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Hello....i rooted my sm-g360az samsung phone and when i restarted the phone, it didn't boot up to the home screen. It shows the samsung logo and then becomes blank....i later on came to know on the internet that i hadnt enabled 'oem unlock' on 'developer options' before rooting. I sent the phone to samsung for repair and they sent it back to me today saying that the phone is beyond repair because it was rooted, though i hadnt mentioned to them that i had rooted the phone. How do i get my phone to work again? I need it very badly for work purposes. Can somebody help me with this....
You need to flash stock rom for your device via odin.
røbin said:
you need to flash stock rom for your device via odin.
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hello robin....thanks for the reply my brother.....can you help me with links of the firmware files for sm-g360az brother? I searched on the iternet, but im unable to find them for free....
alvcross said:
hello robin....thanks for the reply my brother.....can you help me with links of the firmware files for sm-g360az brother? I searched on the iternet, but im unable to find them for free....
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It is hard to find stock firmware for your device but check this linkhttp://www.easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=browse&b=category&id=3228 Did you visited this page?
røbin said:
it is hard to find stock firmware for your device but check this linkhttp://www.easy-firmware.com/index.php?a=browse&b=category&id=3228 did you visited this page?
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yes my brother....i did visit that page before.....but it says that downloads are available only to paid users....
alvcross said:
yes my brother....i did visit that page before.....but it says that downloads are available only to paid users....
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https://samsung-firmware.org/model/SM-G361F/ both device have same spec.So you can try this version.
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https://samsung-firmware.org/model/sm-g361f/ both device have same spec.so you can try this version.
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ohhh wooowww....thank you soo soo soo very much my brother.....but will this cause any problems to the sm-g360az phone?
alvcross said:
ohhh wooowww....thank you soo soo soo very much my brother.....but will this cause any problems to the sm-g360az phone?
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Can't 100% guarantee you that it will work or not.Both device have same spec so it should work but one have 2mp font camera and other have 1.9mp camera. It shouldn't be a big problem I think.
And can you also tell me weather you were taking about sm-g361f or sm-g360f brother? Can you mention the exact model number I should try flashing with? THERE ARE MANY MODELS IN SM-G360....WHICH ONE WOULD SUIT THE BEST BROTHER?
alvcross said:
And can you also tell me weather you were taking about sm-g361f or sm-g360f brother? Can you mention the exact model number I should try flashing with? THERE ARE MANY MODELS IN SM-G360....WHICH ONE WOULD SUIT THE BEST BROTHER?
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All the version are same.Those files are from different region. So you can choose any region.but download lte version only.
røbin said:
all the version are same.those files are from different region. So you can choose any region.but download lte version only.
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ohhh....wowwww....okay my brother....ill download the firmware...flash the files and let you know....thank you so very much for the help my brother....god bless you....
alvcross said:
ohhh....wowwww....okay my brother....ill download the firmware...flash the files and let you know....thank you so very much for the help my brother....god bless you....
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Don't just say thanks.Hit the thanks button If you thik I helped you
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don't just say thanks.hit the thanks button if you thik i helped you
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yes my brother....i did just that....i downloaded the firmware files and tried to flash with odin....but the flash doesnt proceed....it gets stuck in initialization cause of the locked bootloader....i hadnt enabled 'oem unlock' when the phone was working....and also in the download mode it shows 'secureboot - enabled'.....so the locked bootloader is not allowing odin to flash.....the phone is being recognized by adb and it shows up with a serial number as recovery in the adb console....is there any way i could enable oem unlock and unlock the bootloader through adb commands?
alvcross said:
yes my brother....i did just that....i downloaded the firmware files and tried to flash with odin....but the flash doesnt proceed....it gets stuck in initialization cause of the locked bootloader....i hadnt enabled 'oem unlock' when the phone was working....and also in the download mode it shows 'secureboot - enabled'.....so the locked bootloader is not allowing odin to flash.....the phone is being recognized by adb and it shows up with a serial number as recovery in the adb console....is there any way i could enable oem unlock and unlock the bootloader through adb commands?
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You need to install twrp via odin and from twrp you need to do a full factory reset(data,cache,delvik,phone memory).after that try again to flash stock rom via odin.Here is the twrp link for your device http://teamw.in/devices/samsunggalaxycoreprimequalcomm.html
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You need to install twrp via odin and from twrp you need to do a full factory reset(data,cache,delvik,phone memory).after that try again to flash stock rom via odin.Here is the twrp link for your device http://teamw.in/devices/samsunggalaxycoreprimequalcomm.html
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Oh my god.....wonder of wonders my brother.....i downloaded TWRP from the link you gave me and flashed it with odin and to my surprise the phone booted up to the home screen after flashing was done.....the phone is back and working now.....wooowwwww.....thank you soooo soooo soooo very much my brother.....this forum needs many good hearted and wonderful people like you....Words cant express how happy I am.....thank you....thank you....thank you my brother....:victory:
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Oh my god.....wonder of wonders my brother.....i downloaded TWRP from the link you gave me and flashed it with odin and to my surprise the phone booted up to the home screen after flashing was done.....the phone is back and working now.....wooowwwww.....thank you soooo soooo soooo very much my brother.....this forum needs many good hearted and wonderful people like you....Words cant express how happy I am.....thank you....thank you....thank you my brother....:victory:
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I'm also very happy that I helped you and Now you get your bricked phone back to normal.
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I'm also very happy that I helped you and Now you get your bricked phone back to normal.
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but there is still some problem brother.....after flashing twrp 3 with odin the phone booted up to the home screen anad all my apps and settings were intact....but when i restarted the phone again....it showed the boot screen and then went blank.....i reflashed the twrp with odin again and it booted up to the home screen.....this time I MADE A FACTORY RESET AND AGAIN THERE WAS THE SAME PROBLEM.....PHONE WAS NOT BOOTING UP TO THE HOME SCREEN.....I REFLASHED TWRP AGAIN....BOOTED UP TO HOME SCREEN AND TRIED SOFTWARE UPDATES....BUT I GOT A MESSAGE SAYING THAT THE PHONE WAS MODIFIED IN AN UNAUTHORIZED WAY AND THAT I COULD TRY USING KIES FOR UPDATES.....
THE BOOTLOADER SEEMS TO BE DAMAGED.....CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO UNLOCK THE BOOTLOADER WITH ADB BROTHER? WHEN I TYPE REBOOT RECOVERY THROUGH ADB, THE PHONE REBOOTS AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE TWRP RECOVERY SCREEN, IT TURNS BLANK....SO IM UNABLE TO GO INTO TWRP TO WIPE SOME STUFF AS YOU HAD SUGGESTED EARLIER....SHOULD I TRY CWM?
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but there is still some problem brother.....after flashing twrp 3 with odin the phone booted up to the home screen anad all my apps and settings were intact....but when i restarted the phone again....it showed the boot screen and then went blank.....i reflashed the twrp with odin again and it booted up to the home screen.....this time I MADE A FACTORY RESET AND AGAIN THERE WAS THE SAME PROBLEM.....PHONE WAS NOT BOOTING UP TO THE HOME SCREEN.....I REFLASHED TWRP AGAIN....BOOTED UP TO HOME SCREEN AND TRIED SOFTWARE UPDATES....BUT I GOT A MESSAGE SAYING THAT THE PHONE WAS MODIFIED IN AN UNAUTHORIZED WAY AND THAT I COULD TRY USING KIES FOR UPDATES.....
THE BOOTLOADER SEEMS TO BE DAMAGED.....CAN YOU TELL ME HOW TO UNLOCK THE BOOTLOADER WITH ADB BROTHER? WHEN I TYPE REBOOT RECOVERY THROUGH ADB, THE PHONE REBOOTS AND WHEN IT COMES TO THE TWRP RECOVERY SCREEN, IT TURNS BLANK....SO IM UNABLE TO GO INTO TWRP TO WIPE SOME STUFF AS YOU HAD SUGGESTED EARLIER....SHOULD I TRY CWM?
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If locked bootloader causing this problem than you might want to try this http://unlock-bootloader.net/how-to/unlock-bootloader-samsung-galaxy-core-prime/ Follow the guide and unlock bootloader to see if this problem solve for good.
There is Android Marshmallow custom rom for your device too
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If locked bootloader causing this problem than you might want to try this http://unlock-bootloader.net/how-to/unlock-bootloader-samsung-galaxy-core-prime/ Follow the guide and unlock bootloader to see if this problem solve for good.
There is Android Marshmallow custom rom for your device too
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thanks for the link brother.....but that website is a fake website with fake android 6 custom rom links....
brother....do you have a SM-G360AZ MOBILE? CAN YOU INSTALL FLASHIFY ON YOUR PHONE AND TAKE A BACKUP IMAGE OF THE STOCK RECOVERY AND UPLOAD A LINK HERE....
TWRP IS NOT WORKING....THE PHONE REACHES RECOVERY AND THEN TURNS BLANK....
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thanks for the link brother.....but that website is a fake website with fake android 6 custom rom links....
brother....do you have a SM-G360AZ MOBILE? CAN YOU INSTALL FLASHIFY ON YOUR PHONE AND TAKE A BACKUP IMAGE OF THE STOCK RECOVERY AND UPLOAD A LINK HERE....
TWRP IS NOT WORKING....THE PHONE REACHES RECOVERY AND THEN TURNS BLANK....
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Why do you need stock recovery?There's no stock recovery available for your device.Try to instell different twrp version for your phone.
EDIT: The problem is fixed, the problem was my dead SD card, as soon as I took it out and boot into TWRP the recovery has been working well. Thank you all for your help anyways.
What's going on guys, today I'm in need of some aid. Couple days ago I was trying to swap ROMs from PsyRom to FlyMeOS and when I tried to access TWRP recovery, it would get stuck on the TeamWin logo. I softbricked my phone by restoring the stock recovery and kernel (lol) and flashed the latest Fastboot ROM. Now I'm fine with MIUI8, and I flashed TRWP again (with Fastboot flash) but everytime I try to access TRWP it gives me that stuck logo or a black screen. I don't know what to do because I already tried with a rooted Dev ROM and flashify and even the TWRP Manager but I can't get anywhere. Do you know what I can do?
I've seen several TWRP versions for RN2.
Did you try with the official one?
https://dl.twrp.me/hermes/
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I've seen several TWRP versions for RN2.
Did you try with the official one?
https://dl.twrp.me/hermes/
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Yes I did, and with the 2.8.7, and the other 3.0.x
Always the same result. Did Xiaomi lock the Redmi Note 2 bootloader?
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Yes I did, and with the 2.8.7, and the other 3.0.x
Always the same result. Did Xiaomi lock the Redmi Note 2 bootloader?
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AFAIK the bootloader is not locked.
Otherwise I think that you can't even install TWRP.
I any case, I would try with an older fastboot ROM and with the official TWRP.
Have you tried this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-2/general/twrp2-8-7-0-light-materialized-theme-t3308492
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Have you tried this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/redmi-note-2/general/twrp2-8-7-0-light-materialized-theme-t3308492
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Yes, it's the last one I tried, I used the one on the first link, with MIUI8 compatibility.
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AFAIK the bootloader is not locked.
Otherwise I think that you can't even install TWRP.
I any case, I would try with an older fastboot ROM and with the official TWRP.
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I'm sorry but do you know where I can find an older one?
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Yes, it's the last one I tried, I used the one on the first link, with MIUI8 compatibility.
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I am using this one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwdRTuyj12_yVlJoMzJoeUJKLVE/view
I have no problem with it (MIUI8). To be honest, I don't think any of them should cause the problem that you are having. Trying to solve the problem without identifying the cause will probably prove unfruitful. How did you install the first one that you had problems with? Did it ever work at all? If so, when did it start malfunctioning?
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I am using this one: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwdRTuyj12_yVlJoMzJoeUJKLVE/view
I have no problem with it (MIUI8). To be honest, I don't think any of them should cause the problem that you are having. Trying to solve the problem without identifying the cause will probably prove unfruitful. How did you install the first one that you had problems with? Did it ever work at all? If so, when did it start malfunctioning?
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Yes it used to work, I already tried a lot of ROMs, I had the one compatible with Android 6.0 which I flashed with TWRP itself (It worked since I flashed CM13 with it).
I don't really know when it started malfunctioning because the last time I made a backup was at least one month ago when I swapped to PsyRom (it was functioning well). But two days ago when I tried to access it to change to FlyMe it wouldn't work. Anyways I'm flashing a MIUI7 fastboot ROM to see if it works.
I'm sorry if I can't explain myself very well but I'm doing the best I can lol. Thank you for your help too.
Perhaps something messed up your file system or partitions. If all attempts don't work, then you might want to use the SP Flash Tool to flash a compatible ROM and working TWRP.
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Perhaps something messed up your file system or partitions. If all attempts don't work, then you might want to use the SP Flash Tool to flash a compatible ROM and working TWRP.
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I just flashed MIUI 7 with SP Flash Tool. Gonna try and flash TWRP through fastboot and with update.zip method, see if anything works.
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I'm sorry but do you know where I can find an older one?
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I should have a MIUI7 on my mega account, it should be the last 7 stable, saved just in case something was wrong with 8.
I can send you the link if you are still searching.
OK, I just noticed that you have solved yet.
Good, I hope that this time everything will be fine.
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I should have a MIUI7 on my mega account, it should be the last 7 stable, saved just in case something was wrong with 8.
I can send you the link if you are still searching.
OK, I just noticed that you have solved yet.
Good, I hope that this time everything will be fine.
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Thank you very much for your kindness, I'm still trying tho ahah using WinDroid Toolkit now.
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I should have a MIUI7 on my mega account, it should be the last 7 stable, saved just in case something was wrong with 8.
I can send you the link if you are still searching.
OK, I just noticed that you have solved yet.
Good, I hope that this time everything will be fine.
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Hello, after one month the issue is still not fixed, the recovery still hangs. Perhaps you could send me that fastboot rom you talked about please? Thank you.
I'm going to send you the link.
In the meanwhile...reading the thread again...what is "update.zip method"?
Are you try to install TWRP from Mi recovery?
This is not going to work anymore.
You should better stay with the last ROM and flash TWRP from fastboot.
This is the recovery image: https://dl.twrp.me/hermes/twrp-3.0.2-0-hermes.img
This is the guide: https://twrp.me/devices/xiaomiredminote2.html
Just start your RN2 into fastboot (vol down+power on), run fastboot flash recovery twrp.img and finally keep pressed vol up and send fastboot reboot and wait with the key pressed until it enter TWRP.
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in the official forum there should be a thread with link to all officially released ROMs for RN2.
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Hello, after one month the issue is still not fixed, the recovery still hangs. Perhaps you could send me that fastboot rom you talked about please? Thank you.
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Here you should find every MIUI Global ROM released for RN2:
http://en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=394496
I just realized that the one I have is China version, used just to clean the phone from reseller ROM.
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I'm going to send you the link.
In the meanwhile...reading the thread again...what is "update.zip method"?
Are you try to install TWRP from Mi recovery?
This is not going to work anymore.
You should better stay with the last ROM and flash TWRP from fastboot.
This is the recovery image: https://dl.twrp.me/hermes/twrp-3.0.2-0-hermes.img
This is the guide: https://twrp.me/devices/xiaomiredminote2.html
Just start your RN2 into fastboot (vol down+power on), run fastboot flash recovery twrp.img and finally keep pressed vol up and send fastboot reboot and wait with the key pressed until it enter TWRP.
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in the official forum there should be a thread with link to all officially released ROMs for RN2.
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The problem is I already tried the fastboot method as well, and the problem is always the same, stuck TWRP logo. Even if it was a partition problem, flashing the fastboot ROM should fix it, but it didn't. I tried the SP Flash Tools method too, and the flashing methods are successful, they all Flash TWRP, but when I try to access it it's stuck. I don't know why this is happening, it used to work.
@kiko9895 Sounds like you have screwed your partitions. You will need to load a full ROM using SP Tools to correct it as this is the only way to set the partitions back at their correct memory locations. Fastboot and Recovery rewrite the partitions by name not memory location so any fault in that will never be fixed. If you have flashed an Android 6.0 based ROM or something intended for another model phone, this will definitely be the case. Anyone flashing custom ROMs should first gather the skills and tools to recover from disasters - luckily, MTK based phones are virtually unbrickable!
As far as the "official" TWRP goes, it is not official and not a good version. It is just someone who has used the TWRP build server to knock out a random version. How does that make it "official"?
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@kiko9895 Sounds like you have screwed your partitions. You will need to load a full ROM using SP Tools to correct it as this is the only way to set the partitions back at their correct memory locations. Fastboot and Recovery rewrite the partitions by name not memory location so any fault in that will never be fixed. If you have flashed an Android 6.0 based ROM or something intended for another model phone, this will definitely be the case. Anyone flashing custom ROMs should first gather the skills and tools to recover from disasters - luckily, MTK based phones are virtually unbrickable!
As far as the "official" TWRP goes, it is not official and not a good version. It is just someone who has used the TWRP build server to knock out a random version. How does that make it "official"?
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Ahah I have the skills and the tools, I've been flashing ROMs for more than two years. This never happened before. If you read what I said before on this thread, you'll see that I already flashed a new ROM through SP Flash Tools. And yes I flashed a 6.0 rom before so that must be the problem, but since I already flashed a fastboot rom through SP Flash Tools I can't see where the problem is. The partitions should be fixed by now but that isn't the case.
@kiko9895 Sorry if it sounded like I was coming down hard on you. You should only need to flash a matching preloader, uboot, logo plus TWRP recovery using SP Flash Tools with the correct scatter file to get back into booting to TWRP. Any other problems can be sorted from there.
I will attach a known good scatter file because I know there are several floating around that will reverse one or two partitions on you (such as the RN3 version)
I downgraded to run kingroot, installed twrp, and then CM11
Worked fine, but I wasnt happy with some of the issues that CM11 has currently so I flashed 5.3.1.0 from twrp and its working fine but I dont have root (not that big a deal) and I cant get to recovery mode, not by doing adb reboot recover or by holding the volume button at poweron. Any idea where to start?
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I downgraded to run kingroot, installed twrp, and then CM11
Worked fine, but I wasnt happy with some of the issues that CM11 has currently so I flashed 5.3.1.0 from twrp and its working fine but I dont have root (not that big a deal) and I cant get to recovery mode, not by doing adb reboot recover or by holding the volume button at poweron. Any idea where to start?
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Not having root is a great deal, cause with root you could have used a certain tutorial got get TWRP back and flash whatever. I'm in a similar situation, no root too, and can't figure out what to do
Thanks
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Not having root is a great deal, cause with root you could have used a certain tutorial got get TWRP back and flash whatever. I'm in a similar situation, no root too, and can't figure out what to do
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Yes if I had root I could fix it, I just meant in the end I don't need the device to be rooted, just want some kind of recovery just in case
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I now have root, what tutorial can I use to get a recovery back
Still stuck with no recovery
How did you get root back?
wfg97079 said:
I now have root, what tutorial can I use to get a recovery back
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How did you get root back if you aren't on 4.5.3???
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How did you get root back if you aren't on 4.5.3???
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Yeah, I would like to know as well. Did almost the same as you. Have no recovery and cant fastboot anything to the kindle. Says hardware locked. Tried Kingoroot again and takes a long time. At 80% gives me root failed.
How u get it to connect adb? Plse help
plugged it in and when changed the driver to android adb. when you plug it in, does it register as anything?
kingroot 5.3.1.0
I used kingroot and am on 5.3.1.0 and stuck with no recovery
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How did you get root back if you aren't on 4.5.3???
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
A lot of post are about being 5.x.x and can't access recovery mode but I am on 4.5.3 and I have flashed TWRP before on this firmware. I used the CM-11 rom and realized it's only Android 4.4.4 and needed Android 5.x.x well i flashed back to stock fire os and the stock firmware still 4.5.3
MY problem:
When i boot into recovery mode it just shows "Amazon" and reboots back to stock OS, I have root and flashify it just won't boot into recovery. Any help?
Did you ever figure this out? I'm having the same issue with pretty much the same scenario. I can boot to the bootloader/fastboot mode but recovery is not working.
I've tried some of the bootloder unlock methods to try to flash recovery but to no success. Other than that, the table boots to the stock ROM ok, but that's really no fun. I can't even factory reset because that needs recovery, lol.
detesto said:
Did you ever figure this out? I'm having the same issue with pretty much the same scenario. I can boot to the bootloader/fastboot mode but recovery is not working.
I've tried some of the bootloder unlock methods to try to flash recovery but to no success. Other than that, the table boots to the stock ROM ok, but that's really no fun. I can't even factory reset because that needs recovery, lol.
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What version of FireOS?
If you're on 4.X root it and flash a working recovery with dd.
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What version of FireOS?
If you're on 4.X root it and flash a working recovery with dd.
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I'm on 5.6.1.0, I've found no way to root without recovery.
detesto said:
I'm on 5.6.1.0, I've found no way to root without recovery.
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Dang. So you can downgrade to 4.5.3?
@bibikalka is possible?
Rortiz2 said:
Dang. So you can downgrade to 4.5.3?
@bibikalka is possible?
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Not without recovery, all the guides require to flash an update via adb on recovery
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Not without recovery, all the guides require to flash an update via adb on recovery
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Sorry for the late reply.
There's ONE solution.. It's not easy...
You can flash recovery with aftv-tools but IDK the recovery adress. Maybe @bibikalka can help us?
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Did you ever figure this out? I'm having the same issue with pretty much the same scenario. I can boot to the bootloader/fastboot mode but recovery is not working.
I've tried some of the bootloder unlock methods to try to flash recovery but to no success. Other than that, the table boots to the stock ROM ok, but that's really no fun. I can't even factory reset because that needs recovery, lol.
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detesto said:
I'm on 5.6.1.0, I've found no way to root without recovery.
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Dang. So you can downgrade to 4.5.3?
@bibikalka is possible?
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Not without recovery, all the guides require to flash an update via adb on recovery
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Rortiz2 said:
Sorry for the late reply.
There's ONE solution.. It's not easy...
You can flash recovery with aftv-tools but IDK the recovery adress. Maybe @bibikalka can help us?
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Unfortunately, the aftv-tools were patched a while ago, sneaky Amazon updated boot0 on firehd 2014 via some hidden data in either LK or TEE1. So that method won't work.
So without a recovery or root there are really no options.
Now, there is always the path to trigger the BootRom mode via some contacts (as on other models), but nobody spent the time yet to figure that out:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/general/diy-fire-hd-6-7-bootloader-unlock-t3894996
Pinging @k4y0z and @xyz` for completeness.
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Unfortunately, the aftv-tools were patched a while ago, sneaky Amazon updated boot0 on firehd 2014 via some hidden data in either LK or TEE1. So that method won't work.
So without a recovery or root there are really no options.
Now, there is always the path to trigger the BootRom mode via some contacts (as on other models), but nobody spent the time yet to figure that out:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/general/diy-fire-hd-6-7-bootloader-unlock-t3894996
Pinging @k4y0z and @xyz` for completeness.
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Dang. So there's no pic of the board? For see what points can be..
Rortiz2 said:
Dang. So there's no pic of the board? For see what points can be..
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Plenty of good pics:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/help/jtag-t2933430
Also, one user tried to find the contacts, but was not successful. xyz' indicated where he thought the contacts might be:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78789821&postcount=90
bibikalka said:
Plenty of good pics:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/fire-hd/help/jtag-t2933430
Also, one user tried to find the contacts, but was not successful. xyz' indicated where he thought the contacts might be:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78789821&postcount=90
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Nice pics. Maybe with root you can easy brick it an enter to bootROM mode no?
Code:
echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblk0boot0/force_ro
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot0
echo 'EMMC_BOOT' > /dev/block/mmcblk0boot0
md5sum /dev/block/mmcblk0boot0
Rortiz2 said:
Nice pics. Maybe with root you can easy brick it an enter to bootROM mode no?
Code:
echo 0 > /sys/block/mmcblk0boot0/force_ro
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/mmcblk0boot0
echo 'EMMC_BOOT' > /dev/block/mmcblk0boot0
md5sum /dev/block/mmcblk0boot0
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But if I have root already, why would I mess with Bootrom??? I don't have amonet for this device, so I would essentially brick a working tablet
bibikalka said:
But if I have root already, why would I mess with Bootrom??? I don't have amonet for this device, so I would essentially brick a working tablet
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Yep, you're right.. It needs to be ported to MT8135 and it qould be difficult... The only user that knows how to do it is @k4y0z.
He needs the tablet for test it.
reedradar said:
A lot of post are about being 5.x.x and can't access recovery mode but I am on 4.5.3 and I have flashed TWRP before on this firmware. I used the CM-11 rom and realized it's only Android 4.4.4 and needed Android 5.x.x well i flashed back to stock fire os and the stock firmware still 4.5.3
MY problem:
When i boot into recovery mode it just shows "Amazon" and reboots back to stock OS, I have root and flashify it just won't boot into recovery. Any help?
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I managed to get the stock Amazon recovery on to the fire tablet on 5.6.10 using EX Kernel Manager and from there could sideload the OS i needed to get back in to TWRP.