Is it bricked? Cannot flash stock Android to remove ArcaneOS

[xmoo]

Most adb and fastboot commands are marked as unknown. Fastboot is easily accessible. Adb is accessible through Rescue mode.

Graphene webinstaller also did not work.

 

[xmoo]

i recently bought this pixel 4a with "matrix OS "
very similar to anom

Looking at the build date, looks like a new netwerk/device. Can't find anything on the internet about this device.

 

[ChrisEric1 CECL]

Most adb and fastboot commands are marked as unknown. Fastboot is easily accessible. Adb is accessible through Rescue mode.

Graphene webinstaller also did not work.

Are you able to enter EDL mode? I can try to help you if you can.

 

[xmoo]

Are you able to enter EDL mode? I can try to help you if you can.

Adb reboot edl? Or a different way?

 

[ChrisEric1 CECL]

Adb reboot edl? Or a different way?

any way of entering it, doesn't matter. at least on mtk, you can use mtkclient to backup, im still trying to find a firehorse for you. sprd requires a manifest to backup but on qcom i dont know

 

[ChrisEric1 CECL]

any way of entering it, doesn't matter. at least on mtk, you can use mtkclient to backup, im still trying to find a firehorse for you. sprd requires a manifest to backup but on qcom i dont know

you can try these files here if you would like, it is from a different device, but same soc, gpu, and cpu as sunfish pixel 4a. i removed the img files as they were large. it comes from https://droidfilehost.com/download/realme-x2-rmx1992-firmware-flash-file-stock-rom/ and was decrypted

 

[xmoo]

any way of entering it, doesn't matter. at least on mtk, you can use mtkclient to backup, im still trying to find a firehorse for you. sprd requires a manifest to backup but on qcom i dont know

Nope, just giving me command closed. So another command which is either removed or protected.

 

[ChrisEric1 CECL]

Nope, just giving me command closed. So another command which is either removed or protected.

you might need to short something to get it into that mode then, idk what, i dont own a pixel

 

[xmoo]

you might need to short something to get it into that mode then, idk what, i dont own a pixel

Short is not an option. Don't want to brick the device. Took a while to find one.
I tried the ADB and Fastboot way, no success. I tried the key-shortcut wat, no success.

 

[ChrisEric1 CECL]

Short is not an option. Don't want to brick the device. Took a while to find one.
I tried the ADB and Fastboot way, no success. I tried the key-shortcut wat, no success.

Key-shortcut wat? What's that, you mean holding down Vol - and pluging in the usb when turned off? And why is short not an option, you should be able to exit it anyways. And what about those usb things online where you plug in something and it works (altho idk about it or if its a scam or not)

 

[xmoo]

Key-shortcut wat? What's that, you mean holding down Vol - and pluging in the usb when turned off? And why is short not an option, you should be able to exit it anyways. And what about those usb things online where you plug in something and it works (altho idk about it or if its a scam or not)

With "you might need to short something" you are reffering to circuit board right?

Key-shortcut I am indeed reffering to key combination to get the phone into EDL mode.

"And what about those usb things online where you plug in something and it works (altho idk about it or if its a scam or not)" I have no idea what you are reffering to. Any video or link?

 

[ChrisEric1 CECL]

With "you might need to short something" you are reffering to circuit board right?

Key-shortcut I am indeed reffering to key combination to get the phone into EDL mode.

"And what about those usb things online where you plug in something and it works (altho idk about it or if its a scam or not)" I have no idea what you are reffering to. Any video or link?

1. Yes
2. So it doesn't work, I thought so because Pixel's are the hardest to get to EDL unless you flash the wrong FW, which you cant even flash anything. Even Stock Pixel is hard on EDL, Google relies too much on 2nd stage Fastboot which isn't a good if they auto update that.
3. I'm talking about this https://www.ebay.com/itm/322476443357

 

[ChrisEric1 CECL]

1. Yes
2. So it doesn't work, I thought so because Pixel's are the hardest to get to EDL unless you flash the wrong FW, which you cant even flash anything. Even Stock Pixel is hard on EDL, Google relies too much on 2nd stage Fastboot which isn't a good if they auto update that.
3. I'm talking about this https://www.ebay.com/itm/322476443357

Update: Don't use the ZIP I uploaded earlier, I am trying to dump it from the bootloader img file right now, which half of prog_firehose_ddr.elf is actually in the bootloader (bootloader-sunfish-s5-0.2-6281315.img)

 

[ChrisEric1 CECL]

Update: Don't use the ZIP I uploaded earlier, I am trying to dump it from the bootloader img file right now, which half of prog_firehose_ddr.elf is actually in the bootloader (bootloader-sunfish-s5-0.2-6281315.img)

Try 000e60e10066000a_3ef72a02fb931be1_fhprg.bin I even searched the name up and found 1 result of someone looking for the same file name I generated (hopefully its valid tho)

 

[xmoo]

Try 000e60e10066000a_3ef72a02fb931be1_fhprg.bin I even searched the name up and found 1 result of someone looking for the same file name I generated (hopefully its valid tho)

So booting this over fastboot you mean?

 

[ChrisEric1 CECL]

So booting this over fastboot you mean?

No, over EDL, if you can get there, using this tool is recommeded if you can handle the command line http://github.com/CE1CECL/edl and doing a complete backup of flash, not just partitions.

 

[ChrisEric1 CECL]

No, over EDL, if you can get there, using this tool is recommeded if you can handle the command line http://github.com/CE1CECL/edl and doing a complete backup of flash, not just partitions.

If you are using windows use this template if you dont know how to use it (I cant figure out how to embed text so it will be like this for now until i figure it out later)

Command to Run:

git clone https://github.com/CE1CECL/edl
cd edl
git submodule update --init --recursive
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

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Copy 000e60e10066000a_3ef72a02fb931be1_fhprg.bin to the EDL folder where you cloned it to and then run something like this

python .\edl.py rf arcaneos.bak --loader=000e60e10066000a_3ef72a02fb931be1_fhprg.bin

Just make sure you have python 3.9, git and usbdk from the README of the repo.
If its too large let me know if you need something to upload it with (if you get what i mean), Once i get it i will compress it later.

 

[ChrisEric1 CECL]

If you are using windows use this template if you dont know how to use it (I cant figure out how to embed text so it will be like this for now until i figure it out later)

Command to Run:

git clone https://github.com/CE1CECL/edl
cd edl
git submodule update --init --recursive
pip3 install -r requirements.txt

----------------------

Copy 000e60e10066000a_3ef72a02fb931be1_fhprg.bin to the EDL folder where you cloned it to and then run something like this

python .\edl.py rf arcaneos.bak --loader=000e60e10066000a_3ef72a02fb931be1_fhprg.bin

Just make sure you have python 3.9, git and usbdk from the README of the repo.
If its too large let me know if you need something to upload it with (if you get what i mean), Once i get it i will compress it later.

if you can can you debug where the network for the update api is sending to? Maybe i can debug that while i wait finding a device on ebay, since i cant find anything.

 

[H4xz0r]

I own a 4a phone and the cable. How to run the command on a MacOS?

 

[H4xz0r]

I don't know but have been told that LineageOS has been installed on the device, see below for the image version.