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[Q] Need Assistance, I brick my Galaxy Nexus

Hi, I am afraid I brick my Galaxy Nexus (Rooted)
Cause:
I think I wrongly delete some system files in Clockworkmod.
Symptoms:
1. When the mobile is turn on, only shows 'Google' logo and the 'Unlock' logo, no responds then.
2. Press Volume + and - key, I can successfully enter recovery mode.
3.Press Volume - key, I can successfully enter Download mode.
4. I do not have any Stock Rom file (or other Rom file) in the mobile memory.
Urgently need your expertise and help.
Many Thanks
(I am not an expert, so would you mind teach me step by step if you got the solution)
Thanks!!!!

So you cannot boot the phone at all past the Google splash screen? LTE or GSM?
Or does the phone boot fine, but you just can't get into ClockworkMod Recovery?

cbs2002 said:
Hi, I am afraid I brick my Galaxy Nexus (Rooted)
Cause:
I think I wrongly delete some system files in Clockworkmod.
Symptoms:
1. When the mobile is turn on, only shows 'Google' logo and the 'Unlock' logo, no responds then.
2. Press Volume + and - key, I can successfully enter recovery mode.
3.Press Volume - key, I can successfully enter Download mode.
4. I do not have any Stock Rom file (or other Rom file) in the mobile memory.
Urgently need your expertise and help.
Many Thanks
(I am not an expert, so would you mind teach me step by step if you got the solution)
Thanks!!!!
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The key piece of information for your symptom is in this line:
1. When the mobile is turn on, only shows 'Google' logo and the 'Unlock' logo, no responds then.
The other lines do help provide background as to the other modes such as recovery and download working properly, which indicates the issue is not *serious*.
The symptom you state, where the device does not boot past the boot logo, usually means the device is not able to boot the kernel or boot past the kernel. The boot logo appears while the kernel is being loaded on the device. Generally, after the boot logo and kernel finish loading a boot animation appears which indicates the kernel has usually handed off to the Android OS to continue booting.
My approach would be to load a completely stock ROM in order to restore a working kernel and ROM to the device. I generally perform this step as a baseline to get everything back in working order.
In many instances the ROM is dependent on the kernel. Your situation requires at least a kernel to be loaded and in order to prevent any further issues, it would be best to load a ROM dependent on the kernel being loaded.
A simple way would be to grab the stock factory images from Google's site and load those back onto the device.
Another simple way would be to grab a stock ROM and flash the .zip through CWM in recovery mode.
Hope that helps!

Since you're rooted I'm going to assume you have ADB and the necessary drivers installed.
1.) Download a ROM. It doesn't have to be stock, you can choose any of the ROMs from the development section for your device. Most of the ROMs are packaged with a kernel already.
2.) Save this ROM file to the same folder where you have ADB installed.
3.) Boot your phone into CWM recovery and plug it into your computer.
4.) Use ADB to push the ROM zip file to your phone (/data/media). For example:
Code:
c:\gnex\>adb push rom.zip /data/media/rom.zip
5.) Use CWM to wipe data, cache, and davlik-cache
6.) Install zip from sdcard and flash the rom.zip.

RMarkwald said:
So you cannot boot the phone at all past the Google splash screen? LTE or GSM?
Or does the phone boot fine, but you just can't get into ClockworkMod Recovery?
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1. I am using GSM
2. Whenever I turn on my mobile, the 'Google' and 'Unlock' logo appears and then freeze, with no more respond at all
* I definitely mess up some system files, but don't know how to restore it because my PC do not recognize my mobile.
Thanks

I am seeing more and more of these threads about "bricked" nexus's is this an issue with how new the phone is or people not following instructions properly as they are too eager to root their phones?
All else fails flash back to stock and count yourself lucky.

To silow,
Thanks for your advice, but fail
1. I put adb.exe, adbwinapi.dll and fastboot.exe (3 files) under my PC C drive (i.e. C
2. I also put a stock Rom (rename as rom.zip) under C drive (i.e. C
3. Boot phone into CWM recovery and plug it into computer.
4. Use cmd command and type c:\gnex\>adb push rom.zip /data/media/rom.zip
5. It fails , It say "Access Denied" (in Chinese, but I translate it into English here)
6. How do I use ADB (it is a ADB.exe file, When I double click it, it only flash up a few page very fast and nothing happen)
Please assist!

To Joeykrim,
I agree that
"Another simple way would be to grab a stock ROM and flash the .zip through CWM in recovery mode."
But how? (according to my symptoms)

The command I gave you was just an example. I didn't spell out the exact details because I thought that you would know how to do it considering you rooted the phone.
If you put the adb.exe and AdbWinApi.dll file in your C: drive, make sure you copy the ROM file to your C: drive too. In the follow example I'm going to use "ROM.zip" but use the name of the ROM file that you downloaded. Also I am assuming you are on Windows XP.
1.) Boot your phone into CWM recovery and then plug it in.
2.) Go to your Start Menu and choose Run. Then type in "cmd" without quotes and hit enter to open a command prompt.
3.) Enter:
Code:
cd c:\
4.) Enter the following to make sure ADB can see your phone:
Code:
adb devices
You should see something similiar to this to confirm ADB can see your device:
List of devices attached
019B756F0C018012 device
5.) Enter the following command to copy the ROM file to your phone. Remember to replace ROM.zip with whatever the name of the ROM file is:
Code:
adb push ROM.zip /data/media/ROM.zip
6.) Use CWM to wipe data, cache, and davlik-cache
7.) Install zip from sdcard and flash the rom.zip.

To Silow,
You have been very helpful, but I fail.
"You should see something similiar to this to confirm ADB can see your device:
List of devices attached"
There is NO device number shown after the phrase 'List of devices attached'
To recap:
a) Phone is already plugged in my PC, under the Clockworkmod Recovery 5.5.0.2
b) adb.exe and AdbWinApi.dll file are under C: drive directly
c) Also type cmd in 'Run', a black Dos window shown C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
d) c:\>adb devices
List of devices attached
(But no device number show up, it cannot recognize my mobile)
Pls don't give up on me!
: )

you can't use adb from CWM, you need to enter the bootloader, then try adb or fastboot (edit: wrong!)

Sounds like your ADB USB drivers are not correctly installed. While the phone is under CWM, when you plug it in is your computer attempting to install drivers for a new device?
Download these bare ADB Interface drivers.ADB USB Drivers
Go into Device Manager on your computer and check the device list for any unknown devices or "?" devices. If you need to update those drivers by pointing them to the drivers you downloaded and extracted from that link above.
When the ADB Interface drivers are correctly installed you should see Android Phone listed under under your Device Manager when it's plugged in with CWM recovery loaded.
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cancerouspete said:
you can't use adb from CWM, you need to enter the bootloader, then try adb or fastboot
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You CAN use ADB with CWM. That's one of the reasons why CWM is so awesome.

silow said:
You CAN use ADB with CWM. That's one of the reasons why CWM is so awesome.
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edit: i did appear to have one missing driver, my mistake. it was listed in device manager as "unknown - full"
its funny cause i never had to use adb from cwm before, never noticed

cbs2002 said:
d) c:\>adb devices
List of devices attached
(But no device number show up, it cannot recognize my mobile)
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This symptom generally occurs from not having loaded the drivers for the hardware. As with the majority of hardware devices when being connected to a Windows machine, the drivers need to be loaded. Sometimes these are automatically loaded and other times they have to be manual loaded.
As an alternative and for future reference, the android-sdk package contains general USB drives which usually work for Google Nexus devices.
Generally, as this providers a *cleaner* install, best practice as recommended by Google is to download the whole android-sdk .zip and then from the installer download/install the pieces needed, such as platform-tools (containing adb) and USB drivers as opposed to extracting out the adb.exe and .dll file and installing manually.
cancerouspete said:
you can't use adb from CWM, you need to enter the bootloader, then try adb or fastboot
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silow said:
You CAN use ADB with CWM. That's one of the reasons why CWM is so awesome.
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Agreed. To add greater clarification so there is no confusion: adb can't be used from the bootloader.
The /sbin/adbd daemon on the device is only loaded while in normal android boot mode or in recovery mode as called by the init.rc (or on some older devices, recovery.rc) file in the boot process.
Bootloader mode will only work with fastboot while it is in fastboot usb mode.
On some devices, the bootloader has a separate menu for fastboot and on other devices, the fastboot mode is directly entered when entering the bootloader.
Hope that helps clarify!

To silow (and all other helpers)
1. I fail
2. The ADB USB drivers in my PC should be fine as in Device Manager , I can see Android Phone with Android Composite ADB Interface. (No exclamation mark)
3. On the other hand, whenever I plug my mobile into PC, I can see "Unknown-Full"
4. In DOS, when I first type "adb devices" it shows
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037*
*daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
(but NO device number shown!)
5. When I enter adb devices second time, it shows
List of devices attached (No device number shown)
Thank you so much , but it is Hong Kong time (my place) at 0511 am , I didn't sleep all night and I am very tired.
If you don't mind (especially big helper Silow), please give me email so that I capture screen picture and show you in detail (hope it may help)
my email is
[email protected]
I need to sleep now, I will check my email and see you guys or come back this Forum later (several hours later, as I really need some sleep right now)
Pls don't give up on me as this is an expensive mobile. I think the hardware is fine, just need to figure out a way to unbrick it.
Thanks, and see you!

What you need to do is right click on "Unknown-Full" and click on "Update Driver...". Then choose "Install from a list or specific location". Make sure "Search for the best driver in these locations." is checked and "Include this location in the search:" is check. Click on the Browse button and browse to where you extracted the driver files from the link I posted above. Click Next and this should install the correct drivers for you. Afterwards try "adb devices" again to see if ADB now reconizes your device.

To Silow,
Fail.
1. Already installed the drivers you gave me (and there is no 'Exclamation' Mark) in Device manager
2. Situation is the same , Cannot recognize my mobile (i.e. no Device No. after entering adb devices)
3. "List of devices attached" shown in DOS video but without any number.
No other method?
My mobile is really 'bricked' to death?

To Silow and all,
Something important
1. When choose 'install zip from sd card' under CWM, a list of old folder names remains
(e..g gameloft, DCIM, Pictures, etc). That means almost all old files, folders are STILL in my mobile!
2. I have already use the funcion 'Wipe data/factory reset', 'wipe cache partition', ' Wipe Dalvik Cache'
Perhaps my CWM has problem?

What happens when you update drivers for Unknown-Full?
Boot into fastboot and see if your computer recognizes the phone by checking device manager. The key here is to get your computer to see the phone either in fastboot or CWM.
Perhaps try another cable, USB port, or new computer.
The goal is to get Android Phone ADB Composite Interface to show up in device manager either in Fastboot or CWM. Without that done you cannot use Fastboot to flash nor ADB to push a zip file to the phone.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using XDA App

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

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

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

Well all you need to do for root is flash supersu.zip binary. If you have twrp on your device, boot to recovery. When you power on, hold down the volume down button also. When in boot loader mode, select recovery. If its not booting, you could just wipe to factory reset. Flash your supersu zip you'll be good.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app

mdamaged said:
Did you re-enable USB debugging? Another thing is to switch to PTP mode instead of MTP. If none of that is the issue, it may be drivers, fire up wugs toolkit, hook up your device, and click the button "Full Driver Installation Guide", skip to Step 3 tab, and run the "Full Driver Test", if it fails then you're going to need to run through the steps in that "Full Driver Installation Guide, going through each step.
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Thanks for the response...
All these check...I do have to switch to PTP to get adb functional and I do get success on the full driver test before I try rooting...device still hangs at "Booting modified boot.img to enable running privileged commands" message and then wont power down without disconnecting battery...

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

datallboy said:
Well all you need to do for root is flash supersu.zip binary. If you have twrp on your device, boot to recovery. When you power on, hold down the volume down button also. When in boot loader mode, select recovery. If its not booting, you could just wipe to factory reset. Flash your supersu zip you'll be good.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for the suggestions...
I lost twrp when I went back to stock build.
Sorry...I'm real green at all of this...
You think I should:
power up to fastboot mode...select boot loader mode...then select recovery to see if it boots?
You need to be real clear for me, I'm a total newb
I would need a link to thorough instructions for wiping to factory reset and flashing the supersu.zip...I do have adt installed and have my path modified so that I can run instructions like "adb devices" in a command window but I'm unclear as to where to place files so they will be seen if I try to flash them via adt. (like I say...this is all new to me and I'm not even sure if that last sentence makes sense)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

[Q] MTP USB Device: ADB lists no devices

Hi guys.
The phone is Xperia S.
I have installed CWM and wiped all partitions (except for sdcard) in order to prepare the phone for CM12.1 install.
Now I understand that my CWM version is outdated (5.5.0.4) and I need to install TWRP (which I had had installed before).
The problem is that when I plug in the phone, Windows registers it as MTP USB Device and I cannot uninstall/change drivers. adb devices lists no devices and I cannot do anything with the phone now.
Also, I have twrp.img on sdcard, but I'm not sure how to install it from CWM. When I was running TWRP before, adb was working fine.
So, I guess my problem can be fixed in two ways:
Install TWRP from CWM. I have twrp.img on sdcard, but CWM won't let me install it, I can't see it listed in file list.
Uninstall/change drivers for "MTP USB Device" so that adb works again.
Any help would be appreciated, as I cannot install anything on my phone now, and all I have is a CWM recovery on it.

Witchunter said:
Hi guys.
The phone is Xperia S.
I have installed CWM and wiped all partitions (except for sdcard) in order to prepare the phone for CM12.1 install.
Now I understand that my CWM version is outdated (5.5.0.4) and I need to install TWRP (which I had had installed before).
The problem is that when I plug in the phone, Windows registers it as MTP USB Device and I cannot uninstall/change drivers. adb devices lists no devices and I cannot do anything with the phone now.
Also, I have twrp.img on sdcard, but I'm not sure how to install it from CWM. When I was running TWRP before, adb was working fine.
So, I guess my problem can be fixed in two ways:
Install TWRP from CWM. I have twrp.img on sdcard, but CWM won't let me install it, I can't see it listed in file list.
Uninstall/change drivers for "MTP USB Device" so that adb works again.
Any help would be appreciated, as I cannot install anything on my phone now, and all I have is a CWM recovery on it.
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The MTP is fine, You don't need to uninstall it. Try following the method from here to flash the ROM.

Mirhawk said:
The MTP is fine, You don't need to uninstall it. Try following the method from here to flash the ROM.
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Thanks for the suggestion.
When I turn off the phone, press and hold UP button and then connect the phone to PC, the blue light lights up as it should. However, after ~10 seconds, blue light goes away and the phone goes to CWM recovery.
Therefore, I'm unable to execute adb commands during this short time period.
How to prevent CWM from starting up while in fastboot mode?

Witchunter said:
Thanks for the suggestion.
When I turn off the phone, press and hold UP button and then connect the phone to PC, the blue light lights up as it should. However, after ~10 seconds, blue light goes away and the phone goes to CWM recovery.
Therefore, I'm unable to execute adb commands during this short time period.
How to prevent CWM from starting up while in fastboot mode?
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Then Your fastboot drivers are not installed.
Disconnect Your phone from PC.
Open command prompt and run this command:
Code:
SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
and then open device manager, Choose View, Show Hidden Devices. Then uninstall any device with Xperia S and/or android in it. Then install the flashtool, fastboot, and every Xperia S related drivers from drivers pack in flashtool. I see that You use Windows 8/8.1, hence You need to follow a different method to install drivers. You can find that method here. Then follow the method I mentioned before.

Mirhawk said:
Then Your fastboot drivers are not installed.
Disconnect Your phone from PC.
Open command prompt and run this command:
Code:
SET DEVMGR_SHOW_NONPRESENT_DEVICES=1
and then open device manager, Choose View, Show Hidden Devices. Then uninstall any device with Xperia S and/or android in it. Then install the flashtool, fastboot, and every Xperia S related drivers from drivers pack in flashtool. I see that You use Windows 8/8.1, hence You need to follow a different method to install drivers. You can find that method here. Then follow the method I mentioned before.
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While waiting for your answer, I found the video detailing instructions to install drivers on Windows 8.1 x64:
Nonetheless, thank you for your answer, now I can continue to try to install CM12.1.

Yet another OTA softbrick thread. How screwed am I?

Hi all,
It seems I come back a n00b every few years.
I rooted my Zenfone 2 to remove some clutter and guess what I did today? I updated. Didn't know that would brick my phone but well here I am.
I followed these steps:
http://www.asus-zenfone.com/2015/06/how-to-update-ota-without-bootloop-on-rooted-zenfone2.html
Only to find that it wouldn't boot.
Went into recovery and tried to factory reset... went on for more than 15 minutes (I didn't want to stop the process....). I then had to hard reset then boot into recovery and tried to wipe cache which yielded nothing...
BTW, I think the failed wipe and reset messed up permissions as fastboot yields an error (even though the "flash recovery" bit seems to work).
I tried installing TWRP and it only boots back into fastboot. Reinstall the recovery from the link above and I can go back into recovery but can't seem to use any of the functions.
Any ideas?
p.s. I did do a few searches. Can't find anything specific about

I also tried using the adb sideload to sideload official firmware but it yields "error: device not found" and then goes back into regular recovery...

adramelch said:
I also tried using the adb sideload to sideload official firmware but it yields "error: device not found" and then goes back into regular recovery...
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Have you installed all your drivers correctly?
In TWRP, have you gone into advanced and selected ADB Sideload? I've also had issues with sideloading, I think it's a TWRP issue though.
Here's what you can try:
Boot into TWRP and make sure the phone is detected on the PC.
open up adb
type: adb devices
hit enter
your device should be listed
type: adb push -p rom.zip /sdcard0/
-for push, it's just the command to push files to your phone. Alternatively, pull is for taking files from your phone (in the event you can't boot up and need a certain file)
-for -p, it just means show progress, so in CMD you'll see a percentage sign which is always a good thing to know
-for rom.zip you type in the location of the file
-for /sdcard0/ you can leave that, as that is the send destination and should land right in your main folder.
And once the file is transferred over, install through TWRP.
Wipe Dalvik/Cache.
Reboot system.
Profit.
If all this doesn't work, try a microsd card with the file on it.
EDIT: I just realized you meant you meant stock recovery. In that case...it should still allow you to adb sideload, but I'm not sure. As long as you can still use ADB, you can follow my instructions above.

adb push yields "error: closed"
adb sideload says it needs adb 1.0.32 to do operation...

Try using microSD, download the latest firmware on asus website, then rename the zip to MOFD_UPDATE.zip and copy it to your microSD then go to recovery mode and it'll install the update. it took sometime be patient

badaboomBURP said:
Try using microSD, download the latest firmware on asus website, then rename the zip to MOFD_UPDATE.zip and copy it to your microSD then go to recovery mode and it'll install the update. it took sometime be patient
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Recovery doeasn't have option "Update from zip" but this time, the adb sideload command worked for some reason...

adramelch said:
Recovery doeasn't have option "Update from zip" but this time, the adb sideload command worked for some reason...
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in my experience, it automatically install the zip if i go to recovery

Update: Sideload worked and I've been back to stock since. Didn't want to flash because I was ok with stock but didn't want the clutter. Will find another stable firmware if need be.
Thanks again for the help!

XT1676 - Stuck in Unlocked Bootloader, after Wipe Cache(?!)

Some informations at first:
XT1676 Moto G5, Fine Gold, 16GB
(TYPE M2675/ FCC ID: <known>/ SEQ#: <known>)
2017-10-30
Problem: Stuck in unlocked Bootloader
Hi all,
i am stuck on bootloader and cant get out.
On my PC I have "Minimal ADB and Fastboot"(v. 1.4.2.) installed and after i open a command prompt(admin) and type
- "fastboot devices" my phone is listed as <NR> fastboot
so that works as the only positive thing i can say
- "adb reboot", *daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037*
*daemon started successfully*
error: no devices/ emulators found
- "adb reconnect", error: no devices/ emulators found
i am not into the adb commands at all, i am a dummy and i would be so glad if someone could lead me out of my problem.
Maybe a word how i got into there:
1) i installed the minimal adb and fastboot(v1.4.2.)
2) i unlocked the bootloader by doing that over the Motorola UNLOCK Bootloader site
3) then i rooted & Flash Twrp Recovery (twrp-3.1.1-0-cedric)
with "fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-cedric.img"
4) first time entered into twrp recovery and i did the following:
A) a factory wipe-> reboot back to recovery mode->
B) install no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1-> reboot and let system start before i turn off phone and enter bootloader(vol down+start) again
C) after entering recovery mode again, i install Magisk-v11.6 -> reboot->
D) now everything seemed to work, the system started properly rooted.
E) but then i decided to flash once again the Magisk-v11.6 followed by wipe data/ factory reset cause i wanted to completly do the flashing all over.
(dont ask me why i did it.. i could explain and tell you my intention but well it happened anyway and brought me to where i am stuck now)
but that was on this move not all yet: i also wipe dalvik cache
so after wipedalvik/ cache , since that moment i couldnt access to my SD Card anymore as it simply didnt show up anymore.
after a restart i was my first time in an endless bootloop of that Screen with "Erasing"(, the letters sourrounded by a spectral colored circle)
i had to disconnect the phone from power . also i tried to remove the battery for a day. but it would only get me back into that bootloop and only get me out by removing the battery...
i dont know anymore what happened then when the phone now got stuck in the bootloader instead of the bootloop. But yea, now i am stuck here, appreciating any help :highfive:
more infromation from my bootloader screen:
AP Fastboot Flash Mode(secure)
BLB8.12 (<known>, 2017-04-19 11:00:47)
Baseband <known>
Product/ Variant: cedric XT1676 16GB P5
Serial Number: <known>
CPU: MSM8937
eMMC: <known>
DRAM: <known>
Console [NULL]: null
Tools Mode Config: DISABLED
Battery OK
flashing_unlocked
Software status: Official
Connect USB Data Cable
- When pressing <Start>
Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted.
to learn more, visit:
motorola,com/ unlockbootloader
ID: bad key
Your device will boot in 5 seconds.
->
bevor the Phone drops back to Bootloader
when pressing <RESTART BOOTLOADER>
it restarts to BOOTLOADER
- When pressing <Start Recovery>
Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted.
to learn more, visit:
motorola,com/ unlockbootloader
ID: bad key
Your device will boot in 5 seconds.
->
after 10 seconds another screen poops up:
"Erasing", the letters sourrounded by a spectral colored circle for 3 seconds,
bevor the Phone just drops back to Bootloader
(talking about Erasing ..)
- When pressing <POWER OFF>
Power Off works
- When pressing <FACTORY RESET>
Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted.
to learn more, visit:
motorola,com/ unlockbootloader
ID: bad key
Your device will boot in 5 seconds.
->
bevor the Phone just drops back to Bootloader
- When pressing <BARCODES>
Barcodes are shown
- When pressing <BP TOOLS>
Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted.
to learn more, visit:
motorola,com/ unlockbootloader
ID: bad key
Your device will boot in 5 seconds.
->
bevor the Phone just drops back to Bootloader
- When pressing <QCOM>
Your device has been unlocked and can't be trusted.
to learn more, visit:
motorola,com/ unlockbootloader
ID: bad key
Your device will boot in 5 seconds.
->
bevor the Phone just drops back to Bootloader
- When pressing <BOOTLOADER LOGS>
Display shows:
AP Fastboot Flash Mode(secure)
Fastboot Reason: UTAG "bootmode" configured as fastboot
When connecting an USC- cable
Transfer Mode: USB Connected
...shows up but i cant get any adb commands to work tho ofc i am a dummy at it...

oh my, i just helped myself by reading my first poste here on the forum from 2016.
i made it now to start twrp by downloading the twrp_cedric_3.1.1-0 once again putting the recovery in my adb folder and type
<fastboot flash recovery twrp.img>
followed by <fastboot reboot-bootloader>
i am curious if i can get going now and if my SD card will be read and if i can get a new flash going...

now back in twrp i go first again to wipe/ factory reset.
now going to reboot, and reboot back into recovery. only gets me back to bootloader from where i can enter twrp manually now(but there is already an indication of the problem i have?)
also before the reboot, it doesnt ask me to install the twrp app anymore where i usually choose "do not install".
now i go to install the <no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1>, flashing it successfully as it says at the end of the process but there is also some error message in the log before the ...done:
Failed to mount '/data' (invalid argument)
now i thought i should be able to boot the system again but i only get back into the bootloader...
can someone help me how to proceed correctly?
did i miss something to flash?

Techcri said:
now back in twrp i go first again to wipe/ factory reset.
now going to reboot, and reboot back into recovery. only gets me back to bootloader from where i can enter twrp manually now(but there is already an indication of the problem i have?)
also before the reboot, it doesnt ask me to install the twrp app anymore where i usually choose "do not install".
now i go to install the <no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1>, flashing it successfully as it says at the end of the process but there is also some error message in the log before the ...done:
Failed to mount '/data' (invalid argument)
now i thought i should be able to boot the system again but i only get back into the bootloader...
can someone help me how to proceed correctly?
did i miss something to flash?
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For failed mount data goto wipe & select format data (option on the right)
Reboot to recovery
For always going into recovery either you don't have a rom installed or read the faq section on my twrp thread as the answer is there

First of all thanks TheFixItMan, that you are behind it and your thread looks really cool and i will immediatly read and try to understand it!
For now i am stuck in the following:
TheFixItMan said:
For failed mount data goto wipe & select format data (option on the right)
Reboot to recoverye
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i went to "wipe" & "select format data"
the process shows successfully and "...done" but in the log there is a line of red letter:
<Red Letter>"Failed to unmount '/data' ( Device or resource busy)"
<White Letter> You may need to reboot recovery to be able to use / data again.
i went back and to reboot and recovery.
but recovery wouldnt be booted but i get back to the bootloader(maybe that is still an indication of the problem i have here?)
manually entered recovery i did the select format data again but <red letter> line remains.
TheFixItMan said:
For always going into recovery either you don't have a rom installed or read the faq section on my twrp thread as the answer is there
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i will parallel read your thread now, thx for being behind it solving the questions! :good:

Techcri said:
First of all thanks TheFixItMan, that you are behind it and your thread looks really cool and i will immediatly read and try to understand it!
For now i am stuck in the following:
i went to "wipe" & "select format data"
the process shows successfully and "...done" but in the log there is a line of red letter:
<Red Letter>"Failed to unmount '/data' ( Device or resource busy)"
<White Letter> You may need to reboot recovery to be able to use / data again.
i went back and to reboot and recovery.
but recovery wouldnt be booted but i get back to the bootloader(maybe that is still an indication of the problem i have here?)
manually entered recovery i did the select format data again but <red letter> line remains.
i will parallel read your thread now, thx for being behind it solving the questions! :good:
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You have to select recovery from the bootloader menu to enter recovery
You can also type in a terminal window whilst phone connected to pc in fastboot
fastboot erase userdata
This will erase all internal data (the same as format data in twrp)

Important Notes For Stock Rom Users
When you first start TWRP it will ask you to swipe to allow modifications - If you do this your stock rom will no longer boot unless you disable dm-verity.
This can be done either by flashing a disable dm-verity zip or by flashing SuperSu zip which will disable it for you
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ok, stock rom didnt boot so i flashed the "no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1" .zip
and voila, i could boot the stock again finally! yipie!
but three things i noticed:
1) the boot progress is suspicous / wrong/ stuck at a moment:
"hello" and "moto" i still see and before the letters of moto start spinning around, the screen freezes for like 2-3 seconds and the next ting i see is the red mouth and cameleon and so on
2) i tried to test camera real quick and it says camera is busy
camera unable to start. if this repeats please power off your phone and restart.
(i did already 5 restarts now and still same problem)
anyway, i wanted to install a ROM now, something like Cyanogenmod.
in this context i wonder what the Magisk-v11.6 does? Does it just give superuser permission and is it always required?
3) system only gives me option to Power Off System(no reboot possible)
and that power off and turn on always gets me first into bootloader tho i dont press vol down+start
Edit:
ok, i have here 3 issues still but it goes offtopic already. i throw a thanks first of all at TheFixItMan and then i think thread cna be closed.
I will soon try to install a ROM, like LineageOS 15.1 , and hope that my previous 3 issues will be solved in the process. . .

Techcri said:
ok, stock rom didnt boot so i flashed the "no-verity-opt-encrypt-5.1" .zip
and voila, i could boot the stock again finally! yipie!
anyway, i wanted to install a ROM now, something like Cyanogenmod.
in this context i wonder what the Magisk-v11.6 does? Does it just give superuser permission and is it always required?
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Cyanogenmod is now lineageos
Use the latest version of magisk to root (see official magisk thread on xda)
You can run modules to mod phone without tripping integrity or dm-verity which if false will stop apps that check if you are rooted from working
Magisk hide can hide apps from detecting you are rooted on a per app selected basis
3) system only gives me option to Power Off System(no reboot possible)
and that power off and turn on always gets me first into bootloader tho i dont press vol down+start
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Phone should power off normally
If it can't be started normally without going in bootloader and selecting normal startup see my faqs in twrp thread & follow guide to wiping the misc partition
Note if flashing lineageos 15.1 you will require the 64bit version of TWRP available on the lineageos thread - I did not compile this & don't support it
It also doesn't support encryption as far as I know so if you are encrypted you will need to format data & remove it else the rom will get stuck at the decryption screen

TheFixItMan said:
Phone should power off normally
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it can be powered off normally as long as its not connected per usb (power or pc)
If it can't be started normally without going in bootloader and selecting normal startup see my faqs in twrp thread & follow guide to wiping the misc partition
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that was not exactly the problem. my problem is that either i press restart system from system or from recovery, i first get a stop at the bootloader. from there i can just toggle to START and confirm. then my system boots. its just that i first need to confirm in bootloader the Start, always!
at this point i tried now anyways from your Official TWRP For Moto G5 Cedric- Thread |||||| your solution from your faq. But yea, it obviously doesnt fit my problem cause putting the lines in cmd prompt gave me that result and boot still does a stop at bootloader.. before i can start system or recovery..
So yea, after the first codeline didnt trigger for an unknown reason for me...
i hadnt the courage to even try the second more relevant codeline!
Note if flashing lineageos 15.1 you will require the 64bit version of TWRP available on the lineageos thread - I did not compile this & don't support it
It also doesn't support encryption as far as I know so if you are encrypted you will need to format data & remove it else the rom will get stuck at the decryption screen
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btw, Thx a lot for the information, i appreciate it! i choose LineageOs 15.1 and it runs now. atm i am reading myself into magisk. Also big thanks for your tipp looking up the official thread.

Techcri said:
it can be powered off normally as long as its not connected per usb (power or pc)
that was not exactly the problem. my problem is that either i press restart system from system or from recovery, i first get a stop at the bootloader. from there i can just toggle to START and confirm. then my system boots. its just that i first need to confirm in bootloader the Start, always!
at this point i tried now anyways from your Official TWRP For Moto G5 Cedric- Thread |||||| your solution from your faq. But yea, it obviously doesnt fit my problem cause putting the lines in cmd prompt gave me that result and boot still does a stop at bootloader.. before i can start system or recovery..
So yea, after the first codeline didnt trigger for an unknown reason for me...
i hadnt the courage to even try the second more relevant codeline!
btw, Thx a lot for the information, i appreciate it! i choose LineageOs 15.1 and it runs now. atm i am reading myself into magisk. Also big thanks for your tipp looking up the official thread.
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That error means your phone is not connected to your pc
Make sure you have enabled adb debugging in phones dev settings before booting into recovery
If you type
adb devices
It will list all devices attached
Once your device is listed the commands will work

TheFixItMan said:
That error means your phone is not connected to your pc
Make sure you have enabled adb debugging in phones dev settings before booting into recovery
If you type
adb devices
It will list all devices attached
Once your device is listed the commands will work
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and you think that your commands fromyour solution here helps me with my issue that i can start straight to everywhere i want? Cause atm I just always have to go over the bootloader -"stop". From there i have then to manually "START" in order to start system (now: LineageOS 15.1:victory or where i have to manually toggle down to "RECOVERY MODE" and start TWRP.
Well, i would give it a try, but yea dunno what i am doing wrong here atm. i just realized that the command "adb devices" never worked for me yet, cause i got in conflict with the command fastboot adb devices which effectivly works for me. Cause before i installed lineageOS 15.1 i had to flash the twrp cedric 3.2.1-0 x64. i did that over the adb command prompt:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
and in that process i even let my phone restart to bootloader with
Code:
fastboot reboot bootloader
.
now i went to tab build nummer 7 times-> dev options "on" -> android debugging enabled.
when i go to bootloader now or to recovery, and connect my device, for a strange reason in command prompt "adb devices" shows that:
... i dont know why the cmd "adb devices" doesnt show my device. maybe there is a twrp setting i need to change?

Techcri said:
and you think that your commands fromyour solution here helps me with my issue that i can start straight to everywhere i want? Cause atm I just always have to go over the bootloader -"stop". From there i have then to manually "START" in order to start system (now: LineageOS 15.1:victory or where i have to manually toggle down to "RECOVERY MODE" and start TWRP.
Well, i would give it a try, but yea dunno what i am doing wrong here atm. i just realized that the command "adb devices" never worked for me yet, cause i got in conflict with the command fastboot adb devices which effectivly works for me. Cause before i installed lineageOS 15.1 i had to flash the twrp cedric 3.2.1-0 x64. i did that over the adb command prompt:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery twrp.img
and in that process i even let my phone restart to bootloader with
Code:
fastboot reboot bootloader
.
now i went to tab build nummer 7 times-> dev options "on" -> android debugging enabled.
when i go to bootloader now or to recovery, and connect my device, for a strange reason in command prompt "adb devices" shows that:
... i dont know why the cmd "adb devices" doesnt show my device. maybe there is a twrp setting i need to change?
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Does it display a device when the phone is fully booted
If yes than the recovery you are using doesn't support adb (my official recovery does)
If no I recommend downloading the full android sdk and using the adb that comes with that (you will find it in the platform tools folder where you installed it)

Hello, thx for your support.
I linked the wrong picture. This Screeny shows the related cmd (when dev enabled, booted to recovery, connected via usb to pc and typed adb devices).
Does it display a device when the phone is fully booted. If yes than the recovery you are using doesn't support adb (my official recovery does)
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it shows the same like linked above and when in recovery mode
so no , the 64bit version of twrp cedric 3.2.1-0 prolly isnt the problem.
If no I recommend downloading the full android sdk and using the adb that comes with that (you will find it in the platform tools folder where you installed it)
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ok i will try that. and the command prompt i have to open from the directoryy<platform tools folder> then right?
would you deinstall minimal ADB and fastboot before installing full android sdk?

TheFixItMan said:
If no I recommend downloading the full android sdk and using the adb that comes with that (you will find it in the platform tools folder where you installed it)
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still my phone isnt found
- sdk tools installed
- dev enabled
- adb debugging enabled
- command prompt opened at "...\android-sdk\platform-tools"
either in recovery nor in booted system nor in bootloader "adb devices" finds my phone
so the problem with the "bootstop" (have always to manually press "START" at bootloader) persists..
oh wait... i am not connected as admin! is it possible to open an admin command promp:silly:t?
so i am am reading here atm how to open command prompt in specific folder(platform-tools)
but wife is waiting for dinner so i better do that first..

Techcri said:
still my phone isnt found
- sdk tools installed
- dev enabled
- adb debugging enabled
- command prompt opened at "...\android-sdk\platform-tools"
either in recovery nor in booted system nor in bootloader "adb devices" finds my phone
so the problem with the "bootstop" (have always to manually press "START" at bootloader) persists..
oh wait... i am not connected as admin! is it possible to open an admin command promp:silly:t?
so i am am reading here atm how to open command prompt in specific folder(platform-tools)
but wife is waiting for dinner so i better do that first..
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On windows 7 - hold shift then right click a white empty space of the window where adb is & select open command prompt here
Windows 7 or 10 - search for cmd then right click on cmd and select run as administrator then navigate using cd commands to adb location or copy & paste location (if any spaces in path then put the entire path in quotation marks)

On windows 7 - hold shift then right click a white empty space of the window where adb is & select open command prompt here
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yes i did that before as non admin
Windows 7 or 10 - search for cmd then right click on cmd and select run as administrator then navigate using cd commands to adb location or copy & paste location (if any spaces in path then put the entire path in quotation marks)
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i use win7 and cd'ing to the path was almost getting annoying
as screenshot shows, it still doesnt work

in my desperation i deinstalled now all adb drivers(minimal+ sdk)
ran a ccleaner and cleaned registry and reinstalled minimal adb again (btw, there was a new version by now out, 1.4.3)
so the episodes still goes on and i could figure out some new details
because i bought the same phone again for a relative who needed a phone..
in the process of setting it up correctly( thankfully xda is around ) i enabled dev options and the adb debugging
here is the result for the new phone
that shows now that executing as admin or standard user wasnt the problem. i just did it as standard user..
then i thought "hey cool, wait, i connect now my own G5 and see if i can get the phones' Nr displayed there and make sure my phone can communicate with my pc over adb( dunno if the sentence just made sense- greetz from a dummy)"
what happened is shown in this screenshot .. same picture as before! :crying:
(dont get irritated by the screeny because i used the same command prompt for
first, the new phone and
second, my "old" phone which doesnt boot properly, if you look at the command and the result
i am lost!
is it possible to reinstall a bootloader? or how come my phone doesnt communicate with the pc anymore?
and how come that effects the booting process so that i always get this "stop" at the bootloader although i pressed for a restart?
can i do any more tests that indicates what problem i have here?