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[GUIDE] Fully restore Moto G from GPE 4.4.4 to stock (and recover softbrick)

Please note: I know there are other guides here on XDA but none worked for me, so I'm writing this to help other stuck people.
Disclaimer: I tested this on my XT1032, I don't know if or how it will work on other variants. Following this guide you'll lose all data on your phone, make sure to backup important stuff. I'm not responsible for what you do to your phone following this guide (anyway if you're here probably you have not much to lose...)
Introduction
What happened: a couple of weeks ago I wanted to try GPE rom on my XT1032, so I flashed the appropriate rom for my device (4.4.3 KOT49H.M004) and then applied OTA (4.4.3 KOT49H.M004 to 4.4.4 KTU84P.M003). Today I decided to go back to stock, so I rebooted in bootloader mode and tried to flash stock 4.4.3.
Result: a bunch of fastboot errors, ranging from "wrong size partitions", to "preflash validation failed", to ... well I don't remember all of them, as I said they were a lot..
Then I tried older versions, I tried to reflash 4.4.3 GPE, I tried to follow guides, here on XDA and around the vast internet.. All with no luck. Until I found one and, long story short I did it. I'm back to stock 4.4.4 (flashed stock 4.4.3 and applied OTA)
I'm sharing this what I did to recover from the soft-brick, hoping to help someone. This guide is not a temporary workaround while waiting for full 4.4.4 GPE image, this will fully restore your Moto G.
Let's start
- Make sure you have fastboot drivers installed (if you managed to soft-brick it you probably have them already installed, otherwise you can get them here)
- Download and extract this
- Reboot your phone in fastboot mode (keep Volume Down and Power buttons pressed for about 5 seconds then release the power button) and plug it to the PC
- Open the extracted folder and run "GPE_XT1032_KOT49H.M004_CFC.bat". Wait for it to finish (ignore errors, they're normal), then reboot to bootloader again (choose Normal powerup and keep pressed Volume Down until it boots to bootloader again)
- Download and extract this (mirror)
- Open the extracted folder and run THE FILE "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img.bat" (poorly chosen filenames, I know)
- Wait for it to finish, then choose "Recovery" item in bootloader and let it reboot to recovery.
- Go to "mounts and storage" and select "format cache", confirm, then select "format /data and /data/media", confirm.
- Go back to main menu and select "wipe data/factory", confirm.
- Return to the folder and run the file "adb push a.zip sdcard a.zip.bat", let it finish (it will take a couple of minutes, the window will close itself when done).
- From recovery select "install zip", then "choose zip from sd card" and select "a.zip". Let it finish, then go back to main menu and choose "power options", then "reboot to bootloader"
- Download and extract this (mirror)
- Open the extracted folder and run "flashall.bat". You should see no error (I got an error while it was flashing recovery but this is not important, what you should notice is that all the errors you got before are gone). Let it finish, then give it some time to boot.
Enjoy
You're done. Now you should have a stock 4.4.2 retail EU moto g. At this point you can flash the rom you want (for example, I flashed the original retail de, since my phone is german) without getting errors
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More or less I followed this, but I wrote the exact steps I made, I fixed wrong commands and uploaded a more complete version for last file

i have the same problem... i am waiting for thoe missing files... and i will try to go back to stock
EDIT i can't download the filles from mega
and the first download is broken

bannab said:
i have the same problem... i am waiting for thoe missing files... and i will try to go back to stock
EDIT i can't download the filles from mega
and the first download is broken
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I fixed first link, I'm going to check the one from mega... If you find some other problems please let me know so I'll update
Edit: mega link is working. I suppose you're from Italy (me too), it's a DNS problem (mega has been blocked by AGCOM). you can follow this guide to change dns to google ones (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4). When you downloaded the file you can set them back to auto. If someone can suggest an alternative good host (and possibly a way to directly upload from mega (I have a veeeeery slow upload bandwidth) I'll appreciate

i have already tried that method but no luck..

bannab said:
i have already tried that method but no luck..
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Try with tor bundle.. It's a version of firefox modified for privacy and security purposes, you should be able to download from mega with it
Or this

nope
again lo luck for me.. flash of stock gives me always the same errors.. i think i will keep gpe with root... and wait for a camera with slow-mo..

bannab said:
again lo luck for me.. flash of stock gives me always the same errors.. i think i will keep gpe with root... and wait for a camera with slow-mo..
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Did you follow exactly the guide? Did you get errors while wiping or flashing a.zip from recovery?

flashing stock
maybe beacuse i have booted after flashing gpe... i needed to boot it beacuse adb gives me error (device not found)
so i will keep gpe

bannab said:
flashing stock
maybe beacuse i have booted after flashing gpe... i needed to boot it beacuse adb gives me error (device not found)
so i will keep gpe
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That is due to drivers.. OK, in case you do it again, check recovery messages to be sure it's doing its things

You saved my phone, thank you ! :victory:

JcruzV said:
You saved my phone, thank you ! :victory:
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You're welcome.. That little heart attack when you see it's not booting and it doesn't flash anything [emoji1]

It worked! Thank you.

doodoo28s said:
It worked! Thank you.
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Glad I helped

Thank's my Friend ! You have save my phone ! Thank youuuuuuu !!!!!!! <3

Hello.I tried to root my device with superboot and now my phone is not booting up,i tried to reboot but still the same,my screen stays black.Can this fix my phone? thnks

Nicolae-Daniel said:
Hello.I tried to root my device with superboot and now my phone is not booting up,i tried to reboot but still the same,my screen stays black.Can this fix my phone? thnks
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This is useful if you can't flash anything. If you can, you can just flash stock or custom ROM

i suceed come back to 4.4.2 stock!!! thank you!!!!

finally a fix
thanks for posting this fix and all the others involved. i'm on EU so now i have to get back to my regular 4.4.4 Google Play Edition. this is good till i can get that back. been trying for 2 weeks to unbrick this thing and now i have it. thanks again and to the member JcruzV who linked this post. and not to forget PhilZ. :good:

bootsie35 said:
thanks for posting this fix and all the others involved. i'm on EU so now i have to get back to my regular 4.4.4 Google Play Edition. this is good till i can get that back. been trying for 2 weeks to unbrick this thing and now i have it. thanks again and to the member JcruzV who linked this post. and not to forget PhilZ. :good:
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Didn't know this was linked in other threads
I hope this will be sticked or something, to avoid being forgotten in a couple of months. When I was searching how to unbrick I read of people who gave up and bought a replacement, wasting money when fortunately there is a solution

It did work!
I used Linux, so had to change a few things in the command files.
There are also two things:
1.
adb push a.zip /sdcard/a.zip - no apsce before the 2nd a.zip
2.
after the 3rd step recovery complains about "new ROM will overwrite recovery" - I have answered Yes.
I have got also another problem. Meanwhile I tried to recover my phone after the downgrade from 4.4.4 GPE to 4.4.2 Motorola ROM (before this thread), I have lost the IMEI... Currently it's still 0.
Anyone have an idea to recover this?

[GUIDE][UTIL][Allview Energy P8] STOCK ROM + TWRP + ROOT

UPDATE:
Hey guys,
One of our Romanian fellows has found an article with a much easier ROOTing method, in case you're wondering: http://www.androidvillaz.com/2015/11/how-to-root-gionee-m5-and-install-twrp-recovery.html
This one should be pretty easy and straight forward. ( thanks ovi_jer! )
The BACKUP part of the tutorial is stil valid and can be used to fully backup your STOCK ROM before you start rooting your device.
Best of luck!
Backup
Before doing anything, I strongly recommend that you perform a full backup in case something goes wrong along the way and you manage to brick your phone (I've bricked mine several times until I found the right method).
Once your drivers are installed you'll need to connect your phone to your PC
Drag down the notification bar and click on the "Connected as a media device" notification
Make sure "USB debugging is on"
Open "SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1528.00.000\flash_tool.exe"
Click on the "Download" tab
Click on the "Scatter-loading" button on the top-right
Select the "Allview_P8_Energy_0102_V6063_STOCK_scatter.txt" scatter file from the "ROM_Allview_P8_Energy_0102_V6063" folder that was created when you've unzipped the kit
Now click on the "Readback" tab
Click the "Add" button on the top-left
Once the new entry is added in the list below, double-click it and a file dialog will open
Now give your ROM BACKUP a name (you will need this later on in case you want to perform an emergency recovery)
Select the folder where you wish to place your new backup and click Save
A new popup will open allowing us to set the readback block start address - make sure Type: Hex is selected
Make sure start address is 0x0000000000000000
In the Length box, put this: 0x00000000d7800000
Click on OK
And now, to begin the readback (backup) procedure, you'll need to click on the Read Back button (top-center)
Now reboot your phone (long-press the Lock button on your phone until the Power Off/Reboot dialog appears and select REBOOT)
Once the phone reboots the SPF app should start saving the phone memory to file, and your backup is created
Once you see a green success message, you can safely turn your phone back on (unplug USB and long press the Lock button until the screen turns on)
Good luck!

downloading ), finger crossed ), thank you
next thing to try is xposed )
step 1 : flashed, no errors
step 2 : booting , optimising app ; probably did not format my old data partition ?

criszz said:
downloading ), finger crossed ), thank you
next thing to try is xposed )
step 1 : flashed, no errors
step 2 : booting , optimising app
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Glad to hear it. I might have noticed some issues with the network settings (for some reason my 2G network doesn't seem to work but it might be because I've overwritten something with the Gionee versions and forgot to restore it from the Allview version) - I'll investigate this further and come up with a solution.
Cheers!

step 3 : launcher stopped first second after boot, looping
step 4 : restart to recovery, here surpiseeeee : stock recovery, i flashed with twrp one )
step 5 : i will flash again, if factory reset not solve it
step 6 : fixed with factory reset , next step is to flash twrp
i don't have any problems with sim or network signals, except my imei are reversed, imei 1 are in imei 2 slot )), checked with *#06#
edit 7, tried to flash twrp again, same thing , stock recovery are present ), flashed both file, flashed my twrp file, the same stock is always present ))
NOW WORKING !! FULL ROM, ROOT &TWRP

Do you think allview firmare will work on M5? Am asking so that people will not go and end up with bricked phones
Sent from my HTC One dual sim using Tapatalk

mathy007 said:
Do you think allview firmare will work on M5? Am asking so that people will not go and end up with bricked phones
Sent from my HTC One dual sim using Tapatalk
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YES, i came from your rom who worked on mine, now working allview rom , rooted

criszz said:
step 3 : launcher stopped first second after boot, looping
step 4 : restart to recovery, here surpiseeeee : stock recovery, i flashed with twrp one )
step 5 : i will flash again, if factory reset not solve it
step 6 : fixed with factory reset , next step is to flash twrp
i don't have any problems with sim or network signals, except my imei are reversed, imei 1 are in imei 2 slot )), checked with *#06#
edit 7, tried to flash twrp again, same thing , stock recovery are present ), flashed both file, flashed my twrp file, the same stock is always present ))
NOW WORKING !! FULL ROM, ROOT &TWRP
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I flashed with the TWRP scatter and TWRP wasn't installed just stock recovery. So did you flash the TWRP recovery manually?
EDIT - To say I manully flashed the TWRP recovery and worked fine

Spare parts for Energy P8
As a quick update: I've hard-bricked mine . I then went for the battery (to do a hard reset) then while putting the screws back, I've accidentally put a longer screw in the wrong place and pierced my screen :silly:
So now I have spare parts for the Allview Energy P8 But nevertheless, it's still an awesome phone and I've already placed an order for another one.
Can't wait to get my new Energy P8 :crying:
Cheers!

Damn, sorry to hear that (((((((((((((((((((((((((((

criszz said:
Damn, sorry to hear that (((((((((((((((((((((((((((
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Oh well, that happens. It's funny that it had nothing to do with the rooting itself ) It was just me playing around... Anyway, I've decided to cancel my order and just call Allview - maybe they can change just the case & screen, which should be cheaper than getting a new one fingers crossed.

I'll post the questions I receive in private just in case there are other people who could use the answer.
ganiyuwale said:
A big thank you for the rooting and custom rom you developed for gionee m5 and also sorry abt ur fone as well. But i will want you to describe only the rooting process and give me all the necessary file to achieve that including the sptool you use, ve been trying to do dat for the past two days but no success (thanks to crizzy and glbsolutions) but I still can't flash twrp (error message "PMT change for the rom").
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The files that I've used to root it are all present in the Preparation section: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4y-lCr0oBtjcV9WcDJEb2hkcFE/view?pli=1
WARNING: I have not tested this for the Gionee Marathon M5 (only for Allview Energy P8 which is a rebranded version of the M5).
I recommend that you follow all the steps: Preparation, Backup, Flashing TWRP/STOCK (this is the part where it replaces your ROM with a rootable one) and then the activation of Root.
I believe you got stuck at the Flashing part. The trick I did was to use my STOCK ROM files but I've replaced the recovery.img file with the TWRP recovery (which also has rooting ability).
Simply get a copy of your ROM (see this post for links - don't forget to give thanks! - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63816091&postcount=68 )
Replace the recovery.img file in your Gionee Stock ROM with the recovery_twrp.img you find in the Allview ZIP (ROM_Allview_P8_Energy_0102_V6063/recovery_twrp.img)
Make sure ONLY recovery and system are checked!
Don't forget to wipe the cache and user data - maybe @criszz has a few tips here?
You should now have your stock ROM with TWRP recovery installed. Once you have that, simply follow the steps in the ROOT section above and you should be fine.
Cheers!

My phone is Allview branded but before to put this rom was with gionee stock rom. I flashed allview rom and with allview scater i put twrp, with whole rom, not just twrp. Flashed 3 times before twrp to work ))
Sent from my P8_Energy_M5_Marathon

criszz said:
My phone is Allview branded but before to put this rom was with gionee stock rom. I flashed allview rom and with allview scater i put twrp, with whole rom, not just twrp. Flashed 3 times before twrp to work ))
Sent from my P8_Energy_M5_Marathon
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I think mine worked on the first run because I did an OEM Unlock before starting
WARNING: Performing an OEM Unlock will prevent your phone from booting, so make sure you have everything ready for flashing before doing that!
To perform the OEM Unlock you'll need to:
Enable OEM unlock from Developer options
Connect your phone to your pc via USB
run: adb reboot bootloader
then to unlock run: fastboot oem unlock
Cheers!

don't do that like me, after putting the rom, you will have bootlop and twrp bakup doesn't help. Now i'm flasing again with bootloader unloked )
hmmm, after flash im still not able to restore my data ), maybe it must be unlocked again, are you sure you flashed with bootloader unlocked?
locked bootloader again, still not working, i will flash gionee stock rom and again after allview rom with twrp )

criszz said:
My phone is Allview branded but before to put this rom was with gionee stock rom. I flashed allview rom and with allview scater i put twrp, with whole rom, not just twrp. Flashed 3 times before twrp to work ))
Sent from my P8_Energy_M5_Marathon
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My phone is a Chinese Gionee M5 and I've had both the stock Gionee Amigo ROM with TWRP and now the Allview ROM with TWRP running on it
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criszz said:
don't do that like me, after putting the rom, you will have bootlop and twrp bakup doesn't help. Now i'm flasing again with bootloader unloked )
hmmm, after flash im still not able to restore my data ), maybe it must be unlocked again, are you sure you flashed with bootloader unlocked?
locked bootloader again, still not working, i will flash gionee stock rom and again after allview rom with twrp )
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@criszz I flashed all files from the Allview ROM, rebooted and went into the ROM to check it was working, I then rebooted into recovery but it was stock recovery. I then just flashed the TWRP recovery (by choosing same scatter file but only ticking recovery). I then booted into recovery and TWRP was there

after some work i concluded : is not worth to unlock bootloader, so stay away of that.
Finnaly i restore my twrp bakup back right now.

For anyone who has 'Invalid IMEI' after flashing (as I did). Here's how I solved:
1. Download 'MTK Engineering Mode' from the playstore
2. Open app and select 'MTK Settings', scroll to 'Connectivity' tab then select 'CDS Information'
3. Select 'Radio Information' then SIM 1
4. Type AT +EGMR=1,7,"INSERT YOUR IMEI HERE", then Send AT Command
5. Select 'Radio Information' then SIM 2
6. Type AT +EGMR=1,10,"INSERT YOUR IMEI HERE", then Send AT Command
7. reboot and all was OK

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Hi tipuban, thank you sooooooooooo muuuuuuuuuuch for this tuto. I have a question for you if you may. But first a little notification to help you (You will need to download the Allview_P8_Energy_0102_V6063.zip file and unpack it somewhere you can access the contents.) i tried to download but the link don't work for me . Before asking my question, i want to tell you that i have a gionee marathon m5 with androide 5.1 but with the memory leak issue problem, that's why i posted a thread here to ask help to dowgrade to kitkat. Now my question for you is : if i follow your tuto flash the TWRP, root my phone with the stock Rom gave, will this androide problem disappear or it still gonna be present? Thanks

adamyd said:
Hi tipuban, thank you sooooooooooo muuuuuuuuuuch for this tuto. I have a question for you if you may. But first a little notification to help you (You will need to download the Allview_P8_Energy_0102_V6063.zip file and unpack it somewhere you can access the contents.) i tried to download but the link don't work for me . Before asking my question, i want to tell you that i have a gionee marathon m5 with androide 5.1 but with the memory leak issue problem, that's why i posted a thread here to ask help to dowgrade to kitkat. Now my question for you is : if i follow your tuto flash the TWRP, root my phone with the stock Rom gave, will this androide problem disappear or it still gonna be present? Thanks
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Hi adamyd,
Unfortunately it seems that somebody reported the file and Google has taken it down, which means that either Allview or Gionee do not want the software online for public access. Makes you wonder why wouldn't they want that tho... I feel this issue requires a bit of paranoia here so I'll investigate this as soon as I'll have some free time. Could it be collecting personal data? Usage patterns? Just wondering...
Aaanyhow, until some official from Allview or Gionee gives us green light to post their ROM online, we will have to do this manually.
Regarding the memory leak, I'm not aware if the Gionee ROM or the Allview ROM have this issue fixed - haven't had any problems with it so far.
Now, if you still want to root your phone the manual way, here is a suggestion of how it could be done (that's how I did it):
First, you will need to follow the steps mentioned in the Backup section of the tutorial and then generate your own ROM, which means you'll have to:
Download the SPFT application from the web (try searching XDA or simply use Google).
Get the scatter file for the Gionee Marathon M5 device ( try googling for "MT6735_Android_scatter.txt" ).
Follow the rest of the backup procedure described in the tutorial.
Dice the backup file (resulted from the BACKUP operation) into actual partition images, replace the recovery image file with the TWRP_recovery one and finally flash the entire MODIFIED ROM to your phone's memory.
Let me know if you choose to go the manual route, and I'll post a tutorial on how to accomplish #4 in the list above.
Cheers!

tipuban said:
Hi adamyd,
Unfortunately it seems that somebody reported the file and Google has taken it down, which means that either Allview or Gionee do not want the software online for public access. Makes you wonder why wouldn't they want that tho... I feel this issue requires a bit of paranoia here so I'll investigate this as soon as I'll have some free time. Could it be collecting personal data? Usage patterns? Just wondering...
Aaanyhow, until some official from Allview or Gionee gives us green light to post their ROM online, we will have to do this manually.
Regarding the memory leak, I'm not aware if the Gionee ROM or the Allview ROM have this issue fixed - haven't had any problems with it so far.
Now, if you still want to root your phone the manual way, here is a suggestion of how it could be done (that's how I did it):
First, you will need to follow the steps mentioned in the Backup section of the tutorial and then generate your own ROM, which means you'll have to:
Download the SPFT application from the web (try searching XDA or simply use Google).
Get the scatter file for the Gionee Marathon M5 device ( try googling for "MT6735_Android_scatter.txt" ).
Follow the rest of the backup procedure described in the tutorial.
Dice the backup file (resulted from the BACKUP operation) into actual partition images, replace the recovery image file with the TWRP_recovery one and finally flash the entire MODIFIED ROM to your phone's memory.
Let me know if you choose to go the manual route, and I'll post a tutorial on how to accomplish #4 in the list above.
Cheers!
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Hi tipuban. Thanks for the quick answer. Of course i'm interested in rooting my phone manually so it would be awesome if you do that tutorial on the 4th step. Thanks so much for your time ??

how to update r7 rooted with OPPO tools? (I did unroot but didn't work?)

hello everyone, I've r7plus rooted with OPPO tools and I decided to finally update with latest coloros OTA! so I first unrooted the R7 and then downloaded the Ota..
it does start the update.. reboot start to install(takes about 4 minutes..) but at less than half of the process it reboots and then tells me "update failed"!
I tried also with the Ota downloaded in my SD card.. with local update but same failure!
any idea how can I do this update? thanks
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Just so everyone knows, it is best to not unroot the phone to install the OTA updates. Of all the times I've done it (total of 5), I had to rely on a previous version or completely reinstall the OS. The best way to go about installing the newest version would be flashing the color OS rom through the SD card. This only works if you can still access Recovery on your phone.
You'll want to go to coloros.com/rom and select on what I believe is the OPPO R7 Plus S, the versions with chinese characters should only be for the R7+ M.
Download the rom and drag it onto your SD card or phone.
Backup the phone!
Enter recovery
Select install from SD card
Select the ROM
Install the ROM
I believe the R7+ S version should be standard for all non Chinese phones, if it is not tell me so I can dig through the OPPO archives a little more. If it is not the right phone OS it will say installation failed which should not change anything.

jinix1 said:
Just so everyone knows, it is best to not unroot the phone to install the OTA updates. Of all the times I've done it (total of 5), I had to rely on a previous version or completely reinstall the OS. The best way to go about installing the newest version would be flashing the color OS rom through the SD card. This only works if you can still access Recovery on your phone.
You'll want to go to coloros.com/rom and select on what I believe is the OPPO R7 Plus S, the versions with chinese characters should only be for the R7+ M.
Download the rom and drag it onto your SD card or phone.
Backup the phone!
Enter recovery
Select install from SD card
Select the ROM
Install the ROM
I believe the R7+ S version should be standard for all non Chinese phones, if it is not tell me so I can dig through the OPPO archives a little more. If it is not the right phone OS it will say installation failed which should not change anything.
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thanks i tried but didn't work! i went in recory and tried to install the OTA from there " installation failed " !
Btq mine is R7plusF (european)
well anyway.. if there is not solution beside WIPE all .. i'll wait some more after all smartphone is working well like this as well!
thank you

simika said:
thanks i tried but didn't work! i went in recory and tried to install the OTA from there " installation failed " !
Btq mine is R7plusF (european)
well anyway.. if there is not solution beside WIPE all .. i'll wait some more after all smartphone is working well like this as well!
thank you
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If you download the rom, even if it wipes all the data clean you can still restore it with Color OS's backup/restore function. As for a site dedicated to R7+ f ROMs I have had little luck locating one. I'm sorry I could not be of more help.

guys i found solution to my problem.. i write it here , it might help some of you!
so what i did was WIPE all factory reset
DOWNLOAD full ROM from oppo forum and copy it into a folder in storage !
go to system update and do LOCAL UPDATE and select the entire rom(1,39GB..)
let it install , reboot and then ROOT it with oppo tools!
so basically the only thing that did not work for me was the OTA update of 135mb done with system update!
i hope it helps

simika said:
guys i found solution to my problem.. i write it here , it might help some of you!
so what i did was WIPE all factory reset
DOWNLOAD full ROM from oppo forum and copy it into a folder in storage !
go to system update and do LOCAL UPDATE and select the entire rom(1,39GB..)
let it install , reboot and then ROOT it with oppo tools!
so basically the only thing that did not work for me was the OTA update of 135mb done with system update!
i hope it helps
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I rooted my phone (chinese without snapdragon) awith oppotools 1.6.5 but now its stuck in bootloop. I tried to factory rest and then cleared cache and data but still no luck. My phone doesnt go into fastboot, only recovery mode is accesible. Can you please help me getting back my phone in normal condition?

yes I'd love.. but.. not sure I can directly point you! u should at least get in fastboot or even better in oppo recovery.. are u sure u tried in the right way to enter in fastboot /recovery?
Sent from my R7plusf using Tapatalk

asakshatshukla said:
I rooted my phone (chinese without snapdragon) awith oppotools 1.6.5 but now its stuck in bootloop. I tried to factory rest and then cleared cache and data but still no luck. My phone doesnt go into fastboot, only recovery mode is accesible. Can you please help me getting back my phone in normal condition?
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Do a full wipe, data+cache, download the stock rom for your model on the computer. Move it to the sdcard and flash it using Oppo Recovery.

[Completed] Moto 3 G XT1541 soft brick !help!

Hi,
(motorola moto 3rd gen 8 gb 1024ram; updated to 6.0 marshmallow, european phone, bought 02/2016)
I tried te root my phone with this guide: "theunlockr.com/2015/09/09/how-to-root-the-motorola-moto-g-3rd-gen"
I succeded to unlock bootloader, I succeded to flash twrp.
I flashed the superSU zip twice (UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip)
--> phone does not start anymore in android. Stuck in first screen.
flashed super SU zip once (BETA-SuperSU-v2.52.zip) after finding out this one is for marshmallow.
--> does the same.
did factory recet
-->nothing better
did format data
--> nothing better
Now I can start and get in team Win recovery project v2.8.7.0 and the phone connects with pc.
I downloaded already firmware "XT1541_OSPREY_RETEU_6.0_MPI24.65-33.1_cid7_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC__v2.xml"
How should I progress without doing more damage?
I realy hope someone can help me.
thanx!

simonlietar said:
Hi,
(motorola moto 3rd gen 8 gb 1024ram; updated to 6.0 marshmallow, european phone, bought 02/2016)
I tried te root my phone with this guide: "theunlockr.com/2015/09/09/how-to-root-the-motorola-moto-g-3rd-gen"
I succeded to unlock bootloader, I succeded to flash twrp.
I flashed the superSU zip twice (UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip)
--> phone does not start anymore in android. Stuck in first screen.
flashed super SU zip once (BETA-SuperSU-v2.52.zip) after finding out this one is for marshmallow.
--> does the same.
did factory recet
-->nothing better
did format data
--> nothing better
Now I can start and get in team Win recovery project v2.8.7.0 and the phone connects with pc.
I downloaded already firmware "XT1541_OSPREY_RETEU_6.0_MPI24.65-33.1_cid7_subsidy-DEFAULT_CFC__v2.xml"
How should I progress without doing more damage?
I realy hope someone can help me.
thanx!
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Hi there,
You should always make a back up of your current system before messing up with your device. So that you can restore your nandroid if anything goes wrong .
So , to solve your issue ,
1. Download any custom rom from xda for your device and flash that zip using adb sideload. (if you are not able to do this or dont know how to do then go on to step 2)
2. Download stock img for your device and flash it using fastboot.
For further questions , you may try posting here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2148591
Good luck.

Vivek_Neel said:
Hi there,
You should always make a back up of your current system before messing up with your device. So that you can restore your nandroid if anything goes wrong .
So , to solve your issue ,
1. Download any custom rom from xda for your device and flash that zip to your file using adb sideload. (if you are not able to do this or dont know how to do then go on step 2)
2. Download stock img for your device and flash it using fastboot.
For further questions , you may try posting here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2148591
Good luck.
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THx! I'll try to. thx for the advice. Let you know if I succeded.

Installed stock image
I succeeded to install the stock image and root my phone. Thx a lot.

[GUIDE] How to Unlock Bootloader, Root and Install Gapps on Samsung J3 Pro SM-J3110

I bought the Samsung J3 Pro from China and it doesn't come with Gapps.
The phone is not rooted and the bootloader is locked.
Here are the steps I took to resolve this and install Gapps, but my stock recovery cannot access external SD card and ADB push. But at least I can use GAPPS.
1. Unlocking Bootloader - You need to CROM to unlock the bootloader. Install this apk.
h double t p s: double-slashes 1drv.ms/u/s!AgNcMhBajz7DiS4U-ssG4pig6VYE
2. Install Root - Use ODIN （h double t p s :double-slashes 1drv.ms/u/s!AgNcMhBajz7DiTE3Lp1mHOJnAr-r)
and flash this root file under AP (h double t p s: double-slashes 1drv.ms/u/s!AgNcMhBajz7DiTCam_wn2LVf6X8C)
3. Install Super User - If you get boot up after flashing the root access, you are almost done. Install the Superuser.apk . (h double t p s : double-slashes 1drv.ms/u/s!AgNcMhBajz7DiS-44wy4I0c6UD4e)
4. Install GAPPS - As I can't flash gapps.zip using the OpenGapss due to no access to external SD Card using the stock recovery (no CWM or TWRP for this model) , I use this app from this website (h double t p :double-slashes world wide web.gugeanzhuangqi.com/)
or download apk here (h double t p s :double-slashes 1drv.ms/u/s!AgNcMhBajz7DiTKheRRLQoimhO3a)
I apologise for inconvenient links as this is my first post . I hope the above can help someone ... but I still need some help to enable access to external SD card under the stock recovery, or wait for a proper CWM or TWRP recovery...:good:

h double t p s :double-slashes 1drv.ms/u/s!AgNcMhBajz7DiTE3Lp1mHOJnAr-r
help !!! Link dead

Link died

Very Thank you!! I insatlled gapps successfully. very thank you.

Keen to try this, I've done the same "mistake" buying the Chinese model. Can I also get rid of the whole chinese rom altogether and get a european or custom one? And...how?

kpnagidi said:
Keen to try this, I've done the same "mistake" buying the Chinese model. Can I also get rid of the whole chinese rom altogether and get a european or custom one? And...how?
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Just a heads up, I managed to root using ODIN and installed TWRP and have access to external files during recovery. I then installed GAPPS, but still got "Google Framework has stopped working" when trying to sign into Google Play. I'll let you know if I have any more success.

Hello,
Someone could help me to root my sm-j3110 of china please :crying: ?
Because the links above no longer work and I don't see anywhere a clean solution for root this model.
The solution above still works or a new solution is released please ?
Thanks a lot in advance

MobAndro said:
Hello,
Someone could help me to root my sm-j3110 of china please :crying: ?
Because the links above no longer work and I don't see anywhere a clean solution for root this model.
The solution above still works or a new solution is released please ?
Thanks a lot in advance
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Yeah I figured it out in the other day, I'll try to gather the files you'll need and post them in a link. Just a note, the original solution mentioned in the first post didn't work for me.

Phalanxguard said:
Yeah I figured it out in the other day, I'll try to gather the files you'll need and post them in a link. Just a note, the original solution mentioned in the first post didn't work for me.
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Nice and thank you
I have 3 questions please :
- a yellow triangle appears with a red and yellow message ?
- KNOX counter 0x1 ?
- OEM unlock to enable ?
It's only to know, anyway I can't live without root on all my Android products :laugh:

MobAndro said:
Nice and thank you
I have 3 questions please :
- a yellow triangle appears with a red and yellow message ?
- KNOX counter 0x1 ?
- OEM unlock to enable ?
It's only to know, anyway I can't live without root on all my Android products :laugh:
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Yes a yellow triangle appears on the boot screen. I flashed TWRP, wiped the original ROM and installed a new one that comes with google play by default, google GPS services enabled and has the Chinese bloatware removed, didn't even need the phone rooted. I did however manage to root the phone before, although I can't remember the software I used. I left it unrooted in the end, just because I was happy enough with the system without.

Phalanxguard said:
Yes a yellow triangle appears on the boot screen. I flashed TWRP, wiped the original ROM and installed a new one that comes with google play by default, google GPS services enabled and has the Chinese bloatware removed, didn't even need the phone rooted. I did however manage to root the phone before, although I can't remember the software I used. I left it unrooted in the end, just because I was happy enough with the system without. I'm uploading the files to Mega now, but it's going to take a little while.
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Thank for your answer.

Required files:
https://mega.nz/#!44QHhTpB!x2EVqIE4ZSZO1p_FYmqRCAxEr7j29gk3zYQF41kC4x0
Firstly, I'm going to assume you know how to boot your phone into download mode and that you know how to use ODIN. If not, watch a youtube video, it's fairly simple stuff.
You'll need a decent size of SD card to back up to. I think the original ROM itself is >4GB.
Steps:
1. Flash TWRP using ODIN.
2. BACK UP YOUR FILES (Including system files) USING TWRP TO YOUR SD.
3. Wipe everything except your external SD using TWRP.
4. Flash the new ROM using ODIN, there are four files, one for each section in ODIN.
5. (Optional) Reflash TWRP as the installation of the ROM removes it.
As always, I can't stress enough how important it is to back up beforehand, you are wiping everything that's not on your external SD.
Also note that you have to wipe the old ROM, it doesn't work if you just try to install the new one on top of the old one.
I found the default English keyboard in this ROM had a few mistakes (It's originally a Vietnamese ROM I believe, although it has an English language option), so I downloaded google keyboard from play and that fixed it.
Enjoy

Phalanxguard said:
Required files:
https://mega.nz/#!44QHhTpB!x2EVqIE4ZSZO1p_FYmqRCAxEr7j29gk3zYQF41kC4x0
Firstly, I'm going to assume you know how to boot your phone into download mode and that you know how to use ODIN. If not, watch a youtube video, it's fairly simple stuff.
You'll need a decent size of SD card to back up to. I think the original ROM itself is >4GB.
Steps:
1. Flash TWRP using ODIN.
2. BACK UP YOUR FILES (Including system files) USING TWRP TO YOUR SD.
3. Wipe everything except your external SD using TWRP.
4. Flash the new ROM using ODIN, there are four files, one for each section in ODIN.
5. (Optional) Reflash TWRP as the installation of the ROM removes it.
As always, I can't stress enough how important it is to back up beforehand, you are wiping everything that's not on your external SD.
Also note that you have to wipe the old ROM, it doesn't work if you just try to install the new one on top of the old one.
I found the default English keyboard in this ROM had a few mistakes (It's originally a Vietnamese ROM I believe, although it has an English language option), so I downloaded google keyboard from play and that fixed it.
Enjoy
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Finally, I flashed TWRP using ODIN first.
Then I flashed SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815.zip using TWRP and installed SuperSU v2.79 after boot on my ROM original of China.
The root works fine but the GPS no longer works and it makes me angry
I used many gps fix and gps test without results :crying::crying::crying:
I'm french so I was afraid that the Vietnamese ROM don't have the French language
Maybe I'll buy a new model to see if root works without problems because I don't know if others have rooted the Chinese ROM Stock perfectly.
I so liked this phone :crying:
Very thanks a lots for your help :good:

MobAndro said:
Finally, I flashed TWRP using ODIN first.
Then I flashed SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815.zip using TWRP and installed SuperSU v2.79 after boot on my ROM original of China.
The root works fine but the GPS no longer works and it makes me angry
I used many gps fix and gps test without results :crying::crying::crying:
I'm french so I was afraid that the Vietnamese ROM don't have the French language
Maybe I'll buy a new model to see if root works without problems because I don't know if others have rooted the Chinese ROM Stock perfectly.
I so liked this phone :crying:
Very thanks a lots for your help :good:
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No problem. Just so you know, it has all of the major languages. French, Italian etc. I scrolled past them when I was searching for the English option.

Phalanxguard said:
No problem. Just so you know, it has all of the major languages. French, Italian etc. I scrolled past them when I was searching for the English option.
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OK

sethanon55 said:
I bought the Samsung J3 Pro from China and it doesn't come with Gapps.
The phone is not rooted and the bootloader is locked.
Here are the steps I took to resolve this and install Gapps, but my stock recovery cannot access external SD card and ADB push. But at least I can use GAPPS.
1. Unlocking Bootloader - You need to CROM to unlock the bootloader. Install this apk.
h double t p s: double-slashes 1drv.ms/u/s!AgNcMhBajz7DiS4U-ssG4pig6VYE
2. Install Root - Use ODIN （h double t p s :double-slashes 1drv.ms/u/s!AgNcMhBajz7DiTE3Lp1mHOJnAr-r)
and flash this root file under AP (h double t p s: double-slashes 1drv.ms/u/s!AgNcMhBajz7DiTCam_wn2LVf6X8C)
3. Install Super User - If you get boot up after flashing the root access, you are almost done. Install the Superuser.apk . (h double t p s : double-slashes 1drv.ms/u/s!AgNcMhBajz7DiS-44wy4I0c6UD4e)
4. Install GAPPS - As I can't flash gapps.zip using the OpenGapss due to no access to external SD Card using the stock recovery (no CWM or TWRP for this model) , I use this app from this website (h double t p :double-slashes world wide web.gugeanzhuangqi.com/)
or download apk here (h double t p s :double-slashes 1drv.ms/u/s!AgNcMhBajz7DiTKheRRLQoimhO3a)
I apologise for inconvenient links as this is my first post . I hope the above can help someone ... but I still need some help to enable access to external SD card under the stock recovery, or wait for a proper CWM or TWRP recovery...:good:
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Hi,brother,would you mind tell me how to create the flashable custom root file , which mentioned in your post? i have ever tried many times , to create a custom flashable boot.img, like what you done, but failed to flash it to my SM-j3110 via Odin, i suspect something wrong with the space address of the image file...
Appreciate if you can share with me how to make the flashable custom boot image !! Thanks in advance

JevonsDU said:
Hi,brother,would you mind tell me how to create the flashable custom root file , which mentioned in your post? i have ever tried many times , to create a custom flashable boot.img, like what you done, but failed to flash it to my SM-j3110 via Odin, i suspect something wrong with the space address of the image file...
Appreciate if you can share with me how to make the flashable custom boot image !! Thanks in advance
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I'm sorry, I do not understand what you meant by creating a flashable custom root file. I just used the steps below to enable root so that I can install GAPPS using the 3rd party installer :
1. Unlock bootloader
2. Install the rooted ROM (check only the box "AP" in ODIN)
3. install Superuser
4. Install the apk for GAPPS installation.
You need to follow the sequence.

patonline85 said:
h double t p s :double-slashes 1drv.ms/u/s!AgNcMhBajz7DiTE3Lp1mHOJnAr-r
help !!! Link dead
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tested the link and its still working.
Anyway here is the link to the folder :
https://onedrive.live.com/?authkey=!ADcunWYc4mcCv6s&id=C33E8F5A10325C03!1196&cid=C33E8F5A10325C03

Phalanxguard said:
Just a heads up, I managed to root using ODIN and installed TWRP and have access to external files during recovery. I then installed GAPPS, but still got "Google Framework has stopped working" when trying to sign into Google Play. I'll let you know if I have any more success.
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Hi , you managed to find a TWRP recovery for this phone model ?

MobAndro said:
Finally, I flashed TWRP using ODIN first.
Then I flashed SuperSU-v2.79-201612051815.zip using TWRP and installed SuperSU v2.79 after boot on my ROM original of China.
The root works fine but the GPS no longer works and it makes me angry
I used many gps fix and gps test without results :crying::crying::crying:
I'm french so I was afraid that the Vietnamese ROM don't have the French language
Maybe I'll buy a new model to see if root works without problems because I don't know if others have rooted the Chinese ROM Stock perfectly.
I so liked this phone :crying:
Very thanks a lots for your help :good:
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My GPS is working fine using the steps I had posted.