So, my phone is stuck in a boot loop. I can restore factory setting but first i want to back up my data .. specifically my text messages and pictures. They are very important. Is there a way i can do that ?
the bad news is Im not rooted. now im trying to find ways to save data from my the phone before i do a factory reset. i hope i can sort it out.
Thanks,
runingwild said:
So, my phone is stuck in a boot loop. I can restore factory setting but first i want to back up my data .. specifically my text messages and pictures. They are very important. Is there a way i can do that ?
the bad news is Im not rooted. now im trying to find ways to save data from my the phone before i do a factory reset. i hope i can sort it out.
Thanks,
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Your pictures should be on your SD and unaffected, but without root I'd say goodbye to your messages.
XperienceD said:
Your pictures should be on your SD and unaffected, but without root I'd say goodbye to your messages.
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so is there no hope even by using ADB commands for example, or some other way? :crying:
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runingwild said:
so is there no hope even by using ADB commands for example, or some other way? :crying:
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I think, without root, you can't view /data, but you can try.
If you can, the sms should be located in this .xml: er /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
Then backup it via adb, reflash your rom and replace the file with the backuped one.
If you can't access /data, maybe you can root/flash cwm to your phone too, if it's bootloped? (Phone specific, so I don't know.)
Good luck.
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cakebomb said:
I think, without root, you can't view /data, but you can try.
If you can, the sms should be located in this .xml: er /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
Then backup it via adb, reflash your rom and replace the file with the backuped one.
If you can't access /data, maybe you can root/flash cwm to your phone too, if it's bootloped? (Phone specific, so I don't know.)
Good luck.
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thanks for the advice,
and how can i view the .xml file? (im not experienced with android..)
btw, its an Htc Desire S. yes its stuck in bootloop now
runingwild said:
thanks for the advice,
and how can i view the .xml file? (im not experienced with android..)
btw, its an Htc Desire S. yes its stuck in bootloop now
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Connect your phone to your computer, start adb shell and type in su and then cd data
If you can view the directory by typing in ls you should be able, to copy the .xml to your computer.
Sorry for the late reply.^^
cakebomb said:
Connect your phone to your computer, start adb shell and type in su and then cd data
If you can view the directory by typing in ls you should be able, to copy the .xml to your computer.
Sorry for the late reply.^^
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ok thanks. i downloaded SDK, then installed ADB package. But now i click on Adb icon and it wont open. what am i doing bad??
runingwild said:
ok thanks. i downloaded SDK, then installed ADB package. But now i click on Adb icon and it wont open. what am i doing bad??
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You have to open cmd.exe and navigate to the location, where the adb file is located.
Then type in ‘adb shell’.
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cakebomb said:
You have to open cmd.exe and navigate to the location, where the adb file is located.
Then type in ‘adb shell’.
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when i type in adb shell, it says Error: device not found, while the phone was in the boot menu.
Is it maybe because im missing drivers? I googled a bit and now i have the driver i need, its .exe file , what should i do with this file? if i double click on it, i get an error message.
thanks
runingwild said:
when i type in adb shell, it says Error: device not found, while the phone was in the boot menu.
Is it maybe because im missing drivers? I googled a bit and now i have the driver i need, its .exe file , what should i do with this file? if i double click on it, i get an error message.
thanks
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Yes, the drivers could be the problem or maybe (but I don't hope so) the phone isn't recognizable in this mode via adb.
If you're using Windows, go to the device manager and check, if there's a android thing with a exclamation, then refresh the driver of this, if it's possible. Simply via right click etc. (Of course, if the device is connected.)
And have you tried this here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15585507&postcount=2
btw: Your phone seems to don't boot up since a few days, do you don't need it? Another idea is, maybe you can backup all your files via fastboot/download mode or something else, but you'll have to post this question in the device specifically forum, because it's different on phones.
Okay, one more time good luck.
hello
cakebomb said:
Yes, the drivers could be the problem or maybe (but I don't hope so) the phone isn't recognizable in this mode via adb.
If you're using Windows, go to the device manager and check, if there's a android thing with a exclamation, then refresh the driver of this, if it's possible. Simply via right click etc. (Of course, if the device is connected.)
And have you tried this here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15585507&postcount=2
btw: Your phone seems to don't boot up since a few days, do you don't need it? Another idea is, maybe you can backup all your files via fastboot/download mode or something else, but you'll have to post this question in the device specifically forum, because it's different on phones.
Okay, one more time good luck.
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yes, in the device manager there is an android thing with a yellow exclamation. i clicked on refresh the driver and i get the window asking me where i want to get the driver from. since i have the driver in an Sd card, i´ll try that tomorrow.
well, i do need the phone, but now im using my old one. until i can finally fix this issue.
What did you mean with the Fastboot mode? when im in the boot menu, i can select Fastboot, but it wont help much, because it will just start the booting again (bootloop). but i dont know if this is what you meant with fastboot.
thanks
runingwild said:
yes, in the device manager there is an android thing with a yellow exclamation. i clicked on refresh the driver and i get the window asking me where i want to get the driver from. since i have the driver in an Sd card, i´ll try that tomorrow.
well, i do need the phone, but now im using my old one. until i can finally fix this issue.
What did you mean with the Fastboot mode? when im in the boot menu, i can select Fastboot, but it wont help much, because it will just start the booting again (bootloop). but i dont know if this is what you meant with fastboot.
thanks
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Okay, but you can also let Windows automaticly search the internet for the drivers.
About fastboot, I don't know if you can backup files with this. (Normally you can use this to flash boot.img etc.) And I don't know, how it works on your device, so ask in your device forum.
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adb is not recognizing the device, so im giving up on recoverying the phone data. I tried a factory reset to fix the bootloop but it aint working either. So now i can only think of sending it to the Htc technical center, the phone is under warranty.
runingwild said:
adb is not recognizing the device, so im giving up on recoverying the phone data. I tried a factory reset to fix the bootloop but it aint working either. So now i can only think of sending it to the Htc technical center, the phone is under warranty.
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Okay.
Are you talking about flashing stock rom, when you said factory reset?
If not, maybe this helps. (There's a link to flash stock rom in this thread.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186401
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So, i was in recovery to restore to a previous backup. I was wiping my system to prevent errors but unfortunately i wiped EVERYTHING, including the backup and the OS. So, i kept it in recovery till i got home hoping to just mount my storage and transfer a ROM over and ten install..sounds easy enough. However, i plug my phone in and click mount storage and it doesn't mount with twrp, or even clock work mod.
Soo....i have no OS, can't mount my storage..and i'm stuck.
Can i flash a ROM through command line? If so, how? And why isin't my Droid DNA mounting?
Wttttfff help asap please!
Aaannd...now i'm stuck in the boot screen and it won't turn off.
Just use either adb push or adb sideload
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Nice! forgot about those commands, however it's telling me that adb is not a recognized command. I've forgotten how to fix that? Can you help with that?
Adb sideload starts up and says daemon not running, then start's it succesfully. then says device not found. I'm pretty sure i don't have the right drivers for my DNA, can you point me in the right direction for that?
I really need help, i don't think i can even turn on usb debugging because i have no OS to boot into.
FIXED. I got this
soundofcarnage said:
FIXED. I got this
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What steps did you take?
I looked a little more into ad sideload. I sideloaded a zip of the Rom I wanted and then chose to flash through sideload.
You pretty much:
Download your rom and put it into your fasboot directory oin your.
Boot into recovery and choose "install" then "install zip from sideload"
It should say to now type into command promt "adb sideload romfilrname"
It then loads it, and you just hit flash after it loads.
soundofcarnage said:
I looked a little more into ad sideload. I sideloaded a zip of the Rom I wanted and then chose to flash through sideload.
You pretty much:
Download your rom and put it into your fasboot directory oin your.
Boot into recovery and choose "install" then "install zip from sideload"
It should say to now type into command promt "adb sideload romfilrname"
It then loads it, and you just hit flash after it loads.
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with no o/s and im pretty much on the same boat, how did you get adb to read your device? when i type in adb devices it gives me a blank list of devices
It worked for without ever actually listing my device.
soundofcarnage said:
It worked for without ever actually listing my device.
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Oh okay, this is basically my last step. Im stuck on cannot read sideload. is it because of the romfilename? or am i missing something.
IceAzures said:
Oh okay, this is basically my last step. Im stuck on cannot read sideload. is it because of the romfilename? or am i missing something.
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Are you adding .zip after filename?
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rsims26 said:
Are you adding .zip after filename?
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no ill try that
IceAzures said:
no ill try that
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That's kinda necessary.
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Sorry if i am making things complicated. I havent done adb since January to unlock bootloader and install custom recovery
IceAzures said:
Sorry if i am making things complicated. I havent done adb since January to unlock bootloader and install custom recovery
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you have old adb
just adb push it and then flash in recovery
adb push some_damn_rom.zip /sdcard/
beaups said:
you have old adb
just adb push it and then flash in recovery
adb push some_damn_rom.zip /sdcard/
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The longer this happens the more i feel like an idiot. I can't push anything either. Where in sdk is a new adb and how much more will it help?
IceAzures said:
The longer this happens the more i feel like an idiot. I can't push anything either. Where in sdk is a new adb and how much more will it help?
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hmm thought I replied.
cwr has issues with adb
download twrp recovery and flash it - http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/dlx
beaups said:
hmm thought I replied.
cwr has issues with adb
download twrp recovery and flash it - http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/dlx
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You did, there's 2 different threads he's posting in.
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So not sure exactly what happened while running the lastest paranoid build. Everything was fine until a random reboot happened, said proccess stopped working and rebooted once more except for im on white screen. went to wipe data and reflash the rom but sd card has been wiped. I am s-on and cant get adb to recognize my device. Any advice please.
IceAzures said:
So not sure exactly what happened while running the lastest paranoid build. Everything was fine until a random reboot happened, said proccess stopped working and rebooted once more except for im on white screen. went to wipe data and reflash the rom but sd card has been wiped. I am s-on and cant get adb to recognize my device. Any advice please.
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go into recovery and try turning adb sideload on then off and see if adb recognizes your device after that.
failed to open driver control: no such file or directory
when i start adb, it zooms really fast through codes and then exits.
IceAzures said:
failed to open driver control: no such file or directory
when i start adb, it zooms really fast through codes and then exits.
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Then you didn't set adb up correctly
Edit: now that I think of it you may be typing in the command incorrectly.
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Ill reinstall the sdk and drivers and ill report back.
This is the correct way right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2131284
edit1: so to use adb im using the windows vista cmd promt correct?
edit 2: okay so we are somewhere. Adb now works. I just need to get the dna to be able to be detected. Any way i can do this?
(double post accident)
IceAzures said:
(double post accident)
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Get into twrp
Find to sideload option.
Select it.
Plug your phone into your computer, make sure to use usb 2.0 not 3.0.
Open up a command prompt where the rom is located.
Type adb sideload rom.zip
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Bigandrewgold said:
Get into twrp
Find to sideload option.
Select it.
Plug your phone into your computer, make sure to use usb 2.0 not 3.0.
Open up a command prompt where the rom is located.
Type adb sideload rom.zip
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So i was getting help from another member and I feel like he is getting frustrated as I am. Im running CWM 6.0.2.1 and this is what im dealing with
Device is not recognized even though i have the drivers for it. I heard USB debugging is enabled regardless in recovery I just don't know why I cant push or sideload anything even if im on install zip from sideload.
IceAzures said:
So i was getting help from another member and I feel like he is getting frustrated as I am. Im running CWM 6.0.2.1 and this is what im dealing with
Device is not recognized even though i have the drivers for it. I heard USB debugging is enabled regardless in recovery I just don't know why I cant push or sideload anything even if im on install zip from sideload.
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CWR has some issues with adb. flash latest version of twrp here:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/dlx
beaups said:
CWR has some issues with adb. flash latest version of twrp here:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/dlx
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Do you think vista might be an interference? Im currently on waiting on device while trying to flash the recovery in fastboot
IceAzures said:
Do you think vista might be an interference? Im currently on waiting on device while trying to flash the recovery in fastboot
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nope. Vista sucks and all, but it isn't the problem here.
IceAzures said:
Do you think vista might be an interference?
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There's your problem. "Vista"
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beaups said:
nope. Vista sucks and all, but it isn't the problem here.
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So what would you recommend at this point? Because at this rate im surprised my phone is not dead yet. Although i do see the led light in recovery mode
AGoogleUser said:
There's your problem. "Vista"
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Yeah and unfortunately its all i got
IceAzures said:
So what would you recommend at this point? Because at this rate im surprised my phone is not dead yet. Although i do see the led light in recovery mode
Yeah and unfortunately its all i got
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I'd recommend you flash twrp then adb push your rom, then flash it
Okay im going to post the steps and maybe this will be easier for all of us.
1- Flashed Paranoid
2- Flashed crpalmers boot.img in flashgui
3- Phone was good for a solid day, then rebooted.
4- After reboot phone said a lot of the services are force closing and then rebooted into the white htc screen
5- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2131284 and followed it to the T
6- phone is not being recognized in adb
7- went to flash the recovery but its waiting on device even though its in fastboot usb
Maybe im missing a driver or a step I am not sure about but hopefully that helps a bit more than posting little by little.
IceAzures said:
Okay im going to post the steps and maybe this will be easier for all of us.
1- Flashed Paranoid
2- Flashed crpalmers boot.img in flashgui
3- Phone was good for a solid day, then rebooted.
4- After reboot phone said a lot of the services are force closing and then rebooted into the white htc screen
5- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2131284 and followed it to the T
6- phone is not being recognized in adb
7- went to flash the recovery but its waiting on device even though its in fastboot usb
Maybe im missing a driver or a step I am not sure about but hopefully that helps a bit more than posting little by little.
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Do you htc's adb drivers installed? Not just the sdk.
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reaverclan said:
Do you htc's adb drivers installed? Not just the sdk.
Sent from my VIPER DNA
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I believe i have them installed, but everytime i try to install the drivers via device manager I have windows telling me its already and its latest driver installed.
Good thing though is now my device is being recognized in adb and fastboot <devices> but still having issues pushing or flashing rom
IceAzures said:
I believe i have them installed, but everytime i try to install the drivers via device manager I have windows telling me its already and its latest driver installed.
Good thing though is now my device is being recognized in adb and fastboot <devices> but still having issues pushing or flashing rom
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When in device manager , how is the unit listed? Does the listing have an yellow exclamation point in front of it?
IceAzures said:
I believe i have them installed, but everytime i try to install the drivers via device manager I have windows telling me its already and its latest driver installed.
Good thing though is now my device is being recognized in adb and fastboot but still having issues pushing or flashing rom
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Might want to unplug from the net when installing them so it doesn't look for others which driver version you installing? EDIT: also if you have a otg cable then you can put the rom on a flash drive and flash it from that.
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IceAzures said:
I believe i have them installed, but everytime i try to install the drivers via device manager I have windows telling me its already and its latest driver installed.
Good thing though is now my device is being recognized in adb and fastboot <devices> but still having issues pushing or flashing rom
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What error is it giving you when you try to push a rom.
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Stuck in TWRP with no rom... What's the easiest way to get out of this situation?
I don't know how to set up/use adb push so I would prefer another method if its possible?
Can I fastboot a rom on to the phone ?
djsynth said:
Stuck in TWRP with no rom... What's the easiest way to get out of this situation?
I don't know how to set up/use adb push so I would prefer another method if its possible?
Can I fastboot a rom on to the phone ?
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Only option is adb sideload
Addicted2xda said:
Only option is adb sideload
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can somebody for the love of god please tell me how to do it, I haven't got a clue...
how do I set up adb sideload???
djsynth said:
can somebody for the love of god please tell me how to do it, I haven't got a clue...
how do I set up adb sideload???
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please read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2213910
and this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2066390
in depth and only then ask again if you still don't know what to do. Using search function also does not harm, there are like 100 other threads where it is explained how to solve this...
sry, i don't want to sound impolite, but it's very exhausting to explain it again and again...
Go into mount in twrp and mount ya phone why it's connected via usb to ya laptop and simply drag a new rom to ya sd.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317986
Backflash
Samething happened to me what i did is i just did an ruu and just re-rooted it using hasoon's toolkit
n-0-s said:
Go into mount in twrp and mount ya phone why it's connected via usb to ya laptop and simply drag a new rom to ya sd.
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HOX+ can't do that. It would probably be best if you owned the device before trying to offer help troubleshooting problems with it.
Good evening Ladies & Gents.
Firstly can I say, this site has been my bible, and I am so very very grateful for all the work that everyone has put in to making this site what it is.
Now down to business.
I have an HOX+ and have been flashing for about a year now but still consider myself to be a complete nub! first with hox then i broke it and now hox+. Im in a bit of a predicament.
I flashed a version of aosp 4.4 onto the phone, installed from the zip file, cleared the cache, user data and dalvik.
rebooted, and got stuck in a boot loop.
So i went to my backup and restored from there...
boot loop again.
So i went back into bootloader, then fastboot, and reflashed the viper+ 2.0.1 that I had on before.
But when I got stuck on sending boot
Now im stuck in a boot loop, none of my backups will restore properly.
I fear I am hardbricked as I cant get anything to work...
Any help before I have to be back at work tomorrow would be very helpful! and even more appreciated!
Yours
A very frustrated and stressed British nub
Sorry, also, I have checked through xda and I cant seem to find anything that would explain why I am stuck!
flash the boot.img
from a welsh person who can't understand why people cannot flash rom's correctly
Fastboot
Lloir said:
flash the boot.img
from a welsh person who can't understand why people cannot flash rom's correctly
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I used "fastboot flash boot boot.img" in my cmd, like i always have done, and this time it doesn't want to work...at all
ryutnm said:
I used "fastboot flash boot boot.img" in my cmd, like i always have done, and this time it doesn't want to work...at all
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you tried fulling wiping? then just flashing the rom + bootimage after
thanks
Lloir said:
you tried fulling wiping? then just flashing the rom + bootimage after
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No, does that require different fastboot commands?
i have cwm touch recovery installed. Would that make a difference?
Also, could I just say thank you in advance for your help sir!
ryutnm said:
No, does that require different fastboot commands?
i have cwm touch recovery installed. Would that make a difference?
Also, could I just say thank you in advance for your help sir!
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Unless you mean the user data and cache wipe.
Then yeah i did that
ryutnm said:
Unless you mean the user data and cache wipe.
Then yeah i did that
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Data/system/cache
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ryutnm said:
Good evening Ladies & Gents.
Firstly can I say, this site has been my bible, and I am so very very grateful for all the work that everyone has put in to making this site what it is.
Now down to business.
I have an HOX+ and have been flashing for about a year now but still consider myself to be a complete nub! first with hox then i broke it and now hox+. Im in a bit of a predicament.
I flashed a version of aosp 4.4 onto the phone, installed from the zip file, cleared the cache, user data and dalvik.
rebooted, and got stuck in a boot loop.
So i went to my backup and restored from there...
boot loop again.
So i went back into bootloader, then fastboot, and reflashed the viper+ 2.0.1 that I had on before.
But when I got stuck on sending boot
Now im stuck in a boot loop, none of my backups will restore properly.
I fear I am hardbricked as I cant get anything to work...
Any help before I have to be back at work tomorrow would be very helpful! and even more appreciated!
Yours
A very frustrated and stressed British nub
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Well the bootlooping has something to do with not flashing the boot.img stated by yourself and lloir. About that bug of "Sending boot.img", it happens to me but I fix it by running CMD as administrator , If that doesnt work, try using a different usb port. Preferably one directly to pc/laptop rather than using a hub. Try a 3.0usb port first, if that doesnt work then 2.0usb port.
P.S Without S-Off you can't become hardbricked. Till now I didn't see a single person who bricked their HOX+ unless he received an S-Off developer phone..
Lloir said:
Data/system/cache
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Im now only getting "waiting for device"
which I can only assume means my pc now doesnt even recognise the phone when its booted in bootloader/fastboot usb mode?
ryutnm said:
Im now only getting "waiting for device"
which I can only assume means my pc now doesnt even recognise the phone when its booted in bootloader/fastboot usb mode?
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stop....Hammer time...
have you got a rom on the sdcard (in cwm) if yes
wipe data/system/cache
then
reboot into bootloader
fastboot flash boot boot.img
if not ----------
full wipe (as above)
adb sideload romname.zip
then reboot into bootloader as above
Lloir said:
stop....Hammer time...
have you got a rom on the sdcard (in cwm) if yes
wipe data/system/cache
then
reboot into bootloader
fastboot flash boot boot.img
if not ----------
full wipe (as above)
adb sideload romname.zip
then reboot into bootloader as above
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I have the zip on the internal storage as i dont have "sd/ext" or what ever the extention is. When I bought the phone I never had the sd card. Never was able to save anything onto an sd card.
so should i try installing from the zip? even though the fastboot commands arent working?
or would a sideload skip the fastboot commands?
or am i just being completely retarded
Edt - just tried the sideload using the cmd, and i had error: device not found
so windows isnt recognising my phone...it was working this morning
ryutnm said:
I have the zip on the internal storage as i dont have "sd/ext" or what ever the extention is. When I bought the phone I never had the sd card. Never was able to save anything onto an sd card.
so should i try installing from the zip? even though the fastboot commands arent working?
or would a sideload skip the fastboot commands?
or am i just being completely retarded
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Why am i being ignored you guys lol. Did you try my solution ?
Terribly Sorry
Ghand0ur said:
Why am i being ignored you guys lol. Did you try my solution ?
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dude, im so sorry - i didnt even see the post!
i will try now!
sorry again
edt - still no joy as for some reason my phone is no longer being recognised by my pc =[
HTC sync uninstalled ?
you have killed adb (if on windows just kick open taskman and kill adb)
or in cmd\terminal adb kill-server
then do adb devices
reboot pc?
try a different usb cable (maybe the one from your charger if you are not using that one)
*edit the above is assuming you are in recovery
IF NOT in recovery, but fastboot_usb mode
then fastboot devices (but you cannot do jack apart from flash boot image)
IF in recovery, you got a few choices
wait 5-10minutes (don't ask, it's a common issue with the X+ and CWM\TWRP)
put the device in adb sideload for a minute or so (^ see above reason)
i have adb issues in CWM\TWRP myself, especially when i have no rom and so on, so i know your frustration, patience young padwan
looking good so far
Ghand0ur said:
Why am i being ignored you guys lol. Did you try my solution ?
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Lloir said:
HTC sync uninstalled ?
you have killed adb (if on windows just kick open taskman and kill adb)
or in cmd\terminal adb kill-server
then do adb devices
reboot pc?
try a different usb cable (maybe the one from your charger if you are not using that one)
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So I tried starting cmd in administrator mode [never had to before]
- Didnt work
- Plugged into a different usb slot as lloir suggested, didnt get the "windows does not recognise this device" this time
restarted cmd as admin like Ghandour suggested.
Just managed to install the viperx+ 2.0.1 rom and i am now setting it up!
THANK YOU SO FREAKING MUCH GUYS [and gals if either of you are female]!
do you know why I had to start using cmd as an administrator?
ryutnm said:
So I tried starting cmd in administrator mode [never had to before]
- Didnt work
- Plugged into a different usb slot as lloir suggested, didnt get the "windows does not recognise this device" this time
restarted cmd as admin like Ghandour suggested.
Just managed to install the viperx+ 2.0.1 rom and i am now setting it up!
THANK YOU SO FREAKING MUCH GUYS [and gals if either of you are female]!
do you know why I had to start using cmd as an administrator?
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might be because of where you have the adb tools. and i'am 100% male
thanks
Lloir said:
might be because of where you have the adb tools. and i'am 100% male
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well dude, thank you for your help!
I dont understand why though, ive been using this pc the whole time to flash recovery images and boot images and never had to use admin
Thank you
Also a thank you to Ghand0ur for your help as well!
So very much appreciated
ryutnm said:
Also a thank you to Ghand0ur for your help as well!
So very much appreciated
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Glad you got it working. Just always try those common solutions:
-Restart PC
-Run as admin
-unplug replug
-reboot phone
-try different usb port
-try different usb cable.
I just purchased the Sprint variant of the HTC One Max and decided to unlock the bootloader to root it. I followed the instructions up to the point where I have to have to run the fastboot command in CMD. The example shows the CMD changing its directory to \Android. When I try to do this, I'm given the error: "The system cannot find the path specified." I tried just doing fastboot command, but came back with "fastboot is not recognized..."
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. Android SDK, Java Runtime, and HTC Sync are all installed and updated.
Thanks in advance!
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I just purchased the Sprint variant of the HTC One Max and decided to unlock the bootloader to root it. I followed the instructions up to the point where I have to have to run the fastboot command in CMD. The example shows the CMD changing its directory to \Android. When I try to do this, I'm given the error: "The system cannot find the path specified." I tried just doing fastboot command, but came back with "fastboot is not recognized..."
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. Android SDK, Java Runtime, and HTC Sync are all installed and updated.
Thanks in advance!
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You need to run cmd prompt as admin and CD to wherever the platform tools folder is installed (part of the sdk)...
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dottat said:
You need to run cmd prompt as admin and CD to wherever the platform tools folder is installed (part of the sdk)...
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Thank you for the quick reply.
This worked, but when I attempt to run the command for the fastboot I get an error saying "The program can't start because AdbWinApi.dll is missing from your computer."
Was this something that was supposed to be installed from one of the Android SDK installs?
bb2si said:
Thank you for the quick reply.
This worked, but when I attempt to run the command for the fastboot I get an error saying "The program can't start because AdbWinApi.dll is missing from your computer."
Was this something that was supposed to be installed from one of the Android SDK installs?
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Sounds like part of it didn't install correctly. Rinse and repeat. Maybe something got hosed in your earlier attempts.
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dottat said:
Sounds like part of it didn't install correctly. Rinse and repeat. Maybe something got hosed in your earlier attempts.
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I happened to have found the file in a different folder. Should I just drag and drop it into the adt folder?
bb2si said:
I happened to have found the file in a different folder. Should I just drag and drop it into the adt folder?
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Which folder and what else was in it ?
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Which folder and what else was in it ?
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It was in the sdk\platform-tools folder.
Does the command line have to be directed to the folder containing the fastboot application file? Inside said platform-tools folder is the fastboot file as well as the ApbWinApi.dll file.
OH! I think I got it! I'll report back with final details...
Keep your fingers crossed!!!
bb2si said:
OH! I think I got it! I'll report back with final details...
Keep your fingers crossed!!!
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Lol....didn't I say platform tools the first time ? Good luck man...
Btw if you get it working you just learned one of the most important prerequisites for android modding.
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dottat said:
Lol....didn't I say platform tools the first time ? Good luck man...
Btw if you get it working you just learned one of the most important prerequisites for android modding.
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Yep! Unlocked the bootloader successfully! Now, I'm trying to Root and the instructions I'm following are good, but I'm stuck again - It says to run CMD and use the command "adb devices." It comes back with nothing found, yet, according to the instructions my phone's serial number should be listed. I placed the Superuser.zip file in the phone's storage (per requisite) and tried to run the command with the phone on normally and again in the bootloader.
No luck... Suggestions?
Edit: USB Debugging wasn't on... Trying again...
bb2si said:
Yep! Unlocked the bootloader successfully! Now, I'm trying to Root and the instructions I'm following are good, but I'm stuck again - It says to run CMD and use the command "adb devices." It comes back with nothing found, yet, according to the instructions my phone's serial number should be listed. I placed the Superuser.zip file in the phone's storage (per requisite) and tried to run the command with the phone on normally and again in the bootloader.
No luck... Suggestions?
Edit: USB Debugging wasn't on... Trying again...
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If you are unlocked you can simply download a custom recovery for your phone into your fastboot directory and boot your phone to boot loader (fastboot) mode. Flash your recovery using your appropriate fastboot command. Then boot to your new custom recovery and flash the su.zip you copied to the phone from recovery.
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dottat said:
If you are unlocked you can simply download a custom recovery for your phone into your fastboot directory and boot your phone to boot loader (fastboot) mode. Flash your recovery using your appropriate fastboot command. Then boot to your new custom recovery and flash the su.zip you copied to the phone from recovery.
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Everything went smoothly! I am now rooted and excited to get to work!
Thank you for your time and help!
bb2si said:
Everything went smoothly! I am now rooted and excited to get to work!
Thank you for your time and help!
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Good deal. You may want to investigate s-off'ing that thing too while you still can. Just make sure you download the right version for your phone and run as admin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525375
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dottat said:
Good deal. You may want to investigate s-off'ing that thing too while you still can. Just make sure you download the right version for your phone and run as admin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525375
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Would that solve my next problem? (I'm such a sputz)
I'm rooted, but I can't uninstall anything with Titanium Backup. The last time this happened on my S3 I was told to install SuperSU and install updated binaries. I did that, but when I reboot and go back into SuoerSU it acymts as if it never happened. Apps I uninstalled are still present, too.
Would S-offing solve this?
Edit: Also, I get an annoying pop-up when I start the phone up that says vDN client has failed. Even before I unlocked and rooted. Any way to stop this?
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bb2si said:
Would that solve my next problem? (I'm such a sputz)
I'm rooted, but I can't uninstall anything with Titanium Backup. The last time this happened on my S3 I was told to install SuperSU and install updated binaries. I did that, but when I reboot and go back into SuoerSU it acymts as if it never happened. Apps I uninstalled are still present, too.
Would S-offing solve this?
Edit: Also, I get an annoying pop-up when I start the phone up that says vDN client has failed. Even before I unlocked and rooted. Any way to stop this?
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You need to flash an insecure boot.img to disable system write protection. S-off would allow you to recover your phone using both signed and unsigned ruu. The advantage of that is when you hose your phone and there's not a current ruu for the version your phone is on - s-on user would be screwed because you cannot downgrade. Just one of many reasons.
The fc problem I'm not sure. If you aren't using that app you can disable it in the stock app manager. Same goes for stuff you might normally remove with tibu. Be warned too that future otas will likely fail if system apps are missing.
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bb2si said:
Would that solve my next problem? (I'm such a sputz)
I'm rooted, but I can't uninstall anything with Titanium Backup. The last time this happened on my S3 I was told to install SuperSU and install updated binaries. I did that, but when I reboot and go back into SuoerSU it acymts as if it never happened. Apps I uninstalled are still present, too.
Would S-offing solve this?
Edit: Also, I get an annoying pop-up when I start the phone up that says vDN client has failed. Even before I unlocked and rooted. Any way to stop this?
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i have noticed someelse posting about the vDN client failing.. it your providers bloatware if i remember correctly and i think @dottat has a good suggestion! disabled it
So I somehow lost root privileges... After S-offing, I was asked to update the SU binary through the Superuser app (not SuperSU) and I did so. When the install finished, I went into Titanium Backup and was told I'm not rooted.
Went back into Superuser and it didn't prompt for an update, but SuperSU did. Attempted and failed.
Went into recovery and tried to recover root - no luck.
HALP!
bb2si said:
So I somehow lost root privileges... After S-offing, I was asked to update the SU binary through the Superuser app (not SuperSU) and I did so. When the install finished, I went into Titanium Backup and was told I'm not rooted.
Went back into Superuser and it didn't prompt for an update, but SuperSU did. Attempted and failed.
Went into recovery and tried to recover root - no luck.
HALP!
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Easy...Download this and flash in recovery
http://download.chainfire.eu/382/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip
Make sure you aren't running both supersu and superuser. I prefer supersu
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Huzzah! Thanks again! Hopefully I can actually freeze/remove system apps without them being brought back after a reboot. Also, in the picture provided, what is that icon in the notification bar just right of the GPS icon? And, is there any way to hide some of the icons?
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Don't use Superuser by ChainsDD anymore.. Personally I would love to continue to use it but he is basically no longer supporting his Superuser app and binary and hasn't updated it in a very long time. SuperSU by Chainfire is constantly being updated therefore made to work with all current versions of Android.. Quite frankly it's all the same basically anyways I just liked the skull and cross bone look lol... Chainfire is a monster as well and has a ton of root related apps and cool things going on. ChainsDD I guess passed the torch on to Chainfire???
bb2si said:
Huzzah! Thanks again! Hopefully I can actually freeze/remove system apps without them being brought back after a reboot. Also, in the picture provided, what is that icon in the notification bar just right of the GPS icon? And, is there any way to hide some of the icons?
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Also I have no idea what that icon is next to the GPS icon.. You must be on Sprint, I'm on Verizon and I don't think I've seen that icon before..