hi guys!
I had the worst luck ever, my menu button broke! Now i can't enter fastboot mode in order to flash a new kernel (boot.img)
Is there a way to flash it, maybe using flash tool without fastboot mode? Since the kernel is not a tft file, but a img (found in the ROM`s zip file), I cannot just drop into flash tool. A workaround would be great.
I appreciate any help on this, i'm very sad with so many great roms and I can't taste any of them =/
dvdfranco said:
hi guys!
I had the worst luck ever, my menu button broke! Now i can't enter fastboot mode in order to flash a new kernel (boot.img)
Is there a way to flash it, maybe using flash tool without fastboot mode? Since the kernel is not a tft file, but a img (found in the ROM`s zip file), I cannot just drop into flash tool. A workaround would be great.
I appreciate any help on this, i'm very sad with so many great roms and I can't taste any of them =/
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try entering fastboot via ADB
nikufellow said:
try entering fastboot via ADB
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Excellent!! Incredible! thanks SO MUCH you saved my phone rsrs..
the solution is just plug the phone in and type:
adb reboot bootloader
works like a charm! :cyclops:
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Hi,
About an week ago I bought the Vodafone Smart II, first thing I did was rooting it, so I can remove the apps Vodafone send with it.
After that I saw there was an update. Without thinking I did the update and after that I had no recovery anymore. Goes straight to "Are you sure you wanna delete all files and reformat?" *Not the real message, but something like that.
After searching here I foud a recovery for my device, but after flashing it, there was a new problem. The touch buttons aren't working anymore in the recovery.
Volume buttons are working well for scrolling through the menu items, but I can't select when with the touch home button.
Anyone knows what to do or try?
Thanks in advance and sorry for my grammar
I've same problem here...
the same problem here..........But i have someting to tell...
I buy 2 vodafone smart II one for me and another one for my girlfrind.
Mine i do update2 e them i try root it. now i have superuser working but in teh TCT recovery home button dont work.
my girfriend mobile teh same update2 same recovery i have all working. I do 1 backup and put the boot, recovery and system on my mobile and dont work.
My phone is a black ship? LOL
Sorry for my english i am portuguese
same problem here..any one got sullution please..
recovery
Use this recovery and flash it with fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1296444&d=1346526427
Credit to spinky360
If it doesn't work, flash the system.img, custpack.img and data.img of an original Stock rom, and after that do the update 2 (it will fix the touch buttons)
To regain the recovery and root in Update 2 simply use "fastboot reboot recovery" in adb and inside the recovery do the "update.zip" trick to root it
Thnx
ah_burn! said:
Use this recovery and flash it with fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1296444&d=1346526427
Credit to spinky360
If it doesn't work, flash the system.img, custpack.img and data.img of an original Stock rom, and after that do the update 2 (it will fix the touch buttons)
To regain the recovery and root in Update 2 simply use "fastboot reboot recovery" in adb and inside the recovery do the "update.zip" trick to root it
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Thnx Bro too much
I bought this phone for my kid. I also can't boot into recovery with buttons. But i did it within "android commander" reboot to recovery option.
No need to flash the old recovery image.
ah_burn! said:
Use this recovery and flash it with fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1296444&d=1346526427
Credit to spinky360
If it doesn't work, flash the system.img, custpack.img and data.img of an original Stock rom, and after that do the update 2 (it will fix the touch buttons)
To regain the recovery and root in Update 2 simply use "fastboot reboot recovery" in adb and inside the recovery do the "update.zip" trick to root it
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I have 2 of these phones for my son and daughter and one came with a 4 line recovery the other with a reset function
i tried to install the recovery and the soft buttons do not work
any idea whare i can get the system.img and others ?
and does this change the phones language ?
Thanks
Go to roeddie.blogspot.ro
On ota update 3 u have a script batch with rom 0.9.8.
Just look at the pictures and read the texts.
I've made a solution to flash for no recovery or with 4 option recovery phones.
Cheers.
Sent from my Vodafone Smart II using Tapatalk 2
ah_burn! said:
Use this recovery and flash it with fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1296444&d=1346526427
Credit to spinky360
If it doesn't work, flash the system.img, custpack.img and data.img of an original Stock rom, and after that do the update 2 (it will fix the touch buttons)
To regain the recovery and root in Update 2 simply use "fastboot reboot recovery" in adb and inside the recovery do the "update.zip" trick to root it
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Worked 100%
Thnx!
BR
Hi there!
I install on that phone full chose recovery. in recoveryi format all what they give me format system, bootloader ...! After that i cant power on phone, and cant join in fastboot! Phone dont work on any buttons! Is some way how enter hardly in fastboot mode?
thanx
ah_burn! said:
Use this recovery and flash it with fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1296444&d=1346526427
Credit to spinky360
If it doesn't work, flash the system.img, custpack.img and data.img of an original Stock rom, and after that do the update 2 (it will fix the touch buttons)
To regain the recovery and root in Update 2 simply use "fastboot reboot recovery" in adb and inside the recovery do the "update.zip" trick to root it
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it's work ! thank u !:good:
how did you do that
Dear i fine all said it is work could any one help please how did the do it i download file but i could not do recovery or even use fastboot command every time give me external command how i could do it
please help help help help help
HELP!!
Greetings... i have the same problem with my phone... the home button doesnt work...can somebody help me with a step by step solution or point me to one?
ah_burn! said:
Use this recovery and flash it with fastboot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1296444&d=1346526427
Credit to spinky360
If it doesn't work, flash the system.img, custpack.img and data.img of an original Stock rom, and after that do the update 2 (it will fix the touch buttons)
To regain the recovery and root in Update 2 simply use "fastboot reboot recovery" in adb and inside the recovery do the "update.zip" trick to root it
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thnx alot
u saved my ass
i hope if u can provide any coustom rom that support arabic lang.
b.r
fastboot problem
Hi guys,
I am noob not only here in XDA developers but also on Android tweaking, so excuse me if I mess up with terminology.
What I wanted to do is to provide superuser permissions to my device but before that I decided to do some "warm up".
After performing a "reset to defaults" I updated to ΟΤΑ 2.3.7 update 5 and I messed up the bootloader and fastboot functionality, as the OP stated.
From now on, on rebooting and trying to enter recovery (power and +vol) I get the 1st attached screenshot.
I successfully got into recovery menu through pc command line tool (adb reboot recovery), see 2nd screenshot attached. Adb tool works fine, whatever I try using fastboot tool from my pc seems to fail.
Without this I am unable to flash a different recovery on my device, right?
Am I missing something?
Thanks, in advance for any further info.
I am at your disposal for any further detail I could provide.
Does not work for me. The cmd screen just flashes, I could not even read what it shows.
How can I enter on the recovery mode?
The only thing I installed on the phone was the root, everything is official, dunno If I have a unlocked bootloader or any recovery installed.
But I tried to turn the phone on with volume up and no luck, does not work.
I'm trying to flash the custom boot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922029
Already tried using the Flashtool (flashtool-0.9.8.0-windows.exe) and the fastboot command on cmd, no luck on both.
Any tips?
Thanks
saulob said:
How can I enter on the recovery mode?
The only thing I installed on the phone was the root, everything is official, dunno If I have a unlocked bootloader or any recovery installed.
But I tried to turn the phone on with volume up and no luck, does not work.
I'm trying to flash the custom boot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922029
Already tried using the Flashtool (flashtool-0.9.8.0-windows.exe) and the fastboot command on cmd, no luck on both.
Any tips?
Thanks
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You dont have recovery with stock rooted ROM mate, you must fastboot the boot image from the link in your post.
First place this boot.img in flashtool/x10flasher_lib folder and then:
CMD program. Run it and type:
cd \
cd flashtool
cd x10flasher_lib
NOW connect phone when you hold Vol UP and type:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
WARNING: To do this you need to have your bootloader unlocked.
Thank you very much for your answers...
So, I will start unlocking my Bootloader.
One small question, unlocking the bootloader and installing a new boot.img will change anything on the rom? It will create any bugs? Or it will faster and better?
Thanks.
Thank you very much. It worked. I unlocked the bootloader and installed the recovery
Thanks
I was flashing a ROM yesterday on my micromax a90s, while flashing the phone went off automatically. Now my phone isn't booting, neither normally and nor in recovery mode. The phone turns on shows SUperfone | Pixel logo and then reboots. This goes on and on and on.
Please help guys.
also Is there any way I can flash stock rom without going into recovery or turning the phone on?
1st of all Does your phone has a fastboot mode? if it does you gonna need the boot.img file of your rom. ( If you are using the stock rom the you need to extract the RUU of whatever rom file u are using and take out the boot.img file from it.)
Then you gotta take your phone to download mode or fastboot mode. if you can take it to the fastboot mode its very simple to solve this problem. If not you gonna need to search for the downloader programs like odin etc. to flash a boot file.
I assume that you got in to the fastboot mode and keeping up the reply.
You gonna need the Android SDK Tools to continue.
Extract the adb tool to a folder and go to that folder by using the CMD ( like c:\android or sth. else)
then you need to copy the boot.img file to the same folder. And write this command to the line while your phone is in fastboot mode.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
the it should say that the boot has been flashed succesfully.
Done your bootloop problem has been solved.
PS: If you are using a JellyBean rom dont flash anyother boot.img file use the JellyBean boot.img file for this operation.
MasterKoala said:
1st of all Does your phone has a fastboot mode? if it does you gonna need the boot.img file of your rom. ( If you are using the stock rom the you need to extract the RUU of whatever rom file u are using and take out the boot.img file from it.)
Then you gotta take your phone to download mode or fastboot mode. if you can take it to the fastboot mode its very simple to solve this problem. If not you gonna need to search for the downloader programs like odin etc. to flash a boot file.
I assume that you got in to the fastboot mode and keeping up the reply.
You gonna need the Android SDK Tools to continue.
Extract the adb tool to a folder and go to that folder by using the CMD ( like c:\android or sth. else)
then you need to copy the boot.img file to the same folder. And write this command to the line while your phone is in fastboot mode.
fastboot flash boot boot.img
the it should say that the boot has been flashed succesfully.
Done your bootloop problem has been solved.
PS: If you are using a JellyBean rom dont flash anyother boot.img file use the JellyBean boot.img file for this operation.
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I can't get in fastboot mode
Can't you get in any mode like Vol- and power button or some combination like this?
Nope
MasterKoala said:
Can't you get in any mode like Vol- and power button or some combination like this?
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BTW thanks guys
i sent my phone to service centre and they have fixed it for me!
I wanted to unlock my bootloader and install a custom rom but my windows won't recognise the fastboot mode so I started up with linux
I saw tutorials of recoveryX.exe and flashtool which only works for windows so I was searching for a manual way so that I could do it in the terminal ..
so I found some tutorial online which told me to flash some file something like
fastboot flash boot xyz.inf I don't remember the extension perfectly but it wasn't a zip or an img ..
and after that my phone turned off, I can still go for fastboot mode but I don't see anything on the screen please help me
I do not have windows so I cannot use flashtool or recoveryX.exe
awaisthebest said:
I wanted to unlock my bootloader and install a custom rom but my windows won't recognise the fastboot mode so I started up with linux
I saw tutorials of recoveryX.exe and flashtool which only works for windows so I was searching for a manual way so that I could do it in the terminal ..
so I found some tutorial online which told me to flash some file something like
fastboot flash boot xyz.inf I don't remember the extension perfectly but it wasn't a zip or an img ..
and after that my phone turned off, I can still go for fastboot mode but I don't see anything on the screen please help me
I do not have windows so I cannot use flashtool or recoveryX.exe
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using flash tool flash the boot.img present in the rom zip
and install the rom
awaisthebest said:
I wanted to unlock my bootloader and install a custom rom but my windows won't recognise the fastboot mode so I started up with linux
I saw tutorials of recoveryX.exe and flashtool which only works for windows so I was searching for a manual way so that I could do it in the terminal ..
so I found some tutorial online which told me to flash some file something like
fastboot flash boot xyz.inf I don't remember the extension perfectly but it wasn't a zip or an img ..
and after that my phone turned off, I can still go for fastboot mode but I don't see anything on the screen please help me
I do not have windows so I cannot use flashtool or recoveryX.exe
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Congrats for the brick.
Can you still get into fastboot/flash mode?
I've yet to hear about someone who used rexoveryx and it worked, forget all about it.
There is flashtool for linux, you can use it.
BTW, the only files you flash with fastboot, are with img, elf or sin extention.
ChikeD said:
Congrats for the brick.
Can you still get into fastboot/flash mode?
I've yet to hear about someone who used rexoveryx and it worked, forget all about it.
There is flashtool for linux, you can use it.
BTW, the only files you flash with fastboot, are with img, elf or sin extention.
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yes yes I can still get into the fastboot and flash mode both!
and yes the file was elf format I remember now.
P.S : I'm downloading the flashtool for linux right now, I just hope it works, its of my friends' and I took it with a guarantee that I'll give you with a better firmware :/ He's been calling me since morning lol .. I'm doomed :/
guys? is there any hope?
bharathbondfire said:
using flash tool flash the boot.img present in the rom zip
and install the rom
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Thank you for your reply
I'm downloading flast tool for linux right now and I'll then flash the boot.img present in the rom itself..
anything else that I can try if this doesn't work?
can anybody give me a link to CWM recovery's file and a way to flash it :/
P.P.S : I'm really really sorry for being sucha noob/dumbas* :/ but I just finished downloading flashtool and I cannot seem to install it I mean gosh! Linux is soo complicated.
I have downloaded a 7z file .. in which there's a file of tar extension which after I double click directs me to a folder named Flash Tools in which there are multiple forlder that include custom, deviced, drivers, firmwares etc
awaisthebest said:
Thank you for your reply
I'm downloading flast tool for linux right now and I'll then flash the boot.img present in the rom itself..
anything else that I can try if this doesn't work?
can anybody give me a link to CWM recovery's file and a way to flash it :/
if u have downloaded the flash tool copy boot.img to flash tool folder
enter fast boot press ok press on select a kernel to flash
and choose the kernel
and press enter.
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bharathbondfire said:
awaisthebest said:
Thank you for your reply
I'm downloading flast tool for linux right now and I'll then flash the boot.img present in the rom itself..
anything else that I can try if this doesn't work?
can anybody give me a link to CWM recovery's file and a way to flash it :/
if u have downloaded the flash tool copy boot.img to flash tool folder
enter fast boot press ok press on select a kernel to flash
and choose the kernel
and press enter.
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I have downloaded flash tool for linux but I cannot get it work .. I cannot get it to install or anything
isn't there a way to do all this manually through Terminal Fastboot commands?
That's the only thing that I can manage to work.
Edit : I have flashed the boot.img file from the downloaded ROM I did it this way (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
and now fortunately the phone starts and also now can be charged but the OS doesn't start .. I think this can be because I haven't flashed the OS but only the boot img?
what can I do now?
P.S : I cannot use the Flashtool or RecoveryX :/ so if there's a way to do it via fastboot or something it will really be appreciated
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awaisthebest said:
bharathbondfire said:
I have downloaded flash tool for linux but I cannot get it work .. I cannot get it to install or anything
isn't there a way to do all this manually through Terminal Fastboot commands?
That's the only thing that I can manage to work.
Edit : I have flashed the boot.img file from the downloaded ROM I did it this way (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
and now fortunately the phone starts and also now can be charged but the OS doesn't start .. I think this can be because I haven't flashed the OS but only the boot img?
what can I do now?
P.S : I cannot use the Flashtool or RecoveryX :/ so if there's a way to do it via fastboot or something it will really be appreciated
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if u have rom in the sd
flash boot.img and flash rom
remember to wipe full system
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bharathbondfire said:
awaisthebest said:
if u have rom in the sd
flash boot.img and flash rom
remember to wipe full system
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I finally flashed the CM9 4.0.4 rom thankyou for all of your help I appreciate everything
P.S : The led bottom light still doesn't work I don't know why, but the phone and the OS is working perfectly fine! Thank you again
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I have a10s with no custom recovery but a rooted kernel. Would it be possible to flash gsi via download mode?
I did it once on my device. Check out this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...gl=1*1lrcfpc*_ga*MTMzNTA2NTQ2MC4xNjAxOTIzMzEx
Ziggy54 said:
I did it once on my device. Check out this thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...gl=1*1lrcfpc*_ga*MTMzNTA2NTQ2MC4xNjAxOTIzMzEx
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I have a problem with this. I tried ErfanGSI Rom, his Roms require the user to flash a kernel permissive patcher which can only be done through a custom recovery. End result is, I can't get it to boot, it goes into boot loop. Any way past that?
Linusrg1 said:
I have a10s with no custom recovery but a rooted kernel. Would it be possible to flash gsi via download mode?
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Yes. Use fastboot.
Here is what to do.
You may find these files. If the file I typed not in your gsi zip file... Skip it.
Ok so download a program called minimum adv and fastboot. And install it. It's about 5mb ig. Then open it.switch your galaxy a10s to fastboot mode [bootloader] [download mode] they are the same.
To do this switch the a10s off. Then hold both volume up and down buttons. Then keep holding them and connect USB. From PC to mobile. Keep holding both volume buttons untill it prompts you to go to download mode. You gotta unlock bootloader but I guess you already unlocked it so go to download mode and follow these instructions.
You may find system.img
Do this command in adv thing in PC
fastboot flash system LOCATION://OF/YOUR/SYSTEM.IMG
you may find vbmeta.img
fastboot flash vbmeta LOCATION://OF/YOUR/VBMETA.IMG
both of these guys are in the gsi zip coming form google.
Good luck
Abd El-Rahman El-Batal said:
Yes. Use fastboot.
Here is what to do.
You may find these files. If the file I typed not in your gsi zip file... Skip it.
Ok so download a program called minimum adv and fastboot. And install it. It's about 5mb ig. Then open it.switch your galaxy a10s to fastboot mode [bootloader] [download mode] they are the same.
To do this switch the a10s off. Then hold both volume up and down buttons. Then keep holding them and connect USB. From PC to mobile. Keep holding both volume buttons untill it prompts you to go to download mode. You gotta unlock bootloader but I guess you already unlocked it so go to download mode and follow these instructions.
You may find system.img
Do this command in adv thing in PC
fastboot flash system LOCATION://OF/YOUR/SYSTEM.IMG
you may find vbmeta.img
fastboot flash vbmeta LOCATION://OF/YOUR/VBMETA.IMG
both of these guys are in the gsi zip coming form google.
Good luck
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Samsungs dont have fastboot sadly.
Linusrg1 said:
Samsungs dont have fastboot sadly.
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Aw that's why ;c I thought download mode could be useful
Abd El-Rahman El-Batal said:
Aw that's why ;c I thought download mode could be useful
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Nah its mostly useless
Linusrg1 said:
Samsungs dont have fastboot sadly.
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Heard of Heimdall?