Hello all. Searching didn't get me an answer. I'm curious if there's a way to mount the internal storage to a PC with a cracked screen. Phone definitely turns on but screen is shot. Any ideas are welcome. Thanks in advance.
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Are you lucky enough to have cwm recovery? You van mount it through there with just button presses. Done it myself, granted I had a second phone to guide me through how many times I needed to press the buttons, but it worked like a curse!
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Are you lucky enough to have cwm recovery? You van mount it through there with just button presses. Done it myself, granted u had a second phone to guide me through how many times I needed to press the buttons, but it worked like a curse!
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Unfortunately no. Its a friends phone so it was never rooted. Does stock recovery have that option?
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Well....damn.
I'm pretty sure it's not in stock recovery.
Was usb debuging turned on? You can use adb to pull everything from /sdcard
Not sure its worth a shot.
Adb pull /sdcard?
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No luck with adb what is download mode? Any way to use that?
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No. download mode is for flashing software onto the phone.
Been a while since I messed with my captivate but couldn't he use Odin to flash a kernel with recovery and go from there?
newter55 said:
Been a while since I messed with my captivate but couldn't he use Odin to flash a kernel with recovery and go from there?
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****, you are exactly right!!
note to self:dont answer questions until you've had your morning coffee!!
op grab a .tar from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893880&highlight=speedmod
and research how to use odin. then you will need a screen shot of cwm to guide you through how many button presses you need.
And this wont wipe the internal SD?
And I don't need root first?
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doesn't touch the internal SD
and download mode happens outside the OS no root needed.
Ill give it a go tonight or tomorrow will report back.
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ok after flashing the kernal through odin the phone is found in adb. what is the command to pull the files from the internal sd and save them to my desktop?
http://developer.android.com/guide/developing/tools/adb.html#commandsummary
Adb pull /mnt/sdcard c:\users\(you)\desktop
I believe or something like that. I honestly don't use adb too often.
if you boot into recovery (with adb reboot recovery) it should be volume down 6 times, then power, vol up twice then power and that should get you to mount the sdcard so you an just use windows gui to copy everything over instead of a command prompt
Got it! Thank you very much! For reference its /mnt/sdcard.
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Awesome man!
Glad to hear.
I am in the same situation but the phone is rooted and has a custom rom.
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I am in the same situation but the phone is rooted and has a custom rom.
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If you can get adb to recognize the phone the command is adb pull /mnt/sdcard
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After having a really bad day at work I ended up putting my phone into a wall as hard as i could - the result: A destroyed screen
The instructions here work like a charm & I was able to copy the entire contents of the SD card over to my computer - adb pull /mnt/sdcard Ti Backup is a little outdated but I am not complaining. Thanks all!
studacris said:
if you boot into recovery (with adb reboot recovery) it should be volume down 6 times, then power, vol up twice then power and that should get you to mount the sdcard so you an just use windows gui to copy everything over instead of a command prompt
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THANK YOU! Worked like a charm.
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Just like the title suggests, I need help. I have been working on this for three days and have not accomplished anything.
I have been rooted for six months, flashed many roms, kernels, enabled apps2sd, etc.., etc.., but I do not know how it all works(just to give you a little FYI).
"I do not have a recovery screen anymore." At first I just wasn't able to push a new one, it would tell me "usage flash_image partition.img" or something very similar. I searched for that phrase and found something with it in the G1 forums, tried it(probably should have asked first), and now I don't even have a recovery image. Like I said I've tried almost everything and it may be simple but this is beyond me, someone please help.
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Just like the title suggests, I need help. I have been working on this for three days and have not accomplished anything.
I have been rooted for six months, flashed many roms, kernels, enabled apps2sd, etc.., etc.., but I do not know how it all works(just to give you a little FYI).
"I do not have a recovery screen anymore." At first I just wasn't able to push a new one, it would tell me "usage flash_image partition.img" or something very similar. I searched for that phrase and found something with it in the G1 forums, tried it(probably should have asked first), and now I don't even have a recovery image. Like I said I've tried almost everything and it may be simple but this is beyond me, someone please help.
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what happens when you hold home then press the power button? Is there any sort of screen if you get a screen you need to install android sdk and flash a new recovery image using adb
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what happens when you hold home then press the power button? Is there any sort of screen if you get a screen you need to install android sdk and flash a new recovery image using adb
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Yes there is a screen, it's the green HTC w/ white background. It will just sit there forever. I am at work right now so I can't do it yet but when I get home I'll try it, hopefully that works.
BTW, from my phone I can't tell if you have a donate button. I was serious about that.
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Try downloading the RUU and then re-rooting your phone. It will be wiped clean from the RUU install then you'll be able to push a new recovery img over. If you don't want to do that my other suggestion is if you can't manually flash the recovery try downloading RomManager from the market and using that to flash a recovery.
As far as why you can't flash a recovery where are you placing the recovery.img when you try? are you doing it from your computer or from your sdcard using a terminal emulator? If its from your computer make sure that the recovery.img is in the tools folder and make sure you type it word for word (caps included) if your trying to do it from the terminal emulator and its on your sdcard the same applies as it must be letter for letter and word for word, but before you can type anything you have to gain root access in the terminal you do this by simply typing su and then enter. SuperUser Permissions will ask you if its ok to use root click ok then type in what you need to.
Since you said you've been trying to flash it I assume you know what to type but if you need it again just ask I'll post it up for you. Hope this helps.
Here's something I wrote a few days ago to help someone who was trying to flash a custom recovery might be helpful.
Flashing a custom recovery is pretty easy there is a couple of ways to do it some find it easier to do by putting it on the sd card and flashing it through a terminal emulator or if you have your htc sync and adb set up already you can throw it on your sd card and type this
Code:
adb remount
Code:
adb shell
Code:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/RA-darchstar.img
You should see this below
Code:
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/RA-darchstar.img
flash_image recovery /sdcard/RA-darchstar.img
#
Reboot into recovery and you should be all set to go. The other way by using the terminal emulator you'll just type in this in:
Code:
su
Accept Root access request from SuperUser Permissions then type:
Code:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/RA-darchstar.img
You should see the same output to know you did it correctly. Hope this helps.
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Yes there is a screen, it's the green HTC w/ white background. It will just sit there forever. I am at work right now so I can't do it yet but when I get home I'll try it, hopefully that works.
BTW, from my phone I can't tell if you have a donate button. I was serious about that.
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No donate needed
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Also try quick boot to get in to recovery
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Thanks
Thanks everyone for all you help. I ended up being able to do it through terminal. I guess next time I won't wait three days to ask for a thirty second fix.
Hi everyone, unfortunatly i broke my screen, my phone was rooted and i was using CM7
i would like to recover my files, but due to the my broken screen i can't see anything so i can't mount usb storage,
I also heard that if i activate usb debugging mode i can acces my files easily.. but debugging mode wasn't activated..
and finally I heard that through Recovery Mode, i can mount usb storage, but once again i cannot see or do anything ..
so can you help me please ?
thanks a lot for your help, and thanks to everyone on this forum for their help and their roms etc !
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Search on google for a pic from the the right recovery version then you navigate blind witch the picture.
If this dont work you can force the into recovery mode and plug it to the PC. You can save your data using adb without enabling usb debugging
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i think that differ on alternate versions of CWM
on my phone:
6x volume down, power, 2x volume up, power. but i'm running cwm6x so don't know if it works
KUN1 said:
Search on google for a pic from the the right recovery version then you navigate blind witch the picture.
If this dont work you can force the into recovery mode and plug it to the PC. You can save your data using adb without enabling usb debugging
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kronos111 said:
i think that differ on alternate versions of CWM
on my phone:
6x volume down, power, 2x volume up, power. but i'm running cwm6x so don't know if it works
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Hi thanks a lot for your answers, i think i was on cwm 3.0, i found some screenshot, and yes it's the same, thanks i will try it !
how can i save my data with adb without enabling usb debugging ?
thanks a lot !
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Go into recovery and plug it to the pc. Open cmd and navigate to your adb folder. Then type "adb devices" you should now see your phone listed as some random numbers. If not you did something wrong.
If you see your device type this "adb pull /sdcard C:\…" and the whole sd should be copied to the directory.
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Go into recovery and plug it to the pc. Open cmd and navigate to your adb folder. Then type "adb devices" you should now see your phone listed as some random numbers. If not you did something wrong.
If you see your device type this "adb pull /sdcard C:\…" and the whole sd should be copied to the directory.
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thanks a lot !! with this method can i also save my contacts, notes etc ? thank you so much !!
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The contacts are normally saved with your gmail account.
With this command you push your whole sd to the pc but i think if you want also the app data you have to use another command and you need root.
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The contacts are normally saved with your gmail account.
With this command you push your whole sd to the pc but i think if you want also the app data you have to use another command and you need root.
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thanks a lot, i dont think my contacted were synced.. i will check that too
i'm root so i'll search for that feature,
i dont have my phone untill a week, so i'll test and i'll tell you !
thanks a lot for all your helps !
thanks a lot, i finally could save all my files and reset my phone
i started the phone in recovery mode, i connected it to pc with adb drivers, but i wasn't able to copy or mount anything, i installed android commander software, so i was able to have screenshot from my phone while browsing the recovery, i mounted usb storage, i copied all my files
then i wiped the phone
and i checked if everything was deleted with androidscreencast, i was able to see my phone's screen live, and with the mouse i could browse my phone ( the touchscreen didn't work too )
thanks a lot for your help !
well while rooting my phone, installing the recovery and custom rom.. i made a slight (big) mistake towards the ending of root kit process by hasoon. When we are about to flash the custom rom, we're supposed to wipe everything so there wouldn't be any problems later on. We all know a fresh install always gives the best results. When i was wiping everything, i forgot to put Android Revolution HD on my sd so now i have recovery but i can't install a stock rom, custom rom, and i can't restore my phone. please someone help me.. i unfortunately have to go to work in 20 mins but when i get out of work i would greatly appreciate it if i had a few answers that can help me out with my situation. I don't care if its a hard process. this isn't my first phone i root so im not that noobie (at least i don't think so) so all im asking is to be pointed in the right direction and i would greatly appreciate that. Please and thanks for the help everyone. Hope we're all enjoying this amazing phone
Use the all-in-one toolkit in the dev forum to sideload the ROM from your PC. Rename the ROM something simple like arhd.zip on your PC to make it easier.
This helped me with a similar problem.
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thanks for getting me on the right track.. i honestly feel really close to having a phone again but now cwm is messing me up now. whenever i try to sideload.. i keep getting "failed to open driver control: No such file or directory" then it says "restarting adbd..." and then it just repeats with the no driver control. did this happen to u? :-/
Josh112191 said:
thanks for getting me on the right track.. i honestly feel really close to having a phone again but now cwm is messing me up now. whenever i try to sideload.. i keep getting "failed to open driver control: No such file or directory" then it says "restarting adbd..." and then it just repeats with the no driver control. did this happen to u? :-/
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I have exactly the same problem. ADB sideload isn't working for me as the device isn't showing up in adb when booted into recovery... I've been doing this for years... I don't know how I could have done something so stupid :'(
EDIT:
I managed to fix this by installing CWM touch recovery and using LINUX to sideload the ROM .zip for installation. Good look sorting it out!
No didn't get anything like that. Maybe if you can get a USB OTG cable and try load the ROM that way through CWM from a USB or micro sd adapter?
I'm not sure if this would work as I haven't tried it - just a suggestion to try.
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Sideload from CWM Recovery
Just went through the whole boot loop due to Aroma freezes at the beginning of the installation, but CWM Recovery is still accessible so I went the ADB Sideload method and push the file to be installed because I didn't have any backup on the internal memory.
Just a couple of guides from the guys at XDA that got me back:
make sure you have the most up to date ADB Tools
From your phone go to Recovery>install zip from sideload
From CMD prompt, check that adb can see your device by 'adb devices' command, it should show your device number with sideload next to it.
If it doesn't see it, try 'adb kill-server' and then 'adb start-server'
Then 'adb sideload custom.zip' (custom= name of ROM zip file)
You should see the percentage completion then it will start the installation on your phone.
I am also newbie at this, was panicking and looked around here having this bricked phone next to me for 24hrs, but I asked around and they got me back in.
Good luck.
boot to recovery and push rom to phone....
'adb push /path/to/ROM/on/your/computer /path/on/device' (without quotes)
xdracco said:
boot to recovery and push rom to phone....
'adb push /path/to/ROM/on/your/computer /path/on/device' (without quotes)
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I'd be interested to see an example of the command for future reference??
For example, the ROM is saved in C:\fastboot
Thanks.
xdracco said:
boot to recovery and push rom to phone....
'adb push /path/to/ROM/on/your/computer /path/on/device' (without quotes)
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This is what I was going to suggest.
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redbull123 said:
I'd be interested to see an example of the command for future reference??
For example, the ROM is saved in C:\fastboot
Thanks.
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Code:
adb push C:\fastboot\My_Rom.zip /sdcard/Download/
Try to have no spaces in the file name. linux based systems hate that.
Then when you boot into recovery, head over to:
install zip from sdcard -> choose zip from sdcard -> Download/
You'll find your ROM there.
HTH
What model do u have?
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Hello,
I've been unlocked and rooted for a few weeks and all has been good. Not sure how I did this but I seem to have now bricked my phone though. I can only get my phone to boot to CWM recovery, not to boot properly. Also - while in CWM I get an error E: Can't mount /sdcard/ .
This means I can't copy a ROM to the phone to flash.
Any other way I can get around this? My phone is an unbranded HTC One on T Mobile in the UK. Any help would ne majorly appreciated!!
Did you find a way around as i m stuck too in recovery cant mount external sd card...
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Try with the command:
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adb push name_of_rom.zip /sdcard
^^if that doesn't work I would try going into recovery and trying to install from sideload
adb sideload name_of_your_rom.zip command on your PC.
Make sure name_of_your_rom.zip is in your folder with your adb files.
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redbull123 said:
^^if that doesn't work I would try going into recovery and trying to install from sideload
adb sideload name_of_your_rom.zip command on your PC.
Make sure name_of_your_rom.zip is in your folder with your adb files.
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Cheers for the help guys - I'll give it a go
Sooooo, possibly getting somewhere.
Basically I can now see the sdcard from within CWM. However - I can't push anything to it via adb.
If I go into fastboot and type 'adb devices' I get no devices found. However - typing 'fastboot devices' does see the device.
??
You have to use adb command in recovery..
Hmmmm, still the same.
I'm beginning to think I've bricked it. Fastboot commands from Fastboot work, but can't get adb commands from recovery to work.
Wonder if I use a different laptop...?
thenoble06 said:
Hmmmm, still the same.
I'm beginning to think I've bricked it. Fastboot commands from Fastboot work, but can't get adb commands from recovery to work.
Wonder if I use a different laptop...?
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Reflash the recovery and upgrade your adb with the latest...
Or try the sideload method.
Don't mean to offend, but are you running the commands from within the folder in cmd?
ie. My adb folder is called android and it's on my desktop on my mac so I would type:
cd /users/my_name/desktop/android
before I would write any commands.
Try clearing your cache in recovery also
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redbull123 said:
Don't mean to offend, but are you running the commands from within the folder in cmd?
ie. My adb folder is called android and it's on my desktop on my mac so I would type:
cd /users/my_name/desktop/android
before I would write any commands.
Try clearing your cache in recovery also
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Your not offending me! I do work in IT but readily admit I'm a NOOB when it comes to Android and ADB.
When I try to sideload I get the same error: device not found error.
I'll give clearing cache and reinstalling the Recovery a bash
No offense taken RedBull, I'll gladly admit I'm a newbie when it comes to ADB (but I am in the right directory).
I'm so close to fixing this, if I could just, somehow, get a rom onto the phone I could flash it and away I go. How I wish the One had a removable card since I can't get the phone to be recognised (error: no device found) when using ADB and Recovery. However, weirdly, I can push different recoveries using AIO kit (but can't use it for anything else). Also weird how FASTBOOT recognises the phone, but Recovery/ADB doesn't
Would a USB OTG cable help? I'm guessing not.
thenoble06 said:
No offense taken RedBull, I'll gladly admit I'm a newbie when it comes to ADB (but I am in the right directory).
I'm so close to fixing this, if I could just, somehow, get a rom onto the phone I could flash it and away I go. How I wish the One had a removable card since I can't get the phone to be recognised (error: no device found) when using ADB and Recovery. However, weirdly, I can push different recoveries using AIO kit (but can't use it for anything else). Also weird how FASTBOOT recognises the phone, but Recovery/ADB doesn't
Would a USB OTG cable help? I'm guessing not.
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I haven't tried this myself, but ClockworkMod Touch is supposed to support USB OTG:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173863
As is TWRP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173870&highlight=usb+otg
Just remember to plug everything in before you enter recovery
'fastboot erase cache' before flashing a new recovery
And if USB OTG works i could use it to copy a file from a USB drive to my phone?
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And if USB OTG works i could use it to copy a file from a USB drive to my phone?
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Like i said - i haven't tried it, but there is an option to install a zip from external sdcard in recovery, so it may be that.
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Use hasoons toolkit, it has option to sideload. Just make sure you select sideload in recovery. I had the same issue but I was on twrp . Hopefully cwm has side load option
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Yeah i tried, for some reason i cant get my laptop to see my phone via ADB
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Make backup pf your sd card then munt usb storage voa cwm format the int and ext sd card then it will be mounted cause i faced this proplem tpday on my tablet and i solved it like that it's simple
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thenoble06 said:
Your not offending me! I do work in IT but readily admit I'm a NOOB when it comes to Android and ADB.
When I try to sideload I get the same error: device not found error.
I'll give clearing cache and reinstalling the Recovery a bash
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regarding the device not found error, check if the adb interface is installed in the device manager. may be you have to install it manually .
Also i had the same issue with the sdcard (not able to access), i have wiped the Data partition because sdcard is included inside (in /data/media) of course you will lose all the files in sdcard.
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Make backup pf your sd card then munt usb storage voa cwm format the int and ext sd card then it will be mounted cause i faced this proplem tpday on my tablet and i solved it like that it's simple
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This device it is not able to mount sdcard via recovery yet, but if you use an off cable it will work I have done it
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So I was about to reflash my phone and now Im stuck. I went a bit too fast maybe so now I have TWRP, no roms or backups. Not only that, I cant mount to USB because of stupid Win 8. Anyone have any ideas? Im pretty sure Im not bricked but right now I wish I had an SD card slot
Thanks again
BTW, I have the factory RUU but my computer isnt detecting the phone
aman1127 said:
So I was about to reflash my phone and now Im stuck. I went a bit too fast maybe so now I have TWRP, no roms or backups. Not only that, I cant mount to USB because of stupid Win 8. Anyone have any ideas? Im pretty sure Im not bricked but right now I wish I had an SD card slot
Thanks again
BTW, I have the factory RUU but my computer isnt detecting the phone
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I don't know where they are exactly, but there are "universal" windows 8 ADB drivers floating around XDA that worked for me. I had to push the rom .zip to the phone from ADB in TWRP
Apk07 said:
I don't know where they are exactly, but there are "universal" windows 8 ADB drivers floating around XDA that worked for me. I had to push the rom .zip to the phone from ADB in TWRP
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Thanks for the reply but Im retarded when it comes to ADB. I did it only once. Any page to tell me what to do exactly? Search for some reason is down for me right now.
Ok adb came back to me, like riding a bike. Turns out the image i was trying to flash was off by like a digit so it wouldnt flash. That was a waste of 4 hours
For future reference, the command to put a file onto your phone via adb is: adb push <file location> \sdcard
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decayer177 said:
For future reference, the command to put a file onto your phone via adb is: adb push <file location> \sdcard
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Or
adb push <filename> /sdcard/
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Or
adb push <filename> /sdcard/
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Like doin stuff in adb or fastboot... Makes me feel smart! LOL
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