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[Q] Ultra-Mega Brick

I've had my Note for some time, and now i think i super bricked it, here's the thing:
It was on the charger and i was using TeamViewer as a remote for my pc, it was heating quite alot, but it was holding up,
so i turned off the app, wifi, turned on power saving, and left it on charger through the night, when i woke up i tried to unlock the screen but nothing happened, so i tried to turn it on, it showed the Samsung Logo + the flash sign thing, and then the Paranoid Android boot anim, and then it just turned off.
I then thought it was something with the rom wrong so i got in the DL mode, or what's it called, it worked, but i dont know how to operate odin so i left that and went into the recovery and tried to reflash the rom from my sd card, but mid flashing it just froze, and after a few seconds it turned off, i tried booting into the os, nothing, then tried recovery, it was working, than tried to flash again, but same thing, freeze, turn off after few seconds, and after that, nothing, no samsung logo, no dl mode, no recovery, nothing, i see a small horizontal line when i try to turn it on but it just blinks for a fraction of a second, so i was thinking the cpu or gpu, or whatever, was cooked, then i plugged the charger in and the battery screen turned on, i responded to locking the screen and unlocking.
I got it from the repair shop a few hours ago and they say that they MAYBE can repair it, so i'm coming here seeking help,
I'm thinking that the NAND or eMMC or whatever memory that has the os and kernel on it is corrupted, so, is there a way to flash it with some third-party hardware, like you do on consoles for pirating purposes...
If that is possible please tell me what hardware do i need to directly flash a kernal/os/rom onto its main memory.
Thank you in advance!

In your case I would:
Find odin.
Find Samsung fastboot/recovery drivers
Find a stock samsung rom in Odin format.
Find philz kernel in recovery flash format.
With Odin, flash stock rom. Find tutorials for it, it's easy. Install the samsung drivers if need be.
If the device boots, let it boot, copy philz kernel to sdcard root.
reboot to recovery (power up + home + power combo)
flash philz kernel
reboot
let it boot
reboot to recovery
flash Custom rom

I would go with a charged battery first. For some reason I feel there is no juice left. You also could have corrupted the system and data partitions by flashing. So if you get to recovery after inserting a charged battery, then boot into recovery mode, format system, data and cache. Then install a new rom.

But for odin i need to go to DL mode first, right?
Becouse i cant access even that.

What happens when you try ?
Also, nokiamodeln91 is correct. Does the battery image show up when charging powered off?

Okay, i can get into odin.
Now what?

Flash a stock(ish) rom. Read about what you're doing.

So, i managed to get a stock rom on it, but i still cant boot into anything, except odin.
When i connect it to a pc i see the battery charging a few seconds then it boots into recovery on its own, i wiped data/factory reset, and wiped cache, but still cant get to os, what next?

Rochendil said:
So, i managed to get a stock rom on it, but i still cant boot into anything, except odin.
When i connect it to a pc i see the battery charging a few seconds then it boots into recovery on its own, i wiped data/factory reset, and wiped cache, but still cant get to os, what next?
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Paste Odin logs and which rom did you flash?

Also, install ADB drivers. See if you have ADB debug enabled (shouldn't have)
There's a minimalistic adb packaged that could be usefull, try to run adb logcat

nokiamodeln91 said:
Paste Odin logs and which rom did you flash?
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Its some indian GB rom, the only rom i could get, all the others are either on slow premium hosting sites or hot-file.
The flashing went well, i think, everything passed and was green, im not sure how to get the logs after i closed odin.
daedric said:
Also, install ADB drivers. See if you have ADB debug enabled (shouldn't have)
There's a minimalistic adb packaged that could be usefull, try to run adb logcat
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I've installed adb drivers and the program, but where should the phone be when i try to adb to it, because when its in odin the adb device command does not detect it, and i cant get into the os to check usb debug?

Try ADB when it's failing to boot.

How? What to type, what keys on the phone to hold?
What to do?

leave it charging for a hour or so, then try to turn it on normaly.

So after i flashed a stock rom i got into some weird boot-loop, charging logo-->recovery logo-->charging-->recovery... and so on, until it somehow booted into recovery, sometimes, without any input whatsoever, and now it got out of that loop and is just on charging screen without blinking.
oh and i tried a brand new battery, which was empty (0.7V) vs my original samsung battery which i charged with external charger outside the phone when i thought it wouldn't charge it.
so to sum it up, first i thought that my battery was drained and charged it externally, but it didn't help, i believe the battery is fine, and charged, i tried it with some load it voltage dropped from 3.9V to 3.3V with ~50ohm resistor, i think that is fine, although i'm not sure.
The brand new battery that i bought was at 0.7V before charging, and when i inserted it into the phone and connected the charger no charging logo appeared, the phone was heating slightly and after 12-14 hours of charging, with the phone off of course (because there was no other state for it then), it still showed 0.7V.
oh and before, on the original battery that is currently running, the charging logo was blinking, i think it was trying to get into recovery, but there was no recovery.
PS: by the time i wrote this it got into the weird charge>recovery>charge>rec... boot loop again...
this post is a mess, as i'm writing a bunch of things that come up that may be important...
please ask if you don't understand what i just wrote up here.
EDIT: it got out of the loop again, dunno how long that will last...

Not a mess.
Ok, let's get facts. Is recovery a image with a "Android" laying down ?
When you flash something via Odin, on the first boot it MUST go into recovery and finish flashing something (CSC i believe)
That's what it must be trying.
So.. debug.
Does it do that loop thing UNPLUGGED?

when its unplugged nothing works, no odin, no recovery, nothing.
it booted into recovery, it showed something like CSC pass or something everything was good, the phone was completly working, just that it was recovery, and not the os that i want to get.
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This logo, without the text below.

That's the recovery logo, probably the stock recovery (3e).
Can you force it to boot to recovery ? (and stay there ?)

i dont think so. maybe flashing the rom again and it getting there on its own, like i got there in the first place. so, what to do when i get into recovery?

Nothing... wait 4/5 seconds and it should reboot and this time boot properly.

[Q] HELP! ZR C5503 freezing at boot then looping!

Hi All,
I desperately need help with my C5503. I've been trying to update from 4.3 to 4.4 (?) via OTA (.230 firmware) but have been unsuccessful. No problems though, my unit was fine and working without issues anyway. Before I begin, let me enumerate some points for clarity and completeness:
- phone has stock 4.3
- phone is rooted via towelroot with SuperSU installed
- phone has stock recovery
- phone has locked bootloader
- phone is out of warranty
- phone's USB debugging is OFF
- when plugged into a power outlet with the charger, the phone would charge normally (red led would light up, and if you clicked on the power button it would show the charging indicator)
- holding volume down and power does not do anything (phone continues to power on then freezes then reboots)
- holding volume up and power does not do anything (phone continues to power on then freezes then reboots)
- holding volume up then plugging in the usb cable while flashtool is on makes the phone connect in fastboot mode (blue LED light turns on)
- holding volume down then plugging in the usb cable while flashtool is on makes the phone connect in flash mode (no LED light)
Okay, let's continue to what happened. I have widgetsoid installed, and I chose a widget for reboot. Last night, when I pressed on the widget to reboot, as usual choices came up for normal, recovery, hotboot, bootloader, etc. For some reason, and maybe because I was getting frustrated at my phone not updating via OTA, I chose the "bootloader" option when I should have chosen "normal." My phone turned off, then after a few seconds the "SONY" logo came up followed by "XPERIA." After that, the colorful ribbons, then BAM it just froze. Then after a few seconds or so, it looped back to the "SONY" logo again and repeated the cycle until I pulled out the battery.
It's worth noting that I never got past the colorful ribbons until it would freeze and would reboot, but it doesn't freeze at the same place every time. Sometimes the colorful ribbons would just start to come out when it would freeze, or it would freeze in the middle, or it would freeze towards the end. But I never got past the first animation of the colorful ribbons before it would freeze and reboot.
Next steps: I researched like crazy about what to do and the advice was to flash the firmware. So...
- I downloaded and installed the latest flashtool by androxyde. Got it working as it should.
- I also downloaded the kernel only ftf files for .230, .283, and .292 for flashing in case I had to do it that way.
- I even downloaded the stock firmware (via xperifirm with flashtool) and created the ftf for my region (custom PH), carefully excluding TA files.
- I carefully followed the instructions to flash the phone but encountered an error:
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- I also tried fastboot but it kept asking for a kernel (.sin) file that I don't have and I have no idea where to find. I don't have any idea what to use either.
I'm seriously out of options at this point, as nothing I do seems to work. Maybe it's because USB Debugging is OFF that's why I'm unable to make any headway? But maybe somebody out there has found a way? Is it time to bring this to the service center?
Please help, I'm willing to lose all my contacts and apps and start over if I have to, as long as my phone works again. I'm desperate! :crying:
TIA!

update: fastboot mode
Using flashtool's fastboot mode (blue LED lit up), this is what shows up in the main window:
My bootloader is locked and the USB debugging is off, is there anything I can do at this point? I hope someone can help, please!

what is error in processHeader: 1 : incorrect function?
I've tried looking for more information about this error but it doesn't look like flashtool has an extensive documentation on error codes. Google hasn't really given me a lot of leads either. Does anybody know? Any advice? Please?

Update: TA backup, ADB installation, CWM installation
I've downloaded and installed TA backup so I can back up the DRM keys before attempting to unlock the bootloader. But since the phone won't turn on, I can't turn on the usb debugging either, so no joy there.
I've downloaded the minimal adb and fastboot files from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790 so I can try to go into recovery and maybe install CWM, but since the phone won't boot properly and usb debugging is off, the phone isn't detected by adb either.
Seems like it's a hopeless case. I hope somebody can give me some more ideas to try.

manilenio said:
I've downloaded and installed TA backup so I can back up the DRM keys before attempting to unlock the bootloader. But since the phone won't turn on, I can't turn on the usb debugging either, so no joy there.
I've downloaded the minimal adb and fastboot files from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790 so I can try to go into recovery and maybe install CWM, but since the phone won't boot properly and usb debugging is off, the phone isn't detected by adb either.
Seems like it's a hopeless case. I hope somebody can give me some more ideas to try.
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Try the ftf from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50195441
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Hi! Thank you for your advice. Can you be more specific about which ftf file to use? Thanks.

manilenio said:
Hi! Thank you for your advice. Can you be more specific about which ftf file to use? Thanks.
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https://mega.co.nz/#!ipIk3LTD!DXLtfhcUREHjUKTDqsW_GrTgyH4iUrlVRBR__V3M93Y
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vaisakh7 said:
https://mega.co.nz/#!ipIk3LTD!DXLtfhcUREHjUKTDqsW_GrTgyH4iUrlVRBR__V3M93Y
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your link points to a c5502 firmware, my phone is a c5503. thank you, i'll look around for another ftf file and i'll try again.

Resolved, but all apps and data gone...
In the end, because I had no other recourse, I repaired using Sony's PC Companion. It did not require the bootloader to be unlocked (like the Sony flashtool) and did not require the USB debugging to be on, either. All it needed was internet connection to download the newest firmware available, and it flashed my phone in less than 10 minutes. I'm happy to say it worked, but sad that all my apps and data are gone. At least it's now working, and I don't have to go to the service center anymore or buy a new phone.
Next step: flash to .230 and install towelroot, then back to .283.
Thanks, this thread may now be closed.

Same sort of problem here.
I have same sort of problem.
Phone boots and when booted it shows black screen with Arrow back.
Once turned off it wont turn on any more and reboots after while.
I tried to fix same way but after restoring the problem was still the same.
So i unlocked the Phone (no backup from the key's oops...)
After that i installed a 4.4 rom but i think it is for a 5502 Phone. (mine is a 5503)
Everything works fine until i decided to try make a Phone call with it.
Phone part is not working now.
The i tried a 5503 rom and came back with the black screen problem again.
Any idea's how to fix the Phone part of this Phone so it works with a 5503 rom again?
Greetings from rijswijk - holland
manilenio said:
In the end, because I had no other recourse, I repaired using Sony's PC Companion. It did not require the bootloader to be unlocked (like the Sony flashtool) and did not require the USB debugging to be on, either. All it needed was internet connection to download the newest firmware available, and it flashed my phone in less than 10 minutes. I'm happy to say it worked, but sad that all my apps and data are gone. At least it's now working, and I don't have to go to the service center anymore or buy a new phone.
Next step: flash to .230 and install towelroot, then back to .283.
Thanks, this thread may now be closed.
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vastloper said:
I have same sort of problem.
Phone boots and when booted it shows black screen with Arrow back.
Once turned off it wont turn on any more and reboots after while.
I tried to fix same way but after restoring the problem was still the same.
So i unlocked the Phone (no backup from the key's oops...)
After that i installed a 4.4 rom but i think it is for a 5502 Phone. (mine is a 5503)
Everything works fine until i decided to try make a Phone call with it.
Phone part is not working now.
The i tried a 5503 rom and came back with the black screen problem again.
Any idea's how to fix the Phone part of this Phone so it works with a 5503 rom again?
Greetings from rijswijk - holland
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Hey, I think you should find a complete 5503 ftf file to use, then flash everything, don't exclude anything except the TA files. I'm not knowledgeable enough to really give you any other advice. I'm going back to 4.3, because 4.4.4 isn't worth the irritation (some of my apps don't work with kitkat, and kitkat prevents saving to the external sdcard too). I'll just wait for lollipop. Goodbye 4.4, hello again 4.3!

I believe I have bricked my HTC One Mini 2?

Was at work using both my company phone (iPhone 5) and my personal phone (HTC One Mini 2) just fine. Put my personal phone away to get on with actual work and came home at around 5:30'ish. Played a bit ("a bit") until about 9/10pm (I think?) whereby I looked for my phone to just check things like WhatsApp and Snapchat and the phone wasn't turning on when I was holding the power button. I just thought to myself "huh, the battery must be dead" and put it to charge and the charging LED (as well as the charging screen with the "do not distribute outside htc blabla" dev screen) displayed so I just assume it's charging as per usual. Fast forward to about 1am, I have finished using my computer and decide to hop into bed. I go to turn on my phone by first powering down with power, vol up and vol down (as usual) and then try to boot the phone up. It boots as normal up until the O/S loading screen with a pac-man boot animation (I have PAC ROM installed) whereby it will freeze on the "game over" image of the boot animation and then proceed to go to a black screen. I thought to myself "hm, must be a mistake or something" and try it again to no avail. So I then go into recovery to do a fresh install and I try to wipe the phone and I do a factory reset in twrp, but upon trying to format data, the progress bar doesn't move (and so I left it overnight as I couldn't be bothered to wait). Upon leaving it overnight (1am to 7am) to format the data, I wake up to see that the progress bar hadn't moved at all from 0%. I then just thought "maybe the phone has actually formatted it but hasn't updated the image on screen so me being the dumbo I am, decided to force shut down the phone (with power, volup and voldown) and upon trying to boot the phone up again, it displays the HTC logo with the red writing, tries to boot into the O/S, fails, and then tries to boot into recovery and gets stuck in a boot loop (it will show the twrp logo and then a black screen, twrp logo and then black screen etc.). I have tried to flash twrp again (without first removing the twrp currently on it) but I was wondering what I could do in this situation. I am able to access the bootmenu (for hboot and fastboot) but nothing else.
TL;DR: I think I bricked my HTC One Mini 2. Came home, charged phone and phone got stuck at boot animation. Wiped phone in recovery, it got stuck on formatting data and now It can't boot into the O/S since it's wiped and it can't boot into Recovery for whatever reason.

DistincTHD said:
blah blah
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This is not Facebook, go straight to the point.
Did you install a different kernel?

kativiti said:
This is not Facebook, go straight to the point.
Did you install a different kernel?
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Sorry for the confusion, I wasn't doing that because I couldn't/didn't want to explain, it's just a common message people get after dev unlocking their HTC phones. And no, It was working up until when I tried to use it last night randomly. I flashed PAC-ROM ages ago (like maybe 2-3 weeks ago or maybe even a month) with the HTC One M9 Camera Kernel and that's it. I then tried to use it last night and what I explained in the original post occurred.

DistincTHD said:
[IMG="HTC Dev Message"]
Sorry for the confusion, I wasn't doing that because I couldn't/didn't want to explain, it's just a common message people get after dev unlocking their HTC phones. And no, It was working up until when I tried to use it last night randomly. I flashed PAC-ROM ages ago (like maybe 2-3 weeks ago or maybe even a month) with the HTC One M9 Camera Kernel and that's it. I then tried to use it last night and what I explained in the original post occurred.
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Oops, Just realised you meant the whole post, not just the blah blah bit within the post. But yeah what I did, I explained above and in the original post. I basically just told a story to give a better idea of what generally happened before the phone just pooped out on me.

DistincTHD said:
Sorry for the confusion, I wasn't doing that because I couldn't/didn't want to explain, it's just a common message people get after dev unlocking their HTC phones. And no, It was working up until when I tried to use it last night randomly. I flashed PAC-ROM ages ago (like maybe 2-3 weeks ago or maybe even a month) with the HTC One M9 Camera Kernel and that's it. I then tried to use it last night and what I explained in the original post occurred.
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Something its corrupted so try to reinstall everything using the files from this post plus your choosen ROM.
When rebooting phone unplug USB cable.

kativiti said:
Something its corrupted so try to reinstall everything using the files from this post plus your choosen ROM.
When rebooting phone unplug USB cable.
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I can't access twrp recovery but I do have fastboot enabled and working and I can access the boot menu so how would I go about wiping everything before re-flashing the recovery and then re-installing the o/s and everything else?

Just tried to first erase everything before installing and it's locking me out of the phone? It's telling me that an administrator console is unable to erase the system or its data so I'm quite stumped at the moment

DistincTHD said:
Just tried to first erase everything before installing and it's locking me out of the phone? It's telling me that an administrator console is unable to erase the system or its data so I'm quite stumped at the moment
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you don't need to do all that.
try to flash twrp. (if OK use it to wipe everything)
If NOT ok flash stock recovery and unlock bootloader( yes again, this will wipe your phone and fix permissions)
Then you can do all you want.
Good luck.
let me know...

kativiti said:
you don't need to do all that.
try to flash twrp. (if OK use it to wipe everything)
If NOT ok flash stock recovery and unlock bootloader( yes again, this will wipe your phone and fix permissions)
Then you can do all you want.
Good luck.
let me know...
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Right, so before I read that message, I flashed stock recovery and tried to reformat data and now It won't let be get into the boot menu and the HTC dev writing is gone (so I think it's locked again). On top of this, it just keeps booting into the reformatting data screen and just ends up hanging so I think I will let the battery drain or something (no idea how long it would take, probably days) and then try again from there. Pretty sure it is bricked now though lol welp. Is there any way to cancel a format?

Getting "Your device is corrupt" message and I want to start completely fresh.

Getting "Your device is corrupt" message and I want to start completely fresh.
I had setup a Nexus 6 a couple years back for someone who was mostly blind and I used tasker to let them do most things they needed by voice only.
It was working fine until a couple days ago when somehow the device upgraded from Lollipop to Android 7.0. The way I initially unlocked the phone and obtained root, I didn't think it would ever be able to upgrade unless I intervened but it finally happened seemingly on its own.
Anyway, it lost root and many of the tasker commands stopped working because of it so I tried to get it back by:
1) Using fastboot to flashe twrp-3.1.1-0-shamu.img to recovery
2) Booting into recovery and installing SuperSU with TWRP after I made a backup
After that, the phone booted back up normally but still didn't have root access so I restarted again but when I tried to get into recovery I got a "no command" message. I was finally able to get passed that by pressing volume down (I think) and it gave me the standard android factory reset, wipe cache, etc. options. I tried wiping the cache and then after reboot I got this message:
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"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
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And then it just disappears after a few seconds and the phone will not boot up.
Now though I can still get back into the bootloader menu with Power and Volume Down and even get back to the TWRP recovery where I tried restoring the backup I made before installing SuperSU but the same problem occurs.
I don't know what I've done wrong but I just want to start over. What do I need to do to wipe the phone completely and start over like it was brand new out of the box?

LaTropa64 said:
I had setup a Nexus 6 a couple years back for someone who was mostly blind and I used tasker to let them do most things they needed by voice only.
It was working fine until a couple days ago when somehow the device upgraded from Lollipop to Android 7.0. The way I initially unlocked the phone and obtained root, I didn't think it would ever be able to upgrade unless I intervened but it finally happened seemingly on its own.
Anyway, it lost root and many of the tasker commands stopped working because of it so I tried to get it back by:
1) Using fastboot to flashe twrp-3.1.1-0-shamu.img to recovery
2) Booting into recovery and installing SuperSU with TWRP after I made a backup
After that, the phone booted back up normally but still didn't have root access so I restarted again but when I tried to get into recovery I got a "no command" message. I was finally able to get passed that by pressing volume down (I think) and it gave me the standard android factory reset, wipe cache, etc. options. I tried wiping the cache and then after reboot I got this message:
And then it just disappears after a few seconds and the phone will not boot up.
Now though I can still get back into the bootloader menu with Power and Volume Down and even get back to the TWRP recovery where I tried restoring the backup I made before installing SuperSU but the same problem occurs.
I don't know what I've done wrong but I just want to start over. What do I need to do to wipe the phone completely and start over like it was brand new out of the box?
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I'm not sure what to tell you, there's a lot of complication between these things but mostly seems like it'd include Re-flashing stock os 7.0 and obtaining root thru Android 7 without flashing any rom
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And by complication I mean the whole concept of just starting over fresh
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Good luck tho
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LaTropa64 said:
I don't know what I've done wrong but I just want to start over. What do I need to do to wipe the phone completely and start over like it was brand new out of the box?
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Download a factory image from Google developer site. That site gives instructions to set-up your PC for fastboot (if you need it) and there is a flash all script in the download to handle the flash through fastboot. This thread will give you an overview. Using the flash all script will wipe the entire phone!
You can also fastboot flash each partition manually. If you use the -w flag, it will wipe all user data from the phone.
Be warned, the probability is you'll wipe the internal (user data) and if you want to try to back up first, you should be able to boot into TWRP and use ADB to do an a back up of user data to your PC using:
adb pull /path/to/files /home/[your username]/
E.G.
Windows:
adb pull /sdcard C:\Users\[your username]\Desktop
Linux:
adb pull /sdcard /home/[your username]/
You'll need administrator privileges on the PC to specify the output path.
---Edit---
You might look into the tasker beta to work with the newer nougat releases. I will say, all of my tasker profiles continued to work regardless of OS version with the exception of those relying on secure settings. Those I updated to use auto tools. There are other work around as well.

Follow what @ktmom says to get the device all straightened out firmware wise. As the device totally skipped Android 6 in doing its upgrade there could be undesired leftovers from the original install. Once you've installed the latest stock firmware from Google you can start over with your customizations, but be aware that installing TWRP, rooting the device, or both will cause the "device is corrupt" message you're seeing. That message will remain on every boot until a custom kernel which ignores dm-verity is installed.

In a few months, Galaxy S8 will get Bixby Voice so you could get one of them.
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Who in the hell would want to use Bixby?

Nexus 6 not turning on

Hello i bought a replacement screen for my phone about a month ago because everything was still working except the screen was broken from cracks. As i was about to replace the screen i noticed my phone is now not turning on at all even on charge. No red light, nothing. Is it possible the battery just needs to be replaced or is the phone completely dead?

Try charging it for a few hours on a low power charger like a computer USB port.
When the battery gets very depleted, it can have trouble taking a charge from a faster charger.

ktmom said:
Try charging it for a few hours on a low power charger like a computer USB port.
When the battery gets very depleted, it can have trouble taking a charge from a faster charger.
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Hi, i tried to charge it using the PC but it didn't change anything. Would it be worth it getting a new battery to test if it still works?

I guess that's a decision you have to make. Is the expenses of the battery worth the risk that something else is wrong. It's possible the power button assembly has a problem. It's possible the USB port is worn, damaged or dirty.

Paperweight now? Having a different issue but potentially fatal??
My nexus 6 has been my faithful companion for many years, and now, though it is not my main phone, is used as my bedside companion for many uses. I boot it up one day and it gives some sort of "file encryption error" and then would not boot. I downloaded a fresh rom and adp to try to wipe it and just get it back to any working state, but nothing seems to work. What am I doing wrong?? (see photos attached)
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My nexus 6 has been my faithful companion for many years, and now, though it is not my main phone, is used as my bedside companion for many uses. I boot it up one day and it gives some sort of "file encryption error" and then would not boot. I downloaded a fresh rom and adp to try to wipe it and just get it back to any working state, but nothing seems to work. What am I doing wrong?? (see photos attached)
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Let's start with some basics. It looks like the phone is stock (not bootloader unlocked).
What version was on the device before the problem?
Can you boot to recovery? (With the phone powered off, press and hold Volume Down, then press and hold Power)
Try sideloading an OTA the same as your current version. They are available on the Full OTA Images for Nexus and Pixel Devices page. The instructions there are solid.
If your not sure what was on the device, use the newest release.
Based on your photo, the device is not unlocked. You won't be able to Fastboot flash anything if you can't unlock it which requires the OEM unlocking to be enabled in developers options. Since you can't boot, you are stuck there.
It's quite possible the eemc has failed and the device is damaged.
BTW; your images are not showing up because the use of the IMG tag is wrong. There should not be anything inside the brackets with the tag (e.g. ="error"). The link does go between the opening and closing tags as you have it.
In the future, it also is a good idea to start your own thread, instead of burying a question inside a unrelated thread.

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What version was on the device before the problem?
pretty sure it is the latest (for that model) Android 7.1.1
Can you boot to recovery? (With the phone powered off, press and hold Volume Down, then press and hold Power)
I can get to the screen that shows the green android man lying with his compartment open. Is that recovery? It seems that everytime I try an option, it does not "do" anything. E.g., factory reset just won't let me do it. It just doesn't work [is this a symptom of emmc memory just being damaged? I know on PC's, a total reformat can isolate bad sectors...]
Try sideloading an OTA the same as your current version. They are available on the Full OTA Images for Nexus and Pixel Devices[/URL] page. The instructions there are solid.
I think I've followed that, (see the second picture) but again those commands don't seem to "do" what the commands usually should do. Like I need a tougher solution--willing to totally wipe everything and reformat and start anew, like a low level format.
Based on your photo, the device is not unlocked. You won't be able to Fastboot flash anything if you can't unlock it which requires the OEM unlocking to be enabled in developers options. Since you can't boot, you are stuck there.
It's quite possible the eemc has failed and the device is damaged.
I think I tried unlocking it, but same thing it didn't "work" either that, or I'm just doing it totally wrong [is it not the command "fastboot flashing unlock"??].
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Thanks in advance. I just don't want to accept that it was working great one day and then turning it on the next day the flash memory is just TOTALLY bad, you know?

When a you boot to recovery, then get the "no command screen" press and hold Power then press and release Volume Up. If you can get to recovery, do a factory reset.
Unlocking the bootloader won't work unless you have already enabled OEM unlock in the developer options when booted to system. I said this earlier.
ADB won't work unless the kernel is booted. ADB only works when booted to recovery or fully booted to system.
Unless the bootloader is unlocked, Fastboot doesn't get you anything.
If you get to recovery and a factory reset doesn't solve your problems, do an OTA sideload using the link I gave you before.
Please Do Not bury your comments within the wipe of someone else's post. It makes it impossible to follow the conversation. Just respond below the quoted post.