Hello,
First time i have a problem like this... I was trying to install new ROM on my HTC desire (at this time Leedroid). I was making back up of my current system with RomManager then something went wrong... when my phone rebooted it showed me that something is missing and then turned off. I think it was something wrong with SD card. Then i tried to turn it on and saw that SD card is misssing also USB connection not works! Just charging, but no notification like "use like hard drive", "Charge Only"...(everything is ok on settings with it). I ws trying to format my SD card but nothing good. On other sPhones my SD card works perfectly. I tried on my phone other cards - nothing. I think this is something deeper than just SD card problem. Also when i rebooted in hBoot mode (Power on + volume down), it shows me that S-ON, but before problem it was S-ON... when i trying to make some changes like restore from SD card from hBoot it shows me errors something like /sdcard/.security.adroid. (dont remember exactly). And i cant reach my SD card in any ways. Also bad thing that USB dont want to work with PC... I cant make it S-OFF again or make other changes... Maybe someone has idea how to fix it? I was searching a lot of forums but no answer. btw - my phone still rooted. and i can use it like a phone with internal storage without USB and SDcard.. (Old ROM boots up ok). Sometimes when im trying to make changes on hBoot it shutsDown ( 5 times vibration and then turns off just blinking green light), then i need to pull the battery and again and again.... Any ideas?Whats the problem?
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Yesterday my phone's battery died from not charging it and I didn't think too much of it. I plugged it back in to charge however and it automatically booted up...into the boot loader with a message saying "No Image File!" (figured out this was because its checking the microsd card for a rom - I usually flash over usb). Tried to flash another ROM and it appeared to be working but after the reboot (before you get to the stylus configuration screen) just went back to the bootloader and gave the same message.
So, has anyone encountered this before? Looks like the ROM isn't storing anything (and my phone is essentially dead) but perhaps I need to do something simple to fix it.
Thanks in advance!
It's been posted a few times, but it's rare. Try flashing a stock rom over usb.
Hey, appreciate the help!
Tried it and no dice however. Looks like the message I was recieving (No Imaging File!) was from it looking for an Image off the SD card (I always flash off of USB so I had never seen this). Tried to initiate a hard reset from the boot loader as well but it just gets stuck on the "This operation will delete all your..." screen and pressing Volume Up does nothing.
So I tried to flash the ROM found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=429843 and am still stuck where it reboots back to the boot loader after the flash.
Maybe try flashing with the sd card removed; you could also try task 29. Sorry, I have no other ideas.
Edit: And I know I've posted this in similar threads (lol), but maybe your vol down button is stuck. If that's the case, any time you reset the device, it will go into bootloader. I can't think of any other reasons you phone isn't booting up properly (other than, like, the phone is toast).
Hey, yea last night attempted to flash without it in as well as from the SD card. Neither worked.
So I kept searching and was reading all about mtty (and task 29) and that looks like the way to go. Couldn't get things to work properly on my Windows Server 2008 R2 box so I'm going to try it from an XP box here in a bit and can hopefully get everything connected.
If anyone is curious, I found this thread describing the use of mtty: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=540290
Well, took it to work where I have an XP machine and plugged it into the USB port. It didn't turn on automatically (which it has been when supplied with power) which was kind of weird. So I hit power and voila, it loads the ATT ROM I flashed last night.
Not sure what fixed it (I don't think it was a stuck key, but who knows) but its working now. Thanks for your help Ted.
Yes i have posted this in the Topaz forum and got no replies so i thought i may get more answers here
Im not new to flashing, upgrading, modifying my phone
I have searched prior to posting my problem.
Heres whats wrong, basically my phone is stuck on the boot screen after flashing NhatHoa 7.0..I have the latest HARDSPL on the device, connecting the device to the USB cable does nothing, no light to indicate charging nor no connection to active sync.
So i tried to flash from SD card, formatted my 8Gb card, renamed custom rom to TOPAIMG.nbh, went into bootloader, followed the on screen instructions and still nothing (like it doesnt even recognize the SD Card)
I then tried a 2Gb SD Card, formatted using FAT32, copied the nbh over, did exactly as above, again nothing.
I have searched, tried many of things which should work but nothing.
I cant have bricked my device because i can still enter boot loader and see the boot screen, but thats it.
Any Ideas??
Regards, Wez
edit
Ok so i just bought a 1Gb SD Card and still it doesnt read the card, im officially clueless now as to what i can do..i have formatted the card in every possible way NTFS, FAT, FAT32, even changed the allocation size which again did nothing.
I also downloaded a rom were it was already name TOPAIMG.nbh just incase there was something in the file attributes which were different and again nothing.
IF anybody has any solutions please, let me know.
Update
If this is important or usefull the device does charge when switched off, i can enter bootloader and i can switch the phone on in which it gets stuck on the 'Touch Diamond 2' screen
Hi,
I was a keen follower of the Cyanogen Nightlys. But after build 38 when my phone was idle for more the 10-20 mins, my phone display went blank and none of the buttons worked. So the only way to fix this was to reset the device by taking out the battery.
So I went back to build build 38 and restored my device with Titanium BackUp. Same thing happened (blank screen, buttons didn't work) after awhile. Then I just put build 38 with no backup, worked for awhile but after I installed an application (Whatsapp) and restored my contacts from Google, after 15 mins the screen went blank again.
So i ended up getting frustrated and decided to wipe everything (including the sd card) and put cyanogen fresh. So I plugged in my Nexus S to the computer and did a normal (FAT 32, default allocation) format. Windows then said sd card was empty but once I unplugged and checked the sd card, everything was still there. Plugged it back to the pc and and everything was still there.
Then I tried using the format storage option in settings--> storage itself, same thing happened, it said it was formatted but nothing changed on the sd card. Even tried formatting using clockwork recovery, same thing.
What makes things worse is that now every time i place something on the sd card, windows says its there, but it disappears once i unplug it. So it seems that the storage doesn't want to change anything on itself. So since the last ROM i put before the format was a fresh update of cyanogen build 38, every time i reboot my phone it runs setup wizard (asks for my google access details). And freezes every so often.
Please help, i have no idea what else to try. I was gonna used odin, but I need to buy/make the cable. So is it really necessary?
EDIT: Every time i install a new rom eg. MIUI, it says it has been installed in recovery, but cyanogen loads when i reset the phone
EDIT: I tried ODIN, it didnt worked, now it just gets stuck on the google screen. I can still enter recovery and the bootloader. But the sd card seems to be corrupt.
legojj said:
I was gonna used odin, but I need to buy/make the cable. So is it really necessary?
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What cable? Admittedly, I've not used Odin on the Nexus S, however i've used it plenty on the Galaxy S i had previously, all i ever used was the standard USB cable that came with the phone.
I thought u needed a special cable? I really dont want to use odin cause i hear people bricked there phones using it. I hae the i9020
I don't know that I would have use windows to format the card. I would have done the oem lock and oem unlock to clear the sdcard storage. Doing the oem unlock again totally clears the phone and then you should be starting all over from scratch like day one when you purchased the phone.
jerrycycle said:
I don't know that I would have use windows to format the card. I would have done the oem lock and oem unlock to clear the sdcard storage. Doing the oem unlock again totally clears the phone and then you should be starting all over from scratch like day one when you purchased the phone.
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I tried " fastboot oem lock" and fastboot oem unlock" but everything stayed the same. And yes i agree, using windows was stupid, I really wasn't thinking properly.
Ok so does the option, setting*storage*erase sd card work?
jerrycycle said:
Ok so does the option, setting*storage*erase sd card work?
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No it didn't, it says its formatted. But when i check back on the file explorer, everything is there...
Could the problem be that i choose FAT32 as the file system when formatting using windows?
I have searched the forums for more hours than I'd like to admit and cannot find anyone with this same problem. When I boot into HBoot, I cannot toggle up or down and the only way to escape the screen is by pulling the battery. I have USB debugging on and the phone is set to charge only. Driver up to date. Fastboot disabled. Bubbys seemed to have gotten me further as the .zip was actually pushed to my SD card but, HBoot never searched for the .zip (or anything for that matter, just the frozen screen again) When using the one click method, the phone actually loads a slightly different screen that has FASTBOOT USB, when I push the power button, thats when I get the normal HBoot screen that locks up. AceKit flashes text in the command line when doing Step 2, but I cannot proceed due to the HBoot issue. Any help is always appreciated. Thanks!
Try booting with the SD card removed.
well that definitely got me a working HBoot menu. Looks like I'll need another sim card for this. Thanks for your help.
james.nottus said:
well that definitely got me a working HBoot menu. Looks like I'll need another sim card for this. Thanks for your help.
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delete all the *.img files from the root of the sd card, so that Hboot does not find anything an try to install it.
You probably have a bad img file on the card...
Try to make a another gold card with a another micro sd card some micro sd cards just wont work thats what i had to do it would push the zip. but never find it.
If you have to much trouble go to attn1's irc channel hear http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#liberatedAria
He helped me.
first off, im not sure if im putting this in the right forum section, forgive me if im not also this is long, but please read on.
anyway heres whats up.
Recently the Nexus S line started receiving their 4.1 update. I have a Nexus S 4G (so obviously Sprint). Angry - again- that the 4G model did not get the update (or will be anytime soon) i rooted my phone again after some time.
after some random issues with it (apps would crash constantly) i attempted to switch to CM10. that didnt work. so i went to CM9 and then CM10. everything was fine until the phone would reboot on its own from time to time and every now and then i would pull the battery. After some time the issues stopped.
NOW, the other night my phone died. this morning i decided to charge it. after charging for about 20 minutes i attempted to turn it on, but i ended up getting stuck at the bootlogo (Google with the unlock) i pulled the battery, and tried again. Same thing. I proceeded to go into recovery and flash a ROM that i knew was safe to boot into, except, the SD card would not mount- saying there was an error. Thats where im at now. the SD will not mount, and im stuck at the bootlogo. I believe i "bricked" my phone.
heres what i need help with. I locked the bootloader with Fastboot,but i still have CWM on the phone. i cant delete CWM without getting into the SD card, but the SD card refuses to mount. I want to get CWM off, so that i can send the phone in for repair/a new one. my warranty - although void now - still has a 5 months left on it. Im not worried about switching the ROM because the phone wont boot anyways,which means that when i give in, they wont be able to do anything besides see that its not rooted.
TL;DR
i think i bricked my phone, but i still have hope for it. SD wont mount, and im stuck at bootloader. i need a way to either fix this, or delete CWM somehow. Im on a Nexus S 4G.
PLEASE! Any suggestions are appreciated!
Do u have a backup showing when u go to backups?
Or is it SD card not mountable at all?
Next can u mount via USB?
If so copy ur SD to then format it.
Do u have a backup of ur SD card on ur computer b4 this happened?
If so then try to format SD card then put ur backup in it and then flash a backup or new ROM.
Vs Nexus S 4G
if you have fastboot then you can flash factory images... read this guide a couple times before trying it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307
but you need a ns4g image from here
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#sojus
vidaljs said:
Do u have a backup showing when u go to backups?
Or is it SD card not mountable at all?
Next can u mount via USB?
If so copy ur SD to then format it.
Do u have a backup of ur SD card on ur computer b4 this happened?
If so then try to format SD card then put ur backup in it and then flash a backup or new ROM.
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no backups at all, but even if i did, the backups would be stored on my SD card,which i cant access. when i go into CWM and go to install zip from SD card, it says "error mounting SD card"
AlphaEchoViktorSierra said:
if you have fastboot then you can flash factory images... read this guide a couple times before trying it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307
but you need a ns4g image from here
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#sojus
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ill check that out. another issue im having is that i think i found a way to fix this, but i can only fix it if my bootloader is unlocked, which, in attempt to mask my errors, i locked, and now i cannot unlock it. when i press "yes,unlock my bootloader" the phone freezes up. i need some way to unlock my bootloader OR enable USB debugging from my computer. thing is, while i DO have all the drivers for my phone, the computer will not recognise the phone. It makes a sound when i plug in the phone, to show something IS plugged in, but it does not show up in my drives.
Is the phone locked by a provider?
CWM works? Format all - data & system & cache & SD CARD.
Then use ODIN to flash a proper stock firmware, unlock & root your phone one again.
A lot of work but necessary...:fingers-crossed:
doa4ever said:
Is the phone locked by a provider?
CWM works? Format all - data & system & cache & SD CARD.
Then use ODIN to flash a proper stock firmware, unlock & root your phone one again.
A lot of work but necessary...:fingers-crossed:
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heres the catch about CWM, i can format all my data and system and wipe the cache. When i format the system, that also formats the SD.BUT under the advanced options in CWM, i cant format ONLY the SD. it gives me a mounting error. And i believe i found a solution through linux, but i need the bootloader unlocked, which i locked up again. Everyone says odin is the way to go but i cant get it on because the SD is unmountable.
is there some sort of adapter i can plug into the USB port at the bottom of the phone that lets me attach an external SD? i believe if i can attach an external SD card which contains the things i need such as a stable ROM, then i can get the phone working. i came across a website which repairs bricked phones. In a video of a Nexus S brick repair, the tech guy installed some files through a "jig"(?) do you think if i can get my hands on one of those i can fix my phone?