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Hey people.
I rooted my ANDROID HTC ONE from T mobile, using a guide I found on here and the all in one toolkit.
I am using TWRP newest 2.5.0.0, I can access the bootloader and recovery, and have been sat here now looking for answers for about 5 hours.
It freezes on the HTC quietly brilliant screen.
Also says that there is no OS installed.
I am looking for help via TEAMVIEWER, or someway to get my phone working.
If you need more information please let me now ASAP so I can give it you.
UPDATE: Okay people I successfully installed the XenonHD ROM and it is now stuck in bootloop i have tried clearing the cache and it doesn't do anything, this is the only ROM that is currently working.
I have searched the net searched the post and still nothing.
I am almost got my phone back guys and am willing to DONATE or repay the favour via modding something through XBOX or whatever I can.
Please contact me soon as possible.
I am still on TEAMVIEWER.
Changed my recovery to ClockWorkMod Touch.
Still need help?
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osmosizzz said:
Still need help?
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Yeah mate, really bad.
Can you offer any help please.
ScouseCarl said:
Hey people.
I rooted my ANDROID HTC ONE from T mobile, using a guide I found on here and the all in one toolkit.
I am using TWRP newest 2.5.0.0, I can access the bootloader and recovery, and have been sat here now looking for answers for about 5 hours.
It freezes on the HTC quietly brilliant screen.
Also says that there is no OS installed.
I am looking for help via TEAMVIEWER, or someway to get my phone working.
If you need more information please let me now ASAP so I can give it you.
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There have been a lot of posts on similar issues. You can "sideload" a ROM via ADB commands from your computer. If you can get into recovery, your phone can be fixed. I haven't done this myself (still stock), but do a search on google or xda on sideloading a ROM from ADB.
stevedebi said:
There have been a lot of posts on similar issues. You can "sideload" a ROM via ADB commands from your computer. If you can get into recovery, your phone can be fixed. I haven't done this myself (still stock), but do a search on google or xda on sideloading a ROM from ADB.
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Already tried sideloading, said it was complete successfully on the phone and on the computer, never worked still says no OS installed.
ScouseCarl said:
Already tried sideloading, said it was complete successfully on the phone and on the computer, never worked still says no OS installed.
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Did you clear the cache? Also, I've seen some people have to format the partitions.
EDIT: But formatting does not seem to be needed if you sideloaded successfully.
stevedebi said:
Did you clear the cache? Also, I've seen some people have to format the partitions.
EDIT: But formatting does not seem to be needed if you sideloaded successfully.
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Tried all that, Any chance you could try helping VIA teamviewer, you now more about it than me I think i could of done it in wrong order or use a bad ROM or KERNAL..
Teamviewer Info:
ID: 928 366 143
PASS: 8119
Im on now just looking for anyone to help. I will have a notepad up so when you access my laptop just let me now your from here.
ScouseCarl said:
Tried all that, Any chance you could try helping VIA teamviewer, you now more about it than me I think i could of done it in wrong order or use a bad ROM or KERNAL..
Teamviewer Info:
ID: 928 366 143
PASS: 8119
Im on now just looking for anyone to help. I will have a notepad up so when you access my laptop just let me now your from here.
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Sorry, I've not even rooted my phone, and I would not want to use your device as a learning tool. Let me look around and see if I can find a nandroid backup.
EDIT: Nope, I don't see one. Try opening a thread requesting a nandroid back for your recovery.
stevedebi said:
Sorry, I've not even rooted my phone, and I would not want to use your device as a learning tool. Let me look around and see if I can find a nandroid backup.
EDIT: Nope, I don't see one. Try opening a thread requesting a nandroid back for your recovery.
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Ok thanks.
Still looking for help guys. Really need my phone up and running, I got a job to run.
UPDATE: Installed XENONHD ROM and it has got passed the HTC Quietly Brilliant screen and moved onto their load up screen.
BUT, then resets backs to the HTC load up screen then back to there's.
Any more help is appreciated and am willing to donate to them for getting my phone back online.
ScouseCarl said:
UPDATE: Installed XENONHD ROM and it has got passed the HTC Quietly Brilliant screen and moved onto their load up screen.
BUT, then resets backs to the HTC load up screen then back to there's.
Any more help is appreciated and am willing to donate to them for getting my phone back online.
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I think i will be able to help you, am at work atm but when i get home around 6:30 pm est i will teamviewer with you to try to get you back on track.
ScouseCarl said:
UPDATE: Installed XENONHD ROM and it has got passed the HTC Quietly Brilliant screen and moved onto their load up screen.
BUT, then resets backs to the HTC load up screen then back to there's.
Any more help is appreciated and am willing to donate to them for getting my phone back online.
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You have to be careful with No o.s installed .
Normally if u reboot when u see that you'll brick.
Without a o.s you have no bootloader..
I bricked my s3 and had to jtag it when it said no o.s I rebooted and black blank screen nothing.
I've had this happen also when choosing format system and format data /media some reason it botches the boot up .
My only fix was to sideload a rom or wipe factory and restore a nandroid .
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I think i will be able to help you, am at work atm but when i get home around 6:30 pm est i will teamviewer with you to try to get you back on track.
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Thankyou.
How long is that about as I am in UK.
lojak29 said:
You have to be careful with No o.s installed .
Normally if u reboot when u see that you'll brick.
Without a o.s you have no bootloader..
I bricked my s3 and had to jtag it when it said no o.s I rebooted and black blank screen nothing.
I've had this happen also when choosing format system and format data /media some reason it botches the boot up .
My only fix was to sideload a rom or wipe factory and restore a nandroid .
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No i got a ROM working, the XenonHD.
I am basically I think stuck in a bootloop, I am currently sideloading the ROM again wiped the data and that.
So going to check again inabit.
After all that did you try erasing cache one more time? Maybe through recovery or fastboot?
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iamfightaa said:
I think i will be able to help you, am at work atm but when i get home around 6:30 pm est i will teamviewer with you to try to get you back on track.
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Thanks for helping him. I just didn't feel comfortable working on this when I have not done it on my own phone first.
Okay guys i will add a thanks to all your posts.
My phone is now working I got it to stop bootlooping but just need a little help to check if my phone is rooted and what not.
So how can i check since I have nothing on my phone including the playstore or anything.
ScouseCarl said:
Thankyou.
How long is that about as I am in UK.
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in about 2 - 3 hours from now.
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ScouseCarl said:
Okay guys i will add a thanks to all your posts.
My phone is now working I got it to stop bootlooping but just need a little help to check if my phone is rooted and what not.
So how can i check since I have nothing on my phone including the playstore or anything.
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my recomendation is that you get s -off and supercid asap so next time you run into a similar problem you can just install any ruu(note only do this if your phone has no official ruu) and work it out from there.
ScouseCarl said:
Okay guys i will add a thanks to all your posts.
My phone is now working I got it to stop bootlooping but just need a little help to check if my phone is rooted and what not.
So how can i check since I have nothing on my phone including the playstore or anything.
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What ROM did you flash? It should say if it was rooted (most are).
ScouseCarl said:
Thankyou.
How long is that about as I am in UK.
No i got a ROM working, the XenonHD.
I am basically I think stuck in a bootloop, I am currently sideloading the ROM again wiped the data and that.
So going to check again inabit.
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What you need to do is this exactly .
Dload a rom on pc reboot recovery on phone first .IMORTANT FIRST FORMAT SYSTEM.
Then when that's done choose factory reset.
Rename the rom to Rom.zip or anything you want but make sure it says.zip
Sometimes sideload won't work if roms not renamed , that's mentioned in another thread about sideloading.
Then sideload the rom
Let it load and install .
When it reboots itl take a while .
I just did this to my HTC one the other day after I got stuck after formating data media .
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lojak29 said:
What you need to do is this exactly .
Dload a rom on pc reboot recovery on phone first .IMORTANT FIRST FORMAT SYSTEM.
Then when that's done choose factory reset.
Rename the rom to Rom.zip or anything you want but make sure it says.zip
Sometimes sideload won't work if roms not renamed , that's mentioned in another thread about sideloading.
Then sideload the rom
Let it load and install .
When it reboots itl take a while .
I just did this to my HTC one the other day after I got stuck after formating data media .
Sent from my M7 using xda premium
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Yeah my phone is currently working now, but I have no play store nor do I now if my phone is rooted.
I have a custom ROM on it XenonHD. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2290785
That one.
Just currently trying to get to grips on how to work it and that.
I can't download the playstore because it says it is currently installed but it is nowhere to be seen.
Need help so lost try to make it as short as possible.
Phone Info:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Verizon
- Model SCH-I545
- Build JSS15J.I545VRUEMK2
- Android 4.3
Ok, I tried Rooting my Phone and I use the Soft Root that was linked by someone on the forums. Gave me SuperUser Icon and used a app that checks to see if its Rooted and said it was. Now tried using some Root app's like GameCih and it tells me I need Root Admin or Root Privileges, something to that nature, and cant use the app. Iv been trying to remove that Soft Root but cant Figure it out. Used Odin3 and redid that .tar file for my Build. All when good and got everything the same as a fresh phone, but booting up still has the Pad Lock Icon and Custom logo on it and SuperU Icon. So I cant seem to unroot it, Tried to use the I545ALL-IN-ONE-TOOL posted on these forums but cant get it to working.
So what I need so to get this unrooted and back to factory default, and Rooted the right way, with I545ALL-IN-ONE-TOOL??. Please Help
GiZmO-San said:
Need help so lost try to make it as short as possible.
Phone Info:
- Samsung Galaxy S4 Verizon
- Model SCH-I545
- Build JSS15J.I545VRUEMK2
- Android 4.3
Ok, I tried Rooting my Phone and I use the Soft Root that was linked by someone on the forums. Gave me SuperUser Icon and used a app that checks to see if its Rooted and said it was. Now tried using some Root app's like GameCih and it tells me I need Root Admin or Root Privileges, something to that nature, and cant use the app. Iv been trying to remove that Soft Root but cant Figure it out. Used Odin3 and redid that .tar file for my Build. All when good and got everything the same as a fresh phone, but booting up still has the Pad Lock Icon and Custom logo on it and SuperU Icon. So I cant seem to unroot it, Tried to use the I545ALL-IN-ONE-TOOL posted on these forums but cant get it to working.
So what I need so to get this unrooted and back to factory default, and Rooted the right way, with I545ALL-IN-ONE-TOOL??. Please Help
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Did you flash the no wipe tar?...if so use the full wipe tar file...you will lose your app data but it will restore to 100% full unrooted mdk...the all in one will work after that
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jamesd1085 said:
Did you flash the no wipe tar?...if so use the full wipe tar file...you will lose your app data but it will restore to 100% full unrooted mdk...the all in one will work after that
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Sorry...I missed that you are on mk2...flash the full stock Odin tar for that version...the all in one package doesn't work on mk2...before flashing stock in Odin try the saferoot for 4.3...it should get you your full root access
jamesd1085 said:
Did you flash the no wipe tar?...if so use the full wipe tar file...you will lose your app data but it will restore to 100% full unrooted mdk...the all in one will work after that
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Sorry...I missed that you are on mk2...flash the full stock Odin tar for that version...the all in one package doesn't work on mk2...before flashing stock in Odin try the saferoot for 4.3...it should get you your full root access
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That is what I used is the Saferoot, wasnt sure of the name, but just looked it up and thats what i have on my pc. Also I dont know how to flash it.. do I use the same Odin3 program for that? or is there another method.(Also is the Full wipe a different tar file?)
Edit: Ok I got it Flashed and back to stock now is there anything other then SafeRoot? that did not work the first time I tried it.
GiZmO-San said:
That is what I used is the Saferoot, wasnt sure of the name, but just looked it up and thats what i have on my pc. Also I dont know how to flash it.. do I use the same Odin3 program for that? or is there another method.(Also is the Full wipe a different tar file?)
Edit: Ok I got it Flashed and back to stock now is there anything other then SafeRoot? that did not work the first time I tried it.
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There are a few other methods...but I don't know them...I do know the other methods safety and security was questionable... Hence saferoot was made by trusted devs here...it should work...all the posts I have seen said they got successful root...did you open the supersu app that was installed and allow it to update binaries?... That is a very important step...if you did then make sure if you try this method again you follow each step it tells you...I don't know exactly how the process goes as I'm on4.2.2 and have to use the all in one tool for root...good luck...if it doesn't work hopefully someone who can help will chime in
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There are a few other methods...but I don't know them...I do know the other methods safety and security was questionable... Hence saferoot was made by trusted devs here...it should work...all the posts I have seen said they got successful root...did you open the supersu app that was installed and allow it to update binaries?... That is a very important step...if you did then make sure if you try this method again you follow each step it tells you...I don't know exactly how the process goes as I'm on4.2.2 and have to use the all in one tool for root...good luck...if it doesn't work hopefully someone who can help will chime in
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Thank you. You have been very helpful. I'll try it again since i know how to flash it back to stock now
If anyone else knows a way please let me know. I just want a clean install and remove all this Verizon bloatware.
(Did it all again and Game Killer still says "root privilege needed" SuperSU is updated even re-download it and reset phone anyone know whats up with this?)
GiZmO-San said:
Thank you. You have been very helpful. I'll try it again since i know how to flash it back to stock now
If anyone else knows a way please let me know. I just want a clean install and remove all this Verizon bloatware.
(Did it all again and Game Killer still says "root privilege needed" SuperSU is updated even re-download it and reset phone anyone know whats up with this?)
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Anyone else have any info for me?
I need help UN-Rooting Verizon S4
I have a verizon s4 (SCH_1545) I had it rooted about three months ago. But now I need it unrooted so I can send it back to verizon for warranty issues. Can someone please help me do this? I am told that I need to reset the binary counter as well. SMH....
I'm not a computer guy....can someone walk me through this hard procedure please?
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I have a verizon s4 (SCH_1545) I had it rooted about three months ago. But now I need it unrooted so I can send it back to verizon for warranty issues. Can someone please help me do this? I am told that I need to reset the binary counter as well. SMH....
I'm not a computer guy....can someone walk me through this hard procedure please?
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several threads pertaining to unrooting
hydrashock40 said:
I have a verizon s4 (SCH_1545) I had it rooted about three months ago. But now I need it unrooted so I can send it back to verizon for warranty issues. Can someone please help me do this? I am told that I need to reset the binary counter as well. SMH....
I'm not a computer guy....can someone walk me through this hard procedure please?
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hydrashock40 why are you stealing my Post. Im still stuck in the same spot. Is saferoot really the only Option that i have?
GiZmO-San said:
hydrashock40 why are you stealing my Post. Im still stuck in the same spot. Is saferoot really the only Option that i have?
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If you want to go back to clean stock. ..just odin. .
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If you want to go back to clean stock. ..just odin. .
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No thats not it, I want to get a working Root that I can use GameCih or Gamekiller. What I get is "Root Privileges Needed" when ever I trying to choose a program.
GiZmO-San said:
No thats not it, I want to get a working Root that I can use GameCih or Gamekiller. What I get is "Root Privileges Needed" when ever I trying to choose a program.
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I think he was replying to the other guy asking how to unroot
GiZmO-San said:
Anyone else have any info for me?
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Don't use gamekiller or gamecih - apparently they won't work on a SELinux enforcing-mode phone.
k1mu said:
Don't use gamekiller or gamecih - apparently they won't work on a SELinux enforcing-mode phone.
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Any other suggestions then? also was reading that you need ...something-strap... in order to be able to install custom Roms, is there one that you can direct me to that is just a clean Rom with just Google stuff on it i.e play store, chrome, gmail app etc. Tired of all this Verizon stuff, it just keeps updating and updating, how to ppl live with this lol
GiZmO-San said:
Any other suggestions then? also was reading that you need ...something-strap... in order to be able to install custom Roms, is there one that you can direct me to that is just a clean Rom with just Google stuff on it i.e play store, chrome, gmail app etc. Tired of all this Verizon stuff, it just keeps updating and updating, how to ppl live with this lol
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Nope, I have no idea what these applications do, but a quick search on the forums basically leads to the conclusion that they're not ready for 4.3.
Given the build you're running, you're stuck with SELinux Enforcing since you can't replace the kernel. You'll need to find something else to do whatever you're trying to do.
GiZmO-San said:
Any other suggestions then? also was reading that you need ...something-strap... in order to be able to install custom Roms, is there one that you can direct me to that is just a clean Rom with just Google stuff on it i.e play store, chrome, gmail app etc. Tired of all this Verizon stuff, it just keeps updating and updating, how to ppl live with this lol
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there are plenty of threads...here is one that all S4 owners should look at first....surprise u didn't see it, its a sticky
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2606501
Hi Internet,
I was trying to flash Android M on my Nexus 9 (Wi-Fi only) today and ended up with errors such as: "system.ui has stopped working" or "android.process has stopped" because I wanted to see if I actually needed to do a factory reset for it to work properly (turns out I do). After that I've tried again and have run into some issues.
Firstly, after that Android M wasn't flashing at all and I have decided to abandon the idea of M and just go back to Lollipop. Now, I am trying to flash 5.1.1 and I keep on getting FAILED (remote: data length is too large) error when flashing my system partition. I'm flashing everything separately because if I try to do it as one image because I keep getting error: update package missing system.img errors. I have no trouble with flashing my bootloader and other partitions(boot, cache, recovery, etc), but that system partition just won't flash! I've tried 5.0, 5.1, 5.1.1 and I keep on getting these errors.
I have no idea what to do. Please help. I've spent the last 5 hours trying to figure it out and nothing has yet came up. I'm using a Mac, but I don't see how this might be causing an issue.
If you have any valuable information - please help!
I'm very comfortable with flashing and ROMs, in fact I've updated my N5 to M in 5 min, but I've never seen this error before and have no idea how to fix. All I found out is that, I think, it only happens on HTCs...
Solved: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61354553&postcount=14
I can't help you but I can tell you I had the same problem. After much frustration and many attempts to flash 5.1.1 it finally worked. I was ready to rma the device as I was sure something was wrong with it. Sorry I can't be more help as getting it to work was so random.
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I can't help you but I can tell you I had the same problem. After much frustration and many attempts to flash 5.1.1 it finally worked. I was ready to rma the device as I was sure something was wrong with it. Sorry I can't be more help as getting it to work was so random.
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Did you by any chance use any special image or was it a normal image from Google?
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Did you by any chance use any special image or was it a normal image from Google?
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No,I used the factory image from Google. There were a number of times I got the image to flash, I flashed images separately, but got boot loops even after factory resets. Even got it to boot a couple of times but couldn't sign into Google. Wi-Fi would keep resetting and bring me back to the Google sign in. I'm still not convinced that there isn't something wrong with the device, bad nand? But it's working now. I haven't tried to flash anything since.
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No,I used the factory image from Google. There were a number of times I got the image to flash, I flashed images separately, but got boot loops even after factory resets. Even got it to boot a couple of times but couldn't sign into Google. Wi-Fi would keep resetting and bring me back to the Google sign in. I'm still not convinced that there isn't something wrong with the device, bad nand? But it's working now. I haven't tried to flash anything since.
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I'm pretty sure that the device is fine. I flashed images before and had no problems at all.
If you haven't already, make sure nothing is running in the back ground on your pc that might be using ram. The complete system image has to load into ram and it's a pretty big file.
jd1639 said:
If you haven't already, make sure nothing is running in the back ground on your pc that might be using ram. The complete system image has to load into ram and it's a pretty big file.
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I've just restarted and closed all the programs, but it didn't help. Going to be trying and will post if I manage to make it work. Thanks for your help!
You might have already tried this too, but re-download the factory image, check it's md5, then extract it. Might be a bad download or extraction. Then follow the long method in this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-9/general/guide-how-to-unlock-bootloader-flash-t3035153
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You might have already tried this too, but re-download the factory image, check it's md5, then extract it. Might be a bad download or extraction. Then follow the long method in this, http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-9/general/guide-how-to-unlock-bootloader-flash-t3035153
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Yeah, I've tried all of that. Also checked MD5 and it matches to the one on the website. The only thing I could think of is bad extraction. Will try another unarchiver.
tarasmuz said:
Yeah, I've tried all of that. Also checked MD5 and it matches to the one on the website. The only thing I could think of is bad extraction. Will try another unarchiver.
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Just tried another unarchiver - no difference.
tarasmuz said:
Just tried another unarchiver - no difference.
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What are you using? Use winrar or 7-zip
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jd1639 said:
What are you using? Use winrar or 7-zip
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I'm on a Mac, so The Unarchiver and Archive Utility.
tarasmuz said:
Hi Internet,
I was trying to flash Android M on my Nexus 9 (Wi-Fi only) today and ended up with errors such as: "system.ui has stopped working" or "android.process has stopped" because I wanted to see if I actually needed to do a factory reset for it to work properly (turns out I do). After that I've tried again and have run into some issues.
Firstly, after that Android M wasn't flashing at all and I have decided to abandon the idea of M and just go back to Lollipop. Now, I am trying to flash 5.1.1 and I keep on getting FAILED (remote: data length is too large) error when flashing my system partition. I'm flashing everything separately because if I try to do it as one image because I keep getting error: update package missing system.img errors. I have no trouble with flashing my bootloader and other partitions(boot, cache, recovery, etc), but that system partition just won't flash! I've tried 5.0, 5.1, 5.1.1 and I keep on getting these errors.
I have no idea what to do. Please help. I've spent the last 5 hours trying to figure it out and nothing has yet came up. I'm using a Mac, but I don't see how this might be causing an issue.
If you have any valuable information - please help!
I'm very comfortable with flashing and ROMs, in fact I've updated my N5 to M in 5 min, but I've never seen this error before and have no idea how to fix. All I found out is that, I think, it only happens on HTCs...
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Your Android SDK (fastboot) probably needs to be updated. Depending on how old it is, Google updated the SDK and fastboot to allow flashing these very large system.img files in early November, 2014.
cam30era said:
Your Android SDK (fastboot) probably needs to be updated. Depending on how old it is, Google updated the SDK and fastboot to allow flashing these very large system.img files in early November, 2014.
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Yes! It worked! Turns out I was using this outdated fastboot file which wasn't allowing flashing newer system partitions. Fun fact: outdated fastboot file worked with N5, but didn't work with N9. Anyway, I updated my SDK though Android Studio and everything flashed perfectly. Many thanks to cam30era and jd1639.
tarasmuz said:
Yes! It worked! Turns out I was using this outdated fastboot file which wasn't allowing flashing newer system partitions. Fun fact: outdated fastboot file worked with N5, but didn't work with N9. Anyway, I updated my SDK though Android Studio and everything flashed perfectly. Many thanks to cam30era and jd1639.
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I'm glad this worked out for you.
I was trying to root my Lenovo P2a42 with TWRP and SuperSU V2.76 but then something went wrong and it wouldn't boot up. I then did an advanced wipe and wiped everything using TWRP and now I have no OS, although I can go into TWRP and the Bootloader. Whenether I try to boot up I get the Bootloader. Now I just want to get it back to normal, I have no backups (Cuz I'm dumb). Please help, thanks in advance.
Excabyte said:
I was trying to root my Lenovo P2a42 with TWRP and SuperSU V2.76 but then something went wrong and it wouldn't boot up. I then did an advanced wipe and wiped everything using TWRP and now I have no OS, although I can go into TWRP and the Bootloader. Whenether I try to boot up I get the Bootloader. Now I just want to get it back to normal, I have no backups (Cuz I'm dumb). Please help, thanks in advance.
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Hey, did you fix this issue? Stuck at same point.
FIXED:
Flashed the stock rom that is floating around three times and it worked.
Flipperdolphin said:
Hey, did you fix this issue? Stuck at same point.
FIXED:
Flashed the stock rom that is floating around three times and it worked.
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Yeah I fixed it a few weeks back. I did an advanced reset again then got a stock ROM zip transferred from my pc to my lenovo then flashed it with TWRP. Worked just fine although OTAs no longer work (Too happy to care).
Now, I still want to root my device... If you find a way that works could ya let me know? Thanks.
Excabyte said:
Yeah I fixed it a few weeks back. I did an advanced reset again then got a stock ROM zip transferred from my pc to my lenovo then flashed it with TWRP. Worked just fine although OTAs no longer work (Too happy to care).
Now, I still want to root my device... If you find a way that works could ya let me know? Thanks.
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I still can't root the damn thing, I just don't understand, tried a few different ways and none of them work
Just checked updates and there it was.
gaww said:
Just checked updates and there it was.
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Installing now, I wonder what the exact changelog, wish they have more info with these updates
champ784 said:
Installing now, I wonder what the exact changelog, wish they have more info with these updates
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Please post how things went - especially if you are rooted (?), as its easy to end up unrooted at times.
OTA is failing for me after unrooting. I also restored the latest restore.img from the relevant thread before I attempted to update.
Anyone with root able to get OTA installed?
NotATreoFan said:
OTA is failing for me after unrooting. I also restored the latest restore.img from the relevant thread before I attempted to update.
Anyone with root able to get OTA installed?
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I have not updated, but it will continue after rebooting - is there any way to stop it ?
gaww said:
I have not updated, but it will continue after rebooting - is there any way to stop it ?
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The update was already downloaded to my phone, but did not attempt to install until I started it manually.
NotATreoFan said:
The update was already downloaded to my phone, but did not attempt to install until I started it manually.
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I am not so worried about rerooting if it is necessary, but am very worried about getting wiped. How did yours come out ?
gaww said:
I am not so worried about rerooting if it is necessary, but am very worried about getting wiped. How did yours come out ?
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I'm all set. No wipe, and rooted again on 10.0.31.
NotATreoFan said:
I'm all set. No wipe, and rooted again on 10.0.31.
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Did you have to unroot before updating ?
Never-mind had to unroot it would not work otherwise. But still wont finish - maybe because i may still have a different then stock kernel even though I unrooted.
gaww said:
Did you have to unroot before updating ?
Never-mind had to unroot it would not work otherwise. But still wont finish - maybe because i may still have a different then stock kernel even though I unrooted.
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You need to unroot, and also make sure you have the reserve.img partition restored. If you unlocked the bootloader after the .27 OTA, reserve.img is deleted during unlock.
NotATreoFan said:
You need to unroot, and also make sure you have the reserve.img partition restored. If you unlocked the bootloader after the .27 OTA, reserve.img is deleted during unlock.
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I had read something about that file earlier, but forgot about. I spent hours trying to get it updated to no avail. i will search, but wondered if you could show me the way to do that,
gaww said:
I had read something about that file earlier, but forgot about. I spent hours trying to get it updated to no avail. i will search, but wondered if you could show me the way to do that,
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Go here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/7t...d1925-10-0-19-fastboot-rom-ota-fixer-t4040629
Download the newest package in the first post, and then download the updated userdata.img from this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82141557&postcount=117
NotATreoFan said:
Go here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/7t...d1925-10-0-19-fastboot-rom-ota-fixer-t4040629
Download the newest package in the first post, and then download the updated userdata.img from this post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=82141557&postcount=117
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Will this cause a wipe ? If so, will wait for a bigger update.
I'm not currently rooted, so my results won't matter too much atm
gaww said:
Will this cause a wipe ? If so, will wait for a bigger update.
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No. All data will be intact. You are not formatting or overwriting userdata.
NotATreoFan said:
No. All data will be intact. You are not formatting or overwriting userdata.
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All I have to do is to not screw up, and after having been on Samsungs since S3, where most things were straight forward and relatively easy, there is a good chance I will.
Will be doing more reading - wish there was a guide like the unlocking and rooting of the US TMo guide thread.
gaww said:
All I have to do is to not screw up, and after having been on Samsungs since S3, where most things were straight forward and relatively easy, there is a good chance I will.
Will be doing more reading - wish there was a guide like the unlocking and rooting of the US TMo guide thread.
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It's very simple, and the script does most of the work. All you have to do is hit Enter a few times, and let it run.
Back up your data to be safe, and worse case scenario, there is an MSM tool available that will restore the phone to stock.
NotATreoFan said:
It's very simple, and the script does most of the work. All you have to do is hit Enter a few times, and let it run.
Back up your data to be safe, and worse case scenario, there is an MSM tool available that will restore the phone to stock.
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Is there a better backup than Google Drive for data - was so easy with TWRP ?
gaww said:
Is there a better backup than Google Drive for data - was so easy with TWRP ?
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Use Google Drive backup, but you should first temporarily turn off your password/fingerprint authentication. That's the only way to ensure a complete backup is run. That's been an issue with Google device backup as a whole since 9.0 began enforcing encryption on backups.
You can turn it back on as soon as the backup completes.
One thing I've noticed already on this update is idle battery drain with 5G enabled (connected or not) has improved dramatically.
I would suggest that anyone who re-roots after makes sure to use a freshly patched kernel pulled after the update.