LG Optimus L7 II (lg-vee7e)

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LG Optimus l7 II
running sxmo
running sxmo
Manufacturer LG
Name Optimus l7 II
Codename lg-vee7e
Model LG-P710
Released 2013
Category testing
Pre-built images no
Original software Android
Original version 4.1.2
postmarketOS kernel 3.4.0
Hardware
Chipset Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Play (MSM8225)
CPU Dual-core 1.0 GHz Cortex-A5
GPU Adreno 203
Display 480x800 TFT LCD
Storage 4GB
Memory 768
Architecture ARMv7
Type handset
Unixbench Whet/Dhry score 218.2
Features
USB Networking
Works
Flashing
Works
Touchscreen
Partial
Display
Partial
WiFi
FDE
Mainline
Broken
Battery
3D Acceleration
Audio
Bluetooth
Camera
GPS
Mobile data
Internal storage
Works
SMS
Calls
USB OTG
NFC
Sensors
Accelerometer
Magnetometer
Ambient Light
Proximity
Hall Effect
Barometer
Power Sensor
Misc
Camera Flash
Memory Card
Works
Haptics
FOSS bootloader
Broken

Contributors

Users owning this device

How to enter flash mode

If you have a custom recovery hold Volume Up+Power+extra button until you start to boot.

Installation

Use pmbootstrap flasher --method=adb sideload or pmbootstrap export and then adb sideload using your systems version of adb, or copy the zip to the SD-card and install with your recovery

Partition Map

Keep in mind that the contents in here are not necessarily representative of the factory state of the device

fdisk -l /dev/mmcblk0
Disk /dev/mmcblk0: 3.64 GiB, 3909091328 bytes, 7634944 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device          Boot   Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/mmcblk0p1  *          1      40      40   20K 4d QNX4.x    #Bootloader shenanigans
/dev/mmcblk0p2            41    2088    2048    1M 45 unknown   #Bootloader shenanigans
/dev/mmcblk0p3          2089   10280    8192    4M 46 unknown   #Bootloader shenanigans related to the "emergency mode !!" screen
/dev/mmcblk0p4         10281 7512064 7501784  3.6G  5 Extended  #Just the extended partition that houses all the other ones
/dev/mmcblk0p5        131072  139263    8192    4M 47 unknown   #TWRP claims it is IMEI, but it actually has lk in there
/dev/mmcblk0p6        139264  147455    8192    4M 2c unknown   #no clue
/dev/mmcblk0p7        147456  155647    8192    4M 58 unknown   #no clue
/dev/mmcblk0p8        155648  204799   49152   24M 77 unknown   #/misc 
/dev/mmcblk0p9        204800  229375   24576   12M 48 unknown   #Boot (as in boot.img, not pmos_boot)
/dev/mmcblk0p10       229376  237567    8192    4M 4a unknown   #no clue
/dev/mmcblk0p11       237568  245759    8192    4M 4b unknown   #no clue
/dev/mmcblk0p12       245760  303103   57344   28M 49 unknown   #Modem things of some kind
/dev/mmcblk0p13       303104  360447   57344   28M 6c unknown   #Slightly different modem things
/dev/mmcblk0p14       360448 3145727 2785280  1.3G 83 Linux     #System, by default postmarketOS gets installed here
/dev/mmcblk0p15      3145728 3170303   24576   12M 83 Linux     #This partition snitches on you for rooting your phone :D
/dev/mmcblk0p16      3170304 3481599  311296  152M 83 Linux     #Cache
/dev/mmcblk0p17      3481600 3506175   24576   12M 60 unknown   #Recovery boot.img
/dev/mmcblk0p18      3506176 3522559   16384    8M 83 Linux     #Firmware?
/dev/mmcblk0p19      3522560 3547135   24576   12M 6b unknown   #aboot, lk
/dev/mmcblk0p20      3547136 7340031 3792896  1.8G 83 Linux     #Data
/dev/mmcblk0p21      7340032 7348223    8192    4M ff BBT       #13 A5 84 51 E2 34 A2 84 03 and then a veritable mountain of zeros
/dev/mmcblk0p22      7348224 7356415    8192    4M ff BBT       #0x56F1 Bytes of data, then zeros like above
/dev/mmcblk0p23      7356416 7389183   32768   16M 83 Linux     #Firmware?
/dev/mmcblk0p24      7389184 7397375    8192    4M ff BBT       #Just zeros this time
/dev/mmcblk0p25      7397376 7503871  106496   52M 83 Linux     #A file "readme" content:"This binary does not use cupss overlay mechanism" ???
/dev/mmcblk0p26      7503872 7512063    8192    4M ff BBT       #9D D4 10 00 FF FF FF FF ... to 0x1FFF, zeros to the end of the partition
/dev/mmcblk0p27      7512064 7520255    8192    4M ff BBT       #'strings mmcblk0p27.img' => 'BANGSIRI' ... what???

See also