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Hi All, as the title states, I'm currently stuck in a CWM bootloop after trying to applying the new OTA update on my rooted transformer.
I know it was kinda stupid of it.
I tried following the steps posted here, but i can't seem to get adb to push the file through.
I must admit that I'm not very good with using command prompts and i have no idea if I'm doing it right.
Steps I'm sure i'm doing right so far.
I opened up my cmd and cd C:\android-sdk\platform-tools
When typing adb devices, my transformer is successfully recognized as 0123456789ABCDEF OFFLINE
However, the next part got me slightly confused.
I had typed in C:\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb push C:\cwm_recovery-5027_rogue_rburrow-tf101-r1.zip /sdcard/download.
However, i kept encountering the error that the device is offline.
I had also set up a marco to press the up arrow+enter key with a 10ms pause in between followed by a 1 second pause before repeating.
However, the file was still unable to be pushed to the device despite countless tries.
I'm not sure if it's because the line i had entered was wrong or was it due to some other factor.
Would someone be kind enough to help me take a look and see if i had done something wrong?
Thank you very much for your help!
lunzi88 said:
Hi All, as the title states, I'm currently stuck in a CWM bootloop after trying to applying the new OTA update on my rooted transformer.
I know it was kinda stupid of it.
I tried following the steps posted here, but i can't seem to get adb to push the file through.
I must admit that I'm not very good with using command prompts and i have no idea if I'm doing it right.
Steps I'm sure i'm doing right so far.
I opened up my cmd and cd C:\android-sdk\platform-tools
When typing adb devices, my transformer is successfully recognized as 0123456789ABCDEF OFFLINE
However, the next part got me slightly confused.
I had typed in C:\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb push C:\cwm_recovery-5027_rogue_rburrow-tf101-r1.zip /sdcard/download.
However, i kept encountering the error that the device is offline.
I had also set up a marco to press the up arrow+enter key with a 10ms pause in between followed by a 1 second pause before repeating.
However, the file was still unable to be pushed to the device despite countless tries.
I'm not sure if it's because the line i had entered was wrong or was it due to some other factor.
Would someone be kind enough to help me take a look and see if i had done something wrong?
Thank you very much for your help!
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Damn man sorry to hear that. Def should have flashed stock recovery before applying the OTA. Im sure one of these guys can help you out though good luck!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium
pierrekid said:
Damn man sorry to hear that. Def should have flashed stock recovery before applying the OTA. Im sure one of these guys can help you out though good luck!
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using xda premium
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yeah dude, i realised that after i googled for a fix.
prior to this my experience with OTA updates on rooted+CWM phones had never encounter such problem.
The most that had happened previously was that the update failed to be installed.
I had no idea it could get stuck in a loop i couldnt get out of.
when you're doing adb devices, is your tablet in recovery or off?
try this,
push and hold vol down plus power button
when you see words at top left corner, wait a while till you see options to wipe data or cold boot.
Select cold boot to see ifnyou can boot into OS
baseballfanz said:
when you're doing adb devices, is your tablet in recovery or off?
try this,
push and hold vol down plus power button
when you see words at top left corner, wait a while till you see options to wipe data or cold boot.
Select cold boot to see ifnyou can boot into OS
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thanks for the tip.
I can't try it right now as I left the tablet at home when I left for work today.
I'll update once I get back home to try it.
baseballfanz said:
when you're doing adb devices, is your tablet in recovery or off?
try this,
push and hold vol down plus power button
when you see words at top left corner, wait a while till you see options to wipe data or cold boot.
Select cold boot to see ifnyou can boot into OS
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The words are not even popping up for me, it just shows the asus logo and then goes straight into recovery. I go into adb devices and it shows OFFLINE aswell.
:S
baseballfanz said:
when you're doing adb devices, is your tablet in recovery or off?
try this,
push and hold vol down plus power button
when you see words at top left corner, wait a while till you see options to wipe data or cold boot.
Select cold boot to see ifnyou can boot into OS
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That's what I did when it happened to me. Worked like a charm.
I did the same thing and I'm stuck too.
Sent from my Kindle Fire using xda premium
Same problem here for the same reason...flash ota update on my root tablet....I'm always on cwm recovery when reboot. I'm able to cold boot it when holding.vol down and power but I do I get around this cwm ecovwry bootloop? Thanks
Envoyé depuis mon HTC Glacier avec Tapatalk
lamaqc said:
Same problem here for the same reason...flash ota update on my root tablet....I'm always on cwm recovery when reboot. I'm able to cold boot it when holding.vol down and power but I do I get around this cwm ecovwry bootloop? Thanks
Envoyé depuis mon HTC Glacier avec Tapatalk
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Same here. The only way I can boot now is VolDown + Power. Another thread recommended flashing some stock-like ROM, but I'd rather not.
Has someone found out how to boot normally?
I have to cold boot everytime my device reboots or it shuts off, which is quite often.
The cold boot method is becoming really annoying.
Thanks!
Found a way!
Hi guys! This is my first post helping somebody
So I found a way to make it boot normally...
What you need to do is to cold boot your device.
Then download from the store Android Terminal Emulator.
Open it up and type in:
Code:
su
Allow SuperUser if prompted.
If you get # then you are good to go!
Now you need to type in:
Code:
echo boot | dd of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p3 bs=1 seek=0
Once it's done, reboot your tablet and you should see a progress bar.
Let it load and once it's done, you have your tablet back!
Hope it works!
Hi guys I'm in trouble!! I have continuos bootloops in recovery. I tryed to flash a rom as usual but always bootlooping adn when I tryed to make a cold boot it remain in the same " colod booting linux ".. I can't restore my backup cause I move it on my memory card and cant restore it! Can I do something? I can't boot anymore... Any suggestions? I can only install the rom I have put in the internal memory..
This was my very first android device and I loved it until I tried rooting it. I did some research and got going. Upon getting into clockwork I flashed my system I thought this was what I was supposed to do...I was very...very wrong. I've been trying to follow this video <not allowed to post it> It's called "Tutorials:Root & Unlock Nexus7 Using Mac"
My problem is now, I'm stuck at the recovery screen and no matter what I do I cannot get out. It won't even show up in adb anymore. I'm really angry at myself right now and I really need help. Please help me before I smash my hands with the Nexus 7.
You can get into adb by using the boot loader. Reboot the device by holding down all 3 buttons and it will go into boot loader
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
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redundant409 said:
You can get into adb by using the boot loader. Reboot the device by holding down all 3 buttons and it will go into boot loader
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
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Once I'm in here though, how can I get back to a Android OS...
No matter what I do..it's recovery. I need help man!
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UPDATE: Made it into Clockwork at least. Upon doing so I tried doing a factory reset. Still just recovery. God I am such an idiot! I feel like this isn't even fixable and I just wasted all $250 on this device.
UPDATE #2: I fixed it!!! I'm so proud of myself. I kind of hacked it up to do it. If anyone falls into my hole here's what I've done:
Upon entering clockwork I noticed I had the option to restore from /sdcard/update.zip
This "update" does not exist however. So, I then downloaded Cyanogenmod10 rom. I then ran:
./adb push cm-10-20120727-EXPERIMENTAL-grouper-nemith.zip /data/media
Which pushed the Cyanogenmod10 to /sdcard/
Then I opened adb shell and ran:
cd sdcard
mv cm-10-20120727-EXPERIMENTAL-grouper-nemith.zip update.zip
Then restored on clockwork from /sdcard/update.zip.
I then proceeded to do a standard reset from within ROM manager. I'm back to stock android. I'm saved! Thanks to all who have came to help but didn't know how to fix my stupid problems or have helped.
Sorry but you could still go into fastboot by holding the 3 buttons until you reach fastboot. What you probably did is to hold the button until it reboots instead of holding it a little longer to get in fastboot
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
Hi,
Please help out
Was using your Nexus 4 rootkit.. Everthing was done and phone was rooted .
Now i wanted to update the CWM. I chose the option 11 boot or flash .img files to device. I chose the cwm mako version
and decide to flash it.
Now i am asked options such as boot, bootloader, radio etc.
Here I choose Boot..(This I think I have done wrong.)
Now. Phone only boots to recovery... No matter I with on , Off I cannot go anywhere.. I go directly to CWM.
I tried your toolkit again and this said Phone needs to go in adb .. It says waiting for device..
I cannot also mount the SD card so that i can put some images in the phone...
Hence I cannot do anyhting
Plz help.
Regards
Reflash a rom
Wipe first tho
mark manning said:
Reflash a rom
Wipe first tho
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How can i flash a rom,When the fact is that i am not able to mount sd card via recovery.
if the nexus had external SD card things would have been easier. I could have just used my SC card reader..
XX-RAZOR-XX said:
How can i flash a rom,When the fact is that i am not able to mount sd card via recovery.
if the nexus had external SD card things would have been easier. I could have just used my SC card reader..
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Do you not already have one downloaded to the phone?
Sent from my Nexus⁴
mark manning said:
Do you not already have one downloaded to the phone?
Sent from my Nexus⁴
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No.. I dont have an image on the phone..
XX-RAZOR-XX said:
No.. I dont have an image on the phone..
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You are going to have to flash the stock image with fastboot. There is a good guide to do so here. Just an FYI this is why you should stay away from toolkits
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Let me know if you can't find the stock image and I'll help you out
Sent from my Nexus⁴
mark manning said:
You are going to have to flash the stock image with fastboot. There is a good guide to do so here. Just an FYI this is why you should stay away from toolkits
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
Let me know if you can't find the stock image and I'll help you out
Sent from my Nexus⁴
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I have a stock image. occam-jop40d
but I cannot go into the bootloader. Pressing that volume keys + power .. The nexus goes out and the red light appears. its not flikering.
XX-RAZOR-XX said:
I have a stock image. occam-jop40d
but I cannot go into the bootloader. Pressing that volume keys + power .. The nexus goes out and the red light appears. its not flikering.
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I don't know man. With what you have said there is no reason you shouldn't be able to get into your bootloader. If you can't you might be screwed. I flagged your thread in the RC forum. Hopefully some of them will stop by with some other ideas.
Sent from my Nexus⁴
mark manning said:
I don't know man. With what you have said there is no reason you shouldn't be able to get into your bootloader. If you can't you might be screwed. I flagged your thread in the RC forum. Hopefully some of them will stop by with some other ideas.
Sent from my Nexus⁴
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I am now trying the ADB commads.. in the thread you provided. Lets hope something good comes out..
Till then anyone else can help , will be appreciated.
Can you do
Fastboot flash recovery (name).img
Then fastboot flash boot (boot).img
And then access recovery? If you are in recovery img pretty sure you can use adb. Just a suggestion.
Whatever is in your boot partition (recovery in your case) will be booted when you turn the phone on. This is why you see recovery.
Edit: you cant get into bootloader *at all?* no fastboot then?
Sent with from my Asus Nexus Unicorn
Hi RAZOR, I read your story and it looks like it's not ALL big problems there. I'm willing to help you with that, if you want send me a PM and we talk with GTalk (give you it there), but let's see...
I would plug my cellphone on the PC (hope it works like my Xoom, as they are very similar in some points - Xoom is GED, N4 is Nexus...)
(You said it is booting on recovery), now I would use adb to continue easily...
If you are on Windows:
1 - Open a cmd
2 - cd to adb place
3 - now type adb reboot bootloader, then it would go to fast boot
Now you flash the images you downloaded
On Linux
1 - Open Terminal
2 - Download LAIOT (my tool on signature ) (only to get adb and fast boot ready for use)
3 - Now open terminal and type adb reboot bootloader, then flash the images you downloaded with fastboot
If nothing this work, send me a PM and we'll talk
"This Story Ends Where It Began"
markj338 said:
Can you do
Fastboot flash recovery (name).img
Then fastboot flash boot (boot).img
And then access recovery? If you are in recovery img pretty sure you can use adb. Just a suggestion.
Whatever is in your boot partition (recovery in your case) will be booted when you turn the phone on. This is why you see recovery.
Edit: you cant get into bootloader *at all?* no fastboot then?
Sent with from my Asus Nexus Unicorn
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Thanks for reply.the first challenge here is actually start the phone. i am not able to start. Read somewhere battery might be depleted. hooked a chafer. its 1 hr but still no start
XxLordxX said:
Hi RAZOR, I read your story and it looks like it's not ALL big problems there. I'm willing to help you with that, if you want send me a PM and we talk with GTalk (give you it there), but let's see...
I would plug my cellphone on the PC (hope it works like my Xoom, as they are very similar in some points - Xoom is GED, N4 is Nexus...)
(You said it is booting on recovery), now I would use adb to continue easily...
If you are on Windows:
1 - Open a cmd
2 - cd to adb place
3 - now type adb reboot bootloader, then it would go to fast boot
Now you flash the images you downloaded
On Linux
1 - Open Terminal
2 - Download LAIOT (my tool on signature ) (only to get adb and fast boot ready for use)
3 - Now open terminal and type adb reboot bootloader, then flash the images you downloaded with fastboot
If nothing this work, send me a PM and we'll talk
"This Story Ends Where It Began"
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hi ..thanks.. will surely let you know
Not able to start..
Red light comes for a split second and then goes..
Phone is cool even after 3 hrs .. Not to forget.. It cannot even start
XX-RAZOR-XX said:
Not able to start..
Red light comes for a split second and then goes..
Phone is cool even after 3 hrs .. Not to forget.. It cannot even start
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Not going to lie it is starting to sound pretty grim for you. Keep us informed as to what happens please
Sent from my Nexus⁴
I had a field day this morning with my phone also when trying to flash the stock image back. Finally got it working. The only similarity we had is that I could not mount my data or sdcard either after flashing the stock image.
However, I WAS able to get into fastboot. Should you be able to get into fastboot then RE-LOCK and UN-LOCK your bootloader and everything should work again (fixed my data and sdcard mount issue). I was then able to boot into Android and carry on.
Fastboot oem lock
fastboot oem unluck
Or use the Toolkit.
My only other suggestion would be to take off the back case and try pull the battery (haven't seen it done and not even 100% sure it can be). Maybe the battery just needs a time-out from the phone.
Hope that's some useful information for you.
Good luck.
Well hooking in charger for 6+ hours.. nothing worked...
I think it got screwed
XX-RAZOR-XX said:
Well hooking in charger for 6+ hours.. nothing worked...
I think it got screwed
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This all still sounds very strange. Wish we could help you get it working but it doesn't look like any of the suggestions have helped. To bad you don't live in the same area as me I'd offer to try and help more.
If you're within the 15 day period perhaps Google can RMA the phone...
asawoszc said:
This all still sounds very strange. Wish we could help you get it working but it doesn't look like any of the suggestions have helped. To bad you don't live in the same area as me I'd offer to try and help more.
If you're within the 15 day period perhaps Google can RMA the phone...
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And also , adding to this..
I live in India( was shipped here via mail forward sites).. . and 15 days grace is almost over.. (2 days).. even sending it to google from india will take at least 10 days
Try This
Originally Posted by faux123
I got into many red LED situations, I was able to come out of it everytime by using the procedure I posted above (that post was from pure experience I had).
red led bootloop unbrick procedure
1. plug phone into USB cable connected to computer
2. wait for it to go into charge animation
3. unplug, then press power button to boot, immediately press vol up + vol down.
4. hopefully you booted into bootloader mode (rinse and repeat steps 1~4 if you can't get to this point)
5. chose recovery (if your recovery is corrupted, repeat steps 1~4 and do fastboot flash recovery cwmxxx.img)
6. from recovery choose restart system
if you can't get to step 2, because N4 has a bug with battery capacity, plug your phone into AC charge and let it charge for a few mins. then restart from step 1...
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Hi, I don't have enough posts to ask this in the actual DirtySanta thread.
I meticulously followed the steps in the DirtySanta thread making sure I had all the correct software, all the pre-requisites, all files in my ADB folder (except SuperSU zip, which is on the SD card on the phone). Suffice it to say that I did all the steps exactly as written in the guide. I was prompted when to run the next batch files each time, etc. Entered the proper commands in the terminal utility, and so on. Everything as written.
After clicking on step3.bat, the phone immediately rebooted to a Fastboot screen. In the meantime, the batch files disappeared off my desktop.
So, for the past 15 minutes or so the phone has been sitting on Fastboot and vibrating away.
Here's what I see in the small Fastboot screen:
Fastboot Mode (in red)
stuff like Product_name, Variant, HW_Version, etc. up until it says LOCK_STATE.
Ok, after all of that basic stuff, it says:
[1090]
[1140] Fastboot mode started
[1670] fastboot: processing commands
[17600] usb_read() transaction failed; txn_status= -1
[17650] usb_read: DONE: ERROR len=64
[1700] fastboot: oops!
[17750] fastboot: processing commands
And that's where it sits, doing seemingly nothing and vibrating away.
Can anyone assist?
Try a different usb port. then rerun step 3.
me2151 said:
Try a different usb port. then rerun step 3.
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Will do...was just thinking of doing that since it said "usb read error". Will report back.
Heyitsrick said:
Will do...was just thinking of doing that since it said "usb read error". Will report back.
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First off, a big thanks for helping me.
Update: OK, changing the USB port worked I re-ran Step3.bat. I have made it through getting to TWRP, and have done these steps:
Verizon(VS995) and ATT(H910):
4.1) Flash SuperSU.zip
4.2) Go back to Main-menu > Wipe > [Format Data] > Type ?Yes?
4.3) Go back to Wipe > Advanced > Check Dalvik, Data and Cache > Slide to wipe
4.4) Go back to Main-menu > Reboot > System
So, with that all complete, it's rebooted to a Verizon screen (horizontal progress dots) and a low buzzing.
I did try what you mentioned in the guide to get over the wait time by pulling the battery, reinserting with vol down key pressed and re-attaching the USB to flash boot2.img via fastboot, but it didn't get back to fastboot after the battery/voldown/usb. It went back to the same Verizon screen after the obligatory "Corrupt" screen came on.
Can I assume that I can wait this out for 20 minutes, or did I miss something in how to interrupt this waiting period for first setup? I do want to (and know I have to) flash boot2.img.
EDIT: wasn't holding vol key down long enough to get into fastboot. Doh. Just flashed boot2.img and rebooted.
Looks like I made it! It's at the "Prepare your Phone Screen". Fingers crossed.
Heyitsrick said:
Looks like I made it! It's at the "Prepare your Phone Screen". Fingers crossed.
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Are you still stuck?
I ran into this EXACT same issue on my brand new Verizon v20 on step 3 (both 13a and 12a firmware gave me this issue) and I had to figure out my own solution, even tho I read that 'dirty santa root' thread a thousand times front to back.... (no disrepsect to the OP/Devs of that thread btw!)
Anyways, below, is the link to my solution on my brand new Verizon v20, in case you're still stuck. I've actually reflashed (via LGUP) back to stock a couple times, then re-root/unlock to test out 13a and 12a firmwares to benchmark various battery life/performance markers for a tech site I write for. Ultimately, I have to go through the exact same steps everytime for my Verizon v20.
I know I wasn't too specific in my post below... but if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71371141&postcount=24
NegativeX said:
Are you still stuck?
I ran into this EXACT same issue on my brand new Verizon v20 on step 3 (both 13a and 12a firmware gave me this issue) and I had to figure out my own solution, even tho I read that 'dirty santa root' thread a thousand times front to back.... (no disrepsect to the OP/Devs of that thread btw!)
Anyways, below, is the link to my solution on my brand new Verizon v20, in case you're still stuck. I've actually reflashed (via LGUP) back to stock a couple times, then re-root/unlock to test out 13a and 12a firmwares to benchmark various battery life/performance markers for a tech site I write for. Ultimately, I have to go through the exact same steps everytime for my Verizon v20.
I know I wasn't too specific in my post below... but if you have any questions, don't hesitate to ask
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71371141&postcount=24
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I read your "fix" post to see exactly where you got stuck, as I got stuck first due to the USB port not being able to work correctly and had to switch USB ports on my pc before I could re-run step3.bat.
I see now that you're talking about the long Verizon logo screen with progress dots issue after rebooting post-running step3.bat that I ran into, as well.
OK, what worked for me was much easier in the end than what you did. After step3.bat and the reboot, it would just sit there on the Verizon logo with the progress dots, as you know. There is a notation on the first page of the DirtySanta thread that in order to get around this, unplug the USB cable and remove the battery.
This is the actual note from the DirtySanta thread for Verizon users with the long Logo screen issue:
*****VERIZON USERS******
It has come to my attention that some users have encountered abnormally long first boot time(over 20 minutes before first time setup)
To resolve this issue:
Boot into bootloader by pulling the battery and reinserting it and holding VOL- and phugging in the phone. then typing:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot2.img
fastboot reboot
**************
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Once I removed the battery and usb cable, the phone was completely off, of course. Then, I just needed to get it back into "fastboot" on the phone, itself, in order to flash boot2.img via ADB on the PC. When the phone was on the never-ending Logo screen with progress dots, I found that ADB could see the phone ok via the adb devices command, but if I tried to flash anything at that point, it would just say something like "pending", as if it were waiting for the device to be free to flash. So, that wasn't going to work, obviously. I needed the phone to be in the flashboot screen, not the logo screen. I did a ctrl-c to cancel out of the adb flash command, and then set out to pull the battery/usb cable and then reconnect the battery, and while holding the Vol Down button reinserting the USB cable.
The first time I tried this, it booted up fine, but it went right back to the Logo screen. Doh! I figured perhaps I wasn't waiting long enough with the Volume Down button so I tried it again. What happened the first time when it rebooted to the Logo screen is I released the Volume Down button the moment the phone started to turn on (you feel the vibration). That's when it booted back to the Logo. This second time, I removed the battery again while it was on that never-ending Logo screen to power it off and disconnected the USB cable again. I put the battery back in, then with the Volume Down button pressed down, I reconnected the USB cable. The difference this time is that I did not release the Volume Down button this time UNTIL I saw it was in the Fastboot screen and not the Verizon Logo.
So, at this point the phone was on the Fastboot screen and I saw it was it was ready to go, so I initiated the ADB command to flash boot2.img. It went through its paces and once it got back to the ADB command prompt, I did an ADB Fastboot Reboot command. It rebooted, first with the obligatory corrupt warning, then the Verizon Logo and progress dots, but then after a short while I got the "Hello" screen in red and I knew it was actually going to finish. Whew! Relief! At that point I was eventually at the phone's setup screen for a new user, and I finished setting up the phone, reinstalling apps, etc.
One caveat in this: I don't know why, but even though I had gone through all the steps in "4" section of the instructions, when I checked Root, I wasn't rooted! Huh?
In other words, I had already gone through this part:
Verizon(VS995) and ATT(H910):
4.1) Flash SuperSU.zip
4.2) Go back to Main-menu > Wipe > [Format Data] > Type ?Yes?
4.3) Go back to Wipe > Advanced > Check Dalvik, Data and Cache > Slide to wipe
4.4) Go back to Main-menu > Reboot > System
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After setting up the phone and reinstalling my apps, I opened up the SuperSU app, and it said there was no executable installed. In other words, it didn't recognize that I had flashed it in step 4.1. Perhaps flashing boot2.img overwrote that? Not sure, but at this point, I set about to figure out how to boot into TWRP Recovery on the phone (not fastboot) to flash it from there (again).
It took me a while to find the instructions on how to boot into TWRP, lol, and it's a little unnerving that before it boots to TWRPyou are warned that all your data is going to be overwritten before you can boot to it, but it did get me back into TWRP. Once in TWRP, I re-flashed Supersu-blahblah.zip and rebooted via the system reboot. (did not wipe any caches again, though).
After reboot, I checked root again, and this time after a bit SuperSu brought up the permissions screen for the Root app that I had to allow, and it brought back a successful Root message.
I then set about to do what I really wanted to do with root - bypass the Verizon entitlement check for hotspot usage, and got that working fine.
All in all, I have to say this was the diciest rooting I've ever had to go through. I guess that's because of Nougat and that there can't be (at least not yet) a "one-click" root. But man, was I worried when I was at the point where I first posted in this thread. I bought this phone as a "new-resale" (never used) phone from Swappa.com for $450, so if I bricked it, I was out of luck. But it seems to be ok now.
Heyitsrick said:
I read your "fix" post to see exactly where you got stuck, as I got stuck first due to the USB port not being able to work correctly and had to switch USB ports on my pc before I could re-run step3.bat.
I see now that you're talking about the long Verizon logo screen with progress dots issue after rebooting post-running step3.bat that I ran into, as well.
OK, what worked for me was much easier in the end than what you did. After step3.bat and the reboot, it would just sit there on the Verizon logo with the progress dots, as you know. There is a notation on the first page of the DirtySanta thread that in order to get around this, unplug the USB cable and remove the battery.
This is the actual note from the DirtySanta thread for Verizon users with the long Logo screen issue:
Once I removed the battery and usb cable, the phone was completely off, of course. Then, I just needed to get it back into "fastboot" on the phone, itself, in order to flash boot2.img via ADB on the PC. When the phone was on the never-ending Logo screen with progress dots, I found that ADB could see the phone ok via the adb devices command, but if I tried to flash anything at that point, it would just say something like "pending", as if it were waiting for the device to be free to flash. So, that wasn't going to work, obviously. I needed the phone to be in the flashboot screen, not the logo screen. I did a ctrl-c to cancel out of the adb flash command, and then set out to pull the battery/usb cable and then reconnect the battery, and while holding the Vol Down button reinserting the USB cable.
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I saw that 'fix' and it never worked for me at the point in the rooting process I was in... sadly. You have to be able to even get to TWRP, do the SU install then format/wipe, then you can flash the boot2.img to speed up the booting process. In my case, I was never able to even get to TWRP. Trying to flash boot2.img before being able to get to TWRP, would soft brick my phone with the 'password' screen on bootup and I was never able to get around it, requiring me to LGUP back to stock and try again. Luckily I was able to still figure it out.
As you said, definitely the 'diceist' rooting process I've ever encountered... and I've been rooting phones since the original Motorola Droid 1/Milestone phone. Good times tho! Haha
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I saw that 'fix' and it never worked for me at the point in the rooting process I was in... sadly. You have to be able to even get to TWRP, do the SU install then format/wipe, then you can flash the boot2.img to speed up the booting process. In my case, I was never able to even get to TWRP. Trying to flash boot2.img before being able to get to TWRP, would soft brick my phone with the 'password' screen on bootup and I was never able to get around it, requiring me to LGUP back to stock and try again. Luckily I was able to still figure it out.
As you said, definitely the 'diceist' rooting process I've ever encountered... and I've been rooting phones since the original Motorola Droid 1/Milestone phone. Good times tho! Haha
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Late response - sorry.
There must be something we each did differently, as we both have the same phones, same carrier, same software revision (13a). I was able to get to TWRP via the button method on the phone. Didn't use ADB for that. I was presented with an ominous white screen about all files will be wiped/deleted, but when accepting that (and hoping for the best, lol), it just went to TWRP. So, again...something or some step(s) must be done differently to get to that point on your end from what I did.
I'm guessing you're through with doing the flashing on this thing, so this is all moot now.
Hey guys i actually was having the same issues as you were now however after the SU install the wipe etc i reboot to TWRP no matter what i do even when i restart through bootloader or take the battery off it keeps booting to the same place instead to the verizon wizard help please
kratos380 said:
Hey guys i actually was having the same issues as you were now however after the SU install the wipe etc i reboot to TWRP no matter what i do even when i restart through bootloader or take the battery off it keeps booting to the same place instead to the verizon wizard help please
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Called a twrp loop. Easy fix. Been posted a lot. Look around for it
me2151 said:
Called a twrp loop. Easy fix. Been posted a lot. Look around for it
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I have been looking for 2 days haha literally have like 30 tabs open shifting through i dont know what to do next, i backed up wiped my cache data etc installed SU which had no problems wiped again/ rebooted system and back to twrp, i read that you might need to flash a system.img but i dont know where to find one, would appreciate the help kind sir
kratos380 said:
I have been looking for 2 days haha literally have like 30 tabs open shifting through i dont know what to do next, i backed up wiped my cache data etc installed SU which had no problems wiped again/ rebooted system and back to twrp, i read that you might need to flash a system.img but i dont know where to find one, would appreciate the help kind sir
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Look at team digitals ROM thread. Stockish one. Look at post 3. If you still can't find it I'll quote it directly later. I'm busy right now
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Look at team digitals ROM thread. Stockish one. Look at post 3. If you still can't find it I'll quote it directly later. I'm busy right now
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Couldnt find it sorry im new to this forum please link it when you are free thanks again for the help much appreciated
kratos380 said:
Couldnt find it sorry im new to this forum please link it when you are free thanks again for the help much appreciated
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=70393155&postcount=3
Sorry for the constant posts but i followed the steps on that thread, deleted the misc/fota files and it stopped it going to twrp and booted to the lg logo with the black screen, i waited there for about 2-3 hours to no avail rebooted into bootloader tried the fastboot img 2 and the same thing happened it was just stuck at the lg logo now when it boots to the fastboot screen however adb doesnt recognize the device anymore but fastboot does. Is it time to kdz and start over ?
Hello, while removing dirty santa on my v20 h990n I bricked it... hard. I am in no rush I have a V30 but I would still like this functioning as a spare. I was wondering what the test pins are that need to be shorted in order to force it into download mode. I have done extensive searching and have seen it mentioned in v20 posts but never details given.
For the curious I followed the instructions on the dirty santa post but I was accidentally in USB mode when I did the DD command that copied the abootbackup file I created when I first installed root.
It will not boot or even power on the screen. It will only give the power on vibrate when you press the power button after the battery/cable have been disconnected.
not seen by device manager, ADB, or LG programs.
The only thing it will display on the screen is a blinking battery ! when the battery is removed and usb connected.
My first brick in about 10 years of rooting phones, hopefully I can get it back. I am hoping the test pin will force it into a download mode so I can use LGUP or ADB to get it working again.
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Yeah, it's fun. I wasn't paying attention and used did to restore the aboot backup while in USB mode. So it does practically nothing. Detectable by nothing, nothing on the screen. The only signs of life are it doing the power on vibrate, and the creek will only come on to blink a ! Battery warning if plugged in with battery removed. Thank goodness it's just a spare, v30 visits my daily.
I'm half thinking about taking it to a LG repair center here in Hong Kong. If it's not expensive if like to have it working.
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I'm quoting you from the other thread here as it's best not to muddle up runningnak3d thread.
When I first responded to your question I did not consider such a scenario. Normally the V20 goes automatically into 9008. I do now after reading your case, remember another person who had the exact same symptoms. He too had failed during dirtysanta root procedure. I'm not familiar with that procedure myself. I had a H918 and I didn't use the engineering aboot.
So it would seem you have a blank 'aboot' partition? In any case that is very unusual brick.
I would try the lg repair like you said, or 3rd party service with "box" (you know like, infinity, octoplus etc).
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I'm quoting you from the other thread here as it's best not to muddle up runningnak3d thread.
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I appreciate that.
I had assumed I was sol, but still had to check. And I didn't fail rooting it, I was actually returning it to stock. It seemed pretty simple but after running dd and powering off to go into download mode that was all she wrote.
Method 1b: (TWRP, with file from another source)
This is simply a tweak of the above resulting from recalling there is a backup of aboot already on the phone itself.
Boot into TWRP (DOWN + Power with a brief release during LG logo).
Run `adb shell` and type (or copy&paste) the following commands:
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dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/abootback of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/aboot
sync
sleep 30
sync
Get into Download mode. Power off phone from TWRP. Press and hold UP, then power phone on (no need to hold power).
Load the appropriate KDZ file onto your phone via LGUP.
Thanks again for responding and thinking about my problem.
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dd if=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/abootback of=/dev/block/bootdevice/by-name/aboot
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That command is wrong. It's supposed to be "abootbak", without the c. But I'm not sure if that had anything to do with it. Though it's strange that the instructions seem to re-lock the bootloader while still having twrp on recovery partition.
BTW, did you try to enter fastboot mode? I believe there is a key combination for that but I don't remember it now. Though if aboot is erased that shouldn't work since that's where fastboot is.
Edit: Combination is: Press and hold VOL down + insert usb cable.
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BTW, did you try to enter fastboot mode? I believe there is a key combination for that but I don't remember it now. Though if aboot is erased that shouldn't work since that's where fastboot is.
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I can't go into any mode. Nothing comes up on the screen. I've tried all the key combos but nada. Just does the power on vibration. Nothing shows up when connected to the computer in adb, device manager, or lgup.
It's the damnedest thing, never screwed up a phone that bad before.
Also I think it's named abootback because that's the name of the backup of that partition created when doing the root process.
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It's the damnedest thing, never screwed up a phone that bad before.
Also I think it's named abootback because that's the name of the backup of that partition created when doing the root process.
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No, its abootbak. The command is not pointing to a backup. It's pointing to a partition, and there is no partition called "abootback", only abootbak, xblbak, recoverybak, lafbak and so on. These are part of the stock partition layout. I'm positive the dirtysanta root procedure does not include creating an additional partition on the device. That certainly would be hilariously risky and unnecessary.
Anyway, sorry I couldn't be of more help to you.
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Anyway, sorry I couldn't be of more help to you.
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It's no problem, thanks for pondering my peculiar predicament.
Have you tried volume down and plugging in usb.....
stinka318 said:
Have you tried volume down and plugging in usb.....
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I had the same issue . Literally nothing I could do. Only time screen turns on is when battery is out and you plug in a USB cable. Had to send it to Lg