[flashrom] Please Help

[Benjamin Murdock]

I am trying to duplicate the audio stored on a GPR25L040B chip. The
datasheet (
https://www.dataman.com/media/datasheet/Generalplus/GPR25L040B.pdf) states
that it is fully compatible with the MX25L4005A. I seem to be able to read
the flash to a file just fine but when writing back to the file I am
getting an error (see below).
Even with the error, I seem to be able to at least partially write to the
chip but the audio that comes back cuts out after a few seconds.

This project's goal is to copy audio from a recorded book that my son's
grandma recorded with him before she passed, to another book that we can
give to my Sister-In-Law for Christmas.
I would also like to back up the audio in case something happens to the
book in the future.
(Alternate backups will be made as well prior to touching that book.) .

Any help that you can provide would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you,
Ben.

The following protocols are supported: SPI.
Probing for Macronix MX25L4005(A/C)/MX25L4006E, 512 kB:
probe_spi_rdid_generic: id1 0xc2, id2 0x2013
Found Macronix flash chip "MX25L4005(A/C)/MX25L4006E" (512 kB, SPI) on
linux_spi.
Chip status register is 0x86.
Chip status register: Status Register Write Disable (SRWD, SRP, ...) is set
Chip status register: Bit 6 is not set
Chip status register: Bit 5 is not set
Chip status register: Block Protect 2 (BP2) is not set
Chip status register: Block Protect 1 (BP1) is not set
Chip status register: Block Protect 0 (BP0) is set
Chip status register: Write Enable Latch (WEL) is set
Chip status register: Write In Progress (WIP/BUSY) is not set
Some block protection in effect, disabling... Block protection could not be
disabled!
Chip status register is 0x86.
Chip status register: Status Register Write Disable (SRWD, SRP, ...) is set
Chip status register: Bit 6 is not set
Chip status register: Bit 5 is not set
Chip status register: Block Protect 2 (BP2) is not set
Chip status register: Block Protect 1 (BP1) is not set
Chip status register: Block Protect 0 (BP0) is set
Chip status register: Write Enable Latch (WEL) is set
Chip status register: Write In Progress (WIP/BUSY) is not set
Reading old flash chip contents... done.
Erasing and writing flash chip... Trying erase function 0...
0x000000-0x000fff:S, 0x001000-0x001fff:S, 0x002000-0x002fff:S,
0x003000-0x003fff:S, 0x004000-0x004fff:S, 0x005000-0x005fff:S,
0x006000-0x006fff:S, 0x007000-0x007fff:S, 0x008000-0x008fff:S,
0x009000-0x009fff:S, 0x00a000-0x00afff:S, 0x00b000-0x00bfff:S,
0x00c000-0x00cfff:S, 0x00d000-0x00dfff:S, 0x00e000-0x00efff:S,
0x00f000-0x00ffff:S, 0x010000-0x010fff:S, 0x011000-0x011fff:S,
0x012000-0x012fff:S, 0x013000-0x013fff:S, 0x014000-0x014fff:S,
0x015000-0x015fff:S, 0x016000-0x016fff:S, 0x017000-0x017fff:S,
0x018000-0x018fff:S, 0x019000-0x019fff:S, 0x01a000-0x01afff:S,
0x01b000-0x01bfff:S, 0x01c000-0x01cfff:S, 0x01d000-0x01dfff:S,
0x01e000-0x01efff:S, 0x01f000-0x01ffff:S, 0x020000-0x020fff:S,
0x021000-0x021fff:S, 0x022000-0x022fff:S, 0x023000-0x023fff:S,
0x024000-0x024fff:S, 0x025000-0x025fff:S, 0x026000-0x026fff:S,
0x027000-0x027fff:S, 0x028000-0x028fff:S, 0x029000-0x029fff:S,
0x02a000-0x02afff:S, 0x02b000-0x02bfff:S, 0x02c000-0x02cfff:S,
0x02d000-0x02dfff:S, 0x02e000-0x02efff:S, 0x02f000-0x02ffff:S,
0x030000-0x030fff:S, 0x031000-0x031fff:S, 0x032000-0x032fff:S,
0x033000-0x033fff:S, 0x034000-0x034fff:S, 0x035000-0x035fff:S,
0x036000-0x036fff:S, 0x037000-0x037fff:S, 0x038000-0x038fff:S,
0x039000-0x039fff:S, 0x03a000-0x03afff:S, 0x03b000-0x03bfff:S,
0x03c000-0x03cfff:S, 0x03d000-0x03dfff:S, 0x03e000-0x03efff:S,
0x03f000-0x03ffff:S, 0x040000-0x040fff:S, 0x041000-0x041fff:S,
0x042000-0x042fff:S, 0x043000-0x043fff:S, 0x044000-0x044fff:S,
0x045000-0x045fff:S, 0x046000-0x046fff:S, 0x047000-0x047fff:S,
0x048000-0x048fff:S, 0x049000-0x049fff:S, 0x04a000-0x04afff:S,
0x04b000-0x04bfff:S, 0x04c000-0x04cfff:S, 0x04d000-0x04dfff:S,
0x04e000-0x04efff:S, 0x04f000-0x04ffff:S, 0x050000-0x050fff:S,
0x051000-0x051fff:S, 0x052000-0x052fff:S, 0x053000-0x053fff:S,
0x054000-0x054fff:S, 0x055000-0x055fff:S, 0x056000-0x056fff:S,
0x057000-0x057fff:S, 0x058000-0x058fff:S, 0x059000-0x059fff:S,
0x05a000-0x05afff:S, 0x05b000-0x05bfff:S, 0x05c000-0x05cfff:S,
0x05d000-0x05dfff:S, 0x05e000-0x05efff:S, 0x05f000-0x05ffff:S,
0x060000-0x060fff:S, 0x061000-0x061fff:S, 0x062000-0x062fff:S,
0x063000-0x063fff:S, 0x064000-0x064fff:S, 0x065000-0x065fff:S,
0x066000-0x066fff:S, 0x067000-0x067fff:S, 0x068000-0x068fff:S,
0x069000-0x069fff:S, 0x06a000-0x06afff:S, 0x06b000-0x06bfff:S,
0x06c000-0x06cfff:S, 0x06d000-0x06dfff:S, 0x06e000-0x06efff:S,
0x06f000-0x06ffff:S, 0x070000-0x070fff:S, 0x071000-0x071fff:S,
0x072000-0x072fff:S, 0x073000-0x073fff:S, 0x074000-0x074fff:S,
0x075000-0x075fff:EFAILED at 0x00075000! Expected=0xff, Found=0x89, failed
byte count from 0x00075000-0x00075fff: 0xf3f
ERASE FAILED!
Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase
function.
Trying erase function 1... 0x000000-0x00ffff:S, 0x010000-0x01ffff:S,
0x020000-0x02ffff:S, 0x030000-0x03ffff:S, 0x040000-0x04ffff:S,
0x050000-0x05ffff:S, 0x060000-0x06ffff:S, 0x070000-0x07ffff:EFAILED at
0x00070000! Expected=0xff, Found=0x40, failed byte count from
0x00070000-0x0007ffff: 0x79ab
ERASE FAILED!
Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase
function.
Trying erase function 2... 0x000000-0x00ffff:S, 0x010000-0x01ffff:S,
0x020000-0x02ffff:S, 0x030000-0x03ffff:S, 0x040000-0x04ffff:S,
0x050000-0x05ffff:S, 0x060000-0x06ffff:S, 0x070000-0x07ffff:EFAILED at
0x00070000! Expected=0xff, Found=0x00, failed byte count from
0x00070000-0x0007ffff: 0x79ab
ERASE FAILED!
Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase
function.
Trying erase function 3... 0x000000-0x07ffff:EFAILED at 0x00000000!
Expected=0xff, Found=0x00, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff:
0x3a0c2
ERASE FAILED!
Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase
function.
Trying erase function 4... 0x000000-0x07ffff:EFAILED at 0x00000000!
Expected=0xff, Found=0x00, failed byte count from 0x00000000-0x0007ffff:
0x3a0c2
ERASE FAILED!
Reading current flash chip contents... done. Looking for another erase
function.
Trying erase function 5... not defined. Looking for another erase function.
Trying erase function 6... not defined. Looking for another erase function.
Trying erase function 7... not defined. No usable erase functions left.
FAILED!
Uh oh. Erase/write failed. Checking if anything has changed.
Reading current flash chip contents... done.
Good, writing to the flash chip apparently didn't do anything.
Please check the connections (especially those to write protection pins)
between
the programmer and the flash chip. If you think the error is caused by
flashrom
please report this on IRC at chat.freenode.net (channel #flashrom) or
mail [e-mail], thanks!