Help!! - Nexus 5X Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Have a nexus 5x running purenexus rom and I want to revert to stock android, but for some reason no computer will detect the device anymore, be it mac or pc. I've tried all sorts of different cables, turned MTP on and off, there's nothing I can seem to do. I have android studio, downloaded drivers and everything, adb/fastboot commands bring up nothing. I'm also apparently unrooted? Help pwease?

do you have twrp recovery installed ?
if you have it
download the super su (zip) from http://www.supersu.com/download
reboot to the recovery and flash it, now you have root on your phone.
boot the device and go to the playstore and download flashfire (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.flash&hl=en)
download the latest image from https://developers.google.com/android/images on your device
open flashfire and select flash firmware package, select the file you have downloaded.
make sure to not to select to root the device.
press flash.
you can flash the stock without a pc, i dont know if you can lock the bootloader without a pc

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[Q] CWM & Fastboot but No drivers for pc

It's been a while since I have updated my recovery and rom so I downloaded latest CWM and CM. I formatted all the options inlusing sdcard and system. That turned out to be a big mistake because now I can not push any files to the phone to flash a rom. I can get to CWM inlcuding the option to adb sideload but my computer does not have the fastboot or adb drivers installed. Is there a way for me to push a rom to the device to get back up and running? I have tried to install the fastboot drivers but the mahine is not recognizing the device.
***Update**
I ended up using the universal toolkit in linux so I wouldn;t have to set up the drivers and was able to get back to a stock image and work from there.

[Q] bootloader help

im in bootloader menu on my htc. i lost superuser access, and all root apps wont work either. im tryin to update superuser but cant get anything to work. please help
It sounds like perhaps you took an OTA and it replaced a lot of things, including removing root access and possibly placing you back on Stock Recovery instead of TWRP or CWM
If you're actually at the bootloader menu, does it say "UNLOCKED" at the top? I assume you've also done Rumrunner's S-OFF at some point, right?
For you to ever have had root access at some point, it means that you flashed in a custom recovery and flashed in a Superuser package ZIP file.
Being at the bootloader menu gives you the option to go to fastboot, or to go to recovery. What happens when you go to Recovery?
If you have a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM) then you'll have the option to ADB Sideload a ZIP file for installation to your phone.
Koush keeps his Superuser.zip in the description of his app on the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...uperuser&hl=en
ChainFire keeps his SuperSU.zip here: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
Don't forget to get more info about SuperSU from his official thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1538053
projektorboy said:
It sounds like perhaps you took an OTA and it replaced a lot of things, including removing root access and possibly placing you back on Stock Recovery instead of TWRP or CWM
If you're actually at the bootloader menu, does it say "UNLOCKED" at the top? I assume you've also done Rumrunner's S-OFF at some point, right?
For you to ever have had root access at some point, it means that you flashed in a custom recovery and flashed in a Superuser package ZIP file.
Being at the bootloader menu gives you the option to go to fastboot, or to go to recovery. What happens when you go to Recovery?
If you have a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM) then you'll have the option to ADB Sideload a ZIP file for installation to your phone.
Koush keeps his Superuser.zip in the description of his app on the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...uperuser&hl=en
ChainFire keeps his SuperSU.zip here: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
Don't forget to get more info about SuperSU from his official thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1538053
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i ran rummer a month or so ago. i had s-off and on bootloader menu it says unlocked. when i click on recovery it just reboots. when i first did this i never flashed twrp. i did a root check when i did rumrunner it said root access granted. now when i check it it says no root access, and my superuser is gone. i tried dl all sdk again, but i cant get comp to find phone in cmp. i also tried to launch rumrunner again ,, it rebooted phone few times then ended with stupid problems with phone press enter to exit. im about to throw in towel after hours of trying different things..
projektorboy said:
It sounds like perhaps you took an OTA and it replaced a lot of things, including removing root access and possibly placing you back on Stock Recovery instead of TWRP or CWM
If you're actually at the bootloader menu, does it say "UNLOCKED" at the top? I assume you've also done Rumrunner's S-OFF at some point, right?
For you to ever have had root access at some point, it means that you flashed in a custom recovery and flashed in a Superuser package ZIP file.
Being at the bootloader menu gives you the option to go to fastboot, or to go to recovery. What happens when you go to Recovery?
If you have a custom recovery (TWRP or CWM) then you'll have the option to ADB Sideload a ZIP file for installation to your phone.
Koush keeps his Superuser.zip in the description of his app on the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...uperuser&hl=en
ChainFire keeps his SuperSU.zip here: http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
Don't forget to get more info about SuperSU from his official thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1538053
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this also all started after verizon came out with update and phone automatically updated but unsuccusfully
Thank you for re-affirming my suspicion that an OTA put you in this position.
Rumrunner wasn't ever going to help you in your situation. Rumrunner is purely for achieving S-OFF. Since you're still S-OFF, it didn't have anything to do with your phone. Your root access is gone because the OTA wiped it out. It's important to always be careful about OTA updates because OTA updates assume that you NEVER modified your phone and will write whatever they want to wherever they want.
Since you can at least get to the bootloader, your phone can be saved. You said that you tried to update your SDK so that you could have the fastboot files available. When you run the SDK updater (I assume you're on Windows) you have to right-click and run as Administrator to make it work.
The files you want for fastboot are hiding in c:\program files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\
Take adb.exe, fastboot.exe, adbwinapi.dll, and adbwinusbapi.dll and copy them to a separate folder. (Such as C:\adb\) Navigate to that folder and do shift+right-click in a blank area of the folder so you can run a command prompt. You will want to put a ROM and a recovery file in this same folder too. (You sound like you want the stock ROM)
Use the command 'fastboot devices' to see if the phone shows up. If the phone doesn't show up, then you need to go to the HTC Website so you can install HTC Sync, then remove Sync (while leaving the drivers behind) so that your phone has the correct drivers to make it show up in fastboot.
If 'fastboot devices' ends up revealing a device, then you can grab a custom recovery image file and do "fastboot flash recovery filename.img" to put a custom recovery in your phone. Then within the custom recovery you can do adb sideload romname.zip to install a ROM and that should put your phone back into a usable state.
projektorboy said:
Thank you for re-affirming my suspicion that an OTA put you in this position.
Rumrunner wasn't ever going to help you in your situation. Rumrunner is purely for achieving S-OFF. Since you're still S-OFF, it didn't have anything to do with your phone. Your root access is gone because the OTA wiped it out. It's important to always be careful about OTA updates because OTA updates assume that you NEVER modified your phone and will write whatever they want to wherever they want.
Since you can at least get to the bootloader, your phone can be saved. You said that you tried to update your SDK so that you could have the fastboot files available. When you run the SDK updater (I assume you're on Windows) you have to right-click and run as Administrator to make it work.
The files you want for fastboot are hiding in c:\program files (x86)\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools\
Take adb.exe, fastboot.exe, adbwinapi.dll, and adbwinusbapi.dll and copy them to a separate folder. (Such as C:\adb\) Navigate to that folder and do shift+right-click in a blank area of the folder so you can run a command prompt. You will want to put a ROM and a recovery file in this same folder too. (You sound like you want the stock ROM)
Use the command 'fastboot devices' to see if the phone shows up. If the phone doesn't show up, then you need to go to the HTC Website so you can install HTC Sync, then remove Sync (while leaving the drivers behind) so that your phone has the correct drivers to make it show up in fastboot.
If 'fastboot devices' ends up revealing a device, then you can grab a custom recovery image file and do "fastboot flash recovery filename.img" to put a custom recovery in your phone. Then within the custom recovery you can do adb sideload romname.zip to install a ROM and that should put your phone back into a usable state.
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Ty for walk through! Will try tomorrow! I wanna get kit kat on here. I think some problems were from files on comp in wrong folders. Hope this works

[Q] can't root or power down device after trying

I have a nexus 7 2013 LTE build KOT49H
I initially managed to unlock and root using nrt 1.8...everything was perfect...there was some confusion getting adb setup though..
(for WugFresh...your instructions are fantastic but you should add a line to "check your device for the message to accept a connection for adb and select ok"...I found myself waiting and waiting, staring at my computer screen thinking that the nrt was hanging when all I needed to do was press "ok" on my device.)
Like I said...everything was perfect but I had to go one step further...
I then installed cyanogenmod 10.2 using twrp...tihs also went fine but I hated it and wanted to get back to my original google os. I had a really hard time getting adb set up once cyanogen was installed but once I finally did I was able to get back to stock again using nrt 1.8.
So now I'm back to stock image KOT49H. Everything runs fine and I see the unlocked logo when I boot so I assume I'm still unlocked.
Here's the problem..
When I try to root now, (I always run the NRT driver test until I get "success" message first) my device hangs on the "Booting modified boot.img to enable..." message.
And I mean hangs...can't even power it down without popping the cover and disconnecting the battery! Thankfully this gets me back to a running device but I still want to root this thing.
Any idea what might be wrong or where I should go to from here?
Thanks for any help you can suggest!
Did you re-enable USB debugging? Another thing is to switch to PTP mode instead of MTP. If none of that is the issue, it may be drivers, fire up wugs toolkit, hook up your device, and click the button "Full Driver Installation Guide", skip to Step 3 tab, and run the "Full Driver Test", if it fails then you're going to need to run through the steps in that "Full Driver Installation Guide, going through each step.
Well all you need to do for root is flash supersu.zip binary. If you have twrp on your device, boot to recovery. When you power on, hold down the volume down button also. When in boot loader mode, select recovery. If its not booting, you could just wipe to factory reset. Flash your supersu zip you'll be good.
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mdamaged said:
Did you re-enable USB debugging? Another thing is to switch to PTP mode instead of MTP. If none of that is the issue, it may be drivers, fire up wugs toolkit, hook up your device, and click the button "Full Driver Installation Guide", skip to Step 3 tab, and run the "Full Driver Test", if it fails then you're going to need to run through the steps in that "Full Driver Installation Guide, going through each step.
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Thanks for the response...
All these check...I do have to switch to PTP to get adb functional and I do get success on the full driver test before I try rooting...device still hangs at "Booting modified boot.img to enable running privileged commands" message and then wont power down without disconnecting battery...
Which recovery are you on stock or still on twrp? If still on twrp, you might want to try flashing the supersu.zip yourself, just get the latest SuperSU put it on your device, and boot into twrp and manually flash it like datallboy suggests, this eliminates the PC/drivers/usb connection as a possible issue.
If you are on stock recovery either flash twrp, or if you want to keep stock recovery, you can boot into twrp temporarily without replacing the stock recovery.
datallboy said:
Well all you need to do for root is flash supersu.zip binary. If you have twrp on your device, boot to recovery. When you power on, hold down the volume down button also. When in boot loader mode, select recovery. If its not booting, you could just wipe to factory reset. Flash your supersu zip you'll be good.
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Thanks for the suggestions...
I lost twrp when I went back to stock build.
Sorry...I'm real green at all of this...
You think I should:
power up to fastboot mode...select boot loader mode...then select recovery to see if it boots?
You need to be real clear for me, I'm a total newb
I would need a link to thorough instructions for wiping to factory reset and flashing the supersu.zip...I do have adt installed and have my path modified so that I can run instructions like "adb devices" in a command window but I'm unclear as to where to place files so they will be seen if I try to flash them via adt. (like I say...this is all new to me and I'm not even sure if that last sentence makes sense)
mdamaged said:
Which recovery are you on stock or still on twrp? If still on twrp, you might want to try flashing the supersu.zip yourself, just get the latest SuperSU put it on your device, and boot into twrp and manually flash it like datallboy suggests, this eliminates the PC/drivers/usb connection as a possible issue.
If you are on stock recovery either flash twrp, or if you want to keep stock recovery, you can boot into twrp temporarily without replacing the stock recovery.
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Thanks for responding!
TWRP was wiped when I went back to stock build...I'm assuming I have stock recovery now but when your device freezes in fastboot mode and wont power down without pulling the battery you cable you gotta wonder if you have any recovery at all!!!
I'll need instruction on how to flash twrp again...but I believe that this is the step that WugFresh's NRT is trying to do when the device freezes.
SMELZBAD said:
Thanks for responding!
TWRP was wiped when I went back to stock build...I'm assuming I have stock recovery now but when your device freezes in fastboot mode and wont power down without pulling the battery you cable you gotta wonder if you have any recovery at all!!!
I'll need instruction on how to flash twrp again...but I believe that this is the step that WugFresh's NRT is trying to do when the device freezes.
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I typed this up on the fly so pardon any mistakes, there's more than one way to do this, but I'm basing this on already having wugs toolkit installed and updated and configured for your device on the PC you're going to do this on.
Plug device in, enable USB debugging mode, connect to PC, verify you can access your device through the PC, get the latest UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX zip, save it to your device (in the root of the sdcard).
EDIT: OR, even better, you can just boot the device and download it with chrome or whatever and save it to the sdcard, then you can continue:
Open windows explorer and navigate to (assuming you picked the default install directory):
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data
...in that window, hold down shift, right click, select "Open command windows here", in it, type:
adb devices
...if nothing shows up post back (screenshot would be nice), if your device shows up, then open another windows explorer window and navigate to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data\Recovery_Custom\TWRP\
...and copy the img (mine is openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img) file you see in there to the other explorer window I told you to open earlier, now assuming you put the SuperSU file on your device in the root folder of the device, you should be able to do:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
This should reboot your device and boot twrp (this method does not replace whatever recovery you have on there now).
If you want to flash twrp and replace your current recovery you'd want to do:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
Then once in twrp recovery you can select flash file, navigate to the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX.zip file on your device, select it, and swipe to flash, reboot, run/install busybox and see what happens..it will let you know if there is a problem with root.
mdamaged said:
I typed this up on the fly so pardon any mistakes, there's more than one way to do this, but I'm basing this on already having wugs toolkit installed and updated and configured for your device on the PC you're going to do this on.
Plug device in, enable USB debugging mode, connect to PC, verify you can access your device through the PC, get the latest zip, save it to your device (in the root of the sdcard).
Open windows explorer and navigate to (assuming you picked the default install directory):
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data
...in that window, hold down shift, right click, select "Open command windows here", in it, type:
adb devices
...if nothing shows up post back (screenshot would be nice), if your device shows up, then open another windows explorer window and navigate to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data\Recovery_Custom\TWRP\
...and copy the img (mine is openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img) file you see in there to the other explorer window I told you to open earlier, now assuming you put the SuperSU file on your device in the root folder of the device, you should be able to do:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
This should reboot your device and boot twrp (this method does not replace whatever recovery you have on there now).
If you want to flash twrp and replace your current recovery you'd want to do:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
Then once in twrp recovery you can select flash file, navigate to the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX.zip file on your device, select it, and swipe to flash, reboot, run busybox and see what happens.
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Thanks a ton for the instruction!
I'm starting to make sense of this.
Found some other instruction for getting twrp back on the device which I think I'll try before flashing the superSU:
They're exactly what you're describing. I've also figured out where the flashboot.exe stuff is on my computer and added twp.img file there. I'' try getting twrp on and then I'll flash the superSU via twrp.
It'll probably be tomorrow before I get a chance to try all this but I'll be sure to post back once I do.
I'm still in the dark as to why missing this superSU thingy would be causing the device to freeze up the way it does when I try to root using WugFresh's NRT...I thought that flashing twrp and superSU is what the NRT is trying to do when it tries to root my device???
Anyway gtg...thanks all for assisting...I'll post back after the flash attempts...hopefully with happy news!
SMELZBAD said:
Thanks a ton for the instruction!
I'm starting to make sense of this.
Found some other instruction for getting twrp back on the device which I think I'll try before flashing the superSU:
They're exactly what you're describing. I've also figured out where the flashboot.exe stuff is on my computer and added twp.img file there. I'' try getting twrp on and then I'll flash the superSU via twrp.
It'll probably be tomorrow before I get a chance to try all this but I'll be sure to post back once I do.
I'm still in the dark as to why missing this superSU thingy would be causing the device to freeze up the way it does when I try to root using WugFresh's NRT...I thought that flashing twrp and superSU is what the NRT is trying to do when it tries to root my device???
Anyway gtg...thanks all for assisting...I'll post back after the flash attempts...hopefully with happy news!
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Wug's toolkit is doing exactly that, the main difference in doing it manually is we get to see where the problem is.
If this fails then I would probably say you should backup anything on your device you don't want wiped, and try one click restore and try rooting again.
Good luck.
mdamaged said:
I typed this up on the fly so pardon any mistakes, there's more than one way to do this, but I'm basing this on already having wugs toolkit installed and updated and configured for your device on the PC you're going to do this on.
Plug device in, enable USB debugging mode, connect to PC, verify you can access your device through the PC, get the latest UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX zip, save it to your device (in the root of the sdcard).
EDIT: OR, even better, you can just boot the device and download it with chrome or whatever and save it to the sdcard, then you can continue:
Open windows explorer and navigate to (assuming you picked the default install directory):
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data
...in that window, hold down shift, right click, select "Open command windows here", in it, type:
adb devices
...if nothing shows up post back (screenshot would be nice), if your device shows up, then open another windows explorer window and navigate to:
C:\Program Files (x86)\WugFresh Development\data\Recovery_Custom\TWRP\
...and copy the img (mine is openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img) file you see in there to the other explorer window I told you to open earlier, now assuming you put the SuperSU file on your device in the root folder of the device, you should be able to do:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
This should reboot your device and boot twrp (this method does not replace whatever recovery you have on there now).
If you want to flash twrp and replace your current recovery you'd want to do:
fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-flo.img
Then once in twrp recovery you can select flash file, navigate to the UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.XX.zip file on your device, select it, and swipe to flash, reboot, run/install busybox and see what happens..it will let you know if there is a problem with root.
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Followed your instructions...everything went as it should until I got to:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.1-deb.img
instead of rebooting the device I only got waiting for device message in command window...
is device supposed to be put in bootloader mode before entering this instruction maybe???
okay I got twrp to flash...took like .7 seconds so I guess it was already on there...
when I tried to flash UPDATESuperSU (and by flash I assume you mean install???)
I get:
Updating partition details...
E: Unable to open zip file.
Error flashing zip ' /sdcard/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.89.zip
Updating partition details...
and the in red underneath: Failed
and the 3 twrp button choices of home Wipe cache/davlik and Reboot System
I selected reboot system and then got message "this device is not rooted swipe to install SuperSU now
I swiped...and the system has rebooted and I now have SuperSU installer app icon in apps bit after running root checker I get device is not properly rooted message
I then ran the SuperSU installer app and it gave me an option to update via the play store...which I did...then ran SuperuserSU which was now updated and installed and it completed rooting...after rebooting the device Root Checker now shows device properly rooted!
THANKS A TON GUYS!!!
SMELZBAD said:
okay I got twrp to flash...took like .7 seconds so I guess it was already on there...
when I tried to flash UPDATESuperSU (and by flash I assume you mean install???)
I get:
Updating partition details...
E: Unable to open zip file.
Error flashing zip ' /sdcard/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.89.zip
Updating partition details...
and the in red underneath: Failed
and the 3 twrp button choices of home Wipe cache/davlik and Reboot System
I selected reboot system and then got message "this device is not rooted swipe to install SuperSU now
I swiped...and the system has rebooted and I now have SuperSU installer app icon in apps bit after running root checker I get device is not properly rooted message
I then ran the SuperSU installer app and it gave me an option to update via the play store...which I did...then ran SuperuserSU which was now updated and installed and it completed rooting...after rebooting the device Root Checker now shows device properly rooted!
THANKS A TON GUYS!!!
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Curious. It sounds like a permissions problem, not sure if fix permissions would have helped (no need to try if it's working as it should).
Oh well, glad to help and that it's sorted.
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Curious. It sounds like a permissions problem, not sure if fix permissions would have helped (no need to try if it's working as it should).
Oh well, glad to help and that it's sorted.
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Ya...something likely still abit wacky...I'll be sure to post if anything weird starts happening but for now all is good...I'm definitely rooted though...I was just able to mount a flash drive via Stick Mount and run a video off of it!

TWRP bootloop after manually update Lienage 14.1 - LG D802

Hi I tried to OTA on my D802. It downloaded the latest update file, rebooted to TWRP, then I had to manually instlal the update and since I did it it bootloops to TWRP.
So I wiped all data, system .. everything and via USB-OTG flashed clean OS and gapps. Anyway Im not able to boot to OS even I press BOOT TO SYSTEM in TWRP.
I updated TWRP to the latest 3.0.3-a (originally I had 3.0.2-1.
I cant boot to OS and my D802 is useless. anay help ???
thank you
Petr
Manually like fastboot? Are you sure you did not flash TWRP to boot instead of recovery?
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My D802 downloaded new nightly build and rebooted to TWRP and nothing happened. So I install the new nightly manually in TWRP.
Since I did it it reboots only to TWRP.
Tried to wipe all in my phone including internal storage etc. and installed new fresh Lienage (tried more nightly)
I even tried to install it from fastboot and it boots only to TWRP itself even I use BOOT TO SYSTEM in TWRP.
i had no chance to flash TWRP instead of updated OS since there is only lineage-14.1-20170306-nightly-d802-signed.zip and open_gapps-arm-7.1-stock-20170308.zip on my flash (OTG)
update: It does not matter what ROM do I install to my D802, I get TWRP bootloop only ..
Solution
I know the solution of this problem just read carefully
You have to do it from the fastboot.
Google your device and learn how to enter into fastboot mode after switching off the phone via pressing combination of hardware keys.
Then Google and download the exact same following files for your phone model not others (wrong files will brick your phone). Following are the files :-
1 boot.img
2 droidboot.img
3 recovery.img
4 rom.zip
(All the above mentioned files should be the official files provided by the manufacturer company of the phone)
Now download the basic Windows or mac or Linux driver of your phone for the computer you have and install it in your computer, then restart your computer and also install the "minimal fastboot" in your computer and then connect your phone while phone is in fastboot mode, then copy all the above mentioned files in the folder where the minimal fastboot driver is installed.
Now go to that folder where minimal fastboot is installed in your computer and press shift key and while keep pressing the shift key right click the mouse and select "open command" here.
Note Google and learn the command how to check whether your device is connected to your computer via fastboot.
Then install all the mentioned files using fastboot commands.
Hurry you have your phone with official ROM and then if you want use the same technique you may have used earlier to unlock bootloader and root your device and installing the latest twrp.recovery and then lineageos.
Now your phone is unbricked and you have latest lineageos.
Also remember the ota update of lineageos is broken so don't install updates via updater app.
The safest method is to download the whole update package and put it into your phones internal/external/usb otg drive and install via custom recovery.
Be happy
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Can I change rom without fastboot cable?

Hi,
I got as far as rooting my Kindle then realised I needed a specific cable to enter fastboot mode. Is there a way to install twrp and a different ROM without it or do I need to go and buy one?
Kindle fire 2012.
10.5.1.
Thanks.
You can, but if you soft brick, you will need a fastboot cable to revive your Kindle. Make ONE mistake and that'll happen. After you flash the bootloader, boot.img, and the recovery.img, there's no turning back until you've flashed a rooted ROM or a fastboot cable. So: when you get to the blue screen, you have one chance to enter recovery, or you will soft brick. I reccomened pressing the power button multiple times when it prompts you to enter recovery. Once you're in TWRP, you CANNOT reboot until you've flashed a custom ROM, or you will soft brick. So, unless you have a custom ROM installed already, there's no point in using TWRP's backup system.
Use theese drivers to get your ADB/Fastboot drivers installed. (Assuming you have Windows), and enable ADB Debbuging in Settings>Security.
If you haven't already, ROOT YOUR DEVICE. I recommend Root w/Restore by Bin4ry. Use the Old method (download here)
Next: BACKUP EVERYTHING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 You will not be able to go back and do any last-minute backups after this.
Then, search Google for Flashify, and install the .apk) Open it, give it root permisions, tap the 3 dots on the top right, and choose "Reboot bootloader". Tap it once more and then your Kindle (hopefully) will boot into fastboot mode.
Make sure your fastboot drivers are working.
Use theese three
files and this thread for instructions on installing the bootloader and TWRP. Ignore anything that mentions stack override, backing up, and fastboot cables.
Once you're in TWRP, keep your Kindle plugged in and find a ROM. Grab OpenGapps pico for your specific ROM version too. Grab this to gain root. ADB push those to /sdcard/, factory reset, wipe /system, and flash all 3 zip files in this order: 1. ROM 2. Gapps, 3. SuperSu. Reboot & enjoy.

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