Just a quick question, but when you unlock your bootloader, I know your memory is wiped. Is the system partition wiped too? Do I need an OS ready to load either via RSD lite, or is it just a factory reset?
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cpetersen2791 said:
Just a quick question, but when you unlock your bootloader, I know your memory is wiped. Is the system partition wiped too? Do I need an OS ready to load either via RSD lite, or is it just a factory reset?
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factory reset. i assume by partition you meant, does unlocking your bootloader leave you with a phone that can only boot to fastboot mode lol. the answer is no. you will still have a functioning phone.
jayboyyyy said:
factory reset. i assume by partition you meant, does unlocking your bootloader leave you with a phone that can only boot to fastboot mode lol. the answer is no. you will still have a functioning phone.
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Thanks for the info!
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Okay, so i just got the vivid rooted n' unlocked the bootloader...... now when i tried flashing a rom, it won't boot, just turn black then back the htc white screen.... I think it got no os or something. I even tried flash the kernel or (boot.img) still wouldn't help... Even my windows7 cant even detect it on recovery......I bene working on this for 5hrs now...... So now im out of options... Can Someone help me out with this issue plz?!? thx
What is your hboot version?
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rignfool said:
what is your hboot version?
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hboot 1.85.0025 and its S-on
Multidex24 said:
hboot 1.85.0025 and its S-on
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Did you flash the boot.img with fastboot?
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rignfool said:
Did you flash the boot.img with fastboot?
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yesss
Multidex24 said:
yesss
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I feel an RUU in your future...
Then maybe try again?
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rignfool said:
I feel an RUU in your future...
Then maybe try again?
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I guess i can try again, but how? because I'm tryna not to mess up again..... its already bootloopin... n my computer won't even detect the phone nor the micro sd card unless i used the card on a different phone. put the rom n kernel on there, then put the card back to the vivid n' try to flash it in recovery n fastboot. And I just flash TWRP recovery on it. So I really need help with this... plzzzzz?!
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I guess i can try again, but how? because I'm tryna not to mess up again..... its already bootloopin... n my computer won't even detect the phone nor the micro sd card unless i used the card on a different phone. put the rom n kernel on there, then put the card back to the vivid n' try to flash it in recovery n fastboot. And I just flash TWRP recovery on it. So I really need help with this... plzzzzz?!
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Heyy... I think i got an idea? Can I try this....?
1. Redownload the recovery image and try again
2. fastboot oem lock to lock the bootloader, then go through the unlock process again
3. fastboot oem lock, run your carrier's RUU, reunlock bootloader, fastboot flash recovery wcxrecovery.img, fastboot flash boot boot.img (from ROM), boot to recovery, wipe data, system, dalvik, and cache, and flash ROM
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Heyy... I think i got an idea? Can I try this....?
1. Redownload the recovery image and try again
2. fastboot oem lock to lock the bootloader, then go through the unlock process again
3. fastboot oem lock, run your carrier's RUU, reunlock bootloader, fastboot flash recovery wcxrecovery.img, fastboot flash boot boot.img (from ROM), boot to recovery, wipe data, system, dalvik, and cache, and flash ROM
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Sounds like a plan
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Hello guys,
This is possibly the first ever phone I have bricked. Since I moved from Chroma to Euphoria my Nexus 6 was reporting 23GB of total available storage, that's 3GB less than what I was getting with Chroma.
So I decided to revert back to stock hoping that would have sorted the partition layout but found myself in a bootloop. I tried several factory versions with no go, bootloop was still persisting. At that point I was like I am going to relock the bootloader to see if that makes any difference, and when I realized it did not and I tried to unlock it again, from that point on I realized I was very much screwed.
The current situation. I flashed a 5.0.1 factory stock that is in bootloop, bootloader is locked, no access to the stock recovery.
I have made a ton of researches and it seems I will have to send the device on repair.
Any idea of what else I could possibly try to rescue this phone?
How's that there's not a way to force unlocking the bootloader from fastboot when the system is not in a operational state?
I will appreciate any help.
Thanks
Segnale007 said:
Hello guys,
This is possibly the first ever phone I have bricked. Since I moved from Chroma to Euphoria my Nexus 6 was reporting 23GB of total available storage, that's 3GB less than what I was getting with Chroma.
So I decided to revert back to stock hoping that would have sorted the partition layout but found myself in a bootloop. I tried several factory versions with no go, bootloop was still persisting. At that point I was like I am going to relock the bootloader to see if that makes any difference, and when I realized it did not and I tried to unlock it again, from that point on I realized I was very much screwed.
The current situation. I flashed a 5.0.1 factory stock that is in bootloop, bootloader is locked, no access to the stock recovery.
I have made a ton of researches and it seems I will have to send the device on repair.
Any idea of what else I could possibly try to rescue this phone?
How's that there's not a way to force unlocking the bootloader from fastboot when the system is not in a operational state?
I will appreciate any help.
Thanks
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Do you have TWRP or stock recovery?
cam30era said:
Do you have TWRP or stock recovery?
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Nope I do not. I don't even have access to the stock recovery. For some reason when I select the stock recovery the recovery menu does not appear. It just comes up a dead android with a question mark and nothing else..
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Nope I do not. I don't even have access to the stock recovery.
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I'm sorry to tell you that the only thing you can do is return it for repair/replacement. FWIW: if you had left the bootloader unlocked, we could have helped you.
cam30era said:
I'm sorry to tell you that the only thing you can do is return it for repair/replacement. FWIW: if you had left the bootloader unlocked, we could have helped you.
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I kinda knew it.. This Nexus 6 was bought outside of the Play Store. Will Motorola either replace it or repair it?
I am just gonna say I woke up in the morning and found the phone in bootloop..
Segnale007 said:
I kinda knew it.. This Nexus 6 was bought outside of the Play Store. Will Motorola either replace it or repair it?
I am just gonna say I woke up in the morning and found the phone in bootloop..
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You have nothing to loose by contacting them and asking.
What 5.0.1 factory stock file did you flash?
Mega Montana said:
What 5.0.1 factory stock file did you flash?
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This one right here https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/shamu-lrx22c-factory-ff173fc6.tgz
Flashing that file following the correct steps should not have sent the phone in a bootloop. Gonna need a bit more info to know what got screwed up. Also, have you connected your phone to your PC to see if it recognizes it? You said you can't boot into recovery but what about the bootloader, power + vol down?
Mega Montana said:
Flashing that file following the correct steps should not have sent the phone in a bootloop. Gonna need a bit more info to know what got screwed up. Also, have you connected your phone to your PC to see if it recognizes it? You said you can't boot into recovery but what about the bootloader, power + vol down?
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Depends if he had a 5.1 bootloader before or not. Attempts to downgrade the BL from 5.1 will result in a loop.
If it appears when connecting to the PC as qhsusb mode, then it's fixable. If it appears normally as a fastboot device, then it needs repairing.
Guys after 6 hours of nightmare I am glad to say it all ended up in a big scare.
Here is how I managed to get around the bootloop and get android to boot up.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61079544&postcount=312
Thanks for the help
Segnale007 said:
Guys after 6 hours of nightmare I am glad to say it all ended up in a big scare.
Here is how I managed to get around the bootloop and get android to boot up.. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61079544&postcount=312
Thanks for the help
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How did you do that with a locked bootloader?
cam30era said:
How did you do that with a locked bootloader?
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I have reason to believe that the procedure outlined in the link I posted did not help me. What rather helped me must have been that I flashed userdata an cache from 5.1.1 factory stock to the 5.0.1 factory stock I had bootlooping.
I just felt to mention that I followed that procedure, but I bet its not what managed to help me booting back in android.
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I have reason to believe that the procedure outlined in the link I posted did not help me. What rather helped me must have been that I flashed userdata an cache from 5.1.1 factory stock to the 5.0.1 factory stock I had bootlooping.
I just felt to mention that I followed that procedure, but I bet its not what managed to help me booting back in android.
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Well, I'm glad for you. But I still don't understand how you could flash anything with a locked bootloader.
cam30era said:
Well, I'm glad for you. But I still don't understand how you could flash anything with a locked bootloader.
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Maybe he had the downgrade "brick" as i suggested a page back. Only way I know to flash when locked.
Or maybe the format part of a flash fixed itm
rootSU said:
Maybe he had the downgrade "brick" as i suggested a page back. Only way I know to flash when locked.
Or maybe the format part of a flash fixed itm
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Aahh. That makes sense. I'm still amazed that recovery was this easy.
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Well, I'm glad for you. But I still don't understand how you could flash anything with a locked bootloader.
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Maybe he had the downgrade "brick" as i suggested a page back. Only way I know to flash when locked.
Or maybe the format part of a flash fixed itm
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I am not sure whether I had a softbrick or a downgrade brick, all I know is that with a locked bootloader I was able to format and flash only cache and userdata, and btw while googling I have also found other people in the same situation as the one I have been that were also able to format and flash userdata and cache partitions with a locked bootloader.
I am just surprised to see the phone booting with a userdata and cache files from a newer version of android. That's what probably saved my butt.
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I am not sure whether I had a softbrick or a downgrade brick, all I know is that with a locked bootloader I was able to format and flash only cache and userdata, and btw while googling I have also found other people in the same situation as the one I have been that were also able to format and flash userdata and cache partitions with a locked bootloader.
Btw I was surprised to see the phone booting with a userdata and cache files from a newer version of android.
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Most of those who were able to successfully format cache and userdata still had TWRP installed. You are very lucky. Should buy a lotto ticket today.
Segnale007 said:
I am not sure whether I had a softbrick or a downgrade brick, all I know is that with a locked bootloader I was able to format and flash only cache and userdata, and btw while googling I have also found other people in the same situation as the one I have been that were also able to format and flash userdata and cache partitions with a locked bootloader.
I am just surprised to see the phone booting with a userdata and cache files from a newer version of android. That's what probably saved my butt.
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You can format cache and userdata with a locked bootloader. You cannot flash cache or userdata with a locked bootloader... Unless your bootloader is "bricked" as per the thread you linked to ultimately.
FYI formatting has the exact same result as flashing userdata and cache. So the options are:
1) you formatted which fixed it
2) you were bootloader bricked and had to use a gpt.bin to fix it.
Hi there,
While trying to restore my phone to factory condition using the Nexus Root toolkit, I then locked my bootloader. Now I'm bootlooped with a locked bootloader. Is there any way out?
Thanks ahead of time for your considerations,
captadv
captadv said:
Hi there,
While trying to restore my phone to factory condition using the Nexus Root toolkit, I then locked my bootloader. Now I'm bootlooped with a locked bootloader. Is there any way out?
Thanks ahead of time for your considerations,
captadv
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If you booted and enabled OEM unlock in developer options before you locked it should be able to still unlock it. I bootlooped mine yesterday. Unlocked it again and flashed boot.img to fix the bootloop. If can't unlock not much can do I think. Never lock right after flashing without booting first and enable unlock in settings. If have TWRP may be able to sideload a rom and boot it.
captadv said:
Hi there,
While trying to restore my phone to factory condition using the Nexus Root toolkit, I then locked my bootloader. Now I'm bootlooped with a locked bootloader. Is there any way out?
Thanks ahead of time for your considerations,
captadv
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well, the only way for you to unlock your bootloader and flash anything would be to boot up and enable oem unlocking. but you cant do that. do you havd twrp recovery installed by chance? your only option is to fastboot format your cache and fastboot format your user data. yes, thats your only option. otherwise your n6 is essentially a brick.
Tarp is installed... Step by step needed
Could you forward me a step by step?
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Could you forward me a step by step?
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via fastboot while in your bootloader..
fastboot format cache
fastboot format userdata
That did the trick...
captadv said:
Could you forward me a step by step?
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THANKS!!!!
captadv said:
THANKS!!!!
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did it work? nevermind, i read the top of your post
This afternoon, my device suddenly went into restart loop. I had been searching for solution. Most of them suggest to do a factory reset.
But I only backup my files until this year February. The files after that I haven't backup. They are very important to me.
May I know how can I recover my files?
Is there any way to access my device's internal memory in recovery mode and I can transfer those files to my pc? Then I will do a factory reset.
Please help me T.T
Is your device rooted? Does it have a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM?
93zx7 said:
Is your device rooted? Does it have a custom recovery like TWRP or CWM?
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My device is not rooted. And, it don't have any custom recovery.
JackyTang said:
My device is not rooted. And, it don't have any custom recovery.
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Unless your phone is S-OFF or your bootloader is already unlocked there is nothing you can do to recover your files.
alray said:
Unless your phone is S-OFF or your bootloader is already unlocked there is nothing you can do to recover your files.
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is there any way to unlock my bootloader in current situation?
JackyTang said:
is there any way to unlock my bootloader in current situation?
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Unlocking the bootloader will wipe your phone but yes it can be done.
Is it possible to boot into custom recovery without actually flashing it? Used to do it on other devices but it was a long time ago? I need to edit build.prop to enable multi user but don't want to do any other changes to my phone. Like unlocking bootloader etc. Many thanks.
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If I remember correctly, twrp image must be in ADB folder and then:
fastboot boot recovery [name_of_twrp].img
or
fastboot boot [name_of_twrp].img
Tell me please back which one was right
Doesn't seem to work for me, stuck on waiting on device and nothing happens. Do you need unlocked bootloader to do this?
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lepszy said:
Doesn't seem to work for me, stuck on waiting on device and nothing happens. Do you need unlocked bootloader to do this?
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omg, yes
rmn.br said:
omg, yes
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Lol, ok cheers.
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