Surface Pro RT 1516

[osity]

2 Pictures attached:

Is data recovery from these units possible?
It looks like the storage may be the Samsung chip that was hidden under the lower shield?

[DataMedics]

Yes, that's the one. It's an eMMC chip.

Here's the datasheet for it: http://www.datasheetspdf.com/datasheet/ ... ?id=810339

Do you have a way to read a BGA169 eMMC?

[osity]

I do not have a reader for this but I do have the PC3K flash.
I would imagine there is encryption somewhere in the dump. Data Medics, have you ever recovered a surface?

Looks like a rabbit hole

Thanks for the datasheet, I think that link is missing the /1 at the end.
Looks like this is the link to the pdf:
http://www.datasheetspdf.com/PDF/KLMCG8 ... 1/810339/1

[Roman_TS]

Actually, you don't need PC-3000 Flash or any other flash recovery tool to read eMMC. If the chip is alive, you can use any of eMMC reader - there are a hundreds of Chinese versions that will help you to read this eMMC like a common SD card:

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R ... 9&_sacat=0

[osity]

There’s no on chip encryption?

[Roman_TS]

If your eMMC still working as monolith (it controller works fine), you will bypass encryption on the fly through internal CPU. Problem of encryption will appear only:

1. IF user use encryption on his device;
2. If internal CPU is damaged and you need to solder eMMC by NAND protocol.

In your case everything should work like a common SD card through card reader

[osity]

That's good information. Thank you.