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kitkat rom problem - help me please - android n00b

hi, recently i decieded to install CM11 on my samsung galaxy nexus, i downloded it and then i reset facotry my phone, but when i wanted to install it from Bootloader i got an error, then i thohgt it cause of old bootloader so i wanted to update it but THE problem showed up, i cant come into my android it wont be come, please help me out

If all you did was a normal factory reset, it should boot up fine. If you did something like wiped system, then you need to get to a computer and use ADB. If you wiped system then you have nothing to boot to

i think i do that too, but i got a backup too, what is ADB, how should i use it ?

the error is: set_metadata_recursive: some change failed
E:erro in /sdcard/0/0/cm-11-20131130-UNOFFFICAL0maguro.zip
(stat7)
insstalation aborted.

the.farbod said:
i think i do that too, but i got a backup too, what is ADB, how should i use it ?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
If you have a backup though, why cant you just restore the backup? Can you not get into the recovery anymore?

kinda curious, OP why didnt you just wipe everything in recovery mode and flash it??
1) adb reboot bootloader
2) fastboot flash recovery ***recovery.img*** (i like to rename the image to "recovery" for the ease of my own useage)
3) press vol rocker to recovery mode and flash away!
I personally use TWRP, but a lot of people prefer CWM, they are both amazingly easy to use.
worst case, you flash the stock 4.3 image from google to get everything back on track.

[Q] boot partition wiped - solved

Hi all !
First sorry for my poor english, this isn't my mother language.
Unfortunately, I accidentaly flash a recovery.img in the boot partition instead of recovery partition and now my phone doesn't boot anymore. It vibrate once but the screen keep black.
I can get into fastboot mode and adb recognize my phone.
So is it possible to simply flash a boot.img to get it working ? Where can I found this boot.img ?
It's a D5503, rooted but no custom recovery yet. (I was on it)
The recovery I was trying to flash was Z1c_DooMLoRD_AdvStkKernel_FW-114_v01.img from http://doomlord.xperia-files.com/files/Z1c_DooMLoRD_AdvStkKernel_FW-114_v01.img
I used EasyRootTool v12.2.zip to root my device.
Any help will be appreciated and I thank you in advance

The process you did was correct. On Xperia phones there is no recovery partition, you flash a custom kernel on boot partition with recovery built in. Probably your bootloader is locked. In that case the phone does not allow custom kernels and therefore does not boot. Can you get into flashmode (not fastboot)?
Edit: To clarify for other readers; there is indeed a way to use recovery without using a custom kernel. See for example dualrecovery by [NUT]

KDZCrew said:
Hi all !
First sorry for my poor english, this isn't my mother language.
Unfortunately, I accidentaly flash a recovery.img in the boot partition instead of recovery partition and now my phone doesn't boot anymore. It vibrate once but the screen keep black.
I can get into fastboot mode and adb recognize my phone.
So is it possible to simply flash a boot.img to get it working ? Where can I found this boot.img ?
It's a D5503, rooted but no custom recovery yet. (I was on it)
The recovery I was trying to flash was Z1c_DooMLoRD_AdvStkKernel_FW-114_v01.img from http://doomlord.xperia-files.com/files/Z1c_DooMLoRD_AdvStkKernel_FW-114_v01.img
I used EasyRootTool v12.2.zip to root my device.
Any help will be appreciated and I thank you in advance
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Dude your phone isn't bricked, stop being a drama queen. I'll help you if you change your topic to say something other than "bricked".

zxz0O0 : yes but the LED doesn't stay green. So I don't know if the flash mode works great..
Rekoil : done
EDIT:
Ok so I unlocked my bootloader with the sony tool and now my phone almost boot Almost because in fact it vibrates once and I can see the sony logo but then the screen turn off and it boots again (bootloop).
Besides that, I have access to my custom Recovery (CWM).
So now, how can I get rid of the bootloop after unlocking the bootloader ? Thank's

Why did you unlock bootloader? Did you take a TA backup?
The LED never stays green in flashmode so not sure what you are expecting. To solve bootloop, try flashing stock firmware again. Maybe you have to wipe data.

zxz0O0 said:
Why did you unlock bootloader? Did you take a TA backup?
The LED never stays green in flashmode so not sure what you are expecting. To solve bootloop, try flashing stock firmware again. Maybe you have to wipe data.
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Hi
I unlock the bootloader because you said - and I understood so - that it was the problem. No, I didn't make a TA bkp.
Ok for the flashmode, I thought that it was like the fastboot mode, where the LED stays blue. I'll try flashing the stock firmware. Thank's for your help. I'll let you know if it worked.

KDZCrew said:
Hi
I unlock the bootloader because you said - and I understood so - that it was the problem. No, I didn't make a TA bkp.
Ok for the flashmode, I thought that it was like the fastboot mode, where the LED stays blue. I'll try flashing the stock firmware. Thank's for your help. I'll let you know if it worked.
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Not making a TA backup isn't really that big of a deal, it disables some features sure, but I doubt you'll actually notice them much. Now, were you running a 4.3 or 4.4-based firmware prior to flashing the boot.img? Because the boot.img contained a 4.3 kernel which will not boot 4.4 so I'm leaning towards you having a 4.4-based fw installed.
Since you can get to recovery, flash one of these in recovery, if you don't know which base your system is then try them one at a time, recovery will still function if the OS does not boot.
.108-base (latest base, 4.4.4)
.757-base (4.4.2 iirc)
Note that by unlocking bootloader you've also wiped your /data and /data/media (internal storage) partitions.

Rekoil said:
Not making a TA backup isn't really that big of a deal, it disables some features sure, but I doubt you'll actually notice them much. Now, were you running a 4.3 or 4.4-based firmware prior to flashing the boot.img? Because the boot.img contained a 4.3 kernel which will not boot 4.4 so I'm leaning towards you having a 4.4-based fw installed.
Since you can get to recovery, flash one of these in recovery, if you don't know which base your system is then try them one at a time, recovery will still function if the OS does not boot.
.108-base (latest base, 4.4.4)
.757-base (4.4.2 iirc)
Note that by unlocking bootloader you've also wiped your /data and /data/media (internal storage) partitions.
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Hello,
So I was on a 4.4.4 firmware and i have flashed the 108-base and it worked. Big thank's to you two.
By unlocking the bootloader i lost my data but it is not a big deal because my pictures are on G+ and the rest i don't care much about.
Again, big thank's zxz0O0 and rekoil

[Q] No OS, phone boots to cmw but won't go any further need help!

So I attempted to root my HTC Desire 816 dual sim. I managed to get it to work following instructions I found from this site. I then went on to try and install Cyanongenmod onto my device, I can't remember where the site was that I was following but I had to, within CMW recovery, wipe data/factory reset, wipe dalvik cashe, format system and format partition.
I did all this then tried to flash this ROM but it said it was the wrong ROM for my device and it said my device was htc_a5dug. which I've had no luck finding anywhere.
Now the phone will only boot into CMW recovery, I can install superSU but any other ROMs I've tried it has aborted automatically, if i restart the system from CMW, it comes up saying there is no root access, root missing /system/xbin/su ( see one of the attached pictures)
I've managed to get it restarted to the bootloader page twice (happens randomly when I select restart to bootloader from CMW) (pictures of bootloader in attatchments showing no OS)
I have a feeling I've totally stuffed my phone when i formatted the system and partition
If anyone has any idea how I can get this fixed I would be so greatful.
PS I'm feeling quite noobish right now

Download cwm backup for your device and restore it in cwm if you don't have your own backup

drummer1839 said:
Download cwm backup for your device and restore it in cwm if you don't have your own backup
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where do I get a cwm backup from?
[edit] OK I flashed a recovery stock.img file, then I got a red triangle, the phone rebooted and now its stuck on the htc android startup screen and I can't turn the phone off. so Ill have to wait till the battery runs flat.
In the mean time more suggestions and guidance would be super.

drummer1839 said:
Download cwm backup for your device and restore it in cwm if you don't have your own backup
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Found a backup and my phone is now working again, Thank you very much for helping.

Remember there is a golden rule always make a backup when you want to flash something new

[HELP] Stuck at boot logo after TWRP restore

After I unlocked bootloader on my device, I did backup of all partitions (boot, data, recovery, system, system image) via TWRP first. Later, I rooted the phone and started removing bloatware. But I missclicked some important system app(s) and removed them along with bloat, making my ROM lose some of its functions. I thought it was no big deal as I did a full backup. So I rebooted into TWRP, wiped all partitions and then restored them. Since then I'm always stuck at HTC boot logo. I tried wipe and restore many, many times again, but I always get stuck at boot logo...
I can reboot into download mode, bootloader or TWRP with no problems. When in download mode, I can also see device on my PC via fastboot. My device is S-ON. Can someone someone tell me what did I do wrong / give me an advice to fix this?

PKM1111 said:
After I unlocked bootloader on my device, I did backup of all partitions (boot, data, recovery, system, system image) via TWRP first. Later, I rooted the phone and started removing bloatware. But I missclicked some important system app(s) and removed them along with bloat, making my ROM lose some of its functions. I thought it was no big deal as I did a full backup. So I rebooted into TWRP, wiped all partitions and then restored them. Since then I'm always stuck at HTC boot logo. I tried wipe and restore many, many times again, but I always get stuck at boot logo...
I can reboot into download mode, bootloader or TWRP with no problems. When in download mode, I can also see device on my PC via fastboot. My device is S-ON. Can someone someone tell me what did I do wrong / give me an advice to fix this?
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did you get your device working?

r34v3r said:
did you get your device working?
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Nope, no matter what I do I always get stuck at bootlogo, isn't there a way to install a clean stock ROM from an SD card?

hit me up on hangouts. [email protected]

I do not use Hangouts at all, can I contact you normally by e-mail?

there is a way to install from sdcard2 what is your carrier

Problem solved by flashing SuperSU zip right after restore, thanks for your help!

great glad I could help you !

PKM1111 said:
Problem solved by flashing SuperSU zip right after restore, thanks for your help!
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Same issue, different device. Flashed magisk to root, right after restore and it solved. Thank you.

help me brother
r34v3r said:
great glad I could help you !
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brother same error i have..please brother help me...my htc 526g+ stuck in boot logo..i can only boot in to fastboot mode...please brother iis there any solution..i flashed twrp in official twrp app...and after flashing it this happened..please brother help me.

r34v3r said:
did you get your device working?
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Bro did you flashed custom rom on your htc device. Mention your device name here.
and how you flashed your HTC phone tell me methods.

[Guide] Returning back to Stock after flashing custom ROM

Seeing lot of users struggling while going back to stock due to one or the other needed feature on custom ROM missing, few of them are dual SIM not working, MTP, camera or others. Even if they come back to stock by restoring the stock the ROM via TWRP, sound is not working for many of them. I flashed recent LOS, RR, AOSP and returned back to stock without any problem. I made the traditional backup (yeah not followed the instruction of TWRP backup given in ROM thread ) I will quickly brief on the method. There are 2 methods for the same.
Method 1:
Before flashing the custom ROM
Boot to TWRP
Click on backup
You will bunch of options/partition to backup.
Select only - boot, data, system and vendor and no other partition. (can change the name of TWRP to the Date-Time-BXYZ)
Let TWRP finish the backup (time taken will depend on your data size)
Now again click on backup and this time select only - cust, prod and version (can change the name to Date-Time-others or a per your wish)
Flash custom ROM and enjoy
IF you face any issues and want to return back to stock, refer below.
Return to stock-
Boot to TWRP
Click on Wipe
Wipe System, Boot, Data
Click on Restore
Select the backup media (internal memory/external memory/USB etc)
Chose the 1st back up only i.e boot, data, system and vendor (Date-Time-BXYZ)
Chaneg the file system to F2FS (it was channged to EXT4 while moving to Custom ROM, remember )
Boot to system.
It should have all sound and other stuff working without any issue.
Method 2:
Use dload method to restore to full stock.
Link here - https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=73954487&postcount=240
In worst case If you have anything non working, like FM, theme etc, flash the small data file via TWRP.
Link here- https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/how-to/guide-solution-to-themes-fm-app-manual-t3712002
Try to use the same build number's file for this.
Good luck.

I have been trying to relock the boot loader on my honor 6x BLN-L24C567B365 with no luck. It has de factory rom on it, it has twrp an root installed (magisk). I tried the dload method with the same software version it has (BLN-L24C567B365), but i get "software install failed", I want to remove twrp, root, and afther that relock the boot loader. If i try to relock in the actual state, it boots in to fastboot mode, to boot correctly again i have to unlock again de bootloader. Can you give me some advice please.
Thanks in advance.

vcetina said:
I have been trying to relock the boot loader on my honor 6x BLN-L24C567B365 with no luck. It has de factory rom on it, it has twrp an root installed (magisk). I tried the dload method with the same software version it has (BLN-L24C567B365), but i get "software install failed", I want to remove twrp, root, and afther that relock the boot loader. If i try to relock in the actual state, it boots in to fastboot mode, to boot correctly again i have to unlock again de bootloader. Can you give me some advice please.
Thanks in advance.
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Try flashing b360

shashank1320 said:
Try flashing b360
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It worked!!!, thank you

Hey, I am currently on lineage and want to go back to stock. I really cant do it. It always fails or the download link is wrong. Can you help me?

Overmind123 said:
Hey, I am currently on lineage and want to go back to stock. I really cant do it. It always fails or the download link is wrong. Can you help me?
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Model, build number etc please.

Overmind123 said:
Hey, I am currently on lineage and want to go back to stock. I really cant do it. It always fails or the download link is wrong. Can you help me?
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Check all the files I have given in PM and share the results.

I tried going back to nougat from stable gsi linage os by using huru updater flasing via recovery and it resulted in a bootloop.
I can only enter the three options section -1-press power button to continue. 2- Volume up key to enter erecovery... and 3- The device will continue to boot after 5secs...
I cannot get into the erecovery at all, not even flashing another erecovery since I thought it was corrupted but no. I try to press volume buttons simultaneously with the power button and it doesn't work either. It also doesn't seem to stop rebooting.
I TRIED DLOAD and I had NO result but the same unstopping reboots.
Also I can ONLY enter that three options section by plugging in the device via pc while pressing volume up at the same time while plugging it in the USB.
Flashed recoveries for both nougat and oreo and never worked. I'm worried. Help please

evjgl98 said:
I tried going back to nougat from stable gsi linage os by using huru updater flasing via recovery and it resulted in a bootloop.
I can only enter the three options section -1-press power button to continue. 2- Volume up key to enter erecovery... and 3- The device will continue to boot after 5secs...
I cannot get into the erecovery at all, not even flashing another erecovery since I thought it was corrupted but no. I try to press volume buttons simultaneously with the power button and it doesn't work either. It also doesn't seem to stop rebooting.
I TRIED DLOAD and I had NO result but the same unstopping reboots.
Also I can ONLY enter that three options section by plugging in the device via pc while pressing volume up at the same time while plugging it in the USB.
Flashed recoveries for both nougat and oreo and never worked. I'm worried. Help please
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Was dload successful?

shashank1320 said:
Was dload successful?
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It wasn't I used DC Phoenix as last resort and fasttbooted the frimware

shashank1320 said:
Was dload successful?
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Volume down and plugging in sync cable to computer won't put you in fastboot? Phone should be powered down and then this combo should get you adb access....