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Here was my situation: when trying to boot the phone, it would go to the splash screen for a few seconds, then go to a black screen and vibrate 5 times. Had to pull the battery to escape. However, when booting after a battery pull with the charger in it booted just fine, but with no sd card recognition or usb/adb functionality. A factory reset and both htc's and verizon's tech support didn't fix it at all. I had this problem and there seemed to be no good guide on how to fix it so I decided to gather all the right sources in one place.
The reason it's messed up comes from the usb problem, which is why plugging it in lets it boot sometimes. So, contrary to all of tech support, fixing the usb is all you need to do to get it working same as usual again. I've outlined the steps below in the way I think makes the most sense, but read all of what I wrote to understand what you're doing before you start. The links are the specific instructions for each piece written by people smarter than me. I only take credit for figuring out what I needed to do and bringing all of their minds together in one place.
The Process
First thing is to see if you can get it booted. Best bet is to take out the battery and charger, hold down the power button for 10 seconds, then connect the charger and battery and boot. If you can't do that then your only option would be to try some fastboot adb trickery (which is over my head) or flash the stock rom in hboot from http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-incredible-hacks/95406-how-correctly-unroot-incredible.html. Note which radio you have (listed in settings -> about phone somewhere or on top of hboot) to get the right file. If you can get it booted then move to the next step.
To fix the sd card and usb go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243.
Fastboot is in the tools folder of the android sdk, not platform-tools like adb. To get the drivers working go to http://www.flexjunk.com/2010/05/01/installing-htc-incredible-android-sd-drivers/
UPDATE: To clarify: fastboot is a completely separate (although closely related) piece of software from adb. If you do not have "fastboot.exe", download it from http://dottech.org/tipsntricks/2153...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/ and follow the instructions there. Or, you can just download the full sdk from google which should include adb and fastboot. I recommend the second option, but my hard drive can take the hit. (thanks BonzTM)
UPDATE: If you get an error saying "The Program can't start because AdbWinApi.dll is missing from your computer" you need to copy that file from platform-tools to tools, then it should work (thanks Jester1614).
If you had to reflash and lost root download z4root from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953 and do a temporary root to be able to run the commands to fix the usb.
Once the sd card and usb are fixed then it should reboot with or without the charger plugged in. Now your phone is stable and will work with unrevoked again and you should be good to go!
Disclaimer
Note: This is what I experienced with my amoled incredible; in no way do I take responsibility for anything you do. If you try to blame me for bricking your phone I will enjoy a hearty laugh while salting my soup with your tears.
Worked great for me and saved me from the hassle of needing a new phone.
THANK YOU!
goblue13579 said:
here was my situation: When trying to boot the phone, it would go to the splash screen for a few seconds, then go to a black screen and vibrate 5 times. Had to pull the battery to escape. However, when booting after a battery pull with the charger in it booted just fine, but with no sd card recognition or usb/adb functionality. A factory reset and both htc's and verizon's tech support didn't fix it at all. I had this problem and there seemed to be no good guide on how to fix it so i decided to gather all the right sources in one place.
The reason it's messed up comes from the usb problem, which is why plugging it in lets it boot sometimes. So, contrary to all of tech support, fixing the usb is all you need to do to get it working same as usual again. I've outlined the steps below in the way i think makes the most sense, but read all of what i wrote to understand what you're doing before you start. The links are the specific instructions for each piece written by people smarter than me. I only take credit for figuring out what i needed to do and bringing all of their minds together in one place.
the process
first thing is to see if you can get it booted. Best bet is to take out the battery and charger, hold down the power button for 10 seconds, then connect the charger and battery and boot. If you can't do that then your only option would be to try some fastboot adb trickery (which is over my head) or flash the stock rom in hboot from http://www.droidforums.net/forum/droid-incredible-hacks/95406-how-correctly-unroot-incredible.html. Note which radio you have (listed in settings -> about phone somewhere or on top of hboot) to get the right file. If you can get it booted then move to the next step.
To fix the sd card and usb go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695243.
Fastboot is in the tools folder of the android sdk, not platform-tools like adb. To get the drivers working go to http://www.flexjunk.com/2010/05/01/installing-htc-incredible-android-sd-drivers/
if you had to reflash and lost root download z4root from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953 and do a temporary root to be able to run the commands to fix the usb.
Once the sd card and usb are fixed then it should reboot with or without the charger plugged in. Now your phone is stable and will work with unrevoked again and you should be good to go!
disclaimer
note: This is what i experienced with my amoled incredible; in no way do i take responsibility for anything you do. If you try to blame me for bricking your phone i will enjoy a hearty laugh while salting my soup with your tears.
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u saved my life/phone i love u son
Perfect Solution!
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So...question: Does this mean if you had to reflash and are currently unrooted, that you have to wait for z4root to show up in the market. Because it seems there is no way to root aside from that, and without root no usb, and no usb no adb
sofocused715 said:
So...question: Does this mean if you had to reflash and are currently unrooted, that you have to wait for z4root to show up in the market. Because it seems there is no way to root aside from that, and without root no usb, and no usb no adb
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Actually you can download it from the link I provided in my post to the xda page for it (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953). Scroll to the bottom of the first post and in the attached files there is a version that works. That's what I did, and then you can run the usb fixing commands. Then it's just reboot, re-root, and restore.
Hope this helps.
This thread needs more attention.
This needs to be stickied(sp?) and maybe added to the Development section where it would most likely be looked for first.
If I've helped you, hit the thanks button!
As you can see by my post count I can't put anything anywhere, so if someone wants to move it feel free.
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As you can see by my post count I can't put anything anywhere, so if someone wants to move it feel free.
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I re-worded your OP and posted it on another forum. I did credit you though. You are now famous.
Cool, thanks!
I wish I would have known this back in March when this happened to me! But then again my phone was S-ON and to get the USB fix to work you said you need root so I might have still been SOL.
brando56894 said:
I wish I would have known this back in March when this happened to me! But then again my phone was S-ON and to get the USB fix to work you said you need root so I might have still been SOL.
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That is what the z4 root is for. You dont need s-off, just root. The things are going to s-on by themselves when something is trying to write to the misc, thus the misc brick. PITA brick if ya ask me.
doug piston said:
That is what the z4 root is for. You dont need s-off, just root. The things are going to s-on by themselves when something is trying to write to the misc, thus the misc brick. PITA brick if ya ask me.
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Glad yall were able to make something of this. This is gonna save some people since warranties are finally running out. Hey Doug, I seen your thread over on AF. You did a very good job of writing that up.
Oh and thanks for the tiny little peace of credit, heh. Glad I could help 'point' the late and great dougpiston in the right direction on something, lol
wildstang83 said:
Glad yall were able to make something of this. This is gonna save some people since warranties are finally running out. Hey Doug, I seen your thread over on AF. You did a very good job of writing that up.
Oh and thanks for the tiny little peace of credit, heh. Glad I could help 'point' the late and great dougpiston in the right direction on something, lol
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Late and great is an over statement. I am just a user like most here. I appreciate you taking the time to reply to my PM. I have been out of the Inc game for some time now so a little direction was very helpful.
Like I said I knew what had to be done but ADB kept ****ting itself, as soon as I read the OP and to use a terminal emulator I slammed my head on my desk.
So simple, I was spending all my time trying to get ADB to run that the idea of the usb being borked hadn't even crossed my mine.
This thread really does deserve more credit and to OP good on ya son. Well done.
Thank you goblue13579, wildstang83 and Doug Piston! My phone is totally functional once again.
Odd timing how the problem happened only 2 days ago on my phone, and coincidentally, a fix was hashed out in the same time period after all this time of it being unfixable.
I owe you all a beer! Thanks again!
doug piston said:
Late and great is an over statement. I am just a user like most here. I appreciate you taking the time to reply to my PM. I have been out of the Inc game for some time now so a little direction was very helpful.
Like I said I knew what had to be done but ADB kept ****ting itself, as soon as I read the OP and to use a terminal emulator I slammed my head on my desk.
So simple, I was spending all my time trying to get ADB to run that the idea of the usb being borked hadn't even crossed my mine.
This thread really does deserve more credit and to OP good on ya son. Well done.
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Yea bud, even I use adb so much that I keep forgetting that there's emulators to use. Its just one of those things we never think about.
Even though it was really more dumb luck and excessive googling that got me to this solution, thanks! I'm glad my compilation has helped so many people. And honestly, it's the least I can do for all the help and goodies I've gotten from these forums and developers.
Happy modding!
What if the devise isn't rooted?
Let the phone sit for an hour with the battery out. Put the battery in after that, should be good
Sent from my 2.3.5 Incredible Obsession
OK - I bought an Acer A500 Tablet from a friend and it turns out that "it appears" to be a demo version. I can use it to browse, connect to my wi-fi, and use the stock programs, but there's no Android Market app and even if I download an apk file, it won't open it.
How do I get this thing to a standard stock tablet that I can sync with my Google account and download apps from the market.
I'm not a complete noob, as I do have an android phone and have flashed several specialty roms, but I can't figure this thing out.
Someone...PLEASE help me out. This was a Christmas gift for my wife....and she can't download the Facebook app...which IS causing a small problem for me.
I'd appreciate any help here.
Acer Iconia A500
Android Version 3.0.1
Kernel Version: 2.6.36.3
Build #: Acer_A500_1.109.02_PA_DEMO
Try going into
AP drawer
Setting app.
Go to privacy
then reset data.
It can't hurt
There is another thread her about this
Thanks. I tried that first, and while it did wipe it clean, it still didn't reboot with the Android Market installed. It also occasionally starts a video of a demo of all it's capabilities. I can't delete it either. Very frustrating.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390860
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1375091
Check out these two links.they have what you need. I am using the top one.
I trust the above very much.he is also very nice fora guy.
Tell the wife I said hang in there the device is worth it.
Good luck
erica_renee said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390860
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1375091
Check out these two links.they have what you need. I am using the top one.
I trust the above very much.he is also very nice fora guy.
Tell the wife I said hang in there the device is worth it.
Good luck
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Thanks a big ol bunch. I really appreciate it. Now.....how do I get into CWM? I don't think I have that? What is the button sequence for getting into recovery?
He has a link to the instructions .
You will need to get the fallowing.all the software is available in the dev section you will have to look for them.
1 iconiaroot. To root the tablet
2 Iconia recovery installer to install cwm.
Then of course the rom you wish to use.
It sounds like a lot but once you get started you will figure it outeasly.
I am blonde and have flashed my tablet 20 or so times.
erica_renee said:
He has a link to the instructions .
You will need to get the fallowing.all the software is available in the dev section you will have to look for them.
1 iconiaroot. To root the tablet
2 Iconia recovery installer to install cwm.
Then of course the rom you wish to use.
It sounds like a lot but once you get started you will figure it outeasly.
I am blonde and have flashed my tablet 20 or so times.
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Fantastic. I'm downloading the ROM now...and will look for the other items too.
Thank You very much.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138228 iciniaroot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1226191 Iconia recovery installer
erica_renee said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138228 iciniaroot
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1226191 Iconia recovery installer
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Thanks so much. I got it rooted, and flashed the new Rom. Got her favorite apps loaded and all is well. It's a Christmas Miracle!
Told ya.Blonde Chicago rule.
erica_renee said:
Told ya.Blonde Chicago rule.
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Hey Erica, Thanks for the help. My wife has been using her tablet and loves it. My next question is this:
What is the best (in your opinion) book reader for this tablet. I have over 600 books in epub format. I put them on the MicroSD card and have imported them into the free Aldiko Reader, Moon Reader and the stock Lumi (sp?) reader....and maybe it's just too many books to load and sort through....but none of these are great book readers.
Thoughts?
Belive it or not im not big on reading books..
I used to be for a living a Construction Superintendent/ project manager..
ALL i dont is set reading and working with blueprints..
the reading i do now is mostly on amazon kindle app.My Better half Bonnie uses my tablet to read sometimes and that is what she uses as well..
I have seen threads with people talking about many different readers but not my thing so i have not been paying them attention .
Glad you got your tablet Running and working. So many buy these things and start flashing then try reading how after its been bricked...
MAke SURE IF YOU HAVE not to do a backup thru cwm before you install too much crap so that you will have a fresh Os to fall back on incase you install something that messes up your tablet.. boot into recovery and go to the backup /restore menue.. its simple easy..
erica_renee said:
Belive it or not im not big on reading books..
I used to be for a living a Construction Superintendent/ project manager..
ALL i dont is set reading and working with blueprints..
the reading i do now is mostly on amazon kindle app.My Better half Bonnie uses my tablet to read sometimes and that is what she uses as well..
I have seen threads with people talking about many different readers but not my thing so i have not been paying them attention .
Glad you got your tablet Running and working. So many buy these things and start flashing then try reading how after its been bricked...
MAke SURE IF YOU HAVE not to do a backup thru cwm before you install too much crap so that you will have a fresh Os to fall back on incase you install something that messes up your tablet.. boot into recovery and go to the backup /restore menue.. its simple easy..
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Yep....forgot to do that. I have an android phone and have flashed many different ROMs on it, so I was not completely a noob....but was worried about the demo version on that tablet. It's working great right now. Thanks for your help.
Should I use Titanium Backup on this to back things up, or the one in CWM?
I use both.. i do anand backup before and after i flash a rom and ..
and TI BACKUP FOR my big apps like co-pilot and my email settings and documents.. But i also have the ti synk thing that backs up to my ftp site on my domain..
Ok now i sound like a geeky nurdy chic.. time for me to go fix my hair and take the GEEK GLASSES OFF.. Giggles
Your very welcome..
kiss the wife for me... HEHEHEHE ..
Good reader is Cool Reader on the market, comes free or paid version...
Another good reader, if you want the books sorted into a virtual bookshelf, is IReader. Not sure where I got this from, might have been from another rom(possibly Miui rom for an SGS II )that I have scavenged and picked through... Search here might help....
I realize that this post is old but i hope you can still help. i have the same issue and the links provided no longer work. can you help me out
willsloan1979 said:
I realize that this post is old but i hope you can still help. i have the same issue and the links provided no longer work. can you help me out
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What are you trying to accomplish? Root and Acer Recovery?
What's your current android version?
I purchased a demo A500 from target and it does not have a full os on it. I have rooted the device and installed a rom manager (cwm) but i can not get the rom to boot, It starts the sequence and i get a triangle with an ! mark inside of it. the current version is 3.0.1 I can not get into the app market to download the acer recovery app so im not sure what to do. the guy who was posting here got his to work so i know it can be done. thanks for the help
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I purchased a demo A500 from target and it does not have a full os on it. I have rooted the device and installed a rom manager (cwm) but i can not get the rom to boot, It starts the sequence and i get a triangle with an ! mark inside of it. the current version is 3.0.1 I can not get into the app market to download the acer recovery app so im not sure what to do. the guy who was posting here got his to work so i know it can be done. thanks for the help
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Ok, not a problem.
1st off, do not use Rom Manager application for your tab. It's not designed for Iconia, it was designed for phones. What you need to do, is get AcerRecovery from the market. Which puts you in a pickle. Acer Recovery will install Thor's CWM recovery, which will allow you to flash roms and such.
Right now, you pretty much have a mess on your hands if the tab no longer boots.
First off, I would try a hard reset (pinhole near the PWR button). If that doesn't work, then try this;
1. Make sure your tab is charged.
2. Go to this thread, and select one of the rom update packages.
3. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
Use one of the HC 3.2 update files near the end. Note that the Megaupload file no longer works.
Note that some of the packages are encrypted, so you will need to use the "decrypt" tool he has listed there in his 1st post. Copy it to PC, run it, select your encrypted rom, and let it do it's thing. This will give you the same rom, only states "decrypted" at the end of the file name.
4. Open the rom using Winzip or 7zip. Remove the update.zip (do not extract the contents of it), and copy it to the SD card (replacing a current update.zip if there's one there).
5. Holding either Vol- press and hold PWR. This should force the tab to install that update.zip (you should see some text on the screen, then you can release both buttons. Hopefully it will install.
Post back results please.
Got the hard reset done so i can boot back into the demo mode. Thanks for that.. The link to the thread you provided does not work tho. Is there any other way to get the Acer recovery on to the tablet or is there any way to get the market on the tablet so i can download it? i downloaded a version of the market but it says i need to add an account to use it and i do not have that option..i have an android phone and tried to download it to my sd card but it says its not a compatable device. Thanks for the help
I see many people having issues that are new to this kind of thing and here is a fairly simple troubleshooting guide that I have compiled that I think will help many of you get through rooting, Installing the Market, and installing twrp with no problems. This is a complete video walk through for those of you find the videos easier. I recommend that you watch the videos thoroughly before attempting this so that you can be sure that you make no mistakes…!!!
• Start off with a stock Kindle on original 6.2.1fw
• Go to this link for a video walkthrough to root the Kindle with Jcase’s Burrito root. All of the links are in the description of this video to do so. http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=KapnjR89ICA
• Now to install the android Market this is another video walkthrough that is from the same person once again all of the links are in the video description for downloading what it is that you need to perform this action http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...tion_598718&src_vid=KapnjR89ICA&v=rTkegVrnAvA
• Now to install a custom recovery (aka twrp2.0) this is also another video walkthrough also made from the same individual. Once again all of the files needed are in the video description http://www.youtube.com/watch?annota...&src_vid=KapnjR89ICA&feature=iv&v=JqKZLMaRSgc
• I have noticed that some people have problems getting stuck around 2:32 into the video where twrp is downloading and getting ready to install. If this happens to you and it is constantly “waiting for device” You may need to hit disconnect on your KF and run burrito root on your Kindle again, click “agree”,then click “You Rock”, Then click “root”. Once you do so you must re-open adb shell by opening a command prompt and typing the following:
cd c:\KindleADB to get into adb shell
adb devices to make sure your kindle is connected properly
adb root to get proper permissions
• Once you have done this re-open the run bat in KFU v0.9.1 and select option 5 again and it will install the twrp with proper root permissions.
• I have also noticed that some people also get stuck at 3:55 in this video at the firefire triangle. The fix for this is fairly easy and is explained in the video if you need a walkthrough step by step for doing this (Updating the drivers)here you go:
- Go to start Menu and right click on computer, Click manage
- In computer Management hit device manager
- I am guessing that you see your kindle connected in there with a yellow ! by it
- Right click on kindle and update driver software
- Click Browse my computer for driver software
- Click let me pick from the list of device drivers on my comp
- Click Next
- Click Have Disk
- Click Browse
- Navigate to your user folder in that window/ or wherever your .android folder is
- Double click on .android folder
- Double click on Driver Folder
- Now Click open
- Now click ok
- Click Next
- ClickInstall driver software anyway
• If you also need a link for installing cm7 here is another video to do so also by the same individual. I do not recommend this as of yet until all of the bugs are worked out in this as I have heard many people have had problems with video playback or sound (mainly in ics) and usually end up flashing back to a custom rom anyway. It is your device though so it is completely up to you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?featur...tion_828059&v=L-zTJWY3CRc&src_vid=JqKZLMaRSgc
UPDATE JANUARY 3rd 2012
• Here is a link for a newer rom install called MIUI. This Rom is very smooth and the only thing confirmed not working at the moment (January 2, 2012 is video playback. There are however some individuals working on this issue and will hopefully have video working soon. Thanks to leeech for the MIUI port and nat3mil for the video. Here is the link for the easy to follow video tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=OqiX-If5w_4&NR=1
• Here is link on how to resize your internal storage (aka custom partitioning). This is called FireParted made by eldarerathis. This is good for those of you that think that they have too much storage in one place and not enough in another. Playing with partitions can cause you to lose data that is not backed up previously to editing partitions, so use at your own risk. I myself am going to use this to expand the storage on my sd card. Here is the easy to follow video tutorial.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bkff-bI-FrY
Big thanks for every one of these videos, made by nat3mil. So be sure to thank him and subscribe to his channel for all the latest easy to follow videos!
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Update January 7th 2012 This is a program to fix boot loop Problems easily (For Windows Only)
I noticed that many people are still having problems with getting stuck in a recovery boot loop, firefirefire boot loop (Yellow Triangle), Or even the kindle fire boot loop. This is a program to fix it automatically like the kindle fire Utility. I believe that it was made by Zombiepiratez, and he made this to change all of the headaches that many people are having with bootloop problems, proper file permission problems, and bricking problems, so be sure to thank him if this helps you. Once again this is a batch file made only for windows so for those of you that are not on windows, I will leave the common manual fixes below. Here is the link to his thread and download for the Fire Utility Unbrick:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1428428
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I have also heard of the problem with some people getting caught in a boot loop and see a constant Kindle Fire boot screen. To fix this you must open up your cmd and type:
fastboot -i 0x1949 oem idme bootmode 4000
fastboot -i 0x1949 reboot
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Also for people getting caught in a recovery boot (whenever they turn on their kindle they boot into recovery without hitting the power button do this in your cmd:
adb shell
su
idme bootmode 4000
reboot
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I hope that this clears up a lot of confusion for some of you weary of trying to do this to your kindle fire. I did all of this manually with my first Kindle. I have also used this method to be sure that it works and any problems that might come about when using this method and I have confirmed this to be successful. I really wanted to post this guide because I know that it is easier for some of you people new to this to follow along with a video. I know that some people say well there are a lot of tutorials out there but not one with a step by step and video links for a walk-through to do this whole procedure. If a mod could please sticky this I am sure that many would be greatful!!!
Remember that there is a thanks button…
DO not forget those who made this all possible:
Thanks to Jcase for Burrito Root & Vashypooh For KFU v.0.9.1 I would recommend that any of you that enjoy this and would like to see more mods such as these come out, to donate to these devs..
Thanks for the post. Really helped me out. Now that I have twrp 2.0 installed...
1.) how do I make a back up file (in case something happens when i try to flash a rom) so i can restore and recover to where i am at now
2.) once i do make a back up file, where is it saved and how would i access it, if i wanted to recover and restore.
3.) when i rooted my phone and flashed a new rom i had to use titanium back up to save all my apps and information. if i wanted to flash cm7, do i need to install titanium back up and do the same thing as i did on my phone or is the sd card untouched during the flashing process and all apps will remain?
Thanks
I was worried about doing this but now that I read your guide and seen the videos I am going to give this a try when I get settled in. Thank You!
I got a question as well
After installing the twrp2.0, what will happen to my Kindle? Does that mean the device is already rooted and good to go?
If I don't install the cm7, what can I do with the rooted KF?
You have to root the kindle before you can install the TWRP. the twrp 2.0 is used when you want to flash a rom and a few other things, (i think) you wont be able to install the twrp with out rooting first
babbabooey97 said:
Thanks for the post. Really helped me out. Now that I have twrp 2.0 installed...
1.) how do I make a back up file (in case something happens when i try to flash a rom) so i can restore and recover to where i am at now
2.) once i do make a back up file, where is it saved and how would i access it, if i wanted to recover and restore.
3.) when i rooted my phone and flashed a new rom i had to use titanium back up to save all my apps and information. if i wanted to flash cm7, do i need to install titanium back up and do the same thing as i did on my phone or is the sd card untouched during the flashing process and all apps will remain?
Thanks
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I do believe that how to make a backup is on the install twrp2.0 video (the third one). I do not believe that you will have to install titanium backup like you do on your phone. I also do not believe that the sd card gets touched in the flashing process...
zwanzig said:
I got a question as well
After installing the twrp2.0, what will happen to my Kindle? Does that mean the device is already rooted and good to go?
If I don't install the cm7, what can I do with the rooted KF?
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If you follow this guide in the order which was given everything will work out great after the first video your kindle will be Rooted. Twrp is really for creating a backup of your kindle in the current state and flashing different roms such as cm7 or ics... There are many things that you can do with a rooted Kindle really too many to name. You can run different market for starters which will give you more of a selection than what amazon has to offer. I did not mean to sound as if cm7 is not a good thing to use it is just not as stable as it could be and ics is still in the process of being worked on. I will be flashing to a different rom myself such as cm7 or cm9 or ics once they are stable with little or no bugs...
Awesome! Thanks again. I should be all set. one last question and I promise I am done bugging. if you install cm7 rom will you still get OTA updates that amazon sends out. I know on the most recent OTA update, it unrooted the kindle. As of now i am just rooted with go launcher running and i dont feel like trying to reroot if another update comes out. so if i flash to cm7 will i still receive these updates? I know this is the wrong thread for this but just thought you might know.
Thanks again for your help.. definite sticky
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Awesome! Thanks again. I should be all set. one last question and I promise I am done bugging. if you install cm7 rom will you still get OTA updates that amazon sends out. I know on the most recent OTA update, it unrooted the kindle. As of now i am just rooted with go launcher running and i dont feel like trying to reroot if another update comes out. so if i flash to cm7 will i still receive these updates? I know this is the wrong thread for this but just thought you might know.
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From what I understand if you are on a different rom such as cm7 you will not recieve a ota update, i could be wrong so do not quote me on that. I have however heard of people installing a modified 6.2.1 update that will help them update from the old fw to the previous one, so for them to have not gotten the update they must have either been using cm7 or turned their wifi off completely until they found a sure fix. Do a little searching on older threads you might find something when you do post back to this thread but make sure that you are sure that it does work as I would not like to have any mis-information in this thread... Thanks
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From what I understand..... I would not like to have any mis-information in this thread... Thanks
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Edited the quote for my own amusement.
What all do you use your KF for? I use mine while at work to keep from lugging my Mac around. Also for the occasional updates (socialnetworking=SN) and emailing.
Another question I would like to know is the types of differences there are when running alternatives in the ROM Dept.....fluid transitions, non changing wallpapers, and the like?
Can't give you a thanks yet because of low post count, but this is exactly the sort of thing someone needed to do.
I got home at 8:00 this morning and took a nap. I could not even sleep because I was so anxious to do this to my Kindle Fire, so I decided to get up from 2 hours of sleep in the last 48 hours and give this a shot. This was by far the best guide that I have seen to rooting the Kindle and I pulled it all off flawlessly. Thank you so much for posting this. I did have a few issues when trying to download the recovery file through Kindle Fire Utility, but I followed the guide to a tee and it worked for me perfectly!
I would thank you but I do not have enough posts to do so I hope that this thread gets pinned just in case I have some friends that need a sure fire way to do what I am about to show off to them.
Got my Kindle Fire Stuck in a bootloop.
This thread helped me a lot, now it's fixed!
Thanks a lot!
guides and explanations
Its good to see your hints, because all those really awsome videos have their traps and you can easily get trapped on it, as i did and i had a hard time to find the right way.
My secret for this is to fully understand why you have to do this and that, and here all the guides lack, because there is no explanation WHY you have to do this.
This needs more love. I was successful, because i know from my old background how a chmod works, why i had to install the drivers again and so on but it really took me a while to get this all done, because i didnt read this thread in time.
I also understand that developers are excited about their custom roms and the cyanogenMod, but really who wants to have a kindle fire without sound and a mod with so many bugs ?
I am so happy to have my kindle fire rerooted again after the latest update without opening it or using a special cable.
So this all works quite well, but the guides really need some more explanations to get a deeper understanding about what we are doing here.
I am still working on that, to learn the details.
I want to say a big thank you to all who invested their free time and to spread the knowledge about this awsome device and make the kindle fire a really usefull tablet.
Please keep on the good work ! And have fun with a fully rooted device. There are so many possibilities now !
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Got my Kindle Fire Stuck in a bootloop.
This thread helped me a lot, now it's fixed!
Thanks a lot!
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You are very welcome I am glad to see that this guide helped you to get this accomplished!
Don't forget to give a big thanks to Jcase for Burrito Root and Vashypooh for Kindle Fire Utility!
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I got home at 8:00 this morning and took a nap. I could not even sleep because I was so anxious to do this to my Kindle Fire, so I decided to get up from 2 hours of sleep in the last 48 hours and give this a shot. This was by far the best guide that I have seen to rooting the Kindle and I pulled it all off flawlessly. Thank you so much for posting this. I did have a few issues when trying to download the recovery file through Kindle Fire Utility, but I followed the guide to a tee and it worked for me perfectly!
I would thank you but I do not have enough posts to do so I hope that this thread gets pinned just in case I have some friends that need a sure fire way to do what I am about to show off to them.
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I am glad to see that you got through this flawlessly. This thread was made just for that very reason to help the lesser experienced user with any issues they might encounter without having to post threads that may get lost in all of the other "Help Me" threads...
If there is a mod that could please sticky this thread I do believe this will answer many questions for individuals and help new users pull off a flawless root, recovery, etc...
+1 on stickying this thread. I have just been pointing people having the same basic problems here. This thread (especially the OP) seems to be helping a lot of people who need help "filling in the blanks".
Good job [-_-]!
I have also directed many of my friends to this thread and they have also gotten through their minor problems. It is kind of funny because a lot of my friends tell me I think my kindle is bricked I just laugh say I doubt it and send them here. Can you also make a guide about going from cm7 back to a the amazon rom please. I put cm7 on my kindle and did not like it so I flashed badk and hit reboot and now I just keep booting up in recovery is there a way to get out of that?
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I put cm7 on my kindle and did not like it so I flashed badk and hit reboot and now I just keep booting up in recovery is there a way to get out of that?
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Yes this will work...
1.Plug in USB cable to Kindle Fire on TWRP Recovery mode.
2.Bring up Command Prompt.
3.Key in adb shell.
4.Key in idme bootmode 4000.
5.Finally, key in reboot.
There you go..!!!
Great tutorial setup. Rooted, installed Android Market as mentioned without any issues. Have not installed the Recovery yet though.
Thanks for this thread.
Hey all,
Long story short. I made a backup copy of my build.prop to my internal SD. I edited one line in the /system/build.prop. I rebooted. It was fine. I decided the change I made to build.prop was not necessary so I copied the backup I had on my SDCard of the original file back to /system/. My phone hangs on the "Samsung GALAXY S5 powered by Android" screen during boot.
I'm not experienced with ADB but I am technically inclined so please point out if I'm doing something wrong. I have installed the universal ADB drivers on my computer. I have installed the "Samsung USB drivers". I boot into recovery. I go to "apply update from ADB" (not sure if that is correct). I then run the command "adb devices" in Windows and it lists my device with "sideload" next to it.
I then run "adb pull /system/build.prop" and I get "error: closed". That is as far as I can get.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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Hey all,
Long story short. I made a backup copy of my build.prop to my internal SD. I edited one line in the /system/build.prop. I rebooted. It was fine. I decided the change I made to build.prop was not necessary so I copied the backup I had on my SDCard of the original file back to /system/. My phone hangs on the "Samsung GALAXY S5 powered by Android" screen during boot.
I'm not experienced with ADB but I am technically inclined so please point out if I'm doing something wrong. I have installed the universal ADB drivers on my computer. I have installed the "Samsung USB drivers". I boot into recovery. I go to "apply update from ADB" (not sure if that is correct). I then run the command "adb devices" in Windows and it lists my device with "sideload" next to it.
I then run "adb pull /system/build.prop" and I get "error: closed". That is as far as I can get.
Any help is greatly appreciated.
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I would flash a stock rom to get the phone running again, and next time make a nandroid backup that you can restore with a custom recovery before you mess with system files.
I'm currently downloading a stock rom from a very slow source. In the 3hrs or so it's going to take to download I thought I would absolutely confirm I was buggered as it would be nice if a few ADB commands could save me.
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next time make a nandroid backup with a custom recovery before you mess with system files.
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I do certainly know better. But Samsung in their power have decided to Knox flag your device if you install a custom recovery. As such creating a nandroid backup was not an option for as long as I want my warranty. I do have Titanium backups, and I thought I was doing the right thing by making a copy of build.prop before doing anything... turns out I was wrong. But really, thanks for your concern and advice.
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Three hours huh? You should talk to Santa about a faster net connection.
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I live in Australia. We asked our government and they said yes.... then we got a new government. But in this case it's the speed of the host that was hindering. It's all elementary now anyway as the download finished. No one had replied. I flashed it. It failed. And the long and short of it is adb is now useless to me.
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You should know this already though as a five minute search on how to use ADB would have pulled up numerous tutorials.
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I appreciate the help. But I'd spent all day reading tutorials. Trying commands. Failing. Googling the error. Trying new commands. Failing. Googling those errors. After doing that for some time I thought it would just be more sensible to ask people that have actually had experience.
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You're also on the wrong site if you are obsessing over the Knox flag. Yeah, it might affect your warranty. Probably not, but I'll grant that it could. So simply decide up front it you want to modify your phone or wait out your risk free warranty period.
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So here's the thing. I don't want my cake and eat it. I will absolutely be blowing away knox. I just didn't see a point in doing it preemptively. The phone is only a couple weeks old so I decide it would be wise to at least keep my warranty until I'm happy it's rock solid and I have a good reason to lose it - nice stable Cyanogenmod I'm looking at you. Plus anything I wanted to do up to now I was able to with Towelroot and xposed. I just couldn't Nandroid.
Really. Thanks for listing the commands. As of this morning I hadn't needed to use ADB at all. I appreciate you spelling it out. I just wish I had of seen it mere minutes earlier as I would have been able to let you know if it worked. Unfortunately I didn't. But I appreciate the effort.
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And you say that your firmware download speed was host limited. I just did a search for half a dozen S5 firmware builds. Found all of them widely disseminated. And as one might expect, not all of the hosts were slow..
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I was using sammobile.com on a free account. I'm sure I could have found a faster host but I've used sammobile.com many times in the past and they've always been reliable. I'd rather wait longer and get something I trust when I'm not in a hurry than download a file that has the right name but is just from a random "megaupload" link or something.
Now regarding adb I got a lot of the information I needed through google searches. I also watched a number of videos. But here's the thing. If I were just taking the opportunity to learn about adb google-ing around would have been fine. But as the circumstances were a little dire in this situation and I've expressed that I've never used adb before and was not confident. I didn't know what I was doing or have the experience to know the implications of what I was doing. As such 1) I didn't want to take the chances of getting it wrong and screwing myself over further and 2) I seemed to have a fairly unique issue (can't boot, stock recovery, "error: close" issue).
It wasn't just about knowing the commands to use, it was about finding out whether I was even able to do what I was hoping to do from a stock recovery on an S5 (hence the title of the thread).
You're getting a little judgey, which is fine you're entitled to your opinions. But I'd ask you read my title and first post again. It wasn't about just getting the commands outright coz I was too lazy to look, it was about getting a number of questions that I didn't know the answer to due to lack of experience, and that I hadn't had directly answered through google searches. Also I never implied an urgency, it was simply a case of "I had a contingency plan in place (downloading a stock rom) but I thought I may as well ask for some advice in the time I had while waiting for it to download".
It's not as though my case was a dime-a-dozen, "answered directly a million times". It was a little more unique and I had answered many of the general questions myself and decided that my remaining hesitations are best answered by those with experience. I'm sorry that bothers you.
Plus the reason you were able to have so much success is because you have experience and knew what to look for and understood the compounding factors. I had figured your first and third command out for myself. I was missing your second and I don't know if that was my problem, but the error I was getting "error: closed" seems to have a massive lack of documentation on the internet. Not many people are talking about it and those that are pretty much just say "update abd" - I was running the latest version. That is where I was coming undone.
But if you're STILL feeling disconcerted at my efforts here is my session from yesterday right before I made this thread. This is literally only a few of the tabs I had gone through: http://i.imgur.com/WDB3qIg.png
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I just can not understand why you're being like this man. I've been nothing but polite. But I came on here to learn. If I was doing something blatantly against the community I'd expect to hear about it, but I just wanted help. You gave me help which was awesome but every time I took it or added something to explain my reasoning for my actions you added a lecture with it.
All I was trying to put across to you was that you don't know what I did or my reasoning for asking questions. I was just hoping you could see that your initial assumption about my laziness may not have been correct. Again, I'm not trying to be a **** about this and I really was thankful for the help you gave. But it seems you're more than willing to dish out the criticism but as soon as I defend myself or talk back you in turn get your back up. But I just don't understand why you seemed so interested in making assumptions about my efforts, my internet speeds and then telling me how I should be doing everything differently.
I have tried recovery mode and factory reset.
I'd like to refashioned the os and give that a try. But I don't want a custom Rom unless that Rom can be updated without flashing.
I really don't want to have to buy another phone right now.
I have googled the issue but the links are from 2017. I want some up to date links with current info.
Also a nice step by step tutorial would be nice. As I'm not experienced flashing and whatnot. Oh and no sarcastic comments like "step 1: find the stock Rom, step 2 plug into pc and flash" because that really doesn't help.
Nothing but a rude/unthankful/demanding post, so...
#1 use the search feature...it's your friend.
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Nothing but a rude/unthankful/demanding post, so...
#1 use the search feature...it's your friend.
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Only using attitude because people always send a bunch of useless inks from years ago with links to mega or google drive that no longer exists.
I just wasn't in the mood for the same crap I was told when I tried to flash stuff onto an LG G4. Stuff like being given instructions assuming I'm experienced and dead links. I'm tired of clicking on mega and drive links only to find what I'd been searching for has been deleted.
Even new phones have mega files people would remove.
I'm not blaming anyone. I was just sternly for the right stuff and no vague responses.
Yes I can use the search.
I should just garbage this phone. All I've read about it was issues and issues. Every SD810 and SD808 has been nothing but a mess.
I'll easily blame qualcomm for that one.
If you aren't experienced and not willing to take the time to learn...don't bother trying to flash. And regardless of the fact that all people don't provide "relevant" info/help, you should still be thankful. No one here has to do/help with all this stuff, it is a community and should be appreciated.
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If you aren't experienced and not willing to take the time to learn...don't bother trying to flash. And regardless of the fact that all people don't provide "relevant" info/help, you should still be thankful. No one here has to do/help with all this stuff, it is a community and should be appreciated.
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I can't install the android USB drivers because the PC doesn't connect to ANY port on my PC so I can't update the drivers (restarted, full shutdown, two different cords)
I can't get into the phone to access developer mode so I can unlock the bootloader
Let's start there. I found a video on youtube, but the link the guy provided was dead, it was a 3 year old link afterall.
I think, I am doing it right?
I am installing the Android Developer thing so I can get the drivers installed for the device.
then I can try and unlock the bootloader "somehow" I have yet to look into this.
I just HATE HATE HATE, when I am trying to do one thing and 6 other things get in my way and then things stem and branch off from those things that it results in me being so far from the original task that it's just aimless.
on BB10, to flash new OS, you downloaded a EXE file for windows, pressed it twice, said yes I am an admin and BAM, os was flashed.
Why can't android be that simple.
EDIT: if I let the phone sit, it goes to an "encryption unsuccessful" screen then hangs there for ages then just restarts. Sometimes I can get a factory reset option, but that doesn't do anything.
I went into recovery mode to wipe it, NOTHING
wiped the cache, nothing.
I am very very very frustrated.That's all. I just didn't want to be frusterted and then someone nicely comes along and says "watch this video, it has everything you need" then that video has dead links or something. I still am frusterated.
Why is the OS failing to encrypt, why is it corrupt?
Okay, new issue.
I can't get into the OS to bootloader unlock the phone. So I get an oem unlock error through adb. I guess this is the end of the road right?
Look for nexus 6p 4 core fix and you'll find the info you need.