My AT&T Status offered me an FOTA update today. I said Yes, and it downloaded, but when the phone restarted it said it couldn't find the update files. It repeatedly tried to restart and reload, with failure each time. I thought I was holding a brick in my hand.
I got things back to normal by removing the SD card and rebooting. It then asked me to reinsert the card and when I did, it offered to download the update again. This time I declined. BTW, my phone is rooted and I suspect this was part of the reason it wouldn't update.
what recovery you are using. for FOTA updated, i beleive u need stock recovery
That or you could have a broken SD card. You could try formatting it an retrying the procedure. See if that helps.
I have CWM Recovery installed. Can I use it to load the update?
you must have the stock recovery to apply the update
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I used the easy rooting process from and once i was rooted i used ROM manager to download Liquid Gingersense 1.0 and saw there was no access to radio. So i went to download a new radio and was told to rename PG05IMG.ZIP. I went to put on SD card and saw that from the rooting process there was already a file with that name. I figured it was just the radio files needed for the rooting, so i replaced with the new .ZIP file. I then loaded the bootloader (down, and power) and tried to load the new .ZIP but to no avail it did not work. I don't remember exactly what i did from then to know but to problem........I truly believe my phone is bricked and I cant find anything that describes my problem.............
I cant power down while plugged in. It automatically loads the bootloader giving the four options bootloader, reboot(which still works properly, and loads up the phone without any problems), reboot bootloader, and power down. If I choose bootloader it automatically tries to read if i have anything on the card. Then i have the option of fastboot, recovery, factory reset, simlock, hboot usb, and image crc. If I choose recovery or factory reset it instantly changes to the white HTC screen and reloads the bootloader. Also to make matters worse, I had read that if you do the system update through the phone that it would erase the rooting done to your phone, I downloaded the newest update and tried to install. Now every time I turn the phone on it, on it's own, shuts down my phone to update the software but instead of updating the software it just opens the bootloader.
As of now I'm rooted with s=on
If my battery is low enough it wont try to upgrade with the new software.
I reformatted my SD card and that didn't work either.
I used Titanium Backup to load clockworkmod. When tried to use that, it would still load in the bootloader with the 3 androids on the bottom.
and the top of the bootloader there is white text with pink background that says *** Security Warning ***
So to sum up, I cant recover or factory reset(through my phone settings, or hard boot), I cant access clockworkmod to recover anything, and bootloader doesn't work.
I've only had this phone for a few days, so please help me fix it.
Thanks,
Bryce Morgan
Hi,
I have a totally stock desire s from t-mobile Hungary. Today it gave me an option to install the new Sense 3.0 update.
Everything went fine, until it came to the screen with the phone icon and the red triangle with the (!)
When pulling the battery the phone starts rebooting after the HTC screen.
I tried to press vol up and power buttom it goes into the Android system recovery where i it says:
E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
It has options for wipe data/factory reset --tried nothing changed
wipe cache partition --nothing changed
apply update from sd card -- tried, gives an error then reboots.
On the sd card i found the ota update in the downloads folder, but im stuck here.
Im also not sure if downloading a stock RUU rom would fix the issue, since im not sure what was originally on the phone.
It was purchased at T-mobile in hungrary.
I dont intend to root the phone since i dont want to lose my warranty, but i would really like to fix this without having to send the phone away for repair.
Thank you for your time!
Ben
as you were completely stock before this update then i would reccomend returning your phone under warranty. as all you have done is follow th eofficial method of updating. the problem has not been caused by you so you should recieve a replacement or fix under warranty
Yes, i'm afraid i will have to send it in for repair. Im asking this because repairs take a long time, and if there is a way to solve it myself, it would be great.
Would it fix my problem if id install a factory rom? And if it would, how can i find out what was on the phone before the update happened?
Thanks
Ben
you could try flashing a custom recovery via 1 of the guides in the development section. then try wipeing and formatting all partitions. the install from an RUU again.
that might work.....
I wanted to change my Vodafone 858 ROM to Lucky. For that, I rooted it, I installed CWM, and just as I was going to do a backup of my current ROM, I remembered I saw a firmware update available, if I'm not mistakein' from version U8160V100R001C02B617SP01 to version U8160V100R001C02B625SP01. Well, I did the update, it downloaded it and restart my phone; after restart got hung at hourglass and after like 10-15 min. I removed the battery and tried to get into recovery mode, but it appeared a screen saying "Firmware update1/2, unpacking, update failed". Now I can't even get into that screen. Maybe was because when I did the firmware update the phone was connected via USB to my laptop. Anyway, I don't know what to do to boot, I just can't pass the hourglass...
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I wanted to change my Vodafone 858 ROM to Lucky. For that, I rooted it, I installed CWM, and just as I was going to do a backup of my current ROM, I remembered I saw a firmware update available, if I'm not mistakein' from version U8160V100R001C02B617SP01 to version U8160V100R001C02B625SP01. Well, I did the update, it downloaded it and restart my phone; after restart got hung at hourglass and after like 10-15 min. I removed the battery and tried to get into recovery mode, but it appeared a screen saying "Firmware update1/2, unpacking, update failed". Now I can't even get into that screen. Maybe was because when I did the firmware update the phone was connected via USB to my laptop. Anyway, I don't know what to do to boot, I just can't pass the hourglass...
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I found the solution: I downloaded from somewhere on the net an official ROM that came with instructions from Huawei on how to update too: unzip the .zip file, resulting a folder named "dload", which contains the image for update; the folder must be put on the SD card directly on the root (the card containing only this folder), then insert the SD card into the phone (without inserting the battery) and press down volume-up volume-power (NO battery); it will star to update and install the official ROM...
months ago I changed stock ROM to stock rom.diffrent region.every thing is fine.
week ago I checked for new updates from system\software update.I had a update .HTC Twitter client 10.25 mb.
after download phone restarted and stocked in a black page with a android blue sign in the center of page.I waited for 10 minutes but nothing.I took the battery out and turned on again.every thing was normal.I tried update again .same problem.
now I am worry because we will get Ics android in next weeks and I won't be able to update.
factory reset.
factory reset not worked .heeellllpppp
someone please give me a solution
Do you have a custom recovery like ClockworkMod or 4EXT installed? If you do, hold your Vol. Down button and your power button, then select Recovery from the list that shows. From there, you should be able to mount your device to your computer as a USB disk and put a new ROM on your SD card and flash it.
If you don't have clockworkmod/4ext you may want to look into flashing a new firmware package that has it...
Okay, so just today I was looking through some articles and saw that Android 4.4.4 was able to be downloaded for the Moto G, I have a rooted Moto G, so I know that I can't install the OTA updates without reverting back to stock.
So it was early in the morning, I was still tired and not thinking strait; and I forgot that I couldn't install the OTA updates without reverting; So I made an idiotic mistake and used the settings update method to download the new version..... so now I am stuck in a boot loop because when ever I get to the Clockworkmod recovery, it says it can't complete it and it reboots my phone. Then the phone detects the phone didn't update and it goes into recovery. This just keeps happening over, and over, and over again,
See, the thing is, I would revert back to the stock, but I can't install the stock onto the internal SD because the phone reboots before I can actually get the stock zip onto the phone... so I'm stuck at this point, and I really don't know what to do... and I really don't think there is much I can do at this point.
Here Is My Phone Info:
Model: XT1031
Clockworkmod Recovery Version: v6.0.4.7
Can you turn off the phone with the power button and then boot in to recovery?
If that works try deleting the update zip from /cache directory with cwm.
meekrawb said:
Can you turn off the phone with the power button and then boot in to recovery?
If that works try deleting the update zip from /cache directory with cwm.
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I've already tried this, It hasn't worked the three times I've done it. I have got it to stop rebooting, and I've got it to the original recovery. The 4.4.4 update isn't showing up anymore though. My battery is always at 1% battery now too.... so now I have another problem.
xLOLxTSNOOPS said:
I've already tried this, It hasn't worked the three times I've done it. I have got it to stop rebooting, and I've got it to the original recovery. The 4.4.4 update isn't showing up anymore though. My battery is always at 1% battery now too.... so now I have another problem.
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Leave it plugged in for a few hours and then fastboot flash the stock firmware for your model number.
Unless someone else knows an easier way to get you going.