Hello all, I have been a lurker for quite a while here. I own an Xperia M (Rooted, Unlocked BL running CM11). I was feeling adventurous and started messing with the partition table hoping to resize the system and data partitions using parted. I was unaware that the bootloader detects such modifications and ended up with a brick.
Just to clarify, this is a hard brick, since the Flashtool and fastboot modes do not work. I do not see the blue LED while trying to start the device in the fastboot mode using the volume rockers. My PC only detects a "QHSUSB_DLOAD" device for which I've installed the drivers and it is now "Qualcomm HS-UDB QDLoader 9008".
However, before I started to work with the partition table, I took a raw backup of the emmc i.e. mmcblk0. This should include the correct partition table and all the partitions (TA, userdata, system etc.). Theoretically (I believe so), if this is reflashed onto the device, an unbrick could be possible. However, so far, I haven't been able to figure out a way to push this image back to the device. I came across QPST and some linux bash scripts but haven't been able to use them successfully.
Has anyone come across such a scenario before? I looked for solutions in other threads but didn't find anything conclusive for Xperia devices. Can someone help me with this? thanks.
randallstevens said:
I was feeling adventurous and started messing with the partition table
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Hi,
On other forum one user followed suggested by me same theory of remapping paritions as described here to shrink so large /system and increase /userdata
He gotta same brick because deleted 3 partitions and then they was cannot created by any commands, so seems this method not applicable to our phone.
Next he very early quited from recovery without restoring partition table from backup.
Surprisingly, in un-offical service center phone was quickly fixed, seems with JTAG-device.
QHSUSB_DLOAD – this is fall-back low-level mode of CPU that allow access to all partitions just like fastboot
Needed to repair / writing stock ROM at factory.
Can be enabled manually by connecting to PC with holding both volume buttons. How to exit – don't know.
QPST utility not useful because we not have dump in it's proper format. So only Linux our hope.
That user tried to manage with Ubuntu but phone was not recognized. Very likely he went into something wrong.
That's very great that you created backup of whole NAND.
Maybe will be enough restore GPT (partition table), I have one and own per-partitions dump too.
So plan very easy: connecting phone to PC with Ubuntu and restore dump via dd utility.
Partially follow this instruction with modifications because you have full dump.
Connect phone, find where it "attached" (whole nand, not partitions), restore file there.
Be careful with disk naming, you can damage data on HDD.
Bonoboo said:
So plan very easy: connecting phone to PC with Ubuntu and restore dump via dd utility.
Partially follow this instruction with modifications because you have full dump.
Connect phone, find where it "attached" (whole nand, not partitions), restore file there.
Be careful with disk naming, you can damage data on HDD.
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Hi Bonoboo, thank you for replying.
Unfortunately, Ubuntu isn't able to detect the emmc and therefore, I'm unable to find the "/dev/sdX" node for the device. The phone is being detected only as "Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)".
I've seen some threads wherein QPST is first used to enable the partitions detection of emmc. However, as you mentioned, we do not have the necessary MSM8227 HEX file for this.
A windows app called "s1tool.exe" can be used to flash the bootloader files from the FTF, Link to thread. However, a testpoint combination is needed to access the emergency mode. I was unable to find a testpoint for Xperia M.
Is JTAG the only way forward here? Thanks again for the help.
EDIT: Looks like the s1tool I mentioned is device specific, may not work with XM.
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I'm unable to find the "/dev/sdX" node for the device.
The phone is being detected only as "Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)".
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Yeah, this is not good, same as was with that guy. 1, 2
But here under spoiler I found Perl-script that may open access to eMMC.
Here more info.
Maybe it device-specific too, but anyway try.
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just connect your phone to PC (at this time your /var/log/kern.log should update and ttyUSB0 should be added), in terminal, cd to your download folder and run './qd.pl --check', or run 'perl ./qd.pl --check'.
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Bonoboo said:
Yeah, this is not good, same as was with that guy. 1, 2
But here under spoiler I found Perl-script that may open access to eMMC.
Here more info.
Maybe it device-specific too, but anyway try.
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Hello Bonoboo,
I've tried using the qd.pl script but I'm not sure which file needs to be sent to the device when using the "qd.pl --pfile X" and the other parameters. The script detects the Qualcomm modem. I've tried uploading the first 256 kilobytes of the dump which should include the partition table but this results in an "Invalid Response" error from the script. Tried uploading the TA and some other partitions, but received the same error. No eMMC access yet. What file do you think the script requires?
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What file do you think the script requires?
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Was mentioned some *.hex, that maybe relates with same from QPST.
In threads more info.
Very likely script just not compatible with M.
UPD: it's sounds weird, but try to connect phone in fastboot / flashmode with long holding volume key.
In some cases this really helpful due second "bootloader" (alt_s1sbl2 partition and other).
Bonoboo said:
UPD: it's sounds weird, but try to connect phone in fastboot / flashmode with long holding volume key.
In some cases this really helpful due second "bootloader" (alt_s1sbl2 partition and other).
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Hi, I tried long-pressing the volume key, it does not seem to work. Thanks for the confirmation about the hex file. It looks like I'll need the right files for the handset, as using hex files of similar chipsets did not help. I'll keep working on it and write back with an update if I'm able to fix it.
I've got the same problem., but unfortunately I didn't make a dump of mmcblk0. There is a way I can get yours? Or a part of it with the interesting data with which I can try figuring out how the qdload.pl script works (maybe leave out userdata cause of its size and the private data).
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I've got the same problem., but unfortunately I didn't make a dump of mmcblk0. There is a way I can get yours? Or a part of it with the interesting data with which I can try figuring out how the qdload.pl script works (maybe leave out userdata cause of its size and the private data).
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Hi fakier, sorry to know you have the same problem. I've sent you a PM with a link to a compressed copy of the first 140 MBs of the raw eMMC dump I made earlier. This should contain all the important partitions besides system and userdata. Note that this also includes my TA partition which probably shouldn't be written to your device.
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Hi fakier, sorry to know you have the same problem. I've sent you a PM with a link to a compressed copy of the first 140 MBs of the raw eMMC dump I made earlier. This should contain all the important partitions besides system and userdata. Note that this also includes my TA partition which probably shouldn't be written to your device.
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Thanks, a backup of my TA partition I do have...
Update
Hello folks, after spending a lot of time trying to fix my device with qdloader and QPST, I gave up. Before getting it JTAGed, I wanted to try my luck (again) and approached Sony to claim warranty, since there was a month remaining before its expiry.
My warranty claim was accepted and they replaced the mainboard, though the bootloader was unlocked!! My Xperia is alive and kicking again! Will unlock it soon.
Trying to fix the phone was not a pleasant experience, but I think I learned much along the way. Hope nobody else screws-up the way I did.
Thanks XDA, see ya around! :good:
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Hello folks, after spending a lot of time trying to fix my device with qdloader and QPST, I gave up. Before getting it JTAGed, I wanted to try my luck (again) and approached Sony to claim warranty, since there was a month remaining before its expiry.
My warranty claim was accepted and they replaced the mainboard, though the bootloader was unlocked!! My Xperia is alive and kicking again! Will unlock it soon.
Trying to fix the phone was not a pleasant experience, but I think I learned much along the way. Hope nobody else screws-up the way I did.
Thanks XDA, see ya around! :good:
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Dude what was the point of this thread and when you tried to fix your phone did you re flash stock ROM?
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Dude what was the point of this thread..
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The point of this thread, dude, was to see if the device could somehow be taken out of the "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008" mode, a (very) low-level interface meant for vendors to flash bootloaders and system images on their devices.
..and when you tried to fix your phone did you re flash stock ROM?
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Had you googled this, you'd know that this mode isn't the same as the Flashtool flash mode or fastboot. No rom, stock or CM, can be flashed before fixing the bootloader itself, which is needed to start the device.
Not much progress could be made here since the bootloader hex files for Qualcomm's OEM tools (QPST) would be needed to fix such a hard brick. Also, the QDloader scripts mentioned earlier were written for a different chipset from the one used in Xperia M.
Cheers, RS.
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Hello all, I have been a lurker for quite a while here. I own an Xperia M (Rooted, Unlocked BL running CM11). I was feeling adventurous and started messing with the partition table hoping to resize the system and data partitions using parted. I was unaware that the bootloader detects such modifications and ended up with a brick.
Just to clarify, this is a hard brick, since the Flashtool and fastboot modes do not work. I do not see the blue LED while trying to start the device in the fastboot mode using the volume rockers. My PC only detects a "QHSUSB_DLOAD" device for which I've installed the drivers and it is now "Qualcomm HS-UDB QDLoader 9008".
However, before I started to work with the partition table, I took a raw backup of the emmc i.e. mmcblk0. This should include the correct partition table and all the partitions (TA, userdata, system etc.). Theoretically (I believe so), if this is reflashed onto the device, an unbrick could be possible. However, so far, I haven't been able to figure out a way to push this image back to the device. I came across QPST and some linux bash scripts but haven't been able to use them successfully.
Has anyone come across such a scenario before? I looked for solutions in other threads but didn't find anything conclusive for Xperia devices. Can someone help me with this? thanks.
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hi i have same problem with same adventure , but i was using stock rom with customized kernel with cwm.
i think the solutions are 2
repair hard brick with JTAG or test point and s1tool what is not implemented for xperia m
see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2646405 for Z1
my handset will be in trash no free or paid solution or sony service . i'll buy another one
thx
rafik23 said:
my handset will be in trash no free or paid solution or sony service . i'll buy another one
thx
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Basically, I accidentally deleted the first 5 system partitions which bricked my phone. I found a system dump which is the same version as the ROM I was using on my phone. I haven't downloaded it yet, but, I believe, system dumps contain all the system partitions which are in img file format (not sure on this). My phone does get detected on my computer as QHSUSB_BULK but not with adb, so if I could get my phone into fastboot mode and hopefully my computer detects my phone in fastboot mode, will it be possible to flash the system partition imgs and restore my phone?
nb: my phone won't turn on; I don't know if it charges as there's no charging Led but sometimes if I plug it in to charge it flashes on then stays off; can't get into recovery; phone doesn't seem to respond to combination presses but I have yet to try this method
When you plug it into the computer does the computer make a ding sound that it's connected? If so, then press power and volume up until the disconnect ding sound which indicates it's rebooting and then immediately press volume down and see if you can get into fastboot. The timing is tricky so I've found using audio cues from computer can help if the phone is messed up.
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Quick answer, you can't AFAIK. Not without a JTAG box
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Basically, I accidentally deleted the first 5 system partitions which bricked my phone. I found a system dump which is the same version as the ROM I was using on my phone. I haven't downloaded it yet, but, I believe, system dumps contain all the system partitions which are in img file format (not sure on this).
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I think by "system partition" you mean "partition". There is the actual /system partition, and deleting that will only have wiped the ROM. I think you actually deleted other partitions; in particular if you wiped hboot or radio, the phone is screwed and you need JTAG.
QHSUSB_BULK (or similar) message when connecting to computer, and screen not coming on at all, reinforces that notion.
redpoint73 said:
I think by "system partition" you mean "partition". There is the actual /system partition, and deleting that will only have wiped the ROM. I think you actually deleted other partitions; in particular if you wiped hboot or radio, the phone is screwed and you need JTAG.
QHSUSB_BULK (or similar) message when connecting to computer, and screen not coming on at all, reinforces that notion.
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Yeah. I think I only deleted the first 5 partitions mmcblk0p1 to mmcblk0p5.
Partition List
EddyOS said:
Quick answer, you can't AFAIK. Not without a JTAG box
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So my best bet is it send it to a HTC certified repair centre and get them to fix it? If that's the case, how long does it usually take and what's the average cost?
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Yeah. I think I only deleted the first 5 partitions mmcblk0p1 to mmcblk0p5.
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According to the list you linked, you deleted a bootloader module (sbl1). So its a real brick.
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So my best bet is it send it to a HTC certified repair centre and get them to fix it? If that's the case, how long does it usually take and what's the average cost?
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That would certainly work. HTC will probably replace the motherboard, which if memory serves me (based on reports by others here) is something like $300 US.
But it may be cheaper to find a repair shop that can JTAG the phone. I think that price is around $100-150. But you need to find a shop that can do it, and on the M8 specifically.
Hello....I bricked my I927 when I accidently formatted my efs partition when using EFS professional .....my phone boots in download mode.....but only boots till samsung logo screen.....I tried various things like installing stock GB and ICS through odin and installing custom firmware but phone boots onle till samsung logo and then lights up with sone stange colored thin lines and screen goes off.....In TRWP I get a "unable to mount preload" error whenever I try to install somethiing.....I suspect that the EFS partiton is corrupted and needs to be repartioned....I had backupped the efs folder when my phone was working before.....its in a tar format.....I read somwhere that someone made a recovery.zip out of his backedup EFS.IMG and flashed it with CWM solved his problems which were exactly similar to mine.....can somebody on the forum make a recovery.zip for I927 with update binary and script so that I can add the backedup EFS image to it and flash it with CWM? Please.....this would also help many others who are facing similar issues.....and also what do I do regarding the "unable to mount preload" error? I need to repartition and tried to install hemdall.....but get the common .dll error even after following all the instructions and installing C++ 2010.....
Hi, k one thing after the other.
Do you have repartitioned anything?
Do you have adb in place and does adb works when in TWRP?
The easiest thing would be to connect by adb then mount /efs and then restore the efs backup. The good is that you will have a good chance to recover your device. Maybe you need to reformat /efs but that depends.
Which timezone do you live? Maybe a Teamviewer session would be helpful?
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Thank you for your reply sir...
THANKS FOR THE REPLY SIR....YES I WAS ABLE TO GO INTO CWM RECOVERY AND CONNECT THE PHONE WITH MINIMAL ADB FASTBOOT.....AND AFTER SPENDING ALMOST 2 DAYS CONTINUOUSLY TRYING TO FIND THE PROBLEM USING GOOGLE, I TRIED DIFFERENT COMMANDS ON ADB TO GET EFS BACK OJ THE PHONE....BUT WITH NO SUCCESS...... MY EFS BACKUP IS IN TAR FORMAT......IT WAS MADE USING GALAXYSIMUNLOCK BY SPOCKY.....I LATER TYPED IN 'ADB MESG'.....OR SOMETHING SIMILAR TO THAT COMMAND, AND FOUND OUT THAT ALL THE PARTITIONS ON mmcblk0 were mangled up with strange letters.....for eg, p1, p2, p3 and so on had strange characters written next to them.....SO I TRIED TO RE-PARTITION THE WHOLE THING WITH SDPARTED......AND IT RE-PARTIONED THE SYSTEM (AROUND 7000MB).....MMCBLK01 (AROUND 500MB).....AND ANOTHER THING I CANT REMEMBER NOW.....BUT WHEN IT FINISHED THE JOB, IT GAVE ME A mmcblk02 ERROR.....AND WHEN WHEN I CHECKED MY PHONE ON CWM SCREEN, IT GAVE ME A LIST OF CACHE ERRORS.....AND WHEN I SWITCHED OFF THE PHONE AFTER THAT IT REFUSED TO POWER ON.....IT WAS NOT EVEN GOING INTO DOWNLOAD OR RECOVERY MODE.....BATTERY HAD ENOUGH POWER....SO ITS NOT BATTERY FAULT......I SUPPOSE THAT SINCE THE PARTITIONS WERE FORMATTED THE PHONE BECAME COMPLETELY DEAD......CAN YOU TELL ME IF THERE IS ANY WAY WHERE I COULD GET THE COMPUTER TO RECOGNIZE MY PHONE USING A 'DEAD PHONE USB FLASH' OR SOMETHING.....AND THEN FLASH A BLANK BOOTLOADER AND THEN WRITE CWM?
I LIVE IN INDIA SIR.....+5.30 GMT.....I DO NOT KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT TEAMVIEWER.....IS IT AN ANDROID APP? CAN YOU EXPLAIN MORE IN DETAIL SIR?
PLEASE LET ME KNOW HOW TO GET THE COMPUTER TO RECOGNIZE THE PHONE AGAIN......
Well.. that sounds not that good...
Teamviewer (www.teamviewer.com) is an easy to use and free remote control software for your PC (it runs on both Linux and Windows). We could do a remote control session if you like. I can try to help but cannot promise anything.
I live in Germany: GMT +1. Send me a PM if you want to give that a try. Next Monday. Tuesday or Thursday would be possible on my site. At least for getting a short overview.
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Thank you sir,
Thanks for the reply Sir.....I believe using teamviewer requires a internet connection with good amount of data.....I have an extremely slow 2G internet connection here in India.....I searched google to find some solution for the bricked I927......and came across many posts where people have used the 'unbrick.img' which was specifically made for their samsung phone models on their SD cards to resurrect their dead phones.....The method involves creating a 'unbrick.img' with emmc files extracted from another working I927 and then writing the image on an external SD card with some linux commands or win2image software and then inserting the SD card into the dead phone and switch it on by which it goes to download mode.....once in download mode I can flash CWM or TWRP and also flash stock firmware through odin and recover the phone.....Since your a developer who is well versed in things pertaining to this, can you make a unbrick.img file for the I927 and upload it here Sir? It will be very helpful for others also on the samsung glide subforum, as there is no proper 'hard unbrick' thread for the glide on xda......Ill be very grateful and thankful to you for all your help Sir.....
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Thanks for the reply Sir.....I believe using teamviewer requires a internet connection with good amount of data.....I have an extremely slow 2G internet connection here in India.....I searched google to find some solution for the bricked I927......and came across many posts where people have used the 'unbrick.img' which was specifically made for their samsung phone models on their SD cards to resurrect their dead phones.....The method involves creating a 'unbrick.img' with emmc files extracted from another working I927 and then writing the image on an external SD card with some linux commands or win2image software and then inserting the SD card into the dead phone and switch it on by which it goes to download mode.....once in download mode I can flash CWM or TWRP and also flash stock firmware through odin and recover the phone.....Since your a developer who is well versed in things pertaining to this, can you make a unbrick.img file for the I927 and upload it here Sir? It will be very helpful for others also on the samsung glide subforum, as there is no proper 'hard unbrick' thread for the glide on xda......Ill be very grateful and thankful to you for all your help Sir.....
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Ok I have made one. It want to say it was VERY hard to find the correct instructions to do so and therefore I'm absolutely not sure if that will work for you!
Test it if you like but again: I have no idea if that would damage anything more than it is now!
See --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/cap...od-unbrick-debrick-hard-bricked-i927-t3285505
If it worked for you (would be like a miracle) then please report back!
If it does NOT work for you please report back, too!
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xdajog
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Besides the link I posted --> Could you please also try the following:
1) Power on your device and directly after that:
2) Press and hold down Vol Up + Vol Down (both the same time)
3) You should see a warning message like the attached one which is the APX mode
4) you need to release the vol buttons immediately after you see the APX mode otherwise it will continue to the non working download mode.
Does teamviewer require internet connection with a lot of data?
Thanks for the reply Sir.....I believe using teamviewer requires a internet connection with good amount of data.....I have an extremely slow 2G internet connection here in India.....I searched google to find some solution for the bricked I927......and came across many posts where people have used the 'unbrick.img' which was specifically made for their samsung phone models on their SD cards to resurrect their dead phones.....The method involves creating a 'unbrick.img' with emmc files extracted from another working I927 and then writing the image on an external SD card with some linux commands or win2image software and then inserting the SD card into the dead phone and switch it on by which it goes to download mode.....once in download mode I can flash CWM or TWRP and also flash stock firmware through odin and recover the phone.....Since your a developer who is well versed in things pertaining to this, can you make a unbrick.img file for the I927 and upload it here Sir? It will be very helpful for others also on the samsung glide subforum, as there is no proper 'hard unbrick' thread for the glide on xda......Ill be very grateful and thankful to you for all your help Sir.....
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Thanks for the reply Sir.....I believe using teamviewer requires a internet connection with good amount of data.....I have an extremely slow 2G internet connection here in India.....I searched google to find some solution for the bricked I927......and came across many posts where people have used the 'unbrick.img' which was specifically made for their samsung phone models on their SD cards to resurrect their dead phones.....The method involves creating a 'unbrick.img' with emmc files extracted from another working I927 and then writing the image on an external SD card with some linux commands or win2image software and then inserting the SD card into the dead phone and switch it on by which it goes to download mode.....once in download mode I can flash CWM or TWRP and also flash stock firmware through odin and recover the phone.....Since your a developer who is well versed in things pertaining to this, can you make a unbrick.img file for the I927 and upload it here Sir? It will be very helpful for others also on the samsung glide subforum, as there is no proper 'hard unbrick' thread for the glide on xda......Ill be very grateful and thankful to you for all your help Sir.....
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Uhm do you have read my above post??
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1927 wouldn't boot.....Help.
Ohhhh Thank you.....thank you.....thank you for your kind reply Sir.....how good of you to take all your precious time to help me.....I greatly appreciate all your hard work Sir.....wonderful...*.I wanted to download your img file to try it out and when I read the reply of brother Bubor, that the I927 woudnt boot from the SD card when the bootloader is bricked, I was very disappointed. Like I said before, I have a very very slow internet connection with very less data left....and according to brother bubor's reply I doubt this will work....It looked like he was sure that it wont work....I tried to get into APX mode as the link that brother bubor posted had mentioned, but no luck, as the phone is not going into APX mode.....I remember that when I was trying to get to the APX mode the first time, the computer flashed a notification that the APX driver was not successfully installed.....but after that I tried the method more than a dozen times, but the computer was not recognizing the phone to go into APX mode.....Does the phone go into APX mode when the full internal phone system is formatted? I tried your second method on trying to get to APX mode, but nothing happens.....the computer is not recognizing the phone.....The battery had about 30% power in it when the phone got bricked 2 weeks ago.....Dont know if the battery drained all these days of not using the phone.....And even if I get to the APX mode, I have no idea how to proceed from there to repartition the internal phone system and get back download mode.....In the link that brother bubor posted the person who made the thread has made some files to be used when one gets into APX mode.....The PIT and emmc files which are necessary for repartitioning the system and getting the bootloader work are found in that zip file.....But that zip file is for the I9103 Galaxy R.....there isnt something like that available for the I927 yet.....And is brother bubor sure that the unbrick.img file wont work on the I927?
Give it a try with my unbrick image.
we all don't know.
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Give it a try with my unbrick image.
we all don't know.
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Hi @alvcross: any update on this?
have you tried the SD card unbrick?
You said you cannot open the APX mode but what happens when you press the buttons for accessing the APX mode?
Try it even if you see a blank screen and then connect your Cappy with USB to your computer --> you should get a message about a missing driver or similar.
If that works I tell you how to proceed.
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hi @alvcross: Any update on this?
Have you tried the sd card unbrick?
You said you cannot open the apx mode but what happens when you press the buttons for accessing the apx mode?
Try it even if you see a blank screen and then connect your cappy with usb to your computer --> you should get a message about a missing driver or similar.
If that works i tell you how to proceed.
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im so sorry that i was missing in this thread for a long time now sir.....i have had some issues at home and they have been sorted out lately.....yes sir.....i tried the sd card unbrick image....but my nothing happens.....when i try to hold volume up+power+home buttons and insert usb cable into my computer it says installing drivers and then says drivers failed to install....and nothing happens further.....can you help sir?
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im so sorry that i was missing in this thread for a long time now sir.....i have had some issues at home and they have been sorted out lately.....yes sir.....i tried the sd card unbrick image....but my nothing happens.....when i try to hold volume up+power+home buttons and insert usb cable into my computer it says installing drivers and then says drivers failed to install....and nothing happens further.....can you help sir?
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Ok so you may try to install the special apx drivers now. Unfortunately I'm on vacation right now so I cannot upload them elsewhere. I come back to you next week.
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Ok so you may try to install the special apx drivers now. Unfortunately I'm on vacation right now so I cannot upload them elsewhere. I come back to you next week.
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Oh yes Sir....Ill be waiting for the special apx driver package from you....Thank you so very much Sir.....God bless you.....
alvcross said:
Oh yes Sir....Ill be waiting for the special apx driver package from you....Thank you so very much Sir.....God bless you.....
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No guarantee ! [emoji121]
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No guarantee ! [emoji121]
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Yes Sir....I understand....
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Yes Sir....I understand....
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Ok could you please try these driver package here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/development/adb-fb-apx-driver-universal-naked-t1379875
Follow the instructions there for installing
The next step (if the driver would work for you) will be to flash a working PIT to your device to make sure you are using the correct partitions.
Afterwards we will flash the bootloader (may absolutely brick your device if not done correctly) and then --> if all goes fine --> you should be able to flash in download mode whatever you want to.
So it is still a long way to go and I need to check all the steps first before actually we can proceed.
That may take longer so do not expect that this will be something in the next days.. sorry.
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If the above universal driver do NOT work for you: Test these one here View attachment apx_driver_samsung.zip
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Thanks for the speedy reply Sir......Ill do as you said and let you know Sir......thank you.....thank you.....thank you Sir....
wooowwww......windows installed the drivers for the phone and it shows up as "NVIDIA usb boot-recovery for mobile devices." But when I open minimal adb and fastboot and type 'adb devices' the phone doesn't show up in the 'list of devices attached'....the line after 'list of devices attached' is just empty.....Also the phone doesnt show up in odin....what should I do next Sir?
alvcross said:
wooowwww......windows installed the drivers for the phone and it shows up as "NVIDIA usb boot-recovery for mobile devices." But when I open minimal adb and fastboot and type 'adb devices' the phone doesn't show up in the 'list of devices attached'....the line after 'list of devices attached' is just empty.....Also the phone doesnt show up in odin....what should I do next Sir?
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nvidia apx isnt fastboot/adb device. You can found tool on nvidia site ( more info https://ac100.grandou.net/nvflash ), this tool can read and write whole flash.
Before you could use nvidia's tool, you must send an uniq blob to your phone. APX mode is useless without this blob.
This blob is uniq for every phone.
Dear All,
I tried to restore from CM11 and did a sideload of latest amazon bin and that corrupted boot and device wont boot and to complicate the i some deleted the partitions with latest bin so the phone is stuck in Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode. Please can some one upload image of 32GB version US phone so i can boot this phone. There is no mode adb or fastboot mode as we corrupt. Only way is to use Qualcomm tools to restore partition table and image.
Please someone help with this.
Any help is much appreciated.
Regards
Sudhakar J
@ggow can you help him? @pipataki
I think that is the same problem I had with my first fire phone broken... but I didn't know how to restore it and finally, I left to use as restore any broken component of new one...
If I could do something, tell me... I don't have 32GB to share in Google Drive, but in pipataki.com I can use what I need... the problem is that is a local web server, so the internet speed is the same I have at home... about 1 mega of upload speed (100 kB/second)
http://www.androidbrick.com/unbrick...-have-the-right-kind-of-rom-qhsusb_dload_edl/
Is this what ar you trying to do? ...
Amazon Firephone Stuck in Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008
Dear Pipataki,
Yes that is what i am trying to do.
1. Is there a possibility of posting partition table and boot only
2. I can arrange for google drive if that will make it easy for you.
I checked in local stores no one has the same phone.
Regards
Sudhakar J
jsudhams said:
Dear Pipataki,
Yes that is what i am trying to do.
1. Is there a possibility of posting partition table and boot only
2. I can arrange for google drive if that will make it easy for you.
I checked in local stores no one has the same phone.
Regards
Sudhakar J
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I think that if I do a Factory Reset and try to copy and paste the the / dir, maybe you could have it... but the problem is how to copy.
With the shell beeing root user would be possible, I supose...
jsudhams said:
Dear All,
I tried to restore from CM11 and did a sideload of latest amazon bin and that corrupted boot and device wont boot and to complicate the i some deleted the partitions with latest bin so the phone is stuck in Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode. Please can some one upload image of 32GB version US phone so i can boot this phone. There is no mode adb or fastboot mode as we corrupt. Only way is to use Qualcomm tools to restore partition table and image.
Please someone help with this.
Any help is much appreciated.
Regards
Sudhakar J
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Do you need only /boot partition or all partittion tree?... I ask you because in my last ROMs, there is no boot.img , all is in a folder... so if you need the boot partition only unzip the rom and you have it, I supose...
I tried this morning to copy all the partition tree... but was inpossible, i have no idea how it could be done... but maybe using the folders of my ROM like partittion items would solve it... (I don't know another way to restore)... if you solve it, let me know... for try to repair the other fire phone broken I have...
Same Here
pipataki said:
I tried this morning to copy all the partition tree... but was inpossible, i have no idea how it could be done... but maybe using the folders of my ROM like partittion items would solve it... (I don't know another way to restore)... if you solve it, let me know... for try to repair the other fire phone broken I have...
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I have the same problem, trying to change the rom with ADB, never woke up again.
I thing the solution may be with something like this...
http://www.androidbrick.com/ultimat...s-are-unbrickable-qhsusb_dload_qpst_qfil_edl/
http://www.androidbrick.com/unbrick...-have-the-right-kind-of-rom-qhsusb_dload_edl/
I am not an expert, but there seems to be some programs from Qualcomm to flash the entire system. I guess that there must be some program also to extract the system from a working phone...
I will post any news.
gastonfama said:
I have the same problem, trying to change the rom with ADB, never woke up again.
I thing the solution may be with something like this...
http://www.androidbrick.com/ultimat...s-are-unbrickable-qhsusb_dload_qpst_qfil_edl/
http://www.androidbrick.com/unbrick...-have-the-right-kind-of-rom-qhsusb_dload_edl/
I am not an expert, but there seems to be some programs from Qualcomm to flash the entire system. I guess that there must be some program also to extract the system from a working phone...
I will post any news.
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The problem is that doesn't work sahara protocol to recover... I just try, but sahara fails...
it would work changing the battery and/or screen?...
I had the same thing
I have bricked two phones now trying to get out of this situation.
Under Linux all the Partitions are available for viewing and some are even RW enabled like system and boot etc etc
Pushing via dd a stock system.img and boot.img does not seem to get you out of this "emergency mode" for want of better wording
Sadly the sdcard is NOT RW but is RO and forcing RW only cause the phone to bootloop back to this "emergency mode" so I could not push the the stock update.bin thinking maybe it would automatically install it then reboot.
Since I did have a backup of most partitions using dd I flashed what I could and that blow the fuse so now I get nothing at all from the phone totally dead, not even seen or detected by the PC.....
So the score is 2 - 0 to Amazon so far.
Maybe everyone who's phone is warranted should brick them and send em back to Amazon for repair and keep doing it over and over so they will eventually release the proper tools, firmware and just maybe unlock the bootloader when they are sick of spending $10000's on repairs and shipping. :fingers-crossed:
bigrammy said:
I have bricked two phones now trying to get out of this situation.
Under Linux all the Partitions are available for viewing and some are even RW enabled like system and boot etc etc
Pushing via dd a stock system.img and boot.img does not seem to get you out of this "emergency mode" for want of better wording
Sadly the sdcard is NOT RW but is RO and forcing RW only cause the phone to bootloop back to this "emergency mode" so I could not push the the stock update.bin thinking maybe it would automatically install it then reboot.
Since I did have a backup of most partitions using dd I flashed what I could and that blow the fuse so now I get nothing at all from the phone totally dead, not even seen or detected by the PC.....
So the score is 2 - 0 to Amazon so far.
Maybe everyone who's phone is warranted should brick them and send em back to Amazon for repair and keep doing it over and over so they will eventually release the proper tools, firmware and just maybe unlock the bootloader when they are sick of spending $10000's on repairs and shipping. :fingers-crossed:
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If i was millionaire, i will buy all amazon fire phone's for 100$, but just who are in warranty. to brick them and send in warranty to [email protected] amazon company budget
ozan2 said:
If i was millionaire, i will buy all amazon fire phone's for 100$, but just who are in warranty. to brick them and send in warranty to [email protected] amazon company budget
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Ok... That's the problem, you are saying the pure true... If we had the bootloader unlocked at least we could repair by ourselves...
In my case, as not having support of Amazon in my country, I don't have another way that only buy pieces and pray... Because the shipment to send and return to reseller cost the same...
My amazon fire phone is left in the amazon logo
My amazon fire phone is left in the amazon logo, it does nothing more, than there will be a solution. Thank you. Greetings from Venezuela
rafael_79 said:
My amazon fire phone is left in the amazon logo, it does nothing more, than there will be a solution. Thank you. Greetings from Venezuela
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I have to replace motherboard, (and lower sensors, but these ones is because in the dissasembly broke)... so i think the only solution if is this type of brick is to buy a new moterboard, I hope to receive on monday the sensors, and fire again... but I will not spend more money with this phone...
(the motherboard is about 25$ more or less)
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I have to replace motherboard, (and lower sensors, but these ones is because in the dissasembly broke)... so i think the only solution if is this type of brick is to buy a new moterboard, I hope to receive on monday the sensors, and fire again... but I will not spend more money with this phone...
(the motherboard is about 25$ more or less)
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I currently have 2 Firephones 32GB unlocked, and I would like to just change the motherboard to get 64GB, so I would like to know where you bought this motherboard at such a cheap price of $ 25.00?
Also I would like to know if it is very complicated or difficult to change the motherboard of the Amazon Firephone?
ulises.rodriguez said:
I currently have 2 Firephones 32GB unlocked, and I would like to just change the motherboard to get 64GB, so I would like to know where you bought this motherboard at such a cheap price of $ 25.00?
Also I would like to know if it is very complicated or difficult to change the motherboard of the Amazon Firephone?
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in ebay, shipmentt not included... I only say the price without additional suplements like shipment or others (my motherboard is 32 GB)
seller:fine-part-gallery fire phone motherboard
put this in ebay app or via browser, and you have it... now is about 15$+11$(shipment)...
I think the fire is only in 16 or 32 GB, there isn't 64GB
about replacing it will do my cousin, who is the expert in electronik things of my family...
but is a bit complicated, openning first time, the lower sensors crash..
pipataki said:
in ebay, shipmentt not included... I only say the price without additional suplements like shipment or others (my motherboard is 32 GB)
seller:fine-part-gallery fire phone motherboard
put this in ebay app or via browser, and you have it... now is about 15$+11$(shipment)...
I think the fire is only in 16 or 32 GB, there isn't 64GB
about replacing it will do my cousin, who is the expert in electronik things of my family...
but is a bit complicated, openning first time, the lower sensors crash..
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Fire Phone is avaible in 32gb and 64gb only. Dynamic perspective sensors are problem because are sticked
So i got one of these vs985s. and nothing. screen lit up but nothing else.
so i had a unknown or damaged usb device .long story short
got it in 9008 i follow all the guides emmc and ap test past.
but when i to the sd ram test i get a error of
========DDR TEST START
Test level = 0(check data/address line)
sbl1 partition write FAIL.. senctor 0x28000
WRITE FAIL During ddr test..
Aborted..........
Also everytime i click a restore boot image in any version of board diag tool whatever partition im trying to restore write fails....
Now i remeber back on my g2 i got the 9006 mode i was able to zero all the partitions in linux when it mounted 30 somthin drives.
Is there any info any one could give me as i have followed all the guides.. But might be missing something somewhere.
any help is greatly appreiciated
I have the exact same problem here with my father in law's D852. The phone was never rooted. I was trying to unbrick it but it didn't reboot after flashing sbl1. So I decided to try a stock rom form another source and that's when this happened. Trying to go back to the first rom didn't work, even after erasing the entire emmc. My guess is somehow, we activated permanent paper weight mode. I hope someone more qualified than us can help us, or at least confirm our phones are good for recycling...
Problem statement: I have been looking to make a full backup of my phone, so that I have it in case device breaks or gets lost. I am aware there are app backup tools, but they all rely on application cooperating; some apps won't - for example Authenticator app will refuse to backup, and migrating to new device would be tedious, especially if it's lost. I would like to be able to do a one-time non-persistent root, which allows me to use titanium backup.
I understand there is a bootloader-based root now possible, which is useful, as it persists. But it will erase data before applying. Which makes sense, as that's protecting user data from being lifted from device by third party. But it defeats the purpose
I wonder if there's some sort of an exploit that could get me rooted temporarily, and then it goes away on reboot.
galets said:
Problem statement: I have been looking to make a full backup of my phone, so that I have it in case device breaks or gets lost. I am aware there are app backup tools, but they all rely on application cooperating; some apps won't - for example Authenticator app will refuse to backup, and migrating to new device would be tedious, especially if it's lost. I would like to be able to do a one-time non-persistent root, which allows me to use titanium backup.
I understand there is a bootloader-based root now possible, which is useful, as it persists. But it will erase data before applying. Which makes sense, as that's protecting user data from being lifted from device by third party. But it defeats the purpose
I wonder if there's some sort of an exploit that could get me rooted temporarily, and then it goes away on reboot.
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LG Bridge can make a backup.
ChazzMatt said:
LG Bridge can make a backup.
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Is that a full backup, similar to titanium, or is it a regular adb backup?
Can't Qfil do it? That's not unlock based, it's firehose based(and typically used in the process of unlocking).
Eric janaika said:
Can't Qfil do it? That's not unlock based, it's firehose based(and typically used in the process of unlocking).
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Can you explain in a little bit more details, how are you proposing to use qfil, what problem will it solve?
galets said:
Is that a full backup, similar to titanium, or is it a regular adb backup?
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More like Titanium.
You install LG Bridge on your PC, connect your phone and back up.
galets said:
Can you explain in a little bit more details, how are you proposing to use qfil, what problem will it solve?
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I was under the impression it can read partitions as well as write. Is that not the case?
Eric janaika said:
I was under the impression it can read partitions as well as write. Is that not the case?
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So, you saying it is capable of reading data partition from a _locked_ device? I was always assuming it's impossible by design
Update: you might be right... Per https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v40/development/unlock-lg-v40-via-9008-root-t-mobile-t4042207 it seems like it might be possible. I'll go ahead and try it out. Thanks!
ChazzMatt said:
More like Titanium.
You install LG Bridge on your PC, connect your phone and back up.
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Do you know if LG Bridge is similar in functionality to LG Mobile Switch? I just made a backup using Mobile Switch and used 7z to extract data. It backed up authenticator apk, but none of it's data. In other words, it's pretty much same as adb backup in functionality
galets said:
Do you know if LG Bridge is similar in functionality to LG Mobile Switch? I just made a backup using Mobile Switch and used 7z to extract data. It backed up authenticator apk, but none of it's data. In other words, it's pretty much same as adb backup in functionality
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Two different pieces of software with totally different purposes.
https://www.androidcentral.com/how-use-lg-bridge-your-lg-phone
UPDATE:
* @ChazzMatt LG Bridge on windows PC flat out refused to back up. "Your phone is not supported for backing up with LG Bridge"
* @Eric janaikat QFIL connected to device in download mode (restart then Vol Up), but "Partition Manager" is grayed out. I'm not sure if that's correct mode to use. Perhaps, it is because device is not boot-unlocked. Unlocking will cause reset, which defeats the purpose. Or, perhaps I'm just not putting device in correct mode.
* Update2: Also put the phone into "Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008" mode, and tried to use qfil. Partition manager is still grayed out.
Did you follow the guide you linked? Seems like they show you how to backup the partitions in the guide. Did you select the firehose programmer? Did you remember to put it in UFS mode?
Eric janaika said:
Did you follow the guide you linked? Seems like they show you how to backup the partitions in the guide. Did you select the firehose programmer? Did you remember to put it in UFS mode?
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I think we might be getting somewhere here, but I'm not sure. I got a programmer selected, and now I can see partition manager enabled. But it still won't open (see screenshot). It seems that the instructions had reference to "rawprogram0.xml", but I can't see where can I find one...
Eric janaika said:
Did you follow the guide you linked? Seems like they show you how to backup the partitions in the guide. Did you select the firehose programmer? Did you remember to put it in UFS mode?
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okay... I did finally pull the `userdata` from device. Now what? I can't decrypt it. I think the android is using hardware key derivation, which makes it impossible to mount userdata outside the phone it was generated on. That means I can't copy it to another device either. Am I incorrect?
That might be so. I haven't had to try myself, but I imagine Qfil doesn't decrypt it. You just need a backup so you can restore to the same phone after unlocking right? The key shouldn't change should it?
If you want a general purpose backup, make one after you root it.
ChazzMatt said:
Two different pieces of software with totally different purposes.
The LG Bridge software creates a backup of .lbf file format, which seems to be proprietary to LG and can not be read from the computer the backup is stored upon.
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Eric janaika said:
That might be so. I haven't had to try myself, but I imagine Qfil doesn't decrypt it. You just need a backup so you can restore to the same phone after unlocking right? The key shouldn't change should it?
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I think there's hardware module which stores part of key derivation information. If you reset phone, it's gone. Since you indicated you never did it yourself, I don't believe I want to try it either, since my goal is to make reliable backup BEFORE my phone is destroyed
Eric janaika said:
If you want a general purpose backup, make one after you root it.
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We are going in circles here. That was exactly the purpose if my post - I want to get root, so I can backup. I can't root it via unlocking bootloader, since it will erase the very data I'm looking to backup
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The LG Bridge software creates a backup of .lbf file format, which seems to be proprietary to LG and can not be read from the computer the backup is stored upon.
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Have you been able to even use LG Bridge to backup v35? Specifically, LM-V350ULM. My attempts were met with "Your phone is not supported for backing up with LG Bridge". If you were, did it successfully restore apps which resist being backed up, such as google authenticator?
galets said:
Have you been able to even use LG Bridge to backup v35? Specifically, LM-V350ULM. My attempts were met with "Your phone is not supported for backing up with LG Bridge". If you were, did it successfully restore apps which resist being backed up, such as google authenticator?
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I was able to backup but mine is LM-V350AWM. I used the LG Bridge to backup, meaning the usb cable not the wifi bit (I think they call that LG Air Drive). It made a backup that I can load on the phone and it keeps my steam auth.
Only problem is that the file on my computer is not a format I can read (.lbf). I would really like to get this backup to read to see what exactly it did store but after making the backup it seems I am stuck.
UPDATE: rooting device seems to be too much of a nuisance. What I did instead is modify google authenticator to allow backing up database using one-way encryption (e.g.: can't read it back if device is hacked). If anybody is interested, I can publish source code after bringing it into a publishable state.