I rooted the tablet and it updated fine. I then reboot it and it is now stuck in boot loop. It says bootloader version unknown when I press power and volume button. What do I do?
Update. I have been able to successfully make my tab bootloop three times and three times have brought it back to life. All three times it has been because of an app that I guess is not compatible with 3.1. Because of my low thread post count I can't provide links or post into the development forum but my method has worked all 3 times.
A little background. First time I hadn't changed recovery and it was a bit easier. Second and third times I had cwm recovery and it was harder because adb wasn't recognizing my tablet.
First you need to have adb installed into your computer. I installed the sdk and then added the adb option. I then went into this post in the development forum: Re: [Solution] HC 3.1 OTA Difficulties 13% + Stock ODIN. In that post you'll find the Odin application for your computer and the appropriate PDA file for your tab. The PDA file contains the stock recovery, bootloader, and rom.
Whether you have stock recovery or cwm the next instructions are the same.
1. Connect the tab to computer.
2. Holding power button and volume down button, get into screen where you can choose fastboot or download mode. Choose download mode.
3. Once in download mode, on your computer open the Odin application.
4. Where it says PDA file, click the browse option to look for the PDA file you downloaded. Open it and it will be listed in the PDA section. Also the box next to PDA will be checked. Don't change any other settings.
5. Now you can press the button to run Odin. Don't touch tablet until it's done.
6. Now you can try rebooting it but it will still bootloop. Difference now is that you can adb into it.
7. With tab connected, go into cmd mode on your computer and type: adb reboot recovery
8. The tablet should reboot into stock recovery. From there wipe data and cache.
9. Reboot tablet and it should work! The tablet will be reverted back to 3.0.1. Just run the update again and enjoy.
Couple of notes. I tried the fastboot method mentioned in some posts but it never worked for me. This method that I've done has been flawless for me. I do have I/O version so I'm not sure if it is different from retail version. I think bootloops occur because some apps are not ready, stable, or compatible with 3.1. Something in the bootloader and recovery has changed in 3.1, whether it is changed via the apps or the update itself I'm not sure. I do know that the problem apps work great in 3.0.1, never causing bootloops, thus my conclusions.
Same thing happened to me. Fastboot -w did the trick. It wipes the tablet though.
Thanks. It's weird. My tablet was rooted but I hadn't changed anything. I ended up connecting it to my pc, adb'd into recovery. I wiped cache and data and it eventually worked. Only thing was that it went back to 3.0.1. I then did the update again and now it's working flawlessly with 3.1
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Help needed Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 stuck in boot loop
Hi,
I faced a similar situation, I upgraded by Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to HC 3.1 and it had been working fine .
Unfortunately I did not use it for the past 2 days, the battery drained out and after that I tried to recharge and start itup.
It goes in a boot loop .
And also display's Entering upload mode, cause undefined .
Is fastboot the only way to recover the system now .
saviressej said:
Thanks. It's weird. My tablet was rooted but I hadn't changed anything. I ended up connecting it to my pc, adb'd into recovery. I wiped cache and data and it eventually worked. Only thing was that it went back to 3.0.1. I then did the update again and now it's working flawlessly with 3.1
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How did you ADB it while it was in a bootloop?..
I'm stuck with this same issue! Everything was fine, I was on version 3.1 and I had rebooted it several times. Then one time it just got stuck on a bootloop and I can't figure out how to fix it. This is the google i/o version and I haven't done anything to it other than update to version 3.1.
I've been googling for an hour or so, but I have no idea what i'm suppose to be looking for. =\
you can recover.
i have posted detailed instructions in the OTA thread on xda.
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Hi,
I faced a similar situation, I upgraded by Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to HC 3.1 and it had been working fine .
Unfortunately I did not use it for the past 2 days, the battery drained out and after that I tried to recharge and start itup.
It goes in a boot loop .
And also display's Entering upload mode, cause undefined .
Is fastboot the only way to recover the system now .
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+1, i have the same problem. drained battery, recharged, stuck in boot loop. also got the "entering upload mode; cause undefined" message too.
I experienced the "upload mode / boot loop" problem a couple days ago and wrestled with it for hours. I finally found a combination of things to do that would allow me to enter fastboot to fix the issue, see the following post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14832831&postcount=122
Some of the steps may not be required, but what I listed should get you into the bootloader without issue. Once inside, simply do a "fastboot -w" to fix the bootloop. Interestingly, after doing a fastboot wipe I am now able to enter the bootloader without all of the complicated gymnastics listed in my post above. It doesn't quite make sense to me, but it's certainly the case.
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I experienced the "upload mode / boot loop" problem a couple days ago and wrestled with it for hours. I finally found a combination of things to do that would allow me to enter fastboot to fix the issue, see the following post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14832831&postcount=122
Some of the steps may not be required, but what I listed should get you into the bootloader without issue. Once inside, simply do a "fastboot -w" to fix the bootloop. Interestingly, after doing a fastboot wipe I am now able to enter the bootloader without all of the complicated gymnastics listed in my post above. It doesn't quite make sense to me, but it's certainly the case.
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Yeah, I found your post a couple days ago, but couldn't get it to work. Once plugged into the wall charger, I couldn't get the charging icon to show up. I've tapped the power button, held it down for half a second, a full second, several seconds... it either does nothing, or tries to boot up.
I was able to get into Odin3 download mode and flash a ROM (see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130216#2), but now my USB doesn't work and adb won't recognize it, so as a development device it's not very useful to me. I can't seem to get into the bootloader so I can't flash with adb or fastboot (when I boot into USB mode, adb doesn't recognize the device). I need to figure out how to flash an original I/O image, but can't seem to figure it out...
I've also had some difficulty getting to the "charging" screen, the trick is to be patient. Make sure the device is really off, plug it in, and walk away for a good while -- like 5 minutes.
When you say you're able to get it into USB mode what does that mean? Sounds like you are actually able to get it into fastboot mode. What operating system are you running? On my Mac the fastboot binaries I found floating around the net didn't work, I had to compile one from source. If you're able to get into fastboot mode but it's not detecting your device, and you have a Mac, I can send you the version I compiled from AOSP and you can try that. Let me know...
Try this...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14791689#post14791689
Works for this guys.
I have a solution for the bootloop in my first post.
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I had a similar problem. Looks like Clockwork recovery can sometimes trash your /data partition and its format/wipe option won't fix it. I recovered by booting into stock recovery and formatting /data from there. Be forewarned that you'll lose your "sdcard," which really lives on /data.
Nice guide, thanks!
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This is how I unbricked my TF300T that had no rom installed and a wrong bootloader/recovery combination. (4.2 bootloader with TWRP recovery JB version). Hope it helps.:good:
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I have the same on my TF300t and A700 - but it seems i just managed to get my TF300t back
i tried all fastboot (reflashing recovery, boot, system etc) no dice - especially since writing system was done after 3 secs all the time.
Here how i restored my TF300T JB
download your appropriate lates firmware from Asus (WW, US etc.) and extract the zip twice so you have your blob file
install your device drivers if needed (i used Google SDK ones) (and as a Tip Win8 sucks for Fastboot stuff so try to get Win7 Vista XP for this)
Reset your device with a paperclip/needle (about 2 cm down of your sdcard slot) and hold vol-down to enter fastboot
(the folowing i did at least 10 times already but didn't erase misc)
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase cache
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system c:\adb\TF300t\blob (this is my path - your's may vary depending where you stored your blob) ((also this was the first time i saw the loading bar while flashing)*
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
* it also took a lot longer as it should:
C:\>fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system c:\adb\TF300t\blob
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 1.695s]
sending 'system' (800935 KB)...
OKAY [133.121s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [153.973s]
finished. total time: 288.789s
im now setting my tab up to get back to CM (which initially caused this sh1theap due to autoupdate error, same as my A700 got bricked )
hope i could help you out!
cheers
-Buster <----(credits to him) Go to this link ---> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12 because that's the guy that wrote this procedure from above (credits to him) :
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This part was me now -ozkrtech <--- (credits to me)
In addition to that, if you simply can't see your device using the command "adb devices" go check on device manager if you see a device called just "Transformer" with a yellow icon indicating it needs a driver, and manually update driver, select "browse my computer for drivers" and then select let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer" there you will see a list of like 3 different drivers, one of them says "bootloader" and one of the others says "adb" (i think they self explain) but just in case try with each one of them you can keep on switching drivers until you get your device recognized by the command "adb devices".
You should be asking yourself... whats the right moment to do an "adb devices" command? well my tablet same as -Buster's tablet had the wrong recovery menu flashed (wrong bootloader version) and it just kept booting into the corrupted recovery (in my case TWRP) with the "can't mount anything" and "what's the password" issue. When you get to password screen just hit cancel and try the "adb devices" commando and you'll see it gets recognized with your device serial number.
Once your device gets recognized by "adb devices" command you will proceed to use "adb reboot-bootloader" command and the tablet will reboot into the menu that had 4 options but now have 3 options and its missing the fastboot option (don't panic) in the last bootloader it is auto-fastboot mode when you reach that screen with just 3 options in it now (yeah is the screen with the RCK option) at this point try "fastboot devices" command to see if your device gets recognized same as "adb devices" procedure, it should get recognized with a different serial number (don't know why, maybe that number isn't a serial number), at this time you are SO LUCKY! now you will follow what I posted at the beginning from that other dude ---> (-Buster) or follow his link --- > http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
And you'll have an unbricked tf300t in no time =) (I personally used the stock but newest Asus ROM) 4.2.1 (10.6.1.27.1) and it worked flawlessly.
**NOTE** don't turn off nor reset your device once you have formatted the partitions, no need for that (don't know what happends but it might get really hard bricked) just proceed to flash the stock rom after erasing the partitions.
I'm 100% positive this will work if your device is in same state as ours. (had TWRP for JB) then updated bootloader to version 4.2 and forgot to update twrp to version 4.2 or installed twrp version JB by mistake and lost fastboot and TWRP is asking password.
Hope it helps. Let me know your status and if it worked for you.
So I am in the same boat as I flashed the wrong twrp. My device shows up under adb devices and I can boot into the bootloader using adb reboot-bootloader. However, once there, I can not get the device recognized with fastboot. I have tried messing with the drivers like you suggested but nothing will get it to show up with fastboot. Anybody have advice on where to go from here?
So extra info. The device bootloops into twrp 2.6. The only way I can boot into fastboot mode is with adb reboot-bootloader and I can get into APX. I can also boot directly into my current ROM (Slim beta 3) by selecting android in the bootloader menu. I have tried flashing proper recovery through flashify, which is says was successful, but the wrong twrp never gets overwritten. Rebooting the device will send it back to twrp.
Thanks if anyone can help
Thanks, man! It took a while to find this thread, but this was exactly my problem. The adb driver in windows was the pre-solution to help get back to the fastboot server in the bootloader. Awesome information. Thanks again!
I have tried "adb reboot-bootloader" and then adb devices and fastboot devices and neither will show the tab listed while the tab reaches that screen with just 3 options. I have uninstalled reinstalled drivers, it does show in device manager as Asus Android Composite ADB Interface but when running the command it will not list the tablet. Any suggestions?
Hello!
A few days ago I tried to root my Asus TF300T because before that, I changed the lcd and the touchscreen from FPC-1 to G01 version. So I had to root and update touchscreen's firmware to 02-3011-4820.ekt. I already updated with last firmware from asus.com. First, I installed a TRWP recovery but was useless since the touchscreen doesn't worked. So I tried to rewrite CWM recovery. I reset it and I don't remember exactly if I begun to install or not CWM but when I tried to wipe data (Vol- + Power), the tablet has freezed. After a few minutes I did a hardware reset (pin hole). Since that, the tablet freeze with "Device Unlocked", Asus logo and nVidia. The device was already unlocked. I don't have any backup from it. No fastboot, no adb. Just APX mode. Is it possible to do something with it anymore? I tried BootTools2, extracted bloobs from last version of firmware, tryed to flash them with nvflash and wheelie but vainly. What is the next step? I'm a beginner!
Remember please I cannot go in fastboot recovery menu, only apx. Thank you in advance!
I can not thank you enough!!! my tablet is now working I honestly though it was done for aha THANK YOU!!!
Howdy, folks. I recently bricked my tablet thanks to a bad install of CWM, but following the OP's guide I was successfully able to reflash stock firmware and the device runs fine now.
However, upon reflashing said firmware, it became apparent to me (from reading various threads in the development subforum), that I would need to downgrade to an older firmware version to reflash TWRP. So I did that successfully, but now I am having a problem similar, or perhaps identical, to that of Bionicbowtieguy, in that ADB appears to be broken for my tablet. I have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the Asus usb drivers, in addition to reinstalling/updating all of the ADB software. Fastboot still works fine, but as such I'm unable to root using Motochop's rooting kit (I know there are other methods out there), nor am I able to flash a new recovery. I have also tried repeatedly reflashing the older stock in the hopes that ADB would magically start working again to no avail.
Does anyone have any suggestions to getting ADB to work for my tablet again? I have scoured the web, particularly these forums, for days looking for an answer, but haven't turned anything up yet. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Gave back 10 years of my life that I lost once I discovered I flashed the wrong TWRP version. Can't thank you enough man.
Kombatant said:
Gave back 10 years of my life that I lost once I discovered I flashed the wrong TWRP version. Can't thank you enough man.
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Same here!
Thank you OP for making this a topic even if you didn't come up with it you made it a thread that has saved a few people like myself money and headaches. Literally I just stumbled on this thread 10 minutes after I told my wife is be Tablet shipping Black Friday. Thank you sir.
Thank you.
I did this on a hackintosh running OSX since on Win 8.1 fastboot kept crashing.
March of this year I bricked my tablet during that 1 week period where nobody knew that TWRP was broken + fastboot freezing.
I must have tried everything, Maybe that erase misc was the key factor for success.
I was about to sell this for what I could get or send it to asus, now I can use it again!
How are you guys getting your tablet into fastboot mode? I've tried power on with volume down, the reset hole with volume down, and letting the battery die then recharge, then power on with volume down... Nothing. What am I doing wrong?
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Best thread ever!! You are a life saver !!! thank you!!
leris2 said:
Best thread ever!! You are a life saver !!! thank you!!
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Indeed. You are a god among men. Thank you so much
This worked! I thought I was out of luck. Thanks a lot.
I accidentally flashed an incomparable version of twrp. It would only boot straight into recovery and I couldn't get into recovery. TWRP kept asking for a password even though I never set one up and it wouldn't mount the internal storage or sd card.
I had to follow the instructions at the bottom to intall the drivers so adb and fastboot to work. After that I followed the instructions at the top.
The only thing different I did was skip the "fastboot erase boot" step. I was afraid that would really brick my device if I screwed up (Does this really erase the bootaloader leaving the device with no bootloader?).
Just wondering how long the fastboot window sits displaying < waiting for device > ? All my drivers are ok and I my pad shows up fine as a fastboot device in windows.
Cheers
Fastboot
Bolandk said:
Just wondering how long the fastboot window sits displaying < waiting for device > ? All my drivers are ok and I my pad shows up fine as a fastboot device in windows.
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They do not sit at all they will go right to it. You must not have the right combination yet. Keep trying.
Took me awhile to get the link.
norm883
FIXED!
BY GOD, I have no words for how incredible grateful I am right now! You not only saved my TF300T's life but also a lot of money for me and gave me another lesson of Android insight.
Thanks so much for this!
Let me know if I can return the favor somehow!
Regards,
(a very happy) philleicht
Hi. I think I'm having the same problem as some of the others in this thread.
Background: Tablet is unlocked, JB Rom (Paranoid Android) was installed since March, along with TWRP recovery. In preparation of installing CM11, I used Android Terminal Emulator to install the latest TWRP from a *.blob file, but I found that the latest TWRP is still not CM11-ready...
Setup to Issue: Last night, I decided I wanted to put CM11 on my TF300T. TWRP doesn't have a compatible recovery out for CM11 (install of CM11 rom fails every time), so I reinstalled the paranoid android ROM, and attempted to get the latest recovery from clockworkmod. On cwm's website, they only have choices for "transformer" "transformer prime" and "transformer infinity" which, when downloaded, have tf101, tf201, and tf700 in their filenames. (No tf300, that is)
So... I attempted to install the tf201 recovery (closest to mine, right?) by renaming the file cwm.blob, and using android terminal emulator to install it, the same way I did with TWRP. The first few times I tried and rebooted into recovery... TWRP was still installed... which was weird to me.
The big problem: Ultimately... when I rebooted the tablet, I just see the initial "ASUS" screen with "The Device is UnLocked." in the top-left corner. When I hold the power button to turn it off... it powers back on within a few seconds, and stays at the "ASUS" screen again. It will not stay off... and will not show anything but the "ASUS" splash screen. (With one exception, described later - "the only ray of hope...") If I hold the volume up or down buttons when powering on the device, absolutely nothing different happens. (since it doesn't STAY off... I've tried all kinds of different combinations of pushing/holding the appropriate buttons for when the tablet comes back on) IMPORTANT: I never see the "three icons" as expected when holding the volume button(s). No RCK, USB, etc... when the unit turns back on, it goes to the ASUS screen, and stays there until the battery dies. As a result... I can't get into recovery, fastboot, or APX or whatever in the traditional way.
Pressing the reset button alone, or reset + volume down has the effect of temporarily turning off the unit and then on again, the same as holding the power button to turn it off and letting it turn itself back on again.
The only ray of hope that I have is that *sometimes* if I press reset + volume up with the USB cable connected to a computer... the screen will STAY BLACK, but the "device connected" sound will play on my PC (Win 7 x64) as if I just plugged the tablet into USB on my computer, and I will get a message that it's trying to install an APX device. However, it eventually tells me that the device driver could not be installed. The screen on the tablet stays black in this case... until I reset it, hold the power button, etc.
So... I'm not opposed to (or unfamiliar with) using fastboot or any other command-line app to resurrect my tablet... I just haven't been able to get it into a condition that I can try something like that yet.
Is there any hope for my tablet? Somebody please help me. I'm open to sending a few bucks via paypal or google wallet to anyone that can lead me to a resolution. That would be cheaper than buying a new tablet... not to mention the priceless value of the progress I have in Fieldrunners 2. lol.
Thanks for your time!
~Ryan
same problem reboot back to twrp
well i may be stupid because i can't understand why i have tried a couple of commands and i still get the same problem reset volume down still goes back to twrp and ask for a password can someone please explain this in alittle more detail and what commands i also get the waiting for device in my commands is there another way to push these files into this device tf201 please help is there a way to do something in the twrp recovery like terminal command
I was a fool for flashing wrong recovery!
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Hi. I think I'm having the same problem as some of the others in this thread.
Background: Tablet is unlocked, JB Rom (Paranoid Android) was installed since March, along with TWRP recovery. In preparation of installing CM11, I used Android Terminal Emulator to install the latest TWRP from a *.blob file, but I found that the latest TWRP is still not CM11-ready...
Setup to Issue: Last night, I decided I wanted to put CM11 on my TF300T. TWRP doesn't have a compatible recovery out for CM11 (install of CM11 rom fails every time), so I reinstalled the paranoid android ROM, and attempted to get the latest recovery from clockworkmod. On cwm's website, they only have choices for "transformer" "transformer prime" and "transformer infinity" which, when downloaded, have tf101, tf201, and tf700 in their filenames. (No tf300, that is)
So... I attempted to install the tf201 recovery (closest to mine, right?) by renaming the file cwm.blob, and using android terminal emulator to install it, the same way I did with TWRP. The first few times I tried and rebooted into recovery... TWRP was still installed... which was weird to me.
The big problem: Ultimately... when I rebooted the tablet, I just see the initial "ASUS" screen with "The Device is UnLocked." in the top-left corner. When I hold the power button to turn it off... it powers back on within a few seconds, and stays at the "ASUS" screen again. It will not stay off... and will not show anything but the "ASUS" splash screen. (With one exception, described later - "the only ray of hope...") If I hold the volume up or down buttons when powering on the device, absolutely nothing different happens. (since it doesn't STAY off... I've tried all kinds of different combinations of pushing/holding the appropriate buttons for when the tablet comes back on) IMPORTANT: I never see the "three icons" as expected when holding the volume button(s). No RCK, USB, etc... when the unit turns back on, it goes to the ASUS screen, and stays there until the battery dies. As a result... I can't get into recovery, fastboot, or APX or whatever in the traditional way.
Pressing the reset button alone, or reset + volume down has the effect of temporarily turning off the unit and then on again, the same as holding the power button to turn it off and letting it turn itself back on again.
The only ray of hope that I have is that *sometimes* if I press reset + volume up with the USB cable connected to a computer... the screen will STAY BLACK, but the "device connected" sound will play on my PC (Win 7 x64) as if I just plugged the tablet into USB on my computer, and I will get a message that it's trying to install an APX device. However, it eventually tells me that the device driver could not be installed. The screen on the tablet stays black in this case... until I reset it, hold the power button, etc.
So... I'm not opposed to (or unfamiliar with) using fastboot or any other command-line app to resurrect my tablet... I just haven't been able to get it into a condition that I can try something like that yet.
Is there any hope for my tablet? Somebody please help me. I'm open to sending a few bucks via paypal or google wallet to anyone that can lead me to a resolution. That would be cheaper than buying a new tablet... not to mention the priceless value of the progress I have in Fieldrunners 2. lol.
Thanks for your time!
~Ryan
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I have exactly this! I hope someone knows the answer for this issue. Else the tablet will learn how to fly!
I tried to push the reset button as described earlier but nothing changes. Not able to go into recovery Just stuck at ASUS in the middle NVidia in the bottomright corner en upperleft corner 'this device is unlocked'
Hey all, I figured it was time to make a post and see if anyone could help figure out what I'm missing.
So I recently got my G2 and rooted it, then I installed Team Win Recovery Mod (on accident, actually. Was intending to install Clockwork, but figured it wouldn't hurt anything and it was working fine). Anyway, moved on to install Cyanogen Mod and gapps following the usual factory reset -> flash from /sdcard/ approach. Unfortunately on reboot, it went into fastboot mode.
Since then I've read a ton of stuff about fastboot, and I've reflashed recovery, boot, and system a dozen times, but I'm still stuck in fastboot mode. I've grabbed the CWM for LG G2 (AT&T) from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager and the latest stable Cyanogen Mod from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/D802_Info. Sadly everything I've seen just tells me to do what I did - reflash recovery and tell it to reboot. I've also tried the "volume down + power until logo, then release and re-hit" method of getting into recovery mode, but the logo is present for literally less than a second, so I just end up back in fastboot.
Perhaps I need to find an flash a stock OS first? The thread on returning to stock firmware scares me :/ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476 Edit: I gave in and tried playing with this anyway. No good, I can't get the phone to enter "download mode", no matter what I do, it reboots into fastboot.
Any ideas?
Edit: The flash method I used for TWRM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670
Edit2: This seems possibly relevant. When I do "fastboot devices", I get "? fastboot". So something is wonky in terms of its detection. But all the commands seem to be getting executed fine...
Edit3: Finally a potentially useful piece of info: If I flash the boot image extracted from the Cyanogen mod zip, then run "fastboot continue" I get "ERROR: Getting device tree address failed". Which is the same message I get when trying to remotely run a boot image without flashing it. Possibly related to the "?" in the "fastboot devices" listing above? I switched to Koush's Universal Adb Drivers, but no change.
Pretty please?
I find it hard to believe I could manage to brick a 2 week old phone just by following the guides posted here
Well, I still have no clue what went wrong, but I was finally able to make use of the reset to stock thread. It was strange and scary and at no point did I really have any idea I was hitting the right buttons, and at the end it said it failed... BUT it rebooted me into a fresh install, apparently even unrooted! My problems along the way appear to have entirely been related to actually getting the phone *into* download mode since I couldn't get it to actually turn off. Once it ran itself out of battery and turned off, I was able to enter download mode while reconnecting it to power.
No to decide if I want to try installing a custom ROM again, or take this as a sign...
Who am I kidding. *re-roots phone and pulls up the mod threads*
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Solution: http://forum.xda-developers.com/one...bootloader-locked-t3212187/page2#post63494201
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Hello,
This afternoon, I was preparing to flash Oxygen OS 2.1 through twrp but I wanted to make a backup first. Attempting to load up twrp by holding Vol- and Power, my OPT flashed the starting frame of the boot animation for half a second before turning off. This repeated every 5 seconds. I could still boot OOS normally at this stage.
I decided to reflash twrp so as to make the backups, but on attempting to flash it, I saw that my bootloader was locked. So into fastboot mode I went, but trying to unlock it, it did the same as trying to get into recovery. As soon as I sent the command, "fastboot oem unlock", the screen went dark, flashed the starting frame for the boot animation, and promptly when dark again.
I now can't boot up normally, nor can I enter recovery. I can access fastboot mode, but I can't seem to make any changes.
I've attempted to use this solution as well as several other similar ones with no success.
I've had my OPT since 17th of August with absolutely no signs of trouble until this afternoon.
To me, it seems like it could be a hardware issue, but I'd hope it would last more than 40 days.
Any suggestions?
Thanks.
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The same just happened to me, wtf
Makrilli said:
The same just happened to me, wtf
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What were you doing before it occurred? Perhaps we can work out the cause.
GusGold said:
What were you doing before it occurred? Perhaps we can work out the cause.
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I'm not sure what I was doing, I was going to flash different ak kernel as my wifi didn't work.
HOWEVER
I read someone suggesting if you still have bootloop after trying the qualcomm recovery tool, try booting to fastboot and use: fastboot continue
my opt booted nicely to hydrogen os and after I shut it down it no longer bootlooped and I was able to get to recovery.
I'll post this to your reddit thread too, maybe it might help somebody one day, hopefully this works for you too
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use: fastboot continue
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Mate! that worked for me too!
However... It only seems to skip the bootloop for that power on. After power off, it returns to the boot loop. I also still can't unlock the bootloader and can't access recovery.
But at least it can boot into OS with fastboot continue!
Thank you.
Weird, after the first successful boot I rebooted and a chinese menu prompted me if I wanted to unlock the bootloader, and I did.
Maybe you should try different recovery packages.
But I'm glad to hear you at least got past the boot loop
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Maybe you should try different recovery packages.
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Can't flash a new one since the bootloader won't unlock :/
I guess the phone is in working order at the moment, I just can't let it get turned off without my computer next to me...
GusGold said:
Can't flash a new one since the bootloader won't unlock :/
I guess the phone is in working order at the moment, I just can't let it get turned off without my computer next to me...
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Nono I mean different qualcomm recovery packages, the ones with MSM8994DownloadTool, I also replaced the stock recovery in the qualcomm package with twrp just in case if that matters
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Nono I mean different qualcomm recovery packages, the ones with MSM8994DownloadTool, I also replaced the stock recovery in the qualcomm package with twrp just in case if that matters
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Ahh, do you mind linking me to the one you used?
I think I used this: https://mega.nz/#!EsNQHKab!ifATzg4rxxBniPad0iyxANqlN8cZpUx2MVWaZgEhrD4
but it might have also been this: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B14IjYN3PtxcSlJ5aGQxX3JERHM/view?usp=sharing
It's also worth mentioning I flashed both a few times before I tried the fastboot continue command so try both a few times and see if that helps, also I replaced the stock recovery with twrp in both recovery packages before flashing.
Edit: And best of luck, I'm rather confident your OPT is going to work properly again.
Boot Loop
I got the same problem.
Phone is rooted and i can't unlock it in cmd, just reboot itself when i try it.
The only way for me to even start the OPT is to (volume+ and power), to get to fastboot mode, then run "fastboot continue" twice in cmd.
If i reboot the phone it get cought in a boot loop where i can see the logo, reboots about every 2 sec.
Is there a solution for this? I've been searching 2 for two days now.
I don't care if i have to reset the entire phone.
p3wb said:
I got the same problem.
Phone is rooted and i can't unlock it in cmd, just reboot itself when i try it.
The only way for me to even start the OPT is to (volume+ and power), to get to fastboot mode, then run "fastboot continue" twice in cmd.
If i reboot the phone it get cought in a boot loop where i can see the logo, reboots about every 2 sec.
Is there a solution for this? I've been searching 2 for two days now.
I don't care if i have to reset the entire phone.
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And I'm guessing you have tried the qualcomm recovery tool?
And I'm guessing you have tried the qualcomm recovery tool?[/QUOTE]
I got TWRP installed but its unreachable, volume- and power ends in boot loop.
I can´t install anything when the phone is locked.
I even tried a Factory reset, boot loop and no change when i got it up again.
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I got TWRP installed but its unreachable, volume- and power ends in boot loop.
I can´t install anything when the phone is locked.
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Yeah but the qualcomm recovery tool that we discussed on the first page?
Sent from my OPT
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I got TWRP installed but its unreachable, volume- and power ends in boot loop.
I can´t install anything when the phone is locked.
I even tried a Factory reset, boot loop and no change when i got it up again.
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Yeah but the qualcomm recovery tool that we discussed on the first page?
Sent from my OPT[/QUOTE]
I finally got my OPT working again, tried Qualcomm recovery tool, wasn't able to complete the "MSM8994DownloadTool"
So i downloaded "A2001_14_A.03_150805" in a guide from technobuzz.net/unbrick-oneplus-2/
A similar but it does a entire wipe of the phone, nothing left at all. WARNING!
But i was okey with it.
Well the phone was in Chinese when it was all done but to change language was no problem.
I finally managed to solve it on mine. I had been cautious over the past weeks to not let it run out of battery or get turned off while away from my computer as
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fastboot continue
was the only way I could get past the boot loop.
My core issue to solve was that I couldn't get it recognised as the USB Diagnostic 9006 under Ports in Device Manager. I installed the driver from here manually by right clicking the /qcser/x64/qcser.inf file and selecting install from the context menu. Then, I powered off my OP2. While only holding Vol+ (not power or Vol-), I plugged in my OP2 to the computer and it was finally recognised as the 9006. Then using the recovery tool from the prior link, it installed and rebooted my OP2. The moment of truth was when it rebooted and didn't enter a boot loop!
Then with the Chinese recovery prompt, I selected the top/first option and it brought me to the welcome/first setup screen of OOS.
It wiped the internal memory, and installed OSS 2.0.2 (don't know if coincidence or not as that was my prior OS as well). Now to install twrp and update to the latest OOS hopefully without a hitch.
Happy to finally know it wasn't a hardware issue like a failed eeprom or a dud nand controller as my prior phone (Samsung Note 10.1) died to a failed nand controller as well.
Will update with news of twrp and OOS, but I feel that should go smoothly now. Thanks to the others that helped in this thread too!
Yeap, all good!
Flashed official twrp through fastboot and batch installed OOS2 through 2.1.1 patches and SuperSU. Everything working like new!
Phew.
hi can one of you guys help me out? on teamviewer? mine is stock in the bootloop and i can only get it to boot up via fastboot continue. and i cant figure out how to get it to work. i would like to go back to complete stock and no root
best Martin
gamdiiii said:
hi can one of you guys help me out? on teamviewer? mine is stock in the bootloop and i can only get it to boot up via fastboot continue. and i cant figure out how to get it to work. i would like to go back to complete stock and no root
best Martin
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Is it recognised as a USB Diagnostic 9006 in your device manager?
Hi GusGold No its 9008
Hi, I don't have enough posts to ask this in the actual DirtySanta thread.
I meticulously followed the steps in the DirtySanta thread making sure I had all the correct software, all the pre-requisites, all files in my ADB folder (except SuperSU zip, which is on the SD card on the phone). Suffice it to say that I did all the steps exactly as written in the guide. I was prompted when to run the next batch files each time, etc. Entered the proper commands in the terminal utility, and so on. Everything as written.
After clicking on step3.bat, the phone immediately rebooted to a Fastboot screen. In the meantime, the batch files disappeared off my desktop.
So, for the past 15 minutes or so the phone has been sitting on Fastboot and vibrating away.
Here's what I see in the small Fastboot screen:
Fastboot Mode (in red)
stuff like Product_name, Variant, HW_Version, etc. up until it says LOCK_STATE.
Ok, after all of that basic stuff, it says:
[1090]
[1140] Fastboot mode started
[1670] fastboot: processing commands
[17600] usb_read() transaction failed; txn_status= -1
[17650] usb_read: DONE: ERROR len=64
[1700] fastboot: oops!
[17750] fastboot: processing commands
And that's where it sits, doing seemingly nothing and vibrating away.
Can anyone assist?
Try a different usb port. then rerun step 3.
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Try a different usb port. then rerun step 3.
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Will do...was just thinking of doing that since it said "usb read error". Will report back.
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Will do...was just thinking of doing that since it said "usb read error". Will report back.
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First off, a big thanks for helping me.
Update: OK, changing the USB port worked I re-ran Step3.bat. I have made it through getting to TWRP, and have done these steps:
Verizon(VS995) and ATT(H910):
4.1) Flash SuperSU.zip
4.2) Go back to Main-menu > Wipe > [Format Data] > Type ?Yes?
4.3) Go back to Wipe > Advanced > Check Dalvik, Data and Cache > Slide to wipe
4.4) Go back to Main-menu > Reboot > System
So, with that all complete, it's rebooted to a Verizon screen (horizontal progress dots) and a low buzzing.
I did try what you mentioned in the guide to get over the wait time by pulling the battery, reinserting with vol down key pressed and re-attaching the USB to flash boot2.img via fastboot, but it didn't get back to fastboot after the battery/voldown/usb. It went back to the same Verizon screen after the obligatory "Corrupt" screen came on.
Can I assume that I can wait this out for 20 minutes, or did I miss something in how to interrupt this waiting period for first setup? I do want to (and know I have to) flash boot2.img.
EDIT: wasn't holding vol key down long enough to get into fastboot. Doh. Just flashed boot2.img and rebooted.
Looks like I made it! It's at the "Prepare your Phone Screen". Fingers crossed.
Heyitsrick said:
Looks like I made it! It's at the "Prepare your Phone Screen". Fingers crossed.
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Are you still stuck?
I ran into this EXACT same issue on my brand new Verizon v20 on step 3 (both 13a and 12a firmware gave me this issue) and I had to figure out my own solution, even tho I read that 'dirty santa root' thread a thousand times front to back.... (no disrepsect to the OP/Devs of that thread btw!)
Anyways, below, is the link to my solution on my brand new Verizon v20, in case you're still stuck. I've actually reflashed (via LGUP) back to stock a couple times, then re-root/unlock to test out 13a and 12a firmwares to benchmark various battery life/performance markers for a tech site I write for. Ultimately, I have to go through the exact same steps everytime for my Verizon v20.
I know I wasn't too specific in my post below... but if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71371141&postcount=24
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Are you still stuck?
I ran into this EXACT same issue on my brand new Verizon v20 on step 3 (both 13a and 12a firmware gave me this issue) and I had to figure out my own solution, even tho I read that 'dirty santa root' thread a thousand times front to back.... (no disrepsect to the OP/Devs of that thread btw!)
Anyways, below, is the link to my solution on my brand new Verizon v20, in case you're still stuck. I've actually reflashed (via LGUP) back to stock a couple times, then re-root/unlock to test out 13a and 12a firmwares to benchmark various battery life/performance markers for a tech site I write for. Ultimately, I have to go through the exact same steps everytime for my Verizon v20.
I know I wasn't too specific in my post below... but if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71371141&postcount=24
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I read your "fix" post to see exactly where you got stuck, as I got stuck first due to the USB port not being able to work correctly and had to switch USB ports on my pc before I could re-run step3.bat.
I see now that you're talking about the long Verizon logo screen with progress dots issue after rebooting post-running step3.bat that I ran into, as well.
OK, what worked for me was much easier in the end than what you did. After step3.bat and the reboot, it would just sit there on the Verizon logo with the progress dots, as you know. There is a notation on the first page of the DirtySanta thread that in order to get around this, unplug the USB cable and remove the battery.
This is the actual note from the DirtySanta thread for Verizon users with the long Logo screen issue:
*****VERIZON USERS******
It has come to my attention that some users have encountered abnormally long first boot time(over 20 minutes before first time setup)
To resolve this issue:
Boot into bootloader by pulling the battery and reinserting it and holding VOL- and phugging in the phone. then typing:
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fastboot flash boot boot2.img
fastboot reboot
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Once I removed the battery and usb cable, the phone was completely off, of course. Then, I just needed to get it back into "fastboot" on the phone, itself, in order to flash boot2.img via ADB on the PC. When the phone was on the never-ending Logo screen with progress dots, I found that ADB could see the phone ok via the adb devices command, but if I tried to flash anything at that point, it would just say something like "pending", as if it were waiting for the device to be free to flash. So, that wasn't going to work, obviously. I needed the phone to be in the flashboot screen, not the logo screen. I did a ctrl-c to cancel out of the adb flash command, and then set out to pull the battery/usb cable and then reconnect the battery, and while holding the Vol Down button reinserting the USB cable.
The first time I tried this, it booted up fine, but it went right back to the Logo screen. Doh! I figured perhaps I wasn't waiting long enough with the Volume Down button so I tried it again. What happened the first time when it rebooted to the Logo screen is I released the Volume Down button the moment the phone started to turn on (you feel the vibration). That's when it booted back to the Logo. This second time, I removed the battery again while it was on that never-ending Logo screen to power it off and disconnected the USB cable again. I put the battery back in, then with the Volume Down button pressed down, I reconnected the USB cable. The difference this time is that I did not release the Volume Down button this time UNTIL I saw it was in the Fastboot screen and not the Verizon Logo.
So, at this point the phone was on the Fastboot screen and I saw it was it was ready to go, so I initiated the ADB command to flash boot2.img. It went through its paces and once it got back to the ADB command prompt, I did an ADB Fastboot Reboot command. It rebooted, first with the obligatory corrupt warning, then the Verizon Logo and progress dots, but then after a short while I got the "Hello" screen in red and I knew it was actually going to finish. Whew! Relief! At that point I was eventually at the phone's setup screen for a new user, and I finished setting up the phone, reinstalling apps, etc.
One caveat in this: I don't know why, but even though I had gone through all the steps in "4" section of the instructions, when I checked Root, I wasn't rooted! Huh?
In other words, I had already gone through this part:
Verizon(VS995) and ATT(H910):
4.1) Flash SuperSU.zip
4.2) Go back to Main-menu > Wipe > [Format Data] > Type ?Yes?
4.3) Go back to Wipe > Advanced > Check Dalvik, Data and Cache > Slide to wipe
4.4) Go back to Main-menu > Reboot > System
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After setting up the phone and reinstalling my apps, I opened up the SuperSU app, and it said there was no executable installed. In other words, it didn't recognize that I had flashed it in step 4.1. Perhaps flashing boot2.img overwrote that? Not sure, but at this point, I set about to figure out how to boot into TWRP Recovery on the phone (not fastboot) to flash it from there (again).
It took me a while to find the instructions on how to boot into TWRP, lol, and it's a little unnerving that before it boots to TWRPyou are warned that all your data is going to be overwritten before you can boot to it, but it did get me back into TWRP. Once in TWRP, I re-flashed Supersu-blahblah.zip and rebooted via the system reboot. (did not wipe any caches again, though).
After reboot, I checked root again, and this time after a bit SuperSu brought up the permissions screen for the Root app that I had to allow, and it brought back a successful Root message.
I then set about to do what I really wanted to do with root - bypass the Verizon entitlement check for hotspot usage, and got that working fine.
All in all, I have to say this was the diciest rooting I've ever had to go through. I guess that's because of Nougat and that there can't be (at least not yet) a "one-click" root. But man, was I worried when I was at the point where I first posted in this thread. I bought this phone as a "new-resale" (never used) phone from Swappa.com for $450, so if I bricked it, I was out of luck. But it seems to be ok now.
Heyitsrick said:
I read your "fix" post to see exactly where you got stuck, as I got stuck first due to the USB port not being able to work correctly and had to switch USB ports on my pc before I could re-run step3.bat.
I see now that you're talking about the long Verizon logo screen with progress dots issue after rebooting post-running step3.bat that I ran into, as well.
OK, what worked for me was much easier in the end than what you did. After step3.bat and the reboot, it would just sit there on the Verizon logo with the progress dots, as you know. There is a notation on the first page of the DirtySanta thread that in order to get around this, unplug the USB cable and remove the battery.
This is the actual note from the DirtySanta thread for Verizon users with the long Logo screen issue:
Once I removed the battery and usb cable, the phone was completely off, of course. Then, I just needed to get it back into "fastboot" on the phone, itself, in order to flash boot2.img via ADB on the PC. When the phone was on the never-ending Logo screen with progress dots, I found that ADB could see the phone ok via the adb devices command, but if I tried to flash anything at that point, it would just say something like "pending", as if it were waiting for the device to be free to flash. So, that wasn't going to work, obviously. I needed the phone to be in the flashboot screen, not the logo screen. I did a ctrl-c to cancel out of the adb flash command, and then set out to pull the battery/usb cable and then reconnect the battery, and while holding the Vol Down button reinserting the USB cable.
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I saw that 'fix' and it never worked for me at the point in the rooting process I was in... sadly. You have to be able to even get to TWRP, do the SU install then format/wipe, then you can flash the boot2.img to speed up the booting process. In my case, I was never able to even get to TWRP. Trying to flash boot2.img before being able to get to TWRP, would soft brick my phone with the 'password' screen on bootup and I was never able to get around it, requiring me to LGUP back to stock and try again. Luckily I was able to still figure it out.
As you said, definitely the 'diceist' rooting process I've ever encountered... and I've been rooting phones since the original Motorola Droid 1/Milestone phone. Good times tho! Haha
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I saw that 'fix' and it never worked for me at the point in the rooting process I was in... sadly. You have to be able to even get to TWRP, do the SU install then format/wipe, then you can flash the boot2.img to speed up the booting process. In my case, I was never able to even get to TWRP. Trying to flash boot2.img before being able to get to TWRP, would soft brick my phone with the 'password' screen on bootup and I was never able to get around it, requiring me to LGUP back to stock and try again. Luckily I was able to still figure it out.
As you said, definitely the 'diceist' rooting process I've ever encountered... and I've been rooting phones since the original Motorola Droid 1/Milestone phone. Good times tho! Haha
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Late response - sorry.
There must be something we each did differently, as we both have the same phones, same carrier, same software revision (13a). I was able to get to TWRP via the button method on the phone. Didn't use ADB for that. I was presented with an ominous white screen about all files will be wiped/deleted, but when accepting that (and hoping for the best, lol), it just went to TWRP. So, again...something or some step(s) must be done differently to get to that point on your end from what I did.
I'm guessing you're through with doing the flashing on this thing, so this is all moot now.
Hey guys i actually was having the same issues as you were now however after the SU install the wipe etc i reboot to TWRP no matter what i do even when i restart through bootloader or take the battery off it keeps booting to the same place instead to the verizon wizard help please
kratos380 said:
Hey guys i actually was having the same issues as you were now however after the SU install the wipe etc i reboot to TWRP no matter what i do even when i restart through bootloader or take the battery off it keeps booting to the same place instead to the verizon wizard help please
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Called a twrp loop. Easy fix. Been posted a lot. Look around for it
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Called a twrp loop. Easy fix. Been posted a lot. Look around for it
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I have been looking for 2 days haha literally have like 30 tabs open shifting through i dont know what to do next, i backed up wiped my cache data etc installed SU which had no problems wiped again/ rebooted system and back to twrp, i read that you might need to flash a system.img but i dont know where to find one, would appreciate the help kind sir
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I have been looking for 2 days haha literally have like 30 tabs open shifting through i dont know what to do next, i backed up wiped my cache data etc installed SU which had no problems wiped again/ rebooted system and back to twrp, i read that you might need to flash a system.img but i dont know where to find one, would appreciate the help kind sir
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Look at team digitals ROM thread. Stockish one. Look at post 3. If you still can't find it I'll quote it directly later. I'm busy right now
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Look at team digitals ROM thread. Stockish one. Look at post 3. If you still can't find it I'll quote it directly later. I'm busy right now
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Couldnt find it sorry im new to this forum please link it when you are free thanks again for the help much appreciated
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Couldnt find it sorry im new to this forum please link it when you are free thanks again for the help much appreciated
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70393155&postcount=3
Sorry for the constant posts but i followed the steps on that thread, deleted the misc/fota files and it stopped it going to twrp and booted to the lg logo with the black screen, i waited there for about 2-3 hours to no avail rebooted into bootloader tried the fastboot img 2 and the same thing happened it was just stuck at the lg logo now when it boots to the fastboot screen however adb doesnt recognize the device anymore but fastboot does. Is it time to kdz and start over ?
So, about 6mos ago, my Nexus 10 stopped working and I couldn't get it back working...eventually moved onto a new tablet, which now I hate....
Anyway, I figured I'd head back to my N10 because I loved it. However, one of the reasons I left it was because it was stuck in bootloop and I was pretty sure it was bricked.
The bad news, I have followed MANY, if not ALL, of the suggestions on getting it back, I just cannot get it to boot. The good news, fastboot connects with the tablet. So, some specifics:
The tablet WILL boot into fastboot and I can send commands and the tablet is unlocked (also, I believe someone said they had issues because they had an older version of ADB and Fastboot. I'm pretty sure I downloaded the 'most current' version 1.4.3). So, with that, I was able to do the fastboot erase functions, such as cache, userdata, system, etc... and then also load the bootloader (mantafm01) and also send the stock .zip file (image-mantaray-....) and the tablet appears to load everything fine. Thumbs up, right? However, when it reboots it stops at the 'erasing' android bot and will not pass that. I left the tablet in that state for a few minutes all the way up to 3 days...no success.
I also tried the above using Wugfresh only to have the same thing occur. So, basically, I am stuck at 'erasing' and I don't know what to do. I feel confident that the tablet has the ability to be brought back to life, I just cannot figure out how/why all of the attempts lead to the same issue.
What I can also tell you is that while fastboot 'sees' the tablet, the tablet does not appear as a device in "My Computer" like it normally did when connecting via USB. I am using the original USB cable and have tried on multiple computers, all to no avail. I've downloaded/installed the drivers, as instructed on many links. Also, while I can get to the 'Recovery Mode' by pressing Power, Volume Up, Volume Down, if I choose "Recovery Mode" on the tablet, it reboots and goes to the 'erasing' screen. I have tried flashing TWRP on the tablet using fastboot as well. And, sometimes, not all the time, the TWRP blue/black screen appears but it will not progress past that screen (i.e., it doesn't go into recovery).
So, if you can, please help. I believe I have followed all of the instructions, but I have to be missing something or not following something correctly. I'm stoked that it looks like it's only soft-bricked, I just can't get it un-bricked.
Thanks in advance!
Looks like you are trying hard to find a solution. I think it may be helpful if you try to manually install the o/s rather that using Wugfresh and report back any errors. See
https://androidforums.com/threads/guide-how-to-flash-a-nexus-factory-image-manually.706533/ At step 11 I would flash the individual image files and also follow the instructions re erasing and flashing userdata.
AFAIK you will not see an Android device when using Fastboot - Android hasn't loaded at this stage.
Thanks peterk-1. Unfortunately, this does not work. I followed the steps, with the exception of the radio file as my Nexus 10 is wi-fi only. It goes through the stock image update perfectly fine and reboots itself. At that point, it's back to the moving android at the 'erasing' screen.
One thing to note with the link you provided; no where does it indicate flashing a recovery, stock or custom. Now, I've tried flashing stock, TWRP and CWM and none seem to work. TWRP comes closest with the black/blue splash screen, but will not open further.
Any other suggestions would be appreciated.
You did go to the posted link? I quote:
Step 8: We now want to wipe the device. Use the following commands in order:
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fastboot erase recovery
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Step 11: We will now flash the system, boot, and recovery ..........................................
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Unfortunately, same result...