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I Rooted my G1 everything went fine....... then I updated to a CM with out flashing using Telenet........ now my G1 is stuck at the G1 screen.... any ideas?
YoungOP said:
I Rooted my G1 everything went fine....... then I updated to a CM with out flashing using Telenet........ now my G1 is stuck at the G1 screen.... any ideas?
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Can you get to the Recovery by taking out the battery, then holding home+power? If so, put the update on the root of your SD, go to the Recovery, wipe, then update. Let me know what happens.
The only ways to brick a phone is to interupt a flash, or flashing the SPL before the radio. If you can enter recovery or fastboot you can recover the device. But we need more information in order to help you with your specific problem.
BlackElvis79 said:
Can you get to the Recovery by taking out the battery, then holding home+power? If so, put the update on the root of your SD, go to the Recovery, wipe, then update. Let me know what happens.
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That worked... so im fine for now.... but im going to take another shot using this guide this time....http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php/Full_Update_Guide_-_G1/Dream_Firmware_to_CyanogenMod
nevermind
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Credits to-
BigBearEvo- For making important modifications.
kashttl- For informing about errors with ROM Toolbox.
Introduction-
In simple language, bricking is just making your phone unusable. But as we go deeper in this world of rooting, we find ourselves reading posts with terms like “soft-brick” and “hard-brick”. So what is the difference?
Hard-brick
Hard-brick is when you mess up with your boot image while updating, or when you snatch your phone's USB cable while an update is going on through PC. Or even worse, you flash a ROM @ 0% battery.
Soft-brick
Soft-brick is when you fail to clear your Dalvik, forget to format/wipe data, which leads to your phone going into a bootloop i.e- keeps playing bootanimation for a long time (15 mins or more). This generally happens when there is some mismatch of Android Virtual Machine with installed apps. Or for us, the phone is stuck in White HTC logo screen.
So how to get your phone back to life in case of-
Hard-brick
Sorry boss but your phone is dead. Reviving it will be more expensive than buying a new one. Also this task is done only by a few specialists.
Hard brick can be solved in case of improper flashing of RUU or updates on Stock Phones. you require USB drivers to be installed along with HTC Sync.
You Need the proper RUU designed for your area model.
Load phone into Bootloader screen. Run RUU from PC. you may have to do this several times and follow instructions carefully. You will eventually you load the RUU and have a working phone.
This isn't for the Noob to do. Recommendation is see a service engineer, or seek good help from users that have done this. each Hard brick can be different, dependent on what they did in the first place
Soft-brick
Hmmmm.. Something can be done-
A> First pull out your battery.
B> Put it back.
C> Press Power and Volume Down simultaneously till you enter fastboot screen.
D> Get into recovery mode.
Now you have 2 options-
i> Restore to one of your previous backups.
ii> Flash stock ROM or some other stable ROM.
Precautions while flashing-
A>Firstly DO NOT flash using ROM Toolbox or apps with similar functionality. (Credits- kashttl). People from HTC Desire forum faced a lot of hassle in doing so.
B> Don't just snatch your USB Cable while transferring ZIP file from PC to SD card. It will lead to CWM recovery Errors.
C> Have at least 50% battery charge in your phone before flashing any ROM, minimal level is 20% as 5% battery is used when flashing.
D> Always do a Triple wipe before flashing ROM. (Data/Cache/Dalvik)
E> Always do a Nandroid backup of current ROM before changing into a custom one. (Recovery or Rom manager)
F> Follow any other special instructions (If any) while flashing.
G> If you end up with any problems with a certain ROM, please post in the ROM thread ASAP.
Disclaimer-
YOU the users are solely responsible for anything you do. We the developer supply this for your benefit. Failure to follow the rules/guides will possibly result in defective or inoperable phones which we are not responsible for.
Amazing guide. Bookmarked for future use
Btw thanks for mentioning me
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kashttl said:
Amazing guide. Bookmarked for future use
Btw thanks for mentioning me
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You do something good for us and you surely get mentioned.
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WOah! dude, you got a sticky man! Awesome!
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Hey there, I'm following the soft brick steps but it got stuck at the exclamation mark logo after i get into the recovery mode. what should i do? please help
Remove battery count to ten. Reinsert and boot normally. I'm assuming you have tried to update with and ota. This will not work and u will constantly get this screen and problem.
BigBearEvo said:
Remove battery count to ten. Reinsert and boot normally. I'm assuming you have tried to update with and ota. This will not work and u will constantly get this screen and problem.
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I tried it but my phone keeps playing the bootanimation over and over again
Remove battery and get to hboot menu. Hold volume down key then then power on while holding down.
If u have recovery, boot into it and wipe everything. If not, factory reset on hboot and try to reboot. Seems what ever u did has buggered it and u have to start over.
BigBearEvo said:
Remove battery and get to hboot menu. Hold volume down key then then power on while holding down.
If u have recovery, boot into it and wipe everything. If not, factory reset on hboot and try to reboot. Seems what ever u did has buggered it and u have to start over.
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Thanks BigBearEvo i did what you asked me and the phone works fine now. Some of the data may have lost but its okay. Thanks again!
Hi Vigoos,
I tried the steps you have mentioned above, but i dont have any backups saved. Can you please let me know what is the procedure to flash a stock ROM.
Thanks.
ravikeerthi88 said:
Hi Vigoos,
I tried the steps you have mentioned above, but i dont have any backups saved. Can you please let me know what is the procedure to flash a stock ROM.
Thanks.
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Depends on the stage you got to. did you try to flash an RUU for your area? if you did it would have wiped your recovery program off. if your didnt and still have cwm installed, please go to another rom that takes your fancy and follow flashing guides from there. more info would be helpful though.
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Depends on the stage you got to. did you try to flash an RUU for your area? if you did it would have wiped your recovery program off. if your didnt and still have cwm installed, please go to another rom that takes your fancy and follow flashing guides from there. more info would be helpful though.
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Hi BigBearEvo,
I tried to flash a RUU but the USB was not detectable in the Fastboot mode so the CWM recovery is still intact. Will try the the other option though.
Thanks
ravikeerthi88 said:
Hi BigBearEvo,
I tried to flash a RUU but the USB was not detectable in the Fastboot mode so the CWM recovery is still intact. Will try the the other option though.
Thanks
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If the USB wasn't detectable it means your pc/laptop does not have the correct programs installed to find it. IE adb etc & java sdk/jdk installed.
try the other methods first though as it should work out easier
Hi BBE,
I was able to flash your Xsense ROM, but after some time it gives force close errors for some of the applications. Please let me know if i have missed anything.
Thanks
ravikeerthi88 said:
Hi BBE,
I was able to flash your Xsense ROM, but after some time it gives force close errors for some of the applications. Please let me know if i have missed anything.
Thanks
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some force error closes happen from clash of apps, did you completely wipe it....what ext extension are you using?
BigBearEvo said:
some force error closes happen from clash of apps, did you completely wipe it....what ext extension are you using?
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Hi BBE,
Yes i did a triple wipe before flashing. I'm using ext 3.
ravikeerthi88 said:
Hi BBE,
Yes i did a triple wipe before flashing. I'm using ext 3.
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when using the rom did u activate links2sd while using int2-ext or data2sd?
Hi all, Im a noob and seeking for help, PLEASE WRITE STEP CEARLY CAUSE IM A NOOB. Today I was trying to root my HTC one with the hassoon all in one tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942, I don't know what did I do but trying to press flash recovery lots of time, they all say error device not found, and the last time it finally go into my phone, but when I reboot my phone, it go to the cwm recovery screen, I tried everything like wipe data factory reset and wipe dalvik data, cache and it still not going back to normal. Tried to factory reset and recovery in bootloader but it all come back to the cwm recovery screen. Also, I saw that it write tampered on top of the screen when I'm in bootloader, and saw it S-on. Anyone have a idea to get it back ? And if you guy can, please help me to root it after I get my phone back to normal. Thank you. AND PLEASE WRITE STEP CLEARLY CAUSE IM A NOOB AND DON'T KNOW A LOT. God bless u . Also, my one is from Telstra, Australia carrier and it made in Taiwan.
mrvipgaok123 said:
Hi all, Im a noob and seeking for help, PLEASE WRITE STEP CEARLY CAUSE IM A NOOB. Today I was trying to root my HTC one with the hassoon all in one tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183942, I don't know what did I do but trying to press flash recovery lots of time, they all say error device not found, and the last time it finally go into my phone, but when I reboot my phone, it go to the cwm recovery screen, I tried everything like wipe data factory reset and wipe dalvik data, cache and it still not going back to normal. Tried to factory reset and recovery in bootloader but it all come back to the cwm recovery screen. Also, I saw that it write tampered on top of the screen when I'm in bootloader, and saw it S-on. Anyone have a idea to get it back ? And if you guy can, please help me to root it after I get my phone back to normal. Thank you. AND PLEASE WRITE STEP CLEARLY CAUSE IM A NOOB AND DON'T KNOW A LOT. God bless u . Also, my one is from Telstra, Australia carrier and it made in Taiwan.
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First of all - Please format your posts into paragraphs. People don't like reading a wall of text and will probably make it less likely for you to receive help.
(Im going to assume you haven't made a Nandroid backup and made a safe copy)
I'm new to Android a couple of months so there will be people on here with more experience than me who might be able to help you with an easier/quicker method, but this is what I would do:-
Download the latest Android Revolution HD (a Sense-based ROM that is the same as stock but better - read about it), other Sense-based ROMs are available but I like ARHD.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2183023
Rename it to something like arhd.zip
Use the All-in-one-toolkit to side-load the ROM to your phone. It will begin to install automatically. Use the volume/power keys to install - it makes it less likely for the installer to crash.
There would be no need to root as ARHD comes already rooted.
You could also look/ask around for a Nandroid backup of your device/carrier and adb side-load to your phone but that would be more work for you. This would put your phone back to stock like new again. The best guide I've seen on here for people new to flashing,backups, etc. is here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265618
**Tampered** happens I think when you flash a custom recovery. S-ON is normal - don't worry about it.
Good Luck. Hope I've helped...
If I've made any mistakes here, someone please correct me...
Hi redbull, tks for ur reply, Ill do all of that tomorrow but can u explain the install step mate ? Where can I get that all in one kit, what is side load and abd side load, how can u install with the colume button ?, ty and sorry for my stupid question
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Hi redbull, tks for ur reply, Ill do all of that tomorrow but can u explain the install step mate ? Where can I get that all in one kit, what is side load and abd side load, how can u install with the colume button ?, ty and sorry for my stupid question
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To be honest mate I can't totally remember, I've only used it once and it's been a few weeks since I messed my phone up and had to use the toolkit sideload to fix it. I'm on a Mac at the moment so can't even check. It wasn't too hard to figure out though!
The toolkit (by hasoon) you already have is the toolkit I'm talking about. Sideload is just installing the ROM from somewhere else when it's not stored on your phone. (i.e. on your PC).
The installer (if you get that far) is called 'Aroma' and quite buggy when using the touchscreen so just use the volume keys to move around the options and the power button to select them.
Ty lol, Im currently using volume and power button to moving in the bootloader, it a brand new phone and im panic lol. Ill try all of that tomorrow
mrvipgaok123 said:
Ty lol, Im currently using volume and power button to moving in the bootloader, it a brand new phone and im panic lol. Ill try all of that tomorrow
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I was too, but if you can reach the recovery screen then it will be ok and there will be a way of fixing it somehow.
redbull123 said:
I was too, but if you can reach the recovery screen then it will be ok and there will be a way of fixing it somehow.
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How can u install the new rom with the tool ? And the recovery is not from the bootloader, if i press the recovery fom bootloader it will cme back to cwm recovery screen.
mrvipgaok123 said:
How can u install the new rom with the tool ? And the recovery is not from the bootloader, if i press the recovery fom bootloader it will cme back to cwm recovery screen.
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Like I said, I can't remember 100%, but its in the toolkit under 'Extras' -> 'Sideload a ROM' or something similar. It might even guide you through the steps. There's probably guides and videos online somewhere. Just call your zip file something simple to help reduce the chance of error.
Not sure I understand what you're saying... If you press recovery, you're taken to the recovery screen?
mrvipgaok123 said:
How can u install the new rom with the tool ? And the recovery is not from the bootloader, if i press the recovery fom bootloader it will cme back to cwm recovery screen.
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the tool work from fastboot mode in bootloader. so you must be in bootloader to use it but the toolkit has options that will boot the phone into bootloader
skinsfanbdh said:
the tool work from fastboot mode in bootloader. so you must be in bootloader to use it but the toolkit has options that will boot the phone into bootloader
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I tried b4 but it not working. Turned usb debugging on already
mrvipgaok123 said:
I tried b4 but it not working. Turned usb debugging on already
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while in bootloader press power button once this toggles fastboot mode. if it just stays on waiting for device after you closed the first cmd screen tap power button and it should start
mrvipgaok123 said:
I tried b4 but it not working. Turned usb debugging on already
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Tried what before? When you press 'fastboot' on the device nothing major happens on the phone - it's waiting for commands from your PC.
Edit - Too late, what he said ^^
It keep saying in cmd that device not found
mrvipgaok123 said:
It keep saying in cmd that device not found
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Try to push it to your device without the toolkit. Read this site
http://m.androidcentral.com/android-201-10-basic-terminal-commands-you-should-know
Use adb push command to send the ROM to your phone while in fastboot mode. Once it's on your phone, just go into recovery and install it from zip.
Place the 'android-tools' folder you download from that site directly onto your c:/ drive, not on your desktop etc. It just makes it easier.
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Forgot to say - put the arhd.zip ROM into that folder also.
Try to go into recovery first to see what folders you have, if any. I had a folder called '0' when I messed up so my command would have been
adb push arhd.zip /sdcard/0
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redbull123 said:
Try to push it to your device without the toolkit. Read this site
http://m.androidcentral.com/android-201-10-basic-terminal-commands-you-should-know
Use adb push command to send the ROM to your phone while in fastboot mode. Once it's on your phone, just go into recovery and install it from zip.
Place the 'android-tools' folder you download from that site directly onto your c:/ drive, not on your desktop etc. It just makes it easier.
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Forgot to say - put the arhd.zip ROM into that folder also.
Try to go into recovery first to see what folders you have, if any. I had a folder called '0' when I messed up so my command would have been
adb push arhd.zip /sdcard/0
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Did u have a look at the video mate ? If I press recovery in hboot it said entering recovery then go back to cwm screen, ty anywas, ill try that tomorrow
mrvipgaok123 said:
Did u have a look at the video mate ? If I press recovery in hboot it said entering recovery then go back to cwm screen, ty anywas, ill try that tomorrow
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Cwm screen IS recovery. That's what's supposed to happen.
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redbull123 said:
Cwm screen IS recovery. That's what's supposed to happen.
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Ou sorry stupid me lol, though u said hboot recovery, ty to get alone with me
mrvipgaok123 said:
It keep saying in cmd that device not found
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Can u get the phone in Bootloader
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daorderdillon said:
Can u get the phone in Bootloader
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Yea mate, I can go into all over the hboot, just cant go into the hboot fac reset and recovery
mrvipgaok123 said:
Yea mate, I can go into all over the hboot, just cant go into the hboot fac reset and recovery
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Is the Bootloader unlocked
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I brick my htc one, what to do next, help me plzzzzz.
need a little more info than that
this is what happened
dinu5885 said:
I brick my htc one, what to do next, help me plzzzzz.
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I did flashed android revolution hd on my htc one, and I thought something went wrong so I took the decision to re do it, and I was stocked at final step, showing 10% only, not moving any further, then I was out of juice and my phone went dead, and when I restart it, its just showing start up.screen not moving any further.
You need to boot in to recovery and flash it again. The installation didn't finish so of course it's not going to go any further. It happens all the time.
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skinsfanbdh said:
need a little more info than that
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I thought to root my mobile, unaware of benefits and risks, somehow I managed to root, then thought ti flash a Rom, just Googled it, decided to go for android revolution hd with twrp recovery, twice I use touch screen then I took the lesson to not to touch it, and finally I flashed it, but I was not able to download apps from store, so I took the worst decision of my life, to re do the procedure, and I did went upto final step of installing android revolution hd, there I was stucked at 10%, not moving any further. Finally when my battery was zero percent I tried ti switch on my mobile and I am stucked at start up screen.
not going into recovery, volume and on off switch making no sense at all.
xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
You need to boot in to recovery and flash it again. The installation didn't finish so of course it's not going to go any further. It happens all the time.
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It's just not happening, not going into recovery mode.
What do you mean? Did you turn it off and when turning it on immediately hold down the volume down button so you can get to the screen to select recovery?
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dinu5885 said:
I thought to root my mobile, unaware of benefits and risks, somehow I managed to root, then thought ti flash a Rom, just Googled it, decided to go for android revolution hd with twrp recovery, twice I use touch screen then I took the lesson to not to touch it, and finally I flashed it, but I was not able to download apps from store, so I took the worst decision of my life, to re do the procedure, and I did went upto final step of installing android revolution hd, there I was stucked at 10%, not moving any further. Finally when my battery was zero percent I tried ti switch on my mobile and I am stucked at start up screen.
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hold power+volume down with phone under a bright light until it boots to bootloader. you might want to try a rom that doesnt use aroma until your comfortable with recovering your phone when something happens
exactly
xXxG0dzRAgexXx said:
What do you mean? Did you turn it off and when turning it on immediately hold down the volume down button so you can get to the screen to select recovery?
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That's what I am doin, but I am again landing on start up screen only, htc
One tm.
dinu5885 said:
That's what I am doin, but I am again landing on start up screen only, htc
One tm.
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plug it in to a computer open cmd and type adb reboot recovery
thanks
skinsfanbdh said:
plug it in to a computer open cmd and type adb reboot recovery
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Lets see.
i suggest you use rayglobe or rgui as they dont use aroma so no freezes and less issues when upgrading
nothing seems to work
skinsfanbdh said:
i suggest you use rayglobe or rgui as they dont use aroma so no freezes and less issues when upgrading
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I connected it to.computer, tried some command on cms. But as I am not in recovery, mobile is not accepting command.
dinu5885 said:
I connected it to.computer, tried some command on cms. But as I am not in recovery, mobile is not accepting command.
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adb reboot bootloader if you get to bootloader select recovery if it starts recovery then backs right back out then fastboot erase cache then go to recovery
skinsfanbdh said:
adb reboot bootloader if you get to bootloader select recovery if it starts recovery then backs right back out then fastboot erase cache then go to recovery
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What do u think, can htc people fix it, it starts n restarts, but not at all going in recovery.
you can fix it. if it turns on its fixable there are many threads around with people who have had the same issues as you and they fixed it with the help of others. just dont freak out.
what os are you running on your computer?
skinsfanbdh said:
you can fix it. if it turns on its fixable there are many threads around with people who have had the same issues as you and they fixed it with the help of others. just dont freak out.
what os are you running on your computer?
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Windows xp
dinu5885 said:
Windows xp
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do you have all in one toolkit?
skinsfanbdh said:
you can fix it. if it turns on its fixable there are many threads around with people who have had the same issues as you and they fixed it with the help of others. just dont freak out.
what os are you running on your computer?
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When I connect Mobile to computer drivers r not getting installed, how do u think without that it is going ti accept any of the cmd command.
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do you have all in one toolkit?
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Haven't heard of anything like that before, u just help me and I will buy u beer.
got a dilema here. Went to flash a rom and half way through the flash, the phone rebooted its self. got back into the bootloader but cant get back into recovery. When i try to get to recovery it just goes back to the bootloader.
in sdk, i did adb devices and the device doesnt show
How do I reinstall a recovery again, Hope i didnt screw myself here.
drlzanej said:
got a dilema here. Went to flash a rom and half way through the flash, the phone rebooted its self. got back into the bootloader but cant get back into recovery. When i try to get to recovery it just goes back to the bootloader.
in sdk, i did adb devices and the device doesnt show
How do I reinstall a recovery again, Hope i didnt screw myself here.
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If you have not tried this.. try it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236814
Not sure it will help but its worth a try
I would try to push these also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236418
budeone said:
If you have not tried this.. try it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236814
Not sure it will help but its worth a try
I would try to push these also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2236418
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Thanks budone, lol I just panicked bro, had the recovery.img in the wrong folder. When I tried to push it. ( noob mistake) kinda red in the face. Thanks man
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Very glad to hear you are up and running. Last month somehow I pushed the wrong img to a phone.
Took me a while to figure wtf happened. :highfive: