Just curious, as with no known method of recovering an unbootable device the risks of bricking are much higher.
BMc08GT said:
Just curious, as with no known method of recovering an unbootable device the risks of bricking are much higher.
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How would you do that? There's nothing you can flash yet xD
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How would you do that? There's nothing you can flash yet xD
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Still possibilities. Not reading directions, randomly doesn't boot etc. Etc.
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seems i just did
yeah, i flashed graphene rom with the kernel thats in android dev, dont remember the name offhand. I realized that graphene wasnt updated so i tried to reset, which resulted in a soft brick because of the kernel im asssuming. I managed to flash back to stock in fastboot with the recovery tool
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yeah, i flashed graphene rom with the kernel thats in android dev, dont remember the name offhand. I realized that graphene wasnt updated so i tried to reset, which resulted in a soft brick because of the kernel im asssuming. I managed to flash back to stock in fastboot with the recovery tool
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mind me asking how? I'm stuck @ the boot animation waiting for it to die then see if it takes me to recovery hopefully :/
ayuready1989 said:
mind me asking how? I'm stuck @ the boot animation waiting for it to die then see if it takes me to recovery hopefully :/
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I used adb reboot bootloader while it was at the boot screen to boot into fastboot and then used tomsgt's lg gwatch toolkit to revert to stock, root and install recovery while in fast boot
Im soft bricked in adb sideload.. waiting for battery to dies as well, PC wont recognize the device(dosent even show in Device Manager), power off button on the back does nothing.
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mind me asking how? I'm stuck @ the boot animation waiting for it to die then see if it takes me to recovery hopefully :/
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Yep. Same situation here, tried flashing the Gohma Rom 1.2 and let it die a few times with no luck. It'd just try to boot again and have the little bubbles fly around endlessly. The hard reset button was no good either. I'm really hoping someone's got something.
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Yep. Same situation here, tried flashing the Gohma Rom 1.2 and let it die a few times with no luck. It'd just try to boot again and have the little bubbles fly around endlessly. The hard reset button was no good either. I'm really hoping someone's got something.
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it went into recovery for me, try to use the tools once it die and u plug it up, forgot which option i used, stock seems to last just as long as the rom now
Bricked?
My lg g watch is stuck on this Spanish screen. It says: se ha detenido la apliaison android wear. I have tried everything except USB to a computer. As I don't have one. It won't connect to my phone and when it did the first time it did it wouldn't let me pull the menu out on the watch. I'm new to this whole smart watch wave and am lost. Thanks
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So I went to flash to my cell using romrepo.info/wiki/index.php?title=Install_from_Stock_Optimus. I got to step 15, and I realized I forgot to place the ROM in my sd card so I restarted the cellphone so I could place the ROM in my sd card, go to reboot to repeat the process and I get a screen that goes:
Fastboot mode started
gpio_i2c: invalid khz: 0
bl: i2c write error
udc_start()
--suspend--
--reset--
--portchange--
--reset--
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fastboot: processing commands
Its a blue screen. I just want to flash this Any guides to get me out of this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1088046
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In the above guide replace optimus one recovery with optimus v.
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Can someone post a link to a recovery file for my phone? You guys are the best.
I followed the above guide, and used the ROM here prepaidandroid.org/index.php?title=How_to_restore_your_Optimus_V_to_almost_original_condition
It reboots, and the same blue screen is up
My brother flashed the wrong recovery, I tried using the tutorial to fix it using fastboot.exe from windows, but it won't work as it can't find the device. windows sees an android device and I installed the drivers from lg, but it refuses to enumerate in adb shell, so I can't connect to it, any ideas?
okay after fiddleing with it a bit, I got the origional recovery mode restored on it, and when I boot into recovery and plug in usb adb can see the device, I have a stock froyo rom how do I restore from here, or can I reflash clockwork from here?
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okay after fiddleing with it a bit, I got the origional recovery mode restored on it, and when I boot into recovery and plug in usb adb can see the device, I have a stock froyo rom how do I restore from here, or can I reflash clockwork from here?
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Can you get me to where you are? Step by step would be nice
Not sure what recovery files I need or ROM I need or anything, or how to use adb. I've been looking online for the past 3hrs on this stuff.
kaivorth said:
Can you get me to where you are? Step by step would be nice
Not sure what recovery files I need or ROM I need or anything, or how to use adb. I've been looking online for the past 3hrs on this stuff.
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go to this page
this only works if you have some sort of custome recovery, My brother had the wrong one for the optimus v (clockworkmod 3.2.0.0) and it wouldn't install any rom.
I just played around with this page until I got the stock bootloader/recovery back, however I'm not sure if this is what we want, you may want to try flashing one of the custom recoveries listed on the site, now that I have the stock I can re-flash anything.
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go to this page
this only works if you have some sort of custome recovery, My brother had the wrong one for the optimus v (clockworkmod 3.2.0.0) and it wouldn't install any rom.
I just played around with this page until I got the stock bootloader/recovery back, however I'm not sure if this is what we want, you may want to try flashing one of the custom recoveries listed on the site, now that I have the stock I can re-flash anything.
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How did you get the stock recovery working though thats what I need. I can't get into any recovery.
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How did you get the stock recovery working though thats what I need. I can't get into any recovery.
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you need to get into a custom recovery, optimus v press back, volume up and power at the same time to boot into a recovery, if you don't have a recovery at all there maybe an issue. so try and boot into a recovery and let me know what you have.
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you need to get into a custom recovery, optimus v press back, volume up and power at the same time to boot into a recovery, if you don't have a recovery at all there maybe an issue. so try and boot into a recovery and let me know what you have.
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Nothing happened. Just that blue screen.
Looking in my SD card I noticed I have a backup of the recovery-clockwork-3.2.0.0-vm670 file. This anything helpful?
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Nothing happened. Just that blue screen.
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if you can't get into any recovery your device maybe permintally bricked, but don't take what I say as gospel I'm new at this as well, I'm still looking up more info, in the mean time you need to figure out how to get into recovery, google for key combos, also when using a key combo to get into recovery make sure power is the last button you press in the combo, hold down the others then power (while still holding the other buttons) and release as soon as you see the lg logo, it should go away quickly and after a few seconds of black you'll see the recovery, if the lg logo stays up for a while it's trying to normal boot.
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Looking in my SD card I noticed I have a backup of the recovery-clockwork-3.2.0.0-vm670 file. This anything helpful?
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you don't want that version of clockwork, that's what my brother flashed and that started this whole mess
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if you can't get into any recovery your device maybe permintally bricked, but don't take what I say as gospel I'm new at this as well, I'm still looking up more info, in the mean time you need to figure out how to get into recovery, google for key combos, also when using a key combo to get into recovery make sure power is the last button you press in the combo, hold down the others then power (while still holding the other buttons) and release as soon as you see the lg logo, it should go away quickly and after a few seconds of black you'll see the recovery, if the lg logo stays up for a while it's trying to normal boot.
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I think if I can get adp to recognize this device I can fix it. Fastboot recognizes this, but adp doesn't. Is there a special adp driver maybe lol?
Got a little bit of progress....did a full system flash using fastbootroot and NVM OMG its fully booted! wow never thought I'd see the homescreen again...now to try to flash it again hahahaha
Now what verison of recovery and rom should I be looking at?
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Got a little bit of progress....did a full system flash using fastbootroot and NVM OMG its fully booted! wow never thought I'd see the homescreen again...now to try to flash it again hahahaha
Now what verison of recovery and rom should I be looking at?
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if you want to get aospCMod on your phone, follow this tutorial, this is what I did for my phone works great.
Now my question to you is how did you use fast boot root tool to get back to home screen because I'm still stuck at recovery
okay I finally managed to fix it, I figured out how to use fast boot root and got a custom recovery, from there I could flash other recoveries, which was importaint because even though I could install any rom I wanted it was stuck in a boot loop where it would keep booting into recovery, So i flashed Xionia_CWMA_12518.4_VM_Recovery.zip from here and under advanced it has an option to fix the boot loop, then from there I could flash a rom and it's fixed.
Lot of work fixin' my first bricked phone, but I learned alot.
I've had the phone for around 6 months, rooted it back in Feb or something.
Started having problems freezing and restarting a few weeks ago, has probably only done this only a handful of times, until this morning...
Phone locked up and restarted then started loading the splash screen directly after the samsung galaxy sII screen and got stuck in an infinite cycle. It doesn't vibrate when turned on and no buttons work the only means of turning it off when in the loop is pulling the battery.
I've searched this topic but all I can find are ppl that have un-rooted phones or ppl that just rooted their phones. I can get into recovery mode but don't know what to do after that... help!
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I've had the phone for around 6 months, rooted it back in Feb or something.
Started having problems freezing and restarting a few weeks ago, has probably only done this only a handful of times, until this morning...
Phone locked up and restarted then started loading the splash screen directly after the samsung galaxy sII screen and got stuck in an infinite cycle. It doesn't vibrate when turned on and no buttons work the only means of turning it off when in the loop is pulling the battery.
I've searched this topic but all I can find are ppl that have un-rooted phones or ppl that just rooted their phones. I can get into recovery mode but don't know what to do after that... help!
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If you aren't on stock ics try a wipe
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If you aren't on stock ics try a wipe
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Could you elaborate on that?
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Could you elaborate on that?
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Are you on the ics update that was sent over kies or are you on GB/rom
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I honestly don't know, I saw the update awhile back and wasn't on wifi so I didn't update it. Then heard on the offroad forum that I frequent that some were having problems with the update so I never actively seeked it out to install it and never saw it pop up again but I do update often so it automatically updates then most likely. I'm pretty savvy with electronics but don't really know any of the lingo yall use in these forums so please go light on it lol
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I honestly don't know, I saw the update awhile back and wasn't on wifi so I didn't update it. Then heard on the offroad forum that I frequent that some were having problems with the update so I never actively seeked it out to install it and never saw it pop up again but I do update often so it automatically updates then most likely. I'm pretty savvy with electronics but don't really know any of the lingo yall use in these forums so please go light on it lol
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Hit about phone and tell me all the info please
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I thought I listed all the info needed, what else are you looking for? It's a Galaxy SII, when I get to recovery mode at the top of the screen is: CWMR Touch v5.5.0.4 other than that I'll need more specifics as to what info you need.
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I thought I listed all the info needed, what else are you looking for? It's a Galaxy SII, when I get to recovery mode at the top of the screen is: CWMR Touch v5.5.0.4 other than that I'll need more specifics as to what info you need.
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go into CWM, wipe cache and dalvik cache(under advanced) and fix permissions, also under andvanced i believe.
If that doesnt help, might have to wipe data.
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I thought I listed all the info needed, what else are you looking for? It's a Galaxy SII, when I get to recovery mode at the top of the screen is: CWMR Touch v5.5.0.4 other than that I'll need more specifics as to what info you need.
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go into CWM, wipe cache and dalvik cache(under advanced) and fix permissions, also under andvanced i believe.
If that doesnt help, might have to wipe data.
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I want to make sure you don't brick your phone with the emmc bug. On stock ics if you wipe you can brick your phome
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I did what you said and to no change other than the samsung logo being listed longer while it loaded, splash screen appeared and went into the loop.
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I did what you said and to no change other than the samsung logo being listed longer while it loaded, splash screen appeared and went into the loop.
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The only thing left to try would be to use factory reset in cwm. If that doesnt work then youll have to flash new firmware
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I want to make sure you don't brick your phone with the emmc bug. On stock ics if you wipe you can brick your phome
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didn't see this post when I made the last one
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The only thing left to try would be to use factory reset in cwm. If that doesnt work then youll have to flash new firmware
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I did the factory reset and nothing changed, I'll start searching how to flash new firmware
Actually on second though after reading I'll wait for more advice as the last thing I wanna do is brick this thing
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Actually on second though after reading I'll wait for more advice as the last thing I wanna do is brick this thing
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I would suggest you try flashing stock UCKH7 to see if that will clear the boot loop. To do that, follow the guide in my signature. If you want to try straight stock, use the guide to return the phone to the store. If you want to try stock plus root, use the guide about flashing custom binaries. The download link for the firmware you need is contained within the guides. After you flash, see if the phone boots. If it still loops, enter 3e recovery and do a wipe data/factory reset. If it still loops, or not, let us know the results. Doing the above will be safe since the firmwares contain no bootloaders, and also are free of the eMMC superbrick bug.
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I did what you said and to no change other than the samsung logo being listed longer while it loaded, splash screen appeared and went into the loop.
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Get into download mode and flash the stock UCKH7. If it still persists then your phone is screwed
Thanks for the help, I finally was able to get ahold of a buddy that does this stuff for a living and he fixed it in like 5 min flat.
His business: mobiletechvideos.com
Either you've got one helluva friend, or this is one fail of a plug
Clay
Team Pirate
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You're welcome. I graduated with this guy and he lives within 30 minutes of my offices...
connexion2005 said:
You're welcome. I graduated with this guy and he lives within 30 minutes of my offices...
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You are a BadAss at what you do my dude, I enjoy watching your videos on YT, you literally turn bricks in to phones!!! Much props for the solid work you do and helping people out.... :good::good: How did you fix his phone Factory/reset right?
i was running two roms with dual boot. first was a supernexus jb rom and other mystic glory. i had some hicups with supernexus so i flashed a dream kernel over it. for the first time it booted upto dream logo (even asked for loading 2nd rom) and then went black; phone turned off. second time happened the same thing. then i tried to go to cwm recovery mode, but no luck. so booted with mystic glory rom and from the restart menu tried to go to cwm recovery. the phone turned off and now the phone wont boot beyond samsung galaxy s2 logo.
i searched through this forum and couldnt find any solution.
any help would be greatly appreciated. pls provide any links to any threads if you want me to download something.
Thanks
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i was running two roms with dual boot. first was a supernexus jb rom and other mystic glory. i had some hicups with supernexus so i flashed a dream kernel over it. for the first time it booted upto dream logo (even asked for loading 2nd rom) and then went black; phone turned off. second time happened the same thing. then i tried to go to cwm recovery mode, but no luck. so booted with mystic glory rom and from the restart menu tried to go to cwm recovery. the phone turned off and now the phone wont boot beyond samsung galaxy s2 logo.
i searched through this forum and couldnt find any solution.
any help would be greatly appreciated. pls provide any links to any threads if you want me to download something.
Thanks
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Dual booting has always been unstable and the only way out is to start from scratch. I would not advice dual booting unless you are able to spend time redoing it.
zelendel said:
Dual booting has always been unstable and the only way out is to start from scratch. I would not advice dual booting unless you are able to spend time redoing it.
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thks mate for the reply.........any suggestions to get out of this mess.....
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thks mate for the reply.........any suggestions to get out of this mess.....
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Did u use the rom manager app?
Go to the development section and check out the stickies for going back to stock. That should be your first step.
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Phalanx7621 said:
Did u use the rom manager app?
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i m not sure wt u r suggesting.............but it was on my phone.......and now i cant get anyplace except for download mode using usb cable......
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Go to the development section and check out the stickies for going back to stock. That should be your first step.
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i have tried going back to stock........odin runs completely and passes.......phones starts reboot......once past samsung logo, it shows cwm recovery pic for a sec from previous flash (which is wierd, since the phone must be back to stock)..........and goes black.......still able to go to download mode.......
i have also tried bootloader i777uckh7sbl.tar from one the posts here.........still no luck....
i think i have seriously messed up the phone........but since i can manage to get to download mode, its not a hard brick????
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i have tried going back to stock........odin runs completely and passes.......phones starts reboot......once past samsung logo, it shows cwm recovery pic for a sec from previous flash (which is wierd, since the phone must be back to stock)..........and goes black.......still able to go to download mode.......
i have also tried bootloader i777uckh7sbl.tar from one the posts here.........still no luck....
i think i have seriously messed up the phone........but since i can manage to get to download mode, its not a hard brick????
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The only think that can hardbrick was that bootloader you flashed... Don't do that when it's completely unnecessary.
korockinout13 said:
The only think that can hardbrick was that bootloader you flashed... Don't do that when it's completely unnecessary.
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does that mean my phone is hardbricked........if not pls show me a way...........still can get into download mode...........
poooolbachhan said:
does that mean my phone is hardbricked........if not pls show me a way...........still can get into download mode...........
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Brick means no sign of life. Stop using that word.
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Brick means no sign of life. Stop using that word.
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thanks mate........that is a gre8 relief .........any suggestions to get me out of this mess?........i could have get the jtag done on it but i live in India and shipping the phone to mobiletechvideos and getting it fixed will cost me nearly a brand new phone..........since it is US version of s2, i cant get it fixed in India through samsung........
i need some definitive actions.....because everything i have been doing until now through research made it worse.......only life signs its showing right now is getting in to download mode with a pc connection......also smetimes i see a flicker in the bottom four keys......pls help
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thanks mate........that is a gre8 relief .........any suggestions to get me out of this mess?........i could have get the jtag done on it but i live in India and shipping the phone to mobiletechvideos and getting it fixed will cost me nearly a brand new phone..........since it is US version of s2, i cant get it fixed in India through samsung........
i need some definitive actions.....because everything i have been doing until now through research made it worse.......only life signs its showing right now is getting in to download mode with a pc connection......also smetimes i see a flicker in the bottom four keys......pls help
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I suggest you continue trying to get to stock. Use a different stock package than the one that didn't work.
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Okay, so basically I flashed googy max kernel, then stupidly, after reading the instructions several times, i flashed cyanogenmod as the 2nd rom on the dual boot, but i did that without wiping the system like it said, so obviously it bootloops at the cm screen. And i never installed a recovery on that side of the dual boot. so basically now, every time i boot up the phone it bootloops at the cm start screen, and i can't get into a recovery to fix it, and i don't know how to get back to the first boot rom which is okay. i can boot into download mode and have tried several times to install cwm on the second side, but to no avail, it still won't let me boot into recovery or the bootloader. So right now i'm terrified i've completely irreparably bricked it, but i just hope theres someone of higher intelligence than me that knows how to fix it
AFAIK, from reading the Siyah thread (Which googy is based on) isn't there a key combination you can press at boot to determine how you boot.?
There is only one recovery per device btw so hold vol up, home and power to get into recovery
My good sir, I wish to propose to you.
Oh my god, you've saved my life!
and i'm sorry for wasting your time
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My good sir, I wish to propose to you.
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I'm not available I am afraid
miketino said:
Oh my god, you've saved my life!
and i'm sorry for wasting your time
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No problem. Better to ask questions when you don't know...
Just lets start with yes I should have known better, yes I did not look before I leaped, yes I am an idiot.
Long story short I formatted the phone with TWRP, and now all it does as show the HTC logo when I turn it on. Can't connect to my PC, can't do anything with it at all. I just wanted to wipe the phone so I can sell it and I went a bit too far.
Is it a brick? Can I recover this thing somehow?
EDIT: BTW I can't turn it off either, its just stuck on a white screen with a HTC logo.
OK after some torture i got it into the bootloader. Need to charge it a bit before I can reload the base RUU. This should work, but will post again if it doesn't, thanks anyway....
so what happened
Rogue Leader said:
OK after some torture i got it into the bootloader. Need to charge it a bit before I can reload the base RUU. This should work, but will post again if it doesn't, thanks anyway....
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im in need of some help myself. only bootloader available. cant factory reset cant flash into stock recovery it will send me to a red triangle. tried some ruu but dont know which one
Vega said:
im in need of some help myself. only bootloader available. cant factory reset cant flash into stock recovery it will send me to a red triangle. tried some ruu but dont know which one
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I got mine working using the .RUU that corresponded with the last version I had installed. That got it going