[Q] completely bricked htc one x :) - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am trying to use 'adb' from the android dev kit but I cannot see the devices, i.e. 'adb devices' doesn't report any devices. It appeared to be working earlier this evening but not any more. I was going to push a rom file to my rooted phone but obviously since I no longer see the device I am stuck. I rooted yesterday and installed the maximus rom but my phone went into a loop of restarting. Unfortunately I didn't backup before I rooted and installed Maximus rom.
Can anybody offer any help? I am using Mac OSX.
Desperate since phone is now effectively redundant

adiemask said:
I am trying to use 'adb' from the android dev kit but I cannot see the devices, i.e. 'adb devices' doesn't report any devices. It appeared to be working earlier this evening but not any more. I was going to push a rom file to my rooted phone but obviously since I no longer see the device I am stuck. I rooted yesterday and installed the maximus rom but my phone went into a loop of restarting. Unfortunately I didn't backup before I rooted and installed Maximus rom.
Can anybody offer any help? I am using Mac OSX.
Desperate since phone is now effectively redundant
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try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1706918
if it didnt help u just reply and we´re gonna look whats next to unbrick ur phone

Hi
Thanks for your reply, I have hit the 'Thanks' button
I read the posting you referenced but it doesn't really offer a solution to my problem.
As described earlier I rooted my phone and flashed a Rom (Maximus) succesfully but on turning the phone on after installing the new Rom I got into a cycle of the phone rebooting without actually getting past the lock screen. My thoughts at that stage were to re flash using stock rom but on running fastboot and plugging into my Mac OSX machine via USB, the phone doesn't show up in 'devices' on the Mac. I have also tried 'adb devices' form within Android Dev Tools and although 'adb' runs fine no device is reported. Of course without devices being avaialble to 'adb' then I cannot reflash!
I have also tried from within a bootcamp installation of 'Windows XP' installed on the mac with the same results, this with 'HTC Sync' installed and therefore providing the USB Drivers required within Windows.
I have tried logging into fastboot using 'power' and 'Down Volume' at various stages of the boot process on the phone but have never seen the phone within devices.
Clearly prior to installation of the Rom (Maximus) I could see devices at both the Finder window on the Mac and from adb devices.
Any help or insight you could provide would be very gratefully received

Ok ok ok dont worry
I had to read a bit and found quit much german threads where they flash back the stock rom
as is suggested u cant flash it with odin...
the only solution i woul suggest is that u have to find a computer running windows
there its very easy to restore the stock with the methods u described earlier in the thread...
hope u get done let me know what happend
=)

The question remains; how can I flash anything be it a hacked rom or an official rom when I cant see the 'device' in both windows and mac osx?
I think what I am looking for is a reason why the phone isn't seen when plugging in via USB. Once it is seen as a 'device' I will be able to flash anything via 'adb'.
Thank you for your continued interest and assistance

ok so u know how the get it back but ur phone is not really recognized by ur computer
but i found a method using the bootloader
the problem is that the instructions are in german
but i think if u google a bit u may find it

Don't know if I misunderstood what you said..but to get into recovery, you hold volume down and the power button when the phone is turned off. Not during the boot process.

Yes you can do it with bootloader (power+volume down)
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moksha098 said:
Yes you can do it with bootloader (power+volume down)
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Yes, I know that. He said he attempted to do that DURING the boot process. I was stating that he had to do it while the phone was powered down.

Guys, I can get into recovery no problem. The issue is that my phone doesn't show up in devices on the mac finder window and hence when I run 'ADB Devices' from the mac when the phone is plugged into the mac with USB no device is found and so no serial number is reported in my terminal window on the mac. If I can get to see the device with 'ADB' I can push the rom and recover the phone. At the moment the phone is bricked.
Thanks guys for your continued assistance.

adiemask said:
Guys, I can get into recovery no problem. The issue is that my phone doesn't show up in devices on the mac finder window and hence when I run 'ADB Devices' from the mac when the phone is plugged into the mac with USB no device is found and so no serial number is reported in my terminal window on the mac. If I can get to see the device with 'ADB' I can push the rom and recover the phone. At the moment the phone is bricked.
Thanks guys for your continued assistance.
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But if this doenst work why dont u try the method with the recovery mode or the bootloader i suggested

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[Q] How can I get Fastboot working?

I went through the [GUIDE] Rooting the 10.1 Tab, but I cannot get into fastboot.
I went through pershoots advice of uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers. I used the driver he has posted in the thread when I reinstalled.
Win7 cannot find the fastboot driver though. (Image attached)
*ADB works fine
*LE GoogleIO SGT with 3.1
Thanks to anyone who has some advice for me!
PS-- I'm too noob here to post in the dev forum.
same problem here annoying as f**
Hi, I facing the same problem here. Do you guys solve the problem? Please give me advice. Thank you
Same problem here. adb working fine on the tablet but not fastboot. I have tried Linux, osx, and win7 none work. Fastboot works fine on my nexus 1 with all of these platforms.
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Hi I just use mac os to done it, cause my windows 7 cant find the driver
my tab had just alive.. i cant post the link here cause i m newcomer..
jamn224 said:
I went through the [GUIDE] Rooting the 10.1 Tab, but I cannot get into fastboot.
I went through pershoots advice of uninstalling and reinstalling the drivers. I used the driver he has posted in the thread when I reinstalled.
Win7 cannot find the fastboot driver though. (Image attached)
*ADB works fine
*LE GoogleIO SGT with 3.1
Thanks to anyone who has some advice for me!
PS-- I'm too noob here to post in the dev forum.
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I had similar problems and managed to finally use fastboot.
You have to choose drivers manually.
Read this post on how to choose drivers in order to get fastboot working
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1176292
Still no luck
I have had this problem for months, I have tried everything on this thread and on at least 10 to 20 other threads acrost the internet. I really need some help getting fastboot to work with my Galaxy Tab 10.1 Google I/O LE. Could this problem be from it being a I/O LE? Its so different than the shipping retail product, maybe these guides are for the retail 10.1? I would really appreciate any help!
Thanks
Josh
flacojo32,
As having just purchased an i/o edition used, i know what you mean about the differences, but i was able to root through fastboot on mine.. i just had to figure it out myself.
try this page, i wrote my steps that were successful for getting fastboot to load recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1429344
you may need to purge other drivers. i don't know exactly what protocol or method the fastboot is using for communication, but it may be based off the windows networking stack. i'd also suggest disabling any firewalls if it continues to fail.
flacojo32 said:
I have had this problem for months, I have tried everything on this thread and on at least 10 to 20 other threads acrost the internet. I really need some help getting fastboot to work with my Galaxy Tab 10.1 Google I/O LE. Could this problem be from it being a I/O LE? Its so different than the shipping retail product, maybe these guides are for the retail 10.1? I would really appreciate any help!
Thanks
Josh
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The problem is using the right drivers. Going from memory here but in genersl go to your android-sdk folder and run sdk manager, select 3rd party and make sure to select usb drivers. After installing that go to device manager connect hte tab and you should see android device. if it has an exclamation point click on it and select update driver then select let me choose (not the browse for driver) - youn can then browse a list of devices and select samsung device. Once you do that the drivers are installed. you should be able to do fastboot.
A quick test is with the tab connected to the pc open a commamd editor type 'fastboot devices' and it should show a number
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Thanks all for you help, but still no luck. I have rooted and or installed many of custom roms but just can't crack this one. I have all the right drivers for my other nexus devices to root them but this samsung galaxy tab 10.1 Google I/O just does not do fastboot right. It goes into fastboot but I don't know if its actually pushing the information to the computer. When I look under the Device Manager it show up as an ADB device, not fastboot. Also ADB works fine so the issue is with the tablet and how the fastboot is accomplished. Is there any other way to get a custom rom on this without fasboot? I have tried to use Odin and ADB to push a recovery but when I ADB reboot devices it just boots back up. That is after I have pushed a recovery file to the tablet. Im hopelessly deadlocked, I thought the LE I/O tab was to be open in every way for devs. but I can't seem to crack this beautiful device. Thanks for everyones help!
Josh
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Heck and I even used a mac that does not require drivers to try it, still it would not connect in fastboot mode. It did not even pull it up when I fastboot devices, just like on the windows machine.
Josh
flacojo32 said:
Thanks all for you help, but still no luck. I have rooted and or installed many of custom roms but just can't crack this one. I have all the right drivers for my other nexus devices to root them but this samsung galaxy tab 10.1 Google I/O just does not do fastboot right. It goes into fastboot but I don't know if its actually pushing the information to the computer. When I look under the Device Manager it show up as an ADB device, not fastboot. Also ADB works fine so the issue is with the tablet and how the fastboot is accomplished. Is there any other way to get a custom rom on this without fasboot? I have tried to use Odin and ADB to push a recovery but when I ADB reboot devices it just boots back up. That is after I have pushed a recovery file to the tablet. Im hopelessly deadlocked, I thought the LE I/O tab was to be open in every way for devs. but I can't seem to crack this beautiful device. Thanks for everyones help!
Josh
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Heck and I even used a mac that does not require drivers to try it, still it would not connect in fastboot mode. It did not even pull it up when I fastboot devices, just like on the windows machine.
Josh
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Sorry for dumb Qs but wanted to make sure we are all on the same page.
So i take it you dont get a response when you connect via fastboot and type fastboot devices
You said you can use adb to push recovery did you try booting up from cold with the power and volume keys combo to enter recovery mode?
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Right no response from the device or the PC when I type fastboot devices either on a Mac or PC. The problem lies that there is no button combination to boot the Google I/O LE Galaxy Tab into recovery, the only two options the Power + volume down button boot provides are the Fastboot(USB symbol) and the Android dude shoveling stuff(ODIN) choices. I can push recovery all day using ADB but there is no way for me to boot into recovery on the Limited Edition Tab. This is even after I try to reboot into recovery using ADB (ADB recovery or something like that) all that does is to boot me to the two choices Fastboot(USB symbol) and ODIN(android dude shoveling). I have pretty much tried everything. I appreciate all the help you are providing!
Josh
Any ideas? I can't be the only one with this problem.
flacojo32 said:
Any ideas? I can't be the only one with this problem.
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It sounds like you do not have recovery. And since fastboot does not seem to work then it is likely yoi have the wrong drivers. Can you confirm you were able to push the recovery via adb?
Did you install the google drivers as described a couple of posts before ie using android sdk
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animatechnica, I thank you for all of your help. But I return triumphant. I have found it to be a driver issue. I was trying to use a newer version of PDANet for Android (version 3.02) which did not include the correct drivers for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 LE. So I downloaded the version 2.15 of PDANet and bam fastboot started working like a charm. So I appreciate all the help from you animatechnica and also shane86 for his words of wisdom too. But overall tonight was a good night the Tide rolled, got my ICS update on my Transformer Prime and got fastboot to work and installed Galaxy Task 10.x on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 Google I/O LE. Im off to geek it up. Thanks all.
sweet and i will take note of how you solved it for future reference
flacojo32 said:
animatechnica, I thank you for all of your help. But I return triumphant. I have found it to be a driver issue. I was trying to use a newer version of PDANet for Android (version 3.02) which did not include the correct drivers for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 LE. So I downloaded the version 2.15 of PDANet and bam fastboot started working like a charm. So I appreciate all the help from you animatechnica and also shane86 for his words of wisdom too. But overall tonight was a good night the Tide rolled, got my ICS update on my Transformer Prime and got fastboot to work and installed Galaxy Task 10.x on my Galaxy Tab 10.1 Google I/O LE. Im off to geek it up. Thanks all.
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Pantech Burst Love Thread Consolidated

All Further updates will be handled in this other thread
Pre Req:
1) Make sure to install Pantech PC Suite as it will install the correct drivers you WILL need
2) Install ADB and Fastboot
How to gain Root
jcase said:
and here is root, you need fastboot and adb
androidpolice.com/2012/04/09/pantech-burst-rooted-and-the-process-is-stupid-easy/
IOMonster saved the day here, without him you would have to wipe your phone and install modified leaked firmware to get root.
Very glad we decided to not release the initial root, sorry
If IOMonster wants to explain he can, I would prefer not to however.
Details
goo.im/devs/jcase/prestoroot.img
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot boot prestoroot.img
once phone boots, reboot it again, install superuser from the market
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How to Install Clockwork Recovery
Originally Posted by attn1
tau.shadowchild.nl/files/cwm-5.0.2.7-presto.img.zip
unzip
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery cwm-5.0.2.7-presto.img
fastboot reboot
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Press Volume Down and Power when booting to get into recovery
I have no come up with any of this information. I just gathered from the previous post to make it easier to search. I will try and keep this updated that way we can have a quick reference post at the beginning of the thread
Saved for future use
***Will have a Links section once this gets established***
Using adb with Ubuntu Linux - forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28041279&postcount=641
Step by Step Root Guide - androidpolice.com/2012/04/09/pantech-burst-rooted-and-the-process-is-stupid-easy/
***Special Thank you goes to:***
jcase
Attn1
IOMonster
bulletproof1013
903tex
jackattack79
sandix
mr72
and everyone I didn't get *will update as we go*
from marcusmarcus
marcusmarcus said:
Here is what I did to get root on mine, maybe it will clear up things for others.
*Note, I am on 64bit Windows so folders will be different on 32bit windows.
On phone:
go to settings > Applications > Development > turn on USB Debugging
On Computer:
1-Download and install Pantech PC Suite from c724062.r62.cf2.rackcdn.com/PantechPCSuite_1.0.10.3314.exe
2-Launch Pantech PC Suite and update if it asks. When PC Suite is fully updated, plug phone into computer until device is recognized.
3-Download and install Android SDK from developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
4-Start SDK Manager and check the box next to “Android SDK Platform-tools” and install package.
5-Download prestoroot.img from dl.dropbox.com/u/9772722/XDA%20Forums/prestoroot.img and save it to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools”
6-Download cwm-5.0.2.7-presto.img from tau.shadowchild.nl/files/cwm-5.0.2.7-presto.img.zip and save it to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools” as well
7-Now open your command line and navigate it to “C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools” folder
Run the following command
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
When the bootloader screen shows up on your phone then wait a few seconds to make sure your phone is recognized by the computer then run the following command
Code:
fastboot boot prestoroot.img
After phone reboots itself, shut the phone down and turn it back on again.
Then run the following command
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
When the bootloader screen shows up again then type the following commands
Code:
fastboot flash recovery cwm-5.0.2.7-presto.img
fastboot reboot
8-When the phone boots up this time, download the play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.noshufou.android.su superuser app[/URL] from Google Play
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FYI,
I've tried uot.dakra.lt UOT Kitchen couple times so far and have been ale to change the font of the device and the color of the glow for overscrolling but my time and other icons up in the status bar disappeared (the "AT&T" still shows up there though). The Backup and Restore in CWM does work nicely though to get me back to before I installed the zip from UOT Kitchen. I'll try 1 mod at a time using UOT kitchen and see which is making the icons and time disappear from my status bar.
EDIT: I did notice one issue with CWM backups. The backup I did today saved the folder name as "1970-02-22.03.14.56". Some reason the date is wrong in the file naming, should have started with "2012-04-13", right?
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I hope this helps
For those having trouble with a missing driver I followed the below instructions and installed PDAnet (I did so while in fastboot mode so I could see the drivers install) as soon as it installed and the drivers showed installed. I went back and uninstalled pdanet (leaving the needed drivers behind)
hawkwind212 said:
I solved my problem by referencing to part II of the following page:
theunlockr.com/2009/10/06/how-to-set-up-adb-usb-drivers-for-android-devices/Describe
Be sure to download two programs PDANet and USBView (which you may not really need but it's a nice little program).
It's suppose to be "stupid easy" to root PANETCH Burst, but who ever said that left out that it's not so easy if you don't have all the proper driver on your computer. Anyway, so soon after the fastboot mode is brought up, you should notice the computer is telling you a new hardware is found. This is when the burst switches from PANTECH's ADB driver to something else, and only way for the command "fastboot boot prestoroot.img" to work is to find the proper driver for the new hardware call "Android" in the device manager. Now you want to install PDANet, and as soon as the installation process begin, it'll find the driver for the device "Android." and install the driver for you. Once the driver is installed, the installation process will tried to install whole bunch other things into your phone, but I really don't think it can install them in fastboot mode, so you'll probably want to terminate the process. Now type command "fastboot devices" and you should see some kind of output telling you that it's recognize the "Android" device. Now, and only now you can follow the rest of "stupid easy" rooting instruction.
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Spoiler Alert: Noob question.
Does this method unlocks the phone SIM also?? If not, there is a method to do it??
Thank you
tremeree said:
Spoiler Alert: Noob question.
Does this method unlocks the phone SIM also?? If not, there is a method to do it??
Thank you
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This method doesnt but sim unlock is currently also being worked on.
Is there a Mac version of any of this software?
Is there a Mac version of any of this software. I understand all of this started on a PC but does that mean Mac users are forever out in the cold ? I own a Pantech Burst and a MacBook Air. I don't have access to a PC nor will I in the future, in so far as being able to use any of the software referenced here.
Any suggestions?
tfranzman said:
Is there a Mac version of any of this software. I understand all of this started on a PC but does that mean Mac users are forever out in the cold ? I own a Pantech Burst and a MacBook Air. I don't have access to a PC nor will I in the future, in so far as being able to use any of the software referenced here.
Any suggestions?
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What software? Root..?
Cwm?...drivers? Carrier unlock for another provider? Pdl? I'm confused on what your asking...
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bulletproof1013 said:
What software? Root..?
Cwm?...drivers? Carrier unlock for another provider? Pdl? I'm confused on what your asking...
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I think tfranzman is referring to Pantech PC Suite and Android SDK. The Android SDK I believe has a Mac version but I do not think the Pantech PC Suite has a Mac version.
<QUOTE>Download software installed on PC : Click Here
Download MyPhoneExplorer Client App which software installed on Pantech Burst/ Breakout. You must find this from android market or you can read my previous post to get this : Click here
Connect your Pantech Burst/ Breakout device using your USB Cable Data
Please restart your phone and your Computer
After restarting finished, Now launch the installed MyPhoneExplorer Client app on your Pantech Burst/ Breakout and click on OK or Enable and it will connect to the PC Automatically,
Note :
If connection doesnt start or error you can choose another Sync software like Android Sync Manager WiFi.
If you are want Pantech Burst/ Breakout to connect on Mac OS X please follow my previous post : iSync for Mac OS X . I hope you are enjoy with this software.If any problem for downloading ,please contact me anytime</QUOTE>
I don't have a mac so I haven't tested this but this is what I found with google
Any news on CM7/9?? Im already rooted and im just playing around with UOT Kitchen
Let me know, thanks
No news as of yet. there have been people stating they are working on this but we haven't recieved any updates in awhile that I know of atleast. Anyone else reading this please feel free to correct me
All Further updates will be handled in this other thread
tfranzman said:
Is there a Mac version of any of this software. I understand all of this started on a PC but does that mean Mac users are forever out in the cold ? I own a Pantech Burst and a MacBook Air. I don't have access to a PC nor will I in the future, in so far as being able to use any of the software referenced here.
Any suggestions?
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There is only Windows version of Pantech PC suite. proof
Finn81 said:
There is only Windows version of Pantech PC suite. proof
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they were asking if any of the software we are using would work on a mac. the answer is yes depending on what software you are refering too. the pantech suite (which has been useless to me with the exception it installed the drivers for me) is windows only. I had actually gotten the drivers originally at work by using pda net. The information I gave above is what I came up with after a quick google search. I'm not sure if that or pdanet for mac would have those drivers.
and again this thread has ended. please follow the links in my Signature (Burst love for discussion or burst essentials for rooting information
I keep tring to root this phone but phone gets stuck in the fastboot mode and does nothing what can i do for this?
sounds like you don't have the fastboot driver installed. all futher questions should be pointed to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32885146
kagedws6 said:
sounds like you don't have the fastboot driver installed. all futher questions should be pointed to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32885146
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Can you point me to the right place to get the fastboot driver's please
mobgod said:
Can you point me to the right place to get the fastboot driver's please
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all futher questions should be pointed to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=32885146
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install PDAnet on your computer. it will install the drivers

accidently formatted. no rom...need help!

Im faily new to the android world. please forgive me of any stupid questions that i may ask.
I was trying to reinstall a new version of maximus 7 on my htc one .
i had the CM 10 installed and was having wifi issues. read that i should clear data and what not and instead of doing a factory reset....i did a format...
now i have no rom on the phone and cant figure out how to do this.
ill upload a video on what i currently have going on...
when i plug it in to the computer...i head the noise from the computer saying that it connected..but nothing popped up.
please help.
heres the youtube video of whats going on with the phone. take a look and suggest any fixes . thanks.
youtube.com/watch?v=NCSJPpLuQiE
adb sideload. you should search this thread there are many that will help you
i searched what i could. didnt find much because im not familiar with terms much.
andrey64 said:
i searched what i could. didnt find much because im not familiar with terms much.
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you should download all in one toolkit and use the sideload feature. read the on screen directions as you go through the process and you should have no problems
I also ran into a similar predicament a few days ago. I found adb push to be much easier than sideload. Make sure that your drivers and adb is installed on your PC (I assume Windows). In recovery mode, plug phone into USB and your PC should detect the phone but you won't be able to see phone contents; mine made a connection sound.
Then open a command prompt and type: adb push ROM.zip /data/media/ROM.zip
Rom.zip is the rom file that you want to flash, which should be in the same folder as adb. For the path, I used "/data/media" because the custom recovery defaults to that but you may be able to use "/sdcard" as well.
Then flash the rom using recovery

Nexus 7 (2012) Cannot be Recognized (Tried Everything)

Hello,
First off, I've gone through the forums and I have looked up other posts and despite everything I cannot figure out how to get my nexus 7 tablet to be recognized by the computer (I tried and after two days of searching for answers I decided to make a post). I like to include this information so people don't assume that I post without browsing or haven't tried anything yet.
The thing that I am having troubles with is that I have a nexus 7 tablet that is softbricked, I have already gone through a lot of ways to fix that problem (I found the best solution is this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195). However, the issue is is that I cannot get my computer to recognize the nexus tablet to flash it and restore it back to factory settings.
I have installed and updated the device drivers on my computer, but still I have had no such luck. I found that ADB doesn't recognize the device whilst in the Bootloader, but still will not recognize the device in recovery mode. If anyone has any tips, or suggestions that might work PLEASE let me know, at this point I'm getting desperate and any/all help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
NecroGi said:
Hello,
First off, I've gone through the forums and I have looked up other posts and despite everything I cannot figure out how to get my nexus 7 tablet to be recognized by the computer (I tried and after two days of searching for answers I decided to make a post). I like to include this information so people don't assume that I post without browsing or haven't tried anything yet.
The thing that I am having troubles with is that I have a nexus 7 tablet that is softbricked, I have already gone through a lot of ways to fix that problem (I found the best solution is this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195). However, the issue is is that I cannot get my computer to recognize the nexus tablet to flash it and restore it back to factory settings.
I have installed and updated the device drivers on my computer, but still I have had no such luck. I found that ADB doesn't recognize the device whilst in the Bootloader, but still will not recognize the device in recovery mode. If anyone has any tips, or suggestions that might work PLEASE let me know, at this point I'm getting desperate and any/all help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
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adb is not designed to be usable in bootloader mode. You need fastboot for that. If you have the fastboot.exe program in the same folder as your adb stuff, try this:
fastboot devices
If it reads, then all you need to do is fastboot flash the various .img files back to the tablet. There are tool kits that do this for you, but I prefer doing it manually as there are less chances of things messing up and if they do, you're more likely to know at what step which could be useful for further troubleshooting if need be. It is important to download the correct img files due to differences between the generations and wifi / data enabled ones. There is a flash-all script that you can find in the download of the factory images, which might make it easier, but you can just manually flash the separate files as sometimes you don't need to bother with them all (like the bootloader) though if the script works, then it'll be fine and might make it easier if you are not familiar with the commands.
If you don't have fastboot at all, just grab it from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
Nexus img files: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Hit me up on Hangouts if you need more direction.
NecroGi said:
Hello,
First off, I've gone through the forums and I have looked up other posts and despite everything I cannot figure out how to get my nexus 7 tablet to be recognized by the computer (I tried and after two days of searching for answers I decided to make a post). I like to include this information so people don't assume that I post without browsing or haven't tried anything yet.
The thing that I am having troubles with is that I have a nexus 7 tablet that is softbricked, I have already gone through a lot of ways to fix that problem (I found the best solution is this:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1809195). However, the issue is is that I cannot get my computer to recognize the nexus tablet to flash it and restore it back to factory settings.
I have installed and updated the device drivers on my computer, but still I have had no such luck. I found that ADB doesn't recognize the device whilst in the Bootloader, but still will not recognize the device in recovery mode. If anyone has any tips, or suggestions that might work PLEASE let me know, at this point I'm getting desperate and any/all help would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you!
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You won't get adb in bootloader mode.
You have to use the fastboot command.
Please tell the OS on your computer.
Use the tool in my signature as an environment.
Download 7zip, and install that.
Then go here and download the proper image for your device.
It would either be "Factory Images "nakasi" for Nexus 7 (Wi-Fi)" or "Factory Images "nakasig" for Nexus 7 (Mobile)".
Grab the 4.4.2 version.
Extract the downloaded file with 7zip into the "Work" folder in the tool form my signature.
Then extract that "nakasig-kot49h-factory-83d93b5f.tar" file with 7zip.
Then go into the folder that came out of that, and extract the "image-nakasig-kot49h.zip" into the Work folder.
And enter the following commands while in bootloader.
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase cache
cd nakasig-kot49h
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot reboot
Make SURE you grab the correct image for your device. Wifi or Mobile.
I also assume that you know the .img files should be in the Work folder before you type thse commands into my tool.
Hey guys, first of all thank you for the speedy replies and steps I should follow.
Right now I'm using OSX but for the tablet I'm using a virtual Win7 machine to try and get this damn tablet to be recognized by the computer. The process is being delayed a little bit because my micro USB cords are being temperamental, meaning that the tablet has no juice, and when I mess with it (using the power + volume buttons to boot to bootloader/recover) the cord comes unplugged. I know automatically you guys are going to pinpoint this as the source of the issue (mainly because I would too), but it works fine if just laid flat and stays connected. It just has zero charge so when it disconnects/reconnects I literally have to power it back up, just need to wait for it to have some charge before I tinker with it more.
I will post updates after it charges.
Although I already thanked you guys, thanks again for speedy reply. It's much appreciated.
NecroGi said:
Hey guys, first of all thank you for the speedy replies and steps I should follow.
Right now I'm using OSX but for the tablet I'm using a virtual Win7 machine to try and get this damn tablet to be recognized by the computer. The process is being delayed a little bit because my micro USB cords are being temperamental, meaning that the tablet has no juice, and when I mess with it (using the power + volume buttons to boot to bootloader/recover) the cord comes unplugged. I know automatically you guys are going to pinpoint this as the source of the issue (mainly because I would too), but it works fine if just laid flat and stays connected. It just has zero charge so when it disconnects/reconnects I literally have to power it back up, just need to wait for it to have some charge before I tinker with it more.
I will post updates after it charges.
Although I already thanked you guys, thanks again for speedy reply. It's much appreciated.
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I suggest to STOP!!!
If you are trying to restore the device and the cable disconnects in the middle of it, it might not be recoverable. That would be one of the few ways to really damage the tablet as they are pretty difficult to hard brick. Don't half ass it with stuff like this. A good cable is not THAT much and will certainly be cheaper than a new tablet or getting it to a point where you might have to send it somewhere for service.
I'm not familiar with Macs, but if you are more so, then this might be better than using a Virtual set up:
https://code.google.com/p/adb-fastboot-install/
es0tericcha0s said:
I suggest to STOP!!!
If you are trying to restore the device and the cable disconnects in the middle of it, it might not be recoverable. That would be one of the few ways to really damage the tablet as they are pretty difficult to hard brick. Don't half ass it with stuff like this. A good cable is not THAT much and will certainly be cheaper than a new tablet or getting it to a point where you might have to send it somewhere for service.
I'm not familiar with Macs, but if you are more so, then this might be better than using a Virtual set up:
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It's actually working fine now (in the sense that the computer can now read it). The Virtual Machine also works just as good, but for some reason the toolkit I'm using won't properly return the tablet to the stock image using the SkipSoft Android ToolKit, so I'm going to have to try and find another way.
Thanks for your guys' help.

[Q] Impossible Rooting Polaroid PSPR355

Hello XDA community, this is my first thread, i had never needed to post anything cause i always find everything im searching for in this awesome community... until now :crying:
Last week I got a new android device which is made by Polaroid, model: PSPR355, its a pretty low class device but I thought it would be enough for me.... then i realize I needed root permissions, for obvious reasons... easy I thought... i had rooted many devices...how hard can it be...right?... WRONG! :crying: . The first problem I encountered were the drivers..couldnt find em anywhere... fortunatelly i found a tutorial were i could install the drivers in a different way...although I took 2 days to do this...Ive been about 5 days trying to root my phone.... Ive tryied about 10 different programs with their different versions... and any of those rooted my phone, nor Oneclikroot, nor Unlockroot, etc, etc..... I really gave up trying to find something on the web cause i didnt even find the phone on its official site, so I came her defeated asking for any solution, idea, or if you want to help me with commands, a programm or anything else to root my phone, Im not even afraid of trying programming (Im trying to learn how to make roms, kernels, etc for this phone cause theres nothing on the web abou it but this is a theme for another time) if you wanted to help me i would really appreciate it, im a little desperate so anything would come useful thanks everyone and I hoppe you can help me!!! :fingers-crossed:
MecaMarck said:
If you wanted to help me i would really appreciate it, im a little desperate so anything would come useful thanks everyone and I hoppe you can help me!!! :fingers-crossed:
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I would recommend trying the towelroot application. It can be downloaded from here, just click on the orange lambda to download the tr.apk file. Then open towelroot follow the instructions in the application. After the device reboots I would recommend downloading, Root Checker Basic form the Play Store and running that to make sure your device is rooted. Finally install SuperSU, and you should be good to go.
First thanks for answering so fast shimp208! And I guess I forgot to tell that I was in Mexico and Im using Telcel's network, I downloaded and installed the apk file but it doesnt starts I click the button pops up a black screen and then closes to the last app I used...any idea about this error...or if its beacuse of the carrier, by the way the device has Android 2.3.7 I dont know if it has something to do with this error
MecaMarck said:
First thanks for answering so fast shimp208! And I guess I forgot to tell that I was in Mexico and Im using Telcel's network, I downloaded and installed the apk file but it doesnt starts I click the button pops up a black screen and then closes to the last app I used...any idea about this error...or if its beacuse of the carrier, by the way the device has Android 2.3.7 I dont know if it has something to do with this error
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Does it present an error message of any kind before it force closes? Try uninstalling and then re-installing the application, and if that doesn't work go to application manger under settings, find the towelroot application and select the options to clear it's cache and data. The carrier won't have any effect in this case, and with it being Android 2.3.7 your device most definitely has a kernel build date before June 3rd, 2014.
shimp208 said:
Does it present an error message of any kind before it force closes? Try uninstalling and then re-installing the application, and if that doesn't work go to application manger under settings, find the towelroot application and select the options to clear it's cache and data. The carrier won't have any effect in this case, and with it being Android 2.3.7 your device most definitely has a kernel build date before June 3rd, 2014.
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No it simply closes without showing anything, and without even giving the "Force Close" message, i thought it was because i first installed it on the sd card, or because of not enough space but no, I moved it to the phone and uninstalled some apps I had, I uninstalled and installed towelroot twice and it didnt work, I installed the v1 of it and i got to the [make it ra1n] screen but when I click the button it closes immediately again without any error message
MecaMarck said:
No it simply closes without showing anything, and without even giving the "Force Close" message, i thought it was because i first installed it on the sd card, or because of not enough space but no, I moved it to the phone and uninstalled some apps I had, I uninstalled and installed towelroot twice and it didnt work, I installed the v1 of it and i got to the [make it ra1n] screen but when I click the button it closes immediately again without any error message
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Very interesting, while in theory the app should work for any kernel build date earlier then June 3rd, 2014 the app many not be compatible with devices running an Android version less then 4.x.
shimp208 said:
Very interesting, while in theory the app should work for any kernel build date earlier then June 3rd, 2014 the app many not be compatible with devices running an Android version less then 4.x.
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Yes that´s what i thought, do you think that theres no rooting method for this phone? if so, do yo think there´s a way of doing one?
MecaMarck said:
Yes that´s what i thought, do you think that theres no rooting method for this phone? if so, do yo think there´s a way of doing one?
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Since you have the usb drivers working on your computer, try booting into the bootloader and using fastboot to see if the command fastboot devices returns anything. If the computer see's the device in fastboot that's a good sign. If your device doesn't have a locked bootloader which it likely doesn't, then I can try and create a rooted system image for you to flash in fastboot. Provided fastboot see's your device if it does, if you can provide me an adb dump of your /system folder then I will see what can be done.
Interesting for me.,.
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Same Boat
shimp208 said:
Since you have the usb drivers working on your computer, try booting into the bootloader and using fastboot to see if the command fastboot devices returns anything. If the computer see's the device in fastboot that's a good sign. If your device doesn't have a locked bootloader which it likely doesn't, then I can try and create a rooted system image for you to flash in fastboot. Provided fastboot see's your device if it does, if you can provide me an adb dump of your /system folder then I will see what can be done.
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I'm in the same boat
I use moto-fastboot (any way it's fastboot)
#:\moto-fastboot devices
? fastboot
don't show any info...
I do a system dump in this way
#:\adb pull / c:\PSPR355
mega,co,nz/#!ThIUQYiS!LLbJ9e1-yVJI4juNlWQuPfa9GFH6HP9lr4X8Gwu1MBY
Change "," please, sorry mod if you want i can delete it! =$
klonic0 said:
I'm in the same boat
I use moto-fastboot (any way it's fastboot)
#:\moto-fastboot devices
? fastboot
don't show any info...
I do a system dump in this way
#:\adb pull / c:\PSPR355
mega,co,nz/#!ThIUQYiS!LLbJ9e1-yVJI4juNlWQuPfa9GFH6HP9lr4X8Gwu1MBY
Change "," please, sorry mod if you want i can delete it! =$
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Unfortunately if fastboot doesn't show your device without any other flashing utility, even with the system dump there is no way to flash a rooted system image if it was created.
Got to see if this guys do the trick!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2066041
shimp208 said:
Since you have the usb drivers working on your computer, try booting into the bootloader and using fastboot to see if the command fastboot devices returns anything. If the computer see's the device in fastboot that's a good sign. If your device doesn't have a locked bootloader which it likely doesn't, then I can try and create a rooted system image for you to flash in fastboot. Provided fastboot see's your device if it does, if you can provide me an adb dump of your /system folder then I will see what can be done.
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Hello shimp well I connected my device on FastBoot Mode and my computer recognized it and it installed a driver named: ADB Testing Interface I dont know if thats a good sign or what should I do, I tried entering into recovery mode but it shows only an android little guy and exclamation quote... so I think it doesnt have a recovery boot I dont know if thats relevant, Could you help with the adb dump i dont know how to get it. And.... I dont know if besides you help me with the rooted system image you could teach me how I do this.... anyways thanks a lot for helping me! I'll keep doing everything you need so we can root this device!
MecaMarck said:
Hello shimp well I connected my device on FastBoot Mode and my computer recognized it and it installed a driver named: ADB Testing Interface I dont know if thats a good sign or what should I do, I tried entering into recovery mode but it shows only an android little guy and exclamation quote... so I think it doesnt have a recovery boot I dont know if thats relevant, Could you help with the adb dump i dont know how to get it. And.... I dont know if besides you help me with the rooted system image you could teach me how I do this.... anyways thanks a lot for helping me! I'll keep doing everything you need so we can root this device!
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Since your computer recognizes the device and installed the driver and shows the device when in fastboot mode that's a good sign. The Android with the exclamation point is part of normal stock Android system recovery, it just means that the recovery menu has been hidden (You should be able to get the menu to appear by pressing the power and both the volume buttons in recovery mode). To dump /system run the following command:
Code:
adb pull /system
Then please send me a link to the /system dump, from there I will make a rooted system image.
Factory Rooted??
Hey guys I'm new to this so I may be wrong but has anybody thought to check if the Polaroid PSPR355 comes Factory Rooted??? I had a Polaroid Tablet, PID something(I forget the name), which I tried for hours to root resulting in: bootloop, hard reset, root, bootloop, hard reset, root, bootloop, hard reset, about to give up. So I Googled how to root Polaroid PID something (again, I forget the name), and I come to a post somewhere(forgot that too) that tells me my Tablet and similar Polaroid electronic devices(as well as most electronic devices coming from China) are factory rooted due to some Chinese law. So after the last hard reset, I downloaded HowToRoot App to check if my Polaroid Tablet is, in fact, rooted. I press the little lock button(root checker) and I find that, to my surprise, my Polaroid Table is in fact rooted. So all I had to do was download SuperSU from Google Play Store and Update Binary when prompted and I was Super User. Don't know if this helps but it worked for me.

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