I updated to the new cwm the other day and attempted to download and install vanir 4.3. The Backup froze midway so I restarted the phone. It Still operates on my cm11 rom but I can't back up or re store anything. I'm not quite sure what to do Now, with my galaxy s4 i could Just Odin back to stock and start from scratch. Is there anything like that I can do to fix this?
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Try to reflash the new recovery. If it still dosent work, flash back to the old recovery version and see if it works. Remember to do " fastboot erase cache " each time before fastboot flashing a recovery.
And yes you can "start over" like odin so to speak, its caled an ruu.
Yea so further testing and fix attempts have failed... When I run fastboot commands such as fastboot format system or anything to erase the cache it Just says failed every time. When I go in to the recovery it can't mount the system or anything. And now it is Just sticking at the HTC screen. Pretty sure it soft bricked (Thanks clock work mod). How would I go about this ruu?
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Are you s-off or just unlocked? What hboot version are you on?
Let me find out, I am s-off and unlocked. Don't know the version though.
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I'm on hboot 1.54.0000
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2485319
Bottom of second post. You want the 2.10.605.1 signed ruu.
What do I do with that once I get it? It's listed there but it's the only one with No directions Lol....
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You need adb and fastboot setup on your pc. Put the zip file in the same folder with adb.exe and fastboot.exe. Rename it to something easy like ruu.zip. Then open a cmd prompt to where the files are located. Connect the phone and boot into the bootloader (hboot). Type in the cmd window
Code:
fastboot oem rebootRUU
Then do
Code:
fastboot flash zip ruu.zip
It may fail and say something about flushing if so run the second cmd again. Once it shows done in the cmd window, type
Code:
fastboot reboot
You should then be complete stock JB. Do the initial setup and it will prompt you to take the KK ota.
Will i Still be s-off and unlocked once i finish this? Before the Ota of course
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Yes you will still be s-off and unlocked even after the ota. Remember that the ruu wipes all your data, so make sure to back up your sdcard contents to your pc, such as pics, downloads, backups, etc.
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Yes you will still be s-off and unlocked even after the ota. Remember that the ruu wipes all your data, so make sure to back up your sdcard contents to your pc, such as pics, downloads, backups, etc.
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I'm unable to back anything up because I can't get the phone to boot past the HTC screen with the red text. It can't mount system, data, or cache. The only thing I can do is boot into fastboot or the CWM recovery that bricked my phone to begin with. Also, I'm attempting to download RUU from the link you posted, on a 20mbps connection but it says 4 hours to download. Do you know of any mirrors I could try? I can't seem to find any through google.
Not that i know of. I will make one, but its gonna take 20 or so to upload to the server.
No worries, thank you so much for your help!
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/0pe1h7sby...2_NV_VZW_3.71_002_release_341019_signed_2.zip
I just downloaded it in my gs4 since I'm not home. I'll drag, drop and extract it later and give it a shot. Thank you so much for your help and patience!
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No you dont extract it. You flash that zip as it is.
Oh OK will do then!
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So I did everything like You said, but when I type fastboot flash zip ruu.zip it says "error: cannot open 'ruu.zip'"
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I tried multiple times and it doesn't do anything. I have the file in the fastboot folder as well.
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Hi everyone I got my wife a phone from Craigslist and the guy said battery is dead and I have to charge at home. So I took it home charge it for few hours and all the phone is doing is Goes to Google logo than X Nexus logo than vibrates and screen goes blank for 1 sec than repeats. I odin the phone and factory reset on android recovery same thing doesn't boot to android at all. Please help me with this guy's as I am not sure what to do at this point it's beyond my knowledge. Thanks everyone for help
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Never buy a phone off craigslist without powering it on and checking it out. There's no telling what could be wrong with it.
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Does it boot to recovery? If so, clean wipe and flash another ROM. Maybe the installed ROM in /system is bad, so a factory reset (which I believe only wipes /data and /cache, not /system) isn't enough. If no custom recovery is installed, try flashing one from fastboot. If that doesn't work, contact the seller.
Craigslist is probably the sketchiest way to purchase phones from other people. Use Swappa!
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Does it boot to recovery? If so, clean wipe and flash another ROM. Maybe the installed ROM in /system is bad, so a factory reset (which I believe only wipes /data and /cache, not /system) isn't enough. If no custom recovery is installed, try flashing one from fastboot. If that doesn't work, contact the seller.
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How do I flash from fastboot?
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How do I flash from fastboot?
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Before you start fastbooting, do you have drivers and the Android SDK installed on your PC?
sofia-captivate said:
How do I flash from fastboot?
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*sigh* Google it man....
From start to beggining:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader*.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-maguro-i9250xxlj1.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot format cache
fastboot reboot
Assuming you have all required files. Change whatever file name and extensions you need.
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Before you start fastbooting, do you have drivers and the Android SDK installed on your PC?
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I sure hope so, he wont get anywhere without them.
He should have all of them but the fastboot one, which is pretty straight forward to install...
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Before you start fastbooting, do you have drivers and the Android SDK installed on your PC?
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Ya I have sdk installed I think. Drivers I have for sure. I just don't know what to download and I don't know how to use cmd and all those codes.
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Ya I have sdk installed I think. Drivers I have for sure. I just don't know what to download and I don't know how to use cmd and all those codes.
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You need to download the Verizon Gnex Images (Toro) from HERE
EDIT: Unless you are on Sprint or GSM, download those images.
After downloading, extract the zip file and then dig through until you see another zip file. That's going to be the stock factory system image with other important image files. Extract that zip file to the platform-tools folder in the Android SDK folder.
Next you're going to need to use those commands mentioned above to fastboot them.
Hello,
I'm fairly new to Android modding and whatnot, and I managed to root my Verizon HTC One. However, I am looking to install stock android on it to make it a google play edition. I've read that I need a custom recovery like TWRP or something. Can someone point me into the right direction on how to get stock android on my verizon htc one? Thanks!
Albavenger said:
Hello,
I'm fairly new to Android modding and whatnot, and I managed to root my Verizon HTC One. However, I am looking to install stock android on it to make it a google play edition. I've read that I need a custom recovery like TWRP or something. Can someone point me into the right direction on how to get stock android on my verizon htc one? Thanks!
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Just get on a custom recovery and then flash a ROM that is based on GPE, I think we have two available.
Albavenger said:
Hello,
I'm fairly new to Android modding and whatnot, and I managed to root my Verizon HTC One. However, I am looking to install stock android on it to make it a google play edition. I've read that I need a custom recovery like TWRP or something. Can someone point me into the right direction on how to get stock android on my verizon htc one? Thanks!
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Android Stock and Google Play Edition are a bit different so you will have to do some research and decide what ROM you want to go with.
For our device we have 2 recovery options, TWRP and Clockwork. Both can be found in the Origional Android Development forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2416273
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2416431
I am not going to say one is better than the other. I use TWRP, but mostly because I am use to it from other devices.
Download TWRP to the external sd , the download flashify from the Google play store, select flash recovery, then browse to the file you downloaded to the externalSD. Easy as pie
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aer0zer0 said:
Download TWRP to the external sd , the download flashify from the Google play store, select flash recovery, then browse to the file you downloaded to the externalSD. Easy as pie
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Not sure how you got flashify to work but the HTC one isn't supported. The dev told me he doesn't own the phone so it's not likely to ever work.
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worked like a dream, lots of people on the forum have used it. HTC one works with flashify just fine
I couldn't get it to work
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I couldn't get it to work
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I just used flashify to install TWRP 2.6.3.3 less then a minute time.
Try this option. xda-developers - View Single Post - [RECOVERY] TWRP 2.6.3.3 touch recovery http://bit.ly/I2mP0P
Type: su
After that, cd to the location of the .img file: (i.e. if it was on the root of the sd card then...)
cd /sdcard/
Finally, flash the image to the recovery partition:
dd if=recovery-xxx.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p34
Here's the best place to start looking for answers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44905464
If coming from ios, realize there are a lot more people involved in the rom/themeing process so be more patient.
However, above all remember to search first. Probably 90% of whatever you are looking for has already been asked, so save yourself the heartache and try searching first.
After that, there are tons of people here to help you if the above tips don't work. Just understand that you have to put a little effort on your part first if you have an issue, that way it makes it easier for others to help troubleshoot.
Good luck and welcome to the community!
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I'm still lost, type:su where? I came from the razr with a locked bootloader, so it was hard to brick it, I love the one and don't need to flash roms at this time but I'd like to have the option to and to be able to wipe cache, thanks
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djerk said:
I'm still lost, type:su where? I came from the razr with a locked bootloader, so it was hard to brick it, I love the one and don't need to flash roms at this time but I'd like to have the option to and to be able to wipe cache, thanks
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In android terminal emulator.
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Hate to be a pain but I've never used terminal emulator before I need to know exactly what to type step by step line by line, spaces,anything that would help like a screenshot ,this is the recovery I downloaded as it appears in es file explorer.openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7vzw.img sorry I'm a dummy
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djerk said:
Hate to be a pain but I've never used terminal emulator before I need to know exactly what to type step by step line by line, spaces,anything that would help like a screenshot ,this is the recovery I downloaded as it appears in es file explorer.openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7vzw.img sorry I'm a dummy
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I followed the directions from a few posts above.
First, download android terminal emulator from play store.
Second, move the recovery file to the root of sdcard, noting the filename. (in my screenshot, the file is named the same as yours openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7vzw )
Open terminal emulator. In first window, type in "su" without quotations in the command line and hit enter. Wait for the popup to allow root access and allow it. On the returned command line, type in "cd /sdcard/" without quotations and hit enter. The returned command line should say something like "[email protected]:/sdcard"
Type the command "dd if=openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7vzw.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p34" without quotations and hit enter.
Should look something like this:
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I keep getting this when I follow directions and it never asks for su permission
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You have a comma in your filename right after "twrp"
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I retyped and got the same thing,maybe my recovery image is wrong or in the wrong place
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Move the recovery image to /sdcard/
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That adb and fastboot drove me crazy. It was so much easier with Flashify. About 30 seconds. With flashify and Meenova sd card reader no more fastboot and adb for me.
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Don't know what I'm doing wrong but it just ain't happening for me, maybe got a bad image?
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This is as far as I get
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Hi I need to reflash my system partition as my current one looks to be damaged but I can not find one to download. My phone has been updated passed the last ruu so can not do it that way but I have been able to extract the ROM.zip from the last ruu avalibal. But I can not uncompress the zip it always reports corrupted. Does anyone know where I can download a system.IMG I can flash with fastboot so I can then flash a custom ROM on to it. Thanks in advance.
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Why would you want to do that if you want to flash a new rom ?
Mount the sdcard in recovery and copy the new rom to it.
Flash the boot.img from the new rom, make a full wipe in the custom recovery and install the new rom !
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The issue is all ROMs fail to copy all the files as the system partition looks to be damaged. I have been advised to flash the system.IMG to sort it out.
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Get a nand backup in the general section. Look for the stock nandroid collection thread.
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Hi, I have tried this as well already but still fails to copy all the files to system.
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What happends when you format the system partition in the custom recovery ?
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Formating does wipe it but when the ROM tries to copy it just stop copying the files part way thought.
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Don't know what to do then. Sorry
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kos99 said:
Formating does wipe it but when the ROM tries to copy it just stop copying the files part way thought.
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you mean copying while installation or from pc to sdcard? if while installation try to flash the stock recovery for your main-version and use the factory reset in bootloader...sometimes it seem to help...if that really doesnt help try another custom recovery and try again flashing a rom...but this time without formatting system and just flashing rom with full wipe ...but like i said without formatting system...if THAT doesnt work...then your device seems to have partition ´problems and only htc could solve it...had similiar issues ...phone went to repair center and what now? ...all except of screen was changed haha even i soldered wifi and they changed...so if nothing works reflash stock recovery and stock boot.img and relock and sent it to them and write on a paper or so you tried to update the phone via official ota but now phones doesn't work anymore...or so don't know
or try to transfer the rom again to sdcard could be a problem with it
And keep it there the next time
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2520204
You are covering your system error there already !!!
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After S off and all those goodies now I am trying to figure out how to add a Twrp or something so I can start roming
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Hey it's pretty tricky I just started with this phone to I ended up using the command prompt on the computer through fastboot if you need more just let me know I know a lot of the responses I got were very very vague
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Very easy now,get Flashify from the play store ,put your image in it and flash twrp. Less than 30 seconds.
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Says device isn't supported yet
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People need to start searching the existing threads for questions already asked. This particular one is covered in about four different threads all explain how to do it very well.
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People need to start searching the existing threads for questions already asked. This particular one is covered in about four different threads all explain how to do it very well.
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says my device didnt pass compatibility test
frankiedizzle87 said:
After S off and all those goodies now I am trying to figure out how to add a Twrp or something so I can start roming
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I assume you used fastboot to get S off? all you have to do is go into fast boot and type fastboot flash recovery "name of file.img"
make sure your device shows up when typing fastboot devices
as someone who is new to fastboot and all that, flashify is without a doubt the easiest way.
1. download the img
2. send it to device (or download staright from your phone)
3. flashify, then browse to the file
4. flash.
BAM. less than 30 seconds as said above. did this yesterday.
So, I have a sprint galaxy nexus that will only boot to clockworkmod recovery. I can put it into download mode and Odin recognizes it I just need a rom to install from odin with. I was going to use cyanogenmod, but it came as a zip, which odin doesn't recognize. anyone have a link of what I can use?
Just flash a stock rom from fastboot and flash from there
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Thymo said:
Just flash a stock rom from fastboot and flash from there
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as far as I can tell, I can not use flashboot because I dud not initially set it up before I had the soft-brick.
Run
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
Thos will wipe data and unlock the bootloader. (Odin will also wipe data.)
Then you can flash stock.
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Run
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
Thos will wipe data and unlock the bootloader. (Odin will also wipe data.)
Then you can flash stock.
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fastboot does not recognize my phone
Thymo said:
Run
Code:
fastboot oem unlock
Thos will wipe data and unlock the bootloader. (Odin will also wipe data.)
Then you can flash stock.
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So, I held volume up, volume down, and power and went into fastboot mode. I used this to install fastboot on my desktop http://lifehacker.com/the-easiest-way-to-install-androids-adb-and-fastboot-to-1586992378
I typed in "fastboot oem unlock"
and now it just says "waiting for device"
Do you have the drivers installed?
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