Hi there! My old Sony Xperia Tablet Z is running Resurrection ROM (Android 8), I use the tablet as a travelling companion. I also have TWRP as recovery.
Today I flashed the latest version of TWRP via the TWRP app, tried rebooting into it using a "quickboot" app (the tablet is rooted) but I ended up on a black screen. I can reset and Android runs no problem.
I then tried flashing TWRP via USB. I type
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
- it goes on a black screen and the status light is solid blue. I then run
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
- the outcome is
Code:
sending 'recovery' (11796 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.379s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.384s
Then I tried
Code:
fastboot boot twrp.img
- and I get
Code:
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.376s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.032s]
finished. total time: 0.411s
but nothing happens.
Someone suggested to use
Code:
fastboot flash recovery_ramdisk twrp.img
instead (as I am on Oreo) but same error
I am stuck. Any help please? Thank you!
If bootloader is not working Use QPST Flash Tool to reflash everything back to stock.
Thanks. Too bad I don't have the original ROM backup anymore. I will try to download one, I hope all works well.
Can you just refresh me: when into "bootloader" I am supposed to see the bootloader menu on screen?
Edit: it seems that I am unable to install the Qualcomm drivers - Windows 10 reverts to generic drivers or ADB drivers. The drivers I downloaded don't seem to work with Windows 10?
any help on this please? Thank you!
Sorry for insisting - any help please? Can you point me to the right direction?
edit: I've done some homework and here is where I am.
Following some threads I tried flashing the stock ROM using flashtool. I used both the latest version and the "Emma" version from Sony.
I can connect to the tablet but I receive a the bundle does not match the connected device as - I reckon - the device is seen as an unknown device. The same with the Emma version, unknown device and as such, a No matching services as a reply.
Edit2: I found the solution for the above, I had to use the previous version of Flashtool. I flashed a stock ROM. Now it does not boot anymore. I have the SONY static logo and then a black screen. I tried again and also another version for my device but no luck.
Please help!
I am a bit lost here. Any help is appreciated. BTW, I can boot up the tablet perfectly fine and it works ok.
I'll just complete my very lonely thread for future references.
The issue was that I needed an older stock ROM as I was coming from Android 8 - a known issue apparently. I found a very old ROM (10.1 "store front"), that worked ok. From that one, I can do whatever I want. I ended up installing LineageOS which I find much faster than Resurrection.
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Guys, I'm really in need of the superpowers of XDA community in this one, as I'm gonna lose my mind.
(PD: Not native english speaker here, pls be gentle )
Let's get into it:
I'm experienced in tweaking androids so I was just doing routine stuff in this one by unlocking bootloader, but it got bricked (still dont know why)
It astounds me the incredibly lack of documentation about this device in the entire interweb, given that is not soooo bad device actually, so the current situation is: device bricked, bootloop on huawei mediapad start logo and only access to fastboot mode (Volume down+Power).
1) Approach number 1: got the official firmware and tried to flash it by the official way, according to Huawei web,
httpxxx://consumer.huawei.com/en/tablets/support/manuals/s10-231l-en.htm
copied dload folder with update.app and stuff to the root of an 8GB fat-32'd MicroSD card hoping to get it installed but absolutely nothing happens. Volume UP+Volume Down+Power falls in bootloop again. No recovery no nothing apart fastboot mode.
2) Approach number 2: ADB drivers installed, combo ADB, Fastboot does NOT detect my device properly
Code:
C:\...\fastboot>adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
C:\...\fastboot>fastboot devices
? fastboot
Strange enough, it allows me to flash almost anything, so i flashed official boot, recovery and system images based on the official firmware:
Code:
C:\...\fastboot>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (6708 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.260s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 0.917s]
finished. total time: 1.178s
C:\...\fastboot>fastboot flash recovery recovery.im
g
sending 'recovery' (9660 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.374s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 1.332s]
finished. total time: 1.706s
C:\...\fastboot>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (738258 KB)...
OKAY [ 28.472s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 43.332s]
finished. total time: 71.804
after reboot nothing happens, still in bootloop with no options to enter recovery mode, only fastboot working.
As said before, have browsed almost the entire interned but no luck by this time. Maybe i'm too focused on it.
Any XDA Gurú wants to get involved by giving advice? Will be greatly appreciated.
Anyone
Anyone?
Was hoping to find a solution here as like you I have searched the whole Internet and.... Nothing.
Exactly the same problem.
Would like to try flashing the official boot, but not sure how you did it, because Flash Tools needs a Scatterfile and Boot.img and the official boot is an Update.app
What program did you use?
Cheers,
Joe!
Still no solution for this? Got same problem.
Hi guys,
after flashing original recovery from Rashr, I have a hard bricked Meizu M1 Note. I can only boot into fastboot or VCOM (for SP Tool), no recovery, not normal boot.
Hope you can help me,
Thank you
Same story, even worse! I wanted to downgrade from LP to KK. I followed step by step guide posted in other forum. Everything works, but after 2 or 3 days, phone started to act very strange. Volume keys did not react properly (cant switch in recovery and made an screen shot for example), phone started to loose network coverage . I tried to reset it, but unfortunately no fastboot and recovery modes were present. The only way to switch in recovery was rashr tool. I decided to reflash recovery again and everything went wrong! The result was permanent restart, no recovery and fastboot modes. Maybe this method should be avoided. I know that everything I made is at my own risk, dont blame me.
Need advice to unbrick it. I was thinking to disassemble it and disconnect battery and try to resurrect it with adb?! The bad thing is that it wont turn into fastboot...pfuu.
Have some progress - phone can go into fastboot mode, but when I try to flash stock recovery, it reports error:
C:\adb>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending 'recovery' (16384 KB)
OKAY [ 0.616s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote:
Security deny - Err:0x2017 because it is locked
)
finished. total time: 0.665s
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Will appreciate any help. Thanks!
Any help?
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I have the same problem. Could anyone help us?
any help?
I have more or less the same problem but my cellular conects disconects preloader usb driver and don't see nothing in the screen, not logo, not recovery, not fastboot mode, any help?
Hi,
I got my Oneplus X three days back and when booted, the first thing it showed was to update the phone. When I clicked on download, it did download and asked me to install. When I clicked install, it restarted the phone and stayed at "1+" logo for ever without updating or restarting the phone. When I force restarted it (10 seconds power hold), it started, but the update was not applied. I did not have any other option, but to return the phone for a replacement.
Yesterday I received the replacement and to my surprise, it still does not update and stays on the same "1+" icon. To set things right, I thought of installing TWRP and reflash the bootloader, or better install any custom ROM's. While installing TWRP, I unlocked the bootloader and the result was:
Code:
J:\Mobile\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot oem unlock
...
OKAY [ 0.011s]
finished. total time: 0.012s
Once unlocked, it goes back into its own weird "1+" icon and stays there (exiting from fastboot mode). Then when I try to boot into twrp, it says:
Code:
J:\Mobile\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot boot twrp-2.8.7.0-onyx.img
< waiting for device >
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.498s]
booting...
FAILED (remote: Device not unlocked cannot boot)
finished. total time: 0.498s
Should I now send this device back assuming that this is also a buggy phone, or is there solution to this? Kindly help.
I too have the same device but never came across this prob. Better you replace asap!
Just flash TWRP Recovery and install full 2.1.3 ROM. Do not try to boot it.
bioan said:
Just flash TWRP Recovery and install full 2.1.3 ROM. Do not try to boot it.
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Thanks for the response guys. Problem solved!
For those of you who are in any case facing this problem, the issue was with SD Card. I removed the SD card (which was formatted using my previous Galaxy S3) and tried updating it and it worked. Now, I formatted the SD card and tried again and I was able to get into bootloader mode.
Hi,
I'm newb in this forum and i'm looking for your advice and help,
my situation is as titled in the thread...my phone stuck on huawei logo...the situation starts when i'd tried to flash TWRP recovery..but it seems that was a wrong one...after then i erased system (stupid i was :crying: ) trying a factory reset (i'd downloaded the original stock)....this is when things gets worst ...now i can't get into recovery mode and the phone stuck on the logo...one last detail when the phone is turned on and usb connected to the PC the Hisuite seems identifying the phone but couldn't connect...
any help would be very appreciated
thank you all for your time,
BoFar said:
Hi,
I'm newb in this forum and i'm looking for your advice and help,
my situation is as titled in the thread...my phone stuck on huawei logo...the situation starts when i'd tried to flash TWRP recovery..but it seems that was a wrong one...after then i erased system (stupid i was :crying: ) trying a factory reset (i'd downloaded the original stock)....this is when things gets worst ...now i can't get into recovery mode and the phone stuck on the logo...one last detail when the phone is turned on and usb connected to the PC the Hisuite seems identifying the phone but couldn't connect...
any help would be very appreciated
thank you all for your time,
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FYI,
now i can get into bootloader but without a recovery...
with the already downloaded stock rom i'd extracted all IMG files from the UPDATE.APP.
the step where i'm stucking is that flashing system with fastboot gives this :
target reported max download size of 266338304 bytes
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.094s]
sending sparse 'system' (259466 KB)...
OKAY [ 17.422s]
writing 'system'...
FAILED (remote: size too large)
finished. total time: 18.547s
the system.img is 2.39 Go.
same things and messages happens with recovery & boot files [ FAILED (remote: size too large) ]
I thank you advising how to resolve this
[SOLVED]
Here's steps that I made (after a long search with Dr. GOOGLE ):
1- Download & install the Android Studio and its SDK tools (that include fastboot and adb latest version). when having the famous message of FAILED (....TOO LARGE) use the -S switch and be patient with SYSTEM.IMG since file size is big (first tries gave me the error message but after many try it works),
2- Download the official stock ROM from Huawei webpage,
3- Download Huawei Update extractor,
4- Extract BOOT.IMG & RECOVERY.IMG & SYSTEM.IMG from the UPDATE.APP extracted file,
5- flash sequentially : RECOVERY then BOOT then SYSTEM (Remember the reboot after each flash),
That's all...Folks
Hi !
My friend yesterday gave me a phone, and asked that i could repair it.
Phone getting a bootloop everytime, have to use red bottom or power on + volume up.
1 st thing that i tryied to do, was install a new rom via flashtool.
Unfortunately i coudn't did it. Stuck on:
INFO - Reading device information
Second thing that i tryied to do was install recovery via fastboot using
Minimal ADB and Fastboot .
I can see device as a :
CB5A20DPRA fastboot
But when i try to install recovery or boot.img i getting a :
target didn't report max-download-size
sending 'recovery' (11570 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.366s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
finished. total time: 0.378s
There is something more that i can do about it or phone is broken beyond repair ?
Futhermore device was unrooted, it have been installed cfw before it broken,
but i not sure, it have bootloader unlocked.
Hi
Your problem is version of flashtool, try to install older flashtool (that solved my problem).
If i helped you please press thanks button
Wish you all the best
TepaC said:
Hi
Your problem is version of flashtool, try to install older flashtool (that solved my problem).
If i helped you please press thanks button
Wish you all the best
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Which exactly version of flashtool i need to download?
Downloaded 0.9.16.1, still same issue .
Stuck on : Reading device information
Try to force power off your device first
Then flash stock ftf
Use flashtool v0.9.18.6 and change Usb cable.
same problem same phone any help please
Hi, try to use Sony (Emma) Flashtool if it can detect the phone and flash the firmware available.