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[Q] Bricked Phone

Hi,
I recently got asked by a friend to flash his google nexus one phone. like a mug i said yes and now i have a issue where it turns on, vibrates 7 times and stays at the splash screen with the x on it. I can boot into the fast boot / recovery mode but nothing works.
this happened after i tried to root the phone, it said waiting for device and didnt do anything so i killed the app (Superoneclick) the phone disappeared from device manager and now wont go past the splash screen.
Does anyone have any idea how i can get it back? .. thanks in advance for any help.
James

I'm guessing, since you used S-O-C, the bootloader is not unlocked. The only way I know how to fix it is if you OEM unlock it. You'll need fastboot and your Android SDK setup correctly.
Once you have the setup done, change directories to the tools folder, wherever you put your sdk. Boot your phone into fastboot by holding the trackball while powering it on.
Code:
cd C:\asdk\tools\
Plug your phone into USB, and check if the computer sees it
Code:
fastboot devices
Unlock the bootloader (THERE IS NO GOING BACK! You can never re-lock a Nexus)
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
Now you can flash a boot.img and system.img (preferably pre-rooted) from fastboot, and it should boot normally. If the phone boots, the phone is perma-rooted, and won't need any other rooting procedure (you just need to flash a rooted rom). Next time, be a little more careful

Hi wdfowty
at running the risk of asking for more help and making you cross could you post some links to these downloads?
I am a total newbie to these phones and want to make sure i have the right apps.
thanks again for the help and the quick response... and if i manage to get this phone back believe me it will be the last one i try to flash !!
cheers
James

Nah, you've got me wrong. I'm all about helping people that are willing and able to be helped.
Follow this guide, it'll walk you through the steps to set up your sdk and unlock the bootloader. The guide is a little dated, so the info might not be 100%, but it's generally everything you'll need to know. If you get stuck, feel free to ask.

Hi again,
when i run the command fastboot devices i get an error AdbWinApi.dll is missing.
it tells me to reinstall the app but i have done that and also run all the updates and i still get the same error?
Interstingly i also get the phone to fastboot and it says in red text on the phone fastboot.usb but i cant see anything in device manager that says Nexus one etc?
any more help appreciated.... worst case you dont fancy a christmas break over in England do you?
cheers
james

jamesabennett said:
Hi again,
when i run the command fastboot devices i get an error AdbWinApi.dll is missing.
it tells me to reinstall the app but i have done that and also run all the updates and i still get the same error?
Interstingly i also get the phone to fastboot and it says in red text on the phone fastboot.usb but i cant see anything in device manager that says Nexus one etc?
any more help appreciated.... worst case you dont fancy a christmas break over in England do you?
cheers
james
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With the latest version of the SDK tools, they changed the directory for adb and fastboot. Unfortunately I'm not on my Windows machine... but check in the directory where you have the SDK extracted to and look for a platform-tools directory (iirc). From there, you should see fastboot.
So basically where it says this "Type: cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools" change it to "C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools". Keep in mind that directory name may change... again, I'm not on my Windows machine right now.

Hi again,
thanks for the continued help. I have managed to get past that, i have OEM unlocked the phone and managed to copy the flash image to the device using the commands in the link you sent me.
problem i have now is when i go into recovery the phone again just pulls up the splash screen and vibrates 7 times.
i believe what should happen according to the link is to follow the 6 steps below.. even i can do that, but the phone doesnt get that far
//Turn phone off -> Hold Volume Down, hold Power button
//Press Volume Down to highlight Recovery -> press Power to select Recovery
//Backup/Restore -> Nand backup
//Wipe -> Wipe data/factory reset
//Wipe -> Dalvik Cache
//Flash zip from sdcard -> alpha-r##-update-modacocustomrom-nexusone-desire-withadditions-signed.zip (Or whatever other ROM you're using.)
another point is it runs a couple of lines of blue txt relating to the sd card, but it flashes up and dissapears too quickly for me to be able to read it and send across to you.
thanks again and if you can work this out i owe you a beer !!
James

jamesabennett said:
Hi again,
thanks for the continued help. I have managed to get past that, i have OEM unlocked the phone and managed to copy the flash image to the device using the commands in the link you sent me.
problem i have now is when i go into recovery the phone again just pulls up the splash screen and vibrates 7 times.
i believe what should happen according to the link is to follow the 6 steps below.. even i can do that, but the phone doesnt get that far
//Turn phone off -> Hold Volume Down, hold Power button
//Press Volume Down to highlight Recovery -> press Power to select Recovery
//Backup/Restore -> Nand backup
//Wipe -> Wipe data/factory reset
//Wipe -> Dalvik Cache
//Flash zip from sdcard -> alpha-r##-update-modacocustomrom-nexusone-desire-withadditions-signed.zip (Or whatever other ROM you're using.)
another point is it runs a couple of lines of blue txt relating to the sd card, but it flashes up and dissapears too quickly for me to be able to read it and send across to you.
thanks again and if you can work this out i owe you a beer !!
James
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Have you flashed the recovery image using fastboot, or did you only copy the recover image to the sdcard? Step IV in that guide.

It sounds like you need to reinstall your recovery.
Download the recovery found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611829
Rename that file to recovery.img and place it somewhere you can remember
Boot the phone into fastboot by holding down the trackball and pressing power button.
Code:
fastboot devices
Code:
fastboot flash recovery C:\path\to\recovery.img
If all went well, there should be no errors. On the phone, use the volume keys to select "Bootloader". It will take you to a white screen with the blue text (ignore it, it's looking for update files like "PASSIMG.zip"). Select recovery, and it'll boot into recovery. If you see menu items, you are good!

I ran the fastboot command and used the flash image ending 2.0.0
this is driving me round the bend !!

What happened when you used the fastboot flash command? Did you see a bar on the top right of the phone?

wdfowty said:
It sounds like you need to reinstall your recovery.
Download the recovery found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611829
Rename that file to recovery.img and place it somewhere you can remember
Boot the phone into fastboot by holding down the trackball and pressing power button.
Code:
fastboot devices
Code:
fastboot flash recovery C:\path\to\recovery.img
If all went well, there should be no errors. On the phone, use the volume keys to select "Bootloader". It will take you to a white screen with the blue text (ignore it, it's looking for update files like "PASSIMG.zip"). Select recovery, and it'll boot into recovery. If you see menu items, you are good!
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i do that and it accepts the recovery file and the progress bar goes up on the right hand side and the cmd prompt says its all good. then when i select recovery the phone goes to the black background with the four coloured cross and the unlocked padlock, vibrates 7 times and just hangs on that screen
beleive it or not it booted up a moment ago and the phone worked like it did before with v2.2 on it. so i am happy now it can be recovered... i just dont know what to do to straighten it out!

yes. the bar goes up on the right hand side of the phone. and i have definitely unlocked it as it now says unlocked at the top of the menu.

Have you tried to reimage the phone with the passimg method? Directions are provided in the wiki, under the unlock/restore heading:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...des_&_Tutorials#Unroot_.2F_Restore_your_Nexus
Follow PASSIMG method (filename is case sensitive).
The link to the files is on the word "here" on step 2.
Use FRG33.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App

stuck at red logo

Hey guys,
i did stupid things witch my razr i and now i'm completely lost…maybe someone can help?
I've been impatient enough to try to flash the leaked jb rom 3 days ago. That did'nt work
No, whenever i power up the phone it shows the red M logo and nothing happens.
I can power it down by holding vol+down and power for more than 4 seconds.
If i release the keys, it goes back to te red M,
If i keep holding vol+down it boot s into AP fastboot flash mode (secure boot) 20.0f
i can choose recovery and that'll work, but i don't have an update for external storage. rebooting from there leads to red M.
Normal Powerup, Factory and BP Tools are choosable, log says Booting into… but nothing happens after that, i'll stay in fastboot.
Power off works.
I tried to flash various images via »fastboot flash boot/recovery/system«, but nothing worked out.
I flashed the files from Razri_Root_Linux, two files (retail central europe) from here sbf.droid-developers, but nothing helped, every reboot leads to the red M.
I read about RSD-Lite, tried to install it under Win7, got it, but was lost after the Program always complained about an invalid xml.
Since i don't own that machine i went back to my linuxbox where i found sbf_flash, but i don't get it how to put the pieces together (which file/s to use)
Any hints on how to go from here?
[EDIT:] I downloaded 91.2.26001.Retail.en.EU.zip and did all the steps from flashandboot.bat, read
fastboot flash boot
fastboot flash system
fastboot flash recovery
next step ist to select recovery, did this an cwm comes up, sideloaded RAZRiRoot2.zip everything is pisitively quited, no errors are shown.
reboot leads to red M
wiped data/factory reset, reboot
red Logo.
I'm completely lost, please help
[\EDIT]
greetings, D.

I had same problem
Hello.
I had same problem because I did very stupid thing. I flashed homemade JB and because some apps don´t work I tried downgrade my i to ICS back....
My i stucked at the red M then I tried same thing as you and phone still booted into red M.
So I tried in windows cmd and FlashAndRoot.bat from this .zip "91.2.26001.Retail.en.EU - 4.1.2" it did nothing, but I tried to choose in fastboot mode BP Tools, then my i booted and started to flash JB what I can see in command window. Phone was still connected to PC. After next reboot my phone has work normally with JB.
I hope to help you. Let me know.
Lucki

Hi Lucki
thanks for jumping by.
Lucki_X said:
Hello.
So I tried in windows cmd and FlashAndRoot.bat from this .zip "91.2.26001.Retail.en.EU - 4.1.2" it did nothing, but I tried to choose in fastboot mode BP Tools,
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I tried this, and display on razr i says »Booting into BP Tools mode…«
and nothing more happens, display stays on…
and after some time pc automounts a "cd-rom drive" with some motorola files (Autorun.inf MDMSetup.xml MotorolaDeviceManagerSetup.exe MDMSetup.ini MotorolaDeviceManager_2.2.28)
but it still won't reboot…
i don't know.

Hi.
I had opened command window, "FlashAndRoot.bat" was running (I pressed any key) process was running (it means freezing ) and at this time I chose in fastboot booting into BP tools mode. My phone did restart and after it "FlashAndRoot.bat" process started to flash JB. After flashing my phone is going normally with JB. But some apps don´t work in JB.
Lucki

Lucki_X said:
Hi.
I had opened command window, "FlashAndRoot.bat" was running (I pressed any key) process was running (it means freezing ) and at this time I chose in fastboot booting into BP tools mode. My phone did restart and after it "FlashAndRoot.bat" process started to flash JB. After flashing my phone is going normally with JB. But some apps don´t work in JB.
Lucki
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Doesn't work. :crying:
since i use linux i opened FlashAndRoot.bat in texteditor and executed the comands from there in terminal
only chance for the script to stop and wait is IMHO(correct-me-if-i'm-wrong) "adb wait-for-device push RAZRiRoot2.zip /sdcard/RAZRiRoot2.zip & adb reboot bootloader"
but that message "Booting into BP Tools mode…" just stays there forever, or does it take longer than 5minutes?

dogo77 said:
but that message "Booting into BP Tools mode…" just stays there forever, or does it take longer than 5minutes?
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In my case it booted within 10 second and ran.
I am noob, I am writing just my experience. I couldn´t give you another advice, sorry.

I'm not sure how far the real installation went, but i would find Windows computer, get RSD (6.0-6.14) and try to flash ICS first. If failed due to impossibility of downgrading, then try JB. While you are able to boot to Recovery - don't loose hope yet

okaban said:
I'm not sure how far the real installation went, but i would find Windows computer, get RSD (6.0-6.14) and try to flash ICS first. If failed due to impossibility of downgrading, then try JB. While you are able to boot to Recovery - don't loose hope yet
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Yeah. I'm still stuck at the red logo, or indeed, at a blueish "Bootloader unlocked warnig" message since i was able to install parts of an image from sbf.droid-developers. But flashing always fails while trying to flash system.img_signed.
After reading and trying a lot these last days i think i have to install windows somewhere just to get rsd-lite to run.
sbf_flash for linux didn't work for me and fastboot gives stange warnings about "Invalid sparse file format at header magi"…
so i'll give rsd a try before i give up. As i read in posts by HSDPilot, this is the only tool that works
thanks for your help!

Help needed! Cannot boot into either Flash mode or Fastboot mode

Hi all,
A few years ago (well when the devices has pretty much just come out), I ran a mod which i found on the XDA website that allowed me to root my partners Xperia T (LT30P),
Everything has been fine until recently, where I've wanted to upgrade the ROM on the phone, but this is where i'm having some major problems.!
Essentially I cant get the phone to boot into either Flash mode (green LED) or Fastboot mode (Blue LED). I've tried the volume down and then connecting the USB cable to my PC (on which the correct drivers are installed via Flashtool). and also the volume up for Fastboot. Neither work. Unsure if the phone has an unlocked bootloader or if that matters (im a Samsung man and used to working with that, so all the Xperia modding is totally new to me... :/
So far ive tried the following:
-Volume down key and plugging into USB port - Result: Phone remains switched off.
-Volume up key pressed in and then plugging into USB port. - Result: Phone remains switched off
-Enabled USB debugging and attempted to boot the phone into flash mode via ADB (Flashtool option). Phone simply reboots.
-Attempted inbuilt software update - Update downloads, but fails at 25% approx when it reboots and attempts the install.
-PC companion equally unsuccessful on my PC, as cant enable flash mode.
I'm totally at a loss at how to flash a fresh complete build (using a ftf file) to the phone without access to flash mode or fastboot mode. Anyone got any idea or know of any tools that might allow me to to completely rebuild the phone so all partitions are present and correct?
One idea i had was to flash a recovery to the phone using FlashR or alike, but cant seem to get it to work either. Flashr looks to install the twrp recovery, but when i attempt to reboot into recovery via Flashr or Rom Manager (another tool i use but not sure if useable on xperia phones?), the phone simply reboots. SOunds like a damaged or wiped partition perhaps?
Anyhoo , any ideas would be welcome guys! Too good a phone to just leave in the drawer
Cheers
Craig.

Cant you flash a boot.img (maybe from cm11 or something) with inbuilt recovery? You can use this for flashing

Ok, I've started writing this reply and lost everything near the end, started freaking out, calmed down and decided to do it again, cause I know what it's like to have a phone that's not behaving as it should. So here goes the shorter-ish version cause I really can't type everything again...
Make sure your volume buttons are working at all (I mean when the phone is booted). They work? good, procced. They don't? we can bypass that, but you, should get them fixed.
Got to this thread and download the latest build of the ROM http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-t-v/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-neo-s-homebuilds-t2984988
Extract the boot.img file from the zip and copy it to the root of your external micro sdcard, NOT IN A FOLDER. If you don't have an sdcard, put in on the internal storage, again, not in a folder.
Root your phone if you haven't. There are plenty of threads on that here on xda
Download an app called Terminal Emulator from the Play Store
Open the app and type su into the prompt.
Grant the app superuser/root access
The following step is the dangerous one where you can seriously break your phone forever. I'm not responsible for anything you mess up. You alone chose to do this
Run the following command in the terminal (be sure that the $ at the end of the line changed to a # (That means you're in root shell, but it's not important))
If you don't have an external sdcard type sdcard0 instead of sdcard1
Code:
dd if=/storage/sdcard1/boot.img of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/Kernel
Connect the phone to a PC with fastboot drivers installed
Next execute this command and your phone should now boot into fastboot
Code:
reboot bootloader
If a blue LED lights up, you can happily continue flashing kernels and ROMs, if not report back and I'll see if I can help you

Cheers gents. Going to give this a shot tonight. I read last night that some builds out there where you cannot unlock the bootloader (which you can check via service menu)? Is that now bypassable?

crstephenson said:
Cheers gents. Going to give this a shot tonight. I read last night that some builds out there where you cannot unlock the bootloader (which you can check via service menu)? Is that now bypassable?
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No and it probably never will be. It's hardcoded on the chip. If your phone is bought with a contract binding or it's limited to a single provider, then chances are that you will never be able to unlock the bootloader and flash kernels. It could be that you not being able to get into fastboot is because it's restricted on the device itself [citation needed]. In that case you're screwed and can pretty much forget the whole custom kernel thing. Only ROMs for locked bootloaders

2 Bootloader??

hi guys
ive a strange behavior with my Z1 (C6903).
i was trying some roms and prepared them for multiROM.
after i had problems with a rom i flashed via EMMA (XperiaFlashtool) FW 14.6.A.0.368 and the "TA Update". i recogniced that i wasn able to get into the AOSP-recovery, but if i press the button-combination Power+VolDown i get a bootscreen with "Sony" in the middle and "Xperia" at bottom, after then the phone seems to restart and presents me the bootscreen but just with "Sony" in the middle, then the Rom starts to start ....
this strange behavior makes it hard to get into TWRP.
it seems the phone starts its standard-bootloader and then starts another one
can someone help me to get again to "normal" state?

with flashtool friend relock bootloader and repair with pc compagnion sony !!!

i relocked bootloader with flashtool, but i cant do anything in PC Compagnion

You could try using fastboot to flash a fresh boot.img. This will get rid of the multirom.
1. Download a kernel (without multirom) you want to use.
2. Extract the boot.img from the zip file to the fastboot folder.
3. Power off and unplug your phone completely.
4. Hold the volume-up button and while holding it connect it to your computer.
5. Your notification LED will be blue if done correctly.
6. Open up fastboot and type in the following code:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
If it's a non-stock one you should unlock the bootloader again.
P.S.
You don't have two bootloaders, the bootloader is the thing that loads the kernel. Multirom uses the kexec hardboot patch to boot another kernel over the one that is already running, skipping the bootloader part. So it is most likely just multirom screwing up.

thx, m8 ^^
it seems your answer is the best choise ^^
i tried many things, but also flashing via fastboot wasnt so easy at first. it was very strange, it seemed that flashing was allways redirected to the second kernel/rom. after some tries i got it to work as "normal" again. i hope its "normal" now, cause i dont trust my phone anymore after this crazy jorney xD
yea, i think i screwed something up with MultiROM combined with DualRecovery ^^"

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You could try using fastboot to flash a fresh boot.img. This will get rid of the multirom.
1. Download a kernel (without multirom) you want to use.
2. Extract the boot.img from the zip file to the fastboot folder.
3. Power off and unplug your phone completely.
4. Hold the volume-up button and while holding it connect it to your computer.
5. Your notification LED will be blue if done correctly.
6. Open up fastboot and type in the following code:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
If it's a non-stock one you should unlock the bootloader again.
P.S.
You don't have two bootloaders, the bootloader is the thing that loads the kernel. Multirom uses the kexec hardboot patch to boot another kernel over the one that is already running, skipping the bootloader part. So it is most likely just multirom screwing up.
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My phone won't start

Hello,
i think I've broken my phone, I hope you can help me.
I followed this tutorial that you can download here : (I can't post the link because I'm a new user)
I've tried to unlock the boot loader with success, then the installer tried to install a recovery (as the text in the command window said) and the progress stopped, I have waited a couple of minutes but nothing happend and I disconected the phone from my computer (I know that was a bad idea).
Know my phone won't start, not even in the recovery mode. I can hold the Vol +, Vol - button and the power button but only the huawei logo appears, then turns the screen black and nothing more happens. I have also disconnected the battery for some minutes but this didn't change anything.
The only positiv thing is, that Fastboot still recognizes the phone when it's connected to my PC, but I still can't enter the fastboot mode.
I hope you can help me and save my phone,
thankfull Robin

Flash twrp in it, and than install persona's B602 rom.

D1stRU3T0R said:
Flash twrp in it, and than install persona's B602 rom.
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First of all thank you for your reply. But I can't put my phone with my computer and minimal ADB in fastboot mode. The device is found with the command "adb devices" but it has only recovery status. When I type in "adb reboot bootloader" then Huawei logo flashes up and then it goes back to blackscreen.

I fixed it
I fixed the phone by myself. I'm not an expert at all and this is for the people with the same problem.
I think the problem was, that the phone won't leave the recovery mode, because it was listed with "apd devices" as "recovery" for the whole time.
So I tried to install a stock ROM via SD Card with a tool named au_temp.cfg and the phone actually did more then just turning back off when i pressed the Vol+, Vol- and Power key. So the phone actually entered the bootloader but I got the wrong stock image, but this didn't mattered because after one try the phone got back to normal mode and booted quite fine. So I think the main problem was, that my phone was stuck in a recovery mode and needed help to exit it.