As I've heard some people have problems with working with XIP sections of some ROMs... as for example Asus P525 or other devices, here's a little tiny tutorial about this issue. What's the problem with them? It's their XIP sections are compressed with SRPX algorithm.
In some Asus kitchens in the ROM directory you have a ROM.TPL file. How to use it?
1. Get the OSNBTool from the attachement (it's a fantastic tool from Weisun of PDAclan.com).
2. Do:
Code:
>osnbtool -d rom.tpl 1 xip.bin
OS ROM Partition Tool V1.48 By Weisun :> PDAclan.com
Sector size : 0x00000200
OS IMAGE found.
Partitions infomation:
**************************************
Part-0 type: BOOT SECTION image
Part-1 type: XIP RAM Image
Part-2 type: IMGFS file system
**************************************
Signature: SRPX
CompressVersion: 5
Uncompressed size: 2E0000
Deompress processing...
Successfully decompressed to xip.bin
3. Run XIPPort and click "dump xip.bin".
4. Do your work with a XIP section.
5. After you're finished, issue "realloc P" and "build xip_out.bin" in XIPPort.
6. Do:
Code:
>osnbtool -c rom.tpl 1 xip_out.bin
OS ROM Partition Tool V1.48 By Weisun :> PDAclan.com
Sector size : 0x00000200
OS IMAGE found.
Partitions infomation:
**************************************
Part-0 type: BOOT SECTION image
Part-1 type: XIP RAM Image
Part-2 type: IMGFS file system
**************************************
Source OS image:
Signature: SRPX
CompressVersion: 5
Uncompressed size: 2E0000
Source Part-1 Size: 1AC400
--------------------------------------
Compress processing...
NEW Uncompressed size: 2D5000
NEW Compressed size: 1A6BF6
New Part Size: 1A71E6
Successfully compressed xip_out.bin into rom.tpl.NEW
7. You're done!
It turns out that a dumprom.exe and buildxip.exe tools handle those XIPs really well, too - and even better, as they do better reallocation of modules.
So, it can go as this:
Code:
>dumprom rom.tpl
IMGFS guidBootSignature: F8 AC 2C 9D E3 D4 2B 4D BD 30 91 6E D8 4F 31 DC
dwFSVersion: 00000001
dwSectorsPerHeaderBlock: 00000001
dwRunsPerFileHeader: 00000001
dwBytesPerHeader: 00000034
dwChunksPerSector: 00000008
dwFirstHeaderBlockOffset: 00000200
dwDataBlockSize: 00001000
szCompressionType: LZX
dwFreeSectorCount: 0000001E
dwHiddenSectorCount: 00000100
dwUpdateModeFlag: 00000000
Address: 00000200, dwBlockSignature: 2F5314CE
dwNextHeaderBlock: 00000000 (size: FFFFFE00)
Header type: FFFFFFFF, Addr: 00000208
Empty header
Header type: FFFFFFFF, Addr: 0000023C
Empty header
Header type: FFFFFFFF, Addr: 00000270
Empty header
Header type: FFFFFFFF, Addr: 000002A4
Empty header
Header type: FFFFFFFF, Addr: 000002D8
Empty header
Header type: FFFFFFFF, Addr: 0000030C
Empty header
Header type: FFFFFFFF, Addr: 00000340
Empty header
Header type: FFFFFFFF, Addr: 00000374
Empty header
Header type: FFFFFFFF, Addr: 000003A8
Empty header
Now you have new files: boot.bin, msflsh.bin and romhdr.bin, and a new folder XIP. Edit your XIP folder as you want.
Now, in ..\temp\dump folder put your .VM and .ROM folders and issue:
Code:
>buildxip
BUILDXIP 0.54 Copyright (c) 2007-2008 bepe 30 Jan 2008
Slot 0 Boundary: 0x01fa0000
Slot 1 Boundary: 0x03e18000
RAMStart: 0x88868000
RAMFree: 0x888c6000 - 0x8c000000 L0373a000
KernelFlags: 0x00000000
FSRamPercent: 0x00000004
Done!
In the end put your new created out.bin file into your tpl file:
Code:
>osnbtool -c rom.tpl 1 out.bin
OS ROM Partition Tool V1.48 By Weisun :> PDAclan.com
Sector size : 0x00000200
Extra data bytes : 0x00000000
OS IMAGE found.
Partitions infomation:
**************************************
Part-0 type: BOOT SECTION image
Part-1 type: XIP RAM Image
Part-2 type: IMGFS file system
**************************************
Source OS image:
Signature: SRPX
CompressVersion: 5
Uncompressed size: 2E0000
Source Part-1 Size: 1AC400
--------------------------------------
Compress processing...
New part size larger than old part in source OS image!
Rebuilding partition structure...
NEW Uncompressed size: 2E7000
NEW Compressed size: 1B1664
New Part Size: 1B1C78
Successfully compressed out.bin into rom.tpl.NEW
and you're done!
Hello utak3r.
This info is really important for me as I have an Eten device. Although, I've tried several times to build a XIP using "buildxip" (with or without -b flag - I don't know exactly what it does) but my rom doesn't boot.
I didn't even tried to change anything in XIP folder. Only dumped the XIP using "dumprom" and then build again to test it. Was I supposed to do something in the middle? Any idea?
bgcngm said:
with or without -b flag - I don't know exactly what it does
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This flag tells if it should take another, external boot.rgu file, or the included one. So, you should do it without this flag.
bgcngm said:
but my rom doesn't boot.
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The problem may be not in the building it, but in inserting it back. Some devices don't like changing the partition's size, for instance...
Check, what was the original xip.bin size and try to fill your new one with 0xFFs to this size - maybe it will help...
Another thing: give here full outputs from all the steps.
utak3r said:
The problem may be not in the building it, but in inserting it back. Some devices don't like changing the partition's size, for instance...
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I already thought that the problem was XIP insertion, but then I found XIPKitchen.
With a XIP created by XIPKitchen, I can successfully create a bootable rom, even with a different XIP partition size. I'm happy because those XIP's are working, however XIPKitchen doesn't integrates nicely in a rom kitchen. The user has to manually input the files and select some options in the program and I wanted to build the new XIP silently which is what buildxip does.
Do you know what could be the problem? I might be missing something... like rellocating the modules... But as I said before, I tried to build the XIP without touching it, simply by dumping and then rebuilding it. In that case there was no need to rellocate the modules, right?
utak3r, don't you know what could be the problem?
Hi bro
In some Asus kitchens in the ROM directory you have a ROM.TPL file
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use tool NB0 KITCHEN mrtoto which extracting&inserting partition xip in file out.bin in to NewROM.tpl
extracting out.bin use XipKitchen or buildrom bepe,ren xip_out_new.bin to out.bin ,move to directory Rom.tpl end push button "Build Template" in NB0 KITCHEN mrtoto
THANKS A LOT !!
Awesome tool, had troubles extracting one of the xip files since a LONG time, this just did the trick and it's nifty features like putting romhdr, o32, e32 headers nicely were also helpful.
THIS ONLY WORKS ON ROOTED ROMS/DEVICES
As a owner of the original Galaxy s i have encounter the problem like no radio signal etc, after flashing certain roms,this was because the efs partition/folder somehow got wiped.
This could be fixed by flashing certain original roms, or restoring the EFS folder from a backup, of course allot of people never did such backup
Soo, after you flash a rooted rom into your device this is one of the first thing you must do, believe me soon or later you gonna need it!
Here is how to:
1-Put your device into USB debugging mode
2- download busybox from the market and installed it, launch busybox in the device and press install.
3- download EFS-PRO from here, don't forget to thank the developer
4- launch the application in you pc
5- in " Data Backup Method select" "create compressed tar " or "create partition image" (Personally i used the tar method)
Tick "Save to device storage" and "Save to pc storage,then click "Backup EFS" button.
now you shoud have a Backup of the efs in you device storage card and one in the EFS pro folder in your pc, save it to a safe place and never share it!
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Thanks a lot for the tip mate
One more way to back the efs is to manually mount the filesystems and then copy the /efs folder and paste it somewhere safe
I have not personally tried it Can someone confirm whether this works ? I see no reason that it shouldn't but better be safe than sorry
P.S. This also needs root
Hi, Faria! I messed up the EFS and now I have a problem with the phone, wrote in other forum threads. You know how much, I could not make the file EFS for Odin3 that would fix and restore it.
Great post, and very useful advice. Other partitions can be backup up as well in the following way:
Code:
cd /storage/extSdCard
mkdir backup
cd backup
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=mmcblk0p1
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot0 of=mmcblk0boot0
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot1 of=mmcblk0boot0
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 of=mmcblk0p2
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 of=mmcblk0p3
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 of=mmcblk0p4
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 of=mmcblk0p5
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 of=mmcblk0p6
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=mmcblk0p7
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 of=mmcblk0p8
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p9 of=mmcblk0p9
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=mmcblk0p10
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=mmcblk0p11
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p12 of=mmcblk0p12
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=mmcblk0p13
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=mmcblk0p14
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p15 of=mmcblk0p15
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p16 of=mmcblk0p16
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p17 of=mmcblk0p17
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=mmcblk0p18
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p19 of=mmcblk0p19
sync
This will backup everything excluding the boot, recovery, system, cache, hidden, and data partitions. For the record, here is the PIT partition table:
Code:
--- Entry #0 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 1
Partition Flags: 2 (R/W)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 0
Partition Block Count: 256
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: MBR,GPT
Filename:
--- Entry #1 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 2
Partition Flags: 2 (R/W)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 256
Partition Block Count: 768
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: MasterTOC
Filename: STE_boot.bin
--- Entry #2 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 70
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 1024
Partition Block Count: 2048
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: PIT
Filename: goldenxx.pit
--- Entry #3 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 71
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 6144
Partition Block Count: 2048
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: MD5HDR
Filename: md5.img
--- Entry #4 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 3
Partition Flags: 2 (R/W)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 8192
Partition Block Count: 1024
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: STEboot1
Filename: STE_boot1.img
--- Entry #5 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 4
Partition Flags: 2 (R/W)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 9216
Partition Block Count: 1024
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: STEboot2
Filename: STE_boot2.img
--- Entry #6 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 5
Partition Flags: 2 (R/W)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 10240
Partition Block Count: 1024
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: Dnt
Filename: dnt.ssw
--- Entry #7 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 6
Partition Flags: 2 (R/W)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 11264
Partition Block Count: 1024
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: reserved
Filename:
--- Entry #8 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 7
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 16384
Partition Block Count: 2048
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: CSPSAFS
Filename: cspsa.img
--- Entry #9 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 8
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 18432
Partition Block Count: 2048
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: CSPSAFS2
Filename: cspsa2.img
--- Entry #10 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 9
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 5
Partition Block Size: 20480
Partition Block Count: 32768
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: EFS
Filename: EFS.img
--- Entry #11 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 10
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 5
Partition Block Size: 53248
Partition Block Count: 32768
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: ModemFS
Filename: modemfs.img
--- Entry #12 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 11
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 5
Partition Block Size: 86016
Partition Block Count: 32768
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: ModemFS2
Filename: modemfs2.img
--- Entry #13 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 12
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 118784
Partition Block Count: 102400
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: Fota
Filename: ssgtest.img
--- Entry #14 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 13
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 380928
Partition Block Count: 128
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: IPL Modem
Filename: ipl.bin
--- Entry #15 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 14
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 385024
Partition Block Count: 28672
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: Modem
Filename: modem.bin
--- Entry #16 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 15
Partition Flags: 2 (R/W)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 417792
Partition Block Count: 4096
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: Loke4
Filename: normal.bin
--- Entry #17 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 16
Partition Flags: 2 (R/W)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 421888
Partition Block Count: 4096
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: 2ndLoke4
Filename: normal2.bin
--- Entry #18 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 17
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 425984
Partition Block Count: 32768
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: PARAM
Filename: param.lfs
--- Entry #19 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 18
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 458752
Partition Block Count: 32768
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: Kernel
Filename: boot.img
--- Entry #20 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 19
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 1
Partition Block Size: 491520
Partition Block Count: 32768
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: Kernel2
Filename: recovery.img
--- Entry #21 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 20
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 5
Partition Block Size: 524288
Partition Block Count: 2457600
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: SYSTEM
Filename: system.img
--- Entry #22 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 21
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 5
Partition Block Size: 2981888
Partition Block Count: 1720320
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: CACHEFS
Filename: cache.img
--- Entry #23 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 22
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 5
Partition Block Size: 4702208
Partition Block Count: 655360
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: HIDDEN
Filename: hidden.img
--- Entry #24 ---
Unused: No
Partition Type: 2 (EXT4)
Partition Identifier: 23
Partition Flags: 5 (R)
Unknown 1: 5
Partition Block Size: 5357568
Partition Block Count: 9891840
Unknown 2: 0
Unknown 3: 0
Partition Name: DATAFS
Filename: userdata.img
PEV201078 said:
Hi, Faria! I messed up the EFS and now I have a problem with the phone, wrote in other forum threads. You know how much, I could not make the file EFS for Odin3 that would fix and restore it.
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The tool itself will restore the efs, no need for odin.
But if you never back up the efs folder this tool is not gonna help you now.
Never can find my device... :S
MalekoUK said:
Never can find my device... :S
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Connect it first then run the program. That helped me.
But I could never get it to work, finds device but no partitions appear. Also says Qualcomm device disabled.
I backed up my efs folder using root explorer but still wanted to do this...
MalekoUK said:
Never can find my device... :S
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Usb debuging on?
You sure you got all the drivers installed on the pc?
Try another usb slot?
All drivers installed, tested with ADB works, dunno if that means anything.
Sent from my SIII Mini using Tapatalk
for me;
efs ok connect I8190.
ok info rom .
(no partion detect)
Do not use the latest version of EFS , you will not be able to backup anything , search for an older version 1.x.x , I do the same and successfully backup my efs on i8190 .
evilinside said:
Do not use the latest version of EFS , you will not be able to backup anything , search for an older version 1.x.x , I do the same and successfully backup my efs on i8190 .
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Thanks very much. I couldn't get 2.x.x version working, got a 1.9.12 and worked perfectly.
swagmeister said:
Thanks very much. I couldn't get 2.x.x version working, got a 1.9.12 and worked perfectly.
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Worked perfectly for me with 1.9.12
Backup success
With the version 1.9.12 it worked for me, too!
Backup, backup backup!
Worked great for me on my GT-I8190L with EFS Pro v1.9.12 :good:
Can someone upload their EFS backup and paste it here, cause I kinda messed mine up and I can't get it back.
Thanks.
Edit: I actually need /modemfs folder /efs is fine.
No will post their efs folder here and if they do it will be taken down.
Efs folder contains the imei, mac etc.
No one wants their phone cloned.
Yes I realized that that's why I edited my post.I need a /modemfs folder, what's in there?
Edit: My /modemfs folder.
I think something's missing in there, I formatted it cause I accidentally installed a boot loader in it (dumba$$ I know) and no matter how many times i flashed my phone via Odin the radio didn't work.
Benzonat0r said:
Yes I realized that that's why I edited my post.I need a /modemfs folder, what's in there?
Edit: My /modemfs folder.
I think something's missing in there, I formatted it cause I accidentally installed a boot loader in it (dumba$$ I know) and no matter how many times i flashed my phone via Odin the radio didn't work.
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In that folder alone you missing GARDFIIL and trace_auto.conf
I can't find version 1.9.12
Any idea how to...
Tks!
DISCLAIMER: This guide describes procedures with tools that are designed to write directly to the storage of your device. This has the potential to lead to data loss or bricking your device. If you follow this guide carefully, none of these things should happen. That being said, you are still responsible for your own actions and how you handle the tools mentioned in this guide. Caution is advised.
When do i need this?The following procedure can be used to get your device back into a booting state if all else fails. Usually you'd want to use this tool to get a working recovery running on your device and then go from there. If your bootloader is locked you can use this tool to flash the stock recovery again and unlock the bootloader as ususal.
If that is not sufficient, you can also reflash all of firmware, bootloader and stock recovery.
This guide is not needed if:- The device still boots into stock recovery or TWRP
Flashing the official OxygenOS can fix many issues and you can unlock your bootloader as needed.
- The bootloader is unlocked. Use fastboot flash recovery <twrp image>
Check it with fastboot oem device-info
Use TWRP v3.0.2-0 with the OxygenOS 2 bootloader and the latest TWRP with the OxygenOS 3 bootloader.
- The ROM still boots and is rooted. Flash a stock recovery in a root shell:
adb root && adb shell
dd of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery if=/sdcard/OxygenOS_recovery.img
OxygenOS 2 Lollipop recovery - OxygenOS 3 Marshmallow recovery
On custom ROMs, you can usually enable root access for ADB in developer settings, even if you didn't root them youself.
If any link is dead, search for it on https://web.archive.org
Spoiler: Verify downloaded files
The OxygenOS recovery links download from OnePlus's official amazon cloud storage. To verify, compare with the OxygenOS download link from the official page. OnePlus no longer links to these files and provides no checksums, you can use these to verify your download:
Code:
de38f20e72da38d48899f14d022cc1b1cd6bff0f4a506adb7bcf0153e73b1934 OPX_recovery.img
2810feb0d87686ea0529d8718600fdf3181cf0c93f0b9e29e5f13004af0e2d84 OPX_MM_recovery.img
e2fb0f0fef7d644cf3e6c1c0699381074fd4a83f64be319b75b9942443a95c90 OnePlusXOxygen_14_OTA_019_all_201611071506_03f73e21449d4d31.zip
fd58d703cf677dc5148ab5dd0f4af6c3df13faeb51166719e17aa192a86a6c0a OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla.zip
Don't continue unless you actually checked if your bootloader is still unlocked. Sometime it is re-locked on accident if some things go wrong.
Recovery and ROM only boot with a compatible bootloader. If you're not sure, try one then the other.
There are two major versions of the OnePlus X bootloader, one from OxygenOS 2 (Lollipop) and one from OxygenOS 3 (Marshmallow), released ca. September 2016, all newer ROMs should be compatible.
Trying to boot into a ROM or recovery that is incompatible with the installed bootloader will get you stuck on the bootlogo screen. On the OxygenOS 2 bootloader the "Powered by Android" part will disappear.
A locked OxygenOS 2 bootloader will boot any compatible software.
A locked OxygenOS 3 bootloader will only boot software signed by OnePlus. When trying to boot an unsigned ROM or recovery the device will vibrate, splash the bootlogo for a second and reboot, resulting in an endless loop.
If all else fails: Flashing through EDL
You may know the legendary Mega Unbrick Guide for A Hard Bricked OnePlus X by Naman Bhalla but it only works on Windows.
It uses EDL, a hidden Qualcomm interface that allows direct read/write access to the devices flash storage to restore firmware, bootloader and stock recovery.
EDL is a powerful tool. A device in EDL mode will follow all instructions given to it without checking whether it would be a good idea to do so. If the instructions tell your device to overwrite userdata, IMEI or MAC address it will do so. Only flash files that are meant for your device. Don't edit any file unless you know what it does.
Preparation:You need to be at least somewhat familiar with the command line to do this.
- Install git from your distribution
- Download and compile the open source flashing tool QDL. Follow the section "Get the Linux flashing tool" from these instructions.
- Temporarily add QDL to your $PATH with export PATH="$(pwd):$PATH"
QDL must be able to communicate with your device. You can install the appropriate udev rules right now or try it without them first.
- Open a text editor sudo nano /etc/udev/rules.d/51-edl.rules
- Copy these rules and paste them. Ctrl+S to save, Ctrl+X to exit
- The rules should apply the next time you connect your device
- If flashing does not work check the file contents: cat /etc/udev/rules.d/51-edl.rules
- If you can't read the file: sudo chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-edl.rules
- If the new rules still don't load for some reason: sudo udevadm control --reload
- Download the "UnBrick tool mini" as uploaded by Naman Bhalla. (direct link)
- Create a clean working directory and extract the zip file.
Customize what to flash:By default, the UnBrick tool mini will flash OxygenOS 2 bootloader, firmware and stock recovery. From there you can flash the latest OxygenOS and unlock your bootloader again for a clean start.
Flashing OxygenOS will always install a compatible bootloader and firmware and OxygenOS will automatically upgrade the recovery during the boot process.
If this is what you want just skip to the next step.
The UnBrick tool will flash config.bin and persist.img and reset these partitions.
Resetting config will re-lock the bootloader.
Resetting persist will require it to be repopulated again. OxygenOS can do this but most Custom ROMs will have broken sensors.
If you don't want to flash certain files, rename them or move them to another directory.
If you only want to flash certain partitions like the recovery, create a new directory, e.g. flash_recovery-only. Download the recovery version you need:
OxygenOS 2 Lollipop recovery - OxygenOS 3 Marshmallow recovery
Copy it to the new directory and rename it to recovery.img to match the filename the UnBrick tool uses.
Additionaly, copy these files from the UnBrick tool:
gpt_main0.bin
gpt_backup0.bin
patch0.xml
prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn
rawprogram0.xml
Main procedure:
cd to the directory with the files from the UnBrick tool. Go to your custom directory if you created one in the previous step.
Run qdl prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn rawprogram0.xml patch0.xml
QDL will wait for your device to connect.
If QDL asks for permissions go back to "Preparation" and install the udev rules.
With the OnePlus X powered off hold VolUp and connect it to the PC. Otherwise, connect it to the PC first and hold Power+VolUp until it connects in EDL mode.
To verify the connection you can check lsusb or sudo dmesg -w
Devices in EDL mode show up with idVendor=05c6 and idProduct=9008, usually as Product: QHSUSB__BULK
lsusb example: ID 05c6:9008 Qualcomm, Inc. Gobi Wireless Modem (QDL mode)
To filter the output: lsusb -d 05c6:9008
QDL should print several lines of output, reporting what is flashed etc.
Once it's done, QDL will kick your device out of EDL mode. If everything is alright your phone should vibrate and boot to the charging screen. You should be able to boot to recovery now.
Congratulations on unbricking your device on a Linux machine, enjoy.
Changelog:
2019-12-12 - Original post
??? - undocumented edits
2020-05-24 - Fix possible execution of QDL without patch0.xml which would break the partition table
2022-09-05 - Fix unnessesarily confusing instructions
Thanks
I have a new TWRP on my OPX, but I don't really know what to change in the rawprogram0.xml file.
emilianoheyns said:
I have a new TWRP on my OPX, but I don't really know what to change in the rawprogram0.xml file.
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I'm not sure if i correctly understood your situation so i am going to assume the folloing:
- You are running a Linux based operating system on your desktop computer
- You have downloaded all necessary files as mentioned in the guide and successfully compiled qdl
- You want to use modern (newer than 2016) ROMs and the current OnePlus firmware and bootloader, i.e. from OxygenOS 3.1.4
- On your OnePlus X, you have "the old bootloader" installed, that is firmware prior to OxygenOS 3 (based on Marshmallow), i.e. firmware from OxygenOS 2.2.1 or similar
- Additionally, you accidentaly flashed TWRP version 3.0.2-1 or newer to your OnePlus X and rebooted into a soft-bricked state
If these assumptions are correct, i suggest as the easiest solution to reflash a compatible TWRP and update your firmware using that version of TWRP. If you can use your recovery, it is almost always the easiest method to make any remaining modifications in the recovery.
The procedure is as follows:
- From https://dl.twrp.me/onyx/, download TWRP version 3.0.2-0 and 3.3.1-0
- Reflash an old version of TWRP that is compatible, i.e. anything version 3.0.2-0 and below.
Once you flashed TWRP in one way or another, continue with the following steps to update your bootloader:
- Reboot to that version of TWRP to see if you succeeded
- In TWRP, install either one of the following to update your firmware:
- The official OxygenOS 3.1.4 zip downloaded from OnePlus via https://www.oneplus.com/support/softwareupgrade- Only the firmware by following this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-x/general/guide-update-bootloader-firmware-to-t347891766- Copy to your device: twrp-3.3.1-0-onyx.img and the installation zip you chose in the previous step
- Flash the zip in TWRP. Once TWRP is done flashing, immediately flash a version of TWRP 3.0.2-1 or later to recovery
- In TWRP, choose Reboot > Recovery. If your OnePlus X reboots to TWRP, everything went good and you can go on to flash roms and anything else like you're used to. Just note that very old ROMs (like from 2016 and before) will no longer boot on your device, but you can revert your Firmware by flashing the follwing zip: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-x/general/zip-recovery-flashable-firmware-radio-t3381420
Just remember that immediately after flashing this zip in TWRP, you have to flash TWRP version 3.0.2-0 or older again.
Now, there are some differnt cases that affect how TWRP initially needs to be flashed:
1. Your OnePlus X bootloader is not locked
(tested by running "fastboot oem device-info" on your desktop while your phone is connected in fastboot mode)
If your bootloader is still unlocked you can avoid the hassle of using qdl and simply resort to "fastboot flash recovery <recovery image file>" to fix your device.
2. Your ROM still boots and that ROM is rooted.
In this situation you can still avoid going through the hassle of using qdl.
All you need to do is to get a root shell running. There are several ways to achieve this:
- In a Terminal Emulator on the device run the command "su"
- On a desktop with your phone connected with adb enabled:
- Run either "adb root" and then "adb shell"
- Or run "adb shell" and within that shell, run "su"
Once you got the shell running you can flash your recovery with
"dd of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/recovery if=/sdcard/twrp-3.0.2-0-onyx.img"
To get the image to your device if downloaded on your desktop you can use "adb push twrp-3.0.2-0-onyx.img /sdcard/"
3. Your ROM does not boot or is not rooted.
This is the case where you absolutely need qdl and the situation i assume you are in.
Once you downloaded and unpacked the package from Naman Bhalla, you should see a directory containing the rawprogram0.xml and prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn files and a lot of others. You can take just the rawprogram0.xml and the prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn file and copy them to your working directory for the next steps.
Now, open rawprogram0.xml in a text editor. Search for the string "recovery". You will see a line starting with "<program" and ending in "/>". In your case, only the line containing " label="recovery" " and " filename="recovery.img" " is relevant. Remove all other lines starting with "<program" and save. Optionally, rename the file to "program-onyx-recovery.xml" or something you will recognize. This might be useful if you plan to keep the file and use it again in the future.
Now, optionally change filename="recovery.img" to the file name of your TWRP file or just rename your downloaded TWRP file to "recovery.img".
To flash, make sure that the following files are in your working directory:
- prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn
- rawprogram0.xml (but your customized version)
- recovery.img (whatever recovery you want to flash)
If that is settled, run qdl as explained in my initial guide in the original post to flash the recovery file.
Edit 2022-09-04: This whole paragraph only applies to the OxygenOS 2 bootloader. A locked OxygenOS 3 bootloader will only boot a signed ROM or a signed recovery. However, the device storage can always be dumped through EDL and the final point about encryption always applies.
Some final remarks on locked bootloader on the OnePlus X:
For the future, remember to just keep your bootloader unlocked. It can save you a lot of hassle.
And if you feel uncomfortable about walking around with an unlocked bootloader:
Re-locking the bootloader while TWRP is installed doesn't give any security benefit at all (for obvious reasons). Even if your Recevery would not be open to any local attacker, a locked bootloader doesn't give you much of a benefit on the OnePlus X.
Yes, the generic attac surface of simply using "fastboot flash" is gone, but remember how easy it is to find the UnBrick tool for the OnePlus X we used in this guide. Any attacker can use it as well to flash a malicious recovery onto your device, even if your bootloader is locked - and your OnePlus will boot it.
This is because the OnePlus X does not support Android Verified Boot. This is a security feature on newer Android devices that prevents booting unsigned software if the bootloader is locked. This can prevent flashing malicious firmware, OS or revovery onto a device. But since it also prevents booting TWRP you'd likely be walking around with an unlocked bootloader anyway even if your device were to support this security feature.
Funnily enough, this leads to the conclusion that running your OnePlus X with stock OxygenOS, Recovery and locked bootloader is about as insecure as running TWRP and having an unlocked bootloader if we are talking about an attacker with physical access to the device who also knows about this tool. And since such a tool exists for pretty much every android device as it is originally used to flash these devices in their factories and can be publicly found for most devices, it can be assumed that any attacker has access to this tool.
So remember, the only protection you can have on a OnePlus X is encrypting your data with a strong passcode and hoping that your data stays private even if you might lose your device.
I have no problems with having an unlocked bootloader -- I thought this device had one already. Yesterday it was running TWRP3.0.2-1 and LOS Marshmellow, I just screwed it up trying to upgrade it to an unofficial LOS16. It would first bootloop constantly, then I tried QDL, and now it doesn't even seem to turn on; I can hold the power button for a full minute but the screen remains black, and there's no vibration as I'm used to. It does show up in QDL mode; I tried the procedure as per point 3, using twrp-3.0.2-1 as the recovery image. QDL says:
Code:
HELLO version: 0x2 compatible: 0x1 max_len: 1024 mode: 0
READ image: 13 offset: 0x0 length: 0x50
READ image: 13 offset: 0x50 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x1050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x2050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x3050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x4050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x5050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x6050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x7050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x8050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x9050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0xa050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0xb050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0xc050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0xd050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0xe050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0xf050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x10050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x11050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x12050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x13050 length: 0x1000
READ image: 13 offset: 0x14050 length: 0x890
END OF IMAGE image: 13 status: 0
DONE status: 0
qdl: failed to read: Connection timed out
LOG: Host's payload to target size is too large
LOG: [email protected] [email protected]
LOG: [email protected] [email protected]
LOG: [email protected] [email protected]
LOG: start 1409024, num 31680
LOG: Finished sector address 1440704
[PROGRAM] flashed "recovery" successfully at 3960kB/s
no boot partition found
but the OPX still won't boot.
Is your bootloader actually unlocked?
The OnePlus X ships with a locked bootloader that prevents flashing files to the device using fastboot.
The usual steps to modify the OnePlus X and installing custom ROMs are:
- Unlock the bootloader by running "fastboot oem unlock" on a desktop PC while the phone is connected in fastboot mode.
- Flash TWRP by running "fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img" on a desktop PC while the phone is connected in fastboot mode.
Pressing the volume up button while turning on the device normally puts it into fastboot mode and "Fasboot Mode" will be displayed in the middle of the screen along with the oneplus logo.
Unlocking only works with the original OnePlus recovery and if the option "Allow OEM unlocking" is checked in the developer settings. Unlocking requires wiping all userdata.
Did you never do this yourself with your OnePlus X? Did you get this device as a used phone from someone else who already unlocked the bootloader?
What do you mean by "bootloop constantly"? Could you not boot the recovery?
Are you saying you already ran QDL with the unmodified files from the UnBrick tool?
If you really had TWRP 3.0.2-1 running before all your problems started, then doing so initially soft-bricked your device to begin with, as i outlined in footnote [1] of my original post.
I am not sure of the precise timeline and order of your descriptions. I currently assume that you're saying:
1. Had a working device with ROM: "LineageOS 13.0" Recovery: "TWRP version 3.0.2-1" Firmware: Unknown
2. Flashed some "lineage-16.0-unofficial.zip" in TWRP
3. When rebooting, "bootloops" appeared [How did that look? What was affected - just ROM or recovery as well?]
4. Run QDL with the unmodified files from the UnBrick tool that is linked in my original post
5. Phone does not react to button presses except when putting into EDL mode
6. Run QDL with recovery only as described in Point 3 of my follow up post, with the image file of TWRP version 3.0.2-1, QDL repoted success
7. Still not booting [What exactly does this mean? Still no reaction to button presses? Dees the phone vibrate and bring up the OnePlus logo?]
I've followed the mentioned steps and Im still stuck on linux logo..
I desesperately need help, bought a bricked second hand Oneplus X which I know nothing of in terms of past actions but previous owner
BolitaBolita said:
I've followed the mentioned steps and Im still stuck on linux logo..
I desesperately need help, bought a bricked second hand Oneplus X which I know nothing of in terms of past actions but previous owner
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If you did not modify any files from the unbrick tool by Naman Bhalla and qdl ran through sucessfully, it should have flashed a compatible combination of bootloader and stock recovery so you should be able to reboot to that one.
If this is not the case, you can also go with flashing just a TWRP image. Since there are really just two possible versions of the bootloader (at least in regards to booting compatibility) this should succeed after the second try at most. If not, it means that some other stuff might be broken as well.
As i wrote in my OP, for the OnePlus X any TWRP v3.0.2-0 or older is compatible with the "old bootloader" (Lollipop) and any TWRP v3.0.2-1 or newer is compatible with the "new bootloader" (Marshmallow).
What you basically want to achieve is to just get any recovery booting (be it Stock, TWRP, orangefox or any other useful recovery). From that point, it is fairly easy to get anywhere else on the OnePlus X.
As for other things that can break:
Most of the partitions in your device can be restored to an intact state by flashing an official OxygenOS zip (https://www.oneplus.com/support/softwareupgrade). There are some other ways but this is the safe and easy method.
Only a few partitions cannot be restored once tampered, since they are unique to the specific device. If this happens to be the case, then it can be fairly hard to fix. If the previous owner had unlocked the devices bootloader and flashed some stuff on it, you should ask them whether they might have some TWRP backups around, namely of the partitions "Persist" and "EFS".
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If you did not modify any files from the unbrick tool by Naman Bhalla and qdl ran through sucessfully, it should have flashed a compatible combination of bootloader and stock recovery so you should be able to reboot to that one.
If this is not the case, you can also go with flashing just a TWRP image. Since there are really just two possible versions of the bootloader (at least in regards to booting compatibility) this should succeed after the second try at most. If not, it means that some other stuff might be broken as well.
As i wrote in my OP, for the OnePlus X any TWRP v3.0.2-0 or older is compatible with the "old bootloader" (Lollipop) and any TWRP v3.0.2-1 or newer is compatible with the "new bootloader" (Marshmallow).
What you basically want to achieve is to just get any recovery booting (be it Stock, TWRP, orangefox or any other useful recovery). From that point, it is fairly easy to get anywhere else on the OnePlus X.
As for other things that can break:
Most of the partitions in your device can be restored to an intact state by flashing an official OxygenOS zip (https://www.oneplus.com/support/softwareupgrade). There are some other ways but this is the safe and easy method.
Only a few partitions cannot be restored once tampered, since they are unique to the specific device. If this happens to be the case, then it can be fairly hard to fix. If the previous owner had unlocked the devices bootloader and flashed some stuff on it, you should ask them whether they might have some TWRP backups around, namely of the partitions "Persist" and "EFS".
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Thank you for your reply SebiderSushi.
The only option I have in terms of recovery booting is the Oneplus original one since I bought the phone bricked (can't access dev options and can't connect through ADB for oem unlock).
I've managed to unlock the bootloader and tried to flash the official OsOxygen zip. The update stopped halfway and the phone bricked once again.
I've tried the Naman Bhalla unbrick tool with the MSMdownloadtool 2.1 (previously attempted 2.0). The process runs successfully, until its marked in green 'download complete'. Phone still bricked.
I'm currently attempting with QFIL through this thread https://www.droidsavvy.com/unbrick-qualcomm-mobiles/
Drivers correctly installed, port 9008 is detected and QFIL is currently. I'm using the files from the unbrick tool by Naman Bhalla for this. The output is the following:
Process Index:0
Programmer Path:C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn
Image Search Path:C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla
Please select the XML file
Start Download
Program Path:C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn
COM Port number:3
Sahara Connecting ...
Sahara Version:0
Start Sending Programmer
Download Fail:System.Exception: Unable to download Flash Programmer using Sahara Protocol
at QC.QMSLPhone.Phone.QPHONEMS_SaharaArmPrgDownload(String sFileName)
at QC.SwDownloadDLL.SwDownload.QPHONEMSSaharaDownloadArmPrg(UInt64& version, String armPrgPath)
Download Fail:Sahara FailSahara Fail
Finish Download
Start Download
Program Path:C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn
COM Port number:3
Sahara Connecting ...
Sahara Version:0
Start Sending Programmer
Download Fail:System.Exception: Unable to download Flash Programmer using Sahara Protocol
at QC.QMSLPhone.Phone.QPHONEMS_SaharaArmPrgDownload(String sFileName)
at QC.SwDownloadDLL.SwDownload.QPHONEMSSaharaDownloadArmPrg(UInt64& version, String armPrgPath)
Download Fail:Sahara FailSahara Fail
Finish Download
Start Download
Program Path:C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn
COM Port number:3
Sahara Connecting ...
Sahara Version:0
Start Sending Programmer
Download Fail:System.Exception: Unable to download Flash Programmer using Sahara Protocol
at QC.QMSLPhone.Phone.QPHONEMS_SaharaArmPrgDownload(String sFileName)
at QC.SwDownloadDLL.SwDownload.QPHONEMSSaharaDownloadArmPrg(UInt64& version, String armPrgPath)
Download Fail:Sahara FailSahara Fail
Finish Download
Start Download
Program Path:C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn
COM Port number:3
Sahara Connecting ...
Sahara Version:0
Start Sending Programmer
Download Fail:System.Exception: Unable to download Flash Programmer using Sahara Protocol
at QC.QMSLPhone.Phone.QPHONEMS_SaharaArmPrgDownload(String sFileName)
at QC.SwDownloadDLL.SwDownload.QPHONEMSSaharaDownloadArmPrg(UInt64& version, String armPrgPath)
Download Fail:Sahara FailSahara Fail
Finish Download
Start Download
Program Path:C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn
COM Port number:3
Sahara Connecting ...
Sahara Version:2
Start Sending Programmer
Sending Programmer Finished
Switch To FireHose
Max Payload Size to Target:49152 Bytes
Device Type:eMMC
Platform:8x26
Disable Ack Raw Data Every N Packets
Ack Raw Data:False
Skip Write:False
Always Validate:False
Use Verbose:False
COM Port number:3
Sending NOP
FireHose NOP sent successfully
Sending Configuration
Device Type:eMMC
Platform:8x26
Request payload size 0xc000 is not the same as support payload size, change to 0x20000
Set TxBuffer 0x20000, RxBuffer 0x4000
Firehose configure packet sent successfully!
Total Bytes To Program 0x62AE4A0
Download Image
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 0, Length: 33 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\gpt_backup0.bin
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0x4200 (64)
Program Size: 0.02 MB
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 0, Length: 34 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\gpt_main0.bin
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0x4400 (64)
Program Size: 0.02 MB
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 1609554, Length: 1024 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\config.bin
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0x80000 (64)
Program Size: 0.50 MB
PROGRAM: Replace the partition sectors number 0x8000 to file size in sector 0x254
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 1460242, Length: 596 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\logo.bin
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0x4a800 (64)
Program Size: 0.29 MB
PROGRAM: Replace the partition sectors number 0x8000 to file size in sector 0x74f0
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 1409024, Length: 29936 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\recovery.img
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0xe9e000 (64)
Program Size: 14.62 MB
PROGRAM: Replace the partition sectors number 0x10000 to file size in sector 0x26a3
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 294912, Length: 9891 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\persist.img
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0x4d4600 (64)
Program Size: 4.83 MB
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 259048, Length: 20480 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\static_nvbk.bin
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0xa00000 (64)
Program Size: 10.00 MB
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 238568, Length: 20480 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\dynamic_nvbk.bin
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0xa00000 (64)
Program Size: 10.00 MB
PROGRAM: Replace the partition sectors number 0x3e8 to file size in sector 0x28d
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 229376, Length: 653 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\tz.mbn
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0x51a00 (64)
Program Size: 0.32 MB
PROGRAM: Replace the partition sectors number 0x3e8 to file size in sector 0x174
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 182272, Length: 372 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\rpm.mbn
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0x2e800 (64)
Program Size: 0.18 MB
PROGRAM: Replace the partition sectors number 0x800 to file size in sector 0x380
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 180224, Length: 896 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\emmc_appsboot.mbn
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0x70000 (64)
Program Size: 0.44 MB
PROGRAM: Replace the partition sectors number 0x40 to file size in sector 0x17
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 148480, Length: 23 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\sdi.mbn
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0x2e00 (64)
Program Size: 0.01 MB
PROGRAM: Replace the partition sectors number 0x400 to file size in sector 0x22d
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 147456, Length: 557 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\sbl1.mbn
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0x45a00 (64)
Program Size: 0.27 MB
PROGRAM: Replace the partition sectors number 0x20000 to file size in sector 0x1c983
PROGRAM: Partition 0, Sector: 16384, Length: 117123 Sectors, Sector Size: 512 Bytes
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\NON-HLOS.bin
PROGRAM: Written Bytes 0x3930600 (64)
Program Size: 57.19 MB
Total Size: 98.68 MB
Total Size: 28 Seconds
Throughput: 3.52 MB/Seconds
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 9, Offset 40 Bytes, Size: 8 Bytes, Value: NUM_DISK_SECTORS-34.
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 0, Offset 40 Bytes, Size: 8 Bytes, Value: NUM_DISK_SECTORS-34.
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 1, Offset 48 Bytes, Size: 8 Bytes, Value: NUM_DISK_SECTORS-34.
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 0, Offset 48 Bytes, Size: 8 Bytes, Value: NUM_DISK_SECTORS-34.
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 1, Offset 32 Bytes, Size: 8 Bytes, Value: NUM_DISK_SECTORS-1.
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 0, Offset 24 Bytes, Size: 8 Bytes, Value: NUM_DISK_SECTORS-1.
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 0, Offset 72 Bytes, Size: 8 Bytes, Value: NUM_DISK_SECTORS-33.
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 1, Offset 88 Bytes, Size: 4 Bytes, Value: CRC32(2,4096)
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 0, Offset 88 Bytes, Size: 4 Bytes, Value: CRC32(NUM_DISK_SECTORS-33.,4096)
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 1, Offset 16 Bytes, Size: 4 Bytes, Value: 0
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 1, Offset 16 Bytes, Size: 4 Bytes, Value: CRC32(1,92)
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 0, Offset 16 Bytes, Size: 4 Bytes, Value: 0
PATCH: Partition 0, Sector: 0, Offset 16 Bytes, Size: 4 Bytes, Value: CRC32(NUM_DISK_SECTORS-1.,92)
Total download file size: 98.68066MB
Throughput: 3.524309M/s
Reset Phone
Waiting for reset done...
Download Fail:FireHose Fail Fail to find QDLoader port after switch
Finish Download
BolitaBolita said:
The only option I have in terms of recovery booting is the Oneplus original one since I bought the phone bricked (can't access dev options and can't connect through ADB for oem unlock).
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Now what exactly do you even mean when you say "Bricked"?
If you can boot into recovery, then your device is usually not bricked, but even if, it is usually not in a state where using a flashing tool and risking to **** up the device for good has any real advantage over solving whatever problem in the recovery.
As long as your device doesn't have any hardware errors (broken storage) then the official OnePlus Recovery should almost always be able to install the official OxygenOS.
Under what terms did you even buy this device? How did the previous owner describe the state of the device and its defects if they mentioned them?
BolitaBolita said:
File: C:\Users\simao\Desktop\AAA\OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla\config.bin
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You are using windows, so how did you even end up in this thread?
Sorry for the delay -- I thought I had set up notifications and didn't want to push on the point until you had time, but I did not receive a notification for this.
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Is your bootloader actually unlocked?
The OnePlus X ships with a locked bootloader that prevents flashing files to the device using fastboot.
The usual steps to modify the OnePlus X and installing custom ROMs are:
- Unlock the bootloader by running "fastboot oem unlock" on a desktop PC while the phone is connected in fastboot mode.
- Flash TWRP by running "fastboot flash recovery TWRP.img" on a desktop PC while the phone is connected in fastboot mode.
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I had a LineageOS running on the OPX before I screwed up an upgrade of LOS. I had TWRP on the phone. The bootloader must be unlocked then yes?
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Pressing the volume up button while turning on the device normally puts it into fastboot mode and "Fasboot Mode" will be displayed in the middle of the screen along with the oneplus logo.
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broadly, that is what I had done before, but right now I don't even get the fastboot logo.
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Unlocking only works with the original OnePlus recovery and if the option "Allow OEM unlocking" is checked in the developer settings. Unlocking requires wiping all userdata.
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Right, but I had passed that station before, as it was running LOS.
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Did you never do this yourself with your OnePlus X? Did you get this device as a used phone from someone else who already unlocked the bootloader?
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No, I did all this myself, but screwed up the update to a non-official LOS.
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What do you mean by "bootloop constantly"? Could you not boot the recovery?
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I could not, no, but now I'm not even getting the fastboot logo
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Are you saying you already ran QDL with the unmodified files from the UnBrick tool?
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Correct, yes.
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I am not sure of the precise timeline and order of your descriptions. I currently assume that you're saying:
1. Had a working device with ROM: "LineageOS 13.0" Recovery: "TWRP version 3.0.2-1" Firmware: Unknown
2. Flashed some "lineage-16.0-unofficial.zip" in TWRP
3. When rebooting, "bootloops" appeared [How did that look? What was affected - just ROM or recovery as well?]
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Initially I could get to recovery, I tried to upgrade to the latest TWRP for the OPX, when I tried to restart that to recovery, it would just vibrate and reboot continuously
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7. Still not booting [What exactly does this mean? Still no reaction to button presses? Dees the phone vibrate and bring up the OnePlus logo?]
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Currently, the screen stays black, and I can hold volume up or power for 20 seconds with no reaction (no vibrate, no logo)
First off, i'm extremely sorry for my delay! I also happened to notice your message just today.
Right now i got around and tried reproducing your scenario on my own OnePlus X.
As you said that you ran the unmodified setup from the unbrick tool according to my guide, i did as well - and ran into the same issue you were describing.
After some fiddling around, i realized that you must supply the patch0.xml file as well for a complete flash on the OnePlus X when you also modify the GPT (partition table), which the unmodified rawprogram0.xml does. This is not the case if you only install a recovery or other individual partitions so it slipped my mind. I deeply apologize for not testing the command line for the unmodified UnBrick tool package well enough while writing my Guide.
If nothing else is wrong, running
"/path/to/qdl_source_code/qdl prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn rawprogram0.xml patch0.xml"
with the unmodified UnBrick tool will fix the device back to a booting state with the stock recovery and Lollipop Bootloader installed on the device., it did so in my case.
Alternatively, if you don't want to reflash all partitions from the package, you can also just try running
"/path/to/qdl_source_code/qdl prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn patch0.xml"
Short of any good documentation, i guessed that the problem appeared because the unmodified rawprogram0.xml also writes the GPT table in its last two program elements. If you look in patch0.xml, you can see that it takes care of the GPT in some way. Once i removed the two program items regarding the GPT, rawprogram0.xml could be applied without needing to flash patch0.xml together with it.
So i assume that it is safe to individually flash any partition listed it rawprogram0.xml apart from the GPT. If your GPT is not in a valid state, there's not much booting going on, since your device won't be able to even read your bootloader from the disk without a partition table.
emilianoheyns said:
I had a LineageOS running on the OPX before I screwed up an upgrade of LOS. I had TWRP on the phone. The bootloader must be unlocked then yes?
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While this implies that you very likely once had an unlocked bootloader to allow installation of TWRP to your device, it is not necessarily the case. For one, it is possible to re-lock the bootloader on the OnePlus X and still boot and use custom recoveries and software. Only flashing images via fastboot becomes impossible again if you relock the bootloader. This is because the OnePlus X is a fairly old device (remember it came out with android 5.1). Such old devices don't support features like Android Verified Boot yet. This is the standard on modern android devices and it implies that a locked bootloader should only load and boot untampered system partitions as signed by the device vendor.
Edit 2022-09-04: I was wrong about this. This only applies to the OxygenOS 2 bootloader. Trying to boot an unsigned ROM or recovery with an unlocked OxygenOS 3 bootloader causes the exact symptoms that were described; The bootloader repeatedly tries booting in an infinite loop. Probably the LOS fash that went wrong caused the bootloader to re-lock, which is why rebooting to recovery didn't work afterwards as well as booting the ROM.
Also, qdl (or any othe software using the Qualcomm Emergency Download Mode) can also install custom Recoveries or ROMs to the devices without unlocking the bootloader and flashing stuff through fastboot.
After that, you can also boot back into fastboot mode and the run
fastboot oem device-info
from your computer to check if your devices bootloader is currently unlocked or not. If it is not, this is a perfect chance to unlock it, since you already got the official recovery installed and probably no user data to take care of anyway.
Hi, thanks for getting back to me. The problem I'm facing currently is that the OPX currently seems unresponsive -- the screen stays black, and no vibration, seemingly regardless of what button combination I use or how long I keep it on the charger. Any idea what key combo is most likely to bring it up in a state that QDL would see it?
I have fetched a fresh copy of OPX_UnBrick_Mini_By_Naman_Bhalla; I'm sorry to have to ask again, but I should then copy over prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn, rawprogram0.xml and patch0.xml unchanged, and run `/path/to/qdl_source_code/qdl prog_emmc_firehose_8974.mbn rawprogram0.xml patch0.xml`? I think I'd prefer to get it back to a booting state to then figure out what I can safely flash on it.
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I should note, if I connect the charger, the red charging light comes on for a second, maybe two, end then goes out again. It does not come back on unless I plug in again, even if I let it charge overnight.
In my case the usual route to enter EDL mode worked fine - that is, disconnect your OnePlus X from any power source for a few seconds, then press and hold the Volume Up button and after a few seconds reconnect it to your PC where you run qdl, then release the button and execute qdl.
If you want to flash the default confuguration of the unbrick tool you must open your terminal window in the folder you extracted from the download (or cd to it). This is because the files that are flashed to the device are in this folder as you caj see and they are being referenced with relative paths / their filenames from within "rawprogram0.xml".
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In my case the usual route to enter EDL mode worked fine - that is, disconnect your OnePlus X from any power source for a few seconds, then press and hold the Volume Up button and after a few seconds reconnect it to your PC where you run qdl, then release the button and execute qdl.
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Ah well, it must have died somewhere along the way then. When I do that, even after having it on the charger, nothing shows up in dmesg. Thanks in any case!
I wouldn't give up just yet. The actual rule for entering EDL mode on the OnePlus X is:
- The device must be powered off at the beginning
- The Volume Up button must be in pressed state when connecting it to the computer
Edit 2022-09-04: I was wrong about this. It is also possible to hold Power+Vol Up while connected to the PC until the device shows up in dmesg -w
Everything else, like waiting few seconds here and there is mostly safeties to ensure each state is entered or recognized cleanly.
I mostly had my phone running fresh from the last flashing process, which means that qdl had turned it off cleanly for me. So i definitely had good conditions to enter EDL mode.
I don't know what's going on with your notification LED since i didn't notice this on my device or payed any attention to it - but it might indicate that your phone could be in a not cleanly powered off state.
You can still try pressing the power button for a longer time (maybe about 10 to 30 seconds) to see if that switches off your device the right way before you retry entering EDL mode.
Or do any other experiments pressing buttons or try with different cables.
When was the last time you could successfully connect your device in any mode and which mode was it?
The symptoms you described about black screen, no vibrations or any reaction to button presses were also present on my device as well so this is i'd guess it's just normal for the state.
If you get it back to a booting state you should be able to install the official OxygenOS right from the stock recovery, or flash a compatible TWRP image using qdl or fastboot and copy any remaining data that you want to keep.
@SebiderSushi, could you please take a look at >this post< and hint if anything else can be done using edl on linux?