Hey Guys. I don't think the phone is bricked (I have access to Bootloader, CWM Recovery and Download Mode).
I was running Android Revolution HD ROM and out of the blue, the phone rebooted. But from this moment, it does not boot into Android. It just reboots, shows Google Logo, show the Nexus Boot Animation and then hangs for a second and reboots.
I figured it's a boot loop. So I wiped data/factory reset through CWM, wiped Dalvik Cache and flashed Revolution ROM again. Same result. I flashed Modaco iR5 and same result.
What do I do from here? Any help offered would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
RESOLVED! Thank you to afliopou, enumBoss and zyo (batch file to restore stock images - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373995)
ragflan said:
Hey Guys. I don't think the phone is bricked (I have access to Bootloader, CWM Recovery and Download Mode).
I was running Android Revolution HD ROM and out of the blue, the phone rebooted. But from this moment, it does not boot into Android. It just reboots, shows Google Logo, show the Nexus Boot Animation and then hangs for a second and reboots.
I figured it's a boot loop. So I wiped data/factory reset through CWM, wiped Dalvik Cache and flashed Revolution ROM again. Same result. I flashed Modaco iR5 and same result.
What do I do from here? Any help offered would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Maybe trying flash back to stock with fastboot following instructions here?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1373995
Edit: and as enumBoss correctly asked which version is?LTE or GSM?
ragflan said:
Hey Guys. I don't think the phone is bricked (I have access to Bootloader, CWM Recovery and Download Mode).
I was running Android Revolution HD ROM and out of the blue, the phone rebooted. But from this moment, it does not boot into Android. It just reboots, shows Google Logo, show the Nexus Boot Animation and then hangs for a second and reboots.
I figured it's a boot loop. So I wiped data/factory reset through CWM, wiped Dalvik Cache and flashed Revolution ROM again. Same result. I flashed Modaco iR5 and same result.
What do I do from here? Any help offered would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.
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Is this an LTE or GSM device?
If it's GSM, I recommend flashing a different ROM. Probably something more stable. And do the whole thing - not just the rom, but the boot.img, etc. You can find that here: http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html
enumBoss said:
Is this an LTE or GSM device?
If it's GSM, I recommend flashing a different ROM. Probably something more stable. And do the whole thing - not just the rom, but the boot.img, etc. You can find that here: http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html
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Hi. It's a GSM Version. I've tried flashing both Android Revolution HD and Modaco Ir5. Same Result. I can try VillainROM but I doubt that will help. (I'm doing that right now. I've just pushed VillainROM using this command: adb push VillainROM_whatever.zip to /data/media. Will try flashing that and report back).
I just tried restoring my nandroid backup and CWM restored the boot image, system and then it says 'Error While Restoring /data'.
Does that mean something is wrong with my internal storage?
ragflan said:
Hi. It's a GSM Version. I've tried flashing both Android Revolution HD and Modaco Ir5. Same Result. I can try VillainROM but I doubt that will help.
I just tried restoring my nandroid backup and CWM restored the boot image, system and then it says 'Error While Restoring /data'.
Does that mean something is wrong with my internal storage?
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Maybe something wrong with your backup.Try to flash stock rom
afilopou said:
Maybe something wrong with your backup.Try to flash stock rom
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I'll do that now. Oddly adb doesn't find the device when it's in bootloader mode. It finds it fine when it's in recovery mode and I'll able to push and pull stuff.
I think I'm missing fastboot drivers or something. I'll try flashing stock stuff.
I'm unable to push another ROM so I have to flash stock images. the internal storage is in read-only mode.
ragflan said:
I'll do that now. Oddly adb doesn't find the device when it's in bootloader mode. It finds it fine when it's in recovery mode and I'll able to push and pull stuff.
I think I'm missing fastboot drivers or something. I'll try flashing stock stuff.
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This is normal.ADB not working when you are in fastboot.Did you try the thread i post you? When you are in fastboot you must first go through cmd in the folder that conatains fastboot.exe and then type in cmd "fastboot devices" .
eg cd C:/root (root is the folder that conatains fastboot)
then type "fastboot devices"
afilopou said:
This is normal.ADB not working when you are in fastboot.Did you try the thread i post you? When you are in fastboot you must first go through cmd in the folder that conatains fastboot.exe and then type in cmd "fastboot devices" .
eg cd C:/root (root is the folder that conatains fastboot)
then type "fastboot devices"
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Yeap. I read the thread you posted. Downloaded the zip file and extracted it. After which I rebooted into bootloader mode and ran the batch file from the extracted directory.
It flashed the stock images in bootloader mode and rebooted twice and I'm booted into Android now. Thank you very much, kind sir.
For my reference (and to learn), what could have gone wrong? The ROM was up and running fine and I titanium restored only user apps and didn't touch system apps at all. Everything was fine and a random reboot caused the phone not to boot into Android anymore. I've had 3 other Android devices before the Nexus (Galaxy S, SII and G1) and never had such an issue.
ragflan said:
Yeap. I read the thread you posted. Downloaded the zip file and extracted it. After which I booted into bootloader mode and ran the batch file.
I'm booted into Android now. Thank you very much.
For my reference (and to learn), what could have gone wrong? The ROM was up and running fine and I titanium restored only user apps and didn't touch system apps at all. Everything was fine and a random reboot caused the phone not to boot into Android anymore.
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Who knows? Only the android god
afilopou said:
Who knows? Only the android god
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Haha amen to that. With Galaxy S and SII, I just used ODIN to flash a firmware. With Nexus, I just have to use that post. Thanks again!
Did you flash a new kernel? If so, that could be (part of) the issue
EddyOS said:
Did you flash a new kernel? If so, that could be (part of) the issue
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Nope. Well, it was part of the ROM (Modaco and Android Revolution HD). I didn't flash it separately.
EddyOS said:
Did you flash a new kernel? If so, that could be (part of) the issue
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I've just experienced the exact same thing..
And the ONLY thing I've done today was install NFC Taginfo.
I noticed apps starting to crap out and figured I'd done something wrong and restarted.. got stuck in a boot loop..
went into CWM to restore an old back up and it failed with 'Error while restoring /data' (I'd gotten 'Error while backing up /data' when trying to back it up).
wiped everything (twice).. formatted everything (twice).. tried to restore and still no go.. interesting that it didn't seem to have any issue when formatting /data.
Am only running rooted stock (not even any MODs) so find this all rather peculiar.
Will try and push the stock ROM this evening when I get home.
EDIT: Used the method listed above to flash the original stock image which worked... although it did erase everything on my phone (kinda wish I'd known that before but what can you do). Would really like to know how I went from a seemingly normal phone to a not very useful paperweight!? Thankfully it's resolved.
I'm having the same issue. However, I can't flash stock, as my baseband is different. Can someone please advise? Here is my fastboot flash attempt. Thanks.
C:\itl41f>flash-windows.bat
C:\itl41f>fastboot-windows flash bootloader bootloader-maguro-primekj10.img
sending 'bootloader' (2308 KB)... OKAY
writing 'bootloader'... OKAY
C:\itl41f>fastboot-windows reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader... OKAY
C:\itl41f>fastboot-windows flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxkk1.img
sending 'radio' (12288 KB)... FAILED (command write failed (Too many links))
C:\itl41f>fastboot-windows reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader... FAILED (command write failed (No such file or direc
tory))
C:\itl41f>fastboot-windows -w update image-yakju-itl41f.zip
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
< waiting for device >
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: PRIMEKJ10
Baseband Version.....: I9250UGKK7
Serial Number........: 0146914C0C019006
--------------------------------------------
checking product... OKAY
checking version-bootloader... OKAY
checking version-baseband... FAILED
Device version-baseband is 'I9250UGKK7'.
Update requires 'I9250XXKK1'.
C:\itl41f>
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I'm desparate, please help me!
I flashed the remove-3-dot for the AT&T HOX, but I have another one. Now I cannot go back, since the device doesn't completely boot.
It is stuck with the HTC figures showing up and halfway the music stops and the device hangs.
I can go to recovery, but since the Àll-In-One Kit from Hasoon2000 doesn't see the device when in recovery (CWM 5.8.2.7 Touch), I cannot even put anything to the SD card, so I cannot even flash anything else!
Please help me before the battery dies out!! (I cannot turn it off since lonng press of the power button only restarts the booting)
If you have CWM did you made a nondroid backup?
Bright.Light said:
I'm desparate, please help me!
I flashed the remove-3-dot for the AT&T HOX, but I have another one. Now I cannot go back, since the device doesn't completely boot.
It is stuck with the HTC figures showing up and halfway the music stops and the device hangs.
I can go to recovery, but since the Àll-In-One Kit from Hasoon2000 doesn't see the device when in recovery (CWM 5.8.2.7 Touch), I cannot even put anything to the SD card, so I cannot even flash anything else!
Please help me before the battery dies out!! (I cannot turn it off since lonng press of the power button only restarts the booting)
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THIS will help you
@muamers: Thanks!!
I already found out how to turn the device off, not draining the battery anymore.
I also flashed the new CWM 5.8.3.1 so it should have some ability to charge.
I am currently downloading the latest stock 1.29.401.11 and will try to flash that one.
I did search, but it's difficult currently. However, I made a permanent link to the Wiki - it's more than useful (the reason it exists, I know...)
Oh - it wasn't bricked (because it still did some stuff)
@jeyml: No, I did not do that (didn't know it was possible)
Does that mean that I could recover with the rom exactly as it was put on the device? (including installed ZIP files)
Bright.Light said:
@muamers: Thanks!!
I already found out how to turn the device off, not draining the battery anymore.
I also flashed the new CWM 5.8.3.1 so it should have some ability to charge.
I am currently downloading the latest stock 1.29.401.11 and will try to flash that one.
I did search, but it's difficult currently. However, I made a permanent link to the Wiki - it's more than useful (the reason it exists, I know...)
Oh - it wasn't bricked (because it still did some stuff)
@jeyml: No, I did not do that (didn't know it was possible)
Does that mean that I could recover with the rom exactly as it was put on the device? (including installed ZIP files)
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Yup.It is actualy quite simple,i always do a backup before i flash something or update my ROM and other stuff.You keep the volume down + power button.After that you enter recovery mode (you will need to have CWM) and you have an option there "backup and restore",enter there and make a backup.Next time if you have any problems just enter again in the CWM,go to "backup and restore" and restore the backup you've made.It saves everything you have (i mean the ROM setting and such.Apps and other stuff must be backed up with Titanium Backup).
The backups you made are saved in the SD card in the nandroid directory if i remember corectly,so if you update you're ROM to...1.29 for example and have a 1.28 backup just enter there and delete it and make a new backup of the 1.29 so you don't get confused in so many backups and if you ever have problems and restore a 1.28 backup on you'r 1.29..well...you realize that the phone isn't going to work anymore.So,be carefoul.
Didn't work... I downloaded this rom: RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.29.401.11_Radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260491_signed
did everything this page told us: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1609190
But I do not see anything change... It's still stuck in the boot process.
I don't know what I am doing wrong...
I also didn't find a clear guide for how to do things - it's all pieces which everyone has to put together, making it hard when there is a real problem.
If this can be solved, I will investigate the nand backup for certain!
For now I need my phone, but it does not work...
Oh - how does the charging with the new clockwork work? I don't see anything happen, so I am afraid the battery will be down soon.
edit: It was on power all night and when I looked it had the screen on. Unplugging and replugging and the gren light went on. Does that mean the battery is filled?
One important fact: the adb command cannot find the device and I don't know why!
How did you flash the RUU? You have to connect the phone in FASTBOOT to the PC and then run it (with a locked bootloader) and it replaces the entire system
EddyOS said:
How did you flash the RUU? You have to connect the phone in FASTBOOT to the PC and then run it (with a locked bootloader) and it replaces the entire system
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with a LOCKED bootloader?
Mine is unlocked...
I will try to relock the boorloader (saw somewhere a snippet)
Tried with a locked one:
Code:
D:\One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0\Data>fastboot oem lock
... INFOLock successfully...
OKAY [ 0.143s]
finished. total time: 0.143s
D:\One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0\Data>fastboot flash boot boot_signed.img
sending 'boot' (4288 KB)... OKAY [ 0.667s]
writing 'boot'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
finished. total time: 0.874s
D:\One_X_All-In-One_Kit_v1.0\Data>fastboot flash system system.img
sending 'system' (963584 KB)... FAILED (remote: (00000008))
finished. total time: -0.000s
The bootloader loocks relocked ok (as it shows on top of that screen)
But flashing is impossible and, of cause, I don't know why
Adb will work in recovery but only if you boot the recovery from fastboot.
Fastboot boot recovery recovery.img
ok, next approach:
- Booted to fastboot
- unlocked bootloader with the unlock .bin file
- fastboot boot Recoveries\CWM5.8.3.1.img
- adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
- waited 5 minutes until done
- in recovery: Install zip from sdcard
- manual selected the rom.zip (yes, it was actually on the SDcard, so adb did its job)
- got an error that the image was bad:
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.1
-- Installing: /sdcard/rom.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/rom.zip
I think I will have to get another image, right?
This one was extracted from
RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.29.401.11_Radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260491_signed.exe
I started the program and searched for the rom.zip in my temp folder. Was this ok?
Run .11 RUU, wait until load all completely, now go to %temp% in your pc and find a folder that contain a ROM.ZIP file... Unzip the files and flash the boot_signed.img and the recovery_signed.img, then relock your phone fastboot oem lock) do a factory reset (with the new recovery) and then try to run the .11 RUU.
THAT SHOULD WORK
pd: sorry for my poor english.
Sent from my HTC One X using XDA
Bright.Light said:
ok, next approach:
- Booted to fastboot
- unlocked bootloader with the unlock .bin file
- fastboot boot Recoveries\CWM5.8.3.1.img
- adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
- waited 5 minutes until done
- in recovery: Install zip from sdcard
- manual selected the rom.zip (yes, it was actually on the SDcard, so adb did its job)
- got an error that the image was bad:
ClockworkMod Recovery v5.8.3.1
-- Installing: /sdcard/rom.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/rom.zip
I think I will have to get another image, right?
This one was extracted from
RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.29.401.11_Radio_1.1204.105.14_release_260491_signed.exe
I started the program and searched for the rom.zip in my temp folder. Was this ok?
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You haven't a clue have you?
You don't flash an RUU from CWM, it's a Windows application!
1. Boot phone into FASTBOOT
2. Connect to the PC
3. Lock the bootloader
4. Run the RUU
Job done
@wolfraim: Yes, the factory reset was the one culprit, it seems!
EddyOS: Tried that so many times, but finally wolfraim added a crucial point: Factory reset!
Now the RUU install from the PC is working... (Have to wait for some time ...)
* I have to go for now, right after the flash is done.
When I've got the time, I will try to make some more notes and maybe another step-by-step story on how to make the device work again.
Thank you very much for your patience and help!
This is why I love the xda-developers site so much!
(and all possible ways included on XDA to brick my device is the reason why I hate xda sometimes... )
edit: Flashing has succeeded! Software number: 1.29.401.11, so it seems I also have the latest ROM update now.
I'll make a recovery backup asap and will try the titanium backup too.
Oh, this one is SU-locked of cause, so I will have to install the SU zip file again... Much work is to be done yet. Maybe I should look for a good ROM in the Android development area.
Fairly noobed to android so need a little help (teething) haha,
I've tried to install a custom rom for my one x unlocked boot loader and installed clockwork mod touch recovery, downloaded android revolution hd and moved wipe script and android revolution zip to sd card, flashed the boot.img and run wipe script no problem.
But when I go to install the zip file I get greeted with
finding update package>opening update package>installing update>installation aborted... then nothing. If I reboot the phone the phone stays in the htc quietly brilliant screen.
Please anyone! Help a fella out, crack this and I'll be forever in everyone debt. Thanks.
Con
ConorL said:
Fairly noobed to android so need a little help (teething) haha,
I've tried to install a custom rom for my one x unlocked boot loader and installed clockwork mod touch recovery, downloaded android revolution hd and moved wipe script and android revolution zip to sd card, flashed the boot.img and run wipe script no problem.
But when I go to install the zip file I get greeted with
finding update package>opening update package>installing update>installation aborted... then nothing. If I reboot the phone the phone stays in the htc quietly brilliant screen.
Please anyone! Help a fella out, crack this and I'll be forever in everyone debt. Thanks.
Con
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Try to disable the signature check and see if you're able to install it.
Your Rom zip files is corrupted. You have to verify md5 value and then you have to flash.
Goto fastboot and just flash the stock kernel.
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Tried disabling the signature check with no luck same thing happens..Do you know where could I get the stock kernel from? Thanks again for your patience it is greatly appreciated!
When i try to Flash the stock rom i get this message
sending 'flash' (9792 KB)... OKAY
writing 'flash'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
xx-xxx-xx-22:bootloader connor$
anyone know what I'm doing wrong?? Thanks..
ConorL said:
When i try to Flash the stock rom i get this message
sending 'flash' (9792 KB)... OKAY
writing 'flash'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
xx-xxx-xx-22:bootloader connor$
anyone know what I'm doing wrong?? Thanks..
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Use the automated batch file in ARHD Thread. Like he said it might be a bad download. Re-downloaded it and test it again.
Tried downloading the stock kernel again and same story... How do I use the automated batch file you mentioned? thanks..
Are you trying to flash a .zip in fastboot? What file have you renamed 'flash'?
I haven't renamed any files flash I've just been trying to flash the .zip file...Its been a major fail so far, thanks for everyone patience..
ConorL said:
I haven't renamed any files flash I've just been trying to flash the .zip file...Its been a major fail so far, thanks for everyone patience..
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Re-download the file to PC
Send file to sdcard
Remove usb cable from HOX
Try again
Hope it helps
I can't get back into the os to move the files over to the sd card, every time i reboot I get the htc quietly brilliant screen...
after i download the file should i rename anything to get it to flash properly from fastboot? I can't get back into the os so i'm in bootloader trying to fix it..Cheers
Go to Bootloader select Fastboot
Download http://www.androidrevolution.nl/downloader/download.php?file=Flash_boot_6.0.0.rar and extract it. Then run the batch file.
Then go into Recovery and your SD card will be automatically mounted to your PC in Recovery mode
So copy the ROM and flash it again.
Make sure you don't select any custom settings on the first boot.
It still looks like your trying to flash a .zip in fastboot.
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ConorL said:
When i try to Flash the stock rom i get this message
sending 'flash' (9792 KB)... OKAY
writing 'flash'... FAILED (remote: not allowed)
xx-xxx-xx-22:bootloader connor$
anyone know what I'm doing wrong?? Thanks..
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This. ^^^
Sending 'flash'.
What command did you write to get this error. And what was the filename and extension. It would really help to know what you tried to flash.
I had the same issue on Wednesday where I ran the wipe script then tried to flash the rom and it turned out to be a corrupt download (failed to follow instructions to my peril).
To resolve all that was needed was to re-download the rom, mount the sdcard and copy it over and reattempt the flash. In my case I couldn't mount the sdcard at first, so if you are having issues here I solved it by updating recovery as per this thread "[RECOVERY] TeamWin Recovery Project (twrp) 2.1.7 [2012-06-04]"
under the "One X Android Development section"
To send files to your sd with no os, either install the new recovery that has usb support or use
Fastboot boot name.IMG (this is recovery IMG)
While booting from fastboot like that it allows adb to be used then Just push
adb push Rom.zip /sdcard
That will push the Rom to sd then just install as normal.
You will need the adb files easy enough to find on google.
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i made a compilation thread about this, have a check... might help you out..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1692681
Hello there,
I'm slightly new to the forums, at least posting to them so if I'm in the wrong section or if I'm just not suppose to ask these questions... well... lend some expert advice and help me out!
I'm by no means an expert on rooting and flashing, pretty much every thing i have learned has been on my Optimus V, Nexus 7, and My latest device, HTC One V and i learned it all on these forums!
So my problem is... My HTC One V i have unlocked it and rooted it with a tool kit i found on here called "Hasoon2000's HTC One V All-In-One Kit" and all was well in the world. But now that i have rooted it I've grown bored with the device... after less than 24 hours of running stock rooted. And i've attempted to flash MIUI.us on my device as found on the developers website Now I've flashed many custom roms on my other devices, currently running Paranoid Android Beta 3 on my Nexus and Harmonia 2 (I believe) on my OV. But this phone has become quite the hassle. I'm running TWRP CDMA recovery and i Factory reset, wipe data, cache, dalvic (spelled correctly?) and it boots up to the MIUI boot logo then it goes to the usual Google start screen where you select language and set up your device... but... at that point it fails to do anything then boot loops back out and restarts the phone, and repeats... sometimes it won't even get out of the boot loop and it will just restart the phone... so i have used the RUU and reset the phone multiple times after this has occurred... If anyone could be of assistance or point me towards the correct forum it would be much appreciated!
I'm not totally sure what else could help anyone out there but it says S-OFF and i am unlocked and i have tried multiple roms and none of them have worked yet at all, the AOSP rom actually got to the home screen then restarted... this is getting quite frustrating and slightly irritating so if anyone could lend a helping hand I'd be much appreciative!
If you have a brand new phone it may have the ota already applied, which means none of the custom kernels will work, which means no JB roms.
robaho said:
If you have a brand new phone it may have the ota already applied, which means none of the custom kernels will work, which means no JB roms.
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Okay but when i do the RUU or even initially it always gives me the option to do system update OTA once i turn it on the first time... and on all the different ROM threads it says you have to extract the "boot.img" and flash in fastbot... so i extract the rom onto the SD card then once i flash the rom I've tried rebooting to bootloader and on my computer with SDK tools running command "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and that never works, i've tried flashing the jellyboot5 kernel i've tried many many options and bricked my phone about 20 times in the first 24 hours of owning my device... Black Friday purchased!
Sorry i'm still getting used to these devices... this is my first HTC and it's been... very much a learning experience but i really wanna try out some new roms on better phones than the OV
the last OTA broke the Radio (-> v.0928) firmware
Basically you need to flash the pre-OTA RUU (radio version: 1.00.00.521_2) first...
Steps (on windoze):
1) Download the correct RUU for your device (available at tinyurl.com/dxrybx9)
2) Run the .exe, wait for it to open the first wizard screen.
3) Open a file explorer in c:\users\yourname\AppData\Local\Temp\New_Directory _With_Some_Hexadecimal_name
4) Locate `rom.zip`, copy to the root directory of your sd card, and rename it to PK76IMG.zip
5) Reboot to bootloader, connect usb, and `fastboot oem lock` in cmd shell, at which point it'll reboot
6) Get back to HBOOT, wait for it to notice PK76IMG, confirm, make a pot of coffee, check back in 5-10 minutes.
7) After reboot, phone should now show a 1.00.00.521_2 radio... re-unlock the bootloader in fastboot, re-flash TWRP or whatever, and you should be good to go.
mkgarrod said:
Okay but when i do the RUU or even initially it always gives me the option to do system update OTA once i turn it on the first time... and on all the different ROM threads it says you have to extract the "boot.img" and flash in fastbot... so i extract the rom onto the SD card then once i flash the rom I've tried rebooting to bootloader and on my computer with SDK tools running command "fastboot flash boot boot.img" and that never works, i've tried flashing the jellyboot5 kernel i've tried many many options and bricked my phone about 20 times in the first 24 hours of owning my device... Black Friday purchased!
Sorry i'm still getting used to these devices... this is my first HTC and it's been... very much a learning experience but i really wanna try out some new roms on better phones than the OV
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master_c said:
Basically you need to flash the pre-OTA RUU (radio version: 1.00.00.521_2) first...
Steps (on windoze):
1) Download the correct RUU for your device (available at tinyurl.com/dxrybx9)
2) Run the .exe, wait for it to open the first wizard screen.
3) Open a file explorer in c:\users\yourname\AppData\Local\Temp\New_Directory _With_Some_Hexadecimal_name
4) Locate `rom.zip`, copy to the root directory of your sd card, and rename it to PK76IMG.zip
5) Reboot to bootloader, connect usb, and `fastboot oem lock` in cmd shell, at which point it'll reboot
6) Get back to HBOOT, wait for it to notice PK76IMG, confirm, make a pot of coffee, check back in 5-10 minutes.
7) After reboot, phone should now show a 1.00.00.521_2 radio... re-unlock the bootloader in fastboot, re-flash TWRP or whatever, and you should be good to go.
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Okay so I just wanna make sure i understand all this... I'm basically doing the same thing that the RUU does? What does the RUU do outside of this? and i tried what you said and it never notices it and now when i boot up my phone it has no service and doesn't connect to the network....
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Basically you need to flash the pre-OTA RUU (radio version: 1.00.00.521_2) first...
Steps (on windoze):
1) Download the correct RUU for your device (available at tinyurl.com/dxrybx9)
2) Run the .exe, wait for it to open the first wizard screen.
3) Open a file explorer in c:\users\yourname\AppData\Local\Temp\New_Directory _With_Some_Hexadecimal_name
4) Locate `rom.zip`, copy to the root directory of your sd card, and rename it to PK76IMG.zip
5) Reboot to bootloader, connect usb, and `fastboot oem lock` in cmd shell, at which point it'll reboot
6) Get back to HBOOT, wait for it to notice PK76IMG, confirm, make a pot of coffee, check back in 5-10 minutes.
7) After reboot, phone should now show a 1.00.00.521_2 radio... re-unlock the bootloader in fastboot, re-flash TWRP or whatever, and you should be good to go.
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Oh and when i type the fastboot oem lock command it gives me this
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C:\Fastboot>fastboot oem lock
... INFOLock successfully...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.271s
(Sorry for the awful format, I'm not used to actually taking part in a forum!) but regardless of the FAILED status it still says relocked... I'm not sure if that's a problem or not
You can ignore the error msg, I saw the same thing and the relock worked correctly. The RUU didn't flash the radio correctly when I ran the application, and I couldn't `fastboot flash radio` directly because of S-ON (or install the zip through TWRP), but when I copied the rom zip to PKIMG76 and installed it in hboot, I was able to flash the radio back to 0521_2, at which point I could run sick kernel and AOKP Jellybean without the bootloop (I originally documented it on this thread: tinyurl.com/cf2aq5n)
mkgarrod said:
Oh and when i type the fastboot oem lock command it gives me this
Code:
C:\Fastboot>fastboot oem lock
... INFOLock successfully...
FAILED (status read failed (Too many links))
finished. total time: 0.271s
(Sorry for the awful format, I'm not used to actually taking part in a forum!) but regardless of the FAILED status it still says relocked... I'm not sure if that's a problem or not
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You can ignore the error msg, I saw the same thing and the relock worked correctly. The RUU didn't flash the radio correctly when I ran the application, and I couldn't `fastboot flash radio` directly because of S-ON (or install the zip through TWRP), but when I copied the rom zip to PKIMG76 and installed it in hboot, I was able to flash the radio back to 0521_2, at which point I could run sick kernel and AOKP Jellybean without the bootloop (I originally documented it on this thread: tinyurl.com/cf2aq5n)
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Okay so if i put that pk76img.zip into my fastboot folder on my PC then run "fastboot flash pk76img.zip' will it do the same thing? most of my devices when i rooted them and flashed custom images It's never been this difficult and i've never had to actually use CMD which i'm enjoying learning these commands and stuff but it's starting to get on my nerves that i can't get it to work when i boot by phone up into Boot loader here's what is says
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***UNLOCKED***
PRIMOC PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.53.0000
RADIO-1.00.00.0521_2
eMMC-boot
May 14 2012,20:27:38
I'm not sure if any of that will help at all.. but my Network is fine now but i really don't know what to do next... it says S-ON which i believe might be the problem but i AM rooted..
You wouldn't need to `fastboot flash...`; just copy the file to the root directory of your SD card, make sure it's named "PK76IMG.zip" (possibly case sensitive), and when you enter HBOOT it should say "searching for PK76IMG... blah blah" until it finds the file, at which point you'll see a blue progress bar, and it'll eventually ask you to confirm installation after it verifies the file(s).
All that said, it looks like you already have the correct version of RADIO, so I'm not sure this will help, but it's probably worth a try, unless you're flashing the wrong kernel for MIUI...
mkgarrod said:
Okay so if i put that pk76img.zip into my fastboot folder on my PC then run "fastboot flash pk76img.zip' will it do the same thing? most of my devices when i rooted them and flashed custom images It's never been this difficult and i've never had to actually use CMD which i'm enjoying learning these commands and stuff but it's starting to get on my nerves that i can't get it to work when i boot by phone up into Boot loader here's what is says
Code:
***UNLOCKED***
PRIMOC PVT SHIP S-ON RL
HBOOT-1.53.0000
RADIO-1.00.00.0521_2
eMMC-boot
May 14 2012,20:27:38
I'm not sure if any of that will help at all.. but my Network is fine now but i really don't know what to do next... it says S-ON which i believe might be the problem but i AM rooted..
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master_c said:
You wouldn't need to `fastboot flash...`; just copy the file to the root directory of your SD card, make sure it's named "PK76IMG.zip" (possibly case sensitive), and when you enter HBOOT it should say "searching for PK76IMG... blah blah" until it finds the file, at which point you'll see a blue progress bar, and it'll eventually ask you to confirm installation after it verifies the file(s).
All that said, it looks like you already have the correct version of RADIO, so I'm not sure this will help, but it's probably worth a try, unless you're flashing the wrong kernel for MIUI...
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Well I'm not really sure on the rules of forums... about posting links to other things like that... but i think my problem is a kernel issue... I have the JellyBoot5.zip... that everyone was talking about and even someone on that other forum you posted said something about it... but... maybe i'm just doing that wrong... do i go into TWRP recovery... flash the Jellyboot5.zip then reboot to bootloader, and on CMD run "fastboot flash boot boot.img" (which i extract the boot.img from the jellyboot5.zip...) is that correct? I'm really trying to NOT be illiterate on these things but i'm at a total loss... i may just stick with root and stock if i can't figure this out soon.
I would try the v2.0.0 kernel (tinyurl.com/d8xknzb) ... I actually had a (different) bootloop problem after installing the jellyboot5.zip in TWRP, so maybe this kernel will do the trick.
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Well I'm not really sure on the rules of forums... about posting links to other things like that... but i think my problem is a kernel issue... I have the JellyBoot5.zip... that everyone was talking about and even someone on that other forum you posted said something about it... but... maybe i'm just doing that wrong... do i go into TWRP recovery... flash the Jellyboot5.zip then reboot to bootloader, and on CMD run "fastboot flash boot boot.img" (which i extract the boot.img from the jellyboot5.zip...) is that correct? I'm really trying to NOT be illiterate on these things but i'm at a total loss... i may just stick with root and stock if i can't figure this out soon.
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master_c said:
I would try the v2.0.0 kernel (tinyurl.com/d8xknzb) ... I actually had a (different) bootloop problem after installing the jellyboot5.zip in TWRP, so maybe this kernel will do the trick.
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Okay so i wanna make sure i'm doing this right... I put that zip i just downloaded into my sd card on the root of the drive... then go into recovery... and flash it? do i wipe anything? anything at all? do i need to flash the boot.img? if i DON'T flash a custom rom right now also... will that mess up my phone since stock is running ICS?
It's a JB kernel so it probably won't work with an ICS rom, but I can't say I've tried it. And yeah, you need to flash the boot.img, and also install the zip in recovery, but you shouldn't need to wipe anything if you're just changing kernels (although there isn't much point unless you're installing a JB rom at the same time...)
mkgarrod said:
Okay so i wanna make sure i'm doing this right... I put that zip i just downloaded into my sd card on the root of the drive... then go into recovery... and flash it? do i wipe anything? anything at all? do i need to flash the boot.img? if i DON'T flash a custom rom right now also... will that mess up my phone since stock is running ICS?
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It's a JB kernel so it probably won't work with an ICS rom, but I can't say I've tried it. And yeah, you need to flash the boot.img, and also install the zip in recovery, but you shouldn't need to wipe anything if you're just changing kernels (although there isn't much point unless you're installing a JB rom at the same time...)
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Well as soon as i get back to my house I'm going to try this out and try reflashing the MIUI rom which is JB i believe and hope it works! if not... I'll be using that RUU tool again... I think i've been on that more than i have my new phone!
Why did no one report this thread? Obviously I'll see it eventually, but come on guys/gals!
Moved to Q&A.
So I have no OS on my Nexus 7, nor can I flash one. All conventional methods of installing an operating system on to this POS have met with utter failure.
Brief histroy:
-Had CM 11 nightly build until it "imploded" (any shortcut would take me to a PIN screen, users deleted profiles deleted themselves, random reboot every 5 minutes) and stopped functioning.
-Decided to return to an earlier of CM, so I dl'd an earlier version and pushed the .zip to CWM recovery. Big mistake. CWM decided to repartition everything in an erroneous manner rather than just wipe Dalvik cache.
-Now CWM will not open any .zip pushed through ADB. Just a generic "failed to open file" message.
-Sheer desperation and four hours of driver Hell finds me in fastboot and trying to flash a stock image.
-Latest Android system image will not flash. Period. Using the flashall.bat script, the error about a missing system.img pops up. I am staring at system.img right next to the .bat.
-Download Android L preview and run flashall.bat, operating system installs after about 30 minutes and numerous errors that the script "seemed" to fix about missing partitions.
-Reflash TWRP
-Android L gets stuck in non-bootable state (spinning colored ball logo thing) after a random restart.
-Now TWRP cannot find any .zip that I manually push through ADB. I can see it in File Manager, but nowhere else. Flashing custom ROM at this point not possible.
-Return to Android KitKat stock image and manually flash system.img through fastboot. Tablet will not boot, goes directly to black screen after bootloader.
So WTF do I do at this point? I have just about had it with all things Android right now. CWM doesn't work. TWRP doesn't work. Stock images don't work. Fastboot doesn't work. What else is there?
Cortimi said:
So I have no OS on my Nexus 7, nor can I flash one. All conventional methods of installing an operating system on to this POS have met with utter failure.
Brief histroy:
-Had CM 11 nightly build until it "imploded" (any shortcut would take me to a PIN screen, users deleted profiles deleted themselves, random reboot every 5 minutes) and stopped functioning.
-Decided to return to an earlier of CM, so I dl'd an earlier version and pushed the .zip to CWM recovery. Big mistake. CWM decided to repartition everything in an erroneous manner rather than just wipe Dalvik cache.
-Now CWM will not open any .zip pushed through ADB. Just a generic "failed to open file" message.
-Sheer desperation and four hours of driver Hell finds me in fastboot and trying to flash a stock image.
-Latest Android system image will not flash. Period. Using the flashall.bat script, the error about a missing system.img pops up. I am staring at system.img right next to the .bat.
-Download Android L preview and run flashall.bat, operating system installs after about 30 minutes and numerous errors that the script "seemed" to fix about missing partitions.
-Reflash TWRP
-Android L gets stuck in non-bootable state (spinning colored ball logo thing) after a random restart.
-Now TWRP cannot find any .zip that I manually push through ADB. I can see it in File Manager, but nowhere else. Flashing custom ROM at this point not possible.
-Return to Android KitKat stock image and manually flash system.img through fastboot. Tablet will not boot, goes directly to black screen after bootloader.
So WTF do I do at this point? I have just about had it with all things Android right now. CWM doesn't work. TWRP doesn't work. Stock images don't work. Fastboot doesn't work. What else is there?
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Is this an LTE or WiFi model? Do you have the nexus root tool kit installed on your computer and able to get to fastboot?
someolddude said:
Is this an LTE or WiFi model? Do you have the nexus root tool kit installed on your computer and able to get to fastboot?
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WiFi model, fastboot and adb are fine, no toolkits.
Cortimi said:
WiFi model, fastboot and adb are fine, no toolkits.
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Get the toolkit by wugfresh and you should be able to restore it.
someolddude said:
Get the toolkit by wugfresh and you should be able to restore it.
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Nope. Using the Flash Stock + Unroot option gives the exact same error as doing it manually.
Flash Stock + Unroot...
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sending 'bootloader' (3911 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.129s]
writing 'bootloader'...
OKAY [ 1.283s]
finished. total time: 1.412s
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.006s]
finished. total time: 0.006s
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
failed to allocate 754455404 bytes
error: update package missing system.img
Booting up your freshly flashed stock device...
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Wait for your device to finish booting up...
- It may appear to be boot looping; just wait...
- It could take 5-10 minutes; please be patient...
When its finally booted back up, please remember
to re-enable USB debugging if you plan on using
the toolkit to perform other operations.
NOTE: If this process was too quick and your device
is still in bootloader mode, then flashing stock may
have failed or been incomplete. Simply check the
log above: if you notice it skipped steps because it
didn't meet certain requirements, like the bootloader
or baseband version, then consider enabling 'Force Flash'
mode in the toolkits options menu and trying the
'Flash Stock + Unroot' processs again. Cheers.
Press any key to exit...
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Attempting to flash CWM recovery (found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2583845) results in a stuck bootloader screen. I was able to re-flash TWRP, but it is still useless as it simply does not function in any useful manner whatsoever.
Cortimi said:
Nope. Using the Flash Stock + Unroot option gives the exact same error as doing it manually.
Attempting to flash CWM recovery (found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2583845) results in a stuck bootloader screen. I was able to re-flash TWRP, but it is still useless as it simply does not function in any useful manner whatsoever.
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Same problem with mine, cm11 as well.
I like some of the CM features but ever device Ive flashed and had trouble with it has been when Ive went with "Cyanide Mod"
You figure something out, please let me know and I will do the same.
I've got the LTE but my daughter has the WiFi only and is also unlocked. I can make a bone stock backup of here's which is on 4.4.4 if you want to try and restore it to yours.
Hey folks,
I've just unlocked my bootloader and flashed the newest PhilZ Recovery. I've been following THIS tutorial.
Fastboot didn't encounter any issues, so I thought everything went fine. But after flashing the recovery image, my phone got stuck while booting. The Sony logo shows up, the screen turns black and that's where it gets stuck.
Trying to erase userdata, factory reset etc didn't help. While resetting it shows up the following message
Code:
"Error mounting/formatting /data"
So I tried to mount it manually in the recovery, but it shows the same error. Seems like a permission problem?!
Since I don't have a ROM on my SD-card yet I tried to install one via fastboot.
Code:
fastboot update ArchiDroid_V3.0.1.1-nicki.zip
But..
Code:
Archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
Archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
Now I'm stuck. I don't think installing a new ROM will work if I can't even mount /data. So first thing is to fix this and then I'll be able to install a new ROM. Am I right?
By the way : fastboot has no problem detecting my device, but adb can't find it?! D:
I appreciate any kind of help! Thanks in advice!
Gruß aus Deutschland,
furi ;D
furiify said:
Hey folks,
I've just unlocked my bootloader and flashed the newest PhilZ Recovery. I've been following THIS tutorial.
Fastboot didn't encounter any issues, so I thought everything went fine. But after flashing the recovery image, my phone got stuck while booting. The Sony logo shows up, the screen turns black and that's where it gets stuck.
Trying to erase userdata, factory reset etc didn't help. While resetting it shows up the following message
Code:
"Error mounting/formatting /data"
So I tried to mount it manually in the recovery, but it shows the same error. Seems like a permission problem?!
Since I don't have a ROM on my SD-card yet I tried to install one via fastboot.
Code:
fastboot update ArchiDroid_V3.0.1.1-nicki.zip
But..
Code:
Archive does not contain 'android-info.txt'
Archive does not contain 'android-product.txt'
error: update package has no android-info.txt or android-product.txt
Now I'm stuck. I don't think installing a new ROM will work if I can't even mount /data. So first thing is to fix this and then I'll be able to install a new ROM. Am I right?
By the way : fastboot has no problem detecting my device, but adb can't find it?! D:
I appreciate any kind of help! Thanks in advice!
Gruß aus Deutschland,
furi ;D
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have you try to flash any rom except that? because when i try to flash archidroid i've same problem like you can't mount but when i try to install any rom like cm my device can mount normally.
Nicklas Van Dam said:
have you try to flash any rom except that? because when i try to flash archidroid i've same problem like you can't mount but when i try to install any rom like cm my device can mount normally.
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I did. Tried 3 different ROMs and everyone gave me the same outcome.
But it seems like I fixed it by returning to stock using FlashTool and a stock ROM. I went all over again and now it's installing the ROM. I hope it's working now.
E: Yup, it's working fine now. But thanks anyway!