...
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
I just remembered this and that you compiled recovery ...

with the issue copying it useing DD and fastboot not working the best i was wondering if this may be of help(https://github.com/jcadduono/android_external_dirtycow)

check out the read me...

maby you can use the same basic technique to flash your rocovery to device...

just an idea.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
well, I got it going on pp2 again rooted, supersu, xposed, luckypatcher,etc.

but problem is i dont get network connectivity at all. i can use wifi just fine but no network...

trying to find a way to bypass it
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
Perhaps install Partition Backup & Restore app by Wanam and try reflashing your modem & radio firmware (/modem, /fsg, /ssd).
[General Topics] jazzdglass:
I'm on pp5. Can I get GSM band working?
[General Topics] Sharky007:
I was looking through aboot strings and found this line which leads me to believe the bootloader is probably locked but I cant get any commands to work still.

Need wipe userdata. Do 'fastboot oem unlock-go'
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
OMG thanks for that tid-bit...

useing python I was able to get that system.img so i'll try to extract those partitions from pp7 and flash them one at a time with this method to rooted pp2.

we shall see. it'll take me probably couple days ,busy now, but i'll let you know what happens....
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
Please do. And thanks for the update.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
what is /fsg and /ssd ?

im trying to extract it from pp7.kdz i got the /modem but it says /fsg is <empty>

and I dont see /ssd in the list of extracted files?

ok found /ssd its also empty....

maby if I flash /modem....

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so what are the "PRL/ERI WRITE" and "PHONESETTING" options on LGuP for ?

does anyone else Know ? I haven't seen this on here any other time i flashed with this.... I'm scratching my head...
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
I'm not too familiar with the bells & whistles of the LG UP flashing utility. There is also LG Flash Tool 2014, which is an effective alternate to LG UP. Disregard /ssd. After checking I determined that /ssd is a radio partition used mostly on Motorola partition tables. On the Zone 3, /modem & /fsg are your primary radio firmware partitions.

I would recommend using an on-device flashing app such as Partition Backup & Restore by Wanam (available free on Play Store) or Flashfire by [MENTION=631273]Chainfire[/MENTION], to flash your radio firmware partitions.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
UPDATE:

"Houston We Have Lift Off !!!!"

Special thanks to [MENTION=7383447]MotoJunkie01[/MENTION] And everyone Here !!!

I Now Have successful Root Xposed and " Drumroll Please " all connectivity!!!

OK and Heres a TREAT....

Maby... after what i've just done I have No BootLoop on last 2 boots.....

so i'll let it ride a day or two then see if it bootloops again if not i'll be back with instructions.

Thanks you all

Astr4y4L
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
Glad you worked it out. You've made great progress towards a universal root method. If you have time and wouldn't mind, please outline your method and steps in detail. That would help other members perhaps downgrade & root their Zone 3s.

Ah, sorry. I just read your entire post where you stated you would list instructions. Thanks
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Sir, or Ma'am... sry don't know but would you have a place to host some files for this?

I can send you the .img files I used and the process step by step....

can I get recognition if this indeed confirms working?

i'd like to be recognized as contributor....

and it would be great to get some help with some new ideas for xposed mods root apps etc. for this device.
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
Recognized Contributor is a Title awarded by XDA Moderators. You may PM one of the many Moderators in the XDA Community and apply for such a Title. But I believe you must first attain Senior Member status. The best way I've found to host file downloads is to upload the files to Google Drive, get a sharable link, then post the link in your thread.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
awsome , i'm going to test drive this for a bit... don't want anyone bricking thair $20

zone3 from bad instructions... by the way can you help with the GSM sim card hack, I'd love to be able to use ATT, Tmobile, Etc. also
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
Yes. I'll get you some build prop mods and system app tweaks that will enable GSM network support. I done it on one of my early Zone 3s.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
OK SO HERE IT IS AS PROMISED.....

these are the files I've created from python and the tools i've used to get this to work .

i did most of this on windows except for i used Kali-linux to create the .img files

i am hosting this temp. on my AWS so lets try to keep bandwidth and traffic down till we got something better...

and i want to create an app to streamline and automate this process.

here's the link

(http://www.astrayalslanding.dynu.net:88/Zone3_Root/zone3_root.zip)

Open the "READ_ME"enclosed in the .zip for instructions

also i don't want to sound like a duche.... i reread my post last night and decided to push this to you and i'll work on an app for it also. and then if i get recognized as a contrib or dev then good if not...

i'll keep doing what i do and hope for enough "thanks" to get recognition....

recognition is only important because i want to be taken seriously as a dev...

untill then i'll just retain my self proclaimed title "Astr4y4L, TheHackster"

but if you'll help me with the gsm unlocking build.props etc i'll help you any way i can too

thanks for everything guys,

Astr4Y4L

ps.. can't wait to see twrp or Safestrap for this...

I really want to put Nethunter on this device.

Pss. [MENTION=8292991]Sharky007[/MENTION]

can i get some info on your custom recovery ? i really need a working twrp.

got to be twrp too for my purposes...

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Update: Confirmed 100% working on my device!!!!!!

Need testers.... see post above.

Everything needed is provided in this thread and the missing piece is in zip i've linked ubove.

I'm excited to see if this is only for the Vs425lpp7 or if it works with these files for all variants

Any brave souls out there ?
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Furtherul update...

Flashfire now partially supported...

!

On second thought bad idea so far they're not playing nice together maybe I have something misconfigured I ended up on a hung boot but pulling the battery putting them back in and rebooting it rebooted with no boot loops....
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
If you're rooted using the latest SuperSU (v2 82), try also setting SELinux to permissive mode in lieu of enforcing. Then you should have no adverse issues with Flashfire. But, be super cautious flashing /rpm (primary bootloader), /aboot (application bootloader), sbl1 (secondary bootloader),or any other bootloader dependent partition. Hard bricks occur easily tampering with those.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Awsome... forgot all about selinux....

How hard would it be to make an init. Script to set permissive on boot?
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
Not hard at all. Install Kernel Adiutor-Mod. (I used Aptoide to download it.) It has an option to set SELinux to permissive on boot, and if the stock Kernel supports it, init'd script are an option also.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
i guess the stock Kernel has no init.d support.... :(

but the set on boot permissive option works...

but...

now what...???

i need to be able to patch kernel for nethunter...

and either custom recovery or functional flashfire...

tring to run flashfire backup now...

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also how to disable the verizon "installer" on connecting usb?

well flashfire did something and now looks like its hung on red screen again

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well no luck on flashfire yet...can anyone else get this working?
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Gravitybox- lp

Worked pretty good for themeing .

Dont touch radio stuff... had to reflash reroot and the whole process again because of it.

Get titainium backup i recomend pro...

And back things up when they work.

Confirmed rooted a second time around

With this method

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@MotoJunkie01

How about those edits and gsm build.prop things?
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
I'm traveling for work at the moment. When I get settled back at home this week I'll fix you up with those.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Awsome... thanks4 that.

I have to wonder if anyone else has noticed that we have this accomplished I wonder if anyone else has tried this on their device yet I have a fully functional Xposed Framework I'm pretty much completely same doubt with custom Boot and shutdown animations the whole nine yards completely thinned out status bar navigation lock screens everything. Does anyone out there have any good idea how we might can change the stock kernel or patch the stock kernel on this device?
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
Cygwin with [MENTION=673068]dsixda[/MENTION]'s Android Kitchen provides utilities and options to unpack, modify & repack stock boot images, whereas the stock Kernel can be modified to an unsecured boot image with init'd support. The task can be quite tedious, but with some patience and your level of Android knowledge you shouldn't have a problem.

Here is a thread you may want to check out.

https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1849473
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
thanks i'll look at it when i get time
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
in case anyone else gets annoied at the verizon installer on usb/pc connection i found a way to disable that.

should work without root {don't know...I AM ROOT!!!} but heres what i found and works on my device

Go to the stock dialer, type "##3328873". It'll prompt for the service code. Type "000000". You'll see a menu with a few options.

Uncheck the "Tool Launcher enable" option.

reboot, and vola' no more autorun B.S

Thankyou Reddit !!!

also if anyone interested I can dump partitions now!!!

:)

so anyone else got stable root yet, no bootloop?
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
wooo hooo!!!!!!!!!!!

after making a lot of changes i now have a mostly working kali-nethunter on my device!!!

yeah!!!

now to modify the stock kernel and ramdisk for init.d and usb-otg support....

and then if i can figure out how to patch or replace the wifi drivers to support monitor-mode and packet-injection i'll have a gogo gadget spy-phone just like in the movies ! :) if not, patching the kernel for usb-otg would let us use usb wifi adapters such as the ralink and atheros chipsets that do support those features. And for a whopping $20 :)

{well $40 for me since i killed the first one good}

anyways, if anyone wants to help work on a custom rom for this device speak up and i can get you the raw dumped partitions in .img format and i believe that if we do so we can use the same method that i used to flash the radio-firmware to get the partitions to the device... and well, if one of them is a modified or custom recovery we could just flash .zips after the initial process...

anybody want to step up
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
Nice work. Thank you for sharing. :)
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
I'm developing for the Moto G (3rd Gen) and the Alcatel Ideal (4060A) at the moment but would love to start back development on this device. I should have a replacement device today or tomorrow. (Mine was stolen a couple of months ago). And I'll be settled back home from work in a couple days as well. First, we need a ported, rebased TWRP for this phone which will successfully install on the /recovery partition. Any word on TWRP?
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
Wow, you've had quite an adventure it sounds. Glad to hear you're still making headway.
[General Topics] Sharky007:
Sorry haven't had much time for a while now I did compile a recovery. Although I haven't got to test it. It is cwm sorry for that,but it is just a few different steps for twrp. I should be able to get you twrp real soon. If you do want to try cwm the link is https://ufile.io/8y8hz. Just make sure to backup because I didn't test.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
that's awsome! Thanks! Will download now .

Is it ok if i add this to my projects repo (with warning and credit to you ofcourse) ?

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@Sharky007

This file is about 6mb smaller than the recovery that i dumped from device.

Wonder if i need to worry about dm varity?

If all goes wrong guess i can just flash back and start over....maby i'll make titainium backup so i can just reroot and restore.... save a LOT of time.

Can't wait for twrp.plz tell me how i can be of assistance.

Will test your cwm soon ill let ya know how it goes.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Well I tried tHe cwm recovery and when I rebooted to recovery I just got the system recovery wrapper...

I moved recovery-from-boot. P to recovery-from-boot. P.bak and install-recovery.sh to install-recovery.sh.bak then I used the partition restore tool to restore the cwm image to the recovery partition everything went okay but I still just get the stupid stock system recovery wrapper I think we will have to figure out where that is located and move it and try again it's just too bad that this doesn't work too good with the old Android kitchen.

Hmmmmm....

Scratching head.......
[General Topics] Sharky007:
Ya same issue I checked the hash and after do command sometimes it works but I always get the stock recovery coming up
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
This may be occurring for the same reason that most LG devices won't boot into fastboot -- LG's notorious /laf partition. If the /laf partition gets zeroed, this device will successfully respond to adb reboot bootloader, and boot into fastboot mode. From there, we could force the custom recovery to the /recovery partition by fastboot flash recovery [recovery filename].img. This method was used back in the days of the LG G3 to force fastboot mode and flash custom recovery. Just a thought.

Because /laf enables the device to enter download mode, a dump of /laf should first be made in order to reflash /laf in the event download mode is ever needed.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Right on...

I can dump the /laf if needed.

wish i could find a way to get my other (first) phone up running again so i'd have another test device.

This is my dailydriver...

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@sharky007

Did you ever have any luck with the /laf thing?

Was it driver issue or bootloops the problem?
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
I bought a replacement Zone 3 today. Came with VS425PP8 out of the box. I'll try to nuke /laf on mine after I downgrade/root it, since I did get it for a test device. No need in anybody risking their daily driver.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
after you downgrade to pp2 grab the files I linked to and it has the .img files you need to flash after root so as to stop the bootloops. it's basicly the stock pp7 modem firmware.

and let us know how goes it :)
[General Topics] MotoJunkie01:
I appreciate that. I will keep you updated.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Just an educated guess but they changed the modem somewhere between pp2 and PP4 and that's why my device would not work and had no connectivity on pp2 yet I flash pp4 and had connectivity but could not root and looking at the pp8 changelog it seems to me just to be a minor security update so I'm guessing that the same files will work for PP8 also...

Its so awsome to be getting somewhere with all this!

Myself I've already gotten my device completely themed out and I've got to work on Kali nethunter

And for now this is my new favorite toy still can't wait to see team win recovery project ported for this device.

also can anyone tell me how I can go about posting screenshots to this thread so that I can show everyone what my device looks like now really cool to be able to screen record and show the software version and the phone model and then show how I've got it themed out and everything maybe even show the box that I bought it in. Just to prove to any of the naysayers out there that we got this working.
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
POSSIBLE INTERESTING INFO ABOUT KERNEL...

Kernel command line: sched_enable_hmp=1 console=ttyHSL0,115200,n8 androidboot.console=ttyHSL0 user_debug=31 msm_r tb.filter=0x3F ehci-hcd.park=3 androidboot.bootdevice=7824900.sdhci lpm_levels.sleep_disabled=1 earlyprintk andro idboot.hardware=e1q lge.uart=disable lge.rev=rev_10 lge.battid=SW3800_VC0 lge.bootreason=0xd maxcpus androidboot. mode kswitch androidboot.fota androidboot.fota_reboot lge.touchModule=TERITARY_MODULE vmalloc=400m gpt model.name =MSM8909 bootcable.type=NO_INIT androidboot.ddr_size=1610612736 fakebattery=disable lge.bootreasoncode=0xd52be5b8 lge.hreset=off androidboot.dlcomplete=0 androidboot.recovery=false androidboot.emmc=true androidboot.serialno=VS 425PP16fb34d1 lge.signed_image=true androidboot.baseband=msm mdss_mdp3.panel=1:dsi:0:qcom,mdss_dsi_tcl_ili9806e_f wvga_video_panel:1:none

AND I BELIEVE THIS IS WHERE WE ENABLE INIT.D AND SUCH...
[General Topics] abense:
i got one on pp8 what should i do
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
kind of a vague question....

What are you trying to accomplish?

Root?

If u want root follow thread to flash pp2 and download the zone3_root zip that i linked to in earlier post unzip open README follow instructions and have root.

Dont forget to thank [MENTION=2839601]motojunk[/MENTION]i01 and myself with the thankyou button.
[General Topics] abense:
is there a way to get pp2 stable with root?
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
Yes follow the instructions ..

I have stable root.

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flash to pp2 download zip file from here

(http://astrayalslanding.dynu.net:88/Android_Development/)

Open zip. open readme that i included.

Follow instructions precicely.

All needed tools and .img files included in .zip

And enjoy root like i am.

Dont forget the thanks button. And if you're really happy with it donations help to fund my work.

Enjoy

Astr4y4L
[General Topics] Astr4y4L:
just added a .rar archive containing aboot boot factory laf recovery and system images in raw .img format obtained in the same fashion as the modem images I provided to stop the bootloops ...

maby someone can use this to fix our recovery

(http://astrayalslanding.dynu.net:88/Android_Development/Projects/stock_.img(pp2).rar)

hope this helps