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Well, I have a problem, my EVO doesn't boot, I was first on meanrom and made a nandroid backup(system and boot), after that I wanted to install MIUI, so I flashed with flash GUI, all worked fine in the ROM, but after I wanted go back to meanrom I went to recovery, nandroid menu, cleared caches and restore partitions(I always do the same if the ROM I have don't like me), but for my surprise, phone doesn't boot, it shows the HTC white screen and after that just shows a black screen, the phone isn't turned off, it seems like a dimmed black screen. I tried to run adb to flash the boot.img but the pc doesn't recognize the device, I tried to restore only the boot partition in recovery and install meanrom again(ROM i had before) with no luck. I don't know what to do, any suggestions? Oh, I'm on hboot 1.5
You need to also wipe data when flashing a rom with a different base or boot.img. What I would do is boot recovery through adb and flash ROM/kernel from there.
Edit: also check out this thread for flashing boot.img on hboot 1.5
http://www.forums.infectedrom.com/showthread.php?p=10100
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You need to also wipe data when flashing a rom with a different base or boot.img. What I would do is boot recovery through adb and flash ROM/kernel from there.
Edit: also check out this thread for flashing boot.img on hboot 1.5
http://www.forums.infectedrom.com/showthread.php?p=10100
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Yes, i wiped data and system too. And the first i tried was to flash ROM through adb but it says phone not found, is there a way to make the pc recognizes the phone?
luis4ever said:
Yes, i wiped data and system too. And the first i tried was to flash ROM through adb but it says phone not found, is there a way to make the pc recognizes the phone?
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Yes install HTC sync for our phone and after it installs you need to uninstall it. This will install the drivers for our phone. You need to make sure usb debugging is enabled and plug your into your pc. It should work now.
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ssojyeti2 said:
Yes install HTC sync for our phone and after it installs you need to uninstall it. This will install the drivers for our phone. You need to make sure usb debugging is enabled and plug your into your pc. It should work now.
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Mmmmm, and how can i enable usb debugging if the phone doesn't boot to select that option?
luis4ever said:
Mmmmm, and how can i enable usb debugging if the phone doesn't boot to select that option?
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Didn't think of that, but it should still work. Try getting into recovery by holding volume and power to turn phone on.
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Well, i tried another pc and adb reboot bootloader works but when i write fastboot flash boot boot.img just says <waiting for device> and nothing happens. What should i do?
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Mmmmm, and how can i enable usb debugging if the phone doesn't boot to select that option?
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you dont try and do it from adb then... go to your bootloader screen by holding volume down and then the power button.....select fastboot and then hook your phone up to your data cable an use this command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
boot.img being the file that was saved in your backup flash that and that may fix your problem
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you dont try and do it from adb then... go to your bootloader screen by holding volume down and then the power button.....select fastboot and then hook your phone up to your data cable an use this command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
boot.img being the file that was saved in your backup flash that and that may fix your problem
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In the message above i said adb worked in other pc but when i write fastboot flash boot boot.img just says waiting for device and nothing happens.
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In the message above i said adb worked in other pc but when i write fastboot flash boot boot.img just says waiting for device and nothing happens.
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fastboot and adb work at different times....adb is for when youre booted into the android
OSwith debugging turned on.... if you can run any adb commands then you can push any file you want.... but if no adb commands work you have to be in the bootloader area for fastboot to work....fast boot doesnt work when your at any htc boot screen it says its waiting for device bc its not set into fastboot usb modeagain.... turn the device off then hold the volume down buttonand press power.... friom there a screen will pop up and go through a file list and then come to a screen where the first option selected is "fastboot" press the power button from there and then hook up the data cable....you should see it say "fastboot usb" nowand from there you run
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot commands only work in one spot in the set up just like adb commands only work when youre fully booted into the android os
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fastboot and adb work at different times....adb is for when youre booted into the android
OSwith debugging turned on.... if you can run any adb commands then you can push any file you want.... but if no adb commands work you have to be in the bootloader area for fastboot to work....fast boot doesnt work when your at any htc boot screen it says its waiting for device bc its not set into fastboot usb modeagain.... turn the device off then hold the volume down buttonand press power.... friom there a screen will pop up and go through a file list and then come to a screen where the first option selected is "fastboot" press the power button from there and then hook up the data cable....you should see it say "fastboot usb" nowand from there you run
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot commands only work in one spot in the set up just like adb commands only work when youre fully booted into the android os
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Yes i do that but cmd just says waiting for device
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Yes i do that but cmd just says waiting for device
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Are you able to boot into recovery holding volume down?
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Idk if windows matters but i tried on a tablet with windows 8 with no luck, after I tried on a 64 bits windows 7 pc witness no luck but on a 32 bits windows 7 worked in the first try.
Your stuck in a bootloop and also you have lost you boot.IMG and you will have to exract from the zip folder of the Rom you have flashed and when that's done you will go to that folder and scroll down and you will see boot.IMG now copy and past it in the same folder that you have your adb and fastboot now open cmd and type fastboot flash boot boot.IMG and press enter and your EVO should reboot enjoy
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I installed R3 rom but my wifi cant be turned on. Latest I found that also my USB internet passthrough is not working. I got hint from one member but I absolutely dont know how to perform this.
flash the boot.img inside the R3's zip file using fastboot.
Commands:
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash boot boot.img
How to flash something inside zip file? do I have to extract it and put it into root?
How to execute commands at all? Where to put them? What do I need to perform? I am total noob and every simple step I ever done took me a day. Now I am stuck. IF someone knows how to make this, please help.
Thank you.
First question do you have ADB installed?
Then you need to unpack boot.img from rom.zip.
When I get my answer we'll go further.
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First question do you have ADB installed?
Then you need to unpack boot.img from rom.zip.
When I get my answer we'll go further.
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I should have ADB, because I was rooting my phone month ago and ADB was required. How do I find out? I have SDK tools and i have adb.exe, adbwinapi.dll, fastboot.exe, recovery.img in C\Android. Actually I was trying to connect phone through USB and start adb.exe but it just popped out, scrolled down fast and closed (it was looking like command prompt- black window).
And I unpacked boot.img from R3.zip to my sdcard
Copy boot.img to android folder (where you have SDK platform tools installed), reboot phone to fastboot, connect it to PC and issue commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot erase cache
And then reboot your phone.
Copy boot.img to android folder (where you have SDK platform tools installed), reboot phone to fastboot, connect it to PC and issue commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot erase cache
And then reboot your phone.
Actually I tought this is the way, but let me tell you what is happening:
1.Turned phone off
2.entered fastboot on my phone
3.opened adb.exe in my Android-sdk/platform-tools folder
4.the adb window just opened for a 1second, everything scrolled down fast
5.adb window closed.
This is the reason why I need help, but really thank you for taking care
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Copy boot.img to android folder (where you have SDK platform tools installed), reboot phone to fastboot, connect it to PC and issue commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot erase cache
And then reboot your phone.
Actually I tought this is the way, but let me tell you what is happening:
1.Turned phone off
2.entered fastboot on my phone
3.opened adb.exe in my Android-sdk/platform-tools folder
4.the adb window just opened for a 1second, everything scrolled down fast
5.adb window closed.
This is the reason why I need help, but really thank you for taking care
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You shouldn't click the adb. exe, open cmd and type the commands there.
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I'm just wandering how did you manage to unlock bootloader at all.
MaartenXDA said:
You shouldn't click the adb. exe, open cmd and type the commands there.
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yeah, I also did this according to this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
and this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=860421
but Cmd could not recognize this. I tried "fastboot devices" and this was not recognized too.
Then I reinstalled HTC drivers and then tried again. So then I was trying to open adb.exe and then you told me to issue command through cmd and here we are. sorry I am real noob in android things. I was using iphone and everything worked like magic
Isnt there a way to perform this "boot.img flashing" through recovery mod? I mean without the usb connection and without the cmd black hole
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yeah, I also did this according to this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1752270
and this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=860421
but Cmd could not recognize this. I tried "fastboot devices" and this was not recognized too.
Then I reinstalled HTC drivers and then tried again. So then I was trying to open adb.exe and then you told me to issue command through cmd and here we are. sorry I am real noob in android things. I was using iphone and everything worked like magic
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First use the command "cd C:\Android"
After that do the commands again.
Be sure you've uninstalled HTC Sync (NOT the drivers) before doing this.
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I'm just wandering how did you manage to unlock bootloader at all.
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He didn't get your point...
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Thank you guys, now it is working.
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I'm just wandering how did you manage to unlock bootloader at all.
He didn't get your point...
Yeah it was meant like "hod did this stupid noob even managed to unlock bootloader at all. I got his point, and the right answer was "step by step guide" so actually You didnt got my point.
Dont forget that things that are automatic and obvious to you, are not obvious to everyone. My grandma is learning to work with computers and when she asks me how to send an email, I have to tell her "grab a mouse, then move it there........"
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Does not matter, thank you guys!
Once you learn to use adb and fastboot it's always the same, so my point was that you've never learned how to use it, you just typed what you saw, without any wish to learn.
Point is to try and learn, not to ask again.
Nobody said you're stupid, just lazy.
Cant get the R3 working. HTC Sense UI crashed error at lock screen
I flashed the sense revolution r3 today but could not get it working.
The following are the issues faced.
1) It starts without installing the mods package, but lacks the full sense widgets like htccontacts, htc calender etc.
2) when i flashed the r3 mod package, it gets stuck at the lock screen. The Sense UI crashes.
3) Without the mods, i faced another bug in people widget. it crashes when i click the phone dialer from it.
I am currently on sense r3.
Please help me install it in full.
Okay, so basically I am a HUGE idiot. My phone has been running the latest version of ParanoidAndroid and I decided that I wanted to try MIUI. I booted into TWRP v2.6.3 and wiped everything a couple of times before installing it, and I forgot to install the boot.img afterwards (it was s-on). So now everytime I turn the phone on, it is just always on the boot animation for an eternity, and my computer won't recognize my phone so I can't use fastboot or use an RUU. I am also unable to flash PH98IMG from the phone itself. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Thank you very much in advance.
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Okay, so basically I am a HUGE idiot. My phone has been running the latest version of ParanoidAndroid and I decided that I wanted to try MIUI. I booted into TWRP v2.6.3 and wiped everything a couple of times before installing it, and I forgot to install the boot.img afterwards (it was s-on). So now everytime I turn the phone on, it is just always on the boot animation for an eternity, and my computer won't recognize my phone so I can't use fastboot or use an RUU. I am also unable to flash PH98IMG from the phone itself. Is there anything I can do to fix this? Thank you very much in advance.
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Take out the battery, put it back together, power on the phone while holding down the volume down key til you get the splash screen, that'll boot you to the bootloader...
No I understand that, but there's nothing I can do from the bootloader. Once I get there, I can either go to TWRP or choose Fastboot. When I choose fastboot, it will say Fastboot USB after connecting to my PC but it will still not show up or be recognized (and I have the drivers). My only other options are Recovery (TWRP), factory reset (also TWRP), clear storage, simlock, and image crc. All I need to do is load the boot.img file, but it appears to me I have no way of doing that now.
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No I understand that, but there's nothing I can do from the bootloader. Once I get there, I can either go to TWRP or choose Fastboot. When I choose fastboot, it will say Fastboot USB after connecting to my PC but it will still not show up or be recognized (and I have the drivers). My only other options are Recovery (TWRP), factory reset (also TWRP), clear storage, simlock, and image crc. All I need to do is load the boot.img file, but it appears to me I have no way of doing that now.
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Being seen in fastboot has nothing to do with the ROM at all, you need to troubleshoot this from the PC end. When you start fastboot on the phone and connect to your PC you get nothing? Not even a connect sound?
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Being seen in fastboot has nothing to do with the ROM at all, you need to troubleshoot this from the PC end. When you start fastboot on the phone and connect to your PC you get nothing? Not even a connect sound?
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I do get the connect and disconnect sounds. Whenever it makes the connect sound, it doesn't show up under "Devices with Removable Storage." When I heard the connect sound the first time I went to the cmd prompt and typed "fastboot devices" but it showed nothing.
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I do get the connect and disconnect sounds. Whenever it makes the connect sound, it doesn't show up under "Devices with Removable Storage." When I heard the connect sound the first time I went to the cmd prompt and typed "fastboot devices" but it showed nothing.
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It won't show up as a drive at all in Fastboot mode, to see if it is connected properly go to Device Manager and look for ADB Interface -> My HTC, if it isn't there then your drivers are not installed properly. Drivers come from HTC Sync, which can be downloaded here: http://www.htc.com/us/support/content.aspx?id=6196 once installed and the connections in Fastboot and ADB verified to be working, HTC Sync can be uninstalled (the drivers will stay).
When you run "fastboot devices" you get nothing? Or do you get something like "< waiting for device >" or literally nothing?
What version of Windows are you running, you need to be on Windows 7 or older? Running under Windows 8 is not recommended.
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It won't show up as a drive at all in Fastboot mode, to see if it is connected properly go to Device Manager and look for ADB Interface -> My HTC, if it isn't there then your drivers are not installed properly. Drivers come from HTC Sync, which can be downloaded here: <link> once installed and the connections in Fastboot and ADB verified to be working, HTC Sync can be uninstalled (the drivers will stay).
When you run "fastboot devices" you get nothing? Or do you get something like "< waiting for device >" or literally nothing?
What version of Windows are you running, you need to be on Windows 7 or older? Running under Windows 8 is not recommended.
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Ah, that may be my problem then, as I am on a Windows 8 computer. I will try all of this on a friends W7 computer in the next few hours and report back with the results. And when I did fastboot devices it literally said nothing and was ready for another command. Thanks for the help!
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Ah, that may be my problem then, as I am on a Windows 8 computer. I will try all of this on a friends W7 computer in the next few hours and report back with the results. And when I did fastboot devices it literally said nothing and was ready for another command. Thanks for the help!
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You can also use a live Linux CD like Ubuntu and boot that and install the Linux version of ADB, it works fine.
Droid DNA with Supercharged Hatka DNA got stuck in bootloop after running fine for over a year (ROM flashed last February)
I have a *fairly* recent backup if I could get it to boot to recovery, but I would prefer not to considering the 20ish Litecoins walleted on the device. I will be willing to give a whole Litecoin to whoever can fix my problem
Esploded said:
Droid DNA with Supercharged Hatka DNA got stuck in bootloop after running fine for over a year (ROM flashed last February)
I have a *fairly* recent backup if I could get it to boot to recovery, but I would prefer not to considering the 20ish Litecoins walleted on the device. I will be willing to give a whole Litecoin to whoever can fix my problem
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Do you have adb? If you do the command is adb reboot recovery. Need to know more it just cycles? If so then try to push both power button and and both volumes until it has lights flashing at the bottom and reboots dont let go until it reboots. Other then that I am not sure. I tried to boot to recovery the manual way and it doesnt work. Which is why i Always use that to reboot recovery. Wait, I figured it out. Hold down volume power dont let go until bootloader comes up then let go of both. use volume down and select recovery and bam!
Okay so I tried holding down power and down volume to get into bootloader, it got me there and I could scroll to recovery, but it kept cycling the reboot before it would boot into recovery. I tried plugging it into the computer to use adb, but it just makes the plug/unplug USB sound in Windows. I also tried holding down all three buttons, and it makes no difference.
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Okay so I tried holding down power and down volume to get into bootloader, it got me there and I could scroll to recovery, but it kept cycling the reboot before it would boot into recovery. I tried plugging it into the computer to use adb, but it just makes the plug/unplug USB sound in Windows. I also tried holding down all three buttons, and it makes no difference.
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Ok so if you have fastboot you should be able to use fastboot to flash recovery. If you are going to use a backup then you would need to have the same recovery image you used for the original. My suggestion is go to twrp and get the image. make sure you are plugged in at bootloader and fastboot is selected. IT should say fastboot usb if you are connected correctly on the top. I am assuming you have fastboot? If not my suggestion is to get minimal adb and fastboot it is the easiest. after you have installed run this command.
fastboot devices
it should come up with your device number if it doesnt then you need fastboot drivers. If it does then take the recovery.img you downloaded and place it in the same folder as your fastboot and adb folder. I suggest changing name to make it easier, I usually just change it to recovery.img instead of whatever it downloaded as. Then enter this command
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
It should say sending and complete then enter this command
fastboot reboot recovery
bam you are in recovery!
jhr5474 said:
Ok so if you have fastboot you should be able to use fastboot to flash recovery. If you are going to use a backup then you would need to have the same recovery image you used for the original. My suggestion is go to twrp and get the image. make sure you are plugged in at bootloader and fastboot is selected. IT should say fastboot usb if you are connected correctly on the top. I am assuming you have fastboot? If not my suggestion is to get minimal adb and fastboot it is the easiest. after you have installed run this command.
fastboot devices
it should come up with your device number if it doesnt then you need fastboot drivers. If it does then take the recovery.img you downloaded and place it in the same folder as your fastboot and adb folder. I suggest changing name to make it easier, I usually just change it to recovery.img instead of whatever it downloaded as. Then enter this command
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
It should say sending and complete then enter this command
fastboot reboot recovery
bam you are in recovery!
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I'll give the fastboot utility a shot, hopefully it works. Thank you
Esploded said:
I'll give the fastboot utility a shot, hopefully it works. Thank you
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IT is a lifesaver and so is adb once you learn how to use them you will be freed from lots of problems! Good luck.
jhr5474 said:
IT is a lifesaver and so is adb once you learn how to use them you will be freed from lots of problems! Good luck.
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ADB tool is no help, computer will not recognize my phone even with all the HTC drivers installed. I'm at my wit's end, starting to believe something in the phone's hardware is messed up because nothing is working
Esploded said:
ADB tool is no help, computer will not recognize my phone even with all the HTC drivers installed. I'm at my wit's end, starting to believe something in the phone's hardware is messed up because nothing is working
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Which adb drivers did you install and you need the fastboot drivers also. I have never found a phone that would not accept a fastboot command what OS are you on?
jhr5474 said:
Which adb drivers did you install and you need the fastboot drivers also. I have never found a phone that would not accept a fastboot command what OS are you on?
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I only installed the HTC Sync and the ADB utility, I didn't know about ADB drivers. I'm on Windows 7
Esploded said:
I only installed the HTC Sync and the ADB utility, I didn't know about ADB drivers. I'm on Windows 7
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All this stuff has been asked and answered a hundred times... Look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2131284
Get your ADB and Fastboot working. You will be fine.
sdamark said:
All this stuff has been asked and answered a hundred times... Look here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2131284
Get your ADB and Fastboot working. You will be fine.
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ADB and fastboot don't help, since it won't connect to any computer. I'm starting to think this is a hardware issue
I figured out what caused this. About a month ago, I was deleting unnecessary files, and it had been a year since I'd flashed my custom ROM so I forgot what the process involved. I accidentally deleted the 'sdcard' folder, and the phone became a ticking time bomb for it to stop working. I bricked it didn't I?
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I figured out what caused this. About a month ago, I was deleting unnecessary files, and it had been a year since I'd flashed my custom ROM so I forgot what the process involved. I accidentally deleted the 'sdcard' folder, and the phone became a ticking time bomb for it to stop working. I bricked it didn't I?
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No, If you have twrp use adb push and push a rom to your phone and then flash it and your fine.
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Esploded said:
Okay so I tried holding down power and down volume to get into bootloader, it got me there and I could scroll to recovery, but it kept cycling the reboot before it would boot into recovery. I tried plugging it into the computer to use adb, but it just makes the plug/unplug USB sound in Windows. I also tried holding down all three buttons, and it makes no difference.
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If you can get into your rom, go to settings..power and at the bottom disable fastboot
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ADB and fastboot don't help, since it won't connect to any computer. I'm starting to think this is a hardware issue
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1. Charge your phone (about 24 hours).
2. Let him rest (about 24 hours) without turning on.
3. Connect device to PC with original wire (Win7 preferred).
There is possibility that your BB will recognize phone.
Ok, this is getting very frustrating. I've been rooting phones since the day the G1 came out, and having gotten a v10 yesterday and tried to root it, all of a sudden I have become stupid. I have tried every type of method om this board to attempt unlocking the bootloader, rooting, and installing TWRP. I've even tried the Nexus Root Toolkit and the I-Root/V-Root methods, both on the phone and from the PC. Even though I "sometimes" am able to type "adb devices" and actually get the device #, many times, both when trying to get into bootloader mode or as with both KlicKit and NRT, it more often than not hangs at "waiting for device". Is there anybody that has had a similar type of difficulty that has figured out how to make this happen? I took it out of the box and started to do my thing, so I am assuming it has a locked bootloader? This should not be so difficult to accomplish. Any insights would be appreciated.
wbexpress said:
Ok, this is getting very frustrating. I've been rooting phones since the day the G1 came out, and having gotten a v10 yesterday and tried to root it, all of a sudden I have become stupid. I have tried every type of method om this board to attempt unlocking the bootloader, rooting, and installing TWRP. I've even tried the Nexus Root Toolkit and the I-Root/V-Root methods, both on the phone and from the PC. Even though I "sometimes" am able to type "adb devices" and actually get the device #, many times, both when trying to get into bootloader mode or as with both KlicKit and NRT, it more often than not hangs at "waiting for device". Is there anybody that has had a similar type of difficulty that has figured out how to make this happen? I took it out of the box and started to do my thing, so I am assuming it has a locked bootloader? This should not be so difficult to accomplish. Any insights would be appreciated.
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If you have a T-Mobile device you are able to root etc. Make sure you have usb debugging enabled, and tick enable oem unlock in developer options. I presume you have a driver issue. Just go ahead and reinstall the drivers and try again.
markbencze said:
If you have a T-Mobile device you are able to root etc. Make sure you have usb debugging enabled, and tick enable oem unlock in developer options. I presume you have a driver issue. Just go ahead and reinstall the drivers and try again.
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Hi Mark. Which drivers? I have literally tried to use 5 or 6 different ways of installing drivers: device manager/Nexus Root Toolkit/the full Android SDK/KlicKit/adb setup 1.4.3 and maybe two others. Do you know a source that I am missing? Why would my phone out of all of the thousands sold NOT have proper drivers installed? This makes no sense. Weird thing is I can get to the bootloader screen using the adb reboot bootloader command.
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Hi Mark. Which drivers? I have literally tried to use 5 or 6 different ways of installing drivers: device manager/Nexus Root Toolkit/the full Android SDK/KlicKit/adb setup 1.4.3 and maybe two others. Do you know a source that I am missing? Why would my phone out of all of the thousands sold NOT have proper drivers installed? This makes no sense. Weird thing is I can get to the bootloader screen using the adb reboot bootloader command.
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Can I ask what commands your running when you're rebooted into boot loader/fastboot?
I'd say to try the LG drivers first and if not go with the Samsung ones. They're relatively universal.
Im also having problems. Ive installed every driver from samsung lg google and universal drivers and still nothing. I can get adb to reconize the device and reboot my device. I type in fastboot oem unlock and it stays on waiting on device
markbencze said:
Can I ask what commands your running when you're rebooted into boot loader/fastboot?
I'd say to try the LG drivers first and if not go with the Samsung ones. They're relatively universal.
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Sure. Usually I am able to get into the bootloader(if adb devices recognized what's going on) where I get the LG logo and the words on the top left say "Welcome to Fastboot Mode". I put in adb reboot bootloader, which does get me there. Then, I put in fastboot oem unlock and that's when it hangs on waiting for device.
dillonorden said:
Im also having problems. Ive installed every driver from samsung lg google and universal drivers and still nothing. I can get adb to reconize the device and reboot my device. I type in fastboot oem unlock and it stays on waiting on device
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Exactly. I guess the "misery loves company" thing is operative here. If you do figure it out, PM me, I will do the same.
what does it say when you type "fastboot devices"?
I am 100% certain you have either a driver issue which you should look into in your device/driver manager on your pc. there's likely something broken (common problem). Or you do not have usb debugging/enable oem unlock checked. I'm leaning towards a driver issue. It is also possible that if what you say is true and have installed too many drivers that something is conflicting.
markbencze said:
what does it say when you type "fastboot devices"?
I am 100% certain you have either a driver issue which you should look into in your device/driver manager on your pc. there's likely something broken (common problem). Or you do not have usb debugging/enable oem unlock checked. I'm leaning towards a driver issue. It is also possible that if what you say is true and have installed too many drivers that something is conflicting.
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Progress!!! I was able to use Tech Know to unlock the bootloader. Now, if I can get the phone to behave enough to install twrp and root I will be good. But, KlicKit is not doing it, still hanging. And, when I type fastboot devices it just opens up another prompt and sits.
Edit: And, I am able to use fastboot reboot to reboot from the bootloader, but I get an error message when I try KlicKit, but it goes away too quickly to read what it says. OK, so now that I have an unlocked bootloader, do you have a recommendation of what method to use to install twrp and to root. (I have renamed the twrp file to "twrp.img" and I have both SU 2.46 and 2.52 on my external sd).
wbexpress said:
Progress!!! I was able to use Tech Know to unlock the bootloader. Now, if I can get the phone to behave enough to install twrp and root I will be good. But, KlicKit is not doing it, still hanging. And, when I type fastboot devices it just opens up another prompt and sits.
Edit: And, I am able to use fastboot reboot to reboot from the bootloader, but I get an error message when I try KlicKit, but it goes away too quickly to read what it says. OK, so now that I have an unlocked bootloader, do you have a recommendation of what method to use to install twrp and to root. (I have renamed the twrp file to "twrp.img" and I have both SU 2.46 and 2.52 on my external sd).
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Just follow the instructions in the "how to root..." thread. it goes step by step and I believe there is a video tutorial as well. You'll need to do a quick search for this.
wbexpress said:
Ok, this is getting very frustrating. I've been rooting phones since the day the G1 came out, and having gotten a v10 yesterday and tried to root it, all of a sudden I have become stupid. I have tried every type of method om this board to attempt unlocking the bootloader, rooting, and installing TWRP. I've even tried the Nexus Root Toolkit and the I-Root/V-Root methods, both on the phone and from the PC. Even though I "sometimes" am able to type "adb devices" and actually get the device #, many times, both when trying to get into bootloader mode or as with both KlicKit and NRT, it more often than not hangs at "waiting for device". Is there anybody that has had a similar type of difficulty that has figured out how to make this happen? I took it out of the box and started to do my thing, so I am assuming it has a locked bootloader? This should not be so difficult to accomplish. Any insights would be appreciated.
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I literally figured this out 2 hours ago. It is a Driver issue but reinstalling a .exe will not work. This is what you have to do!(did this on Windows 7)
Boot up fastboot and plug into your pc.
Go into "device manager"
While in fastBoot your phone should be listed in "other devices" simply titled "Android".
You have to re select the Driver your self , do not choose for it to automatically search.
Look under the "Android devices" tab and if you have the LG drivers you should see something like "LG adb interface blah blah"
Choose that driver and fastBoot should work.
Try "fastBoot devices" in cmd it should finally recognize.
I've also heard success from selecting any "adb interface" driver
I think I'm gonna make my own thread and YouTube video to break this down further. I've also been and adroid user since the g1 and. I hate being asked "are you sure u ticked usb debugging?"
duecebravo said:
I literally figured this out 2 hours ago. It is a Driver issue but reinstalling a .exe will not work. This is what you have to do!(did this on Windows 7)
Boot up fastboot and plug into your pc.
Go into "device manager"
While in fastBoot your phone should be listed in "other devices" simply titled "Android".
You have to re select the Driver your self , do not choose for it to automatically search.
Look under the "Android devices" tab and if you have the LG drivers you should see something like "LG adb interface blah blah"
Choose that driver and fastBoot should work.
Try "fastBoot devices" in cmd it should finally recognize.
I've also heard success from selecting any "adb interface" driver
I think I'm gonna make my own thread and YouTube video to break this down further. I've also been and adroid user since the g1 and. I hate being asked "are you sure u ticked usb debugging?"
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Hi Duece, thanks for that. I am ok up to where I actually try to root, meaning, I am fine with getting into the bootloader. When I type "fastboot devices" it does give me the model # and the word fastboot next to it. The bootloader is now definitely unlocked. It's the next steps (twrp/root) that I get stuck. When I use KlicKit, it does do something for a second and then it just closes. Have you successfully installed twrp and rooted? That's where I'm jammed up. Thanks...
Edit: although I have the twrp.img file on my ext sd, and I renamed it "twrp.img" and typed that command in when in the bootloader, but it says "error: cannot open twrp.img".
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Hi Duece, thanks for that. I am ok up to where I actually try to root, meaning, I am fine with getting into the bootloader. When I type "fastboot devices" it does give me the model # and the word fastboot next to it. The bootloader is now definitely unlocked. It's the next steps (twrp/root) that I get stuck. When I use KlicKit, it does do something for a second and then it just closes. Have you successfully installed twrp and rooted? That's where I'm jammed up. Thanks...
Edit: although I have the twrp.img file on my ext sd, and I renamed it "twrp.img" and typed that command in when in the bootloader, but it says "error: cannot open twrp.img".
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put the twrp.img in the same folder with fastboot, flash recovery by using
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fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
After twrp flash ,shutdown/ restart to factory rest mode and go for 2x "yes". if entering TWRP fine, then flash a supersu 4.52 zip from sd
I am using 2.8.x twrp working fine
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put the twrp.img in the same folder with fastboot, flash recovery by using
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
After twrp flash ,shutdown/ restart to factory rest mode and go for 2x "yes". if entering TWRP fine, then flash a supersu 4.52 zip from sd
I am using 2.8.x twrp working fine
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Aah, that would make sense. However, I did a search in Root Explorer and nothing came back with "fastboot". Do you know where the most likely place would be?
wbexpress said:
Aah, that would make sense. However, I did a search in Root Explorer and nothing came back with "fastboot". Do you know where the most likely place would be?
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So which step did you go through?
Do you have your twrp recovery working now?
fastboot is a platform tool from google. You should have it downloaded to computer(Win) and use it with CMD(command prompt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPLwFGxLQA4
This is a good sample of how ppl unlcok BL and root v10
duecebravo said:
I literally figured this out 2 hours ago. It is a Driver issue but reinstalling a .exe will not work. This is what you have to do!(did this on Windows 7)
Boot up fastboot and plug into your pc.
Go into "device manager"
While in fastBoot your phone should be listed in "other devices" simply titled "Android".
You have to re select the Driver your self , do not choose for it to automatically search.
Look under the "Android devices" tab and if you have the LG drivers you should see something like "LG adb interface blah blah"
Choose that driver and fastBoot should work.
Try "fastBoot devices" in cmd it should finally recognize.
I've also heard success from selecting any "adb interface" driver
I think I'm gonna make my own thread and YouTube video to break this down further. I've also been and adroid user since the g1 and. I hate being asked "are you sure u ticked usb debugging?"
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Lorddyyy ive been trying this crap all day i have the same driver issue but it won't let me select the one i want it just says there are no drivers available in this folder! GRRRRR
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omg i think i got it! http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-v10/help/phone-adb-fastboot-t3247732 went here and did what duece said above but choose choose from a list!> then i hit select all devices> the box said populating but i just clicked install from disk and changed it to the unzipped file folder that had the driver in it until i found this file android_winusb and selected it!> then low abd behold the box populated with the driver info and it became a samsung adb device! finalllyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!! i'm so happy Ive been trying to root this damn thing all day!
jkyoho said:
So which step did you go through?
Do you have your twrp recovery working now?
fastboot is a platform tool from google. You should have it downloaded to computer(Win) and use it with CMD(command prompt)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPLwFGxLQA4
This is a good sample of how ppl unlcok BL and root v10
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No good. typed adb reboot bootloader, it went right there. Then typed fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.img, it gives an error message: cannot flash twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.img. Typed fastboot reboot, went right back. The video's great, but if the commands don't take, it 's moot. If anybody figured this out (same issue), please let me know how. This is taking forever.
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No good. typed adb reboot bootloader, it went right there. Then typed fastboot flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.img, it gives an error message: cannot flash twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.img. Typed fastboot reboot, went right back. The video's great, but if the commands don't take, it 's moot. If anybody figured this out (same issue), please let me know how. This is taking forever.
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are you sure your bootloader unlocked? and the code you typing match the recovery file name?
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are you sure your bootloader unlocked? and the code you typing match the recovery file name?
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Positive. The code I am putting in is twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.img. That's what most things I've read say to do. The other thing I have been thinking about is that KlicKit is supposed to have everything pre-loaded, and even it won't do it. KlicKit gets me into fastboot, then something really quick happens and the command prompt screen closes. What driver system do you use? I've installed a number of them, then deleted them as well, just to try to make sure there are no conflicts. However, I now have two devices in device manager: "android device.lge mobile adb interface" and "portable devices/v10. Does one need to go, maybe?
Power off your phone , hold volumn down and connect usb to PC.
Do you see "LOCK STATE - UNLOCKED" ?
if yes, type "fastboot.exe flash recovery twrp-2.8.7.1-h901.img "