My Amaze 4G won't turn on...
So this is what has happened:
- I rooted my phone following the guide on this forum and installed recovery successfully
- I then flashed BeastMod 2.3.0
- Wiped out everything, then I tried to turn on my phone it would be stuck on the HTC screen when you first turn the phone on. (only thing that was able to be booted was the bootloader and recovery)
- I was like CRAP! What did I forget?! Then I was like I think I read something about kernel... I was like crap...
- I took the SD card plugged it into my MyTouch 3G Slide and downloaded BeastMod 1.3 (I think, the one without needing a kernel).
- I then proceeded to install it through Recovery. It installed.
- To my amazement, it worked I was like YESSSS.
- Then I proceeded to install the Faux Kernel v007 and then BeastMod 2.30
- IT WORKED, I got to witness the lockscreen of the beastly BeastMod 2.30!!! I was like this is amazing. Then I was like I think it said a full wipe.
- So I went back into the recovery. I wiped/formated everything it let my format/wipe. I was like clean install FTW. (I don't know if I should've)
- To my dismay, when I rebooted it. ONCE AGAIN THE HTC SCREEN ARGHHHH. So I tried factory resetting it (which I don't know whether or not it does bring me back to stock YIKES...)
- Then I was like its late at night, I should go to sleep. I took out the battery. Put it back in. Plug it into the wall charger and went to sleep. I thought I would fix this problem tomorrow.
- Now when I woke up a few hours ago... my phone is not turning on. It was clearly plugged in and everything to the wall charger. Orange LED light on when I plugged it in. I searched this up on Google to no success in solving this problem.
Currently while writing this post I have taken my battery off for 10 minutes to see if it resets the phone's battery stats, etc.
I have some experience of knowing how to root and flash. I have flashed a MyTouch 3G slide (a bunch of times), a G2, and a G2x. The G2x experienced the same not turning on problem, but it was fixed somehow after a while.
The ultimate question is... how do I fix my Amaze 4G by getting it to turn back on and successfully flashing the latest BeastMod (which I have heard has beastly battery life) with a 100% clean install?
Oh and when I have it plugged into my computer. It keeps having that beep (repeatedly in an interval of 5 - 7 seconds) when you first plug the usb in to the computer.
EDIT (QUICK UPDATE): My phone is back on. I frantically pressed the power button like no tomorrow and it finally turned on, but its still stuck on the HTC screen. Right now I'll try reflashing BeastMod 2.30. Hopefully it works. :/
EDIT: ON BOOTLOADER, it says:
"battery voltage is too low
please change a battery."
bad battery already... the heck?
DarxMalFur said:
Oh and when I have it plugged into my computer. It keeps having that beep (repeatedly in an interval of 5 - 7 seconds) when you first plug the usb in to the computer.
EDIT (QUICK UPDATE): My phone is back on. I frantically pressed the power button like no tomorrow and it finally turned on, but its still stuck on the HTC screen. Right now I'll try reflashing BeastMod 2.30. Hopefully it works. :/
EDIT: ON BOOTLOADER, it says:
"battery voltage is too low
please change a battery."
bad battery already... the heck?
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Get back into recovery and wipe battery stats. Should be fine afterwards.
Sent from my GT-P7510 using xda premium
Remember, if you can get into Recovery...you're OK!!!! Relax! It still sounds like you're shooting in the dark a bit (i.e. could have read up a little more before you took the leap), but...
1) Bad battery issue - really doubt it. It probably drained...why you might ask?
2) Which leads into the question of which Recovery did you install? Some of them apparently have "charging" issues. That might have contributed to the "battery voltage is too low please change a battery" message.
In any case, if you can charge the battery/swap with one of your friends with a compatible one (Sensation and Evo3D I think use the same battery), try that out. Or, try your luck at charging it some. Again, if you can get to Recovery, 99.99% of the time, you aren't screwed.
verkion
I always thought you have to wipe (cache, dalvik and factory reset) prior to flashing ROM because the ROM installs into the freshly wiped partitions.
Sent from my HTC Amaze 4G using XDA App
This is actually a very easy to fix issue.
You read that you needed to wipe after the phone was already on. You the proceeded and wiped/factory reset.
- After you do that, everything erases; therefore, you do not have a ROM installed in your phone anymore.
So the fix is:
1) Go into recovery
2) Wipe/factory reset (yes again, idk what you might have done)
3) Wipe cache
4) Advanced / wipe dalvik cache
5) Adcanced / wipe battery stats
5) Install .zip from SD card / choose .zip from SD card
6) Beastmod.zip (or whatever it might be called)
7) Restart the phone... it all works.
(You don't exactly have to do all those steps, but I would suggest you do to start your phone 100%% fresh for the new rom)
Enjoy!
- Xologist
xologist said:
This is actually a very easy to fix issue.
You read that you needed to wipe after the phone was already on. You the proceeded and wiped/factory reset.
- After you do that, everything erases; therefore, you do not have a ROM installed in your phone anymore.
So the fix is:
1) Go into recovery
2) Wipe/factory reset (yes again, idk what you might have done)
3) Wipe cache
4) Advanced / wipe dalvik cache
5) Adcanced / wipe battery stats
5) Install .zip from SD card / choose .zip from SD card
6) Beastmod.zip (or whatever it might be called)
7) Restart the phone... it all works.
(You don't exactly have to do all those steps, but I would suggest you do to start your phone 100%% fresh for the new rom)
Enjoy!
- Xologist
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I tried all the instructions (except for flashing a new ROM, since I can't get the ROM to flash...) and it's still stuck on the HTC main page, when it first starts...
Help?
Download stock recovery and search for relock bootloader and search for stock ROM. Go to your hot boot and download stock recovery, after relock and put your stock ROM on your SD card. And the phone is going to boot on the factory (the same as you bought the phone).
william.laing said:
I tried all the instructions (except for flashing a new ROM, since I can't get the ROM to flash...) and it's still stuck on the HTC main page, when it first starts...
Help?
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Just saying .. when i first flashed I also was scared on the htc screen but you actullay have to wait..
... Did u atleast wait like 2 to 3 mins... It takes time to load up the first time u install a mod..
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zab911 said:
Just saying .. when i first flashed I also was scared on the htc screen but you actullay have to wait..
... Did u atleast wait like 2 to 3 mins... It takes time to load up the first time u install a mod..
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nvm I see u said u have flashed b4.. so Iam sure u waited long enough..
william.laing said:
I tried all the instructions (except for flashing a new ROM, since I can't get the ROM to flash...) and it's still stuck on the HTC main page, when it first starts...
Help?
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This Happened to me..
I used command prompt and brought the device to the recovery mode and flashed the rom. Now the phone runs ICS and works like a charm.
You need to download android sdk for windows/mac or whatever OS you have on our computer and install it.
1. Download and copy a ROM or TWO on your microSD and put it back in your Amaze.
2. Open the Command Prompt.
3. Type adb devices and hit "Enter"
4. It should display HTC device
5. type adb reboot bootloader
6. Use the volume button to move to "recovery" and select it by pressing the power button.
7. Then select the install zip from SD card.
8. Select one of the ROM's from your microSD and once the install is Complete, hit the return arrow at the bottom of your phone's home screen and press power button to select "reboot phone now".
rahulntinku said:
This Happened to me..
I used command prompt and brought the device to the recovery mode and flashed the rom. Now the phone runs ICS and works like a charm.
You need to download android sdk for windows/mac or whatever OS you have on our computer and install it.
1. Download and copy a ROM or TWO on your microSD and put it back in your Amaze.
2. Open the Command Prompt.
3. Type adb devices and hit "Enter"
4. It should display HTC device
5. type adb reboot bootloader
6. Use the volume button to move to "recovery" and select it by pressing the power button.
7. Then select the install zip from SD card.
8. Select one of the ROM's from your microSD and once the install is Complete, hit the return arrow at the bottom of your phone's home screen and press power button to select "reboot phone now".
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or you can just press volume down + power while turning the phone on.. and it goes into bootloader menu.
I think it's those 2 keys
VOLUME DOWN + POWER
uhg, i came across this thread after searching google. my amaze is down. i cant read the screen because it isnt back lit. i am using my co-workers iphone LED "flash-light" to be able to barely read it. i have done all of this:
1) Go into recovery
2) Wipe/factory reset (yes again, idk what you might have done)
3) Wipe cache
4) Advanced / wipe dalvik cache
5) Adcanced / wipe battery stats
5) Install .zip from SD card / choose .zip from SD card
6) install bullet proof rom zip
7) Restart the phone...
and when it restarted in launched with the HTZ logo, and then went black again.. I will have to wait till i get home to try another battery... let me know if anyone has any more suggestions.. i may need to try to download the stock rom and everything again? i hope my phone isnt FUBAR
he has 5.0.2.6 recovery flash my latest one 5.5.0.4 with working charge off
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Obviously there are reasons for wrong doing but after soft bricking my vibrant (not really doing anything just started force closing upon a morning reboot and now i'm stuck) I'm wondering why this happens? I've seen a lot of posts saying that from "flashing too many ROMS" but i flashed a boatload of roms on my g1 and as long as I did it correctly it was fine because it should be wiping all data and replacing it with a whole new ROM but yet when I flash the exact zip files that have worked before they all result in a black screen, i'm currently trying to find a solution to get to stock ( i have a mac ) but I mean, I want to go back to bionix fusion but not if I know that after every couple flashes the phone will go black on me and ill have to start all over at stock again. Sorry, I just want more of a specific reason than "flashing too many roms"
joe.kerwin said:
Obviously there are reasons for wrong doing but after soft bricking my vibrant (not really doing anything just started force closing upon a morning reboot and now i'm stuck) I'm wondering why this happens? I've seen a lot of posts saying that from "flashing too many ROMS" but i flashed a boatload of roms on my g1 and as long as I did it correctly it was fine because it should be wiping all data and replacing it with a whole new ROM but yet when I flash the exact zip files that have worked before they all result in a black screen, i'm currently trying to find a solution to get to stock ( i have a mac ) but I mean, I want to go back to bionix fusion but not if I know that after every couple flashes the phone will go black on me and ill have to start all over at stock again. Sorry, I just want more of a specific reason than "flashing too many roms"
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Step 3: Flash Bionix Fusion
This is the final step of the installation. This presumes you are already rooted and ready to go. If you are not, then you will need to root and install rom manager first.
1. Download the rom of your choice and place the file onto the root of your internal sdcard.
2. Reboot into Clockwork Recovery.
- From Rom Manager app, select 'boot into clockwork recovery'
- From ADB, type 'adb reboot recovery'.
3. From the main clockwork recovery menu, use the 'down' volume control to scroll to 'install zip from sdcard'. Press the power button. this will take you to a second menu screen.
4. From thet second menu screen, scroll to 'choose zip from sdcard' and select with the power button.
5. Scroll to the file name of the rom you downloaded and press the power button. It will ask you to confirm your choice, select 'yes' and the rom will begin to flash. DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR PHONE DURING THIS PROCESS!
6. Once the flash is complete, select 'go back'. Now select 'reboot' from this menu.
7. Allow your phone to reboot completely. The first boot will take a few minutes, please be patient.
8. Once booted into the home screen, please allow your phone to sit for 5-10 minutes to allow all boot procedures to take place. Keep in mind, you've just heavily modified your device, it needs time to adjust to the new changes.
9. Wait roughly 15 minutes after the first initial boot and then restart your phone one time. You may do this by holding the 'power button' and selecting either shut down or reboot.
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Step 3: Flash Bionix Fusion
This is the final step of the installation. This presumes you are already rooted and ready to go. If you are not, then you will need to root and install rom manager first.
1. Download the rom of your choice and place the file onto the root of your internal sdcard.
2. Reboot into Clockwork Recovery.
- From Rom Manager app, select 'boot into clockwork recovery'
- From ADB, type 'adb reboot recovery'.
3. From the main clockwork recovery menu, use the 'down' volume control to scroll to 'install zip from sdcard'. Press the power button. this will take you to a second menu screen.
4. From thet second menu screen, scroll to 'choose zip from sdcard' and select with the power button.
5. Scroll to the file name of the rom you downloaded and press the power button. It will ask you to confirm your choice, select 'yes' and the rom will begin to flash. DO NOT TURN OFF YOUR PHONE DURING THIS PROCESS!
6. Once the flash is complete, select 'go back'. Now select 'reboot' from this menu.
7. Allow your phone to reboot completely. The first boot will take a few minutes, please be patient.
8. Once booted into the home screen, please allow your phone to sit for 5-10 minutes to allow all boot procedures to take place. Keep in mind, you've just heavily modified your device, it needs time to adjust to the new changes.
9. Wait roughly 15 minutes after the first initial boot and then restart your phone one time. You may do this by holding the 'power button' and selecting either shut down or reboot.
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Well at least we know you can copy and paste. You obviously didn't read my post correctly.
joe.kerwin said:
Well at least we know you can copy and paste. You obviously didn't read my post correctly.
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Well, if you follow the instructions mentioned in the fusion post it should clean wipe your phone and give you a stable phone, give it a try without tweaking the kernel or anything to make sure you are not getting any black screens.
1 question though did you overclock your phone?
I would take 1 step at a time, first get your phone to stabilize. The reason I referenced Fusion is because, Fusion is much more stable than the Stock Samsung JFD.
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Well at least we know you can copy and paste. You obviously didn't read my post correctly.
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Did you flash anything over Voodoo?
i've never used voodoo and no i wasn't overclocking even though i had an OC capable kernel. My problem was my phone doesn't turn on, and i dont have a PC to use ODIN also I mentioned that no matter what ROM I flash my phone wont turn on, flashing fusion would not fix it. Anyways I went to tmobile and just told them "my phone doesn't work" and this really cool guy just swapped it for me no questions asked even though i'm well beyond that two week grace period.
Bricks don't happen from flashing too many roms. I've been flashing roms constantly for the last couple weeks, and I've yet to brick my phone. Bricks are usually caused by people not carefully following instructions, or by flashing incompatible rom/kernel combinations. If you play it safe and are careful, you won't brick your phone.
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i've never used voodoo and no i wasn't overclocking even though i had an OC capable kernel. My problem was my phone doesn't turn on, and i dont have a PC to use ODIN also I mentioned that no matter what ROM I flash my phone wont turn on, flashing fusion would not fix it. Anyways I went to tmobile and just told them "my phone doesn't work" and this really cool guy just swapped it for me no questions asked even though i'm well beyond that two week grace period.
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Most probably the oc/uv kernel, some phones cannot handle undervolting.
Sent from my bionix powered Vibrant
My phone is pretty new... I only had it unlocked and rooted.
It just soft bricked on me this morning after listening to music... Not exactly sure why.....
Ok here's what happened...
I had Viper 1.3 running ok.... so I decide to give chainfire3d a try.. and install the nvidia drivers 1st...
It didn't make splinter cell work so I decided I'd uinstall it... after I put the original drivers back....
I installed the qualcom driver thinking that was it... Then I uinstalled chainfire3d.
Now when I boot my phone its totally black.
I think I can fix this if someone guides me through the recovery or guides me through wiping & re-installing viper.
Method 2 would be alot quicker, but worst case scenario,
I still have a nand backup but its on my computer.. So I'd need to boot into recovery.
And then access the sd card.. & then navigate to load it.
Great news I'm access the sd card right now and puttin the nand image back.
The only thing now is when I boot into recovery if I even make it that far, all I see is a black screen. No flash, the keys don't light up, & the power led blinks red once.
....
30 minutes later... I can boot into recovery but I can't see. Using a youtube video I mounted the sd card & have the viper rom ready to restore after I wipe it.
But I need directions on which keys to hit & the number of times.
I have just clicked wipe & something... the 3rd selection then I hit enter... Plz help
Try putting the PC86IMG.zip for TWRP back on the root of your sdcard and reflash that in the bootloader. If that all goes well, you should have a working recovery. Let me know how it goes, I'm going to bed soon so if I don't answer, I will check this thread in the morning. Best of luck!!
Can you give me the next instructions on which buttons to hit..
How many times do I hit volume down to accept yes I want to wipe it?
Or if I need to restart and choose another option.... because I already selected wipe & hit power.
Krairo said:
Can you give me the next instructions on which buttons to hit..
How many times do I hit volume down to accept yes I want to wipe it?
Or if I need to restart and choose another option.... because I already selected wipe & hit power.
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How do you know that it's actually doing anything? Seriously, try what I suggested and flash TWRP from the bootloader, I have a feeling that will fix it for you. If not, you can also do the factory reset from the bootloader.
already tried factory reset... & can you navigate me to flash
All I have to go on is this youtube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmQswv3vKrU
I already restarted my phone into the boot menu
Its not working -_-
.. I went to sleep and its working now
Hi there
My prime is stuck in boot, it will show the boot screen looping forever.
I have tried the following things:
- Resetting (button next to microSD)
- Holding volume up and power button to switch it off and back on
- Holding the power button for 15 - 30 - 60 secs
- Holding volume down + power button to get in the recovery menu
- Selected up for recovery mode, shows the android laying on its back, stops loading and reboots
- Selected down both for cold start and resetting user data.
This all failed. Anyone got an option or a solution?
Greets
Last solution to try before sending it back or returning is to try to drain the battery. Let it keep bootlooping or keep power off then on. Some had same issue n let battery drain. Then recharge it and it might fix itself like that. If that doesn't work, check out Asus website for prime trouble shooting or just exchange tablet. That recovery mode should work though. You go into recovery n clear all caches n data n whatever then factory reset through recovery.
Ok, thank you.
I will try that. Is there any option to re- install the tablet, if you connect it to your computer?
I've read about putting a firmware update on your microSD and then booting or something like that.
Yes, what u need to do is go to the Asus website n download the latest firmware to the root of microsd card. Make sure its the one that matches your prime n country. Also make sure its downloaded to root of memory card. Then put memory card in prime. Then go into recovery and make sure to wipe all data. Caches, dalvaik data. Then choose the option in recovery to flash the firmware. Make sure its pointed towards that file you installed in root of microsd card. It should then flash the revcovery. Make sure to read exact steps on Asus website for prime recovery flash to be sure. It should work after that.
Or you could hook your prime up to your computer. Make sure android adb n drivers installed to it. Then you can manually install the firmware again from Asus website into prime.
Good luck!
Thanks again!!! I will try this before draining. I will post if it worked.
That didn't work either
FIXED
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That didn't work either
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Fixed it thanks to this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22857274&postcount=21
You need to rename the zip in the zip to the correct name (ep201_...update... -- see post)
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
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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:
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.
Recently i flashed the CM9 rom onto my Droid X2. Followed the instructions and everything installed correctly. Since it has been a couple of days and I have installed all my programs and got everything where i wanted it, i wanted to make a backup.
Soon i discovered that I didnt have System Recovery installed. SO i began looking into my SD card and i have two files,MOTODX2_Bootstrap_signed.apk. So i decided to install it, everything went fine but now my phone is stuck in a boot loop. It wont even boot into CM9.
Is there another BSR that i should be flashing instead of this one. Maybe the ReRecovery one? i know theres a [patched] BSR to install but i gave me the same problems.
Thanks EHB
Hi, for Cyanogenmod9 use the CM7 PATCHED BSR. It works just fine for me everyday. I'm kind of addicted to flashing ROMs for some reason and usually am on different ones multiple times a day. Always in BSR either restoring or backing up. The patched BSR for CM7 works just fine for me. For reference, in the app drawer it should say "CM7 System Recovery" not just System Recovery.
I'm not sure if it has been looked into by dev's yet or not, but the day CM9 was released I actually did flash the CM7 ReRecovery zip and I was able to boot to BSR from a powered off state just by plugging in. I wasn't sure if it was okay to use, so I installed a fresh CM9 without it. I don't know if this is 100% safe or if there would be any issues from using the ReRecovery zip. I would recommend just installing the patched CM7 apk and trying to use that.
Here's the link to the patched CM7 Recovery. Pulled straight from the CM7 thread
http://www.mediafire.com/?pzz4413k6wggcao
***^That BSR is an application. You download, install and run it on your phone. The ReRecovery is a flashable zip you can install once already inside of BSR allowing you to get into custom recovery say for example, if you're boot looping. ***
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If you're still having bootloop issues, try this;
-Grab your ECOMOTO charger, plug into A/C power, pull battery, replace & plug into wall.
- Wait for the Motorola logo to disappear and the battery charging icon to appear (this can take several minutes)
-When you see the battery charging icon, unplug your phone and pull your battery.
-Reinstall the battery and hold the VOLUME DOWN key while powering on the device. Release the VOLUME DOWN button when it turns on.
You should now see "FASTBOOT" in white text above the Motorola logo.
-Press the volume down key several times until you see ANDROID RECOVERY.
-With ANDROID RECOVERY now showing where fasboot was, press the VOLUME UP button. It will tell you that it is starting android recovery mode.
This will take you to a screen that shows a picture of an android next to a triangle with an exclamation mark (!) inside of it.
-From that screen press both the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN keys at the same time.
If you made it this far, you're now in the stock android recovery. Using the volume buttons, key down to Wipe Cache Partition then press the power button to select. You will be taken to a confirmation screen. Key down and select Yes. Wait for it to complete. After you wipe the cache try rebooting back into CM9. This will take slightly longer than usual as your cache has to rebuild itself. If you can boot back up successfully, click the link above. Download the patched CM7 Bootstrap Recovery and install it. If you don't know what to do from there, open the application "CM7 System Recovery" and click "Install Recovery" -- You will now be prompted to grant or deny it superuser permissions. Allow them. You will receive a message saying the install was a success! Click OK. Now plug your phone back into the wall outlet and hit "Recovery Mode" and your phone will boot into BSR! From there just go to backup and save it to your external SD card. You can find your backups later via the file explorer of your choice under /mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup. Note: You can rename the file so you know which ROM is which, just don't add spaces to the file name or it will ruin your backup and you will not be able to restore it. NO SPACES!!!
FYI you will still see the Motorola logo immediately after it turns back on. It takes a minute or two to boot into custom recovery.
I've been through a lot of trial and error with the X2 and these steps have helped me plenty of times. Hopefully they do the same for you....Good luck.
Cyanogenmod all day
Thanks for the information.
I knew basically everything you said except for the "wipe cache partition". Why is this necessary? I know that it doesn't delete personal information but what does it wipe/delete?
Im going wait to do this tomorrow - my day off. Im just worried that its going do the same thing and ill have to reflash and start all over again.
Thanks again EHB
Wiping the cache partition clears any/all application data and common app components. It does not wipe apps themselves, rather the files that the app generates when used.
Wiping it is necessary because when core system components are changed, the resources used by the apps also (could) change. Having stale app data after a system change or tweak can cause problems, which is why it is best to clear it. It gets rebuilt as apps are used.
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- Wait for the Motorola logo to disappear and the battery charging icon to appear (this can take several minutes)
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I'm afraid I'm in the same boat and am going through these steps to hopefully get back on the right track. When you say the battery charging icon can take several minutes... are you suggesting 3-5 minutes, or up to 30 minutes? Because... I'm at about 35 minutes right now and am getting pretty nervous.
just skip to this part, if you can
remove charger and battery
-Reinstall the battery and hold the VOLUME DOWN key while powering on the device. Release the VOLUME DOWN button when it turns on.
You should now see "FASTBOOT" in white text above the Motorola logo.
-Press the volume down key several times until you see ANDROID RECOVERY.
-With ANDROID RECOVERY now showing where fasboot was, press the VOLUME UP button. It will tell you that it is starting android recovery mode.
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Patched BSR, please help!!
RoyJ said:
Hi, for Cyanogenmod9 use the CM7 PATCHED BSR. It works just fine for me everyday. I'm kind of addicted to flashing ROMs for some reason and usually am on different ones multiple times a day. Always in BSR either restoring or backing up. The patched BSR for CM7 works just fine for me. For reference, in the app drawer it should say "CM7 System Recovery" not just System Recovery.
I'm not sure if it has been looked into by dev's yet or not, but the day CM9 was released I actually did flash the CM7 ReRecovery zip and I was able to boot to BSR from a powered off state just by plugging in. I wasn't sure if it was okay to use, so I installed a fresh CM9 without it. I don't know if this is 100% safe or if there would be any issues from using the ReRecovery zip. I would recommend just installing the patched CM7 apk and trying to use that.
***^That BSR is an application. You download, install and run it on your phone. The ReRecovery is a flashable zip you can install once already inside of BSR allowing you to get into custom recovery say for example, if you're boot looping. ***
================================================
If you're still having bootloop issues, try this;
-Grab your ECOMOTO charger, plug into A/C power, pull battery, replace & plug into wall.
- Wait for the Motorola logo to disappear and the battery charging icon to appear (this can take several minutes)
-When you see the battery charging icon, unplug your phone and pull your battery.
-Reinstall the battery and hold the VOLUME DOWN key while powering on the device. Release the VOLUME DOWN button when it turns on.
You should now see "FASTBOOT" in white text above the Motorola logo.
-Press the volume down key several times until you see ANDROID RECOVERY.
-With ANDROID RECOVERY now showing where fasboot was, press the VOLUME UP button. It will tell you that it is starting android recovery mode.
This will take you to a screen that shows a picture of an android next to a triangle with an exclamation mark (!) inside of it.
-From that screen press both the VOLUME UP and VOLUME DOWN keys at the same time.
If you made it this far, you're now in the stock android recovery. Using the volume buttons, key down to Wipe Cache Partition then press the power button to select. You will be taken to a confirmation screen. Key down and select Yes. Wait for it to complete. After you wipe the cache try rebooting back into CM9. This will take slightly longer than usual as your cache has to rebuild itself. If you can boot back up successfully, click the link above. Download the patched CM7 Bootstrap Recovery and install it. If you don't know what to do from there, open the application "CM7 System Recovery" and click "Install Recovery" -- You will now be prompted to grant or deny it superuser permissions. Allow them. You will receive a message saying the install was a success! Click OK. Now plug your phone back into the wall outlet and hit "Recovery Mode" and your phone will boot into BSR! From there just go to backup and save it to your external SD card. You can find your backups later via the file explorer of your choice under /mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup. Note: You can rename the file so you know which ROM is which, just don't add spaces to the file name or it will ruin your backup and you will not be able to restore it. NO SPACES!!!
FYI you will still see the Motorola logo immediately after it turns back on. It takes a minute or two to boot into custom recovery.
I've been through a lot of trial and error with the X2 and these steps have helped me plenty of times. Hopefully they do the same for you....Good luck.
Cyanogenmod all day
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I am having a similar but different problem with the patched BSR. I had it running fine while using CM9 on my Droid X2, but now I am running MIUI, and when I install and attempt to get into the custom recovery, it seems like it attempts to load it, but does not. What I get is a jumbled screen that has the colors of the custom recovery, so I can tell it is attempting to come up, but something is going wrong. It shows that jumbled screen for a few seconds, then goes black and eventually just shuts down. I have tried EVERYTHING I can think of to fix this. I have tried a fresh download of the patched BSR, and even did a fresh SBF and reinstall of MIUI, but nothing fixes it. Any advice you have would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
I would re flash sbf
if you have been using ezSBF
use rsd lite, vise versa, or try a different sbf version like 2.3.3 and take ota update
or see if someone could upload a nandroid backup
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The odd thing is, if I restore to CM7 or CM9, then the patched BSR will work again. It seems it only goes bad with MIUI. Could the ROM somehow affect the BSR installation and/or function? I wouldn't think this is the case, as other are using the patched BSR with MIUI without trouble.
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