Hi,
New to the scene here, I bought my phone from amazon unlocked already and I installed ICS from the CH file, does this mean that my phone is rooted?
You can check if your rooted by installing "root check basic" from the play store if no go to the dev section and look for a tutorial...
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butters149 said:
Hi,
New to the scene here, I bought my phone from amazon unlocked already and I installed ICS from the CH file, does this mean that my phone is rooted?
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if you just flash the ftf file, your phone ist not rootet, but easy to root, if your BL is realy unlocked
just flash the advanced stock kernel via fastboot, reboot and you got root access
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28011774#post28011774
I think you are confusing unlocked phone with unlocked bootloader. The first means that you can use the phone with any GSM carrier, and the second means that you can install any firmware you want on the phone, which is what you need to root your phone.
To unlock your bootloader you can follow the steps described on this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527159
And to update to ICS and root your phone you can use this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1723610
I will look into doing this tonight (suppose to be studying for MCAT), is this something easy to do? Will it take the whole night?
butters149 said:
I will look into doing this tonight (suppose to be studying for MCAT), is this something easy to do? Will it take the whole night?
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its easy if u read and follow the instructions carefully.
butters149 said:
I will look into doing this tonight (suppose to be studying for MCAT), is this something easy to do? Will it take the whole night?
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not so difficult... just read the instructions and follow them word by word
the only bad thing is that unlocking the bootloader will erase all your installed apps, so it will take some time for you to reinstall everything
I tried to do this last night, however I cannot get the USB installer to come up in the first step where you have to hold the volume up button and plug the USB in. =/
you have to continue holding the volume up for some seconds after plugging the cable. if this doesn't work try another usb connector on your computer (maybe one in the back)
when i hold it up am i suppose to see a blue solid LED light?
butters149 said:
when i hold it up am i suppose to see a blue solid LED light?
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by any chance you using windows 7 64bit? if you are then, this is what you need to do.. and gotta be real quick about it...
1. i hope you have completed steps 1-10 on the OP of the thread for unlocking..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1527159
2. Now switch off the phone.
3. Keep the windows device manager open.
4. Now press the up volume button of your phone and connect to the PC using the USB cable.
5. You should see a new device in the device manager.. ""S1 Fastboot device" with a yellow icon (meaning missing driver).. quickly right click on it and choose update driver.. select the option where it allows you to search the drivers on your PC... browse to the driver directory and keep look in sub directory option checked.. it may give you a warning about drivers not being correct or something like that.. but continue.. the blue light should now stay on and not turn to orange..
there may be another problem.. Windows 7 automatically redirects the driver installation to default/generic installation if it can't find the driver for the device. So if above method fails, to avoid it you may have to use gpedit.msc to stop the redirection of the devices..
press windows key + R and type in gpedit.msc
go to Computer Configuration ==> Administrative Templates ==> System ==> Device Redirection ==> Device Redirection Restrictions
set both policies to disabled. Now it should allow you to install alternate drivers for your phone.
Thanks to this post that I was able to do these steps and unlock my bootloader..
sorry but i dont see anything when i hold up and connect it, i hear the windows sound and see a blue LED light.
I tried this last night and it was trying to install some driver but said it failed, and ever since after that I tried to do it again but do not see any attemtps to installed driver.
Try a different USB port.. and preferably the one on the back side... if that still does not work.. you may give this a try..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23181182#post23181182
you will have to download the android SDK.. just the basic skeleton should do.. also make sure that your phone has debugging option on.. in settings -> developer options -> USB debugging..
then from command line just run the command
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
drivers still need to be installed manually.. easiest way is if you can get hold of a windows XP machine... or run it in VM..
should i try to uninstall the Android driver in Device manager? Maybe thatll trigger windows to try and install the driver again.
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Im trying to unlock Sony xperia sola rite now.... it wont stay on fastboot mode ( volume up + plug usb) when i press volume up, the light strip turns blue for a second or two, but then goes into charging while shutdown mode... I chek *#*#7378423#*#* -- Service info > Configuration > Rooting Status it says - YES// I try USB debugging ON and OFF... I try to stay on fastboot with my home pc windows 7 and my notebook windows vista..Battery 95-100% charged... What i do wrong?
Do you have installed drivers properly?
Try reinstall drivers and try different USB port.
xbeda said:
Do you have installed drivers properly?
Try reinstall drivers and try different USB port.
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how can i install drivers without connecting device?
I solved the problem)
1) Open device manager in windows
2) Connect usb cable to your phone pushing vol up button
3) Device manager will show you fastboot device for 2-3 sec (before the phone go to charge mode) Right click on fastboot device and install drivers from C:\Android\sdk\extras\google\usb_driver
4) Reconnect usb cable pushing volup button
I have the same problem but I dont know if cuz my PC is way too slow. I dont even have a chance for it to show up But I know it connected cuz of the alert sound.
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Haha I solved my problem by installing the driver in safe mode. Things went much quicker here )
The solution that worked for me was:
Keep the Device Manager open
Connect the phone and quickly choose to change driver
Disconnect the phone again (because it goes into normal mode)
Choose to install a driver from the computer, choose "All devices" and "have disk".
Browse to the folder with the .inf
Now, before clicking Next, connect the phone again and quickly hit Next.
I think it took me two hours of googling and trial before I could finally get a custom ROM installed...
Nerre said:
The solution that worked for me was:
Keep the Device Manager open
Connect the phone and quickly choose to change driver
Disconnect the phone again (because it goes into normal mode)
Choose to install a driver from the computer, choose "All devices" and "have disk".
Browse to the folder with the .inf
Now, before clicking Next, connect the phone again and quickly hit Next.
I think it took me two hours of googling and trial before I could finally get a custom ROM installed...
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Do you know u are GENIUS !!!
i have been trying to get my phone in fast boot mode for the last 3 weeks then then i changed the "System Varibales" in my Windows & ( 64Bit) and then tried your above method AND ... volaaaa it works ... in a flash it works then the pone is in Fastboot mode .
( Device : Sony Xperia Sola 2012 without upgrade to .654)
Don't call me the genius, I found the solution using google
I just wrote a quick summary of it.
Nerre said:
I just wrote a quick summary of it.
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...which was enormously helpful. Thanks!! (Can't push the thanks button as I don't have enough posts yet.
BTW, I used the method with the Xperia Go, so obviously the method is not limited to a particular model.
It works
Really helpful!
Hey
I can't even know where will the fastboot device appear to change driver. What can I do? My sola goes in charge mode very quickly I plugged my usb cable in almost 100 times and tried everything.
Okay, I'm totally lost. When I hold volume down button "s1boot download" appers in device manager, but it can't install a proper driver. I know I need s1boot fastboot and hold volume up button but it doesn't appears. Only the portable device with an H:/ partition
Make sure phone is OFF
While plugging in the USB cable, hold and keep holding the UP VOLUME key
You will hear a system sound played
Do all these while you have Device Manager on screen
Exclamation mark appears on the ADB driver icon
Chose the option to look for the driver in your hard disk - point to where the drivers are.
If using Win8 then you need to disable signing of drivers first (search on net how to)
So far you managed to do this or not?
ricstc said:
Make sure phone is OFF
While plugging in the USB cable, hold and keep holding the UP VOLUME key
You will hear a system sound played
Do all these while you have Device Manager on screen
Exclamation mark appears on the ADB driver icon
Chose the option to look for the driver in your hard disk - point to where the drivers are.
If using Win8 then you need to disable signing of drivers first (search on net how to)
So far you managed to do this or not?
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Hey, nothing is working for me. I did the steps above, but with no chance to install any driver. At the driver manager, the s1boot fastboot-thing is showing up for some seconds and then disappear. i can't change the driver or install the new one.
Any suggestions? I want to change to cm9 so much, because the stock rom really sucks...it is slow and buggy
Edit: I found this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1554632 and it works for me!!!
Edit 2: It seems, that you have to do this steps everytime you flash the boot.img to the phone.
I did everything. I installed the driver but when I hold volume up while plug in usb, the led does not turn to BLUE. It turns pink or purple, some kind of colour. What should I do guys? I've gone mad.
Thanks
Nerre said:
The solution that worked for me was:
Keep the Device Manager open
Connect the phone and quickly choose to change driver
Disconnect the phone again (because it goes into normal mode)
Choose to install a driver from the computer, choose "All devices" and "have disk".
Browse to the folder with the .inf
Now, before clicking Next, connect the phone again and quickly hit Next.
I think it took me two hours of googling and trial before I could finally get a custom ROM installed...
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Thanks a ton!!!
i wasted my whole day trying it!
just hit this thread!!
will reply if it works!
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srivmanu said:
Thanks a ton!!!
i wasted my whole day trying it!
just hit this thread!!
will reply if it works!
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Does't work!!
help someone??:crying::crying:
Doesnt work for me either. I tried everything for hours, but i only see a purple LED for a few seconds and then the phone mode changes into charging.
All drivers are installed.
Flashtool doesnt recognize the Sola either.
Is there a way to flash a recovery without having the Sola bootloader unlocked?
Greetings
still no fastboot
device manager opened
phone off, holding vol. up plugging in usb
NOTHING happens on computer no sound, device manager doesn't refreshes, no purple led on the phone, just enters charging quickly
tried another usb port
tried to enter fastboot from flashtool,
tried to enter with command adb reboot bootloader / adb reboot fastboot
NOTHING happens just reboots normally
So I don't have a clue what's going on there, may the fastboot disappeard or broken?
BUT I used the fastboot for a couple weeks ago in this computer in this usb port, since that I tried some rom does it matter?
BL Locked
Win7 x64
pl explain in detail
Nerre said:
The solution that worked for me was:
Keep the Device Manager open
Connect the phone and quickly choose to change driver
Disconnect the phone again (because it goes into normal mode)
Choose to install a driver from the computer, choose "All devices" and "have disk".
Browse to the folder with the .inf
Now, before clicking Next, connect the phone again and quickly hit Next.
I think it took me two hours of googling and trial before I could finally get a custom ROM installed...
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pl explain in detail.im a novice and i want to update to ICS in ma Sola....but fastboot driver installtion failed in my W 7 (64 bit):crying::crying::crying:
Solution
For those who still dont get it to work by "Nerre's" method.
The procedure will be same. You have to download latest android_winusb.inf file. I couldnt get it to work bcz of this. I was using the file from sony site. It was giving me some certificate error. Then I used the lates file downloaded from sdk kit. Then this procedure worked.
Make sure to choose "Android Boot loader Interface" after you select ...winusb.inf file. Then before clicking next, reconnect your device in fastboot mode.
Hope this helps someone.
okay so here is the situation i am currently in.
i have a lg optimus f3 so its called on the tmobile network (lg-p659) as far as i have read on this forum my phone is currently "bricked". Right now what i'm trying to achieve is to get my phone into download mode, but as of far i have tried all button combo's and all the little battery tricks. i can't get my phone to do a damn thing. it just stays on a black screen no led backlight nothing.
Although when i do hook up my phone without the battery i get a prompt to install a driver for a so called "QHSUSB_DLOAD" i can not find the driver for this so when i try to run the KDZ program it fails at the point of trying to connect to the phone.
Please help... Thanks in advanced
EDIT: i no longer require help with this phone, as far as i'm concerned this thread is now dead and im moving on to flashing via ADB
*BUMP* :angel:
blood angte said:
okay so here is the situation i am currently in.
i have a lg optimus f3 so its called on the tmobile network (lg-p659) as far as i have read on this forum my phone is currently "bricked". Right now what i'm trying to achieve is to get my phone into download mode, but as of far i have tried all button combo's and all the little battery tricks. i can't get my phone to do a damn thing. it just stays on a black screen no led backlight nothing.
Although when i do hook up my phone without the battery i get a prompt to install a driver for a so called "QHSUSB_DLOAD" i can not find the driver for this so when i try to run the KDZ program it fails at the point of trying to connect to the phone.
Please help... Thanks in advanced
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Instructions :-
1.LGUnitedMobileDriver_S50MAN310AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.1 0.1.exe download and install it
2. Download firmware file P65910b_05.kdz
3. Disable antivirus software.
4. Get into emergency mode: power off the phone, press and hold volume up and connected the usb cable..let the device be installed.
5. Open KDZ_FW_UPD.exe.
6. "Type" choose 3GQCT.
7. Choose in "Phonemode": Emergency.
8. Click the folder icon and choose the kdz file.
9. Click Launch software update and play freecell or something on your PC for next few minutes till its done.
10. You are done..now jump and punch the air with your fist and do a wooooohooo!
kishore4 said:
Instructions :-
1.LGUnitedMobileDriver_S50MAN310AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.1 0.1.exe download and install it
2. Download firmware file P65910b_05.kdz
3. Disable antivirus software.
4. Get into emergency mode: power off the phone, press and hold volume up and connected the usb cable..let the device be installed.
5. Open KDZ_FW_UPD.exe.
6. "Type" choose 3GQCT.
7. Choose in "Phonemode": Emergency.
8. Click the folder icon and choose the kdz file.
9. Click Launch software update and play freecell or something on your PC for next few minutes till its done.
10. You are done..now jump and punch the air with your fist and do a wooooohooo!
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I appreciate the help and the good laugh i had at line 10 but i cannot get my phone into emergency mode. when i tried the button combo and connected the usb it just failed instantly to install and still was not detected on the KDZ program. the device that im getting when i hook up the usb is called "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and even with all the drivers i could ever find none of them would work for this and also not be detected in the program.
Perhaps i need to flash a new recovery img to the phone using abd? i dont know, i'm still learning about all this stuff and slowly getting one step further ahead of the crowd, so to speak.
Maybe JTAG would be your best bet.
blood angte said:
I appreciate the help and the good laugh i had at line 10 but i cannot get my phone into emergency mode. when i tried the button combo and connected the usb it just failed instantly to install and still was not detected on the KDZ program. the device that im getting when i hook up the usb is called "QHSUSB_DLOAD" and even with all the drivers i could ever find none of them would work for this and also not be detected in the program.
Perhaps i need to flash a new recovery img to the phone using abd? i dont know, i'm still learning about all this stuff and slowly getting one step further ahead of the crowd, so to speak.
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i guess you have windows 8 or 8.1 installed..and you have to turn off the driver signing check first like this tutorial :disabling-signed-driver-enforcement-on-windows-8
and then install this driver :-
Qualcomm-Allx86-drp.exe
try this..n good luck :good:
and yes flashing via adb will be a whole lot better..just do it right...and this "QHSUSB_DLOAD" is usually due to a bad flash so fix it up by flashing properly.
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dyczone said:
Maybe JTAG would be your best bet.
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yeah i was hoping it would not come down to that... If it is my only option i guess i will find someplace that can do it for me. cause i dont have the hardware to do such a thing none the less even figure out how to do it. other than that i think i might just retire this phone until something else comes up.
Thanks to all the peeps who replied giving info, much kudo's to you guys. :good:
kishore4 said:
i guess you have windows 8 or 8.1 installed..and you have to turn off the driver signing check first like this tutorial :disabling-signed-driver-enforcement-on-windows-8
and then install this driver :-
Qualcomm-Allx86-drp.exe
try this..n good luck :good:
and yes flashing via adb will be a whole lot better..just do it right...and this "QHSUSB_DLOAD" is usually due to a bad flash so fix it up by flashing properly.
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so i tried the driver pack and it did indeed find the correct driver for my phone although KDZ still wont detect my phone... bummer :crying:
kishore4 said:
and yes flashing via adb will be a whole lot better..just do it right...and this "QHSUSB_DLOAD" is usually due to a bad flash so fix it up by flashing properly.
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I did not see this the last post i made so i will look into learning how to flash via adb. many thanks good sir, when i return i shall be a master of adb flashing... lol or at least try my best. looking into guides right now on this very fourm. :good:
Any suggestions?
blood angte said:
I did not see this the last post i made so i will look into learning how to flash via adb. many thanks good sir, when i return i shall be a master of adb flashing... lol or at least try my best. looking into guides right now on this very fourm. :good:
Any suggestions?
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hey..can you get into recovery or your phone is just dead?
well there are two modes for the device :-
1. power off the the phone and then press volume up and plug in the usb cable while doing that -download mode
2. power off the phone and then press power+ volume up button together and quickly plug in the usb the phone goes into emergency mode
try them both
also check in windows manager if any of the LG modems are active..if thats the case then disable them by right click option and then try KDZ updater and see if it works..if not repeat the points 1 and 2 and shake the life out of your device till it gives up and gets detected haha..also try taking battery off and then putting it back and plugging in usb then only.
and about adb i am not sure if it will work but you can always check if the device is being detected by adb using following command :-
adb devices
P.S. -
check in windows device manager the hardware vendor id of the device and then verify if you have it listed in C:\Users\(your username on pc)\.android\adb_usb.ini
if not then add the entry as
# ANDROID 3RD PARTY USB VENDOR ID LIST -- DO NOT EDIT.
# USE 'android update adb' TO GENERATE.
# 1 USB VENDOR ID PER LINE.
0x1949
0x18D1
0x04E8
the vendor is the 4 digits after 0x like mine device id is 04E8..if yours is not listed then add yours in next line and save it and restart computer and plug in ur device again and check if its detected.
In case there is no .android folder or adb_usb.ini file then downloadattachment, unzip and place it on the right location and restart. check the pictures if you dont get what i am saying..just on case lol
The device works properly. I was able to unlock the bootloader using flashtool. The problem is, I can't get it into fastboot mode. I hold volume up, plug in the usb cable, it does a quick flash from amber to green, then nothing. From what I'm reading, it's supposed to stay lit blue. So something isn't right here, but it doesn't seem like the steps can be screwed up.
As a point of reference, I tried re-flashing the factory FTF, and even installing a different one. The results are the same. Device boots fine, but I can't access recovery or bootloader(most importantly).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
InGeNeTiCs said:
The device works properly. I was able to unlock the bootloader using flashtool. The problem is, I can't get it into fastboot mode. I hold volume up, plug in the usb cable, it does a quick flash from amber to green, then nothing. From what I'm reading, it's supposed to stay lit blue. So something isn't right here, but it doesn't seem like the steps can be screwed up.
As a point of reference, I tried re-flashing the factory FTF, and even installing a different one. The results are the same. Device boots fine, but I can't access recovery or bootloader(most importantly).
Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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have you try flashtool command to command your phone go to fastboot mode automatically if you on flash mode?
Nicklas Van Dam said:
have you try flashtool command to command your phone go to fastboot mode automatically if you on flash mode?
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Yes, of course. Using the flashtool does not work, neither does using adb reboot-bootloader.
InGeNeTiCs said:
Yes, of course. Using the flashtool does not work, neither does using adb reboot-bootloader.
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i think this hardware issue, but have try it another way like from your reboot option from system?
Nicklas Van Dam said:
i think this hardware issue, but have try it another way like from your reboot option from system?
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I just don't understand how my bootloader can be broken, but everything else still works?
I need to know how to fix this in order to move forward.
InGeNeTiCs said:
I just don't understand how my bootloader can be broken, but everything else still works?
I need to know how to fix this in order to move forward.
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i don't know too, may be you need help from reconigzed developer or any senior member. i think like that
Thread closed until the OP checks his PMs and tells me which device he has
Install drivers from c:\flashtool\drivers
and choose fastboot, flashmode and z drivers
When you unlocked using flashtool did you get the code from sony?
Also, dial *#*#7378423#*#* goto service info and configuration, what does the last line say exactly
gregbradley said:
Thread closed until the OP checks his PMs and tells me which device he has
Install drivers from c:\flashtool\drivers
and choose fastboot, flashmode and z drivers
When you unlocked using flashtool did you get the code from sony?
Also, dial *#*#7378423#*#* goto service info and configuration, what does the last line say exactly
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I'm on a mac, I got my unlock code from sony, and the last line says "Bootloader unlocked: Yes"
I can try it on a pc, but the problem isn't the method, it's the device. ADB correctly sends the reboot-bootloader command, it just doesn't get to the bootloader. I get a black screen. Same for when I try and access recovery. It's just really odd that the device still works this way.
Would trying this on a pc with the drivers listed be any different? I'm at work now and I can use my PC instead of my macbook if it'll yield different results.
InGeNeTiCs said:
I'm on a mac, I got my unlock code from sony, and the last line says "Bootloader unlocked: Yes"
I can try it on a pc, but the problem isn't the method, it's the device. ADB correctly sends the reboot-bootloader command, it just doesn't get to the bootloader. I get a black screen. Same for when I try and access recovery. It's just really odd that the device still works this way.
Would trying this on a pc with the drivers listed be any different? I'm at work now and I can use my PC instead of my macbook if it'll yield different results.
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What were you expecting? There is no bootloader screen on the phone. You get a black screen when in fastboot mode, all commands are done from a command window on the computer.
Have you installed a recovery? If not then you cannot enter it. There is no factory or stock recovery accessible on xperia phones.
I would suggest using a Linux or windows machine, I have heard of nothing but problems using macs.
Is there any way I can reflash the factory bootloader with an ftf? I've done two so far and it hasn't seemed to help anything.
To my understanding, when the device is off, you hold volume up and then plug the usb cable in. This should make the led stay solid blue, but mine just blinks amber then green real quick, and nothing happens.
Can someone confirm that I'm not crazy here? It's not like this is my first time modifying an android device. I've been using android since the G1, I work as an IT manager, I use windows, mac, and ubuntu linux regularly, I've compiled my own roms from aosp...So this is really making me nuts!
gregbradley said:
What were you expecting? There is no bootloader screen on the phone. You get a black screen when in fastboot mode, all commands are done from a command window on the computer.
Have you installed a recovery? If not then you cannot enter it. There is no factory or stock recovery accessible on xperia phones.
I would suggest using a Linux or windows machine, I have heard of nothing but problems using macs.
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The entire process worked fine up until trying to get into fastboot mode. Everyone is saying I should see a blue led, but that's not happening, and it doesn't respond to fastboot commands on my mac, and the pc installer doesn't install the drivers. I've tried searching for the driver files, but I'm not having any luck. I don't want an installer, I just want to manually select the windows driver files and force it to install.
Windows 8.1, latest version of flashtool, my device just shows up in device manager as c6833. When I tell it to search for drivers, it doesn't find anything even after having run the driver installer. Is there a website or a thread on xda that has just the driver files for the z ultra rather than a full installer?
Progress: I've pulled the driver files out of the installer. I'm going to try and get the device recognized on my pc in a bit.
InGeNeTiCs said:
Is there any way I can reflash the factory bootloader with an ftf? I've done two so far and it hasn't seemed to help anything.
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Not sure what you mean, you have not altered the bootloader, just unlocked it. Also, flashing FTF's do not touch the bootloader
To my understanding, when the device is off, you hold volume up and then plug the usb cable in. This should make the led stay solid blue, but mine just blinks amber then green real quick, and nothing happens.
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Yes, phone off, keep volume up pressed and attach USB cable (Volume down would be for flashmode) I think you have issues with the drivers on a mac
Can someone confirm that I'm not crazy here? It's not like this is my first time modifying an android device. I've been using android since the G1, I work as an IT manager, I use windows, mac, and ubuntu linux regularly, I've compiled my own roms from aosp...So this is really making me nuts!
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You are not crazy, You can also try
Code:
adb devices
to see if the machine sees the phone when it is turned on, then try
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fastboot devices
to see if it is actually in fastboot mode or not
InGeNeTiCs said:
The entire process worked fine up until trying to get into fastboot mode. Everyone is saying I should see a blue led, but that's not happening, and it doesn't respond to fastboot commands on my mac, and the pc installer doesn't install the drivers. I've tried searching for the driver files, but I'm not having any luck. I don't want an installer, I just want to manually select the windows driver files and force it to install.
Windows 8.1, latest version of flashtool, my device just shows up in device manager as c6833. When I tell it to search for drivers, it doesn't find anything even after having run the driver installer. Is there a website or a thread on xda that has just the driver files for the z ultra rather than a full installer?
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The installer with flashtool is quite good, you can choose which files to use,
Just pick the fastboot, flashmode and Z drivers
gregbradley said:
Not sure what you mean, you have not altered the bootloader, just unlocked it. Also, flashing FTF's do not touch the bootloader Yes, phone off, keep volume up pressed and attach USB cable (Volume down would be for flashmode) I think you have issues with the drivers on a macYou are not crazy, You can also try
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adb devices
to see if the machine sees the phone when it is turned on, then try
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fastboot devices
to see if it is actually in fastboot mode or not
The installer with flashtool is quite good, you can choose which files to use,
Just pick the fastboot, flashmode and Z drivers
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also note that on windows 8.x you have to be in the special boot mode to install unsigned drivers
Just curious did u manage to make ur phone work cuz I got similar problem with recovery(TWRP) it sometimes only show it rest of time it's black screen and in that black screen I can tap on reboot to system or poweroff. It's annoying sometimes cuz I need to flash some important stuff.
Once you got into android modding, an unrooted phone becomes almost useless.
Now my problem is that I´ve got one.
Couple of days ago my Elephone P9000 arrived from amazon but I can´t connect it to a PC since it says that no device is detected.
Yes, the drivers are installed properly!
I thought that isn´t a problem because there is Kingroot.
Turns out the following rooting apps don´t work for me:
Kingroot (Kingoroot), iRoot, z4root, Framaroot, Towelroot, Oneclickroot, Universal Androot, Root Genius, Baidu
Custom Recovery isn´t installed because, of course, no root.
Now how do I root?
ThisIsMyMaster said:
Once you got into android modding, an unrooted phone becomes almost useless.
Now my problem is that I´ve got one.
Couple of days ago my Elephone P9000 arrived from amazon but I can´t connect it to a PC since it says that no device is detected.
Yes, the drivers are installed properly!
I thought that isn´t a problem because there is Kingroot.
Turns out the following rooting apps don´t work for me:
Kingroot (Kingoroot), iRoot, z4root, Framaroot, Towelroot, Oneclickroot.
Custom Recovery isn´t installed because, of course, no root.
Now how do I root?
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The first thing you need to accomplish is to get your PC to recognize your phone, rooting from there is going to make life easier, but yes, I know you already know that. If your using windows 10, maybe check this thread out on Elephone Forum:
http://bbs.elephone.hk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=12240&page=1&ordertype=1#pid129322
jotei66 said:
The first thing you need to accomplish is to get your PC to recognize your phone, rooting from there is going to make life easier, but yes, I know you already know that. If your using windows 10, maybe check this thread out on Elephone Forum:
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That´s the tutorial that I was going to do but when my phone is shut down, my pc doesn´t detect the device and flash tool neither.:crying:
ThisIsMyMaster said:
That´s the tutorial that I was going to do but when my phone is shut down, my pc doesn´t detect the device and flash tool neither.:crying:
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Firstly is your PC finding your phone ok with the PC on? If yes.. all good - if no you need to sort this out first.
Then, ensure you have installed the MTK driver on your PC (these are the Media Tek drivers which will find your phone when it is off) instructions here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p9000/how-to/how-to-guideline-install-mtk-drivers-t3344042
Then flashtools should work fine with your phone off.
Just a tip using FlashTools (Im on windows 10 - I dont know if this applies to other windows)
In flashtools, press download first (without phone connected), give it 5 secs and then connect your phone to your PC with the volume up button pressed at the same time. Once you see FlashTools starting to flash your phone, release the volume button. I have to do this all the time in order for my phone to be found on Windows 10.
jotei66 said:
Firstly is your PC finding your phone ok with the PC on? If yes.. all good - if no you need to sort this out first.
Then, ensure you have installed the MTK driver on your PC (these are the Media Tek drivers which will find your phone when it is off) instructions here:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p9000/how-to/how-to-guideline-install-mtk-drivers-t3344042
Then flashtools should work fine with your phone off.
Just a tip using FlashTools (Im on windows 10 - I dont know if this applies to other windows)
In flashtools, press download first (without phone connected), give it 5 secs and then connect your phone to your PC with the volume up button pressed at the same time. Once you see FlashTools starting to flash your phone, release the volume button. I have to do this all the time in order for my phone to be found on Windows 10.
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To start of, I am using Windows 10 as you do.
When I connect my phone when it´s turned on, I get the small icon in the taskbar that allows me to remove the device safely or open devices and printer.
There, my device is put to a section called not specified and it has a small yellow icon.
Only is it called "P9000" which is alright.
Windows explorer acts like no device is connected at all.
When I connect my phone as it is turned off, I still get the notification "USB Device wasn´t recognized." and
windows explorer still doesn´t care as well as the flash tool.
The link you gave me isn´t the one I previously used to install the drivers so I gave it a try.
There are two different ways mentioned in the posts #1 and #4 so I started with the first one.
(Spoiler: Both don´t work for me!)
Everything worked until a step almost at the end where I am told to connect my off-switched phone to the pc.
The tutorial tells me that there should now be a preloader unknown device or something at Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT) that I would need to proceed further.
I didn´t get that one.
Dead end for me so I went on to the next tutorial in post #4.
In that post I am told to remove a MTK USB Port at Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT) right after installing the .inf driver files (Yes, I installed the 64 bit version and do have a 64 bit PC).
Ignoring that step didn´t help any of the problems I had before so I got a dead end here, too.
The "Volume-Up-Trick" did help me neither, probably cause of the not working drivers.
ThisIsMyMaster said:
To start of, I am using Windows 10 as you do.
When I connect my phone when it´s turned on, I get the small icon in the taskbar that allows me to remove the device safely or open devices and printer.
There, my device is put to a section called not specified and it has a small yellow icon.
Only is it called "P9000" which is alright.
Windows explorer acts like no device is connected at all.
When I connect my phone as it is turned off, I still get the notification "USB Device wasn´t recognized." and
windows explorer still doesn´t care as well as the flash tool.
The link you gave me isn´t the one I previously used to install the drivers so I gave it a try.
There are two different ways mentioned in the posts #1 and #4 so I started with the first one.
(Spoiler: Both don´t work for me!)
Everything worked until a step almost at the end where I am told to connect my off-switched phone to the pc.
The tutorial tells me that there should now be a preloader unknown device or something at Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT) that I would need to proceed further.
I didn´t get that one.
Dead end for me so I went on to the next tutorial in post #4.
In that post I am told to remove a MTK USB Port at Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT) right after installing the .inf driver files (Yes, I installed the 64 bit version and do have a 64 bit PC).
Ignoring that step didn´t help any of the problems I had before so I got a dead end here, too.
The "Volume-Up-Trick" did help me neither, probably cause of the not working drivers.
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Ok first things first, lets make sure your P9000 is fine with your phone on. You said:
When I connect my phone when it´s turned on, I get the small icon in the taskbar that allows me to remove the device safely or open devices and printer. There, my device is put to a section called not specified and it has a small yellow icon.
Only is it called "P9000" which is alright.
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(make sure in dev options on your phone USB debugging is ON and USB config is MTP)
So from that you simply need to (In Device Manager) right click > Update Driver Software > Browse My PC for Driver Software > Let me pick from a list of device drivers from my PC > then choose MTP USB Device
Once windows installs this, a box should pop up showing your P9000 internal storage and SD Card (if you have one in phone)
To ensure that your PC is now finding your phone ok, restart PC and plug your phone in - you should be prompted by windows to choose a default action when this device is connected (I choose transfer files or something similar). Then everytime you connect your phone, a box will pop up showing allowing you to access your P9000.
Now onto when your P9000 is switched off... (the important part for flashing etc)
I followed the instructions at post #4 as I believe due to the anniversary update on windows 10 (the January update I believe) .. if you do not have the January update installed on your PC you would use the instructions #1
Don't worry too much if you receive "USB device not recognised" initially, (from what I have understood this is normal with the Anniversary addition of windows 10) it should disappear after few seconds or so. From what I worked out following post #4 you are kinda installing a MTK device (just so you can install the drivers) and then uninstalling that device BUT keeping the drivers installed (its VERY important when you uninstall the device you untick the delete drivers too, otherwise you have essentially deleted the MTK drivers & would have to start from scratch from post #4)
For me, when I connect my p9000 when its off it still shows "USB device not recognised", then after a few seconds this goes away and I dont have any errors under Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT) & flashtools works fine as long as I press vol up as I connect my phone.
Hope this helps, I had a headache when I tried to install MTK drivers with my windows 10 (Anniversay Update Edition) - good luck, it was kinda trial and error
jotei66 said:
Ok first things first, lets make sure your P9000 is fine with your phone on. You said:
(make sure in dev options on your phone USB debugging is ON and USB config is MTP)
So from that you simply need to (In Device Manager) right click > Update Driver Software > Browse My PC for Driver Software > Let me pick from a list of device drivers from my PC > then choose MTP USB Device
Once windows installs this, a box should pop up showing your P9000 internal storage and SD Card (if you have one in phone)
To ensure that your PC is now finding your phone ok, restart PC and plug your phone in - you should be prompted by windows to choose a default action when this device is connected (I choose transfer files or something similar). Then everytime you connect your phone, a box will pop up showing allowing you to access your P9000.
Now onto when your P9000 is switched off... (the important part for flashing etc)
I followed the instructions at post #4 as I believe due to the anniversary update on windows 10 (the January update I believe) .. if you do not have the January update installed on your PC you would use the instructions #1
Don't worry too much if you receive "USB device not recognised" initially, (from what I have understood this is normal with the Anniversary addition of windows 10) it should disappear after few seconds or so. From what I worked out following post #4 you are kinda installing a MTK device (just so you can install the drivers) and then uninstalling that device BUT keeping the drivers installed (its VERY important when you uninstall the device you untick the delete drivers too, otherwise you have essentially deleted the MTK drivers & would have to start from scratch from post #4)
For me, when I connect my p9000 when its off it still shows "USB device not recognised", then after a few seconds this goes away and I dont have any errors under Device Manager > Ports (COM & LPT) & flashtools works fine as long as I press vol up as I connect my phone.
Hope this helps, I had a headache when I tried to install MTK drivers with my windows 10 (Anniversay Update Edition) - good luck, it was kinda trial and error
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I am running the Anniversay Update Edition and don´t get an popup window when connecting my phone turned on.
As far is I can tell, a working connection with the device running is more important in the first place.
Now I don´t quite understand your instructions at this point:
jotei66 said:
So from that you simply need to (In Device Manager) right click > Update Driver Software > Browse My PC for Driver Software > Let me pick from a list of device drivers from my PC > then choose MTP USB Device
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In Device Manager right click, but where?
Blank space? Definetly not.
According to the linked tutorial, I´d have to right click on something like "unknown device" or something similar.
But that doesn´t show up in my list.
In the next section you said:
jotei66 said:
you are kinda installing a MTK device (just so you can install the drivers) and then uninstalling that device BUT keeping the drivers installed
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I can understand the point but after installing that driver package, there is no MTK device in my device manager that I could uninstall.
I seriously need to thank you for wasting so much time on me:angel:
When you plug your p9000 (while its turned on) into your laptop/pc... in Device Manager, probably under Universal serial Bus Controllers do you see a unknown device, or anything with a question mark / unknown device beside it ? If so, that's where you right click and follow instructions above to get your PC to recognize your handset. At this point just concentrate on getting pc to recognise while its on, then hopefully we can then move to setting up when its off.
I seriously need to thank you for wasting so much time on me
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lol its all cool
PS: Just to make sure, in device manager, press View from top menu and "show hidden devices".. maybe it could be hidden?
jotei66 said:
When you plug your p9000 (while its turned on) into your laptop/pc... in Device Manager, probably under Universal serial Bus Controllers do you see a unknown device, or anything with a question mark / unknown device beside it ? If so, that's where you right click and follow instructions above to get your PC to recognize your handset. At this point just concentrate on getting pc to recognise while its on, then hopefully we can then move to setting up when its off.
lol its all cool
PS: Just to make sure, in device manager, press View from top menu and "show hidden devices".. maybe it could be hidden?
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I can´t believe how stupid I am...
jotei66 said:
Just to make sure, in device manager, press View from top menu and "show hidden devices".. maybe it could be hidden?
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Well, that solved all of my problems...
Almost...
Drivers are fully working for me now so I wanted to flash TWRP with SP Flash Tool to be able to flash the superuser .zip file.
Since drivers work now, flash tool started flashing and gave me the error you can see in the attached screenshot.
Fortunately, my phone isn´t bricked or anything.
Edit: After a couple of reboots of all my devices, I get back to where I was before: USB Device wasn´t recognized and Flash Tool doesn´t do anything.
ThisIsMyMaster said:
I can´t believe how stupid I am...
Well, that solved all of my problems...
Almost...
Drivers are fully working for me now so I wanted to flash TWRP with SP Flash Tool to be able to flash the superuser .zip file.
Since drivers work now, flash tool started flashing and gave me the error you can see in the attached screenshot.
Fortunately, my phone isn´t bricked or anything.
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All cool & its an easy thing to miss when your not looking for it (or for that matter if you dont know that menu even existed)
That error is a preloading error, I'm assuming your flashing TWRP Recovery and like you I had similar issue - I shared a simple solution here that worked for me here (it should work fine as long as you are on Stock Elephone 2016810 Base onwards so I believe, Elephone changed the preloader or something like that in later ROMS)
So Basically, you download the Stock Elephone 2016810 Base ROM from HERE & unzip
Grab Flash Tools ver v5.1612 (if your not using that version) HERE - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424940027
Then download TWRP_3.0.2.8.zip HERE & unzip
Copy the the "MT6755_Android_scatter" & "recovery.img" from TWRP_3.0.2.8 folder into the Elephone_P9000_2016810 Rom folder.
In Splash Tools, first flash the Elephone_P9000_2016810 Rom open "MT6755_Android_scatter" from _810 file & ensure the recovery section location points to "recovery.img" in the _810 folder also
Once your stock _810 ROM is flashed successfully, you then flash TWRP (with only recovery ticked) and ensure the recovery location points to "recovery_TWRP_3028_P9000" and your TWRP should flash fine. Make sure your using Flash Tools ver v5.1612, that worked fine for me.
There maybe an easier solution someone can point you too, but I know this worked for me no problems - you should now have TWRP recovery on stock _810 ready for you to flash your chosen ROM
jotei66 said:
All cool & its an easy thing to miss when your not looking for it (or for that matter if you dont know that menu even existed)
That error is a preloading error, I'm assuming your flashing TWRP Recovery and like you I had similar issue - I shared a simple solution here that worked for me here (it should work fine as long as you are on Stock Elephone 2016810 Base onwards so I believe, Elephone changed the preloader or something like that in later ROMS)
So Basically, you download the Stock Elephone 2016810 Base ROM from HERE & unzip
Grab Flash Tools ver v5.1612 (if your not using that version) HERE - https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424940027
Then download TWRP_3.0.2.8.zip HERE & unzip
Copy the the "MT6755_Android_scatter" & "recovery.img" from TWRP_3.0.2.8 folder into the Elephone_P9000_2016810 Rom folder.
In Splash Tools, first flash the Elephone_P9000_2016810 Rom open "MT6755_Android_scatter" from _810 file & ensure the recovery section location points to "recovery.img" in the _810 folder also
Once your stock _810 ROM is flashed successfully, you then flash TWRP (with only recovery ticked) and ensure the recovery location points to "recovery_TWRP_3028_P9000" and your TWRP should flash fine. Make sure your using Flash Tools ver v5.1612, that worked fine for me.
There maybe an easier solution someone can point you too, but I know this worked for me no problems - you should now have TWRP recovery on stock _810 ready for you to flash your chosen ROM
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I´m going to try this now.
Do I have to go back to Stock 20160810 if I have 20161107?
Do I have to go back to Stock 20160810 if I have 20161107?
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I guess if you download the 20161107 ROM it should work, I'm really unsure, its a newer ROM so I guess it should
jotei66 said:
I guess if you download the 20161107 ROM it should work, I'm really unsure, its a newer ROM so I guess it should
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It didn´t work.
I did all the steps you´ve told me and ended up with the exact same problem I´ve experienced before: USB Device not recognized and SP Flash Tool doesn´t do anything after pressing the download button.
I was going to reinstall the drivers like you told me form post #4 here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/elephone-p9000/how-to/how-to-guideline-install-mtk-drivers-t3344042
That didn´t do anything, I still have the same problem of my pc not recognizing my phone.
At least connecting my phone when it´s running works now.
you have to press and keep vol + when connecting the turned off phone to the computer after clicking download in FlashTools.
Regards
Fran Montero said:
you have to press and keep vol + when connecting the turned off phone to the computer after clicking download in FlashTools.
Regards
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Tried it, didn´t help
ThisIsMyMaster said:
Tried it, didn´t help
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MMmmm .. have you tried a different USB port? maybe a different lead if you have one? (I have two leads and I know one doesnt work for me, dunno why)
Also, after pressing download in SplashTools.. count to say 7-10 secs and then press Vol UP and connect your phone.... (I know this sounds bit stupid, but it works for me, if I connect straioght away I get errors too ref driver )
jotei66 said:
MMmmm .. have you tried a different USB port? maybe a different lead if you have one? (I have two leads and I know one doesnt work for me, dunno why)
Also, after pressing download in SplashTools.. count to say 7-10 secs and then press Vol UP and connect your phone.... (I know this sounds bit stupid, but it works for me, if I connect straioght away I get errors too ref driver )
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No, that doesn´t help either.
I think it has to do something with installing the drivers cause after installing them, in Device Manager no new drivers are displayed except for two Mediatek Preloader USB VCOM Port (COM5) and (COM6).
But those only become visible when I check "show hidden devices".
The tutorial said that some more things should have been installed but I didn´t get any error messages so I don´t understand what shouldn´t have worked.
Sorry Im at a loss really, maybe follow this tutorial my brother followed to reinstall the MTK and try again with all the above steps, good luck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbJCbdfPlF8
Make sure your PC is in driver signature disable mode when flashing etc btw
jotei66 said:
Sorry Im at a loss really, maybe follow this tutorial my brother followed to reinstall the MTK and try again with all the above steps, good luck
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NbJCbdfPlF8
Make sure your PC is in driver signature disable mode when flashing etc btw
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Didn´t help either.
Current state:
Phone On > Everything working, I get the popup window and data transfer works :good:
Phone Off > USB wasn´t recognized, Flash Tool isn´t working, no recognition in windows explorer, phone is charging, vol+ doesn´t help
MTP and USB Debugging are activated
While installing the drivers I got no error messages and everything looked same as in the tutorial
ThisIsMyMaster said:
Didn´t help either.
Current state:
Phone On > Everything working, I get the popup window and data transfer works :good:
Phone Off > USB wasn´t recognized, Flash Tool isn´t working, no recognition in windows explorer, phone is charging, vol+ doesn´t help
MTP and USB Debugging are activated
While installing the drivers I got no error messages and everything looked same as in the tutorial
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Good to hear you can atleast use your phone to transfer etc while on
Just curious (although Im sure you have followed the video / other tutorials to the letter) but
(1) did you ensure when following video tut that when uninstalling the legacy device you unticked the driver box to ensure the drivers were actually kept installed?
(2) Check Device Manager, under the Ports (COM & LPT) section and remember you shouldn't have anything referring to a MTK device in there - ie like MTK USB Port (Com 3) ? (If you have it needs uninstalling)
(3) Seems obvious I know but you are connecting your phone and using FlashTools when your Windows Driver Enforcement is disabled? ( Literally restarting with advanced options & choosng Disbale Driver Enforcement) Many users think once you have installed the driver you can use it with Windows Drivers enforcement enabled, but you have to be in disabled mode.
Finally if you doubled checked all of those, then maybe try a different version of FlashTools (worth a try) and also try running FlashTools as Administrator when you open it - good luck
It all happens because I wanted to install android 14 with the tool called android flash tool, what happens is that the bootloader was blocked, and I did not activate the OEM unlock option, in the process of android flash tool I put my phone in fastboot mode and start the process of installing android 14, the tool unlocked the bootloader and I started the process, I downloaded the entire image, but there came a point where at the time of installing it the device rebooted and did not turn on again, I investigated on xda and it must be because the above mentioned did not enable the oem unlock option, now what happens is that when i connect the device to the computer and do the combination to enter fastboot mode or just press the power button, the computer makes a sound, as if it It will detect it, but that's all it does, it doesn't detect it, can it be revived or should I buy another phone?
Maybe make sure you got the right driver installed? My pixel used to do the same **** when I tried to plug it in the computer. Go into device manager and look in the portable device section. Or the universal bus section. If it's making a noise it's detecting it in some way just not the way you want. I had to uninstall one of my USB drivers completely to get it to work. Did you have USB debugging enabled or a screen lock?
Michael Romanov said:
Maybe make sure you got the right driver installed? My pixel used to do the same **** when I tried to plug it in the computer. Go into device manager and look in the portable device section. Or the universal bus section. If it's making a noise it's detecting it in some way just not the way you want. I had to uninstall one of my USB drivers completely to get it to work. Did you have USB debugging enabled or a screen lock?
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It only detects it in the device manager as "Usb Serial Device (COM3)" and that is if you keep the power button pressed, but I just let go and it no longer detects it
Something is not right here.
There is NO tool that will automatically unlock the bootloader if OEM unlocking is disabled
shoey63 said:
Something is not right here.
There is NO tool that will automatically unlock the bootloader if OEM unlocking is disabled
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Exactly. I guess Google Service Center is the only way to go.
aimsjahan said:
Exactly. I guess Google Service Center is the only way to go.
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yup looks like it