A quick explanation of my stupidity, I unlock and load customer iOS builds on iPhones all the time. I decided to take on the task of loading a customer rom on my Nexus 4 for the first time thinking, "how much harder can it be!". I wanted to put Xylon onto my device. After getting into restore mode and wiping doing the factory reset command, the phone shut off. It will not turn on at all. I've tried hard resetting the device and get nothing. When plugged into my computer, I can see it recognizes it as a driverless Qualcomm USB device so I know the phone is on, it just shows absolutely nothing on screen. How can I get this back up and running? Any help will be greatly appreciated!
Boot into bootloader and see if you can get fastboot to connect. If you can, it's fixable. Just flash the stock images until you work up the nerve to try again.
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Boot into bootloader and see if you can get fastboot to connect. If you can, it's fixable. Just flash the stock images until you work up the nerve to try again.
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There is no booting into anything. Just black nothingness on screen.
mukzer0 said:
There is no booting into anything. Just black nothingness on screen.
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If you hold volume down while booting, what happens?
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If you hold volume down while booting, what happens?
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nothing
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nothing
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A round of applause for this guy.
You managed to brick your Nexus. Did you fastboot flash the wrong IMG to the bootloader or what? Tell us what you did so no one else does it.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm sorry for your loss.
I'd recommend letting it charge for a few hours, then try fastboot again.
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A round of applause for this guy.
You managed to brick your Nexus. Did you fastboot flash the wrong IMG to the bootloader or what? Tell us what you did so no one else does it.
Edit: I forgot to mention that I'm sorry for your loss.
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Everything was going smoothly. Got to the customer loader which is where I did the factory reset and then went to select the image I wanted and realized I didn't put it in the phones directory. I went to the menu and hit "restart" and that was the last breath of my Nexus
Did you by chance flash xylon for nexus 7 by mistake as I believe that will brick your nexus 4 faster than crap thru a goose.
kzoodroid said:
Did you by chance flash xylon for nexus 7 by mistake as I believe that will brick your nexus 4 faster than crap thru a goose.
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Ya know, I didn't even think of that... "Asu-Hydro 7.zip". Serves me right for doing this all at 4am. What do I need to do to get it back up? Will a USB Jig work to get Odin going?
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Ya know, I didn't even think of that... "Asu-Hydro 7.zip". Serves me right for doing this all at 4am. What do I need to do to get it back up? Will a USB Jig work to get Odin going?
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Um, no. It's done. No bootloader = No way to recover. Unless I'm missing something. Anybody?
Also, Samsung uses Odin.
mukzer0 said:
Ya know, I didn't even think of that... "Asu-Hydro 7.zip". Serves me right for doing this all at 4am. What do I need to do to get it back up? Will a USB Jig work to get Odin going?
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Only Samsung phones have Odin. LG does have a "download" mode' but I haven't seen the utility for it.
Currently I haven't read of anyone recovering from a N7 ROM or kernel flash.
Sorry, I think you're out of luck...
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mukzer0 said:
Ya know, I didn't even think of that... "Asu-Hydro 7.zip". Serves me right for doing this all at 4am. What do I need to do to get it back up? Will a USB Jig work to get Odin going?
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Someone else just did this a few days ago and I think there is no recovery from this.
kzoodroid said:
Someone else just did this a few days ago and I think there is no recovery from this.
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well this is dissapointing..
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well this is dissapointing..
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well this is dissapointing..
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I can't find the other thread but it has something to do with where the Nexus 7 writes its files to that bricks the Nexus 4.
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Well, if I send it back to google saying it wont turn on, think they will actually check to see if it was tampered with? If so, should I send it on 3 second through a trip through microwave before sending it?
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I can't find the other thread but it has something to do with where the Nexus 7 writes its files to that bricks the Nexus 4.
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Makes sense. The system or boot partition is probably the same as our bootloader.
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Makes sense. The system or boot partition is probably the same as our bootloader.
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Yes it was something like that.
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mukzer0 said:
Well, if I send it back to google saying it wont turn on, think they will actually check to see if it was tampered with? If so, should I send it on 3 second through a trip through microwave before sending it?
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I don't think there is any way for them to check if it doesn't turn on. There have been a few others who have done the same thing and gotten an RMA form Google with no problems. I did it with an Incredible from Verizon about 2 years ago with no problems after bricking it trying to unlock the bootloader.
Just wanted to post a reply to my incident. Google replaced the device and there was no charge. Thank you all for your help
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So I followed the instructions to flash back to DI18 and when it booted up android processes started non-stop FCing so I did a battery pull to hard reboot but when I booted back up it froze at the "SAMSUNG www.samsung.com" screen. Am I bricked and if I am is a soft brick or a hard brick and if its soft what can I do to fix it? Finally if its unfixable think I can bring it back and claim I didn't do anything and get a new one? Please help...
You're not bricked.
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herzzreh said:
You're not bricked.
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So what can I do? I can't even boot into CWM.
if you can get to the boot screen you aren't bricked, odin the DI18 tar.
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if you can get to the boot screen you aren't bricked, odin the DI18 tar.
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I am on a Mac and do not really have access to a windows machine nor do I have a license...
find a friend with a pc, use a library computer. i don't think you can use odin on a mac :X
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find a friend with a pc, use a library computer. i don't think you can use odin on a mac :X
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You can't...so I don't need to install anything? Its just an .exe right?
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You can't...so I don't need to install anything? Its just an .exe right?
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yes its a .exe, and as far as im aware bootcamp is only way to odin on a mac. so find a pc, or live with phone that doesnt work :X.
Pull the battery wait a min or two. Boot up holding the vol down camera and power.
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Some time ago I was reading a thread where a guy was talking about a "custom made" version of Odin that he used on his mac. The name of the program started with an H, but I can't for the life of me remember where I saw it. Happy searching!
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Pull the battery wait a min or two. Boot up holding the vol down camera and power.
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Tried that but I'll try again and I'll try searching for that custom odin too. Thank you. Definitely made explaining to my fiancee why I haven't been answering texts and the subsequent question of 'what the f*** did you do to your phone you dumbs***'
No dice on the battery pull or finding the custom odin. Guess I'll have to be phone-less until tomorrow and hope I can get access to win machine.
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Some time ago I was reading a thread where a guy was talking about a "custom made" version of Odin that he used on his mac. The name of the program started with an H, but I can't for the life of me remember where I saw it. Happy searching!
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i believe you are thinking of Heimdal. I don't know anything about using it, but I believe it is supposed to be an OS independent version of Odin3.
OP, find a friend with windows, that will be the easiest way. Otherwise, do some research on Heimdal.
Also, as other people have said, as long as you can get to the download screen. you are NOT bricked.
Can you get into clockwork recovery mode? With power off press and hold the camera button and the volume down button while powering on. If you can you can restore a back up if you made one or flash a rom.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265
Found that thread for downloading Heimdall
Here is the developers site as well http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
n0esc said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265
Found that thread for downloading Heimdall
Here is the developers site as well http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
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Wow thank you! I'll give this a shot!
Update: I tried heimdal but no dice...someone in my class has a windows netbook and I used it to ODIN and bingo, back to stock. Woohoo!
Hello i have a huge issue with my g2. I flashed carbon rom for my d800 by mistake and now i can only boot into fastboot mode and download mode. Now i have the stock files to return back of course and i followed the guide perfectly but have issues with the flash tool. For whatever reason, it keeps saying "model is different" whenever i put the files in. Because of this, the files never flash and my phone just sits in download mode. If anyone has any idea how to help me out here, i would definetly appreciate it!
Did you flash the AT&T kernel after you flashed the ROM? I forgot and the same thing happened to me. See if you can get to the factory reset menu. Do the factory reset and it'll take you back to recovery if I remember correctly. That's what I did.
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Jank4AU said:
Did you flash the AT&T kernel after you flashed the ROM? I forgot and the same thing happened to me. See if you can get to the factory reset menu. Do the factory reset and it'll take you back to recovery if I remember correctly. That's what I did.
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How could i get to a reset menu? Yea i didn't flash the kernel for sure
k2thejx5 said:
How could i get to a reset menu? Yea i didn't flash the kernel for sure
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Volume down and power together.
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Volume down and power together.
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Nope Just gives me the fastboot option. I been looking for damn near any method to get me back at this point
Of you can get in to download mode then Go to LG g2 general and follow the sticky thread.." flash back to stock"
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copualt3 said:
Of you can get in to download mode then Go to LG g2 general and follow the sticky thread.." flash back to stock"
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Yep i can but the files i need, are offline on the guys account. Can't find other links.
k2thejx5 said:
Yep i can but the files i need, are offline on the guys account. Can't find other links.
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What is weird is that the flash tool see it as "G2" Not d800 or d802 or anything just G2
k2thejx5 said:
What is weird is that the flash tool see it as "G2" Not d800 or d802 or anything just G2
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Houston did that on purpose so that the roms could be flashed on all devices. And how do you accidentally flash a rom? There are some pretty deliberate steps required to do that. When you tried to boot into recovery, when the LG logo popped up, did you release and repress the buttons, or did you keep holding them? You have to let go of them and immediately repress them to get to the factory reset screen. Once you're there, you follow the prompts to do a factory reset and it will throw you back into recovery instead of resetting the device.
Also, can you see your device in ADB?
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Houston did that on purpose so that the roms could be flashed on all devices. And how do you accidentally flash a rom? There are some pretty deliberate steps required to do that. When you tried to boot into recovery, when the LG logo popped up, did you release and repress the buttons, or did you keep holding them? You have to let go of them and immediately repress them to get to the factory reset screen. Once you're there, you follow the prompts to do a factory reset and it will throw you back into recovery instead of resetting the device.
Also, can you see your device in ADB?
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Well because after i flashed carbon rom, i wasn't aware that you had to flash an at&t kernel as well hence my issue. Can't use any adb commands since i am stuck at fastboot. I have tried over and over again and i can't reach recovery nor can i reach the factory reset screen.
k2thejx5 said:
Well because after i flashed carbon rom, i wasn't aware that you had to flash an at&t kernel as well hence my issue. Can't use any adb commands since i am stuck at fastboot. I have tried over and over again and i can't reach recovery nor can i reach the factory reset screen.
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Trust me, it's a total pain in the ass, and I had to keep trying over and over, but I did it and I was in the same boat as you. Just keep trying, bro.
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Trust me, it's a total pain in the ass, and I had to keep trying over and over, but I did it and I was in the same boat as you. Just keep trying, bro.
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Yea man i appreciate the help i really do. Now all i get is a security error when trying to boot it up. Its so frustrating ha
k2thejx5 said:
Yea man i appreciate the help i really do. Now all i get is a security error when trying to boot it up. Its so frustrating ha
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WOOOOT JANK4AU I LOOOVVVEEE [email protected]!!! **** YES MAN!! thank you so much!!! dude....i thought i was doomed, you said to keep trying and it was a pain in the ass and i FINALLY got it!!! dude u ****ing rock i thought my G2 was trashed!
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WOOOOT JANK4AU I LOOOVVVEEE [email protected]!!! **** YES MAN!! thank you so much!!! dude....i thought i was doomed, you said to keep trying and it was a pain in the ass and i FINALLY got it!!! dude u ****ing rock i thought my G2 was trashed!
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I have the same issue, but I'm confused as to what the cure for this is. I also have tried everything mentioned in this post and maybe more.....but how was this actually fixed?
Thank you MOOCHO!!!
Ok so I'm trying to install the latest version of cyanogenmod nightlies for D801 LG G2 and when doing so it says FAILED! this is not a D801 it's a g2??? Any help?
Twrp or cwm? And what version.
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Lawlrus said:
Twrp or cwm? And what version.
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TWRP 2.6.3.2
your build.prop model number doesn't seem to match the required model number in the edify script.
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fma965 said:
your build.prop model number doesn't seem to match the required model number in the edify script.
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What needs to be done in this case?
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What needs to be done in this case?
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I also have another question when installing a new rom and leaving my internal storage intact which takes up about 16GBs that leaves me with little room for apps and games on the newly installed rom. What can done about this?
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What needs to be done in this case?
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Funny thing is I have installed 10.2 and the nightly without any problems before and now this?
Gtagv said:
Funny thing is I have installed 10.2 and the nightly without any problems before and now this?
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Is there a CWM recory mod for this?
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Is there a CWM recory mod for this?
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I think I have bricked my phone! My phone won't even turn on now? OMG! I plug in the usb to the computer and 30 files come asking to format the drives before they are readable!
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I think I have bricked my phone! My phone won't even turn on now? OMG! I plug in the usb to the computer and 30 files come asking to format the drives before they are readable!
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Rule 1 : Read everything, then read it all again then understand what your reading then flash
As for the "bricked" phone, people need to learn what a brick is however this guide is almost guaranteed to fix the issue for you, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
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Rule 1 : Read everything, then read it all again then understand what your reading then flash
As for the "bricked" phone, people need to learn what a brick is however this guide is almost guaranteed to fix the issue for you, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
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My Phone won't enter download mode! it just sits in a pale blue state once plug in to the usb and computer.
Gtagv said:
My Phone won't enter download mode! it just sits in a pale blue state once plug in to the usb and computer.
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turn off the phone, then hold volume up/down i forgot which and connect usb cable.
what is this i don't even
m4570d0n said:
what is this i don't even
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pointless post?
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turn off the phone, then hold volume up/down i forgot which and connect usb cable.
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screen pops up with ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? and stops, it says phone is not connected to the pc please connect to the pc and try again. here is an image.\
Here's another image.
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screen pops up with ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????? and stops, it says phone is not connected to the pc please connect to the pc and try again. here is an image.\
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The Phone will not come on period. Only when I plug it in to the usb on the computer does screen light come on but that's it. Nothing else. You just know it's on because there is a change in the back light from really dark to just somewhat dark.
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The Phone will not come on period. Only when I plug it in to the usb on the computer does screen light come on but that's it. Nothing else. You just know it's on because there is a change in the back light from really dark to just somewhat dark.
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I installed Rom Toolbox pro just paid for it too. Made a back up using twrp deleted my old back up tried one final time to install the new cyanongenmod nightly that didn't work so I rebooted the back I had just made and my died. I should also mention that I had just gotten my IMEI unlocked if that makes a difference.
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I installed Rom Toolbox pro just paid for it too. Made a back up using twrp deleted my old back up tried one final time to install the new cyanongenmod nightly that didn't work so I rebooted the back I had just made and my died. I should also mention that I had just gotten my IMEI unlocked if that makes a difference.
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If you can see from the images below what I am talking about! One is in a deep black state which fully off and the other is a little brighter with the USB hooked up to the pc.
m4570d0n said:
what is this i don't even
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could you please check out the images below I have attached I can give more info if needed!
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could you please check out the images below I have attached I can give more info if needed!
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Firstly you shouldn't really triple post, secondly have you tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471370
My Nexus 4 won't boot. It gets stuck at the spinning colored circles. I picked up my phone in the morning and the charge was down to 4%, and as I was entering my pin to unlock it powered off. I have lollipop and received the update OTA a couple of weeks ago, and it has been fine. I did not manually install lollipop.
I tried clearing the cache, and it still won't boot. Any ideas of what else I could try? I really don't want to do a factory reset.
Thank you in advance.
Is your bootloader open?
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simmac said:
Is your bootloader open?
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No, it is locked. Never rooted it either. Its straight stock.
Is it encrypted?
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Is it encrypted?
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Yes.
Oh, that would explain it.
It crashed while decrypting, and I fear, there is no option to save your data.
Maybe someone other has an idea, I don't have one, sorry.
simmac said:
Oh, that would explain it.
It crashed while decrypting, and I fear, there is no option to save your data.
Maybe someone other has an idea, I don't have one, sorry.
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Ya, that's what I was afraid of. I'm not sure if I finished entering my pin or not before it powered it self off.
unplug anything from the usb port , then give it another shot.
I successfully unlocked my bootloader, installed twrp and rooted with magisk then tried installing a rom, carbon rom to be precise... now my phone wont boot up at all just showing a black screen and it only goes into fastboot mode, how would I go about fixing it please
bodomfan said:
I successfully unlocked my bootloader, installed twrp and rooted, but tried installing a rom, carbon rom to be precise... now my phone wont boot up at all just showing a black screen and it only goes into fastboot mode, how would I go about fixing it please
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Did you ask in the carbon thread?
Chances are it was a wipe issue.
Did you wipe in stock or aosp recovery?
You can always get back to stock by flashing the stock firmware.
I did this via booting twrp then flashing to both slots.
So unlock storage in twrp, then go flash the ROM, reboot recovery and it'll change slot.
Then flash it again.
Then reboot
Should boot
If not boot to recovery again (not twrp) and wipe system and data.
Should work then..
I didn't have that issue when carbon myself
If push comes to shove there's a tool to get back to stock @meffles has suggested it a few times but I've not used it myself, although he has and he swears by it.
Probably a good way to go and won't be hard.
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Did you ask in the carbon thread?
Chances are it was a wipe issue.
Did you wipe in stock or aosp recovery?
You can always get back to stock by flashing the stock firmware.
I did this via booting twrp then flashing to both slots.
So unlock storage in twrp, then go flash the ROM, reboot recovery and it'll change slot.
Then flash it again.
Then reboot
Should boot
If not boot to recovery again (not twrp) and wipe system and data.
Should work then..
I didn't have that issue when carbon myself
If push comes to shove there's a tool to get back to stock @meffles has suggested it a few times but I've not used it myself, although he has and he swears by it.
Probably a good way to go and won't be hard.
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What is the tool for stock please, can you link me to it
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8-pro/how-to/op8pro-unbrick-tool-to-restore-device-t4084953
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-8-pro/how-to/op8pro-unbrick-tool-to-restore-device-t4084953
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Do they even have 14? Would it work to downgrade?
Never used it myself.
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Do they even have 14? Would it work to downgrade?
Never used it myself.
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Don't think so but you can go to any version using this tool (depending on whichever version you choose to download).
But yes, you can go back to android 10 from 11 no problem.
I'll have a look, thank you
I'm downloading the newest version
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Don't think so but you can go to any version using this tool (depending on whichever version you choose to download).
But yes, you can go back to android 10 from 11 no problem.
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Thanks man, that sounds like the ticket.
Cheers.
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bodomfan said:
I'm downloading the newest version
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Oxygen downloader has 10.5.14 available for download.
Just incase you can't find it
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Oxygen downloader has 10.5.14 available for download.
Just incase you can't find it
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My phone is still in fastboot mode, downloading tool now
meffles said:
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It's not showing my phone
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It's not showing my phone
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Never used this one pal.
Meffles is your man or check in the thread..
Don't you connect in EDL mode?
Think it's like a lower level recovery mode that you get to without having the cable connected. The screen will be blank..
Then connect and if should show..
Least that's my loose understanding of it.
What does the thread say??
Ps: looks like the application has stopped responding..
Make sure you have ran it as an administrator and that all pre requisites are installed that the application requires..
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It's not showing my phone
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Turn your phone off, and make sure you don't have any cables connected. Hold volume up + volume down for 20 seconds, then plug in the usbc cable whilst still holding the volume buttons. You should see it spring into life. If not, then you need to check your drivers, which is covered in the link I provided you with.
I've taken it to a shop for repair
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Turn your phone off, and make sure you don't have any cables connected. Hold volume up + volume down for 20 seconds, then plug in the usbc cable whilst still holding the volume buttons. You should see it spring into life. If not, then you need to check your drivers, which is covered in the link I provided you with.
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Only the volume buttons?
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Only the volume buttons?
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Correct.
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Correct.
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If only I saw this before I paid for a repair lol
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bodomfan said:
If only I saw this before I paid for a repair lol
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Ah dude, you should have waited man .
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Ah dude, you should have waited man .
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I know, darn