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[Q] Not totally bricked yet, i really need to fix it

Hello guys, i am new here, yes its my first post, yes i have been posting on forums in the past, and yes i want to cry.
I just got this brand new nexus s from Videotron a couples of months back, someone told me to look for Cyanogenmod, i did, i installed it, with superuser rooted/unlocked. loved it, untill recently i rebooted the device due to battery outage, and it was stuck to the google logo, then i opened clockworkmod and did a restore, it worked!
Then, last week, an update was pushed to the phone about jelly beans, (4.1.1), i clicked INSTALL NOW, i was at home, plugged in.
The install failed (Android logo on his back with red triangle warning) i waited 2 hours, it was still there, i had to remove the battery.
Now, Clockworkmod is not starting. (Its the default bootloader (as usual) and the next page (in the RECOVERY option) its the default "Android system recovery <3a>" with those 4 options
-reboot system now
-apply update from /sdcard
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache partition
...
i did them all, tried everything its still not booting.
I tried everything i could find on all the forums, fastboot, adb nvflash... but. when i plug in my device in the pc i don't think its seen by the maching (unless i click the "Turn on USB Storage) BUT I CANT CLICK IT :'(
Model # is GT-i9020T
I really need a pro to help me out, and i promise to give you compensation if you can fix it, via paypal.
I am on facebook daily, on IRC too. msn too,
I don't care if we manage to install ice cream sandwich, jellybean or even freaking BBq peanuts..
I just need a working "facebook machine"
Thank you and ill be looking at this post every hour.

Use odin?
Sent from my Nexus S using xda premium

al_madd said:
Use odin?
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I looked at some tutorials about odin, but i cannot find all the appropriate files for my phone.
Would you be able to point me in the correct direction?

Free advice : you need to install fastboot on your computer.
You can fix this by holding volume up, and then hold power at the same time until you see the bootloader menu.
Then, connect usb, and on computer type fastboot devices
You should get two lines of output. One device is listed something like 359G7HF6824
That means fastboot can see your device.
You need to download cwm recovery.img
Flash it to your phone by typing fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
...which will send recovery.img to 'recovery' partition on your phone.
Now use the volume keys to select recovery option, press power key to select.
In recovery flash a new ROM. Download one from development section if you need to.
If you find any of these steps difficult, please ask for more help.
However, all the help you need can be found by reading through the stickies in Q&A, General, and Development.

SebLemery said:
I looked at some tutorials about odin, but i cannot find all the appropriate files for my phone.
Would you be able to point me in the correct direction?
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try to install the correct drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901617
and follow this thread (fastboot is better than ODIN!): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307
hit thanks and ask for help if u need

Cascabreu said:
try to install the correct drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901617
and follow this thread (fastboot is better than ODIN!): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307
hit thanks and ask for help if u need
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10000936
Found this one in general sticky rollup too.

Cascabreu said:
try to install the correct drivers: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901617
and follow this thread (fastboot is better than ODIN!): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307
hit thanks and ask for help if u need
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I tried to use fastboot, but the pc is not seeing the device when in bootloader. ("fastboot devices" returns nothing)
i tried to install the drivers, but its a bunch of .dll files, what am i suppose to do with that..
i am really sorry if its noob, but i am noob.

SebLemery said:
I tried to use fastboot, but the pc is not seeing the device when in bootloader. ("fastboot devices" returns nothing)
i tried to install the drivers, but its a bunch of .dll files, what am i suppose to do with that..
i am really sorry if its noob, but i am noob.
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Install the PDANet Android drivers, this usually works well.
http://junefabrics.com/android/
Then use fastboot to flash a recovery as bedalus wrote.

SebLemery said:
I tried to use fastboot, but the pc is not seeing the device when in bootloader. ("fastboot devices" returns nothing)
i tried to install the drivers, but its a bunch of .dll files, what am i suppose to do with that..
i am really sorry if its noob, but i am noob.
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check the link i gave u, there is step by step images and some tips to better understand.
(im running windows 8 but its the same as 7)

Cascabreu said:
check the link i gave u, there is step by step images and some tips to better understand.
(im running windows 8 but its the same as 7)
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i did, and it still failed, im running XP.

SebLemery said:
i did, and it still failed, im running XP.
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the installation failed or fatsboot still doesnt recognize?

polobunny said:
Install the PDANet Android drivers, this usually works well.
Then use fastboot to flash a recovery as bedalus wrote.
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This will only install if the phone is in debugging mode...
i cannot install PdaNET.

SebLemery said:
This will only install if the phone is in debugging mode...
i cannot install PdaNET.
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i think ur are not installing the drivers well... give me ur skype name

Cascabreu said:
i think ur are not installing the drivers well... give me ur skype name
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I do not use Skype.

SebLemery said:
I do not use Skype.
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....
so i dont know how to show u... i think u are just installing the drivers the wrong way.
put your phone in fastboot mode (power off, vol+ and power), plug it in, dievice manager, right click on Android 1.0, update drivers, navigate to teh folder i gave u in the link, let me pick, have disk and navigate to the folder again select open and chose the first one option and install it.
did you did that?

Cascabreu said:
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so i dont know how to show u... i think u are just installing the drivers the wrong way.
put your phone in fastboot mode (power off, vol+ and power), plug it in, dievice manager, right click on Android 1.0, update drivers, navigate to teh folder i gave u in the link, let me pick, have disk and navigate to the folder again select open and chose the first one option and install it.
did you did that?
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i think i did yes, but look at what is missing... puu.sh/1lyEo (screenshot without the http)
I do use TeamViewer if you could show me.

SebLemery said:
i think i did yes, but look at what is missing... puu.sh/1lyEo (screenshot without the http)
I do use TeamViewer if you could show me.
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u are doing it right, now use the drivers i gave and not the pda net (they never worked for me)
in my drivers u will find the fastboot, adb and bootloader, just install one off them

Cascabreu said:
u are doing it right, now use the drivers i gave and not the pda net (they never worked for me)
in my drivers u will find the fastboot, adb and bootloader, just install one off them
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you have so many files there i am not sure what to get, and i am not finding the EXACT file its asking for....
could you help me with teamviewer? i learn a lot better like this? here is my TeamViewer ID: 967 077 759 i will give you the pass in PM if u say yes.

SebLemery said:
you have so many files there i am not sure what to get, and i am not finding the EXACT file its asking for....
could you help me with teamviewer? i learn a lot better like this? here is my TeamViewer ID: 967 077 759 i will give you the pass in PM if u say yes.
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give me 3 min to install teamviewer
send the PM to me
UP AND RUNNING, waiting the password

Cascabreu said:
give me 3 min to install teamviewer
send the PM to me
UP AND RUNNING, waiting the password
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I just want to say Thanks to Cascabreu for helping me fix it.

help! i accidently formated everything!

i got a new phone and was going to give my old ns4g to my sister but i wanted to give it to her without all my crap on it.. anyways i accidently formatted EVERYTHING and now i dont know how to get a rom back on it. please help!
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What happens when u turn phone on?
Nothing?
Something?
The more info the better.
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it just shows the google boot animation with an unlocked lock.. thats it. dont reboot just stays like that
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oh, and i can boot into clockworkmod recovery.. i tried to sideload or adb install but it says no device found
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luciferii said:
oh, and i can boot into clockworkmod recovery.. i tried to sideload or adb install but it says no device found
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Are you able to mount to windows when connected to usb in recovery?
Also what happens when you power it on holding both power + volume (bootloader mode)?

luciferii said:
oh, and i can boot into clockworkmod recovery.. i tried to sideload or adb install but it says no device found
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Go to mounts & storage
Then mount USB.
If that works then ur golden!
Download a ROM & gapps....then flash it
Vs Nexus S4G using tapatalk2

Another option is to use nexus toolkit to flash stock firmware this will return to stock nice and new for little sis
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1984858
Sent By My Google Nexus
A Thanx Is Appreciated!!

ive tried all the suggestions with no luck. i tried mounting usb and connecting it to the pc but it doesnt do anything. and once again i hooked it up to the pc and tried using adb install, push, sideload, etc and each command says no device connected. any other suggestions?
Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2

luciferii said:
ive tried all the suggestions with no luck. i tried mounting usb and connecting it to the pc but it doesnt do anything. and once again i hooked it up to the pc and tried using adb install, push, sideload, etc and each command says no device connected. any other suggestions?
Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2
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reinstall drivers and check that when u plug it in, the pc is seeing the nexus go to device manager and see if its recognized mand doesnt have an exclamation sign, if there is one, while plugged in, reinstall the drivers
to learn how to install drivers and getting the correct files: http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/
or try to flash stock via fastboot (maybe u will need to reinstall the drives, just check if its recognized under device manager):
little tutorial i made for another guy once (sorry my english and accent): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10_N_vV-7NQ&list=UUTsL8yOHOK7IUQl2tsKId5A&index=1
xda tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307&highlight=stock
eventhough in the thread they say u need java sdk and all that u only need fastboot file and the rom image donwloaded the google dev website

luciferii said:
ive tried all the suggestions with no luck. i tried mounting usb and connecting it to the pc but it doesnt do anything. and once again i hooked it up to the pc and tried using adb install, push, sideload, etc and each command says no device connected. any other suggestions?
Sent from my XT907 using Tapatalk 2
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Well I hope when u say "it doesn't do anything" that u weren't expecting something to pop up on the screen. If it mounts u can only tell by clicking.... My computer then drive "___" its probably drive f or g.
If it pops up then ur good. Add the ROM & gapps.
But worse case do what the previous post suggests.
Good luck
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help with toolkit

hey guys i got my nexus 5 yesterday and i wanted to root it . so i downloaded toolkit and installed everything . but whe i tried to unlock the phone it said it couldnt find the adb . so i followed the guid and i did everything by the book and in device manager it recognized it as a samsung android phone > google nexus adb interface . so i retried the unlock a few times and i got nothing again .
if anyone can help me it would be great .
if you need more info just ask

I've had good luck with the android nacked usb drivers, Google them. Then follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47025283

jd1639 said:
I've had good luck with the android nacked usb drivers, Google them. Then follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47025283
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how do i install them ?

danielbr14 said:
how do i install them ?
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In Windows device manger you probably have a usb port when an "!" On it. Right click it then manual install the usb drivers. You'll have to browes to whet you downloaded the drivers

jd1639 said:
In Windows device manger you probably have a usb port when an "!" On it. Right click it then manual install the usb drivers. You'll have to browes to whet you downloaded the drivers
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it said that the drivers are already installed so what should i do now ?

danielbr14 said:
it said that the drivers are already installed so what should i do now ?
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Google "nexus 5 diagnosing usb drivers xda"

why use a toolkit on a nexus device? its easier to root your nexus without a toolkit.
1. "fastboot oem unlock" via fastboot unlocks the bootloader.
2. flash a custom recovery via fastboot
3. flash the su binaries(supersu) in your new recovery.
4. reboot and profit, thats it.

danielbr14 said:
hey guys i got my nexus 5 yesterday and i wanted to root it . so i downloaded toolkit and installed everything . but whe i tried to unlock the phone it said it couldnt find the adb . so i followed the guid and i did everything by the book and in device manager it recognized it as a samsung android phone > google nexus adb interface . so i retried the unlock a few times and i got nothing again .
if anyone can help me it would be great .
if you need more info just ask
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I used this...http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KnlUdjUaD3Q
and this....http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/
with zero issues
P.s.
I was a first time noob.

simms22 said:
why use a toolkit on a nexus device? its easier to root your nexus without a toolkit.
1. "fastboot oem unlock" via fastboot unlocks the bootloader.
2. flash a custom recovery via fastboot
3. flash the su binaries(supersu) in your new recovery.
4. reboot and profit, thats it.
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might want to add after you unlock the bootloader to boot into the device once.

jd1639 said:
Google "nexus 5 diagnosing usb drivers xda"
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i still can find a good answer on how to solve my problem.

danielbr14 said:
i still can find a good answer on how to solve my problem.
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Do you have usb debugging enabled in developer options on your phone?

jd1639 said:
Do you have usb debugging enabled in developer options on your phone?
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yes i do .

Zepius said:
might want to add after you unlock the bootloader to boot into the device once.
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why? i didnt. my nexus 5 never ever booted up stock. before i ever booted it, it got unlocked and flashed first.

simms22 said:
why? i didnt. my nexus 5 never ever booted up stock. before i ever booted it, it got unlocked and flashed first.
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what does it have to do with anything ??

danielbr14 said:
what does it have to do with anything ??
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You're probably going to have to go into device manager, view hidden, and delete each usb port that is not being used and start over. Don't have your phone connected when you do this. It's a pita. Then reboot your computer, than plug your phone in. Also make sure you're using the usb cable that came with your phone and usb ports in the back of your pc

simms22 said:
why? i didnt. my nexus 5 never ever booted up stock. before i ever booted it, it got unlocked and flashed first.
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some people have reported issues if you didnt let the device 'reset' itself after you unlocked the bootloader so it could rebuild the data partition.
its more of a precautionary thing than anything else.

jd1639 said:
You're probably going to have to go into device manager, view hidden, and delete each usb port that is not being used and start over. Don't have your phone connected when you do this. It's a pita. Then reboot your computer, than plug your phone in. Also make sure you're using the usb cable that came with your phone and usb ports in the back of your pc
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you mean uninstall everything in the universal serial bu controller tree ?

danielbr14 said:
you mean uninstall everything in the universal serial bu controller tree ?
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Yep, that's not currently being used. You don't want to lose your keyboard, etc.

jd1639 said:
Yep, that's not currently being used. You don't want to lose your keyboard, etc.
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i dont know how to find wich one is in use and wich one isnt.

danielbr14 said:
i dont know how to find wich one is in use and wich one isnt.
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The ones that are grayed out are not in use the darker ones are

soft brick help

Hey guys so i think i just soft bricked my m8 on cm11 i can get into hboot but i cant reboot to recover twrp if anyone has any ideas thx in advance

Bierce22 said:
Hey guys so i think i just soft bricked my m8 on cm11 i can get into hboot but i cant reboot to recover twrp if anyone has any ideas thx in advance
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Does ur pc see ur phone in fastboot? If so u can try to reinstall twrp recovery and see if it works for u.
Sent from my insanely powered M8 using tapatalk

holla420 said:
Does ur pc see ur phone in fastboot? If so u can try to reinstall twrp recovery and see if it works for u.
Sent from my insanely powered M8 using tapatalk
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whenver i try to use adb it just says no device found ive tried it on win7 and ubuntu

Bierce22 said:
whenver i try to use adb it just says no device found ive tried it on win7 and ubuntu
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R u in the right directory on ur pc?
Sent from my insanely powered M8 using tapatalk

holla420 said:
R u in the right directory on ur pc?
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yep

When u type adb devices nothing comes up? Try unplugging and plug it back in and try the commands again
Sent from my insanely powered M8 using tapatalk

holla420 said:
When u type adb devices nothing comes up? Try unplugging and plug it back in and try the commands again
Sent from my insanely powered M8 using tapatalk
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actually i had it plugged into the wrong usb port im back on win7 when i type in adb devices it says emulator-554 device

holla420 said:
When u type adb devices nothing comes up? Try unplugging and plug it back in and try the commands again
Sent from my insanely powered M8 using tapatalk
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hey would you mind getting on the htcm8 irc channel

Bierce22 said:
hey would you mind getting on the htcm8 irc channel
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Yo pm me
Sent from my Insanely powered M8 using Tapatalk

holla420 said:
Yo pm me
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actually i fixed it finally i had to reinstall all the drivers and htc sync then i went to adb and did fastboot -w to wipe the data and it let me boot into recovery

Bierce22 said:
actually i fixed it finally i had to reinstall all the drivers and htc sync then i went to adb and did fastboot -w to wipe the data and it let me boot into recovery
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Nice smart man [emoji106]
Sent from my Insanely powered M8 using Tapatalk

also incase anyone was wondering i was playing with an app called native sbs android witch splits your screen into two so you can use it with google cardboard it needs root and to reboot for the change to take affect but when i rebooted it got stuck on the splash screen and wouldnt go into twrp

[Q] Any root ability on this phone yet?

I don't care much about using custom roms but I do like to root for de-bloating purposes and using titanium backup.
Thanks,

I hope someone picks it up. I got it for a semi decent backup phone. Couldn't resist $199...
Hopefully it's just a waiting game since it was just released.

I tried Kingo, Framaroot, and some MobileGo one. None worked, which is about what I expected.

Just need twrp or some other recovery for it.

how about towelroot?
Sent from my LG-D838 using XDA Free mobile app

Holding volume up gets to the android recovery. Not sure if there's another mode behind that.
Seems standard looking for someone who knows what to do...

Does that mean it's possible to flash a rooted lrx22g? Seems it comes up under nexus 7.

Mediatek devices don't have fastboot. Busy scouring the interweb trying to see how other mediatek devices may have been rooted. Quickboot came up so I'm on that tangent as of now...

mswguitar said:
I tried Kingo, Framaroot, and some MobileGo one. None worked, which is about what I expected.
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Did you try kingroot? Thanks.

The bootloader being locked seems to be the problem.
I don't trust the one click apps. Most are malware looking windows programs. Hopefully the ota will get released and not have to be dumped.

You're already on the wrong tangent since this isn't using a mediatek chip

malikadnanm said:
You're already on the wrong tangent since this isn't using a mediatek chip
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OK then what should be done? Adb shell partition list had a lot of permission denied.

deepasadish said:
Did you try kingroot? Thanks.
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Just tried it, it said it wasn't supported and wouldn't even attempt to root it.

malikadnanm said:
You're already on the wrong tangent since this isn't using a mediatek chip
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Doesn't seem as though there is a fastboot mode. adb reboot fastboot just restarted the phone.
adb reboot recovery works as shown in earlier images though

ChrisJ951 said:
Doesn't seem as though there is a fastboot mode. adb reboot fastboot just restarted the phone.
adb reboot recovery works as shown in earlier images though
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I wasn't able to get my win7 computer to recognize my idol3 in adb mode. What os and driver are you using?
thanks,
rtype

rtype0 said:
I wasn't able to get my win7 computer to recognize my idol3 in adb mode. What os and driver are you using?
thanks,
rtype
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Sure. Linux adb. Just enable USB debugging in developer options by clicking build 7 times etc.

neilownz said:
Sure. Linux adb. Just enable USB debugging in developer options by clicking build 7 times etc.
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Thanks, I was hoping for a windows solution but this works too.

rtype0 said:
Thanks, I was hoping for a windows solution but this works too.
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from their website : http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/global-en/support/faq/usbdriver.html
http://54.247.87.13/softwareupgrade/Driver/ALCATEL_ADB_ Driver Qualcomm_ADB.rar
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ChrisJ951 said:
Doesn't seem as though there is a fastboot mode. adb reboot fastboot just restarted the phone.
adb reboot recovery works as shown in earlier images though
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I was wrong.
There is a fastboot mode but I can't seem to find any drivers for it that will allow it to show up under "fastboot devices"

How did you get to fastboot mode?

I got a dead Andy with no command trying some different button holds and unplugging while booting recovery.