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Xperia play weird problems :(

I have problem on my xplay, the first is When you lock it(so screen turns black/off) and when im gonna unlock it again (pressing home or the power button) nothing happen just black, when u try it again later it will open again, like 2 or 3 times of trying to unlock, nothing show up on screen, it happens sometimes,
and the second problem is on my camera if im using it it says "cannot connect to your camera" like that, i restart it and still the same when im using other camera apps like "retro camera" i can use the camera, so i think the camera is not damaged. any help please? thanks

are u using a custom Rom or kernel

Shaun27 said:
are u using a custom Rom or kernel
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if your using setCPU change the scaling to ondemand managed to work for me

I Dont have rom bro, i just root my plate long time ago, and it jst happen now

omg and now my phone got super weird screen, its like gray and many dots, sumtimes its ok, sumtimes its fu** up

can anyone help me? now my phone dsnt turn on, if i press power button it just vibrate and nothing shows on screen ( i cant f***** use it now (

have u got access to a pc if so flash a new firmware that will sort your phone and boot properly u will lose the apps u stored on phone but not sd card
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Jahy420 said:
can anyone help me? now my phone dsnt turn on, if i press power button it just vibrate and nothing shows on screen ( i cant f***** use it now (
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when u try to turn it on is there any lights on the power button
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Shaun27 said:
have u got access to a pc if so flash a new firmware that will sort your phone and boot properly u will lose the apps u stored on phone but not sd card
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when u try to turn it on is there any lights on the power button
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reading back through this thread and it sounds like u might have a faulty screen

already flash it nothing happens, thats the first thing i did, no light on power button,

anybody? bump

hello? bump

out of curiosity is the battery actually holding a charge or try another battery and what happens when u put the phone on charge

I have the same problem with my screen i didnt care for a couple of weeks but now it can be like 10 minutes locking and unlocking until i finally get the screen to turn on ( the touch works since it vibrates when i touch the screen.) i send it to SE but they refused it since it had traces of water i went back to 2.3.3 but still nothing. for last resort i opened my play and reconnect everything but the problem persists. I do not now what else to do...
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Shaun27 said:
out of curiosity is the battery actually holding a charge or try another battery and what happens when u put the phone on charge
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My battery holds the charge, but when the phone is off and i plug the charger the charging indicator does not turn on

Flashing a kernel,Running on custom Rom or unlocking your bootloader does cause this problem.Just unlocked my bootloader and flashed a rom.Yeah it went all blank,the screen,so I decided to relock it and repair the firmware using SEMC.From then on it functioned normally.
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ahmfaris27 said:
Flashing a kernel,Running on custom Rom or unlocking your bootloader does cause this problem.Just unlocked my bootloader and flashed a rom.Yeah it went all blank,the screen,so I decided to relock it and repair the firmware using SEMC.From then on it functioned normally.
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The problem is that i didnt do anything, my bootloader is locked (so no custom kernel or roms ), so i do not know what else to do any suggestions?

alucard_maac said:
The problem is that i didnt do anything, my bootloader is locked (so no custom kernel or roms ), so i do not know what else to do any suggestions?
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Have you tried repairing the firmware using SEMC yet?It should reinstall the firmware since the firmware's the one usually causing these problems.It would be best if you backup your apps first.
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I had the same problem on my milestone about an year ago and it was because of humidity, at least thats what the guys at a local repair shop told me. They said it's not software related. Anyways the phone was ruined.
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sesamo said:
I had the same problem on my milestone about an year ago and it was because of humidity, at least thats what the guys at a local repair shop told me. They said it's not software related. Anyways the phone was ruined.
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Nvm that you have an awesome phone already.
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hi what is SEMC? and how can i use that? i want to try man, my phone is still dead. im using a fu**** nokia

Jahy420 said:
hi what is SEMC? and how can i use that? i want to try man, my phone is still dead. im using a fu**** nokia
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Sorry it was actually Sony Ericsson "Pc" Companion,which you have to use your pc to reinstall the firmware again if it helps.Make sure this SE Pc Companion is installed on your computer.Here's the link to download it. http://www.sonyericsson.com/cws/support/mobilephones/downloads/subject/pccompanion/xperia-play?cc=ca&lc=en
If your bootloader's still locked you may want to go ahead and first,press start under support zone,then click start under phone software update(Don't connect your phone yet).It will come up with the "Could not find phone" prompt so go ahead and press repair phone which is underlined blue under the prompt.After that just do what it says on your Xperia Play.
If your hardware's the problem then I can't help you much.

didnt work, maybe its hardware problem, i think that bringing my phone on repair shop is the best solution

Help phone wont turn on

Hello this is my first post by the way and i really need help please i just rooted my lg nitro hd and was flashing the CWM on it and when i turned it off to check if it worked it will not turn back on at all not to cwm or regular boot please someone help me i just got this phone 2 days ago.
thanks in advance

What do you see when you turn the phone on?

does the charging screen come up when it is plugged in?

it doesnt power on at all and the charging screen doesnt come up either

mine too,it doesnt power on at all and the charging screen doesnt come up either,
anyone help!

I don't know a way to fix this problem but I have seen unbricking threads for this phone that may help. I'm not sure though because I haven't tried them. I did however also brick my nitro two days after I got and I brought it back to at&t and acted like I had no clue what was going on. Mine was stuck in a boot loop and possibly fixable but I needed it for work and didn't have time as I was on my way to work.
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Hey try pulling the battery then reinserting it with USB plugged in to see if you can breathe any life into it if you can get anything to show on the screen that would be the first step then after that there may be a chance of rescue also try to let it charge for a while and come back to it, I brought a phone back because nothing would show up on the screen but when I brought it back to the store the Guy got it to bootloop if you can at least get it to do that you can work on unbricking it further
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it doesnt power on at all and the charging screen doesnt come up either

Something like this happened to me when I did a battery pull. My battery wasn't dead at the time either, it had 37%. I ended up sending mine to LG for repair or if you have AT&T, you can get it fixed through them.

I have the same problem, mine just stucks at LG logo and then loops, i don't know what to do, please somebody help us!

warishuku said:
I have the same problem, mine just stucks at LG logo and then loops, i don't know what to do, please somebody help us!
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Hold down volume down plus power until it goes to the factory reset screen. Press power to "reset" which really takes you to CWM (if you're rooted and have CWM installed). Then from CWM, do a factory reset/wipe data, then flash the zip/gapps (for CM 9), or another ROM if you prefer.
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kernelpan1c said:
Something like this happened to me when I did a battery pull. My battery wasn't dead at the time either, it had 37%. I ended up sending mine to LG for repair or if you have AT&T, you can get it fixed through them.
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Agree with kernelpanic. Sounds like a hardware failure. AT&T also has device support centers in certain locations that can swap out your phone in some cases.

dnorthington said:
Hold down volume down plus power until it goes to the factory reset screen. Press power to "reset" which really takes you to CWM (if you're rooted and have CWM installed). Then from CWM, do a factory reset/wipe data, then flash the zip/gapps (for CM 9), or another ROM if you prefer.
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Is this all it takes to "flash a rom"?
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dnorthington said:
Hold down volume down plus power until it goes to the factory reset screen. Press power to "reset" which really takes you to CWM (if you're rooted and have CWM installed). Then from CWM, do a factory reset/wipe data, then flash the zip/gapps (for CM 9), or another ROM if you prefer.
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Agree with kernelpanic. Sounds like a hardware failure. AT&T also has device support centers in certain locations that can swap out your phone in some cases.
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Hi! thanks for answering!
Yes, I have CWM installed, when I try to enter with volume down and power, it ask me to click power twice to confirm (as usual), but then when CWM is going to boot, the phone resets, and loops again at the LG logo.
I already tried the unbrick method used here in the forum, but I have a problem with the R&D Test Tool, because when I try to click at "Upgrade Start" in CSE web upgrade test, the program opens LGMobile Support Tool, instead of the screen of "country and language", and finally, when I try to update via LGMobile Support Tool, it doesn't found my device (already put in Download Mode in USB), I don't know what to do, please, any information will be greatly apreciated.
Thanks in advance!

[Q] Boot Loop Issue

Hi, I flashed a custom ROM with CWM.
I have flashed multiple ROMs before with no issues.
However, when I flashed CleanROM ACE for Galaxy Note 2 SGH-i317m, this time it has a boot loop issue.
It shows the samsung logo and it would not proceed.
The most troublesome thing is that I cannot get into download OR recovery mode because it stalls at the Samsung screen..
I would really really appreciate someone's help....
Thanks,

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Hi, I flashed a custom ROM with CWM.
I have flashed multiple ROMs before with no issues.
However, when I flashed CleanROM ACE for Galaxy Note 2 SGH-i317m, this time it has a boot loop issue.
It shows the samsung logo and it would not proceed.
The most troublesome thing is that I cannot get into download OR recovery mode because it stalls at the Samsung screen..
I would really really appreciate someone's help....
Thanks,
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Are you on the Canadian carrier? if you are using the CR 4.2 it will go into a bootloop. But scrosler updated it to 4.2.5, which fixes the bootloop.

jmapark91 said:
Hi, I flashed a custom ROM with CWM.
I have flashed multiple ROMs before with no issues.
However, when I flashed CleanROM ACE for Galaxy Note 2 SGH-i317m, this time it has a boot loop issue.
It shows the samsung logo and it would not proceed.
The most troublesome thing is that I cannot get into download OR recovery mode because it stalls at the Samsung screen..
I would really really appreciate someone's help....
Thanks,
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If you can't get it into down mode or recovery. Im not sure it can be brought back to life. Sounds like a hard brick.
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jeremyandroid said:
If you can't get it into down mode or recovery. Im not sure it can be brought back to life. Sounds like a hard brick.
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I really hope it isn't a hardbrick.. especially because I still see the samsung logo, it's just that the phone can't kick itself out of the boot screen..
I am going to try to use a usb jig and see if it'll force my phone into download mode..

Did you pull the battery and then put it back in and hold volume up, home, and tgen power to get ya into recovery? If ya get into recovery factory reset
Your not hardbricked calm down
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tyshemi said:
Did you pull the battery and then put it back in and hold volume up, home, and tgen power to get ya into recovery? If ya get into recovery factory reset
Your not hardbricked calm down
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Thanks for the suggestion, but as I mentioned in the original message, it does not let me get to recovery mode. When I try to get into recovery mode, it stalls at a samsung boot screen.
Same kind of issue with download mode and normal mode

Have you tried that battery pull? Ive been there many many times your not hard bricked . Hardbricked is no sign of life
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Doing the battery pull and before you power on hold proper button combo it forces it into recovery if not theny friend ive never seen that
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Doesn't sound hard bricked. Try multiple times the home button/power/volume up till it comes up. It doesn't always work with mine either. With the S3 you can only hold them down for a few seconds then let go. If you hold them too long it will just reboot the phone again.
Certainly doesn't sound like a boot loop. There's still hope!
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tyshemi said:
Have you tried that battery pull? Ive been there many many times your not hard bricked . Hardbricked is no sign of life
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Doing the battery pull and before you power on hold proper button combo it forces it into recovery if not theny friend ive never seen that
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Yes I tried doing the battery pull a couple of times. I even tried leaving the battery out for up to an hour, but still no fix.
I always press down on the home button and the volume up key before pressing the power button to avoid the chance of turning on the phone without getting into recovery mode. (same with download mode)
I plan on getting some 300Kohm resistors tomorrow so I can try USB jig, but if there are any other things I can try before then, please let me know.
Thanks!

I think I always push volume up then home then power and when it shows samsung release all and let it do its thing it may have to be in that order
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Exynos I have seen hard brick and still show start up screen. I read an article that about that that after it happen to my freind he still has the ohome and its still like that. The jig may "trick" it into recovery. His issue building from source his firsr rom he had heap so low it wouldnt even boot past screen and not enough heap to get to recovery. You jig may work . Dont leave it in too long . Just my opinion. Im a noob to android lol.

I read that too . No need to go into detail I'm not one to argue. Just keep trying bro I hate it for you. Just keep trying until it gives in good luck. Ill try to find that article again. Cyanogenmod had alot of write ups those exynos are different ball game than your usually hard brick thats the reason I said that in first post. Im not saying they did the write up it just seems like they did. Im no expert though
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tyshemi said:
Have you tried that battery pull? Ive been there many many times your not hard bricked . Hardbricked is no sign of life
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Doing the battery pull and before you power on hold proper button combo it forces it into recovery if not theny friend ive never seen that
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OMG I might have just saved my phone!
Thanks for nailing that thought into my mind tyshemi!
Whenever my phone stalled at the boot screen, I always tried just pressing the power button to reboot, or just take the battery out.
One thing I didn't think of doing was pressing the volume up key, home key and the power button WHEN I already was at the stalled screen!
I managed to get it into download mode and I was able to unbrick the phone via Odin!
Thank you so much tyshemi!!

jmapark91 said:
OMG I might have just saved my phone!
Thanks for nailing that thought into my mind tyshemi!
Whenever my phone stalled at the boot screen, I always tried just pressing the power button to reboot, or just take the battery out.
One thing I didn't think of doing was pressing the volume up key, home key and the power button WHEN I already was at the stalled screen!
I managed to get it into download mode and I was able to unbrick the phone via Odin!
Thank you so much tyshemi!!
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Hey anytime my friend thats what xda is for happy flashing :thumbup:
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Funny, because I flashed the exact same ROM (never downloaded another one), and I flashed it the exact same way as before, the ROM works perfectly now... :S

Yea ive noticed that aroma and some other tweaks throw the phone off a little I use twrp to flash got sick or cwm being inconsistent
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Phone Stuck in Boot Loop (SDS?)

Hey Guys,
I was playing Boom Beach on my commute this morning (which is slowly taking over my life) and my phone just randomly shut off. This has been happening a decent amount when I had multiple apps running after the latest update. This time however, when it got to the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen it would try to boot up to the ATT screen, fail and then restart.
I've tried pulling the battery, putting the phone in the freezer and, as a last resort, went into recovery mode and cleared out the cache and the deleted all of the user data....no dice. Now it just gets to the "Samsung Galaxy Note II" screen and either loops or just hangs there.
I am under the assumption that I am screwed here and was wondering if anyone had any ideas on how I might fix it. I think my only shot is to flash a new firmware from the recovery menu...does anyone have any tips on how to do that? Just get me on the right track I guess
Thanks a million!
-Erik

Boot into recovery using vol up + home+ power and wipe the cashe partion
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And reboot and you should be good

terpin32 said:
Boot into recovery using vol up + home+ power and wipe the cashe partion
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And reboot and you should be good
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Already tried that. No dice.

Also tried rooting it via download mode....it still wont get passed the ATT logo part and just shuts off.

I would try flashing this and that should make it boot
http://d-h.st/8HG
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Via odin of course

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I would try flashing this and that should make it boot
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[/COLOR]Via odin of course
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Tried this out, everything went smoothly...still didnt work. I'm thinking that maybe the memory is damaged? Is there anyway to replace that or do I basically have to buy a whole new motherboard for the phone?
Thanks for the help guys, really appreciate it.
Best,
Erik

smaxor5 said:
Tried this out, everything went smoothly...still didnt work. I'm thinking that maybe the memory is damaged? Is there anyway to replace that or do I basically have to buy a whole new motherboard for the phone?
Thanks for the help guys, really appreciate it.
Best,
Erik
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What didn't work?

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What didn't work?
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I tried flashing using the above link and odin...still just shuts off at the ATT screen part.

smaxor5 said:
I tried flashing using the above link and odin...still just shuts off at the ATT screen part.
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You do have a custom recovery right?
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Try flashing this your bootloader might be this one
http://d-h.st/iVH

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You do have a custom recovery right?
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Try flashing this your bootloader might be this one
http://d-h.st/iVH
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It keeps failing on me...any idea what im doing wrong?

smaxor5 said:
It keeps failing on me...any idea what im doing wrong?
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According to this youtube video youtube.com/watch?v=9XNHEn5cSXg
"If you received the Android 4.3 OTA, this will not work; I see in the video you don't have the "KNOX BOOTLOADER"
...I guess I'm screwed.

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According to this youtube video youtube.com/watch?v=9XNHEn5cSXg
"If you received the Android 4.3 OTA, this will not work; I see in the video you don't have the "KNOX BOOTLOADER"
...I guess I'm screwed.
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Gonna give this a try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502464

smaxor5 said:
Gonna give this a try: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2502464
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It is failing with the error "SW Rev. Invalid magic string"...thats the error on the download mode screen (ie on the phone).

smaxor5 said:
It is failing with the error "SW Rev. Invalid magic string"...thats the error on the download mode screen (ie on the phone).
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This seems to have bricked my phone completely. It won't even turn on and can't manage to charge the battery without freezing. Thank you for trying to help me out with this, it was much appreciated! I'm very excited to never buy another Samsung product again and get a phone with this cool thing called build quality. Bye bye cheap plastic, clunky interface and slow performance!

[Q] twrp issue and boot problem

Ok heres the deal. my daughter got ahold of my kindle. we i dont know what she did but she ran something that much i can tell. i powered it off then back on. when it booted, it booted into twrp and ran a recovey script. this is where it hangs up. so i held the power button down to reboot. when it rebooted it boots back into twrp. but it boot to the main menu. i rebooted the kindle though twrp. this time it boots up normal. after it is booted up it shuts down and reboots into twrp back the the recovery script page in twrp and hangs up. i have tried wiping the cashe and dalvick, then reintalling a back up. but the problem is still there. if some one can help me that would be great. it does charge so i got one good thing going for me. if worst comes to worst, i guess a factory reset and then redoing all the work i have done in the past.

Was just stock?
May have been 6.3.3 update
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If so try installing Mt prerooted 6.3.3 in twrp [2014][Pre-Rooted][Stock]System Version 6.3.3-Original Kindle Fire Only
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2793648
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ill give it a try. its a possibility that it updated. usually when it has updated in the past i lost every thing and had to start from scratch.

cheif_of_smoke said:
ill give it a try. its a possibility that it updated. usually when it has updated in the past i lost every thing and had to start from scratch.
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the update requires a compatible recovery to install, if recovery is not compatible, it will get stuck in recovery.

ok so i tried to mount sdcard. it was a no go. was following your vid. my kindle just isnt responing like it should. its geting stuck on simulating actions. not sure what that means. i guess its time to start from scratch. now to remember how to format the kindle to factory. any ideas. haha. i do have a fast boot cable. i could try that method, but you download isnt working right. the codes dont match in md5.

cheif_of_smoke said:
ok so i tried to mount sdcard. it was a no go. was following your vid. my kindle just isnt responing like it should.
likely divers, not recovery
its geting stuck on simulating actions. not sure what that means.
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It should not say simulating anything., that is for testing only, setting need to be unchecked
i guess its time to start from scratch. now to remember how to format the kindle to factory. any ideas. haha. i do have a fast boot cable. i could try that method,
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not necessary, you can boot to fastboot with recovery
but you download isnt working right. the codes dont match in md5.
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3 download options
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Settings>uncheck > simulate most actions for theme testing
nothing should be checked in settings menu
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ok i got the codes to match. its been a while since i used md5. i didnt know about unchecking the setting. im going to try to reinstall my back up and see what happens. i think you just helped me solve what my daughter did to the kindle.

as i was typing my reply to you, i got every thing to work. my daughter messed with the settings in twrp. i will still update using you pre-root. ill let you know how that goes. thanks for the help. now only if i can get a my other kindle to work. ill try messing with the usb. thanks again.

cheif_of_smoke said:
ok i got the codes to match. its been a while since i used md5. i didnt know about unchecking the setting. im going to try to reinstall my back up and see what happens. i think you just helped me solve what my daughter did to the kindle.
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if backup works, check system version
if is 6.3.2 or less it will just redownload the update and try again
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if you hadn't wrote simulate, it would have taken some time before I thought of it.