Hi, i want to know how to disable my phone so that when i turn it on, it doesn't load up and remains on the startup logo. How can i do this? The reason is that I want my phone to be inoperable... Please tell me if there are any files in the system folders or something that i can delete or modify to do this.
are u trying to prank someone? lols
nah the company i bought it off screwed me over so i need a problem with it and they'll refund it under warranty... i just need to get a problem with it and this seems perfect
Root and install recovery. Boot into recovery and do a full wipe, system data and cache. Then reboot without flashing new zip and the phone is blank. Even recovery will be gone. This can still be fixed by just flashing firmware with flastool or seus though.
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Ok, i have rooted, now where can i get recovery from? and how do i boot up into recovery? and what does 'reboot without flashing new zip' mean? sorry i am new to all this and need help understanding
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Hi, I was rooted and tried to add some ringtones to my system/media folder. Instead of saving it to my SD card and then using a file explorer to move the files like I usually do, I tried to use droid explorer and do it from my PC. Now my phone won't get past the motorola logo when I start the phone. I'm not really sure what to do, can someone help me?
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Hi, I was rooted and tried to add some ringtones to my system/media folder. Instead of saving it to my SD card and then using a file explorer to move the files like I usually do, I tried to use droid explorer and do it from my PC. Now my phone won't get past the motorola logo when I start the phone. I'm not really sure what to do, can someone help me?
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I doubt that adding some ringtones to your /system/media folder from your PC would result in a non-boot condition. Sounds like you may have messed up some system files when you were doing what you were doing. Are you sure you did not inadvertently move/delete/alter any other files?
Do you have an unlocked bootloader?
I figured that was what I did... I dont have an unlocked bootloader. Should I?
I'm going to assume that my phone is bricked...
Will this work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23191999&postcount=3
the_KEV said:
I'm going to assume that my phone is bricked...
Will this work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23191999&postcount=3
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Its too early assume your bricked...I don't think your bricked. Have you tried to access your recovery? You can try a factory reset from there.
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Well I got it going again. I flashed the factory sbf. I'm happy I didn't have to go back to the factory settings
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giqbal said:
Its too early assume your bricked...I don't think your bricked. Have you tried to access your recovery? You can try a factory reset from there.
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turn on your smartphone, and when apear logo press volume up, go into recovery CWM and make a factory reset, or ... get one rom and put in your sd card and make a factory reset and wipe cash, dalvik and flash new rom, and try to boot ....
stuck at boot screen
CaelanT said:
I doubt that adding some ringtones to your /system/media folder from your PC would result in a non-boot condition. Sounds like you may have messed up some system files when you were doing what you were doing. Are you sure you did not inadvertently move/delete/alter any other files?
Do you have an unlocked bootloader?
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I have a similar problem and I know I am not bricked but can't currently get out of my jam. This is the process I used so far:
I unlocked bootloaders and rooted with an automatic script program
I installed superuser and CWM from the market
I placed the cm-7.2.0-olympus and gapps .zip files in my root of internal sd
I wiped with moto-fastboot followed by wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, and Dalvik
Then I installed the CM7.2 and Gapps zip files from the sd - and now I'm stuck at the M boot screen with Unlocked at the top.
I can boot into recovery and at the top of the recovery screen it reads Atrix 4G Recovery v4.0.0.2 goapk.com so I am thinking that the script I used initially installed a different recovery program and I am not actually using CWM. Also when I get into fastboot mode it says my battery is too low to flash and I don't have an indication that the battery is accepting a charge when it is plugged in...
I can get into recovery but even if I wipe and reinstall the zip I can't get past the boot loop - any suggestions?
mikl0018 said:
I have a similar problem and I know I am not bricked but can't currently get out of my jam. This is the process I used so far:
I unlocked bootloaders and rooted with an automatic script program
I installed superuser and CWM from the market
I placed the cm-7.2.0-olympus and gapps .zip files in my root of internal sd
I wiped with moto-fastboot followed by wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, and Dalvik
Then I installed the CM7.2 and Gapps zip files from the sd - and now I'm stuck at the M boot screen with Unlocked at the top.
I can boot into recovery and at the top of the recovery screen it reads Atrix 4G Recovery v4.0.0.2 goapk.com so I am thinking that the script I used initially installed a different recovery program and I am not actually using CWM. Also when I get into fastboot mode it says my battery is too low to flash and I don't have an indication that the battery is accepting a charge when it is plugged in...
I can get into recovery but even if I wipe and reinstall the zip I can't get past the boot loop - any suggestions?
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I think that tenfar recovery that you flashed through automatic script. You can just get rom racer recovery flash it through fast boot or Just download this recovery and flash it like any ROM and reboot.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659890
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Try to flash your phone with your stock firmware using rsd lite
here a list of firmwares ... http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1125944
WARNING! : flash it with YOUR stock sbf !!!
OR
Flash the latest sbf for your phone. I've done several with no problems. Yes, you do lose the unlocked bootloader though.
This will return you to stock. I used the same files.
You can avoid bricking your device by not flashing any over-the-air updates to Android 2.3.4. Instead, try flashing the 2.3.4 zip over here. Or, flash the pure stock images from here.
Worked!
harishatrix said:
I think that tenfar recovery that you flashed through automatic script. You can just get rom racer recovery flash it through fast boot or Just download this recovery and flash it like any ROM and reboot.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1659890
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Not sure why the other recovery wasn't working but your solution worked swell! Thank you for the assistance. I think it is communities like this online that make Android superior to other mobile OS platforms. It is a highly customizable experience but without these forums I'd be lost.
Many thanks,
i was install wrong app and reboot then cannot enter the system still stuck at sony logo with the second page.My tablet S1 is SGPT113HK R5A with Root...what i need to do now????pls help!!!!!!!!!!!!!
plz help
If it is a bad app, your going to have to boot into recovery and factory reset
i have try this way but cant solve the problem...
sengeddy said:
i have try this way but cant solve the problem...
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Was it a root app or an app that could have modified the system? Do you remember what app it was?
If you installed the rescue back door, you could try to download R5a for your country and installing it in recovery. Also, wipe cache although idk how much that might help.
that app call beats, modifed sound system so it need rooted device.
but i have no installed back door...TT .i have the OTA rom ,now what tools i need?
You have the exact same problem as my device (OTA R5a rooted and installed an app called "Dynamic navbar" and it's now a brick).
Still waiting for solution
You can try to flash the ota in recovery (power+vol - I think), but without the rescue backdoor it might not flash
Edit: Put the OTA on a SD card, put it in the tablet and boot into recovery to flash the OTA
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So I have no idea what the hell happened just now... I opened WhatsApp, it somehow crashed my phone. I try to reboot, it hangs on the Samsung logo... I try to reboot again, and I got the firmware upgrade error. Have gotten it every time since.
I have been using my phone for ages without any problems, and haven't made any changes to it in forever either. What do I do???
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I guess what I'm most curious about is if there is a way to get this fixed without having to return to stock and all that. This is such bull**** man... I did NOTHING wrong, and somehow it still got messed up. HOW?! I have no words... I want to at least access all my data before I do any flashing, if that is necessary... But how do I access my data when I can't hook it up to my PC... Man I'm trying to stay calm but I'm so pissed off right now.
Can you get it into recovery and download mode?
An alternative is flashing a custom recovery using odin, then make a nandroid backup.
After that, flash clean stock firmware, flash custom recovery and try advance-restore the data partition from the nandroid backup.
dxppxd said:
Can you get it into recovery and download mode?
An alternative is flashing a custom recovery using odin, then make a nandroid backup.
After that, flash clean stock firmware, flash custom recovery and try advance-restore the data partition from the nandroid backup.
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I have a custom recovery flashed already but it will only boot into download, not into recovery. Or do you mean to boot into download and flash a custom recovery in hopes it will boot into recovery after I newly flash it?
Sooo.. how do I get access to my phone so I can backup my data? ;_; if I can only access download mode
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Try flashing a custom recovery with download mode which you can use to copy data to an extremal sd. If that doesn't work then emmc chip is probably blown or corrupt.
If so then try the rescue firmware in general forum, which might repair the partition structure, otherwise you'll need a new motherboard.
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boomboomer said:
Try flashing a custom recovery with download mode which you can use to copy data to an extremal sd. If that doesn't work then emmc chip is probably blown or corrupt.
If so then try the rescue firmware in general forum, which might repair the partition structure, otherwise you'll need a new motherboard.
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Hey there! Thanks for the reply. Which custom recovery would you recommend? CWM Touch 6.0.4.7 maybe?
I wouldn't recommend, as this is against xda rules, but I use philz myself.
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Tried flashing philz, but didn't work. It seemed to flash properly but it just won't boot into recovery. Gives me like a screen with 'static', black/white/grey lines. Seems like an emmc problem then. Where is this rescue firmware thread you speak of? I am really desperate atm, I want to save the data on my phone, the phone itself comes second, data is the most important. If I lose the phone but save the data I'm okay with that.
I have a Sony Xperia Z2 with Existenz mod; and I would really like to access my apps in-phone again if possible, and then deroot and reformat. I tried to do this by deleting the "su" folder through recovery; now my phone is stuck on the boot logo and gets hot and reboots to the logo. I can load the recovery just fine.
How can I fix the situation to get access to my apps firstly?
gonfalons said:
I have a Sony Xperia Z2 with Existenz mod; and I would really like to access my apps in-phone again if possible, and then deroot and reformat. I tried to do this by deleting the "su" folder through recovery; now my phone is stuck on the boot logo and gets hot and reboots to the logo. I can load the recovery just fine.
How can I fix the situation to get access to my apps firstly?
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Okay, since I did stop using ROMs and root I don't know if you can fix this without wiping your data such as photos or downloaded apps
But I can tell you how to fix it
1. You need to download flash tool
2. Download your favorite stock firmware (lollipop or kitkat)
3. Install flashtool and drivers (you can find them in drivers folder inside flash tool folder)
4. Happy flashing
If you need help on how to flash you can PM me
gonfalons said:
I have a Sony Xperia Z2 with Existenz mod; and I would really like to access my apps in-phone again if possible, and then deroot and reformat. I tried to do this by deleting the "su" folder through recovery; now my phone is stuck on the boot logo and gets hot and reboots to the logo. I can load the recovery just fine.
How can I fix the situation to get access to my apps firstly?
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Try to flash supersu trough recovery. Download the flashable zip from chainfire directly and flash it. It should boot if you deleted only that folder.
thank you! I will definitely try that, lets see if this works. I will want to remove the root and factory reset back to default afterwards, the wipe did not seem to remove the mod the last time, any word on how to do that? Thanks either way!
gonfalons said:
thank you! I will definitely try that, lets see if this works. I will want to remove the root and factory reset back to default afterwards, the wipe did not seem to remove the mod the last time, any word on how to do that? Thanks either way!
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Existenz is a full rom not a mod so it wont get wiped after a factory reset. You will need to flash an ftf (stock firmware) trough flashtool in order to restore your device to factory state. You dont need to check "wipe data" to keep your apps and data but restore all stock aystem files. And if then your phine doesn't boot, flash the ftf again with wipe data checked.
5ageman said:
Try to flash supersu trough recovery. Download the flashable zip from chainfire directly and flash it. It should boot if you deleted only that folder.
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I am not having luck with this, I am quite lost. do I need to download anything other than supersu? How can I install this on my phone without it turning on?
gonfalons said:
I am not having luck with this, I am quite lost. do I need to download anything other than supersu? How can I install this on my phone without it turning on?
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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z2/help/z2-z3-root-recovery-stock-5-1-1-264-rom-t3320277
Hi guys, I have a Samsung A50 of my dad which he recently bought from a store. He works on a financial company and while being there he used
this phone to keep his company data which in some cases are also costumer data which he doesn't afford to lose. On an evening night m mischievous little cousin got his phone
and on the try to open the phone to find games he entered a pattern wrong multiple times which made to lock the phone. I have been searching for things to get this phone unlocked but I don't seem
to find any successful methods.
I get to see a `Lockscreen_FIXER.zip` (from 2014, 8 years ago) but I seem to not be able to flash it. I can successfully boot into recovery mode but can not flash it for some reason, I also put the `.zip` file to the `sd card` or tried `adb` with `adb solidate Lockscreen_FIXER.zip` but either that didn't work out as I clicked "apply update with adb" on recovery mode.
Is there any method to bypass this lockscreen only for once at last?! Thanks so much!!
Hey
Im not an expert i want to point out first
But i anyway want to give my opinion in hopes i can help a little bit
First: this isn't the correct place to post troubles like so, you have a safer bet on posting this on "Question & answers"
Second: If its only data and not apps
You can try properly flashing Twrp because unless the file is no longer supported to get past Android 11 lockscreen
Then its the Twrp you installed
Then connect your phone to your pc
If you have the correct drivers you should be able to see your files in file explorer then copy and paste everything important to your desktop
Then in Twrp just Factory reset so you can use your phone once again
If you cant afford to lose your apps as well
Then you're out of luck on that one buddy
Nashiro10 said:
Hey
Im not an expert i want to point out first
But i anyway want to give my opinion in hopes i can help a little bit
First: this isn't the correct place to post troubles like so, you have a safer bet on posting this on "Question & answers"
Second: If its only data and not apps
You can try properly flashing Twrp because unless the file is no longer supported to get past Android 11 lockscreen
Then its the Twrp you installed
Then connect your phone to your pc
If you have the correct drivers you should be able to see your files in file explorer then copy and paste everything important to your desktop
Then in Twrp just Factory reset so you can use your phone once again
If you cant afford to lose your apps as well
Then you're out of luck on that one buddy
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Hello @Nashiro10, thanks for your reply. Okay I will ask in the proper place next time.
I see, at this point I care much more about data inside the phone rather than apps. I have a question when it comes to flash ".zip" files. How do I do it? In my recovery mode I got only "Apply Update with adb and sd card" and these two options needs an OTAPACKAGE as an update. Or I can do the flash using Odin while phone is in the "downloading mode"?
Thank you for your time!
thecowmilk said:
Hello @Nashiro10, thanks for your reply. Okay I will ask in the proper place next time.
I see, at this point I care much more about data inside the phone rather than apps. I have a question when it comes to flash ".zip" files. How do I do it? In my recovery mode I got only "Apply Update with adb and sd card" and these two options needs an OTAPACKAGE as an update. Or I can do the flash using Odin while phone is in the "downloading mode"?
Thank you for your time!
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If you want to flash Zip files then you have to do it through Twrp (Twrp being a custom recovery which you can find on this section) since its easier and you have a higher chance that if something goes wrong with the install you'll have an error code
And It know hows to handle more custom style of Files so its probably the stock recovery you're using doesn't know how yo work with the zip file you're giving it
And as far as im aware Odin only works to install system important files (STOCK SYSTEM, recoveries, Data, internal data, etc)
And also used to flash Twrp via Odin
BUT!
What i forgot to ask is that if you have OEM unlock activated in developer settings?
If you dont then you're out of choices because you wont be able to flash your zip file and you wont be able to flash twrp
Which leaves you to restoring your phone with Odin
Dont know if you can access your phone's data through the stock recovery
But if you can then do what i said in the first post then factory reset the phone through recovery
Nashiro10 said:
If you want to flash Zip files then you have to do it through Twrp (Twrp being a custom recovery which you can find on this section) since its easier and you have a higher chance that if something goes wrong with the install you'll have an error code
And It know hows to handle more custom style of Files so its probably the stock recovery you're using doesn't know how yo work with the zip file you're giving it
And as far as im aware Odin only works to install system important files (STOCK SYSTEM, recoveries, Data, internal data, etc)
And also used to flash Twrp via Odin
BUT!
What i forgot to ask is that if you have OEM unlock activated in developer settings?
If you dont then you're out of choices because you wont be able to flash your zip file and you wont be able to flash twrp
Which leaves you to restoring your phone with Odin
Dont know if you can access your phone's data through the stock recovery
But if you can then do what i said in the first post then factory reset the phone through recovery
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No, I don't have OEM unlocked because my dad populated the phone with data in a short time and to do the OEM unlocking you have to factory reset the phone and OEM Unlock. Idk either if I can recover data using adb because I cannot connect the phone with adb(unless I select "apply update using adb").
It seems I don't have so much choices and if I'm forced to do the factory reset then I will do it...
I don't know how some phone service stations can unlock the phone... what do they do lol magic? Because I had another phone which couldn't boot and they fixed it.