I've installed TripNRaver's AOKP ROM on my One X and now I can't boot into recovery.
I've unlocked the bootloader
ADB seems to work fine but when I try adb reboot recovery it says device not found
I can connect my phone to my laptop and transfer files on to it
I've managed to get CWM on it by downloading the APK and transferring it to my phone
I can boot into bootloader but when I select Recovery it just boots into TripNDroid's ROM
I have downloaded the RUU and try to run it off my friend's PC (i'm on osx) but that couldn't seem to locate my phone either
When my phone is plugged in fastbood does change to fastboot USB
Any ideas?
It sounds like you have "fastboot" checked somewhere in settings. Not the fastboot you use to flash, but the one that makes the phone boot up quickly.
I don't think so. I can't even find that in settings. I think that's a Sense thing not an aokp thing. I've discovered that I need to lock the bootloader to run ruu so i've done that. I'll borrow my friend's pc again and try that again. If that fails... any other ideas?
under options/power there's a checkbox which enables fastboot, what lowandbehold mentioned. disable this and you should be able to boot with power+volumedown to fastboot and from there to recovery.
I'm pretty sure that's a Sense thing you know. It's not on here.
get in the bootloader, fastboot erase cache, problem solved...
I did this before and it didn't work. I tried it again just now and somehow it worked. I have no idea why or how but it did. So thank you!
Won't go into recovery
First post on here, so be gentle!
Rooted One X that I'm trying to install the ARHD on using the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
Before I tried this, I had root access and Clockwork Recovery installed. All working fine.
So, read the instructions on the thread, but have only got as far as flashing the boot.img - which gave me the OKAY! to tell me it was successful and the cache erase OKAY as well.
So all I need to do is the superwipe and then flash the ARHD ROM from recovery.
That is the problem - I now can't access recovery. Fastboot isn't enabled, I've tried using vol-down/power, QuickBoot app and select 'recovery', etc., but each time it tries to go to recovery I see an Android character with his stomach internals on show for a split second, and then the phone just reboots normally. I've tried erasing the cache again from bootloader, but after that it still won't go into recovery.
Am I missing something simple here, or can anyone suggest what I need to do?
JC12345 said:
First post on here, so be gentle!
Rooted One X that I'm trying to install the ARHD on using the instructions here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1562603
Before I tried this, I had root access and Clockwork Recovery installed. All working fine.
So, read the instructions on the thread, but have only got as far as flashing the boot.img - which gave me the OKAY! to tell me it was successful and the cache erase OKAY as well.
So all I need to do is the superwipe and then flash the ARHD ROM from recovery.
That is the problem - I now can't access recovery. Fastboot isn't enabled, I've tried using vol-down/power, QuickBoot app and select 'recovery', etc., but each time it tries to go to recovery I see an Android character with his stomach internals on show for a split second, and then the phone just reboots normally. I've tried erasing the cache again from bootloader, but after that it still won't go into recovery.
Am I missing something simple here, or can anyone suggest what I need to do?
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Have the same problem.
what can we do?
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Unlocked and rooted ATT HTC One X and flashed pa_evita-2.54-09NOV2012-210217 ROM.
Boot up as far as an Android character with the lettering Paranoid Android 2.+ and then freezes there.
Any suggestions?? If nothing else, how do I get back to stock ROM?
Noob rldieb
rldieb said:
Unlocked and rooted ATT HTC One X and flashed pa_evita-2.54-09NOV2012-210217 ROM.
Boot up as far as an Android character with the lettering Paranoid Android 2.+ and then freezes there.
Any suggestions?? If nothing else, how do I get back to stock ROM?
Noob rldieb
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1. What recovery are you using?
2. Did you wipe cache/dalvik-cache, factory reset?
In order to get back to a stock ROM, you will need to boot into recovery, then mount your usb storage. Put the rom on your sd card and then unmount. To be safe, wipe the cache and dalvic cache, then flash the stock rom.
What hboot are you on?
You may have flash boot.img first if you are on hboot 1.14
I think he just didn't full wipe
That's just wrong!
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I'm having the same issue. I'm trying to flash this same rom on a device rooted on 2.20. I think my issue has something to do with flashing the boot.img. I have tried to flash using hasoon's toolkit, which doesnt seem to work, i have extracted the zip and placed the boot.img in the kernel folder, and when the command prompt tries to flash it, it says error. I have also tried flashing the kernel from the phone directly using the flash flash image gui app, and it says flash is successful, but when it prompts to boot into recovery, the command doesnt work from my phone so i have to boot into recovery manually.
can anyone give a solid link or tutorial on how to successfully flash the boot img onto my device, every link I have read uses windows cmd prompt, which when i try to replicate, it never works.. So, for now I flashed back to viper rom, since it has its own installer. It would be so nice if all these other roms were able to install like that.
thanks in advance for the help
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I'm having the same issue. I'm trying to flash this same rom on a device rooted on 2.20. I think my issue has something to do with flashing the boot.img. I have tried to flash using hasoon's toolkit, which doesnt seem to work, i have extracted the zip and placed the boot.img in the kernel folder, and when the command prompt tries to flash it, it says error. I have also tried flashing the kernel from the phone directly using the flash flash image gui app, and it says flash is successful, but when it prompts to boot into recovery, the command doesnt work from my phone so i have to boot into recovery manually.
can anyone give a solid link or tutorial on how to successfully flash the boot img onto my device, every link I have read uses windows cmd prompt, which when i try to replicate, it never works.. So, for now I flashed back to viper rom, since it has its own installer. It would be so nice if all these other roms were able to install like that.
thanks in advance for the help
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I do have a solution! Download Flash Image GUI from the market (it's $1.99) and it will do the process for you, no commands needed! The app is also available via XDA for free, do a search and download it.
I used Hasoon2000's HTC All-In-One Kit to root my phone. That all worked.
The issue came when i flashed a new kernel. I placed the boot.img from King Kang's new ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1959099)
Anyway, When i boot I get the HTC, quietly brilliant logo, and this in red letters "This build is for development purposes only. Do not distrubute... "
i can boot into recovery (pwr+ vol down)
And i get the ***TAMPERED*** AND ***unlocked*** tags at the top
I don't know where to go from here...
Thanks for the help.
Also, whenever i boot into recovery or factory reset, neither succeed.
This was probably known info, just wanted to add it.
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Also, whenever i boot into recovery or factory reset, neither succeed.
This was probably known info, just wanted to add it.
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You mentioned in your original post that you could boot into recovery, so is that not working now? Factory reset might've fubared the recovery piece, so you could do one of two things:
1) download the original RUU version for your phone, relock your phone, and flash the RUU and start over.
2) try reinstalling TWRP.
This whole thing sounds like trying to install a kernel or fastboot flash a boot.img without SuperSU correctly installed. This is what happened to me when I first unlocked my phone and tried to fastboot flash the CM10 boot.img after failing the flash from recovery twice. Without that super-user permission, bad things tend to happen. If you decide to continue on with reinstalling TWRP, make sure SuperSU.zip is flashed successfully from
TWRP, then try your rom/kernel combination again (or even a different combination if you're apprehensive).
BEWARE: sometimes partially flashing these things can corrupt your sd card. I had to reflash the original RUU to fix my phone BEFORE I rerooted and flashed a rom/kernel.
Have you fastbooted a SU to your phone after you rooted and unlocked? I'd imagine you did if you followed the toolkit.. So your on 2.20... Just download cleanrom 5.1 on your computer. Mount sdcard via recovery and drag cleanrom onto phone. Flash entire rom in recovery. I bet it works
Once your on a stable rom, download king kang from your phone. Download flashgui. Open flashgui app, navigate to king kang and let it find the boot img and flash it for you.. Once successful, immediately boot into recovery and flash entire rom through twrp.
Success
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Good day everyone,
Thanks for taking the time to read this. I am in desperate need of your help. I recently purchased a HTC One S from an online store they told me it was new never used locked phone. Turns out phone was rooted, 4g does not work, and it could not recognize e drive, (internal sd card)
After reading the all in one i re-rooted it and install the teamwin version of recovery.
Now i never had any back ups or any factory files. as i got the phone rooted with software that did not work. My phone now has no rom and i cannot install from adb sideloader, or an other means. I am new to this and cannot seem to figure out how to get my phone back to even stock un-rooted etc. I tried multiple forums and download links but nothing.
i was able to install vipers rom at one point but despite several attempts to reinstall. recovery does not see files loaded. which i can see on my mac or pc.
the other strange thing i notice is that at the top in fastboot mode i sometimes see unlocked in pink only and other times i see both unlocked and tampered. when its unlock only none of my computers recognize connection.
I also tried boot.img for flash. The furthest my screen no goes is the htc logo, then goes black.
Please help, even to just point me in rite direction to have this resolved.
the boot.img, did you flash it via fastboot? (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
And, one question that comes to mind... they sold you a device as new, yet it wasnt.. Why didnt you return it?
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the boot.img, did you flash it via fastboot? (fastboot flash boot boot.img)
And, one question that comes to mind... they sold you a device as new, yet it wasnt.. Why didnt you return it?
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Yes I tried several times loading the boot.img via fastboot.
As far as returning the device i trashed the mailing box but kept original packaging so no return address. I called the company which i made the purchase from "N1wireless" several times and sent several emails to them. They have yet to reply or answer any of my calls. Which is why I am so frustrated.
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Yes I tried several times loading the boot.img via fastboot.
As far as returning the device i trashed the mailing box but kept original packaging so no return address. I called the company which i made the purchase from "N1wireless" several times and sent several emails to them. They have yet to reply or answer any of my calls. Which is why I am so frustrated.
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Boot into recovery, select mount > mount usb storage. From pc move the Rom.zip to your sd card which should now be showing on your pc. After it is moved to your phone select unmount then press home button in twrp recovery. Then install the Rom. After install open up adb and type adb reboot bootloader then press enter. Now fastboot flash the boot img from inside the Rom.zip on your computer. After that reboot your phone and report back
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Boot into recovery, select mount > mount usb storage. From pc move the Rom.zip to your sd card which should now be showing on your pc. After it is moved to your phone select unmount then press home button in twrp recovery. Then install the Rom. After install open up adb and type adb reboot bootloader then press enter. Now fastboot flash the boot img from inside the Rom.zip on your computer. After that reboot your phone and report back
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Hi, thanks for the reply, thats just the thing I cannot in recovery install any rom loaded to sd card. It fails. I tried reinstalling the recovery and it still not reading my sd card.
So my guess is i need a new twrc or how to do it from my mac, as now when i try on my pc it is failing as-well. Once I get the recovery to work I will try your other suggestions as I think it will work based on the steps you mentioned.
I am trying to figure out how to use terminal to reinstall recovery. any suggestions or links will be greatly appreciated.:good:
you install recoveries through fastboot, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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you install recoveries through fastboot, fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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I reinstalled recovery several times now and it wont recognize the sd card. is there another recovery i can download and use? Also is there any instructions for a newby to use terminal to re-boot, everything from scratch. Meaning if the phone is completely blank except the fast boot and a recovery manager no backups or stock kernel etc. what is the format to be used in order for the computer and recovery to recognize the sd card?
I think I need a good recovery rom like cmod if there is one for the htc one s or the stock one if someone has it.
hi i had that problem
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I reinstalled recovery several times now and it wont recognize the sd card. is there another recovery i can download and use? Also is there any instructions for a newby to use terminal to re-boot, everything from scratch. Meaning if the phone is completely blank except the fast boot and a recovery manager no backups or stock kernel etc. what is the format to be used in order for the computer and recovery to recognize the sd card?
I think I need a good recovery rom like cmod if there is one for the htc one s or the stock one if someone has it.
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I had that problem the sd card would not be seen by my laptop and the phone would not boot at all if you plug in the phone to your go to start and then computer right click on your c drive go to manage and see if you can see it there if so try to format it and then reboot the phone if it works you can then install cwm as a recovery system then you can put what rom you wont on it i am use in zenRom 1.05 and to me its the best coz it like the htc rom that the phone come with if that don`t work let me know coz i have more tricks to try i hope this helps you out.
Theres only TWRP and CWM for the S afaik, and CWM sucks. TWRP is the one to use.
I had a similar problem a few days ago, luckily there's not such a bad solution.
1) Pick a custom ROM you want to install from the HTC One S developer forums (I went with Trickdroid) and download the ROM/boot image.
2) Then download and flash the stock recovery here: http://www.4shared.com/file/1UuxTh0k/stock_recovery.html
3) Boot into bootloader, clear storage and then reset to factory defaults.
4) Flash TWRP
5) Reboot into recovery, sdcard should now be mounted/visible
Then push the ROM to your sdcard with adb or mount USB storage and flash it/flash the boot image and you should be sorted.
Edit: Here's where I got the solution from btw (post #8):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Hope that helped!
violentlighting said:
I had a similar problem a few days ago, luckily there's not such a bad solution.
1) Pick a custom ROM you want to install from the HTC One S developer forums (I went with Trickdroid) and download the ROM/boot image.
2) Then download and flash the stock recovery here: http://www.4shared.com/file/1UuxTh0k/stock_recovery.html
3) Boot into bootloader, clear storage and then reset to factory defaults.
4) Flash TWRP
5) Reboot into recovery, sdcard should now be mounted/visible
Then push the ROM to your sdcard with adb or mount USB storage and flash it/flash the boot image and you should be sorted.
Edit: Here's where I got the solution from btw (post #8):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Hope that helped!
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got it. will try it asap.
I could not get the stock recovery via that link you provided. If there is another link to the stock I would appreciate it. I had to flash it wit cwm twice then reflash with twrc to get it to identify the sd card. i had tried the viper rom but my 4g and wifi doesnt work. Will try trickmod hopefully that works with no more issues
violentlighting said:
I had a similar problem a few days ago, luckily there's not such a bad solution.
1) Pick a custom ROM you want to install from the HTC One S developer forums (I went with Trickdroid) and download the ROM/boot image.
2) Then download and flash the stock recovery here: http://www.4shared.com/file/1UuxTh0k/stock_recovery.html
3) Boot into bootloader, clear storage and then reset to factory defaults.
4) Flash TWRP
5) Reboot into recovery, sdcard should now be mounted/visible
Then push the ROM to your sdcard with adb or mount USB storage and flash it/flash the boot image and you should be sorted.
Edit: Here's where I got the solution from btw (post #8):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
Hope that helped!
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Hey thanks allot for your suggestions. I made some progress. It kinda worked. However I my wifi and data connections no good. I tried the 9.1 update and then tried the tweaks.
Do you know if it is possible to get stock kernel and stock rome to undo changes on device?
Hi all, I've been trying for the past 8 hours(you can imagine how frustrated i am right now) to install HatkaXL(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2075783) for so long now and I have literally no idea where to go. I was only just trying to switch from cleanrom to Hatka. And I've ended up with absolutely no progress since 8 hours have passed. Actually, i've probably lost progress because i accidentally wiped my data without backing up. Here's what i've done so far:
i'm under AT&T, hboot-1.14, any other info i'll be glad to share. it's rooted and currently unlocked of course.
1. Used fastboot flash boot boot.img to no avail
2. Re-locked bootloader, ran an RUU(i made sure it was compatible), unlocked it and tried to flash HatkaXL froma fresh start
3. Wiped data, cache, etc. then flashed the rom(which still didnt work)
4. flashed TWRP, rebooted, went into TWRP, wiped data, cache, etc. and then flashed HatkaXL
What the problem is that my one x won't go past the HTC screen with all that red developmental font. It'll boot and then go to the screen, stay there for about 10 seconds and then turn off. Then it'll start up again 10 seconds later to boot back to TWRP.
At one point, i encountered a boot loop where it actually went past the red developmental font screen and to the HTCtm Beats Audio and then it just restarted from there. However, now that issue disappeared and it's just booting to recovery after shutting down.
Now that's where I was thinking that maybe since it's booting directly to TWRP that would mean that I would have to go into cmd and 'fastboot flash boot boot.img' right? I did exactly that, one, twice, three times, even with fastboot erase cache.
i can't even remeber everything i did because i'm so tired since i've been up through the night reading throug threads, trying to fix this damn thing.
I would really really appreciate it if anyone could help me out here because i've never been this lost when it came to technology lol.
It sounds like you were on the right track, I am lost why it failed for you?
Can you install cleanrom again? eg is it just HatkaXl that is not working? Perhaps your download is bad or the ROM is simply broken and you need to report it to the dev?
When you were flashing the boot.img did it say success? Did you triple check you are extracting the correct boot.img to the correct folder?
Just to be clear to install ROM's I often do:
1)wipe data and system
2)install ROM
3)fastboot flash boot boot.img
twistedddx said:
It sounds like you were on the right track, I am lost why it failed for you?
Can you install cleanrom again? eg is it just HatkaXl that is not working? Perhaps your download is bad or the ROM is simply broken and you need to report it to the dev?
When you were flashing the boot.img did it say success? Did you triple check you are extracting the correct boot.img to the correct folder?
Just to be clear to install ROM's I often do:
1)wipe data and system
2)install ROM
3)fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Thanks for the response. Yep, every time i flash the boot.img, it's always a success. i also mae sure it's the correct one.
sending 'boot' (6156 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.933s]
writing 'boot'...
OKAY [ 1.475s]
finished. total time: 2.413s
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I just tried to install cleanrom 5.1 again and it's not working either. Actually, it's stuck at the red developmental font screen this time so atleast it's not immediately rebooting to go to TWRP.
UPDATE: It's working! CleanROM! Thank you so much man! I'll be back to ask you another question. Gotta go real quick.
Correct me if I'm wrong but clean Rom 5.1 flashes the boot img for you I didn't see you flashing the boot.img the other times successfully so yes it won't get past that HTC screen
a box of kittens said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but clean Rom 5.1 flashes the boot img for you I didn't see you flashing the boot.img the other times successfully so yes it won't get past that HTC screen
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I also noticed this. Op, a few things to remember when flashing boot.img.
The boot.img needs to be extracted from the rom you are flashing.
The phone must be in bootloader, plugged in to pc and in fastboot usb mode. (the phone will say fastboot usb.
The boot.img must be in the folder with the fast boot and adb programs.
I have more than just a feeling you were doing something wrong
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Thanks for the responses guys, you guys are saving me lots of stress and time.
a box of kittens said:
Correct me if I'm wrong but clean Rom 5.1 flashes the boot img for you I didn't see you flashing the boot.img the other times successfully so yes it won't get past that HTC screen
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You are correct that clean rom 5.1 flashes it for you, which is through its AROMA installer. However, HatkaXL also uses the AROMA installer, and there's a line in the installation screen where it says "flashing boot.img." - both ROMs have that line. Interestingly, it worked when I followed twistedddx's order so I'm going to try that again.
exad said:
I also noticed this. Op, a few things to remember when flashing boot.img.
The boot.img needs to be extracted from the rom you are flashing.
The phone must be in bootloader, plugged in to pc and in fastboot usb mode. (the phone will say fastboot usb.
The boot.img must be in the folder with the fast boot and adb programs.
I have more than just a feeling you were doing something wrong
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Yup, I have those in the same folder correctly. I always extract the boot.img from the rom zip into the folder with both fastboot and adb(how else would I able to have fastbooted in the first place?), always made sure the phone was in bootloader, plugged in, and in fastboot usb.
edit: I wiped, then installed hatkaXL, then fastboot flash boot boot.img, and now it starts, it gets past the red developmental screen, INTO the HTC Onetm beats audio screen, turns off and then restarts again through the whole process. it's jst looping now.
edit2: Flashed ViperXL, that's working. I guess HatkaXL just isn't for my phone.. sigh. I hope this thread helps anyone else.
devfrost said:
Thanks for the responses guys, you guys are saving me lots of stress and time.
You are correct that clean rom 5.1 flashes it for you, which is through its AROMA installer. However, HatkaXL also uses the AROMA installer, and there's a line in the installation screen where it says "flashing boot.img." - both ROMs have that line. Interestingly, it worked when I followed twistedddx's order so I'm going to try that again.
Yup, I have those in the same folder correctly. I always extract the boot.img from the rom zip into the folder with both fastboot and adb(how else would I able to have fastbooted in the first place?), always made sure the phone was in bootloader, plugged in, and in fastboot usb.
edit: I wiped, then installed hatkaXL, then fastboot flash boot boot.img, and now it starts, it gets past the red developmental screen, INTO the HTC Onetm beats audio screen, turns off and then restarts again through the whole process. it's jst looping now.
edit2: Flashed ViperXL, that's working. I guess HatkaXL just isn't for my phone.. sigh. I hope this thread helps anyone else.
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Could be a kernel issue.. Try flashing stock kernel after flashing rom?... That's all I can think of. Also, I don't know if you do but I always wipe cache, dalvik, system, and then factory reset in twrp and I've never had any issues with any roms.
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Hey guys.
I just got a very nice condition used TF700T. I am trying to get recovery to install so I can flash a rom. I used the Transformer Toolkit to unlock it, which worked, it says device unlocked when booting.
But I absolutely cannot get it to Root, or flash recovery. If I try using debugfs root generic 2.3 it fails to write everything. If I try to flash any recovery with the toolkit it downloads and says flashing but just sits at about 25%, it boots my device into the screen that says usb fastboot mode with the three icons that say RCK Android and factory wipe. If I click the RCK it says rebooting and then goes to android mascot installing icon, but then the one with an X and error appears. What on earth am I doing wrong?
Is it the latest 4.2 update locking me out? Can I downgrade? I just can't get anything to root or flash recovery no matter what I do. I feel a little defeated being a long time member and 3 phone habitual rom flasher :crying:\
Any ideas what i'm missing?
benjmiester said:
Hey guys.
I just got a very nice condition used TF700T. I am trying to get recovery to install so I can flash a rom. I used the Transformer Toolkit to unlock it, which worked, it says device unlocked when booting.
But I absolutely cannot get it to Root, or flash recovery. If I try using debugfs root generic 2.3 it fails to write everything. If I try to flash any recovery with the toolkit it downloads and says flashing but just sits at about 25%, it boots my device into the screen that says usb fastboot mode with the three icons that say RCK Android and factory wipe. If I click the RCK it says rebooting and then goes to android mascot installing icon, but then the one with an X and error appears. What on earth am I doing wrong?
Is it the latest 4.2 update locking me out? Can I downgrade? I just can't get anything to root or flash recovery no matter what I do. I feel a little defeated being a long time member and 3 phone habitual rom flasher :crying:\
Any ideas what i'm missing?
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What custom recovery are you installing? You may want to try with fastboot or adb method to flash your custom recovery which doesn't require rooted device, good luck....
LetMeKnow said:
What custom recovery are you installing? You may want to try with fastboot or adb method to flash your custom recovery which doesn't require rooted device, good luck....
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Well I tried TWRP 2.7.1.1 I believe and also CWM , and Phil's custom touch CWM that all three are options to flash with the all in one ADB Toolkit app via USB from windows (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094746)
How do I do the Fastboot method? I read about that, but have no idea how the process goes. I'm ok with skipping root and going straight to recovery and a rom because I can just flash superuser after if the rom isn't rooted already.
benjmiester said:
Well I tried TWRP 2.7.1.1 I believe and also CWM , and Phil's custom touch CWM that all three are options to flash with the all in one ADB Toolkit app via USB from windows (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2094746)
How do I do the Fastboot method? I read about that, but have no idea how the process goes. I'm ok with skipping root and going straight to recovery and a rom because I can just flash superuser after if the rom isn't rooted already.
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I wanted to try an app I used to get twrp onto my LG G2 for the first time called "flashify" that worked like a charm. I just installed the app, downloaded the twrp file and flashed it then it reboots to recovery, but it requires root as far as I know. Does unlocking the boot loader allow things like this?
benjmiester said:
I wanted to try an app I used to get twrp onto my LG G2 for the first time called "flashify" that worked like a charm. I just installed the app, downloaded the twrp file and flashed it then it reboots to recovery, but it requires root as far as I know. Does unlocking the boot loader allow things like this?
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Unlocked bootloader is allowed you to install the custom recovery so you can install the custom ROM, I believed..... You can check this guide out to see if you can setup your fastboot/adb. It is very easy to follow for the beginners, good luck....:fingers-crossed:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2688891
benjmiester said:
I wanted to try an app I used to get twrp onto my LG G2 for the first time called "flashify" that worked like a charm. I just installed the app, downloaded the twrp file and flashed it then it reboots to recovery, but it requires root as far as I know. Does unlocking the boot loader allow things like this?
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Once you unlocked the bootloader you can flash a custom recovery and after that - the sky's the limit.
Flashify works great, and it is a wonderful tool as long as you're able to boot into Android.
My problem with Flashify and Goomanager and TwrpManger is that it saves users from setting up a proper ADB/fastboot connection from PC to tablet.
As long as you can boot Android, these apps are great. But what if you can't? Once the tablet doesn't boot it's so much harder (and often too late) to get the correct drivers installed for ADB and fastboot.
So if you flash your recovery with any of those apps still make sure you have access with ADB and fastboot from your PC.
You will regret it if you don't - I (almost) guarantee it.
That's an excellent point. Thanks. I did actually get the Fastboot method to work. The problem was that I kept clicking into RCK recovery when I ws supposed to just leave it on that screen to push twrp instead. I got recover and just got done doing a backup. I'm about the flash my first rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2672751). Do we need to do factory reset / wipe data/system etc? The instructions on the ROM post say to just flash it from twrp so I'm guessing it has a built in wipe feature during install?
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That's an excellent point. Thanks. I did actually get the Fastboot method to work. The problem was that I kept clicking into RCK recovery when I ws supposed to just leave it on that screen to push twrp instead. I got recover and just got done doing a backup. I'm about the flash my first rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2672751). Do we need to do factory reset / wipe data/system etc? The instructions on the ROM post say to just flash it from twrp so I'm guessing it has a built in wipe feature during install?
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The instructions in the OP actually say that you have to do a full wipe (Factory Wipe) in TWRP coming from a different rom base. Which would be you unless you had a version of CROMBi-KK installed prior to this.
It's the default selection under the Wipe menu in TWRP. Just do that and then flash the rom and your ok.
Do not use the Factory Reset option from Settings or the Wipe Data option from the BL menu! Do this in TWRP only!
Cool thanks. I figured so because that's the norm with roms on all my phones. Thanks a lot for the help guys. So happy to be get KK running on my new toy!
Just wanted to update. KK 4.4.3 rom flashed and booted in. It's much nicer. The stock was a little laggy, and KK breathed a lot of new life into my ancient single core 1.0 ghz Galaxy S that I use as a music player so I figured it would help make the tab real nice and snappy too. Gotta go now, much fun to be had!!