But, maybe the timeout is caused by the device not really having that much memory. So I tried with a lower address, sudo ./sunxi-fel read 0x0 0x90000 xxxx.bin and it did work
I'll try to guess the capacity of the flash and dump it all. But what next ? :) On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 3:09 PM Adrian N <[email protected]> wrote: > I only noticed now Gediz that you mentioned 'spiflash-read', not 'read'. > So I tried again. No luck. > > sudo ./sunxi-fel spiflash-info > > says: > > SPI support not implemented yet for 1623 (A10)! > > So what are the options now? > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 1:01 PM Adrian N <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Gediz, >> >> I followed the wiki, checked out from git repo, installed required deps >> and built sunxi tools successfully. Then I was able to put the device in >> FEL mode by keeping the button pressed when plugging the usb. >> This is the output I get from running sudo ./sunxi-fel version >> AWUSBFEX soc=00001623(A10) 00000001 ver=0001 44 08 scratchpad=00007e00 >> 00000000 00000000 >> >> But attempts to read anything from it are failing with time out. >> sudo ./sunxi-fel read 0x42400000 0x82d0 boot1.header >> sudo ./sunxi-fel read 0x43000000 0x20000 script.bin >> >> The exact error message is: usb_bulk_send() ERROR -7: Operation timed out >> >> What could be the cause of this ? >> >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 9, 2020 at 4:27 PM Nazım Gediz AYDINDOĞMUŞ < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hello Adrian, >>> >>> It looks like a cool device. >>> >>> I think you may be able to dump the original firmware using >>> "spiflash-read" command of the sunxi-fel tool after you boot the device >>> into the FEL mode. >>> >>> By the way, some of the information there is outdated but the rest may >>> be useful in the following wiki page: >>> http://linux-sunxi.org/Retrieving_device_information >>> >>> Regards, >>> Gediz >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "linux-sunxi" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/linux-sunxi/CAAuDtmec6F8V%2Bn9D0vsLMza%2BBvGKqsrYKYa4T2a4vpc8nJA1CA%40mail.gmail.com.
