[Q] bootloader unlock doesn't 'register' in Nexus S - General Questions and Answers

I've spent lots of time looking through forums trying to answer/solve my issue so I hope it's not something stupid I've missed. Sorry for the trouble if it is though.
So, my issue is that I simply cannot unlock the bootloader of my Nexus S (i9020T). The phone's connecting to my computer via Samsung Android ADB Interface as seen under the Device Manager. I see the proper device ID when I type "fastboot devices" into the adb command prompt w/ phone in fastboot mode. Then, when I type "fastboot oem unlock" the phone starts the unlock verification process -- I select yes, the phone restarts, but it goes back to the stuck Google screen. Then, if I pull the battery and go into fastboot mode directly, bootloader's still locked. I've tried this quite a few times and same result -- same result trying to unlock w/ some of the toolkits here (WugFresh's NRT, m.sabra's root tool). Haven't tried Odin but from what I've read it would also require an unlocked bootloader to do anything. I've even tried a few other things like pushing recovery and bootloader images onto the phone via adb, but these also failed due to the locked bootloader.
I also cannot enable USB debugging under phone settings either b/c I now can't get past the Google logo/fastboot mode menu. Didn't think this was required to unlock bootloader though.
Background: Phone had the latest auto updated version of Android when the phone all of a sudden turned off in the middle of the night recently. Weird b/c the battery was basically full. It now always gets stuck on the Google logo upon normal restart. It goes into fastboot mode OK if I remove the battery and press power/vol. buttons -- I then first tried the restore and recovery functions there, etc, but no effect.
Any ideas? Or is the phone just dead now?
Thanks! :fingers-crossed:
Edit:
I've now tried what's described as a possible solution here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=44753413#post44753413. It didn't work since that also needs bootloader to be unlocked.
I've also tried to solve it w/ all versions of Odin. None of them detect my phone even after installing Kies w/ drivers. I think I have the required drivers though since I can command the phone fine through adb. And Odin should need bootloader unlocked to work anyway...
Edit 2:
To add, one of the first things I tried was to do a manual factory data reset in the recovery menu (selecting 'yes' to erase all data).
And I tried adb sideload of the OTA .zip file. But installation was aborted. The following appeared immediately under the regular adb sideload instruction in the system recovery menu (under "Now send the package you want to apply to the device..."):
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
file_getprop: failed to stat "/system/build.prop": No such file or directory
Installation aborted.

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[Q] Nexus s 4g locked up

Okay, first of all I know, I'm a total noob. I have followed these forums a long time and have successfully rooted a few phones. One of which was my nexus s 4g. I was trying to unroot the phone so I could get ics. This is when I ran into problems and right now I just want to be able to get my phone working again. Right now I am stuck on the Miui boot up screen and no matter how long I wait it stays on that screen. If I do a battery pull and hold down power and vol up I can get into the bootloader screen with the information as follows: fastboot mode, product name-Herring, HW Version Rev 34, Bootloader version-D720SPAKE1, Baseband version-D720SPAKE1, Carrier info, SPR, serial number-37308B81276A00EC, Lock State-locked. Then the different options I can choose are reboot bootloader, reboot, recovery, power off. If I choose reboot, it takes me back to the mius screen and stays there. If I choose recovery, I get the triangle with the exclamation point. I then hold power and up volume again and I get a screen that says Android system recovery <3e> with reboot system now, apply update from sd card wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition. I have tried all of these as well with no luck. When I go to apply update from sd card I get matrix-cfs_v15.5 zip, root.zip, update.zip and then what looks like apps such as Alarms/, Android/,MIUI?, etc. If I try to select any of the first ones such as matrix-cfs_v15.5 zip, I get Install /sdcard... , finding update package..., opening update package..., verifying update package..., E.signature verification failed, Installation aborted. Then it gives me the system recovery options again. Any help would be appreciated.
Did you try ADB fastboot method?
Not sure how to try that
I tried doing the adb, followed all directions and installed and when I go to the command prompt and type in anything, such as, adb reboot bootloader I get, adb is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.
ok I got that working now but when I type adb devices and press enter I get a message saying List of devices attached and then it doesn't show anything and I get the command prompt again saying:c:\android\android-sdk\platform-tools>
also since the phone is stuck in either the miui screen or bootloader I can't get into it to put it in usb debugging mode. I am trying on my own to get this going and am stuck any and all help would be very much appreciated.
TerryUK98 said:
Lock State-locked.
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I think that means you have a locked bootloader.
And from what you're telling, I believe you have stock recovery.
Also, when you're in fastboot mode, I don't think adb commands apply. Use fastboot commands instead (i.e. fastboot devices).
Search for guides showing you how to install and use fastboot.
I did fastboot as well and the problem I think I am having is it's not recognizing my phone because usb debugging wasn't turned on before it locked up. How would I get it to recognize my phone or download an img to my phone if it is not being recognized. Sorry if this is a stupid question.
You don't need usb debugging in fastboot mode.
You either:
1. Don't have drivers installed.
2. Don't have fastboot installed correctly.
You really need to read a guide or two, through and thoroughly.
Bc it sounds like you have no clues.
Yeah dude. Take a step back and go over what you have installed and where you installed it.Yes, fastboot commands start with fastboot instead of adb. And you're on stock recovery.
Thanks for the answer that I don't need usb debugging in fastboot mode, I wasn't sure of that. I have downloaded and installed my drivers multiple times and when I use the device manager to update drivers it says I have the latest drivers installed already. Whenever I do fastboot commands I will type in fastboot devices and shouldn't my device serial number come up? It just gives me the line c:\android\android-sdk\platform-tools>
And is waiting on me to type a command in. And yes I have been looking at guides all night. I appreciate any help you guys might have and remember we were all noobs at one time.
The zip in this tutorial should help.
It has adb, fastboot, and the drivers needed.
And unlock the bootloader because it is locked.
Finally got it, I had everything downloaded that I needed already, but looking at different forums, etc, it seemed like everyone named it something different. So I just used the one link you gave me and did it exactly the same way and it worked. Thanks so much! and again thanks for your patience.

[Q]Stuck in bootloop with deleted OS, abd not working.

Hey all,
I have a big problem with my TF700.
I wanted to root my device after unlocking the bootloader through the app, but by being dumb I managed to delete the OS in TWRP (thought it was factory reset) and now I'm in big trouble.
The only thing the tablet loads now is the TWRP 2.2.1 recovery. (TWRP came with a root-package, I didn't install it myself.)
Since I can't load an OS that is apparently deleted, I'm stuck with using the (latest) SDK to get the stock rom back on the tablet.
The problem is, it doesn't work, at all. The device is recognised by my (Win7) PC and the 'adb devices' command gives me the ID and 'recovery'.
If I try to push the ROM to the Sdcard folder (or any folder, for that matter) It gives me a "protocol error" with no other explanation.
If I try to sideload it it is stuck on "Waiting for device".
I tried the 'shell' command, just to see what that does, but it also gives me an error.
Other commands can also give the the "error: closed" message.
Since both of those commands don't work, I can't get anything on this tablet, since I can't get this version of TWRP to mount an external (micro) SDcard, the option simply isn't there.
Can anyone help me with this, of has my tablet been reduced to an expensive paperweight?
That's the problem with packages - you don't really know what's in it...
What root package did you use?
You have a very outdated recovery installed. I'm guessing here, since you didn't post your bootloader version and that's the first thing we need to know!
Can you still get into the bootloader?
Boot with Power and Volume Down buttons until you see the tiny script and post your bootloader version. Should be something like 10.6.1.....
Do NOT do anything else in recovery at this point!!!! If it is incompatible with your bootloader you could hard brick!
Once we know if you have fastboot access and what your bootloader version is, we can help you to flash the correct recovery in fastboot. With that installed it's a piece of cake to get you up and running.
But be patient! Don't do anything else you're not quite sure of!
*Update Below*
I believe the culprit was the 'Install recovery' method "Scott's Recovery install tool"
I tried a few but most didn't do anything. Every tool I tried comes from the xda forums and checked youtube videos explaining the steps.
If I boot using Volume down + power, nothing extra happens. I just see in the left hand corner "this device is unlocked", since I unlocked the bootloader using the ASUS app.
If I use the command adb reboot bootloader, it goes to TWRP 2.2.1.
Does this imply that I also deleted the bootloader?
Update: I deleted all drivers and software regarding the tablet from my PC and I installed the adb setup package from these forums and reinstalled the (universal?) driver package. This turned out to be a newer version of adb, and I actually managed to push a file to the tablet with no problems. I am reluctant to try anything else at the moment, since this whole ordeal had given me quite the scare (and the desire to learn more about this all)
Can anyone help me revive my tablet?
FooYoungHi said:
*Update Below*
I believe the culprit was the 'Install recovery' method "Scott's Recovery install tool"
I tried a few but most didn't do anything. Every tool I tried comes from the xda forums and checked youtube videos explaining the steps.
If I boot using Volume down + power, nothing extra happens. I just see in the left hand corner "this device is unlocked", since I unlocked the bootloader using the ASUS app.
If I use the command adb reboot bootloader, it goes to TWRP 2.2.1.
Does this imply that I also deleted the bootloader?
Update: I deleted all drivers and software regarding the tablet from my PC and I installed the adb setup package from these forums and reinstalled the (universal?) driver package. This turned out to be a newer version of adb, and I actually managed to push a file to the tablet with no problems. I am reluctant to try anything else at the moment, since this whole ordeal had given me quite the scare (and the desire to learn more about this all)
Can anyone help me revive my tablet?
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Ok, good - you got adb working. The adb command to boot into the bootloader is
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
Note the hyphen
Also I wonder if you pushed Power and Volume Down long enough. You should feel the tablet vibrate twice, then see some tiny script and 3 icons appear. That would be the bootloader menu and in it, you are in fastboot mode by default.
The next step would be to check if you have a fastboot connection.
The command for that is
Code:
fastboot devices
Read my guide on flashing a custom recovery and rom very carefully and follow the steps outlined to get TWRP 2.8.0.1 on your tablet.
Ask any questions you may have in that thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2688891
Edit: Sorry, forgot that we have to determine your bootloader version first. So use the button combination or the adb command to boot into it and post it. Don't worry. I don't think you did anything to the bootloader - it's not that easy to mess it up...
Unfortunately, the adb code doesn't work, with or without the hyphen. The device will reboot, but will return to TWRP.
I've held down the Volume down+power button for more than a minute witout result. The device will just reboot after a while for as long as I'm holding it. I do see the screen flicker for a second.
I've also noticed, that after I push a file to the tablet, that after a reboot it loses the data I just moved.
After booting TWRP, when I look in the command line of TWRP, it tells me that it can't mount the 'system' , 'data' and 'cache' forders. (tw_mount)
And it specifically mentions (multiple times) that the /data folder failed to mount, giving the message "No such file or directory"
It seems I really managed to F'ed it up good...
My "force-boot-to-bootloader" kernel module might help you unbrick. Read this guide very carefully before you do anything:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/transformer-tf700/help/guide-t2853546
You people are my new heroes!
The last guide did the trick. The stock firmware is installed and I'm currently updating and installing all the apps.
Thank you all só much, you really saved me a ton of frustration.

Phone is Cycling between Bootloader Unlocked Screen and Motorola Sp

I just tried rooting my phone. The phone is cycling back and forth between the bootloader is unlocked screen and the Motorola splash screen.
To repeat some steps from a prior post.
My phone had QPR30.80-58-3 .
I downloaded that ROM and extracted the boot.img file.
I downloaded the latest Magisk Manager and installed it on my phone.
I ran through the patching process for boot.img.
I requested an unlock code from Motorola and unlocked the bootloader.
I flashed the patched boot image which patched partition b.
I flashed the patched boot image to partition a.
I rebooted which began the cycle.
I tried holding down the power button but it returns to the cycle.
I can get back to the bootloader with the Volume Down and Power buttons.
Any suggestions on what could get me back to a functioning phone, rooted or not rooted?
I would confirm the version of the boot image you flashed matches the version of the installed rom. You could also try to flash the unpatched / original boot.img to see if that gets you booting again.
dafunk60 said:
I would confirm the version of the boot image you flashed matches the version of the installed rom. You could also try to flash the unpatched / original boot.img to see if that gets you booting again.
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I checked that the image I patched was from the QPR30.80-58-3 ROM which matched the level after the phone was updated.
I flashed that original boot image which flashed partition a and then rebooted. I did not flash partition b.
It first came up with the unlock warning screen. It sat on the Motorola splash screen for a noticeable amount of time followed by a yellow screen with a circle around the Motorola symbol. Finally it ended up on a blue Hello there screen with a yellow start button.
This screen was unresponsive. Eventually through various cyclings through all this I ended up on a screen that said Android could not boot and gave me an option of a factory reset. I did that but it did not help getting past the Hi there screen.
I went back and flashed the QPR30.80_58 image on both partitions a and b. This got me back to setting up the phone again. The phone is at QPR30.80_58. I am considering just rooting at this level.
So I tried patching the original QPR30.80_58 boot image. I did notice that it appeared the phone had automatically staged the QPRS30.80_58_3 update. I proceeded in (false) hopes that I could stop that.
It flashed the b partition. Ended up stuck in the bootloader unlock loop. I flashed the a partition but no change.
Previously I had ended up on a recovery screen automatically after some time. I could not force this to happen.
I tried flashing the original unpatched boot image but would end up on a non-functioning Hello there screen.
I tried adb recovery and adb shell but came back with device unauthorized.
I tried following some instructions on using fastboot erase userdata and fastboot erase cache. No change.
I finally found out that the Recovery menu was option off the bootloader screen. However, that came up with No command.
Lenovo Rescue did not want to recognize my XT2043-4 device.
I flashed the unpatched retail QPRS30.80_58_3 boot image to both a and b partitions. That got me back to a functioning phone. After getting through the login and setup steps I did find that it was at QPRS30.80_58_3.
Out of curiosity, I tried Lenovo Rescue again. I received a "Failed to match connected device. Reconnect device, then try again." which did not work.
Now I am at a loss.
DougPeterson said:
So I tried patching the original QPR30.80_58 boot image. I did notice that it appeared the phone had automatically staged the QPRS30.80_58_3 update. I proceeded in (false) hopes that I could stop that.
It flashed the b partition. Ended up stuck in the bootloader unlock loop. I flashed the a partition but no change.
Previously I had ended up on a recovery screen automatically after some time. I could not force this to happen.
I tried flashing the original unpatched boot image but would end up on a non-functioning Hello there screen.
I tried adb recovery and adb shell but came back with device unauthorized.
I tried following some instructions on using fastboot erase userdata and fastboot erase cache. No change.
I finally found out that the Recovery menu was option off the bootloader screen. However, that came up with No command.
Lenovo Rescue did not want to recognize my XT2043-4 device.
I flashed the unpatched retail QPRS30.80_58_3 boot image to both a and b partitions. That got me back to a functioning phone. After getting through the login and setup steps I did find that it was at QPRS30.80_58_3.
Out of curiosity, I tried Lenovo Rescue again. I received a "Failed to match connected device. Reconnect device, then try again." which did not work.
Now I am at a loss.
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Happy to hear you have a working phone again! The lack of touchscreen response & the stuck at the hello screen issues are what others have reported when they used a boot image from a different version than on the phone. I suspect that something got confused between the version & slot somewhere along the way. As far as the Lenovo Rescue software not seeing the phone, it's communicating via ADB. If I recall correctly I needed to reauthorize the PC to connect via ADB after updating from 30.80-58 to 30.80-58-3. When I connect the phone via USB there's a popup on the phone asking to authorize the PC. Can you connect via ADB in the command line? If yes, you may want to reinstall the Lenovo software. If no, I would troubleshoot the ADB connection.
I originally rooted the 30.80-58 version. When 30.80-58-3 was released all I did was flash the unpatched boot.img, took the update OTA, let it reboot, then flash a patched boot.img from 30.80-58-3. All worked as expected, user data was intact.
dafunk60 said:
Happy to hear you have a working phone again! The lack of touchscreen response & the stuck at the hello screen issues are what others have reported when they used a boot image from a different version than on the phone. I suspect that something got confused between the version & slot somewhere along the way. As far as the Lenovo Rescue software not seeing the phone, it's communicating via ADB. If I recall correctly I needed to reauthorize the PC to connect via ADB after updating from 30.80-58 to 30.80-58-3. When I connect the phone via USB there's a popup on the phone asking to authorize the PC. Can you connect via ADB in the command line? If yes, you may want to reinstall the Lenovo software. If no, I would troubleshoot the ADB connection.
I originally rooted the 30.80-58 version. When 30.80-58-3 was released all I did was flash the unpatched boot.img, took the update OTA, let it reboot, then flash a patched boot.img from 30.80-58-3. All worked as expected, user data was intact.
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I double checked that I had USB debugging set, given I have reset a couple of times. I revoked all USB access and reinstalled the Rescue app. I still get the Failed to match connected devices error.
fastboot device will list the phone.
adb devices or adb devices -l does not list anything and adb shell says no devices/emulators found.
If I try to get into recovery mode I get a No command screen. I have been trying to take notes on what I did but there have been gaps in all the fiddling. I may have only flashed one partition the last time I tried putting back a stock boot image.
For USB drivers I downloaded the latest from Motorola. Was that sufficient for this?
DougPeterson said:
I double checked that I had USB debugging set, given I have reset a couple of times. I revoked all USB access and reinstalled the Rescue app. I still get the Failed to match connected devices error.
fastboot device will list the phone.
adb devices or adb devices -l does not list anything and adb shell says no devices/emulators found.
If I try to get into recovery mode I get a No command screen. I have been trying to take notes on what I did but there have been gaps in all the fiddling. I may have only flashed one partition the last time I tried putting back a stock boot image.
For USB drivers I downloaded the latest from Motorola. Was that sufficient for this?
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If you want to get into recovery, boot into the bootloader than do
Code:
fastboot reboot fastboot
That'll boot you into fastbootd which has an option to go to the real recovery
DougPeterson said:
I double checked that I had USB debugging set, given I have reset a couple of times. I revoked all USB access and reinstalled the Rescue app. I still get the Failed to match connected devices error.
fastboot device will list the phone.
adb devices or adb devices -l does not list anything and adb shell says no devices/emulators found.
If I try to get into recovery mode I get a No command screen. I have been trying to take notes on what I did but there have been gaps in all the fiddling. I may have only flashed one partition the last time I tried putting back a stock boot image.
For USB drivers I downloaded the latest from Motorola. Was that sufficient for this?
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If adb isn't showing any devices connected that would explain why the rescue software cannot find your phone. Perhaps you don't have the correct driver installed. Windows Device Manager shows the phone as a Motorola ADB Device on my PC.
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Another possibility is that you have multiple versions of adb on your PC. Older versions won't work but the adb.exe in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Rescue and Smart Assistant" works for sure. With your phone booted into android & unlocked, plug it into your PC. Do you see the "USB debugging connected" on the phone? If you don't I would re-check that USB debugging is enabled. If you do see the debugging notification, on your PC, open a command prompt and navigate to "C:\Program Files (x86)\Rescue and Smart Assistant". Run
Code:
adb devices
Does adb find your phone?

Can't boot

I went through the process of using Smali and Magisk on my phone. Everything was good. Since I was doing this for PoGo, I decided to "clean-up" by disabling some of the settings. I turned off OEM unlocking, reboot the phone in to the bootloader and did a adb flashing lock. I rebooted the phone and not get the error "Can't find a valid operating system". I can boot in to the bootloader with the power button + down volume but I can't unlock the bootloader with ADB and fastboot.
Am I screwed?
I'm also not able to boot in to recovery. I also get the error "Can't find valid operation system"
Well probably too late to reply.
I'm not an expert, i'm newbee but when i installed my custom rom i met some problems to reboot. I solved them by re-installing firm operating system. You can do it by connecting your device with a good usb cable and go to google website : android flash tool
This will reinstall a new an clean system (but erase your data if not saved before).
After that you can install a custom rom from the begining.

Question Rebooting error after flashing firmware with Odin

Hello everyone,
I need some help with the following situation:
Using Odin I successfully flashed my Galaxy A32 5G with Android 13 (as indicated by the green PASS in Odin).
When the phone tries to reboot, I get the dreaded error message, "Can't load Android system. Your data may be corrupt....."
On my PC I issued the command, >adb devices, but no devices were found.
This is probably because I did not enable USB debugging, when the phone was still working.
I'm trying to avoid doing a factory reset, because I don't want all my data wiped.
According to the following article, you can flash an OTA file using "adb sideload" command, even without enabling USB debugging.
However, everything else I've read says that adb commands work only when USB debugging is enabled.
Fix “Can’t Load Android System Your Data May Be Corrupt” Without Reset​https://www.droidwin.com/fix-cant-load-android-system-your-data-may-be-corrupt-without-reset/
Can someone perhaps clarify whether or not USB debugging is required for using adb commands?
Thank you very much,
Peter
plee12 said:
Hello everyone,
I need some help with the following situation:
Using Odin I successfully flashed my Galaxy A32 5G with Android 13 (as indicated by the green PASS in Odin).
When the phone tries to reboot, I get the dreaded error message, "Can't load Android system. Your data may be corrupt....."
On my PC I issued the command, >adb devices, but no devices were found.
This is probably because I did not enable USB debugging, when the phone was still working.
I'm trying to avoid doing a factory reset, because I don't want all my data wiped.
According to the following article, you can flash an OTA file using "adb sideload" command, even without enabling USB debugging.
However, everything else I've read says that adb commands work only when USB debugging is enabled.
Fix “Can’t Load Android System Your Data May Be Corrupt” Without Reset​https://www.droidwin.com/fix-cant-load-android-system-your-data-may-be-corrupt-without-reset/
Can someone perhaps clarify whether or not USB debugging is required for using adb commands?
Thank you very much,
Peter
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I think, In stock recovery only the adb sideload command works so it don't need USB Debugging to be turned ON.
aiSanaul said:
I think, In stock recovery only the adb sideload command works so it don't need USB Debugging to be turned ON.
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Thanks for your input. Encouraged by your input, I read the article again and realized that I have to put the phone in sideload mode first.
So, I went back to the stock recovery mode and selected the menu item, "Apply update from ADB". Then I see the message on the phone, "Now send the package you want to apply....with adb sideload <filename>". Now that I thought the phone was in sideload mode, on the PC I entered ">adb devices". This time it recognized the device and displayed the device name. However, it also displayed the word, "unauthorized", after the device name. According to the article, if sideload is properly entered, it should display the word, "sideload".
Anyway I tried entering ">adb sideload update.zip", and I got the error message, "device unauthorized".
So, any idea how to get the phone to be authorized?
If this is not possible, I was thinking of replacing the stock recovery with a custom recovery like TWRP. This way I can at least back up all my data first before doing a factory reset. However, I believe installing TWRP requires the bootloader to be unlocked, which automatically wipes all data. So, this defeats the purpose of installing TWRP in the first place
Is there some trick to install TWRP without unlocking the bootloader?
Thank you
plee12 said:
Thanks for your input. Encouraged by your input, I read the article again and realized that I have to put the phone in sideload mode first.
So, I went back to the stock recovery mode and selected the menu item, "Apply update from ADB". Then I see the message on the phone, "Now send the package you want to apply....with adb sideload <filename>". Now that I thought the phone was in sideload mode, on the PC I entered ">adb devices". This time it recognized the device and displayed the device name. However, it also displayed the word, "unauthorized", after the device name. According to the article, if sideload is properly entered, it should display the word, "sideload".
Anyway I tried entering ">adb sideload update.zip", and I got the error message, "device unauthorized".
So, any idea how to get the phone to be authorized?
If this is not possible, I was thinking of replacing the stock recovery with a custom recovery like TWRP. This way I can at least back up all my data first before doing a factory reset. However, I believe installing TWRP requires the bootloader to be unlocked, which automatically wipes all data. So, this defeats the purpose of installing TWRP in the first place
Is there some trick to install TWRP without unlocking the bootloader?
Thank you
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As you already know this is not possible without unlocking bootloader, I will explain further more to make it easy to understand.
If you don't unlock your bootloader and try flashing TWRP on your phone using ODIN Flash Tool then maybe your phone get into an veification error and your phone will end up in a softbrick. You can repair your phone by flashing your phone's stock firmware using ODIN Flash Tool, eventually you will wnd up loosing all your data.
Also unlocking bootloader in Samsung devices is so easy by turning OEM Unlocking in Developer options, but you don't seem to have access to your phone.
An Unlocked Bootloader is the PASS, which allows you to do custom thing to your phone. So without it, this won't work, maybe that is why you got that error “Can’t Load Android System Your Data May Be Corrupt”.
ALTERNATIVELY you can try flashing your phone's OLD original Stock Firmware using ODIN Flash Tool and see what happens. You can also try flashing TWRP through ODIN Flash Tool. Only flash OFFICIAL TWRP made for your device (if any), otherwise you don't have options I guess.
also Why didn't you Unlocked Bootloader before flashing a custom rom? because of warranty?
aiSanaul said:
As you already know this is not possible without unlocking bootloader, I will explain further more to make it easy to understand.
If you don't unlock your bootloader and try flashing TWRP on your phone using ODIN Flash Tool then maybe your phone get into an veification error and your phone will end up in a softbrick. You can repair your phone by flashing your phone's stock firmware using ODIN Flash Tool, eventually you will wnd up loosing all your data.
Also unlocking bootloader in Samsung devices is so easy by turning OEM Unlocking in Developer options, but you don't seem to have access to your phone.
An Unlocked Bootloader is the PASS, which allows you to do custom thing to your phone. So without it, this won't work, maybe that is why you got that error “Can’t Load Android System Your Data May Be Corrupt”.
ALTERNATIVELY you can try flashing your phone's OLD original Stock Firmware using ODIN Flash Tool and see what happens. You can also try flashing TWRP through ODIN Flash Tool. Only flash OFFICIAL TWRP made for your device (if any), otherwise you don't have options I guess.
also Why didn't you Unlocked Bootloader before flashing a custom rom? because of warranty?
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Thanks very much for your detailed explanations and for your continued support.
Let me answer your question first about why I didn't unlock the bootloader before flashing a custom ROM. Let me backtrack and explain how this problem came about in the first place. My phone was doing an automatic system update two weeks ago (Android 13). After downloading and installing, it tried to boot up. That's when it got stuck in an infinite rebooting loop. At that point, I had no way to change any settings on the phone.
Also, to clear up any confusion, I was not trying to flash a custom ROM. I was simply trying to flash the stock ROM (Android 13), supposedly the same firmware version as the OTA that broke my phone after the automatic system update. I was thinking that perhaps there was an internet glitch during the automatic system update process, which corrupted the OS. So, I was just trying to re-install the same version as the OTA to see if that would solve the problem.
I had also thought about flashing the original version that came with the device (Android 11). But, I think I read somewhere that either Samsung phones do not allow the user to downgrade, or even if it does allow you do so, the downgrading process will wipe out the existing data on the phone. Perhaps you can confirm that or not?
In the meantime, as you suggested, I will look into how to flash TWRP.
Thank you

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