Develop Bugs

2016 version (new fingerprint scanner, combined sim/sd)

Hey guys,
It seems more and more people are receiving the new version of the P8000:
- Stock Android 6
- New fingerprint scanner that is moved slightly higher and is able to unlock phone from screen-off (I confirm this is working)
- Sim 2 is combined with the micro-sd (I haven't tried whether you can have them both in at the same time)
- Somethings new about the display, since people are reporting errors with it after flashing older roms.
Warning: do NOT flash other roms. We have no way to unbrick the soft bricks yet!
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Other topics that refer to this version:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/general/rom-p8000-t3431571
http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/help/stock-rom-p8000b-t3434477
http://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p8000/general/p8000-version-announced-t3346848
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For development:
- The phone does not come pre-rooted. We have no way to flash custom recovery yet. Any tips for getting root? I've tried such tools as Kingo and vRoot, they don't work.
- We need the blocks file (scatter file) for SP Flash Tools. MTKDroidTools reports "unknown rom structure". Any help? Would love to start working on this.
Looking forward to hearing from others who have this version/who can help me with these questions.
Thanks!
Emile

Nice! Can you provide a dump from /system and /boot maybe?

BlueFlame4 said:
Nice! Can you provide a dump from /system and /boot maybe?
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I would, if I knew how to. Any pointers?

Emileh said:
I would, if I knew how to. Any pointers?
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Sure thing. On a rooted device, go into adb shell.
Then use "mount" command to check which partitions are mounted. One should be "/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/system" or similar. Use "dd if=/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/system of=/storage/emulated/0/system.img bs=1M" to dump the system to the internal sdcard to the file "system.img". If adb complains that bs=1M is an invalid option, try again without that one. A system dump can take some time where you will not get any feedback, so be patient there
Do the same for boot. So "/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/boot" should be the way to go for the path. I cannot tell the definite pathes on Android 6.0 but I am rather sure they are more or less like this.
If you run into troubles, just ask

BlueFlame4 said:
Sure thing. On a rooted device, go into adb shell.
Then use "mount" command to check which partitions are mounted. One should be "/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/system" or similar. Use "dd if=/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/system of=/storage/emulated/0/system.img bs=1M" to dump the system to the internal sdcard to the file "system.img". If adb complains that bs=1M is an invalid option, try again without that one. A system dump can take some time where you will not get any feedback, so be patient there
Do the same for boot. So "/dev/block/platform/mtk-msdc.0/by-name/boot" should be the way to go for the path. I cannot tell the definite pathes on Android 6.0 but I am rather sure they are more or less like this.
If you run into troubles, just ask
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Thank you for your great instructions! The problem is that we've yet to achieve root on this device. We don't have a custom recovery for this version of the P8000 yet and other 'standard' methods of rooting don't work for me.
(I'm pretty solid in shell, so I'll do this afterwards, but I guess root is actually the first step).
// Edit to say: it does not come pre-rooted

Since the elephone support on facebook didn't realize there are two different versions of the P8000 available, I still need a ROM to unbrick my phone.

flo1k said:
Since the elephone support on facebook didn't realize there are two different versions of the P8000 available, I still need a ROM to unbrick my phone.
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Ok, we know that, but doesn't really help us
Can you write them an e-mail?

I will do
Edit: OK, see if there will be an answer.

Thank you flo1k!

I have e-mailed as well, and would like to post on the Elephone forum, but don't seem to have access (because of minimum post count, I guess)
Anyone willing to ask for a ROM for the new P8000 on the forum there?

ROM Dump
@BlueFlame4
I can provide ROM dump in two versions:
1) a dump from adress 0000 0000 to 9d80 0000 (apr. 2.5 GB in one file)
2) a readback generated with the scatter.txt of the 'old' 5.1 stock ROM (apr. 2.8 GB seperated in 23 files)

FrauHofrat said:
@BlueFlame4
I can provide ROM dump in two versions:
1) a dump from adress 0000 0000 to 9d80 0000 (apr. 2.5 GB in one file)
2) a readback generated with the scatter.txt of the 'old' 5.1 stock ROM (apr. 2.8 GB seperated in 23 files)
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The second choice looks promising

Maybe a stupid question
where shall I upload the files - any preferred webspace?
I'm uploading the files - because they contain my NVRAM I send the link as PM as soon as the upload is finished

FrauHofrat said:
Maybe a stupid question
where shall I upload the files - any preferred webspace?
I'm uploading the files - because they contain my NVRAM I send the link as PM as soon as the upload is finished
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Are you sure we're talking about the same version of the P8000? Cause as far as I know there isn't 5.1 available for this version... Right?
Just checking thank you for your help in any case!! Really looking forward to it.
// edit: ah, you just used the old scatter file. But does that one work for this version?

Emileh said:
Are you sure we're talking about the same version of the P8000? Cause as far as I know there isn't 5.1 available for this version... Right?
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No, there is only one Firmware available - the mysterious P8000_6.0_20160516.
Btw, this Phone contains a new mainboard model "K06TS-L-V2.0.3" - the 'old' mainboard is moder "K05T...."
// edit: ah, you just used the old scatter file. But does that one work for this version?
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No, it doesn't work resp. the phone boots with this firmware, but the LCD-driver is the wrong one - the display only shows coloured lines and blurry spots. And there are probabely some more bugs ....

FrauHofrat said:
No, there is only one Firmware available - the mysterious P8000_6.0_20160516.
Btw, this Phone contains a new mainboard model "K06TS-L-V2.0.3" - the 'old' mainboard is moder "K05T...."
No, it doesn't work resp. the phone boots with this firmware, but the LCD-driver is the wrong one - the display only shows coloured lines and blurry spots. And there are probabely some more bugs ....
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But if the phone boots with the firmware, doesnt that mean that the scatter file of the regular P8000 works? Since it flashes the firmware correctly.

The problem is that I was not able to flash the 'readback files' to the faulty phone.
When selecting 'Only Download' at SP-Flashtool I got the error "PMT... must be download"
When selecting 'Firmware Upgrade" I got some BROM error code
In both cases I used the same scatter,txt which I used to 'readback' the firmware from the working phone
Actually I have to correct my statement in post #15:
I flashed the faulty phone with the last 5.1 stock ROM (160711) - with this stock ROM the phone boots up but LCD (and probably more things) is not working.

I have actually gotten alot further
You have the use the scatter.txt from Android 6.0, which works perfectly fine. I have been able to extract boot.img, system.img and recovery.img that way (using Readback in SP Flash Tools)
Which ones do you need?
They probably flash fine (only thing I've flashed so far are custom recoveries, and although my ported PhilZ starts, I havent gotten it to mount anything.)
A little warning: don't use anything that has anything to do with Android 5.1. Those scatter files don't work

These are great news!
"Which ones do you need?"
Probably all of them

Ok this contains the scatter file, preloader, system.img, boot.img and stock recovery.img
https://ehaffmans.stackstorage.com/index.php/s/uKGKCir0BociydU
You need SP Flash Tools v5, select the scatter file first, then deselect everything, and only select these 4 and manually select the correct files.
Btw, the name of the preloader file is wrong, don't worry. It came from this phone
I am of course not responsible for anything!
Can you guys please confirm this doesn't contain anything personal? Like personal files or IMEI or something. Thanks!

Can someone with a rooted stock rom pull mmcblk0 via adb

Already extracted mmcblk0 can be found on the following thread here
Can someone with a rooted stock rom please pull the following partition and upload it here
Requirements
Rooted moto g5
TWRP recovery
Blank micro sd card (at least 32gb)
make sure adb debugging in enabled in dev options
enter TWRP recovery
Follow instructions from here but amend the extract command with the values given below
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76795590&postcount=1
If you have a 32gb varient use
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/storage/<STORAGE-ID>/mmcblk0.img bs=1048576 count=29820
and if you have a 16gb varient use
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/storage/<STORAGE-ID>/mmcblk0.img bs=1048576 count=14910
Please note this partition will be very large so compress it in a zip file as best you can and you will obviously need good internet connection and file storage to upload it
Please also enclude what varient the mmcblk0 was taken from with your upload

How to here
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76795590&postcount=1

but what we need is someone who has a motorola g5 cedric xt1671 that has root and twrp and can provide us with that file to be able to revive our cell phones

I don't have the stock ROM will it be fine

abhimanyuk said:
I don't have the stock ROM will it be fine
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Prefer stock but it should work if you have a custom rom too

TheFixItMan said:
Prefer stock but it should work if you have a custom rom too
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But it will include my device all info like imei serial number etc.
Will it be safe.

abhimanyuk said:
But it will include my device all info like imei serial number etc.
Will it be safe.
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I'm asking for the bootloader block - I believe imei is on another partition
Either way it's up to you if you want to provide files
Google and research

TheFixItMan said:
I'm asking for the bootloader block - I believe imei is on another partition
Either way it's up to you if you want to provide files
Google and research
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I was getting an error with that command so I have listed out all the partitions you can let me know which partition you need.
Device : XT1677
Variant: Amazon
ROM: Custom

abhimanyuk said:
I was getting an error with that command so I have listed out all the partitions you can let me know which partition you need.
Device : XT1677
Variant: Amazon
ROM: Custom
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Try using the instructions here
With my method you probably have to mount the partition & I can't remember the commands
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76795590&postcount=1
If you don't have Linux/Ubuntu I presume you can use the terminal window in twrp - as long as it can get root access but better using Linux/Ubuntu either as stand alone or a virtual machine

TheFixItMan said:
Try using the instructions here
With my method you probably have to mount the partition & I can't remember the commands
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=76795590&postcount=1
If you don't have Linux/Ubuntu I presume you can use the terminal window in twrp - as long as it can get root access but better using Linux/Ubuntu either as stand alone or a virtual machine
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I have Linux installed. I will do that tomorrow Hope we will get the desired result.

Can anyone create a link for me to download this mmcdlk0 for the bike g5 xt 1672? because I need to put in a micro, so I recover my defective device in the bootloader. Thank you!

I'm still waiting for someone to provide the mmcblk0 partition
If you have a working rooted moto g5 see the first post

what's new, nobody could get the mmcblk0 file or esque do not want to help, this is the last straw.
just because I do not have another motorcycle g5 but towards the attempt, but good.
but it will be necessary to take it with a technician to the end that already came out a method to revive it through a box precisely Medussa pro, but we see light in that help us in this I think it will be the only alternative so far, or wait for the blank to come out flash that as I see it will take time.
what's new, nobody could get the mmcblk0 file or esque do not want to help, this is the last straw.
just because I do not have another motorcycle g5 but towards the attempt, but good.
but it will be necessary to take it with a technician to the end that already came out a method to revive it through a box precisely Medussa pro, but we see light in that help us in this I think it will be the only alternative so far, or wait for the blank to come out flash that as I see it will take time.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJGsZuWkboo

You did it ?
gugsta said:
Can anyone create a link for me to download this mmcdlk0 for the bike g5 xt 1672? because I need to put in a micro, so I recover my defective device in the bootloader. Thank you!
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You did it ? I'm having the same problem with the bike g5 xt1672 could you help me

dalissonetcaf said:
You did it ? I'm having the same problem with the bike g5 xt1672 could you help me
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We are awaiting someone to upload the mmcblk0 partition for this device
Until that happens there is currently no known solutionn (other than motherboard replacement or specialist flash boxes) to revive a moto g5 with no access to the bootloader

Hi, I'm trying to make the mmcblk0.img but with the bs and count that says in the g5 forum, it only weighs 4GB.
can you give me the data
I think it has to do with the ram, the G5S is 3.

Happiness777 said:
Hi, I'm trying to make the mmcblk0.img but with the bs and count that says in the g5 forum, it only weighs 4GB.
can you give me the data
I think it has to do with the ram, the G5S is 3.
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It's because of the file system. Fat32 can only handle files up to 4GB. Best way to get around this, is to first format the sdcard in exFAT or ext4 on your computer (sdcard reader).

Here is a mmcblk0 image someone sent me
Unzip it
Use an sd card boot image tool to create a bootable sdcard with the image (one that can handle a dd image)
You may need to format the sd card to ext4
If it works it may take a long time before it does boot from sd card
mmcblk0.zip
See below for how to write image
https://www.embeddedarm.com/blog/how-to-write-an-sd-card-image-linux-windows-mac-osx/

my mmcblk0 weighs 27.9 Gb (30,000,000,000)
Is it the right size?

Happiness777 said:
Friend and created the mmcblk0 but I am in doubt if the size is accurate
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Either that link doesn't work or it's not accessible to me
Make sure the sd card is formatted to ext4 when you create the image
The image I posted is 15gb (once unzipped) but since I don't have this device I can't check it

Getting GSI ROM's for g4

Hello, this sounds a little bit impossible but i made some progress with my friend. We made a vendor partition, edited the TWRP but we stuck at the part of making a vendor. Can the g4 community do it? I think you can, especially @steadfasterX. UsU, FWUL and SALT were masterpieces.

Also, it looks so hard. Because there is no phone with S808 and A9.

If you need to know how did i made the vendor partiton, i can help.

I use H815TR UsU'd. If that helps.

You should describe much more detailed what you did and what problems you have after that.

steadfasterX said:
You should describe much more detailed what you did and what problems you have after that.
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First i put the parted file on the phone and run it via terminal in TWRP.
cp /sdcard/parted /sbin/ && chmod 755 /sbin/parted was the command i used.
Second, i unmounted every partition and wrote the command: parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
After, I wrote p to see what number was my userdata (it was 50) and i wrote rm 50.
After i deleted the userdata, i wrote
mkpart userdata ext4 6359MB 30GB
mkpart vendor ext4 30GB 31.3GB
to make a vendor partiton.
Finally, i did a format data and @MeizuM6T edited the TWRP.
I did everything with @MeizuM6T .

Now i need vendor files.

The easiest way is to simply copy /system/vendor from an existing ROM tbh.

steadfasterX said:
The easiest way is to simply copy /system/vendor from an existing ROM tbh.
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Most roms contain system-as root, obviously this is where @Emo19 and me get stuck.
Would connecting the vendor via FSTAB be enough to boot?

MeizuM6T said:
Most roms contain system-as root, obviously this is where @Emo19 and me get stuck.
Would connecting the vendor via FSTAB be enough to boot?
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Well then i don't get the problem.
We mimic a vendor partition since (iirc) pie and to follow android standards we already moved everything needed to /system/vendor including config updates where needed pointing to /vendor. I would say 98% of this move is done already for the rest see e.g: https://github.com/LGgFour/android_device_lge_g4-common/search?q=System/vendor
Ofc currently /vendor is just a symlink to /system/vendor but for the system it feels like it has a separate vendor partition already.
So my guess was you just copy everything from /system/vendor and put that in your /vendor partition and if we made everything right and you fix the rest of the few /system/vendor paths it should just boot. Ofc you would need to update fstab to point to the dedicated vendor partition then. Does that help?

steadfasterX said:
Well then i don't get the problem.
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The vendor has successfully connected but the treble support is still not visible.
Vendor is connected to the system and is working now, how should we arrange for treble?

MeizuM6T said:
The vendor has successfully connected but the treble support is still not visible.
Vendor is connected to the system and is working now, how should we arrange for treble?
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no idea really. I have never ported anything to treble. just the other way around

steadfasterX said:
no idea really. I have never ported anything to treble. just the other way around
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Thanks, I think we need to write "ro.treble.enabled = true" via build.prop. then we will try to install some GSI Roms.

MeizuM6T said:
Thanks, I think we need to write "ro.treble.enabled = true" via build.prop. then we will try to install some GSI Roms.
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well I dont think its THAT easy. I was serious about the other way around so take a look at what I did for another device:
https://code.binbash.rocks:8443/MVA-VoLTE/android_device_samsung_j5y17lte/commits/branch/eos-q/search?q=treble&all=true
https://code.binbash.rocks:8443/MVA-VoLTE/android_device_samsung_exynos7870-common/commit/ab2567dc82fbdb2a21aa3ea28572dd18e5b7fb79
https://code.binbash.rocks:8443/MVA-VoLTE/android_kernel_samsung_exynos7870/commit/b8e2cf570dfd383fb3a4497d6b53d51c9226ca7b
Ofc you would do the opposite then what the commits showing and ofc I dunno if thats enough and haven't checked what needs to be adapted etc but it should give you an idea

steadfasterX said:
well I dont think its THAT easy. I was serious about the other way around so take a look at what I did for another device:
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I doubt it will open either, it shouldn't be that simple. I will look at what you have thrown

Question How do I unpack the images from super.img?

I downloaded a samsung galaxy s22 Odin firmware and unpacked the zip and the AP tar file and then I un lz4'd the super.img, unsparsed it and then I ran lpunpack on the unsparsed image to get unreadable images

Have you used one of the following?
Extract system.img,vendor.img and product.img from super.img
After lots of search i found a way to extract those img file from super.img What is need? 1.Computer with linux os. extract zip file from this post and place your super.img in same location where you extract.. then run below cmd... simg2img...
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super_img_lpmake_lpunpack.zip | by MrWaehere for Utilities
Download GApps, Roms, Kernels, Themes, Firmware, and more. Free file hosting for all Android developers.
androidfilehost.com

ze7zez said:
Have you used one of the following?
Extract system.img,vendor.img and product.img from super.img
After lots of search i found a way to extract those img file from super.img What is need? 1.Computer with linux os. extract zip file from this post and place your super.img in same location where you extract.. then run below cmd... simg2img...
forum.xda-developers.com
super_img_lpmake_lpunpack.zip | by MrWaehere for Utilities
Download GApps, Roms, Kernels, Themes, Firmware, and more. Free file hosting for all Android developers.
androidfilehost.com
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I have. I can get system.img out but I can't open it. I think it's a f2fs partition but I haven't found any tools that can extract files from it

It seems on newer firmware this method of unpacking and extracting system.img out of super.img no longer works. It seems now that when you extract system.img from super.img.raw it gives you a file that reads just as data and does not have the ext4 filesystem magic header bytes.
Have uploaded two screenshots to show how super.img.raw looks and how system.img looks after extraction from super.img. Any thoughts on this?
This firmware is being pulled from latest tar files for SM-S901U

Update, am working on a way and almost got it now. Will probably create a post on this once done and link from here. If you dont hear back from me, i failed. :'(
UPDATE: had some luck following this guys tutorial although a little different was able to extract files. Still cant mount but much closer. Device is f2fs file system. The reason it's not working is most methods on xda are for ext4
How to Extract F2FS Image from Android Device Flash - Baremetallics
How to Extract F2FS Image from Android Device Flash
baremetallics.com

kalexander7 said:
Update, am working on a way and almost got it now. Will probably create a post on this once done and link from here. If you dont hear back from me, i failed. :'(
UPDATE: had some luck following this guys tutorial although a little different was able to extract files. Still cant mount but much closer. Device is f2fs file system. The reason it's not working is most methods on xda are for ext4
How to Extract F2FS Image from Android Device Flash - Baremetallics
How to Extract F2FS Image from Android Device Flash
baremetallics.com
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Is this also work for other's like erofs?

Mr Hassan said:
Is this also work for other's like erofs?
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I doubt it although it may be alike using same linux tools like fsck. Erm I'm still stuck on trying to get this f2fs image too mount. It seems corrupt and although I was able to extract libs and apks they're coming out corrupted. Anyone in the community have any knowledge in this area?

kalexander7 said:
I doubt it although it may be alike using same linux tools like fsck. Erm I'm still stuck on trying to get this f2fs image too mount. It seems corrupt and although I was able to extract libs and apks they're coming out corrupted. Anyone in the community have any knowledge in this area?
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Bro samsung have many dev's to mount fsf2 and already many dude done
The erofs not possible

Mr Hassan said:
Bro samsung have many dev's to mount fsf2 and already many dude done
The **** is erofs
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what?

Question System_ext vendor unpack repack

Hello
I want to know when we extract payload
Then its have img files like this
System
System_ext
Vendor
Product
So my question is it this possible to unpack modify and repack and flash back?
Is there any window or linux tool?
Or easy way to done my jon?
Thanks

Not possible?

Google search "repack payload.bin" to start with....

TheGhost1951 said:
Google search "repack payload.bin" to start with....
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Ahh i think i never explain it very well but let me tell
I dont need to repack as payload.bin
I need to unpack vendor and system to modify and repack

Then Google "unpack repack .img file"....

Maybe something like this?
Editing system.img inside super.img and flashing our modifications
I'm trying to modify my system.img (/system/build.prop) to include support for multi users. After struggling a lot, I've succeeded following your guide (that's an awesome work btw) to unpack, mount, modify, umount and repack super.img. Then...
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from oxygen 12 oneplus uses the EROFS
[GUIDE] Universal guide for making your partitions inside super read-writable again.
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for any result of these operations. Please be careful and well prepared. Always have your important data backed up safely on other place. Hello everyone! As far as 2022 and Xiaomi gets their new phones updated...
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ChrisFeiveel84 said:
from oxygen 12 oneplus uses the EROFS
[GUIDE] Universal guide for making your partitions inside super read-writable again.
Disclaimer: I'm not responsible for any result of these operations. Please be careful and well prepared. Always have your important data backed up safely on other place. Hello everyone! As far as 2022 and Xiaomi gets their new phones updated...
forum.xda-developers.com
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getting error already tired this

Mr Hassan said:
getting error already tired this
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You have used the super Partition or the images from the payload.bin ?

ChrisFeiveel84 said:
You have used the super Partition or the images from the payload.bin ?
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Ofcourse backup super part
But in payload its not super
Its all one by one like system
System_ext vendor odm
So backup make its whole super.img
I already make details thread about this
But not get any help

Mr Hassan said:
Ofcourse backup super part
But in payload its not super
Its all one by one like system
System_ext vendor odm
So backup make its whole super.img
I already make details thread about this
But not get any help
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From oos 11 or oos 12 ?

ChrisFeiveel84 said:
From oos 11 or oos 12 ?
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Bro os12

even not able to convert in raw
simg2img.exe super.img super.raw
Invalid sparse file format at header magic
Failed to read sparse file