I've been stock for a while again, and feel like going back to having more control. I'm on stock Sprints Nexus S 4g's 4.1 JB...how would I go about rooting this?
Windst said:
I've been stock for a while again, and feel like going back to having more control. I'm on stock Sprints Nexus S 4g's 4.1 JB...how would I go about rooting this?
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I used "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250583&highlight=one-click-nexus-7+2" by ShabbyPenguin. Works good . . .
Windst said:
I've been stock for a while again, and feel like going back to having more control. I'm on stock Sprints Nexus S 4g's 4.1 JB...how would I go about rooting this?
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yep shabby's 7.2 tool is the way to go
Thank You both
Download supersu.zip onto phones internal storage.
Fastboot flash or boot custom recovery.
Flash supersu.zip from recovery
Stock rooted.
Easiest way. Best way. Never fails way. The same way the phone was rooted in the first place.....
can't get Shabby's way to work. just searches for devices & on my phone it stays at the bootloader screen. how can I flash something if i'm unable to use ROM manager?
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Thread Cleaned. Lets stop the arguing.
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Vs Nexus S4G using tapatalk2
Follow the instructions below to install CWM on your phone and then you can flash super user binaries to get root access.
If you have lost recovery then install pdanet on your computer.(It will also install Nexus S USB Drivers) then put your phone into fastboot mode by holding down both Volume Up and Power buttons together. When you are in fastboot mode connect your phone to your PC using USB cable.Download ADB and recovery you want to flash put it in your C:/recovery (Put adb and recovery image in this folder)
Then open cmd and type
1)CD C:/recovery
2)fastboot flash recovery recoveryname.img (replace recoveryname with actual file name of the recovery image).
You can download recovery from here
Or you can avoid all this and just use this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1544940&highlight=recovery
how to root nexus s ? from jb ? more infos ?
To root ANY nexus the process is the same. All that differs is the files used.
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Get the proper su zip on the devices storage. Either boot up and put it there or do it by mounting storage in step 3
3. Boot or flash custom recovery and flash your su.zip.
That's it. If you're already unlocked skip step one. Make sure you got the su.zip on your phone. Use fastboot to flash or boot recovery and boot into it. Flash the zip.
ive tried everything in this post, but i cant unlock or root. Im assuming the drivers are my problem because in Device Manager I can only install ACER ADB or Android Adb Interface.
In shabby's one-click, I get to the step where it says something like "select the unlock option on my phone", but in fastboot i only get 4 options and neither say "unlock"
peopleface said:
ive tried everything in this post, but i cant unlock or root. Im assuming the drivers are my problem because in Device Manager I can only install ACER ADB or Android Adb Interface.
In shabby's one-click, I get to the step where it says something like "select the unlock option on my phone", but in fastboot i only get 4 options and neither say "unlock"
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1623481
Its old but still works. Go into fast boot and type in cmd fastboot oem unlock, its not an option in fadtboot. Don't use one clicks, learn the original way. You will be much better off in the future.
This might help also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901617
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HI all,
I am VERY new to this custom ROM stuff, and I am a bit confused. I have an ASUS TF300T Transformer Tablet. It has 4.2.1 loaded, build is JOP40D.US_epad-10.6.1.12.3-20130416. If more particulars are needed, I can provide.
I have rooted the tablet (I used motochopper to gain superuser access), thinking that would allow me to load a custom ROM. I was WRONG (as most of you probably know). I want to load a custom ROM (CyanogenMod), and also not use the ASUS preloaded software. I want something with less bloat, is faster, and something I can customize at will.
So....I have read a ton of posts on this, but I can't seem to find a step by step single, simple process to accomplish this daunting task. Simply put, I need step by step instructions that can get me where I want to be. At this point, I'm not so sure I could be more confused! LOL!
Anyone who has done this, or is experienced with this, I could use some major league assistance!
I want a faster, more "open" tablet. I also know I don't want to brick it. I definitely don't need a 300.00 paperweight!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!
Scar!
robscar said:
HI all,
I am VERY new to this custom ROM stuff, and I am a bit confused. I have an ASUS TF300T Transformer Tablet. It has 4.2.1 loaded, build is JOP40D.US_epad-10.6.1.12.3-20130416. If more particulars are needed, I can provide.
I have rooted the tablet (I used motochopper to gain superuser access), thinking that would allow me to load a custom ROM. I was WRONG (as most of you probably know). I want to load a custom ROM (CyanogenMod), and also not use the ASUS preloaded software. I want something with less bloat, is faster, and something I can customize at will.
So....I have read a ton of posts on this, but I can't seem to find a step by step single, simple process to accomplish this daunting task. Simply put, I need step by step instructions that can get me where I want to be. At this point, I'm not so sure I could be more confused! LOL!
Anyone who has done this, or is experienced with this, I could use some major league assistance!
I want a faster, more "open" tablet. I also know I don't want to brick it. I definitely don't need a 300.00 paperweight!
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!!
Scar!
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You need a custom recovery! download twrp here: http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/tf300t
DOWNLOAD THE ONE THAT SAYS "openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-4.2" and flash it with fastboot in cmd " fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob" make sure you rename the blob to "twrp.blob"
*update your info your bootloader is "10.6.1.15.3" instead of "10.6.1.12.3"
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using xda app-developers app
You can also follow this guide. It explains what you need to do pretty well. But you do need a custom recovery, which i prefer TWRP http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2187982
I was confused at first too. I think they need to change the wording in the tutorials. They say "If you're on JB bootloader, this twrp, if you're on 4.2 BL, that TWRP" and i was just thinking... WTF, both of them, 4.1 and 4.2 are jellybean.... it should be changed to 4.1 BL and 4.2 BL, none referred to as JB.
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So...does my tablet need to be unlocked first? What do I do once TWRP is loaded on my tablet? When you say "flash it with fastboot in cmd " fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob". What does this mean? This is where it gets very confusing.
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So...does my tablet need to be unlocked first? What do I do once TWRP is loaded on my tablet? When you say "flash it with fastboot in cmd " fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob". What does this mean? This is where it gets very confusing.
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if you installed root on your device you should have adb and fastboot, right?
if you are on windows(pc) press the windows key + the R key and type cmd in the search box, then press enter now navigate to the adb/fastboot directory on your pc by typing "cd <the location of the file>" then plug in your tablet in fastboot and type " fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob" what does this do? this command flashes twrp over the stock recovery, with twrp you can install custom roms! after you have done this download a rom you like (watch out for bootloader versions! if you are on stock 4.2.1 i would reccomend the latest unofficial AOKP or the latest official cm10.1) if you download a rom you can see it is a zip file, place this zip file on your sdcard and power up your tablet in bootloader by holding volume down + power button till icons pop up! now press the volume up key when the RCK icon is blinking! now twrp should start, now click on wipe and then advanced wipe and wipe system data cache(you don't need to wipe your data if you prefer to keep it!) now go back to the main menu of twrp by pressing the home button in the top right corner, now click install and navigate to the directory you have placed the rom in, after install reboot!
I've a TF300TG but I think my question is associated to the title of this thread. Do I have to note the sku of my Pad or isn't that important when I flash a custom Rom?
In the threads of many custom Roms I've read nothing about the sku. So I'm not sure if I have to take care for this.
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noahvt said:
if you installed root on your device you should have adb and fastboot, right?
if you are on windows(pc) press the windows key + the R key and type cmd in the search box, then press enter now navigate to the adb/fastboot directory on your pc by typing "cd <the location of the file>" then plug in your tablet in fastboot and type " fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery twrp.blob" what does this do? this command flashes twrp over the stock recovery, with twrp you can install custom roms! after you have done this download a rom you like (watch out for bootloader versions! if you are on stock 4.2.1 i would reccomend the latest unofficial AOKP or the latest official cm10.1) if you download a rom you can see it is a zip file, place this zip file on your sdcard and power up your tablet in bootloader by holding volume down + power button till icons pop up! now press the volume up key when the RCK icon is blinking! now twrp should start, now click on wipe and then advanced wipe and wipe system data cache(you don't need to wipe your data if you prefer to keep it!) now go back to the main menu of twrp by pressing the home button in the top right corner, now click install and navigate to the directory you have placed the rom in, after install reboot!
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OK, first, I am on a MAC. I have "terminal" for CMD lines, so, it should find whatever files I need it to find just as the windows CMD block will.
I have "fastboot and ADB" in a folder on my desktop, I have named the folder "android". I also downloaded the TWRP for 4.2.1 (renamed to TWRP.BLOB). I think I have all the files I require, it's just a matter of what steps to take. I also have the CM 10.1. This is the ROM I would like to use.
I was also reading that using TWRP, I am not supposed to wipe. I guess, theoretically, I want to be able to boot to the original ASUS ROM in case anything goes wrong. Otherwise, I wouldn't have a ROM to boot from.
I'm not sure if everything I am saying is correct, again, I am very new to this and trying to undertand exactly what I am doing.
robscar said:
OK, first, I am on a MAC. I have "terminal" for CMD lines, so, it should find whatever files I need it to find just as the windows CMD block will.
I have "fastboot and ADB" in a folder on my desktop, I have named the folder "android". I also downloaded the TWRP for 4.2.1 (renamed to TWRP.BLOB). I think I have all the files I require, it's just a matter of what steps to take. I also have the CM 10.1. This is the ROM I would like to use.
I was also reading that using TWRP, I am not supposed to wipe. I guess, theoretically, I want to be able to boot to the original ASUS ROM in case anything goes wrong. Otherwise, I wouldn't have a ROM to boot from.
I'm not sure if everything I am saying is correct, again, I am very new to this and trying to undertand exactly what I am doing.
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The fast boot and adb you have are most likely windows files. Not sure if there is fast boot and adb for Mac.
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diesburg said:
The fast boot and adb you have are most likely windows files. Not sure if there is fast boot and adb for Mac.
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I got these files from the SDK download for MAC.
robscar said:
I got these files from the SDK download for MAC.
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Any possibility of kicking this to the top and maybe getting this tablet accomplished tonight? I believe I have all the files I need (for MAC), and I am ready to go. I just need to know exactly what to do.
HELP!! LOL!!
robscar said:
Any possibility of kicking this to the top and maybe getting this tablet accomplished tonight? I believe I have all the files I need (for MAC), and I am ready to go. I just need to know exactly what to do.
HELP!! LOL!!
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I can TRY to help. I have no mac, never used one, dont know the procedures for getting the drivers and stuff installed on mac. So, im going to assume you have the fastboot drivers installed properly.
NOTE: IF YOU'RE TABLET BREAKS, NEVER TURNS ON AGAIN, OR GOES UP IN SMOKE BECAUSE OF MY DIRECTIONS, IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT AND RESPONSIBILITY NOT MINE. GET OVER IT AND BUY A NEW ONE.....LMAO.... really though, i am helping as best as i can and you always run a risk flashing devices and thats your risk, not mine.... but if you follow my directions exactly, you will be jsut fine and not have a broken device...
First, make sure you're on the latest update from asus. Should be a bootloader ending in 15.3 and android 4.2.1 .
Second, unlock your bootloader. Unlocking the bootloader is quite simple. Download this: http://d-h.st/86c Install it on the tablet and open the app (its a RAR file so it needs extracted first) Follow the directions it gives you, if i remember correctly, you just click yes or something, tablet reboots, and the bootloaders unlocked. If it sucessfully unlocks, when you first turn the tablet on, in the top left corner of the screen, it will say unlocked.
After bootloaders unlocked, turn the tablet off. Power on the tablet by holding the power button and the volume down button at the same time. This will take you into bootloader mode. One quick thing to make sure you are on the latest bootloader. The bootloader screen should have 3 icons to choose from, if it has 4, you are on the old/wrong bootloader and need to go back and update your system before proceeding. If 3 icons, you're good to go, plug the usb cable in the tablet and in your computer.
Download TWRP recovery now. This is the part where you dont wanna screw up, downloading and flashing wrong recovery can equal a broken tablet. Download this exact TWRP recovery: http://diesburg.co/tf300t/twrp/openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf300t-4.2.blob
Put that file in the folder where fastboot is.
Now in your terminal/command line, go to the directory where fastboot is. With tablet plugged in and in bootloader mode like mentioned above and terminal in the fastboot folder, type: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf300t-4.2.blob and press enter .... this will flash TWRP recovery to your tablet using fastboot.... if you get something like "waiting for device" in your terminal window after typing this and it never gets past that, thats where i cant help, drivers for fastboot or something isnt right.... if it works, hell yea, onto the next step....
Reboot the tablet, type: fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot and press enter.... let android fully boot up, copy your ROM to your tablet and dont forget the gapps package for the rom..... now turn the tablet back off......
power the tablet back on like before holding power button and volume down.... once in here, RCK will already be highlighted, if its not, use your volume down key to get it highlighted... once highlighted, hit volume up and this will boot the twrp recovery you flashed......
Once in TWRP, (FIRST DONT FORGET CLICK BACKUP AND MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR CURRENT ROM!!!) now, make sure you can see your cyanogenmod rom file and gapps by clicking install and going to the ocation where its at, if you see the 2 files, click the back button to the main screen.... on the main screen, click : Wipe, then click factory reset.....after that, go back to the wipe screen, and click system to wipe the system partition..... now go back to the main screen again....
Click install, then click to install the cyanogenmod rom.... after it installs, install the gapps package.... after that, you SHOULD be good to go, reboot the tablet by clicking reboot to system.....
I think that covers everything..... now in the future for flashing other roms, always wipe before flashing and flash the roms the same way you did this one.... just so you know, not ALL roms require gapps package.... most specify whether they do or not....
Any problems, let me know unless its the "waiting for device" thing, i cant help with mac drivers, someone else will have to
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2
diesburg said:
I can TRY to help. I have no mac, never used one, dont know the procedures for getting the drivers and stuff installed on mac. So, im going to assume you have the fastboot drivers installed properly.
NOTE: IF YOU'RE TABLET BREAKS, NEVER TURNS ON AGAIN, OR GOES UP IN SMOKE BECAUSE OF MY DIRECTIONS, IT'S ALL YOUR FAULT AND RESPONSIBILITY NOT MINE. GET OVER IT AND BUY A NEW ONE.....LMAO.... really though, i am helping as best as i can and you always run a risk flashing devices and thats your risk, not mine.... but if you follow my directions exactly, you will be jsut fine and not have a broken device...
First, make sure you're on the latest update from asus. Should be a bootloader ending in 15.3 and android 4.2.1 .
Second, unlock your bootloader. Unlocking the bootloader is quite simple. Download this: http://d-h.st/86c Install it on the tablet and open the app (its a RAR file so it needs extracted first) Follow the directions it gives you, if i remember correctly, you just click yes or something, tablet reboots, and the bootloaders unlocked. If it sucessfully unlocks, when you first turn the tablet on, in the top left corner of the screen, it will say unlocked.
After bootloaders unlocked, turn the tablet off. Power on the tablet by holding the power button and the volume down button at the same time. This will take you into bootloader mode. One quick thing to make sure you are on the latest bootloader. The bootloader screen should have 3 icons to choose from, if it has 4, you are on the old/wrong bootloader and need to go back and update your system before proceeding. If 3 icons, you're good to go, plug the usb cable in the tablet and in your computer.
Download TWRP recovery now. This is the part where you dont wanna screw up, downloading and flashing wrong recovery can equal a broken tablet. Download this exact TWRP recovery: http://diesburg.co/tf300t/twrp/openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf300t-4.2.blob
Put that file in the folder where fastboot is.
Now in your terminal/command line, go to the directory where fastboot is. With tablet plugged in and in bootloader mode like mentioned above and terminal in the fastboot folder, type: fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.5.0.0-tf300t-4.2.blob and press enter .... this will flash TWRP recovery to your tablet using fastboot.... if you get something like "waiting for device" in your terminal window after typing this and it never gets past that, thats where i cant help, drivers for fastboot or something isnt right.... if it works, hell yea, onto the next step....
Reboot the tablet, type: fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot and press enter.... let android fully boot up, copy your ROM to your tablet and dont forget the gapps package for the rom..... now turn the tablet back off......
power the tablet back on like before holding power button and volume down.... once in here, RCK will already be highlighted, if its not, use your volume down key to get it highlighted... once highlighted, hit volume up and this will boot the twrp recovery you flashed......
Once in TWRP, (FIRST DONT FORGET CLICK BACKUP AND MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR CURRENT ROM!!!) now, make sure you can see your cyanogenmod rom file and gapps by clicking install and going to the ocation where its at, if you see the 2 files, click the back button to the main screen.... on the main screen, click : Wipe, then click factory reset.....after that, go back to the wipe screen, and click system to wipe the system partition..... now go back to the main screen again....
Click install, then click to install the cyanogenmod rom.... after it installs, install the gapps package.... after that, you SHOULD be good to go, reboot the tablet by clicking reboot to system.....
I think that covers everything..... now in the future for flashing other roms, always wipe before flashing and flash the roms the same way you did this one.... just so you know, not ALL roms require gapps package.... most specify whether they do or not....
Any problems, let me know unless its the "waiting for device" thing, i cant help with mac drivers, someone else will have to
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2
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So, no matter what I do, the bootloader has to be unlocked, correct?
robscar said:
So, no matter what I do, the bootloader has to be unlocked, correct?
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for a custom rom, as far as i know, yes
but for just root on stock rom i believe theres ways to root stock without unlocking the bootloader
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I simply cannot seem to get the MAC to do this. I just don't know what command lines to use in the "terminal". I am amazed that no one has flashed their tablet with a MAC.
Anyone who has done this with a MAC, please drop a line if you can. I would really like to get this done if at all possible.
I am unlocked, I get all the way to the "flash" commands, and then it seems to not want to cooperate.
HELP!
robscar said:
I simply cannot seem to get the MAC to do this. I just don't know what command lines to use in the "terminal". I am amazed that no one has flashed their tablet with a MAC.
Anyone who has done this with a MAC, please drop a line if you can. I would really like to get this done if at all possible.
I am unlocked, I get all the way to the "flash" commands, and then it seems to not want to cooperate.
HELP!
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It's most likely drivers.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917237
Maybe that'll help?
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk 2
I wanted to close out this thread and thank everyone who jumped in to try to assist me. I was not able to flash my tablet, nor get the Cyanogen mod loaded. Not sure why, but, as I try to load TWRP, I get a "permission denied" error.
Eventually, I will get my hands on a windows computer and give this another shot. But, it should have worked on my MAC as easily as anything else. Not sure exactly what I am doing wrong, but, my tablet is working just fine so, I know I did not "mess" anything up (YAY).
If someone has been able to "flash" and put a custom rom on their ASUS Transformer using a MAC computer, please get with me and let's chat!
Again, thanks everyone for taking some time to walk me thru this! I learned a lot, so your efforts did not go to waste! I great appreciate it!
Scar!
robscar said:
I wanted to close out this thread and thank everyone who jumped in to try to assist me. I was not able to flash my tablet, nor get the Cyanogen mod loaded. Not sure why, but, as I try to load TWRP, I get a "permission denied" error.
Eventually, I will get my hands on a windows computer and give this another shot. But, it should have worked on my MAC as easily as anything else. Not sure exactly what I am doing wrong, but, my tablet is working just fine so, I know I did not "mess" anything up (YAY).
If someone has been able to "flash" and put a custom rom on their ASUS Transformer using a MAC computer, please get with me and let's chat!
Again, thanks everyone for taking some time to walk me thru this! I learned a lot, so your efforts did not go to waste! I great appreciate it!
Scar!
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not sure exactly how a mac works but i believe its some sort of linux. can you by chance start the terminal with "administrator" priveleges or type "su" in the terminal to get root priveleges? Just my thoughts with a "permission denied" error, you dont have administrator/root access.
In that link i shared above about mac and fastboot, it says to use " ./ " in front of every command. So try the fastboot commands i said above to flash the recovery but do it with ./ infront like this: ./fastboot flash commands
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Well, I used Motochopper to root my tablet, so, I'm not quite sure exactly what you mean. So, I am rooted, my BL is unlocked.
My tablets boots in "fastboot", I just can't seem to get the flash done. At this point, I am not so sure I could be more lost. LOL!
robscar said:
Well, I used Motochopper to root my tablet, so, I'm not quite sure exactly what you mean. So, I am rooted, my BL is unlocked.
My tablets boots in "fastboot", I just can't seem to get the flash done. At this point, I am not so sure I could be more lost. LOL!
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In the steps I told you above. The part where you do the fastboot commands in the terminal. "fastboot flash 0x(somenumber) recovery twrp.blob"
put a ./ in front of the fastboot command... so its "./fastboot flash 0x(thatnumber) recovery twrp.blob"
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I am a noob to this.
I unlocked the bootloader and installed TWRP v2.5.0.0 to my One S T-Mobile.
The problem, I got is my phone is lock to the TWRF screen. I have been trying for several hours to get my phone to work again.
Could someone direct me how to get out of that screen?
I cannot load anything to the phone. Every time, I reboot it always end up with the TWRP screen.
get into bootloader and flash recovery again.
you could try the newer version (this is for the S4 variant not S3)
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/ville
or Clockwork Mod recovery
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
Hold volume down and press the power button to get into bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
grandlan said:
I am a noob to this.
I unlocked the bootloader and installed TWRP v2.5.0.0 to my One S T-Mobile.
The problem, I got is my phone is lock to the TWRF screen. I have been trying for several hours to get my phone to work again.
Could someone direct me how to get out of that screen?
I cannot load anything to the phone. Every time, I reboot it always end up with the TWRP screen.
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Flash 2.3.3, its much more reliable.
2.4, 2.5 was buggy AFAIK.
tivofool said:
get into bootloader and flash recovery again.
you could try the newer version (this is for the S4 variant not S3)
http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/ville
or Clockwork Mod recovery
http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
Hold volume down and press the power button to get into bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
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I loaded clockwork 6.0.3.1 and now the phone is lock to clockwork screen.
hmmm. So this "recovery bootloop" is still there.
Well if it were me I would run a RUU.exe for my device. Which would bring it back to stock and start over. quick and easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2200930
lock your bootloader and run the ruu.exe while your phone is in fastboot usb
open a command terminal on your pc in the fastboot folder (shift + right click, select open command terminal)
fastboot oem lock
all in one toolkit can be used here instead
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604677
tivofool said:
hmmm. So this "recovery bootloop" is still there.
Well if it were me I would run a RUU.exe for my device. Which would bring it back to stock and start over. quick and easy.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2200930
lock your bootloader and run the ruu.exe while your phone is in fastboot usb
open a command terminal on your pc in the fastboot folder (shift + right click, select open command terminal)
fastboot oem lock
all in one toolkit can be used here instead
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604677
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The link for ruu you sent me is closed.
I down 2 from another website but they could not be loaded because of incompability.
I update the rom downloaded from HTC and still getting "error 155".
grandlan said:
The link for ruu you sent me is closed.
I down 2 from another website but they could not be loaded because of incompability.
I update the rom downloaded from HTC and still getting "error 155".
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I have been able to flash the RUU from HTC after relocking the bootloader.
My phone has returned to stock and working again.
I'm glad you were able to fix it.
I was trying to install a ROM and things got a bit messed up. I wiped system/cache/dalvik/data via TWRP. I then went to install the ROM but it failed due to only supporting hhz12h bootloader.
So now I'm kind of stuck. I can't update the bootloader because fastboot/ADB won't list the device in TWRP. Is there any way to launch an ADB server in TWRP so I can fastboot the bootloader? Doesn't look like there is.
If there's not:
Is there a TWRP zip-install hhz12h bootloader I can use? Looked around, couldn't find one.
If not I'll have to try and find/flash the original image..but fastboot is not going to happen so I have to find a zip installable one that'll work with hhz12d bootloader...which hopefully is around. Otherwise I could install literally anything just to get an ADB server so I can fastboot the hhz12h bootloader in there. Stupid problem to have right here, lol.
Any thoughts/help is appreciated. TIA.
Okay, so I got around the issue. I'm not sure if TWRP is supposed to be able to fastboot or ADB but mine would not, I was under the impression that I could fastboot or ADB in recovery. Maybe that was just a mistake on my part thinking that.
My workaround:
- Reboot into the bootloader (not TWRP recovery), 3 finger reset, power off, then power button + vol up + vol down until you get the OEM Android bootloader screen (unplug if plugged in, it didn't seem to want to go into bootloader when it was plugged in - maybe I just didn't wait long enough, but unplug if it doesn't want to go into the bootloader).
- From here I was able to fastboot, "fastboot devices" listed it
- I then flashed the bootloader: "fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz12h.img" (may differ if you wan to flash different bootloader)
- I then rebooted into bootloader: "fastboot reboot-bootloader"
- I then flashed recovery: "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.8.5.2-hammerhead.img" (may differ for different version of recovery)
- I then used vol up/vol down to select "reboot recovery", and hit the power button
- TWRP booted and from there, now that I have the hhz12h.img bootloader flashed I could install the ROM, so I wiped data/dalvik/cache/system again, installed the ROM, installed Gapps, and rebooted, good to go.
FYI ADB works into recovery mode (TWRP) and Android. Fastboot can only be used when you are in the bootloader.
You did the right thing except that it wasn't necessary to flash TWRP. Flashing a bootloader.img only erases the boot partition so the recovery isn't concerned.
Primokorn said:
FYI ADB works into recovery mode (TWRP) and Android. Fastboot can only be used when you are in the bootloader.
You did the right thing except that it wasn't necessary to flash TWRP. Flashing a bootloader.img only erases the boot partition so the recovery isn't concerned.
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Got it. For whatever reason I could not get ADB to see the device while I was in TWRP. I tried the ADB sideload feature in 'advanced' but it just waited and waited and waited forever. I believe ADB is set up properly on my system because it works fine on ROM. Not sure what the deal is with that, but I don't have much reason to go into ADB in recovery anyway aside from this issue, so it's [hopefully] not a big deal.
As for flashing the recovery, yeah, bad habit I guess. On my old phone (Fascinate Galaxy S 1), if you had custom recovery and had to 3-finger reset to bootloader because your phone wouldn't turn on or was bootlooping or whatever the recovery was boned, had to re-odin flash it. So it's stuck in my memory now that if I had to 3 finger it I better flash recovery. I'll try to knock myself out of that habit .
Thanks!
Syndacate said:
Is there a TWRP zip-install hhz12h bootloader I can use?
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This one works.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60879785&postcount=1246
EDIT - Looks like the poster took it down. I'll upload and get back to you.
EDIT part deux - http://d-h.st/zEex (includes the last modem)
Also that's a really old version of twrp you flashed...
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Wakamatsu said:
This one works.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=60879785&postcount=1246
EDIT - Looks like the poster took it down. I'll upload and get back to you.
EDIT part deux - http://d-h.st/zEex (includes the last modem)
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Thanks, I'll snag that just in case I ever have a fastboot outage or I'm on a system w/o ADB/fastboot or something.
ldubs said:
Also that's a really old version of twrp you flashed...
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Haha, I didn't even look at the dates, I just went to the "Tools/Utilities" page for the Nexus 5 and it was the top link....I didn't think too much on it, just figured top link = most recent = latest.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2511507
I'll dig around for a thread which has latest and flash that on there, can't expect old versions to work flawlessly, now can we?
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That actually might have just been a copy/paste error on my part, as I had the old TWRP lying around for fastboot and copy/pasted the name from that. I used TWRP (ROOT) app to install and I chose latest (or so I thought). Now I have literally NO idea which one I was using -_-.
No worries glad you got it sorted. You can flash an image file in twrp now BTW.
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