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BRICKED Galaxy Nexus - please help me restore/advice

Hi I attempted to root my phone, got SU but was having problems flashing any roms, using any apps that required /root or accessing recovery. Figured something might not have worked and tried to unroot and start again. All steps were followed via http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...-root-unroot-unlock-your-vz-galaxy-nexus.html
I'm stuck in the Google bootscreen with my only other option being bootloader, it still says Locked State - Unlocked. But my computer can't see my phone, Odin doesn't work and I still don't have a definitive method of restoring my phone via a MAC.
This ISN'T Resolved. I get errors when attempting to fastboot the stock image
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/adb reboot bootloader
brings about the following error
"error: device not found"
I was already in bootloader and tried:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash boot ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/boot.img
I get:
error: cannot load '/Users/grnmons/Desktop/adb-fastboot/boot.img'
If anybody has any ideas please let me know, I really don't know what to do at this point.

grnmons said:
Hi I attempted to root my phone, got SU but was having problems flashing any roms, using any apps that required /root or accessing recovery. Figured something might not have worked and tried to unroot and start again. All steps were followed via http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...-root-unroot-unlock-your-vz-galaxy-nexus.html
I'm stuck in the Google bootscreen with my only other option being bootloader, it still says Locked State - Unlocked. But my computer can't see my phone, Odin doesn't work and I still don't have a definitive method of restoring my phone via a MAC.
If anybody has any ideas please let me know, I really don't know what to do at this point. Plan B is to use a PC which I can only access later in the week. If you know someone, or have a link I would really appreciate it. Also ask me anything if it can help make this clearer.
Thanks
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Okay your bootloader is unlocked which is good, but your MAC doesn't see your phone in bootloader mode?

grnmons said:
Plan B is to use a PC which I can only access later in the week.
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Can you bootcamp or use a virtual machine?

grnmons said:
Hi I attempted to root my phone, got SU but was having problems flashing any roms, using any apps that required /root or accessing recovery. Figured something might not have worked and tried to unroot and start again. All steps were followed via http://forums.androidcentral.com/ve...-root-unroot-unlock-your-vz-galaxy-nexus.html
I'm stuck in the Google bootscreen with my only other option being bootloader, it still says Locked State - Unlocked. But my computer can't see my phone, Odin doesn't work and I still don't have a definitive method of restoring my phone via a MAC.
If anybody has any ideas please let me know, I really don't know what to do at this point. Plan B is to use a PC which I can only access later in the week. If you know someone, or have a link I would really appreciate it. Also ask me anything if it can help make this clearer.
Thanks
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Wrong section..but
I would def use a PC and use Odin ! Make your life easier...it takes like 3-5 Mins..takes it to stock!
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

All you have to do is fastboot flash those stock images of 4.0.2 google gave us. There's not even any need for Odin. You can do this right on your Mac.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Please uninstall and reinstall your phones drivers. Your just soft bricked is all. Once your computer sees the device you should be good.
sent from the Almighty One himself....

borgey said:
All you have to do is fastboot flash those stock images of 4.0.2 google gave us. There's not even any need for Odin. You can do this right on your Mac.
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I can't seem to figure out how to do that. Seems like that's what got me here in the first place, the mac version might be missing files I'm missing the steps to actually do that.
Can't find any forum/site/guide that tells me how to do that. Does anybody have this?

grnmons said:
I can't seem to figure out how to do that. Seems like that's what got me here in the first place, the mac version might be missing files I'm missing the steps to actually do that.
Can't find any forum/site/guide that tells me how to do that. Does anybody have this?
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fastboot flash (google on how to use these)
you do them when you're in bootloader mode. you need to have a ADB/Fastboot environment set up (look at root guides and do step one of it..... verifying the part of getting the environment, ignore drivers)
stock images are here: http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html

zephiK said:
fastboot flash (google on how to use these)
you do them when you're in bootloader mode. you need to have a ADB/Fastboot environment set up (look at root guides and do step one of it..... verifying the part of getting the environment, ignore drivers)
stock images are here: http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html
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Thanks. Can you confirm that these are the steps?
1) Download the latest stock image( i will leave finding that image to you since this post can become outdated)
2) Unzip the files, and place the images into the adb-fastboot folder you created on your desktop above.
3) Open a terminal and use the following commands:
Code:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/adb reboot bootloader
4) Wait for bootloader to reboot on phone.
5) Then, in terminal use the following commands:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash boot ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/boot.img
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash system ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/system.img
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash recovery ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/recovery.img
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash userdata ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/userdata.img
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot erase cache
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot oem lock
6) Reboot to System, and you should be returned to Stock and Unrooted

~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/adb reboot bootloader
brings about the following error
"error: device not found"
I was already in bootloader and tried:
~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/fastboot flash boot ~/Desktop/adb-fastboot/boot.img
I get:
error: cannot load '/Users/grnmons/Desktop/adb-fastboot/boot.img'

anybody have any other suggestions to this? or a follow up?

It should be easy to fix. You do not seem to have the correct driver installed.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

Understood, I think I definitely did a few things wrong here. But my problem requires some kind of steps to solve. I don't mean to sound lazy but I've been running around the forums for awhile and I'm in way over my head, I was hoping someone could just list a few steps, links, SOMETHING. I'm looking for solvency here.

grnmons said:
Understood, I think I definitely did a few things wrong here. But my problem requires some kind of steps to solve. I don't mean to sound lazy but I've been running around the forums for awhile and I'm in way over my head, I was hoping someone could just list a few steps, links, SOMETHING. I'm looking for solvency here.
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reinstall the android sdk from here that will get your drivers in order so your computer can see your phone
then fastboot flash recovery
then manually flash su (attached)

ogdobber said:
reinstall the android sdk from here that will get your drivers in order so your computer can see your phone
then fastboot flash recovery
then manually flash su (attached)
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Thanks muchly, I feel like I'm getting closer but could you elaborate on the manual flash su step? My **** is all over the place now, my desktop is littered with files, should I be in recovery for this or still fastboot? and what is the command if you have?

grnmons said:
Thanks muchly, I feel like I'm getting closer but could you elaborate on the manual flash su step? My **** is all over the place now, my desktop is littered with files, should I be in recovery for this or still fastboot? and what is the command if you have?
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download the gnex-su.zip and put in in the root of your sd card. then in recovery select "-install zip from sdcard" then "-choose zip from sdcard" then select the gnex-su.zip. this will give you root and install the superuser app

not to get ahead (previous post), but after your computer recognizes the phone you need to flash clockwork recovery
you need to open a terminal in the platform-tools folder of the sdk (also put the recovery.img there) and then
Code:
fastboot flash recovery name-of-recovery.img

Thanks for your help ogdobber, I'm incredibly frustrated and you must be too trying to help me, but I must have done something wrong as after I flash recovery, i still cannot access it - it continues to hang out in the Google screen.
Let me go through my steps with you and you tell me what I might have done wrong. So with my bricked phone, 1. I clicked your link and updated my SDK.
There's no indication that I did anything right here, it just shows that everything is installed and that's all I think I need here.
2. Opened up terminal fastboot flash boot (in this case) bootloader-toro-primekk15.img DONE!
3. Fastboot flash recovery (in this case) recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo.img
DONE!
Then... nothing. Recovery doesn't load for me. Just get a boot loop. Anything I might have done wrong prior or inbetween these steps? Also, besides flashing and running commands off terminal - i assume this is considered computer recognizes my phone. Could the problem be there?
Just got your last post, I'm unfamiliar with SDK but I've since put the recovery file in there, not sure how to flash recovery. I have tried flashing recovery through terminal and surprisingly it says "-bash: fastboot: command not found"

grnmons said:
Thanks for your help ogdobber, I'm incredibly frustrated and you must be too trying to help me, but I must have done something wrong as after I flash recovery, i still cannot access it - it continues to hang out in the Google screen.
Let me go through my steps with you and you tell me what I might have done wrong. So with my bricked phone, 1. I clicked your link and updated my SDK.
There's no indication that I did anything right here, it just shows that everything is installed and that's all I think I need here.
2. Opened up terminal fastboot flash boot (in this case) bootloader-toro-primekk15.img DONE!
3. Fastboot flash recovery (in this case) recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-crespo.img
DONE!
Then... nothing. Recovery doesn't load for me. Just get a boot loop. Anything I might have done wrong prior or inbetween these steps? Also, besides flashing and running commands off terminal - i assume this is considered computer recognizes my phone. Could the problem be there?
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that is for the nexus s
check your pm

ogdobber said:
that is for the nexus s
check your pm
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If you are still having problems ...like I said before ...use Odin......since the simple process of fastboot is not working properly for you.Odin makes things so Much easier
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

stuck rooting

I have followed the instructions carefully and have unlocked my phone etc all the way down to
In cmd:
•fastboot recovery1.img
5.boot into recovery through bootloader and Install the ROM you placed on the SD card, (via install zip fileselect the rom zip)
6.Reboot the phone, ensure the rom is working fine and you have root access you can test this by turning on usb debugging then:
Now If I enter the bootloader and choose " recovery" the phone restarts, then I am presented with a black screen and an icon of the phone and an exclamation mark in a triangle.
I have searched the forums but am not finding anything useful in there, except a guy who was stuck even more than me.
BTW i am still unsure why I had to open cmd and run recovery1img ???
I take it recovery mode must allow me to install the ROM .. mainly DHD_WWE_3.12.405.1_STOCK_rooted_by_nitr00 which the guide said ?? since I tried doing this while the phone was on and it's just a zip file which opens up with a few files inside, non of which seems to be an installer? I presume that recovery mode will actually manage to install right from the zip?
Please help with this as I have totally hit a wall and cannot understand the icon with the exclamation mark I mentioned! am just totally stuck.

What guide?

pontypool said:
I have followed the instructions carefully and have unlocked my phone etc all the way down to
In cmd:
•fastboot recovery1.img
5.boot into recovery through bootloader and Install the ROM you placed on the SD card, (via install zip fileselect the rom zip)
6.Reboot the phone, ensure the rom is working fine and you have root access you can test this by turning on usb debugging then:
Now If I enter the bootloader and choose " recovery" the phone restarts, then I am presented with a black screen and an icon of the phone and an exclamation mark in a triangle.
I have searched the forums but am not finding anything useful in there, except a guy who was stuck even more than me.
BTW i am still unsure why I had to open cmd and run recovery1img ???
I take it recovery mode must allow me to install the ROM .. mainly DHD_WWE_3.12.405.1_STOCK_rooted_by_nitr00 which the guide said ?? since I tried doing this while the phone was on and it's just a zip file which opens up with a few files inside, non of which seems to be an installer? I presume that recovery mode will actually manage to install right from the zip?
Please help with this as I have totally hit a wall and cannot understand the icon with the exclamation mark I mentioned! am just totally stuck.
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That is stock recovery...that means that you are still on the stock recovery and if you already unlocked the device you should flash a custom recovery.

glevitan said:
That is stock recovery...that means that you are still on the stock recovery and if you already unlocked the device you should flash a custom recovery.
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am i correct in thinking the instructions for flashing a new recovery aren't in the guide? could you point me in the right direction please?

Here is what i did with my device "noobie here"
1. Unlock my bootloader via htc dev
2. Once my bootloader is unlock i use "easy ace root tool"
tool link is here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2169518
3. Run the tool as administrator
4. Phone is rooted
hope it helps :fingers-crossed:

pontypool said:
am i correct in thinking the instructions for flashing a new recovery aren't in the guide? could you point me in the right direction please?
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the command is wrong, it should be fastboot boot recovery1.img, you'll use fastboot flash later onwards

Steam. said:
the command is wrong, it should be fastboot boot recovery1.img, you'll use fastboot flash later onwards
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Neither response helps i'm sorry. The easy root tool is an app that performs the same function as the guide, but is no longer supported and this:
*Quote:
Originally Posted by pontypool View Post
am i correct in thinking the instructions for flashing a new recovery aren't in the guide? could you point me in the right direction please?
the command is wrong, it should be fastboot boot recovery1.img, you'll use fastboot flash later onwards
* Only helps with that one aspect of the problem. not the fact that Typing Su results in a response saying you do not have permission. Which is what the topic of the thread was.

pontypool said:
Neither response helps i'm sorry. The easy root tool is an app that performs the same function as the guide, but is no longer supported and this:
*Quote:
Originally Posted by pontypool View Post
am i correct in thinking the instructions for flashing a new recovery aren't in the guide? could you point me in the right direction please?
the command is wrong, it should be fastboot boot recovery1.img, you'll use fastboot flash later onwards
* Only helps with that one aspect of the problem. not the fact that Typing Su results in a response saying you do not have permission. Which is what the topic of the thread was.
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what exactly are you trying to do?If you have an unlocked bootloader, just flash a custom ROM and a boot.img.

pontypool said:
Neither response helps i'm sorry. The easy root tool is an app that performs the same function as the guide, but is no longer supported and this:
*Quote:
Originally Posted by pontypool View Post
am i correct in thinking the instructions for flashing a new recovery aren't in the guide? could you point me in the right direction please?
the command is wrong, it should be fastboot boot recovery1.img, you'll use fastboot flash later onwards
* Only helps with that one aspect of the problem. not the fact that Typing Su results in a response saying you do not have permission. Which is what the topic of the thread was.
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Have root access/confirm I have root access using the commands (as per the dev guide) which i don't , because despite following the guide, when i type Su it says permission denied.

pontypool said:
Have root access/confirm I have root access using the commands (as per the dev guide) which i don't , because despite following the guide, when i type Su it says permission denied.
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anyone?

Take a look at this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2367322

pontypool said:
I have followed the instructions carefully and have unlocked my phone etc all the way down to
In cmd:
•fastboot recovery1.img
5.boot into recovery through bootloader and Install the ROM you placed on the SD card, (via install zip fileselect the rom zip)
6.Reboot the phone, ensure the rom is working fine and you have root access you can test this by turning on usb debugging then:
Now If I enter the bootloader and choose " recovery" the phone restarts, then I am presented with a black screen and an icon of the phone and an exclamation mark in a triangle.
I have searched the forums but am not finding anything useful in there, except a guy who was stuck even more than me.
BTW i am still unsure why I had to open cmd and run recovery1img ???
I take it recovery mode must allow me to install the ROM .. mainly DHD_WWE_3.12.405.1_STOCK_rooted_by_nitr00 which the guide said ?? since I tried doing this while the phone was on and it's just a zip file which opens up with a few files inside, non of which seems to be an installer? I presume that recovery mode will actually manage to install right from the zip?
Please help with this as I have totally hit a wall and cannot understand the icon with the exclamation mark I mentioned! am just totally stuck.
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i followed the same steps and basically recovery1.img is the new ClockWorkMod Touch Recovery and recovery.img is an old version of CWM modded specifically for the tools given to you in the guide. The guy who made the guide is really lazy so he made a typo and didn't bother to correct it. Instead of 'fastboot recovery1.img' it should be 'fastboot flash recovery recovery1.img'. This flashes CWM to your phone and from then on you can choose whether you want to S-OFF or just leave as S-On and flash boot.img everytime you want a new custom ROM. I had a bad experience with that guide so if i was you i would just flash the boot.img and then install the ROM given through recovery.

my phone keeps booting into fastboot mode

hello,
after i failed to root my phone
everytime i try to put it in recovery mode it goes back to fastboot mode ..
even if i tried to flash a recovery on it , it would boot to fastboot mode
even when trying to install a official htc software update it just boots into fastboot ..
now i want to get it back to stock..
can you please help me !!
if someone would like to help me .. i can open teamviewer and he can do it for me ..
thx

zsnorow said:
hello,
after i failed to root my phone
everytime i try to put it in recovery mode it goes back to fastboot mode ..
even if i tried to flash a recovery on it , it would boot to fastboot mode
even when trying to install a official htc software update it just boots into fastboot ..
now i want to get it back to stock..
can you please help me !!
if someone would like to help me .. i can open teamviewer and he can do it for me ..
thx
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If you are able to boot into fastboot, search the latest TWRP and flash it via adb. Connect your device while in fastboot mode and see if it recognize it.
If it does put the recovery file you have downloaded on your desktop and open a command window, press shift and right click at the same time and click on Open command window here.
Type adb devices, if you see a serial number go on and type adb reboot bootloader, then type fastboot flash recovery [ the name of the recovery file you have just downloaded ]
You can do this just by powering on your phone, no need to be already in fastboot mode, just follow the commands.
Press shift and right click : open command window here : adb devices : adb reboot bootloader : fastboot flash recovery [ the name of the recovery file you have just downloaded, do not forget the .img extension ]
fastboot reboot
Once you have a working TWRP you can flash your corresponding backup and go back to stock. The backup will be flashed from TWRP, search for instructions.

XSL-FO said:
If you are able to boot into fastboot, search the latest TWRP and flash it via adb. Connect your device while in fastboot mode and see if it recognize it.
If it does put the recovery file you have downloaded on your desktop and open a command window, press shift and right click at the same time and click on Open command window here.
Type adb devices, if you see a serial number go on and type adb reboot bootloader, then type fastboot flash recovery [ the name of the recovery file you have just downloaded ]
You can do this just by powering on your phone, no need to be already in fastboot mode, just follow the commands.
Press shift and right click : open command window here : adb devices : adb reboot bootloader : fastboot flash recovery [ the name of the recovery file you have just downloaded, do not forget the .img extension ]
fastboot reboot
Once you have a working TWRP you can flash your corresponding backup and go back to stock. The backup will be flashed from TWRP, search for instructions.
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can you sir please give me a link for the TWRP and teach em how to flash it ? it would be much appreciated..

zsnorow said:
can you sir please give me a link for the TWRP and teach em how to flash it ? it would be much appreciated..
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http://teamw.in/project/twrp2 and click on the upper right Get TWRP for your device.
Choose your device recovery and download the adb version. That is the .img
Once you have downloaded TWRP put it on your desktop.
Connect your device with your laptop/pc with the unknown sources checked also the usb debugging checked.
Move your mouse over a free space on your desktop, click once just to be sure there is no app or file clicked.
Then press shift and keep it pressed while you right click your mouse.
Press open command window here
in that command window type : adb devices
if you see a serial number type : adb reboot bootloader
then type : fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.0-m8.img
fastboot reboot
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.0-m8 : This is an example, you will write the name of your recovery but it should be pretty much the same.
Good luck.

Are you familiar with
adb/fastboot commands?

It's a bad idea to mess with your phone if you don't know how to repair it if something goes wrong

spinninbsod said:
It's a bad idea to mess with your phone if you don't know how to repair it if something goes wrong
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I agree with you but maybe he has done some reading and has fixed it sense he hasn't given us an update

ive tried everything
jball said:
I agree with you but maybe he has done some reading and has fixed it sense he hasn't given us an update
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i tried everything to fix my phone like sideloading (my phone doesent get recognised when in sideload mode) , pushing a ROM and the flashing it with TWRP (it says that its completed but it doesent work)..
what else can i do .. cant someone do it for me via teamviewer ..

zsnorow said:
i tried everything to fix my phone like sideloading (my phone doesent get recognised when in sideload mode) , pushing a ROM and the flashing it with TWRP (it says that its completed but it doesent work)..
what else can i do .. cant someone do it for me via teamviewer ..
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What guides/tutorials have you followed to get to the point you are at now.I'm sure someone wouldn't mind teamviewing the whole process but what would you learn by having that done .
From start to finish what have you used?

i honestly cant remember everything i did
jball said:
What guides/tutorials have you followed to get to the point you are at now.I'm sure someone wouldn't mind teamviewing the whole process but what would you learn by having that done .
From start to finish what have you used?
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i cant remember everything i did but im sure that i followed the tutorials that are on youtube/XDA/android forums correctly

zsnorow said:
i tried everything to fix my phone like sideloading (my phone doesent get recognised when in sideload mode) , pushing a ROM and the flashing it with TWRP (it says that its completed but it doesent work)..
what else can i do .. cant someone do it for me via teamviewer ..
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You say "pushing a ROM" with what?
You don't push a ROM with TWRP you just flash it.
Or are you talking about pushing the ROM with fastboot?
If you have TWRP than download a stock backup and flash it.
Take a long look at my profile man and if you look just right you will see I've done and asked some stupid things in my travels here on XDA.I can tell you I remember every phone and ridiculous thing I've done to each of them,I still feel crunchy when I think of the mistakes.
We really need more info about the full process.please I'm not trying to offend you and I'm trying to help

zsnorow said:
i cant remember everything i did but im sure that i followed the tutorials that are on youtube/XDA/android forums correctly
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If you can't remember what you did, or at least even try to list in detail the steps you did as best you can remember; it makes it very hard for anyone to help.
Saying you followed some tutorials on an entire website (3 websites actually) doesn't tell us jack, and isn't any better than telling us nothing.
Its not even clear the current condition of the phone. Your OP says TWRP doesn't work, then a later post says you are trying things with TWRP, so presumably you have TWRP. But since you never stated that, we can only guess.
What happens when you try to adb push or sideload? What error messages, does it make the phone reboot, stuck on boot screen, etc?
TWRP working? Bootloader is unlocked? If yes to both of those, you should be able to just adb push a ROM, or put one on removable SD with a card reader attached to your computer. Than flash the ROM in TWRP.

same thing happened with me but i remember what i did
redpoint73 said:
If you can't remember what you did, or at least even try to list in detail the steps you did as best you can remember; it makes it very hard for anyone to help.
Saying you followed some tutorials on an entire website (3 websites actually) doesn't tell us jack, and isn't any better than telling us nothing.
Its not even clear the current condition of the phone. Your OP says TWRP doesn't work, then a later post says you are trying things with TWRP, so presumably you have TWRP. But since you never stated that, we can only guess.
What happens when you try to adb push or sideload? What error messages, does it make the phone reboot, stuck on boot screen, etc?
TWRP working? Bootloader is unlocked? If yes to both of those, you should be able to just adb push a ROM, or put one on removable SD with a card reader attached to your computer. Than flash the ROM in TWRP.
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firstly i unlocked my bootloader via htcdev website then i installed twrp recovery successfully and then when i tried to root my phone by installing two zip files (mm-su-boot. & beta super su) i installed these two files and then tried to reboot my phone it opened in fastboot mode only . then i read here about the revolution hd rom installed it successfully but it does not reboot . help needed

farhanakhtar39 said:
firstly i unlocked my bootloader via htcdev website then i installed twrp recovery successfully and then when i tried to root my phone by installing two zip files (mm-su-boot. & beta super su) i installed these two files and then tried to reboot my phone it opened in fastboot mode only . then i read here about the revolution hd rom installed it successfully but it does not reboot . help needed
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Your device is M8 dual SIM .. mm-su-boot is for M8 single SIM, won't work on your device.
Install custom ROM with support for Dual SIM or restore your stock ROM backup

please can you provide any link of the rom for dual sim addition

farhanakhtar39 said:
please can you provide any link of the rom for dual sim addition
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Not so sure,
if Sense ROM - https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/rom-sense-6-12-401-4-mra58k-stock-t3296066
maybe S.ROM too has dual SIM support, you need to ask in their thread
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ht...the-worlds-first100-m9-port-m8upload-t3064838
if non-Sense ROM
CM13 ROM - https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/rom-cyanogenmod-13-0-experimental-t3259068
Nougat ROM -
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2753248
https://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/development/rom-resurrection-remix-v5-8-0-t3507210
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ht...cyanogenmod-14-1-htc-one-m8-dual-sim-t3507192
There are a few more that support Dual SIM but you have to check & ask in their development thread as I'm not familiar with most of the available custom ROMs .. I don't try most of them

Thnks
Thanks buddy it worked
cm 13 worked for me !
God bless you

If I may jump in on this post and ask some advise my m8s is only booting to fastboot screen it has never been flashed, have tried recovery: nothing just goes back to fastboot, also wiped cache and factory reset: same result..... It has done this 2 times previous but only after restarting phone, usually repeatedly doing reboot it loads but it's been 2 days now and still only getting fastboot screen...plez help

My phone is having similar issues
Stanna16 said:
If I may jump in on this post and ask some advise my m8s is only booting to fastboot screen it has never been flashed, have tried recovery: nothing just goes back to fastboot, also wiped cache and factory reset: same result..... It has done this 2 times previous but only after restarting phone, usually repeatedly doing reboot it loads but it's been 2 days now and still only getting fastboot screen...plez help
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I recently decided to root and install a custom rom on my old stock sprint HTC one m8. I unlocked the boot loader via HTC Dev website. I then flashed the TWRP recovery. Since doing the latter step, it's been booting into fast boot all the time! Did you ever figure out what was wrong with your phone?

pancho2009 said:
I recently decided to root and install a custom rom on my old stock sprint HTC one m8. I unlocked the boot loader via HTC Dev website. I then flashed the TWRP recovery. Since doing the latter step, it's been booting into fast boot all the time! Did you ever figure out what was wrong with your phone?
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You only flashed TWRP onto the phone? Or did you root also?
Not nearly enough info to provide the proper help.
Please do fastboot getvar all, and post the results (delete IMEI and serial number before posting).
What version TWRP?
What version SuperSU did you flash (if you got that far)?

Help I bricked my Oneplus 3

Hi, i played around with my new OP3, and i wanted to root it. Since i'm noob at rooting, it went wrong. (i did it with twrp)
So first it just went in to bootloop, then i was still able to get to rcovery and stuff, but i followed a guide to fix bootloop, and that ****ed it even more up. The guide i followedet told me to use "OnePlus3_Unbrick_Tool"
After using "OnePlus3_Unbrick_Tool", i now cant even go into recovery anymore, the only thing i can do is go to bootloader, but when i'm in bootloader now, it wont connect proberly, so that i can use "flash twrp", so that i can use twrp recovery.
Also when i try to boot it, it because of "OnePlus3_Unbrick_Tool" goes into something, where it says "md5 checksum failed", and then restarts and does it again and again.....
I hope it's not bricked forever, pls help ))

have you tried re-flashing the stock or twrp recovery with adb sideload command?
if not give it a shot, it might work.

bonham1988 said:
have you tried re-flashing the stock or twrp recovery adb sideload command?
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And how do you say I do that? I have tried using the "tool all in one", where you han flash both stock and twrp, but it doesnt seem to do anything, when i press them (and the device is in bootloader)

Godeske said:
And how do you say I do that? I have tried using the "tool all in one", where you han flash both stock and twrp, but it doesnt seem to do anything, when i press them (and the device is in bootloader)
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Just boot into bootloader mode and through command prompt check if your phone is detected by typing fastboot devices. If its detected then you flash a new recovery again. Forget the toolkit, just look for instructions on how to install a custom recovery.
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bonham1988 said:
Just boot into bootloader mode and through command prompt check if your phone is detected by typing fastboot devices. If its detected then you flash a new recovery again. Forget the toolkit, just look for instructions on how to install a custom recovery.
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Okay i've tried that now, and it wont allow me unlock my bootloader from command prompt, and i cant do the flash while it's locked.. what to do?

Godeske said:
Okay i've tried that now, and it wont allow me unlock my bootloader from command prompt, and i cant do the flash while it's locked.. what to do?
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In fastboot mode, did you manage to find your device on the computer? On Linux this is "sudo fastboot devices", on Windows it should be roughly similar.

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In fastboot mode, did you manage to find your device on the computer? On Linux this is "sudo fastboot devices", on Windows it should be roughly similar.
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When im in fastboot mode in the bootloader, i can only find it in "device manager" as "marshall london device -> marshall london bootloader interface"

Godeske said:
When im in fastboot mode in the bootloader, i can only find it in "device manager" as "marshall london device -> marshall london bootloader interface"
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Might seem a silly question but what phone are you using? If it is a OnePlus3 have you installed the correct drivers?

ghostofcain said:
Might seem a silly question but what phone are you using? If it is a OnePlus3 have you installed the correct drivers?
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Pretty sure i have, but i have booked a session with oneplus costumer service now, so that they do it for me live lololol

bonham1988 said:
have you tried re-flashing the stock or twrp recovery with adb sideload command?
if not give it a shot, it might work.
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Hey bonham,
The same thing happened to me but when I try to sideload it says I need 1.0.32 or higher to sideload this device
What should I do?

gavintoronto2016 said:
Hey bonham,
The same thing happened to me but when I try to sideload it says I need 1.0.32 or higher to sideload this device
What should I do?
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Adb version is outdated. Just download the latest ones.
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Hey guys, if there are some of you, who knows a lot about this, would you like to answer this comment? Idk maybe we could use teamviewer to help me or something

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Ohh i think i understand your question. YEs in command prompt I am able to find the device, it is connected.
(do you know a lot about this, maybe you could teamview me to help?))

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Ohh i think i understand your question. YEs in command prompt I am able to find the device, it is connected.
(do you know a lot about this, maybe you could teamview me to help?))
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Hey!
I'm not the expert but I have played with my 1+3 enough to have some knowledge.
First of all, do not use "all in one tools", those do not put you in control.
Cool, so fastboot is detected, though you can't get into the recovery?
Step 1) make sure you have the latest version of "fastboot" and "adb" (Android Debug Bridge) and unlock the bootloader. This tread should be helpfull: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/oneplus-3-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t3398733
You need to do this, because otherwise we will not be able to proceed (i.e. the phone is to be 'unlocked' for what we are about to do).
Step 2) If you are ready than let's flash a new recovery (TWRP):
This is also step 2 in the thread mentioned above. Very important: "Once the flash has completed, Don't use the "Fastboot Reboot" Command Instead Unplug Your phone then Manually boot it into recovery by keeping Power + Volume Down button pressed."
So once you have flashed a new recovery using fastboot, than you should reboot your phone into the new recovery!
step 3)
Once in the new recovery (TWRP) go to advanced and to ADB sideload. Make sure your computer detects your device with the command "adb devices" and flash a new ROM. Just for simplicity use the official OOS 3.2.4.
This should do the trick. Before you go and try make sure you understand EVERYTHING I have written. Let me know if you have questions.

simthadim said:
Hey!
I'm not the expert but I have played with my 1+3 enough to have some knowledge.
First of all, do not use "all in one tools", those do not put you in control.
Cool, so fastboot is detected, though you can't get into the recovery?
Step 1) make sure you have the latest version of "fastboot" and "adb" (Android Debug Bridge) and unlock the bootloader. This tread should be helpfull: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/oneplus-3-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t3398733
You need to do this, because otherwise we will not be able to proceed (i.e. the phone is to be 'unlocked' for what we are about to do).
Step 2) If you are ready than let's flash a new recovery (TWRP):
This is also step 2 in the thread mentioned above. Very important: "Once the flash has completed, Don't use the "Fastboot Reboot" Command Instead Unplug Your phone then Manually boot it into recovery by keeping Power + Volume Down button pressed."
So once you have flashed a new recovery using fastboot, than you should reboot your phone into the new recovery!
step 3)
Once in the new recovery (TWRP) go to advanced and to ADB sideload. Make sure your computer detects your device with the command "adb devices" and flash a new ROM. Just for simplicity use the official OOS 3.2.4.
This should do the trick. Before you go and try make sure you understand EVERYTHING I have written. Let me know if you have questions.
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Thank you, but i have not enabled "allow oem unlocking" in the developer settings when the phone worked, so i get a error message "FAILED (remote: oem unloc is not allowed)
What to do to unlock it then?

Bro, download 3.2.4 oos rom zip file from official link. Its around 1.3 GB. Just connect ur OP3 to computer. It will detect as MTP device.Im my computer it was in the name of RAIN Transfer the zip file to internal storage. Wipe cache. And select install option in TWRP and select the zip file u pushed and flash it. Best of luck..

jaganmohans said:
Bro, download 3.2.4 oos rom zip file from official link. Its around 1.3 GB. Just connect ur OP3 to computer. It will detect as MTP device.Im my computer it was in the name of RAIN Transfer the zip file to internal storage. Wipe cache. And select install option in TWRP and select the zip file u pushed and flash it. Best of luck..
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Bro, if just it were that simple, but it's not.. It doesn't find the phone in my computer...

simthadim said:
Hey!
I'm not the expert but I have played with my 1+3 enough to have some knowledge.
First of all, do not use "all in one tools", those do not put you in control.
Cool, so fastboot is detected, though you can't get into the recovery?
Step 1) make sure you have the latest version of "fastboot" and "adb" (Android Debug Bridge) and unlock the bootloader. This tread should be helpfull: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-3/how-to/oneplus-3-how-to-unlock-bootloader-t3398733
You need to do this, because otherwise we will not be able to proceed (i.e. the phone is to be 'unlocked' for what we are about to do).
Step 2) If you are ready than let's flash a new recovery (TWRP):
This is also step 2 in the thread mentioned above. Very important: "Once the flash has completed, Don't use the "Fastboot Reboot" Command Instead Unplug Your phone then Manually boot it into recovery by keeping Power + Volume Down button pressed."
So once you have flashed a new recovery using fastboot, than you should reboot your phone into the new recovery!
step 3)
Once in the new recovery (TWRP) go to advanced and to ADB sideload. Make sure your computer detects your device with the command "adb devices" and flash a new ROM. Just for simplicity use the official OOS 3.2.4.
This should do the trick. Before you go and try make sure you understand EVERYTHING I have written. Let me know if you have questions.
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Hey i have the same problem but this fix does not work for me.
So I have the bootloader unlocked and I can enter the bootload and my computer detects my device which is nice.
when I flash twrp on my phone trough CMD it doesnt work, my PC tells me that everything is okay but my phone will not boot into twrp and instead it will give me weird errors.
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this fix worked for me,
On the screen when the phone failed to md5 checksum, you've got several partition failed right? in red text.
- download this : https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24591000424942573
and then extract.
- download platform tools attached below. extract in the same folder with first file you've downloaded.
- Boot your phone to fastboot mode, plug your usb, make sure adb and fastboot driver are installed.
- on the folder, hold shift and right click, click open command here
- type fastboot devices
- make sure your serial number appear.
- now flash the img of the missing file according to the partition in red text on your ms5 checksum failed one by one.
- e.g. "fastboot flash boot_aging boot_aging.img.
- make sure you flash all the missing partition.
- type fastboot reboot.
this will boot you to oos 3.1.2.
unfortunately I couldn't extract the newest oos dat. data. but you could always take the OTA
goodluck mate. sorry for my english

Godeske said:
Bro, if just it were that simple, but it's not.. It doesn't find the phone in my computer...
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Hmm bad try installing all op3 drivers and see whether phone is detected or not. I was in the same situation previously. Pushing zip through adp terminal is painful process. I got device offline first,after solving that i got service not recognized issue. For solving that usb debugging needs to be enabled i stuck in that step.

can you enter recovery trough fastboot mode? I.e. if you are in fastboot mode you van use the volume keys to select recovery.
100% sure you can't enter recovery?
you can try Fast and pro's option. let us know!

Pixel xl in twrp with no OS installed?

Hello to all. I have just unlocked bootloader, installed twrp and su. After everything booted up properly, I went to install an adblocker zip file, however once it booted into twrp it had no download folder, as well as when I went to reboot system it told me I had no os installed.. I'm a bit confused as to what to do now.. My apologies for clogging the thread if this has been answered before..
Edit: do I adb side load an image file or OS? I'm afraid of bricking this phone as I don't know how to continue from this point..

Which guide did you use to do all of this? I will help us understand where you started

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Which guide did you use to do all of this? I will help us understand where you started
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Hi thanks for the reply. This link right here:
http://www.androidsage.com/2016/11/...timate-guide-root-twrp-and-bootloader-unlock/
Steps I followed:
1 unlocked bootloader
2 Download the below files TWRP and Root files for Google Pixel & Pixel XL
Official TWRP for Pixel phones → Download |
Files: twrp-pixel-installer-sailfish-3.0.2-0-alpha1.zip 7.6M
twrp-3.0.2-0-alpha1-fastboot-sailfish.img 25M
Flash SuperSU 2.78 SRF4 → Download | File: SR4-SuperSU-v2.78-SR4-20161115184928.zip
Twrp install instructions:
Step 1: Download the TWRP recovery and latest SuperSU zip file for your Google Pixel and Pixel XL devices. There are 2 TWRP files with .zip and .img extensions. You will need both. You don’t need to extract the files, just place all the files on your PC as well as your Android phone’s internal storage where you can easily locate it.
Step 2: Make sure that you setup ADB and Fastboot on your PC and gone through all the prerequisites from above.
Step 3: Now plug in the Pixel device to the computer and open a command prompt or terminal on your PC to the window where TWRP.zip file is located. (See above to know how to open cmd)
Step 4: Boot your Android device into the bootloader or Fastboot mode. To do so, issue the following command through cmd or terminal. You can also manually boot into it using the hard key combination like Power+Volume Down while the device is turned off. Meanwhile, use code:
adb reboot-bootloader
Step 5: Now issue the following command in the command prompt to check your device connectivity
fastboot devices
Step 6: Now issue the following command to temporarily boot up the TWRP image.
fastboot boot path/to/twrp.img
Note: If you have installed our recommend quick 15 second ADB & fastboot installer, you do not need to insert the complete file path. Simply go to where the TWRP image file is and issue command “fastboot boot twrp.img” Otherwise, note that “path/to/” is the actual directory for the TWRP image file. Use fastboot boot and not fastboot flash and that the file you are booting is not the zip file.
Simply After that, TWRP will be accessible to you no matter which active partition slots are being used.
Step 7: After that fastboot command, you will be rebooted into a temporary TWRP recovery interface. To make it permanent, use the TWRP interface to navigate to and install the TWRP.zip file. This is just like using TWRP to flash custom ROMS and SuperSU.
Once the installation completes, you can now enjoy your new firmware. Alternatively, while, on Mac OS, you can issue “./fastboot boot path/to/twrp.img” command or on Linux type “sudo fastboot path/to/twrp.img” to flash the TWRP. For detailed tutorial and alternate methods to flash the TWRP recovery, click here.
Now it’s time to root your Google Pixel with latest SuperSU 2.78 SR4.
How to root :
Place the latest SuperSU 2.78 SR4 package onto your device’s internal storage or SDcard.
Boot your device into the custom TWRP recovery and tap install. For that, turn off your device completely and hold volume down and power buttons for a few seconds.
Once into TWRP tap the install button and select the SuperSU file.
Swipe the confirmation action below to start flashing.
Once done. reboot to system.
You can boot into the TWRP recovery by issuing the following command:
adb reboot recovery

There is an alpha 2 for twrp now. I would try installing this and seeing if it works. If not, you can simply flash the latest factory image and "start over". Granted you would lose any data that you might have had not backed up on your device, but youre not out of luck!

I wouldn't waste your time. Just flash the factory image and start all over. You managed to wipe the Rom off your device

Smallsmx3 said:
I wouldn't waste your time. Just flash the factory image and start all over. You managed to wipe the Rom off your device
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Mrbobrowitz said:
There is an alpha 2 for twrp now. I would try installing this and seeing if it works. If not, you can simply flash the latest factory image and "start over". Granted you would lose any data that you might have had not backed up on your device, but youre not out of luck!
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Thanks guys, I actually have installed the alpha 2 twrp. I guess my question is how do I proceed? I'm in twrp and my PC does not see the device when typing adb devices.. Within twrp it says no os installed... What do I do here?
So how do I "start over" or "flash factory image" from the state that I'm in?

mazubo said:
Thanks guys, I actually have installed the alpha 2 twrp. I guess my question is how do I proceed? I'm in twrp and my PC does not see the device when typing adb devices.. Within twrp it says no os installed... What do I do here?
So how do I "start over" or "flash factory image" from the state that I'm in?
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You should be able to boot into fastboot

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You should be able to boot into fastboot
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Ok, and if that works then flash 7.1.1? Then twrp alpha then root via SuperSU flash?
A side question here is how did I wipe the os/from off the phone? I'm stumped on that one..

mazubo said:
Ok, and if that works then flash 7.1.1? Then twrp alpha then root via SuperSU flash?
A side question here is how did I wipe the os/from off the phone? I'm stumped on that one..
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I couldn't tell you! I've had it happen to me before a couple times. But yes if you can get into fastboot you should be able to fastboot flash a factory image. Then go and flash TWRP and root

Smallsmx3 said:
I couldn't tell you! I've had it happen to me before a couple times. But yes if you can get into fastboot you should be able to fastboot flash a factory image. Then go and flash TWRP and root
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Ok thanks. I've been able to reboot to bootloader...

I've figured it out via fast boot. The phone is back in action, however not sure how it got wiped initially.. Thanks everyone!

mazubo said:
Ok, and if that works then flash 7.1.1? Then twrp alpha then root via SuperSU flash?
A side question here is how did I wipe the os/from off the phone? I'm stumped on that one..
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I've figured it out via fast boot. The phone is back in action, however not sure how it got wiped initially.. Thanks everyone!
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Off the top of my head... Probably selected the wrong "slot" maybe?
Remember on this device there are two locations for the ROM. Slot A and B. If you select the wrong one it will show no OS.
As far as the download folder missing... I know its mute at this point, but that has to do with the FBE (File Based Encryption). Make sure TWRP asks you for your Pattern Password. If you do not have one I would consider setting one. That way you know for fact that the File system will get decrypted properly. Also reports say you may have to reboot TWRP twice to get it to decrypt as well.