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[Q] I may have bricked my phone

All,
I'm a NOOB, so bear with me here. I've recently rooted my phone and am trying to install syndicate ROM.
seemed pretty straight forward. I have clockworkMod Recovery v.2.5.1.0 I copied the zip file to my SD card.
Selected wipe data/factory reset
selected install zip from sdcard
selected choose zip from sd card
manually search for the zip file sydicatefro110-standard-signed.zip
seems to load fine and goes back to clockwork Mod menu
go back and select reboot now
phone stays at opening screen that displays Samsung title with samsungmobile.com
Any assistance you can provide is greatly appreciated.

You did not brick your phone in any way. A brick is when it will not turn on no matter what you do.
(One of my biggest pet peeves is people calling what isn't a brick, a brick.)
Follow these instructions and your phone will work perfectly: http://tinyurl.com/epicfix
EDIT: And next time you flash a ROM READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. If you go back to the SRF thread and take a look at what it says to do, you will know precisely why you ended up with a bad result.

davep785 said:
All,
I'm a NOOB, so bear with me here. I've recently rooted my phone and am trying to install syndicate ROM.
seemed pretty straight forward. I have clockworkMod Recovery v.2.5.1.0 I copied the zip file to my SD card.
Selected wipe data/factory reset
selected install zip from sdcard
selected choose zip from sd card
manually search for the zip file sydicatefro110-standard-signed.zip
seems to load fine and goes back to clockwork Mod menu
go back and select reboot now
phone stays at opening screen that displays Samsung title with samsungmobile.com
Any assistance you can provide is greatly appreciated.
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Well your problem is the fact that Syndicate ROM is EXT4 only and you rooted using RFS. You need to use the root method that installs Clockworkmod 3.0.0.5 not the one that installs 2.5.1.0. Go ahead and do that, when it boots into clockwork let it convert everything to EXT4 and then install Syndicate again.

k0nane said:
(One of my biggest pet peeves is people calling what isn't a brick, a brick.)
EDIT: And next time you flash a ROM READ THE INSTRUCTIONS. If you go back to the SRF thread and take a look at what it says to do, you will know precisely why you ended up with a bad result.
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WHY WON'T IT READ!?
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RandomKing said:
WHY WON'T IT READ!?
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HAHA...what a great episode and shots at Apple!
Do you BONSAI?

Sponged! That is when an Epic will not boot fully and is waiting to absorb information. Not bricked....sponged.
Do you BONSAI?

[FIXED] adb sideload "timed out waiting for package"

Hi guys, i'm new in this forum, so please pardon me if i did something wrong.
i really need a help now, my asus zenfone 2 (ZE551ML) got bricked Yesterday.
this is the timeline why my zenfone 2 got bircked:
1. I rooted my phone without cwm or anything else on around 2 weeks ago
2. Yesterday, i recieved the firmware update message (auto download) and i accidentaly clicked on update now without unrooting first.
3. My phone stuck on the logo screen, loading forever (softbrick?)
4. i've tried to factory reset and wipe all the system cache via recovery mode, but it didn't wok.
5. i looked at some forum and youtube said that i can flash rom my device to unbrick my device with 2 ways : via adb and microsd.
6. using adb sound promising, so i learnt how to flash rom via adb and i downloaded the latest firmware on the official website.
7. i tried to flash rom via adb: i've put the firmware zip on adb folder and open windows command in that folder, i connected my zenfone 2 with usb and start to "apply update from adb" and type "adb sideload xxxx.zip".
8. several times later i got message: "timed out waiting for package, installation aborted".
9. i repeated step 7 and 8 for almost 5 times and the results are same
Can someone help me? I'm really frustated now cause i can't using my phone or maybe share the reference about flash rom with microsd, because i've tried it but i don't really understand how to do it
Thx. in advance for all of you
nb: i've tried to search in this forum, but i didn't find correct answer for me
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FIXED!!!
FINALLY I FOUND HOW TO FIX IT IN THIS SITE http://www.asus.com/zentalk/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=39487 THE PROBLEM IS PERSIST WITH MINE AND FINALLY I DIDN'T NEED TO STPCK RECOVERY! THX FOR THE REPLIES GUYS

since you know how to go into recovery mode so i'll skip that part,
use this adb tool instead https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001607611

If you have an external sdcard take it out and copy the firmware you want to side load and copy it to the external sdcard. Now name it "MOFD_SDUPDATE.zip" and reboot to fastboot and choose recovery. It should automatically flash the firmware. Move it to a folder when you are done or it will install automatically every time you reboot to recovery.

bar4 said:
since you know how to go into recovery mode so i'll skip that part,
use this adb tool instead https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=95784891001607611
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Thx for your reply! My device has been fixed already

mremghz said:
If you have an external sdcard take it out and copy the firmware you want to side load and copy it to the external sdcard. Now name it "MOFD_SDUPDATE.zip" and reboot to fastboot and choose recovery. It should automatically flash the firmware. Move it to a folder when you are done or it will install automatically every time you reboot to recovery.
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Thx for your reply! My device has been fixed already

great thanks

I can't install TWRP on my XPERIA M.

Hey everyone, i'm new here, it's my first post, so please be forgiving just in case
My goal is to install custom ROM, so first I unlocked bootloader via Flashtool. It worked well.
Then I rooted the phone via KingRoot, it also worked well.
The next step I wanted to do was install the custom recovery (TWRP), so I installed TWRP Manager app and it failed
I installed it via Terminal Emulator app following the instructions on the twrp website and it kind of worked, but I can't get into TWRP...
Turning of the phone, holding the volume down button doesn't work. It's just booting the system. How to fix it? Maybe i'm booting to the recovery wrong?
Help me please, thanks in advance. And sorry for my bad english

Terminal Emulator: "su" then "reboot recovery"
OR power on the device and push Volume Up several times. Usually the LED turns blue and TWRP is booting.

mankokoma said:
Terminal Emulator: "su" then "reboot recovery"
OR power on the device and push Volume Up several times. Usually the LED turns blue and TWRP is booting.
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Both methods failed :/

zagoor said:
...twrp website and it kind of worked....
Both methods failed :/
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So obviously it did not work? I assume you are on stock rom 4.3 - so I would suggest to do it as explained here:
CM13 Nightlies:
PecanCM said:
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[*]TWRP FOTA recovery is recommended, follow this thread for instructions
Download:
Nightly: http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=nicki&type=nightly
Install instructions:
Before you install make sure you are on 4.3 firmware 1st with your bootloader is Unlocked and a cwm/twrp recovery installed. if you haven't installed recovery then flash boot.img from this rom zip via fastboot.
boot into recovery
Wipe data and cache
Flash the rom and gapps zip
Reboot
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Another Way could be to flash NUI-Kernel. It has built in the TWRP recovery.
But ATTENTION!!!: Both ways won't let you boot the Stock ROM !!!

mankokoma said:
So obviously it did not work? I assume you are on stock rom 4.3 - so I would suggest to do it as explained here:
CM13 Nightlies:
Another Way could be to flash NUI-Kernel. It has built in the TWRP recovery.
But ATTENTION!!!: Both ways won't let you boot the Stock ROM !!!
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Yes, i'm on the stock rom 4.3 by sony. The instructions are saying that I have to boot into recovery which I can't do... I even tried to install recovery by command shell in windows and fastboot, but this screen appeared:
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Have you tried with Flashtool? They say that after unlocking bootloader the official Sony tools won't work anymore. I'm not sure why nothing works for you. So I do erverything under linux environment and don't know how it works with the Windows tools. E.g. I know the behavior of adb shell looks very different under windows.... Maybe someone else has better ideas....!?!

I assume you want to flash cm 13.
First, download the rom. Then open the ZIP file and copy the boot.img into a folder. Then fastboot flash boot boot.img
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adi2500 said:
I assume you want to flash cm 13.
First, download the rom. Then open the ZIP file and copy the boot.img into a folder. Then fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Then are you able to enter twrp through pressing vol up while boot (led will turn blue)

Will installing cm13 this way be clean or dirty flash?
Im using c1905 4.3

"Failed to boot to recovery mode..." - Suggestions?

Hi Everyone!
It's been a long time since I posted here. Just got an M9 and having a few issues, It's obviously been flashed with custom ROMs before, is S-OFF and unlocked.
Unfortunately I can't get into the recovery, Ideally I'd like to return to a close to stock ROM. It throws up this message when I try to get in:
"Failed to boot to recovery mode... This build is for development purposes only..."
Download mode says "SD NOT MOUNTED" at the bottom (I don't know if that's normal)
I've tried to install various versions of TWRP via fastboot to no avail!
I've flashed lots of ROMs to my M8 before with no problems, but just having trouble as I don't know what's been changed on this phone! Any help much appreciated!
Few more details pulled from download mode:
htc_himauhl PVT S-OFF
CID-ORANG001
LK-1.0.0.0000
firmware version: 0x7
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Solved. Just had to flash TWRP, then go straight to recovery before getting to OS by holding UP/DOWN as it rebooted. Tiny little quirk!

what do you meen had to flash

I have a problem like that but I can't boot to download mode either. I get the message "failed to boot to download mode" then at the bottom "this build is for development purposes only ...". Please help!

Redfox511 said:
I have a problem like that but I can't boot to download mode either. I get the message "failed to boot to download mode" then at the bottom "this build is for development purposes only ...". Please help!
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Flash Twrp 2.9.0.1 "if you're rooting it".
Beamed in by telepathy.

shivadow said:
Flash Twrp 2.9.0.1 "if you're rooting it".
Beamed in by telepathy.
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The thing is I didn't have usb debugging enabled when the device crashed and started a boot loop. Now I'm stuck in the bootloader and I don't know what to do? Any advice?

Redfox511 said:
The thing is I didn't have usb debugging enabled when the device crashed and started a boot loop. Now I'm stuck in the bootloader and I don't know what to do? Any advice?
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In bootloader mod you have to use fastboot not adb.
Adb is only for OS or TWRP.
So you can try to flash recovery in bootloader with
fastboot flash recovery filename.img
then try to boot from recovery to download mode

[GUIDE] Install JUI ROM and return to EUI safely

Hello, as everyone knows, the previous JUI beta caused problems with the baseband and EFS partition.
On behalf of a Chinese developer to come out a new beta of JUI that is compatible with our phone, which will detail the steps to install safely.
1: Install this TWRP recovery and make a backup of the EFS partition and save it in a safe place
https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-pro3/how-to/leeco-le-pro-3-root-t3476560
2: Download the ROM from this link and pass it to the phone and install with TWRP
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B1WVNNqgsv7lR2d5MDFIdHZYbHM/view
3: After installing, restart your phone and wait for JUI to boot, start with a screen with Chinese letters, after that will restart the phone and start the ROM normally.
EXTRA: GOOGLE PLAY
If you need google apps, follow these simple steps.
1: Dowload BeanGapps
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/gapps-dynamic-gapps-t3487192
2: Install the ROM first, wait for it to start, and when you start to shut down the phone and go to the recovery and install the gapps.
HOW TO GO BACK TO EUI AND REMOVE THE ENCRYPTION
1: Download the latest version of EUI
link here: https://goo.gl/j6A5P4
2: Enter in TWRP recovery and clear all partitions.
3: Move the EUI rom to the memory of your phone and install. Then restart the system and then EUI will start loading, but at the end you will be asked for a password to remove the encryption.
DELETE ENCRYPTION.
1: On your computer, extract the boot.img file from the EUI ROM.
2: dowload TWRP recovery
link here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-pro3/how-to/leeco-le-pro-3-root-t3476560
3: Put the boot.img file and the recovery file in the ADB folder. Then rename the recovery file with this name “recovery.img”
4: Put your phone in fastboot mode, and put these commands in order
PD: Do not forget to move both files to the ADB folder.
1: fastboot flash boot boot.img
2: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
5: After that, put your phone in recovery mode and go to the wipe section and press “SWIPE TO FACTORY RESET”.
After that a screen appears that says that the phone is encrypted and that it needs to format the partition, and tells it to write YES OR NO,
6: Write YES and clean all partitions.
7: After doing the above, re-install EUI and when you start the phone will no longer be encrypted and will be ready to use again.
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thanks information and links
I have returned that way and it worked
http://www.leeco.re/topic/1906-helpx720-bricked/

mudur1998 said:
thanks information and links
I have returned that way and it worked
http://www.leeco.re/topic/1906-helpx720-bricked/
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I can't access this link. Can someone help me, My cool dual C106 bricked, when I plug phone to charger or PC, it only blink red led.

raiso said:
I can't access this link. Can someone help me, My cool dual C106 bricked, when I plug phone to charger or PC, it only blink red led.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8eryyvStU8

So if we have twrp installed, do we install eui through it? I thought i read this was dangerous on this phone