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I just switched from the Evo to the Epic and love it so far. My ? is I can not for the life of me root the epic. I downloaded everything it says and still nada. If there is someone on these forums that can walk me through because it may have to do something with my computer I dont know but it is just so frustrating. I had the Omnia at one time with Verizon and I learned how to root with that but I just need someone to help me I have read all the post on the topic still no luck its just so frustrating
Thanks
Jeff
Well 1st question what kind of os do you have on your computor?
2nd did you download one clock root and recovery?
3rd did you turn your phone onto debugging mode?
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Don't forget the samsung drivers need to be installed on your pc..
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1st you need the samsung galaxy s drivers
2nd download the one click root and recovery FINAL with clockwork mod 2.5 or something
Then plug your phone in with usb debugging on, let it insall whatever on your computer, and then run the run.bat or whatever file in the one click recovery folder and it'll root it right in front of your eyes
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I keep getting an error come up saying I do not have privelleges and I did download everything that was needed and it seems like it will only let me download anything only from the market maybe I need to switch to allow 3 rd party applications or something alont that lines and thanks for the fast responses Ill figure it out and my operation system is Windows Vista eternity if that means anything diff than normal windwos vista 2209 64 x with a quad core proc
Intle R Core Quad cpu Q9300 thats given me no problems in the past I rooted the samsung omnia with this ok its prob just one stupid thing im doing wrong
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
try this. it has just worked on a droid and the intercept. it is a pretty informed thread, no guarantee's
Hey everyone that responded thanks for all your help will let yall know when I get it or not but thanks a bunch
Z4Root from Android Market will work too.
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Z4Root from Android Market will work too.
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I thought they pulled z4root from the market?
Welcome!!
As it has been stated before, you'll need those drivers.
I've rooted 2 epics, the first one was done slowly and worked fine.
2nd one. I thought I got everything, but rushed it, and kept getting errors.
Had to re-read instructions,.. Make sure you follow everything, I remember I had to mount the SD card. (or was that flashing recovery...)
steps might have changed as this was so long ago.. I remember that kept getting me stuck.
i have a new nexus 7 2013 and i messed up big time im no good with all this adb stuff i unlocked it rooted. wouldnt boot. went in team win recovery project and somehow ended up deleting the os i cant get the computer to recognize the device to install the os if thats even possible or if i even could find out how. the computer just calls it flo and says i need to update the driver which it is or i culdnt of rooted(failed)... thanks any help is much appreciated. some on recommended to mount but cant get it to connect to computer.
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i have a new nexus 7 2013 and i messed up big time im no good with all this adb stuff i unlocked it rooted. wouldnt boot. went in team win recovery project and somehow ended up deleting the os i cant get the computer to recognize the device to install the os if thats even possible or if i even could find out how. the computer just calls it flo and says i need to update the driver which it is or i culdnt of rooted(failed)... thanks any help is much appreciated. some on recommended to mount but cant get it to connect to computer.
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Try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2381582
http://goo.gl/lF0HEC
This is the driver you need to install to use ADB while in recovery which is different to the one for Fastboot and ADB while booted.
Perhaps this is what you are facing?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380913 The fact that you lost the OS leads me to believe so. Match the thread to your problem, however. If the information in the thread I linked to doesn't match your issue, then your best bet would be the one-click factory recovery mentioned earlier in the thread. Best of luck, from one novice, shaky rooter to another!
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Perhaps this is what you are facing?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380913 The fact that you lost the OS leads me to believe so. Match the thread to your problem, however. If the information in the thread I linked to doesn't match your issue, then your best bet would be the one-click factory recovery mentioned earlier in the thread. Best of luck, from one novice, shaky rooter to another!
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OMG if this works ill pm you and tell you
thetechaddict10 said:
Perhaps this is what you are facing?: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2380913 The fact that you lost the OS leads me to believe so. Match the thread to your problem, however. If the information in the thread I linked to doesn't match your issue, then your best bet would be the one-click factory recovery mentioned earlier in the thread. Best of luck, from one novice, shaky rooter to another!
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omg gimme your paypal email?? you saved my ass dude that worked perfect id be glad to pay you a couple dollars and thanks for everyone else who helped
UTubeMeBeach said:
omg gimme your paypal email?? you saved my ass dude that worked perfect id be glad to pay you a couple dollars and thanks for everyone else who helped
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If you insist, there should be a "Donate to Me" box next to my information on the left.
I had the same problem. Got stuck with no OS installed, USB debugging disabled, and no ROM I could flash. I was scared ****less but I ended up fixing it with a restore program.
Glad you got it fixed.
I learned how to unlock, root, flash custom kernels with my old nexus 7 before I attempted on my new nexus 7. Didn't want to make an expensive mistake. I looked at things here last year when I got my first n7, got confused and didn't attempt it. Now, I definitely won't go back to just stock. Hope you get it all sorted out! It was definitely scary for me the first time.
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I don't think I've ever heard of a case where someone permanently soft-bricked their device.
This irrational fear of "bricking" your device if you do something wrong needs to stop.
If your device gets soft-bricked, just flash the stock images - fixes it every time.
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I don't think I've ever heard of a case where someone permanently soft-bricked their device.
This irrational fear of "bricking" your device if you do something wrong needs to stop.
If your device gets soft-bricked, just flash the stock images - fixes it every time.
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It's mainly the word "brick" that gets on my nerves.
Most of these are really just bootloops or boot hangs. My last one was the latter (and a little unsettling, I'll admit). Turns out that trying to flash a root zip before you've signed into the tablet at least somewhere to create the sdcard directories just leads to a headache for me.
I came upon this device on Christmas (a gift from my girlfriend to her father) and wanted to root it and also install clockworkmod recovery, so I could mess with it a bit without bricking it. Since I found a lack of tailored guides for it, I decided to write this one, although I really did no actual development whatsoever. Normally I would be posting this on general, but given the spirit of this forum, I guess I'll just leave it here. Also, keep in mind I don't have the device anymore and am writing this from memory. If I missed anything or you have any doubts, please let me know (for example, I can't recall specifically the drivers I installed to make it work properly).
Please, please read the whole guide before trying anything, and if you are a novice user, just leave this be, I don't want you to turn your tablet into a paperweight because of my shoddy instructions written from memory and you probably don't need any of this anyway as there are no custom roms yet.
!!!DISCLAIMER!!!: As stated above, anything you do is at your own risk. I provided the procedures that worked for me on a Qilive 97r tablet, which is an Auchan branded ARCHOS 97b Platinum HD, so my step by step should work for all of you. There are probably easier ways to do this, and I hint at them in the guide, but beware I have not tried them and cannot vouch for them. In fact, I cannot and will not take any responsability if you brick your device following these instructions, correctly or otherwise. You do this at YOUR OWN RISK. You have been warned!
Rooting:
I followed this guide on Windows 7 x64 and it worked perfectly.
So thanks to dhigby for that. I would just like to make a couple of remarks:
When you get to step 7 (Installing Superuser by ChainDD), don't. Install SuperSU by Chainfire instead, Use it to update the superuser binary (I think a prompt shows up) and when asked, let it delete the "other" superuser applications, that is, the chinese one. Clean and easy, you don't need to follow any more steps.
Congratulations, you now have (english language) root!
Clockworkmod Recovery:
There is no specific recovery for this device. Fortunately, thanks to AndroTab.info, there's a generic version for 3188 devices that you'll see should work quite nicely, albeight with some caveats.
What works:
Nandroid backup to/from external SDCard (won't recognize internal)
Installing zip files should also work, although I didn't try it at the time, as the device wasn't mine and I can't since I don't have it anymore, but since it mounts system partitions perfectly well I wouldn't think there would be a problem. Try it at your own risk though.
Other things probably work, give it a try.
What doesn't work:
Internal SDCard access
Probably other things
Installation:
Now that you have a rooted tablet, installing clockworkmod recovery is easy-peasy. Go to developer options and enable USB Debugging, then make sure you have a working adb daemon (look it up) that recognizes your tablet.
NOTE: I'm not sure if I had to install any specific drivers for this to work, I think if so they were installed while rooting by the chinese app. Anyhow, here's the Rockchip drivers, you might want to try to install them if you can't get a connection: http://www.rockchip.nl/downloads/
Download the file RK30GENERIC_CWM.zip from here - that's the recovery.
Now extract flash_image and recovery.img from the downloaded file above to the folder where you have your adb and follow the following commands.
Push the files to /dev partition on the device:
Code:
adb push flash_image /dev/
adb push recovery.img /dev/
Then enter root shell, like so:
Code:
adb shell
su
Now flash recovery.img into recovery partition with flash_image:
Code:
chmod 755 /dev/flash_image
/dev/flash_image recovery /dev/recovery.img
Now power off your device. To enter recovery press volume down then the power button and keep them pressed until CWM boots. Voilá!
NOTE: The instructions above were adapted from here and all credit goes to AndroTab.info ; I posted these particular instructions because they are the ones I used and worked for me; there are other methods listed on that page which might or might not work, TRY THEM AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Backing up your original recovery (for warranty, if anything goes wrong, etc.)
To obtain a backup image of your recovery \ restore it back afterwards, follow this guide here. All credit goes to Originalas.
Don't follow it to the letter though: first and foremost, you need a working linux installation. If you don't have one, I recommend Wubi.
Then:
Follow step 1;
Ignore step 2 (it's outdated);
Follow 3;
Follow 4 - but don't expect the screen to turn on, it won't, just hold the volume down button for 10 seconds or so after plugging it in, don't press the power button!
Ignore 5, 6 and 7
Follow 8, but don't use the last command to flash the CWM recovery onto the device. This is because since it is a generic version, it relies on the original recovery kernel. Flashing the image like stated in step 8 would probably overwrite the kernel and result in no recovery at all (I might be wrong about this).
Do follow the last command to restore your own backup if you ever need to.
I am unsure if recovery dumps obtained in this way are device specific; I don't see a reason why they should be, so I'll provide you with my own backup:
ORIGINAL RECOVERY
Flash through any method of your choice, but keep in mind I haven't tried this on other devices, so, as you know by now DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Closing remarks:
There you have it. Sorry for not holding your hand through every step, but this is meant for people who know a bit of what they're doing, making it faster than having to look up and figure out all these things and quirks on their own. If you have any doubts don't hesitate to ask, but keep in mind I don't have the device anymore and don't know much more than what I have written here. I do appreciate feedback and corrections, and will gladly change the guide giving you full credit - if it's really urgent just PM me, I might not check this thread often.
Cheers!
thanks, works like a charm...do you have any news about updates\custom roms? I can't find anything even in the archos main site
Jammed_Death said:
thanks, works like a charm...do you have any news about updates\custom roms? I can't find anything even in the archos main site
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I wouldn't keep my hopes up on custom roms. The software is really bad and what it does with the hardware is terrible. It's like a bunch of chipmunks put the code together by randomly typing into a keyboard.
That said, the likelihood of a new kernel to fix that is next to nil. However, since the ROM is as far as I can tell pretty near stock, you can get a pretty good experience from the device by installing gravity box xposed module. I also recommend trickstermod and changing the governor to performance, as well as some kernel tweaking if you know what you are doing.
Also, very important, limit the amount of processes running in the background to 3 in dev settings or change the used memory limit to something like 1.2 gb. It has 2 gb of RAM, but, as I said, the ROM sucks, the system eats away a full gigabyte, and it doesn't effectively kill background apps, leaving you with a sluggish device if you multitask.
Anyway, those are just some ideas, if you have some more or would like to code for this device, feel free to share Also, as I always say, give it time. You never know who is gonna get they're hands on the device and do something amazing with it.
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I wouldn't keep my hopes up on custom roms. The software is really bad and what it does with the hardware is terrible. It's like a bunch of chipmunks put the code together by randomly typing into a keyboard.
That said, the likelihood of a new kernel to fix that is next to nil. However, since the ROM is as far as I can tell pretty near stock, you can get a pretty good experience from the device by installing gravity box xposed module. I also recommend trickstermod and changing the governor to performance, as well as some kernel tweaking if you know what you are doing.
Also, very important, limit the amount of processes running in the background to 3 in dev settings or change the used memory limit to something like 1.2 gb. It has 2 gb of RAM, but, as I said, the ROM sucks, the system eats away a full gigabyte, and it doesn't effectively kill background apps, leaving you with a sluggish device if you multitask.
Anyway, those are just some ideas, if you have some more or would like to code for this device, feel free to share Also, as I always say, give it time. You never know who is gonna get they're hands on the device and do something amazing with it.
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hi and thanx for the answer
yes i saw that it's almost stock but crappy optimized...in the very first start of the tablet i had 1.8gb occupied by nothing and clean master always notifies me that 90% of the ram is busy...meh
maybe just a kernel will fix like you say but you know, android 4.4 will be a must (rockchip already released sdk for 3188). I am not a coder (totally zero) but i will try your suggestion...just a question about the performance governor, does it drain more battery?
i am trying to backup my rom but cwm is so buggy...first was impossible, now i'm stuck on backing up boot image
there is a twrp available for this tablet?
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ehy can someone provide a stock rom for the qilive 97r? I'm using a omni 4.4.4 but i want to rever back
thank you
Dump stock ROM QiLive 97R
Jammed_Death said:
ehy can someone provide a stock rom for the qilive 97r? I'm using a omni 4.4.4 but i want to rever back
thank you
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Yes, i have one. How could i send to you?
Could we change your Omni stock ROM by mine?
I have tried ROM Archos 97b Platinum but touch screen is not working. The only possibiliti to work is by a USB Mouse.
Many thanks.
Redinpais said:
Yes, i have one. How could i send to you?
Could we change your Omni stock ROM by mine?
I have tried ROM Archos 97b Platinum but touch screen is not working. The only possibiliti to work is by a USB Mouse.
Many thanks.
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you can upload it on mega or gdrive or something like that
for the omni come here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310818
author thread with links and guides I think you can even try the fixes with your current rom but better ask oma
about the cwm, there is a way to mount sdcard?
Dump stock ROM QiLive 97R
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you can upload it on mega or gdrive or something like that
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Here he are...
https://www.wetransfer.com/download...556a9cf8fdbc6ddd7ab35ab820141126224717/09298e
Is only available until Decenber, 3 ,so Download it now.
Jammed_Death said:
for the omni come here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310818
author thread with links and guides I think you can even try the fixes with your current rom but better ask oma
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I've been watching but I can not understand. Is confused. There are many files and do not know what to do to "fix".
If you are Portuguese, I would like to talk to you on Skype.
Can be?
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about the cwm, there is a way to mount sdcard?
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I don´t know how I can answer that. I'm new in android, so I sorry.
Jammed_Death said:
thanks, works like a charm...do you have any news about updates\custom roms? I can't find anything even in the archos main site
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Try this. Sooooooooo beautiful.:good:
(Because this - "To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!" i can not put link now. So ask me by Skype) SORRY
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Follow the instrutions ther and enjoy KK 4.4.2 Oma ROM Iron KK v1.2 - 24-05-2013 (My QiLive say now - Nexus 7 :angel:
Regards
Qilive 97r
Hi guys , if any body can help me with my tablet Qilive 97r, when I tryed to install new rom via RK development tool there was an error, and my tablet do not booting any more, just black display, do not know what to do, maybe somebody know where I can download original rom , and original installer, I will be thankful for that's.
Denysorlyk said:
Hi guys , if any body can help me with my tablet Qilive 97r, when I tryed to install new rom via RK development tool there was an error, and my tablet do not booting any more, just black display, do not know what to do, maybe somebody know where I can download original rom , and original installer, I will be thankful for that's.
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I'm interested
please ROM stock
Hello, i need help , if somebody know where I can download original rom , and original installer, I will be thankful for that's.
Hi all i know someone will not be happy i have asked this question that is probs one of the most asked on here from Nubs like me lol.... Basicly i recently got my rooted htc one m8 S-on back, i was planning to sell it so tried to remove the Root from the phone i have somehow managed to Brick it, its under HTC_001 it didnt have a main fw number so i did what others have and read it from the about software section on my phone wich give me 1.54.401.10....... Well i ended up download that one something went wrong either way now im left with a phone that only goes into Hboot and i can access the recovery what is TWRP i can connect the usb and get onto my Sd card using mount but ive tried and tried to get no joy.... Sorry for the nub questions i did go abit out of my knowledge people say ADB on other forums, im not very clued up with it other than changing the recoverys ive watched youtube vids ect no joy Please can someone give me a Simple Tut or link to help me ive tried following threads and still got no joy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2701376 So now i ask the PRO'S please help lol
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Basicly i recently got my rooted htc one m8 S-on back
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Got it back from where???
mikem2273 said:
Sorry for the nub questions
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No need to apologize for the n00b questions. However, the huge run-on sentences are another story. Take some time to type a post with proper punctuation and sentence structure. It will make it easier for you to get you point across and for us to help.
mikem2273 said:
now im left with a phone that only goes into Hboot and i can access the recovery what is TWRP i can connect the usb and get onto my Sd card using mount but ive tried and tried to get no joy....
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Tried and tried what? If you aren't specific in what you have done, what are we supposed to do, guess? Be detailed and be specific when asking for help.
You aren't in bad shape at all if you have recovery and can mount SD. Just put a software 1.x based ROM on the SD and flash it in TWRP.
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people say ADB on other forums, im not very clued up with it other than changing the recoverys
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Just use the XDA search function, and search "adb beginner" to find a number of good adb/fastboot tutorials aimed at just that, beginners.
But if you've used fastboot to install recovery, the other commands aren't any harder. Its just a matter of just knowing what commands to use for a given situation.
If you can mount SD, I don't even think you need adb. But its a very valuable tool to know, and can help in a lot of situations.
Thanks for the response, well i tried a stock rom im not sure where i went wrong tbh i put it on the internal sd and the file would not show up inTWRP i then had a back up and copied and pasted the files from the Stock rom into the back up and tried to install it and thats where it messed up i am crap at this kind of thing i rooted it no problem i thought unrooting would be easier, adb is a bit confusing with me if there was a way i could put a file onto my sd card in zip format and open it i just tried the original one i downloaded to get loads of red commmads saying
E;unable to stat '/and-sec/;555?.??/m?? and so on a load more random numbers
Sorry i am not very on ball with this should of just left it how it was lol
Right update time...... so i have got the phone back working by flashing a new rom but my phone massively lags on boot up, i think my firmware files are corrupt i cant get wifi either ive red about fixes but all need S-off yet i dont want to pay 25 dollars is this the only way to do this ?? i cant put firmware files on my hone without the s-off such hard work and effort would rather pay someone to fix it lol
unable 2 load my one m8 to fasboot
pls, i av bein unable to access fastboot on my device; i cant unlock bootloader,s-off e.t.c......what can i do; i really need help...
d screen displays black with fastboot mode @ d lower left corner
nnamathy said:
pls, i av bein unable to access fastboot on my device; i cant unlock bootloader,s-off e.t.c......what can i do; i really need help...
d screen displays black with fastboot mode @ d lower left corner
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Dude ..who are you talking too ?? your post is useless and makes no sense.
Start your own thread ... post an exact description of what you did and whats wrong along with pictures / bootloader / anything that might be of some help
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Thanks for the response, well i tried a stock rom im not sure where i went wrong tbh i put it on the internal sd and the file would not show up inTWRP i then had a back up and copied and pasted the files from the Stock rom into the back up and tried to install it and thats where it messed up i am crap at this kind of thing i rooted it no problem i thought unrooting would be easier, adb is a bit confusing with me if there was a way i could put a file onto my sd card in zip format and open it i just tried the original one i downloaded to get loads of red commmads saying
E;unable to stat '/and-sec/;555?.??/m?? and so on a load more random numbers
Sorry i am not very on ball with this should of just left it how it was lol
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You sentence structure (or lack of it) is still making it hard to understand what you are trying to tell us. If you can't even be bothered to type a proper sentence; how do you expect us to take the time to help you? Honestly, most other requests for help on this forum get much more response. I think many folks are just walking away from this thread without helping, because they can't understand you due to your writing style.
Your lack of specificity also makes it crippling to try to help. What stock ROM, and where did you get it from?
If you got a stock nandroid, you then need to extract the files from the zip and place them in exactly the right folder, otherwise TWRP won't see it. And you do not use the TWRP "INSTALL" function with a stock nandroid, you use the "RESTORE" function.
A flashable ROM zip, in contrast to a nandroid, can be placed anywhere on internal storage or removable SD, and TWRP will see it and flash it using the INSTALL function.
Its very easy to push a ROM zip to the phone with adb. I already told you how to find BEGINNER tutorials on how to use adb. Don't expect to be spoonfed information that is already readily available on XDA. If you have a specific question regarding adb, ask it. Otherwise just saying "adb is confusing" is not going to help you.
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Right update time...... so i have got the phone back working by flashing a new rom but my phone massively lags on boot up, i think my firmware files are corrupt i cant get wifi either ive red about fixes but all need S-off yet i dont want to pay 25 dollars is this the only way to do this ?? i cant put firmware files on my hone without the s-off such hard work and effort would rather pay someone to fix it lol
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Your firmware files aren't "corrupt". They are just outdated, and don't match the ROM your flashed.
OTAs are available for your version. An option if you don't want to s-off, is to return to stock ROM and recovery, and OTA to update the firmware. It seems you are having problems installing the stock nandroids, but I think you just need to properly follow the instructions from the stock nandroid collection thread.
Otherwise, you are stuck running ROMs that are based on 1.x software. Running anything more recent will result in long boot times and broken WiFI, as you've experienced.
Dammit i know excatly where i went wrong and what you meant by you have to open the file up and adb the right files to the right places............ $%$% i have now fully ruined the phone i think i turn it on i get a White screen the phone then goes full black screen and does nothing...... i have connected the phone via usb to the laptop, the laptop notices the phone and usb i click on the phone in my computer nothing is there when it opens i have also gone onto adb and done the "adb devices" and it does not show on the list, is there anything i can do with this now, i am very gratefull for the help even though i haven't been specific and guessed my way through alot of it like a nob,
adb only works when booted into OS or in recovery.
Alternately, if you have an SD card reader, use it to load a ROM zip onto the SD from your computer. Then place SD in the phone, boot TWRP, and flash the ROM.
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You sentence structure (or lack of it) is still making it hard to understand what you are trying to tell us. If you can't even be bothered to type a proper sentence; how do you expect us to take the time to help you? Honestly, most other requests for help on this forum get much more response. I think many folks are just walking away from this thread without helping, because they can't understand you due to your writing style.
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At this point I have to assume it's an inability to communicate clearly, not an unwillingness. You have a lot more patience than most for even trying.
redpoint73 said:
adb only works when booted into OS or in recovery.
Alternately, if you have an SD card reader, use it to load a ROM zip onto the SD from your computer. Then place SD in the phone, boot TWRP, and flash the ROM.
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@redpoint73: I'm in his exact same position...hopefully, I can communicate this a little better...at least I'll try. LOL
Background: Rooted, S-Off (via Sunshine), , TWRP 2.8.1.0, was running CleanROM (on the 444 firmware) and tried installing Vanir 444. I did a factory reset and I'm pretty sure I might have went into Advanced and wiped System as well (from the reading I've done, I shouldn't have done that) ROM installed no problem, Gapps installed no problem, installed SuperSU 2.40 at the end and rebooted. When the phone went to reboot, it went to the usual white HTC screen, then went black and never moved past that point.
As you advised in an earlier post, I held down Power/Vol up until the white HTC screen appears. I waited until the screen went black then held Vol down for several minutes but bootloader never came up.
My computer recognizes the phone when I plug it in, Windows explorer shows both "Internal" and "SD card", with Internal basically empty and SD card showing all my files. Since I can't get into bootloader, "adb devices" doesn't bring anything back.
Any suggestions you might have would be hugely appreciated - hoping to avoid having to head to a local Verizon store and see what they can do! If I missed any background or details, let me know and I'll elaborate.
TIA!
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@redpoint73: I'm in his exact same position...hopefully, I can communicate this a little better...at least I'll try. LOL
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I can't imagine it being any worse than the previous guy!
Seriously though, your post would have been better served in its own thread, or almost any other relevant thread. Couple reasons for this:
1) My experience, when folks say they are "in the exact same position", "I have the same problem", etc. they are in fact virtually never the exact same condition. There are far too many variables (M8 variant, hboot version, software/firmware version, how you got to the current condition, and many more) for your condition to be "exactly the same". And for that matter, when folks say they have the "same problem" it in fact is most often a completely different cause, and different fix. Do yourself a favor, and don't say "me too" when posting a problem.
2) The OP basically chased everyone away with his horrible diction. Help threads in this section normally get considerable traffic and assistance. I'm the only one helping this guy, because apparently I'm the only one patient enough to try to decipher his ramblings. By attaching your post to his, you've pretty much cursed your issue to obscurity as well.
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As you advised in an earlier post, I held down Power/Vol up until the white HTC screen appears. I waited until the screen went black then held Vol down for several minutes but bootloader never came up.
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If you got this from a post of mine in another thread, its (normally) accompanied with the statement that failure to get into bootloader is virtually always a matter of user error (not getting the timing right). Simply stated, if the screen still comes on, you can get into bootloader. So just repeat the steps until the bootloader screen comes up. You either didn't start pressing vol down fast enough; or let go of it too early (don't let go until the bootloader screen appears).
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My computer recognizes the phone when I plug it in, Windows explorer shows both "Internal" and "SD card", with Internal basically empty and SD card showing all my files. Since I can't get into bootloader, "adb devices" doesn't bring anything back.
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Once you get the timing right to get into bootloader, and from there recovery, we should be in good shape.
You can likely recover by transferring a known good ROM to the SD card, and just flashing from custom recovery. Or just restore your nandroid.
sigmaxaa said:
Any suggestions you might have would be hugely appreciated - hoping to avoid having to head to a local Verizon store and see what they can do!
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I doubt Verizon can help. And since the phone was put into this situation by your own actions (mods you performed) its really your responsibility to fix it, not theirs.
redpoint73 said:
I can't imagine it being any worse than the previous guy!
Seriously though, your post would have been better served in its own thread, or almost any other relevant thread. Couple reasons for this:
1) My experience, when folks say they are "in the exact same position", "I have the same problem", etc. they are in fact virtually never the exact same condition. There are far too many variables (M8 variant, hboot version, software/firmware version, how you got to the current condition, and many more) for your condition to be "exactly the same". And for that matter, when folks say they have the "same problem" it in fact is most often a completely different cause, and different fix. Do yourself a favor, and don't say "me too" when posting a problem.
2) The OP basically chased everyone away with his horrible diction. Help threads in this section normally get considerable traffic and assistance. I'm the only one helping this guy, because apparently I'm the only one patient enough to try to decipher his ramblings. By attaching your post to his, you've pretty much cursed your issue to obscurity as well.
If you got this from a post of mine in another thread, its (normally) accompanied with the statement that failure to get into bootloader is virtually always a matter of user error (not getting the timing right). Simply stated, if the screen still comes on, you can get into bootloader. So just repeat the steps until the bootloader screen comes up. You either didn't start pressing vol down fast enough; or let go of it too early (don't let go until the bootloader screen appears).
Once you get the timing right to get into bootloader, and from there recovery, we should be in good shape.
You can likely recover by transferring a known good ROM to the SD card, and just flashing from custom recovery. Or just restore your nandroid.
I doubt Verizon can help. And since the phone was put into this situation by your own actions (mods you performed) its really your responsibility to fix it, not theirs.
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Thanks for the reply, I do appreciate it. I was able to get it working (after dozens of attempts) and you're absolutely correct...it's all in the timing.
Hey guys,
I really need to find at least the stock ROM for the new-ish Blu Advance 4.0L (model A010U), because the most recent OTA update unforgivingly bricked mine. Now I want to try to re-flash the stock ROM, but I am also open to custom ROMs, if there are any available. Please help me out! Thanks in advance
I am really surprised no one has replied yet, but again I am facing the same problem and I've been searching the Internet for one month now and I found absolutely nothing for this phone (specifically for version A010U).
So I am going to post a different question in the hopes that someone will read it and help us out:
I have two Blu Advance 4.0 L A010U phones, which are identical except for the color (white and green). They were manufactured a month apart one in 10/2015 and one in 9/2015.
Unfortunately after only a couple of months of light use and for no apparent reason (did not drop it, or wet it, etc) it started going through a boot loop. It will start, show the "bold like us" logo then restart again without making it to the operating system at all. Like I said I've been looking for over a month to find a ROM (stock or modded) to reflash but with no luck. Then I had an idea. Since I have the other identical phone that's working fine, is there a trick I can do using the working phone to create a ROM that I can use in my broken one. By the way, the non working phone will allow me to get into the recovery menu, but unfortunately nothing happens if I wipe the cache or even if I reset to factory defaults.
Anyone knows what's causing that "boot loop", how to fix it and where to find a ROM or even "extract" or "create" one using a working Advance 4.0 L ???
Thank you very much!
Man I wish I knew. I'm kinda a novice. I have the same phone with a similar problem... I downloaded the recent ota update and the first time it said it couldn't unzip it. I tried again and it seemed to work but when it rebooted into recovery it said there was an error... So it won't boot up, it just goes to the screen that says "no command". I'm pretty sure the there's a way to make a copy of the working ROM but since I don't use a PC for anything I've never taken the time to learn the method.
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Hey guys,
I really need to find at least the stock ROM for the new-ish Blu Advance 4.0L (model A010U), because the most recent OTA update unforgivingly bricked mine. Now I want to try to re-flash the stock ROM, but I am also open to custom ROMs, if there are any available. Please help me out! Thanks in advance
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I just got ahold of a couple of these devices myself and am in the process of going through all the in's and out's of them....I'm a Samsung nerd so I haven't messed with something like these in a while but I got one (that was supposedly dead bricked per the lady friend of mine I got them from) at least able to boot into factory mode and recovery via ADB and just as I'm posting this I'm in adb shell going through the device's internal memory.....so we'll see what all I find and can pull out of this one and possibly know enough to post an intelligible reply with solutions next time
The boot looping sounds like a common problem with these and when I get to that point I'm going to get rid of the stock bootanimation.zip ASAP and try something else. I get the idea that these things aren't exactly power houses built for much so the littlest thing or small bug in their coding could lead to this kind of crap happening.
Hopefully you figure yours out before I toss these out the window! lol
Cheers y salud!
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Man I wish I knew. I'm kinda a novice. I have the same phone with a similar problem... I downloaded the recent ota update and the first time it said it couldn't unzip it. I tried again and it seemed to work but when it rebooted into recovery it said there was an error... So it won't boot up, it just goes to the screen that says "no command". I'm pretty sure the there's a way to make a copy of the working ROM but since I don't use a PC for anything I've never taken the time to learn the method.
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Forgot to add a couple things about your post, sorry! I beleive (and I just started digging into this phone) that the no command part is the locked bootloader these phones appear to have. I think it was a combo of holding both volume buttons down from a powered off state then pressing power button on that came up with the option for factory mode or recovery (which led to the sad 'no command' droid), i went into factory mode and theres an option for Tp Upgrade which Im assuming is F/W or something similar but I just hooked up to the PC and in that mode it's reading the internal and external memory of the phone and that's about where I'm at so far.
Wow! I'm surprised this thread is still going.
Anywho, I found a repository that is storing the default ROM for the 4.0L. The files were just added recently. I would have liked to have seen a custom Lollipop ROM made by now, but this device is far too irrelevant to get any attention, unfortunately. Just root and forget, I guess.
I can't wait to try it, thank you! And btw, were you able to get root successfully and if so, how?
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Wow! I'm surprised this thread is still going.
Anywho, I found a repository that is storing the default ROM for the 4.0L. The files were just added recently. I would have liked to have seen a custom Lollipop ROM made by now, but this device is far too irrelevant to get any attention, unfortunately. Just root and forget, I guess.
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Hey Deuler93 -
You have my respect for digging out that BLU ROMs link and sharing with the rest of us. I downloaded the one for my Advance and used SP flash tool to flash the phone that was stuck on a boot-loop. Of course first I had to download and install the MediaTeK drivers for USB connectivity with my PC. Everything worked flawlessly, no glitches what so ever. All these links are easily found and widely available online if anyone is interested I can share here too. I just hope that this boot-loop was due to some software glitch and not hardware failure. Everything seems to work fine for now, keepint my fingers crossed it will NOT happen again.
Well, one less headache to worry about. By the way we're not that far, if you're ever in the Chicago area, I owe you a beer or something. Thank you!
Hi guys !
Thank you very much for the Advance 4.0L Roms.
I have successfuly recovered my phone, but the IMEI got lost.
So, I need to root it in order to recover the IMEI, but I just can´t get success on any method :
Kingroot
Framaroot
Towelroot
is there another way to root it ?
Thank you very much.
I got temporary root using the kingroot apk. But it messed things up and I don't trust it anymore. None of the other mentioned methods worked for me either, maybe try the PC kingroot method
well this helps one thing
good.m. said:
Man I wish I knew. I'm kinda a novice. I have the same phone with a similar problem... I downloaded the recent ota update and the first time it said it couldn't unzip it. I tried again and it seemed to work but when it rebooted into recovery it said there was an error... So it won't boot up, it just goes to the screen that says "no command". I'm pretty sure the there's a way to make a copy of the working ROM but since I don't use a PC for anything I've never taken the time to learn the method.
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umm. . . when the no command option comes up just press the power button and the rest of options will appear. doesnt exactly solve your problem however unless you have the ZIP file to install, which is what I'm looking for.
What might happen if a ROM is used for another blu phone. ??
A similar phone as well.
Plz advise.
Damn! This thread just keeps going!
I haven't even looked here in a while, so I will bunch my commentary here. I'm also salaried now, so I bought into a OnePlus X (onyx), a more expensive cheapo device, so I do not use the 4.0L anymore.
As for rooting tools, I used the Kingroot APK successfully in the stock environment. I never tried flashing something SuperSU myself, but it could work. Is flashing a SU app possible from the fastboot interface?
And to Steve's question - it is technically possible to flash a ROM for a different device onto your own device, but is considered a bad idea due to the possibility of introducing incompatibilities and missing proprietary requirements. I feel like this would hold especially true to stock ROMs because the manufacturer probably has no interest in supporting anything more than the device that they are manufacturing for. Doing so removes many possible "compatibility" issues from even having to be considered, but I digress. In short, try to find a ROM made for your device and your device only.
Did you find the zip file for the recovery
Marya Wynter said:
umm. . . when the no command option comes up just press the power button and the rest of options will appear. doesnt exactly solve your problem however unless you have the ZIP file to install, which is what I'm looking for.
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i root my blu advance 4.0l a010u with the kingoroot PC apk, but i got some issues with the lock screen and some apps, so, i need some advice..
i was looking for a zip to use it via recovery but i can't find any..
Recover IMEI
srspinho said:
Hi guys !
Thank you very much for the Advance 4.0L Roms.
I have successfuly recovered my phone, but the IMEI got lost.
So, I need to root it in order to recover the IMEI, but I just can´t get success on any method :
Kingroot
Framaroot
Towelroot
is there another way to root it ?
Thank you very much.
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You dont need root to recover imei all you have to do is type *#*#84666364#*#* in your dialer and you will be entered in EngineerMode then go into connectivity ,CDS information and radio information phone 1 or 2 then you will see AT+ type something eg.A then backspace and select the first thing you see. Put a space after AT+ and then put you imei code here "IMEI" between these "" You can find your imei by removing your battery it willl be there. After sending command reboot and imei is back.
links are down....check this instead
Hey guys, links here seems to be down .
Maybe this link would be useful for you all... stock firmware can be downloaded and useful help on videos is available too... Enjoy