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[Q] Restore 32gb

So i think i messed up and installed a 16gb KDZ file instead of a 32GB file. What do i do to get the 32GB back?

Flash a 32GB kdz

Andr3y29 said:
Flash a 32GB kdz
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Lol, what a pathetic answer. I wish it was as easy as that.
By flashing a 16 GB kdz you actually messed with your partitions - that's not so good.
I feel very sorry for you since it's quite a mess you have to go through. Here's the guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50790181&postcount=49

Thanks, surprisingly it wasnt as bad as i thought, had to change the command lines and add /xbin and worked like a charm.

Fullmetalalchemist said:
Thanks, surprisingly it wasnt as bad as i thought, had to change the command lines and add /xbin and worked like a charm.
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how? which command lines?
vPro97 said:
Lol, what a pathetic answer. I wish it was as easy as that.
By flashing a 16 GB kdz you actually messed with your partitions - that's not so good.
I feel very sorry for you since it's quite a mess you have to go through. Here's the guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=50790181&postcount=49
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the difference of 32-16 gb is only form kdz? or for custom rom zip too?

4Freedom said:
how? which command lines?
the difference of 32-16 gb is only form kdz? or for custom rom zip too?
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Only for kdz. Custom roms don't mess with your partitions (unless you're flashing the Korean lollipop)

adb shell
su
cd /system/xbin
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
and
adb shell
su
cd /system/xbin
dd if=/system/xbin/sgpt32g.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=61071327 conv=notrunc
dd if=/system/xbin/pgpt32g.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0 bs=512 seek=0 conv=notrunc

Debrick image request

I'm trying to get a debrick image for a friend. Could anyone run this on their GTI9505 and upload the output? Thanks in advance!
busybox dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.bin bs=100000000 count=5

PIT FILE + ADB SHELL command to restore partitions and IMEI?

I had a problem with my SM-N9005.
They lost her baseband (baseband null) and also IMEI (IMEI null) with a malicious app.
So, no one baseband can't be flashed, but this was solved just flashing a PIT FILE + KIT KAT ROM + some commands in ADB (adb shell, su... etc).
Like in this topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2567133
But I have a GT-I9500, with baseband... But IMEI is generic... Well, I can try to repair it with a repairer box.
But I'd like to know if exists some similar way to restore the partitions of S4 (and maybe the partition with the IMEI and the CERT), like I did with my SM-N9005.
Well, exists here some similar thread for S4 GT-I9500?
Like for example, installing together some ROM with a PIT file, and after tiping commands like this at some ADB program?
Comands like this?
adb shell
su
dd if=/external_sd/mmcblk0p1 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1
dd if=/external_sd/mmcblk0p2 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2
...
dd if=/external_sd/mmcblk0rpmb of=/dev/block/mmcblk0rpmb
Well... If exists a similar method... I'd like to try...
Thanks!

you can copy PIT using adb shell
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/out.pit bs=8 count=580 skip=2176.
Under odin there is option to creat pit partition.
You can copy all your partition before repartition.

[REQUEST] Need DD backup of mmcblk0 - SCL-L21

Hello everyone, can someone send me a dd backup of mmcblk0? I need it to recover my device from hardbrick
Here's the command to take the dd backup
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.img bs=512

Darkness1 said:
Hello everyone, can someone send me a dd backup of mmcblk0? I need it to recover my device from hardbrick
Here's the command to take the dd backup
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.img bs=512
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I will but my computer already shut down,,would be send the link tomorrow morning,just be patient

ozykes said:
I will but my computer already shut down,,would be send the link tomorrow morning,just be patient
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Wow, thanks! Will wait for that, thanks!

Darkness1 said:
Wow, thanks! Will wait for that, thanks!
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Here you go and sorry for the slow response https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EivvGFdUwGfYEDe_FTskz7EqW76TwSha/view?usp=drivesdk

[Help] fix the Corrupted EFS on 900P

Hi mates, thank you for helping!
Really a complicated story mine, had on this phone already issues with baseband (when I bought it had LL 5.01) when I upgraded it to RR 7.1.2, then I figured out I needed to upload the latest stock 6.0.1 G900PVPS3CQD1 to have it working, I also PITted the phone before, it worked for 5-6 monts, then the signal went off.
I've tried different solutions:
1) in TWRP typed in its terminal the commands I've found here:
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst1
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst2
It said "not enough space" but it looks in the end it copied around 3MB. Rebbited but no changes
2) Again thr TWRP:
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/efs of=efs.bak
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst1 of=modemst1.bak bs=4096
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst2 of=modemst2.bak bs=4096
find /efs -exec ls -l {} \; > efs-permissions
nothing changed
3) updated to lineage 15.1, it says "no sim card" (the sim works fine in another 900V) with rooted ADB shell tried the "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst1" but no such file. Then I decided to flash stock LL 5.01 BOK but like in stock 6.01 says "invalid sim card".
4) I run in adb:
adb shell
mount
and can't see /stl4 /efs so this is why I assume that efs is corrupted.
Somebody says to flash (under Odin PDA) EFS-Fix-regalstreak.tar.md5, but I won't risk to flash other phones data on my phone, including its IMEI.
Someone else says I have to backup EFS (I suppose this is possibile because when I executed adb commands it never said me that the files don't exist) and reflash it to fix the corruption. How this is possible to do? Thank you!
PS: I attached the backupof EFS made by TWRP, seems all good (not corrupted), why sim doesn't work?

I'm now on stock LL BOK, using in adb mount I have this
/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/efs /efs ext4 rw,seclabel,nosuid,nodev,noatime,discard,journal_checksum,journal_async_commit,noauto_da_alloc,data=ordered 0 0