This plugin is a powerfull tool which enormously simplifies
resurrection process (providing you have the required boot files from an
official firmware or you have a ‘donor’ device) for those devices which
are not yet supported by a dedicated resurrector DLL.
This plugin works with eMMC image files and phones which have following formatting:
- Image Files or Phones with Standard Master Boot Record (MBR) and
Extended Boot Record (EBR) formatting. Most of eMMC-bootable mobile
phones have their eMMC memory formatted in such style. In this case
partitions are accessed in standard way, by Partition ID: for example
boot loader partitions or OS image partition (compare with qualcomm
MIBIB partitioning: while ‘MIBIB’-type partitions have standalone
partition descriptor block which contains info on all partitions and is
posistioned in a definite NAND address, the eMMC partitioning is one MBR
sector at fixed position + a chain of EBR sectors which are scattered
throughout the eMMC address space in a literally random way); - Image Files or Phones which do not have standard Master Boot Record
(MBR) and Extended Boot Record (EBR) formatting, but instead, partition
information for such phones is taken from the PIT Table (some Samsung
phones); - Image Files or Phones which do not have standard Master Boot Record
(MBR) and Extended Boot Record (EBR) formatting, but instead, partition
information for such phones is taken from the EFI Table (some Samsung,
LG, Pantech and other phones).
Please note, in previous versions this plugin worked only with
devices from topic #1, while #2 was supported by different plugin. Now
everything is combined in this plugin (as well as EFI support added),
and other eMMC plugin (PIT-Based) become obsolete, and no longer will be
supported.
With the help of this plugin you can do:
- Disassemble a full (or, since eMMC full image files are too large, a
partial) eMMC Image File previously obtained with JTAG Manager (DCC
Read/Write Page); - Inspect each partition contents;
- Save separate partitions to HDD;
- Save all partitions as standalone files to HDD;
- Build-up your own full image file: for this you need to read from
device (by clicking “Load Image from Device” button) or open from file
(by clicking “Load Image from File” button) the eMMC partitioning data
and then by selecting desired partitions click “Inject Into Partition”
button to upload data from file into selected partition. Then you can
save all full image file to HDD or flash injected partitions directly
into device; - Write a chosen partition directly into device;
- Read a chosen partition directly from device and substitute old partition contents to new ones;
- Create eMMC partitioning snapshot (that is storing info on full EBR chain: each EBR sector position).
- Restore eMMC partitioning from previously taken file: it is
convenient if eMMC memory is erased and all formatting data is lost. - Plugin supports new RIFF™ shrinked binary files format
(*.riffpbin): which allows to shrink huge eMMC Image files into small
sized-files (for example, Image File for 14GB empty eMMC chip is
shrinked into ~10 KByte(!) size), thus HDD space is preserved, while
performance is not visibly effected.
Please note, direct read/write operations from/to the device will
require proper resurrector to be set (Resurrector Settings: thus before
clicking the Activate Plugin button make sure proper model is selected
as well as other settings like TCK/RTCK frequencies).
This plugin will support all possible devices, based either on Samsung Exynos or Qualcomm cores with eMMC memory as boot device.
Please visit RIFF Box FAQ page for detailed instructions !
Sample partition layout from Pantech Sky IM A850L boot repair pack, based on QUALCOMM APQ8064:
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