yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] shinobisoft:
What specific device do you have. I'm assuming a LG from the Windows device drivers mentioned. Every LG device I've had has 2 different device ID numbers. One ID for download mode and another for all other user accessable modes. Also, the endpoints ( IN/OUT ) you referred to will also differ between devices.

You should be able to put your device in download mode then connect to PC via USB while in Linux or in your VM and in a terminal type "lsusb" and press enter. You should see an item in the presented list that is from LG Electronics. The line should contain 2 numbers, among other information, with one number being "1004", which is HEX for LGs manufacturer ID. The other number will be your specific device ID. Post your results here for further assistance.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] SkOrPn:
I would like to say thanks for this distro. I am glad I found it. Sadly it didn't work for my panicked situation (I soft bricked my SHIELD TV trying to restore stock images), but that is not the fault of this FWUL but of the mess that LineageOS 15.1 put my device into. So I plan to use it much more often in the near future.

By the way, I installed this onto a old 32GB OCZ SSD (using Rufus) and attached that to a USB 3.0 to SATA adapter. My heavens this FWUL feels like a high school football team on crack and steroids, yeah it's that snappy. From now on I think I will be doing any and all rooting and flashing from this Linux distro. Thank you again...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Tros13:
Thanks [MENTION=4501943]shinobisoft[/MENTION] and [MENTION=6302635]sdembiske[/MENTION]. Got it working while trying a combo of your suggestions. I had enabled "always allow from this computer" when I attached it (LG G4 VS986) to my PC running alone, then added a USB filter for all LG devices, and it always showed up, could be mounted, and ability to open it to look through folders in Linux. Tried restarting the terminal twice and running lsusb in debugging and download, and the second time I got a new allow usb request. Allowed, and all fixed.

Anything I can do to help give back filewise? It is a stock phone that I bypassed the setup wizard, but I assume that is all out on the internet now.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sdembiske:
Glad you got there. I would recommend you do a partial backup in SALT of your phone now before unlocking (if you haven't unlocked already) and another one for sure after you unlock, before flashing anything. Those files could be helpful to another member who has your device model and hasn't done a SALT backup.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] furkansahin_fs:
How do I boot FWUL ?

I want to unlock G4 H815 BL,but I have a problem.

I wrote FWUL on usb using Rufus, but my usb was converted 32gb to 64mb.

I'm trying to boot FLUW , but I don't know what to do.

I'm in this screen :

i.hizliresim.com/D7v9b3.jpg

Sorry my time isn't enough to have 10 messages to post outside links. Please help me. I have just 2 hours. If I can't do it now , I have to do it at the weekend.

Again sorry:(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
I told you that you have to re-upload the pic elsewhere as your link to the picture just gives an error (this is NOT an XDA error its the site you are using to share the pic):

403 Forbidden
Request forbidden by administrative rules.

So use another site to upload your pic pls or attach it in your post.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sdembiske:
Just attach the relevant jpg's in your post as thumbnails. You have to reboot your PC/laptop into the (bios) boot menu and set it to boot from USB drive.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] furkansahin_fs:
Yes I know but I can't upload a image. There is a warning that I don't have 10 messages so I mustn't upload a image. Forgive this time. The internet in my dormitory is very bad and I am in internet-cafe now. My time ls limited. Sorry again and again :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] shinobisoft:
I'm assuming you are using Windows. Windows can NOT see or detect Linux partitions, that's why your USB drive has appeared to shrink in size. It hasn't. See [MENTION=6302635]sdembiske[/MENTION]'s reply for your answer on how to boot FWUL.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
ok if you cant read I cant help.

2 persons told you what you should do and that has nothing to do with the XDA permissions of 10 posts.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Wolfzen:
I keep getting the stuck while booting FWUL. I'm using Windows 10 and the 15GB Persistent Mode version. What can I do to fix it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
stuck means...?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Wolfzen:
https://imgur.com/a/OdOyc

It stops at this process when I choose to run FWUL in both forgetful and persistent modes.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
the failures there are not critical but when it stuck there it means i cant load the display driver.

what exact PC model do you have? If you know: what grapic card inside?

Pls try every fallback boot option in the FWUL start screen

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Wolfzen:
I have the Dell Inspiron 15577. I have the Nvidia GTX1050 and Intel HD graphics as well for graphics cards.

Sometimes, the process will make it through the target graphical interface, but it won't make it to FWUL (I've kept it running overnight to no avail).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
ok try the other boot modes
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Wolfzen:
I tried all of them, they don't work ):
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sdembiske:
It might be helpful to delineate the process you followed from start to finish. Did you burn the image to a USB or did you prepare a vdi to use in VirtualBox?

If a USB - What program did you use to burn the image? Did you burn it as an iso or dd image. How are you trying to boot it - In your PC/laptop bios menu with boot USB selected?

If a vdi in VirtualBox - refer to post # 483 and go through it thoroughly, giving particular attention to Troubleshooting near the end of the post and the Note at the bottom of the post.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Wolfzen:
I used Rufus to burn the image as a DD image onto a 16 GB USB. I tried both the 15GB and 8GB variants, but both seem to have the same issue. When booting the USB, I enter the boot menu (pressing F12 at startup) and select the UEFI boot option that includes my USB.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sdembiske:
Search UEFI in the search bar on this thread. Your issue may lie there.

- Try disabling Secure Boot

- Try legacy boot

If all else fails, try using a dvi in VirtualBox.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ken C:
Not sure if it's something simple (probably) but I've tried the persistent version, forgetful. Burned it as an iso & dd. Changed my boot setup to allow it to run. Used Rufus, win32, formatted good knows how many times I just can't seem to get the thing to run.

I've run Ubuntu this way, flashed cards for my raspberri pi etc. Can't seem to figure out what I'm doing wrong.

Trying to run it on a windows 10 machine if that makes any kind of a difference.

Any ideas that I may not have considered or found in searching y'all could throw my way would be appreciated.

Side note: been tempted to run it on the pi but not sure if it would run on that thing and not cause an issue somewhere.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Wolfzen:
VirtualBox works, but I seem to have issues detecting USBs (specifically for my LG phone), despite having downloaded the USB Extension Package. I'm trying to use SALT; however, it doesn't detect my phone.
[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.

Note

: learn to use the Thanks button (bottom right below post), please.

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Suggest you try using a vdi in latest VirtualBox for Windows. Refer to post # 483
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] spainter:
Just wanted to stop back in and thank you for a very useful tool.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ken C:
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Suggest you try using a vdi in latest VirtualBox for Windows. Refer to post # 483[/QUOTE]

Turned out it was that windows 10 secure boot deal. Disabled that and booted fine.

Now I'm trying to get it onto a network and can't seem to get that to work. I swear I've read over 500 pages looking for this and when I try to cd into lglaf file I get something along the lines of "object not found" I have scripts I need to run that are titled like those in that file but I'd rather use what was told works. But I can't seem to get ahold of them either

There's been some tweaking with the code in them if I remember correctly.

But if it becomes necessary to pull them again from the repo that would necessitate connecting to a network which for the life of me I can't seem to do. And since I'm not seeing either of these issues in the thread maybe it's just me.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Turned out it was that windows 10 secure boot deal. Disabled that and booted fine.

Now I'm trying to get it onto a network and can't seem to get that to work. I swear I've read over 500 pages looking for this and when I try to cd into lglaf file I get something along the lines of "object not found" I have scripts I need to run that are titled like those in that file but I'd rather use what was told works. But I can't seem to get ahold of them either

There's been some tweaking with the code in them if I remember correctly.

But if it becomes necessary to pull them again from the repo that would necessitate connecting to a network which for the life of me I can't seem to do. And since I'm not seeing either of these issues in the thread maybe it's just me.[/QUOTE]

I guess you try WiFi? That's very likely a missing driver then. Maybe you can try with cable?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fil3s:
Thx [MENTION=5545101]steadfasterX[/MENTION] again for the help. I had massive errors in my whole setup. Don't know why the install turned out that way..

:D I even used 2.5 to unlock lol. Guess I'm just lucky with devices surprised I didn't brick it
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ken C:
I guess you try WiFi? That's very likely a missing driver then. Maybe you can try with cable?

When I put in "cd lglaf" I get no such file or directory found. I'm thinking since it's in fwul itself that I should be able to get something to return even if it's "can't find device" or some such.

Even "cd lg" gives me the same result. Does the device need to be connected to get those commands to run correctly or at all?

I'm dry testing it before I attempt to root so that I'm comfortably with how the process works and if there are any other kinks involved to prevent phone bricking by accident.

I'm attempting to gain root on an lgg6 H872 if that helps any. The instructions call to use this tool and pull files from a github repo but I see some of the same file names within the lg folder in fwul but have had trouble with pulling from the repo. Can't get an answer from the root thread itself or I wouldn't be asking in here.

No offense intended if I come off that way but frustrated as hell with something I know enough about to know what I don't know or to attempt it blind.

I'll let the other guy brick his phone because he's not careful enough.

Anything you could tell me or point me to, or info you'd need so I can figure it out would be great.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
I'm running it on a 1st Gen surface book which doesn't have the ability to plug in. I did figure out the network connection bit before reading your reply.

When I put in "cd lglaf" I get no such file or directory found. I'm thinking since it's in fwul itself that I should be able to get something to return even if it's "can't find device" or some such.

Even "cd lg" gives me the same result. Does the device need to be connected to get those commands to run correctly or at all?

I'm dry testing it before I attempt to root so that I'm comfortably with how the process works and if there are any other kinks involved to prevent phone bricking by accident.

I'm attempting to gain root on an lgg6 H872 if that helps any. The instructions call to use this tool and pull files from a github repo but I see some of the same file names within the lg folder in fwul but have had trouble with pulling from the repo. Can't get an answer from the root thread itself or I wouldn't be asking in here.

No offense intended if I come off that way but frustrated as hell with something I know enough about to know what I don't know or to attempt it blind.

I'll let the other guy brick his phone because he's not careful enough.

Anything you could tell me or point me to, or info you'd need so I can figure it out would be great.[/QUOTE]

I have no idea what you're trying to do but if you wanna clone a git repo follow the instructions on that other thread.

Just open a terminal window... the little black icon in the panel.. and clone what you need.

If you wanna use my lglaf just open the LG folder and double click
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ken C:
Funny thing because I don't have the USB with fwul on it on me at the moment. I ran the clone command on Ubuntu in windows 10 and it pulled the repo fine.

I'll try again later with fwul because windows /Ubuntu is wanting PyUSB installed to run the next command which if I understand it correctly necessitates plugging the device into the pc or it would not ask that.

Which from your op is the point behind fwul, (correct me please if I'm wrong) to not have to stress drivers etc when working with these devices.

Also would like to thank you for your response. At least I know that it does work, now to get things to work within fwul so I can root this thing
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Exactly the idea behind FWUL is no stress with drivers and dependencies. Linux can be a PITA too when it comes to android but that's all handled in FWUL.

On Ubuntu you need to install things and even maybe need udev rules and other adjustments. Up to you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Ken C:
Actually that's the very reason I'm wanting to use this tool. Drivers etc..

Not to mention it's the method used by the op of that thread and I'd rather not reinvent the wheel if its unnecessary not to mention I'll probably want to use it on other devices I've got around the house.

I'm using the persistent version and was wondering if there's some trick to getting my settings to stick within fwul itself. That text is tiny small when it first boots up. It's not totally necessary but it would be nice to not have to resize most everything so I can see what I'm doing. Lol...

I got work for school to do so all this will have to sit until I've got the time to play with it again. I'm not inclined to begin something like this, hit a snag and be up a creek someplace in the middle which is my point of testing first before I totally commit.

Again thanks for the responses to my questions. Honestly man, even if it doesn't play nice for me somebody throwing me a bone is greatly appreciated in and of itself.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] BatPhone:
Android File Host seems to be having some issues today (for me at least) and won't complete the download. Is there any other locations I can download FWUL from? Tried various servers, nothing's working always fails to complete.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
The OP has a mirror linked..

Besides that you will also find a nightlies link there where you not just find nightlies but also find the stable ones mirrored.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] HTCDevil:
Sorry, i am late. Xiaomi use Qualcomm only now, it has used Mtk for 3 phones :good:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] uudruid74:
Cool little distro. Kudos! I just added this to my directory of ISOs I keep on my phone. Now, I csn boot any PC off my phone and rescue the PC or the phone! Great stuff. I may try using this to get an OS on this (likely fake) Samsung a little later. Thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Green Ranger 54:
I installed burned fwul to my flash drive it was the persistent version. It loads the fwul Linux screen but it says kernel failed and could not find directory? I'm using a 32gb flash drive. Please help
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
do you use a 64 bit pc?

switch to non UEFI (sometimes called legacy mode) in BIOS

make a photo of the error

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Green Ranger 54:
I use a 32 bit system windows 7. Here is the Pic of the error.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Sorry but FWUL is available as 64bit only and so can run on 64 bit systems only.

You can install it in on your 32bit system when using VirtualBox though.

Just ensure you select a 64 bit Linux in the VM settings then.

Performance will not the best but it will work at least.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Green Ranger 54:
I had the same error when I used virtualbox, Loading boot/x86_64/vmlinuz failed no file or directory. I'm trying to root my lg v20 h918 by t-mobile
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] uudruid74:
Sounds like it wasn't written to the media properly

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Really? VirtualBox can run 64bit code on a 32bit device? I can't imagine how without a completely software based implementation which would be unbearably slow.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
like i said. slow but works yes.. :p

oh.. well the hardware MUST be 64 bit nevertheless.

So yea seems to work only when the operating system is 32 bit and hardware is 64 bit..

https://askubuntu.com/a/180764

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] uudruid74:
That makes more sense. 64 bit hardware is required so as to not emulate each instruction. Do people run 32 bit OSs on 64 bit hardware?

Incidently, 32 bit ABI versions of Android x86 require extensions only found on 64 bit processors! Basically, they run on a couple newish Atom processors and not 32 bit desktop CPUs.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yackychan12:
Nice distro, but have you experimented with other base Linux to cut more mb from the download with these same packages? I see things like Porteus Linux or Salix both on Slackware that are very useable if these packages were added somehow. Arch is not a ideal live distro for a livecd as it is constant rolling release that'll unnecessarily fill up for no benefit.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Arch is the best choice as with one new build everything is as up2date as possible (yes that has - and already had - also disadvantages). The advantages still outweigh the disadvantages though.

Yea the persistent part is another story but I don't see FWUL - persistent as a standard OS a user would use forever - or even update! (which is not possible anyways atm)

yes there are definitively much better choices in terms of size - Feel free to adapt ;) I do this all alone I can't rebuild all that stuff from scratch again..

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ExquisiteArcaneAstralMystic:
Slack vs arch?

Just one word

Pacman

And everything is clear now
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pocepoke:
just update,

i m always got persisten mode cannot run couse im burning use rufus

and now im burning the image using win32imager

the persistent mode runing well
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] devingubler1:
did anybody else get these kinds of things while trying to Rufus this first it said that it needs to download 2 extra files and then once it downloaded those it said the image selected is a isohybrid image... and then goes on to explain the differences between the kinds of image and so chose disk image as recommended by steadfasterX.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheOccult:
No such file or directory on Boot

I'm trying to boot a FWUL VDI file on Oracle VM Virtualbox. I installed the Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-5.2.8.vbox-extpack. When the VM boots, I get a brief "No such file or directory" msg and a rolling autoboots in the Linux bootloader screen. What am I missing?

Thanks,

jp
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Shabby The Dev:
unfortunately why teamviewer is not working after install I m badly want it in FWUL

after successfully installing teamviewer application when I click the teamviewer icon its not working not showing anything

here is the info when I execute manually teamviewer in script folder

what is the issue also try with root user kindly solve my problem please
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sdembiske:
Check out the

Troubleshooting

section near the bottom of post # 483 - it's a checklist that you can go through if you're experiencing issues with FWUL on a VDI.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheOccult:
Yeah thanks I got it working by enabling Virtualization in my BIOS.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Shabby The Dev:
Anyone please solve this issue I m using latest build of fwul

How to install TeamViewer???? :confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
Yeah from time to time installing TeamViewer in arch Linux can be a pain in the ass. very likely there is just a library missing or incompatible. I will look into this as soon as possible
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lukinhasb:
That's great, I'm sick of having issues with Windows not recognizing my devices
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
it works for me in the latest nightly version please go to the OP and find the download page for the nightlies
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Shirat0ero:
I cant boot persistent mode

I can't boot in persistent mode it, says it can't mount "fwulforever" :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
FWUL can be installed in various ways. How do you run FWUL?

USB stick? Dvd? VirtualBox?

Is your system 64bit?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Shirat0ero:
USB Stick, 64bit

I was trying to run it using a flash drive on my Lenovo v310 (64bit) using rufus 2.19 and used DD image format to flash the "FWUL_v2.6_x86_64_persistent.img" 15gb but no luck :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
that is very likely a flashing problem so please try another imager like those mentioned in the OP.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Shirat0ero:
............sigh........ will do I really want it for work I get too many Mtk driver errors problems :)

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also does live patcher in forgetful mode affect the "fwulforever" image?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steadfasterX:
no. fwulforever issues are 50% an issue with flashing or a corrupted download and the other 50%: trying to run from a 32bit system.

as you have a 64bit system it can be only a flashing issue or corrupt download.

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Shirat0ero:
OKay thanks I hope it's the flshing :/ Gonna retry it