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[Q] Another bricked device. Please help!

Hi! I bought the new Nexus for myself today, and decided to unroot and reset my old one to factory image to give to my young kids.
The situation right now is that I have no OS so I can't enable USB debugging to sideload anything. I can get into TWRP, but ADB sideload fails.
Any ideas?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!

StrangerWeather said:
Hi! I bought the new Nexus for myself today, and decided to unroot and reset my old one to factory image to give to my young kids.
The situation right now is that I have no OS so I can't enable USB debugging to sideload anything. I can get into TWRP, but ADB sideload fails.
Any ideas?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Without an OS you are going to need to flash either a rom or stock image. Fastboot & adb pushed from PC should work. If you have a zip of a rom on file on your device you can flash that from TWRP. Really don't think push from PC would work without USB debugging turned on though. Does your PC see your device for file transfer? If so you could download a zip file of a rom to your PC & transfer to device then TWRP to flash it. Don't know if USB debugging can be enabled remotely somehow. You have no Nandroids? Can't factory reset?
Sorry, guess I wasn't much help
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wtherrell said:
Without an OS you are going to need to flash either a rom or stock image. Fastboot & adb pushed from PC should work. If you have a zip of a rom on file on your device you can flash that from TWRP. Really don't think push from PC would work without USB debugging turned on though. Does your PC see your device for file transfer? If so you could download a zip file of a rom to your PC & transfer to device then TWRP to flash it. Don't know if USB debugging can be enabled remotely somehow. You have no Nandroids? Can't factory reset?
Sorry, guess I wasn't much help
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Thanks for your help, I have a nandroid on my pc but am not sure what to do with it. I am downloading a rom on my pc right now to try and push it onto my sd card.
Any more help welcome!
PS: Sorry, out of thanks for the day...

StrangerWeather said:
Thanks for your help, I have a nandroid on my pc but am not sure what to do with it. I am downloading a rom on my pc right now to try and push it onto my sd card.
Any more help welcome!
PS: Sorry, out of thanks for the day...
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Thanks again, I managed to fastboot flash all the images. So it's now all working and good as new!:good:

FYI. USB debugging only applies to a running os. All custom recoveries have adb daemon running allowing you to use adb commands while in recovery.
USB debugging DOES NOT APPLY nor is it necessary while in fast boot or custom recovery.

[Q] how to root Nexus 10 (upgraded to Kit Kat 4.4)

Newbie here.
Pls guide me..
Many tks!
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Hi!
You can easily boot a custom recovery and then install the SuperSU.zip from there .
1 - Download the SuperSU zip from here: http://download.chainfire.eu/370/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip.
2 - Copy it to your Nexus 10 root folder (the one where it's located Download, DCIM, Android, etc)
3 - Download the .img file from here: http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/128, then rename it to recovery.img
4 - Copy it to your fastboot/adb folder (if you doesn't have one search for how to get it)
5 - Plug your Nexus 10 in your PC
6 - Turn USB Debugging on (Settings --> About Tablet --> Press many times Build Number --> Developer Options --> On --> USB Debugging)
7 - Open a cmd in your PC and go to your adb/fastboot folder, then type:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
(When the screen turns on you type) fastboot boot recovery.img
Wait for it to turn on and then click install, select the SuperSU.zip and then confirm. Then it's done . If you can't get this way working you can try one of the many tools in the Development thread. I'm sure one will work with you .
~Lord

Issues with rooting (4.4), stuck after flashing recovery
I just got my Nexus 10, and unlocked the boot loader, then flashed the custom recovery. All was fine, and I could boot into recovery, however recovery can not mount any filesystems. So I rebooted, now the Nexus does not boot, but hangs on the intro animation, normally meaning in my experience that the kernel is looped and is no longer finding (or else) booting the OS. I've tried booting 3 times.
So then, the steps I took,
enable USB debugging
were copy over the zip file for supersu
reboot to (fastboot mode), verify device
unlock boot loader "fastboot oem unlock"
flash the recovery "recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.4.3-manta"
reboot into recovery
Failed to mount filesystems
for instance "E: Can't mount /cache/recovery/command or E:Can't mount /sdcard .... (you get the idea).
rebooting again a leaving it does nothing.
I also tried side loading a new image in my case "ThunderKat_manta-KRT16S-20131201" and after installing the "UniversalAdbDriverSetup", I was able to do so, I also was also able to side load the google apps "GoogleAppsPack-4.4-20131128", in both cases I get a success message after the install, however there after when I attempt to reboot I'm still stuck looking at the boot animation.
Now I'm really confused as if if the OS was destroyed when I unlocked the device, then side load of the zip contains a new kernel and OS image so it should be working, but it is not. In fact, recovery while still working throws the same can not mount exceptions after the flash as it did before (I rebooted) as I was previously getting and a factory reset, fails to mount /data, but does flash /cache and sd-ext without issues, so again I'm lost as to what to do.
Best guess I have is that partitions such as /data are just missing, I have no idea the state of teh device in such a case, but recovery and side loading using adb are working, how do I recover a working ANDROID OS from here?
Thanks,
ERIC

stuck in loading screen
Hi,
i just got my Nexus 10 yesterday. I tried to root it, but it is stuck in the loading screen. What can i do now? Can i like undo it to get it back to work?
I have the same issue egandt described.
Edit: I just got it back with this tutorial to android 4.2.2 and now i am updating it back up
nexus10root.com/nexus-10-unroot/how-to-unrootunbrick-nexus-10-factory-firmware/

I unlocked nexus10,
Flashed cwm,
Installed su, but whn i turned it on, su not found, rootchecker shows no root access..
I also encounter bootloop initially,
Need to wide data / factory reset then its normally booted..
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Agreed the factory reset was required to fix the issues I encountered, then installing super-su worked.

I still cannot root the Nexus10..
Any one can help?
Thanks in advance!

XxLordxX said:
Hi!
You can easily boot a custom recovery and then install the SuperSU.zip from there .
1 - Download the SuperSU zip from here: http://download.chainfire.eu/370/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.80.zip.
2 - Copy it to your Nexus 10 root folder (the one where it's located Download, DCIM, Android, etc)
3 - Download the .img file from here: http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/128, then rename it to recovery.img
4 - Copy it to your fastboot/adb folder (if you doesn't have one search for how to get it)
5 - Plug your Nexus 10 in your PC
6 - Turn USB Debugging on (Settings --> About Tablet --> Press many times Build Number --> Developer Options --> On --> USB Debugging)
7 - Open a cmd in your PC and go to your adb/fastboot folder, then type:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
(When the screen turns on you type) fastboot boot recovery.img
Wait for it to turn on and then click install, select the SuperSU.zip and then confirm. Then it's done . If you can't get this way working you can try one of the many tools in the Development thread. I'm sure one will work with you .
~Lord
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Many thanks for the detailed explanation, bro!
Still got following questions:
So do I need to enable "USB Debugging" 1st before unlocking Bootloader?
Although I successfully installed SuperSU, but still lack of SU power, those apps required SU access are not working at all.
the kitkat poisons me... sigh...
Thanks again!

xing369 said:
Many thanks for the detailed explanation, bro!
Still got following questions:
So do I need to enable "USB Debugging" 1st before unlocking Bootloader?
Although I successfully installed SuperSU, but still lack of SU power, those apps required SU access are not working at all.
the kitkat poisons me... sigh...
Thanks again!
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If you are going to follow the commands he listed in step 7 then yes you need to enable "USB Debugging" before you go ahead and unlock the Bootloader. Installing SuperSU alone will not give you root access, you need to flash the SuperSU .zip file in recovery as the end of step 7 mentions to properly gain root access. If your still confused about anything or have any questions let me know I'll be happy to help you .

shimp208 said:
If you are going to follow the commands he listed in step 7 then yes you need to enable "USB Debugging" before you go ahead and unlock the Bootloader. Installing SuperSU alone will not give you root access, you need to flash the SuperSU .zip file in recovery as the end of step 7 mentions to properly gain root access. If your still confused about anything or have any questions let me know I'll be happy to help you .
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Thanks for your kind offering of hands!
Last night I tried again to re-flashed latest TWRP as well as latest SuperSU.
I ran 2x Root Checker,
1 said rooted,
1 said no root access, no BusyBox available.
I tried some apps like GMD Gesture, no working or no root access.
So,
Should I redo everything: enable USB Debugging then unlock bootloader then flash CWM then install SuperSU?
I initially gone thru above steps w/o enabling USB Debug..
Many thanks!
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Now Nexus10 stuck at boot animation.
Did several data wipe / factory reset, not working...
SOS

xing369 said:
Now Nexus10 stuck at boot animation.
Did several data wipe / factory reset, not working...
SOS
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https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Download the appropriate factory image, extract it, boot to bootloader and flash everything using fastboot commands/execute the .bat file IF you're running Windows on your computer.

fritzhy said:
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
Download the appropriate factory image, extract it, boot to bootloader and flash everything using fastboot commands/execute the .bat file IF you're running Windows on your computer.
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Very much appreciated for reviving my nexus!
However, after flashing latest TWRP, and installed SuperSU 1.80,
It seems my nexus still unrooted.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Do you have SuperSU in your app drawer? If so, open it and see if you have to update the SU binaries. If not, try flashing the SuperSU zip again.
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fritzhy said:
Do you have SuperSU in your app drawer? If so, open it and see if you have to update the SU binaries. If not, try flashing the SuperSU zip again.
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Thanks for replying!
Yes, got SuperSU app in drawer..
But a silly question: How to update SU binaries?
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xing369 said:
Thanks for replying!
Yes, got SuperSU app in drawer..
But a silly question: How to update SU binaries?
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If it's needed the app will say so when you open it.

fritzhy said:
If it's needed the app will say so when you open it.
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Sigh..
Seems still 'unrooted'.
Any other ways to get it done?
Thanks!
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xing369 said:
Sigh..
Seems still 'unrooted'.
Any other ways to get it done?
Thanks!
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Not that I can think of, nope...

[q] help please

Well this is embarrassing to say what I actually did to my phone but I desperately need help to fix it (if it is possible).
My device is D802.
I wanted to try some custom rom so I installed TWRP 2.6.3.2.
I have downloaded a rom and gapps and then I saw that it is desirable to wipe everything, and I mistakenly wiped even data on internal storage which left me without rom to flash.
I can enter recovery and download mode, but it can't seem to start that offline flash tutorial I found on this forum.
I am on Windows 8.1 and tried to install drivers. I did not get any errors during that but adb do not see my phone. when in recovery. PLEASE I am desperate, someone help me! (maybe I just said the stupid thing but I am not that good in all of this).

ozren said:
Well this is embarrassing to say what I actually did to my phone but I desperately need help to fix it (if it is possible).
My device is D802.
I wanted to try some custom rom so I installed TWRP 2.6.3.2.
I have downloaded a rom and gapps and then I saw that it is desirable to wipe everything, and I mistakenly wiped even data on internal storage which left me without rom to flash.
I can enter recovery and download mode, but it can't seem to start that offline flash tutorial I found on this forum.
I am on Windows 8.1 and tried to install drivers. I did not get any errors during that but adb do not see my phone. when in recovery. PLEASE I am desperate, someone help me! (maybe I just said the stupid thing but I am not that good in all of this).
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Anyone? At least point me in right direction?

I've never did this but heard its happened many times before ... Adb or sideload/push the rom into your internal sdcard to flash it and all should be good!!! Just google how to a d should bring up a you need
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Thank you My problem was that adb did not "see" the phone. I had to manually install the driver. Once I got that working I managed to install a custom 4.2.2 RM. Do you have any idea why I coud not install 4.4 rom (I get error no matter what version I choose).
But seriously thank you very much for the efort of replaying and pointing me to the right direction.

You need a newer version of your recovery to install kitkat roms
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All done thank you
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Help!

How could I flash recovery without pc? I have twrp at the moment and i want the CWM. Im on 6.0 Emui 4.1

staska_lt said:
How could I flash recovery without pc? I have twrp at the moment and i want the CWM. Im on 6.0 Emui 4.1
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Try with the Flashify app.

GaT7 said:
Try with the Flashify app.
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I tried and i got black screen

Flash it via TWRP then? TWRP supports flashing .img too if you need to. :|

3. Post using a clear and descriptive subject and message.
You're most likely to receive a helpful answer to your question, if you use a short subject title that describes your problem and a message that explains in detail, what your problem is and what you've done to try solving it.
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Source (Forum rules): http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?a=81
Just sayin bro...
And btw some things just dont work well without a PC. Even though it might be possible to work around it you might just wanna do this on a computer with these commands in adb:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
and
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and then reboot

PCSE said:
Source (Forum rules): http://forum.xda-developers.com/announcement.php?a=81
Just sayin bro...
And btw some things just dont work well without a PC. Even though it might be possible to work around it you might just wanna do this on a computer with these commands in adb:
and
and then reboot
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I tried to flash via twrp. It said that the install was succesful, but when i tried to go to recovery i got black screen

Why would you want cwm? TWRP is way better. Oh and your recovery is gone. You can be lucky that you didn't brick your phone. Next time, use TWRP instead and ONLY if you have the ability to restore everything with a PC. ONLY make such hard modifications to your phone if you have a PC nearby

Confirm that you're fully rooted using something like Root Checker

GaT7 said:
Confirm that you're fully rooted using something like Root Checker
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Im sure im fully rooted

Ok, I suspect something may be wrong with your root or TWRP or ROM, which may be the reason for the odd problems.
So do check & confirm root anyway, & also tell us the versions of your TWRP & ROM (latter in Settings > About phone > Build number).

GaT7 said:
Ok, I suspect something may be wrong with your root or TWRP or ROM, which may be the reason for the odd problems.
So do check & confirm root anyway, & also tell us the versions of your TWRP & ROM (latter in Settings > About phone > Build number).
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Im on sakoban's rom. B564

X727 not booting

Hi,
First of all, my device info:
LeEco LePro 3 x727 on the 19s firmware.
I was following the guide found here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-pro3/how-to/leeco-le-pro-3-root-t3476560 to flash recovery and root my phone. Didnt realize it was for the x720 and not the x727 (stupid, I know)
Did everything in there, booted into the TWRP recovery, flashed the root file and rebooted.
Phone turns on, logo appears then shuts down.
I can't boot anymore.
I CAN boot into fastboot mode.
PC doesn't recognize my device
TWRP's sideload feature doesnt work
I'm obviously new at this, so I can't figure out a way to flash the firmware again (I guess that's what I have to do, do not know though).
What can I do?
I now flashed the correct TWRP file for my phone. works fine.
But how do I push files to the phone so I can flash them?
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Edit 1: Found this guide https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-pro3/how-to/guide-unbrick-le-pro3-tested-t3622340
Should I follow that and see if it works? Will wait for confirmation first. Not gonna rush into it like the first time.
Thanks!

Yes here link to files you will need.
Qfil Look :
https://mega.nz/#!BJ52CApB!8lFCesul...r&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=DonanimHaber
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mchlbenner said:
Yes here link to files you will need.
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So I should follow the guide and use those files? Any warnings or tips about the process? And also, no other way around that problem?
Thanks!

I have never needed to do this follow the directions to the tee.
It shame that fastboot doest work for you.
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mchlbenner said:
I have never needed to do this follow the directions to the tee.
It shame that fastboot doest work for you.
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It actually works (fastboot I mean), but now I'm at the point where I try to sideload files but at 48% it gives me an error.

I had the same troubles, many wipes and try finally it worked... The stock file is the hardest to send, because the weight is so high.

marik1 said:
I had the same troubles, many wipes and try finally it worked... The stock file is the hardest to send, because the weight is so high.
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I was able to push the files using adb instead of adb sideload.
Pushed the Lineage OS and now I'm currently running that.
Thanks for the help !

sirmamay said:
I was able to push the files using adb instead of adb sideload.
Pushed the Lineage OS and now I'm currently running that.
Thanks for the help !
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If you had adb work why did not flash rwrp?
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mchlbenner said:
If you had adb work why did not flash rwrp?
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Hmm, I did, maybe you missed it in the OP. I just wasnt able to push the files for some reason, had to flush the port (5037) to get it to work, and tried a lot of different adb versions until I got it to work with the mfastboot version of it.
Anyways, it's good to know there's another option in case I really brick it.
Thanks!

sirmamay said:
Hmm, I did, maybe you missed it in the OP. I just wasnt able to push the files for some reason, had to flush the port (5037) to get it to work, and tried a lot of different adb versions until I got it to work with the mfastboot version of it.
Anyways, it's good to know there's another option in case I really brick it.
Thanks!
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Okay so in the original post you said that you do have twrp installed, and you can boot into twrp recovery...right.
Go buy an OTG drive
Load your Rom, Gapps, and Magisk onto otg flash drive
In TWRP: Go to "Wipe" and then to "Advanced Wipe" (Check: Dalvik / ART Cache, System, Data, and Cache
Swipe to Wipe > then go to main menu. ( Note, if you get a Encryption message you will have to wipe the storage, as long as Twrp recovery is installed there will be no issues)
Go to Install then select OTG : Select the ROM file then click "Add more Zips" and select the Gapps and Magisk files
Swipe to confirm Flash
Reboot to system