So, I might have messed up quite a bit here and do not know how to get out of this, I really hope you guys can help out here.
What I have access to:
* TWRP
What I do not have access to:
* OS
* Bootloader
* ADB
In short, I did an advance wipe in TWRP and accidentally included system. This, of course, removes the OS but apparently, it also removes bootloader (when I try to restart into bootloader it just loads recovery). It does not show up in under adb devices when in TWRP or in sideload mode.
I'm out of ideas, can you help me out here?
Thanks!
All of a sudden ADB from recovery started working without me doing anything. So all good now!
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Hi all, I've been searching online and I haven't found anything that helps or even directly applies, so I broke down and decided to ask for help.
I was working off the guide to root my kindle, install TWRP and then a ROM, first time doing this.
SO let me break down where I'm at:
-rooted
-TWRP installed
-there's no .zip that I can find to stall from (checked sdcard folder and all others)
-can't load into original OS, logo goes from orange to blue on its own, and hangs there
-when plugged into PC, it is recognized but says no drivers are installed for it (no matter how many times i try reinstalling it.)
- I can get it into fastboot mode, but can't seem to load anything (I've read that fastboot doesn't work with twrp)
- adb sideload doesn't seem to work, it cannot find device
So how can I get a .zip file loaded to twrp, or restore the device, without adb seeing the device?
Is there a specific way to install the drives, or a way to get the .zip loaded through fastboot that I'm not aware of?
I'm sorry if this has been addressed before, I haven't seen this exact issue, and the fixes that seem close haven't worked :
thanks guys!
G_G_L said:
Hi all, I've been searching online and I haven't found anything that helps or even directly applies, so I broke down and decided to ask for help.
I was working off the guide to root my kindle, install TWRP and then a ROM, first time doing this.
SO let me break down where I'm at:
-rooted
-TWRP installed
-there's no .zip that I can find to stall from (checked sdcard folder and all others)
-can't load into original OS, logo goes from orange to blue on its own, and hangs there
-when plugged into PC, it is recognized but says no drivers are installed for it (no matter how many times i try reinstalling it.)
- I can get it into fastboot mode, but can't seem to load anything (I've read that fastboot doesn't work with twrp)
- adb sideload doesn't seem to work, it cannot find device
So how can I get a .zip file loaded to twrp, or restore the device, without adb seeing the device?
Is there a specific way to install the drives, or a way to get the .zip loaded through fastboot that I'm not aware of?
I'm sorry if this has been addressed before, I haven't seen this exact issue, and the fixes that seem close haven't worked :
thanks guys!
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Without a working ADB connection, you can't get a file to your device in TWRP. You can restore your system, recovery, and boot images with fastboot, but your device must be in fastboot mode first. If you decide to do that, you'll have to restore your stock system, recovery and boot images, saved from the 2nd bootloader install instructions, then start the whole process all over again.
soupmagnet said:
Without a working ADB connection, you can't get a file to your device in TWRP. You can restore your system, recovery, and boot images with fastboot, but your device must be in fastboot mode first. If you decide to do that, you'll have to restore your stock system, recovery and boot images, saved from the 2nd bootloader install instructions, then start the whole process all over again.
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Cheers! Excellent advise! I got it restored to stock!
I used the img files from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1951254
and followed the fastboot directions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277105
now try it again! (and hopefully succeed!)
Hey guys, first post, but I'm in desperate help.
I have a HTC One from Vodaphone(UK) that had Android 4.3 on it.I rooted it, unlocked the bootloader and put Clockwork Mod Touch on it. All went smoothly and I had it for about a week.
I then installed Cyanogen Mod on it, but the installation failed and left me with all kinds of problems including the keyboard crashing completely and not working.
I formatted my phone again but now it's stuck loading Cyanogen Mod and doesn't move, the bootloader is still unlocked however I can't access the internal memory to put a recovery on it.
Is it bricked :c Please someone help
Its not bricked.
However, first an output of fastboot getvar all
Then a summary of whether you can get into recovery. And if you have any files there. Mean while lookup adb push and adb sideload commands to get familiar with them
A while earlier I was trying to enable tethering on my at&t N6 by editing the build.prop and after the reboot it's stuck in a boot loop. I don't imagine that this is important but it doesn't get to the dots animation; just white Google and the unlock at the bottom. I am still able to get into fastboot and recovery (stock one). I have a backup of the correct build.prop in the /system file named build.prop.back , so I'm hoping that there's a way to revert to that without needing to wipe my device again, but I'm not sure.
I found this thread, however my computer isn't recognizing the device when it's in recovery mode. I have the fastboot drivers installed (needed to root), so that may be why but, again, I'm not sure. the adb devices command shows that there is no device, I imagine because the driver is not installed.
any help would be appreciated. thanks in advance.
Try the ADB & Fastboot installer from this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
jj14 said:
Try the ADB & Fastboot installer from this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
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Unfortunately that didn't fix the problem.
Do you know if the fastboot driver and recovery driver would be different? As far as I can tell from my research, I think they're the same, but I could be wrong. Hopefully that's the problem and you can direct me towards the correct driver.
If I select "show hidden devices" in the device manager, it shows the phone as ADB Interface, and I tried undating the driver for that but it said it was already up to date. not sure what to do from here.
Thanks for your help.
Install working drivers if you can. This is important on so many levels. If they are installed correctly you type ADB devices, you should see your device. If you do type adb reboot bootloader, it should reboot to bootloader. Type fastboot devices, you should see same device name. Pat self on back.
Once that is all good I'd install the latest TWRP img file for your whale, straight off TWRP website (do you know how to do this? fastboot flash recovery recovery/name.img) . Once you do that go to your new recovery by pushing vol-down twice then your power button, inside TWRP you mount system and go into the file manager inside TWRP and swap/rename build.prop files. At this point, please make a backup inside TWRP. This backup will be on your internal memory, also save a copy to your computer in case you accidentally reformat your internal memory like every noob that uses toolkits. Having a backup is very important when you are screwing around with your phone. Reboot and profit.
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Install working drivers if you can. This is important on so many levels. If they are installed correctly you type ADB devices, you should see your device. If you do type adb reboot bootloader, it should reboot to bootloader. Type fastboot devices, you should see same device name. Pat self on back.
Once that is all good I'd install the latest TWRP img file for your whale, straight off TWRP website (do you know how to do this? fastboot flash recovery recovery/name.img) . Once you do that go to your new recovery by pushing vol-down twice then your power button, inside TWRP you mount system and go into the file manager inside TWRP and swap/rename build.prop files. At this point, please make a backup inside TWRP. This backup will be on your internal memory, also save a copy to your computer in case you accidentally reformat your internal memory like every noob that uses toolkits. Having a backup is very important when you are screwing around with your phone. Reboot and profit.
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I though I had the working drivers... Whenever I boot into fastboot/ bootloader, I can do fastboot devices and the phone shows up, but for whatever reason adb devices returns an empty list everywhere. It's empty in fastboot and recovery and while the phone is stuck in it's bootloop...
I'm fairly confident I can flash TWRP without any problems. I had an old galxy tab 2 that i flashed cyanogen onto a while ago, however i used clockwork for that recovery. I don't imagine it would be too much different though.
edit: also might be worth noting that I'm using a windows 8.1 computer for this. not sure if it matters or not, but it might be useful
momo5732 said:
I though I had the working drivers... Whenever I boot into fastboot/ bootloader, I can do fastboot devices and the phone shows up, but for whatever reason adb devices returns an empty list everywhere. It's empty in fastboot and recovery and while the phone is stuck in it's bootloop...
I'm fairly confident I can flash TWRP without any problems. I had an old galxy tab 2 that i flashed cyanogen onto a while ago, however i used clockwork for that recovery. I don't imagine it would be too much different though.
edit: also might be worth noting that I'm using a windows 8.1 computer for this. not sure if it matters or not, but it might be useful
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You are ok w/ your problem because you can get to fastboot screen. Don'y worry about adb drivers for now. Do what I said in my earlier post in the 2nd paragraph, start w/ installing TWRP img then do the rest and it will work for you. Win 8.1 seems to have its difficulties but we'll worry about that later after you get TWRP installled.
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You are ok w/ your problem because you can get to fastboot screen. Don'y worry about adb drivers for now. Do what I said in my earlier post in the 2nd paragraph, start w/ installing TWRP img then do the rest and it will work for you. Win 8.1 seems to have its difficulties but we'll worry about that later after you get TWRP installled.
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OK. twrp is making a backup as I type. is this backup the same thing as a nandroid backup? i hadnt heard of them before I decided to root.
It should boot properly now. I'll update when it's done.
Edit: IT BOOTS! thank you so much.
Edit 2: So I'm not really sure why it works now but adb recognizes it when its in twrp... odd. I tried to reinstall the drivers with the most recent version i could find, but it didn't look like it actually updated anything. maybe stock recovery was just broken? I'm not sure...
momo5732 said:
OK. twrp is making a backup as I type. is this backup the same thing as a nandroid backup? i hadnt heard of them before I decided to root.
It should boot properly now. I'll update when it's done.
Edit: IT BOOTS! thank you so much.
Edit 2: So I'm not really sure why it works now but adb recognizes it when its in twrp... odd. I tried to reinstall the drivers with the most recent version i could find, but it didn't look like it actually updated anything. maybe stock recovery was just broken? I'm not sure...
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Cool glad it's working. Yes backup=nandroid
It's cool now I've also noticed the computer recognizes phone in TWRP. You can drag and drop files onto the phone while it's in TWRP not just booted in android, couldn't do that before unless I'm wrong which is often. This is really cool as I always forget a file or two or its location on SD card.
I was following the TWRP installation guide, did the necessary stuff (bootloader unlocking, drivers on the PC etc.) but when I first try booting the TWRP .img with the fastboot boot command, I get a black screen. I mean not even turned on. Doing adb devices returns my device and that it's in recovery, from that state, I can reboot to the system with no problems. Can someone help? Sorry if this has been answered, I didn't find a thread that's useful.
If you have a jdi panel try the Twrp which is on sourcefourge
Do you run android 9?
There is incompatibility between them, I found a TWRP which boots but I am not sure if it safe to use or NOT : https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-a2/xiaomi-6x-wayne
But PitchBlack works like a charm . and PitchBlach supperts OTA update! and many other cool stuffs, but I prefer the original Theme of TWRP.
Not sure if anyone can help, but here goes.
So I went ahead and tried to install a custom rom and appears to have caused a fair amount of damage, to the point where I honestly don't know what the correct "fix" is.
What I did
* unlocked the bootloader
* ran into issue where adb worked, but fastboot did not work on PC ( fastboot devices shows nothing, device manager is unable to find a driver )
* initially ran fastboot flash recovery twrp.img ( failed to find recovery_b )
* ran fastboot flash boot twrp.img ( I imagine this was horrible )
* switched to slot a
* ran fastboot flash boot twrp.img ( I imagine this made things even worse )
* tried to run fastboot flash boot [various images] using all 4 variants from the ROOT / UNROOT guide.
* Initially, kind of worked, but WIFI stopped working. Based on Googling, it seems like it might have to do with using the wrong ROM version so I tried the different ones, except that didn't work and lead to...
* tried to flash to the raw but since the only easy solutions seemed to be PC only which doesn't work for me, I tried to run flashall on mac. It didn't actually run but seems to have caused enough harm.
Current symptoms
* loops at the ASUS logo screen
* after a while, it just goes to the "AVB VERIFY FAIL!!!" screen and shuts down.
Right now I'm still able to access Fastboot mode along with recovery. I don't "actually" have access to TWRP recovery since I had naively wrote it to boot initially.
All I really want is to get the phone back to a WW rom / fingerprint. If anyone knows of anything that could help, that would be appreciated.
Slight update, fixed everything having jerry rigging an old monitor to work as a usb hub based on this post and fastboot worked on my PC allowing me to reflash everything.