[Q] Erased Nexus 6, How to Re-Flash OS? - Nexus 6 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi everyone! So right now, I am on vacation, and I was messing around with my Nexus 6 when I decided to lower my DPI as I read that that would raise my battery life. So I did so, but as I was rebooting, I got stuck in a bootloop, with a message that read: "Android is starting; starting apps..." and then the screen would go black and it would start all over, indefinitely. So then I went into TWRP recovery and went to erase, but I accidentally erased everything. How do I get the OS back on the phone? I have the .tar file for the OS from Google's website, and I have ADB installed and prepped on my laptop, but how to I do the flash? Thanks!

Mod3 said:
Hi everyone! So right now, I am on vacation, and I was messing around with my Nexus 6 when I decided to lower my DPI as I read that that would raise my battery life. So I did so, but as I was rebooting, I got stuck in a bootloop, with a message that read: "Android is starting; starting apps..." and then the screen would go black and it would start all over, indefinitely. So then I went into TWRP recovery and went to erase, but I accidentally erased everything. How do I get the OS back on the phone? I have the .tar file for the OS from Google's website, and I have ADB installed and prepped on my laptop, but how to I do the flash? Thanks!
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Mount as MTP in TWRP an transfer a ROM from your laptop. You may need to use fastboot and run:
fastboot format userdata
But just try to transfer a ROM first.

Evolution_Freak said:
Mount as MTP in TWRP an transfer a ROM from your laptop. You may need to use fastboot and run:
fastboot format userdata
But just try to transfer a ROM first.
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I tried that, but my ROM is the stock Android ROM from Google's website, and it seems that TWRP can't flash a .tar file. Could I convert it to a functioning .zip somehow?

Mod3 said:
I tried that, but my ROM is the stock Android ROM from Google's website, and it seems that TWRP can't flash a .tar file. Could I convert it to a functioning .zip somehow?
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I'm sorry I didn't know you were trying to flash a factory image. I would recommend downloading a ROM from the development section, something close to stock, and use that to get up and running first. Then you can return to stock if that is what you are trying to do.

Evolution_Freak said:
I'm sorry I didn't know you were trying to flash a factory image. I would recommend downloading a ROM from the development section, something close to stock, and use that to get up and running first. Then you can return to stock if that is what you are trying to do.
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Thank you! It's up an running again! But how do I flash the stock ROM now?

Mod3 said:
Thank you! It's up an running again! But how do I flash the stock ROM now?
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Read the sticky threads in general. All our guides are there.

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[Q] Looking for help. Cant boot phone, recovery nor use adb commands.

Hej guys. I really hope that you can help me with my problem
Have been trying for 2 days and looking at post but haven't been able to get it fixed.
Here goes.
I have been playing around with custom roms on my htc one for a while now.
Then when i was about to install a new custom rom, i first wiped my phone.
I properly wiped something that should not be wiped, because i ended up with no os and no custom rom zip file that i could install in twrp.
I then tryed sideloading revolutions, and it seemed to work because it ended up booting on the phone and i could select what programs too install with it... but halfway through it stoped and rebooted.
now i cant even get into recovery anymore, and booting the phone only gets it to htc briliant logo. Then it restarts and tryes going into recovery, but it cant, and ends up just restarting over and over again.
Tryed flashing cwm and twrp again, but still cant get into recovery.
adb dont fint my device, and i have tryed all drivers i could find.
Tryed using a RUU, but it fails. Properly because its not the right one, but cant fint one that fits.
Sooo... i think im in a real pickle right now.
my radio is :4a.14.3250.13
hboot: 1.44.0000
Thinking about going back with my phone, but with the warranty gone i dont know if they'll even look at it.
Hoping for some advise, or some ideas on what to do.
-dealba
fastboot erase cache in terminal or with all in one toolkit
Arh thanks for your reply.
Cant belive i dident try that.
but it worked, im now able to get into twrp.
It says that i have 0 mb internal storage?
should i try to flash twrp again or what should my aproach be ?
dealba said:
Arh thanks for your reply.
Cant belive i dident try that.
but it worked, im now able to get into twrp.
It says that i have 0 mb internal storage?
should i try to flash twrp again or what should my aproach be ?
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try reboot recovery if that doesnt work install cwm non touch. i love twrp but i had the same issue with it and i havent had it with cwm
skinsfanbdh said:
try reboot recovery if that doesnt work install cwm non touch. i love twrp but i had the same issue with it and i havent had it with cwm
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Okay thanks
So i tryed installing cwm the non touch version. but it says the same thing as twrp.
And that is that it cant mount /sdcard/
dealba said:
Okay thanks
So i tryed installing cwm the non touch version. but it says the same thing as twrp.
And that is that it cant mount /sdcard/
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i dont think that is a problem. im not absolutely sure about that but what is the next step you trying to accomplish
skinsfanbdh said:
i dont think that is a problem. im not absolutely sure about that but what is the next step you trying to accomplish
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Well, im really just trying to get an os flashed back on the phone so i can boot it, either by another custom rom or a stock rom.
But since i cant use adb commands, how do i get a new rom on there?
dealba said:
Well, im really just trying to get an os flashed back on the phone so i can boot it, either by another custom rom or a stock rom.
But since i cant use adb commands, how do i get a new rom on there?
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you on a windows computer?
dealba said:
Well, im really just trying to get an os flashed back on the phone so i can boot it, either by another custom rom or a stock rom.
But since i cant use adb commands, how do i get a new rom on there?
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i have had the same problem. what i did is in twrp recovery go to wipe --- format data --- type yes (WARNING you will lose all your files)
skinsfanbdh said:
you on a windows computer?
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Yes, im running windows
dealba said:
Yes, im running windows
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download all in one toolkit if you havent already its easy to use and easier for me to tell you what to do. plus i dont know how well you know adb and fastboot commands
rambo12345 said:
i have had the same problem. what i did is in twrp recovery go to wipe --- format data --- type yes (WARNING you will lose all your files)
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okay thanks, now i can see my sdcard.
But still wondering how to get a rom on it so i can flash from twrp..
dealba said:
okay thanks, now i can see my sdcard.
But still wondering how to get a rom on it so i can flash from twrp..
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adb sideload
its an option in the all in one tool kit but its easier or you can type the command
skinsfanbdh said:
download all in one toolkit if you havent already its easy to use and easier for me to tell you what to do. plus i dont know how well you know adb and fastboot commands
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I got the toolkit now
got a 5 min post restriction so little slow on replying
dealba said:
I got the toolkit now
got a 5 min post restriction so little slow on replying
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i think it it will be over after 3 more posts. plug your phone in. then open all in one toolkit and select adb sideload then just follow the on screen instructions
skinsfanbdh said:
i think it it will be over after 3 more posts. plug your phone in. then open all in one toolkit and select adb sideload then just follow the on screen instructions
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Okay, did the side loader, and used android revolutions rom. It installed and and after staying on boot animation a few minnuts it started.
Thank you so much for your help, really appreciate it
dealba said:
Okay, did the side loader, and used android revolutions rom. It installed and and after staying on boot animation a few minnuts it started.
Thank you so much for your help, really appreciate it
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no problem. have fun:victory:
skinsfanbdh said:
fastboot erase cache in terminal or with all in one toolkit
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So I'll try here first. I am having the same issue, I can't get the device to boot into recovery, no matter if I clear the cache, or flash either one of twrp or CWM.
I unlocked the bootloader, I think used the all in one toolkit to flash the recovery. When that didn't work, I erased the cache and manually flashed the recovery, and it said it pushed successfully.
I am at a loss, I have no idea what to try next, any help would be appreciated.
******Finally got it, I had to disable Fast Boot in the Power options in Settings******
How do you copy update.zip from external to internal SD?
Sorry if it's a total no-brainer, but how do I manually copy a recovery zip to the internal update.zip? Can I do this from my phone (which is stuck in a bootloop: see below)? Or do I have to use ADB with my computer?
Turbojugend said:
So I'll try here first. I am having the same issue, I can't get the device to boot into recovery, no matter if I clear the cache, or flash either one of twrp or CWM.
I unlocked the bootloader, I think used the all in one toolkit to flash the recovery. When that didn't work, I erased the cache and manually flashed the recovery, and it said it pushed successfully.
I am at a loss, I have no idea what to try next, any help would be appreciated.
******Finally got it, I had to disable Fast Boot in the Power options in Settings******
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My situation:
Using Open Recovery I tried to install CM7 with custom kernel on my XT720
It gave an error: "assert failed: write_raw_image... Status 7" As I was looking that up, my phone blackscreened. After a while I pulled the battery.
Then on startup it went into a bootloop after a picture of a broken screen saying "2ndboot kernel restart in progress." (Presumably the kernel wasn't properly applied?)
Trying to boot into bootloader says battery is too low.
Phone will only turn on when plugged into outlet.
What I think I need to do:
- Copy a good update from my external SD over the bad update.zip on the internal SD, and apply the update to reset the kernel, etc.
- Open Recovery could do this, if I could load it.
- I could load Openrecovery if I could get the bootloader to run,
- I could get the bootloader to run if my battery would charge

[Q] How can I reinstall a good image after flashing my boot with CWM?

My question is similar to 'nikpmr's troubles but different enough I think they deserve a separate post.
The Problem as Understood​I was trying to root my device following the guide at this website. It's so simple it's a wonder I messed up. I think my failure was that I thought the drivers installed when I connected the phone were enough so I skipped that step. Then when running fastboot flash recovery.img the install failed. So I saw on some forum that it was supposed to be fastboot flash boot recovery.img of course now I know if anything it ought to have been "recovery" not "boot".
What I've Tried & Partial Solution​At first I was just stuck in a boot loop and selecting "sideload" from the CWM recovery failed to allow me to connect with ADB or fastboot. i.e. Running "fastboot devices" and "adb devices" both returned as having no devices connected to my computer. So I installed the HTC Sync and promptly uninstalled the non driver parts of the app. Then I installed USBdeview and used it to uninstall all the USB devices associated with my HTC First. After doing that I learned booting into HBOOT allowed me to connect to the computer using fastboot and after then booting to the CWM Recovery I was able to connect using ADB to do a sideload. So I guess I'm about halfway there. Unfortunately after looking up the newest RUU and attempting to sideload it using "adb sideload OTA_MYST_UL_1.08.502.1-1.08.502.4.zip" the sideload failed. After selecting "- install zip from sideload" I get a message twice of "failed to open driver control: No such file or directory". It also failed when I attempted it with a similar fastboot command. So from all that I surmise my ROM is ruined and just needs to be replaced.
Question​So how do I go about replacing this ROM and boot partition? And, which ROM should I use? Is the one I got from the RUU site suitable? And what about the radio? I just need my phone to work. I can worry about rooting later. At this point I think I know what's happened but I don't know where to begin reading to figure out how to fix it myself.
Thanks for reading,
Relevant HBOOT text:
Code:
*** TAMPERED ***
*** UNLOCKED ***
MYSTUL PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-2.00.0000
RADIO-1.15.40.00.13_2
OpenDSP-v9.2.0268.1214
eMMC-boot
Mar 22 2013,21:29:50:1682
1. you had to type in fastboot flash recovery recovery.img NOT fastboot flash boot recovery.img
Well there was an actual all in 1 tool to get cwm/twrp & root with a click for this specific device somewhere around these threads.
1) what exactly is the problem? (Sorry it was just so many words)
I don't think side loading the RUU would work bc I haven't heard its possible to flash it in the phone itself.
2) why don't you just sideload an existing pre-rooted ROM instead of the RUU file?
3) I see you're s-on, did you try flashing just the boot.IMG from the ROM you've got on it?
BTW I've only had luck with twrp on having it successfully detected when wanting to sideload
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Well there was an actual all in 1 tool to get cwm/twrp & root with a click for this specific device somewhere around these threads.
1) what exactly is the problem? (Sorry it was just so many words)
I don't think side loading the RUU would work bc I haven't heard its possible to flash it in the phone itself.
2) why don't you just sideload an existing pre-rooted ROM instead of the RUU file?
3) I see you're s-on, did you try flashing just the boot.IMG from the ROM you've got on it?
BTW I've only had luck with twrp on having it successfully detected when wanting to sideload
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1) The issue is I did "fastboot flash boot recovery.img" rather than "fastboot flash recovery.img" now I don't seem to have a boot mount point.
2) That sounds best. I didn't realize the RUU want a flashable ROM. More I just have to find the updated stable stock ROM.
3) I didn't have a ROM on it. I was just trying to root stock. Seems like I'm pretty close once I find that ROM.
Thanks y'all! Between your answers I think I have enough to go on. Feel free to point me to your preferred stable ROM. I'm content with stock but it would be nice to have Tiranium BU.
bnjo said:
1) The issue is I did "fastboot flash boot recovery.img" rather than "fastboot flash recovery.img" now I don't seem to have a boot mount point.
2) That sounds best. I didn't realize the RUU want a flashable ROM. More I just have to find the updated stable stock ROM.
3) I didn't have a ROM on it. I was just trying to root stock. Seems like I'm pretty close once I find that ROM.
Thanks y'all! Between your answers I think I have enough to go on. Feel free to point me to your preferred stable ROM. I'm content with stock but it would be nice to have Tiranium BU.
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Right now our most stable stock ROM is our rooted stock ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2287811
We currently have 2 very able recognized devs working on CyanogenMod. You can expect something new in the near future but until then what I've showed you is the best.
Have any problems just come back to the thread
Success!
abrahammmmmmm_ said:
Right now our most stable stock ROM is our rooted stock ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2287811
We currently have 2 very able recognized devs working on CyanogenMod. You can expect something new in the near future but until then what I've showed you is the best.
Have any problems just come back to the thread
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Thanks guys I know I always like to know when something I said was successful in helping someone. I just wanted yall to know after sideloading the most recent Odexed ROM then pushing it to memory after it wouldn't boot I succeeded after taking abrahammmmmm's advice of flashing the boot.img from HBOOT. After a longer boot than I'm used to I was able to get into my phone again. I wasn't able to use my TitaniumBU to restore but that just meant I had to spend a few minutes selecting apps to install.. And restoring a data backup for the only important app that doesn't keep the primary data off the phone.
Thanks again!
tl;dr Flashing the Odexed ROM boot.img fixed my issues. Thx!
bnjo said:
Thanks guys I know I always like to know when something I said was successful in helping someone. I just wanted yall to know after sideloading the most recent Odexed ROM then pushing it to memory after it wouldn't boot I succeeded after taking abrahammmmmm's advice of flashing the boot.img from HBOOT. After a longer boot than I'm used to I was able to get into my phone again. I wasn't able to use my TitaniumBU to restore but that just meant I had to spend a few minutes selecting apps to install.. And restoring a data backup for the only important app that doesn't keep the primary data off the phone.
Thanks again!
tl;dr Flashing the Odexed ROM boot.img fixed my issues. Thx!
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Great! glad to hear I could help. Yes it's always nice knowing when something I've said has helped someone in any way
bnjo said:
Thanks guys I know I always like to know when something I said was successful in helping someone. I just wanted yall to know after sideloading the most recent Odexed ROM then pushing it to memory after it wouldn't boot I succeeded after taking abrahammmmmm's advice of flashing the boot.img from HBOOT. After a longer boot than I'm used to I was able to get into my phone again. I wasn't able to use my TitaniumBU to restore but that just meant I had to spend a few minutes selecting apps to install.. And restoring a data backup for the only important app that doesn't keep the primary data off the phone.
Thanks again!
tl;dr Flashing the Odexed ROM boot.img fixed my issues. Thx!
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i think what happened, when you typed in "fastboot flash boot recovery.img" is this
boot, is also known as kernel in aosp and rom building terms, because if you look inside a rom.zip, you will see that the kernel is the boot.img
so what happened is you flashed a recovery as kernel, and duh it wont boot cause if the kernel doesnt work, the os doesnt either
so what YOU did is you simply reflashed the stock kernel, usually after changing a kernel, it takes a while to boot cause...well you get it right?
the kernel is what android is based off of, kind of like ubuntu, its a linux os based on the original linux kernel.
russian392 said:
usually after changing a kernel, it takes a while to boot cause...well you get it right?
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Yes I get it.
russian392 said:
i think what happened, when you typed in "fastboot flash boot recovery.img" is this
boot, is also known as kernel in aosp and rom building terms, because if you look inside a rom.zip, you will see that the kernel is the boot.img
so what happened is you flashed a recovery as kernel, and duh it wont boot cause if the kernel doesnt work, the os doesnt either
so what YOU did is you simply reflashed the stock kernel, usually after changing a kernel, it takes a while to boot cause...well you get it right?
the kernel is what android is based off of, kind of like ubuntu, its a linux os based on the original linux kernel.
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That's what I thought happened. If I had stopped to read the help on fastboot before running "fastboot flash boot recovery.img" I wouldn't have made that mistake because I would have seen I wanted to flash recovery. One thing I *did not* know, which I'm glad to know, was that the boot.img contains the kernal. I was thinking Android was more similar to IBM style PCs than it is and therefore the boot.img was analogous to a bootloader like grub or lilo.
So the one thing I don't get is how is partitioning done? I take it Androids have some reserved partition for boot and the boot.img takes care of all system partitioning and mounts /sdcard/ for everything else. i.e. userland; appdata, media, and files. Am I guessing correctly?
bnjo said:
So the one thing I don't get is how is partitioning done? I take it Androids have some reserved partition for boot and the boot.img takes care of all system partitioning and mounts /sdcard/ for everything else. i.e. userland; appdata, media, and files. Am I guessing correctly?
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in a nutshell yes, the boot.img uses the fstab
btw 10 posts you'll be "verified"
So the one thing I don't get is how is partitioning done? I take it Androids have some reserved partition for boot and the boot.img takes care of all system partitioning and mounts /sdcard/ for everything else. i.e. userland; appdata, media, and files. Am I guessing correctly?
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Yep that's correct.
The name correlation is booting up requires kernel there for kernel is called beet.IMG
Thing about custom kernels, they aren't like that and simply contain modded files and pretty much an in packaged kernel.
Sent from my HTC first using xda app-developers app
stock recovery
please can anyone send me the stock recovery.img
when i try to get it from RUU it says archive is corrupted
astrit1995 said:
please can anyone send me the stock recovery.img
when i try to get it from RUU it says archive is corrupted
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here:
http://androidfiles.org/getdownload.php?file=MystUL/Stock_Roms/stockrecovery.img
if you help, press thanks!!
Serupo said:
here:
http://androidfiles.org/getdownload.php?file=MystUL/Stock_Roms/stockrecovery.img
if you help, press thanks!!
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Thank you for your help,i solved my problem yesterday but i think im gona need this sometime...

[Q] Help: Can't get to recovery or system?!?!?

Hi, Gang... Please be patient as I'm not normally playing at this level...
I recently had a kid kill my TF700 so I bought at TF701 as a replacement. I immediately unlocked it, forgetting to take the latest Asus update OTA beforehand. Anyways, I manually downloaded v11.4..1.17 and put it on a blank microSD and stuck it into the tablet where the update was recognized as available and I set the update in motion... Something went sideways after I walked away to let the update run and now I can't get back into the system and I can't get into recovery.
I have the bootloader up (1.00e as released by 10.14.1.47) and I can communicate with the device via fastboot. Can someone help me wipe and get a recovery.img and/or a full stock image onto this thing. Right now it just keeps rebooting unless I manually force it to the bootloader.
I'm hoping someone more knowledgeable can chastise me for being a moron an point me in the right direction. Ultimately, I was tying to get to the latest ASUS ROM to the the bootloader that goes with it and then move onto a custom ROM.
Many thanx.
Im no help. Dont listen to me. Try using fastboot to run a recovery. "fastboot boot recovery.img" from the bootloader. Maybe with that old bootloader you should be using an old recovery maybe.
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I wouldnt flash a recovery/bootloader especially the new ones til you can verify an older recovery works. Try booting this one https://www.dropbox.com/s/il2m4rtxlmzjfz9/recovery.img but dont flash til someone else takes a look at this. This is an old philz touch without touch.
Still nothing...
YayYouFixedIt said:
Im no help. Dont listen to me. Try using fastboot to run a recovery. "fastboot boot recovery.img" from the bootloader. Maybe with that old bootloader you should be using an old recovery maybe.
I'm really starting to get frustrated... (understatement)
I've got a copy of the 4.4.2 OTA image (zip and recovery.img). Should I not be able to use ADB to copy the image to the device and then boot the recovery.img? I can get the tablet to respond to fastboot but I can't get it to be recognized by ADB.
I've never had issues with custom ROMs before. This time I'm wading into unfamiliar waters. I'm note even sure how the initial update failed. Is there a way for me to update the bootloader, then add a CWM recovery, then load the ROM?
Again sorry to have to ask but any help would greatly be appreciated.
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YayYouFixedIt said:
Im no help. Dont listen to me. Try using fastboot to run a recovery. "fastboot boot recovery.img" from the bootloader. Maybe with that old bootloader you should be using an old recovery maybe.
I'm really starting to get frustrated... (understatement)
I've got a copy of the 4.4.2 OTA image (zip and recovery.img). Should I not be able to use ADB to copy the image to the device and then boot the recovery.img? I can get the tablet to respond to fastboot but I can't get it to be recognized by ADB.
I've never had issues with custom ROMs before. This time I'm wading into unfamiliar waters. I'm note even sure how the initial update failed. Is there a way for me to update the bootloader, then add a CWM recovery, then load the ROM?
Again sorry to have to ask but any help would greatly be appreciated.
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Where did you get the full firmware update you tried to flash?
I can't find a recovery that is compatible with that old bootloader, so your best bet would be to update via Asus firmware.
What happens if you choose RCK in the bootloader menu? Is the stock recovery still working?
What's your SKU?
If the manual stock update doesn't work you may have to flash the system blob in fastboot, but answer above questions first and then we'll see.
If you're getting frustrated, stop and come back to it later. Don't do anything desperate! No reason for it yet.
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kartman_canada said:
YayYouFixedIt said:
Im no help. Dont listen to me. Try using fastboot to run a recovery. "fastboot boot recovery.img" from the bootloader. Maybe with that old bootloader you should be using an old recovery maybe.
I'm really starting to get frustrated... (understatement)
I've got a copy of the 4.4.2 OTA image (zip and recovery.img). Should I not be able to use ADB to copy the image to the device and then boot the recovery.img? I can get the tablet to respond to fastboot but I can't get it to be recognized by ADB.
I've never had issues with custom ROMs before. This time I'm wading into unfamiliar waters. I'm note even sure how the initial update failed. Is there a way for me to update the bootloader, then add a CWM recovery, then load the ROM?
Again sorry to have to ask but any help would greatly be appreciated.
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/il2m4rtxlmzjfz9/recovery.img
download this recovery(which is an older one compatable with that bootloader and try fastboot boot recovery.img from your older bootloader.
It should work. If you can determine that it works and all your partitions are intact. The command is" fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" I would think if you can simply get this one to boot it will be ok to flash and you should be able to flash whatever you want. Namely you will want to flash the new bootloader and recovery from the flashable zip that sbdags provides from his optimized asus stock.
If you have to adb sideload a rom from within the recovery. Then download just use the cm11 rom for now because the asus stock is over a gig and and might not sideload. the asus stock sbdags provides in this forum.
Otherwise you might be able to flash things from the microsd card.
Than if you decide to go the cm11 route. just download the asus stock from this forum from inside the rom. Be careful.
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Fixed!
YayYouFixedIt said:
kartman_canada said:
download this recovery(which is an older one compatable with that bootloader and try fastboot boot recovery.img from your older bootloader.
It should work. If you can determine that it works and all your partitions are intact. The command is" fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" I would think if you can simply get this one to boot it will be ok to flash and you should be able to flash whatever you want. Namely you will want to flash the new bootloader and recovery from the flashable zip that sbdags provides from his optimized asus stock.
If you have to adb sideload a rom from within the recovery. Then download just use the cm11 rom for now because the asus stock is over a gig and and might not sideload. the asus stock sbdags provides in this forum.
Otherwise you might be able to flash things from the microsd card.
Than if you decide to go the cm11 route. just download the asus stock from this forum from inside the rom. Be careful.
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Managed to fastboot to the older recovery.img. As per instructions, I then flashed the latest bootloader and recovery from sbdags. I'm now good to go with whatever ROM I want. Many thanx! I'd still like to know how the upgrade to the latest Asus update screwed up. I wasn't watching it after setting the update in motion so it's a mystery. All I know is that the unit was plugged in so it wouldn't run out of juice and when I came back to check it, it wouldn't boot to Android, I couldn't get to recovery, and it would just keep rebooting in a loop.
Lucky for me it was unlocked and I had fastboot access to the (albeit out-of-date) bootloader.
All good now. Cheers.
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kartman_canada said:
YayYouFixedIt said:
Managed to fastboot to the older recovery.img. As per instructions, I then flashed the latest bootloader and recovery from sbdags. I'm now good to go with whatever ROM I want. Many thanx! I'd still like to know how the upgrade to the latest Asus update screwed up. I wasn't watching it after setting the update in motion so it's a mystery. All I know is that the unit was plugged in so it wouldn't run out of juice and when I came back to check it, it wouldn't boot to Android, I couldn't get to recovery, and it would just keep rebooting in a loop.
Lucky for me it was unlocked and I had fastboot access to the (albeit out-of-date) bootloader.
All good now. Cheers.
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Good to hear. For the Asus updates you just put them in /sdcard and reboot dont you? Its fairly automatic wasnt it? Then unlock after being updated? What went wrong in your case, Hard for me to say i guess because I and others unlocked at or before 4.3.
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[Q] [STOCK] Flashed the Update (5.1) - Phone Won't Boot

I am 100% stock.
I did the update using Minimal ABD and Fastboot. Once that was finished, the phone booted up (after optimizing all my apps) and gave me a System UI error and would never get past that (even if I hit OK or Report). I turned it off and then went it came back on, it went straight to the Google Logo. It didn't even vibrate like it usually does when it boots up.
If I hold down all 3 buttons, it will boot to the bootloader screen, but anything I do from there, just goes back to the Google logo and that's it. I had to go to Recovery and get another error, then hit power + volume up, and I did a factory wipe. However, after that, it still does the same thing. Goes to the Google Logo and nothing else. I've wiped it a few times now and no luck.
Any suggestions on what to do?
Which ROM did you flash? There is no 5.1 factory image at the moment. If you are flashing through ADB, try manually erasing then flashing each file first instead of using flash-all. Don't forget to flash userdata.
edit: Didn't realize update file was sent out through OTA. Try flashing factory 5.0.1 then flash the update which is in the cache folder. Extract and save that 5.1 OTA file somewhere else before flashing 5.0.1, if not its gone. Best suggestion is to wait go back to 5.0.1 and wait for 5.1 factory image.
DevilMR said:
Which ROM did you flash? There is no 5.1 factory image at the moment. If you are flashing through ADB, try manually erasing then flashing each file first instead of using flash-all. Don't forget to flash userdata.
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Sorry, no ROM, just the OTA.zip I tried. I used it from here: (can't link) but AndroidPolice FLASH ALL THINGS post
mikebio said:
Sorry, no ROM, just the OTA.zip I tried. I used it from here: (can't link) but AndroidPolice FLASH ALL THINGS post
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Most likely going to have to download the 5.0.1 factory image and reflash that if you didn't make a backup before doing the OTA.
I'm assuming you don't have a 3rd party recovery since your title says "STOCK" correct?
meest said:
Most likely going to have to download the 5.0.1 factory image and reflash that if you didn't make a backup before doing the OTA.
I'm assuming you don't have a 3rd party recovery since your title says "STOCK" correct?
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This is correct. I also can't get my computer to recognize my Nexus anymore. Any tips on that?
OK, i see what you did. Try flashing factory 5.0.1, then flash that 5.1 update. I rather wait for factory 5.1.
DevilMR said:
OK, i see what you did. Try flashing factory 5.0.1, then flash that 5.1 update. I rather wait for factory 5.1.
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Will do. Do you know the exact USB driver I need for nexus 6? When I plug it into my computer now, it comes up Shamu and I can't get the phone to be recognized by Nexus Root Toolkit or Minimal ADB & Fastboot
Nevermind, got it... I am going to reflash factory image... I tried 5.0.1 and it failed.
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Will do. Do you know the exact USB driver I need for nexus 6? When I plug it into my computer now, it comes up Shamu and I can't get the phone to be recognized by Nexus Root Toolkit or Minimal ADB & Fastboot
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If I remember right I just downloaded the google driver pack and pointed windows to that directory and it found one.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
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If I remember right I just downloaded the google driver pack and pointed windows to that directory and it found one.
http://developer.android.com/sdk/win-usb.html
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The issue is, it comes up Fastboot Shamu and it isn't recognized. Only when I put in into Apply update from ADB does it show up Nexus 6 on Windows... Not sure what to do. I can't flash right now because of this.

Passworded TWRP? Chinese? WUUT!?!?

Ran into a pretty big issue here and I'm not sure where to go. I've downloaded the HDX Mokee version and flashed it with the GAPPS from this thread. All went well until I rebooted and I see is a white box and then it boots into Chinese? A screen with a button came up and naturally I was gonna try to go through the installation so I pushed it and it rebooted my device into TWRP. TWRP went into a boot loop. So, I reboot into the bootloader and reflashed TWRP. I can now access twrp BUT there's NOW a password attached to my device...how the hell? I went to reflash the Mokee zip in bootloader thinking maybe it was a bad flash but i cant as it's a zip and not an img file. HELP lol!
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Ran into a pretty big issue here and I'm not sure where to go. I've downloaded the HDX Mokee version and flashed it with the GAPPS from this thread. All went well until I rebooted and I see is a white box and then it boots into Chinese? A screen with a button came up and naturally I was gonna try to go through the installation so I pushed it and it rebooted my device into TWRP. TWRP went into a boot loop. So, I reboot into the bootloader and reflashed TWRP. I can now access twrp BUT there's NOW a password attached to my device...how the hell? I went to reflash the Mokee zip in bootloader thinking maybe it was a bad flash but i cant as it's a zip and not an img file. HELP lol!
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you dont have a password attached to your device? id try like 0000 or 1111.
Jon.StatiK said:
Ran into a pretty big issue here and I'm not sure where to go. I've downloaded the HDX Mokee version and flashed it with the GAPPS from this thread. All went well until I rebooted and I see is a white box and then it boots into Chinese? A screen with a button came up and naturally I was gonna try to go through the installation so I pushed it and it rebooted my device into TWRP. TWRP went into a boot loop. So, I reboot into the bootloader and reflashed TWRP. I can now access twrp BUT there's NOW a password attached to my device...how the hell? I went to reflash the Mokee zip in bootloader thinking maybe it was a bad flash but i cant as it's a zip and not an img file. HELP lol!
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Start over from scratch. Word to the wise. Avoid the China based roms. There is a reason they are only on China based devices.
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Start over from scratch. Word to the wise. Avoid the China based roms. There is a reason they are only on China based devices.
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So take it back to stock recovery and rom and then start over from there? Currently I can't flash anything in twrp. It's all bootloader.
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So take it back to stock recovery and rom and then start over from there? Currently I can't flash anything in twrp. It's all bootloader.
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flash a factory image, become completely stock again. if you want to, reroot and flash twrp as well. then if you want, try flashing that rom again.
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Start over from scratch. Word to the wise. Avoid the China based roms. There is a reason they are only on China based devices.
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simms22 said:
flash a factory image, become completely stock again. if you want to, reroot and flash twrp as well. then if you want, try flashing that rom again.
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Yea, thanks. I went ahead and went back to stock. Everything seems good now.
Thanks.

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