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Have a Sprint TP2. Had Android running off my SD card last year and ready to try it again. My main computer is Win 7 64-bit, but I have access to other computers with Win 7 32-bit, and possibly another with XP if it is necessary.
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A few questions, if you please.
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I) To get a *complete* backup of my phone, I can use SPB Backup, right? (Will allow me to get *everything* back the way it is right now?)
II) Recommended Android ROMs are OMGB and GBX0*?
III) For OMBG:
.....1) I need to have ADB working (I installed it last night)
.....2) The readme said I needed to "have all the drivers installed". I don't know what that means.
.....3) The "How-To" also said I "must have Fastboot working".
.......a) Where do I get this? From here?
.......b) Is it difficult to install and/or run?
.......c) Found this, but no idea what it means
IV) For GBX0*, I need to download and install ClockworkMod Recovery. Where do I get this? From here?
You'll need the same things for Android NAND. They both require fastboot, and some sort of recovery. I prefer CWM.
Edit - Your links are pretty much all wrong. You should be getting pretty much everything from here.
Use whatever ROM you desire. Fastboot and CWM are agnostic to ROM.
For any NAND ROM to work, you need adb working. If adb works, fastboot *should* work.
Fastboot flashes from the NBH. If you flash the NBH for Android, you have fastboot (installed on the phone...)
It is a little difficult/tricky. Not for the feint of heart. Read a lot, test a lot, before you flash anything. Make sure you know the process and what you need to do.
Most importantly perhaps is a fully charged battery. I've seen a few users get stuck in fastboot mode because they let their battery die - and now without CWM or WinMo, the phone won't charge. Don't want to be in that situation.
If battery life is most important to you then OMGB is the way to go. If you need native tethering then GBX is the way to go. I use GBX as my daily. Either way read the threads, and you can see the features that work on either.
I am trying to get my Rhod 250 prepped. I have the flash program to unlock the Hard-SPL but the phone will not connect via USB and I am fairly certain attempting a flash over Bluetooth would brick the phone. I have tried disabling Advanced Network Functionality and have also tried installing the .cab file found in another thread but neither have made a difference. I am running Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate, and the Rhod is showing up as Unknown USB Device.
bigspoondude said:
I am trying to get my Rhod 250 prepped. I have the flash program to unlock the Hard-SPL but the phone will not connect via USB and I am fairly certain attempting a flash over Bluetooth would brick the phone. I have tried disabling Advanced Network Functionality and have also tried installing the .cab file found in another thread but neither have made a difference. I am running Windows 7 64-bit Ultimate, and the Rhod is showing up as Unknown USB Device.
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Please make sure ADB works before you flash anything.
You need to do the unlock before you can flash any unsigned images regardless. HSPL is the first thing before flashing anything - custom WinMo ROM or Android.
The lack of custom roms for our device is depressing, there aren't enough developers for the M4 aqua and while some have moved on to other devices, others don't share their REAL sources and fixes. So what i propose is that we all join forces and do it ourselves, the more people the better it brings different points of view and consequently faster fixes, so for those that are interested here are the prerequisites:
1. A computer
2. A linux distro (most guides will advice you to go for ubuntu or a buntu based distro personally its not my cup of tea, i use gentoo but linux is about choice you choose what suits you. Also if you want to keep your windows you can either dual boot(recommended) or just use a virtual machine which depending on specs it can be slloooww).
3. A starting point (most people don't even try to compile android because they wont even know where to start from, thankfully sony isn't as bad as others and even provides detailed information on how to compile android for their devices, so i suggest to start here http://developer.sonymobile.com/kno...aosp-marshmallow-for-unlocked-xperia-devices/ )
4. Time (compiling times can take very looonnnggg)
5. Patience ( yeah a hell lotta of it)
Still interested?
We can use this thread to post compiling errors , bugs, errors and any android developing related questions, if instead of aosp you want to jump straight to cyanogenmod the instructions are very similar just replace "repo init -u https://android.googlesource.com/platform/manifest -b android-6.0.1_r10" with "repo init -u git://github.com/CyanogenMod/android.git -b cm-13.0" xda also has some very useful threads we can use here are a few:
1. Compiling roms:
CM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060017
PAC - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2662325
2. Debug
Create logs - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2185929
Understand them - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2274119
Every great dev had to start at some point this might be start of some great devs (we need them), so lets start compiling and bring the marshmallow to the tulip!!!
We have a few custom roms that just need bug fixes. We will get better as time goes on. And would we see a rom of yours anytime soon?
I don't find the m4 binaries in this page http://developer.sonymobile.com/knowledge-base/open-source/open-devices/list-of-devices-and-resources/
Hello guys, as much of you know, I tried so many times to compile roms for our device, but never had success. My device for now enter in a "bricked fastboot" mode, and in flashmode Flashtool say that the device have debugging off. Totally bricked. But, I will never give up with my work for this device. I will make roms for you guys and for my experience, also if I cannot test. So, I installed Ubuntu in my PC, I am syncing the sources and this time I will try very hard! Thanks CarDGee for your post, it will be helpful for errors.
So, what would be our requirements knowledge wise? What programming language base, etc?
Any kind of knowledge of programming language can be useful, but is not needed.
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Hello guys, as much of you know, I tried so many times to compile roms for our device, but never had success. My device for now enter in a "bricked fastboot" mode, and in flashmode Flashtool say that the device have debugging off. Totally bricked. But, I will never give up with my work for this device. I will make roms for you guys and for my experience, also if I cannot test. So, I installed Ubuntu in my PC, I am syncing the sources and this time I will try very hard! Thanks CarDGee for your post, it will be helpful for errors.
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I think at this point it would be smart to collaborate on a custom rom (probably CM 12.1 because it is closest to stable) so we have a base to develop more roms.
For now I'm working to build AOSP 5.0
I followed the instructions to build AOSP at developer.sonymobile.com
At point 4. it say
Find the software binaries for the device you want to use on Sony’s AOSP for Xperia devices
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Now i have downloaded the binaries for the M2. It have the Kanuti and Tulip folder inside.
Can i use it for build or do i have to extract the files from the device?
Second question is. I can remove other devices from local_manifests.xml right?
You can also use GitHub sources and put them into android sources with git clone, with this method also if you edit files, you'll not have problems with repo sync.
@dani020110 download the Z5 ones inside the zip you will have kanuti and tulip folders as well.
@alby_var what do you mean "bricked fastboot" is it constantly with blue led on? have you tried holding powerbutton + vol up until it vibrates 3 times?
@jefins although its a plus to know C java etc.. its not a requirement i am a strong believer that you learn by doing it.
@jtg01 yes use the ones from the zip also take a look at this repo https://github.com/SonyAosp you can find the binaries there under platform_vendor_sony and platform_vendor_qcom.
Now i regret not having done one of those "Reserved" on the second post.....
@alby_var what do you mean "bricked fastboot" is it constantly with blue led on? have you tried holding powerbutton + vol up until it vibrates 3 times?
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The device , on a pc without drivers is recognized as qhsusb_bulk. It is recoverable, but any tool doesn't recognize the smartphone.
On a pc with all drivers it is recognized sometimes as SOMC FLASH DEVICE, other times in SEMC FLASH DEVICE. Also this is recoverable, but Flashtool says that the device have debugging mode off. (I cannot boot to the rom to activate it.)
And the only led that the device show is red, it bright up 3 times only when the battery is at 0%
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The device , on a pc without drivers is recognized as qhsusb_bulk. It is recoverable, but any tool doesn't recognize the smartphone.
On a pc with all drivers it is recognized sometimes as SOMC FLASH DEVICE, other times in SEMC FLASH DEVICE. Also this is recoverable, but Flashtool says that the device have debugging mode off. (I cannot boot to the rom to activate it.)
And the only led that the device show is red, it bright up 3 times only when the battery is at 0%
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Do you have the correct flash and adb drivers on your pc? My second phone is a xperia E4.i had the same problem with SEMC and SOMC.i thought that it was bricked but the problem solved when i installed adb and flash drivers from the flashtool drivers file.
I installed all drivers that is on the Flashtool Folder trought the exe, but Flashtool not start flashing...
So i compiled the sources and got a system.img and a userdata.img in out/target/product/generic ?
I think there have to be a boot.img. Do i have to compile the kernel as well? Cause instructions on sony developer say the repos contain a precompiled kernel.
@alby_var: which version of flashtool do you use? Had also problems to flash firmware on newest version. So i installed Flashtool Version 0.9.19.7. With that it worked fine.
@alby_var try the linux version of flashtool
@jtg01 there must be something wrong because it should be out/target/product/e2303 or out/target/product/tulip did you choose our device after source build/envsetup.sh && lunch? because i believe you just compiled generic android.
Compiled android 6 for 2303, attached the Make log Below. (Pure Sony AOSP)
yet to flash the images and check.
made a small change, the userdata.img is for 16GB as i have a M4 Aqua Dual (E2363) the device should be able to boot up, will add logcat when i have it.
Lots of warnings but was able to make successfully
open the log in notepad++
Edit: First attempt to boot, loops at Sony logo.
will make fresh and check again
@jtg01 there must be something wrong because it should be out/target/product/e2303 or out/target/product/tulip did you choose our device after source build/envsetup.sh && lunch? because i believe you just compiled generic android.
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Yeah there was a problem. Now it compiled all img's . But userdata.img has only 70 Mb. System is 900 Mb.
Should i flash this?
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Flashed it got bootloop. Can't take a logcat cause it restart at Sony logo.
But i get a kernel_boot_log. There are multible errors. Maybe someone can help me with that.
Guys I not know how to adapt device sources to the rom for that I am building.. Can anyone please help me?
@RohitBopnna and @jtg01 for some strange reason newest firmware doesnt allow you to flash custom firmware you will have to downgrade to .128 and then flash your roms i am sure it will boot, follow the instructions on Jeffreyvh aosp thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/m4-aqua/development/aosp-6-0-e2303-t3271380
@alby_var I think you should start by compiling something we already have the sources see how it goes, and then move on
Hello everyone,
I've been tinkering with my kindle attempting to flash TWRP so I could flash other ROMs on my Kindle Fire HDX 7 (3rd generation) but I have seemed to soft brick the device after using unlock.bat from https://forum.xda-developers.com/kindle-fire-hdx/general/thor-unlocking-bootloader-firmware-t3463982/post70881555#post70881555
The unlock.bat was supposed to unlock my bootloader, but now the device won't power on. If I plug it into the windows a bunch of partitions appear and windows prompts me if I want to format the various drives. If I plug my kindle into Linux, the 7 (i think) partitions show folders various different system functions.
Someone wrote in a separate forum that it's possible to restore kindle if I using something called eMMC Raw tool, but didn't really give any clear instructions.
If anyone could help me recover my device, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
For some reason I can't upload a picture of the various files in the partition.
Side note: could I theoretically put CM 12 or anything else on one of the partitions instead of the stock ROM?
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Hello everyone,
I've been tinkering with my kindle attempting to flash TWRP so I could flash other ROMs on my Kindle Fire HDX 7 (3rd generation) but I have seemed to soft brick the device after using unlock.bat from https://forum.xda-developers.com/ki...r-firmware-t3463982/post70881555#post70881555
The unlock.bat was supposed to unlock my bootloader, but now the device won't power on. If I plug it into the windows a bunch of partitions appear and windows prompts me if I want to format the various drives. If I plug my kindle into Linux, the 7 (i think) partitions show folders various different system functions.
Someone wrote in a separate forum that it's possible to restore kindle if I using something called eMMC Raw tool, but didn't really give any clear instructions.
If anyone could help me recover my device, that would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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Unlock.bat did not "soft brick" your device as the actions it performs are totally benign. More likely you got sloppy and flashed an incompatible aboot (via dd) or erased aboot and don't know how to recover. Me thinks it is the latter. Keep reading; you'll eventually stumble on posts that describe corrective actions. I will edit this post with a link as time permits.
You do not need "eMMC Raw Tool" whatever that is.
edit: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ki...ing-bootloader-firmware-t3463982/post75284993
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Unlock.bat did not "soft brick" your device as the actions it performs are totally benign. More likely you got sloppy and flashed an incompatible aboot (via dd) or erased aboot and don't know how to recover. Me thinks it is the latter. Keep reading; you'll eventually stumble on posts that describe corrective actions. I will edit this post with a link as time permits.
You do not need "eMMC Raw Tool" whatever that is.
edit: https://forum.xda-developers.com/ki...ing-bootloader-firmware-t3463982/post75284993
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Ah. I wish I had seen that thread before I started the process! You may be right about the compatible boot. I couldn't find the original aboot_vuln.mbn file mentioned in the thread I was following, but managed to find aboot.img file and flashed that hoping it was the same. I could have sworn though, that the device stopped working the second after I clicked the unlock.bat file (executed outside the fastboot screen), but could be wrong.
Only problem about the thread you linked, device isn't responding to any ADB or fastboot commands, but still shows that my PC recognizes the device as a fire device.
Thank you for your time, I'll keep reading through the thread you linked.
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Only problem about the thread you linked, device isn't responding to any ADB or fastboot commands, but still shows that my PC recognizes the device as a fire device.
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Likely a Windows driver issue. Suggest installing Motorola Device Manager here which includes composite USB drivers that work reliably with HDX devices. Need need to run MDM; just install it. After connecting the device you will need update the driver via Windows Device Manager. Bit of hit and miss with a non-functioning device. Cables and USB ports also play a huge role, especially with fussy bootloader/fastboot communications. Avoid external hubs, USB3 ports and add-on expansion cards. Change cables, ports, etc. Good luck.
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Likely a Windows driver issue. Suggest installing Motorola Device Manager here which includes composite USB drivers that work reliably with HDX devices. Need need to run MDM; just install it. After connecting the device you will need update the driver via Windows Device Manager. Bit of hit and miss with a non-functioning device. Cables and USB ports also play a huge role, especially with fussy bootloader/fastboot communications. Avoid external hubs, USB3 ports and add-on expansion cards. Change cables, ports, etc. Good luck.
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Thanks Davey, I'll definitely give it a try. Just as a bit more information on my situation, the device manager on windows does read Fire Device "ADB composite driver". I also have it connected to the PC using a Fastboot Cable. I will give all of this a try when I get home from work today.
If I am able to communicate with the device after installing the MDM drivers, should I attempt to restore the device? Or try to unlock and flash the stock ROM?
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Thanks Davey, I'll definitely give it a try. Just as a bit more information on my situation, the device manager on windows does read Fire Device "ADB composite driver". I also have it connected to the PC using a Fastboot Cable. I will give all of this a try when I get home from work today.
If I am able to communicate with the device after installing the MDM drivers, should I attempt to restore the device? Or try to unlock and flash the stock ROM?
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- dump the fastboot cable (all but useless on a HDX); this isn't a generic Android device
- ADB composite drivers come in many flavors; HDX bootloader only likes a few of them
- if/when you reestablish communication first step is to restore aboot and install TWRP; unlocking and ROM installation come later
- do not attempt to reinstall stock; frustration and heartache consume those who do
- again, this is not a run-of-the-mill Android gizmo; many of the tricks you learned in kindergarden do not apply to Amazon tablets
Davey126 said:
- dump the fastboot cable (all but useless on a HDX); this isn't a generic Android device
- ADB composite drivers come in many flavors; HDX bootloader only likes a few of them
- if/when you reestablish communication first step is to restore aboot and install TWRP; unlocking and ROM installation come later
- do not attempt to reinstall stock; frustration and heartache consume those who do
- again, this is not a run-of-the-mill Android gizmo; many of the tricks you learned in kindergarden do not apply to Amazon tablets
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Lol I feel like I'm in kindergarten tinkering with this HDX. How do I restore aboot? clearly the image I flashed with was not the correct bootloader. Should I attempt to extract aboot from the stock ROM? Or would you be able to share you tool set/point me to a working link for aboot, TWRP, and ROMs (I've looked at 4 threads so far without working links)?
UPDATE: I managed to install the ADB MOT Composite driver, but still no response to simple ADB and Fastboot commands
Thanks again
Praxxer1 said:
Lol I feel like I'm in kindergarten tinkering with this HDX. How do I restore aboot? clearly the image I flashed with was not the correct bootloader. Should I attempt to extract aboot from the stock ROM? Or would you be able to share you tool set/point me to a working link for aboot, TWRP, and ROMs (I've looked at 4 threads so far without working links)?
UPDATE: I managed to install the ADB MOT Composite driver, but still no response to simple ADB and Fastboot commands
Thanks again
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Not uncommon. Unfortunately, there is no 'fix script' moving forward as each situation is unique. If aboot is too damaged to support basic communication it's pretty much game over for the average laymen. You will need to comb the threads for information nuggets that may apply to your situation. Or cut your losses and move on. I am not big on trying to unbrick these pups unless one well versed in low level trouble shooting. Lousy ROI; has to be a labor of love including copious time researching, trying and (likely) failing. Good luck.
@draxie - for awareness; read back a few posts for context.
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Davey126 said:
Not uncommon. Unfortunately, there is no 'fix script' moving forward as each situation is unique. If aboot is too damaged to support basic communication it's pretty much game over for the average laymen. You will need to comb the threads for information nuggets that may apply to your situation. Or cut your losses and move on. I am not big on trying to unbrick these pups unless one well versed in low level trouble shooting. Lousy ROI; has to be a labor of love including copious time researching, trying and (likely) failing. Good luck.
@draxie - for awareness; read back a few posts for context.
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Right... the symptoms described are the normal state of affairs
after 'fastboot erase aboot' and 'unlock.bat' does no such thing.
The post linked above and/or my original "Bulk mode" post both
have the necessary instructions to recover. Alternatively, 1-Click
can handle this, assuming access to either MacOS or Linux (for
the time being).
Outdated "Root,Safestrap,HD Nexus" setup on hdx 8.9; reading about my options for upd
edit: this thread can be closed. i chased my tail for several hours and made a few mistakes, halfway bricking my device in the process but i went from Safestrap/TWRP with Nexus 4 all the way up to AOSP-Extended 7.1 and a working OpenGApps and Magisk install... very happy.
My words of advice to anyone would be to make sure you have your keys setup in advance, dont recover your device in the middle of a bootloader unlock as you will no longer have debug mode keys and get fubared... also backup Aboot before you over-write it, this caused me some headache and back and forth unnecessarily.
Also Linux for the win, fastboot simply "worked" when i plugged it in, never would work on windows, and still doesnt even with the unlocked boot loaders and official Android Composite USb drivers from kindle...
This Oneplus X seems to be more difficult than my previous attempts for installing TWRP and custom ROM. I keep getting stuck and nothing returning once in fastboot and executing command "fastboot devices". I just keep getting "< waiting for device >" .
I think I have ADB installed right because while the Oneplus X is on and in normal mode (developer settings enabled with OEM unlocking and USB debugging enabled also) ADB connects. The USB drivers look to work fine because I can see the device (including SD card storage) and transfer files. in ADB and typing in ADB devices, I see the device.
When I run adb reboot bootloader and execute fastboot devices using command.com with administrator privilege, it just returns another prompt. It doens't show any device. I get the same results with Powershell with administrator privelge.
I'm already on my 2nd machine trying to do this although it's a windows 10 also just w/o updates for six months (was off and on the side of office). I had the same issues on my newer machine and thought it's the windows 10 machine I'm using. Researching the internet and here, I see others mention it though I didn't see any solution. I don't have a Linux machine (never really used it though had redhat installed eons ago somewhere). I guess I can do a refresh of my 2nd/older machine and not do any updates to see if that may help with any driver conflict though I don't see any indicators since adb can see the device. I thought trying to install TWRP via sideloader may work but I don't see tutorials and commands via that way.
Also I'm using ADB 1.4.3 in the 2nd windows machine. I had the Minimal ADB and Fastboot version on the other machine.
Anything else I can try?
P.S. The Onyx seems to be harder than putting android on my old HP touchpad! Putting a Tmobile rom on a AT&T Galaxy S4 and custom rom on a Oneplus 2 seemed much easier than the Onyx though unsure why. Onyx and the Oneplus 2 were comparable manufacturing years iirc.
On the 2nd machine, i did a windows 10 reset to basically refresh it (like a fresh install). I started over again and managed to get past the fastboot device problem and it's showing it now. I think the prior problem was the device and driver and even with a re-install, can't seem to get past it. The only difference I did with ADB install was not opting to install google drivers.
I got the bootloader unlocked and the recovery.img file done. Basically I'm following the direction from this page - https://www.technobuzz.net/root-oneplus-x-install-twrp-recovery/ - which seems to be aligned with most youtube and I think same as old pages here.
Now where I'm stuck is when executing "fastboot boot recovery.img" I get the failed (remote : dtb not found) and can't seem to find a solution to this one. Some sites say something about the partition?
Thoughts? hopefully this machine is not too old/dead for some comments/guidance unless I'm posting on the wrong section.
well to share back here and for closure.. looks like the recovery image i used on the site above must be for a different OOS. doing some further searches here and different terms and jumping to another thread from a search result thread (lol), i read that i needed a specific twrp for oos 3.1.4. (odd since recovery is supposed to be independent of ROM version, but that seemed to have work). guess persistence pays after all.
it really did heavily matter having the device recognized properly by windows 10. once i got past the blank fastboot device command execution, i got the another issue due to the phone not knowing how to boot into the recovery version i was trying to install, at least that's how another poster in another thread explained it. hence the right twrp had to be used for oos 3.1.4