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REVISED TUTORIAL IN ROOTING 2.3.6 SAMSUNG REPLENISH
warning for experienced adb users!: this was made with noobs in mind. you may learn something (from me! a noob! XD) but anyways, enjoy!
this does not affect anything on the phone except for adding the ability to access root permissions. CWM is not permanent, it disappears after you use it, and nothing on the phone is affected, as far as i know, but i had just factory reset the phone, so use at your own risk...
you may need to know:
root of a drive- drives are designated C:\ or D:\ or whatever letter in windows. Just go to "computer" and double click the first item. That location is the "root" of a drive.
Note: make sure you have at least 400 mb of memory (i know, thats alot, but just in case) on your sd card so you can back up your entire phone! i reccomend doing every optional step!!! It'll save you hassle if you have problems. If you can't make room for some reason, and you still wanna try, you should skip step 8. I don't suggest it though.
1. download "odin.zip" and "su" here: https://www.box.com/shared/620b03e95cc0814fefc8 and unzip to your desktop. if you dont have the android sdk, simply copy the "adb.exe" file from "odin.zip" to the root of your primary drive for later. Just go to "computer" and double click the top icon/item. It should say something about C:/. If you're on Mac, sorry. Idk much about it. As for Linux, I have no clue how you'd even try to do this. I love Linux but, sadly, can't experiment with this in it. WINE has its limits....... And I don't think adb or Odin would work.
2. download the "su" file and put into into "platform-tools" where you installed the android sdk, if you have it, or put onto the root of your primary drive if you havent.
3. start phone while holding "spacebar" and "p". "downloading..." should appear on the screen in yellow text
4. plug into the computer and run "Odin_Multi_Downloader_v4.42.exe"
5. select SPHM580.ops for "OPS" and Replenish-CWM5.tar for "One Package" (they should be the only options) DO NOT CHANGE ANYTHING ELSE!!!!!
6. hit "Start" and DO NOT REMOVE PHONE FROM USB.
7. as the phone reboots, hold "u" until CWM opens and set the phone down. you should close Odin now.
8. use the volume keys to navigate to the backup and restore option and use enter to select backup. wait for it to finish completely and take you back to the the CWM main UI. backing up here creates a pure recovery, untouched by anything. CWM is NOT installed into this recovery. continue with the guide.
9. open the command prompt (type cmd.exe in search or run in the start menu, depending on your version of windows) or use some form of terminal emulator on your operating system of choice. command prompt is preferred due to the fact i know it can get the job done, but do what you will.
10. navigate to the drive your sdk is on and into "platform-tools" or to the folder you put the adb.exe and su files on. the default should be [name of drive]:\Users\[username]\. use the "cd.." command til youre at the root of the drive, and if you installed the sdk, type "cd android-sdk-windows/platform-tools" or just go to the root of the drive and go to the next step if you havent. just be sure adb.exe and su are there.
11. type this in line for line, with enters in between. the blue "~#" in the later lines is the prompt you should have. do not type this. it will be in blue. (clockworkmod should still be open on your phone at this point)
adb shell
~#mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/block/stl12 /system
~#exit
adb push su /system/bin/
adb shell
~#chmod 777 /system/bin/su
~#reboot
DO NOT CLOSE THE COMMAND PROMPT YET FOR THE SAKE OF CONVENIENCE
If you have problems with that, try using CWM to mount "/system". Some friendly people over at androidcentral pointed that out. I personally didn't have that problem, but I'm glad it's fixed.
12. when your phone has rebooted, go back to the open command prompt, which should be where it was before you typed "adb shell"
13. type "adb shell". you will see a prompt of "$." type "su." if you have a prompt of "#" rejoice! you have permanent root! now you can go on the Play Store and find "Superuser" and "Busybox" (they should be free. if you cant find it, get ahold of me and ill try to supply the newest updates) if not, and you have a backup from optional step 2, you should go through til you hit CWM and restore the backup. if not, make one now and reattempt everything aside from downloads and the moving the files around on your computer. Also, someone said something about "chmod 06755 /system/bin/su", so if you might try using that instead of "chmod 777 /system/bin/su". 777 worked for me, but maybe this works better for you.
OPTIONAL FINISH STEP: I dont know how you install CWM permanently, but you should do this so you can make backups of your rom and store them somewhere like on a box.com or mediafire.com account if you decide to mess with something on your phone. (use hjsplit to break it into pieces for uploading and reassemble after download for flashing if its too big). to use a recovery, enter CWM (either the way i have here or if you have permanently installed, just reboot and hold "u") and navigate to "backup and restore," "restore," and select the recovery you wish to use on your sd card (make sure when you take out a backup for storage, you zip up the entire folder with the name that contains the date and time of your backup.) it will overwrite everything on your phone to be exactly like it was when you backed it up.
good luck! have fun!
Note: if you rename the CWM backup file, make sure it DOESN'T HAVE A SPACE or it'll give you something about md5 or something not matching. If it says this, remove any spaces in the name and try again. I had it happen on my xperia play and freaked, thinking it was soft-bricked permanently one time, til I found out about cwm's glitch with that.
Also, I uploaded pretty much everything needed for rooting the phone, with comments pertaining to each file. This includes current (as of July 31, 2012) copies of Superuser.apk, a busybox installer, and the busybox and su binaries, as well the Odin package containing the tools to temp flash CWM.
the odin.zip file and the process of achieving CWM temp-flashing was found at http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...method-samsung-replenish-android-2-3-6-a.html and credit for that part is given to joshua.worth, although I took it a different path than he did.
Update to above info: to simplify things, I uploaded all relevant files to box so people can get them easier. The su file went missing from xda, most importantly, so I fixed that, and added an updated binary in case someone has trouble with the other one.
contact me at [email protected] if you cant pm me.
Sorry if it takes a while to respond. Life's been kinda crazy for me lately, and I am using my new phone (no service) to do this over wifi.
ahh... well, turns out unrooting cannot be done with a CWM backup... you probably have to find a nandroid or a clean version of kernel with rom. the su file dissapears, although root is still there. ill keep playing with it, i have an idea why root stays although su disappears from the system files. anyways, i will still supply a backup thats pre-rooted for anyone who is willing to have a fresh start on their replenish. it will have superuser.apk preinstalled along with busybox, and everything else will be wiped. this will be a sprint backup, so if anyone has the boost version and is willing to back up with CWM and factory reset, then follow my guide, install busybox and superuser.apk, then back it up again, id be eternally grateful to have a copy
by the way, if anyone has problems with restoring a backup due to "md5" tags or whatever it is, make sure the name of the backup has no spaces. i was freaking out til i found that tip on an obscure forum (well, to me. i dont have a Motorola. lol. just a Sony Ericsson and 2 Samsungs)
update: sorry i havent uploaded the backup. i realized it would give whoever used it the number on this phone and i have to fix that. havent had time to anyways, plus it would only work on a sprint phone. it would convert any boost mobile to sprint, so thats a no-go. sorry...
does this work for the boost mobile replenish that is 2.3.6 if so how long does it take to odin
It should work. And Odin just flashes cwm (really fast) for the duration of the next boot cycle, which it automatically initiates, so hold the recovery button (I think it's u) as it goes into it and you'll have temp root. Make sure it's in download mode before you start. Remember, it cannot be unrooted, so if you value your warranty, plz think twice before doing it. I'm just here to supply the how-to if you decide to, not to say you have to. If you do, enjoy root access!
isavegas said:
It should work. And Odin just flashes cwm (really fast) for the duration of the next boot cycle, which it automatically initiates, so hold up (I think it's u) as it goes into it and you'll have temp root. Make sure it's in download mode before you start. Remember, it cannot be unrooted, so if you value your warranty, plz think twice before doing it. I'm just here to supply the how-to if you decide to, not to say you have to. If you do, enjoy root access!
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Thanks. I did not know if there is a fail safe if something went wrong. so I was second guessing. Very simple to do thank you assuming with odin I made a back up. if I where to mess my system up I can use odin and restore my backup and I be back up and running again no need to sbf
i keep getting : ~ # mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount: mounting /dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system failed: Invalid argument
bscabl said:
i keep getting : ~ # mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
mount: mounting /dev/block/mtdblock3 on /system failed: Invalid argument
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hmm... i am familiar with the error (ive gotten it with 3 different phones in my attempt to root it, but i have succeeded each time regardless) but are you sure you actually have clockworkmod OPEN on your phone when the error shows up? i cant actually do anything from my end, because i no longer have a computer i can use to test anything, or the replenish i rooted with the method... but i opened the cwm several times before thinking to test the adb and seeing the "~#". i actually restarted the phone and did it again before actually rooting it, seeing if i had rooted it or what, and tho i got the same prompt every time it was booted in cwm, it wouldnt show up if i allowed the phone to boot normally after using odin, i HAD to ACTUALLY boot into the cwm menu, which is completely seperate from the OS itself, although it has access to the system files.
by the way, copy and paste this directly into the command prompt when you get to the step to avoid human error. mount -t rfs -o remount,rw /dev/block/stl9 /system
or, if it wont work, try this mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock4 /system
sorry bout the babbling XD. anyways, cwm should be circumnavigating the root permissions. hmm.... if you still have problems after that, try skipping to the adb push for the "su" file.
sorry i havent been on top of the thread. ill set up an email notification.
and by the way, something i found very useful on my xperia play when it went into infinite reboot, you can always just restore the system files in the advanced restore option, allowing you to keep all of your app data if, later down the line, your phone needs to be restored. hope this helps. it helped me XD thought id lose all of my messages, but nope. i decided to explore the advanced restore and yay! i got to keep them XD
UPDATE
I don't know if it matters to you anymore, but apparently, some people have trouble with this and fix it by going to the mount menu in CWM and mounting /system
Couple of corrections:
chmod 777 /system/bin/su
should be chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
and then following that command should be
ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
and I saw someone say this is unrootable. Thats not correct. Simply running the unroot script would unroot. Doomlord made a nice one.
To use it do the following:
Code:
adb push unroot /data/local/
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/unroot
adb shell su -c "/data/local/unroot"
adb reboot
[code]
The above will unroot almost any android device.
halfcab123 said:
Couple of corrections:
chmod 777 /system/bin/su
should be chmod 06755 /system/bin/su
and then following that command should be
ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
and I saw someone say this is unrootable. Thats not correct. Simply running the unroot script would unroot. Doomlord made a nice one.
To use it do the following:
Code:
adb push unroot /data/local/
adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/unroot
adb shell su -c "/data/local/unroot"
adb reboot
[code]
The above will unroot almost any android device.[/QUOTE]
Unfortunately, Doomlord's method didn't work on it. I tried all manner of one clicks and manual versions and only this got even temporary root. It's a workaround based on forcing the phone to boot into a custom recovery. (I call it custom bc its not an "official" recovery.) And I chose the chmod by looking through many manual ways to root, and that one was popular, and it works. I had full root access afterwards. I tried to unroot afterwards, however, so I could take screenshots and stuff, but the su file would reappear, even after manual deletion or restoring to an unrooted backup. Anyways, point is, this is the only method I could get to work at all, and it does work.
But the "chmod" night help other people, so ill make note of it in the post just in case. Thanks for the info.
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Important fix----
If step 11 doesn't work, go to the "mount" menu in cwm and mount /system. Some people on androidcentral were kind enough to mention that this fixed their problem with mounting /system as rewritable
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isavegas said:
Important fix----
If step 11 doesn't work, go to the "mount" menu in cwm and mount /system. Some people on androidcentral were kind enough to mention that this fixed their problem with mounting /system as rewritable
Sent from my R800at using xda app-developers app
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thats because your command is wrong
shabbypenguin said:
thats because your command is wrong
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How? Throughout my own rooting of one of the phones, I had this working perfectly. Every time I hit a snag, I found a way around it and documented it. A few other people had errors show up because the phone itself hadn't mounted the system, but the problem was resolved, and only a couple people had any other problems, and they were unrelated to that. I assure you, every command works properly, as far as I know.
exactly my point. your command to mount system is wrong.
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
lets break it down shall we?
mount - this is teh command
-o remount,rw - this is where you tell it what option you want, in this case remounting as rw.
-t yaffs2 - here you are telling mount that it should expect a yaffs2 formatted device, which is not what the samsung replenish is. the replenish uses RFS (robust file system), the best way i can describe it is like telling your windows computer that your hard drive is fat32 when its actually ntfs.
/dev/block/mtdblock3 - this is where you tell mount what you are looking to mount, the issue here is that the replenish doesnt use MTD blocks, it uses STL's and BML's.
/system here is where you are trying to mount the said device to..
out of 5 parts you did get 3 correct tho. you might wish to modify your guide to reflect the actual mount command, for your device it is the following:
mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/block/stl12 /system
and that will kick out system as r/w
shabbypenguin said:
exactly my point. your command to mount system is wrong.
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
lets break it down shall we?
mount - this is teh command
-o remount,rw - this is where you tell it what option you want, in this case remounting as rw.
-t yaffs2 - here you are telling mount that it should expect a yaffs2 formatted device, which is not what the samsung replenish is. the replenish uses RFS (robust file system), the best way i can describe it is like telling your windows computer that your hard drive is fat32 when its actually ntfs.
/dev/block/mtdblock3 - this is where you tell mount what you are looking to mount, the issue here is that the replenish doesnt use MTD blocks, it uses STL's and BML's.
/system here is where you are trying to mount the said device to..
out of 5 parts you did get 3 correct tho. you might wish to modify your guide to reflect the actual mount command, for your device it is the following:
mount -o remount,rw -t rfs /dev/block/stl12 /system
and that will kick out system as r/w
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Hmmmm.... Odd..... *shrugs* I had no problem with the command, but I guess other ppl had pickier computers or phones. Hell, Vista's buginess might have worked in my favor that time XD. Thanks for the pointer. I didn't really understand the exact way the replenish was built. I just found a lil guide for making it boot into cwm and found it allowed for me to use that as an exploit to root the device. In fact, I've done the same kind of stuff to root the samsung Intercept, except I made their own software flash a pre-rooted kernel. anyways, I'll update the guide on xda and androidcentral. Thanks!
isavegas said:
Hmmmm.... Odd..... *shrugs* I had no problem with the command, but I guess other ppl had pickier computers or phones. Hell, Vista's buginess might have worked in my favor that time XD. Thanks for the pointer. I didn't really understand the exact way the replenish was built. I just found a lil guide for making it boot into cwm and found it allowed for me to use that as an exploit to root the device. In fact, I've done the same kind of stuff to root the samsung Intercept, except I made their own software flash a pre-rooted kernel. anyways, I'll update the guide on xda and androidcentral. Thanks!
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chances are you had system mounted in cwm without knowing it.
for future knowledge always check the devices fstab for where to mount and filesystem type
https://github.com/Shabbypenguin/android_device_replenish/blob/master/recovery/recovery.fstab
as you can see the proper mounts from the files i used to make CWM for the replenish
shabbypenguin said:
chances are you had system mounted in cwm without knowing it.
for future knowledge always check the devices fstab for where to mount and filesystem type
https://github.com/Shabbypenguin/android_device_replenish/blob/master/recovery/recovery.fstab
as you can see from the files i used to make CWM for the replenish the proper mounts
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Eh, maybe. For all I know the first thing I did was mount everything with cwm. I DID do this several months ago. I don't even have the phone anymore. The owner of the phone was gonna give it to me after upgrading, but she sold it, so I kept her 500gb laptop hard drive instead. Popped it out of the external hdd casing and stuck it in a laptop. XD. It now has Linux on it.
Anyways, I've updated the guide to have the right command and note that if it doesn't work to use cwm to mount /system. And how do you find the fstab? Just Google it? Or is it somewhere on the device?
Btw, do you know anything about cwm? It refuses to properly back up my xperia play anymore. The .android_secure folder keeps giving it errors.
isavegas said:
Eh, maybe. For all I know the first thing I did was mount everything with cwm. I DID do this several months ago. I don't even have the phone anymore. The owner of the phone was gonna give it to me after upgrading, but she sold it, so I kept her 500gb laptop hard drive instead. Popped it out of the external hdd casing and stuck it in a laptop. XD. It now has Linux on it.
Anyways, I've updated the guide to have the right command and note that if it doesn't work to use cwm to mount /system. And how do you find the fstab? Just Google it? Or is it somewhere on the device?
Btw, do you know anything about cwm? It refuses to properly back up my xperia play anymore. The .android_secure folder keeps giving it errors.
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its where the recovery is on the device. each device has their own fstab. as for your error sounds like a conflict, either with cwm itself or that folder
shabbypenguin said:
its where the recovery is on the device. each device has their own fstab. as for your error sounds like a conflict, either with cwm itself or that folder
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It HAS to he cwm, because the folder is regarded as super hidden by the device. The folder itself can be seen, but the contents can ONLY be edited by the rom or a pc, and I haven't touched it with a pc before. It's where your apps go when you move them to the sd card. I've been trying to back my phone up with cwm because I wanted to test the jelly bean alpha release for it. its the xperia play 4g. Stupid backup crashes every time I try and it ends up eating up what room is left in my sdcard.
i followed your guide and have root in shell. however i cant get root permission on any apps, the window doesnt pop up asking me for permission. i also get a toast notification saying superuser access denied for whatever app im trying to open. any ideas?
arodey said:
i followed your guide and have root in shell. however i cant get root permission on any apps, the window doesnt pop up asking me for permission. i also get a toast notification saying superuser access denied for whatever app im trying to open. any ideas?
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What does your Superuser log show?
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Hi, first of all sorry for my english.
I'm S-off, rooted, using TWRP touch and android 5.0 (from ivanich).
I went out of memory on my internal storage, so I had a pop-up that says lower your storage (my sd card couldn't be mounted). Then i went in recovery to wipe cache and data for it would free some space, but I got theses issue:
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata at /data: No such device
unmount of /data failed; no such volume
script succeeded: result was [0,200000]
updating partition details...
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
E:Unable to mount '/data'
...done
I also tried by advanced wipe> wipe Data and I went stuck on this :
"Formatting Data using make_ext4fs function"
If i try to reboot on the rom it's bootloop
I tried a few command in the terminal command that I've found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2683787
mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
I get this :
filesystem too small for a journal
writing superblocks and lifesystem accounting information : done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 37 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
So I have no idea how to fix this I never had this error before and I can't find anything about it, only Odin but correct me if I'm wrong but Odin doesn't work for Sensation ?
Thanks for any help I appreciate
you are facing probably the same issue with others that faced with twrp
those partitions corrupted after using the wipe options
the only thing i can suggest you is to use this solution
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-sensation/help/recovering-data-mount-issues-t2859588
best wishes
So yeah, i've try so many things, and none of them is fixing my problem.
First i've installed 4ext recovery and i had still the same issue, not able to wipe cache or data or factory reset.
I've tried to install adb but it doesn't recognize my phone, even with SDK tools, i can't tell the program what my phone is.
now i've tried to install the RUU (dl the .exe, found the rom.zip, and put on my phone renamed it "PG58IMG.zip" now when i'm on the fastboot it loads the file and then it get stuck at the userdata part....
If i try to boot the normal way i get the black screen with the red triangle and exclamation mark ....
I'm going to keep looking but it's getting harder than expected
(still sorry for my english)
ni4rkx said:
So yeah, i've try so many things, and none of them is fixing my problem.
First i've installed 4ext recovery and i had still the same issue, not able to wipe cache or data or factory reset.
I've tried to install adb but it doesn't recognize my phone, even with SDK tools, i can't tell the program what my phone is.
now i've tried to install the RUU (dl the .exe, found the rom.zip, and put on my phone renamed it "PG58IMG.zip" now when i'm on the fastboot it loads the file and then it get stuck at the userdata part....
If i try to boot the normal way i get the black screen with the red triangle and exclamation mark ....
I'm going to keep looking but it's getting harder than expected
(still sorry for my english)
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I can't help with issue but userdata is not mmcblk0p8, it's mmcblk0p23 on our device.
hinxnz said:
I can't help with issue but userdata is not mmcblk0p8, it's mmcblk0p23 on our device.
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Hmm thanks for this info, I will try to do again all this but on an other computer tomorrow maybe it will work... I hope!
So after hours of trying to repair it, it still doesn't work.
But i've found something that might be intersting.
In recovery 4ext but now I'm twrp so I don't have the exact information again but when I went in storage information, it was written that the internal storage was --mb, and --mb free, so I guess it means that my partition doesn't exist anymore.. Anyway I've found that I'm not the only one with this but I still didn't find any solution to fix it..
ni4rkx said:
Hi, first of all sorry for my english.
I'm S-off, rooted, using TWRP touch and android 5.0 (from ivanich).
I went out of memory on my internal storage, so I had a pop-up that says lower your storage (my sd card couldn't be mounted). Then i went in recovery to wipe cache and data for it would free some space, but I got theses issue:
mount: failed to mount /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/userdata at /data: No such device
unmount of /data failed; no such volume
script succeeded: result was [0,200000]
updating partition details...
E:Unable to mount '/cache'
E:Unable to mount '/data'
...done
I also tried by advanced wipe> wipe Data and I went stuck on this :
"Formatting Data using make_ext4fs function"
If i try to reboot on the rom it's bootloop
I tried a few command in the terminal command that I've found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2683787
mke2fs -T ext4 /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
I get this :
filesystem too small for a journal
writing superblocks and lifesystem accounting information : done
This filesystem will be automatically checked every 37 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override.
So I have no idea how to fix this I never had this error before and I can't find anything about it, only Odin but correct me if I'm wrong but Odin doesn't work for Sensation ?
Thanks for any help I appreciate
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I decided to try TWRP yesterday and Im having a similar issue. However when i flash roms I have no issues at all. However i get stuck at the HTC logo forever when i try and boot. I have manually flashed boot.img so that isnt the issue. I even tried doing some mkfs.ext4 executions and i still have the same issue. Im going back to my E63 to see if i can still repair this. However looks like another device is looking likely.
Can anyone tell me if you can run some error logs for when the device is in the boot stage, and by that i mean when the HTC logo so showing? I dont think ADB will work in that mode.
When you try to mount data from recovery does it fail?
Can you tell me which twrp your using? I mean which r stands at the end of the filename?
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I decided to try TWRP yesterday and Im having a similar issue. However when i flash roms I have no issues at all. However i get stuck at the HTC logo forever when i try and boot. I have manually flashed boot.img so that isnt the issue. I even tried doing some mkfs.ext4 executions and i still have the same issue. Im going back to my E63 to see if i can still repair this. However looks like another device is looking likely.
Can anyone tell me if you can run some error logs for when the device is in the boot stage, and by that i mean when the HTC logo so showing? I dont think ADB will work in that mode.
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What do you mean "some mkfs.ext4 executions" ? I wanted to try that but I couldn't find how to do it, I tried in ADB it didn't work & terminal from twrp neither maybe I didn't type correctly.
I'll suggest you to re flash it, or wipe & flash. (but it's not the point of my thread tho ...)
Sajito said:
When you try to mount data from recovery does it fail?
Can you tell me which twrp your using? I mean which r stands at the end of the filename?
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Yes I can't mount it..
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-pyramid.img that i've flash by ADB
ni4rkx said:
What do you mean "some mkfs.ext4 executions" ? I wanted to try that but I couldn't find how to do it, I tried in ADB it didn't work & terminal from twrp neither maybe I didn't type correctly.
I'll suggest you to re flash it, or wipe & flash. (but it's not the point of my thread tho ...)
Yes I can't mount it..
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-pyramid.img that i've flash by ADB
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Where did you download that image?
That sounds like you just experienced the brick bug.
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Where did you download that image?
That sounds like you just experienced the brick bug.
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http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/pyramid from http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/66 the recovery img method.
Well I'm not sure because It booted the rom (cm12 from ivanich) but yeah bootloop on the CM logo
ni4rkx said:
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/pyramid from http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/66 the recovery img method.
Well I'm not sure because It booted the rom (cm12 from ivanich) but yeah bootloop on the CM logo
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I'm sorry to say, but that's definitely the brick bug. Only the link rzr86 posted might help you using your phone. Ivanich made twrp builds, which use his kernel and device trees, so we're pretty sure his twrp is not affected by that bug (that just as an info for anyone using the twrp from the official site. So if anyone reads this and is using twrp newer than 2.6 from official site, get ivanich's build).
The problem is that your data partition is corrupt, not the system partition. But you need the data partition, to use any rom, which is now not mountable anymore. So your able to flash roms and get until bootanimation, but without data partition working it won't boot.
@little_lerroyy did you use ivanich's twrp or the one from official site too?
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I'm sorry to say, but that's definitely the brick bug. Only the link rzr86 posted might help you using your phone. Ivanich made twrp builds, which use his kernel and device trees, so we're pretty sure his twrp is not affected by that bug (that just as an info for anyone using the twrp from the official site. So if anyone reads this and is using twrp newer than 2.6 from official site, get ivanich's build).
The problem is that your data partition is corrupt, not the system partition. But you need the data partition, to use any rom, which is now not mountable anymore. So your able to flash roms and get until bootanimation, but without data partition working it won't boot.
@little_lerroyy did you use ivanich's twrp or the one from official site too?
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So you're saying that TWRP didn't do their job good enough and bricked my phone ? =/ that's pretty sad
thanks for the info tho but maybe there is a way to re create the data partition, since I think I'm not the only one who has this issue
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So you're saying that TWRP didn't do their job good enough and bricked my phone ? =/ that's pretty sad
thanks for the info tho but maybe there is a way to re create the data partition, since I think I'm not the only one who has this issue
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The problem is not caused by twrp, but the faulty device/kernel trees which were used for that image. Unfortunately nobody knows who built these images, nor do we know which sources were used.
I had that too, I know that sucks.
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The problem is not caused by twrp, but the faulty device/kernel trees which were used for that image. Unfortunately nobody knows who built these images, nor do we know which sources were used.
I had that too, I know that sucks.
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Alright then.... I have an old motorola defy yeahhhh :good:
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Alright then.... I have an old motorola defy yeahhhh :good:
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You can still try to mount your sdcard as data partition, as explained in the link posted on page 1, it seems to work for some.
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What do you mean "some mkfs.ext4 executions" ? I wanted to try that but I couldn't find how to do it, I tried in ADB it didn't work & terminal from twrp neither maybe I didn't type correctly.
I'll suggest you to re flash it, or wipe & flash. (but it's not the point of my thread tho ...)
Yes I can't mount it..
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-pyramid.img that i've flash by ADB
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Connect phone to pc, boot into recovery, open terminal and type 'adb devices', your device should show.
To try mount data enter 'adb shell mount /data'.
To check structure enter 'adb shell /sbin/e2fsck -n -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p23'.
Maybe this could help?
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You can still try to mount your sdcard as data partition, as explained in the link posted on page 1, it seems to work for some.
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Hm I've take a look but it looks complicated :s
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Connect phone to pc, boot into recovery, open terminal and type 'adb devices', your device should show.
To try mount data enter 'adb shell mount /data'.
To check structure enter 'adb shell /sbin/e2fsck -n -f /dev/block/mmcblk0p23'.
Maybe this could help?
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Well I'll give it a try when I can work on an other computer because I also have an issue with windows 8.1, it doesn't recognize my phone, so I can't use adb to work with the phone. It worked on windows 7 on an other computer but I can't use it for now.. Thanks anyway I'll keep you in touch
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What do you mean "some mkfs.ext4 executions" ? I wanted to try that but I couldn't find how to do it, I tried in ADB it didn't work & terminal from twrp neither maybe I didn't type correctly.
I'll suggest you to re flash it, or wipe & flash. (but it's not the point of my thread tho ...)
Yes I can't mount it..
openrecovery-twrp-2.8.4.0-pyramid.img that i've flash by ADB
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Follow this link, the process is done in ADB
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/fix-data-htc-one.html
Just make sure where it says "mmcblk0p37" in step number 10, you put in "mmcblk0p23" which is your data partition, but i doubt you will have much access doing this.
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Follow this link, the process is done in ADB
http://android-revolution-hd.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/fix-data-htc-one.html
Just make sure where it says "mmcblk0p37" in step number 10, you put in "mmcblk0p23" which is your data partition, but i doubt you will have much access doing this.
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Thanks but as I said, I can't use ADB on my computer. I'll still try when I can use an other one !
Hello,
I am trying to recover from a softbrick issue. I have a BLU Studio C 5+5 LTE and therefore can't use TWRP or CWM (At least that is my assumption, maybe someone knows different). Before getting into the softbrick state I took 3 different types of backups in the hopes that one of them could be used in case it was needed. (like this)
Type 1 - I did an ADB shell backup from a completely stock device (unrooted) I used this command-
adb backup -apk -all -f fullbackup.adb
For this method I followed this guide here-
https://linuxiswonderful.wordpress.com/2015/04/04/full-backup-of-nonrooted-android/
Type 2 - I used Titanium backup and performed a complete system and application backup
Type 3 - I rooted the phone and backed up all partitions using dd after reviewing the partition layout of the device. For example, to backup the system partition I did the following at an ADB shell-
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 of=/storage/sdcard1/firmware-img/system.img
I believe the last operation I tried before softbricking was installing the Xposed framework module for my device (running Lollipop 5.1.1).
I am able to still communicate to my device using ADB and I can get an ADB shell. or enter fastboot mode My device presently shows the manufacturer's logo when booting and gets no further.
To recover from this issue I think I have two basic options
#1 restore from backup
#2 locate the problem that is causing the system to hang at startup in the first place
At the end of the day I am trying to find the simplest, quickest method to get back up and running. Both methods are acceptable to me. I am not worried about losing any data.
My challenge/sticking point is how to turn my backups into a usable format to get me back on track or understand the boot process enough to get out of the boot loop.
The first thing I tried was mounting my raw image files created from the dd process. I followed this guide-
https://samindaw.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/mounting-a-file-as-a-file-system-in-linux/
I ran these commands-
#losetup /dev/loop0 /path/to/my/system.img
# mkfs -t ext3 -m 1 -v /dev/loop0
# mount -t ext3 /dev/loop0 /mnt
# cd /mnt
# ls
The various image files I created all seemed to mount "ok" OK meaning that the loopback mount process worked but it appears there is nothing but a lost+found folder in the mounted image. (I'm not sure why that is.)
I am still researching methods to turn my other backups into something usable for recovery purposes.
For using the adb backup file I created, this is what my understanding is-
Adb backup uses a type of compression (don’t remember what kind). I would need to uncompress the file first. After uncompressing and being able to view the file contents I would think I should be able to put together a flashable zip file of some sort.
I think the process for Titanium backup would generally be the same- uncompress/convert file format, create/assemble a flashable zip file
The last thought I had was trying to get the system to boot. To do so, I need to better understand the boot process. I am familiar with how Linux boots as I am a Sys Admin. I know Android is similar but just different enough to make me research this further. I can pull dmesg log for anyone if that will help. I was also seeing where you could use the logcat command. (That is new to me as it seems more Android specific and not used in Linux that I know of)
If there is any other info you need to see, please let me know. I made a lot of notes about the system architecture, partition layout, etc.
Many thanks in advance for your help!
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Hello,
I am trying to recover from a softbrick issue. I have a BLU Studio C 5+5 LTE and therefore can't use TWRP or CWM (At least that is my assumption, maybe someone knows different). Before getting into the softbrick state I took 3 different types of backups in the hopes that one of them could be used in case it was needed. (like this)
Type 1 - I did an ADB shell backup from a completely stock device (unrooted) I used this command-
adb backup -apk -all -f fullbackup.adb
For this method I followed this guide here-
https://linuxiswonderful.wordpress.com/2015/04/04/full-backup-of-nonrooted-android/
Type 2 - I used Titanium backup and performed a complete system and application backup
Type 3 - I rooted the phone and backed up all partitions using dd after reviewing the partition layout of the device. For example, to backup the system partition I did the following at an ADB shell-
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21 of=/storage/sdcard1/firmware-img/system.img
I believe the last operation I tried before softbricking was installing the Xposed framework module for my device (running Lollipop 5.1.1).
I am able to still communicate to my device using ADB and I can get an ADB shell. or enter fastboot mode My device presently shows the manufacturer's logo when booting and gets no further.
To recover from this issue I think I have two basic options
#1 restore from backup
#2 locate the problem that is causing the system to hang at startup in the first place
At the end of the day I am trying to find the simplest, quickest method to get back up and running. Both methods are acceptable to me. I am not worried about losing any data.
My challenge/sticking point is how to turn my backups into a usable format to get me back on track or understand the boot process enough to get out of the boot loop.
The first thing I tried was mounting my raw image files created from the dd process. I followed this guide-
https://samindaw.wordpress.com/2012/03/21/mounting-a-file-as-a-file-system-in-linux/
I ran these commands-
#losetup /dev/loop0 /path/to/my/system.img
# mkfs -t ext3 -m 1 -v /dev/loop0
# mount -t ext3 /dev/loop0 /mnt
# cd /mnt
# ls
The various image files I created all seemed to mount "ok" OK meaning that the loopback mount process worked but it appears there is nothing but a lost+found folder in the mounted image. (I'm not sure why that is.)
I am still researching methods to turn my other backups into something usable for recovery purposes.
For using the adb backup file I created, this is what my understanding is-
Adb backup uses a type of compression (don’t remember what kind). I would need to uncompress the file first. After uncompressing and being able to view the file contents I would think I should be able to put together a flashable zip file of some sort.
I think the process for Titanium backup would generally be the same- uncompress/convert file format, create/assemble a flashable zip file
The last thought I had was trying to get the system to boot. To do so, I need to better understand the boot process. I am familiar with how Linux boots as I am a Sys Admin. I know Android is similar but just different enough to make me research this further. I can pull dmesg log for anyone if that will help. I was also seeing where you could use the logcat command. (That is new to me as it seems more Android specific and not used in Linux that I know of)
If there is any other info you need to see, please let me know. I made a lot of notes about the system architecture, partition layout, etc.
Many thanks in advance for your help!
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Greetings,
Thank you for using XDA Assist.
There are no specific forums for your device model on XDA. However, if you create an XDA account, you can ask your questions here:
Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
You will receive expert advice there.
Good luck and welcome to XDA!