[Q] Need Help Unbricking i9000M - Tried All Suggestions - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

[Q] Need Help Unbricking i9000M - Tried All Suggestions - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I've probably read everything currently available for unbricking a Galaxy S (i9000)g and Galaxy S Vibrant (i9000M), but I'm open to more suggestions!
Here's my current situation:
Bricked GT-i9000M - can't do anything except go into download mode
Odin doesn't detect the phone at all (obviously driver-related, but hang on)
Heimdall works fine, but the flashing just doesn't seem to complete (I've added my current PIT at the end of the post)
Can't boot into recovery (partly because I keep overwriting the recovery trying to install ROMs so right now it might not even be properly installed)
Tools available at my disposal:
Linux laptop running Kubuntu 14.04
Windows 8.1 Desktop
Windows 7 Laptop (not too accessible but can use if necessary)
Heimdall 1.4 frontend and command line
An ODIN flashable stock i9000M ROM that I extracted the files for flashing with Heimdall (although it was missing a boot.bin so I used one from another ROM, probably not the best idea, but I'm trying everything) obtained from here (it's bolded under "Android Rescue, Recovery Kits -> Upgrade or Downgrade or for Recovery": http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29331775#post29331775
Issues
- It's been so long since I had this phone working that I forgot what ROM, kernel, etc. it was originally running and I know there's supposed to be an "upgrade" procedure for GB to ICS/JB, but I just want the phone bootable into a ROM right now.
- I can't seem to find a proper i9000M stock ROM (I apologize if I've missed it, but would greatly appreciate a link)
- Speaking of links, most "recovery kits" I've come across have dead links
- Most unbricking guides and the aforementioned recovery kits specifically state "ONLY for use with i9000" so I've stayed away from them for the most part just in case I end up with a perma-brick (not likely, but a possibility nonetheless)
With all that being said, I would appreciate ANY help you guys can give as I'm honestly all out of ideas. It seems like it's so close to working, I just need a proper, stock i9000M heimdall-flashable ROM.
Here's my most recent flash attempt (stock i9000M ROM from "Rescue kit" with files extracted into Heimdall flashable format, and using boot.bin from stock i9000 recovery kit)
Code:
Heimdall v1.4.0
Copyright (c) 2010-2013, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/
This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
encouraged.
If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
development please consider donating:
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/donate/
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...
Beginning session...
Releasing device interface...
Here's my PIT output:
Code:
Heimdall v1.4.0
Copyright (c) 2010-2013, Benjamin Dobell, Glass Echidna
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/
This software is provided free of charge. Copying and redistribution is
encouraged.
If you appreciate this software and you would like to support future
development please consider donating:
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/donate/
Initialising connection...
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Attempt failed. Detaching driver...
Claiming interface again...
Setting up interface...
Initialising protocol...
Protocol initialisation successful.
Beginning session...
Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.
Please be patient!
Session begun.
Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.
Entry Count: 13
Unknown 1: 1
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 7508
Unknown 4: 65
Unknown 5: 64224
Unknown 6: 18
Unknown 7: 55304
Unknown 8: 67
--- Entry #0 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 0
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 1
File Offset (Obsolete): 6684783
File Size (Obsolete): 2097268
Partition Name: IBL+PBL
Flash Filename: boot.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #1 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 1
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 1
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PIT
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #2 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 20
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 40
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: EFS
Flash Filename: efs.rfs
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #3 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 3
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 5
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SBL
Flash Filename: sbl.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #4 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 4
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 5
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SBL2
Flash Filename: sbl.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #5 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 21
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 20
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PARAM
Flash Filename: param.lfs
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #6 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 6
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 30
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: KERNEL
Flash Filename: zImage
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #7 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 7
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 30
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: RECOVERY
Flash Filename: zImage
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #8 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 22
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 1146
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: FACTORYFS
Flash Filename: factoryfs.rfs
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #9 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 23
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 536
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: DBDATAFS
Flash Filename: dbdata.rfs
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #10 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 24
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 140
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: CACHE
Flash Filename: cache.rfs
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #11 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 11
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 50
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MODEM
Flash Filename: modem.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #12 ---
Binary Type: 1 (CP)
Device Type: 1 (File/FAT)
Identifier: 11
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 0
Partition Block Count: 0
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name:
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
Ending session...
Releasing device interface...
Re-attaching kernel driver...
EDIT: Just wanted to add that I've been using the 512 PIT, I've read mixed things on ROMs working with various PITs so I've just always been using whatever a guide tells me to use, which has always been the 512 for me since I've pretty much just been flashing stock ROMs.

Working ROM but Infamous Battery Boot Loop
Ok, I can successfully flash ROMs now! I followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886393 and pretty much just gave up with the i9000M part especially since I don't plan on using this device with a SIM card anyway.
I had to flash the ROM in that guide twice - the first time WITHOUT the root zImage, and the second time WITH the rooted zImage. Then I flash CM9.1.0 twice (as per recommended in the guide) and from that point on my phone is almost fully functioning again - I can flash ROMs in recovery, I can reboot into recovery, and can use the ROMs perfectly. HOWEVER, I can't do anything if I shut off the phone. I can reboot no problem, but as soon as I power off the device, it's back to the battery boot loop. From that point I have to go into download mode and repeat the aforementioned steps.
So, I want to try fixing this battery boot loop so that I can actually power off my device when I want to. I've wanted to try some of the suggestions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1923225&page=4, but as soon as I shut off the device I get the battery boot loop, so I can't possibly know when it's at 100%.
The other thing is that my battery seems to be at ~3.95/3.92V so it almost seems like it's overcharging since it's rated at 3.7V.
I've also tried wiping the battery stats via CWM but that doesn't seem to help.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

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Unbricking I8190N with Heimdall

Hello, I don't see why this is not working -- I'm working on the following model:
Model number: GT-I8190N
Baseband version: I8190NXXALL6
Build number: JZO54K.I8190NXXALL6
I accidentally overwrote the partition table; now I'm trying to push into the original firmware:
Samsung-Updates.com-GT-I8190N-DBT-I8190NXXALL6-1356151513.zip
using Heimdall (v1.4 RC1) and i8190N_goldenxx.pit, which I've found on this awesome forum, and corresponds to the original PIT:
Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.
Entry Count: 25
Unknown 1: 1598902083
Unknown 2: 844251476
Unknown 3: 28519
Unknown 4: 25708
Unknown 5: 28261
Unknown 6: 0
Unknown 7: 0
Unknown 8: 0
--- Entry #0 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 1
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 0
Partition Block Count: 256
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MBR,GPT
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #1 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 2
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 256
Partition Block Count: 768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MasterTOC
Flash Filename: STE_boot.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #2 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 70
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 1024
Partition Block Count: 2048
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PIT
Flash Filename: goldenxx.pit
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #3 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 71
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 6144
Partition Block Count: 2048
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MD5HDR
Flash Filename: md5.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #4 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 3
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 8192
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: STEboot1
Flash Filename: STE_boot1.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #5 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 4
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 9216
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: STEboot2
Flash Filename: STE_boot2.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #6 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 5
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 10240
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: Dnt
Flash Filename: dnt.ssw
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #7 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 6
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 11264
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: reserved
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #8 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 7
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 16384
Partition Block Count: 2048
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: CSPSAFS
Flash Filename: cspsa.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #9 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 8
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 18432
Partition Block Count: 2048
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: CSPSAFS2
Flash Filename: cspsa2.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #10 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 9
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 20480
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: EFS
Flash Filename: EFS.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #11 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 10
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 53248
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: ModemFS
Flash Filename: modemfs.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #12 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 11
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 86016
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: ModemFS2
Flash Filename: modemfs2.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #13 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 12
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 118784
Partition Block Count: 102400
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: Fota
Flash Filename: ssgtest.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #14 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 13
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 380928
Partition Block Count: 128
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: IPL Modem
Flash Filename: ipl.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #15 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 14
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 385024
Partition Block Count: 28672
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: Modem
Flash Filename: modem.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #16 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 15
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 417792
Partition Block Count: 4096
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: Loke4
Flash Filename: normal.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #17 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 16
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 421888
Partition Block Count: 4096
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: 2ndLoke4
Flash Filename: normal2.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #18 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 17
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 425984
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PARAM
Flash Filename: param.lfs
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #19 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 18
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 458752
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: Kernel
Flash Filename: boot.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #20 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 19
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 491520
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: Kernel2
Flash Filename: recovery.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #21 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 20
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 524288
Partition Block Count: 2457600
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SYSTEM
Flash Filename: system.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #22 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 21
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 2981888
Partition Block Count: 1720320
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: CACHEFS
Flash Filename: cache.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #23 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 22
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 4702208
Partition Block Count: 655360
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: HIDDEN
Flash Filename: hidden.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #24 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 23
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size: 5357568
Partition Block Count: 0
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: DATAFS
Flash Filename: userdata.img
FOTA Filename: remained
Ending session...
Rebooting device...
Releasing device interface...
Re-attaching kernel driver...
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and the following heimdall command:
# heimdall flash --3 STE_boot1.img --4 STE_boot2.img --14 modem.bin --18 boot.img --20 system.img --21 cache.img --22 hidden.img --70 i8190N_goldenxx.pit --repartition --pit i8190_goldenxx.pit
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Everything flashes ok, but the device is stuck to the boot "samsung" screen (Yep, I waited hours; also tried with different firmwares and same procedure, but I've always got the same result)
I don't really see what's going wrong here... any idea ? PS: I don't have a Win box here

Guys, anyone here could please provide params.lfs, recover.img and other possibly needed files ? (Or point me any place on the web for finding them?)
I understand it's bothering to acquire the files from a device, if that fixes the problem I will thank with paypal
(And the files will remain here for other guys with similar issues)

pminervini said:
Guys, anyone here could please provide params.lfs, recover.img and other possibly needed files ? (Or point me any place on the web for finding them?)
I understand it's bothering to acquire the files from a device, if that fixes the problem I will thank with paypal
(And the files will remain here for other guys with similar issues)
Click to expand...
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use ODIN + download stock firmware at SAMFIRMWARE.COM

pminervini said:
Guys, anyone here could please provide params.lfs, recover.img and other possibly needed files ? (Or point me any place on the web for finding them?)
I understand it's bothering to acquire the files from a device, if that fixes the problem I will thank with paypal
(And the files will remain here for other guys with similar issues)
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Try Odin instead and see if any problems pop up or try to redownload the firmware at SamMobile

[Q] Is anyone working on SM-G730A recovery?

Is anyone working on SM-G730A recovery?

assassinanex said:
Is anyone working on SM-G730A recovery?
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did u try rom manager

lmao please people before u post check ur replys and see if they are valid, thx

Not that I know of. Boot, recovery and system dump is available but I don't think anyone started on custom recovery yet.

to learn
ive been on computers since windows 3.5 and can program some in vb6 and c++ but im moving to android dev and i was wondering if you could point me in the right direction to learn how to convert a cwm or a twrp to work for our model of phone and i will put the hours in to do this so i can contribute to our fellow cell phone users. thank u bro

assassinanex said:
ive been on computers since windows 3.5 and can program some in vb6 and c++ but im moving to android dev and i was wondering if you could point me in the right direction to learn how to convert a cwm or a twrp to work for our model of phone and i will put the hours in to do this so i can contribute to our fellow cell phone users. thank u bro
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I won't build recovery since I've never done it and doesn't have the device, but I can make a package with boot and recovery for odin which I guess will be needed for testing recovery. I'll try to rebuild system dump as well to make it odin compatible.
Edit1:Can someone make a dump for this? param -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p9
Edit2:Here's a odin file for stock boot and recovery in one package.
[URL=http://d-h.st/gCu]SM-G730A_boot_rec.tar.md5 - 14.76 MB[/URL]

thx i know odin so that could help but where would i learn from that so i can be helpfull in the fututure to this community, thx in advance

sorry didnt check my pm heres a thx for the help

assassinanex said:
sorry didnt check my pm heres a thx for the help
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Don't know much about this device yet but i'm trying to check other devices build on same SOC, as i mentioned in PM.
I think I gathered some info on the subject

tys0n said:
Don't know much about this device yet but i'm trying to check other devices build on same SOC, as i mentioned in PM.
I think I gathered some info on the subject
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How is it coming?

dylan07 said:
How is it coming?
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I believe the pit-file is in mmcblk0p3, so can someone make a dd to sd and upload please
In terminal emulator:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/mt/sdcard/mmcblk0p3

tys0n said:
I believe the pit-file is in mmcblk0p3, so can someone make a dd to sd and upload please
In terminal emulator:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=/mt/sdcard/mmcblk0p3
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Do I need to be rooted for this?

dylan07 said:
Do I need to be rooted for this?
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Yes, but I was wrong anyway
It seems to be hidden somewhere but using heimdall could work.
It got option for downloading pit from device.

Here is the pit file (using Heimdall) from my G730A. Hope it helps.
Also printout of PIT info from Heimdall:
Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.
Entry Count: 27
Unknown 1: 1598902083
Unknown 2: 844251476
Unknown 3: 21325
Unknown 4: 14413
Unknown 5: 13113
Unknown 6: 48
Unknown 7: 0
Unknown 8: 0
--- Entry #0 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 1
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 8192
Partition Block Count: 122880
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MODEM
Flash Filename: NON-HLOS.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #1 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 2
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 131072
Partition Block Count: 256
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SBL1
Flash Filename: sbl1.mbn
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #2 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 3
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 131328
Partition Block Count: 512
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SBL2
Flash Filename: sbl2.mbn
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #3 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 4
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 131840
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SBL3
Flash Filename: sbl3.mbn
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #4 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 5
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 132864
Partition Block Count: 4096
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: ABOOT
Flash Filename: aboot.mbn
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #5 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 6
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 136960
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: RPM
Flash Filename: rpm.mbn
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #6 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 7
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 137984
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: TZ
Flash Filename: tz.mbn
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #7 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 8
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 139008
Partition Block Count: 25600
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PAD
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #8 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 9
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 164608
Partition Block Count: 16384
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PARAM
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #9 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 10
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 180992
Partition Block Count: 27904
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: EFS
Flash Filename: efs.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #10 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 11
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 208896
Partition Block Count: 6144
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MODEMST1
Flash Filename: nvrebuild1.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #11 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 12
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 215040
Partition Block Count: 6144
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MODEMST2
Flash Filename: nvrebuild2.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #12 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 13
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 221184
Partition Block Count: 20480
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: BOOT
Flash Filename: boot.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #13 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 14
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 241664
Partition Block Count: 20480
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: RECOVERY
Flash Filename: recovery.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #14 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 15
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 262144
Partition Block Count: 20480
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: FOTA
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #15 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 16
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 282624
Partition Block Count: 14320
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: BACKUP
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #16 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 17
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 296944
Partition Block Count: 6144
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: FSG
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #17 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 18
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 303088
Partition Block Count: 16
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SSD
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #18 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 19
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 303104
Partition Block Count: 16384
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PERSIST
Flash Filename: persist.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #19 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 20
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 319488
Partition Block Count: 2703360
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SYSTEM
Flash Filename: system.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #20 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 21
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 3022848
Partition Block Count: 1433600
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: CACHE
Flash Filename: cache.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #21 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 22
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 4456448
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: HIDDEN
Flash Filename: hidden.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #22 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 23
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 4489216
Partition Block Count: 10780639
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: USERDATA
Flash Filename: userdata.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #23 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 70
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 0
Partition Block Count: 34
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PGPT
Flash Filename: pgpt.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #24 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 71
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 34
Partition Block Count: 16
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PIT
Flash Filename: MSM8930.pit
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #25 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 72
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 50
Partition Block Count: 32
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MD5
Flash Filename: md5.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #26 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 73
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 15269855
Partition Block Count: 33
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SGPT
Flash Filename: sgpt.img
FOTA Filename:
Ending session...
Releasing device interface...

WarriorIllumini said:
Here is the pit file (using Heimdall) from my G730A. Hope it helps.
Also printout of PIT info from Heimdall:
Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.
Entry Count: 27
Unknown 1: 1598902083
Unknown 2: 844251476
Unknown 3: 21325
Unknown 4: 14413
Unknown 5: 13113
Unknown 6: 48
Unknown 7: 0
Unknown 8: 0
--- Entry #0 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 1
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 8192
Partition Block Count: 122880
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MODEM
Flash Filename: NON-HLOS.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #1 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 2
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 131072
Partition Block Count: 256
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SBL1
Flash Filename: sbl1.mbn
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #2 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 3
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 131328
Partition Block Count: 512
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SBL2
Flash Filename: sbl2.mbn
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #3 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 4
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 131840
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SBL3
Flash Filename: sbl3.mbn
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #4 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 5
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 132864
Partition Block Count: 4096
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: ABOOT
Flash Filename: aboot.mbn
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #5 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 6
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 136960
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: RPM
Flash Filename: rpm.mbn
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #6 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 7
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 137984
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: TZ
Flash Filename: tz.mbn
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #7 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 8
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 139008
Partition Block Count: 25600
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PAD
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #8 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 9
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 164608
Partition Block Count: 16384
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PARAM
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #9 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 10
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 180992
Partition Block Count: 27904
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: EFS
Flash Filename: efs.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #10 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 11
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 208896
Partition Block Count: 6144
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MODEMST1
Flash Filename: nvrebuild1.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #11 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 12
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 215040
Partition Block Count: 6144
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MODEMST2
Flash Filename: nvrebuild2.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #12 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 13
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 221184
Partition Block Count: 20480
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: BOOT
Flash Filename: boot.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #13 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 14
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 241664
Partition Block Count: 20480
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: RECOVERY
Flash Filename: recovery.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #14 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 15
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 262144
Partition Block Count: 20480
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: FOTA
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #15 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 16
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 282624
Partition Block Count: 14320
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: BACKUP
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #16 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 17
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 296944
Partition Block Count: 6144
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: FSG
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #17 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 18
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 303088
Partition Block Count: 16
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SSD
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #18 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 19
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 303104
Partition Block Count: 16384
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PERSIST
Flash Filename: persist.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #19 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 20
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 319488
Partition Block Count: 2703360
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SYSTEM
Flash Filename: system.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #20 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 21
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 3022848
Partition Block Count: 1433600
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: CACHE
Flash Filename: cache.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #21 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 22
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 4456448
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: HIDDEN
Flash Filename: hidden.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #22 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 23
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 4489216
Partition Block Count: 10780639
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: USERDATA
Flash Filename: userdata.img.ext4
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #23 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 70
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 0
Partition Block Count: 34
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PGPT
Flash Filename: pgpt.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #24 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 71
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 34
Partition Block Count: 16
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PIT
Flash Filename: MSM8930.pit
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #25 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 72
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 50
Partition Block Count: 32
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MD5
Flash Filename: md5.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #26 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 73
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 15269855
Partition Block Count: 33
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SGPT
Flash Filename: sgpt.img
FOTA Filename:
Ending session...
Releasing device interface...
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Thanks.
Now..is there any device with same processor & same screen resolution that got CWM? Maybe someone can just port it to SM-G730A using your stock recovery and that CWM.
Edit: Name of pit file should be MSM8930.pit

...and here is the recovery image.

WarriorIllumini said:
...and here is the recovery image.
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Got it already, but thanks
What about Galaxy express? Isn't that a similar device? http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_express_i8730-5271.php

Similar yes cause it's a galaxy but screen is 4.5 in, y'all talking 4 in. Idk about the processor but the original galaxy devices all had 4 in screens. Sorry if i missed something obvious, just reading around..
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justlovejoy said:
Similar yes cause it's a galaxy but screen is 4.5 in, y'all talking 4 in. Idk about the processor but the original galaxy devices all had 4 in screens. Sorry if i missed something obvious, just reading around..
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Both devices got 480X800 resolution.
Is this same as SM-G730A?
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400
CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait
GPU Adreno 305
You can take a look at this guide: [Guide]Port CWM Recovery for a device
May be worth a try, but first make sure you got a odin flashable original recovery file.

tys0n said:
Both devices got 480X800 resolution.
Is this same as SM-G730A?
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8930 Snapdragon 400
CPU Dual-core 1.2 GHz Krait
GPU Adreno 305
You can take a look at this guide: [Guide]Port CWM Recovery for a device
May be worth a try, but first make sure you got a odin flashable original recovery file.
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hey im willing to try to use dsxidas kitchen to port the recovery over. i gotta have all the proper odin flashing stuff just in case i brick my phone. someone post a odin file that has been sucessfully been able to restore by odin? ill try to work on it and see if i can get a cwm recovery for it

Can this Galaxy tab 7 be saved?

Hi, Any chance in resurrecting this galaxy tab 7? I think the partition table is messed up.
Model: Verizon Mobile SCH-I800
Issue: many;
failed to mount's
can't mount's
format fails
can't open
unknown rom
history unknown
*Can boot into recovery and download mode *can't apply update.zip from sdcard, can't even mount sdcard.
I have tried heimdall with stock roms and PITs etc but with no luck, Could not get the full file off The Collective helper package (stops mid download so could not go further with that; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383201
About to try adb with parted etc but have found little info on this and wouldn't know where to start.
Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks, happy to try anything
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A little better from flashing the files from unbricking post, but still having troubles
Tab will boot and be stuck at Verizon screen.
If someone could help out and go to here and try to download The collective helper package (direct link) and re-up it to another mirror, I'd be very grateful. I can only get through at most half of the download before it stalls but it looks like some people can get the whole thing.
Or if you could post a link to stock firmware tar.gz file for this that would be great, I cannot find it at sammobile or live.samsung-updates or pretty much anywhere...
Thanks!

Also check
ORIGINAL NON ROOTED Galaxy Tab stock ROM for Verizon.
and
[Tutorial] How To Restore Verizon Galaxy Tab Back To Stock
Looks like Heimdall is the flasher for your tablet, not ODIN as I had mentioned earlier, but you already know that.

Tried a complete flash with your first link you posted, Thanks a proper tar.gz! used heimdall.exe rather than frontend as I was getting libusb errors. command;
heimdall.exe flash --repartition --pit sch-i800.pit --CACHE cache.rfs --FACTORYFS system.rfs --PARAM param.lfs --KERNEL zImage --RECOVERY recovery.bin
everything appeared to work fine & 100% successful except I'm still at the same screen above...
The errors I get are;
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount CACHE recovery/command
# MANUAL MODE #
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmblk0p2
(No such file or directory)
E:Can't mount CACHE:log/recovery.log
E:Can't open CACHE:log/recovery.log
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1
(No such file or directory)
While i'm a little further, i'm at a loss what is still wrong, will try adb into partitions later and see if any are fat32 or something as I've seen on a post somewhere. Thanks for your help
update;
Flashed CWM with Odin.. attempting to flash cyanogenmod via a guide, got nowhere, reflashed back to where I was...
Here's my partition table if anyone can spot anything wrong.. ;
Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.
Entry Count: 13
Unknown 1: 4380672
Unknown 2: 1
Unknown 3: 0
Unknown 4: 0
Unknown 5: 7703
Unknown 6: 64
Unknown 7: 63496
Unknown 8: 20
--- Entry #0 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 0
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 1
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: IBL+PBL
Flash Filename: boot.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #1 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 1
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 1
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PIT
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #2 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 20
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 40
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: EFS
Flash Filename: efs.rfs
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #3 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 3
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 5
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SBL
Flash Filename: sbl.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #4 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 4
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 5
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SBL2
Flash Filename: sbl.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #5 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 21
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 20
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PARAM
Flash Filename: param.lfs
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #6 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 6
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 30
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: KERNEL
Flash Filename: zImage
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #7 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 7
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 30
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: RECOVERY
Flash Filename: recovery.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #8 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 22
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 1320
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: FACTORYFS
Flash Filename: factoryfs.rfs
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #9 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 23
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 348
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: DBDATAFS
Flash Filename: dbdata.rfs
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #10 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 24
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 140
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: CACHE
Flash Filename: cache.rfs
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #11 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 8
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 64
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MODEM
Flash Filename: modem.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #12 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 0
Attributes: 1 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 0
Partition Block Count: 0
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MOVINAND
Flash Filename: movinand.bin
FOTA Filename:

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[Q] Unbrick GT-P1000N with Hemidall

Hi all, i'm a noob with all this.
I've a trouble with my Samsung GT-P1000N. I used a wrong firmware and now my tab is dead. (Blackscreen, nothing shows).
If i hold down POWER BUTTON + VOLUMEN (-), Odin and Hemidall detect my tab, but the screen still is in black. So i try to re-stock or fix my tab with the firmware download from "sammobile.com/firmwares/"
In heimadall i do:
Code:
heimdall flash --primary-boot boot.bin --secondary-boot Sbl.bin
and the output is:
Detecting device...
Claiming interface...
Setting up interface...
Initialising protocol...
Protocol initialisation successful.
Beginning session...
Some devices may take up to 2 minutes to respond.
Please be patient!
Session begun.
Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.
ERROR: Partition "primary-boot" does not exist in the specified PIT.
Ending session...
Rebooting device...
Releasing device interface...
So i try to print the PIT with "heimdall print-pit", and this prints a big table with partitions. So i think i'm using wrong name "--primary-boot", i don't know if it need to be "IBL+PBL"... can you give me a tip how to solve the blackscreen trouble.
Entry Count: 15
Unknown 1: 1
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 7703
Unknown 4: 65
Unknown 5: 64224
Unknown 6: 18
Unknown 7: 55296
Unknown 8: 67
--- Entry #0 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 0
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 1
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: IBL+PBL
Flash Filename: boot.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #1 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 0 (OneNAND)
Identifier: 1
Attributes: 0 (Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 0
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 1
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PIT
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
....
Thanks in advance.

First, if you have a problem, since you can enter download mode-like thing, try odin to restock first.(It's ease to use)
Also, you maybe need the pit file in the stock ROM to pass to heimdall.

i8190 S3 mini / soft-bricked / twrp is being a persistent %@$%$!

hi, S3 Mini i8190, this has me banging my head in the wall for past 18 hours after trying a dozen roms / stock / custom / various recoveries and the pit files.
A.) Initially, the phone wasn't rooting with the norms so i had to install a prerooted rom. Anyway, since it was the an almost look-alike of stock, i wanted to move to CM 12. So, for that i had to install twrp, now even after being rooted, the odin wasn't able to flash the recovery. So, i chose the twrp app and there i messed up, i thought it would be the latest version which it wasn't it was a 2.6....version which doesn't support the f2fs so i knew i have to get a newer version of the twrp, since then i have been trying to fix this but i can't, so much so i tried stock pit files all over the internet and i get error on all of them "Complete(Write) operation failed."
Every recovery / rom which can be flashed using odin, flashes "successfully".
1.) rom loads up but it stays in soft-brick. (doesn't progresses from the boot anim)
2.) recovery shows to have successfully flashed, but on the boot; no matter which recovery i put in, it always goes to the same version of twrp that was initially installed by the app.
I forgot to mention, it asked if the right place to flash is an area of the internal memory...mmc...something...and i was furious and i selected it; i guess thats where it all messed up.
i tried pit files, roms, recoveries, stock, custom, adb push, adb sideload, various versions of odin and all.
B.) the real reason for changing to a custom rom was; the phone was able to connect to pc in download mode/recovery without a difficulty; however within rom, it was only on charging mode. So i guess there is something wrong from earlier on.
now i'm sure there's no memory bricked since writing happens easily. I probably have written the recovery somewhere like within the cache partition that it never gets deleted and no matter what i flash, it always open up twrp of the same version.
Pit isn't flashing. Can i repartition / format the entire memory someway? *nand flash etc didn't work within odin too. same error as that of pit files.
Please guide, i don't want to lose this phone, i just bought a new battery.
Any help / guide would be great. Also, nearly i have tried all there is on the forum. What are some other ways to format partitions / repartition? (not as important since logs would only tell unable to write but where should i start seeing the logs? )

hiemdall
I guess heimdall would be of help to repartition the mem blocks.... any guide on that would be much, much appreciated. Desperately looking to fix this. Alternately if any other solution is recommeded before that, please guide. Pit files won't run. Recovery can't be changed.
Also, the download mode has no counter, it shows current binary: samsung official and system status as official.
i bet the binaries aren't being placed where they should be. I'll need to repartition with no clue, where to start.

Hi Pendaweb,
penandweb said:
I guess heimdall would be of help to repartition the mem blocks.... any guide on that would be much, much appreciated. Desperately looking to fix this. Alternately if any other solution is recommeded before that, please guide. Pit files won't run. Recovery can't be changed.
Also, the download mode has no counter, it shows current binary: samsung official and system status as official.
i bet the binaries aren't being placed where they should be. I'll need to repartition with no clue, where to start.
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Just my 5 cent.... (I am not really a Android Developer, but understand the Smartphones "just" as little Linux-PCs.. So if you come from this way, things look diffent.)
What makes me wonder is this persisting Recovery... But at least there is one still running. (So for this and your EFS partition: First of all I Wold make a FULL SYSYTEM Backup with EFS PRo ! )
Your still running recovery can be used for an ADB Shell from your PC to figure out if your partition-table is messed up. In ADB-Shell you could use Shell commands like 'df' to figure out more. (I was into this when i had trouble with System-encryption, you could search my thread, perhaps there is a hint for you.)
Try to understand the partiton table (with all the blk0mmc...... ) and what is what for.
Compare with regular pit file.
I cannot guide you through this, because i have to google it myself. But I would try to figure out what the exact partitiontable at the S3 mini is. Perhaps this is "the wrong direction". (But for me it sounds the right guess ATM.)
I don't know if you ever worked in the shell. If not perhaps it would make more sense to figure out, if it is possible to do this with heimdal (which i think it should work)
I think the heimdal way will be better documented. At least there will be more people who could help you here.
did you ever flashed "new" boot or other partions aside from PITs , Recoverys or ROMs ? IF your partition table is fine, i would give this the first shoot to pich up some virgin Partitions (Boot, and all the other ones from a Full System Backup.... Just inserting your personal EFS-Backup (which you hopefully have)
To write logs you can use an External-SD-Card. (I used it a lot solving my trouble.)
It took me about a full month to solve my problem with encryption. Hours of reading, asking, getting hints, reading again, asking, ...... but in the end i succeeded in my task. and i learnd something new about Portable-Linux-Systems.....
So take your time. 18 hours seemed much to me, too...... in the beginning
If you are in a hurry you will mess things up.
Don't know if I could help much.

Thank you for the detailed response.
I'm again on it, trying the heimdall way. Partition seems good enough but heimdall can't write pit files either. Its picking up stuff though. Can read. Can't really write PIT.
As much as i know, Identifiers are sequention in a partition table, just about on the 3rd i read an identified on 71 with MD5HDR. I bet that's where it is all screwed up. Still looking into it. Yes, i'm pretty sure i was able to back up efs timely onto memcard.
Thank you.

tried heimdall; used all possible images i could attain including steboot.....mbr, gpt....,kernels, model, cache.... from the stock, and mbr+gpt from another source on the forum;
it flashed successfully on the console but then after restarting phone; the persistent b.....h is still there...
can't repartition using heimdall either.
Downloading device's PIT file...
PIT file download successful.
Entry Count: 25
Unknown 1: 1598902083
Unknown 2: 844251476
Unknown 3: 28519
Unknown 4: 25708
Unknown 5: 28261
Unknown 6: 0
Unknown 7: 0
Unknown 8: 0
--- Entry #0 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 1
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 0
Partition Block Count: 256
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MBR,GPT
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #1 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 2
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 256
Partition Block Count: 768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MasterTOC
Flash Filename: STE_boot.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #2 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 70
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 1024
Partition Block Count: 2048
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PIT
Flash Filename: goldenxx.pit
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #3 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 71
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 6144
Partition Block Count: 2048
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: MD5HDR
Flash Filename: md5.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #4 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 3
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 8192
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: STEboot1
Flash Filename: STE_boot1.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #5 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 4
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 9216
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: STEboot2
Flash Filename: STE_boot2.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #6 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 5
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 10240
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: Dnt
Flash Filename: dnt.ssw
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #7 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 6
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 11264
Partition Block Count: 1024
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: reserved
Flash Filename:
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #8 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 7
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 16384
Partition Block Count: 2048
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: CSPSAFS
Flash Filename: cspsa.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #9 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 8
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 18432
Partition Block Count: 2048
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: CSPSAFS2
Flash Filename: cspsa2.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #10 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 9
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 20480
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: EFS
Flash Filename: EFS.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #11 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 10
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 53248
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: ModemFS
Flash Filename: modemfs.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #12 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 11
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 86016
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: ModemFS2
Flash Filename: modemfs2.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #13 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 12
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 118784
Partition Block Count: 102400
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: Fota
Flash Filename: ssgtest.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #14 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 13
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 380928
Partition Block Count: 128
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: IPL Modem
Flash Filename: ipl.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #15 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 14
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 385024
Partition Block Count: 28672
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: Modem
Flash Filename: modem.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #16 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 15
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 417792
Partition Block Count: 4096
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: Loke4
Flash Filename: normal.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #17 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 16
Attributes: 2 (STL Read-Only)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 421888
Partition Block Count: 4096
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: 2ndLoke4
Flash Filename: normal2.bin
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #18 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 17
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 425984
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: PARAM
Flash Filename: param.lfs
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #19 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 18
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 458752
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: Kernel
Flash Filename: boot.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #20 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 19
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 1 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 491520
Partition Block Count: 32768
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: Kernel2
Flash Filename: recovery.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #21 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 20
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 524288
Partition Block Count: 2457600
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: SYSTEM
Flash Filename: system.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #22 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 21
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 2981888
Partition Block Count: 1720320
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: CACHEFS
Flash Filename: cache.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #23 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 22
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 4702208
Partition Block Count: 655360
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: HIDDEN
Flash Filename: hidden.img
FOTA Filename:
--- Entry #24 ---
Binary Type: 0 (AP)
Device Type: 2 (MMC)
Identifier: 23
Attributes: 5 (Read/Write)
Update Attributes: 5 (FOTA)
Partition Block Size/Offset: 5357568
Partition Block Count: 9891840
File Offset (Obsolete): 0
File Size (Obsolete): 0
Partition Name: DATAFS
Flash Filename: userdata.img
FOTA Filename:

penandweb said:
tried heimdall; used all possible images i could attain including steboot.....mbr, gpt....,kernels, model, cache.... from the stock, and mbr+gpt from another source on the forum;
it flashed successfully on the console but then after restarting phone; the persistent b.....h is still there...
can't repartition using heimdall either.
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Click to collapse
Hi There,
I don't know if you yre still onto this, but i got a finding which could eventually help you.
but it seems that you have a general problem with you "internal SD" and this thread has a kind of workaround.
Perhaps a new place to start.
HTML:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1704646
Greetings:good:

Thank you so much, i just had put the phone aside a while back after getting tired of trying and got busier with work. Soon again, i'll be looking into fixing it. I hope what you recommended fixes it.
Also, i managed to get cyanogenmod up and running with twrp recovery but then realized i've lost my efs folder
but i have seen people fixing efs issues by putting on stock recoveries / other's efs files or something like that.
Any idea if i have lost my efs, could i utilize either stock or someone's else efs to fix it? so far i can't write to the efs folder as i presume the PIT has been corrupted and isn't being written at all.
thanks again

Database Develop

welcome