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Hello all,
I am facing problems with my SIII right now. I was running AOKP but due to the bluetooth not being able to sync with my stereo, I decided to go back to stock rooted. I just flashed back the stock rooted image using Odin, but now my phone sits at the Samsung screen with the blue notification light on. I have tried rebooting, and it gets to this point (after the rethink possible screen) and just sits. I am thinking another flash in Odin is in order? Is there a stock, non root image I can flash via odin? I am just really lost for ideas right now and any input would be appreciated! Thanks!
Update:
I tried flashing with odin again and this time I got a failed. It was in the process of flashing the "system". I am kinda starting to freak out. I am hoping that it's just the file I'm using (though it just worked not even a few days ago.) I am trying again and if this one bombs out, I think I am going to try a different file. The one I am downloading to try next is the "stock unroot" from the how-to video. Anyone have any luck with this?
Another Update:
I just re-flashed with odin, this time it says it successfully completed but once again it's stuck at the flashing Samsung logo with the indicator led on.... I am starting to really freak out lol. I have another file downloading that is supposedly just stock, no root or anything...
rakhov said:
Hello all,
I am facing problems with my SIII right now. I was running AOKP but due to the bluetooth not being able to sync with my stereo, I decided to go back to stock rooted. I just flashed back the stock rooted image using Odin, but now my phone sits at the Samsung screen with the blue notification light on. I have tried rebooting, and it gets to this point (after the rethink possible screen) and just sits. I am thinking another flash in Odin is in order? Is there a stock, non root image I can flash via odin? I am just really lost for ideas right now and any input would be appreciated! Thanks!
Update:
I tried flashing with odin again and this time I got a failed. It was in the process of flashing the "system". I am kinda starting to freak out. I am hoping that it's just the file I'm using (though it just worked not even a few days ago.) I am trying again and if this one bombs out, I think I am going to try a different file. The one I am downloading to try next is the "stock unroot" from the how-to video. Anyone have any luck with this?
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Actually have the exact same situation going on right now, I will post if I can find a fix. Downloading an alternate stock build I found now and will let you know how it goes.
Glad to have a partner in crime
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-unroot/how-to-unroot-att-galaxy-s3-sgh-i747/
This is the file/procedure I am going to try next. Good luck and I will stay posted with any info, likewise!
rakhov said:
Glad to have a partner in crime
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-unroot/how-to-unroot-att-galaxy-s3-sgh-i747/
This is the file/procedure I am going to try next. Good luck and I will stay posted with any info, likewise!
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Thats exactly what Odin is working on loading now, Download had just finished.
avarize said:
Thats exactly what Odin is working on loading now, Download had just finished.
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Wicked, well good luck solider....Does anyone know the signifigince of the led being on? It looks like it is slightly pulsating too...I hope this isn't the "sorry, you just broke it" notification XD
rakhov said:
Wicked, well good luck solider....Does anyone know the signifigince of the led being on? It looks like it is slightly pulsating too...I hope this isn't the "sorry, you just broke it" notification XD
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I've always noticed the LED being on during boot (or some of the boot) and it was also on when I had a bootloop during cm9 so I don't think it means anything.
Fair enough, I guess I never paid that much attention till now when things don't work heh. I do recall reading about someone else having the similar issue using odin...I am trying to find the post and if there was any follow up on it.
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Fair enough, I guess I never paid that much attention till now when things don't work heh. I do recall reading about someone else having the similar issue using odin...I am trying to find the post and if there was any follow up on it.
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Didn't seem to have any luck with that download/odin. Still stuck, Trying a few more things, although I am a bit lost as to what to do from here.
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avarize said:
Didn't seem to have any luck with that download/odin. Still stuck, Trying a few more things, although I am a bit lost as to what to do from here.
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Correction : Used that link you had posted, it was still stuck so I loaded up the toolkit and used option 20 for reboot options to force it into default recovery, wiped data & cache from there and let it reboot, it seemed to have hung but waited a few minutes and it came back to life. Back to complete stock here now, hope it works for you.
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Didn't seem to have any luck with that download/odin. Still stuck, Trying a few more things, although I am a bit lost as to what to do from here.
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Correction : Used that link you had posted, it was still stuck so I loaded up the toolkit and used option 20 to force into default recovery, wiped data & cache from there and let it reboot, it seemed to have hung but waited a few minutes and it came back to life. Back to complete stock here now, hope it works for you.
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When you say toolkit are you talking about the one from the thread labled [SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 QCOM TOOLKIT V2.3] Drivers Backup Root CWM BusyBox + MORE [ATT]? And if so you just opened it and used option 20? nothing else? This sounds great if it works hehe.
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When you say toolkit are you talking about the one from the thread labled [SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 QCOM TOOLKIT V2.3] Drivers Backup Root CWM BusyBox + MORE [ATT]? And if so you just opened it and used option 20? nothing else? This sounds great if it works hehe.
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Should have explained a bit better. Yes that toolkit
While it was stuck at samsung screen.
1 For AT&T (Obviously)
20 For reboot options
1 For recovery.
Then wipe data/cache
Then wiped cache (no idea why)
then rebooted.
When i did an Odin to stock I also froze on the Samsung logo. I had to boot to recovery and do a factory reset I side recovery to get it to boot. Keep in mind everything will be deleted though
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That is exelent. I am downloading the toolkit right now and will report back shortly.
Once you got it to boot, did you still have root? I am wondering if you flashing the "stock rom" that I posted, if that had any impact. I have only pushed the root66 file, so I am expecting root when(if XD) I get this thing going again. I appreciate you being more thorough with your instructions, and will report back with my results as soon as I get some
Also, are we loners on this? I am not seeing any other posts about going back to stock/stock rooted from modded roms using odin? I am trying to figure out the best method to go back to stock. I made a nandroid and I am sure that would work, but all of this word about having to flash different kernels and bluetooth/wifi drivers to get stock working properly makes me wonder if just using odin is the easiest method, as it restores everything on the phone (to my knowledge).
crash822 said:
When i did an Odin to stock I also froze on the Samsung logo. I had to boot to recovery and do a factory reset I side recovery to get it to boot. Keep in mind everything will be deleted though
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That is great, this may sound a little silly, but how do I boot to recovery? Thanks!
UPDATE:Nvm, google hehe. I just did the factory reset...Things are looking good so far, the haptic lights turned on at least...BOOM! We are good gentlemen. It looks like all it took was the recovery wipe. This is great news! I will try to figure out how to mark this as solved, and you crash822, you get a thanks
NP sir. We all have to start somewhere. Luckily for me I was already planning on doing a full wipe so I backed up everything I wanted to keep from my phone onto my computer before using odin.
I seem to be having the same issue. I've downloaded the toolkit as you guys have suggested. are you guys in download mode on the phone while you use this? it seems to want me to be in debugging mode and i can't get to that. I've tried a factory reset with no luck.
I recently flashed Hellfire ROM in ROM Manager. I noticed that my GPS was not working so I restored my backup of Root66. GPS still wasn't working. It worked fine just before I flashed Hellfire. I Odined back to stock ICS. Still nothing. Here's the thing - I just had to RMA my phone because the same thing happened and I couldn't get it working. I'm not sure what ROM did it on the first phone. What causes this? What is the fix? Is it similar to the Iost IMEI issue?
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I recently flashed Hellfire ROM in ROM Manager. I noticed that my GPS was not working so I restored my backup of Root66. GPS still wasn't working. It worked fine just before I flashed Hellfire. I Odined back to stock ICS. Still nothing. Here's the thing - I just had to RMA my phone because the same thing happened and I couldn't get it working. I'm not sure what ROM did it on the first phone. What causes this? What is the fix? Is it similar to the Iost IMEI issue?
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RMA?
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There is some kind of issue on our s3 . While switching roms you might loose gps and imei too. Wipe everything , use triangle away to set counter at 0, and odin. This will surely get u gps. I have done it lll
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RMA?
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There is some kind of issue on our s3 . While switching roms you might loose gps and imei too. Wipe everything , use triangle away to set counter at 0, and odin. This will surely get u gps. I have done it lll
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RMA = Return Merchandise Authorization. Warranty exchange.
Triangle away is done. I used Odin to go back to stock ICS. I'm stumped. I still have my IMEI. I had that issue on my first phone. When I got this one, the first thing I did was create a backup of the EFS partition just in case. Is there any GPS information in the EFS? Would doing a restore help?
jmvhbassist said:
RMA = Return Merchandise Authorization. Warranty exchange.
Triangle away is done. I used Odin to go back to stock ICS. I'm stumped. I still have my IMEI. I had that issue on my first phone. When I got this one, the first thing I did was create a backup of the EFS partition just in case. Is there any GPS information in the EFS? Would doing a restore help?
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I think EFS is only for IMEI. GpS is different thing.
Was it working when you got this phone ?
May be your gps antenna is gone
bikrame said:
I think EFS is only for IMEI. GpS is different thing.
Was it working when you got this phone ?
May be your gps antenna is gone
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It was working perfectly. I used it less than an hour before I flashed Hellfire ROM. Needed navigation because I was lost lol. I thought my GPS antenna was gone in my original gs3 but now I'm not so sure. This one is acting just like the first one. I try all the fixes I can find, Odin, triangle away, clear data from google services, uninstall updates from maps and on and on. Nothing works. I must be missing something.
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It was working perfectly. I used it less than an hour before I flashed Hellfire ROM. Needed navigation because I was lost lol. I thought my GPS antenna was gone in my original gs3 but now I'm not so sure. This one is acting just like the first one. I try all the fixes I can find, Odin, triangle away, clear data from google services, uninstall updates from maps and on and on. Nothing works. I must be missing something.
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Ok here is what I did when I tried some aosp roms
Downloaded ICS untouched odin file (not rooted or modified roms )
Used triangle away and set counter to 0.
Wipe internal sd , data , system , cache and delvik.
Get into download mode manually and odin ics firmware.
This get my gps back ( first time took some time )
Then reflashed odin root66 rooted latesg JB firmware.
And my gpa sometimes take some time but works well.
Here is a simple GPS fix that may also work. Many people have tried this method with great success.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2201668
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I recently flashed Hellfire ROM in ROM Manager. I noticed that my GPS was not working so I restored my backup of Root66. GPS still wasn't working. It worked fine just before I flashed Hellfire. I Odined back to stock ICS. Still nothing. Here's the thing - I just had to RMA my phone because the same thing happened and I couldn't get it working. I'm not sure what ROM did it on the first phone. What causes this? What is the fix? Is it similar to the Iost IMEI issue?
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Another option is to flash the synergy rom...I lost gps with one of the 4.2.2 roms my crack flashing addiction had me go to and lost it....flashed synergy multi window and got it back...theres a thread somewhere talks about it and going to synergy then back to ur 4.2 rom keeps gps...hope that helps
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You can try this method too!! :thumbup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2196410
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Thanks for the ideas to try. I've been away for a couple days. New job working for Jawbone and between working and looking for a new place...
I flashed back to stock ICS after using triangle away then wiped data, cache and Delvik. Used it for a couple days with no success. I'll try the last two and tightening the crews as a last resort. I'll keep u all posted.
Thanks again!
bikrame said:
RMA?
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There is some kind of issue on our s3 . While switching roms you might loose gps and imei too. Wipe everything , use triangle away to set counter at 0, and odin. This will surely get u gps. I have done it lll
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Does this same issue effect all SGS3 running any Roms??
Because I'm running liquid smooth Rom and noticed whilst using my navigation the other day that it couldn't find my GPS signal.
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Going from 4.2 back to 4.1 can have this effect just so that you all are aware in the future.
I do not know if this is true to avoid the risk or not: I think someone mentioned that to avoid the high risk of this happening, you odin back, then flash another 4.1 ROM.
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There is some kind of issue on our s3 . While switching roms you might loose gps and imei too. Wipe everything , use triangle away to set counter at 0, and odin. This will surely get u gps. I have done it lll
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Don_Perrignon said:
Going from 4.2 back to 4.1 can have this effect just so that you all are aware in the future.
I do not know if this is true to avoid the risk or not: I think someone mentioned that to avoid the high risk of this happening, you odin back, then flash another 4.1 ROM.
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It happened to me twice .. from 4.2 to 4.1 .. I fact GPS and twice lost IMEI number. Flashing sometimes can have bad outcome.. But searching and reading most likely fine good resolution. Most of the time I ended up super wiping then flashing back to the orig stock, then went all was working on stock. Then restore and all was working for me. It is sometimes the nature of the beast with flashing . Super wipe > Odin to orig stock > root > then restore. should do the Job.
Success! I flashed Vanilla Root Box and GPS worked. I've since flashed a different ROM and GPS id still good.
Thanks for all the help and input everyone!
dead gps
Ive lost GPS as well, completely dead. Ive tried ODIN stock firmware, different builds, full wipe and everything, nothing so far. Maybe I should try flashing this Rootbox or that 4.1.2 rom as stated before...
Do you think resetting the flashcounter makes a difference? thats the only thing I didnt do.
kimbo1986 said:
Ive lost GPS as well, completely dead. Ive tried ODIN stock firmware, different builds, full wipe and everything, nothing so far. Maybe I should try flashing this Rootbox or that 4.1.2 rom as stated before...
Do you think resetting the flashcounter makes a difference? thats the only thing I didnt do.
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Im in the same boat. I dont even get a gps icon in status bar. Tried stock odin and nothing. Ill give root box a chance. Even though I think thats the problem. Going from tw to aosp then back to tw
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Flash rootbox it worked! That was weird, I super wiped and odin stock firmware and nothing, I flash Rootbox Vanilla and viola gps back :0 weird
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I am looking for the stock 4.4.2 NE4 rom for D2ATT to flash through Odin.
A little background. Phone soft boots on me, and I am able to get into recovery. However, if I try to flash anything or restore a backup, the phone reboots. I am able to get into download mode, but can't find the correct stock file to flash. I have the recovery flashable file, but can't flash it. Every where I have searched for the Odin file has been a dead end.
This has happened to me before, and Odin did the trick. That was on 4.1.1 though which was before the bootloader changes.
Anyone have the Odin file by chance? Thanks.
[CORRECTION]: I am on the NJ1 bootloader/modem.
There is no stock firmware available for later builds.
What were you trying to do when you got to the soft brick?
Any errors when you try to flash a rom?
What roms have you tried flashing?
What is your current bootloader version?
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I was afraid of that. Actually I wasn't doing anything (this time lol). I was running the official CM nightlies (I think I flashed last week some time, coming from Pac Rom).
When I try to flash in recovery, the screen goes black several second into flashing and then reboots into a boot loop. If I try to turn on it is a boot loop as well. I am in the latest NE4 modem/bootloader version.
Edit: I was able to do a wipe in recovery before reboot. It had an error with data during the wipe. I wasn't able to get a picture in time so I don't know what the exact error was.
Edit #2: When trying to flash I get the error "cannot mount system" before it boot loops on me.
Ok so you were running cm and are trying to get back stock correct?
If I recall correctly, you need to just flash the stock recovery and factory reset from there.
You can find the stock recovery in one of enewman17's bootloader/modem threads. Let me know if you can't find it.
Not sure that'll solve it for you, but I'd say it's worth a shot.
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NE4 stock recovery.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23681161096070493
Flash from custom recovery.
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NE4 stock recovery.
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23681161096070493
Flash from custom recovery.
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Thanks! Ok question for you. How will this get the stock firmware installed? I still have the problem of no Odin flashable firmware.
Edit: It looks like I am unable to get into recovery at this point. Phone just reboots.
Is it possible the phone has a problem with the power button? Was it hyper-sensitive before the bootloops started?
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Is it possible the phone has a problem with the power button? Was it hyper-sensitive before the bootloops started?
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That's possible. I had this issue before though, and it was fixed when I use Odin to reflash stock. Right now it's at the point where it will automatically try to boot up when I put the battery in.
Edit: The other thing I was thinking of, was possibly corrupted partitions, or perhaps the storage is corrupted/ needs formatted.
Edit#2: Just did some back reading, and realized I am on the NJ1 bootloader, which is the latest 4.4.2. I thoroughly regret upgrading, so if you are reading this and considering an update, DON'T DO IT!!!! I will update the OP and thread title accordingly.
The phone now will not stay booted in download mode either. Ends up rebooting after a couple of seconds.
I think this one is pretty much hosed, as even if I were able to unbrick it, there still is the matter of no compatible software that can be flashed. It is not my daily driver, so not the end of the world, but it still sucks. The biggest loss is several videos I took this weekend of a martial arts tournament my son was in.
Thanks so much guys for your help on this. It is much appreciated.
Sounds like you've got the faulty power button. If it tries to turn on when you insert the battery, it's a sure sign of this.
Replacements are pretty cheap if you care to try soldering it yourself. Otherwise most repair shops should be equipped to help you out.
The reason I suggested factory resetting from stock recovery is because many people have had similar issues when coming from cm. Not sure why, but it does a better job at reformatting the internal memory. After doing the reset, most people are able to boot into stock again.
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Oh, and it is possible for corruption to occur when it is constantly rebooting. I don't think it's common though. I had one that was doing exactly the same thing for over a month and I never had any data loss or corruption.
It's only a temp fix, but try blowing into the power switch with a can of compressed air. You can also try giving it a swift, gentle (but hard) tap on the edge of a wood table. (Try on both sides of the phone and around the button itself). This is how I was able to keep using mine until I got around to fixing it. Beware though, hitting it too hard, or against something with no give can easily crack the glass! Obvious, I know, but figured I should mention it anyway!
Oh and if you get it to come back on, don't even breathe on the power button! It'll be super sensitive still. I couldn't even use my case until it was fixed.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Sounds like you've got the faulty power button. If it tries to turn on when you insert the battery, it's a sure sign of this.
Replacements are pretty cheap if you care to try soldering it yourself. Otherwise most repair shops should be equipped to help you out.
The reason I suggested factory resetting from stock recovery is because many people have had similar issues when coming from cm. Not sure why, but it does a better job at reformatting the internal memory. After doing the reset, most people are able to boot into stock again.
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Oh, and it is possible for corruption to occur when it is constantly rebooting. I don't think it's common though. I had one that was doing exactly the same thing for over a month and I never had any data loss or corruption.
It's only a temp fix, but try blowing into the power switch with a can of compressed air. You can also try giving it a swift, gentle (but hard) tap on the edge of a wood table. (Try on both sides of the phone and around the button itself). This is how I was able to keep using mine until I got around to fixing it. Beware though, hitting it too hard, or against something with no give can easily crack the glass! Obvious, I know, but figured I should mention it anyway!
Oh and if you get it to come back on, don't even breathe on the power button! It'll be super sensitive still. I couldn't even use my case until it was fixed.
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Thank you. I will give that a shot.
So yesterday I was taking a look to xda developers when I saw a post with cyanogen mod 14 for the Nexus 5x so I installed it. Everything went ok but after looking at the OS for a bit I thought that the OS i had was better (it was nougat 7.1.1, beta program) so before installing cyanogen mod i had made a backup of my older system. I tried to restore the backup but when i tried to turn on the phone it froze when booting, and that started happening over and over, it turns on shows google logo starts booting and freezes, turn of, turns on ....
I've tried to install many diferrent roms from here xda, the normal ones in root toolkit and nothing works, every rom freezes when booting. I've wiped the phone i've done everything i could do in TWRP.
Please if someone out there can help i would be very thankful.
Im sorry for bad english!
Usually you repair it by flashing firmware
rp158 said:
Usually you repair it by flashing firmware
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How can i do that?
mike_seventeen said:
How can i do that?
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Since you already tried toolkit and it didn't work,? Wugfresh?
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mike_seventeen said:
How can i do that?
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Read this carefully, at the end there is a tutorial how to flash stock. It's number 9 or 10. http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206930/page150
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Since you already tried toolkit and it didn't work,? Wugfresh?
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Read this carefully, at the end there is a tutorial how to flash stock. It's number 9 or 10. http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206930/page150
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Sorry I had to leave. but i done what said in the tutorial and everything went ok. Now i have to install a rom right?
Thanks!
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Sorry I had to leave. but i done what said in the tutorial and everything went ok. Now i have to install a rom right?
Thanks!
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Yes but be careful what version of Nougat it is and try to match the vendor accordingly.
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Yes but be careful what version of Nougat it is and try to match the vendor accordingly.
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I installed the lastest version from google's developers website and now it just stays in google logo forever when booting
mike_seventeen said:
I installed the lastest version from google's developers website and now it just stays in google logo forever when booting
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Didn't you say that everything went ok? What did you do in the meantime? You just flashed stock img? Try to do a factory reset from stock recovery
Stevica Smederevac said:
Didn't you say that everything went ok? What did you do in the meantime? You just flashed stock img? Try to do a factory reset from stock recovery
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I done step 10 as you said to do from that post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206930) then i installed the rom and know its basically happening the same thing that happened in first place.
I probably done something wrong installing the rom.
I've done factory resets several times in stock and custom recoverys
mike_seventeen said:
I done step 10 as you said to do from that post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/general/guides-how-to-guides-beginners-t3206930) then i installed the rom and know its basically happening the same thing that happened in first place.
I probably done something wrong installing the rom.
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Or it's a hardware issue. Apparently, a lot of 5x are dying suddenly and lately. Try the factory reset first before you flash stock again.
Stevica Smederevac said:
Or it's a hardware issue. Apparently, a lot of 5x are dying suddenly and lately. Try the factory reset first before you flash stock again.
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I'll do as you say, but if i can´t solve this i'm kinda screwed because i have no possibilities to buy another phone and i have this one for like 3 months, i have to solve this, i really do. Thanks for all the help! Really appreciated.
Ran into the same exact problem as OP, while restoring 7.1.1 backup when coming from MIUI 8 rom.
Same stuff when completely restoring to stock/installing a different rom etc.
Mike, did you restore EFS from TWRP backup? I have a feeling that it gets corrupted and it wont let the device boot anymore.
Because TWRP runs absolutely fine and even the file manager in it works perfectly, which indicates that it may not be similar to the hardware issue which people might be having.
Phone restarts after first loop of the bootscreen (after all the blue-red-yellow-green dots have turned to their initial size), correct?
Edit: See post #14 for fix.
tauio111 said:
Ran into the same exact problem as OP, while restoring 7.1.1 backup when coming from MIUI 8 rom.
Same stuff when completely restoring to stock/installing a different rom etc.
Mike, did you restore EFS from TWRP backup? I have a feeling that it gets corrupted and it wont let the device boot anymore.
Because TWRP runs absolutely fine and even the file manager in it works perfectly, which indicates that it may not be similar to the hardware issue which people might be having.
Phone restarts after first loop of the bootscreen (after all the blue-red-yellow-green dots have turned to their initial size), correct?
Anyway I did not manage to get it to boot again, I recommend you restore to stock via fastboot and lock your bootloader before you take it to warranty.
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I restored through TWRP the backup i have then when i turned it on the dots just stoped the animation then the phone restarted and it just kept restarting over and over again. The problem is that the warranty ended few months ago, so or i solve this problem or i lose my money.
(I only have the phone for about 3/4 months but the warranty was almost over when i bought it(online))
mike_seventeen said:
I restored through TWRP the backup i have then when i turned it on the dots just stoped the animation then the phone restarted and it just kept restarting over and over again. The problem is that the warranty ended few months ago, so or i solve this problem or i lose my money.
(I only have the phone for about 3/4 months but the warranty was almost over when i bought it(online))
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It seems you made the same mistake as I - You backed up the EFS partition and restored it. I read that this function does not work correctly with TWRP 3.0.2-1,2,3. It will corrupt your EFS partition.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/announcement-twrp-3-0-2-1-fatal-bug-t3453119
Follow the first post exactly (even though its from the 6P thread), and it will get fixed .
tauio111 said:
It seems you made the same mistake as I - You backed up the EFS partition and restored it. I read that this function does not work correctly with TWRP 3.0.2-1,2,3. It will corrupt your EFS partition.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/announcement-twrp-3-0-2-1-fatal-bug-t3453119
Follow the first post exactly (even though its from the 6P thread), and it will get fixed .
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You have no ideia of what you've done, you are an angel, you just SAVED my life, i done as it says in the thread and the phone started, I can´t explain how thankful i'm feeling right now, THANK YOU SO MUCH, really, thank you so so so so much, I will never NEVER forget you. Thank you for saving my life! :victory: :good:
mike_seventeen said:
You have no ideia of what you've done, you are an angel, you just SAVED my life, i done as it says in the thread and the phone started, I cant explain how thankful i'm feeling right now, THANK YOU SO MUCH, really, thank you so so so so much, I will never NEVER forget you. Thank you for saving my life! :victory: :good:
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No problem, just share the link to the thread from the 6P forums if you find someone with a similar problem.
Alright I posted about this on reddit.com/r/googlepixel earlier tonight and thought I fixed my issue. I installed Bully Scholarship Edition and within the first couple minutes of gameplay, my phone froze and some black bars appeared on screen. It rebooted several times then went totally blank. Couldn't get into bootloader/recovery. After putting it on the charger for a little bit, it turns back on. I thought all was good until after a couple hours it does the same thing after just being on the home screen. I consider myself pretty knowledgeable when it comes to smartphones and rooting/roming but am stuck. I tried flashing stock system images and it was okay again for a while but it eventually froze with the black bars on screen and kept rebooting. Is my best bet to RMA it. Any help would be appreciated.
Edit: Ok its officially dead. Screen won't turn on but can hear vibrations from notifications or if I hold power button to get to the power menu. RIP
I personally would try to RMA it, it sounds like a persistent issue. Did you try not installing apps and just run that way for 24 hours?
chapelfreak said:
I personally would try to RMA it, it sounds like a persistent issue. Did you try not installing apps and just run that way for 24 hours?
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Ya I just got off of chat with Google. They are replacing it
what? dude all you have to do is flash stock boot.img why the hell wasn't that the first thing you tried. sounds like a kernel panic to me
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not sure why you would ever RMA without trying to first go back to stock firmware and factory reset
diabl0w said:
what? dude all you have to do is flash stock boot.img why the hell wasn't that the first thing you tried. sounds like a kernel panic to me
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not sure why you would ever RMA without trying to first go back to stock firmware and factory reset
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I'm not dumb. I did both a factory reset first with no luck then flashed latest factory images. Still same issues persisting. It must be a hardware issue. I should be receiving a new one fairly soon
bdog2015 said:
I'm not dumb. I did both a factory reset first with no luck then flashed latest factory images. Still same issues persisting. It must be a hardware issue. I should be receiving a new one fairly soon
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okay you didnt mention that
diabl0w said:
okay you didnt mention that
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From the OP....
I tried flashing stock system images and it was okay again for a while
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Threadskimmer!
CZ Eddie said:
From the OP....
Threadskimmer!
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system images don't overwrite anything but the system partition
diabl0w said:
system images don't overwrite anything but the system partition
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I don't think anyone would be dumb enough to only flash a system.img and not the whole factory image
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