Hi everyone,
I would like to preface with I made some very stupid mistakes late last night/early this morning. I decided at around 11pm I was going to root and install a custom recovery on my SGP311. I followed this guide exactly to obtain root and recovery and it worked PERFECTLY.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-tablet-z/development/root-sp321-ftf-10-5-1-0-283-t2873377
Then the mistakes started happening. First mistake I made.
1) Instead of backing up everything in recovery I just Wiped everything. I deleted cache, davlik cache, system, and data. I thought at the time no big deal ill just flash a rom.
2)I decided to flash a CM nightly and I got the "your device is a pollux and this rom is for pollux_windy" error and assumed I was wrong. I downloaded the pollux version, and flashed it. That was the dumbest thing I did. I booted and immediately started looping at the cyanogenmod screen.
3) I attempted to troubleshoot by flashing firmware and kernels through Flashboot. It made it worse and now I cant get into recovery at all.
Here is the positives
I can connect to the device through Flashmode and Fastboot.
What should I do next to remedy this situation?
TheShackSpecialist said:
Hi everyone,
I would like to preface with I made some very stupid mistakes late last night/early this morning. I decided at around 11pm I was going to root and install a custom recovery on my SGP311. I followed this guide exactly to obtain root and recovery and it worked PERFECTLY.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-tablet-z/development/root-sp321-ftf-10-5-1-0-283-t2873377
Then the mistakes started happening. First mistake I made.
1) Instead of backing up everything in recovery I just Wiped everything. I deleted cache, davlik cache, system, and data. I thought at the time no big deal ill just flash a rom.
2)I decided to flash a CM nightly and I got the "your device is a pollux and this rom is for pollux_windy" error and assumed I was wrong. I downloaded the pollux version, and flashed it. That was the dumbest thing I did. I booted and immediately started looping at the cyanogenmod screen.
3) I attempted to troubleshoot by flashing firmware and kernels through Flashboot. It made it worse and now I cant get into recovery at all.
Here is the positives
I can connect to the device through Flashmode and Fastboot.
What should I do next to remedy this situation?
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I just quickly read your post from work but since you wiped it and can no longer boot your tablet...just flash back a stock FTF with FlashTool and your tablet will back to full stock...you'll have to re-root obviously. Hope this helped... :good:
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I just quickly read your post from work but since you wiped it and can no longer boot your tablet...just flash back a stock FTF with FlashTool and your tablet will back to full stock...you'll have to re-root obviously. Hope this helped... :good:
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I'm downloading the FTF right now, Ill let you know how I make out so that people can see the resolution!
*EDIT* IT WORKED!!!! I missed the simple solution because I am so tired right now. But my tablet is working which is the important part THANK YOU!!!!
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I followed the directions to root on the LOOK HERE FIRST, so I installed Clockwork, then flashed the root zip, and that's it - I never installed any other ROM. It seems to operate just fine, but then at some point when I reboot it gets stuck at the Samsung logo. I repeatedly restore my NAND backup from before I rooted, flash the root zip again (and I tried redownloading it, in case it was corrupted), and try rebooting and it boots just fine. But then it always breaks itself and boot loops again after a while. I've done this a couple times.
I have the Wifi only tab 10.1 7510 (U.S.).
I suggest following this guide, step by step. It never fails.
This one will get you back to a fresh start.
http://galaxytabhacks.com/galaxy-tab-10-1-hacks/how-to-unroot-your-galaxy-tab-10-1/
And this one will get you rooted properly.
http://galaxytabhacks.com/galaxy-tab-10-1-hacks/how-to-root-galaxy-tab-10-1-the-easy-way/
After that, just make sure to do a nandroid/Titanium Backup before wiping Cache, Dalvik Cache, and then data, all before installing a new ROM.
And after you do the 3x wipe, don't boot up at all. Just install straight from recovery.
kehlan said:
I suggest following this guide, step by step. It never fails.
This one will get you back to a fresh start.
http://galaxytabhacks.com/galaxy-tab-10-1-hacks/how-to-unroot-your-galaxy-tab-10-1/
And this one will get you rooted properly.
http://galaxytabhacks.com/galaxy-tab-10-1-hacks/how-to-unroot-your-galaxy-tab-10-1/
After that, just make sure to do a nandroid/Titanium Backup before wiping Cache, Dalvik Cache, and then data, all before installing a new ROM.
And after you do the 3x wipe, don't boot up at all. Just install straight from recovery.
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Those are both the same link, I'm guessing a mistake? I would be interested in the better root tutorial.
This last attempt seems to be working so far. I systematically restored/redid things and tried rebooting to try to rule out possibilities. The one thing I did differently this time is that I installed Busy Box to /bin instead of /xbin (Titanium Backup restore hangs without Busy Box). Go figure.
Earned yourself a thanks by pointing out my mistake.
Updating that post momentarily.
Edit: Updated, best of luck getting everything working.
kehlan said:
Earned yourself a thanks by pointing out my mistake.
Updating that post momentarily.
Edit: Updated, best of luck getting everything working.
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I think it would be better if you updated the post permanently. Seems silly to just do it momentarily.
I meant I was going to update it momentarily from the point I had noticed it was wrong.
It's been correct since then, hope everything worked out.
Greetings
As the tittle points outs, I flashed the latest Androwook Rom(2.1) and it always stucks at the Intro Crawl. I re-downloaded it, flashed it again, but had had no success.
The Prime has been unlocked since May, and it was running the Cyanogen Nightly Rom, before I tried the Wook one. I wiped Cache and Delvik, and tried an older build as well with no success. I use the latest TWRP, 2.1.3. I also tried all availlable kernels and options during the installation with no success.
Can anyone give me a hint as to what is the problem? I can always go back to CM Rom, but I would feel like I accepted defeat.
Also, why does the installation always wipe my internal sd card , when no such option is selected?
drsane1984 said:
Greetings
As the tittle points outs, I flashed the latest Androwook Rom(2.1) and it always stucks at the Intro Crawl. I re-downloaded it, flashed it again, but had had no success.
The Prime has been unlocked since May, and it was running the Cyanogen Nightly Rom, before I tried the Wook one. I wiped Cache and Delvik, and tried an older build as well with no success. I use the latest TWRP, 2.1.3. I also tried all availlable kernels and options during the installation with no success.
Can anyone give me a hint as to what is the problem? I can always go back to CM Rom, but I would feel like I accepted defeat.
Also, why does the installation always wipe my internal sd card , when no such option is selected?
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jumping from one rom to another needs a full wipe i guess... when you said wiping your internal sd card, that's the reason why you're stuck into crawling? so i guess you use adb to push the ROM, then flash again?
in my case, when i had a bootlop, i push fullwipe.zip first, flash it, then push Androwook.zip, then flash it... it all came back alive..
First of all, thank you for your reply!
Now, to adress each step
jumping from one rom to another needs a full wipe i guess.
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Yup, did one (factory reset+system wipe) before trying to flash AW Rom.
when you said wiping your internal sd card, that's the reason why you're stuck into crawling? so i guess you use adb to push the ROM, then flash again?
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After the first three unsuccessfull attempt to flash the ROM did I wipe my internal SD, so it isn't the crawling looping intro's problem. And yes, I push ROMs via Adb, and trying flashing.
in my case, when i had a bootlop, i push fullwipe.zip first, flash it, then push Androwook.zip, then flash it... it all came back alive..
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That was actually the last step I tried before asking for help. Even after I typed this post, I did it again. Flashed it, pushed AW, and flashed again. No success.
*Edit: I have forgotten a primary Troubleshooting technique. Downloading AW2.1 from a different source, will update.
sorry but im not much of a help i can see... hope somebody could. don't lose hope though...
Intentions matter
Thanks for your time anyway!
After two more failed flashes, I got it to boot!
Apparently the starting animation was causing some kind of problem, which I cannot ever imagine. After I checked the option to have the uggly original boot animation, the rom booted normally and I am now using it.
I am quite happy to get it to work, but if anyone has any solution to the boot problem, I would be really glad to hear him!
drsane1984 said:
Intentions matter
Thanks for your time anyway!
After two more failed flashes, I got it to boot!
Apparently the starting animation was causing some kind of problem, which I cannot ever imagine. After I checked the option to have the uggly original boot animation, the rom booted normally and I am now using it.
I am quite happy to get it to work, but if anyone has any solution to the boot problem, I would be really glad to hear him!
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Hello Everybody! Guys, sorry for my english!!!!!
First of all, I have to present myself, my name is Marco, I'm italian, 25 years old and I'm in the Android world since about 12 Years.
I started whit a Galaxy S2, and after I bought an Asus Transformer Prime.
After just two week, I decided to put in a Custom ROM, on my devices, and I understood how the system work better instead of a Stock ROM!
And after, I understood, how the XDA Developers Forum is important for me, and expecially for all the people who like to learn about the Android World.
So, I just want to Thanks with all of you for the support that i receive EVERY DAY to solve my problems!
One of these was with flashing the Androwook, weeks ago I flashed the Team EOS 2.0, that was really amazing, but after a While, I found some slowdowns in some action on the system, so i decided to try a rom based on the stock rom, but with improvement and tweaks, so what's better then the Androwook?
The problem was, the same explained on this post, after all wipes, the prime was not boot, and stuck in bootanimation!
I solved, checking the box "Install custom ROM" as drsane1984 have done, and now the ROM is booted perfectly!!
Thanks another time! I'am convinced that if you are able to seach, you'll find for sure the solution to your problems! If not, just ask!
Bye!
Hi guys, so i decided to install the new CM10 so i already had root, i unlocked using the official tool, then installed CWM from Rom manager.
I then downloaded CM10 and GAAPS and kept them in a folder and also copied them to an sd card for safety.
I booted into CWM sucessfully, took a deep breath, then did a full wipe/factory restore, then wiped Cache, then wiped Dalvik Cache.
Then i proceeded to TRY to flash CM10.......... Firstly, CWM didn't list my external SD Card so i selected from the one i had saved on the internal storage.
It began to do the install then failed stating something about symlinks??? I retried the install and got the same thing.
I rebooted the Prime and now it's just stuck on the Eee Pad splash screen with "The Device Is Unlocked" written in the top left corner and it wont do anything else.............
I can reboot into CWM but how can i fix this and get CM10 installed??
PLEASE help!?!?!?!?!?
Thanks in advance.
Currently, no recovery can access external memory of any sort. Did you make a backup? Is it in the internal memory? Make sure you can flash back to your original settings BEFORE trying to flash something as experimental as CM10.
Please remember any Jelly Bean roms are highly experimental, and probably won't work correctly for everyone.
Read this thread for more help:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514088
I thought I replied to my own post shortly after the original post. I ended up rebooting into CWM and starting over again from the start and everything went smoothly. I endedup not liking the fact that flash and YouTube aren't supported yet so I flashed CM9 instead and I'm loving that.
Predtechhacker said:
I thought I replied to my own post shortly after the original post. I ended up rebooting into CWM and starting over again from the start and everything went smoothly. I endedup not liking the fact that flash and YouTube aren't supported yet so I flashed CM9 instead and I'm loving that.
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Good to hear. One last advice is to use TWRP instead of CWM. CWM has issues with the prime while TWRP is more stable.
Predtechhacker said:
I thought I replied to my own post shortly after the original post. I ended up rebooting into CWM and starting over again from the start and everything went smoothly. I endedup not liking the fact that flash and YouTube aren't supported yet so I flashed CM9 instead and I'm loving that.
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so how many time had u gone back then tried it.... i have the same problem i tried it like 10 times but it still stuck
what step did u do
I'm stuck in the same predicament! Did you just keep trying, and it finally worked????
Hello there.
My Prime recently went out of warranty and I decided to root and install a custom rom.
I was and still am a newbie when it comes to flashing roms but i stayed true to the guides and followed every step.
I managed to back it with nvflash so everything is safe from that point of view.
After the androidroot recovery, i switched to twrp 2.6.0(a mistake in my opinion now that i have learned certain thing) and followed the steps to installing the androwook rom 2.31.
I flashed the hairybean bootloader and recovery updater - nothing happened to the twrp version as it should have and i noticed nothing happened to bootloader version (it still was 10.4.2.15). I continued with the guide and managed a successful install of the rom with husbunduah kernel.
That's when the problems began with the constant reboots(at about 1min-1,5 min). I reinstalled the rom with other kernels and it only became worse.
I thought it was because of the bootloader - but after all the wipes and reflashing of the updater - it still wouldn't change.
I downgraded the twrp to 2.3.1 and tried it again, thinking i would see the upgrade on the version of twrp and it would work with the bootloader.
All the images were checked with md5checker and i did all the wipes in the order it was written and when i should've done them.
Please lend me a little hand here as i am unsure if i'm correct in my assumptions and don't know what to do next.
to summarize: the question is - how do i update the bootloader and why didn't it upgrade?
cherokee990 said:
Hello there.
My Prime recently went out of warranty and I decided to root and install a custom rom.
I was and still am a newbie when it comes to flashing roms but i stayed true to the guides and followed every step.
I managed to back it with nvflash so everything is safe from that point of view.
After the androidroot recovery, i switched to twrp 2.6.0(a mistake in my opinion now that i have learned certain thing) and followed the steps to installing the androwook rom 2.31.
I flashed the hairybean bootloader and recovery updater - nothing happened to the twrp version as it should have and i noticed nothing happened to bootloader version (it still was 10.4.2.15). I continued with the guide and managed a successful install of the rom with husbunduah kernel.
That's when the problems began with the constant reboots(at about 1min-1,5 min). I reinstalled the rom with other kernels and it only became worse.
I thought it was because of the bootloader - but after all the wipes and reflashing of the updater - it still wouldn't change.
I downgraded the twrp to 2.3.1 and tried it again, thinking i would see the upgrade on the version of twrp and it would work with the bootloader.
All the images were checked with md5checker and i did all the wipes in the order it was written and when i should've done them.
Please lend me a little hand here as i am unsure if i'm correct in my assumptions and don't know what to do next.
to summarize: the question is - how do i update the bootloader and why didn't it upgrade?
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Cherokee.. I am pretty busy at the moment working on Android TV boxes but I can see that you have nflash backups so everything should be fine.
I will pm you my Google talk address and add me on there with a message saying who you are, this is a bit too complicated to go through on the forums.
Can't promise you I can help you straight away but I will get around to it in the next day or two.. I'm UK time by the way.
Hello all,
Sorry to ask a "seemlingly" stupid question, but I'm having a very weird problem with my Nabi 2. It was working great until i decided to "re-hack" it. It had been rooted and Gapps installed, but I returned to stock for the OTA's last year. Now I want to go back to a rooted device.
Everything seemed to go well until the script pushed gapps to the already google friendly device. So, long story short, so many errors I decided to start over.
Using Nabilabs, I installed TWRP and installed the 1937 stock roms. Now here is where things go from bad to worse.
The system won't boot. I saw that there may be a TWRP version issue, so I used the TWRP from nabilabs (2.3.3.0) to make sure. At SOME point, not sure when or how, I lost all the mount points. I was able to get them back using TWRP 2.2.2.1but the Nabi is still soft bricked.
As of now, i am able to get any TWRP installed and can successfully restore any of the ROMS (1917 through 2127) but it won't boot. The NABI logo has no animation and it just sits there.
I have tried very permutation I can think of any nothing. Does anyone have any ideas?
Sorry for the long rambling.
mgd014 said:
Hello all,
Sorry to ask a "seemlingly" stupid question, but I'm having a very weird problem with my Nabi 2. It was working great until i decided to "re-hack" it. It had been rooted and Gapps installed, but I returned to stock for the OTA's last year. Now I want to go back to a rooted device.
Everything seemed to go well until the script pushed gapps to the already google friendly device. So, long story short, so many errors I decided to start over.
Using Nabilabs, I installed TWRP and installed the 1937 stock roms. Now here is where things go from bad to worse.
The system won't boot. I saw that there may be a TWRP version issue, so I used the TWRP from nabilabs (2.3.3.0) to make sure. At SOME point, not sure when or how, I lost all the mount points. I was able to get them back using TWRP 2.2.2.1but the Nabi is still soft bricked.
As of now, i am able to get any TWRP installed and can successfully restore any of the ROMS (1917 through 2127) but it won't boot. The NABI logo has no animation and it just sits there.
I have tried very permutation I can think of any nothing. Does anyone have any ideas?
Sorry for the long rambling.
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Try this and also the link inside that link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54871957&postcount=2342
I'm not sure if you should be starting with JB or ICS TWRP. You will have to figure that out. Just let TWRP do the rooting for you afterwards.
Awesome respone
aicjofs said:
Try this and also the link inside that link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54871957&postcount=2342
I'm not sure if you should be starting with JB or ICS TWRP. You will have to figure that out. Just let TWRP do the rooting for you afterwards.
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Man, that worked perfect. Thanks so much. You rock.