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could someone post a file of their nandroid backup of the stock rom? flashable thru twrp please.
I tried flashing the OTA on a stock rooted rom with twrp installed and my phone didn't like that. (rookie mistake:silly now any restore, rom flash, wipe, ect . will not work and my phone boots straight into TWRP every time. So if you could give me your nandroid backup w/o any data, or if you have a better solution please give me that. thanks!
MixedBoy8thStreet said:
could someone post a file of their nandroid backup of the stock rom? flashable thru twrp please.
I tried flashing the OTA on a stock rooted rom with twrp installed and my phone didn't like that. (rookie mistake:silly now any restore, rom flash, wipe, ect . will not work and my phone boots straight into TWRP every time. So if you could give me your nandroid backup w/o any data, or if you have a better solution please give me that. thanks!
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We need more details really.
But if you can get into recovery, have you tried a factory reset? Then reboot.
We need to know your TWRP version, (KK or not), What ROM you were on prior, and what ROM's have you flashed since.
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engine95 said:
We need more details really.
But if you can get into recovery, have you tried a factory reset? Then reboot.
We need to know your TWRP version, (KK or not), What ROM you were on prior, and what ROM's have you flashed since.
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I was on the latest snapshot of CM11 and then i flashed LS970ZV9_DEODEX_STOCKROOT_1_13.zip
then i got the normal notification for the available OTA update (ZV9>>ZVB i believe) and i forgot that OTA's and custom recoveries don't work well together.
So I've literally wiped everything except for sd/data/media (or what ever holds all your photos and music ect) and I've tried restoring ALL my backups, nandroid wont ever work...
I believe installing a new recovery MIGHT work although I've tried two different versions of TWRP i had on my phone. (current TWRP v2.6.3.0)
Requesting:
1. Someone's NANDROID backup zip file with no data, obviously
2. CWM recovery for LS970 (lg optimus g) sprint
3. Drivers for XP PC to be able to access file system of my Optimus G
MixedBoy8thStreet said:
I was on the latest snapshot of CM11 and then i flashed LS970ZV9_DEODEX_STOCKROOT_1_13.zip
then i got the normal notification for the available OTA update (ZV9>>ZVB i believe) and i forgot that OTA's and custom recoveries don't work well together.
So I've literally wiped everything except for sd/data/media (or what ever holds all your photos and music ect) and I've tried restoring ALL my backups, nandroid wont ever work...
I believe installing a new recovery MIGHT work although I've tried two different versions of TWRP i had on my phone. (current TWRP v2.6.3.0)
Requesting:
1. Someone's NANDROID backup zip file with no data, obviously
2. CWM recovery for LS970 (lg optimus g) sprint
3. Drivers for XP PC to be able to access file system of my Optimus G
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If you are on a stock rom you should be able to use freegee through the play store and it can install CWM if that's what you want.
Have you tried reflashing a stock rom? Why did you flash the zv9 when the zvc is available? I would try flashing that in recovery, twrp should flash it.
There are a few other options as well. Check the brick recovery thread and it will lead you to a teeny bin, you can use the programs that are suggested there and it will flash a recovery and unlock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230106
I think you can also use fastboot to flash a different recovery and unlock.
dopy25 said:
If you are on a stock rom you should be able to use freegee through the play store and it can install CWM if that's what you want.
Have you tried reflashing a stock rom? Why did you flash the zv9 when the zvc is available? I would try flashing that in recovery, twrp should flash it.
There are a few other options as well. Check the brick recovery thread and it will lead you to a teeny bin, you can use the programs that are suggested there and it will flash a recovery and unlock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230106
I think you can also use fastboot to flash a different recovery and unlock.
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Yeah i tried reflashing all the roms i have on my phone and i tried the ZVB/C stock (deodexed) rom and they both failed flashing.
ZV9 was the only success until i tried that OTA. I'm downloading the CWM recovery zip file right now to flash in TWRP. could you tell me how i could move that file to my phone within TWRP? I have trouble finding out how to access the file system from my computer when my phone is in TWRP
Thanks for the quick replies!:good:
MixedBoy8thStreet said:
Yeah i tried reflashing all the roms i have on my phone and i tried the ZVB/C stock (deodexed) rom and they both failed flashing.
ZV9 was the only success until i tried that OTA. I'm downloading the CWM recovery zip file right now to flash in TWRP. could you tell me how i could move that file to my phone within TWRP? I have trouble finding out how to access the file system from my computer when my phone is in TWRP
Thanks for the quick replies!:good:
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That's what we needed to know.
I think the issue is your modem. ZV9 is for ICS. ZVB/C is for JB/CM/AOSP
So if you still have your recovery or any unlocked recovery, flash the ZVC modem from the teeny bin thread. Then I would suggest a Stockish Rom. That should get you going.
So this is the situation,
I have SPH-l710 Rooted with CWM, I THOUGHT I made a backup of my stock system.....It made a image.zip and an image directory. SOOOO I flashed the phone with CM121...........In light of all the issues I could not get my camera to work with any app, them CM121 updated, Google play got stuck in a error force close loop that could only be avoided by logging into a separate user account on lollipop. Which is where the camera began to work oddly enough. Anyways I use my camera constantly and wanted to revert back to my 4.4.2 kitkat. SOOOO I booted into recovery and when I selected restore it couldnt find anything. So I installed from the image.zip and everything appeared to be fine EXECPT I couldnt get passed the second samsung logo right after the animation. Just stuck........How can I restore my poor phone back to my system image I have saved?
I tried this multiple times, then just reloaded CM121. PLEASE HELP!!!!!
the wipe/factory reset
wipe cache
wipe dalvik x 3
You could Odin back to stock. What modem are you on? (Ex. nj3, nd8, etc)
Powered_By_Linux said:
You could Odin back to stock. What modem are you on? (Ex. nj3, nd8, etc)
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I did find an image.zip and an image directory with my full phone backup i assume minus the damn splash screen that started this whole thing in the first place. Would I just use odin to flash the image.zip file to restore my original os or would I use CMW and install from zip and use the image.zip file?
And thank you for replying, it's hard to get anyone to help sometimes.
aanddink said:
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I did find an image.zip and an image directory with my full phone backup i assume minus the damn splash screen that started this whole thing in the first place. Would I just use odin to flash the image.zip file to restore my original os or would I use CMW and install from zip and use the image.zip file?
And thank you for replying, it's hard to get anyone to help sometimes.
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If you Odin to stock, you need a computer. You download the program (sadly Odin is leaked software so it's pretty shady; you could give Heimdall a shot but it didn't work for me, also Odin is Windows only and Heimdall is cross-platform) and then you download a .tar of a stock image and you plug your phone in in download mode and flash it.
However, there is no nj3 modem so you need to use an older one. Is your phone sprint, Virgin Mobile, boost, etc?
Edit: give this thread a look for info on stock .tars http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3121212
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Here's a good thread on instructions for flashing the ndc modem. If you use sprint, flashing nj2 should be the same process, just a different .tar. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2774333
Powered_By_Linux said:
If you Odin to stock, you need a computer. You download the program (sadly Odin is leaked software so it's pretty shady; you could give Heimdall a shot but it didn't work for me, also Odin is Windows only and Heimdall is cross-platform) and then you download a .tar of a stock image and you plug your phone in in download mode and flash it.
However, there is no nj3 modem so you need to use an older one. Is your phone sprint, Virgin Mobile, boost, etc?
Edit: give this thread a look for info on stock .tars http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3121212
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I have Odin already from when I flashed cmw 6+ to the phone, but before I installed cm12.1 I used clockworkmod and made a backup image. It created a image.zip file, will this contain my original stock but rooted image?
aanddink said:
I have Odin already from when I flashed cmw 6+ to the phone, but before I installed cm12.1 I used clockworkmod and made a backup image. It created a image.zip file, will this contain my original stock but rooted image?
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I would assume so, however, I'm not sure. I've only used TWRP and a little Philz for recovery. Afraid I can't help you there, but someone else (or Google lol) might know
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I would assume so, however, I'm not sure. I've only used TWRP and a little Philz for recovery. Afraid I can't help you there, but someone else (or Google lol) might know
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OK I understand thanks, one more thing if I assume its a full backup of the phone would Odin be better to restore with or use whatever software created the backup?
aanddink said:
OK I understand thanks, one more thing if I assume its a full backup of the phone would Odin be better to restore with or use whatever software created the backup?
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I think Odin can only flash tars. Ideally, you'd want to restore the backup with the software that made it.
aanddink said:
I have Odin already from when I flashed cmw 6+ to the phone, but before I installed cm12.1 I used clockworkmod and made a backup image. It created a image.zip file, will this contain my original stock but rooted image?
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Cwm recovery does not create zip files. If you made a full backup in cwm it should contain system, data, and boot img files. Restore it in cwm recovery.
But to go back to KitKat from lollipop you must wipe internal storage in clockworkmod recovery first .(if that's the recovery you are using).
By the way cwm is pretty crappy. After you fix it, install twrp recovery.
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Cwm recovery does not create zip files. If you made a full backup in cwm it should contain system, data, and boot img files. Restore it in cwm recovery.
But to go back to KitKat from lollipop you must wipe internal storage in clockworkmod recovery first .(if that's the recovery you are using).
By the way cwm is pretty crappy. After you fix it, install twrp recovery.
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Thanks for the reply, been tryin to get help for a while. So my version of CMW has the option to create an image backup & also create the same backup in zip format. Inside the zip and inside the image directory they have the boot img files and the system data and ect. I have 2 questions, 1 is what part of the internal storage needs to be wiped? I assume you mean format the system directory? which would wipe the os out at that point? And second since I have cmw installed if I wanted to put twrp on and not wipe the system yet would I need to just use odin and flash it to overwrite cmw? I installed cmw with odin to root the phone originally, cmw is not restoring my backups at all correctly so I would love something that would really work.
aanddink said:
Thanks for the reply, been tryin to get help for a while. So my version of CMW has the option to create an image backup & also create the same backup in zip format. Inside the zip and inside the image directory they have the boot img files and the system data and ect. I have 2 questions, 1 is what part of the internal storage needs to be wiped? I assume you mean format the system directory? which would wipe the os out at that point? And second since I have cmw installed if I wanted to put twrp on and not wipe the system yet would I need to just use odin and flash it to overwrite cmw? I installed cmw with odin to root the phone originally, cmw is not restoring my backups at all correctly so I would love something that would really work.
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By wiping internal storage, I mean internal sd card (data/media) not system.
If you cannot restore your backup, and are not worried about losing your data, I would recommend using odin to flash the whole stock .tar and starting fresh from scratch. Then re root by using odin to install twrp.
If you are on boost or virgin Mobile use the ndc tar.
madbat99 said:
By wiping internal storage, I mean internal sd card (data/media) not system.
If you cannot restore your backup, and are not worried about losing your data, I would recommend using odin to flash the whole stock .tar and starting fresh from scratch. Then re root by using odin to install twrp.
If you are on boost or virgin Mobile use the ndc tar.
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Thanks for the info, I will look into the tar I just need to make sure it's compatible with NJ3 and I am on Virgin mobile. I attached a snapshot of the file cmw created, Im pretty sure I saw a post on how to convert that into a flash-able tar file by combining them into one. That backup is clean except for a screwy boot splash screen and being rooted but besides that it was the first backup. Do you know if twrp has any issues with CM12.1? If I can flash my backup and un-root I would be able to start from scratch and do it the right way this time. I attached the snapshot just for your opinion on if I can use my backup from my phone if you dont mind, also to install twrp if I can use my backup I would need to unroot then re-root with twrp correct? Any thanks so much for the responses
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Thanks for the info, I will look into the tar I just need to make sure it's compatible with NJ3 and I am on Virgin mobile. I attached a snapshot of the file cmw created, Im pretty sure I saw a post on how to convert that into a flash-able tar file by combining them into one. That backup is clean except for a screwy boot splash screen and being rooted but besides that it was the first backup. Do you know if twrp has any issues with CM12.1? If I can flash my backup and un-root I would be able to start from scratch and do it the right way this time. I attached the snapshot just for your opinion on if I can use my backup from my phone if you dont mind, also to install twrp if I can use my backup I would need to unroot then re-root with twrp correct? Any thanks so much for the responses
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If you put that back on your phone in the clockworkmod folder just restore it? If you flash the ndc tar in odin you will be stock unrooted. Ndc is the build before nj3. There is no nj3 tar so ndc is fine. If you manage to restore your backup and get going, you can just get the app flashify from the play store to install twrp. Get the image file of twrp 2.8.7.0 for sprint (d2spr) and install in flashify. Get it from twrp website.
Your backup only has system in it, it has no data. Next time do a full backup. System, data, and boot. You're trying to go from cm12.1 lollipop to KitKat touchwiz without a data wipe and restore. Won't work.
Honestly dude, you seem to have limited knowledge on this. Don't take that the wrong way at all. To save us both some time and get your phone working, just follow this
It's fine to flash over nj3. I'm on virgin Mobile and I've done it a couple times. Also do a factory reset to wipe data. Also wipe internal storage (data/media).
madbat99 said:
If you put that back on your phone in the clockworkmod folder just restore it? If you flash the ndc tar in odin you will be stock unrooted. Ndc is the build before nj3. There is no nj3 tar so ndc is fine. If you manage to restore your backup and get going, you can just get the app flashify from the play store to install twrp. Get the image file of twrp 2.8.7.0 for sprint (d2spr) and install in flashify. Get it from twrp website.
Your backup only has system in it, it has no data. Next time do a full backup. System, data, and boot. You're trying to go from cm12.1 lollipop to KitKat touchwiz without a data wipe and restore. Won't work.
Honestly dude, you seem to have limited knowledge on this. Don't take that the wrong way at all. To save us both some time and get your phone working, just follow this
It's fine to flash over nj3. I'm on virgin Mobile and I've done it a couple times. Also do a factory reset to wipe data. Also wipe internal storage (data/media).
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Not taken the wrong way, I am limited knowledge on the subject and that's why I ended up with problems. I appreciate the help since I could not get anyone to respond.
madbat99 said:
If you put that back on your phone in the clockworkmod folder just restore it? If you flash the ndc tar in odin you will be stock unrooted. Ndc is the build before nj3. There is no nj3 tar so ndc is fine. If you manage to restore your backup and get going, you can just get the app flashify from the play store to install twrp. Get the image file of twrp 2.8.7.0 for sprint (d2spr) and install in flashify. Get it from twrp website.
Your backup only has system in it, it has no data. Next time do a full backup. System, data, and boot. You're trying to go from cm12.1 lollipop to KitKat touchwiz without a data wipe and restore. Won't work.
Honestly dude, you seem to have limited knowledge on this. Don't take that the wrong way at all. To save us both some time and get your phone working, just follow this
It's fine to flash over nj3. I'm on virgin Mobile and I've done it a couple times. Also do a factory reset to wipe data. Also wipe internal storage (data/media).
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I appreciate the link, understand the process. Just wondering the link to the .tar file is broken (at least for the moment) I will continue to try it, do you know if the zip file from samsung-updates " L710VPUDND8 firmware version for Galaxy S 3 LTE (Sprint) "
will work also?
aanddink said:
I appreciate the link, understand the process. Just wondering the link to the .tar file is broken (at least for the moment) I will continue to try it, do you know if the zip file from samsung-updates " L710VPUDND8 firmware version for Galaxy S 3 LTE (Sprint) "
will work also?
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Nd8 will work, however nj2 is the sprint equivalent to nj3 (latest update). It works fine. It's the last one I used. You may need to do the dialer activation code to get service working after you flash. I think it's ##72786# . I'll check.
here is nj2.
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Hello guys, hope that someone could help me.
I had a 4.4.2 rom (note4neo 2.0) and i wanted to try 5.1.1 so first of all i mad a full Nandroid Backup through TWRP and also a titanium bkp. Later on i installed lollipop original rom through ODIN and everything was ok. I then followed a guide from Noble Rom for rooting and installing TWRP. Everything went ok, but i had problems with some rooting app (like titanium) and so i decided to revert back to 4.4.2.
At first I rebooted into recovery, made a full wipe (even system) then restored previously backup. Seemed to be ok, but then when rebooted it stucks on boot logo (i left booting for 28 minutes, so....).
Then i tried to wipe cache, dalvik and data and reboot again: no changes.
I then decided to reflash previously twrp (the one that i used for bkp). Flashes went ok, but i have "recovery is not seandroid enforcing" message on the top (even with the lollipop twrp: maybe is this the key of my problem?!?).
Restoring backup from older twrp didn't work as well...
Of course i can enter both Download and Recovery mode.
Now i flashed back the original 5.1.1 through ODIN in order to go back to original lollipop and see what u guys can tell me to do to restore backup i made..
Thank you very much for your help
I was thinking that maybe i should flash a stock 4.4.2 before restore the backup...
Now i'm downloading it and see what happens...tell me if i may be right
Yes you should first restore a 4.4.2 firmware before flashing TWRP and then you'll be able to restore your backup
lennon123 said:
Yes you should first restore a 4.4.2 firmware before flashing TWRP and then you'll be able to restore your backup
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Update: Flashed 4.4.2, all ok. Then rooted, twrp and all ok again
After i restored Backup and stuck on boot.
Then i made again all the steps: STOCK, ROOT, TWRP, then Base version of the Rom and all ok.
At this point i was thinking it was done and restoring would have been just fine...unfortunatley it doesn't. Stuck on boot again.
So i reflashed the Base version of the mod rom and: it started with my restored app Btw i'm encountering problems like no home button, no volume icon, no settings shortcut. Now i made a cache and dalvik wipe but problems still remain..
Any idea?
After some attempts to solve those problems i stucked again on boot..
So now my plan is to: Flash STOCK rom, Root, Twrp, Base mod rom (everything always ok so far) and then restore JUST DATA from backup... Not touching system and boot should let the rom works just fine...at least i hope so :'D
Ok, as i was expecting the problem is solved. I did not restored System and Boot and all apps works just fine. Even though i miss some settings i made now i'm happy to be 90% back to origin ^^
Well alright, your solution will probably help other people in your situation. I presume your porblem is solved, if so you can add [SOLVED] in your first post in the title.
lennon123 said:
Well alright, your solution will probably help other people in your situation. I presume your porblem is solved, if so you can add [SOLVED] in your first post in the title.
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Yes, it's solved I'll mod the title
This is killing me.
I have the LG D852 v20j from Koodo/Telus in Canada stock 5.0.1
I bumped and rooted and installed TWRP 3.0.1 (unofficial)
I then backed up everything via TWRP (including EFS)
I also followed the manual method here to generate two .img files for EFS backup:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/efs-lg-g3-efs-backup-restore-t2907329
I upgraded to a stock based MM ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/development/canadian-d852-stock-bumped-rooted-rom-t3056843
IMEI was still there
I flashed the MM Videotron Modem he provided and I lost my IMEI number
Flashing the TELUS MM Modem doesn't work either
To restore it I have tried:
1- Restoring from TWRP the EFS alone
2- Reflashing the Dene ROM
3- Restoring EFS via manual method (works sucessfully but still "Unknown" IMEI)
4- Completely restoring via TWRP and even then trying the manual method
So, I have two backups (manual method and TWRP) and I still cannot restore my IMEI and get on any network.
I thought backups were foolproof.
What do I do?
I just had to flash an old LP BELL modem on the MM ROM and it worked. No need to restore efs partition.
see here for solution:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-...rooted-rom-t3056843/post66184123#post66184123
try flashing the MM stock rom you flashed and check if the IMEI is there. if it is, your best bet is to - from within that rom - go back to stock kdz/tot method and hopefully you get it back, you can then restore your backup with IMEI intact. this is what fixed my "unknown" IMEI from this exact situation except different model. another thing you can try before the kdz/tot method is to flash the MM rom and then restore your backup but do not reboot your device, after you restore your backup, flash the appropriate bootstack then you can reboot.
Ok, so the issue is resolved.
I just had to flash a working LP (BELL in this case worked) modem
Solution thanks to Dene here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-...rooted-rom-t3056843/post66184123#post66184123
Hi! My first post here (and not a pleasant one).
I bricked my phone by trying to sideload the android 7 september ota update.
I had root and TWRP recovery installed and I thought it would be ok to sideload the update from TWRP thinking that will erase system and recovery. But what I faced was adb sideload to stop to about 30% on pc and the options to go back or reboot system on TWRP.
So being afraid of a brick I didn't reboot and I flashed a nandroid backup (didn't have a vendor backup). After it finished I rebooted system to find out that the phone goes up to 4 dots and reboots.
The next thing I did was to flash a factory image. I flashed both the september and august images by running flash-all.sh with success (no errors) but still the device is in bootloop.
The last thing I tried was this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/fix-nougat-bricked-phones-n6-thread-t3449640
but made things worse and then I could reach up to Google logo. So I flashed back the factory image of Android N August and I can reach again the 4 dots.
The odd thing is that when I flash TWRP I see a supersu folder in /. Do you think it affects anything? But system, boot, cache, sdcard, recovery, vendor are formatted during flashing the factory images.
I have the 32gb model and unlocked bootloader.
This drives me crazy since it's a soft brick and I should be able to recover from this.
Any help will be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
adbPush said:
Hi! My first post here (and not a pleasant one).
I bricked my phone by trying to sideload the android 7 september ota update.
I had root and TWRP recovery installed and I thought it would be ok to sideload the update from TWRP thinking that will erase system and recovery. But what I faced was adb sideload to stop to about 30% on pc and the options to go back or reboot system on TWRP.
So being afraid of a brick I didn't reboot and I flashed a nandroid backup (didn't have a vendor backup). After it finished I rebooted system to find out that the phone goes up to 4 dots and reboots.
The next thing I did was to flash a factory image. I flashed both the september and august images by running flash-all.sh with success (no errors) but still the device is in bootloop.
The last thing I tried was this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/fix-nougat-bricked-phones-n6-thread-t3449640
but made things worse and then I could reach up to Google logo. So I flashed back the factory image of Android N August and I can reach again the 4 dots.
The odd thing is that when I flash TWRP I see a supersu folder in /. Do you think it affects anything? But system, boot, cache, sdcard, recovery, vendor are formatted during flashing the factory images.
I have the 32gb model and unlocked bootloader.
This drives me crazy since it's a soft brick and I should be able to recover from this.
Any help will be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
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Just press the volume down and power button at the same time. Should get you into TWRP and then transfer the file you want to install the ROM on and flash it. That should do it. Hopefully this helps.
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Just press the volume down and power button at the same time. Should get you into TWRP and then transfer the file you want to install the ROM on and flash it. That should do it. Hopefully this helps.
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I did flash the factory image from fastboot successfully without errors but it doesn't boot. Do you mean a custom rom? Im afraid that may do things worse.
adbPush said:
Hi! My first post here (and not a pleasant one).
I bricked my phone by trying to sideload the android 7 september ota update.
I had root and TWRP recovery installed and I thought it would be ok to sideload the update from TWRP thinking that will erase system and recovery. But what I faced was adb sideload to stop to about 30% on pc and the options to go back or reboot system on TWRP.
So being afraid of a brick I didn't reboot and I flashed a nandroid backup (didn't have a vendor backup). After it finished I rebooted system to find out that the phone goes up to 4 dots and reboots.
The next thing I did was to flash a factory image. I flashed both the september and august images by running flash-all.sh with success (no errors) but still the device is in bootloop.
The last thing I tried was this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/fix-nougat-bricked-phones-n6-thread-t3449640
but made things worse and then I could reach up to Google logo. So I flashed back the factory image of Android N August and I can reach again the 4 dots.
The odd thing is that when I flash TWRP I see a supersu folder in /. Do you think it affects anything? But system, boot, cache, sdcard, recovery, vendor are formatted during flashing the factory images.
I have the 32gb model and unlocked bootloader.
This drives me crazy since it's a soft brick and I should be able to recover from this.
Any help will be much appreciated!
Thanks in advance!
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If you have your userdata backed up, I suggest you flash everything including letting it factory reset your userdata.
Keep in mind your nandroid backups are on userdata, so move those off the phone first.
One other thing, when you restored nandroid backup, did you use TWRP 3.0.2-1 and did you restore EFS partition? There was a bug in TWRP where it would crash your phone because it overwrote an EFS partition with the contents of another EFS partition due to incorrect filenames.
sfhub said:
If you have your userdata backed up, I suggest you flash everything including letting it factory reset your userdata.
Keep in mind your nandroid backups are on userdata, so move those off the phone first.
One other thing, when you restored nandroid backup, did you use TWRP 3.0.2-1 and did you restore EFS partition? There was a bug in TWRP where it would crash your phone because it overwrote an EFS partition with the contents of another EFS partition due to incorrect filenames.
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Yes i used TWRP 3.0.2-1 to restore EFS. Was the bug to that version? Is there any way to fix it?
EDIT: I downloaded and installed twrp 3.0.2-2 and when I try to restore the efs it says "efs2 no such file or directory". The previous version of twrp doesn't semm to have backed up this partition. I only find efs1 in the backup folder. @sfhub can you plz help me? How am I going to find the second partition of efs. Can you plz provide me a backup?
adbPush said:
Yes i used TWRP 3.0.2-1 to restore EFS. Was the bug to that version? Is there any way to fix it?
EDIT: I downloaded and installed twrp 3.0.2-2 and when I try to restore the efs it says "efs2 no such file or directory". The previous version of twrp doesn't semm to have backed up this partition. I only find efs1 in the backup folder. @sfhub can you plz help me? How am I going to find the second partition of efs. Can you plz provide me a backup?
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There is some info about this over on the TWRP thread.
Essentially if you write all zeros into the efs partitions, the phone will recreate the data (if you instead of non-zero data, it will think things are corrupted)
I suggest you read very carefully erverything you can about recovering from the TWRP EFS bug. This post will get you started, but I suggest you read the original thread from the 6p forum that is referenced in this post. I haven't done this myself nor have I read that carefully so don't want to give you bad advice and make your situation worse.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex...h-recovery-t3230471/post68595543#post68595543
sfhub said:
There is some info about this over on the TWRP thread.
Essentially if you write all zeros into the efs partitions, the phone will recreate the data (if you instead of non-zero data, it will think things are corrupted)
I suggest you read very carefully erverything you can about recovering from the TWRP EFS bug. This post will get you started, but I suggest you read the original thread from the 6p forum that is referenced in this post. I haven't done this myself nor have I read that carefully so don't want to give you bad advice and make your situation worse.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex...h-recovery-t3230471/post68595543#post68595543
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Thank you very much! I'll read it first thing tomorrow and I'll let you know what happened.
@sfhub thank you so much!!!! That was it! The dd commands fixed my problem. I didn't know that the EFS partitions could be reconstructed by the system. I thought I was done. Thank you for indicating the TWRP bug. I was not aware of it. I couldn't understand what could have possibly went wrong since everything was flashed successfuly from the factory images.
adbPush said:
@sfhub thank you so much!!!! That was it! The dd commands fixed my problem. I didn't know that the EFS partitions could be reconstructed by the system. I thought I was done. Thank you for indicating the TWRP bug. I was not aware of it. I couldn't understand what could have possibly went wrong since everything was flashed successfuly from the factory images.
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Glad to hear you got things fixed.
I think i have done the same to my EFS Partition
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@sfhub thank you so much!!!! That was it! The dd commands fixed my problem. I didn't know that the EFS partitions could be reconstructed by the system. I thought I was done. Thank you for indicating the TWRP bug. I was not aware of it. I couldn't understand what could have possibly went wrong since everything was flashed successfuly from the factory images.
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Can you please share the exact command you used for nexus 5x as the link above is for nexus 6p.
saadabbasi said:
Can you please share the exact command you used for nexus 5x as the link above is for nexus 6p.
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They are the exact same commands as for 6P:
ADB shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst1 bs=16384
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ADB shell dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/block/platform/soc.0/f9824900.sdhci/by-name/modemst2 bs=16384