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[Q] Bricked after factory reset. ROOTED. CMW locked......help :(

My phone is Lava xolo a700 (rooted) and i had a proper functioning CWM installed and was running fine. Until one day i freezed my rom manager and did a factory reset...alas...it got struck at boot logo and it automatically tries to enter CWM recovery but fails to load and quits and restarts again. it is being a repeated process. i tried all kinda hard rest etc. even i cant enter fast boot mode. but i can enter factory mode. i have back up of stock rom. but i dont know how to restore as i cant even enter into recovery... :crying:
I even tried replacing the whole folder from my pc to root of sd card...but no luck...please HELP me to get out of this mess...please...

Hi there!
alsalman007 said:
My phone is Lava xolo a700 (rooted) and i had a proper functioning CWM installed and was running fine. Until one day i freezed my rom manager and did a factory reset...alas...it got struck at boot logo and it automatically tries to enter CWM recovery but fails to load and quits and restarts again. it is being a repeated process. i tried all kinda hard rest etc. even i cant enter fast boot mode. but i can enter factory mode. i have back up of stock rom. but i dont know how to restore as i cant even enter into recovery... :crying:
I even tried replacing the whole folder from my pc to root of sd card...but no luck...please HELP me to get out of this mess...please...
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Have u tried booting to recovery mode urself?? u said u boot to cwm.automatically... so try to boot manually to it... if that doesnt work... then try a wipe data... wipe cache from stock recovery... them reboot...
or u can flash the backup files using odin via your pc... are u sure ur memory card or cwm.zip file is not corrupt?? try replacing one of these.... and retry...

naman4797 said:
Have u tried booting to recovery mode urself?? u said u boot to cwm.automatically... so try to boot manually to it... if that doesnt work... then try a wipe data... wipe cache from stock recovery... them reboot...
or u can flash the backup files using odin via your pc... are u sure ur memory card or cwm.zip file is not corrupt?? try replacing one of these.... and retry...
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I even tried manually to enter into CWM recovery but same happens ... i flashed the stock recovery to CWM recovery... iam noob and how can i use odin to flash the back up files....my Mcard is in perfect condition....
Thanks for quick response...
Awaiting reply....
Also i cannot enter recovery then how can i clear the cache's....?!!!

alsalman007 said:
I even tried manually to enter into CWM recovery but same happens ... i flashed the stock recovery to CWM recovery... iam noob and how can i use odin to flash the back up files....my Mcard is in perfect condition....
Thanks for quick response...
Awaiting reply....
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as u can see the phone boot up... ur phone is just soft bricked... dont worry... just google about using odin for your phone model... and try flashing another rom or kernel with it... can u enter the download mode ??

naman4797 said:
as u can see the phone boot up... ur phone is just soft bricked... dont worry... just google about using odin for your phone model... and try flashing another rom or kernel with it... can u enter the download mode ??
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what shall be the steps i should be doing in odin? also i cant understand the proper function or procedure to be done for my fault.
Also please understand that i actually installed CWM from rom manager and later i freezed rom manager using titanium backup. After that the recovery was working fine manually. i stupidly factory reset the phone without unfreezing the rom manager. may be this is the reason why it got stuck up.
just tell me that is there any way through which i can flash my old backup stock rom using PC(created using CWM recovery) also tell me that is there any software which can clear cache by connecting through pc. so that i can give it a try.....please help me.
am very badly tensed...

alsalman007 said:
what shall be the steps i should be doing in odin? also i cant understand the proper function or procedure to be done for my fault.
Also please understand that i actually installed CWM from rom manager and later i freezed rom manager using titanium backup. After that the recovery was working fine manually. i stupidly factory reset the phone without unfreezing the rom manager. may be this is the reason why it got stuck up.
just tell me that is there any way through which i can flash my old backup stock rom using PC(created using CWM recovery) also tell me that is there any software which can clear cache by connecting through pc. so that i can give it a try.....please help me.
am very badly tensed...
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The only method is via Odin... And the only way u can learn it is google... google this
Odin for <ur model>
and find relevant link....
use the backup file u have.....
there is actually not.much abt ur phone on xda...

naman4797 said:
The only method is via Odin... And the only way u can learn it is google... google this
Odin for <ur model>
and find relevant link....
use the backup file u have.....
there is actually not.much abt ur phone on xda...
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Yeah i googled..but no results came up for my model... I downloaded one which is latest of version ...Then i installed it. also read that the back up files(of ROM) must be in .tar format in order to flash it from odin. Also the phone must enter some kind of FORCED UPLOAD MODE (saw in case of samsung).
what shall i be doing to enter that download mode(same as upload mode i guess) which you mentioned above.... Is there any converter to convert my back up files to .tar

Use this link and follow the steps u can easily unbrick your phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2275220
Sent from my Xolo A700 using xda app-developers app

Hey guys.. Same issue happened to me also. I have rooted my Xolo B700 successfully and after installing some mods with the help of CWM recovery, it was working fine then. But today when I reset my phone backup & restore under under phone Settings the device shutdown and when I press power button it keeps on showing boot logo("XOLO") and then android Robo with processing bar and then restarts and same procedure happening infinite times untill I remove the battery.
i tried to get into recovery mode but didn't succeed. Please help me to restore to normal mode my phone I have my stock Nandroid backup in SD card. HELP ME !!!! :crying::crying:

Unbrick bricked canvas 2

Many guys brick there fone while flashing some rom or upgrading or downgrading to different android versions......
But unbricking a SOFT BRICKED canvas 2 is not a big deal.....
Just follow these steps..
FIRST METHOD
1.Download the following zip file from here
and boot into recovery mode by pressing volume up+volume down+power buttons simultaneously.
2.Now select format data/wipe delvic cache and also wipe cache partition. Go to advanced and wipe delvic cache.
3.Now place the above zip file in ur fones sd card( u may use a memory card reader or another fone for connecting ur memory card wid pc)
4.Go to mounts and storage and select mount sd card select format system.
5.Then go back and select install zip from sd card>choose from sd card and select the above downloaded zip file.
6.After installation completes go back and select reboot system now.
IF U R STILL STUCK AT BOOT LOGO THEN GO FOR THE SECOND METHOD OR OTHERWISE ENJOY AS UR FONE IS BACK TO LIFE AGAIN.
SECOND METHOD
1.First of all download and extract the following file to any specified folder........
A.STOCK JELLYBEAN.RAR
B.SP FLASH TOOLS
*************THE PASSWORD OF SP FLASH TOOLS IS "[email protected]" (without quotation marks)****************
2.now remove ur fone's battery and keep it aside.
3.go to the folder where u have extracted sp flash tools. Run it as administration.
4.click on scatter loading option and browse for the folder where u have extracted jb(or ics rom).
5.now click on firmware upgrade option if flashing jb or if flashing ics click download option.
6.connect ur fone to pc.
Let the process complete. After it completes reinsert the battery and switch on ur fone.
And wid this u should have successfully unbricked ur fone..
Note:U will observe dat ur fone is unrooted again and cwm or twrp recovery has been replaced by stock recovery.
hit thx if i helped...

this is not for unbricking its simple getting out of bootloop , a bricked phone cant be turned on. bricked simply means a phone becomes a brick and shall be used in some wall and cemented lol..
P.S the second method can be used on mtk devices if they get bricked, probably by removing battery and just connecting the USB cable to phone and keepingSPflash on it will detect and flash .

I know dat a bricked fone cant be turned on but instead of making two different threads of getting out of bootloop and unbricking i combined them into one.
Moreover many newbies simply use the term 'brick' instead of searching bootloops....

Thanks for this guide very helpfull
Sent from my Micromax A110 using xda app-developers app

nice tut
Thanks man very important thead :good:

If u are unable to proceed in second method i.e. if sp flash tools is not detecting ur fone den follow this thread to successfully install proper drivers..
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2370906

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in the first method the link u have given doesnt exist anymore......can u plz post some other link...my phone is bricked n i need to unbrick it urgently....:crying:

shrimufc7126 said:
in the first method the link u have given doesnt exist anymore......can u plz post some other link...my phone is bricked n i need to unbrick it urgently....:crying:
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buddy the link is not dead....in fact i am unable to open any dev-host link.
but dont not worry ....i am currently uploading rom to another file hosting site. will give you link as soon as it is uploaded.

[email protected] said:
buddy the link is not dead....in fact i am unable to open any dev-host link.
but dont not worry ....i am currently uploading rom to another file hosting site. will give you link as soon as it is uploaded.
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Hey bro... plz upload d new link....

Good thread!
But just want to tell all users that it is always recommended to do a nandroid backup before flashing any mods, ROM's or anything.
That way, You have handy way to restore phone from soft bricks and even prevent all you data loss.
Method 1 described here, wipes data. I soft bricked my handset yesterday, while applying a framework patch! But instead of flashing the whole ROM again, i restored my backup which i took just before flashing that patch, and everything were in place, just as before!
Hope this will help!

Hmm...that's a good way. Restoring backups even restore your data. So there is no data loss even.:thumbup:
But my method described the case when a newbie has not taken any preventive steps and simply has bricked his phone ( soft bricked).

[email protected] said:
Hmm...that's a good way. Restoring backups even restore your data. So there is no data loss even.:thumbup:
But my method described the case when a newbie has not taken any preventive steps and simply has bricked his phone ( soft bricked).
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yaa...thats what i did...i did not take a backup....now m screwed...please help

shrimufc7126 said:
yaa...thats what i did...i did not take a backup....now m screwed...please help
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Bro please check your private message.

1) First perform an uninstall of the MMX/Mobistel drivers you already have on*
your P.C. Install the drivers again.*
2) On the PC/Laptop, start SP flash tool and select the right scatter from the factory stock A110 ROM.*un-tick*all except the first five (Preloader, DSP_BL, MBR, EBR1, UBOOT) + CWM recovery (You should have replaced default recovery with CWM recovery in the ROM folder). Click “Firmware-upgrade, Download.
3) With battery taken off from your phone connect it to the PC/Lap using the USB cable.
4) If your battery was having good charge when you were bricked, you can now power on to recovery mode and flash your CWM saved ROM or any other ROM.
5) If your battery was low, when you were bricked, leave it to charge for an hour before attempting to flash the entire stock ROM through SP flash or CWM.
Sent from my Micromax A110 (Canvas 2) using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

dhrtlockeroo9 said:
1) First perform an uninstall of the MMX/Mobistel drivers you already have on*
your P.C. Install the drivers again.*
2) On the PC/Laptop, start SP flash tool and select the right scatter from the factory stock A110 ROM.*un-tick*all except the first five (Preloader, DSP_BL, MBR, EBR1, UBOOT) + CWM recovery (You should have replaced default recovery with CWM recovery in the ROM folder). Click “Firmware-upgrade, Download.
3) With battery taken off from your phone connect it to the PC/Lap using the USB cable.
4) If your battery was having good charge when you were bricked, you can now power on to recovery mode and flash your CWM saved ROM or any other ROM.
5) If your battery was low, when you were bricked, leave it to charge for an hour before attempting to flash the entire stock ROM through SP flash or CWM.
Sent from my Micromax A110 (Canvas 2) using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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Good... but i don't think there is any need to uninstall drivers.

Maybe its need to uninstall to drivers smtimes driver doesn't install properly..bcoz if there miss any DLL file of windows its work bt nt perfectly n u never think its driver problem..!

Is there any possible way to hard brick my phone, i know u wud be wondering to see this post, but what i do, i have already created a thread in genera section about the prob of dust under screen after a mmx sc touch repair, if i hard brick my phone n give it to them, i am sure they won't be able to make it alive and if i continuously stay in there touch then may i get a new phone
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda app-developers app

rohit297 said:
Is there any possible way to hard brick my phone, i know u wud be wondering to see this post, but what i do, i have already created a thread in genera section about the prob of dust under screen after a mmx sc touch repair, if i hard brick my phone n give it to them, i am sure they won't be able to make it alive and if i continuously stay in there touch then may i get a new phone
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda app-developers app
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They'll probably tell you that board needs replacement, then you will be left with no choice.
Sent from my Micromax A110 using xda app-developers app

rohit297 said:
Is there any possible way to hard brick my phone, i know u wud be wondering to see this post, but what i do, i have already created a thread in genera section about the prob of dust under screen after a mmx sc touch repair, if i hard brick my phone n give it to them, i am sure they won't be able to make it alive and if i continuously stay in there touch then may i get a new phone
Sent from my GT-I9500 using xda app-developers app
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Yup.... don't be sooo overconfident that you will surly get a new phone.
If in case they proves that you are responsible for the faults and errors than you will get a new phone but from market after paying for it.

dhrtlockeroo9 said:
1) First perform an uninstall of the MMX/Mobistel drivers you already have on*
your P.C. Install the drivers again.*
2) On the PC/Laptop, start SP flash tool and select the right scatter from the factory stock A110 ROM.*un-tick*all except the first five (Preloader, DSP_BL, MBR, EBR1, UBOOT) + CWM recovery (You should have replaced default recovery with CWM recovery in the ROM folder). Click “Firmware-upgrade, Download.
3) With battery taken off from your phone connect it to the PC/Lap using the USB cable.
4) If your battery was having good charge when you were bricked, you can now power on to recovery mode and flash your CWM saved ROM or any other ROM.
5) If your battery was low, when you were bricked, leave it to charge for an hour before attempting to flash the entire stock ROM through SP flash or CWM.
Sent from my Micromax A110 (Canvas 2) using XDA Premium 4 mobile app
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thanks a lot. saved my phone

[Q] Help recovery broken

I am currently on android 4.1.1 version jmp rom 8.0 . Dont know of certain what happend .The basic issue is that the recovery is some sort of broken wont let me get to it furthermore as i get to the recovery option the devices just runs on some thing and it resets every time. So i tried flashing recovery through adb that didnt work either and through SP flash tools even sp is not flashing recovery with the battery in or out.
The device seems to work fine execpt the bluetooth and wifi are not working i mean if i turn them on it would not turn on.
Sorry if this question is posted before. And sorry for any other rule i have voilated i am a newbie.
So any suggestions what to do?

Try flashing with Mobileuncle tools...
Irazor73 said:
I am currently on android 4.1.1 version jmp rom 8.0 . Dont know of certain what happend .The basic issue is that the recovery is some sort of broken wont let me get to it furthermore as i get to the recovery option the devices just runs on some thing and it resets every time. So i tried flashing recovery through adb that didnt work either and through SP flash tools even sp is not flashing recovery with the battery in or out.
The device seems to work fine execpt the bluetooth and wifi are not working i mean if i turn them on it would not turn on.
Sorry if this question is posted before. And sorry for any other rule i have voilated i am a newbie.
So any suggestions what to do?
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I don't think you might have broken any rule. Since computer based flashing is not helping try install mobile uncle MTK tools from here. It fashes the recovery. Before that paste recovery.img from here
Don't forget to hit thanks.

Download MTK tools from Play Store. Make sure you download the latest version.
Download Recovery.img File from this link http://d-h.st/Ky2
Instructions:
1. Download the recovery and Put it in root of your SDCARD
2. Open Mobile uncle tools and select Recovery Update
3. Tap on Recovery.img file Then Tap Yes
4. It will ask for reboot... Dont reboot now
5. Tap recovery img file again And select YES
6. It will ask for Reboot again. Now Select YES
7. The phone will reboot into recovery.
8. Done

Thank You
that trick really worked thank you now i have recovery
well even then the problem presists i still have a non working wifi and bluetooth
i knw the problem is from software not hardware
I re rooted it to make sure.
even then same problem wifi bluetoth will keep loading but wont turn on
any suggestions ?

Bro.. I have used this rom and it was working fine for me. There must be some patches to fix this issue in the orignal thread of this rom and if it doesnt solve the issue Then try reinstalling the rom. make sure u do every step accurately. Good luck
Sent from my Qmobile Noir A10 using Tapatalk

I faced same problem that u have in stock ics v2.
Then i downladed that agian from another place and problem is solved.
Try another stock once after try this again after download from anywhere...
Hit the thanks button if this help.

Please Help . I need your help Developers....

Hello , I'm parsa...
I root and flash recovery(cwm) and rom(cm) on my friend galaxy fit .... there wasn't problem until next day ... he told me that device doesn't boot..
I tried to flash stock firmware on it and flashed but it doesn't work again and hangs on this page :
I follow instructions step by step to unbrick it but it doesn't work again .... :crying:
please tell me what can i do???what should I do??
I'm very embarrassed about it...help me...
thanks for helps...

I would recommend to you follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=51886671#post51886671

Thanks But when I flash custom recovery it says : "E:/can't mount system or directory ..." and just can flash stock firmware so then device hangs on that page....
and I can't wipe data/system(factory reset) in recovery...again hangs on that page..
I installed drivers and wanted to use One Click Unbrick but computer can't detect device ( I tried with 2 pc )...
I really don't know what should i do??? I tried every things...
please tell your friend and devlopers because i don't know any body here...thanks...

did you remove your battery and flashed again rom or cwm ?

maybe , I don't remember .... it's about 2month ago....
DO you find a way??
I search but didn't find any way...

what is your telephone status now.did you proceed to download and recovery mode.ıf you login to download or recovery mode it easy.

Yes can..
Yes I can go to Download Mod and Recovery but when select reboot or wipe data in recovery , hangs on that page...
Yesterday I brick device to use one click unbrick but didn't detect phone , But I flash stock rom again and now I can go to download and recovery...
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What's your Idea??
My PC OS : Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit
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Reboot to Odin mode and connect your mobile to your PC. Download Odin to your PC. Then search a method on how to flash stock rom on Galaxy Fit with Odin. Follow the instructions.
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Hope I helped you! If I did , then why not press that Thanks button under my post...

Thanks , But I know That and Do all of them ... Please read from first post...My problem is when i flash Stock rom(firmware) phone stop on this page ...
it happened when go to recovery and press reboot or wipe data/system(factory reset) too...

Awww... Sorry dude... Cant help you with that :/
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Colud you take backup from your sd card and formatted again and put rom and recovery versions you have.and test again
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26285877&postcount=12&nocache=1&z=1710748479235917
and follow

First of all, the phone is not bricked, obviously as long as it has a recovery and will turn on at all. As for a fix, try a seperate-file firmware flash, google "upgrade galaxy fit to 2.3.4", or something like that, also, try flashing a CWM recovery with ODIN, and just flash a CM7 ZIP or any other ROM, it will not be able to mount /system/ beucase the default samsung SYSTEM format is EFS, which CWM can not read, it can only read EXT file systems, soooo, install the recovery and a custom ROM, see what happens

Flash Froyo!
Hey there,I also suffered a lot sue to this ! Ultimately i flashed a froyo rom and everything was back to normal! :good:

@Enymous
Just ask ur friend what he did to the phone!!:sly:
Usb debugging needs to be enabled.
Next thing is:- Stop worrying!! Flash the same firmware version(if u remembered exactly) which came preinstalled from factory. It may b froyo or gingerbread. Download that particular firmware & note that if u were having froyo preinstalled & have downloaded the same exact firmware, then it must be a 4 package firmware(i.e. containing 4 files when u uncompress it). U can use Odin 4.42 & follow this sequence (even if u know) :
*Install Samsung mobile drivers on pc.
*Take out & reinsert battery.
*Press "HOME,POWER,VOLUME-DOWN" buttons together for download mode.
*Launch Odin 4.42 as administrator.
* Connect the phone to pc & wait till u see COM PORT mapping box turned yellow.
* Now set the files from the froyo package that u downloaded in exactly the same sequence as follows:
OPS: BENI_v1.0.ops
BOOT: APBOOT_S5670.....tar.md5
PHONE: MODEM_S5670.....tar.md5
PDA: CODE_S5670.....tar.md5
CSC: CSC_S5670.....tar.md5
Press start & wait till u see "PASSED"
Meanwhile ur phone will reboot.
Then it will b back to life(with froyo) guaranteed.
First try these steps!! I know it 100% works. coz I m used to all these issues.
Good Luck!!:thumbup:
Hope this helps...!!

Root BLU VIVO IV KITKAT 4.4.2

i am not responsible for damaged devices though this may not happen warning Please make backup of system after installing recovery MTK tools for some odd reason due to lack of proper drivers wont detect ur phone
Hello to all BLU vivo iv users this thread is for gaining root access after updating your blu vivo iv to 4.4.2 usually it can't be rooted properly u can get root via recovery install method but root explorer and other root apps will not get proper su access but it won't work or will fail constantly to complete system operations meaning u can't edit system at all!!!:crying:
I made an insecure boot.img with more adb access seeing that it does not have much developer options in settings it still wont but this boot img will allow proper root.
first u must install Carliv recovery from here not my work this is for Gionee elife s5.5 but vivo iv is same device so it's safe tested myself :http://elifes55.blogspot.com/2014/07/guidegionee-elife-s55-cwmroot-required.html
use mobile uncle from market and update recovery choose recovery.img first item at top of the list the downloaded recovery img must be in base of internal storage do not place in any folders!!!
after that reboot to recovery vol up + power scroll with vol keys power to select scrool to install zip then scroll down to install from internal sdcard choose "bootimgADB.zip" wait for install to finish wipe dalvik and cache (ps when doing this it takes about a min or two idk why just dont panic and think your phone is stuck)
after that procedure continue to rooting using Vroot / root genius
Vroot: http://vrootdownload.org/
Root genius: http://www.shuame.com/en/root/
download root checker from market to check for root
Screenshot
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1iyfst24ye3bm1s/Screenshot_2014-08-21-10-48-26.png

update
please install supersu.zip after boot img flash in recovery then root over with root genuis

Thanks a lot for that information. There is not a lot of help aroudn for Vivo iv owners!!!
I have a problem before i reach 4.4.2, as the OTA update will not install correctly.
I have a rooted phone, with recovery installed.
I downloaded the OTA update, installed it, then it booted to recovery and gave the following errors:
CWM automade 10.07.20014 00:34:23
E:Invalid command argument
Finding update package...
E:unknown volume for path [/storage/sdcard0/adupsfota/update.zip]
E:Can’t mount /storage/sdcard0/adupsfota/update.zip
Installation aborted.
Any idea what this means? I tried unrooting my phone, and installing the OTA update again, but it gave the same error. I have emailed Blu, but i'm sure they will be unhelpful. I've tried googlin, and other people (with different devices) with similar errors from OTA updates say you cannot install the update.zip directly from recovery otherwise it gives:
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device" == "**********" || "ro.build.product" == "*************"
E:Error in /sdcard/downloaded_rom/***********.zip
...errors. Which from some peoples replies also gets their phone stuck on bootloop, so I don't want to try that.
Any ideas how to get this OTA kitkat update installed? Did yours update normally (with.without root/recovery)?
Thanks in advance

James666PKR said:
Thanks a lot for that information. There is not a lot of help aroudn for Vivo iv owners!!!
I have a problem before i reach 4.4.2, as the OTA update will not install correctly.
I have a rooted phone, with recovery installed.
I downloaded the OTA update, installed it, then it booted to recovery and gave the following errors:
CWM automade 10.07.20014 00:34:23
E:Invalid command argument
Finding update package...
E:unknown volume for path [/storage/sdcard0/adupsfota/update.zip]
E:Can’t mount /storage/sdcard0/adupsfota/update.zip
Installation aborted.
Any idea what this means? I tried unrooting my phone, and installing the OTA update again, but it gave the same error. I have emailed Blu, but i'm sure they will be unhelpful. I've tried googlin, and other people (with different devices) with similar errors from OTA updates say you cannot install the update.zip directly from recovery otherwise it gives:
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device" == "**********" || "ro.build.product" == "*************"
E:Error in /sdcard/downloaded_rom/***********.zip
...errors. Which from some peoples replies also gets their phone stuck on bootloop, so I don't want to try that.
Any ideas how to get this OTA kitkat update installed? Did yours update normally (with.without root/recovery)?
Thanks in advance
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did u try choose zip from internal then update.zip but still try to get the update.zip for me
yes it would install with root but not custom recovery i kept my stock recovery cuz i knew blu would be releasing KITKAT btw amigo OS ruined KITKAT its like if it didn't update at all
hmm u have the answer at the start custom recovery may not install an official rom update though i may be wrong but if u can get the update.zip where it downloaded on your storage i can poke around and design it to flash via custom recovery
please in future do NOT!!!! install custom recovery before official update it gives probs
since u have the recovery there is an miui rom u can try to install from gionee elife s5.5 make sure u backup though its based on 4.2.2

thanks very much! I will upload the update.zip. I really only need kitkat for an app I am trying to use (which only works on 4.3 and newer) so the MIUI rom won't be of use to me.
If you could have a poke around and create a custom recovery that will boot it, that would be amazing, I will upload the update.zip now. I would forever be in your gratitude.
Also is there a way of removing custom recovery from the phone?
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P.S. yes I also tried to install from zip using the custom recovery, but it said it couldn't mount /sdcard0 or /system or anything when I tried. I think the best option is for me to find a method of removing my custom recovery?

Th elink to the KitKat 4.4.2 update.zip is here: http://we.tl/FGgNDO2ts2
It will only be available online until the 31st August, so if anyone wants to download it/play with it etc... then do so before then.
Thanks a bunch!
P.S. I've bricked my phone trying to mess around in CWM... hoping my nandroid backup restores properly!

James666PKR said:
Th elink to the KitKat 4.4.2 update.zip is here: http://we.tl/FGgNDO2ts2
It will only be available online until the 31st August, so if anyone wants to download it/play with it etc... then do so before then.
Thanks a bunch!
P.S. I've bricked my phone trying to mess around in CWM... hoping my nandroid backup restores properly!
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so u finally bricked it just soft brick right ?
notice something strange it says it can't mount storage yet it backed up your rom it's probably just update script that needs tweaking

Possible Vanilla KITKAT rom
took rom from blu life 8 ported it it booted but got stuck on starting apps once boot.img seems to be giving the errors just have to pull boot from life 8

Pretty sure i've hard bricked it now
Tried to flash the update.zip using SP flashtool, but my phone wont even turn on/go to recovery now.. Computer detects it, but just a blank screen ... going to see if fastboot works, then try and manually install the boot.img etc...
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If anyone has any idea how I can unbrick my phone I would be all ears...
I have tried all combinations of buttons, but the screen just won't turn on. When I press power+volume up+volume down, the flash on the back, flashes once... but thats it... why is there no information about bricked vivo iv's or gionee elife s5.5's on the internet

James666PKR said:
Pretty sure i've hard bricked it now
Tried to flash the update.zip using SP flashtool, but my phone wont even turn on/go to recovery now.. Computer detects it, but just a blank screen ... going to see if fastboot works, then try and manually install the boot.img etc...
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If anyone has any idea how I can unbrick my phone I would be all ears...
I have tried all combinations of buttons, but the screen just won't turn on. When I press power+volume up+volume down, the flash on the back, flashes once... but thats it... why is there no information about bricked vivo iv's or gionee elife s5.5's on the internet
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if the computer still detects it it can be saved so its not totally dead the update.zip wont install via sp tool there is a gionee firmware u can try but it might kill the phone with certain files will just have to uncheck them does sp tool detect ur phone? i backed up my 4.2.2 system.img i'll upload it and then u can try it on sp tool

taalibj01 said:
if the computer still detects it it can be saved so its not totally dead the update.zip wont install via sp tool there is a gionee firmware u can try but it might kill the phone with certain files will just have to uncheck them does sp tool detect ur phone? i backed up my 4.2.2 system.img i'll upload it and then u can try it on sp tool
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I've tried responding to your PM, but my messages aren't being registered as sent!
If you did recieve them (2 now) awesome, if not, write me here and i'll respond.
I would love to use your 4.2.2 image if you ocudl upload it. I would be forever grateful!

4.2.2 system.img
well here it is https://www.dropbox.com/s/gd95xz06j2oy6pb/system.img?dl=0
you may need to rename it to android.img maybe but try system first
hey could u upload the drivers u used for ur phone i installed almost every driver known to man kind and mtk tools still doesn't recognize the device

taalibj01 said:
well here it is https://www.dropbox.com/s/gd95xz06j2oy6pb/system.img?dl=0
you may need to rename it to android.img maybe but try system first
hey could u upload the drivers u used for ur phone i installed almost every driver known to man kind and mtk tools still doesn't recognize the device
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Just downloading now.
I was using the drivers that windows installs 'from the phone' when you plug it into windows. Those drivers worked fine... I then started messing around with downloaded drivers (probably all the same ones you have tried) and all of them just did the same thing or didn't work.
FYI, MTK Tools no longer detects my phone. It only detected it when it was booted (in CWM for me, I never tried it when it was actually working, in the OS). My phone only gets detected in 'device manager' and 'SP flashtool' sometimes.
I can upload all the drivers I tried downloading, but I think the more drivers you install, the more incompatibility there is... In the end I downloaded USBDeview and uninstalled all the 'phone' related drivers on my computer, then just used the drivers that automatically get installed when you plug your phone in.
I'm just researching how to flash this system.img file you have uploaded (thanks), using SP Tools. If you've done it before could you let me know how? I don't want to mess anything else up now.
Thanks.

I managed to install Gionee Elife s5.5 ROM using SP Flashtool easily, and my phone now works!! Well, sort of.
The screen keeps freezing, touch screen keeps now working (have to press sleep button, to refresh it).
I am hoping the OTA update will fix all these problems! Fingers crossed...
I really want to get the Blu Vivo iv firmware though, as there are loads of chinese characters on this phone, even with English language on.
If anyone could backup their phone using MTK tools, and upload the entire backup for me and everyone else that needs it, that would be great! Then anyone who bricks their phone could unbrick it by flashing the firmware useing SP Flashtool!
Thanks for eveyrone's help especially taalibj01!!!! You are a legend!

Don't know how it's possible but here it is Blu Firmware files!!!!!
James666PKR said:
I managed to install Gionee Elife s5.5 ROM using SP Flashtool easily, and my phone now works!! Well, sort of.
The screen keeps freezing, touch screen keeps now working (have to press sleep button, to refresh it).
I am hoping the OTA update will fix all these problems! Fingers crossed...
I really want to get the Blu Vivo iv firmware though, as there are loads of chinese characters on this phone, even with English language on.
If anyone could backup their phone using MTK tools, and upload the entire backup for me and everyone else that needs it, that would be great! Then anyone who bricks their phone could unbrick it by flashing the firmware useing SP Flashtool!
Thanks for eveyrone's help especially taalibj01!!!! You are a legend!
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/qt0i6d2og8ge0sc/BLU_D970l_V11_GENERICK_T8493.zip?dl=0

I hereby nominate you for a knight-hood. I will contact the Queen and get her to knight you 'Sir Amazing'!!! I'm downloading now, will let you know how it goes and if it all works correctly!!!

Blu vivo iv drivers
these drivers are for gionee and Blu vivo iv just install its auto install so its easy
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x8umdofqgwbjbr1/GN_Driver_V1.3.0_Test.rar?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yk08ekq3hf23zs0/MauiMETA_exe_3G_v6.1336.1.rar?dl=0

taalibj01 said:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/qt0i6d2og8ge0sc/BLU_D970l_V11_GENERICK_T8493.zip?dl=0
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If you have bricked your Blu Vivo iv, or installed a custom recovery therefore could not upate OTA to KitKat 4.4.2, look here!
So everyone who needs to flash the new KitKat firmware from Blu follow these instructions!
Download the following file: https://www.dropbox.com/s/qt0i6d2og8ge0sc/BLU_D970l_V11_GENERICK_T8493.zip?dl=0
(Supplied by the amazing 'taalibj01')
If you have not previously installed the MTK drivers (usually installs from the phone when you plug it into the computer) please download and install from here:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/x8umdofqgw..._Test.rar?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/yk08ekq3hf...336.1.rar?dl=0
Also download/extract SP Flash tool from here (latest version): http://androidxda.com/smart-phone-flash-tool
Before you start, when you connect your 'powered off' phone via USB cable whilst holding the up button, your phone should be recognised in 'device manager' as 'MTK COM USB (COM4)' or something similar, under the 'Ports (COM & LPT)' section. If it is not, then you need to install the relevant drivers (above).
Now you are ready to get started.
Turn off your Vivo iv phone and disconnect it from USB.
Unzip the BLU_D970l_V11_GENERICK_T8493.zip file to any location.
Open SP Flash Tool, and click the 'scatter-loading' button.
Navigate to the unzipped BLU_D970l_V11_GENERICK_T8493 firmware folder.
Double click the MT6592_Android_scatter.txt file
SP Flash Tool will then list all of the files it has read form the scatter file and automatically 'tick/check' each of the 'preloader/MBR/EBR1/UBOOT/BOTIMG etc... files.
Most guides will tell you to press the select 'Download' from the drop down menu, but I kept getting an error message, but if you highlight 'Firmware Upgrade' from the drop down box, you should be fine.
Click the 'Download' green button.
Now plug your phone in whilst holding 'volume up' button.
SP Tools should recognise the phone, and the bar along the bottom should turn RED. The phone will disconnect, then recconnect again after a few seconds, and the bar will turn Yellow and it will say 'Formatting', then it will Flash the files to your phone which should take 30 seconds or so.
After it is done, a nice green circle saying DONE will pop up. You can now disconnect your phone, wait a few seconds, then power on using the power button.
All Done!!! KITKAT is now installed on your bricked phone!
Enjoy!

Hello, thanks for making this thread! Not much help out there for this phone. I started following your instructions, and immediately ran into a problem. On the step below...
taalibj01 said:
use mobile uncle from market and update recovery choose recovery.img first item at top of the list the downloaded recovery img must be in base of internal storage do not place in any folders!!!
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...I opened the Mobile Uncle app on my phone, went to update recovery option, and chose the recovery.img from my SD card. The app popped up a message that read...
Mobile Uncle said:
Please Root your Android first!!
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I just got the phone a few days ago, and it had KitKat 4.4.2 already installed from the factory. What do I need to do? Thanks!

Well I solved the problem. I downloaded Kingo Root and it successfully rooted my phone! I ran Mobile Uncle to verify, and it confirmed my root status.
My question now is, should I install the Carliv recovery, and flash bootimgADB.zip? Or, am I good to go now? I have SuperSU v2.02 installed. Thanks!
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So, I went ahead and tried to install the recovery.img using Mobile Uncle. It ran for a second, then a pop-up asked to reboot into recovery mode. I hit ok, but it rebooted into the orange and grey stock android system recovery.
So, I figured I would try to install the bootimgADB.zip from SD card, but it just comes back with installation aborted.
Any thoughts?