I think I may have bricked my A2. All I did was backup my current data, and then restore it as a test to make sure everything was working. Now on boot it hangs at the motorola logo... Any ideas?
Jimmy273 said:
I think I may have bricked my A2. All I did was backup my current data, and then restore it as a test to make sure everything was working. Now on boot it hangs at the motorola logo... Any ideas?
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Uh oh, my only suggestion is to maybe clear the cache and do a factory reset?
Ya I've tried both of those..
Jimmy273 said:
Ya I've tried both of those..
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Wait untill the SBF file is made. Or just take it into to AT&T say its just rebooting they won't know and get a new one.
What if they know I rooted it? Would they be able to tell? Also I noticed my backups do not include a boot.img... perhaps this is the issue?
Jimmy273 said:
What if they know I rooted it? Would they be able to tell? Also I noticed my backups do not include a boot.img... perhaps this is the issue?
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Im saying AT&T will have no clue you rooted it, therefore they should just give you a new one. Say I shut it off turned it back on and it just keeps rebooting.
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You could always have someone create you a backup and send it to you. You would lose apps but who cares. Just a thought.
if you could create a backup, I could flash it via fastboot and it may work...
Yeah Jimmy just take it back to AT&T.... They will have no clue you rooted it. I can't tell you how many times I have taken back a soft bricked phone to AT&T... just say it hung and started to reboot automatically.
Jim
I probably shouldn't have tried to use a different backup to restore then... Cause now when I boot it takes me to the fastboot screen.. ugh
so can we fastboot images on? if so, just pull the system.img from your cwm backup and fastboot wipe, then flash the system image
the motorola fasboot doesn't seem to let me wipe the system before writing...
maybe something like this would work:http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...70-r3l3as3droot-43v3r-root-bionic-v2-1-a.html
Try to get it back to the stage where it just reboots then take it back. Easiest way.
If I could, I would. When I try to erase system through fastboot it says INFO Command restricted.
Man I don't know what to say, every time I soft bricked my Droid X I just SBF'ed but nothing like that is out yet?
you need to really crash that thing man then take it back to att and say you pluged it in last night and when you woke up it was off you turned it on and this is what happenes when i turn it on they will think its a usb charg issue or something thats been my experiance so far
Pirateghost said:
so can we fastboot images on? if so, just pull the system.img from your cwm backup and fastboot wipe, then flash the system image
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This is the best to try for the time being.
Donation accepted towards an Atrix 2
Can someone put up a backup they did? I think I may have a method to get it working...
I have one still on my phone if I can send it directly from phone I will help you out I don't have access to a computer right now, just let me know how I can help
JRW 28 said:
I have one still on my phone if I can send it directly from phone I will help you out I don't have access to a computer right now, just let me know how I can help
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Use root explorer. Navigate to the internal or external memory and go to clockworkmod and backup.
Donation accepted towards an Atrix 2
Question guys, if I bought the atrix 2 at best buy can I return this phone to AT&T if this happens to me? Also do you need to buy the warranty for the phone to return it for software repairs after 30 days? Thanks all! I've never bricked or destroyed a cell phone. My wife does but not I, thanks!
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I'm uploading my system.img to 4shared.com. Will this have any of my personal information on it?
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I for the life of me can not figure out how to get my imei back, nor do I know how to rewrite in in hex editor. I am current running GO V2 rom. I did the blaze flash yesterday now my phone is basically junk. I can no longer receive mms/pic's, my qik video app wont work, no imei. Its really aggravating me to know end, has caused noting but trouble for me. Can some one please help me to fix my imei so my phone will work properly again?
I already have hex editor on my phone and superuser access, root explorer, and all that other stuff. I just need help. I also have my imei handy as well.
I forgot to mention, I odined back to factory image, then rerooted with superoneclick, did the whole recovery in the system/bin thing, put the update.zip in root of sd card, installed quick boot and then followed flash instructions on GO V2 page. I have done this 4 times already and am getting faster at it lol. Not a good thing. So I have been through all that already.
So, you went ahead and restored the clockworkmod backup recovery image that you regularly archive to your sdcard and that didn't fix the problem?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Guaranteed to work.
You may have to expand your horizons in the process... But, it will work.
orange808 said:
So, you went ahead and restored the clockworkmod backup recovery image that you regularly archive to your sdcard and that didn't fix the problem?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1264021
Guaranteed to work.
You may have to expand your horizons in the process... But, it will work.
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Sadly, I have tried everything he listed to do. Im scared I will never be able to fix it lol. The bad part is, I dont have the money to buy another phone right now either so Im kinda screwed both ways.
txzx6r said:
Sadly, I have tried everything he listed to do. Im scared I will never be able to fix it lol. The bad part is, I dont have the money to buy another phone right now either so Im kinda screwed both ways.
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So, you have the Android SDK installed and you managed to get through the instructions at the command line?
Don't get upset with me, I just need to establish that you really completed the steps.
orange808 said:
So, you have the Android SDK installed and you managed to get through the instructions at the command line?
Don't get upset with me, I just need to establish that you really completed the steps.
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Im not upset with you, im actually happy someone decided to chime in. I am currently odin'ing back to stock with the clear efs option checked. Its my last resort.
at the command line, it told me no such file or folder, so i was at a dead end on that one. It was however, a good try/suggestion.
Well I was having a blast with my phone. Had it rooted and had a custom recovery installed (i believe this was my down fall). messed with the phone all day yesterday. Rebooted it several times after root and recovery installed, then went to bed. Got up and it had downloaded an OTA (assuming it was the KK) ignored the notification that it wanted a reboot. It rebooted anyways and boom....no more boot. It flashes the LG logo for a split second and thats it. Will not go into download mode. Cannot connect via ADB which also means the LGFlashTool won't work.
If anyone has any suggestions or magic powers to revive this it would be MUCH appreciated otherwise I guess I'm either sending off to LG or MobileTechVideos... haven't decided which. But figured I'd see if someone has anything that I haven't already tried....
also got it to the factory reset option and pressed enter, it said it was resetting it but..... still no go..
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Well I was having a blast with my phone. Had it rooted and had a custom recovery installed (i believe this was my down fall). messed with the phone all day yesterday. Rebooted it several times after root and recovery installed, then went to bed. Got up and it had downloaded an OTA (assuming it was the KK) ignored the notification that it wanted a reboot. It rebooted anyways and boom....no more boot. It flashes the LG logo for a split second and thats it. Will not go into download mode. Cannot connect via ADB which also means the LGFlashTool won't work.
If anyone has any suggestions or magic powers to revive this it would be MUCH appreciated otherwise I guess I'm either sending off to LG or MobileTechVideos... haven't decided which. But figured I'd see if someone has anything that I haven't already tried....
also got it to the factory reset option and pressed enter, it said it was resetting it but..... still no go..
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actually your downfall was not knowing that after ignoring the ota a couple of times it forces itself to install also my question is can you still get into recovery/ which recovery do you have installed
XxZombiePikachu said:
actually your downfall was not knowing that after ignoring the ota a couple of times it forces itself to install also my question is can you still get into recovery/ which recovery do you have installed
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at this point all it does is display the LG logo for a split second and if I plug it in the computer via usb it mounts all these drives wanting me to format cause it doesnt know what to do with them, well all but one. That one it allows me to view the contents of it.
No it doesnt allow me to get into recovery.
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at this point all it does is display the LG logo for a split second and if I plug it in the computer via usb it mounts all these drives wanting me to format cause it doesnt know what to do with them, well all but one. That one it allows me to view the contents of it.
No it doesnt allow me to get into recovery.
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ok since you said the thing about the drives it means its booting into qhusb bulk mode let me look around and see what I can find
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seems your device may be hard bricked, if its still under warranty you can take it to att and tell them ota messed up your phone, just don't mention anything about root/custom recovery it should work since there is no way of knowing it was rooted
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ok since you said the thing about the drives it means its booting into qhusb bulk mode let me look around and see what I can find
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seems your device may be hard bricked, if its still under warranty you can take it to att and tell them ota messed up your phone, just don't mention anything about root/custom recovery it should work since there is no way of knowing it was rooted
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yeah I called AT&T and they just immediately transfered me to LG Support... They gave me an RMA to send it in to them although I'm going to send it in to MobileTech first, If they can revive it it may save me some hassles with LG...
Thanks for the attempt to help... appreciated...
This happened to me and i ended up asking for a new one.
ummm ..
XxZombiePikachu said:
actually your downfall was not knowing that after ignoring the ota a couple of times it forces itself to install also my question is can you still get into recovery/ which recovery do you have installed
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So this has happened to me 3 x in the last 6 days... Any way to prevent it from downloading? or Should I just not install recovery?
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So this has happened to me 3 x in the last 6 days... Any way to prevent it from downloading? or Should I just not install recovery?
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well if you have titanium backup pro you can freeze the software update app(in d800 its an app called software update) or you can just uninstall the app using a root browser, go to sytem/app its called lgdmsclient.apk/odex and the lgfota.apk/odex just rename them to lgdmsclient.apk.bak, the odex file lgdmsclient.odex.bak, lgfota.aok.bak and lgfota.odex/bak then reboot and you shouldn't have any more update problems(the reason for renaming to .bak is so that they cant be used but at the same time you have them backed up)
TC
Try a one-click:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2
Just BEFORE YOU TRY ANYTHING, make sure that you do in fact own a Galaxy S 4G.
To make sure, take out your phone's battery after powering down and make sure that you have one of these two phone models (either one is fine):
SGH-T959V
SGH-T959W
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You messaged me about the IMEI, please keep the relevant information here.
There was one forum user who claimed he was able to edit IMEI numbers for this phone but that was a long while ago.
I just hope you made a backup of your nv_data file before you tried to edit it as that's the only way to make sure you can restore it.
FBis251 said:
Try a one-click:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2
Just BEFORE YOU TRY ANYTHING, make sure that you do in fact own a Galaxy S 4G.
To make sure, take out your phone's battery after powering down and make sure that you have one of these two phone models (either one is fine):
SGH-T959V
SGH-T959W
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You messaged me about the IMEI, please keep the relevant information here.
There was one forum user who claimed he was able to edit IMEI numbers for this phone but that was a long while ago.
I just hope you made a backup of your nv_data file before you tried to edit it as that's the only way to make sure you can restore it.
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Well i am having this issue i cannot boot.. it keeps going into recovery mode..
I have tried flashing every rom etc.. everything is successful but it still goes into recovery mode.. i delete cache and user data but still goes right back in..
Please help me with this thanks
hjason7812 said:
Well i am having this issue i cannot boot.. it keeps going into recovery mode..
I have tried flashing every rom etc.. everything is successful but it still goes into recovery mode.. i delete cache and user data but still goes right back in..
Please help me with this thanks
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what recovery you use? TWRP CWM (blue) or CWM (red)
What rom U Flash?
Did you try to wipe system, data, dalvik and cache, and flash rom and boot successfully?
Did you try to one click back to stock and install kernel and rom?
Resolve
hjason7812 said:
Well i am having this issue i cannot boot.. it keeps going into recovery mode..
I have tried flashing every rom etc.. everything is successful but it still goes into recovery mode.. i delete cache and user data but still goes right back in..
Please help me with this thanks
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Well I for one used the file found in this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498 At first i flashed it without the bootloader, and after that with, and thats how I fixed my problem
YoungDavis said:
Well I for one used the file found in this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498 At first i flashed it without the bootloader, and after that with, and thats how I fixed my problem
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Thanks for everyone trying to help, i got it working again after about 14 hours of digging... finally found something that fixed it for me...
and that was this >http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765<
Thank you
GAH! So how screwed am I? I can't even get into recovery. I'm non-dev, bootloader unlocked and rooted. I was going to restore the tether hack in order to take the new OTA. I accidentally deleted build.prop and rebooted.
I can't get into recover at all holding down volume down + PWR. I only get the unlocked bootloader warning and that is it. Phone shuts down. Since the phone is essentially off, my PC never recognizes it to allow me to use RSD.
Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions?
Thanks!
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GAH! So how screwed am I? I can't even get into recovery. I'm non-dev, bootloader unlocked and rooted. I was going to restore the tether hack in order to take the new OTA. I accidentally deleted build.prop and rebooted.
I can't get into recover at all holding down volume down + PWR. I only get the unlocked bootloader warning and that is it. Phone shuts down. Since the phone is essentially off, my PC never recognizes it to allow me to use RSD.
Any thoughts, ideas, suggestions?
Thanks!
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OK, I was able to get into stock recovery. I'm going to look for the 21.11.21 files...
Just reflash the appropriate FXZ making sure to use House of Moto's keep data option
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Just reflash the appropriate FXZ making sure to use House of Moto's keep data option
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Wow, I'm an idiot!! Can't believe I did that. So, I downloaded the 4.4.4 21.11.21 ZIP and I used fastboot/mfastboot to flash the boot images and system image. I stopped and didn't erase my data because this is the exact version I'm running, only the build.prop is missing. This did the trick.
In order to help anyone else in a similar jam, I will try to post links to where I downloaded and the forum page with the instructions I followed, but they're on my laptop so I'll have to do it later.
Big sigh of relief... I've never seen an android device of mine in that bad state before!
Thanks for your input!
lkevinl said:
Wow, I'm an idiot!! Can't believe I did that. So, I downloaded the 4.4.4 21.11.21 ZIP and I used fastboot/mfastboot to flash the boot images and system image. I stopped and didn't erase my data because this is the exact version I'm running, only the build.prop is missing. This did the trick.
In order to help anyone else in a similar jam, I will try to post links to where I downloaded and the forum page with the instructions I followed, but they're on my laptop so I'll have to do it later.
Big sigh of relief... I've never seen an android device of mine in that bad state before!
Thanks for your input!
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That works too! Glad you got it working
hello my phone wont boot past Moto logo. just stays there. how did you get yours into recovery please?
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lkevinl said:
OK, I was able to get into stock recovery. I'm going to look for the 21.11.21 files...
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how did get into recovery from a boot loop?
Hey all! My friend has an s3. He is in a different state so I can't experiment on it quite yet.
He has a lot of files he needs to recover from the internal storage. He already has the sd data.
The issue is that the phone will not fully boot. It gets a little past the verizon logo and crashes.
He has tried wiping cache, and booting without the sdcard in.
What can we do to get those files for him?
Verizon said they can't use their diag machine since the device needs to fully power on for them to service it in that fashion.
Is it possible to flash the stock system partition without overwriting data via Odin?
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tr4nqui1i7y said:
Hey all! My friend has an s3. He is in a different state so I can't experiment on it quite yet.
He has a lot of files he needs to recover from the internal storage. He already has the sd data.
The issue is that the phone will not fully boot. It gets a little past the verizon logo and crashes.
He has tried wiping cache, and booting without the sdcard in.
What can we do to get those files for him?
Verizon said they can't use their diag machine since the device needs to fully power on for them to service it in that fashion.
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tr4nqui1i7y said:
Is it possible to flash the stock system partition without overwriting data via Odin?
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Really kind of a tough situation.
Can he get into recovery mode? If so maybe he can pull data from it that way. There's a few ways to do it. It's hard to tell unless I see what the phone does when it boots.
Sorry for the late reply, hardly ever check these forums anymore.
BadUsername said:
Really kind of a tough situation.
Can he get into recovery mode? If so maybe he can pull data from it that way. There's a few ways to do it. It's hard to tell unless I see what the phone does when it boots.
Sorry for the late reply, hardly ever check these forums anymore.
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I know he can get to stock recovery, because he's wiped cache that way. I don't believe that he is rooted or anything. I won't know for sure until I'm in person. The issue is that he thinks Verizon wants him to send the phone to them. He used a free upgrade. They sent him the replacement phone with a return box, so he's still not sure at the moment. And I haven't used an upgrade in about 4 years so I don't remember ever having to give back a device.
tr4nqui1i7y said:
I know he can get to stock recovery, because he's wiped cache that way. I don't believe that he is rooted or anything. I won't know for sure until I'm in person. The issue is that he thinks Verizon wants him to send the phone to them. He used a free upgrade. They sent him the replacement phone with a return box, so he's still not sure at the moment. And I haven't used an upgrade in about 4 years so I don't remember ever having to give back a device.
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If he has USB debugging enabled be can use ADB to pull the SD card folder onto his computer in recovery mode.
Otherwise can't do much with stock recovery, if he's rooted you may be able to load TWRP from download mode and boot immediately into recovery mode.
BadUsername said:
If he has USB debugging enabled be can use ADB to pull the SD card folder onto his computer in recovery mode.
Otherwise can't do much with stock recovery, if he's rooted you may be able to load TWRP from download mode and boot immediately into recovery mode.
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He's got the SD data. We're working on the /data/ partition now. I think it's mainly notes and pics if I'm not mistaken. I'm really hoping that he's rooted and just forgot or something.
We can make it into odin mode.
You don't need root.
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I can probably help you out.
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You don't need root.
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I can probably help you out.
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I'm thinking of trying to flash stock via Odin to see if that will make it boot. Otherwise, it may have to go jtag route.
I am going to attempt to ODIN on it. Unfortunately I don't know what version of android he was on.
Which ODIN files would you recommend? Preferably one that won't need me to wipe the data partition. Also, please provide links if possible. I have found some stuff on my own, but a lot of links are dead.
tr4nqui1i7y said:
I am going to attempt to ODIN on it. Unfortunately I don't know what version of android he was on.
Which ODIN files would you recommend? Preferably one that won't need me to wipe the data partition. Also, please provide links if possible. I have found some stuff on my own, but a lot of links are dead.
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Odin will wipe everything. Every .tar file I've come across essentially just return the phone to a completely stock state.
Wish I had old stuff but I don't. What have you found?
BadUsername said:
Odin will wipe everything. Every .tar file I've come across essentially just return the phone to a completely stock state.
Wish I had old stuff but I don't. What have you found?
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Ah, I had found one that said it wasn't going to wipe data. I'll try to find the link again today. They were saying it was like doing an ota update and it would leave data in place.
tr4nqui1i7y said:
Ah, I had found one that said it wasn't going to wipe data. I'll try to find the link again today. They were saying it was like doing an ota update and it would leave data in place.
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O wait I think I vaguely remember, but that we when the bootloader was unlocked, like 5 years ago.
Make sure you post the for here and I can try to help you, but if it's an older version it won't. You need to make sure the Odin file is the same or newer than your current bootloader.
@BadUsername I found this, which has the crappiest hosting servers I have ever seen. You can only download one file a day, so I need to keep changing my IP if I need more than one file from it. here
This is the no-wipe file i was referring to. I am just not sure if it is an android version that his device will accept. I am not sure if Odin allows you to go forward and backward. Here
tr4nqui1i7y said:
@BadUsername I found this, which has the crappiest hosting servers I have ever seen. You can only download one file a day, so I need to keep changing my IP if I need more than one file from it. here
This is the no-wipe file i was referring to. I am just not sure if it is an android version that his device will accept. I am not sure if Odin allows you to go forward and backward. Here
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Just open up download mode and post what it says in the top left corner.
Also that file you posted first is the newest one, assuming it's legit it would work. That would for sure wipe everything.
Bottom one is old, probably won't work. Odin should just fail and not let you flash it. If it did work, it would fail at the bootloader stage and brick your phone anyway.
BadUsername said:
O wait I think I vaguely remember, but that we when the bootloader was unlocked, like 5 years ago.
Make sure you post the for here and I can try to help you, but if it's an older version it won't. You need to make sure the Odin file is the same or newer than your current bootloader.
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That's what I was afraid of. I have no idea how updated he kept the device. And since I can only get into stock recovery and download mode I can't learn much about the device. I wish I could just adb in and grab the data partition off of it. Verizon is hounding him to send the device back or they will charge him $500 or something absurd. Which seems extra crazy since he has had that device since it was released. I thought for sure he would own it by now. Verizon has never asked me for a device back.
Have you found any helpful odin stuff out?
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Just open up download mode and post what it says in the top left corner.
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I won't be able to see the device until tonight. I will try to see if he is around the device now so he can let me know. His house has terrible reception and no wifi so I am trying to gather everything before the next time I go there.
@BadUsername Do you know if there is a list of odin files anywhere? This sub seems so disorganized imo. I can't find a helpful sticky or anything.
tr4nqui1i7y said:
I won't be able to see the device until tonight. I will try to see if he is around the device now so he can let me know. His house has terrible reception and no wifi so I am trying to gather everything before the next time I go there.
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You can still pull nearly everything off the phone with adb from download mode if USB debugging was enabled, you can literally pull every partition and extract what you need.
You can load a very old version of cwm recovery through Odin and flash aroma file manager if you are rooted, if you can get into recovery. Then you can move whatever you want to an external SD card.
Other than that you're likely stuck.