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Hi, I am afraid I brick my Galaxy Nexus (Rooted)
Cause:
I think I wrongly delete some system files in Clockworkmod.
Symptoms:
1. When the mobile is turn on, only shows 'Google' logo and the 'Unlock' logo, no responds then.
2. Press Volume + and - key, I can successfully enter recovery mode.
3.Press Volume - key, I can successfully enter Download mode.
4. I do not have any Stock Rom file (or other Rom file) in the mobile memory.
Urgently need your expertise and help.
Many Thanks
(I am not an expert, so would you mind teach me step by step if you got the solution)
Thanks!!!!
So you cannot boot the phone at all past the Google splash screen? LTE or GSM?
Or does the phone boot fine, but you just can't get into ClockworkMod Recovery?
cbs2002 said:
Hi, I am afraid I brick my Galaxy Nexus (Rooted)
Cause:
I think I wrongly delete some system files in Clockworkmod.
Symptoms:
1. When the mobile is turn on, only shows 'Google' logo and the 'Unlock' logo, no responds then.
2. Press Volume + and - key, I can successfully enter recovery mode.
3.Press Volume - key, I can successfully enter Download mode.
4. I do not have any Stock Rom file (or other Rom file) in the mobile memory.
Urgently need your expertise and help.
Many Thanks
(I am not an expert, so would you mind teach me step by step if you got the solution)
Thanks!!!!
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The key piece of information for your symptom is in this line:
1. When the mobile is turn on, only shows 'Google' logo and the 'Unlock' logo, no responds then.
The other lines do help provide background as to the other modes such as recovery and download working properly, which indicates the issue is not *serious*.
The symptom you state, where the device does not boot past the boot logo, usually means the device is not able to boot the kernel or boot past the kernel. The boot logo appears while the kernel is being loaded on the device. Generally, after the boot logo and kernel finish loading a boot animation appears which indicates the kernel has usually handed off to the Android OS to continue booting.
My approach would be to load a completely stock ROM in order to restore a working kernel and ROM to the device. I generally perform this step as a baseline to get everything back in working order.
In many instances the ROM is dependent on the kernel. Your situation requires at least a kernel to be loaded and in order to prevent any further issues, it would be best to load a ROM dependent on the kernel being loaded.
A simple way would be to grab the stock factory images from Google's site and load those back onto the device.
Another simple way would be to grab a stock ROM and flash the .zip through CWM in recovery mode.
Hope that helps!
Since you're rooted I'm going to assume you have ADB and the necessary drivers installed.
1.) Download a ROM. It doesn't have to be stock, you can choose any of the ROMs from the development section for your device. Most of the ROMs are packaged with a kernel already.
2.) Save this ROM file to the same folder where you have ADB installed.
3.) Boot your phone into CWM recovery and plug it into your computer.
4.) Use ADB to push the ROM zip file to your phone (/data/media). For example:
Code:
c:\gnex\>adb push rom.zip /data/media/rom.zip
5.) Use CWM to wipe data, cache, and davlik-cache
6.) Install zip from sdcard and flash the rom.zip.
RMarkwald said:
So you cannot boot the phone at all past the Google splash screen? LTE or GSM?
Or does the phone boot fine, but you just can't get into ClockworkMod Recovery?
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1. I am using GSM
2. Whenever I turn on my mobile, the 'Google' and 'Unlock' logo appears and then freeze, with no more respond at all
* I definitely mess up some system files, but don't know how to restore it because my PC do not recognize my mobile.
Thanks
I am seeing more and more of these threads about "bricked" nexus's is this an issue with how new the phone is or people not following instructions properly as they are too eager to root their phones?
All else fails flash back to stock and count yourself lucky.
To silow,
Thanks for your advice, but fail
1. I put adb.exe, adbwinapi.dll and fastboot.exe (3 files) under my PC C drive (i.e. C
2. I also put a stock Rom (rename as rom.zip) under C drive (i.e. C
3. Boot phone into CWM recovery and plug it into computer.
4. Use cmd command and type c:\gnex\>adb push rom.zip /data/media/rom.zip
5. It fails , It say "Access Denied" (in Chinese, but I translate it into English here)
6. How do I use ADB (it is a ADB.exe file, When I double click it, it only flash up a few page very fast and nothing happen)
Please assist!
To Joeykrim,
I agree that
"Another simple way would be to grab a stock ROM and flash the .zip through CWM in recovery mode."
But how? (according to my symptoms)
The command I gave you was just an example. I didn't spell out the exact details because I thought that you would know how to do it considering you rooted the phone.
If you put the adb.exe and AdbWinApi.dll file in your C: drive, make sure you copy the ROM file to your C: drive too. In the follow example I'm going to use "ROM.zip" but use the name of the ROM file that you downloaded. Also I am assuming you are on Windows XP.
1.) Boot your phone into CWM recovery and then plug it in.
2.) Go to your Start Menu and choose Run. Then type in "cmd" without quotes and hit enter to open a command prompt.
3.) Enter:
Code:
cd c:\
4.) Enter the following to make sure ADB can see your phone:
Code:
adb devices
You should see something similiar to this to confirm ADB can see your device:
List of devices attached
019B756F0C018012 device
5.) Enter the following command to copy the ROM file to your phone. Remember to replace ROM.zip with whatever the name of the ROM file is:
Code:
adb push ROM.zip /data/media/ROM.zip
6.) Use CWM to wipe data, cache, and davlik-cache
7.) Install zip from sdcard and flash the rom.zip.
To Silow,
You have been very helpful, but I fail.
"You should see something similiar to this to confirm ADB can see your device:
List of devices attached"
There is NO device number shown after the phrase 'List of devices attached'
To recap:
a) Phone is already plugged in my PC, under the Clockworkmod Recovery 5.5.0.2
b) adb.exe and AdbWinApi.dll file are under C: drive directly
c) Also type cmd in 'Run', a black Dos window shown C:\windows\system32\cmd.exe
d) c:\>adb devices
List of devices attached
(But no device number show up, it cannot recognize my mobile)
Pls don't give up on me!
: )
you can't use adb from CWM, you need to enter the bootloader, then try adb or fastboot (edit: wrong!)
Sounds like your ADB USB drivers are not correctly installed. While the phone is under CWM, when you plug it in is your computer attempting to install drivers for a new device?
Download these bare ADB Interface drivers.ADB USB Drivers
Go into Device Manager on your computer and check the device list for any unknown devices or "?" devices. If you need to update those drivers by pointing them to the drivers you downloaded and extracted from that link above.
When the ADB Interface drivers are correctly installed you should see Android Phone listed under under your Device Manager when it's plugged in with CWM recovery loaded.
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cancerouspete said:
you can't use adb from CWM, you need to enter the bootloader, then try adb or fastboot
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You CAN use ADB with CWM. That's one of the reasons why CWM is so awesome.
silow said:
You CAN use ADB with CWM. That's one of the reasons why CWM is so awesome.
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edit: i did appear to have one missing driver, my mistake. it was listed in device manager as "unknown - full"
its funny cause i never had to use adb from cwm before, never noticed
cbs2002 said:
d) c:\>adb devices
List of devices attached
(But no device number show up, it cannot recognize my mobile)
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This symptom generally occurs from not having loaded the drivers for the hardware. As with the majority of hardware devices when being connected to a Windows machine, the drivers need to be loaded. Sometimes these are automatically loaded and other times they have to be manual loaded.
As an alternative and for future reference, the android-sdk package contains general USB drives which usually work for Google Nexus devices.
Generally, as this providers a *cleaner* install, best practice as recommended by Google is to download the whole android-sdk .zip and then from the installer download/install the pieces needed, such as platform-tools (containing adb) and USB drivers as opposed to extracting out the adb.exe and .dll file and installing manually.
cancerouspete said:
you can't use adb from CWM, you need to enter the bootloader, then try adb or fastboot
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silow said:
You CAN use ADB with CWM. That's one of the reasons why CWM is so awesome.
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Agreed. To add greater clarification so there is no confusion: adb can't be used from the bootloader.
The /sbin/adbd daemon on the device is only loaded while in normal android boot mode or in recovery mode as called by the init.rc (or on some older devices, recovery.rc) file in the boot process.
Bootloader mode will only work with fastboot while it is in fastboot usb mode.
On some devices, the bootloader has a separate menu for fastboot and on other devices, the fastboot mode is directly entered when entering the bootloader.
Hope that helps clarify!
To silow (and all other helpers)
1. I fail
2. The ADB USB drivers in my PC should be fine as in Device Manager , I can see Android Phone with Android Composite ADB Interface. (No exclamation mark)
3. On the other hand, whenever I plug my mobile into PC, I can see "Unknown-Full"
4. In DOS, when I first type "adb devices" it shows
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037*
*daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
(but NO device number shown!)
5. When I enter adb devices second time, it shows
List of devices attached (No device number shown)
Thank you so much , but it is Hong Kong time (my place) at 0511 am , I didn't sleep all night and I am very tired.
If you don't mind (especially big helper Silow), please give me email so that I capture screen picture and show you in detail (hope it may help)
my email is
[email protected]
I need to sleep now, I will check my email and see you guys or come back this Forum later (several hours later, as I really need some sleep right now)
Pls don't give up on me as this is an expensive mobile. I think the hardware is fine, just need to figure out a way to unbrick it.
Thanks, and see you!
What you need to do is right click on "Unknown-Full" and click on "Update Driver...". Then choose "Install from a list or specific location". Make sure "Search for the best driver in these locations." is checked and "Include this location in the search:" is check. Click on the Browse button and browse to where you extracted the driver files from the link I posted above. Click Next and this should install the correct drivers for you. Afterwards try "adb devices" again to see if ADB now reconizes your device.
To Silow,
Fail.
1. Already installed the drivers you gave me (and there is no 'Exclamation' Mark) in Device manager
2. Situation is the same , Cannot recognize my mobile (i.e. no Device No. after entering adb devices)
3. "List of devices attached" shown in DOS video but without any number.
No other method?
My mobile is really 'bricked' to death?
To Silow and all,
Something important
1. When choose 'install zip from sd card' under CWM, a list of old folder names remains
(e..g gameloft, DCIM, Pictures, etc). That means almost all old files, folders are STILL in my mobile!
2. I have already use the funcion 'Wipe data/factory reset', 'wipe cache partition', ' Wipe Dalvik Cache'
Perhaps my CWM has problem?
What happens when you update drivers for Unknown-Full?
Boot into fastboot and see if your computer recognizes the phone by checking device manager. The key here is to get your computer to see the phone either in fastboot or CWM.
Perhaps try another cable, USB port, or new computer.
The goal is to get Android Phone ADB Composite Interface to show up in device manager either in Fastboot or CWM. Without that done you cannot use Fastboot to flash nor ADB to push a zip file to the phone.
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Hey guys, first time on here and im kinda a noob when it comes to the rooting stuff (ive done a few things but nothing hardcore) and i need some help getting onto this (IMM76K) update (and not sure if this is the right thread to put this in). A few weeks ago i unlocked my bootloader and (after some of the same issues im having now) temp booted into CWM and installed the 4.0.4 IMM30B update. Now with this new update, i wanted to get it installed or flash back to get the OTA (not sure if i can get the OTA on the leak update)
But, everytime i try to boot into CWM again (using this toolkit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1614827) i constantly get fail messages. And it happens if i try to boot into CWM or try to flash the factory 4.0.2 update.
With the phone on and trying to use these (http://www.droid-life.com/2011/12/16...factory-state/) instructions, i constantly get the error "sending 'bootloader'... FAILED (remote: Invalid Command)". Im already in the fastboot bootloader.
With the toolkit, it wont start the factory img flash if the phone is on, and if im in the fastboot bootloader, it says it "fails" to boot into the bootloader (which, again, im already in) and fails to install all the img files and then just boots back into the older 4.0.4 leak.
I havent rooted my phone (but i tried that to get past this problem but i get the same error messages), only unlocked the bootloader. Sorry for the long post and if it seems like a block of text. This is just starting to really frustrate me. Thanks
Do you have ADB installed on your computer? It's hard to troubleshoot your problem if you don't.
Yea, i do. Im in school for programming and have installed all the android SDK stuff and eclipse since i want to make android apps/games (hopefully). I downloaded the fastboot.exe file and have it in the platform-tools folder with the adb.exe file
Go here (https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images) and download mysid for Gnex.
It's gzipped so you will need to extract those files using 3rd party software (winzip works nicely).
Boot your phone normally. Connect to your computer and open a command prompt.
Type 'adb devices' and note the result.
Type 'adb reboot bootloader' and wait for the phone to enter the bootloader.
Once there type 'fastboot devices'.
If you don't get a response you have a driver problem. You need to DL the samsung driver.
If you do, flash each zip file in that package you DL'ed from google.
Start with 'fastboot flash bootloader <location of bootloader zip>'
Then, 'fastboot flash radio <file>'
ect. until you've flashed all the zip files. (Exactly like the instructions in your link but replace the files they gave you with the ones from google.)
Post here if you get an error message.
Ok, everything is fine until i get to flashing the bootloader, heres what i get (sorry it isnt an image)
D:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb devices
List of devices attached
0146A5B30300B014 device
D:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb reboot bootloader
D:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot devices
0146A5B30300B014 fastboot
D:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-toro-
primekk15.img
sending 'bootloader' (2308 KB)... FAILED (remote: Invalid Command)
finished. total time: 0.001s
D:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>
This is what happens even when i use a toolkit to do it for me. Ive used the toolkit to reinstall the drivers a bunch of times and it still happens
Did you relock the bootloader? Type 'fastboot oem unlock'
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If that's not it then it's a driver issue.
Uninstall the ones you have (Control Panel -> Device Manager) and go to http://www.samsung.com/us/support/owners/product/SCH-I515MSAVZW? and install the samsung ones.
If you have problems with that I can walk you though it.
The only thing i was able to do from the toolkits was lock/unlock the bootloader (tried that last night using the toolkit to see if it fixed any problems). ill try installing the drivers and see what happens, thanks
edit: *I locked the bootloader last night and unlocked it again right after
blipp said:
The only thing i was able to do from the toolkits was lock/unlock the bootloader (tried that last night using the toolkit to see if it fixed any problems). ill try installing the drivers and see what happens, thanks
edit: *I locked the bootloader last night and unlocked it again right after
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1) Throw away the toolkit;
2) Uninstall all drivers;
3) Install these drivers;
4) Make sure your bootloader is unlocked;
5) Open a command prompt in the directory where your both your fastboot file and CWM are located;
6) Reboot your device into fastboot mode (vol+ & vol- & power), and plug into your PC;
7) Make sure your device is recognized by your PC: fastboot devices
8) Flash or boot CWM
a) Flash by typing: fastboot flash recovery cwm.img
b) Boot by typing: fastboot boot cwm.img
sorry for being a noob at this, but where do i put the Universal Naked Driver stuff? Do i have to extract them to a specific folder? Im trying to install the drivers from the samsung website first though
Im not using the toolkits anymore and am trying to follow your instructions for the command prompt
blipp said:
sorry for being a noob at this, but where do i put the Universal Naked Driver stuff? Do i have to extract them to a specific folder? Im trying to install the drivers from the samsung website first though
Im not using the toolkits anymore and am trying to follow your instructions for the command prompt
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Extract the zip to a directory. Plug your device in fastboot mode to your PC. Open device manager and find the phone. Right-click on it and select update driver. Select install yourself or whatever the option is, and navigate to the folder where you extracted the zip. I've found that those drivers are better than the Samsung-packaged drivers.
Also, do one or the other, but not both. Make sure you remove the old driver before you start the new.
In windows 7 you're gonna want to go to (install Universal Naked Driver)...
Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager
In the list click the driver for your phone. It will either be in the USB list or listed as some kind of phone. Right-click and uninstall the driver. Reboot. Go back to device manager. Plug in device. Click update driver software when your device shows up. Then 'Browse my computer'. Then 'Let me pick from a list'. Then 'Have Disk'. Find the .inf files and windows will install the driver.
ok, i extracted the Universal zip into its own folder on the desktop, after i uninstalled the drivers and rebooted my PC, i plugged in the phone, waited for it to show up, and went to update the drivers. I got to the "Have Disk" and selected both of the .inf files that were in the extracted folder. Both of them caused a popup that said that folder didnt contain the drivers for my device.
When im in the fastboot bootloader the phone doesnt show up in my Device Manager. Is that a problem?
Thanks for helping me through this, my last phone was a Droid X and all i ever had to do was hold vol down and power and it got me to a recovery screen like CWM and i could install an update.zip.
blipp said:
ok, i extracted the Universal zip into its own folder on the desktop, after i uninstalled the drivers and rebooted my PC, i plugged in the phone, waited for it to show up, and went to update the drivers. I got to the "Have Disk" and selected both of the .inf files that were in the extracted folder. Both of them caused a popup that said that folder didnt contain the drivers for my device.
When im in the fastboot bootloader the phone doesnt show up in my Device Manager. Is that a problem?
Thanks for helping me through this, my last phone was a Droid X and all i ever had to do was hold vol down and power and it got me to a recovery screen like CWM and i could install an update.zip.
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What OS are you running on your PC?
Windows 7
blipp said:
Windows 7
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Ok, try this: go into the directory where you unzipped the drivers. Right-click on android_winusb.inf and select install.
Get an error popup - "The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation"
blipp said:
Get an error popup - "The INF file you selected does not support this method of installation"
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Hmm. Not sure what is going on.
Let's try this step-by-step:
Boot your device into fastboot mode, plug into your PC, and open up device manager. Does your PC recognize your device? What does it show in task manager?
Nothing Shows up in device manager. The "imaging devices" section is opened by default. In the "devices and printers" window, however, there is an "unspecified" device, Android 1.0. Usually the galaxy nexus shows up in the "portable devices" section in device manager. Coins "scan for hardware changes" doesn't cause it to appear either
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blipp said:
Nothing Shows up in device manager. The "imaging devices" section is opened by default. In the "devices and printers" window, however, there is an "unspecified" device, Android 1.0. Usually the galaxy nexus shows up in the "portable devices" section in device manager. Coins "scan for hardware changes" doesn't cause it to appear either
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Ok, good. Now right click on the Android 1.0 and select "update driver software". Then click on "browse my computer for driver software", then click on the "Browse" button and make sure "include subfolders" has a check.
Now navigate to where you unzipped the drivers and click ok.
Its not giving me that option. Its not in device manager, its only showing in control panel->hardware and sound->devices and printers. Right clicking only gives me Eject, Create shortcut, troubleshoot, and properties. Properties only has General and Hardware. I even went into device manager and checked "show hidden devices" and its still not there. It only shows up now when its actually booted into android
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I used galaxy toolkit install touch screen CWM, then log into CWM install su.zip and reboot system, next time I log in CWM, i see a X mark on android robot stomach. then I tried to flash CWM again using galaxy toolkit, now i get error code on fastboot 'FASTBOOT STATUS- download 0058d000'.
what went wrong?
citrix80 said:
I used galaxy toolkit install touch screen CWM, then log into CWM install su.zip and reboot system, next time I log in CWM, i see a X mark on android robot stomach. then I tried to flash CWM again using galaxy toolkit, now i get error code on fastboot 'FASTBOOT STATUS- download 0058d000'.
what went wrong?
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Not sure.
Here are some suggestions:
1) Lose the toolkit and flash things manually -- it is easier to see where things go wrong if you do things step-by-step yourself.
2) Don't use the touch version of CWM -- I've seen issue with it.
I'll gladly guide you though doing it manually if you cannot figure it out.
Use my sig bud.
As far as the error, I'm not sure what that means.
Doesn't seem like a fastboot error...but rather something the toolkit is displaying.
Possibly missing the .img? Try redownloading it.
Jubakuba said:
Use my sig bud.
As far as the error, I'm not sure what that means.
Doesn't seem like a fastboot error...but rather something the toolkit is displaying.
Possibly missing the .img? Try redownloading it.
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no, it on the phone, right on bottom of bootloader screen, not in toolkit.
this is why people shouldn't use toolkits.
try to remove battery for a few mins, plug it back it, 3bc to bootloader.
is teamwork win recovery more reliable than clockwork?
i used galaxy toolket 7 to flash teamwork recovery, i can use it immediately but after reboot, it is gone, display a android robot with ! mark on the head. same with clockwork.
what is command for manually flash recovery? team win and clockwork.
citrix80 said:
is teamwork win recovery more reliable than clockwork?
i used galaxy toolket 7 to flash teamwork recovery, i can use it immediately but after reboot, it is gone, display a android robot with ! mark on the head. same with clockwork.
what is command for manually flash recovery? team win and clockwork.
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It is disappearing because there are two files placed on your system by an OTA update. You need to delete the two files and re-flash your custom recovery. The two files are:
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
efrant said:
It is disappearing because there are two files placed on your system by an OTA update. You need to delete the two files and re-flash your custom recovery. The two files are:
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
/system/etc/install-recovery.sh
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Delete those will cause any problems? or not able to receive future OTA updates?
how to find thos files?
citrix80 said:
Delete those will cause any problems? or not able to receive future OTA updates?
how to find thos files?
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Nope. No problems. Those files don't exist on a stock rom. Ota updates place them there.
Use a file explorer with root access, or via adb.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
efrant said:
Nope. No problems. Those files don't exist on a stock rom. Ota updates place them there.
Use a file explorer with root access, or via adb.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2
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ok. it worked. Thanks.
I also found error code in fastboot is caused by PdaNet, I installed it from rooting guide. I closed the running pdanet then error code went away. don't know why.
citrix80 said:
ok. it worked. Thanks.
I also found error code in fastboot is caused by PdaNet, I installed it from rooting guide. I closed the running pdanet then error code went away. don't know why.
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This is why I always recommend to uninstall all old drivers and use 1wayjonny's naked drivers. The are far better than anything else, and you don't have to install third-party software like pdanet just to get drivers.
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Well, here's a suggestion;
Try to stay calm, and not to freak, when freaking, people temt to make things worse, by flashing unneccessary stuff, downloadig programs, etc. ...
Try to flash things manually, first bootloader, radio, boot, system then recovery.
If you still get the error code, try using Odin mode.
Worse-case scenario: You maybe need to JTAG it. But that is only in WORST-CASE!
You could also contact Google, see if they know what to do (Which they probably would, because they wrote the program/s)
efrant said:
This is why I always recommend to uninstall all old drivers and use 1wayjonny's naked drivers. The are far better than anything else, and you don't have to install third-party software like pdanet just to get drivers.
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I downloaded 1wayjonny's naked drivers. how to install it?
citrix80 said:
I downloaded 1wayjonny's naked drivers. how to install it?
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The driver has to install twice - once when your device is booted normally, and once when your device is booted in fastboot mode. But before you install, you have to remove the previous drivers, both in fastboot mode and in normal boot.
Uninstall all old drivers
1) Open Device Manager on you PC;
2) Plug your phone to your PC (when your device is booted normally);
3) Make sure that (on your phone), that you have USB Debugging enabled in Settings;
4) Uninstall anything you see in device manager related to Android, by right-clicking on whatever the item is and clicking uninstall;
5) Unplug your phone;
6) Reboot your phone in fastboot mode;
7) Plug your phone to your PC;
8) Uninstall anything you see in device manager related to Android, by right-clicking on whatever the item is and clicking uninstall;
9) Reboot your PC;
Install 1wayjonny's drivers
1) Open Device Manager on you PC;
2) Plug your phone to your PC (when your device is booted normally);
3) Make sure that (on your phone), that you have USB Debugging enabled in Settings;
4) You may see a prompt to install drivers. If you do, select manual install (or whatever the option is called) and navigate to the folder where you extracted 1wayjonny's drivers and select the file (can't remember the name off-hand);
5) Unplug your phone;
6) Reboot your phone in fastboot mode;
7) Plug your phone to your PC;
8) You may see a prompt to install drivers. If you do, select manual install (or whatever the option is called) and navigate to the folder where you extracted 1wayjonny's drivers and select the file (can't remember the name off-hand);
9) Reboot your PC.
Hi everyone!
I was trying to install Cyanogenmod on my LGOG F180S, Im new to everything T_T
I already installed TWRP/freegee... but I forgot to insert the custom rom ZIP on the internal storage... And then the back ups I made was took out, and there is no backup currenty on the internal storage. And also the system folder was erased, the main reason why there is no OS....
How do I access the internal storage so I can put in the ZIP for custom rom? I can still boot to recovery for TWRP by pressing vol up+down.
PLEASE HELP! Thanks for all the reply. I just need a tool to access the internal storage to put the custom ROM zip file into the internal storage.
lancelotconquista said:
Hi everyone!
I was trying to install Cyanogenmod on my LGOG F180S, Im new to everything T_T
I already installed TWRP/freegee... but I forgot to insert the custom rom ZIP on the internal storage... And then the back ups I made was took out, and there is no backup currenty on the internal storage. And also the system folder was erased, the main reason why there is no OS....
How do I access the internal storage so I can put in the ZIP for custom rom? I can still boot to recovery for TWRP by pressing vol up+down.
PLEASE HELP! Thanks for all the reply. I just need a tool to access the internal storage to put the custom ROM zip file into the internal storage.
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I'm also new to android but i believe the only option you have now is to restore to stock and then re-root and put zip in storage.
see if you can go into download mode
----> turn off your phone, press both "Volume Up and Volume Down" button simultaneously
then plug in the usb cable into your phone n computer.
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lancelotconquista said:
How do I access the internal storage so I can put in the ZIP for custom rom? I can still boot to recovery for TWRP by pressing vol up+down.
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If you are able to ge to TWRP recovery, then the easiest thing for you is to use ADB. Two options: adb push, and adb sideload. Learn about it - there is a lot of info here on XDA on how to set up and use it. This is not specific to a particular phone; it's a very handy tool you can use with any Android device.
Another option would be to flash a stock KDZ, and start the whole process all over again.
kt-Froggy said:
If you are able to ge to TWRP recovery, then the easiest thing for you is to use ADB. Two options: adb push, and adb sideload. Learn about it - there is a lot of info here on XDA on how to set up and use it. This is not specific to a particular phone; it's a very handy tool you can use with any Android device.
Another option would be to flash a stock KDZ, and start the whole process all over again.
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Thanks very much I'll try the sideload method first, but if worst comes to worst ill try to flash it.
This will be a veeeery steep learning curve for me :v
kt-Froggy said:
If you are able to ge to TWRP recovery, then the easiest thing for you is to use ADB. Two options: adb push, and adb sideload. Learn about it - there is a lot of info here on XDA on how to set up and use it. This is not specific to a particular phone; it's a very handy tool you can use with any Android device.
Another option would be to flash a stock KDZ, and start the whole process all over again.
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tried to use adb sideload / push:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317986 <-for HTC One, but the idea is the same
to be sure I also followed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272266
When I try to connect ADB sideload on cmd, and type 'adb device', its saying 'List of Devices Attached' but its not displaying my device
I have all the latest drivers for my F180S, including LG United Mobile Drivers... etc etc.
But when I check my device manager, it says 'LG-180S' (no F, weirdly) so its being detected
When I saw that its not working, I tried to re-flash it with official ROM, I followed instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44874388&postcount=36
it says to 'press vol up+down then connect to computer'
when I try to do it, nothing happens, first its showing that its charging, then it flashes 'LG logo' for 0.5 sec, then its showing a fully charged battery, then a blank screen (the screen is lit up, but theres nothng, just black)
HELP T_T
lancelotconquista said:
tried to use adb sideload / push:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317986 <-for HTC One, but the idea is the same
to be sure I also followed this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2272266
When I try to connect ADB sideload on cmd, and type 'adb device', its saying 'List of Devices Attached' but its not displaying my device
I have all the latest drivers for my F180S, including LG United Mobile Drivers... etc etc.
But when I check my device manager, it says 'LG-180S' (no F, weirdly) so its being detected
When I saw that its not working, I tried to re-flash it with official ROM, I followed instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44874388&postcount=36
it says to 'press vol up+down then connect to computer'
when I try to do it, nothing happens, first its showing that its charging, then it flashes 'LG logo' for 0.5 sec, then its showing a fully charged battery, then a blank screen (the screen is lit up, but theres nothng, just black)
HELP T_T
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Reboot to TWRP and connect your device to your PC.
Open device manager.
Right click at the unknown device (LG-180S), choose "update driver software"
Choose "Browse my computer for..."
Click "Let me pick from a list..."
Choose "ADB Interface", click next
Choose "Android Sooner Single ADB Interface"
continue until the driver installation complete.
Now you can use adb push, or sideload to fix your phone.
When you check using adb devices, it will list your device as recovery
kt-Froggy said:
If you are able to ge to TWRP recovery, then the easiest thing for you is to use ADB. Two options: adb push, and adb sideload. Learn about it - there is a lot of info here on XDA on how to set up and use it. This is not specific to a particular phone; it's a very handy tool you can use with any Android device.
Another option would be to flash a stock KDZ, and start the whole process all over again.
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arasyi said:
Reboot to TWRP and connect your device to your PC.
Open device manager.
Right click at the unknown device (LG-180S), choose "update driver software"
Choose "Browse my computer for..."
Click "Let me pick from a list..."
Choose "ADB Interface", click next
Choose "Android Sooner Single ADB Interface"
continue until the driver installation complete.
Now you can use adb push, or sideload to fix your phone.
When you check using adb devices, it will list your device as recovery
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Thanks! Now another question...
Ive pushed the TWRP backups back (The TWRP folder, which includes a file named ".twrps" and then a folder named backups. But when i click restore on TWRP recovery, theres nothing displayed on restore :/ How can I restore it at least?
EDIT: nevermind, I put a name on the .twrps file (changed it to test.twrps) and it worked
Thanks anyway for the device manager trick! I would have not done it witout your help T_T Thanks thanks!
I have a nexus 7 2013 LTE build KOT49H
I initially managed to unlock and root using nrt 1.8...everything was perfect...there was some confusion getting adb setup though..
(for WugFresh...your instructions are fantastic but you should add a line to "check your device for the message to accept a connection for adb and select ok"...I found myself waiting and waiting, staring at my computer screen thinking that the nrt was hanging when all I needed to do was press "ok" on my device.)
Like I said...everything was perfect but I had to go one step further...
I then installed cyanogenmod 10.2 using twrp...tihs also went fine but I hated it and wanted to get back to my original google os. I had a really hard time getting adb set up once cyanogen was installed but once I finally did I was able to get back to stock again using nrt 1.8.
So now I'm back to stock image KOT49H. Everything runs fine and I see the unlocked logo when I boot so I assume I'm still unlocked.
Here's the problem..
When I try to root now, (I always run the NRT driver test until I get "success" message first) my device hangs on the "Booting modified boot.img to enable..." message.
And I mean hangs...can't even power it down without popping the cover and disconnecting the battery! Thankfully this gets me back to a running device but I still want to root this thing.
Any idea what might be wrong or where I should go to from here?
Thanks for any help you can suggest!
Did you re-enable USB debugging? Another thing is to switch to PTP mode instead of MTP. If none of that is the issue, it may be drivers, fire up wugs toolkit, hook up your device, and click the button "Full Driver Installation Guide", skip to Step 3 tab, and run the "Full Driver Test", if it fails then you're going to need to run through the steps in that "Full Driver Installation Guide, going through each step.
Well all you need to do for root is flash supersu.zip binary. If you have twrp on your device, boot to recovery. When you power on, hold down the volume down button also. When in boot loader mode, select recovery. If its not booting, you could just wipe to factory reset. Flash your supersu zip you'll be good.
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mdamaged said:
Did you re-enable USB debugging? Another thing is to switch to PTP mode instead of MTP. If none of that is the issue, it may be drivers, fire up wugs toolkit, hook up your device, and click the button "Full Driver Installation Guide", skip to Step 3 tab, and run the "Full Driver Test", if it fails then you're going to need to run through the steps in that "Full Driver Installation Guide, going through each step.
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Thanks for the response...
All these check...I do have to switch to PTP to get adb functional and I do get success on the full driver test before I try rooting...device still hangs at "Booting modified boot.img to enable running privileged commands" message and then wont power down without disconnecting battery...
Which recovery are you on stock or still on twrp? If still on twrp, you might want to try flashing the supersu.zip yourself, just get the latest SuperSU put it on your device, and boot into twrp and manually flash it like datallboy suggests, this eliminates the PC/drivers/usb connection as a possible issue.
If you are on stock recovery either flash twrp, or if you want to keep stock recovery, you can boot into twrp temporarily without replacing the stock recovery.
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Well all you need to do for root is flash supersu.zip binary. If you have twrp on your device, boot to recovery. When you power on, hold down the volume down button also. When in boot loader mode, select recovery. If its not booting, you could just wipe to factory reset. Flash your supersu zip you'll be good.
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Thanks for the suggestions...
I lost twrp when I went back to stock build.
Sorry...I'm real green at all of this...
You think I should:
power up to fastboot mode...select boot loader mode...then select recovery to see if it boots?
You need to be real clear for me, I'm a total newb
I would need a link to thorough instructions for wiping to factory reset and flashing the supersu.zip...I do have adt installed and have my path modified so that I can run instructions like "adb devices" in a command window but I'm unclear as to where to place files so they will be seen if I try to flash them via adt. (like I say...this is all new to me and I'm not even sure if that last sentence makes sense)
mdamaged said:
Which recovery are you on stock or still on twrp? If still on twrp, you might want to try flashing the supersu.zip yourself, just get the latest SuperSU put it on your device, and boot into twrp and manually flash it like datallboy suggests, this eliminates the PC/drivers/usb connection as a possible issue.
If you are on stock recovery either flash twrp, or if you want to keep stock recovery, you can boot into twrp temporarily without replacing the stock recovery.
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Thanks for responding!
TWRP was wiped when I went back to stock build...I'm assuming I have stock recovery now but when your device freezes in fastboot mode and wont power down without pulling the battery you cable you gotta wonder if you have any recovery at all!!!
I'll need instruction on how to flash twrp again...but I believe that this is the step that WugFresh's NRT is trying to do when the device freezes.
SMELZBAD said:
Thanks for responding!
TWRP was wiped when I went back to stock build...I'm assuming I have stock recovery now but when your device freezes in fastboot mode and wont power down without pulling the battery you cable you gotta wonder if you have any recovery at all!!!
I'll need instruction on how to flash twrp again...but I believe that this is the step that WugFresh's NRT is trying to do when the device freezes.
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I typed this up on the fly so pardon any mistakes, there's more than one way to do this, but I'm basing this on already having wugs toolkit installed and updated and configured for your device on the PC you're going to do this on.
Plug device in, enable USB debugging mode, connect to PC, verify you can access your device through the PC, get the latest UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX zip, save it to your device (in the root of the sdcard).
EDIT: OR, even better, you can just boot the device and download it with chrome or whatever and save it to the sdcard, then you can continue:
Open windows explorer and navigate to (assuming you picked the default install directory):
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data
...in that window, hold down shift, right click, select "Open command windows here", in it, type:
adb devices
...if nothing shows up post back (screenshot would be nice), if your device shows up, then open another windows explorer window and navigate to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data\Recovery_Custom\TWRP\
...and copy the img (mine is openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img) file you see in there to the other explorer window I told you to open earlier, now assuming you put the SuperSU file on your device in the root folder of the device, you should be able to do:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
This should reboot your device and boot twrp (this method does not replace whatever recovery you have on there now).
If you want to flash twrp and replace your current recovery you'd want to do:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
Then once in twrp recovery you can select flash file, navigate to the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX.zip file on your device, select it, and swipe to flash, reboot, run/install busybox and see what happens..it will let you know if there is a problem with root.
mdamaged said:
I typed this up on the fly so pardon any mistakes, there's more than one way to do this, but I'm basing this on already having wugs toolkit installed and updated and configured for your device on the PC you're going to do this on.
Plug device in, enable USB debugging mode, connect to PC, verify you can access your device through the PC, get the latest zip, save it to your device (in the root of the sdcard).
Open windows explorer and navigate to (assuming you picked the default install directory):
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data
...in that window, hold down shift, right click, select "Open command windows here", in it, type:
adb devices
...if nothing shows up post back (screenshot would be nice), if your device shows up, then open another windows explorer window and navigate to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data\Recovery_Custom\TWRP\
...and copy the img (mine is openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img) file you see in there to the other explorer window I told you to open earlier, now assuming you put the SuperSU file on your device in the root folder of the device, you should be able to do:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
This should reboot your device and boot twrp (this method does not replace whatever recovery you have on there now).
If you want to flash twrp and replace your current recovery you'd want to do:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
Then once in twrp recovery you can select flash file, navigate to the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX.zip file on your device, select it, and swipe to flash, reboot, run busybox and see what happens.
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Thanks a ton for the instruction!
I'm starting to make sense of this.
Found some other instruction for getting twrp back on the device which I think I'll try before flashing the superSU:
They're exactly what you're describing. I've also figured out where the flashboot.exe stuff is on my computer and added twp.img file there. I'' try getting twrp on and then I'll flash the superSU via twrp.
It'll probably be tomorrow before I get a chance to try all this but I'll be sure to post back once I do.
I'm still in the dark as to why missing this superSU thingy would be causing the device to freeze up the way it does when I try to root using WugFresh's NRT...I thought that flashing twrp and superSU is what the NRT is trying to do when it tries to root my device???
Anyway gtg...thanks all for assisting...I'll post back after the flash attempts...hopefully with happy news!
SMELZBAD said:
Thanks a ton for the instruction!
I'm starting to make sense of this.
Found some other instruction for getting twrp back on the device which I think I'll try before flashing the superSU:
They're exactly what you're describing. I've also figured out where the flashboot.exe stuff is on my computer and added twp.img file there. I'' try getting twrp on and then I'll flash the superSU via twrp.
It'll probably be tomorrow before I get a chance to try all this but I'll be sure to post back once I do.
I'm still in the dark as to why missing this superSU thingy would be causing the device to freeze up the way it does when I try to root using WugFresh's NRT...I thought that flashing twrp and superSU is what the NRT is trying to do when it tries to root my device???
Anyway gtg...thanks all for assisting...I'll post back after the flash attempts...hopefully with happy news!
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Wug's toolkit is doing exactly that, the main difference in doing it manually is we get to see where the problem is.
If this fails then I would probably say you should backup anything on your device you don't want wiped, and try one click restore and try rooting again.
Good luck.
mdamaged said:
I typed this up on the fly so pardon any mistakes, there's more than one way to do this, but I'm basing this on already having wugs toolkit installed and updated and configured for your device on the PC you're going to do this on.
Plug device in, enable USB debugging mode, connect to PC, verify you can access your device through the PC, get the latest UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX zip, save it to your device (in the root of the sdcard).
EDIT: OR, even better, you can just boot the device and download it with chrome or whatever and save it to the sdcard, then you can continue:
Open windows explorer and navigate to (assuming you picked the default install directory):
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data
...in that window, hold down shift, right click, select "Open command windows here", in it, type:
adb devices
...if nothing shows up post back (screenshot would be nice), if your device shows up, then open another windows explorer window and navigate to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data\Recovery_Custom\TWRP\
...and copy the img (mine is openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img) file you see in there to the other explorer window I told you to open earlier, now assuming you put the SuperSU file on your device in the root folder of the device, you should be able to do:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
This should reboot your device and boot twrp (this method does not replace whatever recovery you have on there now).
If you want to flash twrp and replace your current recovery you'd want to do:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
Then once in twrp recovery you can select flash file, navigate to the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX.zip file on your device, select it, and swipe to flash, reboot, run/install busybox and see what happens..it will let you know if there is a problem with root.
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Followed your instructions...everything went as it should until I got to:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-deb.img
instead of rebooting the device I only got waiting for device message in command window...
is device supposed to be put in bootloader mode before entering this instruction maybe???
okay I got twrp to flash...took like .7 seconds so I guess it was already on there...
when I tried to flash UPDATESuperSU (and by flash I assume you mean install???)
I get:
Updating partition details...
E: Unable to open zip file.
Error flashing zip ' /sdcard/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.89.zip
Updating partition details...
and the in red underneath: Failed
and the 3 twrp button choices of home Wipe cache/davlik and Reboot System
I selected reboot system and then got message "this device is not rooted swipe to install SuperSU now
I swiped...and the system has rebooted and I now have SuperSU installer app icon in apps bit after running root checker I get device is not properly rooted message
I then ran the SuperSU installer app and it gave me an option to update via the play store...which I did...then ran SuperuserSU which was now updated and installed and it completed rooting...after rebooting the device Root Checker now shows device properly rooted!
THANKS A TON GUYS!!!
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okay I got twrp to flash...took like .7 seconds so I guess it was already on there...
when I tried to flash UPDATESuperSU (and by flash I assume you mean install???)
I get:
Updating partition details...
E: Unable to open zip file.
Error flashing zip ' /sdcard/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.89.zip
Updating partition details...
and the in red underneath: Failed
and the 3 twrp button choices of home Wipe cache/davlik and Reboot System
I selected reboot system and then got message "this device is not rooted swipe to install SuperSU now
I swiped...and the system has rebooted and I now have SuperSU installer app icon in apps bit after running root checker I get device is not properly rooted message
I then ran the SuperSU installer app and it gave me an option to update via the play store...which I did...then ran SuperuserSU which was now updated and installed and it completed rooting...after rebooting the device Root Checker now shows device properly rooted!
THANKS A TON GUYS!!!
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Curious. It sounds like a permissions problem, not sure if fix permissions would have helped (no need to try if it's working as it should).
Oh well, glad to help and that it's sorted.
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Curious. It sounds like a permissions problem, not sure if fix permissions would have helped (no need to try if it's working as it should).
Oh well, glad to help and that it's sorted.
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Ya...something likely still abit wacky...I'll be sure to post if anything weird starts happening but for now all is good...I'm definitely rooted though...I was just able to mount a flash drive via Stick Mount and run a video off of it!