Today I tried to change ROM in my G1. With that I also wanted to change SPL and recovery. It was my first conact with flashing that phone. I flashed Samsung i7500 before, so I have some Android experience.
Recovery and SPL went OK. When I was flashing ROM, something has gone wrong, so I decided to restore nandroid backup I made before flashing new ROM. When I restored backup, system didn't load. It stops on "Android" text or on black screen. Recovery also got lost (I don't know how) - now I can see only picture with triangle and "!" sign.
First thought I have was to use fastboot to flash new recovery and have it working. But there is my problem - when I enter fastboot mode, PC doesn't see any new device. There is no difference in device manager when phone is connected or not. When I turn phone on normally (so system's stops loading on Android text), it's recognized by PC.
Have anybody had such problem? What should I do to restore recovery or flash working rom?
What ROM u trying to flash? Some ROMs need some base files. You can even install a new Recovry Image through Recovery Console. Thats what I did
OK, What SPL you have right now...
Once you flash new SPL, old nandroid might not work properly as the partition layout has been changed....
Let us know the SPL you have now, sometimes if the phone is not getting recognized..then you have some old driver installed, try to see if that's the issue...
ms93 said:
Today I tried to change ROM in my G1. With that I also wanted to change SPL and recovery. It was my first conact with flashing that phone. I flashed Samsung i7500 before, so I have some Android experience.
Recovery and SPL went OK. When I was flashing ROM, something has gone wrong, so I decided to restore nandroid backup I made before flashing new ROM. When I restored backup, system didn't load. It stops on "Android" text or on black screen. Recovery also got lost (I don't know how) - now I can see only picture with triangle and "!" sign.
First thought I have was to use fastboot to flash new recovery and have it working. But there is my problem - when I enter fastboot mode, PC doesn't see any new device. There is no difference in device manager when phone is connected or not. When I turn phone on normally (so system's stops loading on Android text), it's recognized by PC.
Have anybody had such problem? What should I do to restore recovery or flash working rom?
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I have installed haykuro SPL as I remember right.
I tried to update SDK and its USB drivers, but no result.
I remember also, that "USB debugging" wasn't on - maybe that's why phone in fastboot isn't recognized on PC?
To be clear: when I plug USB cable in fastboot mode, PC doesn't show that there is some new device. It acts like no device was connected to it.
There are other new and safe method to achieve the same or more then what you are trying to achieve with Haykuro SPL...see here..Custom MTD
But anyhow you are stuck with it...when you say Phone is not getting recognized..try restarting the phone in fastboot mode while connected to PC...when you are pressing back button are you getting fastboot..
I am not a good person to suggest something on this...If I would have been in your place I would have flashed DREAMIMG.nbh file and would have started from start....but wait till somebody better will tell you how to recover the device....
ms93 said:
I have installed haykuro SPL as I remember right.
I tried to update SDK and its USB drivers, but no result.
I remember also, that "USB debugging" wasn't on - maybe that's why phone in fastboot isn't recognized on PC?
To be clear: when I plug USB cable in fastboot mode, PC doesn't show that there is some new device. It acts like no device was connected to it.
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G1sanju, I don't know what to say!
You saved my phone
Flashing DREAMIMG.nbh helped, phone has booted
OK, I have a new problem now.
Recovery is still not working - I have Android 1.0 in phone.
Fastboot is still not recognized by PC, so I can't flash it. I don't have root, so I can't flash recovery by terminal - is there any Android 1.0 root instruction?
Or maybe DREAIMG.nbh of 1.5 or 1.6 ROM?
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Now everything works, I flashed recovery using telnet.
DREAMIMG.nbh is an default image for G1, so it remove root access and leave the phone with the stock image...now you have 1.x radio and stock SPL...flashing haykuro SPL right now can brick your phone....
unlocker.com has some good guide to get the root access if you are looking for it....
Do not flash the Haykuro SPL or DangerSPL......That's of no use now....also there are chances that it can brick your phone....
Use Safe SPL...1.33.2003 those are full engineering SPL with fastboot access....
use CustomMTD to get the increase size as mentioned in my post above...
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OK, I have a new problem now.
Recovery is still not working - I have Android 1.0 in phone.
Fastboot is still not recognized by PC, so I can't flash it. I don't have root, so I can't flash recovery by terminal - is there any Android 1.0 root instruction?
Or maybe DREAIMG.nbh of 1.5 or 1.6 ROM?
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Now everything works, I flashed recovery using telnet.
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I installed recovery via telnet, then changed radio, installed CustomMTD and ROM. All working fine.
Its great that you have used customMTD rather then Haykuro SPL...this is safe method....I just warned you because that's a very common way to brick the phone....flashing NBH and then installing SPL assuming you have the correct radio is a very common way of bricking the phone...
Also if you are playing with SPL and radio's then its advisable to erase the recovery first...then do the install from fastboot and then reinstall recovery...
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I installed recovery via telnet, then changed radio, installed CustomMTD and ROM. All working fine.
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Okay so i unlocked my bootloader, that went well (as if thats hard)
and then i used Modacos superboot to root, it rooted (except for some reason the super user application opens to just a black screen). After that i continued to flash the recovery so that i can flash Cyanogen. When i try to flash the recovery i keep on getting the error 'cannot load'. i've tried like 4 different recovery roms. Not sure what im doing wrong
Oh and this has been tried on 2 different computers. One win7 and one XP. both gave the same output
_-..zKiLLA..-_ said:
Okay so i unlocked my bootloader, that went well (as if thats hard)
and then i used Modacos superboot to root, it rooted (except for some reason the super user application opens to just a black screen). After that i continued to flash the recovery so that i can flash Cyanogen. When i try to flash the recovery i keep on getting the error 'cannot load'. i've tried like 4 different recovery roms. Not sure what im doing wrong
Oh and this has been tried on 2 different computers. One win7 and one XP. both gave the same output
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what commands are you using to flash Amon_RA's recovery image? i also assume you're at the white bootloader screen when trying to flash Amon_RA's recovery image. also, to confirm root access, download the N1 Torch app and if it works, you're rooted.
Yes the screen is white. And i am using "fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0-cyan.img"
Cannot load what - fastboot or the ROM .img file? Do you have fastboot-windows.exe in the same directory as the rom image?-(not necessary if fastboot command works for you)
Type fastboot devices to double check your link between pc and phone. If not check usb cable & drivers.
Make sure ur unlock is right before flashing Amon. If you've rooted then you should see an unlocked-lock image (the the google Xscreen) while booting, or the N1 torch app method as mentioned above.
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Yes the screen is white. And i am using "fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0-cyan.img"
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Make sure you got to that white screen by pressing the trackball and not the volume rocker.
I renamed the recovery image to "recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.img"
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fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-nexus-v1.7.0.img
Make sure you check
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fastboot devices
and get your device number and also make sure you put it in the tools folder of the Android SDK
Make these steps
Boot ur phone into bootloader
1 Rename the img to recovery.img
2 Place the file in ur toolfolder where u have ur fastboot
3 Rightclik on toolfolder+Shift choose open cmd here
4 write fastboot devices to be shure u are connected
5 then write fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
hi,I have the problem too.I try many times but still stuck TRIANGLE WITH !.when I do recovery image
the screen come up "sending 'recovery"3948 kb.....ok
writing' recovery'......ok
sending 'recovery"3948 kb.....ok
writing' recovery'......ok
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fastboot reboot
Finally got Amon_Ra's recovery to install
I started with a stock N1 with froyo
had a few stumbles along the way and lots of searching...lots and lots lol
using the how-to on the cyanogen page I went to the letter as ive never used ADB
So I installed the Latest Android SDK to get the ADB and Fastboot.
verified connection with "adb devices" command and so on
when I tried to flash amons the first time I got an error saying it couldn't open the file.
I checked to see if i had Super user with the LED flashlight app and I did not so I downloaded Super boot and it worked like a charm
tried again and got the same cannot open error.
I renamed the recovery image back to the original file name and triple checked everything else which didnt help.
at this point it was late and i was exhausted so my memory is fuzzy
but i had a few more issues and finally I installed the clock work app and installed clockwork recovery i then used that to flash amons because that is what i was familiar with from my G1 days.
I do remember I had to go into fast boot and select clear storage. I think thats what caused my N1 to hang on reboot after the ROM was flashed.
But It may have even been what caused my issues with the recovery image.
I had my phone rooted and working fine on CM5 but I had the CM/JF recovery.
I wanted to update to a new recovery so I downloaded Clockworkmod's ROM Manager. I flashed the recovery and rebooted into recovery. The phone will hang on the G1 screen if I try to go into recovery, but if I let it boot normally it will go into android.
How can I fix this?
If you have a SPL that allows FASTBOOT, you can FASTBOOT, connect to the PC, and flash the recovery image from there.
Everthing I read about fastboot is done over linux, is there a way to get it running in Windows?
Has nothing to do with linux. Is multiplatform.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
Windows 7 is being a pain in the ass and not letting me install the USB drivers. I don't know what to do
Use google.
It has been asked already. I had Windows 7, and it worked.
The only thing I find is how to get the Hero to sync with W7. Should i follow those steps anyway?
I cant post links but I used a method on theunlockr
And Winblows 7 is still telling me it is unable to install my device.
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It is the same.
just go to amon ra's thread on his 1.7.0 version and there is instructions on how to flash his recovery from terminal on the phone its really simple that way
In his thread it says not to flash it from within CM5 :\
That's probably what happened in the first place, i flashed a recovery from within CM5 and this caused my problem.
EDIT: Tried it anyway and it didn't work.
EDIT EDIT: After messing with the HTC sync drivers I was able to install them and my computer reads my phone when I do 'fastboot devices'. However I have to go to school so I will have to flash the recovery after work. I hope this works
I was able to successfully flash the recovery with Fastboot. Thanks for the help
Tried to install Cyanogen 6.1... It failed.
From there the device booted up normally on a fresh start, but I tried to recover my backup and that is where everything got all messed up.
Im stuck on the G1 screen.
Ive gotten it to the fastboot mode and Im downloading what I think I need to get my phone working again. Ive downloaded the Andriod 1.6 image from the HTC website. Do I need the recovery? I just want 1.6 until I have time to try and get Cyanogen installed.
Im currently installing JDK for the Andriod SDK.
Am I headed in the right direction?
I was using ROM Manager with Clockwork Mod. My old ROM was Super E... Not sure what version, but it was Andriod 2.1
What radio/spl do u have?
johnson8cyl said:
What radio/spl do u have?
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Tbry said:
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And spl? Do u have and eng spl? (S-off). If so u could fastboot erase your system and try to flash the rom through recovery. And fastboot flash a recovery of your choice first. Have u tried going on ezterry's thread with the new radio/spl and going that route?
Not sure what the version of the SPL is, but I know it is off. I'll check his thread out and give it a try. I might end up finding someone who actually knows what they are doing, or buying the Nexus S.
Ok. If u follow his thread exactly and fastboot flash the radio/recovery/spl u should end up with everything as described in the thread and be able to move on with cm6 with appropriate kernel. Alternatively u could boot into fastboot and open up your terminal on your computer and type in code to fastboot recovery of your choice (after it's download and put in sdk/tools folder on your PC) he has amonra link in his thread for download . Then type fastboot erase system -w (hit enter). When it's done type fastboot erase boot (hit enter). Then power down. Power back into recovery with the rom on your sdcard and flash away.
That is actually what I'm trying to do. Its just about my only option at this point.
Im having problems getting everything set up correctly though.
What are u having problems setting up?
I installed Andriod SDK, seems to be working.
Downloaded the drivers, which seems to have stopped my computer from seeing the phone.
I downloaded the Fastboot.exe, tried to run it but it cannot find ADB.dll ( Pretty sure thats what it was.)
I was basically following the steps on the cyanogen wiki.
When I have some time, I will try the Fastboot for noobs guide.
I think I followed a guide in androiddevelopers.com or something like that. If I find it again ill post a link. I don't think I ran a fastboot exe file though. Just have it in my androidsdk/tools folder. Added the variable to my paths and was good to go. Not at my PC currently though.
Edit: developer.android.com/sdk/
I believe is what I followed
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
Following this for fastboot.
I cannot update anything. Home + power doesnt do anything.
Only thing I can access is fastboot mode.
Fortunately my radio is up to date, so I assume my SPL is as well.
Going to attempt to try the fastboot step, once I can get the SDK working correctly
edit: I knew if I spent enough time working at it that I'd get it working.
Only problem now is getting my device to be listed.
Edit2: at first when I entered fastboot mode, I would get the "Add new hardware" for the device "Andriod 1.0"
It now says "andriod bootloader interface"
I feel like I'm so close. I'm going to keep playing with it, but what can I do to get my device listed when I type the command "Fastboot devices"?
Edit 3: Awesome. I got fastboot to work and my phone is recognized. Only problem now is getting my SD card reader to work so I can put the proper files on
Final edit: MY phone is killing SD cards for some reason. Don't know what to do
Got the SD cards to work, for some reason though, some of the commands are not working. When I type fastboot shell, I just get the usage doc.
When I do fastboot update, I get the following: error: failed to load 'update.zip'
What are u trying to do in fastboot?
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Well, I fixed my phone. Back to its original state.
I guess my only question at this point my only question is if I switch to Cyanogen 6.1, will it be less buggy than my Super E ROM?
For anyone wondering, Holding home + end for about 25 seconds is what I did. From there I just went to nandriod and tried to recover the same backup that gave me the problem.
I would say no. It will not be less buggy. U can always flash and try different roms though for experiment sake. Glad u got it back up
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Hi,
I bought a faulty Nexus one from ebay, thought I can fix it, as I did buy a faulty desire from ebay and was able to fix it. This time im not so lucky I guess.
So here it is:
The phone is stuck at X when booting normally.
I can access HBoot (But not Hboot USB Plug, because USB debugging is not enabled) and Fastboot USB. I unlocked Hboot. Fastboot in PC recognizes the phone but ADB does not as usb debugging is not enabled.
The phone is not Rooted
Here are my ideas so far:
Get somehow debugging on with some commands (No luck from reshearching in google)
Reflash stock rom with PASSIMG.ZIP in sdcard, but my phone does not recognize the file from my sdcard (I'm pretty certain im doing something wrong or my idea is somehow wrong)
Flash new images through FASTBOOT, but every time Signature check fails (Shipped-roms.com).
Root with superboot, but signature check failed here too.
Flash a recovery, signature check fails.
I will reguraly update my tries
Please suggest correction to my ideas or suggest new ones!
Help will be much appreciated!
I admit it, the phone might be briked, but I want to make sure that I have tried everything before I abandon this project.
And ofcourse I have no Warranty.
What file are you using for passimg.zip? Make sure it's not a zip inside a zip.
What images are you using via the fastboot flash command?
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You didn't unlock the bootloader, it seems - because if you did, it wouldn't be checking signatures, and you'd be able to flash anything.
First of thanks to both of you for helping.
I'm pretty sure that i do not have zip inside zip and I downloaded them from shipped roms.com -> android -> Passion-> PASSIMG_Google .... .ZIP, (Then renamed it ofcourse) Is there a difference what version of android i use?
The issue with this is, it checks the SD CARD and does not find anything. I have seen from google that the most common issue is that it starts to check the .zip file but then aborts. Does the SDCARD have to be a goldcard (I do have a goldcard but it might be faulty, right?)
I tried fastboot flash PASSIMG_Google.... .ZIP; Fastboot Flashall ( With having boot, recovery, system in my fastboot folder)
Maybe I should try to flash everything the .zip has in it seperately because that succeded for boot, system and recovery but I was too afraid to flash every partitation (Like Radio which seems to be the scariest and the most easiest way to brick phone)
For the third answer, I have ***UNLOCKED*** in bootloader in purple and top on the screen.
Once again thanks and keep suggesting!
Unpack the ZIP and flash each image separately.
Leave the radio as is, if it's updated enough (5.08 or 5.12). In any case, fastboot won't allow you to flash bad radio - and the risk of bricking the phone using fastboot is near 0.
For passimg.zip, you need to download the FRG33 shipped ROM from shipped-roms.com then EXTRACT the zip file that is inside the zip that you downloaded. Rename that file to passimg.zip
For fastboot, flash boot and system seperately.
When you boot the device normally, do you see the lock icon below the four colored x?
Sent from my Nexus One
Okay,
Did it one by one (PASSIMG_Passion_Google_WWE_2.16.1700.1_FRG33_release_signed.zip):
Succeeded:
Boot, Recovery, System and Userdata (that was only 3Kb)
Failed with signature check (Remote:Signature check failed):
Splash1, spcustom,
Did not do:
Radio
I'm going to post more details:
When booting up, it displays the X normally with the unlocking badge on the bottom of the screen and vibrates once. Then it goes black for a second or even less, the same images comes on and then it vibrates 6-7 times.
now that you successfully flashed the stock recovery, cam you boot into it?
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Nope, it does that what I described on the previous post
Oh and what's more it randomly during no activity being in fastboot vibrates as well for 5 times or so. It does this rarely but it's there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710937
Thanks, Well thats it then for now, just have to figure out what to do now
Sounds like you need to get the PASSIMG.zip method to work, or unlock and flash a new recovery like amon ra, and flash a full rom with sig checks off.
siimplangi said:
Nope, it does that what I described on the previous post
Oh and what's more it randomly during no activity being in fastboot vibrates as well for 5 times or so. It does this rarely but it's there
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Ok, but can you boot into recovery? In other words, boot into the bootloader and select recovery.
any solution?
efrant said:
Ok, but can you boot into recovery? In other words, boot into the bootloader and select recovery.
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hi guys.i have exactly same situation.
does anyone have a solution fir this?
kobi_eidelman said:
hi guys.i have exactly same situation.
does anyone have a solution fir this?
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Did you try all the solutions suggested above (passimg, fastboot flash, etc)? If yes then no I don't think so.
Hi guys. I've had my HTC one for a while now and it had TWRP flashed on it. About a week ago I flashed the android revolution rom, worked well but my camera went really weird if I looked back at some recordings. So I wanted to revert back to stock everything. I flashed a stock recovery for the M7, after that I had the problem of not being able to connect my device to the computer when I fastboot mode. Simply wouldn't pick it up when I typed ADB devices in cmd. My device wouldn't show up after installing stock recovery. And it doesn't want to restore any roms either in stock recovery mode. I can't even access my folders in that mode to flash any roms. I click either apply from sd card, apply from phone storage. Says for a split second check CID failed or something and reboots itself.
I cannot flash TWRP back cause my computer since it can't pick it up. I've tried everything. Changing USB ports, uninstalling my drives for htc. Changing computers, unlocking, relocking bootloader. No result. I'm screwed cause I'm stuck on this android revolution rom, rooted. Just wanna flash custom recovery. I can connect it to my computer, access folders and add things to it but soon as I turn it off and go into fastboot mode it says fastboot usb and can hear the noise when its connected but it doesn't show up in adb devices and when I flash the TWRP it starts send then comes up with FAILED. Help please, would be appreciated!
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Hi guys. I've had my HTC one for a while now and it had TWRP flashed on it. About a week ago I flashed the android revolution rom, worked well but my camera went really weird if I looked back at some recordings. So I wanted to revert back to stock everything. I flashed a stock recovery for the M7, after that I had the problem of not being able to connect my device to the computer when I fastboot mode. Simply wouldn't pick it up when I typed ADB devices in cmd. My device wouldn't show up after installing stock recovery. And it doesn't want to restore any roms either in stock recovery mode. I can't even access my folders in that mode to flash any roms. I click either apply from sd card, apply from phone storage. Says for a split second check CID failed or something and reboots itself.
I cannot flash TWRP back cause my computer since it can't pick it up. I've tried everything. Changing USB ports, uninstalling my drives for htc. Changing computers, unlocking, relocking bootloader. No result. I'm screwed cause I'm stuck on this android revolution rom, rooted. Just wanna flash custom recovery. I can connect it to my computer, access folders and add things to it but soon as I turn it off and go into fastboot mode it says fastboot usb and can hear the noise when its connected but it doesn't show up in adb devices and when I flash the TWRP it starts send then comes up with FAILED. Help please, would be appreciated!
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Adb only works if you'te booted to OS or custom recovery. Command you're looking for in bootloader menu is "fastboot devices"
Fala Puno. Ja sam raditi sada. I'm of Croatian decent in Australia. I'll try this later when I return home
Fixed it! I'm an idiot, I didn't realise I was flashing the m8 twrp instead of m7. That's why it failed. Lol. Anyway thanks