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trmacdonal said:
How to Restore your phone on a Windows PC using a Nandroid backup
I am going to assume you already have a Nandroid backup created on your SD card using JF 1.31's recovery Alt-B feature. The backup will create a folder called nandroid on your SD.
What you need:
The Android SDK:
Fastboot Windows Binary in this post:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3083753&postcount=1
From your Nandroid backup you need three files:
data.img
system.img
boot.img
Steps to restore your phone
1) Put the files Adb and AdbWinApi.dll from the tools folder in the Android SDK into C:\WINDOWS\System32 folder on your PC. Substitute the correct drive letter if windows is not installed on you C: drive
2) Put the Windows Fastboot.exe into the C:\WINDOWS\System32 folder on your PC
3) Create a folder on the C: drive of your PC called android. The path should be C:\Android.
4) Copy the Nandroid backup files data.img, system.img, and boot.img from your SD card to the folder called Android you created by mounting your SD card as removable disk.
5) Unplug the USB cord and power off your phone
6) Power up your phone by holding CAMERA+POWER, you should see three androids on skateboards. If you don't see this go install the Engineering boot loader
7) Plug the USB cord back into your phone and press back. The screen on your phone should say fastboot.
8) Make sure your pc is using the correct driver. Open the device manager on your pc. It is helpfull to have all other USB storage devices besides your phone unplugged for this part. Look for a USB Mass Storage device in the list of the USB devices. Right click on it and update the driver. Pick the option to browse for a driver on your pc. The driver is located in the Android SDK your downloaded in the folder called usb_driver. If this is done right you will now see a device called HTC Dream
9) Press start, go to run and type cmd (If you are on Vista just type cmd in the search box and hit enter). The command prompt will pop up.
10) Type cd C:\android
then enter the following commands:
fastboot flash system system.img
it will say Sending, then writing and say OKAY if it was successful
then type
fastboot flash userdata data.img
wait for the second OKAY and type
fastboot flash boot boot.img
wait for the second OKAY and type
fastboot reboot
Your phone should now be restored exactly as you had it when it was backed up.
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I'm young yet in my android/linux learnings and this guide here is great. I've been soaking in information for weeks now on the boards but still, my kungfu is weak.
Hence I'm having an issue today and I've been working on it almost all day so far. Something happened and I ended up having to factory restore my phone and I'm attempting to recover from my nandroid backup files.
I've followed the above instructions to the letter, but now that I'm ready to do the actual fastboot flash system system.img command, I keep getting a "FAILED <command write failed <Too many links>> error". And I've searched high & low looking for a solution to this.
My HTC is correctly running in Fastboot as an ADB Interface in WinXP Pro SP3, I've got my nandroid backup files placed in the C:\Android folder on my pc as directed. Fastboot is in the /system32 folder (and in cmd Fastboot devices lists my phone), but I keep banging my head into this error over & over. Its driving me pretty insane and any help would be appreciated. I know you guys aren't a support desk and I'm probably screwing up something elementary, but I just wanted to say that I'm finally asking as a last resort. I've been trying to figure this out myself for about 9 hours now. My thanks in advance.
Xeroproject said:
I've followed the above instructions to the letter, but now that I'm ready to do the actual fastboot flash system system.img command, I keep getting a "FAILED <command write failed <Too many links>> error". And I've searched high & low looking for a solution to this.
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If it transfers the image to the phone but aborts halfway or at the end, try adding a ferrite core to your usb cable at the host side, or use one with an integrated ferrite core.
Unfortunately we don't have the source to the SPL so I'm mostly clueless what the "too many links" error means. Alternatively, try on a different pc.
infernix said:
If it transfers the image to the phone but aborts halfway or at the end, try adding a ferrite core to your usb cable at the host side, or use one with an integrated ferrite core.
Unfortunately we don't have the source to the SPL so I'm mostly clueless what the "too many links" error means. Alternatively, try on a different pc.
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Thanks for the suggestion, I'll have to see if I can find a suitable USB cable, although from some inquires to linux buddies more in the know, I was told it was indicating a "a circular reference symlink" either in fastboot or in the command I used.
Considering I used exactly the commands in the guide, I'm puzzled. Also, I pulled the fastboot.exe for win32 from JF's own attachment.
Regarding another PC, yes, that would be ideal for troubleshooting this, however the pc I have at home is Vista 64bit (unfortunately), so shouldn't I run into issues there?
Xeroproject said:
Hrm, sorry about the few posts in here mods, it seems my issue isn't related to a mistype in the command line of trmacdonal's guide like I thought it was, so its most likely not related to this thread & needs to be split into a separate thread to prevent clutter.
I have noticed something regarding my situation: in command line when I type "fastboot devices" it recognizes & lists my phone. However when I type "adb devices" it does not list my phone. Might this be related?
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ADB won't see your device till it has booted into android.
And send me a PM with the post numbers and a new thread title and I will move your posts and any posts related to them.
So unfortunately getting any work done on this on my Vista machine has been a total no-go. Vista won't take the 64-bit homebrewed driver, regardless of disabling driver authentication.
So I'm stuck. Day 2 here and I still get the "too many links" error. I've since retraced all my steps, redownloaded the SDK, JF's fastboot-win32, and completely removed all drivers from the system (including registry entiries) then reinstalled everything, and tried a shielded USB cable today. Still pulling up that error.
Is there any information I can include that would help pinpoint whats causing this issue?
Xeroproject said:
So unfortunately getting any work done on this on my Vista machine has been a total no-go. Vista won't take the 64-bit homebrewed driver, regardless of disabling driver authentication.
So I'm stuck. Day 2 here and I still get the "too many links" error. I've since retraced all my steps, redownloaded the SDK, JF's fastboot-win32, and completely removed all drivers from the system (including registry entiries) then reinstalled everything, and tried a shielded USB cable today. Still pulling up that error.
Is there any information I can include that would help pinpoint whats causing this issue?
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Have you tried booting normally at least once?
Maybe try "fastboot erase cache", then try again?
JesusFreke said:
Have you tried booting normally at least once?
Maybe try "fastboot erase cache", then try again?
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If you mean booting normally into Vista 64, yes, it sees the G1 as an "unknown device" in Device Manager and when I point it to the 64-bit driver, it won't take it. Same for when driver auth is disabled. (although the message changes from "no device drivers found" to "this driver is not compatible with your device)
If you mean the phone, yes, the phone works, its not bricked, but there's a lot of data I'm losing if I can't solve this issue & backup from my nandroid backups.
I'll give the erase cache thing a shot now and post results, thanks for the suggestion.
interesting, the "fastboot erase cache" command also returns a "FAILED <status read failed <Too many links>>" error
Perhaps the problem is with the fastboot.exe file?
Xeroproject said:
interesting, the "fastboot erase cache" command also returns a "FAILED <status read failed <Too many links>>" error
Perhaps the problem is with the fastboot.exe file?
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I doubt it. I remember seeing this error once when I stopped a fastboot flash while it was doing it's thing. I don't remember exactly what I did to fix it. I thought I just rebooted or something.
It's a shot in the dark, but maybe take the battery out for a few seconds and put it back in and try again?
I would also try any and all of the fastboot commands
If nothing else, you could try reflashing the engineering SPL, or even the RC29 nbh.
JesusFreke said:
I doubt it. I remember seeing this error once when I stopped a fastboot flash while it was doing it's thing. I don't remember exactly what I did to fix it. I thought I just rebooted or something.
It's a shot in the dark, but maybe take the battery out for a few seconds and put it back in and try again?
I would also try any and all of the fastboot commands
If nothing else, you could try reflashing the engineering SPL, or even the RC29 nbh.
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Yeah, I wish I knew the cause of it, but the initial use was uninterrupted (and everytime I reboot, I will get 5-10sec lag before getting the error, while after that the error will popup immediately)
I'm happy to try any of the fastboot commands, but being a little nubbin, I'm a little afraid of doing any damage. I did try fastboot reboot and fastboot reboot-bootloader and got no response from the phone. "fastboot devices" immediately sees my phone. "fastboot flashall" returns: "error: neither -p product specified nor ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT set".
Removing the battery is something I've done a couple times the other day, just gave it another shot now, same result. I've noticed the too many links error will say it "failed to read" on the first attempt, after that it reverts to "failed to write".
Concerning reloading the phone back to RC29....you mean taking it back to RC29, then reflashing the Engineering SPL, then immediately trying to backup from my nandroid backups? (prior to installing any of the JF OS versions?)
I have also faced this error few time, what I do is disconnect the USB, restart both PC and G1, next time I get proper connection, once time I was able to resolve just by moving the ramdisk.img and kernel file from the directory, this was when I was using the fastboot -w flashall command!!
-Pramod
Might be onto something there JF, I just checked my SPL edition and I'm running the HardSPL not the EngineSPL.
Is the HardSPL not suited for this perhaps?
for fastboot -w flashall to work you need to set the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT variable, where boot.img, recovery.img and system.img file are, on window just use the set command
set ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT=c:\<your directory where the files are>
and then run fastboot -w flashall
-Pramod
pramods said:
for fastboot -w flashall to work you need to set the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT variable, where boot.img, recovery.img and system.img file are, on window just use the set command
set ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT=c:\<your directory where the files are>
and then run fastboot -w flashall
-Pramod
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Alright, I'm with you, just returned "error: could not load android-info.txt"
The same directory also need to have android-info.txt file, this file just have a single entry as board=trout in it, if you don't have it create this file and then run fastboot again
-Pramod
pramods said:
The same directory also need to have android-info.txt file, this file just have a single entry as board=trout in it, if you don't have it create this file and then run fastboot again
-Pramod
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Alright, so I did a search on my computer to see if I had an android-info.txt I could copy over, didn't have anything (including in the android-sdk files). So I went ahead and created one and just put "board=trout" in it like you said. New error: "getvar:version-bootloader FAILED <command write failed <Too many links>>"
Progress?
btw Pramod, you're a stud, thank you for all these suggestions
Xeroproject said:
I've noticed the too many links error will say it "failed to read" on the first attempt, after that it reverts to "failed to write"./QUOTE]
Do you mean on the first attempt after a reboot?
This makes me suspect usb issues. Do you happen to have any usb cords with a ferrite bead on them laying around that you could try?
Reboot, and then try flashing one of the splash images. They are relatively small, so if it is an issue with usb communication, there is less of a chance of it failing. Try it a couple of times.. if you can get it to work once, then I would say it's more than likely some sort of usb communication issue, bad cable, interference, etc.
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JesusFreke said:
Xeroproject said:
I've noticed the too many links error will say it "failed to read" on the first attempt, after that it reverts to "failed to write"./QUOTE]
Do you mean on the first attempt after a reboot?
This makes me suspect usb issues. Do you happen to have any usb cords with a ferrite bead on them laying around that you could try?
Reboot, and then try flashing one of the splash images. They are relatively small, so if it is an issue with usb communication, there is less of a chance of it failing. Try it a couple of times.. if you can get it to work once, then I would say it's more than likely some sort of usb communication issue, bad cable, interference, etc.
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Yeah, the first attempt after a reboot.
Yeah I actually picked a ferrite bead USB cable up the other day and then I also shut off my speakers (just in case a magnet or something was causing interference). Just checking around my desk at work, I don't really have anything else that would interfere to my knowledge. We deal with high speed check scanners at work and I haven't had any issues with the images they pull (also via USB, same computer).
I'll give the image deal a whirl, I believe I have all that software for converting them already on my computer.
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Just try one more thing, creat a new directory and put all *.img files and *.txt file there and reboot your system(PC and G1[fastboot mode]) then set the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT variable and then fire the command fastboot devices , if the fastboot return the device identity then try fastboot -w flashall command
-Pramod
pramods said:
Just try one more thing, creat a new directory and put all *.img files and *.txt file there and reboot your system(PC and G1[fastboot mode]) then set the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT variable and then fire the command fastboot devices , if the fastboot return the device identity then try fastboot -w flashall command
-Pramod
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All *img & *txt files off the SD card you mean?
Hello All!
After much frustration with setting up ADB i finally got it working. Everyone said its simple and takes minimal knowledge but when things dont work, nothing really worked. Anyways after 2 hours of research trying to get ADB to work i finally got it all working and wanted to share my knowledge to anyone else that needed help.
This Guide is for windows only. If you are using Mac OS X please go here: ADB For Dummies
If you are using Linux please go here: [HOW-TO]Set up Android SDK/ADB/Fastboot on Ubuntu Linux
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Things you need:
Android SDK - Download
Winrar - Download (32bit) Download (64bit)
Windows PC
USB Cable
A Rooted HTC Dream (Google G1)
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Setting up the Android SDK
Download the file from above
Unzip to your desktop
Take the "android-sdk-windows" folder and move it to the root of your hard drive (C:\)
Right click on My Computer and click properties
Select the Advanced Tab or Advanced System Setting (Vista/Windows 7)
Select Environment Variables...
Press New
For Variable Name type: adb
For Variable Value type: C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools
Now,
1. Run SDK Manager.exe located in the android-sdk-windows folder
2. If it gives you an error go to settings and click on "Force http//....."
3. Select all options and let it download and install
If you cant get the setup to work, Download the USB-DRIVERS folder - HERE (Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7)
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Preparing your phone for ADB
Go to Settings on your phone
Select Applications
Select Development
Make sure 'USB Debugging' is checked
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Installing Drivers
Plug in your phone through USB and DO NOT MOUNT IT!!!!!
Your computer should see a new device and try to install Android 1.0 driver (If it doesnt, scroll down to the "Im not getting a notification of Android ADB when i plug in my USB" section)
Let it load
Once it cant find them select "Install drivers from my pc"
The drivers you need are in the Android SDK 1.5r2 folder (C:\android-sdk-windows\usb_driver)
Depending on your OS pick x86 or amd64
You ADB Android Device should now be installed! Good Job
For Android SDK 1.5r7+
1. Run SDK Manager.exe
2. If it gives you an error go to settings and click on "Force http//....."
3. Select all options and let it download and install
If you cant get the setup to work, Download the USB-DRIVERS folder - HERE (Windows XP/Vista/Windows 7)
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Check if your phone is detected by ADB
Open up Command Prompt (Go to run, type in cmd, press enter)
Type in
Code:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools === Press Enter
adb devices === You should see your device listed
adb shell === you should see # in the next line
Now you are all set to run adb commands
Note: for a list of commands type in 'adb' in cmd
CONGRATS YOU NOW HAVE ADB FULLY RUNNING!
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Droid Explorer by Camalot
Droid Explorer is a Windows software that will download, install, and setup the android SDK for you all in under a minute so you are ready to go. I use this on a daily basis. This amazing piece of software has tons of plugins and a built in file explorer for all your files on your phone! All you gotta do is download, install, and go!
Download Droid Explorer - Here
Install the program, and let it setup the SDK files for you
Connect your phone
Enjoy!
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"Im not getting a notification of Android ADB when i plug in my USB"
Why: Your computer has detected your phone but as a protable device and as a storage device.
Fix: This took me a lot of research and time to figure out so this is what your are going to do.
First download USBDeview - Here
Unzip it
Run USBDeview.exe as Administrator
You will see all drivers being used on your computer
Highlight and Uninstall all drivers with the description have HTC Android (Should be 3 of them)
Right Click on the driver and press uninstall
Once done, Unplug your phone and plug it back in
You should now get the notification of the ADB device
Follow the steps above to install the drivers
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When Typing just adb in cmd you will get whats called a "usage doc" which gives you a lits of commands that you can use:
Code:
-d - directs command to the only connected USB devic
e
returns an error if more than one USB device is
present.
-e - directs command to the only running emulator.
returns an error if more than one emulator is r
unning.
-s <serial number> - directs command to the USB device or emulator w
ith
the given serial number
-p <product name or path> - simple product name like 'sooner', or
a relative/absolute path to a product
out directory like 'out/target/product/sooner'.
If -p is not specified, the ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT
environment variable is used, which must
be an absolute path.
devices - list all connected devices
device commands:
adb push <local> <remote> - copy file/dir to device
adb pull <remote> <local> - copy file/dir from device
adb sync [ <directory> ] - copy host->device only if changed
(see 'adb help all')
adb shell - run remote shell interactively
adb shell <command> - run remote shell command
adb emu <command> - run emulator console command
adb logcat [ <filter-spec> ] - View device log
adb jdwp - list PIDs of processes hosting a JDWP transport
adb install [-l] [-r] <file> - push this package file to the device and instal
l it
('-l' means forward-lock the app)
('-r' means reinstall the app, keeping its data
)
adb uninstall [-k] <package> - remove this app package from the device
('-k' means keep the data and cache directories
)
adb bugreport - return all information from the device
that should be included in a bug report.
adb help - show this help message
adb version - show version num
scripting:
adb wait-for-device - block until device is online
adb start-server - ensure that there is a server running
adb kill-server - kill the server if it is running
adb get-state - prints: offline | bootloader | device
adb get-serialno - prints: <serial-number>
adb status-window - continuously print device status for a specifie
d device
adb remount - remounts the /system partition on the device re
ad-write
adb root - restarts adb with root permissions
networking:
adb ppp <tty> [parameters] - Run PPP over USB.
Note: you should not automatically start a PDP connection.
<tty> refers to the tty for PPP stream. Eg. dev:/dev/omap_csmi_tty1
[parameters] - Eg. defaultroute debug dump local notty usepeerdns
adb sync notes: adb sync [ <directory> ]
<localdir> can be interpreted in several ways:
- If <directory> is not specified, both /system and /data partitions will be u
pdated.
- If it is "system" or "data", only the corresponding partition
is updated.
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Commands that you should know
adb push - Insert file to phone such as Stock.apk to /data/app_s
Code:
adb push <pathtofile.apk> <file system location> - Example: adb push c:\app.apk /data/app
adb pull - Remove file from phone such as Stock.apk from /data/app_s
Code:
adb pull <pathtofile.apk> <path where you want to save it>- Example: adb pull /data/app/Stock.apk C:\
adb install - Install app to phone
Code:
adb install <path to file> - Example: adb install c:/apps/apps2sd.apk
adb uninstall - Uninstall app from phone
Code:
adb uninstall <name of application> - Example: adb uninstall linda.apk
For more ADB Commands go - Here
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Thats it for ADB! Congrats and if you have any questions please ask me or if anything is missing or not correct please tell me. I got all of this from research and personal experience.
[GUIDE] Fastboot for Noobs
Fastboot
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Things you need:
New SPL - Download
New Radio - Download
Your Current ROM - CyanogenMod 3.6
SD Card Reader
Rooted G1 Phone
Computer
USB Cable
Patience
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Install Radio FIRST
Download the Radio Update
Rename it to update.zip
Remove your SD Card from your phone and place it in your SD Card Reader
Put the update.zip at the root of your SDcard (root = not in any folder)
Insert your sdcard back into the phone
Turn off your phone (Hold power and press Power Off)
Hold the Home button and then press the power button (Keep holding power)
You will now enter recovery
Open up your keyboard and press Alt-S
Let it finish the update
When done reboot by pressing Home and Back
You should be able to access your Home screen (If its stuck on the Google G1 screen dont panic, just remove your battery for now)
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Installing the new SPL
Note: To update you must have a PVT board. To Check go into fastboot (Power and Camera and check)
Take your SD Card out again and plug it into the pc
Remove the update.zip that you put in there
Download your current Rom or any other ROM that you want. I suggest CyanogenMod 3.6
Download the SPL Update
Rename the SPL Update to update.zip
Remove your SD Card from your phone and place it in your SD Card Reader
Put the update.zip at the root of your SDcard (root = not in any folder)
Insert your sdcard back into the phone
Turn off your phone (Hold power and press Power Off) or put your battery back in and turn it on
Hold the Home button and then press the power button (Keep holding power)
You will now enter recovery
Open up your keyboard and press Alt-S
Let it finish the update
Now it will reboot on its own back to recovery
Reboot again by pressing Home + Back
Your phone will be stuck on the T-Mobile G1 Screen (Again DONT FREAK)
Remove the battery from your phone
Remove your SD Card and plug it back into your computer
Take the ROM that you downloaded and rename it update.zip
Remove the update.zip that was on your SD Card and put this new one it
Put the battery back into your phone
Enter recovery (Home + Power)
Press Alt+s to update
Let it finish
Press Home + Back to reboot
Thats it! You now have your new SPL and Radio
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Getting into Fastboot
Turn off your phone
Hold the back button and keep holding it while turning your phone back on
You should see 3 Android guys on skateboards
You should now be in Fastboot mode!
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Setting up fastboot to work with your computer
Plug your phone in to your computer through USB
You should get a popup that your computer found the ADB Device for fastboot
When it asks you for drivers, make sure u select the option to locate the drivers from your computer yourself
Since you already have your Android 1.5r2 SDK installed, the drivers are in the same place where the ADB drivers are
C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2\usb_driver
Make sure you choose the correct folder depending on your OS
Press ok to install the drivers
Fastboot should now be up and running
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Make sure Fastboot is working
Open up Command Prompt
type the following
Code:
cd C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2\tools === Press Enter
fastboot devices === Press enter, your device should be listed
fastboot shell === You should see a # in the next line
type fastboot and press enter for general commands
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When Typing just fastboot in cmd you will get whats called a "usage doc" which gives you a lits of commands that you can use:
Code:
usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>
commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall 'flash boot' + 'flash system'
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable
boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel
flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it
devices list all connected devices
reboot reboot device normally
reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader
options:
-w erase userdata and cache
-s <serial number> specify device serial number
-p <product> specify product name
-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline
For more fastboot Commands go - Here
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Congrats! You now have Fastboot and ADB up and running!!!
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Disclamer: I am not liable to any damage that happens to your phone. This is just a guide which you have chosen to follow, so please do not blame me for any damaged phones or bricks.
Nandroid Backup and Restore
Whats is a Nandroid Backup?
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Nandroid Backup is a tool allowing all rooted g1 users to create a full system backup and restore which, when flashing and testing different roms can be very useful.
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What You Will Need
A Rooted G1 phone, I suggest with the latest SPL (Guide above to install latest Radio and SPL)
Cyanogen's Pimped Out Recovery Image 1.4 - Download (IMG)
An SD Card with 100mb of free space
A Computer
SD Card reader or USB Cable
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Installing the New Recovery Image
Download the recovery image from above, you will want the Download (IMG) download
Place the cm-recovery-1.4.img file in the root of your SD Card (Root = not in any folder)
Go back to your phone (Dont forget to unmount)
Open terminal and type in the following
Code:
su (wait for a screen to popup and press "allow")
flash_image recovery /sdcard/cm-recovery-1.4.img
If you have problems with a "no space on device" error, try using fastboot and erasing first:
Code:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery cm-recovery-1.4.img
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Creating a Backup using Nandroid 2.1
Boot up your phone in recovery (Turn off, then turn on while holding Home button)
You will now see your new Cyanogen 1.3.1 + JF recovery screen (YAY!!! )
Scroll down to "nandroid v2.1 backup" and press on it to create your Backup
Let it work, it should take a minute or so
Once its done, your backup is complete and is saved on your sdcard in the "nandroid" folder
Recovering to Your Nandroid Backup
Option 1 (Without a Computer)
Note: This recovery will only recover your latest nandroid backup (the one with the newest timestamp)
Make sure u made a backup and its in the nandroid folder on your sdcard
Boot up your phone in recovery (Turn off, then turn on while holding Home button)
Scroll down to "restore latest backup" and press on it
Let it work
Once its done reboot your phone and you backup will now be restored!
Option 2 (With a computer)
Note: With this option, you can use any nandroid backup that you have made, not just the latest one
1) First go in to your tools folder where you put your SDK 1.5r2 (C:\android-sdk-windows-1.5_r2\tools as reference)
2) Take the files adb.exe fastboot.exe and AdbWinApi.dll (found here - http://sharebee.com/16a06ebb) and place them in C:\WINDOWS\system32
3) Download the Nandroid Backup and Restore GUI made by Markazeh - Here
Extract the folder to your desktop or where ever you can easily find it (I put mine in the SDK folder for easy access)
4) You will need 4 files: Boot.img, System.img , Data.img, and Recovery.img
Place those 4 files in the same folder as the Nandroid Recovery GUI folder you just extracted in step 3
5) Boot your phone into fastboot mode (Turn off the G1 and turn on while holding the BACK button. If you have an older SPL then hold the CAMERA button and press POWER)
6) Once in fastboot (you should see a white screen with three androids on skateboards) plug your phone to your computer via USB. You might have to press the BACK key to turn it into FASTBOOT mode, or follow the on screen prompts.
NOTE: If you dont have the drivers installed please look one post above to setup fastboot
7) Open NANDROID_Recovery_GUI.exe, everything on the left hand side should be "found!"
8) Choose an option from the right to Restore All, Restore all except Recovery, or Restore Data Only. Let the program do its thing.
Once its done you can reboot and all your info from your backup should be restored!
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Congrats! You now Backed up your phone and will/have restored it!
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Disclamer: I am not liable to any damage that happens to your phone. This is just a guide which you have chosen to follow, so please do not blame me for any damaged phones or bricks.
Credit:
Haykuro
Cyanogen
JacHero
NeoBlade
Markazeh
makethetick
XDA Community for your support and help
If i have forgot anyone, i am sorry, please tell me and i will add you
Excellent Guide bro. Although I have no need for it, still A++. Might want to include how to do a nandroid restore just a suggestion!
[EDIT]: I think this guide is worthy of a sticky! What do you guys think? ^^
You are the man!!!
Short simple and to the point!!!
0nly if all the guides were like this...
Thanks man!
not sure if this is the right spot or not but ever since I flashed from cy36 to 361 I keep losing my adb connection I have to g1s and while I'm working on one the other one isn't even connected to the computer so I just flashed the hero theme on one and plugged it in usb and tried to do the clock switcher didn't work so I go do a cmd and do an adb devices and there's nothing listed then I do an adb shell and it says error device not found but the computer sees it and the adb driver is loaded along with the mass storage driver and haven't had any problems until now.
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not sure if this is the right spot or not but ever since I flashed from cy36 to 361 I keep losing my adb connection I have to g1s and while I'm working on one the other one isn't even connected to the computer so I just flashed the hero theme on one and plugged it in usb and tried to do the clock switcher didn't work so I go do a cmd and do an adb devices and there's nothing listed then I do an adb shell and it says error device not found but the computer sees it and the adb driver is loaded along with the mass storage driver and haven't had any problems until now.
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You might want to try reinstalling the drivers and the USB Storage devices. That fixed it for me
Did you follow the "Preparing your phone for ADB" steps? and do ^ that suggestion first. lol
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Did you follow the "Preparing your phone for ADB" steps? and do ^ that suggestion first. lol
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yes I did I've had adb since sdk 1.0 and never had a problem like I said I actually have 1.0 and 1.5 on my computer so that when I root or re root other g1s I do adb but I noticed adb only works on it's version if I had a 1.5 g1 then the 1.0 won't work and same with the other way but that's not the problem I think I found it it's the clock switcher with 361 of Cyan because now I deleted it and restarted and it works just fine and I just tried to do the clock switcher and now it doesn't recognize either g1 again.
push apk via abd while in recovery mode?
Is it possible to use ADB to push apk files to the phone when the phone is in recovery mode? I tried and it didn't work (the files I was trying to replace weren't overwritten), and I'm wondering if it's because I did something wrong, or if it just doesn't work. I have adb working fine otherwise, have used it a bunch, including to push files while the phone was booted normally.
Specifically, I want to push the calendar.apk and calendarprovider.apk (I like the 1x4 calendar widget better than the 2x2). I want to do this in recovery mode so that the calendar isn't running when the file gets overwritten. I keep having calendar problems after pushing the 1x4 widget, and I think the problems are due to the calendar being active when the file gets replaced.
ADB Commands...
First I would like to say I think the guide is great. Though I don't have a lot of use for it, but I have some suggestions to make:
1. List some ADB commands and what they do, specifically how to use them, and what you would use them for. This forum has taught me so much about my phone and linux, but sometimes it was a slow learning process. Working the ADB push/pull feature was confusing when I first started using it.
2. Nandroid Back-ups. I still don't think I am using it correctly. I know there is a guide, but it still seems confusing. Maybe dumb it down a little.
3. Maybe more information on fastboot. I'm not sure exactly what it is or does, seems like just another version of recovery terminal, which from everything I have learned so far, if you can't get to your recovery terminal, you probably won't be able to get to your fastboot either.
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Maybe more information on fastboot. I'm not sure exactly what it is or does, seems like just another version of recovery terminal, which from everything I have learned so far, if you can't get to your recovery terminal, you probably won't be able to get to your fastboot either.
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Actually, you can access fastboot from the bootloader, so it's available even if the recovery console isn't.
heldc said:
Is it possible to use ADB to push apk files to the phone when the phone is in recovery mode? I tried and it didn't work (the files I was trying to replace weren't overwritten), and I'm wondering if it's because I did something wrong, or if it just doesn't work. I have adb working fine otherwise, have used it a bunch, including to push files while the phone was booted normally.
Specifically, I want to push the calendar.apk and calendarprovider.apk (I like the 1x4 calendar widget better than the 2x2). I want to do this in recovery mode so that the calendar isn't running when the file gets overwritten. I keep having calendar problems after pushing the 1x4 widget, and I think the problems are due to the calendar being active when the file gets replaced.
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In recovery, nothing is mounted. So in order to push and overwrite the calender and calenderproviders, you have to do this in recovery/adb shell
mount /system/app
After that, You should be able to push the files + overwrite them =]. QQ why do you want to do this inrecovery and not when the phone is turned on and fully functional?o_o
but how many times is bootloader available when recovery console isn't? I understand they are different, but from everything I have seen, if you can get one, you can get the other and if you can't get one, you cant get the other either.
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First I would like to say I think the guide is great. Though I don't have a lot of use for it, but I have some suggestions to make:
1. List some ADB commands and what they do, specifically how to use them, and what you would use them for. This forum has taught me so much about my phone and linux, but sometimes it was a slow learning process. Working the ADB push/pull feature was confusing when I first started using it.
2. Nandroid Back-ups. I still don't think I am using it correctly. I know there is a guide, but it still seems confusing. Maybe dumb it down a little.
3. Maybe more information on fastboot. I'm not sure exactly what it is or does, seems like just another version of recovery terminal, which from everything I have learned so far, if you can't get to your recovery terminal, you probably won't be able to get to your fastboot either.
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If you type "adb" in terminal you get a whole list of the options and what they do Also what part of nandroid backup don't you understand? Its just booting into recovery and alt+b. I assume you mean nandroid restores right? Drop me a PM maybe I can help you
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but how many times is bootloader available when recovery console isn't? I understand they are different, but from everything I have seen, if you can get one, you can get the other and if you can't get one, you cant get the other either.
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Its because the boot loader is dependent on the SPL and if you flash the "Danger" SPL which is basically the only one that causes problems, then you have a chance of bricking your phone. In that case, brick = no bootloader no recovery
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but how many times is bootloader available when recovery console isn't? I understand they are different, but from everything I have seen, if you can get one, you can get the other and if you can't get one, you cant get the other either.
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Well, actually, I recently had just this happen. My fiance got a g1, and somehow in flashing it for him, it ended up without a working recovery console. It wouldn't flash the recovery image from within the OS, so I had to use fastboot to flash the recovery image. So, it's quite possible to have a bootloader and no recovery console.
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In recovery, nothing is mounted. So in order to push and overwrite the calender and calenderproviders, you have to do this in recovery/adb shell
mount /system/app
After that, You should be able to push the files + overwrite them =]. QQ why do you want to do this inrecovery and not when the phone is turned on and fully functional?o_o
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Ah ha, that's likely the problem, thanks!
Like I said, I want to overwrite a system app, the calendar. Every time I've done this with the phone "fully functional", the app ends up constantly force closing. I suspect this might be due to corruption from overwriting the app while it's running. I'm hoping that if I replace the app when the OS isn't on, the replacement app will work properly.
No problem You could also try replacing the calender app in a ROM and resigin it and then flash it. Have you tried rebooting after replacing the Calender app when the phone is I quote from myself " fully functional "?
Ive used programs like TestDisk to get pictures from a "formatted" flash card. I forgot to backup my SMS messages before doing a wipe (backed up everything...). Is there a way I can access the phones built-in memory using software like TeskDisk?
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
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Ive used programs like TestDisk to get pictures from a "formatted" flash card. I forgot to backup my SMS messages before doing a wipe (backed up everything...). Is there a way I can access the phones built-in memory using software like TeskDisk?
http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk
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Did you do a nandroid? if not then I am pretty sure the answer is no.
That's like formatting my HDD then asking if can i recover all those programs.
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That's like formatting my HDD then asking if can i recover all those programs.
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Umm... you do know that when you format your hard drive you can still get some of the data back, right? Unless you use a secure erase program, the data is still on the hard drive. The same goes for flash memory. Format or delete images from your flash card and use TestDisk to see what you can get back. If you havent written anything to the drive, chances are you can get it all back. For your sake, I hope you securely wipe your hdds before throwing/giving them away. That goes for everyone.
Back to the topic. I just want to know how to access the built-in memory where this stuff is stored. Some type of developer tool maybe?
I'd personally like to know what this really has to do with development. You may be looking for some "developer tool" to recover lost data, but this adds nothing to any development going on or anything.
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I'd personally like to know what this really has to do with development. You may be looking for some "developer tool" to recover lost data, but this adds nothing to any development going on or anything.
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The chances of such a tool existing would be known by the smart developers/coders in this forum
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The chances of such a tool existing would be known by the smart developers/coders in this forum
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Check the rules of the forum. This section isn't meant to ask developers something. It's meant for development.
I would try booting into recovery and then use adb to manually mount your partitions. I would assume you just need to mount the /data partition.. I know this works on my Magic so just check and make sure that you have the right block device if your running on a Dream!
1. open adb shell
2. make a new directory with mkdir "name of new dir"
3. mount /data with mount -t yaffs /dev/block/mtdblock5 "name of new dir"
4. open new terminal/command prompt and use adb pull command as follows
to bring the data partition over to your computer:
adb pull "name of new dir" "name of file to be placed on computer"
5. now see if you have any files and attempt recovery of your sms database
Good Luck
[EDIT] Oh yeah the other guy's are right you should post this type of question in General next time. Fortunately I'm not a **** so I posted how I would try to rescue my stuff and remember Nandroid would have saved your ass
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I would try booting into recovery and then use adb to manually mount your partitions. I would assume you just need to mount the /data partition.. I know this works on my Magic so just check and make sure that you have the right block device if your running on a Dream!
1. open adb shell
2. make a new directory with mkdir "name of new dir"
3. mount /data with mount -t yaffs /dev/block/mtdblock5 "name of new dir"
4. open new terminal/command prompt and use adb pull command as follows
to bring the data partition over to your computer:
adb pull "name of new dir" "name of file to be placed on computer"
5. now see if you have any files and attempt recovery of your sms database
Good Luck
[EDIT] Oh yeah the other guy's are right you should post this type of question in General next time. Fortunately I'm not a **** so I posted how I would try to rescue my stuff and remember Nandroid would have saved your ass
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Thanks nrmerritt, ill give it a try. How do I get root in adb shell via windows? When I try to mkdir, it says "Read-only file system"
Also, I do have a Dream (G1), any ideas which block to use?
Thanks
Are you using Amon_Ra's latest recovery? On my phone when I boot into recovery mode and connect with adb it's already in a root environment.
About the block device I would try the one I posted. You can always just do an "ls" command on the new directory you mounted it on before you copy it to the computer so can you see if/what files are possibly still left.
As a last resort effort you could also try the "dd" command to make an image of the partition while it's still on the phone then copy that to your computer with adb.
One more thing..If you did a wipe and rebooted your phone, your chances are not very good for recovery since the phone would have written a whole bunch of files to the data partition on first boot into Android. Side note, maybe one day Google will incorporate messages into sync and improve our lives a little.
I just loaded a new version of CM 10.1 on my sdcard ready to flash. I rebooted in TWRP, did the necessary wipes, then went to install my new ROM. Surprise, using Safari on Mac, it automatically opened the downloaded .zip file to a folder I didn't realize this as I was transferring, so now I have the extracted folder for my ROM, but the system can apparently only read .zips. So I am now without an OS. And no, I don't have a backup on the card. I just transferred it to my Hard Drive a few days ago to save on storage. But now I am VERY clear why it should stay on the card. Stupid.
I noticed that TWRP has a USB mount feature so I could copy over the proper .zip. But it won't mount on my computer (Mac or PC). In the console I see "E:Unable to locate volume information for USB storage mode." I tried getting into it via ADB, which worked before, but now it does not even list my device. Tried ADB side load, and it just never starts up on the Kindle.
I could never get fastboot to detect the device in the first place, so I haven't even bothered with any of that.
What can I do? All I want is to get my .zip back on the kindle. Or is there a way to .zip the extracted folder back into a .zip on the kindle itself with command line? Is there a way to install folders instead of .zips?
I've scoured several similar posts but nothing seemed to be resolved, or their fixes depending on ADB working.
Please help!
There isn't a way to re-zip a directory within Android in such a way that it can be flashed in recovery. You'll need to sort out your driver issue in Windows, or use the Mac (better choice anyway) to 'adb push' a new ROM to your sdcard.
Did you happen to wipe your internal storage before this happened?
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There isn't a way to re-zip a directory within Android in such a way that it can be flashed in recovery. You'll need to sort out your driver issue in Windows, or use the Mac (better choice anyway) to 'adb push' a new ROM to your sdcard.
Did you happen to wipe your internal storage before this happened?
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When I did my wipe, I just followed the same instructions as when I did my original flash. Wiped system first, and then did the Factory Reset which includes data, cache and dalvik.
I tried plugging in the Kindle to my Mac while TWRP had the USB mounted, but nothing. I was just using the Android File Transfer for Mac that Amazon originally recommended when I first got it. That does not recognize anything now. Is there another way to access a Kindle on a Mac? Can you get Android SDK and run from a Mac Console command line? I thought all the commands were only for Windows. Does the Mac work better?
For my PC, I had the ADB drivers working fine before this. When I plug in now, I hear the windows SFX and it shows up in device manager as "Other Device" but listed as a Kindle. But the driver doesn't work, and it can't find drivers when I search. The Kindle used to show up as its own device with Android ADB under it. That never shows up anymore, probably why I can't do ADB commands.
But I think the computer is fine, because when I try to reinstall those drivers, it says they are already there. I'm guessing the Kindle itself is not allowing it to be recognized because there is no way to "enable ADB" in its settings since the OS is gone. I was hoping TWRP would have this built in.
I'm not sure why ADB Sideload doesn't work. It just sits there forever trying to start. I wish I could just push a new .zip that way. It's driving me nuts trying to figure out why nothing ADB works after the wipe.
Thanks
I downloaded the SDK for Mac and ran the ADB commands through Mac Terminal — it recognized the device! I never would have thought to try the Mac. Not sure why it worked differently, but it did. I was able to push a new ROM .zip through ADB and all is well.
Still not sure why I couldn't get the TWRP USB mount to work, but I learned my lesson, always keep a backup ON-CARD.
Thank you!
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I downloaded the SDK for Mac and ran the ADB commands through Mac Terminal — it recognized the device! I never would have thought to try the Mac. Not sure why it worked differently, but it did. I was able to push a new ROM .zip through ADB and all is well.
Still not sure why I couldn't get the TWRP USB mount to work, but I learned my lesson, always keep a backup ON-CARD.
Thank you!
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I assumed you already tried it on the Mac. But yeah....Mac is waaaaaay better at detecting the Kindle Fire than Windows.
Background
Okay so the glass on my 2013 Moto X broke on September 27th I ordered a new one and while changing it I accidentally broke the digitizer so I disconnected the digitizer and the phone turned on while my digitizer with disconnected then i had no way of turning it off while my digitizer was disconnected the phone started to vibrate every 3 seconds until the battery died... so I was forced to switch over to my Nexus 6 because at the time that was my backup phone because I love the performance of my Moto X.. now a few months later yesterday to be exact my new digitizer arrived and I brought my Moto X back to life powers on and performs just fine
Problem
My wrist twitch to activate camera doesn't work
My dual chop to activate led doesn't work
Whenever I make a phone call or receive a phone call my screen turns off automatically but the phone call works just fine once the phone call has ended my screen does not turn back on I have to reboot the phone to turn on the display again
Phone info
2013 moto x on 5.1.1 stock rom locked bootloader rooted using crashes method with ultra slim root
any help or tip is greatly appreciated
Maybe, but it really depends what's actually wrong. The Moto has a TI MSP430 chip that handles all that 'motion, wave-to-wake, chop-chop' stuff and it's loaded from a /firmware folder or partition (have forgotten at this point). @masterifla figured out which files it was on 4.4.4 & 5.1 that got uploaded to the 430 and wrote a .zip file to change from 4.4.4's "wave to wake" to 5.1 "chop chop" or vice versa. I fixed some little bug in it, and stuck the working .zips up in this post although they may be elsewhere as well: (so :: these zips contain the firmware that actually does the wave-to-wake stuff and can be 'recovery-flashed')
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63616790&postcount=17
At least if that works, you'll know that it was the firmware for that chip, and if not, it might actually be the 430 chip(which you can see in the teardown). The post by me and anything by masterifla should be pretty well explained.
Cheers.
but have a locked bootloader I can't flash anything...but you gave hope maybe if I use rsd lite to flash stock I can fix this
BADDINOROX99 said:
but have a locked bootloader I can't flash anything...but you gave hope maybe if I use rsd lite to flash stock I can fix this
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There still might be a way. I keep trying to have people get this to work, but I'm not sure of the outcome yet, so give it try if you like: Here's some steps:
1) Locked bootloader / no root means mostly that you can't write system, but I'm pretty sure you should be able to temporarily boot into a PC-based copy of twrp. Once in twrp (for one time say) you are root, and you have access to anything on your gizmo. In theory, you should be able to mount system read-write and change something in the file system.
2) Get the correct copy of twrp and adb (from dev forum for this box) and put it on a PC with fastboot in the same folder. To make this easy, called twrp "twrp.img" and call "fastboot" or "mfastboot" fastboot.exe (I am for some reason assuming you've got a PC, not a mac or linux, but the ideas are similar.
3) quick explain of the files in the .zip from above ^^ : 8 files prefixed by MSP that are located when on the moto in /system/etc/firmware. Unzip them and stick them in that same folder.
4) Tricky part : (I think) : reboot into the twrp.img on your PC by getting your device into fastboot / bootloader mode: (so .. volume-up&down&power keys all held down for ~10 seconds perhaps, then if you've gotten it right (it's touchy), you'll be in the bootloader where it has a small tiny text list of stuff like "continue, recovery, etc).
5) you're good with the phone if you've made it here: now on the PC from that folder, type in "fastboot boot twrp.img" and good luck. If it works, your phone will be in TWRP with root access. If not, I don't know another option at the moment.
6) Probably the rest is most easily done from the PC command (or shell) window where the files are. Since your device is in the bootloader and awaiting further instruction, you should be able to use adb to talk to recovery now. so carry on:
7) (get the files from your PC (the MSP prefixed ones) onto the device, so first remount system r/w):
Code:
a) "adb remount" // supposedly should remount system toggling the read attribute to write
b) "adb push msp* /system/etc/firmware/" // copies files to device unless I've got syntax wrong, try one at a time if doesn't work.
c) "adb shell ls -al /system/etc/firmware/" // list all files, and post them back here to see if it even worked.
d) "adb remount" // system partition back to normal ro state.
d) "adb reboot" // moment of truth, a reboot.
8) after things settle post-reboot, check out "wave-to-wake" , camera twist, etc. This works on 4.4.4 or 5.1 (if this other stuff above works).
Note: I could be way off on my idea that rebooting into recovery will give you enough functionality to do this, but I'm not sure what other choices you've got without being able to root. I guess another thing I'm wondering about is why you wouldn't be able to root the phone from recovery regardless of how you booted into it. You still can't unlock bootloader, but I'm not clear on what difference it makes at the moment.
Good luck. It's a "hail mary" pass.
thanks I got my stuff working again ? I screwed up in the file install part freaked out and reflashed stock and rerooted so everything is good now once again thanks