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Here's a safe and easy way to unbrick your LG Optimus V. Worked like a charm for me.
First, what happened with me was, I was using Xionia recovery and was wiping in preparation of installing another ROM. Under advance, for curiosity sake I hit "LG Style Wipe", which, from what I understand is just like hitting Factory Reset within the phone in the menu settings. My phone would boot to the screen saying "factory reset...formatting data...formatting cache...do not remove batttery...rebooting", then would sit at the pink LG logo screen. Could not boot into custom recovery at all, no matter what. Could only boot into Emergency Mode.
I wracked my brain trying to use KDZ, KP500 with LG Utility, while in Emergency Recovery to no avail. So finally, here's what I did:
What you'll need is: ROMTools, stock ROM (I made a nandroid backup before I originally rooted), a basic clockwork recovery, and ADB installed on computer.
1) place the recovery in your ADB tools folder
2) prepare a command window: on computer -> Run -> cmd, then start ADB by typing (without the quotes) "cd C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk-windows\tools" then hit enter (or where ever you installed ADB at)
3) Type (without quotes) "adb reboot bootloader", do not hit enter yet.
4) Now, here's the tricky part. Plug phone in to computer. As the phone goes through the Formatting, blah, blah, blah, go back to ADB and hit enter. This may take a few tries. It may say "device offline" or "no device detected". Just keep trying. This is actually the hardest part.
5) Once your phone reboots into bootloader (blue screen), go back to ADB and type (without quotes) "fastboot boot "recovery-RA-GNM-thunderc-s-1.1.0.img" (or whatever recovery you placed in your ADB tools folder in step 1)...If it fails, just try again. It took me a couple tries.
6) Your phone then should reboot into clockwork recovery. You should now be able to mount your phone as "USB mass storage device" under "mounts and storage". If computer does not connect try unplugging and plugging back into computer. If it still doesn't connect, you may need to reinstall LG drivers, which you can do using ROMTools under flash a recovery. but, ONLY install the drivers which it will do first (3 drivers). after drivers install, exit out.
7) Once you mount your phone to computer, put the stock ROM on your SD card.
8) Choose "install zip from sd card" then choose the stock ROM. Unless you have a nandroid backup of stock ROM. In that case choose "backup and restore", then choose the stock nandroid backup. Once it installs, reboot.
9) The phone will still go through the "Factory reset, formatting, blah, blah, blah" screen, but after it reboots, but it will boot into the stock ROM.
10) Now to get rid of that annoying "Factory reset" boot screen. Once your phone fully boots up, open ROMTools. Type 2 (Flash recovery to phone), then 1 (LG Optimus V), then 1 (install drivers, obtain root, flash recovery), but ONLY install drivers (3 of them) then exit out. If you did this in step 6), you shoot be able to skip this step.
11) Open ROMTools folder and click "one.exe" (SuperOneClick) Once it opens click on "UnRoot". This will unroot your phone. After it goes through everything it may say fail at the end because it can't find the busybox folder. No worries, it should be unrooted. I then downloaded Root Checker (free on the market) just to make sure it worked. Exit out when it finishes.
12) Reboot phone...It should now reboot with now problems, just like new.
13) Now you can re-root, flash your custom recovery, then install your ROM of choice.
This whole process takes only about 15-30 minutes. It took longer to re-install everything from Titanium Backup, lol. I spent 4 days trying to figure things out to unbrick my phone, when this simple and quick procedure took such a short amount of time to fix, lol. Not sure why I didn't try this from the beginning, lol.
Well, hopes this helps anybody that was in the same predicament as me
Thanks, I've got a stone cold brick(only makes it to LG logo). I'll have to try that. I tried every thing you have, plus a few more and nothing's worked so far. Maybe this will work
Good luck. Like i said, hardest part is timing it to get into bootloader. But after that, it was smooth sailing. Hope it works for you as well.
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AndyOpie150 said:
Thanks, I've got a stone cold brick(only makes it to LG logo). I'll have to try that. I tried every thing you have, plus a few more and nothing's worked so far. Maybe this will work
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did it work????
Sorry,had to put it on hold until I can dedicate sufficient time to studying and implementing said tutorial(it usually takes me a couple of days to make sure I understand the material well enough to implement it).
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EDIT: Can't get the computer to recognize the brick. Recognizes the good one fine.
my optimus did not brick, but this info really helps
i can install temporarily, the 3rd party recovery system
un1ocked said:
my optimus did not brick, but this info really helps
i can install temporarily, the 3rd party recovery system
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Glad the info could help
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Dude where were you a couple months ago? lol This exact thing happened to me except I did the Factory Reset from the privacy menu by mistake. Couldn't boot for nothin'. Pulled the battery a whole bunch of times and made it worse. Supposedly flashed a custom recovery with ROMtools, but nothing. I was still in the 30 day window from Best Buy so I just had them replace it with another OV, which they did without question (thank you Best Buy!!). Turns out the new phone was much better than the old one in terms of functionality so I'm happy.
Anyway all that to say thank you for posting this! I know where to go next time I brick! (Which hopefully will be never.)
fyi this does not work on the new Optimus Vs from Virgin Mobile because fastboot is locked.
Also deaver_92, that situation is easy to recover from. Turn phone off, boot into recovery with home, volume up, and power, then restore your nandroid backups.
Umm....just bought a new OV a month and a half ago...i can still fastboot lol....just saying
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omgpk said:
Umm....just bought a new OV a month and a half ago...i can still fastboot lol....just saying
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How do you get into fastboot? Sorry if I sound like a noob, just can't figure it out.
In an ADB command window on your computer or in terminal emulator on your phone, just type
su
reboot bootloader
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Does anyone have the files needed? MultiUpload is down. Please PM me if you have them. I'd greatly appreaciate it
dingermtb said:
Good luck. Like i said, hardest part is timing it to get into bootloader. But after that, it was smooth sailing. Hope it works for you as well.
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I can't even get to boot loader. I can get emergency mode, or the LG screen. ADB renders "no device present"
This is a pretty old thread, my phone is actually an Optimus Slider.
***Warning, this will void your phone's warranty, may make it a brick, could make your kitten cry, etc... I am not responsible if anything goes wrong.***
I put this together for a friend and thought I would share on XDA. I am not a developer or expert by any means. If you have any issues with what you find here, please comment and I (or others) will try to help. I will update this as we go depending on everyone's experience. You may not need all sections, but use the one's you want.
This if for the p930 model only. I am not familiar with ways to do this on other models.
Read EVERYTHING and make sure you follow the directions.
Rooting the phone (which is required to do everything nefarious/fun with your phone):
Download the super one click program to your computer (home one) to root the phone. It will probably be blocked at work. http://depositfiles.com/files/n0dcxce3t
Download and install the LG drivers on your computer. http://s3.amazonaws.com/lgforum.com/resources/assets/680/original/LGP930.zip?1322664514
If installing SuperOneClick on Windows XP, make sure the .NET Framework v2.0 or above is installed. Windows Vista or 7 is fine.
Enable USB Debugging mode on your Android: Tap Menu > Settings > Applications > Development. Then enable USB debugging.
Verify that your SD card is not mounted: Tap Menu > SD Card & Phone Storage, and tap Unmount SD Card.
Allow install from Unknown Sources: Tap Menu > Security > check Unknown Sources.
Once downloaded, unzip the folder and run SuperOneClick.exe.
Then plug your Android into the computer via the USB cable that came with the phone.
Finally, click the Root button on SuperOneClick. Let it do its thing. If it doesn’t work, try it again. Might take a couple of tries.
Installing the Clockwork Mod Recovery Program (which lets you load the ICS ROM/software/backup/restore/other cool things):
Go to the Market/Play Store on the phone and download/install “ROM Manager” (just the free version is fine).
Open the app and choose “Flash Clockwork Mod Recovery”
Choose your device type “ATT Nitro HD/p930” and let it happen.
Downloading the ICS Software/ROM and Google Apps Zip File:
Then, in the phone’s browser, go to http://get.cm/?device=p930 and download the latest “nightly” file to the SD card. Just click on the blue link and it should start automatically.
Download this file (it’s the Google apps for the phone) http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120317-signed.zip
Let both finish downloading.
Installing the ICS software/ROM and Google apps zip:
Open ROM Manager and choose Reboot Into Recovery. Your phone will restart to recovery mode. You use volume up/down to navigate and power to select options.
Choose “Backup and Restore” then “Backup” This will make a complete backup of your phone in case something ever goes wrong. You can use the restore option to restore it.
After the backup is complete, “choose wipe data/factory reset” then “Yes – Delete all user data” (This will wipe the phone).
Then choose install zip from sdcard > choose zip form sd card > Download/
Select the “update – cm 9 file, then choose the “Yes” option again.
Repeat 4 and 5 except choose the gapps file instead of the update – cm9 file in step 5.
Choose “reboot system now” wait for it to boot and you have ICS…
Walk through the steps to set up the phone and enjoy.
Getting updates:
Check back at http://get.cm/?device=p930 for new updates.
Download the new file and install it following steps 1-5 and 7 (you don’t need to reinstall the gapps again or wipe cache/dalvik unless directed to).
You can also get ROM Manager Premium and choose “Check for ROM Updates” vs. downloading.
Optional Stuff:
You can use titanium backup to backup your apps.
Don't restore system apps and restoring missing apps in general can cause problems. It's best to let the market reinstall or manually do it.
Reserved if we run out of space in the first post...
Very helpful. I was waiting for something like this before starting. Thanks!
Just an add on the Rooting point #5:
I don't know if other people experienced the same thing, but after choosing USB debugging, the phone defaulted to "PC Software" when plugging the cable in, making it impossible to unmount the SD card.
The rooting process worked all the same though.
Thanks a lot !!!but if i want to go to original status from cm9 when i have Flashed Clockwork Mod Recovery,how i should do, because i find it can't update over the air though i have restored the system by rom manager...
You would use adb to flash original recovery partition image and then unroot with SuperOneClick. It's dangerous going completely stock for an update because you stand a good chance of being locked out of root for a long time.
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davpaq said:
Just an add on the Rooting point #5:
I don't know if other people experienced the same thing, but after choosing USB debugging, the phone defaulted to "PC Software" when plugging the cable in, making it impossible to unmount the SD card.
The rooting process worked all the same though.
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What is the proper selection? I can't remember...
Malnilion said:
You would use adb to flash original recovery partition image and then unroot with SuperOneClick. It's dangerous going completely stock for an update because you stand a good chance of being locked out of root for a long time.
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Agreed. What are you trying to get out of the update? I don't think kernelpanic is worried about getting the update and incorporating into his ROM since CM 9 is out.
i'm stuck on nefarious................
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davpaq said:
Just an add on the Rooting point #5:
I don't know if other people experienced the same thing, but after choosing USB debugging, the phone defaulted to "PC Software" when plugging the cable in, making it impossible to unmount the SD card.
The rooting process worked all the same though.
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I believe it has to choose one, it can't be in mass storage mode and pc software mode at the same time when it's connected.
Malnilion said:
You would use adb to flash original recovery partition image and then unroot with SuperOneClick. It's dangerous going completely stock for an update because you stand a good chance of being locked out of root for a long time.
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Thank you sir !The problem is that i forgot to backup the orignal recovery .i searched it in the forum,but i don't know which is the orignal recovery of nitro hd ,may be a korea edition.
The Kernelpan1c is good ,but i don't like go launcher,because touching the screen sometimes drifts to the bottom,and it never occur by the orignal starter.however,the new update on kernelpan1c or cm9 is worth waiting.
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Thank you sir !The problem is that i forgot to backup the orignal recovery .i searched it in the forum,but i don't know which is the orignal recovery of nitro hd ,may be a korea edition.
The Kernelpan1c is good ,but i don't like go launcher,because touching the screen sometimes drifts to the bottom,and it never occur by the orignal starter.however,the new update on kernelpan1c or cm9 is worth waiting.
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You can easily change the launcher. Just go to tbe market. Try zeam.
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dnorthington said:
What is the proper selection? I can't remember...
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I believe it would be charge only. I am also not sure since I haven't used the stock ROM in a little while. But by enabling USB debugging, it goes straight to PC Software when you plug it in (and this can't be changed), which doesn't allow to unmount the SD card.
Note that this is on the Optimus LTE, perhaps it is different on the Nitro.
i'm currently running the stock rom. the proper selection is pc storage, there is no need to unmount the sd card to root although you can unmount it, you just have to do it prior to plugging the device into the computer.
if I already have CM9 and wish to move the next nightly build.
do I have to wipe everything by
[[choose wipe data/factory reset” then “Yes – Delete all user data” (This will wipe the phone).]]
??
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if I already have CM9 and wish to move the next nightly build.
do I have to wipe everything by
[[choose wipe data/factory reset” then “Yes – Delete all user data” (This will wipe the phone).]]
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No. Don't have to wipe anything.
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My htc evo 4g is stuck in a bootloop. I can access bootloader and recovery, I have stock recovery, I have root but also s-on. I properly flashed digital karma over a month ago, only thing I did previous to this event was download two new roms, one was gangnam-style, i think it was jelly bean, i was planning on deleting and not flashing zip. and the other was an ics rom which i was planning to flash, but i was tired and went to bed to do another time. the next day i was working and my phone was in my back pocket and must have shut down or bumped it. when i tried to reboot, it was in this loop. i tried a hard reset. and wiped everything. no luck. i tried flashing my other roms to no avail. but the classic rom loaded up to the lock screen which took forever and then started the loop.
so its in a bootloop and getting to recovery takes forever but i can get there. i was wondering about this pcmg.. zip i have read about. sounded like that might work but can i put it to the root of my sd card with it in my phone or do i need a card reader?? or RUU, or any help would be appreciated. i still don't know how to access my sd card from the usb to computer, i hardly use computers. we own a dell with windows 8.
If you can get into recovery and bootloader, you're golden
Connect your phone to your computer while in bootloader, then go into your recovery. In recovery and bootloader you use the volume keys to navigate and Power button to select
Once there hit "mounts and storages" > "mount usb storage" and your sdcard should show up on your computer
Now go online and find a PC36IMG.zip for any android version, preferably froyo (android 2.2) if you want to root again
Once you get that zip, put it on the root of your sdcard and make sure its named properly (not PC36IMG.zip.zip by accident)
After that, hit the back option in recovery and exit all the way to the main screen and select "power off" or a similar option
Now boot up your phone into bootloader and follow the prompts to flash the stock firmware!
Steps to extract PC36IMG.zip from an RUU (if you cant find a PC36IMG.zip quickly)
Download an RUU and open it, stop once it opens
Open a "Run...." window (shortcut is WinKey + R, idk about Windows 8 though I use 7)
In that window type in "%temp%" (no quotes) and hit enter
Sort the files by date modified and browse through the folders till you find one that has a "rom.zip" file
Copy the "rom.zip" to your directory and close the RUU
Rename the "rom.zip" to "PC36IMG.zip" and follow steps above
EDIT: Try the above, I'm not sure if it will work with S-ON though, If it doesn't, try the steps below
Ok so find the PC36IMG using the steps above, then connect your phone to your computer while in bootloader and select the "fastboot" option
If you don't have the "fastboot.exe" program, get it from somewhere lol (HTCDev has it, I can upload it too if really necessary)
Now extract the PC36IMG.zip and copy the "fastboot.exe" to the directory where you extracted the ZIP
Then for every file in there do the following "fastboot flash "
Now if you get here, post again lol
ok, its getting late and I keep hitting the wrong key and having to re-type everything. so short and sweet. plan A.. fail.. plan b, need more thorough directions. I right clicked and extracted pc36img files and downloaded fastbootexe. tried copying it to the folder and following your directions, but I need more guidance. I appreciate your time. thanks.
No problem
Ok so, can you attach a screenshot of that folder where you extracted the PC36IMG.zip?
And connect your phone to your computer in fastboot mode (boot into bootloader > fastboot option) and run the following command and then attach a screenshot of that too please
Code:
fastboot oem listpartition
Drop it on the floor from about 2-4 feet high I know it sounds stupid but I tried everything and I couldn't stop my boot loop but my girlfriends daughter dropped it from the top of my PlayStation 3 and it stopped rebooting before that I installed stock rooted after formatting everything
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spyke1999 said:
Drop it on the floor from about 2-4 feet high I know it sounds stupid but I tried everything and I couldn't stop my boot loop but my girlfriends daughter dropped it from the top of my PlayStation 3 and it stopped rebooting before that I installed stock rooted after formatting everything
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The amount of lol in this post is immense.
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CyanJustice said:
The amount of lol in this post is immense.
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Hmm, lots of new faces coming out of hiding these days
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CNexus said:
Hmm, lots of new faces coming out of hiding these days
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I know I'm one of them, but, jeez... Drop your phone to fix a bootloop?
Sent from Mordor, Gandalf says 'sup'
Lol I know it sounds stupid but it fixed my boot loop and I was like lol is that all I had to do I spent like 3 months trying everything except replacing it and I tell you drop it just not too hard you don't want to break the screen
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Hi all,
I tried to root my Nexus 7 according to this youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1cD-JXRGX8
During the step to install" super SU", i copied the the "unzipped" version of the file into the device, and couldn't install it as per video.
So i tried restating the device to try to copy the right file to the device, but now it just stucked at the loading screen (circle & square alternating, not the X screen) and i couldn't power it off too.
What should i do? Help please! Thanks!
gooner4life said:
Hi all,
I tried to root my Nexus 7 according to this youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1cD-JXRGX8
During the step to install" super SU", i copied the the "unzipped" version of the file into the device, and couldn't install it as per video.
So i tried restating the device to try to copy the right file to the device, but now it just stucked at the loading screen (circle & square alternating, not the X screen) and i couldn't power it off too.
What should i do? Help please! Thanks!
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Is it still recognised by the computer?
As in, if you plug it in with USB does it appear on your device manager?
Anyway, I would recommend using Wug's Toolkit (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389107) to sort you out.
It's pretty straight forward so you should be able to fix it easly.
username4this said:
Is it still recognised by the computer?
As in, if you plug it in with USB does it appear on your device manager?
Anyway, I would recommend using Wug's Toolkit (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2389107) to sort you out.
It's pretty straight forward so you should be able to fix it easly.
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No it's not recognized by my PC too. So the toolkit won't be useful too i presume?
Any other options? Just wait it out till the battery is dead?
gooner4life said:
No it's not recognized by my PC too. So the toolkit won't be useful too i presume?
Any other options? Just wait it out till the battery is dead?
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Your best bet is to try them.
Also give a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544361
gooner4life said:
Hi all,
I tried to root my Nexus 7 according to this youtube link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1cD-JXRGX8
During the step to install" super SU", i copied the the "unzipped" version of the file into the device, and couldn't install it as per video.
So i tried restating the device to try to copy the right file to the device, but now it just stucked at the loading screen (circle & square alternating, not the X screen) and i couldn't power it off too.
What should i do? Help please! Thanks!
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Long press the power button and that will make it reboot, as soon as the screen turns OFF, hold down the volume down button and it will boot into the bootloader, use the volume button to select recovery, press the start button to go into recovery. In recovery (TWRP) click on wipe then do a factory reset. If it is off, press and hold volume down and power button together and that will get you to the bootloader screen.
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Long press the power button and that will make it reboot, as soon as the screen turns OFF, hold down the volume down button and it will boot into the bootloader, use the volume button to select recovery, press the start button to go into recovery. In recovery (TWRP) click on wipe then do a factory reset. If it is off, press and hold volume down and power button together and that will get you to the bootloader screen.
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This whole rooting process confuse me. So you're saying after doing this, just start over the rooting process as per youtube link again or continue the step where i did wrong?
P/S is it easier to root using that rootkit as per post above?
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This whole rooting process confuse me. So you're saying after doing this, just start over the rooting process as per youtube link again or continue the step where i did wrong?
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You're two thirds of the way there. You supposedly have the bootloader unlocked, you can see that when it boots up at the "Google" screen the lock will be unlocked, It will also say unlocked in the bootloader screen. And you should have TWRP installed if you tried to flash supersu. So.. at this point, you need to flash the supersu "zip" in TWRP. Before you start making any changes I would recommend making a backup in TWRP.
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P/S is it easier to root using that rootkit as per post above?
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What you are using is part of the android sdk (adb/fastboot), the platform-tools folder with the usb drivers moved into it, not really a toolkit. I've never used a toolkit so I can't say a lot about them, I have the complete sdk installed, you were using part of it. Were you able to boot into recovery and do a factory reset?
You should not have followed that guide.
1st: Go to here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053. Download the zip. DO NOT UNZIP.
2nd: Make sure that ADB is set up on your computer. To download, go to https://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html. Follow the instructions to install. Open the SDK (should be in C\development\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20131030\, or whereever you installed, it is an execultable file. It should have a little green android logo next to it, and it is called "SDK Manager". It will take a couple seconds to open. Once it has opened, install "Android SDK Platform-tools".
3rd: Move the Super SU zip into the C\development\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20131030\sdk\platform-tools, or wherever you installed the platform-tools. It should be inside the SDK folder. Just paste the zip there.
4th: Boot your Nexus 7 into recovery. Push and hold the power button and volume down button at the same time and boot into the bootloader.
5th: Boot into recovery. Do so by pressing the power button for a while, and eventually it will shut off, as mentioned above.
6th: Press and hold power button and volume down to boot into bootloader. Once in the bootloader, push the volume down button until recovery is selected.
7th: Boot into recovery by pressing the power button.
8th: In recovery, wipe the cache and dalvik under the advanced wipe in the wipe menu. Go back and click install. Click "apply from sideload", or something like that, I forgot the exact wording. Connect your tablet to your computer through a USB cable.
9th: Go back to your computer. Go to C\development\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20131030\sdk\ or wherever you installed the sdk. Press shift, and then right click on the folder that says "platform-tools". In the menu, click "open command window here".
10th: Copy the exact name of the supersu zip file in the platform-tools folder.
11th: In the command window type: adb sideload UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86.zip
12th: Press enter. The name of the super su file may not be exactly that, but similar to it.
13: Reboot your tablet.
I don't know if you are a noob, or very experienced, so I made this as noob-friendly as posisble, sorry if I offended you in any way. Here are some pictures.
I did manage to boot into bootloader screen 7 the option to start, but same thing happen, it still stucked at the "4 colors" circle screen. Problem is guys i couldn't get the PC to recognise my tablet even in the bootloader screen. What should i do now?
wantabe said:
You're two thirds of the way there. You supposedly have the bootloader unlocked, you can see that when it boots up at the "Google" screen the lock will be unlocked, It will also say unlocked in the bootloader screen. And you should have TWRP installed if you tried to flash supersu. So.. at this point, you need to flash the supersu "zip" in TWRP. Before you start making any changes I would recommend making a backup in TWRP.
What you are using is part of the android sdk (adb/fastboot), the platform-tools folder with the usb drivers moved into it, not really a toolkit. I've never used a toolkit so I can't say a lot about them, I have the complete sdk installed, you were using part of it. Were you able to boot into recovery and do a factory reset?
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Ok i can boot to recovery mode and get to TWRP. But as my post above the superSU is not in zipped form, what should i do then? And i couldn't copy the zipped verison into the tablet as my PC won't recognise the tablet. Do i choose wipe to start all over again from scratch? (assuming that's what wipe will do?) or browse into subfolder of superSU "i.e. app, bin, etc, xbi" and install form there manually? Dam im confused without knowing any basic of rooting...I thnk you're the closest to understanding where i am now, please help! Thanks!
ok guys i think my N7 got some serious problem!!
Now it would just stucked on the Google screen and won't even go to the recovery mode!!!
What should i do now to reset it back to original state now?!!
gooner4life said:
Ok i can boot to recovery mode and get to TWRP. But as my post above the superSU is not in zipped form, what should i do then? And i couldn't copy the zipped verison into the tablet as my PC won't recognise the tablet. Do i choose wipe to start all over again from scratch? (assuming that's what wipe will do?) or browse into subfolder of superSU "i.e. app, bin, etc, xbi" and install form there manually? Dam im confused without knowing any basic of rooting...I thnk you're the closest to understanding where i am now, please help! Thanks!
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Try and do a factory reset. Just remember a factory reset is not a restore and it will not put your device back to the way it was before you tried to root. A factory reset will wipe the cache and data, not the system. Any changes to the system, kernel or recovery that you made will still be there after a factory reset. Go ahead and dot a reset and let's see if that will get your N7 to boot up. And we can go from there.
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Try and do a factory reset. Just remember a factory reset is not a restore and it will not put your device back to the way it was before you tried to root. A factory reset will wipe the cache and data, not the system. Any changes to the system, kernel or recovery that you made will still be there after a factory reset. Go ahead and dot a reset and let's see if that will get your N7 to boot up. And we can go from there.
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I might have stuffed up here mate, you might have missed my last post. I did a factory wipe, and tried to use the toolkit as suggested, and i'm now im deeper water where i can't even get into recovery mode. Everything just stucked between the "Google" screen and the "volume down + power" screen....gosh i really feel stupid now...Any more suggestions?
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I might have stuffed up here mate, you might have missed my last post. I did a factory wipe, and tried to use the toolkit as suggested, and i'm now im deeper water where i can't even get into recovery mode. Everything just stucked between the "Google" screen and the "volume down + power" screen....gosh i really feel stupid now...Any more suggestions?
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I did miss your last post. Holy crap what are you doing? You went from knee deep to drowning.
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What you're saying is that you can't get to the bootloader screen now?
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I did miss your last post. Holy crap what are you doing? You went from knee deep to drowning.
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What you're saying is that you can't get to the bootloader screen now?
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Yep I'm serious **** now! Any more experts here have any idea? Or do i have to bring it to local mobile shop to get it fixed? Is Google able to help ?
Anyway... getting supersu installed is a non-issue if you can't get it to boot up. When you were trying to download supersu what you were looking for was the installable zip at Chainfires thread."CWM / TWRP / MobileODIN installable ZIP: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu."
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Anyway... getting supersu installed is a non-issue if you can't get it to boot up. When you were trying to download supersu what you were looking for was the installable zip at Chainfires thread."CWM / TWRP / MobileODIN installable ZIP: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu."
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Nah i was just using the SuperSU zip i downloaded as per youtube link. The problem is my PC cant detect my tablet and i can't do sh**t!
Any manual hardware reset option on N7?
If a factory reset didn't clear it up you might be able to get away with just flashing the system image. Long pressing won't make it reboot?
I'll tell you how the tablet is right now, and hopefully you have some ideas where to go from here.
Atm, when i turn on and off the tablet.
but when i turn it on, it will go straight to the google screen with lock image at the bottom, then it will just stuck there
I tried going to recovery mode, and it won't come up with TWRP , and after a black screen, it will go back to boot screen
Tried "restart bootloader", did nothing too, just gone back original boot screen .
So now what? Gosh did i just break my brand new N7?
I'll tell you how my tablet is right now, and hopefully you have some ideas where to go from here.
ATM, I can turn on and off the tablet., but my PC won't recognise it
However, when i turn it on, it will go straight to the 'Google" screen with lock image at the bottom, then it will just stuck there
I tried going to recovery mode, and it won't come up with TWRP as before, and after a black screen, it will go back to boot screen
Tried "restart bootloader", did nothing too, just gone back original boot screen .
So now what? Gosh did i just break my brand new N7? :crying:
Hi guys
I am running Cyanogenmod 10.2.1 on a Galaxy Nexus GSM. I installed that last year with the easy to use installer.
2 days ago I clicked update on that M3 Snapshot. Since then, the phone is not booting anymore and hanging on the blue loading screen with the cyanogenmod face and the circle around it.
I can boot to Odin and Clockworkmod Recovery.
I installed the Android SDK and the USB adb drivers and it shows the device under "devices" without trouble but not as a storage device so i cant pull data via the windows explorer. I am on Windows 7 Ultimate.
When in CWM Recovery and trying adb pull it says device not authorized. Unfortunetly i switched off usb debugging right before i installed that update.
My question>
I have to save the photos from the internal sd card before i can just wipe everything and reset it to factory setting. How can i do that?
Any chance to get around the "device unauthorized" msg ? Via adb devices i can see the device in the list.
I searched around a lot and kind of out of options now :/
if it is any help. i was just able to flash the clockworkmod to 6.0.4.7 via heimdall in odin mode but i still cannot read data from the phone..
if its possible to write on the phone it should be possible to read from it?
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if it is any help. i was just able to flash the clockworkmod to 6.0.4.7 via heimdall in odin mode but i still cannot read data from the phone..
if its possible to write on the phone it should be possible to read from it?
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Adb should work in recovery so you could try and use "adb pull".
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA Premium HD app
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Adb should work in recovery so you could try and use "adb pull".
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA Premium HD app
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adb pull gives me the message "device unauthorized". how do i authorize it in the recovery mode?
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ok if anyone cares for the solution:
i got all mad. i booted into cwm recovery and did the wipe all/factory reset. after that i clicked system reboot. the old cm booted smooth and quick. and all data on the internal sd card is still there. just the apps and their data is gone. pictures saved.
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ok if anyone cares for the solution:
i got all mad. i booted into cwm recovery and did the wipe all/factory reset. after that i clicked system reboot. the old cm booted smooth and quick. and all data on the internal sd card is still there. just the apps and their data is gone. pictures saved.
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...I thought you were to retrieve app data. Yes, the internal storage will not be cleared during normal /data wipe (unless you intentionally do so). Anyway, congrats