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[Q] Flash back from IMM30B to 4.0.2 for new leak

Hey guys, first time on here and im kinda a noob when it comes to the rooting stuff (ive done a few things but nothing hardcore) and i need some help getting onto this (IMM76K) update (and not sure if this is the right thread to put this in). A few weeks ago i unlocked my bootloader and (after some of the same issues im having now) temp booted into CWM and installed the 4.0.4 IMM30B update. Now with this new update, i wanted to get it installed or flash back to get the OTA (not sure if i can get the OTA on the leak update)
But, everytime i try to boot into CWM again (using this toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1614827) i constantly get fail messages. And it happens if i try to boot into CWM or try to flash the factory 4.0.2 update.
With the phone on and trying to use these (http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/16...factory-state/) instructions, i constantly get the error "sending 'bootloader'... FAILED (remote: Invalid Command)". Im already in the fastboot bootloader.
With the toolkit, it wont start the factory img flash if the phone is on, and if im in the fastboot bootloader, it says it "fails" to boot into the bootloader (which, again, im already in) and fails to install all the img files and then just boots back into the older 4.0.4 leak.
I havent rooted my phone (but i tried that to get past this problem but i get the same error messages), only unlocked the bootloader. Sorry for the long post and if it seems like a block of text. This is just starting to really frustrate me. Thanks

Do you have ADB installed on your computer? It's hard to troubleshoot your problem if you don't.

Yea, i do. Im in school for programming and have installed all the android SDK stuff and eclipse since i want to make android apps/games (hopefully). I downloaded the fastboot.exe file and have it in the platform-tools folder with the adb.exe file

Go here (https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images) and download mysid for Gnex.
It's gzipped so you will need to extract those files using 3rd party software (winzip works nicely).
Boot your phone normally. Connect to your computer and open a command prompt.
Type 'adb devices' and note the result.
Type 'adb reboot bootloader' and wait for the phone to enter the bootloader.
Once there type 'fastboot devices'.
If you don't get a response you have a driver problem. You need to DL the samsung driver.
If you do, flash each zip file in that package you DL'ed from google.
Start with 'fastboot flash bootloader <location of bootloader zip>'
Then, 'fastboot flash radio <file>'
ect. until you've flashed all the zip files. (Exactly like the instructions in your link but replace the files they gave you with the ones from google.)
Post here if you get an error message.

Ok, everything is fine until i get to flashing the bootloader, heres what i get (sorry it isnt an image)
D:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
0146A5B30300B014 device
D:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb reboot bootloader
D:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot devices
0146A5B30300B014 fastboot
D:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-toro-
primekk15.img
sending 'bootloader' (2308 KB)... FAILED (remote: Invalid Command)
finished. total time: 0.001s
D:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>
This is what happens even when i use a toolkit to do it for me. Ive used the toolkit to reinstall the drivers a bunch of times and it still happens

Did you relock the bootloader? Type 'fastboot oem unlock'
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If that's not it then it's a driver issue.
Uninstall the ones you have (Control Panel -> Device Manager) and go to http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SCH-I515MSAVZW? and install the samsung ones.
If you have problems with that I can walk you though it.

The only thing i was able to do from the toolkits was lock/unlock the bootloader (tried that last night using the toolkit to see if it fixed any problems). ill try installing the drivers and see what happens, thanks
edit: *I locked the bootloader last night and unlocked it again right after

blipp said:
The only thing i was able to do from the toolkits was lock/unlock the bootloader (tried that last night using the toolkit to see if it fixed any problems). ill try installing the drivers and see what happens, thanks
edit: *I locked the bootloader last night and unlocked it again right after
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1) Throw away the toolkit;
2) Uninstall all drivers;
3) Install these drivers;
4) Make sure your bootloader is unlocked;
5) Open a command prompt in the directory where your both your fastboot file and CWM are located;
6) Reboot your device into fastboot mode (vol+ & vol- & power), and plug into your PC;
7) Make sure your device is recognized by your PC: fastboot devices
8) Flash or boot CWM
a) Flash by typing: fastboot flash recovery cwm.img
b) Boot by typing: fastboot boot cwm.img

sorry for being a noob at this, but where do i put the Universal Naked Driver stuff? Do i have to extract them to a specific folder? Im trying to install the drivers from the samsung website first though
Im not using the toolkits anymore and am trying to follow your instructions for the command prompt

blipp said:
sorry for being a noob at this, but where do i put the Universal Naked Driver stuff? Do i have to extract them to a specific folder? Im trying to install the drivers from the samsung website first though
Im not using the toolkits anymore and am trying to follow your instructions for the command prompt
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Extract the zip to a directory. Plug your device in fastboot mode to your PC. Open device manager and find the phone. Right-click on it and select update driver. Select install yourself or whatever the option is, and navigate to the folder where you extracted the zip. I've found that those drivers are better than the Samsung-packaged drivers.

Also, do one or the other, but not both. Make sure you remove the old driver before you start the new.
In windows 7 you're gonna want to go to (install Universal Naked Driver)...
Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager
In the list click the driver for your phone. It will either be in the USB list or listed as some kind of phone. Right-click and uninstall the driver. Reboot. Go back to device manager. Plug in device. Click update driver software when your device shows up. Then 'Browse my computer'. Then 'Let me pick from a list'. Then 'Have Disk'. Find the .inf files and windows will install the driver.

ok, i extracted the Universal zip into its own folder on the desktop, after i uninstalled the drivers and rebooted my PC, i plugged in the phone, waited for it to show up, and went to update the drivers. I got to the "Have Disk" and selected both of the .inf files that were in the extracted folder. Both of them caused a popup that said that folder didnt contain the drivers for my device.
When im in the fastboot bootloader the phone doesnt show up in my Device Manager. Is that a problem?
Thanks for helping me through this, my last phone was a Droid X and all i ever had to do was hold vol down and power and it got me to a recovery screen like CWM and i could install an update.zip.

blipp said:
ok, i extracted the Universal zip into its own folder on the desktop, after i uninstalled the drivers and rebooted my PC, i plugged in the phone, waited for it to show up, and went to update the drivers. I got to the "Have Disk" and selected both of the .inf files that were in the extracted folder. Both of them caused a popup that said that folder didnt contain the drivers for my device.
When im in the fastboot bootloader the phone doesnt show up in my Device Manager. Is that a problem?
Thanks for helping me through this, my last phone was a Droid X and all i ever had to do was hold vol down and power and it got me to a recovery screen like CWM and i could install an update.zip.
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What OS are you running on your PC?

Windows 7

blipp said:
Windows 7
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Ok, try this: go into the directory where you unzipped the drivers. Right-click on android_winusb.inf and select install.

Get an error popup - "The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation"

blipp said:
Get an error popup - "The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation"
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Hmm. Not sure what is going on.
Let's try this step-by-step:
Boot your device into fastboot mode, plug into your PC, and open up device manager. Does your PC recognize your device? What does it show in task manager?

Nothing Shows up in device manager. The "imaging devices" section is opened by default. In the "devices and printers" window, however, there is an "unspecified" device, Android 1.0. Usually the galaxy nexus shows up in the "portable devices" section in device manager. Coins "scan for hardware changes" doesn't cause it to appear either
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blipp said:
Nothing Shows up in device manager. The "imaging devices" section is opened by default. In the "devices and printers" window, however, there is an "unspecified" device, Android 1.0. Usually the galaxy nexus shows up in the "portable devices" section in device manager. Coins "scan for hardware changes" doesn't cause it to appear either
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Ok, good. Now right click on the Android 1.0 and select "update driver software". Then click on "browse my computer for driver software", then click on the "Browse" button and make sure "include subfolders" has a check.
Now navigate to where you unzipped the drivers and click ok.

Its not giving me that option. Its not in device manager, its only showing in control panel->hardware and sound->devices and printers. Right clicking only gives me Eject, Create shortcut, troubleshoot, and properties. Properties only has General and Hardware. I even went into device manager and checked "show hidden devices" and its still not there. It only shows up now when its actually booted into android
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Think I hard bricked my GNEX

I was trying to install a new rom but I wanted to reformat my sdcard first. I planned on reformatting, mounting the sdcard so my pc would pick it up, moving the rom I chose to the freshly formatted sdcard, then flashing the rom. I started by doing a full wipe of everything, then wiped the internal sdcard. The problem is when I try to mount the sdcard to transfer files nothing happens. I tried doing a restore using odin but it gets stuck at setup connection. Is there anything else I can do or is it completely bricked?

chaotic646 said:
I was trying to install a new rom but I wanted to reformat my sdcard first. I planned on reformatting, mounting the sdcard so my pc would pick it up, moving the rom I chose to the freshly formatted sdcard, then flashing the rom. I started by doing a full wipe of everything, then wiped the internal sdcard. The problem is when I try to mount the sdcard to transfer files nothing happens. I tried doing a restore using odin but it gets stuck at setup connection. Is there anything else I can do or is it completely bricked?
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I'm not the guy who can tell you what you need to do, but I will tell you that I have read other posts by people in your position. There are ways to push the necessary files to your phone, either toolkits or command prompt type setups, sorry but that's all I have. Google is your friend though. Galaxy Nexus toolkit, start with that, it's around here somewhere
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

You cannot mount the sd on the gnex through recovery. There is no SD to mount.
To move a file to your phone you must push it with adb
adb push nameofzip /storage/sdcard0
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El Daddy said:
You cannot mount the sd on the gnex through recovery. There is no SD to mount.
To move a file to your phone you must push it with adb
adb push nameofzip /storage/sdcard0
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Since there's no rom on my phone, would I need to be in recovery or bootloader to do that?
ADB wont even open up. This sucks.

chaotic646 said:
Since there's no rom on my phone, would I need to be in recovery or bootloader to do that?
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Yes, you do that on recovery mode.
Swyped on my Galaxy Nexus running AOKP with Franco Kernel, overclocked to 1.4GHz

chaotic646 said:
Since there's no rom on my phone, would I need to be in recovery or bootloader to do that?
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do it in recovery.

chaotic646 said:
Since there's no rom on my phone, would I need to be in recovery or bootloader to do that?
ADB wont even open up. This sucks.
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Have you installed adb drivers? You probably should have done this already, unless you used a toolkit to unlock and root...
To install drivers, download the naked driver located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20058157&postcount=1
Then, follow this guide to install them correctly.http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29044502&postcount=735
If they are set up correctly you will be able to push the rom to your internal storage booted in recovery with adb. A list of adb commands is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
If you aren't comfortable with that I recommend that you flash the stock images to your phone with fastboot following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
This should be all the info you need. I'll be around to answer questions you may have. Just post them here.
Good Luck.

It fails because it says Im using an insecure bootloader

chaotic646 said:
It fails because it says Im using an insecure bootloader
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What fails and when?

El Daddy said:
What fails and when?
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The Galaxy Nexus Toolkit, which uses adb to push files to the phone. It gets about halfway through the process then fails because it says Im using an insecure bootloader

None of the info I gave you has anything to do with the toolkit. If you want to use it I cannot help you. Sorry. If you want to read my thoughts about toolkits check my sig.
However, If you follow what I posted in post #7 I will help you though the process as long as it takes.

El Daddy said:
None of the info I gave you has anything to do with the toolkit. If you want to use it I cannot help you. Sorry. If you want to read my thoughts about toolkits check my sig.
However, If you follow what I posted in post #7 I will help you though the process as long as it takes.
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I cant follow the guide you linked to install the drivers, because it instructs me to enable usb debugging...I have no rom installed on my phone so I cant enable it.

OK. I'm not sure if you can install the driver without debugging activated. But, I know you can install the fastboot driver when booted in the bootloader because I have done it.
1) Boot into the bootloader. (power + vol. up and down)
2) Connect to your pc
3) Open your device manager and you should see "android 1.0"
4) Right click on that and choose update driver.
5) Choose install from my computer and then install the naked driver.
6) Click done and then it should show Galaxy Nexus Bootloader Interface.
You will now be ready to flash the stock google image. Follow this guide.
You'll be up and running again. You can then flash a custom recovery and ROM if you so choose. OR just roll with stock.

chaotic646 said:
I was trying to install a new rom but I wanted to reformat my sdcard first. I planned on reformatting, mounting the sdcard so my pc would pick it up, moving the rom I chose to the freshly formatted sdcard, then flashing the rom. I started by doing a full wipe of everything, then wiped the internal sdcard. The problem is when I try to mount the sdcard to transfer files nothing happens. I tried doing a restore using odin but it gets stuck at setup connection. Is there anything else I can do or is it completely bricked?
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Use Odin bro...its in the forum
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Dafuqq guys. The easiest way is flashing the stock fastboot images from google. Just flash them.in fastboot.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

I'd stick with el daddy. .he seems to be directing you in a way that gets you away from that stupid kit and you're learning the proper way.. .with adb. Next time something happens you'll be far better off.

I got it situated and fixed with a different toolkit but I appreciate all the help. I couldnt get it going with adb, everytime I would try to open adb in command prompt it would open for a split second then crash. The toolkit I used uses the adb on my pc though and it worked just fine.

chaotic646 said:
I got it situated and fixed with a different toolkit but I appreciate all the help. I couldnt get it going with adb, everytime I would try to open adb in command prompt it would open for a split second then crash. The toolkit I used uses the adb on my pc though and it worked just fine.
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Because you're not supposed to open up adb by double clicking on it.
You're supposed to navigate to the location where it is using CMD and do commands from there.

chaotic646 said:
I got it situated and fixed with a different toolkit but I appreciate all the help. I couldnt get it going with adb, everytime I would try to open adb in command prompt it would open for a split second then crash. The toolkit I used uses the adb on my pc though and it worked just fine.
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Go to the directory where you have adb.exe
Shift+Right Click the blank space (Don't click any files)
Click Open Command Prompt Here
Now you can use all the adb commands there.
Good luck

El Daddy said:
OK. I'm not sure if you can install the driver without debugging activated. But, I know you can install the fastboot driver when booted in the bootloader because I have done it.
1) Boot into the bootloader. (power + vol. up and down)
2) Connect to your pc
3) Open your device manager and you should see "android 1.0"
4) Right click on that and choose update driver.
5) Choose install from my computer and then install the naked driver.
6) Click done and then it should show Galaxy Nexus Bootloader Interface.
You will now be ready to flash the stock google image. Follow this guide.
You'll be up and running again. You can then flash a custom recovery and ROM if you so choose. OR just roll with stock.
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You are a very patient person. I hope you help me when I get in a jam. You make these forums what they are - awesome. Thanks.
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[Q] Semi-bricked Nexus and not sure what to do

So I made a mistake and I tried to flash the newest aokp build 3 without a backup. I got my new phone a while back and never made a backup.
I flashed build 3 and (accidentally) some old gapps and I kept getting stuck on the Google screen.
Next I tried pushing files through the Gnex tool kit and manually through fastboot. I keep getting errors that there is no insecure boot or that the device is not connected. attempts at a temporary insecure boot on the tool kit fail.
Next I tried a wipe and then just installing build 3 without google apps so I could add the correct one after boot, but it is again stuck.
So now I'm really not sure what to do. Any suggestions?

Rule number 1 : STOP using toolkits!!
now, can you get into cwm recovery?

Yes, I can gt into twrp everything I did except for trying to push the last files was through twrp
by the way, I have a Verizon Nexus
And as a side comment: The tool kit was used as a last ditch effort. The toolkit had nothing to do with bricking the device. The toolkit has been extremely useful for unlocking and rooting multiple devices quickly.

You could eithther try to flash back to stock or you could boot into TWRP & adb push a different ROM. (You did try Wipe Data / Factory Reset right?)

MK17 said:
Yes, I can gt into twrp everything I did except for trying to push the last files was through twrp
by the way, I have a Verizon Nexus
And as a side comment: The tool kit was used as a last ditch effort. The toolkit had nothing to do with bricking the device. The toolkit has been extremely useful for unlocking and rooting multiple devices quickly.
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I think what thegtfusion was trying to say was: if you wouldn't have used a toolkit in the past, you would have known how to fix your bootloop.
Buy anyway:
1) Boot into recovery and plug into your PC
2) Open a command prompt (in the folder where you have adb.exe and fastboot.exe)
3) Push the ROM (and kernel if it doesn't come with it) you want to flash to your device: adb push /path/to/ROM.zip /sdcard/
4) Reboot into fastboot mode
5) Erase your old ROM: fastboot erase system
6) Erase your old kernel: fastboot erase boot
7) Reboot into recovery
8) Wipe /data and /cache
9) Flash your ROM & kernel in recovery
10) Reboot. Done.
EDIT: Ninja'd by 3rdstring!

Screwing up is part of the learning process. It's actually a great way to learn how your phone really works.

Thanks for the reply. For some reason I can't get my device to be recognized on my new computer. I downloaded drivers, adb and fastboot and rebooted everything but it didn't work. I'll have to retry again on my other computer tomorrow.

MK17 said:
Thanks for the reply. For some reason I can't get my device to be recognized on my new computer. I downloaded drivers, adb and fastboot and rebooted everything but it didn't work. I'll have to retry again on my other computer tomorrow.
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Try uninstalling all drivers and reinstalling them.
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Drivers

Thanks for the drivers. I uninstalled all of the drivers and used the universal one. Everything seems to work until I run 'adb devices' and my Galaxy Nexus is not listed.
I feel that my device is not getting seen because of something I have wrong, but after adb, fastboot, and the correct drivers I'm not sure.
PS - Even with the universal driver I still have to run adb and fastboot from the original directory that I installed them correct? I don't run them from the driver in anyway correct?

MK17 said:
Thanks for the drivers. I uninstalled all of the drivers and used the universal one. Everything seems to work until I run 'adb devices' and my Galaxy Nexus is not listed.
I feel that my device is not getting seen because of something I have wrong, but after adb, fastboot, and the correct drivers I'm not sure.
PS - Even with the universal driver I still have to run adb and fastboot from the original directory that I installed them correct? I don't run them from the driver in anyway correct?
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did you install android-sdk (and added adb/fastboot to your $PATH) or are you using binary versions of adb and fastboot downloaded elsewhere?
if it's the latter, commands should be run from the directory where you extracted them.
about the drivers, i think you need to go to device manager and update drivers manually to the ones you installed (refered here in the post before mine), assuming you're on windows.
sent from my i9250

You're booted into TWRP when trying adb?

Fixed! I ended up booting into recovery and the device was recognized in adb there. I was able to push fresh copies of aokp build 3 and gapps (my original build 3 download started failing) and now I just got done initiating swagger!

MK17 said:
Fixed! I ended up booting into recovery and the device was recognized in adb there. I was able to push fresh copies of aokp build 3 and gapps (my original build 3 download started failing) and now I just got done initiating swagger!
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he didnt have usb debugging on.
sent from my i9250

Just for understanding, USB debugging is only activated through recovery?

It's also under settings >> developer options so you can use adb while the android is running.

3rdstring said:
It's also under settings >> developer options so you can use adb while the android is running.
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Of course,but that is hard to get to when your phone doesn't boot

MK17 said:
Of course,but that is hard to get to when your phone doesn't boot
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USB Debugging needs to be enabled in Android for ADB to work in Android.
CWM and TWRP have USB Debugging enabled by default, so ADB will work fine in recovery with no other action from the user.

[Q] can't root or power down device after trying

I have a nexus 7 2013 LTE build KOT49H
I initially managed to unlock and root using nrt 1.8...everything was perfect...there was some confusion getting adb setup though..
(for WugFresh...your instructions are fantastic but you should add a line to "check your device for the message to accept a connection for adb and select ok"...I found myself waiting and waiting, staring at my computer screen thinking that the nrt was hanging when all I needed to do was press "ok" on my device.)
Like I said...everything was perfect but I had to go one step further...
I then installed cyanogenmod 10.2 using twrp...tihs also went fine but I hated it and wanted to get back to my original google os. I had a really hard time getting adb set up once cyanogen was installed but once I finally did I was able to get back to stock again using nrt 1.8.
So now I'm back to stock image KOT49H. Everything runs fine and I see the unlocked logo when I boot so I assume I'm still unlocked.
Here's the problem..
When I try to root now, (I always run the NRT driver test until I get "success" message first) my device hangs on the "Booting modified boot.img to enable..." message.
And I mean hangs...can't even power it down without popping the cover and disconnecting the battery! Thankfully this gets me back to a running device but I still want to root this thing.
Any idea what might be wrong or where I should go to from here?
Thanks for any help you can suggest!

Did you re-enable USB debugging? Another thing is to switch to PTP mode instead of MTP. If none of that is the issue, it may be drivers, fire up wugs toolkit, hook up your device, and click the button "Full Driver Installation Guide", skip to Step 3 tab, and run the "Full Driver Test", if it fails then you're going to need to run through the steps in that "Full Driver Installation Guide, going through each step.

Well all you need to do for root is flash supersu.zip binary. If you have twrp on your device, boot to recovery. When you power on, hold down the volume down button also. When in boot loader mode, select recovery. If its not booting, you could just wipe to factory reset. Flash your supersu zip you'll be good.
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mdamaged said:
Did you re-enable USB debugging? Another thing is to switch to PTP mode instead of MTP. If none of that is the issue, it may be drivers, fire up wugs toolkit, hook up your device, and click the button "Full Driver Installation Guide", skip to Step 3 tab, and run the "Full Driver Test", if it fails then you're going to need to run through the steps in that "Full Driver Installation Guide, going through each step.
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Thanks for the response...
All these check...I do have to switch to PTP to get adb functional and I do get success on the full driver test before I try rooting...device still hangs at "Booting modified boot.img to enable running privileged commands" message and then wont power down without disconnecting battery...

Which recovery are you on stock or still on twrp? If still on twrp, you might want to try flashing the supersu.zip yourself, just get the latest SuperSU put it on your device, and boot into twrp and manually flash it like datallboy suggests, this eliminates the PC/drivers/usb connection as a possible issue.
If you are on stock recovery either flash twrp, or if you want to keep stock recovery, you can boot into twrp temporarily without replacing the stock recovery.

datallboy said:
Well all you need to do for root is flash supersu.zip binary. If you have twrp on your device, boot to recovery. When you power on, hold down the volume down button also. When in boot loader mode, select recovery. If its not booting, you could just wipe to factory reset. Flash your supersu zip you'll be good.
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Thanks for the suggestions...
I lost twrp when I went back to stock build.
Sorry...I'm real green at all of this...
You think I should:
power up to fastboot mode...select boot loader mode...then select recovery to see if it boots?
You need to be real clear for me, I'm a total newb
I would need a link to thorough instructions for wiping to factory reset and flashing the supersu.zip...I do have adt installed and have my path modified so that I can run instructions like "adb devices" in a command window but I'm unclear as to where to place files so they will be seen if I try to flash them via adt. (like I say...this is all new to me and I'm not even sure if that last sentence makes sense)

mdamaged said:
Which recovery are you on stock or still on twrp? If still on twrp, you might want to try flashing the supersu.zip yourself, just get the latest SuperSU put it on your device, and boot into twrp and manually flash it like datallboy suggests, this eliminates the PC/drivers/usb connection as a possible issue.
If you are on stock recovery either flash twrp, or if you want to keep stock recovery, you can boot into twrp temporarily without replacing the stock recovery.
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Thanks for responding!
TWRP was wiped when I went back to stock build...I'm assuming I have stock recovery now but when your device freezes in fastboot mode and wont power down without pulling the battery you cable you gotta wonder if you have any recovery at all!!!
I'll need instruction on how to flash twrp again...but I believe that this is the step that WugFresh's NRT is trying to do when the device freezes.

SMELZBAD said:
Thanks for responding!
TWRP was wiped when I went back to stock build...I'm assuming I have stock recovery now but when your device freezes in fastboot mode and wont power down without pulling the battery you cable you gotta wonder if you have any recovery at all!!!
I'll need instruction on how to flash twrp again...but I believe that this is the step that WugFresh's NRT is trying to do when the device freezes.
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I typed this up on the fly so pardon any mistakes, there's more than one way to do this, but I'm basing this on already having wugs toolkit installed and updated and configured for your device on the PC you're going to do this on.
Plug device in, enable USB debugging mode, connect to PC, verify you can access your device through the PC, get the latest UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX zip, save it to your device (in the root of the sdcard).
EDIT: OR, even better, you can just boot the device and download it with chrome or whatever and save it to the sdcard, then you can continue:
Open windows explorer and navigate to (assuming you picked the default install directory):
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data
...in that window, hold down shift, right click, select "Open command windows here", in it, type:
adb devices
...if nothing shows up post back (screenshot would be nice), if your device shows up, then open another windows explorer window and navigate to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data\Recovery_Custom\TWRP\
...and copy the img (mine is openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img) file you see in there to the other explorer window I told you to open earlier, now assuming you put the SuperSU file on your device in the root folder of the device, you should be able to do:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
This should reboot your device and boot twrp (this method does not replace whatever recovery you have on there now).
If you want to flash twrp and replace your current recovery you'd want to do:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
Then once in twrp recovery you can select flash file, navigate to the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX.zip file on your device, select it, and swipe to flash, reboot, run/install busybox and see what happens..it will let you know if there is a problem with root.

mdamaged said:
I typed this up on the fly so pardon any mistakes, there's more than one way to do this, but I'm basing this on already having wugs toolkit installed and updated and configured for your device on the PC you're going to do this on.
Plug device in, enable USB debugging mode, connect to PC, verify you can access your device through the PC, get the latest zip, save it to your device (in the root of the sdcard).
Open windows explorer and navigate to (assuming you picked the default install directory):
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data
...in that window, hold down shift, right click, select "Open command windows here", in it, type:
adb devices
...if nothing shows up post back (screenshot would be nice), if your device shows up, then open another windows explorer window and navigate to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data\Recovery_Custom\TWRP\
...and copy the img (mine is openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img) file you see in there to the other explorer window I told you to open earlier, now assuming you put the SuperSU file on your device in the root folder of the device, you should be able to do:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
This should reboot your device and boot twrp (this method does not replace whatever recovery you have on there now).
If you want to flash twrp and replace your current recovery you'd want to do:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
Then once in twrp recovery you can select flash file, navigate to the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX.zip file on your device, select it, and swipe to flash, reboot, run busybox and see what happens.
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Thanks a ton for the instruction!
I'm starting to make sense of this.
Found some other instruction for getting twrp back on the device which I think I'll try before flashing the superSU:
They're exactly what you're describing. I've also figured out where the flashboot.exe stuff is on my computer and added twp.img file there. I'' try getting twrp on and then I'll flash the superSU via twrp.
It'll probably be tomorrow before I get a chance to try all this but I'll be sure to post back once I do.
I'm still in the dark as to why missing this superSU thingy would be causing the device to freeze up the way it does when I try to root using WugFresh's NRT...I thought that flashing twrp and superSU is what the NRT is trying to do when it tries to root my device???
Anyway gtg...thanks all for assisting...I'll post back after the flash attempts...hopefully with happy news!

SMELZBAD said:
Thanks a ton for the instruction!
I'm starting to make sense of this.
Found some other instruction for getting twrp back on the device which I think I'll try before flashing the superSU:
They're exactly what you're describing. I've also figured out where the flashboot.exe stuff is on my computer and added twp.img file there. I'' try getting twrp on and then I'll flash the superSU via twrp.
It'll probably be tomorrow before I get a chance to try all this but I'll be sure to post back once I do.
I'm still in the dark as to why missing this superSU thingy would be causing the device to freeze up the way it does when I try to root using WugFresh's NRT...I thought that flashing twrp and superSU is what the NRT is trying to do when it tries to root my device???
Anyway gtg...thanks all for assisting...I'll post back after the flash attempts...hopefully with happy news!
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Wug's toolkit is doing exactly that, the main difference in doing it manually is we get to see where the problem is.
If this fails then I would probably say you should backup anything on your device you don't want wiped, and try one click restore and try rooting again.
Good luck.

mdamaged said:
I typed this up on the fly so pardon any mistakes, there's more than one way to do this, but I'm basing this on already having wugs toolkit installed and updated and configured for your device on the PC you're going to do this on.
Plug device in, enable USB debugging mode, connect to PC, verify you can access your device through the PC, get the latest UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX zip, save it to your device (in the root of the sdcard).
EDIT: OR, even better, you can just boot the device and download it with chrome or whatever and save it to the sdcard, then you can continue:
Open windows explorer and navigate to (assuming you picked the default install directory):
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data
...in that window, hold down shift, right click, select "Open command windows here", in it, type:
adb devices
...if nothing shows up post back (screenshot would be nice), if your device shows up, then open another windows explorer window and navigate to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data\Recovery_Custom\TWRP\
...and copy the img (mine is openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img) file you see in there to the other explorer window I told you to open earlier, now assuming you put the SuperSU file on your device in the root folder of the device, you should be able to do:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
This should reboot your device and boot twrp (this method does not replace whatever recovery you have on there now).
If you want to flash twrp and replace your current recovery you'd want to do:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
Then once in twrp recovery you can select flash file, navigate to the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX.zip file on your device, select it, and swipe to flash, reboot, run/install busybox and see what happens..it will let you know if there is a problem with root.
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Followed your instructions...everything went as it should until I got to:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-deb.img
instead of rebooting the device I only got waiting for device message in command window...
is device supposed to be put in bootloader mode before entering this instruction maybe???

okay I got twrp to flash...took like .7 seconds so I guess it was already on there...
when I tried to flash UPDATESuperSU (and by flash I assume you mean install???)
I get:
Updating partition details...
E: Unable to open zip file.
Error flashing zip ' /sdcard/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.89.zip
Updating partition details...
and the in red underneath: Failed
and the 3 twrp button choices of home Wipe cache/davlik and Reboot System
I selected reboot system and then got message "this device is not rooted swipe to install SuperSU now
I swiped...and the system has rebooted and I now have SuperSU installer app icon in apps bit after running root checker I get device is not properly rooted message
I then ran the SuperSU installer app and it gave me an option to update via the play store...which I did...then ran SuperuserSU which was now updated and installed and it completed rooting...after rebooting the device Root Checker now shows device properly rooted!
THANKS A TON GUYS!!!

SMELZBAD said:
okay I got twrp to flash...took like .7 seconds so I guess it was already on there...
when I tried to flash UPDATESuperSU (and by flash I assume you mean install???)
I get:
Updating partition details...
E: Unable to open zip file.
Error flashing zip ' /sdcard/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.89.zip
Updating partition details...
and the in red underneath: Failed
and the 3 twrp button choices of home Wipe cache/davlik and Reboot System
I selected reboot system and then got message "this device is not rooted swipe to install SuperSU now
I swiped...and the system has rebooted and I now have SuperSU installer app icon in apps bit after running root checker I get device is not properly rooted message
I then ran the SuperSU installer app and it gave me an option to update via the play store...which I did...then ran SuperuserSU which was now updated and installed and it completed rooting...after rebooting the device Root Checker now shows device properly rooted!
THANKS A TON GUYS!!!
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Curious. It sounds like a permissions problem, not sure if fix permissions would have helped (no need to try if it's working as it should).
Oh well, glad to help and that it's sorted.

mdamaged said:
Curious. It sounds like a permissions problem, not sure if fix permissions would have helped (no need to try if it's working as it should).
Oh well, glad to help and that it's sorted.
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Ya...something likely still abit wacky...I'll be sure to post if anything weird starts happening but for now all is good...I'm definitely rooted though...I was just able to mount a flash drive via Stick Mount and run a video off of it!

[Q] ADB won't detect my phone

Hi, I have a rooted Desire 816 currently running unofficial CM12. Before this, it will detect my phone, and thats how I root it and install custom recovery, but now, I tried to go back to stock but I couldn't get adb to work. It kept saying ADB error no device found.
Any help? I've already installed the HTC driver, same. Went to fastboot mode, on the phone it says fastboot USB but nothing happened.

In CM12 did you go into developer settings and enable adb?

yes i did. and it even showed up in the status bar. but still the same.

brightivan said:
yes i did. and it even showed up in the status bar. but still the same.
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Then you don't have the proper drivers. You know adb and fastboot are different right? The rooting process doesn't involve adb, only fastboot. They're separate things and require separate programs to work.

Yes. But fastboot not working either. It's stuck at <waiting for device> and I can't lock the bootloader or flash the firmware.

brightivan said:
Yes. But fastboot not working either. It's stuck at <waiting for device> and I can't lock the bootloader or flash the firmware.
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Try to redownload fastboot, and uninstall then reinstall the HTC drivers. If that doesn't work your screwed.

Try this, its a program that tethers internet from your phone to your pc. It has all the drivers you can possibly need. I use it when I cant find the drivers to my phone online. Friends use this when adb devices dosnt show up with anything. Its worked for me 100% of the time. http://pdanet.co/ (just download the windows exe file and follow the directions. I believe you have to keep your phone plugged in during installation but I cant remember)

brightivan said:
Hi, I have a rooted Desire 816 currently running unofficial CM12. Before this, it will detect my phone, and thats how I root it and install custom recovery, but now, I tried to go back to stock but I couldn't get adb to work. It kept saying ADB error no device found.
Any help? I've already installed the HTC driver, same. Went to fastboot mode, on the phone it says fastboot USB but nothing happened.
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How about this. Put a nandroid of stock on your device. Plug it in the PC and create a folder called "clockworkmod" then inside there create one called "backup" now usually you have to move your nandroid to the root of your phone but if you use Philz Recovery, you can change the directory it searches for backups so it will be on your regular internal memory.
Drew recommended a flashing program for recoveries before. It was called Rashr.
Use that to flash Philz recovery.
Then just flash the nandroid and boot up.
Now remove root, flash a stock recovery, then relock your bootloader. Factory restore afterwards and your done.
Also, make sure if you factory restore that your nandroid backup never used titanium backup to remove any system apps as it might make your device act out with force closes. If you have done that either find a full stock with just root backup or use an RUU.
Done.
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macieksoft said:
Try this, its a program that tethers internet from your phone to your pc. It has all the drivers you can possibly need. I use it when I cant find the drivers to my phone online. Friends use this when adb devices dosnt show up with anything. Its worked for me 100% of the time. http://pdanet.co/ (just download the windows exe file and follow the directions. I believe you have to keep your phone plugged in during installation but I cant remember)
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I have used one very seemed to pdanet and it has given me good result, is called AdbDriverInstaller and is so simple as the telephone connects to pc route usb, to open AdbDriverInstaller and to install the drivers