Android System Recovery <3e> after using Odin3 v1.00
All:
I used Odin3 v100 to load Android 2.2 ROM
I followed the following steps
i9000XXJP2 Instructions
1. Remove the battery from your phone
2. Remove the SIM Card and MicroSD Card from your phone
3. Place the battery back on the phone
4. Hold down the HOME button, Volume Down button, and Power On button
5. You should now see a Download screen
6. Open Odin 3 v1.0
7. Click on the button “PIT” and load the “s1_odin_20100512.pit” file
8. Click on the button “PDA” and load the “I9000XXJP2-REV03-PDA-CL464213.tar” inside of the firmware download’s .rar file.
9. Click on the button “Phone” and load the “MODEM_I9000XXJP2.tar” inside of the firmware download’s .rar file.
10. Click on the button “CSC” and load the “GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJP2.tar” inside of the firmware download’s .rar file.
11. Click the checkbox next to: “Re-Partition”
12. Your settings should now look like Figure #2
13. Plug your phone into your computer with USB Debugging on
14. Look at the gallery below to see if everything is going right
15. Once done, your phone will boot up
And now the phone Rebooted and I get the following message “update media, plase waite E:Cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (invaild argument) E: copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD: you storage not prepared yet. plase use UI menu for format and reboot actions. copy default media contenr failed.”
I have tried in vain to boot in the “Download Mode” to try and re flash the device and no luck.
I have tried using the following commands in SDK “C:\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools\adb reboot-bootloader” and no luck
Am I hosed?
It seems to me that I need to reformat the internal SD Card but I cannot select any of the options in the Android System Recovery <3e>
The options I have are
Enter: OK Key, Select : Vol UP /Vol Down
Reboot system now
Applysdcard:update.zip
Wipe date/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Format internal sd-card
The Volume rocket works to move between the above options but I can use the “OK” key nor any other to select an action
Anyone else run into this issue any thoughts?
I was going to try and see if I move the files to my extra SD card and see if this works but as I cannot select an action I am lost.
I have looked at the recovery (factory recovery option but as I mentioned I can not get to the Download mode.
Thanks in advance
Deadred
Try "adb reboot download".
You do know that flashing an i9000 froyo ROM makes your phone brick if you try to come back to a stock ROM, right? I see that you're looking at JP2, which might be early enough to avoid that, but I thought I should mention it. In the dev section, Eugene posted a non-bricking version.
thanks I will try this and let you know if it works
ttabbal said:
Try "adb reboot download".
You do know that flashing an i9000 froyo ROM makes your phone brick if you try to come back to a stock ROM, right? I see that you're looking at JP2, which might be early enough to avoid that, but I thought I should mention it. In the dev section, Eugene posted a non-bricking version.
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I am having the same problem. The OK key is not OK cause does not work. Nothing in the world can make the device enter in download mode. And, of course, the adb can not work because the device is not recognized by windows.
I had the same issue, if you boot your phone w/ usb plugged in, you can go into adb shell, however, that's as far as I can get, is there any chance I can fix my vibrant by exploit the unrooted shell?
I had a similar issue and fixed it.
This thread has the solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788850
The best explanation is on the first post of page 3.
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Don't use Odin 1.0 Some of the newer roms state only use Odin 1.3 or above........... Use Odin 1.7
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i've been stuck here for some time trying to find a solution to this. rooted fin but when i tried every time i try to do a factory wipe it aborts and when i try to install a zip/rom through clockwork it just says "E:can't find MISC" i've looked around and haven't been able to find something that helps, this may be due to me being to to android. can someone help or just give me directions to start all over again.
I get that as well, but it doesn't seem to make any difference. But what do I know, it all seems like a black art!
I have the same problem, just flash Streakmod recovery, not clockwork.
never heard of Streakmod recovery i gotta find it and give it a try tonight. ty
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=840326
You could have use search and not open a new thread but oh well everyone does whatever in this forum.
@edrill i saw that but i dont know what "fastboot -i 0x413c" is. i only ever flashed using the install-recovery-windows.bat. don't know how to flash just the img by itself.
now i'm stuck on the dell logo. tried Stock Android 1.6 Package but my streak isnt in a good mood anymore
Try this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=776883
Has everything you need to know about fasboot, etc.
i'll print that out tonight and read through it. i work nights so its sleep time now. i'll let you know how it goes thanks for your help
captaingohan said:
i've been stuck here for some time trying to find a solution to this. rooted fin but when i tried every time i try to do a factory wipe it aborts and when i try to install a zip/rom through clockwork it just says "E:can't find MISC" i've looked around and haven't been able to find something that helps, this may be due to me being to to android. can someone help or just give me directions to start all over again.
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got it working now got an Os splash screen but it works this is how i did it
HOW TO RESTORE YOUR STREAK BACK TO FACTORY CONDITION:
Option 1.
1. Download the stock recovery ROM HERE (http://hotfile.com/dl/61659279/506ac...stock.img.html) and the stock official Dell ROM HERE (http://hotfile.com/dl/61663686/7d7e5...99_21.pkg.html).
2. Rename the stock official Dell ROM 'Update.pkg' and put it in the root directory on your SD card.
3. Boot Streak in fast boot mode (hold camera button when turning on), press 'Fast boot Mode' button, wait 10 seconds then connect to your PC (must have Dell PC suite installed).
4. Open a command prompt, navigate to the folder where your 'fast boot-windows.exe' is stored.
5. Type 'fastboot-windows.exe -i 0x413c flash recovery c:\recovery.stock.img' . Make sure the .img file is in c:\ directory. The program will now update the recovery image on your Streak.
6. Once the phone reads 'Recovery Done', remove the battery and insert it again.
7. Boot Streak in Recovery mode (hold down vol up and vol down when turning on) and select option 2.
5. Wait till it installs and it'll boot into Android....DONE!
Option 2
Place update.pkg on SD card root folder
Power up streak whilst holding both volume buttons
Select option 2 - "software upgrade via Update.pkg on SD card" by pressing camera button
Press camera button again Job done
i think later tonight i'll try to upgrade to 2.2 wish me luck and thanks for all your help EDRILL
i spend a whole night now to get android work on my hd2. had the same error message...
now i know why it didn't work and the solution was dead easy i had to beat myself...
sd card has to be FAT not FAT32
after formatting the card this way, everything works fine ^^
Are you sure it has to be FAT? I have heard there are restrictions on this format that would make it impracticle to use on a 16gb microsd.
Also how you format to fat? my computer only has 2 options to format: Fat32 and exfat.
FAT can only allocate up to 2 gigabytes of storage so there is something dodgy about that explanation.
I'll happily admit that I'm a noob and I never should have done this. After having a couple of android fanatics puffing their chest out about how easy it was to toss Froyo on a phone, I tried it and now I'm stuck.
I have a Samsung Fascinate on Verizon's network. I follow the instructions I found and now I'm stuck staring at some boot up and recover screen. What I can't do is select any of the options give to me.
I'm starting at the following screen:
Android System Recovery <3e> after using Odin3 v1.00
All:
I used Odin3 v100 to load Android 2.2 ROM
I followed the following steps
i9000XXJP2 Instructions
1. Remove the battery from your phone
2. Remove the SIM Card and MicroSD Card from your phone
(However, since it's a verizon phone, I had no sim card and I left my micro SD card in place)
3. Place the battery back on the phone
4. Hold down the HOME button, Volume Down button, and Power On button
5. You should now see a Download screen
6. Open Odin 3 v1.0
7. Click on the button “PIT” and load the “s1_odin_20100512.pit” file
8. Click on the button “PDA” and load the “I9000XXJP2-REV03-PDA-CL464213.tar” inside of the firmware download’s .rar file.
9. Click on the button “Phone” and load the “MODEM_I9000XXJP2.tar” inside of the firmware download’s .rar file.
10. Click on the button “CSC” and load the “GT-I9000-CSC-MULTI-OXAJP2.tar” inside of the firmware download’s .rar file.
11. Click the checkbox next to: “Re-Partition”
12. Your settings should now look like Figure #2
13. Plug your phone into your computer with USB Debugging on
14. Look at the gallery below to see if everything is going right
15. Once done, your phone will boot up
And now the phone Rebooted and I get the following message “update media, plase waite E:Cant mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p1 (invaild argument) E: copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD: you storage not prepared yet. plase use UI menu for format and reboot actions. copy default media contenr failed.”
I can get my phone to the option above and I can still get to download mode
It seems to me that I need to reformat the internal SD Card but I cannot select any of the options in the Android System Recovery <3e>
The options I have are
Enter: OK Key, Select : Vol UP /Vol Down
Reboot system now
Applysdcard:update.zip
Wipe date/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
Format internal sd-card
The Volume rocket works to move between the above options but I can't use the “OK” key nor any other to select an action
Someone please please help me! Even if I can just reset it to where I was before, I honestly don't think I'm far along enough that I can't undo what I did, I just don't know how ...
I really really need a hand
The biggest problem of what you wrote, is you followed the instructions of the wrong phone.
The verizon fascinate is the i500 not i9000. The verizon fascinate doesnt use the phone button on odin.
Odin this file for 2.2: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/sa...roms-w-root-new-clockwork-updated-2-11-a.html
Get the Full Stock Froyo Leak+root+Froyo Clockworkmod file, and once it successfully instals, you can instal different roms.
Would you be able to shoot me a private message with instructions a little more detailed? At this point, I'm absolutely paranoid about being in WAY over my head
You can use this thread to get back to rooted 2.2.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=977493
+1 to the post above me. You will more than likely need to use heimdall. (the hardest part is installing the drivers. Once you figure out how to do that it's similar to Odin)
At this point, you are extremely lucky to still have a course of action. Rarely does flashing that many files from another device actually leave you with an easily recoverable phone.
Good luck!
Since you used pda, you might still be safe, but I doubt you will be able to recover this. You are probably out of luck after this accident.
Oh dear.... you definitely did flash firmware for the wrong phone on to your phone.
Since you can still get into download mode you *might* have a shot. Definitely try that thread linked a few posts back. Flashing the firmware for the i9000 to a i500 might have done something screwy to your phone's memory partitions. The thread here has a .pit file which should repartition your phone's memory.
Please let us know if you do bring your phone back from the dead. Best of luck.
In order to install custom firmware on the Viewpad 7 and equivalent devices (Cherry Mobile Superion, Commtiva Linx N700, Olivepad VT-100, Spice MI700, and Camangi FM600) you must use an alternative recovery partition. There are several methods to accomplish this, but in this thread I will document what I use personally.
For starters ALWAYS create a backup of your original 'stock' firmware.
Rooting:
1. Download version 1.7 of Super One Click. Some users have reported issues with the latest version, but previous versions can be found in the thread.
2. Place your Android device into debugging mode, and connect to computer.
3. Right-click the Super One Click executable and select 'Run As Administrator'.
4. At program launch select 'rageagainstthecage' exploit method, then select 'Root'.
5. If there is no activity for more than 30 seconds and the terminal display is stuck at 'Running rageagainstthecage....' remove the USB plug momentarily and plug back in.
6. You should get the message “***IF IT KEEPS LOOPING, TRY DISABLING USB DEBUGGING NOW***” followed by an ADB reset, waiting for device, and finally a successful rooting message. (Apparently the looping issue is a known bug).
7. Once this process is complete your prompted to test the root condition. Follow the steps to verify.
Stock Backup:
1. Open up ADB shell within a terminal.
2. Get the list of partitions:
cat /proc/mtd
3. Pull each original partition from the device onto the SD card:
cat /dev/mtd/mtd3 > /sdcard/recovery.img (example...change for each partition)
Install Alternative Recovery Partition:
1. Copy the flash_image and clockwork recovery image to your SD Card (Find Attached Below).
2. Open a terminal (via computer or terminal emulator). Enter ADB shell.
3. Within ADB shell enter the following to change permissions for the flash_image:
chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image
4. Replace the original stock recovery image by copying the clockwork image in it's place:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/cwrecovery.img
Installing Custom Firmware:
1. Copy the custom firmware of your choice to the SD card.
2. Power down your device.
3. Depress both volume keys simultaneously followed by holding in the power switch for a few seconds.
4. Upon power up you will see the birds logo and 'enter recovery' text in the top left corner of the screen.
5. Use the volume keys to step through the menu.
6. Select 'Backup & Restore' followed by 'Backup' to make a 'NANDROID' backup of the current firmware. The backed up ROM should be located in: /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/date&time/
7. Once the backup process completes you will be back at the main recovery menu.
8. Select 'apply sdcard: update.zip.
9. Once complete select 'reboot device'.
DISCLAIMER: I cannot be held liable for anything you do to your Viewpad 7 (or equivalent device). Make sure you are comfortable with recovery tools, such as ClockworkMod, before proceeding.
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Installed, working ok. but the UP/DOWN button always jump 2 steps.
same. rooted. 2 spot jump on recovery menu. looks like pressing down moves one and then releasing the button goes another.
what custom rom works with the ViewPad7?
getting installation error Status (0) when I try tnt lite 4.4
Smilez said:
same. rooted. 2 spot jump on recovery menu. looks like pressing down moves one and then releasing the button goes another.
what custom rom works with the ViewPad7?
getting installation error Status (0) when I try tnt lite 4.4
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TNT Lite is for the gTab.....NOT the Viewpad...therefore it will not work. There are only a couple modified ROMs available at this time for the Viewpad 7. I made a mod to stock ROM which can be found in this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008673
I believe there is someone else working on a Gingerbread ROM (as am I), but I don't know any details of they're progress.
As for the recovery menu navigation problem (moves two spaces instead of one), I think it came that way from the manufacturer (FIH). Not sure how to remedy it at this point.
Viewpad HELP!
Did the volume down + power by mistake
Now I have a message:
Power on with pressing VOLUME_DOWN keys to leave Auto-FTM
and then
Wrong Project!!!!!
Please Select project name:
FA0
FA1...
FST
Cant reboot... cant do anything...
Cant adb in
HELP !
Schilack said:
Did the volume down + power by mistake
Cant reboot... cant do anything...
HELP !
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Hold down both volume keys and the power button, and then push in the reset button. Keep holding all the keys until you see 'Enter Recovery Mode'.
Smilez said:
same. rooted. 2 spot jump on recovery menu. looks like pressing down moves one and then releasing the button goes another.
what custom rom works with the ViewPad7?
getting installation error Status (0) when I try tnt lite 4.4
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This is so far what I can find for CUSTOM ROM of VIEWPAD7.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1008673
RC3.
James
May want to update the OP to reflect that one should be downloading SuperOneClick version 1.7, not 1.8. The latter doesn't include the RageAgainstTheCage exploit method and will not root the device.
Took me a few tries to get my new Viewpad 7 rooted, but it finally is.
second that...
chicknlil said:
May want to update the OP to reflect that one should be downloading SuperOneClick version 1.7, not 1.8. The latter doesn't include the RageAgainstTheCage exploit method and will not root the device.
Took me a few tries to get my new Viewpad 7 rooted, but it finally is.
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I second that, took me a few tries also... Used SOC 1.7 and it was a bit confusing on my Win Xp (xp-home SP3) machine about VP7 drivers and its USB Mass storage state (should remove SD card in VP7 if you have it installed).
It finally worked when the " Synchronation Tool " was also installed and running off of the virtual "CD-Rom" that was installed when the VP7 is plugged in...
Anyways keep up the good work!!! Hope to see more updates/ROMs/mods/etc... for the VP7, I personally think its a solid device with the exception of the small internal storage it has...
Can anyone please help me? /system/bin/flash_image does not excist on my viewpad 7...
chicknlil said:
May want to update the OP to reflect that one should be downloading SuperOneClick version 1.7, not 1.8. The latter doesn't include the RageAgainstTheCage exploit method and will not root the device.
Took me a few tries to get my new Viewpad 7 rooted, but it finally is.
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Thanks for pointing that out. At the time of writing the latest was 1.7. I will make the correction.
I have all the IMGs on sd card, how do i restore them to get the viewpad back to full stock
dazcox5181 said:
I have all the IMGs on sd card, how do i restore them to get the viewpad back to full stock
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Have you installed an alternative recovery (like clockwork)? If so you will need to copy the original recovery partition over, and then copy the remaining original partitions over. You can perform these tasks using ADB shell, and by using flash_image for the recovery partitions. You can find more information on this with a quick search.
So...this might be answered in another thread, but since there's no subforum for this device, it's hard to tell, but I digress...
How do I get around the "jump 2 spots" issue when in recovery? I've got clockwork in there just fine now, but I want to back up my system before I do any more serious "playing" and since I can't ever get it to land on "backup and recovery", I'm not sure how to proceed. Thoughts?
chicknlil said:
So...this might be answered in another thread, but since there's no subforum for this device, it's hard to tell, but I digress...
How do I get around the "jump 2 spots" issue when in recovery? I've got clockwork in there just fine now, but I want to back up my system before I do any more serious "playing" and since I can't ever get it to land on "backup and recovery", I'm not sure how to proceed. Thoughts?
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This double-step issue when navigating the recovery menu is definitely an annoyance. To get around it and only move one selection just keep the applicable volume key pressed down, and then hit the power button to choose the selection.
Sweet...got the backup going. Now just need to figure out how to partition the SD card and get link2sd working. Appreciate your help!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App
JRShield said:
Can anyone please help me? /system/bin/flash_image does not exist on my viewpad 7...
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I have the same problem as well. Can anyone shed some light here? Please? I'm using CSL Droidpad Mi700 (essentially the same as Viewpad 7).
edit: just got through it. thanks. Now I flashed with CWM v2.5.1.2, but I can't navigate using the volume keys. The power button only give me blank screen... Help...
kuntilanak said:
I have the same problem as well. Can anyone shed some light here? Please? I'm using CSL Droidpad Mi700 (essentially the same as Viewpad 7).
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You have to download the flash_image file from this thread (look in the first post), and copy it to your device.
This is what I'm getting:
Unable to chmod /system/bin/flash_image: No such file or directory
I'm stuck on this step.
This will also unroot, relock bootloader, and send phone back to stoock rom, but if you have a backed up rom then they can all be reversed easily.
I am new to this and this will be my 1st post so bare with me. I've tried to make the difficulty very easy for beginners because I'm a beginner.
Copy & Paste URLs in your Internet browsers because I can't post URLs I guess.
Yesterday I Bricked my phone trying to unroot and stock my Photon. I was
searching and trying different techniques to unbrick it for 7 HOURS!!! So I put a bunch of stuff together to get to this...
Requirements:
1.Motorola Photon 4G
2.PC
3.Backup ROM on PC or External SD Card (If you don't have one backed up then find a ROM that supports Motorola Photon 4G
4.Android SDK on PC:developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
How I unbricked my phone:
Charge your battery to 100% if you can before starting
1. Install one of the SBF files with RSD Lite on (this will take you back to stock, which means this will unroot your phone and relock your bootloader if it's unlocked. But they both can easily go back to rooted and unlocked)
Follow the directions:youtube.com/watch?v=J94VcWk-CJc&feature=relmfu
2. After thats done try to restart your phone
If it doesn't boot all the way up then don't worry...
Turn your phone off by taking the battery out.
3. Go on your PC go to the folder of your backup rom (or take your external sd card out of your phone and put that into the PC and copy the backup somewhere on the PC then put the sd card back into your phone) and you should have the following files inside the folder of the backup you chose... "boot.img" and "recovery.img" Copy those files to the Android folder in your C: directory. C:/Users/(name of your PC/Android) mine would be in the C:/Users/LocoRobo/Android directory, yours will be different. (if yours is not in that directory then you will have find where you put it or where android sdk extracted it to)
4. Hit the "start" button on PC then type "cmd" into the search box then you should see a program at the top that says 'cmd.exe' open that.
5. You should see a line that says C:/Users/(the name of your PC) that's good. (if your Android folder (or android-sdk folder) is not in that location then you'll have to find out where it is and navigate to it on cmd) now type "cd Android" (or "android-sdk" if you don't have a folder name android) in the command box.
Now we will start.
6. While phone is off and go into fastboot mode (hold the vol. down key and the power key at the same time until you see 'fastboot' on the top of your screen) once you're their, hit the vol. up key, then you should see something on your screen like "entering fastboot protocol support" (I really don't remember) now connect your phone to your PC.
7. Got back to cmd that you have open in your PC. Type in the following commands into the command box (beginner note: hit enter after each command):
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -w
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
8. You're phone will reboot and it should power all the way up!!!
Now if you want to reroot and reunlock your phone then follow these steps as well. (this will also get you back your service as well)
9. When your phone first reboots it will go into setup and stuff, just skip everything except the google account login.
10. Watch and follow these video's instructions (doesn't matter which order):
Reroot:youtube.com/watch?v=SaJ0uiExdFM
Reunlock:youtube.com/watch?v=BwRjFrzClBs
11. Now download Rom Manager from the market and go into the app and hit "flash clockworkmod recovery" Now hit "reboot into recovery" go into recovery and restore your backup (a working one of course)
And That's all folks!!! If you like and it works please hit thank you or whatever! Any questions ask and i'll try my best to answer them (I'm still new to this).
Oh yeah and thanx to QBKing77 for the videos.
do anyone have the sbf file of japanese official rom ?
my phone is brick
No idea...
sorry
LocoRobo said:
1. Install one of the SBF files with RSD Lite
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If you can do this, then your phone isn't bricked. It may be broked, but it ain't bricked. It's only a brick when you can't flash something and get it working again. By definition, there is no unbrick.
So you're saying that if i bricked my phone I would not be able to use it ever again? I know that If you can get into the recovery mode you are not bricked, but when I did this the only thing i could go to was fastboot mode and rsd mode (recovery wouldn't open) so it really was a brick.
LocoRobo said:
So you're saying that if i bricked my phone I would not be able to use it ever again?
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Yes, that's what makes it a brick.
LocoRobo said:
I know that If you can get into the recovery mode you are not bricked, but when I did this the only thing i could go to was fastboot mode and rsd mode (recovery wouldn't open) so it really was a brick.
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Nope, it was just broken. But fixable. I've had plenty of times my phone was unusable. If you spend much time hacking and flashing, you will, too. But as long as you can flash, you can fix it, and it's not bricked.
I didn't flash anything. I use rsd lite through a PC (maybe you could call that a flash but thats more of a forced flash from a PC, then just being able to download a flash normally through your phone). I've broken my phone about 5 times now and I've only had this phone for like 2 or 3 weeks. The times I broke it is when i was still able to go into clockworkmod (recovery mode). This last time, I couldn't do anything but fastboot and rsd mode.
LocoRobo said:
I didn't flash anything. I use rsd lite through a PC (maybe you could call that a flash but thats more of a forced flash from a PC, then just being able to download a flash normally through your phone). I've broken my phone about 5 times now and I've only had this phone for like 2 or 3 weeks. The times I broke it is when i was still able to go into clockworkmod (recovery mode). This last time, I couldn't do anything but fastboot and rsd mode.
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RSD is definitely for flashing. In fact, I'd say this is more "flashing" than is installing a zip file in recovery, since the latter is really just basic file operations that you theoretically could do while Android was running, if the files you're replacing aren't in use.
It's unlikely that anybody will call you out for arguable semantics of the word "flashing", but "brick" is pretty strictly defined as "no good for anything but a paperweight, unless you have warranty service, and then only if the shop tech doesn't figure out what you've done." If you can fix it (and if you can flash anything via any method, you can), it's not bricked, just borked.
Okie dokie then. If thats what u believe then you can tell the world because most people call things like this (the post) a brick...
I've never heard anything like (what you're sayin) that...
Yeah, you definitely didn't have a brick. I truly bricked my epic touch the other day along with many other people and the only solution was to get a replacement. It's very hard to brick a photon or most other motorola phones that have an available sbf file to flash with rsd lite. I started with the original Droid and have heard of maybe 2 or 3 true bricks, and those were phones that devs were using to test the boundaries of the phone.
And you're correct that a lot of people say they bricked their phone. But that doesn't mean that they actually did.
okay I see.
I needed to do a different step
I did steps 1 & 2 and then my phone would boot up and show the Sprint animation and then reset. The solution was to follow the instructions on the Motorola site to factory reset from the boot loader:
Perform a factory reset using external keys
Power off the phone, press and hold volume down button, press power button
Screen will come up with "Fastboot", press Vol down key to cycle through choices until you get "Android Recovery", then press Vol up key
Wait for the "triangle ! / Android" screen then go on to step 4
Press both Vol up and Vol down key simultaneously. A menu will come up
Tap on Vol down key until "wipe data/factory reset" is highlighted, and tap Power key. Another Confirmation screen will come. Tap on Vol down key until coming to Yes and tap Power key
After userdata is cleared, the "reboot system now" option will be highlighted by Default. Tap Power key
Phone will reboot to initial setup screen.
LocoRobo said:
This will also unroot, relock bootloader, and send phone back to stoock rom, but if you have a backed up rom then they can all be reversed easily.
I am new to this and this will be my 1st post so bare with me. I've tried to make the difficulty very easy for beginners because I'm a beginner.
Copy & Paste URLs in your Internet browsers because I can't post URLs I guess.
Yesterday I Bricked my phone trying to unroot and stock my Photon. I was
searching and trying different techniques to unbrick it for 7 HOURS!!! So I put a bunch of stuff together to get to this...
Requirements:
1.Motorola Photon 4G
2.PC
3.Backup ROM on PC or External SD Card (If you don't have one backed up then find a ROM that supports Motorola Photon 4G
4.Android SDK on PC:developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
How I unbricked my phone:
Charge your battery to 100% if you can before starting
1. Install one of the SBF files with RSD Lite on (this will take you back to stock, which means this will unroot your phone and relock your bootloader if it's unlocked. But they both can easily go back to rooted and unlocked)
Follow the directions:youtube.com/watch?v=J94VcWk-CJc&feature=relmfu
2. After thats done try to restart your phone
If it doesn't boot all the way up then don't worry...
Turn your phone off by taking the battery out.
3. Go on your PC go to the folder of your backup rom (or take your external sd card out of your phone and put that into the PC and copy the backup somewhere on the PC then put the sd card back into your phone) and you should have the following files inside the folder of the backup you chose... "boot.img" and "recovery.img" Copy those files to the Android folder in your C: directory. C:/Users/(name of your PC/Android) mine would be in the C:/Users/LocoRobo/Android directory, yours will be different. (if yours is not in that directory then you will have find where you put it or where android sdk extracted it to)
4. Hit the "start" button on PC then type "cmd" into the search box then you should see a program at the top that says 'cmd.exe' open that.
5. You should see a line that says C:/Users/(the name of your PC) that's good. (if your Android folder (or android-sdk folder) is not in that location then you'll have to find out where it is and navigate to it on cmd) now type "cd Android" (or "android-sdk" if you don't have a folder name android) in the command box.
Now we will start.
6. While phone is off and go into fastboot mode (hold the vol. down key and the power key at the same time until you see 'fastboot' on the top of your screen) once you're their, hit the vol. up key, then you should see something on your screen like "entering fastboot protocol support" (I really don't remember) now connect your phone to your PC.
7. Got back to cmd that you have open in your PC. Type in the following commands into the command box (beginner note: hit enter after each command):
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -w
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
8. You're phone will reboot and it should power all the way up!!!
Now if you want to reroot and reunlock your phone then follow these steps as well. (this will also get you back your service as well)
9. When your phone first reboots it will go into setup and stuff, just skip everything except the google account login.
10. Watch and follow these video's instructions (doesn't matter which order):
Reroot:youtube.com/watch?v=SaJ0uiExdFM
Reunlock:youtube.com/watch?v=BwRjFrzClBs
11. Now download Rom Manager from the market and go into the app and hit "flash clockworkmod recovery" Now hit "reboot into recovery" go into recovery and restore your backup (a working one of course)
And That's all folks!!! If you like and it works please hit thank you or whatever! Any questions ask and i'll try my best to answer them (I'm still new to this).
Oh yeah and thanx to QBKing77 for the videos.
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marc2112 said:
I did steps 1 & 2 and then my phone would boot up and show the Sprint animation and then reset. The solution was to follow the instructions on the Motorola site to factory reset from the boot loader:
Perform a factory reset using external keys
Power off the phone, press and hold volume down button, press power button
Screen will come up with "Fastboot", press Vol down key to cycle through choices until you get "Android Recovery", then press Vol up key
Wait for the "triangle ! / Android" screen then go on to step 4
Press both Vol up and Vol down key simultaneously. A menu will come up
Tap on Vol down key until "wipe data/factory reset" is highlighted, and tap Power key. Another Confirmation screen will come. Tap on Vol down key until coming to Yes and tap Power key
After userdata is cleared, the "reboot system now" option will be highlighted by Default. Tap Power key
Phone will reboot to initial setup screen.
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Man your a life saver! I thought for sure I was f'd.... Worked like a charm!
would anybody happen to have the boot.img and the recovery.img? I cant find them in any roms. please help
bricked my photon 4g
hello friends
my phone is running "sunfire-user-2.3.5-4.5.1A_SUN_USC_19.0-19"(2.3.5 locked Electrify )
and i rooted and work perfectly
and i installed called a "font installer apk" app and it said "your font install successfully reboot the phone"
i rebooted the phone and show motorola logo and re-start again and again
after i start the RSD mode and flash the "1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.5-4.5.1A_SUN_USC_19.0-19-release-keys-signed-USC-US.sbf"
and going step and time is going RSD said
"boot phone manually "
then phone is start normally till "US.cellular" logo and reboot again and again
then i flash "2.3.5_45.4.13ota_unbrick.sbf" via RSD Lite
but it not support my phone
still phone is rebooting again and again
plz help me
what should i do ?
chamaraaa said:
hello friends
my phone is running "sunfire-user-2.3.5-4.5.1A_SUN_USC_19.0-19"(2.3.5 locked Electrify )
and i rooted and work perfectly
and i installed called a "font installer apk" app and it said "your font install successfully reboot the phone"
i rebooted the phone and show motorola logo and re-start again and again
after i start the RSD mode and flash the "1FF-sunfire-user-2.3.5-4.5.1A_SUN_USC_19.0-19-release-keys-signed-USC-US.sbf"
and going step and time is going RSD said
"boot phone manually "
then phone is start normally till "US.cellular" logo and reboot again and again
then i flash "2.3.5_45.4.13ota_unbrick.sbf" via RSD Lite
but it not support my phone
still phone is rebooting again and again
plz help me
what should i do ?
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Did you do all the steps?
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LocoRobo said:
This will also unroot, relock bootloader, and send phone back to stoock rom, but if you have a backed up rom then they can all be reversed easily.
I am new to this and this will be my 1st post so bare with me. I've tried to make the difficulty very easy for beginners because I'm a beginner.
Copy & Paste URLs in your Internet browsers because I can't post URLs I guess.
Yesterday I Bricked my phone trying to unroot and stock my Photon. I was
searching and trying different techniques to unbrick it for 7 HOURS!!! So I put a bunch of stuff together to get to this...
Requirements:
1.Motorola Photon 4G
2.PC
3.Backup ROM on PC or External SD Card (If you don't have one backed up then find a ROM that supports Motorola Photon 4G
4.Android SDK on PC:developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
How I unbricked my phone:
Charge your battery to 100% if you can before starting
1. Install one of the SBF files with RSD Lite on (this will take you back to stock, which means this will unroot your phone and relock your bootloader if it's unlocked. But they both can easily go back to rooted and unlocked)
Follow the directions:youtube.com/watch?v=J94VcWk-CJc&feature=relmfu
2. After thats done try to restart your phone
If it doesn't boot all the way up then don't worry...
Turn your phone off by taking the battery out.
3. Go on your PC go to the folder of your backup rom (or take your external sd card out of your phone and put that into the PC and copy the backup somewhere on the PC then put the sd card back into your phone) and you should have the following files inside the folder of the backup you chose... "boot.img" and "recovery.img" Copy those files to the Android folder in your C: directory. C:/Users/(name of your PC/Android) mine would be in the C:/Users/LocoRobo/Android directory, yours will be different. (if yours is not in that directory then you will have find where you put it or where android sdk extracted it to)
4. Hit the "start" button on PC then type "cmd" into the search box then you should see a program at the top that says 'cmd.exe' open that.
5. You should see a line that says C:/Users/(the name of your PC) that's good. (if your Android folder (or android-sdk folder) is not in that location then you'll have to find out where it is and navigate to it on cmd) now type "cd Android" (or "android-sdk" if you don't have a folder name android) in the command box.
Now we will start.
6. While phone is off and go into fastboot mode (hold the vol. down key and the power key at the same time until you see 'fastboot' on the top of your screen) once you're their, hit the vol. up key, then you should see something on your screen like "entering fastboot protocol support" (I really don't remember) now connect your phone to your PC.
7. Got back to cmd that you have open in your PC. Type in the following commands into the command box (beginner note: hit enter after each command):
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot -w
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
8. You're phone will reboot and it should power all the way up!!!
Now if you want to reroot and reunlock your phone then follow these steps as well. (this will also get you back your service as well)
9. When your phone first reboots it will go into setup and stuff, just skip everything except the google account login.
10. Watch and follow these video's instructions (doesn't matter which order):
Reroot:youtube.com/watch?v=SaJ0uiExdFM
Reunlock:youtube.com/watch?v=BwRjFrzClBs
11. Now download Rom Manager from the market and go into the app and hit "flash clockworkmod recovery" Now hit "reboot into recovery" go into recovery and restore your backup (a working one of course)
And That's all folks!!! If you like and it works please hit thank you or whatever! Any questions ask and i'll try my best to answer them (I'm still new to this).
Oh yeah and thanx to QBKing77 for the videos.
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this does not work with 2.3.5
Read through:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798145
You might also consider trying to flash a locked ROM, e.g., MOF.ish Slim Photon.
Sent from my Slim Photon using xda app-developers app
Hello, I need the recovery.img and boot.img to recover my Photon 4G Android 2.3.5
Hello, how can I get the boot.img and recovery.img files? Could you please put this files in a ftp server so I could get it?
Thanks,
Kiroga
Hello,
I am not sure what happened, but here is the story.
First, I tried to root the phone using the 1-click method, only to later realize that it does not work as the phone I had was running the latest OTA update. I wanted to reset my phone to factory default and I proceeded to do that.
Now, when my phone starts I see the small recovery menu and a lot of red letters stating that the system could not mount, find or open recovery directories, files or logs. (On the screen is this info Enter ok key,Select vol up/down Rebot system now, apply update from scard,wipe data/factory reset,wipe cache partition But nothing will move courser,then blow that in red is E:failed to open/res/recovery.fstab(no such file or directory) E:unknown volume for path[/cache/recovery/command with a lot more then in yellow letters #manual mode# and the same messages)
When I enter the download mode, and tried to use Odin or ADB, neither one can detect my device. I tried installing different samsung drivers on my system to no solution to being able to detect the device. Is this due to Windows not being able to initiate the drivers correctly, because when I connect the phone in Download mode, Windows has a pop-up show up that says "Drivers not recognized, your device might not work properly".
Does this mean the phone is bricked or is there something I can do to restore the phone?
Informatic_dev said:
Hello,
I am not sure what happened, but here is the story.
First, I tried to root the phone using the 1-click method, only to later realize that it does not work as the phone I had was running the latest OTA update. I wanted to reset my phone to factory default and I proceeded to do that.
Now, when my phone starts I see the small recovery menu and a lot of red letters stating that the system could not mount, find or open recovery directories, files or logs. (On the screen is this info Enter ok key,Select vol up/down Rebot system now, apply update from scard,wipe data/factory reset,wipe cache partition But nothing will move courser,then blow that in red is E:failed to open/res/recovery.fstab(no such file or directory) E:unknown volume for path[/cache/recovery/command with a lot more then in yellow letters #manual mode# and the same messages)
When I enter the download mode, and tried to use Odin or ADB, neither one can detect my device. I tried installing different samsung drivers on my system to no solution to being able to detect the device. Is this due to Windows not being able to initiate the drivers correctly, because when I connect the phone in Download mode, Windows has a pop-up show up that says "Drivers not recognized, your device might not work properly".
Does this mean the phone is bricked or is there something I can do to restore the phone?
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did you try a different usb port? also I'd try heimdall and see if that works and sees your phone. which stock odin package are yup trying to flash?
I did manage to recover to the stock EH03 rom, by doing the first couple of steps in section 4 of the Guide for installing Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070).
At this point, I cannot get root on my phone. I tried using 1 click root methods and those fail to install SU. I tried using the manual method of pushing rage.bin file using ADB, but that also failed.
I tried flashing some of the ROMs from section 4 of the above guide, but they cant seem to install on my phone. When I try to install through recovery, I get the picture of the android on the side and a failed install and either get stuck with the Samsung logo or a recovery boot loop.
Am I missing a step or something in order to root the phone or load a custom ROM? Is it possible that my phone cannot be rooted due to a lock somewhere?
Thanks.
Informatic_dev said:
I did manage to recover to the stock EH03 rom, by doing the first couple of steps in section 4 of the Guide for installing Rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070).
At this point, I cannot get root on my phone. I tried using 1 click root methods and those fail to install SU. I tried using the manual method of pushing rage.bin file using ADB, but that also failed.
I tried flashing some of the ROMs from section 4 of the above guide, but they cant seem to install on my phone. When I try to install through recovery, I get the picture of the android on the side and a failed install and either get stuck with the Samsung logo or a recovery boot loop.
Am I missing a step or something in order to root the phone or load a custom ROM? Is it possible that my phone cannot be rooted due to a lock somewhere?
Thanks.
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You should have read a little but noe I'm going to tell you what to do head over to droid styles guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070 now download cwmfixedforcm7.zip and atlas 2.2.zip and put it on your computer now download this. http://downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip put it on the root of your SD card now power on your computer run Odin as AMINISTRATOR put the atlas.zip in the pit space in Odin check mark beside the place that said PDA and put the cwm.zip there now put your phone in download mode hook it to the computer and when Odin recognizes it press start wait for it to say PASS it may take up to 20min when its done reboot the while while holding the volume buttons, Home key button, power button when you see the Samsung logo flash twice let go of the volume up button and the home key button continue holding volume down button and the power button you should now boot into a menu with blue text now release the buttons navigate with the VOLUME BUTTONS AND THE POWER BUTTON TO SELECT go to install zip from SD now choose zip from SD navigate to the .zip I told you to put on your SD card select it then you will see a bunch of no's and a yes select yes AFTER its finished press go back then press reboot system now ONCE IT REBOOTS CONGRATS YOUR ROOTED AND SHOULD HAVE SUPERUSER!!!
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I managed to get it working, maybe the SU.tar was corrupted as it worked this time. Thanks.