I tried to install a custom rom on my xperia s lt26i and i had ofcourse to do some steps before i proceed.
Firstly I rooted the phone with kingoroot.(succeded)
Then, I installed clockworkmod recovery(succeded too, I tested it and it worked like a charm).
Finally, I had to re-partition(using adb tools, succeded too), but a minute after it finished i accidentally plugged out the usb.
So as you can imaging the phone is stuck in bootloop, I cant access recovery too..
Hopefully, the phone is recognized in fastboot mode.
I tried to flash the rom/recovery via fastboot but it says the device must be rooted first...
WELLI THINK IS TOTALLY MESSED UP..:laugh:
hope someone will help me out!!
lefterisfil said:
I tried to install a custom rom on my xperia s lt26i and i had ofcourse to do some steps before i proceed.
Firstly I rooted the phone with kingoroot.(succeded)
Then, I installed clockworkmod recovery(succeded too, I tested it and it worked like a charm).
Finally, I had to re-partition(using adb tools, succeded too), but a minute after it finished i accidentally plugged out the usb.
So as you can imaging the phone is stuck in bootloop, I cant access recovery too..
Hopefully, the phone is recognized in fastboot mode.
I tried to flash the rom/recovery via fastboot but it says the device must be rooted first...
WELLI THINK IS TOTALLY MESSED UP..:laugh:
hope someone will help me out!!
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You forgot to unlock bootloader
nageswarswain said:
You forgot to unlock bootloader
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there isnt any way to unlock it now?
Flash the stock ftf first..check that its boot loader unlocked allow yes or not.then root..then ta backup..then unlock bootloader..then flash twrp..then flash ROM and gapps
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Hello, I'm having some trouble with my Sony Xperia Arc S.
I downloaded the Xperia Ultimate HD 5.0.1 and I had the 5.0 before. I basically booted phone into recovery mode and installed the ROM, but in the end I didn't untick the reboot option so I ended up rebooting my phone accidentally. Now I'm stuck at the Sony Logo, without being able to do anything else. And apparently my phone won't even be recognized by my computer. Flashtool doesn't seem to be recognizing it either..
I skipped two steps, the Dalvik Cache wiping as well as the cache partition because I forgot to untick the Reboot option..
I'm clueless about what can I even do with my phone like this. Any suggestions?
Locked or unlocked bootloader? Stock or custom kernel? Can you access Recovery?
The only way your PC can detect the phone in this case, is if you put the phone into flashmode.
Someguyfromhell said:
Locked or unlocked bootloader? Stock or custom kernel? Can you access Recovery?
The only way your PC can detect the phone in this case, is if you put the phone into flashmode.
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Sorry, I got locked bootloader and stock kernel.
Cannot access Recovery but phone seems to be detected by flash tool after all.
livka said:
Sorry, I got locked bootloader and stock kernel.
Cannot access Recovery but phone seems to be detected by flash tool after all.
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Use Flashtool to repair your phone first, after which you can root, install XParts, access the recovery and flash UHD.
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Hi all
Finally got round to rooting my xperia s and unlocking bootloader with view to installing 4.4.4
Everything has gone fine to the point i tried to install a recvoery
First tried to install TWRP recovery which install went fine but i couldnt get phone in to recvoery so i then installed clockwork mod recovery and still cant get phone in to recvoery.
I installed ROM manager and it shows under recvoery already installed clockworkmod recvoery & TWRP recovery but even when i select boot in to recovery from that phone just turns on as normal.
Have tried holding volume up/down button on sony flash but no good
Have tapped screen when sony logo showing and phone just seems to lock
Anyone got any ideas what i can do?
Thanks
freejack2k said:
Hi all
Finally got round to rooting my xperia s and unlocking bootloader with view to installing 4.4.4
Everything has gone fine to the point i tried to install a recvoery
First tried to install TWRP recovery which install went fine but i couldnt get phone in to recvoery so i then installed clockwork mod recovery and still cant get phone in to recvoery.
I installed ROM manager and it shows under recvoery already installed clockworkmod recvoery & TWRP recovery but even when i select boot in to recovery from that phone just turns on as normal.
Have tried holding volume up/down button on sony flash but no good
Have tapped screen when sony logo showing and phone just seems to lock
Anyone got any ideas what i can do?
Thanks
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Which ROM are You trying to flash? If it is a Kitkat ROM as You mentioned, then first copy the ROM and gapps to phone for flashing purposes .
Now, on PC, extract the boot.img from rom zip and flash it via fastboot. Then flash the ROM via twrp which would be installed from that boot.img!
Mirhawk said:
Which ROM are You trying to flash? If it is a Kitkat ROM as You mentioned, then first copy the ROM and gapps to phone for flashing purposes .
Now, on PC, extract the boot.img from rom zip and flash it via fastboot. Then flash the ROM via twrp which would be installed from that boot.img!
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Thanks m8
Could you tell me what i should type in command prompt for fastboot of the boot.img
Thanks
freejack2k said:
Thanks m8
Could you tell me what i should type in command prompt for fastboot of the boot.img
Thanks
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First connect Your phone to pc. Then type this command:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Then Your phone will reboot in fastboot mode(The blue led would be lit.)
If the blue led does not lit up, then disconnect Your phone, power it off. The press volume up button and connect the phone the pc. The phone will have the blue led now.
Then type following command to flash the boot.img:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Do note copy the ROM.zip to phone first and then perform above steps.
Mirhawk said:
First connect Your phone to pc. Then type this command:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Then Your phone will reboot in fastboot mode(The blue led would be lit.)
If the blue led does not lit up, then disconnect Your phone, power it off. The press volume up button and connect the phone the pc. The phone will have the blue led now.
Then type following command to flash the boot.img:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Do note copy the ROM.zip to phone first and then perform above steps.
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Well did that and phone will now only boot to Sony image and just sits on it.
Still cant get in to recovery but can get in to flash mode so tried reflashing this and original firmware but no matter what it just sticks on Sony and wont boot any further than that.
Looks like i got a brick :crying:
freejack2k said:
Well did that and phone will now only boot to Sony image and just sits on it.
Still cant get in to recovery but can get in to flash mode so tried reflashing this and original firmware but no matter what it just sticks on Sony and wont boot any further than that.
Looks like i got a brick :crying:
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You must have not flashed the rom after flashing the boot.img. That's why it used to get stuck on boot logo of Sony. The kernel(boot.img) of any Kitkat ROM won't with JB ROM as far as I know.
Don't worry, there is still hope since You can at least get it to boot up halfway.
That flashing the original ftf is weird. Are You sure the ftf file is proper? Try downloading a new one. or if You were able to successfully able to flash the original firmware according to flashtool, try flashing it again using Sony Update Service(SUS). Can't guarantee the SUS will work or not.
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You must have not flashed the rom after flashing the boot.img. That's why it used to get stuck on boot logo of Sony. The kernel(boot.img) of any Kitkat ROM won't with JB ROM as far as I know.
Don't worry, there is still hope since You can at least get it to boot up halfway.
That flashing the original ftf is weird. Are You sure the ftf file is proper? Try downloading a new one. or if You were able to successfully able to flash the original firmware according to flashtool, try flashing it again using Sony Update Service(SUS). Can't guarantee the SUS will work or not.
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Got it all up and running again!!
Used to update service (emma think it was called) and got phone to install recovery then got in to recovery and installed kitkat.
Very happy
Thanks for all the help folks
Mirhawk said:
First connect Your phone to pc. Then type this command:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Then Your phone will reboot in fastboot mode(The blue led would be lit.)
If the blue led does not lit up, then disconnect Your phone, power it off. The press volume up button and connect the phone the pc. The phone will have the blue led now.
Then type following command to flash the boot.img:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Do note copy the ROM.zip to phone first and then perform above steps.
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Hello.
I'm trying to get this **** working as well, but even though it seems like you gave some crystal clear instructions I still manage to not understand it. I unlocked the bootloader on my S and downloaded. All I really wanted to do was get a good 4.4 ROM running, any chance you could toss an idiot some help?
From what I understand:
1. copy the ROM zip-file over to phone
2. connect phone to pc and fastboot it
3. flash the boot.img from the rom zip-file
4. flash the ROM (how?)
I did a quick google on twrp but don't quite understand what I need it for or if I need it.
EDIT: After a bit of looking, apparently the ROM I'm looking to flash (Paranoid Android) installs twrp when you flash the boot.img. Just in case that changes anything.
Brick?
Hi. So I just tried to flash the boot.img from the latest Paranoid Android, got 0 errors or bad blocks, succesful flash according to cmd. I did fastboot reboot as the guide here says: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526866
LED notification goes pink for a few seconds, I get the Sony logo then just an infinite black screen. Left it on for about 15 minutes with no success. I tried force rebooting/shutting it down with volup+power for 5/10 seconds, but both of them just result in the phone getting instantly turned back on and going pink LED->Sony logo->black screen. This means I can't (from what I can tell anyway) boot into fastboot (vol-up+connect to USB does nothing, vol-down+connect to USB gets me a green LED for a few seconds but then goes over to pink LED, Sony logo and then black screen).
I would really appreciate any kind of help right now, even just advice on how to turn this phone off would be fantastic, because right now that also seems impossible.
Adyzz said:
Hello.
I'm trying to get this **** working as well, but even though it seems like you gave some crystal clear instructions I still manage to not understand it. I unlocked the bootloader on my S and downloaded. All I really wanted to do was get a good 4.4 ROM running, any chance you could toss an idiot some help?
From what I understand:
1. copy the ROM zip-file over to phone
2. connect phone to pc and fastboot it
3. flash the boot.img from the rom zip-file
4. flash the ROM (how?)
I did a quick google on twrp but don't quite understand what I need it for or if I need it.
EDIT: After a bit of looking, apparently the ROM I'm looking to flash (Paranoid Android) installs twrp when you flash the boot.img. Just in case that changes anything.
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No worries! If You were able to perform upto step no.3 properly, then when You boot into twrp(Press volume up button 2-3 times while booting up), there is an option there called as "Install". In that You select the zip file of the ROM and slide the bar to install it!
Mirhawk said:
No worries! If You were able to perform upto step no.3 properly, then when You boot into twrp(Press volume up button 2-3 times while booting up), there is an option there called as "Install". In that You select the zip file of the ROM and slide the bar to install it!
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Holy **** this might have just done it! It wasn't actually twrp but CWM I believe, but I did manage to successfully flash the ROM. Seems to be working as of right now so fingers crossed and a massive thank you!
I recently got my Xperia M updated into 4.3 JB and rooted it. Since I had my eye on the cm11, I had to unlock the bootloader. So I did everything perfectly as prescribed in the sony developer site. As I unlocked my bootloader, I tried to normally boot it but it is now stuck in a bootloop. I installed CWM by fastboot thinking that it may help.Please help me!!
thats normal... follow steps
1. flash ftf again
2. boot once
3. install cwm
4. flash anything u want
imdkiller said:
thats normal... follow steps
1. flash ftf again
2. boot once
3. install cwm
4. flash anything u want
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Ok, I will try it. Thanks
Another question: After installing CWM there is no bootloop but it shows only sony logo ,then the phone goes down and can be booted again when battery is reinserted. Is it normal? Can I still flash it without any problems?
cooldudeachyut said:
Another question: After installing CWM there is no bootloop but it shows only sony logo ,then the phone goes down and can be booted again when battery is reinserted. Is it normal? Can I still flash it without any problems?
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The same problem after I installed cwm. After that everything was back to normal.
Thanks everyone, now I am relieved a little.
I cannot flash it. When I connect the phone in flash mode after the flashtool has prepared the files an error comes that processing of loader.sin finished with errors and flashing is aborted. Please help me!!
Can flashing a custom rom using recovery help me beacause the flashtool won't work using any of the ftf files?
Hi
Problem is that I can't enter recovery. I am able to enter fastboot menu, but when I'm choosing recovery mode, phone like restarts and goes again to fastboot menu...no recovery mode or dead bot with error comes. Below is blue writing "continue the fastboot process".
This happened after I tried to install twrp through twrp manager...it was installing twrp and said that install succesful.
Also tried fastboot command "fastboot clear cache", but nothing.
So, you didn't unlock the bootloader and removed your recovery...
1st thing, go to bootloader mode, download the recovery for your version of Android, eg 2.20.40.168, and flash through fastboot on the PC.
Put phone in fastboot (bootloader mode) - I'm assuming of course you have the latest Intel drivers and the flashing tools - and through the CMD interface (agasin flashing tools) type "fastboot devices". If you did it right then you'll see you serial number...
Now, in the same folder as the fastboot tools, have the recovery.img ready and type "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img".
You should now have recovery again...
2. If you haven't done so, lookup how to unlock bootloader before trying this again and do it. Make sure everything goes as it says, particularly important the splashscreen that says ASUS turns white, and you should be ok to flash TWRP though I use PC as I find everything seems to work.
Yes, it was my mistake, i didn't unlock bootloader and tried to flash twrp.
Now i can Go into fastboot and phone connects to pc easily.
But so far i didn't found recovery image for 2.20.40.174 fw.
But can you confirm that it's possible now to use one click bootloader unlock and then flash twrp? Without flashing stock recovery.
Jaaguar86 said:
Yes, it was my mistake, i didn't unlock bootloader and tried to flash twrp.
Now i can Go into fastboot and phone connects to pc easily.
But so far i didn't found recovery image for 2.20.40.174 fw.
But can you confirm that it's possible now to use one click bootloader unlock and then flash twrp? Without flashing stock recovery.
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You can use This Apk to unlock bootloader.
Once unlocked it will reboot and show white splashscree,then you are ready to use twrp.
Try it
If you go to the pre-rooted rom thread you can download ALL the img files - rom, recovery,boot and droidboot.img. I'm pretty sure 174 was there in the Mega link at the top of the 1st post...
Just download the recovery.img as that's what you need...
Ok, thanks to all. Now bootloader is unlocked, twrp installed and installed rom blisspop. Great phone when there is no bloatware.
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Cool, glad you got your toy working again...
Same issue as sir Jaguar
Already installed .img trough adb says succesfully installed
When i go to recovery mode no deadbot no white splash screen load.
Tried the asus unlocking tool provided by the asus and the same link provided by sir Ultima still no good results.
Im already at 174 fw
Tried the twrp apk
Tried flashify
Tried diffrent kind of .img
Tried to re install the image using ADB
Still no good results
I think its the bootloader that has the problem.
Guys plz help tnx
thank you for your hard work!! love it
you can try to reflash the corresponding version of stock recovery.img
ultramag69 said:
If you go to the pre-rooted rom thread you can download ALL the img files - rom, recovery,boot and droidboot.img. I'm pretty sure 174 was there in the Mega link at the top of the 1st post...
Just download the recovery.img as that's what you need...
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i can not find the link u r talking about .. please can u repost it i srsly need the recovery.img file
thanks in advance
amanbansal009 said:
i can not find the link u r talking about .. please can u repost it i srsly need the recovery.img file
thanks in advance
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone2/development/rom-pre-root-img-t3079590
Hi there, I have a similar problem i think. I have unlocked bootloader.
My problem is PC won't regonize my device. I installed the driver for intel asus adb but it would says "error: device not found" for fastboot cmd.
so now i m stuck in fastboot and can't do anything ...
Hi, Also have my phone on the same conditions but If I try to flash anything I got permission Denied.
Please help me
So I was tring to go back to stock completely, after I locked my bootloader and installed stock recovery, I proceed to sideload oss, like I've done before I put the phone in sideload mode, the device is recognized by adb although I got a cannot read file error, I downloaded the stock rom again (even though the zips were not corrupted as I could browse them easily) and the same thing happend.
Now I'm at a loss as what to do as it has stock recovery and no os installed, I can get into the bootloader and the stock recovery but I've never had this happen and I can't find anything that will help.
I tried with cmd prompt and adb in administration mode no change, I also made sure the file was in the adb folder.
I'm not sure of what else to say except to ask for help, I'm way bummed out, I've gone back to stock on this device before the only difference was I was running marshmallow other than that idk any other changes since the last time.
I would be very grateful for any help at all. Right now I just need a working phone,
Thank you for reading my post and thank you in advance for possible help with my issue.
Simple reboot of PC should do the trick, at least that did it for me
Didn't work for me, after the first fail I went to a l coffee shop and downloaded the rom again after shutting the pc off in the mean time.
It had no problem flashing the stock recovery it was only after I locked the bootloader and then tried to flash the stock rom
Check the specification of pc should be 4GB ram, drivers, and disable anti virus.
lebeatnik said:
Didn't work for me, after the first fail I went to a l coffee shop and downloaded the rom again after shutting the pc off in the mean time.
It had no problem flashing the stock recovery it was only after I locked the bootloader and then tried to flash the stock rom
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Keep your bootloader unlocked, I assume you try to ADB sideload? Try adb push file /sdcard/ then manually flash it through TWRP
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Check the specification of pc should be 4GB ram, drivers, and disable anti virus.
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This doesn't make sense... Even a 1GB RAM laptop can do this.
The specs. Of the pc is not the issue
So your advice would be to unlock the bootloader and use twrp?
Currently as I s
lebeatnik said:
The specs. Of the pc is not the issue
So your advice would be to unlock the bootloader and use twrp?
Currently as I s
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No the specs are not an issue lol.. Basically it cannot read the file you are trying to sideload, this is because of either wrong adb drivers, or wrong Fastboot drivers... A easy work around is to manually push the file with "adb push filename directory" then you manually flash it but since stock recovery can't do this it won't work.
So what steps do I need to do to fix this,
Do I first lock the bootloader, then flash twrp? Also to push the file with adb what mode should I put the phone in?
Sorry For these terrible replies, I'm on a very old backup device.
It's odd to me as adb detects the device just fine, I was even able to flash the stock recovery, as I was trying to go back to complete stock.
In all I need to get the device work again.
I have the latest stock rom and twrp, I just don't want to make it totally bricked as right now I can at least get the phone into the bootloader and in side load mode (although it doesn't work)
So basically I'm asking how in what order should i go about, locking the bootloader, flashing twrp, and push the rom, I've never done this before.
I can't thank you enough for trying to help me out.
I'm thinking I would unlock the bootloader then flash twrp recovery, then idk what mode I should be in to try and push the rom via adb (I've never done this) as once I get twrp on the device and have the rom on the device I hope to have no problem flashing the rom through twrp.
Thank you for replying I hope to resolve this ASAP.
Sorry for not editing my previous post im struggling with the device I'm currently using, I don't understand why my drivers or adb version isn't working as i had no problems locking the bootloader and flashing stock recovery, the only problem I ran into was the last step, flashing the rom.
So yeah I don't know but after I locked the bootloader.... problems
lebeatnik said:
Sorry for not editing my previous post im struggling with the device I'm currently using, I don't understand why my drivers or adb version isn't working as i had no problems locking the bootloader and flashing stock recovery, the only problem I ran into was the last step, flashing the rom.
So yeah I don't know but after I locked the bootloader.... problems
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Unlock your bootloader, install twrp. Then wipe all partitions. Adb push your rom to a directory you can remember I usually do /sdcard/ (just stay in twrp.) then you click on install and your rom should be there.
Keep the bootloader unlocked... Just in case, no need to relock it again since you will lose data if you run into an issue.
THANK YOU! All I did was unlock the bootloader and the phone started up I am assuming it did not wipe the system partition and it ended up restarting as if I did a factory reset