Greetings folks on xda, i've recently rooted my xperia arc and everything seemed fine.
Just untill i started editing in the build.prop. Now i changed the vm heap size to 12 just to try it.
And now it won't boot nor repair using the pc companion, won't recognize phone either. I
have tried booting into CMW deleting userdata, flashtools won't work as debugging is not enabled.
Just restore from cwm. If you haven't got a back up then re-flash the original rom and restore userdata.
Case is that, i cannot connect to the computer. It stucks on comp + usb debugging, which is needed for flashing to work is not enabled. Anyone that could possible upload one of their backups, as i can still upload to usb using friends phone, then backup using cwm?
Or is there a method to enable usb debugging without being on the phone?
sinkster said:
Just restore from cwm. If you haven't got a back up then re-flash the original rom and restore userdata.
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Thank you very much, your post made me look into flashtools again and after a few tries i found a way to flash it. Flashtools is running just hoping for it to work after flash xD
And it worked like a charm, thanks for it. +rep on the way.
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I haven't used adb cuz i havent been able to set it up. But i have flashed Damaged control succesfully by mounting the zip on the sd card. i flashed it a couple times since ive tried installing Nexus one launcher by flashing from sd card but nothing just messed up rosie. i couldnt restore my older Rom it kept telling me use adb. Fail lol but i flashed damage control 2.05 back and working fine maybe faster. What i want to know is how to get the nandroid restore fixed or working for emergencies.
alt f4 fixes it all
huh? Confused..
he was trying to be "smart" and gave you a bogus answer if you combo press alt + F4 it will exit your screen... Not really sure what your question is though if you are asking as to why your Nandroid won't restore properly it's because you have to "wipe" your cache before doing a nandroid if you are going back to a version that is different than the currently flashed rom. Hope this helps if not then ... perhaps you could re-phrase your question.
~Danny
Rsoehelk said:
I haven't used adb cuz i havent been able to set it up. But i have flashed Damaged control succesfully by mounting the zip on the sd card. i flashed it a couple times since ive tried installing Nexus one launcher by flashing from sd card but nothing just messed up rosie. i couldnt restore my older Rom it kept telling me use adb. Fail lol but i flashed damage control 2.05 back and working fine maybe faster. What i want to know is how to get the nandroid restore fixed or working for emergencies.
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The only way I fixed that is by running the nandroid restore through adb like it says to do. I don't understand how you don't have adb installed but you have the phone rooted? I had to get all that working to root my phone and having adb is an invaluable tool anyway.
I did read that the nandroid error sometime comes up when the sdcard is too full so you could see if that is the case. Also, as someone suggested you could try a factory reset/wipe and then try again to nandroid through recovery.
richse said:
The only way I fixed that is by running the nandroid restore through adb like it says to do. I don't understand how you don't have adb installed but you have the phone rooted? I had to get all that working to root my phone and having adb is an invaluable tool anyway.
I did read that the nandroid error sometime comes up when the sdcard is too full so you could see if that is the case. Also, as someone suggested you could try a factory reset/wipe and then try again to nandroid through recovery.
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theres different ways to root your phone lol
The only way I fixed that is by running the nandroid restore through adb like it says to do. I don't understand how you don't have adb installed but
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theres different ways to root your phone lol
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Yup,i don't even have a pc (seriously I don't)
I did run into this problem though, not sure exactly what I did but it worked itself out, maybe try flashing a different recovery image,Or try keeping phone plugged into charger(not sure what significance that has but it did seem to go for me after I was having those problems) which recovery image do you have?
Did you rename the Nandroid backup you were trying to restore to? If you did, and the file name has a space in it, it will tell you to restore via ADB. Just a thought from the limited info you provided.
I had this problem and it fixed itself out and all i did was wipe everything thats under the wipe option in recovery and it worked for me.
Yeah it was actually the cache you guys were right. i did it on my own and thought that might be it. and now i know that was it from checkin the thread. yeah i used pre kitchen to auto root my phone. im actually running damage control 2.05 now the newest sprint leak.damn i love it lol. but imma reflash it cuz i tried to flash a nexus theme/ no luck i want a nexus one interface!!!!!
Hi guys,
I tried to update my Nexus 4 to 4.4 when Google pushed the update out for it yesterday, I forgot I had unlocked the phone (I don't have any custom ROMs on it, just SuperSU.)
Every time I try and power it on, the loading screen is endless, although I can hold power and volume down to enter recovery mode, nothing seems to be working.
I am a bit of a novice so any help or suggestions would be really appreciated!
Thanks.
The first few pages of the forum is littered with posts like this, i was in the same situation.
What i did was download the 4.3 rom from google, and flash /boot and /system onto the phone. I suspect the 4.4 rom would also work.
This got the phone booting without harming (most of) my data, but much of the UI was mangled and didnt work properly. I tried to backup my images over USB but it didnt work, you might have a better result. I also wanted to backup my SMS but they had all vanished.
I rebooted the phone to recovery (TWRP) and used adb to backup the sdcard (adb pull /sdcard sdcard) then did a full flash using the 4.4 rom downloaded from google and that got it working again. Then i reflashed the latest version of TWRP recovery and SuperSU.
Hope that helps.
That's really helpful, thanks! Is there ANY chance of a step-by-step? I'm a complete 'noob' probably a mistake to root in the first place :crying:
If you're busy don't worry, just don't want to **** things up more than I have haha.
Thanks, appreciate it.
GeorgeAmodio said:
That's really helpful, thanks! Is there ANY chance of a step-by-step? I'm a complete 'noob' probably a mistake to root in the first place :crying:
If you're busy don't worry, just don't want to **** things up more than I have haha.
Thanks, appreciate it.
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Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312 for flashing a factory image guide.
gee2012 said:
Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312 for flashing a factory image guide.
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Got stuck in google screen, tried to flash factory images but my pc won't detect the phone anymore. Any advice?
Edit: Solved.
arffrhn said:
Got stuck in google screen, tried to flash factory images but my pc won't detect the phone anymore. Any advice?
Edit: Solved.
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Cheers guys, a lot more helpful than the bloke from Google. Will try it in the morning!
This will surely help
If somebody is facing boot loop after kitkat update on nexus 4 and no data backup can try to go to safe mode and backup their data. To goto safe mode on boot screen just keep pressing up and down volume button for some time phone will get into safe mode and can be backed up.
Hi,
It also happened to me, dont know if it is related to having ROOT or not, but i had to manually flash factory image (4.4) and it worked. I flashed everything except userimage.img but on first boot it took like 15 minutes to reboot and then all my personal data (photo, music...) was gone....
So just be cautious before upgrading!
Hi,
It also happened to me, dont know if it is related to having ROOT or not, but i had to manually flash factory image (4.4) and it worked. I flashed everything except userimage.img but on first boot it took like 15 minutes to reboot and then all my personal data (photo, music...) was gone....
So just be cautious before upgrading!
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Look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312 for flashing a factory image guide.
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Yeah that is pretty much what I did to fix mine except that I did not flash the userdata (step 10 in chapter D) so that I would't loose my data.
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Got stuck in google screen, tried to flash factory images but my pc won't detect the phone anymore. Any advice?
Edit: Solved.
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What did you end up doing for your PC to detect your phone?
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What did you end up doing for your PC to detect your phone?
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I had sideloaded a rom in recovery so that it will replace the lost system.img on my phone. Then, it booted up and I flashed back factory images the usual way. Everything is running smoothly again.
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I had sideloaded a rom in recovery so that it will replace the lost system.img on my phone. Then, it booted up and I flashed back factory images the usual way. Everything is running smoothly again.
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I don't know what any of that means or how to do it...
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I don't know what any of that means or how to do it...
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This is sideload guide. And the is the rom I used to sideload before: Purity. After I had successfully booted into the system. I flashed 4.4 factory images using this awesome noob friendly guide for a clean kitkat update.
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I had sideloaded a rom in recovery so that it will replace the lost system.img on my phone. Then, it booted up and I flashed back factory images the usual way. Everything is running smoothly again.
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What did you end up doing for your PC to detect your phone?
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Installing the driver. Refer to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1992345
Boot to bootloader and connect to your PC, usually Windows will find the driver automatically
Hi,
Need help as yesterday in the night my phone suddenly got restarted and got stuck on CWM recovery screen. Phone seems to work well during CWM recovery screen. but does not reboots properly to normal model.
Anyone please help me here as my phone is dead now and does not works further.
Rgds,
yusuf00786 said:
Hi,
Need help as yesterday in the night my phone suddenly got restarted and got stuck on CWM recovery screen. Phone seems to work well during CWM recovery screen. but does not reboots properly to normal model.
Anyone please help me here as my phone is dead now and does not works further.
Rgds,
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What Rom were you on before this? if you still have the zip file, just reflash it.. wipe cache and Dalvik cache nd reboot
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What Rom were you on before this? if you still have the zip file, just reflash it.. wipe cache and Dalvik cache nd reboot
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I was on stock rom. But I am not able to even transfer the custom rom to the phone as it is not giving me any options to transfer any file.
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I was on stock rom. But I am not able to even transfer the custom rom to the phone as it is not giving me any options to transfer any file.
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this might help you bro = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471370 or cek ur pm
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I was on stock rom. But I am not able to even transfer the custom rom to the phone as it is not giving me any options to transfer any file.
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Ah thats not good,i suppose you dont have a Nandroid either? i suggest you do a nandroid backup right now, format data & cache and try rebooting. If it still doesnt work , your /System partition may be corrupt. best to go with the above mentioned post by klebengan which would return you back to stock.
Mind you, in both cases you would lose your data. so do a nandroid right now, atleast wou would have a chance to extract important data later once you are up and running again.
BTW, This is the wrong place for this thread, it should be in Q & A and i m pretty sure there would be similar or related posts
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Ah thats not good,i suppose you dont have a Nandroid either? i suggest you do a nandroid backup right now, format data & cache and try rebooting. If it still doesnt work , your /System partition may be corrupt. best to go with the above mentioned post by klebengan which would return you back to stock.
Mind you, in both cases you would lose your data. so do a nandroid right now, atleast wou would have a chance to extract important data later once you are up and running again.
BTW, This is the wrong place for this thread, it should be in Q & A and i m pretty sure there would be similar or related posts
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ok, thanks for the tip but I tried to even follow the Klebengan post but the main problem is that I am not even able to go to the download mode with the volume key up and Plugin in the usb cable.
I have the flash tool and the kdz file but as i said I am not able to go to the download mode so I am not able to use the LG flash tool also.
If somebody can help me with the steps of transfering the zip file in to the phone memory I can atleast try to install the custom rom once the phone goes on and starts than I may try to flash with the kdz file.
pls help
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ok, thanks for the tip but I tried to even follow the Klebengan post but the main problem is that I am not even able to go to the download mode with the volume key up and Plugin in the usb cable.
I have the flash tool and the kdz file but as i said I am not able to go to the download mode so I am not able to use the LG flash tool also.
If somebody can help me with the steps of transfering the zip file in to the phone memory I can atleast try to install the custom rom once the phone goes on and starts than I may try to flash with the kdz file.
pls help
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My wifes phone just did this same thing after recieving the update that at&t rolled out this morning. I did not know her phone was rooted.She got it off craigs list. The only thing it will do is boot back on cwm. HELP!!
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Hi,
Need help as yesterday in the night my phone suddenly got restarted and got stuck on CWM recovery screen. Phone seems to work well during CWM recovery screen. but does not reboots properly to normal model.
Anyone please help me here as my phone is dead now and does not works further.
Rgds,
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okay i just recoverd my phone yesterday! I did the stupid thing which was not to read before doing anything drastic. I updated my phone after installing recovery (a very bad thing)
here is how you fix it, just go in recovery and execute these commands through any mean
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
enjoy
aatish said:
okay i just recoverd my phone yesterday! I did the stupid thing which was not to read before doing anything drastic. I updated my phone after installing recovery (a very bad thing)
here is how you fix it, just go in recovery and execute these commands through any mean
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
enjoy
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Thankyou my friend but I just got my phone replaced.
Hello guys, I've been sitting in front of computer this last 3 hours trying to figure out how to recover data from my S4, GT-i9505.
I'm using CyanogenMod 11 o 12, it's Android Lollipop, TWRP recovery, don't know if rooted. The digitalizer is dead, black screen, no touch input at all and it's pattern locked, but I think I managed to change to a password with Google Device Manager.
Now the things I've already tried and didn't work:
- Connected the mobile via USB. It shows up on My Computer, Samsung Kies etc, but nothing appears.
- Kies recognizes it, but just loops on Conecting...
- ADB doesn't even recognize it as a device, but my LG G4 does. I do remember enabling debug USB on S4, but I can't confirm.
- I have gone through the install and reinstall USB drivers hell, tried with Samsung alone, ADB alone and with both at the same time, nothing.
- Tried to access data with recovery and download modes. You never know.
After all of this, the only thing that comes to my mind is trying to use another recovery wich hopefully doesn't wipe the phone so I can dump data to the SD card with Volume buttons.
Do you guys can throw to me some knowledge or other ideas? I would be very grateful.
Little PS: I tried to post some screenshots, but new account and anti-spam happens :/
You mean using another recovery.
Bootloaders and recoveries are different things.
You could use CWM, which operates with the hardware buttons.
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You mean using another recovery.
Bootloaders and recoveries are different things.
You could use CWM, which operates with the hardware buttons.
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Yes, sorry. I was just fed up and took a little rest after this post. Do you think that might work? Using another recovery for backup without wiping any data?
Ranzar said:
Yes, sorry. I was just fed up and took a little rest after this post. Do you think that might work? Using another recovery for backup without wiping any data?
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Changing recoveries doesn't require wiping data.
The problem afterwards would be extracting said data from the backup.
So, I didnt want to upgrade my oneplus but since I had few problems with the camera after Magisk things I decided to upgrade.
Since the upgrade, no PC in my house is seeing the phone in any way.
I tried putting MTP transfer as standard choice, I tried with debugging and everything but nothing.
Not my laptop with win10, nor my PC desktop with win7 see the phone.
I also tried reinstalling drivers, ADB, and every possible thing from Internet!
its 2 days I'm looking at everypossible solution but didnt find one.
Also my TWRP app fails to install TWRP, since I cant connect the phone to the PC I cant backup for a factory reset and cant flash TWRP inside.
Anybody has a secret solution or something I couldnt find online? PLEASE!
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So, I didnt want to upgrade my oneplus but since I had few problems with the camera after Magisk things I decided to upgrade.
Since the upgrade, no PC in my house is seeing the phone in any way.
I tried putting MTP transfer as standard choice, I tried with debugging and everything but nothing.
Not my laptop with win10, nor my PC desktop with win7 see the phone.
I also tried reinstalling drivers, ADB, and every possible thing from Internet!
its 2 days I'm looking at everypossible solution but didnt find one.
Also my TWRP app fails to install TWRP, since I cant connect the phone to the PC I cant backup for a factory reset and cant flash TWRP inside.
Anybody has a secret solution or something I couldnt find online? PLEASE!
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You didn't mention if you tried other cable or cleaned the usb socket of your device...
But it's better to make backups off your device. Is your twrp up and running or do you have stock recovery?
Titanium backup installed?
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You didn't mention if you tried other cable or cleaned the usb socket of your device...
But it's better to make backups off your device. Is your twrp up and running or do you have stock recovery?
Titanium backup installed?
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I felt that was a little too obvious haha
anyway yes, i did all of that, i have stock recovery since i cant flash TWRP after the upgrade, have the TWRP app that fails to backup from the recovery image i did before upgrading and no, unfortunately i dont have titanium
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I felt that was a little too obvious haha
anyway yes, i did all of that, i have stock recovery since i cant flash TWRP after the upgrade, have the TWRP app that fails to backup from the recovery image i did before upgrading and no, unfortunately i dont have titanium
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Then backup your data over wifi and maybe Google backup. Internal storage too, but maybe take some time.