I downloaded ROM Toolbox Pro and was busy trying to change the icons in my status bar. Suddenly, the program crashed and the only way I could get out of it was to shut down the device. When I tried to start the device again, I got stuck on the boot animation. I tried to go into recovery mode, but all that happens is that I am then stuck on the white Google logo. Have I broken it? What can I do?
StrangerWeather said:
I downloaded ROM Toolbox Pro and was busy trying to change the icons in my status bar. Suddenly, the program crashed and the only way I could get out of it was to shut down the device. When I tried to start the device again, I got stuck on the boot animation. I tried to go into recovery mode, but all that happens is that I am then stuck on the white Google logo. Have I broken it? What can I do?
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go into the bootloader, plug in via usb, then select recovery.
I get the option the "Restart bootloader", but when I select it I get a black screen followed by the Fastboot mode screen again.
Edit: Ok, got it, thanks!
Sorry, I am limited to 8 thanks per day.
Oh dear, it's not over! I tried reinstalling the ROM but that failed. And now when I go into the bootloader, plug in via usb, then select recovery, all that happens is that I get stuck on the Paranoid Android animation.What can I do?
Edit: Happy ending. I've sorted it out.
StrangerWeather said:
Oh dear, it's not over! I tried reinstalling the ROM but that failed. And now when I go into the bootloader, plug in via usb, then select recovery, all that happens is that I get stuck on the Paranoid Android animation.What can I do?
Edit: Happy ending. I've sorted it out.
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Glad u got ur problem solved
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Help please.
I purchased 2 thrive tablets from best buy on a recent holiday from uk to usa (one for myself and one for my father in law).
I recently installed the update on my own without a problem. However when my father in law installed it on his thrive it got into a boot loop when rebooting. It keeps booting with the words "booting recovery kernel image".
When i do the vol/power switch on and pick the box icon to reset the same boot loop happens. I can use the tablet by doing the vol/power switch on and choosing the android icon but dont want to do this everytime i use the tablet.
Since i live in the uk and bought the tab in the usa I dont know what my warranty rights are.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
william40 said:
Help please.
I purchased 2 thrive tablets from best buy on a recent holiday from uk to usa (one for myself and one for my father in law).
I recently installed the update on my own without a problem. However when my father in law installed it on his thrive it got into a boot loop when rebooting. It keeps booting with the words "booting recovery kernel image".
When i do the vol/power switch on and pick the box icon to reset the same boot loop happens. I can use the tablet by doing the vol/power switch on and choosing the android icon but dont want to do this everytime i use the tablet.
Since i live in the uk and bought the tab in the usa I dont know what my warranty rights are.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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OK, let me get this right. Your Father-in-Law did the update and when it rebooted it got to "Booting recovery Kernel Image" and hung. If you shut it down and try to boot it, it still comes up and says the same thing.
If I have this right, it has not installed the update. It has hung up tryig to reboot into recovery to apply the update. You said you can go into recovery and select boot and it will boot fine. If this so, open the Service Station and see if you can select the update again. With any luck, you sould be able to get it to redownload and install it again and fix the issue.
You also said you did a reset and it still came up with the message. Did you do a full factory reset? If not, do that and it should boot up as it did the firat day it was turned on. Also, if you have done this, try clearing the cache and reboot to see if that fixes the issue.
Thanks for the reply
I did try the service update again from the service station but the tablet shuts down then reboots with the same problem i.e. the" booting recovery kernel image loop"
I also tried the full factory reset from the settings but same boot loop again.
I also tried the reset by clicking on the open box icon when you turn on the tablet with the vol up/power buttons but again i get the boot loop
william40 said:
Thanks for the reply
I did try the service update again from the service station but the tablet shuts down then reboots with the same problem i.e. the" booting recovery kernel image loop"
I also tried the full factory reset from the settings but same boot loop again.
I also tried the reset by clicking on the open box icon when you turn on the tablet with the vol up/power buttons but again i get the boot loop
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Sounds like you covered all th normal stuff. The final option I can give you is to go here and download my Thrive Easy Flash Tool. Once you have it, follow the readme file to load the adb drivers on your PC. I am assuming you have a Windows PC, if not, let me know. Once you get the ADB drivers loaded and operational, flash the Clock=WorkMod recovery to the device. Once it is loaded, you can download AustereGrims Thrive 0029 Stock images or rooted images and load them. Since it is your Father-in-Laws Thrive, I would load the stock images. After that is done, the device should boot just fine and be updated to the latest load.
Let me know if you have any other problems.
Mod Edit: Offsite links requiring registration removed.
Thanks Paul.
Will give it a go.
william40 said:
Thanks Paul.
Will give it a go.
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No problem. Try ThriveForums.org. Think you find a lot of good info and people.
Many thanks for your help Paul.
Tablet is now starting up as normal.
Only prob is I now have no wifi. I get a wifi error in the wireless settings and cant add any networks.
Afraid I'm a bit of a dummie when it comes to this rooting and flashing lark.
Thanks again
william40 said:
Many thanks for your help Paul.
Tablet is now starting up as normal.
Only prob is I now have no wifi. I get a wifi error in the wireless settings and cant add any networks.
Afraid I'm a bit of a dummie when it comes to this rooting and flashing lark.
Thanks again
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I am glad you have it almost working. It looks like you have the wrong version of the boot image or wrong version of the system image. If all you did was my root tool, then you have a new boot image with the older system image. That is why the WiFi says error. What you now need to do is get the file from AustereGrim that I gave you a link to. If you used the stock image of his and have the WiFi error, then he did not update the stock image with the correct boot image. In that case, just use my tool to flash a stock boot image. If you need more assistance, send me your Email via PM and I will get back to you to help.
I've been rooted for quite some time now, was always using axiom, today I decided to try something new, I flashed via twrp ROM and gapps, twrp said no root, installed superuser? I swiped yes, phone booted to Google screen, but now is the stupid part,
Keeps boot looping there, absolutely no boot loader when trying to boot into it, computer won't read device, just says android with a yellow exclamation mark and says the drivers are incorrect or something, I cannot fast boot because of this, when trying to enter boot loader it just gores to Google screen goes black then flashes red light,
Is this fixable? Will JTAG work maybe (last resort), anybody who has the time to help will be my hero haha, I work in a few hours so I won't be back until the afternoon, but please anyone!
Oh and phone isnt unresponsive, still vibrates, still charges and still boots google logo,
Just remeber i cant flash stock img files due to not being abke to use fastboot:/ unless there is a way to get the computer to read my phone
Thanks in advanced to people who reply,
joshracine1 said:
I've been rooted for quite some time now, was always using axiom, today I decided to try something new, I flashed via twrp ROM and gapps, twrp said no root, installed superuser? I swiped yes, phone booted to Google screen, but now is the stupid part,
Keeps boot looping there, absolutely no boot loader when trying to boot into it, computer won't read device, just says android with a yellow exclamation mark and says the drivers are incorrect or something, I cannot fast boot because of this, when trying to enter boot loader it just gores to Google screen goes black then flashes red light,
Is this fixable? Will JTAG work maybe (last resort), anybody who has the time to help will be my hero haha, I work in a few hours so I won't be back until the afternoon, but please anyone!
Oh and phone isnt unresponsive, still vibrates, still charges and still boots google logo,
Just remeber i cant flash stock img files due to not being abke to use fastboot:/ unless there is a way to get the computer to read my phone
Thanks in advanced to people who reply,
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It happned with me too when its reboot to google logo before that press vol down and power button to get into bootloader
Hi,
I received a new Nexus 10 yesterday and everything was running great on 4.4 kitkat until the wi-fi suddenly started running very slowly and only on this device. I looked up online and found a suggested fix would be to wipe the cache partition in recovery, so I did that, except it froze halfway through. I left it for a while but nothing. The bar wasn't going up and the device was completely unresponsive.
I forced a reboot but now the device is stuck in a bootloop. I can get to the bootloader and my PC recognises it there, but if I try and get into recovery again, the little graphic of the android on it's back comes up with a red warning triangle on its chest (can't remember if that's normal or not) and then nothing else happens. I can't open the menus or see it on my PC. When I try to boot normally, I get stuck at the bootscreen but my PC can see it.
Thanks
EDIT: I fixed the problem by simply reinstalling android via ADB and sideload.
Lew1ky said:
Hi,
I received a new Nexus 10 yesterday and everything was running great on 4.4 kitkat until the wi-fi suddenly started running very slowly and only on this device. I looked up online and found a suggested fix would be to wipe the cache partition in recovery, so I did that, except it froze halfway through. I left it for a while but nothing. The bar wasn't going up and the device was completely unresponsive.
I forced a reboot but now the device is stuck in a bootloop. I can get to the bootloader and my PC recognises it there, but if I try and get into recovery again, the little graphic of the android on it's back comes up with a red warning triangle on its chest (can't remember if that's normal or not) and then nothing else happens. I can't open the menus or see it on my PC. When I try to boot normally, I get stuck at the bootscreen but my PC can see it.
Thanks
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Shoot me an email at [email protected]
Lets see if we cant get you back on the right path
Thx Josh
lj50036 said:
Shoot me an email at [email protected]
Lets see if we cant get you back on the right path
Thx Josh
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Hi,
thanks for the offer but I literally just fixed the problem by reinstalling android via sideload.
Thanks!
Lewis
Saturday evening I got a notification saying 5.0 lollipop was available for my s5 so I eagerly downloaded the update. During the update my phone froze and crashed (had this happen twice earlier in the day) and it rebooted to the update screen. Once the update finished installing the phone rebooted like normal and sat at the verizon screen for about 2 minutes before crashing again. This caused the phone to enter a boot loop that ended up making an open padlock symbol appear on the start screen. After this appeared it took me to a screen that said "System software not authorized by Verizon has been found on your phone". After getting this error I tried using Odin and Kies to reinstall 4.4 on my device. The install was successful but after the phone booted it was freeze and crash again leading to another boot loop and a "recovery booting" message in the top left screen. It now either boots back to the System software screen or loops until it hits the recovery menu. Is there any way to fix this or did Verizon brick my phone?
koerng said:
Saturday evening I got a notification saying 5.0 lollipop was available for my s5 so I eagerly downloaded the update. During the update my phone froze and crashed (had this happen twice earlier in the day) and it rebooted to the update screen. Once the update finished installing the phone rebooted like normal and sat at the verizon screen for about 2 minutes before crashing again. This caused the phone to enter a boot loop that ended up making an open padlock symbol appear on the start screen. After this appeared it took me to a screen that said "System software not authorized by Verizon has been found on your phone". After getting this error I tried using Odin and Kies to reinstall 4.4 on my device. The install was successful but after the phone booted it was freeze and crash again leading to another boot loop and a "recovery booting" message in the top left screen. It now either boots back to the System software screen or loops until it hits the recovery menu. Is there any way to fix this or did Verizon brick my phone?
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Try doing a wipe and then factory reset from recovery mode.
Rapunzl said:
Try doing a wipe and then factory reset from recovery mode.
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Still boots with the custom rom padlock and freezes on the verizon screen
Try pulling the battery. I've read where that's helped some people get it to boot.
newmanx4 said:
Try pulling the battery. I've read where that's helped some people get it to boot.
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I've got to pull it when it freezes, I think the problem is that its reading it as a rooted rom even though its not
Same problem
koerng said:
Saturday evening I got a notification saying 5.0 lollipop was available for my s5 so I eagerly downloaded the update. During the update my phone froze and crashed (had this happen twice earlier in the day) and it rebooted to the update screen. Once the update finished installing the phone rebooted like normal and sat at the verizon screen for about 2 minutes before crashing again. This caused the phone to enter a boot loop that ended up making an open padlock symbol appear on the start screen. After this appeared it took me to a screen that said "System software not authorized by Verizon has been found on your phone". After getting this error I tried using Odin and Kies to reinstall 4.4 on my device. The install was successful but after the phone booted it was freeze and crash again leading to another boot loop and a "recovery booting" message in the top left screen. It now either boots back to the System software screen or loops until it hits the recovery menu. Is there any way to fix this or did Verizon brick my phone?
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I am having the EXACT same issue. I need to something up and going. Any help here would be appreciated.
BryceRuss said:
I am having the EXACT same issue. I need to something up and going. Any help here would be appreciated.
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Have you tried talking to verizon yet? I'm gonna take my phone down to the store tomorrow and see if theres anything they can do.
koerng said:
Have you tried talking to verizon yet? I'm gonna take my phone down to the store tomorrow and see if theres anything they can do.
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Ok, so I am safe now. I was able to flash a stock NK2 Kernal.
Pull the battery on the phone. Hold down Vol. Down, Home, and Power and go to download mode. Plug in the phone, and open Odin. Flash the kernal.
Reboot and you should be ok. This just worked for me.
BryceRuss said:
Ok, so I am safe now. I was able to flash a stock NK2 Kernal.
Pull the battery on the phone. Hold down Vol. Down, Home, and Power and go to download mode. Plug in the phone, and open Odin. Flash the kernal.
Reboot and you should be ok. This just worked for me.
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I tried flashing the kernel, it booted and I got an error that said "processing system isn't responding" and it crashed back to the verizozn software screen.
koerng said:
I tried flashing the kernel, it booted and I got an error that said "processing system isn't responding" and it crashed back to the verizozn software screen.
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If Kies doesn't work, try Verizon Update Tool. It also has a repair tab and may help you get back to stock.
Rapunzl said:
If Kies doesn't work, try Verizon Update Tool. It also has a repair tab and may help you get back to stock.
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The verizon tool won't even recognize my phone
koerng said:
The verizon tool won't even recognize my phone
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Instead of flashing only the kernel, flash a stock, unrooted retail version of KK 4.4.4.
BryceRuss said:
Ok, so I am safe now. I was able to flash a stock NK2 Kernal.
Pull the battery on the phone. Hold down Vol. Down, Home, and Power and go to download mode. Plug in the phone, and open Odin. Flash the kernal.
Reboot and you should be ok. This just worked for me.
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This worked for me as well, thanks! For anyone that wants to know, I used "NK2_Stock_Restore.tar.md5" specifically. You can get it from this thread labeled as "NK2 Stock Restore".
Okay so yesterday I Soft-BRICKED my Note 4 (SM-N910T) by trying to reboot into recovery with a app called "reboot into recovery".I didn't have a custom recovery installed so now it wont boot not even into stock recovery.It goes to a black screen with the android saying "installing system update". PLEASE HELP i would try to boot into download mode but my home button is broke and my phone isn't recognized by adb or my pc
Will a usb jig work?
The screen looks like this but most of the time it only shows black but for a half a sec it shows installing update
Note4+_+ said:
Okay so yesterday I Soft-BRICKED my Note 4 (SM-N910T) by trying to reboot into recovery with a app called "reboot into recovery".I didn't have a custom recovery installed so now it wont boot not even into stock recovery.It goes to a black screen with the android saying "installing system update". PLEASE HELP i would try to boot into download mode but my home button is broke and my phone isn't recognized by adb or my pc
Will a usb jig work?
The screen looks like this but most of the time it only shows black but for a half a sec it shows the install update thing
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Try to reflash original firmware, yes the jig should work fine.
Thx i'll try it XD
KeTuRr74 said:
Try to reflash original firmware, yes the jig should work fine.
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The usb jig didn't work anything else i can try???