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Help! I screwed up :(

Hey guys... friend of mine asked me to put in a custom ROM to his Hero, tires of waiting for HTC to release a 2.1/2.2 for us here in SE Asia.
The phone had already been rooted, but I could not manage to put in a recovery partition, even trying with the GoldCard method.
So, I dug around and found recommendations to try Droid Explorer, which I did, very nice program!
What I did was to use the "update custom ROM" function to put in the ChocolateEclair ROM
Everything seemed to run fine, phone rebooted, showed the new boot animation, then went to a green screen for a few minutes, but this is normal as per the ROM's details page.
But, since then, it's rebooted, it does the boot animation (hand-drawn droid), over and over again, can't get past that. I can get into bootloader and stock recovery screens, though. I'm thinking I should try to wipe the device again, but I cannot select this option in the recovery, it says to press alt-w but that's a bit hard without a keyboard!
I also tried to connect with adb shell (when in recovery mode) but it tells me it cannot find the shell.
So... have I bricked this poor phone? Right now I am downloading the latest RUU I can find, and hope it will work, but if anyone has any experience and advice to share it will be greatly appreciated!

Hey mate... You should have posted in ChocolateEclair topic. Can a mod merge the topics?
To answer you... This does not mean the phone is bricked. Are you sure you don't have a custom recovery image?(boot with home+power) Please paste me your logcat(adb logcat) and I'll tell you what causes the reboot, there's nothing to worry about.

Hey RaduG,
Thanks for getting back so quick! I posted a general thread as I thought it would not be a problem specific to your mod but rather my method or lack thereof
Now the problem is... I can't run logcat either.:
- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -
when I go to the recovery image I am quite sure it is the stock one (3D exclamation mark with a phone next to it, then loads the reboot/apply update.zip/wipe data menu. There's also a warning "E: can't open /cache/recovery/command" in yellow at the bottom.

How you try to run logcat? "adb logcat"?

Apparently you can reinstall a recovery using that Droid Explorer?.... I'd try that for AmonRa1.6.2 if Radug cant help you once you have supplied a logcat.
Then load into the recovery, do your wipes, and flash again.

..... And please post in GENERAL or QnA next time.

are you able load into armon recovery console?
if yes try wipe everything & reflash others custom rom then wipe again & reflash ChocolateEclair 1.0.1. i also face the same problem just now when i'm at work *playing with roms secretly* ^^"
i load in success without seeing the green screen now =)
& best not to use the ExtremeKernel as not all phone can support as stated on the dev post =)

ddotpatel said:
Apparently you can reinstall a recovery using that Droid Explorer?.... I'd try that for AmonRa1.6.2 if Radug cant help you once you have supplied a logcat.
Then load into the recovery, do your wipes, and flash again.
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he is unable to do this atm, as he is stuck at the boot screen...so unable to load previous ROM...
ADB stuff should be the way

Most likely his hero cant be overclocked to 69x mhz. So flash the low kernel.

jarski12345 said:
Most likely his hero cant be overclocked to 69x mhz. So flash the low kernel.
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I'm quite sure this is the case... but I am so far unable to put in any other ROM. When i get into the stock recovery console, I can select the "apply update.zip" option, but pressing the trackball does nothing, same with the factory wipe option. Are there any other button combinations for these? It says Alt+S and Alt+W for these options, but without a physical keyboard, how to do?
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Droid Explorer does let me update a new ROM, but... nothing happens on the phone.
As for trying to put in a new recovery through Droid Explorer, it can only do so by pulling the file for the SDcard... which is not detected when the phone is in recovery mode
I tried to run a recent HTC RUU, but it does not detect the phone...
Last option seems to be working from ADB, yes... But half the commands I try end up with the error "- exec '/system/bin/sh' failed: No such file or directory (2) -"
So, are there any ADB commands I could try, to wipe the device?

[Q] G2 won't boot after failed custom ROM flash (LG-D800)

So after trying to backup everything in recovery and flash PACMAN ROM for my phone, everything seemed fine, until it rebooted... When the LG logo appeared, suddenly weird horizontal lines started going across my screen and suddenly the edges of the phone started greying until the whole phone started going greyish-white, then powered off. I tried rebooting several times, and eventually it just wouldn't boot at all. If I hild the power button, it vibrates for a sec and nothing. When I plugged it into my PC, I can access it like a USB storage drive and my internal storage is still there, but I can figure out how to fix my phone. Did my screen die? Is there a way I can recover my phone from my PC via USB?

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So after trying to backup everything in recovery and flash PACMAN ROM for my phone, everything seemed fine, until it rebooted... When the LG logo appeared, suddenly weird horizontal lines started going across my screen and suddenly the edges of the phone started greying until the whole phone started going greyish-white, then powered off. I tried rebooting several times, and eventually it just wouldn't boot at all. If I hild the power button, it vibrates for a sec and nothing. When I plugged it into my PC, I can access it like a USB storage drive and my internal storage is still there, but I can figure out how to fix my phone. Did my screen die? Is there a way I can recover my phone from my PC via USB?
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Back up your internal storage to your pc, more importantly the nandroid which is in the TWRP folder. Then follow this guide to get your phone back to stock.

I think that rom is kk u can find more info about that problem in liquidsmoth thread please tell me if fix it if not that mean how I know maybe u need to replace something in motherboard

Art is right. Follow the guide to get back to stock. If that doesn't work then it's a hardware problem.
Looks like I'm never trying the pacman rom on the g2...

Ok update. After following the steps in that guide posted, the firmware loaded and the AT&T boot screen popped up after reboot, though now LG Flash Tool is still doing it's thing and the screen's off with the phone still in USB and power light slowly blinking red, so I have no idea if it's fine or not.
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Alright, it turns out it completed the installation and I just had to unplug it, it now works! I just want to know of which custom ROM to go with now.

BlackGuyRX said:
Alright, it turns out it completed the installation and I just had to unplug it, it now works! I just want to know of which custom ROM to go with now.
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Check the index in my signature, the roms are organised by android version and variant

Art Vanderlay said:
Check the index in my signature, the roms are organised by android version and variant
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Well, you deserve the Thanks, mate! Maybe he/she is still new here.

raravi said:
Well, you deserve the Thanks, mate! Maybe he/she is still new here.
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Cheers raravi. I assume it's a guy, as his name is Blackguy lol.

BlackGuyRX said:
Alright, it turns out it completed the installation and I just had to unplug it, it now works! I just want to know of which custom ROM to go with now.
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Why dont you serach your requirements in D-802 section. I mean what are doing here bud.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g2/development-d802

Stuck "Installing system update" can't get to download or recovery

*Title should read CAN'T get to download or recovery*
Hi guys,
I've rooted all of my phones, got in a few scrapes, but always been able to get into recovery/download mode to rescue a phone that's having problems.
Tonight I updated my CM13 Galaxy S5 to the latest nightly (last update was a nightly in March) using the built-in method (Setting > About ... Download .. Install) which has always worked, but tonight I seem to be stuck worse than ever:
Phone stuck in loop at "installing system update" screen, it flashes briefly then reboots . Around once per second.
Need to pull battery to stop
Won't enter recovery (goes to step one)
Won't enter download (also goes to step one)
I can't get to download or recovery!
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Is it dead? Any ideas what I can do?
Many many thanks in advance!
Cheers,
Chris

You could try a usb jig (available for less than pocket change off eBay) this will force your phone directly into download mode even from a powered off state simply by plugging it into the phones usb socket.......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

keithross39 said:
You could try a usb jig (available for less than pocket change off eBay) this will force your phone directly into download mode even from a powered off state simply by plugging it into the phones usb socket.......
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Perfect, those were the words I was looking for! Thank you very much!

ApriliaFan said:
Perfect, those were the words I was looking for! Thank you very much!
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No problem, let us know how you get on fella.....
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

keithross39 said:
No problem, let us know how you get on fella.....
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USB Jig did the trick...used Odin to pop TWRP on again, and that did the trick. It rebooted and came back to life, thank you!
On reflection, I think the problem came about when I started using CyanDelta. With the last CM update (the first I did with CyanDelta) it put Cyanogenmod's recovery in place over TWRP. Next time I tried to use CyanDelta it wouldn't work, so I updated via Settings > About > Update....which seemed to cause the problem.
Now, question is, do I stick with the Motorola Moto G 3rd gen I bought to get me through this week...or go back to the S5!

Glad it worked fella.....
As to which phone to use......
Now *that* is a question only you can answer.......
http://i.imgur.com/rVnFwJM.jpg

Bricked my A2017G

Hello guys,
I tried to update my phone to Nougat and I guess I totally failed.
First I just tried to flash this rom: https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/rom-purefusionos-official-t3670580 and it did not work. So I thought I might have to update the firmware first and installed the A2017UV1.1.0B32 NOUGAT Update from this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/rom-guide-updates-to-stock-files-via-t3469484. I found out I had to flash (with TWRP) the firmware's G version so I took the A2017G_N_Modem.zip from this https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=148464.
Now I only get the "your device software can't be checked for corruption. Please lock the bootloader".
Can somehow help me and tell me if and how I can get a rom working again?
Thanks in advance.

Check forum. There are topics to unbrick your device.

Yes, I read the forums. My Problem is that I cannot enter the EDL mode for example. When I git Power + Vol Up + Vol down nothing happen except a shot red LED.
EDIT: I cannot get into fastboot aswell.. Always that screen with lock your bootloader. Pretty much the only mode I can enter is recovery with TWRP.

multimill said:
Yes, I read the forums. My Problem is that I cannot enter the EDL mode for example. When I git Power + Vol Up + Vol down nothing happen except a shot red LED.
EDIT: I cannot get into fastboot aswell.. Always that screen with lock your bootloader. Pretty much the only mode I can enter is recovery with TWRP.
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When led blinked you are on EDL mode. Screen is black on edl mode.

Yeah I got that an now i completely **** up -.-
I made it to go back to stock. I saw yeah got that B10 version now so I tried to flash PureFusionOS and Beans GApps. Now the screen is just black when I start the phone and my computer (and one other I tested) cannot flash the the edl version via Miflash because the phone is not recognized.
When I try to enter EDL the led is not blinking anymore. Its just showing red.

multimill said:
Yeah I got that an now i completely **** up -.-
I made it to go back to stock. I saw yeah got that B10 version now so I tried to flash PureFusionOS and Beans GApps. Now the screen is just black when I start the phone and my computer (and one other I tested) cannot flash the the edl version via Miflash because the phone is not recognized.
When I try to enter EDL the led is not blinking anymore. Its just showing red.
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Do you see your device on Device Management? If yes, it is on edl mode. go on other steps
BTW, use this guide.

WesTD said:
Do you see your device on Device Management? If yes, it is on edl mode. go on other steps
BTW, use this guide.
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Where should I see in the device manager?
EDIT: I do hear a sound when connecting. But I dont know where to find it in the device manager. In which category.
EDIT2: Well I see one device here, but neither the Axontool nor Miflash regonize it.
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multimill said:
Where should I see in the device manager?
EDIT: I do hear a sound when connecting. But I dont know where to find it in the device manager. In which category.
EDIT2: Well I see one device here, but neither the Axontool nor Miflash regonize it.
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Good luck. Your device on DFU Mode. There another guide about it.

multimill said:
Where should I see in the device manager?
EDIT: I do hear a sound when connecting. But I dont know where to find it in the device manager. In which category.
EDIT2: Well I see one device here, but neither the Axontool nor Miflash regonize it.
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4th category brick repair manual, google it

Got something new !! FFBM mode

Hello devs and my noob fraans
I am so Happy with this device and all of its developments.
But the only thing I always wanted is to remove that screen which we get when we start our phone in which start is given and and gateway to recovery we have to wait for 5s there or every time to press that start button
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so finally yesterday I was seeing around and went to fast boot mode and restarted my phone in FFBM MODE AND BOOM !!! that screen disappeared I again restarted my phone normally and after that everytime its not coming.
Well yes you also can restore this by going into fast boot again and reboot your device normally from there.
I am currently on aex 5.8 .
May be its a noob thing but I felt many of you need this soo..I posted
And one thing if any pro is reading this
Please tell me what is this ffbm mode and if there are any disadvantages of it..as I am using since 2 days now and no differences are there.

Sorry didn't work for me!!!

supermean1 said:
Hello devs and my noob fraans
I am so Happy with this device and all of its developments.
But the only thing I always wanted is to remove that screen which we get when we start our phone in which start is given and and gateway to recovery we have to wait for 5s there or every time to press that start button so finally yesterday I was seeing around and went to fast boot mode and restarted my phone in FFBM MODE AND BOOM !!! that screen disappeared I again restarted my phone normally and after that everytime its not coming.
Well yes you also can restore this by going into fast boot again and reboot your device normally from there.
I am currently on aex 5.8 .
May be its a noob thing but I felt many of you need this soo..I posted
And one thing if any pro is reading this
Please tell me what is this ffbm mode and if there are any disadvantages of it..as I am using since 2 days now and no differences are there.
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What is FFBM Mode and pls tell us step by step.

rakeshsainixyz said:
What is FFBM Mode and pls tell us step by step.
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To go to ffbm you have to go to fastboot mode first then you have to scroll there for ffbm mode I only have seen this in zuk z2 if you are using another phone then I don't know

This is nice and all, but what if your rom get screwed up and you can't reboot to fastboot via software? Is there a button combination to boot into fastboot via hardware?

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This is nice and all, but what if your rom get screwed up and you can't reboot to fastboot via software? Is there a button combination to boot into fastboot via hardware?
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Nope, ZUK didn't like the idea of button combination so opted for this screen and I would highly refrain from removing it. I really like the screen btw :angel: And love it when something goes wrong and I can just go through it to Nirvana.

I have z2 pro and this method is not working here.

This screen also shows up on my orbic wonder