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Hi I was rooting my HTC one and was able to do so successfully. Then I tried to flash roms and it didn't work with TWRP so I tried clockwork. That's when everything went to hell. I was stuck in the bootloader loop and it just kept booting to that. Then I tried to follow this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258809
and I did method 1 but when I ran one of the commands I saw failed. Now my HTC One is just stuck on the screen with a silver HTC logo and I can't even turn it off. I would really appreciate any insights and advice. I tried doing it on my own but clearly I kept ****ing up and could really use some help.
limache said:
Hi I was rooting my HTC one and was able to do so successfully. Then I tried to flash roms and it didn't work with TWRP so I tried clockwork. That's when everything went to hell. I was stuck in the bootloader loop and it just kept booting to that. Then I tried to follow this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258809
and I did method 1 but when I ran one of the commands I saw failed. Now my HTC One is just stuck on the screen with a silver HTC logo and I can't even turn it off. I would really appreciate any insights and advice. I tried doing it on my own but clearly I kept ****ing up and could really use some help.
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This is a softbrick not a (hard)brick. this is fixable. Try putting it under a bright light and holding down pwr + vol dwn (dont ask just do it) and see if the soft buttons start blinking. if so, you should feel a buzz when it reboots, and then keep holding down vol dwn and that should put you into bootloader. from there you can get to fastboot (and maybe even recovery)
Toxicoblivion said:
This is a softbrick not a (hard)brick. this is fixable. Try putting it under a bright light and holding down pwr + vol dwn (dont ask just do it) and see if the soft buttons start blinking. if so, you should feel a buzz when it reboots, and then keep holding down vol dwn and that should put you into bootloader. from there you can get to fastboot (and maybe even recovery)
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I've got to ask. A bright light? Is he doing surgery as well? What's the reason for the light?
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Quis89 said:
I've got to ask. A bright light? Is he doing surgery as well? What's the reason for the light?
Sent from my HTCONE using xda premium
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for some reason multiple people have reported successful reboots under bright light in which previously (sometimes within minutes) earlier would not work in a dark environment. i have no idea why it works, but ive heard it work enough times, its worth adding it in.
Toxicoblivion said:
for some reason multiple people have reported successful reboots under bright light in which previously (sometimes within minutes) earlier would not work in a dark environment. i have no idea why it works, but ive heard it work enough times, its worth adding it in.
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It's thought this is a safety feature so that you can't accidentally long press power and restart in dark places like your pocket.
@rider5512 Sounds right to me. Thanks for clarifying.
Toxicoblivion said:
This is a softbrick not a (hard)brick. this is fixable. Try putting it under a bright light and holding down pwr + vol dwn (dont ask just do it) and see if the soft buttons start blinking. if so, you should feel a buzz when it reboots, and then keep holding down vol dwn and that should put you into bootloader. from there you can get to fastboot (and maybe even recovery)
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Thanks Toxic!!- so I tried that and I'm back in the bootloader now! I guess the bright light made a difference as I messed up my phone last night. It didn't buzz but now I'm back in the bootloader. How should I go about fixing this now that I can access the bootloader and recovery? I really don't want to half ass this again lol.
It also says "TAMPERED" "RELOCKED" on the top as well.
I'm thinking of following the instructions for method 2 from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258809
Would this be correct or do I need to do anything else first?
limache said:
Thanks Toxic!!- so I tried that and I'm back in the bootloader now! I guess the bright light made a difference as I messed up my phone last night. It didn't buzz but now I'm back in the bootloader. How should I go about fixing this now that I can access the bootloader and recovery? I really don't want to half ass this again lol.
It also says "TAMPERED" "RELOCKED" on the top as well.
I'm thinking of following the instructions for method 2 from this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258809
Would this be correct or do I need to do anything else first?
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Method 2 looks good.
Just remember that you will have to unlock your bootloader again. You will probably have to request a new token at htcdev.
Then flash recovery from toolkit and sideload and install new rom.
crushalot said:
Method 2 looks good.
Just remember that you will have to unlock your bootloader again. You will probably have to request a new token at htcdev.
Then flash recovery from toolkit and sideload and install new rom.
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Great I'm just concerned at getting this to work again.
EDIT - So I am trying method 2 right now - I am trying to boot into recovery but it just brings me back to bootloader. I cannot access recovery so when I try sideloading the rom it doesn't work. It says "error device not found" in cmd prompt but I already installed the HTC drivers though. Any advice?
So that means I have to go through the whole process of unlocking the bootloader and rooting it. So can I just use this tool by Hasoon2000 instead of going through manually typing in cmd prompts in the future?
In regards to requesting the new token, can you clarify? Are you saying that since I activated the old token, it cannot be activated anymore and I need to contact HTC Dev directly?
limache said:
Great I'm just concerned at getting this to work again.
EDIT - So I am trying method 2 right now - I am trying to boot into recovery but it just brings me back to bootloader. I cannot access recovery so when I try sideloading the rom it doesn't work. It says "error device not found" in cmd prompt but I already installed the HTC drivers though. Any advice?
So that means I have to go through the whole process of unlocking the bootloader and rooting it. So can I just use this tool by Hasoon2000 instead of going through manually typing in cmd prompts in the future?
In regards to requesting the new token, can you clarify? Are you saying that since I activated the old token, it cannot be activated anymore and I need to contact HTC Dev directly?
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fastboot erase cache
limache said:
Great I'm just concerned at getting this to work again.
EDIT - So I am trying method 2 right now - I am trying to boot into recovery but it just brings me back to bootloader. I cannot access recovery so when I try sideloading the rom it doesn't work. It says "error device not found" in cmd prompt but I already installed the HTC drivers though. Any advice?
So that means I have to go through the whole process of unlocking the bootloader and rooting it. So can I just use this tool by Hasoon2000 instead of going through manually typing in cmd prompts in the future?
In regards to requesting the new token, can you clarify? Are you saying that since I activated the old token, it cannot be activated anymore and I need to contact HTC Dev directly?
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You need to flash a new custom recovery again before you can boot into it and sideload. You won't be able to do that until you unlock your bootloader again.
You do have to do the whole process of unlocking the bootloader and installing a custom recovery from the toolkit.
You will need to get a new unlock token from htcdev (however you did it before, manually or with the toolkit) since you can only use the unlock token's once it seems. No biggie, just need to do the process again to get that new token you will need to unlock you bootloader before you will be able to do anything in recovery.
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You need to flash a new custom recovery again before you can boot into it and sideload. You won't be able to do that until you unlock your bootloader again.
You do have to do the whole process of unlocking the bootloader and installing a custom recovery from the toolkit.
You will need to get a new unlock token from htcdev (however you did it before, manually or with the toolkit) since you can only use the unlock token's once it seems. No biggie, just need to do the process again to get that new token you will need to unlock you bootloader before you will be able to do anything in recovery.
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Thank you crushalot!
So I am following this guide.
http://htconeroot.com/htc-one-root/how-to-root-htc-one-windowsmaclinux/
I successfully unlocked the bootloader and now I need to flash the recovery. In Step 23, he copies the file "CWM-SuperSU-v1.30.zip" into the internal storage. Since I cannot access the internal storage of the phone, is this step necessary to flashing recovery? Can I just skip over to step 24 and run "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-m7.img" ?
Edit - Okay so I used Hasoon's toolkit to flash the recovery and I think it worked. However, now I am trying to sideload the rom and having issues. I selected "ADB Sideload a ROM" and i manually went into recovery and TWRP (the toolkit can't send it into recovery for some reason). I selected "sideload a rom" on the HTC and then it shows you a bar that says "Swipe to sideload". I wasn't sure if I needed to do that or not but I tried running the toolkit and sideloading the rom and i got "error: closed" in command prompt.
in TWRP there are messages saying "unable to mount /data, recreate data/media folder, internal storage etc".
limache said:
Thank you crushalot!
So I am following this guide.
http://htconeroot.com/htc-one-root/how-to-root-htc-one-windowsmaclinux/
I successfully unlocked the bootloader and now I need to flash the recovery. In Step 23, he copies the file "CWM-SuperSU-v1.30.zip" into the internal storage. Since I cannot access the internal storage of the phone, is this step necessary to flashing recovery? Can I just skip over to step 24 and run "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-m7.img" ?
Edit - Okay so I used Hasoon's toolkit to flash the recovery and I think it worked. However, now I am trying to sideload the rom and having issues. I selected "ADB Sideload a ROM" and i manually went into recovery and TWRP (the toolkit can't send it into recovery for some reason). I selected "sideload a rom" on the HTC and then it shows you a bar that says "Swipe to sideload". I wasn't sure if I needed to do that or not but I tried running the toolkit and sideloading the rom and i got "error: closed" in command prompt.
in TWRP there are messages saying "unable to mount /data, recreate data/media folder, internal storage etc".
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"In Step 23, he copies the file "CWM-SuperSU-v1.30.zip" into the internal storage. Since I cannot access the internal storage of the phone, is this step necessary to flashing recovery? Can I just skip over to step 24 and run "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-m7.img" ?"
That is done in order to give root access to the currently installed rom. You are going to install a new rom, so you don't have to do that until you get the rom installed.
You are now the 3rd user I have run into that is having the issue where you can't mount anything in recovery and I'm not sure why. Some users report that re locking and unlocking the bootloader fixes this, but you just did that, so I'm not sure why this is happening.
Within the toolkit try the perm root option? Perhaps there is something I can't think of since I rooted mine, the day I got it awhile back.
"Rooting The Device To root your device, first make sure you have unlocked the bootloader and installed a custom recovery. Next, select the ‘Perm Root’ option (the last one) from the Extras section and follow the instructions to get root access in no time."
To any other advanced users who may be able to answer this:
Does the recovery need the installed rom to have the SU binaries before it can mount the system in recovery? Does recovery need to be granted SU though some other means before mounting?
crushalot said:
"In Step 23, he copies the file "CWM-SuperSU-v1.30.zip" into the internal storage. Since I cannot access the internal storage of the phone, is this step necessary to flashing recovery? Can I just skip over to step 24 and run "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-m7.img" ?"
That is done in order to give root access to the currently installed rom. You are going to install a new rom, so you don't have to do that until you get the rom installed.
You are now the 3rd user I have run into that is having the issue where you can't mount anything in recovery and I'm not sure why. Some users report that re locking and unlocking the bootloader fixes this, but you just did that, so I'm not sure why this is happening.
Within the toolkit try the perm root option? Perhaps there is something I can't think of since I rooted mine, the day I got it awhile back.
"Rooting The Device To root your device, first make sure you have unlocked the bootloader and installed a custom recovery. Next, select the ‘Perm Root’ option (the last one) from the Extras section and follow the instructions to get root access in no time."
To any other advanced users who may be able to answer this:
Does the recovery need the installed rom to have the SU binaries before it can mount the system in recovery? Does recovery need to be granted SU though some other means before mounting?
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Okay I just tried Perm room - nothing happened except it showed 776 KB/s. I remember a few days ago there was a system update from HTC and I updated it OTA - would that affect this at all?
Just to be clear, I run the program, go into recovery, go into adb sideload, then I select the rom on the PC. Then I swipe across the bar to mount the rom and then it fails to mount and I get "error closed" in command prompt.
I know it is a pain in the ass, and users not familiar with adb/fastboot commands and using the toolkit mess it up.
Flashing recovery in fastboot after you pointed to your adb/fastboot folder you need to do:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash recovery name-of-your-recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
As you got it flashed successfully but you have problems sideliadung it with adb, get yourself a OTG cable and a USB storage stick, put the custom ROM.zip on there and then choose 'flash .zip from external storage' or s.thing like that. I don't know if that option is available in TWRP but it is in ClockworkMod.
Once you have booted successfully up into the ROM, go back into recovery and do a Nandroid back up, and keep it on that stick and on the internal storage if your One!
Good luck
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hardstuffmuc said:
I know it is a pain in the ass, and users not familiar with adb/fastboot commands and using the toolkit mess it up.
Flashing recovery in fastboot after you pointed to your adb/fastboot folder you need to do:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash recovery name-of-your-recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
As you got it flashed successfully but you have problems sideliadung it with adb, get yourself a OTG cable and a USB storage stick, put the custom ROM.zip on there and then choose 'flash .zip from external storage' or s.thing like that. I don't know if that option is available in TWRP but it is in ClockworkMod.
Once you have booted successfully up into the ROM, go back into recovery and do a Nandroid back up, and keep it on that stick and on the internal storage if your One!
Good luck
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Hmm so can I use the toolkit to do this? I don't have the actual recoveries of TWRP and CWM. If I have TWRP on this installed, can I flash Clockwork as well or do you have to choose one or the other?
I just want to clarify - are you saying that I should be doing this manually instead of using the toolkit to install CWM or TWRP? When I use the toolkit, does it erase the cache?
Btw, when I plug in my phone, it detects it as an F drive but I cannot access the actual internal storage. What does this mean? I have the drivers installed already.
limache said:
Okay I just tried Perm room - nothing happened except it showed 776 KB/s. I remember a few days ago there was a system update from HTC and I updated it OTA - would that affect this at all?
Just to be clear, I run the program, go into recovery, go into adb sideload, then I select the rom on the PC. Then I swipe across the bar to mount the rom and then it fails to mount and I get "error closed" in command prompt.
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Yes, every user that I encountered with this issue had done an OTA update. Not exactly sure why or how that is causing these issues.
Yes, your procedure for sideload is correct, however you are unable to flash anything or use recovery at all because when in recovery the internal storage won't mount, so it can't perform any actions.
Need to do some more reading for: unable to mount in recovery
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limache said:
Hmm so can I use the toolkit to do this? I don't have the actual recoveries of TWRP and CWM. If I have TWRP on this installed, can I flash Clockwork as well or do you have to choose one or the other?
I just want to clarify - are you saying that I should be doing this manually instead of using the toolkit to install CWM or TWRP? When I use the toolkit, does it erase the cache?
Btw, when I plug in my phone, it detects it as an F drive but I cannot access the actual internal storage. What does this mean? I have the drivers installed already.
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I don't think the toolkit is the issue. The cache erase can also be done from the toolkit with the Erase Cache in the Commands section. Never hurts to try this, but the issue is not being able to mount storage in recovery. I think you could install either recovery and it wouldn't matter as they would both have the same issue. Generally, I prefer TWRP anyway.
You can't access the phones internal storage when connected via USB when the phone is in recovery or fastboot. So that is normal.
limache said:
Hmm so can I use the toolkit to do this? I don't have the actual recoveries of TWRP and CWM. If I have TWRP on this installed, can I flash Clockwork as well or do you have to choose one or the other?
I just want to clarify - are you saying that I should be doing this manually instead of using the toolkit to install CWM or TWRP? When I use the toolkit, does it erase the cache?
Btw, when I plug in my phone, it detects it as an F drive but I cannot access the actual internal storage. What does this mean? I have the drivers installed already.
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crushalot said:
Yes, every user that I encountered with this issue had done an OTA update. Not exactly sure why or how that is causing these issues.
Yes, your procedure for sideload is correct, however you are unable to flash anything or use recovery at all because when in recovery the internal storage won't mount, so it can't perform any actions.
Need to do some more reading for: unable to mount in recovery
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I don't think the toolkit is the issue. The cache erase can also be done from the toolkit with the Erase Cache in the Commands section. Never hurts to try this, but the issue is not being able to mount storage in recovery. I think you could install either recovery and it wouldn't matter as they would both have the same issue. Generally, I prefer TWRP anyway.
You can't access the phones internal storage when connected via USB when the phone is in recovery or fastboot. So that is normal.
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Hmmm okay so the other poster's suggestion was to get an OTG cable (a micro usb to USB cable right?) and connect the USB with the ROM directly the phone. Do you think this would be a big difference or no? I just don't know if the issue is the internal storage itself or the mode of pushing the ROM.
Otherwise, I'm pretty much scratching my head and have no idea what else I could do =/.
Just for anyone else who's having issues, I've tried using TWRP's install function with the OTG cable but it still doesn't mount. Just letting people know.
if you are noob to recover your phone you can try some services like this
i revived my HTC one by them
http://goo.gl/1DMXlq
Hey everyone, so tonight I got the 4.4 ota on my N7, I am unlocked and rooted but stock everything including recovery.
After updating, my N7 keeps going to stalk recovery and that's it.
I know I can just reflash everything but I have a few very important files. Is there a way to reflash 4.3 without losing data or accessing the data partition while soft bricked so I can recovery my files?
I may be wrong, but can't you reflash your phone as long as you don't replace the userdata.img through fastboot to retain the same information? I could be wrong.
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I may be wrong, but can't you reflash your phone as long as you don't replace the userdata.img through fastboot to retain the same information? I could be wrong.
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I'm not sure. I'd like to have this confirmed before I do anything. It's not urgent as the due date on my prgect isn't for another couple of weeks. But thanks. I'll look at that as a last resort.
Is it one file or multiple files you are trying to access? Have you tried to pull them using adb to your pc? I do not know how to do it, but I am sure there is a guide somewhere. Or try a phone backup using fastboot then unpack it on your desktop and get the files you need. Again, I am not good with phones, just throwing out idea's.
chrisinsocalif said:
Is it one file or multiple files you are trying to access? Have you tried to pull them using adb to your pc? I do not know how to do it, but I am sure there is a guide somewhere. Or try a phone backup using fastboot then unpack it on your desktop and get the files you need. Again, I am not good with phones, just throwing out idea's.
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ADB or Wugs root kit don't see my Nexus 7 as it keeps rebooting to the dead droid and I know I don't have it set for debugging. Guess I'm screwed.
When you say "dead droid", you're referring to fastboot mode, right? (Android icon with a bunch of text below it, starting with "Fastboot Mode" in red.)
If you have fastboot, you can flash TWRP Recovery 2.6.3.0. Download it from Team Win's site (Google it). Then:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-grouper.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Use the Volume keys to select "Recovery Mode" and hit Power. Once you see the TWRP menu, you should have adb root access automatically. Connect tablet to USB, and use adb pull to download the contents of /sdcard:
adb pull /sdcard /dumphere
Replace "dumphere" with whatever directory you want to dump to. I'm sure there's better guides and explanations for this, but this is the quick version.
I guess you could reflash stock recovery afterwards, but I can't think of a reason why you'd want to. It's not like it's that useful.
As a rule of thumb, you should at least know how to get around a command line, and use adb and fastboot before mucking around with your tablet.
-XCN-
P.S. I could be mistaken, but I don't think internal storage (which is /sdcard, or /data/media) is overwritten when you flash a ROM. Obviously, backup first before trying.
I started to root my phone this morning. I did the HTVDev unlock, flashed twrp, then tried to flash viperboy's disable RW system protect. This caused my phone to just hang at the HTC screen. I let my phone die and was able to get into my bootloader and fastboot. I tried to push the rom via adb but I kept getting the error of no device connected. Then i tried to flash the stock boot.img though fastboot. This brought me back to the HTC screen but now when I plug it in to my computer it shows up for everything and it installs drivers but the HTC MTP Device fails. Now I cant send commands to reboot through fastboot or adb. Im currently waiting for it to die again to get back to twrp or the bootloader. Any advice on how to proceed?
Thanks,
Paris6906
Paris6906 said:
I started to root my phone this morning. I did the HTVDev unlock, flashed twrp, then tried to flash viperboy's disable RW system protect. This caused my phone to just hang at the HTC screen. I let my phone die and was able to get into my bootloader and fastboot. I tried to push the rom via adb but I kept getting the error of no device connected. Then i tried to flash the stock boot.img though fastboot. This brought me back to the HTC screen but now when I plug it in to my computer it shows up for everything and it installs drivers but the HTC MTP Device fails. Now I cant send commands to reboot through fastboot or adb. Im currently waiting for it to die again to get back to twrp or the bootloader. Any advice on how to proceed?
Thanks,
Paris6906
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Likely no need to let it die -- a hard reset (hold the power and vol down for a very long time) should bring you back to the bootloader (hopefully). It'll seem like a good long while -- keep pressing.
From there, select 'fastboot' and press the power button, then plug in to your computer (USB). That'll show USB on the fastboot line.
Then, on your computer, open a command window (presuming you're using Windows) in the SDK platform-tools directory and type:
fastboot devices
If that gives back your device ID, you're at least at a reasonable fastboot. I'd flash a good recovery (I use PhilZ, and while it might be foreign to you (CWM style), it lets you load a ROM via OTG cable over USB if you have such a cable -- if not, hopefully sideload works for you in TWRP if you stick with that) -- just to be sure you have a good recovery.
Then, reboot into recovery.
Your kernel (boot.img) apparently is garbage, so hopefully you can either put a ROM on USB and flash from that (OTG) or adb sideload it. All the ROMs normally have a good kernel so would flash your boot.img properly during install. Were me me, I'd flash O.M.J's stock rooted ROM just so you at least get back to some place of sanity).
If that all fails, you might have to RUU and start over.
Let us know and we'll help out.
If that gives back your device ID, you're at least at a reasonable fastboot. I'd flash a good recovery (I use PhilZ, and while it might be foreign to you (CWM style), it lets you load a ROM via OTG cable over USB if you have such a cable -- if not, hopefully sideload works for you in TWRP if you stick with that) -- just to be sure you have a good recovery.
ok. can you use adb push in fastboot? also i noticed that my captive buttons blink when i tried to turn off my phone. don't know if that means anything.
OMG it worked! Thank you so much. I uber appreciate it. Today I learned a ton about how android works and how to use adb and fastboot. While the processed about gave me a heart attack i did learn a lot. I can not believe how great of a resource xda is. The knowledge of everyone on here is incredible. I cant thank you enough.
Thanks all,
Paris6906
X1053, rooted and unlocked bootloader on T Mob US
Tried to install a new kernel but it failed. Wiped cached (factory reset in twrp) and now it won't boot past the animation logo.
As its not booted into the OS, windows won't recognize it as a device so i can't install a new rom to try again. Windows 8 'bings' when I connect it but it won't load as a drive.
I CAN get into AP Fashboot Flash Mode If I then go to Recovery, it still takes me to twrp. But there are not zip files to install that work and I can't work out how to copy them over without windows recognizing the device?
Thanks in advance
You'll maybe need to flash the same stock firmware version you're on now...4.4 or 4.4.2 or whatever version you were on. Then root again.
This will help you...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2603358
Good luck!
kj2112 said:
You'll maybe need to flash the same stock firmware version you're on now...4.4 or 4.4.2 or whatever version you were on. Then root again.
This will help you...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2603358
Good luck!
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Thanks for the reply. the problem is I can't connect to the phone to transfer a new firmware on. It 'bings' on USB plug but won't open as a USB drive. I can't get the phone to boot, can only get it to recovery. i tried reinstalling the motorola drivers again but still no luck.
When it was running Ok, I could plug it in (when it used to load into the android OS OK) and it would appear as a USB drive in Windows 8. I also tried on a different laptop.
emailrob said:
Thanks for the reply. the problem is I can't connect to the phone to transfer a new firmware on. It 'bings' on USB plug but won't open as a USB drive. I can't get the phone to boot, can only get it to recovery. i tried reinstalling the motorola drivers again but still no luck.
When it was running Ok, I could plug it in (when it used to load into the android OS OK) and it would appear as a USB drive in Windows 8. I also tried on a different laptop.
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When you boot into bootloader, does the phone itself recognize that it is connected via USB? If so, you have to obtain the current SBF of your phone and flash over the files via fastboot.exe and mfastboot.exe.
There are plenty of guides throughout this site. Take your time and read everything before you make your first move.
Cyphir said:
When you boot into bootloader, does the phone itself recognize that it is connected via USB? If so, you have to obtain the current SBF of your phone and flash over the files via fastboot.exe and mfastboot.exe.
There are plenty of guides throughout this site. Take your time and read everything before you make your first move.
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OK panic nearly over! I managed to get it flashed using RDS lite. 4.4 is back on now, although I lost my root Not sure I want to go down the whole downgrade to 4.2.2 etc but I'll see. Thanks again
Just adding a reply in case anyone has a similar issue.
RSDLite managed to get the firmware back on. It lost root, but what actually happened is the recovery got deleted / corrupted.
So i went back through the rooting guide which started by adding twrp and then flashing. Rebooted, and SuperSU tells me all is OK and root is there.
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Is your phone recognized by fastboot or adb?
Since your bootloader is unlocked, manually flash the 4.4.2 firmware files, then TWRP, then boot into recovery, use adb to push SuperSU or whichever root program you prefer to /sdcard, then use TWRP to flash it.
nhizzat said:
Is your phone recognized by fastboot or adb?
Since your bootloader is unlocked, manually flash the 4.4.2 firmware files, then TWRP, then boot into recovery, use adb to push SuperSU or whichever root program you prefer to /sdcard, then use TWRP to flash it.
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Its all working OK now thanks. I just flashed 4.4 again and re-installed TWRP.
Well, I really did it this time. In my efforts of messing with the M Preview build and trying to eliminate the "verification failed" startup message I made the mistake of locking the bootloader. Now the phone will not boot into Android or into Recovery. I'm stuck in Bootloader and it won't let me "fastboot OEM unlock" the device because in order to do this you need to boot into Android and tick the box to allow OEM unlocking (which I also unticked before getting into this mess, like an idiot).
EDIT: Got it resolved!
In order to get into Recovery I had to use the following commands in the bootloader:
fastboot format cache
fastboot format userdata
After doing this I was able to boot into recovery. However, recovery showed 0MB available storage and wouldn't mount /data, which prevented me from installing anything. It also wouldn't allow me to copy anything to the SD card using Android File Transfer or ADB sideloading.
To solve this I went into "Wipe" while in recovery and did a full format (the one that requires you to type "yes" before proceeding"
After doing this and booting back into recovery, I had full storage space back and recovery was able to mount /data. At this point I just copy/pasted the 5.1.1 ROM onto the sdcard with Android File Transfer. Once installed, I flashed the ROM and it booted right up.
I then skipped through the setup to get to settings and in developer settings I ticked the box to allow OEM unlocking. After doing that, I booted back into the bootloader and used the fastboot command "fastboot oem unlock" to unlock the bootloader again.
Once that was done I was able to use fastboot commands to flash the M preview all over again.
Hopefully you don't find yourself in this mess, but if you do, I'm hoping the above solution works for you.
sn0warmy said:
Well, I really did it this time. In my efforts of messing the the M Preview build and trying to eliminate the verification failed startup message I really locked up the phone. I locked the bootloader and now the phone will not boot into either recovery or the ROM. It won't let me "fastboot OEM unlock" the device either because it requires me to go into settings and check the allow OEM unlock. However, since I can't boot into the ROM, I cannot do that.
I'm really stuck here. Any ideas?
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Hope you can RMA it
akellar said:
Hope you can RMA it
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Well.... s**t.
sn0warmy said:
Well.... s**t.
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Is TWRP installed?
WAIT!!
I did the following:
- fastboot format cache
- fastboot format userdata
And the phone now boots into TWRP. It won't boot fully but it will boot into recovery. I'm trying to sideload a ROM now but I can't access the storage.
Edit: enabled ADB sideload so I can ADB push a ROM to the SD card to flash. Does anyone know the exact root folder name for the sd card to pusht he ROM to? Is it /data/media/?
I did something similar this past weekend while trying to do the 5.1.1 upgrade with the OTA files before the Factory images were available.
Try and use the WugFresh tool to wipe the cache and such, and try some of the other obvious settings in the tool.
It was late and I'm not 100% sure what I did but I do remember reflashing the LRX22C from the factory image using the tool. Everything I did was from the tool minus the 5.1 OTA that came through once I was able to get back into the device. From there I was able to unlock the bootloader again.
I was worried myself that I might have to send the phone back but I just kept trying, don't give up just yet. I've been told many times it's almost impossible to brick an android device now a days.
Good luck!
sn0warmy said:
WAIT!!
I did the following:
- fastboot format cache
- fastboot format userdata
And the phone now boots into TWRP. It won't boot fully but it will boot into recovery. I'm trying to sideload a ROM now but I can't access the storage.
Edit: enabled ADB sideload so I can ADB push a ROM to the SD card to flash. Does anyone know the exact root folder name for the sd card to pusht he ROM to? Is it /data/media/?
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Enable MTP in TWRP then drag n drop.
rootSU said:
Enable MTP in TWRP then drag n drop.
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Can't access device storage.
However, I was able to ADB push the ROM to the SDcard. But when I try and install the ROM it gives me a bunch of errors saying "unable to mount '/data'" and "unable to mount storage"
Ideas?
sn0warmy said:
Can't access device storage.
However, I was able to ADB push the ROM to the SDcard. But when I try and install the ROM it gives me a bunch of errors saying "unable to mount '/data'" and "unable to mount storage"
Ideas?
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Assuming you tried ticking data in twrp mounts...
In twrp, try and format data again. If that fails, try to format it as another file system such as f2fs before formatting it back to ext4
rootSU said:
Assuming you tried ticking data in twrp mounts...
In twrp, try and format data again. If that fails, try to format it as another file system such as f2fs before formatting it back to ext4
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Success!
TWRP was also reporting 0mb available storage. I went into Wipe and performed a full format. Booted back into recovery and storage was showingt he full amount again. I was then able to plug the phone in and enable MTP and drag/drop the 5.1.1 ROM onto the SD card. Just flashed it and it booted right up!
I'm going to update the OP with all this info just in case someone else runs into the issue and needs help.
Thanks for your help!
sn0warmy said:
Well, I really did it this time. In my efforts of messing with the M Preview build and trying to eliminate the "verification failed" startup message I made the mistake of locking the bootloader. Now the phone will not boot into Android or into Recovery. I'm stuck in Bootloader and it won't let me "fastboot OEM unlock" the device because in order to do this you need to boot into Android and tick the box to allow OEM unlocking (which I also unticked before getting into this mess, like an idiot).
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Hi,
I faced the same condition like you experienced, with some differences:
- the phone stuck in "Google" logo
- stock recovery is accessible from bootloader
- I am unable to mount sdcard or install rom from sd card, but could conduct adb sideload
However, am stuck with verifying update package showing :
E: footer is wrong
E: signature verification failed
any ideas what to do next?
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So my N6 was still on 5.0 (has not been updated to 5.1). I decided to try the M preview. I downloaded the preview, and began the process as follows:
1. reboot into bootloader
2. fastboot oem unlock
3. flash-all (success on loading the bootloader and radio, but error on updating the image)
4. hence i followed to flash individually:
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash cache cache.img
5. and comes the stupid thing ! --> fastboot oem lock (really really regret why I did this)
6. and then once reboot, it stuck in Google logo forever
However, I am still able to access:
- bootloader (fastboot recognize the device, but wouldn't allow me to fastboot oem unlock)
- able to go to stock recovery, and as mentioned above:
I am unable to mount sdcard or install rom from sd card, but could conduct adb sideload
However, am stuck with verifying update package showing :
E: footer is wrong
E: signature verification failed
I tried to adb sideload the M preview image and 5.1 LMY47I but both showing the above error....
hope you can shed some light on this...
Please does anyone have a solution to this? please help me
Iambenqazy said:
Please does anyone have a solution to this? please help me
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A solution to what? Keep in mind your problem may be different from the OP's issue, so if you want people to help you it's necessary to provide plenty of information, such as what you were trying to do, how you tried to do it, and any other information that you believe may be useful.
Strephon Alkhalikoi said:
A solution to what? Keep in mind your problem may be different from the OP's issue, so if you want people to help you it's necessary to provide plenty of information, such as what you were trying to do, how you tried to do it, and any other information that you believe may be useful.
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OK What i was trying to do was to flash a stock recovery, i start it by running the flash-it all.bat file in the factory image zip, it changed the user interface of the bootloader after first reboot and and had an error for "archive: recovery.sig not found" (something like). the phone status shows Software Version: Modified and fastboot oem unlock dont give the confirmation.
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now my phone wont even boot to the bootloader, everything turned black. please hellp!!!!:crying::crying:
If you can't even get into the bootloader (volume down and power) you may have to have the device serviced. Do you get a response when you type "adb devices"?
Iambenqazy said:
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now my phone wont even boot to the bootloader, everything turned black. please hellp!!!!:crying::crying:
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Maybe it just crashed at a black screen? Does a very long press of the power button (over 10 secs) cause it to react?
Or maybe the battery is empty? Try connecting the power supply for some time.
i did that but no response.
Iambenqazy said:
i did that but no response.
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The very dead battery is a real possibility. The thing is, using the charger that came with the phone isn't going to help. If you think the battery being dead is a possibility, you would need to plug the phone into a USB port on a PC, that is a very slow charge. Leave it on there overnight then unplug and replug. If the led at the top of the screen lights or the battery icon shows on the screen, you have hope. At this point using the original charger should get the battery going again. In this case, plan on replacing the battery.
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