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I've been trying for the last 3 hours to unlock the bootloader on my Xperia Tablet Z (SGP 311).
The issue I appear to be having is the driver. I get the Windows sound of a unregonised device.
I've followed the Sony guide and also tried with FlashTool, but it tells me I need to install the drivers they provide, which I've done but still unable to to unlock the bootloader.
Can anyone help, as this is driving me mad
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I've been trying for the last 3 hours to unlock the bootloader on my Xperia Tablet Z (SGP 311).
The issue I appear to be having is the driver. I get the Windows sound of a unregonised device.
I've followed the Sony guide and also tried with FlashTool, but it tells me I need to install the drivers they provide, which I've done but still unable to to unlock the bootloader.
Can anyone help, as this is driving me mad
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OK, I think I've managed to unlock the bootloader, as I finally got the drivers to work.
Now, how to install 'pollux-windy', as when I boot into 'fastboot', I don't see anything on the screen of my tablet? I've put the image on the tablet and extracted the 'boot' image, but I don't know how to access it to run?
WannabeMKII said:
OK, I think I've managed to unlock the bootloader, as I finally got the drivers to work.
Now, how to install 'pollux-windy', as when I boot into 'fastboot', I don't see anything on the screen of my tablet? I've put the image on the tablet and extracted the 'boot' image, but I don't know how to access it to run?
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When trying to install from cmd prompt, I get "error: cannot load 'boot.img': No error"
Can anyone assist?
Thanks in advance.
Can anyone assist a man in need?
Something has happened, as when I now reboot the device, all I get is 'Free Xperia' and the blue man?
Any ideas?
Great news, I've got it working, finally and such a relief.
However, I've added gapps.zip to the device, but when going into the recovery, I'm unable to see that zip to install it. When I look on the device using file manage, it's there?
Any ideas why I can see it on the device and I know it's there, but I can't install it from the recovery?
Can anyone assist, as I don't even have the 'Play' store...
Thanks in advance.
was the gapps on the internal of your memeory, what recovery are u using? if u r using cm10.1 it has cwm as the recovery nd it should mount every locate accurately. my suggestion nd what i do is inhave a micro-sd in my tablet. if u have a micro-sd i would put the file on the card nd when in recovery go to the external. but it sounds like to me that u need go back in folders to root of the system. and got to data/media nd that should show files that u might have transfered from any 4.1.2 rom
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Issue resolved, thanks for the pointer skiwong20.
Basically, it was in a folder called '0' that must've been created at some point and not the root level of the SD card. But all now working and thanks for the pointer!
Thanks.
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I did see your original reply before deletion and granted, I hadn't taken it fully onboard and made a schoolboy mistake to not spot the folder structure. However, was glad the forums were here to offer support and help and that's what I believe it's all about, a support forum...
Hi, everyone. I wiped the internal storage on my htc one on accident while trying to wipe the dalvik cache on twrp. Now when I turn on my phone it gets stuck on the splash screen. I hold down the volume button when turning it on and it goes to hboot where I am able to navigate to fastboot and my twrp recovery. Besides those two things all data on my phone is completely gone the storage only has about 16 megabytes on it now. In the cmd prompt typing in adb comes up with device not found and adb device shows an empty list. Fastboot devices in cmd however dpes find my phone which is odd. Updating my drives doesn't work and the mtp driver can not install for some reason. So I can not use adb to push or sideload anything. I could use twrp to sideload something maybe if I could somehow get something onto my phone. RUU won't work because I never turned my s-off and since I am now at this stage I don't know of anyway I can turn my s-off. Could someone maybe tell me how I could get my adb to find my device(updating drivers doesn't work). Really any way to solve this would be appreciated I tried so many things. I've unlocked and relocked bootloader so many times for different things. Basically there is no os on my phone. I can not use adb to put a rom on my phone. I only have access to hboot fastboot usb and twrp recovery. Please links and some instructions would be very much appreciated. If you help me fix my phone I will ofcourse give you thanks on your reply and when I can I will donate money to you(not saying any time soon as I do not have a job and am currently looking but I will remember you for saving my phone and I am the type of person to return favors).
No need for thanks or money, but if your device supports otg cable you may be able to load a ROM on there, don't have a one so I can tell you if it does
True, without s-off or super cid you can't flash older versions of an os than you're currently on but that doesn't mean in the future there won't be an ruu that is newer, of course that won't help you now but its something at least (and another reason why s-off is key for any HTC phone)
But If otg doesn't work than you need to find something that will flash in bootloader (double check if there are any stock ROMs, try them all - at least look into them all) and as for adb see if you need to update binaries on your PC, open the SDK and try to update. Also try to uninstall first then reinstall drivers
Best of luck!
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demkantor said:
No need for thanks or money, but if your device supports otg cable you may be able to load a ROM on there, don't have a one so I can tell you if it does
True, without s-off or super cid you can't flash older versions of an os than you're currently on but that doesn't mean in the future there won't be an ruu that is newer, of course that won't help you now but its something at least (and another reason why s-off is key for any HTC phone)
But If otg doesn't work than you need to find something that will flash in bootloader (double check if there are any stock ROMs, try them all - at least look into them all) and as for adb see if you need to update binaries on your PC, open the SDK and try to update. Also try to uninstall first then reinstall drivers
Best of luck!
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I just got my adb to recognize my phone however it only recognizes it while in twrp recovery.
That's normal, it won't work in bootloader ever, just recovery and os
So your good now right? Just need to adb sideload and your off to the next ROM!
Seriously consider s-off though, I highly recommend it when possible
Happy flashing!
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demkantor said:
That's normal, it won't work in bootloader ever, just recovery and os
So your good now right? Just need to adb sideload and your off to the next ROM!
Seriously consider s-off though, I highly recommend it when possible
Happy flashing!
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adb sideload wont work it says unable to mount data and unable to mount internal storage and unable to mount everything else it is supposed to mount
Sounds suspiciously like corrupt partitions, hopefully formating within recovery will fix this, may need to flash recovery again from fastboot
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hey guys, i have no clue what happened. i havent fooled around and fiddled with my HDX 8.9 in months. i rooted it in december and installed safestrap last month (but i didnt use it. i only installed safestrap in anticipation of a rom) and out of the blue my kindles wifi stopped working yesterday. i decided to restart it bc thats the ultimate fix for all electronics but now its stuck on the animated kindle fire boot logo. ADB works and i can also boot into fastboot. Thats where my knowledge ends. i dont have the knowledge you guys have and i have googled this for the past 3 hoours but to no avail. i would find other help on other devices but i dont wanna risk ruining my hdx even more by trying another devices fix.
can anyone tell me how to recover from adb. i tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530623
and it just booted me into fastboot and i would use this command: "fastboot -w -i 0x1949" and that doesnt do anything. androidcowboy seemed to have some problems with that method too, so im skeptical. is there someway to push a unmodified firmware and get stock back?? ill provide any more info you guys need. a quick step by step or a link to somebody elses page would be awesome!! a cookie to the best helper! :highfive:
PS i should also mention that i can in fact boot into safestrap. however, my backup does not appear. my internal storage in safestrap says 0mb. is my internal sdcard not mounting for a reason?
please help!
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hey guys, i have no clue what happened. i havent fooled around and fiddled with my HDX 8.9 in months. i rooted it in december and installed safestrap last month (but i didnt use it. i only installed safestrap in anticipation of a rom) and out of the blue my kindles wifi stopped working yesterday. i decided to restart it bc thats the ultimate fix for all electronics but now its stuck on the animated kindle fire boot logo. ADB works and i can also boot into fastboot. Thats where my knowledge ends. i dont have the knowledge you guys have and i have googled this for the past 3 hoours but to no avail. i would find other help on other devices but i dont wanna risk ruining my hdx even more by trying another devices fix.
can anyone tell me how to recover from adb. i tried this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2530623
and it just booted me into fastboot and i would use this command: "fastboot -w -i 0x1949" and that doesnt do anything. androidcowboy seemed to have some problems with that method too, so im skeptical. is there someway to push a unmodified firmware and get stock back?? ill provide any more info you guys need. a quick step by step or a link to somebody elses page would be awesome!! a cookie to the best helper! :highfive:
PS i should also mention that i can in fact boot into safestrap. however, my backup does not appear. my internal storage in safestrap says 0mb. is my internal sdcard not mounting for a reason?
please help!
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did you use the normal usb calbe to boot into fastboot mode? or you were using a special usb cable?
if you can boot into safesatrap, then your hdx is not a brick at all ,you can fix it in safestrap ,try to google the ways using the SS.
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did you use the normal usb calbe to boot into fastboot mode? or you were using a special usb cable?
if you can boot into safesatrap, then your hdx is not a brick at all ,you can fix it in safestrap ,try to google the ways using the SS.
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thanks for response. i was using a normal cable. are you sugesting that i load amazons official firmware over my stock partition through SS? this is why i was asking because this is what it seems google say to do. i was planning on doing that but i didnt want to mess my device up more so thats why i was asking. i was thinking of creating a slot and installing stock firmware on it and see if it was safe but because my internal storage doesnt mount and shows up as 0mb i was unable to create a slot and load the firmaware.
please be a little more specific as to what i should be googling and i will gladly do it. i hate asking questions in forums bc i dont want to be that guy who takes peoples time up for a simple solutioin but the truth is that i looked everywhere before i asked the question. i have a couple of methods i would like to use but i dont know which one is the right one and the safest one. im leaning towards reloading stock amazon firmware into the stock slot on SS.
thanks again and sorry for being a pain. im a noob compared to most of you guys but believe it or not im quite tech saavy.
anybody toss me a clue please. should i go ahead a flash stock rom? i went to dl stock rom from http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_left_v4_sib?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201357220 and it was a .bin. should i rename it to a zip? also, the file i downloaded is 488mb however when it downloaded it said it was supposed to be 795mb. i dled it twice and it came out 488 both times. can somebody give me a md5 of their update so i know i have a proper file. sorry to sound desperate but i need answers. :fingers-crossed:
thanks y'all
My copy of update-kindle-14.3.1.0_user_310079820 is 794 MB.
MD5 : 0F2BC5278C057E7A6B4823B0F68D0727
It looks like you've got a bad copy
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anybody toss me a clue please. should i go ahead a flash stock rom? i went to dl stock rom from http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/ref=hp_left_v4_sib?ie=UTF8&nodeId=201357220 and it was a .bin. should i rename it to a zip? also, the file i downloaded is 488mb however when it downloaded it said it was supposed to be 795mb. i dled it twice and it came out 488 both times. can somebody give me a md5 of their update so i know i have a proper file. sorry to sound desperate but i need answers. :fingers-crossed:
thanks y'all
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Try this http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/apollo//apollo-amazon-os-14.3.1.0.zip
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ptrsnshane said:
Try this http://goo.im/devs/Hashcode/apollo//apollo-amazon-os-14.3.1.0.zip
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great... thanks to you guys. now should i just go ahead and push it through adb and flash it?? does it matter that internal storage doesnt mount in SS?
thanks again
gutts10 said:
great... thanks to you guys. now should i just go ahead and push it through adb and flash it?? does it matter that internal storage doesnt mount in SS?
thanks again
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I have only installed it on a rom slot. It worked like it should but in your case I'm not sure.
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I have only installed it on a rom slot. It worked like it should but in your case I'm not sure.
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ok ill give it a go first thing tomo... ill let you know how it goes. thanks again.
Q&A for [ROM][STOCK][JB 4.2.2] ASUS MeMO Pad 8 (ME180A-WW-3.1.0.42)
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My asus memo pad 8 not booting and not reach to check usb debuging...
When conecct usb fastboot mode device not found in win 8.1
Help me please
Sorry my bad english
hhzznn said:
My asus memo pad 8 not booting and not reach to check usb debuging...
When conecct usb fastboot mode device not found in win 8.1
Help me please
Sorry my bad english
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Hello there,
If not using the "adbsetup" drivers or the ones off the ASUS website (sorry, couldn't find the ASUS drivers when I looked ), use one of the above. If using one and still not connecting, try the other option.
Also, check your USB ports to make sure you are not connecting via a USB 3.x standard. Android (or at least some Android devices) don't like those.
If all else fails, you may need a Linux build
Hope this provides a head start.
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hello
my asus memo pad 8 not booting becuse im delete odex file in system/app after rooting..now device not booting any way!wipe data and wipe cash dont answer and not booting yet!!
in fast boot mode unlock oem not answering...
please help me ...
email :[email protected]
hhzznn said:
hello
my asus memo pad 8 not booting becuse im delete odex file in system/app after rooting..now device not booting any way!wipe data and wipe cash dont answer and not booting yet!!
in fast boot mode unlock oem not answering...
please help me ...
email :[email protected]
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Looks you got a little further... :good:
From what I remember when I followed the guide, there was no feedback (nothing on the screen, and tablet remains black) on when you issue the unlock commands - which by the way, are:
Code:
fastboot oem unlock61646
fastboot oem unlockD696E
Then, reboot the bootloader and install CWM (first line may be substituted with rebooting into fastboot by hand):
Code:
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery_cwm.img
fastboot flash misc misc_reboot-recovery.img
fastboot reboot
You shouldn't get a write-protect error this time around. Hope this helps.
By the way, your SKU is WW version, right? If not, my ROM may not help you (without going the long way around of instead of flashing the ROM, copying the odex files back into /system/app using CWM's ADB push command). Just a warning. If you are not WW, and insist on flashing anyway, I would highly recommend a nandroid backup (and probably copied) to MicroSD to protect your original (broken) ROM.
help me
my pad is sku = ww
in the fastboot mode i type fastboot oem unlock61646 and i get asnwer okey and finish but when type fastboot oem unlockD696E i get answer oem admunlock not request
help me please
hhzznn said:
my pad is sku = ww
in the fastboot mode i type fastboot oem unlock61646 and i get asnwer okey and finish but when type fastboot oem unlockD696E i get answer oem admunlock not request
help me please
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The latter may have been for the 10" model - cannot remember. Try rebooting into fastboot now and see if CWM install takes.
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joel.maxuel said:
The latter may have been for the 10" model - cannot remember. Try rebooting into fastboot now and see if CWM install takes.
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the code:fastboot unlock oem61646 worked but fastboot oemD696E not working
in stock recovery i cant install rom.zip
and in fastboot when install recovery cwm answer bootloader lock
any offer for me?
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**you may need a Linux build **
i have a linux base ,, may you help me??
hhzznn said:
**you may need a Linux build **
i have a linux base ,, may you help me??
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May not be as important now (if you got fastboot working in windows), but what distro do you have? I am familiar with Debian, Ubuntu, and their derivates.
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joel.maxuel said:
May not be as important now (if you got fastboot working in windows), but what distro do you have? I am familiar with Debian, Ubuntu, and their derivates.
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i have ubuntu....what should i do?
hhzznn said:
i have ubuntu....what should i do?
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In a terminal...
apt-get install android-tools-fastboot
...would be a good start. You may need to register the device vendor in your configuration, which I can research later if...
fastboot devices
...lists nothing. Hope this helps.
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Hi...I was having issues with my ME180A (WW variant) where the OTA update would never take (I had the tablet rooted) so when I finally found this thread and the associated stock ROM install instructions I thought I would give it a go to see if I could clean up the mess that I must have made rooting and de-bloating my tablet. I got adb and fastboot install on my win 8.1 machine with no problems, got CWM (from your link) installed on my tablet with no issues but when I tried to flash your original rom onto my tablet it would get partially through the install and then I would get
set_metadata_recursive; some changes failed
error in /data/media/0/K00L_Back_To_Stock_Untouched_Orig.zip
status 7
and the install would fail. I think this has somehow screwed up my bootloader because now my tablet constantly reboots into CWM no matter what I do. When the tablet is connected to my Windows machine, the drivers don't get loaded so ADB and fastboot just sit at "waiting for device" after I try some of the different commands. I'm familiar with flashing ROMs onto my phones and have never had an issue but I have had a lot of difficulties with this tablet. Do you have any advice to solve the bootloader and ROM flashing issues?
Thanks in advance for any assistance that can be provided.
Syncline said:
Hi...I was having issues with my ME180A (WW variant) where the OTA update would never take (I had the tablet rooted) so when I finally found this thread and the associated stock ROM install instructions I thought I would give it a go to see if I could clean up the mess that I must have made rooting and de-bloating my tablet. I got adb and fastboot install on my win 8.1 machine with no problems, got CWM (from your link) installed on my tablet with no issues but when I tried to flash your original rom onto my tablet it would get partially through the install and then I would get
set_metadata_recursive; some changes failed
error in /data/media/0/K00L_Back_To_Stock_Untouched_Orig.zip
status 7
and the install would fail. I think this has somehow screwed up my bootloader because now my tablet constantly reboots into CWM no matter what I do. When the tablet is connected to my Windows machine, the drivers don't get loaded so ADB and fastboot just sit at "waiting for device" after I try some of the different commands. I'm familiar with flashing ROMs onto my phones and have never had an issue but I have had a lot of difficulties with this tablet. Do you have any advice to solve the bootloader and ROM flashing issues?
Thanks in advance for any assistance that can be provided.
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Hmmmm, I guess this is why I made two files, but the other may have similar problems because of this issue.
I will see if I can change the updater program. In the meantime, pop the other back-to-stock file onto MicroSD, reload CWM, and try that one. Report back to me in any case.
UPDATE:
If the above fails, try this one as well.
joel.maxuel said:
Hmmmm, I guess this is why I made two files, but the other may have similar problems because of this issue.
I will see if I can change the updater program. In the meantime, pop the other back-to-stock file onto MicroSD, reload CWM, and try that one. Report back to me in any case.
UPDATE:
If the above fails, try this one as well.
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Joel,
I tried to flash the other back-to-stock file as you recommended however the end result was the same.
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
E:Error in /external_sd/K00L_Back_To_Stock_Re-Perm-Linked.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Are there any other things that you can think of that I can try to get this issue fixed? And thanks for all your assistance, it is appreciated.
Syncline said:
Joel,
I tried to flash the other back-to-stock file as you recommended however the end result was the same.
set_metadata_recursive: some changes failed
E:Error in /external_sd/K00L_Back_To_Stock_Re-Perm-Linked.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Are there any other things that you can think of that I can try to get this issue fixed? And thanks for all your assistance, it is appreciated.
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So the third file I created (in my post update) replaces the updater-binary that would be causing issues with that particular CWM.
Third times the charm... :fingers-crossed:
joel.maxuel said:
So the third file I created (in my post update) replaces the updater-binary that would be causing issues with that particular CWM.
Third times the charm... :fingers-crossed:
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Things worked great that time with the flash working and the tablet rebooting properly however now it is asking for a password to decrypt storage and this is the first time I've ever seen this. Any thoughts?
Syncline said:
Things worked great that time with the flash working and the tablet rebooting properly however now it is asking for a password to decrypt storage and this is the first time I've ever seen this. Any thoughts?
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Were you encrypted before?
Could do is a nandroid of the data partition and then factory reset. You will have to set your apps up by hand again, but it is better than that message.
Sent from my MeMO Pad 8"
joel.maxuel said:
Were you encrypted before?
Could do is a nandroid of the data partition and then factory reset. You will have to set your apps up by hand again, but it is better than that message.
Sent from my MeMO Pad 8"
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No I wasn't encrypted before but from what I read it seems to involve a failure to mount the DATA partition correctly, and the Android OS erroneously assumes it's encrypted. I'm not overly concerned about setting up apps by hand, I do have a titanium backup of my apps and data. As I'm still at work, I can't do too much playing around on my tablet. I don't have access to my personal computer that has all my tools like adb, fastboot, etc. until the work day is done. I've said it a couple of times, but I truly appreciate the assistance that you've provided.
UPDATE: After booting back into CWM, doing a factory reset and a format of the /data partition seems to have done the trick. I'm back into my tablet and currently updating all the pre-installed apps that require it. One more quick question Joel, you mention that the ROM is rooted and I do have SuperSU installed, however when I run the app it tells me there is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it, can I just install the latest version of a flashable SuperSU zip with CWM to fix this?
Syncline said:
UPDATE: After booting back into CWM, doing a factory reset and a format of the /data partition seems to have done the trick. I'm back into my tablet and currently updating all the pre-installed apps that require it. One more quick question Joel, you mention that the ROM is rooted and I do have SuperSU installed, however when I run the app it tells me there is no SU binary installed and SuperSU cannot install it, can I just install the latest version of a flashable SuperSU zip with CWM to fix this?
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That's an interesting side effect...never had that happen before.
You can try it, and let me know. Hopefully your CWM is still kicking around, or else you will have to reinstall via fastboot. Or alternatively, just re-root normally (like with Kingo).
By the way, before you do that, does /system/xbin/su exist? Or what you could answer, is you could download Voodoo OTA RootKeeper and report back which values are not checked off. I think SuperSU update.zip places the su binary, nothing else. But we shall see.
Sorry Joel, I didn't see your reply before I flashed the SuperSU zip but it did work, my tablet is rooted again.
Hey,
so does anyone know how to root this device? Received it yesterday and am waiting for root since most of the Apps I am using require it.
Help would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
T0b3
Try the Kingroot tool.
Worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
sheapchit said:
Try the Kingroot tool.
Worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/apps-games/one-click-root-tool-android-2-x-5-0-t3107461
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Well it didn't work for me. Tried both the APK and Windows version. Meh.
Ok, then I suggest you try Megthebest's TWRP method from here:
http://www.needrom.com/download/twrp-2-8-7-3-megthebest-6/
Ah, I'd have to reset my whole settings, widgets, etc., then. Don't feel like it. I think I'll wait for Kingroot to update. Thanks anyways!
T0b3 said:
Ah, I'd have to reset my whole settings, widgets, etc., then. Don't feel like it. I think I'll wait for Kingroot to update. Thanks anyways!
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I don't think so... (Or am I missing something???)
All you need to do is install PC drivers, flash TWRP as your recovery.img (=system, data and other user images are unaffected) and then just flash root using SuperSU .zip.
Can't see that there is a need to do any resets or wipes to get it working, nor should you flash over any of your personal settings.
Recommend you check with Megthebest, he's a user and has another thread on the Ulefone Power here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/ulefone-power-real-reviews-discussion-t3300315
There might be other rooting tips there too.
sheapchit said:
I don't think so... (Or am I missing something???)
All you need to do is install PC drivers, flash TWRP as your recovery.img (=system, data and other user images are unaffected) and then just flash root using SuperSU .zip.
Can't see that there is a need to do any resets or wipes to get it working, nor should you flash over any of your personal settings.
Recommend you check with Megthebest, he's a user and has another thread on the Ulefone Power here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/ulefone-power-real-reviews-discussion-t3300315
There might be other rooting tips there too.
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Hi, I'm very sad, I try to root the phone from the recovery. it was in chinese and I don't understand. the smartphone was blocked here
is there anyone can help me? http://postimg.org/image/soo6y0pl9/
is there a button for reboot?
I'm very sad
Maybe you can try the official way to root Ulefone Power: blog.ulefone.com/how-to-root-ulefone-power
An news about this?
sheapchit said:
Ok, then I suggest you try Megthebest's TWRP method from here:
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Thx a lot
your link give me easy method for root my ulefone Power. For me all ok
Just receive but this phone seem really good, only bad point is 5.5 inch, why i use d600 as main phone, but really love this ulefone power, perhaps soon use as main phone if find solution supply.
(french, sorry for my poor English)
Has anyone tried using fastboot on this device?
You can boot into fastboot by holding volume up and power. Then volume up to select fastboot and volume down to select the option (weir but it works).
I was able to use "fastboot flashing unlock" to successfully unlock the device. You can also see what is available by using "fastboot OEM?" command.
I did not want to flash anything on the phone and wanted to just boot TWRP for the device using "fastboot boot <image file name>" but it failed to boot. I think the boot command has been changed since and now needs memory locations.
I have tried "fastboot flash recovery <file name>" and it flashed successfully but trying to go into recovery still gives the stock recovery. I'm not sure what really flashed and where.
This is a great phone ! Just hope to find root !
http://blog.ulefone.com/how-to-root-ulefone-power/
you can use this link
Really good joke.
Kingoroot, don't root Ulefone power...
Hi guys, I need a little help here. I was trying to install TWRP and I think I've done something wrong... The phone won't turn on nor to preload nor boot or charge. Can you please help me fix it? Please help!!!
i am a proud owner of a Ulefone Power with Android 6.0 since yesterday, i am trying to root the phone now.
what way would you suggest to do this without bricking the phone? TWRP or KingsRoot or SuperSU ?
this blog looks like that was working for andorid 5.1, i have android 6.0, does anyknow knows if the this root procedure is still working on android 6.0 in 2017 ?
hxxp://blog.ulefone.com/how-to-root-ulefone-power/
this drivers and software i already installed:
hxxp://singledrivers.blogspot.co.at/2015/08/ulefone-power-64bit-usb-driver-for.html
that's what i try to achieve:
hxxp://buckydroid.com/vr-without-gyroscope/