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Prerequisites
- Charge your device to a minimum of 90% as since the procedure is bit lengthy, the phone will consume more battery than the normal usage. Lesser battery will lead to the turning Off of the device in the middle of the firmware update process.
- Back up all your data which is there in the phone memory, as in an unlikely event if the data gets lost then you can easily restore the backup.
- Up next is you need to ensure that the USB Debugging is enabled in your phone. The USB Debugging can be enabled from the path of Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging. Apart from this you also need to ensure that your computer has ADMIN privileges and USB Read / Write Access. It’s not recommended to use computers which have limited access.
Instructions For Custom ROM users
Just in case if you are on any of the custom ROMs then you need turn Off your phone so that you can then enter into the recovery mode. The recovery mode can be entered by pressing Volume UP Key + Middle button, and holding both simultaneously press the Power Button. If the device boots normally then you need to again try to enter the same.
In the recovery mode, select the options like Wipe data/factory reset, Wipe Cache partition and then select reboot system now to reboot the phone. You can select the options using the Volume keys and can select the appropriate option by pressing the Power button. This basically clears off all the cache data which is there in the phone so that the room can be made to accommodate this all new custom ROM firmwares
Procedure For Updating
STEP 1: Official Firmware Installation
First up you need to update your phone with the 2.3.x version of firmware (And not on Froyo 2.2.x). You need to follow the instructions which are mentioned below in the form of Links. Please note that it’s a base firmware and you need to install it
STEP 2:Install ClockWorkMod 5 Recovery Image
First up you need to download the beni_cwm-5_ext4_v2.tar & odin+beni.ops.zip.Extract the files and Find Odin 4.38.exe And BENI_v1.0.ops in your Extracted Folder.
Now, Switch off Your Fit And Enter into Download Mode By Pressing Power+Menu Button+Volume Down Button Until Downloading Mode Appears.Open S5670_Odin_Multi_Downloader_v4.38.exe.Place BENI_v1.0.ops on OPS tab.Check the One Package Option.Place beni_cwm-5_ext4_v2.tar on One Package tab.Connect the device to PC which you have put in Downloading Mode.Press Start and wait for flashing process is finished.
After this you will have to proceed to the next step which is mentioned Further
STEP 3:Installation Of CM 9 ICS Firmware
1.First up you need to download Zip file which is mentioned below in your computer
https://hotfile.com/dl/151919225/1624f9b/cm_beni-beta4.zip.html
2.Now, once you are done with downloading the above file in your computer, you need to now copy the file in your phone and ensure that you are not placing these file deep into the phone. Please note that you should not modify or rename the files which you have downloaded or else there is a high probability that the file would not be supported.
3.After this Enter in Recovery Mode by Holding Power Off + Menu Button Until Recovery Mode Appears.
4.In the recovery mode, you will have to choose “choose zip from SD”. Now, from the list of files and paths you will need to first select the file which is named as “cm_beni-beta4.zip (or which You Have Copied to SD Earlier)”. Ensure that you select the file properly.
5.Now, as soon as the process is over.Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset And Wipe Cache Partition.After All Done Select “Reboot System Now”
So, there you go as soon as the phone is rebooted you will see that the firmware is updated with the latest version of Android 4.0(ICS 4.0.3)...
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mohitawasthi said:
Prerequisites
- Charge your device to a minimum of 90% as since the procedure is bit lengthy, the phone will consume more battery than the normal usage. Lesser battery will lead to the turning Off of the device in the middle of the firmware update process.
- Back up all your data which is there in the phone memory, as in an unlikely event if the data gets lost then you can easily restore the backup.
- Up next is you need to ensure that the USB Debugging is enabled in your phone. The USB Debugging can be enabled from the path of Settings > Applications > Development > USB debugging. Apart from this you also need to ensure that your computer has ADMIN privileges and USB Read / Write Access. It’s not recommended to use computers which have limited access.
Instructions For Custom ROM users
Just in case if you are on any of the custom ROMs then you need turn Off your phone so that you can then enter into the recovery mode. The recovery mode can be entered by pressing Volume UP Key + Middle button, and holding both simultaneously press the Power Button. If the device boots normally then you need to again try to enter the same.
In the recovery mode, select the options like Wipe data/factory reset, Wipe Cache partition and then select reboot system now to reboot the phone. You can select the options using the Volume keys and can select the appropriate option by pressing the Power button. This basically clears off all the cache data which is there in the phone so that the room can be made to accommodate this all new custom ROM firmwares
Procedure For Updating
STEP 1: Official Firmware Installation
First up you need to update your phone with the 2.3.x version of firmware (And not on Froyo 2.2.x). You need to follow the instructions which are mentioned below in the form of Links. Please note that it’s a base firmware and you need to install it
STEP 2:Install ClockWorkMod 5 Recovery Image
First up you need to download the beni_cwm-5_ext4_v2.tar & odin+beni.ops.zip.Extract the files and Find Odin 4.38.exe And BENI_v1.0.ops in your Extracted Folder.
Now, Switch off Your Fit And Enter into Download Mode By Pressing Power+Menu Button+Volume Down Button Until Downloading Mode Appears.Open S5670_Odin_Multi_Downloader_v4.38.exe.Place BENI_v1.0.ops on OPS tab.Check the One Package Option.Place beni_cwm-5_ext4_v2.tar on One Package tab.Connect the device to PC which you have put in Downloading Mode.Press Start and wait for flashing process is finished.
After this you will have to proceed to the next step which is mentioned Further
STEP 3:Installation Of CM 9 ICS Firmware
1.First up you need to download Zip file which is mentioned below in your computer
https://hotfile.com/dl/151919225/1624f9b/cm_beni-beta4.zip.html
2.Now, once you are done with downloading the above file in your computer, you need to now copy the file in your phone and ensure that you are not placing these file deep into the phone. Please note that you should not modify or rename the files which you have downloaded or else there is a high probability that the file would not be supported.
3.After this Enter in Recovery Mode by Holding Power Off + Menu Button Until Recovery Mode Appears.
4.In the recovery mode, you will have to choose “choose zip from SD”. Now, from the list of files and paths you will need to first select the file which is named as “cm_beni-beta4.zip (or which You Have Copied to SD Earlier)”. Ensure that you select the file properly.
5.Now, as soon as the process is over.Select Wipe Data/Factory Reset And Wipe Cache Partition.After All Done Select “Reboot System Now”
So, there you go as soon as the phone is rebooted you will see that the firmware is updated with the latest version of Android 4.0(ICS 4.0.3)...
No Need To Say THANKS Just Press It..
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From which planet are you?
ZmisiS said:
From which planet are you?
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Didn't Get U..
ZmisiS said:
From which planet are you?
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Gud ques brother .. Wen beta 7 s out y s he posting beta 4 .. Seems lyk he s a new bee and want to get 10 posts through anyway
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Didn't Get U..
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Lol .. Wen beta 7 s out y r u posting an update for beta 4 ?? Read da forum rules .. Dnt post spam .. !!
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avilove4u said:
Gud ques brother .. Wen beta 7 s out y s he posting beta 4 .. Seems lyk he s a new bee and want to get 10 posts through anyway
Sent From Hell ... Wanna Come .. ??
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Go to hell...Dont interfere in my post..those whose want beta 4 will get it frm heree...
avilove4u said:
Gud ques brother .. Wen beta 7 s out y s he posting beta 4 .. Seems lyk he s a new bee and want to get 10 posts through anyway
Sent From Hell ... Wanna Come .. ??
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He already has 15 posts. He coping from other websites and pasting on this site.
ZmisiS said:
He already has 15 posts. He coping from other websites and pasting on this site.
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Ohh u knw dat fact...lolzz
Give d souce where i copy paste it...
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Go to hell...Dont interfere in my post..those whose want beta 4 will get it frm heree...
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This Beta 4 already is on this site.
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Ohh u knw dat fact...lolzz
Give d souce where i copy paste it...
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Ask Aspire.
mohitawasthi said:
Go to hell...Dont interfere in my post..those whose want beta 4 will get it frm heree...
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No one wants beta 4 wen beta 7 s out .. !!
Sent From Hell ... Wanna Come .. ??
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He already has 15 posts. He coping from other websites and pasting on this site.
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Ohh .. Then it seems dat he loves flickering n bugs.. As beta 4 has sooo many bugs !!!!
Sent From Hell ... Wanna Come .. ??
ZmisiS said:
This Beta 4 already is on this site.
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Ask Aspire.
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Why dude why i ask to Aspire U say dat i copy paste it so u knw dat fact frm where i copy paste it so jst tel wats d problm....i repeat mind ur work dont interfere...
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Why dude why i ask to Aspire U say dat i copy paste it so u knw dat fact frm where i copy paste it so jst tel wats d problm....i repeat mind ur work dont interfere...
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Just you work. I have a right to express their opinion.
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Just you work. I have a right to express their opinion.
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yea so only express ur opinion or give a suggestion...dont interfere...mind ur work nly..
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yea so only express ur opinion or give a suggestion...dont interfere...mind ur work nly..
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My opinion is that what you are doing on this website is wrong.
i have set up a pattern type lock into my phone, now i forgot it,, is there any way to remove that lock, any legit way or hack?
what are the different ways?
thanks
hell911 said:
i have set up a pattern type lock into my phone, now i forgot it,, is there any way to remove that lock, any legit way or hack?
what are the different ways?
thanks
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There are several ways..
1. A complete data wipe.(U'll loose all the data)
To do so u need to go to recovery mode by pressing a set of button combinations, it devents on the device model.
2. If u had enabled USB debugging already in the phone settings, u can use adb commands to remove the file named gesture.key inside the path /data/system/
3. If u have cwm and had rooted the phone, u can use aroma file manager and flash it through cwm to find and remove the above said file.
4. If u have cwm only, u can flash a zip file which has a edify-script to remove the gesture.key file.
P.S- 1st method is a globally used one, try that itself if u don't worry about loss of data.
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what if USB debugging is not enabled and you ar locked out what do u do
Go in recovery and do a factory reset
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Videocon A45 - Android Phone Status Bar missing and Phone keeps Restarting itself.
My Videocon A45 Android v2.3.5 Phone keeps restarting on itself....
Also, when it starts "sometimes", it shows (com.systemui process error) and asks to force close ..... i see that the status/ notification bar on top which displays your battery, connections, usb connections n all, is missing.
I have Rooted my device.
This problem started soon as i was using root uninstal software and i was backing up some apps and uninstalling them to free up some internal storage...
but i guess i have uninstalled some, which i shouldnt have...
Please tell me if you need some more information to solve this problem....
Please please help me out with this Thank You...
AndroidifiedPratik said:
Videocon A45 - Android Phone Status Bar missing and Phone keeps Restarting itself.
My Videocon A45 Android v2.3.5 Phone keeps restarting on itself....
Also, when it starts "sometimes", it shows (com.systemui process error) and asks to force close ..... i see that the status/ notification bar on top which displays your battery, connections, usb connections n all, is missing.
I have Rooted my device.
This problem started soon as i was using root uninstal software and i was backing up some apps and uninstalling them to free up some internal storage...
but i guess i have uninstalled some, which i shouldnt have...
Please tell me if you need some more information to solve this problem....
Please please help me out with this Thank You...
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I think you uninstalled some system apps. May be the systemUI.apk , it is the one which is responsible for the status bar.
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parkourkarthik said:
I think you uninstalled some system apps. May be the systemUI.apk , it is the one which is responsible for the status bar.
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what can I do to fix this....Please tell me.... Thank you for replying...!
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You should have had a backup of your systemUI else at least a nandroid backup.
It seems you don't have a Custom recovery like cwm.
Also you don't have the systemUI backup i think.
Other choices as you don't have backups-
Search for your device's CWM try to flash it & then find a custom Rom for your device and flash it.
Another way is that ask some of the members with the same device as yours for the systemUI.apk and push it into the /system/app either with the help of adb or CWM through aroma filemanager.:thumbup:
Please do a little search on what i am suggesting and try to learn & do as i can't post all the methods step by step in a single post.
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parkourkarthik said:
You should have had a backup of your systemUI else at least a nandroid backup.
It seems you don't have a Custom recovery like cwm.
Also you don't have the systemUI backup i think.
Other choices as you don't have backups-
Search for your device's CWM try to flash it & then find a custom Rom for your device and flash it.
Another way is that ask some of the members with the same device as yours for the systemUI.apk and push it into the /system/app either with the help of adb or CWM through aroma filemanager.:thumbup:
Please do a little search on what i am suggesting and try to learn & do as i can't post all the methods step by step in a single post.
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1. Karthik, as i mentioned in the first post, that my phone starts sometimes, it did now , and i checked for the SystemUI.apk (Status Bar) ,
2. i find that it has not been uninstalled,
3. it is there, also i have backed it up using Root Uninstaller software to my SD card....!
4. It shows on my SD Card..
5. Also please let me know, whether factory reset can solve this (i dont mind losing the data, its jus been 2 weeks i have bought it )
6. Also, please tell me, does unrooting my phone help to fix this...??
7. I have not used ClockworkMod in any ways...
8. Please please help me sir.... my first android phone and has just been less than 2 weeks i bought it... Please help me Sir...! Thank you....
AndroidifiedPratik said:
1. Karthik, as i mentioned in the first post, that my phone starts sometimes, it did now , and i checked for the SystemUI.apk (Status Bar) ,
2. i find that it has not been uninstalled,
3. it is there, also i have backed it up using Root Uninstaller software to my SD card....!
4. It shows on my SD Card..
5. Also please let me know, whether factory reset can solve this (i dont mind losing the data, its jus been 2 weeks i have bought it )
6. Also, please tell me, does unrooting my phone help to fix this...??
7. I have not used ClockworkMod in any ways...
8. Please please help me sir.... my first android phone and has just been less than 2 weeks i bought it... Please help me Sir...! Thank you....
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Any methods that i know couldn't help you AFAIK.
Coz there are ways complex for you to get into right now. (such as taking logcat through adb, finding & debugging the problem)
Better try to give it in service center, and don't say that you rooted the device.
They can easily flash a fresh firmware for your device.
All the best:thumbup:
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parkourkarthik said:
Any methods that i know couldn't help you AFAIK.
Coz there are ways complex for you to get into right now. (such as taking logcat through adb, finding & debugging the problem)
Better try to give it in service center, and don't say that you rooted the device.
They can easily flash a fresh firmware for your device.
All the best:thumbup:
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1. The service center people will directly know that the device is rooted, coz as i said my device starts up and functions normally for sometime, and i can see root apps on the menu, superSU, RootUninstaller , Titanium Backup and all... and I would like to keep it as last option to go to service center, they would take too long to solve this...
2. Do you suggest Uninstalling these root apps first....?
3. Do you suggest Unrooting my device before i take it to the service center...? coz i had read that they wont know that it was rooted then..
4. How do you take logcat through android debugging , find & debug the problem-- What do i require to do this, i mean the required softwares n all....
5. i also have the com.android.acore unexpectedly closed error... i cannot access call functions as well....
6. What are the probable causes for this problem........ ? Thank you..!
AndroidifiedPratik said:
1. The service center people will directly know that the device is rooted, coz as i said my device starts up and functions normally for sometime, and i can see root apps on the menu, superSU, RootUninstaller , Titanium Backup and all... and I would like to keep it as last option to go to service center, they would take too long to solve this...
2. Do you suggest Uninstalling these root apps first....?
3. Do you suggest Unrooting my device before i take it to the service center...? coz i had read that they wont know that it was rooted then..
4. How do you take logcat through android debugging , find & debug the problem-- What do i require to do this, i mean the required softwares n all....
5. i also have the com.android.acore unexpectedly closed error... i cannot access call functions as well....
6. What are the probable causes for this problem........ ? Thank you..!
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2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Your device's usb drivers, adt or just the platform tool folder & Time to research.
6. I can't say for sure
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parkourkarthik said:
2. Yes
3. Yes
4. Your device's usb drivers, adt or just the platform tool folder & Time to research.
6. I can't say for sure
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1. Please provide download links for Android Developement Tool, is it universal for all devices or like clockworkmod coz i coudnt find CWM for my device.
2. What do you mean by, "just the platform tool folder", what is it??
3. Actually, i want to try fix this myself, i am ready to spend time on this, and not willing to go to service center as i said above, they take like for ever...
4. Thank you...!
AndroidifiedPratik said:
1. Please provide download links for Android Developement Tool, is it universal for all devices or like clockworkmod coz i coudnt find CWM for my device.
2. What do you mean by, "just the platform tool folder", what is it??
3. Actually, i want to try fix this myself, i am ready to spend time on this, and not willing to go to service center as i said above, they take like for ever...
4. Thank you...!
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Try a data/cache wipe first & check whether it gets solved..
1. Google it as 'download adt'.
2. It can be said as adb environment. It's a part of adt.
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Try a data/cache wipe first & check whether it gets solved..
1. Google it as 'download adt'.
2. It can be said as adb environment. It's a part of adt.
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1. I did wipe cache partition and also I did wipe data/factory reset...
2. And now my phone is stuck on "Welcome to videocon A45 - Touch the Android to begin" Screen...
3. When I do touch the Android Logo it just glows and nothing happens... the animation of a hand demonstrating the touching goes on and on..
4. I dont know what to do ...Please help..!
5. Can I Unroot the device now...?
6. I did download the ADT Bundle... 480Mb size... I will install it ... How do I use it..??
Thank you.
AndroidifiedPratik said:
1. I did wipe cache partition and also I did wipe data/factory reset...
2. And now my phone is stuck on "Welcome to videocon A45 - Touch the Android to begin" Screen...
3. When I do touch the Android Logo it just glows and nothing happens... the animation of a hand demonstrating the touching goes on and on..
4. I dont know what to do ...Please help..!
5. Can I Unroot the device now...?
6. I did download the ADT Bundle... 480Mb size... I will install it ... How do I use it..??
Thank you.
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please reply karthik....!
hey i gave it to the service center,... they fixed right away thanks....!:good:
earlier today I found out my little sister knew my pattern so I changed it. But when I changing the pattern I didn't pay attention a lot and know I forgot the pattern.My data and WiFi are disabled.I can't sign in to my google account with the phone now.
My question: I can't sign in because data/wifi is off? If yes is there a way to turn on wifi or data without unlocking phone?
I'll be thankful if someone help me because I can't loose my apps and setting
I'm using Galaxy mini CM 7.2 official
Hi, you can go into recovery mode and make a data wipe, but you will loose all apps and configurations.
On CM10.2 is it possible to activate wifi or data from lock screen but i don't kow cm 7, sorry
ayadgalaxymini said:
earlier today I found out my little sister knew my pattern so I changed it. But when I changing the pattern I didn't pay attention a lot and know I forgot the pattern.My data and WiFi are disabled.I can't sign in to my google account with the phone now.
My question: I can't sign in because data/wifi is off? If yes is there a way to turn on wifi or data without unlocking phone?
I'll be thankful if someone help me because I can't loose my apps and setting
I'm using Galaxy mini CM 7.2 official
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Right go into recovery mode and do a factory data reset like they said above might delete your internal memory but hey you get your phone back!
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I know I can do factroty reset but I'm looking for a way to unlock phone without loosing my data
ayadgalaxymini said:
I know I can do factroty reset but I'm looking for a way to unlock phone without loosing my data
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if you have usb debugging enabled you can break it with adb by using adb shell commands
follow this guide in my blog http://www.blog-android.com/general/break-pattern-lock/ for more details and dont use that aroma method it is only for mediatek devices
you can try the other methods given there
ayadgalaxymini said:
earlier today I found out my little sister knew my pattern so I changed it. But when I changing the pattern I didn't pay attention a lot and know I forgot the pattern.My data and WiFi are disabled.I can't sign in to my google account with the phone now.
My question: I can't sign in because data/wifi is off? If yes is there a way to turn on wifi or data without unlocking phone?
I'll be thankful if someone help me because I can't loose my apps and setting
I'm using Galaxy mini CM 7.2 official
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I don't know why you facing this! if I forget my password/pin my phone gives me a option to enter my gmail id and password and then directs me to change the password/pin! this occurs even If I remove my SIM card also!
anyway a probable solution for you - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2225695
I am just sharing my experience
I had locked gionee m2 without root and without debugging enabled I was able to disable lock with out wiping data
What I did was
1)flashed carliv touch recovery using special flash tool
Use PC to Flash*recovery.img*using sp-flash tools. (Please be aware of how to install required drivers etc..)
Select original scatter file of your version of ROM. If You are using stock ROM, Make sure that you have not altered the phone partitioning earlier.*
Be careful and Remember to select/tick only 'recovery' in the list. You can also check preloader if you like. and select ONly 'download' button. (NOT firmware upgrade!). Connect your switched off phone to your PC. Wait till your task is complete. Shows you a green circle.
2)backup of data was made using carliv touch recovery (ofcourse with locked phone data)just in case anything goes wrong.
At this moment carliv touch recovery was working but boot and power options were not functioning
3)now flashed rooting file this time by carliv touch recovery
4)carliv touch recovery has aroma file manager too. But I was not able to open lock by this method as
Aroma File Manager, Click on menu option and go to settings*
Select Mount All Partitions*
Now, exit from Aroma File Manager and reflash it.*
Now, you will see each partition is mounted
5. Now, go to /data/system
Note : If you have sd-ext mod to increase internal storage, go to /sd-ext/system/
6. Now, If you have to remove pattern lock, long press and delete gesture.key
If you want to remove password, delete password.key
7. Exit the Aroma File Manager
8. Reboot*
9. Enjoy*
Didn't enjoyed this method somehow I don't know but it didn't worked for me as this folders didn't showed above said files.
5)now I flashed pattern password disable. Zip file using carliv recovery
And on booting phone screen asking for google id and password was gone link http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1900741&d=1366570627
This was my method to unlock pattern locked gionee m2 phone but this can help you out too
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It's my sister's phone and I don't know What she did exactly all she said that she tried to install candy crush from google play and then the problem begun each time the mobile reboots after 5-8 seconds I get a ton of stopped working notifications mainly about google apps like "error com.google.process.gapps has stopped" which repeatedly appear each time I press OK and a ton of other stopped working errors like weather,settings and anything I try to open. No matter what I do uninstall any app, change settings, change wallpaper after reboot everything revert back I tried to wipe/factory reset but no dice, I tried to flash the stock rom using SP flash tool and flashed the rom successfully but nothing changed the same apps the same wallpaper I am not talking about the default apps and wallpaper no I am talking about the apps that my sister installed before like Facebook, whats app etc...
I thought about flashing a custom rom and picked one but it required custom recovery which in turn required root access I tried several programs like kingroot, oneclickroot through PC but didn't work then I tried to flash CWM recovery through SP flash tool following the instructions I found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61359133&postcount=4 and again the recovery was flashed successfully but when I tried to go to recovery I found the stock recovery instead I tried to flash the recovery using Fastboot but Fastboot came up with this error:
"FAILED (remote: partition 'recovery' not support flash)" which when I looked around turn out to be an error related to locked bootloaders but as far as I know the bootloader on Huawei y520-u22 is unlocked but wanted to make sure so I tried this command "fastboot oem device-info" but it gave me ... as in processing and nothing for a very long time until I gave up and closed the cmd. I then tried to boot into safe mode after pressing the power button then tabbing the shutdown option and selecting boot into safe mode but the phone rebooted into normal mode as usual.
and now I am out of options what should I do ?
Edit: eventually I found that my problem like this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895628 was that the \data partition is read only but I can't fix it the way he did since he used advanced partitioning in clockworkmod recovery but I can't flash it or any other custom recoveries.
mostafa_0017 said:
It's my sister's phone and I don't know What she did exactly all she said that she tried to install candy crush from google play and then the problem begun each time the mobile reboots after 5-8 seconds I get a ton of stopped working notifications mainly about google apps like "error com.google.process.gapps has stopped" which repeatedly appear each time I press OK and a ton of other stopped working errors like weather,settings and anything I try to open. No matter what I do uninstall any app, change settings, change wallpaper after reboot everything revert back I tried to wipe/factory reset but no dice, I tried to flash the stock rom using SP flash tool and flashed the rom successfully but nothing changed the same apps the same wallpaper I am not talking about the default apps and wallpaper no I am talking about the apps that my sister installed before like Facebook, whats app etc...
I thought about flashing a custom rom and picked one but it required custom recovery which in turn required root access I tried several programs like kingroot, oneclickroot through PC but didn't work then I tried to flash CWM recovery through SP flash tool following the instructions I found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61359133&postcount=4 and again the recovery was flashed successfully but when I tried to go to recovery I found the stock recovery instead I tried to flash the recovery using Fastboot but Fastboot came up with this error:
"FAILED (remote: partition 'recovery' not support flash)" which when I looked around turn out to be an error related to locked bootloaders but as far as I know the bootloader on Huawei y520-u22 is unlocked but wanted to make sure so I tried this command "fastboot oem device-info" but it gave me ... as in processing and nothing for a very long time until I gave up and closed the cmd. I then tried to boot into safe mode after pressing the power button then tabbing the shutdown option and selecting boot into safe mode but the phone rebooted into normal mode as usual.
and now I am out of options what should I do ?
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Hmm...
First, tell her to quit using Facebook app, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and other social media and texting apps. I know she just HAS to keep up with all her friends and the latest gossip but her device can't handle all those system demanding apps, they are literal HELL on mid-low end devices. They all constantly run scanning for updates and notifications, CONSTANTLY. They are notorious for making devices act crazy, especially when you have more than one of them.
For Facebook, its best to bookmark the Facebook page in mobile browser then create a shortcut for that bookmark on her homescreen, then it has to be set so that it loads the desktop site for Facebook, then she can view her Facebook messages, if it isn't set to load desktop site it will request she install messenger but she won't need to if she uses the desktop site to view messages. Then she can set her Facebook notifications to go to her gmail account, then in gmail app she needs to make sure it is set to receive notifications for gmail, then when she gets messages or activity on Facebook she will get a gmail notification in her status bar letting her know to check Facebook, then she can open the bookmark to view it. That is just as convenient as having the two apps but without all the strain on the device, also takes less space on internal and has less junk running in the background eating mobile data and draining battery.
As for her texting apps such as WhatsApp, Kik, Snapchat, etc., she needs to pick 1 or at the most 2 of them and leave the others alone, her device will run much faster and smoother.
You can try booting to recovery and wipe cache partition(not factory reset).
As for fastboot and SP flashtool not working, do you have USB debugging enabled in developer options on the device?
well thanks for your reply your advice about phone usage is great but wouldn't matter If I can't revive this phone anyway yes I tried both to wipe cache partition and wipe data and yes I enabled USB debugging but in case of SP flash tool all i need to do is have the proper drivers shutdown the phone click download in SP then connect the phone using USB cable then the red bar would fill up then another yellow one then a big green OK tick and nothing would change in the phone and for Fastboot all I need to do is shutdown then power + volume up then select fastboot then connect the phone then open cmd and type fastboot devices it would show the device Id then use the command fastboot flash recovery recovery-cwm-y520.img then I get the error "FAILED (remote: partition 'recovery' not support flash)" interestingly I got my hands on a normally working similar set which I tried several things on it like *#*#7378423#*#* It accepted the code but didn't do/show me anything just like my broken set then having the set in Fasboot mode I tried "fastboot oem device-info" which yielded nothing but ... just like my broken set other things I tried on my broken set I tried following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38337401&postcount=5 using "Mtk_Droid_Tool_v2.5.3" to create CWM recovery for my phone and got the error
error :no find kernelgz
error: no split boot image
then I tried to use easy magic Philz touch installer which eventually asked for root access on the phone
but I can't since I tried every root method and didn't work.
I even made a logcat if it would help I could attach it
mostafa_0017 said:
well thanks for your reply your advice about phone usage is great but wouldn't matter If I can't revive this phone anyway yes I enabled USB debugging but in case of SP flash tool all i need to do is have the proper drivers shutdown the phone click download in SP then connect the phone using USB cable then the red bar would fill up then another yellow one then a big green OK tick and nothing would change in the phone and for Fastboot all I need to do is shutdown then power + volume up then select fastboot then connect the phone then open cmd and type fastboot devices it would show the device Id then use the command fastboot flash recovery recovery-cwm-y520.img then I get the error "FAILED (remote: partition 'recovery' not support flash)" interestingly I got my hands on a normally working similar set which I tried several things on it like *#*#7378423#*#* It accepted the code but didn't do/show me anything just like my broken set then having the set in Fasboot mode I tried "fastboot oem device-info" which yielded nothing but ... just like my broken set other things I tried on my broken set I tried following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38337401&postcount=5 using "Mtk_Droid_Tool_v2.5.3" to create CWM recovery for my phone and got the error
error :no find kernelgz
error: no split boot image
then I tried to use easy magic Philz touch installer which eventually asked for root access on the phone
but I can't since I tried every root method and didn't work.
I even made a logcat if it would help I could attach it
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The advice does more than help, its actually the REAL solution to the problem. If you get it fixed and she's still using all that crap it'll just cause issues again, I'm sure you don't want to have to go through all of this a second time, right?
Droidriven said:
The advice does more than help, its actually the REAL solution to the problem. If you get it fixed and she's still using all that crap it'll just cause issues again, I'm sure you don't want to have to go through all of this a second time, right?
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God no of course not I will till her to keep her apps in check and use as minimum social apps as possible but right now that won't help me revive this phone :crying:
mostafa_0017 said:
God no of course not I will till here to keep here apps in check and use as minimum social apps as possible but right now that won't help me revive this phone :crying:
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I don't get how installing a game caused this, I believe there has to be more to the story somewhere, somehow.
Besides, with some of the steps you've taken, you've probably created other issues than it started with. Whatever you do, don't format the device in SP flashtool, you'll probably lose IMEI if you do that.
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I don't get how installing a game caused this, I believe there has to be more to the story somewhere, somehow.
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me too man me too I didn't believe it at all installing an app won't do all of this but at one point when I was rebooting I got this suspicious message which I took a couple of bad quality pictures for it here http://imgur.com/a/RIGqD
actually I have grown very confident dealing with the phone that no matter what I do It wouldn't matter since it will come back just as always and now I didn't create any other issues since no matter what I hit a dead end the device revert back no matter what I do, Do you feel me I am starting to go insane I am pretty sure even If I tried to brick this device on purpose I won't be able to.
mostafa_0017 said:
me too man me too I didn't believe it at all installing an app won't do all of this but at one point when I was rebooting I got this suspicious message which I took a couple of bad quality pictures for it here http://imgur.com/a/RIGqD
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Your pic keeps directing me to the imgur app to view it, I'm not installing the app just to view it, why not just upload the pic as an attachment to your post and it will display in your post instead.
Sorry old habits die hard I used to talk in this one forum before and their rules forbid to upload images or anything actually as attachments except in extreme cases here they are
hmmmm strange can't find the attachment button guess I will just post direct links hope they work
http://i.imgur.com/OrSWbzE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EcmrDlI.jpg
mostafa_0017 said:
Sorry old habits die hard I used to talk in this one forum before and their rules forbid to upload images or anything actually as attachments except in extreme cases here they are
hmmmm strange can't find the attachment button guess I will just post direct links hope they work
http://i.imgur.com/OrSWbzE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EcmrDlI.jpg
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When did you say it displayed that? That looks fishy, the grammar is a little off as if whoever made that didn't quite know the language, kinda like the way grammar isn't quite right like some of the questionable Chinese apps known to be malware.
If you're using a browser you have to select "go advanced" under the box you reply in, then you'll see "manage attachments"
If you're using an app you should see a paperclip symbol or a pic thumbnail.
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When did you say it displayed that? That looks fishy, the grammar is a little off as if whoever made that didn't quite know the language, kinda like the way grammar isn't quite right like some of the questionable Chinese apps known to be malware.
If you're using a browser you have to select "go advanced" under the box you reply in, then you'll see "manage attachments"
If you're using an app you should see a paperclip symbol or a pic thumbnail.
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Yeah thanks found it and it displayed this only one time when I was rebooting after doing various things and I never saw it again and yeah the grammar felt really strange when I googled its content I only found a couple of Spanish forums talking about this but couldn't get any information about the source of this message and that's why I thought about the logcat in the first place.
the same problem
hi i have the same probleme with my huawei y520 u22 i can do nothing just start up the phone i got the message and i can do nothing when i try to unistall any app the phone restart and go back to the same situation wipe cache and wipe data nothing change flashing 1000000000000000000 roms nothing change any one can tell me there the problem is
as i think the flash memory is the problem its blocked in write and read.
any solution plz
I read this and just think, what the hell... i can not understand why "/data" is write protected. Just some thoughts running through my head:
- phone is not rooted and completely stock, but factory reset not working!? in this case ask for warranty and send it back to seller!
- if no warranty, ask Huawei for support. don't tell much, just claim factory reset is not working.
- ask any mobile repair shop, they have special hardware like Octoplus Box and can do factory reset.
- if possible - make a "backup user data" with Android system recovery, you may restore it on working phone, later.
- if you have read-access to "/cache/recovery" look for file "last_log" and copy to sdcard. "/proc/emmc" and "/proc/partitions" are another useful files. keep this in case you have to manually create the scatter file.
- you can use MediaTek SP Flash Tool Readback function in download mode to make a ROM backup dump. for readback you need to install VCOM Drivers, then first click Read back, then connect the phone to PC while switched off and insert battery. MTK Droid Tools will then help to segment the partitions from it. or readback every partition separately with scatter file. the most important files are "nvram.bin", "preloader.bin", "boot.img", "recovery.img".
- if phone is locked, ask Huawei for unlock code (not sure if this works on broken phone). there are different kinds of S-ON some will lock only bootloader, some lock all partitions, too.
http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/362724-official-code-request-to-unlock-the-bootloader-final-post
- try fastboot mode factory reset (not sure if working, just googled this stuff i found).
http://www.hardresetandroid.com/hard-reset/huawei-hr/huawei-ascend-y520-hard-reset-code-format-solution
- once you have unlocked the phone, do factory reset. phone should boot now. its hardly imaginable that "/system" is damaged because of never rooted the phone.
- if still not working, you should now be able to flash custom recovery, too. be careful, select tested binary for your special phone model only! flash in fastboot mode. avoid flashing with SP Flash Tool as long as you not absolute sure that scatter file is 100% correct (MTK Droid Tools may give you wrong scatter files for devices > 4 GB!)
- from custom recovery, you should able to root the phone via adb root method or install the "supersu.zip"
- once you have root, you can mount data partition read-write from adb shell (in recovery mode) and format or delete it. of course the custom recovery has a wipe data option, too.
- installing aroma file manager zip is another way to browse and modify everything in recovery mode. you can copy files from similar phone into "/system" folder, if phone still not working properly.
- don't restore a full backup from similar phone (especially NVRAM folder), this may clone IMEIs and WiFi MAC address.
- you can install a stock rom zip from custom recovery instead, and use my script bckp2cwm.zip to convert the user data backup into cwm format and restore "/data" folder only (converting script requires linux pc).
- delete suspicious apps from "/data/app" + "/data/dalvik-cache" + "/data/data" (every app has three entries with similar name). do it in recovery mode with aroma file manager, or on linux pc from backup file during converting (at this point where script is waiting for user input).
- search and read for "unbrick guides" on forum.xda-developers.com, as long as it is not a physical damage (Vol keys not working, emmc wearing out, etc) there must be a solution to get this phone working
- if no warranty, ask Huawei for support. don't tell much, just claim factory reset is not working.
yeaah I don't think they would respond with any helpful answer and would probably tell me to send my phone to the nearest service center.
- ask any mobile repair shop, they have special hardware like Octoplus Box and can do factory reset.
That's what I settled for eventually and I already sent it to my sister and told her to visit any mobile repair shop that has boxes like miracle box and such.
- you can use MediaTek SP Flash Tool Readback function in download mode to make a ROM backup dump. for readback you need to install VCOM Drivers, then first click Read back, then connect the phone to PC while switched off and insert battery. MTK Droid Tools will then help to segment the partitions from it. or readback every partition separately with scatter file. the most important files are "nvram.bin", "preloader.bin", "boot.img", "recovery.img".
done that already but what I got in the end didn't help me to fix the phone note that I don't care about the phone's content sure I care about the IMEI but the phone is not affected by any write attempts so I am not so worried.
- if phone is locked, ask Huawei for unlock code (not sure if this works on broken phone). there are different kinds of S-ON some will lock only bootloader, some lock all partitions, too.
I searched online and in threads talking about custom roms and recoveries for this phone and not a single one of them mentioned anything about the bootloader being locked.
- try fastboot mode factory reset (not sure if working, just googled this stuff i found).
haven't tried that but will try it ASAP since I don't have the phone right now.
One last note the phone boots normally but as I described in my later posts I can't edit anything without it reverting back after restart like changing the wallpaper or uninstalling an app.
And anyway thank you for your respond.
did you try to get (temporary) root access?
aIecxs said:
did you try to get (temporary) root access?
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Not sure of What you mean but I think I tried and failed you can tell me What you mean exactly and I will tell you If I tried .
Edit: Alright I googled it and turn out to be temporary root for locked bootloader devices no special procedure just the same procedure as in permanent root but will lose root as soon I reboot again I tried a lot of rooting methods including kingoroot and 360root.
Not sure, too.. installing kingoroot.apk and root the phone may give root access until reboot (can't remember if rooting requires a reboot)?
Brainstorming. Lets come from other side. When you intend to write a malware - how would you realize this setting?
one thing is remount /data partition read-only, but is this really enough? what happen if /data is not writeable anymore - apps should crash or give errors on write cycle, didnt they?
but you claim phone is changeable until reboot. so we need the possibility to let them write in some other memory without noting that it storage has changed.
another way is copying /data to any hidden storage, and restore it on each reboot, but this should be time consuming, didnt it? and where can this amount of data be stored? sdcard? cache partition?
besides this, guess the malware needs root access to modify /data. or is it imagineable to change it without root access? lets find a conception to understand whats going on
No reboot is fast and not time consuming and I am always working on the phone without the SD card and about apps sometimes uninstallation is complete and the app disappear to show again after reboot and sometimes the phone restart upon uninstallation of an app