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No Recovery, garbled screen, can I recover?

I rooted my TF101 model B80 using RazorClaw (nvflash is a no-go for this model). Installed CWM, all was well. I tried to install Prime ROM from CWM, and was unimpressed; tried to restore my Nandroid backup of original rooted OS. Now, Transformer will not boot into any recovery (neither CWM or original green android), and screen comes up garbled. Is there any way I can restore my original stock by merely putting a particular image on my external sd card?
Any other suggestions welcome, I just can't get to a screen (recovery or otherwise) where there is any readable text I can respond to. Nor can I turn the device off. It will continue to reboot in this fashion. When I get home today I'll be able to start from a dead battery.
Thanks

Did you wipe before restore?

davebugyi said:
Did you wipe before restore?
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Yes, I did a full wipe including dalvik cache before all restores. At this point, though, my primary concern is just finding a path back to usability!

DIncLover said:
I rooted my TF101 model B80 using RazorClaw (nvflash is a no-go for this model). Installed CWM, all was well. I tried to install Prime ROM from CWM, and was unimpressed; tried to restore my Nandroid backup of original rooted OS. Now, Transformer will not boot into any recovery (neither CWM or original green android), and screen comes up garbled. Is there any way I can restore my original stock by merely putting a particular image on my external sd card?
Any other suggestions welcome, I just can't get to a screen (recovery or otherwise) where there is any readable text I can respond to. Nor can I turn the device off. It will continue to reboot in this fashion. When I get home today I'll be able to start from a dead battery.
Thanks
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I had the same situation..I used the unbrick method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123429
then you could try restore a backup ..
To turn off the device press the power button for 10-15 seconds..

bruuuno said:
I had the same situation..I used the unbrick method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123429
then you could try restore a backup ..
To turn off the device press the power button for 10-15 seconds..
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I can try this when I get home today.... I'm just concerned because the method involves nvflash .... which I thought didn't work from the newer TF models (I have a model B80). I needed to wait for the RazorClaw exploit because previous attempts at using nvflash failed....

Then NVFlash will fail still...

davebugyi said:
Then NVFlash will fail still...
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So am I hopelessly hosed?

Sounds like this problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321207&highlight=green+screen
Being you can't get back into CWM not sure how you'll flash the stock kernel.
HAve you tried Holding Vol Down button plus Power button till you get prompt to enter recovery at which time immediately push Vol up button withion 5 sec.

baseballfanz said:
Sounds like this problem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321207&highlight=green+screen
Being you can't get back into CWM not sure how you'll flash the stock kernel.
HAve you tried Holding Vol Down button plus Power button till you get prompt to enter recovery at which time immediately push Vol up button withion 5 sec.
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OK .... my bad.... I guess I wasn't pressing the buttons in the right sequence/duration. I CAN get to CWM!
So, once again, I try to restore the Nandroid backup and after rebooting, end up with the screen situation as in the reference you provided.
So, I am assuming my Nandroid backup is not restoring the kernel that it needs. I was running a recent OTA update; I believe the version was 8.6.5.19.
Where can I get the appropriate kernel to install from CWM? Does it matter in what order I install the kernel and the Nandroid backup?

DIncLover said:
Where can I get the appropriate kernel to install from CWM? Does it matter in what order I install the kernel and the Nandroid backup?
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Look here
http://www.gnufabio.com/revolver/dls/

Same issue, no recovery though
Hi,
I have the same issue as the original poster, B80 serial, RazorClaw root. However, when I boot to recovery I get the green android with yellow triangle and exclamation mark.
I need to restore a recovery on my device as I may need to unroot to send to Asus. I have an even deeper problem of having to have the device connected to power for it to turn on after shut down.
However my main question is for that serial number and root method, what is the best way to flash a recovery on my device (stock or CWM) if I can not get into recovery to begin with?
P.S. RecoveryInstaller will not work, after installing the apk, I click the flash recovery button, the system holds for a bit, then nothing happens.
I will continue to search the forms for some answers, any insights or direction will be appreciated.
I can get into apx mode.
Thank you community!

I think you can flash the recovery via the staging partition. Search around the TF section, it's in here somewhere. Although, I wonder why the 1 click recovery didn't work?

gee one said:
I think you can flash the recovery via the staging partition. Search around the TF section, it's in here somewhere. Although, I wonder why the 1 click recovery didn't work?
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Everything I see in the forms requires one of several conditions which my TF doesn't currently meet.
1. Recovery. I can not go into any recovery, thus I can not perform any flashing of any other rom or recovery.
2. B70 or later. Because of the security in the boot for these new serials, I can not use the NVFlash tools to un-brick / flash.
I am already rooted, however I do not know the reason for lack of recovery on this device. I unfortunately bought it yesterday from Craigslist, so not sure what this guy did before I got it.
I searched for flashing recovery staging partition and did not find anything immediately relevant. Please advice is there is a different wording I should use in my search as I am now getting an immense download on all of this trying to figure out what to do. I am also fairly new to Android devices having 1 other phone that is rooted.
Thank you for all the support and quick response! wonderful community here.

Try searching for posts with /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
This is particularly dangerous because you don't have access to nvflash. If you get bootloops, it is bricked. You have to be sure that whatever you flash will be 100% compatible with what you have now.
Also, when you try to boot into recovery, what does the text at the top say? There should be a version number in there somewhere.
sent from my cyanogen(mod) vision

gee one said:
Try searching for posts with /dev/block/mmcblk0p4
This is particularly dangerous because you don't have access to nvflash. If you get bootloops, it is bricked. You have to be sure that whatever you flash will be 100% compatible with what you have now.
Also, when you try to boot into recovery, what does the text at the top say? There should be a version number in there somewhere.
sent from my cyanogen(mod) vision
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Thank you gee one. I have since been able to install clockworkmod. My issue with the power not turning on if not plugged in still persists, I have started a separate thread.
I found your post on the staging partition here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309949&highlight=power
Do you recommend this for the issue still persisting?
If so, considering I am on 8.6.5.19 will I have to use the blob from that? It is not on Asus website as I got it from the firmware update option in the settings before loading up my new ROM.
Do you recommend this step as the only resolution or is there another way?

Ok let me get this straight:
You have clockworkmod installed. Can you boot into it and do the buttons work?
Are you getting a garbled screen when you boot into the rom? Or are you just trying to unroot?
The tricky part is to avoid the bootloops of death.
sent from my cyanogen(mod) vision

Honestly what i would do if i were you, assuming i understood correctly that you can get into clockworkmod, just reflash the prime rom you didnt like(after wiping everything, including cache and dalvik), and if it boots and everythings okay, at least you know nothings really wrong with ur tablet. As for the plug in situation, make sure your battery isnt simply dead. As far as i know, it wont charge from recovery, so if uve been stuck without a booting rom for a while, it being dead could definitely be possible. Once you are in a working rom and you sorted out the charging issue, then you should worry about getting back to stock.

Thank you camaros,
I am able to load stock ROM successfully.
Battery is not dead as it is fully charged, and will run un tethered after powerup. I will test resetting it although I doubt that is causing it.
What i would like to determine is, is this related to a hardware or software issue?
Also, is there a way to restore stock recovery from CWM?

Bricked G2x, Tried everything

My G2x is bricked. I have tried following this guide, but it did nothing, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1
I have tried using NVFlash to flash to stock, Flash CWM on it, but nothing seems to happen. This is the result of flashing stock recovery
http://gyazo.com/111d4f87503e91a3cd92b8a803d5bb46
After doing so, I try to boot into recovery but nothing happens. The screen lights up and shows the pure white LG sign with no colors on the side. No matter how long I hold vol DOWN and power, it doesn't want to boot into recovery. I am unsure of what to do now. Could someone help me?

hyudryu said:
My G2x is bricked. I have tried following this guide, but it did nothing, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1
I have tried using NVFlash to flash to stock, Flash CWM on it, but nothing seems to happen. This is the result of flashing stock recovery
http://gyazo.com/111d4f87503e91a3cd92b8a803d5bb46
After doing so, I try to boot into recovery but nothing happens. The screen lights up and shows the pure white LG sign with no colors on the side. No matter how long I hold vol DOWN and power, it doesn't want to boot into recovery. I am unsure of what to do now. Could someone help me?
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You cannot boot into stock recovery on a G2X. For stock you use volume up and power and it just does a factory reset and reboots your device.
You need to flash CWM Recovery. Then you enter recovery by holding Volume Down and Power and use CWM to reformat your system and flash a rom.
If CWM doesn't work then you need to use the KDZ method to reflash your device to stock.
Don't worry it is almost impossible to fully brick a G2X. As long as you can use NVFlash the device should be recoverable.

My phone isn't stock. I had CWM on it, and I flashed PhoenixBlood ROM. When I tried to upgrade the ROM by flashing the new one, my phone ended up like this. I was able to boot into CWM by holding Vol DOWN and power, but not anymore. Right now, I can't even get into recovery.

hyudryu said:
My phone isn't stock. I had CWM on it, and I flashed PhoenixBlood ROM. When I tried to upgrade the ROM by flashing the new one, my phone ended up like this. I was able to boot into CWM by holding Vol DOWN and power, but not anymore. Right now, I can't even get into recovery.
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It doesn't matter what your phone is. Use this method to unbrick your G2x:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644
There are a couple more methods found on XDA too. Please search before posting.

hyudryu said:
My phone isn't stock. I had CWM on it, and I flashed PhoenixBlood ROM. When I tried to upgrade the ROM by flashing the new one, my phone ended up like this. I was able to boot into CWM by holding Vol DOWN and power, but not anymore. Right now, I can't even get into recovery.
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Did you install CWM using ROM Manager?

[Q] Bricked Nexus 5

Hello
I followed this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2507905 to root my new Nexus 5 and flashed this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2528265 onto it, when I tried to boot it up it got stuck in the boot animation so I rebooted into recovery and wiped the data, cache partition and the dalvik cache and tried to boot it up and encountered the same problem so I went to reboot and it wont boot back up not even to the bootloader and when I plug it into my pc its unrecognized and wont even show charging animations
Did I brick my new phone?

Smragnol said:
Hello
I followed this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2507905 to root my new Nexus 5 and flashed this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2528265 onto it, when I tried to boot it up it got stuck in the boot animation so I rebooted into recovery and wiped the data, cache partition and the dalvik cache and tried to boot it up and encountered the same problem so I went to reboot and it wont boot back up not even to the bootloader and when I plug it into my pc its unrecognized and wont even show charging animations
Did I brick my new phone?
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Press and hold volume up then connect usb cable, what the result?

bitdomo said:
Press and hold volume up then connect usb cable, what the result?
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same as above, nothin.

Smragnol said:
same as above, nothin.
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Then it is bricked , but I don't really understand how could fromating data, cache and dalvik cache destroy the bootloader . There must be something wrong those recoveries, because you are not the only one

Did you ever check the md5 of the rom you flashed? It could have been a corrupted download

does your bootloader work? hold the vol up/down and power on boot. if u can get to the bootloader u can save it with wugs nexus tool.

malibu_23 said:
does your bootloader work? hold the vol up/down and power on boot. if u can get to the bootloader u can save it with wugs nexus tool.
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If you can get into bootloader you can save it without a tool kit.

Do this if u can't go into recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513937
But if u are able to go into recover, just flash any other rom, make sure you before flashing u do a factory data reset, and after finished wipe cache/dalvik always so u dont go into bootloops.

Through some miracle I was able to get to the bootloader (sat there and held the vol and power buttons for like 3 minutes while my pc dinged and donged as it disconnected and reconnected) but I'm unsure of what to do now. Should I keep trying to load a custom rom on it or just go back to stock? and either or how am I going to get the rom on the internal storage as its still not being recognized by my pc (but I do have fast boot access)

Smragnol said:
Through some miracle I was able to get to the bootloader (sat there and held the vol and power buttons for like 3 minutes while my pc dinged and donged as it disconnected and reconnected) but I'm unsure of what to do now. Should I keep trying to load a custom rom on it or just go back to stock? and either or how am I going to get the rom on the internal storage as its still not being recognized by my pc (but I do have fast boot access)
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I'd flash the factor image with fastboot and start all over

Do this if u can't go into recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513937
But if u are able to go into recover, just flash any other rom, make sure you before flashing u do a factory data reset, and after finished wipe cache/dalvik always so u dont go into bootloops.

Stay away from tool kits. You got enough problems on your hand

Alright so I got the stock os flashed on there and booted up and everything is looking goood, thanks guys for all your help I'll be sure to come back if I have any more problems

Smragnol said:
Alright so I got the stock os flashed on there and booted up and everything is looking goood, thanks guys for all your help I'll be sure to come back if I have any more problems
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Glad to hear you're back up and running. Google md5 checksum and make sure the roms you download are good. I think that was your problem

Done this to my Nexus 7.. something went wrong when flashing the Rom and ended up somehow cocking up my drivers aswell.. Weird one.
Glad to hear your back up and running buddy.

[Q] OnePlus One unique softbrick?

I rebooted my OnePlus One yesterday and found myself in a weird situation. The phone would go to the initial OnePlus logo then after, a smal android logo with a red warning sign appears for a split second, and I boot into the CM stock recovery. I can't turn it on or enter fastboot, nor can I turn on ADB Debugging on my phone and would really appreciate help as I do not want this phone to be gone. Pretty scared guys, help would be much appreciated!

I've never seen this problem before.
I supose you are bootloader unlocked, rooted and have costum recovery, right?
For fastboot, if it does not work normally, try: up button + power with the phone connected to the PC; if it does not work, try the same button combo + plug the phone to the pc while you are holding down the buttons.

badjoras said:
I've never seen this problem before.
I supose you are bootloader unlocked, rooted and have costum recovery, right?
For fastboot, if it does not work normally, try: up button + power with the phone connected to the PC; if it does not work, try the same button combo + plug the phone to the pc while you are holding down the buttons.
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Thanks for the prompt response. I think you should also know that I attempted to put a custom recovery on my OPO, but after saying that it worked, I only loaded into the CM Stock Recovery. I do not, have my phone with me at the moment as I did not think it would be necessary to bring to school with me, but I will attempt everything you have said. Thanks for the help so far!

badjoras said:
I've never seen this problem before.
I supose you are bootloader unlocked, rooted and have costum recovery, right?
For fastboot, if it does not work normally, try: up button + power with the phone connected to the PC; if it does not work, try the same button combo + plug the phone to the pc while you are holding down the buttons.
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I attempted both ways but nothing happens as I press the buttons. It will only boot in the CM Simple Recovery.

NizzleFish98 said:
I attempted both ways but nothing happens as I press the buttons. It will only boot in the CM Simple Recovery.
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I believe you messed it up for good, since you: can't get into fastboot; have no recovery; have no backups... If you could get fastboot to go you would only need to flash twrp and then sideload a rom =/
Does the stock recovery let you sideload?

badjoras said:
I believe you messed it up for good, since you: can't get into fastboot; have no recovery; have no backups... If you could get fastboot to go you would only need to flash twrp and then sideload a rom =/
Does the stock recovery let you sideload?
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Yes. It does.
Download the stock image. I'm sure it will be there somewhere in the forums.
Then go to recovery and do the following:
Select 'apply update'. Then you either have the option to apply update from Internal Storage or from adb.
Select adb and enter: adb sideload update_filename.zip

badjoras said:
I believe you messed it up for good, since you: can't get into fastboot; have no recovery; have no backups... If you could get fastboot to go you would only need to flash twrp and then sideload a rom =/
Does the stock recovery let you sideload?
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assuming it's the stock android recovery, i'm pretty sure it allows for sideloading.
Def sounds like something got flashed to the wrong parition though

How can i boot INTO fastboot?

Simple question that seems to confuse people when asked so I'll try to be as clear as possible. I power on into bootloop LG logo. I can boot into only download mode. When I try to get to recovery it just starts the phone into bootloop after I hit power for factory reset. I need to flash partitions again because I believe I can fix the phone. Using lgflashtool errors while trying to flash stock rom. So I'm stuck. Anyone know how to make the phone go to fastboot?...Please!!!!?

Edit: Broke phone in half! Forget it!!!