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[Q] Unable to flash Lenovo A660 -> looped during factory reset -> unable to boot
Hello all!
I am having a really strange error with my phone. I can't flash it. Even when it says it's "Downloaded OK" -> green circle in Smart Phone Flash Tool, seems like nothing really happened.
The problem is, machine Lenovo A660 keeps restarting and "updating". Lenovo logo -> Android image with some weird blue shape -> restart. (5-10secs each repetition).
My Factory mode looks like this -> http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/img5854y.jpg/ (power on + volumne down)
This phone came with Etotalk MOD ROM.
Main problem occured, when I've couldn't access my applications -> Application not found error and lost all application icons. Then Google Play said, my account has never been used with this device. So I joined again, "re"installed applications. Some worked, but most of them kept shutting down with errors. So I decided for factory reset via software menu recovery and backup menu (??). Device started to "recovering" and it was doing for 20-30minutes - so I have restarted it.. bearing on mind, that factory reset did not work, as people stated it lasts around 7mins..
Then I have tried to flash it using various boot.img and recovery.img from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874403 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2104748
but they won't work. Seems like something starts earlier then true recovery tool.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Mich
I have found and use stock-modded ROM for this phone, but it really seems like Smart Phone Flash Tool is not flashing this device.
The thing is, I never see that purple bar to come.
I am using only recovery and boot image. After hitting Download I connect phone, which got battery out for few secs, and leave it as is. Red bar fills up, yellow bar fills up and that all, green circle appears.
When I start device, no change has happened. :-/
Somebody help me, please..
Btw, what is that THL and which is on my phone? Do I actually need it?
I am really stuck.
Michalxo said:
If you would have some spare time, would you help me please?
This is my problem described in a deeper way -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=37983752
I think, that smart phone flash tool is not actually flashing the device at all.
Your help is probably the last I might get.. in case you know any other phone-expert.
I had this phone for almost a month and a week
PS: I have anohter exactly same phone in case it might help something in something.
Thank you very much in advanced.
Mich
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You are correct, the standard recovery will not flash the ROM. You *must* first flash a custom recovery using the windows flash utility, and after that you can flash the ROM you linked to.
Read the first two posts in this thread, and the pages it links to, especially the two 'flash' links and the A660 recovery link.
cybermaus said:
You are correct, the standard recovery will not flash the ROM. You *must* first flash a custom recovery using the windows flash utility, and after that you can flash the ROM you linked to.
Read the first two posts in this thread, and the pages it links to, especially the two 'flash' links and the A660 recovery link.
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Thank you for your help! After some hard battling with some button combinations I managed to get into some "etotalk" rom recovery, which fixed partitioning (using mke2fs tool) and getting clean "old" 4.0.4 android.
Thank you again! Phone is alive!
PS: I am not sure of the combination, but I pressed & hold both volume controls and simultaneously (or few ms later) pressed power on button.
Michalxo said:
Hello all!
I am having a really strange error with my phone. I can't flash it. Even when it says it's "Downloaded OK" -> green circle in Smart Phone Flash Tool, seems like nothing really happened.
The problem is, machine Lenovo A660 keeps restarting and "updating". Lenovo logo -> Android image with some weird blue shape -> restart. (5-10secs each repetition).
My Factory mode looks like this -> http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/594/img5854y.jpg/ (power on + volumne down)
This phone came with Etotalk MOD ROM.
Main problem occured, when I've couldn't access my applications -> Application not found error and lost all application icons. Then Google Play said, my account has never been used with this device. So I joined again, "re"installed applications. Some worked, but most of them kept shutting down with errors. So I decided for factory reset via software menu recovery and backup menu (??). Device started to "recovering" and it was doing for 20-30minutes - so I have restarted it.. bearing on mind, that factory reset did not work, as people stated it lasts around 7mins..
Then I have tried to flash it using various boot.img and recovery.img from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874403 and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2104748
but they won't work. Seems like something starts earlier then true recovery tool.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thank you in advance.
Mich
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hi i have the same problem with the same phone,how you solved the problem?
thank you
nicodim23 said:
hi i have the same problem with the same phone,how you solved the problem?
thank you
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This might no longer be up to date AND I am no expert but when I was "playing" with my A660, I noticed that some (generic) descriptions for flashing, etc. refer to up- and down volume buttons, which (because they are on the right side of the device?) are in some cases mirrored to some of the instructions. In other words, up is down and down is up (if that makes sense).
If I power off the device, I usually first press volume up (and keep it pressed), while then also pressing and holding the power button.
Once the screen comes to live, you may let go of the buttons.
This combination brings me into the CWM Recovery based Recovery Mode. My phone also had the ETOTALK ROM installed ...
Navigation is with volume up / down and item selction is with the power button!
Same procedure with volume down gets you into the "factory Mode" menu, where you can do all sorts of test. However, this mode is also required for some (!) flashing procedures (ofter referred to for adb access).
Scrolling through the entries with volume down. Accepting an entry with Volume Up!
Hope this helps,
Robert
New Lenovo A660
Hallo, I root'ed my new phone with A789_ROW_S106_cybermaus_ICS_V3.1 with SP flash tool.
Every thing was working great until I want to instal v3.21.
I flashed the old v3.1 and I have a problem.
My phone don't power on, but I can flash booting, rocovery.img etc, what can I do to make it working again ??
Now, I see phone in SP FLASH TOOL, I can flash booting, recovery, but phone won't power on.
Is there anything i can do??
DawidMacha said:
Hallo, I root'ed my new phone with A789_ROW_S106_cybermaus_ICS_V3.1 with SP flash tool.
Every thing was working great until I want to instal v3.21.
I flashed the old v3.1 and I have a problem.
My phone don't power on, but I can flash booting, rocovery.img etc, what can I do to make it working again ??
Now, I see phone in SP FLASH TOOL, I can flash booting, recovery, but phone won't power on.
Is there anything i can do??
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What phone were you flashing?
please with with my lenovo a660
steirx said:
This might no longer be up to date AND I am no expert but when I was "playing" with my A660, I noticed that some (generic) descriptions for flashing, etc. refer to up- and down volume buttons, which (because they are on the right side of the device?) are in some cases mirrored to some of the instructions. In other words, up is down and down is up (if that makes sense).
If I power off the device, I usually first press volume up (and keep it pressed), while then also pressing and holding the power button.
Once the screen comes to live, you may let go of the buttons.
This combination brings me into the CWM Recovery based Recovery Mode. My phone also had the ETOTALK ROM installed ...
Navigation is with volume up / down and item selction is with the power button!
Same procedure with volume down gets you into the "factory Mode" menu, where you can do all sorts of test. However, this mode is also required for some (!) flashing procedures (ofter referred to for adb access).
Scrolling through the entries with volume down. Accepting an entry with Volume Up!
Hope this helps,
Robert
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I also had exactly the same problem as you, when trying to do a factory reset on my phone too. the vol up+ power button don't work, instead the phone starts in the same looped state, displaying the green android logo & restarting.
somebody please help me out.
DawidMacha said:
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My phone don't power on, but I can flash booting, rocovery.img etc, what can I do to make it working again ??
Now, I see phone in SP FLASH TOOL, I can flash booting, recovery, but phone won't power on.
Is there anything i can do??
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I have the same end result (after a factory reset (unintended) and unsuccesful attemts to put etotalk recovery rom back) i did a "format" from the flash tool): the phone appears dead, it will not power up. the flash tool does recognise the phone, and will download, memory test (it does say: "NAND Flash was not detected" however), etc.
Henkjan_O said:
I have the same end result (after a factory reset (unintended) and unsuccesful attemts to put etotalk recovery rom back) i did a "format" from the flash tool): the phone appears dead, it will not power up. the flash tool does recognise the phone, and will download, memory test (it does say: "NAND Flash was not detected" however), etc.
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solved!
using the instructions from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943442 I got the phone unbricked, so I could put the original firmware back (thanks to etotalk tech support for that tip) and then upgrade again tothe etotalk ROM.
Ok let me begin by saying i have problems with my phone like in touch screen doesn`t work at all,capacitive buttons (touch buttons near home button) don`t work after i flashed without knowing s5570 firmware ( a lot of them before i figured out i had s5670) then a lot of s5670 firmwares but still no success ((( what is there do to in this case ? Phone boots every time but can`t use touch screen and the two side buttons that stand for back and settings on screen i think. Power button works and volume aswell. Please help !!!!
casmirf said:
Ok let me begin by saying i have problems with my phone like in touch screen doesn`t work at all,capacitive buttons (touch buttons near home button) don`t work after i flashed without knowing s5570 firmware ( a lot of them before i figured out i had s5670) then a lot of s5670 firmwares but still no success ((( what is there do to in this case ? Phone boots every time but can`t use touch screen and the two side buttons that stand for back and settings on screen i think. Power button works and volume aswell. Please help !!!!
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Since ur touch doesn't work anymore, switch it off by removing battery. Now,
*Requirements:- Samsung Drivers, Odin.exe, BENI_v1.0.ops, firmware package.
1. Re-insert the battery & go for download mode by pressing & keep holding Volume Down+Home+Power buttons together. Yellow triangle appears with downloading written below it.
2. Install Samsung mobile drivers in pc.
3. Connect ur phone in download mode to pc via USB cable. Let the pc ensures ur phone to be "ready to use". Then open Odin.exe & see the COM PORT mapping box will turn yellow(indicating that ur phone is connected successfully)
4. Place BENI_v1.0.ops under OPS field & the .tar.md5 file under One Package. Click start, wait for ~10mins till done.
5. Now again remove & re-insert battery. Press & hold Home+Power buttons to enter stock recovery. Wipe data & cache there & reboot.
Problem solved...
Do let me know if u want links for certain files
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Galaxy_Rohit said:
Since ur touch doesn't work anymore, switch it off by removing battery. Now,
*Requirements:- Samsung Drivers, Odin.exe, BENI_v1.0.ops, firmware package.
1. Re-insert the battery & go for download mode by pressing & keep holding Volume Down+Home+Power buttons together. Yellow triangle appears with downloading written below it.
2. Install Samsung mobile drivers in pc.
3. Connect ur phone in download mode to pc via USB cable. Let the pc ensures ur phone to be "ready to use". Then open Odin.exe & see the COM PORT mapping box will turn yellow(indicating that ur phone is connected successfully)
4. Place BENI_v1.0.ops under OPS field & the .tar.md5 file under One Package. Click start, wait for ~10mins till done.
5. Now again remove & re-insert battery. Press & hold Home+Power buttons to enter stock recovery. Wipe data & cache there & reboot.
Problem solved...
Do let me know if u want links for certain files
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If don't go with stock ROM with 1 file, he can try with stock ROM with 4 files.
Please post in the correct forum next time, all problems and questions should go in Galaxy Fit GT 5670 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
No go ... Tried like 1000000 milion times not working what can i do ? Like I said i have the phone from Romania i tried even downgrading to froyo ... nothing works(( help i think i have blocked bootloader coz even when i installed froyo same bootlogo went up .... what is there to do in this stage?
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casmirf said:
No go ... Tried like 1000000 milion times not working what can i do ? Like I said i have the phone from Romania i tried even downgrading to froyo ... nothing works(( help i think i have blocked bootloader coz even when i installed froyo same bootlogo went up .... what is there to do in this stage?
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Dear All,
I would like to kindly ask you how to back to stock rom?
I found thread with the step-by-step, but i am not able to remove the battery from my tablet.
I have currently cm 10.1.3., tablet: gt-p5100 (3g+wifi)
Thank you in advance.
Rgrds
well, there is no need for removing battery, first backup all your data also in internal storage , Use triangleAway to reset your counter for Official system status and getting OTA updates, download it , open and grant it supersu, click reset flash counter , when its done , power off , press vol down plus the power button it will say promt to continue , click vol up to continue , install usb drivers on your pc , connect your tablet to pc , open odin it should say added in the white info box , click on PDA and select the stock rom file "tar.md5" you downloaded from sammobile and then press start wait for it to end and then reboots , after that unplug your tablet , hold on your power button it'll reboot now quickly press on vol up + power again then release power when you the tablet logo appears and then in recovery select wipe data and perform it then click reboot and voila you got your stock rom back
Thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856532 followed it many times.
hi,
I have another issue with my tablet.
When the flashing was done and the device was rebooted, my tablet starts with white screen. unfortunately i am not able to add the link from the outside of the xda forum.
I've tried to flash it with official Polish ROM (version 4.2.2) branded by T-Mobile.
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im having the same issue
culson_35 said:
Using this tool I could not get in fast mode ... and my phone is using the official ICS rom v30b .... help
LG P925 ICS 3D
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could u tell me what u did to c the silver lg screen all i get is waiting for device and a black screen with the bottom button lit up
ryanrickard85 said:
could u tell me what u did to c the silver lg screen all i get is waiting for device and a black screen with the bottom button lit up
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Have you installed OMAP drivers properly?
Open Device Manager on your PC and search for OMAP4430 (it connects and disconnects continuously) so, quickly double click on it and chose update driver. Select browse my computer for driver software > then go to usb_drv_windows folder in OS_HACKING tool then press Next. Wait till the driver installs.
After that, run the AIO Tool and follow onscreen instructions. You should now be able to enter Fastboot mode and flash your phone.
Dear Bro!
I've flashed, unbrick, made my Lg p920 dualboot several times before but now I have problem and need u advice.
Yesterday, when I was playing a game it suddenly turn off, and turn on to the lg logo and go off. At the first time I just think its the error came from the game so I tried to press power button to turn it on but no success.
After awhile I plug power cable in and the phone turned on and boot smoothly in to the ICS, but this time I realize that power button is not function anymore.
Up to now, My phone is:
Power button dont work.
If I want to turn it on I must plug the power cable in and It boot completely to the ICS(when I put in battery the phone is wake up and boot to lg logo and go off).
I tried to install Omap driver several time but no success, There isnt Lg United Mobile port in device manager to change the port to com41.
I cant boot in to flashmode to flash but can go to TWRP (via a software in android - restart to TWRP option)
My power button physically situation is good (I mode build.pro to wake my phone up by camera button 2 years ago and it work well up to now with no problem) Therefore, I think the problems should be errors in bootloader or kernel , xloader so I think if I could flash them via TWRP may be solve.
Could u please help me?
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Dear Bro!
I've flashed, unbrick, made my Lg p920 dualboot several times before but now I have problem and need u advice.
Yesterday, when I was playing a game it suddenly turn off, and turn on to the lg logo and go off. At the first time I just think its the error came from the game so I tried to press power button to turn it on but no success.
After awhile I plug power cable in and the phone turned on and boot smoothly in to the ICS, but this time I realize that power button is not function anymore.
Up to now, My phone is:
Power button dont work.
If I want to turn it on I must plug the power cable in and It boot completely to the ICS(when I put in battery the phone is wake up and boot to lg logo and go off).
I tried to install Omap driver several time but no success, There isnt Lg United Mobile port in device manager to change the port to com41.
I cant boot in to flashmode to flash but can go to TWRP (via a software in android - restart to TWRP option)
My power button physically situation is good (I mode build.pro to wake my phone up by camera button 2 years ago and it work well up to now with no problem) Therefore, I think the problems should be errors in bootloader or kernel , xloader so I think if I could flash them via TWRP may be solve.
Could u please help me?
XDA member Zogu made a thread quite a while ago. Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2190261
There you will find Wkpark's bootloader as a flashable zip that you can flash in TWRP. You said that you are an experienced user so I take it that you can also find and flash a kernel compatible with your ROM.
To be honest, from your description, I don't think any of the above will help you (but you can try, if you want). I believe that your power button is stuck to "pressed" state. If you could spray it with some contacts cleaner while repeatedly pressing and releasing it, you might get it to work again.
won't get into fastboot
hay i have GB and i want to install wkparks bootloader , but the problem i couldn't get into fastboot i had fallowed the guide but at the end it dosn't show silver LG but the touch buttons is on and when trying to flash the bootloader just show waiting for device after selecting "flash bootloaders" , i'm on win7 64bit and using v1.3 .
photos in attachments shows what i get when trying to install the bootloader
so any help i'll by pleasured
Hi guys
Does anyone know what is the best course of action to revive an lg p920 running stock ICS and died after twrp 2.3.3.0 was flashed via twrp manager from the market.
The screen went black and phone completely dead now.
I just ordered a factory cable on eBay and wondering whether to flash kdz or is there another fix that I can flash to revive it?
Cheers..
Solved
Even with factory cable, windows 10 PC was my problem.
I flashed kdz on a different PC running windows 7 and all is working fine.
Just rooted my phone with ODIN/TWRP. One of the reasons was I wanted multiple user support as I'm using this phone as a second phone (no SIM card) that my son can play with, but wanted to have a user account on it as well.
Stupidly, googled this which seemed harmless enough..
[I can't post URL's yet so had to delete this line]
Adjusted the build.prop file as it mentioned, saved it to another directory, and then saved that file over the one in the System directory.
Sure enough, selected "reboot" on my phone, and now it won't power up. If I press power/vol down key it brings up the Galaxy S6 shot, and then just a black screen.
I tried going back into TWRP recovery mode and reflashing Odin, but end up with the same result.
I know, I should have asked here before I messed with the build.prop file, but when the same answer came up on 2 or 3 different public sites indicating how to adjust it to add multi-user support, I stupidly figured it was a simple fix!
Any help getting the phone back would be appreciated! Does Multiple User support even work on this phone!?
Flash stock rom with Odin or just do emergency software recovery from SmartSwitch. When phone try to reboot, force turn off (10 sec press power button) and then enter recovery (vol up+power+home) and wipe data.
This should do it.
punktnet said:
Flash stock rom with Odin or just do emergency software recovery from SmartSwitch. When phone try to reboot, force turn off (10 sec press power button) and then enter recovery (vol up+power+home) and wipe data.
This should do it.
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Hmmm...didn't seem to work. Same issue as the phone just ends up with a black screen.