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Greetings,
I have two Vibrants - one I bought from TMobile (and running stock everything), and one I later bought on eBay (running Froyo thanks to TeamWhiskey). I bought the second phone so that I could mess around with flashing ROMs and be able to brick a phone without it mattering. Hah.
Last night, for no reason I can discern, my stock TMobile Vibrant phone spontaneously soft bricked itself. My eBay test phone is fine.
I don't hugely care WHY the Tmobile phone bricked itself, but what I do care about are the pictures that are on the internal storage area.
I used Odin last night to flash in T959UVJI6.tar (but I did NOT use the 512.pit file). One of the posts I read said that doing so should fix a soft brick, without messing up the internal user storage area where pictures are located. No change - when I power on the Tmobile phone it hangs at the Galaxy S logo and then goes black.
Does anyone have any suggestions of how to access the internal storage area of a soft bricked Vibrant? And/or, can someone explain or point me at an explanation of what impact using a PIT file (vs not) and checking the "reformat" box in Odin (vs not) will have on the internal storage area? I don't care about overwriting the apps - I am just hoping there is some way to pull off the pictures or unbrick the phone WITHOUT deleting them.
Many thanks!
Wrong section..probably going to get flamed. Odin again with the pit file and you still wont lose pics and stuff. But next time...Q and A section...not being a ****, but that's where you ask all your questions.
sent from the other side of my galaxy.
jmercil said:
Wrong section..probably going to get flamed. Odin again with the pit file and you still wont lose pics and stuff. But next time...Q and A section...not being a ****, but that's where you ask all your questions.
sent from the other side of my galaxy.
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Thanks for the reply. Is there some way I can move my post to the Q&A section? Or is that something only a Mod can do?
Also, do I check the reformat box or leave it unchecked?
Thanks again.
noise said:
Thanks for the reply. Is there some way I can move my post to the Q&A section? Or is that something only a Mod can do?
Also, do I check the reformat box or leave it unchecked?
Thanks again.
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No need to reformat.
That's only for special occasions, really. And yeah, as far as I've seen, only mods can move posts.
yeah i would also like to know to that. the other day i deleted the 3d gallery app apk odex files because it was annoying the hell out of me with it's referenced folders - i tried clearing the default folder and but it was still showing random pictures from the shutdown folder and where ever else - so what did i do? i backed up the apk and odex file then deleted them from the system folder. rebooted w/o any issues - then i tried installing the apk... nothing - kept giving me a failed app install notification. i tried this 3-4 times then gave up. at this point i restored the apk/odex file to the system folder and rebooted the phone - nothing... gets past the galaxy s animation screen then screen goes black... nothing....
tried multiple reboot and keeps getting to the same black screen of doom - the other odd thing is windows do recognize it after it gets past the galaxy s boot screen and into the blank screen when i check in the device manager
ADB pull /sdcard/"whatever u have on ur phone"
Learn ADB
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I'd also like to know if there are anyways to access the internal memory of a soft bricked phone. I know I can use ODIN, but I could fix the problem right now sans computer or USB if Clockwork recovery could access my sd card; I flashed a new kernal on stock JI6 and apparently needed to to flash a backsupport.zip first.
So, I don't have a cable with me, so can't use ODIN, clockwork recovery doesn't restore kernals and doesn't access the SD so... I'm screwed until I get home (not a huge deal). Alternatively, I could also not get clockwork to USB mount so I don't think that works either.
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ADB pull /sdcard/"whatever u have on ur phone"
Learn ADB
Reading is Fundemental
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lol thanks man. but i also tried that. adb can't recognize it - and i found out it's the hard lock t-mobile version where doing the three button power up does not get you into the recover screen. unless i read that wrong? lol
Update: I used Odin again, this time with both the TAR and the PIT file. Same result as last time. Odin appears to have completed copying everything over successfully, but upon reboot, I still get the soft-brick Galaxy S that doesn't go away.
I didn't try ADB earlier because all the posts/various docs I read thus far seemed to imply that ADB needed a normally functioning phone - not one that got stuck at the Galaxy S logo. I was wrong.
Here's what I did, hope it helps someone else. [Commands below assume you're using windows, and want to copy the entire contents of the internal SD memory (called "/sdcard") on your PC that you created (e.g., "c:\sdcard"]
1. Install ADB
2. Plug in soft-bricked phone and power on
3. Run command prompt and navigate to the directory where adb.exe is located. In my case, it was C:\Program Files (x86)\Android\android-sdk-windows\platform-tools.
4. From the command prompt:
adb pull /sdcard c:/sdcard
NOTE: the c:/ slash should be as shown - not c:\ as you would normally type under Windows.
392 seconds later, I had all 8G of photos on my PC.
I still don't know why the stupid phone won't boot properly, but now I don't care and can blast everything away. Thanks to everyone who contributed. Next time I'll be sure to post in Q&A instead.
Moved of: Samsung Vibrant > Vibrant Android Development
To: Samsung Vibrant > Vibrant Q&A
Please put your questions to: Vibrant Q&A
I have messed up my tablet, my tablet is rooted i went and replaced couple of the system apps by using root explorer and that completely made my system go crazy so i then did a system reset and now i keep getting unfortunately, setup wizard had stopped and i cant go anywhere from there. my boot loader is not unlocked. is there any way to reinstall the stock ROM like from adb or something. please any help is appreciated. I have also tried to reset the rom by holding down power and vol down and wipe data from there, and still the same thing. when i plug it in the computer i am still able to see the transformer so i can transfer files to and from the transformer i just cant get it passed the welcome screen.
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I have messed up my tablet, my tablet is rooted i went and replaced couple of the system apps by using root explorer and that completely made my system go crazy so i then did a system reset and now i keep getting unfortunately, setup wizard had stopped and i cant go anywhere from there. my boot loader is not unlocked. is there any way to reinstall the stock ROM like from adb or something. please any help is appreciated. I have also tried to reset the rom by holding down power and vol down and wipe data from there, and still the same thing. when i plug it in the computer i am still able to see the transformer so i can transfer files to and from the transformer i just cant get it passed the welcome screen.
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Does adb on your computer see your device, since it's not fully booted?
Connect your tablet with USB cable.
On your PC, in the same folder as your adb files, open a command prompt in that location (shift+right click).
Type "adb devices" and see if yours come up as connected.
I doubt it will though, sounds like how I bricked my first prime, when I pushed a deodexed framework to it.
Might also want to try looking in the Dev section, under the how to unbrick your device thread, and see if you can attempt to revert to a different firmware via installing a blob file, but if you can't access your internal or external SD cards, to read/write the blob file (b/c your device won't fully boot) you may be SOL.
Next time unlock the boot loader first an make a nandroid backup, before messing w/ system files, that way you can easily restore. If your still in your 30 day window of purchase, you might consider a quick return/swap... would be the eaisest thing to do.
Sent from my CM7 Atrix 4G
no adb does not see my device but i can access the internal sd card
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Does adb on your computer see your device, since it's not fully booted?
Connect your tablet with USB cable.
On your PC, in the same folder as your adb files, open a command prompt in that location (shift+right click).
Type "adb devices" and see if yours come up as connected.
I doubt it will though, sounds like how I bricked my first prime, when I pushed a deodexed framework to it.
Might also want to try looking in the Dev section, under the how to unbrick your device thread, and see if you can attempt to revert to a different firmware via installing a blob file, but if you can't access your internal or external SD cards, to read/write the blob file (b/c your device won't fully boot) you may be SOL.
Next time unlock the boot loader first an make a nandroid backup, before messing w/ system files, that way you can easily restore. If your still in your 30 day window of purchase, you might consider a quick return/swap... would be the eaisest thing to do.
Sent from my CM7 Atrix 4G
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no adb does not see my device but i can access the internal sd card
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If you can access the internal card, its weird that adb can't see your device... oh well... try reverting to a earlier/different firmware via a blob. See thread in dev section.
Sent from my CM7 Atrix 4G
i did exactly the same mistake: i uninstalled some system apps (the asus preinstalled apps, with titanium) without unlocking the bootloader, and after a wipe from the stock recovery i'm not able to go beyond setup configuration, it always stops. but i can see and use internal and external memory from my computer. did you find a solution?
Hi guys, I have the Rock Jaw Vi phone which by all sense and purpose seems to be a clone of the HTC One. It's Quad Core with 2 mega pixel camera on the front and 8 mega pixel on the back. The case and all outward appearances are that of the HTC, the phone info screen displays the following ...
Model Number = RJViJGTL32SM
Andoid version 4.2.1
Baseband version = moly.wr8.w1248.md.wg.mp.v6.p8,2013/08/12 15:55
Kernel version 3.4.5 [email protected] #1 Mon Aug 19 16:54:14 CST 2013
Build Number = 0502H026_20130819
I can get into the boot options screen by doing the On/Volume Down press but the menu's are all in Chinese and just seem to go through self diagnostics and tests. I can drag n drop file from Mac OSx but none of the apps I have found so far will communicate with the phone via USB. I am trying to get root so i can do a full back-up and then to try and put HTC Android 4.3 on it.
Do you guys have any idea on how I can achieve this or to get the phone to display it's boot options in English ?
I am pretty much clueless and stuck, any advice, tips, hacks etc would be really appreciated
I did follow a link at one stage on the web that went to SRSroot but their tool was windows only
Hmmm More messing with the phone has revealed power on with volume up depressed gets me to some very small text menu with the options;
Boot Normal
Fastboot
Boot(UART)
Boot UART is all the test screens that I was getting in Chinese but now they are touch screen buttons and labeled in english ao that's good to know.
Using fastboot-mac from HTCRootOne tries to talk to it but comes back with error: could not clear input pipe; result -536854449, is this something that's platform specific, ie it's not a true HTC so the version of fastboot-mac is no good and needing a non specific version ?
Ok that error is generated to the oem get_identifier_token...
If i do a fastboot-mac devices i get the reply "mt6589_phone_720pv2 fastboot" ...
I'm getting there slowly
Done some more digging with the phone attached to the Mac here and checking my systems profile I see that the phone is listed under usb connections as seen in the screen grab, still referring the as a HTC. Getting a new usb cable delivered to see if the phones usb cable provided is for charging only. If anyone here has any other suggestions I would be all ears or eyes as the case might be
Done more grubbing around and have found it to be a HDC One, HTC One clone .... Now to go see if any are rooted on here
Can anyone help me
Well i am pretty much stuck here so if anyone is reading this and wants to offer some help and advice I could do with it
I have looked around on the phone and can't see any bin or system folders even with show hidden i can't find them.
adb wont give me a remote shell, it complains that there is no bin/bash
when i try and do an adb backup i get 0 byte files grrrrr!!
I still need to find a way of getting root
This phone is a tricky beast for a learner - lol
Install some file explorer that allows you to browse from the top folder (/). I'm pretty sure you'll find at least /system there.
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Install some file explorer that allows you to browse from the top folder (/). I'm pretty sure you'll find at least /system there.
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Thanks Gbl08ma - I have have it opened in Mac osx finder with show all files hidden or otherwise - The phone shows as two "No Name" devices and get mounted immediately on connection ....
I used sideload to push a package file over using adb and then went back to use Finder, and I can't see the file anywhere - hidden partition perhaps ? Can you do that with Android ?
Even the Android SDK file transfer app wont see the phone when it's connected, I am all very confused - lol
Thanks for the reply - Wonder if i can use disk utility to so some probing and at least get an ISO image file incase I goof things real bad - lol
TpwUK
tpwuk01 said:
Thanks Gbl08ma - I have have it opened in Mac osx finder with show all files hidden or otherwise - The phone shows as two "No Name" devices and get mounted immediately on connection ....
I used sideload to push a package file over using adb and then went back to use Finder, and I can't see the file anywhere - hidden partition perhaps ? Can you do that with Android ?
Even the Android SDK file transfer app wont see the phone when it's connected, I am all very confused - lol
Thanks for the reply - Wonder if i can use disk utility to so some probing and at least get an ISO image file incase I goof things real bad - lol
TpwUK
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/ does not get mounted over USB so you won't see /bin, /system, /data or anything other than the SD card and the internal FAT32 "user" partition when entering USB transfer mode.
You must do it on the device. And for adb to work, USB debugging must be enabled in the settings.
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/ does not get mounted over USB so you won't see /bin, /system, /data or anything other than the SD card and the internal FAT32 "user" partition when entering USB transfer mode.
You must do it on the device. And for adb to work, USB debugging must be enabled in the settings.
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I already had the phone in usb debug mode. Had to set the phone to use usb as MTP and not mass storage device connection type. Now it allows me to get in to the blighter with adb, fastboot still errors with pipes. That method allows me to get adb shell running and i can get android file transfer .... back to the reading part again
Thanks for the information gbl08ma - if i can find a way to back-up the rom i will share it somewhere
Hmm yummy - lots of interesting things in there .... Forgive my ignorance again please, but if i can create an update.zip file from the shell on the device that compresses all files from \ and all subdirs would that be the same thing as a safe ROM backup ? i wanna be safe before i attempt to root the phone as someone on here has a lower spec version of this phone and says it's a partial brick now.
TpwUK
Rooted
This phone is easily rooted with the motochopper
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40747604
Now should I push my luck further and go for the ROM - lol
TpwUK
I believe i own the same mobile
@tpwuk01
I also asked the same here; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2180425&page=92
but i was only able to root using frama root app, and it worked like a charm, but thats the only thing i could achieve, dont know but it seems theres no official thread of developement going on for any cloned device, mine runs the MOLY.WR8.W1248.MD.WG.MP.V6.P8 2013/08/12 15:55 Baseband.
After root i just installed some root apps, ads blockers, cant get any recovery to work, (Playing safe actually not to brick this now, since no support yet) but would have appreciated trying out kitkat on it, using antutu to view up specs, its impressive, i got to find out our 13MP camera at the back can do a great job than it currently is we only need to figure out how to change the image compression, the one i stumbled upon online was the blast, the 13MP was great also the flash light was tweaked to be 50X its current brightness, our 1GB application space was increased to 3.5GB, GPS and the rest was also modded to work really great.
Would like to hear any new updates you stumble upon bro.
Still a nice and featured packed device.
Howdy folks,
Yesterday, I was the proud owner of a sleek little TCT.Alcatel OneTouch A554C, formally know as a Virgin Mobile Venture running Android version 2.3.5.
It was successfully and surprisingly easy to root by utilizing 2 cool little apps, Ministro and Poot-Debug.
After root, I subsequently downloaded some root tools (eg., Titanium Backup Pro, Superuser Elite, System App Uninstaller).
That was last week.
Yesterday, I got a bit cocky. I needed to clear up some internal memory so I used "System App Uninstaller" to uninstall a few apps. If I remember correctly, the apps were as follows: Google Maps, Google Maps Street View, Calculator, Digital Clock, Setup Wizard, Android Live Wallpaper, Live Wallpaper Picker, Magic Smoke Wallpaper, Music Visualization Wallpaper, and the TouchPal Keyboard French and Spanish Language Packs.
So far so good, right? However, I believe I may have snarfed-up when I uninstalled the Setup Wizard. But I'll get to that in a minute.
Now with Titanium Backup, I moved some apps to the sd card. Included was the stock launcher, Smart Launcher Pro, SPB Shell, AVG Anti-Virus, and Superuser Elite. Then I rebooted through Titanium Backup and I haven't viewed any pornographic material since!
After reboot, the phone got stuck on the final boot animation frame. I panicked, pulled the battery, booted into recovery then rebooted a 2nd time.
This time it booted to the pull-down lock screen. I unlocked and seen:
"Sorry! The application com.android.setup wizard has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." Along with a "Force Close" option. I forced closed and the screen went black with the exception of the status bar. The phone is still on but otherwise...nada.
When I press the power button, same thing happens: pull-down lock screen, screen goes black. Or sometimes, it will turn on and boot loop.
Major panic time!!! I booted into recovery again and performed a factory reset to no avail.
Another clue to note: I can connect & access the sd card via usb to desktop.
Also, I did have the good sense to backup all apps, system and user, through ES File Explorer and stored them both on sd card and in the cloud via Yandex Disk prior to this bricking fiasco. Now, what do I do with them? I now realize it was possibly a mistake moving all 3 launchers to the sd card. How do I get the stock launcher back to the phone?
Or, should I:
1- Attempt a base rom reinstall or
2- Attempt a custom rom install or
3- Use it solely as a time piece/mass storage device or
4- Throw it very hard and very ******* far away from me!?
I realize this is an obscure little cheap phone but it's the only one I have. Any valid feedback would be greatly appreciated.
You can go to the Play Store on any browser and choose a launcher to install. Or if you have USB Debugging on, you can side load an launcher apk. Or if you install a custom recovery, you can install another rom or sideload an apk there. Or you can flash the original firmware via SP Flash Tool.
Lots of options and none of them need to be throwing it against the wall.
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You can go to the Play Store on any browser and choose a launcher to install. Or if you have USB Debugging on, you can side load an launcher apk. Or if you install a custom recovery, you can install another rom or sideload an apk there. Or you can flash the original firmware via SP Flash Tool.
Lots of options and none of them need to be throwing it against the wall.
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Hmmm...Ok, thanks. Dig your username, by the way.
First thing is, install from play store would be possible if I had data service or if I was able to enable wi-fi. I only have calling & texting service on this phone and as for wi-fi, I can't enable it due to the problem of not being able to access the settings menu. All I have when it does boot, and it only fully boots when it is connected to a PC, is the pull-down lockscreen displaying time, date, status bar and the original wallpaper. Pull it down and the screen goes black with status bar still displayed along with time & battery level.
Secondly, USB debugging was enabled prior to all of this but I panicked & performed a factory reset. Don't think it's still on.
And lastly, is installing either a custom recovery, (which, to be frank, I'm just not that savvy) another rom or flashing original firmware even possible without a PC? Because I only have access to a PC without administrative privileges so therefore...no installing exe's without a password. Maybe this program lab will allow me, quite possibly not.
Hell, would I even still have root after a reset/data wipe?
Thanks, anyway, Esoteric Chaos
Off subject: The Joker was an Agent of Chaos. Loved Heath Ledger as The Joker.
Silver Rivers said:
Hmmm...Ok, thanks. Dig your username, by the way.
First thing is, install from play store would be possible if I had data service or if I was able to enable wi-fi. I only have calling & texting service on this phone and as for wi-fi, I can't enable it due to the problem of not being able to access the settings menu. All I have when it does boot, and it only fully boots when it is connected to a PC, is the pull-down lockscreen displaying time, date, status bar and the original wallpaper. Pull it down and the screen goes black with status bar still displayed along with time & battery level.
Secondly, USB debugging was enabled prior to all of this but I panicked & performed a factory reset. Don't think it's still on.
And lastly, is installing either a custom recovery, (which, to be frank, I'm just not that savvy) another rom or flashing original firmware even possible without a PC? Because I only have access to a PC without administrative privileges so therefore...no installing exe's without a password. Maybe this program lab will allow me, quite possibly not.
Hell, would I even still have root after a reset/data wipe?
Thanks, anyway, Esoteric Chaos
Off subject: The Joker was an Agent of Chaos. Loved Heath Ledger as The Joker.
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You can go to ANY browser - even on the PC and log into your account and hit Install and it will send the command to your phone to install it. Pretty nifty. But you did say you factory reset, so that isn't actually going to work. Sorry.
The rest of the stuff would require a PC, though I don't think admin rights are needed, so there's that...
If you don't have your phone logged into Google or USB Debugging enabled, you're kind of stuck without a PC.
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You can go to ANY browser - even on the PC and log into your account and hit Install and it will send the command to your phone to install it. Pretty nifty. But you did say you factory reset, so that isn't actually going to work. Sorry.
The rest of the stuff would require a PC, though I don't think admin rights are needed, so there's that...
If you don't have your phone logged into Google or USB Debugging enabled, you're kind of stuck without a PC.
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Well, on these PCs it certainly does. I thought I was on track yesterday and tried to install a copy of Odin that I found. Can't install without a frigging admin pass.
Someone else just suggested I try a stock rom flash. Might as well, right? Happen to know where I could find a good reliable copy? That also happens to be free?
Not sure why you were trying to use Odin for a non Samsung phone...?
The stock rom flash would only be possible via PC or if you had a custom recovery installed.
Here's what you would need to do for the Virgin Mobile Venture:
Download CWM: http://www.sendspace.com/file/4gt04i
Download adb/fastboot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
Download rom: http://goo.im/devs/LeslieAnn/Venture/Stock_Venture.zip - Put on SD card.
Drivers: http://pdanet.co/bin/PdaNetA4150.exe (this program is for USB tethering and installs the adb drivers for your phone as well as many others)
The CWM img will need to be in the folder you unzipped for adb/fastboot. You'll need to boot to fastboot mode by powering on with while holding Volume Up.
Open a terminal prompt and change directories to your adb/fastboot folder. Then run this command:
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img - fill in the nameofrecovery with whatever the CWM file name is.
(if this doesn't work - make sure that your PC is reading the phone correctly by using the command: fastboot devices . If you don't get anything back, make sure you check the Device Manager for errors. If you have them, try reinstalling the drivers and rebooting the PC)
Then pop the battery out and then reboot to recovery via powering on while holding volume down. Once there, you should be able to do a factory reset and then install the stock rom zip. The volume keys should scroll through selections and the Enter key for accept, or Power if that doesn't work. Not really sure about this particular phone.)
Actually, you might just be able to use adb to install a launcher apk once you have CWM installed. Might be a little easier.
launcher apk must be in adb folder then while in CWM:
adb install nameoflauncher.apk
Note: You can rename zips and apks to be easier to type the commands.
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Not sure why you were trying to use Odin for a non Samsung phone...?
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Yeah, me either. I was all over the place yesterday grasping at anything. So Odin is only for Samsungs, huh? Guess I can delete the exe file from my sd.
Right then. I'm about to proceed with your advice. Cross your fingers and toes.
Thanks mate!
The CWM img will need to be in the folder you unzipped for adb/fastboot.
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launcher apk must be in adb folder then while in CWM
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Wait, what? Please excuse my ignorance, but am I missing something. ADB didn't come in a zip. It's an installer. I think you may have to dumb this down a bit more, mate.
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Wait, what? Please excuse my ignorance, but am I missing something. ADB didn't come in a zip. It's an installer. I think you may have to dumb this down a bit more, mate.
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Sorry, I meant in the folder that it extracts the files too.
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Sorry, I meant in the folder that it extracts the files too.
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Right, got it.
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Right, got it.
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If you can't run the exe file, then let me know, and I'll just upload a zip / folder with the necessary files. You do not need admin access to run the adb commands.
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If you can't run the exe file, then let me know, and I'll just upload a zip / folder with the necessary files. You do not need admin access to run the adb commands.
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That would be really cool, actually. But check this out:
I talked someone into allowing me to utilize his laptop. I installed ADB, moved the Launcher APK to the folder suggested, ran the commands but the command prompter responded with "waiting for device" and progressed no further. Could it be a driver issue? I was under the impression that if the PC recognizes your device (which it did) then a new driver install was not necessary.
Dude was real cool about it even though I ran his battery down quite significantly and didn't even accomplish anything.
So, if I had the ADB files then I could just copy them to...say the PC desktop and run the command prompter from there? If so, then yes please upload and I'll just try it that route rather than rely on someone's personal PC. Know what i mean?
I do appreciate all of this. I'm getting quite the education here. If you ever get married, let me know and I'll come and dance as my favor to you.:good:
Peace...I'll return tomorrow.
What mode were you in when trying to install? The laptop had the most up to date drivers? You checked the Device Manager to make sure there was no yellow exclamation mark next to the phone? It's not unheard of for the PC to recognize in one mode, but not load the correct drivers in another, as there are different drivers for the phone depending on if it is booted, in recovery, or download mode or whatever they call it for that phone. Just make sure to get the PDAnet drivers installed and reboot. That should do the trick.
Everything else you should need will be in here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9903887/adbfastboot.zip
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What mode were you in when trying to install? The laptop had the most up to date drivers? You checked the Device Manager to make sure there was no yellow exclamation mark next to the phone? It's not unheard of for the PC to recognize in one mode, but not load the correct drivers in another, as there are different drivers for the phone depending on if it is booted, in recovery, or download mode or whatever they call it for that phone. Just make sure to get the PDAnet drivers installed and reboot. That should do the trick.
Everything else you should need will be in here:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9903887/adbfastboot.zip
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I was in Recovery and I was also attempting to install the just the Launcher versus the entire ROM. And I was also feeling a tad bit rushed, cause dude was right there informing me of his battery status. "Well, it's down to 30%." Then 2 mins later.."Ok, looks like it just fell to 25%."
Haha...so yeah, with him pressuring me, I spaced on checking the device manager. This desktop that I'm on today seems to be cool. Just checked the manager & it informs me that my device is 'working properly'.
Off to give it another bloody joust, mate. Wish me luck...
Can you fully explain how to do this
es0tericcha0s said:
Not sure why you were trying to use Odin for a non Samsung phone...?
The stock rom flash would only be possible via PC or if you had a custom recovery installed.
Here's what you would need to do for the Virgin Mobile Venture:
Download CWM: http://www.sendspace.com/file/4gt04i
Download adb/fastboot: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
Download rom: http://goo.im/devs/LeslieAnn/Venture/Stock_Venture.zip - Put on SD card.
Drivers: http://pdanet.co/bin/PdaNetA4150.exe (this program is for USB tethering and installs the adb drivers for your phone as well as many others)
The CWM img will need to be in the folder you unzipped for adb/fastboot. You'll need to boot to fastboot mode by powering on with while holding Volume Up.
Open a terminal prompt and change directories to your adb/fastboot folder. Then run this command:
fastboot flash recovery nameofrecovery.img - fill in the nameofrecovery with whatever the CWM file name is.
(if this doesn't work - make sure that your PC is reading the phone correctly by using the command: fastboot devices . If you don't get anything back, make sure you check the Device Manager for errors. If you have them, try reinstalling the drivers and rebooting the PC)
Then pop the battery out and then reboot to recovery via powering on while holding volume down. Once there, you should be able to do a factory reset and then install the stock rom zip. The volume keys should scroll through selections and the Enter key for accept, or Power if that doesn't work. Not really sure about this particular phone.)
Actually, you might just be able to use adb to install a launcher apk once you have CWM installed. Might be a little easier.
launcher apk must be in adb folder then while in CWM:
adb install nameoflauncher.apk
Note: You can rename zips and apks to be easier to type the commands.
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I have a old ass iMac desktop that has not been used in 5plus years at all and I'm a mother of 3 with no clue how to do any of this if you can dumb it down for me that would be very help full as well I have no clue where to download any of the needed files please help. My email is [email protected]
Thank you
I have a Razer Phone 2 rooted with magisk. I use GPS Joystick. I decided to select the "disable system GPS" setting in its options. I rebooted as the app requested and now my phone loads to the point where it wants me to enter my pin and I see my wallpaper for a split second then the screen goes black and it loads up the status bar about ever 10 seconds for a split second then it repeats. Like it is stuck in a loop. After a couple minutes phone reboots and I get this message...
Android Recovery
razer/chery12/aura
9/P-MR1-RC003-RZR-190305/3110
user/release-keys
Use volume up/down and power
Can't load Android system. Your data may be corrupt. If you continue to get this message, you may need to perform a factory data reset and erase all user data stored on this device.
Try again
Factory data reset
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So I reached out to the dev of GPS Joystick and he explains that the option disables the location services called "fused location provider" and I have to re-enable it to fix the problem. He sent me a post here explaining that I need to pull an .xml file from the phone, change the code, and push it back. Simple right? Well maybe if I have TWRP, but I don't. I can however boot into the phones recovery options and there is an option there to "apply update from adb" but I cannot seem to pull anything using that interface. My Windows computer recognizes the device using Minimal ADB and Fastboot but it shows it as a whole bunch of numbers then the word "sideload" which I guess is a limited form of adb just for side loading? Maybe someone could make me a script that I can sideload that changes the file back to normal? Here is the code from the dev of GPS Jostick that is used to disable and enable the fused lcoation provider.
It calls this code to disable:
ComponentName component = new ComponentName("com.android.location.fused", "com.android.location.fused.FusedLocationService");
getActivity().getPackageManager().setComponentEnabledSetting(component, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_DISABLED, 0);
And similar code to re-enable it:
ComponentName component = new ComponentName("com.android.location.fused", "com.android.location.fused.FusedLocationService");
getActivity().getPackageManager().setComponentEnabledSetting(component, PackageManager.COMPONENT_ENABLED_STATE_ENABLED, 0);
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So my question is, can I pull this /data/system/users/0/package-restrictions.xml file from my phone and push it back without using TWRP? But instead using the phones recovery option and its various selections? I'd prefer to exhaust the resources to recover the phone since I have spent weeks personalizing it. I am not fluent in adb but I am hoping someone can throw some ideas or even a solution at me that I am missing. All I got to do is pull a file, change a word, push it back and reboot. I can't imagine there isn't a way to do this by just using what the phone has to offer. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Another idea that came to mind is in its current condition could I install TWRP? Is fastboot an option at this point? Maybe if I can flash TWRP in its current state I can then make the appropriate modifications.
I ended up fixing the problem. I installed arter97's kernel that had TWRP baked into it. I then used TWRP to copy over the .xml file, change the code as mentioned above, and then copied it back to the phone. Problem solved. It is amazing how one simple word in a .xml file can prevent a phone from functioning properly. It simply amazes me.