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Hi All-
I spent several hours trying to get ADB to work on my Verizon LG G2, nothing worked (device not connected error). So I flashed the latest TWRP for the Verizon LG G2 from the Android Development section using Flashify. I can get into recovery using an app, but I can't manually get into recovery using the rear buttons. I power off, hold the power and volume down buttons..then when LG comes up I hold them again and the phone just reboots. I have tried this a thousand ways, and I can't manually get into recovery (which scares me). It seems everyone else is able to do this, maybe do I need to reflash recovery using the ADB method if I can get it to work? I can get into it now through the OS and make backups, I am just worried I will flash a rom and NOT be able to do that. Any ideas what I can do to manually get in?
Thanks-
Sean
I'm on my phone now but had the same problem.
Flashify was the culprit.
Change computers and find the thread asking for a video of how to install TWRP. I followed the instructions and it worked.
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seanblock82 said:
Hi All-
I spent several hours trying to get ADB to work on my Verizon LG G2, nothing worked (device not connected error). So I flashed the latest TWRP for the Verizon LG G2 from the Android Development section using Flashify. I can get into recovery using an app, but I can't manually get into recovery using the rear buttons. I power off, hold the power and volume down buttons..then when LG comes up I hold them again and the phone just reboots. I have tried this a thousand ways, and I can't manually get into recovery (which scares me). It seems everyone else is able to do this, maybe do I need to reflash recovery using the ADB method if I can get it to work? I can get into it now through the OS and make backups, I am just worried I will flash a rom and NOT be able to do that. Any ideas what I can do to manually get in?
Thanks-
Sean
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Try holding volume down + power
Immediately when LG appears let go of both and ONLY hold onto power, should boot into option to factory reset
Hit power button 3 times to continue, then itll load twrp
let me know if this works.
Thanks!
Thank you illyfilly and bodom_hc. Bodom_hc's method worked. I know others must be having this same issue/maybe someone should post it up somewhere. I really apprecaite the time you both took out to reply to me. Now I can flash rom's like I have for every other device. Much appreciated, thank you!
Classify,menu,reboot recovery
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seanblock82 said:
Thank you illyfilly and bodom_hc. Bodom_hc's method worked. I know others must be having this same issue/maybe someone should post it up somewhere. I really apprecaite the time you both took out to reply to me. Now I can flash rom's like I have for every other device. Much appreciated, thank you!
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No problem.
I have the same problem
i rooted my phone using this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448887
and then installed ROM Manager and flashed ClockWorkMod Recover for my d802 inter.
But cant get into recovery.
I get this error message: "No command"
just downloaded flashify... What option do you use for flashing twrp ? Boot or Recovery ?
boundless said:
just downloaded flashify... What option do you use for flashing twrp ? Boot or Recovery ?
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Flash Recovery, not Boot.
bodom_hc said:
Try holding volume down + power
Immediately when LG appears let go of both and ONLY hold onto power, should boot into option to factory reset
Hit power button 3 times to continue, then itll load twrp
let me know if this works.
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Thank you for this! I was having the same problem. I have to admit, I panicked a little when it said it was proceeding with the factory hard reset, but then the recovery screen came up. Phew!
Thanks again.
bodom_hc said:
Try holding volume down + power
Immediately when LG appears let go of both and ONLY hold onto power, should boot into option to factory reset
Hit power button 3 times to continue, then itll load twrp
let me know if this works.
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Thank you let the crack flashing continue
Was stuck in boot loop could not get into recovery.
I was having a similar issue - tried to flash TWRP using flashify and got to a point where I could load into my ROM fine, but nothing I tried would get me into recovery mode - the phone would just show a couple lines of text and then a black screen. Fortunately I still had adb access and used this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670 (along with youtube video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OZSjL6FCyxA).
Using this stuff I was finally able to flash TWRP 2.6.3.1, and from there I had a stable recovery to work with. 2.6.3.2 and 2.6.3.3 did not work for me when trying to flash with Loki, but 2.6.3.1 did. Not sure what the deal was there, but I was probably doing something dumb.
bodom_hc said:
Try holding volume down + power
Immediately when LG appears let go of both and ONLY hold onto power, should boot into option to factory reset
Hit power button 3 times to continue, then itll load twrp
let me know if this works.
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seanblock82 said:
Thank you illyfilly and bodom_hc. Bodom_hc's method worked. I know others must be having this same issue/maybe someone should post it up somewhere. I really apprecaite the time you both took out to reply to me. Now I can flash rom's like I have for every other device. Much appreciated, thank you!
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RPAusCan said:
Thank you for this! I was having the same problem. I have to admit, I panicked a little when it said it was proceeding with the factory hard reset, but then the recovery screen came up. Phew!
Thanks again.
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Can anyone quadruple confirm that doing this does NOT erase all user data/settings and factory reset the G2? I'm honestly too scared to do this as I can't do a nandroid backup without TWRP... Thank so much!
tstretch said:
Can anyone quadruple confirm that doing this does NOT erase all user data/settings and factory reset the G2? I'm honestly too scared to do this as I can't do a nandroid backup without TWRP... Thank so much!
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It does not erase, it takes you to recovery
datechnerd said:
It does not erase, it takes you to recovery
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Thanks! I ended up downloading FreeGee from the Play store & flashing TWRP the way. Worked and booted into recovery. Still seems weird to me that flashify would make you go to the permanent reset function and say yes.
That's how it works with a locked boatloader. Pretty common.
Thank you
tstretch said:
Thanks! I ended up downloading FreeGee from the Play store & flashing TWRP the way. Worked and booted into recovery. Still seems weird to me that flashify would make you go to the permanent reset function and say yes.
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I thought i sh*t bricked my phone and pants. FreeGee soothed my soul.
Flashify
I tried Flashify and it didn't work...It didn't flash the recovery img i selected that was placed on the sdcard. I saw a post about FreeGee on the first couple of pages of this thread and gave it a try. I was very happy that it worked on the first try...
Freegee worked great for me also. Flashify did not.
Everyone should do it at least once, really. Teaches humility and caution.
I was messing around between ROMs with SafeStrap, testing battery life. Had gone ahead and tested SlimKat while I had it booted, found it acceptable, so I decided to do stock JB next.
It seemed only right and proper to install myfishbear's deodexed ROM over stock, so if it turned out that I was going to use it, I wouldn't need to shuffle it anywhere. And, I imagine, it would have been fine if I had simply installed it over stock.
However, in a moment of brilliance, I wiped the stock slot, installed the deodexed ROM, ignored the "NO O/S MORON" warning, and rebooted. In my defense, I had read somewhere that new versions of SS made a safety check to make sure necessary boot files were intact, and I knew that there were recovery options in case of bricking, so I wasn't especially worried if I screwed something up.
Well, I screwed something up, obviously. If I had to guess, I would say that I wiped the bootloader out?
So now:
Trying to let it boot results in a black screen
Trying to get into AP FastBoot results in a black screen
Recovery is accessible. However...
Trying to flash firmware from an SD card zip aborts itself when verifying the package. Have tried a few Android 4.x packages so far, for variety. To be honest, I didn't really expect this to work in the first place.
Trying to use Fastboot from recovery results in Windows detecting the phone as "Droid4", improperly installed (good ol' yellow triangle), and refuses to let me install it as the Motorola Flash Interface as it should be (won't even give me the option when I try to forcefully install the driver).
What shall I try next?
Septfox said:
Everyone should do it at least once, really. Teaches humility and caution.
I was messing around between ROMs with SafeStrap, testing battery life. Had gone ahead and tested SlimKat while I had it booted, found it acceptable, so I decided to do stock JB next.
It seemed only right and proper to install myfishbear's deodexed ROM over stock, so if it turned out that I was going to use it, I wouldn't need to shuffle it anywhere. And, I imagine, it would have been fine if I had simply installed it over stock.
However, in a moment of brilliance, I wiped the stock slot, installed the deodexed ROM, ignored the "NO O/S MORON" warning, and rebooted. In my defense, I had read somewhere that new versions of SS made a safety check to make sure necessary boot files were intact, and I knew that there were recovery options in case of bricking, so I wasn't especially worried if I screwed something up.
Well, I screwed something up, obviously. If I had to guess, I would say that I wiped the bootloader out?
So now:
Trying to let it boot results in a black screen
Trying to get into AP FastBoot results in a black screen
Recovery is accessible. However...
Trying to flash firmware from an SD card zip aborts itself when verifying the package. Have tried a few Android 4.x packages so far, for variety. To be honest, I didn't really expect this to work in the first place.
Trying to use Fastboot from recovery results in Windows detecting the phone as "Droid4", improperly installed (good ol' yellow triangle), and refuses to let me install it as the Motorola Flash Interface as it should be (won't even give me the option when I try to forcefully install the driver).
What shall I try next?
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What recovery is accessible?
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sd_shadow said:
What recovery is accessible?
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The second one, Android's recovery.
Septfox said:
The second one, Android's recovery.
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Stock recovery is worthless for flashing.
Need to use ap fastboot with rsd lite to flash stock firmware
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2817531
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Or could just try
Power off, Hold M key, Power on, release buttons at
Boot Mode Selection Menu> Scroll down with volume down button, to BP Tools, Select with Volume UP button, should boot directly to SafeStrap
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sd_shadow said:
Stock recovery is worthless for flashing.
Need to use ap fastboot with rsd lite to flash stock firmware
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I've realized this, yes. If the stock recovery weren't useless, there wouldn't be the need for using fastboot. I was just playing with it, since I couldn't get anything else to work properly.
sd_shadow said:
Or could just try
Power off, Hold M key, Power on, release buttons at
Boot Mode Selection Menu> Scroll down with volume down button, to BP Tools, Select with Volume UP button, should boot directly to SafeStrap
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The key word being "should"...but I've actually already tried this, after seeing it in a couple of other posts. Booting this way results in the same black screen as booting without holding M.
Right, well. I made a factory-style cable, to avoid killing my battery while I screw around.
I would very much appreciate any further suggestions on how to proceed. Is there any way to get the phone running from stock recovery, or am I completely SOL without AP Fastboot working from the first recovery menu?
Picking up another mainboard is always an option, but I'd really prefer not to if at all possible.
Septfox said:
Right, well. I made a factory-style cable, to avoid killing my battery while I screw around.
I would very much appreciate any further suggestions on how to proceed. Is there any way to get the phone running from stock recovery, or am I completely SOL without AP Fastboot working from the first recovery menu?
Picking up another mainboard is always an option, but I'd really prefer not to if at all possible.
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power off, press both volume buttons
sd_shadow said:
power off, press both volume buttons
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That gets me the first menu.
Everything in this menu, aside from Recovery, results in a black screen; even the M-to-BP Tools Safestrap shortcut.
Recovery, of course, gets me to android recovery, which apparently borders on useless. I mean, there's a fastboot option there, but it doesn't seem to work properly.
Septfox said:
That gets me the first menu.
Everything in this menu, aside from Recovery, results in a black screen; even the M-to-BP Tools Safestrap shortcut.
Recovery, of course, gets me to android recovery, which apparently borders on useless. I mean, there's a fastboot option there, but it doesn't seem to work properly.
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Power off your phone, hold volume down button and press power button, until you see AP Fastboot Flash Mode
sd_shadow said:
Power off your phone, hold volume down button and press power button, until you see AP Fastboot Flash Mode
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Ok, just so we're on the same page here.
First menu:
{
"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"
}
I have no problem getting to this menu. Everything but Recovery in this menu fails to do anything but go to a black screen; including AP Fastboot. Holding M while opening this menu, then selecting BP Tools to try and skip to Safestrap, doesn't work.
Recovery:
Useless, because it can't seem to actually flash packages (I would guess because how borked everything is), and the fastboot option doesn't seem to work properly.
Septfox said:
Ok, just so we're on the same page here.
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When from power off, hold just volume down, power on, should go straight to ap fastboot
Useless, because it can't seem to actually flash packages (I would guess because how borked everything is), and the fastboot option doesn't seem to work properly.
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No only update.zip(s) can be installed in stock recovery and only if Stock rom is installed, and only if it is the correct update, can not install updates on same system version, can not downgrade, so if newest system version is installed, there is no update.zip that will work. It's the same for every Motorola Droid for last 4 years.
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updates.zips are named like Blur_Version.6.16.217.XT894.Verizon.en.US.zip
rsd lite fles are like cdma_maserati_9.8.2O-72_VZW-18-2_1ff.xml.zip
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could try
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
sd_shadow said:
When from power off, hold just volume down, power on, should go straight to ap fastboot
No only update.zip(s) can be installed in stock recovery and only if Stock rom is installed, and only if it is the correct update, can not install updates on same system version, can not downgrade, so if newest system version is installed, there is no update.zip that will work. It's the same for every Motorola Droid for last 4 years.
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updates.zips are named like Blur_Version.6.16.217.XT894.Verizon.en.US.zip
rsd lite fles are like cdma_maserati_9.8.2O-72_VZW-18-2_1ff.xml.zip
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Ah, I see. That seems...rather short-sighted of Motorola. They knew very well that many of their users would be doing monumentally stupid things - like wiping the phone, for example - being able to debrick it from recovery would be extraordinarily helpful...
Then again, I'm sure that stock recovery on my Ally was just as unhelpful, so eh.
This is my first Droid, my first Motorola ever in fact, so I didn't know.
I'm aware of the naming conventions, I actually did download the RSD lite file for debricking...just couldn't get anywhere to use it. Several updates too, to spam at the package installer; that of course got me absolutely nowhere.
Anyway, I finally got into Fastboot.
What I was trying to do originally was disconnect the battery to power the phone off, then reconnect it and follow your instruction for going straight into Fastboot. This wasn't working; the phone refused to power on until I let go of all buttons. Is there some other way of shutting the phone off? Simply pressing the power button does nothing for me.
I thought we were having a breakdown in communication, since Vol Down+Power is supposed to be for reset. I apologize.
What finally got me in was disconnecting the battery, then holding the button down while "manually" powering on by using the factory-style cable. I now have the AP Fastboot menu; I just have to get Windows to install it properly (currently up, improperly as I understand, as "Mot Single ADB Interface"). I have your Google Docs guide up, so hopefully I can proceed from here without screwing anything else up.
Septfox said:
Ah, I see. That seems...rather short-sighted of Motorola. They knew very well that many of their users would be doing monumentally stupid things - like wiping the phone, for example - being able to debrick it from recovery would be extraordinarily helpful...
Then again, I'm sure that stock recovery on my Ally was just as unhelpful, so eh.
This is my first Droid, my first Motorola ever in fact, so I didn't know.
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all "Droid"(s) are designed for Verizon, and Verizon does not want their devices rooted, so this would not happen.
I'm aware of the naming conventions, I actually did download the RSD lite file for debricking...just couldn't get anywhere to use it. Several updates too, to spam at the package installer; that of course got me absolutely nowhere.
Anyway, I finally got into Fastboot.
What I was trying to do originally was disconnect the battery to power the phone off, then reconnect it and follow your instruction for going straight into Fastboot. This wasn't working; the phone refused to power on until I let go of all buttons. Is there some other way of shutting the phone off? Simply pressing the power button does nothing for me.
I thought we were having a breakdown in communication, since Vol Down+Power is supposed to be for reset. I apologize.
What finally got me in was disconnecting the battery, then holding the button down while "manually" powering on by using the factory-style cable. I now have the AP Fastboot menu; I just have to get Windows to install it properly (currently up, improperly as I understand, as "Mot Single ADB Interface"). I have your Google Docs guide up, so hopefully I can proceed from here without screwing anything else up.
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Windows does not like Motorola devices/Drivers, may need to reboot pc and droid 4 a few times
Let me start this post off by saying THANK YOU for sticking around and putting up with me. It has been a trying day, both because of this and offline stuff going on. I'm sorry if any of it bled over into my responses.
Flash was successful, phone is currently doing its thing, and I now know several new things about not only my phone, but Motorola devices in general. As well as what to avoid doing at all cost in the future unless I want more headaches.
sd_shadow said:
all "Droid"(s) are designed for Verizon, and Verizon does not want their devices rooted, so this would not happen.
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Yes, god forbid people try and get the most out of devices that they paid several hundred dollars and/or are roped into multi-year contracts for.
sd_shadow said:
Windows does not like Motorola devices/Drivers, may need to reboot pc and droid 4 a few times
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Funny thing about that.
I couldn't get Windows to install the phone "properly". Manually installing it as the Motorola Flash Interface simply made it unusable. After repeatedly rebooting the phone and computer, trying different cables and installation orders and methods, I finally gave up and left it as "Mot Single ADB Interface". RSD lite picked it up, but wouldn't display any information about it; didn't care, told it to flash anyway. The way I figured, it's not like it could hurt the phone much more than it already was.
Lo and behold, it worked. I'm not saying that this is a typical case and leaving it alone will work for everyone, but for anyone looking for an answer in the future: if you can't install it "properly", try flashing it anyway, provided it displays in Device Manager as functioning with no issues.
Final question, before I go off and do something stupid again: how does one flash ROMs into the stock "slot"? Is it a simple matter of installing without wiping the existing partitions?
Though frankly, at this point, I'm almost happy to just leave well enough alone and write that 3gb off as unusable.
Can't remember if all the ROMs can be installed on stock slot.
Cm11 and slimkat can just in safestrap/twrp, select stock slot, factory reset, and install.
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Indeed, Slimkat installed with absolutely no issue, and is at this point well on its way to being acceptably tweaked for daily usage. Aside from the rare random hot reboot, anyway.
Thanks again for your help, I can say with certainty that the phone wouldn't be working without it.
Hello, i have bricked my Memo pad 7 then me176cx model and need help fixing it. i installed the adb driver and cant get into recovery for some reason, but i can get into the bootloader. but i cant figure out how to flash the update from the asus website threw the bootloader. is there anyway to unbrick it? :good:
clapper66 said:
Hello, i have bricked my Memo pad 7 then me176cx model and need help fixing it. i installed the adb driver and cant get into recovery for some reason, but i can get into the bootloader. but i cant figure out how to flash the update from the asus website threw the bootloader. is there anyway to unbrick it? :good:
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Dont bother, I have tried for a week straight trying to unbrick mine. I did a factory reset and it destroyed my whole filesystem. :/
i just got mine so i just got a replacement from amazon
Mine was a present and I have no idea where they got it and they tossed the receipt. I'm sol. I'm broke so RMA may take a while as well! xD
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Also for getting into recovery follow these steps. Turn off. Hold volume down and also power. When Asus pops up release power and keep hold of volume until the bootloader appears. On bootloader go down to boot recovery. When it reboots to an android guy hold volume up and down at the same time. Let go of volume up and do this r over and over until it goes to recovery. The steps are ridiculous but I know it for sure because my last week of trying to fix mine has been hell.
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the there is a way
applerulez1 said:
Mine was a present and I have no idea where they got it and they tossed the receipt. I'm sol. I'm broke so RMA may take a while as well! xD
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Also for getting into recovery follow these steps. Turn off. Hold volume down and also power. When Asus pops up release power and keep hold of volume until the bootloader appears. On bootloader go down to boot recovery. When it reboots to an android guy hold volume up and down at the same time. Let go of volume up and do this r over and over until it goes to recovery. The steps are ridiculous but I know it for sure because my last week of trying to fix mine has been hell.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help/asus-memo-7-me176cx-t2814046/post57408037#post57408037
clapper66 said:
Hello, i have bricked my Memo pad 7 then me176cx model and need help fixing it. i installed the adb driver and cant get into recovery for some reason, but i can get into the bootloader. but i cant figure out how to flash the update from the asus website threw the bootloader. is there anyway to unbrick it? :good:
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what update are you trying to flash?
Steps to unbrick (if you can get into fastboot)
clapper66 said:
Hello, i have bricked my Memo pad 7 then me176cx model and need help fixing it. i installed the adb driver and cant get into recovery for some reason, but i can get into the bootloader. but i cant figure out how to flash the update from the asus website threw the bootloader. is there anyway to unbrick it? :good:
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I bricked mine, but I am adventurous so found a method to recover to factory.
I'm not providing links as they are searchable here on XDA.
The steps are:
1) Get the factory image from Asus
2) Get FB Tethered Recovery Launcher
3) boot into fastboot mode
4) Hook up to computer
5) ensure the device is listed with correct drivers
6) Run ADB (from your platform tools, there is a copy in FBRL folder)
8) copy the zip file from Asus to the device (adb push /path/to/local/file /mnt/sdcard/path/to/file)
9) Run launcher from FB recovery
10) Choose T2 option, follow prompts to let it do it's thing
11) You should boot into CWM on the device
12) install from zip and point to the zip file you pushed earlier
13) Follow the prompts, and presto, restored to factory and can root/update etc.
I'd like to say thanks to the good info posted here and in other threads. I got stuck in a boot loop tonight and had no idea if I'd be able to fix it. Here's what I did (combination of this thread and others)
My method requires an micro SD card and an Internet connection
1. Confirm you can boot into fastboot:
---->Reboot into fastboot (droid boot) by powering device off (hold power button down), then holding down volume up while powering on. I released the up button once the screen went blank. It should eventually present options to reboot into droidboot, reboot, update from SD, etc.
2. Download the newest firmware from ASUS
YOU NEED THE WW version most likely (worldwide?)
3. Save this to the root of your SD card
4. rename file to MOFD_SDUPDATE.zip
5. Insert card into tablet.
6. While in droidboot/fastboot Choose the option to update from SD. It reboots and uploads the firmware. I was pleasantly surprised that I got my tablet back so easily.
Hope this helps some other poor soul.
There are other methods, but in simplicity, yours seems to win the match. Thank you very much.
How did you get cwm?
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JarrelStudios said:
How did you get cwm?
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I do not get the option to Update from SD while in DroidBoot...why is that? I get the other options...REBOOT, REBOOT DROIDBOOT, RECOVERY, POWER OFF.
Please help! I've already sent this back to Asus, and they just sent it right back to me.
Shaundiesel said:
I do not get the option to Update from SD while in DroidBoot...why is that? I get the other options...REBOOT, REBOOT DROIDBOOT, RECOVERY, POWER OFF.
Please help! I've already sent this back to Asus, and they just sent it right back to me.
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Click on recovery. Inside recovery you'll get a "no command" screen. Hit the center of the volume rocker (it'll take a few tries) and you'll see the update command.
jerbear294 said:
Click on recovery. Inside recovery you'll get a "no command" screen. Hit the center of the volume rocker (it'll take a few tries) and you'll see the update command.
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thanks Jerbear (Love the name, Deadhead!), I did this which brings up regular Android recovery, but no option to update except through ADB.
Shaundiesel said:
thanks Jerbear (Love the name, Deadhead!), I did this which brings up regular Android recovery, but no option to update except through ADB.
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Try this, then.
In the main thread somebody linked a temporary cwm session. Try booting into it and installing the update from there (Nandroid while you're at it )
Why would I not even have the option though??
Shaundiesel said:
Why would I not even have the option though??
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I'm not exactly sure.
I need some help. I have average experience with ADB and cannot get ADB to recognize my device. Debugging on of course, and I dowloaded the zip for the drivers. I don't really know where to go from here. Any help will be greatly appreciated! I need to get this thing back up and running!!
gcballard said:
I'd like to say thanks to the good info posted here and in other threads. I got stuck in a boot loop tonight and had no idea if I'd be able to fix it. Here's what I did (combination of this thread and others)
My method requires an micro SD card and an Internet connection
1. Confirm you can boot into fastboot:
---->Reboot into fastboot (droid boot) by powering device off (hold power button down), then holding down volume up while powering on. I released the up button once the screen went blank. It should eventually present options to reboot into droidboot, reboot, update from SD, etc.
2. Download the newest firmware from ASUS
YOU NEED THE WW version most likely (worldwide?)
3. Save this to the root of your SD card
4. rename file to MOFD_SDUPDATE.zip
5. Insert card into tablet.
6. While in droidboot/fastboot Choose the option to update from SD. It reboots and uploads the firmware. I was pleasantly surprised that I got my tablet back so easily.
Hope this helps some other poor soul.
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I'm at the Android System Recovery, however, there's no option to apply update from SD...only apply update from ADB...
jhenehj said:
I'm at the Android System Recovery, however, there's no option to apply update from SD...only apply update from ADB...
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In this case use the Intel Atom temporary ClockWorkMod to flash it.
jerbear294 said:
In this case use the Intel Atom temporary ClockWorkMod to flash it.
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Thanks for your reply...I'm not really sure what you're referring to, but is this about ADB sideloading? I already tried but this comes up...
Now I don't know what to do...so I badly need anyone's help here...thanks in advance!
Hi everyone,
I got an android phone for the first time, after years off apple
I tried to root my P8 and upgrade to 6.0.1, big fail. Now i have problems with booting. If i trie to update via updatemanager it restart, logo shown, then stuck at black screen. Same if i try to root.
Any help is verry welcom, greetz
braincracker-x said:
Hi everyone,
I got an android phone for the first time, after years off apple
I tried to root my P8 and upgrade to 6.0.1, big fail. Now i have problems with booting. If i trie to update via updatemanager it restart, logo shown, then stuck at black screen. Same if i try to root.
Any help is verry welcom, greetz
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What is your build and how did you try to root it?
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I`m total new to android and should have read some more befor i try to do anything..!
After I completly crashed te phone, boot loop i guess haa, i did read some more and got android 6.0 running.
Thanks anyway
braincracker-x said:
I`m total new to android and should have read some more befor i try to do anything..!
After I completly crashed te phone, boot loop i guess haa, i did read some more and got android 6.0 running.
Thanks anyway
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glad your mobile made it back... Cheers
amageek said:
glad your mobile made it back... Cheers
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If i wouldnt be soo stupid!
I couldnt leave my fingers off it and played around again with my phone, shame on me. I update my p8 lite to android 6.0 and then tried to rollback. Now my phone makes the start up sound but i have no display at all. All black with some flashing here and there. I can hear the start up sound, but screen stay black. Any advice, once again :laugh::fingers-crossed:
Thanks & Greetz
braincracker-x said:
If i wouldnt be soo stupid!
I couldnt leave my fingers off it and played around again with my phone, shame on me. I update my p8 lite to android 6.0 and then tried to rollback. Now my phone makes the start up sound but i have no display at all. All black with some flashing here and there. I can hear the start up sound, but screen stay black. Any advice, once again :laugh::fingers-crossed:
Thanks & Greetz
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Flash system img and boot img via minimum adb and fastboot. If you have the original recovery put dload folder(Present in firmware zip) in sdcard. While phone is off turn it on by pressing all buttons power + Volume up+ volume down. This will force update your phone.
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Suleiman01 said:
Flash system img and boot img via minimum adb and fastboot. If you have the original recovery put dload folder(Present in firmware zip) in sdcard. While phone is off turn it on by pressing all buttons power + Volume up+ volume down. This will force update your phone.
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For rooting read this thread thoroughly.
Don't skip any part otherwise you might end up at soft brick again.
Suleiman01 said:
Flash system img and boot img via minimum adb and fastboot. If you have the original recovery put dload folder(Present in firmware zip) in sdcard. While phone is off turn it on by pressing all buttons power + Volume up+ volume down. This will force update your phone.
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For rooting read this thread thoroughly.
Don't skip any part otherwise you might end up at soft brick again.
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I m kinda noob in the android world. I tried to flash tru adb fastboot stystem.img and boot.img already. Didnt brought my display back, or i did wrong
braincracker-x said:
I m kinda noob in the android world. I tried to flash tru adb fastboot stystem.img and boot.img already. Didnt brought my display back, or i did wrong
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Maybe. Try the second opinion.
Suleiman01 said:
Maybe. Try the second opinion.
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No none of it worked. Any other solutions? Is my phone dead?
braincracker-x said:
No none of it worked. Any other solutions? Is my phone dead?
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Are you sure that you are doing it correctly what happens when you force update the software? Does it fails? It should work. Download firmware of your phone extract it. There should be a dload folder in the extracted data. Put dload in root directory of sdcard. Then turn on your phone by pressing all buttons. You will see emui logo then the update will start automatically.
Suleiman01 said:
Are you sure that you are doing it correctly what happens when you force update the software? Does it fails? It should work. Download firmware of your phone extract it. There should be a dload folder in the extracted data. Put dload in root directory of sdcard. Then turn on your phone by pressing all buttons. You will see emui logo then the update will start automatically.
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The problem is that my screen doesnt show anything, it just stays black. I can hear the start up sound, get into recoverymode, but no display at all. no huawei logo, nothing
braincracker-x said:
The problem is that my screen doesnt show anything, it just stays black. I can hear the start up sound, get into recoverymode, but no display at all. no huawei logo, nothing
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See this Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/mega-thread-root-unbricking-updating-t3400994
So:
1. Download drivers and fastboot/adb
2. Follow instructions to enter in fastboot mode (its important to be on FASTBOOT. Now, i dont know, if your phone will show anything, but from adb command you will see if its connected or not)
3. Go to chapter 4 from the specified thread
4. Now your phone gonna be revived with a lower version firmware, from where you have 2 options: update via OTA: with major build steps, or update manually (but carefully: you have update with major builds: eu fw: 170 or 188, 550 or 560, 564, 574,)
5. For cn fw, you have dedicated thread too.
braincracker-x said:
The problem is that my screen doesnt show anything, it just stays black. I can hear the start up sound, get into recoverymode, but no display at all. no huawei logo, nothing
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Does it occurs with bootloader too? I assume that it is unlocked.
tamaskurti said:
See this Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/mega-thread-root-unbricking-updating-t3400994
So:
1. Download drivers and fastboot/adb
2. Follow instructions to enter in fastboot mode (its important to be on FASTBOOT. Now, i dont know, if your phone will show anything, but from adb command you will see if its connected or not)
3. Go to chapter 4 from the specified thread
4. Now your phone gonna be revived with a lower version firmware, from where you have 2 options: update via OTA: with major build steps, or update manually (but carefully: you have update with major builds: eu fw: 170 or 188, 550 or 560, 564, 574,)
5. For cn fw, you have dedicated thread too.
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I gonna try that out asoon ad im back home. I will keep you updated, thanks already. And to suleiman, yes bootloader is ublocked.
Greetz
tamaskurti said:
See this Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/p8lite/general/mega-thread-root-unbricking-updating-t3400994
So:
1. Download drivers and fastboot/adb
2. Follow instructions to enter in fastboot mode (its important to be on FASTBOOT. Now, i dont know, if your phone will show anything, but from adb command you will see if its connected or not)
3. Go to chapter 4 from the specified thread
4. Now your phone gonna be revived with a lower version firmware, from where you have 2 options: update via OTA: with major build steps, or update manually (but carefully: you have update with major builds: eu fw: 170 or 188, 550 or 560, 564, 574,)
5. For cn fw, you have dedicated thread too.
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braincracker-x said:
I gonna try that out asoon ad im back home. I will keep you updated, thanks already. And to suleiman, yes bootloader is ublocked.
Greetz
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Nope it didnt help to fix my Problem. Still got a Black Screen only
braincracker-x said:
Nope it didnt help to fix my Problem. Still got a Black Screen only
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Send your phone to Huawei care center. If it's lcd issue they will fix it or if there is a software issue they will fix it too.
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Suleiman01 said:
Send your phone to Huawei care center. If it's lcd issue they will fix it or if there is a software issue they will fix it too.
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Is your phone p8 or p8 lite? I think you downloaded wrong file.
Suleiman01 said:
Send your phone to Huawei care center. If it's lcd issue they will fix it or if there is a software issue they will fix it too.
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Is your phone p8 or p8 lite? I think you downloaded wrong file.
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P8 lite... Thats what i was thinking about. Guess i flashed the wrong one. Any Chance to fix it?
braincracker-x said:
P8 lite... Thats what i was thinking about. Guess i flashed the wrong one. Any Chance to fix it?
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Try this method.https://www.youtube.com/shared?ci=r6nXXHa-8_4
I know his screen is working but as you can see by pressing all buttons you don't have to use the screen the update starts by itself. So you just need to do the same thing and leave your phone like at least 30~40 mins.
Yeahh the phone is working again. This time i did the dload folder on internal storage instead of sd kart. Now the force update worked. A BIG thanks to Suleiman01 and tamaskurti for not giving up on me and keep helping, THX
Glad to hear that. Our p8 lite cannot be bricked so easely. Always its a method to recover it.
Hi there,
My phone has started trying to reboot every 3 seconds. Where can I download an Android OS and how do I flash it onto my phone?
First time threader, not a techie. Be gentle.
I have also just started having this issue! Would be great if someone has some advice.
weird, mine started to have this issue 2 days ago as well : o
i smell conspiracy
however, i think you should just read up on some tutorials, there are tons of them out there
What rom? Stock 4.1 or cyanogenmod?
PeterDempsey said:
Hi there,
My phone has started trying to reboot every 3 seconds. Where can I download an Android OS and how do I flash it onto my phone?
First time threader, not a techie. Be gentle.
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Wipe cache and dalvik cache on recovery, power off your phone and power on with pressing POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP.
garpedos said:
Wipe cache and dalvik cache on recovery, power off your phone and power on with pressing POWER+HOME+VOLUME UP.
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didnt work for me, also bought a new battery, because other sources said this might be the cause of the bootloop. didnt work either. i have the stockrom 4.1.x
that i rooted a long time ago. so i will try to flash a custom rom on it, see if it works
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i have one question left though: do i need odin to flash the rom, or is it enough to select the corresponding option in cwm? i did read several tutorial about that, most are with odin. my head hurts from the information overload, since i barely have any knowledge about modding android.
a brief answer is appreciated
edit: found the answer x)
So i tried installing cyanogenmod 11 with cwm, but my device keeps booting (half an hour so far) -> apparently i screwed up.
i attempted to restore my backup, but the problem is that the boot error is even present in recovery mode, so i didnt manage to restore it yet. any ideas on how to proceed`?
Doflaminhgo said:
So i tried installing cyanogenmod 11 with cwm, but my device keeps booting (half an hour so far) -> apparently i screwed up.
i attempted to restore my backup, but the problem is that the boot error is even present in recovery mode, so i didnt manage to restore it yet. any ideas on how to proceed`?
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Have u tried in download mode???
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ninjasoft said:
Have u tried in download mode???
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i forgot to update the thread, sorry about that x).
actually i managed to resolve my problem already and successfully installed cyanogenmod 11. also, the booting error is hardware-based. i realized that it occasionally occured after pressing the power button. apparently the button "presses itself" for longer after using it and this causes the restart. a lot of samsung-users seem to have this problem.
thank you nevertheless for your reply
Doflaminhgo said:
i forgot to update the thread, sorry about that x).
actually i managed to resolve my problem already and successfully installed cyanogenmod 11. also, the booting error is hardware-based. i realized that it occasionally occured after pressing the power button. apparently the button "presses itself" for longer after using it and this causes the restart. a lot of samsung-users seem to have this problem.
thank you nevertheless for your reply
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It was a great pleasure!!!
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