I flashed with the latest cyanogen on a 32A in CM's recovery image, i had the patch for the kernel (take it from 32B to 32A) but i didnt get to apply it yet.
when i rebooted my phone it hangs on the Rogers screen, i can get to fastboot and recovery mode (stock recovery mode). I made a nandroid backup (before the flash) but i cant get to it from the recovery mode menu, and when i connect the fastboot usb, my sd card doesnt show up on my computer. so i cant run the fastboot command to load the recovery image...
is there anything i can do?
some more information:
when i go into recovery mode, the "removable disk" shows up in my computer, but clicking on it just says "please insert a disc into drive..." which leads me to believe it is not mounted, any way to do this from recovery?
It'll never boot when you haven't installed the 32A patch.
And that means that you'll never be able to mount the SD card to have it show up in Windows. You can use adb to push the update.zip file to your SD card while in Recovery mode.
(You'll need the Android SDK installed for this)
Start up your phone in Recovery mode using the Power+Home buttons.
Once in recovery, wait for Windows to detect the phone (about 30 seconds).
Copy the 32A patch to your Android SDK tools folder, then run:
Code:
adb push <filename for your 32A patch>.zip /sdcard/update.zip
This will push your 32A patch to your SD card as update.zip.
Then apply update.zip through your Recovery environment.
A note to you... Before running the adb push, try running:
Code:
adb shell
mount /sdcard
exit
adb push <filename for your 32A patch>.zip /sdcard/update.zip
This will make sure that your SD card is properly mounted before copying the file to it.
To check that the file is there before trying to update, run this from your Command Prompt.
Code:
adb shell
cd /sdcard
ls | grep update.zip
You should see update.zip listed there.
After you've applied the 32A patch zip file through your Recovery environment, reboot your phone.
Should work now...
If you haven't installed the Amon_RA Recovery yet, it would be a good idea. It lets you save and update zip file to the root of your SD card without renaming it to update.zip first. You can apply any update zip file as an update.
thanks for the reply,
when i type adb shell i get:
"error: device not found"
typing adb devices also yields that the device is not listed
but windows does make the noise notifying that a device is connected, and the Removable disc still comes up in my computer
when i go into Device Manager, under disc drives it shows up as
HTC Android Phone Usb Device when the phone is in recovery
and if this makes any difference, press home+power again and look at the options in recovery the bottom says "E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"
it worked in fastboot/recovery before, but that was when i had USB debugging selected and before i flashed CM i wiped. could this be the reason why im not able to access the phone with adb in recovery/fastboot?
for some reason i was able to fastboot into cm's recovery image and then the device was listed in adb, i followed your instructions and applied the patch, the phone booted up!
thank you!!!!! phew, that was a close one
zeotrope said:
for some reason i was able to fastboot into cm's recovery image and then the device was listed in adb, i followed your instructions and applied the patch, the phone booted up!
thank you!!!!! phew, that was a close one
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The CM recovery works great but without a hardware keyboard it's not entirely functional.
I'd recommend flashing Amon_Ra recovery and using that. Read the directions carefully though. Make sure you use the right one for your phone.
got amon-ra's recovery permanently flashed on there, thanks again for your help
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I've been reading up about what to do after I tried to "factory reset" my phone and then was stuck at the htc start up soon, which kept looping.
I've been trying to load recovery.img during fastboot (back+power) and then to apply update.zip during recovery (home+power).
However, the problem is that during fastboot, the device isn't recognized (when I go to adb devices on command prompt, no device is listed). I know that my drivers are good bc the device is found when I start up in the recovery mode. I tried to skip the part where I load recovery.img (since when I try to do that, it tells me that it can't be loaded), and to go straight to apply update.zip, but then the phone tells me that update.zip is either bad or can't be mounted.
I have a Rogers Magic (32A). I am a complete newbie, so any help would be greatly appreciated. I should also say that before I tried to do the factor reset, the phone was on the hero rom loaded by a previous user.
try this:
boot in recovery:
fastboot boot recovery.img
then, push update.zip on your sd card ( need a good rom in the tools folder on your computer)
adb shell mount /sdcard
adb push update.zip /sdcard
and apply update.zip with the recovery menu.
thanks for your reply, but it didn't work:
first, it said "cannot load recovery.img"
and then when I tried to mount, it said "mount: mounting dev/block/mmcblk0p1 on /sdcard failed: Device or resource busy"
replace recovery to correct path to your recovery image. (your phone mut be in fastboot mode power with back button pressed)
ex:
fastboot boot c:\sdk\tools\recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img
then your phone must boot on recovery and you could push update.zip
thanks so much. I figued it out - just a simple problem of the update.zip file being corrupt.
pato17 said:
thanks so much. I figued it out - just a simple problem of the update.zip file being corrupt.
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i am having the same issues.
any help?
beastmods said:
i am having the same issues.
any help?
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What exactly have you tried to do?
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Hi. My magic is having the same issues. Although I believe it is my own doing. I was going to create a gold card and I flashed the sappimg.zip, I can boot the phone into fastboot but it us not seen, when I run the fast boot command it just says waiting on device..
I can boot the phone up normally but it does not want to connect to the market our link my gmail account to it..
All to jailbreak... Any ideas?
Edit....
I must have had a poor internet connection last night. I have got the market working.
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I am having the same problem.
I have a 32b on vodafone uk.
all the device adb drivers have installed fine. I have tried this on both my laptop and desktop (win 7) and when the phone is turned on - it shows fine under adb devices.
When i boot to fastboot, the phone doesnt show, and therefore i cannot load a custom rom.
Trying to root the phone I have so far used the goldcard method to downgrade to get back to 1.5, if i try to flash the recovery img from the phone (using flash rec) then when i boot to recovery (home+power) it hangs on the vodafone screen - this is why i wont to flash from fastboot.
any ideas?
Thanks
phone rooted?
FlashRec is out of date, I'm pretty sure. Is your phone rooted already, or are you at stock?
adb shows my device is offline. I reinstalled the drivers and updated the sdk.
The only way my cpu will detect it is if it in recovery, It wont detect at fastboot or hboot. Im stuck at the green htc screen. My device wont boot up. Im trying to push system.img.
can any1 help
Do you have debug enabled in settings > applications?
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as long as you can see it in recovery you can push system.img, but if you are looking to flash it you need to use the fastboot binary(sorry no link) and use fastboot flash system system.img
@g_grey
I understand what you are trying to say. But his phone is listed as offline in recovery mode. How would he go about on getting adb to recognize his phone. It would his phone id but after that it would say offline. And where do you find these binaries?
Phone: T-Mobile G2/Vision Rooted
Rom: Latest Cyanogen
Recovery: CWM waiting for Amon_RA
binaries are found with google(pretty sure it's somewhere in with the other android dev stuff), then just put the binary with your adb binary(sdk/tools) and if it is being seen as offline then the recovery he is using doesn't support adb in which case not really sure.
@OP
if you have clockwork installed i believe there is an option to mount sdcard as you would from the os, then it should appear as a drive on your comp and you can copy files over.
why are you trying to push system.img? what end result are you aiming for?
Thanks I found it right after I posted. His problem is he's stuck at htc screen and s-on so might push system.img and/or userdata.img. can't do anything else. Tried to flash PC10img but says older version yadda yadda. Any suggestions.
Phone: T-Mobile G2/Vision Rooted
Rom: Latest Cyanogen
Recovery: CWM waiting for Amon_RA
use the recover from semi brick thread then, didn't know he was with s-on at this point(doh!)
@g_grey
That's what I say. Just downloaded the fastboot binary and hopefully we get some progress
Phone: T-Mobile G2/Vision Rooted
Rom: Latest Cyanogen
Recovery: CWM waiting for Amon_RA
Same problem
did you come up with a solution? I can get into recovery mode. tried appling and update.zip for both the original and latest version. I have tried factory reset. I can get the serial number with adb devices but it says offline. I had found a solution where I could put the PC10IMG.zip but it says its an older version. but I found via 14344-how-to-fix-a-bricked-g2-or-root-new-g2s-with-kernel-fix pm cyanogenmod that I could push a new misc.img which would get ride of that error message. but I have to be able to use the adb push and/or adb shell.
I'm trying to install baconbits on my G2 and I have a mac. I cannot seem to get the recovery image to work through fastboot. Help?
I can access the phone through the terminal but once I command it to reboot to the bootloader I can't get it to find the img file
There's a fastboot binary available for download from this page: http://developer.htc.com/adp.html
I have the binary in my sdk's tools folder but I still can't figure it out. Where/how do input the command to boot the img file?
pak256 said:
I have the binary in my sdk's tools folder but I still can't figure it out. Where/how do input the command to boot the img file?
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You can flash files from recovery if they are on the SD card. You can either adb push while in recovery, or mount USB storage and tranfer the file. Or just transfer it via USB while the phone is on (big, green android screen)
I'm not sure how to install baconbits, but I think you need fastboot to flash the .img file. Recovery flashes .zip files and fastboot flashes .img files. You can put fastboot-mac in the same folder as adb... then fastboot flash recovery your_recovery.img. You really don't need adb (for this) since you can boot into fastboot on the phone by restarting while holding down the trackpad button.
These might be the droids you are looking for...
Code:
adb (read the instructions)
adb devices (you'll see your phone if it's plugged in, turned on, and in the proper mode)
adb reboot bootloader (white screen with androids on skateboards)
fastboot-mac (more reading...)
fastboot-mac devices (your phone again)
fastboot flash recovery your_recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
For some reason, I had a little trouble flashing my recovery- sometimes it would hang and wouldn't flash, sometimes it would only fastboot boot. So if you run into trouble, there might be other problems.
While you are at it, you might as well save yourself the trouble and either add the adb and flashboot folders into your path, or put the binaries somewhere in your path. I also renamed fastboot-mac to fastboot for simplicity.
Going to try that when I get out of class but I think you helped me realize what I was doing wrong. Thanks and will let you know if it works
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Okay I could get the fastboot prompts to work but when I try to flash the recovery it tells me "g2recovery.img" could not be loaded
okay, used clockwork and got it to work. yay!
Hi.
It all happend when i wanted to replace the libwebcore.so file in the /system/lib.
So i did it. but its properly the wrong libwebore.
so i restarted the phone, but now, its stuck at the tattoo screen.
I can connect it to the computer. adb can see it. but i cant su neither mount which requires su.
It's the custom rom. i have no recovery image installed.
i CAN access fastboot AND recovery mode
I tried flashing a rom via HBoot by renaming the rom to CLICIMG.zip. but it doesnt work. phone says no image or wrong format.
Any suggestions?
Well, this really sucks
Now i cant even access adb. I pressed home+back key to reset the phone.
now its just stuck on the tattoo screen like just before but adb devices dont see anything.
Pleassee someone? i really need help on this one!
Hboot doesnt seem to help much. it cant detect anything. i had 3 files on the sdcard (all is amon_ra), just named differently: CLICDIAG.zip, CLICIMG.zip and CLICIMG.nbh
but it doesnt do anything :'(
Do you have a backup?
Have you tried to install recovery img via adb? If you can do this you can just do a backup of your current rom, try somehow to get your sd-card seen by the computer and copy the files of your old backup files to your new backup, asked to replace select yes.( I used a different phone to copy my backup files to the sd card when I couldn't get past startup screen.)
Good luck.
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Well, this really sucks
Now i cant even access adb. I pressed home+back key to reset the phone.
now its just stuck on the tattoo screen like just before but adb devices dont see anything.
Pleassee someone? i really need help on this one!
Hboot doesnt seem to help much. it cant detect anything. i had 3 files on the sdcard (all is amon_ra), just named differently: CLICDIAG.zip, CLICIMG.zip and CLICIMG.nbh
but it doesnt do anything :'(
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Where you found these files?
To flash the rom from hboot you need the rom.zip file of your stock rom(renamed as CLICIMG.zip)
I have the same problem! stuck on "Tattoo" screen and boot again and again.
I have the goldcard with CLICIMG.zip and it loads on HBOOT and install all (boot,radio,recovery,etc.. ) but when it ends, returns to the same....
HELP PLEASEEE!!!
Do you have Amon_Ra or Clockworkmod recovery installed? If so you can try wiping the Dalvik cache and try rebooting. Most boot loops I had were resolved this way. Wiping data and cache totally might also help.
If you can access adb and device is rooted, you should be able to use "adb shell" command and have a rooted terminal with the "#" sign after running su. In that case you can also manually wipe Dalvik cache by deleting everything under /data/dalvik-cache/
$su
#cd /data/dalvik-cache
#rm *
#exit
$exit
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Good luck!
tihe problem is that i can´t access to the phone by adb
i put "adb shell" and it says: "error: device not found"
the phone screen shows a phone and triangle with exclamation
Evening i was trying to install Remix OS backed up my Current set up took out the SD Card copied the IMG over and the craddle breaks that holds the micro SD card.....
Currently i am left with TWRP win and recoverable IMG.
I have installed Superboot to my MAC tried in terminal to get it pick it up but nothing.
i can get to no drivers screen but as soon i try to run adb nothing anyone got any advice
cheers in advance
You won't get ADB to run in Fastboot mode. Follow the instructions in the recovery thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mad...overy-twrp-2-8-2-0-recovery-mad-catz-t2973640
Make sure you have the TWRP.img in the same folder as the fastboot command and boot to the image on the computer, not the MOJO.
kevinthefixer said:
You won't get ADB to run in Fastboot mode. Follow the instructions in the recovery thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mad...overy-twrp-2-8-2-0-recovery-mad-catz-t2973640
Make sure you have the TWRP.img in the same folder as the fastboot command and boot to the image on the computer, not the MOJO.
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Alright Mate
when i run super boot in Terminal i can do anything. I tried looking for devices and i get command not found if i try to flash a rom i just get permission denied its like the box isnt there
As it says in the linked thread, boot the MOJO to the recovery image located on the PC. Then flash the ROM of choice to the MOJO using the recovery.