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A couple of days ago my Huawei p7 started to shut itself down and after that it keeps rebooting.
It starts itself up and I get into the choose your language screen and then it shuts down.
When i try to get into the system recovery (using volume & power) I get the following screen:
Android system recovery <3e>
Huawei software installed failed.
Please retry!
Shutdown system now
There is no UPDATE.APP
.............................................
FAIL
And even in system recovery it keeps rebooting.
Im kinda helpless at the moment not knowing what to do.
Did this occur to anyone ? Is there a solution for this problem ?
Thanks in advance.
You should download firmware update file from Huawei Official web site. Extract dload folder from downloaded archive and put it on your SD card. After that you should try to trigger firmware update with factory reset (method which is usually called "force update") by holding all three buttons when the phone is turned off.
But maybe your phone have some hardware problem if it restarts even in recovery mode.
UPDATE:
Does phone restarts itself when it's in fastboot mode (you can get into that mode by holding VOLUME DOWN and POWER button while phone is turned off and connected into USB port of computer just before pressing that button combination) ??
wekii said:
You should download firmware update file from Huawei Official web site. Extract dload folder from downloaded archive and put it on your SD card. After that you should try to trigger firmware update with factory reset (method which is usually called "force update") by holding all three buttons when the phone is turned off.
But maybe your phone have some hardware problem if it restarts even in recovery mode.
UPDATE:
Does phone restarts itself when it's in fastboot mode (you can get into that mode by holding VOLUME DOWN and POWER button while phone is turned off and connected into USB port of computer just before pressing that button combination) ??
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I've downloaded the update file and proceeded with your steps. I continued to trigger the firmware update with the factory reset.
At first it seemed to work, the phone started updating but after a couple of seconds it started to reboot itself again
I got the phone in fastboot mode and at this moment it does not restart itself !
I went on downloading Hisuite and at this moment it keeps searching for drivers on the network.
The searching for drivers is taking quite some time is this normal ?
Thank you very much for your help so far !
OK, maybe these are good news if you say that your phone doesn't restart when it's in fastboot mode.
I would recommend you to try to reflash your phone's stock recovery and boot images with those extracted from firmware that you are trying to install.
Follow these steps:
Download Huawei Extractor tool from here,
Open update.app with Huawei Extractor and extract next two images: RECOVERY and BOOT (you can do that by selecting those two images while holding CTRL button, then right click > Extract Selected),
When extracted, rename those two images into "recovery.img" and "boot.img",
Copy those two images into "platform-tools" folder of Android SDK,
Run command prompt and go to "platform-tools" folder by using "cd" command,
Start your phone into fastboot mode,
Enter following command into command prompt: "fastboot devices" (without quotes), you should get your phone's serial number listed, if that's right, go to the next step,
Enter: "fastboot oem get-bootinfo", it needs to say that your bootloader is unlocked. If it's not you need to enter the next command "fastboot oem unlock 1234567812345678", where "1234567812345678" should be replaced with unlock code that is unique for your device. Instructions which explain how to obtain unlock code for your device can be found here,
Flash your phone's recovery with "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img",
Flash your phone's boot image with: "fastboot flash boot boot.img",
After successful flashing of both images, turn your phone off by holding POWER button for a several seconds,
Prepare SD card on your PC by formatting SD card and copying "dload" folder of phone's firmware onto SD card,
After you insert SD card into phone, start your phone with "forced install" method by holding all three buttons on your phone.
After that your phone should process firmware install successfully if there is no some hardware issues. Good luck and inform us about your progress.
wekii said:
OK, maybe these are good news if you say that your phone doesn't restart when it's in fastboot mode.
I would recommend you to try to reflash your phone's stock recovery and boot images with those extracted from firmware that you are trying to install.
Follow these steps:
Download Huawei Extractor tool from here,
Open update.app with Huawei Extractor and extract next two images: RECOVERY and BOOT (you can do that by selecting those two images while holding CTRL button, then right click > Extract Selected),
When extracted, rename those two images into "recovery.img" and "boot.img",
Copy those two images into "platform-tools" folder of Android SDK,
Run command prompt and go to "platform-tools" folder by using "cd" command,
Start your phone into fastboot mode,
Enter following command into command prompt: "fastboot devices" (without quotes), you should get your phone's serial number listed, if that's right, go to the next step,
Enter: "fastboot oem get-bootinfo", it needs to say that your bootloader is unlocked, if it's not read this,
Flash your phone's recovery with "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img",
Flash your phone's boot image with: "fastboot flash boot boot.img",
After successful flashing of both images, turn your phone off by holding POWER button for a several seconds,
Prepare SD card on your PC by formatting SD card and copying "dload" folder of phone's firmware onto SD card,
After you insert SD card into phone, start your phone with "forced install" method by holding all three buttons on your phone.
After that your phone should process firmware install successfully if there is no some hardware issues. Good luck and inform us about your progress.
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Hi,
I've got the same issue.
When I start to "force install" method, my phone doesn't boot.
It just stay in a state of "charging" but nothing append.
I flashed boot and recovery with Fastboot.
But now, when I start the phone in Fastboot&Rescue Mode, the device doesn't appear in the liste when I run adb devices.
But when I start in the "force install" mode, adb devices returns the serial of the phone (but it doesn't respond to fastboot command).
Are there other files to flash on the phone than juste recovery and boot ?
Thank's for those steps, i'll continue to try to flash again.
Edit :
Ok phone is back !
The problem came from my SD Card, I had not only the dload folder, but an other file.
Format SD Card -> dload folder -> "force install" method -> ENJOY !
Thank's a lot !
wekii said:
OK, maybe these are good news if you say that your phone doesn't restart when it's in fastboot mode.
I would recommend you to try to reflash your phone's stock recovery and boot images with those extracted from firmware that you are trying to install.
Follow these steps:
Download Huawei Extractor tool from here,
Open update.app with Huawei Extractor and extract next two images: RECOVERY and BOOT (you can do that by selecting those two images while holding CTRL button, then right click > Extract Selected),
When extracted, rename those two images into "recovery.img" and "boot.img",
Copy those two images into "platform-tools" folder of Android SDK,
Run command prompt and go to "platform-tools" folder by using "cd" command,
Start your phone into fastboot mode,
Enter following command into command prompt: "fastboot devices" (without quotes), you should get your phone's serial number listed, if that's right, go to the next step,
Enter: "fastboot oem get-bootinfo", it needs to say that your bootloader is unlocked, if it's not read this,
Flash your phone's recovery with "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img",
Flash your phone's boot image with: "fastboot flash boot boot.img",
After successful flashing of both images, turn your phone off by holding POWER button for a several seconds,
Prepare SD card on your PC by formatting SD card and copying "dload" folder of phone's firmware onto SD card,
After you insert SD card into phone, start your phone with "forced install" method by holding all three buttons on your phone.
After that your phone should process firmware install successfully if there is no some hardware issues. Good luck and inform us about your progress.
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I followed all your steps but i get stuck at step 7. When I give the command fastboot devices it doesn't show my phone's serial number. Instead it shows a ? (question mark).
Did I do something wrong or is there a solution for this?
Thanks in advance!
Maybe you should try other version of platform tools. I would recommend you to download adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702.zip (x64) or adt-bundle-windows-x86-20140702.zip (x32) from "Android SDK" official web pages (I assume that your are using Windows OS). After download extract only "platform-tools" directory to the root of Windows C:\ partition and try described procedure again.
However if you are still getting question marks instead of phone's serial number, you should ignore that step and go onto the next one. I had the same problem in the past and flash commands were successful even serial number wasn't been displayed.
Keep us informed about your progress. Good luck zbnd !!
wekii said:
Maybe you should try other version of platform tools. I would recommend you to download adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20140702.zip (x64) or adt-bundle-windows-x86-20140702.zip (x32) from "Android SDK" official web pages (I assume that your are using Windows OS). After download extract only "platform-tools" directory to the root of Windows C:\ partition and try described procedure again.
However if you are still getting question marks instead of phone's serial number, you should ignore that step and go onto the next one. I had the same problem in the past and flash commands were successful even serial number wasn't been displayed.
Keep us informed about your progress. Good luck zbnd !!
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Thanks for your response !
So I followed through like you said. Gave the fastboot oem get-bootinfo command and then I got (bootloader) locked. So I followed the bootloader's unlock code (official way), entered my product SN and product IMEI, used the Huawei Product ID generator followed the procedure and all I get is : Please input the correct Product ID
What did I do wrong this time ? I'm not sure if it's even possible to do this wrong. Is there another way around ?
You can unlock with Vroot, like I did. I didn't try to get a serial from Huawei.
For the Fastboot command 'Fastboot device's I had a ? too, but with 'adb devices' command, I got my serial number.
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Pboguet said:
You can unlock with Vroot, like I did. I didn't try to get a serial from Huawei.
For the Fastboot command 'Fastboot device's I had a ? too, but with 'adb devices' command, I got my serial number.
Sent from my HUAWEI P7-L10 using XDA Free mobile app
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I've downloaded Vroot (english version) but when i connect my phone it says not support mode
I tried to connect while in fastboot&rescue mode, because this is the only way the phone stays on without restarting.
I then tried to connect without fastboot&rescue mode. But my phone keeps rebooting. I did get a message that USB debugging is disabled. However I can't enable usb debugging because my phone won't boot up normally.
@Pboguet
You should read carefully because your answer has no sense for the phone which is in state like zbnd's phone is.
@zbnd
Maybe you are doing something wrong. You can send me your's phone serial number and IMEI in PM inbox, I will try to generate unlock code for you.
wekii said:
@Pboguet
You should read carefully because your answer has no sense for the phone which is in state like zbnd's phone is.
@zbnd
Maybe you are doing something wrong. You can send me your's phone serial number and IMEI in PM inbox, I will try to generate unlock code for you.
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Thank you very much for all your help!
Despite following all your steps my phone keeps rebooting
Sorry to hear that. Did you manage to make all steps that I described to you? Can you share more informations about your current efforts please.
wekii said:
Sorry to hear that. Did you manage to make all steps that I described to you? Can you share more informations about your current efforts please.
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Ik
After unlocking my phone I got the message unlocked in CMD.
I then flashed recovery and boot. Both times it said that the flash was succesfull, this only took a few seconds I don't know if thats normal? I then followed your last steps ( dload folder etc) and put the SD card in my phone.
It start installing but after approximetaly 25 seconds the phone shuts itself down and then reboots.
The procedure then starts again and it starts installing followed by shutting down and rebooting.
I'm sorry to hear that. Seems like it's some hardware issue.
However I still have one more idea that you can try in fastboot mode. I would recommend you to install entire firmware manually with fastboot commands.
By following previously described procedure try to extract with "Huawei Extractor" tool next images also: SYSTEM, USERDATA, CUST and CACHE.
After step number 10, try to use next commands also:
"fastboot flash system system.img"
"fastboot flash cust cust.img"
"fastboot flash userdata userdata.img"
"fastboot flash cache cache.img"
When you are finished with flashing of all images, use "fastboot reboot" command to restart your phone. Steps 11, 12 and 13 should be ignored this time.
Let me know the result
Hey, I'm glad I found this forum, because I have exactly the same problem! Since zbnd did not reply I wanted to let you know that flashing boot.img, recovery.img, cache.img, userdata.img, cust.img and system.img via fastboot did not work
The commandline for each file said "OKAY" and "finished" therefore I assume the process(es) completed succesfully.
Maybe I should tell you some information and the steps I did with my P7:
- my device is a branded german telekom version with firmware P7-L10-V100R001C150B122- because of crappy pink telekom bootlogo und bloatware I wanted to flash the original huawei firmware so I downloaded the B126 from the official website and updated via force update method- at the end of the update process i got the messages "huawei cust fail" and "update_post_process fail" but when I rebootet the B126 was installed and showed a message "Defect report reminders - This is an internal test version. Please report defects to Yangyexiao 00143718" - can't be correct, I thought- after googling a lot and reading through several forums I rooted my device with RootGenius, installed HiSuite and Android-SDK (driver were installed correctly, adb devices showed a device with serial) and deleted the "cust" directory on my phone - at that point everything still worked- next step: I installed TWRP 2.7.1.0, made an updateable zip file with huawei update extractor (including system.img, userdata.img, cust.img and boot.img) and flashed it via TWRP. The process completed succesfully, but needed only a few seconds. After that I got this bootloop at the language selection- then I wanted to return to the last functioning state, so I flashed the stock recovery via fastboot and started with force update method. But after a few seconds the device rebooted during the update process which led to another (maybe the same) bootloop. I had to remove the sd card, but the device continued to reboot in recovery mode. So i installed TWRP 2.7.1.0 again- Then I tried to restore a B133 backup I got from another forum, but it obviously did not work (see attached image)
Now I just don't know what to do ... I get a bootloop in stock recovery and I get a bootloop in TWRP 2.8.0.0.
Only TWRP 2.7.1.0 does not reboot. What is about the other files inside the UPDATE.APP (modemimage.img, efi.img, etc)? Is it possible that some of these files are needed?
Thanks in advance...
mbert said:
Hey,
Only TWRP 2.7.1.0 does not reboot.
Thanks in advance...
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If this recovery works than try:
1. Save this Se7en or this HRT or this custom MIUI ROM on SD card
2 .Wipe in TWRP everything (dalvik, system,data,cust, internal) except external (SD card). Internal only if You have a backup or not important data there.
4. Install zipp ROM from external memory. Sometimes try more than one time in fail case. For HRT ROM especially.
Let me know if helped.
Ziółek said:
If this recovery works than try:
1. Save this Se7en or this HRT or this custom MIUI ROM on SD card
2 .Wipe in TWRP everything (dalvik, system,data,cust, internal) except external (SD card). Internal only if You have a backup or not important data there.
4. Install zipp ROM from external memory. Sometimes try more than one time in fail case. For HRT ROM especially.
Let me know if helped.
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failed
I tried se7en and miui.
I wiped dalvik,system,data,internal,cache and custom, which only lasted about 2 seconds, but said succesful (Is that enough to delete all partitions?).
Installation of both custom roms completed succesfully and lastet several seconds (max 1 min I think).
Se7en: reboot -> huawei logo -> reboot -> language selection (in the style of stock rom?) -> reboot ...
Miui: reboot -> miui logo -> reboot -> language selection (miui style) -> reboot -> wifi selection (I skipped) -> searching for sim card -> reboot
mbert said:
Hey, I'm glad I found this forum, because I have exactly the same problem! Since zbnd did not reply I wanted to let you know that flashing boot.img, recovery.img, cache.img, userdata.img, cust.img and system.img via fastboot did not work
The commandline for each file said "OKAY" and "finished" therefore I assume the process(es) completed succesfully.
Maybe I should tell you some information and the steps I did with my P7:
- my device is a branded german telekom version with firmware P7-L10-V100R001C150B122- because of crappy pink telekom bootlogo und bloatware I wanted to flash the original huawei firmware so I downloaded the B126 from the official website and updated via force update method- at the end of the update process i got the messages "huawei cust fail" and "update_post_process fail" but when I rebootet the B126 was installed and showed a message "Defect report reminders - This is an internal test version. Please report defects to Yangyexiao 00143718" - can't be correct, I thought- after googling a lot and reading through several forums I rooted my device with RootGenius, installed HiSuite and Android-SDK (driver were installed correctly, adb devices showed a device with serial) and deleted the "cust" directory on my phone - at that point everything still worked- next step: I installed TWRP 2.7.1.0, made an updateable zip file with huawei update extractor (including system.img, userdata.img, cust.img and boot.img) and flashed it via TWRP. The process completed succesfully, but needed only a few seconds. After that I got this bootloop at the language selection- then I wanted to return to the last functioning state, so I flashed the stock recovery via fastboot and started with force update method. But after a few seconds the device rebooted during the update process which led to another (maybe the same) bootloop. I had to remove the sd card, but the device continued to reboot in recovery mode. So i installed TWRP 2.7.1.0 again- Then I tried to restore a B133 backup I got from another forum, but it obviously did not work (see attached image)
Now I just don't know what to do ... I get a bootloop in stock recovery and I get a bootloop in TWRP 2.8.0.0.
Only TWRP 2.7.1.0 does not reboot. What is about the other files inside the UPDATE.APP (modemimage.img, efi.img, etc)? Is it possible that some of these files are needed?
Thanks in advance...
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To use fastboot you need to unlock bootloader first. And before flash, you need to erase partition first, for a proper job. Please read well about the fastboot procedure is a dangerous procedure
My bootloader is unlocked, but fastboot sais I don't have permission to erase partitions ...
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Hi everyone i´m new to this forum. I own a Asus ME176CX and updated to official lollipop 5 from asus.com. The device is rooted and it was a little bit slow so i decided to uninstall via root uninstall some of the Bloat Apps.
The Result is ... I messed it up. I deinstalled too many apps, and it seems that i uninstall some system apps too. When my device is booting it wont stop booting and i´m only able to turn the device off.
I can get into fastboot but my recovery mode says only failed when i try to start it. I´m really new to Android and asking for some advise here. I tried a lot of this workarounds here but nothing worked for me
#pleasehelpthenoob
Thanks in Advance
Waido1981 said:
Hi everyone i´m new to this forum. I own a Asus ME176CX and updated to official lollipop 5 from asus.com. The device is rooted and it was a little bit slow so i decided to uninstall via root uninstall some of the Bloat Apps.
The Result is ... I messed it up. I deinstalled too many apps, and it seems that i uninstall some system apps too. When my device is booting it wont stop booting and i´m only able to turn the device off.
I can get into fastboot but my recovery mode says only failed when i try to start it. I´m really new to Android and asking for some advise here. I tried a lot of this workarounds here but nothing worked for me
#pleasehelpthenoobA
Thanks in Advance
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If you want lollipop, take it to warranty. If you don't mind getting stuck on kitkat (after lollipop update you can run windows or linux on this tablet, and maybe use custom rom if anyone will make it using my idea), just say and I will write you steps how to get kitkat back.
Waido1981 said:
Hi everyone i´m new to this forum. I own a Asus ME176CX and updated to official lollipop 5 from asus.com. The device is rooted and it was a little bit slow so i decided to uninstall via root uninstall some of the Bloat Apps.
The Result is ... I messed it up. I deinstalled too many apps, and it seems that i uninstall some system apps too. When my device is booting it wont stop booting and i´m only able to turn the device off.
I can get into fastboot but my recovery mode says only failed when i try to start it. I´m really new to Android and asking for some advise here. I tried a lot of this workarounds here but nothing worked for me
#pleasehelpthenoob
Thanks in Advance
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Did you manage to work it out as I'm in the same boat at the moment - I can get to fastboot and can power on and off but stuck at boot! recovery efforts just show dead android and "Error"!
Anyone?
Cheers
noggin-the-nog said:
Did you manage to work it out as I'm in the same boat at the moment - I can get to fastboot and can power on and off but stuck at boot! recovery efforts just show dead android and "Error"!
Anyone?
Cheers
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yeah my girlfriend has the same tablet. I took a backup with girlfriends device with fbrl and get it on my device. Just had to change settings and accounts and everything works well again.
Hi Everyone, I'm new here too.
I have the same problem in this topic.
I can use fastboot mode Only, I can't use adb mode, and the bootloader is locked.
when i was trying to install original firmware with this command:
fastboot update update.zip
I get this messege:
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
I need solution for this.
I haven't problem to installing any operating system, like Windows, Ubuntu, Tizen, Android x86, or other.
Please, I really need help, more than five months i am looking for a way out from this problem but it's all failed, because the boot loader was locked.
Any help would be very appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Hi
Doesn't anybody have any ideas to help me ?
Maybe I must unlock bootloader to solve my problem.
But how I can do that ?
Waido1981 said:
Hi everyone i´m new to this forum. I own a Asus ME176CX and updated to official lollipop 5 from asus.com. The device is rooted and it was a little bit slow so i decided to uninstall via root uninstall some of the Bloat Apps.
The Result is ... I messed it up. I deinstalled too many apps, and it seems that i uninstall some system apps too. When my device is booting it wont stop booting and i´m only able to turn the device off.
I can get into fastboot but my recovery mode says only failed when i try to start it. I´m really new to Android and asking for some advise here. I tried a lot of this workarounds here but nothing worked for me
#pleasehelpthenoob
Thanks in Advance
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For people with access to bootloader:
1- Download .17 and extract it on desktop
2- go to META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script and open it with notepad ++, and delete first 2 lines
3- compress it and rename it to update.zip and place it in adb folder (for me its c:\\adb)
4- shutdown the tablet and press (power and vol-) to go to bootloader.
5- write on adb "adb push update.zip /sdcard/" wait until it finishes (dont leave bootloader)
6- Download Temp Recovery: www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347782876
7- On windows, open temp recovery program, and say "ACCEPT", and press 2 then press T4 and it should boot to the temp recovery on the tablet.
8- then install the update.zip, and then format cache and dalvik, then reboot and it should be fixed.
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For people without access to bootloader:
1- Download .17 and extract it on desktop
2- go to META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script and open it with notepad ++, and delete first 2 lines
3- compress it and rename it to update.zip and place it in adb folder (for me its c:\\adb)
4- copy droidboot.img from .17 and put in in adb folder
5- go to fastboot and write "fastboot boot droidboot.img" it should boot to bootlaoder *do it at least 10 times because sometimes, the tablet boots to software and not bootloader*
6- if you are in bootloader then, Download Temp Recovery: www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347782876
7- After downloading, On windows, open temp recovery program, and say "ACCEPT", and press 2 then press T4 and it should boot to the temp recovery on the tablet.
8- then install the update.zip, and then format cache and dalvik, then reboot and it should be fixed.
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Good Luck! :laugh:
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Ruben Craveiro said:
For people without access to bootloader:
1- Download .17 and extract it on desktop
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7- After downloading, On windows, open temp recovery program, and say "ACCEPT", and press 2 then press T4 and it should boot to the temp recovery on the tablet.
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Hi Ruben,
What do you mean from step 1 ? Where can I find the (.17) to i can download it ?
When I perform step 7, it gave me error.
Overall, I had sent my problem to Asus support and their interaction was bad enough to hates them.
My problem has now ten months I have not found a solution, and the company asking me to send the device to America and I'm outside America.
I promise you I will avoid buying Asus devices from today onwards.
Thank you for trying to help us.
Venting said:
Hi Ruben,
What do you mean from step 1 ? Where can I find the (.17) to i can download it ?
When I perform step 7, it gave me error.
Overall, I had sent my problem to Asus support and their interaction was bad enough to hates them.
My problem has now ten months I have not found a solution, and the company asking me to send the device to America and I'm outside America.
I promise you I will avoid buying Asus devices from today onwards.
Thank you for trying to help us.
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Did you manage to boot into the temp TWRP recovery or is that not working either?
lambdadroid said:
Did you manage to boot into the temp TWRP recovery or is that not working either?
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Hello lambdadroid,
No, It's not work.
Venting said:
Hello lambdadroid,
No, It's not work.
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You said you have access to fastboot though? Then you should also be able to boot into the temp recovery (e.g. TWRP)
lambdadroid said:
You said you have access to fastboot though? Then you should also be able to boot into the temp recovery (e.g. TWRP)
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OK ..
I don't flashed the TWRP Recovery, and I can't get into fastboot / droidboot mode.
But when I press on this buttons (Volume up + Volume down + and Power) while booting, the device stopped on the ASUS logo screen, and in this status my PC connected with my Tablet device, and I can use fastboot commands, no thing other.
I can't use the ADB commands.
Also, When I tried flashing the firmware with ASUS Flash Tool, or CMD shell, I got the same message: FAILED (remote failure).
When I was trying to install the original firmware through CMD Shell with this command: "fastboot flash update update.zip"
I got this message:
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
When I tried with IntelAndroid-FBRL-07-24-2015 to flash TWRP or CWM Recovery, I got the error messages such as:
FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))
FAILED (command write failed (No such device or address))
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
I can't write anything to the device, That's everything.
I think i must unlock the bootloader to solve my problem.
But how do I do that ?
Venting said:
OK ..
I don't flashed the TWRP Recovery, and I can't get into fastboot / droidboot mode.
But when I press on this buttons (Volume up + Volume down + and Power) while booting, the device stopped on the ASUS logo screen, and in this status my PC connected with my Tablet device, and I can use fastboot commands, no thing other.
I can't use the ADB commands.
Also, When I tried flashing the firmware with ASUS Flash Tool, or CMD shell, I got the same message: FAILED (remote failure).
When I was trying to install the original firmware through CMD Shell with this command: "fastboot flash update update.zip"
I got this message:
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
When I tried with IntelAndroid-FBRL-07-24-2015 to flash TWRP or CWM Recovery, I got the error messages such as:
FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))
FAILED (command write failed (No such device or address))
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
I can't write anything to the device, That's everything.
I think i must unlock the bootloader to solve my problem.
But how do I do that ?
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What you're saying doesn't make much sense. How did you actually mess up your tablet?
Please also tell me the following:
- What happens if you power on the tablet normally?
- What happens if you power on the tablet using Vol+ and the power button?
- What happens if you power on the tablet using Vol- and the power button?
Unlocking the bootloader is not possible on this device and it wouldn't help you anyway if you can't get into fastboot (the droidboot screen). As far as I know the fastboot screen you can enter with Vol+ and Vol- and the power button is pretty much useless, you need the droidboot screen to recover your tablet.
lambdadroid said:
What you're saying doesn't make much sense. How did you actually mess up your tablet?
Please also tell me the following:
- What happens if you power on the tablet normally?
- What happens if you power on the tablet using Vol+ and the power button?
- What happens if you power on the tablet using Vol- and the power button?
Unlocking the bootloader is not possible on this device and it wouldn't help you anyway if you can't get into fastboot (the droidboot screen). As far as I know the fastboot screen you can enter with Vol+ and Vol- and the power button is pretty much useless, you need the droidboot screen to recover your tablet.
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If I press on the power button normally
Or I press on Volume up button, and Power button
Or I press on Volume down button, and Power button
The result is the same, It's a red line is showing on screen bottom, then the device stops working.
You can see this Picture here
Venting said:
If I press on the power button normally
Or I press on Volume up button, and Power button
Or I press on Volume down button, and Power button
The result is the same, It's a red line is showing on screen bottom, then the device stops working.
You can see this Picture here
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How did you actually mess up your tablet?
I don't think you'll have many options to repair your tablet at this point. You could have luck if you have a powered OTG hub, by booting something like Linux and flashing the necessary stuff back to the internal storage, although depending on how much you messed up, that may not make things better. The other option is sending it in to ASUS.
Venting said:
Hi Ruben,
What do you mean from step 1 ? Where can I find the (.17) to i can download it ?
When I perform step 7, it gave me error.
Overall, I had sent my problem to Asus support and their interaction was bad enough to hates them.
My problem has now ten months I have not found a solution, and the company asking me to send the device to America and I'm outside America.
I promise you I will avoid buying Asus devices from today onwards.
Thank you for trying to help us.
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what i mean with .17 is the software (first lollipop release)
you can get it here: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/ME176C/UL-K013-WW-12.10.1.17_KK-user.zip
and to run the temp recovery make sure you have access to bootloader and have all drivers installed, if your computers says something about adb drivers for bootloader add these drivers so that it works: http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/ME176C/ADB_driver.zip if you still cant acces is because you did not installed properly all the needed drivers. I wish u luck.
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Venting said:
If I press on the power button normally
Or I press on Volume up button, and Power button
Or I press on Volume down button, and Power button
The result is the same, It's a red line is showing on screen bottom, then the device stops working.
You can see this Picture here
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if you cant access bootloader or fastboot the only way to get it back, is to have a otg powered hub, and run uefi, and then boot linux and then reinstall the android partitions. (im very newbie at this so i cant tell u much about it)
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Venting said:
OK ..
I don't flashed the TWRP Recovery, and I can't get into fastboot / droidboot mode.
But when I press on this buttons (Volume up + Volume down + and Power) while booting, the device stopped on the ASUS logo screen, and in this status my PC connected with my Tablet device, and I can use fastboot commands, no thing other.
I can't use the ADB commands.
Also, When I tried flashing the firmware with ASUS Flash Tool, or CMD shell, I got the same message: FAILED (remote failure).
When I was trying to install the original firmware through CMD Shell with this command: "fastboot flash update update.zip"
I got this message:
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
When I tried with IntelAndroid-FBRL-07-24-2015 to flash TWRP or CWM Recovery, I got the error messages such as:
FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))
FAILED (command write failed (No such device or address))
FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error))
I can't write anything to the device, That's everything.
I think i must unlock the bootloader to solve my problem.
But how do I do that ?
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well you have made some stuff wrong, BUT i think you can get it back, first of all its not supposed for you to actually install twrp or cwm, and you need this file: (droidboot.img) https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B3h_JptTNZeeRjdXdE1rWlNLYnM/view?usp=sharing
and place it in c:\\adb and then do fastboot boot droidboot.img and then it should boot to the bootloader if it doesnt, then do it again and again until it does.. (you need to do it several times to make it work, at least thats how i got out of bootloop), then in the bootloader you have access to adb commands so temp recovery should be working, if it still doesnt then it means it needs the adb drivers for the bootloader, after u loaded twrp recovery load .17 update(place the update in microsd, or adb push update.zip /sdcard/) and it should work
lambdadroid, Ruben Craveiro
Thank you guys so much for trying help me.
I tried everything except OTG powered hub.
I will try with OTG powered hub, and I hope solves my problem.
Thank you for everything.
Ruben Craveiro said:
For people with access to bootloader:
1- Download .17 and extract it on desktop
2- go to META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script and open it with notepad ++, and delete first 2 lines
3- compress it and rename it to update.zip and place it in adb folder (for me its c:\\adb)
4- shutdown the tablet and press (power and vol-) to go to bootloader.
5- write on adb "adb push update.zip /sdcard/" wait until it finishes (dont leave bootloader)
6- Download Temp Recovery:
7- On windows, open temp recovery program, and say "ACCEPT", and press 2 then press T4 and it should boot to the temp recovery on the tablet.
8- then install the update.zip, and then format cache and dalvik, then reboot and it should be fixed.
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For people without access to bootloader:
1- Download .17 and extract it on desktop
2- go to META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script and open it with notepad ++, and delete first 2 lines
3- compress it and rename it to update.zip and place it in adb folder (for me its c:\\adb)
4- copy droidboot.img from .17 and put in in adb folder
5- go to fastboot and write "fastboot boot droidboot.img" it should boot to bootlaoder *do it at least 10 times because sometimes, the tablet boots to software and not bootloader*
6- if you are in bootloader then, Download Temp Recovery
7- After downloading, On windows, open temp recovery program, and say "ACCEPT", and press 2 then press T4 and it should boot to the temp recovery on the tablet.
8- then install the update.zip, and then format cache and dalvik, then reboot and it should be fixed.
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Hello
I tried these two methods to recover my unrooted Memo tab. The push method doesn't do anything and the second method says "wating for device"
A little background info on how I got here. The tablet got stuck on the loading screen after the last OTA update. I tried to do the factory reset from the tablet but I get the following messsage, "E: Can't open /dev/block/by-name/misc"
I have also tried to load the zip file using sideload and get the following message.
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Not sure what else to try...any help is appreciated.
wifebeeter said:
Hello
I tried these two methods to recover my unrooted Memo tab. The push method doesn't do anything and the second method says "wating for device"
A little background info on how I got here. The tablet got stuck on the loading screen after the last OTA update. I tried to do the factory reset from the tablet but I get the following messsage, "E: Can't open /dev/block/by-name/misc"
I have also tried to load the zip file using sideload and get the following message.
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Not sure what else to try...any help is appreciated.
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make sure your device is conected to pc and that it has all the drivers needed (adb drivers)...boot into bootloader and load temp recovery and flash latest version
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Venting said:
lambdadroid, Ruben Craveiro
Thank you guys so much for trying help me.
I tried everything except OTG powered hub.
I will try with OTG powered hub, and I hope solves my problem.
Thank you for everything.
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you can access dnx mode(fastboot starting #1#2#3), so you can go into bootloader, heres how: get the file efilinux.efi and droidboot.img and put them in adb folder (you can get the droidboot.img on update.zip and if u look on .33 version theres a zip inside of it that its called ESP, you can find efilinux.efi from there) after doing that go into DnX mode on the tablet, and do these fastboot commands: "fastboot flash osloader efilinux.efi" and do "fastboot boot droidboot.img" and this will certainly make you boot to droidboot/bootloader and from there you can load temp recovery and flash the software, and no need for otg hub
Ruben Craveiro said:
make sure your device is conected to pc and that it has all the drivers needed (adb drivers)...boot into bootloader and load temp recovery and flash latest version
HI
I tried temporary recovery and I get the following messege.
error: closed
<waiting for device>
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Okay so I got my oneplus 3t today and I updated it to Nougat via the ota file all good so far. I then decided that I wanted to install a custom rom so I downloaded twrp supersu etc everything needed to root and install the rom. Here's where it went wrong in knowingly I downloaded the wrong twrp flashed it and it would just hang at the flash screen for twrp. Anyway after hours of trying to install a recovery I managed to get a stock one to semi work, now it turns out I don't know how I did it but my phone won't even boot it just turns on and goes straight to fastboot mode. I managed to get a stock recovery semi working but it won't let me install the stock rom from internal storage and I've tried updating through adb and it will hang at a random percentage for a good 20 mins and then just fail. Really need some help here it would be great, thanks
Hi,
If you can get into fastboot mode then the best recourse is through there. Hope you properly OEM unlocked your device.
First of all, you MUST have the latest adb/fastboot binaries and FOR SURE have the correct drivers.
Follow the links on this XDA article to download the latest adb and fastboot binaries: https://www.xda-developers.com/google-releases-separate-adb-and-fastboot-binary-downloads
This is the link for the Windows binary: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
Extract all the contents of the zip file in a folder on your PC.
Then, also make sure to have THE CORRECT twrp, 3.0.2.0 or 3.0.3.0. This is the link but currently it is down: https://twrp.me/devices/oneplus3t.html
Download THE IMAGE, NOT FLASHABLE ZIP and put it in the same folder as the android platform tools above.
Finally, download the latest complete 3T firmware from OnePlus from this link: http://downloads.oneplus.net/devices/oneplus-3t/
I STRONGLY recommend not to use an update zip, even a full ROM update zip as that one might not include certain firmware images.
Put THE ZIP on the same folder as the others, DO NOT EXTRACT ANYTHING.
On your PC, open a command prompt in the folder where you extracted the android platform tools and run the following: fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-oneplus3t.img (assuming you downloaded the 3.0.3 version of twrp).
Your phone will TEMPORARILY accept the twrp recovery as a boot image and boot from there. NOTHING IS BEING PERMANENTLY WRITTEN AT THIS TIME.
After that, enter TWRP's Wipe menu and wipe system, data and cache.
Finally, use TWRP's Advanced menu and enter adb sideload mode. Once there slide that slider to the right to enable adb mode and return to your PC and enter the following command in the command prompt:
adb sideload OnePlus3TOxygen_28_OTA_029_all_1612131737_17e7161d2b234949.zip (assuming you downloaded the 3.5.4 binary from OnePlus).
TWRP should properly flash the OnePlus ROM and hopefully, return you to proper function. You can then update back to Nougat.
Hope that helped!
Yeah that sorted it thanks a lot
Use the emergency tool for OP3T and start from scratch:
https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/unbrick-guide-oneplus-3t.481214/
@KeyperOS
I'm trying to follow this guide, but did you miss something out here?
On your PC, open a command prompt in the folder where you extracted the android platform tools and run the following: fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-oneplus3t.img (assuming you downloaded the 3.0.3 version of twrp).
Your phone will TEMPORARILY accept the twrp recovery as a boot image and boot from there. NOTHING IS BEING PERMANENTLY WRITTEN AT THIS TIME.
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Once I do "fastboot boot twrp" and get a success, then what?
Do I need to somehow reboot the phone into TWRP - because that didn't happen on its own.
If so, how do I do this?
Thanks,
jackmacbunton said:
Yeah that sorted it thanks a lot
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Glad that sorted it out
PugRallye said:
@KeyperOSI'm trying to follow this guide, but did you miss something out here?
Once I do "fastboot boot twrp" and get a success, then what? Do I need to somehow reboot the phone into TWRP - because that didn't happen on its own. If so, how do I do this? Thanks,
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My instructions while detailed are not step-by-step. I expect the person reading them to have their PC configured correctly and at least a vague idea of what they're doing.
So, assuming you put the correct TWRP image (my command uses the name of the image for TWRP 3.0.3.0, you MUST alter it to reflect the actual image's filename if it's not that) on the same folder as the fastboot binary then yeah, the command
fastboot boot twrp-3.0.3-0-oneplus3t.img
should have made your phone reboot and enter into the TWRP image that you had on your PC.
If it didn't then you did sth else wrong before that.
Either you didn't OEM unlock your phone when you still could or you didn't use the android platform tools that I linked or you don't have the correct ADB drivers installed on your PC.
Start from there.
Hope that helped!
Thanks for your help @KeyperOS - I know where I went wrong...
To save some time, when I tried to reboot into TWRP, I typed "fastboot boot " then I dragged and dropped the TWRP img file onto that line in the cmd window (rather than typing the filename manually) - when you do that, it appears to include the full path to the img - it was that that was causing the problem.
When I typed the TWRP filename manually, it worked.
The only thing that caught me out was after I'd installed the ROM (via adb sideload) I tried to reboot the device from TWRP recovery - this seemed to just hang. In the end I just powered off the phone using the power key, then powered it back up as per usual.
Checked that the phone booted to the first of the setup screens, then powered off/booted into fastboot mode, relocked the bootloader and it seems to be OK.
I'm now back on 3.5.4 again, which was what I was trying to do...
4.0.0/1 had felt a bit laggy, and I'd sensed some issues with wifi and BT, I can now run 3.5.4 and see how it compares - was I just imagining it?
Thanks again for the guide and your help - I really appreciated it
@PugRallye
Windows' command prompt has an autocomplete feature. If you want it to add the name of a file, type a couple letters and then present TAB, it's gonna complete the filename itself and if it's the wrong file you can keep tapping tab to cycle through all the options.
Really glad it worked out Btw [emoji4]
In my experience, 3.5.4 was great but 4.0 is a step up in both battery life, which IME is amazing and features, with it I almost didn't need root and certainly don't need xposed which was a first.
Where I can find official ROM for asus me375cl based on android 5.1.1?
Finaly, i find zip with official ROM on 4pda:
4pda-ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=799982
(put '.' (dot) instead '-' in url)
A special thank to alexoid79 for instruction.
little_pindos said:
Finaly, i find zip with official ROM on 4pda:
4pda-ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=799982
(put '.' (dot) instead '-' in url)
A special thank to alexoid79 for instruction.
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Thank you so much for posting where you found this, this is exactly what I needed!!! You saved my tablet, it is much appreciated! :good:
Flashing Factory Image
The following instructions worked for me when trying to reflash the factory firmware for the ATT Asus MemoPad 7 LTE (ME375CL). I did originally try using the Asus Flash Tool and the raw firmware file (link below) but the tool said it could not unzip the package for some reason or another. So the steps below show how I did it using ADB with fastboot.
I ASSUME NO LIABILITY SHOULD THIS GO WRONG FOR YOU! However, it probably shouldn't matter if you are bricked, I doubt it will make it any worse Either way, I will not replace your tablet or be responsible for troubleshooting it should you mess it up more...
This scenario is based on the tablet stuck on the Asus boot screen and not going any further. I was trying some in depth rooting attempts and bricked it badly. I was then trying to install a custom recovery and that is why I could not reset it and bricked it.
PRE-REQS:
1. ADB installed - Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsna04wMjY1eG9YREU
2. Asus Drivers installed
3. Firmware - Download: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsnWGhwYzA0Vkluc2s (file is 1 Gb + in size, may take a bit)
SETUP:
If you already have a working ADB setup, do not download the one above. If you are using the one above, I extracted the folder into my C: drive, so the path for ADB would be C:\adb (to keep it simple and less typing).
MAKE SURE THE ASUS DRIVERS ARE INSTALLED! If you have plugged the tablet in to a pc before, they should already be there. Otherwise search, download and install the appropriate drivers.
INSTRUCTIONS:
Extract the firmware zip file to somewhere easily accessible like your desktop. In there, you should see the boot.img, recovery.img and system.img files, copy/paste those files to your ADB folder (for easier typing later on). There are also additional files like these but start with "unsigned_", do NOT use those!
1. Ensure you probably have at least 30% battery charge, I would still recommend more though.
2. Put the tablet in Fastboot mode by ensuring the tablet is completely powered down and then press/hold the VOLUME UP and POWER keys at the same time. When the Asus screen appears, let go of the POWER button but continue to hold the VOLUME UP button. Let go of the VOLUME UP button when the fastboot screen appears.
3. Plug the tablet in to the computer and then open a CMD prompt as administrator.
4. The following uses the ADB downloaded and placed in the folder as listed above, you may need to adjust the location path as needed if you already have ADB installed or located in a different path.
Type in the following without the quotes: "cd c:\adb" (this will change the path to the ADB files for the CMD prompt)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot devices" (you should then see a device listed)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" (flashes the factory recovery image)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot flash system system.img" (flashes the factory system image, may take a while to flash)
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot flash boot boot.img" (flashes the factory boot image)
5. Once those 3 images have been flashed, you should have seen a message that says "OKAY" after each one. You should be fine as long as you do not have any red error messages on your tablet.
Type in the following without the quotes: "fastboot reboot" (reboots device normally)
6. If all goes well, it should now boot to the Asus screen and then go to the ATT screen. If so, it will stay on the ATT screen for a while, just wait it out. Mine took about 12-15 minutes and then it opened to the new setup screen to set the tablet up as if its new!
This is how I was able to recover my bricked tablet, hopefully it can help someone else that may run into this.
John, thank you for the write-up. Just bought my ME375CL with 4.4.4.4.
When I try to flash the recovery partition, I get the following error:
C:\Users\Myself\Desktop\adb>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 536870912 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11312 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.047s]
writing 'recovery'...
(bootloader) Official image.
FAILED (remote: flash_cmds error!
)
finished. total time: 2.344s
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and on the tablet's screen:
FASTBOOT CMD WAITING...
RECEIVE DATA...
E:recovery flash failed!
FLASH FAILED!
RESULT: FAIL(flash_cmds error! )
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I haven't tried the other commands for system.img or boot.img as I don't want to do anything out of order from the write-up. Ever run into this?
The firmware in the download is 5.1.1, not 4.4.4. That is probably the issue. If you are running good on that, I would try rooting it instead. If you are just wanting to upgrade, you will need to have an active AT&T SIM in the tablet to upgrade over the air. I am not sure if there is a flashable upgrade or not somewhere.
Oh ok John. I misread the title of the thread. I thought it was for updating from 4 to 5.
Quick question then: Is it possible, using the adb / fastboot tools, to backup the current 4.4.4.4 before I allow the tablet to update to Lollipop? After reading around, I understand that Lollipop can't be rooted but I have no real concern for it. But just in case I need the tablet to do something else in the future, I'd like to be able to return it to kit kat to be able to root.
Once you upgrade to lollipop, there is no downgrading for this tablet. There really is not much development for this device. I have kind of been working on a lollipop root when I can. Between my limited time and knowledge of android, I can't promise anything.
Overcoming red messages?
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your help. My device runs KitKat 4.4, I can't upgrade over the air, as I damaged my sim slot struggling to remove a stuck nano sim, which I had inserted before I realized that it required a micro sim. (I'd wrongly assumed that by now the world uses only nano).
I followed the steps above, which you wrote so clearly for lay men, thank you a lot.
The flash for recovery.img and system.img worked fine (no red error messages on device).
The flash for boot.img had a red error message.
Might you have an idea or workaround on how I can address this?
If it refuses, is it possible to factory reset?
Thank you very much again for any words of advice and kind regards.
Gor- said:
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your help. My device runs KitKat 4.4, I can't upgrade over the air, as I damaged my sim slot struggling to remove a stuck nano sim, which I had inserted before I realized that it required a micro sim. (I'd wrongly assumed that by now the world uses only nano).
I followed the steps above, which you wrote so clearly for lay men, thank you a lot.
The flash for recovery.img and system.img worked fine (no red error messages on device).
The flash for boot.img had a red error message.
Might you have an idea or workaround on how I can address this?
If it refuses, is it possible to factory reset?
Thank you very much again for any words of advice and kind regards.
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Sounds odd that it did 2 out of 3 flashes. After you flashed those and rebooted, are you still on KitKat or did it actually update to Lollipop (5.1)? I ask because I assume the system image that flashed would be the operating system.
I still want to stress that this post is for recovering a bricked tablet that will not boot at all. I would not suggest using this as a flashing upgrade as I do not know if it will truly work. If you are still on KK (even after flashing) you could try installing the Asus Flash Tool and use the raw firmware that you downloaded and try it that way. It did not work for me so that is why I used fastboot. It might work for you.
Here is a link for the Asus Flash Tool:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsndXJUa1FEbXVzTjA
johnkirchner said:
Sounds odd that it did 2 out of 3 flashes. After you flashed those and rebooted, are you still on KitKat or did it actually update to Lollipop (5.1)? I ask because I assume the system image that flashed would be the operating system.
I still want to stress that this post is for recovering a bricked tablet that will not boot at all. I would not suggest using this as a flashing upgrade as I do not know if it will truly work. If you are still on KK (even after flashing) you could try installing the Asus Flash Tool and use the raw firmware that you downloaded and try it that way. It did not work for me so that is why I used fastboot. It might work for you.
Here is a link for the Asus Flash Tool: ]
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As a follow up on your question above, Tab restart stalled at a screen (after the Asus logo), presenting some options to do recovery, reboot, factory reset, etc. (factory reset did not help), and red error messages at bottom.
To the GOOD news for anyone interested. I used the Asus Flash Tool and the firmware zip for 5.1.1 (many thanks for the advice).
Note: Tool did not install correctly on Win10 pc, citing error in installing some devcon.exe or similar file (guess that may be a firewall/antivirus issue).
Flash tool took some 15 or so mins unzipping firmware, after which I saw some action on the tab. Another 15 mins, and it rebooted to the At&t logo, stayed here for another 15 mins and unraveled a whole new device on Android 5.1
Glad to hear it worked for you and that I guess you can use this to flash upgrade from kitkat!
There is working way to root our device on lollipop! It is for the other Asus model, but it works for our
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?s=&showtopic=640814&view=findpost&p=53047686
I will check this out!
The root works, installed without any issues and verified with a root checker!
Here is a direct download from my Drive folder: https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B0fKccJIuWsnN21ZbnZpc2F6b1E
1. Download the file above.
2. Extract the zip contents.
3. Plug your ME375CL tablet in to pc via usb cable.
4. Make sure you have enabled Developer Mode and allowed USB Debugging first!
5. Open the folder you extracted and double click the "Root-One-Click.cmd" file.
6. It should reboot to fastboot mode and flash the needed files and then reboot again.
You should now have root access. Verify this by installing a root checker app from the play store. Keep in mind, it may say root not installed on the first run. Sometimes it will take a moment for superuser to initially run or prompt for access.
Side note: the root uninstall did not seem to work, got an error...but oh well, the point is to have root!
Thanks go to @little_pindos for finding this file...you are a rockstar!
Anyone get xposed on LP?
ATT Boot Up Sound
Tired of the ATT boot sound? If you used the rooting method above, then you can get rid of the annoying ATT startup sound by doing the following:
1. Install a Root Browser app (I recommend Rom Toolbox Pro, it has a built in file manager)
2. Navigate to the following path:
root/system/media
3. Find the file named "powerup.wav"
4. Simply rename the file by adding .bak to the end (ex - powerup.wav.bak)
5. Make sure it took the name change (some file managers have issues with that)
6. Reboot and see if it got rid of the sound!
You can also use your own startup sounds as long as they are in a .wav format, I believe. Make sure that the name of the file is powerup.wav.
You can also change your boot animation with "boot animation" app.
Best tweak IMO is adding "ro.config.low_ram=true" to build prop, or installing the low ram device xposed module if we can get it to work (both do the same thing). You gain about 100mb more free RAM on average.
TimmyP said:
You can also change your boot animation with "boot animation" app.
Best tweak IMO is adding "ro.config.low_ram=true" to build prop, or installing the low ram device xposed module if we can get it to work (both do the same thing). You gain about 100mb more free RAM on average.
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I'll have to try that!
AT&T no longer has updates in system for this tablet
Gor- said:
Dear John,
Thank you very much for your help. My device runs KitKat 4.4, I can't upgrade over the air, as I damaged my sim slot struggling to remove a stuck nano sim, which I had inserted before I realized that it required a micro sim. (I'd wrongly assumed that by now the world uses only nano).
I followed the steps above, which you wrote so clearly for lay men, thank you a lot.
The flash for recovery.img and system.img worked fine (no red error messages on device).
The flash for boot.img had a red error message.
Might you have an idea or workaround on how I can address this?
If it refuses, is it possible to factory reset?
Thank you very much again for any words of advice and kind regards.
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AT&T removed the last update for this tablet months ago and no longer supports it. ASUS states AT&T has all the updates. Total cluster.
Hi everyone ,
I tried flashing android 11 on my pixel 4xl today and I did the exact same procedures when I used to flash my pixel 2 but I don't know what went wrong and I am stuck on Fastbood Mode where it says :
Boot slot: b
enter reason: no valid slot to boot.
What I did was , I downloaded platformtols and pixel 4xl factory image. Then , I unzipped all contents into one folder. I ran cmd command and execute the following commands :
Before running the commands I enabled OEM Unlock and USB debugging .
In the command Prompt I executed :
cd\pp\p
adb
adb devices
then it showed the list of devices attached
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flashing unlock
and then
flash-all
And now I am stuck on fastboot mode and my phone is not rooted if you are concerned . I contact google support and he thought its a hardware issue which I am damn sure it's not . He told me to send my phone to the repair center but I can not because I am not in US anymore and where I am living there is no Google Service Center. Can someone please help me I just want to run my phone again. Please !
Thanks.
blackbomb1991 said:
Hi everyone ,
I tried flashing android 11 on my pixel 4xl today and I did the exact same procedures when I used to flash my pixel 2 but I don't know what went wrong and I am stuck on Fastbood Mode where it says :
Boot slot: b
enter reason: no valid slot to boot.
What I did was , I downloaded platformtols and pixel 4xl factory image. Then , I unzipped all contents into one folder. I ran cmd command and execute the following commands :
Before running the commands I enabled OEM Unlock and USB debugging .
In the command Prompt I executed :
cd\pp\p
adb
adb devices
then it showed the list of devices attached
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flashing unlock
and then
flash-all
And now I am stuck on fastboot mode and my phone is not rooted if you are concerned . I contact google support and he thought its a hardware issue which I am damn sure it's not . He told me to send my phone to the repair center but I can not because I am not in US anymore and where I am living there is no Google Service Center. Can someone please help me I just want to run my phone again. Please !
Thanks.
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Go to https://developers.google.com/android/images and flash manually it's work with me
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When you run the flash all in fastboot, what messages/errors does it show?
I once ran into a similar problem, the fact that you have unlocked the bootloader is good as you can flash the factory image and boot it up.
Usually once in fastboot I check the devices with "fastboot devices", if it shows up, I close the adb window, copy the factory image files to the adb folder, and doublec click the flash all bat. It should do everything by itself and reboot now.
TENN3R said:
When you run the flash all in fastboot, what messages/errors does it show?
I once ran into a similar problem, the fact that you have unlocked the bootloader is good as you can flash the factory image and boot it up.
Usually once in fastboot I check the devices with "fastboot devices", if it shows up, I close the adb window, copy the factory image files to the adb folder, and doublec click the flash all bat. It should do everything by itself and reboot now.
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Just to add to this, make sure you left the image-coral-[buildnumber].[builddate].zip ZIPPED. Your folder should look something like this one, although you might also have your platform-tools in that same directory, which is perfectly fine, but not necessary if you have them added to your path.
Just try redoing the flash-all.bat again. This time, though, do it from powershell. Here's what to do. Right click in the folder, not on any item, just in the folder, and you should see "open powershell" (or command prompt, if this is the case, then just type powershell into the cmd window), click that. Then, type or copy and paste into the powershell prompt while in that directory:
.\flash-all.bat | Tee xda-flash-attempt.log
and if it still doesn't work and you're stuck in fastboot, just upload that .log file, so we can see what happened. If you're curious, what Tee does is it simultaneously takes standard input (i.e. what you see on the screen, the output of programs) and shows it to you, as well as sends it to a file, in this case, the xda-flash-attempt.log If you really don't want to use powershell, you can accomplish what's needed by typing flash-all.bat > xda-flash-attempt.log, but you will not see any of the output, as it will all be piped into that file. The | key is the one directly below backspace, which is the same key as \, but with shift held down.
Also, if it's not working, it might be worth checking that the checksum of the zip file you downloaded is correct, possibly redownloading it, and also checking what the flash-all.bat contents are. There are two files named flash-all in the folder, one a .sh for *nix systems, and a .bat for windows. While it should automatically assume you meant the .bat, it's best to be explicit. The .sh really wouldn't do anything different, if it worked, so it's a minor issue that really wouldn't make a difference, but still.
Edit: when you do type flash-all, the cmd prompt was in the directory with the flash-all.bat file as well as all of the other necessary files, yes? Seems obvious, perhaps, but just based on the "cd\pp\p" command you ran, which doesn't do anything, you should be changing directory to the directory that holds the flash-all.bat as well as the firmware.
blackbomb1991 said:
Hi everyone ,
I tried flashing android 11 on my pixel 4xl today ...
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Like others have said, you need to extract the Google image which has a nested zip file (which you leave alone unless you need something in there). Since you apparently are stuck and cannot boot, I suggest you extract the boot.img from that nested zip file into your tools folder and fastboot flash the boot.img to be able to boot the phone to system. You may need to do the vol-down button press to enter fastboot mode. Once you have your phone back and running, boot into fastboot mode and run the flash-all again. If you extracted the Google image completely, now the script can finish. Not sure if you want to wipe the phone while doing this, so you can also "dirty flash" . If you would like to retain all your apps and app data, edit the flash-all script with notepad and remove the wipe flag (-w) from the script and SAVE it before running. Best of luck. :good:
blackbomb1991 said:
Hi everyone ,
I tried flashing android 11 on my pixel 4xl today and I did the exact same procedures when I used to flash my pixel 2 but I don't know what went wrong and I am stuck on Fastbood Mode where it says :
Boot slot: b
enter reason: no valid slot to boot.
What I did was , I downloaded platformtols and pixel 4xl factory image. Then , I unzipped all contents into one folder. I ran cmd command and execute the following commands :
Before running the commands I enabled OEM Unlock and USB debugging .
In the command Prompt I executed :
cd\pp\p
adb
adb devices
then it showed the list of devices attached
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flashing unlock
and then
flash-all
And now I am stuck on fastboot mode and my phone is not rooted if you are concerned . I contact google support and he thought its a hardware issue which I am damn sure it's not . He told me to send my phone to the repair center but I can not because I am not in US anymore and where I am living there is no Google Service Center. Can someone please help me I just want to run my phone again. Please !
Thanks.
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Put the unzipped factory image files (should be 6 of them) in your platform tools folder and then open up the command prompt in the platform tools folder and execute the flash-all command. Make sure all remnants of previous factory images, etc. are removed from the platform tools folder beforehand as well so you just have the platform tools default files in there as well as the 6 files from the factory image.
The latest version of platform tools is 30.0.4 I believe so make sure you have that version.
I just switched from a Pixel 2 xl and ran into the exact same problem with the no valid slot to boot error yesterday. It turned out I was not using the latest platform tools when flashing the factory image. I upgraded my platform tools to 30.04 and everything flashed and booted as expected.
Make sure you're using an A to C and not the C to C that comes with the phone when flashing. Yes, it matters.
Hi everyone,
Thank you so much guys for your quick responses . Well , I finally resolved my issue by the following commands so I'm just gonna post it for whomever may run into the same problem as I did .
First thing I did, was to download the latest Platform tools as well as USB Drivers and then I executed the following commands :
fastboot --slot=all flash bootloader ( Drag bootloader image ) By dragging I mean , you should unzip the flash factory image into a folder and then drag bootloader image into command prompt .
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot --slot=all flash radio ( Drag radio image )
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot --skip-reboot --slot=all update ( Drag Image file )
Boommmmm, my phone back on running again with no issue.
blackbomb1991 said:
Hi everyone,
Thank you so much guys for your quick responses . Well , I finally resolved my issue by the following commands so I'm just gonna post it for whomever may run into the same problem as I did .
First thing I did, was to download the latest Platform tools as well as USB Drivers and then I executed the following commands :
fastboot --slot=all flash bootloader ( Drag bootloader image ) By dragging I mean , you should unzip the flash factory image into a folder and then drag bootloader image into command prompt .
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot --slot=all flash radio ( Drag radio image )
fastboot reboot bootloader
fastboot --skip-reboot --slot=all update ( Drag Image file )
Boommmmm, my phone back on running again with no issue.
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Woohoo! This worked perfectly. Thanks for following up with the instructions.