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My Nexus S is running 2.4, seems to be preventing me from rooting

Smart people of XDA Developers
I am experiencing a problem with connecting to my phone with fastboot.
I have a Nexus S which seems to be running a custom or developer build, currently marked as Android Version 2.4
drivers are successfully installed on windows xp (had to use the PDAnet work around) but when I try to do "fastboot oem unlock" I just get the message <waiting for devices> and it sits there forever. doing a "fastboot devices" shows nothing connected.
here is the kicker, it already says LOCKED STATE - UNLOCKED (got the device like this) but without the option to send the recovery image i am unable to do anything.
also, the device isnt rooted.
if you could provide any help that would be amazing, really want to get this sorted so I can put a custom rom on it, even if there is some way that I can get it back to Android 2.3

and how did you get this so-called "developer build?"

I somehow doubt you have 2.4

I work for a mobile company, we receive handsets from the operators to use for QA
Also, attached is a screenshot with the firmware details. I'm pretty sure it isnt real 2.4 either but some sort of developer build left on the phone.
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Hmm.. its very easy to change the Android version.
Baseband version is definitely something new. Samsung does radios based on the month using letters (XXJK8 -> XXKB1 -> XXKB3.. never seen JL3).
So what is it that you're attempting to do? Restoring back to Android 2.3? If so.. what version? Stock? Custom ROM?
Also.. this is probably against your principles of a employee or whatever but a nandroid backup of that so-called developer build would be interesting to take a look at. And possibly a dump of the radio.

zephiK said:
Hmm.. its very easy to change the Android version.
Baseband version is definitely something new. Samsung does radios based on the month using letters (XXJK8 -> XXKB1 -> XXKB3.. never seen JL3).
So what is it that you're attempting to do? Restoring back to Android 2.3? If so.. what version? Stock? Custom ROM?
Also.. this is probably against your principles of a employee or whatever but a nandroid backup of that so-called developer build would be interesting to take a look at. And possibly a dump of the radio.
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ideally I want to get to 2.3.3 and use cyanogenmod on the phone, plus rooted obviously. I just switched to this from the Moto Defy and while the phone is nice, not being rooted is a bit of a pain in the ass tbh.
yes that might be a bit of a grey area, but I will have to see.

Uninstall the drivers you have installed right now and install the ones linked below:
Follow the rooting process here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895545
Get Drivers here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878786&highlight=Driver

Make a 2.4 stock ROM for us.
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deez1234 said:
Make a 2.4 stock ROM for us.
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all hes gotta do is make a nandroid backup and upload it :|
a dump of the radio would be cool too... if its legit

Thanks for the links zephiK, I was following that root guide before, but will try those drivers on my windows 7 machine when I get home.
will also see what I can sort out in terms of a backup of the 2.4
do I also use nandroid to do a dump of the radio?

Yea if its legit that would be kinda swwweeeet. We would have a new toy to mess around with!
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zephiK said:
all hes gotta do is make a nandroid backup and upload it :|
a dump of the radio would be cool too... if its legit
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Agreed. Its not that I have a particular issue with the OP, I'm just weary of anyone claiming to have test builds given that you can make the build.prop say pretty much anything you want it to say.

HowlinMadMurdoc said:
Thanks for the links zephiK, I was following that root guide before, but will try those drivers on my windows 7 machine when I get home.
will also see what I can sort out in terms of a backup of the 2.4
do I also use nandroid to do a dump of the radio?
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Nandroid backups dont flash radios. I'll have to find the steps to make a backup of the radio
And yeah. I'm just somewhat believing it because the build number and radio are different.
The radio is something I've never seen before. I don't remember how Samsung fully does their radios if someone could clarify it. (KB3 vs. JL3) I used to remember but I forgot. Regardless if JL3 vs. KB1/KB3 are newer, it would be nice to at least get the radio and compare speeds to see which would be faster. More basebands to try out.. the better right?
If OP did decide to trick us, he definitely put a LOT of effort into doing it by changing the baseband and all that. I just don't think anybody would have that much time to change all that.

Yea kenvan, that's my concern as well.
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Hey its fair enough of you guys to be suspicious but really I didn't make this thread to show off but to get help with rooting and putting a custom rom on the handset, I posted the details about the android version because I have a feeling its the reason why I am having problems and if anyone can help me its the xda guys. I don't post much but I have been lurking for years using the guides and info on here.
Heading home now so ill try zephik's advice, if anyone else has some ideas I will appreciate it. I will also look into doing a nandroid backup for you guys. My main priority is just to get a rooted PHone I can put custom roms on

zephiK said:
Also.. this is probably against your principles of a employee or whatever but a nandroid backup of that so-called developer build would be interesting to take a look at. And possibly a dump of the radio.
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hey zephiK, looks like those drivers worked brilliantly on my home PC! thanks for your help.
got clockwork on fine and superuser.
how with regards to nandroid, im reading through the procedure but I just dont know where to start?

HowlinMadMurdoc said:
hey zephiK, looks like those drivers worked brilliantly on my home PC! thanks for your help.
how with regards to nandroid, im reading through the procedure but I just dont know where to start?
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It is pretty easy, flash cwm (in the root guides) then select backup & restore, then select 'backup'
It will take a while, then you can boot & take the nandroid off of your phone.

HowlinMadMurdoc said:
hey zephiK, looks like those drivers worked brilliantly on my home PC! thanks for your help.
got clockwork on fine and superuser.
how with regards to nandroid, im reading through the procedure but I just dont know where to start?
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boot into recovery than perform a backup. thats a "nandroid" backup. backup everything.

You can do the Nandroid in Clockwork recovery. It should make a backup stored to the SD which you can upload. It wont help us much as far as flashing since we don't have a backup of the newest radio, but at least we can look into it until we can find a way to grab the radio.

HowlinMadMurdoc said:
hey zephiK, looks like those drivers worked brilliantly on my home PC! thanks for your help.
got clockwork on fine and superuser.
how with regards to nandroid, im reading through the procedure but I just dont know where to start?
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If you have clockwork recovery already you are 90% of the way there.
Boot into recovery: With phone turned off, press and hold the power button and volume down at the same time. The fastboot screen will show up. Scroll down to recovery and press the power button to select. You will boot into recovery.
On the recovery screen, scroll down to backup/restore and hit the power button. On the next screen select "backup" by hitting the power button. Wait for the backup to complete.
Next plug your phone into your computer via usb. In the recovery menu, scroll down to storage and mounts and select that. Then scroll down to and select "mount usb storage". You should be able to see your phone mounted on your computer now. Find the clockworkmod folder, then the backup folder. Copy and paste the backup you just made (check the time stamp) onto your computer. Upload that file to somewhere we can download it (dropbox, mediafire etc.)
This is exciting.

Galaxy S will not boot past the "Galaxy S" screen on startup

Hi Everyone
my Galaxy S will not boot past the "Galaxy S" screen on startup. I have read several posts with the same problem and I have tried all suggestions that I have come across. Here is what I have tried so far:
Removed battery and sim card for several hours - no change
Went into recovery mode (volume up + power + home button). Received a "E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblkOp1 (No such file or directory)" and "E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD: copy default media content failed." error messages.
In recovery mode, performed a "wipe data/factory reset" to restore the phone back to default - still no change
Do i need to send my phone back to Samsung or take it to a phone shop? or can it be sorted at home?
Brian

Did this just randomly start to occur? did you drop the phone? or did you try to flash another rom & thus got stuck on boot?
If not, have you tried going in to download mode? (volume down + power + home button)

Go into download mode and flash a new ROM including bootloader. You should also tick 'Re-Partition' in Odin and use a PIT-file.
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Lunchbox115 said:
Go into download mode and flash a new ROM including bootloader. You should also tick 'Re-Partition' in Odin and use a PIT-file.
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This would have of course been my next suggestion assuming he can get in dl mode

Try this.

J 3 M said:
Did this just randomly start to occur? did you drop the phone? or did you try to flash another rom & thus got stuck on boot?
If not, have you tried going in to download mode? (volume down + power + home button)
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I have tried this and can get into the menu but no matter what option i said pick nothing works
Tbh i am not very good at all this lol
It happened because when i conected to Kies it said i need to update so i did and half way through the 2nd update 29% it crashed and now wont work
So the phone can be sorted?
Brian

jamesythfc said:
I have tried this and can get into the menu but no matter what option i said pick nothing works
Tbh i am not very good at all this lol
It happened because when i conected to Kies it said i need to update so i did and half way through the 2nd update 29% it crashed and now wont work
So the phone can be sorted?
Brian
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Well if you can get into the dl menu your phone is just fine.
Did you read jcspecs posted link?
When you go into download mode it means your phone is ready to flash new software, roms etc, it requires the use of a simple program called Odin (3.1 being the usual preferred choice), from there you install selected roms into it's interface, you then plug in your phone (in download mode) & you let it do it's thing, all being well you'll reboot & your Galaxy S will be born again, only bigger, better, stronger & faster
Let me encourage you into a simple set up to get your phone up & running before you do anything else, once done you can then spend more time reading a lot of stuff just like most of the rest of us has had to do, once you read you'll will be in a better position to decide whether to stick with what works or whether to change, the key is finding what you can & can't do, what works for you etc, trust me you'll get the hang of it & it's well worth it!
I'm assuming your phone is Galaxy S I9000? READ CLICK--> THIS <--CLICK GUIDE THOROUGHLY!
Also take a look at THIS for I9000 models
The idea is to flash your phone back to stock firmware using the correct tools & to then flash over it with seriously better software to show you just what it can & should look & behave like, it'll also hopefully stop you from ever connecting to Kies again.... READ, READ, READ
Also watch the youtube videos by Totallydubbed provided in the links, they will seriously help you out.

simply, Brian, I want to introduce this method for you.
Make yourself understood what is ODIN flash. Please try to search this forum or do a google search. I suggest you use the offical 2.3.4 JVP rom.
ODIN to flash the room.
1st of all, make sure your phone model definitely I9000, no T959 or others.
2nd, don't connect the KIES, and in the settings-->application-->(click this) USB debugging.
3. Download the relevant files for flashing rom. Sorry, I have no link 4 U yet, but I hope it can help.

minishe said:
2nd, don't connect the KIES, and in the settings-->application-->(click this) USB debugging.
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You should also close all Kies-processes (the one in the taskbar right at the bottom (Win7) too.
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Thanks for all the replies its all becoming a bit clearer lol
I have just done the 3 button's and i have on the screen the following
Android system recovery <3e>
Enter:OK key, select : vol up/down
Reboot system now
apply update from sd card
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
coping mdeoa files...
successfully copied media files.
#manual mode#
appling multi-csc
installing multi-csc
can't access to '/system/csc/ora/system/'.
successfully applied multi-csc
Is this the down load mode people are on about?
Brian

No its not when u have ur phone off press volume down the middle button and power button at same time it will get u into download mode pressing up volume and middle button and power will get u into recoverymode get it? So from download mode hook up ur phone to the computer use odin to flash a new rom to your phone using a pit file a pda file a phone file and csc file load those on odin and press start button make sure u got repartition cheked on and the other two auto reboot and freset time amd press start and you are good to go.... u can get those specific files on the xda website it depends what u want to flash u can go back to 2.2 froyo 2.3.4gingerbread is newest hope this help
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jamesythfc said:
Is this the down load mode people are on about?
Brian
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No that is recovery mode
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This is download mode
As I said, You should watch the great videos by Totallydubbed in those links to get familiar with a few things.
The button sequence for download mode is long press (volume down + power + home button) until that image appears, be careful not to press too hard on those keys m8, you're gonna need them, let us know how you get on.

Thanks mate, i have managed to get into the download mode, just need to sit and go through what i actually have to do now
Brian

Is Odin3_v1.3.exe any good have found one but not sure
All the others have far too many links for me to understand lol
Brian

to be honest, if kies crashed your phone, and you aren't very tech, take it back and while you are at it remind samsung what a piece is sh*t kies is! It happens all too often and its about time they sorted it, failing that you can try as a above posts, and use odin to flash brew firmware
Insanity cm 016/glitchv10c

slaphead20 said:
to be honest, if kies crashed your phone, and you aren't very tech, take it back and while you are at it remind samsung what a piece is sh*t kies is! It happens all too often and its about time they sorted it, failing that you can try as a above posts, and use odin to flash brew firmware
Insanity cm 016/glitchv10c
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Hah yeah couldn't agree more m8, I found that out 2 weeks after buying the phone, still, it's better to learn the fix now & just how to get the best out of the phone
jamesythfc said:
Is Odin3_v1.3.exe any good have found one but not sure
All the others have far too many links for me to understand lol
Brian
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Brian, give THIS a go & READ!
Odin & pit HERE free download & then unzip/unrar it.

J 3 M said:
Hah yeah couldn't agree more m8, I found that out 2 weeks after buying the phone, still, it's better to learn the fix now & just how to get the best out of the phone
Brian, give THIS a go & READ!
Odin & pit HERE free download & then unzip/unrar it.
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Duly agree as you will see from my sig, however he did say he was non tech so sometimes the safe route is the best!
Insanity cm 016/glitchv10c

I have downloaded Darky Resurrection 10.1 file i have used Bitzipper to extract it but when i open Odin 1.7 i can find the PIT file but not the PDA file?
Please help this is driving me mad lol
Brian

At first you have to flash a Gingerbread-firmware from Samsung (NO custom-ROM) containing Gingerbread-bootloader with Odin (flash with PIT-file and Re-Partition ticked) and then anither kernel that brings CWM to you and finally flash the custom-ROM with CWM.
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Brian,
It's easy to get confused with too much reading but the answer to your problem is already provided for you in the links however we'll try this.....
Flash Ficeto's Odin JVH base rom here it will root your phone & ready to go to Darky's
As provided
1. use Odin 3.1.3 to be 100% safe, make sure phone is not connected! then press pit file & track to the pit 512 & make sure repartition is ticked!
2. press PDA & track to the TAR file in the Ficeto folder, (do not unzip it!), assuming you've done this correctly you can put the phone into download mode
3. Once in download mode connect phone & wait 10-15 seconds before pressing start.
4. Assuming all of the above steps have went well the phone will be up & running & you can begin to set it up, accounts, wifi, settings etc, once you've done that check back here & let us know & we can then get you to the next step.
Please also say how strong/good your wifi, 3G, call & internet signals are too as you may need to flash through a few different modems to get back to the same quality you had before, then again you may not, however this is a minor step after so just get flashing the roms first.
If for any reason you cannot find Ficeto's PDA/TAR file in the folder it means you've downloaded the CWM version = (clockworkmod) instead, CWM is how you flash roms from an already up & running phone via the power button, so if this is the case just make sure you download the THIS ODIN VERSION from the link provided.

[AT&T][UCKB2]Heimdall One-Click -Total Stock- **now with or without root

Introduction
This package will totally reset your Captivate to UCKB2. This is the current version pushed out on new Captivate devices today. This package is intended for use on AT&T, however it will work with the Rogers SGH-i896 if you reset APN.
Note: this is stock rooted, I will put up a non-rooted version soon.
This package includes:
Repartitioning: Repartition to stock KB2
Reloading: IBL/PBL, PARAM, SBL, SBL2, Kernel, Recovery, FactoryFS and modem
formatting:Cache and DBdata
This package does not wipe:
EFS(Where your serial number and carrier information is stored)
Data(where your market apps are stored)
SDCard (where your pictures are stored)
You may use this code to reformat the Data and SDCard *2767*3855# There is no way to do this from Download Mode. The code will leave the EFS untouched.
Download:
Total Stock:
Download AT&T Samsung Captivate Total Stock UCKB2
http://files.teamkomin.com/Captivate/SamsungCaptivate-SGHi897-UCKB2-NoRoot-One-Click.jar
Total Stock Rooted:
Download AT&T Samsung Captivate Total Stock UCKB2 "Rooted Version"
http://files.teamkomin.com/Captivate/SamsungCaptivate-SGHi897-UCKB2-Rooted-One-Click.jar
Instructions:
Get the latest version of java here: http://java.com/en/download/installed.jsp
Put your phone into "Download Mode"
Run the program once, and if it does not work, then check the "Flash Bootloaders" checkbox and flash again
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Your device will end up as it came from the factory:
How I created this package:
I obtained the stock 2.1/2.2 bootloader which Trae uploaded
The stock Captivate part.pit came from my device using Heimdall(Download Pit option)
Uploaded the KB2 firmware to my device with bootloaders from nerz
Performed "wipe data" in recovery mode
Exploited the root prompt at the battery charge sequence using UART and grabbed the stock, wiped dbdata/cache partitions and params.lfs partition
Created a Heimdall tar.gz package using Heimdall 1.3
Finally, I used my Heimdall One-Click *BETA* packager to generate this one-click
This procedure can be reproduced for any custom ROM in the future.
Credits:
nerz- kb2 firmware: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1263379
Trae32566- 2.1/2.2 bootloaders: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1095067

Partition problems have been fixed.
Please use a good USB cable so that we don't clutter this thread with "this dosn't work"

Nice work!
Trying this out now on Win7 from Pinnacle 1.2 (RFS) will let you know results. I have been waiting to try UCKB2, thanks Adam!

Just wanting to be sure before I try and brick my phone lol.
When coming down from gigglebread, we need to use the froyo bootloaders i assume.
I dont know if its from running this in windows, but the flash bootloaders check box is greyed out for me. i clicked the details box and i am able to change the true false values for the flash column.
can i assume that i need to have the bootloaders set to true as they are set to false by default? also should i just true them all?

madmattco said:
Just wanting to be sure before I try and brick my phone lol.
When coming down from gigglebread, we need to use the froyo bootloaders i assume.
I dont know if its from running this in windows, but the flash bootloaders check box is greyed out for me. i clicked the details box and i am able to change the true false values for the flash column.
can i assume that i need to have the bootloaders set to true as they are set to false by default? also should i just true them all?
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You wont brick your device if you don't flash bootloaders. Follow the instructions. If it wont boot, then flash again with bootloaders. This is a safety feature. If your device wont boot after flashing, then check flash bootloaders and flash it again.

Thanks for the quick reply Adam. Worked like a charm. Always a god job from you.

Adam... this is EXACTLY what i've been looking for. My wifes captivate hates every rom I've tried and I wanted to get her back to stock.
THANK YOU!

Adam,
Can I use this to go back to stock from CM7?

If you see this message:
Code:
Local and device PIT files don't match and repartition wasn't specified!
then your partitions are changed and it won't work and do not try it on Windows or Mac. On Linux, you can use this to correct the repartitioning problem and flash it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17485056&postcount=23

Thanks for putting this together. I saw a need for this, but lacked the skills to completethis complicated task. Any chance of putting together an Odin package for it?
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Can I dl your files and use the Odin 1 click creator to make an Odin flashable?

mrhaley30705 said:
Thanks for putting this together. I saw a need for this, but lacked the skills to completethis complicated task. Any chance of putting together an Odin package for it?
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Can I dl your files and use the Odin 1 click creator to make an Odin flashable?
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Hell no. Odin is closed source. It also uses closed source drivers. I don't support that at all.
You edited .. sure. If you want. I will have no part of Odin until the source is opened.

FOSS ....
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c0ldburn3r said:
Adam... this is EXACTLY what i've been looking for. My wifes captivate hates every rom I've tried and I wanted to get her back to stock.
THANK YOU!
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I know right LOL...
Sent from innerspace on my hacked telly...

i own an unlocked cappy.....
if i use this, will it lock my device again?????/

syanz87 said:
i own an unlocked cappy.....
if i use this, will it lock my device again?????/
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No. Once unlocked, always unlocked.
Sent from my Inspire 4G

Worked well via Win 7 64bit, XP although it slowed up a bit (ran it live) and on Ubuntu 11.04. Switched back to pinnacle and all is right.
c0ldburn3r said:
Adam... this is EXACTLY what i've been looking for. My wifes captivate hates every rom I've tried and I wanted to get her back to stock.
THANK YOU!
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Are you sure it is not simply an EBKAC error? I have to check my wife's every couple of Weeks. Simple uninstall of crap she downloaded and used for two mins plus delete cache seems to solve the problem.
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Great job adam been waiting on something to be done like this with heimdall. Its a great utility and most of all open source. I've noticed less bad flashes with heimdall also and altogether less frustration.
Sent from my i897 w/Andromeda 3, Suckerpunch kernel, & 1.3Ghz OC using Tegrak.

This package worked great on both of my Captivate phones. You and Ben have done a great job along with all others who have supported the project. It will be awesome once your able to get the re-partitioning to work properly on Mac's along with Windows.

Great work. I didn't think it would work because one click unbrick didn't recognize my phone. But I opened the file, plugged in and it detected my phone. I didn't actually flash it, but I figure if it sees my phone, it should flash with no problem.

mrhaley30705 said:
Great work. I didn't think it would work because one click unbrick didn't recognize my phone. But I opened the file, plugged in and it detected my phone. I didn't actually flash it, but I figure if it sees my phone, it should flash with no problem.
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If you have the phone ! Computer screen and heimdall recognizes your phone...hit start cause that's basically download mode
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[GUIDE] BOOTANIMATION LOOP? Look here.

I just finished helping recovering another tablet from an animation bootloop and I figured it might be a good idea to start a thread and share what we've figured out with the community.
If my tablet was bootlooping and I didn't really want to do a whole lot of crazy steps I'd try installing from update.zip before doing all of this. There's plenty of information about that around. But if you find that for whatever reason the stock recovery is totally borked or whatever this method should help.
First. You have to know that this will wipe your tablet. So hopefully you've got backup. Also we need to hope that you have you SBK. If not there is a little on that later. This should work on any A500 with any bootloader. Also I didn't include much about installing from update.zips or how to recover your U.I.D. from your sd card. Those are covered in detail in other threads and are easy to find.
Also. If you have a functioning recovery you do not need this guide. At all.
Webspirit said:
Hello!
I was about to unroot and get back to stock with my A500 so I flashed a stock ROM via CWM to get a ota-update. Before i had a custom ICS ROM installed and now I installed a HC stock ROM. The problem is that i forgot to go through the wipe menu in CWM before the flash and now when I start up my tablet I first see the ACER logo as usual, then a android text-logo which the tablet is stuck at. I've waited 20 minutes and is still shows the same thing. The logo has an animation which i still can see. I've tried to restart the tablet and get into CWM again without succes.
I have read different threads for several hours but I can't find my problem. What should I do? :crying:
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JdgM3NT4L said:
Here is a brief overview.
What you are trying to do is get into recovery, wipe properly and flash your stock rom. You are going to...
Get the tablet into APX mode.
Use Blackthund3rs APX tool with bundle number 17 and flash it.
Once it flashes and you restart immediately go into recovery.
Don't let the tablet boot or it will instantly erase the recovery that we just installed.
Ok. First get blackthund3rs tool fired up. There is an attachment at the end for this.
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Choose Bundle Market. and say yes to this...
Hit the View Bundles Tab.
Choose bundle number 17.
Choose to stage the download for flash.
Once it is finished with this...
It will ask for your SBK.
Choose to use the default BCT.
From here follow the onscreen directions for the manual method to enter APX.
Now this is the key to the whole process.
When the tablet reboots you must be holding the volume down button so that it enters directly into CWM.
If you miss it and you see the bootanimation, it will be too late and you will have to start all over.
So when you get to the PASS screen. and you power it off. Don't forget to be holding that volume button when it restarts automatically.
After that it should be as easy and entering the wipe menus, then flash your rom.
I've done this one at least three different tablets and it works everytime.
Good Luck. Please let me know if I can help with any of this.
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Webspirit said:
How do I know my SBK code?
Great guide!
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Webspirit said:
How do I know my SBK code?
Great guide!
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Ok. In the state that your tablet is in getting the serial number (U.I.D./SBK) will be difficult at best unless we get lucky. It is normally pretty easy to find when the tablet has USB debugging enabled. With a new install of a stock rom there is zero chance that your tablet has that enabled.
Soooo...
Hopefully when you've had your tablet connected to your pc it saved the U.I.D. or serial. Or you have a Nandroid backup or some other CWM log. You can find the serials on the sd card for those easily enough. The serial can then be changed into the sbk easily.
If you don't have any of those and you have had your tablet connected to your pc at one time or another, you can try this...
Go to this webpage http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html and scroll way way down to near the bottom and get the program. It is called USBDeview.
Once it downloads extract the whole zip to your desktop. It should be in a folder and have three files inside.
Open the file USBDeview and then first thing choose the options tab/button and uncheck "Display Devices Without Port/Serial Number".
Then make it sort by Description by clicking the words at the header of the list that says " Description". Finally look for an entry about A500, or Acer Iconia A500. Hopefully you see those. Look in the columns to the right and find the column titled "Serial Number". There may be multiple entries. But you can be sure that the one that you need will have 16 digits.
If that doesn't show any results, do this. Sort by "VendorID" ( 1 ). Then look for "VendorID" 0502 that has "ProductID" 3325 ( 2 ). It should show A500 or Acer Iconia A500 ( 3 ) Look in the serial number column if you match those IDs. It will be your serial number/U.I.D. (Thanks to sc2k for sharing this!)
If you do find the number then you are home free.
What you will do now is convert your serial/U.I.D. to an SBK. You can go here and download the program to your pc. Run it and enter your serial number.
If not then there is quite a bit of work ahead. But don't give up. It can still be fixed. And as an added bonus you'll get to play around in Linux...
That thread is here. srbeen posted a great guide and there isn't much that I can add that would help.
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Once you've completed his guide you should be ready for just about anything. Maybe even world domination. Good Luck.

Nice job with screenshots.
Remember, there is a difference between "bootloop" and "boot animation loop".
Bootloop, is when the device tries to enter the OS, and boots back to the bootloader and original sequence. Over and over.
Boot animation loop, is where the animation continues to loop, is usually caused by bad data that didn't get wiped. Can also be caused by a bad kernel.
Stuck at the Acer screen, is a different matter.
3 different animals. 3 different solutions.
However, any person who puts together a guide, should deserve looking at. The steps are sound and I am sure they will help some users.
Thanks!
MD

Moscow Desire said:
Nice job with screenshots.
Remember, there is a difference between "bootloop" and "boot animation loop".
Bootloop, is when the device tries to enter the OS, and boots back to the bootloader and original sequence. Over and over.
Boot animation loop, is where the animation continues to loop, is usually caused by bad data that didn't get wiped. Can also be caused by a bad kernel.
Stuck at the Acer screen, is a different matter.
3 different animals. 3 different solutions.
However, any person who puts together a guide, should deserve looking at. The steps are sound and I am sure they will help some users.
Thanks!
MD
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Thanks. I'll alter the title to reflect bootanimation.

JdgM3NT4L said:
Thanks. I'll alter the title to reflect bootanimation.
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But a good job, and I am sure, it will help others!
And we welcome all guides that help with these things.
Oh, more to your thing, Boot loop. or boot animation, can also be caused by running an ICS rom, on an HC bootloader. Which is more inline with your guide.
Again, good job Mate.
MD

Moscow Desire said:
But a good job, and I am sure, it will help others!
And we welcome all guides that help with these things.
Oh, more to your thing, Boot loop. or boot animation, can also be caused by running an ICS rom, on an HC bootloader. Which is more inline with your guide.
Again, good job Mate.
MD
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Appreciate the comments, especially when they help keep things clear.
I've never been good at seeing all of the angles, so I'm glad your proofing it for me.
So no worries. And Thanks!
But I've been thinking about it, and this might be a good place to start when repairing any of the issues mentioned. If nothing else it is a near foolproof way to get into a working recovery, albeit with a custom ICS bootloader. But that's pretty easy to get past as well if stock bootloader/rom is what's desired.
So basically, if a working recovery is the goal, it should help.

VS980 TWRP bootloop after botched lollipop OTA while rooted like a dummy

So yeah. As the title says I had a rooted VS980 on 4.4.2 with some bloat removed and I accidently hit the wrong button when prompted for the upgrade, I was in a hurry. yes, I'm a moron, and yes, I know this is probably wasting someone's valuable time and I thoroughly apologize for my n00bishness
having said that, I have tried to go through various tuts but none of them seem to be working. yes, it's likely that I am simply doing it wrong, but whatever the case I am stuck with my phone in a bootloop always returning to the TWRP recovery. I believe that means it is soft bricked so I'm hoping this can be fixed fairly easily with the right direction and some patience for my ignorance. I can't seem to get it into download mode with turning it off, holding the volume+ button and plugging it in, it just goes to twrp. :'(
my hope is to get a rooted lollipop. if that is not possible then I would be fine with going back to stock or possibly even a custom rom if it's not too awfully complicated. honestly, I'm at a point where I'm beginning to accept that I probably shouldn't be screwing around with it too much and will likely bite the bullet and just keep my phone stock since there are really only a few minor irritants that make me want to root it.
any help is very much appreciated.

anybody? pretty please? any ideas at all?

Deviouz1 said:
anybody? pretty please? any ideas at all?
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I have the same problem.. take a look at my post in this section... right under yours... I have links posted to the only method to fix it and also a good question that could help you out as well

a.perkins89 said:
I have the same problem.. take a look at my post in this section... right under yours... I have links posted to the only method to fix it and also a good question that could help you out as well
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actually, it doesn't look to be the same problem. i dont have download mode, but i do have recovery. it boots to twrp like a champ. what i think i really need is how to get the flash file VS98011A_01.zip on my phone via ADB Sideload, specifically when i cant get the drivers to work.
i've tried the following drivers:
LG_VZW_United_WHQL_v2.14.1.exe
LG_VZW_United_WHQL_v2.20.0.exe
LGUnitedMobileDriver_S50MAN310AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.10.1_3.10.1.0
I may very well be mistaken about what needs to happen, i'm no expert, obviously, but from everything ive read any of those should have worked. i think if i can get the right flash on the phone i should be able to flash it via twrp no?

I"ll help
You need to adb sideload xdabbebs download mode restore and flash back to stock. Here is an excellent guide on adb sideloading, download xdabbeb restore download zip and put it where it tells you to. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559200

Jaqueezzzy said:
You need to adb sideload xdabbebs download mode restore and flash back to stock. Here is an excellent guide on adb sideloading, download xdabbeb restore download zip and put it where it tells you to. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2559200
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awesome,thanks you, i'll try that!

Deviouz1 said:
awesome,thanks you, i'll try that!
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Just so you know it talks about flashing a ROM, but just use the zip you need insted, because it's the same principal.

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i just happened to have a brand new data cable, tried again with same result so its not media related unless there is an issue with the plug itself, but it's charging and the Device manager shows the correct name ie VS980, it just has a yellow bang on it and i cant find a driver that changes that.
read some more and found others with the same issue apparently which led me to here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2715408
which is where i found the "download mode restore" file you mentioned(i didnt see it in the thread you provided), but without the ability to get adb usb command to work i dont see how i can use it.
any ideas?

Put the zip on usb otg and flash it.
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Put the zip on usb otg and flash it.
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awesome, ty sir. i happened to have one of those laying around from when i cracked my screen on my old one and couldnt interact with the screen. took a while to find it buried but i have it and i have successfully been able to access a thumb drive. i think that might be all i need.
will report back though regardless.

ok, now i'm rrrrrEEAALLYY freakin confused...
successfully flashed (via the install section of twrp with usb otg thumbdrive mounted.)
xdabbeb_vs98028a_bootstack.zip
and
xdabbeb_vs982.5_1.1.0.zip
from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g2/development/xdabbeb-s-vs982-5-v1-0-0-t2975551
but when i reboot, it goes directly to twrp still.
wat? :'(

ok, installed this:
VS980 39A Firmware
from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g2/development/vs98039a-stock-fw-t3051560
rebooted, went straight to twrp again.
installed
Restore to 100% stock
from the same page.
rebooted. it went into an upgrade screen that errored and then rebooted before i got a chance to write down the error. but when it came back up, it started "android is upgrading".
so it looks like this may have worked. again, will update the success/failure when i know for sure, but thanks for the help yall. i really do appreciate it.

WOO-FREAKIN-HOOOO!!!
at the setup wizard now.

Deviouz1 said:
ok, installed this:
VS980 39A Firmware
from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/verizon-g2/development/vs98039a-stock-fw-t3051560
rebooted, went straight to twrp again.
installed
Restore to 100% stock
from the same page.
rebooted. it went into an upgrade screen that errored and then rebooted before i got a chance to write down the error. but when it came back up, it started "android is upgrading".
so it looks like this may have worked. again, will update the success/failure when i know for sure, but thanks for the help yall. i really do appreciate it.
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Same problem! stupid Ota grrrrr
Your fix worked for me also. Only used the two files listed above and wiped dalvik after flashing both, one after the other with no reboot in between. Many thanks.

thecadman99 said:
Same problem! stupid Ota grrrrr
Your fix worked for me also. Only used the two files listed above and wiped dalvik after flashing both, one after the other with no reboot in between. Many thanks.
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sweet, i'm glad someone else found it useful.

Yep, now another problem though. ..no mobile data. .. working on it.
I'd suggest flashing the files in post 12 (I didn't and am having TONS of problems)
So I really didn't get a fix- still working on it.
I have no download mode, and not way to get the serial port to display in device manager, so the LG Mobile support tool won't see my phone....

thecadman99 said:
Yep, now another problem though. ..no mobile data. .. working on it.
I'd suggest flashing the files in post 12 (I didn't and am having TONS of problems)
So I really didn't get a fix- still working on it.
I have no download mode, and not way to get the serial port to display in device manager, so the LG Mobile support tool won't see my phone....
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Is your baseband recognized by chance?

Deviouz1 said:
Is your baseband recognized by chance?
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Nope... its UNKNOWN
And I have not download mode
And I have not cdc serial showing up when connected
And TWRP and Root are gone
I'm starting a new thread for help- I've been working on this for 2 days lol.
Thanks for the reply!