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Hey guys,
I've been messing around with my brand new N7 yesterday and somehow screwed up badly.
Right now, all I have is a working TWRP recovery and a locked bootloader.
When I try to unlock the bootloader, the device just freezes so flashing stock images is not an option.
Can I do something via TWRP to get my N7 working again?
I already opened a RMA with amazon.
Second question: If I am out of options, is there a way to remove TWRP?
Really need your help right now,
thanks in advance,
DrTek
which method did u try to unlock the bootloader?
MoonBlade said:
which method did u try to unlock the bootloader?
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I tried with "fastboot oem unlock"
The moment I choose yes and push the power button for confirmation - the device freezes.
drtek said:
I tried with "fastboot oem unlock"
The moment I choose yes and push the power button for confirmation - the device freezes.
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is it freezing for more than 2 mins ? it should not freeze like that unless it is already unlocked ??
It might already be unlocked. Do you have an unlocked symbol when you turn it on? If you do, run the Dead Nexus batch file from here. I was unable to do anything from TWRP or CWM. Just a bunch of errors when it tried to do anything with the drive. Flashing, copying, formatting, etc. This saved my Nexus!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582
Do you have access to the internal SD? From a computer or anywhere? Because if you do you can just flash a ROM from twrp
sent from my nex7
I was trying to update my phone and something most likely went wrong. Then the update installed and screwed up my phone. When I turned it on it stayed on the startup for so long. I tried to clear cache through the bootloader, but now it shows the android screen of death except it flashes. This occurs even outside the bootloader.
I am rooted with stock os.
Thanks in advance to whoever helps
Flash it with the original firmware
anfalanl said:
Flash it with the original firmware
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Yup, same thing happened to me, I had to reflash it to stock firmware.
How would i flash
Magister54 said:
Yup, same thing happened to me, I had to reflash it to stock firmware.
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Hey, thanks for the response.
Could you please elaborate on how I would do this. Because I do not understand how to do this if the bootloader doesn't work.
Thanks, your response and input means alot
Take the firmware from Asus website, for me I took UL-Z00A-WW-2.19.40.22-user.zip
Boot the phone in bootloader and try to go in the recovery screen, it took me a lot of tries to get in it!!!
From here you can select "insall update from ADB"
From your PC you do a "adb sideload UL-Z00A-WW-2.19.40.22-user.zip"
Magister54 said:
Take the firmware from Asus website, for me I took UL-Z00A-WW-2.19.40.22-user.zip
Boot the phone in bootloader and try to go in the recovery screen, it took me a lot of tries to get in it!!!
From here you can select "insall update from ADB"
From your PC you do a "adb sideload UL-Z00A-WW-2.19.40.22-user.zip"
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When i try to do this, i see the error sign but it is flashing
hudasameer450 said:
When i try to do this, i see the error sign but it is flashing
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That's normal. When you get the error sign when booting into stock recovery, hold power down and press volume up and quickly release both buttons at the same time. If done correctly recovery menu will pop up and then you can start actually flashing.
Flashing
does this still work if the screen is flashing, because I tried before and it did not work, maybe I pressed it wrong or there is some other issue.
Thanks
I was using my phone like I usually do, and then it suddenly froze. So I held down the power button, forcing it to restart. Ever since, the screen only shows "Google" for a while, then becomes blank; no booting animation. It would restart itself occasionally.
I tried booting into recovery mode by holding Power+VolDown, and selecting "recovery mode". For the first few tries, it would go back to the Google screen, the turn blank. After giving it a break and trying again, I finally got to the "no command" screen, and I wiped the cache partition. Sadly, I'm still having the same problem.
Is this a bootloop? How can I fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
This happened to me and Google sent a replacement phone. However the replacement phone is a refurbished phone that suffers from ghost touches Now trying to get a replacement for the replacement.
Ocelot584 said:
I was using my phone like I usually do, and then it suddenly froze. So I held down the power button, forcing it to restart. Ever since, the screen only shows "Google" for a while, then becomes blank; no booting animation. It would restart itself occasionally.
I tried booting into recovery mode by holding Power+VolDown, and selecting "recovery mode". For the first few tries, it would go back to the Google screen, the turn blank. After giving it a break and trying again, I finally got to the "no command" screen, and I wiped the cache partition. Sadly, I'm still having the same problem.
Is this a bootloop? How can I fix this?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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can u boot into bootloader mode?
dominoeflux said:
can u boot into bootloader mode?
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What's that? Is it the screen that comes up when you hold down Power+VolumeDown and gives you the option to select Start, Power Off, Restart Bootloader, or Recovery?
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What's that? Is it the screen that comes up when you hold down Power+VolumeDown and gives you the option to select Start, Power Off, Restart Bootloader, or Recovery?
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Yes that's the one. If u can get back to that screen you should be able to flash it back stock and re root the phone with out any problems
dominoeflux said:
Yes that's the one. If u can get back to that screen you should be able to flash it back stock and re root the phone with out any problems
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So are you saying that I should factory reset my phone from the recovery menu, or do I have to use the method that requires the factory image?
My phone wasn't rooted btw, so I can't re-root it.
Ocelot584 said:
So are you saying that I should factory reset my phone from the recovery menu, or do I have to use the method that requires the factory image?
My phone wasn't rooted btw, so I can't re-root it.
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Oh ok I thought it was sorry if I wasn't of any help
dominoeflux said:
Oh ok I thought it was sorry if I wasn't of any help
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haha it's ok you tried to.
Rooted or not, do you think factory resetting it will fix the problem as long as I can get to the bootloader menu?
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haha it's ok you tried to.
Rooted or not, do you think factory resetting it will fix the problem as long as I can get to the bootloader menu?
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In pretty positive that it will, make sure u unlock the Bootloader first before you do anything. Do you know how to unlock it?
dominoeflux said:
In pretty positive that it will, make sure u unlock the Bootloader first before you do anything. Do you know how to unlock it?
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nope...what's a bootloader anyway?
Ocelot584 said:
nope...what's a bootloader anyway?
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The bootloader allows the phone to be unlocked to flash custom ROMs on it, without it unlocked you'll brick your phone. Read up about rooting your phone first so you can get the idea of what goes into it before attempting it. Once you get the general idea of unlocking the phone and flashing things on it, it becomes relatively easy. There's even a nexus root toolkit on this forum that you can download on your computer for free as well as "how-to's" for doing it
dominoeflux said:
The bootloader allows the phone to be unlocked to flash custom ROMs on it, without it unlocked you'll brick your phone. Read up about rooting your phone first so you can get the idea of what goes into it before attempting it. Once you get the general idea of unlocking the phone and flashing things on it, it becomes relatively easy. There's even a nexus root toolkit on this forum that you can download on your computer for free as well as "how-to's" for doing it
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Wait...what?? So if I choose to factory reset my phone now without unlocking the bootloader, it might become completely useless? Is rooting necessary?
Ocelot584 said:
Wait...what?? So if I choose to factory reset my phone now without unlocking the bootloader, it might become completely useless? Is rooting necessary?
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No is not necessary, but in order to re flash the factory image to fix the problem the bootloader must be unlocked. You never have to root your device but having a unlocked bootloader is essential to flashing anything on your device other wise like I said, you'll brick your phone. You can even lock it back to full stock once you've re flashed the image.
Edit: there's another way of flashing the factory image but it requires some searching. You might not be able to do it the way I'm explaining to you Because you would have to give it permission to be unlocked in the developers option while the phone is booted up and operative
dominoeflux said:
No is not necessary, but in order to re flash the factory image to fix the problem the bootloader must be unlocked. You never have to root your device but having a unlocked bootloader is essential to flashing anything on your device other wise like I said, you'll brick your phone. You can even lock it back to full stock once you've re flashed the image.
Edit: there's another way of flashing the factory image but it requires some searching. You might not be able to do it the way I'm explaining to you Because you would have to give it permission to be unlocked in the developers option while the phone is booted up and operative
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Oh...I see. So what about the factory reset option in the recovery menu? Would you expect that to fix it too?
Ocelot584 said:
Oh...I see. So what about the factory reset option in the recovery menu? Would you expect that to fix it too?
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Of course
Edit: have you tried resetting it in the factory recovery?
dominoeflux said:
Of course
Edit: have you tried resetting it in the factory recovery?
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Nope...I was waiting to see if I could find a way to recover my data first
Ocelot584 said:
Nope...I was waiting to see if I could find a way to recover my data first
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When u first bought your phone and it takes you through the set up window, when it asked you to put in your email, that right there backs up all your apps that you previously had in the phone so when you go through the setup again, it's going to ask you if you want to start as a new phone or recover your previous apps. You won't be able to recover all of your data but you should be able to recover all of your apps.
dominoeflux said:
When u first bought your phone and it takes you through the set up window, when it asked you to put in your email, that right there backs up all your apps that you previously had in the phone so when you go through the setup again, it's going to ask you if you want to start as a new phone or recover your previous apps. You won't be able to recover all of your data but you should be able to recover all of your apps.
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Alright, but since all my data won't be recovered, is there a way to get access to files on my phone before I factory reset it?
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Alright, but is there a way to get access to files on my phone before I factory reset it?
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Sorry bro but I wish there was.... There actually is away, but you would have have to have been rooted with a custom recovery on your phone and since you had neither, there's my other way
Edit: I meant no other way
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Sorry bro but I wish there was.... There actually is away, but you would have have to have been rooted with a custom recovery on your phone and since you had neither, there's my other way
Edit: I meant no other way
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oh... wow.
I'll just suck it up and reset it then. I'll let u know how it goes.
I was wanting to try rooting this phone and was wondering if there were a twrp file that could be flashed i am using android Oreo
Do you mean twrp recovery image? Yes. Though is unofficial
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ze...covery-twrp-recovey-zenfone-3-deluxe-t3681354
Ryder. said:
Do you mean twrp recovery image? Yes. Though is unofficial
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ze...covery-twrp-recovey-zenfone-3-deluxe-t3681354
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ok thanks for the link ill check it out
Ryder. said:
Do you mean twrp recovery image? Yes. Though is unofficial
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ze...covery-twrp-recovey-zenfone-3-deluxe-t3681354
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is there anyway to unlock my phones bootloader i tried using the bootloader unlock tool that asus has on site but it doesn't work
Karoths said:
is there anyway to unlock my phones bootloader i tried using the bootloader unlock tool that asus has on site but it doesn't work
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It worked for me, but not the first time... I don't know why or i don't remember. Try to reboot. What error message it shows?
Ryder. said:
It worked for me, but not the first time... I don't know why or i don't remember. Try to reboot. What error message it shows?
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it says "an unknown error has occurred which maybe a network connection issue please try again later"
it does this regardless if i use it on mobile data or home wi-fi even restarted my phone and went and factory reset my phone
Karoths said:
it says "an unknown error has occurred which maybe a network connection issue please try again later"
it does this regardless if i use it on mobile data or home wi-fi even restarted my phone and went and factory reset my phone
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Hmmm... Remove pin/pattern protection and try again, if you activated it. Before trying, reboot the phone. Tell me if it works
Ryder. said:
Hmmm... Remove pin/pattern protection and try again, if you activated it. Before trying, reboot the phone. Tell me if it works
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i tried this but it still gives me the error same as before? i contacted asus on it an am waiting on a reply hope i can get it unlocked so i can root it
Hello guys, I just got a Pixel 3XL from somebody and I thought I could make it to work, but now I'm stucked. The phone is stucked in fastboot and the bootloader is LOCKED. I tried to unlock it using GUIDE for Google Pixel 3 XL unlock bootloader, but I cannot do this task 100% because I cannot enable OEM unlock and USB debugging since the phone is stucked in fastbood mode. Also, if I try to get into recovery mode, when I press the power button to get into recovery, the phone turns off. I ust want to make it stock.
Any idea how to solve this? Thank you
try sideloading the full OTA.
https://developers.google.com/android/ota
robertoancini51 said:
Hello guys, I just got a Pixel 3XL from somebody and I thought I could make it to work, but now I'm stucked. The phone is stucked in fastboot and the bootloader is LOCKED. I tried to unlock it using GUIDE for Google Pixel 3 XL unlock bootloader, but I cannot do this task 100% because I cannot enable OEM unlock and USB debugging since the phone is stucked in fastbood mode. Also, if I try to get into recovery mode, when I press the power button to get into recovery, the phone turns off. I ust want to make it stock.
Any idea how to solve this? Thank you
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The answer is the same as in your other thread. If you cannot get into recovery mode and your bootloader is locked there is nothing you can do. The mystery is how you lost recovery with a locked bootloader... it may have been unlocked at one time and someone re-locked it?
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The answer is the same as in your other thread. If you cannot get into recovery mode and your bootloader is locked there is nothing you can do. The mystery is how you lost recovery with a locked bootloader... it may have been unlocked at one time and someone re-locked it?
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that's the mistery. so I cannot do nothing with the phone? Is no any solution to put the recovery mode back into the phone to work?
robertoancini51 said:
that's the mistery. so I cannot do nothing with the phone? Is no any solution to put the recovery mode back into the phone to work?
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Not if you can't fastboot the boot.img there isn't. Like the others said, if you can't get into stock recovery to side load the OTA, your kinda hosed.
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that's the mistery. so I cannot do nothing with the phone? Is no any solution to put the recovery mode back into the phone to work?
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No, nothing you can do because you cannot fastboot flash any partition when the bootloader is locked, and without a working recovery you cannot use adb to sideload an OTA. My guess is your friend at one time had the bootloader unlocked but he later locked it back before giving it to you. Once the bootloader is unlocked it should never be locked again... unless you know exactly what you are doing and have good reason to do so. If you have tried multiple times to unlock the bootloader using fastboot -and- exhausted all means of booting to recovery (you are positive you know how to get there and cannot) then there is no way to recover. Until one of these two things changes you cannot get back in. Sorry man!
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Not if you can't fastboot the boot.img there isn't. Like the others said, if you can't get into stock recovery to side load the OTA, your kinda hosed.
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ok, thank you
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No, nothing you can do because you cannot fastboot flash any partition when the bootloader is locked, and without a working recovery you cannot use adb to sideload an OTA. My guess is your friend at one time had the bootloader unlocked but he later locked it back before giving it to you. Once the bootloader is unlocked it should never be locked again... unless you know exactly what you are doing and have good reason to do so. If you have tried multiple times to unlock the bootloader using fastboot -and- exhausted all means of booting to recovery (you are positive you know how to get there and cannot) then there is no way to recover. Until one of these two things changes you cannot get back in. Sorry man!
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I just cannot believe that the phone is unusable
robertoancini51 said:
I just cannot believe that the phone is unusable
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Just to be sure I am reading this right, instead of seeing the "no command" screen when you toggle the smart menu option to recovery and hitting the power button, the device shuts down?
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Just to be sure I am reading this right, instead of seeing the "no command" screen when you toggle the smart menu option to recovery and hitting the power button, the device shuts down?
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Yes
robertoancini51 said:
Yes
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You mention not being able to toggle OEM unlock or USB debugging, but are you sure they are not already toggle? Have you tried locking or unlocking the bootloader from fastboot (hopefully you can see the device on your computer when plugged in)? Your issue reminded me of another thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78277194&postcount=260 where it looked like an unlock only partially worked. I assume you are not the registered owner and cannot contact Google about the issue.
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You mention not being able to toggle OEM unlock or USB debugging, but are you sure they are not already toggle? Have you tried locking or unlocking the bootloader from fastboot (hopefully you can see the device on your computer when plugged in)? Your issue reminded me of another thread https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78277194&postcount=260 where it looked like an unlock only partially worked. I assume you are not the registered owner and cannot contact Google about the issue.
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I'm not sure if they are already toggle. Yes, I've tried to lock/unlock bootloader from fastboot, but nothing. The PC sees it from device manager. No,I'm not registered.
robertoancini51 said:
I'm not sure if they are already toggle. Yes, I've tried to lock/unlock bootloader from fastboot, but nothing. The PC sees it from device manager. No,I'm not registered.
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Might be worth posting something on the Google forum. If an agent isn't checking registration, you might get some ideas. The only thing else I can think is that there may be some key combination (vol down or up and hold) when pressing the power button to get to recovery to keep it from shutting down. Good luck.
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Might be worth posting something on the Google forum. If an agent isn't checking registration, you might get some ideas. The only thing else I can think is that there may be some key combination (vol down or up and hold) when pressing the power button to get to recovery to keep it from shutting down. Good luck.
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I Have written to ghem, I wait an answer from them. I will try some combination and come back with an answer
i have the same problem
robertoancini51 said:
I Have written to ghem, I wait an answer from them. I will try some combination and come back with an answer
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who did you write to? can you share please? also if you manage to solve the problem, please share the solution.
many thanks,
Cant you take the back of and use EDL Mode? its qualcomm so its available.? wheres all the master techys in the pixel thread?You can push the entire factory image whether its locked or unlocked with EDL.
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