Something about UBI formats on embedded Linux devices with USB mode switching. I had hoped to be able to just noodle around with exotic block device formats, mount the device like a USB drive and copy the files directly, but. These are some of the resources that kept me moving forward: Rather, I was able to piece together portions of each of them to get the job done. Some searching turned up a number of resources, none of which were able to help me completely.
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If your software or hardware are different than that, proceed at your own caution. This was all done in early 2019, with a LeapPad2 Explorer and a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ running Raspbian Stretch 9.6. (This was not the case for me, but I repeat the warning out of an abundance of caution.) Again, proceed at your own caution. If you are unable to complete these steps, this may make the device impossible to use. The steps below involve putting your LeapPad2 into "developer" mode. This worked for me, and I'm writing it up in case it works for someone else, but if you try it and run into a problem, there is functionally no chance that I will be able to help you. I am not an expert in USB devices, nor embedded Linux, nor even Linux. Do we have any other options for saving these crude, blurry, sentimental photos and videos?! Disclaimers The OEM software (LeapFrog Connect) would download some of them, but not all of them. Before sending it to Goodwill, I wanted to wipe any data off of it, but before I could get to that, I found a number of old photos on the it. In some dark corner of the house, I found an old LeapPad2 that hadn't been used for years. Downloading Photos and Videos from a LeapPad2 onto a Raspberry Pi The Problem