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Hi there everyone,
I have a huge problem. Last night i bricked my xoom. I was following a tutorial on this forum. and after unlocking the bootloader it told to flash a file called boot.img after doing so and typing fastboot reboot, the device wouldnt start behind the motorola logo. i tried allot of thing and also did flash some other stock android 4.0.4 boot.img files now with the last one mentioned i managed to get the xoom (wifi) to boot a little further. because the ripple movie with the motorola logo is shown. but it stucks at that movie.
Does anyone know if i can flash an image on the xoom that will atleast fix the problem of not rebooting so i can try another tutorial.
I have searched the internet for solutions, many of them linked to threads on this forum. but almost all download links in these tutorials are old and broken.
Can someone please help me unbrick my device? And maybe a link to a good working unroot tutorial for my xoom wifi with android 4.0.4.
Try get back to Stock.
Download from HERE
and do some OTA updates afterwards so everything will be up to date.
Then wipe and try again from scratch..
Worked for me perfectly just a few days ago.
If you can still get into fastboot, then its not bricked.
Get some stock images and flash them via fastboot and you'll be fine.
Cubanluke88 said:
If you can still get into fastboot, then its not bricked.
Get some stock images and flash them via fastboot and you'll be fine.
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Indeed it worked. i downloaded the official images and flashed them im on android 3.0.1 again and all seems to work just fine now.
Next problem is i cant find a descent tutorial on this forum how to root the xoom. all download links are either removed due to copyright issues or the links are just broken.
How does it work actually?
1. I unlocked the boot loader wich is very easy.
but then? Do i need to flash a rooted image over the existing? i dont really understand how this works. I rooted my Desire HD with a good tutorial in minutes. Not many people seems to really know how to root the Xoom.
Also i would like to know if the different tutorials are for different android versions or can i aply all tutorials of rooting when i stay on android 3.0.1?
I also tried to flash a recovery.img to the recovery partition and press volume down 3 seconds after the moto logo apears but when i do i get an android robot with a big " ! " on his belly and it takes 5 minutes to load the menu. when im in it tells me there is no sdcard present when i try to flash a rooted rom (zip file).
Is there someone reading this thats willin to explain to me how to do a root the easiest way? Please if links are posted be sure everything on that thread is working. Im pretty sure i will pull it off with some push in the right direction.
Thank you!
(edit) omg im stupid, offcourse the sdcard wont work... it never worked at 3.0.1. on the xoom. can i follow this tutorial:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/451-how-to-root-the-wifi-only-xoom-301/
Could someone read over it and see if this is a good tutorial? last time i flashed a boot.img the whole xoom got stuck... is that because i had the wrong boot.img on the wrong android version? or should boot.img always work?
Do you plan on flashing to a custom rom after rooting? If so, you can just skip rooting altogether.
I say this because I'm not particularly familiar with that rooting method you linked (though reading through it, it makes sense, all its doing is pushing the necessary files for root access to the xoom via adb). I used a rooting script flashed through a custom recovery over a year ago - unfortunately the download link seems to be broken (I might have a copy at home).
So there's a few things you can do:
1. If you just want a custom rom - download the rom zip file and store on your device. Flash TWRP (my preferred recovery) in fastboot. Boot into TWRP and flash the rom zip file.
2. If you want stock OS root access -
a) Follow those steps you linked and see what happens. If things go wrong, you should be able to just flash those stock images again.
b) Wait for me to get home and see if I have the root script. You'll need to flash a custom recovery though in order to use it.
Cubanluke88 said:
Do you plan on flashing to a custom rom after rooting? If so, you can just skip rooting altogether.
I say this because I'm not particularly familiar with that rooting method you linked (though reading through it, it makes sense, all its doing is pushing the necessary files for root access to the xoom via adb). I used a rooting script flashed through a custom recovery over a year ago - unfortunately the download link seems to be broken (I might have a copy at home).
So there's a few things you can do:
1. If you just want a custom rom - download the rom zip file and store on your device. Flash TWRP (my preferred recovery) in fastboot. Boot into TWRP and flash the rom zip file.
2. If you want stock OS root access -
a) Follow those steps you linked and see what happens. If things go wrong, you should be able to just flash those stock images again.
b) Wait for me to get home and see if I have the root script. You'll need to flash a custom recovery though in order to use it.
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Ok thanks for your answer. Ill try to unroot with that method flashing directly to the recovery.img i also know now what i did wrong. i flashed the recovery.img not to the recovery partition but to the boot partition LOL. thats why the xoom didnt boot anymore
I see allot about Nightlies Eos, 4.1.1. is that a good rom? Does it look like the stock version?
eos 4.1.1 is simply awesome and its also pre rooted' so your bootloader is unlocked, all you gotta do now is install twrp recovery via fastboot ( my preffered recovery) then flash eos via recovery
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sygys said:
Ok thanks for your answer. Ill try to unroot with that method flashing directly to the recovery.img i also know now what i did wrong. i flashed the recovery.img not to the recovery partition but to the boot partition LOL. thats why the xoom didnt boot anymore
I see allot about Nightlies Eos, 4.1.1. is that a good rom? Does it look like the stock version?
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EOS is a pretty AOSP rom. No theme, though you can apply one if you like and change a few colors. There are various toggle additions you can add that make the user experience much better. It also comes with an overclockable kernel and is very very stable (despite being a nightly) The team has been supporting the Xoom for over a year and is very committed to the Xoom.
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sygys said:
Ok thanks for your answer. Ill try to unroot with that method flashing directly to the recovery.img i also know now what i did wrong. i flashed the recovery.img not to the recovery partition but to the boot partition LOL. thats why the xoom didnt boot anymore
I see allot about Nightlies Eos, 4.1.1. is that a good rom? Does it look like the stock version?
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As for flashing, just gotta make sure your text is good before hitting the enter key. Recovery flash should look something like this:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
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Some instructions for flashing can be found here
While that page is specifically for locking and flashing to return to stock, the commands are universal for fastboot. Hell, if you wanted to, you could manually restore a nandroid backup via fastboot and flashing images.
Hi All,
Of course the first thing I did after getting my new HTC One SV is root it and install LBE privacy protection to stop data leakage. However recently ive been getting a notification of an update to jelly bean through my phone provider (Vodafone Australia). However this will not install due to custom recovery image so the pre-install check fails. I cannot find stock recovery images anywhere and even if I did, due to presence of clockwork mod cant push images via Android SDK (skips straight past hboot to clockworkmod so isn't detected as an available device).
Can anyone help me get my phone back in a state where I can install the new update and the re-root?
Am not 100% noob, am familiar with custom roms and basics required to root and use SDK, this is my 3rd android device ive played with so hopefully this question is not tooooo SIGH.
Seems like HTC one SV is too new to have its on page in XDA support?
Try find here something or sombody who can help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292432
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marceli-szpak said:
Try find here something or sombody who can help. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2292432
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Hi there,
Unfortunately I don't have permission to post messages in that thread, nor does it seem the appropriate place to ask my question as it is an area for resources not help.
You must have 10 posts to write in some threads. Try ask in thread root for One sv. Have you bootloader unlocked ? What is your hboot number? For now when you update to JB via OTA you can't make s-off and next you can't back to previous hboot version.
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RE HTC One SV Revert to Stock Help (for update)
marceli-szpak said:
You must have 10 posts to write in some threads. Try ask in thread root for One sv. Have you bootloader unlocked ? What is your hboot number? For now when you update to JB via OTA you can't make s-off and next you can't back to previous hboot version.
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Yes bootloader is unlocked, I have clockworkmod working, in fact I think that is the problem. If I could get back to original recovery image I think the OTA would work
HBOOT number is 1.01.000
snorglamp said:
Yes bootloader is unlocked, I have clockworkmod working, in fact I think that is the problem. If I could get back to original recovery image I think the OTA would work
HBOOT number is 1.01.000
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What you have to do is, download the OTA Update (will be located to sdcard/download/), copy to pc and unzip it. You will find another firmware.zip, there is the jelly bean recovery inside. Flash this JB recovery over fastboot.
Boot.img/Kernel also have to be stock and maybe bootloader also locked (for this i'm not sure), then you should be able to install JB.
But think about, if you need S-Off, cause you only get this on ICS.
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What you have to do is, download the OTA Update (will be located to sdcard/download/), copy to pc and unzip it. You will find another firmware.zip, there is the jelly bean recovery inside. Flash this JB recovery over fastboot.
Boot.img/Kernel also have to be stock and maybe bootloader also locked (for this i'm not sure), then you should be able to install JB.
But think about, if you need S-Off, cause you only get this on ICS.
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Thanks this sounds like the best advice I have had yet. MANY THANKS SIR!
However at the moment I have problems getting ADB/fastboot to recognise the phone is connected (using command line). Just says waiting for device and nothing happens. Is this because I have clockworkmod installed? I just got a new PC and installed latest ADB/SDK and latest HTC sync software so everything should be latest. I cant do much if I cant give commands unfortunately. If I solve this I will post an update.
snorglamp said:
Thanks this sounds like the best advice I have had yet. MANY THANKS SIR!
However at the moment I have problems getting ADB/fastboot to recognise the phone is connected (using command line). Just says waiting for device and nothing happens. Is this because I have clockworkmod installed? I just got a new PC and installed latest ADB/SDK and latest HTC sync software so everything should be latest. I cant do much if I cant give commands unfortunately. If I solve this I will post an update.
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Can be related to cwm! Look into my index thread, there is a link to cwm with working adb or use TWRP2.5.
Good luck.
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ismailnayir said:
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If's there anything you don't understand, ASK!
So nobody knows, what you want, sorry.
old.splatterhand said:
Can be related to cwm! Look into my index thread, there is a link to cwm with working adb or use TWRP2.5.
Good luck.
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Yes I thought that might be the case but was not having any luck with search results to find out what to do. Thank the internet gods for you! Going to your thread now XD!
I had similar issue with an update, the reason is that the stock recovery has some commands that neither cwm nor twrp have.
Here's what I did to fix it and update succesfully:
- extracted recovery.img from the update itself
- put it in the same directory as fastboot program
- attached the device with debug usb mode on on the pc
- command 'adb reboot bootloader'
- when the device rebooted in fastboot: 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'
- after that I was able to update without problems
note that you need to flash back twrp or cwm if you want root.
Of course you need unlocked bootloader, android-sdk's platform tools and adb drivers to do this, but you should already have them if you flashed cwm
good luck!
madpausa said:
I had similar issue with an update, the reason is that the stock recovery has some commands that neither cwm nor twrp have.
Here's what I did to fix it and update succesfully:
- extracted recovery.img from the update itself
- put it in the same directory as fastboot program
- attached the device with debug usb mode on on the pc
- command 'adb reboot bootloader'
- when the device rebooted in fastboot: 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'
- after that I was able to update without problems
note that you need to flash back twrp or cwm if you want root.
Of course you need unlocked bootloader, android-sdk's platform tools and adb drivers to do this, but you should already have them if you flashed cwm
good luck!
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DUDE! THATS TOTALLY WHAT I WANNA HEAR, however, ive been having enormous trouble getting fastbood/ADB to recognise the phone is attached, I have tried the universal clockwork mod ADB driver which didnt work, and I havent had any luck folloing the instructions on Splatterhand's other threads in getting it recognised. The command fastboot devices just leaves a flashing cursor FOREVER! Other commands leave the message "waiting for device". According to splatterhand ADB/Fastboot wont recognise the phone as attached because of clockworkmod and therefore I cant push any commands or files...how did you solve this?
OMG
'adb reboot bootloader'
THATS THE MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE!!!! THAT TOTALLY WORKED AND GOT ME TO FASTBOOT ON THE PHONE!
Because the phone wasnt booting into booloader (CWM instead) I just assumed the same would happen if I used that command from adb but no, it totally worked....i wonder if the CWM universal driver i installed had anything to do with that...
anyway, CHAMPION YOU!
Good tip on extracting the recovery from the OTA itself, will do, and I will try to get a copy to Old.Splatterhand for other vodafone Australia users so they have the OTA and recovery at hand.
Will report back if I have full success to confirm your steps!
snorglamp said:
'adb reboot bootloader'
THATS THE MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE!!!! THAT TOTALLY WORKED AND GOT ME TO FASTBOOT ON THE PHONE!
Because the phone wasnt booting into booloader (CWM instead) I just assumed the same would happen if I used that command from adb but no, it totally worked....i wonder if the CWM universal driver i installed had anything to do with that...
anyway, CHAMPION YOU!
Good tip on extracting the recovery from the OTA itself, will do, and I will try to get a copy to Old.Splatterhead for other vodafone Australia users so they have the OTA and recovery at hand.
Will report back if I have full success to confirm your steps!
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Just a thought, if you're upgrading from ics to jb, I think you should use ics recovery (I guess you can grab it from another ruu)... anyway, glad to be of any help
madpausa said:
Just a thought, if you're upgrading from ics to jb, I think you should use ics recovery (I guess you can grab it from another ruu)... anyway, glad to be of any help
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So I took your advice and pulled a recovery image from the ICS Cricket (using the link in splatterhand's thread to stock resources) image. Downloaded the OTA and went to apply it, got past boot/recovery screen checks and all was looking good until i got to a screen with what looked to be an SD card icon and a loading bar under a larger phone icon with a green recycle type circle over it. That loading bar stopped about half way with a red triangle and exclamation mark (i.e. during the update process). Fortunately not bricked. It may be that I need the original Vodafone AU recovery image, or that there was something about the ICS OTA image that I used that made it fail. Not sure. Will try to find another stock recovery image.
Applied recovery from EU RUU stock and while that went fine and can boot into htboot no problem, when applying the OTA update it skips the fastboot and gets stuck on HTC One screen like normal loading except stuck.
I think I will try old.splatterhand's recommendation now that I am able to push things to the phone through adb/fastboot, so thanks for your commandline tip but now I must try flashing the JB recovery etc as outlined in his post.
The problem may be that the OTA is expecting a vodafone australia stock recovery as i seem to be getting different outcomes depending on which stock recovery image I apply...
I have sent Old.Splatterhand the Vodafone Australia JB OTA file for the main thread collection in case anyone wants it or the images therein, but at the moment it is of little use to me hehe.
SUCCESS! How to update to Jelly Bean from modded/rooted HTC One SV ICS
Ok so I should probably post this somewhere else so old.splatterhand can just post the summary. But here is what happened and a combination of your advice helped me so super thanks to both of you (madpausa and old.splatterhand)!
So I was in a situation where having rooted my stock HTC One SV and flashed clockworkmod I couldnt apply the Jellybean update that was constantly in my notifications bar (referred to as OTA update). When I tried to reboot into recovery clockworkmod would take over instantly and I was unable to run commands from fastboot command lines.
I was however able to download the update which could be found in (internal memory) "Downloads" folder "OTA_K2_UL_JB...zip".
In order to apply the advice of madpausa I had to first revert to stock recovery image before applying the recovery image from the OTA. So I got a stock recovery image from the cricket version (see old.splatterhand's thread) and flashed that first.
- put it in the same directory as fastboot program
- attached the device with debug usb mode on on the pc (select HTC Sync) and fire up the CMD interface for command line time (cd Android)
- command 'adb reboot bootloader' which actually did boot the phone into Hboot and not clockworkmod, so that solved the ADB/fastboot issue for me
- when the device rebooted in fastboot: 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'
Once I had reverted to stock recovery I was then able to apply the rest of madpausa and old.splatterhand's advice
What finally worked for me was copying that OTA JB update zip to pc my and unzipping it. Inside there was firmware.zip, which also needed to be unzipped and inside is the jelly bean version recovery.img.
- put it in the same directory as fastboot program (and remove the other recovery.img or overwrite)
- attached the device with debug usb mode on on the pc
- command 'adb reboot bootloader'
- when the device rebooted in fastboot: 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'
Then when I booted up my phone again it asked me if wanted to download and install the update, which I did. The phone rebooted, update applied, all good!
Hboot did not have to be re-locked, so dont go as far as locking your phone again.
Thanks to everyone's help for this one, I am now a happy use of Jellybean on my previously modded HTC One SV...now to get superuser back and stock that data leakage with LBE again!!!
Good to see you got your problem sorted out!:highfive:
And the download of OTA was succesful, thanks!:good:
snorglamp said:
Ok so I should probably post this somewhere else so old.splatterhand can just post the summary. But here is what happened and a combination of your advice helped me so super thanks to both of you (madpausa and old.splatterhand)!
So I was in a situation where having rooted my stock HTC One SV and flashed clockworkmod I couldnt apply the Jellybean update that was constantly in my notifications bar (referred to as OTA update). When I tried to reboot into recovery clockworkmod would take over instantly and I was unable to run commands from fastboot command lines.
I was however able to download the update which could be found in (internal memory) "Downloads" folder "OTA_K2_UL_JB...zip".
In order to apply the advice of madpausa I had to first revert to stock recovery image before applying the recovery image from the OTA. So I got a stock recovery image from the cricket version (see old.splatterhand's thread) and flashed that first.
- put it in the same directory as fastboot program
- attached the device with debug usb mode on on the pc (select HTC Sync) and fire up the CMD interface for command line time (cd Android)
- command 'adb reboot bootloader' which actually did boot the phone into Hboot and not clockworkmod, so that solved the ADB/fastboot issue for me
- when the device rebooted in fastboot: 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'
Once I had reverted to stock recovery I was then able to apply the rest of madpausa and old.splatterhand's advice
What finally worked for me was copying that OTA JB update zip to pc my and unzipping it. Inside there was firmware.zip, which also needed to be unzipped and inside is the jelly bean version recovery.img.
- put it in the same directory as fastboot program (and remove the other recovery.img or overwrite)
- attached the device with debug usb mode on on the pc
- command 'adb reboot bootloader'
- when the device rebooted in fastboot: 'fastboot flash recovery recovery.img'
Then when I booted up my phone again it asked me if wanted to download and install the update, which I did. The phone rebooted, update applied, all good!
Hboot did not have to be re-locked, so dont go as far as locking your phone again.
Thanks to everyone's help for this one, I am now a happy use of Jellybean on my previously modded HTC One SV...now to get superuser back and stock that data leakage with LBE again!!!
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This is the exact problem I had. I started trying to root my HTC One SV (Boost Mobile) a couple of months ago. I got past the HTC unlock bootloader, but I got confused by the rest of the rooting guide, so eventually I gave up on finishing the rooting process. Ever since then, it has said ***TAMPERED*** in hboot when I go in there. Well, just like you, I started getting the JB update notification in the OTA. I tried to install it like 15 times, but it always just rebooted into the existing image I had, which was the stock image.
So today I decided to try and finish the root and then find a JB ROM to install. old.splatterhand helped me out with getting it rooted, and it was a success. But when I asked him about JB ROMs, he said I had to have S-off. When we spoke a little more about it, he pointed me here, telling me that he helped you get the root back after you got through the OTA update.
So now, I guess I need to try and follow your instructions on getting the OTA update, and then go back to the thread where he helped you get the root back.
I'm a complete n00b to rooting android devices, but I'm pretty confident that I can do this with the proper guidance. I have rooted 2 Samsung SCH-i500s and today I finally got this HTC One SV rooted. I'm starting to see how it all works.
If you don't mind, let me know of any details of issues you faced that may not be in the guides you followed. That would be a great help.
Congrats on getting yours all done.
Thanks.
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snorglamp said:
'adb reboot bootloader'
THATS THE MISSING PIECE OF THE PUZZLE!!!! THAT TOTALLY WORKED AND GOT ME TO FASTBOOT ON THE PHONE!
Because the phone wasnt booting into booloader (CWM instead) I just assumed the same would happen if I used that command from adb but no, it totally worked....i wonder if the CWM universal driver i installed had anything to do with that...
anyway, CHAMPION YOU!
Good tip on extracting the recovery from the OTA itself, will do, and I will try to get a copy to Old.Splatterhand for other vodafone Australia users so they have the OTA and recovery at hand.
Will report back if I have full success to confirm your steps!
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Do you type "adb reboot bootloader" in the command line? I wanna be clear on this before I make any moves.
Hello, I seem to have soft bricked my tf700.
I flashed a newish pacman nightly in CWM (after wiping data/cache/dalvik cache), which completed with no errors, then I flashed the corresponding GAPPS. But my device became stuck in the pacman boot intro.
So I tried flashing slimkat which led to my device not getting past the first bootup screen (where you can enter recovery if pressing the corresponding buttons).
After this screw-up I stupidly hit the wipe data button on the bootloader. I then tried doing the method of using fastboot to erase system, cache, and all that so I could flash system blob of the newest asus US SKU (that is correct for a US bought tf700 right?). Either this or wiping the data caused me to have a different bootloader as pictured below as I no longer have the android button and it does not ask me to press volume up to access recovery (the only way to access recovery is by hitting the wipe data button in bootloader).
I can still fastboot flash CWM, but trying to flash TWRP does not work as it finishes but going into recovery causes the tablet to just restart. Trying to flash asus stock as above would always give me an error like the one pictured below. Similar errors occur if trying to flash any rom inside CWM via an external sd card.
I do not have access to adb as i believe i dont have usb debugging enabled since the pacman rom or any other rom did not ever start. It just gives me the device not found error even after manually installing the drivers on two different computers.
Cant seem to get these pics to load, but copying the url and pasting it works.
http://imgur.com/AaU0GMt
http://imgur.com/vDTVa4B
You probably flashed the wrong Rom. Try flashing the >right< stock Rom and go from there. Double check everything you flash.
tylerleo said:
You probably flashed the wrong Rom. Try flashing the >right< stock Rom and go from there. Double check everything you flash.
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Whats the "right" rom here? Talking about the original asus stock rom? I have now tried the the pacman nightly, pacman release, slim kat release, clean rom release, an ICS asus stock rom, and two different versions of the jellybean asus stock rom. These were either done in CWM via internal sd card, external sd card, or done through fastboost flash system blob and flash zip.
gio3505 said:
Whats the "right" rom here? Talking about the original asus stock rom? I have now tried the the pacman nightly, pacman release, slim kat release, clean rom release, an ICS asus stock rom, and two different versions of the jellybean asus stock rom. These were either done in CWM via internal sd card, external sd card, or done through fastboost flash system blob and flash zip.
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Whatever Rom came on the device,(Good thing to have, da) I'm not familiar with this device.
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Whatever Rom came on the device,(Good thing to have, da) I'm not familiar with this device.
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As far as i know, i have installed the stock rom, or atleast multiple versions of it with no success as it gives me an error stating something like staging or system when trying to write it.
gio3505 said:
As far as i know, i have installed the stock rom, or atleast multiple versions of it with no success as it gives me an error stating something like staging or system when trying to write it.
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Hmm, I'd Download a stock Rom for the device offline, take on the sd card and put it on there real quick and try to flash that, if not, you probably bricked your device. I wouldn't know how to fix it beyond that. Ask the dev that made the Rom were everything that went south and an email to cwm wouldn't hurt either
I am also not sure if I need to have my external sd card formatted a certain way or download a specific CWM to allow flashing the stock rom. Ive spent over 10 hours trying to figure this out, very frustrating.
I have run CWM 6.0.4.6, CWM 6.0.4.7, and older versions to see if I could flash the stock rom with no luck. I have also tried different versions of TWRP but they always hang and reboot my tf700. I get errors ranging from status 6, status 7, cannot mount data, cannot mount staging, and cannot mount system. I am completely lost on what I can do. I have even tried a seperate sdcard to see if maybe the one I was originally using was bad with no luck. GG :/
gio3505 said:
I have run CWM 6.0.4.6, CWM 6.0.4.7, and older versions to see if I could flash the stock rom with no luck. I have also tried different versions of TWRP but they always hang and reboot my tf700. I get errors ranging from status 6, status 7, cannot mount data, cannot mount staging, and cannot mount system. I am completely lost on what I can do. I have even tried a seperate sdcard to see if maybe the one I was originally using was bad with no luck. GG :/
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You gotta stop flashing stuff and slow down!
During all of this you never posted your bootloader version, so you may have been on the wrong bootloader to begin with - who knows.
When you hit the Wipe Data in the bootloader menu you caused the BL do write a wipe data command to the misc partition, causing the tablet to boot to recovery each time you booted (I'm guessing here) and then interrupting it. Usually, with CWM installed, it eventually sorts it out and executes the wipe data command, but that takes hours! You just have to leave it alone.
Hard to tell where you are now since you flashed all kinds of stuff since then.
Can you still boot into the bootloader and have a fastboot connection?
What's the BL version number?
If you boot, what does it boot into?
The picture links are broken - at least in Tapatalk. Post them again?
berndblb said:
You gotta stop flashing stuff and slow down!
During all of this you never posted your bootloader version, so you may have been on the wrong bootloader to begin with - who knows.
When you hit the Wipe Data in the bootloader menu you caused the BL do write a wipe data command to the misc partition, causing the tablet to boot to recovery each time you booted (I'm guessing here) and then interrupting it. Usually, with CWM installed, it eventually sorts it out and executes the wipe data command, but that takes hours! You just have to leave it alone.
Hard to tell where you are now since you flashed all kinds of stuff since then.
Can you still boot into the bootloader and have a fastboot connection?
What's the BL version number?
If you boot, what does it boot into?
The picture links are broken - at least in Tapatalk. Post them again?
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Yes, the pictures are broken. You can still copy paste the url though. Couldnt figure out why it wouldnt work.
The tablet boots into the first screen that states it is unlocked, but does not go any further.
There is no bootloader version on the top left when holding down power + volume down.
I can still get to the place where it allows me to wipe data or fastboot, but the android icon to boot into android is now gone.
adb does not recognize my device even after manually installing the drivers, but fastboot works fine.
Is there any other way to find my bootloader version?
gio3505 said:
Yes, the pictures are broken. You can still copy paste the url though. Couldnt figure out why it wouldnt work.
The tablet boots into the first screen that states it is unlocked, but does not go any further.
There is no bootloader version on the top left when holding down power + volume down.
I can still get to the place where it allows me to wipe data or fastboot, but the android icon to boot into android is now gone.
adb does not recognize my device even after manually installing the drivers, but fastboot works fine.
Is there any other way to find my bootloader version?
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Maybe you want to edit your post with the urls then.... Makes it easier for people trying to help...
You're seriously messed up, I think. I see a USB icon in there which would indicate that your bootloader is ancient. But then it says: "starting USB fastboot protocol".
Is that after you selected the USB icon?
Anyway, I think you're only chance is buster99's method to get it back. Did you try that already?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
Naturally you have to extract the system blob from the 10.6.1.14.10 US Asus firmware, but then you can try to fastboot flash it with buster's method.
Good luck!
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Maybe you want to edit your post with the urls then.... Makes it easier for people trying to help...
You're seriously messed up, I think. I see a USB icon in there which would indicate that your bootloader is ancient. But then it says: "starting USB fastboot protocol".
Is that after you selected the USB icon?
Anyway, I think you're only chance is buster99's method to get it back. Did you try that already?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44244313&postcount=12
Naturally you have to extract the system blob from the 10.6.1.14.10 US Asus firmware, but then you can try to fastboot flash it with buster's method.
Good luck!
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Its starts the usb fastboot automatically if no input is selected. I had a different bootloader up until i tried that thing that buster did. It always gives me an error like cant write to system or something if i try it.
gio3505 said:
Its starts the usb fastboot automatically if no input is selected. I had a different bootloader up until i tried that thing that buster did. It always gives me an error like cant write to system or something if i try it.
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Which blob did you flash with buster's method?
I'm afraid you flashed something totally incompatible with your tablet...
You did not generate your nvflash blobs sometime prior to this, did you?
berndblb said:
Which blob did you flash with buster's method?
I'm afraid you flashed something totally incompatible with your tablet...
You did not generate your nvflash blobs sometime prior to this, did you?
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I flashed the asus stock rom downloaded from their website. The US version as it was bought in the US (right? 0.o). I hadnt heard of nvflash before trying to install a rom so i did not make a backup.
gio3505 said:
I flashed the asus stock rom downloaded from their website. The US version as it was bought in the US (right? 0.o). I hadnt heard of nvflash before trying to install a rom so i did not make a backup.
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Are you sure you downloaded the correct firmware? For the TF700?
Do you still have the original zip you extracted the blob from?
Post the exact file name please.
berndblb said:
Are you sure you downloaded the correct firmware? For the TF700?
Do you still have the original zip you extracted the blob from?
Post the exact file name please.
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US_epaduser10_6_1_14_10_UpdateLauncher (2)
or
US_epaduser_VER104425UpdateLauncher
or
US_epad_user_9_4_5_30_20120907_UpdateLauncher
Ive downloaded a lot of different versions from the asus website. The last one came from a forum post listing older firmware, which I have tried a lot of different ones.
gio3505 said:
US_epaduser10_6_1_14_10_UpdateLauncher (2)
or
US_epaduser_VER104425UpdateLauncher
or
US_epad_user_9_4_5_30_20120907_UpdateLauncher
Ive downloaded a lot of different versions from the asus website. The last one came from a forum post listing older firmware, which I have tried a lot of different ones.
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You flashed all of those blobs???
In which order?
With what result?
Jeez - I think you're done for...
Sorry mate, but gotta catch some sleep now. Maybe somebody else has a bright idea...
berndblb said:
You flashed all of those blobs???
In which order?
With what result?
Jeez - I think you're done for...
Sorry mate, but gotta catch some sleep now. Maybe somebody else has a bright idea...
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I flashed the newest one first, and it gave me one of those errors that wouldnt allow me to flash it, and i tried the others with the same result. So technically i didnt flash any of them. I have been able to flash some roms, but they wouldnt boot so i would be stuck where i was when i started.
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I flashed the newest one first, and it gave me one of those errors that wouldnt allow me to flash it, and i tried the others with the same result. So technically i didnt flash any of them. I have been able to flash some roms, but they wouldnt boot so i would be stuck where i was when i started.
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Right stop flashing random stuff - you have combinations of JB4.2.1, JB4.1.1 and ICS 4.0.3 just listed there.
Let me put a call out to @lj50036 who may be able to save you but if you have messed the bootloader up with no nvflash backups you are not going to be happy with the result. If you can still get to the bootloader screen then he can perform miraculous superhero acts and *maybe* save your device.
gio3505 said:
I flashed the newest one first, and it gave me one of those errors that wouldnt allow me to flash it, and i tried the others with the same result. So technically i didnt flash any of them. I have been able to flash some roms, but they wouldnt boot so i would be stuck where i was when i started.
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Shoot me an email at [email protected]
We can use hangouts see if there is a solution to your issue ...
Thx Josh
Hello,
So I just discovered this while trying to flash the 5.0.1 OTA from 5.0. I'm rooted on LRX21O via the Nexus Root Toolkit 1.9.9 (which is what I've always used in the past with no issues).
1 Tried flashing the OTA via Google notification push. It reboot, and no changes occur.
2 Fine - I try to use the Root Toolkit again. Boots into bootloader, appears to flash the radio and other necessary components. Reboots - no changes occur.
3 I then tried to just download the 5.0.1 package and flash everything manually via adb. Everything appears to go smoothly, and upon bootup Android updates all of its apps - still nothing. I appear to be completely stuck on LRX21O without any way to reflash stock or OTA's.
Anyone have any clue why this is occurring or have heard of such an issue before?
Thanks all.
Just flash factory images. With fastboot/flash-all script.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
You flash these in fastboot not adb
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Did you not understand? I did flash in boot loader USING adb on my computer. All that bat script does is just automate the flashing of each image for you (system, radio, etc) so this is not helpful. I know how to flash, but flashing seems to have no effect despite successfully flashing via manually installing or just using the script
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Did you not understand? I did flash in boot loader USING adb on my computer.
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You use fastboot in bootloader, not adb.
I'm not the one asking for help. Anyways, carry on.
Your device's /system partition is tampered (you say you rooted it) and thus the OTA fails. Flash the 5.0 factory image (LRX21O) WITHOUT rooting/flashing kernels/whatever and then use the OTA zip to do adb sideload in the stock recovery to update to 5.0.1 LRX22C.
Manually use fastboot commands to flash system.img and boot.img of the full 5.0.1 factory image (not script). post the output please
I'm not the one asking for help. Anyways, carry on.
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Sorry about that - didn't mean to come across snippy
It worked this time with fastboot. For future reference can this be done the same way with the OTA update zip instead of reflashing the entire image?
Sane116 said:
Sorry about that - didn't mean to come across snippy
It worked this time with fastboot. For future reference can this be done the same way with the OTA update zip instead of reflashing the entire image?
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No, but if your phone is setup correctly you can sideload the ota zip in the stock recovery
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jd1639 said:
No, but if your phone is setup correctly you can sideload the ota zip in the stock recovery
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Would you mind explaining this? I've used sideload in cwm and twrp before but I'm unsure of how to operate anything within stock recovery. adb won't even connect while in recovery. I would like to just remain on unrooted stock until xposed eventually get's developed for ART and flash zips that way.
Sane116 said:
Would you mind explaining this? I've used sideload in cwm and twrp before but I'm unsure of how to operate anything within stock recovery. adb won't even connect while in recovery. I would like to just remain on unrooted stock until xposed eventually get's developed for ART and flash zips that way.
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Sideloading in the stock recovery works much the same as in a custom recovery. Boot into the stock recovery and there is an option to sideload. Then on your pc in a command window you type adb sideload update.zip. or whatever the file name is that you're trying to sideload. Obviously, if you can't get adb to recognize your device that's a problem. But that's a separate driver issue.
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jd1639 said:
Sideloading in the stock recovery works much the same as in a custom recovery. Boot into the stock recovery and there is an option to sideload. Then on your pc in a command window you type adb sideload update.zip. or whatever the file name is that you're trying to sideload. Obviously, if you can't get adb to recognize your device that's a problem. But that's a separate driver issue.
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How can this be possible though without a custom recovery with the sideload feature? Stock recovery is essentially unusable as it just displays a picture of a dead android on a black screen.
Perhaps we're on different pages, or am I just confused still?
sideloading an OTA update from stock recovery
Hello, to make it work you will need to use the Google USB drivers you downloaded when you go into stock recovery then press the power button and volume up once then you will see a menu option with the "install update from adb option select this and plug in your phone to the computer. After this is done you will need to go to device manager and install the USB drivers from the Google USB drivers you downloaded. at this point after that is done you then go into the folder that has ADB installed and use adb sideload filename.zip
at this point your phone will accept the ota update package and you wont lose any data, I hope this helps..
-cs
Sane116 said:
How can this be possible though without a custom recovery with the sideload feature? Stock recovery is essentially unusable as it just displays a picture of a dead android on a black screen.
Perhaps we're on different pages, or am I just confused still?
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When you get the dead android you need to press vol up and then press and release power. That'll get you into the stock recovery. It's stupid and I don't know why they made it that way
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thanks all, can't believe i never knew that volumeup+power got me into stock recovery options.
new issue: sideload works all well and perfect, but how can I bypass the "signature verification failed" flag that kicks me from the zip install every time?
Sane116 said:
thanks all, can't believe i never knew that volumeup+power got me into stock recovery options.
new issue: sideload works all well and perfect, but how can I bypass the "signature verification failed" flag that kicks me from the zip install every time?
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Well you can't. The limitation of the stock recovery is you can only flash files signed by Google. That's why you need a custom recovery to flash most files
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jd1639 said:
Well you can't. The limitation of the stock recovery is you can only flash files signed by Google. That's why you need a custom recovery to flash most files
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So can I just flash twrp with fastboot and go about that method? I believe it can bypass the signature. I am unlocked without root currently.
Sane116 said:
So can I just flash twrp with fastboot and go about that method? I believe it can bypass the signature. I am unlocked without root currently.
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If you're trying to flash the update.zip to 5.0.1 you need to do that in the stock recovery. It will not work in twrp or cwm. I'm not sure what you're trying to do right now
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my apologies.
so originally i wanted to just flash the OTA. ended up performing a fresh install and un-rooted. but there's a few unsigned zips i like to have installed.
So I think I'm going to re-root, flash twrp, install my zips, and leave it at that. i'll just flash stock recovery whenever I need the OTA which should be quick now that I know what to do.
hope that sounds correct. thanks for all the help!
After Failing over and over, I finally was able to flash the latest NOUGAT Update provided in the other thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z/how-to/android-7-international-rollout-t3510790
Download the update.zip file "Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip" from one of the posts
Main issue for me was i was on the wrong firmware, simple flash the "XT1650-03_GRIFFIN_ROGERS_MPL24.246-45_cid50_subsidy-RGRCA_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml" firmware by grabbing it from
http://www.filefactory.com/folder/c6cdedc45a775d27/?sort=created&order=DESC&show=25
Notice you need the MPL24.246-45 FIRMWARE , the number 45 plays a major role as it will be verified later. I was running the buildnumber MPL24.246-20 instead of 40
once you get that out of the way and are done flashing the MPL24.246-40 firmware, simply adb sideload the Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip from your computer, reboot in stock recovery and then hold power and then press volume up and choose the option adb sideload
My sideload failed at 95%, however when i rebooted, it was running nougat
let me know how it goes for you guys
My bootloader is unlocked, and i did not relock it
This is really sad. They said it was going to be this week and a global roll out.
Nothing!
I can't wait until Samsung release the S8E.. Giving this phone to my 8 years old niece to have!
can u make some order here ?
what is your model ?
if u flashed 24.246-45 then u said it needs to be 40
then did u flash the 40 over 45 ?
thanks
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Download the update.zip file "Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip" from one of the posts
Main issue for me was i was on the wrong firmware, simple flash the "XT1650-03_GRIFFIN_ROGERS_MPL24.246-45_cid50_subsidy-RGRCA_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml" firmware by grabbing it from
Notice you need the MPL24.246-45 FIRMWARE , the number 45 plays a major role as it will be verified later. I was running the buildnumber MPL24.246-20 instead of 40
once you get that out of the way and are done flashing the MPL24.246-40 firmware,
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This is really helpful. I hit the same snag when I tried to upgrade from -17 firmware.
Any chance you could upload the Canadian Rogers firmware (-45) to Mega? It's so painful waiting for 9 hours for it to fail a few minutes from the end.
Yeah I can try, but I won't be home until night, the only pain was waiting 9 hours, and the firmware is -45, I accidently wrote -40 , I don't think there is any firmware with-40
I tried all the above. Still fails for me.
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I think because the file has been replaced with a v2 so it's failing verification
I'm uploading the Rogers .45 firmware to mega right now. I'll update this post once its done uploading.
Link: https://mega.nz/#!nssGEDiT!hhLkcTM106hmqbH_fiWfAytEV-fgdlYOhUwpcd_sGJY
Downloaded straight from FileFactory and uploaded directly to Mega
Here is: XT1650-03_GRIFFIN_ROGERS_MPL24.246-45
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw3YYHFxKQxVNTBLeWxadUFZOU0/view?usp=sharing
...Now, can someone help me figure out how to flash it? That would be awesome
svetius said:
Here is: XT1650-03_GRIFFIN_ROGERS_MPL24.246-45
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bw3YYHFxKQxVNTBLeWxadUFZOU0/view?usp=sharing
...Now, can someone help me figure out how to flash it? That would be awesome
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Whats the status of your device right now? Are you purely stock? Rooted? Unlocked? TWRP or stock recovery?
Prfndhatrdofman said:
Whats the status of your device right now? Are you purely stock? Rooted? Unlocked? TWRP or stock recovery?
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I flashed XT1650-03_GRIFFIN_ROGERS_MPL24.246-45 via this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69065373&postcount=14
And while the flash was successful, strangely booting into the OS I'm still on -20.
So then I tried to sideload nougat, and it went up to 87% and failed, causing a bootloop. The bootloop can be fixed by manually flashing -45 again (which is so weird because it actually loads -20).
I am unrooted, bootloader locked.
svetius said:
I flashed XT1650-03_GRIFFIN_ROGERS_MPL24.246-45 via this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69065373&postcount=14
And while the flash was successful, strangely booting into the OS I'm still on -20.
So then I tried to sideload nougat, and it went up to 87% and failed, causing a bootloop. The bootloop can be fixed by manually flashing -45 again (which is so weird because it actually loads -20).
I am unrooted, bootloader locked.
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You got further than me. ADB Sideload wouldnt even look at the Nougat OTA zip. tried multiple ADB versions too
svetius said:
I flashed XT1650-03_GRIFFIN_ROGERS_MPL24.246-45 via this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69065373&postcount=14
And while the flash was successful, strangely booting into the OS I'm still on -20.
So then I tried to sideload nougat, and it went up to 87% and failed, causing a bootloop. The bootloop can be fixed by manually flashing -45 again (which is so weird because it actually loads -20).
I am unrooted, bootloader locked.
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Sideload was successful for me, but still completely in a bootloop as well..
for me it worked fine with ADB sideload.
my bootloader is unlocked, i tried locking it back to get official OTA but failed to lock it again.
I tried every method that was mentioned but failed over and over
so here is what I did:
1) removed all the personal files from phone (pictures, videos, texts etc) so i don't lose em
2) flashed the rogers [XT1650-03_GRIFFIN_ROGERS_MPL24.246-45_cid50_subsidy-RGRCA_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml] firmware by using mfastboot, make sure you grab the mfastbootv2, you can google and download it, use mfastboot and flash the firmware by command lines
3)after flashing, rebooted, set up the device and skipping a few steps to get into homescreen, and then powered off the phone.
4)downloaded Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip and placed it in the adb folder, make sure you download the latest adb tools, you can google and find them easily too
5) extract the adb folder and place the Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip in side that folder
6) reboot the phone and press volume to navigate to recovery, you should boot into stock recovery as you flashed stock firmware
7) hold power button and press volume up and youll see the menu, select update by ota and connect to the phone
8) open command line in the adb tools and use command to flash ota via adb
9) mine failed at 95% because of system image error, so instead of rebooting it, i used the command again and flashed the ota via adb, it failed again, however when i rebooted i was presented by the new red moto boot animation, there i knew it was updated to android N
*Delete*
hassanman1997 said:
After Failing over and over, I finally was able to flash the latest NOUGAT Update provided in the other thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z/how-to/android-7-international-rollout-t3510790
Download the update.zip file "Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip" from one of the posts
Main issue for me was i was on the wrong firmware, simple flash the "XT1650-03_GRIFFIN_ROGERS_MPL24.246-45_cid50_subsidy-RGRCA_regulatory-DEFAULT_CFC.xml" firmware by grabbing it from
http://www.filefactory.com/folder/c6cdedc45a775d27/?sort=created&order=DESC&show=25
Notice you need the MPL24.246-45 FIRMWARE , the number 45 plays a major role as it will be verified later. I was running the buildnumber MPL24.246-20 instead of 40
once you get that out of the way and are done flashing the MPL24.246-40 firmware, simply adb sideload the Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip from your computer, reboot in stock recovery and then hold power and then press volume up and choose the option adb sideload
My sideload failed at 95%, however when i rebooted, it was running nougat
let me know how it goes for you guys
My bootloader is unlocked, and i did not relock it
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OK, so i got it working. But there were some difficulties.
I was on 24.246-45 already, but i installed TWRP and a custom kernel. I reflashed the recovery and boot from the BELL 24.246.45 firmware, and proceeded sideloading the update. It errored out, saying system was mounted r/w once (after I installed TWRP, but I never altered it beyond that).
So i flashed the system chunks from the firmware ( "mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.0" , "mfastboot flash system system.img_sparsechunk.1" etc.), then i retried the sideload, and it worked. The system information still says the build number is MPL24.246-45, but the android version is 7.0, everything seems to be working, including split screen, the new easter egg, quicklaunch ribbon, and new notifications.
gomisensei said:
... The system information still says the build number is MPL24.246-45, but the android version is 7.0, everything seems to be working, including split screen, the new easter egg, quicklaunch ribbon, and new notifications.
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This should be only a "cosmetic" issue... probably you can fix it by editing build.prop...
enetec said:
This should be only a "cosmetic" issue... probably you can fix it by editing build.prop...
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meh, i'm not really worried about it, at least not enough to guess what the version SHOULD be...
gomisensei said:
meh, i'm not really worried about it, at least not enough to guess what the version SHOULD be...
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:laugh:
Does that actually work for other software channels as well?
I'm from india, my software chanel is retin (retail India) can I still flash the one that came for retus?
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