My Nexus 7 2013 running stock 4.4.4 is not able to boot up to the lock/home screen. It just stays at the four dots or petals boot animation indefinitely. It does not freeze(animation goes on smoothly) nor does it go back to the bootloader again.
I have done cache wipe and factory reset.
I have flashed stock 4.4.4 factory image again and in the process unlocked the bootloader as of now.
But there is no change in the situation. I love this tablet and I am desperate to get this sorted out. Please help me.
I am in the same situation. I got my device back from Asus repair today, it was unlocked and running a custom KitKat rom, but only the screen was broken and that was what was repaired (at my own expense).
I turned it on and it was stuck at the 4 swirling dots for more than 20 mins, so I wiped the device completely in TWRP and tried to flash a stock factory image (Lollipop) - same problem. I tried flashing a factory KitKat image, also stuck at boot animation.
I then re-flashed TWRP since it had been replaced by the stock recovery, and then sideloaded a custom Lollipop rom (Screwd) - still same problem.
It is strange that I can use adb and fastboot, but nothing gets past the swirling dots. Hopefully someone can point us both in the right direction....
ems328i said:
I am in the same situation. I got my device back from Asus repair today, it was unlocked and running a custom KitKat rom, but only the screen was broken and that was what was repaired (at my own expense).
I turned it on and it was stuck at the 4 swirling dots for more than 20 mins, so I wiped the device completely in TWRP and tried to flash a stock factory image (Lollipop) - same problem. I tried flashing a factory KitKat image, also stuck at boot animation.
I then re-flashed TWRP since it had been replaced by the stock recovery, and then sideloaded a custom Lollipop rom (Screwd) - still same problem.
It is strange that I can use adb and fastboot, but nothing gets past the swirling dots. Hopefully someone can point us both in the right direction....
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Ya I can understand. All we can do is wait for useful suggestions.
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If the tab gets to the spinning dots, it means the bootloader is not corrupt, so there must be a way to restore. Since there's nothing else you can do, why don't you back up the tab, then erase everything, especially formatting the internal storage (using the format button in TWRP) twice, and re-flash a rom. It seems some residue is preventing the thing from booting up. It happened to me on the TF300 a few times when the new bootloader was incompatible with the old one. Good luck.
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If the tab gets to the spinning dots, it means the bootloader is not corrupt, so there must be a way to restore. Since there's nothing else you can do, why don't you back up the tab, then erase everything, especially formatting the internal storage (using the format button in TWRP) twice, and re-flash a rom. It seems some residue is preventing the thing from booting up. It happened to me on the TF300 a few times when the new bootloader was incompatible with the old one. Good luck.
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I tried that but I had no luck. Any other suggestions?
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I tried that but I had no luck. Any other suggestions?
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Depending on the TWRP version, some claim it would fail to format completely. Phil's Touch (Arter's version 6.58.9) however would. You might want to try that. I personally haven't experienced it with this model, so I just pass the information along. Unless the EMMC physical structure is damaged somehow and cannot be written to, in which case the only solution is a replacement motherboard since you cannot find an OEM Emmc, let alone replace and program it.
ems328i said:
I am in the same situation. I got my device back from Asus repair today, it was unlocked and running a custom KitKat rom, but only the screen was broken and that was what was repaired (at my own expense).
I turned it on and it was stuck at the 4 swirling dots for more than 20 mins, so I wiped the device completely in TWRP and tried to flash a stock factory image (Lollipop) - same problem. I tried flashing a factory KitKat image, also stuck at boot animation.
I then re-flashed TWRP since it had been replaced by the stock recovery, and then sideloaded a custom Lollipop rom (Screwd) - still same problem.
It is strange that I can use adb and fastboot, but nothing gets past the swirling dots. Hopefully someone can point us both in the right direction....
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So you sent your tablet to ASUS to have the screen replaced and they sent it back to you unable to boot? That's not something you should have to deal with, I'd call ASUS and demand that they repair it.
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Depending on the TWRP version, some claim it would fail to format completely. Phil's Touch (Arter's version 6.58.9) however would. You might want to try that. I personally haven't experienced it with this model, so I just pass the information along. Unless the EMMC physical structure is damaged somehow and cannot be written to, in which case the only solution is a replacement motherboard since you cannot find an OEM Emmc, let alone replace and program it.
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I just tried with Philz recovery but still had no luck. i formatted everything and then flashed a factory image but still it's the same.
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So you sent your tablet to ASUS to have the screen replaced and they sent it back to you unable to boot? That's not something you should have to deal with, I'd call ASUS and demand that they repair it.
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That's what I've done now, but I was hoping to avoid sending it off for 2-3 weeks after already not having it for the last 2 1/2 weeks
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That's what I've done now, but I was hoping to avoid sending it off for 2-3 weeks after already not having it for the last 2 1/2 weeks
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Yeah, that sucks. I'd probably try and fix it myself too. But with what ASUS charges for repair you'd think they'd send it back to you on perfect working order. I called yesterday to see what it cost to replace the screen because mine is all scratched up and they wanted $200. Ridiculous. Might as well just buy a new one.
Any other methods to fix this problem anyone?
Clonazepam said:
My Nexus 7 2013 running stock 4.4.4 is not able to boot up to the lock/home screen. It just stays at the four dots or petals boot animation indefinitely. It does not freeze(animation goes on smoothly) nor does it go back to the bootloader again.
I have done cache wipe and factory reset.
I have flashed stock 4.4.4 factory image again and in the process unlocked the bootloader as of now.
But there is no change in the situation. I love this tablet and I am desperate to get this sorted out. Please help me.
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Clonazepam - Our sincerest apologies in regards to the issues you're having with your Nexus 7. Please send us an emailed description of the issue along with your Nexus' serial number to [email protected] and we will assist you as best as possible.
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Clonazepam - Our sincerest apologies in regards to the issues you're having with your Nexus 7. Please send us an emailed description of the issue along with your Nexus' serial number to [email protected] and we will assist you as best as possible.
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I bought the tablet in India and I still live in India. Will you be able to assist me here?
ems328i said:
I am in the same situation. I got my device back from Asus repair today, it was unlocked and running a custom KitKat rom, but only the screen was broken and that was what was repaired (at my own expense).
I turned it on and it was stuck at the 4 swirling dots for more than 20 mins, so I wiped the device completely in TWRP and tried to flash a stock factory image (Lollipop) - same problem. I tried flashing a factory KitKat image, also stuck at boot animation.
I then re-flashed TWRP since it had been replaced by the stock recovery, and then sideloaded a custom Lollipop rom (Screwd) - still same problem.
It is strange that I can use adb and fastboot, but nothing gets past the swirling dots. Hopefully someone can point us both in the right direction....
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Did you update the bootloader to 04.14 ? It is required to update the bootloader to run lolipop. Try flashing the new bootloader.IMG and then installing stock or custom lolipop ROM.
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Did you update the bootloader to 04.14 ? It is required to update the bootloader to run lolipop. Try flashing the new bootloader.IMG and then installing stock or custom lolipop ROM.
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Yes, I had updated the bootloader. I have now RMA'd again....
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Yes, I had updated the bootloader. I have now RMA'd again....
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All I can suggest right now is try a different ROM like aosp or cm official. You seem to be doing everything correctly. You can also try flashing the original 4.3 factory image with 03.14 bootloader maybe it'll boot. Then revert back to lolipop.
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All I can suggest right now is try a different ROM like aosp or cm official. You seem to be doing everything correctly. You can also try flashing the original 4.3 factory image with 03.14 bootloader maybe it'll boot. Then revert back to lolipop.
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Thanks but as I mentioned I have RMA'd it again so i don't have it anymore...
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Thanks but as I mentioned I have RMA'd it again so i don't have it anymore...
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Hopefully they won't charge you this time.
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Hi all. I'm in a real pickle here and hoping someone can tell me how to get out of this mess. It's a bit of a long story, but I'll summarise as best I can.
I've had my Galaxy Note 2 LTE (N7105) for a year and I rooted it pretty much the day after I got it. I'm not new to rooting at all (fourth Android device since 2010, all rooted), but I still feel like a noob at times. Over this 2014 Easter period I had time off so I decided to change ROMs.
I was previously using CM 11, which I had been using pretty much since I rooted. And I had updated CM at least once a month, sometimes more frequently. So I was looking for some new ROMs, downloaded about 5 and tried them out. The last two I tried was OmniROM (a 4.4.2 ROM) and CM 11 Remix (also a 4.4.2 ROM). I was using TWRP 2.7.0.2 to do the wipes, caches, flashes, etc. I had no issues flashing OmniROM, but when I flashed CM 11 Remix, I couldn't get in the first time. I was stuck in a boot loop. I pulled the battery, got back into recovery and tried flashing again. Still boot looping. I think the mistake I made was a Data Format. Either way, I finally got CM 11 Remix to load by first wiping, flashing the ROM, GApps, a sensor fix, a camera fix, Devil Kernel and then Super SU. However once in the ROM I was getting constant Google Play Store / Services FCs. Oh, and yes, I went through the typical brand new Android setups, entering my Google account and so on... I found that if I cleared data / caches on both Google Play Store app and Google Play Services app, it gave me temporary joy but as soon as I tried to download any app in Google Play I'd get the FC. Also, my signal was totally gone. I tried flashing back to OmniROM as it was my last known good and working ROM, but now that was boot looping. I even tried some of the other ROMs from that bunch I had, including AOKP. All would boot loop.
So after much trying different GApp packages, I decided to best thing to do would be restore it to stock, root again, then go for the custom ROM (hopefully CM 11 Remix) from a nice clean slate. So I did this. I downloaded the Android 4.3 stock ROM from SamMobile here. Installed Odin 3.07, then loaded it up and flashed the stock ROM. All seemed to go great, but when the ROM was done and phone rebooted, I get stuck in another boot loop! This time at the white "Samsung" logo with the glowing blue edges. Not the model number screen. Also my LED light is on blue, if that means anything.
So I found this thread (post at top of page) which suggests I need to flash the PIT file during the stock ROM installation with Odin. So I found the PIT file here, and I'm ready to flash this along with the stock ROM... HOWEVER, I read something somewhere (can't find it now) that implied if I'm on Android 4.3, flashing a PIT is a bad move. Can anyone comment on that? I guessing since the stock ROM is 4.3, I'm technically on 4.3 (even though I can't get into it).
Or if anything else I'm doing immediately stands out as a seriously stupid move, please let me know. I've been without normal use of my phone for a couple days now and ironically I'm at the point where I'm considering going without a phone for the rest of my life... LOL! AS IF I COULD!
Anyways, any help will be much appreciated!
EDIT: I just realised I should have posted in Troubleshooting, not General Questions... If mods want to move this, please do.
i just suggest that you flash the stock odin without the pit and see if its working out or not. sometimes playing with pit files can screw up your device even more...
btw... next time you play flashing... i'm suggesting you make a backup of your working custom. its will save you lots of time if this kind of problem happen.
edan1979 said:
i just suggest that you flash the stock odin without the pit and see if its working out or not. sometimes playing with pit files can screw up your device even more...
btw... next time you play flashing... i'm suggesting you make a backup of your working custom. its will save you lots of time if this kind of problem happen.
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I don't have any working ROM. All I have now is a boot loop.
invertedskull said:
I don't have any working ROM. All I have now is a boot loop.
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I had a problem with my device where I was stuck at boot loader as well, but it was from the rar file of the rom(cm 11) cause I tried downloading it again and it worked.
I suggest you prepare Odin and the stock firmware, wipe factory/cache dalvik, system (advanced), then flash stock firmware, to bring everything back to normal.
Banutu said:
I had a problem with my device where I was stuck at boot loader as well, but it was from the rar file of the rom(cm 11) cause I tried downloading it again and it worked.
I suggest you prepare Odin and the stock firmware, wipe factory/cache dalvik, system (advanced), then flash stock firmware, to bring everything back to normal.
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Hmmm, I'm not stuck at boot loader, just boot loop. Maybe you meant that?
To clarify, all I can do now is...
1. Boot normally and end up in a boot loop (at "Samsung" white logo with glowing blue edges).
2. Boot into Download mode and from there I can use Odin to flash / install.
3. Boot into stock recovery, which I've never used before (only ever used custom recovery).
I've prepped Odin again, ready to flash the stock firmware, but I've never done a wipe / factory reset with Odin. I don't see any Advanced settings? Did you mean I can do it elsewhere? Cos I see I can do wipes / factory reset from stock recovery.
So should I do that AND then go into Download mode and flash stock firmware with Odin?
invertedskull said:
Hmmm, I'm not stuck at boot loader, just boot loop. Maybe you meant that?
To clarify, all I can do now is...
1. Boot normally and end up in a boot loop (at "Samsung" white logo with glowing blue edges).
2. Boot into Download mode and from there I can use Odin to flash / install.
3. Boot into stock recovery, which I've never used before (only ever used custom recovery).
I've prepped Odin again, ready to flash the stock firmware, but I've never done a wipe / factory reset with Odin. I don't see any Advanced settings? Did you mean I can do it elsewhere? Cos I see I can do wipes / factory reset from stock recovery.
So should I do that AND then go into Download mode and flash stock firmware with Odin?
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ohhh my bad, I meant boot loop (stuck at samsung logo), mine was stuck there but then after it restarts and goes into recovery mode
do these following steps and you should be fine with your device.
1. Go into recovery mode
2. Wipe factory/reset
3. Wipe cache
4. Wipe dalvik
5. Advance > format/system
Now you have no rom or any OS to load,
1. Power off the device
2. Open Odin on your PC(right click run as administrator)
3. power on your note in Download Mode
4. Connect your device to your PC via USB
5. odin should recognize your device, something blue like " ID" or something there, you should be familiar with that.
6. click PDA, and find the official stock firmware zip you got it from samsung website, and make sure it fits your device(for example if you have your note from italy you should have ITV)
7. Hit Start and it should finish in 5-10 minutes.
Its the cleanest way with Odin, I did some crap on my device and that's how I return it to normal.
Banutu said:
ohhh my bad, I meant boot loop (stuck at samsung logo), mine was stuck there but then after it restarts and goes into recovery mode
do these following steps and you should be fine with your device.
1. Go into recovery mode
2. Wipe factory/reset
3. Wipe cache
4. Wipe dalvik
5. Advance > format/system
Now you have no rom or any OS to load,
1. Power off the device
2. Open Odin on your PC(right click run as administrator)
3. power on your note in Download Mode
4. Connect your device to your PC via USB
5. odin should recognize your device, something blue like " ID" or something there, you should be familiar with that.
6. click PDA, and find the official stock firmware zip you got it from samsung website, and make sure it fits your device(for example if you have your note from italy you should have ITV)
7. Hit Start and it should finish in 5-10 minutes.
Its the cleanest way with Odin, I did some crap on my device and that's how I return it to normal.
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All good! Cheers man!
I actually went ahead and booted into stock recovery and did the factory reset and partition wipe before I saw your post. And the stock firmware I'd flashed with Odin previously is now booting and I'm finally back in!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!
Just need to root this bad boy and get back to a nice shiny custom ROM.
Thanks for the advice everyone!
invertedskull said:
All good! Cheers man!
I actually went ahead and booted into stock recovery and did the factory reset and partition wipe before I saw your post. And the stock firmware I'd flashed with Odin previously is now booting and I'm finally back in!!! WOOOOOOOOO!!!
Just need to root this bad boy and get back to a nice shiny custom ROM.
Thanks for the advice everyone!
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I'm glad to hear that man, peace ^^
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I'm glad to hear that man, peace ^^
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I have another hurdle... Some built in security is stopping SuperSU from running. It's not Knox, but something like it. I get this error message:
"Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Tap here for more info."
How can I disable this? I've searched on Google already but so far nothing is helping and I can mostly only find info about Knox...
EDIT: It was goddamn Knox all along... And I just disabled it by means of SuperSU. Finally!
invertedskull said:
I have another hurdle... Some built in security is stopping SuperSU from running. It's not Knox, but something like it. I get this error message:
"Unauthorized access to a secured area has been blocked. Tap here for more info."
How can I disable this? I've searched on Google already but so far nothing is helping and I can mostly only find info about Knox...
EDIT: It was goddamn Knox all along... And I just disabled it by means of SuperSU. Finally!
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Lolol, see your finding your way on your own ^_^, I was about to give you this link and suggest you to read the comments as well
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/12/Fix-Root-Problem-on-Android-4.3-for-Galaxy-S3-S4-Note2-Note3.html
Unfortunately for me I don't have Note 2 =(, I have an S II Plus, I hope to get Note 2 next month can't wait =S
Banutu said:
Lolol, see your finding your way on your own ^_^, I was about to give you this link and suggest you to read the comments as well
http://www.w0lfdroid.com/2013/12/Fix-Root-Problem-on-Android-4.3-for-Galaxy-S3-S4-Note2-Note3.html
Unfortunately for me I don't have Note 2 =(, I have an S II Plus, I hope to get Note 2 next month can't wait =S
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Heh, yeah, all is well in my world once again!
The Note 2 is a great device man. I am sure you'll love it. The Note 3 looks great also, but I don't like the ribbed sides (I'm fussy) and last I read there's an eFuze that goes off once rooted or something along those lines. That's sh!t.
invertedskull said:
Heh, yeah, all is well in my world once again!
The Note 2 is a great device man. I am sure you'll love it. The Note 3 looks great also, but I don't like the ribbed sides (I'm fussy) and last I read there's an eFuze that goes off once rooted or something along those lines. That's sh!t.
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What do you think about the new oneplus one, do you think I should get that instead?
Sent from my GT-I9105P using Tapatalk
Banutu said:
What do you think about the new oneplus one, do you think I should get that instead?
Sent from my GT-I9105P using Tapatalk
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Hmmm, I haven't seen that one... Feel free to PM me a link.
Help Me!
Banutu said:
I'm glad to hear that man, peace ^^
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My case is the same case of Invertedskull. I already did all steps as you instructed. I wiped data/cache/system and flash a stock room 4.4.2 of Nordic Rom on SamMobile website.
After flashed, the looping still happens. When I put the charger, the looping stops and goes to the main screen normally. Sometimes, it suddenly restarts but not frequently.
OMG! How to stop it. Pls help me.
My Note 2 is N7105 LTE - Optus (Australia)
mroldman281 said:
My case is the same case of Invertedskull. I already did all steps as you instructed. I wiped data/cache/system and flash a stock room 4.4.2 of Nordic Rom on SamMobile website.
After flashed, the looping still happens. When I put the charger, the looping stops and goes to the main screen normally. Sometimes, it suddenly restarts but not frequently.
OMG! How to stop it. Pls help me.
My Note 2 is N7105 LTE - Optus (Australia)
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If you have access to anything, and don't get JUST the boot loop, then you DO NOT have the same case I was in. You are probably able to recover from this. Try posting on the Tf Forums. The guys over there are "specialists" in Asus Tf tablets, and as you'll see on this thread (http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...-boot-loop-after-doing-routine-cm-update.html), they gave me a lot of help. Not that I was able to recover, but they were awesome dudes.
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My case is the same case of Invertedskull. I already did all steps as you instructed. I wiped data/cache/system and flash a stock room 4.4.2 of Nordic Rom on SamMobile website.
After flashed, the looping still happens. When I put the charger, the looping stops and goes to the main screen normally. Sometimes, it suddenly restarts but not frequently.
OMG! How to stop it. Pls help me.
My Note 2 is N7105 LTE - Optus (Australia)
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mroldman281, You didn't post again, so I don't know, If You found solution, but since I had same simptoms, and after four days of reinstalling different stock roms, wiping and even messing with PIT via Odin etc..I can say, that in my case the reason for boot loop was faulty battery. The phone worked when it was plugged in and restarted soon after i unplugged USB cable, and just lopped afterwards. Replacement battery put everything back in order. And I am one happy Camper!
Hope this info helps someone else with boot loop problem
same problem stuck in bootloop
hey guys i have the same problem bootloop all the time i tryied stock firmware but nothing happend avec i rooted my note 2 and intalled a costom recovery and a many roms but stuck in bootloop i didn't chage baterry , by the way i wiped cache and reset factory and clear dalvick cache but the same always bootloop
what u suggest i do
ps : i can acces to bootloader or download mode it charge normally
woow get back my note 2 lte alone
hey guys i get back my note 2 i don't know how but it was a succes :victory:
first : i tried so many afficial firmware 4.4.2 and costom roms but didn't change the problem of bootloop
then i remembred what version i was in it was 4.1.1 so i download it from sammobiles thenks to them flash it and boooom the note 2 lte start like a charm
i want to thanks everyone for their help even if they didn't help directly but this past 3 days i read almost all the threads about note 2
well i thinks one of the selutions here is to revert back the the original stock firmware like i did so maybe will fix the bootloop
I'm having one hell of a time with this tablet. This is pushing a month and I'm still not satisfied with my tablet.
Tonight I finally tracked down what I had hoped was a stock firmware for my tablet. Halfway through the download it timed out and when I went to download it again, the same thing happened.
So I tried to take my tablet that isn't "properly rooted" anymore and use Odin 9, instead of Odin 10, and place kitkat on my device rather than be stuck with Lollipop 5.0.2. All of this because The Sims Freeplay app isn't working and I can't find another soul on the face of the earth who can give me an answer to why this is happening.
Now I'm stuck on the samsung logo. I managed to get it back in download mode and that's where I flashed Lollipop 5.0.2 through Odin 10. I figured that would solve my problem. It didn't, but at least I got TWRP back on my device.
I never recovered anything that came with my tablet. I did not think I'd ever go back to unroot nor did I know how to back it up in the first place. So there's nothing in my recovery I can boot from. So what I did was I came back here and I downloaded the recovery for TWRP. I flashed it from my SD card, it told me it was successful... now what? I've rebooted and my device still loads to the samsung logo...and just stays there. The little confetti animation happens behind the logo, but that's it. It doesn't turn off. It doesn't reset itself.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG?!
I've already voided the warranty on this device and I regret almost daily that I decided to root in the first place. I say this only because I think rooted devices are top-notch, but I haven't been having very much luck with them. It took me a week to root. When I finally rooted then my favorite app game stopped working. Then I figured I could flash the stock firmware easily (but it seems like every place I go to find kitkat or even stock lollipop I can't find or I do, but files are corrupt or sites are full of ads).
I can't use my device at all now except click around in TWRP which isn't doing me any good.
I just want my tablet back. I spent 500 dollars on this thing and I haven't had time to even enjoy it. It's only two months old.
Please. Again. Someone HELP me. I want to figure this out and I don't want to accept that I bricked my device because I've watched plenty of videos on youtube and people are stuck with a phone that's resetting and all they do is fix it right there in front of my eyes.
Why can't I fix this? What is it that I'm not doing properly?
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I'm having one hell of a time with this tablet. This is pushing a month and I'm still not satisfied with my tablet.
Tonight I finally tracked down what I had hoped was a stock firmware for my tablet. Halfway through the download it timed out and when I went to download it again, the same thing happened.
So I tried to take my tablet that isn't "properly rooted" anymore and use Odin 9, instead of Odin 10, and place kitkat on my device rather than be stuck with Lollipop 5.0.2. All of this because The Sims Freeplay app isn't working and I can't find another soul on the face of the earth who can give me an answer to why this is happening.
Now I'm stuck on the samsung logo. I managed to get it back in download mode and that's where I flashed Lollipop 5.0.2 through Odin 10. I figured that would solve my problem. It didn't, but at least I got TWRP back on my device.
I never recovered anything that came with my tablet. I did not think I'd ever go back to unroot nor did I know how to back it up in the first place. So there's nothing in my recovery I can boot from. So what I did was I came back here and I downloaded the recovery for TWRP. I flashed it from my SD card, it told me it was successful... now what? I've rebooted and my device still loads to the samsung logo...and just stays there. The little confetti animation happens behind the logo, but that's it. It doesn't turn off. It doesn't reset itself.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHAT I'M DOING WRONG?!
I've already voided the warranty on this device and I regret almost daily that I decided to root in the first place. I say this only because I think rooted devices are top-notch, but I haven't been having very much luck with them. It took me a week to root. When I finally rooted then my favorite app game stopped working. Then I figured I could flash the stock firmware easily (but it seems like every place I go to find kitkat or even stock lollipop I can't find or I do, but files are corrupt or sites are full of ads).
I can't use my device at all now except click around in TWRP which isn't doing me any good.
I just want my tablet back. I spent 500 dollars on this thing and I haven't had time to even enjoy it. It's only two months old.
Please. Again. Someone HELP me. I want to figure this out and I don't want to accept that I bricked my device because I've watched plenty of videos on youtube and people are stuck with a phone that's resetting and all they do is fix it right there in front of my eyes.
Why can't I fix this? What is it that I'm not doing properly?
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I just skimmed through all this reading, so I may have missed a few things. The thing I didn't see if factory resetting. You need to factory reset in twrp. Just go to wipe and factory reset. Now reboot and wait at least 20 minutes as it does take quite a while to boot.
If doesnt do, transfer a custom stock based ROM for your device (any KK ROM should do) to your SD card. Factory reset in twrp and flash ROM. Now reboot and wait.
Typically, flashing with Odin takes 20 minutes to boot up for the first time. Just be sure you factory reset.
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I just skimmed through all this reading, so I may have missed a few things. The thing I didn't see if factory resetting. You need to factory reset in twrp. Just go to wipe and factory reset. Now reboot and wait at least 20 minutes as it does take quite a while to boot.
If doesnt do, transfer a custom stock based ROM for your device (any KK ROM should do) to your SD card. Factory reset in twrp and flash ROM. Now reboot and wait.
Typically, flashing with Odin takes 20 minutes to boot up for the first time. Just be sure you factory reset.
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Ok. I just factory resetted. Then I went to reboot and clicked "system". Now it restarted and brought me back to the same samsung logo... do I wait 20 minutes on that screen?
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Ok. I just factory resetted. Then I went to reboot and clicked "system". Now it restarted and brought me back to the same samsung logo... do I wait 20 minutes on that screen?
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Yep.
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Yep.
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By any chance does it take longer than 20 minutes?
It's been 28 minutes and I'm still on the Samsung logo.
geekery15 said:
By any chance does it take longer than 20 minutes?
It's been 28 minutes and I'm still on the Samsung logo.
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Sometimes. Try and wait 10 more minutes.
If it doesn't boot, I think you may have to flash a custom stock based ROM and flash it from your SD card in twrp.
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Sometimes. Try and wait 10 more minutes.
If it doesn't boot, I think you may have to flash a custom stock based ROM and flash it from your SD card in twrp.
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Custom Stock Based Rom? Does that mean I'll push myself further away from a stock firmware? Also... where do I find one and are there instructions for it? I thought roms were firmwares up until like 4 hours ago and I've been reading of roots for a little over a month now.
I see you've got the same tablet. By any chance are you running 5.0.2 lollipop and do you happen to know having a rooted device is the reason why The Sims Freeplay won't get past it's splash screen or if it's the app itself and it's newest update that made it wiggy?
I'll flash whatever at this point, but my main reasons for continuing to mess with my tablet was because of not being able to play the sims on there. Every other game I play works.
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Custom Stock Based Rom? Does that mean I'll push myself further away from a stock firmware? Also... where do I find one and are there instructions for it? I thought roms were firmwares up until like 4 hours ago and I've been reading of roots for a little over a month now.
I see you've got the same tablet. By any chance are you running 5.0.2 lollipop and do you happen to know having a rooted device is the reason why The Sims Freeplay won't get past it's splash screen or if it's the app itself and it's newest update that made it wiggy?
I'll flash whatever at this point, but my main reasons for continuing to mess with my tablet was because of not being able to play the sims on there. Every other game I play works.
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The only thing I can suggest is download this to your SD card and flash it in twrp. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=56345482
The Sims may not work because its uncomptiple with lollipop.
Simply, hit wipe in twrp, hit advanced wipe, and tick system, dalivk and cache. Then go back and install the Cm11 zip and reboot. Hopefully it gets you booting
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I'd actually flash this as its more like stock just debloated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/development/prerooted-stock-touchwiz-rom-t2973107
You need to wipe system, dalvik, cache and data then Install via twrp.
Wait at least 10 to 15 mins after install for initial boot up.
For future reference whenever you go back to kitkat from lollipop you need to wipe the data and cache partition first.
By the way some apps and games do not work on rooted devices for security reasons.
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DUHAsianSKILLZ said:
Sometimes. Try and wait 10 more minutes.
If it doesn't boot, I think you may have to flash a custom stock based ROM and flash it from your SD card in twrp.
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ashyx said:
I'd actually flash this as its more like stock just debloated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/development/prerooted-stock-touchwiz-rom-t2973107
You need to wipe system, dalvik, cache and data then Install via twrp.
Wait at least 10 to 15 mins after install for initial boot up.
For future reference whenever you go back to kitkat from lollipop you need to wipe the data and cache partition first.
By the way some apps and games do not work on rooted devices for security reasons.
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I understand that. That is why I clicked unroot in supersu and tried the game app, but it still wouldn't work. On my galaxy note 3 I run 5.0 lollipop and my game works fine. My phone isn't rooted and I never decided to root it and then unroot it.
Is an app smart enough to know when a device has been rooted and if are those that hack their actual game on rooted devices uses cloak or xposed or both to by pass their root?
I rather be unrooted for the sake of the game, but how does one find the stock firmware? Or is it not possible at this point?
Sorry for any confusion.
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I'd actually flash this as its more like stock just debloated.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/development/prerooted-stock-touchwiz-rom-t2973107
You need to wipe system, dalvik, cache and data then Install via twrp.
Wait at least 10 to 15 mins after install for initial boot up.
For future reference whenever you go back to kitkat from lollipop you need to wipe the data and cache partition first.
By the way some apps and games do not work on rooted devices for security reasons.
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Okay. I installed or flashed ironrom to my tablet from twrp. i followed the directions it told me and I decided to pick the regular rom above the custom one that was close to stock. Then it told me that it was going to reboot; which it did. When it came back it got stuck on the same samsung loading screen so I powered it off, went back into TWRP (because powering off now isn't possible, more like restart) and I went to "Reboot " and then I clicked "power off".
I guess I'll be waiting for 10 to 15 minutes.
I Pray I did this correctly.
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Okay. I installed or flashed ironrom to my tablet from twrp. i followed the directions it told me and I decided to pick the regular rom above the custom one that was close to stock. Then it told me that it was going to reboot; which it did. When it came back it got stuck on the same samsung loading screen so I powered it off, went back into TWRP (because powering off now isn't possible, more like restart) and I went to "Reboot " and then I clicked "power off".
I guess I'll be waiting for 10 to 15 minutes.
I Pray I did this correctly.
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Thanks for all the help! I'm finally back to where I want to be and the ss freeplay seems to be working. I can't thank you both enough.
geekery15 said:
Thanks for all the help! I'm finally back to where I want to be and the ss freeplay seems to be working. I can't thank you both enough.
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Why did you reboot back into twrp? You should have just let it do its thing after it rebooted.
So for any others that may happen upon this thread.
What was your solution?
ashyx said:
Why did you reboot back into twrp? You should have just let it do its thing after it rebooted.
So for any others that may happen upon this thread.
What was your solution?
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I did because I thought it had to be shut down before I powered it on and waited. I realized afterwards that you probably meant to just let it sit for 10 to 15 minutes.
Are you asking me my solution or other peoples solution?
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Are you asking me my solution or other peoples solution?
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Your solution.
cant reboot after failed encryption
I was trying to encrypt my galaxy tab s, which is rooted and has lollipop 5.0. Afrer reading encryption failed. I tried to reboot in recovery via twrp. My device doesn't reboot, it just acts like its going thru the motions. Only to return to twrp recovery menu. How do I reboot the system clearing the failed encryptions. I am a noob and any suggestions would be much appreciated.
You will have to go into recovery and wipe the data and cache partition then reboot.
It may take a while to boot up after that.
Well I thought my solution was using IronRom... but i'm not too sure now.
I just got back from work and I went to turn on my tablet and it took me to the same loading screen and then after about 5 minutes it tells me that the system can't respond. It asks me to click "ok" or "wait" ... clicking either just turns my tablet off.
Now the screen has dimmed. It's turning on when it wants and sometimes it'll show me the time in the upper right hand corner, but it won't let me do anything because it's a black screen.
What does all of this mean?
I just noticed if I click the "power button" it just flashes my tablet desktop then goes back to black, but it shows me the battery percentage and the time in the upper right hand corner...
smt 800 stuck in logo
SAMSUNG GALAXY TAB S 10.5 WIFI WHAT IT CAN AND CANT DO
i HAD ROOTED AND INSTALLED LOLLIPOP 5.0 WITH SUPER SU AND TWRP RECOVERY.
I THEN TRIED TO ENCRYPT WHICH FAILED.
MY DEVICE SAID TO REBOOT SYSTEM AND THEN TRY TO ENCRYPT AGAIN. AFTER REBOOTING, MY DEVICE IS STUCK WITH (logo screen)THE SAMSUNG TAB S NAME AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN AND ANDROID ON THE BOTTOM. I then rerooted with cf auto root thru odin. Odin and my tablet went thru the motions. When everything was complete and device should have initialize, but didn't. This part of the process didn't happen.
I am able to go into DOWNLOAD MODE and can get to manual mode, but I seem to have lost recovery. Here is the info.
android system recovery <3e>
kot49h_t800xxu1af8..
the binary reads: samsung official
system status: custom
Do you have any suggestions.
Hello
I think I made a big mistake.
I tried to flash stock MM image on my nexus 7 and I failed doing so by NTK (it said that the bootloader must be unlocked in order to proceed, but mine was already unlocked), so I went into TWRP and did the factory reset (tought it might help). so now N7 won't start, it's stuck on the boot animation of MM.
I tried this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796, and it says I need to check USB debugging, but I can't since I can't even get in to the system.
Is there any way to get my N7 back original state or am I having a plastic brick with a nice animation in my hand?
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Hello
I think I made a big mistake.
I tried to flash stock MM image on my nexus 7 and I failed doing so by NTK (it said that the bootloader must be unlocked in order to proceed, but mine was already unlocked), so I went into TWRP and did the factory reset (tought it might help). so now N7 won't start, it's stuck on the boot animation of MM.
I tried this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907796, and it says I need to check USB debugging, but I can't since I can't even get in to the system.
Is there any way to get my N7 back original state or am I having a plastic brick with a nice animation in my hand?
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I assume you didn't make a backup of your working OS before flashing. Since you don't give details of that OS, it's hard to guess at what might have gone wrong. But if you were on Lollipop, you can always flash one of those roms that's close to stock with TWRP and restart from there. If the process stalls at animation, it usually means you don't have a bad Emmc, which is good news.
BTW, the guide you posted was for the Nexus 7 2012. This is the forum for the Nexus 7 2013. Was it a mistake of yours?
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I assume you didn't make a backup of your working OS before flashing. Since you don't give details of that OS, it's hard to guess at what might have gone wrong. But if you were on Lollipop, you can always flash one of those roms that's close to stock with TWRP and restart from there. If the process stalls at animation, it usually means you don't have a bad Emmc, which is good news.
BTW, the guide you posted was for the Nexus 7 2012. This is the forum for the Nexus 7 2013. Was it a mistake of yours?
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Thanks for zour reply. No I don't have backup (stupid, I know).
I was running Marshmallow, Cleanrom.
I found that I can mount usb via mount otg in TWRP, I will try to do so later today.
Ok, I solved the problem.
I tried to flash Cleanrom from OTG, installation completed normally that got stuck on reboot again, this time it went directly from google logo to TWRP, reporting "unable to mount /data".
Did a google search and found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471341.
Followed the instructions and it worked.
I'm never flashing anything again without backup.
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Ok, I solved the problem.
I tried to flash Cleanrom from OTG, installation completed normally that got stuck on reboot again, this time it went directly from google logo to TWRP, reporting "unable to mount /data".
Did a google search and found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471341.
Followed the instructions and it worked.
I'm never flashing anything again without backup.
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Which fix in that thread helped you? I take it you did not replace the motherboard?
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Which fix in that thread helped you? I take it you did not replace the motherboard?
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No, I didn't replace it.
I got it working with this tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582
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No, I didn't replace it.
I got it working with this tool:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582
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Ah, OK. Looks like that is a factory image installed via fastboot.
I purchased a 5x for my wife so she can get on Project Fi. They said it was stuck boot looping, thinking I could solve the problem.
Here are the basics.
-Yes, I can get into boot loader (the menu of start, recovery, etc), but I can't get into TWRP. Tried flashing TWRP a few times and nothing. SkipSoft recognizes that its installed though.
-After bootlooping for awhile, it will load normally and work fine. However it wants to update to the newest version of android. I run the ota and back to bootlooping. It will show the android dude and say "error". Will eventually start bootlooping and then boot normally.
-I have flashed different stock versions. I tried the newest, the second to newest and the last M available. All will flash but continue the bootlooping.
Bootlooping can be anywhere from 1 minute to 10+.
The device will also first display something like, "Your device software can't be checked for corruptions. Please lock the bootloader"
But it'll show up whether the bootloader is locked or not.
The phone will freeze at some point. Whether right away or after 5 minutes. It freezes and then restarts and goes through the bootloop again.
So what else can/should I do? I've never dealt with Kernels but wondering if the last owner did something to them. Is there a way to flash stock kernels just incase or is this done when I flash a Google Factory Stock Image?
Would flashing a non-stock rom be a good idea?
Thanks
So I tried sideloading. I was able to get into the stock recovery. I tried wiping cache and data, then tried installing the newest stock rom.
Everything seemed to work. Then I had to restart. A message popped up after the same "Your device software can't be checked for corruptions. Please lock the bootloader". It had the title in blue stating "Encryption unsuccessful".
Then said, "Encryption was interrupted and can't complete. As a result, the data on your phone is no longer accessible. To resume using your phone you need to perform a factory reset. When you set up your phone after the reset, you'll have an opportunity to restore any data that was backed up to your Google Account."
Then there is a single button that says, "Reset Phone".
Problem still persists.
Help please...
Why did you bought a bootlooped phone?
Sin Stalker said:
I purchased a 5x for my wife so she can get on Project Fi. They said it was stuck boot looping, thinking I could solve the problem.
Here are the basics.
-Yes, I can get into boot loader (the menu of start, recovery, etc), but I can't get into TWRP. Tried flashing TWRP a few times and nothing. SkipSoft recognizes that its installed though.
-After bootlooping for awhile, it will load normally and work fine. However it wants to update to the newest version of android. I run the ota and back to bootlooping. It will show the android dude and say "error". Will eventually start bootlooping and then boot normally.
-I have flashed different stock versions. I tried the newest, the second to newest and the last M available. All will flash but continue the bootlooping.
Bootlooping can be anywhere from 1 minute to 10+.
The device will also first display something like, "Your device software can't be checked for corruptions. Please lock the bootloader"
But it'll show up whether the bootloader is locked or not.
The phone will freeze at some point. Whether right away or after 5 minutes. It freezes and then restarts and goes through the bootloop again.
So what else can/should I do? I've never dealt with Kernels but wondering if the last owner did something to them. Is there a way to flash stock kernels just incase or is this done when I flash a Google Factory Stock Image?
Would flashing a non-stock rom be a good idea?
Thanks
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When my Nexus 5x got into bootloop, I sent it to LG and they had to change the whole circuit. So yeah.
When you flash Google Factory Image, it flash the stock kernel.
If you have warranty, then send it to Google/LG. If you haven't got, then you're in problem. New motherboard needed, but it's expensive.
See the following thread for more info.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/5x-bootloop-cause-fix-t3476794/
khalifakk said:
Why did you bought a bootlooped phone?
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Cause its cheaper.
Sin Stalker said:
Cause its cheaper.
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Then face the consequences...
khalifakk said:
Then face the consequences...
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What consequences?
Hardware bootloop can't be fix by software.
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Hardware bootloop can't be fix by software.
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Exactly. Everyone has either been able to get a replacement under warranty or was pretty much screwed if it was out of warranty.
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What consequences?
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A bootlooped phone for ever....
I recommend you will install kernel adiutor app after try rooting
I recommend you will install kernel adiutor app after try rooting
Almost I got no bootloop even no random reboot nexus 5x's state
hi everyone
after an afternoon of googling I decided I need more help
so this is what happened (at that moment I was running on PureNexus and TWRP:
at some point I noticed that my phone was off, I tried to reboot it, it showed the google logo for a moment, but then the screen went black.
after a while I tried to reboot again, with the same effect...and again
so I decided, hm maybe a factory reset helps and tried to boot into TWRP. tried to boot into recovery, but with the same result as before: google logo appears then screen turns black
next I booted into bootloader and flashed TWRP through adb. but this didnt help either. still everything just as before.
at that point I got a little nervous. then I deleted cache and userdata through fastboot, still nothing.
after some googling I stumbled over a thread which suggested to use the Nexus Root Toolkit for reflashing Stock.
I followed all the instructions in NRT and according to the log (and fastboot), all the images were successfully flashed, but when I booted the screen turned black after the google logo again.
since I was able to boot into bootloader, I decided to lock and unlock the bootloader (at that point I was just trying to see some effect), but nothing worked
any suggestions on what else I could try?
thanks! cheers
trier09 said:
hi everyone
after an afternoon of googling I decided I need more help
so this is what happened (at that moment I was running on PureNexus and TWRP:
at some point I noticed that my phone was off, I tried to reboot it, it showed the google logo for a moment, but then the screen went black.
after a while I tried to reboot again, with the same effect...and again
so I decided, hm maybe a factory reset helps and tried to boot into TWRP. tried to boot into recovery, but with the same result as before: google logo appears then screen turns black
next I booted into bootloader and flashed TWRP through adb. but this didnt help either. still everything just as before.
at that point I got a little nervous. then I deleted cache and userdata through fastboot, still nothing.
after some googling I stumbled over a thread which suggested to use the Nexus Root Toolkit for reflashing Stock.
I followed all the instructions in NRT and according to the log (and fastboot), all the images were successfully flashed, but when I booted the screen turned black after the google logo again.
since I was able to boot into bootloader, I decided to lock and unlock the bootloader (at that point I was just trying to see some effect), but nothing worked
any suggestions on what else I could try?
thanks! cheers
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If this is not the dreaded bootloop, unlock the bootloader and flash factory image manually.
That should help.
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If this is not the dreaded bootloop, unlock the bootloader and flash factory image manually.
That should help.
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thanks, I was afraid it might be....
I flashed the factory image first with the sh_all option and then manually. both methods didnt work and I couldnt get past the google logo.
Right now Im not even able to boot into the bootloader.
Im assuming theres nothing else the try besides contacting LG support?
Maybe its time to say goodbye to a good friend
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thanks, I was afraid it might be....
I flashed the factory image first with the sh_all option and then manually. both methods didnt work and I couldnt get past the google logo.
Right now Im not even able to boot into the bootloader.
Im assuming theres nothing else the try besides contacting LG support?
Maybe its time to say goodbye to a good friend
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LG Support it is for you. They have know to replace units that have passed the warranty period by one or two months. Give it a shot