Originally posted by: Azpre
Hello
A while ago, I tried to root my Essential Phone using magisk. I unlocked the bootloader, flashed twrp, but when I tried to install the magisk zip file, it failed, and I was stuck in a bootloop.
Easy problem to solve right? I wiped everything from my phone (including the ROM), downloaded a stock ROM (.ZIP file, and I think that’s what ****ed everything up) and when I tried to install it, it failed once again. Therefore, I downloaded another stock ROM file (this time as a .img file) and tried to installed it.
But what I ended up doing, was installing some other .img file as the boot image (on twrp), and after that, my phone kept restarting endlessly. I couldn’t access the recovery mode (if I tried to press the vol down + start buttons, or just the start button, the process would repeat, so I leaved my phone there until it run out of battery, now its off).
I was despaired and tried to search every inch of the internet for a solution, and obviously, I could not find it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Thanks for your attention.
(Im not sure if this is really a soft brick, I named this thread wit my basic knowlage, sorry if Im wrong)
Hi , what is full Model of phone ? and did you tried with fastboot flashing ?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrMLqSXcxjI
Teddy Lo said:
Hi , what is full Model of phone ? and did you tried with fastboot flashing ?
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going to give it a shot after I buy another type - C cable, because mine just broke ;-;
but I think that's not going to work, because I can't access the recovery mode menu
when I press the power + vol down keys the Essential's logo appears and get stuck in a bootloop
Thanks anyways
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Hi all,
I need some help please.
I tried to root my sons galaxy young S6310N using a video on you tube
However at the 4.41 point I didnt have the yes- root option.
I themn rebooted and it went back into CWM recovery. v6.0.3.2
It's been stuck in this for 2 days now, I have searched everywhere for a solution but I'm lost now. I have information overload I think.
I have tried to install drivers through Kies but it won't recognise my phone in CWM recovery or in download mode.
I have tried to install a custom rom via sd card, it seems to work but reboots into CWM again.
I fear I may have made a mess of it now by messing around with things I know nothing about. I panicked really.
The phone was running jelly bean and is only a week old.
I can get adb but not sure how to use it properly.
Could someone please help?
Thanks in advance
sorted it myself
Hi, just in case anyone was interested I managed to sort this.
I put phone into download mode (holding vol - & menu & power) then pressed up at logo screen to enter download mode.
My pc then installed drivers automatically (something I had been struggling with in CWM recovery mode)
I then installed stock rom recovery.tar.md5 file using odin and the phone rebooted as normal.
I have given up trying to root it now, I may learn properly before attempting again, or may leave it.
Search for your device first before making a thread..!!
driller66 said:
Hi, just in case anyone was interested I managed to sort this.
I put phone into download mode (holding vol - & menu & power) then pressed up at logo screen to enter download mode.
My pc then installed drivers automatically (something I had been struggling with in CWM recovery mode)
I then installed stock rom recovery.tar.md5 file using odin and the phone rebooted as normal.
I have given up trying to root it now, I may learn properly before attempting again, or may leave it.
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Good..but always use recovery for ur phone only..or make it for ur phone..
And do any changes in stock ROM after creating a BACKUP of the same..
ROOTING is not a difficult now-a-days but overcoming from the loss of time and data after BRICKING is so painful.
If you are not friendly with the commands and codes then use a software for that or follow up the WRITTEN guide..or use FARMAROOT app.
Head to thread...Thanks Mr. Bin4ry for this awesome method:
Rooting almost every phone
Enjoy..!!
Hi all,
I have a Xiaomi Redmi 3 and I tried updating it to Android 6.0 today using a very helpful article from cyanogenmods
It was all going so well until the end when I came to flash the ROM, I downloaded the wrong one!! (I needed the ARM64).
Anyway my phone restarted and now I can't seem to rectify my mistake!
I can't access the recovery mode (Power button and volume up) It just shows me the Xiaomi sign and stays there but I can access Fastboot (Power and volume down) and it can communicate with the PC via CMD.
I'm super new to this and I've been looking online for the past 5 hours with no luck so maybe someone can help me out.
I tried fastboot update open_gapps-arm64-6.0-aroma-20160814.zip
But I got...
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
Any suggestions? I've found a few other threads but they're way too techy for me and I couldn't understand what to do!
Thanks in advance
I've realised that my initial post was pretty vague and I don't think I used the correct terminology so I'll explain in the hope that someone may be able to help.
So I wanted to update from 5.1.1 to 6.0.
I found an article from Cyanogenmods and I downloaded the Redmi 3 TWRP recovery, the ROM for Redmi 3 Cyanogenmods 13 and the GApps.
I installed the TWRP recovery,
Copied the GApps and CyanogenMod ROM ZIP to my device
Booted into recovery mode and backed up my data using TWRP,
Wiped data factory reset, Cache partition, Dalvik Cache and Formatted the System partition,
I flashed the custom ROM and it all worked well,
I then went to flash the GApps and thats when it said that I had installed the wrong version (I needed the ARM64 not the 32).
It then restarted and I've been stuck in a bootloop.
I can access fastboot.
I can't get into recovery, the phone just goes to the Xiaomi sign then gets stuck on the Cyanogenmod logo.
A few times it looked like it was doing an update but it was all in Chinese so I couldn't understand it then it briefly went to what looked like a set up screen but then rebooted and got stuck on the logo screen again.
Any help would be great;y appreciated.
I only bought this phone a few days ago, my stupid mistake for wanting to upgrade!!
Ramah.h said:
Hi all,
I have a Xiaomi Redmi 3 and I tried updating it to Android 6.0 today using a very helpful article from cyanogenmods
It was all going so well until the end when I came to flash the ROM, I downloaded the wrong one!! (I needed the ARM64).
Anyway my phone restarted and now I can't seem to rectify my mistake!
I can't access the recovery mode (Power button and volume up) It just shows me the Xiaomi sign and stays there but I can access Fastboot (Power and volume down) and it can communicate with the PC via CMD.
I'm super new to this and I've been looking online for the past 5 hours with no luck so maybe someone can help me out.
I tried fastboot update open_gapps-arm64-6.0-aroma-20160814.zip
But I got...
archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
Any suggestions? I've found a few other threads but they're way too techy for me and I couldn't understand what to do!
Thanks in advance
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if i was in your situation i'd probably go fastbootmode > EDL > then flash official dev rom from miui site(ido). from there'd id redo everything unlocking bootloader,flashing twrp,etc.
check out this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-3/development/redmi-3-pro-spacex-rom-t3406919
it has a "How to Unbrick Redmi 3 ? " on the first page.
helped me alot, hope it unbricks ur phone too! cheers!
have you unlocked your bootloader?, its very risky to change to custom rom when your bootloader is locked, if its already unlocked, all you have to do is go to en.miui.com and download official rom for redmi 3 and flash it using Miflash
Edl mode is the best bet to get back to stock. Vol up and down while plugging in if i recall, from an off state. I couldn't get it from fastboot.
Lets try this for reach to TWRP.
First press volume up and down button after press power button and wait.
Phone is going to restart and you see mi icon very short time and screen is going black, immediately release all buttons and wait. You have to reach recovery with this combination.
Open a terminal/command prompt and navigate to where you have the TWRP file. Put phone in fastboot mode and enter this command: "fastboot boot (name_of_TWRP.img)".
Then when you're in recovery, just flash the new Gapps.
Hello All
I find myself in a desperate situation.
I have rebooted to ffbm mode by mistake and my phone will not start.
I have just the white start screen with the wilefox logo...it does not get passed this.
I could do with some urgent help if there is anyone out there?...
Thanks
Update....I'm out of it...thank god...if anyone else finds themselves here then volume down and power button for a few seconds. Then you find yourself in the recovery mode where you can select reboot using the volume keys to navigate up/down. Rebooting then worked. What a relief!
mitchw1971 said:
Hello All
I find myself in a desperate situation.
I have rebooted to ffbm mode by mistake and my phone will not start.
I have just the white start screen with the wilefox logo...it does not get passed this.
I could do with some urgent help if there is anyone out there?...
Thanks
Update....I'm out of it...thank god...if anyone else finds themselves here then volume down and power button for a few seconds. Then you find yourself in the recovery mode where you can select reboot using the volume keys to navigate up/down. Rebooting then worked. What a relief!
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Not working for me , help please ???, I had just unlocked my tab bootloader and flashed twrp recovery but instead of booting inyo recovery I booted into ffbm mode by pressing power mode , you are the only one who can help me please ??
I don't like to leave you high-and-dry...but I moved on from this phone already 3 years ago and its a distant memory.
All I can suggest is trying combinations of the buttons like. vol+ & vol- at the same time then press power and hold all 3 buttons.
Also on previous phones where I messed about and nearly killed the thing I found that holding the power button for AGES would eventually wake it up. It may be a waste of time but on occasions I found that just doing the same thing over and again eventually brought a result (although this is said to be the first sign of madness...so careful with that). Good luck with your endeavour...been there many times :S
mitchw1971 said:
I don't like to leave you high-and-dry...but I moved on from this phone already 3 years ago and its a distant memory.
All I can suggest is trying combinations of the buttons like. vol+ & vol- at the same time then press power and hold all 3 buttons.
Also on previous phones where I messed about and nearly killed the thing I found that holding the power button for AGES would eventually wake it up. It may be a waste of time but on occasions I found that just doing the same thing over and again eventually brought a result (although this is said to be the first sign of madness...so careful with that). Good luck with your endeavour...been there many times :S
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May be I was wrong before that it is because of ffbm but here is the thing with which I had just suffered ... Yesterday just thought to go and unlock the device and root it with magisk, but when I booted into twrp , I found the twrp wasn't showing the device internal storage , so I searched on youtube and found that formatting data will help so I just did that rebooted again in twrp and it did work but while wiping other stuffs such as dalvik, cache , I accidentally wiped the system so I end up getting a lenovo tab 4 10 which can't boot anymore, And one more stuff is that my device is dm verity which is a biggest headache for me , I had almost 5 samsung phones and all rooted easily but the procedure of lenovo and their support is worst, I had decided to never go with any lenovo product in future but also can't waste my money on that tab : (
Btw ... Coming back to the topic while navigating to the device forum I found the o.p. has posted a system sparse image which can be used to restore the system but even after restoring it my device is not booting up only lenovo logo is popping up and then into fastboot mode, sadly there is no custom roms available for this device as I had also thought to flash the firmware using the guide but I am totally confused and scared about to not to do anything which will hard brick this device, I am still able to boot into recovery which I think is a strange think because after flashing sparse image it should be replaced by the stock recovery file, but as described no booting into system, I tried contacting in the xda forum but no one is replying , I even tried sending pm to the o.p. but no response .
I am conpletely newbie in this fastboot devices and the lack of support just sucks ,thanks for reading this and replying me if you have any suggestion from your previous experience then free fell to tell.
Akash23q2 said:
May be I was wrong before that it is because of ffbm but here is the thing with which I had just suffered ... Yesterday just thought to go and unlock the device and root it with magisk, but when I booted into twrp , I found the twrp wasn't showing the device internal storage , so I searched on youtube and found that formatting data will help so I just did that rebooted again in twrp and it did work but while wiping other stuffs such as dalvik, cache , I accidentally wiped the system so I end up getting a lenovo tab 4 10 which can't boot anymore, And one more stuff is that my device is dm verity which is a biggest headache for me , I had almost 5 samsung phones and all rooted easily but the procedure of lenovo and their support is worst, I had decided to never go with any lenovo product in future but also can't waste my money on that tab : (
Btw ... Coming back to the topic while navigating to the device forum I found the o.p. has posted a system sparse image which can be used to restore the system but even after restoring it my device is not booting up only lenovo logo is popping up and then into fastboot mode, sadly there is no custom roms available for this device as I had also thought to flash the firmware using the guide but I am totally confused and scared about to not to do anything which will hard brick this device, I am still able to boot into recovery which I think is a strange think because after flashing sparse image it should be replaced by the stock recovery file, but as described no booting into system, I tried contacting in the xda forum but no one is replying , I even tried sending pm to the o.p. but no response .
I am conpletely newbie in this fastboot devices and the lack of support just sucks ,thanks for reading this and replying me if you have any suggestion from your previous experience then free fell to tell.
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Maybe you have this fixed by now.. I searched around a bit about this and found this:
https://blogthetech.com/flash-file-lenovo-tab-4-10-tb-x304l-firmware-download-stock-rom/
Only one step I'm unsure about and that is "You will need to power off your device and connect it to the PC while off."
On my Wileyfox device (different device, I know) I need to power off and then press and hold all buttons (power, vol +, vol -) until device vibrates and gives a blank screen/no screen, this is how to boot into EDL mode on my device.
Your device maybe works differently, try both ways.
This is probably the best way of unbricking your tablet and here is the firmware file you need:
TB-X304L (WiFi and LTE)
TB-X304F (WiFi only)
Do I understand you correctly that you also have a dm-verity check issue?
For that you need to be booted up and have USB debugging on, tablet connected to pc and you type in this command:
Code:
adb reboot "dm-verity enforcing"
It will reboot and dm-verity check should by then be fixed.
RavZ75 said:
Maybe you have this fixed by now.. I searched around a bit about this and found this:
https://blogthetech.com/flash-file-lenovo-tab-4-10-tb-x304l-firmware-download-stock-rom/
Only one step I'm unsure about and that is "You will need to power off your device and connect it to the PC while off."
On my Wileyfox device (different device, I know) I need to power off and then press and hold all buttons (power, vol +, vol -) until device vibrates and gives a blank screen/no screen, this is how to boot into EDL mode on my device.
Your device maybe works differently, try both ways.
This is probably the best way of unbricking your tablet and here is the firmware file you need:
TB-X304L (WiFi and LTE)
TB-X304F (WiFi only)
Do I understand you correctly that you also have a dm-verity check issue?
For that you need to be booted up and have USB debugging on, tablet connected to pc and you type in this command:
It will reboot and dm-verity check should by then be fixed.
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Thanks for your effort, I had fixed my tab a week before by flashing the stock firmware but can you tell me what is the use of that dm verity commond.
And yes my tab is dm verity.
Akash23q2 said:
Thanks for your effort, I had fixed my tab a week before by flashing the stock firmware but can you tell me what is the use of that dm verity commond.
And yes my tab is dm verity.
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I should've given it another read, you have headache over dm-verity cause you want to root your device with custom recovery and stuff like that. This command line will not do you anything, not anything you want anyways.
On a Wileyfox Swift 2 device there was an bad uptade that made dm-verity check fail, this command was used to "reset" dm-verity. I assumed you had a similar issue but now I'm sure yours is a different kind of issue.
You would probably want to find a way of disabling dm-verity on your device.
Made one search for it and found this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/universal-dm-verity-forceencrypt-t3817389
If it is only root you want you could get it with Magisk without flashing a custom recovery, you need the boot image of your device and you patch it with Magisk.
Then you flash the patched boot.img to your device. I believe this way works around dm-verity so is why I mention it.
https://www.droidwin.com/patch-stock-boot-image-flash-magisk/
Akash23q2 said:
May be I was wrong before that it is because of ffbm but here is the thing with which I had just suffered ... Yesterday just thought to go and unlock the device and root it with magisk, but when I booted into twrp , I found the twrp wasn't showing the device internal storage , so I searched on youtube and found that formatting data will help so I just did that rebooted again in twrp and it did work but while wiping other stuffs such as dalvik, cache , I accidentally wiped the system so I end up getting a lenovo tab 4 10 which can't boot anymore, And one more stuff is that my device is dm verity which is a biggest headache for me , I had almost 5 samsung phones and all rooted easily but the procedure of lenovo and their support is worst, I had decided to never go with any lenovo product in future but also can't waste my money on that tab : (
Btw ... Coming back to the topic while navigating to the device forum I found the o.p. has posted a system sparse image which can be used to restore the system but even after restoring it my device is not booting up only lenovo logo is popping up and then into fastboot mode, sadly there is no custom roms available for this device as I had also thought to flash the firmware using the guide but I am totally confused and scared about to not to do anything which will hard brick this device, I am still able to boot into recovery which I think is a strange think because after flashing sparse image it should be replaced by the stock recovery file, but as described no booting into system, I tried contacting in the xda forum but no one is replying , I even tried sending pm to the o.p. but no response .
I am conpletely newbie in this fastboot devices and the lack of support just sucks ,thanks for reading this and replying me if you have any suggestion from your previous experience then free fell to tell.
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Hello all,
First of all, as a disclaimer: I am a total noob in this area. I just got my Ulefone T1, and tried to root it by installing TWRP and then installing SuperSU using TWRP. When I first installed TWRP, it worked and I got into the TWRP recovery menu. However, as the phone had to be wiped, I couldn't install the SuperSU zip anymore. I did a normal reboot to transfer the SuperSU zip to my phone, but when I then tried to turn my phone off and access TWRP, it went to normal recovery mode of my phone. As I wanted to start fresh off again, I went to the settings of my phone and did a factory reset silly.
Now, it is stuck in a bootloop where I can literally do nothing. I cannot access factory mode or recovery mode, all it does is just endlessly boot and turn off. I have managed to turn it off completely, but that's all I can do. Also, the battery is not removable.
Does anyone with a little more knowledge have a suggestion for me? Thanks in advance!
As an update, I got a suggestion to fully drain the battery, but that does not work either. I have tried connecting it to my PC, which is not working, but that was acting weird before. I guess it's just not possible?
did you work this out ? i am stuck in bootloop too ??????
Daviesjosh95 said:
did you work this out ? i am stuck in bootloop too ??????
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I have no idea what software is necessary to do it for your device but you can flash stock rom, if it uses sp tool or something then download stock rom, use sp tool to flash it. Should be OK after that. As I am not familiar with this device I can't give you any other advice other than flashing stock rom.
Any solutions to unbricking/boot looping?
Have anyone found any solutions to unbricking phone??
Mine also did bootlooping after unlocking bootloader.
I was able to flash successfully but screen fussy and unreadable and not able to touch. I am able to hear but lines are on screen.
I have same problem, please, anyone help, I think I used wrong twrp image
Ulefone T1 Bootloop solution 2019.
I was able to fix the bootloop of my ulefone t1, just flash it with sp flash tool by following this guide:
1. Download the Stock Firmware on your personal computer.
2. Install the USB MTK Drivers (skip if you have it already installed).
3. Download and Launch the Smart Phone Flash Tool (SP Flash Tool)
4. Click the Scatter-loading button to navigate to the stock Rom you just downloaded.
5. Select the Scatter File from the extracted Stock Firmware on your computer.
6. Select the Download Only in the SP flash tool option
7. Click the Download button to start the Formating process.
8. Connect your device via USB to the computer>> holding volume + and volume – button of your device at the same time or holding power button only so that the flashing process will starting working
9. Patiently wait for your device to be formatted.
10. After the formatting is done, a Big Green button will pop up on the SP Flash to show that.
11. Unplug your device and boot it up.
12. If you have a boot loop after booting your device, boot into recovery mode and do a factory reset.
13. Voila, you are all good.
Very important step 8 of the guide.
Hi Community,
I read some posts how to fix my Problem, but i cant go to a service Point.
So I was using the Evolution X for a long Time (Installed with TWRP 3.1.0).
And now i wanted to change to the Nusantara Project (Vanilla), I did a clean Flash, everything worked i could access the System.
Than i had problems installing Play Store, so i rebooted into Recovery via the System. But now im Stuck in the Loop.
Can i Somehow connect my Phone to the PC and Reset?
Can someone tell me if i Hard/soft bricked my phone ?
Just a little advice, would be really appreciated.
Thanks a lot
Go to TWRP, wipe system, cache, data and dalvik. Now flash nusantra and whichever GApps are recommended for it (if there are no recommendations then use OpenGApps, make sure the architecture is correct). Now wipe dalvik and restart. Sometimes, certain roms begin to bootloop if you boot into the rom first, then try to install gapps later.
If you still have issues, just reflash the stock rom.
I cant access the TWRP anymore, im just stuck on the Bootloader, no matter how i turn on The Phone (Volume Up + Power ON ), (Volume Down + Power), (All 3 Buttons)
Nothing works anymore i dont understand ....
Im searching the net but i cant go to fastboot or something else, its just keeps on rebooting ...
So it's bootlooping, but you cant access recovery?
When the screen turns off, press the key combo and it should go to recovery.
Your best bet is to take it to a service centre, but if that really isn't possible for you, then wait for its battery to drain completely, then when you plug in the charger, instead of turning the phone on, press the key combo to enter the recovery. From there, wipe and flash some other OS.
I've also heard that certain versions of TWRP don't support some roms, leading to a bootloop. In that case, you'll have to use orangefox recovery to flash the rom (orangefox is flashable via twrp)
Yes its Bootlooping.
When i turn it on, on the Left Corner "Recovery Mode" blinks for one second. Than the usual Text appears:
"Orange State
Your Device has been unlocked and cant be trusted
Your Device will boot in 5 Seconds".
So after a couple of seconds (around 10-20 sec)
It turns off and immediately on again. I Just can turn it OFF when i hold all 3 Buttons.
Than i try starting it with Volume up + Power / Volume down + Power, But i cant access Recovery or TWRP.
So i should wait til the battery gets low and try it again ?
Like i said, my custom Rom (Evolutionx) and TWRP just worked fine. I dont know man ...
Well since your bootloader is unlocked, try flashing the stock rom again. Look for a tutorial and follow it.
Hi I managed to unbrick my device with this guide, and im back on a stock rom
Unbrick
i ran following commands to get to my custom rom:
I run adb reboot bootloader,
add executed following commands.
(Pitch Black recovery 3.1)
- adb reboot bootloader
- fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
-fasboot reboot recovery
It just hang up and booted after a while into the normal system.
But im not able to get to the recovery menu ?
When I restart and hold Volume up + Power, i go in a loop and the phone keeps restarting over and over again.
what have i Fu**ed up ?
Do i need another recovery tool ?
sorry guys, i appreciate your help a lot tho !
EDIT: Is my bootloader unlocked ?
I can access via "adb reboot bootloader" the phone
and on the blackscreen on the phone it is written:
oppo verfiy pass
fastboot_unlock_verify ok
Update:
So i tried some Stuff and i got Red State. No Problem i Unbricked it once again and now im on Stock Android 10.
Now im Trying to enable the bootloader again.
I downloaded the In Depth Test_Realme_6.apk but i keep getting the Error that i should update the system.
So should i update the system ?
I cant find a CURRENT Tutorial to make this work, please help...
If you cant find a tutorial for your version, why not downgrade back to a previous one if possible.