yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] manojeet:
I have ( had ? ) a Diamond and tried for HARD SPL.

I was using Jump SPL for the first step.

The batch file had the following steps

REM SSPL for Diamond

REM credits: cmonex for doing wonderful relocation job :)

pause "Copy JumpSPL.exe to Diamond root directory"

cecopy JumpSPL.exe dev:\

pause "copy SSPL to Diamond root directory"

cecopy sspl-1.01-reloc-mod.nb dev:\

pause "execute SPL now - screen may trun black"

prun JumpSPL.exe 0x800000 sspl-1.01-reloc-mod.nb

pause "Now run DiamondCustomRUU.exe to flash HardSPL 1.24 (mfg) or HardSPL 1.23 (std)"

When I reached the last step , I wanted to execute DiamondCustomRUU.exe but it gave an error that I have to install ".Net Framework".

While installing .Net I had to install window installer first. I had to restart the computer.

But the ActiveSync got disconnected meanwhile.

I tried to reconnect the PDA but a hardware installation wizard appeared .... I don't know what to do with it ??

Now when I run DiamondCustomRUU --- It cannot locate PDA .

What should I do ??
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] alijo:
Can you go to bootloader menu?
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] manojeet:
How can I check that , is there a tool !!!

I cannot start my PDA .... it is blank ( black ) screen after soft SPL.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] missbizzylizzy:
Try pressing the volume down key and the reset button at the same time. That should get you into bootloader mode.:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] swordfish2009:
hold down button and press (red) reset button
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] alijo:
Press soft reset button and volume down at the same time for about 3 4 seconds and if it goes to the 3 coloured stripes menu then its not bricked
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] alijo:
or try to remove the battery for about 3 secs
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] manojeet:
:)

The battery thing worked .... thanks a ton. I see my Diamond alive !!!

Also ActiveSync recognized it :)

But where is the RED button ???

I am very new .... but now if I want to try to Hard SPL again .... do I have to perform the Jump SPL step again or could I directly start with Hard SPL.

But Thanks for inputs once again.
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] missbizzylizzy:
The red reset button can be found if you remove the battery cover and take out the stylus. You will see a little red button that says 'reset' on the bottom left corner of the phone.:)
[Touch Diamond, MDA Compact IV ROM Development] liamhere:
little red button

thats the soft reset button.....your hear it talked ablot alot on the forums

glad the phone is up and running again :)
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
View attachment 5914593

This is the support thread of PixelFlasher

(PixelFlasher is an open-source self contained GUI tool to facilitate Pixel phone device flashing/rooting/updating with extra features).

Note: This thread is meant for issues and problems faced in Google Pixel 7a devices, generic issues that are device agnostic should be discussed in the main thread.

For full details on where to download / usage and feature set of the tool, visit the main thread at XDA or the project's Github page.

IMPORTANT:

Please do not ask questions the answers of which are already stated in the OP.

I will simply ignore the request, as I'm fed up of referring people to the post that has the answers.

Troubleshooting:

If you need support or assistance, please generate and provide a support file from within PixelFlasher.

You can hit that big Support button on the main screen, or select it from the Help menu.

The generated support.zip file is sanitized (redacted) to keep your sensitive information (username device id ...) private.

And no, a screenshot of the console or an excerpt from the console, does not make a support file.

Clearly state the issue you're encountering, what actions did you take, and what outcome you observed, and what outcome you had expected.

Do NOT modify the support file, keep it intact.

See this post.

Generate Sanitized support.zip file (File Menu) and submit that with your report.

If your anti-virus program is telling you that PixelFlasher is a malware, or you are concerned in any way, please check this post.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

May 19, 2023 v5.0.0.1 release

#75 Bug fix, when device is in bootloader, type error.

#74 Added Support for Pixel 7a (lynx)

Configuration option to define the file manager to use on Linux (default: Nautilus)

Configuration option to define the terminal emulator to use on Linux (default: gnome-terminal).

Support for additional types of Factory / ROM files.

Checksum validation of firmware / ROM files (if part of the checksum is in the name, otherwise just display)

New advanced option, ability to choose the patching method (with recommendations).

Added Recovery Image patching option.

Advanced option to enable the use of busybox shell (default off).

Auto detect firmware / rom with init_boot and use init_boot for creating patches, this way future firmware don't have to be manually added to PixelFlasher.

Auto detect devices with init_boot and use init_boot for flashing, this way future devices don't have to be manually added to PixelFlasher.

Auto-popup the detected devices dropdown after a scan, to make it obvious to select that next. (Thanks @pndwal for the idea)

Show SHA-256 of adb and fastboot binaries, as Google keeps on messing up Android Platform-tools, it's necessary to whitelist / blacklist specific binaries.

#66, when checking the patched files internal SHA1, provide a confidence rating.

Check, valdiate and warn if necessary when flashing an image patched with Magisk Zygote64_32, as there are wipe implications, provide links to documentation.

Added fastbootd testing to Dry Run.

Added Github actions to build all the targets on Github.

Code refactoring, bug fixes and improvements
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

May 25, 2023 v5.1.0.0 release

Support for Android platform tools version 34.0.3, and automatic setting of ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT environment to workaround a regression introduced in version 34.0.3

Temp workaround to avoid selecting root method patching when Magisk Delta is detected.

Nicer looking / clearer manual patching dialog.

When a Pixel device is selected, PixelFlasher now displays additional information about the device's support.

Things like: Device name, version end date, security update end date, Android version, name, codename, release date, end date.

Boot image list box now displays the applied PixelFlasher patch method.

Auto-resize boot image list box columns for better readability.

Precautionary cleanup up of leftover files on the phone in case root detection software keys on presence of such files.

#77 added attrict3 to requirements.txt in case it helps with certain builds (it shouldn't be needed).

Bug fixes and improvements.

Update:

Patch Release:

v5.1.0.1 release

Exception handling when device is not in the listed Pixel devices.

v5.1.0.2 release

Skip testing fastbootd in dry run mode if Android platform tools version is > 34, is it no longer supports fastbootd (at least 34.0.3 does not)
[Google Pixel 7a] Gp3322:
Thank you so much for this awesome software! When trying to trying to patch the int.boot from the factory image I run into the following error "Detected Unsupported firmware, with payload.bin". Is this truly unsupported or am I doing something wrong?

I also tried extracting the payload.bin to manually pull out int.boot and patch it, which I think worked, but in the console field said something about a low confidence match and aborted the flash.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I downloaded the following build from google: lynx-ota-tq2b.230505.005.a1-766dbd16

Using: platform-tools_r34.0.3-windows

Pixel Flasher: v5.1.0.2 release
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
You are selecting an OTA image instead of firmware image.

If you click on that green button on the left of firmware selection, it should open a download link for your device, download that and process that.

Manually extracting init_boot from payload.bin is ok for patching, which you did the first time around, and it create a proper patch.

But then you proceeded to trying to patch the patched file, why would you do that?

That's when PF aborted with low confidence level.
[Google Pixel 7a] Gp3322:
You are 100% correct! I was using the OTA instead of the full image. Once I found the correct file, everything fell into place.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

June 01, 2023 v5.2.0.0 release

Update build workflows

Add payload_dumper functionality to PixelFlasher to handle OTA files, thanks to vm03 for sharing source code.

Added rules engine code to better / easier management of the UI widgets enabling / disabling.

Auto detect Pixel OTA image and extract boot / init_boot / vbmeta for patching and flashing.

Add Full OTA mode, which flashes full OTA image, while optionally retaining root, and best of all, for A/B devices, both slots are bootable, you can even have one rooted and one not.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
Bug Fix Release:

June 01, 2023 v5.2.0.1 release

Bug fix #78 Error when opening a shell console on Linux / Mac
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
Update:

June 03, 2003 v5.2.0.2 release

#76 Get a better build with Github action to support more Linux based platforms (no functionality changes).
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

June 06, 2003 v5.3.0.0 release

Added Github Action build on Windows 2019 with Python 3.8 to support Windows 7.

PixelFlasher now supports loading and processing Samsung Firmware (at least my Samsung's 😀), it would extract AP, BL, CSC, Home_CSC ... and then extract boot.img.lz4 from AP and unpack the lz4.

When creating a patch from the set boot.img, PixelFlasher will also create boot.tar to be flashed as AP to retain root.

If there was a way to pre-load odin with the extracted files, flashing could also be automated.

I know, what does PixelFlasher have anything to do with Samsung firmware? I added it for my own use.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

June 16, 2003 v5.3.1.2 release

Set Active slot now automatically reboots to system after setting the slot, unless "No Reboot" option is selected.

Update Ubuntu 20.04 build to be aligned to the same methods that Ubuntu 22.04 build uses.

Improve confidence value calculation when comparing compressed sha1 against normal sha1 to account for shift.

Do not abort when the sha1 comparison confidence value is low, leave the choice to the user.

Update Windows builds (both) as wxPython wheel path changed, rely on a more persistent URL instead.
[Google Pixel 7a] glorenzo7mm:
Thank you. Work like a champ. 👍
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
Original Post:

@tim1aust

I'm answering you in here to keep the Magisk thread clean of PF specific discussions.

Yes, PF supports Pixel 7a (lynx)

If you provide a support file, I could check what might have happened.
[Google Pixel 7a] tim1aust:
Thanks for answering, and pointing me to correct thread.

Unfortunately, I don't have a support file, unless the tool automatically saved one and I wasn't paying attention.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
Yes, the tool creates logs, and when you click on the support button, it processes them and redacts sensitive information and creates a zip file for upload.

All you have to do is launch PF, and hit the button and share the file.
[Google Pixel 7a] tim1aust:
Great, attaching it here. Thanks for your help!
[Google Pixel 7a] tim1aust:
The attempt was made yesterday.. 6-20. Is there a log from that date? The ones for panther were when I was using PF for my P7.

--tim
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
OK I see it now.

What is this file? where did it come from?

lynx-factory-23410002.zip

Selected Firmware lynx-factory-23410002.zip SHA-256: 033c2d0381aec8e4538a393baa9fdd86bfc7f24578fa8e4db9f7d9ea49756948
[Google Pixel 7a] tim1aust:
I have a bookmark in my browser for getting OTA updates ( which I've been doing forever, before PF).. Anyway, there is a link at the top left of the page for Factory images, that's what I downloaded. URL is https://developers.google.com/android/images
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
I hovered on each link from your linked page, none of them match that name or the SHA-256

Did you extract parts from a downloaded zip and perhaps fed that as the firmware?
[Google Pixel 7a] tim1aust:
If I did, it was unintended. I just used the link for latest, and my Downloads Dir got both a .zip, and a directory of the same name ( w/o the .zip extension). That is something new to me, I usually only get a .zip file, but I had always been getting OTA updates, so I thought that was normal for Full images.

If you download using the link, do you get something different?
[Google Pixel 7a] tim1aust:
When it failed initially, I may have done that to try getting it to work.

I think at this point we can chalk it up to user error. I am new to PF and likely made errors in my use of the tool.

I am glad to have learned that the AUR version is cool to use. And I'm not going to try to download the image myself here on out, I'll let the tool open up the proper site to do the download.

Sorry for wasting your time chasing my obvious user error.

Thanks for your help,

Tim
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
Not a waste at all, anything that is not clear, feel free to ask questions, that is what the community and the forums are for.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

June 21, 2023 v5.3.2.0 release

Added support for Pixel tablet (tangorpro).

For future devices, fixed a bug to auto detect init_boot partition and flash init_boot instead of boot even if the device is newer than the PixelFlasher and is not in PixelFlasher's list.

Disable Patch buttons if device is not in adb mode.

Reboot to system after lock / unlock bootloader if No Reboot option is not selected.

Increase sleep after reboots to various modes to assure that slow devices have time to be detected.

Updated Readme and screenshots.

Minor improvements and bug fixes.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

June 23, 2023 v5.3.3.0 release

#79 Bug-fix: Package Manager column stays unsorted when filtered.

Warn users that extract the contents of firmware and use the image inside as firmware, which is no good.

Warn users of Android Platform-Tools 34.0.3 about potential issues and suggest using 33.0.3

Package manager bug fixes and improvements.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

July 03, 2023 v5.4.0.0 release

Add Pixel Fold (Felix)

Add sorting capability to boot list.

Add warning about Magisk a8c4a33e:26103

Improved auto-resize of boot columns.

Improved internal DB management.

Handle beta or similar words in the firmware name to not trigger hardware mismatch warning.

Improved tracking the origin of a patched image.

Display Kernel version as part of device details

Refresh package manager list when packages are updated to reflect the changes.

Miscellaneous other improvements.

Update Readme.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

July 13, 2023 v5.5.0.0 release

Added a patch method Other Magisk App to be able to select any Magisk apk and use it to create a patch without installing Magisk, handy when a patch needs to be created with an older version of Magisk (in case the current version has issues) and Magisk daemon gets in the way and replaces the older version with a stub.

UI improvements

Added Kill Application in Package Manager.

Added Clear Application Data in Package Manager.

Now that Full OTA flashing is the preferred method, added a direct link to the device's full OTA download page from Google.

While flashing, disable the Flash Pixel Phone button to avoid accidental clicking.

Improved root detection.

Bug fixes and other improvements.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
Bug Fix Release:

July 14, 2023 v5.5.1.0 release

Bug fix #85 Can't enable/disable Advanced option in v5.5.0

A little improvement #84 UI elements not optimized for monitors with low screen resolution
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

July 16, 2023 v5.5.1.1 release

#84, further UI improvements for smaller screens.

Better dark mode handling for MacOS and Linux.

#86, improved handling of space characters in paths.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

Aug 07, 2023 v5.6.0.0 release

Added configurable toolbar.

Added device controls buttons to the menu.

Added feature to Magisk Manager, ability to install modules from the PC.

After flashing OTA, detect if the slot switched as expected, if it didn't, skip patched boot flashing (if selected).

Added feature to Package Manager to be able to manage (add, remove, list) Magisk denylist.

Added export csv formatted package list feature.

When sanitizing DB, wipe write-ahead logs (WAL) for better privacy.

Under the hood optimizations.

Verity / Verification status check.

Counter in package manager.

Added a quick link to Android security and update bulletins.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

Aug 09, 2023 v5.7.0.0 release

Rework the settings window: code refactoring and bug fixes.

Bug Fix: In some cases log files were not saved.

Bug Fix: Custom font size changes were not always applied.

When getting device details, get battery details.

Don't set ASH_STANDALONE=1 when using busybox, it encounters selinux related issue.

Extra check to make sure the created patch is not zero bytes long.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

Aug 13, 2023 v5.7.1.0 release

Print available memory when starting PixelFlasher.

Option to sacrifice speed in favor of using less memory (used when processing large firmware files, turn it on only if you run into out of memory errors).
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

Aug 15, 2023 v5.7.2.0 release

Regression Bug fix: Refresh UI to display / hide flash options after changing advanced settings.

Use Python 3.11 instead of 3.10
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

Sep 19, 2023 v5.8.0.0 release

Added support for scrcpy (Screen Copy), you can now launch scrcpy to the attached device, configuration is done in the main settings window.

Completely redid the wireless connection, there is now wireless manager, that shows history, status and quick selection from history, and supports wireless debugging which requires pairing and is the only option for newer OS-es.

For crDroid and other non Pixel firmware automatically set to Full OTA mode (ie sideload) if payload.bin is detected.

Added a button to reboot to userspace fastboot (fastbootd).

Added system menu to be able to move, resize, minimize, maximize. (useful when the window is of the screen)

When extracting from payload.bin, optionally also extract (if available) dtbo.img, super_empty.img, vendor_boot.img, vender_kernel_boot.img in addition to boot.img and init_boot.img (configurable in the settings), as some of these images are needed for 3rd party firmware flashing.

On Linux, display a message when terminal app is not set and open shell feature is used.

For Samsung devices, when creating a tar file of a patched boot, use POSIX tar format.

Miscellaneous fixes and improvements.
[Google Pixel 7a] melgar:
Hi,

today I tried to update my rooted Pixel 7a to latest (Sept. 2023) firmware with PF, but something went wrong and the phone didn't boot anymore.

I fixed it by sideloading the new OTA, but curious what might has gone wrong.

The last 2 updates(july/sept.) incl. Magisk root that I did were done without any problems. Has it maybe something to do with latest PF flasher update?

Anybody else with same problem?
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
I don't expect it to be latest PF related, but you never know, if you want to find out, create a support file from PF and provide that, and I'll take a look, you don't need to do anything in PF other than click on the support button.
[Google Pixel 7a] Afnuke:
The PF program worked great. I did not have to worry so much PF knew what to do. Thanks
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
We don't talk about LP in this forum.

And? I don't know what Exposed installer is and why that would be relevant to PixelFlasher.

What custom software?

What are the two files you're talking about?

I have no idea what you have, what you have done and how you have done it.

The program does what you ask it to do, there is no magic in it, I don't know what you did.

You didn't even provide support file.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
This is not a support file, yes you provided an excerpt of the error portion, but it doesn't tell me everything I need to check, for example Android Platform tools version has a role, so does the previous state of your phone before flashing.

I'm not going to ask you piece by piece to be able to troubleshoot this.

Like I said I highly doubt that this has anything to do with PF version, but to be open to the possibility, I can take a look at a support file created by PF, which provides my tracing ability and visual troubleshooting while redacting all your sensitive data.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

Sep 24, 2023 v5.8.0.1 release

Bug fix: #99 Settings not opening on linux/arch based distro
[Google Pixel 7a] wakkaday:
this doesnt work for me, freezes at 47 crashes with snigature verfication error

using pixel 7a and trying to flash pixelblaster
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
support file?
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
Update Release:

Oct 06, 2023 v5.8.0.3 release

Improved debug messages for troubleshooting.
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
Update Release:

Oct 11, 2023 v5.8.1.0 release

Added data for Pixel 8, Pixel 8 Pro

Build workflow update, sha256 checksums are now published along the binaries.
[Google Pixel 7a] binsentlangit6:
Mine does not wipe data when trying to flash. I have already selected the 'Wipe all data' option
[Google Pixel 7a] binsentlangit6:
using it on macos monterey and on the latest version
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
That's a known issue with Platform Tools 34.x

You might want to try with 33.0.3 just for the wipe

fastboot -w

or factory reset from Android System
[Google Pixel 7a] binsentlangit6:
Ahh alright! Thanks!
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
New Release:

Oct 18, 2023 v5.8.2.0 release

Added `Wipe` option (only available in custom flashing), this will wipe userdata after flashing, required for first time vbmeta verification disabling.

Added validation checks to make sure A and B slot vbmeta verity / verification states match.

Added a warning when toggling `Disable Verification` to inform about the the potential wipe implications.

Display both slots verity / verification states when displaying device details.

Extract vbmeta.img if found to easily select it for patching.

Improved paste button which now dynamically selects what to paste based on the custom flash option selection.
[Google Pixel 7a] BunkerBert:
I just want to thank you for this great tool.

thx for your work !
[Google Pixel 7a] hi_reach:
Hi just tried to flash my pixel7a with your great software.

anyway, this error and cant find anything on forum re this model.

also, the oem unlock is greyed out.

on the latest android 14 beta that might be it

Current slot: [a]

Comparing the current slot with the previous active slot ...

"Current slot has changed, this is good."

flashing pf_boot ...

Sending 'init_boot_a' (8192 KB) OKAY [ 0.220s]

Writing 'init_boot_a' FAILED (remote: 'command (flash:) is not allowed when locked')

fastboot: error: Command failed

rebooting to system ...

Rebooting OKAY [ 0.000s]

Finished. Total time: 0.000s

2023-10-29 18:00:25 Done!

Flashing elapsed time: 659 seconds

Ps Australian version phone
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
You need to have an unlocked bootloader to get root.

It is in the main thread's OP
[Google Pixel 7a] hi_reach:
Cheers ill go looking again. Must have missed it
[Google Pixel 7a] hi_reach:
Looks like I am out of luck

,"Enable OEM Unlocking. If this option is grayed out, unlocking the bootloader is not possible"
[Google Pixel 7a] hi_reach:
Might opt out of android 14 beta and see if it appears
[Google Pixel 7a] badabing2003:
I doubt that it would make a difference, that is carrier dependent

Make sure you're not offline
[Google Pixel 7a] hi_reach:
That's what I thought. I bought it as a unlocked phone.