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Samsung Galaxy Stellar SCH-I200 - System, Recovery, and Boot Images FOUND!

We found the structure of the Samsung Stellar and we now know where the System, recovery, and boot images are!
This here is some of the file structures of the Samsung Stellar:
Code:
cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
179 0 3866624 mmcblk0
179 1 61440 mmcblk0p1
179 2 128 mmcblk0p2
179 3 256 mmcblk0p3
179 4 512 mmcblk0p4
179 5 2048 mmcblk0p5
179 6 512 mmcblk0p6
179 7 10240 mmcblk0p7
179 8 512 mmcblk0p8
179 9 512 mmcblk0p9
179 10 10240 mmcblk0p10
179 11 13952 mmcblk0p11
179 12 3072 mmcblk0p12
179 13 3072 mmcblk0p13
179 14 1228800 mmcblk0p14
179 15 1966080 mmcblk0p15
179 16 8192 mmcblk0p16
179 17 512000 mmcblk0p17
179 18 10240 mmcblk0p18
179 19 10240 mmcblk0p19
179 20 6144 mmcblk0p20
179 21 3072 mmcblk0p21
179 22 8 mmcblk0p22
179 23 5120 mmcblk0p23
179 64 1024 mmcblk0boot1
179 32 1024 mmcblk0boot0
179 96 1955840 mmcblk1
179 97 1081054 mmcblk1p1
179 98 750000 mmcblk1p2
179 99 124785 mmcblk1p3
To extract the images in their locations: you'll need to use these commands:
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18 of=/mnt/extSdCard/Recovery.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 of=/mnt/extSdCard/boot.img
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/mnt/extSdCard/system.img
This assumes that you have an external SD card.
System Partition: http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i200/stock.VRALG4.system.img.tar.md5.zip
The rest of the goodies are here: http://goo.im/devs/invisiblek/i200
BIG Thanks to Invisiblek!

Romdump
sovereign73811 said:
Does anyone know how to use Romdump on a Samsung device? I read that Samsung has its own flashing structure which makes extracting the ROMs harder.
Is there any way to know how the file strucutre works or how to access the stock ROMs. Oh and yes we do have rooted devices.
This here is some of the file structures of the Samsung Stellar:
Code:
[email protected]:/dev/block # ls
ls
loop0
loop1
loop2
loop3
loop4
loop5
loop6
loop7
mmcblk0
mmcblk0boot0
mmcblk0boot1
mmcblk0p1
mmcblk0p10
mmcblk0p11
mmcblk0p12
mmcblk0p13
mmcblk0p14
mmcblk0p15
mmcblk0p16
mmcblk0p17
mmcblk0p18
mmcblk0p19
mmcblk0p2
mmcblk0p20
mmcblk0p21
mmcblk0p22
mmcblk0p23
mmcblk0p3
mmcblk0p4
mmcblk0p5
mmcblk0p6
mmcblk0p7
mmcblk0p8
mmcblk0p9
mmcblk1
mmcblk1p1
mmcblk1p2
mmcblk1p3
platform
ram0
ram1
ram10
ram11
ram12
ram13
ram14
ram15
ram2
ram3
ram4
ram5
ram6
ram7
ram8
ram9
Code:
cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
179 0 3866624 mmcblk0
179 1 61440 mmcblk0p1
179 2 128 mmcblk0p2
179 3 256 mmcblk0p3
179 4 512 mmcblk0p4
179 5 2048 mmcblk0p5
179 6 512 mmcblk0p6
179 7 10240 mmcblk0p7
179 8 512 mmcblk0p8
179 9 512 mmcblk0p9
179 10 10240 mmcblk0p10
179 11 13952 mmcblk0p11
179 12 3072 mmcblk0p12
179 13 3072 mmcblk0p13
179 14 1228800 mmcblk0p14
179 15 1966080 mmcblk0p15
179 16 8192 mmcblk0p16
179 17 512000 mmcblk0p17
179 18 10240 mmcblk0p18
179 19 10240 mmcblk0p19
179 20 6144 mmcblk0p20
179 21 3072 mmcblk0p21
179 22 8 mmcblk0p22
179 23 5120 mmcblk0p23
179 64 1024 mmcblk0boot1
179 32 1024 mmcblk0boot0
179 96 1955840 mmcblk1
179 97 1081054 mmcblk1p1
179 98 750000 mmcblk1p2
179 99 124785 mmcblk1p3
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I tried romdump myself the other day on this, after rooting the phone, and romdump can't find /proc/mnt - I see that there is a file called /proc/mounts on the Stellar, however. I'm wondering if changing the references to /proc/mnt in the romdump script to /proc/mounts would help, but I'm a regular Linux person and am new to the way Android does things. You think this might work? I tried viewing romdump in a text editor,but it just spit out some gibberish with the word ELF at the top, which leads me to believe it is a Lua script or something. Do you know what language is being used? By the way, I'm also following your thread with moondeath on androidforums - did he ever get his situation sorted out?

Yeah we're still working on it, but so far Moondeath, AGZealot, and frankly even I have been greatly...discouraged. I wish I knew what langauge was being used for Romdump.
Moondeath so far has been unable to get the screen back so I'm wondering if there's something to the bootloader LCD Density changer did? I thought LCD Density changer only changed the OS.
Lastly, I also found something on that same site for Romdump. Take a look at this:
http://android.podtwo.com/recoverymanager/
Be careful. We only want to extract the stock images and the stock recovery mode image. If it wants to put a custom recovery/bootloader in your phone STOP, or you will be like me and have a beautifully bricked phone. Only stock images will help me now.
It's a shame too. I made some kind of backup on my phone and I can't even access it.
By the way, it's good to have another person on board with this...I just wish we can get a REAL developer on this...

OK people: here's a tip I've received from an XDA developer expert (thanks invisiblek):
Quote:
a quick and dirty explanation (need root)
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/output.img
this will save the partition mmcblk0p1 to output.img
now, to determine what partitions are
on my device its:
Code:
ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/
but you're scheme and directory structure there might be a little different, so adjust accordingly
Longer Version:
http://www.darkyrom.com/index.php?t...o-guide-to-dump-entire-s3-data-with-adb.8059/

sovereign73811 said:
OK people: here's a tip I've received from an XDA developer expert:
Quote:
a quick and dirty explanation (need root)
Code:
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 of=/sdcard/output.img
this will save the partition mmcblk0p1 to output.img
now, to determine what partitions are
on my device its:
Code:
ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/
but you're scheme and directory structure there might be a little different, so adjust accordingly
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Ok, I ran the ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/ command and I do see a "backup" directory and a "recovery" directory. I also see "rpm", which leads me to believe that Android runs on Red Hat. Not sure how relevant that is, but at least there's something that directly refers to what we're looking for. I do remember being asked to back up the phone when I first powered it on after I bought it. I wonder if maybe some kind of stock image is stored there?

There is. See if you can extract the system image and the recovery image.

We think we've found the system image in mmcblk0p14.
The SYSTEM may be in
Code:
[email protected]:/ # dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/sdcard/system.img bs=4096
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p14 of=/sdcard/system.img bs=4096
307200+0 records in
307200+0 records out
1258291200 bytes tra
We may also have a bootloader:
Code:
[email protected]:/ #
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot1 of=/sdcard/boot1.img bs=4096
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot1 of=/sdcard/boot1.img bs=4096
[email protected]:/ # dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot1 of=/sdcard/boot1.img bs=4096
256+0 records in
256+0 records out
1048576 bytes transferred in 0.130 secs (8065969 bytes/sec)
[email protected]:/ # dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot0 of=/sdcard/boot0.img bs=4096
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot0 of=/sdcard/boot0.img bs=4096
256+0 records in
256+0 records out
1048576 bytes transferred in 0.129 secs (8128496 bytes/sec)
[email protected]:/ #
Now all we need is to find the recovery...

I have a theory:
I believe that the recovery partition is in "mmcblk0p20." This partition is about 6MB and I've seen Galaxy S3 recovery partitions size around 6MB.
Let's try adding this:
Code:
ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
or:
Code:
ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmcblk0p20
Can anyone help me confirm the theory? I would if I had a working phone.

Hey guys what's up, I have a ROM or 2 out for the skyrocket and the vzw gs3, I picked one of these up for my son and been playing with it, what is it your trying to do here? For root its easy ,but what is it your looking for and I may be able to help
Sent from my SCH-I200 using xda premium

We're trying to make a backup of the system, recovery, and boot partitions and make them into ROMs flashable to Odin or whatever we need them to be.
If you can try to shed some light on the locations of the ROMs I'd certainly be grateful.

boot recovery
Hey you think somehow if i go into boot recovery, and click on the option that says format from sdcard.. is there a way i can transfer my root files into my sd car (8GB) then root it again? So basically do something from my sd card? instead of plugging it into the comp? And the repair option for the upgrade assistant didnt work since my computer couldnt read my device.

I'm sure you've installed the Samsung USB drivers on there.
It takes much more to "transfer" the "root files" to your SD Card. The only thing you can "pull" from the phone in recovery mode is the Recovery image itself.
I can use that actually. Refer to my previous posts here on this very topic and see what you can do.

Has anyone tried any cwm recoveries yet?
Sent from my SCH-I200 using xda premium

DON'T DO IT! Unless you want to brick your phone. I did something similar and that's how I'm in my predicament.
Before you do anything else PLEASE backup your ROMs. Look at my past posts of this topic; I think we've found some of the ROMs.

sovereign73811 said:
I have a theory:
I believe that the recovery partition is in "mmcblk0p20." This partition is about 6MB and I've seen Galaxy S3 recovery partitions size around 6MB.
Let's try adding this:
Code:
ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery
or:
Code:
ls -l /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmcblk0p20
Can anyone help me confirm the theory? I would if I had a working phone.
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a/local/bin:$PATH <
/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmcblk0p20 <
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-13 18:02 mmcblk0p20 -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/recovery <
lrwxrwxrwx root root 1970-01-13 18:02 recovery -> /dev/block/mmcblk0p18
[email protected]:/ $

So it's in mmcblk0p18? Hmm...can you extract anything out of it?
And I'll ask again: If any of you are successful in extracting the ROMs, please upload them. I need my Stellar back up and running soon!

Sure, I can try to extract something - any tips on how to do that? I can obviously just Google it, but I'm new to the Android environment. If I could get the device to talk to my Linux box, I could probably do a lot more, but it doesn't recognize the device via MTP, which is another battle I'm working on. As a result, I have either use my work laptop, which runs Windows, or I have to do it directly from the phone.

If I know the code enough, I believe that these commands through adb will extract the partitions in an image file. You can look at the very first post of the topic; I've updated it with some compiled information I've gathered.

So I too am new to android. I just attempted a rom dump using the podtwo romdump/adb method, and I am pretty sure that it did not complete as it should have. Here is the output
Code:
C:\Users\gravewood\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb push romdump
/data/local
2587 KB/s (1149900 bytes in 0.434s)
C:\Users\gravewood\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell chmod
04755 /data/local/romdump
C:\Users\gravewood\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb shell /data/
local/romdump
Android ROM dumper v0.82b
(c)2011 Sebastian404
You need to be rooted to run this aplication
Device : IMM76D.I200VRALG4
Creating required files... cat: can't open '/proc/mtd': No such file or director
y
done.
Opening mtd table... Segmentation fault
C:\Users\gravewood\AppData\Local\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>
It did not create the sub directory named after my device so what is in the zip is all I have, taking a smoke break hope someone can work with it let me know what else I can do to help.

ROMDump doesn't work because of Samsung's proprietary partitioning. Try looking around here instead.

[Q]how to dump boot.img from huawei ascend G330 (u8825-1)?

sorry if I'm wrong section but I have a bad English.
I'm trying to do the dump file boot.img most beautiful gi others from a huawei ascend G330 (u8825-1) and do not know what these files contain what it helpful. who can help me to understand what they contain and to identify the boot thanks
Code:
[email protected]:~$ adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
[email protected]:/ # su
130|[email protected]:/ # cat /proc/mtd
dev: size erasesize name
[email protected]:/ #
127|[email protected]:/ # cat /proc/emmc
/proc/emmc: No such file or directory
[email protected]:/ # cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
179 0 3817472 mmcblk0
179 1 20 mmcblk0p1
179 2 300 mmcblk0p2
179 3 133120 mmcblk0p3
179 4 1 mmcblk0p4
179 5 12288 mmcblk0p5
179 6 4096 mmcblk0p6
179 7 4096 mmcblk0p7
179 8 3072 mmcblk0p8
179 9 3072 mmcblk0p9
179 10 3072 mmcblk0p10
179 11 4096 mmcblk0p11
179 12 8192 mmcblk0p12
179 13 20480 mmcblk0p13
179 14 4096 mmcblk0p14
179 15 196608 mmcblk0p15
179 16 81920 mmcblk0p16
179 17 524288 mmcblk0p17
179 18 655360 mmcblk0p18
179 19 2154496 mmcblk0p19
179 32 7822336 mmcblk1
179 33 7818240 mmcblk1p1
sorry again for my bad English.

boot.img is the kernel of ur phone..
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pavan_19 said:
boot.img is the kernel of ur phone..
Sent from my GT-B5512 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
excuse can be more clear and explain how to make the dump file to img

Sorry dude no idea about that..
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[Q] How to restore damaged Internal SD card partition layout? Tried everything.

I have Samsung S 3 mini.
I did something really bad to my INTERNAL SD CARD partition layout, so now I have
Code:
~ # cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
179 0 7634944 mmcblk0
179 64 2048 mmcblk0boot1
179 32 2048 mmcblk0boot0
179 96 3866624 mmcblk1
179 97 3862528 mmcblk1p1
Code:
~ # ls -la /dev/block/mmcblk*
brw------- 1 root root 179, 0 Jan 1 10:30 /dev/block/mmcblk0
brw------- 1 root root 179, 32 Jan 1 09:28 /dev/block/mmcblk0boot0
brw------- 1 root root 179, 64 Jan 1 09:28 /dev/block/mmcblk0boot1
-rw-rw-rw- 1 root root 16777216 Jan 1 10:07 /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 0 Jan 1 10:07 /dev/block/mmcblk0p22
brw------- 1 root root 179, 96 Jan 1 09:28 /dev/block/mmcblk1
brw------- 1 root root 179, 97 Jan 1 09:28 /dev/block/mmcblk1p1
Code:
~ # df
Filesystem 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
tmpfs 411756 16452 395304 4% /dev
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 3858432 1473472 2384960 38% /external_sd
Code:
~ # mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 on /external_sd type vfat (rw,nodev,noatime,nodiratime,fmask=0000,dmask=0000,allow_utime=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro)
Code:
~ # tail ./etc/recovery.fstab
/system ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p22
/cache ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p23
/data ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 length=-16384
/efs ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
/boot emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p20
/recovery emmc /dev/block/mmcblk0p21
/preload ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p24
/modem ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p12
/sdcard datamedia /dev/null
/external_sd vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1
Code:
~ # tail ./etc/fstab
/dev/block/mmcblk0p23 /cache ext4 rw
/dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /data ext4 rw
/dev/block/mmcblk0p22 /system ext4 rw
/dev/null /sdcard datamedia rw
Code:
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) print
print
Warning: /dev/block/mmcblk0 contains GPT signatures, indicating that it has a
GPT table. However, it does not have a valid fake msdos partition table, as it
should. Perhaps it was corrupted -- possibly by a program that doesn't
understand GPT partition tables. Or perhaps you deleted the GPT table, and are
now using an msdos partition table. Is this a GPT partition table?
Yes/No?
My ClockWorkMod recovery tool can't mount anything (/cache, /system, nothing). This is what kind of stuff I get in CWM:
Code:
-- Wiping cache...
Formatting /cache...
Need size of filesystem
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p23
Cache wipe complete.
W:failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p23 (Block device required)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
W:failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p23 (Block device required)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/last_log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/last_log
W:failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p23 (Block device required)
W:Can't unlink /cache/recovery/command
Formatting /data...
warning: get_file_size: Computed filesystem size less than 0
Need size of filesystem
E:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/mmcblk0p25
Error formatting /data!
W:failed to mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p23 (Block device required)
E:Can't mount /cache/recovery/log
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/log
As you can see, there is no partitions for /system, /cache and other stuff, that should be there. (but /system, and /cache folders are present in dir listing)
I really did everything I could. I tried: restore from backup (I have one, made with recovery tool), install new ROM (With recovery tool), install stock firmware and stock kernel in ODIN mode. I even tried some PIT file: nothing did absolutely nothing to my status.
Frankly I miss some important part in understanding of filesystem, partitions, images, what is ROM, what is stock kernel, how does those 22, 23 25 partitions are created etc ...
What should I do? Please, help.

How did you mess it up
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

mattoaida said:
How did you mess it up
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As I remember correctly, I tried to repartition my External SD card with fdisk right on Android via 'adb shell'. And I delete existed (there was only one as I recall) partition on mmcblk0 (which is appeared to be not an External, but Internal =\
I tried to create fat and ext partitions on mmcblk0, but only now I thought, that I didn't format it .. and maybe ext should be made as ext3 or ext4. Don't know exactly how to do it.

Oh, looks like I have everything in console buffer (full history of distraction actions)
In the beginning I had this:
Code:
cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
7 0 2111 loop0
179 0 7634944 mmcblk0
179 1 128 mmcblk0p1
179 2 384 mmcblk0p2
179 3 1024 mmcblk0p3
179 4 1024 mmcblk0p4
179 5 512 mmcblk0p5
179 6 512 mmcblk0p6
179 7 512 mmcblk0p7
179 8 512 mmcblk0p8
179 9 1024 mmcblk0p9
179 10 1024 mmcblk0p10
179 11 16384 mmcblk0p11
179 12 16384 mmcblk0p12
179 13 16384 mmcblk0p13
179 14 51200 mmcblk0p14
179 15 64 mmcblk0p15
179 16 14336 mmcblk0p16
179 17 2048 mmcblk0p17
179 18 2048 mmcblk0p18
179 19 16384 mmcblk0p19
179 20 16384 mmcblk0p20
179 21 16384 mmcblk0p21
179 22 1228800 mmcblk0p22
179 23 860160 mmcblk0p23
179 24 327680 mmcblk0p24
179 25 4945920 mmcblk0p25
179 64 2048 mmcblk0boot1
179 32 2048 mmcblk0boot0
179 96 3872256 mmcblk1
179 97 3868160 mmcblk1p1
254 0 2110 dm-0
Code:
/ $ df
Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 402.1M 84K 402M 4096
/mnt/asec 402.1M 0K 402.1M 4096
/mnt/obb 402.1M 0K 402.1M 4096
/dev/shm 402.1M 0K 402.1M 4096
/system 1.2G 414.5M 766.6M 4096
/modemfs 15.7M 4.3M 11.4M 4096
/cache 826.8M 84.8M 742M 4096
/efs 15.7M 4.5M 11.2M 4096
/preload 315M 64.2M 250.8M 4096
/data 4.6G 4G 699.2M 4096
/mnt/.lfs: Function not implemented
/storage/sdcard0 4.6G 4G 699.2M 4096
/mnt/asec/com.spruds.transport.pro.tallin-1 2M 888K 1.1M 4096
/storage/sdcard1 3.7G 905.7M 2.8G 32768
Even before everything went wrong I tried to use parted command and get an error
Code:
~ # parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
GNU Parted 1.8.8.1.179-aef3
Using /dev/block/mmcblk0
Welcome to GNU Parted! Type 'help' to view a list of commands.
(parted) list
list
check NUMBER do a simple check on the file system
cp [FROM-DEVICE] FROM-NUMBER TO-NUMBER copy file system to another partition
.....
.....
copyright information of GNU Parted
(parted) print
print
Error: Unable to satisfy all constraints on the partition.
This is fdisk print before disaster
Code:
~ # fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 954368.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7818 MB, 7818182656 bytes
1 heads, 16 sectors/track, 954368 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16 * 512 = 8192 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1 954368 7634943+ ee EFI GPT
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
And then I deleted it
Code:
~ # fdisk /dev/block/mmcblk0
The number of cylinders for this disk is set to 954368.
There is nothing wrong with that, but this is larger than 1024,
and could in certain setups cause problems with:
1) software that runs at boot time (e.g., old versions of LILO)
2) booting and partitioning software from other OSs
(e.g., DOS FDISK, OS/2 FDISK)
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7818 MB, 7818182656 bytes
1 heads, 16 sectors/track, 954368 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16 * 512 = 8192 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1 954368 7634943+ ee EFI GPT
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
Command (m for help): d
Selected partition 1
Command (m for help): w
The partition table has been altered.
Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table
fdisk: WARNING: rereading partition table failed, kernel still uses old table: Device or resource busy

[Q] Problems with partition table

I have a Prestigio 5044 Duo (PAP5044) with MTK6589. Basically, what I was trying to do was to resize /data partition, beacause it was only about 950Mb, by shrinking Internal SD card (/emmc) partition. For that I used Meteos MTK6589 Apllication.
After going all the steps I found out that Android OS was hanging during boot (like half-way to boot up, and it freezed with no error messages). Though, recovery (I have CWM) boots well.
After doing some research I found out, that partition table of the device was messed up after /cache partition. So, all system and recovery partititons are fine.
Here is fdisk output:
Code:
~ # fdisk -lu /dev/block/mmcblk0
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Warning: ignoring extra data in partition table 5
Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 3853 MB, 3853516800 bytes
1 heads, 16 sectors/track, 470400 cylinders, total 7526400 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/block/mmcblk0p1 1024 1022 2147483647+ 5 Extended
Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p2 26624 47103 10240 83 Linux
Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 47104 67583 10240 83 Linux
Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p4 93184 105471 6144 83 Linux
Partition 4 does not end on cylinder boundary
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 134144 1465343 665600 83 Linux
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 7556096 1022 2143706111+ 83 Linux
And here are /proc/partitions and fstab:
Code:
~ # cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
179 0 3763200 mmcblk0
179 1 1 mmcblk0p1
179 2 10240 mmcblk0p2
179 3 10240 mmcblk0p3
179 4 6144 mmcblk0p4
179 5 665600 mmcblk0p5
179 6 129024 mmcblk0p6
179 7 2901504 mmcblk0p7
179 64 2048 mmcblk0boot1
179 32 2048 mmcblk0boot0
179 96 31338496 mmcblk1
179 97 31334400 mmcblk1p1
~ # cat /etc/fstab
/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 /cache ext4 rw
/dev/block/mmcblk0p7 /data ext4 rw
/dev/block/mmcblk0p8 /emmc vfat rw
/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 /system ext4 rw
/dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /sdcard vfat rw
/dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /sd-ext auto rw
So, on mmcblk0 there must be 10 partitions, and now there are only 6, according to fdisk.
I have two ideas how it is possible to restore partitions: 1) manually with fdisk, though it doesn't seem like a very good idea 2) I've found some info about scatter file for MTK-based devices, seems like it contains all the partitioning info; I have no idea how to get and use that file, though.
What should I do to recover my device?

[Q] NAND flash error, cant mount EMMC but my phone work nice

Hi guys I've had some problems with my lollipop 5.1 android, mtk 6582.
something happen, now when I try do a test in spflash tools, it says ERROR: NAND Flash was not detected, y cant mount emmc in my twrp... I can flash all and my phone load the lollipop, but says "the internal storage has error" then ask me if i want format the internal partition....
the Titanium backup can recognize the storage and says that the internal storage have 2.07GB (wtf?) and ROM system have 914MB (nice)... But my phone have 8 GB...
Can someone help me, What should i do?
Thank you very much
Code:
cat /proc/emmc
partno: start_sect nr_sects partition_name
emmc_p1: 00000400 00000002 "ebr1"
emmc_p2: 00004800 00005000 "protect_f"
emmc_p3: 00009800 00005000 "protect_s"
emmc_p4: 0001ec00 00003000 "sec_ro"
emmc_p5: 00028c00 001c2000 "android"
emmc_p6: 001eac00 0003f000 "cache"
emmc_p7: 00229c00 00400000 "usrdata"
emmc_p8: 00629c00 0085a000 "fat"
~ # cat /proc/partitions
major minor #blocks name
179 0 7609856 mmcblk0
179 1 1 mmcblk0p1
179 2 10240 mmcblk0p2
179 3 10240 mmcblk0p3
179 4 6144 mmcblk0p4
179 5 921600 mmcblk0p5
179 6 129024 mmcblk0p6
179 7 2097152 mmcblk0p7
179 8 4378624 mmcblk0p8
179 96 512 mmcblk0rpmb
179 64 4096 mmcblk0boot1
179 32 4096 mmcblk0boot0
179 128 15114240 mmcblk1
179 129 15113216 mmcblk1p1