[Q] de-brick file needed

scopedial · Dec 8, 2013

Stock Image Download

gee one said:
I posted a new version of the debrick file to a few testers- if it works, I'll release it into the wild... if not :crying:

Thanks for the stock image. I am downloading it now. I think you are right. I will have to replace the bootloader. I thought that I
had fixed a bootloader problem before all this happened. Apparently I made it worse.

I am now getting CM to boot but the SD card has to be in place to do it. Another sign.

Now if I was to use Heimdall to install that image would I do something like ...

heimdall flash --primary-boot debrick_sgh699_v2.img --no-reboot

???
I am still trying to sort out the partitions in my mind.

***update
I am just remembering that Heimdall was not behaving when I tried to use it last.
I was getting "Failed to Initialize Protocol".
However, I did manage to get CWM to work again. Any chance that I can use that to re-install the stock firmware
and repair the bootloader?

Thanks again,

Lou

gee one · Dec 8, 2013

I think it would be something like this:

Depending on how bricked the phone is, you might have to "reformat" which always comes with some warnings. I've never tried it, but it might be something like this:
heimdall flash --reparition --pit [pit filename] --MODEM NON_HLOS.bin --SBL1 sbl1.mbn ... --RPM [rpm filename] .... etc. I think you would need modem, aboot, rpm, sbl1-3 and tz to get to download mode. From there you can flash recovery, boot, img. I'm not sure what this would do to EFS.

I don't recall having too much luck with flashing by partition name, I usually flash by number, although I think the newer version of heimdall fixes this.

scopedial · Dec 8, 2013

no CM but CWM and download

gee one said:
I think it would be something like this:

Depending on how bricked the phone is, you might have to "reformat" which always comes with some warnings. I've never tried it, but it might be something like this:
heimdall flash --reparition --pit [pit filename] --MODEM NON_HLOS.bin --SBL1 sbl1.mbn ... --RPM [rpm filename] .... etc. I think you would need modem, aboot, rpm, sbl1-3 and tz to get to download mode. From there you can flash recovery, boot, img. I'm not sure what this would do to EFS.

I don't recall having too much luck with flashing by partition name, I usually flash by number, although I think the newer version of heimdall fixes this.

Just for the heck of it I thought I would try to use CWM to apply the stock image.
That wasn't so good. I still have access to download mode but instead of booting into CM I boot straight into CWM.

It is a shame that there are no tools that can validate the configuration of the partitions and/or bootloader of my phone.
I think my focus is going to be getting heimdall to work so that I can at least get a partition mapping of some sort.

gee one · Dec 8, 2013

There is a rooted JB image on the ftp server link I sent you. There is also a goodies file that flashes the modem and other partitions. It might work, depending on what partitions are borked on your phone. Flash them both through cwm.

sent while running with scissors

scopedial · Dec 8, 2013

OK Odin then

gee one said:
There is a rooted JB image on the ftp server link I sent you. There is also a goodies file that flashes the modem and other partitions. It might work, depending on what partitions are borked on your phone. Flash them both through cwm.

sent while running with scissors

I have switched to Odin on my son's PC. I am also using the stock image. The reload appears to being going very well, slow, but well.

I will start over again, but using Odin, if it completes successfully.

***Update

The load of the stock image completed successfully. I can now boot into the stock Android. However, I still need the boot image on the SD card.

Is there anything I can do to take that image and copy it to a partition on the phone? I used dd to dump the image to the SD card, and I now
have a terminal shell on my phone, can't I use the Android dd command to take the image of the SD card and put it into a partition?
Maybe the boot partition? Or maybe some bootloader image that I can put in place using Odin? Since it appears to work with the T699.

Thanks,

Lou

gee one · Dec 8, 2013

scopedial said:
I have switched to Odin on my son's PC. I am also using the stock image. The reload appears to being going very well, slow, but well.

I will start over again, but using Odin, if it completes successfully.

***Update

The load of the stock image completed successfully. I can now boot into the stock Android. However, I still need the boot image on the SD card.

Is there anything I can do to take that image and copy it to a partition on the phone? I used dd to dump the image to the SD card, and I now
have a terminal shell on my phone, can't I use the Android dd command to take the image of the SD card and put it into a partition?
Maybe the boot partition? Or maybe some bootloader image that I can put in place using Odin? Since it appears to work with the T699.

Thanks,

Lou

The debrick file is a data dump of the first 65MB or so of the internal phone memory. I'm not sure how you borked your phone, so it's hard to figure out what needs to be fixed. I think dumping the debrick image to your phone might work, but it will be a crude solution and could break things even worse. It might be /dev/block/mmcblk0 *maybe* but it will still need a recovery, boot, and system to work, which are in the stock image. The debrick image will overwrite the boot, so write the boot after the debricking image.

Heimdall does spit out partition information with the print-pit option. It will also backup partition information with the download-pit option. I sent you links with the stock pit info. I think using heimdall would be safer. I haven't used odin ever.

Nardholio · Dec 8, 2013

Your stock image should contain all the partitions you need. Unless you flashed a modified version. You need the *original* stock tar

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scopedial · Dec 10, 2013

Fixing the bootloader

Nardholio said:
Your stock image should contain all the partitions you need. Unless you flashed a modified version. You need the *original* stock tar

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I found this article from the "Root Lord" on fixing the Galaxy Y - http://rootlord.blogspot.ca/2013/07/repair-and-unroot-bricked-samsung.html

Can I assume that I can do something similar to fix my bootloader on my T699? Of course I would be using the stock rom that
I have. I have restored just about everything using the "PDA" option but I have not tried the bootloader option, with the stock rom.
I am continuing to have boot up problems in the mean time.

gee one · Dec 10, 2013

That is odin and I have no clue about it. I did notice that a lot of people in the comments were complaining about no having the bootloader file. The debrick image does contain the bootloader, however it is probably not in a format that odin will accept.

If it were me, I would use heimdall write the partitions.

scopedial · Dec 10, 2013

gee one said:
That is odin and I have no clue about it. I did notice that a lot of people in the comments were complaining about no having the bootloader file. The debrick image does contain the bootloader, however it is probably not in a format that odin will accept.

If it were me, I would use heimdall write the partitions.

Yup, I understand. The problem I have is that heimdall isn't working so well (I tried Linux too) with the T699 but Odin is. Actually Odin appears
to be working great with it. I was even using the same USB cable with all three computers.

More later.

scopedial · Dec 12, 2013

gee one said:
That is odin and I have no clue about it. I did notice that a lot of people in the comments were complaining about no having the bootloader file. The debrick image does contain the bootloader, however it is probably not in a format that odin will accept.

If it were me, I would use heimdall write the partitions.

*** Update

I used Odin last night with the stock load with no new results. The phone still will not boot without the SD card.

The one interesting thing was that Odin did not like the PIT file that you sent me. Are you able to validate that file for me?
Or is that file only valid with Heimdall? I might go back and try Heimdall again, but like I mentioned earlier, it just is not behaving well.

I really wish there were some diagnostics that I could run to figure out what the problem is.

gee one · Dec 12, 2013

The PIT file was pulled using heimdall, so it might be in a different format, or lacking headers that odin is expecting. Just to be clear, don't use the text file which is the interpretation of the pit file.

Nardholio · Feb 11, 2014

So I read somewhere else that once you boot with the sd you can dd the debrick file to /dev/block/mmcblk0 to completely unbrick
dd if=/sdcard/debrick.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0

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gee one · Feb 12, 2014

I think that will work to boot without the sd card, but the debrick file I posted is missing the ROM and maybe even recovery. These can be flashed through heimdall or adb.

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chuckiev79 · Mar 4, 2014

gee one said:
I think that will work to boot without the sd card, but the debrick file I posted is missing the ROM and maybe even recovery. These can be flashed through heimdall or adb.

sent while running with scissors

can you guys please post that link to de-brick file. I just bricked my relay last night. I was an idiot and drunk and tried to flash a kernel from another phone. please please help!

gee one · Mar 4, 2014

If it's just the kernel, you can probably just flash the boot.img. Whatever rom you flashed last will have the right kernel. Just flash it again.

Let me know if that works.

chuckiev79 · Mar 4, 2014

gee one said:
If it's just the kernel, you can probably just flash the boot.img. Whatever rom you flashed last will have the right kernel. Just flash it again.

Let me know if that works.

phone wont boot into download or cmw or boot at all.

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chuckiev79 said:
phone wont boot into download or cmw or boot at all.

odin doesnt see it either

gee one · Mar 4, 2014

OK, here's the link http://www.mediafire.com/download/nd22282tn46nr4r/debrick_sgh699_v2.img

As usual, use at your own risk, no refunds, no warranties, no drama. FYI, I sold my relay, so I can't test anything on my end.

If I recall correctly, use a 16gb or bigger sd card, even though the file is only 78M or so. Use dd to copy the file to the SD card. With some magic and a few beers the phone should boot, then use heimdall to restore.

chuckiev79 · Mar 4, 2014

gee one said:
OK, here's the link http://www.mediafire.com/download/nd22282tn46nr4r/debrick_sgh699_v2.img

As usual, use at your own risk, no refunds, no warranties, no drama. FYI, I sold my relay, so I can't test anything on my end.

If I recall correctly, use a 16gb or bigger sd card, even though the file is only 78M or so. Use dd to copy the file to the SD card. With some magic and a few beers the phone should boot, then use heimdall to restore.

thanks man for sure! ill let you know how it goes.

chuckiev79 · Mar 5, 2014

Thank you gee one! The file worked like a charm. Not sure how it all worked but it did. I talked to several people about this and none of them had a clue. Xda has soo many members and i can only imagine how many people do these kind of things worldwide, but in baltimore md people look at you like an alien if you talk about roms and kernels. I dont know much yet but hopefully someday. Thanks again!?

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