Call for testing: Samsung S3 Neo (s3ve3g) owners

flohack · 30 Jan 2020, 23:28

@zenfunk Hmm strange, can you connect it to the PC, and see if you get any RNDIS adapter in the hosts dmesg log?

zenfunk · 31 Jan 2020, 17:13

Yes, this came up. Do you have any md5sums for the files?

zenfunk · 31 Jan 2020, 17:35

BTW, AFAIK I never was asked for my passwords during install as was indicated by your instructions.

Enter your local host´s sudo password when prompted the first time
The second time, enter the intended device lock password

zenfunk · 1 Feb 2020, 08:07

OK, I redownloaded the files, the checksums match. Reflashed with your heimdall (still no passwords though). Same result, the device hangs at the bootscreen, I even left it overnight. RNDIS comes up in dmesg. Any Ideas on how to get some logfiles off of that thing?

flohack · 3 Feb 2020, 12:47

@zenfunk said in Call for testing: Samsung S3 Neo (s3ve3g) owners:

DIS comes up in dmesg. Any Ideas on how to get some logfiles off of that thing?

Sure, which IP does dmesg on the host tell you? Paste the relevant part of dmesg to a pastebin and link it here.

zenfunk · 3 Feb 2020, 19:37

https://pastebin.com/FDBjLFHy

flohack · 3 Feb 2020, 23:18

@zenfunk Ok that looks not so bad, use ssh phablet@10.15.19.82 to get inside - I will tell you what to look for, but basically use dmesg and /system/bin/logcat to get an idea whats going on. The phone has booted but is not able to get into graphics mode, we will find out why.

zenfunk · 4 Feb 2020, 18:01

chris@funkbook:~/Downloads/s3neo/halium-install-continuous$ ssh phablet@10.15.19.82
ssh: connect to host 10.15.19.82 port 22: Network is unreachable

not good...

flohack · 4 Feb 2020, 18:12

@zenfunk Then please hold VOl-Up, Press power until you get the blue text for recovery. Then, in recovery, use cat /proc/last_kmsg to see what goes wrong there...

zenfunk · 4 Feb 2020, 18:18

https://pastebin.com/pNmtTZ9z

this is last_kmsg

flohack · 4 Feb 2020, 18:27

@zenfunk Ok I will compare with my device. Can you please also send me a getprop output from recovery? Thx

zenfunk · 4 Feb 2020, 19:00

Getprop:
https://pastebin.com/mtLE75cj

flohack · 4 Feb 2020, 19:13

@zenfunk Hmm what OS was installed before? Would you mind trying to reset to Android 5.1? It might have some effect, because otherwise I am not sure whats going on ^^

zenfunk · 2 Apr 2020, 20:11

it was lineage 7.1.
I just reformated /data to ext3, but no improvement.
There are two different kinds of s3 neos around. One with Sony and one with a Samsung camera module. May this be it (not sure which one I have. Will reflash android 5.1 (which one did you use) and then we'll see.
Thank you very much for your time and efforts,
Chris

flohack · 4 Feb 2020, 20:12

@zenfunk Hmm the camera should not block the UI to start, actually. Very weird also that you do not get ssh connection. Did you specify -p ut parameter when installing?

zenfunk · 5 Feb 2020, 20:22

Actually I didn't use -p ut because the script then exits.

./halium-install -p ut ubports-touch.rootfs-xenial-armhf.tar.gz system.img
usage: ./halium-install rootfs.tar[.gz] system.img [release]

positional arguments:
    rootfs.tar[.gz]
    system.img

optional arguments:
    release: run common post installation tasks for release.
             supported: none, halium, pm, ut
             defaults : none

zenfunk · 2 May 2020, 20:38

./halium-install ubports-touch.rootfs-xenial-armhf.tar.gz system.img ut

works, I'm trying to boot as we speak. I keep you posted.

zenfunk · 5 Feb 2020, 22:26

Well, with the above command I got to pick a unix password, but still hangs at the boot screen.

flohack · 5 Feb 2020, 22:59

@zenfunk Hmm seems to be the wrong halium-install, how did you get it? The right one has the parameter -p ut as first argument.

zenfunk · 6 Feb 2020, 05:48

I got it from there: https://gitlab.com/JBBgameich/halium-install/-/releases
I downloaded the zip file, unzipped everything, put the imagefiles in the folder as well and ran the script.