Hi , i broke my zenfone 2
I did go to Recovery mode and do a wipe cache , then the phone was stuck on "formating cache..." so i shut down the phone and when i reboot , there is the android robot saying error , it wont boot in normal mode
I only can go in fastboot , then when i press recovery he go with the robot and pressing then realease power +vol up do nothing . i know i do it right because i did manage to go to recovery to wipe cache , so the phone is stuck.
When i plug in to charger there is no more led and no more battery showing charge.
the fast boot show :
Product_name - z008
Variant - Asus_z008
Hw_Version -
Bootloader Version - unknow
Ifwi Version - 088.0163
Serial Number - xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signing - ?
Secure_boot - ?
looks like et formated everything.
Did my phone is dead guys ? i send a mail to asus for help , but maybe you guys can tell me if it will be possible to recover the phone just with a computer and fastboot access.
Sorry for english , and thanks for your help.
Download the latest firmware files, and push them via fastboot. You should find all that you need through these forums. Once in fastboot, you will need to open Command Prompt, and access the folder with fastboot.exe and the necessary .img files. From there, you issue the following commands
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
Hi ,thank you for you help , but there is some technical issue
I have Zenfone 2 ZE550ml WW version i suppose because i get it in france.
First , i read that you need to activate "USB debugging" from your phone in order to use ADB Fastboot programe , and i cant do that since i dont have access to normal android boot.
Second , there is no official system.img file , the only one i found was for the Pre-root sytem downloadable on the website ------www .asus- zenfone. com ------ and i dont want to root , on the asus website , the firmware is a .Zip with boot.img and droidboot.img in it , so no recovery.img and system.img
Third , no i did not found what i need on the forums because the phone is pretty new and i saw nobody with the same probleme than me , peapole just want to flash CN To WW version or things like that but they have access to recovery and everything they need .
I need to recreate a fresh recovery in order to access to it , and i dont even know if it is possible without the "USB debugging" activated , and i need a source for the files too , i didn't found what i need on this forum but i still think its the best for help, still waiting for a pro to tell me what to do.
Im pretty new to android , its my first smartphone , i looked for info on the web concerning my problem but i found only Zenfone 5 feedback and they have access to recovery, looks like im the only one who have no more recovery partition and phone didnt boot in normal mode.
Phone is under warranty , and im still waiting for the Asus answer , in the warranty condition they said software problem due to incorrect use is not take under warranty , but i did not feel like i did an incorrect use , i just wanted to wipe cache partition and the phone frozen so of course i had to reboot it.
Sorry for bad english and Again thank you mrbubs3 for your help.
Hello mrbubs3 , after some research about the command "Fastboot erase cache" , it apeared that it was like a WIpe cache partition from the recovery.
Since my phone crached while doing Wipe cache partition , i used this command and now the phone BOOT IN NORMAL OMMGMG?KGEKLPGMZEG? SO THANKS!!!
First time after the command i tryed to go to recovery mode and it did not worked , then my phone started in normal mode , and then i retryed to go to recovery and it work
So Everything Work again , man so much thanks , a simple command save my life thanks you so much
Michel66 said:
Hello mrbubs3 , after some research about the command "Fastboot erase cache" , it apeared that it was like a WIpe cache partition from the recovery.
Since my phone crached while doing Wipe cache partition , i used this command and now the phone BOOT IN NORMAL OMMGMG?KGEKLPGMZEG? SO THANKS!!!
First time after the command i tryed to go to recovery mode and it did not worked , then my phone started in normal mode , and then i retryed to go to recovery and it work
So Everything Work again , man so much thanks , a simple command save my life thanks you so much
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You are quite welcome! And welcome to the Smartphone life!! Android is very good for superusers, and the learning curves can be quite intimidating. But the instincts that you've shown with researching and following the directions as they are given demonstrate that you should be fine.
A quick note: recovery is like a recovery partition on a computer's hard-drive, that is typically accessed when there is an OS or hardware issue. While recovery can be traditionally stored on USB, CD or other portable media, the form factor for a phone places a certain limitation on that. The bootloader is like the BIOS screen for a phone, so that is where you can enter in low-level commands. That is why adb reboot recovery does not work if you're having phone problems but fastboot commands work at the bootloader. Hope that clarifies things a bit!!
But most of all, welcome to XDA!
Indeed.. Quiet intimidating.. Even for a person who has been using numbers of androids for numbers of years.. Thank you so much mrbubs3..
Michel66. Thank you for posting the question.
Michel66 said:
Hello mrbubs3 , after some research about the command "Fastboot erase cache" , it apeared that it was like a WIpe cache partition from the recovery.
Since my phone crached while doing Wipe cache partition , i used this command and now the phone BOOT IN NORMAL OMMGMG?KGEKLPGMZEG? SO THANKS!!!
First time after the command i tryed to go to recovery mode and it did not worked , then my phone started in normal mode , and then i retryed to go to recovery and it work
So Everything Work again , man so much thanks , a simple command save my life thanks you so much
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Hi Michel66,can you tell how to do it because i have same problem and link to download it,sorry for my bad english
icelemonteas said:
Hi Michel66,can you tell how to do it because i have same problem and link to download it,sorry for my bad english
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Yes Michel66. Please do so tell us. Can you also include the links where we can download the necessary files? Same thing happened to my zf2 and I had to pay a lot to a technician to do it. Even them had a hard time. Now I'm afraid to update and do wipe cache partition to my phone.
arrianne said:
Yes Michel66. Please do so tell us. Can you also include the links where we can download the necessary files? Same thing happened to my zf2 and I had to pay a lot to a technician to do it. Even them had a hard time. Now I'm afraid to update and do wipe cache partition to my phone.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/general/asus-zenfone-2-flashing-recovery-mode-t3096596
Here is everything you need, remember you are using fastboot, NOT ADB...
Check out topic 1 for files needed...
Related
Please note that you are doing all tasks in your own risk.
Preparation:
Download a clockwork recovery img file, for me I had 5.0.2.0 ace:
download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-ace.imgSince I am new in this field, you may need to do a research by yourself to sure this is the img for your device.
The link having box of versions:
download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries
A new ROM, you can look in the dev. page (or you already having a ROM wanna flash)
*You may need to unzip the ROM and zip it in "storage only" mode.
*Put your re-zipped ROM file into memory card (Should be in the root directory). You can see there is a boot.img in ROM, copy it out of ROM and you will need it later.
Backup all your stuffs like SMS, contact book etc... (I had failed in SMS and all my free apps)
Step:
Go HTC dev. to unlock your boot loader, if you have the problem about cmd error (like ERROR command dont exists) in getting token, you should look step 1 really carefully because you forgot to flash the RUU (Wonder it is a popular problem...)
*At here HTC dev. will ask you to create a folder to hold adb.exe, move your boot.img into it.
After unlock your boot loader, you should see the words ***unlocked*** in HBoot screen, so then go to fastboot and still using the cmd in prev. step, hits:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.imgYes your recovery img should put together with adb.exe in the same folder
So then now you have an unlocked bootloader and a clockwork recovery in your unroot device Backup your current ROM with CW recovery AGAIN (just for some accidents if they occur...)
In CW Recovery, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, in advanced page, wipe Dalvik cache and wipe battery stats.
*This will erase your data and CANNOT undo.
Select "intall zip from sdcard", then "choose zip from sdcard", find your zipped ROM file and say Yes.
Congratulations you had successed to flash a ROM BUT if you are the first time flashing ROM on your device (and this is what supposed to be lol). Your device will freeze at the boot screen (which is white background with green words "HTC"). So then here is the last step...
Go to bootloader and enter fastboot. Remeber the boot.img? Type in:
fastboot flash boot boot.imgin cmd.
So now you can enjoy your new ROM (Most of ROMs will take a minute to boot in the first time)
These stuffs took me lot of days to research... It may have another better, easy way. But I would appreciate if there are some thanks for me
AAHK does all this in half a step, but thanx anyway. Good to see people trying.
djolebih said:
AAHK does all this in half a step, but thanx anyway. Good to see people trying.
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I dun know... I found the AAHK post when I am trying to downgrade my DHD and finally got nth from AAHK...(just scared out by its description lol)
But I think this is a good try for me to understand stuffs in this field
Hope this thread will help some other people too
hello
i iried ur way and i feel it can go with me instead of the aahk that didnot, but the problem i am not sure from the clockworkmod recovery img i use
as i used ur img and the (recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-ace-modaco-r2)
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so pls can help me in that as i tried to know my recovery img for my devise but didnot catch it on net
so pls how to get it and w to do coz i really tried everything here on net on 2.3.5 version and software number 3.13.415.2
thaks alot for the new hope
carizma1 said:
i iried ur way and i feel it can go with me instead of the aahk that didnot, but the problem i am not sure from the clockworkmod recovery img i use
as i used ur img and the (recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-ace-modaco-r2)
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so pls can help me in that as i tried to know my recovery img for my devise but didnot catch it on net
so pls how to get it and w to do coz i really tried everything here on net on 2.3.5 version and software number 3.13.415.2
thaks alot for the new hope
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You may try this
HTTP://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-ace.img
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hello sir
i did amistake and my desire hd now donot operating with me
i typed in cmd the recovery line
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
and then typed the boot line
fastboot flash boot boot.img
it said ok in cmd with nothing on mobile so rebooted it and it stuck now on the black screen with mobile picture on it triangler has (!)
tried many times remove the battery and it just this all times
w i do to solve this fatal mistak sir pls
Power button holding then volume up
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You Are An Angel
U did so great,thx for sharing
I thought I reach the end but YOU really saved all of us.
The first and the BEST post.
Thx again
For some reasons, it didn't help me at first, did a couple of battery pulls then tried pressing power button and holding down both volume up and down buttons and finally it went to bootloader menu.
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So I just rooted my phone and tried to install new room cyanogenmod 10 in recovery mode .. after the installation was complete, a simple reboot and after about 10s I could see word cyanogenmod on the screen .. I though it would boot up after a couple of minutes but after 15 mins, still no response .. so i went back into recovery mode and did a factory reset, delete cache and restored the original ROM .. Once again a reboot and it left me with the same booting screen written "cyanogenmod" and nothing else .. I did it once more but no use .. It always gets stuck on the same freaking screen .. Really need help guys ..
whats your hboot ? Did you wipe cache after flashing the boot.img ?
If your hboot is on 1.3x you need a modified hboot for CM10
http://db.tt/uDdWaAtH
And if you want to restore a nandroid you also have to flash the boot.img that is located in the nandroid backup folder
yes did went into the nandroid backup folder and restored it from there .. i had other CleanROM 5.1 zip in the phone memory ..i did a complete reset n tried to install CleanROM 5.1 .. thought may b that could get me out of the loop .. bt didnt help .. doest matter i do nandroid back r unzip clean rom or even cyanogen 10 .. it gets caught up in the same loop hole .. and what is hboot .. ?
You have to flash the boot.img file with fastboot commands from the pc to the phone in the bootloader menu, did you did it like that or did you try to flash it with the recovery ?
no i did it just in the recovery mode .. not from my pc .. do i have to do it from pc .. ? if yes then how.. ?
Do you have fastboot files on the pc ?
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Check the 9th post from this thread, links to the HTC driver and fastboot files are there. Just follow my post and if you are ready we can go on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2111703
I am sorry but I am a newbie and don't know what an hboot is .. could you tell me what it is .. ? and yes i did wiped the cash when i got stuck in the loophole .. bt it didnt do any good ..
The hboot is like the basic bios of the phone ....
And yes you need a pc to flash the boot.img
Check that post its very clear. Just that one post !!!
And we all where noobs .... i was a űbernoob
Mr Hofs said:
The hboot is like the basic bios of the phone ....
And yes you need a pc to flash the boot.img
Check that post its very clear. Just that one post !!!
And we all where noobs .... i was a űbernoob
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ok i followed all the steps u told me to .. after entering the three commands on the pc, which were successful, what next .. ? i mean just did those commands on the pc and i have left the cellphone idle i.e still "FASTBOOT USB" .. should i exit it or do a factory wipe and backup .. ?
hassamrehmat said:
ok i followed all the steps u told me to .. after entering the three commands on the pc, which were successful, what next .. ? i mean just did those commands on the pc and i have left the cellphone idle i.e still "FASTBOOT USB" .. should i exit it or do a factory wipe and backup .. ?
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Go back into recovery and do a full wipe and install the rom. Then reboot and leave it for about 5 minutes
The way to flash a rom is :
Copy the rom.zip to the phones sdcard, open the rom.zip and copy the boot.img file into the fastboot folder on the pc, keep the phone in fastboot usb mode and flash the boot.img
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot flash boot boot.img
Fastboot erase cache
Then you enter the custom recovery and do a full wipe, after that you flash the rom from inside the recovery
how can i copy the files to one x memory .. it doesnt boot up i.e the pc doesnt show a removable device with storage .. and did the steps u told me to follow n did a factory reset after that .. bt i cant restore bcz the nandroid backup from my cell is removed now .. however i do have it on my pc ..can i install it from there .. ?
hassamrehmat said:
how can i copy the files to one x memory .. it doesnt boot up i.e the pc doesnt show a removable device with storage .. and did the steps u told me to follow n did a factory reset after that .. bt i cant restore bcz the nandroid backup from my cell is removed now .. however i do have it on my pc ..can i install it from there .. ?
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You can mount the one x as an sdcard inside the recovery, mounts & storage and then the last option at the bottom. Mount as usb disk
Then you can copy the nandroid backup back to the phone and the boot.img to the fastboot folder on the pc. Flash the boot.img, full wipe and restore the nandroid !
Ps what recovery do you have ( also the version number)
Mr Hofs said:
You can mount the one x as an sdcard inside the recovery, mounts & storage and then the last option at the bottom. Mount as usb disk
Then you can copy the nandroid backup back to the phone and the boot.img to the fastboot folder on the pc. Flash the boot.img, full wipe and restore the nandroid !
Ps what recovery do you have ( also the version number)
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i had jelly bean 4.1.1 firmware 3.14 on my one x .. i rooted it yesterday following onexroot.com which was a success .. then redmondpie mentioned to do a nandroid backup, which i did and also saved files on pc .. then today i tried to flash new rom i.e cyanogenmod and i m stuck ever since .. also the mobile doesnt charge in bootloader mode ..
hassamrehmat said:
i had jelly bean 4.1.1 firmware 3.14 on my one x .. i rooted it yesterday following onexroot.com which was a success .. then redmondpie mentioned to do a nandroid backup, which i did and also saved files on pc .. then today i tried to flash new rom i.e cyanogenmod and i m stuck ever since .. also the mobile doesnt charge in bootloader mode ..
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What recovery do you have, the phone should charge inside the recovery. Tell me the version you have ?
Hboot-1.33.0000
radio5.1204.162.29
hassamrehmat said:
Hboot-1.33.0000
radio5.1204.162.29
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I mean the recovery, not the hboot. Enter the recovery and check what version it is
clockworkmod recovery v5.8.1.8
Hi Guys,
I have a big problem! I forgot to flash the boot.img of "Jelly Bam 7.2.1" - it all ended in total chaos. I will try to describe everything I did, feel free to ask any further on points that seem to be more relevant than I thought.
To let you know: I have knowledge of flashing / custom roms and all that good jazz in general (with other phones before), but I am a total noob concerning all the One X specific stuff...
1.) rooted my One X. No problems so far, stock rom working fine after doing so, HBoot says "UNLOCKED" at the top, so no problems here.
2.) downloaded the custom ROM (JellyBam, endeavoru, 7.2.1), checked MD5, so no problems with the download - copied it to my phone
3.) went into recovery without fastboot, just the way via hboot and did the following in that order: "wipe data/factory reset", "wipe cache partition", formatted "/cache", formatted "/system", formatted "/data", "wipe dalvik cache", flashed the zip "jelly-bam-blabla.zip"
4.) tried to boot, which obviously did not work, because I forgot flashing the boot.img.... but in concrete: the phone first showed the normal "HTC"-Screen, then the JellyBam loading screen came on the screen, then the "Android Welcome Screen" showed up. after 0,5 seconds a pop-up came up saying "Unfortunately, System UI has stopped." and some 0,5 seconds after another pop-up places itself right over the other one. it says "Unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped."... I tried to hit "OK" but it always came up again within 0,5 seconds or shorter.
5.) I went into hboot from there, because my first idea was, that the problem could have been me having forgotten the "fix permissions" after flashing the rom... so i did all the cache / formatting stuff again, flashed the zip again and then fixed permissions.
6.) tried to boot, exactly the same situation as described in "4"
7.) the boot.img-stuff came in my mind. slapped myself in the face several times. the "you should always fastboot flash your recovery if you want to flash anything on your phone"-advise also came in my mind. hurt my face for some more seconds.
8.) went into hboot again, then "fastboot", connected to my MBP and firstly tried to fastboot flash cwm-recovery. but the terminal said that my HOX is too low on battery life...
9.) the part I actually can't remember correctly. tried different advises on how to load the battery without having a rom up and running (from xda devs mainly) - which all did not work but somehow resulted in my HOX not even letting me boot up normally anymore. a (re)boot just kicks me directly into cwm recovery.
10) my battery went totally empty. and now the scary part i really do not understand begins: I connected my HOX via the usb cable to a power adapter. the orange light first started blinking, then it stood on for about 3 hours - I did not touch it. after these about 3 hours the device automatically booted into cwm recovery. i went into hboot which resulted in the normal error messages while connected via usb to a power adapter or a computer, so i unplugged the cable and rebooted recovery. again went in hboot, which now tells me I am too low on battery to flash anything. Because the orange light is only on in cwm recovery I thought that the phone charges there (I also read that, but the people said it would be veeery slow), so I tried to keep it in recovery. the problem is: it automatically shuts down after 20-30 minutes... I tried to avoid that as long as possible, always just hitting volume down once every 20 minutes - but even after doing that for about 6 hours, hboot still told me my battery is too low...
I really do not know what to do. I am never able to stay at home for longer than these 6 hours, so I do not know how I might get the battery high enough in order to flash the boot img or the zip in cwm again...
Please help me you genius people out there!
P.S.: The nerd video at registration is nicely done. I really like it. And I hope I did not overlook a thread that could solve my problem...
I'm not sure this is correct but I'd let it charge then in fastboot erase cache flash the boot then erase fastboot cache again.
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Htc One X Viper 3.4.2
frontinsomething said:
Please help me you genius people out there!
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At your service!!
Use this lil script to charge your device. It reboots the handset over and over again causing it to build up voltage. Once it prints out ~3750mV or higher, you should be good to flash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1658084
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1658084
Make this little script and execute it as a batch
Flash this recovery - http://download.clockworkmod.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.0-endeavoru.img
Download the stock rom from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1546970
Fastboot flash the boot.img and `fastboot erase cache`
Wipe data and flash the rom.
You`ll at at least be in a working rom.
P.s you dont have to flash recovery all the time. Flash it once and leave it.
Iceax123 said:
I'm not sure this is correct but I'd let it charge then in fastboot erase cache flash the boot then erase fastboot cache again.
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Yeah, my plan looked similar. The problem is you forgot the first stept. What I need is to
1.) somehow charge my phone to an adequate degree
2.) fastboot erase cache / flash boot.img / erase cache
3.) flash the zip again (just to make sure)
Can you help me for step one of that?
As described before the charging does not really work. In cwm it charges freakin slow, in hboot it does not seem to at all (I am not quite sure 'bout that)...
come on guys, you are way too fast in answering I knew why I like this place
I guessed people would come up with the script. the point is, that I tried that and failed at it... can somebody exactly tell me how to to that on Mac? I failed at it... (see step 9)
frontinsomething said:
come on guys, you are way too fast in answering I knew why I like this place
I guessed people would come up with the script. the point is, that I tried that and failed at it... can somebody exactly tell me how to to that on Mac? I failed at it... (see step 9)
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I don't own a mac but it's really similar to Linux, so.....
Name it .sh instead of bat. And mark it executable by going to terminal as root and typing
Code:
chmod a+x [path_for_the_file]
Or use some gui to set it executable.
Then it should work by simply double clicking.
Good luck:good:
EDIT If fastboot commands different on mac, for example "fastboot-mac flash blablah", you need to modify the script accordingly.
TToivanen said:
I don't own a mac but it's really similar to Linux, so.....
Name it .sh instead of bat. And mark it executable by going to terminal as root and typing
Code:
chmod a+x [path_for_the_file]
Or use some gui to set it executable.
Then it should work by simply double clicking.
Good luck:good:
EDIT If fastboot commands different on mac, for example "fastboot-mac flash blablah", you need to modify the script accordingly.
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Nice! At least the script works! Although it runs since 20:30 now and still only brought me up about 1mV... but let's see where I get. I will try to do all the good jazz if I get over 3680 - I will tell you as soon as it worked or if it did not.
See you later and thanks for the help so far!
frontinsomething said:
Nice! At least the script works! Although it runs since 20:30 now and still only brought me up about 1mV... but let's see where I get. I will try to do all the good jazz if I get over 3680 - I will tell you as soon as it worked or if it did not.
See you later and thanks for the help so far!
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Nice ! Fingers crossed
Sent from my IceCold One X
TToivanen said:
Nice ! Fingers crossed
Sent from my IceCold One X
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Just noticed, that I also need/want to flash the zip again - how much mV would I need for that?
Once you have flashed the boot image (fastboot batt warning vanished), you'll be good to flash the zip also.
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You Are Epic, Guys!
Thank you for your help, not only, but mainly TToivanen!
Everything worked out fine! ROM is now up and running! yippieh!
Nice !
Enjoy the new ROM
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Hi.
Apologies if this is a very naive question, I am not particularly familiar with mods, roms and so forth.
I have rooted another phone in the past, but that is all.
The situation:
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus
- Not rooted/unlocked. Stock android automatically updated to the latest Android version supported
- Android developer option NOT set in settings
- Stuck in a boot loop: boots to android and then after a few seconds reboots, so no time to do anything
- Not sure how it happened, I had it for years, it was in my pocket and suddenly started doing that.
- Android fastboot and recovery loads up no problem
- I have tried anything I could find online to fix it: deleted cache, rebooted in safe mode, removed battery for 10 hours
- Nothing seems to fix it, it keeps rebooting
- I want to try a factory reset, but my family photos are in the phone
- Google synch seems to have stopped functioning for this device a year ago, all my 2016-17 photos and videos are locked in the phone.
Admitting there is nothing to do about the loop problem:
Is there any way I can copy photos and videos via usb while in recovery mode?
After I will reset the phone via recovery menu, hoping it will fix it. IF that does not fix it, I will flash another rom in. But I really do not want to wipe my data before backing them up.
I am assuming the answer is no, you cannot access the internal memory in fastboot/recovery unless your phone is rooted.
But I would like an expert opinion before I resolve to wipe one year of photos and videos which I will regret losing.
@mcaldo DON'T DO FACTORY RESET, EVERYTHING WILL BE LOST
which recovery are you using..?
if it's TWRP, then it's easy..
- boot into TWRP recovery
- go to "Mount" tab
- find "enable/disable MTP" button at lower options.. (enable it )
then connect your phone to that PC, where you always connected in past, ( to eliminate driver installation stage, all drivers will be preinstalled )
Regards
____Mdd said:
@mcaldo DON'T DO FACTORY RESET, EVERYTHING WILL BE LOST
which recovery are you using..?
if it's TWRP, then it's easy..
- boot into TWRP recovery
- go to "Mount" tab
- find "enable/disable MTP" button at lower options.. (enable it )
then connect your phone to that PC, where you always connected in past, ( to eliminate driver installation stage, all drivers will be preinstalled )
Regards
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Thanks for your reply!
By recovery, I meant 'android system recovery'
It gives me the following options:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from USB drive
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
Is any of the above useful?
Unfortunately, I do not have any alternative recovery software available
Edit: Googling I found this: "Apply update from ADB: The Android Debug Bridge allows you to plug your device into your PC and issue commands from there. "
If I can issue commands through ADB, perhaps there is a command to copy data from my phone to my computer?
mcaldo said:
Thanks for your reply!
By recovery, I meant 'android system recovery'
It gives me the following options:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from USB drive
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
Is any of the above useful?
Unfortunately, I do not have any alternative recovery software available
Edit: Googling I found this: "Apply update from ADB: The Android Debug Bridge allows you to plug your device into your PC and issue commands from there. "
If I can issue commands through ADB, perhaps there is a command to copy data from my phone to my computer?
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Yes, you can copy through adb commands..
Get and extract Minimal ADB and Fastboot from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
From PC, run CMD to extracted folder directory.
Connect phone to PC, go to update from ADB(in recovery),
Type "adb device" , it will show serial number and connected..
Then "adb pull /sdcard " (if you know particular directory of data then write it like /sdcard/photos,, otherwise writing /sdcard will copy all folders from your phone. )
it will start copying to same adb folder ..
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Yes, you can copy through adb commands..
Get and extract Minimal ADB and Fastboot from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
From PC, run CMD to extracted folder directory.
Connect phone to PC, go to update from ADB(in recovery),
Type "adb device" , it will show serial number and connected..
Then "adb pull /sdcard " (if you know particular directory of data then write it like /sdcard/photos,, otherwise writing /sdcard will copy all folders from your phone. )
it will start copying to same adb folder ..
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Thanks for the advice.
I followed the instructions closely, and nearly got there.
adb devices returns
#serialnumber sideload
so all good
but adb pull /sdcard returns
adb: error connect failed: closed
I tried several other commands with no success
kill-server and start-server work fine but do not solve the problem
adb usb returns
error closed
So, I am starting thinking that the problem is in the bootloader being locked.
However, if I unlock it, it will be wipe all my data, I understand?
Googling about it, I found this:
The behavior is status-by-design. Your stock recovery is not designed to grant shell access. Your only choice here is to somehow manage to flash a custom recovery. – Firelord Dec 30 '15 at 14:19
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To achieve something similar to what @FireLord suggested: TWRP can be booted on many devices without being installed. For that, find a matching image, then boot to the bootloader and run fastboot boot twrp.img. Btw: you can check with fastboot devices resp. adb devices whether a device is visible to the corresponding tool. – Izzy♦ Jul 8 '16 at 19:40
So I understand one could boot TWRP without installing it, but I am not sure if that means I could do that with the bootloader locked?
I found WugFresh nexus root toolkit which seems to do that, among many other things, but again it warns that the phone must be unlocked (using the android build "Android *.* Any", I did not know what else to choose, not sure if that makes any difference as for locked/unlocked requirements)
EDIT: my fastboot screen reads "FASTBOOT STATUS - Failbootloader locked" as the last line, when trying to run TWRP without installing.
Yes, unlocking bootloader will wipe everything..
What actually you did ? Why it went into bootloop ???
I have also read that about boot into TWRP without installing.. and it worked for many one without unlocking bootloader... Don't know why not on GNex.
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Yes, unlocking bootloader will wipe everything..
What actually you did ? Why it went into bootloop ???
I have also read that about boot into TWRP without installing.. and it worked for many one without unlocking bootloader... Don't know why not on GNex.
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What actually you did ? Why it went into bootloop ???
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A very good question, to which I have no answer, unfortunately.
The phone was used by my wife for 2 years and then by me for other 2. I recently changed the battery.
Never rooted or unlocked. No unusual apps installed. I am a very basic user, as you might have guessed, and being my only phone at the moment, I really would not risk experimenting with it.
It went very slow over the last 4 months, so I was planning to reset it.
I put in my coat pocket for a few hours, when I took it out it had a train ticked stuck to the screen and was quite warm and on the lock screen. It froze, so I took the battery out and restarted it. From then on it is stuck in a loop, not sure why really.
I have also read that about boot into TWRP without installing.. and it worked for many one without unlocking bootloader... Don't know why not on GNex
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That's good to know. I'll research more than.
It seems there might be a problem with the fastboot drivers on my computer, even selecting them from device manager did not work. Win7 refuses to install. The ADB drivers in theory work fine though.
If you have done nothing modification to system, then wiping data should work, but i have doubt if it also wipes personal data too, on TWRP it wipes data excepting /data/media/ which contains all personal data.. but don't know about wiping on stock recovery...
I hope you will find solution as soon as possible..
Regards.
PS. I can install stock recovery and try wiping /data.. and check what things get wiped.. but i need little time for that experiment...
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If you have done nothing modification to system, then wiping data should work, but i have doubt if it also wipes personal data too, on TWRP it wipes data excepting /data/media/ which contains all personal data.. but don't know about wiping on stock recovery...
I hope you will find solution as soon as possible..
Regards.
PS. I can install stock recovery and try wiping /data.. and check what things get wiped.. but i need little time for that experiment...
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Thanks so much.
Looking at google's documentation on the nexus:
You can remove data from your Pixel phone or Nexus device by resetting it to factory settings. Resetting to factory settings is also known as formatting the device or doing a "hard reset".
If you're factory resetting your device to fix an issue, make sure that you've tried all other troubleshooting options first. Find out how to troubleshoot your issue.
Important: Performing a factory reset will erase all data from the device.
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It would seem that indeed all data will be removed.
This point, I will research a bit more into drivers, in case that is what it's preventing adb pull from working.
I really need a working phone, so if that fails I will hard reset, then unlock, root, flash in an alternative bootloader and perhaps a rom, and put ubuntu touch in dual boot. That will hopefully prevent me from loosing data in the future.
Sorry, this is out of topic to my question, but, , could you suggest any stable, solid rom for the nexus?
I read good things of CM12, and I ran into one which seemed to do to quite well with split windows, but I do not remember the name right now.
EDIT: I remember the name of the rom now, it's https://omnirom.org/about/
A last question if you can..
I tried to solve my boot loop problem by sideloading an update from google (maguro yakju yakju-jwr66y-factory-4cadea65.zip)
It loaded it fine but then failed because the installation it says it is not signed.
Basically, being a stock bootloader recovery from Samsung, it will only sideload OTAs from samsung, not the stock ones from google..
I cannot find the samsung ones anywhere, not for the nexus anyway, just the newer devices..
By any chance do you know where I could download proper Samsung OTA zip updates for the nexus?
Well, I talked with an android developer who confirmed that, unless you have a friend working in criminal forensic technology or similar, there is no way to get around a lock on this phone to pull data out.
So, sadly, I have wiped my phone by unlocking it, flashed TWRP and then omnirom with gapps.
My photos are gone, including a bunch of stuff my kid had made and asked me to photograph for safeeping. Very safe indeed
He kept asking me why they make the lock like that, instead of allowing some kind of password, perhaps he has a point.
So, it is quite unlikely that somebody who knows as little as I did will ever read this *before* finding themselves in the same situation.
But if you do, back up your data, unlock and flash TWRP, clockworks or some alternative, and thank yourself if and when disaster strikes..
@mcaldo wiping data/factory reset in STOCK RECOvERY will wipe everything... There is very few chances to get backup...
And yeah i found something interesting..
You can flash system.img.. only system files will be corrected not anything else..
Get appropriate zip from here : https://developers.google.com/android/images
Now take system.img to ADB/Fastboot folder ( i assume you know how it works )
Just go "Fastboot flash system system.img"
It will rewrite system partition..
Another one:
See downloads on this thread..
One says NON-WIPE, if you want me to try that zip, i will again require time for that. See here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-restore-to-stock-unbrick-galaxy-t2065470
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I don't saw your reply, it was on next page.. its sad... Sorry i am late..
I have a GT-i9250 its stuck on the X boot screen with the colours changing.
I think the bootloader is unlocked when you turn it on it shows the unlocked padlock.
The phone charges and usb is being detected by PC.
When I connect in bootloader mode computer detects ADB.
How do I get this phone to turn on fully WITHOUT WIPING MY IMPORTANT DATA?
Board Name : tuna REV 9
Board REV : HSPA - 9
Boot Type : USB MMC1
Device Type : HS
Build Date : Nov 16 2011 16:29:36
FASTBOOT MODE
PRODUCT NAME - tuna
VARIANT - maguro
HW VERSION - 9
BOOTLOADER - VERSION - PRIMEKK15
BASEBAND VERSION - I9250XXLH1
CARRIER INFO - NONE
SERIAL NUMBER -
SIGNING - production
LOCK STATE - UNLOCKED
Thankyou
Which are those important data?
Which ROM version is installed?
Have you got an OTG cable for connect a USB stick?
As first simple step, enter in recovery and wipe only cache and dalvik, than reboot.
Stuck on the multicoloured X on startup for long time.
Important Data is Phone Numbers Pictures Videos Messages.
I went into recovery done wipe cache phone restarted but same problem still same problem stuck on the multicoloured cross.
For recovery mode when the green android appeared I had to hold the power button and volume up button to get options.
I have an OTG cable and USB stick.
I believe it may be a software problem.
I need to try to flash this GT-i9250 without deleting any data on the phone surely there must be a non wipe firmware method I do have a non wipe file but I dont dare try it just waiting for more feedback and see what happens.
Im not sure what ROM ive got on here right now baseband and rest of the details are above it may be 4.2.2 not sure can you tell from details above?
Appreciate your reply Kerpert.
Thank you.
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Important Data is Phone Numbers Pictures Videos Messages.
I went into recovery done wipe cache phone restarted but same problem still same problem stuck on the multicoloured cross.
For recovery mode when the green android appeared I had to hold the power button and volume up button to get options.
I have an OTG cable and USB stick.
I believe it may be a software problem.
I need to try to flash this GT-i9250 without deleting any data on the phone surely there must be a non wipe firmware method I do have a non wipe file but I dont dare try it just waiting for more feedback and see what happens.
Im not sure what ROM ive got on here right now baseband and rest of the details are above it may be 4.2.2 not sure can you tell from details above?
Appreciate your reply Kerpert.
Thank you.
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Your bootloader is unlocked. You could boot it into bootloader/fastboot mode, flash TWRP recovery, then reboot into recovery and save your photos and videos at least.
Snipergti said:
Important Data is Phone Numbers Pictures Videos Messages.
I went into recovery done wipe cache phone restarted but same problem still same problem stuck on the multicoloured cross.
For recovery mode when the green android appeared I had to hold the power button and volume up button to get options.
I have an OTG cable and USB stick.
I believe it may be a software problem.
I need to try to flash this GT-i9250 without deleting any data on the phone surely there must be a non wipe firmware method I do have a non wipe file but I dont dare try it just waiting for more feedback and see what happens.
Im not sure what ROM ive got on here right now baseband and rest of the details are above it may be 4.2.2 not sure can you tell from details above?
Appreciate your reply Kerpert.
Thank you.
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Have you a custom ROM? Which one and which version?
If you have lock state unlocked, flash the twrp recovery, download it from
https://dl.twrp.me/maguro/
Copy the custom recovery into the directory where you have kept the adb and fastboot files,
type the following command to install the custom recovery image onto your Nexus device
fastboot flash recovery <recovery_image_file.name>
fastboot reboot-fastboot
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connect the pendrive via OTG cable
use up/down volume to select recovery mode and press power
in recovery mount all the partitions,
go into backup
select system, boot, data
set storage to USB-OTG
start backup
Unmount the usb and disconnect from the phone
connect the stick to the pc and check if the files have been all copied.
create a folder C:\backup\
connect the Nexus via USB cable to the PC, in the prompt window type
adb pull /sdcard/ C:\backup\
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Now you have to reflash the same existing ROM from recovery, wipe only cache and dalvik at the end, reboot.
Hi Kerpert Im not sure what the current firmware of my phone is I think its 4.2.2 can you tell what rom I have got from the build date with the details above?
Please can you tell me exactly what to do in BABY STEPS lol so its 100% clear so I cant make a mistake! PLEASE I cant lose my IMPORTANT DATA!
I need step by step detail e.g Which version TWRP etc... and so on!
Mr Rahim Ali thank you for your response!
I really appreciate your time and effort Kerpert in trying to help me!
Thank you!
Sorry I can't understand which ROM you are using from the information upon.
Wait someother of expert that know it and maybe can give better suggests.
My idea is to do a nandroid backup and save it on pc and only after this try to bring back to life the phone, firstly by flashing the same rom you have installed (but need to identify it exactly), if it will boot, you could try with Titanium Backup to restore what you need but I'm not 100% sure it will work (you could also try to restore with TWRP, but dunnot if you can select only some apps).
Avoid to wipe DATA and INTERNAL STORAGE.
It would be very easy to find out current ROM information once you have flashed TWRP recovery. Just boot into recovery, mount system and then make a copy the file build.prop from the /system folder to USB OTG or directly to your PC. Open the file with Notepad or any other text editor. It should contain the required information.
What is the best way to flash TWRP which version maguro?
Hi Rahim or Kerpert
What is the best way to flash TWRP which version Maguro?
How do I flash it in which version ODIN or other command method?
In download mode or do I use fastboot method?
Please can I have basic steps to perform one of these tasks?
I want to make sure I dont make any mistakes!
Once I have flashed TWRP and got access to TWRP recovery Im sure we will be on the right track!
Thank you!
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Hi Rahim or Kerpert
What is the best way to flash TWRP which version Maguro?
How do I flash it in which version ODIN or other command method?
In download mode or do I use fastboot method?
Please can I have basic steps to perform one of these tasks?
I want to make sure I dont make any mistakes!
Once I have flashed TWRP and got access to TWRP recovery Im sure we will be on the right track!
Thank you!
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You should have Android SDK Platform Tools installed. You can download from here.
Download the latest recovery from here or here and copy it to your hard drive e.g. in a folder called c:\maguro
You should have Universal Naked Drivers installed which you can get here.
Reboot your phone into fastboot/bootloader mode and connect it to your PC.
Provide the location where you extracted the universal naked drivers if Windows needs to install drivers.
Give the command
Code:
fastboot flash recovery c:\maguro\twrp-3.2.3-0-maguro.img
and you're done!
@Snipergti, any luck?
I Have TWRP Recovery Access!
Hi Rahim Ali
I have followed your instructions and flashed TWRP Recovery!
I just need to find out what firmware I've got via build prop file!
Once I have found out I need to some how get my phone to fully turn as normal and not stay stuck on the multicoloured Cross and need all my information to be still intact i.e contacts messages call logs etc...
Please let me know what are the next steps clearly!
You have been very helpful so far!
Thank you!
Snipergti said:
Hi Rahim Ali
I have followed your instructions and flashed TWRP Recovery!
I just need to find out what firmware I've got via build prop file!
Once I have found out I need to some how get my phone to fully turn as normal and not stay stuck on the multicoloured Cross and need all my information to be still intact i.e contacts messages call logs etc...
Please let me know what are the next steps clearly!
You have been very helpful so far!
Thank you!
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Now that you do have TWRP installed, the very first thing you should do is take a full Nandroid backup and store it in a safe place that is NOT your phone, i.e., your PC or on a USB OTG drive.
The second thing you should do, if you haven't done so already, is to boot into TWRP, connect to your PC (or plug in the above-mentioned USB OTG device) and move your DCIM and/or Download (and any other pertinent) folders from your internal storage to said backup device.
Now, to proceed...
Boot into TWRP, hit the Mount button then select/check system. It is checked off/unmounted by default
then go back, hit the Advanced button and then File Manager
Browse to /system where you should see build.prop
select it, then copy to any location on your internal storage. connect to PC while still in recovery and copy the build.prop file from internal storage of phone where you pasted it to your PC
open the file in any text editor like notepad
now begins the guesswork part
slowly go through the text file and see if you can spot which version of Android you have installed.
IMM76I and IMM76K are 4.0.4
JRO03O is 4.1.1
JZO54K is 4.1.2
JDQ39 is 4.2.2
JWR66Y is 4.3
Hope this helps.