I can't find anything about this on the Xperia Play forum so I have to ask now, I just unlocked my bootloader, SO glad I did, but it seems that after playing with some kernels, I can't even get past their splash screens! I've used LuPuS, FXP, and Mjolnir. It'll show the splash screen, vibrate and the led will light up. I've tried holding volume down and leaving it alone. Nothing happens, it just sits there. ADB says no device is plugged in as well so I can't try adb reboot recovery. I'm going to flash the R800X 2.3.3 FTF then reflash the Mjolnir Kernel, flash it's Wifi module, then install Glazed ICS. If anyone knows why it does this, I don't plan on turning my phone off UNTIL I know a solution to the stuck splash screens. Thank you!
EDIT: It starts doing that when I restart into recovery from the phone, I forgot to mention that, I haven't just rebooted the phone's system yet. I'll try that and get back to you once I install Glazed.
EDIT2: I powered off and booted for the second time and it didn't get stuck. I guess for the time being, I'll stay away from Reboot Into Recovery on the phone and just use the recovery-play.img.
Okay, now my phone needs to be reactivated... Can't see the number pad so I have no way of pressing One. Help please???
EDIT: I'm an idiot, I had to activate it while it was on stock gingerbread first.
Generally, after you flash a room, in that rom zip file the kernel is the boot.img, you need to extract and flash that boot.img so the rom would be able to boot.
First install FlashTool, in the flashtool folder there is a driver file to install the ADB drivers for Xperia devices, select all the drivers that apply to the Play to install.
Enter flash mode (hold Search button).
Flash the kernel: fastboot flash boot boot.img
If all fail, you can use Flashtool to flash the stock tft file to restore the phone to factory state.
Selim873 said:
Okay, now my phone needs to be reactivated... Can't see the number pad so I have no way of pressing One. Help please???
EDIT: I'm an idiot, I had to activate it while it was on stock gingerbread first.
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Had the same problem, dial *228, instead of pressing one (since the dial pad is not yet visible) just stay on the line and they'll activate it. That's how I got mine activated.
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Hi,
I've attempted the JB update
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737899..
fastboot flash boot boot.img etc.. which said all was well..
But now find that my phone will not boot up, doesn't get past the Google and unlock screen.
I've tried all combinations of volume buttons, I can get to the fasboot menu where I can choose either Recovery Mode, Power Off, Start or Restart bootloader.
None of these appear to do anything, recovery goes to the google a screen followed by an Android on it's back with an exclamation mark over it.. then goes to the Google and unlocked icon screen and stays there...
I fear my phone is bricked... Please help..
bevnet said:
Hi,
I've attempted the JB update
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1737899..
fastboot flash boot boot.img etc.. which said all was well..
But now find that my phone will not boot up, doesn't get past the Google and unlock screen.
I've tried all combinations of volume buttons, I can get to the fasboot menu where I can choose either Recovery Mode, Power Off, Start or Restart bootloader.
None of these appear to do anything, recovery goes to the google a screen followed by an Android on it's back with an exclamation mark over it.. then goes to the Google and unlocked icon screen and stays there...
I fear my phone is bricked... Please help..
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1.) Your phone is far from bricked at all. You have access to the boot loader (i.e. the screen with the options). The recovery you're seeing is stock recovery. All you need to do is go into boot loader and fastboot flash recovername (CWM) and you will have your custom recovery back to wipe data and reinstall a rom or restore a nandroid backup
Mine is doing the same thing, weird thing is, it was working since yesterday on jellybean, it just randomly froze this morning and and now won't boot..
im currently at work so i don't have admin rights to do a fastboot flash..
any idea why it would randomly stop working when i havn't flashed anything on it besides the jb rom?
Sorted..
Thanks for the comments.. yeah i was over-reacting a bit there..
I downloaded the Galaxy Nexus Toolkit, got a stock rom form gopogle, flashed it.. back to normal, well, it will be after i restore the CWM backup i took.. phew..
Thanks again
Ian.
Still stuck
I'm also stuck in the same situation(google with the unlock screen). I fear I'm a little more stuck. I also can see the recovery/restartbootloader screen. However, everything I try still comes back to that same google screen and gets hung up. Need some help!
this has happened twice today and i think it from using volume+
Steelbully said:
I'm also stuck in the same situation(google with the unlock screen). I fear I'm a little more stuck. I also can see the recovery/restartbootloader screen. However, everything I try still comes back to that same google screen and gets hung up. Need some help!
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Boot into recovery, wipe cache, Reboot
Hi everyone,
I have a friend with a HTC Droid Incredible 2, rooted and running Android 2.3.4. Yesterday the phone just got frozen, he pulled the battery and now the phone wont pass the boot screen. Sometimes it goes into what I believe is the bootloader screen (I attached photos for that).
The thing is, I would recommend him to re-flash the ROM but when he try to go to Recovery, the phone restarts and stays again on the white screen with the HTC logo.
I searched the forum and all suggestions had something to do with the recovery menu but when he select the recovery option (when he is actually able to get the withe background menu, sometimes it goes in sometimes not) it just restarts again and does nothing. Is there a way to fix the problem? I guess there should be a way to solve it, at least through the computer. If there is already a tutorial to do it, much better.
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846304
download the pg32img.zip to the phones sdcard. You might need to do this not from the phone, but i'll leave that up to you.
This will update the firmware and radio.
Flash a new recovery via fastboot
http://goo.im/devs/aeroevan/cwm/recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.1-vivow.img
Try flashing a new rom.
sjpritch25 said:
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846304
download the pg32img.zip to the phones sdcard. You might need to do this not from the phone, but i'll leave that up to you.
This will update the firmware and radio.
Flash a new recovery via fastboot
http://goo.im/devs/aeroevan/cwm/recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.1-vivow.img
Try flashing a new rom.
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Thank you!
I will try the recovery via fastboot as soon as I can and come back here later.
sjpritch25 said:
Go here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1846304
download the pg32img.zip to the phones sdcard. You might need to do this not from the phone, but i'll leave that up to you.
This will update the firmware and radio.
Flash a new recovery via fastboot
http://goo.im/devs/aeroevan/cwm/recovery-clockwork-6.0.1.1-vivow.img
Try flashing a new rom.
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I managed to flash the recovery but it does the same things. still cannot go into recovery and flash new rom. any other way to flash a new rom?
By the way, I connected the phone (while off) to the PC and like 15 minutes after it went right into recovery, but when I pressed a volume button it just restarted.
I will recommend flash the PG32IMG first.and then flash a new rom.
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I will recommend flash the PG32IMG first.and then flash a new rom.
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I did, via the bootloader, and I flashed a new recovery with fastboot, but it keeps restarting when I select the recovery on the bootloader. If I connect the phone (turned off) to the computer some time later it goes alone into recovery but reboots when I select any option, if I turn on the phone it stays like for half an hour on the first HTC screen, then it finishes booting and restart alone again.
try flashing this ruu
http://jellybellys.minus.com/mvivow#1
The phone just started working again after a couple of factory resets via fastboot, then I wiped every cache and was able to boot normally again, and I forgot to come back here and say thanks, so.... Thanks!
I cannot use the hardware buttons any longer to even get into fastboot mode. I tried to insert a new TWRP theme, named it ui.zip, place it in the theme folder, then rebooted the phone and now it will not even go into recovery, fastboot mode, nor turn on. Anybody have any suggestions on how to get through to the recovery. I guess I locked up the recovery, and can no longer boot my phone to even be able to delete that ui.zip file from the theme folder under TWRP.
OK, now I managed to get it into fastboot mode. But that is it.
Can I extract a file from the phone in fastboot mode?
Thanks,
chevy383surfing
Well, I finally figured it out. I'll add an explanation on this whole deal after I get off work. Just in case anybody else runs into the same problem, maybe my little routine will help someone else.
chevy383surfing said:
I cannot use the hardware buttons any longer to even get into fastboot mode. I tried to insert a new TWRP theme, named it ui.zip, place it in the theme folder, then rebooted the phone and now it will not even go into recovery, fastboot mode, nor turn on. Anybody have any suggestions on how to get through to the recovery. I guess I locked up the recovery, and can no longer boot my phone to even be able to delete that ui.zip file from the theme folder under TWRP.
OK, now I managed to get it into fastboot mode. But that is it.
Can I extract a file from the phone in fastboot mode?
Thanks,
chevy383surfing
Well, I finally figured it out. I'll add an explanation on this whole deal after I get off work. Just in case anybody else runs into the same problem, maybe my little routine will help someone else.
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Next time you loop, vol up and power for 10 seconds with phone Unplugged, then vol down and power to go to boot loader
If for some reason it doesn't restart put the phone close to a bright light
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Hi. I am on a Kindle Fire HD 7 and just got cynogeanmod 12. I was going through settings when device got laggy. And somehow the device thought I wanted factory reset so thats what it did. My Kindle Rebooted and now I get a screen that says "teamwin" and every 2 secs. the screen flashes. None of the tips using buttons worked. It can only turn on and off. I need assistance in finding a way to get this back to stock(from there I can re-root and do the process again to get back cynogeanmod).
Thanks,
aputtapa000
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Hi. I am on a Kindle Fire HD 7 and just got cynogeanmod 12. I was going through settings when device got laggy. And somehow the device thought I wanted factory reset so thats what it did. My Kindle Rebooted and now I get a screen that says "teamwin" and every 2 secs. the screen flashes. None of the tips using buttons worked. It can only turn on and off. I need assistance in finding a way to get this back to stock(from there I can re-root and do the process again to get back cynogeanmod).
Thanks,
aputtapa000
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First, this is the M8 forum, not the Kindle forum. However, I actually can help you with that.
Most stock recoveries seem to have a problem with doing factory resets. Flash the stock recovery for your device, let it perform the factory reset, boot back into the OS (to make sure it worked), then reflash your custom recovery.
jshamlet said:
First, this is the M8 forum, not the Kindle forum. However, I actually can help you with that.
Most stock recoveries seem to have a problem with doing factory resets. Flash the stock recovery for your device, let it perform the factory reset, boot back into the OS (to make sure it worked), then reflash your custom recovery.
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Tank you for this quick reply :good: . I will try to get back into my stock recovery but if it is on my device, how will I access this on my computer and force flash it on my tablet. I only need help making the tablet responsive/workable. Once this is done I should be able to figure out the rest.
Thanks
Hello,
Here is what led to my issue:
I rooted my phone using this method: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=38886073#post38886073
Downloaded clockwork rom manager.
Here comes the thing I don't remember. At least i know that the last thing i did was to click on 'backup current rom'
After this the phone reset itself and this message came up:
Secure booting error!
Cause: boot certification verify
Then i tried to reset using the power button, which led me to the 'battery full' screen - afterwards i was able to reboot. As stupid as I am I just tried the same thing again. And ever since i am stuck at the 'Secure booting error!' screen.
I am unable to enter download mode. I get to the 'Hard factory reset' screen, but if i accept doing so, it says 'Secure booting error!' again.
I also remember clicking on 'restart into recovery mode' at some point, but this is not the last thing i did.
I am really desperate. Please, help me!
Well i had the same issue today... It happened after i did two changes. One of them was to to try to relock from freegee and flash twrp again from freegee. In my case i was able to go in download mode and flash original kk rom with lg flash tool.
Unfortunatly, trying to boot in downloadmode, i still get the same error :/
Jubi-Wan said:
Unfortunatly, trying to boot in downloadmode, i still get the same error :/
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How are you trying to boot into download mode? And what factory reset screen? It seems as though you did not unlock the bootloader using freegee, if you make any changes and relock the boot loader you will get that error. But it seems that it has not been unlocked. If you hold power and volume up what happens? Same thing when power and volume down, one of them is recovery (possibly factory reset you are seeing) and the other is download mode. I don't remember right now but you should read the whole softbrick thread and see if you are missing something. You may need to use LGPNST to go back to stock, you can also use that program to flash a new recovery so read carefully and follow all steps.
When this happened to me I was able to flash an unlocked bootloader and it allowed me to use my phone again as it was before doing something stupid (for me it was an attempt to re lock the bootloader).
well, i managed to get into download mode. Obviously i used the wrong method to get into download mode...
I used this method and everything worked fine, so far. : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249500
My phone doesn't boot now. Fast Boot doesnt work aswell.
All that happens is a white battery showing on the screen and when i try to fastboot all that happens is that the LED is blinking or glowing red after some while.
Jubi-Wan said:
well, i managed to get into download mode. Obviously i used the wrong method to get into download mode...
I used this method and everything worked fine, so far. : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2249500
My phone doesn't boot now. Fast Boot doesnt work aswell.
All that happens is a white battery showing on the screen and when i try to fastboot all that happens is that the LED is blinking or glowing red after some while.
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What do you mean when you try to fastboot? Fastboot is basically the bootloader and allows you to select recovery or download mode. What you should have done after following that thread is go to recovery and wipe everything and flash a new ROM.
If you are saying that the bootloader is not coming up and allowing you into recovery then I believe something was missed.
After trying out some varioants of this it worked: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40274560&highlight=red+led#post40274560
I wiped the phone, but since I had to leave over the weekend i just turned it off and went away.
Now that I am back, nothing works now :/ The Phone doesnt react to anything, not even donwload-mode.
Is the battery too low maybe? It's on the wall now for a few hours, but it still doesn't react. It's not warm either.
edit:
when i charge the phone, i will get a 'watchdog bark' after some time allowing me to get into recovery. accesing downloadmode from there doesn't do anything. strangely, the recovery isnt trwp although it should be because teenybin comes with it. it's 'bbs.gaodi.net' which doesn't have a sideload feature. what do i do now?
edit2:
after 10000 tries i got into download mode. i don't want to **** up now so i won't do anything until i know exactly what to do.
any advice?
edit3:
got it working by flashing another teenybin which included trwp - then i installed miui via sideload. i don't have signal though, but i will open another thread for this since this is another issue.
I just noticed after doing a clean install of the C3 factory image using -w that I am unable to boot to the stock recovery. It seems to be missing from my installation. Any ideas why I may be unable to boot to recovery? All I get is a dead Android logo with "No command" or it boots up my system after restarting. I've tried booting from the bootloader numerous times and never seems to work. Is it possible that the stock recovery was never installed? I did no perform a --slot all when installing Android 10 so maybe that's the issue? Any suggestions would be great as I can't seem to find a solution to this in the forums or Google searching. Thanks.
You have to go one step beyond the no recovery screen to see the recovery commands. If presented with an image of a broken Android with “No Command” printed on the screen, press and hold the Power button. Press the Volume Up button once. Then release the Power button.
Seems I can't even get to the broken Android screen now. In the bootloader if I select boot recovery it just boots my system and never shows the broken Android anymore. Very odd. I'm stumped.
rspkt said:
Seems I can't even get to the broken Android screen now. In the bootloader if I select boot recovery it just boots my system and never shows the broken Android anymore. Very odd. I'm stumped.
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I am not sure what you are referring to "boot recovery." Are you entering the bootloader in some way other than volume down +power? The option when using the up/down in bootloader is Recovery mode. That will get you to the broken android and no command. At worst though, you can flash boot.img and get your stock recovery/kernel back/unroot.
sliding_billy said:
I am not sure what you are referring to "boot recovery." Are you entering the bootloader in some way other than volume down +power? The option when using the up/down in bootloader is Recovery mode. That will get you to the broken android and no command. At worst though, you can flash boot.img and get your stock recovery/kernel back/unroot.
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I can enter the bootloader via adb or with the power + volume down no problem. When I select recovery from the bootloader it boots to the Google logo then blank screen and seems to reboot again straight to my system. I may have to try to revert to the stock boot.img like you suggested and see if that solves the issue.
rspkt said:
I can enter the bootloader via adb or with the power + volume down no problem. When I select recovery from the bootloader it boots to the Google logo then blank screen and seems to reboot again straight to my system. I may have to try to revert to the stock boot.img like you suggested and see if that solves the issue.
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I get the same thing where it won't boot to recovery from the bootloader, but goes back to booting to system. It's because I'm rooted. Flash the stock boot image and you'll be fine.
rspkt said:
I can enter the bootloader via adb or with the power + volume down no problem. When I select recovery from the bootloader it boots to the Google logo then blank screen and seems to reboot again straight to my system. I may have to try to revert to the stock boot.img like you suggested and see if that solves the issue.
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OK, that makes better sense. You are pretty clearly in a bootloop. Just confirming the terminology. Flashing stock boot might get you out of the loop, but after rereading your initial message it sounds as if some info is missing. After the flash-all, did it ever get to the setup screen where you enter your gmail account name, etc. Did it get through that to the actual OS, and if so what else did you do that got you into the bootloop? Root attempt?
sliding_billy said:
OK, that makes better sense. You are pretty clearly in a bootloop. Just confirming the terminology. Flashing stock boot might get you out of the loop, but after rereading your initial message it sounds as if some info is missing. After the flash-all, did it ever get to the setup screen where you enter your gmail account name, etc. Did it get through that to the actual OS, and if so what else did you do that got you into the bootloop? Root attempt?
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Ya my phone setup fine through all the initial setup steps as if it was a new device and the system works perfectly. I did root and install Kirisakura kernel but only after few days of using stock. Just noticed after setting everything up the recovery seems to be missing when I tried to boot into it. I may try and start from scratch again cuz obviously something got broken during the factory image installation using -w.
rspkt said:
Ya my phone setup fine through all the initial setup steps as if it was a new device and the system works perfectly. I did root and install Kirisakura kernel but only after few days of using stock. Just noticed after setting everything up the recovery seems to be missing when I tried to boot into it. I may try and start from scratch again cuz obviously something got broken during the factory image installation using -w.
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I missed the post by @jd1639 while I was replying. It doesn't sound like anything got messed up as a result of the -w. Because stock recovery is part of boot now, you just need to stay out of there unless you flash boot.img first. Not doing the --slot all wouldn't have any impact unless you install a custom ROM, an OTA or do a manual slot change. Since it was the first time I had done a completely clean wipe in a while when I flashed 10 (after custom ROMs, OTAs, etc), I actually did flash-all (with -w) to both slots. I did a flash-all on B and finished setup, and then booted back to BL, changed slots manually to A and did a second flash-all. Only after that did I start gettin gthe phone ready for daily function. Not sure it helped anything but my OCD, but it was fun to watch the fastbootd thing run a few times. :silly:
jd1639 said:
I get the same thing where it won't boot to recovery from the bootloader, but goes back to booting to system. It's because I'm rooted. Flash the stock boot image and you'll be fine.
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I never would have assumed having root could cause this issue.