Is it possible unlock the bootloader on a HDX 7" on 3.2.8?
MinerBoy004 said:
Is it possible unlock the bootloader on a HDX 7" on 3.2.8?
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no
salvo22 said:
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Then how do people install TWRP? I tried and I get stuck on the gray kindle fire screen.
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MinerBoy004 said:
Then how do people install TWRP? I tried and I get stuck on the gray kindle fire screen.
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People install TWRP 2.8.4.0 on supported FW (x.3.0.5 - x.3.2.3) through adb shell or with flashify app. Dont try this on your FW, x.3.2.7 - x.3.2.8 are not supported!!!
No, TWRP never bricked my device, I can easily go back to system.
MinerBoy004 said:
No, TWRP never bricked my device, I can easily go back to system.
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If you can boot into system then good chance only recovery is hosed. Look in the recovery directory under root for an appropriately named .img file. This is likely a stock recovery and can be restored via adb or flashify. Reach out if you can't find the image or need to verify the MD5.
Awhile back I did something similar to a device running 3.2.6 (duh). Momentary panic! Restoring stock recovery was easy and opened up other options which I would not have tried with a borked recovery. Your choices are more limited being on 3.2.8. Safestrap + Nexus ROM is solid. I don't believe CM11 works with Safestrap. Rooted stock with gaps and sideloaded apps isn't bad either IMO .
Uhh, my device is fixed. TWRP did nothing to my device...
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Ahh, sounded like you lost recovery. Glad all is well.
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If you are rooted (assuming you are) with busybox and Android Terminal Emulator installed I was wondering if the flash_image binary could actually flash a recovery image to the device, of course there is no recovery image for our device yet BUT maybe we can start building it if this flasher alternative does work.
yes,i think it is possable
and there is some flash recovery in official roms,it named as hidden.img
and hidden.img have more than one version
hidden.img will be flash to partion 6 (mmcblk0p6 UP)
by now, we can not decrypt it's content
Well, we can't create an standard type of recovery as we wouldn't be able get that to boot. However there are ways to hi-jack the Android boot process and start a recovery that way, look at Safestrap for Motorola RAZR.
This way we can boot another rom from the internal storage (image files) and keep the original safe.
I'm very interested an trying to port it over to the XTS, however when playing with the hi-jack there is a risk of bricking so I need to first find out how to un-brick the tablet when the system partition is broken (boot partition would still be fine).
We can even boot to a custom kernel using kext however that one can be quite difficult to get working properly.
But just the ability to boot an Paranormal Android rom would be fantastic (I don't know if that rom requires changes in the kernel. But CM and AOKP doesn't).
If anyone could assist in Safestarp work it would be great. At this stage it's mostly to find out how to un-brick.
I haven't even been able to boot the tablet into recovery or bootloader mode. I have tried both ADB (reboot recovery, reboot bootloader, reboot-bootloader) and holding volume up on boot but whatever I do it still boots into Android.
With this technique I would also expect to be able too boot into the backup system partition or whatever mmcblk0p3 is (contains the system of the firmware the device where preloaded with, mmcblk0p4 is the current system that gets updated) I would hope Sony have built a whay to boot to this partition using the standard bootloader but I can't seem to find any.
EDIT: I were able to reach the recovery by mashing the volume up button on boot so now I feel much better. However I'm still interested in any information that might be interesting.
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Well, we can't create an standard type of recovery as we wouldn't be able get that to boot. However there are ways to hi-jack the Android boot process and start a recovery that way, look at Safestrap for Motorola RAZR.
This way we can boot another rom from the internal storage (image files) and keep the original safe.
I'm very interested an trying to port it over to the XTS, however when playing with the hi-jack there is a risk of bricking so I need to first find out how to un-brick the tablet when the system partition is broken (boot partition would still be fine).
We can even boot to a custom kernel using kext however that one can be quite difficult to get working properly.
But just the ability to boot an Paranormal Android rom would be fantastic (I don't know if that rom requires changes in the kernel. But CM and AOKP doesn't).
If anyone could assist in Safestarp work it would be great. At this stage it's mostly to find out how to un-brick.
I haven't even been able to boot the tablet into recovery or bootloader mode. I have tried both ADB (reboot recovery, reboot bootloader, reboot-bootloader) and holding volume up on boot but whatever I do it still boots into Android.
With this technique I would also expect to be able too boot into the backup system partition or whatever mmcblk0p3 is (contains the system of the firmware the device where preloaded with, mmcblk0p4 is the current system that gets updated) I would hope Sony have built a whay to boot to this partition using the standard bootloader but I can't seem to find any.
EDIT: I were able to reach the recovery by mashing the volume up button on boot so now I feel much better. However I'm still interested in any information that might be interesting.
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Well there is two system partitions and you can use the backdoor thingy from Condi's tools to avoid a soft brick BUT if it writes to the bootloader then we have ourselves a brick.
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yes,i think it is possable
and there is some flash recovery in official roms,it named as hidden.img
and hidden.img have more than one version
hidden.img will be flash to partion 6 (mmcblk0p6 UP)
by now, we can not decrypt it's content
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I have the hidden.img BUT the MD5Sum is badf0628deff7f47b1148e5ae662aa26
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andyabc said:
Well there is two system partitions and you can use the backdoor thingy from Condi's tools to avoid a soft brick BUT if it writes to the bootloader then we have ourselves a brick.
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Of course as the boot partition requires a signature. Safestarp only writes to the system partition and it only does that once under install, after that in only touches the storage. You can have four ROM slots in the storage where you can installed custom ROMs, the system partition shall always contain the stock system. If I can get kexec to work there aren't any noticeable problems with having a locked boot loader.
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Prof of concept, or whatever.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103062670878521097360/posts?partnerid=gplp0
I'm able to boot the recovery and system images on the SD card.
However the recovery isn't working yet (touchscreen working, reboot working, everything else not working)
And I haven't had the guts to try the hijack yet (I've only had the tablet for about a week and can't risk to brick it)
so I'm using scripts to reboot it from adb into recovery or other system.
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Prof of concept, or whatever.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103062670878521097360/posts?partnerid=gplp0
I'm able to boot the recovery and system images on the SD card.
However the recovery isn't working yet (touchscreen working, reboot working, everything else not working)
And I haven't had the guts to try the hijack yet (I've only had the tablet for about a week and can't risk to brick it)
so I'm using scripts to reboot it from adb into recovery or other system.
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Holly crap, you got the recovery installed, will this work with the original Sony Tablet S and how did you manage to do such thing?
EDIT: I see you used Safestrap but from where?
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pajn said:
Prof of concept, or whatever.
https://plus.google.com/u/0/103062670878521097360/posts?partnerid=gplp0
I'm able to boot the recovery and system images on the SD card.
However the recovery isn't working yet (touchscreen working, reboot working, everything else not working)
And I haven't had the guts to try the hijack yet (I've only had the tablet for about a week and can't risk to brick it)
so I'm using scripts to reboot it from adb into recovery or other system.
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What device are you using? STS or XTS?
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jumper62 said:
What device are you using? STS or XTS?
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That is the Sony Xperia Tablet S, I can tell by the branding near the screen and the IR Blaster plastic cover is smaller.
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jumper62 said:
What device are you using? STS or XTS?
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Definitely an XTS. Notice the Multi Port connection at the bottom center of the tablet.
WOW! coooool. btw, how did you manage to boot safestrap in XTS? probably same method could be done on STS
As some saw it's a XTS. The recovery is safestrap and it works using 2nd-init. I found a good text describing it using normal language here http://cvpcs.org/blog/2011-06-14/2nd-init._what_it_is_and_how_it_works
It should be portable to STS aswell. Every rooted Android should be able to run it. I can't promise anything as I'm working but when I'm done I can take a look at the STS aswell but I would need help from someone with at least basic adb and linux knowledge as I don't have a STS.
It wore actually easier to get this far than I expected so that's good but there are more work needed so I can't relax yet.
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Just contacted Chainfire on Google+ for any ideas how this is going to work.
UPDATE: Nothing yet...
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Looks like Chainfire is not going to reply, any ideas how to get Safestrap working or use the 2nd init method?
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andyabc said:
Looks like Chainfire is not going to reply, any ideas how to get Safestrap working or use the 2nd init method?
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i think you need to contact Hashcode, original developer of Safestrap for that
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Looks like Chainfire is not going to reply, any ideas how to get Safestrap working or use the 2nd init method?
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I do have recovery working on XTS, should be quite simple to port to STS. Things left is hijack (simple but scary) and manager app (simple but can ne time consuming)
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I do have recovery working on XTS, should be quite simple to port to STS. Things left is hijack (simple but scary) and manager app (simple but can ne time consuming)
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How did you do it though?
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How did you do it though?
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Studied safestrap to see how it worked and applied the same
techniques to the XTS. Where things don't work I work around them
by googling, studying others work or just testing. A pretty good
knowledge of Linux, it's boot process and programming does
help quite a bit
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Studied safestrap to see how it worked and applied the same
techniques to the XTS. Where things don't work I work around them
by googling, studying others work or just testing. A pretty good
knowledge of Linux, it's boot process and programming does
help quite a bit
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Can't wait for recovery on sts good job on the xts dude!
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I have made a factory-reset of my Kindle hdx 8.9
I have root my Kindle (Firmware14.3.2.3.2) with Towelroot and have install SuperSU too. After that I installed the new Safetrape.When I install the Recovery and reboot to Recovery after reboot I get the Kindle-Logo for a short moment and then the screen gets black. No chance to create/select an plot or something. Only a reset (hold the On-Button for 20 sec) get the Kindle back to the original rom.
Any idea?
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I have made a factory-reset of my Kindle hdx 8.9
I have root my Kindle (Firmware14.3.2.3.2) with Towelroot and have install SuperSU too. After that I installed the new Safetrape.When I install the Recovery and reboot to Recovery after reboot I get the Kindle-Logo for a short moment and then the screen gets black. No chance to create/select an plot or something. Only a reset (hold the On-Button for 20 sec) get the Kindle back to the original rom.
Any idea?
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Yup it's been like noted in several threads safestrap is not compatible with the newest firmware . Uninstall recovery and uninstall app
Safestrap only works on firmware 14.3.1.0/ 13.3.1.0 at this point.
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Is there any way to downgrade from fw 14.3.2.3.2 to fw 14.3.1.0?
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Is there any way to downgrade from fw 14.3.2.3.2 to fw 14.3.1.0?
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Yes, there is a method but it's highly recommend that you wait for an updated version of safestrap.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2782159
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Yes, there is a method but it's highly recommend that you wait for an updated version of safestrap.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2782159
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Look around here in the general section look around you will find all the bricks .. This device has a lock bootloader and no fast boot capabilities beware the recovery of this device is very difficult if not impossible if you screw up the wrong files at least currently
Hey guys, I recently got a replacement device from best buy because my old ones screen broke. I successfully rooted the new device using the towelroot method. I just tried to install the loki recovery via goomanager and when I rebooted it just boots into odin mode and says that it "could not do normal boot." I've tried everything I can think of but cant get it to boot. Any help?
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Hey guys, I recently got a replacement device from best buy because my old ones screen broke. I successfully rooted the new device using the towelroot method. I just tried to install the loki recovery via goomanager and when I rebooted it just boots into odin mode and says that it "could not do normal boot." I've tried everything I can think of but cant get it to boot. Any help?
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Have actually research what firmware you have and what recovery can be used. You do know that unless you have mdk...you can't use goomanger or twrp or Cwm right?
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Have actually research what firmware you have and what recovery can be used. You do know that unless you have mdk...you can't use goomanger or twrp or Cwm right?
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How many times do you think this same question has been asked and answered?
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How many times do you think this same question has been asked and answered?
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Countless times....not even 15 mins of reading anything...
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christianstudebaker said:
Hey guys, I recently got a replacement device from best buy because my old ones screen broke. I successfully rooted the new device using the towelroot method. I just tried to install the loki recovery via goomanager and when I rebooted it just boots into odin mode and says that it "could not do normal boot." I've tried everything I can think of but cant get it to boot. Any help?
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I believe you are going to have to go with SafeStrap 3.72. You don't have an unlocked bootloader but Safestrap isn't bad. You can still install some really good roms
The problem is that I can't boot my phone now. It just boots into Odin mode. When I got my phone originally it wasn't mdk so I didn't have to deal with safestrap. So I didn't know there was other options.
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christianstudebaker said:
The problem is that I can't boot my phone now. It just boots into Odin mode. When I got my phone originally it wasn't mdk so I didn't have to deal with safestrap. So I didn't know there was other options.
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this is a stickie in general forum that all new S4 people should be required to read...I can not imagine how some one ignores a thread when its titled
What you need to know before, during and after modifying your verizon S4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
christianstudebaker said:
The problem is that I can't boot my phone now. It just boots into Odin mode. When I got my phone originally it wasn't mdk so I didn't have to deal with safestrap. So I didn't know there was other options.
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if you can get into download mode and have Odin, flash a full wipe or a no wipe tar and start over.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2735172
I screwed up my stock slot and was wondering if its safe to reset it as long as i disable OTA IMMEDIATELY after said restore?
I do not have any other roms on my device.
Bootloader is locked.
I DO HAVE SAFESTRAP ACTIVE (what im worried will screw up the restore).
I am rooted.
Yes, my device slot is beyond manual repair (system ui crashes with unknown error, libwebview crashes with missing index error, etc.).
Moral of the story: don't fall asleep ontop of your tablet whilst wakelock is active and es filemanager is open.
I just need to know if there is any risk of bricking my tablet or worse, efusing it.
Yes.
terra_byte_tech said:
I screwed up my stock slot and was wondering if its safe to reset it as long as i disable OTA IMMEDIATELY after said restore?
I do not have any other roms on my device.
Bootloader is locked.
I DO HAVE SAFESTRAP ACTIVE (what im worried will screw up the restore).
I am rooted.
Yes, my device slot is beyond manual repair (system ui crashes with unknown error, libwebview crashes with missing index error, etc.).
Moral of the story: don't fall asleep ontop of your tablet whilst wakelock is active and es filemanager is open.
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So you didn't backup your stock slot, i.e. you can not restore that backup via Safestrap?
Using an official Amazon file for this is quite risky.
Would be interesting if someone would've a Safestrap backup of the Fire OS you need - which Fire OS and Safestrap versions are on your HDX anyway?
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So you didn't backup your stock slot, i.e. you can not restore that backup via Safestrap?
Using an official Amazon file for this is quite risky.
Would be interesting if someone would've a Safestrap backup of the Fire OS you need - which Fire OS and Safestrap versions are on your HDX anyway?
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I'm using the built in restore utility (accessed by holding down volume buttons on boot). Not safestrap's.
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Yes.
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Do you mean: "yes, it's safe to restore" Or "yes, there is risk involved"
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Do you mean: "yes, it's safe to restore" Or "yes, there is risk involved"
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You will likely loose access to Safestrap recovery if you to a 'factory reset' from stock recovery. Even if it does work you likely won't get to a usable version of FireOS. As I recall adb and other forms of tethered communication are difficult/impossible with Safestrap v3 (you didn't say) so restoring an image captured elsewhere will be a challenge. There are reports OSX can communicate via adb in Safestrap v4. Haven't tested that. Would have to track down the post to see if it applies; need more details before investing the effort.
You don't have a lot of good options. Best keep reading. In your shoes I would NOT do a factory reset as it's an extreme long shot that will remove any hope of recovery if it does not work.
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I'm using the built in restore utility (accessed by holding down volume buttons on boot). Not safestrap's.
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You should've clarified that you were talking about a factory reset. I thought you were just restoring a backup within Safestrap.
Frankly, I'm not sure it'll solve anything. A factory reset doesn't just magically fix everything; it will only wipe the /data partition, so any changes you made to /system will still be there.
If you can still boot into Safestrap, I'd try getting a stock system image onto the device and flashing it from there.
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I'm using the built in restore utility (accessed by holding down volume buttons on boot). Not safestrap's.
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EncryptedCurse said:
You should've clarified that you were talking about a factory reset. I thought you were just restoring a backup within Safestrap.
Frankly, I'm not sure it'll solve anything. A factory reset doesn't just magically fix everything; it will only wipe the /data partition, so any changes you made to /system will still be there.
If you can still boot into Safestrap, I'd try getting a stock system image onto the device and flashing it from there.
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To further clarify flashing any stock rom is risky in Safestrap. Best use one from here. Your bigger problem is getting anything, including an image file, on your device given you can only boot into Safestrap.
Davey126 said:
To further clarify flashing any stock rom is risky in Safestrap. Best use one from here. Your bigger problem is getting anything, including an image file, on your device given you can only boot into Safestrap.
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okay, so i figured out my version via build.prop and im running 13.3.2.5
is it safe to restore using the 13.3.2.6 file in the post you mentioned?
thank you for your patience.
Hello All,
I am currently trying to flash TWRP onto my phone, and booting into the Operating system is not possible at this point. I can get the phone into download mode and stock recovery (The phone has never been rooted or flashed, it is bone stock). I cannot figure out for the life of me how to get TWRP flashed onto the phone with either download mode OR ADB commands via the stock recovery. I cannot figure out how to successfully format the LAF partition to access fastboot. Can anyone provide some assistance? I will paypal you money if necessary. I need this phone up and running ASAP. Please help!
Meshuggah27 said:
Hello All,
I am currently trying to flash TWRP onto my phone, and booting into the Operating system is not possible at this point. I can get the phone into download mode and stock recovery (The phone has never been rooted or flashed, it is bone stock). I cannot figure out for the life of me how to get TWRP flashed onto the phone with either download mode OR ADB commands via the stock recovery. I cannot figure out how to successfully format the LAF partition to access fastboot. Can anyone provide some assistance? I will paypal you money if necessary. I need this phone up and running ASAP. Please help!
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This is your option. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55225699 The links are all there.
You MUST have a "Bumped" TWRP.
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engine95 said:
This is your option. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55225699 The links are all there.
You MUST have a "Bumped" TWRP.
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Hey engine95,
I cannot get into the operating system to do stump root or install flashify. I am not sure how this would work
Meshuggah27 said:
Hey engine95,
I cannot get into the operating system to do stump root or install flashify. I am not sure how this would work
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The BEST way to do it is to flashtool zv4. Root and unlock it.
As for rooting zva-e, there are procedures linked in the thread. Unlocking the boot loader are there too, I believe. Doing it this way may cause issues. So I all depends how much work you want to go through.
Personally, just use ZV4, root/unlock. Then flash modem and whatever ROM you want.
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engine95 said:
The BEST way to do it is to flashtool zv4. Root and unlock it.
As for rooting zva-e, there are procedures linked in the thread. Unlocking the boot loader are there too, I believe. Doing it this way may cause issues. So I all depends how much work you want to go through.
Personally, just use ZV4, root/unlock. Then flash modem and whatever ROM you want.
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Hey engine,
I did use flashtool to restore to ZV4, but it will not boot into the OS and just keeps powering itself off at either of the LG bootup screens
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Hey engine,
I did use flashtool to restore to ZV4, but it will not boot into the OS and just keeps powering itself off at either of the LG bootup screens
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And that's just stock? Straight from flashtool? That shouldn't happen unless you wiped something out trying to do the laf partition.
Are you sure you have the Sprint 990?.
There's other threads here, one is stickied in "General", that you might need to read then. They're about fixing other issues that might feel you.
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engine95 said:
This is your option. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=55225699 The links are all there.
You MUST have a "Bumped" TWRP.
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engine95 said:
And that's just stock? Straight from flashtool? That shouldn't happen unless you wiped something out trying to do the laf partition.
Are you sure you have the Sprint 990?.
There's other threads here, one is stickied in "General", that you might need to read then. They're about fixing other issues that might feel you.
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I appriciate your help! Yes, the phone restores just fine using flashtool with the ZV4 .tot file, but once it reboots it wont make it past the LG logo bootup screen. One time it made it all the way into the OS, and went through the activation process, then powered itself off. Now it wont reboot past the second animated LG logo.
engine95 said:
And that's just stock? Straight from flashtool? That shouldn't happen unless you wiped something out trying to do the laf partition.
Are you sure you have the Sprint 990?.
There's other threads here, one is stickied in "General", that you might need to read then. They're about fixing other issues that might feel you.
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I should also mention that sometimes when restoring the .tot with Flash Tool, it powers itself off in the middle of it and just keeps booting into download mode. It always happens anywhere between 30-60% when it says SYSTEM in the progress log. Could it be that my phones internal memory that stores that information is bad?