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Hi Xda members,
I've been running Jelly Beans stock OTA (rooted though) since it was released here, and have been working out great so far.
A couple of days ago I got a number of strange notification pop-ups in just a few seconds while I was watching the screen...
The messages read something like "some app is requesting to run as super user" (well, don't remember which app or the exact message). Anyway, as I hadn't start any app at this point I thought it was a bit strange when several of these message popped up.
So I rebooted the mobile to see if it would make the pop-ups stop, but after this the mobile didn't boot up again, it just locked at the first boot screen (showing the Google text and the "Unlocked" symbol)...
I can still boot into the bootloader and the recovery. And I can reprogram the bootloader and the recovery partition through fastboot, but when trying to write to the boot partition through fastboot I get this output:
Code:
fastboot flash boot ./boot.img
sending 'boot' (8192 KB)... OKAY
writing 'boot'... FAILED (remote: Write Fail)
And in the recovery when I try to "choose zip from sdcard" I get "E: Can't mount /sdcard/".
Do you think the internal flash memory might be broken or could it be the partition table, or what else?
Best regards,
Olle
Same problem here...
I've got a similar problem oll3
Last saturday couldnt get my nexus s w/ stock JB to boot up, it just hanged on the Google logo. I thought it was due to a failing charger which I replaced. Then the phone worked fine for some hours until I had to reboot it. Again, stuck on Google logo. I tried booting to recovery and stumbled into the same error "E: Can't mount /sdcard/".
I've tried pretty much everything. Got the sdcard mounted couple of times which was enough to quickly take backups. However the sdcard mounts at random. Not at every boot, and yep, I've tested several old&new versions of recovery's. When the sdcard mounts, if managed to install several different rom's successfully but only to get stuck on the Google logo.
So I think it really can be a internal flash problem. I'll flash a stock rom and take the phone to the dealer for maintenance or replacement...
I'd be grateful if someone would point out how to get pass the google logo
aktuls, thanks for answering.
Unfortunately my guarantee period has passed since a couple of month. Hope you'll get your Nexus fixed, and please update me if you make any progress.
oll3 said:
aktuls, thanks for answering.
Unfortunately my guarantee period has passed since a couple of month. Hope you'll get your Nexus fixed, and please update me if you make any progress.
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Actually I'm happy report some progress!
After busy night trying and also fiddling with the updates trying to get the JB 4.1.1 original flashed, I stumbled into error that said I have an old bootloader! Ok, I checked up the latest needed for JB 4.1.1 which the adb reported as "i9020XXLC2" and flashed it. Now I got the rom flashed and the phone has been rebooted several times today without any hiccups. :good:
So I suggest you and everyone else, stuck in Google logo, having flashed some JB based rom, to check you bootloader version and update it if needed ! Hope this helps some ! :angel:
If you have a custom recovery, there's also a chance you have that version which can't mount the SDcard. I don't recall the exact version, but one of them won't mount the SDcard with that error. Updating it fixes that.
instead of flashing each partition: boot,...
type: fastboot -w update "image-...-...zip file"
I have now run fastboot update with factory image of different versions. At least it successfully flashed boot partition, but instead it now fails on the writing of system:
Code:
$ fastboot -w update soju-jro03l/image-soju-jro03l.zip
archive does not contain 'boot.sig'
archive does not contain 'recovery.sig'
archive does not contain 'system.sig'
--------------------------------------------
Bootloader Version...: I9020XXLC2
Baseband Version.....: I9020XXKI1
Serial Number........: xxx
--------------------------------------------
checking product... OKAY
checking version-bootloader... OKAY
checking version-baseband... OKAY
sending 'boot' (3964 KB)... OKAY
writing 'boot'... OKAY
sending 'recovery' (4308 KB)... OKAY
writing 'recovery'... OKAY
sending 'system' (333431 KB)... OKAY
writing 'system'... FAILED (remote: Write Fail)
Have tried with different bootloader versions, recoveries, different versions of CWM recovery. Nothing seems to get me past the writing of system partition. In cwm 6.0.1.0 recovery I still can't mount/format the sdcard.
Partitioning the sdcard in cwm gives me "Done!", but when looking in the log file it reports some error about "you are not using parted v1.8.8.1.179-aef3!", don't know what that's suppose to mean.
Anything else I should try?
Plug your phone to pc then right click in removal disk, format, fat32, uncheck quick format. It will take some time to finish but eventaully u will fix your sdcard
sent from my Nyan NeXus S
"You're either NEXUS or against us!"
Cascabreu said:
Plug your phone to pc then right click in removal disk, format, fat32, uncheck quick format. It will take some time to finish but eventaully u will fix your sdcard
sent from my Nyan NeXus S
"You're either NEXUS or against us!"
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Unfortunately I am not able to access the sdcard from my PC as it seems... In cwm recovery when trying to mount USB storage I get "E: Unable to write to ums lunfile (No such file or directory)". Is there some other way?
oll3 said:
Unfortunately I am not able to access the sdcard from my PC as it seems... In cwm recovery when trying to mount USB storage I get "E: Unable to write to ums lunfile (No such file or directory)". Is there some other way?
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lock and reunlock the bootloader to format it
try that
Cascabreu said:
lock and reunlock the bootloader to format it
try that
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Locking worked alright, but unlocking fails with message:
Code:
$ fastboot oem unlock
...
FAILED (remote: Erase Fail)
More ideas? : )
Nop sorry. Now that its locked send it to a repair shop and say that it doesnt boot up...
sent from my Nyan NeXus S
"You're either NEXUS or against us!"
Cascabreu said:
Nop sorry. Now that its locked send it to a repair shop and say that it doesnt boot up...
sent from my Nyan NeXus S
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Thought so too, will try that.
Thanks anyway!
Got a phone from a friend. Said it was bricked.
In bootloader:
*** unlocked ***
doubleshot pvt ship s-on rl
hboot-1.45.0013
microp-0353
emmc-boot
When click recovery, get 3 skateboarders and back to menu.
Tried to load a recovery:
C:\Android>fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.7-doubleshot.img
sending 'recovery' (4754 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.888s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: image update error)
finished. total time: 2.348s
Received above error, should I perform another step first?
Somehow finally got cwm 5.0.2.7 into recovery.
Found this thread and did basically the same thing.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2665472
Downloaded cm-9-1-(3-0-97)-r13.zip
Checked md5sum
Extract contents of ROM to PC(boot.img)
Put the full zip and gapps on SD card
Boot to recovery
Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition
Flash ROM cm-9-1-(3-0-97)-r13.zip. Install successful.
Pulled battery, boot direct to bootloader
Flash kernel with fastboot <<<<< here I get the below error
fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (16384 KB)...
OKAY [ 2.624s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: image update error)
finished. total time: 4.085s
Any suggestions?
Try miktouch or another stock based ROM so you don't need to flash kernel
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Is there a particular miktouch I should try? Would the below link be good to try?(for some reason having hard time finding)
"cx.com/mycx/share/jzvMU-erEeGfjBICOBql1A/MikTouch-0.7-signed.zip"
And just follow the steps and flash it vs cm9, correct?
Any stock based ROM is easier to flash as you don't need to flash the kernel afterwards through fastboot. Also cm9 is one of the few Roms I have seen issues for people when trying to flash, granted it is one of the better Roms out there, but right now you are just trying to get this working again, so stick with easy.
And I would think that's a good link, but didn't check
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installed miktouch 07...i installed the zip from sdcard and it installed and then it rebooted the phone. Stuck at mytouch4g logo screen, left it on this screen 20+ minutes. I took battery out and turned on with the same result.
any suggestions on trying something else?
waynebattle said:
installed miktouch 07...i installed the zip from sdcard and it installed and then it rebooted the phone. Stuck at mytouch4g logo screen, left it on this screen 20+ minutes. I took battery out and turned on with the same result.
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What ROM were you on before? If its non stock, I would try to fastboot flash the boot.img
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unfortunately got it from a friend like this, not sure what he had on it.
I flashed boot.img and this is what I received:
C:\Android>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (3438 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.770s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: image update error)
finished. total time: 2.229s
Any ideas?
waynebattle said:
unfortunately got it from a friend like this, not sure what he had on it.
I flashed boot.img and this is what I received:
C:\Android>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (3438 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.770s]
writing 'boot'...
FAILED (remote: image update error)
finished. total time: 2.229s
Any ideas?
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On some of my Linux distros I would have to use fastboot flash with a ./ before it would work.
./fasboot flash boot boot.Img
I have no idea why it was like this but it helped me a fee times on the DS. If its anything else I'd have no idea, I haven't messed with this since I sent mine off to a XDA user here.
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Thanks. Not using linux, but tried .\fastboot with no difference in results. Thanks for trying. Anyone else have any other ideas?
waynebattle said:
Thanks. Not using linux, but tried .\fastboot with no difference in results. Thanks for trying. Anyone else have any other ideas?
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You said you are able to get into recovery? Try factory resetting there
Download this 1.44.1107 S-Off PG59IMG Hboot. Rename it to PG59IMG.zip. Send it to the sdcard, and reboot into the bootloader. It will then be installed automatically. This may or may not solve the problem. Try flashing a ROM now.
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Download this 1.44.1107 S-Off PG59IMG Hboot. Rename it to PG59IMG.zip. Send it to the sdcard, and reboot into the bootloader. It will then be installed automatically. This may or may not solve the problem. Try flashing a ROM now.
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dont you need to be locked to do this? i've tried "fastboot oem lock" but it has an error about too many links and the phone shuts off and it shows that it is still unlocked. I tried the PG59IMG.zip anyway and it said parsing and went right back to hboot within a second.. Flashed miktouch rom. Restarted phone, still just stuck on logo screen.
What do you see in the bootloader? Has something changed? Try flashing a recovery this time. The latest Clockworkmod should be fine. Then see what happens.
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What do you see in the bootloader? Has something changed? Try flashing a recovery this time. The latest Clockworkmod should be fine. Then see what happens.
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I don't see any differences in the bootloader. Is there something specific you think may have changed.
Do you want me to try to reflash the cwm 5.0.2.7 version(currently loaded) or a different version(I didn't see a newer version for 4g slide)?
waynebattle said:
I don't see any differences in the bootloader. Is there something specific you think may have changed.
Do you want me to try to reflash the cwm 5.0.2.7 version(currently loaded) or a different version(I didn't see a newer version for 4g slide)?
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Alright. This version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085842
Clockworkmod 6.0.4.6
abe5 said:
Alright. This version: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2085842
Clockworkmod 6.0.4.6
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No luck, (md5 check sum verified) get error when try to flash it:
C:\Android>fastboot flash recovery cwm.img
sending 'recovery' (6338 KB)...
OKAY [ 1.285s]
writing 'recovery'...
FAILED (remote: image update error)
finished. total time: 2.745s
Unfortunately my friend, I believe your emmc is severally corrupt. If you are able to get adb working from within recovery you may be able to try a few more things to bring this back to life but as it stands, with s-on, you may be sol
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demkantor said:
Unfortunately my friend, I believe your emmc is severally corrupt. If you are able to get adb working from within recovery you may be able to try a few more things to bring this back to life but as it stands, with s-on, you may be sol
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When you say adb working from within recovery, I am able to mount usb storage within recovery and then on pc I can do 'adb devices' and I see the device, is that what you are referring to? Thanks.
Hi Guys,
Hoping you can help me with this.
I was originally running Slimkat 4.4.4 and had the latest TWRP installed.
I downloaded the file for LPX13D and extracted all of the files right down to the Flash-all.bat and the images for bootloader, radio, and the system.
I ran the Flash-all.bat, and it installed everything successfully. The device booted, and voila, I am on 5.0 now.
The problem now, is that when I reboot into recovery, I am instead met with the little android guy laying on his back, with a red triange/exclamation point in his chest.
No problem, I say to myself. I'll just flash TWRP manually.
So I go to the bootloader, and try the command fastboot flash recovery recovery.img (renamed to make it faster to type.)
It goes through the motions, and says it was successful.
But when I go to recovery, it's the same red triange guy still.
I tried pressing volume up, power+volume up, etc. No dice. After about 30 seconds, it reboots on it's own back to system.
When I connect it to the Nexus Root Toolkit, and click on Flash recovery, and then choose TWRP latest, I get a window that pops up that tells me :
______
File Dependency Download
Status: Stock Kernel: Not Present - Need to download (this is in red)
Then a button that says "Download + Update All File Dependencies"
So what's my best option here? Should I let the NRT update the dependencies?
Try to flash cwm and tell me what happens
Isus <3 said:
Try to flash cwm and tell me what happens
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D:\DOWNLOADS>fastboot flash recovery cwm.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11312 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.561s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.930s]
finished. total time: 1.491s
D:\DOWNLOADS>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
I then selected recovery, and lo and behold, it worked! I'm in CWM.
So then i flashed TWRP again, and now it's working properly too.
I don't know why it refused to work the first time, but now it seems to be okay. How strange.
Thanks for your time and help. I appreciate it.
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Stupendousman2012 said:
D:\DOWNLOADS>fastboot flash recovery cwm.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
sending 'recovery' (11312 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.561s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.930s]
finished. total time: 1.491s
D:\DOWNLOADS>fastboot reboot-bootloader
rebooting into bootloader...
OKAY [ 0.001s]
finished. total time: 0.001s
I then selected recovery, and lo and behold, it worked! I'm in CWM.
So then i flashed TWRP again, and now it's working properly too.
I don't know why it refused to work the first time, but now it seems to be okay. How strange.
Thanks for your time and help. I appreciate it.
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Twrp is not optimized yet well like cwm is for andorid l
Recovery won't work AT ALL no matter what you do until you reflash a KK userdata.img, which also wipes all data in the process.
Lethargy said:
I flashed the new developer preview for 5 minutes or so then went to revert. Recovery wouldn't boot not matter what I flashed, until I flashed a KK userdata.img. So it seems like the new developer preview changes the internal storage/data partition more then the old one.
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Don't try getting around it. Nothing to do with anything else.
Isus <3 said:
Twrp is not optimized yet well like cwm is for andorid l
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What? CWM is outdated.
Lethargy said:
Recovery won't work AT ALL no matter what you do until you reflash a KK userdata.img, which also wipes all data in the process.
Don't try getting around it. Nothing to do with anything else.
What? CWM is outdated.
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Well, Twrp worked until I rebooted and then tried going back to it. Then bam! back to the error dude with the triangle.
So, I flashed cwm again, and that one seems to be persisting after a reboot, so I guess I'm stuck with cwm for now....
I also flashed the boot.img and the supersu update to get root working, and it seems to be going well now.
Cwm tells me that I may have lost root immediately after flashing the supersu update, but when I reboot, root is actually working. What a weird bunch of crap to go through.
Stupendousman2012 said:
Well, Twrp worked until I rebooted and then tried going back to it. Then bam! back to the error dude with the triangle.
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Flash userdata.img and your TWRP will work properly.
Stupendousman2012 said:
So, I flashed cwm again, and that one seems to be persisting after a reboot, so I guess I'm stuck with cwm for now....
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It isn't whether its persisting or not. TWRP just won't boot properly until you reflash a KK userdata.img. I don't know why CWM would even boot up, nor why anyone would want to really use it anyways.
Stupendousman2012 said:
Cwm tells me that I may have lost root immediately after flashing the supersu update, but when I reboot, root is actually working. What a weird bunch of crap to go through.
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It says that because CWM is outdated.
Lethargy said:
Flash userdata.img and your TWRP will work properly.
It isn't whether its persisting or not. TWRP just won't boot properly until you reflash a KK userdata.img. I don't know why CWM would even boot up, nor why anyone would want to really use it anyways.
It says that because CWM is outdated.
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Okay:
So I extract the userdata from a 4.4.4 stock image, yes? If not, can you point me in the direction of the correct userdata.img
I assume the correct order and syntax is:
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastbook flash recovery twrp.img
Fastboot reboot-bootloader
Select recovery
Wipe data/Factory reset, and then and reboot system.
Set up phone as normal.
Have I overlooked anything?
Stupendousman2012 said:
Okay:
So I extract the userdata from a 4.4.4 stock image, yes? If not, can you point me in the direction of the correct userdata.img
I assume the correct order and syntax is:
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastbook flash recovery twrp.img
Fastboot reboot-bootloader
Select recovery
Wipe data/Factory reset, and then and reboot system.
Set up phone as normal.
Have I overlooked anything?
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Yeah. Don't need to boot into recovery and wipe data since flashing a .img with fastboot while in bootloader erases it first then flashes. Just make sure you backup your stuff, including internal storage, off to a PC first if you have anything important.
Until L is officially released, we're using the below thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2796217
Android "L" Developer Preview Help, Troubleshooting, Q&A
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Hi. I can't get passed the google splash screen on a Nexus 5 D821 and could use some help.
Here are the facts:
* The owner of the device told me it bricked after an update.
* The Bootloader is unlocked. When i tried to lock i got the following message:
Code:
fastboot oem lock
...
OKAY [ 0.041s]
finished. total time: 0.041s
But it wasnt persistent. When given reboot comand the phone switched OFF instead. I turned it on to bootloader again and it was still unlocked.
* I tried flashing stock rom LRX22c manually after a failed attempt with the flash-all script. I got the following error for bootloader, radio, boot and recovery:
Code:
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
* I tried erasing cache and flashing userdata but the after over 60 minutes waiting i came to the conclusion that i wasnt going anywhere and just rebooted the phone.
*The only thing im actually able to flash without an error message is system.img:
Code:
fastboot flash system ~/Downloads/hammerhead-lrx22c/image-hammerhead-lrx22c/system.img
target reported max download size of 1073741824 bytes
erasing 'system'...
OKAY [ 0.127s]
sending 'system' (981472 KB)...
OKAY [ 30.934s]
writing 'system'...
OKAY [ 62.705s]
finished. total time: 93.767s
* I tried booting TWRP, but i was unable to mount the file system (perhaps because i wasnt able to flash it. i used "fastboot boot twrp.img").
Are phones technically able to get to splash screen or bootloader with a damaged NAND or EEMC chip? Im starting to consider the possibility of a hardbrick. Why would i be able to write system.img if that was the case though? Any help is welcome
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alright so im pretty sure its a hard brick. The emmc is dead. its a shame :/ guess ill just try to sell it for parts. I would delete this thread because its pretty useless, but i have created my account a few days ago, and i ddont know how to.
You've only flashed the system img?
Do all the img's one by one. Recovery, boot, system, radio, userdata. Then fastboot reboot
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Ben36 said:
You've only flashed the system img?
Do all the img's one by one. Recovery, boot, system, radio, userdata. Then fastboot reboot
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I have tried all of the imgs in their respective order. they all failed. i got the error
Code:
FAILED (remote: flash write failure)
. system.img was the only .img i was able to write, and i was wondering why. Also, when i try fastboot reboot the phone switches off. It doesnt reboot.
Going through some of the threads here got me as far as being able to use fastboot on my bricked Shield.
I would like to ask if anyone can give me some pointers what to try next.
The previous owner tried to flash Lineage OS onto the Tablet using CWM but this failed and he probably wiped some needed partition.
I tried to flash new partitions and this works but I can not start the Shield and it won't boot into CWM. The strange thing is that I tried flashing TWRP and even though that started it did not boot through. And after a simple Shield reboot the CWM logo popped upmagain.....:confused
I was convinced I could fix this but I am beginning to think that this Tablet is a goner...
Any thoughts would ne appreciated.
What happens if you download an original recovery image from Nvidia for your model, and flashboot flash all 5 (recovery, boot, system, userdata, blob)? Do you get any fastboot errors? If the partition structure is corrupted, you'll see some sort of error message.
If the blob is messed up sometimes TWRP won't start. I suggest getting a factory image and trying again, then giving it a long time to boot. Once mine took 20 minutes at the Nvidia screen.
I did try flashing the original image from Nvidia including the other 4 images. One of the first things I tried. I woyld like to get it back to factory default. This went without issues an no errors. I might not have given it enough tine to but but still CWM seems to be on.
Will give it another try and post a screenshot.
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Here is a dump of the flash log. After flashing I reboot and the CWM logo pops up after a few minutes and gets stuck.
D:\Downloads\Shield Fix\Drivers\ADB FastBoot\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
target reported max download size of 100663296 bytes
sending 'recovery' (9758 KB)...
OKAY [ 0.384s]
writing 'recovery'...
OKAY [ 0.320s]
finished. total time: 0.709s
D:\Downloads\Shield Fix\Drivers\ADB FastBoot\Minimal ADB and Fastboot>fastboot boot recovery.img
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.394s]
booting...
OKAY [ 0.017s]
finished. total time: 0.417s
Think it is done for, after flashing TWRP numerous times it let me get to the start screen for TWRP it then hangs. When you reboot the Shield and want to go to the recovery again you get the dead android.
PS. I can sometimes get into TWRP but it fails on everything I do. Would there be a terminal solution for this? Like re-creating partitions?
Unlock your bootloader?
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It is already unlocked I am afraid.
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sn0r said:
It is already unlocked I am afraid.
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Try to flash the attached file. Remember to unzip it first! Flash with:
"fastboot flash dtb tegra124-tn8-p1761-1270-a04-e-battery.dtb"
Flashed the battery file and did another flash of NVIDIA's recovery image and even-tough it says everything is flashed correctly when I reboot I get the CWM logo and nothing more. When I do get into TWRP and try to flash a ROM I get messages errors like attached.
sn0r said:
Flashed the battery file and did another flash of NVIDIA's recovery image and even-tough it says everything is flashed correctly when I reboot I get the CWM logo and nothing more. When I do get into TWRP and try to flash a ROM I get messages errors like attached.
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Then my guess would be some problems with the internal storage which may not be repairable.
Using fastboot try the following
Fastboot erase cache
Fastboot format cache
Fastboot format userdata
Make sure your tablet is in bootloader mode first though.
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