Hey folks..
Due to bad luck my TicWatch S2 died during a firmware update process. (I was not flashing...the system was)
It seems that the boot.img got corrupted and now it will not boot at all.
Fastboot is still working so i thought i might be able to just flash the original stock firmware.
Which is exactly what brought me here.... I can not find it anywhere on the web.
I have emailed MobVoi but of course there was no response.
They suggested to send it in but this is just no feasible since the watch will be gone for at least 3 months...costs involved etc etc.
Makes no sense to send anything back to china these days.
My current rom is/was : PWDR.190618.001.A1
It would be great if someone could help me out here.
Or even a way to root it since a friend of mine has the same watch but we do not have the means to extract the ROM without root.
Nicolas
Does anyone know how to Extract img files from a backup via fastboot? Apperantly, the Ticwatch E/S2 can easily be unlocked. Should I know how to get the files, I'd gladly share them for recovery and development purposes.
lordsolrac2 said:
Does anyone know how to Extract img files from a backup via fastboot? Apperantly, the Ticwatch E/S2 can easily be unlocked. Should I know how to get the files, I'd gladly share them for recovery and development purposes.
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fastboot oem unlock is all that is needed to unlock them.
As far as I know there is no way to grab the recovery or boot image through fastboot tho.
While in recovery the abd is disabled so that is a no go too.
If you know of a way to create a 'fastboot' backup ..please let me know.
Nicolas
Good News! I've digged a bit and got to make a backup! You do however, need to use TWRP, that means unlocking the bootloader if you are able.
The Ticwatch E/S2 doesn't have an officially supported TWRP image, however, I used the Ticwatch C2 because it's the same CPU. You could try to use another ticwatch's image, though. For the C2, however, there was an offset on for the buttons. I'll be uploading my backup as soon as I can
lordsolrac2 said:
Good News! I've digged a bit and got to make a backup! You do however, need to use TWRP, that means unlocking the bootloader if you are able.
The Ticwatch E/S2 doesn't have an officially supported TWRP image, however, I used the Ticwatch C2 because it's the same CPU. You could try to use another ticwatch's image, though. For the C2, however, there was an offset on for the buttons. I'll be uploading my backup as soon as I can
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Thats really great news :good:
I have tried to use the Pro and C2 twrp. But it simply would not boot into it.
fastboot boot TWRP-C2.img kind of thing
Finally got home to see it finished!
Backup : https://mega.nz/#!GUMXQSRb!LD2SioJC_A7kOCTyKHfSRAmDkG67aDprf8UYUYHYZFM
Mobvoi TWRP : https://twrp.me/Devices/Mobvoi/ - Personally I used the C2, but I noticed Pro (catfish) is also a Snapdragon 2100
Lemme know how it goes for you. I might make a post so any interested devs get into it.
Also it's WearOS update H
lordsolrac2 said:
Finally got home to see it finished!
Backup : https://mega.nz/#!GUMXQSRb!LD2SioJC_A7kOCTyKHfSRAmDkG67aDprf8UYUYHYZFM
Mobvoi TWRP : https://twrp.me/Devices/Mobvoi/ - Personally I used the C2, but I noticed Pro (catfish) is also a Snapdragon 2100
Lemme know how it goes for you. I might make a post so any interested devs get into it.
Also it's WearOS update H
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Awesome :good:
Going to try it ASAP.
Personally, I could not get any of the twrps to boot at all...and I do not want to permanently flash it since i do not have the original.
Skipjack seems to be the best bet but looking at the git repo i do not see why it will not boot.
Weird...will keep at it tho.
Nicolas
Edit...i guess that bricked it.
I am just getting a black screen with
Device software can't be checked for corruption.
To pause boot press side button.
I can not even get back into fastboot mode. Ah crap.
If i could only find the test points for the bootloader
wish there is a way that I can switch my S2 to international ROM....
Nicolas72 said:
Awesome :good:
Going to try it ASAP.
Personally, I could not get any of the twrps to boot at all...and I do not want to permanently flash it since i do not have the original.
Skipjack seems to be the best bet but looking at the git repo i do not see why it will not boot.
Weird...will keep at it tho.
Nicolas
Edit...i guess that bricked it.
I am just getting a black screen with
Device software can't be checked for corruption.
To pause boot press side button.
I can not even get back into fastboot mode. Ah crap.
If i could only find the test points for the bootloader
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Holy hell.... could you send it for repair? O_O Seems to me the boot partiton was in fact damaged. As for the test point I do not know. :c
lordsolrac2 said:
Holy hell.... could you send it for repair? O_O Seems to me the boot partiton was in fact damaged. As for the test point I do not know. :c
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Sending it back is really not an option. Mobvoi is notorious for taking forever to even process your request.
Plus..sending it back and forth...with an unlocked bootloader etc etc...they will just say it was my own damn fault.
Which in a way it was. Should have sent it back when it first happened if anything.
I managed to get the watch into QDL mode tho. Not that his helps me much since i do not have the firmware binaries needed for that mode.
Can you put your S2/E2 into fastboot without using adb commands ? Like with the old E it was keeping the button pressed..waiting for vibration then press again a few times.
With the S2/E2 this does not work any more.
It can only be the boot that is damaged..nothing else. So the watch itself is pretty much still functional.
In case i figure it out i will post the details here.
Nicolas
Did anyone ever come up with a working twrp file for the TicWatch E2 or verify that the C2 TWRP one works?
Anyone get this to work with the TicWatch E2? Can the E2 be flashed with TWRP image from either TicWatch C2 or Pro image?
lordsolrac2 said:
Finally got home to see it finished!
Backup : https://mega.nz/#!GUMXQSRb!LD2SioJC_A7kOCTyKHfSRAmDkG67aDprf8UYUYHYZFM
Mobvoi TWRP : https://twrp.me/Devices/Mobvoi/ - Personally I used the C2, but I noticed Pro (catfish) is also a Snapdragon 2100
Lemme know how it goes for you. I might make a post so any interested devs get into it.
Also it's WearOS update H
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Is this twrp backup you uploaded from an S2 or E2 or should it work for both models? Thank you
TechJourney12 said:
Is this twrp backup you uploaded from an S2 or E2 or should it work for both models? Thank you
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It's from an E2
lordsolrac2 said:
Finally got home to see it finished!
Backup : https://mega.nz/#!GUMXQSRb!LD2SioJC_A7kOCTyKHfSRAmDkG67aDprf8UYUYHYZFM
Mobvoi TWRP : https://twrp.me/Devices/Mobvoi/ - Personally I used the C2, but I noticed Pro (catfish) is also a Snapdragon 2100
Lemme know how it goes for you. I might make a post so any interested devs get into it.
Also it's WearOS update H
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there are 2 folders in the 7z which one is the right one? one is bigger then the other
Could anyone get the stock rom working with s2??
Bidyadhar said:
Could anyone get the stock rom working with s2??
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I believe they are the exact same. I'd suggest do a backup of your S2 with a TWRP and then maybe flash my E2 Backup.
TWRP I used was the C2's tho
lordsolrac2 said:
I believe they are the exact same. I'd suggest do a backup of your S2 with a TWRP and then maybe flash my E2 Backup.
TWRP I used was the C2's tho
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Hi, thanks for the backup files. Can you please let me know how do I use your E2 backup to flash my watch? I tried adb but it seems it needs .ab file to restore. And none of the TWRP works for S2.
Can anyone please share their latest Ticwatch s2/e2 backup of twrp/adb of latest firmware
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Hi, thanks for the backup files. Can you please let me know how do I use your E2 backup to flash my watch? I tried adb but it seems it needs .ab file to restore. And none of the TWRP works for S2.
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Awfully late reply and I apologize but; I suggest you take a look at this;
https://forum.xda-developers.com/smartwatch/other-smartwatches/rom-kernel-t3821013
And check in the downloads, they have the STOCK as well as a CUSTOM rom for the E2 (again, should be 100% Compatible with S2) but also has a TWRP Build.
To answer your question; I'd suggest grabbing the TWRP for the E2 and boot into it, push my backup (or the stock or custom rom from the link above), and then make a backup of yours, and then flash the backup or rom; clear data and cache and reboot
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Hi, I need the ROM for this phone, more specifically, the boot.img file, as the current kernel is for the older, Indian revision of the On5, and my revision, the USA version SM-G550T1, seems not to have any copies of its firmware floating around. I'm running an OS for the SM-G550FY, which has no audio or camera support. Even if the version isn't an exact match, if you bought this phone in the USA, new, in 2016, your boot.img will probably work. I need this kernel guys. Please, if someone has an On5 in the USA, can I please get a copy of your boot.img and possibly system.img? I really care about the boot.img.
Thanks guys
-Subsentient
Firstly, did you try the updated ones at these locations:
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/galaxy-on5-stock-firmware-2-86761/
http://firmwarefile.com/samsung-sm-g550fy
Secondly, why exactly do you need the boot.img, what problem do you think it'll solve? Is there any specific issue with your current ROM that you are trying to solve?
Yes, I did, but as you can see, those are for the SM-G550FY, not my SM-G550T1, and the camera and sound (including phone calls) don't work!
This makes me strongly suspect a driver issue, which could most likely be fixed by getting my hands on a copy of the factory boot.img.
Running Android 6.0.1 right now, compiled for the SM-G550FY, but I can't get it working.
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Yes, I did, but as you can see, those are for the SM-G550FY, not my SM-G550T1, and the camera and sound (including phone calls) don't work!
This makes me strongly suspect a driver issue, which could most likely be fixed by getting my hands on a copy of the factory boot.img.
Running Android 6.0.1 right now, compiled for the SM-G550FY, but I can't get it working.
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>> and the camera and sound (including phone calls) don't work!
Did they not work from day one or did they just stopped working after a passage of time or due to rooting or an OTA upgrade? If you didn't root or install a custom ROM, there is just no room for a software/driver issue to happen. Did you try wiping the cache partition and doing a factory reset?
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In any case, boot partition is the last place you look for actual component issues like camera or sounds. All the boot partition does is just kickstart your android OS and then the control is passed on to the system (as soon as the logo animation starts).
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>> and the camera and sound (including phone calls) don't work!
Did they not work from day one or did they just stopped working after a passage of time or due to rooting or an OTA upgrade? If you didn't root or install a custom ROM, there is just no room for a software/driver issue to happen. Did you try wiping the cache partition and doing a factory reset?
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In any case, boot partition is the last place you look for actual component issues like camera or sounds. All the boot partition does is just kickstart your android OS and then the control is passed on to the system (as soon as the logo animation starts).
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I did install a custom ROM. None of the ROMs I can find support the camera or audio, not at all, ever.
Subsentient said:
I did install a custom ROM. None of the ROMs I can find support the camera or audio, not at all, ever.
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There you are! I just cannot emphasize enough that why don't you guys backup your existing ROMs before flashing a new one? It hardly takes five minutes with CWM/TWRP recovery.
In any case, what happens when you flash the Indian ROM (5.1.1)? I guess that could be your only option.
Otherwise, you can put a request on the CyanogenMod thread for your particular Samsung model.
For future reference, perform device backups and all the research before flashing a custom ROM, not after the fact.
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If you can contact Samsung support, see if you can manage to get a stock ROM from them that you can flash using ODIN or something.
I contacted them already, they basically told me to go **** myself. The missing ROM is a result of bad parameters I accidentally put in to Heimdall/ODIN flasher. I wanted to back up, but ironically, my first attempt at installing TWRP is what destroyed my ROM.
I've downloaded the kernel source code from Samsung and I'll try compiling it myself. If I create a working boot.img, I'll post it here.
prahladyeri said:
In any case, boot partition is the last place you look for actual component issues like camera or sounds. All the boot partition does is just kickstart your android OS and then the control is passed on to the system (as soon as the logo animation starts).
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boot.img is where the kernel is stored. I know, I decompressed it.
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boot.img is where the kernel is stored. I know, I decompressed it.
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You are right, boot.img has the monolithic kernel, however, a lot of drivers are available as separate modules in /system/lib/modules/, so you need to make sure that one is proper too.
In case of Samsung, I think it was probably a mistake to use TWRP/CWM to backup or flash ROMs since they don't tend to work as well with Samsung devices as ODIN/heimdall.
Yes, do post the result of your output once you are done, so its helpful to others.
prahladyeri said:
You are right, boot.img has the monolithic kernel, however, a lot of drivers are available as separate modules in /system/lib/modules/, so you need to make sure that one is proper too.
In case of Samsung, I think it was probably a mistake to use TWRP/CWM to backup or flash ROMs since they don't tend to work as well with Samsung devices as ODIN/heimdall.
Yes, do post the result of your output once you are done, so its helpful to others.
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The kernel on this device does not have loadable module support. It's entirely monolithic. And, I'm having one hell of a time building a kernel this thing is willing to boot.
I really would love just to get a ROM from someone else's SM-G550T or SM-G550T1.
locked out by frp so i cant even turn on my sm-g550t1 so if you find the rom please let me know
bandtab said:
locked out by frp so i cant even turn on my sm-g550t1 so if you find the rom please let me know
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I found a copy of the MetroPCS version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_VtvT1vGmlsMjNnR2JvYzk0MFU/view?usp=sharing
You flash this with TWRP recovery, because those are tarballs and can't be flashed with Odin etc.
You flash TWRP for the On5 onto your recovery partition, and then restore from that.
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I found a copy of the MetroPCS version: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_VtvT1vGmlsMjNnR2JvYzk0MFU/view?usp=sharing
You flash this with TWRP recovery, because those are tarballs and can't be flashed with Odin etc.
You flash TWRP for the On5 onto your recovery partition, and then restore from that.
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thank you!
however, i can't install twrp to my recovery partition anymore because i got FRP locked, and i can't go into my settings to disable it now. so i think my only option really is via odin. i'll see what i can do with this though, thank you very much. i did have twrp on there before but after i got frp locked i can't go into recovery mode at all.
I've been losing my mind trying to make this work.
I think if I installed the stock recovery.img it may work, but I can't find it in the files you sent. Would you or anyone else be able to make a copy of it for me? I would be eternally indebted to whoever could.
If you want to go back to stock then use the official samsung software. I got a s6 tht a friend of mine straight up deleted the rom (idk how they managed that) and it wouldnt take to being flashed in odin. I put it in download mode and provided samsung smart something with all the info it wanted and it installed the stock rom and everything.
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If you want to go back to stock then use the official samsung software. I got a s6 tht a friend of mine straight up deleted the rom (idk how they managed that) and it wouldnt take to being flashed in odin. I put it in download mode and provided samsung smart something with all the info it wanted and it installed the stock rom and everything.
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unfortunately smart switch is incompatible with this model phone for the time being.
I got four of these from T-Mobile when we switched from Verizon ($120 for 4 lines). Three of our Verizon phones worked well on T-Mobile (after a few APN tweaks), but my dad's old Galaxy S3 barely worked at all, and when it did, only got Edge for data. So I set one of the On5 phones up for him.
Everything was going great. I put the TWRP recovery on it, rooted it, froze all the bloatware, and backed up/restored his apps from the old S3. However, he wanted me to see if I could restore all his SMS/MMS. I tried restoring that, and the stock Messaging app started FC'ing. I installed Textra, which worked (and saw the old messages), but he never received new texts (even though he could send). So I tried removing Messaging and Textra, as well as the SMS cache (which seemed to be in "Dialer Storage (Phone SMS/MMS). I removed it, but now I'm getting an error every five seconds about "com.android.phone" and can't seem to get rid of it. I tried to restore the dialer storage backup again, but it just seems to sit forever without installing.
I've looked far and wide for a stock ROM... hoping I could just put this mess behind me, but I'm surprised to find it is nowhere to be found.
My other alternative would be to fix the com.android.phone error, but nothing seems to fix it.
Which cynogenmod or any custom os suits for Samsung Galaxy on 5.......please tell me guys.....I am bored with this official os
I was really hoping to come back to this forum and finally see stock ODIN files for this phone. I really, really want to get rid of the MetroPCS ROM I used to fix it.
Has anyone been able to find it?
Unfortunately all the TWRP flashable roms from GetOffMyLawn&!+ยข#{$ are dead and I need the stock rom for the MetroPCS variant. Anyone know where I can find it?
I think I mostly got to where I needed to go with the stock factory roms without using TWRP. After attempting and failing to make a flashable rip with Android Kitchen, I read about and saw a video on RSD Lite here youtube.com/watch?v=njXQYn53SPc (sorry can't hyperlink since my post count) It basically just quickly shows what it should look like and how it should work IF it works once setup. But it was good enough. The images I had were giving me failing to flash gpt and bootloader errors. So I manually took those complete lines out of both the flashfile.xml and the Servicefile.xml. After that it flashed everything and rebooted. To my surprise I'm not bricked and back on stock. I had to go back to enable Device Carrier Unlocking through the metropcs app (oops). Now I have to probly unlock the bootloader and root again but this time I'll make that backup
But if anyone has the flashable zips, a new upload would be nice for others.
unrooty said:
I think I mostly got to where I needed to go with the stock factory roms without using TWRP. After attempting and failing to make a flashable rip with Android Kitchen, I read about and saw a video on RSD Lite here youtube.com/watch?v=njXQYn53SPc (sorry can't hyperlink since my post count) It basically just quickly shows what it should look like and how it should work IF it works once setup. But it was good enough. The images I had were giving me failing to flash gpt and bootloader errors. So I manually took those complete lines out of both the flashfile.xml and the Servicefile.xml. After that it flashed everything and rebooted. To my surprise I'm not bricked and back on stock. I had to go back to enable Device Carrier Unlocking through the metropcs app (oops). Now I have to probly unlock the bootloader and root again but this time I'll make that backup
But if anyone has the flashable zips, a new upload would be nice for others.
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Send me an untouched stock system.img, boot.img, and oem.img and I'll compile you a TWRP flashable ROM. If you're not sure how to dump partition images, the best way is to download an app called Partition Backup & Restore. It's a free app and was created by an XDA dev @wanam.
Hey, thanks for the offer. I'll do it. I have the img files that you need ripped and rared. Just been having some connection issues today while attempting to upload the file. I don't know how I should upload it so I'm going to use my google drive and share the link with you either here or by PM if I can't link it here due to the spam protection. Hopefully I'll have it to you within the next day if my connection becomes stable enough to upload.
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1x65mPUAWWm1heQsDRpgm6QYnyyOIp8P5
Here you are MotoJunkie01, I decided to keep the extended name on the file to show exactly what Partition Backup and Restore spit out should there be something different that's needed.
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https://drive.google.com/open?id=1x65mPUAWWm1heQsDRpgm6QYnyyOIp8P5
Here you are MotoJunkie01, I decided to keep the extended name on the file to show exactly what Partition Backup and Restore spit out should there be something different that's needed.
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I made one yesterday. Read my guide carefully. Have fun. https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...-stock-rom-t3777830/post76234878#post76234878
Quite the write up there, thank you for it it's very informative. But to be fair flashing through RSDLite it working for me so I suppose I'll stick with it. It seems more straightforward afaik.
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Quite the write up there, thank you for it it's very informative. But to be fair flashing through RSDLite it working for me so I suppose I'll stick with it. It seems more straightforward afaik.
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Good choice. I, personally, don't see how that's a better option than just rsdlite. But to each his, or her, own. If you need no verity, magisk, and all the basics anyway, why not just flash the stock firmware. No risk involved.
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Quite the write up there, thank you for it it's very informative. But to be fair flashing through RSDLite it working for me so I suppose I'll stick with it. It seems more straightforward afaik.
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Yep - seems a better choice. RSD Lite isn't the friendliness beast but it's not a bad ride once you understand the idiosyncrasies.
Hi,
This is my first time trying to root a tablet but managed to unlock the bootloader and install magisk + Edxposed, but was unable to find a module that enabled exfat for the sd card.
Currently it only reads Fat32 formatted cards but I would like to load a 10gb file on there that the device can read.
Any ideas how to go about this? will flashing a custom kernel/ rom help me with this?
All help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
rachelld said:
Hi,
This is my first time trying to root a tablet but managed to unlock the bootloader and install magisk + Edxposed, but was unable to find a module that enabled exfat for the sd card.
Currently it only reads Fat32 formatted cards but I would like to load a 10gb file on there that the device can read.
Any ideas how to go about this? will flashing a custom kernel/ rom help me with this?
All help is appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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I believe you'd need something like vold-posix, along with a version of magisk modified to inject it
But vold-posix is for Android 8.1, although I believe there is a modified 9 build for Pixels.
I'm not even sure if anyone has gotten any custom roms working on any of these yet, but if they have, might be your only option.
Thanks!
As of now I think I bricked it....
I messed around and accidentally erased the system partition, tried to fix it by flashing the image posted here (https://forum.xda-developers.com/wa...eral/stock-stock-backups-images-otas-t3998227) and now the screen won't turn on, no recovery mode, no adb..... the device is still detected through the SP flash tools though.
I think the image I used wasn't complete - can anyone upload a complete working image (including a scatter file) I don't care if it's stock or custom, just need something working on the device.
Thanks all!
rachelld said:
Thanks!
As of now I think I bricked it....
I messed around and accidentally erased the system partition, tried to fix it by flashing the image posted here (https://forum.xda-developers.com/wa...eral/stock-stock-backups-images-otas-t3998227) and now the screen won't turn on, no recovery mode, no adb..... the device is still detected through the SP flash tools though.
I think the image I used wasn't complete - can anyone upload a complete working image (including a scatter file) I don't care if it's stock or custom, just need something working on the device.
Thanks all!
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Uploading my WWR backup right now. Kinda slow internet at work so I'll post the link tomorrow morning. Probably around 10am EST. It also has the scatter.
Edit: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pmgbaik485pa9st/ONN%2010KB%20Tablet%20ONA19TB007.zip?dl=0
razredge said:
Uploading my WWR backup right now. Kinda slow internet at work so I'll post the link tomorrow morning. Probably around 10am EST. It also has the scatter.
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Thanks so much! Will try flashing this when I get home later today
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Thanks so much! Will try flashing this when I get home later today
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Thanks for posting it, unfortunately it seems that my device was hard bricked and will not turn on anymore - even to the black screen I had before.
rachelld said:
Thanks for posting it, unfortunately it seems that my device was hard bricked and will not turn on anymore - even to the black screen I had before.
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Is it still detected by the computer? That's really all you need to flash the ROM. I would be careful not to overwrite or format the unit-specific data on the emmc, like nvram, proinfo, persist, etc. I hope those did not get corrupted on your device.
rachelld said:
Thanks for posting it, unfortunately it seems that my device was hard bricked and will not turn on anymore - even to the black screen I had before.
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Is your computer still detecting it? What specific errors is SFFT giving you? Did you follow the guide HERE?
Appreciate all the help here! I did follow that guide but I believe I messed up when I deleted the internal storage so the flashing did not work...
Either way I have another one to play with as these were super cheap on black friday - does anyone have any ideas for my original question?
I don't mind flashing a custom rom if anyone knows of one that works with this device.
@rachelld, I don't understand what you mean by "deleted the internal storage" (I don't think you can delete the emmc chip ), but these tablets are basically unbrickable as long as you have a backup or at least the device-specific areas remain in the ROM. There is also no secure boot to speak of.
@diplomatic Have no idea what I did but at one point I did hit a Chinese screen and clicked clear Emmc now that you mention it... (At least that's what Google translate told me it meant....)
I am left with a device that won't turn on at all, sp flash tools claims that it flashed successfully but still no response from the power button
@rachelld, what about connecting it to the wall charger?
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@rachelld, what about connecting it to the wall charger?
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Nothing doing, no sign of life. Tested the charger with another device to make sure it's working
rachelld said:
@diplomatic Have no idea what I did but at one point I did hit a Chinese screen and clicked clear Emmc now that you mention it... (At least that's what Google translate told me it meant....)
I am left with a device that won't turn on at all, sp flash tools claims that it flashed successfully but still no response from the power button
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Well no, if you did erase the emmc, then the stock Rom backups shared will not have enough data for you to fully restore from.
And it is not know what partitions can be shared between devices. For example. Secro has device specific data on it. Nvram , also.
So if you have multiple devices. Follow the wwr readback process and fully read back all the partitions from one that works. And flash it back to the bricked one.
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@diplomatic Have no idea what I did but at one point I did hit a Chinese screen and clicked clear Emmc now that you mention it... (At least that's what Google translate told me it meant....)
I am left with a device that won't turn on at all, sp flash tools claims that it flashed successfully but still no response from the power button
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That's the factory mode, the clear eMMC option should just be another factory reset option.
I really need help. I don't have a usable phone.
It's a long sad story but I had a working rooted phone with stock Android 9 and Magisk. Because I could not get OTA updates I wanted to update the old version installed, but never succeeded. To make a long story short, since I had a recent Twrp backup so I did a twrp restore.
Rebooting after that caused a boot loop. I finally flashed a stock boot.img using adb and ended with either a boot loop or just the Moto image staying static.
I gave up and decided to do a factory restore.
TWRP is no longer available as recovery. I now get the dead android with red exclamation mark. I got to the options and selected factory restore with wipe user data. Reboot now gives me a static Moto image and nothing further.
I repeated factory restore with wipe user data 2 more times with same result.
How do I get a working phone again?
Please help. Thank you.
Hi there,
I had a similar problem with my phone a few days ago.
Did you try to flash back your stock os with a blank flash? for me this worked, I just had to make sure that ALL files of the Rom image were included in the batch/shell script. For me with a reteu image one was missing (I think the vendor.002 or something like that), otherwise my phone was also stuck at boot.
Maybe that helps! good luck!
Blankflash can be complicated; at least it was for me. Do a Google search, maybe, for LMSA. It's a software program from Lenovo (make sure when you find it that it is lenovos website) and download this app on your windows PC. Normally, and with a little luck, you can put your phone in fastboot mode (it instructs you through all this, too), go-to Restore and LMSA will download the most recent firmware and flash you back to stock. Hope you have some luck! if not I can try to be more helpful with blank / because it took me months to figure out and find a compatible one but I still have it somewhere.
DrHelicopter said:
Hi there,
I had a similar problem with my phone a few days ago.
Did you try to flash back your stock os with a blank flash? for me this worked, I just had to make sure that ALL files of the Rom image were included in the batch/shell script. For me with a reteu image one was missing (I think the vendor.002 or something like that), otherwise my phone was also stuck at boot.
Maybe that helps! good luck!
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I finally was able to flash stock rom again, re root and restore my apps with Titanium backup. I remembered a partially broken old phone I had and got it working. That relieved the stress of not having a phone and allowed me to work more calmly on my main phone. Still don't know why the twrp restore messed the phone up. Makes me bother why I'm using twrp for backups.
clintongsan said:
Blankflash can be complicated; at least it was for me. Do a Google search, maybe, for LMSA. It's a software program from Lenovo (make sure when you find it that it is lenovos website) and download this app on your windows PC. Normally, and with a little luck, you can put your phone in fastboot mode (it instructs you through all this, too), go-to Restore and LMSA will download the most recent firmware and flash you back to stock. Hope you have some luck! if not I can try to be more helpful with blank / because it took me months to figure out and find a compatible one but I still have it somewhere.
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I tried LMSA. It had entries for several Moto G7 phones (plus, etc) but not the plain G7. Strange.
maybeme2 said:
I tried LMSA. It had entries for several Moto G7 phones (plus, etc) but not the plain G7. Strange.
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I don't know if you still want to flash via fastboot, but there is a good guide for the g7 plus here .
You just need the last part, if your bootloader is working. Just keep in mind you need another image from lolinet, the standard G7 is codenamed 'river' as far as i know, so this should be the place for you.
And remember to check if all files (of the extracted image) are included in the 'flashfile.bat' to ensure the flash is complete, otherwise it maybe won't boot.
Hope this helps recovering your phone!
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maybeme2 said:
I tried LMSA. It had entries for several Moto G7 phones (plus, etc) but not the plain G7. Strange.
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Hmm, okay. That is strange but maybe you have the G7 Plus variant? I don't know that model but the regular G7 is codenamed to (river) xt1962-1. So if you boot into fastboot (from power off; volume down and power held until the fastboot screen appears), look for the third or fourth line down, it will read something like "Product/Variant: river XT1962-1 64GB..." just to ensure that you are looking at the right forum/device. If you are still having issues and if all else does not prove successful, let me know and I can share the blankflash that worked for me along with the best instructions from memory on how I did it. My phone was once bricked to the point where no screen came on at all and I thought it was a goner (actually did it to two seperate G7s as I was learning why Lineage isn't my favorite custom ROM at the time lol) so I know the blankflash I have will work but I would recommend it as a last measure due to the fact that any and all data will be wiped so you won't be able to hold onto anything that is on the device's storage, itself. Hope you got it fixed and wishin you luck!
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DrHelicopter said:
Hi there,
I had a similar problem with my phone a few days ago.
Did you try to flash back your stock os with a blank flash? for me this worked, I just had to make sure that ALL files of the Rom image were included in the batch/shell script. For me with a reteu image one was missing (I think the vendor.002 or something like that), otherwise my phone was also stuck at boot.
Maybe that helps! good luck!
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Hey there; do you happen to have a page or website handy that explains blankflash and how the script runs? I remember there being so much confusion over it such as some people had me thinking I needed to find an external firehose program, codes, etc., and as it turned out I only needed the correct blankflash. I was able to fix my devices a couple of months ago but I was just still a bit curious as to the behind-the-scenes details that the software runs in order to be such an awesome fix. Thanks, in advance. Take care!
Fortunately I was finally able to download the latest stock android 9 from Lolinet and flash it to the phone with fastboot. I rooted again with Magisk, flashed copypartitions, and restored my apps and data from a recent Titanium Backup. So I am good now. But, it was very stressful for 2-3 days because I'm not an expert.
Yes the phone is river XT1962-1 64GB, but for some reason my LMSA did not recognize it. Extremely strange but unimportant now since I'm now back in business. I don't know for sure what happened but I suspect it may have had something to do with Moto G7's A / B partitions getting mixed up.
LMSA needs to be updated if there is no Moto g7 option. I just checked on my install and the option was there.
Has anyone ever actually used a TWRP restore? I have tried numerous times to no avail. It's rather annoying but I hope it'll get fixed one day to do backups/restores...same goes for adb backups.
clintongsan said:
Has anyone ever actually used a TWRP restore? I have tried numerous times to no avail. It's rather annoying but I hope it'll get fixed one day to do backups/restores...same goes for adb backups.
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I've successfully used twrp restores several times on previous phones. Saved me many times. But they were all on Nexus phones and earlier android versions.
The only time I used it on the Moto G7 I got stuck in a bootloop. Maybe it's the newer A B dual partitions causing my problems. Don't know for sure. But without a dependable system restore capability, twrp loses its value to me.
Now I am even afraid to try another twrp restore as a test in case I get thrown back into a boot loop. See my note on
https://forum.xda-developers.com/g7-plus/development/recovery-twrp-3-3-0-moto-g7-plus-t3930050/page9
So I didn't happen to back up my scatter or boot.img files when I used fastboot to try and flash the TWRP for the onn 10 inch, I was assuming it would work, but now I'm stuck with no recovery, no fastboot, no system, won't boot up when you hold the power button.
The only method of recovery I have is through MTK preloader and spflash, but I don't have the correct factory images or scatter file required to reflash stock. I've been looking everywhere online and can't find the right recovery files or any guides on how to recover from this.
Any help/files/advice would be greatly appreciated!!
Two things, I got access to my old account after a password reset
and, I got my tab back up and running, as well as root & xposed + gravitybox
I'm working on a guide as we speak.
Also, I will be dumping my firmware and adding the 10001885 to the list of stock image dumps on the main onn thread.
Hope this helps if still needing it, scatter file for the 100011885 mt8168 , good luck not responsible for anything lol i still cant get mine to work, anklosburner
Ankylo'sburner said:
So I didn't happen to back up my scatter or boot.img files when I used fastboot to try and flash the TWRP for the onn 10 inch, I was assuming it would work, but now I'm stuck with no recovery, no fastboot, no system, won't boot up when you hold the power button.
The only method of recovery I have is through MTK preloader and spflash, but I don't have the correct factory images or scatter file required to reflash stock. I've been looking everywhere online and can't find the right recovery files or any guides on how to recover from this.
Any help/files/advice would be greatly appreciated!!
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hope this helps if you still need it for 100011885 mt8168 scatter file, but not responsible for any damages, because i still cant get mine to work, i had it to where it would come on, or i could see back light but thats it, which im impatient too, maybe it takes a min, but i did a readback on every downloadable item and flashed it but idk, let me know if you or how you get yours to work if you do
bbcdt22 said:
Hope this helps if still needing it, scatter file for the 100011885 mt8168 , good luck not responsible for anything lol i still cant get mine to work, anklosburner
hope this helps if you still need it for 100011885 mt8168 scatter file, but not responsible for any damages, because i still cant get mine to work, i had it to where it would come on, or i could see back light but thats it, which im impatient too, maybe it takes a min, but i did a readback on every downloadable item and flashed it but idk, let me know if you or how you get yours to work if you do
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Hey, i've had that same issue but have since fixed it by flashing the rom to the 100011886. I used some of the posts here to flash both vbmeta.img and boot.img to gain root, with success https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17LtLtjKg4JJU9EJdIXPsyNjen0H-ilMX?usp=sharing . i eventually went too far and currupted my rom and had a hard time finding the stock ROM. I found the stock ROM to the 100011886 and flashed that to fix the problem, now i run that as my system and it boots up just fine. https://www.mediafire.com/file/107jp6gwbiwq87q/MT8168_ONN_Gen2_100011886.zip/file
fastboot erase super
fastboot flash super super.img
Would you happen to have the preloader bin file for the MT8168? After digging around, you have helped me get closer to bringing my hard brick back to life.
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onn. said:
Would you happen to have the preloader bin file for the MT8168? After digging around, you have helped me get closer to bringing my hard brick back to life.
Edit: @bbcdt22
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I don't, but this thread may 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...
forum.xda-developers.com
Any rom you come across has to be extracted in order to get any necessary files from it. The thread mentions using 7zip but I've personally had better results extracting using ZArchiver. Also, a workaround I've found very useful when dealing with extraction issues, is removing the extension from the file. If all else fails, you may need to erase the super partition and reflash THAT
KMerrimanJr said:
I don't, but this thread may 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...
forum.xda-developers.com
Any rom you come across has to be extracted in order to get any necessary files from it. The thread mentions using 7zip but I've personally had better results extracting using ZArchiver. Also, a workaround I've found very useful when dealing with extraction issues, is removing the extension from the file. If all else fails, you may need to erase the super partition and reflash THAT
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Thanks for the response. I'm at the end of that thread currently trying to see what I can find to fix my issue. Aside from buying another one from Walmart and trying to see if I can pull everything from a vanilla tablet, I'm not sure if I'll ever find the exact files.
onn. said:
Thanks for the response. I'm at the end of that thread currently trying to see what I can find to fix my issue. Aside from buying another one from Walmart and trying to see if I can pull everything from a vanilla tablet, I'm not sure if I'll ever find the exact files.
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onn. said:
Thanks for the response. I'm at the end of that thread currently trying to see what I can find to fix my issue. Aside from buying another one from Walmart and trying to see if I can pull everything from a vanilla tablet, I'm not sure if I'll ever find the exact files.
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When my tab crashed on me, flashing the super image solved my issue but it was a different rom. My tab's model number ended in 885 but the super file I flashed came from an 886, it still worked though
KMerrimanJr said:
When my tab crashed on me, flashing the super image solved my issue but it was a different rom. My tab's model number ended in 885 but the super file I flashed came from an 886, it still worked though
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I wish I would have waited until I read this today instead of further messing with it yesterday. It looks like everything you have is what I need, but now I am battling trying to get the COM port to stay active when the device is plugged in. I'll tinker with it and see if I can get back to the state I had it in yesterday where it was staying connected.
KMerrimanJr said:
When my tab crashed on me, flashing the super image solved my issue but it was a different rom. My tab's model number ended in 885 but the super file I flashed came from an 886, it still worked though
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Would you happen to know/remember all the settings you checked in SP Flash Tool (I assume you used that) when you flashed things to get it working? It seems that my PC is able to communicate with the device again, but I'm unsure of how to proceed next.
Have you installed all of the adb & mtk drivers? If so, you should be able to use adb to reboot into the boot loader then use fast boot to flash the super file
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Have you installed all of the adb & mtk drivers? If so, you should be able to use adb to reboot into the boot loader then use fast boot to flash the super file
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It's hard bricked at the moment unfortunately, so there's no appearance of life to it. Attached picture is the error I get. https://www.gizmoadvices.com/list-sp-flash-tool-error-codes-solution-fix/ appears show info about the error, but it's not something I know how to fix yet.
The only way I can get the tablet to make moves in device manager (which I assume is a sign that the PC can at least partially recognize/see the device) is to click on Download in SPFT, connect tablet to PC via USB cord, and then hold down power button, which led to the error. Errors in SPFT I've received so far are 0xC0060001 and 0xC0060003.
When the tablet is active in the device manager, I assume that the device is in a powered state. However, when the device is grayed out, I assume it's in a powered off state (see other pic). I've yet to find away to actually flash anything to it.
KMerrimanJr said:
Have you installed all of the adb & mtk drivers? If so, you should be able to use adb to reboot into the boot loader then use fast boot to flash the super file
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Also, apologies if I'm being a bother, but do you know what version of SPFT you used as well as which DA file?
bbcdt22 said:
Hope this helps if still needing it, scatter file for the 100011885 mt8168 , good luck not responsible for anything lol i still cant get mine to work, anklosburner
hope this helps if you still need it for 100011885 mt8168 scatter file, but not responsible for any damages, because i still cant get mine to work, i had it to where it would come on, or i could see back light but thats it, which im impatient too, maybe it takes a min, but i did a readback on every downloadable item and flashed it but idk, let me know if you or how you get yours to work if you do
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where did you get this? did you dump it? if so how?