[Please help] Unable to backup the ROM of a Gionee GN5005
[Please help] Unable to backup the ROM of a Gionee GN5005
(08-10-2020, 12:22 PM)X3non check the baidu link, it usually includes a flash tool for flash the firmwareI've downloaded from Baidu and tested DA files from the archive: there's no progress
you can try the DA files within the tool if available
(11-10-2020, 02:44 AM)Detective_Khalifah ...
(12-10-2020, 08:45 AM)X3non(11-10-2020, 02:44 AM)Detective_Khalifah ...
attach a screenshot of the error message in sp flash tool when attempting to readback
also try other gionee da files listed @ https://www.hovatek.com/forum/thread-27159.html ; lets know if any works for your device
(11-10-2020, 02:44 AM)Detective_KhalifahHow did you root the device??(08-10-2020, 12:22 PM)X3non check the baidu link, it usually includes a flash tool for flash the firmwareI've downloaded from Baidu and tested DA files from the archive: there's no progress
you can try the DA files within the tool if available
The archive is packaged with MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin from 27/06/2015 and some MTK eFlashTool V2.4_DebugLog.exe which I only got to work by changing date to 11/02/2018; SPFT didn't work with the DA file, and with the exception of the errors -- S_FTHND_FILE_LOAD_FAIL (5008) & STATUS_SCATTER_FILE_INVALID (0xC0030001) -- which I fixed by moving DA file & scatter file (Wwr_MTK-generated & one from downloaded archive) to a common root dir with SPFT, there wasn't any difference at its way of working in past few days (since I started working on this device).
I tried the Readback option of the tool in archive, which by the way has a Chinese interface, and it also failed to read my phone.
Noticing the scatter file I generated and one in archive have different partition_size values for PRELOADER, I altered my readback parameter to 0x40000 and back to 0x80000 to no avail.
The archive will be available for two more days here (how I wish it wasn't a weekend, when Hovatek team is off the clock! ), should you require it.
Temporary Archive link: AU
Content:
1 - Drivers
2 - 3 Instructional images/screenshots
3 - MTK eFlashTool V2.4_DebugLog.exe, MTK.bin, MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin
4 - Images + some short Chinese write-up.
MT6737T Scatter file from archive:
I'd root and start enjoying but for the risk I'd be taking, considering fact I cannot even read preloader from working device, and cannot be sure if I can write to the device either. SIM issue persists, by the way.
(16-10-2020, 11:25 PM)thabitu[Correction: ...I would root and start enjoying but for the risk...](11-10-2020, 02:44 AM)Detective_KhalifahHow did you root the device??(08-10-2020, 12:22 PM)X3non check the baidu link, it usually includes a flash tool for flash the firmwareI've downloaded from Baidu and tested DA files from the archive:
you can try the DA files within the tool if available
...
I'd root and start enjoying but for the risk I'd be taking, considering fact I cannot even read preloader from working device, and cannot be sure if I can write to the device either. SIM issue persists, by the way.
(17-10-2020, 12:31 AM)Detective_KhalifahEven if you decided to take the risk and root, you cant root the device since you cant backup, and you cant write to the phone, i tried writing to the device many times, with several tools, but it seems the phone needs da file.(16-10-2020, 11:25 PM)thabitu[Correction: ...I would root and start enjoying but for the risk...](11-10-2020, 02:44 AM)Detective_KhalifahHow did you root the device??(08-10-2020, 12:22 PM)X3non check the baidu link, it usually includes a flash tool for flash the firmwareI've downloaded from Baidu and tested DA files from the archive:
you can try the DA files within the tool if available
...
I'd root and start enjoying but for the risk I'd be taking, considering fact I cannot even read preloader from working device, and cannot be sure if I can write to the device either. SIM issue persists, by the way.
Meanwhile, I'm using mtk-su method temporarily for a few apps.
(13-10-2020, 06:50 PM)Detective_Khalifah Any hope(s) something can actually get achieved?
(20-10-2020, 10:25 AM)Detective_Khalifah(20-10-2020, 07:51 AM)hovatek(13-10-2020, 06:50 PM)Detective_Khalifah Any hope(s) something can actually get achieved?
Did you try the MTK eflash tool in the firmware zip?
Yes. It doesn't readback.