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[Q] CWM wont boot, freeze

So i got my hands on a Galaxy Nexus and naturally went for a root. Should be an easy task, i thought, considering those one-click tools posted on forums. So i went on and unlocked the bootloader. No problems there.
Next step booting/flashing CWM. This is where things gotten strange. For the notice, i've tried doing this manually, through adb/fastboot, as well as using GNEX Toolkit and GNEX Root Toolkit by WugFresh, several times.
So the flashing (of CWM) process itself went well in all of the cases. The problem is that when i try entering recovery the phone seems to reboot itself (i get a typical PC sound notification that the device is unplugged) and i'm getting stuck on the Google screen with unlocked pad on. Simple battery remove solves the freeze, and the phone boots normally and is fully functional. Trying to re-enter recovery after reboot results in same freeze screen. Surprisingly, the stock recovery works after a re-flash.
I'm using Universal drivers, adb and fastboot shows the device correctly. Any ideas?

BTW, i'm on IMM76D, baseband version I9023XXKI1. Would really appreciate any ideas.

nzmvs said:
BTW, i'm on IMM76D, baseband version I9023XXKI1. Would really appreciate any ideas.
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That is not a GNex radio...
As for you issue, I would reflash everything manually. You don't know how and what the toolkits do, so how can you figure out what went wrong?

"stock recovery works after reflash"
what reflash?
learn how to do the whole process manually. you're not even flashing a i9250 radio..
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nzmvs said:
BTW, i'm on IMM76D, baseband version I9023XXKI1. Would really appreciate any ideas.
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efrant said:
That is not a GNex radio...
As for you issue, I would reflash everything manually. You don't know how and what the toolkits do, so how can you figure out what went wrong?
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thats right, thats a slcd version nexus s,
are you sure that you bought a galaxy nexus? flashing the galaxy nexus cwm recovery onto the nexus s would cause that issue http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_google_nexus_s_i9023-3910.php

Omg, epic fail. efrants post made me thinking and i turned out that i mixed up nexus with nexus s :O i guess i was too eager to play with my new toy Anyway, i've successfully rooted and CWM'd the phone, so i'm happy thanks guys for replies, efrant i owe you a beer

Make sure you flash the right files (Verizon/Sprint or GSM), if that doesn't work, re-flash the bootloader, then try again.

[Q] A100, cannot update to 3.2.1 tearing my hair out

Hello one and all. First time poster, long time lurker
ATM i have a A100 thats a GEN1, im trying my hardest to flash to 3.2.1 and even ICS but at every step im geting nowhere fast.
OTA just says update is invalid and will be cancelled and trying 4 different SD cards with the official ICS ROM just gives me the gears and art 25% every single time it reverts to an Droid with an Exclamation point.
Ive factory reset over a dozen times and i am at a loss how to update this stupid tablet before i throw it at the wall
Is there any way i can unlock the bootloader or so any kind of custom restore on it fr HC 3.2 as all of the guides ive seen on here are for ICS which isnt helping me due to the above.
Any and all help/advice graciously received.

lightningslow said:
Hello one and all. First time poster, long time lurker
ATM i have a A100 thats a GEN1, im trying my hardest to flash to 3.2.1 and even ICS but at every step im geting nowhere fast.
OTA just says update is invalid and will be cancelled and trying 4 different SD cards with the official ICS ROM just gives me the gears and art 25% every single time it reverts to an Droid with an Exclamation point.
Ive factory reset over a dozen times and i am at a loss how to update this stupid tablet before i throw it at the wall
Is there any way i can unlock the bootloader or so any kind of custom restore on it fr HC 3.2 as all of the guides ive seen on here are for ICS which isnt helping me due to the above.
Any and all help/advice graciously received.
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Don't unlock the bootloader with 3.2.
What procedure are you using exactly. I just want to see if any of the steps is wrong.

Romman0 said:
Don't unlock the bootloader with 3.2.
What procedure are you using exactly. I just want to see if any of the steps is wrong.
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Using OTA update, it goes to install and then says update invalid. Tried resetting the screen to never turn off factory restores, the lot.
tried installing it from an external SD card and even though i tried 4 individual cards which are genuins sandisk, they all fail to install.

lightningslow said:
Using OTA update, it goes to install and then says update invalid. Tried resetting the screen to never turn off factory restores, the lot.
tried installing it from an external SD card and even though i tried 4 individual cards which are genuins sandisk, they all fail to install.
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Where are you getting the update from?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

And is it named properly.

pio_masaki said:
Where are you getting the update from?
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From within the tablet itself and on the board here.
Romman0 said:
And is it named properly.
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Yes, I've flashed quite a few tablets before and never had this trouble.

lightningslow said:
From within the tablet itself and on the board here.
Yes, I've flashed quite a few tablets before and never had this trouble.
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Then the update is bad somehow. If its even off by a bit the signature check will fail. All I can really suggest is keep downloading and trying, assuming its for the proper device anyways (meaning not an a101 or something).
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk 2

Help, Flashing Image from Ubuntu to Stock!

Noob here... I just installed Ubuntu to see what all the hype is all about. I had no problems flashing, however I found it toooo laggy and unstable and I decided to go back to stock. There is one problem, i forgot to back up google factory images. I need to put the images in the root to flash, but i have no way putting them on because my Mac computer doesn't recognize my Ubuntu Nexus. Any Ideas guy, need some big help

Well yet another one of these. There's this thing called Google. I don't know if you ever heard of it. Ask there and you might get an answer. Google also has a friend called YouTube if reading seems to hard for you.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

I can't find anything in my situation.. Why comment, if your not going to help in the first place.

you dont put images in root to flash...
use fastboot
calling yourself a noob doesnt absolve you from doing some basic research and reading.

Pirateghost said:
you dont put images in root to flash...
use fastboot
calling yourself a noob doesnt absolve you from doing some basic research and reading.
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I guess I'm not explaining it right. I no longer have the Factory Image on my phone, I'm currently running on Ubuntu. My PC nor Mac could recognize the device, so fastboot wont work. I am looking for way to flash the image, that doesn't involve me downloading Ubuntu OS on my PC.

you dont understand.
YOU DO NOT PUT .IMG FILES DIRECTLY ON THE DEVICE
you flash them in FASTBOOT mode, which has NOTHING to do with UBUNTU
pretend you flashed a broken rom. GO BACK TO STOCK, none of this actually has anything to do with ubuntu

Man so hard the longest minute of my life. But finally found it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZcSC_MHkl0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Esteway.619 said:
Man so hard the longest minute of my life. But finally found it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZcSC_MHkl0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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watch out, that spoon might come back tarnished....

Pirateghost said:
watch out, that spoon might come back tarnished....
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Haha I know right.
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Esteway.619 said:
Haha I know right.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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he should still be able to get into the bootloader manually...

Not only do Ubuntu have a guide on how to get back to Android but there is a nice thread in General which is called (funnily enough) 'How to get back to stock' - read that
What this clearly highlights is the fact you didn't read the official flashing guidelines as provided by Ubuntu

[Q]What went wrong with my Liquid Smooth ROM?

OK ofcourse as all noobs do when they start a noob thread they state that they are a noob... Well I am a noob. and I need help as we noobs tend to ask for. I Apologize but I have done a fair share of reading and before I go of and destroy the phone further I wanted to give my own thread a try.
ok...
So I got this ATT GS3 everything was cool from the store but I wanted to reverse Apps (I Tinker with code here and there). Which would require a simple root. Great... Followed the Simple self explanatory TUT "How to root your phone without tripping the flash Counter". Started doing my thing blah,blah,blah. should have been satisfied. (Here is where the Noob Kicks In). Saw how sick the liquid smooth rom was. loved the look was just tired of stock. so I did it. flashed the rom (No Backup whatsoever just exported contact list :crying At a first glance I was in love still doing my thing.... then I started noticing the glitches (mainly video related). got a newborn and could never just bust out the camera and play proud daddy. So I decided to go back. this is where the big problem Happened. My PC doesn't recognize the Phone via USB(I've tried 4 other computers). Ive read atleast 10 threads and they all say I should go in the dialer but no one has a custom ROM. So Now I cant even debug apps on my phone. I don't know what to do?
From 4.1.2 to Liquid Smooth 4.2.2
Please Help
Sorry if that seems long.

Flash a different rom via recovery.
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Domoo said:
Flash a different rom via recovery.
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Thank you for the speedy reply can u give me any suggestions. I would like to go back to just the plain Rooted stock Image. also CWM does not work on the phone

theSyth said:
Thank you for the speedy reply can u give me any suggestions. I would like to go back to just the plain Rooted stock Image. also CWM does not work on the phone
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'm not an expert but it sounds to me like you will need to use odin as described in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Hope that helps

Abbyjack said:
'm not an expert but it sounds to me like you will need to use odin as described in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739426
Hope that helps
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Yes Using Odin would be a dream but my PC does not recognize the phone.... so IM stuck. there is a ODIN App now does anyone think I should give that a try?. Like I sed I just don't want to make things worst. all suggestions would be helpful

Do you have android debugging checked under developer settings? If no, try that. Had that problem awhile back and that cleared it. Also, have you tried using another USB cable to connect to your computer? Also have run into problems connecting to the computer because of that. Mobile Odin might be your only option if you can get it on your phone. Just search and read carefully.
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ryankgrant said:
Do you have android debugging checked under developer settings? If no, try that. Had that problem awhile back and that cleared it. Also, have you tried using another USB cable to connect to your computer? Also have run into problems connecting to the computer because of that. Mobile Odin might be your only option if you can get it on your phone. Just search and read carefully.
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Yea ive done all that debugging stuff. I'm just gonna do the mobile ODIN.Downloading it now. Wish me luck

Good luck buddy, haha.
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ok so I used mobile odin to flash the stock image back on the phone... For Future reference After you flash stock image you go back into the phone in recovery mode and wipe all data (Cache,Dalvic, Factory Reset) I had a crazy issue that side tracked me for about 45 minutes. I got a Flashing Samsung Logo. just put it like this I was already on craigslist looking for another phone. anyway USB debugging still doesn't work but. atleast im back to stock incase I gotta deal with Samsung or AT&T I can prolly slide through

Weird.
When you connect your phone to your computer does it charge? Ive had this problem recently and the phone would charge while connected to the computer, I just couldn't use mass storage. Buying a new cable fixed it though. I'm at a loss.
Maybe now you're on stock try the dialer commands you mentioned in the O.P.. If you haven't already.
Anyway, good luck. if you figure it you should post what you did.
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How many here are rooted/running custom ROMS?

I used to be extremely heavy into the rooting game. I started with the Galaxy s2 all the way to the Note 5 but then it kind of seemed to me like rooting lost some of it's appeal and development seemed to slow down for some devices. After the Note 7 issue with the recall I switched to iPhone for a little while. I am back now though and I'm highly looking into rooting. I see the Pixel XL has tons of development and am just wondering what do you guys think, is it worth it to root? Many people I have talked to say Android has come so far, that it's not really even necessary anymore. What are the Pro's/cons?
If this is a topic that has been posted before, I apologize, I tried looking and couldn't find anything. Also, this is my first stock google phone, in the past I have always been a galaxy/note user.

rbtrucking said:
I used to be extremely heavy into the rooting game. I started with the Galaxy s2 all the way to the Note 5 but then it kind of seemed to me like rooting lost some of it's appeal and development seemed to slow down for some devices. After the Note 7 issue with the recall I switched to iPhone for a little while. I am back now though and I'm highly looking into rooting. I see the Pixel XL has tons of development and am just wondering what do you guys think, is it worth it to root? Many people I have talked to say Android has come so far, that it's not really even necessary anymore. What are the Pro's/cons?
If this is a topic that has been posted before, I apologize, I tried looking and couldn't find anything. Also, this is my first stock google phone, in the past I have always been a galaxy/note user.
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I still root because of theming and my call regarding app. Imo, custom roms are still smoother.
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just_visiting said:
I still root because of theming and my call regarding app. Imo, custom roms are still smoother.
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I was always a huge fan of theming! Hmm, perhaps it's time to pull the trigger!

I've always rooted every device, starting with my HTC Hero years ago, but I have to admit, the stock Pixel experience was the first time where I've had to ask myself is it really worth it this time.
So I tried it un-rooted for a couple of months, (which is a personal record for me!) and I loved it. But I eventually made the decision to root because I missed:
1)Dark U. I (Using Substratum)
2 Adaway Adblocker
3)Custom Roms
Now I'm on PureNexus, and couldn't be happier.
With Google seemingly tightening the screw by making it harder to modify our devices, I just hope Root access will continue to be available to me in the future.

Just like buzzboy for the most part:
- Theming. (Domination from daveyannihilation on the playstore)
- Ad blocker.
- Custom ROM.
- For pushing theme ready apps to system/data partition.
- Kernel manager app (EXKM)
- Certainly other things I forget right now...
Cheers...

buzzboy said:
I've always rooted every device, starting with my HTC Hero years ago, but I have to admit, the stock Pixel experience was the first time where I've had to ask myself is it really worth it this time.
So I tried it un-rooted for a couple of months, (which is a personal record for me!) and I loved it. But I eventually made the decision to root because I missed:
1)Dark U. I (Using Substratum)
2 Adaway Adblocker
3)Custom Roms
Now I'm on PureNexus, and couldn't be happier.
With Google seemingly tightening the screw by making it harder to modify our devices, I just hope Root access will continue to be available to me in the future.
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Ya, I was looking into that PureNexus rom too.

rbtrucking said:
Ya, I was looking into that PureNexus rom too.
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Hello... Been using it since the Nexus 6, Nexus 6P and now Pixel XL. I have never been disappointed. Pixel stock firmware features + just enough customization in my opinion.
Cheers...

pure nexus + elementalx because perfect performance

Forgot about AdBlock and custom kernel. Also few other things that are escaping me at the moment.
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5.1 said:
Hello... Been using it since the Nexus 6, Nexus 6P and now Pixel XL. I have never been disappointed. Pixel stock firmware features + just enough customization in my opinion.
Cheers...
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What's the best tutorial for rooting in your opinion? Been looking on YouTube and trying to decide which one to follow.

rbtrucking said:
What's the best tutorial for rooting in your opinion? Been looking on YouTube and trying to decide which one to follow.
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No, no and no! Don't go on YouTube when you have the best on XDA. That doesn't make sense...
Download TWRP: https://dl.twrp.me/marlin/twrp-3.0.2-0-RC1-fastboot-marlin.img
Download SuperSU 2.79 sr3: https://download.chainfire.eu/1021/SuperSU/SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip?retrieve_file=1
And place in the root of your internal storage
Reboot your phone in bootloader.
You must have latest ADB/fastboot from Google: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
Unzip it and place TWRP image inside platform tools folder with ADB/fastboot.
Open a command prompt on your computer and boot into TWRP:
fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-0-RC1-fastboot-marlin.img
It will boot TWRP. Once booted, tap "install" and select SuperSU. Swipe to install and let it do its job.
Once done, just reboot. It will likely reboot two or three times. Don't worry, that's normal. You'll have Root with full stock. TWRP will vanish after the reboot.
Don't try to flash this TWRP image or you may have to reflash a full stock image... Read TWRP thread for more infos!
I think you could have found the same how-to here either in the guide or Q/A section though... :good:
Good luck...

5.1 said:
No, no and no! Don't go on YouTube when you have the best on XDA. That doesn't make sense...
Download TWRP: https://dl.twrp.me/marlin/twrp-3.0.2-0-RC1-fastboot-marlin.img
Download SuperSU 2.79 sr3: https://download.chainfire.eu/1021/SuperSU/SR3-SuperSU-v2.79-SR3-20170114223742.zip?retrieve_file=1
And place in the root of your internal storage
Reboot your phone in bootloader.
You must have latest ADB/fastboot from Google: https://dl.google.com/android/repository/platform-tools-latest-windows.zip
Unzip it and place TWRP image inside platform tools folder with ADB/fastboot.
Open a command prompt on your computer and boot into TWRP:
fastboot boot twrp-3.0.2-0-RC1-fastboot-marlin.img
It will boot TWRP. Once booted, tap "install" and select SuperSU. Swipe to install and let it do its job.
Once done, just reboot. It will likely reboot two or three times. Don't worry, that's normal. You'll have Root with full stock. TWRP will vanish after the reboot.
Don't try to flash this TWRP image or you may have to reflash a full stock image... Read TWRP thread for more infos!
I think you could have found the same how-to here either in the guide or Q/A section though... :good:
Good luck...
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Hmm I may have jumped the gun here I actually attempted before you responded and followed Max Lee's video on youtube and now I am stuck in a bootloop. What can I do? it's saying your devices software cab't be checked for corruption please lock the bottloader, then it says visit link on another device g.co/ABH

rbtrucking said:
Hmm I may have jumped the gun here I actually attempted before you responded and followed Max Lee's video on youtube and now I am stuck in a bootloop. What can I do?
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Why?
You are on the forum where SuperSU and Magisk, likely the two best Root method are released. And you go somewhere else looking how to install it...
What did you do to get stuck? How did you proceed?

5.1 said:
Why?
You are on the forum where SuperSU and Magisk, likely the two best Root method are released. And you go somewhere else looking how to install it...
What did you do to get stuck? How did you proceed?
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I've followed Max Lee's videos many times before and they have always worked. I guess I shouldn't have. What I did was download fastboot, the root marlin pixel and the usb driver and basically boot into the stock recovery by holding down power and volume down and doing the comman in command prompt to unlock the bootloader and then boot to root.img now it's stuck in a bootloop

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I've followed Max Lee's videos many times before and they have always worked. I guess I shouldn't have. What I did was download fastboot, the root marlin pixel and the usb driver and basically boot into the stock recovery by holding down power and volume down and doing the comman in command prompt to unlock the bootloader and then boot to root.img now it's stuck in a bootloop
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You used the old root method for 7.1
If you know how to flash a Kernel then flash the factory Kernel and then use the directions above. If you dont the easiest way is ro just flash back to stock without a data wipe. First post in thw thread below.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/info-how-restored-to-stock-soft-t3494478/page16

rbtrucking said:
I've followed Max Lee's videos many times before and they have always worked. I guess I shouldn't have. What I did was download fastboot, the root marlin pixel and the usb driver and basically boot into the stock recovery by holding down power and volume down and doing the comman in command prompt to unlock the bootloader and then boot to root.img now it's stuck in a bootloop
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No offence here. Just, the method you tried is not up to date... If you took the time to search a little bit before proceeding you would have known that. All infos you need to flash/root/mod are most likely already posted here. All questions have already been answered as well. Use the search function next time or at least, wait for someone to reply :good:
Good luck...
PS: hoping you'll get it fixed. 3am here, I'm off to bed...

TonikJDK said:
You used the old root method for 7.1
If you know how to flash a Kernel then flash the factory Kernel and then use the directions above. If you dont the easiest way is ro just flash back to stock without a data wipe. First post in thw thread below.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pixel-xl/how-to/info-how-restored-to-stock-soft-t3494478/page16
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I really appreciate all the help for some reason now my computer is not showing the phone in my computer so I can't access the files on it. I think it's got something to do with what I did to root it, I changed the driver for the phone. I used the file called android_winusb

rbtrucking said:
I really appreciate all the help for some reason now my computer is not showing the phone in my computer so I can't access the files on it. I think it's got something to do with what I did to root it, I changed the driver for the phone. I used the file called android_winusb
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These are the drivers you want. Sounds like what you have. It needs to be booted to see the files. Did you get it flashed?
https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb.html
EDIT... Nope you got the wrong drivers, use my link.

TonikJDK said:
These are the drivers you want. Sounds like what you have. It needs to be booted to see the files. Did you get it flashed?
https://developer.android.com/studio/run/win-usb.html
EDIT... Nope you got the wrong drivers, use my link.
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Yes I did get it booted but the usb is still not working and it's saying the file in the link you provided is not compatible.

Well it looks like this is a problem with the phone because i cant access anything when I hook it to my mac either.