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[Q] Boot Loop Issue

After traversing the internet for quite some time looking up various fixes and such for this issue i dont think i have found one that coveres what im facing with this phone.
After getting to the HBOOT menu i see this info:
*** LOCKED ***
RUNNYMEDE PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.28.0006
RADIO-3831.16.00.16_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 24 2012, 18:59:39
Then the menu options.
The person i got this off says they havent done anything to the phone as far as custom firmware goes and seems to be unrooted.
Im wondering if i need to reflash a rom of any kind onto the phone and if i do how do i do this without an external SD card option?
Any help here would be great.
DD

DragonStorme said:
After traversing the internet for quite some time looking up various fixes and such for this issue i dont think i have found one that coveres what im facing with this phone.
After getting to the HBOOT menu i see this info:
*** LOCKED ***
RUNNYMEDE PVT SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.28.0006
RADIO-3831.16.00.16_M
eMMC-boot
Apr 24 2012, 18:59:39
Then the menu options.
The person i got this off says they havent done anything to the phone as far as custom firmware goes and seems to be unrooted.
Im wondering if i need to reflash a rom of any kind onto the phone and if i do how do i do this without an external SD card option?
Any help here would be great.
DD
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I not sure i understand your problem. Your phone doesn't boot (or boot loop) but you can enter in HBoot and you wondering how you can solve the problem?
If this is the problem, try to flash your phone with a proper stock ruu.
1. Download to your PC the proper stock RUU for your device (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128104)
2. Enter in HBOOT (first remove the battery, then, put the battery in the device again and press Volume Down+Power)
3. Connect you phone to PC via USB,
4. Select fasboot mode
5. Flash stock RUU.
Hope it's help.
Regards.

francocrack said:
I not sure i understand your problem. Your phone doesn't boot (or boot loop) but you can enter in HBoot and you wondering how you can solve the problem?
If this is the problem, try to flash your phone with a proper stock ruu.
1. Download to your PC the proper stock RUU for your device (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2128104)
2. Enter in HBOOT (first remove the battery, then, put the battery in the device again and press Volume Down+Power)
3. Connect you phone to PC via USB,
4. Select fasboot mode
5. Flash stock RUU.
Hope it's help.
Regards.
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Sorry if my OP was confusing.
The phone does Boot Loop. I can enter the Hboot menu but thats it. If i connect the phone to a pc via USB all it does is charge. I have no access to the storage of the phone itself so i cannot flash anything to the phone.
The furthest I have gotten the phone to 'boot' is i get a momentary glimpse of the home screen background and the info bar along the top then it restarts.
DD
Edit: Further information, The person i am trying to fix this for said that the USB Debug mode isnt on, if that helps.

DragonStorme said:
Sorry if my OP was confusing.
The phone does Boot Loop. I can enter the Hboot menu but thats it. If i connect the phone to a pc via USB all it does is charge. I have no access to the storage of the phone itself so i cannot flash anything to the phone.
The furthest I have gotten the phone to 'boot' is i get a momentary glimpse of the home screen background and the info bar along the top then it restarts.
DD
Edit: Further information, The person i am trying to fix this for said that the USB Debug mode isnt on, if that helps.
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You don't need to have storage access to flash the phone. With RUU you flash the phone trough PC. You only have to acess"fastboot mode" trough HBOOT. But you must have a proper connection with PC, so you must install the correct driver.
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francocrack said:
You don't need to have storage access to flash the phone. With RUU you flash the phone trough PC. You only have to acess"fastboot mode" trough HBOOT. But you must have a proper connection with PC, so you must install the correct driver.
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Proper connection being what exactly? I cant get the Fastboot USB to display, but the pc only seems to find the Andriod 1.0 Device driver and nothing else happens.
Im sorry for being a git on this front but ive never had to use this approach in fixing a phone before.
DSD
Also I dont know the CID for the phone either. So at this point i dont know which RUU I need...

DragonStorme said:
Proper connection being what exactly? I cant get the Fastboot USB to display, but the pc only seems to find the Andriod 1.0 Device driver and nothing else happens.
Im sorry for being a git on this front but ive never had to use this approach in fixing a phone before.
DSD
Also I dont know the CID for the phone either. So at this point i dont know which RUU I need...
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Install HTC sync for Sensation XL on your PC to have the correct driver. You can get CID with a tool named "Runnymede AIO tool by Anders3408", but to use this tool you must be connected in fastboot mode and have an adb connection.
To get adb connection go to this link: http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/
Please be careful: with your first post, i can see that your bootloader is locked. So you can flash a stock RUU without problem. Never try to flash a phone with an unlocked bootloader (can brick your phone)
Regards.

francocrack said:
Install HTC sync for Sensation XL on your PC to have the correct driver. You can get CID with a tool named "Runnymede AIO tool by Anders3408", but to use this tool you must be connected in fastboot mode and have an adb connection.
Please be careful: with your first post, i can see that your bootloader is locked. So you can flash a stock RUU without problem. Never try to flash a phone with an unlocked bootloader (can brick your phone)
Regards.
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I have installed HTC Sync (got it directly from the HTC support site and was the only one i found) and have installed it on a pc the has never had the phone connected to it before but its not installing any drivers.
What does the phone normally show up as in the device manager?
DSD
P.S. Thanks for the assistance in this.

DragonStorme said:
I have installed HTC Sync (got it directly from the HTC support site and was the only one i found) and have installed it on a pc the has never had the phone connected to it before but its not installing any drivers.
What does the phone normally show up as in the device manager?
DSD
P.S. Thanks for the assistance in this.
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You found the driver in HTC folder (normally at : C:/Programs(x86)/Htc/HTC driver). Go to device manager and install driver manually.
My device manager shows: Android USB Device-->My HTC

[Q] Boot-Up Issue, Unrooted, Please help

Woke up today after using my phone to set an alarm last night...and my phone was shutdown (plugged in).
I tried starting it up, and the phone wouldn't boot past the white HTC startup screen. Since then I've tried booting up several times, including using volume down button, and then clicking fastboot, but the screen just goes black and nothing happens. Effectively I'm stuck at the start-up screen.
My phone is only a couple months old, and is not rooted. Also since I have not attempted anything fancy, I have not yet backed up any of my data, photos, etc. The only advice I've had so far is to do a factory reset, but this would erase important videos, which I really don't want to loose.
Does anyone have suggestions on things to try to either somehow backup my data before a reset, or to fix this issue?
Thanks,
Bill

billiam864 said:
Woke up today after using my phone to set an alarm last night...and my phone was shutdown (plugged in).
I tried starting it up, and the phone wouldn't boot past the white HTC startup screen. Since then I've tried booting up several times, including using volume down button, and then clicking fastboot, but the screen just goes black and nothing happens. Effectively I'm stuck at the start-up screen.
My phone is only a couple months old, and is not rooted. Also since I have not attempted anything fancy, I have not yet backed up any of my data, photos, etc. The only advice I've had so far is to do a factory reset, but this would erase important videos, which I really don't want to loose.
Does anyone have suggestions on things to try to either somehow backup my data before a reset, or to fix this issue?
Thanks,
Bill
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Maybe you should try to erase cache and reboot?
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot

alray said:
Maybe you should try to erase cache and reboot?
Code:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
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I am noob at this. my phone is unrooted, so my bootloader is locked. How do I run the erase cache command as you suggested? I've spent sometime looking for a forum telling me how, but have not found anyting... presumably i need software for my pc and connect the phone to it, or should there be some menu on the phone i can get to, to type in the command?

billiam864 said:
I am noob at this. my phone is unrooted, so my bootloader is locked. How do I run the erase cache command as you suggested? I've spent sometime looking for a forum telling me how, but have not found anyting... presumably i need software for my pc and connect the phone to it, or should there be some menu on the phone i can get to, to type in the command?
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you will need to have fastboot/adb tools installed on your computer ----> HERE
and you'll need latest HTC drivers installed. This can be done by installing HTC sync software you can find HERE
start with this, ill update this post with more instructions
reboot phone in bootloader mode (hold down POWER + VOL DWN)
you will have a screen similar to this
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
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select ''FASTBOOT'' (use volume up/down to navigate and power button to select)
then connect phone to computer (better to use a usb port at the back of your computer and don't use any usb hub)
The screen should now display ''FASTBOOT USB''' and the phone should be recognized by your computer.
Now open adb/fastboot tool by clicking on ''Minimal ADB and Fastboot'' icon
it will open a cmd prompt like this:
type these cmds:
Code:
fastboot erase cache [COLOR="Red"]<------- press ''enter''[/COLOR]
fastboot reboot [COLOR="red"]<------- press ''enter''[/COLOR]
now the phone will reboot
check if the phone is now booting properly.
btw no need to unlock the bootloader and root your phone atm

alray said:
you will need to have fastboot/adb tools installed on your computer ----> HERE
and you'll need latest HTC drivers installed. This can be done by installing HTC sync software you can find HERE
start with this, ill update this post with more instructions
reboot phone in bootloader mode (hold down POWER + VOL DWN)
you will have a screen similar to this
select ''FASTBOOT'' (use volume up/down to navigate and power button to select)
then connect phone to computer (better to use a usb port at the back of your computer and don't use any usb hub)
The screen should now display ''FASTBOOT USB''' and the phone should be recognized by your computer.
Now open adb/fastboot tool by clicking on ''Minimal ADB and Fastboot'' icon
it will open a cmd prompt like this:
type these cmds:
Code:
fastboot erase cache [COLOR="Red"]<------- press ''enter''[/COLOR]
fastboot reboot [COLOR="red"]<------- press ''enter''[/COLOR]
now the phone will reboot
check if the phone is now booting properly.
btw no need to unlock the bootloader and root your phone atm
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Ok,
so i installed the ADB command prompt and the HTC Sync program.
Booted up my phone and got the Fastboot USB indicator...typed in the first command and received an error. (see attached image).

billiam864 said:
Ok,
so i installed the ADB command prompt and the HTC Sync program.
Booted up my phone and got the Fastboot USB indicator...typed in the first command and received an error. (see attached image).
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the phone is recognised by the computer?
what is the ouput of
Code:
fastboot devices
?

alray said:
the phone is recognised by the computer?
what is the ouput of
Code:
fastboot devices
?
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My result was: FA38VS902912 fastboot
Seems like the computer sees the Phone...

billiam864 said:
My result was: FA38VS902912 fastboot
Seems like the computer sees the Phone...
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Yes phone is correctly recognized. Honestly its the first time I see that ''erasing error''.
You might want to try factory reset your phone... but it will wipe all your data.
Your phone is only a couple months old... still under warranty?
Btw factory reset is step #1 when you call htc cus.ser.

alray said:
Yes phone is correctly recognized. Honestly its the first time I see that ''erasing error''.
You might want to try factory reset your phone... but it will wipe all your data.
Your phone is only a couple months old... still under warranty?
Btw factory reset is step #1 when you call htc cus.ser.
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Okay, well thanks for trying... was really hoping to keep my videos and photos... If you think of anything please repost!

Factory reset should NOT wipe sdcard. But I don't have a htc one to test right bow
sent from my mobile device

billiam864 said:
Okay, well thanks for trying... was really hoping to keep my videos and photos... If you think of anything please repost!
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yes as @SaHiLzZ said, factory reset won't wipe the internal sdcard partition where your photo and video are stored. It will wipe /data partition where your users settings and app are stored. so you should not lost your media files.
The other options will require unlocking bootloader which will void your warranty. So if your phone is still under warranty better to get it repaired or replaced instead.

alray said:
yes as @SaHiLzZ said, factory reset won't wipe the internal sdcard partition where your photo and video are stored. It will wipe /data partition where your users settings and app are stored. so you should not lost your media files.
The other options will require unlocking bootloader which will void your warranty. So if your phone is still under warranty better to get it repaired or replaced instead.
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Also unlocking bootloader at HTCDEV will wipe the phone totally / sdcard and all

clsA said:
Also unlocking bootloader at HTCDEV will wipe the phone totally / sdcard and all
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I hope you all are correct. I spoke with HTC about sending in my phone for repair, and they said that since HTC One phones don't have an external or removal SD card...just internal memory, that all my photos/files/etc will be lost in the factory reset. Perhaps this discrepancy is in the model or type of HTC One?
Thanks,

[Q] TWRP 2.5.0.0 Unresponsive

Hello,
I while ago I decided to root my HTC to get some extra stuff. I used a guide on youtube that seemed to be reasonably well made and followed everystep of the process. But before I could root it I had to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP recovery. I got the latest version and proceeded to the next step, where I encountered my problem. After flashing the recovery everything seemed to be well except that my phone wasn't actually rooted. I decided to redo some of the last steps. This is where things get a bit tricky. I have done this quite a while ago (maybe 3-4 months) and don't exactly remember the steps that I repeated but I think I've also flashed TWRP a second time, as well as some other steps. And when it came to the part where I needed to use the recovery I found out that the recovery doesn't work. I can't press anything on the screen, I can however press the lock button and lock the device but when the *slide to unlock* appears it stops working again. I was running out of time and decided to leave it for another time but time has passed and I never really got the time to tinker with it any more since university started and I'm more busy then ever. This has left me with no ability to root or even update my phone.
This brings me to today, when I restored my phone completely forgetting what has happened. It got back to Android 4.1 and I can't do anything about it.
I hope to sort this out and finally root the phone. But even getting rid of TWRP to the original recovery so I could just update my phone would be very helpfull.
Thank you very much.

aleks945 said:
Hello,
I while ago I decided to root my HTC to get some extra stuff. I used a guide on youtube that seemed to be reasonably well made and followed everystep of the process. But before I could root it I had to unlock the bootloader and install TWRP recovery. I got the latest version and proceeded to the next step, where I encountered my problem. After flashing the recovery everything seemed to be well except that my phone wasn't actually rooted. I decided to redo some of the last steps. This is where things get a bit tricky. I have done this quite a while ago (maybe 3-4 months) and don't exactly remember the steps that I repeated but I think I've also flashed TWRP a second time, as well as some other steps. And when it came to the part where I needed to use the recovery I found out that the recovery doesn't work. I can't press anything on the screen, I can however press the lock button and lock the device but when the *slide to unlock* appears it stops working again. I was running out of time and decided to leave it for another time but time has passed and I never really got the time to tinker with it any more since university started and I'm more busy then ever. This has left me with no ability to root or even update my phone.
This brings me to today, when I restored my phone completely forgetting what has happened. It got back to Android 4.1 and I can't do anything about it.
I hope to sort this out and finally root the phone. But even getting rid of TWRP to the original recovery so I could just update my phone would be very helpfull.
Thank you very much.
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The background information is helpful but you have given us nothing to go on.
Post a fastboot getvar all except remove the imei and serialno?
What are you trying to accomplish? Return to Stock? S-OFF?

majmoz said:
The background information is helpful but you have given us nothing to go on.
Post a fastboot getvar all except remove the imei and serialno?
What are you trying to accomplish? Return to Stock? S-OFF?
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Tell me what background information do you need and I'll get everything.
The goal is to get a working recovery, which ever one it would be I don't really care. I just want to be able to update the firmware.

reboot into the bootloader. flash the latest twrp for your device using fastboot flash recovery recoverynamehere.zip
profit

jdgreat4 said:
reboot into the bootloader. flash the latest twrp for your device using fastboot flash recovery recoverynamehere.zip
profit
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If you could give me a more detailed guide I would toatally do that, because I'm pretty noobish when it comes to this kind of stuff.

aleks945 said:
Tell me what background information do you need and I'll get everything.
The goal is to get a working recovery, which ever one it would be I don't really care. I just want to be able to update the firmware.
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like he said before, post the output of "fastboot getvar all" except your IMEI and SERIALNO
---------- Post added at 11:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:05 AM ----------
aleks945 said:
If you could give me a more detailed guide I would toatally do that, because I'm pretty noobish when it comes to this kind of stuff.
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do you have adb and fastboot on your computer?
Do you have HTC drivers installed?

alray said:
like he said before, post the output of "fastboot getvar all" except your IMEI and SERIALNO
---------- Post added at 11:06 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:05 AM ----------
do you have adb and fastboot on your computer?
Do you have HTC drivers installed?
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I don't know what adb is, sorry. And no I don't, I had to do everything on my friend's laptop because it didn't seem to work on my machine (W8.1 compared to his W7).
Edit. But I do have acces to it pretty much all the time.

aleks945 said:
I don't know what adb is, sorry. And no I don't, I had to do everything on my friend's laptop because it didn't seem to work on my machine (W8.1 compared to his W7).
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yes better to use windows 7
go ahead and download adb and fastboot from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
download and install HTC sync from here: http://www.htc.com/us/support/software/htc-sync-manager.aspx
Once installed, uninstall HTC sync but keep the drivers installed
post back when done

alray said:
yes better to use windows 7
go ahead and download adb and fastboot from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
download and install HTC sync from here: http://www.htc.com/us/support/software/htc-sync-manager.aspx
Once installed, uninstall HTC sync but keep the drivers installed
post back when done
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The downloads are complete, just waiting on the instalation. The computer is quite old and slow unfortunatelly.
Thank you again
EDIT. Everything is done.

aleks945 said:
The downloads are complete, just waiting on the instalation. The computer is quite old and slow unfortunatelly.
Thank you again
EDIT. Everything is done.
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ok so connect your phone with he usb cable to the computer, reboot it in bootloader mode (hold power and vol -). in bootloader select "fastboot"
then lauch the adb command prompt and type "fastboot getvar all". post the output here but edit out the imei and serialno before.

alray said:
ok so connect your phone with he usb cable to the computer, reboot it in bootloader mode (hold power and vol -). in bootloader select "fastboot"
then lauch the adb command prompt and type "fastboot getvar all". post the output here but edit out the imei and serialno before.
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Here it is.
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Link since image seems to be really tiny.
http://i.imgur.com/9cZZRA9.jpg

aleks945 said:
Here it is.
Link since image seems to be really tiny.
http://i.imgur.com/9cZZRA9.jpg
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you can flash twrp 2.6.3.3
download the file and save it in the same folder where you have installed minimal adb and fastboot
then open the command prompt and with the phone in bootloader/fastboot mode enter these commands:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
What do you want to achieve then? Custom rooted rom? stock rooted rom (latest version)? or you simply what to root the rom you currently have?

alray said:
you can flash twrp 2.6.3.3
download the file and save it in the same folder where you have installed minimal adb and fastboot
then open the command prompt and with the phone in bootloader/fastboot mode enter these commands:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
What do you want to achieve then? Custom rooted rom? stock rooted rom (latest version)? or you simply what to root the rom you currently have?
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Latest stock rooted ram would be the final goal.

aleks945 said:
Latest stock rooted ram would be the final goal.
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you can flash this rom: http://www.androidrevolution.org/downloader/download.php?file=One_6.09.401.5_odexed.zip
its the stock rom for 6.09.401.5

alray said:
you can flash this rom: http://www.androidrevolution.org/downloader/download.php?file=One_6.09.401.5_odexed.zip
its the stock rom for 6.09.401.5
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Doesn't my phone have to be rooted to be able to instal another rom?

aleks945 said:
Doesn't my phone have to be rooted to be able to instal another rom?
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no just flash the rom from twrp recovery then you can root it if you want.

[SOLVED] Can't using LGUP now. bootloop with 9008 mode. (V409N)

Hello!
I unlocked the bootloader first.
However, after rebooting, the twrp failed to flash.
and I got a message to re-lock the bootloader.
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
After that, I checked several guides and tried.
but now, never can't boot and can't use LGUP.
Any method to restore stock rom via 9008 mode? please help.
PS :
I think download mode is also broken.
Please let me know if there's any way to recover the download mode.

1688_ said:
Hello!
I unlocked the bootloader first.
However, after rebooting, the twrp failed to flash.
and I got a message to re-lock the bootloader.
View attachment 5211369
After that, I checked several guides and tried.
but now, never can't boot and can't use LGUP.
View attachment 5211375
View attachment 5211379
Any method to restore stock rom via 9008 mode? please help.
PS :
I think download mode is also broken.
Please let me know if there's any way to recover the download mode.
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I'd suggest looking at this thread. Also, the screen telling you the bootloader is unlocked is normal, when you have a device that has it unlocked, you *always* see it when you boot up.
cheers

AsItLies said:
I'd suggest looking at this thread. Also, the screen telling you the bootloader is unlocked is normal, when you have a device that has it unlocked, you *always* see it when you boot up.
cheers
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Very thank you!
but Unfortunately, it didn't work for me.
I forgot what i did, but maybe I modified xbl_a, xbl_b, etc.
and try below method it didn't work, too.
I've touched too many things....
I'd like to know if there's a way to force the use of LG Flash Tool or something like that.

1688_ said:
Very thank you!
but Unfortunately, it didn't work for me.
I forgot what i did, but maybe I modified xbl_a, xbl_b, etc.
and try below method it didn't work, too.
I've touched too many things....
I'd like to know if there's a way to force the use of LG Flash Tool or something like that.
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Follow this post. (Don't speak Spanish so have no idea what the above video is doing, can't help there).
Essentially, when you flash an image to a partition it doesn't belong in, you run the risk of overwriting into nearby partitions (because image is bigger than partition size). If you do that, then the only solution is what's in the post above. It basically restores the entire device using qfil. Because when you start overwriting partitions (and possibly the partition table), there's no way of knowing what is messed up and what isn't.
cheers

AsItLies said:
Follow this post. (Don't speak Spanish so have no idea what the above video is doing, can't help there).
Essentially, when you flash an image to a partition it doesn't belong in, you run the risk of overwriting into nearby partitions (because image is bigger than partition size). If you do that, then the only solution is what's in the post above. It basically restores the entire device using qfil. Because when you start overwriting partitions (and possibly the partition table), there's no way of knowing what is messed up and what isn't.
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thank you !!
I'll try this right now and report

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AsItLies said:
Follow this post. (Don't speak Spanish so have no idea what the above video is doing, can't help there).
Essentially, when you flash an image to a partition it doesn't belong in, you run the risk of overwriting into nearby partitions (because image is bigger than partition size). If you do that, then the only solution is what's in the post above. It basically restores the entire device using qfil. Because when you start overwriting partitions (and possibly the partition table), there's no way of knowing what is messed up and what isn't.
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You are my hero!! So many thank you!!
I've only tried 3 and 4.
download mode has come alive.
btw, why my v40 has fail to install twrp?
my system is LMV409N(SKT)
Maybe I should give up custom rom for a while.
many thanks!!!

1688_ said:
you
You are my hero!! So many thank you!!
I've only tried 3 and 4.
download mode has come alive.
btw, why my v40 has fail to install twrp?
my system is LMV409N(SKT)
Maybe I should give up custom rom for a while.
many thanks!!!
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good that it worked. Follow this link and in the folder find boot_20n_magisk.img and use it (assuming you're on kor 20n), use qfil to flash it to boot_a and b.
It has both magisk and twrp in it. Remember, after flashing it in qfil (save original first of course), you need to hold vol - and pwr for a few seconds (until u hear windows chime meaning disconnect), to exit qfil.
But! and this is important, we don't want the device to boot, we want to go directly to recovery. So keep both buttons pressed but when LG logo appears, release pwr and then re-apply it, which then goes to recovery.
in recovery, u have to format data, then reboot recovery and flash dm_verity.
cheers

AsItLies said:
good that it worked. Follow this link and in the folder find boot_20n_magisk.img and use it (assuming you're on kor 20n), use qfil to flash it to boot_a and b.
It has both magisk and twrp in it. Remember, after flashing it in qfil (save original first of course), you need to hold vol - and pwr for a few seconds (until u hear windows chime meaning disconnect), to exit qfil.
But! and this is important, we don't want the device to boot, we want to go directly to recovery. So keep both buttons pressed but when LG logo appears, release pwr and then re-apply it, which then goes to recovery.
in recovery, u have to format data, then reboot recovery and flash dm_verity.
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Thank you very much for your follow-up.
I succeeded in entering the twrp.
But I got screen asking password, there's default password or something?

1688_ said:
Thank you very much for your follow-up.
I succeeded in entering the twrp.
But I got screen asking password, there's default password or something?
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There's no password, you just cancel out of that but be sure to do the 'swipe' to make it modifiable. The key after that is to format data, then reboot recovery and flash dm_verity, then encryption won't exist and no longer asked for pw.
cheers

AsItLies said:
There's no password, you just cancel out of that but be sure to do the 'swipe' to make it modifiable. The key after that is to format data, then reboot recovery and flash dm_verity, then encryption won't exist and no longer asked for pw.
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OK, Thank you!!
I followed the guide below and no more password message!!
How to use decrypted stock by @Xsavi : https://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v40/how-to/guide-twrp-data-access-stock-t3970149
I think everything's finally settled.
I'll try my best to enjoy the v40 now.
Thank you so much for your help.
many many thank you!!!!!!!

Phone stuck at black Mi logo

Hello, I never experienced this before so here I am trying to find some explanation, hopefully it's the right place... I have a Xiaomi Mi 5 Pro, few years old, sometimes slow but otherwise perfect, I changed the battery couple times.
Today I noticed it was at around 20% charge, I plug it to the wall, and leave it on the bed (turned on). After a few hours I go back to check on it and found the 100% indicator, but the phone was turned off.
I obviously try to turn it back on, but it gets stuck at the Mi logo (black screen with "unlocked" text below). I have installed a MIUI.eu rom ver. 11, twrp 3.2.3-0 recovery, and everything has been fine for years. I tried several times, still Mi logo (it's not bootloop, it's just stuck).
Suprised, I try to boot into recovery, and there I noticed that all the partitions are marked empty 0 bytes. I tried several things like backup, switching file format, restoring file system, etc., but it just won't work. It's like it has all been wiped and can't be mounted again.
I connected it to my desktop, MTP enabled from twrp, device recognized, storage completely empty. I remember I could see files there just the other day...
I tried all possible wipes, they won't work, either can't mount the partitions or other errors.
I already asked for suggestions elsewhere, which pointed me to fastboot flash using the adb/fastboot tools on Windows.
Well it says "Looking for devices...", the fastboot screen on the phone stays there for about 30 seconds, then it goes to the black Mi logo and then it shuts down.
Also if I boot in recovery, I can see it detected in the adb/fastboot tools screen, the scary part is that there it says "Bootloader: locked" (but it has been unlocked for years, and it even says unlocked in the black Mi screen!)
I'm lost, I never had anything like this, any suggestions to save the device? I would be really grateful

ZexDC said:
Well it says "Looking for devices...", the fastboot screen on the phone stays there for about 30 seconds, then it goes to the black Mi logo and then it shuts down.
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You probably don't have proper drivers for Mi 5 installed, download MIFLASH UNLOCK 3.5.1108.44 from here https://xiaomifirmware.com/downloads/download-mi-unlock-3-5-1108-44/
Double click on MiUsbDriver and install fastboot driver. Then phone will stay in fastboot mode when connected to PC, so you can try to install some original fastboot rom. I don't know what is the problem.

Indie Zex said:
You probably don't have proper drivers for Mi 5 installed, download MIFLASH UNLOCK 3.5.1108.44 from here https://xiaomifirmware.com/downloads/download-mi-unlock-3-5-1108-44/
Double click on MiUsbDriver and install fastboot driver. Then phone will stay in fastboot mode when connected to PC, so you can try to install some original fastboot rom. I don't know what is the problem.
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Thanks it was the driver stopping the fastboot.
Now I still cannot flash anything though, I get the following error:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Tried different roms, different MiFlash, from terminal, but same error.
From recovery I still see empty not mounted partitions.
Any other suggestions?

Well I don't know. Have you tried to format data in TWRP? Go into Wipe/Format Data/type yes (this will wipe EVERYTHING on phone) then from main menu reboot into recovery again and see if things changed.

Indie Zex said:
Well I don't know. Have you tried to format data in TWRP? Go into Wipe/Format Data/type yes (this will wipe EVERYTHING on phone) then from main menu reboot into recovery again and see if things changed.
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Yes that was the first thing I tried unfortunately that's where I found out something was off... I can't wipe any partition, I can't mount any partition, I tried to switch filesystem but no luck.
I was reading in the forums here about "sudden death" and it kinda feels that's what happened. Phone fine one day, dead the next with no real explanation...

ZexDC said:
I was reading in the forums here about "sudden death" and it kinda feels that's what happened. Phone fine one day, dead the next with no real explanation...
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That's a bummer. I don't think that phone is dead, but it looks that it somehow locked itself. According to this guide https://flash-er.com/xiaomi-mi-5-flash-file/ you can flash fastboot roms only on unlocked devices. But you can't unlock it now in this state...

Indie Zex said:
That's a bummer. I don't think that phone is dead, but it looks that it somehow locked itself. According to this guide https://flash-er.com/xiaomi-mi-5-flash-file/ you can flash fastboot roms only on unlocked devices. But you can't unlock it now in this state...
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It's very weird, I've been flashing lots of stuff in the past but I've never been locked out like this.
And the joke is that the black Mi logo screen still says "unlocked" as it should be... no idea, maybe it is programmed to just give up after some years.

Could be that your TWRP recovery is corrupted. You can install new one from a fastboot mode:
1. Copy latest twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gemini.img to your fastboot tools location on PC
2. Put the phone in fastboot mode (power + volume down) and connect it to the computer
3. Enter these commands in cmd prompt:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gemini.img
fastboot boot twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gemini.img
Then the phone will boot into new TWRP so you can check if it's ok.

Indie Zex said:
Could be that your TWRP recovery is corrupted. You can install new one from a fastboot mode:
1. Copy latest twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gemini.img to your fastboot tools location on PC
2. Put the phone in fastboot mode (power + volume down) and connect it to the computer
3. Enter these commands in cmd prompt:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gemini.img
fastboot boot twrp-3.5.2_9-0-gemini.img
Then the phone will boot into new TWRP so you can check if it's ok.
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I tried that, it gives the following error:
I noticed that even from MiFlash the device id sometimes disappears, not sure if that's the no link error

I really don't know what's going on. Maybe you can try this tutorial (it is for Mi 9, but can be applied to all Mi phones)

Indie Zex said:
I really don't know what's going on. Maybe you can try this tutorial (it is for Mi 9, but can be applied to all Mi phones)
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Thanks for trying I really appreciate. I did follow the tutorial, same error.
It's like the internal storage got fried or something? I have no clue