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Ok guys, I've read & search before I made this thread but I seriously need help or suggestions.
I brought a HTC Incredible Droid from a guy for $40. Has Black screen & always says "droid" every minute or so when it's booting up normal. It's AMOLED screen, The screen doesn't flicker or no white lines.
So I'm trying to recover this phone back from the dead. I've tried booting into HBOOT with files i've google & from off this site but no luck as far as I know. The light comes on when it's charging & from normal boot, it vibrates once so it's working normal from what i've read. Need help from the XDA gods to bring it back to life.
Sorry If I post in the wrong section.
Boot into hboot (pull battery, reinsert hold vol down and power at the same time) and see if you are s-on or s-off, and what radio version you are on? It will be at the top of the screen.
cmlusco said:
Boot into hboot (pull battery, reinsert hold vol down and power at the same time) and see if you are s-on or s-off, and what radio version you are on? It will be at the top of the screen.
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Thanks for the reply! it doesn't show anything, it's a blank screen with action going on in the background. I don't know if it's s-on or s-off or what radio it's on, I brought it from someone. How can I check it?
If you cant get into hboot the phone is bricked.
I had a similar problem when I flashed a bad ROM to my droid incredible.
There is a way to get past this seemingly bricked problem but you will need some help of ADB and a lot of patience.
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If I remember right I got past this problem with help from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031666
dkittell said:
I had a similar problem when I flashed a bad ROM to my droid incredible.
There is a way to get past this seemingly bricked problem but you will need some help of ADB and a lot of patience.
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If I remember right I got past this problem with help from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031666
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I've heard about ADB but I don't know where to start. I've installed the USB drivers but that's about it.
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dkittell said:
I had a similar problem when I flashed a bad ROM to my droid incredible.
There is a way to get past this seemingly bricked problem but you will need some help of ADB and a lot of patience.
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If I remember right I got past this problem with help from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1031666
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the sites in the link are not avaliable.
willlie12 said:
the sites in the link are not avaliable.
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Try the successor to dougpiston.com:
http://pvillecomp.com/
Hello this is my first post by the way and i really need help please i just rooted my lg nitro hd and was flashing the CWM on it and when i turned it off to check if it worked it will not turn back on at all not to cwm or regular boot please someone help me i just got this phone 2 days ago.
thanks in advance
What do you see when you turn the phone on?
does the charging screen come up when it is plugged in?
it doesnt power on at all and the charging screen doesnt come up either
mine too,it doesnt power on at all and the charging screen doesnt come up either,
anyone help!
I don't know a way to fix this problem but I have seen unbricking threads for this phone that may help. I'm not sure though because I haven't tried them. I did however also brick my nitro two days after I got and I brought it back to at&t and acted like I had no clue what was going on. Mine was stuck in a boot loop and possibly fixable but I needed it for work and didn't have time as I was on my way to work.
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Hey try pulling the battery then reinserting it with USB plugged in to see if you can breathe any life into it if you can get anything to show on the screen that would be the first step then after that there may be a chance of rescue also try to let it charge for a while and come back to it, I brought a phone back because nothing would show up on the screen but when I brought it back to the store the Guy got it to bootloop if you can at least get it to do that you can work on unbricking it further
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it doesnt power on at all and the charging screen doesnt come up either
Something like this happened to me when I did a battery pull. My battery wasn't dead at the time either, it had 37%. I ended up sending mine to LG for repair or if you have AT&T, you can get it fixed through them.
I have the same problem, mine just stucks at LG logo and then loops, i don't know what to do, please somebody help us!
warishuku said:
I have the same problem, mine just stucks at LG logo and then loops, i don't know what to do, please somebody help us!
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Hold down volume down plus power until it goes to the factory reset screen. Press power to "reset" which really takes you to CWM (if you're rooted and have CWM installed). Then from CWM, do a factory reset/wipe data, then flash the zip/gapps (for CM 9), or another ROM if you prefer.
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kernelpan1c said:
Something like this happened to me when I did a battery pull. My battery wasn't dead at the time either, it had 37%. I ended up sending mine to LG for repair or if you have AT&T, you can get it fixed through them.
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Agree with kernelpanic. Sounds like a hardware failure. AT&T also has device support centers in certain locations that can swap out your phone in some cases.
dnorthington said:
Hold down volume down plus power until it goes to the factory reset screen. Press power to "reset" which really takes you to CWM (if you're rooted and have CWM installed). Then from CWM, do a factory reset/wipe data, then flash the zip/gapps (for CM 9), or another ROM if you prefer.
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Is this all it takes to "flash a rom"?
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dnorthington said:
Hold down volume down plus power until it goes to the factory reset screen. Press power to "reset" which really takes you to CWM (if you're rooted and have CWM installed). Then from CWM, do a factory reset/wipe data, then flash the zip/gapps (for CM 9), or another ROM if you prefer.
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Agree with kernelpanic. Sounds like a hardware failure. AT&T also has device support centers in certain locations that can swap out your phone in some cases.
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Hi! thanks for answering!
Yes, I have CWM installed, when I try to enter with volume down and power, it ask me to click power twice to confirm (as usual), but then when CWM is going to boot, the phone resets, and loops again at the LG logo.
I already tried the unbrick method used here in the forum, but I have a problem with the R&D Test Tool, because when I try to click at "Upgrade Start" in CSE web upgrade test, the program opens LGMobile Support Tool, instead of the screen of "country and language", and finally, when I try to update via LGMobile Support Tool, it doesn't found my device (already put in Download Mode in USB), I don't know what to do, please, any information will be greatly apreciated.
Thanks in advance!
I don't know how, but i wound up on the bootloader screen, and no matter if i power off or reboot, it still brings me there only. Then i selected (tried) HBoot. Now i am stuck there. I am on stock only, never unlocked. On 1.29 (SH25). There are following options shown: Fastboot, Recovery, Factory Reset, Simlock, Show Barcode and Image CRC.
All I want to do is boot the phone into regular stock. What shall i select besides Factory Reset? Kindly Help ASAP.
Many Thanks in advance.
veerm said:
I don't know how, but i wound up on the bootloader screen, and no matter if i power off or reboot, it still brings me there only. Then i selected (tried) HBoot. Now i am stuck there. I am on stock only, never unlocked. On 1.29 (SH25). There are following options shown: Fastboot, Recovery, Factory Reset, Simlock, Show Barcode and Image CRC.
All I want to do is boot the phone into regular stock. What shall i select besides Factory Reset? Kindly Help ASAP.
Many Thanks in advance.
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have you tried doing factory reset? i know you will lose stuff but worth trying to see if the phone will work again..well should do..my first thing would be to do factory reset since you tried rebooting.
or go into bootloader and try fastboot reboot (command that is)
Goku80 said:
have you tried doing factory reset? i know you will lose stuff but worth trying to see if the phone will work again..well should do..my first thing would be to do factory reset since you tried rebooting.
or go into bootloader and try fastboot reboot (command that is)
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thanks for quick reply....what would Fastboot do? any idea?
It allows you to perform various functions on your phone via USB and a PC operating system.
Ignition75 said:
It allows you to perform various functions on your phone via USB and a PC operating system.
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what he said basically
use the following commands
"fastboot erase cache"
"fastboot reboot" and see what happens
Oh well, I tried Reboot, Fast Boot as well as Factory Reset. Nothing seems to work . They all restarts the phone and brings back the bootloader screen.
While restarting, right under HTC logo, it momentarily displays: "This build is for development purpose only. Do not distribute outside of HTC without HTC's written permission. Failure to comply may lead to legal action."
Guess i will have to bring it back to the retailer.
Seems like you have unlocked and relocked the bootloader.
You will need to download the correct imagine file (RUU) for your phone and follow instructions.
Can you find a guide on the internet?
You will probably have to unlock the bootloader again to get some information from your phone in Fastboot mode.
Ignition75 said:
Seems like you have unlocked and relocked the bootloader.
You will need to download the correct imagine file (RUU) for your phone and follow instructions.
Can you find a guide on the internet?
You will probably have to unlock the bootloader again to get some information from your phone in Fastboot mode.
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he said he never unlocked.. i say he tries factory reset and see if that helps
Here you go my friend.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...very_-_what_to_do_in_the_event_of_a_bad_flash
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Goku80 said:
he said he never unlocked.. i say he tries factory reset and see if that helps
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But you only get that blurb once you've relocked the bootloader and it's looping.
Ignition75 said:
Here you go my friend.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...very_-_what_to_do_in_the_event_of_a_bad_flash
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But you only get that blurb once you've relocked the bootloader and it's looping.
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oh i see my bad.OP should of said that then.
I tried Factory Reset, It stayed on the splash screen for more than 5 minutes. Then i pressed and hold power button. It restarted the phone back to bootloader screen. It did not look like factory reset was doing anything. What you guys think? Shall i try and wait longer for Factory Reset, does take more than 5 minutes to start doing anything?
Goku80 said:
oh i see my bad.OP should of said that then.
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Hehe no worries, I've just had 2 days of pain staring at that bootloader screen, I know all the variations
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veerm said:
I tried Factory Reset, It stayed on the splash screen for more than 5 minutes. Then i pressed and hold power button. It restarted the phone back to bootloader screen. It did not look like factory reset was doing anything. What you guys think? Shall i try and wait longer for Factory Reset, does take more than 5 minutes to start doing anything?
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No, you should see some action before 5 minutes, sounds like you need a few recovery procedures.
I posted a gread wiki page for you to read in a previous post. It has saved my @ss on more than one occasion.
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Here you go my friend.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wik...very_-_what_to_do_in_the_event_of_a_bad_flash
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But you only get that blurb once you've relocked the bootloader and it's looping.
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Have never unlocked. Got the phone two days ago as a replacement for a faulty wifi issue on my earlier HOX HT24.
veerm said:
I tried Factory Reset, It stayed on the splash screen for more than 5 minutes. Then i pressed and hold power button. It restarted the phone back to bootloader screen. It did not look like factory reset was doing anything. What you guys think? Shall i try and wait longer for Factory Reset, does take more than 5 minutes to start doing anything?
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wait bit longer..but maybe try what Ignition has gave you and probably that would help you out better.
what i am thinking is if he locked again maybe it could be he needs the boot.img of the stock firmware he is using
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veerm said:
Have never unlocked. Got the phone two days ago as a replacement for a faulty wifi issue on my earlier HOX HT24.
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they must of send you a refurbished one then...what does it say in bootloader? does it say locked or relocked?
veerm said:
Have never unlocked. Got the phone two days ago as a replacement for a faulty wifi issue on my earlier HOX HT24.
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Hmmm, that's interesting, sounds like you might need to unlock it then and recover it yourself.
Or as you previously said take it back to whomever supplied it to you.
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wait bit longer..but maybe try what Ignition has gave you and probably that would help you out better.
what i am thinking is if he locked again maybe it could be he needs the boot.img of the stock firmware he is using
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they must of send you a refurbished one then...what does it say in bootloader? does it say locked or relocked?
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Yes hehe, sounds like the software is "refurbished" as well
It says "Locked"
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It says "Locked"
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ok now we have a problem then
try factory reset again and leave it for a few minutes longer
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ok now we have a problem then
try factory reset again and leave it for a few minutes longer
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Am trying Factory reset again...close to 4 minutes so far
What would "Recovery" do?
veerm said:
Am trying Factory reset again...close to 4 minutes so far
What would "Recovery" do?
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do not know what recovery would do as i never used the stock recovery before.
if it still giving you issues and factory reset does not work i would suggest give it back to retailer asap
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do not know what recovery would do as i never used the stock recovery before.
if it still giving you issues and factory reset does not work i would suggest give it back to retailer asap
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Yup, factory reset is NOT doing anything, just froze on the splash screen. Guess will have to take it up to the shop. Hopefully this time it will be easier (last time i had very difficult time to get replacement for my HOX with wifi hardware fualt).
You have been real helpful. Thank you so much.
Hey Guys,
I was playing Boom Beach on my commute this morning (which is slowly taking over my life) and my phone just randomly shut off. This has been happening a decent amount when I had multiple apps running after the latest update. This time however, when it got to the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen it would try to boot up to the ATT screen, fail and then restart.
I've tried pulling the battery, putting the phone in the freezer and, as a last resort, went into recovery mode and cleared out the cache and the deleted all of the user data....no dice. Now it just gets to the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen and either loops or just hangs there.
I am under the assumption that I am screwed here and was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how I might fix it. I think my only shot is to flash a new firmware from the recovery menu...does anyone have any tips on how to do that? Just get me on the right track I guess
Thanks a million!
-Erik
Boot into recovery using vol up + home+ power and wipe the cashe partion
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And reboot and you should be good
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Boot into recovery using vol up + home+ power and wipe the cashe partion
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And reboot and you should be good
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Already tried that. No dice.
Also tried rooting it via download mode....it still wont get passed the ATT logo part and just shuts off.
I would try flashing this and that should make it boot
http://d-h.st/8HG
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Via odin of course
terpin32 said:
I would try flashing this and that should make it boot
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[/COLOR]Via odin of course
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Tried this out, everything went smoothly...still didnt work. I'm thinking that maybe the memory is damaged? Is there anyway to replace that or do I basically have to buy a whole new motherboard for the phone?
Thanks for the help guys, really appreciate it.
Best,
Erik
smaxor5 said:
Tried this out, everything went smoothly...still didnt work. I'm thinking that maybe the memory is damaged? Is there anyway to replace that or do I basically have to buy a whole new motherboard for the phone?
Thanks for the help guys, really appreciate it.
Best,
Erik
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What didn't work?
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What didn't work?
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I tried flashing using the above link and odin...still just shuts off at the ATT screen part.
smaxor5 said:
I tried flashing using the above link and odin...still just shuts off at the ATT screen part.
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You do have a custom recovery right?
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Try flashing this your bootloader might be this one
http://d-h.st/iVH
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You do have a custom recovery right?
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Try flashing this your bootloader might be this one
http://d-h.st/iVH
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It keeps failing on me...any idea what im doing wrong?
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It keeps failing on me...any idea what im doing wrong?
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According to this youtube video youtube.com/watch?v=9XNHEn5cSXg
"If you received the Android 4.3 OTA, this will not work; I see in the video you don't have the "KNOX BOOTLOADER"
...I guess I'm screwed.
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According to this youtube video youtube.com/watch?v=9XNHEn5cSXg
"If you received the Android 4.3 OTA, this will not work; I see in the video you don't have the "KNOX BOOTLOADER"
...I guess I'm screwed.
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Gonna give this a try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502464
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Gonna give this a try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502464
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It is failing with the error "SW Rev. Invalid magic string"...thats the error on the download mode screen (ie on the phone).
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It is failing with the error "SW Rev. Invalid magic string"...thats the error on the download mode screen (ie on the phone).
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This seems to have bricked my phone completely. It won't even turn on and can't manage to charge the battery without freezing. Thank you for trying to help me out with this, it was much appreciated! I'm very excited to never buy another Samsung product again and get a phone with this cool thing called build quality. Bye bye cheap plastic, clunky interface and slow performance!
Ok heres the deal. my daughter got ahold of my kindle. we i dont know what she did but she ran something that much i can tell. i powered it off then back on. when it booted, it booted into twrp and ran a recovey script. this is where it hangs up. so i held the power button down to reboot. when it rebooted it boots back into twrp. but it boot to the main menu. i rebooted the kindle though twrp. this time it boots up normal. after it is booted up it shuts down and reboots into twrp back the the recovery script page in twrp and hangs up. i have tried wiping the cashe and dalvick, then reintalling a back up. but the problem is still there. if some one can help me that would be great. it does charge so i got one good thing going for me. if worst comes to worst, i guess a factory reset and then redoing all the work i have done in the past.
Was just stock?
May have been 6.3.3 update
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If so try installing Mt prerooted 6.3.3 in twrp [2014][Pre-Rooted][Stock]System Version 6.3.3-Original Kindle Fire Only
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2793648
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ill give it a try. its a possibility that it updated. usually when it has updated in the past i lost every thing and had to start from scratch.
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ill give it a try. its a possibility that it updated. usually when it has updated in the past i lost every thing and had to start from scratch.
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the update requires a compatible recovery to install, if recovery is not compatible, it will get stuck in recovery.
ok so i tried to mount sdcard. it was a no go. was following your vid. my kindle just isnt responing like it should. its geting stuck on simulating actions. not sure what that means. i guess its time to start from scratch. now to remember how to format the kindle to factory. any ideas. haha. i do have a fast boot cable. i could try that method, but you download isnt working right. the codes dont match in md5.
cheif_of_smoke said:
ok so i tried to mount sdcard. it was a no go. was following your vid. my kindle just isnt responing like it should.
likely divers, not recovery
its geting stuck on simulating actions. not sure what that means.
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It should not say simulating anything., that is for testing only, setting need to be unchecked
i guess its time to start from scratch. now to remember how to format the kindle to factory. any ideas. haha. i do have a fast boot cable. i could try that method,
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not necessary, you can boot to fastboot with recovery
but you download isnt working right. the codes dont match in md5.
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3 download options
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Settings>uncheck > simulate most actions for theme testing
nothing should be checked in settings menu
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ok i got the codes to match. its been a while since i used md5. i didnt know about unchecking the setting. im going to try to reinstall my back up and see what happens. i think you just helped me solve what my daughter did to the kindle.
as i was typing my reply to you, i got every thing to work. my daughter messed with the settings in twrp. i will still update using you pre-root. ill let you know how that goes. thanks for the help. now only if i can get a my other kindle to work. ill try messing with the usb. thanks again.
cheif_of_smoke said:
ok i got the codes to match. its been a while since i used md5. i didnt know about unchecking the setting. im going to try to reinstall my back up and see what happens. i think you just helped me solve what my daughter did to the kindle.
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if backup works, check system version
if is 6.3.2 or less it will just redownload the update and try again
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if you hadn't wrote simulate, it would have taken some time before I thought of it.