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EVO Bricked? Please Help

I had rooted my phone and updated the radio to 1.47.651.1 when I tried to update a custom rom I accidently re-ran PC36IMG.zip and it rebooted quick NOW the radio says 1:39:00:04:26
and in the options below I now have
FASTBOOT
RECOVERY
CLEAR STORAGE
SIMLOCK
HBOOT USB
I tried putting the phone on FASTBOOT then connected it to the USB and began a stock rom not rooted and it boots my phone into an HTC Black screen Boot mode and begins to update until it comes to the signatures and it gives me an error.
I run windows 7
I went and tried this, connected sd card to Computer with adapter and transferred stock rom rooted and renamed it to sdcard.zip
booted Evo to bootloader and chose recovery.
I as usual got the black background with EVO Icon and red triangle with exclamation mark.
There I click on hold Volume Up and Power until I get the following error:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Then I click volume up and the following title and menu appear:
Android system recovery <2e>
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
When I choose the sdcard:update option the following message is displayed
----Install from Sdcard ------
Finding Update package
Opening update package
verifying update package
E:signature verification failed
instalation aborted
After, I downloaded tha froyo 2.2 file and placed it on the sd and rename it to update.zip
and when I ran Update.zip from bootloader it ran half way but then stopped saying the following error
failed to verify whole-file signature
So now I load any PC36IMG and I get NO QUESTION to update just puts me onto the bootloader screen….

Not bricked, just stuck. Download stock ruu, plug phone into computer and install. Or put pc136.img on rot of sd, boot into fast boot, it should install automatically. If none of the above, go to a sprint store, tell them it won't boot and you don't know why, and they will flash or replace.
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk

What I would do from here if I were you is put that sd card back in the computer and erase everything on it.
while your at it shut down the phone. Hold down the volume down button and press power. When that comes up post what version of Hboot you have please.
And I'll be better able to help out.
WOw

did you try to reinstall another ROM?
if you still see the RECOVERY menu item, go there and then go where it says update from zip on sdcard. then using up/down buttons highlight the .zip file of the ROM then push the power button to make it run.
this hoping you got a ROM on your sdcard. if not just get one at the forum and download.
i got clockworkmod but im sure the other recovery tools have similar options.

@ adelaney Stock Ruu begins to update and gives me an error when signatures are being installed. I tried three Stock ROMS
RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.1_Radio_1.39.00.04.26_release_171253
RUU_Supersonic_1.32.651.6_Radio_1.39.00.05.31_release_171253_signed
RUU_Supersonic_1.47.651.1_Radio_2.05.00.06.10_release_CL195459
@ rjmjr69
Hboot information is:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.79.0000
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMWLC03_16ac
RADIO-1.39.00.04.26
@mogul420
Recovery gives me an error
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Then I click volume up and the following title and menu appear:
Android system recovery <2e>
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
When I choose the sdcard:update option the following message is displayed
----Install from Sdcard ------
Finding Update package
Opening update package
verifying update package
E:signature verification failed
instalation aborted

Ok here's the deal. If you have nan unlock, fully rooted then you should have a nandroid back. If you do then boot into recovery and no a nandroid restore. This should boot you to one of your pervious backup/ system state.
Please note.
If you are fully rooted u should always do a nandroid backup before you flash any update, that way u can do a restore in the even something goes wrong.
http://WWW.rootznculture.com

Thank you for the information but it was a step I did not do... The tutorial that I went with did not speak about that when I rooted my phone...
EDIT: I even tried mixing files that I have downloaded with various PC36IM.zip and nothing triggers the update question.

Would they be able to notice if its rooted?
adelaney said:
Not bricked, just stuck. Download stock ruu, plug phone into computer and install. Or put pc136.img on rot of sd, boot into fast boot, it should install automatically. If none of the above, go to a sprint store, tell them it won't boot and you don't know why, and they will flash or replace.
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk
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Most likely NOT bricked if it boots!
Sounds like you re-applied root but glitched somewhere?
Try root again - may still work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706411
Another helpful post
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=123714
What version is your hboot - press power and volume down WITHOUT pc36img.zip, update, etc on your sd - i.e. rename it or remove it, i.e. with adb or sd card slot on pc.... See if you can still access recovery?
I've been hammering on these things for a bit and if I can get into the boot screen, it's pretty much good to go...

Hboot-0.79.0000
Also the error that began all of this was running the wrong PC36IMG to begin with... I had 1.4 radio and I think that the one I used had the 1.3 radio so the only thing that helped me boot up again was that 1,2,3 step flashing so I thought that I had to take the second step and that placed in on booter, I have not been able to boot again ever since.... That was yesterday been trying for about 9 hours lol
lwarranty said:
sounds like you re-applied root but glitched somewhere?
Try root again - may still work?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=706411
another helpful post
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=123714
what version is your hboot - press power and volume down without pc36img.zip, update, etc on your sd - i.e. Rename it or remove it, i.e. With adb or sd card slot on pc.... See if you can still access recovery?
I've been hammering on these things for a bit and if i can get into the boot screen, it's pretty much good to go...
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Yes your just not rooted anymore. Run whatever process worked for you the first time

Try whitslack's method.
EDIT: Nevermind, no can do.

What happens is that my phone DOES read the PC36IMG.zip but it does not give me update option as it used to before. Any suggestions?
rjmjr69 said:
Yes your just not rooted anymore. Run whatever process worked for you the first time
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xx1479 said:
Try whitslack's method.
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latinsbest said:
What happens is that my phone DOES read the PC36IMG.zip but it does not give me update option as it used to before. Any suggestions?
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Like he said
Make sure you delete all the files off your sdcard first

Do you have a link? I made a quick search and could not find a direct link...
xx1479 said:
Try whitslack's method.
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I have several times even formatted (fat32) various times too
rjmjr69 said:
Like he said
Make sure you delete all the files off your sdcard first
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latinsbest said:
I have several times even formatted (fat32) various times too
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Reroot your phone using toast method! That is all! If you are on 1.47 then use simple root!

Seems you have un-rooted the boot me thinks but also read something about mixing radio's causing grief, someone more in the know could answer that... If you can get to hboot usb and try the RUU from your PC? Sometimes taking the battery out and restarting, if communication fails, try it again, rebooting the pc, hell I have no procedure, I just hammer till it makes sense, however 9 hours - holy crap, I'd be foaming at the face!

Ok will do right away and post update
novanosis85 said:
Reroot your phone using toast method! That is all! If you are on 1.47 then use simple root!
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I have done that via PC and the only thing that works with that are the stock roms since they come in EXE they manage to reboot my phone and everything but when the update gets to the signature part it says it fails in the signatures and aborts... any other custom roms that have EXE?
lwarranty said:
Seems you have un-rooted the boot me thinks but also read something about mixing radio's causing grief, someone more in the know could answer that... If you can get to hboot usb and try the RUU from your PC? Sometimes taking the battery out and restarting, if communication fails, try it again, rebooting the pc, hell I have no procedure, I just hammer till it makes sense, however 9 hours - holy crap, I'd be foaming at the face!
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[Q] cant install root file from internal storage?

Hey guys im trying to root my device so i can install some lightweight custom roms. Ive been following this guide i found online
http://androidcritics.com/how-to-root-and-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-galaxy-s3-i747/
I basically did this
Installing Clockwork Recovery Mod
Find the recovery image file which is clockworkmod.tar
On your Samsung Galaxy S3 I747, press and hold down the volume down, power, and home buttons
Once your at the warning screen, press volume up to accept
Launch the Odin program from your computer
In Odin, find the PDA tab and click it
Find the clockworkmod.tar.md5 file in the unzipped recovery image file
Press start to begin flashing the recovery mod
BE PATIENT! and wait until your device reboots
Once your device has fully rebooted, you can start installing root
It loaded on the phone fine. I then did this
Installing Root
Transfer the root.zip file onto your phone from your computer
Make sure you connect your s3 to your computer and find the root zip file and put it in your downloads folder.
Enter clockwork recover mod by holding down the volume up, power, and home buttons
Navigate by using the volume buttons to Install Zip > Choose Zip from Internal SD card > Navigate to the downloads folder> Select
Be Patient! and wait until your device is finished
Once the process is finished, you can select Reboot
Once your device has rebooted, launch the Google Play Store app
Search “SuperuserSU” and select the first app that shows in the search results
Install this app
Once it has finished installing, your done!
The only problem is I cant navigate to the option "install zip from internal sd card" I simply dont have though's options here is what I have when hold volume up reset and home
"reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage (which i dont have)
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
When i hit apply update from ADB it says "now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"...
Im wondering if the original flash didnt go thru? Why dont I have the options that I should?
Any help would mean the world trying to get this puppy up asap!
regards,
Eddy

eddyg519 said:
Hey guys im trying to root my device so i can install some lightweight custom roms. Ive been following this guide i found online
http://androidcritics.com/how-to-root-and-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-galaxy-s3-i747/
I basically did this
Installing Clockwork Recovery Mod
Find the recovery image file which is clockworkmod.tar
On your Samsung Galaxy S3 I747, press and hold down the volume down, power, and home buttons
Once your at the warning screen, press volume up to accept
Launch the Odin program from your computer
In Odin, find the PDA tab and click it
Find the clockworkmod.tar.md5 file in the unzipped recovery image file
Press start to begin flashing the recovery mod
BE PATIENT! and wait until your device reboots
Once your device has fully rebooted, you can start installing root
It loaded on the phone fine. I then did this
Installing Root
Transfer the root.zip file onto your phone from your computer
Make sure you connect your s3 to your computer and find the root zip file and put it in your downloads folder.
Enter clockwork recover mod by holding down the volume up, power, and home buttons
Navigate by using the volume buttons to Install Zip > Choose Zip from Internal SD card > Navigate to the downloads folder> Select
Be Patient! and wait until your device is finished
Once the process is finished, you can select Reboot
Once your device has rebooted, launch the Google Play Store app
Search “SuperuserSU” and select the first app that shows in the search results
Install this app
Once it has finished installing, your done!
The only problem is I cant navigate to the option "install zip from internal sd card" I simply dont have though's options here is what I have when hold volume up reset and home
"reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage (which i dont have)
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
When i hit apply update from ADB it says "now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"...
Im wondering if the original flash didnt go thru? Why dont I have the options that I should?
Any help would mean the world trying to get this puppy up asap!
regards,
Eddy
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Sounds like the root method you are using is just way to complicated. Follow this one here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 it has prerooted firmwares that you just install with odin and you are done (cwm included). Just make sure you grab the right firmware for your carrier.
If I have helped you out, slap that thanks button.

aeppacher said:
Sounds like the root method you are using is just way to complicated. Follow this one here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426 it has prerooted firmwares that you just install with odin and you are done (cwm included). Just make sure you grab the right firmware for your carrier.
If I have helped you out, slap that thanks button.
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Beauty I think its flashing the rogers rom to my phone from there Im good to load other roms using this odin tool? (or is it rom manager?)
also what is this clockwork mod ? I might as well go into play store and get both rom manager and clockwork?
- eddy

So After I flashed the new rom to my phone i left it plugged in and it restarted. Android loader popped on and now it says android is upgrading... starting apps. Its been like this for over a half an hour... what do i do??? helpppp dont really want to reset it but it is bricked? or do i have to reload ?
update:
held the restart button down it restarted bit is still stuck on starting apps.
update two:
held vol down home and reset tried to reload the rogers rom onto the phone and now it stops at samsung load screen. Do i have to reload the carrier that came with the phone? I cant quite remember what the original carrier was.
UPDATE THREE:
I as able to boot back into the phone but...nothing changed? i ended up wiping the phones data in settings because its too full as it is. I downloaded root checker and it said access was denied ? That makes its not rooted after all... I followed the directions seems that they didnt take? Any clues?
eddy

eddyg519 said:
So After I flashed the new rom to my phone i left it plugged in and it restarted. Android loader popped on and now it says android is upgrading... starting apps. Its been like this for over a half an hour... what do i do??? helpppp dont really want to reset it but it is bricked? or do i have to reload ?
update:
held the restart button down it restarted bit is still stuck on starting apps.
update two:
held vol down home and reset tried to reload the rogers rom onto the phone and now it stops at samsung load screen. Do i have to reload the carrier that came with the phone? I cant quite remember what the original carrier was.
UPDATE THREE:
I as able to boot back into the phone but...nothing changed? i ended up wiping the phones data in settings because its too full as it is. I downloaded root checker and it said access was denied ? That makes its not rooted after all... I followed the directions seems that they didnt take? Any clues?
eddy
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Okay buddy looks like you need to learn some basic android 101
You are definitely not ready to root or do anything til you learn this stuff...
Okay, so first is recoveries. Basically recoveries are a bit of software that let's you flash ROMs, kernels, and whatever else to your phone. When you hold volume up and power when your phone is off, you boot to recovery. Now basically recoveries are necessary because when you are flashing a new ROM it essentially deletes the android system from your phone first so this is a way of your phone still working between flashes.
Clockworkmod is a custom recovery with a lot of features meant for flashing ROMs. There are competitors such as TWRP (team win recovery project) but clockworkmod is a great starter. Use videos or tutorials on how to use it before you flash your first ROM. I can not stress how often you need to read read and read some more.
Okay so rooting your phone. Basically there is a "root" directory of your phone. Its where all the system files are stored and it let's you do a lot of stuff, but it also means you can screw a lot of stuff up to (like really screw it up). On default you are locked out of here by the maker of your phone for various reasons. Rooting means that someone found an exploit to gain access to this folder. Usually what you then do is you find a way to inject superuser (a little app that gives root access to other apps later on). You use Odin in this case to install a stock Samsung rom (with superuser already put in the root directory of that modified ROM its installing) essentially this means you have root. Root allows you to install recoveries like clockworkmod (which you need to flash ROMs later.
Okay so that was my quick run through. At your point you need to go to YouTube and Google how to root the sgs3 and hopefully they should have one for your specific carrier. The process should be the same minus the files you flash. Essentially you should be looking for stock ROM (for your specific device) with superuser or supersu already installed. Then you should be finding a way to install clockworkmod once you have root. (You may be able to find a file or tutorial that does this in one go). I cannot emphasise enough about reading. You wouldn't be here had you read first and in the flashing business, if you don't want a sgs3 paper weight you should read first.
Oh and ROMmanager from the marketplace installs clockworkmod for you (ONCE YOU HAVE ROOT) its simple. Just download it from the play story. Click flash recovery. It will load a bit and your done. Then you can reboot into it. ROM manager (the paid version is unnecessary) it just adds extra features you don't yet need. Look at it once you have flashed your first few ROMs.
Best of luck. Let me know and slap that thanks button. I wrote this on my phone.
READ READ READ

eddyg519 said:
Hey guys im trying to root my device so i can install some lightweight custom roms. Ive been following this guide i found online
http://androidcritics.com/how-to-root-and-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-galaxy-s3-i747/
I basically did this
Installing Clockwork Recovery Mod
Find the recovery image file which is clockworkmod.tar
On your Samsung Galaxy S3 I747, press and hold down the volume down, power, and home buttons
Once your at the warning screen, press volume up to accept
Launch the Odin program from your computer
In Odin, find the PDA tab and click it
Find the clockworkmod.tar.md5 file in the unzipped recovery image file
Press start to begin flashing the recovery mod
BE PATIENT! and wait until your device reboots
Once your device has fully rebooted, you can start installing root
It loaded on the phone fine. I then did this
Installing Root
Transfer the root.zip file onto your phone from your computer
Make sure you connect your s3 to your computer and find the root zip file and put it in your downloads folder.
Enter clockwork recover mod by holding down the volume up, power, and home buttons
Navigate by using the volume buttons to Install Zip > Choose Zip from Internal SD card > Navigate to the downloads folder> Select
Be Patient! and wait until your device is finished
Once the process is finished, you can select Reboot
Once your device has rebooted, launch the Google Play Store app
Search “SuperuserSU” and select the first app that shows in the search results
Install this app
Once it has finished installing, your done!
The only problem is I cant navigate to the option "install zip from internal sd card" I simply dont have though's options here is what I have when hold volume up reset and home
"reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage (which i dont have)
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
When i hit apply update from ADB it says "now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>"...
Im wondering if the original flash didnt go thru? Why dont I have the options that I should?
Any help would mean the world trying to get this puppy up asap!
regards,
Eddy
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Hi eddy,
It sounds like you didn't get CWM to stick after your flash with ODIN. You need to uncheck the reboot option in odin and then after the flash is done pull the battery and go directly into CWM loader by booting with the volume up + power + home button method. This will give you cwm rather than the stock loader you seem to be trying to use. You're almost there!

sxorpyon said:
Hi eddy,
It sounds like you didn't get CWM to stick after your flash with ODIN. You need to uncheck the reboot option in odin and then after the flash is done pull the battery and go directly into CWM loader by booting with the volume up + power + home button method. This will give you cwm rather than the stock loader you seem to be trying to use. You're almost there!
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He also said root wasn't sticking. He needs that before he can cwm to stick

aeppacher said:
He also said root wasn't sticking. He needs that before he can cwm to stick
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I think he can't install the superuser.zip from cwm after boot because he's allowing the stock rom to overwrite his cwm flash ... he's gotta pull his battery after the odin flash to get root in. That's what worked for me. once he's got root he can use rom manager to upgrade to cwm 6.x

sxorpyon said:
I think he can't install the superuser.zip from cwm after boot because he's allowing the stock rom to overwrite his cwm flash ... he's gotta pull his battery after the odin flash to get root in. That's what worked for me. once he's got root he can use rom manager to upgrade to cwm 6.x
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He shouldn't need cwm to install. If flashes a firmware with root already injected he can then just use rom manager to install clockworkmod for the first time since rom manager just needs root which he will have. You can root and keep the stock recovery on at the same time
I think his biggest issue is root not sticking. Til he does that cwm wont install

[Q] Problems with android update

Hello guys, i'm from Poland so sorry for my language. And this is the main reason of my problem. Because I've the Samsung galaxy s3 from AT&T . And my android version is 4.1.1. I want to go 4,3 but I can't because I need to be connected to AT&T network and for now I don't have that option . I've tried to use Samsung kies but it says that i've the newest version.. So how can i upgrade my version to 4.3 ? Is this even posibble ?

Sebekup said:
Hello guys, i'm from Poland so sorry for my language. And this is the main reason of my problem. Because I've the Samsung galaxy s3 from AT&T . And my android version is 4.1.1. I want to go 4,3 but I can't because I need to be connected to AT&T network and for now I don't have that option . I've tried to use Samsung kies but it says that i've the newest version.. So how can i upgrade my version to 4.3 ? Is this even posibble ?
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That's fairly simple. There are a variety of options for you to manually update to 4.3. First you can try downloading Samsung Kies 3 to your PC. Kies 3 is an enhanced version of Kies and is for system on Android 4.3 and up. If this doesn't work, then you may take the following steps:
1. Download the 4.3 stock ROM from the link below. If you would prefer to install the rooted and knox-free modified version of the ROM, you will find the link on the right side of the page. Otherwise, the official stock image is the file named AT&T_I747UCUEMJB.zip
http://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=438
2. Download the 4.3 stock kernel and modem zip files as well.
3. Copy the downloaded files from your computer to the internal SD card of your phone or to an external Micro SDHC card and place in your phone.
Power off your phone and boot into recovery mode by holding down the Power, Menu and Volume Up buttons simultaneously. When you see something flash across your screen, release the power button but continue to hold down the Menu and Volume Up buttons until recovery mode comes up (you may check You tube for videos of how to boot into recovery).
3. Install (flash) the downloaded files from wherever you stored them and wait for flashing to complete.
4. Wipe and reset your phone and you should be OK.

Larry2999 said:
That's fairly simple. There are a variety of options for you to manually update to 4.3. First you can try downloading Samsung Kies 3 to your PC. Kies 3 is an enhanced version of Kies and is for system on Android 4.3 and up. If this doesn't work, then you may take the following steps:
1. Download the 4.3 stock ROM from the link below. If you would prefer to install the rooted and knox-free modified version of the ROM, you will find the link on the right side of the page. Otherwise, the official stock image is the file named AT&T_I747UCUEMJB.zip
link
2. Download the 4.3 stock kernel and modem zip files as well.
3. Copy the downloaded files from your computer to the internal SD card of your phone or to an external Micro SDHC card and place in your phone.
Power off your phone and boot into recovery mode by holding down the Power, Menu and Volume Up buttons simultaneously. When you see something flash across your screen, release the power button but continue to hold down the Menu and Volume Up buttons until recovery mode comes up (you may check You tube for videos of how to boot into recovery).
3. Install (flash) the downloaded files from wherever you stored them and wait for flashing to complete.
4. Wipe and reset your phone and you should be OK.
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Thanks for quick respond! I tried first way but it's says it's only for newest version.
Then I downloaded the files and put them on external card without unpacking . And when I try to install it says.
--Install/sdcard/...
Finding update package...
opening update package...
Verifying update package..
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Am i doing something wrong? Or something wrong is with my phone?

Sebekup said:
Thanks for quick respond! I tried first way but it's says it's only for newest version.
Then I downloaded the files and put them on external card without unpacking . And when I try to install it says.
--Install/sdcard/...
Finding update package...
opening update package...
Verifying update package..
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Am i doing something wrong? Or something wrong is with my phone?
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No, there is nothing wrong with your phone. It would appear you are on stock recovery. It should be possible to flash a stock zip from stock recovery but sometimes it doesn't work and you may need custom recovery which has more enhanced features and functionality. Let's try doing it via custom recovery as follows ..
Download the Odin 3 v1.85 which is attached as a zip file.
Download the flashable TWRP file via the following link and save to a recognizable location on your computer ...
http://techerrata.com/file/twrp2/d2att/openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.0-d2att.tar
Extract the Odin zip and run the executable file (*.exe). Make sure Odin opens.
Power off your phone and boot into download mode. Same process as you did with recovery mode except that this time, you'll be pressing Power, Volume Down and Home buttons. When you get to the warning message, press volume up to continue.
Connect your phone to the computer with a good quality USB cable. Since you have Kies, you probably have the required drivers for the phone to run on your PC. Make sure Kies is not open or running, however, not even in the background as Kies will conflict with Odin if both of them are open.
Go to the Odin window. Make sure it has recognized your phone. You will see 'Added" in the left pane as confirmation.
Click on the PDA button in Odin and navigate to the TWRP file you downloaded earlier. Select this file. Make sure it has registered in the PDA tab and then click Start. This will begin flashing TWRP custom recovery to your phone
Leave the Odin settings unaltered. The Auto-Reboot box, for instance, should be checked. Do not check or uncheck any boxes
Wait for the flashing to be complete and until you get the PASS message. Your phone will power off then and begin rebooting. The process is complete and you can now disconnect the phone from the computer
Power off the phone and reboot into recovery mode. You should now see TWRP recovery. Click on install and retry the process you tried earlier with the zip card. Hopefully, it will work this time. If not, we would try the ultimate solution which would be to download the complete 4.3 stock recovery image and flash via the same custom recovery.
When the installation is complete, please wipe your dalvik cache and do a hard wipe/reset then reboot into system

Ok so I did everything what you wrote. My phone reboot and now I have android 4.3 thanks!! But i couldn't turn on the wifi so i cleaned the cache againg and reboot the system and it's stuck on at&t sign and i can't do nothing. Did I broke my phone? HEEELP!

Sebekup said:
Ok so I did everything what you wrote. My phone reboot and now I have android 4.3 thanks!! But i couldn't turn on the wifi so i cleaned the cache againg and reboot the system and it's stuck on at&t sign and i can't do nothing. Did I broke my phone? HEEELP!
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Don't worry. It's a minor problem. Try booting into recovery mode again and do a hard wipe/reset from there. Once it reboots, you will need to establish your Wi-Fi during the initial set-up
If you experience any further issues however, now that you have custom recovery, you may want to try the ultimate solution which is to flash the complete stock recovery image for 4.3. This will return your phone to full stock 4.3, reset your flash counter and also return your phone to stock recovery. In short, your phone will behave like a new 4.3 from the factory. Please see the file posted in the link below which you may download and flash via TWRP. So far, there have been no reports of failure with flashing this zip but please proceed at your own risk.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2658486

No I mean that when I press the "off" button on wi-fi it should automaticaly switch to "on" but it keep coming to "off" . I was reading somewhere that somebody had the same problem but I don't remember where. Oh and samsung kies saved my and helped me to came back to android 4.1.1 and I did the same thing and for now it's working on 4.3 but I still have problem with wi-fi. Ok I found the problem . I have wrong modem thats why I can't turn on wifi , but I can't find the right one.
Edit; I found out that when I install some thing it says
checking MD5 file
Skipping MD5 check: no Md5 file found.
Do you think that's the reason of the wifi problem

Sebekup said:
No I mean that when I press the "off" button on wi-fi it should automaticaly switch to "on" but it keep coming to "off" . I was reading somewhere that somebody had the same problem but I don't remember where. Oh and samsung kies saved my and helped me to came back to android 4.1.1 and I did the same thing and for now it's working on 4.3 but I still have problem with wi-fi. Ok I found the problem . I have wrong modem thats why I can't turn on wifi , but I can't find the right one.
Edit; I found out that when I install some thing it says
checking MD5 file
Skipping MD5 check: no Md5 file found.
Do you think that's the reason of the wifi problem
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That's unlikely to be the cause of the Wi-Fi problem. Custom recovery makes that check when you are trying to flash a zip. Can you check what modem you have? You will see this written as baseband version under Settings => About Device

My Honor 7x BND-L21 is quite broken, need help

Hello, sorry for the generic title, but i'm quite the noob about android modding and stuff.
Anyway I wanted to root my phone, just to stream some music to my stereo system. How naive I was...
So I unlocked the bootloader, installed twrp with adb and SuperSU with twrp. Everything was fine and phone was rooted but my past naive me thought "well let's try a custom rom, why not". So I went forth and downloaded some stuff from getdroidtips and what I understood is that all I needed to do was to do a wipe, then install the zip file via twrp. I did that and didn't work. After that I realized I made a crucial mistake: I didn't backup my phone from twrp, so I was there with no OS, quite panicked and frustrated. So I tried some other roms, finally I got one that worked, this: https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-7x/development/openkirin-aosp-8-0-honor-7x-t3746257
It works but it's barebones and on boot it shows a message: "There's an internal problem with your device. Contact your manifacturer for details.". So, I tried recovering from HiSuite, recovery mode etc but nothing worked, I reinstalled SuperSU in the new OS via twrp to see if that would help somehow, but no. in the end I had the even more naive thought that maybe unrooting would allow me to repair via hi suite or something, so I mindlessly selected "complete unroot" on the SuperSU app, and this was the second big mistake, the process somehow ****ed up the twrp install and it no longer works. Instead, if I try to enter twrp with power button + volume up button, it shows the regular "your phone has been unlocked" screen and then comes up for a split second a black screen with, on the bottom half of the screen the "no command" logo, under it some lines of code that I can't read. It suddenly disappears and sometimes enters in a bootloop showing this screen and powering off every time.
If I keep power button pressed bootloop ends and the phone boots "regularly" in the openkirin OS.
I tried reinstalling twrp the same way I did the first time. No error on adb but same no command behaviour
So what I got now is:
kind of bootlooping no command window
openkirin OS with internal problem message
fastboot and rescue mode
it seems to work on adb (everything is fine if I type adb devices)
not working HiSuite recovery
not working Huawei eRecovery
not working download mode (I guess? the power+volume up+volume down combination)
Maybe I should mention I also did a data wipe (?? the option on the right next to "advanced wipe" in the Wipe screen, if I remember correctly) in twrp before installing openkirin, it was suggested on a yt video about how to install openkirin. And that, at a stage I tried using MultiTool but it gives me an error: "exception during a web client request. Error#9", while at the bottom left it says "downloading AdbWinUsbApi.dll..."
Sorry for the general noobishness and the bad english that might be there.
So, any tips for bringing back the phone to normal? Or at least repair twrp??
Please help, I hate needing to throw this phone away just because I wanted to stream some music and because of a couple of stupid errors

Sorry for not answering earlier. It seems, between TWRP and stock recovery, you have messed up I think. When there is no proper recovery it become difficult to bring back the phone. You should try to put it in fastboot mode first, by powering off, pressing the volume lower button and connecting it to computer. Try installing TWRP and flash a custom rom other than openkirin from there if possible. Fastboot is the choice to go if recovery is messed up.

sdivk said:
Sorry for not answering earlier. It seems, between TWRP and stock recovery, you have messed up I think. When there is no proper recovery it become difficult to bring back the phone. You should try to put it in fastboot mode first, by powering off, pressing the volume lower button and connecting it to computer. Try installing TWRP and flash a custom rom other than openkirin from there if possible. Fastboot is the choice to go if recovery is messed up.
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No worries, I managed to fix it anyway. Some things might be obvious but I'll share what I did nevertheless, in case some other newbie finds himself in a similar situation.
So there was seemingly no way of reinstalling twrp nor the stock recovery. But luck came my way and by almost random clicking I found out that, even if multitool closed as soon as I clicked the ok button in the error message, if I simply ignored the error, the program worked just fine (as I write this I installed another version and it gave no error message). So I played with it a bit and found out that it can flash twrp and it does not need a file from you, it already has a twrp version ready to install. I did that and it worked. It looks like the first twrp file I used didn't work anymore or was someway corrupted by the countless things I tried. So, with twrp working again I was able to backup the sloppy openkiring OS and try the unbrick tool. So I browsed the internet for a guide. Guides always mention as the first step for unbricking using the VENDOR.img file located inside a full stock rom. Problem is, 99% of the times they provide a rom without the needed file. So after some tries I found a good complete stock rom with the VENDOR.img here: drive.google.com/file/d/1tjHefytEWbpuV1f4YjX8AaSMzT6jr8TQ/view but I can't remember which forum/site I found it in.
I followed the guide which involves:
-extracting the UPDATE.APP file contained in the provided zip with huawei extractor tool into an X folder on your pc
-copying the VENDOR.img file contained in the X folder, on the root folder of the sd card
-backing up OS (if there's any) via twrp (I had something like 50 partitions, I guess that was messing things up a bit, but for safety I backed them all up)
-doing an advanced wipe from twrp selecting ALL checkboxes BESIDES the SDcard of course
-flashing the vendor.img file via twrp selecting the "Vendor" partition when prompted
-downloading the update_full_[your model]_hw_[your region].zip file, in my case update_full_BND-L21C_hw_eu.zip
-extracting the UPDATE.APP file contained in update_full_BND-L21C_hw_eu.zip with Huawei extractor tool in some other folder Y
-looking for a file named cust.img/CUST.img/version.img/other_name.img (I don't know which other names it can have, I was lucky and had a VERSION.img file in it)
-rename the cust.img/CUST.img/version.img/other_name.img to CUST.img and copy it from the Y folder to the X folder
-boot your phone into fastboot mode
-connect phone to multitool via usb and select the "unbrick" tab
-there, Multitool asks for a folder, give it the X folder. There are some checkmarks on the Multitool "unbrick" page. 4/5 of them should become checked after the folder input. In my case the first 4
-then, simply press the unbrick button
-wait and pray (it can look like it freezes while it's copying the system.img file but wait, it'll be fine)
So I did that and it worked flawlessly, the phone booted slowly but surely into EMUI 5.1 with Android 7.0 I think and everything was fine.
At that point I had a working OS and a working twrp but wanted to go back to the OS I was used to, Android 8.something so, I tried connecting the thing to HiSuite and it automatically asked if I wanted to update, not to 8.something but to 9.1. I thought "SURE I DO!" and updated flawlessly (I thought 9.1 hadn't even been released here in Italy).
When it booted I found out the new OS was working like an antivirusless xp pc: it didn't recognise the SIM, it would crash every 20 seconds, app downloads got stuck at 99%, if it felt like it, it rebooted, pc connection was not stable. Besides, the update being "official" and installed from "trusted" sources (HiSuite), it completely wiped twrp.
And that was the "OH ****, here we go again" moment: no twrp and worse-than-ever-working OS.
So because of the new EMUI version, I guess, Multitool kept recognizing the phone but stopped offering its own recovery, eRecovery, twrp files available for flashing. I was completely frustrated with all of this and decided to give up, but I made the last effort: I tried the relock function in multitool. So I provided the key, pressed relock, waited, prayed, and finally cheered. It worked like a charm. Phone runs now on EMUI 9.1 with locked bootloader without problems. Finally
So I guess in the end I payed 4 euros for a nice update, a painful and frustrating trip into android modding and a lesson : never do android modding!
no, just kidding, don't do it just if you are a newbie AND you don't want to risk to throw the phone in the grabage.
In all other cases consider it carefully
Oh, and also, God bless the MT Team and Russia altogether!! thanks

Quite an experience. All the best. ?

Lol sounds fun. I've bricked my Huawei Mate SE/Honor 7x more times than I can count. I'm just awaiting my 9.1. I want my GPU Turbo! Is it as good as it's supposed to be?

Lenovo P2 (P2a42) stuck mostly on blue logo screen

Hello --
I found this very nice looking phone thrown away in a bin and I guess this problem was the reason.
It would be great to get it going maybe even worth paying to get it running.
But I would appreciate any suggestions on how to do it myself.
I am not familiar with a lot of the in-depth hacks people do with phones. Words like "flash" and "ROM" are foreign to me.
But I like to try to fix things.
I have tried a few simple actions to get the phone going but it still does only three main things:
1. Shows the "Lenovo powered by Android" screen of course.
2. Volume down + Power: shows Fastboot screen with just three options: Start, Barcodes, Power off
3. Occasionally, some buttons I push get to Teamwin Recovery Project. But I do not exactly know how it happens and it is hard to repeat. It seems to come up after trying everything and then putting the phone down.
From TWRP I have selected these options:
-- Factory reset
-- Restore (I think) -- I selected just a single item displayed available for restore
-- Wiped Delvik cache and format cache
-- Reboot
I also downloaded ADB and installed it. Instructions I read said to run an .exe file but all I could find was .bat so I clicked on it and saw the RUN screen open briefly then close.
Thank you.

NickSergeant said:
Hello --
I found this very nice looking phone thrown away in a bin and I guess this problem was the reason.
It would be great to get it going maybe even worth paying to get it running.
But I would appreciate any suggestions on how to do it myself.
I am not familiar with a lot of the in-depth hacks people do with phones. Words like "flash" and "ROM" are foreign to me.
But I like to try to fix things.
I have tried a few simple actions to get the phone going but it still does only three main things:
1. Shows the "Lenovo powered by Android" screen of course.
2. Volume down + Power: shows Fastboot screen with just three options: Start, Barcodes, Power off
3. Occasionally, some buttons I push get to Teamwin Recovery Project. But I do not exactly know how it happens and it is hard to repeat. It seems to come up after trying everything and then putting the phone down.
From TWRP I have selected these options:
-- Factory reset
-- Restore (I think) -- I selected just a single item displayed available for restore
-- Wiped Delvik cache and format cache
-- Reboot
I also downloaded ADB and installed it. Instructions I read said to run an .exe file but all I could find was .bat so I clicked on it and saw the RUN screen open briefly then close.
Thank you.
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YOU CAN CHECK IN MY SIGNATURE FOR ALL BASIC TERMS USED IN FLASHING.
Look here if you want to return to offical stock Rom
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p2/development/fastboot-files-stock-firmware-t3649914/amp/
If you have TWRP installed , you can update TWRP and then flash a custom rom. You can hold both volume up and down and power key to boot into TWRP when phone is switched off.
Remember new custom roms need newer version of TWRP.
What you'll need to do is download a custom rom like say Havoc OS Android 10 (just search it in the forum), you will need to upgrade your TWRP.
Once this is done, you will download Havoc OS Rom and put it in your phone or sd card
You just do a factory reset and then format only system . Don't format other partitions in TWRP.
Install that room and then you will also need to install gapps. (Google open gapps , chose Android 10 version and architect as 64bit and choose nano or pico gapps)
So in your sd card, you must have rom and gapps.
Once you install rom first and then gapps, restart. If it comes with an error, it means your TWRP needs update.
To update you will choose to download TWRP (zip format will install directly while IMG format can be flashed as well by choosing install IMG while you select install in your TWRP.
Restore is only available if you already made a backup with your TWRP .
I will suggest to make a full backup (except system and data ) in TWRP before you do the above.
I will also suggest you to Google if you are not sure. Make sure to follow instructions only from XDA as they are most reliable than other sources.
Watching YouTube videos may help you as well
In short:
Update TWRP
Download Havoc Rom and Gapps pico
Put them in your sd card
Install them in this order rom and then gapps.
Restart.
If you still feel you need help, please quote me for an answer
All the best .

Hnk1 said:
Look here if you want to return to offical stock Rom
https://forum.xda-developers.com/lenovo-p2/development/fastboot-files-stock-firmware-t3649914/amp/
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Thank you for this advice -- it worked! Finally the phone gets past the logon and is operating.
Now I have a further problem and please let me know if you think this should be a new thread for this.
I cannot sign in to Google because of anti-theft feature -- instead I get this.
“This device was reset. To continue, sign in with a Google Account that was previously synced on this device”
I see a few solutions online but not exactly for Lenovo. What would you recommend?

I'm on the same boat as Nick. Do we have to wait 15 days to unlock the bootloader? Just coz it'll be hard to be 15 days without a phone and everything wiped out. I wanna try Syberia 2.9 as the last LineageOS is not ready yet. Thank you very much.