Hey there guys, i have currently a big problem on my play or lets rather say I’m not able get it started.
Always when I’m trying to boot the phone I just ending up wirth a black screen. At first, it shows the normal boot behavior plus the Sony ericsson boot animation Logo, but then it turns automatically off again and tries to boot over and over again, the whole time.
How does it come:
I have tried to install a custom Theme, to be more exact this theme here. I wanted to install it over the Root explorer and moved and replaced the framework-res.apk to /system/framework…..and ended up like that after reboot….
Is there any chance to get my phone worked again, or are all of my data lost forever? ;(
Reflash a system.img
That file is an update.zip, which you ought to flash with ClockWorkMod. You shouldn't just copy-paste the items inside said files, since this kind of things can happen.
Larsiano said:
Hey there guys, i have currently a big problem on my play or lets rather say I’m not able get it started.
Always when I’m trying to boot the phone I just ending up wirth a black screen. At first, it shows the normal boot behavior plus the Sony ericsson boot animation Logo, but then it turns automatically off again and tries to boot over and over again, the whole time.
How does it come:
I have tried to install a custom Theme, to be more exact this theme here. I wanted to install it over the Root explorer and moved and replaced the framework-res.apk to /system/framework…..and ended up like that after reboot….
Is there any chance to get my phone worked again, or are all of my data lost forever? ;(
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Use the recovery and install the theme again over your ****ed up system. It will fix permissions and hopefully fix your phone!
Regards
Bin4ry said:
Use the recovery and install the theme again over your ****ed up system. It will fix permissions and hopefully fix your phone!
Regards
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That's a point too.....I haven't installed recovery until now….should I be able to launch recovery afterwards in this status? via adb maybe?…..uhhhhhh
Right now you cannot install recovery, you boot it with the proper command as per the instruction of the thread and do what you need. Therefore, you can launch recovery any time, as long as you can enter fastboot
Logseman said:
Right now you cannot install recovery, you boot it with the proper command as per the instruction of the thread and do what you need. Therefore, you can launch recovery any time, as long as you can enter fastboot
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Great thanks so far, as excepted there’s no problem to get fastboot started.
But it seems like, that I still haven’t got it properly installed in the way it should be.
After I downloaded the IMG File from Bin4ry’s thread, I was running fastboot and opened a cmd on the folder where the IMG file was contained and entered the command:
fastboot boot recoveryPLAY.img…..
and nothing happened….
I know that I missed something, what exactly has gone wrong?
Just btw, is there right now, on the whole XDA Universe a big ass Tutorial or Guide with the all the best of introductions for things like adb, recovery, custom roms etc.?
I'm looking for it quite a while and got more or less just pieces… =/
Larsiano said:
Great thanks so far, as excepted there’s no problem to get fastboot started.
But it seems like, that I still haven’t got it properly installed in the way it should be.
After I downloaded the IMG File from Bin4ry’s thread, I was running fastboot and opened a cmd on the folder where the IMG file was contained and entered the command:
fastboot boot recoveryPLAY.img…..
and nothing happened….
I know that I missed something, what exactly has gone wrong?
Just btw, is there right now, on the whole XDA Universe a big ass Tutorial or Guide with the all the best of introductions for things like adb, recovery, custom roms etc.?
I'm looking for it quite a while and got more or less just pieces… =/
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when entering the commands make sure you get the fastboot running first and execute the flash commands while the phone is UNPLUGGED and powered down. then when says waiting for device, plug in in fastboot. if this doesnt work i am not sure what your doing wrong or if something else is broken that needs to be fixed also
You said you where running fastboot and then used cmd? fastboot is a part of the android sdk, you have to put the .img file in the same folder as fastboot is (C:/program files (x86)/android/android-sdk/tools if you installed the android-sdk in the standard place) and then run that command when your phone is in fastboot mode.
svenk919 said:
You said you where running fastboot and then used cmd? fastboot is a part of the android sdk, you have to put the .img file in the same folder as fastboot is (C:/program files (x86)/android/android-sdk/tools if you installed the android-sdk in the standard place) and then run that command when your phone is in fastboot mode.
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or set the path in windows variables so you can use it in any folder
svenk919 said:
You said you where running fastboot and then used cmd? fastboot is a part of the android sdk, you have to put the .img file in the same folder as fastboot is (C:/program files (x86)/android/android-sdk/tools if you installed the android-sdk in the standard place) and then run that command when your phone is in fastboot mode.
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Shouldn’t it be then C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools ?
Because when I’m doing it exactly as you say, it appears a error report with a missing AdbWinApi.dll, which is detectable in \platform-tools…..
But I guess that makes not realy more sense....
I haven't tried it out yet, I'm to scared of trying out things just by myself right now, please correct me if I'm wrong…
Download my attached fastboot_adb.zip, extract the archive and copy all 4 files to
C:\Windows\
After you have done that open a command prompt.
You will see smth like this :
Code:
C:\Documents and Settings\USERNAME\>
Now change to the directory where you put the recoveryPLAY.img .
Enter smth like this
Code:
cd C:\the\path\where\you\put\the\file
if it is on antother drive you have to switch the driveletter before:
for example on drive D:\ just type
Code:
d:
then change to the directory.
IF you are inside the wanted directory type exactly this command:
Code:
fastboot boot recoveryPLAY.img
after that just wait and your phone will boot to recovery mode!
I'm wondering how you have unlocked your bootloader if you are not able to use fastboot commands
Regards
Larsiano said:
Shouldn’t it be then C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools ?
Because when I’m doing it exactly as you say, it appears a error report with a missing AdbWinApi.dll, which is detectable in \platform-tools…..
But I guess that makes not realy more sense....
I haven't tried it out yet, I'm to scared of trying out things just by myself right now, please correct me if I'm wrong…
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My bad, I once copied all contents from platform-tools to tools as a cheap fix (could very well be for the AdbWinApi.dll file). Binary's solution is the better though.
YEAH! Worked ;DDDDD ....halfway through.... =/
I was running everything as Bin4ry said and it worked till the point where I rebooted the system again.
And see there, even the boot animation has changed to the one on this thread here.
But then, it acts with the same behavior before….boots automatically on and off, over and over again…just with a new animation….
Maybe the zip.file of the theme isn't compatible with my phone, I have btw R800i – 184.
So, I guess the stock theme should fix it, right?
Bin4ry said:
I'm wondering how you have unlocked your bootloader if you are not able to use fastboot commands
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Naja, ist alles schon Monate her, da vergisst man solche Sachen halt mal, aber hey! gut zu wissen das Schwelm gleich bei mir um die Ecke ist
If nothing works you have to restore stock system.img
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
This will solve your problem. Your data is stored in userdata partition, so it wont be affected from this process.
Wo kommst du denn her?
Regards
Bin4ry
Bin4ry said:
If nothing works you have to restore stock system.img
Code:
fastboot flash system system.img
This will solve your problem. Your data is stored in userdata partition, so it wont be affected from this process.
Wo kommst du denn her?
Regards
Bin4ry
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Allright, but to restore the system, I assume I need a system.img File, correct?
Mhmm...no clue, if that would make any sense but I have tried to use the system.img File over the nandroid backup...
....aaand....well.....nothing has changed….
......oh man, how annoying.
I'm sorry to bother you guys with crappy things like that =/
Achja, aus Wuppertal - Barmenl! ;D
Use this ROM, untick "Wipe Userdata" in Flashtool while flashing:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097591
If you dont UNTICK your data is loss
Regards
Related
Alright, so i have an EVO 4g lte and i attempted to root it today. It didnt turn out very well to say the least... I unlocked bootloader and flashed TWRP recovery.I then flashed superSU, and at the same time i flashed a custom rom and gapps zip. Then hit reboot. It has not booted up since.. It will just sit at the white HTC screen. i tried clearing cache and Dalvik cache, also did a factory reset. tried flashing cm10 rom onto the device as well as a rooted stock rom. nothing works! the farthest i have gotten was with the cm10 rom and it went to the cyanogenmod boot logo but was in bootloop still. I downloaded the ADT tool bundle but the phone wont show up on the device list. Can anyone help? im completely stumped.. Im fairly new to rooting and custom roms, but i have rooted multiple tablets and samsung galaxy phones and havent had any issues. this is my only phone also, i just gave my backup to my mother because her phone broke... please if anyone knows how to fix this let me know. when i boot into recovery mode it says Tampered and Unlocked at the top as well as S-On. I can also go into TWRP recovery with no problems. just cant use fastboot with my computer (windows 7 PC).
I am pretty sure i know what i did wrong, I flashed SuperSU to gain root at the same time i flashed the custom rom and gapps.. on all the other devices i would reboot after root and then flash the custom rom seperately.. but is there a way to correct my mistake?
Since you are s-on you have to fastboot flash the boot.img/kernel first and then flash CM and gapps
Any questions PM me
OK sorry to be a noob but how do I do that? I used cmd.exe while rooting but now it won't recognize my device. Much thanks for any help!!
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If in bootloader type fastboot devices
In recovery type adb devices
See if you get a reply
In fast boot USB menu on the phone, I typed fastboot devices on cmd and it came up blank.
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Sounds like a driver issue
1.Uninstall everything HTC from your PC
2.Reboot your PC
3.Plug your phone in and it will load a bunch of drivers
4.Try the command again
If that does not work get the latest drivers from HERE use the ones dated 6/6/13
and don't forget the BMP drivers towards the bottom of post 1
bigdaddy619 said:
Sounds like a driver issue
1.Uninstall everything HTC from your PC
2.Reboot your PC
3.Plug your phone in and it will load a bunch of drivers
4.Try the command again
If that does not work get the latest drivers from HERE use the ones dated 6/6/13
and don't forget the BMP drivers towards the bottom of post 1
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ok ill uninstall all that and give it a try. is pm a better contact method for you?
AUSRA15 said:
ok ill uninstall all that and give it a try. is pm a better contact method for you?
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Here is fine
bigdaddy619 said:
Here is fine
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OK rebooting now I'll see if it uninstalled everything.
:fingerscrossed:
OK were connected now, now what? :good:
PC and phone are talking ?
fastboot devices
yes they are talking now. fastboot devices and my phone shows up.
i tried fastboot flash boot.img but it wont recognize the command, i placed the boot.img file into the platform-tools folder inside my C drive. what am i doing wrong? its late at night and im frustrated so i know im screwing something up...
ok good BTW which version of twrp are you using? Let me know before you continue.
pull the boot.img from the rom zip and copy it to the folder you opened your cmd window from
then type fastboot boot boot.img
once it says successful press the power button to return to HBOOT and use the vol keys to navigate to recovery
Once there choose wipe and wipe cache/dalvik cahce/system/data or factory reset depending which version of twrp you are using
then flash CM and gapps
C:\Users\Corey>fastboot boot boot.img
cannot load 'boot.img': No error
thats what i typed in and thats what it said back to me. not quite sure what the problem is.
the boot.img is placed in the same folder as the fastboot application
AUSRA15 said:
C:\Users\Corey>fastboot boot boot.img
cannot load 'boot.img': No error
thats what i typed in and thats what it said back to me. not quite sure what the problem is.
the boot.img is placed in the same folder as the fastboot application
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try fastboot flash boot boot.img
My bad I was looking at a buddies thread for the commands
bigdaddy619 said:
try fastboot flash boot boot.img
My bad I was looking at a buddies thread for the commands
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same thing, cannot load unknown error. also i am using twrp 2.6.0.0
Ok lets try something different at least it will get you up and running
Get twrp v2.4.1.0 from http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/jewel
put it in the same folder you are using and we will downgrade your twrp for now
copy and paste this in the cmd window
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.1.0-jewel.img
then fastboot erase cache
ok got the twrp done succesfully as well as the wipe cache. whats next? i think i figured out what i was doing wrong, i hadnt opened the file directory. cd downloads, cd android files, etc.
should i try going into recovery now on the phone and flash a rom, or should we stay on fastboot and push the boot.img?
Easiest way to open a cmd window is to press shift and right click inside the folder and choose open cdm window here
That way you know you are in the correct folder.
Yeah go ahead and try to flash the boot.img again
I'm pretty inexperienced with rooting.. I think I may have messed my brother's phone up. I rooted his rezound and got cwm recovery working. I tried to flash a "TACHYON-1.2.zip" rom I found here and now it won't boot past the white background with green htc screen when I try to boot the phone. Please help me try to fix this! I can still boot into cwm recovery.
[EDIT] When I wipe data/factory rest it says error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure!
This was probably a mistake but I'm freaking out. I put CleanROM Standard 4.5.zip from here https://www.copy.com/s/uYOSaNCntCvx/CleanROM on another sd card and installed it after tying to wipe again. Now it boots past the htc screen and the CleanROM screen boots for a minute, then sticks..
Cap'n Jazz said:
I'm pretty inexperienced with rooting.. I think I may have messed my brother's phone up. I rooted his rezound and got cwm recovery working. I tried to flash a "TACHYON-1.2.zip" rom I found here and now it won't boot past the white background with green htc screen when I try to boot the phone. Please help me try to fix this! I can still boot into cwm recovery.
[EDIT] When I wipe data/factory rest it says error mounting /sdcard/.android_secure!
This was probably a mistake but I'm freaking out. I put CleanROM Standard 4.5.zip from here https://www.copy.com/s/uYOSaNCntCvx/CleanROM on another sd card and installed it after tying to wipe again. Now it boots past the htc screen and the CleanROM screen boots for a minute, then sticks..
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You need to extract and flash the boot.img file from the ROM zip separately via fastboot. Extract the file and place it in an easy to access place on the drive (like same place as fastboot/adb) , then after flashing the ROM reboot into hboot and start fastboot, and use:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then reboot and be patient, sometimes the first boot seems to take forever.
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acejavelin said:
You need to extract and flash the boot.img file from the ROM zip separately via fastboot. Extract the file and place it in an easy to access place on the drive (like same place as fastboot/adb) , then after flashing the ROM reboot into hboot and start fastboot, and use:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Then reboot and be patient, sometimes the first boot seems to take forever.
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Thank you for the reply, and sorry if I ask too many questions, but how exactly do I flash the boot.img file? In CMD? There isn't a flash option in my fastboot section of the phone, just BOOTLOADER, REBOOT, REBOOT BOOTLOADER and POWER DOWN.
http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/6248/ismh.png
This is how far I got in cmd if I'm headed in the right direction at all..
Cap'n Jazz said:
Thank you for the reply, and sorry if I ask too many questions, but how exactly do I flash the boot.img file? In CMD? There isn't a flash option in my fastboot section of the phone, just BOOTLOADER, REBOOT, REBOOT BOOTLOADER and POWER DOWN.
This is how far I got in cmd if I'm headed in the right direction at all..
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You start fastboot in the phone, that puts it in a mode to enter fastboot commands from a PC... You Don't do anything in the phone in fastboot, you use the fastboot command that is part of the ADB package. The same way you would have unlocked the phone on HTCdev.com to allow root or CWM to be installed.
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To borrow from the CM11 thread.
- Place the boot.img into the platform-tools folder of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Boot to the bootloader.
- Ensure your device is connected to your computer and that your device is now in fastboot mode. This is a white screen and it says fastboot on it.
- Open a Terminal (OSX or Linux) or CMD window (Windows) and cd to the platform-tools directory of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Issue this command to flash the boot.img we placed in the platform-tools folder earlier:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
- Watch the output of the terminal, it should say something like "sent successfully".
- Finally send this command:
Code:
fastboot reboot
Since you're s-on, you'll need to do this whenever you install a new rom.
mjones73 said:
To borrow from the CM11 thread.
- Place the boot.img into the platform-tools folder of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Boot to the bootloader.
- Ensure your device is connected to your computer and that your device is now in fastboot mode. This is a white screen and it says fastboot on it.
- Open a Terminal (OSX or Linux) or CMD window (Windows) and cd to the platform-tools directory of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Issue this command to flash the boot.img we placed in the platform-tools folder earlier:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
- Watch the output of the terminal, it should say something like "sent successfully".
- Finally send this command:
Code:
fastboot reboot
Since you're s-on, you'll need to do this whenever you install a new rom.
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Thank both of you so much! I'm sorry I had to have you completely spell it out for me, but I appreciate the help and this forum in general so much!
I hate to bring this thread back, but it's the best place to ask about my problem. I'm trying to switch from Clean Rom on an HTC Rezound to Venasaur Rom v3.2.0 because I read that it will work with a Straight Talk sim. I tried installing with ClockWork and I get the new rom's boot screen, but it won't boot past that. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I would really appreciate it if somebody could help me out again!
Did you flash the boot.img this time? I would suggest after you get booted, trying rumrunner to go S-off... It saves sooo much time... I'm always switching between multiple ROMs because I'm s-off....
Sent from my HTC EVO 4G Running AOKP 4.2.2
Cap'n Jazz said:
I hate to bring this thread back, but it's the best place to ask about my problem. I'm trying to switch from Clean Rom on an HTC Rezound to Venasaur Rom v3.2.0 because I read that it will work with a Straight Talk sim. I tried installing with ClockWork and I get the new rom's boot screen, but it won't boot past that. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. I would really appreciate it if somebody could help me out again!
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... you should remember one thing for sure. Because you are s-on whenever you flash any custom rom, you have to flash its corresponding boot.img file in fastboot separately otherwise you are gonna get bootloop ...
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... and yeah. you should try to get s-off as you are already been suggested above ...
Hey everyone,
This is my first time posting to the forums. I have been trying to get everything done without having to ask questions since there are so many all over the place and I can see how it can get tiring trying to help everyone when their may be an answer out there already if you look. However, I have ran into an issue that I can't seem to find much information on. I have the HTC Rezound that is S-On (apparently you need a Linux machine to get S-Off which I don't have. Using Windows 7.) and have been using fastboot to get things done. I have unlocked the bootloader and have installed the 'Amon Ra' recovery and setup Superuser and SU. As far as I know, I have to use ROM's that are S-On friendly (right?) and I chose to try out 'EclipticRez' and later 'Talon'.
As I tried to flash the ROM's through fastboot it fails with the following errors every time and I cannot continue:
archive does not contain android-info.txt
archive does not contain android-product.txt
From what I found is that it may be a bad download of the ROM. Maybe.... But it happened consecutively with two different ROM downloads.
I also read that maybe the recovery wasn't setup, which as far as I know it is. Should I use a different recovery? Everyone usually references to using CWM, which I wouldn't mind using but I couldn't figure out how to get SU access.
Can I just create the files myself? They are only txt files after all.
If anyone can help me with this I will be so grateful! I'm pretty new to this and it has definitely been a fun learning experience for me
Much thanks in advance!
Strikerz87 said:
Hey everyone,
This is my first time posting to the forums. I have been trying to get everything done without having to ask questions since there are so many all over the place and I can see how it can get tiring trying to help everyone when their may be an answer out there already if you look. However, I have ran into an issue that I can't seem to find much information on. I have the HTC Rezound that is S-On (apparently you need a Linux machine to get S-Off which I don't have. Using Windows 7.) and have been using fastboot to get things done. I have unlocked the bootloader and have installed the 'Amon Ra' recovery and setup Superuser and SU. As far as I know, I have to use ROM's that are S-On friendly (right?) and I chose to try out 'EclipticRez' and later 'Talon'.
As I tried to flash the ROM's through fastboot it fails with the following errors every time and I cannot continue:
archive does not contain android-info.txt
archive does not contain android-product.txt
From what I found is that it may be a bad download of the ROM. Maybe.... But it happened consecutively with two different ROM downloads.
I also read that maybe the recovery wasn't setup, which as far as I know it is. Should I use a different recovery? Everyone usually references to using CWM, which I wouldn't mind using but I couldn't figure out how to get SU access.
Can I just create the files myself? They are only txt files after all.
If anyone can help me with this I will be so grateful! I'm pretty new to this and it has definitely been a fun learning experience for me
Much thanks in advance!
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1) Switch to TWRP or CWM for your recovery.
2) You install the rom zip via recovery.
3) You then need to fastboot flash the kernel from the rom zip you downloaded. You don't install the whole rom via fastboot.
To borrow from the CM11 thread.
- Place the boot.img into the platform-tools folder of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Boot to the bootloader.
- Ensure your device is connected to your computer and that your device is now in fastboot mode. This is a white screen and it says fastboot on it.
- Open a Terminal (OSX or Linux) or CMD window (Windows) and cd to the platform-tools directory of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Issue this command to flash the boot.img we placed in the platform-tools folder earlier:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
- Watch the output of the terminal, it should say something like "sent successfully".
- Finally send this command:
Code:
fastboot reboot
Since you're s-on, you'll need to do this whenever you install a new rom. Using these steps, you can install any rom you want.
Strikerz87 said:
Hey everyone,
This is my first time posting to the forums. I have been trying to get everything done without having to ask questions since there are so many all over the place and I can see how it can get tiring trying to help everyone when their may be an answer out there already if you look. However, I have ran into an issue that I can't seem to find much information on. I have the HTC Rezound that is S-On (apparently you need a Linux machine to get S-Off which I don't have. Using Windows 7.) and have been using fastboot to get things done. I have unlocked the bootloader and have installed the 'Amon Ra' recovery and setup Superuser and SU. As far as I know, I have to use ROM's that are S-On friendly (right?) and I chose to try out 'EclipticRez' and later 'Talon'.
As I tried to flash the ROM's through fastboot it fails with the following errors every time and I cannot continue:
archive does not contain android-info.txt
archive does not contain android-product.txt
From what I found is that it may be a bad download of the ROM. Maybe.... But it happened consecutively with two different ROM downloads.
I also read that maybe the recovery wasn't setup, which as far as I know it is. Should I use a different recovery? Everyone usually references to using CWM, which I wouldn't mind using but I couldn't figure out how to get SU access.
Can I just create the files myself? They are only txt files after all.
If anyone can help me with this I will be so grateful! I'm pretty new to this and it has definitely been a fun learning experience for me
Much thanks in advance!
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also to note....you dont have to install linux to get s-off....if you follow my guide you can do it straight from a live disk rather than installing it....so it wont erase or mess up your windows partition at all
Solved!
Thank you, Mjones, I finally got it! I knew it was much easier than I was making it out to be. I was missing the kernel! Yeah, a crucial part in the process, I know
I first ran CWM and flashed the ROM over and ran the .zip through recovery (which I couldn't understand at first as I could never find it in the directory) but the installer would only go 50% and would fail... makes sense why now lol
I later flashed TWRP and backed up again after recovering from the fail. I flashed over the kernel and voila! So simple... Had to slap myself.
Thanks again! Case solved.
REV3NT3CH, that is sweet!! I have been hoping there is a way to gain s-off with Windows. I have 7 at work and 8.1 (which I can't get anything to work on) at home. I actually have to focus on work today haha so I'll look into the method and try it out tomorrow if I can. Thanks for all of the help.
mjones73 said:
1) Switch to TWRP or CWM for your recovery.
2) You install the rom zip via recovery.
3) You then need to fastboot flash the kernel from the rom zip you downloaded. You don't install the whole rom via fastboot.
To borrow from the CM11 thread.
- Place the boot.img into the platform-tools folder of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Boot to the bootloader.
- Ensure your device is connected to your computer and that your device is now in fastboot mode. This is a white screen and it says fastboot on it.
- Open a Terminal (OSX or Linux) or CMD window (Windows) and cd to the platform-tools directory of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Issue this command to flash the boot.img we placed in the platform-tools folder earlier:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
- Watch the output of the terminal, it should say something like "sent successfully".
- Finally send this command:
Code:
fastboot reboot
Since you're s-on, you'll need to do this whenever you install a new rom. Using these steps, you can install any rom you want.
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Thank You So much, Mine case also Resolved. I was too frustated sice last 3 days cause my phone was in dead mode. At the end, fastboot flash boot boot.img Worked. ThankYOu
mjones73 said:
1) Switch to TWRP or CWM for your recovery.
2) You install the rom zip via recovery.
3) You then need to fastboot flash the kernel from the rom zip you downloaded. You don't install the whole rom via fastboot.
To borrow from the CM11 thread.
- Place the boot.img into the platform-tools folder of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Boot to the bootloader.
- Ensure your device is connected to your computer and that your device is now in fastboot mode. This is a white screen and it says fastboot on it.
- Open a Terminal (OSX or Linux) or CMD window (Windows) and cd to the platform-tools directory of the Android SDK's install directory.
- Issue this command to flash the boot.img we placed in the platform-tools folder earlier:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
- Watch the output of the terminal, it should say something like "sent successfully".
- Finally send this command:
Code:
fastboot reboot
Since you're s-on, you'll need to do this whenever you install a new rom. Using these steps, you can install any rom you want.
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I need to be able to do it via fastboot, as my Motorola Electrify M is stuck in a bootloop and there's no way I could find to boot into recovery. I'm using ./fastboot update name_of_update.zip and it is an official OTA .zip but I still get this error. Any suggestions?
ecols33 said:
I need to be able to do it via fastboot, as my Motorola Electrify M is stuck in a bootloop and there's no way I could find to boot into recovery. I'm using ./fastboot update name_of_update.zip and it is an official OTA .zip but I still get this error. Any suggestions?
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Sorry, don't know anything about that phone.
ecols33 said:
I need to be able to do it via fastboot, as my Motorola Electrify M is stuck in a bootloop and there's no way I could find to boot into recovery. I'm using ./fastboot update name_of_update.zip and it is an official OTA .zip but I still get this error. Any suggestions?
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Did you try this first? (Right from Moto's site)
Perform a factory reset using external keys
1. Power off the phone, press and hold volume down button, press power button
2. Screen will come up with "Fastboot", press Vol down key to cycle through choices until you get "Android Recovery", then press Vol up key
3. Wait for the "triangle ! / Android" screen then go on to step 4
4. Press both Vol up and Vol down key simultaneously. A menu will come up
5. 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
6. After userdata is cleared, the "reboot system now" option will be highlighted by Default. Tap Power key
7. Phone will reboot to initial setup screen.
PLEASE HELP! I have a Huawei P8 and I tried to update to android 6.0 (GRA-L09xxxxxxxxxxxB317 or something) Went to install it and now im stuck in bootloop (a very annoying one, I can rarely get into eRecovery and eRecovery is not able to fix my problem: "Getting package info failed") so I went into fastboot&rescue mode and I did the flash thing via my PC (that Fastboot flash boot boot.img etc.) but I get this error saying: "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)" for any image im trying to flash. My fastboot/bootloader or whatever it's called is locked my android is unrooted and stock android. I don't know how to unlock it I can't find anything anywhere.. HELP ME
not working
hariom.gupta11 said:
Thank You So much, Mine case also Resolved. I was too frustated sice last 3 days cause my phone was in dead mode. At the end, fastboot flash boot boot.img Worked. ThankYOu
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not working on my 4c. write successful but when reboot is completed it goes to previous state.
"the user data partition can no longer be used"
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L0RDZ3RO said:
PLEASE HELP! I have a Huawei P8 and I tried to update to android 6.0 (GRA-L09xxxxxxxxxxxB317 or something) Went to install it and now im stuck in bootloop (a very annoying one, I can rarely get into eRecovery and eRecovery is not able to fix my problem: "Getting package info failed") so I went into fastboot&rescue mode and I did the flash thing via my PC (that Fastboot flash boot boot.img etc.) but I get this error saying: "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)" for any image im trying to flash. My fastboot/bootloader or whatever it's called is locked my android is unrooted and stock android. I don't know how to unlock it I can't find anything anywhere.. HELP ME
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I have same problem on asus zenfone max pro m1 I bought it online said used and now working
can't boot into recovery.
can't boot into system.
Only EDL Mode and Fastboot Mode, but fastboot is Locked whic I cant unlock because I cannot boot into system to toggle USB Debugging and allow OEM unlocking
Qualcomm is harder to flash than MTK that can use SP FlashTool.
on this I use QFIL but keeps "sahara error". I tried searching and try moving firmware file to bin but no Luck. I'm currently trying different version of QFIL Tool.
If it FAILS my only HOPE is to use MUT-QCfire which will Require a "SmartCardReader" Which is a bit pricey and I don't even know if it will work on my device.
Ohh.... Help please!!
I was flashing rom but I skipped a step and end does not pass the white HTC screen.
The fact is that it was installing the rom and Gapps but I miss the boot.img I have it on PC, the problem is that as the phone will not start, i can enter to bootloader but does not recognize the pc, I get the normal bootloader but how i do to pass the boot.img again if the phone does not recognize it??
And sorry for my bad english---- Help please!
rikrdoVe said:
Ohh.... Help please!!
I was flashing rom but I skipped a step and end does not pass the white HTC screen.
The fact is that it was installing the rom and Gapps but I miss the boot.img I have it on PC, the problem is that as the phone will not start, i can enter to bootloader but does not recognize the pc, I get the normal bootloader but how i do to pass the boot.img again if the phone does not recognize it??
And sorry for my bad english---- Help please!
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If you can get into the recovery and have a valid backup then in that case restore it and restart the process. Else you can boot into fastboot and flash the desired boot.img the process will be
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
ethanon said:
If you can get into the recovery and have a valid backup then in that case restore it and restart the process. Else you can boot into fastboot and flash the desired boot.img the process will be
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
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adb reboot bootloader
ethanon said:
If you can get into the recovery and have a valid backup then in that case restore it and restart the process. Else you can boot into fastboot and flash the desired boot.img the process will be
adb reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
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Sorry bro, I'm ignorant in android... To use adb i need android sdk tools? What i need?
rikrdoVe said:
Sorry bro, I'm ignorant in android... To use adb i need android sdk tools? What i need?
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rikrdoVe said:
Sorry bro, I'm ignorant in android... To use adb i need android sdk tools? What i need?
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Well you do need to have the Android SDK tools download but if you select the "Platform Tools" at the SDK manager , that will only install the platform tools on your hard disk. and yes the device drivers needs to installed , to work with ADB ,
Any ways this tutorial by LUCKY_THIRTEEN just might help you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213910
ethanon said:
Well you do need to have the Android SDK tools download but if you select the "Platform Tools" at the SDK manager , that will only install the platform tools on your hard disk. and yes the device drivers needs to installed , to work with ADB ,
Any ways this tutorial by LUCKY_THIRTEEN just might help you
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213910
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I cant install sdk and use adb... I resume: Dowloaded sdk from the page, and when i start sdk manager "Platform Tools" cant update i got this error: Stopping adb server succeeded. Failed to rename directory C:\adt.bundle.windows-x86-20131030\sdk\platform-tools to C:\adt.bundle.windows-x86-20131030\sdk\temp\PlatformToolPackage.old01. Nothing was installed"
I dont know if sdk was installed or what. only have the folder in C:
I put the boot.img file in platform-tools and tried to flash the image using the command fastboot flash boot boot.img but tells me the boot.img arrchivo not be found.
The phone does not recognize the pc, the bootloader is relocked.
Thanks for your support bro, I would like resolve this as soon as possible.
rikrdoVe said:
I cant install sdk and use adb... I resume: Dowloaded sdk from the page, and when i start sdk manager "Platform Tools" cant update i got this error: Stopping adb server succeeded. Failed to rename directory C:\adt.bundle.windows-x86-20131030\sdk\platform-tools to C:\adt.bundle.windows-x86-20131030\sdk\temp\PlatformToolPackage.old01. Nothing was installed"
I dont know if sdk was installed or what. only have the folder in C:
I put the boot.img file in platform-tools and tried to flash the image using the command fastboot flash boot boot.img but tells me the boot.img arrchivo not be found.
The phone does not recognize the pc, the bootloader is relocked.
Thanks for your support bro, I would like resolve this as soon as possible.
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Well it seems you have installed the Android SDK all right. and make sure you put the file in the platform tools folder, and also make sure you have installed the HTC drivers for your PC to detect your phone , you can also try uninstall the driver and re install
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Well it seems you have installed the Android SDK all right. and make sure you put the file in the platform tools folder, and also make sure you have installed the HTC drivers for your PC to detect your phone , you can also try uninstall the driver and re install
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Ok, i updated Platform-Tools to rev. 19.0.1, I had to start windows in safe mode.
But, yestarday Android sdk tools appeared in the list of installed programs in windows, i uninstalled and install today again but now i dont see sdk in list. Anyway, i open cdm and type "adb reboot-bootloader" and it says "error: device not found".
Then y type: fastboot flash boot boot.img and it says "error: cannot load boot.img"
I put the boot.img in C:\adt-bundle-windows-x86-20131030\sdk\platform-tools
And now... I dont know what to do
rikrdoVe said:
Ok, i updated Platform-Tools to rev. 19.0.1, I had to start windows in safe mode.
But, yestarday Android sdk tools appeared in the list of installed programs in windows, i uninstalled and install today again but now i dont see sdk in list. Anyway, i open cdm and type "adb reboot-bootloader" and it says "error: device not found".
Then y type: fastboot flash boot boot.img and it says "error: cannot load boot.img"
I put the boot.img in C:\adt-bundle-windows-x86-20131030\sdk\platform-tools
And now... I dont know what to do
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Install the windows drivers , better try installing the the HTC sync manager. that way your device will be detected.
ethanon said:
Install the windows drivers , better try installing the the HTC sync manager. that way your device will be detected.
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Ready, installed the HTC Sync Manager, and same result. "Device not Found"
if only I could get the phone to be recognized by the pc, I think it could solve the problem.
rikrdoVe said:
Ready, installed the HTC Sync Manager, and same result. "Device not Found"
if only I could get the phone to be recognized by the pc, I think it could solve the problem.
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From where are u trying the commands.............
u must put ur phone in recovery mode.......
Connect ur phone to PC......
from the platform-tools folder try "adb devices"........
The adb commands will work in recovery only........
in bootloader the fastboot commands will work..........
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From where are u trying the commands.............
u must put ur phone in recovery mode.......
Connect ur phone to PC......
from the platform-tools folder try "adb devices"........
The adb commands will work in recovery only........
in bootloader the fastboot commands will work..........
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The phone is not recognized by the pc.
I can not get into recovery because the bootloader is relocked. I can only enter fastboot, but when executing commands, either with adb, All in One Toolkit, Flasher Venom or the phone is not recognized "Error: Device not found"
I have the drivers installed, htc sync manager, and I'm afraid that this phone unusable ... Also I did have a backup but on PC, but if the phone is not recognized I can not run any command ...
Also, I was trying to run teh Stock RUU:
RUU_ENRC2B_U_JB_45_HTC_Europe_1.17.401.1_Radio_3.1204.168.32_release_299688_signed
But When I run the. Exe signature throws an error (132) "find the correct signature and try again" and which is not correct. had sense 5 and 4.2.2 HTC One X + International.
Help please ... : (
same issue, cannot access recovery fastboot only
I hope this adds to this post if I miss speak I apologize in advance but I do not have the time or knowledge to post 10 times before strating my own thread so if this doesn't add value to this post, I have been reading and researching all week and now that I cannot use my phone I must intensely focus on this until it is fixed
Fed up with 4.3 and lower limitations and looking to get my monies worth on my phone, I look to upgrade to 4.3.1 or higher just started this week so I am a total newb, and if it means anything to anyone I would be happy to donate to contributors via papal once a solution is found I am a working professional and I am happy to pay you to save my time/phone
with that said here is what I have done
HTC One X+ (AT&T US) Quad Core Tegra 3
OTA upgraded 4.2.2 Android Firmware 2.15
Unlocked BL via HTCDev
Was using;
Recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.7-enrc2b.img
With intent to upgrade to 4.3.1
Used the following Rom and GAPPS to load .zips via CWM
cm-10.2.1-enrc2b (stable)
gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
Did not work
Tried more recent gapps
Did not work got stuck on Circling Cyanogenmod screen
//goo.gl/YzZ75o
THEN
I realized I was not flashing boot.img taken from the CM 10.2.1 zip so I followed directions to use the boot.img then load the zip files, since doing this I can no longer use my recovery
Erase Cache (from fastboot)
COMMANDs:
./fastboot erase cache
./fastboot reboot-bootloader
Results:
White HTC “Quietly Brilliant” Screen for a few seconds then turns off
Plug in charger and Red light turns on grey empty battery symbol appears with a lightning bolt inside then disappears
red light turns off :-/
//goo.gl/JrBJph
Current state: I can fastboot, but I cannot load recovery
//goo.gl/43F6XT
Also, if I can get back into recovery
The last time I was in it, last night I believe I reformatted my internal SD, because when I was looking for my backup, and my zips they were all gone...I was very tired and should haven't pushed it.
I don't care about loss of data I just need to get my phone working again, thanks for your time and careful considerations
UPDATE+++
Used WinDroid HTC One X+ Toolkit 3 to flash custom recovery CWM 6.0.3.7 back in recovery again, now I think I need to side load a ROM because I deleted what I had internally
cclifford81 said:
I hope this adds to this post if I miss speak I apologize in advance but I do not have the time or knowledge to post 10 times before strating my own thread so if this doesn't add value to this post, I have been reading and researching all week and now that I cannot use my phone I must intensely focus on this until it is fixed
Fed up with 4.3 and lower limitations and looking to get my monies worth on my phone, I look to upgrade to 4.3.1 or higher just started this week so I am a total newb, and if it means anything to anyone I would be happy to donate to contributors via papal once a solution is found I am a working professional and I am happy to pay you to save my time/phone
with that said here is what I have done
HTC One X+ (AT&T US) Quad Core Tegra 3
OTA upgraded 4.2.2 Android Firmware 2.15
Unlocked BL via HTCDev
Was using;
Recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.7-enrc2b.img
With intent to upgrade to 4.3.1
Used the following Rom and GAPPS to load .zips via CWM
cm-10.2.1-enrc2b (stable)
gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
Did not work
Tried more recent gapps
Did not work got stuck on Circling Cyanogenmod screen
//goo.gl/YzZ75o
THEN
I realized I was not flashing boot.img taken from the CM 10.2.1 zip so I followed directions to use the boot.img then load the zip files, since doing this I can no longer use my recovery
Erase Cache (from fastboot)
COMMANDs:
./fastboot erase cache
./fastboot reboot-bootloader
Results:
White HTC “Quietly Brilliant” Screen for a few seconds then turns off
Plug in charger and Red light turns on grey empty battery symbol appears with a lightning bolt inside then disappears
red light turns off :-/
//goo.gl/JrBJph
Current state: I can fastboot, but I cannot load recovery
//goo.gl/43F6XT
Also, if I can get back into recovery
The last time I was in it, last night I believe I reformatted my internal SD, because when I was looking for my backup, and my zips they were all gone...I was very tired and should haven't pushed it.
I don't care about loss of data I just need to get my phone working again, thanks for your time and careful considerations
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ummm your flashing the X+ International CM rom and not the evitareul one, reboot into the bootloader and then enter recovery from there.
Lloir said:
ummm your flashing the X+ International CM rom and not the evitareul one, reboot into the bootloader and then enter recovery from there.
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Will do, thanks!
evitareul? Does that mean Flash TWRP recovery and then use evita ROM?
cclifford81 said:
Will do, thanks!
evitareul? Does that mean Flash TWRP recovery and then use evita ROM?
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Evitareul = X+ AT&T
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
Lloir said:
Evitareul = X+ AT&T
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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Ok so I just need the evitareul Rom, I'm looking for it now, I just need something stable at 4.3 or higher with GAPPS anyone have any links
cclifford81 said:
Ok so I just need the evitareul Rom, I'm looking for it now, I just need something stable at 4.3 or higher with GAPPS anyone have any links
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look in original development
Lloir said:
look in original development
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Ok, from what I can tell I think I have to go with this?
[ROM][2/18/2014][AT&T X+ S5 eXtreme V1.0.3.3]
I will be very happy if I can get this to work, and I will just "stay tuned" for when I can flash a stable 4.3 or higher for my phone
Under downloads I see the following: (would post picture but still too n00b)
S6 eXtreme RC1
S5 RC2 Patch
Native WiFi
Hotspot Patch
S5 eXtreme
V1.0.3.2
S5 eXtreme
V1.0.3.3
I am not sure what to download here, I will continue reading these directions as I believe this is my best option, please confirm if I am on the right path, thanks guys!
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Downloaded S5_eXtreme_V1.0.3.3_Signed.zip
about to flash this ROM, is GAPPS included in this?
Update+++
Downloaded S5_eXtreme_V1.0.3.3_Signed.zip Rom
Extracted the boot.img file and followed instructions
Extract boot.img from zip file and place in your sdk platform tools folder, (or wherever your adb tools are located)reboot device to bootloader and connect it to your PC.
From a command prompt type:
1. fastboot flash boot boot.img
2. fastboot erase cache
reboot to recovery and flash ROM.
but I am not sure how I flashed the ROM, I tried sideloading from recovery with WinDroid HTC One X+ Toolkit, before and after and it said no package loaded
Then I tried to load from fastboot, finally I figured "well I might as well reboot" and amazingly enough it booted...not sure what exactly but I am back on 4.2.2 so thank you!
I'm using an Empire ElectroniX D709 tablet, running Android 4.0.4. It's an old low-spec device, and I'm planning to use this device to improve my Android hacking skills.
I've asked the manufacturers to send me the stock ROM, which they did. Pretty cool!
The problem is that there's no flashing tool or instructions included, and the staff I spoke with did not know how to flash it either.
So now I'm on my own, with a big image file I don't know how to flash.
I tried to start a development thread at the Miscelleaneous Android Development section, but because I have almost no posts, I can't post there. So maybe this is a good place to ask. How can I flash or unpack this image?
You can find the ROM here: http://www.needrom.com/download/empire-electronics-d709/
Exeleration-G said:
I'm using an Empire ElectroniX D709 tablet, running Android 4.0.4. It's an old low-spec device, and I'm planning to use this device to improve my Android hacking skills.
I've asked the manufacturers to send me the stock ROM, which they did. Pretty cool!
The problem is that there's no flashing tool or instructions included, and the staff I spoke with did not know how to flash it either.
So now I'm on my own, with a big image file I don't know how to flash.
I tried to start a development thread at the Miscelleaneous Android Development section, but because I have almost no posts, I can't post there. So maybe this is a good place to ask. How can I flash or unpack this image?
You can find the ROM here: http://www.needrom.com/download/empire-electronics-d709/
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You have to manually flash them using fastboot. Look up how to get fastboot and move the image(s) to the folder were fastboot.exe is located. Boot into your bootloader either via adb reboot bootloader or by physically doing it from the device. Now here is where most people fail. At the end of the file name, before the .img, it should be either boot, fastboot, recovery or system. If it is system, then do fastboot flash system nameofthesystemimg.img and if it is boot, you get the idea.
Thank you. Fastboot is a good idea. Problem is that I don't know which partition this .img file belongs to. I have the feeling that this file contains every partition, yet I'm not sure how to split it up so that I can flash each partition.
Exeleration-G said:
Thank you. Fastboot is a good idea. Problem is that I don't know which partition this .img file belongs to. I have the feeling that this file contains every partition, yet I'm not sure how to split it up so that I can flash each partition.
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Will you mind sharing the whole file name? If it is an all partition img you can do fastboot flash all (I think). Just type fastboot and see the all option in the help menu.
Sent using a ks01lte (gt-i9506) running cm 13
RAZERZDAHACKER said:
Will you mind sharing the whole file name? If it is an all partition img you can do fastboot flash all (I think). Just type fastboot and see the all option in the help menu.
Sent using a ks01lte (gt-i9506) running cm 13
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The full file name is D709_n.img. Theres an option fastboot flashall indeed.
Right now, I'm trying to get the device into fastboot, without success. Things I've tried until now:
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
adb reboot bootloader
adb reboot fastboot
Every time, the device restarts and just enters the normal mode. I can get into stock recovery, but there's no option to restart to bootloader there.
Exeleration-G said:
The full file name is D709_n.img. Theres an option fastboot flashall indeed.
Right now, I'm trying to get the device into fastboot, without success. Things I've tried until now:
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
adb reboot bootloader
adb reboot fastboot
Every time, the device restarts and just enters the normal mode. I can get into stock recovery, but there's no option to restart to bootloader there.
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Hmmm, if you type adb devices, do you see your device there? If not, search online for drivers. If that does not work, google your device and how to get it to fastboot.
RAZERZDAHACKER said:
Hmmm, if you type adb devices, do you see your device there? If not, search online for drivers. If that does not work, google your device and how to get it to fastboot.
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Yes, it's fully recognized, and I can adb in it just fine. I also get an adb prompt in recovery mode that lets me control the device. The only problem right now is getting this thing to fastboot.
Update
After googling its model number (crane-evb), I found out that this device can be flashed using LiveSuite (described here). It's nice to see the device back in its factory condition. Now I need to find a way to extract the partitions.
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Exeleration-G said:
Update
After googling its model number (crane-evb), I found out that this device can be flashed using LiveSuite (described here). It's nice to see the device back in its factory condition. Now I need to find a way to extract the partitions.
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YaY! I was going to say that in stock recovery there is this option called update via adb or something but now that it is working, there is no need for that.