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[Q] HELP! ZTE RACER bricked after rooting!

Hi! Sorry about this rude way but I am in an emergency situation.
I have a ZTE RACER with Android 2.2.2 (official ZTE Frimware) which it keeps rebooting at the splash screen.
Before that, I did a root using SuperOneClick 2.3.3 by Shortfuse. After following the instructions (USB debug, plug-in, root) I've rebooted the phone normally (NOT with adb), and when it got after the ZTE Logo (the first one, not the splash screen and not the Android logo). The animation goes a little and freezes for a few seconds, then restarts automaticly (but not entirely, just repeats the splash screen) and reboot. Rance and repeat! I tried to unroot, but the app hangs, restarting with adb and nothing happens. adb restart command doesn't help that much. What should I do to fix it?
Additional info:
Phone recives adb commands normally.
Possibly Superuser app was leftover before unrooting and rooting again (yes I already did root, but superuser stoped working properly afer app and su files update)
Can't go to FTM Mode, ROM Manager gave me a broken CWM.
Unsure If I can install CWM manually since SD doesn't seem to get mounted.
Phone Info:
ZTE-RACER
Android 2.2.2 (FROYO_P2XXGV_V1.0.0_B2)
CWM 5.0.x (Installed with ROM Manager. Broken.)
Carrier: GR COSMOTE (that's unknown carrier for you.)
Thanks for any help.
P.S.: Does anyone here is greek and has a ZTE RACER with the official 2.2 upgrade? I need the FTM Mode.

From what you have said, it seems like you are in a soft brick not a hard one. This means that there is chance of recovery but you have to be very careful.
You weren't rude so don't worry bout that.
You may want to try a hard reset.
Now that we have identified the problem, you have the ability to try and find it yourself at least.
It is possible to manually flash the generic default 2.2 and this will restore your device.
or
turn off your phone and then press power button and volume up button.Programing will open and there is a option of reset and restore.By using volume button go to reset and restore option and then press power button and home key programing will start and your phone will reset.
Hit thanks if you found this useful.

Deftone said:
It is possible to manually flash the generic default 2.2 and this will restore your device.
or
turn off your phone and then press power button and volume up button.Programing will open and there is a option of reset and restore.By using volume button go to reset and restore option and then press power button and home key programing will start and your phone will reset.
Hit thanks if you found this useful.
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For the first one, I don't know how since the only way I had was to reflash it with the 1-Click Update (I did that on my ZTE MF636 3G Modem).
About the second, you mean that I must use the adb command, or I just hold it down without connecting it (I am newbie to the Android), but thanks for the help. I'll keep you posted for the results.
(NOTE: 1-click update is the offline frimware updater made by ZTE.)

if the logo appears look for a solution, if nothing happens buy a new one because is a full brick

rivas1981 said:
if the logo appears look for a solution, if nothing happens buy a new one because is a full brick
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Logo appears but... I still don't get it.
Was that for CWM? Or for the phone?
CWM is broken by the ROM Manager. After installing, I tried to get in, but it got frozen to the Android logo + the red led is on. (Temporal brick).
Should I flash a working CWM to the phone?

Anyone?

If there is a working CWM recovery .img file for your device, flash that using fastboot.
-- Sent from my TouchPad using Communities

post-mortem said:
If there is a working CWM recovery .img file for your device, flash that using fastboot.
-- Sent from my TouchPad using Communities
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a) I am not sure if it works but for sure it doesn't come from ROM Manager.
b)Where do I find fastboot and what's the command?

Anyone, please?

I think you get it when you install the SDK, along with ADB. You put your phone into fastboot mode, plug the USB into your computer, and use fastboot flash_image to flash the .img file to your device's recovery partition.
If you can boot your device into fastboot mode, search for "Android Flash Recovery" by Bill.Weckel (Windows only). That'll be the easiest way.
-- Sent from my TouchPad using Communities

post-mortem said:
I think you get it when you install the SDK, along with ADB. You put your phone into fastboot mode, plug the USB into your computer, and use fastboot flash_image to flash the .img file to your device's recovery partition.
If you can boot your device into fastboot mode, search for "Android Flash Recovery" by Bill.Weckel (Windows only). That'll be the easiest way.
-- Sent from my TouchPad using Communities
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This command doesn't work. Is it fastboot flash recovery [image_file]?

Will somebody please help me out!

Here is the thread for Android Flash Recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1827723

Doesn't work! It does detect it, but it can't flash it (on normal boot only. On recovery/bootloader it just getting bricked). Any other options? Or I have to send it for reflashing?

[Q] HP Pro Slate 12 - recovery mode and factory reset both disappeared!

Hi everyone,
I'm sorry if I post this question in a wrong section but there is no thread for my device on xda.
It seems like I ruined the recovery mode of my Android tablet. It's a HP Pro Slate 12 tablet with Android 5.1.1 on it. It's rooted. I wanted to install CWM Recovery to backup everything, but my device wasn't listed as a supported device. My friend told me I can install the LG G3 recovery instead because it's compatible. I installed that. Since then recovery mode completely disappeared. The device still boots in normal mode and works, but I cannot boot into recovery mode anymore. I really need it because the device boots normally but sometimes acting strange since I rooted it. I'd like to try unrooting it by going into recovery mode or doing a factory reset, but both options disappeared.
Here's what I've tried:
- I Googled this problem very thoroughly, but didn't find any help aside from "hold down 2 buttons to go into recovery mode" type of answers.
- I tried holding down volume up+power buttons while turning it on, but didn't work.
- Tried holding down volume down+power. Nope.
- Tried rebooting inside Android into recovery mode with Quick boot app. It rebooted my device but again it went into normal mode instead.
- Tried to reboot into recovery mode with ADP and FastBoot in Windows. ADB recognized my device (listed the serial number), Fastboot didn't recognize my device. So I tried to reboot into recovery with ADB. Same stuff happened. The device rebooted into normal mode.
- Tried to do a factory reset. DIDN'T work! Rebooted into normal mode once more. The factory reset hasn't deleted anything.
- I have the latest available update.zip from the official website for my device, but without recovery mode I cannot install it.
Any ideas? Did I really lose the possibility of recovery forever with a single click?

crullx said:
Hi everyone,
I'm sorry if I post this question in a wrong section but there is no thread for my device on xda.
It seems like I ruined the recovery mode of my Android tablet. It's a HP Pro Slate 12 tablet with Android 5.1.1 on it. It's rooted. I wanted to install CWM Recovery to backup everything, but my device wasn't listed as a supported device. My friend told me I can install the LG G3 recovery instead because it's compatible. I installed that. Since then recovery mode completely disappeared. The device still boots in normal mode and works, but I cannot boot into recovery mode anymore. I really need it because the device boots normally but sometimes acting strange since I rooted it. I'd like to try unrooting it by going into recovery mode or doing a factory reset, but both options disappeared.
Here's what I've tried:
- I Googled this problem very thoroughly, but didn't find any help aside from "hold down 2 buttons to go into recovery mode" type of answers.
- I tried holding down volume up+power buttons while turning it on, but didn't work.
- Tried holding down volume down+power. Nope.
- Tried rebooting inside Android into recovery mode with Quick boot app. It rebooted my device but again it went into normal mode instead.
- Tried to reboot into recovery mode with ADP and FastBoot in Windows. ADB recognized my device (listed the serial number), Fastboot didn't recognize my device. So I tried to reboot into recovery with ADB. Same stuff happened. The device rebooted into normal mode.
- Tried to do a factory reset. DIDN'T work! Rebooted into normal mode once more. The factory reset hasn't deleted anything.
- I have the latest available update.zip from the official website for my device, but without recovery mode I cannot install it.
Any ideas? Did I really lose the possibility of recovery forever with a single click?
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Hello did you find a solution to your problem ?

Get into recovery without volume buttons

Hey everyone
my opo have the internal volume buttons broken. I flashed a custom ROM on it and I forgot to do a factory reset before I firstly boot up the phone with the new ROM. So it stuck on the boot animation.
can someone help me out please?

You have to open it if the power menu has no "Boot to recovery option".

qwertyng said:
Hey everyone
my opo have the internal volume buttons broken. I flashed a custom ROM on it and I forgot to do a factory reset before I firstly boot up the phone with the new ROM. So it stuck on the boot animation.
can someone help me out please?
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It can be done via ADB, using this command
adb reboot recovery

omega_warrior said:
It can be done via ADB, using this command
adb reboot recovery
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Uqbar said:
You have to open it if the power menu has no "Boot to recovery option".
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I'm stuck on boot animation without ADB enbaled

There is only One way left then I think... Flash Official COS via fastboot, that should boot normally, then enable advanced power options and access recovery via ADB.

honor 6x bootloop unlocked rooted

I was trying to flash twrp using an app called flashify but I ended in bootloop
I have bll-l21 unlocked rooted and I can enter fastboot mode but my pc doesn't detect it and usb debugging is disabled

Factory reset or dload method at this point... if you would had USB debugging active you could manually flash TWRP by adb and fix things, but in that state there isn't much possible to do

Solved , I only deleted the recovery and the os was working and my phone was trying to enter the recovery while there is nothing I forced it to power off then it rebooted automatically and powered it off again and on while pressing volume up and down and magically booted to os again thank God

Rawan 96 said:
Solved , I only deleted the recovery and the os was working and my phone was trying to enter the recovery while there is nothing I forced it to power off then it rebooted automatically and powered it off again and on while pressing volume up and down and magically booted to os again thank God
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YEs that is recovery issue only. Once you boot to system it will boot.
Why not try the traditional way via fast boot. there is a user friendly guide in my signature, try it.

Question
How did you deleted the recovery with the help of a tool or cmd?

How to copy data from android phone to computer when phone stuck at logo screen?

How to copy data from android phone to computer when phone stuck at logo screen?
Basically it stop going further, it stays at where you see the logo.
I can go to recovery mode, and clear cache etc.
Just want to copy some data from the internal memory before factory reset.
Anyone has experience on this?

MoreYummy said:
How to copy data from android phone to computer when phone stuck at logo screen?
Basically it stop going further, it stays at where you see the logo.
I can go to recovery mode, and clear cache etc.
Just want to copy some data from the internal memory before factory reset.
Anyone has experience on this?
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Why you can't go into recovery mode ? Do you use correct button combination ?

RossTeagan said:
Try to enable USB debugging and install ADB on your PC then you should be able to access your phone with these steps:
- Connect the phone to a PC, using a USB cable
- Boot your phone into ClockworkMod Recovery, by pressing and holding the Power Button + Home Button + Volume Up or Down
- After loading ClockworkMod Recovery, check if the ADB connection is running, by opening a command prompt on your PC and typing adb devices
Now your phone should be connected and you can access your data.
The guide is here: https://www.unlockunit.com/blog/enable-usb-debugging-broken-screen/
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Does it work if i dont have the ClockworkMod and has access to the stock Recovery Mode only?
Perhaps i install CWM recovery by using the current recovery.

qxemobile said:
Why you can't go into recovery mode ? Do you use correct button combination ?
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I do have access to recovery mode, where i can see clear cache, factory reset, reboot etc.
That's my only access, cant get pass the screen where it shows logo.

MoreYummy said:
Does it work if i dont have the ClockworkMod and has access to the stock Recovery Mode only?
Perhaps i install CWM recovery by using the current recovery.
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Not sure, give it a try

RossTeagan said:
Not sure, give it a try
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Which CW MOD do i use?
Is this link to the correct one ?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/cr...covery-clockworkmod-recovery-6-0-5-1-t2885736

MoreYummy said:
Which CW MOD do i use?
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Cwm is outdated, only twrp works on our phones(exynos only), unfortunately the install process requires a wipe.

peachpuff said:
Cwm is outdated, only twrp works on our phones(exynos only), unfortunately the install process requires a wipe.
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TWRP recovery requires a total factory reset?
What if i put the outdated CWM recovery on current phone? Something bad will happen?

MoreYummy said:
TWRP recovery requires a total factory reset?
What if i put the outdated CWM recovery on current phone? Something bad will happen?
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You can't it's not made for the phone.