Is my device bricked? - General Questions and Answers

Hello, guys!
Basically, my rooted device apparently got a virus (not sure), so I did a factory reset. Now I can't get past the setup wizard because it stops unexpectedly. I tried using a custom ROM (I'm on 2.3), and it fails the signature verification.
So, the only approach for me to take seems to be installing CWM or ROM manager or anything else directly into my phone via my PC. Don't know how to do that, though. I can't access or do anything in my phone, so whatever needs to be done needs to be done via my PC, probably.
I'm using an Alcatel One Touch 985.
Thanks in advance!
Note: Installing a fresh copy of the setup wizard would be the easiest fix of all, or even the stock Android ROM. Once I get my phone working in its basic form, everything else becomes much easier to do.

If your phone still boots in either recovery or download mode, then its not bricked
If you have a custom recovery, you can flash your custom rom. If you don't, you can flash a stock ROM
Hope this helps

Basically, my rooted device apparently got a virus (not sure), so I did a factory reset. Now I can't get past the setup wizard because it stops unexpectedly. I tried using a custom ROM (I'm on 2.3), and it fails the signature verification.
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what that is its most likely the rom you downloaded is for a different phone, are you sure it was your phone specificly? check model no. if not theres a option in CWM to uncheck signature verification and it will sorta force flash what you wanted to flash.
If your phone still boots in either recovery or download mode, then its not bricked
If you have a custom recovery, you can flash your custom rom. If you don't, you can flash a stock ROM
Hope this helps
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Read the Question before posting stupid Answers, this shows that you didnt even read it...

I can still enter recovery mode, yes.
This all happened while using the ROM the phone came with.
I've tried with what seems to be the only compatible ROM for my phone, and also with other 2.3 ROMs. The problem regarding the ROM issue seems to be that the phone's boot loader isn't unlocked.
I know CWM can fix the signature problem, but how do I get it into the phone in the first place? That's the real issue.
Edit: I've tried unblocking the boot loader with the help of a tutorial online, but I believe I'm missing a step. Ideally this fix should be attempted after I know for sure there's no way to simply install an apk directly into the phone through my PC.

Klowdz said:
I can still enter recovery mode, yes.
This all happened while using the ROM the phone came with.
I've tried with what seems to be the only compatible ROM for my phone, and also with other 2.3 ROMs. The problem regarding the ROM issue seems to be that the phone's boot loader isn't unlocked.
I know CWM can fix the signature problem, but how do I get it into the phone in the first place? That's the real issue.
Edit: I've tried unblocking the boot loader with the help of a tutorial online, but I believe I'm missing a step. Ideally this fix should be attempted after I know for sure there's no way to simply install an apk directly into the phone through my PC.
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have you tired factory reseting it again? the setup wizard crash is really werid at a stock rom.

I have. Same result.
Perhaps I deleted some file needed for the wizard to function properly.
I don't mind flashing a new ROM into the phone, or do whatever else in order for it to work properly.

Klowdz said:
Hello, guys!
Basically, my rooted device apparently got a virus (not sure), so I did a factory reset. Now I can't get past the setup wizard because it stops unexpectedly. I tried using a custom ROM (I'm on 2.3), and it fails the signature verification.
So, the only approach for me to take seems to be installing CWM or ROM manager or anything else directly into my phone via my PC. Don't know how to do that, though. I can't access or do anything in my phone, so whatever needs to be done needs to be done via my PC, probably.
I'm using an Alcatel One Touch 985.
Thanks in advance!
Note: Installing a fresh copy of the setup wizard would be the easiest fix of all, or even the stock Android ROM. Once I get my phone working in its basic form, everything else becomes much easier to do.
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Try installing the ROM again, doing the correct wipe. After installing the ROM give the fix permission option.

In what novel way should I do that? I've tried the regular way, as mentioned above, and nothing.

Klowdz said:
In what novel way should I do that? I've tried the regular way, as mentioned above, and nothing.
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If phone boots, is rooted and setup wizard stops just remove setup wizard app via adb.
Code:
adb shell rm /system/app/<name-of-setup-wizard-app>.apk
Cheers,
AJ

How do I do that? I have the SDK and everything installed, but that's it.

Klowdz said:
How do I do that? I have the SDK and everything installed, but that's it.
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Following steps are for Windows PC
U need to find a file called adb in the folder of SDK
I use an older version of SDK and it's in folder named 'platform-tools'
Open the folder which contains this file
Then u need to open command prompt window there
( Do that by holding shift while right clicking in the folder then select 'open command window here' option)
Then u can type the following code
in the window.
Abhinav2 said:
adb shell rm /system/app/<name of setup wizard>.apk
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Sent from my GT-I9000

It says it's a read-only file system.

Maybe It only works if your phone is rooted
If u r rooted U can try adding su command before it
su adb shell rm /system/app/<name of setup wizard>.apk
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Sent from my GT-I9000

"Su" isn't recognized, but I clearly have it since whenever I try to access adb shell it asks me for permission (not for this task, but for another).
Wouldn't it be simpler to just install the setup wizard again? The problem is where to find that .apk.

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HELP!! No Android Recovery option

Hey Everyone,
Im new to android, and having a small issue, I am attempting to root my wifi xoom, I get up to the part where its time to select android recovery so that I can select the root zip, however when I use the volume down key to scroll the options the only 3 available are NVflash, RSD and Fastboot, theres no android recovery option I have searched the forums and googled it, but I seem to be the only one with this issue, my xoom is running 3.1 and bought in Aus, dont know if this makes a difference? any help would be greatly appreciated, I have got an OTG cable and would like to mount my external HDD so I need to get it rooted. Should probably mention I have unlocked it too.
Cheers
ha i just posted a thread with exactly the same issue. Hopefully one of us will get an answer!
djleez82 said:
ha i just posted a thread with exactly the same issue. Hopefully one of us will get an answer!
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Your post was already answered in the General section. No need to post twice.
The answer did not fix my problem however. Still stuck at the same place as before just like terreboo. Possibly theres an issue with this type of xoom? I bought mine in australia as well. According to my about tablet info it says this:
Firmware Configuration Version: GAS_ASIA_UCAHUBLWFRTIRD_P006 so im assuming this is an asian tab? Just wondering terreboo what does yours say under firmware configuration?
yeah sorry didnt mean to post it in the general section, I alerted it to the mods to delete they just havent got around to it yet, yeah mate I have the same version as you, although I doubt this is the reason, we cant be the only two in Aus trying to root them? I think the problem probably lies else where, it has been suggested I'm getting the timing wrong, so I'll try again and post back my progress or lack of.
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I have tried it 10+ times now, I'm confident its not the timing of pressing the down key on reboot having varied the length of time everytime I tried, possibly its because of the firmware version? Im at a loss, I have followed the instructions of the root guide to the letter and seem to be one of the only ones with this problem!
this is the guide im using
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078019
Same problem here!
I have the same problem guys.. Any solution?? The developers some help??
Im using the same guide btw....
I've freaked out im trying this for 8 hours now and no results....
im having a similar problem that my factory reset is corrupt or something because it doesnt actually DO anything.
I did the long root method as opposed to the supposedly easier method and thank heavens I got through it unharmed. I was ****ting my pants the whole way through. I wish I were more savvy with this so I can offer help. If I were u guys I would PM the devs from TIAMAT. They are probably the most knowledgeable ppl here to ask.
solution
OK guys i have a solution a guy from #xoom channel told me to write in windows command line
abd recovery reboot
And it worked!
I'm currently posting this from my costum rommed xoom
DrGreem said:
OK guys i have a solution a guy from #xoom channel told me to write in windows command line
abd recovery reboot
And it worked!
I'm currently posting this from my costum rommed xoom
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Would that be adb recovery reboot? Can you give more information?
assuming you have adb setup on your computer already. Plug your xoom into your comp and make sure its in debug mode. Settings-applications-development. Open a command prompt and type in "adb reboot recovery" without quotes. Your device will then reboot into recovery mode.
I will say I'm having the same issue. I flash the new recovery and I don't see it in the menu. I'm running a US wifi xoom.
okantomi said:
Would that be adb recovery reboot? Can you give more information?
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Yes that's right. I followed the guide and i waited 3 seconds but i never had the option 'android recovery so i turned on the device and this guy told me to run this command from cmd.
So after that xoom rebooted into clockwork recovery state and i flashed thecostum rom.
According to the guide that were using, if you allow the xoom to boot fully into honeycomb it reinstalls the stock recovery, and you need to redo the process all over. Also, you need to be in honeycomb to use the ADB command, if your in fastboot it won't detect the xoom. This did not work for me. Anyone else try it?
no luck for me here either. I can flash recovery successfully (according to the prompt) no problems there. I just have the exact same trouble booting into it as above.
Vol Down key combo doesn't work and if you leave the OS to boot straight after install, CWM is replaced by stock recovery. No fun at all.
Any further news or suggestions on this?
autodc5 said:
im having a similar problem that my factory reset is corrupt or something because it doesnt actually DO anything.
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Same as my Xoom, opened a thread just for it, but no one can help
much easier... download rom manager and click boot to recovery haha ...
If not rooted,
adb reboot recovery via a cmdline window works a treat _
fkofilee said:
much easier... download rom manager and click boot to recovery haha ...
If not rooted,
adb reboot recovery via a cmdline window works a treat _
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Just make sure that Rom Manager doesn't trick you into flashing a non-compatible updated recovery version.
In my experience it doesn't play well with the Xoom.
If all you want is a non manual way to boot into recovery from the OS, download Quick Boot (if rooted) or if you're already on the Tiamat Moray Rom, it's something you can choose when you press the power button on the back.
the problem is that for me and others with this issue, you can't use adb to boot recovery. If you install recovery from fastboot then boot into the regular OS without booting to recovery and rooting, the OS replaces CWM with the stock recovery. This means if you use adb or another app to reboot into recovery, you just get stock recovery which is totally useless. I can't load recovery or root using anay of the universal methods I have come accross. We need a way to boot into recovery without having it replaced with stock or another rooting method or something. Any other ideas?
aussiechris said:
the problem is that for me and others with this issue, you can't use adb to boot recovery. If you install recovery from fastboot then boot into the regular OS without booting to recovery and rooting, the OS replaces CWM with the stock recovery. This means if you use adb or another app to reboot into recovery, you just get stock recovery which is totally useless. I can't load recovery or root using anay of the universal methods I have come accross. We need a way to boot into recovery without having it replaced with stock or another rooting method or something. Any other ideas?
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Look, this is how I had to flash CWM image file- through adb,/fastboot just like you. No matter what you say, it comes down to a question of timing.
I'm not sure about everyone else with the no recovery option, but timing just isnt the issue for me. Without a lie i've tried to enter recovery over 50 times at various points, 95% of those attempts were at the 3 second mark that is stated in the xda guide we've been using. I'm aware of one other person here whos tried it MUCH more than me with exactly the same result.
However theres one thing that we could narrow it down with. Thus far the people having this issue are using the asian firmware xoom's. Could everyone else having this problem on this thread say whether or not theyre using the asian firmware too? Maybe the asian firmware can't be rooted this way?

[Q] HTC One S(ville) black screen, thats it... just a black screen, what can i do???

I was working fine, enjoying my new HTC One S with CM9 rom installed. Well the battery life wasnt the best on it, and i didnt install the custom kernel. So I looked for the custom kernel download(on my phone, not on my computer) and i found a .zip file. Well I thought that you could just download the kernel straight to my phone and open it up with "Rom Manager" which i did, it than said i needed to reboot the phone in recovery to continue the installation, so I did... it took me to recovery "to continue the installation" well than I looked away, looked backed down and it was black.... and i have tried powering up, booting into boot loader, booting into recover, and nothing... its just BLACK! nothing works, its literally useless ATM. I really messed up, is there anyway to fix this? Thanks in advanced!
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I think I accidentally flashed the kernel like i would normally flash a rom.... cause i downloaded the .zip file(directly to my phone, not using a computer), than i tapped the download and it asked me if i wanted to open it up with rom manager, so i did. and i think rom manager thought i was flashing a rom, when i wasnt, it was a kernel.... am i screwed? or is there anyway out of this?
Do you know the exact kernel you flashed--where did it come from
Some you need to extract and push
Assume you just tried to boot into bootloader thru phone buttons
Does your pc recognize your phone when plugged in, if so can you open a command window and try to access phone as in adb devices then adb reboot bootloader
assuming you are familiar with sdk adb/fastboot comands
otherwise i don't know what else to say--may be bad--sorry
Came from an XDA thread
Here is where it came from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708676 from "sun90" (half way down the page "CM9 KERNEL remix edition.zip - [Click for QR Code] (5.53 MB, 9 views) ")
i downloaded that straight to my phone and opened it up with Rom Manager, which i think the app took it as a rom, and installed it like a rom even though it was not a rom. I just tried to access it through adb, it comes up with no devices my PC does recognize it when i plug it in though...
Ive tried to get into bootloader tons of times, it just stays black... :'(
Thanks for your answer!
You flashed a galaxy s2 kernel on your one s? why would you ever think that was a smart thing to do?
Looking at the updater script in that zip it seems it wipes some partitions, the partitions on a SGS2 and the ONE S are different, so if that script accidentally wiped say the hboot partition, or some other critical-for-boot partition, you have a fully bricked phone.
For any devs that may know what partitions are what on the One S, the script wiped
mmcblk0p7, and wrote a zimage to mmcblk0p5
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Normally this is a cwm flashable zip on the Samsung Galaxy S II, which is why rom manager flashed it, as it met all the requirements, the only issue is, it was not made for the ONE S and probably overwrote some important things.
I tried for hours and hours to fix the same issue on a friend's One S (same symptoms, not same cause) to no avail. I tried QPST and telnet and a ridiculous amount of things. Had to bring it to the store and get a new one.
Good luck, but I don't believe there's anything you can do to fix it.
Just answered your question in the help thread, Didnt see this thread too !
Im afraid its not looking good, I think your best bet would be to call your provider and blame it on an OTA update.
And hope for the best
Alright, thanks for the help!
Well it looks like i bricked my phone than.... I thought that CM9 was only on the One S, so I just looked for the CM9 kernel, which obviously was for the sg2, i feel like such a dumb ass now! haha well thanks for all the help guys! ill be heading to the t-mobile store today to blame it on a OTA:]
yeah, others wont agree with what your about to do but........
just act like a complete noob, dont mention anything about software / firmware / ROMs / bootloader etc ect
just say your phone made a noise, you selected update and it died lol
good luck--I know it is heartbreaking
not sure of your situation with carrier, but you could go thru Retention if needed
Hi peeps.
i'm very new to all this but sort of know the basics
i'm running on Axiom now but tried to flash cm10 but after install i got a black screen so had to do a restore.
Today i just flashed venom and after the instal process is done, i hear the start up music but nothing on the screen.
I have had 3 other roms on my phone and never had a problem!
these are the steps i do
download rom - place on sd
put phone in recovery
reset factory
reset cache
install from sd
when it finish's reboot
blank screen.
Am i missing something?
Any help would be great and i can't post on the thread because i'm a noob with less than 10 and dont want to spam my way to the 10 :silly:
you are missing a lot, like reading the OP page and following install instructions
you missed separate flash of boot image and wiping system plus data and caches
i wipe system 3x to be safe
rugmankc said:
you are missing a lot, like reading the OP page and following install instructions
you missed separate flash of boot image and wiping system plus data and caches
i wipe system 3x to be safe
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Thanks but i think that is now the least of my problems!
I used Goomanager and installed CM10, When I did it i installed teamwin recovery. It started to do a lot of strange things, when it finally rebooted i got a load of errors "phone is not working" nearly every 10 seconds?
it will not connect via usb, i discovered the the SD was not mounted.
I tried to mount the SD but it doesnt work, so i rebooted to recovery and tried to mount there but its coming up with - error unable to mount? ive tried everything but no joy
please please help
Thanks:crying:
see if this is your situation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
can you connect phone to pc and use fastboot commands
rugmankc said:
see if this is your situation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
can you connect phone to pc and use fastboot commands
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I've got a mac
not sure what fastboot is.
I'll check out the link, and thank you very much for trying to help:good:
sorry i do know what fastboot is, yes can get in to it. but ive gone from CWM to teamwin recovery if i go in to the recovery section but that wont let me do anything because the mount. cant even load the phone up
I don't know Mac commands
My idea is to install htc drivers and set up fastboot/adb on pc--the info can be found in dev section on rooting
then open a command window and and boot into fastboot and flash a new recovery, maybe stock per the link, clear storage and try to get mounted
how did you unlock bootloader--
you will need to do alot of reading on adb/fastboot and flashing roms--first step is to have backups of rom and sdcard
since i don't the Mac commands to do fastboot, someone else will chime in at some point
you can alos go to the noob section in Q&A and resubmit your issue
someone will work you thru this, but in meantime study up on android sdk/fastboot/adb. a necessity to get out of these problems
you are not bricked, just need the info and right steps to get back on track
rugmankc said:
I don't know Mac commands
My idea is to install htc drivers and set up fastboot/adb on pc--the info can be found in dev section on rooting
then open a command window and and boot into fastboot and flash a new recovery, maybe stock per the link, clear storage and try to get mounted
how did you unlock bootloader--
you will need to do alot of reading on adb/fastboot and flashing roms--first step is to have backups of rom and sdcard
since i don't the Mac commands to do fastboot, someone else will chime in at some point
you can alos go to the noob section in Q&A and resubmit your issue
someone will work you thru this, but in meantime study up on android sdk/fastboot/adb. a necessity to get out of these problems
you are not bricked, just need the info and right steps to get back on track
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im going to use someone elses alp top with windows. i'll ytry the all in one thing because thats how i rooted it in the first place. thanks for helping it means alot
good luck on it

[Q] Lg Revolution clockwork recovery bootloop

I did a factory reset on my LG Revolution and now its stuck in a clockworkMod Recovery boot loop. I Can't put anything on my SD card because my phone doesnt show up in my computer. What can I do to fix this help please! If this is in the wrong section I'm sorry it's my first time posting.
Use adb to push files from your computer to your phone.
Could you provide a link if it's not to much trouble I don't really know what I'm looking for. Thanks.
post-mortem said:
Use adb to push files from your computer to your phone.
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Here are a few guides, pick the one you like:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=879701
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010
post-mortem said:
Here are a few guides, pick the one you like:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=879701
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=502010
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I am really sorry but i don't understand how to do any of these guides i can't download adb in the first guide because of a DNS failure. I've tried all of them and i just get so lost trying to figure out what i'm doing. I don't know if there's a way you could help me anymore but if you can't then it's okay.
I had this same problem. Am also illiterate when it comes to programming. I tried a factory reset and now it only comes up in CMR. I assumed it had uninstalled the factory and CMR interrupted it when it went to reinstall because it overrides the stock recovery mode. So I thought I was looking at a case of having no operating system on there at all and installing a ROM would help. I put the sdcard in a different phone so I could put the new ROM on there. Still doesn't work. The problem is that it appears all the ROMs need the original ROM on there to install over top of. Even after it says they are installed, it still only boots up in CMR.
Had I known rooting the phone would put CMR on there, I wouldn't have done it. I only rooted so I could do the android tether. Anybody been able to figure out his problem yet?

[Q] one+1 un-brickable? I think not...

OK, been searching for a week, obsessively, to find a fix for this. No luck.
I tried flashing the aosp ROM from official miui v5 through twrp and have been left with this.
1. Bootloader locked, Tamper bit engaged, and running stock recovery with a signature that cannot verify anything. (I mean anything, cannot even reflash the same ROM, factory signed, nothing)
2. What's this? It starts up? It can't be bricked? Oh wait why did it just reboot upon network connection? Right! Persistent has been destroyed/corrupted! Fun stuff.
3. SDD called internal? Sdd gone? Yes, yes it is. Everything has changed which is why I can't DD/ the persistent!!
4. Tried every toolkit (except the mac os one which resets tamper) and been through every internet page ever. Before i embarked upon this mission to unbrick the unbrickable id never heard of a data dump, persistant, or .tar. Now I never want to hear of them again. I have tried everything except the backdoor adb route because the Qualcomm drivers won't install on my 64bit win8.1.
If anyone, anywhere, knows how I can put back to stock, aosp, caulkins, anything, have a heart, help a man!
jpilch said:
OK, been searching for a week, obsessively, to find a fix for this. No luck.
I tried flashing the aosp ROM from official miui v5 through twrp and have been left with this.
1. Bootloader locked, Tamper bit engaged, and running stock recovery with a signature that cannot verify anything. (I mean anything, cannot even reflash the same ROM, factory signed, nothing)
2. What's this? It starts up? It can't be bricked? Oh wait why did it just reboot upon network connection? Right! Persistent has been destroyed/corrupted! Fun stuff.
3. SDD called internal? Sdd gone? Yes, yes it is. Everything has changed which is why I can't DD/ the persistent!!
4. Tried every toolkit (except the mac os one which resets tamper) and been through every internet page ever. Before i embarked upon this mission to unbrick the unbrickable id never heard of a data dump, persistant, or .tar. Now I never want to hear of them again. I have tried everything except the backdoor adb route because the Qualcomm drivers won't install on my 64bit win8.1.
If anyone, anywhere, knows how I can put back to stock, aosp, caulkins, anything, have a heart, help a man!
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This honestly is very confusing. I had to read what you wrote a couple of times to try and comprehend what the problem is.
Have you tried using fastboot without any toolkit? I ask because you haven't mentioned it anywhere. Persist can be fixed by fastbooting back to pure stock, and Mike's fix on the OnePlus forums, and/or updating to 44S.
Can you tell us what errors you get when you try to reflash the same rom? What recovery are you running? Which rom were you trying to reflash?
I have to agree with @nicholaschum, your post is very vague and confusing in its present form, and I'm a pretty seasoned troubleshooter on XDA.
What's needed? Less emotion, less comic type speech, less sarcasm, more specifics and facts.
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If I try to sideload, it says either signature failed or whole signature failed.
Anything i push does not get pushed and I have tried multiple drivers from the galaxy ones that come in the reflash.zip from the one plus tech support to the Google ones I am using now.
If I try to fastboot through toolkit it says failed, not unlocked can't flash/erase. If I fastboot through cmd it says error: closed. I do all my checks, and it shows up in fastboot and adb but won't let me send anything.
The phone boots up for about 15 in is before restarting, the only way to get files on are to drop them in explorer within these 15secs, to internal storage, which used to be my sdcard.
I have tried flashing/side loading multiple ROMs from miui, 44s, 33r all signed to caulkins and mahdi. Nothing has worked (and the aosp OTA).
I cannot unlock bootloader, cannot reset tamper, cannot load GUI for more than 15 secs, and cannot root (although kermal already says it is, I suspect su needs to be in place).
I have also tried fastboot -c boot recovery.IMG (and recovery recovery.IMG) but no luck still. Is there a PC version of the Mac toolbox that can reset tamper? At least then I could unlock bootloader and install twrp and flash.
Thanks for the help
Josh
Still sounds like a driver issue imo.
First uninstall ALL previous drivers you have tried from device manager.
Installing one driver after another often causes conflicts.
Then download the official Android SDK and install Google USB driver. Google for instructions if needed but everything is pretty much straight forward.
This driver has the biggest chance of success.
After that you're off to start fixing your phone using fastboot and adb.
OK have done this on both a 32 and 64 bit win 8.1 systems. Exact same result. Error: closed or not unlocked no flash/erase for everything fastboot, and e: can't verify signature/whole-signature e: verification failed. I tried adb explorer through adb sideload and error:closed again. Does this mean the adb protocol for accepting is closed? No idea.
I have a feeling it is something on the phone rather than computer now? Done everything on a 32 bit now and everything is the same and had no drivers previously. And just to be clear when I say stock recovery, I don't mean cwm I mean
android system recovery 3e
KTU84P. 1.2.0 dev-keys
jpilch said:
OK have done this on both a 32 and 64 bit win 8.1 systems. Exact same result. Error: closed or not unlocked no flash/erase for everything fastboot, and e: can't verify signature/whole-signature e: verification failed. I tried adb explorer through adb sideload and error:closed again. Does this mean the adb protocol for accepting is closed? No idea.
I have a feeling it is something on the phone rather than computer now? Done everything on a 32 bit now and everything is the same and had no drivers previously. And just to be clear when I say stock recovery, I don't mean cwm I mean
android system recovery 3e
KTU84P. 1.2.0 dev-keys
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For the fastboot bit, I've seen this happen a lot. Many people used this to solve their issue: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/mod-reset-unlock-tamper-bit-t2820912

Bootloop 2013 Moto G Boost Mobile XT1031 8GB

Hey guys!
To start, I want to say what an amazing place XDA is and how much information and knowledge you can get from here and how awesome the moderators are. I don't think I could ever find another amazing and/or helpful community such as those found here! Thanks to all who have helped me out with my Android issues!
Now to my issue and I apologize ahead of time if there is another thread (or related thread) found in the forum.
As the title states, I have a 2013 Motorola Moto G XT1031 Boost Mobile device. I had upgraded it to Lollipop 5.0.2 or 5.1 when it came out (I can't remember which one it was) and I had then decided to root it. I can say that I believe I was successful in rooting the device because I was able to install Supersu and use RootChecker to verify the install. Everything was going okay until i decided to research and eventually install a custom recovery and attempt to install a custom ROM. Well, let's just say that the recovery install was a bust...
In doing my research for a custom recovery, I found that TWRP had a custom recovery for my phone and apparently for my firmware via TWRP's app on the Play Store. So, I searched for my device in their in-app search for a custom recovery, downloaded it and installed it from the app. Now, my gut told me that this probably wouldn't work and that I should probably be installing a custom recovery via CLI. Nope. I didn't do this. Instead, like I said, I installed a custom recovery from the app itself. That screwed things up for me. I have no idea if it was the install, but my phone began to act incredibly strange. When in the TWRP recovery, my screen had this line that would continuously scroll from top to bottom. It wasn't a completely solid line, but it was transparent, almost like an empty thermometer glass stick was going down the screen. It was weird and not normal. I figured the phone's software was partially broken. It only did this in the TWRP recovery. Nowhere else did this happen. It was slightly annoying.
Later on I decided to install a custom ROM. Again, I did the necessary research to find out if there were any ROMs available for my phone (using XDA of course and others) and found that there were a few out there. So, I downloaded one (wish I could remember which one) and attempted to install it...keyword there. After attempting the install, my phone would not boot. Like at all. Dead. So back to the drawing board I went to try and reverse the damage. Using XDA (ironically) and a plethora of other sites, I tried to resurrect my phone and bring it back to life. After countless hours of trying and trying and trying and more and more research, I just gave up. The phone is dead. Great. $170 spent on a phone to break it a year later.
It's been roughly 4-5 months since I have attempted to redo the process and after another minor attempt, somehow I was able to remove the root completely, including the custom recovery and ROM. I don't know what the heck I did, but it worked....sort of. The phone is now stuck in a bootloop on the logo and sometimes the "bootloader has been unlocked" screen when try and factory reset the phone from the default recovery. When trying to reinstall the stock firmware, I read everywhere that I need the phone to have USB-debugging set and to have this and that. I have this and that installed on my PC, but obviously cannot enable USB-debugging which is needed for ADB and fastboot to recognize my device.
So, my question for anyone who would like to help me out is this: what are my options? Is the phone recoverable? Is there any way I can get ADB/fastboot to see my device and finally install the stock firmware on the phone? I have the proper drivers installed and ADB/fastboot are on my PC. Any help would be amazing, even if you have to tell me to junk it.
blckdragn22 said:
When trying to reinstall the stock firmware, I read everywhere that I need the phone to have USB-debugging set
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This is incorrect, where did you read that? To reinstall the stock firmware using fastboot, you must be able to boot to the bootloader menu only.
I heard this from a few websites actually, although I could never find a situational fix for my phone. I am trying to restore back to Lollipop without a custom recovery, because within the past hour I found out TWRP was never fully removed when I tried booting into recovery from the AP Fastboot menu when doing to power+vol down option. The TWRP logo shows for about 10 seconds and then the phone tries booting normally, showing the unlocked bootloader warning.
So, yes I can boot into the bootloader menu all day long with no problems. It's just an selection I make doesn't get me anywhere. My question I guess now is: how do I go about reinstalling stock firmware via the bootloader menu. I have Minimal ADB and Fastboot installed on my PC. If I need the full ADB, I can download that. And of course I'd need the firmware, too.
You can find stock firmware images in this thread, there's also a link to an installation guide there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/index-moto-g-falcon-factory-firmware-t3110795
_that said:
You can find stock firmware images in this thread, there's also a link to an installation guide there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/index-moto-g-falcon-factory-firmware-t3110795
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This thread had the firmware I was looking for thank you. I believe I have the flashing stock firmware process down, I hope. I'l refer to the guide if I need help. Thank you so much!
_that said:
You can find stock firmware images in this thread, there's also a link to an installation guide there:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-g/general/index-moto-g-falcon-factory-firmware-t3110795
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I am trying to follow the steps listed here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2542219&page=35 and for some reason I cannot run any of the commands pertaining to the sparsechunks. This is what I get:
Is there anything you could tell me about that?
Edit: I was able to figure what the issue was when trying to write the sparsechunks. I had to insert a "." after 'sparsechunk' because that is how the file is named in the folder. However, now I am getting a new error, but it takes place on the phone screen. Every time I attempt to write a sparsechunk, it will initiate the process of doing so, but on the phone I'll get what appears to be an error saying, "Image is too large" in pink lettering. Why does this happen? Each sparsechunk file is at least 4MB less than the max-sparse-size according to the ADB and my phone, which is set to 256MB. Is there any way to change that?
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However, now I am getting a new error, but it takes place on the phone screen. Every time I attempt to write a sparsechunk, it will initiate the process of doing so, but on the phone I'll get what appears to be an error saying, "Image is too large" in pink lettering. Why does this happen? Each sparsechunk file is at least 4MB less than the max-sparse-size according to the ADB and my phone, which is set to 256MB. Is there any way to change that?
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Check which sparsechunk files you have and make sure you flash all of them in ascending order. If it still fails, copy/paste the contents of your command prompt window (no screenshots please).
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Check which sparsechunk files you have and make sure you flash all of them in ascending order. If it still fails, copy/paste the contents of your command prompt window (no screenshots please).
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I will try that. There was a ...sparsechunks.0 as well apart from sparsechunks.1, sparsechunks.2 and sparsechunks.3. Shall I include that, too?
And adding the screenshot was an amateur mistake. My bad.
@_that this worked like a charm. Phone is 100% working ans usable now. Incredibly helpful. Thank you so much!

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