*Fixed*
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I just go the phone today and I have unlocked it and it all went well. I was looking at installing ViperDNA on to my phone. So I started to follow instructions in the Viper thread
1. I "tried" to install TWRP through the Goo method and after downloading the file it told me that recovery was no installed.
2. I rebooted in to bootloader and hit power button to enter fastboot then I scrolled down to where it says recovery and I hit power again. Phone displayed a message up the top that it was now entering recovery. The phone did not go to recovery it simply rebooted all the way back to my phones home screen.
I then though hmm well maybe I didn't install it properly so I follwed the instructions using Goo again but still nothing happened.
I noticed there was an alternative method to flash recovery by using ADB. I put the file in to the same directory as where my adb/fastbood reside and I booted in to fastboot again and in cmd prompt I entered "flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-dlx.img"
It seemed to flash and gave me a response which I can't remember now but it said OK!.
I then proceeded to try and enter recovery again but this time it has sent my phone in to a bootloop. It will not pass the Droid splashscreen. I can however still access bootloader mode.
I also noticed now in my Bootloader above where it says Unlocked it also says Tampered?
Phone doesn't seem to be recognised by ADB anymore neither. adb devices returns with a blank space
I'm a long time Samsung user so usually in this situation I would use Odin and flash a stock firmware but I don't know the process with HTC
I don't have a backup because I hadn't got to this stage yet!
Any advice as to what to do now
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if you can still get the phone into fastboot mode then you should be fine.. when in fastboot mode the command "adb devices" will not return any entries.. when in fastboot you should use the command
fastboot devices
and see if your phone shows up there.. also the command for flashing a recovery in fastboot is:
fastboot flash recovery "your recovery filename.img" without the quotations though..
so the exact command would be the fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-dlx.img if that is what the recovery file on your computer is named.
then hit enter it should say sending etc...
I always then do the command
fastboot reboot-bootloader then the phone will reboot into the fastboot screen, then manually select recovery and see that it worked that time.
lazarus2297 said:
if you can still get the phone into fastboot mode then you should be fine.. when in fastboot mode the command "adb devices" will not return any entries.. when in fastboot you should use the command
fastboot devices
and see if your phone shows up there.. also the command for flashing a recovery in fastboot is:
fastboot flash recovery "your recovery filename.img" without the quotations though..
so the exact command would be the fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-dlx.img if that is what the recovery file on your computer is named.
then hit enter it should say sending etc...
I always then do the command
fastboot reboot-bootloader then the phone will reboot into the fastboot screen, then manually select recovery and see that it worked that time.
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After attempting this it hangs here:
C:\Android-adb>fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-dlx.img
< waiting for device >
EDIT* Rookie mistake for it hanging. I was only in bootloader not Fastboot. However, this worked and I love you. I will now flash Viper. Do I still need to flash the Kernel Modules?
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After attempting this it hangs here:
C:\Android-adb>fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0-dlx.img
< waiting for device >
EDIT* Rookie mistake for it hanging. I was only in bootloader not Fastboot. However, this worked and I love you. I will now flash Viper. Do I still need to flash the Kernel Modules?
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flashing the modules for the kernel is always a good idea just flash that after you flash your ROM..
and you are welcome just glad I could help!!
lazarus2297 said:
flashing the modules for the kernel is always a good idea just flash that after you flash your ROM..
and you are welcome just glad I could help!!
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lol. Now Aroma is being a pain in the ass. It won't let me click Next to install. haha
EDIT* Maybe because of the smaller TWRP or maybe not but I had to try again and then click next but about 2" higher than where it says it :S
I am not a huge fan of aroma... i had issues when i tried to flash my DNA the first time.. that is something that you just have to keep trying unfortunately it seems... i have seen where people had to aroma freeze on them multiple times before finally completing the flash... some tips i have seen is keep the phone flat... also keep it plugged in.. I can't vouch for any of these being actual fixes but hey "it's only weird if it doesn't work"
Do you know the load time on a ROMs first boot after flash?
The ROM said it was installing and at about 8% the screen went all grey and then rebooted in to the HTC splash screen and hasn't changed for about 15 minutes. Tried it twice
EDIT* Would only flash using CWM
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Do you know the load time on a ROMs first boot after flash?
The ROM said it was installing and at about 8% the screen went all grey and then rebooted in to the HTC splash screen and hasn't changed for about 15 minutes. Tried it twice
EDIT* Would only flash using CWM
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glad to hear it sorry for the slow response.. i was away for a bit..
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glad to hear it sorry for the slow response.. i was away for a bit..
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All good. Thanks for your assistance
I am usually the guy helping other people. It's quite an unusual change going from Samsung to HTC!
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hello I used the Revolutionary to achieve s-off and install clockwork recovery, then my phone booted up and update the prl and hands free and such. now when i boot into the bootloader if i select recovery it goes to the HTC logo screen and does nothing and if i even just try to power on my device same screen HTC logo only thing i can do is volume down and power to access bootloader
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hello I used the Revolutionary to achieve s-off and install clockwork recovery, then my phone booted up and update the prl and hands free and such. now when i boot into the bootloader if i select recovery it goes to the HTC logo screen and does nothing and if i even just try to power on my device same screen HTC logo only thing i can do is volume down and power to access bootloader
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recovery didnt flash, you arent bricked. just flash team win project recovery
Definitely not bricked, you probably just scared a whole bunch of people.
Follow this i had the same issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192245
when i open the fastboot.exe the adb shell windows (dos) opens and closes extremly fast no idea what it said
some people need to learn the definition of Bricked.
Bricked= exactly that the phone is now good for. a brick. (A.K.A: paperweight, doorstop, etc.) lol
yeah, just do what the others of told you, you'll get it squared away.
smokin1337 said:
Follow this i had the same issue http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192245
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i followed instructions and flashed the recovery thru fastboot usb in the bootloader but still nothing
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/52/18712672.jpg/
spinx1337 said:
i followed instructions and flashed the recovery thru fastboot usb in the bootloader but still nothing
http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/52/18712672.jpg/
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Take out flash_image and replace with just "flash" <---No Quotes!
did you download fastboot from htc site? do you have sdk downloaded? i had same issue. cwm didnt take. i flashed teamwins no issues at all.
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Take out flash_image and replace with just "flash" <---No Quotes!
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if i do that i get
unknown partition 'recovery-twrp-shooter-1.0.0.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'recovery-twrp-shooter-1.0.0.img'
spinx1337 said:
if i do that i get
unknown partition 'recovery-twrp-shooter-1.0.0.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'recovery-twrp-shooter-1.0.0.img'
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Is your file called "recovery-twrp-shooter-1.0.0.img"? Also is it in the same folder as ADB/Fastboot?
okay finally got the image to flash start to send once on writing image fails remote partition does not exist
had to type
fastboot flash image recovery-twrp-shooter-1.0.0.img in the cmd prompt
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Is your file called "recovery-twrp-shooter-1.0.0.img"? Also is it in the same folder as ADB/Fastboot?
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yes same directory
spinx1337 said:
okay finally got the image to flash start to send once on writing image fails remote partition does not exist
had to type
fastboot flash image recovery-twrp-shooter-1.0.0.img in the cmd prompt
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It is
fastboot flash recovery recovery-twrp-shooter-1.0.0.img
that you need to type in cmd. You have to tell it where to flash (in this case the recovery partition).
Let me know if that works for you.
thanks for your help now i have recovery working my phone still wont boot up ill have to find a factory rom on the web
Your welcome. Glad I could help!
There is a rom in the development section. Not sure if it works though. You could run the RUU and then redo everything now that you know exactly how.
Have you tried a factory reset from the bootloader after getting the recovery to work?
just did a factory reset thru TWRP and its stuck on the HTC logo screen trying to boot up same issue as earlier Im not sure why my phone will not boot up. seems like only thing i can do is access the bootloader
How long do you wait before you decide it wont boot?
10-15 minutes should i wait longer?
Nah, that should be good. http://forum.xdadevelopers.com/showthread.phpt=1092957&highlight=ruu
Do this then the whole process over.
Hey guys.
I am assuming my phone is not "bricked" because I can still get to the clockworkmod interface and mount usb and things like that, but I cant get any roms to load. I followed all the instructions and multiple videos to make sure I did my 1.5 right. Seems to be find as far as root. When I logged in to my old backup i had superuser and all.
I tried to install the WARM rom, but didnt work, so i restored my backup and bought Flash Image GUI which then I loaded the WARM zip and it said it found the Kernel and went to install it. It then asked me to reboot, which I did, and then proceeded to install the rest of the ROM via clockwork install ZIP, after doing that I can no longer even restore my backup.
If i try to load WARM, it just sits at white HTC screen and never changes. If I try to load MIUI, it loads to HTC screen, makes a sound and then goes black forever with backlight on but black and buttons lit.
That is all I can currently do. My backup no longer loads or works.
Is my phone bricked? I dont think so since I can get to clockworkmod, but what can I do to try to get it back up and running?
Thanks,
M374llic4.
Your kernel is most likely the problem. When using the the flash image GUI, dont accept when it asks you to reboot, manually hold down the power button and reboot yourself. Hook up your phone to the computer and boot into fastboot usb and fastboot boot recovery.img then install the warm rom. This will ensure you have access to flash the kernel.
JayDaKissEP said:
Your kernel is most likely the problem. When using the the flash image GUI, dont accept when it asks you to reboot, manually hold down the power button and reboot yourself. Hook up your phone to the computer and boot into fastboot usb and fastboot boot recovery.img then install the warm rom. This will ensure you have access to flash the kernel.
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Hey man, I am following most of what you said, but when yo said boot in to fastboot usb, I know how to do that, but how do i fastboot recovery.img, where is that?
m374llic4 said:
Hey man, I am following most of what you said, but when yo said boot in to fastboot usb, I know how to do that, but how do i fastboot recovery.img, where is that?
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A friend kinda having a similiar issue with this.. but I tried this all on his computer and not sure if it's driver issues or not.. but I can't get adb to communicate with this phone.. when I use " adb device's " it doesn't show up.. but If i plug my phone it - it picks it up.. Same issue as the guy above it seems.. but when I go into the boot loader - click fastboot and it picks up the usb.. i still can't get them to talk.. any idea's?
m374llic4 said:
Hey man, I am following most of what you said, but when yo said boot in to fastboot usb, I know how to do that, but how do i fastboot recovery.img, where is that?
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When you rooted your phone, you should have downloaded a folder called newevo3droot or something like that. There's adb files, fastboot..etc and this is how you would have flashed clockworl recovery. Since you are on hboot 1.5, you need to go into fastboot and connect usb so that it says fastboot-usb, then you need to run the command fastboot boot recovery.img. Recovery.img is the name of the recovery image file in that folder. I think it's something like cwm******.img
I did download that, and had some help from someone in the IRC channel and he got me back up up and running! Turns out you have to use USB fastboot on the phone along with fastboot.exe via cmd prompt on the pc with the CWM.exe to load the kernel, then once you do that, you use the phone cwm load from zip to load the rest of the rom and you are good to go!
JayDaKissEP said:
When you rooted your phone, you should have downloaded a folder called newevo3droot or something like that. There's adb files, fastboot..etc and this is how you would have flashed clockworl recovery. Since you are on hboot 1.5, you need to go into fastboot and connect usb so that it says fastboot-usb, then you need to run the command fastboot boot recovery.img. Recovery.img is the name of the recovery image file in that folder. I think it's something like cwm******.img
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Yeah, thats what I did with some help from a fellow XDA member via IRC and it worked perfect! I was trying to do it all via the CWM on the phone side only, not via command prompt which was my issue.
So I have been installing this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2188931 .
I installed just the rom and not the update and now my phone will not boot it turns onto the htc first screen and vibrates a few times.
I have tried going into recovery mode and starting again but recovery does not now boot the phone restarts and the above happens.
I have installed fast boot on my computer but when I run it, it flashes up for a second then closes.
Thanks in advance for your help.
sodamhall said:
So I have been installing this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2188931 .
I installed just the rom and not the update and now my phone will not boot it turns onto the htc first screen and vibrates a few times.
I have tried going into recovery mode and starting again but recovery does not now boot the phone restarts and the above happens.
I have installed fast boot on my computer but when I run it, it flashes up for a second then closes.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Well, without knowing any details about your phone and what update you were on, which recovery you used, whether or not you are S-On / S-Off, then we're just shooting in the dark trying to help.
If fastboot flashes for a sec and closes, then you are not using fastboot right. You have to run it from the Command Prompt. You don't double click on the fastboot.exe .
Can you still get to the bootloader mode?
And I have to ask, but you're sure you got the right rom from the right forum as there are quite a few different variants of the Desire...?
es0tericcha0s said:
Well, without knowing any details about your phone and what update you were on, which recovery you used, whether or not you are S-On / S-Off, then we're just shooting in the dark trying to help.
If fastboot flashes for a sec and closes, then you are not using fastboot right. You have to run it from the Command Prompt. You don't double click on the fastboot.exe .
Can you still get to the bootloader mode?
And I have to ask, but you're sure you got the right rom from the right forum as there are quite a few different variants of the Desire...?
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How do I open fastboot from a command prompt I just need to know what to type.
I can still get into bootloader fine on the phone and my pc knows its contected via usb.
I know the phone was running a different recovery mode than standard but I don't know witch one. I think it may have been xloader or something with a x.
Its a standard desire. Regards Wayne
I have manged to load bootloader with command prompt and I want to remove the rom I have installed how do I go about this? Regards again, Wayne
O.K so I have loaded up bootloader and thought -w would be the command I am looking for, all I get from bootload on my computer is: waiting for device. I have attached a screen shot. Regards Wayne
You'll have to find an appropriate recovery.img and use fastboot to install. Make sure the img file is in the fastboot directory and while connected in bootloader/fastboot mode:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (where recovery.img is the name of your file - it can be whatever.img and you can rename it to whatever you want as long as you don't change the extension .img)
and see if you can boot to recovery at that point. If not, then you will probably have to use an RUU to return to stock and start over.
If you can get into the custom recovery, then you can reinstall another rom. Keep in mind, if S-On, then you will probably need to use fastboot to install the boot.img like so:
fastboot flash boot boot.img (here boot.img should remain named that)
OK, so I was rolling along just fine...
Got Fastboot up and running, got myself an unlocked bootloader, got myself the latest TWRP image, and no matter WHAT I DO, I can not get TWRP to flash to my device, and it is driving me absolutely INSANE. Below is what i am getting from command prompt. Any help is GREATLY appreciated.
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C:\Users\saltam\Downloads\TWRP>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (13186 KB)...
FAILED (command write failed (Invalid argument))
finished. total time: 0.000s
I am pulling what little hair I have out over here, and I am no beginner when it comes to this stuff. Please help if you can.
Only a couple of things I can think, which I'm sure you've already done. Have you re-downloaded the image file and you have renamed it recovery.img?
Edit, is your bootloader unlocked?
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Boot loader is unlocked, tried everything besides a different computer. Tried different cord, different USB port, everything. It's like once I unlocked the boot loader the tablet stopped communicating with fast boot. Anything I try to do hangs until I hit reboot fast boot then it fails. Irritating the hell out of me...
have you tired using the wugs Nexus root toolkit? http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-9/development/toolkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v1-9-8-t2945451
I was having some trouble TWRP installing as well., and it was able to install TWRP just fine
Close any other running programs, especially Chrome. Then if still not doing it, install CWM Recovery instead, and if you still want TWRP flash it from CWM Recovery.
My N5 won't let me have TWRP, so if you just want the functions of a recovery, try a different one.
blakeslee14 said:
have you tired using the wugs Nexus root toolkit? http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-9/development/toolkit-wugs-nexus-root-toolkit-v1-9-8-t2945451
I was having some trouble TWRP installing as well., and it was able to install TWRP just fine
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Tried Wug's, and got the same result when I got to it sending the fast boot commands. Prompt just hangs until I select reboot fast boot.
craig.buckie said:
Close any other running programs, especially Chrome. Then if still not doing it, install CWM Recovery instead, and if you still want TWRP flash it from CWM Recovery.
My N5 won't let me have TWRP, so if you just want the functions of a recovery, try a different one.
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I'm at my end right now, because I want to remove all this dumb Google bloatware so badly. Was thinking about trying to flash stock image, or relock and unlock boot loader again to see if that does anything, but I'm very nervous that those options might not work because of the fact that fast boot commands aren't working. Certainly don't want to end up with a $400 paperweight...
SwoRNLeaDejZ said:
Tried Wug's, and got the same result when I got to it sending the fast boot commands. Prompt just hangs until I select reboot fast boot.
I'm at my end right now, because I want to remove all this dumb Google bloatware so badly. Was thinking about trying to flash stock image, or relock and unlock boot loader again to see if that does anything, but I'm very nervous that those options might not work because of the fact that fast boot commands aren't working. Certainly don't want to end up with a $400 paperweight...
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I assume you're on 5.0.1. Flash the boot or recovery image from the factory image in fastboot. See if that works. That might rule out a fastboot issue. If it flashed it won't do anything negative to your device
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I assume you're on 5.0.1. Flash the boot or recovery image from the factory image in fastboot. See if that works. That might rule out a fastboot issue. If it flashed it won't do anything negative to your device
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Going to give this a shot now..
Worth mentioning, I ran an OEM Lock command, and successfully relocked the bootloader, so it appears fastboot is at least partially working. Going to attempt to flash the bootloader in the image from Google, because that is all there is. Just bootloader and image, no recovery image. I will post results here. I don't know why fastboot commands are broken after unlocking bootloader, but there is one thing that seems odd to me:
When I run fastboot devices, it returns the following (has been like this from the beginning):
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C:\Users\saltam\Downloads\TWRP>fastboot devices
???????????? fastboot
Thoughts?
Something's not right. Do you have the newest fastboot?
di11igaf said:
Something's not right. Do you have the newest fastboot?
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Yes, recently updated it via the minimalist fastboot/adb tool. This is REALLY irritating the hell out of me at this point... Been trying to get recovery on this stupid tablet all damn day...
I am starting to think this is a read/write error.. It is getting the error whenever it tries to write to the tablet... (sending boot.img results in the error every time)... Anyone know of fastboot/adb commands to check/fix read and write errors
**EDIT**
So, much to my chagrin, it appears to just be my computer... Tried on a different laptop, and was able to get it rooted.. For some odd reason though, I don't think TWRP is installing correctly ??
I am going to try and boot into recovery, but every time i try to flash it with fastboot flash recovery recovery.img it says it was successful, but a boot into recovery mode comes up as the dreaded NO COMMAND laying down Android icon. Super frustrating..
**EDIT 2**
So after much trying of different methods, I was able to successfully flash TWRP with Flashify. Not sure why I couldn't do it manually through fastboot but I'm good now. Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. This can be marked as closed or solved. Thanks!
SwoRNLeaDejZ said:
I am starting to think this is a read/write error.. It is getting the error whenever it tries to write to the tablet... (sending boot.img results in the error every time)... Anyone know of fastboot/adb commands to check/fix read and write errors
**EDIT**
So, much to my chagrin, it appears to just be my computer... Tried on a different laptop, and was able to get it rooted.. For some odd reason though, I don't think TWRP is installing correctly ??
I am going to try and boot into recovery, but every time i try to flash it with fastboot flash recovery recovery.img it says it was successful, but a boot into recovery mode comes up as the dreaded NO COMMAND laying down Android icon. Super frustrating..
**EDIT 2**
So after much trying of different methods, I was able to successfully flash TWRP with Flashify. Not sure why I couldn't do it manually through fastboot but I'm good now. Thanks for all the replies and suggestions. This can be marked as closed or solved. Thanks!
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To your first edit, twrp is probably working correctly. Lollipop forces the stock recovery. There are two files, one in /system and one in /system/bin that force the stock recovery upon boot. You can remove those files or first
fastboot boot twrp.img
Then flash supersu in twrp, then
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
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Got the right USB driver
Dirty Unicorns /Uber / Beanstalk Yuga adm.
xtcdk said:
Got the right USB driver
Dirty Unicorns /Uber / Beanstalk Yuga adm.
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Kind of mystified with your response... Had nothing to do with the USB drivers. Found out afterward that the problem was the security that my company had setup on my laptop (was using my company thinkpad). Switching laptops solved the problem.
**XT2041-4**
hey folks,
i have the gpower/g8power (XT2041-4) and i was able to unlock the bootloader and i have been able to do the fastboot commands but it fails when i do the fastboot system, product, vbmeta commands for the crdroid, lineage and havok. i got into twrp and tried installing the zips for those roms but those failed too.
i got to the android OS start screen but the touchscreen is unresponsive. i have looked through a lot of the threads for this device and can't find anything that works.
any help will be much appreciated because this is my daily driver.
edit: title should be XT2041-4
your best option would be to connect an otg cable, ( best is to make sure you can have a double connection, one for mouse , on connected to the pc) then get into the phone with the non-touchscreen booted rom, connect it to LMSA , and extract the boot.img image that comes with the rom LMSA downloads. you should have a working touchscreen with the version LMSA downloads .
Reason you need a double connection: you need to accept the connection to your pc from the phone
you could also browse to the settings --> about this phone and take a look at the exact ROM that is installed, and find that image on lollinet , then extract and boot the boot.img from that rom.
Hey, I'm having the same problem but I found a workaround.
you can either go in fastboot mode and enter
fastboot set_active b
or go in TWRP and change the active slot to B then proceed to boot up the phone.
In my case, it showed warning saying "cannot boot into system......file maybe corrupted" etc etc, just choose "factory reset" on that screen and your phone should boot into slot B with stock ROM.
That way you can have a functional phone while waiting for the developers to figure out the kernel problem
Cheers
hey thanks guys for taking the time to respond much appreciated.
somehow, no idea, i magically got the phone back to stock and the touchscreen is working. the bootloader is still unlocked so i am not messing with it. that scared the crap out of me lol
Chosimise said:
waiting for the developers to figure out the kernel problem
Cheers
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this bugged me out. so are you saying if i did everything right, those ROMs i downloaded still wouldn't technically work? even if i do the slot B thing?
uglyaf said:
hey thanks guys for taking the time to respond much appreciated.
somehow, no idea, i magically got the phone back to stock and the touchscreen is working. the bootloader is still unlocked so i am not messing with it. that scared the crap out of me lol
this bugged me out. so are you saying if i did everything right, those ROMs i downloaded still wouldn't technically work? even if i do the slot B thing?
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I had a completely different issue with the exact same model. I made a post here asking if anyone had an easy fix, but my guess is that these are just growing pains. Give it a couple months and the roms will likely be much more stable. One of the reasons I bought this phone in the first place is because it usually gets official Lineage OS support at some point. With time, I'm sure things will work great. If you use Windows, going back to stock everything is pretty dead simple with the Lenovo Rescue and Recovery tool, so you can kind of experiment safely if you back everything up.
uglyaf said:
hey thanks guys for taking the time to respond much appreciated.
somehow, no idea, i magically got the phone back to stock and the touchscreen is working. the bootloader is still unlocked so i am not messing with it. that scared the crap out of me lol
this bugged me out. so are you saying if i did everything right, those ROMs i downloaded still wouldn't technically work? even if i do the slot B thing?
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After some tinkering, I actually figured out my problem. There's a big difference between "fastboot mode" (the one you enter by pressing power and vol-) and "Fastbootd" mode.
I did all my flashing in "fastboot mode" and I got no touch screen afterward.
Then there's another hiccup for me (which is why I didn't go in "fastbootd" mode in the first place): When I type in the command in regular "fastboot mode"
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fastboot reboot fastboot
I got an error message saying "reboot fastboot" is not a valid destination or something down those lines.
The problem being, they only added that option in fastboot version r30, so I had to update my ADB and fastboot environment.
And I ran into yet another problem, no matter what I do, the fastboot command is still run with the older version. I guess I messed up the previous installation and the pathing got messy. I ended up using my work laptop for a clean installation of all drivers and it finally solved my problem. I guess I'm saying you need to clean up previous adb and fastboot drivers before using the new ones, especailly if you installed it systemwise.
Anyways, after I booted into "fastbootd" mode and flashed everything with the latest version of fastboot driver, the phone worked flawlessly.
Hope it helps!
hey thanks again for the responses people!
i have managed to get root on stock but still cant get cutsom roms installed at all. they always fail with these 2 methods
a) twrp
unmounting system....invalid zip file format! error installing zip file '/external_sd/....zip' updating partition details....done'
b)using command line
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
i type fastboot devices and it finds my phone. it lists it there but i type fastboot reboot fastboot and it just spams a huge list of commands and nothing changes on the phone. ive seen videos and fastbootd looks just like the old school recovery from droid1 days but idk if thats the same skin look on all devices. i was able to switch the slot from a to b in twrp but that didnt help. i cant figure out how to get into fastboot'D' mode.
im really trying here and im sorry im dumb. as always, any suggestions would be much appreciated. thanks again!
uglyaf said:
hey thanks again for the responses people!
i have managed to get root on stock but still cant get cutsom roms installed at all. they always fail with these 2 methods
a) twrp
unmounting system....invalid zip file format! error installing zip file '/external_sd/....zip' updating partition details....done'
b)using command line
writing 'system'...
(bootloader) Preflash validation failed
FAILED (remote failure)
i type fastboot devices and it finds my phone. it lists it there but i type fastboot reboot fastboot and it just spams a huge list of commands and nothing changes on the phone. ive seen videos and fastbootd looks just like the old school recovery from droid1 days but idk if thats the same skin look on all devices. i was able to switch the slot from a to b in twrp but that didnt help. i cant figure out how to get into fastboot'D' mode.
im really trying here and im sorry im dumb. as always, any suggestions would be much appreciated. thanks again!
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You have no stock recovery, so no fastbootd.
Reflash stock recovery to get fastbootd back
Beetle84 said:
You have no stock recovery, so no fastbootd.
Reflash stock recovery to get fastbootd back
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thank you,
i downloaded "XT2041-4_SOFIA_RETUS_10_QPMS30.80-51-5_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip"
is must be the wrong one?
i used the recovery.img from that and did fastboot devices and it showed up so i did "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" and it had no errors, it worked just fine so i tried fastboot reboot fastboot but i still got that long list of commands (((
i dont get it, what am i doing wrong?
uglyaf said:
thank you,
i downloaded "XT2041-4_SOFIA_RETUS_10_QPMS30.80-51-5_subsidy-DEFAULT_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml.zip"
is must be the wrong one?
i used the recovery.img from that and did fastboot devices and it showed up so i did "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" and it had no errors, it worked just fine so i tried fastboot reboot fastboot but i still got that long list of commands (((
i dont get it, what am i doing wrong?
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Like the other user did a couple of posts up, you probably have to update your adb/fastboot version.
Beetle84 said:
Like the other user did a couple of posts up, you probably have to update your adb/fastboot version.
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ok thanks i did that and got version 1.4.3 it sees my device but when i did the fastboot reboot fastboot i got
fastboot: usage: unknown reboot target fastboot
and nothing happened. does anyone know what that means?
ok yes indeed im a huge idiot. i finally got into fastbootd because i downloaded ADB version R30. THATS the most recent adb version and that did the trick! now i got the fastbootd recovery screen!
regardless, thank you all SOOOOO much for taking the time to respond. much appreciated.
im so excited to get flashing!
peace and love
Boot twrp,( no need to flash) -fastboot boot (whatever you named the recovery img).img- then -adb reboot fastboot-
Should go to fastbootd. future reference
brucedroid031 said:
Boot twrp,( no need to flash) -fastboot boot (whatever you named the recovery img).img- then -adb reboot fastboot-
Should go to fastbootd. future reference
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good look thank you