[GUIDE] How to dump and write back the storage on most of Qualcomm devices

[Renate]

Unless your file is a zip or something there is no conversion necessary or possible.
What do you have? Post it publicly or priately.

 

[kjullian19]

This is the file I have. QFIL only accepts .elf or .mbn files. If there's no conversion possible, how could I load the programmer?

 

[Renate]

This is the file I have. QFIL only accepts .elf or .mbn files.

It's a perfectly fine Firehose loader.
Just rename it .elf
Or use an EDL client that isn't so picky on stupid stuff.
Like the Python EDL client. Or mine.

 

[kjullian19]

It's a perfectly fine Firehose loader.
Just rename it .elf
Or use an EDL client that isn't so picky on stupid stuff.
Like the Python EDL client. Or mine.

Thanks Renate. I tried to proceed with it. The "partial success" log mentioned in the post shows up:

2023-03-22 10:29:18.787    10:29:18: Sahara protocol completed
2023-03-22 10:29:18.787    Sending Programmer Finished
2023-03-22 10:29:18.788    Switch To FireHose
2023-03-22 10:29:18.788    Wait for 3 seconds...

So I think you were right, the firehose file works. But then I get the following error, and the Partition Manager doesn't open. (Log Attached)

2023-03-22 10:29:21.799    Skip Write:False
2023-03-22 10:29:21.800    Always Validate:False
2023-03-22 10:29:21.800    Use Verbose:False
2023-03-22 10:29:21.802    ***** Working Folder:C:\Users\kandr\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\COMPORT_6
2023-03-22 10:29:21.802    Download Fail:FireHose Fail:FHLoader Fail:The system cannot find the file specified
2023-03-22 10:29:21.808    Finish Get GPT

Do you or anyone else have solved this error in the past, and managed to get Partition Manager to open?

 

[Renate]

If you use Windows you can try my native Windows EDL client (in the sig).

C:\>edl /l000a50e100514985_2acf3a85fde334e2_fhprg_op7t-bin
C:\>edl /g
C:\>edl /u /g

 

[kjullian19]

I'll give your EDL client a try thanks. Do I need to change the driver or is the one from this guide okay?

EDIT: I managed to get the partition manager working, and got Start LBA 0x00479676 and LBA Number 0x0184C185. Added together it gives 0x01CC57FB or 30,169,083.

Spoiler: Old Log

I ran the command to dump, changed it to my needs, and this is the most recent log, it has been running for 15 minutes now:

AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\COMPORT_6>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\QPST\bin\fh_loader.exe" --port=\\.\COM6 --search_path=C:\oneplusdump --convertprogram2read --sendimage=full_dump.bin --start_sector=0 --lun=0 --num_sectors=30169083 --noprompt --showpercentagecomplete --zlpawarehost=1 --memoryname=ufs

Base Version: 16.10.28.15.28
Binary build date: Oct 31 2016 @ 22:51:02
Incremental Build version: 16.10.31.22.51.02

12:00:11: INFO: FH_LOADER WAS CALLED EXACTLY LIKE THIS
************************************************
C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\QPST\bin\fh_loader.exe --port=\\.\COM6 --search_path=C:\oneplusdump --convertprogram2read --sendimage=full_dump.bin --start_sector=0 --lun=0 --num_sectors=30169083 --noprompt --showpercentagecomplete --zlpawarehost=1 --memoryname=ufs
************************************************

12:00:11: INFO: Current working dir (cwd): C:\Users\kandr\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\COMPORT_6\
12:00:11: INFO: Showing network mappings to allow debugging
12:00:11: INFO: Looking for file 'full_dump.bin'


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\ \ /\ / / _` | '__| '_ \| | '_ \ / _` |
\ V V / (_| | | | | | | | | | | (_| |
\_/\_/ \__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|\__, |
__/ |
|___/


12:00:11: WARNING: Couldn't find the file 'full_dump.bin', returning NULL


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\ \ /\ / / _` | '__| '_ \| | '_ \ / _` |
\ V V / (_| | | | | | | | | | | (_| |
\_/\_/ \__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|\__, |
__/ |
|___/


12:00:11: WARNING: User specified --num_sectors=30169083 but file only has 30169083 sectors. **Ignoring --num_sectors


12:00:11: INFO: User wants to talk to port '\\.\COM6'
12:00:11: INFO: Took 0.00000000 seconds to open port
12:00:11: INFO: Sorting TAGS to ensure order is <configure>,<erase>, others, <patch>,<power>
12:00:11: INFO: If you don't want this, use --dontsorttags

12:00:11: INFO: Looking for file 'full_dump.bin'


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\ \ /\ / / _` | '__| '_ \| | '_ \ / _` |
\ V V / (_| | | | | | | | | | | (_| |
\_/\_/ \__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|\__, |
__/ |
|___/


12:00:11: WARNING: Couldn't find the file 'full_dump.bin', returning NULL
12:00:11: INFO: Sending <configure>

12:00:11: INFO: TARGET SAID: 'Storage type set to value UFS'
12:00:11: INFO: fh.attrs.MaxPayloadSizeToTargetInBytes = 1048576
12:00:11: INFO: fh.attrs.MaxPayloadSizeToTargetInBytesSupported = 1048576
12:00:11: INFO: In handleRead('full_dump.bin')
12:00:11: INFO: Looking for file 'full_dump.bin'


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\ \ /\ / / _` | '__| '_ \| | '_ \ / _` |
\ V V / (_| | | | | | | | | | | (_| |
\_/\_/ \__,_|_| |_| |_|_|_| |_|\__, |
__/ |
|___/


12:00:11: WARNING: Previous Filesize is 0 bytes. Therefore reading size of partition!! Please check 'C:\Users\kandr\AppData\Roaming\Qualcomm\QFIL\COMPORT_6\full_dump.bin'
12:00:11: INFO: =======================================================
12:00:11: INFO: <read> (120676332.0KB) 30169083 sectors from location 0 FILE: 'full_dump.bin'
12:00:11: INFO: =======================================================

12:00:13: INFO: Overall to target 2.000 seconds (105.30 MBps)
12:00:15: INFO: Overall to target 4.000 seconds (105.50 MBps)
12:00:17: INFO: Overall to target 6.000 seconds (105.79 MBps)
12:00:19: INFO: Overall to target 8.000 seconds (105.75 MBps)
12:00:21: INFO: Overall to target 10.000 seconds (101.01 MBps)
12:00:23: INFO: Overall to target 12.000 seconds (99.42 MBps)
12:00:25: INFO: Overall to target 14.000 seconds (98.41 MBps)
12:00:27: INFO: Overall to target 16.000 seconds (96.69 MBps)
12:00:29: INFO: Overall to target 18.000 seconds (95.56 MBps)
12:00:31: INFO: Overall to target 20.000 seconds (94.45 MBps)
12:00:33: INFO: Overall to target 22.000 seconds (93.63 MBps)
12:00:35: INFO: Overall to target 24.000 seconds (93.63 MBps)
(Repeats every 2 seconds...)

Does anyone know where this error may be coming from? Is it safe to stop the process or disconnect my device?

 

[kjullian19]

Last question. I have the full_dump.img file now, and I tried using 7-zip to extract my (user)data. The file is 115 GB which is in line with phone's storage, but it only extracts to a 7.6MB folder. How can I actually access the userdata?

 

[Renate]

Doing a full raw dump is only useful as a snapshot.
If you want to backup useful data you'll have to backup files when userdata is mounted (and decrypted) by the system.

 

[kjullian19]

Thanks for the clarification there. You've been super helpful all around!

 

[marc.2377]

Doing a full raw dump is only useful as a snapshot.
If you want to backup useful data you'll have to backup files when userdata is mounted (and decrypted) by the system.

Renate: Do you know of a way to decrypt offline, i.e. from a PC?

 

[Renate]

Renate: Do you know of a way to decrypt offline, i.e. from a PC?

No, I don't know how to decrypt offline.
The whole point of encryption is to make that difficult.