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Hi all,
I have successfully flashed ROMS for my Gtab for over a month now. Tonight, though I have a problem. I decided to to NVFlash back to stock (which I have done successfully several times), so APX mode works. However, THIS time, the Gtab does what I believe is that Bootloop thing. I have read threads about it, but I don't quite understand what I do to fix it.
So I get into APX mode - then what? Again - Again, I have tried NVFlash and this time it will not boot into stock - It just loops from the Viewsonic screen to the G Tablet screen over and over again.
I appreciate being rescued from my disaster.
Thanks!
Mark

mlinder1958,
I am understanding you have nvflashed and are having boot loops.
If so, you can usually re-partition with ClockWorkMod and that normally will
fix it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=844088
When you get CWM installed, reboot into recovery (CWM) with power/volume+. Go to the
advanced menu and partition. Take a few minutes--don't panic. The Fix Permissions.
Then Wipe Dalvic Cache. The go back to the Main Menu and Wipe Cache and then
Wipe/Reset Factory Data. The reboot and hopefully you will come up running right.
If not, the re-do the nvflash back to stock.
Hope this helps.
Rev

Hi Rev,
Thanks for replying.
Here is the problem. When I enter APX mode, I hear the PC (Windows 7) make its little beep sound and the gtab screen goes blank, but there is no dos prompt window opening in windows unless I run the gtablet .bat file. This is where I am confused. Since i am getting into apx mode, how do i move put recoery and update.zip back onto the gtablet since no indication (drive letter) of the gtablet appears?
Again, I can run NVFlash and the dos prompt appears, showing the progress and the gtablet black screen displays the nvflash info at the top.
I know I need to get CWM back on there. I just don't know how to do it from APX mode withou a drive letter appearing.
Thanks again.
Mark

mlinder1958,
I gave you the CWM link so you could download the correct CWM file.
Now we need someone to come along who can tell you how to use nvflash
to load CWM into your tablet. I have never used that procedure as I have
used my microSD card in /SDCARD2 whenever I have needed it.
I will see if I can find the procedure, but you need to be looking too. If you
can flash CWM on the tablet, then you can follow my repair process.
Rev

To fash CWM recovery with nvflash, you follow the same procedure as flashing back to stock but replace part9.img in the stock image with the .img file extracted from the cwm zip download rnamed to part9.img.

So I rename update.zip to part9.img?

mlinder1958 said:
So I rename update.zip to part9.img?
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Unzip and extract the recovery.img - then rename THAT to part9.img (and backup the old file first, of course).

roebeet,
Oh man, what an honor!
Anyway, when I extract the zip it gives me the recovery folder and the update.zip file, which I am famliar with. Howewver, I see no recovery.img file. Or did I find/unzip the wrong file?
sorry for the long drawn out call for HELP
Mark

confirmed. I am confused. I cannot find any file called recovery.img after I unzip the CWM 08 zip file.
any help is appreciated.
Mark

The recovery.img is inside the update.zip... keep extracting ;-)

The recovery.img is inside the update.zip. It's a "file inside a zip inside a zip". I used to do this early on, but later started using rar files to make it less confusing.
No worries on the thread - you made me blush.

Roebeet and Rev,
I AM DE-BRICKED!
Thank you so much for your help.
Maybe a oughtta tone down my flashing for awhile : )
You guys ROCK!
Mark

Glad to hear! Many thanks to Rev for all the good advise!

Everyone,
Let's just all celebrate.
When I read a post from someone with a major or hard problem and sense the sadness,
it really makes me sad too.
It is so great to help someone and see that sadness become joy!! Anybody that
wouldn't like that has to be a rock head!!
Mark, now just ENJOY!!
Rev

Thank you everyone who responded to this thread. This also fixed my problem of a bricked/looping system.

when i tried to go back to power + vol + a triangle with "!" shows up. any remedy?

ramerco said:
To fash CWM recovery with nvflash, you follow the same procedure as flashing back to stock but replace part9.img in the stock image with the .img file extracted from the cwm zip download rnamed to part9.img.
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Do you rename it part9.img or 09_SOS.img?
It seems as if there is no 'part9.img' and just the latter
Edit*Ah part9 is the one in the normal NVFlash and I am trying out nvflash_gtablet_46 to fix my issues
edit2* didn't work for me, a shame

I'm in the same boat as Citi is. Still a no go for me. I have even tried what was described in this thread to no avail:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974422
Here is one thing that I am seeing that I also didn't see mentioned.
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The "Can't Mount" error has been consistant for a while. Also something else I forgot was that when connected through USB to the PC, I can't see the device in My Computer. It is there and does allow an NVFlash though.

My gTablet is in the same boat after reflashing it after using VeganTab v7.0. I'm going to try the recovery.img rename this afternoon to get it out of the bootloop.

half formatted phone?

I have a problem with my Galaxy R. Yesterday, i installed infected rom with CWM. But the phone hangs at Galaxy R logo.
So I went flash back with odin but that doesn't work:
After first try with Odin, it says fail and my CWM was gone.
Now i have tried several times flashing an other stock ROM. When i flash some of them, i see it installs only 10%, always aborts on wrings factory.img or APP left above in Odin.
My computer maybe has a bad hard drive and it also runs within windows 8 on a virtual machine. But i can flash CWM on it!
After rebooting, CWM always says "installing update" after opening and verifying. But it can't go further!
I think that i must format the phone but can i do it with odin? Also, I haven't tried another computer yet. Please help!
Thank you!

You should have done this prior to installing Infected ROM:
- Backup with CWM
- Factory reset
- Wipe cache
- Wipe Dalvik cache
- Format /system
- Mount /system and /data
- Install ROM
- If it fails do step 2 to 6 , then restore with your backup .
Remember this the next time you flash any ROM .
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.

EmoBoiix3 said:
You should have done this prior to installing Infected ROM:
- Backup with CWM
- Factory reset
- Wipe cache
- Wipe Dalvik cache
- Format /system
- Mount /system and /data
- Install ROM
- If it fails do step 2 to 6 , then restore with your backup .
Remember this the next time you flash any ROM .
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.
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Thanks for the reply EmoBoiix3 . I would keep that in mind!
I did do a factory reset but that's all. I shoudn't have flash my phone with Odin as it breaks CWM. But now my phone won't enter CWM and won't flash with Odin. Any suggestions? Thanks!

henkmasterpro said:
Thanks for the reply EmoBoiix3 . I would keep that in mind!
I did do a factory reset but that's all. I shoudn't have flash my phone with Odin as it breaks CWM. But now my phone won't enter CWM and won't flash with Odin. Any suggestions? Thanks!
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Have you pulled out the battery and place it back & try again?
** How you restore using CWM? Also, you need to navigate & choose the correct CWM flashable ROM file.

Yes i've tried that. The phone has slept over 6 hours with no battery
I must be more specific:
When I install CWM on my phone with Odin, it passes. CWM is on it BUT > everytime I want to go in CWM, it does say "Installing update" and it never ends. I think that the InfectedROM has a update.zip orso that CWM wants to install. But that zip is corrupted so i need to format my phone so CWM will launch the menu options and I can do a restore with my CWM backup.
Maybe some checkboxes must be on in Odin to format it?:
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"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
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"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
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"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
note: screenshot is not mine. My computer does reorganize the phone and Odin to)
Thank you!
EDIT: Now trying Odin stock firmware with another computer.

YES
Thanks ardatdat and EmoBoiix3 for your help!. My computer wasn't 100% so I flashed it with another computer and it worked the first time!
Now making a nandroid backup.
Again, thanks for all your help!

henkmasterpro said:
Thanks ardatdat and EmoBoiix3 for your help!. My computer wasn't 100% so I flashed it with another computer and it worked the first time!
Now making a nandroid backup.
Again, thanks for all your help!
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Glad everything is good now !

Oh yay
Herpderp Adreno + Tegra.

asus tf300

hi there i'm having some problems with my asus..
i got rooted asus tf300t, but when i trying to use a feature where you have to get into the bootloader, when i press buttons,,POWER+ VOLUME DOWN..and when i go to the section where it says RCK, and than i press VOLUME UP,,than i wait like 5 seconds or less than that, i get the picture of android loading,but than when that gets done i get droid laying down with a sign of triangle and ! that sign,,so i want to know what i was doing wrong that cant let me to use a other features like installing zip from sd card,and others features.i got some picture taken from that system as you can see what problem i'm talking..
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so if someone can help me to solve that problem and direct me to a right place and what files do i need to get it..thanks to all of you,,

dadi83 said:
hi there i'm having some problems with my asus..
i got rooted asus tf300t, but when i trying to use a feature where you have to get into the bootloader, when i press buttons,,POWER+ VOLUME DOWN..and when i go to the section where it says RCK, and than i press VOLUME UP,,than i wait like 5 seconds or less than that, i get the picture of android loading,but than when that gets done i get droid laying down with a sign of triangle and ! that sign,,so i want to know what i was doing wrong that cant let me to use a other features like installing zip from sd card,and others features.i got some picture taken from that system as you can see what problem i'm talking..
so if someone can help me to solve that problem and direct me to a right place and what files do i need to get it..thanks to all of you,,
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What is it you're trying to do? AFAIK you're on official bootloader. This won't do anything more than flash an official ROM. If you have this ROM on your sdcard, it'll locate it automatically and starts flashing it. If you want to flash other custom roms, you need to install custom recoveries like CWM ot TWRP. Make sure you follow the instructions and pay particular attention to what official ROM you're on (Hint: search forum for pertinent threads). From where I'm sitting, the first thumb is not that clear, but I'd guess you're on 4.2 since it doesn't have the fastboot USB icon. Mistakes can brick your tab.

i was trying to install cyanogenmod 10 on my system, but i folllowed instructions about getting into a bootloader,and to wipe it off data and cache,i did that but that after that is says that i have to install from sd card. i cant find that selections, i got cyanogenmod on my sd card, but how do i install that cym on my tablet,and yes i'm on the version android 4.2.1.....

dadi83 said:
i was trying to install cyanogenmod 10 on my system, but i folllowed instructions about getting into a bootloader,and to wipe it off data and cache,i did that but that after that is says that i have to install from sd card. i cant find that selections, i got cyanogenmod on my sd card, but how do i install that cym on my tablet,and yes i'm on the version android 4.2.1.....
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Check this thread out. You'd need to install a custom recovery first (I always rely on TWRP for this tab) using ADB. Then you can flash your favorite CM10 with it. Post your questions if you have difficulties following the instructions. Have fun.

in this tutorials does not shows how to install a cyanogenmod 10,,it only shows how to update, for update i have done that, and for rooting its all done, but i dont see nowhere about installing cym10...

Flash CM10
dadi83 said:
in this tutorials does not shows how to install a cyanogenmod 10,,it only shows how to update, for update i have done that, and for rooting its all done, but i dont see nowhere about installing cym10...
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You gotta have custom recoveries to flash CM10. Since you're on 4.2.1, you want to follow instructions here to downgrade to 104220 official. Once there, install a custom recovery (TWRP 2.5.0.0), then flash CM10 in accordance with this thread. If you prefer CM 10.1, search in development section. There are at least 2 or 3 threads.

[Q] HELP! Did I just render my phone useless??

I installed an app called Chainfire on my LG Optimus L9 last night, which runs on Jelly Bean (a no, no for this app, but I didn't know)) and it stopped booting normally. It turns on fine, but when the LG logo shows up it just stays stuck there now.
I have CWM v6.0.1.2 on there, so I booted into it and noticed that I never did any backups (another no, no.), so it's seemingly of no use to me. I asked a few people on another forum and was told my only option was to do a wipe data/factory reset, which I did. I needed a fresh ROM install, I was told, and I was provided with the following instructions:
There's a guide to clockwork here. If you can't boot the handset into Android, you'll need to access the SD Card within Clockwork. Boot into CWM again and plug the phone into the PC. Within Clockwork, Select Mounts & Storage, then Mount USB Storage. If this works, you should see an external drive appear in your PC.
Leave the phone for now, then head over to here and download the file called LeeDroid HD V3.2.1 (FTP). Once this has downloaded, place the zip file into the root of the phones SD Card. Once copied, go back to the phone again and head back to clockworks main menu. Select Wipe Cache, let it do it's thing, then Wipe Data/Factory Reset (this probably isn't that important). You then want to head to Install zip from SD Card, Choose Zip and then navigate to the zip file you just copied. Select it, then confirm. Let it do it's thing, highlight Reboot Now and it should boot in to Android!
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My problem now is in not being able to access or mount USB storage as I have nothing there. I have the phone connected to my PC via USB, but I can't access my SD card.
I think I really screwed up. Is there still anyway to get my phone working again? I'm completely lost here, any help would be greatly appreciated.

Great......I tried tinkering around with some options in CWM and now I can't even get back into CWM during boot. There's no more flashing lights prompting me to enter recovery mode (or whatever it's called) and now the LG logo pops up, stays there for a few seconds and then goes to a screen with an dead looking Android figure lying on its back with a red exclamation point....
[email protected]!#....my life....:crying:

try using adb to flash a new ROM and/or recovery. that's a true last ditch attempt at flashing things. it will work. next time, don't use CVM, use TWRP, if it available for your device, and have a backup ROM/ ROM .zip available next time, so this doesn't happen again.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

psp9000333 said:
try using adb to flash a new ROM and/or recovery. that's a true last ditch attempt at flashing things. it will work. next time, don't use CVM, use TWRP, if it available for your device, and have a backup ROM/ ROM .zip available next time, so this doesn't happen again.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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I'm trying to push a stock ROM onto the phone right now with adb using the following command:
adb push rom.zip /sdcard
but it keeps returning an error message of "permission denied".
What am I doing wrong?

And I also noticed that I can't boot in to the stock recovery mode either. Whenever I try, it takes me to a screen with an upright Android icon with a blue spinning hexagonal shape, the screen goes black and then it self boots back to the LG logo and stays there or reboots again. So I can't get into recovery mode.....

ELCID777 said:
And I also noticed that I can't boot in to the stock recovery mode either. Whenever I try, it takes me to a screen with an upright Android icon with a blue spinning hexagonal shape, the screen goes black and then it self boots back to the LG logo and stays there or reboots again. So I can't get into recovery mode.....
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Here is how to unbrick your phone --> LINK

LS.xD said:
Here is how to unbrick your phone --> LINK
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I've followed this guide to the T and keep receiving this error.
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"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
The phone IS connected and recognized by the PC, so I don't know why this is happening. I've tried two different KDZ files, they both give me the same error.

Stuck on "Update HTC Sense Home" loop

Hi all,
I'm stuck on this screen after trying to do a factory reset:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
I rooted to S off, and have been using TWRP to flash; the previous ROM was NuSenseven's. I decided to switch to a Venom, which was a premature idea, since Verizon hasn't gone to Marshmallow yet. So I flashed a 4.6.1 ROM, and that started issues. (Going from Marshmallow ROM to a Lollipop ROM?) BTW, I have a trouble ticket on Venom's page also.
I did a factory reset, to see if I could get back, and this is what I am stuck on. I can browse the device on a PC, but I no longer have ADK access, since I am at work.
TWRP can't seem to find the previous backup, although I can see it. (The SD Card was formatted during the factory reset) I don't know enough to be useful, just enough to be dangerous. I would like to revert back to the NuSenseven, or anything to get past this white screen. My next try will be to access an ADK computer, so I can install the updated firmware, if I can't get TWRP to find the backup file.
Thanks for any and all help,
gmcpcs

I was able to recover, I did a factory reset in TWRP rather than using the wipe/ factory reset in bootloader. I have my phone back now.
Now if I can figure out this SD card issue.
Take it easy,
gmcpcs
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GMCPCS said:
I was able to recover, I did a factory reset in TWRP rather than using the wipe/ factory reset in bootloader. I have my phone back now.
Now if I can figure out this SD card issue.
Take it easy,
gmcpcs
Sent from my HTC6525LVW using Tapatalk
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Hey,
Yeah usually flashing a different OS version on top of each other is a no no. Especially going downwards is shooting a bullet through your phones OS.
Best practice: Wipe/factory reset, wipe cache/dalvik, wipe system, then flash the new ROM you want. (after you back up everything of course, and TWRP backup too if you're unsure)
In terms of SD card, you can try easeus mobisaver for android. Its a free program to attempt to recovery deleted files off an SD card. You may get some.. Results aren't guaranteed, but I've had some luck in the past. I believe the free version lets you recover one file at a time. Can try that and see where it gets you.

Here's a further update on the HTC One M8 and my specific issue. I suggest googling "Android Marshmallow and adoptable storage". In my process of flashing different ROMs, one time I formatted my external SD card as "internal storage". (More is better, right?) Unfortunately this creates issues for those who are rooted and flashing ROMs using TWRP. This may have created a "bootloop" issue? But this article's method to fix bootloop issues is what I ended up doing:
http://wccftech.com/fix-sd-card-as-internal-memory-on-android-6-issues/
From what I have read, it is much better to just format your external SD card, (HTC M8's are still devices that have those) as "removable storage" rather than as "internal storage". Sometimes it's hard to find a solution to your problem, if you don't know what you don't know
Here's a few posts and articles: (The more you read, the more you know)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/cro...l/guide-struggling-adopt-sd-internal-t3219284
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g3/general/marshmallow-careful-adoptable-storage-t3287375
http://forum.xda-developers.com/mot...le-storage-t3267294/post64587489#post64587489
https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/3oz7eu/guidelines_for_marshmallow_users_formatting/
http://www.androidcentral.com/inside-marshmallow-adoptable-storage
http://wccftech.com/fix-sd-card-as-internal-memory-on-android-6-issues/
Take it easy,
gmcpcs

Hi i also have the same issue with my HTC one M8. My phone has never been rooted but i got this problem after trying to factory reset because i had some network issues. i can use the drop-down notification tray to get into the setting but i cant access anything else. I am a noob so please help me i need my phone back.

migiwara said:
Hi i also have the same issue with my HTC one M8. My phone has never been rooted but i got this problem after trying to factory reset because i had some network issues. i can use the drop-down notification tray to get into the setting but i cant access anything else. I am a noob so please help me i need my phone back.
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Ruu will be your fix. Find the matching s-on ruu for your phone in the stickied post in the general section.
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