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Hey all, before I say my problem, firstly I have no idea if this is the right section in the forums so apologies in advance, secondly, I have held out for 3 days trying to work out various issues before I posted. I probably did just miss one thing or misread another but no matter how much I look, no idea what as new to this. Thanks in advance for your help.
Basically, wanted to flash some custom firmware to my phone, I have been having many issues with backing up on Kies, seems to be something related to my USB's and my computer, it keeps failing during the backing up of programs. I ended up giving up on this, made a titanium pro back up of System files and of programs, also made a Nandroid backup, both on my internal phone memory I believe. Have root access, installed busy box and such, backed up some other stuff using EFS Pro, now I am completely confused, I have followed a few guides dotted around the internet, tried to install some custom firmware, it was Carbon Rom 4.2 I believe. I went into the CMW menu, wiped data/factory reset, wiped partition cache, and wiped dalvik cache, installed the rom from my internal phone memory, as it would not find it on the memory card when I tried, and now after two attempts of it seemingly doing it, on rebooting the phone, I go back to the Samsung firmware.
I have tried to read up as much as I can but obviously I am missing something here and no amount of guides or google searches have hinted at my problem, could anyone help? I know people asking constantly for information on how to put on custom firmware will be irritating, but I have genuinely taken this as far as I can alone Cheers
Now after formating something under mount/system, my phone is stuck on the logo screen, reinstalling the ROM does not work either, no idea what to do now
reflash rom, wipe data and voila.
Hey, thanks for the reply. By reflash rom, which way do you mean, am pretty confused still. The rom I download basically bricked my phone, I don't know why, I think to recover it I use ODIN and get my stock software, so is that what you mean? Or can I somehow use my Nandroid back up..?
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Hey, thanks for the reply. By reflash rom, which way do you mean, am pretty confused still. The rom I download basically bricked my phone, I don't know why, I think to recover it I use ODIN and get my stock software, so is that what you mean? Or can I somehow use my Nandroid back up..?
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If you have a Nandroid restore that or flash your original firmware via Odin .
Never restore system files after a firmware change with TB .
jje
Ok here is the situation now, I have made things 100 times worse, I possibly should not of been doing it this late... I followed guides exactly though and there is definitely something not working right with this phone, I just don't know what, all I know is its very temperamental with connecting to computers and will fail doing the custom firmware flashes half the time, no matter what I use, even using the stock ROM i got from samimobile has caused many problems. It might be me, I don't know, but in my frustration followed some advice on a forum and I think I formatted the mount/system. SO obviously I lost both my back up's. My fault and can live with that, phone was bricked and had to do that to get past it I think..
But now no matter what kernel I use and have tried quite a few including my original one, I am unable to connect to my home wifi. It definitely is not the wifi, it worked just fine before I flashed the phone and has been working with it for 4 months, now whenever I set up the phone its constantly stuck in this obtaining network ip infinite loop. No fixes I have used have helped at all so far Sorry to keep asking stuff, I am just literally at the end of my tether, was up until 7am messing with it to no avail.
Just to reiterate a point, the reason I wanted custom firmware was because the phone was crashing randomly and just dying on me and also the speaker had lost like 90% of the volume when I wanted to play music, also it would not connect to my computer with ease, now obviously before I did anything it had issues. So that is why I feel something might be wrong, not saying I did not break anything myself, just the process of flashing the firmware has been pretty straight forward once I did it a couple of times, it has just been failing and bricking every other time, so I am not sure what the problem actually is, did I miss a step, did I mess it up? If not what has. Please helps guys. Regards.
I formatted the mount/system. SO obviously I lost both my back up's
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formatting system wouldn't touch your backups
deancolt45 said:
Just to reiterate a point, the reason I wanted custom firmware was because the phone was crashing randomly and just dying on me and also the speaker had lost like 90% of the volume when I wanted to play music, also it would not connect to my computer with ease, now obviously before I did anything it had issues. So that is why I feel something might be wrong, not saying I did not break anything myself, just the process of flashing the firmware has been pretty straight forward once I did it a couple of times, it has just been failing and bricking every other time, so I am not sure what the problem actually is, did I miss a step, did I mess it up? If not what has. Please helps guys. Regards.
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Usual reply if you did not know what and why and had never bothered to read the faqs and guides before flashing .Then its nearly always user error .
Best take it to a service centre and pay for a repair .
jje
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Close thread please
Found out something really handy
Hi guys,
TheGS3 has 1 huge trick when u got stuck in firmware, CSC, etc.
Especially when u used some super usefull toolkit (like me)
I used the Galaxy S3 Toolkit, option4 (ALL in ONE) just push enter 2 times
1 to start and the last one to exit...
Got all the issues i read on hundreds of pages searching for the solution.
Accidentialy i found this morning (its 4:45am right now and busy with it since 15:00)
Start Kies, connect GS3 with USB kabel and when it says not connected take out USB
Dont plug in USB for a while...
In KIES go to Tools and irmware upgrade.. Remember, DONT plug in USB
It will ask u for your model nr which is printed on sticker in baterycover
Confirm and it will ask u S / N' which is printed on same sticker
It will start downloading firmware and u will be guided through update progress
Good Luck to y'all.. Time to go to bed.......
When I tried to flash cyan fox in cmw it gave me a status 0 error can anyone fix?
We need more info like what did it specifically say. Be as specific as possible
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When I tried to flash cyan fox in cmw it gave me a status 0 error can anyone fix?
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that's "usually" an error you get when the zip is corrupted.
but occasionally you'll get it if your running an i9000 roms (I've had it interchangeably with status 7 before)
I would try re-downloading and flashing the zip again.
if that doesn't work try downloading and flashing fluid kernel
then go to "advanced" and select "reboot recovery".
then try flashing the rom again.
Status 0 error on anything I try to flash using CWM
My friend gave me the Vibrant last year after getting a new phone. He gave it to me so that I could try mess around with it and try to fix it. The back and home buttons were not working. All 4 buttons light up, but only the Menu and Search responds. Phone was on stock ROM (JFD) and was not rooted - it even had the external SD that came with it. I immediately thought that re-flashing it would be a quick fix. Formatted everything and used Odin to put it back on. But, to my surprise, both buttons still did not work. It would sometimes work when I tried them on key test in CWM. Anyway, I thought that maybe a different or better ROM might do the trick. I wanted it to be more of a gaming console so I tried to put CyanAOSP on it. Got a lot of errors, but eventually, I managed to put it on. The buttons still doesn't work but at least I could navigate better using the on-screen shortcuts.
After about a month, it started to freeze and crash a lot so I decided to re-flash it again. This time, got no errors but another problem arose - it became tethered. The device always think that the USB is connected (it's always up on the notification bar) to the point that I can't even turn it back on without really attaching it to one. It was a spare phone which I use more for gaming so I was able to live with it.
A month ago, it began to freeze and crash a lot again so I thought of trying a different ROM. To my surprise, anything I try to flash using CWM gives me an error - packages would seem to load for about a quarter of the way then gives me the 'status 0' error. I get this even when I tried the ones that worked before.
I have several update.zips (1 is only 632KB while the rest are 1.7MB) and at least 2 copies of the ROMS (CyanAOSP, L-Droid and Ressurection) KERNELS (fluid, mackay, and neat), GAPPS, and MODEMS which I try to flash. I've re-visited all of the rooting threads again to cover my bases. I'm waiting for woody to respond so that I could try the files that he has because I've pretty much tried everything that I could get my hands on. (some files were pretty promising, but DL links were already down)
Regarding the update.zips that I have, I noticed that only the 632KB would root it and the others would only give me CWM 2.5.1.2 on JFD. The only way I could upgrade is by using mini kies and none of the update.zips work once I'm on KB5. (root removed and can't put it back on)
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My friend gave me the Vibrant last year after getting a new phone. He gave it to me so that I could try mess around with it and try to fix it. The back and home buttons were not working. All 4 buttons light up, but only the Menu and Search responds. Phone was on stock ROM (JFD) and was not rooted - it even had the external SD that came with it. I immediately thought that re-flashing it would be a quick fix. Formatted everything and used Odin to put it back on. But, to my surprise, both buttons still did not work. It would sometimes work when I tried them on key test in CWM. Anyway, I thought that maybe a different or better ROM might do the trick. I wanted it to be more of a gaming console so I tried to put CyanAOSP on it. Got a lot of errors, but eventually, I managed to put it on. The buttons still doesn't work but at least I could navigate better using the on-screen shortcuts.
After about a month, it started to freeze and crash a lot so I decided to re-flash it again. This time, got no errors but another problem arose - it became tethered. The device always think that the USB is connected (it's always up on the notification bar) to the point that I can't even turn it back on without really attaching it to one. It was a spare phone which I use more for gaming so I was able to live with it.
I would make sure that you realize that this phone is older and may not be up to the challenge of some of the newer games out there. Based on your PM to me, I understand that this is a secondary phone for you, so if you wanted to play some of the more graphic intensive games, I would do it on your DD.
A month ago, it began to freeze and crash a lot again so I thought of trying a different ROM. To my surprise, anything I try to flash using CWM gives me an error - packages would seem to load for about a quarter of the way then gives me the 'status 0' error. I get this even when I tried the ones that worked before.
After you PM'd me, I started looking around about the Status 0 error being thrown. All signs point to the Updater Script that in the ROMs that you are flashing. My hunch is that once you flashed the CyanAOSP, that changed your build.prop from T959 to i9000 and that is why you are getting the error. I'm pretty sure there is a way to fix it (see below)
I have several update.zips (1 is only 632KB while the rest are 1.7MB) and at least 2 copies of the ROMS (CyanAOSP, L-Droid and Ressurection) KERNELS (fluid, mackay, and neat), GAPPS, and MODEMS which I try to flash. I've re-visited all of the rooting threads again to cover my bases. I'm waiting for woody to respond so that I could try the files that he has because I've pretty much tried everything that I could get my hands on. (some files were pretty promising, but DL links were already down)
Regarding the update.zips that I have, I noticed that only the 632KB would root it and the others would only give me CWM 2.5.1.2 on JFD. The only way I could upgrade is by using mini kies and none of the update.zips work once I'm on KB5. (root removed and can't put it back on)
You should stay as far away from Kies as possible with this specific phone. It had a tendenacy to brick the Vibrants. It worked on my wife's SGS2 back when, but even then I was hesitant to use Kies on it and grinding my teath the whole time.
The zips that you mentioned are probably the standard Root.zip and the CWM zip from s15274n's thread stickied at the top of the Q&A section. Keep those handy.
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Some answers in-line above.
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Let's get a few things straight before we start. I am still looking for the Heimdall JFD package, but I think that I know where it is. Pretty sure I put it on one of the external HDDs that I have. I'll try to upload it tonight or tomorrow night, as I am away all weekend with the family. I really don't think that you'll need it, but best to have it and not need it, than need it and not have it.
Theoretically, once you Odin'd back to JFD, I would think that it would've reset your device ID back to T959, but I guess that it didn't. This is what I would do. Odin to stock JFD and then boot it up and let it settle. Root it using the Root.zip that you have already used before. At some point you'll need to pick a ROM to settle on, even if only to get past this hump. (I use Sada's CM11 for my sons' Vibrants. Not that there is anything wrong with any of the others, but I just basically set it and forget it for my boys. I think though that he may have stopped development for it though, so I guess I'll be looking through the dev section myself here in the near future.) Take a look at this thread starting with my post #3 and the response from @nirogu325. I am thinking that if you do the same as he instructed, you will boot past the Status 0 error (since everything that I have seen in searches leads me to believe it is an Updater Script issue). My issue was a Status 7 because of the device ID being changed and the Recovery/Kernel combo weren't letting me flash. I basically opened up the ROM.zip and deleted those line and re-zipped it up and then flashed it (did it all on the phone and no PC, but I'm crazy like that).
Let's let a few of the current device Devs weigh in and see what they think. Already mentioned nirogu325 above, but let's try @epicboy and @dzee206 and @sada23. If they are inclined to come and help, it would be much appreciated.
jvrey5 said:
My friend gave me the Vibrant last year after getting a new phone. He gave it to me so that I could try mess around with it and try to fix it. The back and home buttons were not working. All 4 buttons light up, but only the Menu and Search responds. Phone was on stock ROM (JFD) and was not rooted - it even had the external SD that came with it. I immediately thought that re-flashing it would be a quick fix. Formatted everything and used Odin to put it back on. But, to my surprise, both buttons still did not work. It would sometimes work when I tried them on key test in CWM. Anyway, I thought that maybe a different or better ROM might do the trick. I wanted it to be more of a gaming console so I tried to put CyanAOSP on it. Got a lot of errors, but eventually, I managed to put it on. The buttons still doesn't work but at least I could navigate better using the on-screen shortcuts.
After about a month, it started to freeze and crash a lot so I decided to re-flash it again. This time, got no errors but another problem arose - it became tethered. The device always think that the USB is connected (it's always up on the notification bar) to the point that I can't even turn it back on without really attaching it to one. It was a spare phone which I use more for gaming so I was able to live with it.
A month ago, it began to freeze and crash a lot again so I thought of trying a different ROM. To my surprise, anything I try to flash using CWM gives me an error - packages would seem to load for about a quarter of the way then gives me the 'status 0' error. I get this even when I tried the ones that worked before.
I have several update.zips (1 is only 632KB while the rest are 1.7MB) and at least 2 copies of the ROMS (CyanAOSP, L-Droid and Ressurection) KERNELS (fluid, mackay, and neat), GAPPS, and MODEMS which I try to flash. I've re-visited all of the rooting threads again to cover my bases. I'm waiting for woody to respond so that I could try the files that he has because I've pretty much tried everything that I could get my hands on. (some files were pretty promising, but DL links were already down)
Regarding the update.zips that I have, I noticed that only the 632KB would root it and the others would only give me CWM 2.5.1.2 on JFD. The only way I could upgrade is by using mini kies and none of the update.zips work once I'm on KB5. (root removed and can't put it back on)
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As Woody already said, you should odin back to stock 2.1. From there root and go to Jellybean and then KitKat. I'd recommend you stay away from ports that are old and haven't been updated for a while. Not trying to say that the rom I built is the best or anything but so far I haven't ran into any issues and neither has anyone that's used SpiritRom. I say try Spirit Rom 1.5 combined with iyahman's semaphore kernel that was built using linaro 4.9 as it's been stable. If you still run into these issues again I think it may be some software that you use.
The phone only had one major issue before I started messing with it - back & home buttons not working. I honestly can't remember how and what I did to put CyanAOSP on it but I ended up with 2 issues after putting it on. Only the Menu button works (eventhough all 4 lights up) and the USB seems to be grounded. I managed to work with it the past year up until I Odin-ed it back to JFD. When the phone is off and battery still has charge, the loading button would come up followed by the empty batt image at the background. This will loop until the batt dies. The only way to turn it on is by connecting the USB to a power source. Accessing download is easier because all I needed to do is remove batt then press and hold the vol up & down before putting the batt back in. Getting into recovery is a bit trickier. You'll need to wait until you actually see the phone charging before doing the 3-button combo.
Last Saturday, my daughter had a school event and I brought this along because it took better pictures than my S3 knock-off. During the parade, after shooting a video, it would automatically take me to the preview. Since, both back and home buttons were not working, I was stuck. Only option was to reboot it. What makes it interesting is that there is no reboot option on the JFD. It was a good thing that I had my power bank with me. I really did not want to constantly reboot it so I thought of installing one of those virtual button apps. I managed to install ToucherPRO before their presentation which made it much easier. To my surprise, it somehow revived the back button on the device itself - I noticed it when I got home that night to transfer the photos and vids.
I mentioned this so that you guys will have an idea on what I need to go through to get it fixed - somewhat, at least to a more tolerable state. (you won't believe it but the tips of my fingers hurt due to the number of times I have to go into recovery or download)
@Woody
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I would make sure that you realize that this phone is older and may not be up to the challenge of some of the newer games out there. Based on your PM to me, I understand that this is a secondary phone for you, so if you wanted to play some of the more graphic intensive games, I would do it on your DD.
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Yup. I actually find it both weird and interesting - which games work and how they work.
Woody said:
You should stay as far away from Kies as possible with this specific phone. It had a tendenacy to brick the Vibrants. It worked on my wife's SGS2 back when, but even then I was hesitant to use Kies on it and grinding my teath the whole time.
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Remember I mentioned my hesitation using Heimdall and Bay_wolf's AIO toolkit regarding hijacking drivers and stuff, Kies on this PC is now useless. It won't even recognize the phone after I tried the toolkit - which is good, I guess.
Woody said:
... Take a look at this thread starting with my post #3 and the response from @nirogu325. I am thinking that if you do the same as he instructed, you will boot past the Status 0 error (since everything that I have seen in searches leads me to believe it is an Updater Script issue). ...
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I read about this when I started going back through the threads. As you mentioned, this is an old phone. Old phone = old threads. What I do is I read everything on page 1 then skip over to the last page, going back. Seems to be more effective specially for DL links.
I was actually reserving this one as part of my 'last option' fix. From experience, editing scripts is far more dangerous than flashing a 'working' one. I managed to root my other DD this way, but went downhill from there - ended up bricking it 3 times.
Anyway, I think I got it - or at least, the correct way of doing it. It took me 3 days....
After day 1, I ended up with 8 update.zips (7 CWM and one ROOT) and at least 2 copies of ROMS, GAPPS, MODEMS, and KERNELS on my SD card - only the update.zips worked, the rest either gave me status 0 or leave me with the 'Vibrant Samsung' bootloop. I had some progress on DAY 2. I read something like what epicboy said:
epicboy said:
As Woody already said, you should odin back to stock 2.1. From there root and go to Jellybean and then KitKat. I'd recommend you stay away from ports that are old and haven't been updated for a while. Not trying to say that the rom I built is the best or anything but so far I haven't ran into any issues and neither has anyone that's used SpiritRom. I say try Spirit Rom 1.5 combined with iyahman's semaphore kernel that was built using linaro 4.9 as it's been stable. If you still run into these issues again I think it may be some software that you use.
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I tried several JB ROMS listed on the Bible but, the problem was, I can't get into recovery - it was all 'blurry'. When I tried a different JB ROM, it also worked but was still 'blurry' during start up and on recovery. That's when I remembered Woody's post regarding rainbows and bootloaders.
DAY 3: For some reason, everything was flawless. I was able to install JB then KK. EFFORTLESSLY, if I may add.
@epicboy
I'm planning to spend a couple of days more on this Vibrant before I mess with my other phone - a knock-off SGS3. I was drawn to L-Droid because the screenshots and contents of page 1 of their thread was specifically for the T959 and not the I9000. I know it's not really a big deal because the ROM will work and changing the build.prop for 'cosmetic purposes is easy. What really concerns me is the camera. Sadly, the T959 only has only one camera and if the camera app that you're using (stock or otherwise) has a feature to switch from back-to-front and you accidentally press that, it messes it up to the point that you can't use it anymore. I have downloaded the ROM and will try it out in a couple of days. Will send you a PM or reply on the thread regarding my feedback. I've flashed it several times but really haven't been able to do it flawlessly like in DAY 3 - which I find really weird.
Tnx peeps!
Over past few years i'm expecting many issues with my android phones ... over time they became laggy and completely useless without our endless system modifications.
What i'm trying to tell is simple and easy ... fones gets older and dies no matter what. Why is that? At this moment my excellent Xcover 2 (phone for hard works) is experiencing terrible battery burn. Its rooted and always was running on stock setup, with link2sd. Over past few weeks android KERNEL started to drain whole battery. Over day he uses average 36-64% battery capacity. I have tried everything uninstalling all my apps, working on old gaaps. Also installed GSam monitor and other similar monitors. Over all my battery condition is perfect ... but kernel itselfs can easily kill phone overnight.
I know that maybe reflashing new rom could fix the problem but its same as windows ... you can't fix it? restart ... still nothing? restart again and then reinstall.
Its boring and terribly annoying. I won't give up.
Today i had idea to reflash only kernel form my present working stock rom.
So i extracted tar.md5 get the boot.img and converted it into tar (trollfactory .bat) then i flashed it using odin and ... it got stuck at checking writing Nand.
Of course this bricked my phone ... but i restored it. Can't do it using adb because using adb bootloader doesn't work, also my devices can't run in fastboot mode.
Situation is still the same ... what should i do ...
-$ Please don't move this thread to xcover section ... nobody will notice it there ... and i strongly believe that applies to every device (since my new s5 still have no issues lol)
and there's still no solution on that.
Hi,
Im new to this forum (well, not 100% new i usually look for useful guides and apps in XDA) i have a problems with my device (Lenovo A6000) not just one but many and resulting in this.
In june, my phone seems to be so slow and there is no sound (notification,media etc) and my sim card is not detected eventhough i inserted it (i have two sim and neither of those is detected). so i tried to turn on and turn off the device several time, but only thing i got is after the logo on reboot, its just blank screen with some screen brightness or light
so i decided to look XDA about the problem and i decide to Flash new ROM, i search many of Stock nor Costum Rom and neither of those work (im on KitKat). eventually i found the one, an upgrade to Lollipop and its working the only rom i tried that work for me. this time because i get stuck in the logo, i also install TWRP for Lenovo A6000 by SevenMaks and seems to be very useful ahead.
for some weeks, its working just fine until one day i decide to turn off my phone because its laggy and slow, i turned off my phone and tried to turn it on again but surprisingly i got the same problem, but this time the phone is succesfully turned on after a very long time to boot (30 minutes to boot) but the sim card is not detected again like the last time, so i decided to used the same steps (Wipe data and Cache, flash rom, reboot) and voila its working again but i lost my data of course, this event happened everytime i turn off my phone, like 5 times in one months i must flash rom everytime i turned off (but the 2nd time i tried to backup data and restore so i dont lost any data) so i decided to NEVER turn off my phone in any circumstances.
until last night, i have new problem is the Bluetooth isn't working, i cant turn it on the bluetooth. because its very important to i to use bluetooth, i turn off my phone (but this time i reboot so hopefully didn't get the same result) but no, the problem is still the same i cant turn it on again (logo appears, after logo i just got the blank screen with screen brightness light) so i think this is the same i just have to backup, wipe, re-flash rom, restore but no, when i go to the TWRP, it take more time to boot to TWRP so i think there is something not right, and after i get to the twrp, twrp ask me too "Unmodified Partitions detected" "TWRP detect unmodified system partition" so i think its just a small problem because i haven't partition my SD Card into 3 partition.
i tried to backup data but the only thing i got is TWRP log:
Code:
E: Could not mount /data and unable to find crypto footer.
E: Unable to mount data
Updating artition details...
E: Unable to mount "/system"
E: Unable to mount "/cache"
E: Unable to mount "/data"
....done
[B]E: Unable to mount storage.[/B]
i get that in the Log and after the MD5 Generation the Backup was complete but Failed (there is the backup folder in the restore menu) i tried to backup again but without the data checked only Boot (32mb) and System (923mb). last time i checked the Data it says (0mb) and i look over the storage it says Internal Storage (0mb) and External Storage (2350mb) so i think something is wrong and i cant recognize what the problem is, usually i know what is wrong because i recognized it and have the solution,but this time i dont understand.
I also tried to wipe everything (except external because the external doesnt matter) and Flash the ROM but i got the same log and same result if i boot the phone (but this time it says no OS installed! and i just get stock on Logo and cant get to the stock bootloader).
right now im looking for the unable to mount solution
with all thank you, can anyone have the solution to this? and explain it to me how to solve it? thank you :good:
From the looks of it, your internal NAND might be corrupted, which is very difficult to fix (it involves soldering at chip level - desoldering the nand and replacing it), in which situation you might prefer to rather get another phone or apply your warranty
But don't take my word for it (beginner in Android here) and wait what others have to say.
I might be missing the elephant in the room.
asymcon said:
From the looks of it, your internal NAND might be corrupted, which is very difficult to fix (it involves soldering at chip level - desoldering the nand and replacing it), in which situation you might prefer to rather get another phone or apply your warranty
But don't take my word for it (beginner in Android here) and wait what others have to say.
I might be missing the elephant in the room.
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Oh word, my phone is 2 years old is it worth replacing or fixing it? Btw thank you for reply i appreciate it so much
MuhammadZul said:
Oh word, my phone is 2 years old is it worth replacing or fixing it? Btw thank you for reply i appreciate it so much
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I come from mindset that tech gadgets should last between 12-15 years, the thing with phones is that internal storage is unlike 3.5" HDD in desktop - firmly soldered on motherboard. And seeing that NAND has limited number of R/W cycles, failure is inevitable. Only question is when.
Are you by any chance based in EU? If so, check the purchase date, and in case it's less than 24 months you could still apply for warranty replacement. Vendors usually don't care whether the device is rooted or not, even if they'd reject it, it's worth a shot.
asymcon said:
I come from mindset that tech gadgets should last between 12-15 years, the thing with phones is that internal storage is unlike 3.5" HDD in desktop - firmly soldered on motherboard. And seeing that NAND has limited number of R/W cycles, failure is inevitable. Only question is when.
Are you by any chance based in EU? If so, check the purchase date, and in case it's less than 24 months you could still apply for warranty replacement. Vendors usually don't care whether the device is rooted or not, even if they'd reject it, it's worth a shot.
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asymcon said:
I come from mindset that tech gadgets should last between 12-15 years, the thing with phones is that internal storage is unlike 3.5" HDD in desktop - firmly soldered on motherboard. And seeing that NAND has limited number of R/W cycles, failure is inevitable. Only question is when.
Are you by any chance based in EU? If so, check the purchase date, and in case it's less than 24 months you could still apply for warranty replacement. Vendors usually don't care whether the device is rooted or not, even if they'd reject it, it's worth a shot.
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Unfortunately, im not from EU. i can afford to fix it, but it cost almost like a new phone. i consider buying Xiaomi 4X is it a good idea?
MuhammadZul said:
Unfortunately, im not from EU. i can afford to fix it, but it cost almost like a new phone. i consider buying Xiaomi 4X is it a good idea?
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By Xiaomi 4X you mean Redmi 4X or Redmi Note 4X?
I would get Redmi 4 Prime or Redmi Note 4. X-series are meant for China market. Both of those phones feature Snapdragon 625, IMHO one of the best offerings to date in terms of power efficiency and compatibility.
Note 4 (mido) comes with leaked kernel sources from May 2017 and it'll soon receive stable LineageOS (it's already official, but still weekly). Not sure about Prime, but if you prefer 720p 5" screen, Prime should be the one.
Of course there are Honors, don't have much experience with those unfortunately, but from what I heard those are very good bang for the buck.
Anyway, there still might be a way for your Lenovo if you could format SD card as internal storage. TWRP should be able to do so. Never done that myself, hopefully someone can chime in and advice?
asymcon said:
By Xiaomi 4X you mean Redmi 4X or Redmi Note 4X?
I would get Redmi 4 Prime or Redmi Note 4. X-series are meant for China market. Both of those phones feature Snapdragon 625, IMHO one of the best offerings to date in terms of power efficiency and compatibility.
Note 4 (mido) comes with leaked kernel sources from May 2017 and it'll soon receive stable LineageOS (it's already official, but still weekly). Not sure about Prime, but if you prefer 720p 5" screen, Prime should be the one.
Of course there are Honors, don't have much experience with those unfortunately, but from what I heard those are very good bang for the buck.
Anyway, there still might be a way for your Lenovo if you could format SD card as internal storage. TWRP should be able to do so. Never done that myself, hopefully someone can chime in and advice?
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did you mean i must partition it so the SD became the internal?
Hi there , after soft bricking my phone intentionally because i wanted to downgrade form O to MM which i thought it would be relatively easy to find a stock firmware(the full one) well ...(i was wrong), Xda is not as content rich as you may think, and no one seems to offer any advice or answer for that matter, compared to other forums it lacks a lot.
After flashing more than 5 corrupted firmwares i found one that is working perfectly fine.
Steps:
1-Enter fastboot ( power + vol up)
2- Run (flashall_AFT.cmd) , download link below.... (this is the full firmware no bull**** no missing files) .
That's it... piece of cake
First impression: the bass is more rich and vibrant as many have said so cause the O version was an absolute rubbish like it's battery life , i'm yet to see the battery performance on this MM and i'll be updating the thread with SOT SS after flashing Magisk and installing debloater module.
Download link :
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There are some other newer N full versions but i haven't tested them.
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i already had that file which i got a few months ago but never used it. i was a noob about this zenfone.
but ur title says its mm, its not , its nougat, 7.11. its the last nougat b4 oreo was released, it uses the same base fw, iirc, as my post about manually flashing 7.11 but without the radios, https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-3-zoom/how-to/manually-update-to-7-11-t3815703
my memory could be wrong though, but file name suggests its 7.11
- [firmware27]WW_ZE553KL_71.60.139.30_MR4_user_20180306173656_release.zip
long story short i eventually flashed it a couple of weeks ago, it does flash successfully, well most of the time, and looks legit, i just wish i knew its original source, i think it was someone named marco, as theres lots of files within that zip.....but it seems legit.
but why are u hosting it on the clickbait site. i might up it to androidfilehost which is a no bs hosting site.
i did create a twrp flashable full stock 6.01 mm firmware, im still testing it as it doesnt always flash completely in twrp, about 8 out of 10 times it flashes correctly. but its hard to test on a dead no display/no touch screen phone
edit: correction, not clickbait, but need to signup
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i already had that file which i got a few months ago but never used it. i was a noob about this zenfone.
but ur title says its mm, its not , its nougat, 7.11. its the last nougat b4 oreo was released, it uses the same base fw, iirc, as my post about manually flashing 7.11 but without the radios, https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-3-zoom/how-to/manually-update-to-7-11-t3815703
my memory could be wrong though, but file name suggests its 7.11
- [firmware27]WW_ZE553KL_71.60.139.30_MR4_user_20180306173656_release.zip
long story short i eventually flashed it a couple of weeks ago, it does flash successfully, well most of the time, and looks legit, i just wish i knew its original source, i think it was someone named marco, as theres lots of files within that zip.....but it seems legit.
but why are u hosting it on the clickbait site. i might up it to androidfilehost which is a no bs hosting site.
i did create a twrp flashable full stock 6.01 mm firmware, im still testing it as it doesnt always flash completely in twrp, about 8 out of 10 times it flashes correctly. but its hard to test on a dead no display/no touch screen phone
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Yeah i saw your post a couple of days ago and it is legit , about the file hosting it's not clickbait it's just 4shared and this little guy is older than the xda :laugh::laugh: , i agree that the androidfilehost is faster and more convenient but i'm not the uploader , i just copied it from another source, it would be great if you re-upload it for others and i will update the link.
Now we come to testing: i tested this myself and it is 6.0.1 for sure but i don't remember which release it was cause i updated to 7.1.1 20.32.67.25 release for various reasons, mainly for battery life (spoiler: not much difference and it's still poor) and i will keep flashing / debloating apparently in (in search of incredible) but i'm quite sure this phone is hopeless without a custom ROM from scratch as the amount of services and wakelocks are enormous.
Why don't you participate and use your knowledge in the "allegedly upcoming" Lineage 15.1 hopefully we get a working build before the end of the year :cyclops: i'm sure you are aware of the situation.
And if you're into kernels then kernelwise this phone's kernel was made by noobs ,ASUS put an AMOLED display and they are not using it's features as the blacks are lit and power consumption by the screen is well above an LCD one of the same size.
Long story short buying this phone was/is a mistake.
I actually found the site firmware27 that was hosting 8 ww fw and a couple of cn and jp sku fw.
I tested all 8 ww skus, only 2 work without effort, 6.0.1 dated deb 2017, and the 7.1.1 which I had from a couple of months ago and use the img files in my other thread and which i though u linked here.
Ill be posting a thread and links to both of these files that i ul to afh, and my usage of them, I came to the conclusion that they are asus's fw given to their authorized service centers, they include everything not even available through asus's fw from their site.
Too bad he got most of the files corrupted when he ul'd them to g-drive, my guess
at least now we got 2 fw files to work with, but its a pia to make it a twrp non wipe flashable zip, beyond my skills at this point in time.
edit: i have the one u have linked here which i got a couple of months ago, WW-ZE553KL-11.40.86.71-MR0-user-20170410214554-release.zip,
but firmware27 doesnt have it, and i cant remember where i got it, and by its date youre correct it must be 6.0.1, nougat fw starts with "V20".
so there are actually 3 working fastboot flashable FW out in the wild, boy arent we lucky
i have this phone because a couple of months ago i helped my friend flash fw on it because he was getting poor data signal, i soft bricked and had to learn how to unbrick it, which i did.
its mine as a couple of weeks ago, he dropped it a few feet onto ceramic floor and the screen is dead, no display, no touch, lcd is cracked under the top glass which actually has no cracks, and thats how im using it lol.
i was going to use it as a security camera but i had to learn how to control it remotely, which i did, that was a flashing adventure w/out a working screen
vincom said:
I actually found the site firmware27 that was hosting 8 ww fw and a couple of cn and jp sku fw.
I tested all 8 ww skus, only 2 work without effort, 6.0.1 dated deb 2017, and the 7.1.1 which I had from a couple of months ago and use the img files in my other thread and which i though u linked here.
Ill be posting a thread and links to both of these files that i ul to afh, and my usage of them, I came to the conclusion that they are asus's fw given to their authorized service centers, they include everything not even available through asus's fw from their site.
Too bad he got most of the files corrupted when he ul'd them to g-drive, my guess
at least now we got 2 fw files to work with, but its a pia to make it a twrp non wipe flashable zip, beyond my skills at this point in time.
edit: i have the one u have linked here which i got a couple of months ago, WW-ZE553KL-11.40.86.71-MR0-user-20170410214554-release.zip,
but firmware27 doesnt have it, and i cant remember where i got it, and by its date youre correct it must be 6.0.1, nougat fw starts with "V20".
so there are actually 3 working fastboot flashable FW out in the wild, boy arent we lucky
i have this phone because a couple of months ago i helped my friend flash fw on it because he was getting poor data signal, i soft bricked and had to learn how to unbrick it, which i did.
its mine as a couple of weeks ago, he dropped it a few feet onto ceramic floor and the screen is dead, no display, no touch, lcd is cracked under the top glass which actually has no cracks, and thats how im using it lol.
i was going to use it as a security camera but i had to learn how to control it remotely, which i did, that was a flashing adventure w/out a working screen
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All you need is one fw to start with and after that you can update to whichever release you want without any problem , strait forward from asus site and update via sd card even if it's rooted or bootloader unlocked, you can do anything and even get updates as FOTA app works as soon as you boot cause asus update procedure is very primitive HOWEVER it should be on stock recovery and honestly twrp is pretty much useless here and i didn't seem to need it in anything with this device!! (i use magisk to root), it's not like there's half a dozen of custom ROMs to flashed , the only possible modification is within the stock fw and that's our limit.
If you find a screen replacement under 50$ it is worth it , i knew that 2.5D glass is poor engineering and very fragile, so screen protector and case was crucial since day 1.
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Don't trust asus download center's description cause i downloaded the latest nougat release before the Oreo (as described in their section) and it turned out to be the first release of their lousy O fw.
cheapest on ebay is over $70can for aftermarket from china. cheap clone? idk
i'll stick w/my note 4 can version as my dd.
i'll upload the working fw i found for redundancy and to give users more options, 4 fw as of now.
i do have the last 7.1.1 b4 oreo
these are actual service tech fw's available to them for restoring phones. supposedly can be use by asus flash tool which i haven't used yet.
they dont change the bootloader lock status or the frp/google account status (to do that use fastboot wipe config)
since it is in a raw format the individual files can be flashed via fastboot for those that would need it.
fyi all fw are exactly the same except for the recovery, boot, system and , emmc_appsboot_8953.mbn(bootloader ?), the radios and other files are the same
i cant use the builtin updater because i cant seem to get the right button combo to work in stock recovery to flash the update and thats after i reinstall the stock recovery and remove root, flashing from bootloader is a breeze.
the only one i can't get adb enabled so i can mirror the screen is the mm 11.40.86.71, the same one you have linked here
when i try to make a custom stock flashable rom it always fails to boot, would u know why?,
vincom said:
cheapest on ebay is over $70can for aftermarket from china. cheap clone? idk
i'll stick w/my note 4 can version as my dd.
i'll upload the working fw i found for redundancy and to give users more options, 4 fw as of now.
i do have the last 7.1.1 b4 oreo
these are actual service tech fw's available to them for restoring phones. supposedly can be use by asus flash tool which i haven't used yet.
they dont change the bootloader lock status or the frp/google account status (to do that use fastboot wipe config)
since it is in a raw format the individual files can be flashed via fastboot for those that would need it.
fyi all fw are exactly the same except for the recovery, boot, system and , emmc_appsboot_8953.mbn(bootloader ?), the radios and other files are the same
i cant use the builtin updater because i cant seem to get the right button combo to work in stock recovery to flash the update and thats after i reinstall the stock recovery and remove root, flashing from bootloader is a breeze.
when i try to make a custom stock flashable rom it always fails to boot, would u know why?,
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I would say let's find a solution to the easy problem and not the to hard one, you want to take 2 blurry steps instead of 2 obvious ones !! i can help you with stock ones just explain more what's the exact problem ? i didn't understand so correct me if i'm wrong : you have no visual indication as the screen is dead right ? or can't boot into the stock recovery at all ?
if you have the bootloader unlocked and no screen indication :
power up wait for the vibration and press volume down 4 times then press power to boot into recovery
wait 10 sec and press volume down 2 times to (update form sd card)
rename the fw .zip file to A so it can be sorted first and it should be in root directory and alone to prevent any miss hits and press volume down 1 time.
and if that didn't work just flash the fw that's provided and redo the steps if you want to update , congratulations now you have a working internals and up to date phone that you can't even boot into it's home screen cause the boot confirmation by email and password is near impossible to bypass without a working display. (there is some methods though )
I don't see the point of a phone without a display at least temporary.
This phone is a joke in it's normal condition let alone in the non , don't waste your time and sell it as parts, if you get 40$ take it.
sam.fisher190 said:
I would say let's find a solution to the easy problem and not the to hard one, you want to take 2 blurry steps instead of 2 obvious ones !! i can help you with stock ones just explain more what's the exact problem ? i didn't understand so correct me if i'm wrong : you have no visual indication as the screen is dead right ? or can't boot into the stock recovery at all ?
if you have the bootloader unlocked and no screen indication :
power up wait for the vibration and press volume down 4 times then press power to boot into recovery
wait 10 sec and press volume down 2 times to (update form sd card)
rename the fw .zip file to A so it can be sorted first and it should be in root directory and alone to prevent any miss hits and press volume down 1 time.
and if that didn't work just flash the fw that's provided and redo the steps if you want to update , congratulations now you have a working internals and up to date phone that you can't even boot into it's home screen cause the boot confirmation by email and password is near impossible to bypass without a working display. (there is some methods though )
I don't see the point of a phone without a display at least temporary.
This phone is a joke in it's normal condition let alone in the non , don't waste your time and sell it as parts, if you get 40$ take it.
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not impossible, very doable to use a phone even with a dead screen.
after alot of trials and error ...from a new flashed stock thats was completely wiped, i can get to a remotely controlled/viewed phone in about 10mins .
i will write up a tut on that.
i can get that done with all the availabe working raw fw except with the mm 2017/04 release
yes, i have a completely dead screen, no display, no touch. all other phone functions work.
the reason for stock recovery procedure was to update to oreo, but i really dont care if i get it. just seeing if its doable.
playing with it for giggles, going to be a security camera as the cam is vg, useless as a phone that has no working screen.
i can be the sacrificial tester if need be, pretty hard to hardbrick this phone as i also have the back cover off so to disconnect the battery connector for those hard soft brick occasions and/or to make sure phone was completely off b4 doing something
I think I killed my phone please help Asus ze553kl
This was happened my phone is Asus ze553kl android Oreo NOTE: I already rooted my phone unlocked bootloader using Asus tool installed twrp and magisk...
when I was using whatapp suddenly my screen got frozen and I restarted my phone it stuck in Asus logo I tried does it goes into twrp even twrp also stuck in logo then I tried flashing using adb and fastboot while doing that I entered this COMMAND fastboot format or erase boot after I flashed everything I rebooted this time it gone worse there is no logo I see only powered by android then no hope after I saw this thread and planned to downgrade downloaded 2gb file and I made clean flashing manually no use i don't see the logo again then I went for auto flashall command when I clicked that something happens it said searching for your device but
After waited for so long I unplugged the cable try to on the phone it's fully blank no sign of power pls help guys I'm begging you all please reply and give me a solution
Nikido2930 said:
This was happened my phone is Asus ze553kl android Oreo NOTE: I already rooted my phone unlocked bootloader using Asus tool installed twrp and magisk...
when I was using whatapp suddenly my screen got frozen and I restarted my phone it stuck in Asus logo I tried does it goes into twrp even twrp also stuck in logo then I tried flashing using adb and fastboot while doing that I entered this COMMAND fastboot format or erase boot after I flashed everything I rebooted this time it gone worse there is no logo I see only powered by android then no hope after I saw this thread and planned to downgrade downloaded 2gb file and I made clean flashing manually no use i don't see the logo again then I went for auto flashall command when I clicked that something happens it said searching for your device but
After waited for so long I unplugged the cable try to on the phone it's fully blank no sign of power pls help guys I'm begging you all please reply and give me a solution
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sounds like a hardware failure not a software/firmware problem, let it rip, time for another phone, phone not worth getting it repaired even if u do it yourself
vincom said:
sounds like a hardware failure not a software/firmware problem, let it rip, time for another phone, phone not worth getting it repaired even if u do it yourself
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sam.fisher190 said:
Hi there , after soft bricking my phone intentionally because i wanted to downgrade form O to MM which i thought it would be relatively easy to find a stock firmware(the full one) well ...(i was wrong), Xda is not as content rich as you may think, and no one seems to offer any advice or answer for that matter, compared to other forums it lacks a lot.
After flashing more than 5 corrupted firmwares i found one that is working perfectly fine.
Steps:
1-Enter fastboot ( power + vol up)
2- Run (flashall_AFT.cmd) , download link below.... (this is the full firmware no bull**** no missing files) .
That's it... piece of cake
First impression: the bass is more rich and vibrant as many have said so cause the O version was an absolute rubbish like it's battery life , i'm yet to see the battery performance on this MM and i'll be updating the thread with SOT SS after flashing Magisk and installing debloater module.
Download link :
<Mod edit: Link removed>
There are some other newer N full versions but i haven't tested them.
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THREAD CLOSED and download link removed. 4shared.com requires to have an account for downloading i.e. not accepted as file host on XDA.
Please advise the moderators' team when ready to provide a download link from an accepted file host.