Hello,
I finally decided to update my Nexus S with the new 2.3.4 but first of all I had to get it unrooted.
I first tried the stock image fr6om ROM Manager. After the update it didn't get me past the bootscreen (with the unlocked locker). I was browsing on the net untill I found a stock rom (Stock-GRH55-Unsigned) which I updated via Clockwork Recovery. It said succesfully installed, but now my phone won't boot at all .. Not even with the volume button and power button at the same time.
I take it that I bricked my phone?
Same exact thing happened to me -- I also restored using that Stock-GRH55-Unsigned image, and now my device is bricked... Anyone help on this?
Jacob
Do you have a nandroid backup? You can flash it using CWM recovery and return your system to the working state before you applied the update.
If you don't have a nandroid backup, this thread may assist you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=954340
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Hi guys, i'm new to fastboot so pardon me for this noob question. I have root and the latest clockwork flashed through ROM Manager. The issue is that I don't have a nandroid backup yet, so I thought it was a good thing to do. I did the following:
1 - entered fastboot mode (power + volume up)
2 - selected recovery
3 - phone rebooted and now is stuck on the exclamation + robot logo
How do I proceed to reboot phone or enter clockwork?
Thanks.
Edit: Well, I figured how to bring up the options and reboot the phone(turns out it was almost like on my previous phone lol). Still, for some reason I could not boot into clockwork until I re-flashed it using ROM Manager. I think it's the second time my clockworkmod gets messed up and I have to re-flash it. Anyone knows why?
Edit 2 :I just made a nandroid backup and rebooted the phone. Then I turned it off, booted into fastboot mode> recovery and ClockworkMod was gone again. Can someone help me figure out how to solve this? :|
nicholasbgr said:
Hi guys, i'm new to fastboot so pardon me for this noob question. I have root and the latest clockwork flashed through ROM Manager. The issue is that I don't have a nandroid backup yet, so I thought it was a good thing to do. I did the following:
1 - entered fastboot mode (power + volume up)
2 - selected recovery
3 - phone rebooted and now is stuck on the exclamation + robot logo
How do I proceed to reboot phone or enter clockwork?
Thanks.
Edit: Well, I figured how to bring up the options and reboot the phone(turns out it was almost like on my previous phone lol). Still, for some reason I could not boot into clockwork until I re-flashed it using ROM Manager. I think it's the second time my clockworkmod gets messed up and I have to re-flash it. Anyone knows why?
Edit 2 :I just made a nandroid backup and rebooted the phone. Then I turned it off, booted into fastboot mode> recovery and ClockworkMod was gone again. Can someone help me figure out how to solve this? :|
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the stock 2.3.1 rom has a script that runs at startup that will replace the recovery back to stock at every boot. /ect/install-recovery.sh
if remove or rename it, it won't do that anymore.
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! screen is the stock recovery.
To see the actual stock recovery options
Again, press up and power together real fast.
Hello, I just messed my phone up and I want to go back to stock 2.3.2 or earlier.
I have just the stock recovery, it was rooted with clockworkmod but I tried installing stock 2.3.2 and it it removed everything and is not bootign up. I'm stock on the triangle sign with the android figure/sign/robot on.
Please help me get back to stock, I dont need root or anything, just original just like I got the phone brand new in box.
It would be so helpful!
Just a quick bump because I need to use the phone urgently within few hours, please if any1 has a solution please post. I'll even offer u something.
thanks and sorry for being inpatient
just download and restore the nandroid stock backups on the DEV section
another alternative is to use Odin, but some people are not fond of it
tempera said:
Hello, I just messed my phone up and I want to go back to stock 2.3.2 or earlier.
I have just the stock recovery, it was rooted with clockworkmod but I tried installing stock 2.3.2 and it it removed everything and is not bootign up. I'm stock on the triangle sign with the android figure/sign/robot on.
Please help me get back to stock, I dont need root or anything, just original just like I got the phone brand new in box.
It would be so helpful!
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The android with an "!" is the stock recovery. You get into it by pushing/holding power first, then volume up...just the opposite of how you got into fastboot mode.
Does that work for you?
distortedloop said:
The android with an "!" is the stock recovery. You get into it by pushing/holding power first, then volume up...just the opposite of how you got into fastboot mode.
Does that work for you?
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Yes, but nandroid backups dont work with stock recovery?
If you were running < 2.3.3 bootloader, ie 2.3~2.3.2
Download clockworkmod recovery image, boot into fastboot mode, boot the image, do a nandroid restore.
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
tempera said:
Yes, but nandroid backups dont work with stock recovery?
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No they don't, but you said you were stuck at that screen like it was a broken phone.
From stock recovery you can wipe the phone with a factory reset, wipe the cache also and see if you can boot.
Is your bootloader UNlocked? Are you on 2.3.3. or 2.3.2.
If on 2.3.2 bootloader, or on 2.3.3 with unlocked bootloader, just flash or boot clocwork via fastboot as suggested by the post above this one.
You can always do the fastboot oem unlock command on the phone, this will wipe the whol
I think I bricked my tab 2 (gt-p3113) it keeps on looping at boot, I recently flashed cm10 on it then flashed stock rom (it was laggy, so I tried flashing clockworkmod recovery to reinstall cm10) after flashing clockworkmod, it kept on looping. I don't know what the problem is, please help.
UPDATE: I kept on pressing random buttons to reach download mode, but I need a stock rom + stock recovery (this rom was 4.0.3) for my device (samsung-updates site is moving servers or so)
I downloaded my stock rom from this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1645295&page=3 it's laggy + apps kept on crashing)
I need a new stock rom because flashing clockworkmod recovery on this rom always causes a bootloop, I want to install cwm recovery to restore my data.
first, try to download the stock recovery from sammobie.com , put it on your external sd & then try to re install CWM via odin, wipe your data and everything (if you're returning from CM10 to stock one) and then re-flash the stock ROM, hope this might help you
rickywinataa said:
first, try to download the stock recovery from sammobie.com , put it on your external sd & then try to re install CWM via odin, wipe your data and everything (if you're returning from CM10 to stock one) and then re-flash the stock ROM, hope this might help you
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I couldn't find it on sammobile, but I googled it (794MB, downloading..) I think the problem was that I flashed cwm for 4.0.4 (seeing as I had 4.0.4 before cm10) then the stock rom I flashed was 4.0.3 (I can't update my device via OTA, idk why)
I'm just afraid the newest firmware I'm downloading lags and so, because the one I downloaded earlier (the 4.0.3 one) keeps lagging and force closing apps.
UPDATE: I flashed it, works perfectly fine, now I'm on my way to flash clockworkmod recovery and to root it in order to run cm10, but is there a way I can ONLY flash the stock recovery back? the md5 file I downloaded contains recovery.img is there a way I can flash it in odin without the whole ROM?
Bibicp said:
I think I bricked my tab 2 (gt-p3113) it keeps on looping at boot, I recently flashed cm10 on it then flashed stock rom (it was laggy, so I tried flashing clockworkmod recovery to reinstall cm10) after flashing clockworkmod, it kept on looping. I don't know what the problem is, please help.
UPDATE: I kept on pressing random buttons to reach download mode, but I need a stock rom + stock recovery (this rom was 4.0.3) for my device (samsung-updates site is moving servers or so)
I downloaded my stock rom from this post : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1645295&page=3 it's laggy + apps kept on crashing)
I need a new stock rom because flashing clockworkmod recovery on this rom always causes a bootloop, I want to install cwm recovery to restore my data.
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Your Tab is not bricked. A bricked Tab / Phone will not turn on. There won't be any response from the device, whatever you do. Because, I bricked one of my friends Mobile.
All you need to do you is, to install a proper firmware on your Tab 2. PM me if you need any help.
Mine started acting like it was bricked. Refused to turn on. I held the power button for 2+ minutes, nothing. Then I let it charge for 4+ hours and tried to turn it on, again, nada. I then unplugged it and held the power button and it booted. The first time the screen went to sleep it would not respond again. Plugged the cable in for a minute, then unplugged and it started. Battery was at 90%. It is on it's way back to Samsung now. They say 7-10 business days, we'll see.
I thought it would be cool to see what the fuss is about rooting and loading a custom ROM but I just dont see the point after playing around the last few days.
I followed the rooting instructions online for the HTC One S ville and then made it to the loading Clockwork Recovery onto the phone and performing an Nandroid backup like it suggested. Well thats where I ran into the issue of not being able to boot into anything else afterwards it would just keep booting to Clockwork Recovery screen. I figured out that I have to hold the power button for 10 seconds and then it will boot properly to stock android ROM. So once I figured that out I began using the tutorial to load the Viper ROM. Once I loaded the viper rom I ran into an issue at step #11
After you configured it, reboot to your bootloader in fastboot mode
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I stopped there because I was still stuck at the issue of being booted to the Clockword Recovery screen and unable to get to the bootloader screen. Even now if I shutdown my phone it just restarts to the Clockwork Recovery screen and I have to do the 10 second power button trick to get around it. (remember I did not complete steps 11-20 from post #5 here on the instructions)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850917
So I was just wondering what I should do to get back to complete stock android rom and see about unrooting my phone.
jerm said:
I thought it would be cool to see what the fuss is about rooting and loading a custom ROM but I just dont see the point after playing around the last few days.
I followed the rooting instructions online for the HTC One S ville and then made it to the loading Clockwork Recovery onto the phone and performing an Nandroid backup like it suggested. Well thats where I ran into the issue of not being able to boot into anything else afterwards it would just keep booting to Clockwork Recovery screen. I figured out that I have to hold the power button for 10 seconds and then it will boot properly to stock android ROM. So once I figured that out I began using the tutorial to load the Viper ROM. Once I loaded the viper rom I ran into an issue at step #11
I stopped there because I was still stuck at the issue of being booted to the Clockword Recovery screen and unable to get to the bootloader screen. Even now if I shutdown my phone it just restarts to the Clockwork Recovery screen and I have to do the 10 second power button trick to get around it. (remember I did not complete steps 11-20 from post #5 here on the instructions)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850917
So I was just wondering what I should do to get back to complete stock android rom and see about unrooting my phone.
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Did you wide data/cache before you flashed your custom rom?
There are several ways to get back to your stock rom... If you made a backup of your stock rom via cwm just restore it.. if you didnt make a backup just find the correct ruu for your device and flash it that way, if you dont have super cid you will need to find the correct ruu or it will not flash. If you need any more infomation please let me know and i will do my best to help you out step by step.
jerm said:
I thought it would be cool to see what the fuss is about rooting and loading a custom ROM but I just dont see the point after playing around the last few days.
I followed the rooting instructions online for the HTC One S ville and then made it to the loading Clockwork Recovery onto the phone and performing an Nandroid backup like it suggested. Well thats where I ran into the issue of not being able to boot into anything else afterwards it would just keep booting to Clockwork Recovery screen. I figured out that I have to hold the power button for 10 seconds and then it will boot properly to stock android ROM. So once I figured that out I began using the tutorial to load the Viper ROM. Once I loaded the viper rom I ran into an issue at step #11
I stopped there because I was still stuck at the issue of being booted to the Clockword Recovery screen and unable to get to the bootloader screen. Even now if I shutdown my phone it just restarts to the Clockwork Recovery screen and I have to do the 10 second power button trick to get around it. (remember I did not complete steps 11-20 from post #5 here on the instructions)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1850917
So I was just wondering what I should do to get back to complete stock android rom and see about unrooting my phone.
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Keep trying to get into the bootloader with holding the power for 10 seconds then as soon you see stop flashing hold the Vol- and power then use the all-in-one kit to install TWRP recovery then you wont have this problem any more and you will still need to fastboot boot.img for the rom to work.
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Did you wide data/cache before you flashed your custom rom?
There are several ways to get back to your stock rom... If you made a backup of your stock rom via cwm just restore it.. if you didnt make a backup just find the correct ruu for your device and flash it that way, if you dont have super cid you will need to find the correct ruu or it will not flash. If you need any more infomation please let me know and i will do my best to help you out step by step.
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No i did not clear the cache or the dalvik cache....im not sure if i wiped data to be honest since it was a few months back. I still have not wiped either caches as of now either.
I'm going to try to download twrp or whatever from the android market right now
I have a problem when I reboot into recovery. The recovery that I am using on my HTC One S is TWRP. When I go into the bootloader and go to recovery, it will boot up to the HTC screen with red text on it. Then the phone will restart and boot normally. Then I would have to go to bootloader again and go into recovery and then it goes into TWRP. I don't know why I have to do this twice. I am not sure what I have done wrong and I can't find a way to fix this. Also I've been trying to flash CM10 and on the first boot, it stays on the animation for a long time. And one last thing. Root checker says I am rooted but when I use Apex Launcher and use a stock HTC widget, it says that it doesn't have root permissions. So can anyone help me with this? This is also my first time on XDA. Another problem. When I restore from a backup, it boots up fine. But then it stays on the lockscreen for couple of seconds and it restarts again. And when I rooted my phone by flashing SuperUser, It didn't say upgrading android. Was it suppose to?
Bump. I too have this problem with booting twice to get into recovery and can't find any answers. Thanks.
I have the exact same issue. I experienced it with both CWM and TWRP. Also when I reboot from recovery, the device seems to reboot twice, and it gets back to normal with a dialog asking if I want to send an error report to HTC. I was beginning to wonder what I have done wrong.
PJMAN2952 said:
I have a problem when I reboot into recovery. The recovery that I am using on my HTC One S is TWRP. When I go into the bootloader and go to recovery, it will boot up to the HTC screen with red text on it. Then the phone will restart and boot normally. Then I would have to go to bootloader again and go into recovery and then it goes into TWRP. I don't know why I have to do this twice. I am not sure what I have done wrong and I can't find a way to fix this. Also I've been trying to flash CM10 and on the first boot, it stays on the animation for a long time. And one last thing. Root checker says I am rooted but when I use Apex Launcher and use a stock HTC widget, it says that it doesn't have root permissions. So can anyone help me with this? This is also my first time on XDA. Another problem. When I restore from a backup, it boots up fine. But then it stays on the lockscreen for couple of seconds and it restarts again. And when I rooted my phone by flashing SuperUser, It didn't say upgrading android. Was it suppose to?
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I would suggest downloading the newest twrp recovery IMG and flashing it with fastboot.. As far as flashing cm 10 make sure you flash the boot.IMG through fastboot before you flash the ROM..and wipe both caches after installation.. If you get stuck at boot animation go back to recovery and wipe both caches again...are you guys all using the all in one tool... Or flashimggui..?
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