Hi all,
I've done a search and haven't been able to find what I'm looking for so starting a new thread (but am continuing to read through other threads hoping to find an answer).
Situation: I've rooted my gsm hero a while back, and used a few custom roms. Earlier today, decided I wanted to test out the Villian 5.5 rom. Did the usual nandroid backup, wipe data and applied the update.zip but things didn't go well (stuck on boot screen).
So I restarted the phone on recovery mode and tried to restore latest back up but get an error message saying "Error performing restore! Try running 'nandroid-mobile.sh restore' from console."
I'm not sure what to do from here so if there are any suggestions? I'm also not too familiar with CMD commands (which I'm trying to work out now).
Is there a way to copy another ROM (say, the old one I was using) to the SD card while I can only get to recovery mode?
Thanks for any help!!
How long were you stuck on the boot screen? It can take 20 minutes or so sometimes.
Went for about 15 minutes...
Just read another thread suggesting to reboot without the SD card and this actually worked!
Does that mean I did not properly wipe/format my SD card?
Now that the phone is working, how should I deal with the SD card??
Try turning it off and booting with SD card again. If you can get a logcat going you'll be able to see what it gets stuck on.
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hey guys i need help i had android on my htc hd2 before but i deleted the folder out of my sd memory card and now i try to root android on my sd card and i have an error it would just boot to the logo HTC i try different rom and im running radio 2.14 could someone help me please i also reformat my sd card many time same thing still happening please help me out
I occasionaly get the same thing when trying a new WM rom. If you don't mind flashing your phone then do a task29 which you can find in some custom ruu programs to completely wipe the phone. then when you want to install the WM rom, unplug from usb, switch off.
Then press and hold volume down key and power button. You will boot into recovery mode. You can then install the fresh WM rom. Once installed copy the android folder back to the root of your SD card and boot up! I know its a long way and that you'll lose all data but it'll get your phone back up and running with any luck.
Mikeanywhere.
kkk imma try that to see if it works
same thing still happening i also try another sd card and im still having the same issue as before
dude, learn to use some punctuation. your post really just becomes blah blah blah
you are booting into windows just fine and booting android is the problem, or you can't get your phone to work at all?
if you're phone don't work, its a big issue that i'm not gonna touch. if its just android that isn't booting, just download a new version and go from there
+1 download a new build or another copy of the one you were using before....
if you dont let a build load properly during the first boot then it can corrupt some files I think.
I could be wrong but Im sure I read that somewhere.......
OK well I have trying my best as a noob to research for 2 days not in and out on how to fix my issue
My friend tried rooting my phone and to install a different rom. I am on 2.1 and unfortunately I got the phone used with 2.1 already on it so I don't know if it was a leaked or legit 2.1 rom, and I am learning as I go here to fix this issue as I have never new how to do this stuff nor have I ever done it.
Where I am at now:
only thing that happens when I hit power is the phone "vibrates then stays on the 3 skateboard screen" or press "volume down + power" and it goes to the Hboot screen. I go into recovery and it goes to clockworkmod and from there after trying to install any roms from the sd card it says on the last 3 lines
"E:Failure at line 9:
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
Installation aborted.
and every time I go back or power up to the Hboot screen it does not have any "update bar" (I guess if this was done right as I read on other threads there should be some type of update bar) on the right corner or any other options "for me to select" accept:
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK
and then with some other info above the Hboot highlighted in blue
I have tried formatting the sd card a bunch of times, I did the clearing of the "wipe data, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvikcache" as I read to do over my reading, but I see that if I go under any restore options under clockwork, no files are found for me to back up too so I am seeing he did not back up any of my info, I also have tried using 2 different ds cards.
So more less it looks like my options are to get this fixed from the only place my phone will boot to with options and thats when I press volume + and power so I guess loading whatever I need to my sd card>>if thats an option or am I screwed, I have seen many tutorials but none of them start where my particular position is stuck at in Hboot. this is my only phone and I had to buy a prepaid which is just about out of minutes, I put an add on craigslist trying to get someone I will pay to fix my issue but no luck, please I need help and I will pay u somehow to guide me through this of my exact issue, I was trying to get to rom 2.3 but if it's easier to get back to 2.1 rom then so be it.
PLEASE!~~
Please HELP!
Cheeva316 said:
Please HELP!
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Got a solution in the making for you, just give me about 30 minutes.
Edit: Maybe 45 minutes lol, sorry i'm testing this before I have you do it to see if it works.
Ok download the following files:
http://www.mediafire.com/?njwqa7axwzyaqgb
http://www.mediafire.com/?f69cl8dc747h0l9
http://www.mediafire.com/?xg8nnqs177xggx4
http://www.mediafire.com/?qxpi5wsx5lzbhbo
http://www.mediafire.com/?4tg67hck7vh1xxs
Edit: Flash the "rootme.zip" first then follow the rest.
Now what you need to do first is extract the "nandroid" file to somewhere you can easily find it.
Now take the folder called "nandroid" along with all the other zip files you downloaded and place them on your sd card. Put your sd card in your phone and power on with volume down+end. Press volume up. Use the trackball to select "Backup/Restore". Use the trackball again to select "Nand Restore". Use it again to select "HT9BGHG01402". Use it again to select "BDS-20110125-0901". Let the restore run, then power off your phone. Turn your phone back on with just the power button, let it run (might even take up to 10 minutes for the phone to start up). Let me know if the phone boots up or not after about 10-15 minutes. This should work and if it does then we can go from there, even to getting you 2.3 if you want.
You might be asking, what the hell is he having me do ? Here's what i'm doing. I made a nandroid backup a few months ago of when I had kaosfroyov39 which is a 2.2 rom. I am going to have you flash MY backup to YOUR phone which when done right, CAN work. Anyway, let me know what happens and remember to give the phone about 10-15 minutes to boot all the way.
Cheeva316 said:
"E:Failure at line 9:
copy_dir PACKAGE:system SYSTEM:
Installation aborted.
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( Another phone on the precipice of being ruined by someone's cobbled-together "clockwork" recovery. )
If the /system flash memory partition got corrupted in a way that left a lot of pages marked as bad pages, then the /system partition will be "short", and only small ROMs will successfully load into it, if at all. That might be the cause of the above error messages.
But - because you are using Clockwork, there is really no way to know if that is the case, or if you simply have a whole bunch of corrupted ROM files on your SD card. That's because Clockwork does not verify ROM files before it starts flashing them - which allows total garbage to be flashed to the phone. (That's why Clockwork should never be used by newbs).
Here's what I would suggest you do.
- Make sure you are keeping the phone well charged. (Leaving the phone in HBOOT mode will discharge the battery quickly, even if it is plugged in to the charger, BTW).
- Report the exact bootloader version you have - probably 1.47.0000 or 1.49.0000, but it could be something other. Please be precise.
- With the power off, eject the SD card out of the slot and see if you can boot into the normal HBOOT menu with no SD card in the slot. Report your result.
- Boot into the recovery menu and tell us what version # of the recovery you have. If you can determine the details of how your friend attempted to root the phone, that might be pertinent. Again - precise details are valuable; vague hand-waving not so much.
- The Amon_RA recovery has a mode ("USB-MS toggle") which allows you to mount the SD card to the PC. Does your "Clockwork" recovery have this feature, or are you able to put files onto the micro-SD card using a media slot on a PC?
- Be aware that one or two people that were in situations that are very close to what you described ended up bricking their phones because they went from where you are now to attempting to use either a PB00IMG.ZIP ROM, or an RUU utility. Their phones went from bootable (in the way that yours is now) to bricks in that process.
What I would suggest you do at the moment is to find the SMALLEST Eris** ROM you can find, get it onto your SD card, verify that you didn't corrupt it, and then perform a "wipe data/factory reset" in your recovery and attempt to install it. If you get the same errors as above, then you should definitely NOT try to do a PB00IMG.ZIP or RUU installation. (The current gingerbread ROMs (e.g. GSB v1.4) are pretty small - they only use about 65% of the /system partition.)
I have a flashable "repair" file which might be applicable. It is not a "ROM" per se - it uses some low-level MTD (flash memory) repair techniques, and also flashes into place the original Amon_RA (v1.6.2) recovery, instead of whatever p.o.s. "Clockwork" recovery you currently have on the phone; but I regard it as something which should only be used as a last resort. But - without some more details and testing on your part, I don't feel comfortable about posting it up.
Let me know.
**PS I wanted to ask one more question - this is an Eris we are talking about, right? (I note you were posting in the Hero CDMA forum not so long ago).
Well I want to thank you for replying with such info but it seems that the recovery image file that I reinstalled on the phone was bad cause when it was updating the bar was going up but as it was going through each item it was updating.. I noticed "bootloader in red letters" with I believe saying "error" next to it and then same on another item it tried updating then the phone powered off and now it's dead, tried everything, no charging light comes on, computer (2 different computers) wont reconize it, it's doing nothing at all, I will try to get my hands on another battery but I am broke, but I doubt it's the battery cause I heard with a bootloader error (or damaged) then the phone won't boot up or do anything so I guess the phone is scrap for parts which sucks cause now my friend who started this deal killed my only phone me n my family had, another lesson learned...time to try n sell some stuff on craigslist..damn
Yes it's a Droid Eris...or was! damnnnn...
Again thank you for your help very much appreciated...
Wish I would of read this part before I let my friend re-load the "PB00IMG.ZIP" cause thats exactly what he loaded and then it started the process what I jus described above..f***k!
Be aware that one or two people that were in situations that are very close to what you described ended up bricking their phones because they went from where you are now to attempting to use either a PB00IMG.ZIP ROM, or an RUU utility. Their phones went from bootable (in the way that yours is now) to bricks in that process.
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Wish I would of read this part before I let my friend re-load the "PB00IMG.ZIP" cause thats exactly what he loaded and then it started the process what I jus described above..f***k!
Be aware that one or two people that were in situations that are very close to what you described ended up bricking their phones because they went from where you are now to attempting to use either a PB00IMG.ZIP ROM, or an RUU utility. Their phones went from bootable (in the way that yours is now) to bricks in that process.
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Well, I am very sorry that this happened to you and my advice to you didn't reach you in time. From the details that you added, I am pretty sure that you indeed have a hard brick.
BUT - the death of your Eris can still help others avoid the same fate. If you can reconstruct the rooting process you went through,
[SIZE=+2]PLEASE LET US KNOW EXACTLY WHAT ROOTING METHOD YOU USED[/SIZE] - and then we can wave people away from it.
When I say exactly, I mean extremely specific: do you still have the download file that you used? If so, push it up to an uploader site and give a link to it. (I think you mentioned unrevoked or something). Do you still have the exact link you used to download that rooting software? Was it Unrevoked? Z4root?
bftb0
I will tomorrow as I saved all the files on my laptop n I am on my pc now, but will do try my best as I am a newb to this phone stuff
Did you try what I suggested or is it too late ?
phone wont do anything so cant do nothing...
Did you find out any more details about the rooting method you used?
might be a couple more days till I can get to it, my laptop is messing up now...all the saved info was on it
Hello, I just bought my G-tablet and I have severely screwed it over. First, I rooted it and installed CWM, (It went fine). Then I flashed Cyanogen 7, following their wiki full update instructions. It was running fine till I found out that for some reason, my computer nor the tablet even knew it had an SD (Computer found nothing, File explorer on tablet had nothing) coupled with the fact Gapps refused to install, I figured this would be solved in a wipe then another flash. Nothing was different. So I wiped again (seemed to have froze during) but the flash of Vegan 5.1 seemed to have went well... for now. However, trying to install Adobe Flash via the preinstalled android market, it wouldn't install. It kept saying download unsuccessful, for every single app I tried. (no it's not an network problem). Being the noob I am I started following random googled XDA threads on how to fix this. I partioned 4gig from my sd to see if that would fix the market problem. I got stuck in a bootloop so I was forced to reflash vegan. When I did, I found out that when I tried to install anything it said something along the lines of "Not enough space" knowing I had 13 gigs of memory leftover, I figured I'd try rebooting. Got stuck in bootloop. Then followed yet ANOTHER googled guide (droidpirate brick fix) and now I can't even access CWM. It just loads as IF it were going to CWM but then shows me a /!\ caution sign then instantly turns off. When I normally start it, it goes into bootloop. when I try to get to CWM (holding volume up, power) it goes to a useless flash that I presume just fails, then brings me back into the bootloop. As far as I see, I have no way of fixing this...
I know this is so much to read, so in a brief explanation.. I'm in a bootloop, cannot get into CWM (brings me to a failed flash then back into boot loop) and am in dire need of assistance Please help me
Go read the posts on nvflash and learn how to use it. It is your friend!!
IndyLateNite said:
Go read the posts on nvflash and learn how to use it. It is your friend!!
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NvFlash is currently not working for me, I don't know exactly where I messed up but my computer already has the drivers to read the tablet. when I run the .bat, it doesn't seem to do anything.
Scratch that, got it to work. I didn't extract one of the folders entirely. But my tablet is still stuck in bootloop even after this? what now?
IndyLateNite said:
Go read the posts on nvflash and learn how to use it. It is your friend!!
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Take this with a grain of salt, as I learned it is not 'always' your friend
Now it's just on the stock Viewsonic birds and Gtablet logo bootloop...
Even after I NvFlashed it... Still can't access CMW.
Any suggestions?
Nvm, I got it to what appears to be working. (and I just about jizzed all over my tab.) Thanks so much. Saved me a beating from my parents.
Hi! after power on my tablet,
i geting a error screen saying "please restart your device and try again if you encounter the same issue, please contact customer service..."
trying this thing http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663836
nothing works,
restoring doesnt give any result,
recovery is not installed
also trying to do these http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470910
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481826
Your links appear to be broken.
Cubanluke88 said:
Your links appear to be broken.
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already update links
At what point does this error message occur? Immediately after the white "n" logo appears?
yes. after disappearing logo n.
some image with some text appear and quickly changing to THAT message.
i think the first message is something like standart recovery.
any actions with a recovery sd card didnt help.
i find a thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663836
where someone calling ferryco, posted very similar problem and its solution
-"after removing the sd card and let the tablet reboot i get a error screen saying "please restart your device and try again if you encounter the same issue, please contact customer service..." tried the whole process three times and it's always the same thing please help"
-"thanks for this man I really apreciate it! it appears that the error was the recovery, i flashed cwm on internal and got a recovery bootloop, my tablet was only entering in cmw recovery, the solution was to flash the stock recovery and then everything went just fine no errors and get my NT stock again, thank you again for this excellent tool!"
but he dont answer, and I dont know how he flashe the stock recovery, in what way..
any way of knowing if your 'recovery sd' is a good one ? i'm just saying... you can flash one but if you do not make it bootable... then it won't work.
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i use EASEUS partition master s/w to check and make sure ( spend no money... )
OP, if you're getting that far, you should be able to boot into an SD ROM to make changes to your actual device. I would try making a CM7 SD ROM then try to boot into it by plugging the device into the AC charge and let it power on.
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OP, if you're getting that far, you should be able to boot into an SD ROM to make changes to your actual device. I would try making a CM7 SD ROM then try to boot into it by plugging the device into the AC charge and let it power on.
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thanks
I`ll try
Need help too!!!!
msergg said:
yes. after disappearing logo n.
some image with some text appear and quickly changing to THAT message.
i think the first message is something like standart recovery.
any actions with a recovery sd card didnt help.
i find a thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1663836
where someone calling ferryco, posted very similar problem and its solution
-"after removing the sd card and let the tablet reboot i get a error screen saying "please restart your device and try again if you encounter the same issue, please contact customer service..." tried the whole process three times and it's always the same thing please help"
-"thanks for this man I really apreciate it! it appears that the error was the recovery, i flashed cwm on internal and got a recovery bootloop, my tablet was only entering in cmw recovery, the solution was to flash the stock recovery and then everything went just fine no errors and get my NT stock again, thank you again for this excellent tool!"
but he dont answer, and I dont know how he flashe the stock recovery, in what way..
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So I have the same problem..... I do not know exactly how I got to where I am right now. I am using 2GB Micro SD card w/ a working SD_ROOT_NT16or8gbV4_7 installed image. I can get to the "CWM - based recovery v5.0.2.8 " screen....and install the SD_ROOT_NT16or8gbV4_7.zip.....but then I click "reboot system now"....then it restarts and I see the "N" then after it goes to the error screen showing the tablet with an exclamation mark in it saying "please restart your device and try again if you encounter the same issue, please contact customer service"...
PLEASE HELP ME!!! I have tried so many things...i just want a factory restore to the NOOK COLOR TABLET 1.4.3 like it was when I first turned it on...!!!
Hello.
I have been reading around on the forums and havent been able to find a suitable fix for my phone.
First of all- Im not a huge fan of updating apps and such due to not having the best success with compatibility after the updates. Also I am NOT a developer or anything, have never rooted my phone or flashed ROMs because I never really understood it and didnt want to brick my phone. That being said im not a idiot when it comes to technology either. I know how to use linux a decent amount tho i dont because I own a mac and havnt had a "x86" computer for sometime
Back in December I was having problems with my phone so I took it to Sprint and got a replacement. I dont usually use my phone for internet while im at home (because I use my computer) and overlooked the setting that updates apps over wifi.
So fast forward a few months- I went to Europe for the first time this winter for a ski vacation and when i connected to wifi over there, my phone just started updating everything and started making my phone act wierd. It would freeze up for a while after boot after entering my password and it would take 15-30 minutes to unfreeze. I got used to it working like that. Besides i was only using my phone for basic internet stuff and taking pictures. I wasnt making any phone calls or anything. The day before i came home I tried to connect to a wifi network and in the network settings under wifi it said "error" and then immediately shut off and rebooted. That was the last time my phone was usable. From then on it is just stuck in a continuous boot loop. I have to remove the battery to stop it. When it tries to boot it goes through the animation process to the "now" part of the "welcome to the now network" animation during boot. I have messed around with the safe mode and other boot options in the boot menu but nothing seems to work.
I DONT WANT to hard reset my phone yet because ALL MY PICs are on the Internal memory of the phone from my trip. I know now that this was a stupid idea to have them on the internal memory. My SD card was getting full and had like 7 gigs internally so i saved all my pic there. My phone was also encrypted with the pattern password (yes i enabled it).
Is there any way to get my pictures off the phone? I dont know what build version, kernel etc... or any of the other technical information is.... Please help!!!! thank you :crying:
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Hello ,
I have Installed Custom ROM in my Photon 4g MB855 Here is What I installed using( *How to install Jelly beans 4.1.2 Custom on Motorola Photon 4g )
and After installation I stuck at Motorola M logo .
So I could not even go Back Because whenever I try to install any stock or SBF file in RSD I get this error ..
*Failed To Re Enimerate*
And I also tried to Erase my Recovery and Install A custom TWRP like another Recovery manager but i get this error in FastBoot.
Erasing Recovery FAILED <Remote 00180001>
Writing Recovery FAILED <Remote 00180002>
I've read somewhere that its because your device is not unlocked and I also tried to install Pudding Unlock via RSD but failed to re-enumerate ..
RSD show my device as *SE FLASH SUNFIRE* ..
NOTE: I had made a BACKUP before flashing the Custom Rom and Now When I go to Recovery and Restore I cant see the BackUp .. But When I attach that SD card and There is BackUp .. That BackUp (2.3.5) Consists ..It Consists Following FIles..
Data.img
System.img
Cache.img
I'm totally confused How to Unlock my Photon (If it is) Please Help me getting my Phone BACK!
Does anyone have any suggestions for me at all?????