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Hello,
I didn't know if there was already a post for this, my searches were coming up not matching anything.
If you happen to have an external keyboard (bluetooth in my case), you might have the problem that many of the key events from the keyboard do not map nicely to the HTC Vivid. I am running 4.0.3 in my case with 3.6 sense, and other than the alpha-numerics, many of the system level keys were not working for me. Since I often play HD video from my phone to the HDTV, it's handy for me to control things like Volume_UP/Down, HOME / MENU / BACK, Pause / Play, Select Movie title, reply to Text, etc. So I had to find a way to improve the keyboard mappings to make it functional, and I was curious if others may have done similar things as what I describe here. I am still stuck on a few mappings, so would glad to have any info from others who have succeeded or failed in a similar regard.
I went and spent about $35 for this G-Cube bluetooth keyboard model BK-30 at Frye's.
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It was a nice weight with a good feel on the keys, and good enough for a test run. The bluetooth device was discovered and paired easily on my HTC Vivid, and some of the system functions from keyboard were working, like Volume UP/Down and Mute. But I noticed right away I had no way to open a MENU option, or to perform a BACK function from a given application or settings screen. In order to change the keyboard mappings, it's necessary to boot into Recovery, un-mount /system and use ADB to re-mount /system in order to be able to edit the file called Generic.kl (keyboard layout file) which lives in the /system/usr/keylayout/ directory. Here are the steps I used to update the file.
Before editing the Generic.kl file, it's helpful to gather some information using an APP called KeyEvent Display (free in Google Play store).
1. Download, Install and Run the KeyEvent Display application, it gives you a keyEvent monitor for the Bluetooth Keyboard
2. Pick a few keys on the Bluetooth which seem to do nothing, and press them, noting their SCANCODE values in the app. I chose the PrintScr, Pause/Break, Insert and Delete keys, just as a test. These 4 keys gave me scancodes of 99, 119, 110, and 111, respectively.
Now, you can reboot the phone into Recovery, and perform operations using ADB, providing your PC has the right USB drivers. Usually installing HTC Sync will give you these drivers, or from Ubuntu Linux, you may not need them. Google to install the ADB tool
1. Make sure your Vivid is rooted with a Recovery Image for bootup
2. Boot into Recovery, Connect your USB cable from the PC, and test that your ADB tool can properly communicate:
a) to use ADB, you need to have download these files (adb.exe, AdbWinApi.dll and AdbWinUsbApi.dll)
b) from the directory where you have ADB, test the connection with a simple 'adb devices'
c) you should get a response from the phone device like this:
[C:\Users\JohnDoe\ADB_Tool] adb devices
adb server is out of date. killing...
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
FA27VVJ01452 device
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3. Assuming you are successful, you can now send ADB commands to the phone as needed here below. (If you got nothing after List of devices attached, you can research this seperately - its usually and USB driver issue.) ADB commands are used to mount and unmount file systems (like /system), to send commands or open a shell to the phone, and to push and pull files back and forth.
a) adb remount (should see: remount succeeded)
NOTE: if this fails with an error, use your Recovery Developer options to un-mount /system first, then try again.
b) adb pull /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl
NOTE: Generic.kl is the file we want with all the mappings of keyEvents. If the file is pulled successfully, you see something like:
pull /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl
982 KB/s (9058 bytes in 0.009s)
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c) Note with File Explorer in the folder with ADB, you should have a copy of the Generic.kl file.
d) Make a backup of this file, you can cause the keyboard and other items to fail with incorrect changes!
e) Edit the file with your favorite text editor, and look for sections that we want to change, for example:
key 109 PAGE_DOWN
key 110 INSERT
key 111 FORWARD_DEL
# key 112 "KEY_MACRO"
key 113 VOLUME_MUTE
key 114 VOLUME_DOWN
key 115 VOLUME_UP
key 116 POWER WAKE
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f) Change keys 110 and 111 (for example) to now look like this, and then save the file:
key 109 PAGE_DOWN
key 110 BACK
key 111 MENU
# key 112 "KEY_MACRO"
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g) adb push Generic.kl /system/usr/keylayout/ (this places the file back to the phone)
h) adb shell (need a shell to reset the permissions of the file)
i) chmod 644 /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl (should be read only to group/world)
j) ls -l /system/usr/keylayout/ (check to see ownership and permissions look correct)
ls -l /system/usr/keylayout/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 894 Jul 12 2012 AVRCP.kl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 9048 Nov 12 20:59 Generic.kl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1293 Jul 12 2012 Vendor_045e_Product_028e.kl
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1027 Jul 12 2012 Vendor_046d_Product_c216.kl
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k) exit (exit from the ADB shell)
l) adb reboot (reboot the phone out of recovery into normal mode)
3. Now when the phone is ready, test the new key functions you have defined. For me, I had success with the MENU, BACK, CALL and ENVELOPE functions, among others. It is very helpful that I can use ALT-TAB to toggle between running apps.
The main one which I am failing to define is the 'OPEN ALL APPS'. If anyone else is performing mappings such as these for an external bluetooth keyboard, I would be interested to know which functions you have gotten to work. I am now at a state where I can control most everything, provided it is already running in the background. But I can't swipe my Sense desktop left and right, and I have trouble toggling certain switches like Wifi and Mobile data. Any suggestions or thoughts on these functions are appreciated.
Darren
Troubleshooting TIP: You can also run ADB when the phone is running in Normal Mode and you have the USB cable connected from your phoe to the PC. Then you can test certain keypresses through functions that are formatted in this way:
adb shell input keyevent 5
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On my phone, this function will send the CALL event with brings up the phone from the desktop.
Other examples (you can also launch then from a *.cmd file):
If you have a terminal open on the phone, will send "ls -l"(includes the space-62 and enter-66):
@echo off
adb shell input keyevent 40
adb shell input keyevent 47
adb shell input keyevent 62
adb shell input keyevent 69
adb shell input keyevent 40
adb shell input keyevent 66
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If you have a terminal open on the phone, will send "env|grep PATH":
@echo off
adb shell input text "env"
adb shell input text "|"
adb shell input text "grep"
adb shell input keyevent 62
adb shell input text "PATH"
adb shell input keyevent 66
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Hi to everyone.
I was updating my tab to the latest version of the ROM of sbdags.
Everything was fine until i reboot the tab to use it for the first time: loop in the boot animation and never come out from it.
I came from the previous version of the rom, the Cromi-x 6.1 with 10.26.1.18 bootloader.
The process i use to update was this:
1) wipe of data/factory reset, wipe with format /boot, wipe with format /system
2) Install the CWM recovery 6.0.5.0 and update the bootloader to 11.4.1.17 by flashing they with the file that you can find in the rom page.
3) repeat point 1
4) install the rom by flashing it from an SD. Complete the Aroma installer and answer to every option that it ask to me.
5) reboot the system and stuck in the bootanimation
I use the WW format cause i'm italian and i check the md5
What's wrong? I can go to recovery everytime i need and i have a backup just in case i need it.
Sdbags, i really want to offer you a beer for your work. I think i will do it in every case, but yes, kitkat on my tab would be great :victory:
Sorry for bad english. For every question, i'm here. Thanks a lot.
M.
aMachi said:
Hi to everyone.
I was updating my tab to the latest version of the ROM of sbdags.
Everything was fine until i reboot the tab to use it for the first time: loop in the boot animation and never come out from it.
I came from the previous version of the rom, the Cromi-x 6.1 with 10.26.1.18 bootloader.
The process i use to update was this:
1) wipe of data/factory reset, wipe with format /boot, wipe with format /system
2) Install the CWM recovery 6.0.5.0 and update the bootloader to 11.4.1.17 by flashing they with the file that you can find in the rom page.
3) repeat point 1
4) install the rom by flashing it from an SD. Complete the Aroma installer and answer to every option that it ask to me.
5) reboot the system and stuck in the bootanimation
I use the WW format cause i'm italian and i check the md5
What's wrong? I can go to recovery everytime i need and i have a backup just in case i need it.
Sdbags, i really want to offer you a beer for your work. I think i will do it in every case, but yes, kitkat on my tab would be great :victory:
Sorry for bad english. For every question, i'm here. Thanks a lot.
M.
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Don't do step 3. Try it again please.
Try the default options first.
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Don't do step 3. Try it again please.
Try the default options first.
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If default option are those who are pre-selected on the aroma installer i've already try it.
Also i try to do it without point 3. Nothing
Here a log of the installation of the rom
AROMA INSTALLER version 2.56
(c) 2012 by amarullz xda-developers
ROM Name : CROMi-Xenogenesis KitKat
ROM Version : 7.0.2 DEODEX
ROM Author : sbdags
Device : Asus Transformer TF701T
Start at : Mon Aug 25 20:30:02 2014
Thank you for installing CROMi-Xenogenesis KitKat 4.4.2!
Sit back and relax...
-----------------------------------------------------
This will take a few minutes!
Preparing File System...
about to run program [/sbin/umount] with 3 args
umount: can't umount /system: Invalid argument
run_program: child exited with status 1
about to run program [/sbin/umount] with 3 args
Formatting System....
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 2147483648
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 8192
Label:
Blocks: 524288
Block groups: 16
Reserved block group size: 127
Created filesystem with 11/131072 inodes and 17193/524288 blocks
Tuning System....
about to run program [/tmp/tune2fs.ext4] with 6 args
tune2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Tuning Data - Journaling Enabled.....
about to run program [/tmp/tune2fs.ext4] with 6 args
tune2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Wiping Cache.....
Installing Core System.....
Installing Options...
Region Specific Files
- TF701 WW Build
Kernel Preparation
- sbdag's 11.4.1.17 Stock Modded Kernel
package_extract_file: no extras/kernel/sbmodded/701sb3.img in package
DPI Preparation
- 320 DPI
Resolution Preparation
- 2560x1600 res
Boot Animation
- Google Android-L
Launcher
- Asus Stock Launcher
Asus Apps 1
- Asus Email
- Asus Desk Clock & Widget
- Asus Weather & Time Widget
- Asus Splendid
- Asus Calculator
- Asus MyDictionary
- Asus Studio
Asus Apps 2
Google Apps 1
- Google Calendar
- Google Now and Voice Search
- Google Music
- News and Weather Genie
- YouTube
- Maps
- Hangouts
Google Apps 2
- Google Chrome
- Google Drive Docs
Misc Apps
- ES File Explorer
- AdAway installed
- Keyboard Manager
- Terminal Emulator
- Polaris Office
Installing CROMi-X System Tweaks.....
about to run program [/tmp/cromix-build-prop.sh] with 1 args
Tweaks and Scripts
- Browser2RAM enabled
- Ad Blocker enabled
- Zip Align Script installed
- Keyboard Dock Remapping installed
Building symlinks.....
Setting permissions.....
Installing BusyBox.....
about to run program [/system/xbin/busybox] with 4 args
Setting ROOT.....
DRM Options
- Google Video & Hulu+ DRM
Installing build.prop
about to run program [/sbin/sh] with 2 args
about to run program [/sbin/sh] with 2 args
Finalising ROM
about to run program [/sbin/umount] with 3 args
---------------------------------------
All Done!
Don't forget to follow @sbdags on Twitter
If you like it please donate to [email protected] on paypal
Enjoy CROMi-X!
script succeeded: result was [Enjoy CROMi-X!]
Installer Sucessfull (Status 0)
I don't know if this can be helpful, but if i restore the backup of the previous version of the rom everything work fine. I'm reading the discussion of the guy with the partition problem and i was wondering if maybe the problem was the same, but i don't think it.
Another time, sorry for bad english and thanks for all your work sdbags.
M.
That log is fine - everything is installed.
Read out the bootloader version from the bootloader screen to double check please.
Also you are rebooting after installing the bootloader and cwm package aren't you?
aMachi said:
If default option are those who are pre-selected on the aroma installer i've already try it.
Also i try to do it without point 3. Nothing
Here a log of the installation of the rom
AROMA INSTALLER version 2.56
(c) 2012 by amarullz xda-developers
ROM Name : CROMi-Xenogenesis KitKat
ROM Version : 7.0.2 DEODEX
ROM Author : sbdags
Device : Asus Transformer TF701T
Start at : Mon Aug 25 20:30:02 2014
Thank you for installing CROMi-Xenogenesis KitKat 4.4.2!
Sit back and relax...
-----------------------------------------------------
This will take a few minutes!
Preparing File System...
about to run program [/sbin/umount] with 3 args
umount: can't umount /system: Invalid argument
run_program: child exited with status 1
about to run program [/sbin/umount] with 3 args
Formatting System....
Creating filesystem with parameters:
Size: 2147483648
Block size: 4096
Blocks per group: 32768
Inodes per group: 8192
Inode size: 256
Journal blocks: 8192
Label:
Blocks: 524288
Block groups: 16
Reserved block group size: 127
Created filesystem with 11/131072 inodes and 17193/524288 blocks
Tuning System....
about to run program [/tmp/tune2fs.ext4] with 6 args
tune2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Tuning Data - Journaling Enabled.....
about to run program [/tmp/tune2fs.ext4] with 6 args
tune2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010)
Wiping Cache.....
Installing Core System.....
Installing Options...
Region Specific Files
- TF701 WW Build
Kernel Preparation
- sbdag's 11.4.1.17 Stock Modded Kernel
package_extract_file: no extras/kernel/sbmodded/701sb3.img in package
DPI Preparation
- 320 DPI
Resolution Preparation
- 2560x1600 res
Boot Animation
- Google Android-L
Launcher
- Asus Stock Launcher
Asus Apps 1
- Asus Email
- Asus Desk Clock & Widget
- Asus Weather & Time Widget
- Asus Splendid
- Asus Calculator
- Asus MyDictionary
- Asus Studio
Asus Apps 2
Google Apps 1
- Google Calendar
- Google Now and Voice Search
- Google Music
- News and Weather Genie
- YouTube
- Maps
- Hangouts
Google Apps 2
- Google Chrome
- Google Drive Docs
Misc Apps
- ES File Explorer
- AdAway installed
- Keyboard Manager
- Terminal Emulator
- Polaris Office
Installing CROMi-X System Tweaks.....
about to run program [/tmp/cromix-build-prop.sh] with 1 args
Tweaks and Scripts
- Browser2RAM enabled
- Ad Blocker enabled
- Zip Align Script installed
- Keyboard Dock Remapping installed
Building symlinks.....
Setting permissions.....
Installing BusyBox.....
about to run program [/system/xbin/busybox] with 4 args
Setting ROOT.....
DRM Options
- Google Video & Hulu+ DRM
Installing build.prop
about to run program [/sbin/sh] with 2 args
about to run program [/sbin/sh] with 2 args
Finalising ROM
about to run program [/sbin/umount] with 3 args
---------------------------------------
All Done!
Don't forget to follow @sbdags on Twitter
If you like it please donate to [email protected] on paypal
Enjoy CROMi-X!
script succeeded: result was [Enjoy CROMi-X!]
Installer Sucessfull (Status 0)
I don't know if this can be helpful, but if i restore the backup of the previous version of the rom everything work fine. I'm reading the discussion of the guy with the partition problem and i was wondering if maybe the problem was the same, but i don't think it.
Another time, sorry for bad english and thanks for all your work sdbags.
M.
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sbdags said:
That log is fine - everything is installed.
Read out the bootloader version from the bootloader screen to double check please.
Also you are rebooting after installing the bootloader and cwm package aren't you?
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When i install cwm and bootloader package i reboot from cwm but i stuck in boot animation. The same that happen when i try to reboot after install the rom.
In bootloader screen i read
Android macallan-user BL released by WW_epad-11.4.1.17-20140711
aMachi said:
When i install cwm and bootloader package i reboot from cwm but i stuck in boot animation. The same that happen when i try to reboot after install the rom.
In bootloader screen i read
Android macallan-user BL released by WW_epad-11.4.1.17-20140711
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Right and then you boot back to CWM, do a full wipe (you may need to wipe your internal sdcard so back it up first) and then flash the rom. After that it should boot fine.
If not please search xda for how to get a logcat and post one of it bootlooping please.
sbdags said:
Right and then you boot back to CWM, do a full wipe (you may need to wipe your internal sdcard so back it up first) and then flash the rom. After that it should boot fine.
If not please search xda for how to get a logcat and post one of it bootlooping please.
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I try the first thing that you say but nothing, still loop in bootanimation.
I'll do a logcat through adb in the afternoon. Now i had some problem cause i can't mount usb storage through cwm for some reason. Late i'll find drivers or what's missing.
Maybe can help: when i reboot frequently cwm ask me if i want to fix root. It's normal?
Thanks you for your help.
aMachi said:
I try the first thing that you say but nothing, still loop in bootanimation.
I'll do a logcat through adb in the afternoon. Now i had some problem cause i can't mount usb storage through cwm for some reason. Late i'll find drivers or what's missing.
Maybe can help: when i reboot frequently cwm ask me if i want to fix root. It's normal?
Thanks you for your help.
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That message is normal. Just a bug in CWM.
We need to find why you are bootlooping.
sbdags said:
That message is normal. Just a bug in CWM.
We need to find why you are bootlooping.
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Ok, logcat is here.
Hope it can help.
aMachi said:
Ok, logcat is here.
Hope it can help.
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OK You got some serious problems there. It would appear that your internal sdcard doesn't mount:
Code:
D/Vold ( 359): Volume sdcard state changing -1 (Initializing) -> 0 (No-Media)
D/Vold ( 359): *********** Success!! "ro.epad.mount_point.sdcard=/mnt/media_rw/sdcard"
D/Vold ( 359): Volume usbdrive state changing -1 (Initializing) -> 0 (No-Media)
D/Vold ( 359): *********** Success!! "ro.epad.mount_point.usbdrive=/mnt/media_rw/usbdrive"
I/Vold ( 359): opening the sysfs of TF701
E/Vold ( 359): lookupVolume usbdisk1 failed!
E/Vold ( 359): lookupVolume usbdisk2 failed!
E/Vold ( 359): lookupVolume sdreader failed!
D/Vold ( 359): checkUsbdisk sucess.
D/DirectVolume( 359): i:0 minor:48
D/Vold ( 359): Volume sdcard state changing 0 (No-Media) -> 2 (Pending)
D/DirectVolume( 359): i:1 minor:49
D/Vold ( 359): Volume sdcard state changing 2 (Pending) -> 1 (Idle-Unmounted)
@lj50036, @_that any suggestions for this one?
@aMachi - what is the SKU of your device? And you can restore a nandroid back to 4.3 and it works fine?
sbdags said:
OK You got some serious problems there. It would appear that your internal sdcard doesn't mount:
Code:
D/Vold ( 359): Volume sdcard state changing -1 (Initializing) -> 0 (No-Media)
D/Vold ( 359): *********** Success!! "ro.epad.mount_point.sdcard=/mnt/media_rw/sdcard"
D/Vold ( 359): Volume usbdrive state changing -1 (Initializing) -> 0 (No-Media)
D/Vold ( 359): *********** Success!! "ro.epad.mount_point.usbdrive=/mnt/media_rw/usbdrive"
I/Vold ( 359): opening the sysfs of TF701
E/Vold ( 359): lookupVolume usbdisk1 failed!
E/Vold ( 359): lookupVolume usbdisk2 failed!
E/Vold ( 359): lookupVolume sdreader failed!
D/Vold ( 359): checkUsbdisk sucess.
D/DirectVolume( 359): i:0 minor:48
D/Vold ( 359): Volume sdcard state changing 0 (No-Media) -> 2 (Pending)
D/DirectVolume( 359): i:1 minor:49
D/Vold ( 359): Volume sdcard state changing 2 (Pending) -> 1 (Idle-Unmounted)
@lj50036, @_that any suggestions for this one?
@aMachi - what is the SKU of your device? And you can restore a nandroid back to 4.3 and it works fine?
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i've some problem to find the SKU code. I search on the box of the tablet but there are too many codes and i don't know what's the right. Can you give me an exemple of it?
Yes, i can restore to 4.3. In this right moment i'm writing with the tab with cromix 6. Everything seems to work fine.
In case like this you really know how much important is to do a backup..
aMachi said:
i've some problem to find the SKU code. I search on the box of the tablet but there are too many codes and i don't know what's the right. Can you give me an exemple of it?
Yes, i can restore to 4.3. In this right moment i'm writing with the tab with cromix 6. Everything seems to work fine.
In case like this you really know how much important is to do a backup..
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SKU is just your country code - so if you have changed it it could be causing issues with the clean install.
US, WW, TW, CN, JP are the only 5 I know of.
So if you changed the bootloader from US to WW I heard another user reporting some issues.
But in your case I am at a loss as to how you can boot 4.3 but not 4.4.2 as you are apparently on a 4.4.2 compatible bootloader and recovery .......
sbdags said:
SKU is just your country code - so if you have changed it it could be causing issues with the clean install.
US, WW, TW, CN, JP are the only 5 I know of.
So if you changed the bootloader from US to WW I heard another user reporting some issues.
But in your case I am at a loss as to how you can boot 4.3 but not 4.4.2 as you are apparently on a 4.4.2 compatible bootloader and recovery .......
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Ah, right, i understand. I am WW, and i use it in every installation that i've done on my eee pad, from the rooting process and the unlocking of bootloader to the change of the rom.
Now that i am on the previous version of your rom those are infos of kernel, firmware, ecc.
Android Version 4.3
Kernel Version 3.4.57-g47dbe4d [email protected]#1
Tue Dec 17 23.26.15 CST 2013
Build Number TF701T_CROMi-Xenogenesis-6.1-WW_DEODEX-ORIGINAL-10.26.1.18 020115_201310210002
In ROM Manager i can see that my Recovery still is the 6.0.5.0 version.
In bootloader i can see that it is "WW_epad-11.4.1.17-20140711"
Hope that this might be helpful and hope that i don't write anything of unsafe.
M.
aMachi said:
Ah, right, i understand. I am WW, and i use it in every installation that i've done on my eee pad, from the rooting process and the unlocking of bootloader to the change of the rom.
Now that i am on the previous version of your rom those are infos of kernel, firmware, ecc.
Android Version 4.3
Kernel Version 3.4.57-g47dbe4d [email protected]#1
Tue Dec 17 23.26.15 CST 2013
Build Number TF701T_CROMi-Xenogenesis-6.1-WW_DEODEX-ORIGINAL-10.26.1.18 020115_201310210002
In ROM Manager i can see that my Recovery still is the 6.0.5.0 version.
In bootloader i can see that it is "WW_epad-11.4.1.17-20140711"
Hope that this might be helpful and hope that i don't write anything of unsafe.
M.
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NO that is expected but hat is not expected is why you can't boot 4.4.2. Let's wait for _that and lj50036 to cast their expert eyes over your issues.
sbdags said:
@lj50036, @_that any suggestions for this one?
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This seems to be the core of the problem:
Code:
E/dalvikvm(13002): JNI posting fatal error: Native registration unable to find class 'com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit'; aborting...
Check that the framework is correctly installed and the BOOTCLASSPATH is set correctly:
Code:
adb shell echo $BOOTCLASSPATH > bootclasspath.txt
adb shell ls -l /system/framework > framework.txt
_that said:
This seems to be the core of the problem:
Code:
E/dalvikvm(13002): JNI posting fatal error: Native registration unable to find class 'com/android/internal/os/RuntimeInit'; aborting...
Check that the framework is correctly installed and the BOOTCLASSPATH is set correctly:
Code:
adb shell echo $BOOTCLASSPATH > bootclasspath.txt
adb shell ls -l /system/framework > framework.txt
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Ok, so maybe now i need some help.
I run adb in my pc then i type adb shell to run the remote shell interactively.
Then what i need to type?
Anyway if i type "ls -l /system/framework > framework.txt" the response is "No such file or directory"
Sorry for my n00b questions. Really hope to learn something here, and give a chance to reward everyone for the help.
aMachi said:
Ok, so maybe now i need some help.
I run adb in my pc then i type adb shell to run the remote shell interactively.
Then what i need to type?
Anyway if i type "ls -l /system/framework > framework.txt" the response is "No such file or directory"
Sorry for my n00b questions. Really hope to learn something here, and give a chance to reward everyone for the help.
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The commands were supposed to be typed as is on your computer. However I think I missed to quote the "echo $BOOTCLASSPATH" - I want the bootclasspath of your device, not of your PC.
Anyway, if you type "adb shell" first and then "ls -l /system/framework" and you get back "No such file or directory" that's strange...
_that said:
The commands were supposed to be typed as is on your computer. However I think I missed to quote the "echo $BOOTCLASSPATH" - I want the bootclasspath of your device, not of your PC.
Anyway, if you type "adb shell" first and then "ls -l /system/framework" and you get back "No such file or directory" that's strange...
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Ok so tomorrow i'll give you the result of this test. I hope that i learn how to right use this command.
Any other thing that i can do?
aMachi said:
Ok so tomorrow i'll give you the result of this test. I hope that i learn how to right use this command.
Any other thing that i can do?
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Post screenshots of your cmd window so that they can see the actual input/output
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Post screenshots of your cmd window so that they can see the actual input/output
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No need for a graphical screenshot - you can copy the text from the console window.
First of all, I have no gripes with the toolbox. It is a wonderful and easy to use tool.
I now have another TP that was originally stuck on the HP logo. After trying several things include using the tpdebrick and webosdoctor, I now get stuck on 8% webosdoctor. So, I could finally get to the usb recovery symbol, I decided to try the toolbox. Here are the errors I get on the various menu selections:
Install Android - Failed - Problem w/ ugchange -ay
Reflash A6 - works
Complete Data Reset - Failed - Error: Invalid partition info: end-gap greater than 1 percent of mmc
Resize Android Volumes - Failed - Problem w/ ugchange -ay
Repair Android Volumes - Failed - rc=5: ugchange -ay
I'm guessing it relates back to the 8% issue, and the toobox is n/a for helping this situation. If someone is familiar with the 8% issue and has basic instructions for a remedy, that would be much appreciated.
Edit: I found an " xda 8%" thread regarding typing in some commands. So far, that has not worked, but I'm still trying. It did not work because every command I entered, said it failed or other failures. I did read something about starting off with this command
lvm.static pvcreate /dev/mmcblk0p14
and running the commands again. My battery is low, so I'll advise tomorrow.
golfnut22 said:
First of all, I have no gripes with the toolbox. It is a wonderful and easy to use tool.
I now have another TP that was originally stuck on the HP logo. After trying several things include using the tpdebrick and webosdoctor, I now get stuck on 8% webosdoctor. So, I could finally get to the usb recovery symbol, I decided to try the toolbox. Here are the errors I get on the various menu selections:
Install Android - Failed - Problem w/ ugchange -ay
Reflash A6 - works
Complete Data Reset - Failed - Error: Invalid partition info: end-gap greater than 1 percent of mmc
Resize Android Volumes - Failed - Problem w/ ugchange -ay
Repair Android Volumes - Failed - rc=5: ugchange -ay
I'm guessing it relates back to the 8% issue, and the toobox is n/a for helping this situation. If someone is familiar with the 8% issue and has basic instructions for a remedy, that would be much appreciated.
Edit: I found an " xda 8%" thread regarding typing in some commands. So far, that has not worked, but I'm still trying. It did not work because every command I entered, said it failed or other failures. I did read something about starting off with this command
lvm.static pvcreate /dev/mmcblk0p14
and running the commands again. My battery is low, so I'll advise tomorrow.
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Well, that did not work either. I have posted my error messages in case anyone can recognize what the problem is and what I may do to correct.
C:\Program Files\Palm, Inc>novacom open TTY://
[email protected]:/# lvm.static pvcreate
/dev/mmcblk0p14
lvm.static pvcreate /dev/mmcblk0p14
/dev/mmcblk0p14: lseek 31228690432 failed: Invalid
argument
/dev/mmcblk0p14: lseek 31228690432 failed: Invalid
argument
WARNING: Volume group store is not consistent
Can't initialize physical volume "/dev/mmcblk0p14" of
volume group "store" wit
hout -ff
[email protected]:/#
[email protected]:/# lvm.static vgscan --
ignorelockingfailure
lvm.static vgscan --ignorelockingfailure
Reading all physical volumes. This may take a
while...
/dev/mmcblk0p14: lseek 31228690432 failed: Invalid
argument
/dev/mmcblk0p14: lseek 31228690432 failed: Invalid
argument
Volume group "store" inconsistent
/dev/mmcblk0p14: lseek 31228690432 failed: Invalid
argument
WARNING: Inconsistent metadata found for VG store -
updating to use version 9
/dev/mmcblk0p14: lseek 31228690432 failed: Invalid
argument
Automatic metadata correction failed
[email protected]:/#
Thanks
Why not just start TPtoolbox, then start your Touchpad, (fully charged), with power+volume up, (to get the USB symbol), and then connect to your pc.
There is no WebOS in this.
1 Android Install – 2016
A) Have novacom installed
To load TPToolbox, you will need novacom to be installed on your PC.
You can download novacom drivers from: http://downloads.codefi.re/jcsullins/webos/novacom
Or, you can download and run a java-based "universal installer" from http://123haynes.github.io/universal-novacom-installer
B) Put the Touchpad into webOS recovery mode and connect via USB cable to PC
NOTE: Even if webOS is removed, webOS recovery will still exist as it's built into the bootloader.
If you have moboot already installed, just select "webOS recovery" there.
B)
Or, power the Touchpad off via webOS, then with the Touchpad is off, hold VolumeUp (closest to Power) and Power until you see the USB symbol.
Or, hold Power+Home until the screen changes (about 10 secs) and then start holding the VolumeUp button until you see the big USB symbol.
C) Run the script provided with TPToolbox
Extract the contents of the TPToolbox zip file from above.
Navigate to the tptoolbox_v42 directory that was extracted from the zip.
On Windows, run the batch file named tptb_v42_win.bat
C) Copy three files (ROM, Gapps and Recovery) when and where TPToolbox asks and then select "yes" when asked to confirm the install details.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=9776
Carey4782 said:
Why not just start TPtoolbox, then start your Touchpad, (fully charged), with power+volume up, (to get the USB symbol), and then connect to your pc.
There is no WebOS in this.
1 Android Install – 2016
A) Have novacom installed
To load TPToolbox, you will need novacom to be installed on your PC.
You can download novacom drivers from: http://downloads.codefi.re/jcsullins/webos/novacom
Or, you can download and run a java-based "universal installer" from http://123haynes.github.io/universal-novacom-installer
B) Put the Touchpad into webOS recovery mode and connect via USB cable to PC
NOTE: Even if webOS is removed, webOS recovery will still exist as it's built into the bootloader.
If you have moboot already installed, just select "webOS recovery" there.
B)
Or, power the Touchpad off via webOS, then with the Touchpad is off, hold VolumeUp (closest to Power) and Power until you see the USB symbol.
Or, hold Power+Home until the screen changes (about 10 secs) and then start holding the VolumeUp button until you see the big USB symbol.
C) Run the script provided with TPToolbox
Extract the contents of the TPToolbox zip file from above.
Navigate to the tptoolbox_v42 directory that was extracted from the zip.
On Windows, run the batch file named tptb_v42_win.bat
C) Copy three files (ROM, Gapps and Recovery) when and where TPToolbox asks and then select "yes" when asked to confirm the install details.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=9776
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Thanks for the response, but it would not work. I had already tried that. It indicated "Failed" on every command except the A6 one. However, I do have some good news. I found another thread that had a different set of 8% stuck commands that allowed me to get to 12% on webos. While researching methods, I do remember seeing more commands when you get stuck at 12%, but I decided to try the TPToolbox again. Toolbox would not allow me to do a complete data reset for some reason, however, it would allow me to install android, which I did and it now has LP on it. I don't think I have full use of the storage. According to the model number, it looks like it should be a 32gb. But when I ran the 32gb commands in novaterm, it said there was not enough space so I change to the 16gb and it took it. After running installing LP, the settings shows I have 11gb available which seems low, but may be ok if in fact it is a 16gb. Anyway, it is working now.
SO, i have a 1st gen Moto X, the 2013 model. Verizon if that matters.
I havent used it in a while, and it was working when i replaced it. I decided to tinker with it a bit a few months ago, and was trying an unlock method i found online, and appear to have bricked it in the process. I figured, no big deal, and tossed it in a cabinet and figured i'd come back to it later. Well now is later. I'd like to get the thing working so my daughter might be able to play with it.
It wont power on, if you connect it to power, either USB or a wall plug, it does nothing, no charging indicator, nothing. I cant power it on, cant fastboot, cant get to recovery, nothing.
In my attempts to restore it, i've got the moto drivers and whatnot installed, and my Windows laptop will recognise it and add it to device manager, as "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (COMx)". Which makes be believe there is hope.
I tried the procedure here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-x/general/how-to-resurrecting-bricked-moto-x-t2629057, with no success, i get an error while it's trying to get an handshake from the device.
Code:
C:\Users\war\Desktop\MotoX Recovery\blankflash\blankflash>qflash -com7 -ramload MPRG8960.hex -mbn 33 MSM8960_bootloader_singleimage.bin -v -o
Motorola qflash Utility version 1.3
COMPORT :COM7
RAMLOADER :MPRG8960.hex
type is 0x21
7 mbn file name MSM8960_bootloader_singleimage.bin type 33
verbose mode on
Motorola qflash dll version 1.6
RAMLOADER VERSION: PBL_DloadVER2.0
------------------------------------------------------
DEVICE INFORMATION:
------------------------------------------------------
Version : 0x8
Min Version : 0x1
Max Write Size: 0x600
Model : 0x90
Device Size : 0
Description : Intel 28F400BX-TL or Intel 28F400BV-TL
------------------------------------------------------
Using passed in packet size, changing from 0x600 -> 0x600
EXTENDED_LINEAR_ADDRESS_REC @ 0x2a000000
Write 65536 bytes @ 0x2a000000
100EXTENDED_LINEAR_ADDRESS_REC @ 0x2a010000
Write 11840 bytes @ 0x2a010000
100START_LINEAR_ADDRESS_REC @ 0x2a000000
EOF_REC
Sleeping for 3s
No data read from USB. This may not be an error. Trying again...
No data read from USB. This may not be an error. Trying again...
No data read from USB. This may not be an error. Trying again...
No data read from USB. This may not be an error. Trying again...
No data read from USB. This may not be an error. Trying again...
Still no data, giving up!
sdl_hello() - Failed to receive ACK
sdl_hello() - Invalid response: 7e030003331b7e
sdl_hello() - This is a NAK response from ROM code, which means the device has been reset back to blank flash mode. Usually this is caused by power supply issues. Please try again with battery eliminator if it persists
I've had no luck finding a way around that.
If i hold the power button for 10 seconds, while plugged into my PC's usb port, the green indicator light behind the speaker lights up for a second, and then goes out. Same deal if I try to do power+vol-up or vol-down.
Any suggestion that might help me move this along? If i can get it to fastboot, or a recovery image, I think I can get it from there.
Thanks!
That's obsolete, and won't work for your lastest bootloader. See next thread. And don't flash Moto at random next time)
Thanks for the response. I'll give that thread a look!
I'm having trouble with fastboot (see my thread here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-xz1-compact/help/issues-fastboot-t3971227, maybe you can help). However, I can seem to flash sony signed software in sony-service mode using newflasher. That's nice, but I haven't used stock android in years. I am very used to lineageos without gapps---nice and clean. So, for me, until I get rid of stock and get a clean flash of lineage, I'm really not happy.
Given my state of affairs, I'm wondering about flashing one of the exploitable sony stocks and to get root, then flashing the recovery partition with twrp from userland. Then, potentially, i could boot to that recovery and maybe (idk) flash a new system ROM. Does anyone have any tips or suggestions?
It should work as you outlined.
Still having BL unlocked and not usable fastboot seems like a major disadvantage to me.
Did you try with different PC to see if it is not due to usb chipset or something?
Preferably using usb 2.0 only chipset?
Maybe trying that from different OSes too - linux vs win?
Thanks for the reply. I got the exploitable firmware downloaded and flashed as well as your renosploit kit. Hasn't found a root shell yet although I'm hopeful it will eventually (I haven't read the details but I understand that the underlying vuln is a race condition).
One question: I suppose that given that tmp root status, it should be possible to copy a su binary over and make root permanent, that would make experimentation easier, I think. And if whatever I try fails the first time I wouldn't want to have to wait for the race condition exploit every time I wanted to reboot. Am I on the right track? If so, I suppose I need to either compile or download a su binary and possibly a supersu.apk in order to manage it. Are those already available for the xz1 compact?
@apexofservice, planting su binary is possible into /oem for example, it would switch the user to root, but without any better permissions, due to selinux, so it is useless.
But since you have your BL unlocked, you do not need that. As soon as you have twrp, you can flash magisk to have root on runtime easily. Or just enter twrp to have root in recovery.
j4nn said:
@apexofservice, planting su binary is possible into /oem for example, it would switch the user to root, but without any better permissions, due to selinux, so it is useless.
But since you have your BL unlocked, you do not need that. As soon as you have twrp, you can flash magisk to have root on runtime easily. Or just enter twrp to have root in recovery.
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Got it. Thank you for this detail. So you think my best bet is to just use the root shell to `dd` the twrp image directly to some /dev? And then I would just `adb reboot recovery` and in theory I'm good to go.
Cool. I got a root shell with your exploit kit. I've got two questions at this point.
1) If my bootloader unlock had fully succeeded, would I have expected to find all 0x0 in the TA partition? In fact, there is data in there, so I went ahead and downloaded it. I skimmed the data with xxd and there are some sections of 0x0 as well though.
2) Second question, I've read that xperia's don't have a proper "recovery" partition the way some other boards do. So is FOTAkernel actually where I want to write twrp.img? Also, it would seem that this info is actually encoded somewhere in the fastboot client since on a working fastboot, you can just say "flash recovery" and it knows what part of the disk to write to. Any info about partition layouts on lilac and xperia's in general would be greatly appreciated.
apexofservice said:
Cool. I got a root shell with your exploit kit. I've got two questions at this point.
1) If my bootloader unlock had fully succeeded, would I have expected to find all 0x0 in the TA partition? In fact, there is data in there, so I went ahead and downloaded it. I skimmed the data with xxd and there are some sections of 0x0 as well though.
2) Second question, I've read that xperia's don't have a proper "recovery" partition the way some other boards do. So is FOTAkernel actually where I want to write twrp.img? Also, it would seem that this info is actually encoded somewhere in the fastboot client since on a working fastboot, you can just say "flash recovery" and it knows what part of the disk to write to. Any info about partition layouts on lilac and xperia's in general would be greatly appreciated.
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1 - The TA partition contains significant amounts of other information as well. So it won't be empty.
The standard way of dealing with it is to not mess with it at all.
2 - The FOTAkernel is the recovery.
2a - The partition layout can be found from the stock firmware image in the "partition-image-LUNZ_X-FLASH-ALL-C93B.sin" file where "Z" is the LUN number. Once you extract the SIN file, you're left with an EFI partition header.
I've attached a CSV file that contains the layout as specified in the "partition-image-LUN0_X-FLASH-ALL-C93B.sin" file.
The layout for LUNs 1 and 2 both contain a single 4MB partition for "xbl" and "xblbak" respectively, so they're not as interesting.
@pbarrette, thanks! I tried the naive approach:
Code:
d if=twrp-3.2.1-0-lilac-10-patchlevel-2018-05-05.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/FOTAKernel <
60128+0 records in
60128+0 records out
30785536 bytes transferred in 2.100 secs (14659779 bytes/sec)
G8441:/data/local/tmp # sync
G8441:/data/local/tmp # sync
G8441:/data/local/tmp # reboot recovery
Alas, it just rebooted back to system. It did seem to take a bit longer, so it's possible that it tried to boot from FOTAKernel and failed then fell back to system. I've just got a new root shell so I can look in startup logs from dmesg to see if there's anything of interest.
Also, I'm probably missing something really obvious. Thanks for any insight!
Reading dmesg now, this seems quite relevant (I recall booting to recovery on my z3 compact by touching a file in /cache/recovery). I'll post it here but I'm still reading the dmesg.
Code:
[ 7.406109] bs_roots: recovery filesystem table
[ 7.406120] bs_roots: =========================
[ 7.406125] bs_roots: 0 /data ext4 /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/userdata
[ 7.406130] bs_roots: 1 /oem ext4 /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/oem
[ 7.406134] bs_roots: 2 /cache ext4 /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/cache
[ 7.406139] bs_roots: 3 /rca ext4 /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/appslog
[ 7.406143] bs_roots: 4 /idd ext4 /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/diag
[ 7.406148] bs_roots: 5 /storage/sdcard1 vfat /devices/soc/c0a4900.sdhci/mmc_host*
[ 7.406153] bs_roots: 6 none swap /dev/block/zram0
[ 7.406157] bs_roots: 7 /persistent emmc /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/frp
[ 7.406162] bs_roots: 8 /misc emmc /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/misc
[ 7.406167] bs_roots: 9 /firmware vfat /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modem
[ 7.406172] bs_roots: 10 /bt_firmware vfat /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/bluetooth
[ 7.406177] bs_roots: 11 /dsp ext4 /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/dsp
[ 7.406182] bs_roots: 12 /persist ext4 /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/persist
[ 7.406187] bs_roots: 13 /boot/modem_fs1 emmc /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst1
[ 7.406191] bs_roots: 14 /boot/modem_fs2 emmc /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/modemst2
[ 7.406195] bs_roots: 15 auto auto /devices/soc/a800000.ssusb/a800000.dwc3/xhci-hcd.0.auto/usb*
[ 7.406199] bs_roots: 16 /qns ext4 /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/Qnovo
[ 7.406203] bs_roots: 17 /tmp ramdisk ramdisk
[ 7.406206] bs_roots:
[ 7.408585] MR: Mounting /cache ourselves
[ 7.412318] EXT4-fs (sda53): recovery complete
[ 7.412666] EXT4-fs (sda53): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts:
[ 7.413213] MR: fopen() failed -/cache/recovery/command (No such file or directory)
[ 7.413219] MR: Unmounting /cache
[ 7.413959] MR: Fail to get command from /cache/recovery/command, trying /misc
[ 7.414272] MR: Unknown wipe command
[ 7.414280] MR: Buffer is empty from /dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/misc with command 0
[ 7.417568] MR: TA_MASTER_RESET value = 0
[ 7.418475] init: Service 'exec 3 (/sbin/mr)' (pid 605) exited with status 0 waiting took 0.022997 se
conds
[ 7.418513] init: starting service 'exec 4 (/sbin/ffu)'...
[ 7.418846] init: SVC_EXEC pid 609 (uid 0 gid 0+0 context u:r:recovery:s0) started; waiting...
[ 7.419833] init: Service 'exec 4 (/sbin/ffu)' (pid 609) exited with status 255 waiting took 0.001316
seconds
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One more update, I did a sanity check that that dd command is actually overwriting FOTAkernel. It doesn't look like it's working:
Code:
G8441:/data/local/tmp # dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/FOTAKernel of=FOTAKernel-extracted.img
131072+0 records in
131072+0 records out
67108864 bytes transferred in 0.812 secs (82646384 bytes/sec)
G8441:/data/local/tmp # chown shell:shell FOTAKernel-extracted.img
G8441:/data/local/tmp # dd if=twrp-3.2.1-0-lilac-10-patchlevel-2018-05-05.img of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/FOTAKernel
60128+0 records in
60128+0 records out
30785536 bytes transferred in 2.037 secs (15113174 bytes/sec)
G8441:/data/local/tmp # sync
G8441:/data/local/tmp # sync
=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/FOTAKernel of=FOTAKernel-extracted-2.img <
131072+0 records in
131072+0 records out
67108864 bytes transferred in 0.846 secs (79324898 bytes/sec)
And there's no `diff` on the device, so I pulled the files back to a laptop then:
Code:
$ diff FOTAKernel-extracted-2.img FOTAKernel-extracted.img
$ diff FOTAKernel-extracted.img twrp-3.2.1-0-lilac-10-patchlevel-2018-05-05.img
Binary files FOTAKernel-extracted.img and twrp-3.2.1-0-lilac-10-patchlevel-2018-05-05.img differ
@j4nn @pbarrette doing some more reading, I found some interesting details about booting to recovery stored on FOTAKernel here:
https://twrp.me/sony/sonyxperiaxz.html
https://twrp.me/sony/sonyxperiaz3compact.html
Looks like you really need a kernel that has the ramdisk extraction setup. So I'm guessing that once I figure out why dd isn''t working as I expected (see above) that I need to overwrite the main stock kernel with an alternative.
Yes, a dd extraction of the partition will be different than the TWRP image.
That's because the TWRP image is only ~35MB, while "dd" is extracting the entire 64MB partition.
So, if you do a visual diff on the files, you should see that what's actually different is the fact that the partition extraction is filled with zeros after the end of the TWRP image.
You're doing a "reboot recovery", but have you tried:
1 - Turn the phone off
2 - Press and hold [Vol-Down].
3 - Press and hold [Power].
4 - Release [Power] at power on.
5 - Release [Vol-Down] when you see an actual boot screen (after the bootloader unlocked screen).
I don't remember the "reboot recovery" command ever working right for me.
Edit to add: That's also a really old version of TWRP that you seem to be using.
pbarrette said:
Yes, a dd extraction of the partition will be different than the TWRP image.
That's because the TWRP image is only ~35MB, while "dd" is extracting the entire 64MB partition.
So, if you do a visual diff on the files, you should see that what's actually different is the fact that the partition extraction is filled with zeros after the end of the TWRP image.
You're doing a "reboot recovery", but have you tried:
1 - Turn the phone off
2 - Press and hold [Vol-Down].
3 - Press and hold [Power].
4 - Release [Power] at power on.
5 - Release [Vol-Down] when you see an actual boot screen (after the bootloader unlocked screen).
I don't remember the "reboot recovery" command ever working right for me.
Edit to add: That's also a really old version of TWRP that you seem to be using.
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Hot damn. Thanks, I'm booted to twrp!
Note: i was using the older version for android 8 since I'm currently on the android 8 exploitable rom!
apexofservice said:
@j4nn @pbarrette doing some more reading, I found some interesting details about booting to recovery stored on FOTAKernel here:
https://twrp.me/sony/sonyxperiaxz.html
https://twrp.me/sony/sonyxperiaz3compact.html
Looks like you really need a kernel that has the ramdisk extraction setup. So I'm guessing that once I figure out why dd isn''t working as I expected (see above) that I need to overwrite the main stock kernel with an alternative.
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XZ1 compact never needed the recovery with this extraction stuff. But according to
https://twrp.me/sony/sonyxperiaxzpremium.html
XZ Premium (which is also yoshino platform, the same as xz1c is) seems to need that - but I am not sure if it is still valid.
It might got fixed even in xzp case with some bootloader update to have it working the same as with other yoshino phones.
Sorry for my late answer, it's good you already have it working.
But I still wonder about that usb problem with fastboot - have you tried a different pc with different usb controller, preferably usb 2.0 type (not 3.0 one)?
j4nn said:
XZ1 compact never needed the recovery with this extraction stuff. But according to
https://twrp.me/sony/sonyxperiaxzpremium.html
XZ Premium (which is also yoshino platform, the same as xz1c is) seems to need that - but I am not sure if it is still valid.
It might got fixed even in xzp case with some bootloader update to have it working the same as with other yoshino phones.
Sorry for my late answer, it's good you already have it working.
But I still wonder about that usb problem with fastboot - have you tried a different pc with different usb controller, preferably usb 2.0 type (not 3.0 one)?
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I haven't yet. Well, I have sorta. When I first ran into issues, I tried it with a different laptop, got the same result. Now that laptop was also a thinkpad (although a newer model) and was also running debian linux. I don't have any computers with Windows. I was going to reboot this laptop with usb3.0 kernel mod blacklisted and only using hci but I didn't get around to it yet (especially once I got twrp flashed and working, then I mainly wanted to get started actually using the phone i bought ). However, if it were a usb thing, wouldn't we expect that newflasher would fail too? Still, it is very curious about the fastboot thing, however, so I'm willing to keep playing with it.
@apexofservice, I am not sure if blacklisting usb3 drivers would help. Sometime there may be present multiple usb ports, some connected to usb 3.0 host controller, others just usb 2.0 controller.
Even if newflasher works, it is not that simple, that fastboot should work too.
Fastboot (including it's usb support) is implemented in UEFI bootloader, the ABL component of it (Android Boot Loader).
So usb stack is implemented by UEFI fw.
While newflasher uses flash mode, which is running XFL - a linux (bare bone android) kernel, running the lilo/loader userspace application. So there is in my opinion quite good usb stack implemented by linux kernel.
So it can easily be some incompatibility within UEFI usb stack implementation used with fastboot.