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Reclaime and updated UFS explorer can support BTRFS. Maybe there are more options, but these are the two I use for this FS

block SA regions, load LDR externally, load DIR from SA, check SA modules for errors. If you cannot find suitable LDR, then try hotswap to read #11 over composite read. Check SA address in ROM and ensure donor corresponds to it should you try hotswap

Potentially, depending on the model of passport, the wipe may have been a Cryptographic erasure, in which encryption key is erased and new one created to correspond with the new format. Generally a quick format will overwrite the first 256 MFT records (depending on the OS it was formatted in)...

short read channels to allow T> at terminal, edit 0x93 to remove any pending, reallocation and media cache properties, repower hdd Might be useful to post a log here...

I have 4 of these in total. So simple to use, especially since we have many users, both experienced and inexperienced with soldering. The problem I find with this is the lack of support from Acelab for a number of monolith devices which renders the adapter useless in many cases, unless a...

After learning VNR and seeing exactly what is involved in reconstructing flash devices, it does make you appreciate the things FE does and how simple it makes it look. Personally, I think Sergei is a genius 8-)

Do you have ISP pinmap for S6/S7 Note5 (with UFS chips)?

Terminal commands wont be possible on this. How does it look in hex, is it full of data? Scan in r-studio and watch the scan progress to be sure metadata and/or file headers are identified. If yes, leave a scan persist to try to identify a valid result with data. If no file headers are...

Did you try translator regen? Maybe you can patch ROM to stop No Host error and to force DRDY status then enter in eslip mode after regen translator. Can you read sectors like this?

Boot it from BIOS at an older PC with IDE connection, boot hirens Boot CD with MEdia Tools installed, clone to a new drive or recover to FAT32 formatted destination.

Look at results of your scan, choose some random files and view them with a hex viewer. Probably the files contain the wrong data meaning either metadata like file records are damaged or files have been written to with new data. Depending how much data was written with the factory restore you...

LED:CC means there is problem with translator or overlays, LED:EE is usually representative of some media cache error, Once you reach ready you should try to edit the SMP module. If you have PC3000 (or similar) you should be able to edit it with 'Edit HDD ID (Terminal) to disable reallocation...

System file 3_346_0 needs to be cleared or replaced.

WD drives are already more complex since families like Diablo and Shrek. Even restoring data without original ROM is near impossible on models such as Shrek due to extra Servo tables in ROM. I am starting to prefer Seagate over WD already :shock:

I wrote a case study about this when I first had one, and model alone is not enough for conversion to SATA. Ill send it over to you by email monday so you can look over it.