I deleted it. You may ask "what?". Everything.
Starting from the Rom using twrp and then every cache, backup (by mistake), etc. Everything. I downloaded the simplest version of android rom on the phone just to make the computer read the phone as an android device so I could upload stock marshmallow to it. I believe I, by mistake, replaced that super simple android with twrp so I cannot reach twrp now too.
I cannot do adb sideload because the computer wont recognize the phone. I cannot do zip flash files from sd because phone says it cannot reach the sd card (permission denied). I literally tried everything. The phone is in the most empty state right now. I will upload photos here to show. Can anyone skype me and help me out. The phone was 1 week old btw.
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so i was flashing my phone and i decided to delete some things off of my sd card and i accidently deleted my backup files. SOO when i encountered a rom issue i went into twrp and wiped cache and system and all that good stuff and when i went to recover i saw i had no nandroid file to restore to and i had no roms to install. so i logged onto my pc and downloaded a rom and went to mount the phone to the pc and it just says device not recognized ( and yes i have the kies program installed) so i figured i would just take out the sd card load the rom onto it and install that way. when i put the sd card back in it wont go into it on the install section. so i used the file explorer to move the rom over to internal storage and when i try to flash it there i get a failed error saying it cant open the zip (i downloaded and tried this more than once). SOO i figured id go to odin for my last resort (as some of us has done before) and when i try to get my phone into download mode i never get the warning screen. i take the battery out,hold the volume up and down button and plug in the mini part of the usb and the phone just vibrates.
and help/ ideas? im giving up for now, gotta get some sleep before i go to work lol. this thing is driving me nuts!
problem solved. unnecessary steps taken...plenty. hours of sleep lost....not much (i hardley sleep anyway), time wasted...to dam long!
used file explorer from twrp to manually change permissions to 0755 hit install and everything is fine. DRRR dont i feel smart now :silly:
sleep deprivation causes missed steps in trouble shooting!!!!!!
I have a LG E-971 and last night I tried removing the root but I farted up and completely formatted the internal storage, now I am completely screwed because I don't have an OS installed, and literally every attempt to unbrick it wont work, I have tried through KDZ, I have tried just installing a stock rom but unless I can get USB storage I cannot transfer a rom to the device. So is their anything else I can do to this?
JoeUber said:
I have a LG E-971 and last night I tried removing the root but I farted up and completely formatted the internal storage, now I am completely screwed because I don't have an OS installed, and literally every attempt to unbrick it wont work, I have tried through KDZ, I have tried just installing a stock rom but unless I can get USB storage I cannot transfer a rom to the device. So is their anything else I can do to this?
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one that's not brick, you formatted the system partition thus removed the installed OS.
if you still have custom recovery cwm/twrp learn how to use adb push to send the rom.zip
basic syntax is
adb push rom-name.zip /sdcard/
also using kdz to flash the rom is another easy way out, you just need to get the kdz file that is 1GB or less
http://csmgdl.lgmobile.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=FW559386573210987654321/E97120D_00.kdz
Mods May close this now Got the device back up and running
Team,
I have been researching for hours and am quite confused on which avenue to take to recover my soft brick. Information overload:crying:
Here is what happened and I will provide as much info as I can so please bare with me. After OTA upgrading to 4.3 and rooting successfully using the CF Auto Root. I was attempting to get my wifi hotspot working again using the Wifi mod and mucked around and installed the wrong mod (Odexed MK4). This rendered me stuck at the glowing samsung screen and it goes no further. Ive tried to factory reset, wiped cache and rebooted several times. Boots fine into recovery and download mode.
So after hours of searching, reading (its 3:50am est) and testing solutions I am no closer to a fix than I was when I started. I am currently waiting on a stock rooted rom to download in an attempt to flash back to stock but its taking hours to download.
However I just noticed, as I am typing this thread, that I can no longer
1. Mount as an usb external drive in recovery (TWRP v 2.3.1.0) I have Samsung drivers installed (1.5.14.0) so I get the indicator sound from windows that I sees the phone.
2. If I attempt to manually browse through my files using the recovery there are no files inside my internal sdcard directories.
/sdcard There are three directories there
/0 /obb /TWRP and the only folder that has files inside is the TWRP folder.
Im floundering here. I cannot even mount and install files on the phone to even attempt to flash back to stock. Can I get some fresh angles ladies and gents? I am at a loss.
signalsoldier said:
Team,
I have been researching for hours and am quite confused on which avenue to take to recover my soft brick. Information overload:crying:
Here is what happened and I will provide as much info as I can so please bare with me. After OTA upgrading to 4.3 and rooting successfully using the CF Auto Root. I was attempting to get my wifi hotspot working again using the Wifi mod and mucked around and installed the wrong mod (Odexed MK4). This rendered me stuck at the glowing samsung screen and it goes no further. Ive tried to factory reset, wiped cache and rebooted several times. Boots fine into recovery and download mode.
So after hours of searching, reading (its 3:50am est) and testing solutions I am no closer to a fix than I was when I started. I am currently waiting on a stock rooted rom to download in an attempt to flash back to stock but its taking hours to download.
However I just noticed, as I am typing this thread, that I can no longer
1. Mount as an usb external drive in recovery (TWRP v 2.3.1.0) I have Samsung drivers installed (1.5.14.0) so I get the indicator sound from windows that I sees the phone.
2. If I attempt to manually browse through my files using the recovery there are no files inside my internal sdcard directories.
/sdcard There are three directories there
/0 /obb /TWRP and the only folder that has files inside is the TWRP folder.
Im floundering here. I cannot even mount and install files on the phone to even attempt to flash back to stock. Can I get some fresh angles ladies and gents? I am at a loss.
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Good morning (not really, I assume, sorry). So where are you at? Not sure what you mean that you cannot install files on the phone... Can you get into download mode and your computer recognizes the phone? If yes, can you do what you started to say - odin stock rooted? Or... if you can get into a custom recovery but your internal sd card has been wiped, can you put a stock rooted ROM in zip format on an external sd card, put that sd card into your phone, and flash in custom recovery?
erikalin said:
Good morning (not really, I assume, sorry). So where are you at? Not sure what you mean that you cannot install files on the phone... Can you get into download mode and your computer recognizes the phone? If yes, can you do what you started to say - odin stock rooted? Or... if you can get into a custom recovery but your internal sd card has been wiped, can you put a stock rooted ROM in zip format on an external sd card, put that sd card into your phone, and flash in custom recovery?
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Here is the problem...the ROM I have is in zip format and based on what I have been reading I cannot install via Odin. Due to the fact that the phone refuses to mount as an external storage device I have no way of placing data on the the internal or external card. The only recourse I have now it to attempt to find an adapter to be able to mount this microsd card to my PC. I am out of town and have no idea where I could find one.....uggggh. Ill keep you posted.
signalsoldier said:
Here is the problem...the ROM I have is in zip format and based on what I have been reading I cannot install via Odin. Due to the fact that the phone refuses to mount as an external storage device I have no way of placing data on the the internal or external card. The only recourse I have now it to attempt to find an adapter to be able to mount this microsd card to my PC. I am out of town and have no idea where I could find one.....uggggh. Ill keep you posted.
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Walmart. .. target. ... and most any office store you should be able to find one. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538543 ... This thread gives you the stock unrooted rom in a flashable zip. To my knowledge no one has put out a stock rooted zip, but I will check around.
http://i.imgur.com/qrByUGN.jpg
signalsoldier said:
Team,
I have been researching for hours and am quite confused on which avenue to take to recover my soft brick. Information overload:crying:
Here is what happened and I will provide as much info as I can so please bare with me. After OTA upgrading to 4.3 and rooting successfully using the CF Auto Root. I was attempting to get my wifi hotspot working again using the Wifi mod and mucked around and installed the wrong mod (Odexed MK4). This rendered me stuck at the glowing samsung screen and it goes no further. Ive tried to factory reset, wiped cache and rebooted several times. Boots fine into recovery and download mode.
So after hours of searching, reading (its 3:50am est) and testing solutions I am no closer to a fix than I was when I started. I am currently waiting on a stock rooted rom to download in an attempt to flash back to stock but its taking hours to download.
However I just noticed, as I am typing this thread, that I can no longer
1. Mount as an usb external drive in recovery (TWRP v 2.3.1.0) I have Samsung drivers installed (1.5.14.0) so I get the indicator sound from windows that I sees the phone.
2. If I attempt to manually browse through my files using the recovery there are no files inside my internal sdcard directories.
/sdcard There are three directories there
/0 /obb /TWRP and the only folder that has files inside is the TWRP folder.
Im floundering here. I cannot even mount and install files on the phone to even attempt to flash back to stock. Can I get some fresh angles ladies and gents? I am at a loss.
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You always have the Factory Reset/Wipe Data option inside your Recovery. But if that doesnt work use your downoad mode and Reset in KIES. but whatever you do, now that you have upgraded to 4.3 DO NOT try and dowgrade. it will cause a hard brick.
You did the ota update which put KNOX on your phone which is bad especially if you have a warranty. There is currently no way to get rid of it. I read a while ago the peoples phones has been getting bricked because they were trying stuff.
Anyway the only option I guess you have is to use your computer and reset your phone using kies. It will flash your phone back to stock in download mode.
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Ok team here is the latest
I was able to grab an adapter for my micro and I attempted to install the stock rom posted above located here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2538543
That was a no-go and gave me the following error during installation.
assert failed: apply_rename_check("/system/app/ALLSHAREPLAY.apk","/system/app/ALLSHARECASTPLYER.apk","f90c86cf5423131dcd04f9a5b169df5f83ab9170" "81dbc5115c7c1121f70ada147f7297e192af4d38")
E: Error in /external_sd/cffb350e111c431bcd19eea86e0d0e6816950053.USER_L710_SPR_MD4_to_MK3_Update_FWD.zip
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I attempted to connect to Kies 2.6.1 via download mode. Kies will timeout attempting to connect after about 8 to 10 mins.
"Device does not respond. Reboot to Resolved the Issue."
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at this point I am still able to get into Recovery and Download. I really hosed this **** up
Here is the stock tar thread....You can use this to Odin back to stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2565972
Good luck!
http://i.imgur.com/qrByUGN.jpg
Thanks bro.....Ill download it and give it a try. I have nothing to lose at this point. Ill be back with praise or tears.
Problem resolved I was able to go back to stock using the link posted above by Bigpappa!!!
Thank you all so much for you help!
Congratulations
I am glad you were able to get use of your phone back. I wish I had seen this thread sooner. I was in exactly the same boat a couple of weeks ago, only mine lasted 3 days. I even bought a new GS4 when I thought my phone was dead. Took it back when someone finally helped me do what you did. It's a helpless feeling when you have been rooting and Romming for years safely. Sure seems like a sticky thread is in order for this specific issue. As you can see, I haven't got enough history for credibility on this forum since I rarely post. Oh well.
Ok, so I went to do a backup today and got an error and noticed not enough space to backup. I plugged it into my PC and it showed that I only had 1.5 gb of free space out of a possible 13.3 gb. So I started looking for a folder/file that was taking up room on the "sd card" and could not find anything out of the ordinary. So I downloaded an app from the play store called storage analyzer and it is showing 6.4 gb of free space in storage/emulated/0. Is there something I am missing with this? All my other phones had a physical SD card and I could just clean it up if I had issues. I am a bit nervous formatting the SD card on my GN so can someone shed some light on why there would be such a discrepancy between what my PC, Recovery, and an analyzer app would see or the best way to format/clean my SD card. Any tips/help/advice will be greatly appreciated.
The same problem i had a while ago. The thing is that your data that is missing is in /sdcard/emulated/ (my recovery was only doing backups there) and your phone while booted reads only /sdcard/emulated/0 . At least that was my problem. Try reflashing the whole phone again. That means backup of sdcard reflashing to newest recovery, wipe all including sdcard and install from sideload whatever rom you want.
It did the trick for me.
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KekeJr said:
The same problem i had a while ago. The thing is that your data that is missing is in /sdcard/emulated/ (my recovery was only doing backups there) and your phone while booted reads only /sdcard/emulated/0 . At least that was my problem. Try reflashing the whole phone again. That means backup of sdcard reflashing to newest recovery, wipe all including sdcard and install from sideload whatever rom you want.
It did the trick for me.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda app-developers app
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Thank you for the reply, glad to know that I am not crazy or alone. :silly:
I may give this a try soon, I would like to give some of the 4.4 roms a try but want to get my storage lined out before I try one.
ThePhantom97 said:
Thank you for the reply, glad to know that I am not crazy or alone. :silly:
I may give this a try soon, I would like to give some of the 4.4 roms a try but want to get my storage lined out before I try one.
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Alright, more help needed. Damn its been too long since I have used ADB and I am using an new laptop so bear with me. Also I have searched for several hours on this and just not coming up with a solution. Ok, I managed to get TWRP v. 2.6.3.2 installed on my GN via fastboot. And my goal is to format/wipe my SD card and sideload a 4.4.2 rom. I have a good understanding of the process and have found several videos on the subject. Now here is where my problems begin. First off I have Android SDK installed and have the google drivers installed and I have downloaded the drivers from Samsung again on this laptop. I have backed up my SD card and am ready to begin, but I wanted to verify I could open sideload in TWRP and now the frustrations start. When I try to open sideload under "Advanced" I get the following text:
"Updating partition details...
Starting ADB sideload feature..."
And nothing else happens, even after waiting several minutes, and this happened on v. 2.6.3.1 and that is why I updated to the newest version of TWRP. I have a feeling it has something to do with the drivers but I have not figured out which drivers are needed with TRWP. Is it the Samsung drivers or the Google drivers from SDK. I have unistalled the drivers via Device Manager and let windows install the drivers automatically, and I have uninstalled and re-installed manually using the Google USB drivers. So if anyone has ran into this or knows how to assist me I would greatly appreciate the help. Also keep in mind that I am not a complete noob when it comes to my android phones, but I am a bit out of practice. I am just having some issues locating an answer via these forums and many other searches.
Also, if I format my SD card would it be possible to push a rom to my phone via ADB? I am willing to try an alternate method just want to be able to install a 4.4 rom after formatting my SD card. Anyway any assistance would be awesome at this point. Thanks for reading my long explanation.
One of the other issues was that when I started sideload in TWRP and then typed ADB devices in terminal no devices were present (why I thought could be a driver issue). However, for some weird reason beyond my understanding it is working fine today. I plugged in my phone to begin my trials again today and tada it works, I typed "adb devices" in terminal and now it shows up with a sideload status and I am able to sideload a rom. Sometimes I hate computers/electronics and I chose a career in them.
ThePhantom97 said:
One of the other issues was that when I started sideload in TWRP and then typed ADB devices in terminal no devices were present (why I thought could be a driver issue). However, for some weird reason beyond my understanding it is working fine today. I plugged in my phone to begin my trials again today and tada it works, I typed "adb devices" in terminal and now it shows up with a sideload status and I am able to sideload a rom. Sometimes I hate computers/electronics and I chose a career in them.
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Most probably you did not have the proper drivers for fastboot installed since i had the exact same problem on Win 8.1 x64 . Now i hope you got your phone fixed. Be just very careful when it comes to /factory partition as that one holds your IMEI and if you erase that only a backup will save you or some mobile service. I know i have to fix mine since i formatted that and did not do a backup before
KekeJr said:
Most probably you did not have the proper drivers for fastboot installed since i had the exact same problem on Win 8.1 x64 . Now i hope you got your phone fixed. Be just very careful when it comes to /factory partition as that one holds your IMEI and if you erase that only a backup will save you or some mobile service. I know i have to fix mine since i formatted that and did not do a backup before
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I know what you mean, I am so nervous when it comes to erasing/deleting/formatting with all the that is why I spend a lot of time reading up and researching and hitting up the folks here at XDA before I commit to something. I have been addicted to android and flashing all the cool roms uploaded by all the great devs around here. I would not know how I would spend my time if this place wasn't here...lol. But yes, I was able to wipe/format my internal SD card and side load a rom and get most of my storage space back. I have came to the conclusion that the actual rom takes up some of the internal storage because after formatting the internal storage and flashed a rom and gapps there was 1.5gb used. I did not move a single file into the storage, but there was still that much used.
Sorry if this particular incident has already happened to someone else, but I've tried searching for it but haven't had any luck finding the information I needed. I find people with similar problems, but the solution is to do "x" and the problem I have doesn't allow me to do "x" either.
So here's what is wrong with my phone.
I installed cm13 on it about 2 weeks ago, and some updates recently came out (like 3 or 4 days ago) and I decided to install them. After installing those updates I realized my battery was dying super fast, even when my phone is idle for a vast majority of the day. So I decided to reinstall the older version of cm13 that I had saved on my storage. I went into twrp and accidentally deleted everything in my storage and operating system.
This wouldn't be a problem if I my computer would recognize my phone, but it doesnt! So I can't even transfer files from my pc to my phone. Whenever I try to search for a fix, the solution is always the same. "go in to settings and enable developer options". Only problem is, I cant, because I dont have an os.
How can i transfer files onto my phone if my computer wont detect it?
tropicthunda said:
Sorry if this particular incident has already happened to someone else, but I've tried searching for it but haven't had any luck finding the information I needed. I find people with similar problems, but the solution is to do "x" and the problem I have doesn't allow me to do "x" either.
So here's what is wrong with my phone.
I installed cm13 on it about 2 weeks ago, and some updates recently came out (like 3 or 4 days ago) and I decided to install them. After installing those updates I realized my battery was dying super fast, even when my phone is idle for a vast majority of the day. So I decided to reinstall the older version of cm13 that I had saved on my storage. I went into twrp and accidentally deleted everything in my storage and operating system.
This wouldn't be a problem if I my computer would recognize my phone, but it doesnt! So I can't even transfer files from my pc to my phone. Whenever I try to search for a fix, the solution is always the same. "go in to settings and enable developer options". Only problem is, I cant, because I dont have an os.
How can i transfer files onto my phone if my computer wont detect it?
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Best way is with sd card , no need for any computer recognition. Copy cm13 to sd card on your computer and put that sd card in your phone. Open twrp , install , external sd ...
tropicthunda said:
Sorry if this particular incident has already happened to someone else, but I've tried searching for it but haven't had any luck finding the information I needed. I find people with similar problems, but the solution is to do "x" and the problem I have doesn't allow me to do "x" either.
So here's what is wrong with my phone.
I installed cm13 on it about 2 weeks ago, and some updates recently came out (like 3 or 4 days ago) and I decided to install them. After installing those updates I realized my battery was dying super fast, even when my phone is idle for a vast majority of the day. So I decided to reinstall the older version of cm13 that I had saved on my storage. I went into twrp and accidentally deleted everything in my storage and operating system.
This wouldn't be a problem if I my computer would recognize my phone, but it doesnt! So I can't even transfer files from my pc to my phone. Whenever I try to search for a fix, the solution is always the same. "go in to settings and enable developer options". Only problem is, I cant, because I dont have an os.
How can i transfer files onto my phone if my computer wont detect it?
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sideload the rom to install or copy to the sd card as stated. to side load:
in the recovery mode, enter the ADB sideload menu which for TWRP, you can find it in the advanced → ADB sideload, then copy the zip file you want to install on your device to the ADB folder.
now enter the following command in the command prompt.
adb sideload <filename.zip>
that will sideload the rom to install it note do not unplug the device until the sideload is complete like you would on a normal rom install
And if you can't sideload, that's what's great about removable storage...