I have a toro/i515/Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus (the CDMA/LTE one) running a mostly stock (but rooted and with busybox) Jelly Bean JRO03O (Android 4.1.1).
I screwed up my build.prop (and can't boot normally), so I attempted to boot into CWMR 6. To my surprise, cold booting holding the Vol + button started to proceed with a normal boot. So I cold booted with the Vol - button held.
And that shocked me even more. I'm staring at ODIN Mode. WTF? When did ODIN get on my phone? What happened to the bootloader where I could select booting into recovery, or the bootloader, or normal booting?
I've been scouring Google and this forum, and many other forums, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to boot this thing into a custom recovery so I can fix my build.prop through adb.
I'm at a loss. I suck at using ODIN (I only started using it recently when I bought my GTab2 10.1 GT-P5113).
How am I supposed to hack my phone when I can't use ADB, fastboot, or a custom recovery (booting normally hangs also)?
The only thing I don't want to do for a repair is a full wipe. I don't have a way of backing up my data without ADB.
I've tried enclosing various boot, bootloader, and recovery images (img files) into tar files (archives) and sending them to the phone via ODIN using the PDA and/or the BOOTLOADER button(s). I've tried to see if Wug's Toolkit would talk to my phone via ODIN.
Nothing seems to change.
Help!!! Please!!!
Any of the following will do:
1. Tell me how to get adb working.
2. Tell me how to revert ODIN back to the normal boot/bootloader (that works with fastboot) - this would be best. ODIN sucks.
3. Tell me how to get to my files via ODIN.
Please help. This sucks.
*sheepish grin* - I forgot about holding BOTH Vol + and Vol - at the same time while cold booting.
(I can at least get into fastboot mode now)...
From fastboot, boot to custom recovery (use vol keys to highlight, power to select), reflash rom.
Or
From fastboot, flash stock but dont flash userdata.img.
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The very same thing happened to me today.
I was on 4.2 JB (custom stock rom, only rooted) and I received a software update....it failed at doing it and then said something about not losing root. I checked YES and boom....wont boot. Stuck at ODIN...
Odin recognizes it but fails at flashing.
Fastboot works and boots into cwm recovery....but it wont boot into android...
What should I do...?
Sorry if I am rude by asking here.
dragoncius said:
The very same thing happened to me today.
I was on 4.2 JB (custom stock rom, only rooted) and I received a software update....it failed at doing it and then said something about not losing root. I checked YES and boom....wont boot. Stuck at ODIN...
Odin recognizes it but fails at flashing.
Fastboot works and boots into cwm recovery....but it wont boot into android...
What should I do...?
Sorry if I am rude by asking here.
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From fastboot, boot to custom recovery (use vol keys to highlight, power to select), reflash rom.
i said this on the post before yours.
bk201doesntexist said:
From fastboot, boot to custom recovery (use vol keys to highlight, power to select), reflash rom.
i said this on the post before yours.
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But there is nothing in my phone....
Internal is empty.
How can I flash something on the phone...
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dragoncius said:
But there is nothing in my phone....
Internal is empty.
How can I flash something on the phone...
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dont hijack other people's threads;
read the stickies
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
bk201doesntexist said:
dont hijack other people's threads;
read the stickies
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
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Sorry. Didnt mean to hijack...just thought it is the same problem. Already read threads.
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dragoncius said:
Sorry. Didnt mean to hijack...just thought it is the same problem. Already read threads.
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use adb to push a rom while on a custom recovery. it seems you need to read them again, and pay attention to it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1812959
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chriv said:
*sheepish grin* - I forgot about holding BOTH Vol + and Vol - at the same time while cold booting.
(I can at least get into fastboot mode now)...
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After posting the above, I meant to indicate that this thread could be closed. I knew exactly what to do now that I could finally get into fastboot.
Maybe ODIN was on my phone all along, but I could almost swear that I used to get into fastboot by holding Vol - while cold booting, and that I could get into recovery by Holding Vol + while cold booting. I don't remember ODIN being there at all.
Anyway, the bottom line:
Fastboot loads with Vol + AND Vol - held down while cold booting.
I was able to reflash boot, bootloader, and custom recovery with fastboot.
I was able to boot into custom recovery from fastboot.
Once CWMR 6 was running on my phone in recovery mode, I was able to mount /system from the recovery menu, to use adb to pull /system/build.prop, to edit it, to use adb to push build.prop back to /system, and finally to use adb to change permissions on build.prop back to 644.
Am I crazy? Was ODIN always on my VzW GNex?
Was it always loaded when holding Vol - down during a cold boot?
Or were the Vol - and Vol + buttons (individually) originally used for booting fastboot mode and recovery mode?
If I had forgotten that, then I haven't be hacking my phone enough, as I haven't been in fastboot in a long time.
chriv said:
After posting the above, I meant to indicate that this thread could be closed. I knew exactly what to do now that I could finally get into fastboot.
Maybe ODIN was on my phone all along, but I could almost swear that I used to get into fastboot by holding Vol - while cold booting, and that I could get into recovery by Holding Vol + while cold booting. I don't remember ODIN being there at all.
Anyway, the bottom line:
Fastboot loads with Vol + AND Vol - held down while cold booting.
I was able to reflash boot, bootloader, and custom recovery with fastboot.
I was able to boot into custom recovery from fastboot.
Once CWMR 6 was running on my phone in recovery mode, I was able to mount /system from the recovery menu, to use adb to pull /system/build.prop, to edit it, to use adb to push build.prop back to /system, and finally to use adb to change permissions on build.prop back to 644.
Am I crazy? Was ODIN always on my VzW GNex?
Was it always loaded when holding Vol - down during a cold boot?
Or were the Vol - and Vol + buttons (individually) originally used for booting fastboot mode and recovery mode?
If I had forgotten that, then I haven't be hacking my phone enough, as I haven't been in fastboot in a long time.
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Odin is on every Samsung phone I believe
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question/comment to old post
This is an old post I'm responding to but my A500 has been bricked for over a year. I just read, click the lock button and when I did, on the screen is "Bootloader v0.03.12 ICS:: Starting Fastboot USB download protocol and found a related post referencing "Odin". I, too, want to know how that got onto my tablet. Perhaps from the update.zip? Now I can't find any relevant information nor files to download which aren't corrupt or tampered with. Can someone perhaps take a moment to outline a plan of action for me and the significant files? I will gladly "donate" to whomever and by "time". Thx (little grey haired old lady) Smiles4Miles, VMD
chriv said:
I have a toro/i515/Verizon Samsung Galaxy Nexus (the CDMA/LTE one) running a mostly stock (but rooted and with busybox) Jelly Bean JRO03O (Android 4.1.1).
I screwed up my build.prop (and can't boot normally), so I attempted to boot into CWMR 6. To my surprise, cold booting holding the Vol + button started to proceed with a normal boot. So I cold booted with the Vol - button held.
And that shocked me even more. I'm staring at ODIN Mode. WTF? When did ODIN get on my phone? What happened to the bootloader where I could select booting into recovery, or the bootloader, or normal booting?
I've been scouring Google and this forum, and many other forums, and I cannot for the life of me figure out how to boot this thing into a custom recovery so I can fix my build.prop through adb.
I'm at a loss. I suck at using ODIN (I only started using it recently when I bought my GTab2 10.1 GT-P5113).
How am I supposed to hack my phone when I can't use ADB, fastboot, or a custom recovery (booting normally hangs also)?
The only thing I don't want to do for a repair is a full wipe. I don't have a way of backing up my data without ADB.
I've tried enclosing various boot, bootloader, and recovery images (img files) into tar files (archives) and sending them to the phone via ODIN using the PDA and/or the BOOTLOADER button(s). I've tried to see if Wug's Toolkit would talk to my phone via ODIN.
Nothing seems to change.
Help!!! Please!!!
Any of the following will do:
1. Tell me how to get adb working.
2. Tell me how to revert ODIN back to the normal boot/bootloader (that works with fastboot) - this would be best. ODIN sucks.
3. Tell me how to get to my files via ODIN.
Please help. This sucks.
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I have a toroplus and I got stuck in a bootloop trying to install 4.3. I have a recovery but my volume up button is broken. is there anyway to reboot to recovery from odin/download mode. I really dont wanna erase everything from my phone.
dotmh08109 said:
I have a toroplus and I got stuck in a bootloop trying to install 4.3. I have a recovery but my volume up button is broken. is there anyway to reboot to recovery from odin/download mode. I really dont wanna erase everything from my phone.
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Try wugfreshs toolkit it should help
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hi, both volume keys (up + down) are broken
i an now running stock 4.3
is there any way to root my phone without them ?
i have adb drivers installed and i can boot into bootloader mode but cannot select to go into recovery from there
Search the forum for toolkits from wugfresh or mskip. That is automatic rooting and flashing. Just plug your phone to the computer using the cable.
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Flash touch recovery from fastboot and then flash latest supersu trough recovery.
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but from the fastboot screen i am unable to change the selection from start to the other options
i need volume key for that
is there an adb command that dose that ?
rednit said:
but from the fastboot screen i am unable to change the selection from start to the other options
i need volume key for that
is there an adb command that dose that ?
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Adb doesnt work in fastboot. If I remember it correctly it will boot into the recovery right after flashing. If it doesnt just flash it first and then type: fastboot boot recovery recovery.img
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mrgnex said:
Adb doesnt work in fastboot. If I remember it correctly it will boot into the recovery right after flashing. If it doesnt just flash it first and then type: fastboot boot recovery recovery.img
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There are some toolkits that you can use that bypasses having to do really anything on the boot up.
check out wugfresh nexus root toolkit
thank you for your help, but all options in this toll kit reboots my device into fastboot mode from there in need to change the selection using volume keys
that do not work
if i can only root my phone in order to install recovery from there i can continue to install a costume rom ......
thank you for your help, but all options in this toll kit reboots my device into fastboot mode from there in need to change the selection using volume keys
that do not work
if i can only root my phone in order to install recovery from there i can continue to install a costume rom ......
rednit said:
thank you for your help, but all options in this toll kit reboots my device into fastboot mode from there in need to change the selection using volume keys
that do not work
if i can only root my phone in order to install recovery from there i can continue to install a costume rom ......
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your problem begins with unlocking bootloader in order to flash via fastboot.... you need volume key to select "yes"
I don't believe the OMAP flash method of unlocking the bootloader requires volume keys. You could then use adb to reboot into the bootloader and boot into a custom recovery.
That said, I highly recommend against unlocking and rooting unless you get your volume keys fixed. If something goes wrong and sends you for a bootloop, you may have a hard time recovering without functional volume keys.
cupfulloflol said:
I don't believe the OMAP flash method of unlocking the bootloader requires volume keys. You could then use adb to reboot into the bootloader and boot into a custom recovery.
That said, I highly recommend against unlocking and rooting unless you get your volume keys fixed. If something goes wrong and sends you for a bootloop, you may have a hard time recovering without functional volume keys.
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This +1
a manta wrote this.
Hi guys
When i start the phone it stucks at google boot screen
When i run CWM recovery it cannot mount and wipe
I tried the toolkit but it dont works
3498BoyZ said:
Hi guys
When i start the phone it stucks at google boot screen
When i run CWM recovery it cannot mount and wipe
I tried the toolkit but it dont works
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your recovery still work??
adb sideload your rom.zip
nope recovery stucks and adb doesnt works
when i try with fastboot it gives me an error
3498BoyZ said:
nope recovery stucks and adb doesnt works
when i try with fastboot it gives me an error
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* no odin boot?? power + volume down?
i dont know the correct command for that but i suggest u use this toolkit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389107
first, try advanced utilities > modified boot.img.
(download stock or rename any suits boot.img)
if still not work, just use the 'back to stock' command
what is odin boot ?
3498BoyZ said:
what is odin boot ?
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?? thats another kind of bootloader for nexus. odin works by long press volume down + power button. try it. functions to return back to stock version. same as flashing. use this tool if u can boot to odin bootloader ~
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-restore-to-stock-unbrick-galaxy-t2065470
Hey,
My one plus 3 was running with CM14.1, I tried to update it today and my phone turn itself off and wont turn on anymore..
When I try to turn on the phone I can choose to Power off\Restart\Recovery\Fastboot...
I am trying to get to recovery mode but it just showing me the one plus logo for 10 sec and shutting down..
restart and normal boot doing the same..
Anyone can help me?
maybe hard brick?
sahed01 said:
maybe hard brick?
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how can I fix that?
ronmara said:
how can I fix that?
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Are you able to go into fastboot mode ?
If so then flash this TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=21835&task=get
By typing fastboot flash recovery <name of the twrp you downloaded above>
strumaticjoker2 said:
Are you able to go into fastboot mode ?
If so then flash this TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/devdb/project/dl/?id=21835&task=get
By typing fastboot flash recovery <name of the twrp you downloaded above>
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used methos 2 and all works now.