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[Solved] wont boot after chainfire3d in JB. Fastboot- showing error

I tried installing chainfire3d driver in jellybean( i didnt know then that it is not for JB). Now my nexus wont boot into os. it just stays at the unlocked bootloader logo.
1. I can get into recovery mode
2. I have wiped out the cache and factory reset
3. I dont have a update file in my phone.since nexus dont have an external sd card i cant put any file in it directly.
4. I have tried fastboot -it shows my serial ID and i am able to reboot my phone using it but whenever i try to flash recovery.img or update update.zip it shows "cannot load recovery.img" or "cannot update update.zip"
5. I have tried ADB - on using adb shell it shows "error:device not found"
6. on using Odin (not sure whether it is compatible with Nexus s) it detects my phone. when i tried to flash the stock fireware it fails and my device shows "verify image (radio) fail"
Plz help.Is my phone bricked???????

Ok I don't want to be insulting, but you really REALLY need to read on the whole process of Nexus S rooting and using it.
You don't have to use ODIN at all for something so simple. You simply need to reflash a ROM/your ROM.
Mount your SD from within Clockworkmod recovery and transfer a ROM. Then flash it. Done.

What polo says go to recovery- mount and formay- all the way down "mount sd card". Now your phone will be like a usb drive
Sent from my Nexus S

polobunny said:
Ok I don't want to be insulting, but you really REALLY need to read on the whole process of Nexus S rooting and using it.
You don't have to use ODIN at all for something so simple. You simply need to reflash a ROM/your ROM.
Mount your SD from within Clockworkmod recovery and transfer a ROM. Then flash it. Done.
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thank u for the suggestion. I just have the stock recovery right now. I tried installing clockwork recovery through fastboot but as i mentioned in my first post i get "error:cannot load recovery.img" .Is there any other way of installing a clockwork recovery?

kwibis said:
What polo says go to recovery- mount and formay- all the way down "mount sd card". Now your phone will be like a usb drive
Sent from my Nexus S
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thank u for the suggestion. I just have the stock recovery right now. I tried installing clockwork recovery through fastboot but as i mentioned in my first post i get "error:cannot load recovery.img" .Is there any other way of installing a clockwork recovery?

amvignesh said:
thank u for the suggestion. I just have the stock recovery right now. I tried installing clockwork recovery through fastboot but as i mentioned in my first post i get "error:cannot load recovery.img" .Is there any other way of installing a clockwork recovery?
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is your boot loader unlocked??? (command: fastboot oem unlock)
then in the folder that is your fasboot exe, there is the recovery too?
http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-hacks/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-new/

Cascabreu said:
is your boot loader unlocked??? (command: fastboot oem unlock)
then in the folder that is your fasboot exe, there is the recovery too?
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yes it is unlocked(using the command in fastboot also shows already unlocked) and yes the recovery image is in the same folder as that of fastboot.

amvignesh said:
yes it is unlocked(using the command in fastboot also shows already unlocked) and yes the recovery image is in the same folder as that of fastboot.
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Instead of writting fastboo flash recovery (file name)
Do this fastboot flash recovery (drag and drop file)

Cascabreu said:
Instead of writting fastboo flash recovery (file name)
Do this fastboot flash recovery (drag and drop file)
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Thanks a lot Cascabreu.it worked . i never knew one could drag and drop files in command prompt(wonder y it didnt work otherwise, I had specified the path correctly).Thanks again..will change the thread topic accordingly....

Yes!!!!! Finally i helped someone!!!!! Hit the thanks button please.
sent from my Nyan NeXus S

I just lolled xD
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kwibis said:
I just lolled xD
Sent from my Nexus S
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helppp..im also facing the same prob...i dun know how to run adb shell and those stufff after that...:crying:

C4SCA said:
Yes!!!!! Finally i helped someone!!!!! Hit the thanks button please.
sent from my Nyan NeXus S
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Good job.. I wouldn't have thought of that...
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C4SCA said:
Yes!!!!! Finally i helped someone!!!!! Hit the thanks button please.
sent from my Nyan NeXus S
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hi there i also need help with almost the same problem, im using alcatel one touch pop c1, i have rooted it a while ago and the decide to install chainfire 3d i didnt know it doesnt work on jelly bean and now my phone cant boot, i tried doing factory reset but nothing happens it just shows the logo and plays that start up sound but can go past that, i have no back up or anything, and please try to explain in a best possible way im not so good when it comes to computers thanks in advance

tlangey said:
hi there i also need help with almost the same problem, im using alcatel one touch pop c1, i have rooted it a while ago and the decide to install chainfire 3d i didnt know it doesnt work on jelly bean and now my phone cant boot, i tried doing factory reset but nothing happens it just shows the logo and plays that start up sound but can go past that, i have no back up or anything, and please try to explain in a best possible way im not so good when it comes to computers thanks in advance
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either u can find onlien a way to flash back to stock.
or ur best bet is to go to the store and say u got an update but it failed and that now its not turning on. Warranty will cover that

What did I do to my phone? Please help.

On a mac here. I think I got a bit over my head here with the 2.20 root. I did all of the bootloader unlocking successfully, installed TWRP, and then downloaded CM10, and flashed the boot.img.
Now when trying to boot the phone I get stock on the screen with "This Build is for development only."
I can get into recovery, but don't really know what to do from there. I'm trying to mount, but can't get the computer to recognize the device. Tried a factory reset and it failed. I'm not quite bricked, but sort of stuck and don't know what to do. I'd love to get CM10 working, but at least I want to be able to use my phone.
I'm pretty new to Android so sorry for newbishness.
Thanks anyone for your help.

Just to add, I'm getting the message "no OS installed" when trying to reboot in recovery.

ul49 said:
On a mac here. I think I got a bit over my head here with the 2.20 root. I did all of the bootloader unlocking successfully, installed TWRP, and then downloaded CM10, and flashed the boot.img.
Now when trying to boot the phone I get stock on the screen with "This Build is for development only."
I can get into recovery, but don't really know what to do from there. I'm trying to mount, but can't get the computer to recognize the device. Tried a factory reset and it failed. I'm not quite bricked, but sort of stuck and don't know what to do. I'd love to get CM10 working, but at least I want to be able to use my phone.
I'm pretty new to Android so sorry for newbishness.
Thanks anyone for your help.
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Did you flash the boot.img first, then the ROM?
Can you wipe System?

Sorry, what's the difference betwwen boot.img and the rom itself? I only flashed boot.img. I did wipe the system.

ul49 said:
Sorry, what's the difference betwwen boot.img and the rom itself? I only flashed boot.img. I did wipe the system.
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The boot.img has the kernel in it. If you didn't flash the CM10.zip you have no operating system.
Wipe System, and Factory Reset
Flash boot.img
Flash the CM10.zip, flash google apps, and you should be good after that

Now flash the rom zip from recovery (twrp)
Sent from a slithery smooth phone!

So to flash the zip file for the ROM and gapps, I just enter fastboot flash boot 'rom.zip' or 'gapps.zip'?
Also, what do I do after I've flashed them?
Thanks so much for your help

ul49 said:
So to flash the zip file for the ROM and gapps, I just enter fastboot flash boot 'rom.zip' or 'gapps.zip'?
Also, what do I do after I've flashed them?
Thanks so much for your help
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no,you flash the boot.img in fastboot, and then you flash the rom.zip and gapps.zip from recovery (twrp)

ul49 said:
So to flash the zip file for the ROM and gapps, I just enter fastboot flash boot 'rom.zip' or 'gapps.zip'?
Also, what do I do after I've flashed them?
Thanks so much for your help
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No, do a clean wipe.
boot your phone into fastboot
download the fastboot files http://www.mediafire.com/?4dx982z93w8z7wk and extract them to your desktop
on your computer, open up cmd and type
cd desktop
cd foldername (the folder that has fastboot.exe)
fastboot flash boot boot.img
reboot into recovery
flash CM10, flash gapps, reboot

I see. The problem is that I seem to be unable to mount my phone and sd card through recovery.

Trying to push the zips using adb using './adb push cm10.zip/sdcard' but when I enter this command in terminal it seems to just reload adb, and not push the file.

ul49 said:
Trying to push the zips using adb using './adb push cm10.zip/sdcard' but when I enter this command in terminal it seems to just reload adb, and not push the file.
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I think you are typing the command wrong
./adb push file /destination
or ./adb push cm10.zip /mnt/sdcard
./adb push cm10.zip /sdcard
whatever the mount point is for the sdcard

Tried that too. It just reloads the opening adb dialogue.

ul49 said:
Tried that too. It just reloads the opening adb dialogue.
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does ./adb devices return your phone as connected?

Well, now it doesn't. Instead of reloading the adb dialogue now, when I try the push command it says device not found. Just came out of nowhere. How do I make it recognize the phone again?
Thanks for bearing with me here. I think I'm really close.

ul49 said:
Well, now it doesn't. Instead of reloading the adb dialogue now, when I try the push command it says device not found. Just came out of nowhere. How do I make it recognize the phone again?
Thanks for bearing with me here. I think I'm really close.
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I'm not familiar with OS X and android, are there any specific drivers you may need to install?
Are you in your bootloader or recovery?

All necessary drivers were installed. The device was being recognized before, but for some reason isn't now. I'm stuck on the "This build is for development purposes only" screen now since I can't get into recovery or bootloader using adb now since the device isn't recognized...

Ok, I'm connected again somehow. Now just trying to figure out this pushing issue. Entered this command './adb push /android/cm10.zip /sdcard and it looked like it was working then said "failed to copy to /sdcard"

ul49 said:
Ok, I'm connected again somehow. Now just trying to figure out this pushing issue. Entered this command './adb push /android/cm10.zip /sdcard and it looked like it was working then said "failed to copy to /sdcard"
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because it is probably at /mnt/sdcard

Successfully pushed the files. Of course, I've hit another problem. Trying to install the ROM through TWRP and it's failing. Same with Gapps. I'm seeing "unable to mount /sdcard" and unable to mount storage. I've already cleared cache, wiped system, factory reset/

[Q] ADB sideload fails?

I recently rooted and installed Cyanogenmod 11(nightly) on my ls970. CM11 was a little glitchy so I decided to downgrade to CM 10.2... but my dumb*ss forgot to wipe CM 11 before I installed 10.2. needless to say it didn't work. I then did a full wipe(the backup I created didn't work) with TWRP and then tried to sideload Cyangogenmod 10.2.. the sideload fails.. so I thought it was an issue with the ROM..So I got the stock ROM from Google and tried to sideload that. The sideload always starts (on both ROMs) but always ends up failing in the end.. Any help would be appreciated.
I also tried to install stock rom via lgnpst but it does not recognize the phone. And all drivers are installed

Turdbasket said:
I recently rooted and installed Cyanogenmod 11(nightly) on my ls970. CM11 was a little glitchy so I decided to downgrade to CM 10.2... but my dumb*ss forgot to wipe CM 11 before I installed 10.2. needless to say it didn't work. I then did a full wipe(the backup I created didn't work) with TWRP and then tried to sideload Cyangogenmod 10.2.. the sideload fails.. so I thought it was an issue with the ROM..So I got the stock ROM from Google and tried to sideload that. The sideload always starts (on both ROMs) but always ends up failing in the end.. Any help would be appreciated.
I also tried to install stock rom via lgnpst but it does not recognize the phone. And all drivers are installed
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How about copying the rom by just transfer the Rom.zip to scdard? I really never use adb sideload as there is really no reason to, except it has a chance to be not working...

LS.xD said:
How about copying the rom by just transfer the Rom.zip to scdard? I really never use adb sideload as there is really no reason to, except it has a chance to be not working...
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The phone shows up on my computer but it's greyed out and says I need to insert a memory device. When I wiped the info to install the new rom I think I wiped too much (i wiped everything)

Turdbasket said:
The phone shows up on my computer but it's greyed out and says I need to insert a memory device. When I wiped the info to install the new rom I think I wiped too much (i wiped everything)
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Which recovery version do you use at the moment?
This is the best recovery you can get --> http://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/ls970
for your phone.
Install it using "fastboot".

LS.xD said:
Which recovery version do you use at the moment?
This is the best recovery you can get -->link
for your phone.
Install it using "fastboot".
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I'm using twrp. I'll try what you suggest and let you know

LS.xD said:
Which recovery version do you use at the moment?
This is the best recovery you can get --> link
for your phone.
Install it using "fastboot".
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when I try to install CWM it gives me this message:
Unknown partition 'recovery.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'recovery.img'

Turdbasket said:
when I try to install CWM it gives me this message:
Unknown partition 'recovery.img'
error: cannot determine image filename for 'recovery.img'
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Could you tell me what you exactly did?
The command must be "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
the recovery.img you extracted from the downloaded zip must be placed in "fastboot folder" of course.
If you're not sure about it pls post a screenshot of your command prompt so i can check it for errors.

LS.xD said:
Could you tell me what you exactly did?
The command must be "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
the recovery.img you extracted from the downloaded zip must be placed in "fastboot folder" of course.
If you're not sure about it pls post a screenshot of your command prompt so i can check it for errors.
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That worked.(thank you very much) I was using the wrong command line. I thanked you for that bit of info. I have to go do some things... I'll be back in a bit to let you know how everything is going

Turdbasket said:
That worked.(thank you very much) I was using the wrong command line. I thanked you for that bit of info. I have to go do some things... I'll be back in a bit to let you know how everything is going
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That would be kind of you

LS.xD said:
Could you tell me what you exactly did?
The command must be "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
the recovery.img you extracted from the downloaded zip must be placed in "fastboot folder" of course.
If you're not sure about it pls post a screenshot of your command prompt so i can check it for errors.
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LS.xD said:
That would be kind of you
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You solved my problem for me!! The issue was with TWRP!! Thank you so much for your help!

[Q] Nexus 5 bricked and USB cable not working

I bricked my Nexus 5 by installing the kernal from touchcontrol.
I can get into recovery mode.
I can not mount the USB storage or access any of my phones files
I've tried installing ADB drivers but that didn't help.
Anyone know what I should do to fix this?

BleachFan21 said:
I bricked my Nexus 5 by installing the kernal from touchcontrol.
I can get into recovery mode.
I can not mount the USB storage or access any of my phones files
I've tried installing ADB drivers but that didn't help.
Anyone know what I should do to fix this?
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Download the stock kernel zip from here https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23269279319202404 and place it in the fastboot folder. Then reboot in recovery and choose adb sideload. Open cmd and type : adb sideload namekernel.zip and press enter and that should do it, then reboot.

gee2012 said:
Download the stock kernel zip from here and place it in the fastboot folder. Then reboot in recovery and choose adb sideload. Open cmd and type : adb sideload namekernel.zip and press enter and that should do it, then reboot.
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How do I place it in the fastboot folder?

BleachFan21 said:
How do I place it in the fastboot folder?
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Copy it to the android-sdk/platform-tools

gee2012 said:
Copy it to the android-sdk/platform-tools
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Is that a type of program? USB isn't working on my phone as even though it makes the connecting sound when I plug it in it's not appearing on the explorer

BleachFan21 said:
Is that a type of program? USB isn't working on my phone as even though it makes the connecting sound when I plug it in it's not appearing on the explorer
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Sorry, you`re right. Well without usb you can`t do anything. Have you made a nandroid backup to restore in recovery?

gee2012 said:
Sorry, you`re right. Well without usb you can`t do anything. Have you made a nandroid backup to restore in recovery?
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no

BleachFan21 said:
no
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Well then there is nothing i can tell that can help you mate, good luck

Hello,
When the phone is in recovery mode, the file explorer won't show up with your nexus files... The fact that a sound is coming proves that the phone is being detected...
If you have setup a working adb environment you can follow what @gee2012 has said and sideload the kernel and flash it... If you haven't then download the android sdk and make sure you have downloaded the usb_driver package as well...

BleachFan21 said:
no
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First, don't yet think your phone it's bricked. The actual solution is to get the proper driver on the computer. Remember that nexus 5 does not have Sdcard and there's not way to mount to the computer via recovery. Only ADB PUSH and ADB SIDELOAD will put a Rom into your phone.
You have to check on device manager to see the status of the driver. if t shows as Nexus 5, you will have to update the driver to and adb compatible one. If it says ADB........ then, you are good to go
EDIT: @vin4yak, one day I'll go to ninja school too

1.) If your device is actually bricked then a USB cable will do you absolutely no good. Fixing a "bricked" device is something that will need to be JTAG'd for it to work again. I think you might be mistaken about what a bricked device is. Its pretty hard to brick a nexus device so I highly doubt you're device is bricked.
2.) You have to get into fastboot mode. Just search for how to do so. Then you can flash the stock img's through fastboot and you'll be back in business. I have no clue about what drivers you'll need for your setup as I haven't run windows in 9 years or so. Just get the drivers, fastboot, and get your nexus back.

Why don't you just flash a boot.img from the stock rom? Or going back to stock?
You cannot mount sdcard to the pc in recovery. You have to use adb push or adb sideload.
To make adb work in recovery you need naked usb drivers 0.73.
Then you can adb sideload a rom, or push a rom to /sdcard.
Anyway download my attachment, put your phone to fastboot mode and double click on flash.bat then report me back

Check out this thread. If you can boot into recovery, then you should be able to boot into fastboot and restore your N5 back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
[TUTORIAL] How to flash a factory image | Return to stock | Unroot/SAVE your Nexus 5
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

USB Storage mounting error

I can't mount the usb storage so i can put a rom on it from a computer. It says it's unable to find storage partition to mount to usb. I have no OS on there so I can't boot to anything. All I have is a recovery.

Why don't you just flash it with fasboot?

aerialdrone said:
I can't mount the usb storage so i can put a rom on it from a computer. It says it's unable to find storage partition to mount to usb. I have no OS on there so I can't boot to anything. All I have is a recovery.
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Yes, Flash stock rom with fastboot or you can try "sideloading any rom" and then flashing it.....

It took my awhile but I eventually figured that out. thanks.

aerialdrone said:
It took my awhile but I eventually figured that out. thanks.
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?! got the same problem. How did you do it?

dahomi2002 said:
?! got the same problem. How did you do it?
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there you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42407269
install adb+fastboot,
while are in the bootloader you are able to flash a recovery like clockworkmode, then reboot into recovery.
if you got the correct driver you should be able to connect to your moto g while in recoery with adb.
then you are able to push, adb push *.zip /directory, or adb sideload *anyrom*. (dont forget to use install zip/use sideload..)
enjoy.

bendep said:
there you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=42407269
install adb+fastboot,
while are in the bootloader you are able to flash a recovery like clockworkmode, then reboot into recovery.
if you got the correct driver you should be able to connect to your moto g while in recoery with adb.
then you are able to push, adb push *.zip /directory, or adb sideload *anyrom*. (dont forget to use install zip/use sideload..)
enjoy.
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Thanx 4 the quick response. I'll try it.