Well, I was in /system and saw that file. I clicked on it, and all I saw was "hosts" repeated quite a few times (added to /system by AdAway), and a couple ringtones I moved there.
So I thought I'd clean it out, and I deleted it's contents. Now my phone won't boot. I've randomly gotten it to the Google screen, but it goes black before the boot animation. No recovery, no fastboot, nothing. PC makes a sound when I connect it, but adb can't see it.
Really at a loss here guys. I've put this thing in a state like this multiple times, and by some miracle or another I've fixed it. Don't see too much hope.
Thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas!
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SolarTrans said:
Well, I was in /system and saw that file. I clicked on it, and all I saw was "hosts" repeated quite a few times (added to /system by AdAway), and a couple ringtones I moved there.
So I thought I'd clean it out, and I deleted it's contents. Now my phone won't boot. I've randomly gotten it to the Google screen, but it goes black before the boot animation. No recovery, no fastboot, nothing. PC makes a sound when I connect it, but adb can't see it.
Really at a loss here guys. I've put this thing in a state like this multiple times, and by some miracle or another I've fixed it. Don't see too much hope.
Thanks in advance if anyone has any ideas!
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That was your ad blocker host file. That is why your phone won't boot. Unplug phone. Turn on, i don't care if its boot looping just make sure it is on, hold vol up and power for 11 seconds "screen will turn off" let go of both, hold vol down and power to enter boot loader. load recovery and flash new rom or backup. Never delete anything pre sdcard unless you know what you are doing. That is why you don't have access to it without root.
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That was your ad blocker host file. That is why your phone won't boot. Unplug phone. Turn on, i don't care if its boot looping just make sure it is on, hold vol up and power for 11 seconds "screen will turn off" let go of both, hold vol down and power to enter boot loader. load recovery and flash new rom or backup. Never delete anything pre sdcard unless you know what you are doing. That is why you don't have access to it without root.
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The adaway hosts file is actually in a different location, /system/etc.
I'll try your tip and see if it works! Thanks!
Edit: It did work! I was able to get into the recovery. I'm about to take off on a plane right now, so when I'm in the air I'll get my laptop out and give it a go.
I'm gonna keep note of that trick though. Would've saved me a few times!
Thanks again so much for your help
Also, I believe the problem was that files related to the boot animation are stored there (found that out later). I'm first gonna try flashing a bootanimation.zip I have before restoring.
I'm likely wrong about that, but I'll give it a shot.
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was trying the 10 min video root process again right now for the 200th time. i took battery out to try it again, went to turn the phone on to put into airplane mode and it went directly to the phone red triangle page. i pulled the battery 5 more times and everytime i try to start my phone it goes to that page. please tell me i didnt brick it and how to fix this. PLEASE
Not sure if this is the bestish area to post.
Dont know much about things , but until someone gets to ya try to remove the SD Card and booting up by chance?
Just pull battery, no usb for about 5 minutes, then power up... all should be well.
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The recovery screen is there to bring your phone back from the dead in the unlikely event the phone doesn't boot properly, to fix this there are options in this menu
try holding down power/vol - to bring up the list of options, choose reboot to see if it will boot into the phone
and as for the root method, try this one (after you get the phone to boot hopefully)
Here's what i did (also puting the phone in airplane mode does help)
1. Hold down the power/ - Volume buttons until the Hboot screen appears (make sure the SD card is ejected)
2. Use the volume - key to select recovery, then hit power to select it
3. When you see the white screen that says "HTC Incredible" wait until you hear the disconnect sound on the PC and right after insert the SD card, be sure to insert it right before the black screen or this won't work.
**If you didn't get in, take out the battery, and start over at step 1**
also note that sometimes for whatever reason, the phone will still stay on even with the battery removed, to fix that, just disconnect the USB and plug it back in before turning it back on.
4. Loop should bring up that oh so tempting mistress that is, the error everyone likes seeing on there command prompt.
Note: Once you do get all this done, be sure to use unrEVOked2 to flash your recovery, once that is all done, it'll be easy as pie to upload new goodies in recovery
Anyone can correct me if i missed anything
If this helped anyone, and your feeling really really generous, feel free to send me a donation for a mountain dew code red or whiteout . Not really required, Thanks are all good too
That screen is normal, when it fails to load a recovery.
Go have a look at the last couple of pages on the "Incredible root process" thread in this forum. Several people posted detailed instructions, including me. One thing I didn't do (but which seems to have helped some) is to format the SD card (or have another SD formatted this way to swap in) as something besides FAT32, e.g., NTFS, just prior to booting recovery. It takes the phone longer to try (and fail) to mount it, apparently extending your window of opportunity.
[Q] Tried to install Beatmod ICS, stuck on "screensaver" usb and recovery won't work
Hi guys,
I've watched the n00b video and been googling for the last few hours as well as reading through various pages on the XDA forum. I've found a lot of problems that are kinda similar and tried various solutions but don't seem to be quite getting there.
Basically I had Virtuous Affinity as the OS and clockworkmod installed (should be the most up to date versions of both, they were put on no more than a week ago) as well. I also had a backup of current OS and so on on the SD card, as well as the original zip of the rom.
I decide I want to give ICS a go and so I downloaded the betamod ICS and then loaded it. It asked me if I wanted to do a dalvik cache wipe, a dalvik cache + data wipe and a third option I don't recall. I went with the dalvik cache wipe (at the time I was under the impression that was the correct course of action) then put it back in my pocket while ICS installed.
I get my phone out of my pocket later and it's kinda stuck on what looks like (but logically isn't, I'm guessing it was meant to be a splash screen type thing while ICS installed or some such) a screensaver which just loops endlessly. The only thing you can really do is take the battery out and turn her on again, in which case you once again end up in the endless screensaver loop.
I've tried booting to recovery using volume - and the power button and unfortunately it just boots straight into the looping screensaver again.
Getting a bit worried and feeling adventurous I tried seeing what I could do with ADB, however the computer seemed unable to recognise that any device was connected with ADB devices not listing anything.
I've read up a lot and I'm at a loss as to what to do - there's a rom on the SD card and there also should have been a backup but I just can't get it into recovery.
I do have the ability to view the SD card on another device and interact with it, so if there's a potential SD fix, that's certainly not out the window.
But yeah, I'm clueless how to proceed here and very green at the whole rom business. Can anyone advise what I might try to do from here? I don't care what state I end up going back to, or if I lose my data, I can get all that back, I just want the phone in some semblance of basic operation.
I'll be keeping an eye on the thread, if I've left out any pertinent data ask away and thanks in advance for anyone with a clue how I can fix this mess .
EDIT: Post may be better off in ICS thread above and I do apologise if so, I would move it but I seem unable to delete it.
Remove battery for 5 seconds and then try again to boot into recovery using volume -and power button.
ik222 said:
Remove battery for 5 seconds and then try again to boot into recovery using volume -and power button.
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I have, it doesn't work. I've left the battery out for a fairly long period. Volume - + power still just brings it back to the "screensaver" loop.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
Turn the phone off completely; pull the battery out for a bit then replace it and don't touch anything. Don't try to turn it on. Plug the phone by usb to your pc (still turned off). At the command prompt in the folder containing adb.exe type "adb reboot recovery" - the phone should power on and go to recovery where you can wipe properly and reflash whatever you want.
You should be able to boot to recovery using the volume down + power button combo (hold the volume-down key, then press and hold the power button and keep both held until you get to the bootloader menu); the only thing that's wrong with your phone is that you've flashed one ROM over another without wiping it first, so the ROM can't load but this shouldn't affect your bootloader or recovery.
Worst case you can flash a RUU which will restore it to the official firmware; you'll then need to re-root and re-install a recovery image to be able to flash custom ROMs again.
Very helpful post, thanks! I'll try all that and see how I go, I'll post if I still have trouble.
Yeah I dunno why I can't boot to recovery it's weird. The volume button wasn't working, so I removed it and am pressing in the volume down portion of the volume button with a pen while holding down the power button. It's possible perhaps I'm not successfully depressing volume down, but I'm 99% sure I am and that that's not it. I am however doing it as you and other guides advise, depress volume down, hold it and then depress power and hold both for about three seconds, no joy!
Anyway, as said, I'll try what you're recommending and see how I go. Thanks!
hopscotchjunkie said:
At the command prompt in the folder containing adb.exe type "adb reboot recovery"
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Curious what you mean by this? Cause there's no command prompt in the folder ADB is in. Do you mean in command prompt, be in the folder, i.e. c:\abd kinda thing? I tried just loading command prompt and typing abd reboot recovery, no device detected - no joy.
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Curious what you mean by this? Cause there's no command prompt in the folder ADB is in. Do you mean in command prompt, be in the folder, i.e. c:\abd kinda thing? I tried just loading command prompt and typing abd reboot recovery, no device detected - no joy.
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Yeah that was what I meant; I've got a feeling that that only works when the phone is powered off if you had USB debugging activated on the phone beforehand, so if that's not working that might be why.
c:\adb
results in error: device not found.
ADB app itself is in C:\adb\platform-tools but when I try that it goes The System cannot find the path specified. I've tried cd/adb and I can get that far but I can't get to adb/platform-tools.
EDIT:
Okay, I managed to get to c:\adb\platform-tools but adb reboot recovery is still advising error: device not found. Guessing perhaps I didn't have usb debugging enabled. Are you able to suggest another work around at all? I'm happy to flash it to whatever, I don't mind losing data, just want to get it in working order again. I don't see how I can though when I seemingly don't have access to recovery or USB...hrmm, must be some way around.
Accidental double post, sorry.
You need to try get into recovery mode, where you can do a full wipe and see if that fixes anything.
Firstly, remove your battery then re-install it, your phone should still be turned off at this stage. Press and hold the volume down button, then additionally press and hold the power butter, until something appears on the screen. If the bootloader appears, you can then boot into recovery from there.
If the above fails to work, report back with your results and hopefully something else will be suggested.
Ethicistabdiel said:
c:\adb
results in error: device not found.
ADB app itself is in C:\adb\platform-tools but when I try that it goes The System cannot find the path specified. I've tried cd/adb and I can get that far but I can't get to adb/platform-tools.
EDIT:
Okay, I managed to get to c:\adb\platform-tools but adb reboot recovery is still advising error: device not found. Guessing perhaps I didn't have usb debugging enabled. Are you able to suggest another work around at all? I'm happy to flash it to whatever, I don't mind losing data, just want to get it in working order again. I don't see how I can though when I seemingly don't have access to recovery or USB...hrmm, must be some way around.
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Your only other option to get into recovery is the volume-down/power-on combination. Like I said, I can't think why that's not working unless it's related to your missing volume button (maybe it's not maintaining a constant pressure on the button when you're using whatever to press through the hole).
If you still can't get that to work, I would suggest finding a stock RUU and flashing that. It's an .exe file that runs from your PC and will return your ROM, bootloader and radio back to stock. Obviously that means you'll lose root and your custom recovery so you'll need to do all that again from scratch. There's a sticky in the dev section with a link to a thread with various RUUs (it's named something along the lines of "shipped & test ROMs" - I'll check that and link to it once I've dragged myself out of bed to the computer). You'll lose all your data, but if you took a backup beforehand you can restore that once you're back up and running.
//sent from my Desire HD using Tapatalk; all errors entirely intentional.
Yeah I'm starting to think perhaps the down button is just broken.
What state should the phone be for the RUU, turned off with usb plugged in or turned on? Bearing in mind, that when on, all it will do is the "screensaver". Will it work in either of those states?
Thanks, will deffo research more when I get home. Appreciate the help immensely.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824357&page=5
Guessing you mean that as far as the ruu thread. Am downloading a stock rom atm, with shaped internet till tomorrow, meh! Will see how I go. Have a feeling phone was probably Vodafone branded at stock though, so that could make for extra fiddling but yeah, fingers crossed.
If you are able too install a stock-rom you can work from their than install 4EXT recovery
touch than you doen't need the volume buttons.
I downloaded the most recent stock rom on the link above. When I try to install it though, phone off or on, it advises a USB connection error. Is this likely to be because I originally had vodafone stock and need to make a gold card, or should it still at least be recognising it? It does advise not to run any programs on the phone or anything when while installing the update, but of course, as long as my phones turned on it's stuck on the damned screensaver loop.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-841890.html
Gonna give that a go, fingers crossed!
D'oh, just found out my mobile was Three at stock and not Vodafone, the search continues .
Gah, I'm about tearing my hair out here, I want my damned phone back . Stuck using a $79 Huwawei Vodafone thing at the moment and it's so so so awful.
Anyway. I was under the impression that making a goldcard would mean I could RUU a non-Three stock rom on the phone. I made a goldcard following these instructions; http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-make-gold-card-for-htc-desire-hd/
Then I turned the phone on as the RUU advises, (meaning it's scrolling through the feckin' "screensaver") and start the process and once again get a USB connection error.
What's the better process at this stage, try and take it back to Three stock? I don't see how I can at the moment, the only Three stock I can find seems to be rom, not RUU, meaning I'd need to load from the phone, which I can't due to no recovery. Or should I keep trying to get the goldcard thing to work, maybe try some different RUU's or something?
I'm open to any other suggestions as well. Had a bit more of a fiddle around with my volume down button, no matter what I do though, I can't get recovery mode. Always boots first to the white HTC screen and then starts the infernal "screensaver" loop.
Ethicistabdiel said:
Yeah I'm starting to think perhaps the down button is just broken.
What state should the phone be for the RUU, turned off with usb plugged in or turned on? Bearing in mind, that when on, all it will do is the "screensaver". Will it work in either of those states?
Thanks, will deffo research more when I get home. Appreciate the help immensely.
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How come the volume down button be broken. When you were using Affinity Rom weren't you able to use your volume button for music. Remove SD card from phone then press "First - Volume down gently for 2 sec" & press-hold power button when it goes into bootload place your sd card back select option "REBOOT RECOVERY". I think your panicking too much just be patient nothing is wrong, i think your just hurrying it up...
The volume button didn't work before either. I had to manually adjust volume from settings. I thought it was just because of the dodgy plastic button on top, but using a pen to depress the button underneath doesn't work either.
Believe me, I've been trying to fix this for days now, every different way of depressing volume down in order to get to recovery has not worked. Short of taking the phone apart and seeing if I can see what's wrong with the button (doubtful with my level of expertise) then it ain't happening via that method.
Got a little bit hopeful with this;
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/ruu-downloads
But that too requires my phone to be in usb debugging mode, which of course, it isn't.
Is there anyway to force the phone into usb debugging mode using some form of hack or some such? The thing is, it is powered and everything, I can turn it on, the screen works and all that jazz and indeed the phone will charge from USB and the computer makes a noise when I plug or unplug it, the phone itself however won't do anything other than the "screensaver" ICS installation loop. I guess I'm thinking where there's life there's hope and perhaps there's some way in that state I can get it to switch debugging on, though I think I'm reaching at this point .
Ethicistabdiel said:
The volume button didn't work before either. I had to manually adjust volume from settings. I thought it was just because of the dodgy plastic button on top, but using a pen to depress the button underneath doesn't work either.
Believe me, I've been trying to fix this for days now, every different way of depressing volume down in order to get to recovery has not worked. Short of taking the phone apart and seeing if I can see what's wrong with the button (doubtful with my level of expertise) then it ain't happening via that method.
Got a little bit hopeful with this;
http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/ruu-downloads
But that too requires my phone to be in usb debugging mode, which of course, it isn't.
Is there anyway to force the phone into usb debugging mode using some form of hack or some such? The thing is, it is powered and everything, I can turn it on, the screen works and all that jazz and indeed the phone will charge from USB and the computer makes a noise when I plug or unplug it, the phone itself however won't do anything other than the "screensaver" ICS installation loop. I guess I'm thinking where there's life there's hope and perhaps there's some way in that state I can get it to switch debugging on, though I think I'm reaching at this point .
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The only option i can think of is "Fix your volume button from your nearest Service centre". Without that you cant do anything. I am Sorry....
Hallo,
just now I was trying to open an app on my DHD but it kept force closing so I decided to Normaly restart it. When I did that it went to the Welcome Logo then got stuck and kept on turning on and Off.
Then I removed the battery and tried again. This time the Bootscreen appeared (I was glad since I could recover a backup version of the RAM) but to my amazement I couldn't navigate through the options. Even the power button didn't work. I tried several times but with the same results.
I was wondering is there a way to restore my mobile from my laptop (USB Debugging?) now after I reached this state?!
How could I solve this?
Any help would be appreciated
UPDATE: I noticed before the Bootscreen loads, there appears some messages quickly before they disappear. I kept on turning my phone on and off to see what they said eventually I came out with this
P98DIAG.ZIP
Image not found
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P98DIAG.NBH
Image not found
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ring any bell?
Reda88 said:
Hallo,
just now I was trying to open an app on my DHD but it kept force closing so I decided to Normaly restart it. When I did that it went to the Welcome Logo then got stuck and kept on turning on and Off.
Then I removed the battery and tried again. This time the Bootscreen appeared (I was glad since I could recover a backup version of the RAM) but to my amazement I couldn't navigate through the options. Even the power button didn't work. I tried several times but with the same results.
I was wondering is there a way to restore my mobile from my laptop (USB Debugging?) now after I reached this state?!
How could I solve this?
Any help would be appreciated
UPDATE: I noticed before the Bootscreen loads, there appears some messages quickly before they disappear. I kept on turning my phone on and off to see what they said eventually I came out with this
P98DIAG.ZIP
Image not found
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P98DIAG.NBH
Image not found
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ring any bell?
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Can you navigate any menus? If you can't you probably have a volume key hardware issue. If you can, i would just put a p98diag.zip on the root and reflash (use the rooted one).
Sounds like you are booting into bootloader. You need recovery. Pull the battery, then reinsert and hold volume down + hit power. If that doesn't work if you have adb set up on computer, plug it in to computer and use adb reboot recovery.
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I guess that you have a PD98IMG.zip on sd card.
Remove it or everytime you reboot in bootloader it will ask you to update in a never ending story. Probably this is why all other commands are not working except reboot.
Then reboot bootloader and go to recovery.
No I can't navigate (the weird thing is the power button also dosen't respond) it's like it freezes as soon as it turns on... Could you give me the PD98IMG.zip in a separate link?
I tried reinst the battery while holding the volume + but it didn't work. It vibrated 4 times while the charge light turned green but that was it. It stayed green and the screen was off...
I've always had the volume keys issue even before it went crazy (they do not always respond to my press) but I just installed 3rd party apps as a workaround.
I couldn't find the p98diag.zip anywhere on the SD card (could you give me the path for it?)
I will try to reboot it through my laptop but could someone give me the commands I should write? I'm not that experienced in that field.
Btw I left it for a while before I turned it on again, it went into Safe Mode (no apps no nothing) then I turned it off and after several tries it finally turned on in the normal mode and was almost stable until I restarted it and it went to point 0 again and now I'm stuck with the bootscreen :S
Thanks for your help
Do you have adb set up on your computer? If so then connect phone to laptop. Open command prompt type "adb remount" then "adb reboot recovery"
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while looking through the files I used to root my phone when I bought it I found the p98diag.zip. I copied it to my SD Card and wanted to install it. It found it but then it said
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] BOOTLOADER
[2] BOOT
....
but it's been like that for 2 hours now. I tried reinst the battery and pluging in the mobile to my laptop but it didn't recognize it. (I tried the adb and it gave me Device not found" error!
Is it normal for the phone to take long to parse the zip file? what should I do now?
Reda88 said:
while looking through the files I used to root my phone when I bought it I found the p98diag.zip. I copied it to my SD Card and wanted to install it. It found it but then it said
Parsing...[SD ZIP]
[1] BOOTLOADER
[2] BOOT
....
but it's been like that for 2 hours now. I tried reinst the battery and pluging in the mobile to my laptop but it didn't recognize it. (I tried the adb and it gave me Device not found" error!
Is it normal for the phone to take long to parse the zip file? what should I do now?
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You shouldn't have installed pd98diag. I would suggest either trying to run the ruu to get back to stock, or find the stock rom in pd98img.zip form and place on root of sdcard. Then reroot and start over.
Edit: if you find the stock rooted in pd98img.zip form that should work too and you won't have to reroot.
Edit 2: be sure to remove the pd98diag.zip from your sd card.
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You shouldn't have installed pd98diag. I would suggest either trying to run the ruu to get back to stock, or find the stock rom in pd98img.zip form and place on root of sdcard. Then reroot and start over.
Edit: if you find the stock rooted in pd98img.zip form that should work too and you won't have to reroot.
Edit 2: be sure to remove the pd98diag.zip from your sd card.
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Good advice! I still have all the files I used to root (even the RUU)
And you're right I shouldn't have flashed the old pd98img because now my laptop can't recognize my mobile and I can't debug it from the command line (it says Device not found)
Can I still be able to root the img without using my phone? I used this guide to root my phone (http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-downgrade-htc-desire-hd-to-root-it-after-ota-update/)
Where can I find the rooted img? and will it be possible for me to upload it here so that someone could root it for me on his device and give it to me rooted?
To boot into recovery
Hold down volume - button (not +) while pressing power button.
Let go of power button but continue pressing down on volume -.
Hey presto ... recovery.
It's a very easy mistake to make, I did it myself a few times when I first got into rooting and flashing ROM's.
lol!
no mate I wish it was like that.
Found this in the inspire section may be helpful. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986014
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Ok, a friend of mine dropped my Epic 4G Touch and cracked the screen. Screen is totally black and as far as i can tell, the touch interface doesnt work. The phone turns on fine and i can hear it boot up and receive email, etc, but i cant figure out how to access its internal memory. I know that you have to turn on storage mode to get the usb mount option to work and i have adb installed on my mac, but it never sees the device. I was told I could start the phone in recovery mode by holding the volume up button, then hitting the power button, but it doesnt seem to make a difference and it just boots regularly. Am i missing something? Is there even a recovery mode with the stock firmware/rom from Sprint?
Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
If it is already rooted and usb debugging is enabled. You should be able to use program such as Android Commander to pull the files from the phone. Another option is to odin into an ICS rom, I believe on those MTP is enabled by default on ICS builds and the phone should mount as a drive immediately when you plug it in. It should be possible to odin with just using the power and volume keys.
As i mentioned, its stock, so its not rooted and its using gingerbread since ICS isnt out from Sprint yet for it (not OTA at least). What does ODIN mean? Am i doing the keys wrong to get into recovery mode? I mentioned the method with the volume up key and power and not getting anywhere with that. Did you actually read my entire post?
First off, wrong section but anyways there is a recovery mode when running stock which you can access by 1. Turn off phone 2. Hold volume up and power button at the same time probably for about 5-10 seconds.
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Woo hoo! Thanks! Guess i just wasnt holding both buttons down long enough. Did a 10 second count and let go. Then waited about 10 seconds and plugged in usb. Then ran "adb devices" and it showed my device. Then i simply ran "adb pull / phonebackup/" and now I have all my files. Thanks again!
MACscr said:
Woo hoo! Thanks! Guess i just wasnt holding both buttons down long enough. Did a 10 second count and let go. Then waited about 10 seconds and plugged in usb. Then ran "adb devices" and it showed my device. Then i simply ran "adb pull / phonebackup/" and now I have all my files. Thanks again!
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No problem, glad I could help.
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Shoot, so i guess i cant access the /data folder when in recovery mode? Thats pretty much the most important section as far as i know as that contains text messages and call logs, etc. hmmm. Any suggestions? Is it possible to root the phone from just adb while in recovery mode?
This is what i gest for not having my backup app setup on my phone. I installed, it, just never set it up. Doh!
MACscr said:
Shoot, so i guess i cant access the /data folder when in recovery mode? Thats pretty much the most important section as far as i know as that contains text messages and call logs, etc. hmmm. Any suggestions? Is it possible to root the phone from just adb while in recovery mode?
This is what i gest for not having my backup app setup on my phone. I installed, it, just never set it up. Doh!
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You probably can using some commands in adb but a bit too much for what I know. I'd suggest going to the e4gt irc channel. Go to webchat.freenode.net channel is #ics-dev-e4gt hopefully a dev is in the channel and can help you out or someone can stop by this thread before then.
Edit: try the command "su" then enter and then "adb devices" see if that helps with anything.
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Simply odin just the el26cwm kernel only that should be enough to allow root commands since it's an rooted "insecure" kernel. It should not touch your data.
I have a VZW GN, for the past couple days I've been having random reboots. (Running AOKP Preview 4). Now I can't get it to turn on at all. I can't get to the bootloader or Recovery. Every once in awhile it will start briefly, only to shut off within 5 seconds. I saw the brick thread and tried it, but it didn't do anything. When plugged in to my computer, I will get the device to pop up every few seconds, then it disappears, and reappears. I've tried numerous tutorials and haven't had any luck. Any help would be much appreciated.
Don't Worry you can get it back
Resun said:
I have a VZW GN, for the past couple days I've been having random reboots. (Running AOKP Preview 4). Now I can't get it to turn on at all. I can't get to the bootloader or Recovery. Every once in awhile it will start briefly, only to shut off within 5 seconds. I saw the brick thread and tried it, but it didn't do anything. When plugged in to my computer, I will get the device to pop up every few seconds, then it disappears, and reappears. I've tried numerous tutorials and haven't had any luck. Any help would be much appreciated.
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Don't Panic. I just had this happen and right after I got the phone! I thought I had been swindled on Craigslist! Thanks to the guys on here, they got you covered.
1. Check to see if you can get into fastboot (hold BOTH volume buttons and then press the power button) The phone will vibrate and a screen with a little android with his guts open will appear.
2. If you get that screen good you are solid. Next get to a Windows computer and download the GNex Toolkit from HERE Install the program to the root of you Windows hard drive (just open your c:/ drive from "My Computer" tab in the start menu and then drag the unzipped program there.)
3. Once the toolkit is installed double click and you will have to choose the model of your phone. There are a bunch of options for Verizon depending on the ICS version you had. Choose the one that applies to you.
4. The next screen you will have to make sure you have the drivers before you plug in your phone. There will be an option to install correct drivers. It will download and install them automatically.
5. Next make sure your phone is still in fastboot and plug it into your computer
6. There will be an option on the main screen of the toolkit to download and flash stock image. Choose that one.
7. First you need to choose to download the stock image. Choose the version you want 4.0-4.04 and then the script will download it to your computer. You don't need to do anything it will be automatic.
8. When its done it will give you the same 3 options as before, this time choose to flash downloaded image to your phone. Again this will be automatic. It will take the image downloaded from step 7 and load it up.
9. When finished loading it will reboot, hit the boot animation, and then reboot again. Your thought process will be "Sh*t, I messed it up! It'll never work!" Again DON'T PANIC! Sack up and go do something for about 10 minutes the phone will be in a boot loop for a while til it catches the stock image.
-- I only put this step in there cause I did this like 7 times because it didn't load and I thought I was screwed. I don't want you to waste as much time as I did. The other tutorials on this don't mention this step and it leads to some confusion.
With luck it will have rebooted into the stock rom and ask you to set up your Nexus again. I would skip through and just make sure it connects with the network again and maybe make a test call etc. Then you can start over with rooting or whatever. Hope I was helpful.
Well, I got it working, for now at least. I couldn't get into Fast boot, or anything, the phone was completely dead except for the brief flicker showing it was connected to the PC. I took it apart and the SIM / SD card board was loose. Hopefully that was it.
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