RIFF BOX VER. 2 REPAIR TOOL (WITH SUPPORT FOR EMMC, JTAG, i2C, SPi, i2C)

History of Changes

• Reworked the Error Handling mechanics in ISP eMMC reading code.
• Now errors are handled in smart way, when read errors happen, plugin automatically re-reads erroneous address as many times as needed until the read happens without errors
• This greatly increases plugin ISP read stability, and allows working even with very poor quality of ISP connection;
• the counter of I/O read errors happened during operation is added to the plugin main window status bar.
• added Backup partitions feature: For this, select needed partitions, right-click with mouse, and choose ‘Backup partitions’. This will extract current data from partitions and store contents into single file. This backup can be restored later with ‘Load Backup File…’ right-click feature.
• added ‘Used Size’ column into the parsed partitions list window
• partitions extraction (like save Partition, save Selected Partitions, etc) algorythm is changed: now are to be saved only used part of partition (specified by used size), the remaining of allocated partition bytes are not saved.
• added UFS-based devices support for Repair Packages
• interface skin is updated
• some other fixes applied.

• global CTRL+A shortcut is added to start eMMC Plugin
• global CTRL+E shortcut is added to start Edit Package
• Full revisision of Jtag Manager interface is performed. Some visual changes are implemented.
• JTAG Manager now supports Windows 10 high-resolution screens (DPI settings from 100 to 300% were tested, and interface looks nice and smooth)
• Added ‘Recalculate GPT’ action to Package (PKG) Manager. Starting from current JTAG Manager version, packages with this action can be created/executed
• Added ‘Erase Flash Memory via ISP/USB’ action to Package (PKG) Manager. Starting from current JTAG Manager version, packages with this action can be created/executed
• Added ‘Reset USB Loader’ action to Package (PKG) Manager. Starting from current JTAG Manager version, packages with this action can be created/executed
• “Save to File” button on eMMC Read/Write and USB Read/Write is changed to “Show HEX” button when SHIFT key is pressed.
• “Show HEX” button will open hex window with data from previous read operations.
• added feature to wait for Qualcomm Emergency Download Mode (EDL) when booting devices through this mode;
• improved the box firmware update process.
  
  
  Firmware 1.54
  • fixed eMMC Erase: any erase (from JTAG Manager eMMC Read/Write page) were performed on User Area Partition, no matter what partition was selected in the JTAG Manager;
    
    
    
    
    
    24 OCtober, 2019
    
    
    eMMC/UFS partition manager (eMMCDiskPartitions.dll) v5.09
    
    
    • Plugin interface was reworked slightly in order to be usable as well by users which have low-resolution screens, like 1280Χ720, etc
    • Main menu is modified
    • Added ‘Options’ to main menu, Show Gaps, Prefer EFI and etc checkboxes are moved to this menu.
    • Added feature to show/hide HEX content panels – this may be handly for low-resolution screens, so user can hide hex panels in order to be able to see more crucial partitions layout columns
      To Hide/Show use shortcut [CTRL+T] or [Menu->Show/Hide HEX Panels].
    • Added remove FRP function;
    • Added Factory Reset function;
    • Added [Load Backup File] option to the right-click context menu of the parsed partitions list. Currently, backups are created during the FRP and Master Reset operations. In order to restore backup, right-click anywhere in the parsed partitions list, chose [Load Backup File…] and select backup file (Backups are created in JTAG Manager’s BackFiles folder). The data from backup is automatically injected into proper partitions, modified partitions are selected (marked with blue color), cursor is automatically moved to the first modified partition, and all is ready to be flashed using the [Flash Selected] buttons.
    • Added feature to undesrtand ANSI named parttions for GPT-partitioned images (Philips Android TV and similar)
    • Fixed bug when preview image panel in file browser was trying to load incorrect image and stopped responding after this.
    
    
    
    
    
    
    11 June, 2018
    
    
    RIFF Box JTAG Manager 1.80
    
    
    • Fixed save file bug: After JTAG Manager showed there is no Free Disk Space to save the file, consequtive Save attempts resulted in errors.
    • Fixed keyboard layout switching when RichEdit component is activated (these are forms containing instructions, help, etc – like Resurrection Manual, Useful Plugins description text, etc)
    • Firmware update procedure is improved
    
    
    
    
    
    
    26 June, 2018
    
    
    RIFF Box eMMC Partition Table FullFlash Image Files Processing Plugin (eMMCDiskPartitions.dll) v4.11
    
    
    • Added support for MTK Partition Table Version 1.1 (BMTPOOL)
    • Main Menu is added to the top of the Main Window. Main purpose to specify shortcut keys.
    • Added option to parse standalone Samsung PIT Files: for this just select the *.pit file as you do when selecting a local dump file and click “Parse Local Dump File”
    • [Load Firmware Files]: added option to directly load the Samsung PIT Files (*.pit) – in this case after pit is loaded, the plugin browses PIT file’s folder and loads partitions for which there are files present;
    • [Load Firmware Files]: added option to directly load the GPT (MBR) binary block (*.bin) – in this case, if GPT/MBR is recognized and parsed, the plugin browses the file’s folder and loads partitions for which there are files with identical to partitions names present (extention is not relevant);
    • [Load Firmware Files]: added support for Samsung TAR Firmware files (*.tar, *.tar.md5)
    • [Load Firmware Files]: added support for Spreadtum PAC Firmware files (*.pac)
    • [Load Firmware Files]: When building partitions layout from Spreadtrum PAC Files, the SPLLOADER partiton (with Boot Partiton1 as target destination) is automatically added to the list, and SPL_Loader data (if present in the *.pac file) is injected into it;
    • [Load Firmware Files]: old format of MTK Scatter Files is supported.
    • [Load Firmware Files]: added option to load partitions from MTK Scatter File You can choose either parse partitions from alive device/dump and then user Scatter File to load firmware files into partitions, or immediately create partitions list from Scatter File. In this case it is required to select two parameters, which match real eMMC chip’s: Boot Partition size and RPMB Partition size
    • [Load Firmware Files]: Supported MTK Firmware’s Container “BFBF”: When loading firmware file packed inside of “BFBF” container, plugin automatically extracts the data from the container file and injects it into partition;
    • [Load Firmware Files]: Supported Android Sparse Image Files Format: When loading Sparse Image, plugin automatically unpacks it and injects unpacked data into partition;
    • [Load Firmware Files]: When loading MTK’s PRELOADER into Boot Partition1, the 0x800-byte Mediatek’s PRELOADER_HEADER is automatically generated, preloader file is appended to the header, and then the result is injected into boot partition;
    • [Load Firmware Files]: When loading MTK’s PGPT into PGPT Partition and if the PGPT parition base is 0x00, the 0x200-byte standard MBR Sector is automatically generated, PGPT file is appended to the MBR Sector, and then the result is injected into PGPT partition;
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    • Inject data into partition: Partition ‘Fill-up’ percentage is recalculated using size of currently injected file. For example if partition size is 2MB, and injected file is 1MB, then partition fill-up percentage will be recalculated to 50%. This will allow to flash this partition back to phone using only injected size, without flashing un-needed remaining partition’s data. This option is handly when flashing offical firmwares, when multiple paritions are injected with firmware data. Thus there will be no need to flash unnecesarry remnants
    • changed “Load Layout from File” button caption to “Parse Local Dump File”;
    • changed “Load Layout from Device” button caption to “Parse Connected eMMC”;
    • changed “Load Firmware Files” button caption to “Parse Official Firmware”;
    • added “Re-parse by Scatter File” button – this options allows to discard any partitioning of curretly parsed Local Dump or Connected eMMC Chip, and apply new addresses of partitions from external Scatter File (as well there are more options to use other files with partition layout descriptions) This option is handy if plugin is unable to parse partitions due to unknown format of memory contents: it is possible to create own scatter file with description of partitions (names, addresses and sizes) and apply it with “Re-parse by Scatter File” button to the unrecognized dump.
      Please note, this option expects the Mediatek (MTK) Scatter File format, but can be applied to any non-recognized (non-supported) dump – no matter of the dump’s source SoC (Qualcomm, Exynos, Spreadtrum, Mediatek, etc.)
    • [Re-parse by Scatter File]: added option to re-parse partitions using a standalone MTK Layout’s __NODL_PMT Binary File
    • [Re-parse by Scatter File]: added option to re-parse partitions using a standalone MTK Layout’s BMTPOOL Binary File
    
    
    
    
    
    
    11 June, 2018
    
    
    RIFF Box eMMC Partition Table FullFlash Image Files Processing Plugin (eMMCDiskPartitions.dll) v4.10
    
    
    • Added partition parsing for some devices with TEGRA3 MCUs-style layout (example: LG P895)
    • Now is possible to inject data into partition even if injected file size is greater than partition size. In this case only data of size equal to partition’s size is injected.
    • Added auto search for the Floating Partition Table feature when parsing dumps of MTK MCUs type. This further improves successful partition parsing for MTK devices
    • Added autosearch for the MBR Record feature when parsing dumps of MTK MCUs type. This further improves successful partition parsing for MTK devices
    • Added option ‘Enforced search for the MTK Layout’ – when checked this option activates auto search of MBR Table and Auto search of MTK Floating Partition Table For unsupported MTK images or unknown images this option reads more memory zones, so it may take few more seconds (when reading layout from device) before analysis is complete. When parsing any local dump this option cannot slow down the analysis because required extra disk reads happen very fast. When parsing any supported image this option does not slow down any analysis. So we recommend to keep this option always ‘checked’
    • Added support of ‘chained’ MTK’s Floating Partition Tables (PMT)
    • Added support of 64-bit MTK’s Floating Partitions Tables (PMT)
    • Added support of ‘chained’ MTK’s BMTPOOL’s Partition Tables (BMTPOOL)
    
    
    
    
    
    
    11 June, 2018
    
    
    RIFF Firmware 1.5
    
    
    • Fixed RIFFBOX2 Firmware bug: when reading any data from eMMC Chip, the Data CRC16 was not checked, so even data received with errors was considered to be valid.
      Now RIFFBOX2 Firmware detects data CRC16 errors, and guarantees data read from eMMC chip is valid.
      RIFFBOX1 Firmware is not affected by this bug, but firmware update is required to update to 1.50 version string.
    • Fixed timing bug which prevented to change BOOT and RPMB partitions sizesRIFF Box
    
    
    
    JTAG Manager 1.79
    
    
    • Added context menu for the PKG editor – right-click on data write actions allows to perform alignment of the selected ation’s data. Normally alignment is performed when adding new write memory action. This feature allows to align actions in selectable manner, after all write actions were added to the list. This feature is handy when adding full list of write actions via eMMC Plugin, and when some partitions are required to remain full size, and others are allowed to be cut/aligned
    • “eMMC/SD Access” Page -> “Data Length” Field, ComboBox with pre-set lengths, ‘File Size’: when selected, Data Length field is filled with value equal to selected File’s size. Now File size is automatically aligned to 0x200. JTAG Manager automatically handles non-aligned to 0x0200 files – the remaining data is filled with 00s.
    • Added “Load EXT_CSD Register” feature to the eMMC/SD Advanced dialog. It is possible now to load 0x200-byte EXT_CSD register into currently connected eMMC context; Format supported: plain binary format, 0x200 bytes size of file; most often these are files with extentions ‘*.bin’ and ‘*.extcsd’;
    • Added “Load CID & CSD Registers” feature to the eMMC/SD Advanced dialog. It is possible now to load CID and CSD registers into currently connected eMMC context; Format supported: log text files made with other boxes.
    
    
    
    29 April, 2018
    
    
    29.04.2018 RIFF Box updates
    
    
    • Motorola XT1022
    • Samsung I317
    • Samsung I9505
    • Samsung I9515
    • Samsung J120F
    • Samsung Z130H v0.6
    • Samsung Z130H v.07
    • Xiaomi Redmi Note 4X
    • HTC SensationXL (PI3920000) ISP
    • HTC One M8y (0P6B63000) ISP
    
    
    
    RIFF Box v1 (Black box) users who havent used 15 days trial can activate it after installing JTAG Manager v1.76 and downloading new data. In case that trial period is used but fw version is still 1.48 or older, please request trial reset in “Account recovery” section. Box S/N and “Trial reset” required.
  
  
  
  14 December, 2017
  
  
  RIFF JTAG Manager 1.76
  
  
  • Fixed bug which caused distorting ExtCSD register data when browsing through ExtCSD Register Fields in case selected field size was more than 4 bytes ([eMMC/SD Advanced] dialog)
  • Fixed displaying of General Partition Size in eMMC Connect log (when press [eMMC/SD Advanced]/[Read Info From eMMC] or [Check eMMC/SD Card] buttons)
  • Added General Partitions resize dialog ([Configure GP Partitions] button in the eMMC/SD Advanced dialog).
  • Action [Access eMMC EXT_CSD Register] inf PKG Editor is improved: added option to select multiple EXT_CSD register fields from eMMC Info File (along with their values)
  • Action [Establish SD/MMC Direct Connection] is updated with recommended parameters of SD/MMC Interface, VCCIO Voltage, SD_CLK Frequency and BusWidth.
    Note: those parameters have ‘recommended’ status – they are just copied to proper JTAG Manager fields when the PKG is selected.
  
  
  
  Licensing server updates:
  
  
  • License switch between JTAG/eMMC interfaces is now off. For all permanently activated accounts, both licenses will be activated at once so box can be used offline in full after licenses are downloaded.
  • License switch remains active for trial accounts.
  
  
  
  5 December, 2017
  
  
  JTAG Manager 1.71
  
  
  • Fixed RIFFBOX1 bug which caused Resurrectors and Plugins to work only via RJ-45 eMMC Interface. Now DLLs work correctly via the emmc interface selected in JTAG Manager settings
  • Fixed “Samsung eMMC Smart Report” feature bug when reading via RIFF1 JTAG eMMC Interface.
  • Fixed error which caused JTAG Manager to show ‘Not Authorized Accesss’ in cases when RIFFBOX1 CPLD firmware was failed to be re-pgrogrammed. Now JTAG Manager correctly sees the CPLD error status and does not block the user to update the RIFFBOX firmware in order to apply possible fixes to CPLD reflashing algorithms in new RIFFBOX1 firmware releases.
  • Fixed bug which caused resetting eMMC Interface Setting back to ‘JTAG’ when RIFFBOX1 was unplugged.
  • Fixed status showing ‘RIFFBOX Online’ in JTAG Manager while in real the RIFFBOX1 was unplugged.
  • Improved Register CID write during the eMMC Firmware update stage in case the eMMC chip is started from the TestPointt mode (default name is ‘000000’); In this case the CID register value is extracted from the firmware file and thus it simplifies for user the restoring of the CID Register value in case there is no original CID value was stored previously.
  
  
  
  RIFF Firmware 1.47
  
  
  • Fixed eMMC Firmware update bug for RIFF BOXes h/w version 1 (RIFFBOX1)
  • Fixed eMMC Firmware reading bug for RIFF BOXes h/w version 1 and 2. NOTE eMMC Firmware files which were read via RIFFBOX1/2 Firmware versions 1.48 are invalid and shall be re-read (these are files like: KMVTU000LM-B503_Firmware[6D432398].riffmmcfw)
  
  
  
  eMMC Partition Table FullFlash Image Files Processing Plugin (eMMCDiskPartitions.dll) v4.03
  
  
  • Use of the *.riffpbin (packed image files) format is deprecated. Read/Load of these files is supported, but create/write is removed.
  • New, the *.riffxbin format is introduced. It allows to work with the connected eMMC memory (Direct or ISP via RIFF eMMC ports) in “Online” mode.
  • “Online eMMC Mode” is introduced. This differs from previous plugin behavior. Online eMMC Mode is initiated by clicking the “Load Layout from Device” button. This emulates same behavior as if user loaded local fullimage dump file and clicked “Load layout from File” button. Same as with the local file, in the “Online eMMC Mode” the partitions layout and contents are read from the eMMC chip and displayed immediately in the HEX window. There is no need to execute ‘Read Partition” actions. The contents are updated run-time, when user scrolls the data in hex window, or parses a partition with known file system, making an illusion of working with locally stored fullimage dump file. You can immediately right click and do “Save [] Partition into file…” which will start immediate reading from the eMMC and storing to the HDD. For example, to download DCIM folder from eMMC, just click “Load Layout from Device” button, select the data partition, and start browsing file system immediately. Browse to DCIM folder, right click and select “Extract Directory “DCIM” to…”. The files will be run-time downloaded from eMMC and stored to the specified location on HDD.
    The RIFFBOX2’s read speeds around 10MB/sec allow you not to distinguish the work with the local dump or in “Online eMMC Mode” For example, parsing of the big EXT4 android data partition (more than 1500 files) takes:
    • ~25 seconds via the RIFF1 RJ-45 eMMC Interface @2.5MHz,
    • ~11 seconds via the RIFF1 JTAG eMMC Interface @8MHz,
    • less than 1 second via the RIFF2 eMMC Interface @34MHz.
  
  
  
  8 September, 2017
  
  
  RIFF Firmware 1.47
  
  
  • MassStorage Mount/Dismount support for RIFFBOX1 is added.
  • Working with special eMMC vendor features (like dedicated Samsung eMMC Chip’s commands) is re-organized.
    Due to high risk of erasing User/Boot areas on the eMMC chips which are not Samsung, the Samsung chips autodetection is completely removed.
    To access special Samsung eMMC’s features (like firmware update, factory reset, etc) User must manually select Vendor Mode.
  • RIFF1 & RIFF2: Finally!!! The eMMC/SD Erase Operation (for Direct/ISP connection) finally is implemented!!!
  
  
  
  RIFF JTAG Manager 1.73
  
  
  • MassStorage mount/dismount feature is reworked and improved. Now is possible to Mount/Reconfigure/Dismount the MassStorage via the same dialog. The MassStorage settings are read from the RIFFBOX, so it is much more convenient in case users need to mount/dismount same eMMC Area ocasianlly or to adjust eMMC connection parameters for better stability.
  • MassStorage Mount/Dismount support for RIFFBOX1 is added.
  • Working with special eMMC vendor features (like dedicated Samsung eMMC Chip’s commands) is re-organized (see the Firmware 1.47 notes)
  • Finally!!! The eMMC/SD Erase Operation (for Direct/ISP connection) is implemented!!!
    
  
  
  
  RIFF JTAG Manager 1.72
  
  
  • New method of resurrectors grouping is added.
    Setting ISP Resurrectors shows only the ISP available DLLs; Setting ISP Resurrectors shows only the packages (PKG files); setting JTAG Resurrectors shows only the JTAG available DLLs
    Setting ALL Resurrectors shows all available DLLs same as is done in JTAG Manager 1.71 and lower.
  • Fixed bug for correct setting of the recommended SD/MMC VCCIO voltage for ISP DLLs: when model is selected, the JTAG Manager adjusts the frequency, voltage and other settings to match (if possible) those values, which are hardcoded into resurrector DLL.
    
  
  
  List of newest repair DLL-s with ISP support:
  
  
  LG F240L
  Asus ZenFone2 (ZE551ML)
  Huawei Honor 4C (CHM-U01) ISP
  Nokia lumia 530 ISP
  Samsung I9305 ISP
  Samsung J105H ISP
  Samsung N8000 ISP
  Samsung P5100 ISP
  Samsung T531 ISP
  Samsung G361H ISP
  Samsung I9300 ISP
  Samsung I9300I ISP
  Samsung I9301I ISP
  Samsung i9070 ISP
  Samsung i8552 ISP
  Samsung n7000 ISP
  Samsung i9192 ISP
  Samsung i9060 ISP
  Samsung G318H ISP
  HTC Flyer ISP
  HTC Desire 326G ISP
  ZTE V811 ISP
  
  
  17 August, 2017
  
  
  JTAG Manager 1.71
  
  
  • Firmware update bugs are fixed. Those could cause box not detection errors during firmware update procedure when box is switched from firmware mode into bootcore mode and vice versa
  • Eight new boot mode templates are added to “Set Boot Operation Mode” feature (eMMC/SD Anvanced dialog from eMMC/SD Access page): Broadcom Boot Config, Exynos (RSTn OFF) Boot Config, Exynos (RSTn ON) Boot Config, Hi-Silicon Boot Config, Mediatek Boot Config, Qualcomm 1 Boot Config, Qualcomm 2 Boot Config, Spreadtrum Boot Config
  • RIFF License server v1.39 - Fixed update procedure for box is bootcore mode (“firmware update failed” problem)
  • DirectProgramming.dll v1.05 – Plugin is upgraded to be compatible with JTAG Manager 1.70 and on.
  
  
  
  10 April, 2017
  
  
  JTAG Manager 1.67 & RIFF Box Firmware v1.43
  
  
  • Fixed bug (which is related to RIFFBOX2 only), which caused box connection error, after this operation: “Setting new JTAG/eMMC License to the RIFFBOX.”
  • Fixed bug related to RIFF Box v1 eMMC detection
  • Fixed bug related to RIFF Box v2 USB 2.0 ports enumeration
  
  
  
  5 April, 2017
  
  
  JTAG Manager 1.66 & RIFF Box Firmware v1.42
  
  
  • RIFFBOX2 support for new connection mode is added (for new Drivers)
  • Due to new drivers Read/Write speeds via eMMC interface increased 10 times and more
  • Read/Write speed is now shown in MB/s
  • Firmware Update process adjusted for slow networks (Indonesia, Bangladesh, India . . .)
  • RIFFBOX connection mode is optimized for better speed, it is no more the CDC. The data transfer speeds are increased more than 10 times.
  • Fixed bug in handling the erroneous situations during eMMC data read operations.
  
  
  
  17 November, 2016
  
  
  JTAG Manager 1.63
  
  
  • RIFF2’s eMMC Voltages list bug is fixed.
  • BOX detection is re-worked. No special drivers are required anymore, standard COM Port Windows drivers can be used.
  • No need to enter COM Port numbers manually for Windows 10. Box is detected automatically as for older Windows versions.
  • Added “Missing Resource” feature. If DLL is missing some resource, for example schematics picture, logs or binary data, the JTAG Manager will popup special dialog so it is possible for custmers to upload data to RIFF Server after which the DLL can be updated with missing data.
  • Active customers will be rewarded with credits.
  • A feature added to edit registration details (eMail, login, password) in Account Manage dialog: the new button – “Edit Account Details”
  • Cosmetic interface changes
  
  
  To download this update, simply click “Check for Updates” button in Your JTAG Manager software.
  
  
  25 May, 2016
  
  
  After six successful years since the first RIFF Box hardware was released, we’re proud to introduce our new v2 RIFF Box hardware. We did our best to develop a reliable, marvelous, yet functional device.
  
  Below you can read the basics about it. Of course, this is preliminary and just a start. RIFF Box v2 hardware is designed so that it can accommodate a large variety of communication protocols, including those of highest importance for starters.
  
  
  • Dual-core Cortex-M4 MCU @ 204MHz;
  • PC to Box USB (Device) Speed: Hi-Speed (480 Mbps);
  • Box to Device (Host) Speed: Full-Speed (48 Mbps);
  • SD/MMC Interface with 1-Bit (DAT0) and 4-Bit (DAT0-DAT3) Bus Width support and SD_CLK up to 52 MHz;
  • UART Interface;
  • RIFF™ Smart Probing Feature;
  • Level-adjustable 23 GPIO Lines (1.65V to 3.6V) for interfacing a range of devices and protocols, such as NAND, SPI, I2C, Pin Finder, etc.;
  • 4 fixed 3.3V GPIO Lines;
  
  
  New hardware and software is fully compatible with Windows 10, which provides effortless installation. Just connect RIFF Box to Windows 10 based PC and everything will be installed automatically. For older Windows versions, there are custom drivers provided with RIFF JTAG Manager installer.
  
  
  25 May, 2016
  
  
  JTAG Manager 1.61
  
  
  • Improved error handling and extending of expired accounts.
  • Fixed updates window size.
  
  
  
  
  
  21 May, 2016
  
  
  JTAG Manager 1.60
  
  
  • Fixed bug related to some Server communication problems
  • Transfer credits from account to account is simplified, no need to enter the destination Login name, the destination S/N is enough.
  • Link to RIFF Support forum is added on two dialog boxes (which are usually signal errors)
  • RIFF License Server is also updated, thus older versions (v1.58, v1.59) will not be able to connect the server.
  
  
  To download this update, simply click “Check for Updates” button in Your JTAG Manager software.
  
  
  16 May, 2016
  
  
  JTAG Manager 1.59
  
  
  • Changed the RIFFBOX pinout picture (added eMMC pinout interface on RJ-45)
  • Fixed bug in Package Editor: Flash Memory/Direct eMMC Flash actions, Automatic Parameters, building list of partitons for write via Plugins, was done with invalid lengths of paritions.
  • [eMMC/SD Advanced]/[Select eMMC for Info & Read]: Pictograms are added to the list of chips. The pictogram is blue if info file is present, gray – if not present (the one displayed by the Show eMMC Testpoint button).
  • Now it’s possible to log-in using either registered user name or e-mail address
  
  
  To download this update, simply click “Check for Updates” button in Your JTAG Manager software.
  
  
  16 April, 2016
  
  
  Here is JTAG Manager v1.58 with ISP/Direct eMMC support. To use it, please prepare Your RIFF Box installation folder:
  
  
  • Rename JTAG Manager v1.56 so You can continue using it if Your account is expired
  • Backup “Useful plugins” folder content because old plugins are incompatible with new Exe, and old exe is incompatible with new plugins.
  • Start v1.58 exe and download license (If Your account is not expired)
  • Update Box firmware to v1.38
  • Download new plugins
  
  
  What's new:
  
  
  JTAG Manager 1.58
  • Added direct eMMC Access Interface on the RIFFBOX RJ-45 port (check pinout picture for CMD, CLK, DAT0, etc pins positions).
  • Added eMMC/SD Access page for Read/Write operations on eMMC/SD card via direct interface
  • Added eMMC/SD Advanced dialog which allows to perform advanced operations with eMMC/SD cards (reading info, browsing through OCR, CID, CSD (and EXT_CSD for eMMC only) registers’ fields, edit separate fields and writting back to card, reading/writting eMMC card’s MCU’s internal firmware, etc)
  • Added convenient information presentation for specific eMMC chips: pinouts for testpoints, manuals how to use testpoints to resurrect dead eMMC, etc). These INFO files (*.riffinfo) are stored in JTAG Manager’s Documents folder and can be downloaded via generic operation.
  • Added eMMC Firmware Update option
  • Added eMMC Firmware Reading option (firmware is stored in *.riffemmcfw format) For firmware read need to select chip from the list
  • *.riffemmcfw eMMC firmware files are now used by RIFF for firmware updates (plain binary files are supported too)
  • Added elapsed time info for eMMC firmware update stages
  • Added eMMC Testpoint info displaying (info files must be downloaded from support and are located in the JTAG Manager’s ‘Documents’ folder.
  • Added CMD42 Lock/Unlock functionality for eMMC. User can set/change/remove password to protect/unprotect (lock/unclock) the User Area Partition
  • Added the User Area Partition Forced Erase to erase Locked User Area Partition and to reset Device lock/unlock state and password (CMD42’s consequences)
  • Added Samsung Factory Erase which erases and re-formats the Samsung eMMC chips.
  • Fixed bug displaying wrong SD card size for cards capacity less than 2GB
  • Few small improvements and bug fixes
    
    Firmware v1.38
    
    
  • Added direct eMMC Access Interface functionality
  • Improved several parameters in the emmc communication
  • Added the CMD42 Lock/Unlock/Pasword reset features
  • Added Forced erase of locked User Area Partition
  • Added Samsung eMMC Factory Format
  • Fixed bug with SD card support
  • eMMC firmware update feature added
  
  
  
  12 February, 2016
  What's new:
  
  
  This topic will serve as initial guide for RIFF Box eMMC ISP/Direct functionality. This is not regular update, but rather a major upgrade. As such, it will come free for all RIFF Boxes registered in last 6 months, and of course for all new RIFF Box customers.
  
  To prepare everything on Your side for this upgrade, You’ll need the following:
  
  
  • RJ45 cable
  • 2Χ100 ohms resistors
  • External source for VCC and VCCQ (Optional)
  • Moorc adapters (Optional)
  • Activation credits (If Your box is older than 6 months)
  RJ45 cable is required to connect RIFF Box to eMMC as RIFF Box RJ45 port is used for this function.
  
  2Χ100 Ohms resistors are required as pull up, to increase signal levels and improve stability.
  
  External source for VCC and VCCQ is required in case that You don’t want to open Your RIFF Box, in order to connect RIFF Box internal VCC voltage source. We know that there are already some adapters on market, which offer this function.
  
  Moorc adapters are well known, and they offer best at price range.
  
  Activation credits You can get in exchange for some money. We have too many of those, and we will be happy to exchange some of them to real money.
  
  
  RIFF Box RJ45 port pinout:
  • 1-NC
  • 2-SD_CLK
  • 3-SD_DAT0
  • 4-SD_CMD
  • 5-NC
  • 6-NC
  • 7-NC
  • 8-GND
  VCC pin is located on RIFF Box motherboard, bottom side. You can locate it if You check
  
  
  19 May, 2015
  What's new:
  
  
  RIFF JTAG – Samsung SGH-i337M Galaxy S 4 LTE Total Repair supported
  • This PKG contains GPT for 32GB chips !
  • There is both Total Repair ™ and BootChain only repair options
    
    
  
  
  Use “Total Repair” option in case that EFS is damaged after unlock. Otherwise use BootChain only option.
  
  
  
  
  
  Please keep in mind that it’s not possible to downgrade this phone to lower version software !
  
  
  19 May, 2015
  What's new:
  
  
  RIFF JTAG – Asus Padfone A66 bootloader repair supported
  • This PKG contains BootChain partitions for 5 different MCU ID-s. To select proper BootChain pack, read MCU ID first by using “Analyze JTAG Chain” function on JTAG Read/Write TAB.
  • GPT is from 32GB version !
  • Android Kernel and Recovery are same for all versions
    
    
  
  
  
  
  
  In case that You have to wipe Cache partition, and it can’t be done via recovery, You can do it by using eMMC Plugin:
  • Start eMMC plugin
  • Click “Load layout from device”
  • Double click “Cache” partition
  • Click “Flash Selected”
  
  
  
  16 May, 2015
  What's new:
  
  
  This is the list of custom repair packs released in last few months:
  • Andromax U R-W.riffpkg
  • Asus_Nexus_7.riffpkg
  • Brava Vega3.riffpkg
  • Casio GZone CA201L.riffpkg
  • Highscreen_Spark.riffpkg
  • HTC 8S Total Repair (PM5910001).riffpkg
  • HTC Amaze Both MID Safe Repair.riffpkg
  • HTC Desire 300 G3U.riffpkg
  • HTC Merge.riffpkg
  • HTC One M7 U PN07120.riffpkg
  • HTC One Max 0P3P70000.riffpkg
  • HTC One Max.riffpkg
  • HTC_Desire_606w_PO49100.riffpkg
  • HTC_Desire_U_T327w.riffpkg
  • HTC_Desire_X_Dual.riffpkg
  • HTC_OneM7_PN0731000.riffpkg
  • HTC_OneMini_PO5810000.riffpkg
  • HTC_OneMini_PO58220000.riffpkg
  • HTC_OneSV_PL8011000.riffpkg
  • HTC_One_S_PJ40110_VLE.riffpkg
  • HTC_One_XL_Evita_UTL.riffpkg
  • HTC_Rezound_Total_Repair.riffpkg
  • HTC_Sensation_XE_Both_ID.riffpkg
  • Huawei_Y300_151.riffpkg
  • I9192UBUBMK4.riffpkg
  • LG SU640.riffpkg
  • LT30A H.riffpkg
  • Lumia_525.riffpkg
  • Micromax_A111.riffpkg
  • Motorola MB886.riffpkg
  • Nokia_XL_RM-1030_Beta_Test.riffpkg
  • Nokia_X_RM_980.riffpkg
  • Nokia_X_RM_980_V2.riffpkg
  • Novatel_4620L.riffpkg
  • Novatel_U727_Modem.riffpkg
  • OPPO X907 Finder.riffpkg
  • P3100_16GB_XLoader+.riffpkg
  • Pantech_UM185C.riffpkg
  • Prestigio_PAP5300.riffpkg
  • Qualcomm MSM8625.riffpkg
  • S6310 Total Repair.riffpkg
  • S7562_Total_Repair.riffpkg
  • Samsung B229.riffpkg
  • Samsung i747 EFS.riffpkg
  • Samsung S5283.riffpkg
  • Samsung S6310 Total Repair.riffpkg
  • Samsung S6310N Total Repair.riffpkg
  • Samsung S6312 Total Repair.riffpkg
  • Samsung_GT-I9190_V4.2.2.riffpkg
  • Samsung_GT-I9200_V4.4.2.riffpkg
  • Samsung_i527_442.riffpkg
  • Samsung_i705.riffpkg
  • Samsung_i747_4.4.2_NE6.riffpkg
  • Samsung_R970.riffpkg
  • Samsung_R970C.riffpkg
  • Samsung_S5310.riffpkg
  • Samsung_S5310B.riffpkg
  • Samsung_t999v_EFS_repair.riffpkg
  • SE LT30A.riffpkg
  • Sony_LT28i_Ion_Test.riffpkg
  • XPERIA Z C6602.riffpkg
  • Xperia_Z_LTE_C6603.riffpkg
  • XPERIA_Z_Repair_Null_BaseBand.riffpkg
    
    
  
  
  
  16 June, 2014
  RIFF JTAG -Easy repair HTC J One HTL22 supported
  
  
  Repairing bricked HTC HTL22 (PN0740000) is easy with the RIFF Box. Phone is auto powered on with USB Data Cable connected to the PC. Battery presence may be required. In case you have no USB cable near, make sure battery is charged enough and hold Power On button during initiation of JTAG connection. Resurrector will reflash radio’s boot zone and will re-write PDA’s SPL to 1.52.0000 version. Additionally to SPL and Radio zones, the zone which contains Model ID is re-flashed too. Thus after resurrection phone will have Model ID = ‘PN0740000’.
  
  To resurrect HTC HTL22:
  • Solder JTAG cable to HTC HTL22 (PN0740000) JTAG pads;
  • Insert USB Data cable into board and PC;
  • Make sure HTC HTL22 (PN0740000) is selected in the list of models;
  • If you use battery, press Power On key;
  • Click Resurrect button;
  • Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  • Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;
    
    
  Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally you can flash it using known flashing methods.
  
  To enter download mode:
  • Disconnect PC cable;
  • Insert battery;
  • Hold ‘Volume Down’ key and press ‘Power ON’ button.
  
  
  
  16 June, 2014
  RIFF JTAG -Easy repair Samsung Galaxy Rugby Pro I547 supported
  
  
  Repairing bricked Samsung Galaxy Rugby Pro I547 is easy with the RIFF Box. Note, one simple way to connect over JTAG – connect USB cable to PC and insert battery. In this case phone is automatically powered on, so no need to press any power-on buttons on the phone keypad.
  
  To resurrect Samsung Galaxy Rugby Pro I547:
  • Solder JTAG cable to Samsung I547 JTAG pads;
  • Insert USB Data cable into board and PC;
  • Make sure Samsung I547 is selected in the list of models;
  • Click Resurrect button;
  • Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  • Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;
    
    
  Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally you can flash it using known flashing methods.
  
  To enter download mode:
  • Disconnect PC cable;
  • Insert battery;
  • Hold ‘Volume Down’ key and press ‘Power ON’ button.
  
  
  
  16 June, 2014
  RIFF JTAG -Easy repair Nokia Lumia 625 supported
  
  
  Repairing bricked Nokia Lumia 625 is easy with the RIFF Box.
  
  To resurrect Nokia Lumia 625:
  • Solder JTAG cable to Nokia Lumia 625 JTAG pads;
  • Insert USB Data cable into board and PC;
  • Make sure Nokia Lumia 625 is selected in the list of models;
  • Click Resurrect button;
  • Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  • Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;
    
    
  Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally you can flash it using known flashing methods.
  
  
  16 June, 2014
  RIFF JTAG -Easy repair Samsung Galaxy Trend Lite S7390 supported
  
  
  Repairing bricked Samsung S7390 is easy with the RIFF Box. Note, one simple way to connect over JTAG – connect USB cable to PC and insert battery. In this case phone is automatically powered on, so no need to press any power-on buttons on the phone keypad.
  
  To resurrect Samsung I847:
  • Solder JTAG cable to Samsung S7390 JTAG pads;
  • Insert USB Data cable into board and PC;
  • Make sure Samsung S7390 is selected in the list of models;
  • Click Resurrect button;
  • Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  • Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;
    
    
  Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally you can flash it using known flashing methods.
  
  To enter download mode:
  • Disconnect PC cable;
  • Insert battery;
  • Hold ‘Volume Down’ key and press ‘Power ON’ button.
  
  
  
  16 June, 2014
  RIFF JTAG – Easy repair Samsung Rugby Smart I847 supported
  
  
  Repairing bricked Samsung I847 is easy with the RIFF Box. Phone is auto powered on with USB Data Cable connected to the PC while battery is connected. Please note, MSM8255T is dual core chipset – it has ARM11 and Qualcomm Scorpion cores. During power on sequence only ARM11 core is visible on the JTAG chain. If boots are not completely damaged and it comes up to initializing of the Scorpion core then Scorpion core appears on the JTAG chain too. This will shift ARM11 from TAP0 into TAP1 position on the chain, while current resurrector has the ARM11 core hardcoded at TAP0 position. Thus make sure to establish JTAG connection in the time range while Scorpion core is not visible yet.
  
  To resurrect Samsung I847:
  • Solder JTAG cable to Samsung I847 JTAG pads;
  • Make sure Samsung I847 is selected in the list of models;
  • Insert battery and connect USB Data cable;
  • If you use only battery, press Power On key;
  • Click Resurrect button;
  • Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  • Disconnect power supply, de-solder JTAG wires;
    
    
  Now phone is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally you can flash it using known flashing methods.
  
  To enter download mode:
  • Disconnect PC cable;
  • Insert battery;
  • Hold ‘Volume Down’ key and press ‘Power ON’ button.
  
  
  
  16 June, 2014
  RIFF JTAG – Easy repair ZTE Turkcell T40 supported
  
  
  Repairing bricked ZTE T40 is easy with the RIFF Box.
  
  To resurrect ZTE T40:
  • Solder JTAG cable to ZTE T40 JTAG pads;
  • Connect ZTE T40 tablet’s charger for power;
  • Make sure ZTE T40 is selected in the list of models;
  • Click Resurrect button;
  • Wait till software signals a successful operation completion;
  • De-solder JTAG wires;
    
    
  Now device is in bootable condition, that is, even if it does not start up normally, you can flash it using known flashing methods.
  
  
  23 May, 2014
  JTAG Manager 1.56
  • Added Repair Packs functionality: allows customers to create own resurrectors. Advanced RIFFBOX customers will be able to create own repair modules for local use only, while RIFFBOX customers with special permissions will be able to distribute own repair packs to all RIFFBOX users. Updates list is re-organized:
    • Added feature to sort updates by name and by date,
    • Updates not browsed by user are marked with bold font for more convenient distinguish of old/new files,
    • Added update files tree view – update files are classified by folders for better convenience,
    • Search file name feature is added: press CTRL+F to open Instant Search window.
  • Timeout if user was deciding which update files to download for too long time is fixed, now there is no timeout,
  • User can do selecting files before clicking Download button for as long time as he wishes.
  • Leading and trailing spaces are removed automatically from login name during registration
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

• Added Repair Packs functionality: allows customers to create own resurrectors. Advanced RIFFBOX customers will be able to create own repair modules for local use only, while RIFFBOX customers with special permissions will be able to distribute own repair packs to all RIFFBOX users. Updates list is re-organized:
  • Added feature to sort updates by name and by date,
  • Updates not browsed by user are marked with bold font for more convenient distinguish of old/new files,
  • Added update files tree view – update files are classified by folders for better convenience,
  • Search file name feature is added: press CTRL+F to open Instant Search window.
• Timeout if user was deciding which update files to download for too long time is fixed, now there is no timeout,
• User can do selecting files before clicking Download button for as long time as he wishes.
• Leading and trailing spaces are removed automatically from login name during registration