So I've rooted my phones for the last 5 years, nexus 1, droid, rezound, gs4, n5 and then the m8. finally i screwed up, and i was getting bootloops. in my slightly panicked state i managed to wipe the OS completely off of the device.
i can get into fastboot and from there also TWRP recovery. i've read a million threads, adb sideload, One_M8 all in one kit, etc....
I can't figure out how to now simply flash a stock ROM onto my device. can anyone spell it out in a way this idiot can get it? i;ve downloaded a gazillion things. i'm stuck. i had to go pay full retail for a phone because as a realtor i simply can't be without one even for a day. it's my lifeline. i'd like to fix this one so i can return the new one and save $700.
thanks.
When you say you wiped the OS, did you also clear the partitions? Are you booting into recovery by flashing TWRP and then booting into recovery... or are you booting into recovery via "fastboot boot"? If you have partitions still, you can use a USB OTG adapter and memory stick (or just sdcard) to store the firmware.zip file and flash it from TWRP.
IF, on the other hand, you wiped your partition table, you are in a bigger mess. It's possible a RUU can help, but I'm not familiar with them so can't comment beyond suggesting that you look into that more...
In the development section there is a system dump by (Mike1986). If your computer still recognizes your phone, download system dump to computer, copy it to your phone's internal storage, get into twrp and flash.
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Tdeljr said:
In the development section there is a system dump by (Mike1986). If your computer still recognizes your phone, download system dump to computer, copy it to your phone's internal storage, get into twrp and flash.
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How would you go about copying to the phone's internal storage?
After downloading Rom right click on it select cut, go into your phone's storage on computer (as long as computer recognizes phone) find empty space right click and select paste.
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Tdeljr said:
After downloading Rom right click on it select cut, go into your phone's storage on computer (as long as computer recognizes phone) find empty space right click and select paste.
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Please re-read the original post. The phone doesn't boot into android.
garyd9 said:
Please re-read the original post. The phone doesn't boot into android.
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Well considering your not the original poster, and I've read the original post several times and can't seem to find where it says it doesn't boot into android. I'm just trying to offer whatever help I can.
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There is a DEV RUU out. You can use that. Or if you want ATT, or GPE, find the zips, and use fastboot commands to flash. If the computer can see the phone and you can issue commands, then there is nothing to worry about. Been there done that dozens of times with the M7. After playing with this M8, seems to be the same. Let us know where you are stuck, i.e. don't know the commands, or don't know where to find the zips.
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Tdeljr said:
Well considering your not the original poster, and I've read the original post several times and can't seem to find where it says it doesn't boot into android. I'm just trying to offer whatever help I can.
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He wiped the OS, which is Android, thus he can't just plug it in and transfer files back and forth anymore.
hack14u said:
There is a DEV RUU out. You can use that. Or if you want ATT, or GPE, find the zips, and use fastboot commands to flash. If the computer can see the phone and you can issue commands, then there is nothing to worry about. Been there done that dozens of times with the M7. After playing with this M8, seems to be the same. Let us know where you are stuck, i.e. don't know the commands, or don't know where to find the zips.
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He wiped the OS, which is Android, thus he can't just plug it in and transfer files back and forth anymore.
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That's my bad, didn't put 2 & 2 together. Thanks for explaining.
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Surely if you've only deleted the OS just flash a nandroid from the stock backup thread via TWRP?
pixelsquish said:
So I've rooted my phones for the last 5 years, nexus 1, droid, rezound, gs4, n5 and then the m8. finally i screwed up, and i was getting bootloops. in my slightly panicked state i managed to wipe the OS completely off of the device.
i can get into fastboot and from there also TWRP recovery. i've read a million threads, adb sideload, One_M8 all in one kit, etc....
I can't figure out how to now simply flash a stock ROM onto my device. can anyone spell it out in a way this idiot can get it? i;ve downloaded a gazillion things. i'm stuck. i had to go pay full retail for a phone because as a realtor i simply can't be without one even for a day. it's my lifeline. i'd like to fix this one so i can return the new one and save $700.
thanks.
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Have you got an external sd card? whack it on there using a card reader and flash from external sd
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If that won't work on TWRP use philz
not sure if i wiped the partitions. don't think so.
i can't transfer files to the device, the pc recognizes it to give fastboot commands via a command prompt, but not as a removable device.
i'll get an sd card on my way home today and try flashing a rom using recovery.
hack14u said:
There is a DEV RUU out. You can use that. Or if you want ATT, or GPE, find the zips, and use fastboot commands to flash. If the computer can see the phone and you can issue commands, then there is nothing to worry about. Been there done that dozens of times with the M7. After playing with this M8, seems to be the same. Let us know where you are stuck, i.e. don't know the commands, or don't know where to find the zips.
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He wiped the OS, which is Android, thus he can't just plug it in and transfer files back and forth anymore.
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i think i got the right zip. nm not the right one.
If you want, set up a TeamViewer session and I will fix it for you.
My thread is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43588969
Matt said:
If you want, set up a TeamViewer session and I will fix it for you.
My thread is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=43588969
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oh pretty cool. i have the sd card now and going to try. otherwise i may take you up on your offer.
anyone have a link to the right ROM zip file to flash for AT&T version phone?
EDiT: NM Found the thread in the Development section. Flashed it. Currently it's booting up, Android is upgrading optimizing all apps.
pixelsquish said:
oh pretty cool. i have the sd card now and going to try. otherwise i may take you up on your offer.
anyone have a link to the right ROM zip file to flash for AT&T version phone?
EDiT: NM Found the thread in the Development section. Flashed it. Currently it's booting up, Android is upgrading optimizing all apps.
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very strange. after flashing and rebooting, i didn't have a clean install of Android, all my customizations and apps from before were installed. and i got the same random reboots. so all that info was still on the phone. went back into recovery and wiped everything, then re-flashed. now have a fresh clean install of stock 4.4.2
Thanks everyone! i kinda thought the sd card thing would be the easiest but the comments in this thread confirmed it and it worked.
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very strange. after flashing and rebooting, i didn't have a clean install of Android, all my customizations and apps from before were installed. and i got the same random reboots. so all that info was still on the phone. went back into recovery and wiped everything, then re-flashed. now have a fresh clean install of stock 4.4.2
Thanks everyone! i kinda thought the sd card thing would be the easiest but the comments in this thread confirmed it and it worked.
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That's the beauty of the sd card slot mate, i have saved my m8 countless times. i would always make a backup of your phone prior to tinkering but this really helps save ur ass if you forget to backup.
Glad everything is ok and that this simple solution worked :highfive::good:
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I'm in a bit of a pickle and need some guidance. This may be a bit long but it'll all tie together. I have searched and read through a ton of threads but nothing quite seemed to work. I am fairly computer savvy and had no issues rooting the phone and messing around with it but I'm stumped.
I had some minor issues with my rooted EVO running Ava Froyo back in April before I left the country (random FC on certain processes). I sent the phone home as it won't work in the Middle East and asked that the wife use it and keep the apps up to date. Well, surprise no such luck I think she turned it on before she sent it to me to make sure I have no voice mail and that was it. Fast forward to a few days ago when I received the phone in preparation for going home to the States for the holidays and attempted to update apps and such. It updated a few but I'm getting all sorts of Force Closes and now I can't download anything, Android Market, App Brain, attachments, etc. I need to get the phone sorted and updated in the next week or I'll be SOL.
Here's what I've got so far:
the phone is rooted - S-off
the backup I had must have gotten corrupted so I can't flash anything
For some reason CWM is no longer installed and can't install because when I was able to connect via wifi it won't download (server error)
When I boot to recovery I get the phone with the red triangle. Vol Up and PWR button get me to the next screen but I can't do anything from there.
I can't seem to locate all of the latest PC36IMG.zip files, the ones I have don't seem to work
I'm sure there is some critical info I'm leaving out but my head hurts.
I have limited connectivity and limited bandwidth so it makes downloading anything larger than 10mb problematic. It's possible but the stars must align.
The goal is to fix whatever the problem is, flash CM7, update everything so I can can use it on leave in about a week. I'm hoping all the really smart Android folks can point me in the right direction.
I've attached Amon Ra 3.08 to this post. This recovery should be able to restore both CWM and Amon Ra nandroid backups. Good luck!
That file did it, thanks. All the ones I had must have either been old or corrupted.
Flashed CM7, totally different than anything I've ever tried before. It's totally stripped down but has tons of tunability. I do need to get Android Market installed so I can sync all the apps in my account.
Glad I could help, ibcrusn! If you need help getting the Market, I've attached the latest gapps for CM7.
Im having the same issue and i downloaded your amon ra app. Do i unzipp the file or how does this work
youngcise31 said:
Im having the same issue and i downloaded your amon ra app. Do i unzipp the file or how does this work
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rename to PC36IMG.zip and flash in the bootloader
Sounds stupid how do i flash as the bootloader.
Reboot while holding Power+volume down
Then it should ask you if you like to update, volume up for yes then again for reboot. Then boot into your new recovery.
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Thanks will try now
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I just tried renaming the file to PC36100 do I need to delete my original one on my sdcard. Because I still got the same error
ibcrusn said:
That file did it, thanks. All the ones I had must have either been old or corrupted.
Flashed CM7, totally different than anything I've ever tried before. It's totally stripped down but has tons of tunability. I do need to get Android Market installed so I can sync all the apps in my account.
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This is the latest Gapps http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?5smahk8xkmnp7pl
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Thanks will try now
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I just tried renaming the file to PC36100 do I need to delete my original one on my sdcard. Because I still got the same error
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Supposed to be PC36IMG.zip
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Alright, well I've come to a problem and I'm not quite sure how to fix it.
The title pretty much says it all, I've completely wiped the operating system off of my phone. There is nothing left, absolutely no data or anything. I was much too hasty and irresponsible, and I fear for the worst. I had previously attempted installing multiple ROMs multiple times using CWM to no avail so I re-rooted and switched over to Team Win. I know before installing a ROM you have to wipe your phone, well... I hit advanced wipe and within that I hit "system", went ahead and wiped. There's nothing left on my phone my phone and there are no ROMs on my SD card. I had backed up my phone before wiping but when I wiped that was also deleted. Before restarting it always warns me "No OS installed on your phone, are you sure you want to reboot?" Of course it's bricked and stays at the "Samsung Galaxy SIII" screen. I attempted putting a stock ROM back on my phone through ODIN, but a'las it didn't work (always stops at "SetupConnection"). I have nothing and there is no way for me to get a new ROM on the phone, I obviously cannot connect to my computer unless through download mode because the phone is bricked. So, what do I do? Is there any hope left for me or am I just completely screwed? The phone is less than a month old.
another option is to purchase a micro sd card and place a ROM and gapps (if required) on it, install the card and boot into recovery.
so when you connect your device to your pc, you're getting a yellow com connection in odin? what link did you follow for a stock ROM?
as long as you can still access recovery and download mode, there is hope, buddy.
xBeerdroiDx said:
another option is to purchase a micro sd card and place a ROM and gapps (if required) on it, install the card and boot into recovery.
so when you connect your device to your pc, you're getting a yellow com connection in odin? what link did you follow for a stock ROM?
as long as you can still access recovery and download mode, there is hope, buddy.
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Yeah, when I connect to the PC I get a yellow com connection in ODIN. I followed what is, perhaps, a sketchy looking link for the stock ROM... It's not letting me post a link because I'm a new member to the board, though I've looked over this place plenty of times in the past. Should I look for something a bit more official and retry? I don't think it's going to work. Will a ROM work, without an OS? I know that may sound silly but everything I've tried so far has failed.
here's a link to the stock firmware with root already injected: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
flash the tar in odin like you have been. make sure the auto reboot box is unticked. if you get a PASS after flashing, unplug the device, pull the battery, replace it and press the recovery button combo. once in recovery, wipe data and wipe cache. reboot.
lemme know if that worked, otherwise throw a ROM on a micro sd card as stated and go that route
btw, a ROM is the OS.
And also, my phone has to be rooted for a ROM to be installed, right? Well there's no guarantee my phone is still rooted since I've wiped literally everything on the phone. I like the idea of a placing it all on an SD card but that could be wasted money and I don't have very much money to spend, especially if a ROM isn't going to replace all of the needed system files which have been deleted.
NovoAevum said:
And also, my phone has to be rooted for a ROM to be installed, right? Well there's no guarantee my phone is still rooted since I've wiped literally everything on the phone. I like the idea of a placing it all on an SD card but that could be wasted money and I don't have very much money to spend, especially if a ROM isn't going to replace all of the needed system files which have been deleted.
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follow my directions above to flash rooted stock firmware
xBeerdroiDx said:
follow my directions above to flash rooted stock firmware
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Alright, thanks a lot. My internet is super slow so it'll probably be a while before the file is completely downloaded. Let's hope this works. I'll get back to you when it's all said and done.
xBeerdroiDx said:
follow my directions above to flash rooted stock firmware
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You have no idea how grateful I am, thank you so very, very much. It worked, I cannot express my gratitude. I truly appreciate it.
NovoAevum said:
You have no idea how grateful I am, thank you so very, very much. It worked, I cannot express my gratitude. I truly appreciate it.
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booyah.
:good: thats why we're called a community. cheers!
NovoAevum said:
You have no idea how grateful I am, thank you so very, very much. It worked, I cannot express my gratitude. I truly appreciate it.
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One small thing you can do is to hit the "Thanks" button on xBeerdroiDx's posts.
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im having the same promblem
post-mortem said:
One small thing you can do is to hit the "Thanks" button on xBeerdroiDx's posts.
:good:
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how did u get your phone to connect to odin
dorvilkervins said:
how did u get your phone to connect to odin
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Have you installed the Samsung drivers?
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Can you explain what happened with your phone? How did you "lose everything?" Is it able to boot up into Android? Can you get into recovery (TWRP)? Did you accidentally wipe something you shouldn't have?
I accidentally wiped my OS on my Galaxy S3 AT&T - Please Help!!!
Hello all,
I am a rookie user of smartphones and I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T. I accidentally wiped my OS leaving me with no OS. The good news is that I can still use Team Win and boot into recovery. How can I download and install a new OS? I live in a rural area with no place to go to get this fixed; so I would really appreciate any and all help on this matter. Thanks for reading
Tyler
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Hello all,
I am a rookie user of smartphones and I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 AT&T. I accidentally wiped my OS leaving me with no OS. The good news is that I can still use Team Win Development. Using Team Win, how can I download and install a new OS? I live in a rural area with no place to go to get this fixed; so I would really appreciate any and all help on this matter. Thanks for reading
Tyler
Check this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2363882
Hey Bro, xBeerdroiDx, Indeed this is a great community, but, it is the fellas' and ladies, like you,that have the knowledge and experience ,that do not have to assist anyone ,but do anyway. I am just another member here, but as a brother, you get a pat on the back from the gallery. Your willingness to help is very much appreciated.
me too
so twrp and dl mode are cool...but odin fails and zip in recovery kicks a status 7 error...what to do?
sgh-i747 .....i think my build.prop or bootloader is jacked?
hewhoisnotasothers said:
so twrp and dl mode are cool...but odin fails and zip in recovery kicks a status 7 error...what to do?
sgh-i747 .....i think my build.prop or bootloader is jacked?
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Did you try \the latest CWM or TWRP? Maybe the ROM needs a more recent bootloader?
gottam
audit13 said:
Did you try \the latest CWM or TWRP? Maybe the ROM needs a more recent bootloader?
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the bootloader may have been corrupted by a 4.x downgraded flash....i'm not sure how to proceed...
hewhoisnotasothers said:
the bootloader may have been corrupted by a 4.x downgraded flash....i'm not sure how to proceed...
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Were you on stock 4.3 ROM?
audit13 said:
Were you on stock 4.3 ROM?
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yes...I have tryed everything i can think of....i can flash recoverys just fine, but i havent found a rom that will boot past the splash screen...most just fail in odin...i don't want to jtag if i dont have to...in theory there should be hope since i can get into DL and twrp....
HAS BEEN FIXED...
I have TWRP recovery, and wiped EVERYTHING before trying to install the Rom, never had a phone that didn't really have a MicroSD, and I guess I wiped the internal memory also... meaning I have no rom to flash...
"adb devices" is not recognizing the phone so I can't Push/Sideload...
I can boot into recovery, but can't do much else without being able to use adb
HELP... any suggestions.
lexknight said:
I have TWRP recovery, and wiped EVERYTHING before trying to install the Rom, never had a phone that didn't really have a MicroSD, and I guess I wiped the internal memory also... meaning I have no rom to flash...
"adb devices" is not recognizing the phone so I can't Push/Sideload...
I can boot into recovery, but can't do much else without being able to use adb
HELP... any suggestions.
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Have you tried mounting the usb storage via recovery and copying the rom from there?
Payton95 said:
Have you tried mounting the usb storage via recovery and copying the rom from there?
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I see the mount button, but when I go in there I dont see anything about usb storage?
Am I missing something?
install the driver on your computer again and try ADB...
if not...gluck man I dont think there is another way.
lexknight said:
I see the mount button, but when I go in there I dont see anything about usb storage?
Am I missing something?
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No. Sorry, I believe it is just Cwm that allows usb storage in recovery.(I could be wrong) As stated above, install the drivers to try to fix adb if that fails then you may need to take a look at this. Good Luck:good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471370
[Guide] Unroot/Unbrick - flash official factory firmware with LG Launcher
Payton95 said:
No. Sorry, I believe it is just Cwm that allows usb storage in recovery.(I could be wrong) As stated above, install the drivers to try to fix adb if that fails then you may need to take a look at this. Good Luck:good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2471370
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I tried that "[Guide] Unroot/Unbrick - flash official factory firmware with LG Launcher"
It seems to see the phone, and all, but when it goes to download the firmware from LG, it just hangs, reading the posts there, looks like others have it hang at the same place mine did...
I think I am just SOL, till someone figures out how to make a tool that will fix this...
I am sure I am not the only one that will accidently wipe everything leaving it in a state where you don't have a rom to flash back on it...
so I am sure someone will make something soon...
till then will just have to go back to my old phone.
Thanks.
I would assume you need to try to get fastboot working, but I have never tried to get into the G2's bootloader. But you'll get ADB - Fastboot working, you will, you just need to keep trying. Try someone else's computer if you have to.
I really need to just find the kdz firmware for the Sprint LG G2... I think I have a way of flashing it... just need to find it...
I have found about every G2 except the Sprint one...
lexknight said:
I really need to just find the kdz firmware for the Sprint LG G2... I think I have a way of flashing it... just need to find it...
I have found about every G2 except the Sprint one...
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I found it herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476 and am in the exact same boat as you. I was about to flash a recovery I made and accidentally wiped EVERYTHING including my recovery image. I'm downloading the Sprint kdz as we speak and please let me know what else you are thinking as a way of flashing that file. I can get into TWRP, stock hard reset mode (which doesn't seem to do anything) and download mode.
InsanePostman said:
I found it herehttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476 and am in the exact same boat as you. I was about to flash a recovery I made and accidentally wiped EVERYTHING including my recovery image. I'm downloading the Sprint kdz as we speak and please let me know what else you are thinking as a way of flashing that file. I can get into TWRP, stock hard reset mode (which doesn't seem to do anything) and download mode.
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You are looking at doing the same thing I am going to try, but when I went to where you download... the only Sprint image I see is a .zip... not a .kdz... and that program they use only recognizes .kdz's...
In reading that feed, they said that in the US they don't use .kdz's... so still looking into that, I have a post in that thread and maybe we can get more help...
But your in the EXACT spot I am in, I can get into TWRP, hard reset, and download
If you can figure it out PLEASE post here, and I will be doing the same, I am sure there will be a lot of people doing what we did without thinking, and I guess we were the first, and will be the leaders... LOL
Thanks.
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You are looking at doing the same thing I am going to try, but when I went to where you download... the only Sprint image I see is a .zip... not a .kdz... and that program they use only recognizes .kdz's...
In reading that feed, they said that in the US they don't use .kdz's... so still looking into that, I have a post in that thread and maybe we can get more help...
But your in the EXACT spot I am in, I can get into TWRP, hard reset, and download
If you can figure it out PLEASE post here, and I will be doing the same, I am sure there will be a lot of people doing what we did without thinking, and I guess we were the first, and will be the leaders... LOL
Thanks.
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well ****. I'm going to try the method listed in that thread but I don't know if it's going to work. Nothing seems to identify my phone properly. The LG mobile support tool recognizes it as "testdevice" and when I try updating recovey through the program it hangs once it says "downloading files". I'll post anything I can find as soon as I find anything. Please do the same. I just bought this phone yesterday and already managed to f it up.
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well ****. I'm going to try the method listed in that thread but I don't know if it's going to work. Nothing seems to identify my phone properly. The LG mobile support tool recognizes it as "testdevice" and when I try updating recovey through the program it hangs once it says "downloading files". I'll post anything I can find as soon as I find anything. Please do the same. I just bought this phone yesterday and already managed to f it up.
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Mine does the same with the hanging in "downloading files" I sort of think they might not actually have the file up for Sprint yet... I think its just to new... I bought mine 2 days ago also, just long enough to say, what a cool phone, let me BRICK IT... LOL
Will keep you posted on anything I find...
thanks again.
lexknight said:
Mine does the same with the hanging in "downloading files" I sort of think they might not actually have the file up for Sprint yet... I think its just to new... I bought mine 2 days ago also, just long enough to say, what a cool phone, let me BRICK IT... LOL
Will keep you posted on anything I find...
thanks again.
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I got adb to recognize my device as "02f1a913c6922256" but it says it's offline. if I can get it online somehow you think i could sideload a zip?
Also where do I get the "LGE Android MTP Device" drivers? They say failed and I'v tied the newest available drivers package. Or iss this just an error cause of the state of the phone?
InsanePostman said:
I got adb to recognize my device as "02f1a913c6922256" but it says it's offline. if I can get it online somehow you think i could sideload a zip?
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You should be able to, as long as you can get adb to see it, you are good, you can even just adb push a rom over to the "NON" SDCard... and then just flash from TWRP...
The main problem we have is that without a SDCard that you can take out and put a rom on, we are stuck.
lexknight said:
You should be able to, as long as you can get adb to see it, you are good, you can even just adb push a rom over to the "NON" SDCard... and then just flash from TWRP...
The main problem we have is that without a SDCard that you can take out and put a rom on, we are stuck.
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wonderful... i guess i'll have to activate my old phone for the time being
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InsanePostman said:
wonderful... i guess i'll have to activate my old phone for the time being
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I'm guessing there's no way to unroot either in order to try and get it covered by the warranty?
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I think I figured it out dude. Follow these instructions from this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960 Only using the Sprint files located in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
EDIT: The flash program, DLL's, and Sprint .tot file are located here in this link to avoid confusion http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda%2FLG+G2%2FStock%2FSprint+LS980%2F. These are the only files you need. So get that zip and extract it then use those files with the instructions in the first link I posted.[/URL]
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It worked!!!! I"m back baby.
InsanePostman said:
wonderful... i guess i'll have to activate my old phone for the time being
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I'm guessing there's no way to unroot either in order to try and get it covered by the warranty?
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I think I figured it out dude. Follow these instructions from this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2448960 Only using the Sprint files located in this thread. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2432476
EDIT: The flash program, DLL's, and Sprint .tot file are located here in this link to avoid confusion http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda%2FLG+G2%2FStock%2FSprint+LS980%2F. These are the only files you need. So get that zip and extract it then use those files with the instructions in the first link I posted.[/URL]
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It worked!!!! I"m back baby.
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Downloaded it all, installed the LGFlashTool, put into download mode, changed to port 41, and when I try to run the LGFlashTool program after saying yes to ??? Korean camp, I get "LG USB/Paralle Lock Key is not detected"... when I hit the "OK" I then get a Login screen with Country Republic of Korea, ID, PASSWORD ...
lexknight said:
Downloaded it all, installed the LGFlashTool, put into download mode, changed to port 41, and when I try to run the LGFlashTool program after saying yes to ??? Korean camp, I get "LG USB/Paralle Lock Key is not detected"... when I hit the "OK" I then get a Login screen with Country Republic of Korea, ID, PASSWORD ...
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you have to extract the megalock.dll from its archive and overwrite the existing one in the LG flash tool directory. Then launch the program.
InsanePostman said:
you have to extract the megalock.dll from its archive and overwrite the existing one in the LG flash tool directory. Then launch the program.
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Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I HAVE A PHONE AGAIN... NOT JUST A COOL BRICK !!!...
IF YOU WERE A WOMAN, I WOULD GIVE YOU A BIG KISS !!!!!!!
THANKS MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW...
Now, time to root and try to brick it again... LOL
lexknight said:
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh... I HAVE A PHONE AGAIN... NOT JUST A COOL BRICK !!!...
IF YOU WERE A WOMAN, I WOULD GIVE YOU A BIG KISS !!!!!!!
THANKS MORE THAN YOU WILL EVER KNOW...
Now, time to root and try to brick it again... LOL
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Haha no problem. Many others deserve credit for the files and instructions. I just did the heavy searching.
InsanePostman said:
Haha no problem. Many others deserve credit for the files and instructions. I just did the heavy searching.
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Just read the info in the links - thanks for posting about your success. Good to know there's a way out if I get into the same situation flashing a ROM on my G2.
So I unlocked my bootloader, installed TWRP and rooted my phone. Next I downloaded titanium backup and uninstalled all the apps that I didn't want like kid mode and fitbit and TV etc... But whenever I restart the phone, all the apps are reinstalled again. Never had this issue on my S4. Does anybody know what's up?
LiquidPrince said:
So I unlocked my bootloader, installed TWRP and rooted my phone. Next I downloaded titanium backup and uninstalled all the apps that I didn't want like kid mode and fitbit and TV etc... But whenever I restart the phone, all the apps are reinstalled again. Never had this issue on my S4. Does anybody know what's up?
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Try this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.viper.tbrestorefixerfree
Not to sure if it will work but won't hurt to try
Yep - check here and here.
rootrider said:
Yep - check here and here.
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So what you're saying is that I have to flash a new kernel? If so, that's too complicated... I only rooted because I wanted to remove the bloatware stuff and leave everything else untouched. I'm kind of regretting it now.
Has anyone figured out a way to unroot and lock the bootloader again for the M8?
I understand - you're pretty new to this device and maybe to HTC's write protection they invented last year. That's ok mate.
With TWRP installed it's a very simple thing to flash the new kernel. Did you already do some flashing on these devices? I think it's more complicated to get root the first time than flashing a zip from TWRP. :good:
Anyway I'll help you there. Simply download Flars kernel and copy the zip-file to your internal SD-card. Boot into TWRP and choose the install option. Navigate to your internal SD and select that zip file. Start flashing and choose simply the defaults you get offered by the aroma installer. Finish, reboot and the write protection is gone. TB will work as always.
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I understand - you're pretty new to this device and maybe to HTC's write protection they invented last year. That's ok mate.
With TWRP installed it's a very simple thing to flash the new kernel. Did you already do some flashing on these devices? I think it's more complicated to get root the first time than flashing a zip from TWRP. :good:
Anyway I'll help you there. Simply download Flars kernel and copy the zip-file to your internal SD-card. Boot into TWRP and choose the install option. Navigate to your internal SD and select that zip file. Start flashing and choose simply the defaults you get offered by the aroma installer. Finish, reboot and the write protection is gone. TB will work as always.
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Thanks a trillion. But this thing was bugging me, so I said to hell with it and just installed the GPE RUU. How I don't have to deal with any of that nonsense since none of the bloat apps are installed in the first place. Now I just have to figure out how to reinstall TWRP and root again... This stuff seems a lot more complicated then just using ODIN on Samsung devices, at least for the time being while I'm still so new HTC stuff.
worked.
I'm using HTC since a couple of years and bought a S4 Mini for my daughter last year. Last week my sister stepped in with her Sony device. Don't ask how long it took me to understand and root these devices... lol.
If you need to know sth about HTC devices simply step in and pm me. But I think you'll be soon familiar with the differences! :good:
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andrewnelson said:
worked.
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Supposed to.
Rootrider. Thanks for your posts on this subject. I too am new to HTC (3 x Galaxys before that).
How do you flash the wp_mod.ko file you posted the link to? Sounds like it will do the trick and stop reinserting of deleted apps.
Thanks
Hi there -
I recently bought a D851 LG G3 from someone who told me they had rooted and unlocked it using PurpleDrake, but otherwise had left it as stock. I like the phone quite well overall, but the oversharpening on text was really bugging me. I noticed that there's a thread with a fix for that (here) and figured I'd try it out.
First, I installed TWRP using the TWRP Manager app from the Play Store. Second, I rebooted into TWRP and installed the .zip file for the Sharpening Mod. All seemed to go okay -- I got to the part of the Mod asking me for sharpening level, and it finished successfully -- but when I rebooted the phone, it's stuck in a loop where it shows the LG logo for a few seconds, then reboots. Being the bonehead that I am, I forgot to backup the existing ROM before I did this.
So that leaves me with two questions:
1. How do I get the phone functional again? I was happy enough with the previous ROM and am not necessarily looking for a custom ROM, but if there's one that's very stable and that people recommend, I'm open to that. I'm hoping to get Lollipop on the phone once LG releases it, so I'd like to avoid doing anything that will interfere with that.
2. Did I do something wrong when trying to install the Sharpening Mod? I'd really like to get that issue fixed...without screwing up the phone in the process.
Thanks!
Uh oh... Flame on?
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Uh oh... Flame on?
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Why's that? I did some searching before posting this request -- hadn't seen a way to restore without losing root. If that's the only option, then fine, but I was hoping to see if there's a way to avoid having to re-root it. And I think the question of what ROM to use (Stock or if there's a Custom one that's stable and popular) so I can update to Lollipop when it comes out isn't unreasonable.
Also, even if I do have to go back to Stock and re-root, I was asking if I did something wrong in applying the Sharpening Mod -- so I can fix that issue properly next time. Again, my search didn't show any obvious answer to that question.
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Why's that? I did some searching before posting this request -- hadn't seen a way to restore without losing root. If that's the only option, then fine, but I was hoping to see if there's a way to avoid having to re-root it. And I think the question of what ROM to use (Stock or if there's a Custom one that's stable and popular) so I can update to Lollipop when it comes out isn't unreasonable.
Also, even if I do have to go back to Stock and re-root, I was asking if I did something wrong in applying the Sharpening Mod -- so I can fix that issue properly next time. Again, my search didn't show any obvious answer to that question.
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He said that because you posted in the android development section not the QA section cause clearly this is a question. Just ask a mod to move it before you get flamed
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But I shall try and help and not be a flamer. Are you able to get to the bootloader or recovery?
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He said that because you posted in the android development section not the QA section cause clearly this is a question. Just ask a mod to move it before you get flamed
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Oh...sorry about that! (Feeling very contrite now).
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But I shall try and help and not be a flamer. Are you able to get to the bootloader or recovery?
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Yes, I can get into TWRP recovery. Rather than invoke further ire, is it better to do this via PMs?
cloudcover said:
Oh...sorry about that! (Feeling very contrite now).
Yes, I can get into TWRP recovery. Rather than invoke further ire, is it better to do this via PMs?
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Try just reflashing a kernel if u have one on either ur phone or SD card. If u don't, download one onto ur PC (skydragon kernel would be my suggestion), boot into recovery, mount ur phone as MTP device, copy kernel to SD card and then flash kernel.
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bofiana said:
Try just reflashing a kernel if u have one on either ur phone or SD card. If u don't, download one onto ur PC (skydragon kernel would be my suggestion), boot into recovery, mount ur phone as MTP device, copy kernel to SD card and then flash kernel.
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Thanks, that worked just fine...did exactly as you advised (Skydragon kernel and all). Then re-installed the Sharpening Mod fix and it all seems to have worked this time. Appreciate the help (and the education about not posting to the wrong sub-forum!).