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[Q] HELP!!! Cant access recovery mode & WiFi isnt connecting at all [MIUI 1.11.25]
After I upgraded to the new MIUI rom, I noticed that the Gmail app and the Email app where crashing all the time so I thought it would be a good idea to to wipe the Dalvik cache, do a factory reset and reinstall the ROM...
I wanted to clear everything and start new... so I wiped the sdcard, sd-ext, data/cache, dalvik... then i flashed the Miui rom and made a new sd-ext3, made it 1Gb... the phone restarted normally, i installed the a2sd on the sd-ext3, everything was fine, I started re-downloading my programs. but then I restarted the phone and all the program I had installed were gone... and the a2sd+ partition was showing 0.00B of space while myy sdcard was showing that there was 1Gb missing... worse, the gapps (gmail, market etc) were gone... thought another factory reset would solve the issue, so I went into the settings/system/about phone/factory reset... it brought the gapps back but the a2sd was still showing 0.00B of space. not only that, but I couldnt connect to my wifi anymore (it keeps saying "obtaining ip adress")... also, ever since, I cant factory reset anymore... as soon as I do, the phone restart and is stuck in a bootloop... so I have to take out the battery and put it back to switch it on properly...
I tried to reboot it in recovery so that i could both reflash the MIUI ROM and re-install the sd-ext3 with less memory this time... but I couldnt get into the recovery mode no matter what. it was amon ra v2.2.1 recovery... I downloaded Rom Manager from the internet so I could switch recoveries, and I switched to clockworkmod, but still couldn't access the recovery. I thought Rom Manager wasnt not working properly so I tried flashing new recovery image through adb and fastboot, but it wouldnt even let me do it... looked for ways to bypass the recovery mode and flash the rom but it still wouldnt work... So now im stuck with the phone unable to go into recovery mode.
The phone otherwise still works, I still get and can make phone calls, but I cant connect to the internet unless using my credit, and even that for some reasons does not allow me to connect to google servers, meaning that I cannot use the Market...
How can I get My phone to work properly again?
I know you might have done this but I gotta ask the following:
- Did you pull out the battery, put it back in, and hold POWER + Trackball + Volume Down until you got to fastboot. Then select the recovery option?
- Can you please tell me what exactly it said when you tried to flash a new recovery to your phone via adb? What commands did you use to flash it in the first place.
Please provide more details so we can help you.
Is your phone unlocked? If so, the easiest way is to just reflash a recovery image using:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery "C:\location\to\recovery.img"
Then you can boot directly into the new recovery by changing the flash command to boot.
Code:
fastboot boot recovery "C:\location\to\recovery.img"
Then I would wipe the /system partition and reinstall MIUI.
Start a fastboot mode:
+ Download the fastboot http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8180983/N1/fastboot.zip
+ Extract the contents of fastboot.zip to some directory of your
preference
+ Download the su.zip http://dl.dropbox.com/u/8180983/N1/su.zip
+ Copy to the root of SD * Do not extract the contents, simply copy
to the root of SD *
+ Turn off your phone
+ Press and hold the trackball, press the power
+ The phone will connect in fastboot mode
+ Plug the USB cable
+ You will see a highlighted message "USB fastboot"
2 Unlock your bootloader:
<WARNING - This procedure below deletes all your
SETTINGS!>
+ At the command prompt / terminal, go to the directory where you
Drew fastboot.zip
+ If rWindows:
+ Go to Start> Run> cmd
+ Use the cd command to access the directory where you extracted the
fastboot.zip
+ Type-windows.exe fastboot devices
+ In the list will show your device
+ Type fastboot-windows.exe oem unlock
+ If it is Linux:
Run the + terminal of your choice
+ Use the force, become as root (su -)
+ Go to the directory where you extracted using fastboot.zip
cd
+ Enter. / Fastboot-linux devices
+ In the list will show your device
+ Enter. / Fastboot-linux oem unlock
+ If Mac, use the same steps as replacing the Linux
for fastboot. / fastboot-mac
+ Confirm unlocking
+ Now your phone will accept any customROM
3 Install any custom recovery:
- I used ClockworkMod, but there are others, such as Amon_Ra's.
http://mirror1.kanged.net/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.4-passi ...
+ If linux:
+ With the phone connected to usb fastboot mode and type:. /
linux-fastboot flash recovery <caminho/ para/ o/ arquivo/> / recovery-
clockwork-2.5.1.4-passion.img
+ If windows:
+ With the phone plugged into usb mode and type fastboot: fastboot-
windows.exe flash recovery <caminho/ para/ o/ arquivo/> / recovery-
clockwork-2.5.1.4-passion.img
+ If MAC:
+ With the phone connected to usb fastboot mode and type:. /
fastboot-mac flash recovery <caminho/ para/ o/ arquivo/> / recovery-
clockwork-2.5.1.4-passion.img
+ Okay, you installed a custom recovery and now has several
features such as nandroid backup / restore and etc..
- Accessing the custom recovery
Press + power and return to the bootloader menu, you will see an option
called RECOVERY, select it using the volume buttons and press
power to start the customrecovery
+ Will load a black screen with an exclamation point, press power
and the volume +
+ You are on the menu, scroll using the trackball or the keys
volume, to select, press the trackball
demoneyes905 said:
I know you might have done this but I gotta ask the following:
- Did you pull out the battery, put it back in, and hold POWER + Trackball + Volume Down until you got to fastboot. Then select the recovery option?
- Can you please tell me what exactly it said when you tried to flash a new recovery to your phone via adb? What commands did you use to flash it in the first place.
Please provide more details so we can help you.
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I could get to the fastboot and was selecting the recovery option, but then it was stuck in a bootloop. When I was trying to flash using the command prompt it was saying that there were errors. but Dont worry, I fixed it. Turns out the errors were due to the fact that the command couldnt find the location of the image...
My friend has a stock HTC One phone that he brought back from overseas. He said all of a sudden the phone gets stuck on the splash screen with the beatsaudio at the bottom and will not go pass that. I have installed HTC Sync and plugged in the phone. Most of the drivers install but I get a "MTP USB device failed to start" and I have a yellow exclamation point for that device in the device manager. I have also tried accessing from HBOOT but the only thing that happened was an installation of a HTC one driver when I clicked on fastboot. As you can see I'm pretty new to this and need help accessing the files stored on the phone before I attempt to do a factory reset.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
bladestorm82 said:
My friend has a stock HTC One phone that he brought back from overseas. He said all of a sudden the phone gets stuck on the splash screen with the beatsaudio at the bottom and will not go pass that. I have installed HTC Sync and plugged in the phone. Most of the drivers install but I get a "MTP USB device failed to start" and I have a yellow exclamation point for that device in the device manager. I have also tried accessing from HBOOT but the only thing that happened was an installation of a HTC one driver when I clicked on fastboot. As you can see I'm pretty new to this and need help accessing the files stored on the phone before I attempt to do a factory reset.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks
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you can pull files from the phone using ADB commands from custom recovery (CWM or TWRP)
adb pull <remote> <local>
i.e:
Code:
adb pull /sdcard C:\Backup
will pull all files from /sdcard to a ''Backup'' folder on your C: drive
alray said:
you can pull files from the phone using ADB commands from custom recovery (CWM or TWRP)
adb pull <remote> <local>
i.e:
Code:
adb pull /sdcard C:\Backup
will pull all files from /sdcard to a ''Backup'' folder on your C: drive
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Do I need to install CWM or TWRP on the phone first in order to use it? If so, how can i without being able to get pass the splash screen or without being able to access the storage on my pc's windows explorer?
Hold power and down to get to the bootloader. If you don't have a custom recovery already you have a problem. I'm assuming not because you said it was stock. The only way to flash a recovery is if the bootloader is unlocked. If the phone is s on and the bootloader is locked you have to use the htcdev option to unlock it which will wipe the phone....
Sent from my HTC One using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
I guess he's screwed then. Phone is completely stock...no custom recovery was ever installed prior to this issue and it does show "Lock" at the top of the bootloader. Is there no other way to access the data???
Try this:
Step 1: Press and hold the Volume Down key.
Step 2:With the Volume key held down, press and hold the Power key till the phone switches off. Continue to hold both the volume down and power keys until the screen lights up again with a White Screen and Lots of writing
Step 3:When you see Three Android robots on skateboards,
Release the Power and Volume down key.
Then tap the Volume down key once to highlight RECOVERY
Press and release the Power key to Activate Recovery
Then screen will change to a series of backgrounds
Step 4: At the screen with a red triangle and a phone,
Hold the Volume Up key and press the power button.
Step 5: Use the volume down key to tap down to highlight WIPE CACHE PARTITION
Then tap the power key to select the Wipe Cache Partition.
You will see the yellow writing come up to confirm the Wipe Cache Partition
Step 6:After This has been completed,
Use the power key to reboot your phone.
NOTE: THIS WILL NOT DELETE YOUR PERSONAL DATA
So I had unlocked my bootloader. rooted, and install TWRP, I tried installing cm11 which was in my sdcard, I factory reset, but when I when to look for the zip file it didn't come up in my ext_sdcard.... I did made a backup on twrp, but I don't have an os currently install, Idk how to boot into my recovery, I have the fastboot drivers install and when I put the phone in fastboot mode and run adb shell I get error: device not found.
What can I do?
Ocalito said:
So I had unlocked my bootloader. rooted, and install TWRP, I tried installing cm11 which was in my sdcard, I factory reset, but when I when to look for the zip file it didn't come up in my ext_sdcard.... I did made a backup on twrp, but I don't have an os currently install, Idk how to boot into my recovery, I have the fastboot drivers install and when I put the phone in fastboot mode and run adb shell I get error: device not found.
What can I do?
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To boot to recovery:
Power off device
Press and hold Power + Volume Down
As soon as the LG logo appears, quickly release Power and press and hold Power again until you see a screen titled "Factory data reset"
Use volume keys to scroll down to "Yes". Press Power to select
Do the same as before one more time
You will then boot in to recovery
As for TWRP:
Make sure you're using the latest version.
Up towards the top of the TWRP Install page there is a line with a gray background the starts with "Storage:". Press it and then select Internal storage or external sdcard. Now press "Ok" at the bottom of the screen. Now browse to the folder where your zip is.
Now for your fastboot ADB thing. The adb executable cannot communicate with a device in fastboot mode. That's what the fastboot executable is for. Where you used "adb devices" you should have used "fastboot devices". ADB is for when your device is booted in normal device mode or in recovery mode and the recovery supports USB debugging. Unfortunately you can't boot to recovery thru fastboot.
shinobisoft said:
To boot to recovery:
Power off device
Press and hold Power + Volume Down
As soon as the LG logo appears, quickly release Power and press and hold Power again until you see a screen titled "Factory data reset"
Use volume keys to scroll down to "Yes". Press Power to select
Do the same as before one more time
You will then boot in to recovery
As for TWRP:
Make sure you're using the latest version.
Up towards the top of the TWRP Install page there is a line with a gray background the starts with "Storage:". Press it and then select Internal storage or external sdcard. Now press "Ok" at the bottom of the screen. Now browse to the folder where your zip is.
Now for your fastboot ADB thing. The adb executable cannot communicate with a device in fastboot mode. That's what the fastboot executable is for. Where you used "adb devices" you should have used "fastboot devices". ADB is for when your device is booted in normal device mode or in recovery mode and the recovery supports USB debugging. Unfortunately you can't boot to recovery thru fastboot.
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Thank you for your help, i was able to bot into recovery and flash my back up.... and then i was able to install cm11.
Hi,
I am really desperate! I turned on my rooted Asus MeMO Pad 7 ME176CX after several months of no use, but apps/services won't load (loads of error messages, all apps/services stopped etc.) like it was obsolete or screwed up. So I unrooted it and the issue got worse!
There is a Asus demo app in the notification bar that disables WIFI and software reset and says to plug in the power adapter (no difference, it won't go away).
1) I copied the necessary files to my memory card (to get rid of the Asus demo app as per other threads) but once I insert the memory card, even though it is recognized, it says no files present.
2) I did a hard reset with Vol - (or +, tried both) and Power but nothing happens (no recovery screen, it just stays black).
3) I removed the battery & waited 10 mins, no difference.
4) I formatted a card to FAT32 and copied the cleardata.zip unzipped files from Asus then rebooted pressing just Power but it just reboots normally like the card is not inserted.
Now basically the tablet shows a few apps (Calendar, Gallery etc.) and nothing else.
I cannot connect to wifi, bluetooth does not work, the memory card says no files present, vol + power does not work, cleardata trick did not work, I cannot send it back under warranty (ex-rooted) ... what else can I do??????
Many thanks!
Reboot into Droidboot (Volume Down + Power IIRC, could be up), boot the Temporary TWRP (http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/development/intel-android-devices-root-temp-cwm-t2975096), flash ROM
After a few experiments gone wrong I have now bricked the tablet for good (erased all data).
I can ONLY go from the dead droid to 'Android system recovery' which shows:
- reboot
- apply update from ADB
- wipe data
- wide cache
After 'wiping' the only option available is 'Apply update from ADB', so I installed ADB on my Mac and downloaded a few ROMs from the Asus site (even though their page says ME176C not ME176CX, but there is no ME176CX page there).
If I run adb devices from the terminal I see nothing. Only if I select 'Apply update from ADB' on the tablet I see the device from terminal, I believe it opens a bridge to the computer only with this option running. The command 'fastboot devices' never shows anything regardless.
I run 'adb sideload update.zip' (tried with several ROMS) but it always fails AFTER the transfer (either with messages 'status 0' or 'end of footer not 0xFFFF' etc.).
So now I am stuck with adb sideload never working, is there anything else I can do????
boredfish said:
After a few experiments gone wrong I have now bricked the tablet for good (erased all data).
I can ONLY go from the dead droid to 'Android system recovery' which shows:
- reboot
- apply update from ADB
- wipe data
- wide cache
After 'wiping' the only option available is 'Apply update from ADB', so I installed ADB on my Mac and downloaded a few ROMs from the Asus site (even though their page says ME176C not ME176CX, but there is no ME176CX page there).
If I run adb devices from the terminal I see nothing. Only if I select 'Apply update from ADB' on the tablet I see the device from terminal, I believe it opens a bridge to the computer only with this option running. The command 'fastboot devices' never shows anything regardless.
I run 'adb sideload update.zip' (tried with several ROMS) but it always fails AFTER the transfer (either with messages 'status 0' or 'end of footer not 0xFFFF' etc.).
So now I am stuck with adb sideload never working, is there anything else I can do????
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Well, theres quite a lot of options do recover your tablet, before doing anyhing, if you have access to adb, then you should do: download .17 rom and extract it, after extracting go to META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script and open it with notepad, and remove the first 2 lines, then save, and make the zip file (rename it to update.zip {careful not to make the file "update.zip.zip"}), then put the zip file in adb folder (for me its C:\\adb) and do adb push update.zip /sdcard/ (make sure adb is working) after it finishes pushing, go to bootloader (if not there already) and run temp recovery (twrp or cwm), and then install the zip, then clear dalvik and cache, and reboot, if first reboot doesnt work, reboot again, if it still doesnt work, install update.zip again. Hope i helped, if u have any questions tell me :3
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if you really cant get out of recovery theres still a way of fixing your tablet (same problem happend to me today and its fixed), if you already did all the steps above on the download .17 and extracting and changing the file of updater script then its already almost done, to access the bootloader you need to shutdown your tablet, press Power, Vol+ and Vol- at same time, it will go to fastboot, copy the file "droidboot.img" from the update.zip and place it in the adb folder (for me its c:\\adb), then do "fastboot boot droidboot.img" and it should download the img to the tab and boot to droidboot (you need to do this a few times, because 5/1 only 1 goes to bootloader), after booting to droidboot you can easily recover from there, on bootloader you have adb access, which means you can push the update.zip to the tablet (with update.zip in adb folder already, do on cmd, "adb push update.zip /sdcard/") after pushing go to temp recovery and install the update.zip normally after installing. format cache and dalvik, and reboot, if its stuck on logo, shutdown and reboot, if still doesnt work install the update once more by turning your device off and go to bootloader normally, (it works now, because it has the software now, (to enter bootloader press press power + vol-), and load temp recovery and reinstall). i hope i helped
Root Lenovo Tab 10 TB-X103F (Tested)
1. activate developer options on the Tablet
2. enable Bootloader-Unlock on the Tablet
3. download and install ADB und fastboot
4. latest usb driver on your PC
5. download TWRP TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70228684&postcount=65
6. download SuperSu zip file
Steps:
1.) boot to fastboot -> shutdown your device -> press on/off + "+" Volumekey → device restarts to fastboot mode
2.) connect to your pc via usb cable
3.) start command shell (cmd) in the fastboot instalation folder on your PC and check for the device connection with the command:
"fastboot devices"
4.) do the unlocking
"fastboot oem unlock-go"
5.) boot TWRP image file in the command line, showing the pathway to the .img file (if not in the same folder):
fastboot boot TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img
6.) Put SuperSu zip file in the device memory and flash SuperSu zip with TWRP, then restart the device. Done!!!!
Stock recovery remains
RooterLeopold said:
Root Lenovo Tab 10 TB-X103F (Tested)
1. activate developer options on the Tablet
2. enable Bootloader-Unlock on the Tablet
3. download and install ADB und fastboot
4. latest usb driver on your PC
5. download TWRP TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70228684&postcount=65
6. download SuperSu zip file
Steps:
1.) boot to fastboot -> shutdown your device -> press on/off + "+" Volumekey → device restarts to fastboot mode
2.) connect to your pc via usb cable
3.) start command shell (cmd) in the fastboot instalation folder on your PC and check for the device connection with the command:
"fastboot devices"
4.) do the unlocking
"fastboot oem unlock-go"
5.) boot TWRP image file in the command line, showing the pathway to the file:
TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img
6.) Put SuperSu zip file in the device memory and flash SuperSu zip with TWRP, then restart the device. Done!!!!
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I have done all the steps but For some reason twrp is not installed and i still have the stock recovery. Please help
That's because the above only boots TWRP to root but does not install it. To install TWRP, when in booted with TWRP, you need to transfer the TWRP img to the tablet storage and then install it while in TWRP.
it is important to show the pathway to the file TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img in the command line, like:
C:\Users\Public\Documents\My Videos\TWRP-3.0.2_TB-X103F-beta.img
Sorry for this newbie question.
Which part of the above rooting steps is rooting my tablet, what is TWRP doing and why do I need to install the SuperSU app?
During my first try I didn't boot the TWRP image rather I flashed it. But that didn't help at all.
After booting the TWRP image I was able to flash the SuperSU app.
The stock recovery is still in use.
Thanks in advance.
Read the steps carefully and follow the steps, it is a tested successfull strategy. To get deep knowlege about the background processes, please read the threads elsewhere in Web.
Yow how do you enter Fastboot on the tablet and i haved tied avery button on the tablet and i dont see the fastboot option
Entering Fastboot on Lenovo TB-X103F tablet
ShottaDopey said:
Yow how do you enter Fastboot on the tablet and i haved tied avery button on the tablet and i dont see the fastboot option
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Hi everyone. I just want to clarify something about this procedure There's a lot of people being confused on how to get into FASTBOOT on some things, and that's stopping them getting anywhere from the beginning.
The Lenovo TB-X103F tablet doesn't have a way of booting directly into FASTBOOT. Turning the tablet On while holding either volume key and the On button doesn't do it directly. . . . . Firstly, there's 3 buttons on the tablet, I call them VOL- VOL+ PWR (again, that's just to clarify things 100%)
here's what must be done (well it's this way on the 3 I have on my desk, so I assume all TB-X103F tablets are the same) . . . . .
1) Turn the tablet off completely.
2) Press & hold the VOL+ button (the middle of the 3 buttons).
3) Press & hold the PWR button, release the PWR button as soon as anything appears on screen - Keep holding VOL+ button.
4) After about 8 seconds the familiar green android lay down will appear. Then, your recovery menu will appear.
5) Release the VOL+ button anytime now.
6) Press either VOL button to select BOOTLOADER on the menu (Bootloader is the same as FASTBOOT on this menu, that's where the confusion lies for many users).
7) Got Bootloader selected? now press PWR and let the tablet reboot itself.
8) it will show the LENOVO logo, and appear to be stuck - it isn't It's in Fastboot mode.
9) Plug in your USB to PC cable, and it'll install appropriate drivers on the PC (hopefully eh?).
10) Once the drivers are installed, test it by getting a Command Prompt in your ADB/FASTBOOT folder on your PC . . . .
11) type the command FASTBOOT DEVICES It should show you that your device is connected, if it shows no devices then either it didn't install the drivers, or something
else is wrong (there's about 30 things that can have gone wrong here, too many to go through in this quick guide).
12) The tablet will stay in FASTBOOT/BOOTLOADER mode until you turn it off (or the battery goes flat lol). So stay calm, there's no rush
I've mentioned about there being no rush, because if you choose ADB connecting from the recovery menu, it disconnects automatically after about 5 minutes -
This is Important to know because it can disconnect while you're pushing/pulling files from the tablet, and cause really nasty problems. Bad design eh?
But we're in Fastboot mode, so nothing to worry about like that
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Successful root
It was hard, but I had finally had done it. I had figured it out it is easier just to go to the command prompt (I ran it under admin) and "cd C:/adb" (where you installed the adb fastboot software) while having the TWRP image file being placed there. I only wished that I had done it sooner. And for those who are new to the custom recovery it can be overwealming, but with patience and going through the files in the file explorer to find your main storage would lead you to the SuperSU file and successfully root your device.
I flashed TWRP...now what? I can't find any instructions on how to reboot into TWRP. I got into some sort of Chinese menu (PWR + VOL-) but I'm pretty sure this is the device test menu.
So I did the "fastboot oem unlock-go" command and adb said ok but my tablet just went to a black screen and won't turn on now and I'm not sure why. I also heard the Windows USB disconnect sound when i did it.
Would this work with the TB-X104F running 8.1?
Since a few months my tablet is stuck with the 'password changed, wait....' message. I had hoped that I could overcome this with the steps mentioned here. But unfortunately not
I can't start it anymore, so I'm not sure if it is in developers mode or not. Also, plugging the device in my mac didn't let it download the drivers.
Too bad, because when it was working it was a great tablet, now it's just a expensive drawer filler
SynGamer said:
I flashed TWRP...now what? I can't find any instructions on how to reboot into TWRP. I got into some sort of Chinese menu (PWR + VOL-) but I'm pretty sure this is the device test menu.
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its the vol+ not - you need to press with the power button
Steridroid said:
I have done all the steps but For some reason twrp is not installed and i still have the stock recovery. Please help
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so what exactly do i have to type at the command prompt to run twrp?,ive put the twrp img file in the same folder as the adb stuff.
3.) start command shell (cmd) in the fastboot instalation folder on your PC and check for the device connection with the command:
"fastboot devices"
fastboot shows notting
lenovo seems to have killed these tablets from the old lady next doors experience.. no wifi, no adb, no fastboot, no qualcomm, just unknown device, which loads NOTHING, no drivers work!!!