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[Q]Bricked Kindle fire HD 7"on TWRP

Hi everyone, today i would like to ask for your help with a pretty big problem i have with my Kindle fire HD, you see, i was updating from my current rom 7.4.4 to CM 10.2. to achieve thi i followed this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2271909 , everything was going fine until i installed 2nd-Bootloader and TWRP recovery. The problem came up here, when i realized that i forgot to move the rom and the files for google play into the SD card, now whenever i try to do this i can't seem to get my PC to recognize the Kindle with TWRP (i can browse my files and such with TWRP directly through the kindle itself) i tried to move the required file with adb and fastboot but i can't get it to work.
The kindle is rooted and running version 7.4.6 from amazon.
i have a backup for the rom and the files but i can't use fastboot.
i have a backup for each of the following files: boot0block, stock-boot, stock-recovery, stock-system
all the adb drivers and sdk are functioning perfectly.
When i connect it to my PC with windows 7 i can see the kindle recognized by the device manager but it has yellow triangle next to the icon.
i also tried using an otg cable but the kindke did not recognize it.
any and all help is appreciated, i don't want my tablet to die Dx

I've never had to do this, but in TWRP, if you go to "Advanced," there's a button labeled "ADB Sideload." Then you should be able to use ADB to sideload files onto your Kindle using the "adb sideload" command.
Example:
Code:
adb sideload name of.zip
Hope this helped
>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.3... or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD running ChameleonOS<<

Ph0enix_216 said:
I've never had to do this, but in TWRP, if you go to "Advanced," there's a button labeled "ADB Sideload." Then you should be able to use ADB to sideload files onto your Kindle using the "adb sideload" command.
Example:
Code:
adb sideload name of.zip
Hope this helped
>>Sent from my homebuilt TARDIS running Android 4.3... or maybe it's a rooted Kindle Fire HD running ChameleonOS<<
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I tried this but the problem is that the pc not find device , it show me in device manager yellow triangle next to the icon of kindle
When i send a adb command , the adb say "Device not found"
Thanks you anyway!

Try updating the device driver for the device with mark next to it, use these drivers from this post, they should work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44446906&postcount=9

stunts513 said:
Try updating the device driver for the device with mark next to it, use these drivers from this post, they should work. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44446906&postcount=9
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Hi and thanks for your help now i try send the next command adb push file.zip /sdcard
but adb say this menssage:
C:\Users\Cristian>adb push file.zip /sdcard
cannot stat 'file.zip': No such file or directory
I put a rom in C:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130729\sdk\platform-tools in the same folder that adb.exe
and the name of the rom file is : file

Shur'tugal said:
Hi and thanks for your help now i try send the next command adb push file.zip /sdcard
but adb say this menssage:
C:\Users\Cristian>adb push file.zip /sdcard
cannot stat 'file.zip': No such file or directory
I put a rom in C:\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130729\sdk\platform-tools in the same folder that adb.exe
and the name of the rom file is : file
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Ok if u want to simply type file.zip u need to be CD's into the directory of where u put the ROM, but as it seems u have the SDK in your paths simply putting the ROM in c:\users\cristian should suffice. Try moving the ROM there and running the command again.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app

stunts513 said:
Ok if u want to simply type file.zip u need to be CD's into the directory of where u put the ROM, but as it seems u have the SDK in your paths simply putting the ROM in c:\users\cristian should suffice. Try moving the ROM there and running the command again.
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Thanks for your help your save my tablet
Thanks you very much
Finally i exit for this bricked
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I have a dude im install CM 10.2 perfect , but i dont remember install de google apps as i have to do now?
Thanks

One step further
My apologies for hijacking this thread. I had made the same error as the OP. however, instead of searching here for solution, I panicked and wiped the cache and user data using the SR tool and wiped everything. Now unfortunately my kfhd tells me it can't boot, which my incompetent mind tells me is likely because I have no rom?
I've tried to use first aide to do a system recovery but I get told the files are too large and it can't do anything.... Any suggestions or thoughts from people? Appreciate any help I can get. Been up late the last 3 days trying to sort this out, while I thought I was going to provide m wife with a slick android device!!

That's odd, I wouldn't think wipe your data partition and cache would cause that to happen, then again there are some files stored under data the system uses out side of apk's so I guess that could be why. Did you get your kindle into fastboot? If you did I would suggest trying to use kfhd system restore tool if kffa didn't work.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app

Yes, can fast boot. Shows up when I plug in the factory cable. When I use the system restore tool, and try and do a basic recovery, it can't copy the images over as it says the files are too big.

deeman77 said:
Yes, can fast boot. Shows up when I plug in the factory cable. When I use the system restore tool, and try and do a basic recovery, it can't copy the images over as it says the files are too big.
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All the files, or just the system.img?

soupmagnet said:
All the files, or just the system.img?
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each one of them unfort.

Do you have twrp installed?

hloomsc some
soupmagnet said:
Do you have twrp installed?
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I did. Not sure i do now post trying to do a wipe. Don't see any blue when I start up, just the original kindle letter coloring, after which I get a message saying it can't boot

any suggestions anyone or is my kfhd pretty much killed? there's got to be a way to load some rom on to it!!

You should be able to load the original images over fastboot, something just isn't working right. I would say its far from hard bricked, it should still be fixable, its just a matter of troubleshooting it. If you have the kindle fire system image I would try manually flashing it but you need to know what you are doing. If you CD into the SRT folder where im assuming the IMG files are in the same folder as fastboot, try running "fastboot -i 0x1949 flash system system.img" think I got the syntax right, haven't had to ever use fastboot myself, anyways if you run that what does it report back? Hopefully not the same error, or it might be something messed up with the image.
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thanks for the advice. ended up re downloading the images again and this time it worked. go figure.
back to starting again to get my custom rom on.
once i have a custom rom, guessing there are no amazon bits left in there that would cause any updates to come through right?

Thank god there isn't, I would scream if there was, just make sure to wipe system, cache, dalvik cache and do a factory reset when coming from amazon to cm based ROMs.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app

stunts513 said:
Thank god there isn't, I would scream if there was, just make sure to wipe system, cache, dalvik cache and do a factory reset when coming from amazon to cm based ROMs.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
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Good afternoon: I bricked a nice 8.9 tablet several weeks ago using ADB sideload...
I used ADB Sideload to install Gapps since I was already in TWRP and was too lazy to reboot and transfer the gapps.zip file to my tablet.
The sideload installed the gapps.zip as I expected it to and I was brought back to the main TWRP screen.
When I clicked on reboot/reboot system, the tablet started flashing the three partitions (boot, recovery and system) as I was watching. TWRP then left me at the booting screen doing nothing. I did not know why the tablet decided to flash the three main partitions but, I opted to push the power button and that was the last time I saw my tablet.....
Apparently ADB sideload is only for ROM's? I had only used it to flash ROMs prior but, I thought ADB Sideload should be able to install any properly zipped file designed to flash with TWRP?
Regards

[Q] did I brick my kindle? :(

I have a rooted kfhd and I accidently removed SystemUI.apk. I can power on the kindle and it will take me to lock screen...after i unlock i get black screen. I tryed to push SystemUI.apk back with adb but it failes. "failed to copy 'SystemUI.apk' to 'system/app/SystemUI.apk' : Read only file system".
Can i unbrick my kindle without factory cable?
And if so can someone tell me how
Thank you

muska.ovidiu said:
I have a rooted kfhd and I accidently removed SystemUI.apk. I can power on the kindle and it will take me to lock screen...after i unlock i get black screen. I tryed to push SystemUI.apk back with adb but it failes. "failed to copy 'SystemUI.apk' to 'system/app/SystemUI.apk' : Read only file system".
Can i unbrick my kindle without factory cable?
And if so can someone tell me how
Thank you
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Yes, you need a fastboot cord now to flash the original firmware. You can get one on Ebay or buy a tip here http://shop.teamblackhat.info/Factory-Adapters-motadapt.htm or make your own with instructions located here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2207122
Use this tool http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
Now you want to do is make sure to download SDK so you can use ADB and fastboot commands. Here is a video tutorial https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oaNM-lt_aHw
Should the drivers be a little outdated, Stunts has some good ones here that have helped many http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477379
Good Luck

Actually if you don't mind putting some time in you could fix without reflashing it, you need to mount /system as read/write and push systemui.apk to the sdcard, the cp it to /system/app, then chmod its permissions and it would fix the problem.
^^ his method is way easier though.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app

stunts513 said:
Actually if you don't mind putting some time in you could fix without reflashing it, you need to mount /system as read/write and push systemui.apk to the sdcard, the cp it to /system/app, then chmod its permissions and it would fix the problem.
^^ his method is way easier though.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire HD running CM10.1 Tablet UI using xda-developers app
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can you put the lists of comands pls...i cant get a factory cablle...
how do i mount system as a read/write?
how do i copy it from sdcard to system/app
and how do i chmod it.

As long as you already had adb enabled you don't need a fastboot cable, just run
Code:
su -c "reboot bootloader"
and it should go into fastboot where you can reflash it.
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[Q] Need help restoring my KFSOWI

Hey everyone,
first off, I have my Kindle for a few weeks now and it's my first Androit device. I started reading into rooting and adb commands only a few days ago, so please excuse me if I'm not writing accurately with some terms. Additionally, I could not find a similar problem via searching.
Here's my problem (I'll try to be as detailed as possible):
I rooted my KFSOWI running 11.3.1.0 yesterday using Moronigs rooting method. It went well and I had full root access (typing su in an adb shell resulted in an # and all that).
Today I wanted to edit the framework-res.apk to exchange some images. Stupid as I tend to be I wanted to rename the original file and then paste my modified one. The device started giving out various crashes, telling me that lots of apps stopped working. Only then I realised that the file is needed to run the system. Unfortunately the Kindle had shut down at some point and when I boot it now it only gives me a black screen (although the backlight is still on).
Here's what I tried so far:
1. I wanted to adb push the modified file to the system/framework folder, but it tells me that the folder is read-only.
2. So I wanted to change permissions but it seems I don't have root access anymore (I don't even get the # output in the adb-shell after typing su).
3. I tried installing the package via adb but it says "Error: COuld not access package manager. Is the system running?"
I guess it doesn't boot up the package manager and root access. You guys have any idea what I can do right now? Seems like a lost cause to me. And if so, can I try sending it back via warranty?
Any help is very much appreciated. And thanks for all the great work on these forums.

Does nobody have an idea? Would be very sad if I couldn't use it anymore. Although I'm the only one to blame. Does someone have experience on sending it back to amazon for warranty? As far as I know rooted devices lose their warranty.. :-/

Karelian_ said:
Hey everyone,
first off, I have my Kindle for a few weeks now and it's my first Androit device. I started reading into rooting and adb commands only a few days ago, so please excuse me if I'm not writing accurately with some terms. Additionally, I could not find a similar problem via searching.
Here's my problem (I'll try to be as detailed as possible):
I rooted my KFSOWI running 11.3.1.0 yesterday using Moronigs rooting method. It went well and I had full root access (typing su in an adb shell resulted in an # and all that).
Today I wanted to edit the framework-res.apk to exchange some images. Stupid as I tend to be I wanted to rename the original file and then paste my modified one. The device started giving out various crashes, telling me that lots of apps stopped working. Only then I realised that the file is needed to run the system. Unfortunately the Kindle had shut down at some point and when I boot it now it only gives me a black screen (although the backlight is still on).
Here's what I tried so far:
1. I wanted to adb push the modified file to the system/framework folder, but it tells me that the folder is read-only.
2. So I wanted to change permissions but it seems I don't have root access anymore (I don't even get the # output in the adb-shell after typing su).
3. I tried installing the package via adb but it says "Error: COuld not access package manager. Is the system running?"
I guess it doesn't boot up the package manager and root access. You guys have any idea what I can do right now? Seems like a lost cause to me. And if so, can I try sending it back via warranty?
Any help is very much appreciated. And thanks for all the great work on these forums.
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At this point, I would send it back to Amazon. all they will check for is physical damage and send it back to China. I hear some people bricking their tablet several times and getting a replacement. Thing is that Amazon's warranty questions are only water damage and did you drop it questions. So you don't even have to BS them to get a replacement.

If you have a fast boot cable you might restore it. Now it's not the cable that came with Kindle, it's a special programming cable that will put it into fast boot mode.
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braider said:
If you have a fast boot cable you might restore it. Now it's not the cable that came with Kindle, it's a special programming cable that will put it into fast boot mode.
Sent from my Amazon Kindle Fire2 using xda app-developers app
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There are no exploits for this boot loader yet. Don't think a fastboot cord will do much at the time.
Sent from Nexus 7 flo running SinLess ROM 4.2.2 using xda app-developers app

Did noone come up with a solution, because i did the same thing, with the framework-res.apk
i can make a fastboot cable if itll do any good without an unlocked bootloader. could i possibly push the most recent update.bin from amazon and restore the device to stock???
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i wouldnt take bricked for an answer and i found a fix
what i did was make sure the kindle was connected to adb and typed the following
adb reboot
adb wait-for-device shell su
the shell managed to snag the SU file and displayed # before the device looped thru all of the boot apps over and over, but then CMD froze.
so i tried this
adb reboot
adb wait-for-device shell su mount -o remount,rw -t ext4 /dev/block/platform/omap/omap.hsmmc.1/by-name/system /system
and in one line got root access and remounted the system as RW
my problem was that framework-res APK was replaced with ZIP so all i had to do was rename it
# cp /system/framework/framework-res.zip /system/framework/framework-res.apk
and success!!
# exit
$ exit
adb reboot
and she booted right up!!!!

First response so please be kind. My KFSOWI is stuck in the bootloop too. I have a factory cable and can get into fastboot but don't have any factory images to restore. Anyone have any ideas?

Do you get any adb access? I don't think casebook will be any help until someone unlocks the bootloader
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Is it possible at all with adb to factory reset kindle without factory cable?

I believe I habe the kfsowi model. it is 11.3.1.0 it is rooted and I am wanting to factory reset it but I dont have a factory cable. just a normal usb cable that I've been using adb to transfer and even instlal some files because through tweaking it, it lead to a missing status bar in which i change the qmenu = to 0 and 1 or whatever in build.prop but no matter what it doesnt keep the status bar active at all times like it should be. it is non existent until i click on an app in apex, adw or any launcher ive tried then it flashes and disappears. during this flash it is not usable no matter how fast i click it.
also a small issue it has is ever reboot, it says kindle is upgrading but it is not upgrading at all because i have tried to click check now in settings to check for updates but every time it says update failed. next after that message it says starting applications for about 20 seconds. long bootup. i have probably messed with tweak i shouldnt have with pimp my rom and also android tweaker 2 and pro before it became 2. so the status bar is non existent. sucks cause cant even get facebook notifications lol.
i did factory reset it by the menu and also by using andromizer app to click recovery mode and do it that way.
(without status bar i been using all in one gestures but now recently i switched to using LMT.
this kindle has a few issues since i made it kinda as minimal as i could and probably uninstalled a couple things i shouldnt of lol like it only installs apps with adb install and adb install -r sometimes as well as through 1mobile market which is awesome. it will not sideload anything now because through uninstalling an extra deal or two i should of, it wont allow me to enable unknown sources installation through menus. if anyone knows a way to do this through terminal of linux that would be great
thanks to any help

or would there be any way to use the water beta without the cable and only using adb or any other steps. which to my understanding is the only rom so far. thanks

If you are rooted You should I think be able to run these commands from a terminal in Linux, if you meant a terminal on your kindle then take off the and shell in the commands I list to run.
Code:
adb shell
su
reboot bootloader
I think if you are rooted it will kick it into fastboot and you can restore without a cable.
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thanks for the quick reply. yeah i am speaking of terminal from debian/ubuntu. I enter those commands you give me and it is recognizing the device. With adb I can even push files to install since it is screwed up and I can't access the menu part for installing from unknown sources. that is the worst part of the few issues I have with it.
after I enter those commands it only reboots normally. it doesn't go into the bootloader. I can get it to go into recovery mode where I am able to just do a normal wipe of the device but that is about it.
just to make sure I understand this. with a fastboot cable and all it is a different method from just a normal "wipe and reset" isn't it? it is using an untouched .img or something to put back to actual FACTORY as if bought from store? cause the normal wipe and factory reset doesn't put back the items I uninstalled of course from system and what not.
also is this safe to do without a factory cable. I just haven't ever needed one before and even if there is an extra step or two I don't mind instead of waiting a week for a cable.

Actually you might not even need the fastboot cable, if I remember correctly the restore method for that device would normally flash a system image that is smaller and incomplete because the system IMG is to big for fastboots 's buffer, then when it was just bootable enough to have adb push a file, it would push a amazon update file and run a command that forces the system partition to update back to stock from the update zip. So you should be able to simply push the update file for your amazon os version or older/newer and force update it. I don't have instructions handy right now for doing this and its late so maybe I post them tomorrow.
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stunts513 said:
Actually you might not even need the fastboot cable, if I remember correctly the restore method for that device would normally flash a system image that is smaller and incomplete because the system IMG is to big for fastboots 's buffer, then when it was just bootable enough to have adb push a file, it would push a amazon update file and run a command that forces the system partition to update back to stock from the update zip. So you should be able to simply push the update file for your amazon os version or older/newer and force update it. I don't have instructions handy right now for doing this and its late so maybe I post them tomorrow.
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if you could do that that'd be awesome. thanks. I just read up about a locked bootloader but I've seen it's made some progress. I just need to be sure to not turn it into a drink coaster lol.

I finally found a way to do factory reset thanks to gran pc
How to reinstall FireOS
Botched your /system partition beyond recognition? Everything is broken? Dropped your #Kindle in a sea of piss and need to RMA it? Fear not! You can just reinstall FireOS and get it looking just as if we had never touched it!
First of all, you'll have to root your tablet. I'm assuming you know how to do this!
Once that's done, put this file -- https://s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin -- in /sdcard/ (you can use adb push).
Then run these commands:
jesunoiMac:multidownload granpc$ adb shell
[email protected]:/$ su -
[email protected]:/# cp /sdcard/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin /cache/update.zip
[email protected]:/# echo --update_package=/cache/update.zip > /cache/recovery/command
[email protected]:/# exit
[email protected]:/$ exit
jesunoiMac:multidownload granpc$ adb reboot recovery
If everything went well, you should see the 'installing update' screen -- and once you're booted, we're back to stock! We did it!!!!!!
s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin
funny thing is I rerooted after the clean update and forgot all about OTA's being automatic of course. The damn thing upgraded to 11.3.2.2 which I searched has NO root exploit right now. I am wondering if I can do the same above steps to go back to 11.3.1 but that is a downgrade and I am worried about a brick although amazon new update is like an iphone you can't tell any difference haha
also is the above way how you install ICE or hellfire?

slixz85 said:
I finally found a way to do factory reset thanks to gran pc
How to reinstall FireOS
Botched your /system partition beyond recognition? Everything is broken? Dropped your #Kindle in a sea of piss and need to RMA it? Fear not! You can just reinstall FireOS and get it looking just as if we had never touched it!
First of all, you'll have to root your tablet. I'm assuming you know how to do this!
Once that's done, put this file -- https://s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin -- in /sdcard/ (you can use adb push).
Then run these commands:
jesunoiMac:multidownload granpc$ adb shell
[email protected]:/$ su -
[email protected]:/# cp /sdcard/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin /cache/update.zip
[email protected]:/# echo --update_package=/cache/update.zip > /cache/recovery/command
[email protected]:/# exit
[email protected]:/$ exit
jesunoiMac:multidownload granpc$ adb reboot recovery
If everything went well, you should see the 'installing update' screen -- and once you're booted, we're back to stock! We did it!!!!!!
s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin
funny thing is I rerooted after the clean update and forgot all about OTA's being automatic of course. The damn thing upgraded to 11.3.2.2 which I searched has NO root exploit right now. I am wondering if I can do the same above steps to go back to 11.3.1 but that is a downgrade and I am worried about a brick although amazon new update is like an iphone you can't tell any difference haha
also is the above way how you install ICE or hellfire?
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ah good you found it before i could look it up. It will downgrade just fine, but you will probably need a fastboot cable to do it. If ICE or hellfire are roms then no, the 2013 isn't flashable with the exception of kindlewater. Since the bootloader is locked we are limited to using amazon's bootimg(kernel+intram fs).

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ah good you found it before i could look it up. It will downgrade just fine, but you will probably need a fastboot cable to do it. If ICE or hellfire are roms then no, the 2013 isn't flashable with the exception of kindlewater. Since the bootloader is locked we are limited to using amazon's bootimg(kernel+intram fs).
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ok sounds like I need to find out if putting water on this without a fastboot cable is possible then

Softbricked after 5.1.1 sideload - HELP!

Last night I sideloaded the 5.1.1 update to my Droid Turbo. While playing around with it this morning, I accidentally clicked the 'Force RTL' option under accessories. Immediately after, my phone crashed, and on boot would display 'system ui has stopped working' indefinitely. The wallpaper would load, and the alert modal would appear, but clearing it just kicked up another 'system ui has stopped working' modal a few seconds later.
I cleared the cache, and now when I reboot the device, it comes up with the Recovery Andy image with 'no command' below. I don't mind doing a factory reset, but I have a LOT of data I'd lose in the process. All of my pictures are backed up to Dropbox/G+, but I have a lot of other files and backups that I neglected to save externally prior to the update ... because I'm a genius.
When I try to reapply the update, I get a message indicating "/system/app/3c_main.apk" has unexpected contents. I've tried to push from SD and from ADB, both with no luck. At this point I'm happy to just reset the device, but I want my data off first. All ADB commands with the exception of SIDELOAD return 'error: closed', so I can't even backup my files.
Ideas? Help?! ANYTHING?!

spikejnz said:
Last night I sideloaded the 5.1.1 update to my Droid Turbo. While playing around with it this morning, I accidentally clicked the 'Force RTL' option under accessories. Immediately after, my phone crashed, and on boot would display 'system ui has stopped working' indefinitely. The wallpaper would load, and the alert modal would appear, but clearing it just kicked up another 'system ui has stopped working' modal a few seconds later.
I cleared the cache, and now when I reboot the device, it comes up with the Recovery Andy image with 'no command' below. I don't mind doing a factory reset, but I have a LOT of data I'd lose in the process. All of my pictures are backed up to Dropbox/G+, but I have a lot of other files and backups that I neglected to save externally prior to the update ... because I'm a genius.
When I try to reapply the update, I get a message indicating "/system/app/3c_main.apk" has unexpected contents. I've tried to push from SD and from ADB, both with no luck. At this point I'm happy to just reset the device, but I want my data off first. All ADB commands with the exception of SIDELOAD return 'error: closed', so I can't even backup my files.
Ideas? Help?! ANYTHING?!
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Did you use the zip from Rootjunky?
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zefir738 said:
Did you use the zip from Rootjunky?
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Yes

spikejnz said:
Yes
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You might have to wait until the OTA is available for manual download and then flash it via RSD Lite. The way the zip works is it'll only install if you have version 21.44.12.en.us installed. You have 23.11.38 so it won't install now.
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zefir738 said:
You might have to wait until the OTA is available for manual download and then flash it via RSD Lite. The way the zip works is it'll only install if you have version 21.44.12.en.us installed. You have 23.11.38 so it won't install now.
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Yikes. OTA is supposed to drop today, so hopefully that becomes available soon thereafter. Not sure how long I can survive without my phone.

spikejnz said:
Last night I sideloaded the 5.1.1 update to my Droid Turbo. !
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I assume you mean the 5.1 update? or did you try to use a 5.1.1 update for some other phone by mistake? if so there may be no easy solution.

I don't accept defeat. Everyone said my data was a lost cause, and that Factory Reset was my only hope. Yeah, well who's copying data off his device right now?
THIS GUY.
I downloaded the firmware, removed the "erase userdata" line from the batch file, and ran it to restore the images and partitions.
I then cleared the cache (again) and rebooted my device.
Back to the 'System UI has stopped' loop
Tried unsuccessfully to send ADB commands to the device
Opened and ADB Shell in Cerberus Dashboard, but kept getting disconnected
Sent an Unlock command in Cerberus Dashboard to my device ... voilla!
UI is still crashing, but Windows is now attempting to install drivers
After trying to manually install drivers for an extended period of time, decided to attempt it on my Mac
BOOM, FS mounts and Android File Transfer is now accessing all the files, even if my display is all jacked!
Next comes the factory reset. I knew there was a reason I installed Cerberus on my non-rooted device.

Fix RTL via ADB
I had this problem on my turbo after reading about a possible fix for snapchat image problems.
After a bit of googling, I came up with this simple fix.
This will only work if ADB Debugging is enabled and your PC is already authorized.
No need for root.
Code:
adb devices
adb shell
settings put global debug.force_rtl 0
reboot

And I suppose if you do NOT already have ADB enabled et al, you're SOL?

AnoraxAudio said:
And I suppose if you do NOT already have ADB enabled et al, you're SOL?
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If your phone has a secure lock screen, it will not recognize a usb port for file transfer or ADB mode until the password/pin/pattern/etc. has been entered. The Cerberus method described above worked because it was able to meet this requirement. With this in mind, you have the following options depending on your lock screen situation:
1. Insecure lock screen, ADB previously enabled: use the ADB method described above.
2. Insecure lock screen, ADB disabled: Plug in the USB, transfer over your important files, reboot the phone in bootloader mode, select recovery mode, perform a factory reset.
3. Secure lock screen (all cases, assuming you can't unlock it with Cerberus or something similar): Wipe cache through recovery to see if that helps anything. If it doesn't, you can try reflashing the system image via mofo or fastboot to see if that helps anything. If not, bite the bullet and perform a factory reset. You will lose your data.
Now if you have mofo, you might be able to flash a rooted rom that can perform the adb method using a su.d script, but I'm not entirely sure about that.