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THIS WILL BE USING THE CM 7.1 ROM. IT WORKS WITH OTHER ROMS TOO. JUST FOLLOW SAME PROCEDURE WITH YOUR ROM.
INTRODUCTION AND WARNINGS:
If you have an Evo 4g updated to android 2.3.5 with hboot 2.18.0001 and your wifi always randomly disconnects this guide is for you! The reason the server disconnects is because your router could be incompatible with your HTC phone. If it's just because of some wifi problems and some easy fixes could be made, I would go with that. But for those who have the same problem, not only will you get a cool Cyanogenmod 7.1 look... you'll be able to play PL with wifi.
I'll try to make it as easy to understand as possible... as I'm not good with this stuff either and it took time to understand the guides. Actually I used several guides but I'll kind of combine them.
This guide is for flashing Cyanogenmod 7.1 and what to do before. I am not responsible if there are any problems with your device. Use this guide at your own risk, although there's 99.99999% chance everything will go right if you follow the guide.
PART ONE:
First you'll want to install this file, you need winrar. Just unzip onto desktop so it's easier. You won't actually be using the tool but the root folder. Read the xda first post first though... http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...75&postcount=1
Here's link to download if you've read the post:
http://goo-inside.me/apps/frigid/
Then you'll want to go to www.htcdev.com.
You'll have to register there and use a real email address.
After you register login and click unlock boot loader. Where there's a scroll-down, choose "all other supported models"
Then click get started, the site will guide you through the next steps. Remember, this could void your warranty, I'm pretty sure there is a way to undo this all but remember do this at your own risk.
Tips: If you can't navigate to the right place remember to type "cd [insert name of root folder]"
To get the address, just go to root folder and click copy address at the top. (Right click on where it shows what folder you're in)
After you have successfully unlocked your boot loader you are ready for part 2.
PART TWO:
Enter fast boot on your phone again.
If you closed your command prompt, (which is fine) open it again.
Download this file and save it:
http://files.androidspin.com/downlo...ECOVERY/&file=recovery-RA-supersonic-v2.3.img
The file should appear in downloads.
Move the file into your folder titled root.
If the file is not named recovery rename it to that.
In your command prompt go the the root folder address like you did in part one.
Once you've successfully entered the "root" folder, type this in and hit enter:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(Remember your phone should be connected to your computer with usb debugging on, with disk drive on, and it should be in fast boot)
Once the prompt finishes the command, go back to main boot loader screen. Then use the volume keys to go down to select recovery.
Press the power button to select recovery.
Once the recovery boots on your phone, select use the volume keys to select/highlight USB MS then press the power button.
Take this zip (don't unzip it) and place it into your sd card (just the root, not in any folders).
Zip: http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/...nic-signed.zip
Press the power button to exit USB MS.
Now go back to main screen of recovery.
Highlight/select the choice flash zip from sd card and press the power button.
Select/highlight the zip you put in your sd card and press the power button to flash.
Press the power button again to confirm.
Once it's done flashing reboot your phone.
If your phone goes into boot loop (keeps rebooting at cyanogen logo thing) then go to your recovery again and select wipe and select wipe all data/factory reset.
OPTIONAL PART 2.5:
If you're looking for Google apps you might want to flash this too, same thing with the Cyanogen ROM, flash it same way.
http://cmw.22aaf3.com/gapps/gapps-gb...828-signed.zip
This working for everyone?
Do people actually read this? Did I post in wrong section?
Guide updated v1.1
Fixed link to Amon Ra Recovery. Last link worked but file was deleted.
Hey man, I have no need for the guide , but much thanks, sincerely. Thanks
sent from AOKP heaven
Ok... I guess...
so does using that htc super tool folder instead of android sdx not wipe everything while unlocking? Or does it still do a factory reset when you unlock?
Trying to figure out what I'm missing here. I have step one all finished. On step two I'm doing the part that says:
"Once you've successfully entered the "root" folder, type this in and hit enter:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
I have the USB Debugging on and Disk Drive on, and the phone in Fast Boot. When I type the "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" and hit enter it says Waiting for device. Should it say waiting in the command prompt area? Even with that saying waiting, if I use volume down and pick recovery, the screen shows the green circle and downloading logo, then I get the red exclamation screen. What's messing things up? I have the instructions followed exactly up to this point.
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Trying to figure out what I'm missing here. I have step one all finished. On step two I'm doing the part that says:
"Once you've successfully entered the "root" folder, type this in and hit enter:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
I have the USB Debugging on and Disk Drive on, and the phone in Fast Boot. When I type the "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img" and hit enter it says Waiting for device. Should it say waiting in the command prompt area? Even with that saying waiting, if I use volume down and pick recovery, the screen shows the green circle and downloading logo, then I get the red exclamation screen. What's messing things up? I have the instructions followed exactly up to this point.
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have to take it out of disk drive mode i believe and put it in charge only
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have to take it out of disk drive mode i believe and put it in charge only
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Tried doing that and it goes right to the red exclamation screen instead of the green first. The instruction say to have it in disk drive, so not sure what to do.
"Once you've successfully entered the "root" folder, type this in and hit enter:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(Remember your phone should be connected to your computer with usb debugging on, with disk drive on, and it should be in fast boot)"
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Tried doing that and it goes right to the red exclamation screen instead of the green first. The instruction say to have it in disk drive, so not sure what to do.
"Once you've successfully entered the "root" folder, type this in and hit enter:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
(Remember your phone should be connected to your computer with usb debugging on, with disk drive on, and it should be in fast boot)"
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when i did it to my phone i had it in charge only
This is my first time trying to do anything to my phone. What exactly does the recovery step I'm doing do? It is saving all my personal data on the phone? I could care less if the phone gets wiped. I have all my contacts in Gmail and re-installing apps take like 5 minutes, so wondering if I could just skip it?
This rooting thing is getting more and more confusing. I'm pretty good computer wise, but reading on this site to try and root this phone, I find topics which are like 100+pages long, and the topic I find link to other topics and it keeps going on and on, and not sure what to do after a while. This topic has gotten me closer to finally doing it then any other. Hopefully I can get it to work fully.
Tried disk drive on and off a couple times and still getting stuck on the red exclamation.
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This is my first time trying to do anything to my phone. What exactly does the recovery step I'm doing do? It is saving all my personal data on the phone? I could care less if the phone gets wiped. I have all my contacts in Gmail and re-installing apps take like 5 minutes, so wondering if I could just skip it?
This rooting thing is getting more and more confusing. I'm pretty good computer wise, but reading on this site to try and root this phone, I find topics which are like 100+pages long, and the topic I find link to other topics and it keeps going on and on, and not sure what to do after a while. This topic has gotten me closer to finally doing it then any other. Hopefully I can get it to work fully.
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Recovery just puts a base place where you can flash roms and stuff.
And if you get a bootloop on CM7.1 yes you will have to wipe all.
As for the recovery flash problem, try putting it on charge only and usb debugging. Then power off phone or just take out battery and reboot into bootloader. Go into fastboot again and try to flash recovery on again. Then try it.
Did you rename the recovery img to recovery? Or if it's not saved as recovery.img rename it to that.
I have it named recovery like it's supposed to be. Still get the green screen then the red exclamation mark.
What should happen when you first go into the fast boot? The reason I ask that is, when it first goes into the fast boot screen it takes a second or so to do it's thing. I see some text going on the screen real quick, and from what I can read of the text I see something about no image and can't read much else, then it is ready to use the volume up and down to make selections. Is that normal, the text part and all about no image? My phone works fine, just can get the steps in this tutorial to work.
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I have it named recovery like it's supposed to be. Still get the green screen then the red exclamation mark.
What should happen when you first go into the fast boot? The reason I ask that is, when it first goes into the fast boot screen it takes a second or so to do it's thing. I see some text going on the screen real quick, and from what I can read of the text I see something about no image and can't read much else, then it is ready to use the volume up and down to make selections. Is that normal, the text part and all about no image? My phone works fine, just can get the steps in this tutorial to work.
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When you go to the bootloader it scans for a PC36IMG.zip file. Normally if you were s-off that's how you would flash a recovery. Since your s-on unlocked the only thing that can be flashed in PC36IMG.zip format is a file signed by HTC like a RUU
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I got a chance to see some of the names of the missing files it lists when going into boot load. The PC36IMG.zip is one of them that says no image. So guessing that file isn't even there at all. I searched for a PC36IMG.zip file and put it in there and got more then I have seeme before on that screen. I had a blue progress meter on the right side. When it got done it said something about being too old and unsuccessful.
Also, I tried starting all over, even going into the htcdev site again. When I did that all the step worked, but when it's supposed to get to the screen where it tells you it will wipe your phone, that screen never comes up. Now I'm wondering if I can just start all the way over. Can I go into my phone and of I select factory reset, will it make the phone a totally stock phone again and change anything I might have changed? Not that I'm sure I have even changed anything at all to this point.
Removed the batter over and over till I could see the message that comes up very quickly when fast book first starts up. It reads:
Loading...[PC36DIAG.ZIP]
No Image!!!
Loading...[PC36DIAG.NBH]
No Image!!! or Wrong Image!!!
Loading...[PC36IMG.ZIP]
No Image!!!
Loading...[PC36IMG.NBH]
No Image!!! or Wrong Image!!!
Know where I go from here to correct things?
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Removed the batter over and over till I could see the message that comes up very quickly when fast book first starts up. It reads:
Loading...[PC36DIAG.ZIP]
No Image!!!
Loading...[PC36DIAG.NBH]
No Image!!! or Wrong Image!!!
Loading...[PC36IMG.ZIP]
No Image!!!
Loading...[PC36IMG.NBH]
No Image!!! or Wrong Image!!!
Know where I go from here to correct things?
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it shouldnt find a PC36IMG.zip file or the other. Only files in that can be flashed in that format is radios hboots splash screen RUUs recoveries. You shouldnt go around just flashing random things in the bootloader you can end up bricking your phone
Hello, I tried searching for this but came up empty. I have a completely stock Nexus 4, received the OTA push for 4.3. Phone has never been rooted. After going through the install process it showed the android on it's back with a red triangle and said error. After a restart the phone just sits at the Google screen!!! I'm I boned or is there a fix for this? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
Jesmuris said:
Hello, I tried searching for this but came up empty. I have a completely stock Nexus 4, received the OTA push for 4.3. Phone has never been rooted. After going through the install process it showed the android on it's back with a red triangle and said error. After a restart the phone just sits at the Google screen!!! I'm I boned or is there a fix for this? Any info would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!
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Try going into fastboot and flashing the stock rom from google.
gmaxpwnage said:
Try going into fastboot and flashing the stock rom from google.
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Not sure what mode I entered, Held vlm down + power. Says Fastboot Mode in red with a big green Start at the top. Options it gives me is Start, restart bootloader, recovery mode, and power off. If I try to enter Recovery mode it says no command. Don't see anything that allows me to reinstall
Jesmuris said:
Not sure what mode I entered, Held vlm down + power. Says Fastboot Mode in red with a big green Start at the top. Options it gives me is Start, restart bootloader, recovery mode, and power off. If I try to enter Recovery mode it says no command. Don't see anything that allows me to reinstall
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Ok, found out on the no command screen I can hold power and hit vlm up and it brings me to system recovery with these options. Reboot system, apply update from ADB, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition.
Not sure what to do sadly
Try following step:
1. Press Vol up and down and powerbutton same time to get to the fastboot mode as you mention.
2. Choice Recovery Mode and press power button. If you got luck you will see an android guy with red mark on the screen.
3. Press Vol Up and Power button same time for while don't let go it will pop up a list of option clean the cache and do factory reset, then reboot system.
If this method not working. Then hard method is flash your Nexus 4 with fastboot. Search the forum there few people already post how to flash 4.3 ROM with fastboot
Johnsonyc said:
Try following step:
1. Press Vol up and down and powerbutton same time to get to the fastboot mode as you mention.
2. Choice Recovery Mode and press power button. If you got luck you will see an android guy with red mark on the screen.
3. Press Vol Up and Power button same time for while don't let go it will pop up a list of option clean the cache and do factory reset, then reboot system.
If this method not working. Then hard method is flash your Nexus 4 with fastboot. Search the forum there few people already post how to flash 4.3 ROM with fastboot
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Ok thank you, trying this now will update:good:
Didn't work Will try other method
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Didn't work Will try other method
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Sorry to hear this bad news Hope the other method work for you!
Well, first try, couldn't get my PC to recognize fastboot in adb. Was getting frustrated beyond hell and had to walk away for a bit. Came back about an hour later and for some reason it finally recognized it... Back to the start screen like when I first bought the phone. So far working ok, except for being able to log into my google account... 2-step verification giving me issues now lol. Thank you again for your assistance. Very much appreciated!!:good::good:
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Well, first try, couldn't get my PC to recognize fastboot in adb. Was getting frustrated beyond hell and had to walk away for a bit. Came back about an hour later and for some reason it finally recognized it... Back to the start screen like when I first bought the phone. So far working ok, except for being able to log into my google account... 2-step verification giving me issues now lol. Thank you again for your assistance. Very much appreciated!!:good::good:
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I had a similar experience (kind of). I had issues side-loading 4.2.2 -> 4.3 on my N4. After it finished update and rebooted I got a black screen and nothing more. I ran through it and tried to update to 4.3 again, and then it worked.
Even though it worked I've been noticing issues with it. For example, I now can no longer uninstall anything. When I attempt to uninstall any app, the phone reboots. I'm backing up now with Titanium and am about to flash. I was hoping there would be a quick fix here, but such is life. Viva la impatience.
I have same problem my stock 4.2.2 stuck x boot load , did vol up+dwn +power now stuck in "Download Mode" do not unplug the device until the process is complete .
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I have same problem my stock 4.2.2 stuck x boot load , did vol up+dwn +power now stuck in "Download Mode" do not unplug the device until the process is complete .
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This is what I eventually followed to get mine working. I just did scenario 2 and that worked perfectly for me, so far no issues, just having to get things back to where I had them before. The second link is actually more detailed. Just make sure you follow step by step. I guess i could have not done step D10 but wanted to make sure this route worked for me. Thank you again for those who pointed me in the right direction
http://www.androidpolice.com/2013/0...-to-android-4-3-jwr66v-and-root-it-right-now/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=34552123&postcount=1
Jesmuris said:
Well, first try, couldn't get my PC to recognize fastboot in adb. Was getting frustrated beyond hell and had to walk away for a bit. Came back about an hour later and for some reason it finally recognized it... Back to the start screen like when I first bought the phone. So far working ok, except for being able to log into my google account... 2-step verification giving me issues now lol. Thank you again for your assistance. Very much appreciated!!:good::good:
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I have the exact same problem but not sure how to get my PC to recognize fastboot in adb mode...
FYI if you flash to stock android 4.3 and you have the 16 GB Nexus 4, make sure that after you re-flash you have the full 16 GB and not 8 GB (unless you want to re-setup your phone twice like me). If you get this problem you can wipe cache and data from recovery and voila, all of your free space is back.
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zpilot said:
I have the exact same problem but not sure how to get my PC to recognize fastboot in adb mode...
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If this is what I think it is, I was having the same problem. If I went into Control Panel on my PC and it would say that the driver is failing to load. To fix this I uninstalled the driver, rebooted, reinstalled Google USB Driver from the Android SDK Manager, restarted, and all was well after that.
I really have no explanation for why this fixed it, or it didn't work before, because other than fastboot, everything was working flawlessly with getting my phone to communicate with my PC.
I literally just got the 4.3 OTA update. Phone was fully charged... like 98%. I went ahead and let it update. It rebooted, and it got about 75% into updating and then the icon switched to the sideways android with the red caution symbol and said "Error". I let it sit there for awhile hoping it would do something. It didn't, so I held down power to reboot. It rebooted to the same icon, but now says "No command". I did the vol up/power to get into the wipe/reboot options. I went ahead and rebooted. Every single time... I see the Google logo for like a min, then to the sad android logo w/ "No command". Now I can't even get that far, the indicator light flashes red. I've read that indicates a totally drained battery. Not sure how it can go from full charged to fully drained in a matter of minutes. However on the issue of the error and no command, is my device dead? I've never rooted it or used custom roms. I got the N4 for the pure vanilla stock experience, so I never felt rooting was needed. Any advice? Should I just call Google and request replacement?
I would try a few things first before calling Google. Sometimes the battery doesn't show its correct percentage, it's pretty common on my N4 as far as I can tell. Maybe you've just run out of battery. Let it charge for half an hour or so and then try it again.
If you can't boot to system after that, turn off your phone, press and hold volume down and power buttons at the same time for a few seconds until it boots to bootloader. If you can't boot to bootloader after doing this let it charge for more time, an hour or two.
Sometimes, after the battery has run dry completely it is really hard to turn the phone on (I've even seen this behavior on my 7 years old Nokia). One question, does a charging animation shows up when you plug your phone?
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I would try a few things first before calling Google. Sometimes the battery doesn't show its correct percentage, it's pretty common on my N4 as far as I can tell. Maybe you've just run out of battery. Let it charge for half an hour or so and then try it again.
If you can't boot to system after that, turn off your phone, press and hold volume down and power buttons at the same time for a few seconds until it boots to bootloader. If you can't boot to bootloader after doing this let it charge for more time, an hour or two.
Sometimes, after the battery has run dry completely it is really hard to turn the phone on (I've even seen this behavior on my 7 years old Nokia). One question, does a charging animation shows up when you plug your phone?
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It's been charging now for a little over an hour. No animation or indication the battery may be drained other than the red indicator light when I try to go to into the boot loader. Still can't do anything. If I power it on, I see Google logo for awhile, then sad Android icon and "no command". If I try to go into bootloader, just red indicator light and black screen. All while plugged in.
I just don't understand how it went from fully charged to drained in minutes. It was plugged in for hours today. In fact I initiated the OTA update only about 20-30 min after taking it off the charger.
Unplug your device, press and hold the power and volume down buttons for a few seconds until it boots to the bootloader. Now plug your phone again and let it charge.
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Unplug your device, press and hold the power and volume down buttons for a few seconds until it boots to the bootloader. Now plug your phone again and let it charge.
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Alright, it's now been charging for 3 hours. I did what you just suggested. All that happens is I see a white Google logo for about 10 seconds, then it goes black. I think the device is off at this point. Stupid question I'm sure... I can't dock my phone to my computer to get any of my data at the "no command" screen can I? It needs to be fully booted, right?
Get into recovery, wipe cache, then it "should" boot.
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Get into recovery, wipe cache, then it "should" boot.
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Like I said above, I'm not able to. I hold down power + vol up and it just shows white Google logo then goes black.
Well hmmm. I just did power + vol down for the hell of it, and I have a menu. Selected "recovery mod" and it just went straight to the sad Android icon with "No command".
I'm not sure what to make of all the stuff I see on this menu...
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28754710/20130730_100302.jpg
Here is a short video of what I get from that menu when trying to go into recovery...
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/28754710/20130730_100936.mp4
For the sake of simplicity, learn how to use Fastboot. You should find more than enough information in the General section.
All you need to do is run this command in bootloader mode.
Code:
fastboot format cache
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Just saw the video, press vol up + power together in the recovery to access the menu.
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For the sake of simplicity, learn how to use Fastboot. You should find more than enough information in the General section.
All you need to do is run this command in bootloader mode.
Code:
fastboot format cache
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Just saw the video, press vol up + power together in the recovery to access the menu.
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Again... like I said before vol up + power does nothing. I can take a video if you like.
Disregard the above. Got it into recovery. I guess my pushing was off or something. I took the rigid case off and made it easier to press the vol button. Let's see what happens now.
Alright. Got into recovery, did a wipe data/factory reset, still no dice. This time it rebooted several times, Google white logo each time, then finally a sad Android icon with "No command". Guessing next step is to download it and try updating via ADB?... or just say screw it and call Google and initiate a replacement?
Alright, it is screwed. Long guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Short guide:
1. You need basically 3 things, the factory image, fastboot, and nexus 4 drivers
2. Download and setup all of them.
3. Extract the factory image tgz file TWICE until you see a folder.
4. Place "fastboot" into that folder.
5. Unlock your bootloader, shift + right click inside the folder, Open command window here. Run "fastboot oem unlock" and read the agreement (it's screwed anyway), select Yes if agree.
6. Once unlocked, run "flash-all".
7. Go running around your house for 10 mins.
Warning: This operation will wipe everything in your phone, if there's any crucial data, edit flash-all.bat to remove "-w" flag, and remove userdata.img in the occam zip.
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Or probably you can just get a toolkit...
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Alright, it is screwed. Long guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Short guide:
1. You need basically 3 things, the factory image, fastboot, and nexus 4 drivers
2. Download and setup all of them.
3. Extract the factory image tgz file TWICE until you see a folder.
4. Place "fastboot" into that folder.
5. Unlock your bootloader, shift + right click inside the folder, Open command window here. Run "fastboot oem unlock" and read the agreement (it's screwed anyway), select Yes if agree.
6. Once unlocked, run "flash-all".
7. Go running around your house for 10 mins.
Warning: This operation will wipe everything in your phone, if there's any crucial data, edit flash-all.bat to remove "-w" flag, and remove userdata.img in the occam zip.
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Or probably you can just get a toolkit...
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Thanks for your help. I appreciate it. I'm probably going to give this a try, couldn't get any worse. I think all data is gone anyhow when I did the factory reset option in the recovery, right? I did just call Google, they said I could get a replacement no problem, but that will probably take a week.
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Thanks for your help. I appreciate it. I'm probably going to give this a try, couldn't get any worse. I think all data is gone anyhow when I did the factory reset option in the recovery, right? I did just call Google, they said I could get a replacement no problem, but that will probably take a week.
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Yes, what he suggested should get you up and running again (if not, then yes your phone needs a replacement). I saw the video and the image. I'm pretty sure your system was wiped somehow and that's why you can't boot to it anymore. If what he suggested fails I can walk you through the steps to flash each factory image separately.
What would you do if the nexus 4 drivers wont install?
I have similar problem, I got the 4.3 update ota and it crashed half way through and now it gets stuck on the X logo. I was trying to follow a guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312) to install 4.3 back onto the device but failed at the first hurdle, when plugin the phone in it fails on the driver software installation - mtp usb device failed.
Is there any other way to do it?
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Thanks for your help. I appreciate it. I'm probably going to give this a try, couldn't get any worse. I think all data is gone anyhow when I did the factory reset option in the recovery, right? I did just call Google, they said I could get a replacement no problem, but that will probably take a week.
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unplug your phone. reboot into bootloader (vol down + power) but don't plug it in
downloaded the file posted in this topic from the google website.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44088784
once you download it, extract it to a folder
then open up flash_all.bat in notepad, and it will say -w near the end. remove that (leaving it would wipe all of your data) and save the file
then run it, it will say waiting for device. plug your phone in and it will start updating
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What would you do if the nexus 4 drivers wont install?
I have similar problem, I got the 4.3 update ota and it crashed half way through and now it gets stuck on the X logo. I was trying to follow a guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312) to install 4.3 back onto the device but failed at the first hurdle, when plugin the phone in it fails on the driver software installation - mtp usb device failed.
Is there any other way to do it?
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Which driver did you try to install? Naked Drivers 0.72? What OS (Win8, Win7, etc)?
Plug your device in, go to control panel, click on Device Manager, scan for hardware changes or select the device with a yellow exclamation mark. Click on "Update driver" and search for the drivers in your PC (where you downloaded them). That should work.
Just Boot from a ubuntu live cd, install fastboot with apt-get and get started
Gesendet von meinem Nexus 4 mit Tapatalk 4 Beta
I have a Verizon LG G2 I tried to flash my backed up stock recovery with Flashify so I could flash the most recent OTA. After accepting the OTA update my phone restarted, tried to install the update, hung at a black screen but was still turned on. If I power it off and back on it shows the LG logo, some white text, then goes to the same black screen. What appears to be happening is that my backup recovery did not restore properly and it's hanging when it tries to go into recovery. It's almost like my recovery partition is blank.
I've tried to follow the instructions to flash back to stock, but I do not believe I'm actually able to get my phone into download mode. When it is plugged into my windows 7 computer with the LG drivers installed it shows up in device manager as QHSUSB_BULK.
Is there any way for me to push a stock recovery, or even a custom recovery to my phone so I can somehow salvage it, or am I permanently bricked?
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I have a Verizon LG G2 I tried to flash my backed up stock recovery with Flashify so I could flash the most recent OTA. After accepting the OTA update my phone restarted, tried to install the update, hung at a black screen but was still turned on. If I power it off and back on it shows the LG logo, some white text, then goes to the same black screen. What appears to be happening is that my backup recovery did not restore properly and it's hanging when it tries to go into recovery. It's almost like my recovery partition is blank.
I've tried to follow the instructions to flash back to stock, but I do not believe I'm actually able to get my phone into download mode. When it is plugged into my windows 7 computer with the LG drivers installed it shows up in device manager as QHSUSB_BULK.
Is there any way for me to push a stock recovery, or even a custom recovery to my phone so I can somehow salvage it, or am I permanently bricked?
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I have the same exact problem. exactly the same. mine doesnt even show up for download mode. this sucks!
cgillie92 said:
I have the same exact problem. exactly the same. mine doesnt even show up for download mode. this sucks!
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I'm still trying to find a solution I will post here if i have any luck. I've dug through a lot of forum posts and I think what makes us unique is the fact that we have a corrupt or blank recovery partition.
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I'm still trying to find a solution I will post here if i have any luck. I've dug through a lot of forum posts and I think what makes us unique is the fact that we have a corrupt or blank recovery partition.
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Ive looked through a lot too. and its crazy how that would happen i made sure it was rebooting correctly before i took the ota and then when i did the ota bam! only screens i can get to come up are the hardware key control mode and the factory hard reset which both go to white screens after I do them both. every one else probably has not taken the ota.
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Ive looked through a lot too. and its crazy how that would happen i made sure it was rebooting correctly before i took the ota and then when i did the ota bam! only screens i can get to come up are the hardware key control mode and the factory hard reset which both go to white screens after I do them both. every one else probably has not taken the ota.
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One difference in what mine is doing and what your phone is doing. I go to a solid black screen not a white screen. It's very hard to tell my phone is even turned on. I'm having to look if the back-light to verify if it's on or not. I can hold my power button for 10 seconds through one LG logo cycle and then it turns off.
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One difference in what mine is doing and what your phone is doing. I go to a solid black screen not a white screen. It's very hard to tell my phone is even turned on. I'm having to look if the back-light to verify if it's on or not. I can hold my power button for 10 seconds through one LG logo cycle and then it turns off.
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I hope someone helps us out. I really cant afford a new one because the warranty is void. I was going back to stock because of all of the little bugs that need to be ironed out in roms. cause kit kat is around the corner hopefully and my problem virtually is the same i might have had my brightness on auto or something prior to that.
Foolow this tutorial to get your phone back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48765620
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Foolow this tutorial to get your phone back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48765620
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Thanks for the link. I'm tryingto follow the instructions,but when I get to the step where i plug in my phone it just showes up as a bunch of failes partitions, and slows my ubuntu to a crawl. I'm a linux noob, is there a command i can run to stop this from happening? I also created a reply asking this question in the link you sent me.
Thanks for the help.
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Foolow this tutorial to get your phone back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48765620
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After following the instructions on the above link i was able to get fastboot status on my phone. It did not fully restore my phone however. I was able to flash twrp via fastboot. I was then able to boot into twrp and run the command at this link via twrp terminal http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
Thanks to everyone for all your help.
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Thanks for the link. I'm tryingto follow the instructions,but when I get to the step where i plug in my phone it just showes up as a bunch of failes partitions, and slows my ubuntu to a crawl. I'm a linux noob, is there a command i can run to stop this from happening? I also created a reply asking this question in the link you sent me.
Thanks for the help.
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How did you get past the ubuntu slowing down? I cant win for ubuntu freezing due to all of the failed partitions either so close but yet so far =/
cgillie92 said:
How did you get past the ubuntu slowing down? I cant win for ubuntu freezing due to all of the failed partitions either so close but yet so far =/
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Ignore all the message, unplug you phone get ready to type the command, plug it in and immediately press enter to run the command. it took some trial and error, and i had to use this other post to help me out. I actually got fastboot working first, then used this post to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2477595 to get download mode working, and to flash twrp recovery. After that i used this post to run the command line from with twrp. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696 . I didn't have to flash the factory tot to my phone, but i have that option now because download mode is working. This process will work, there is hope for you getting your phone back. I'm fully recovered. I decided 12B is not worth it in the mean time, but if you want 12B you need to flash the factory tot and then upgrade. There is a way to root 12B, but as of this time you are unable to get Custom Recovery on it.
HI all,
I have just bought an open box nexus 10 which means its new but has been opened and apparently been tested to be working. the company i bought it off say they tested it working before sending it out to me..
I got it today and started it, it loaded fine then asked for me google details and wifi..
Once done it loaded fine and i was on the home screen, it then rebooted itself and then since then it has not been able to reboot, it says the white google then some colours start to come in from the sides and it reboots again..
I have tried to go into recovery and factory reset both cache and data but that didnt work..
I am just trying the nexus toolkit now but i have no idea of which version of android it is actually running right now or have any idea if USB debugging is activated but i assume it isnt as i have not had a chance to do it..
Any help would be greatly appreciated, i dont really want to return it as it is from a friends company and i got it at cost price and he has no stock left!
device information
Prod Name - Manta
H/W - 8
bootloader - MANTAMF01
Carrier info - none
Lock state - locked
Roboot mode flag - None
if any of that helps?
device information
Prod Name - Manta
H/W - 8
bootloader - MANTAMF01
Carrier info - none
Lock state - locked
Roboot mode flag - None
if any of that helps?
Do the colors make 4 circles and twirl around in a circle? If so your on KitKat. If it names an x shape your on jelly bean. Just use the toolkit select the version your on. I'm guessing your on 4.4 or 4.4.2 KitKat. Then select flash back to stock or whatever the option is. IRS all the way on the right.
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I have managed to go through one full cycle of trying to flash the 4.4.2 from the toolkit but it says failed remote - locked use fastboot oem unlock. then after that it simply says booting up your freshly flashed device...
But if i try to reboot it does the same thing, problem i am having is that the bootloop doesnt even allow the colours to merge from the sides it reboots even before they meet in the middle of the screen??
ANy idea what to do now?
ps thanks for the reply!
talboy said:
I have managed to go through one full cycle of trying to flash the 4.4.2 from the toolkit but it says failed remote - locked use fastboot oem unlock. then after that it simply says booting up your freshly flashed device...
But if i try to reboot it does the same thing, problem i am having is that the bootloop doesnt even allow the colours to merge from the sides it reboots even before they meet in the middle of the screen??
ANy idea what to do now?
ps thanks for the reply!
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OK. Open up the folder with the downloaded factory image from the toolkit. You'll find it under data/factory images I think in the toolkit files. Extract it. Are you familiar with adb? Because you'll need it. Copy the system, userdata, boot, and recovery images that we just extracted and paste them in the data folder. From there (I'm assuming you use windows) open a command window by holding shift and right clicking and you'll see the option. After that type "fastboot devices" then enter without the quotations and you should see you're device listed. (It needs to be connected in fast boot mode via USB cable). From there you need to use the commands "fastboot flash system system.img" repeat this with the boot, recovery, and userdata. But replace the system and system.img with the appropriate word fur example "fastboot flash boot boot.img" without quotes. That is a manual way of resetting. it should fix any soft ware issues. If that Durant work it might be a hard ware problem b and you might need to return it but in pretty sure it should.
Good luck and of you need any help or explanations just ask.
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OK. Open up the folder with the downloaded factory image from the toolkit. You'll find it under data/factory images I think in the toolkit files. Extract it. Are you familiar with adb? Because you'll need it. Copy the system, userdata, boot, and recovery images that we just extracted and paste them in the data folder. From there (I'm assuming you use windows) open a command window by holding shift and right clicking and you'll see the option. After that type "fastboot devices" then enter without the quotations and you should see you're device listed. (It needs to be connected in fast boot mode via USB cable). From there you need to use the commands "fastboot flash system system.img" repeat this with the boot, recovery, and userdata. But replace the system and system.img with the appropriate word fur example "fastboot flash boot boot.img" without quotes. That is a manual way of resetting. it should fix any soft ware issues. If that Durant work it might be a hard ware problem b and you might need to return it but in pretty sure it should.
Good luck and of you need any help or explanations just ask.
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Massive thanks for this explanation..
I am not sure what ADB is? do i need to have any specific software or do i simply follow the instructios that you have given?
Just follow the instructions. Normally you'd need to download a package but that comes with the wug tool kit so your all ready to go.
Also If you want to unlock the bootloader beforehand type in "fastboot oem unlock" it'll make it easier if you ever want to flash a custom rom or recovery later because it wipes all your days and since you have no data you might as well do it now. But if your not interested in ROM then don't bother.
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Just follow the instructions. Normally you'd need to download a package but that comes with the wug tool kit so your all ready to go.
Also If you want to unlock the bootloader beforehand type in "fastboot oem unlock" it'll make it easier if you ever want to flash a custom rom or recovery later because it wipes all your days and since you have no data you might as well do it now. But if your not interested in ROM then don't bother.
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ok so i am stuck right at the start, im sorry! So to open the command prompt i hold shift and right click, there is no option for command prompt? Should i just open CMD as normal?
talboy said:
ok so i am stuck right at the start, im sorry! So to open the command prompt i hold shift and right click, there is no option for command prompt? Should i just open CMD as normal?
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You need to be in the folder. Open the folder then hold shift then open it. Is that what you did?
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You need to be in the folder. Open the folder then hold shift then open it. Is that what you did?
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Sorry i got it, right click when in the data folder.. command open with the wugfresh development
just going through the process now as i type.. first one failed saying invalid partition but then said about flashboot oem unlock so i have done that first and it now seems to be allowing the system.img to be flashed..
fingers crossed it works!
ok flashed all of the .img resterted it and now it just says google on the screen with an unlocked padlock at the bottom, been like that for 30 secs so far, seems to have done somehting as previously it was just going into the animation and restarting..
Should i be doing a factory reset?
talboy said:
ok flashed all of the .img resterted it and now it just says google on the screen with an unlocked padlock at the bottom, been like that for 30 secs so far, seems to have done somehting as previously it was just going into the animation and restarting..
Should i be doing a factory reset?
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If it shows the Google image then there's a kernel so the boot image was successful but if it doesn't go past it means you have no ROM so the system flash must have failed. Terry flashing system again. Sorry for the late response
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no problem thanks for the help so far!! just reflashed system this time it it is coming up with the google sign and unlocked pad and its doing the same as before now...
its just starting the animation for a milisec then rebooting...
any idea?
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no problem thanks for the help so far!! just reflashed system this time it it is coming up with the google sign and unlocked pad and its doing the same as before now...
its just starting the animation for a milisec then rebooting...
any idea?
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I'm not sure why it isn't working
Well now that your boot loader is unlocked you can try the toolkit again and see of it works. Use the option that says factory reset or unbrick or whatever it says and choose stuck in bootloop. Then follow the instructions if that v doesn't work is recommend locking the bootloader using "fastboot oem lock" and trying to return it.
Or you could wait a little and see if someo else has ideas. Try the toolkit again first though
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thanks man you have been super helpful an di appreciate it a lot, hopefully it starts to work if not at least we gave it a chance.
Ill try the toolkit again and see if that does anything if not then back it goes!
retried the toolkit same thing, no joy still doesnt work...
thanks for the help..
does anyone else have any ideas? if not back it goes tomorrow
talboy said:
retried the toolkit same thing, no joy still doesnt work...
thanks for the help..
does anyone else have any ideas? if not back it goes tomorrow
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Make sure if you return it to do the lock bootloader command first.
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