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[Q] Dell Streak 7 Restore problem **Help**

Hi all.
I am hoping someone out there can help me.
I recently bought a used Dell Streak S7.
I tried to restore the DS& back to a factory out of the box state and no luck.
Tried the follwoing three
menu ->setting-> Privacy->Factory Data reset
pin hole by sd card\
Volume + and power -> 1. and 3.
I have added info for Wi-fi and everytime DS7 is turned off and turned on the wi-fi settings are lost.
I was able to root it with One Click Superoot but when i turn DS7 off and turn it off the SU dissapears.
I read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011654 and i can't access CWM thorugh Goggle market.
The original owner account info still remains regardless of reboot and etc.....
I don't have a SD card for it and i am not sure what impact that has.
Android Version 2.2
Baseband Version 11.809.05.03.00
OEM version GLUNB1A132233
Build Number 14291
ANy information or any ideas would greatly help.
Thanks,
Dennis

Dennis,
Did you every resolve your issues?
I am having nearly the same issues as you were.
I bought a used Dell Streak that had been updated to Froyo. When I try to reset the device to factory settings to remove the original owners email address it acts like it works but each time the device boots back up all the original owners info is still there. Their wallpaper, email accounts, facebook accounts, twitter acounts, etc.
I have tried to use the Settings>Privacy>Factory Data Rest, it seems to work but doesn't clear the system all data remains.
I have tried turning off the unit and holding the volume up and power and using the restore option from there but each time it boots back with all the original owners info.
I can not get it to do a factory reset thus I can not associate my gmail account with the device.
Does anyone have a solution?
Thanks,
Frankie4life

No luck yet.
Still waiting and hoping.

Have you guys tried restoring with NVFlash? this procedure works great and helped me a bunch. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1018809&highlight=nvflash
If you are successful but your streak still wont get past the dell logo on boot, boot back into recovery (Vol+ and Power) and do a factory restore.
warning, this will erase EVERYTHING on your streak

Same thing here
I am having the same exact issue. I have tried restoring using nvflash... No luck
I have tried using the Fastboot method... No Luck
I even found an Update.pkg to try and update it using the built in recovery... No luck, It ends with an error of "Modem Error" says it completed successfully and then reboots to its previos state.
I have tried flashing the clockwork recovery via Fastboot and also.... No Luck
I am not a Noob and I have the the proper ADB and fastboot drivers installed, I am very familiar with using the android sdk and adb command from the SDK folder location.
I beleive at this point either due to an error or something the previous owner did the Streak is now "write protected" is this possible?
My biggest problem is when I root the devices using super one click it gives me root access and when launching the ADB SHELL i receive the "#" indicating that the shell has root, If I try and run ADB remount i receive and error
"c:\androidsdk\tools>adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
c:\androidsdk\tools>"
this indicates to me that I cannot mount any memory from the device as read/write.
Any info would be helpful
Tom

wikedbubble said:
I am having the same exact issue. I have tried restoring using nvflash... No luck
I have tried using the Fastboot method... No Luck
I even found an Update.pkg to try and update it using the built in recovery... No luck, It ends with an error of "Modem Error" says it completed successfully and then reboots to its previos state.
I have tried flashing the clockwork recovery via Fastboot and also.... No Luck
I am not a Noob and I have the the proper ADB and fastboot drivers installed, I am very familiar with using the android sdk and adb command from the SDK folder location.
I beleive at this point either due to an error or something the previous owner did the Streak is now "write protected" is this possible?
My biggest problem is when I root the devices using super one click it gives me root access and when launching the ADB SHELL i receive the "#" indicating that the shell has root, If I try and run ADB remount i receive and error
"c:\androidsdk\tools>adb remount
remount failed: Operation not permitted
c:\androidsdk\tools>"
this indicates to me that I cannot mount any memory from the device as read/write.
Any info would be helpful
Tom
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hi, i'm going through something similar, where did you find the update.pkg? i've been looking for it everywhere, thank you

the answer i would suggest is use nvflash like navycow suggested you have 2 choices with that you can install unrooted 2.2.2 or honeycomb, search the thread for it and if you can't find it let me know i will post a link.

It seems that alot of people are having this problem I found the link for the OTA update here.
http://www.streaksmart.com/updates/page/2/
From there you can download the update.pkg manually or OTA
Make sure you don't use the O2 update because that is for the Streak released in EU. It took a little browsing but I found it in there somewhere

Is it possible at all with adb to factory reset kindle without factory cable?

I believe I habe the kfsowi model. it is 11.3.1.0 it is rooted and I am wanting to factory reset it but I dont have a factory cable. just a normal usb cable that I've been using adb to transfer and even instlal some files because through tweaking it, it lead to a missing status bar in which i change the qmenu = to 0 and 1 or whatever in build.prop but no matter what it doesnt keep the status bar active at all times like it should be. it is non existent until i click on an app in apex, adw or any launcher ive tried then it flashes and disappears. during this flash it is not usable no matter how fast i click it.
also a small issue it has is ever reboot, it says kindle is upgrading but it is not upgrading at all because i have tried to click check now in settings to check for updates but every time it says update failed. next after that message it says starting applications for about 20 seconds. long bootup. i have probably messed with tweak i shouldnt have with pimp my rom and also android tweaker 2 and pro before it became 2. so the status bar is non existent. sucks cause cant even get facebook notifications lol.
i did factory reset it by the menu and also by using andromizer app to click recovery mode and do it that way.
(without status bar i been using all in one gestures but now recently i switched to using LMT.
this kindle has a few issues since i made it kinda as minimal as i could and probably uninstalled a couple things i shouldnt of lol like it only installs apps with adb install and adb install -r sometimes as well as through 1mobile market which is awesome. it will not sideload anything now because through uninstalling an extra deal or two i should of, it wont allow me to enable unknown sources installation through menus. if anyone knows a way to do this through terminal of linux that would be great
thanks to any help

or would there be any way to use the water beta without the cable and only using adb or any other steps. which to my understanding is the only rom so far. thanks

If you are rooted You should I think be able to run these commands from a terminal in Linux, if you meant a terminal on your kindle then take off the and shell in the commands I list to run.
Code:
adb shell
su
reboot bootloader
I think if you are rooted it will kick it into fastboot and you can restore without a cable.
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thanks for the quick reply. yeah i am speaking of terminal from debian/ubuntu. I enter those commands you give me and it is recognizing the device. With adb I can even push files to install since it is screwed up and I can't access the menu part for installing from unknown sources. that is the worst part of the few issues I have with it.
after I enter those commands it only reboots normally. it doesn't go into the bootloader. I can get it to go into recovery mode where I am able to just do a normal wipe of the device but that is about it.
just to make sure I understand this. with a fastboot cable and all it is a different method from just a normal "wipe and reset" isn't it? it is using an untouched .img or something to put back to actual FACTORY as if bought from store? cause the normal wipe and factory reset doesn't put back the items I uninstalled of course from system and what not.
also is this safe to do without a factory cable. I just haven't ever needed one before and even if there is an extra step or two I don't mind instead of waiting a week for a cable.

Actually you might not even need the fastboot cable, if I remember correctly the restore method for that device would normally flash a system image that is smaller and incomplete because the system IMG is to big for fastboots 's buffer, then when it was just bootable enough to have adb push a file, it would push a amazon update file and run a command that forces the system partition to update back to stock from the update zip. So you should be able to simply push the update file for your amazon os version or older/newer and force update it. I don't have instructions handy right now for doing this and its late so maybe I post them tomorrow.
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stunts513 said:
Actually you might not even need the fastboot cable, if I remember correctly the restore method for that device would normally flash a system image that is smaller and incomplete because the system IMG is to big for fastboots 's buffer, then when it was just bootable enough to have adb push a file, it would push a amazon update file and run a command that forces the system partition to update back to stock from the update zip. So you should be able to simply push the update file for your amazon os version or older/newer and force update it. I don't have instructions handy right now for doing this and its late so maybe I post them tomorrow.
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if you could do that that'd be awesome. thanks. I just read up about a locked bootloader but I've seen it's made some progress. I just need to be sure to not turn it into a drink coaster lol.

I finally found a way to do factory reset thanks to gran pc
How to reinstall FireOS
Botched your /system partition beyond recognition? Everything is broken? Dropped your #Kindle in a sea of piss and need to RMA it? Fear not! You can just reinstall FireOS and get it looking just as if we had never touched it!
First of all, you'll have to root your tablet. I'm assuming you know how to do this!
Once that's done, put this file -- https://s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin -- in /sdcard/ (you can use adb push).
Then run these commands:
jesunoiMac:multidownload granpc$ adb shell
[email protected]:/$ su -
[email protected]:/# cp /sdcard/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin /cache/update.zip
[email protected]:/# echo --update_package=/cache/update.zip > /cache/recovery/command
[email protected]:/# exit
[email protected]:/$ exit
jesunoiMac:multidownload granpc$ adb reboot recovery
If everything went well, you should see the 'installing update' screen -- and once you're booted, we're back to stock! We did it!!!!!!
s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin
funny thing is I rerooted after the clean update and forgot all about OTA's being automatic of course. The damn thing upgraded to 11.3.2.2 which I searched has NO root exploit right now. I am wondering if I can do the same above steps to go back to 11.3.1 but that is a downgrade and I am worried about a brick although amazon new update is like an iphone you can't tell any difference haha
also is the above way how you install ICE or hellfire?

slixz85 said:
I finally found a way to do factory reset thanks to gran pc
How to reinstall FireOS
Botched your /system partition beyond recognition? Everything is broken? Dropped your #Kindle in a sea of piss and need to RMA it? Fear not! You can just reinstall FireOS and get it looking just as if we had never touched it!
First of all, you'll have to root your tablet. I'm assuming you know how to do this!
Once that's done, put this file -- https://s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin -- in /sdcard/ (you can use adb push).
Then run these commands:
jesunoiMac:multidownload granpc$ adb shell
[email protected]:/$ su -
[email protected]:/# cp /sdcard/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin /cache/update.zip
[email protected]:/# echo --update_package=/cache/update.zip > /cache/recovery/command
[email protected]:/# exit
[email protected]:/$ exit
jesunoiMac:multidownload granpc$ adb reboot recovery
If everything went well, you should see the 'installing update' screen -- and once you're booted, we're back to stock! We did it!!!!!!
s3.amazonaws.com/kindle-fire-updates/update-kindle-11.3.1.0_user_310084920.bin
funny thing is I rerooted after the clean update and forgot all about OTA's being automatic of course. The damn thing upgraded to 11.3.2.2 which I searched has NO root exploit right now. I am wondering if I can do the same above steps to go back to 11.3.1 but that is a downgrade and I am worried about a brick although amazon new update is like an iphone you can't tell any difference haha
also is the above way how you install ICE or hellfire?
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ah good you found it before i could look it up. It will downgrade just fine, but you will probably need a fastboot cable to do it. If ICE or hellfire are roms then no, the 2013 isn't flashable with the exception of kindlewater. Since the bootloader is locked we are limited to using amazon's bootimg(kernel+intram fs).

stunts513 said:
ah good you found it before i could look it up. It will downgrade just fine, but you will probably need a fastboot cable to do it. If ICE or hellfire are roms then no, the 2013 isn't flashable with the exception of kindlewater. Since the bootloader is locked we are limited to using amazon's bootimg(kernel+intram fs).
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ok sounds like I need to find out if putting water on this without a fastboot cable is possible then

Help!!! my note 8 stuck in "system ui has stopped

Hi, just now I upgrade to the the last Samsung update and now I got the error.
The AOD is work and I got notification tone but can not enter to the phone.
I enter to safemode and still the same.
I hope there is a way to solved it without erase the phone.

I can't enter to download mode because I can't close the phone
What should I do?

SAME TO MEE... OMG!!! ****ing samsung send me this update|
i even cannot call any one with this phone right now ..

I did a factory reset and now i need to spend hours to download and customized all over again!!
I think it's because the tweaks and system modes of Substratum.
I think that on the next time we should delete all of the system modes.
Hope some one can approve it because I really don't want to get through this again.
What make it to a sad joke is that the update is not what i thought it was, still I don't have the new Samsung VPN.
All for nothing!!!

soilentgreen said:
I did a factory reset and now i need to spend hours to download and customized all over again!!
I think it's because the tweaks and system modes of Substratum.
I think that on the next time we should delete all of the system modes.
Hope some one can approve it because I really don't want to get through this again.
What make it to a sad joke is that the update is not what i thought it was, still I don't have the new Samsung VPN.
All for nothing!!!
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Correct, you have to uninstall all your layers and substratrum mods before accepting the OTA. I just saw this but you can boot into safe mode while system ui is fc and uninstall all the mods there and you should be good when you boot out of safe mode. No factory data reset needed.

soilentgreen said:
Hi, just now I upgrade to the the last Samsung update and now I got the error.
The AOD is work and I got notification tone but can not enter to the phone.
I enter to safemode and still the same.
I hope there is a way to solved it without erase the phone.
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I posted this before in another thread...
I was able to fix it without factory resetting my phone. To do it, connect your phone to a pc (pc that you previously connected your phone to and always allowed access), in cmd with adb, run "adb shell pm list packages > whateveryouwanttonameit.txt" and look through the text file for apps you installed that changed your status bar. Then in cmd run "adb uninstall com.appyouwanttouninstall". I did 4 among many, checked my phone, and didn't get the system ui has stopped messages

houboy said:
I posted this before in another thread...
I was able to fix it without factory resetting my phone. To do it, connect your phone to a pc (pc that you previously connected your phone to and always allowed access), in cmd with adb, run "adb shell pm list packages > whateveryouwanttonameit.txt" and look through the text file for apps you installed that changed your status bar. Then in cmd run "adb uninstall com.appyouwanttouninstall". I did 4 among many, checked my phone, and didn't get the system ui has stopped messages
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Thanks for the tip! Rather than saving to text I just used one window to output the packages to stdout, while I used another to do the uninstalls. Removing these two packages fixed the issue:
com.android.settings.SwiftDark.Android8defaultgrey.SamsungS8
com.android.systemui.SwiftDark.SamsungS8

how can u access to cmd with adb ?
houboy said:
I posted this before in another thread...
I was able to fix it without factory resetting my phone. To do it, connect your phone to a pc (pc that you previously connected your phone to and always allowed access), in cmd with adb, run "adb shell pm list packages > whateveryouwanttonameit.txt" and look through the text file for apps you installed that changed your status bar. Then in cmd run "adb uninstall com.appyouwanttouninstall". I did 4 among many, checked my phone, and didn't get the system ui has stopped messages
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Hello, give me tutorial, how can i uninstall apk from pc ?
i can access cmd but how can i uninstalled apk ?
please help,,,
Thanks,

Thank you for all the answers.
ggrant3876 said:
Correct, you have to uninstall all your layers and substratrum mods before accepting the OTA. I just saw this but you can boot into safe mode while system ui is fc and uninstall all the mods there and you should be good when you boot out of safe mode. No factory data reset needed.
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But I did boot into safe mode and the phone continued to stuck on "system ui has stopped"
houboy said:
I posted this before in another thread...
I was able to fix it without factory resetting my phone. To do it, connect your phone to a pc (pc that you previously connected your phone to and always allowed access), in cmd with adb, run "adb shell pm list packages > whateveryouwanttonameit.txt" and look through the text file for apps you installed that changed your status bar. Then in cmd run "adb uninstall com.appyouwanttouninstall". I did 4 among many, checked my phone, and didn't get the system ui has stopped messages
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enrico.fm08 said:
Hello, give me tutorial, how can i uninstall apk from pc ?
i can access cmd but how can i uninstalled apk ?
please help,,,
Thanks,
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I never knew how to use adb,
There is any tutorial about it?

soilentgreen said:
Hi, just now I upgrade to the the last Samsung update and now I got the error.
The AOD is work and I got notification tone but can not enter to the phone.
I enter to safemode and still the same.
I hope there is a way to solved it without erase the phone.
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Edwanzhuang said:
SAME TO MEE... OMG!!! ****ing samsung send me this update|
i even cannot call any one with this phone right now ..
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Did any of you have substratum installed?
EDIT: i just read up higher.
This also happened to me with substratum. One thing I did before however is I already had adb debugging enabled and trusted with my pc via adb.
I used these instructions found here for adb
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/737y3j/helpfix_substratum_system_ui_has_stopped_issue/

What is the latest version of samsung update?
Mine is N950FXXU2BQKG/N950FOXM2BQKG/N950FXXU2BQKG.
My phone updat 6 days ago, and I don't have the new samsung VPN.
And just to be clear, in the next update after uninstall all the layers and substratrum mods and accepting the OTA, it is safe to install all the layers again after the update?
Thanks again

soilentgreen said:
What is the latest version of samsung update?
Mine is N950FXXU2BQKG/N950FOXM2BQKG/N950FXXU2BQKG.
My phone updat 6 days ago, and I don't have the new samsung VPN.
And just to be clear, in the next update after uninstall all the layers and substratrum mods and accepting the OTA, it is safe to install all the layers again after the update?
Thanks again
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You should have the VPN under wifi advance settings.
Yes it's safe to install all your layers and substratrum mods I using it on 2BQKG.
Merry Christmas to all!

BluePhnx said:
You should have the VPN under wifi advance settings.
Yes it's safe to install all your layers and substratrum mods I using it on 2BQKG.
Merry Christmas to all!
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I don't have the VPN, and we on the same version. It's weired.
I need to "open" it somehow?
How do you color your notifaction clock and icons?

hello i just uptdated my software and im stuck with the same thing can somebody walk me thru how to fix this?

houboy said:
I posted this before in another thread...
I was able to fix it without factory resetting my phone. To do it, connect your phone to a pc (pc that you previously connected your phone to and always allowed access), in cmd with adb, run "adb shell pm list packages > whateveryouwanttonameit.txt" and look through the text file for apps you installed that changed your status bar. Then in cmd run "adb uninstall com.appyouwanttouninstall". I did 4 among many, checked my phone, and didn't get the system ui has stopped messages
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Thanks houboy, you're a lifesaver.
Tried to center the status bar clock and the phone crashed.
Your method worked like a charm

I was reading through the reddit thread posted earlier and found an alternative solution which worked for me.
Log into Samsungs Find My Phone website, unlock your device and then switch on Power Saving Mode, then reboot. Once in Power Saver you will regain control of your phone. Now, switch off power saver and go disable all substratum mods and reboot again.

Happened twice to me while setting up my new Note 8. Resolved to finally wipe through hard reset menu, and setup as new phone. Some Substratum addon was lingering when I did a restore which was likely causing the UI crash.

this happened 3 times to my note 8, the culprit seems to be android pay, once you add a credit card to be specific . To fix the phone you need to put the phone in powersaving mode via Samsung dive then reboot.
once the phone rebooted in power saving mode just put it back to normal , after this procedure all cards are removed from google pay.

davnav899 said:
Did any of you have substratum installed?
EDIT: i just read up higher.
This also happened to me with substratum. One thing I did before however is I already had adb debugging enabled and trusted with my pc via adb.
I used these instructions found here for adb
https://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyS8/comments/737y3j/helpfix_substratum_system_ui_has_stopped_issue/
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What's strange is that I have substratum installed but never ran it but I'm still getting the system UI error, thank good it hasn't totally blocked need but still doesn't make sense why this is all happening. I forgot I even installed it honestly.
I just uninstalled it so I'll see if that changes anything.

@squick You could try booting into safe mode to see if its a program causing it, but for me, i updated my phone software(update) with the substratum ui apk installed which caused me to get the force close error where only the screen showed system ui has stopped. I used adb to get a list of packages and remove the substratum system ui apk. A sure way to fix would be to reset the phone, but if you're able to use it, try removing apps you dont need from your applications in the settings. It's possible there could be another app interfering with the system ui

Low Storage Warning, Now Bootloop

My wife was using her moto x4 to take pictures yesterday and apparently used up almost all her storage space. she got a message saying such and that some apps won't work properly until storage is freed up. She was able to take a couple more pictures but when she tried to text them to someone she couldn't open up hangouts. She rebooted her phone and now its stuck in a bootloop. Won't go past the Android One logo, and restarts after a few seconds. I've been able to get to recovery mode where I thought there used to be a delete cache option, but the only thing I saw was data/factory reset and I wanted that to be the last option since my wife doesn't want to lose her pictures of our kids. They weren't backed up to photos yet because we weren't on wifi. I have used ABD in the past and found a command to delete cache "fastboot erase cache" but that didn't help. I did also tried Mount /system and after doing that the first try it blipped a Motorola logo after the Android One but then went immediately back to bootloop and not getting past Android One.
Is it possible to pull the pictures off her device without being able to boot?
Any ideas to make it boot without doing a factory reset? I assume this is a storage issue but maybe just big coincidence?
I have the Motorola USB utility on my computer, and the device is stock Android 8.1, stock recovery and not rooted or anything.
Thanks,
Richard

boot back into recovery and adb pull the pictures.
so, you boot into recovery..then do adb shell.
then cd /sdcard/DCIM
do ls
you should see another folder or the pictures and videos.
then do exit to come out of adb shell and follow this to pull the folder
https://stackoverflow.com/questions...pull-all-files-of-a-folder-present-in-sd-card

munchy_cool said:
boot back into recovery and adb pull the pictures.
so, you boot into recovery..then do adb shell.
then cd /sdcard/DCIM
do ls
you should see another folder or the pictures and videos.
then do exit to come out of adb shell and follow this to pull the folder
Thanks for the quick reply. I get an error: no devices/emulators found. I don't think my wife has USB debugging enabled. Any other options?
Thanks,
Richard
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when did you get the error?

Sorry, it occurs at the first step, the adb shell command.
Granted, my experience with using adb is limited but my understanding was that you can't use it unless USB debugging is enabled. Playing around a bit more, my computer doesn't seem to recognize the usb connection unless I chose apply update from ADB but I think that only allows sideloading. The adb shell didn't work and adb devices empty there as well.
Thanks,
Richard

rjschwar said:
My wife was using her moto x4 to take pictures yesterday and apparently used up almost all her storage space. she got a message saying such and that some apps won't work properly until storage is freed up. She was able to take a couple more pictures but when she tried to text them to someone she couldn't open up hangouts. She rebooted her phone and now its stuck in a bootloop. Won't go past the Android One logo, and restarts after a few seconds. I've been able to get to recovery mode where I thought there used to be a delete cache option, but the only thing I saw was data/factory reset and I wanted that to be the last option since my wife doesn't want to lose her pictures of our kids. They weren't backed up to photos yet because we weren't on wifi. I have used ABD in the past and found a command to delete cache "fastboot erase cache" but that didn't help. I did also tried Mount /system and after doing that the first try it blipped a Motorola logo after the Android One but then went immediately back to bootloop and not getting past Android One.
Is it possible to pull the pictures off her device without being able to boot?
Any ideas to make it boot without doing a factory reset? I assume this is a storage issue but maybe just big coincidence?
I have the Motorola USB utility on my computer, and the device is stock Android 8.1, stock recovery and not rooted or anything.
Thanks,
Richard
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I feel horrible for you. The one pro of iOS is that bootloops are less often but can happen (happened on iPad 6 but reinstalled iOS without data loss). I will always root my phone and install TWRP out of these horror stories. Do you still have the issue?

Sort of a bootloop after Android 11 update

Hello guys,
I hope someone can help me with this problem...
So the thing is - yesterday I finally got OneUI 3 and Android 11 update (yay?). But ofcourse as soon as the phone rebooted and optimised all the apps and came back to main screen it rebooted after a minute or so...everytime. As soon as I enter my pin and unlock the phone it reboots after a short period.
The same problem happened when I de-bloated the phone a while ago via ADB - but I then enabled back all the apps except facebook and some "safe to debloat apps" which were not even system apps and it has since worked for almost a year. But here we go again....
I even "re enabled/installed" all the apps I could list in ADB ( so basically all the apps on the phone) and then went to wipe cache - but still no go.
I am also wondering if there is a posibility to somehow mount storage just to copy some files to my computer (which are important, and my latest backup is around a month old) and then I'll gladly do a a factory reset - no problem.
Any help would be appreciated, thanks!

If you're able to use ADB to enable/install apps, then you should be able to use "adb pull path/to/files" to copy the files to your computer. You could reboot into recovery mode and see if your computer pulls up the storage that way too. Also, if you have TWRP, you can use the file system to copy files to an external SD card. So you have a few options to get your files.
You can also create a back-up of specific apps (and their data) using "adb backup -f MyBackUpName.ab com.corp.AppName".

TacoDeMuerte said:
If you're able to use ADB to enable/install apps, then you should be able to use "adb pull path/to/files" to copy the files to your computer. You could reboot into recovery mode and see if your computer pulls up the storage that way too. Also, if you have TWRP, you can use the file system to copy files to an external SD card. So you have a few options to get your files.
You can also create a back-up of specific apps (and their data) using "adb backup -f MyBackUpName.ab com.corp.AppName".
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Hello, thanks for the reply and helping out.
But all the commands and stuff is kinda useless because the phone reboots sooner than in 30 seconds after getting to the main screen. When I boot to recovery the storage doesn't get mounted.......
And I would've had TWRP but the phone is still under warranty so that's a shame, because on my backup phone I have it (and so did on all the previous ones) and it would be great. But IIRC if I install TWRP now, the phone needs to be wiped.
FFS samsung, what is this....because I now read a couple threads and posts on social media people having exactly same problem, and some didn't do anything with ADB prior to update. shame...