Phone bootloops and computer wont recongize fastboot - Essential Phone Questions & Answers

I was installing a magisk module when the phone bootlooped, I tried to use fastboot but adb wont recongize it, does anyone know what to do

yellk20 said:
I was installing a magisk module when the phone bootlooped, I tried to use fastboot but adb wont recongize it, does anyone know what to do
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You're getting you tools messed up...
For fastboot you need to be in the bootloader (vol- and pwr)

rignfool said:
You're getting you tools messed up...
For fastboot you need to be in the bootloader (vol- and pwr)
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yeah im in the bootloader, my computer will recongize that there is something in fastboot, but adb wont recongize so i cant flash anything

yellk20 said:
yeah im in the bootloader, my computer will recongize that there is something in fastboot, but adb wont recongize so i cant flash anything
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From fastboot... You could
1) flash the stock kernel, reboot to recovery, and factory reset
2) flash TWRP to boot, reboot to recovery, use adb to push whatever you want to /sdcard/, then flash that
3) download either from the BTS thread or from Essential, a back to stock fastboot flashable
If none of those sound good...
Fastboot flash the stock kernel, reboot to recovery, and sideloadable an OTA from the Essential website...

yellk20 said:
I was installing a magisk module when the phone bootlooped, I tried to use fastboot but adb wont recongize it, does anyone know what to do
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Update, i sideloaded a image and that seemed to work, but fastboot still wont be recongized

Thank you, but I got it figured out and I re rooted and I installed twrp just in case something goes wrong

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[Q] hours for searching for nothing help plz!

I ****ed up my phone today I did full wipe (formatted internal storage too, so i can't flash any rom in recovery because there is nothing) and now i've been searching hours someone who can help me? In TWRP i can't mount anything to my pc (i do not know why?) AND adb says me "devices not found" or something like that so can't push any zip-file to my phone via adb sideload. Is there any way to reapir my phone? can someone help me? Thanks alot!
There was a bug in a bunch of recent twrp releases that causes adb to not work in recovery. Patched versions have been made, try finding one for your device.
Added:
If you can't find a patched version, flash cwm or philz recovery with fastboot, adb is working on both of those. You just need a rrcovery image and do
"fastboot flash recovery <recovery-file>.img"
In fastboot mode.
let's try it out!
nvan7891 said:
There was a bug in a bunch of recent twrp releases that causes adb to not work in recovery. Patched versions have been made, try finding one for your device.
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So u mean i need to flash new recovery version? how i can do it when my adb isn't workin? thanks!
alkkade said:
I ****ed up my phone today I did full wipe (formatted internal storage too, so i can't flash any rom in recovery because there is nothing) and now i've been searching hours someone who can help me? In TWRP i can't mount anything to my pc (i do not know why?) AND adb says me "devices not found" or something like that so can't push any zip-file to my phone via adb sideload. Is there any way to reapir my phone? can someone help me? Thanks alot!
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i dont know how to fix your problem but i know how u can change the devices not found
install on your computer pdanet driver.
p.s.
i ****ed up my phone as well today i publish a post i will be thankfull if look on my problem.thanks.
alkkade said:
So u mean i need to flash new recovery version? how i can do it when my adb isn't workin? thanks!
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See the edit to my first response. Fastboot is done in fastboot mode, not recovery, so you should be good. You just need the basic .img file of cwm or philz recovery.
If you are on win 7 try this:
http://adbdriver.com/downloads/
(Adb driver installer)
Run it when you turn adb sideload on in G2 and connect it to PC.
If it fails you still can go buy somewhere USB OTG cable (few bucks) and flash ROM from usb stick like me.
It appears that accessing fastboot pn the lg g2 is not so simple. Sorta like samsung phone deal, where a manufacturer download is used instead. From what I gather, recovery might need to be wiped to access fastboot, which you could do from terminal in twrp, but thats risky. Apparently, a lot of people have gotten stuck in fastboot mode. Best bet would be to reflash stock firmware through lg download mode. Also see this thread for a method to return to stock firmware:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
Once you are back to stock, just reroot and flash revovery, etc.
downloadmode should still work. go back to any kdz for your version
also source and versions post next time

ADB drivers for bricked devices

*update*
So now I can't access recovery nor fastboot. Any ideas how to fix that?
*original post*
So, I was dicking around with this zenfone 5 aaaaand I managed to get it stuck in bootloop. Being the epitome of calmness I panicked and screwed up more. Anyway, here's the brass tacks.
The phone is bricked, I can still access droidboot but that's it. I can flash fastboot.img and recovery.img, but can't find device when trying to adb sideload the rom, because I didn't install the adb drivers earlier. The way I see it, I can't flash new roms till I somehow magically able to install adb drivers without being able to boot into the phone and turn on usb debugging.
So, I need help. Is there some way I can still somehow shove adb drivers into this?
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After a bit of googling, I found out that TWRP has mount feature and I flashed that through fastboot. And then I mounted the phone and managed to install adb driver that way. Then to install the rom I got from asus site, I flashed the fastboot and recovery image that corresponds to the rom, aaaaaaaaaand now I lost droidboot for some reason. Every attempt to boot goes to recovery, so I can't adb sideload anything now. But I got recovery, so yay?
I forgot the question. How do I proceed from this? (My current condition= Nothing is working except recovery)
Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64331311
INSTALL ADB DRIVERS
yasin0005 said:
Go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=64331311
INSTALL ADB DRIVERS
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Yeah I did that. It's just that, now it's stuck at "Asus, in search of incredible". No droidboot, no recovery.
install intel driver !!

HELP

Wanted to flash a new ROM, so did a full wipe. Now when I tried to flash the ROM it says need twrp 3.1.x
So rebooted into fastboot and flashed latest twrp.
Now I can't reboot to recovery also NO OS too.
Tried the manual method holding power+volume up it just boots up gets stuck in bootlogo.
Any kinda help would be appreciated.
You know you can just do fastboot boot (blabla).img, right?
All you need is to put your phone into fastboot and the fastboot tool that you get when downloading adb.
NathanBrake said:
You know you can just do fastboot boot (blabla).img, right?
All you need is to put your phone into fastboot and the fastboot tool that you get when downloading adb.
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Yea that worked.

Help please can't see my phone in adb

I've had my Essential two weeks i was on 8.1 beta.Today i unlocked the boot loader.Then installed twrp while in twrp i side loaded magisk.I went back to fastboot then hit start .The phone just went into a bootloop.I Was able to go back to twrp 2 times but now i can't get back to any type of recovery.I Can get back to fastboot mode ishow all the info and secure boot says yes and device state unlocked.My pc see essential phone fastboot in the device manager but i can't get adb to see it .Can anyone help me ?
forgot something
looks like i skipped this part . Once you're in TWRP, install the stock boot image and then the Magisk/SuperSU zip.Is there anything i can do?
videodave1 said:
I've had my Essential two weeks i was on 8.1 beta.Today i unlocked the boot loader.Then installed twrp while in twrp i side loaded magisk.I went back to fastboot then hit start .The phone just went into a bootloop.I Was able to go back to twrp 2 times but now i can't get back to any type of recovery.I Can get back to fastboot mode ishow all the info and secure boot says yes and device state unlocked.My pc see essential phone fastboot in the device manager but i can't get adb to see it .Can anyone help me ?
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adb only works while phone is booted into system so nothing wrong there. If you're in the bootloader menu where you see that the status of your device is unlocked then you're already in fastboot mode. Just flash twrp again and the sideload stock 8.1 beta boot image (you can probably find it on xda), sideload magisk too. Go into install and press flash image file and find the stock boot image and then go into install again and change to flash .zip and flash magisk. After that, reboot into system.
WOW thank you so much'
Arju said:
adb only works while phone is booted into system so nothing wrong there. If you're in the bootloader menu where you see that the status of your device is unlocked then you're already in fastboot mode. Just flash twrp again and the sideload stock 8.1 beta boot image (you can probably find it on xda), sideload magisk too. Go into install and press flash image file and find the stock boot image and then go into install again and change to flash .zip and flash magisk. After that, reboot into system.
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I was able to flash twrp i'll try the rest when i get home from work
sideloading stock img
videodave1 said:
I was able to flash twrp i'll try the rest when i get home from work
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Do i need it to be zipped I've tried it as image that i downloaded from xda and I've tried a zip i got from Essential neither are working?
zip file
videodave1 said:
Do i need it to be zipped I've tried it as image that i downloaded from xda and I've tried a zip i got from Essential neither are working?
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When i try i get invalid file format. This is using a zip i got from Essential.
Stuck twrp says no os installed . But i did learn how to push files.
just trying to get back to stock now 
videodave1 said:
just trying to get back to stock now 
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https://forum.xda-developers.com/essential-phone/development/stock-7-1-1-nmj20d-t3701681
thanks been there tried the Oreo beta that is what i was on when i started and tried the 1st build before the betas i get an error on both i'll try to download them on another pc my phone does show up when i type fastboot devices now just need an os now .
Okay got back to 8.1 bootloader still unlocked twrp not install and i don't have root.I may just wait until P comes out.I'll try and learn more about adb. Thanks for your help Arju.
thanks everyone.
videodave1 said:
Okay got back to 8.1 bootloader still unlocked twrp not install and i don't have root.I may just wait until P comes out.I'll try and learn more about adb. Thanks for your help Arju.
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No problem. Thank you very much for the donation, that was really kind of you. Hey I'm sure you'll get the hang of it before android P drops. you did figure out what went wrong all by yourself so get a hold of the right boot.img and the rest is exactly as how you did it in the first place but flash the boot.img before magisk. Let me know if you want to give it a dive again.
I'm on 8.1 boot loader unlocked and ready to try to root again .Thanks for the help
This is the closest thread i could find to what is happening to my PH-1.
Like videodave1 I 'was' running the latest stock 8.1 and have my bootloader unlocked. In trying to root the phone I did this:
flash boot flash boot twrp.img
adb shell twrp sideload
adb sideload magisk.zip
All installations went well, but when trying to reboot from twrp it forced me to install the app. After that the phone went into boot loop.
* Note how I didn't sideloaded the Oreo 8.1 image before magisk.
By pressing all 3 buttons I can get the phone to reboot and releasing the volume up I can get to Fastboot. Just volume down and power doesn't work.
The problem now is that adb and fastboot no longer recognise the phone. adb devices just gives an empty list and fastboot only shows < waiting for device >
Trying to go into Recovery mode doesn't work either. Power off doesn't work and Restart bootloader, well, restarts the bootloader.
It might be relevant to mention that I'm running adb and fastboot from Terminal in a Mac and that this is my very first and frustrated attempt to root any phone.
For reference this is what the FastBoot Mode brings:
PRODUCT_NAME - Mata
VARIANT - OPENUS
BOOTLOADER VERSION - mata-aad8ac4
BASEBAND VERSION - 2.0.C4-M1.3.1
SECURE BOOT - yes
DEVICE STATE - unlocked
I might have to just resign myself to the ordinary land of unlocked full stock phones
Thanks very much
avocom said:
This is the closest thread i could find to what is happening to my PH-1.
Like videodave1 I 'was' running the latest stock 8.1 and have my bootloader unlocked. In trying to root the phone I did this:
flash boot flash boot twrp.img
adb shell twrp sideload
adb sideload magisk.zip
All installations went well, but when trying to reboot from twrp it forced me to install the app. After that the phone went into boot loop.
* Note how I didn't sideloaded the Oreo 8.1 image before magisk.
By pressing all 3 buttons I can get the phone to reboot and releasing the volume up I can get to Fastboot. Just volume down and power doesn't work.
The problem now is that adb and fastboot no longer recognise the phone. adb devices just gives an empty list and fastboot only shows < waiting for device >
Trying to go into Recovery mode doesn't work either. Power off doesn't work and Restart bootloader, well, restarts the bootloader.
It might be relevant to mention that I'm running adb and fastboot from Terminal in a Mac and that this is my very first and frustrated attempt to root any phone.
For reference this is what the FastBoot Mode brings:
PRODUCT_NAME - Mata
VARIANT - OPENUS
BOOTLOADER VERSION - mata-aad8ac4
BASEBAND VERSION - 2.0.C4-M1.3.1
SECURE BOOT - yes
DEVICE STATE - unlocked
I might have to just resign myself to the ordinary land of unlocked full stock phones
Thanks very much
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Even though your phone does not show up its there wipe everything.Fallow what Arju said in his post.I got back to stock then took the 8.1 update i'm not rooted but my bootloader is still unlocked.Oh make sure you unlock critical
videodave1 said:
Fallow what Arju said in his post.
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Thanks for coming back to me. I really appreciate it.
Arju said:
Just flash twrp again and the sideload stock 8.1 beta boot image (you can probably find it on xda), sideload magisk too.
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I might be missing something hopefully obvious here. How can I flash twrp again if I my computer can't see the phone. With the USB phone plugged in and in the FastBoot screen I enter into Terminal:
fastboot flash boot twrp.img
and I get:
< waiting for any device >
How do I flash it from the FastBoot screen? BTW, going to Recovery mode just hangs at the Essential logo.
Thanks
avocom said:
Thanks for coming back to me. I really appreciate it.
I might be missing something hopefully obvious here. How can I flash twrp again if I my computer can't see the phone. With the USB phone plugged in and in the FastBoot screen I enter into Terminal:
fastboot flash boot twrp.img
and I get:
< waiting for any device >
How do I flash it from the FastBoot screen? BTW, going to Recovery mode just hangs at the Essential logo.
Thanks
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are you able to get to the bootloader menu? where it says start on the top.
Arju said:
are you able to get to the bootloader menu? where it says start on the top.
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Thanks Arju. If you are referring to the FastBoot menu where you can use the up and down volume keys to select Start, Restart Bootloader, Recovery mode and Power off Yes, but not much else unfortunately.
If I select Recovery mode I don't go to the screen with the blue buttons from twrp.
Thanks
avocom said:
Thanks Arju. If you are referring to the FastBoot menu where you can use the up and down volume keys to select Start, Restart Bootloader, Recovery mode and Power off Yes, but not much else unfortunately.
If I select Recovery mode I don't go to the screen with the blue buttons from twrp.
Thanks
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What you need to understand is that twrp will not stick after you flash it. This device does not have a recovery partition and that's why you replace the boot partition with twrp and while you're in twrp you need to flash the boot.img back and whatever mods on top of that such as kernel etc.. If you flash a rom then it will replace the twrp with the boot.img found in the rom zip.
So now we need the computer to recognize you device. Could you unplug the cable and change the usb port on you computer. connect your phone while you're in the bootloader menu where it says start on the top.
The use use fastboot command: fastboot devices
See if the computer recognizes you device.

Custom recovery help to install

So im having trouble flasing a custom recovery to my tab s6 lite (wifi) smp610 i have oem unlock enabled but im having trouble finding the right twrp.img as well as getting odin to work with it can anyone help me out please
First, go to TWRP.me and see if you can find your twrp?
Pachacouti said:
First, go to TWRP.me and see if you can find your twrp?
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Okk so is there a certain Odin I must use
But did you find your twrp? What version of Odin?
Pachacouti said:
But did you find your twrp? What version of Odin?
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This is it correct and I was using 3.12 by prince comsey I used it before for my other older samsung tablet
Do this on pc:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img (the twrp NAME of the twrp you just downloaded)
fastboot -w
fastboot boot recovery
Then let me know
Pachacouti said:
Do this on pc:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img (the twrp NAME of the twrp you just downloaded)
fastboot -w
fastboot boot recovery
Then let me know
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And do I do this as admin
And in download mode (I've never used Adb and fastboot but I have rooted many devices )
Yeah, I right click and grant admin full control so I dont need to think about 'admin' rights lol, good pointer for noobs... but download mode would actually be:
fastboot reboot edl?
You'll be using adb a lot more until magisk can flash all boots OFFLINE
Pachacouti said:
Yeah, I right click and grant admin full control so I dont need to think about 'admin' rights lol, good pointer for noobs... but download mode would actually be:
fastboot reboot edl?
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So basically just plug it up. And start
Yup, but edl is for emergency flashing... last resort
If you do edl mode, best to reflash stock and start again
So it boots to the stock recovery not twrp
Yeah, then reflash twrp
There's a few choices here, the choice is yours
Soz, let me try to be a bit clearer.
For edl you need to use the flashing software that your fone maker provides to flash your stock image.
Load stock image into this flashing tool and let it check itself, (it just checks integrity of rom)
power off fone
In the flashing tool, hit the flash button, may say start, may say write...
Plug fone into pc
Let us know.
Still didn't work I tried everything it just sits there saying that it's trying to flash recovery.img and that's it never completes nothing

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