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I'm pretty new to the whole flashing business, so if whatever I asked does not make sense, please be patient. Thanks!
I recently flashed the Neutrino Rom V2.6 from V2.5p2. Got lazy and didn't do a full wipe before flashing (also my battery was at ~5% ) After the installation, I successfully booted into Android, but realized that the fresh ROM didn't have multilingual or sync support (since the Neutrino Rom is a stripped down CM7), so I booted back into recovery (still with low battery)
I subsequently flashed the addons provided by the dev for multilingual and sync support, and when I selected "Go back" in CWM recovery, it displayed a long string of error messages, I believe starting with E:\"........."
Ignoring the error messages, I selected "reboot system", hoping luck would be on my side, but it wasn't
the result of all this is is that I can only "turn on" the phone with it plugged, and it will go through loops at the Moto bootscreen...also if I try to enter recovery by pressing "power+vol down", the screen goes blank and does not enter CWM recovery. Further, I am also unable to charge the battery for some reason, because as soon as I plug the phone into the wall charger, it will go through the Moto bootloop
My question is, is this a hardbrick or softbrick?
If it's a softbrick, is there any way of fixing it, or has somebody else ran into a similar problem?
Please help me out here, like I said, I'm new to the whole world of flashing stuff, so much advice is needed, and any help would be appreciated!
Thanks a lot ahead of time
pkvlover004 said:
I'm pretty new to the whole flashing business, so if whatever I asked does not make sense, please be patient. Thanks!
I recently flashed the Neutrino Rom V2.6 from V2.5p2. Got lazy and didn't do a full wipe before flashing (also my battery was at ~5% ) After the installation, I successfully booted into Android, but realized that the fresh ROM didn't have multilingual or sync support (since the Neutrino Rom is a stripped down CM7), so I booted back into recovery (still with low battery)
I subsequently flashed the addons provided by the dev for multilingual and sync support, and when I selected "Go back" in CWM recovery, it displayed a long string of error messages, I believe starting with E:\"........."
Ignoring the error messages, I selected "reboot system", hoping luck would be on my side, but it wasn't
the result of all this is is that I can only "turn on" the phone with it plugged, and it will go through loops at the Moto bootscreen...also if I try to enter recovery by pressing "power+vol down", the screen goes blank and does not enter CWM recovery. Further, I am also unable to charge the battery for some reason, because as soon as I plug the phone into the wall charger, it will go through the Moto bootloop
My question is, is this a hardbrick or softbrick?
If it's a softbrick, is there any way of fixing it, or has somebody else ran into a similar problem?
Please help me out here, like I said, I'm new to the whole world of flashing stuff, so much advice is needed, and any help would be appreciated!
Thanks a lot ahead of time
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Before you begin, turn OFF phone, remove battery, and connect to wall charger charger. When ? appears, install your battery and let it charge for a long time. NEVER FLASH WITH LOW BATTERY!
You need to reflash your recovery. Before you start, perform a proper WIPE. SKIP THE FIRST 4 STEPS, read this:
CaelanT said:
boot to recovery (DISREGARD)
Wipe Dalvik (DISREGARD)
wipe cache (DISREGARD)
factory reset/data (DISREGARD)
boot into fastboot
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase preinstall
fastboot reboot
flash ROM in recovery
wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
reboot
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This is the Recovery you should be using: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
Make sure you fully understand before proceeding! If you do not know about fastboot, read up on it.
NOTE: I believe your device is soft bricked.
i have the same problem i was trying to connect my wifi it showed ..error...flashing 1-cm7 rc 1 ....neurtrino ee....darkside.....then neutrino gt in that order i flashed........i get the same thing u get the phone just continues to turn on n off on boot animation screen.....no cwm i just shows a black screeen ............anyone can assist us with are problem
wsxyz said:
i have the same problem i was trying to connect my wifi it showed ..error...flashing 1-cm7 rc 1 ....neurtrino ee....darkside.....then neutrino gt in that order i flashed........i get the same thing u get the phone just continues to turn on n off on boot animation screen.....no cwm i just shows a black screeen ............anyone can assist us with are problem
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Are you able to select Fastboot from the menu?
Soldier-2Point0 said:
Before you begin, turn OFF phone, remove battery, and connect to wall charger charger. When ? appears, install your battery and let it charge for a long time. NEVER FLASH WITH LOW BATTERY!
You need to reflash your recovery. Before you start, perform a proper WIPE read this:
This is the Recovery you should be using: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
Make sure you fully understand before proceeding! If you do not know about fastboot, read up on it.
NOTE: I believe your device is soft bricked.
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Thanks for the reply!
When I plug in the phone without battery, it just goes to the Moto boot screen, and starts the loop again...the usual "?" symbol doesn't appear at all
I've done battery calibration before, where it was required to plug phone into wall charger without battery, and the "?" has always appeared
Soldier-2Point0 said:
Are you able to select Fastboot from the menu?
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I CAN select Fastboot from the menu, but it says "battery too low to flash"
pkvlover004 said:
Thanks for the reply!
When I plug in the phone without battery, it just goes to the Moto boot screen, and starts the loop again...the usual "?" symbol doesn't appear at all
I've done battery calibration before, where it was required to plug phone into wall charger without battery, and the "?" has always appeared
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Can you plug in your phone, with the battery in, to your pc and get to the fastboot, recovery, etc menu???
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pkvlover004 said:
I CAN select Fastboot from the menu, but it says "battery too low to flash"
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Try getting to that menu and let it charge for a while? Have you tried that? ANd I mean, let it charge for about an hour. Charging might take longer than usual because your screen will be on.
Soldier-2Point0 said:
Are you able to select Fastboot from the menu?
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Soldier-2Point0 said:
Can you plug in your phone, with the battery in, to your pc and get to the fastboot, recovery, etc menu???
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Try getting to that menu and let it charge for a while? Have you tried that?
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trying to charge at fastboot menu now
will try fastboot/recovery via USB soon
pkvlover004 said:
trying to charge at fastboot menu now
will try fastboot/recovery via USB soon
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Good luck!
update: charging on the fastboot screen now - the battery is a little warm, that means it's getting charged up?
pkvlover004 said:
update: charging on the fastboot screen now - the battery is a little warm, that means it's getting charged up?
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It is possible, but remember your screen is on.
I guess you're good now?
Sent from my MB860 CM7 olympus latest nightly 30p Radio. Leave your charger at home!
sorry for the late reply...and thanks for all the help
no actually am not, I still can't get the battery charged up, which is the biggest issue right now...
I think if I can find someway to charge the battery without plugging in the phone, it's possible to enter fastboot with a charged battery
otherwise, even if I get to the bootloader menu (fastboot, nvflash, recovery etc etc), when I plug the phone into the computer and select fastboot, it'll still say "battery too low to flash"
Just a suggestion...trying to help. What if you find out a fresh charged battery before starting the recover procedure? I dunno if it will work because I dunno if there is some kind of serial number checking at this low level in the phone....I see that under no circunstances could you charge your battery again...
Marcelocohenarg said:
Just a suggestion...trying to help. What if you find out a fresh charged battery before starting the recover procedure? I dunno if it will work because I dunno if there is some kind of serial number checking at this low level in the phone....I see that under no circunstances could you charge your battery again...
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pkvlover004 said:
sorry for the late reply...and thanks for all the help
no actually am not, I still can't get the battery charged up, which is the biggest issue right now...
I think if I can find someway to charge the battery without plugging in the phone, it's possible to enter fastboot with a charged battery
otherwise, even if I get to the bootloader menu (fastboot, nvflash, recovery etc etc), when I plug the phone into the computer and select fastboot, it'll still say "battery too low to flash"
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Borrow or buy a battery. Or make a new thread asking how to charge battery. Title on the thread is misleading.
thanks
Soldier-2Point0 said:
Before you begin, turn OFF phone, remove battery, and connect to wall charger charger. When ? appears, install your battery and let it charge for a long time. NEVER FLASH WITH LOW BATTERY!
You need to reflash your recovery. Before you start, perform a proper WIPE. SKIP THE FIRST 4 STEPS, read this:
This is the Recovery you should be using: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1204500
Make sure you fully understand before proceeding! If you do not know about fastboot, read up on it.
NOTE: I believe your device is soft bricked.
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i use this method n it worked thanks..to bad my wifi still shows up error after i attempt to connect it it doesn't reboot thats good i think
low battery
Even i am stuck in recovery. No matter how many times i flash a ROM after wipe data/ cache partition and dalvik and then install the ROM i still boot into recovery when the ROM asks to reboot the device.
Here's what happened
1. Had a nandroid backup of older version of CWM mostly 5.0.2.x
2. Based on Nottachtrix thread installed the romracer recovery(updated flashable zip)
3. Updated to Nottachtrix 1.3.1 and successfully booted
4. Figured out that contacts everything weren't synced. So wanted to go back to older CM7 rom using restore ROM
5. Something went wrong during restoration. Data and other wern't restored and i guess only boot had been restored
6. Endless loop into recovery thereafter.
Trying out different things like flashing boot.img, recovery etc battery drained and couldn't flash.
Fasbtoot and other options triggered by using volume buttons and power button works fine. RDS also detects the device but bootloader unknown and other info all were unknown.
Since battery drained i was searching on methods to charge the battery. Had figured out that custom method for charging the phone needs to be implemented.
While playing around again with phone i powered it through directly through charger and opted for linux cold-booting which gave me the battery icon with the question mark on screen. Popped in the battery and it started to charge. So now i know i can charge the battery using this method.
I am yet to make progress on flashing ROM successfully again. Is my backup lost ? Did the error happen because i backed up using an older version of CWM or flashing to Nottachtrix changed something
I even restored successfully to my previous ROM after deleting .android secure from ext SDcard but still it threw me to CWM only :|
Help appreciated.
ok so i unlocked bootloader and rooted. then put on the clockwork, so now im ready to put on a rom but i ran into this problem. when i go into recovery i cant select anything when i press the power button. everytime i press the power button to select anything it just shows me the clockwork symbal in the middle of the screen. so when i boot the phone it loads and gets to the my live wallpaper and starts to run slow and skip then reboot itself. so can someone please help me because i know its not bricked but i would love to be able to select something so i can load this rom. hell i would love to just get the phone to stay on to do anything...
i will offer all the help you want if you will flash to amonr ra instead of cwm it will keep u from head aches later... trust me
OK I will switch to armon as soon as I can get the battery charged to get the ohine to boot up since it wint charge for longer than 10 sec.
kng60ft said:
OK I will switch to armon as soon as I can get the battery charged to get the ohine to boot up since it wint charge for longer than 10 sec.
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That would be from running CWM... great recovery, just not for this phone.
plug phone in with charger should allow u to boot into hboot... flash amonra and then u can start charging sith amonra
So ive tried to get the phone to boot or turn on while charging and it wont even turn on. when i plug it in and the orange light comes on i hold the power and volume down button and nothing happens then the light goes out. this sucks
ok so i have the armon recovery on he phone and i downloaded the rom i want to use but now im trapped on how to get the boot.img onto the system. do i have to have the boot.img to get the phone to work? also why wasnt the boot.img included in the rom when most rom have this already included?what do i type in the command to get the boot.img onto the phone?
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ok so i have the armon recovery on he phone and i downloaded the rom i want to use but now im trapped on how to get the boot.img onto the system. do i have to have the boot.img to get the phone to work? also why wasnt the boot.img included in the rom when most rom have this already included?what do i type in the command to get the boot.img onto the phone?
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depending upon the rom , most are included but some aren't . Because flashing the boot.img is the most complete way to avoid errors with mainver...issues with the ph98img file etc...
In Amon Ra, wipe like you normally do installing a rom and install rom. Once done, while still in recovery go back to main recovery menu and select developer options. Under that menu.. select reboot to bootloader.
Now, make sure you have your phone connected to the computer using the usb cord. Select fastboot, so now with phone connected you should see fastbootusb in white letters over a red background.
Take the boot.img you downloaded and make sure its not in a zip file and place it in the folder you used to unlock which contains fastboot.
Bring up your command prompt like you did to unlock, change directory to that folder if need be.
Then simply type fastboot flash boot boot.img then you will see finding, sending , writing.. bla bla bla .. should finish by showing you the total time taking the process. Now.. simply reboot phone and you will now boot into your Rom.
Hi there guys, first of all thank you all so much for the support here.
I have a problem with my atrix, i googled a lot before posting, but i still can't find a solution:
I have a atrix 4G, unlocked, was running successfully neutrino 2,8 version.
After 2 months of being (almost) fully functional, the phone crashed(i didn't do anything particular at that time, i think that i was browsing google maps) suddenly and now i have continuous boot loop, i get only the classic red dual core logo, with the "unlocked" notification over it, and then after 10-15 sec it reboots.
I try to open it with holding volume down, to enter recovery, nothing happens. It reboots again. The computer doesn't see it, in this case.
I reboot it with holding volume up, says "starting RSD protocol suppport", and pc sees it and i get the cling-clong sound of usb.
I would do the recovery using rsd, but i read that it is not for unlocked devices, is this so? What can i do in this case? Thanks a lot!!!
ergotelis said:
Hi there guys, first of all thank you all so much for the support here.
I have a problem with my atrix, i googled a lot before posting, but i still can't find a solution:
I have a atrix 4G, unlocked, was running successfully neutrino 2,8 version.
After 2 months of being (almost) fully functional, the phone crashed(i didn't do anything particular at that time, i think that i was browsing google maps) suddenly and now i have continuous boot loop, i get only the classic red dual core logo, with the "unlocked" notification over it, and then after 10-15 sec it reboots.
I try to open it with holding volume down, to enter recovery, nothing happens. It reboots again. The computer doesn't see it, in this case.
I reboot it with holding volume up, says "starting RSD protocol suppport", and pc sees it and i get the cling-clong sound of usb.
I would do the recovery using rsd, but i read that it is not for unlocked devices, is this so? What can i do in this case? Thanks a lot!!!
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You'll probably need to flash a new recovery partition. Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1950307
RaiderDuck said:
You'll probably need to flash a new recovery partition. Check out this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1950307
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Thanks, but the problem is that this guy can get into the recovery with powering up+holding volume down button, if i understood well.but I can't!
ergotelis said:
Thanks, but the problem is that this guy can get into the recovery with powering up+holding volume down button, if i understood well.but I can't!
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flasing a recovery is done via fastboot so you don't have to enter recovery but fastboot (hold power and volume down till it shows fastboot, then press up) .
look at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=33137046&postcount=10
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ergotelis said:
Hi there guys, first of all thank you all so much for the support here.
I have a problem with my atrix, i googled a lot before posting, but i still can't find a solution:
I have a atrix 4G, unlocked, was running successfully neutrino 2,8 version.
After 2 months of being (almost) fully functional, the phone crashed(i didn't do anything particular at that time, i think that i was browsing google maps) suddenly and now i have continuous boot loop, i get only the classic red dual core logo, with the "unlocked" notification over it, and then after 10-15 sec it reboots.
I try to open it with holding volume down, to enter recovery, nothing happens. It reboots again. The computer doesn't see it, in this case.
I reboot it with holding volume up, says "starting RSD protocol suppport", and pc sees it and i get the cling-clong sound of usb.
I would do the recovery using rsd, but i read that it is not for unlocked devices, is this so? What can i do in this case? Thanks a lot!!!
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hello i had this problem yesterday, it happens in neutrino rom to alot of people!
and btw i could not open recovery either
ill explain what i had to do
i had to use moto-fastboot and install a new recovery, basically your recovery is dead and your rom is unbootable
heres the steps
download the moto drivers and install
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1381183&d=1349549067
then download the motofastboot zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1381414&d=1349555102
and create a new folder in C: (computer) called Android and then drag the files from the moto zip into android
Then download a new recovery http://www.mediafire.com/?6ww8wrjrdqq9m97
place the recovery.img into the android folder
now you have all the files needed to reflash your new recovery and fix your phone the whole idea is to reinstall recovery so you can access it and wipe and install the rom fresh again
now you need to do these steps
1) Attach your phone to the PC via USB (use a port closest to the power supply)
2) Reboot phone while holding volume down until you see "fastboot"
3) Press volume up to initiate fastboot
4) On your PC click the Start menu, then in the search box type "cmd"
5) In the command prompt type the following commands (no quotes, hit enter after each command)
6a) "cd c:/android"
6b) "moto-fastboot devices"
your CMD promt should show something like this
C:\Users\Me>cd c:/android
c:\Android>fastboot devices
TA20703SX9 fastboot
c:\Android>
now if that has all worked type the following phrases
moto-fastboot erase recovery
moto-fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.4-maguro.img
moto-fastboot reboot
now the phone should reboot, unplug the usb and pull battery out.
put battery back in and then try to boot into recovery like you normally would (power button + Vol Down)
and your new recovery should load!
from here you can wipe your whole system which i would reccomended as your current one is corrupt and install a new rom or reflash your current on onto a clean wipe. if you dont understand how to clean wipe do all of these steps, factory reset, clear cache, clean dalvik cache then go to mounts > storage and format data + format cache + format system
now install new rom and let it boot up, should bootloop a couple of times then start! if not unplug battery from phone and ask for further assitance
Pixelguy said:
1) Attach your phone to the PC via USB (use a port closest to the power supply)
2) Reboot phone while holding volume down until you see "fastboot"
3) Press volume up to initiate fastboot
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Thank you for your help, the problem is exactly here, i put on the usb, i power up the phone by pressing the volume down, and the phone does nothing,doesn't show the fastboot,and after 10-15 secs starts rebooting again. This is my problem!
The only response from my phone is when powering up, and pressing the volume up, it says "starting rsd protocol support"
Is there any case that my volume down is dead?
ergotelis said:
Thank you for your help, the problem is exactly here, i put on the usb, i power up the phone by pressing the volume down, and the phone does nothing,doesn't show the fastboot,and after 10-15 secs starts rebooting again. This is my problem!
The only response from my phone is when powering up, and pressing the volume up, it says "starting rsd protocol support"
Is there any case that my volume down is dead?
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unplug usb
remove battery, then put battery back in make sure phone off (no green light)
then hold power button and vol down at the same time for a few seconds
Fastboot should appear in white writing then press up volume and it should say starting rsd protocal or something similiar
then plug in usb and follow the steps i have written above
i do exactly what you said, but doesn't show fastboot. from switched off, if i press volume up with power button, i see the message "starting rsd protocol support" .but no fastboot option!
Is there any chance that you can access adb after bootscreen? than you can use "adb reboot recovery" to get there...
jorno88 said:
Is there any chance that you can access adb after bootscreen? than you can use "adb reboot recovery" to get there...
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When i start up phone, the only combination possible to stop restarting is by pressing power+vol up to show that with RSD. There is no other option then selectable. Power + volume down does not work, doesn't show anything, has anyone of you experienced this thing?
If the only working option you have is RSD, then I'm afraid you're stuck with having to flash a stock SBF. I hope you know/remember exactly what stock version you had installed before any modding or flashing, because the SBF has to match exactly. Choose wisely and read up as much as you can before flashing.
I have over a year now with custom roms, and i can't remember which version i had. Why do i have to find exactly the version that i had? The latest stock version won't work with rsd? It will make it hard brick?If i manage at least to recover the fastboot menus etc it would be great!
I will later also try to open it, to see if the side button "volume down" is not working,.
I have another question, in your moto atrix, if you press on startup power+vol up, are you also seeing the "starting RSD" etc option??
ergotelis said:
I have over a year now with custom roms, and i can't remember which version i had. Why do i have to find exactly the version that i had? The latest stock version won't work with rsd? It will make it hard brick?If i manage at least to recover the fastboot menus etc it would be great!
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Yes, flashing a wrong SBF will most likely hardbrick your device.
ergotelis said:
I have another question, in your moto atrix, if you press on startup power+vol up, are you also seeing the "starting RSD" etc option??
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Can't try right now, but as far as I know, yes, that is a standard way to enter RSD mode.
thank you, so, i know that at least my phone responds to some instructions.
Is there anyone else to suggest me to do anything else?
IN rsd mode, (other than flashing a stock random rom with chance of hardbricking,)the phone can be read by usb, can i do anything there?
ergotelis said:
IN rsd mode, (other than flashing a stock random rom with chance of hardbricking,)the phone can be read by usb, can i do anything there?
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Sadly no. The RSD mode can only ever be used to flash SBFs. That's it. Nothing less, nothing more.
I will now try to open it to see if vol down is not working well. If it does work, i will select a stock rom 1 year old and i will flash it using rsd, and whatever happens....:good:
I disassembled the phone, the button seems to operate fine(?).
I flashed with RSDlite the 2.3.6 version, the RSD stuck to waiting for phone to restart.
The phone restarted, the "unlocked" logo disappeared.
Starts normally, passes the red motorola logo, shows the graphic of AT&T, and after ~10sec starts restarting again. Bootloop again!
At boot, pressing power+vol up, i can still get the RSD support. Pressing power+vol down does nothing, I don't see any error messages, like the ones in hard brick.
What can i do now, any ideas please!!!
try this
ergotelis said:
I disassembled the phone, the button seems to operate fine(?).
I flashed with RSDlite the 2.3.6 version, the RSD stuck to waiting for phone to restart.
The phone restarted, the "unlocked" logo disappeared.
Starts normally, passes the red motorola logo, shows the graphic of AT&T, and after ~10sec starts restarting again. Bootloop again!
At boot, pressing power+vol up, i can still get the RSD support. Pressing power+vol down does nothing, I don't see any error messages, like the ones in hard brick.
What can i do now, any ideas please!!!
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Yesterday I had a hard time getting my phone into fastboot mode, after loading a bad SV kernel,it only wanted to start the RSD protocol mode. I eventually got into fastboot by plugging into the wall charger, then removing and installing the battery while holding the vol button. When fastboot appears, unplug the charger to allow sd access.
Thanks for the suggestion, i tried even this,it didn't work. The funny thing is that it shows the battery charging level full screen if i connect the charger, as it starts.
I noticed also that when i press vol down now, it takes longer to start and continue to the moving red logo, it stays for a while stable red,feels like it is thinking whether to start or not lol (if i don't press vol down, on the power up the red moto logo immediately starts the classic "waving" effects)
Anyone having any kind of suggestion?I guess you don't, right?
Hi! Can someone guide me into removing or getting access to the battery of this unit. I think the kernel is corrupted coz I think I flashed the wrong one. The battery drained out. So without a working kernel, I cant charge the phone. Even in USB to PC or directly to wall charger. I want to re-insert t the battery to see if that fixes the issue.
Can someone tell me if removing the battery then plugging in the usb without the battery if I can enter flash mode or flash boot to be able to flash the correct kernel or go back to stok room for the phone? Would that work?
Or I just need to reinsert the battery then try to enter flash mode?
SITUATION:
- cant enter flash mode or fast boot.
- can hard reset (Power + volume+)
- Cant turn on the phone
-just red led when plugged in then disapperas after a few minutes (not charging)
- the phone never got wet or never been dropped. (so im hoping this is a software issue)
- phone is rooted, unlocked BL with CWM.
-started when I flashed a flshable version of CWM touch version to upgrade from version 5 to 6.
Help please. Im thinking of opening the phone to access the battery.
The idea of removing non-removable battery is not the best one, unless you really know what are you doing - and i don't think you know it.
And i think this won't help you, really not.
eclpsues said:
SITUATION:
- the battery drained out
- can hard reset (Power + volume+)
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You can hard reset - but battery is drained?
Once, i had problem like this one, but i managed to get into fastboot and re-flashed right kernel.
What were you exactly doing? Rooted and BL unlocked Go? What and how were you flashing (which rom and kernel were you flashing)?
Sent from my XGO using fingers
MyWnm said:
The idea of removing non-removable battery is not the best one, unless you really know what are you doing - and i don't think you know it.
And i think this won't help you, really not.
You can hard reset - but battery is drained?
Once, i had problem like this one, but i managed to get into fastboot and re-flashed right kernel.
What were you exactly doing? Rooted and BL unlocked Go? What and how were you flashing (which rom and kernel were you flashing)?
Sent from my XGO using fingers
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sorry just a typo error, i mean i cant hard reset. I know how to access an embedded bat, tried it before with Xperia S. but I was hoping if can flash without doing that anymore?
Managed to disconnect and reconnect the battery; however I still cant turn it on, or even hard reset, or flash mode or fast boot. Crappppp! help. What can I do to bring this phone's life back. I flashed an update for CWM on recovery. Thats when this problem started.
any help out there?
Same problem
eclpsues said:
any help out there?
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Hi, i am having the same problem. I flashed the kernel for another model out of noobness. So removing the battery did not help at all?
OMG right as i was typing this, the rubber band trick worked and i accessed fastboot and flashed another kernel. It wont start for now, but maybe the battery needs to be charged for a while (red led). In case you dont know (if you still have this problem), i will explain what i did (the computer just detected the device, so i think im in the clear):
1) get a rubber band and put it around vol up button (this is for fastboot; for flash it would be vol down)
2) plug the phone to your computer
3) get the fastboot.exe file (google)
4) put the correct boot.img file (or kernel, i flashed the wron boot.img, so i did it this way. I dont know what the difference is) in the same folder as fastboot.exe
4) open command prompt, go to the fastboot folder (look up commands)
5) type in "fastboot flash boot boot.img"
6) the cmd will say "waiting for device..."
leave it like that; i got purple (i guess blue plus red) led after awhile and fastboot flashed the kernel.
I will keep you informed on success or failure.
EDIT
It worked, i have a running phone.
Hey! Thanks for the post and reply, would have done that. However, i sent my phone to a repair center, and they havent got bakc at me until now, its been 3 weeks.
Was your phone unable to go fastboot and flashmode too before? And when you charge it red led appears then goes away after a few minutes? My PC cant recognize the phone, the only indicator i had was the red led when plugged in which goes away after a couple of minutes.
How long did it take for the phone to enter fastboot? Coz, I've tried holding the button (Vol+) for almost 5 minutes and nothing happens.
Can you provide me the exact situation you had? and the clear cut steps you took to fix it? Especially how many minutes for it to go to fastboot with the rubber band on?
TIA!
@ madismet
your rubber band technique actually worked!! thanks a lot!
I was just about to give up on my xperia go, when I came across your post...
thanks!! :good:
how long did it take to enter fastboot?
eclpsues said:
Hi! Can someone guide me into removing or getting access to the battery of this unit. I think the kernel is corrupted coz I think I flashed the wrong one. The battery drained out. So without a working kernel, I cant charge the phone. Even in USB to PC or directly to wall charger. I want to re-insert t the battery to see if that fixes the issue.
Can someone tell me if removing the battery then plugging in the usb without the battery if I can enter flash mode or flash boot to be able to flash the correct kernel or go back to stok room for the phone? Would that work?
Or I just need to reinsert the battery then try to enter flash mode?
SITUATION:
- cant enter flash mode or fast boot.
- can hard reset (Power + volume+)
- Cant turn on the phone
-just red led when plugged in then disapperas after a few minutes (not charging)
- the phone never got wet or never been dropped. (so im hoping this is a software issue)
- phone is rooted, unlocked BL with CWM.
-started when I flashed a flshable version of CWM touch version to upgrade from version 5 to 6.
Help please. Im thinking of opening the phone to access the battery.
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Check this out. It's explained in pretty detail here.
hxxp://xperiagobattery.blogspot.in/2014/11/how-to-change-xperia-go-st27i-battery.html
My phone has problems after calibrating the battery with an app I think that was the beginning, the phone when I turn it off is stuck on the power off does not let me enter fastboot or recovery mode. It does not turn on with just pressing the button I have to press it several times or for several seconds to start it, when the same restart is left off it does not restart only, I try to restore it from the system and it does not stay off, I have a rom 6.0.1 The truth is that I do not want to reinstall the stock rom but I can not get into fastboot mode because of the problem and it always costs me to turn it on, everything started when installing a program for. Calibrate battery.
The phone is not brick i used al day long but i have this problem..
norbertoramones said:
My phone has problems after calibrating the battery with an app I think that was the beginning, the phone when I turn it off is stuck on the power off does not let me enter fastboot or recovery mode. It does not turn on with just pressing the button I have to press it several times or for several seconds to start it, when the same restart is left off it does not restart only, I try to restore it from the system and it does not stay off, I have a rom 6.0.1 The truth is that I do not want to reinstall the stock rom but I can not get into fastboot mode because of the problem and it always costs me to turn it on, everything started when installing a program for. Calibrate battery.
The phone is not brick i used al day long but i have this problem..
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Press both volume up and down for 10-15 seconds, u will get in fast boot then go to recovery and clean flash
ayushg1214 said:
Press both volume up and down for 10-15 seconds, u will get in fast boot then go to recovery and clean flash
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This solve mi problem to enter in fastboot mode i flash the firmware KitKat 4.4.4 un evereything OK put when i turn of the phone the same problem don't restart the phone i need to pulse for many time the button for my moto e turn on why this happen even if i reinstal the firmware don't solvet
Try to erase cache from fast boot itself, ( fastboot erase cache) and remove the recovery (fastboot erase recovery) then flash the latest twrp again( google the procedure if u don't know)
Then again wipe ALL partitions except the SD card where u have put the custom ROM( I recommend using a custom ROM like lineage os(stable)(latest nightly) instead of stock)
Also don't restore any previously backed up data from twrp, and after successfully flashing the ROM let it boot. It might take time( 15 mins). Also ensure that your phone is charged > 50%
@norbertoramones You can have a look at my XDA DevDB project: Unbrick hard bricked Motorola Moto E - Aravind V. Nair (XDA)
It might be of help. If you can get fastboot to work, use the 'Fastboot Unbrick.bat' script I have made and everything will be back to normal. ARe you able to boot to the OS?