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author Mychaela Falconia <falcon@freecalypso.org>
date Sun, 11 Jun 2023 20:57:23 +0000
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1 In C1xx-flashing article we have covered how to initially flash FreeCalypso
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2 aftermarket firmware into a C1xx phone and how to restore that phone back to its
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3 original state. However, what about updates? What if your C1xx phone is
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4 currently flashed with FreeCalypso and you would like to load a new firmware
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5 build? Or what if there is a new release of our FFS data bundle package with
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6 updates that are relevant to C1xx targets? How do you update these components
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7 in your FC-on-C1xx flash? There are two approaches, both described in this
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8 article.
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10 Full reflashing method
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11 ======================
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13 If your C1xx phone is currently flashed with a FreeCalypso fw version from ages
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14 ago, or you just don't know its exact state and would rather not depend on it,
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15 you can simply follow the regular flashing procedure described in the
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16 C1xx-flashing article. If you run c1xx-analyze-image on a flashdump.bin image
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17 that is FC aftermarket, the analysis script will detect this condition and
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18 report it in its verbose output. Generation of restore-flash script will be
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19 skipped in this scenario - you don't have an original Motorola flash image to
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20 restore - but you can still always flash any of Mot fw images posted on our FTP
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21 site, just not with these scripts.
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23 If you already have a per-phone project directory in which you've already run
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24 c1xx-analyze-image and you simply wish to rerun the
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25 {c11x,c139,c155}-gen-fc-script step, please feel free to do so. The newly
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26 generated fc-flash-script will refer to whichever firmware image you name on
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27 the command line when you run the generator script anew, and fc-ffs.bin will be
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28 regenerated based on your current state of /opt/freecalypso installation, which
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29 is where all ffs-data-bundle updates go. You can then execute the new
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30 fc-flash-script in fc-loadtool just like the first time, and the phone will be
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31 brought to the new state.
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33 Fine-grained reflashing
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34 =======================
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36 If you are actively iterating, flashing new fw images as you build them, it
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37 makes the most sense to reflash just the fw component, without touching the
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38 dangerous boot sector (FreeCalypso bootloader never changes) and without having
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39 to blow away and reflash your FFS. In this scenario, make fc-loadtool entry as
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40 usual and then execute a command of the following form:
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42 On C11x/12x and C139/140 subfamilies:
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44 loadtool> flash e-program-bin 0x10000 path/to/fwimage.bin
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46 Or on C155/156 subfamily:
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48 loadtool> flash e-program-bin 0x20000 path/to/fwimage.bin
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50 Updating and reflashing just the FFS part
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51 =========================================
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53 If you wish regenerate fc-ffs.bin only (presumably to pick up updates to FFS
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54 data bundle bits under /opt/freecalypso) without flashing or even naming a new
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55 FC firmware image, you can run one of these scripts:
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57 c11x-gen-fc-ffs-img rfbin IMEI 2m -- for C11x/12x with 2 MiB flash
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58 c11x-gen-fc-ffs-img rfbin IMEI 4m -- for C11x/12x with 4 MiB flash
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59 c139-gen-fc-ffs-img rfbin IMEI -- for C139/140 (always 4 MiB flash)
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60 c155-gen-fc-ffs-img rfbin IMEI -- for C155/156 (always 8 MiB flash)
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62 When you are ready to reflash fc-ffs.bin with fc-loadtool, whether it's because
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63 you just regenerated it or because you simply wish to reset your FC FFS to its
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64 pristine state, execute one of these commands:
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66 for 2 MiB flash:
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68 loadtool> flash e-program-bin 0x1C0000 fc-ffs.bin
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70 for 4 MiB flash:
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72 loadtool> flash e-program-bin 0x300000 fc-ffs.bin
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74 for 8 MiB flash:
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76 loadtool> flash e-program-bin 0x700000 fc-ffs.bin
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78 You can also make "organic" updates to your FFS with fc-fsio, without going in
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79 "brute force" with fc-loadtool - but you understand the workings of FreeCalypso
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80 to that level, you probably won't be reading this guide or using any of these
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81 scripts.