Please help, I made a greivous error - ZTE Axon 7 Questions & Answers

I done ****ed up.
I was attempting to wipe modemst1 and modemst2 because I had flashed a good five different radio firmware packages, and I was rather concerned that there was some conflicting... stuff happening. I thought I had taken successful backups, just in case. However, it turns out these backups failed to write properly, and instead created blank files.
Lo and behold, when my IMEI decided it didn't want to IMEI anymore (it currently reports as 0), I had no recourse. However, all is not lost! I can edit a restored modemst1/2 and write these into position... I think. However, I need help - I don't have another Axon 7 to fetch from. So, if someone here would be so kind as to provide some, that would be extraordinarily good of them.
If you're wondering, this is the command to make a copy:
Bash:
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst1 of=/storage/0000-0000/modemst1backup
dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst2 of=/storage/0000-0000/modemst2backup
These commands should place the files modemst1backup and modemst2backup on your SD card. If you have no SD card at hand, replace 0000-0000 with self/primary to save on to your phone's internal storage.
It's probably a requirement for your handset to also be a European A2017G - a US or CN model might not be compatible, but I honestly don't know whether or not that is a load of horse-****e. Thankyou in advance!

That sucks man, I have no idea what to say so I'll just leave this here:
F

I fixed it! Turns out it's actually not that hard to write an IMEI to a Snapdragon device. I'll make a guid post on this in a moment.
Edit: guide up: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/guide-imei-fix-for-zero-value-imei-strings.4402835/
Edit 2: Turns out I didn't fix it. Looks like I still have some issues. I could still use a copy of modemst1 and modemst1, if anyone could be so kind.

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[GUIDE] Backup of your BCT AND Partition with NVFLASH on the gtab

** UPDATED WITH .BCT saving, include USB as well as NVFLASH just copy in
** 1 dir, run the batch and keep those you may need them one day
** Read the batch file for more info
It is clear for me is that it is not a perfect solution to use nvflash with images that you do not know the source.
The tegra S.O.C. use the information from a file stored in partition#2 to configure some low level setting like flash memory chip speed, total memory installed, video memory installed, flash type etc. As an example, if for some reason a batch of tablet is built with more memory then the .bct files will need to be changed accordingly
It is already confirmed that there's at least 2 different type of hardware. (2 different images by bekit do not use the same .bct configuration)
When flashing after a full wipe after using the create command, nvflash read the .bct configuration files and store it in the partition #2 on the tablet, bct files are created by the manufacturer using a tool from nvdia called buildbct. They are not writen during regular nvflash (where the partition are not re-created)
This also mean it is MUCH safer to NOT replace the partition 2 when nvflashing a device... (the hardware configuration would not be touched).
This batch files will work under windows and will not modify your tablet in anyway
please make sure you use the nvflash tools that is 151K there's an older and smaller one in some package, it will output binary inside the partition.txt instead of plain text. The version 2 include everything you need to backup the device under windows
Thanks to the various poster of thread about nvflash for the correct command THEY did the hard work not me !
To Restore individual partition the command is
"nvflash.exe" --bl bootloader.bin --download X partX.img
where X is the partition number you wish to flash, as stated you can also use your backup from clockwork mod for partition 11 restore.
this will not work for partition below 4
P.S.
I am not trying to start a debate on the validity of the current recovery (thumb-up to the guy who offered those!) They are valid for MOST device however
if you do have a different device this will alleviate any issue that may happen with nvflash restore.
see 2 post below for full restore info
Hi,
I know that the partitiontable shows a partition named "BCT", but is there also something else, perhaps flashed into the SOC itself that is referred to as "the BCT"?
The reason for the question is that nvflash has a setbct and a getbct command, separate from the read and download commands, which work with the partitions.
Jim
Reserved
(will be completed a bit later)
so, we possibly share more internals with the 10s than previously expected? maybe... can we get this thing to dual boot in the future??
10roller said:
so, we possibly share more internals with the 10s than previously expected? maybe... can we get this thing to dual boot in the future??
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My guess is yes, the platform of the ac100 laptop by toshiba is tegra based and they do it!
P00r said:
The set bct command probably write the 4080 byte to the partition named bct in the cfg, I have yet to test flashing a dummy FF filled partition with the command to confirm the flash.bct get writen there
So in fact when you restore with the nvflash restore images from bekit I think you are actually writing it twice... (it is in the image and you telling the nvflash to create it) but I have not confirmed this yet
Once the bct info is there, the SOC read his configuration there, as well as the ODM info, I have not found a way to use --getbct that reads back the BCT from mass storage yet...
I am not sure either why there's so many section being flashed it should work with only a few of those (I plan to test this) since nvflash is simply puting those one after the other. It make sense only sense for a dual booting unit
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Hi,
I was able to get --getbct to output a 2048 byte file awhile ago. I think I had posted about it, but, sorry, I don't remember which thread. The only thing I vaguely remember was that I had to use some unobvious combination of parameters. Also, I think that it only worked right after pushing the bootloader.bin. If I find my post, I'll provide a link.
Jim
Thanks OP, I like the idea of being able to back up the partitions directly from my tablet so I know I'm restoring the proper thing should I ever have to resort to that.
Just starting to get into modding this thing after it showed up from Woot yesterday, been planning on buying one for quite some time to compliment my Epic 4g and when the woot sale dropped I had to jump on it. So far all I have done is flash clockwork, and make a nandroid backup with that. Also doing this backup method now.
So have you actually done a successful restore using this method?
so is it possible to back up your original hardware configuration and restore it when you got problems???
Yes and NO, I have error reading partition #11 (system) on my tablet (bad block)
if I use it as is for restore, it doesn't restore and boot, however replacing this partition with clockwork system.img backup give me back a full working tablet.
I can also reboot into recovery and restore from there.
Letters and numbers oh my
I ran the backup on my new replacement GTab yesterday. I had a size mismatch on partition 5, everything else backed up properly. Also, my partition 7 is BLO and partition 6 is MSC. Thanks for the script and capability.
Mike
P00r said:
This also mean it is MUCH safer to NOT replace the partition 2 when nvflashing a device... (the hardware configuration would not be touched). I will post later on how to flash back those if someone request it...
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Instructions on how to flash back using this would be great. I'd like to have the option to do so if I need to, but haven't gotten familiar enough with nvflash yet to figure it out on my own.
iamchocho said:
Instructions on how to flash back using this would be great. I'd like to have the option to do so if I need to, but haven't gotten familiar enough with nvflash yet to figure it out on my own.
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You can flash back the partition using
"nvflash.exe" --bl bootloader.bin --download X partX.img
where X is the partition number you wish to flash, as stated you can also use your backup from clockwork mod for partition 11 restore.
If needed you can use the nvflash format kit prior to restoring however it would be better to use your own .bct with that option
Getting stuck at partition 7.
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Getting stuck at partition 7.
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What is the error you are getting ?
stock recovery image
Thank you very much for the sharing this.
Now I have 10 img files (part-2 to part-11)... wich one is the stock recovery image? I did this before installing clockwork mod...
Thanks!
I think this is fantastic. Gives us a chance to backup our gtab before deciding to try a new rom. I tried this today in the hopes to backup and then install the flashback HC rom. But unfortuntaly it stopped on image 7, as xkwwwx has also mentioned. The message seemed to be a issue with the size expected of the image as to what was received. Ill try and copy the message.
"nvflash.exe" -r --read 7 part-7.img
nvflash started
[resume mode]
receiving file: part-7.img, expected size: 16777216 bytes
/ 131072/16777216 bytes received
At that point it stops, and i have to control c to exit the batch file. Id love to be able to backup with this pls, so i can try another rom, and know i can use this to return to this rom if i dont like the new one, any chance this can be resolved pls ?
Was also wondering if some form of GUI maybe of benifit, i know alot of people feel wary of NVFlash, perhaps with a GUI people would feel more comfortable using it. Maybe a simple screen with a backup and restore set of buttons ?
P00r, any chance you can help mate ? Cant use this unfortunatly because of the image size issue.
Icedvoco said:
P00r, any chance you can help mate ? Cant use this unfortunatly because of the image size issue.
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This mean you probably have a bad block in this section, try skipping it to get the other parts first. this is not a major issue, you may also encounter one in the last data section (my tablet has a few byte less than the regular one)
For the data partition you can substitute the cwm images
Also try using a different bootloader and nvflash this can help even shorter usb cable or a different one can help
The part that you can read is probably usable for a restore anyway
Bad block are not unusual in flash and I have seen a few with this, ideally and usually it's located at the end, you could try using the format image a few time it could be a stuck byte and writing different data can revive it (format write FF all over)
P00r said:
This mean you probably have a bad block in this section, try skipping it to get the other parts first. this is not a major issue, you may also encounter one in the last data section (my tablet has a few byte less than the regular one)
For the data partition you can substitute the cwm images
Also try using a different bootloader and nvflash this can help even shorter usb cable or a different one can help
The part that you can read is probably usable for a restore anyway
Bad block are not unusual in flash and I have seen a few with this, ideally and usually it's located at the end, you could try using the format image a few time it could be a stuck byte and writing different data can revive it (format write FF all over)
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Bad blocks may be common, but bad blocks in the exact same spot probably not. I get the exact same thing:
"nvflash.exe" -r --read 7 part-7.img
Nvflash started
[resume mode]
receiving file: part-7.img, expected size: 16777216 bytes
/ 131072/16777216 bytes received
Any other thoughts on this?
Maybe someone here knows,
So with NVflashing, I've found only one file that has the alternative BCT (it's a tnt1.0 rom on BL1.1) and no other NVflash file sets work without causing a APX bootloop.
This is the NVflash file set that works for me http://db.tt/FvSeAZj
Ive read it was made when someone was trying to configure for the hardware variations.
Now is it possible to take my backup and insert just the files needed into another NVflash file set?

mmcblk0p1 I/O error way to retrieve data

well, i got the dreaded "can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1" error, and decided to try some stuff i learned since i had some important photos/videos from a recent trip on there. turns out it worked, and figured i'd share with anyone (although it seems this error is fixed with the latest software). i recovered everything off my phone, totalling to approximate 1.7gig.
flash a adb recovery ROM with SU (can't remember if the SU is necessary, but there are pre-rooted roms out there, i just used one). also make sure all the drivers for the phone are installed on your computer
adb shell
su
echo /dev/block/mmcblk0 > /sys/devices/platform/s3c-usbgadget/gadget/lun1/file
with winhex, open drive. a directory browser will show your file structure, and right click-->recover/copy whichever files you want. i went a step further created an full image so i can send in the phone. now i have a complete backup i can go back too at any time in case i forgot something i needed.
i tried re-flashing this phone with jg8/jh2/jk3/jl2 with different PITS trying to bring it back and nothing. tried force mounting it and some other commands, but in the end, this worked.
somebody should give this a try.
great work
i could've really used this had it been a month ago, before i sent it in and lost everything
hey Ziostilon, when you had your phone fixed last month, did they mail you a new phone, or did you bring it in for repair? these Bell guys are breaking my balls and saying samsun can recover all my data, and i have to send it in for repair for a month
edit: it looks like this worked because the data on the partition is still intact, just the partition table is messed up. i wonder if a program like partition magic can repair the partition in it's current state? it might be something to look into for people without a warranty.

[NEED HELP with e2fsck] Soft-Brick : corrupted /data/ & /sdcard/ partitions

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Hey guys,
I'm encountering a terrible problem with my P6810 tab. Here is the story :
At first, I just did format /system/ (and /data/, cache and dalvik) in CWM before flashing a new Rom.
After reboot, the tab just got stuck on the "Galaxy Tab 7.7" logo. no bootloop, just stuck on static logo.
At this stage i could go to download mode and recovery, which I did.
I tried to reflash the rom, no success so then i tried to flash stock ICS firmware through Odin 1.85 : Stuck on flashing Factoryfs.img for several hours, so i had no choice but to reboot the tab. (i had no kies-related software running, neither my antivirus)
There, the tab got stuck on the "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery in Kies" screen, no way to go to either recovery or download mode (not even worth saying Kies didn't recognize the tab).
I've been struggling a few hours with that brick and finally managed to get acces to download and recovery modes again by flashing CWM with Odin alongside a PIT file with "repartition" ticked in Odin.
So there I could access recovery, I flashed CM9, everything went smooth. The tab rebooted and got passed the Galaxy tab 7.7 logo and went to the cm9 bootscreen but got stuck there (big desillusion right there).
So now in recovery, i can mount every partition but those two : /data/ and /sdcard/
I figured out by reading similar threads that the solution to my issue might be e2fsck through adb. I'm a complete noob to adb.
I can acces the adb shell but here are what the commands i've been reading about return me : (mmcblk0p9 is /data/ partition on P6810)
# e2fsck -fDC0 /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 :
e2fsck : Superblock invalid, trying backup blocks...
The superblock could not be read or does not describe as a correct ext2 filesystem.
If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2 filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else),
then the superblock is corrupt and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate superblock : e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
also had this once with this command :
bad magic number in superblock while trying to open /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
# e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 :
Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read while trying to open /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
Could this be a zero-length partition ?
# e2fsck -c /dev/block/mmcblk0p9 :
same as above
can you guide me with e2fsck or give me a link to a specific tutorial related to android e2fsck?
is there not a way in adb to like replace the corrupt partitions with freshly created ones ? or any other workaround ?
Any help will be appreciated a lot, i'm willing to donate to whoever provides me with a solution to get my tab running again.
Thanks for reading.
check this thread, very informative, helped me before
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625675&highlight=bootscreen
Thanks a lot, already checked that one though.
Everything that worked for the guys in that thread doesn't work for me, or I'm too ignorant to find out the right e2fsck command...
Still no one able to provide some help please ?
It's weird that so many people are having the same issue on 7.7 these days, could it be related to the EU ban of this tab ?^^
Anyway, last day before i send it to Samsung
check this thread here it may help you solve your issue. All problems are coming from a brick bug in the ICS Kernel thats trigerred by wiping.
Thanks a lot, trying this right now
Can someone please post a (parted) print of a safe and working Galaxy Tab 7.7 (either of the two models) ?
I need the exact size of the /data partition
ISSUE FIXED Thanks to Zorbakun's last post. A million thanks dude.
However, the actual internal storage of my tab is now 50mb :silly: anyway i'll find a way to fix that too.
the actual internal storage of my tab is now 50mb
Hello Androguide.fr.
Did you manage to find a way to fix your shrink of internal storage? If so, would you mind to share the method. Thanks
Regards
Budi
cakrabayu said:
Hello Androguide.fr.
Did you manage to find a way to fix your shrink of internal storage? If so, would you mind to share the method. Thanks
Regards
Budi
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Well yeah, didn't recover the 16gb but you can try to earn yourself some extra gigs by doing this once you created a fresh /data partiton :
this is an example for p6810, replace resize 9 with resize 10 if on a p6800
Code:
adb shell
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
print
resize 9
It will ask you for start/end values, keep the same start value otherwise it will give you an error. A good idea is to resize the partition like + 500mb at a time, to avoid i/o errors you might get when creating/resizing large file systems.
Hope it helps, good luck.
I am about to have to do this myself, and i'm not a developer. i have accessed and navigated around my device through adb, but this level of complexity *almost* over my head. i just want to make sure i'm not going to permanently mess this up. also, someone in another thread tried flashing ICS with an older version of ODIN and now his tab won't even power on. which i'm trying to avoid... so after reading around these forums for a few days (it happened saturday morning--and i KNEW to avoid flashing from stock ICS recovery--i think i wiped /data-cache-dalvik with CWM 5.0.1) i'm pretty sure that failure to mount /data seems to be the super brick bug everybody's talking about. i bought the p6800 as an import in the US so i am without warranty... if anyone can help with a step by step guide for the masses or something... i'm intelligent, and quite computer literate/net saavy, but i'm not a mentat ("dune" reference)...
like, i'm having trouble figuring out how to install adb on windows. and how do i use parted when it's linux software? i've repartitioned HD's before, and i'm familiar with some command-line basics, but....
--going to bed now...my head hurts--
aletheus said:
I am about to have to do this myself, and i'm not a developer. i have accessed and navigated around my device through adb, but this level of complexity *almost* over my head. i just want to make sure i'm not going to permanently mess this up. also, someone in another thread tried flashing ICS with an older version of ODIN and now his tab won't even power on. which i'm trying to avoid... so after reading around these forums for a few days (it happened saturday morning--and i KNEW to avoid flashing from stock ICS recovery--i think i wiped /data-cache-dalvik with CWM 5.0.1) i'm pretty sure that failure to mount /data seems to be the super brick bug everybody's talking about. i bought the p6800 as an import in the US so i am without warranty... if anyone can help with a step by step guide for the masses or something... i'm intelligent, and quite computer literate/net saavy, but i'm not a mentat ("dune" reference)...
like, i'm having trouble figuring out how to install adb on windows. and how do i use parted when it's linux software? i've repartitioned HD's before, and i'm familiar with some command-line basics, but....
--going to bed now...my head hurts--
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Try the .PIT file for the P6800 located here. You will lose all data, and part of your internal SD space. Looks like the brick happens consistently at the same point of the memory chip, so the same .PIT works for most people. If that doesn't help, you will need parted.
How can you use parted? It's a Linux program that runs in your tablet. You will adb shell to it, then you will have a Linux shell. Everything you put down there will run in your tablet, as if you were typing on it (think ssh, or remote desktop). I can't help you much more, because (knocks on wood) my tablet is still very much alive, and I don't use ADB that much.
Now, I don't know how it works in your country, but here in Brazil the Samsung service accepts warranties issued anywhere. It may be worth a shot.
aletheus said:
I am about to have to do this myself, and i'm not a developer. i have accessed and navigated around my device through adb, but this level of complexity *almost* over my head. i just want to make sure i'm not going to permanently mess this up. also, someone in another thread tried flashing ICS with an older version of ODIN and now his tab won't even power on. which i'm trying to avoid... so after reading around these forums for a few days (it happened saturday morning--and i KNEW to avoid flashing from stock ICS recovery--i think i wiped /data-cache-dalvik with CWM 5.0.1) i'm pretty sure that failure to mount /data seems to be the super brick bug everybody's talking about. i bought the p6800 as an import in the US so i am without warranty... if anyone can help with a step by step guide for the masses or something... i'm intelligent, and quite computer literate/net saavy, but i'm not a mentat ("dune" reference)...
like, i'm having trouble figuring out how to install adb on windows. and how do i use parted when it's linux software? i've repartitioned HD's before, and i'm familiar with some command-line basics, but....
--going to bed now...my head hurts--
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I am working on writing a specific 7.7 guide to teach people the parted/e2fsck technique I use to revive my bricked p6810 everytime I want to flash a new rom or test my builds.
First, as pointed out, try to Odin the PIT file for your particular model (eg : P6800 16gb).
You got to know that the parted technique is a pain in the ass, that you'll have to do it quite often if you like flashing roms, and that your tab will have a much smaller internal storage.
I think the guide will be ready in a couple days but you can pm be if you need help before that, no problem.
Good luck with this superbrick curse
thanks guys for your help, i'm going to try to figure this out this afternoon. i'm in the US, so they don't even offer warranties on imports. i was told by a samsung rep in the US that they don't grant warranties to imported models. i will first try the modified PIT file, then i will try the more complex method. @Androguide.fr i will PM you if i have trouble with the more complicated method later. thanks!!!!
aletheus said:
thanks guys for your help, i'm going to try to figure this out this afternoon. i'm in the US, so they don't even offer warranties on imports. i was told by a samsung rep in the US that they don't grant warranties to imported models. i will first try the modified PIT file, then i will try the more complex method. @Androguide.fr i will PM you if i have trouble with the more complicated method later. thanks!!!!
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I just finished writing the guide, it's here : forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1862294

QD 9008 FIX!! Tested on LG-V410(G Pad 7.0 US ATT)

I am beyond ecstatic, after 3 months of research, trial and error, I fixed my tablet!!
I am pleased to announce a fix to the dreaded QDLOAD 9008 brick! I've written this tutorial on the one tablet experimented on (LG-V410 aka Gpad 7.0 LTE US ATT), but I'm pretty certain others may find this helpful to other qualcomm msm based devices.
Background: I maintain that I can fix anything I break so I did the worst thing and corrupted the data on my LG GPAD LTE 7.0 (V410). As a result the tablet wouldn't go into any mode, no lights, even when charging, no screen image or light, nothing. When I plugged it into my computer, it wasn't even recognized, windows told me the device was having a problem. After a little experimentation I got it recognized (held power while connected to power cycle) by the computer as "QD BULK". Further research I found some drivers for Qualcomm devices and got the computer to recognize it as "QDLOADER 9008". I thought this was great news but from there got no where. I tried qpst, qfuse, hyperterminal, LG B2C, LG SUPPORT TOOL, EFS Professional, miflash, blankflash, etc... everything I tried got me nowhere. After 3 months, It is now fully operational and apparently CARRIER UNLOCKED, talk about a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow!!
WORD OF WARNING: This is not a simple matter, 9008 most likely means your Grand Partition Table is corrupted, and the poor thing doesn't have a clue how to function. My method is NOT GUARANTEED in any way, I will not be responsible if you turn your paper weight of a device into permanent paper weight or half functioning paper weight etc...PROCEED WITH CAUTION, this is not for the feint of heart nor a simple fix!! You've been warned!
PreRequisites:
-Windows (for expanding the KDZ) (there may be a linux alternative to LGFirmwareExtract)
-Linux and some basic experience with dd and navigating the terminal (I used ubuntu) --(again, nearly everything I'm about to explain can probaly be translated to another os.)
-KDZ for your device. http://forum.xda-developers.com/g-pad-10/general/kdz-lg-g-pad-7-0-v410-t3224867
-Replacement aboot and boot (see attached)
-KDZ Extractor ---http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600575
-TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/g-pad-10/development/recovery-twrp2-8-5-0lgv400-410-t3049568
-Fasboot and ADB http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
-A modified rom like Cyanogen mod etc... http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=v410
-16GB microsd card + a way of directly writing to it (i.e. usb card reader etc..) a second one is helpful but not required.
-Most important, Patience, beer, more patience, and more beer...
To teach a man to fish, some pertinent understanding: First thing to understand is how your main board works. Personally I disassembled my device and cross referenced every chip to do this, Good news is you don't have to. When power goes to the device, the SoC (system on a chip) looks to built in storage media for booting instructions (think low level here) and that in turn fires up everything else and then loads your kernel etc... You may be aware, there are two different types of computer systems out there, the old method used a BIOS, and the current uses UEFI. Older machines, when power was given to the system, the BIOS was responsible for firing up peripherals and finding the bootloader etc... UEFI (Unified Extended Firmware Instruction) however, relies on firmware on storage media to do all that.
For example, an x86 PC with a bios, when power is given to the board, the bios runs the show, testing equipment and waking up devices, then when it's ready, it looks to external media for a little magic byte at the end of the first sector of that media to indicate that it is bootable and in turn will boot (let those instructions take over). This style of booting media is called MBR or Master Boot Record.
Modern machines and most mobile devices use GPT or global partition table. There are quite a few advantages to GPT one primary being the possibility of many many more primary partitions, (MBR was very limited). The GPAD 7 LTE has 34 partitions to put things in perspective. When your device is stuck in 9008 mode, it is because it doesn't have a clue how to boot, most likely your GPT is corrupted. Fortunately, at least with the Gpad 7.0 this information does not have to be on the onboard internal memory chip. For this fix we will be constructing an sdcard to have all this info to get into a mode capable of writing to the emmc.
Without Further Ado, Here are the steps:
]PLUG THE TABLET INTO A CHARGER while you do the following (you may think it's been off and fully charged, but in reality it's probably been trying to boot over and over again while looking lifeless)
1.) Get the KDZ for your device (stock firmware)
2.) Extract the DZ using LGFirmwareExtractor
3.) Extract all the .bin files from the DZ using LGFirmwareExtractor
3b.) V410 US LTE ONLY - Replace aboot and boot with the files I attatched --I was fortunate enough to back them up before I hosed my tablet and they proved invaluable as the ones in the KDZ I linked to were causing strange graphic issues.
4.) open a terminal in linux and dd the sdcard with the file you extracted called "PrimaryGPT...."
I.E. "sudo dd if=/PATHTODZFILES/PrimaryGPT_0.bin of=/dev/sdx" (BE CERTAIN of the of= path, you can find yourself with more problems if you get that wrong) (run "sudo fdisk -l | less" first to verify what your sdcard's path is.)
This is where it gets tedious...:
5.) Do some hand stretches and start charting all 34 partitions on paper. Your sdcard is now partitioned with GPT and you need to know the name of each partition and its path. I.e. ("Partition name: LAF Located at /dev/sdXx")
6.) now for the fun part: dd every .bin to the corresponding partition EXCEPT: laf.bin and any of the system_xxxxx.bin files. (laf disables fastboot and the next step will bring you to a useless LG firmware download mode)( I.e. sudo dd if=/PATHTODZFILES/laf_xxx.bin of=/dev/sdXx) If some fail out, don't fret too much, I'm currently uncertain which ones are required and don't feel like corrupting my tablet again to figure that out. If the next step doesn't work you may need to revisit this step and ensure everything was accurate. It's easy to write down the wrong location for a partition and throw everything off
7.)Unmount your sdcard and put it in the tablet
8.) Press and hold power and volume up...If all went well, there is suddenly life to your paperweight!! Congratulate yourself and prepare for more fun... If nothing happened, revisit the above steps, more than likely something got flashed to the wrong partition.
9.)Now that you have fastboot, plug your tablet into the computer and use the following command: "fastboot boot TWRP.img" (or whatever the name or path is for your downloaded TWRP image.
10.) You should now be in TWRP and now your device is ADB ready, we are close to the home stretch...
11.) Now we need to load up an sdcard with all those dz files (except for laf and system images) and the custom rom like cyanogen mod. (if you only have the one sdcard you can unmount it and remove it while the table is in TWRP...crazy right?, if you opt for this, reformat the sdcard to ext or fat or whatever you please so the tablet can see all the bin files) Then put the sdcard into the tablet. You may need to remount the card in twrp before proceeding...
12.) Now from your computer type the following command "adb shell".
13.) now just like you did with the sd card dd PrimaryGPT_0.bin to the internal memory card, with the following command: dd if=/sdcard/PrimaryGPT_0.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblk0
14.) Grab the paper you wrote all the partitions down on and start doing the same thing you did to the sdcard to your tablet. You'll adjust the following command accordingly: "dd if=/sdcard/PARTITIONNAME.bin of=/dev/block/mmcblkpX (X being the partition number)
(again skip all system bin's and laf_xxxx.bin. Flashing laf disables fastboot on LG devices.)
15.) now time to install your custom rom, go through the prompts, clear your cache, and delvik cache and choose power off.
If all went well, you now have a tablet again, that's unlocked too!!!!! If not, don't lose faith, revisit the steps and ensure you didn't mistype or overlook something, this is so tedious it's easy to do. For instance, if you mistype your of=xxx it will create the file instead and give no error.
Post with your success stories, questions or difficulties and I'll try to help.
Yours Truly,
TheKiln
UPDATE/WARNING: Do not at any time under any circumstances dd directly from your host computer to the internal memory on your tablet, only do this via the asb shell. This may render a mode that I have not yet found a fix to, I will be working on it soon but from initial observation may be more complicated then the above instructions. With any invasive hacks like this tutorial there is always the possibility of making matters worse, so exercise caution and patience.
Quick Update/Revision : I am actively experimenting with this device and wanted to share that if your sbl1 and sbl1b partition is corrupt I have confirmed it will also cause 9008 mode. Therefore, it may be best to determine if the table is corrupt (try "parted /dev/block/mmcblk print"), and if not instead of wiping rewriting mmcblk0 try restoring sbl1 and sbl1b first. The V410 boots in the following order from what I can tell slb1->aboot->boot->system. So far I haven't found a downside to my prior instructions but to be less invasive just in case it might be wise to try this amendment.
I know my grand partition is corrupt, because after doing fastboot erase, basically everything, it came up as /dev/sdb. In a panic, I had deleted all the partitions, so now obviously my emmc storage is one big formated 16gb HD that cannot be seen in windows or linux no longer.
I just tried your method, found this post by doing a google search for:
sudo dd if=PrimaryGPT_0.bin
Had been doing just this, including the laf and many other ways. Am still getting the same thing though when putting the sdcard in the tablet, shows a 0% battery.
with the sdcard in the tablet I do get:
Bus 003 Device 063: ID 05c6:f006 Qualcomm, Inc.
Then after a few minutes, leaving it plugged into the USB I get:
Bus 003 Device 058: ID 1004:61a1 LG Electronics, Inc.
Also, with the sdcard in I do get KDZ_FW_UPD_EN to start updating but then get a perimeter error.
bethnesbitt said:
I know my grand partition is corrupt, because after doing fastboot erase, basically everything, it came up as /dev/sdb. In a panic, I had deleted all the partitions, so now obviously my emmc storage is one big formated 16gb HD that cannot be seen in windows or linux no longer.
I just tried your method, found this post by doing a google search for:
sudo dd if=PrimaryGPT_0.bin
Had been doing just this, including the laf and many other ways. Am still getting the same thing though when putting the sdcard in the tablet, shows a 0% battery.
with the sdcard in the tablet I do get:
Bus 003 Device 063: ID 05c6:f006 Qualcomm, Inc.
Then after a few minutes, leaving it plugged into the USB I get:
Bus 003 Device 058: ID 1004:61a1 LG Electronics, Inc.
Also, with the sdcard in I do get KDZ_FW_UPD_EN to start updating but then get a perimeter error.
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Ive seen the exact mode you are referring to. Three possibilities:
1.) unplugged, hold down the power button for 30 seconds (or less if fastboot comes up)
2.) your sd card does not have all the necessary partitions to boot (which i just confirmed are specifically rpm, rpmb, tz, tzb, sbl1, sbl1b, PrimaryGpt(has to be done first), aboot and abootb)
3) They didn't dd quite right. from my active testing Ive found if you script the dd'ing it doesn't quite flash right, unless you add a delay after each step.
Its actually a very good sign you are seeing the 0% battery logo, sounds like you are almost there. Let me know what happens. Ill be happy to help guide you. Ive dedicated my v410 as a dev board so Im constantly running tests and reverse engineering it.
The 0% only shows up with the sdcard in, after I remove it, nothing. Tried wall charging it all night, that did nothing.
My theory is that if there was some way to mount the raw emmc and dd the primarygpt.bin to the raw emmc hd then the rest would be not problem.
I deleted the original EMMC partitions in gparted under linux after doing an erase fastboot -w laf, system, etc... something like that. After that the tablet did not show up again in gparted as soon as I unplugged it.
Right now I'm zero dd'ing my 16gb sd card, dang dd'ing seems to glue the partitions to the sdcard, If I try to fdisk the sdcard or delete the partitions using gparted, as soon as I dd the primarygpt.bin the old files reappear. Need to start fresh with 0s to the card.
In windows I can actually install specific lg drivers while in qualcomm hs_usb 9008 mode. The interesting thing with the sdcard in I can install the LG Android Net USB serial driver, which will not work while in 9008 mode.
bethnesbitt said:
The 0% only shows up with the sdcard in, after I remove it, nothing. Tried wall charging it all night, that did nothing.
My theory is that if there was some way to mount the raw emmc and dd the primarygpt.bin to the raw emmc hd then the rest would be not problem.
I deleted the original EMMC partitions in gparted under linux after doing an erase fastboot -w laf, system, etc... something like that. After that the tablet did not show up again in gparted as soon as I unplugged it.
Right now I'm zero dd'ing my 16gb sd card, dang dd'ing seems to glue the partitions to the sdcard, If I try to fdisk the sdcard or delete the partitions using gparted, as soon as I dd the primarygpt.bin the old files reappear. Need to start fresh with 0s to the card.
In windows I can actually install specific lg drivers while in qualcomm hs_usb 9008 mode. The interesting thing with the sdcard in I can install the LG Android Net USB serial driver, which will not work while in 9008 mode.
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The 0% comes up when your sdcard is inserted because you are close to getting it done. You're going to have your computer running all night on the zero'ing but I can assure you that will be in vein. The whole point of this tutorial is so you can get into a mode in which you can flash the emmc. I can tell you are a little lost in the steps so pm me and I'll help you out. Also a word to the wise, you can try all you want with windows and the 9008 drivers, but seriously there is nothing out there specific to the v410 thats going to help you "engage" the 9008 mode. Not being stubborn I've just literally tried it all. If it's any credit I am clinically OCD. I can't sleep till I figure things out.
Finally, I see a hope is shining here!
I bricked my LG VK810, when I was trying to flash twrp, I refered to v500 pad instead and I flashed wrong img files (aboot, boot, sb1, sb2, sb3, tz & twrp.img) "only those 6 files" so I only need to replace those with the correct files, which I downloaded now.
I do not have Ubuntu, however I have CentOS, which i have not used for couple of years, so I forgot how to use it. also do I still need to use the LG Firmware Extractor?
please help
thekiln said:
This is where it gets tedious...:
5.) Do some hand stretches and start charting all 34 partitions on paper. Your sdcard is now partitioned with GPT and you need to know the name of each partition and its path. I.e. ("Partition name: LAF Located at /dev/sdXx")
6.) now for the fun part: dd every .bin to the corresponding partition EXCEPT: laf.bin and any of the system_xxxxx.bin files. (laf disables fastboot and the next step will bring you to a useless LG firmware download mode)( I.e. sudo dd if=/PATHTODZFILES/laf_xxx.bin of=/dev/sdXx) If some fail out, don't fret too much, I'm currently uncertain which ones are required and don't feel like corrupting my tablet again to figure that out. If the next step doesn't work you may need to revisit this step and ensure everything was accurate. It's easy to write down the wrong location for a partition and throw everything off
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Please please please help, how to do those steps!
nmnm4alll said:
Please please please help, how to do those steps!
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I am not certain exactly which partitions have to be flashed, the attached note I made was from what I can tell so far. I was simply noting that it may be best to try one partition at a time vs doing them all at once, it is at your own descretion. So as far as listing the partitions, I'm not familuar with the centos distro but in Ubuntu it is something to the effect of fdisk /dev/sdb -l or gdisk /dev/sda then p. I hope that answers your question, If not please be more specific to your exact question.
thekiln said:
I am not certain exactly which partitions have to be flashed, the attached note I made was from what I can tell so far. I was simply noting that it may be best to try one partition at a time vs doing them all at once, it is at your own descretion. So as far as listing the partitions, I'm not familuar with the centos distro but in Ubuntu it is something to the effect of fdisk /dev/sdb -l or gdisk /dev/sda then p. I hope that answers your question, If not please be more specific to your exact question.
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Thank you very much for your response, I am sorry I have never flashed partitions before, sbut I noticed gparted is not on CentOS, so I downloaded Puppy precise Linux as I was able to find gparted and I tried using it as shown in this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z1Tu9l8WNc
But I am confused now about how big and what are the formats for the 34 partitions which need to be created?
nmnm4alll said:
Thank you very much for your response, I am sorry I have never flashed partitions before, sbut I noticed gparted is not on CentOS, so I downloaded Puppy precise Linux as I was able to find gparted and I tried using it as shown in this video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6z1Tu9l8WNc
But I am confused now about how big and what are the formats for the 34 partitions which need to be created?
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Flashing PrimaryGPT_0.bin will automatically create the partitions. Flashing the individual partitions will give each partition the data needed. There should be no need to manually create partitions, if no partitions show up in gparted, the problem goes back to primarygpt, as that is the partition table.
I am not quite sure what you mean by:
thekiln said:
5.) Do some hand stretches and start charting all 34 partitions on paper. Your sdcard is now partitioned with GPT and you need to know the name of each partition and its path. I.e. ("Partition name: LAF Located at /dev/sdXx")
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how to can I get the Partition names?
Edit: I finally was able to get Ubuntu installed on my computer, so please instruct accordingly, sorry I have been googling everything you have mentioned in your OP with no luck!
Thanks in advance.
nmnm4alll said:
I am not quite sure what you mean by:
how to can I get the Partition names?
Edit: I finally was able to get Ubuntu installed on my computer, so please instruct accordingly, sorry I have been googling everything you have mentioned in your OP with no luck!
Thanks in advance.
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For the names I like to use "parted /dev/sdb" then "print" (sdb being the location of the sd card, might be sdc, sdd, etc..)
thekiln said:
For the names I like to use "parted /dev/sdb" then "print" (sdb being the location of the sd card, might be sdc, sdd, etc..)
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Thanks for the command line, I came up with this 36 partitions
https://www.dropbox.com/s/bw8nj317y3v7pw6/VirtualBox_Ubunto_05_01_2016_08_59_03.png?dl=0
now how do I know each partition's path?
you have mentioned "I.e. ("Partition name: LAF Located at /dev/sdXx")"
so do I type for example: "modem: LAF located at /dev/sdb1" (sdb1 is my sdcard's path)?
thekiln said:
6.) now for the fun part: dd every .bin to the corresponding partition EXCEPT: laf.bin and any of the system_xxxxx.bin files. (laf disables fastboot and the next step will bring you to a useless LG firmware download mode)( I.e. sudo dd if=/PATHTODZFILES/laf_xxx.bin of=/dev/sdXx) If some fail out, don't fret too much, I'm currently uncertain which ones are required and don't feel like corrupting my tablet again to figure that out. If the next step doesn't work you may need to revisit this step and ensure everything was accurate. It's easy to write down the wrong location for a partition and throw everything off
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Those are the files got extracted from the DZ file
https://www.dropbox.com/s/z3ebiy4vvnsy9oo/Untitled.png?dl=0
and this is a screenshot in Ubuntu after copying the file on a 64 memory stick and mounting it
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gqn35n1npklq8ld/VirtualBox_Ubunto_05_01_2016_09_30_15.png?dl=0
Do I just type: "sudo dd if=/media/mike/MEMORY/aboot_153600.bin of=/dev/sdb1" and so on for all .bin files?
Please try to write command lines as I do not have experience with Linux
I'll be honest and blunt, if you do not have experience with linux, a simple keystroke mistake could wipe your entire computer. I can't in good conscience recommend touching dd if you're not familiar with it. Not trying to be condescending or anything just really dangerous tools we are working with here.
it have problem
wow !!! i can see the LG logo in my tablet !!!
but i can't run next step !!!
pushed power + volume up button but i never changed screen !!
This is written on the screen.
"boot certification verify"
please help me i copy 34 partition on SDcard after that what can i do? please answer , this does not work (( 8.) Press and hold power and volume up...If all went well, there is suddenly life to your paperweight!! Congratulate yourself and prepare for more fun... If nothing happened, revisit the above steps, more than likely something got flashed to the wrong partition.
Issue
Hello, I've successfully followed the tutorial until step 9. When i flash TWRP it reboots and comes back to the fastboot screen.
If I hold the vol+ button when it is booting, the download mode screen flashes for a second and then it comes back to the fastboot.
I haven't been able to to anything else and would be very grateful if someone could help me with this.
Apparently there is no bootloader so it is stuck
I attached a picture of my screen
LG G Pad 7.0 V400
Is there a way to unlock Qualcomm 9008 from LG V400?
Finally my dead tablet went into fastboot mode.
Except windows cannot find a fastboot driver and fastboot command can't locate the device either. Any suggestions?

[Discussion] An alternative for Tab 2 emmc bug & brick backup

Well, I have been going through many tab owner problems on this forum who have tried everything on the book to get their tab back running. this experimental process is only for those people who have no option left than to throw away their tab as a dead glorious paperweight or play with it as a Frisbee. hopefully it can recover or at least it can open a new way for getting out of a brick or perhaps be a good learning experience, just for the sake of it. what else would you want to do? if your device is un-repairable? at least this can take a backup for the complete device in a different way though.
So what really is this about?
Well, Samsung tab 2 emmc is pretty much notoriously getting scarier, either it is happening because of flashing a wrong kernel or doing wrong with your tab, or in some cases where people had no clue. A sudden attack and the tab was dead. you may be lucky to get a replacement and get the tab running up again. but not all could be solved and resolved.
but what if we provide the tab a second emmc(your external card emulated and working as an exact image of the internal emmc with all the system files with their partition on it?) sounds good eh? there are 2 sides of this coin. one, our device is not made that way and it's definitely not going to work at all, second, it can work after a little hardware modification provided you have the right files and right tools and a insanely expert brain. Now the chances of this working is like that of flipped coin landing on it's edges. very tricky.
But how we can achieve this then?
Well, there are users on the internet that have some sort of success in this, while it wasn't guaranteed for their device, that this process can work for all and there is definitely nothing like this sort ever found for our device. which is on omap chipset, it's the debrick method. you can't tell unless you are from the development department of Samsung. So, I would say even if it's 0.0000000001 percent of having a chance to work for us. I would like to keep it.
Debrick.img? what does it do? how to get it?
Well, this file is generally taken out from a stock rom from location /dev/block/mmcblk0 which is where pit stores the data for all the partition and from there we can extract all the important parts, including the boot-loader, recovery, cache, hidden, sbl1, sbl2, factoryfs param, modem, EFS, DataEFS to a .img file. (as far as my definition goes for better understanding). please feel free to go through all the post that you can find about the debrick, or if you have more knowledge please share.
I was just going through these posts.
The whole process for sg s3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2660566
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1818321 a guide that explains about taking backup of the entire memory block with all partitions or single partition. it's quite old but informative.
fixing a bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2345860
there are different parts to it, first is getting the bootloader written on a external sd card. but we still don't know if our device will be able to treat the external sd card as an internal emmc. it is yet to be found out.
my theory is suppose if we can get out the whole partition along with system written on a external card, can we make the device treat it as a internal emmc? will it then be possible to revive a dead internal emmc tab? there are chances it might. still no practical though and no guarantees for sure.
but it makes you feel better, I managed to get out those partition on a .img file which could be written on a external card as well. basically an image of your emmc. this might be a good backup too for those who would like to be safe in case a emmc bug hits them too.
Now, To get this data we need volunteers to take these files from their working rooted stock rom and upload these files for every model of samsung tab, if they wish to contribute to our community, you are welcome. or at least keep it safe on their disks. although, this process will require atmost care as we are dealing with bootloaders here, and one wrong bootloder and it
won't work, as much as my knowledge goes, there are two- the ics and jb for our tab 2. still there are many other variants and I really have no clue, how to work this out all by myself. so, I would like other great minds share their wisdom upon this and please before sharing files, mention everything you can, right from your
1. Device model number
2. 8gb or 16gb
3. Bootloader(ics or jb)
4. Stock rom, custom rom,
5. firmware
6. Baseband
7. Country and to your name.
Now before pulling out this file, I have a doubt, as I have got few imgs option. there is 128mb, 200mb, 256mb, 512mb and also I have got one img of around 2.17gb as well which is the complete backup I could take out from my device.
I am not sure which one to choose that's going to work. people have mostly used 128mb file to get access to the download mode, I guess in that 128mb, there is enough files needed to boot your device into download mode and recover from hard bricks, but there is no evidence as for now in our device section as to which is suffient for us. So for first try, we take 128mb, and keep doubt aside for one process.
but suppose it's our emmc bug and we want to use the external as a image of the damaged internal, in that case I suppose we need to take out the whole info! is it really possible with the 2.17gb of my device complete data? ah, I would really like to know about the answer myself, in case it hits my device, I would be prepared myself
anyways to try this you must have a sd card reader and use a external card of 16gb or 8gb depending upon your device variant (card class 10 required, on others it has high chance of not working at all)
Now the process to extract the file
The script that you need to enter into terminal emulator(download one from playstore) this will backup a 128mb file on your sdcard.
Code:
#su
#busybox dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/debrick.img bs=1M count=128
128MB is arbitrary. on some devices 70MB was sufficient, on our device? maybe or maybe not. please test or help me answer this correctly, if I'm wrong. but untill then, use 128mb, if we fail, we will look for other options.
other dd commands
Code:
1. dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.img
backup whole partitons thus will be large size and takes more time.
Code:
2. dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/debrick.img bs=1M count=70
70mb data from mmcblk0 will be copied to sd card
Code:
3 dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/debrick.img bs=1M count=512
512mb data from mmcblk0 will be copied to sd card
Code:
4. dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/backup.img bs=4096
large size more than 4GB and more time consuming
Procedure
1. Connect the external sd card to the card reader move all the files to your pc and format it.
2. find the correct debrick.img image from post 2.
3. Download and extract this software win iso burner
4. Open the software win32diskimager.exe and browse the debrick.img
5. Successfully Write the debrick.img onto it.
6. Put the sdcard in your device
7. Pray, or do the cha cha, praise the droid lord.
8. switch it on or press power button + volume down/up, whatever you can.
9. if you can then get into download mode, you can try to flash stock firmware or dance your way around.
10. report us back what happened.​
1. Download Debrick dump imgs. (128mb)
Samsung tab 2 10.1 P5100 16gb
jellybean boot-loader.
was on custom 5.1 rom and twrp recovery from UAE firmware.
Samsung Tab 2 P3100 16gb
shared by @jak978 on post 6 Hit thanks for him.
more will come, when people will share.
for other guides and ways
interesting, unfortunately my broken emmc have replaced with eemc from note 2, tho mine is p3100
jak978 said:
interesting, unfortunately my broken emmc have replaced with eemc from note 2, tho mine is p3100
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So, you're one of those lucky ones. Getting a replacement is still the best way. So, do you think my theory here could work? Anyways it would be an interesting answer to find out. But people would need to share files here first for any samsung tab 2 model. I hope it becomes helpful rather than just interesting.
billysam said:
So, you're one of those lucky ones. Getting a replacement is still the best way. So, do you think my theory here could work? Anyways it would be an interesting answer to find out. But people would need to share files here first for any samsung tab 2 model. I hope it becomes helpful rather than just interesting.
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here you go tab2 P3100 16GB
Anybody having any luck with this procedure??
Rag888 said:
Anybody having any luck with this procedure??
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Well I still haven't faced the emmc bug, so can't really test on my device yet. nobody else who faced this issue had tried this and posted or shared any of the findings here.
Updating the emmc firmware via. ISP gives back life to >80% of affected devices.
16 GB Tab 2 have a known faulty EMMC (MAG2GA). It can happen, that your EMMC get "read only", so you can't perform any write actions (also you can't format) anymore.
From the EMMC data sheet:
5.1.7 End of Life Management:
The end of device life time is defined when there is no more available reserved block for bad block management in the device. When the device reaches to end of its life time, device shall change its state to permanent write protection state. In this case, write operation is not allowed any more but read operation are still allowed.
But, reliability of the operation can not be guaranteed after end of life.
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On a faulty EMMC firmware it happens a lot faster if the emmc reaches a wrong value.
Sadly Patching the emmc fw isn't possible running the device, at least there's no known kernel on chip power-on Method...
Those from europe can contact @html6405 , he is able to update the emmc firmware and he can also replace the emmc if needed.
Note:
Sharing a whole copy if mmcblk0 isn't good, because it will include efs partition which is sensible data.
~ All my work, news etc. on http://andi34.github.io ~
Found something interesting printing the pit using heimdall:
https://paste.omnirom.org/view/4173cc20
Someone knows what the GANG partition is for?
I wonder if it is the emmc firmware because emmc.bin is stored there...
I am waiting to get the fixed emmc firmware, i might be able to tell you once i have it.
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Android-Andi said:
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Sharing a whole copy if mmcblk0 isn't good, because it will include efs partition which is sensible data.
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Yes, better to keep them private. Users do not share, just keep a backup with yourself.
thanks for your thorough research.
Android-Andi said:
Found something interesting printing the pit using heimdall:
https://paste.omnirom.org/view/4173cc20
Someone knows what the GANG partition is for?
I wonder if it is the emmc firmware because emmc.bin is stored there...
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I did notice the GANG partition since you mentioned it(strange I never realized this before as I have looked at the pit file many times earlier as well.) located at 0x64C.
it does look like the emmc firmware partition. what else it should have?
jak978 said:
interesting, unfortunately my broken emmc have replaced with eemc from note 2, tho mine is p3100
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hi jak978,
i plan to replace my p3100 emmc with p5100 emmc, can i just flash p3100 firmware using odin after change the emmc?
some more, can u re upload the debrick dump for p3100, it says "file not found" in your link.
regards,
alms
here you go tab2 P3100 16GB UNABLE TO GOT FILE PLEASE SHARE THE FILE PLEASE
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billysam said:
1. Download debrick dump imgs. (128mb)
samsung tab 2 10.1 p5100 16gb
jellybean boot-loader.
Was on custom 5.1 rom and twrp recovery from uae firmware.
samsung tab 2 p3100 16gb
shared by @jak978 on post 6 hit thanks for him.
More will come, when people will share.
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please re share p3100 file i need it my tab was not work or trell me any way to get emmc chip from online or else process
my tab only in condition on restart restart.....
No recovery and firmware ll able to write on p3100
please help your reply too much helpful for me please give file p3100 so i can use your method
asiffrluv said:
here you go tab2 P3100 16GB UNABLE TO GOT FILE PLEASE SHARE THE FILE PLEASE
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please re share p3100 file i need it my tab was not work or trell me any way to get emmc chip from online or else process
my tab only in condition on restart restart.....
No recovery and firmware ll able to write on p3100
please help your reply too much helpful for me please give file p3100 so i can use your method
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Hi,
I just tried this method. The tab boot on the sdcard, i have the charging logo displayed, and then screen turns black. The driver change from omap4430 to Android, and keep this driver until i unplug the usb cable.
On linux, the tab device is recognized as Android. Same on windows (loaded in virtualbox from linux).
adb device display an unauthorized device.
So from this step, it is still impossible to flash the tab.
Anyway thanks for sharing this; even if its painfull to lose a tab, it is nice to learn how all this work.
if other people have more information to share, i would appreciate any new info on this subject
billysam said:
1. Download Debrick dump imgs. (128mb)
Samsung tab 2 10.1 P5100 16gb
jellybean boot-loader.
was on custom 5.1 rom and twrp recovery from UAE firmware.
Samsung Tab 2 P3100 16gb
shared by @jak978 on post 6 Hit thanks for him.
more will come, when people will share.
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Links are dead can you update them?
@Android-Andi @billysam @jak978
Sorry for pinging do you still have the p3100 debrick img?
No, never had it.
Ugh dev host dosent work in 2020
Still waiting for the link

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