yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] අධිරාජ (Adhirāja):
I agree. It is very convenient and trouble-free

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Power off the PC.

Plug flashdrive into PC, and power it on.

Press Either F2, F10, or ESC keys and go into bios and change the boot priority, and set USB boot as highest priority

Then in the future, you can automatically plug the flashdrive into the PC in order to boot from it.

(I had to also change from UEFI boot to legacy boot for it to work, so after all these steps if it still does not work, you may have to do the same ).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dirtbiker288:
I can't seem to get the keyboard to work to login... Here is what I have done so far.

Windows 10 Asus laptop

1. downloaded FWUL 15GB persistant

2. installed to 32bg usb using rufus

3. Turned off secure boot

4. Turned on F12 option

5. Booted to sub

No keyboard, no touchpad mouse

Plugged in usb mouse, that works

6. Switched to legacy boot in bios

7. Booted usb

Still no keyboard or touchpad, usb mouse works.

8. Restarted usb, same result.

Just wondering what I am missing...

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dirtbiker288:
Maybe this can shed a little light... Got this on shut down.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
nope. the reason is that your laptop seems to be special and FWUL is missing a driver for your keyboard obviously.

Give me the EXACT model name of your laptop pls.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dirtbiker288:
It is an Acer E5-573G , Model N15Q1
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Makifylmz:
Hi, I have a problem with FWUL 2.6 to boot on my pc. It works on older laptops(2-7 years) but no luck on mine with same secure boot/Uefi options and ofc same live usb stick. I've attached the pic of problem. Please see the attachment.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
try the VGA fallback modes
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Makifylmz:
It didn't work at the first time but after I've disabled uefi and tried vga fallback-2 it worked! I've been trying to make it work on my pc for days! I used my friends old pc to unlock my device for that reason. Thank you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Glad to help. you saw the little thx button beyond each of my posts? ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Makifylmz:
Oh sorry, I was busy and I must have missed it. But you already know I'm thankful ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
This might be a silly question, but how do I update fwul without losing anything?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
this isn't a silly question! ;)

and well atm there is no way to do what you want sorry.

Moving the

home

dir though may be available in a future release but I'm not sure even about that.

FWUL is not meant to be a daily driver so I think its maybe useless to take all the effort to do that.

Note: Just moving everything of the persistent storage is for sure a bad idea as the installed software goes to the persistent storage, too.

When you now take a new base operating system (the new FWUL release) plus the outdated software from the persistent storage it will downgrade several parts of the system which

WILL

break the OS.

So the only thing which would make sense is offering a backup/restore for /home.

Ofc there is another way too: I could setup an own FWUL repo server, packaging every single modification I have done in FWUL in Arch packages and then a user could just click update..

just a quick calc on that: this will take 1 year to make that stable (...at least 1y)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
Thx. :good: as long as it can run latest SALT I'm good wit that. :victory:

(I'm a noob) edit. I can just take a backup with new fwul .

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@steadfasterX :good: I've downloaded FWUL 2.6 30 GB persistent. If I grab the salt_backup from 2.5 will I be able to restore it in 2.6? :D

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:angel::svetius:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
hm i see many issues with that model for Linux in general.. I cant do anything on yours atm sorry. I need to identify which setting or driver is needed.

Some users reported that the can boot when they set acpi=off on the boot cmdline (edit in the FWUL boot menu .. go to the end .. add acpi=off)

Maybe give that a try..

Yes SALT backups are compatible between all SALT versions and ( I guess ) they will always be as the format of the images will not change ever..

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
Too late. I verified basic backup ok but didn't save the original backup I created before usu !!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dirtbiker288:
I will give that a go tonight and let you know. I can resurrect my old window 7 laptop and see if it will work on that too. I was trying to avoid that as it's in pretty rough shape.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
I have it on sdcard after i used your method if it helps.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
I backed up boot, system, efs, BL unlock state and bootloader in twrp. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] David X:
Thank you very much for the detailed instructions. It is a very useful platform that I am able to run windows and linus at same time.

Update: After tried several times, finally I saw the screen with all partitions to select for extracting... Yeah I got modem.image (size about 88m). Thanks again for this wonderful tool.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] David X:
I extracted with SALT and got two modem files, one modem.bin from my own phone backup (stock MM), and one modem.image from stock MM KDZ.

- Can I use either one when upgrade to stock N?

- If yes, how to flash modem.image? Just rename it as modem.img?

- In TWRP when flashing modem.img, which one should I select, boot/recovery/system?

Thanks a lot.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
SALT has a log file which is needed when you have issues. Reproduce the problem then open Advanced menu -> debug log -> upload button -> share the link

Read the faq in the UsU thread about how to flash. It is there for a reason.

Yes you could use the MM modem but you have to flash the baseband package afterwards... or an UsU kernel.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
Hey [MENTION=5545101]steadfasterX[/MENTION] , check out the error I get when loading FWUL 2.6 8gb persistent :laugh:

It also happened on 30gb on a 64gb USB stick. Any ideas?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
this happens when you have multiple FWUL's running. For example when talking about VirtualBox: you mount a persistent FWUL as a disk and attach an ISO to the same VM.

On a PC: ensure you only have the wanted FWUL stick plugged in and not any another one

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
thx. i managed to grab a backup to /run/media/android/D626E16826E149D7/ but it isn't visible

is this correct? its supposed to be my mounted second hdd. also when im finished backup i cant reboot device from salt, cant enter advanced menu

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Ahh I gotcha :good: so youre saying it's because I have to take off VirtualBox then it should work?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
No. I assume(!) that you are booting from the USB stick directly (so not in Virtualbox).

If that is the case there is maybe something wrong with the FWUL installation on the stick.

How did you flashed FWUL ?

Try to erase the whole USB stick (!) and install FWUL again on it.

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
I selected 'create bootable disc image using 'DD' ,then started but got an error at the end. It burnt it but I didn't catch the error
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
so i bit the bullet after frying 2 usb sticks with rufus and opted for virtualbox.

:(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
have you set USB 3 in virtualbox?

have you connected the device into the VM in virtualbox?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
USB 3.0 Lg electronics device ,check

Extensions package - installed, device in in DL mode = :good:

No connection :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Actually your best bet is getting the USB stick working
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] adam_s_459_:
I don't fully understand. I get that error sometimes after booting FWUL a few times. I don't have it installed on anything else so how would that be the cause of this? It's almost like the usb expires after a couple of boots. I'm using FWUL 2.6 forgetful but I used 2.5 persistent for a while then it stopped booting.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
and it still wont let me into advanced menu with device connected in dl mode.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
When you press enter here nothing happens? I'm not sure about the rufus thing though. Maybe the image gets not written correctly..

Edit

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Could you please try LiLi :

http://www.linuxliveusb.com/en/download

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
This looks really strange. Could you please verify the chcecksum of the image with the one locally on your pc? Maybe the download was corrupt..?!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
You could also try to just burn it to cd / dvd ;)

Thanks for not giving up :svetius:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] richie16171:
When you create USB using Rufus, first select MBR partition scheme for BIOS or UEFI , then select the ISO, after that hit start, you get a pop up giving you 2 options.Write in ISO Image mode(Recommended) and the other is Write in DD Image mode. First option does not work always. So select second one. Then reboot , select boot option and after selecting USB it starts to boot. Here you don't have to press anything ..wait and it starts automatically with the lot of scripts and finally it will boot to the Linux window.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Many thanks for sharing this richie! Highly appreciated :svetius:

Hope this works for him too..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
I believe it is because you may have hybrid graphics?

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Hybrid_graphics

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DevUt:
http://askubuntu.com/a/388269
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Oh please try this:

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=146892

Well yes and no DevUt. As this is arch Linux Ubuntu commands will not work :D but the direction is correct. I believe that we either need to include nvidia drivers in the next build or better just adding a new nomodeset option in the boot dialog.

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] richie16171:
I also have a graphic card GTX560M 3GB, i7 processor,16GB Ram .., very strange... I don't have any problem booting.., for my curiosity, could you load your bios with the default setting and then try to boot.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Well I have a nvidea graphic card too but I have also an intel gpu coming with my CPU!! . This is what I meant with hybrid. Most ppl don't know that they have 2 graphic cards available so I suggest to check the bios settings and disable intel graphics.

Besides this my previous link with the nomodeset option should workaround it.

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] richie16171:
In my bios , the Intel graphics is disabled permanently., I can't use Intel graphics even though My processor (i7 2670QM) has built in graphics.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
That's why it just works for u ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Fox36:
Thanks for these bro ?

And ther are any way to install these tools on ubuntu16.10 not all the system becuos i have installed ubuntu and windows on my pc

And is work on vm ware?

Not : sorry for bad english
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Sure you can install I think all of these tools on Ubuntu as well but you have to find out it on your own sorry

In my GitHub account you will find the build Script and package list with all details

regarding VMware i would recommend virtualbox instead but as long as you can use USB in it it should work
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Fox36:
hmmm i am instaled it in virtual box but not in usb

I am unstaled it fronm internal storage

But proplem is failed to start x server gui

And any way to solve it
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
"in usb" ? sorry what do u mean?

try the following:

When you see the boot screen with FWUL press the TAB key

Then just press the space bar and type in: "nomodeset" (without the quotes!)

Then Enter. Does it boot then?

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
New release!

FWUL_1-1_x86-64.iso

Released: 2017-03-18

Download: see the OP

Full Changelog: on Github

Fresh Arch base from the day of release (means all packages are top current)

Added 3 failsafe boot modes (i hope that helps ppl with booting issues)

Added LGLaf tool to get shell access for unbricking LG phones

Added a hint to the installer popup about "Potential dangerous" note when installing

Fix for Sony Flashtool: AUR provides only 0.9.22.3 instead of the newest 0.9.23.1 (which then gets patched to 0.9.23.2 ... omg :eek: )

Fix for Sony Flashtool: the installer was not able to download anymore (link in AUR is dead! I needed to provide a new DIRECT-DL mirror to accomplish this! thx XDA ;))

Added full support for Oracle VirtualBox - you can now boot into a VM instead of rebooting the whole PC

-> you need to downlad and install the Oracle EXTENSION PACK to make full use of USB etc

-> 8 GB of PC RAM are recommended (give as much as you can to FWUL! e.g. 6 GB)

NOTE: Currently only on the

backup mirror

! System maintenance at AFH.... (why they all do that while i trying to upload... sigh)

FWUL 1-1 is up on all servers now.

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Oldnobby:
Hi [MENTION=5545101]steadfasterX[/MENTION]

I didn't had time yet to test your great work on my labtop unfortunately but I wiil try my best next week and I promise to give a feedback

Keep up the good work, thank you and have a nice day :good:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] richie16171:
Thank You so much for the new release. I this time tried making USB with Linux live USB creator as recommended.

But I ran into trouble. I could not boot the USB all 3 options. The screen shots attached.

Then I did it with Rufus ISO format(Recommended) and even though it was showing 2 errors, but successfully booted.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
Looking at the log I have to burn it in an USB 3.0 port is this correct?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sdembiske:
See post # 501 to see it helps bring your 2 USB sticks back to life and then re-install FWUL on the stick again.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Yes that screenshot helps a lot!

Something weird happened in SALT.

Please provide the salt log the old school way:

Start SALT once while device is connected. Close SALT.

open the home dir open the home / personal folder from the desktop.

Find and double click the file named salt.log

Copy the whole content and paste it to bpaste.net ( see my signature)

Share the link afterwards.

Thanks!

Well you can just burn FWUL to a dvd. I can't think of any easier way..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
Ok I'll try again. But it forces me to use diskpart everytime I exit. Otherwise I get the crash on booting fwul ;)

Also it's worth noting that the USB crashes after I burn it in DD mode in Rufus
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] adam_s_459_:
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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
i give up this is driving me mad. "it didnt validate"

i dont even know how to copy the log. sorry im gonna have to call it quits.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ricky Divjakovski:
You say there is multiple issues on windows.. What issues?

I have never faced any issue on windows.

The only advantage of running linux is.. well nothing really?

If a user needs to use your ISO to be able to detect their device i doubt they can compile a ROM.

So in theory theres no advantages, AT ALL.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Just read through the forums about (this is just ONE example) driver issues on windows.

running Linux is bull**** and makes no sense at all. if you have not taken the time to even read the OP why should we talk here? FWUL is never ever meant for compiling ROMs.

You don't need to use FWUL and if you can't see a reason for FWUL I don't care. It helped me in dozens times in the past when supporting users having problems with their android but hey if you don't need it: don't use it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
I'm sorry I got stressed about it :( I'm just thankful that I was able to use fwul to unlock my device. :good:

I don't know enough to really have made the comments I made it's been a long night. I'm very interested in FWUL as a addition to the UsU unlock I was able to achieve thx to [MENTION=5545101]steadfasterX[/MENTION] . Very satisfied with my device now. :angel:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] shinobisoft:
Wow, that's how we support our fellow developers... Very unprofessional in my opinion!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ricky Divjakovski:
Im just saying, the only reason your provided to switch from windows to Linux is invalid.

The motivation for this project is great though
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
All reasons provided are valid.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
bpaste wouldnt let me paste so i uploaded the salt log text to mediafire

http://www.mediafire.com/file/7n0mua1cpsf0n3m/salt.txt
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
[MENTION=5545101]steadfasterX[/MENTION] is it worth backing up basic in forgetful 2.6 to my mounted hdd?

Its been backing up for nearly two hours
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
target disk full?

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
really the best is if you come to IRC. Problems like this are hard to solve by just talking..

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
:angel::svetius:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
Thx to [MENTION=5545101]steadfasterX[/MENTION] the problem was resolved. :good:

:good::good::good:

Access to advanced options, device info, fastboot reboot the works!!!! :laugh:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mwahahaa:
I know how to do a SALT log, but is there a FWUL log as well? I have successfully extracted files from a kdz, but I cannot flash anything in fastboot and I cannot transfer the files to usb or sdhc because it keeps telling me there is no space on those drives (there is plenty). I tried reflashing FWUL with rufus but it didn't fix anything. All I want now is to get those extracted files off the usb iso and onto a regular usb and I can't for the life of me get this to work.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Hard to say what's going on without having a look. If you like come on IRC next Tuesday and I can help.

Edit

You can also make a screenshot / video of every step you take.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] අධිරාජ (Adhirāja):
Are the files from the KDZ stored in the flashdrive that holds FWUL itself?? What happens when you plug another flashdrive into the PC and try to transfer from one to the other?

If this doesn't work, I guess you can burn FWUL to a DVD-R, then repeat the KDZ extraction process .Then it will force you to save the output to some other location.

Also, do you want to wipe the FWUL flashdrive also? If so, please download Darik's Boot and Nuke (https://sourceforge.net/projects/dban/files/dban/dban-2.3.0/dban-2.3.0_i586.iso/download), burn it to a CD/DVD, boot into it, connect the flash drive, the program will ask what device you want to wipe and the method to use.

Ensure ONLY the flash drive is selected

and select Gutmann wipe method. This will destroy all data on the flashdrive.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] SkOrPn:
This is an amazing find.

I just put this on a spare 8gb Kingston and going to use it on a spare Intel PC to see if I can get my SHIELD TV working. The official ways via NVIDIA and other sites just will not complete the boot process, just forever stays on the "android" name for hours. I tried like 6 times now, or more.

So not exactly sure where the stock images from NVIDIA go though. Should I put the on the 8gb usb, or should I actually do this from one of my 32GB flash drives instead? I do have a 128GB samsung ssd on this spare PC, but not sure that is where I should put files. I am in a panic right now because I didnt expect the normal recovery method was going to fail. I been tinkering with android ever since the beginning of Android smartphones and today just doesn't make any sense to me. Windows 10 refuses to install the official USB drivers and device manager says its a Tegra device, and will not accept either the official goodle drivers or the newest ones from NVIDIA. So now I am going to try FWUL, lol.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Tros13:
Hi all,

First attempt ever rooting a device and would appreciate some help! I have tried this with LG_VZW_United_WHQL_v2.22.0, LGMobileDriver_WHQL_Ver_4.2.0, and all drivers from the phone itself from rotating between all possible connections to my PC debugged and not + connected in download (lgvzandnetbus64, lgvzandnetdiag64, lgvzandnetmdm64). I can mount the device in VB ArchLinux64 in the modes other than Download, where I can't find the device at all nor does SALT detect it.

Any advice on how I can get this working? Also my first time using Linux, so actual commands would be much appreciated!

I assume my problem is something to do with the debugging connection. I found this somewhere but have yet to find it again (I assume in one of the lglaf files):

(venv)[peter@al lglaf]$ python auth.py --debug

LGLAF.py: DEBUG: Using endpoints 83 (IN), 02 (OUT)

auth: DEBUG: Challenge: c4:af:ff:aa

auth: DEBUG: Response: 12:7a:c2:c2:87:0e:06:5d:a2:a4:c3:8c:a2:12:12:12

Running $ python auth.py --debug, I did get the response LGLAF.py: DEBUG: Using endpoints 83 (IN), 02 (OUT). Then I entered the other two commands and the cursor just goes to a new line but with no filepath. Left it for about minutes, but nothing happened.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sdembiske:
Refer to post # 529 - it's a bit of a checklist I have to run through sometimes myself when I'm having trouble connecting. See if it helps.