hey guys,
thanks ahead of time for the help... here's what went down
I was trying to unroot my device was following the instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3712498 and everything was going fine and I had downloaded the latest DREAIMG at http://koushikdutta.blurryfox.com/G1/DREAIMG-RC29.zip and went into bootloader and was applying the new image and it got 3/4 of the way through and then it said Failure.
Now everytime I try to power up my phone it continously takes me to the bootloader no matter what I do. What should I do?
Do i need to go buy a sd card reader so I can put another DREAIMG on it and then try to update again through bootloader? Anybody know why that DREAIMG is causing failure for me?
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Hello, before I call Samsung in hopes they might give me a RMA, I need help.
I had unlocked the bootloader in the past and had recently installed the IMM26D official stock rom that was not rooted. This worked fine for a month or so then yesterday the phone would not boot up anymore, just sitting at "GOOGLE' across the screen with the unlocked padlock on the bottom. So here is what I have tried ;
I was able to load CWM on it, but once in there, I could not do anything that pointed to the sdcard (mount, mount usb, format, wipe and erase). The minute I tried this, the log would show "Error mounting \sdcard\".
I then tried ODIN to see if I could reload the IMM26D, It would start and get only about 5% of the way and just stop for eternity. I tried the same cable I used before when this worked, and a different one.
And at the last step (Stupidly), I tried doing a fastboot oem lock and it locked it. Now when I go back in and do a fastboot oem unlock, the options come up on the screen and when choosing Yes to unlock, the phone just locks up.
Could this be a corrupted or damaged SDcard in the phone (now I wish it wasn't internal and rather a external one) ?
Is there ANYTHING I can do at this point? Is there a .PIT file specific for this phone that I can try loading with ODIN ?
I would love to somehow load the "stock" recovery back on it but since I can't unlock the bootloader, seems that idea is toast. It would be a lot easier to take to Sprint or send to Samsung if it didn't have CMW on it.
Sorry for the long post, but thanks in advance ..
what happened with this issue? Was it resolved, did you have it swapped with another phone?
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Ended up calling Samsung and sending it in, luckily it was still under warranty. Looks like they fixed it and waiting for it to return. There was nothing I could do on my end at the time, it was a corrupted internal SD card.
I rooted the phone following the steps here on the xda thread and I tried afterwards upgrading the firmware to ics. I followed these instructions http://www.android.gs/update-htc-one-s-with-rooted-android-4-0-4-ics-2-31-401-5-firmware-rom/ and afterwards my phone just keeps restarting and restarting. I didn't make a recover image because I was too confident that it was going to work. Afterwards I panicked and pressed factory reset, thinking everything will turn back to normal. I lost all the files I saved onto the sd card and I don't know what to do now. I can't even use the all in one kit. Please help, I greatly appreciate it
Why?!?! This is a Q..belongs in the Q&A! Run an RUU.
willg0r said:
I rooted the phone following the steps here on the xda thread and I tried afterwards upgrading the firmware to ics. I followed these instructions http://www.android.gs/update-htc-one-s-with-rooted-android-4-0-4-ics-2-31-401-5-firmware-rom/ and afterwards my phone just keeps restarting and restarting. I didn't make a recover image because I was too confident that it was going to work. Afterwards I panicked and pressed factory reset, thinking everything will turn back to normal. I lost all the files I saved onto the sd card and I don't know what to do now. I can't even use the all in one kit. Please help, I greatly appreciate it
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Lock your bootloader. Flash the Factory RUU from this thread. Everything will be wiped but you will have a fresh clean phone. Then you can use my toolkit to root your phone.
Also, this should be in the Q&A.
how can i flash the rom if i cant even connect my phone because i wiped my sd card and it doesnt recognize my phone
1 - Post in the right section.
2 - READ other threads and do the work yourself. I suggest the thread that talks about fixing a brick.
C'mon people...
i apologize for posting in the wrong forum im desperately in search for a solution and i cant find one so what am i suppose to do?
Bro you just need to to lock your bootloader..go into bootloader, open a cmd window on your computer, and type "fastboot oem lock". Then run the carrier specific RUU..
I never rooted or unlocked the bootloader, not sure what's up. I had a 32gb SD card in it if that matters.
Anyone know what I could try and do?
Try to flash stock from fastboot, maybe something on your system has been corrupted... Are you rooted or bootloader unlocked?
thegunrun said:
I never rooted or unlocked the bootloader, not sure what's up. I had a 32gb SD card in it if that matters.
Anyone know what I could try and do?
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You can try to recover to the recovery image.
https://developer.nvidia.com/sites/default/files/akamai/mobile/shield/HowTo-Flash-Recovery-Image.txt
You can find the boot, system and recovery .img's here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2388870
The blob and tegra114-roth here
https://drive.google.com/?authuser=0#folders/0B7j6Imwr_sirRnl5MFRRR2sxRWM
I would upload the userdata.img, but it's too big for me to upload, and I don't think it is needed...
Guys, the OP mentioned that he has not unlocked/rooted his device, so he cannot flash the recovery image.
That should definitely not happen on an unlocked device. Can you at least see the splash animation? Things to try (in that order):
1) On the boot splash animation, connect SHIELD to your PC and try to run "adb logcat" to see if you can see what is crashing. Attach the log here if you can get it.
2) If you cannot use adb, reboot your SHIELD while holding the back and home buttons. This will bring you to the bootloader menu. Then connect to your PC and try to "fastboot erase userdata" and "fastboot erase cache" before doing "fastboot reboot". This will remove all your user data, so your SHIELD should boot again correctly provided the OTA went without any issue. You might not like the idea of losing your user data though.
3) Contact NVIDIA. You have not unlocked your SHIELD, just did a regular OTA. This is covered by the warranty so they should be able to help you.
Gnurou said:
....That should definitely not happen on an unlocked device. Can you at least see the splash animation? Things to try (in that order):....
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Fixed that line for you.
If the device is locked getting Nvidia to fix the software should not be a problem.
I had the same problem. NVidia swapped out my Shield with a retail refurbished unit.
Happened to me but I shut it down using the nvidia button and let it sit for a few minutes and it booted.
Hit thanks if I helped you out. Doing a little bit of reading goes a long way. Sent via tapatalk.
i have got the same problem
its impossible to boot in 4.3. the only few times i got it, it tooks 10 ton 15 minutes
i go back to 4.2 and i had the same problem. the only way to get the shield back to normal is to format all (system, data, etc..) through cwmr
when i trie to update to 4.3 trought ota, i got the same problem and i have to repeat the proccess again to come back to 4.2
in 4.2 boots ok, and everything works, but i cant update
any ideas?
My boot-up problem seemed to have been caused by my 64GB SanDisk MicroSD card. When I pulled it out to transfer it to my replacement Shield, the original came up. Try pulling out your SD card before powering on if you are still having trouble.
jdsemler said:
My boot-up problem seemed to have been caused by my 64GB SanDisk MicroSD card. When I pulled it out to transfer it to my replacement Shield, the original came up. Try pulling out your SD card before powering on if you are still having trouble.
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hi, i tried to boot without the sd and i get the same result
stock in boot logo
i thing the problem its something related with the ota update an my boot.img
someone has access to boot, system and recovery img from update 63?
maybe if i install from bootloader i get something
thanks in advance
If you power on holding back and home, you will boot into a menu. If you go into Recovery, do you get any options? On mine, it would say "No Command" and be stuck there. If yours also says "No Command", you can't really load anything using recovery.
You should consider going here. You'll have to either login or create a login, but after that, you can submit your problem to NVidia. That's what I did, and they shipped me a new unit overnight with a prepaid label to send my unit back.
Hi, Thanks for your answer. Im able to update the shield throught fastboot. This is hoy i can downgrade from 4.3 to 4.2.
Moreover ,i cant get a new unit, cause i live in spain, (and i already unlock my bootloader)
cg_gm said:
Hi, Thanks for your answer. Im able to update the shield throught fastboot. This is hoy i can downgrade from 4.3 to 4.2.
Moreover ,i cant get a new unit, cause i live in spain, (and i already unlock my bootloader)
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good news!!! last update (64) solve the problem. now im in 4.3 and all is working ok
thanks for your help, hope thath nvidia dont mess up with the updates again
Hello guys, I need some help for my Nexus 5. It starts up, arrives in google logo and then it starts again. I'm able to access the bootloader and I'm able to unlock it. The big problem comes up when I try (with nexus toolkit) to flash a new firmware. The process starts flashing the bootloader and I get a "Failed" message, so the phone restarts and after that the bootloader goes back to locked. Of course with a locked bootloader I get a "Failed" message for every single part it is flashing. I'm able to install a safe TWRP recovery that disappears when I restart the phone.
I don't know how to fix my Nexus 5.
Can anybody help me, please?
I will be really thankful...
Ps I'm sorry for my bad english, I hope everything is understandable!
If the bootloader re-locks by itself, sounds like the internal memory is damaged. Unfortuantely, the memory cannot be replaced. I had a phone that did exactly the same thing. I replaced only the motherboard and everything is fine again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/unable-to-unlock-nexus-5-bootloader-t2994873
audit13 said:
If the bootloader re-locks by itself, sounds like the internal memory is damaged. Unfortuantely, the memory cannot be replaced. I had a phone that did exactly the same thing. I replaced only the motherboard and everything is fine again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/unable-to-unlock-nexus-5-bootloader-t2994873
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Thank you for your answer. Can I ask were you have found a new motherboard? I was looking for it but I wasn't able to find anything.
I looked for a used phone with a smashed screen. I approached LG about buying a new motherboard and they had none for sale.
I was trying to root my Huawei Mate 9 using SuperU and TWRP, i got TWRP to work but when I put SuperU on the phone I couldn't find it (being first time ever rooting a phone) and somehow I came to the conclusion to go to wipe and wipe, i did that and restarted my phone and it was blank, it fully started up but only the bottom buttons were showing and if i changed the volume that would show but noithing else was there couldnt do anything but turn it on and off and change the volume, so now I'm trying to flash a firmware onto my phone so i can at least use it becasue I need it and nothing is working, ive put a update.app onto a sd card and tried using that and just I don't know what to do, I can load bootloader and get into TWRP and I can get into eRecovery but when I try download and recovery it just spits out an error saying 'getting package info failed'
Please help I'm not sure what other infomatiuon you need so just reply with anything and I'll reply right away thank you :c
Sirsyorrz said:
I was trying to root my Huawei Mate 9 using SuperU and TWRP, i got TWRP to work but when I put SuperU on the phone I couldn't find it (being first time ever rooting a phone) and somehow I came to the conclusion to go to wipe and wipe, i did that and restarted my phone and it was blank, it fully started up but only the bottom buttons were showing and if i changed the volume that would show but noithing else was there couldnt do anything but turn it on and off and change the volume, so now I'm trying to flash a firmware onto my phone so i can at least use it becasue I need it and nothing is working, ive put a update.app onto a sd card and tried using that and just I don't know what to do, I can load bootloader and get into TWRP and I can get into eRecovery but when I try download and recovery it just spits out an error saying 'getting package info failed'
Please help I'm not sure what other infomatiuon you need so just reply with anything and I'll reply right away thank you :c
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You can start over by flashing the full update.zip.
What exactly did you wipe?
Anyway, you can flash back stock firmware using: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-9/how-to/guide-mate-9-flash-update-package-t3593108