Hi all,
Firstly i hv learned a lot from xda developers and been coming to these forums for over a year now, but this is my first time posting here so apologies if my question is in the wrong section, guide me to the right forum and i will move to it.
I recently bought a used Pantech Sky Vega A800s, very nice device for its cheap price imo
but i have been having some problems with my phone.
the first is that battery drains very fast, but i figured it could just be a degraded battery so i chose to ignore it for now.
i was aware of korean phones sms limit problem (80 character limit) so after buying my phone i started searching for its soloution and came across various guides including installing 3rd party sms apps and rooting the phone to replace original sms app.
3rd party apps didnt work for me so i chose to go with rooting method.
now the real problem began,
i followed tons of guides and used many tools to root my phone but none of them worked for me, the process would finish but phone will always restart with normal unrooted os.
finally i was able to root my phone using a desktop pc app called VROOT.
now i tried to install CWM on this phone but after trying several methods and using many tools still i am unable to do it.
so far i have tried,
> using automated CWM batch scripts (from official Sky A800s forums/XDA threads)
> manually using FASTBOOT FLASH RECOVERY RECOVERY.IMG in fastboot mode
> trying FASTBOOT OEM UNLOCK and repeating above steps
here is what happens every time, (doesnt matter which of the above methods i use)
Phone reboots to fastboot if not already in fastboot
cmd window shows successful writing of recovery image
cmd window shows reebooting to recovery mode
now the phone reboots, screen turns black-ish for a few seconds, then it reboots again the logo shows up a couple of times and then it continues on with normal boot process into the stock os.
i have been digging around the internet for a soloution and so far i have found no soloution.
according to my understanding, all the tools and scripts i found on the internet were either for stock rom 2.3 or 4.0.4
while my phone is updated to stock 4.1.2 via official update, so maybe this is the reason i was unable to root my phone the regular way in the first place and i had to resort to using VROOT.
now maybe 4.1.2 is the reason i cant install/boot into CWM.
i really need recovery on this phone bcz i want to flash the MIUI V5 rom for sky a800s
also there is another major problem i which i think might get solved by installing a custom rom,
problem is that my phone sometimes will work fine for hours with normal texting and calls, but randomly sometimes it will crash upon recieving a sms with this mesage "YOUR PHONE WILL RESTART DUE TO AN ERROR WHILE RUNNING APPLICATION. PLEASE DO NOT REMOVE THE BATTERY TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO YOUR PHONE"
then phone restarts but immediately upon entering the OS it crashes again with same message. this continues untill i remove the SIM CARD from phone, leave it out for an hour or more (meanwhile the phone runs fine without sim), after sometime i can put the sim back in and it works fine now.
i have observe this happens randomly upon receiving a text message.
another thread on xda developer said to wipe data and wipe cache (reset ro factory) will solve this but it didnt work for me
thank you for being patient enough to read through my post
i just wanted to include all about my problem and all i have tried to solve it so far so you people can help me better with my problem.
any help with getting CWM working or solving the SMS CRASH problem is needed.
anyone!
bump!
so nobody will reply and i cant post my prob to official pantech sky thread bcz i hv less than 10 posts
I guess i will just have to make 10 posts to be able to get help from the official pantech sky thread then,
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divergent asyssli >> stupid captcha
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off to official pantech thread now
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Hello to everyone and I hope somebody will help me with my problem. First of all, I bought this nice phone 2 months ago. It was branded and, of course, one by one, I did the followings: unlock, root, install CWM( first 4.0.0.9, after 5.0.1.4 and finally 5.0.2.0). After that, because the software of LG is not so successful, I stepped forward(very fast, after 2-3 days) and installed different custom roms.
Everything was fine with my phone (except those random reboots), but few days ago I got the first force closes of some applications. Directly I applied those 3 resets from recovery and surprise, after booting, the phone was like before, all apps inside, nothing changed. After I tried again factory reset, even with code 3845#*920# and is much worst, the phone is not rebooting now from recovery mode. What is strange, the phone is operational in some way, some apps are still working, but if I stress the phone little more, I get a lot of force closes and I have to switch it off-on. Same, if I try to uninstall or to install apps force closes are coming. I connected the phone to computer, everything seems to be ok, I copied roms for flushing with CWM, but again surprise, those roms are not on sdcard of the phone, in fact I can't copy or delete nothing on sd-card. I tried to install a rom from an external card, nothing, anything I am doing, the phone going to the initial configuration which was when I got problems. I tried even to flash kdz or bin through Win XP or Win 7, nothing, I saw that the phone is stucking when starting installation of the rom itself.
So, I am ready to send the phone to LG, I suspect allready a problem of hardware. But my hope is that somebody of you which doesn't have secrets in Android and LG phones can give me a sollution.Thank you in advance! And scuze please my english.
Luckgav said:
Hello to everyone and I hope somebody will help me with my problem. First of all, I bought this nice phone 2 months ago. It was branded and, of course, one by one, I did the followings: unlock, root, install CWM( first 4.0.0.9, after 5.0.1.4 and finally 5.0.2.0). After that, because the software of LG is not so successful, I stepped forward(very fast, after 2-3 days) and installed different custom roms.
Everything was fine with my phone (except those random reboots), but few days ago I got the first force closes of some applications. Directly I applied those 3 resets from recovery and surprise, after booting, the phone was like before, all apps inside, nothing changed. After I tried again factory reset, even with code 3845#*920# and is much worst, the phone is not rebooting now from recovery mode. What is strange, the phone is operational in some way, some apps are still working, but if I stress the phone little more, I get a lot of force closes and I have to switch it off-on. Same, if I try to uninstall or to install apps force closes are coming. I connected the phone to computer, everything seems to be ok, I copied roms for flushing with CWM, but again surprise, those roms are not on sdcard of the phone, in fact I can't copy or delete nothing on sd-card. I tried to install a rom from an external card, nothing, anything I am doing, the phone going to the initial configuration which was when I got problems. I tried even to flash kdz or bin through Win XP or Win 7, nothing, I saw that the phone is stucking when starting installation of the rom itself.
So, I am ready to send the phone to LG, I suspect allready a problem of hardware. But my hope is that somebody of you which doesn't have secrets in Android and LG phones can give me a sollution.Thank you in advance! And scuze please my english.
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Run,run, as fast as you can. Run to lg and shove it up their ass....
Where to start...
First, as a disclaimer, I may use language or terms that sound noobish. I have rooted and run custom ROMs on several devices in the past, however generally when I get a ROM I like I stick with it, so I'm not constantly tinkering. I've done my best to search and find solutions so please go easy on me.
17 days ago I was running stock 4.3 on my SGNII when the battery died. Upon charging I found I was stuck in bootloop and had a bad /efs mount. I searched and searched and spent around 15 hours trying this and that but to no avail. I finally threw my hands in the air and got ahold of Josh at mobiletechvideos and he was able to fix the efs mount issue. However, he left me in factory mode which required me to root to get out of, and once I did this I was unable to activate data on my carrier (Ting). I was so happy to have my phone "back" though that I used it like this for 4 or 5 days. I could get on wifi and I could call and send text messages. I had been off the grid so this felt like something I'd fix fully later.
Well I kept reading and found "fix" after "fix", flashed this and that and still no dice. FINALLY, last night, I found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769 which helped immensely. I was able to get TWRP flashed by unchecking the "auto-reboot" option in Odin and pulling the battery after the update took, and via TWRP I was able to install the ROM. I booted up, the device activated, I was running 4.1.2, I made and received some calls, the birds were chirping, the air was sweet...
I had struggled for so long and I had finally achieved success! Then, for seemingly no reason at all, I accepted an OTA update which bricked my Note2. Devastation.
The current state of things...
* Cannot get past the initial "Samsung Galaxy Note 2" screen
* Cannot boot into recovery
* I CAN get into dl mode,
* but, I CANNOT successfully flash anything. TWRP will flash like it took, but upon reboot I'm not able to boot into it. I'm also able to flash a ROM but it fails when it gets to sbin, and upon rebooting I'm greeted by the screen "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
When I try to use Kies it doesn't find the device. I've installed all of the most recent drivers and I'm running Kies as administrator. I select Tools > Emergency Firmware Recovery, THEN connect my device as instructed.
I'm at the apex of frustration. I beg thee to help!!
I do not exactly know how a phone looks like when its 'Bricked' but I believe there is something very wrong with my Xolo Q800.
Just a week back, a couple of applications stopped working. I restarted and since then its been restarting if I open any application. The OS has freezed itself into the state it was at 2pm on Tuesday 9th December. All I can do is receive calls and sometimes even dial them. Once I restart it says one by one all the Google background processes stop working. At times while receiving calls, the dailer UI goes away, and then it restarts and freezes to Boot Animation, so I have to remove the battery and then start again.
I tried wiping it completely from TWRP recovery that is already installed. Didnt work. Tried formatting by going into the settings inside the OS - MIUI, that is installed. It will restart but would come back to same state as it was at 2pm Tuesday 9th.
I tried using the following links, followed the exact process to unbrick and install the real OS, still it would come back to the same state as it was on 2pm Tuesday 9th.
Not to mention I did use 'Run as Administrator' while using SP Tools.
Link 1 : http://www.blog-android.com/uncatego...ick-your-xolo/
Link 2 : http://xoloq800roms.blogspot.in/2013...446gionee.html
Link 3 : http://androidxda.com/flash-stock-ro...one-flash-tool
Link 4 : http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2650125
Link 5 : https://docs.google.com/a/nid.edu/fi...Qk0/edit?pli=1
and a couple of more links, which I cant find now.
I'm really desperate now to make it work.
Really in need of help.
Hi,
You can try flashing any rom again from twrp, or the stock firmware. If it's always the same, it could be a hardware issue. I can't find anything relevant on XDA for your device and issue, so for further help, you will need to ask here,
> Android Development and Hacking > Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Good luck!
Thanks for your reply.
I have tried multiple custom roms to flash, but nothing helped, nothing changed. I even tried installing CWM recovery http://xoloq800roms.blogspot.in/2013/10/unrooting-and-flashing-stock-rom-and.html
Nothing helped, nothing changed. Its still on that same state and would restart if I would try use applications.
Perhaps if you ask in the section I linked, someone will have an idea.
But again, could be hardware... Especially since a full wipe of the system doesn't correct it.
hello,my problem with nexus 5 (full stock no root no custom recovery no custom rom) started about 4 days ago when i was charging my fone it turned off so i tried just turning it on. It stopped at google logo and wasnt going anywhere so i searched the web a little and i saw someone with same problem i tried factory reset from recovery it just said cant mount memory or something like that and then my recovery just disapiered so i thought well **** and left it there. Yesterday i tried to unlock bootloader with adb tools i was suprised because the device was unbricked of caurse without all my files . Everything was good so i tried installing custom recovery and root it ,all went smooth no bricking or anything, until today at work it started freezing and only restart was helping .About third time it did the same thing as before even my backup file went missing only thing i got is bootloader and twrp even connecting it to pc in recovery mode shows no folders no files no system and adb cant see my device . Please help sory for my bad english and long post i just wanted to sum up the whole problem
Hello everyone, I have lots of issues with this tablet since I bought it. It works painfully slow, yet resetting it doesn't change anything, still the same problem. I also tried to root it via Kingroot and it werk, however it took me lot of time due to the system being unresponsive / unstable and almost useless. It comes with android 4.0.3 and I also tried looking up for any possibilites to reinstall the firmware since I'm extremely sure it could be caused from the firmware it also got installed from the factory. I also tried searching for custom roms and other ways around for TWRP or any custom recovery, but no result. I also tried up with the Flashify app to try extracting / backing up / dumping the recovery and the kernel but the app freezes up. I also tried a possibility to update the firmware from their official page, hence it failed to do so since it gives an error in their flashing software that dosen't tell me nor it logs it what it could be caused up from the connecting part.
primux.es/producto/tablets/tablet-primux-siroco-2-101/189
(not sure if anyone understands spanish thought but I can translate if needed)
This is the page from where I tried to download and install their software and their firmware down below on the page. primuxcomputers.es/primux/siroco2upgrade.pdf
There are the instructions where I tried to follow but at the "Imagen 9: Icono" part got me stuck in there. It requests me to insert the cable in the tablet holding the "Home" button and while holding it, plugging in the USB cable throught PC, and tap quickly the "Power" button 3 times. However it gives me a red X icon and yet nothing shows up in the devices: No ID, no other kind of detection no logs no nothing. After it showed up the X on the status, it disconnects itself and it changes to ready / green icon and plugs itself in again but nothing really happens to detect it again thought.
I also tried to boot in recovery mode but nothing happens menawhile Flashify keeps on the rebooting in recovery mode in loop doing nothing else... I'm seriously in pain with this tablet. And if you ask me to return it, not gonna even bother doing that..
I seriously hope any answer very soon and don't get dissapointed by the ignorance of this topic..