I was working fine, enjoying my new HTC One S with CM9 rom installed. Well the battery life wasnt the best on it, and i didnt install the custom kernel. So I looked for the custom kernel download(on my phone, not on my computer) and i found a .zip file. Well I thought that you could just download the kernel straight to my phone and open it up with "Rom Manager" which i did, it than said i needed to reboot the phone in recovery to continue the installation, so I did... it took me to recovery "to continue the installation" well than I looked away, looked backed down and it was black.... and i have tried powering up, booting into boot loader, booting into recover, and nothing... its just BLACK! nothing works, its literally useless ATM. I really messed up, is there anyway to fix this? Thanks in advanced!
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I think I accidentally flashed the kernel like i would normally flash a rom.... cause i downloaded the .zip file(directly to my phone, not using a computer), than i tapped the download and it asked me if i wanted to open it up with rom manager, so i did. and i think rom manager thought i was flashing a rom, when i wasnt, it was a kernel.... am i screwed? or is there anyway out of this?
Do you know the exact kernel you flashed--where did it come from
Some you need to extract and push
Assume you just tried to boot into bootloader thru phone buttons
Does your pc recognize your phone when plugged in, if so can you open a command window and try to access phone as in adb devices then adb reboot bootloader
assuming you are familiar with sdk adb/fastboot comands
otherwise i don't know what else to say--may be bad--sorry
Came from an XDA thread
Here is where it came from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1708676 from "sun90" (half way down the page "CM9 KERNEL remix edition.zip - [Click for QR Code] (5.53 MB, 9 views) ")
i downloaded that straight to my phone and opened it up with Rom Manager, which i think the app took it as a rom, and installed it like a rom even though it was not a rom. I just tried to access it through adb, it comes up with no devices my PC does recognize it when i plug it in though...
Ive tried to get into bootloader tons of times, it just stays black... :'(
Thanks for your answer!
You flashed a galaxy s2 kernel on your one s? why would you ever think that was a smart thing to do?
Looking at the updater script in that zip it seems it wipes some partitions, the partitions on a SGS2 and the ONE S are different, so if that script accidentally wiped say the hboot partition, or some other critical-for-boot partition, you have a fully bricked phone.
For any devs that may know what partitions are what on the One S, the script wiped
mmcblk0p7, and wrote a zimage to mmcblk0p5
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Normally this is a cwm flashable zip on the Samsung Galaxy S II, which is why rom manager flashed it, as it met all the requirements, the only issue is, it was not made for the ONE S and probably overwrote some important things.
I tried for hours and hours to fix the same issue on a friend's One S (same symptoms, not same cause) to no avail. I tried QPST and telnet and a ridiculous amount of things. Had to bring it to the store and get a new one.
Good luck, but I don't believe there's anything you can do to fix it.
Just answered your question in the help thread, Didnt see this thread too !
Im afraid its not looking good, I think your best bet would be to call your provider and blame it on an OTA update.
And hope for the best
Alright, thanks for the help!
Well it looks like i bricked my phone than.... I thought that CM9 was only on the One S, so I just looked for the CM9 kernel, which obviously was for the sg2, i feel like such a dumb ass now! haha well thanks for all the help guys! ill be heading to the t-mobile store today to blame it on a OTA:]
yeah, others wont agree with what your about to do but........
just act like a complete noob, dont mention anything about software / firmware / ROMs / bootloader etc ect
just say your phone made a noise, you selected update and it died lol
good luck--I know it is heartbreaking
not sure of your situation with carrier, but you could go thru Retention if needed
Hi peeps.
i'm very new to all this but sort of know the basics
i'm running on Axiom now but tried to flash cm10 but after install i got a black screen so had to do a restore.
Today i just flashed venom and after the instal process is done, i hear the start up music but nothing on the screen.
I have had 3 other roms on my phone and never had a problem!
these are the steps i do
download rom - place on sd
put phone in recovery
reset factory
reset cache
install from sd
when it finish's reboot
blank screen.
Am i missing something?
Any help would be great and i can't post on the thread because i'm a noob with less than 10 and dont want to spam my way to the 10 :silly:
you are missing a lot, like reading the OP page and following install instructions
you missed separate flash of boot image and wiping system plus data and caches
i wipe system 3x to be safe
rugmankc said:
you are missing a lot, like reading the OP page and following install instructions
you missed separate flash of boot image and wiping system plus data and caches
i wipe system 3x to be safe
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Thanks but i think that is now the least of my problems!
I used Goomanager and installed CM10, When I did it i installed teamwin recovery. It started to do a lot of strange things, when it finally rebooted i got a load of errors "phone is not working" nearly every 10 seconds?
it will not connect via usb, i discovered the the SD was not mounted.
I tried to mount the SD but it doesnt work, so i rebooted to recovery and tried to mount there but its coming up with - error unable to mount? ive tried everything but no joy
please please help
Thanks:crying:
see if this is your situation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
can you connect phone to pc and use fastboot commands
rugmankc said:
see if this is your situation
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1630459
can you connect phone to pc and use fastboot commands
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I've got a mac
not sure what fastboot is.
I'll check out the link, and thank you very much for trying to help:good:
sorry i do know what fastboot is, yes can get in to it. but ive gone from CWM to teamwin recovery if i go in to the recovery section but that wont let me do anything because the mount. cant even load the phone up
I don't know Mac commands
My idea is to install htc drivers and set up fastboot/adb on pc--the info can be found in dev section on rooting
then open a command window and and boot into fastboot and flash a new recovery, maybe stock per the link, clear storage and try to get mounted
how did you unlock bootloader--
you will need to do alot of reading on adb/fastboot and flashing roms--first step is to have backups of rom and sdcard
since i don't the Mac commands to do fastboot, someone else will chime in at some point
you can alos go to the noob section in Q&A and resubmit your issue
someone will work you thru this, but in meantime study up on android sdk/fastboot/adb. a necessity to get out of these problems
you are not bricked, just need the info and right steps to get back on track
rugmankc said:
I don't know Mac commands
My idea is to install htc drivers and set up fastboot/adb on pc--the info can be found in dev section on rooting
then open a command window and and boot into fastboot and flash a new recovery, maybe stock per the link, clear storage and try to get mounted
how did you unlock bootloader--
you will need to do alot of reading on adb/fastboot and flashing roms--first step is to have backups of rom and sdcard
since i don't the Mac commands to do fastboot, someone else will chime in at some point
you can alos go to the noob section in Q&A and resubmit your issue
someone will work you thru this, but in meantime study up on android sdk/fastboot/adb. a necessity to get out of these problems
you are not bricked, just need the info and right steps to get back on track
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im going to use someone elses alp top with windows. i'll ytry the all in one thing because thats how i rooted it in the first place. thanks for helping it means alot
good luck on it
I'm sorry if others have helped on this before but I can't find real clean instructions on how to do this. I bought a phone that has CM installed on it but can't active on Sprint because I can't do ##...#. I need to know how to get back to the stock rom that I don't have a back up of. Is there a easy way to reinstall the Sprint made rom? I did not root this phone myself but it came rooted so trying to figure this out with out a lot of back ground knowledge here. Thanks for your help.
adamsmiley said:
I'm sorry if others have helped on this before but I can't find real clean instructions on how to do this. I bought a phone that has CM installed on it but can't active on Sprint because I can't do ##...#. I need to know how to get back to the stock rom that I don't have a back up of. Is there a easy way to reinstall the Sprint made rom? I did not root this phone myself but it came rooted so trying to figure this out with out a lot of back ground knowledge here. Thanks for your help.
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Use RSD Lite and an appropriate FXZ file from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2095536
Do you have any where I can find help on this? I pull in my phone in AP Fastboot like I found on a different site pulled it in and went flashed but it failed with an error of "unknown fastboot command (getvar)"
Do you have any where I can find help on this? I pull in my phone in AP Fastboot like I found on a different site pulled it in and went flashed but it failed with an error of "unknown fastboot command (getvar)"
adamsmiley said:
Do you have any where I can find help on this? I pull in my phone in AP Fastboot like I found on a different site pulled it in and went flashed but it failed with an error of "unknown fastboot command (getvar)"
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There's a couple of lines you need to remove from the XML file. Read the first post carefully.
Sounds like you put your phone in fastboot mode correctly, so you are almost there.
thanks so much that fixed it. I love the help from this site.
To try cut a very long short I have a Nexus5 that I am now unable to boot. I had used the Skipsoft unified Android toolkit a few months ago to both unlock the bootloader and root the device. I backed up my original OS to my PC. Now last few days I have been unable to access the play store UNLESS on wifi so after trying a new sim card with no success I thought I would use the toolkit to lock the bootloader and unroot the device so I could install the latest 4.4.3 system update(which had already downloaded to the phone), at this point the toolkit chucked up a few errors (DOH..did not write them down, what a thick head). OK so update had downloaded and phone restarts but goes straight into TWRP which now asks for a password WTF ? so then I turn off the phone and back on and all I now have is the google logo spinning and nothing else. It even seems adb does not work is there ANYONE WHO CAN ASSIST ME PLEASE... FEEL LIKE CRYING RIGHT NOW..
Don't use a tool kit. Use this. If you still have problems post what errors you're getting here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47156064
Edit, Google 15 second adb drivers xda. That'll setup fastboot/adb which you'll need. Just follow method one in the link I posted. Backup what you can before preceding off your device as it will
be wiped
Sent from my Nexus 5 using XDA Free mobile app
Not bricked - fixed
OK... So managed to format the system then gain access to the new ADB sideload feature to allow me to sideload a new ROM. Thank you to all who read A hope this helps someone..
Relocking the bootloader for an OTA is unnecessary just FYI.
That's probably the reason why Twrp asked for a pass. It's generally good (required) to let the system full boot without any mods when factory restoring.
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Hello, iv been a long time lurker on the site with out an account and i recently acquired a xoom tablet 4G model i do believe
It came with ICS by default and i saw an update for jeallybean so i installed it.
Soon i wanted to just get a better rom in the first place but i soon learned i had to unlock my bootloader first anyhow
I got adb and fastboot and the android sdk then i found a guide on how to unlock it. i did it and it was unlocked.
Next i needed to root the dang thing. so i found all the files i needed and i put all the files i needed on sd card also.
I then typed in all the commands needed to flash it in fastboot mode.
I get this error called (to many links) could not flash error. Iv tried differnt files and name types and i even restarted 3 times this whole thing....im so clost to getting this thing flashed so i can get cwm mod and root so i can get the OVerclock mod for the tablet..
I really need help as iv been up all night doing this and it bothers me that i cant get past this stump. iv researched all i could but have not found a soultion. thanks.
astroskyisme said:
Hello, iv been a long time lurker on the site with out an account and i recently acquired a xoom tablet 4G model i do believe
It came with ICS by default and i saw an update for jeallybean so i installed it.
Soon i wanted to just get a better rom in the first place but i soon learned i had to unlock my bootloader first anyhow
I got adb and fastboot and the android sdk then i found a guide on how to unlock it. i did it and it was unlocked.
Next i needed to root the dang thing. so i found all the files i needed and i put all the files i needed on sd card also.
I then typed in all the commands needed to flash it in fastboot mode.
I get this error called (to many links) could not flash error. Iv tried differnt files and name types and i even restarted 3 times this whole thing....im so clost to getting this thing flashed so i can get cwm mod and root so i can get the OVerclock mod for the tablet..
I really need help as iv been up all night doing this and it bothers me that i cant get past this stump. iv researched all i could but have not found a soultion. thanks.
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Grab this
AIO_scripts_R.A.H._TWRPv2.6.3.zip - 12.00 MB
Open the run me .bat and follow the steps to install twrp. And after that twrp will root for you once you boot into twrp and then exit via reboot menu.
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Hi there,
I know this is probably redundant but I've been searching these forums and I'm a bit overwhelmed. Mainly I am trying to discern whether I need to factory reset my phone before I root it or not. If anyone would be kind enough to break it down for a rooting noob, but fairly tech savvy chick, I would really appreciate it. Or just direct me to the most applicable thread for my situation. I have a PC running Windows 8.1 also, if that helps.
Thanks!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/lg-g-stylo/how-to/guide-lg-g-stylo-how-to-root-t-mobile-6-t3333916
Factory reset is not necessary.
stuck
i tried following the guide , igot the bootloader unlocked but when i tried to do the flash recovery.img it kept saying it couldn;t find the directory. i moved the img file to the same place as where the adb is installed but that didn't help. i ended up rebooting my phone and it was in oem state. I installed a backup for now but I tried to attempt it again and i couldn't get it to come up in the adb devices anymore. Advice?
never mind
fabuliz said:
i tried following the guide , igot the bootloader unlocked but when i tried to do the flash recovery.img it kept saying it couldn;t find the directory. i moved the img file to the same place as where the adb is installed but that didn't help. i ended up rebooting my phone and it was in oem state. I installed a backup for now but I tried to attempt it again and i couldn't get it to come up in the adb devices anymore. Advice?
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i figured it out, thanks for your guidance
dammit
I swear I did everything right but now my phone is on LG screen and I cant do anything
fabuliz said:
I swear I did everything right but now my phone is on LG screen and I cant do anything
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I think there is a typo in this set of directions.
Try this one:
http://androidforums.com/threads/guide-how-to-root-t-mobile-6-0-update.1008880/
(Step 7 is correct here)