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I installed the new zen2.2 rom today and had a working clockwork recovery. Here is where I went stupid, I downloaded the kernel update but rather than running it via update.zip I flashed it using flash_image recovery via adb shell.
Now my phone comes up to fastboot usb and never goes any further, been waiting hours! I have tried booting into fastboot/hboot and it does nothing. I have booted to hboot before successfully but now nothing.
If I run adb devices it shows no devices. If I run fastboot devices it does show my device.
Whats next?
If you cant get into fastboot and you cant get into recovery then you m ight have bricked your phone. Did you try a hard reset?
How do you do a hard reset?
Here is a little more info. I believe it does actually get to fastboot usb as it says so on the top left of the screen and I can run fastboot commands but most commands say error. If I do fastboot devices it shows the device connected.
Little more info - when I try doing a back to basics RUU update it connects, shows the rom version, starts the update and then at about 88% every time, it goes right to a error [171] usb connection error. So its communicating but never finishes. Tried with the sprint RUU stock rom, another that was built by one of the devs in the Hero community and still both do the same.
I'm pretty sure you can flash a custom recovery from fastboot. Using something like fastboot flash xxx dont quote me on this but it sounds like you have a soft brick and you just need to get a recovery back on the phone. From there you can then flash and rom back on the phone. Do some research on flash a recovery from fastboot.
ASimmons said:
I'm pretty sure you can flash a custom recovery from fastboot. Using something like fastboot flash xxx dont quote me on this but it sounds like you have a soft brick and you just need to get a recovery back on the phone. From there you can then flash and rom back on the phone. Do some research on flash a recovery from fastboot.
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Right, I also believe that if I could get a recovery back on the phone I would be good as gold! Here is the problem though. I have tried running "fastboot flash recovery [recovery.img]" but it gives me the below error. I have tried multiple key combination's to get into hboot but nothing works. If anyone has any other key combination's I could try please let me know!
Code:
D:\android-sdk-windows\tools>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (3720 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)
finished. total time: 0.001s
1st:The ONLY time you use flash_image recovery is when you are installing a recovery console, NOT a kernel
If you notice the kernel is in a signed .zip folder. When you use flash_image command it needs to be .img file
2nd: Put the recovery image on your sdcard
Put it in the tools folder of AndroidSDK and do
Code:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
Now type in
Code:
$ adb shell
$ su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
unCoRrUpTeD said:
1st:The ONLY time you use flash_image recovery is when you are installing a recovery console, NOT a kernel
If you notice the kernel is in a signed .zip folder. When you use flash_image command it needs to be .img file
2nd: Put the recovery image on your sdcard
Put it in the tools folder of AndroidSDK and do
Code:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
Now type in
Code:
$ adb shell
$ su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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Yeah I think he knows now not to flash kernels... atleast I hope so. +1 for your post.
unCoRrUpTeD said:
1st:The ONLY time you use flash_image recovery is when you are installing a recovery console, NOT a kernel
If you notice the kernel is in a signed .zip folder. When you use flash_image command it needs to be .img file
2nd: Put the recovery image on your sdcard
Put it in the tools folder of AndroidSDK and do
Code:
adb push recovery.img /sdcard
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I am fully aware of how the how-to's and what not to do's. Like I said, it was a mistake, call it a bit of anxiety due to the new 2.2 rom that I was trying to get installed. I did it too quick and without much common sense .
Now type in
Code:
$ adb shell
$ su
# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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For the second part, I am unable to do anything with adb as my computer does not see the phone. When running adb devices it is not listed. Only command that sees my phone is fastboot devices, but again I am unable to run anything aside from that due to previous error.
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I am fully aware of how the how-to's and what not to do's. Like I said, it was a mistake, call it a bit of anxiety due to the new 2.2 rom that I was trying to get installed. I did it too quick and without much common sense .
For the second part, I am unable to do anything with adb as my computer does not see the phone. When running adb devices it is not listed. Only command that sees my phone is fastboot devices, but again I am unable to run anything aside from that due to previous error.
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First do you have the eng spl, does your hoot say s (on)
Have you tried that command but point it to the sdcard? Also do you have any files on your sdcard like say a recovery.img or an update zip. If you don't you might need to manually move the file to it and try some of these commands
fastboot update /sdcard/<imagepackage>.zip [-w] -w will wipe the cache and the user/data
or your previous flash recovery but with the file pointing to the file on the sdcard
edit: sorry i dont think fastboot will see the sdcard but try anyways.
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First do you have the eng spl, does your hoot say s (on)
Have you tried that command but point it to the sdcard? Also do you have any files on your sdcard like say a recovery.img or an update zip. If you don't you might need to manually move the file to it and try some of these commands
fastboot update /sdcard/<imagepackage>.zip [-w] -w will wipe the cache and the user/data
or your previous flash recovery but with the file pointing to the file on the sdcard
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I will try the fastboot command right now. I am unable to get to hboot with any of the key combination I have tried, before I was able to. Only thing that always comes up is the HTC white screen with fastboot usb at the top left. Can't see what hboot version or anything else I have due to that limitation.
casualonejp said:
I will try the fastboot command right now. I am unable to get to hboot with any of the key combination I have tried, before I was able to. Only thing that always comes up is the HTC white screen with fastboot usb at the top left. Can't see what hboot version or anything else I have due to that limitation.
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After reading a bit you should be able to do something like i described
- copy amon_ra image to yor sd
- flash_image recovery /sdcard/name-of-recovery.img
hopefully you have a way to copy the files to your sd card like say a microsd card converter and stick it in your comp. Or I have had to use a freaking camera once for my g1 after being in a similar situation.
edit: ok so maybe you wont be able to if you spl is in s-off mode.
if you can access your card and see if you have nadroids you could also try this
fastboot flash system /path/to/nandroid/system.img
fastboot flash boot /path/to/nandroid/boot.img
fastboot flash userdata /path/to/nandroid/userdata.img
fastboot reboot
hopefully you have these backed up on your puter to.
ASimmons said:
After reading a bit you should be able to do something like i described
- copy amon_ra image to yor sd
- flash_image recovery /sdcard/name-of-recovery.img
hopefully you have a way to copy the files to your sd card like say a microsd card converter and stick it in your comp. Or I have had to use a freaking camera once for my g1 after being in a similar situation.
edit: ok so maybe you wont be able to if you spl is in s-off mode.
if you can access your card and see if you have nadroids you could also try this
fastboot flash system /path/to/nandroid/system.fimg
fastboot flash boot /path/to/nandroid/boot.img
fastboot flash userdata /path/to/nandroid/userdata.img
fastboot reboot
hopefully you have these backed up on your puter to.
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Negative on the fastboot commands. Also did have a nandroid but on old sdcard which died. I read that I could use anothers nandroid backup but I am currently trying to find one to test.
Tried doing the RUU method with stock/custom roms and it gets as far as seeing the image but when I click on "ok" to start the recovery, it goes to "waiting on bootloader" and then at 88% it errors to a 171 error stating usb connection error.
I would do some research its my understanding that you can't be bricked since you can get into spl. You should be able to put an .img file on your sd card and flash it. Sorry I can give you any more input.
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I would do some research its my understanding that you can't be bricked since you can get into spl. You should be able to put an .img file on your sd card and flash it. Sorry I can give you any more input.
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Ya I have been researching non stop all yesterday evening and today so far all day. I just cant get it to do anything. I will keep researching though. Thanks
Did you fix this yet?
Anyone figure this out yet...I have the same issue and haven't been able to resolve it yet. Still with a brick at this point!
Hey guys,if your stuck at fastboot(As I just was tonight), try in your CMD(if running Windows) fastboot reboot-bootloader or fastboot reboot to reboot as normal,I'll try to keep you updated to get through all this. I am at a loss right now but searching for answers first before i go about asking.
Answer to MY problem(maybe not yours): OK,I have come to the conclusion here tonight that I had a soft brick. What I did was remove the battery,put the battery back in,restarted the phone normally,then I ran the HTC Sprint Hero MR 2.27.651.6 on my computer(essentially restoring back to unrooted factory settings). This worked for me. I am totally refreshed and happy that my phone is ok and all. Yes I may have to go back and re-root but this only take me bout 20 minutes most to root and re-flash a CyanMod7 Nightly Rom. Hope my info can help out somebody!
Hello All,
I am a noob and recently learned how to root, unlock or re-partition, install blackrose etc but using your blogs and wikicynogemod.
I am trying to update my phone to Texas ICS using blog by OP- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1366897
I was able to reach till the step mentioned below :
i.e.
fastboot flash hboot hboot_brcrust_220-10-206-ICS.nb0
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot -w
and now my phone shows TexasICS on the second line that mans it flashed correctly.
I downloaded the tar file "Evervolv-Perdo-2.2.0a6" but I am clueless about the next steps.
1. To build Evervol --> How and where as repo command doesnt work on my computer undert android sdk directory
2. tar xjf --> I am using windows 7 and hence no tar on my laptop.Meanwhile I am downloading the zip file also and see if unzip works.
But I am curious where to run these commands- either on cmd prompt under android-sdk directory or the phone emulator.
And interestingly, android-sdk dont have unzip/tar command and I have no access to phone now, its not booting.
Also I cant login to my phone now, when I boot it, its stuck at the Nexus One startup logo, not going further, so I believe I can't put anything in the SD card now.
Kindly help as my phone is not accessible now and I am kind of handicapped because of that
FYI : Recently I upgraded the phone to 2.3.7 using Cynogenmod, clock recovery.
you might have lost ur recovery
so fastboot any preffered recovery.img . put .zip in sd and flash it
or you can fastboot system.img, boot.img n recovery.img
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If you have a custom recovery like clockworkmod just turn on your device holding trackball or something (I don't remember exactly) and you'll be in recovery or fastboot. Anyway, go to recovery and restore your nand backup. After that you can keep trying (or read below).
If you don't have a backup you can insert the SD card directly into the computer and copy the Evervolv latest version (.ZIP). Then go to recovery and wipe data & cache then install the zip from sd card.
You don't need to pay attention to the building Evervolv part of the post as it's not needed for the install. Don't forget to flash gapps later if you want to.
Sorry for my English and I hope this helps as I'm a bit noob also
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flash recovery
Flash recovery by
booting in fastboot
fastboot flash recovery recoveryNAME.img
then reboot to recovery u will get recovery the flash ICS.zip rom
Well, long story short my friend royally screwed up his phone.
He screwed up the kernel and even the Recovery. Don't ask how.
We even connected the phone and ADB didn't work on bootloader. But after we went into fastboot and tried a restart it worked. So.. we used fastboot to restore the phone.
Notes before you start: Use command prompt and cd to the directory for your sdk tools. In my case, I simply used the 'data' folder for the Toolkit that was released here that had the sdk tools like adb.exe and fastboot.exe . MAKE SURE you copy the associated recovery zips and ROM zips to the very same folder to prevent complications and for the commands to work like a charm. Finally, uninstall the drivers for your phone and reinstall them (if you need to only, as we had connection issues.. yep he royally screwed up).
Boot into bootloader then select fastboot and hit the power button. Keep it on the fastboot screen. Now you can proceed.
Here is what I did:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash recovery recovery.zip *rename your recovery zip to 'recovery.zip' and make sure it's in the same folder as the sdk tools*
You can now then boot into recovery and write the ROM or even use fastboot to write it with the following:
fastboot flash zip rom.zip *once again, rename your ROM zip to rom.zip*
I only put this out there to help those who screwed up their recovery and can't even get the Toolkit to execute commands using ADB.
Good luck!
Yeah, fastboot on pc then in command you clear cache and install recovery. I got into a boot cycle and this fixed it.
lopuandroid said:
Yeah, fastboot on pc then in command you clear cache and install recovery. I got into a boot cycle and this fixed it.
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Glad it worked. Yeah, for some reason my friend's computer was being really fussy. It wouldn't detect the phone or anything, and ADB was rendered useless. We reinstalled the drivers so many times.. And used 2 different laptops.. Thank God fastboot worked. Hopefully this helps anyone else in the same **** zone. I know the heart sinking feel when your Recovery won't work and you only get the bootloader to work..
Here is the story in a nutshell I flashed xdabbeb's bootstack, then his rom. Then I did something stupid such as wipe everything folks, I mean everything. So my phone then restarted and I am able to get into recovery twrp 2.7.
I have tried in twrp to sideload, mount neither which work.
I have my drivers installed it says in device manager when I plug the phone up for download mode
android- galaxy nexus adb
and under ports it says LGE AndroidNet for VZW ADB Interface com41
I tried lg flash tool, tried with old vs98010b rom
pid:
imei:
model:
dll: vs980
bin: vs98010b_13.tot
swv:
swov:
model information check fail!
00000000
I really need help guys, are there any adb commands I can type or are there any drivers I need to install
Ok when i hold the up and plug in it takes me to fastboot
[500] fastboot mode started
[550] udc_start()
[720] reset
[730] portcharge
[740] reset
[750] portcharge
and the device only registers as android under other on my computer
i've installed lg drivers
How can you fastboot flash? When I hold up and plug in for fastboot my computer wont register a driver just shows android what are the commands and how do I use fastboot
timenewton said:
How can you fastboot flash? When I hold up and plug in for fastboot my computer wont register a driver just shows android what are the commands and how do I use fastboot
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Download mode is not going to work because the laf partition (this allows for download mode to work) is wiped when you flash xdabbeb's bootstack in favor of fastboot mode.
I suggest you pm xdabbeb; he will guide you on the steps to using the necessary fastboot commands to get your phone working again. He's already helped a few people that were in the same situation as you are in right now.
Fastboot is good because you can write certain partitons at a time without having to .tot and wipe your whole phone.
You could also flash his xdabbeb_vs98024a_laf.zip http://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407586639 file in TWRP 2.7 to restore download mode, but you will end up wiping your whole phone by using the LG Flash Tool, even your sd card when you restore your phone.
You said you "wiped everything", I'm not sure if that means your sd card too, if so, then that might be the easiest thing to do since you still have access to recovery. You will need an otg cable and a flash drive to mount the flash drive in TWRP 2.7 and flash the file, unless you can side load the file with adb.
Either way, like I mentioned earlier, it might be a good idea to pm xdabbeb first.
Hey my phone is already wiped even sdcard, but the thing is i cant flash that file because I can not get it on my phone. So ill ask xdabbeb the fastboot commands. Yeah and I read about the otg cable, ordered one of those babies should be here this saturday and hopefully it will mount my flash drive in that case id be golden untill then ill see what mr xdabbeb has to say.
cant sideload
everytime i try to sideload the file it just says cant read file or something like that
And I really appreciate you responding. Always nice to get support from somebody when your just sitting here and your phone seems like it hasnt been working for an eternity. Almost depressing not hearing from anyhbody and just seeing all the views but no replys. Thank you
Hey there...Fastboot is about as basic/simple/reliable as it comes. If you have adb/fastboot set up properly then command is:
fastboot flash <partition> <filename>
for example:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
In your case, you claim to have a working recovery (twrp 2.7), but are unable to copy files from your computer to your phone. It sounds like you don't have the proper drivers installed so that you can use adb from recovery. This is a common/known issue with windows and I believe I replied to you in the rom thread already about this, but you need to install/use Koush's universal adb driver and simply copy the rom file over to your phone using the following command:
adb push <filename> /sdcard/
After you have the file there you can flash it as normal in recovery.
If you want to use a kdz/tot method to restore your phone, just download the laf zip file from my thread, extract the laf.img file from the zip, and use the following command to put it in place:
fastboot flash laf laf.img
Then you can go about the tot restore method described in the thread here. You don't need to put the tot file itself on your phone. It just needs to be on your computer.
I get to sdk and open cmd
type adb devices it says
List of devices attached
0215817d960ce580 sideload
Then I type adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
error: closed
When phone is plugged in for adb device manager says under android device- Google galaxy Nexus ADB Interface
I have universal drivers installed and I goto device manger to update drivers where clockworkmod is installed and it doesnt do anything
Fastboot it says in other devices in device manager
Android
PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller
I type fastboot flash recovery laf.img
<waiting for device>
timenewton said:
I get to sdk and open cmd
type adb devices it says
List of devices attached
0215817d960ce580 sideload
Then I type adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
error: closed
When phone is plugged in for adb device manager says under android device- Google galaxy Nexus ADB Interface
I have universal drivers installed and I goto device manger to update drivers where clockworkmod is installed and it doesnt do anything
Fastboot it says in other devices in device manager
Android
PCI Data Acquisition and Signal Processing Controller
I type fastboot flash recovery laf.img
<waiting for device>
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Wait, I'm confused here a little bit. Are you trying to do sideload mode in TWRP or are you using fastboot mode?
And the command you typed is not correct fastboot flash recovery laf.img...you don't want to do that...this would flash the laf.img in your recovery partition.
xdabbeb referenced two methods to you...one was pushing a Rom to your sdcard and then flashing that Rom in TWRP to get your phone booting...the other was to flash the laf.img file and do a .tot if that's what you prefer.
It seems like you want to do a .tot restore, so do the second method xdabbeb suggested.
Get into fastboot mode and type fastboot flash laf laf.img
Make sure you use the correct laf.img...you can extract it from the zip in my previous post/link.
After this your download mode should be working again.
I was trying either one
For fastboot I downloaded xdabbebs laf
the image file in his file is laf.img, if thats not the right file then where is the recovery.img
So the recovery.img would have been one that i made?
and laf is so I can us lg tool to tot flash?
Even when i try to flash the laf it keeps saying waiting for device. I have the drivers koushu installed and lg
timenewton said:
I was trying either one
For fastboot I downloaded xdabbebs laf
the image file in his file is laf.img, if thats not the right file then where is the recovery.img
So the recovery.img would have been one that i made?
and laf is so I can us lg tool to tot flash?
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Yes, download xdabbeb's laf.img, it's the link I gave you originally. You will have to take out the laf.img file from the zip file that is called xdabbeb_vs98024a_laf.zip
The recovery command he gave was just an example, there was no need for you to use it.
Yes, flashing the laf.img will fix your download mode and you will be able to do the .tot method.
What am I suppose to do about it saying wiating for device, its not detecting it
timenewton said:
What am I suppose to do about it saying wiating for device, its not detecting it
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That sounds like a driver issue. Reboot your computer and turn off the phone and start again. See if that helps. You can also remove the drivers and re-install...I suggest you reboot your computer every time you install new drivers.
EDIT:
Are you using a newer adb.exe from your android sdk? If you have ioroot25 installed on your computer I suggest you use the folder/files from there. It has a newer adb.exe in there; put your laf.img file in that folder too if you do use that instead, and run the command prompt from within that folder.
Ok when my phone is plugged into my comp, im on win 7 it shows up as android under other devices when started in fastboot mode. When I browse to the driver location to load for the android it says no driver found for it.
Yes i just installed the sdk like 2 days ago so I know its current.
As far as the driver situation, why would I need to uninstall if it isnt even installing a driver.
This is terrible
timenewton said:
Ok when my phone is plugged into my comp, im on win 7 it shows up as android under other devices when started in fastboot mode. When I browse to the driver location to load for the android it says no driver found for it.
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timenewton said:
Yes i just installed the sdk like 2 days ago so I know its current.
As far as the driver situation, why would I need to uninstall if it isnt even installing a driver.
This is terrible
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For me it shows up under "ADB Interface", but I don't have the universal driver installed.
I didn't realize it wasn't installing the driver for you.
You have to get that driver going or you won't be able to get your phone fixed. Maybe try a different usb port or a different computer.
Man yeah mine doesnt look at all like that. Im uninstalling lg driver and universal one and clearing temp folder. Then restart and reinstall maybe that will work. So its just the koushu driver that works for fastboot and adb right?
timenewton said:
Man yeah mine doesnt look at all like that. Im uninstalling lg driver and universal one and clearing temp folder. Then restart and reinstall maybe that will work. So its just the koushu driver that works for fastboot and adb right?
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Yeah, it should work. I've read posts by others stating that it works.
Yep just reinstalled the universal drivers, plug phone up into fastboot and still get the same result
Can you perhaps send me that driver you have? Because I know if you have that one and it works for you it SHOULD work for me. Murphs law is killing me. I can pm you my email address
Okay so I got my oneplus 3t today and I updated it to Nougat via the ota file all good so far. I then decided that I wanted to install a custom rom so I downloaded twrp supersu etc everything needed to root and install the rom. Here's where it went wrong in knowingly I downloaded the wrong twrp flashed it and it would just hang at the flash screen for twrp. Anyway after hours of trying to install a recovery I managed to get a stock one to semi work, now it turns out I don't know how I did it but my phone won't even boot it just turns on and goes straight to fastboot mode. I managed to get a stock recovery semi working but it won't let me install the stock rom from internal storage and I've tried updating through adb and it will hang at a random percentage for a good 20 mins and then just fail. Really need some help here it would be great, thanks
Hi,
If you can get into fastboot mode then the best recourse is through there. Hope you properly OEM unlocked your device.
First of all, you MUST have the latest adb/fastboot binaries and FOR SURE have the correct drivers.
Follow the links on this XDA article to download the latest adb and fastboot binaries: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-releases-separate-adb-and-fastboot-binary-downloads
This is the link for the Windows binary: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
Extract all the contents of the zip file in a folder on your PC.
Then, also make sure to have THE CORRECT twrp, 3.0.2.0 or 3.0.3.0. This is the link but currently it is down: https://twrp.me/devices/oneplus3t.html
Download THE IMAGE, NOT FLASHABLE ZIP and put it in the same folder as the android platform tools above.
Finally, download the latest complete 3T firmware from OnePlus from this link: http://downloads.oneplus.net/devices/oneplus-3t/
I STRONGLY recommend not to use an update zip, even a full ROM update zip as that one might not include certain firmware images.
Put THE ZIP on the same folder as the others, DO NOT EXTRACT ANYTHING.
On your PC, open a command prompt in the folder where you extracted the android platform tools and run the following: fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-oneplus3t.img (assuming you downloaded the 3.0.3 version of twrp).
Your phone will TEMPORARILY accept the twrp recovery as a boot image and boot from there. NOTHING IS BEING PERMANENTLY WRITTEN AT THIS TIME.
After that, enter TWRP's Wipe menu and wipe system, data and cache.
Finally, use TWRP's Advanced menu and enter adb sideload mode. Once there slide that slider to the right to enable adb mode and return to your PC and enter the following command in the command prompt:
adb sideload OnePlus3TOxygen_28_OTA_029_all_1612131737_17e7161d2b234949.zip (assuming you downloaded the 3.5.4 binary from OnePlus).
TWRP should properly flash the OnePlus ROM and hopefully, return you to proper function. You can then update back to Nougat.
Hope that helped!
Yeah that sorted it thanks a lot
Use the emergency tool for OP3T and start from scratch:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/unbrick-guide-oneplus-3t.481214/
@KeyperOS
I'm trying to follow this guide, but did you miss something out here?
On your PC, open a command prompt in the folder where you extracted the android platform tools and run the following: fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-oneplus3t.img (assuming you downloaded the 3.0.3 version of twrp).
Your phone will TEMPORARILY accept the twrp recovery as a boot image and boot from there. NOTHING IS BEING PERMANENTLY WRITTEN AT THIS TIME.
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Once I do "fastboot boot twrp" and get a success, then what?
Do I need to somehow reboot the phone into TWRP - because that didn't happen on its own.
If so, how do I do this?
Thanks,
jackmacbunton said:
Yeah that sorted it thanks a lot
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Glad that sorted it out
PugRallye said:
@KeyperOSI'm trying to follow this guide, but did you miss something out here?
Once I do "fastboot boot twrp" and get a success, then what? Do I need to somehow reboot the phone into TWRP - because that didn't happen on its own. If so, how do I do this? Thanks,
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My instructions while detailed are not step-by-step. I expect the person reading them to have their PC configured correctly and at least a vague idea of what they're doing.
So, assuming you put the correct TWRP image (my command uses the name of the image for TWRP 3.0.3.0, you MUST alter it to reflect the actual image's filename if it's not that) on the same folder as the fastboot binary then yeah, the command
fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-oneplus3t.img
should have made your phone reboot and enter into the TWRP image that you had on your PC.
If it didn't then you did sth else wrong before that.
Either you didn't OEM unlock your phone when you still could or you didn't use the android platform tools that I linked or you don't have the correct ADB drivers installed on your PC.
Start from there.
Hope that helped!
Thanks for your help @KeyperOS - I know where I went wrong...
To save some time, when I tried to reboot into TWRP, I typed "fastboot boot " then I dragged and dropped the TWRP img file onto that line in the cmd window (rather than typing the filename manually) - when you do that, it appears to include the full path to the img - it was that that was causing the problem.
When I typed the TWRP filename manually, it worked.
The only thing that caught me out was after I'd installed the ROM (via adb sideload) I tried to reboot the device from TWRP recovery - this seemed to just hang. In the end I just powered off the phone using the power key, then powered it back up as per usual.
Checked that the phone booted to the first of the setup screens, then powered off/booted into fastboot mode, relocked the bootloader and it seems to be OK.
I'm now back on 3.5.4 again, which was what I was trying to do...
4.0.0/1 had felt a bit laggy, and I'd sensed some issues with wifi and BT, I can now run 3.5.4 and see how it compares - was I just imagining it?
Thanks again for the guide and your help - I really appreciated it
@PugRallye
Windows' command prompt has an autocomplete feature. If you want it to add the name of a file, type a couple letters and then present TAB, it's gonna complete the filename itself and if it's the wrong file you can keep tapping tab to cycle through all the options.
Really glad it worked out Btw [emoji4]
In my experience, 3.5.4 was great but 4.0 is a step up in both battery life, which IME is amazing and features, with it I almost didn't need root and certainly don't need xposed which was a first.