I downloaded all the file needed to root this phone, but when I download the image file, it ends up being a TGZ file, not an img file. The same thing happened to me while I was trying to download an img file for my lg g3. I'm thinking it has something to do with my comp. Has anyone had this happen to them? If so, what's the work around? Thanks
I'm also having issues rooting my nexus 6p NRD90U
I bought it rooted so I downloaded the toolkit and did a format off it and made it completely stock etc. I restarted the phone and it was stuck on Google, so I restarted it again same results. It says No OS is installed any advice? I have tried stock recovery along with system,boot,vender and I used 4cores and a few different firmwares I found online Not at the same time. Is their a recovery file I can use?
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Hi everyone!
I have come to a slight problem, trying to flash an android L preview port for my N4. I rooted properly, but when CWM asked me if I wanted to fix boot, I unfortunately replied with Yes. After I lost my root, I tried rerooting, when I accidently selected a wipe all function. So, now I have no rom Just a CWM recovery.
I have downloaded a tar.gz factory image file for N4 (4.4.4) and tried adb pushing to the device. The transfer is successful, but when I try to install it from the sdcard (cwm), it reports failure. I googled and read a lot, but not much seems to be helping.
I am using a Mac, btw.
Thanks in advance!!
You cant install a .tgz via recovery. Instead you should download a flashable .zip of your rom. Try this.
CCody said:
You cant install a .tgz via recovery. Instead you should download a flashable .zip of your rom. Try this.
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Yes, I keep trying to do that but without success.
O tried factory kitkat zip and I tried an L android I downloaded.
Could you provide me witha link to a flashable zip?
Then tell me what you want. A factory image or a custom rom. I would recommand you cyanogenmod. Downloaf the zip for your device. http://www.cyanogenmod.org/
To install stock do this:
Extract .tar.gz (using 7Zip) until you come up with folder named "occam-xxxxx"
Copy the files within it to your fastboot.exe folder
Reboot into boot-loader
Hit flash-all.bat
But you may download latest CM from https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=mako and install it via flash .zip in CWM (however I recommend Philz Touch Recovery)
I'd like to flash Nexus 4 port for Android L. I had downloaded android l zip file but when I try to flash it, installation aborted keeps popping up.
And once again, people keep mentioning fastboot.EXE and run a batch file, but again... I am on a Mac. It would mean a great lot if the instructions given were for a mac.
Thanks!
Here's what I did:
1. Install Wugfresh's NRT (search online for it)
2. Download the factory image from the Google website
3. Connect your phone in Recovery mode
4. Open NRT and let it update if it has to
5. Hit "Flash stock + Unroot"
6. The usage is clearly explained at every stage. You should ideally have no problems restoring your phone to a working state. Your data however is most likely lost. Sorry.
(PS: I don't usually recommend toolkits because they take away the fun in messing with the phone manually, but sometimes it becomes necessary to use them. This is one of those times )
I tried flashing CM 11 snapshot M8 release, but it gave me status 7, install failed. I tried to fix it by removing asserts and rezipping, and failed again, without a status.
I am trying to revert back to stock now, nothing else works, and neither will this, so it seems.
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I flashed new bootloader and new radio, but when I tried to flash a stock rom, it failed again.
I don't know what to do anymore, I feel like throwing a phone against the wall and just getting a Nexus 5.
to flash the n4 L port, download the zip in the port thread and flash it in recovery. that's all. wipe before you flash.
there was no official L preview for the n4, so you can't flash it from the factory IMG, that's for the nexus 5.
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to flash the n4 L port, download the zip in the port thread and flash it in recovery. that's all. wipe before you flash.
there was no official L preview for the n4, so you can't flash it from the factory IMG, that's for the nexus 5.
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Cwm reports unable to mount... i updated to 6.0.5.0 cwm, changed to twrp even using fastboot... But nothing is helping.
I wonder whether there is help for someone who thought he knew how to flash a kernel but apparently is deluded. I have the original nexus seven Wi-Fi tablet android version 4.3 build number JWR66V. The system still wants to update me to 4.3 because I ripped some files out of the cache directory to prevent OTA updates. I have both fastboot and adb. I have read the stickies about flashing.
The phone is rooted and the bootloader is unlocked. I use TWRP custom recovery, and it's a good thing, because I solidly bricked myself up just trying to get my lollipop. I know there are tools to root a nexus seven even with stock lollipop, so I thought I'd upgrade my phone to stock lollipop and then use one of those methods. I tried both the stock lollipop kernel and the one provided by chain fire, which I understand is rooted already. (I'm assuming upgrading to lollipop will lose me my root, unless I want to recover back to 4.3.)
I tried to do these things a couple of different ways. When I tried fast boot, I got the message "error: neither -p product specified nor ANDROID_PRODUCT_OUT set". There was a YouTube video suggesting how to deal with this error message. I'm pretty sure I followed the instructions but no go. (I was using the "flash all" command.) This was after I had put the file containing lollipop in the directory, both zipped and unzipped (so that I had an .img file instead of a zip file). I tried using both the zip file with all of the lollipop partitions and the system image file individually. No go. I also had a message that android-info.txt could not be found, even though it was in the same, working directory.
I could be wrong but I don't think you can install a complete updated kernel from a file on the device. I think that works only with update.zip.
I'm still thinking fastboot is my best bet, but there are dependencies apparently and I don't know what files to include in its directory. Then, am I wise to go to stock and then root, or should I simply flash the stock kernel already rooted? I assume that's what chainfire is providing, correct?
I notice the lollipop official ROM nor Chainfire’s supposedly-rooted image have any file named nakasi. I have only .img files, no .zip files.
I found a dozen sets of instructions on how to flash a kernel but something I need is missing from all of them. Does anyone know what it is or can anyone offer some helpful advice?
Thank you,
Leon M.
I'm having serious trouble with my phone, after bad-rooting it (boot.img was meant for MPJ24.139-23.1 and I've got MPJ24.139-50) and loosing my IMEI and my Mac Address (and wifi of course) I've tried flashing the old boot file back and now It's stuck on fastboot and recovery mode. I've tried multiple things but it only seems to get worse, I can still transfer files and install them with twrp but I can't get it to flash the stock rom (doesn't find MD5 file and fails zip signature verification) nor can I recover it via RSD Lite for it refuses to recognize the phone. I simply don't know what to do anymore, please help.
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I'm having serious trouble with my phone, after bad-rooting it (boot.img was meant for MPJ24.139-23.1 and I've got MPJ24.139-50) and loosing my IMEI and my Mac Address (and wifi of course) I've tried flashing the old boot file back and now It's stuck on fastboot and recovery mode. I've tried multiple things but it only seems to get worse, I can still transfer files and install them with twrp but I can't get it to flash the stock rom (doesn't find MD5 file and fails zip signature verification) nor can I recover it via RSD Lite for it refuses to recognize the phone. I simply don't know what to do anymore, please help.
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Don't use TWRP to flash a stock ROM. Use (m)fastboot to flash the extracted files one by one in the right order.
Send with my Moto G4 Plus (XT1642) using Tapatalk!
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Don't use TWRP to flash a stock ROM. Use (m)fastboot to flash the extracted files one by one in the right order.
Send with my Moto G4 Plus (XT1642) using Tapatalk!
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Everything solved by now. I found and read the right tutorials, flashed the stock rom via mfastboot like you said, and rerooted it with the right image.
The thing is i had a Xperia with CWM and never had problems with it when flashing roms via recovery, so i thought it wouldn't be a problem on twrp...
Everything is ok now, thanks bro.
i am facing the same problem too can you please help me my model is XT1643 . NO imei no wifi please help
Hey guys!
This is my first ever thread on XDA! And my problem goes like
I have a Asus max Pro m2 device. And also I'm familiar with things like custom ROMs, custom recovery, rooting and all that stuff. I have been using custom ROMs, etc etc.. from a long time. And I use TWRP as my recovery system. Recently I tried to install lineage OS on my phone, but it gave me an error 7. Then I searched on google about what is error 7. Tried all the solutions, nothing worked. Then I thought it's happening because of my phone's modem. So I searched for the latest modem file for my device, then I got a file on XDA. And that was a TWRP backup file of the Modem and the EFS. So I downloaded it and restore the file through TWRP. And from there, I'm not able to install any custom rom on my device. I tried many of them but couldn't. All of them have me an error 7.
But before that everything was fine. I was in evolution X custom rom. And that file ruined my device completely. Now I'm completely helpless, clueless. So what to do. Any expert suggestions?
PLEASE RESPOND!!!
Hi, if you didn´t solve this problem watch this video that has the solution for asus zenfone max pro m2 brick devices. Keep in mind that when you do this, the phone gonna be with the first oreo version, relock bootloader and unroot your device so you have to uptade manually.
Copy the zip ROM file to your PC and unzip it using your favorite archiver (for example, 7-zip);
After unpacking find META-INF folder and go the META-INF/com/google/android line. In the last directory you will find two files called "update-binary" and "updater-script". We are interested in the latter one;
Rename "updater-script" to "updater-script.txt" and open it in any text editor (for instance, Notepad++);
Now remove the line starting with "assert" to the next semi-colon. Usually it is the first or a few first lines in the beginning of the text file;
Save the modified file;
Rename "updater-script.txt" back to "updater-script";
Update all files you have unpacked;
Copy the modified zip-file on your phone;
Reboot your Android device to recovery mode and try to update it again. Status Error 7 should be gone.
Hi everyone.
Bricked a 100011885 recently after messing around with GSIs. I can't get it to boot into anything. The preloader is still working as it gets recognized in sp flash tool and can be formatted (always with the except bootloader option) and have images written to it successfully. I've been trying to use the backup from https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...8-surf-gen-2-100011885.4214167/#post-84291365
It seems a lot of people are confused about those files but if you open the ROM file in 7zip it contains all of the IMG files.
I couldn't find a scatter file in the Google drive folder or in the ROM file so I did a bit of searching and found this which I downloaded and adapted it to the file names from the files from ROM. Somehow along the way I ended up with a MT8168_android_scatter.img that is 32mb along the way which I couldn't find I'm the ROM when I looked again and didn't download it from anywhere myself or know how I would have made that file, no clue what it is or how to use it. Regardless, after getting the scatter file set up to the files I had from ROM I tried flashing it to my device and I am now stuck on the preloader.
Foolishly on the first flash attempt I did have preloader selected but it got stuck on 0% and eventually failed. After that I could still get it to recognize the preloader and successfully flash the IMG files but I'm unable to get past the preloader. I can still write IMG files to it and format it using so flash tool but I'm just stuck at a blank screen. No backlight or anything.. Any tips on how I could revive this tablet or is it dead?
Could I have the scatter file you used? I have a 8" 100003561 and It's stuck in preloader too
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Could I have the scatter file you used? I have a 8" 100003561 and It's stuck in preloader too
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Sorry. Meant to link it in my op. It was from this post. The scatter file was from https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/help-needed-onn-8-gen-2-100011885-no-boot.4246787/#post-84949449
Although since then someone has dumped a complete stock rom which includes a scatter file that is complete. It can be found here https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...8-surf-gen-2-100011885.4214167/#post-86592343
I've tried to use that instead but I'm still having the same result.
Do you happen to know where I could find the stock rom for the 1st Gen 8"? 100003561?
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Do you happen to know where I could find the stock rom for the 1st Gen 8"? 100003561?
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I found a post on the thread for stock ROMs that has a link to a Google drive folder with a couple backups in it. I hope they help
[STOCK] Stock Backups/Images/OTAs
Since these tablets don't have an external online resource for downloading system updates, only a sketchy OTA app (com.adups.fota) I'm collecting a library of OTAs, as well as boot/recovery/system images. I have access to a 10.1 with keyboard...
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Still doesn't flash. I don't understand see the same guy that posted that had posted factory firmware and the tablet was booting right. I flashed it successfully with his factory firmware but the post you linked me said do not use it cause it will brick. I didn't know that. Now it's stuck in preloader won't do anything else, won't flash nothing. Just recognizes the tablet. I'm unsure what to do don't know if I'm using wrong sp flash tools or what. Should I pop the tablet open and disconnect the battery I don't know at this point never have flashed incorrect firmware before.
The only reason I flashed the tablet is cause the touch wouldn't work.
I'm in that situation myself which is why I made this thread to get help. I can still use the preloader and flash the rom using sp flash tools but I can't get it to actually boot after that. I am stuck on the preloader.
Did you ever figure this out? I still haven't found anything out on it but possibly pulling the images from the 10.1 inch which has the same SoC do you think this would work?
Sorry but I haven't had any results either. I also tried the 10.1 rom and had the same result as any of the other backups I've tried. I'm going to keep trying to figure this out when I have the time and if I do fix my device I'll definitely update this thread with how I did it.