Ok, I will try to make this short.
I have asked MD to host the file if he can (just sent a pm).
So you were trying to update your boot loader V8 etc... and it's not working or you did something wrong and now all you see is the ACER logo and your tablet will not boot past it.
This is what you do.
1 my mistake was made when I copied my CPUID from ADB devices and it had a space at the end so when I pasted it into the SBK tool/app it gave me the WRONG SBK# because of the space at the end. It took me a few hours because the APX Flasher tool would look like it was installing BUT my screen was blank. You HAVE to see the ACER (green color) with little white text top left on your screen. If not you did something WRONG likely your CPUID is WRONG or like me the generated SBK# was wrong (due to the space at the end)
2 So, go here and download this file from here http://d-h.st/0x7 (thanks MD for hosting) or you might find it here
post #426
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539&page=43
unzip the file
you WILL need to know your CPUID and also put a 0 (zero) at the beginning of your CPUID and make sure there is no space at the end.
2.5 put your tablet in APX mode, power it off, get a paperclip and press down the reset button, hold it for 3 seconds now press and hold the power button for 2 seconds (until it comes on) then let go of the reset then let go of power. It will go black but it will be in APX mode. The led power light will be on.
3. follow the info here, see screen shots. Don't worry about step 5. just continue on because you are stuck on the acer screen.
http://www.acertabletforum.com/forum/acer-a500-development/1538-tut-revert-ota-3-2-back-3-0-1-a.html
4. When you run the PBJ20upgrade.exe that you will find in the file after you unzip it...just follow the directions.
5. important...you MUST WAIT about 5 minutes because it will try to read your tablet as if it is booted up into a ROM. Just wait and you will eventually get to continue and it will install HC with THOR recovery.
6. now after it reboots follow the rest of the V8 boot loader guide.
You have the info above to get your tab back to working HC with CWM recovery. Just follow the guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622425
* additional thread for files
but the one link above worked for me and contained the pbj20upgrade.exe util to run from your pc
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1816560
* how to get your cpuid
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25429111#post25429111
I think it's good that you pulled some older info out. Should make it easier to find now.
Sometimes, the really good info gets pushed back to who knows where. And if you don't know the exact search terms, it can be difficult to find.
I think TD's tool might be mentioned in a couple of threads, but lately, it's good to have more than one reference.
MD
UPDATED(Guide)(Root & Recovery)Galaxy Note Edge SM-N915T Simple Imperfect CF AutoRoo
FIRST AND FOREMOST THIS IS NOT MY WORK, MY DOING OR MY DISCOVERY. I'm simply posting how to achieve root using Chain fires Auto Root Method for the Galaxy Note Edge Korean Variant and TWRP. This is by no means a clean polished Root Method but it works well. I figure from here someone can take it further and clean it up for our specific version eliminating the Odin fail and need to flash SU twice to get it stuck. So anyhow, DON'T HOLD ME RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG, DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK, HOWEVER SMALL THAT RISK MAY BE.
So first download the 4 files.
Samsung USB Drivers https://www.dropbox.com/s/lhijrt02e9tuqo2/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones_v1.5.45.0.exe
Chainfire Auto Root for SM-N915T https://www.dropbox.com/s/ubey6yxyqt0sizx/CF-Auto-Root-tbltetmo-tbltetmo-smn915t.zip
Super SU update v 2.16 https://www.dropbox.com/s/h4ce1grybbfvh12/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.16.zip
TWRP for the note 4 https://www.dropbox.com/s/jfq5pbpaya2w6f1/openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.1-trltetmo.img.tar
Unzip Chainfires Auto Root Package making sure that the Autoroot file ends in tar.md5 If it does not end in this then you additionally unzipped the main file as well.
Install samsung UsB drivers and plug in your phone allowing the proper drivers to get setup. Once this is done turn off your phone and open Odin which is included in the auto root package that you just unzipped.
Put your phone into Download mode and plug it into the computer. Make sure nothing is checked except AUTO REVOOT and RESET TIME. Nothing else should be checked. Next click on PDA and locate the tar.md5 file you unzipped from Chainfires package. Press START and wait for it to fail. Once it fails unplug your phone and pop out the battery and put it back in. Turn the phone back on amd it will automatically load back to download mode this time showing a screen saying there was a problem and you need to recover in keys. Plug the ohone back into the computer with Odin open. Press RESET in Odin at the bottom. Again make sure only Auto Reboot and Reset time are ticked. Click PDA and locate the openrecovery TWRP img file previously download. Press START. As soon as you click start get ready to hold the volume up home and power buttons which you will do the second the phone restarts, this will boot you straight intonTWRP.
Once you boot into TWRP click install>SuperSU2.16 then slide to flash the file. Once done go back to home and reboot system. You Now have ROOT!.
However, Root will most likely not stick on reboot so once your phobe boots up, power it down and boot back into recovery by holding volume up home and power then once more install SuperSU 2.16. Reboot system and open Super Su. Allow super Su to disable Knox and if necessary install updated binaries. COMPLETE. Now enjoy root.
I used this method to root 3 edge phones now without any problems what so ever. If you have any questions i will try snd answer them although im sure others will as well.
worked on my n915p... just had to get the chainfire n915p version, THANKS!
Hmmm... Isn't this my guide written again? Lol... Even worst... On the same forum... On my own face?
I assume it was by accident... but anyway please remove the entire thread...
if it was done on purpose, please have some decency and remove it too...
Mod Edit
Guide already exists here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/note-edge/general/easy-steps-stock-odin-n915tuvu1anjl-sm-t2943993
Thread closed
malybru
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hi guys,there are so much confusion on OTA updates over rooted device
and yes i screwed my device by removing bloatwares and end up in bootloop,so here what i did to recover and update the OTA..
if u didnt remove bloatware or didnt edit the system apps[freezing is no problem] then you can just unroot using supersu and reboot once,click update but if u removed bloatware or ended up in bootloop,follow below steps
I'm not responsible for bricked phone,try on your own risk
Credit goes to: @ mhp1995 for his all in one thread and clear instructions, @shakalaca , @keepfishes,i didnt do anything ,i just made their links,guide at one place..
First things first: (get this straight, don't download the wrong firmware and flash the wrong thing)
ZE550ML = Z008
ZE551ML[2gb,4gb ram] = Z00A
What this guide giving steps for:[just more like summary]
Files Needed and Required before Steps: - Just basic drivers to activate adb,fastboot
Steps To recover from Bootloop: - flashing system,kernel,recovery,droid boot to fix the phone[flashing system alone is mostly enough]
Steps to Apply OTA manually: - getting ota zip and put it in sd by renaming then goto recovery,flash
Files Needed and Required before Steps:
Drivers for Asus Zenfone 2 installed on PC from here [mostly it will auto installed]
ADB installed on your PC (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0MKgCbUM0itVVFWRC02Q0VBQnc/view?usp=sharing)
Flashtools[http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=3301263&d=1431011927]
WinRar
Steps To recover from Bootloop:
three methods are there,using preroot img, using adb sideload and using stock.zip given by asus[if u think flashing,adb sideload is hard,use stock.zip method]
Pre Root Stock using flashtools:
Pre-rooted system.img and recovery (https://mega.co.nz/#F!k4MHiAgL!dVuOKeH3eokcwPSNI79ffw) (Download the correct firmware according to your phone ZE550ML = Z008 , ZE551ML = Z00A )
Download and run WinRAR . Click on the '.zip' part of the system.img file. You will see that WinRAR puts all the parts together and offers you an option to extract the one big system.img. Go ahead and extract it to the folder the other parts of the ROM are in.
will be look like THIS pic or see attachment ..
Unzip the FlashTools.zip and copy the following 4 downloaded files and paste it into extracted flashtools folder:
boot.img (~ 11MB)
droidboot.img (~ 13MB)
recovery.img (~ 11MB)
system.img (~ 2GB)
Disconnect your phone from PC/Laptop.. Power it off. Once it is off, hold down the volume up button and hold on to the power button until the phone vibrates. After the vibration stops, release the power button and continue pressing the volume up button until the green Android robot appears. You should see a blue line below saying "Waiting Fastboot command or Continue the fastboot process"
Now connect your phone via USB to your computer.
At the flashtools folder press Shift + Right Click.. Then select "Open command here"...
Copy and paste the following commands in the command prompt window (line by line) and press enter after each line. WAIT for the process to complete before copying and pasting the next line:
Code:
fastboot flash fastboot droidboot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
The flashing of system.img will take huge time to show any text after max size info,after some more time it will show finished ,then you can plug out the USB and press the power button, reboot your phone and when it starts up, your phone is ROOTED.
Now open Supersu[it will ask for su binary update,click NO],and click unroot from options of supersu,reboot once
Now u have stock without any modification,you can apply OTA manually for sure..not sure on FOTA about bootloop..
Using ADB sideload:
go here for ZE551ML[for 2g and all 4gb versions] ,go here for ZE550ML
choose Android in OS,then click firmware,in that get latest the zip of ww[ww-world,TW-taiwan,JP-japan,CN-China]
create a folder called adb in any drive in your pc/lap,put the zip you download there and rename the zip as "file"
Disconnect your phone from PC/Laptop.. Power it off. Once it is off, hold down the volume up button and hold on to the power button until the phone vibrates. After the vibration stops, release the power button and continue pressing the volume up button until the green Android robot appears. You should see a blue line below saying "Waiting Fastboot command or Continue the fastboot process"
Now connect your phone via USB to your computer.
At the adb folder press Shift + Right Click.. Then select "Open command here"...
Copy and paste the following command in the command prompt window
Code:
adb sideload file.zip
Wait until the process is complete ,then rebooot ,thats all
Using Stock.zip from ASUS site:
go here for ZE551ML[for 2g and all 4gb versions] ,go here for ZE550ML
choose Android in OS,then click firmware,in that get latest the zip of ww[ww-world,TW-taiwan,JP-japan,CN-China]
now rename the zip which you download to "MOFD_SDUPDATE" zip and paste it in external SDCARD[external not internal]
now power off, Once it is off, hold down the volume up button and hold on to the power button until the phone vibrates. After the vibration stops, release the power button and continue pressing the volume up button until the green Android robot appears. You should see a blue line below saying "Waiting Fastboot command" ,Now here click vol down till you see Recovery mode in top big rectangle box,now click power button,and thats all it will restore your phone..
Steps to Apply OTA manually:
[Note: please confirm that you didnt modified or removed any system apps,files]
Download the OTA file from here, check under ota update heading [get the latest one ,check the version number]
rename the OTA zip which you download to "MOFD_SDUPDATE" zip[verify with this PIC], paste the renamed zip in external memory[not in internal, tried to place in internal but it didnt work]
now power off, Once it is off, hold down the volume up button and hold on to the power button until the phone vibrates. After the vibration stops, release the power button and continue pressing the volume up button until the green Android robot appears. You should see a blue line below saying "Waiting Fastboot command" ,Now here click vol down till you see Recovery mode in top big rectangle box,now click power button,and thats all it will update your phone..
hope this helps you
Thank you sooooo much.
Not a single hitch .... one shot update!
I uninstalled xposed, unrooted and still got the dead android with the error message.
So this is what I did, since I had the official unrooted firmware from the Asus site in my sdcard (renamed of course) I went to recovery and automatically install the firmware, it let me kept my set up the way I had it, then I look for the update. All this from my phone.
Then connect to the computer and root and installed xposed.
one can still install the update file while rooted.
this will work as long as no files present in both existing system and patch have been modified.
pasting method from @mhp1995's thread.
Method:
1. Turn off your Zenfone 2
2. Go to recovery mode
3. Select apply update from ADB
4. Connect your zenfone 2 with USB cable to your PC/laptop
5. Open command prompt in Windows (in the same folder where ADB is located)
6. Check connection by typing adb devices in the command prompt.. If connection successful there will be a list of Zenfone 2 device.
7. Type
Code:
adb sideload file.zip (where file.zip is the file name of the Asus firmware)
8. Wait until the process is complete
9. Wipe Cache, Reboot.
Hi thanks for the time to write the guide but im stuck on step 6.
The folder i have contains
Adb
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbwinusbApi.dll
Enter_bootloader
Fastboot
If i right click it on my laptop the command box opens and when i typed in the 1st line of text and hit enter it said file size was too big along those lines.
Sorry to mess up
Where am i going wrong.
If not il paypal £5 to a video maker so i can watch the steps..... Its the least i can do.
Thanks
maka81 said:
Hi thanks for the time to write the guide but im stuck on step 6.
The folder i have contains
Adb
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbwinusbApi.dll
Enter_bootloader
Fastboot
If i right click it on my laptop i dont get the option to type the command
Where am i going wrong.
If not il paypal £5 to a video maker so i can watch the steps..... Its the least i can do.
Thanks
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Have u installed adb and the drivers?? If yes then copy the OTA (zip file or system.img, recovery.img, droidboot.img, boot.img) in the flashtools folder then press Shift + Right Click.. Then select "Open command here"...Then follow the guide as it is... If u don't have system.img, recovery.img, droidboot.img, boot.img just put the OTA (zip file) in the flashtools folder or adb folder.... Reboot ur phone to bootloader mode and type the following command in the adb:
Code:
adb sideload file.zip (where file.zip is the file name of the Asus firmware)
and wait for the process to complete...
Hope this helps..If u still face some prob just PM me i will walk u thru step by step
Thank you for the reply. Everything as far as i am aware is installed on my laptop.
I found the commands thing clicked it entered the 1st line and got file size too big . all the files are in 1 window so i cant see where. Im going wrong. 1st time i ever roted a phone and had no problems then 1 update later its dead lol.
Seriously. If someone makes a vid from scratch or wants to facetime me to get it sorted il pay uk £15 as im pulling my hair out now
Thanks. Again all
Danny
maka81 said:
Hi thanks for the time to write the guide but im stuck on step 6.
The folder i have contains
Adb
AdbWinApi.dll
AdbwinusbApi.dll
Enter_bootloader
Fastboot
If i right click it on my laptop the command box opens and when i typed in the 1st line of text and hit enter it said file size was too big along those lines.
Sorry to mess up
Where am i going wrong.
If not il paypal £5 to a video maker so i can watch the steps..... Its the least i can do.
Thanks
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i guess u are saying about max number of bytes allowed to flash and some xxxxx bytes right?
if u r telling that then yes it is what meant to be happen ,just wait for some minutes
but can you take the screen shot of that cmd,and post that pic here [it will be easy to understand]
maka81 said:
Thank you for the reply. Everything as far as i am aware is installed on my laptop.
I found the commands thing clicked it entered the 1st line and got file size too big . all the files are in 1 window so i cant see where. Im going wrong. 1st time i ever roted a phone and had no problems then 1 update later its dead lol.
Seriously. If someone makes a vid from scratch or wants to facetime me to get it sorted il pay uk £15 as im pulling my hair out now
Thanks. Again all
Danny
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did u copy pasted all 4 codes at a time?? or did u pasted just 1 line?
Hahahahahahaha i have done it. Dont know how and i dont care lol.
Right i did have 1 last problem on the last step tho. I dragged the zip file across after renaming it to what was listed and entered recovery it loaded for a second then went into error picture.
Restarted the phone and now it seems to be ok but dont get why i got the error robot ??
I chose the top number firmware on that list but im now think i may have tried the wrong 1 but right type for my phone.
Il try that step again but im so so chuffed !!!!!
You guys are bloody awesome !!!!!!!!!!
Big big big thanks to you all who tried helping ...... I truly appreciated it.
Danny
maka81 said:
Hahahahahahaha i have done it. Dont know how and i dont care lol.
Right i did have 1 last problem on the last step tho. I dragged the zip file across after renaming it to what was listed and entered recovery it loaded for a second then went into error picture.
Restarted the phone and now it seems to be ok but dont get why i got the error robot ??
I chose the top number firmware on that list but im now think i may have tried the wrong 1 but right type for my phone.
Il try that step again but im so so chuffed !!!!!
You guys are bloody awesome !!!!!!!!!!
Big big big thanks to you all who tried helping ...... I truly appreciated it.
Danny
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did u renamed the zip and placed in both internal and external,the error robot means u didnt actually update the phone,check the firmware version[or u might used latest version prerooted system if they listed it lol
Got to say it again: thank you ansebovi very much for pulling together this guide. It's very clear and worked superbly for me.
I'd rooted and deleted some system apps and was tearing my hair out trying to get the update.
Then you took the time and trouble to post this guide and saved the day, not only for me, but I'm sure many others who found themselves in the same situation.
Thank you!
iainmann said:
Got to say it again: thank you ansebovi very much for pulling together this guide. It's very clear and worked superbly for me.
I'd rooted and deleted some system apps and was tearing my hair out trying to get the update.
Then you took the time and trouble to post this guide and saved the day, not only for me, but I'm sure many others who found themselves in the same situation.
Thank you!
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well i just linked 2 threads they are the ones who helped us really [i am same as u] but thanks for appreciation ..
found i had the right file but still wont install.
do i just select the recovery option and thats it ?
i dont have to tell it to boot via zip like when u do install su etc. ??
i corrected the name and placed the unopend zip into main storage and one into the sd card slot
thats its right ? but i still get the error robot when trying that method.
phone starts ok after that .
thanks
Hello everyone!
I'm writing you about the last OTA update !!
First of all.. i have a "pre-root" (not the first method.. but the SECOND ONE.. the easiest before 1x click root) , just deactivated root permissions on SuperSu and restarted the phone.
After that, just checked that haven't root permissions and started to download updates ! When all was ready, just pressed confirmation for restart the phone and install it.
What's happened.. ?? "Android's icon with the "error" message !! Just pressed "power botton" for some second and restarted my Zenfone 2. For my lucky, haven't bootloop and all returned at normality (just a message that said "Update Failed" !!
Now when i try to search new updates, nothing happened.. what i need to do? T_T
miky1989 said:
Hello everyone!
I'm writing you about the last OTA update !!
First of all.. i have a "pre-root" (not the first method.. but the SECOND ONE.. the easiest before 1x click root) , just deactivated root permissions on SuperSu and restarted the phone.
After that, just checked that haven't root permissions and started to download updates ! When all was ready, just pressed confirmation for restart the phone and install it.
What's happened.. ?? "Android's icon with the "error" message !! Just pressed "power botton" for some second and restarted my Zenfone 2. For my lucky, haven't bootloop and all returned at normality (just a message that said "Update Failed" !!
Now when i try to search new updates, nothing happened.. what i need to do? T_T
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Did you uninstall any Asus apps after you rooted? You know, ones that you can't uninstall unrooted. That's what I did and I think that's what made the update fail with me. If you're in the same boat, follow the instructions at the top of this thread.....it works!
iainmann said:
Did you uninstall any Asus apps after you rooted? You know, ones that you can't uninstall unrooted. That's what I did and I think that's what made the update fail with me. If you're in the same boat, follow the instructions at the top of this thread.....it works!
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Yes.. for my unlucky, unistalled it :/
P.S. If i'll follow instructions at the top of this thread, i'll lose all my apps and saves ?
maka81 said:
found i had the right file but still wont install.
do i just select the recovery option and thats it ?
i dont have to tell it to boot via zip like when u do install su etc. ??
i corrected the name and placed the unopend zip into main storage and one into the sd card slot
thats its right ? but i still get the error robot when trying that method.
phone starts ok after that .
thanks
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some of my friends told renaming zip didnt work so try like in my attachment pics here and here
and try to do the last step of my guide and do it after full unroot
miky1989 said:
Yes.. for my unlucky, unistalled it :/
P.S. If i'll follow instructions at the top of this thread, i'll lose all my apps and saves ?
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in my guide you wont lose user apps[but it will format system and restore system apps]
Thanks OP
the best guide ever hahahahha
So stupid me decided to try rooting my phone with about 7 months ago when my phone was at 5.0. The flash said success in odin but when i restarted I have gotten the most nightmarish bootloop i've ever encountered.
when I go into recovery I get lrx21t.g870aucu1b0c5 as the top version I can get into recovery mode.
I've been working on this phone for the past 10 hours and I'm hitting a dead end, but I need some ideas. I can't find any firmware for 5.1.1 that would successfully install through the recovery mode. The one on Sammobile is 4.4, the bootloader is locked so I can't downgrade my Android version
The phone originally got messed up when I followed this guide.
1. Take the NG3 OTA update.
2. Download and install Towelroot-v3.apk(this version does not require internet access).
3. Place your phone into "Download Mode" (press and hold the Home, Volume Down, and Power keys until the phone powers on and displays warning screen, then press Volume Up key) and flash the G870A_NE4_Stock_Kernel using Odin's PDA slot(AP in Odin v3.09+).
4. Open the Towelroot app from your app drawer and press "Make it Rain" to root your device.
5. Power off then boot into "Download Mode" again and flash the G870A_NG3_Stock_Kernel also in Odin's PDA slot(AP in Odin v3.09+).
6. Download SuperSu to manage root access. Done!
At the time I did not realize that the update made rooting my phone not possible right now.
Please help me I feel so dumb for making such a huge oversight to even check if my current firmware was rootable. I just assumed it was. I promise to follow instruction very carefully and am willing to try anything to get this working again.
Thanks
I've tried pretty much everything. So I'm not hopeful, but if someone can give me the right solution I will get you whatever you want on steam up to $55
What i understand from U
What are U need exactly?
Root Ur phone or what
Sent from my SM-N9300 using Tapatalk
https://forum.xda-developers.com/at...uide-downgrade-s5-active-mm6-0-lp5-0-t3523683
Nevermind, this guide fixed my issue.