[TOOL][LOCKED/UNLOCKED] SALT - The LG(up) revolution (begins)

[steadfasterX]

Looks as ubuntu need driver for, is there any???

There is no driver needed. Linux is not windows. Whats your problem? Give error messages, post screenshots, describe what your problem is.

Git firehose is it.

Really no idea what that sentence means. I understand firehose and this is not related to SALT. This is related to the links I provided already. SALT is no EDL/QDL/9008 mode tool. It works in Download mode only.

If you can add it to SALT it make good unbrick tool???

Feel free to extend SALT if you like. I do not have the time to code from scratch the EDL handling.

Other problem v490 have 16 Gb RAM partition in new ROM is 32 Gb???

So no idea what you are trying here. The partition size of your older device is smaller then the new one? and this is a problem because...? What are you trying to do?
How is this related to SALT?

Mount in SALT, may you say more about? Vale Piotr

What do you want to know? You can mount some image partitions like modem / firmware or system. That menu can be found in the advanced menu.

.-

 

[piotr1953]

SAHARA

THANKS FOR QUICK ANSWER

There is no driver needed. Linux is not windows. Whats your problem? Give error messages, post screenshots, describe what your problem is.

My ubuntu 16.04 don't seen phones until I install SAHARA, now is ok.
Win 10 without drivers se it as unknown device after as COM3

Really no idea what that sentence means. I understand firehose and this is not related to SALT. This is related to the links I provided already. SALT is no EDL/QDL/9008 mode tool. It works in Download mode only.

I was thinking about adding EDL/QDL/9008 mode tool to SALT.

Feel free to extend SALT if you like. I do not have the time to code from scratch the EDL handling.

I need learn a lot before try
Where can find source code for SALT?
What language you use for coding?


So no idea what you are trying here. The partition size of your older device is smaller then the new one? and this is a problem because...? What are you trying to do?
How is this related to SALT?

V490 have 16Gb ram. SALT extracted primary.gpt is for 32Gb. Shall I edit .gpt and change size?

What do you want to know? You can mount some image partitions like modem / firmware or system. That menu can be found in the advanced menu.

Its for working with content?

Is coded with python?
Can't find source code on git
"We couldn’t find any repositories matching 'steadfasterX/SALT.git filename:steadfasterX/SALT.git'"

Vale Piotr

 

[steadfasterX]

My ubuntu 16.04 don't seen phones until I install SAHARA, now is ok.
Win 10 without drivers se it as unknown device after as COM3

Your device is in EDL/QDL mode. This is nothing SALT can handle. and this is not a driver issue but a protocol one. You need something like SAHARA which can speak in EDL mode.

I was thinking about adding EDL/QDL/9008 mode tool to SALT.

as said, I have no plans doing so.

I need learn a lot before try
Where can find source code for SALT?
What language you use for coding?

What about reading the OP? All sources are there..

V490 have 16Gb ram. SALT extracted primary.gpt is for 32Gb. Shall I edit .gpt and change size?

RAM is not FLASH. if your device has 16 GB of RAM (Random Access Memory) then this has nothing to do with the STORAGE and touching the GPT will brick your device as checksums are in place.

Its for working with content?
Is coded with python?
Can't find source code on git
"We couldn’t find any repositories matching 'steadfasterX/SALT.git filename:steadfasterX/SALT.git'"
Vale Piotr

What about reading the OP? All sources are linked..

 

[piotr1953]

What's reason for eyes say russian blind man

THANKS
Sorry for dusturbing
V49020b_00.dz 1.1Gb file, any idea about reason and content?
Vale Piotr

 

[steadfasterX]

THANKS
Sorry for dusturbing
V49020b_00.dz 1.1Gb file, any idea about reason and content?
Vale Piotr

what reason and content? no idea what you mean. you can extract a KDZ with SALT and mount e.g. the system image if u like to.

.-

 

[piotr1953]

I extracted lg room

what reason and content? no idea what you mean. you can extract a KDZ with SALT and mount e.g. the system image if u like to.

Got 2 folders extracteddz, extractedkdz.
In kdz is lot of files looking as room content.
In ddz is lg...dll and V49020b_00.dz.
What contain above file?
Why kdz and ddz?
I found it there;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhG02kmSelk
Is result of following lg thinking path, V490 firmware>V49020b_00.dz.>extractedkdz
Life is to simple let's complicate it!!!
Vale Piotr

 

[steadfasterX]

what reason and content? no idea what you mean. you can extract a KDZ with SALT and mount e.g. the system image if u like to.

Got 2 folders extracteddz, extractedkdz.
In kdz is lot of files looking as room content.
In ddz is lg...dll and V49020b_00.dz.
What contain above file?
Why kdz and ddz?
I found it there;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RhG02kmSelk
Is result of following lg thinking path, V490 firmware>V49020b_00.dz.>extractedkdz
Life is to simple let's complicate it!!!
Vale Piotr

SALT extracts a DZ from a KDZ and also auto extracts that DZ file.

.-

 

[piotr1953]

SALT extracts a DZ from a KDZ and also auto extracts that DZ file.

.-

Yellow brains way of thinking, multiple tasks you charge more.
Thanks for help
Vale Piotr

 

[nubla]

I have an md5 mismatch error for cache.img and userdata.img after doing a full backup and verifying, much like the screenshot in this old post: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77148994&postcount=436

I redid a custom backup on just cache and userdata, but the md5 verification failed again.

Using SALT 3.22-12:stable in mAid_v2020-09-02_08-13_x86_64_forgetful with a LG G4 H12 stock android 6, pre-UsU.

 

[steadfasterX]

I have an md5 mismatch error for cache.img and userdata.img after doing a full backup and verifying, much like the screenshot in this old post: https://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=77148994&postcount=436

I redid a custom backup on just cache and userdata, but the md5 verification failed again.

Using SALT 3.22-12:stable in mAid_v2020-09-02_08-13_x86_64_forgetful with a LG G4 H12 stock android 6, pre-UsU.

I can just guess as you didn't shared the log..

Those partitions are extreme big and the laf protocol can easily run into timeouts which is likely what happened to you but as i don't have a log i can't say for sure.



Sent from my OnePlus 7T Pro using XDA Labs

 

[nubla]

I can just guess as you didn't shared the log..

Those partitions are extreme big and the laf protocol can easily run into timeouts which is likely what happened to you but as i don't have a log i can't say for sure.

I redid a backup (custom: cache and userdata) a third time, and this time cache.img md5 verification succeeded while userdata.img failed again. I got the log too before closing SALT this time: http://ge.tt/8xaYF073 The preview may take a long time or fail on the 1.6 million lines... so downloading the log may be faster or more reliable. I couldn't find the upload button for the XDA forum. Is it restricted for new accounts?

Is there a way in SALT to do just a md5 verification on an existing backup file?

Also, why did a full backup result in .bin files, while custom backup names them with .img ? I presume the backups are done the same way? I was able to mount and explore both, but I wonder why they are named differently.

Note that the "Browse" button in SALT fails, and the debug terminal shows "open failed: Name "com.deepin.SessionManager" does not exist". I had to navigate to /mnt/salt_mnt myself in a file browser.

Uploading log files from SALT also fails (shown at end of log).

 

[steadfasterX]

I redid a backup (custom: cache and userdata) a third time, and this time cache.img md5 verification succeeded while userdata.img failed again. I got the log too before closing SALT this time: http://ge.tt/8xaYF073 The preview may take a long time or fail on the 1.6 million lines... so downloading the log may be faster or more reliable. I couldn't find the upload button for the XDA forum. Is it restricted for new accounts?

thx for the log! it runs in the timeout.

Is there a way in SALT to do just a md5 verification on an existing backup file?

no and this would not help for that issue. the command for doing the md5 runs on both sites: your local backup and the device. the problematic part is the device one and here we have no real options other then to live with it.
one more word about that though:

1. backing up cache is useless. Even if for any reason you would need to restore you never would restore that partition. It get filled by android when using it and it can start completely empty. the first boot would just take a bit longer when its empty thats all.
2. backing up system is usually useless, too. As long as you know your exact STOCK version you can simply extract that file from a KDZ. its a readonly (if not doing nasty stuff) partition anyways so its just a 1:1 copy of what its in a KDZ.
3. backing up userdata CAN be important though. It contains your files, pics, videos etc. unfortunately thats also the biggest partition and the most likely one where a md5 check fails. but the good news are: when you can mount that partition in SALT you can be usually pretty safe that all is in place. but also look around, check if your important files and folders are there and then its fine.

Also, why did a full backup result in .bin files, while custom backup names them with .img ? I presume the backups are done the same way? I was able to mount and explore both, but I wonder why they are named differently.

well bin, img, that does not matter at all (see FAQ #11) but you're right that this should be consistent at least within SALT. I have opened an issue for that (https://github.com/steadfasterX/SALT/issues/35)

Note that the "Browse" button in SALT fails, and the debug terminal shows "open failed: Name "com.deepin.SessionManager" does not exist". I had to navigate to /mnt/salt_mnt myself in a file browser.

thx for reporting. that seems to be an issue on the nightly mAid build. will look into that.

Uploading log files from SALT also fails (shown at end of log).

thx for reporting. have opened another issue for that one (https://github.com/steadfasterX/SALT/issues/36)

 

[nubla]

Thanks for the clarifications.

One other suggestion would be to see if it could be made easier to mount network shared directories in mAid. I had to use pacman to install some packages (I think smbclient and/or cifs-utils) and had to add an entry to /etc/fstab so that I could mount the shared directory as a user and have write permissions.

 

[steadfasterX]

Thanks for the clarifications.

One other suggestion would be to see if it could be made easier to mount network shared directories in mAid. I had to use pacman to install some packages (I think smbclient and/or cifs-utils) and had to add an entry to /etc/fstab so that I could mount the shared directory as a user and have write permissions.

Never had that requirement before tbh .. Usually the users accessing the local attached windows disks and never over a network ..



Sent from my OnePlus 7T Pro using XDA Labs

 

[nubla]

Never had that requirement before tbh .. Usually the users accessing the local attached windows disks and never over a network ..

I can accept that I'm an unusual user. I find it convenient to store phone backups, tools, ROMs on a NAS so I can have it all accessible from any computer, and it's especially convenient when booting mAid.

Now that I figured out what I need, it's pretty simple anyway:
- install mount.cifs with "pacman -Sy cifs-utils"
- edit /etc/fstab to include a line like

//[SERVER IP]/[SHARE] /home/android/Desktop/share cifs username=[username],password=[password],noauto,rw,users 0 0

to make it user mountable
- then simply mount with

mount.cifs //[SERVER IP]/[SHARE] /home/android/Desktop/share

 

[milleniumarg]

I using Devuan Linux without systemd (SysV). How can I setup udev-rules?

 

[steadfasterX]

I using Devuan Linux without systemd (SysV). How can I setup udev-rules?

...ask that in a devuan forum might help?!


Sent from my OnePlus 7T Pro using XDA Labs

 

[DontReuseUsernames]

So, I presume after all this you all must be reflashing with LGUP via Wine...?

 

[crocopoco]

Hi guys, trying to flash an old LG G4 using Salt. The original post is quite old but I see this is still active. I have downloaded kdz
when I run salt with the phone in DL mode I click on extract then load the kdz
I get an error saying ERROR occured or aborted by user!
Could you guys help pointing me in the right direction ?
thanks a lot

 

[steadfasterX]

Hi guys, trying to flash an old LG G4 using Salt. The original post is quite old but I see this is still active. I have downloaded kdz
when I run salt with the phone in DL mode I click on extract then load the kdz
I get an error saying ERROR occured or aborted by user!
Could you guys help pointing me in the right direction ?
thanks a lot

Reproduce your issue and follow FAQ 1000