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Ok my battery was draining at a faster rate than normal so i figured I'd reboot my phone. Once I shut down my phone and hit the power button it boot into fastboot mode. I am literally the most basic Nexus 4 user meaning, I've never rooted, unlocked, flashed or done anything to my phone. I simply just don't know how to do any of this stuff so it's not like I was tinkering with anything.
I searched online and I went into recovery mode and tried to reset the phone and wipe the partition and it just reboots to the fastboot mode. I honestly have no clue what went wrong. Again, I know nothing about root and stuff but there must be a solution right or am I the first person to ever brick their completely stock phone by trying to restart it? I figure some of the awesome people on here what know what to do or to simplify some steps to fixing this. Thanks in advance.
Sounds like your volume down key might be stuck (as holding that when you power on is how you get to fastboot).
If it's not that then maybe you should try downloading the factory image from here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images and letting that install.
I don't think the button is stuck.
Your device needs to be in fastboot mode, with the bootloader unlocked. The relevant key combinations and commands are documented on the page about building for devices.
You need to uncompress each download before use, which creates a new directory for that exact download. That directory contains a ./flash-all.sh script, which handles the various operations, installs the necessary bootloader, baseband firmware(s), and operating system. Note that this operation deletes all user data by default.
After restoring a factory image, it is recommended that you lock the bootloader, for security reasons.
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Sounds like your volume down key might be stuck (as holding that when you power on is how you get to fastboot).
If it's not that then maybe you should try downloading the factory image from here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images and letting that install.
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Definitely not the volume down key. I'm able to navigate with volume rocker in fastboot.
Alex_Dreyk said:
I don't think the button is stuck.
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are u able to get to the bootloader and recovery
One3OneKing said:
Definitely not the volume down key. I'm able to navigate with volume rocker in fastboot.
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I picked an instrucktion form the link below.
As you have already wiped it do as in instruction
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are u able to get to the bootloader and recovery
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yes, I can get to recovery. can i get to the bootloader?how would i get there, no clue. lol
Bootloader = fastboot
Try the factory image flash.
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Bootloader = fastboot
Try the factory image flash.
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I kind of have an idea of how to do that but a link to a set of instructions would be great. I've looked but most people have rooted and installed computer programs so I didnt know what exactly I would need to do in my completely stock scenario.
One3OneKing said:
I kind of have an idea of how to do that but a link to a set of instructions would be great. I've looked but most people have rooted and installed computer programs so I didnt know what exactly I would need to do in my completely stock scenario.
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Dear if you have not rooted it. your stock rom has not gone any where...
Goto recovery and then press volume up key and power button. keep holding for like 10 secs and u will be get into the system. However, check that your volume down key is not pressed
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Dear if you have not rooted it. your stock rom has not gone any where...
Goto recovery and then press volume up key and power button. keep holding for like 10 secs and u will be get into the system. However, check that your volume down key is not pressed
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No luck. This is crazy, I literally don't know what happened...:crying:
Have u downloaded the sender image file as described in previous posts
Sent from my Nexus 4
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Ok my battery was draining at a faster rate than normal so i figured I'd reboot my phone. Once I shut down my phone and hit the power button it boot into fastboot mode. I am literally the most basic Nexus 4 user meaning, I've never rooted, unlocked, flashed or done anything to my phone. I simply just don't know how to do any of this stuff so it's not like I was tinkering with anything.
I searched online and I went into recovery mode and tried to reset the phone and wipe the partition and it just reboots to the fastboot mode. I honestly have no clue what went wrong. Again, I know nothing about root and stuff but there must be a solution right or am I the first person to ever brick their completely stock phone by trying to restart it? I figure some of the awesome people on here what know what to do or to simplify some steps to fixing this. Thanks in advance.
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Being that you haven't unlocked or rooted the phone its most likely a hardware problem. If you bought it from Google RMA
From my BLACKED OUT N4
Before RMA'ing try the factory image. You don't need instructions, you just run a .bat file while in fastboot. What have you git to lose?
if you wiped your partitions, then you dont have a rom on your phone. flashing the factory img via fastboot would fix that.
simms22 said:
if you wiped your partitions, then you dont have a rom on your phone. flashing the factory img via fastboot would fix that.
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You can't wipe /system from stock recovery, so he didn't do that.
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You can't wipe /system from stock recovery, so he didn't do that.
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i havent seen the stock recovery in a loooooooooong time, just going by what he wrote in his post :angel:
heres his quote, and thats what happens exactly when you dont have a rom stalled on the device..
I searched online and I went into recovery mode and tried to reset the phone and wipe the partition and it just reboots to the fastboot mode
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i havent seen the stock recovery in a loooooooooong time, just going by what he wrote in his post :angel:
heres his quote, and thats what happens exactly when you dont have a rom stalled on the device..
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I'm guessing he wiped data and/or cache. If he truly is stock like he says then he didn't wipe his /system partition.
My phone got messed up once and I couldn't make or restore nandroids nor boot past the CM boot image, and it ended up being because my /data partition got corrupted. No idea how. I had to flash stock Google images to get it to boot. it happened during normal use of the phone.
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I'm guessing he wiped data and/or cache. If he truly is stock like he says then he didn't wipe his /system partition.
My phone got messed up once and I couldn't make or restore nandroids nor boot past the CM boot image, and it ended up being because my /data partition got corrupted. No idea how. I had to flash stock Google images to get it to boot. it happened during normal use of the phone.
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yea, if had my data partition get corrupted too, wouldnt finish booting. flashing the stock img fixed it quick. but it was my own fault.. bennchmarking at 1890mhz with fsync turned off
I ended up just taking advantage of my warranty and I'll get a new one. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions and tips. I'm still trying to figure out why simply turning off the phone to restart it caused this to happen. It makes no sense.
Hi all... I have an at&t d800 that was running stock, rooted, and using Xposed. I was at work when I noticed that it was on the recovery TWRP screen. Weird I thought as I didn't restart it. I was having no issues with it prior. When I tried to reboot to system, it went right back to bootscreen. So I did a complete wipe and tried a system restore to a nandroid stock backup. reboot continues to go to the TWRP home screen... anyone have suggestions? I have a feeling its going to take a factory restore of some sort, but wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions beforehand. I can turn it off and on, but cannot get past the recovery home screen.
Thanks...
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Hi all... I have an at&t d800 that was running stock, rooted, and using Xposed. I was at work when I noticed that it was on the recovery TWRP screen. Weird I thought as I didn't restart it. I was having no issues with it prior. When I tried to reboot to system, it went right back to bootscreen. So I did a complete wipe and tried a system restore to a nandroid stock backup. reboot continues to go to the TWRP home screen... anyone have suggestions? I have a feeling its going to take a factory restore of some sort, but wanted to see if anyone had any suggestions beforehand. I can turn it off and on, but cannot get past the recovery home screen.
Thanks...
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try flashing another rom, if that doesnt work use the LG software from PC to recover
G1_enthusiast said:
try flashing another rom, if that doesnt work use the LG software from PC to recover
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Yea that was the first thing I tried to do after the nandroid didn't work... still doesn't work. boots into recovery every time.
Didn't want to have to do the LG stock firmware but it looks like I'm going to have to... wish I knew what would've caused it to randomly do that. Wasn't playing with the phone or anything...
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Yea that was the first thing I tried to do after the nandroid didn't work... still doesn't work. boots into recovery every time.
Didn't want to have to do the LG stock firmware but it looks like I'm going to have to... wish I knew what would've caused it to randomly do that. Wasn't playing with the phone or anything...
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Same thing happened to me, I rebooted and then noticed that the at&t update went through automatically without permission, popup said phone will reboot in 30 seconds, on reboot I am stuck on TWRP, every reboot is back to recovery screen.
Looking for a way now to get some kinda ROM on phone, at&t has really pissed me off.
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Same thing happened to me, I rebooted and then noticed that the at&t update went through automatically without permission, popup said phone will reboot in 30 seconds, on reboot I am stuck on TWRP, every reboot is back to recovery screen.
Looking for a way now to get some kinda ROM on phone, at&t has really pissed me off.
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That's exactly what it is for me. Only they did the download while I was working. Bastards. I'm currently downloading the zip file from that link where we do the firmware reload and uproot and go back to stock... the host site is brutal... downloading at 115 kb/sec... once this is down I'll just stay unroot and get the update and move on for a bit. Wait until the kitkat alphas are in release mode.
I'll post with results when it's complete.
Man after reading Some of these horror stories I'm nervous about flashing twrp just got phone 2 days ago and I'm rooted with twrp ready to flash with flashify. I am brand new to this phone and Im not filmiliar with what some stuff you guys are talking about. I guess I should start with a lot if reading. Hope u guys fix your phone's..good luck.
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I am currently hosed by this as well. Those bastards!
I can't even get to download mode to restore the stock tot file.
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Can you guys get to download mode?
Barsky said:
I am currently hosed by this as well. Those bastards!
I can't even get to download mode to restore the stock tot file.
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Can you guys get to download mode?
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Can not get into download mode either, I tried sideload adb and was able to flash stock rom and I tried CleanROM 2.0, recovery bootloop anyways, I have a copy of backup lg g2 recovery from flashify but I have no idea how to flash that.
Starting to understand the main disadvantage to this phone when compared to Samsung and Nexus. Nexus 5 looking real good right about now.
wow. if they bricked our phones this will be the last business I ever do with att or lg. This is inexcusable.
Barsky said:
wow. if they bricked our phones this will be the last business I ever do with att or lg. This is inexcusable.
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I can't get into download mode either.... This is surreal - Never had this issue before.. Am I without a phone right now? I can't do a damn thing here...
This seems malicious
I knew not to run the OTA - I chose to postpone or ignore the notice from AT&T -- it looks like they pushed it through without my OK and ended up bricking my phone.... can anyone verify a workaround to get into download mode??
I really hope there's a workaround here.... I can't belive that I would be the only one this happened to because I made no selection to run the OTA -- it pushed itself through without my authorization, so I gotta imagine it did the same to a lot of other people here.... Hoping for a response by morning.. Thanks!
Just to confirm some facts about this update....
Are you rooted?
Are you on a custom recovery. If so, twrp or cwm?
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Just to confirm some facts about this update....
Are you rooted?
Are you on a custom recovery. If so, twrp or cwm?
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Rooted with latest twrp recovery. Cannot boot into download mode for the uproot post...
mholmes05 said:
Rooted with latest twrp recovery. Cannot boot into download mode for the uproot post...
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Same. I have to believe cwm or twrp has no bearing on our situation. Hoping our very wise devs figure something out for us
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Rooted with latest twrp recovery. Cannot boot into download mode for the uproot post...
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+1
This has happened to me also. With my s4 .att pushed update in middle of night and it messed my phone up. Anyhow after two days or so of arguing with att they agreed on a eairly upgrade replacement and I got brand new lg g2 instead of a refurbished s4 .so now I am learning about this phone and I just took the new update. I rooted and was getting ready to flash twrp threw via flashify but I think now im gunna chill with just being rooted until I get a chance to do a lot of reading I guess before I go flashing anything..
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Isn't there something that could be froze to prevent OTA's from coming through?
EDIT: Also, what is the Software version for said update?
EDIT2: Nevermind, found that it's D80010o.. i'm still D80010d.
EDIT3: For those stuck in the bootloop, have you tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
Apparently the bastards will only allow you to decline downloading it up to 3 times at 4 hours per decline, then it 'automagically' downloads and installs itself.
I saw that info on the AT&T website for the LG G2 update, they are such asses.
I used Titanium Backup to search for 'update' and then froze that. That is the easiest way to fix it for now, but, will cost you some money to buy titanium backup. Other apps can probably freeze stuff too tho.
There are other apps/processes running in the background, but, the one I froze was the update after I d/l'd it to my phone, but, chose not to run it. Later on I will disable the rest of the BS on this phone so it won't be AT&T'ified.
There is a 'Cleantool' somebody here on XDA wrote that can run via ADB and remove all the AT&T crap, but, I wanted to make a nandroid backup of the configured initial setup before I start carving the turkey so to speak.
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EDIT3: For those stuck in the bootloop, have you tried this? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
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I'm not sure if that will work or not, my knowledge of Linux and the phones is too limited to say. It was however originally intended for Verizon phones as I'm sure you realize.
Just wanted to point that out so that nobody tries it and potentially messes up their D800 to a state that can't be fixed later on when hopefully some kind soul cleans up after AT&T flaming bag of dog poop they just left on our doorstep.
I recently bit off more way outside my realm by purchasing an LG G2 (verizon) off ebay that apparently already had Clockworkmod Recovery installed. I haven't done this rooting stuff before, but I figured this would be a good chance to start.
It seemed to have the stock rom on it as well, but I accidently click "yes" so some verizon update thing, and now it only boots up to the main screen of ClockWorkMod Recovery v6.0.4.4. I realize this was my first mistake.
So, I figured that I would install a custom rom, and I found the Gummy-2.1-12-30-13-NIGHTLY-vs980.zip as a good choice. I wiped all of the data and caches and begun. I did the install zip from sideload--> and followed the instructions with the "adb sideload <filename>" in windows command. It seemed to have installed correctly. The Gummy ASCII logo came up, as it said the kernal was flashed and installation was complete
However, when I reboot the system, it simply goes make to the main screen of the ClockworkMod Recovery screen. I have no idea what to do next. Any help would be very, very appreciated.
EDIT: I have progress with datechnerd's help.
First, I installed TWRP, which oddly enough CWM accepted an installiation of just fine. TWRP seems much better with more options.
Then I wiped all of the caches/system. Then I followed datechnerd as follows:
in twrp go to advanced
go to terminal
click select
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dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota
afterwords try booting, if no boot go back to recovery and flash rom
The rom was the original Rom, not an altered one. Gummy now loads just fine.
Now my problem is that my sim card is not being recognized, but this is a great start at least. Thanks again.
ionvortex said:
I recently bit off more way outside my realm by purchasing an LG G2 (verizon) off ebay that apparently already had Clockworkmod Recovery installed. I haven't done this rooting stuff before, but I figured this would be a good chance to start.
It seemed to have the stock rom on it as well, but I accidently click "yes" so some verizon update thing, and now it only boots up to the main screen of ClockWorkMod Recovery v6.0.4.4. I realize this was my first mistake.
So, I figured that I would install a custom rom, and I found the Gummy-2.1-12-30-13-NIGHTLY-vs980.zip as a good choice. I wiped all of the data and caches and begun. I did the install zip from sideload--> and followed the instructions with the "adb sideload <filename>" in windows command. It seemed to have installed correctly. The Gummy ASCII logo came up, as it said the kernal was flashed and installation was complete
However, when I reboot the system, it simply goes make to the main screen of the ClockworkMod Recovery screen. I have no idea what to do next. Any help would be very, very appreciated.
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try again? try a different rom? did you wipe system before flashing?
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try again? try a different rom? did you wipe system before flashing?
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Thanks for checking out this thread.
I have tried several time. With one rom, it would remain stock at the installing part. The Gummy Rom I have sideloaded several times, clearing the cache/data, etc between each time. Each time it says it is installed, but upon reboot it only goes back to CWM. I will try several other Roms, but I think I may either be messing up the process, or that the verizon update messed something up for me that I am unsure of
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Thanks for checking out this thread.
I have tried several time. With one rom, it would remain stock at the installing part. The Gummy Rom I have sideloaded several times, clearing the cache/data, etc between each time. Each time it says it is installed, but upon reboot it only goes back to CWM. I will try several other Roms, but I think I may either be messing up the process, or that the verizon update messed something up for me that I am unsure of
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sh*t it is the update... which rom do you want to use?
let me know and I'll throw a line in the rom to fix that for you
datechnerd said:
sh*t it is the update... which rom do you want to use?
let me know and I'll throw a line in the rom to fix that for you
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Wow, that would be really nice of you. I'll use whichever ROM is the easiest for you to do this CM, ParanoidAndroid, whichever. The Team Gummy rom (Gummy-2.1-12-30-13-NIGHTLY-vs980) was one that seemed to at least in theory be loading on my device. Right now I just feel foolish like I've bricked my device, so anything that makes it usable would be really helpful.
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Wow, that would be really nice of you. I'll use whichever ROM is the easiest for you to do this CM, ParanoidAndroid, whichever. The Team Gummy rom (Gummy-2.1-12-30-13-NIGHTLY-vs980) was one that seemed to at least in theory be loading on my device. Right now I just feel foolish like I've bricked my device, so anything that makes it usable would be really helpful.
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alright im downloading the nightly gummy, says itll be an hour, then theres the time of the edit, then the time of the upload
hopefully I'll have it up before midnight central time
Sorry to hijack your thread, but I have a problem like this. I also accidentally got the Verizon software update before I rooted, and I'm trying to get the gummy lot last rom, but I am not even able to install the ROM. It gets to the end, and then says there is a Loki error. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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alright im downloading the nightly gummy, says itll be an hour, then theres the time of the edit, then the time of the upload
hopefully I'll have it up before midnight central time
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Damn, you've made quite an impression representing this community. I will stay and learn the ways of the wild.
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Sorry to hijack your thread, but I have a problem like this. I also accidentally got the Verizon software update before I rooted, and I'm trying to get the gummy lot last rom, but I am not even able to install the ROM. It gets to the end, and then says there is a Loki error. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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I have the Dec 28th nightly for 12b but I'll do Dec 30th here shortly
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ionvortex said:
Damn, you've made quite an impression representing this community. I will stay and learn the ways of the wild.
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Yeah... I feel like I the g2 finally has the kind of support it needs with me here
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I have the Dec 28th nightly for 12b but I'll do Dec 30th here shortly
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Sweet! Thank you so much.
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Damn, you've made quite an impression representing this community. I will stay and learn the ways of the wild.
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here your fix http://www.mediafire.com/download/gcewqw5chc18tlt/Gummy-vs980.zip
hopefully, let me know if it doesn't work
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Damn, you've made quite an impression representing this community. I will stay and learn the ways of the wild.
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have to agree...
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alright im downloading the nightly gummy, says itll be an hour, then theres the time of the edit, then the time of the upload
hopefully I'll have it up before midnight central time
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hey your awesome...We appreciate it..Hopefully they will hit the thanks button
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hopefully, let me know if it doesn't work
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Thank you so much. It hasn't worked on my first try, but I will keep trying
During install:
E: Error in /tmp/update.zip
Status 6
Installation Aborted
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Thank you so much. It hasn't worked on my first try, but I will keep trying
During install:
E: Error in /tmp/update.zip
Status 6
Installation Aborted
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did you wipe cache, dalvik, and system before flash?
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Sweet! Thank you so much.
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heres gummy nightly 12/30 for 12b
http://www.mediafire.com/download/2xe5cgf5k7kwj1r/Gummy-12-30-vs98012b.zip
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did you wipe cache, dalvik, and system before flash?
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Yes, I wiped all of those before doing the install. Maybe there is no turning back once someone clicks on the verizon update?
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Yes, I wiped all of those before doing the install. Maybe there is no turning back once someone clicks on the verizon update?
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there is i did it, but i had twrp so it was a lot easier
go to sideload again
but this time
Code:
adb shell
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota of=/sdcard/fota-backup.img
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota
if that works flash the rom that i didn't edit
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there is i did it, but i had twrp so it was a lot easier
go to sideload again
but this time
Code:
adb shell
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota of=/sdcard/fota-backup.img
dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/fota
if that works flash the rom that i didn't edit
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I have been sideloading using the command prompt in windows with my device connected to my computer via USB. In CMR, when you click to "install zip from sideload," you can install a rom by simply writing "adb sideload <romhere.zip>". The above command that you have provided does not have any effect in windows command prompt/. I clearly have a lot of reading to do about this adb stuff, as there seems to be another way to load these roms. I apologize for being way out of my league with this stuff.
Edit: I wonder if it's possible for me to change over to TWRP. IT seems that is more stable and works with your "fix." Do you think the verizon update will prevent me from doing that as well?
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I have been sideloading using the command prompt in windows with my device connected to my computer via USB. In CMR, when you click to "install zip from sideload," you can install a rom by simply writing "adb sideload <romhere.zip>". The above command that you have provided does not have any effect in windows command prompt/. I clearly have a lot of reading to do about this adb stuff, as there seems to be another way to load these roms. I apologize for being way out of my league with this stuff.
Edit: I wonder if it's possible for me to change over to TWRP. IT seems that is more stable and works with your "fix." Do you think the verizon update will prevent me from doing that as well?
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You couldn't type
adb shell
Then the following two lines?
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You couldn't type
adb shell
Then the following two lines?
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Is that code for the command prompt in windows? adb shell says error: closed for me. I feel like I am just doing this all wrong
Edit: somehow, it let me switch over to TWRP. So I am going to figure out how that works, hoping it will work now. Thanks for your patience.
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Is that code for the command prompt in windows? adb shell says error: closed for me. I feel like I am just doing this all wrong
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Yeah...
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/g2vzw/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-g2vzw.zip
Try sideloading that
Hi fellow XDA-ers,
I am sorry to say I was too overconfident this time and while attempting to reset my phone, and i bricked it (i think).
So I was updating my N910F to the latest build of the official CM12.1, but I kept receiving weird problems such as no audio when taking videos, or random force closes. Since i hadn't done a wipe in a while (approx 3 months) i thought I'd do it before installing the latest build.
I booted into TWRP recovery, and then did an advanced wipe, and wiped system, data, cache and dalvik (i.e. everything but the ext sd card and the internal storage). I wanted to be thorough you see...
I then attempted to reboot the recovery before doing the installation, but I accidentally pressed system instead of recovery in the reboot menu.
Now my phone only gets to the samsung splash screen, waits for about 3 seconds and then closes again. I have to remove the battery and reinsert it again to get it to repeat this. Plugging it into the PC doesn't allow it to start. I can't reach recovery (otherwise this would be simple!). What can i do?
I would appreciate any and all help you can offer! please help!!
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Hi fellow XDA-ers,
I am sorry to say I was too overconfident this time and while attempting to reset my phone, and i bricked it (i think).
So I was updating my N910F to the latest build of the official CM12.1, but I kept receiving weird problems such as no audio when taking videos, or random force closes. Since i hadn't done a wipe in a while (approx 3 months) i thought I'd do it before installing the latest build.
I booted into TWRP recovery, and then did an advanced wipe, and wiped system, data, cache and dalvik (i.e. everything but the ext sd card and the internal storage). I wanted to be thorough you see...
I then attempted to reboot the recovery before doing the installation, but I accidentally pressed system instead of recovery in the reboot menu.
Now my phone only gets to the samsung splash screen, waits for about 3 seconds and then closes again. I have to remove the battery and reinsert it again to get it to repeat this. Plugging it into the PC doesn't allow it to start. I can't reach recovery (otherwise this would be simple!). What can i do?
I would appreciate any and all help you can offer! please help!!
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Don't be scared mate, I know it looks ugly but I doesn't, here what you need to do:
first of all try to boot into DOWNLOAD mode, if you can, then you are FINE, power off the phone and press and hold Volume down+home+power for about 5 sec then let them go, phone will boot into DOWNLOAD mode, then
go to www.sammobile.com and download the latest firmware for your device model,
download Odin, there on sammobile website they have the instructions and everything you need,
read and follow all steps and instructions
after downloading the firmware you gonna unzipped and extract the odin file, then
open Odin, Click PDA and navigate to the file you extracted,
then click start, PHONE MUST BE ON DOWNLOAD MODE
This will restore your phone from factory, everything will be wiped, just to let you know, you gonna end having like a brand new phone, now after that, you can root your phone again, and be more carefull fashing roms,
If helped please use the Thanks Button, god bless, cheers:fingers-crossed:
yoniinfante said:
Don't be scared mate, I know it looks ugly but I doesn't, here what you need to do:
first of all try to boot into DOWNLOAD mode, if you can, then you are FINE, power off the phone and press and hold Volume down+home+power for about 5 sec then let them go, phone will boot into DOWNLOAD mode, then
go to (link) and download the latest firmware for your device model,
download Odin, there on sammobile website they have the instructions and everything you need,
read and follow all steps and instructions
after downloading the firmware you gonna unzipped and extract the odin file, then
open Odin, Click PDA and navigate to the file you extracted,
then click start, PHONE MUST BE ON DOWNLOAD MODE
This will restore your phone from factory, everything will be wiped, just to let you know, you gonna end having like a brand new phone, now after that, you can root your phone again, and be more carefull fashing roms,
If helped please use the Thanks Button, god bless, cheers:fingers-crossed:
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Hi, thanks for your reply
Before restoring I did a full backup on titaniumBackup so I'm not worried at all about resetting the phone to stock. Trouble is, i can't get to download mode. The phone dies before I can get it to that mode. Is there a way to force it into download mode?
thanks so much for replying so quick!
thefirstguyafterthatguy said:
Hi, thanks for your reply
Before restoring I did a full backup on titaniumBackup so I'm not worried at all about resetting the phone to stock. Trouble is, i can't get to download mode. The phone dies before I can get it to that mode. Is there a way to force it into download mode?
thanks so much for replying so quick!
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[edit] managed to get it into download mode after unplugging it from the PC
thanks so much! it's great to see the phone reply for once!
will follow your steps and report on how it goes
thefirstguyafterthatguy said:
[edit] managed to get it into download mode after unplugging it from the PC
thanks so much! it's great to see the phone reply for once!
will follow your steps and report on how it goes
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that's very good news to read, follow all steps very carefully, im sure everything will be ok, let us know, cheers:fingers-crossed:
yoniinfante said:
that's very good news to read, follow all steps very carefully, im sure everything will be ok, let us know, cheers:fingers-crossed:
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It lives!
It works perfectly now! thank you so much! I have been rooting for many years now so I thought I knew it all! Guess we learn something new everyday
Speaking of which, if you are willing, can you please explain what went wrong? I would like to know what I did so I can better understand my mistake. I am sure it has to do with what i deleted from the advanced wipe menu? What happens if i wipe and then restart?
Thanks again friend, very quick, friendly and helpful.
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It lives!
It works perfectly now! thank you so much! I have been rooting for many years now so I thought I knew it all! Guess we learn something new everyday
Speaking of which, if you are willing, can you please explain what went wrong? I would like to know what I did so I can better understand my mistake. I am sure it has to do with what i deleted from the advanced wipe menu? What happens if i wipe and then restart?
Thanks again friend, very quick, friendly and helpful.
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well, for my understand this is where you made a mistake I then attempted to reboot the recovery before doing the installation, but I accidentally pressed system instead of recovery in the reboot menu.
after wiping everything you phone doesn't have anything to boot, ive done it before as well, nothing wrong with that, that's the only cost, booting to factory again, but it was good you had everything backed up with titanium, just like me lol, you already know next time just go easy thru recovery, cheers:fingers-crossed:
Hey everyone, I have a really frustrating problem, I am currently able to boot into TWRP via hardware method and ADB can see my device as well. However I have tried to install a stock system image through TWRP and I have also tried to install another TWRP backup that a user had posted in the Q&A forum. At one time I was able to successfully boot into the system but my device said encryption unsuccessful. After wiping the system partition and trying to install these images through TWRP I am still unable to boot into the system. Whenever I install them my phone will reboot into TWRP. I am at a loss as to what to do. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions I would appreciate it.
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Hey everyone, I have a really frustrating problem, I am currently able to boot into TWRP via hardware method and ADB can see my device as well. However I have tried to install a stock system image through TWRP and I have also tried to install another TWRP backup that a user had posted in the Q&A forum. At one time I was able to successfully boot into the system but my device said encryption unsuccessful. After wiping the system partition and trying to install these images through TWRP I am still unable to boot into the system. Whenever I install them my phone will reboot into TWRP. I am at a loss as to what to do. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions I would appreciate it.
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I saw your other post in the other thread, but couldn't reply for some reason.. did you wipe the internal storage before restore?
Yes I did wipe the internal storage, I actually wiped everything the first time I tried to get everything in order and that was my original problem by wiping the system. I didn't realize that wiping internal storage would cause issues but that could have been one of the culprits. I think what finally solved my issue is I installed a deodexed rom and then powered down my device instead of rebooting and it booted up the rom. I had to flash SuperSU from a zip because for some reason the one that was preinstalled with that rom didn't install properly. So I installed the SuperSU zip and I am now officially rooted. Lesson learned DON'T WIPE SYSTEM OR INTERNAL STORAGE lol. I should have known better I have been rooting for awhile now, I just wasn't paying attention it happens to the best of us sometimes. Thanks for your help.
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Yes I did wipe the internal storage, I actually wiped everything the first time I tried to get everything in order and that was my original problem by wiping the system. I didn't realize that wiping internal storage would cause issues but that could have been one of the culprits. I think what finally solved my issue is I installed a deodexed rom and then powered down my device instead of rebooting and it booted up the rom. I had to flash SuperSU from a zip because for some reason the one that was preinstalled with that rom didn't install properly. So I installed the SuperSU zip and I am now officially rooted. Lesson learned DON'T WIPE SYSTEM OR INTERNAL STORAGE lol. I should have known better I have been rooting for awhile now, I just wasn't paying attention it happens to the best of us sometimes. Thanks for your help.
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I've been rooting for a while myself but messed up I'm stuck in twrp and don't know how to get it the phone back on! your help would be glady appreciated .
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I've been rooting for a while myself but messed up I'm stuck in twrp and don't know how to get it the phone back on! your help would be glady appreciated .
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I used the deodexed ROM that is in the development forum. If I can upload it here I will if not just download it put it on your SD card and flash it. It may take a couple tries though I would suggest powering down your phone instead of rebooting it. Then turn it on and it should boot into the new rom. It's basically the same stock rom that our phone comes with. You may have to flash Chainfires SUPERSU zip that's in one of the threads. These steps should get you up and running again. Also if you can see your internal storage you're not encrypted. Hopefully that works for you. Let me know how it goes.
I wasnt able to upload the file from my phone. Just download it from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/h918-stock-deodex-debloat-t3499423/page5
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I wasnt able to upload the file from my phone. Just download it from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/h918-stock-deodex-debloat-t3499423/page5
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Thanks for responding back. Man I'm still stuck in twrp I'm losing all hope at this point been at all day and can't figure out what Im doing wrong . I know you was stuck in the same situation did flashing that twrp back up help you out?
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Thanks for responding back. Man I'm still stuck in twrp I'm losing all hope at this point been at all day and can't figure out what Im doing wrong . I know you was stuck in the same situation did flashing that twrp back up help you out?
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Flashing the rom helped me out. It's a system image file. It's basically the stock rom for our device just deodexed. What exactly happened what did you wipe after your phone booted into
TWRP? If you still have TWRP you're not bricked. If you can flash that image from the thread I copied above then you should be good. You may have to flash SUPERSU to get root back. Also after you flash make sure you're not encrypted if you can see your internal storage partition then you're not encrypted.
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Flashing the rom helped me out. It's a system image file. It's basically the stock rom for our device just deodexed. What exactly happened what did you wipe after your phone booted into
TWRP? If you still have TWRP you're not bricked. If you can flash that image from the thread I copied above then you should be good. You may have to flash SUPERSU to get root back. Also after you flash make sure you're not encrypted if you can see your internal storage partition then you're not encrypted.
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when I flashed the rom from your link above it just booted me into twrp again . I don't know what exactly I'm suppose to wipe. I can see internal storage tho so I guess that's a good sign but what's not good is that I can't use my phone :/ I've been rooting for years and can't seem to figure this one out.
ricosuave88 said:
when I flashed the rom from your link above it just booted me into twrp again . I don't know what exactly I'm suppose to wipe. I can see internal storage tho so I guess that's a good sign but what's not good is that I can't use my phone :/ I've been rooting for years and can't seem to figure this one out.
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When you flashed the rom did you power the phone down and then try to boot into the rom? That's what I did and it worked for me. So don't select reboot into system, I'm not sure why it doesn't work that way. I had to power my device down and then boot into the room. Also if you can see your internal partition in TWRP then you should be good and encryption is not enabled. I know how frustrating this is. Just keep trying eventually that rom should stick.
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When you flashed the rom did you power the phone down and then try to boot into the rom? That's what I did and it worked for me. So don't select reboot into system, I'm not sure why it doesn't work that way. I had to power my device down and then boot into the room. Also if you can see your internal partition in TWRP then you should be good and encryption is not enabled. I know how frustrating this is. Just keep trying eventually that rom should stick.
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Man, I have tried everything as well and I can't seem to get pass TWRP. Has anyone found a way around this problem? I have been looking around for an answer for 2 days and nothing has worked so far, any help will be greatly appriciated.
Thank you
kaiser10 said:
Man, I have tried everything as well and I can't seem to get pass TWRP. Has anyone found a way around this problem? I have been looking around for an answer for 2 days and nothing has worked so far, any help will be greatly appriciated.
Thank you
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There a stock rom that I posted a link to a few posts back when I trying to help someone else. Download it put it on your SD card and install it. You don't need to wipe anything it will format things for you. After it installs don't reboot, power down the device and then turn it back on it should boot into the rom. That's what worked for me. I believe there was another way then what I just described it's in the same thread that I linked a few posts back. Good luck!!
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There a stock rom that I posted a link to a few posts back when I trying to help someone else. Download it put it on your SD card and install it. You don't need to wipe anything it will format things for you. After it installs don't reboot, power down the device and then turn it back on it should boot into the rom. That's what worked for me. I believe there was another way then what I just described it's in the same thread that I linked a few posts back. Good luck!!
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Thanks for the help brother. However, it did not work for me. I flash the stock system, boot, turn device off and turn back on but I am still stock on TWRP. I will continue reading and hopefully I will find the answer soon.
thank you,:crying:
kaiser10 said:
Thanks for the help brother. However, it did not work for me. I flash the stock system, boot, turn device off and turn back on but I am still stock on TWRP. I will continue reading and hopefully I will find the answer soon.
thank you,:crying:
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Np don't give up, I almost lost hope and then it worked for me.
Like I said there was another method that was discussed that worked for someone else. Try this thread, I know someone had the same issue that you and I had and they finally got it working.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/v20/development/h918-stock-deodex-debloat-t3499423
I'm here to the rescue! Follow this to the T! It worked for me! Let me know. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=69685809
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im on the same boat as you. I am stuck in TWRP
tried all the methods i found so far and still stuck in twrp. i would greatly appreciate if someone can get me out of this bootloop!
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tried all the methods i found so far and still stuck in twrp. i would greatly appreciate if someone can get me out of this bootloop!
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Same. Though I am on US996. Not sure what I did, was exploring some behind the scenes stuff using 'hidden codes' but didn't change any values as I didn't know what they meant in most cases. I rebooted my phone and it went straight to TWRP (3.0.2-1) and it will not boot past TWRP. Occasionally after I've flashed something, it will boot into TWRP and the screen will be unresponsive to touch so I have to pull the battery, but then it will be fine again.
I was in your position not to long ago, I'm currently working on getting a .kdz recovery file for the H918. My progress will continue on it later when finals are over.
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