Hello guys. I'd really appreciate any support on this - thank you for your efforts!
My Moto G5 XT1676 16 GB & 2 GB RAM (no root) is stuck in bootloop after shutdown due to low battery. Shortly before that, I got a "full storage" warning - maybe the bootloop problem has something to do with that.
Being a noob, I've read a lot in this forum and found some promising approaches, but they all failed. I know that the best way to solve this is a factory reset - but I don't want to lose the tons of photos I have on my phone.
What I've tried so far:
removed the battery for a couple of minutes, wiped cache (in bootloader) and rebooted the phone
downloaded & installed Motorola drivers, downloaded & installed ADB and fastboot
Started phone in bootloader and flashed stock firmware (without erasing user data). I've tried a couple of firmware versions (from mirrors.lolinet.com/firmware/moto/cedric/official/TEFES and also a EU version)
tried to access the phone via ADB (in order to use "pull files") - ADB says no device found, probably because "USB debugging" is inactive in the phone settings
Is there anything else I could try before I do a factory reset and lose the files on the phone?
Or maybe there is a promising way to recover files after factory reset?
Thank you very much for any advice on that!
WoKoschekk said:
Stock recovery only allows a ADB sideload connection and not a ADB device connection.
You won't be able to recover any files after a factory reset for two reasons:
1. internal storage is ext4 format and it's difficult enough to restore your data from it
2. int. storage is encrypted and can't be decrypted without the proper key, which was deleted during the factory reset
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It's f2fs
Is the bootloader unlocked?
If yes flash twrp and you can mount the phone as mtp and pull the data off to your pc
If no then you're out of luck (unlocking bootloader for first time wipes data and you'd need the phone to boot anyway to enable adb)
TheFixItMan said:
Is the bootloader unlocked?
If yes flash twrp and you can mount the phone as mtp and pull the data off to your pc
If no then you're out of luck (unlocking bootloader for first time wipes data and you'd need the phone to boot anyway to enable adb)
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I haven't unlocked the bootloader, so I suppose it's locked. But I will give it a try, thank you!
No-Pasaran said:
I haven't unlocked the bootloader, so I suppose it's locked. But I will give it a try, thank you!
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You can't give it a try
As stated unlocking the bootloader for the first time requires a working phone & you need to wipe the device which will defeat the object you are trying to achieve
TWRP requires an unlocked bootloader
All other methods would require root access at least & data is usually encrypted so you would need a bootable device to access it anyway without twrp
OK, got it. So no chance for saving the data on the phone before factory reset. Is there at least some hope that I can rescue some files afterwards (with Recuva or MiniTool or similar software)?
No-Pasaran said:
OK, got it. So no chance for saving the data on the phone before factory reset. Is there at least some hope that I can rescue some files afterwards (with Recuva or MiniTool or similar software)?
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Did you install Motorola drivers in pc, so adb can detect the device?
riyan65 said:
Did you install Motorola drivers in pc, so adb can detect the device?
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Yes, I did. But ADB doesn't detect the device (I suppose that's because USB debugging is not active in the phone settings).
riyan65 said:
Did you install Motorola drivers in pc, so adb can detect the device?
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Stock recovery only allows a ADB sideload connection and not a ADB device connection.
You won't be able to recover any files after a factory reset for two reasons:
1. internal storage is ext4 format and it's difficult enough to restore your data from it
2. int. storage is encrypted and can't be decrypted without the proper key, which was deleted during the factory reset
Had the same thing happen to me about 6 months ago. I researched for a week. Turns out the minfree wasnt working and the device was completely full. Basically, you're MAYBE screwed. There is nothing on the device that you can do. Both accessing the memory and using Photorec isnt going to work, because the storage is encrypted. But if you didnt disable google photos, you photos might be in your google cloud, thats how i got all my photos back. You can check on photos.google.com if it was synchronized. Hope you get your photos back
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Hi Folks,
I have experienced the sadly famous boot loop issue (the one that keeps the device on the boot screen forever), not in one, but in two different devices (same model and build, 4.0.2 GSM - ICL53F).
I fixed the first one by flashing the latest stock rom (4.0.4), but of course it lost all the data, including camera pictures.
So for this one, I would like to save as much as I can. The problem is, that I can't access the device with adb since it wont boot, I just can access it with fastboot.
I have managed to enter the ClockWorkMod Recovery and perform a backup, but it saves it into the sdcard, so if I flash the phone to fix it, it will lose the backup
So, the question is: How can I either access the filesystem trough fastboot or just performing a backup that won't be lost if I have to flash it.
Thanks in advance
You said you can access ADB...but I assume you meant can't?
If you can...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24910351&postcount=21
And pull your sd card as well.
If not...
I assume you've tried booting into bootloader and odin?
Jubakuba said:
You said you can access ADB...but I assume you meant can't?
If you can...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24910351&postcount=21
And pull your sd card as well.
If not...
I assume you've tried booting into bootloader and odin?
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Your assumption is right, I can't.
And yes, I tried booting trough odin and bootloader, many times, but I have read about many people experiencing this issue, most of them solved it by wiping data (and some also flashing). I know how to solve the booting issue, I just want to save as much data as I can.
mdelolmo said:
Your assumption is right, I can't.
And yes, I tried booting trough odin and bootloader, many times, but I have read about many people experiencing this issue, most of them solved it by wiping data (and some also flashing). I know how to solve the booting issue, I just want to save as much data as I can.
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No I understand man.
The link I gave would back up your apps at least...
And your SD if you changed -noshared to -shared but I haven't had much success.
But you'd need ADB access.
Wait for another opinion if you wish.
But I'd assume you need a factory reset if you can't get ADB...
And simply flashing a rom doesn't work, right?
mdelolmo said:
Hi Folks,
I have experienced the sadly famous boot loop issue (the one that keeps the device on the boot screen forever), not in one, but in two different devices (same model and build, 4.0.2 GSM - ICL53F).
I fixed the first one by flashing the latest stock rom (4.0.4), but of course it lost all the data, including camera pictures.
So for this one, I would like to save as much as I can. The problem is, that I can't access the device with adb since it wont boot, I just can access it with fastboot.
I have managed to enter the ClockWorkMod Recovery and perform a backup, but it saves it into the sdcard, so if I flash the phone to fix it, it will lose the backup
So, the question is: How can I either access the filesystem trough fastboot or just performing a backup that won't be lost if I have to flash it.
Thanks in advance
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You cannot backup through fastboot with a shipping bootloader, but you can access /sdcard via adb when booted in CWM, despite not being able to connect when booted normally.
1) Boot into CWM.
2) Connect to a PC.
3) Open a command prompt in the same directory where you have your adb.exe file.
4) Type: adb pull /sdcard/
Hi guys,
I've been running custom AOKP rom and decided to return back to stock.
I have the rogers version of the M8, and intended to flash a stock TWRP backup of someone's rogers save.
I made the poor decision of relocking and unlocking the bootloader again, leaving me without a functional OS and with only fastboot and TWRP recovery available to me. As a result, I can't get the rogers backup folder onto my phone ( I don't have a miscro SD), and the only other option I see is to manually push each file in the stock TWRP recovery with ADB to my phone, but I'm horrible with anything that involves command lines.
Any suggestions to get me out of this situation would be great. My end goal is to get the stock ROM / kernel running so I can get OTA's.
Edit: Solved by doing an advanced wipe and format in TWRP, and I flashed a stock Rogers nandroid
Just adb push or adb sideload a stock rooted ROM to your phone. Just a single command line.
If you want OTAs, you will also need stock recovery. But my recommendation is that OTAs have no place on a modded device.
redpoint73 said:
Just adb push or adb sideload a stock rooted ROM to your phone. Just a single command line.
If you want OTAs, you will also need stock recovery. But my recommendation is that OTAs have no place on a modded device.
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I've tried flashing a ROM and unfortunately I get stuck on the boot animation.
Attempting to wipe my phone through TWRP before the zip install yields a failure:
E: Unable to mount '/data'
E: Unable to mount internal storage
Those two lines are repeated a couple times in the error screen.
It looks like I need to flash some form of backup but am not sure which one will hard reset my phone to stock from this scenario.
Flashnova said:
I've tried flashing a ROM and unfortunately I get stuck on the boot animation.
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Which ROM? How did you try to flash it (how did you get it on the phone, did you adb sideload?)/
Flashnova said:
Attempting to wipe my phone through TWRP before the zip install yields a failure:
E: Unable to mount '/data'
E: Unable to mount internal storage
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Select "Mount" in TWRP main screen and make sure data is checked (cache should also e checked by default). If so, and still getting this error, di you by chance try to factory reset in bootloader (not TWRP)?
redpoint73 said:
Which ROM? How did you try to flash it (how did you get it on the phone, did you adb sideload?)/
Select "Mount" in TWRP main screen and make sure data is checked (cache should also e checked by default). If so, and still getting this error, di you by chance try to factory reset in bootloader (not TWRP)?
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I flashed dirty unicorns 4.4.4. I had a 2gb SD card which managed to get it to the phone (the 2gb isn't enough to move the system backup).
I can't check Mount in the settings and it remains unchecked, and yes, I did hit the factory reset in the bootloader thinking that it would help me (I assume this was another bad decision).
Flashnova said:
I can't check Mount in the settings and it remains unchecked, and yes, I did hit the factory reset in the bootloader thinking that it would help me (I assume this was another bad decision).
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Yes, that was a bad decision. But probably not one that you could have known about. Doing a factory reset in bootloader on a modded M8 corrupts the internal memory. This is your main problem right there.
If you have a Windows PC, connect the phone, go to Device Manager and find the phone. Then select the option to format the memory.
In the future only do a factory reset within the OS (in Settings) or in recovery, not in bootloader.
If you've gone through this much, I'd highly recommend getting comfy with a few command line commands. These may very well save you some time and additional headache (speaking from experience).
After recently running into issues with my newly purchased Roger's M8, I needed to restore to stock as well. Honestly, I followed these instructions to the T and it got me out scrape-free.
But, note Step #6 may require you to "adb push" your unzipped folder. And that's it.
Once you've ADB'd the massive nandroid backup, you should be out of the woods (in TWRP, Restore, Select the pushed backup file).
Good luck, and as long as you've got recovery/hboot looking back at you, you should be fine.
redpoint73 said:
If you have a Windows PC, connect the phone, go to Device Manager and find the phone. Then select the option to format the memory.
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I'm not too sure where that option is located, would you know how to get there?
esuohe said:
But, note Step #6 may require you to "adb push" your unzipped folder. And that's it.
Once you've ADB'd the massive nandroid backup, you should be out of the woods
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After pushing the folder to my device I receive "protocol failure", so the push isn't working unfortunately.
Flashnova said:
I'm not too sure where that option is located, would you know how to get there?
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On Win7, go to Start Menu, use the search function at the bottom that says "Search programs and files" and type "Device Manager".
Or go to Start Menu>Control Panel>Hardware and Sound; and under "Devices and printers" you will see Device Manager.
Flashnova said:
After pushing the folder to my device I receive "protocol failure", so the push isn't working unfortunately.
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You aren't going to be able to write to the memory when its still corrupt.
redpoint73 said:
On Win7, go to Start Menu, use the search function at the bottom that says "Search programs and files" and type "Device Manager".
Or go to Start Menu>Control Panel>Hardware and Sound; and under "Devices and printers" you will see Device Manager.
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Device manager does not provide a format option. Perhaps you mean disk manager? If I do format it will I have to somehow reinstall the android system?
Flashnova said:
Device manager does not provide a format option. Perhaps you mean disk manager? If I do format it will I have to somehow reinstall the android system?
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I've often read it described as Device Manager. Can't personally say from experience as I've never actually had to do it myself, but seen this described on XDA quite a few times. If the option comes up in Disk Management, that should be fine, too.
Formatting internal storage should not affect the Android OS, as its a separate partition (note how Windows is only reading the internal storage as around 25 GB of the total 32 GB). But you have to re-install a ROM anyway, as you presently do not have one installed.
I have a Nexus 7 (2013) that I installed an Android 5.0 lollipop ROM on. I also had TWRP recovery installed. It was working fine. I took the OTA update for 5.0.1. It would not install with the recovery installed. Long story short, I believe I wiped something I shouldn't have. I can install the factory images using WUGS toolkit. The tablet boots and I can do the set-up. Wi-fi works, bluetooth works. I can't download files from the internet, I get a No SD card message. The play store, camera, gallery do not work. Trying to use the gallery I get a No Storage, no external storage available message. I'm not sure where to go from here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
starrider1300 said:
I'm not sure where to go from here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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Did you try a factory reset from recovery?
You should learn how to flash manually with fastboot, as you can see toolkits are not always helpful.
meekrawb said:
Did you try a factory reset from recovery?
You should learn how to flash manually with fastboot, as you can see toolkits are not always helpful.
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I tried flashing with fastboot with the same results. When I go to recovery, all I get is the red triangle.
starrider1300 said:
I tried flashing with fastboot with the same results. When I go to recovery, all I get is the red triangle.
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At the red triangle screen press power button and volume up at the same time and then let them both go. That should get you into recovery.
Or you can flash a custom recovery and use that.
Hopefully the factory reset will fix your problem.
meekrawb said:
At the red triangle screen press power button and volume up at the same time and then let them both go. That should get you into recovery.
Or you can flash a custom recovery and use that.
Hopefully the factory reset will fix your problem.
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Thanks for the help. I got into recovery and did a factory reset. Tablet booted and I went through the tablet setup. Same results, no playstore, camera, or gallery. Can't download from the internet, shows no SD card.
I would try downloading the factory images directly from Google and flashing the whole thing. Once that flashes, you can run Chainfire Auto Root (CFAR) to get root back, if desired. Or you can flash TWRP and then flash SuperSU from within TWRP.
It sounds like your partitions may have gotten FUBARed.
I would highly recommend just staying with the "full" releases of ANY OS on any smart phone, as any x.x.1/x.x.2 etc can have more bugs than what is trying to be fixed in the original (not all cases, but some)
Using NRT I would suggest dropping back to 5.0 and COMPLETELY setting it back to stock (re lock boot loader, stock recovery, no root), then doing it OTA (if thats how you prefer to update) THEN re-root, re-unlock etc
Or just stay on 5.0 until something like 5.1 comes about
fury683 said:
I would try downloading the factory images directly from Google and flashing the whole thing. Once that flashes, you can run Chainfire Auto Root (CFAR) to get root back, if desired. Or you can flash TWRP and then flash SuperSU from within TWRP.
It sounds like your partitions may have gotten FUBARed.
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Tried all the above with the same results. Any solutions for partitions that have gotten FUBARed?
starrider1300 said:
Tried all the above with the same results. Any solutions for partitions that have gotten FUBARed?
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Seems like the actual flash storage could have issues... is it still under warranty? May need to send it in..
i have exactly the same problem and still no solution (since september)
I tried to wipe everything, twrp, cwm, factory , CM, omnirom ... something is broken in the storage folder and nothing can repair it. wiping maybe erase the data but doesnt seems to rebuild the tree
starrider1300 said:
I have a Nexus 7 (2013) that I installed an Android 5.0 lollipop ROM on. I also had TWRP recovery installed. It was working fine. I took the OTA update for 5.0.1. It would not install with the recovery installed. Long story short, I believe I wiped something I shouldn't have. I can install the factory images using WUGS toolkit. The tablet boots and I can do the set-up. Wi-fi works, bluetooth works. I can't download files from the internet, I get a No SD card message. The play store, camera, gallery do not work. Trying to use the gallery I get a No Storage, no external storage available message. I'm not sure where to go from here. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.
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check if you can pull/push some files in bootloader mode .
use android platform tools :
Code:
adb push <local> <remote> - copy file/dir to device
adb pull <remote> <local> - copy file/dir from device
neo13oy said:
check if you can pull/push some files in bootloader mode .
use android platform tools :
Code:
adb push <local> <remote> - copy file/dir to device
adb pull <remote> <local> - copy file/dir from device
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My son has the same model nexus 7 tablet. Are there any files that I can pull from his and then transfer to mine to restore my partitions?
starrider1300 said:
My son has the same model nexus 7 tablet. Are there any files that I can pull from his and then transfer to mine to restore my partitions?
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No , I just suggest it to check if your internal SD card is damaged.
as you say , you can flash your partition with Nexus factory images but your data will be lost !!!
Dear XDA, I could really use your help.
I have a stock LG Nexus 5x (bullhead/7.1.1) which recently started to fail to boot properly as it never loads past the coloured animations on startup and often stops. This sounds like it may be the boot-loop problem.
I have not rooted the phone, unlocked the boot-loader or flashed any recoveries. I have not enabled USB debugging and can't now because it won't boot.
I am looking at my options to recover the data from this phone.
I can get to the fastboot screen (where the fastboot command line tools see the device, but adb does not). I can proceed to the recovery screen and have tried clearing the cache with no luck.
I am considering trying:
Booting a fastboot recovery image
(eg fastboot boot recovery TWRP.img)
Applying a rescue OTA image
Will these methods void the phones warranty?
Will these methods even work (given the bootloader is locked)?
Can the images be recovery images like TWRP or does it have to be some stock/non-custom image?
Does the rescue OTA require adb/usb-debugging to be operational?
Will the data on the phone still be intact using these methods?
As I am cautiously working may way through this to firstly recover my data, secondly recover my phone., any advice would be greatly appreciated.
Sorry to hear that! I'm assuming your files weren't backed up to Google drive.
I don't know a way to recover your data! If you flash a OTA image, it might help fix your phone boot up problem and it will preserve your phone data.
This sucks because the phone is encrypted by default (did you use to enter a password in the middle of phone booting up and the it would continue booting after your password was accepted? If yes, encryption is on). So flashing TWRP won't mean you can see your data.
And it also has USB debugging disabled by default, which means you probably can't mount the internal memory through ADB.
So I would flash a full OTA image before anything else and keep my fingers crossed. Don't flash a full factory image because it will wipe the data and continue!!!
https://developers.google.com/android/ota
Sent from my Nexus 5X using XDA-Developers Legacy app
Commodore 64 said:
Sorry to hear that! I'm assuming your files weren't backed up to Google drive.
I don't know a way to recover your data! If you flash a OTA image, it might help fix your phone boot up problem and it will preserve your phone data.
This sucks because the phone is encrypted by default (did you use to enter a password in the middle of phone booting up and the it would continue booting after your password was accepted? If yes, encryption is on). So flashing TWRP won't mean you can see your data.
And it also has USB debugging disabled by default, which means you probably can't mount the internal memory through ADB.
So I would flash a full OTA image before anything else and keep my fingers crossed. Don't flash a full factory image because it will wipe the data and continue!!!
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Unfortunately I had not set-up any syncing/backup process on the phone. In the future I will.
Although I don't recall what encryption settings were originally configured, I didn't have to enter a password in the middle of boot, and was only prompted to swipe in. So I think it wasn't encrypted.
So I attempted to sideload an OTA image via:
adb sideload bullhead-ota-n4f26i-06953aec.zip
then rebooted, however the phone still does not successfully boot any further. I must have really broken this one!
Are there any data recovery methods if a factory reset is applied? if I take it in to a repair agent under-warranty, do they typically wipe your data anyway?
Also, do I need to remove this OTA image if I am to return it for repair under warranty?
In a futile/desperate attempt to try to further recover my data, I have attempted to load my Nexus 5X into the stock recovery mode, then experimented with adb when using the 'apply update from adb' option. This exposed a subset of adb commands which appeared to work (eg adb devices, adb sideload etc). I was hoping to be able to run adb shell or adb pull remote local and recover some data... however I only encountered errors.
./adb shell
error: closed
./adb pull /storage/emulated/ /backup
adb: error: connect failed: closed
I assume this is expected (due to the stock recovery adb limitations, but thought it was worth a shot). I am considering exploring the fastboot options (eg fastboot boot recovery recovery.img) I suspect these are also likely to fail/wipe data. Has anyone got any suggestions/ideas or am I just wasting my time?
This just happened to me yesterday, and I got the single file I needed off the phone today. I fought with the thing for hours yesterday. First you have to clear the cache and sideload a new bullhead zip file (as documented elsewhere). That isn't all, though. After several tries, I noticed that I got farther along in the boot if I let the phone sit for a while. So, on the theory that there's a loose solder connection somewhere and/or heat buildup, I put the phone in the freezer for a few hours (not my idea; found it on reddit). This worked, but only if I also tapped the back of the phone with my knuckle before booting. As I said, success today and I'm all smiles. I hope this helps someone else.
The phone, by the way, is bricked as far as I can tell. And my backups are going to be a lot more comprehensive from here on.
Hi.
Apologies if this is a very naive question, I am not particularly familiar with mods, roms and so forth.
I have rooted another phone in the past, but that is all.
The situation:
- Samsung Galaxy Nexus
- Not rooted/unlocked. Stock android automatically updated to the latest Android version supported
- Android developer option NOT set in settings
- Stuck in a boot loop: boots to android and then after a few seconds reboots, so no time to do anything
- Not sure how it happened, I had it for years, it was in my pocket and suddenly started doing that.
- Android fastboot and recovery loads up no problem
- I have tried anything I could find online to fix it: deleted cache, rebooted in safe mode, removed battery for 10 hours
- Nothing seems to fix it, it keeps rebooting
- I want to try a factory reset, but my family photos are in the phone
- Google synch seems to have stopped functioning for this device a year ago, all my 2016-17 photos and videos are locked in the phone.
Admitting there is nothing to do about the loop problem:
Is there any way I can copy photos and videos via usb while in recovery mode?
After I will reset the phone via recovery menu, hoping it will fix it. IF that does not fix it, I will flash another rom in. But I really do not want to wipe my data before backing them up.
I am assuming the answer is no, you cannot access the internal memory in fastboot/recovery unless your phone is rooted.
But I would like an expert opinion before I resolve to wipe one year of photos and videos which I will regret losing.
@mcaldo DON'T DO FACTORY RESET, EVERYTHING WILL BE LOST
which recovery are you using..?
if it's TWRP, then it's easy..
- boot into TWRP recovery
- go to "Mount" tab
- find "enable/disable MTP" button at lower options.. (enable it )
then connect your phone to that PC, where you always connected in past, ( to eliminate driver installation stage, all drivers will be preinstalled )
Regards
____Mdd said:
@mcaldo DON'T DO FACTORY RESET, EVERYTHING WILL BE LOST
which recovery are you using..?
if it's TWRP, then it's easy..
- boot into TWRP recovery
- go to "Mount" tab
- find "enable/disable MTP" button at lower options.. (enable it )
then connect your phone to that PC, where you always connected in past, ( to eliminate driver installation stage, all drivers will be preinstalled )
Regards
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Thanks for your reply!
By recovery, I meant 'android system recovery'
It gives me the following options:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from USB drive
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
Is any of the above useful?
Unfortunately, I do not have any alternative recovery software available
Edit: Googling I found this: "Apply update from ADB: The Android Debug Bridge allows you to plug your device into your PC and issue commands from there. "
If I can issue commands through ADB, perhaps there is a command to copy data from my phone to my computer?
mcaldo said:
Thanks for your reply!
By recovery, I meant 'android system recovery'
It gives me the following options:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from USB drive
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
Is any of the above useful?
Unfortunately, I do not have any alternative recovery software available
Edit: Googling I found this: "Apply update from ADB: The Android Debug Bridge allows you to plug your device into your PC and issue commands from there. "
If I can issue commands through ADB, perhaps there is a command to copy data from my phone to my computer?
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Yes, you can copy through adb commands..
Get and extract Minimal ADB and Fastboot from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
From PC, run CMD to extracted folder directory.
Connect phone to PC, go to update from ADB(in recovery),
Type "adb device" , it will show serial number and connected..
Then "adb pull /sdcard " (if you know particular directory of data then write it like /sdcard/photos,, otherwise writing /sdcard will copy all folders from your phone. )
it will start copying to same adb folder ..
____Mdd said:
Yes, you can copy through adb commands..
Get and extract Minimal ADB and Fastboot from here: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317790
From PC, run CMD to extracted folder directory.
Connect phone to PC, go to update from ADB(in recovery),
Type "adb device" , it will show serial number and connected..
Then "adb pull /sdcard " (if you know particular directory of data then write it like /sdcard/photos,, otherwise writing /sdcard will copy all folders from your phone. )
it will start copying to same adb folder ..
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Thanks for the advice.
I followed the instructions closely, and nearly got there.
adb devices returns
#serialnumber sideload
so all good
but adb pull /sdcard returns
adb: error connect failed: closed
I tried several other commands with no success
kill-server and start-server work fine but do not solve the problem
adb usb returns
error closed
So, I am starting thinking that the problem is in the bootloader being locked.
However, if I unlock it, it will be wipe all my data, I understand?
Googling about it, I found this:
The behavior is status-by-design. Your stock recovery is not designed to grant shell access. Your only choice here is to somehow manage to flash a custom recovery. – Firelord Dec 30 '15 at 14:19
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To achieve something similar to what @FireLord suggested: TWRP can be booted on many devices without being installed. For that, find a matching image, then boot to the bootloader and run fastboot boot twrp.img. Btw: you can check with fastboot devices resp. adb devices whether a device is visible to the corresponding tool. – Izzy♦ Jul 8 '16 at 19:40
So I understand one could boot TWRP without installing it, but I am not sure if that means I could do that with the bootloader locked?
I found WugFresh nexus root toolkit which seems to do that, among many other things, but again it warns that the phone must be unlocked (using the android build "Android *.* Any", I did not know what else to choose, not sure if that makes any difference as for locked/unlocked requirements)
EDIT: my fastboot screen reads "FASTBOOT STATUS - Failbootloader locked" as the last line, when trying to run TWRP without installing.
Yes, unlocking bootloader will wipe everything..
What actually you did ? Why it went into bootloop ???
I have also read that about boot into TWRP without installing.. and it worked for many one without unlocking bootloader... Don't know why not on GNex.
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Yes, unlocking bootloader will wipe everything..
What actually you did ? Why it went into bootloop ???
I have also read that about boot into TWRP without installing.. and it worked for many one without unlocking bootloader... Don't know why not on GNex.
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What actually you did ? Why it went into bootloop ???
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A very good question, to which I have no answer, unfortunately.
The phone was used by my wife for 2 years and then by me for other 2. I recently changed the battery.
Never rooted or unlocked. No unusual apps installed. I am a very basic user, as you might have guessed, and being my only phone at the moment, I really would not risk experimenting with it.
It went very slow over the last 4 months, so I was planning to reset it.
I put in my coat pocket for a few hours, when I took it out it had a train ticked stuck to the screen and was quite warm and on the lock screen. It froze, so I took the battery out and restarted it. From then on it is stuck in a loop, not sure why really.
I have also read that about boot into TWRP without installing.. and it worked for many one without unlocking bootloader... Don't know why not on GNex
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That's good to know. I'll research more than.
It seems there might be a problem with the fastboot drivers on my computer, even selecting them from device manager did not work. Win7 refuses to install. The ADB drivers in theory work fine though.
If you have done nothing modification to system, then wiping data should work, but i have doubt if it also wipes personal data too, on TWRP it wipes data excepting /data/media/ which contains all personal data.. but don't know about wiping on stock recovery...
I hope you will find solution as soon as possible..
Regards.
PS. I can install stock recovery and try wiping /data.. and check what things get wiped.. but i need little time for that experiment...
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If you have done nothing modification to system, then wiping data should work, but i have doubt if it also wipes personal data too, on TWRP it wipes data excepting /data/media/ which contains all personal data.. but don't know about wiping on stock recovery...
I hope you will find solution as soon as possible..
Regards.
PS. I can install stock recovery and try wiping /data.. and check what things get wiped.. but i need little time for that experiment...
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Thanks so much.
Looking at google's documentation on the nexus:
You can remove data from your Pixel phone or Nexus device by resetting it to factory settings. Resetting to factory settings is also known as formatting the device or doing a "hard reset".
If you're factory resetting your device to fix an issue, make sure that you've tried all other troubleshooting options first. Find out how to troubleshoot your issue.
Important: Performing a factory reset will erase all data from the device.
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It would seem that indeed all data will be removed.
This point, I will research a bit more into drivers, in case that is what it's preventing adb pull from working.
I really need a working phone, so if that fails I will hard reset, then unlock, root, flash in an alternative bootloader and perhaps a rom, and put ubuntu touch in dual boot. That will hopefully prevent me from loosing data in the future.
Sorry, this is out of topic to my question, but, , could you suggest any stable, solid rom for the nexus?
I read good things of CM12, and I ran into one which seemed to do to quite well with split windows, but I do not remember the name right now.
EDIT: I remember the name of the rom now, it's https://omnirom.org/about/
A last question if you can..
I tried to solve my boot loop problem by sideloading an update from google (maguro yakju yakju-jwr66y-factory-4cadea65.zip)
It loaded it fine but then failed because the installation it says it is not signed.
Basically, being a stock bootloader recovery from Samsung, it will only sideload OTAs from samsung, not the stock ones from google..
I cannot find the samsung ones anywhere, not for the nexus anyway, just the newer devices..
By any chance do you know where I could download proper Samsung OTA zip updates for the nexus?
Well, I talked with an android developer who confirmed that, unless you have a friend working in criminal forensic technology or similar, there is no way to get around a lock on this phone to pull data out.
So, sadly, I have wiped my phone by unlocking it, flashed TWRP and then omnirom with gapps.
My photos are gone, including a bunch of stuff my kid had made and asked me to photograph for safeeping. Very safe indeed
He kept asking me why they make the lock like that, instead of allowing some kind of password, perhaps he has a point.
So, it is quite unlikely that somebody who knows as little as I did will ever read this *before* finding themselves in the same situation.
But if you do, back up your data, unlock and flash TWRP, clockworks or some alternative, and thank yourself if and when disaster strikes..
@mcaldo wiping data/factory reset in STOCK RECOvERY will wipe everything... There is very few chances to get backup...
And yeah i found something interesting..
You can flash system.img.. only system files will be corrected not anything else..
Get appropriate zip from here : https://developers.google.com/android/images
Now take system.img to ADB/Fastboot folder ( i assume you know how it works )
Just go "Fastboot flash system system.img"
It will rewrite system partition..
Another one:
See downloads on this thread..
One says NON-WIPE, if you want me to try that zip, i will again require time for that. See here : https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-nexus/general/guide-restore-to-stock-unbrick-galaxy-t2065470
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I don't saw your reply, it was on next page.. its sad... Sorry i am late..