Hello all, I am having some issues after attempting to root my Razer Phone 2. The root failed but I initially had TWRP installed, and afterwards I tried to flash the factory image. This is where things started getting strange; I flashed the factory image and it seemed to run, but then I got a TWRP screen come up that said it was attempting to uninstall something, but that failed. It then went back to the initial boot screen, and then looped between the boot screen and the TWRP screen a few times after which it just resided on the boot screen. I initially was unable to get the bootloader to come back up on the phone but found it was still running in the background and I could interact with it via my PC. I have tried a few more times to flash the factory image but to no avail. I am still in the loop and I am not sure if there is anything that can be done.
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Ok, so something seems to have gone very wrong with flashing my phone :S
I managed to get recovery working yesterday, and followed the steps in this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z2/general/4-4-4-creating-rooted-update-package-t2933155 , to create a pre-rooted 5.0.2 image. I put it on the external SD card, booted into recovery and installed the flashable zip, then used flashtool to flash with the instructions (though I also cleared Appslog, Cache and Data to get a fresh install). This went fine and everything appeared to be ok. I then tried to get the Xposed Alpha installed, but after that whenever the phone was rebooting it just hung if trying to boot to Android. I tried re-flashing with Flashtool, but still got the same issue. Would boot fine the first time, but then any restart it would just hang and crash out. Tried clearing the cache from recovery, but no difference.
So today, I went into recovery, re-installed the flashable.zip, then powered off the phone and flashed using flashtool, just as I had yesterday. Now though, my phone wont boot. It shows the Sony logo, then a blank screen, then restarts. Even worse, it will no longer boot into recovery. I hold the volume down button when the LED shows, nothing. I try holding the volume down button all the way through several bootloops, nothing.
I've tried to re-flash using flashtool which goes through the process ok, I can hold the volume down button and connect the cable once its in the process of rebooting, and it goes through all the process fine. It then powers off as expected and I can just disconnect and power on the phone. But it's still stuck in the bootloop and I don't have TWRP recovery.
Is there anything I can do to get my Z2 working?
Update - Re ran flashtool, this time not excluding system, only Partition. It now gets a little further, going to "Powered by Android" and giving the purple wavy lines, but after a minute or so it just hangs and restarts again. And still no recovery sadly....
I think I've got it sorted...
Used Flashboot again to do a flash, excluding System and Partition. This time the phone does boot up normally. The downside being that my root was gone. Despite my flashing a pre-rooted image, it seemed to just put a stock image on. And my recovery is still mysteriously gone.
In the end, just to get things completely back to a stable/stock starting point for later on, I ran a repair from PC Companion. Seems I was in the none rooted position anyway so figured I'd get myself to a more certain position. At least this way I can wait for someone to come up with a root for 5.0.2 so I can root and get recovery back.
I have a Tmobile GS6 Edge,My problem is this I was restoring a TWRP backup, coming from [ROM][5.1.1][OF8] OZOP EDGE. I used this Backup numerous times. But the last restore sent me into bootloop. I'm on OF8 but I ran an OF6 tar file through odin (it's the only one I can get to pass and run successfully). Heres what happened I connected my phone to computer, odin recognized it. hit start. ran successfully. rebooted, android guy came up briefly and said installing system update, then it changed to "Erasing..." then it rebooted again. Now I'm stuck in bootloop. I can boot to recovery and it says installing system update each time I boot to recovery, but selecting reboot system there shows a no command error. I force the phone to power off... power on again to bootloops.
smart switch didn't recognize the phone for a reset so I decided to go with the ODIN method and now i'm lost. I read to reboot to recovery, factory reset in recovery, power down option in recovery but I'm still in bootloop Hell. Is there a pit file I can run? Anything? Please help.
Just flashed G925TUVU3DOI1 with ODIN, same issue, wont boot past Samsung logo and now I am stuck with OI1 firmware. It will not allow me to downgrade to OF8 or OF6 for example.
Update I have created and flashed successfully my own bootloader.img.tar file with Modem.img.tar.file as suggested. And still stuck at Samsung logo. Any ideas?
Anything in this?
I have a Tmobile GS6 Edge,My problem is this I was restoring a TWRP backup, coming from [ROM][5.1.1][OF8] OZOP EDGE. I used this Backup numerous times. But the last restore sent me into bootloop. I'm on OF8 but I ran an OF6 tar file through odin (it's the only one I can get to pass and run successfully). Heres what happened I connected my phone to computer, odin recognized it. hit start. ran successfully. rebooted, android guy came up briefly and said installing system update, then it changed to "Erasing..." then it rebooted again. Now I'm stuck in bootloop. I can boot to recovery and it says installing system update each time I boot to recovery, but selecting reboot system there shows a no command error. I force the phone to power off... power on again to bootloops.
smart switch didn't recognize the phone for a reset so I decided to go with the ODIN method and now i'm lost. I read to reboot to recovery, factory reset in recovery, power down option in recovery but I'm still in bootloop Hell. Just flashed G925TUVU3DOI1 with ODIN, same issue, wont boot past Samsung logo and now I am stuck with OI1 firmware. It will not allow me to downgrade to OF8 or OF6 for example. I have created and flashed successfully my own bootloader.img.tar file with Modem.img.tar.file as suggested. And yes im still stuck at Samsung logo. Any ideas? Please help. Update: I used the emergecy recovery option with Samsung smart switch and..... Blinking logo as usuall
Hello,
I've just encountered a problem with my phone that I purchased earlier this week. Due to it being an uncommon phone, there aren't many posts on how to root and flash TWRP, CWR for this model.
I followed this guide and rooted successfully with Kingoroot http://rootmygalaxy.net/root-acer-liquid-z220-android-smartphone-safely/ but seeing how some say that Kingo isn't as good as SuperSU, I looked for how to change from Kingo to SuperSU and followed this guide http://missingtricks.net/replace-kingroot-kinguser-with-supersu-superuser-android-guide/ .
I did, however, manage to flash TWRP and backed up my phone before changing from Kingo to SuperSU following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/help-acer-z220-root-recovery-t3275507
When SuperSU showed up on my screen asking to update binary I proceeded with the normal method then it was stuck loading during installation. It said to reboot if I see this screen for more than 5 minutes. I rebooted and it got stuck at the boot screen. I figured that factory resetting might solve but it didn't.
So now it is stuck at the boot up screen "Acer explore beyond limits powered by android" and will stay on until I force shut down.
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So I did something to my phone yesterday and it got stuck in a bootloop. Luckily I came across this site in Indonesian (had to use quite a bit of google translate) that showed how to flash the OS zip files from PC. http://kangsuper.blogspot.ca/2016/03/flash-acer-z220.html I followed the first method and my phone works again now. I was able to recover with TWRP after flashing and getting my phone to boot up.
Hope this might help others that have a similar problem with this phone model.
I bought this phone a year ago, phone was working fine all the time, but suddenly in got stuck in boot loop, my phone is stock, boot loaded unlocked & S-ON, i can boot into boot loader as well as recovery, i tried to factory reset, during factory reset it wiped everything but in the end it mentioned some "problem loading emmc" errors, now after reset my phone boots flashes a blue screen and then gets into black screen of death.
I was using Lolipop 5.0.1, i never updated was always afraid to brick my my phone here my worst fear came true. :crying: