THIS THREAD CAN BE LOCKED NOW! Problem fixed, see Post#3
Ryancit2 said:
Hey guys yesterday i rooted my phone with kingroot and here is what i did;
- Rooted with kingroot.
- Installed XmodGames
- Installed TWRP (did not work)
- Installed ROM manager (ClockWord one)
- Couldn't install any ROM due to no recovery.
- Installed Safestrap and made a recovery.
- Tried installing CM 12.1 nightly but failed at recovery setup, rebooted device. It was perfectly fine. Then downloaded stable CM 10.1 from ROM manager and went to Safestrap recovery, same happened, couldn't install it.
- There at safestrap, everything happened same as what happened at 12.1 but this time i couldn't reboot my phone, it got stuck in boot loop.
- I did like 3-4 hours of xda and other google research and finally took step of clearing: userdata, cache, dalvik cache.
- After that, i couldn't even get to recovery or fastboot.
However, trying all night long, i could get to fastboot this morning (tried all night), but only at power charger, not at PC USB;
* When i connect it to PC, it shows charging light and nothing else comes up.
* When i connect it to power charger, it gets stuck at "M" logo.
* On holding Power Button + Vol. down, it restarts and gets stuck at "M" logo again.
* On doing same procedure when connected to PC, the charging lid just turns off and on, like if it rebooted.
* I can't get fastboot now either.
xda is my last stop, i really need help badly. Is there a way to recover it, i lost all data it's okay but i just wanna get it to factory reset.
PS: I have tried 100s of tools already, i have all of them installed along with VRZ_XT912_9.8.2O-72_VZW-16-5_CFC.xml (the factory files i believe).
PS: I think i just cleared everything related to android, that's why it only shows "M" logo and does not even proceed to RAZR dual core animation.
PS: If there is any manual way to browse my powered off phone through windows and do some stuff there, it would be easier.
Edit#1: My battery also died, it's plug n play now.
Edit#2: On holding Power+Vol. down while connected with power charger, it just shuts down ("M" disappears) and stays black screen as long as i keep fingers on keys, if i release, it reboots to loop. If i rapidly release and press again the Power+Vol. down keys, i flashes the screen like if it was on and then turned off.
Edit#3: Actually i can access the fastboot through the Power+Vol up+Vol down, but i can't use fastboot features because of my low battery. Is there any other tool from those options which can fix the issue? I have following options (I dont know how to use this recovery);
- Normal powerup (Bricked)
- Recovery (How to? It stucks at Android man lyin down)
- AP Fastboot (Low battery, can't operate)
- BP SBF flash (What it does?)
- BP only (What it does?)
- BP HW Diag & Boot AP (What it does?)
- BP Tools (I saw it can charge your phone but it takes me to blank black screen and gets stuck there)
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you need to get a fastboot cable now
see what is a fastboot cable in my
Moto Drivers, Firmware, RSD Lite, and other Unbricking Tools
Sent from my KFFOWI using XDA Labs
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then reflash firmware with RSD Lite
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you tried a bunch of things that are not going to work.
what model number is on the back cover towards the bottom
should be something like XT908
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I just recovered it. Unwrapped the back of phone > Unveiled the two switches at bottom from red wrap > Attached it with a manual charger's wires (Red&Black) > This started phone in OKAY mode at fastboot > Then connected a USB data cable at the right port on phone and with PC > Then used RSDLite to recover.
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Hi guys
My XT910 was submerged in a river a couple of weeks ago. It did not short circuit, but I think it got soft bricked.
Whenever it boots, it will display AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S).
I can boot to Boot Mode Selection Menu with Power + Vol+ + Vol-, but I cannot scroll or select anything. I usually enter the page so that I can access BMM to Power Off the device or access the internal storage.
I tried to Fastboot an Asia ROM but the process got stuck at Step 2. I had no choice but to unplug USB. From then on, my laptop could never detect my phone again. I am using the latest Motorola Drivers and cable.
Today, I tried what was suggested here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738769
but because my phone could not be detected by my laptop, I transferred the Boot_new.img to MicroSD and used BMM to flash new kernel. (I wasn’t sure what I was doing.)
Now, when I boot my phone, AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S), and what I get after Boot Mode Selection Menu is a brief Motorola logo and Invalid Flash Mode (S) (Boot Failure).
As of last check (half hour ago), battery health was at 96%. I cannot power down the device without BMM, or at least I don’t know how to. Can anyone assist me on restoring my phone to a functional state again?
Edit: prior to all this, my phone was on Euro OTA Jelly Bean
Tom9 said:
Hi guys
My XT910 was submerged in a river a couple of weeks ago. It did not short circuit, but I think it got soft bricked.
Whenever it boots, it will display AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S).
I can boot to Boot Mode Selection Menu with Power + Vol+ + Vol-, but I cannot scroll or select anything. I usually enter the page so that I can access BMM to Power Off the device or access the internal storage.
I tried to Fastboot an Asia ROM but the process got stuck at Step 2. I had no choice but to unplug USB. From then on, my laptop could never detect my phone again. I am using the latest Motorola Drivers and cable.
Today, I tried what was suggested here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738769
but because my phone could not be detected by my laptop, I transferred the Boot_new.img to MicroSD and used BMM to flash new kernel. (I wasn’t sure what I was doing.)
Now, when I boot my phone, AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S), and what I get after Boot Mode Selection Menu is a brief Motorola logo and Invalid Flash Mode (S) (Boot Failure).
As of last check (half hour ago), battery health was at 96%. I cannot power down the device without BMM, or at least I don’t know how to. Can anyone assist me on restoring my phone to a functional state again?
Edit: prior to all this, my phone was on Euro OTA Jelly Bean
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Theres no way back to ICS after updating to euro jelly bean, read the first post carefully, it warned you about it
You can use this tutorial how to unbrick it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2194825
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Hi there!
I'm in a big pickle here. I'm running the HTC Droid DNA with ViperDNA ROM (2.0.1) and I wanted to install the OTA 2.0.2 update. I tried to do it OTA, but it didn't work, so I installed it manually. When that happened, my hpone went into a boot loop of some kind.
This boot loop wasn't like anything I've seen. It would show the HTC logo, but then the screen would distort and show black bars and weird stuff like that.
I turned it off completely and tried booting into recovery (POWER + VOL DOWN), but it did the same thing. Weird boot loops.
I came home from work, hoping to find something on the forums, and plugged it in to my computer and tried to power it on and it booted just fine. It does NOT work if plugged into the wall charger or external battery.
So, here's my dilemma: My phone only boots if it's plugged into my computer (has the drivers and ADB installed). I tried restoring to an older restore point, but it still is acting weird (though, instead of black bars and screen distortions, it shows a plain, blue screen (this is with Cyanogen Mod (nightly for DNA))
Is there something I'm missing? I'm in real trouble here
This is what I did. Press and hold both volume up and down and power button simultaneously for 2minutes. Then, turn off your phone completely (I did it via fastboot). Then connect it to the wall charger and the orange led should turn on. After, I let it sit for about 3 hours (until led turned green). Then, while still connected I turned it on and it worked. Hope this helps!
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Forgot to mention that I flashed NOS rom because I thought it was viper rom that might've caused it. I flashed it while it was connected to computer and before doing the steps mentioned in previous post.
silvania34 said:
This is what I did. Press and hold both volume up and down and power button simultaneously for 2minutes. Then, turn off your phone completely (I did it via fastboot). Then connect it to the wall charger and the orange led should turn on. After, I let it sit for about 3 hours (until led turned green). Then, while still connected I turned it on and it worked. Hope this helps!
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Forgot to mention that I flashed NOS rom because I thought it was viper rom that might've caused it. I flashed it while it was connected to computer and before doing the steps mentioned in previous post.
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Thank you very much! That worked!
Here's what I did:
1. I first turned it completely off (using FastBoot) and let it charge overnight.
2. I then booted to the recovery via the Rom Manager app (since I can't boot to it without it)
3. Installed NOS ROM (v. 3.0.7 at the time of this writting)
4. Turned it off again (using fastboot) and let it charge to 100% (green LED)
5. I then proceeded to turn on the device and setup my phone (again )
Thanks again!
Hi, I'm having similar problems. I left my phone at home when I left the house, and when I came back, It was powerless. So I plugged it in, and when it booted, the HTC logo flashed, and the screen stayed white. I then rebooted the device only to find a bootloop. It's a regular bootloop, not the weird kind you were experiencing. But I could not get my phone to boot correctly, It wouldn't even boot into recovery. So then I plugged it into the computer and it worked. I'm currently trying the way you described to fix this problem, but I have a feeling its not going to work. I'm running a rooted stock ROM. I'll post to see if the method worked or not.
little backstory/info: Had my DNA rooted for years now. S-off, unlocked...all that good stuff.
This morning I wake up and go to turn on the screen (it was asleep, not powered off). well the screen didnt light up but my notification light was blinking.
Tried a few taps of the power button as this has happened before (the phone is getting pretty old now). No avail, so i hold the power button until the touch keys start to blink and reboot the phone.
Upon turning back on it shows the screen that normally shows the htc logo (mine is modded) and then it should go to the boot image (in my case, a custom .gif that i flashed over long ago). well, before it gets to the boot image it simply blacks out and reboots.
At one point in time i could boot to the hboot screen and select 'recovery'... it would say 'entering recovery...' in pink at the top of the screen ... and then reboot. So, no getting into the recovery
Now, hitting 'recovery' in hboot sends me directly to the fastboot menu
So, here's what I'm able to do. I can boot to fastboot and issue fastboot commands using minimal_adb.
I've tried
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
which returns
Code:
writing 'recovery'
FAILED (Remote: image update error)
Yes, the recovery .img is in the same folder with adb.
Yes, the name of the .img was typed in correctly.
Yes, I tried other recovery .img.
At this point I don't mind having to wipe everything, the thing is, I only have fastboot to work with.
kind of same here
mine is just stuck in the bootloader and nothing works like holding the power and volume buttons and if i plug in the charger it keep restarting over and over again on the htc logo part.
zaarwxd said:
mine is just stuck in the bootloader and nothing works like holding the power and volume buttons and if i plug in the charger it keep restarting over and over again on the htc logo part.
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Mine has gotten to the point now where it doesn't boot loop sometimes, but it still doesn't load past the initial boot up screen (normally white screen with HTC logo)
I've since gone and gotten a new phone (I was due to upgrade anyway) but still wouldn't mind being able to recover the DNA and the media on it if i can.
were you using a custom recovery?
this was addressed to pshock ^
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zaarwxd said:
mine is just stuck in the bootloader and nothing works like holding the power and volume buttons and if i plug in the charger it keep restarting over and over again on the htc logo part.
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if you go into bootloader, does it still keep rebooting?
Mine was all stock.....same issue.
I brought the phone back to life but theres no recovery
Hi guys, any help would be much appreciated! I have studied all threads on XDA on bricked and boot loop'ed Honor 5X phones. I'm not a complete noob -- I have been flashing CM/LineageOS for years on Nexus 4, 5, 7, 9 and 6P, and this is the first time I have been stumped.
My KIW-L24 has an early version of LineageOS 14.1, and also TWRP 3.1.1-0 on it. I used the LineageOS updater to download a later LineageOS build, and initiated the update. As expected, the phone rebooted into TWRP, briefly showed the TWRP boot screen, but then after about 1 second, the phone reboots to the Honor boot screen for about 3 seconds, and then boots back to TWRP ... and so the cycle repeats endlessly between the two boot screens until the battery dies.
I cannot seem to get the device into bootloader/fastboot mode so that I can reflash TWRP and/or LineageOS or stock ROM. I have tried every combination of hardware keys to get the phone into fastboot (including Power+Vol Down). I tried initiating the download mode back to stock with the update.app placed in /dload/ on the sdcard (Power+Vol Down+Vol Up). I tried plugging in the PC-USB cable + Vol Down. While plugged into the PC via USB cable, I tried issuing "adb reboot bootloader" while the TWRP screen momentarily pops up (I literally have a less than a half-second when adb recognizes the phone). All without any success.
I am truly stuck! Any ideas? I have a practically brand new paperweight at the moment. :crying: Thanks very much in advance for any suggestions!
Are you sure battery isnt flat ?
You can use twrp as fas as i understand.. Correct me if i am wrong..
You can download stock rom twrp backup for your model from repository thread and try to restore backup with twrp..
Thanks, but I cannot 'use' TWRP! If I could, my problems would be easily solved, I have plenty of experience re-flashing ROMs, boot images, radios, etc.
Also, the battery is fine. At full charge, the phone powers up and immediately enters the endless boot cycle I previously described.
As soon as the phone shows the TWRP boot screen, the phone reboots again. I cannot do anything at all with TWRP. As I previously wrote, I have even tried using adb to force a reboot into fastboot while the TWRP boot screen shows for that split second (the PC momentarily recognizes the USB Android device). Unfortunately , TWRP reboots the phone too quickly.
pet_zeus said:
Thanks, but I cannot 'use' TWRP! If I could, my problems would be easily solved, I have plenty of experience re-flashing ROMs, boot images, radios, etc.
Also, the battery is fine. At full charge, the phone powers up and immediately enters the endless boot cycle I previously described.
As soon as the phone shows the TWRP boot screen, the phone reboots again. I cannot do anything at all with TWRP. As I previously wrote, I have even tried using adb to force a reboot into fastboot while the TWRP boot screen shows for that split second (the PC momentarily recognizes the USB Android device). Unfortunately , TWRP reboots the phone too quickly.
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Boot into boot loader by holding volume down and pushing in cable when huawei logo shows, I can tell you now its a bar-steward and may take many times before it actually does it !
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swukjay said:
Boot into boot loader by holding volume down and pushing in cable when huawei logo shows, I can tell you now its a bar-steward and may take many times before it actually does it !
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If that doesnt work use e-recovery to restore phone and recovery to stock
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This may help https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-8/general/fastboot-erecovery-recovery-upgrade-mode-t3543441
GOOD LUCK !
swukjay said:
Boot into boot loader by holding volume down and pushing in cable when huawei logo shows, I can tell you now its a bar-steward and may take many times before it actually does it !
If that doesnt work use e-recovery to restore phone and recovery to stock
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Thanks, I just spent the another hour trying to enter Fastboot and eRecovery modes, and I must be missing something! At this point, no matter which button combination I press, I can't seem to affect the boot cycling of the phone (between TWRP and Honor boot screens).
Maybe relevant, but I am unable to even turn off the phone, it won't stop the alternating boot loop -- I don't believe in coincidences, but perhaps the power button just died? I had one Nexus 5 that started bootlooping because of the power button issue, but that was a very different behaviour than this -- the Honor deosn't get as far as booting to the OS.
GOOD LUCK !
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Thank you, looks like I'll need some! Will update if I can figure out a way out...
pet_zeus said:
Thanks, I just spent the another hour trying to enter Fastboot and eRecovery modes, and I must be missing something! At this point, no matter which button combination I press, I can't seem to affect the boot cycling of the phone (between TWRP and Honor boot screens).
Maybe relevant, but I am unable to even turn off the phone, it won't stop the alternating boot loop -- I don't believe in coincidences, but perhaps the power button just died? I had one Nexus 5 that started bootlooping because of the power button issue, but that was a very different behaviour than this -- the Honor deosn't get as far as booting to the OS.
Thank you, looks like I'll need some! Will update if I can figure out a way out...
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Sound to me like you flash Non VOLTE firmware on a Volte enabled modem thats causing the boot loop, the best course of action is to restore using e-recovery, that uses a separate recovery partition so hopefully wont boot loop, remember it may take a few times to boot and you must use a usb lead that is connected to a computer, a usb charger WILL NOT DO IT !
When it boots to e-recovery select download latest firmware, you will need to connect to wifi, just follow instructions and let it restore
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Thank you, looks like I'll need some! Will update if I can figure out a way out...
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Erecovery should work, connect your USB to a computer and volume down + power
Another new user who posts when he has a problem and doesn't reply with an update as to what solution solved his problem, this constantly winds me up, new users who do this and dont update the thread should be kicked off
SOLVED!
Sorry for the delay of the update--I got busy and left my phone to collect dust for a while.
The ONLY solution that actually worked was to rip the phone apart and physically disconnect the battery ( !! ). Then, reconnecting the battery while holding down [Power] and [Vol -] got me into fastboot recovery, as per instructions in this thread (I had to avoid booting normally, or into recovery -- TWRP -- since either would put the phone back into the bootloop):
https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-5x/how-to/guide-entering-fastboot-using-key-t3400869
After that, it was smooth sailing; I was able to kill TWRP by flashing RECOVERY.img that I extracted from stock B140 image (using Huawei extractor https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2433454), then force-update to stock B331, then latest TWRP and LineageOS. One hiccup: for whatever reason, I needed to do a factory reset/wipe in TWRP before it would flash LineageOS without giving error 7, despite the fact that I had just flashed the stock image.
Thank you all for your help and input!
**Please move to correct forum if not allowed*
Samsung J3 - J337P > Windows 10
Will not boot into download mode, Will not boot into recovery.
Power on > SAMSUNG J3 screen > No boot. Screen just flashes. No logo after the initial J3 screen.
Have tried every button combination / plugging USB in trick I can think of in an attempt to get to download mode.
Phone immediately attempts to boot when plugged in through USB. Im sure its just trying to display the charging screen but it doesn't even do that.
Samsung drivers are installed but do not see any USB recognition in Device Manager.
Any ideas for this newly acquired paper weight?
did you try adb or fastboot? just because its not showing in windows doesn't mean its not being seen...
i finally got it to boot into download mode by holding VOL down and the home key while plugging the usb in. flashed to stock rom with odin. not rooted but also not useless now.
I am having similar problems although self-induced. I had messed up my J3 Achieve so that it wouldn't boot. So, I tried reloading the stock firmware but had problems. I ended up loading the combination firmware factory binary. But, now I cannot get it into Download Mode to use ODIN for another firmware update. It keeps going in to the Unknown Power or Upload Mode. ODIN sees the phone in that mode but won't connect to load files.
The Factory Binary has a place to do DownloadMode, but it says Enter Password. So, I have no idea what the password would be and coannot find any documentation on the service firmware (assuming they use this at the factory to test). I can get to recovery, which will let me load from SD or ADB. I have barely used ADB and couldn't get it to connect. So, I need some guidance. Hopefully I didn't totally brick it, although I only paid about $60 for it and can get most of that back for parts.
Ideas?
OK, I got the stock ROM reloaded - finally. Now, however, I'm back to the problem that started all of these problems in the first place. When I flash TWRP, the phone won't boot. It shows the initial screen and then goes into a mode where it is either black or dark gray (momentary flashes like it's trying to do something). I've verified my version of TWRP (released in October). Any ideas how to flash this one correctly?
BrianN_Cols_OH said:
I am having similar problems although self-induced. I had messed up my J3 Achieve so that it wouldn't boot. So, I tried reloading the stock firmware but had problems. I ended up loading the combination firmware factory binary. But, now I cannot get it into Download Mode to use ODIN for another firmware update. It keeps going in to the Unknown Power or Upload Mode. ODIN sees the phone in that mode but won't connect to load files.
The Factory Binary has a place to do DownloadMode, but it says Enter Password. So, I have no idea what the password would be and coannot find any documentation on the service firmware (assuming they use this at the factory to test). I can get to recovery, which will let me load from SD or ADB. I have barely used ADB and couldn't get it to connect. So, I need some guidance. Hopefully I didn't totally brick it, although I only paid about $60 for it and can get most of that back for parts.
Ideas?
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I know you've fixed this but the way to get it to download mode when you get the upload screen is by holding down vol - , power and home button. Once the screen goes blank continue to hold down the home button and let off either the vol- and hold the home button, or hold vol - still and home button. It will then boot into download mode.
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BrianN_Cols_OH said:
OK, I got the stock ROM reloaded - finally. Now, however, I'm back to the problem that started all of these problems in the first place. When I flash TWRP, the phone won't boot. It shows the initial screen and then goes into a mode where it is either black or dark gray (momentary flashes like it's trying to do something). I've verified my version of TWRP (released in October). Any ideas how to flash this one correctly?
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That TWRP build doesn't work. I have created a build that works only functions arent working properly so i just need to edit some things then I will upload it here.