Hello peeps,
I've just come from an iphone so please forgive my stupidity. I've been looking around XDA and various other places for 2 days trying to sort my One X, but don't seem to be making any progress.
I currently only have access to the bootloader
I managed to unlock and root the phone, but then got stuck on a boot loop which I haven't been able to get out of. I was able to get into the OS, but had no cell or wifi, but now I'm just stuck in the bootloader after a failed flash of probably an incorrect RUU. The phone has been relocked.
I ran Vtool from post 7 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1989358, and my main version is 2.17.206.2
I'm in the UK on the o2 network.
Can someone please help??
slixter said:
Hello peeps,
I've just come from an iphone so please forgive my stupidity. I've been looking around XDA and various other places for 2 days trying to sort my One X, but don't seem to be making any progress.
I currently only have access to the bootloader
I managed to unlock and root the phone, but then got stuck on a boot loop which I haven't been able to get out of. I was able to get into the OS, but had no cell or wifi, but now I'm just stuck in the bootloader after a failed flash of probably an incorrect RUU. The phone has been relocked.
I ran Vtool from post 7 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1989358, and my main version is 2.17.206.2
I'm in the UK on the o2 network.
Can someone please help??
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ok but what do you want to do now? keep it unlocked or not?
matt95 said:
ok but what do you want to do now? keep it unlocked or not?
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I'd like to unlock it with a custom rom, but I'm quite happy just to have a working phone again.
Additional info, I also have access to CWM
slixter said:
I'd like to unlock it with a custom rom, but I'm quite happy just to have a working phone again.
Additional info, I also have access to CWM
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Phone is also unlocked again using Hasoons all in one kit.
Happy to hear of a fellow iphone convert :thumbup:
Is there something in particular you did that caused the boot loop?
Do you by chance have a nandroid backup?
jonnyboiii said:
Is there something in particular you did that caused the boot loop?
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I've got no idea to be honest.
I've got no back ups.
If you have access to cwm then you're not totally out of luck, I think your best option would be to flash a stock rom for your particular phone.
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If you have access to cwm then you're not totally out of luck, I think your best option would be to flash a stock rom for your particular phone.
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Can you direct me to a stock rom?
did you flash the boot.img when you got bootloops?
matt95 said:
did you flash the boot.img when you got bootloops?
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Pretty sure i didn't
slixter said:
Pretty sure i didn't
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that's why you got bootloops... when you flash a rom you need to flash its boot.img too
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that's why you got bootloops... when you flash a rom you need to flash its boot.img too
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So do i need to flash the boot.img and the rom from CWM and I should be ok?
Just look around in the One-X forum, do some searching, see if you can find a stock rom to download to your computer then move to your phone.
CWM has this handy feature I think in the "mount" tab, where you can mount your phone as a usb device, from which your computer will pick it up and you'll be able to move the roms file to your phone for flashing.
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Just look around in the One-X forum, do some searching, see if you can find a stock rom to download to your computer then move to your phone.
CWM has this handy feature I think in the "mount" tab, where you can mount your phone as a usb device, from which your computer will pick it up and you'll be able to move the roms file to your phone for flashing.
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Thanks for the info - think I have a rom I can use.
1 more question before i continue, how do i flash the boot.img file? I have a zip with the rom / boot.img
I have mounted as usb storage and copied the zip file across
I've installed CM, after wiping cache, dalvik, system etc, but seem to be stuck on the JB animation screen.
Wondering if this means the OS is installing, or if I'm still stuffed....
I don't know if I need to do something with the boot.img file as the onlyl thing i did was load the zip file for CM
slixter said:
I've installed CM, after wiping cache, dalvik, system etc, but seem to be stuck on the JB animation screen.
Wondering if this means the OS is installing, or if I'm still stuffed....
I don't know if I need to do something with the boot.img file as the onlyl thing i did was load the zip file for CM
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Personally I've flashed a total of three roms which isn't many, but in all my time spent reading threads of the latest and greatest roms I've never heard anything about a separate boot.img that you needed to flash... (perhaps a One-X specific thing?).
Just be patient with it when it's booting, the first boot after an install always takes longer.
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Personally I've flashed a total of three roms which isn't many, but in all my time spent reading threads of the latest and greatest roms I've never heard anything about a separate boot.img that you needed to flash... (perhaps a One-X specific thing?).
Just be patient with it when it's booting, the first boot after an install always takes longer.
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I do need to flash the boot.img first.
I'll do that once my battery gets some more charge.
How much charge does it have right now? It's important to always go into using CWM on a substantial amount of battery life. Upwards of %50 is recommended, but but you should do just fine with around 30, that is assuming you're able to tell.
slixter said:
I do need to flash the boot.img first.
I'll do that once my battery gets some more charge.
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download the rom's boot.img and type with the phone in fastboot mode:
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fastboot flash boot path/to/boot.img
after that your phone will boot up correctly
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How much charge does it have right now? It's important to always go into using CWM on a substantial amount of battery life. Upwards of %50 is recommended, but but you should do just fine with around 30, that is assuming you're able to tell.
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How do you tell how much charge it has?
matt95 said:
download the rom's boot.img and type with the phone in fastboot mode:
Code:
fastboot flash boot path/to/boot.img
after that your phone will boot up correctly
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Fastboot won't let me flash cos of the low battery, so will let the phone charge for a bit then try again. Thanks.
Related
I always flash a new radio with recovery and I have now been told this is not the correct way on doing this, But all radio flash tutorials I have read say to do it this way.
What all your votes on this?
Depends on if you have modified nand partitions. If you have one with a cache partition to small to hold radio you HAVE to flash from fastboot.
Apart from that I believe there is little difference in the risks associated.
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Depends on if you have modified nand partitions. If you have one with a cache partition to small to hold radio you HAVE to flash from fastboot.
Apart from that I believe there is little difference in the risks associated.
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I have stock nand, what's the limit cache on that? new radio is out its a 11mb zip
Am worried using recovery now lol this will be my 4th radio flash with recovery and not one single problem?
it is generally safer to flash radio from fastboot.
if it can go wrong, then it is defienietly more probable while doing that trough recovery.
shankly1985 said:
I have stock nand, what's the limit cache on that? new radio is out its a 11mb zip
Am worried using recovery now lol this will be my 4th radio flash with recovery and not one single problem?
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Stock should have 40 mb cache, if i remember well...sure you can flash it via recovery then, but fastboot is still safer imo.
vnvman said:
Stock should have 40 mb cache, if i remember well...sure you can flash it via recovery then, but fastboot is still safer imo.
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Think am just going to stick with recovery like I said I not had one problem.
shankly1985 said:
Think am just going to stick with recovery like I said I not had one problem.
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It's your choice, tho bricking is more frequent with that way: if the archive gets damaged recovery will flash it anyway and eventually brick your device, fastboot instead doesn't allow you to flash a malformed image, afaik...
vnvman said:
It's your choice, tho bricking is more frequent with that way: if the archive gets damaged recovery will flash it anyway and eventually brick your device, fastboot instead doesn't allow you to flash a malformed image, afaik...
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True I never thought of that
Can I use this fastboot on windows7? Is there a upto data tutorial you can link me to please that would be great thanks.
shankly1985 said:
True I never thought of that
Can I use this fastboot on windows7? Is there a upto data tutorial you can link me to please that would be great thanks.
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Yep, you can use it (i got the same os), but in order to do that you have to download the android sdk and set up adb properly. There's a lot of tutorials on how to do this, here's the first i stumbled across:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/
Imho it's a rule of thumb to have a working adb/fastboot if you wanna be into the rom flashing thing: sooner or later they'll save your arse
vnvman said:
Yep, you can use it (i got the same os), but in order to do that you have to download the android sdk and set up adb properly. There's a lot of tutorials on how to do this, here's the first i stumbled across:
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/
Imho it's a rule of thumb to have a working adb/fastboot if you wanna be into the rom flashing thing: sooner or later they'll save your arse
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Thanks yes I already have all that done and installed USB driver's. I did this when first rooting my phone
so it just learning how to use fastboot
So what ive been reading is this true.
As long has the zip file is not damaged you should be ok flashing in recovery. So if I just check zip file befor flashing for error's I will be fine?
Right sorry about this but I'm having a little problem trying to flash the Sony Beta so I can flash another ROM. Basically, I've just unlocked bootloader and then I go on to the next bit that says flash these three images separately etc...
Anyway I go to flash the first image and cmd just hangs on "waiting for device".
I think I've got it all set up right. I'm guessing I need it in the mode where I hold search when I plug it in and the blue light comes on right?
Anyway I'm guessing I'm missing something very easy. Help would be appreciated! Thanks!
addam360 said:
Right sorry about this but I'm having a little problem trying to flash the Sony Beta so I can flash another ROM. Basically, I've just unlocked bootloader and then I go on to the next bit that says flash these three images separately etc...
Anyway I go to flash the first image and cmd just hangs on "waiting for device".
I think I've got it all set up right. I'm guessing I need it in the mode where I hold search when I plug it in and the blue light comes on right?
Anyway I'm guessing I'm missing something very easy. Help would be appreciated! Thanks!
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did you put in into fast boot? hold the search key for a bit then plug in usb, the blue light will then turn on and you'll hear your usb noise. Then you hold SHIFT on the folder of fastboot and of course flash it, it will run after that
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did you put in into fast boot? hold the search key for a bit then plug in usb?
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Yeah I did, sorry thought I had mentioned that. ANy chance this just takes a while and I'm being too impatient? I get the feeling it should be quick though.
addam360 said:
Yeah I did, sorry thought I had mentioned that. ANy chance this just takes a while and I'm being too impatient? I get the feeling it should be quick though.
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nah it should only take a sec for the boot img and depending on file size of the system etc it should take a min but the fast boot cmd would give you any errors if something went wrong
and yes you did mention it lol but im reading off a little screen off my phone so just respamming things that come to head just give it a min if you don't want that one i recomm ka12 if your not a cmda user
biggyhead said:
nah it should only take a sec for the boot img and depending on file size of the system etc it should take a min but the fast boot cmd would give you any errors if something went wrong
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Hmm... Well I was just thinking, I got the drivers sorted out using PDAnet. the phone wiped when I unlocked bootloader. Is it possible I need to reinstall this?
Try "fastboot -i 0x0fce flash boot boot.img"
addam360 said:
Hmm... Well I was just thinking, I got the drivers sorted out using PDAnet. the phone wiped when I unlocked bootloader. Is it possible I need to reinstall this?
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if you unlocked it then its unlocked, which you can verify by the blue light if it stays on while the usb if plugged try that method ^ and see how that goes if it doesn't let me know
also you can try another method which i did but im a cdma user and i used dooms kernal by flashing of course then installed official sony then back into fast boot and install stock kernal which booted up fine but cdma users have bugs no texting etc so i just went back to stock,
Michealtbh said:
Try "fastboot -i 0x0fce flash boot boot.img"
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Seems to have done the trick mate! I'll know for sure when I reboot in a sec. Thanks a lot.
Hmmmm... hanging on Sony logo... Hopefully a reboot should solve that.
addam360 said:
Hmmmm... hanging on Sony logo... Hopefully a reboot should solve that.
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that usually takes awhile give it a few minutes
biggyhead said:
that usually takes awhile give it a few minutes
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Thanks for that I was JUST about to bull the battery.
right still on Sony... Should it take THAT long?
addam360 said:
right still on Sony... Should it take THAT long?
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lol if it still is while im reading then no hahhaa did you flash stock kernal? if it hang usually its not hte right kernal for the firmware
biggyhead said:
lol if it still is while im reading then no hahhaa did you flash stock kernal? if it hang usually its not hte right kernal for the firmware
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Didn't flash any kernel really. First time I've flashed anything to this phone. Just followed instructions on Sony Beta ROM site. Could you suggest a kernel to flash with that?
addam360 said:
Didn't flash any kernel really. First time I've flashed anything to this phone. Just followed instructions on Sony Beta ROM site. Could you suggest a kernel to flash with that?
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ohhh thats what you did okies this is the one you did right? http://developer.sonymobile.com/wp/...or-unlocked-xperia-play-smartphones-download/ ?
use this in fastboot flash it with cmd of course
http://www.mediafire.com/?yeqjdf6xt7u6u83
then let it boot and wait again if that doesn't work install a custom recovery, factory/wipedata, wip cache and try it again you are rx800i i presume? a? x?
biggyhead said:
ohhh thats what you did okies this is the one you did right? http://developer.sonymobile.com/wp/...or-unlocked-xperia-play-smartphones-download/ ?
use this in fastboot flash it with cmd of course
http://www.mediafire.com/?yeqjdf6xt7u6u83
then let it boot and wait again if that doesn't work install a custom recovery, factory/wipedata, wip cache and try it again you are rx800i i presume? a? x?
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I'll give that a shot. R800i btw.
addam360 said:
I'll give that a shot. R800i btw.
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if that doesnt' work look for the right kernal for your phone in development theres like 4 of them or w.e to choose the right one for your phone from i recomm dooms kernal, install and wipe ^ give it another go
that does work try this method its the same thing in general just this guy does some bug fixes on the official ics
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1571658
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ohhh thats what you did okies this is the one you did right? http://developer.sonymobile.com/wp/...or-unlocked-xperia-play-smartphones-download/ ?
use this in fastboot flash it with cmd of course
http://www.mediafire.com/?yeqjdf6xt7u6u83
then let it boot and wait again if that doesn't work install a custom recovery, factory/wipedata, wip cache and try it again you are rx800i i presume? a? x?
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Well I've flashed DoomKernel. Let's see if that helps!
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Also worth pointing out at this stage that I'm not entirely sure how to install a custom recovery anymore.
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ah i see i gota get ready for work but i'll pm you my gmail if you have gtalk and i can help you there, if no one else reads this forum and helps you out that is but its pretty simple heres the file for fastboot install the drivers of course
http://www.mediafire.com/?ea6l1lab1tl0ah3
and heres how to fastboot guide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUsA9HxZjJE
DO THIS ONLY AT YOUR RISK ETC ETC
then look for the kernal you want for your device don't use the one one the video!!
biggyhead said:
ah i see i gota get ready for work but i'll pm you my gmail if you have gtalk and i can help you there, if no one else reads this forum and helps you out that is but its pretty simple heres the file for fastboot install the drivers of course
http://www.mediafire.com/?ea6l1lab1tl0ah3
and heres how to fastboot guide
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dUsA9HxZjJE
DO THIS ONLY AT YOUR RISK ETC ETC
then look for the kernal you want for your device don't use the one one the video!!
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While you were writing that I've flashed Doom and went into that recovery and wiped but still not booting. This is not going well and I am getting tired. Whats next then teacher?
Sorry if this may or may not be another noob thread but my HOX is stuck in looping splash screen. I have installed CWM and i can still access bootloader. I have not yet flashed any ROM (still on stock) because i was stuck on this when i tried.
my HOX is unlocked as well.
one thing more, i downloaded 2-3 times JB and ICS ROMS but everytime i extract them, there's this error: zip error unexpected error end of archive
i really need some help guys, thank u and ur efforts are very much appreciated..
frostbyte007 said:
Sorry if this may or may not be another noob thread but my HOX is stuck in looping splash screen. I have installed CWM and i can still access bootloader. I have not yet flashed any ROM (still on stock) because i was stuck on this when i tried.
my HOX is unlocked as well.
one thing more, i downloaded 2-3 times JB and ICS ROMS but everytime i extract them, there's this error: zip error unexpected error end of archive
i really need some help guys, thank u and ur efforts are very much appreciated..
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2 things you should try:
Flash TWRP not CWM, TWRP is better in my opinion, and can make it much easier when using the recovery.
Re-download the ZIP and if possible compare the MD5/CheckSUM's to see if they match
Also, are you making sure your flashing the correct boot.img after flashing the ROM?
for a start, the zips aren't meant to be unzipped... secondly can you actually enter the recovery?
Wilks3y said:
2 things you should try:
Flash TWRP not CWM, TWRP is better in my opinion, and can make it much easier when using the recovery.
Re-download the ZIP and if possible compare the MD5/CheckSUM's to see if they match
Also, are you making sure your flashing the correct boot.img after flashing the ROM?
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tried redownloading the roms and still the same error/s pops up., i dont know if its just in my laptop so right now im using a different unit to see if i can successfully get what i want.,
im successful in flashing the boot.img as well coming from the same ROM., the ROMs don't install., there's something about "zip...bad" then the installation aborts, that's when i tried extracting those that i downloaded and the zip extract errors appear., i believe (if not mistaken) zips can always be unzipped, there shouldn't be any errors at any case right?
by the way, thanks to both of you for your immediate response..
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for a start, the zips aren't meant to be unzipped... secondly can you actually enter the recovery?
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yes sir, i can go to recovery., i can flash twrp or cwm.,
frostbyte007 said:
tried redownloading the roms and still the same error/s pops up., i dont know if its just in my laptop so right now im using a different unit to see if i can successfully get what i want.,
im successful in flashing the boot.img as well coming from the same ROM., the ROMs don't install., there's something about "zip...bad" then the installation aborts, that's when i tried extracting those that i downloaded and the zip extract errors appear., i believe (if not mistaken) zips can always be unzipped, there shouldn't be any errors at any case right?
by the way, thanks to both of you for your immediate response..
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No worries, as stated mate the ZIP shouldn't even be un-zipped. It should be downloaded, placed on the device and then flashed from your recovery or by sideloading it using ADB.
Also, are you using WinRAR? If not get WinRAR from Rarlab.co.uk
That may help.
Let us know how you get on
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No worries, as stated mate the ZIP shouldn't even be un-zipped. It should be downloaded, placed on the device and then flashed from your recovery or by sideloading it using ADB.
Also, are you using WinRAR? If not get WinRAR from Rarlab.co.uk
That may help.
Let us know how you get on
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ok sir thanks., example for the viper ROM (i cant post in their thread yet coz i have less than 10 posts atm) it said there that i should extract the boot.img inside the ROM., did i read that right?
most of the ROMs in ICS dont have separate boot.img where can i get them?
thanks everyone for all the responses., I'm way past the zip problem.,darn wasted so much time redowloading the ROMs.,
gonna flash my device later on to see if everything will be fine., ^^
frostbyte007 said:
thanks everyone for all the responses., I'm way past the zip problem.,darn wasted so much time redowloading the ROMs.,
gonna flash my device later on to see if everything will be fine., ^^
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Great, what was your resolution for the ZIP Problem?
And yes, you should take the boot.img out, as thats flashed separately in order to actually boot the Phone.
I soft bricked my M8 and wiped the phone with twrp then tried to sideload the GPE rom I was using again and it wouldn't work. In fact I can't flash any rom that isn't cyanogen mod nightly for the m8... Also my bootloader changed from the white screen with the droid bots on a skateboard to a black screen with a single droid on it. Any idea why I can't flash anything besides cyanogen?
Rye Cribby Tree said:
I soft bricked my M8 and wiped the phone with twrp then tried to sideload the GPE rom I was using again and it wouldn't work. In fact I can't flash any rom that isn't cyanogen mod nightly for the m8... Also my bootloader changed from the white screen with the droid bots on a skateboard to a black screen with a single droid on it. Any idea why I can't flash anything besides cyanogen?
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Did you try pushing the rom instead of sideloading it? Apparently sideloading in TWRP doesn't work, or doesn't work like it should
Try pushing it to the correct path and flash again.
Are you S-OFF?
BerndM14 said:
Did you try pushing the rom instead of sideloading it? Apparently sideloading in TWRP doesn't work, or doesn't work like it should
Try pushing it to the correct path and flash again.
Are you S-OFF?
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Yeah, once I got the phone fixed I tried to load it normally. However it still didn't work. I tried other recoveries like Philz Touch too. Unfortunately firewater doesn't work for me.
Rye Cribby Tree said:
Yeah, once I got the phone fixed I tried to load it normally. However it still didn't work. I tried other recoveries like Philz Touch too. Unfortunately firewater doesn't work for me.
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Try flashing the boot.img file that comes with the ROM first, then re-flash the ROM of your choice.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Go back into recovery of choice, wipe cache, dalvik-cache etc Then go to installed zip and select the ROM of your choice and flash the ROM.
Firewater won't work anymore for "later released" models that gets shipped with latest firmware. HTC patched it, you "MIGHT" be lucky if you still have an older device.
The developers of Firewater did however create another method to S-OFF the device. [Android][HTC S-OFF] SunShine for modern HTC devices
Sunshine is $25 but it works. It first checks your phone for compatibility before you pay for anything. That way if your device "isn't" compatible then it won't make you pay $25 for something that "won't" work.
Something to look into if you have $25 to spare :good:
BerndM14 said:
Try flashing the boot.img file that comes with the ROM first, then re-flash the ROM of your choice.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
Go back into recovery of choice, wipe cache, dalvik-cache etc Then go to installed zip and select the ROM of your choice and flash the ROM.
Firewater won't work anymore for "later released" models that gets shipped with latest firmware. HTC patched it, you "MIGHT" be lucky if you still have an older device.
The developers of Firewater did however create another method to S-OFF the device. [Android][HTC S-OFF] SunShine for modern HTC devices
Sunshine is $25 but it works. It first checks your phone for compatibility before you pay for anything. That way if your device "isn't" compatible then it won't make you pay $25 for something that "won't" work.
Something to look into if you have $25 to spare :good:
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I tried flashing the boot.img and it didn't work sadly. It fails as soon as I swipe to flash.
Rye Cribby Tree said:
I tried flashing the boot.img and it didn't work sadly. It fails as soon as I swipe to flash.
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Did you flash in fastboot?Try to download twrp from its officical site.Also maybe you have downloaded a bad version of the rom.
Jyotirdeb said:
Did you flash in fastboot?Try to download twrp from its officical site.Also maybe you have downloaded a bad version of the rom.
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There is no offical twrp for the AT&T version of the m8 and I did flash in fastboot. The ROM I used worked in a previous installation as well. It soft bricked after updating so I completely wiped the phone now it wont install.
I had a similar problem, I had to use the format option in twrp and then used RUU
gonzo237 said:
I had a similar problem, I had to use the format option in twrp and then used RUU
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Do you have a link? Or something I could look up and find on my own?
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Do you have a link? Or something I could look up and find on my own?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727831
Now this one is for the Verizon HTC, but maybe this will help you.
gonzo237 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2727831
Now this one is for the Verizon HTC, but maybe this will help you.
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Ah, I can't s-off, thank you for the reply though I'm sure someone else with this problem will find this helpful.
Rye Cribby Tree said:
Ah, I can't s-off, thank you for the reply though I'm sure someone else with this problem will find this helpful.
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I'd still give the format option a try, I wasn't able to flash any roms except for the CM nightly as well, then I made it worse by trying to wipe the internal data which led to not being able to mount the internal partition, and couldn't even get into the bootloader until my phone battery died. I remember reading that the format would allow me to mount the internal storage. You may be able to fix the issues with a format and then try flashing a rom.
Did you try converting your phone over to GPE? That's what it sounds like you tried to do. If so then that is why nothing is working because the partitions are layed out differently from a stock sense M8. You need to wipe everything and run whatever RUU is available for your device and pray to god it works because you are s-on... You seriously should have been s-off before doing all of this. Being s-on is really going to complicate things for you bro... That's also probably why you can't fastboot the kernel. Find a RUU for your phone and run it. Post back here if you get any "main version" errors cuz then some tricks will need to be done.. Feel free to PM me, maybe I can assist directly getting you back up and running...
gonzo237 said:
I'd still give the format option a try, I wasn't able to flash any roms except for the CM nightly as well, then I made it worse by trying to wipe the internal data which led to not being able to mount the internal partition, and couldn't even get into the bootloader until my phone battery died. I remember reading that the format would allow me to mount the internal storage. You may be able to fix the issues with a format and then try flashing a rom.
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Great news, your suggestion worked! I'm able to flash the sinless GPE 4.4.4 rom! No more nightly's for this guy.:good:
Hi guys, I searched around the forum before posting this so I apologize but I recently installed a new rom and possibly a wrong kernel with it. Afterwards, if I try to turn it on, it just shows the logo and then turns right off. I can't even go into recovery since it does the same. The only thing I can do is boot it into fastboot but I'm not sure where to go from here. I tried using a guide with no success.
Any words of wisdom?
reflash your recovery via fastboot, then boot into recovery and do a clean install
fastboot flash [recovery].img
I tried reflashing recovery but all it does is show the old rom logo that was used and then shuts down.
Hi,
Read carefully and try this guide:
forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/guide-mega-unbrick-guide-hard-bricked-t3405700
which rom did you flash? You need the correct twrp file for your bootloader.
That's the first place I tried. Anytime I hook-up my phone to the PC it shows up as OnePlus Android bootloader interface under Android phone and I can't seem to update the drivers..
matze19999 said:
which rom did you flash? You need the correct twrp file for your bootloader.
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I used the Freedom Rom 2.0
Arken2121 said:
I used the Freedom Rom 2.0
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you need this twrp file:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=21835
matze19999 said:
you need this twrp file:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=21835
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Thank you so much, I guess I installed the wrong TWRP and I can FINALLY get into recovery. Thank you so much.