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[Q]Is there a way to get out of fastboot?

Sorry if the question isnt clear, here is my delemma
So My N5 I had deleted the system partition (or folder) and I no longer had a rom, now my problem is that I cannot get a new rom installed.
I have TWRP as my recovery but no roms.
I also cant do adb sideboot, It always says: Error: Device not found
What Can I do about this?
Does adb Sideboot need usb debugging enabled?
Thanks!

Sounds like you may have to install the drivers for adb on your computer
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kevkid said:
Sorry if the question isnt clear, here is my delemma
So My N5 I had deleted the system partition (or folder) and I no longer had a rom, now my problem is that I cannot get a new rom installed.
I have TWRP as my recovery but no roms.
I also cant do adb sideboot, It always says: Error: Device not found
What Can I do about this?
Does adb Sideboot need usb debugging enabled?
Thanks!
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Why not just flash the factory images from fastboot?

So I tried to using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509428 one of mthe multi tools, and it seems to go through and it stays boot looping in the boot animation.
hrmm.... very weird
EDIT: Ok I was able to flash stock via the direct google link, Now a question about adb sideload, How does that function? Do I have to have usb debugging enabled?

kevkid said:
So I tried to using this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2509428 one of mthe multi tools, and it seems to go through and it stays boot looping in the boot animation.
hrmm.... very weird
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1. Go here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
2. Download the Nexus 5 Android 4.4 (KRT16M) image.
3. Unzip.
4. Run the .bat file while in fastboot.
That's it. It's going to wipe everything but atleast it will work.

bahnburner said:
1. Go here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
2. Download the Nexus 5 Android 4.4 (KRT16M) image.
3. Unzip.
4. Run the .bat file while in fastboot.
That's it. It's going to wipe everything but atleast it will work.
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Thanks worked!!

bahnburner said:
1. Go here: https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
2. Download the Nexus 5 Android 4.4 (KRT16M) image.
3. Unzip.
4. Run the .bat file while in fastboot.
That's it. It's going to wipe everything but atleast it will work.
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Having a little trouble I was hoping you could help clarify how to run the .bat file while in fastboot. I tried to flash the image and I am still stuck on a bootloop. Thanks

capathy21 said:
Having a little trouble I was hoping you could help clarify how to run the .bat file while in fastboot. I tried to flash the image and I am still stuck on a bootloop. Thanks
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Open a new command prompt, drag and drop the bat file into the terminal window, press enter.

bahnburner said:
Open a new command prompt, drag and drop the bat file into the terminal window, press enter.
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I am having trouble with what the bat file is. When I unzip the download I have
bootloader-hammerhead-HHZ11d(disc image file).
flash-all(windows batch file)
flash-all.sh(SH File)
flash-base.sh(SH File)
image-hammerhead-krt16m(WinRar zip archive)
radio-hammerhead-M8974A-1.0.25.0.17(Disc Image File)
I am not seeing anything that says .bat file.
Sorry for being so ignorant on this.

capathy21 said:
I am having trouble with what the bat file is. When I unzip the download I have
bootloader-hammerhead-HHZ11d(disc image file).
flash-all(windows batch file)
flash-all.sh(SH File)
flash-base.sh(SH File)
image-hammerhead-krt16m(WinRar zip archive)
radio-hammerhead-M8974A-1.0.25.0.17(Disc Image File)
I am not seeing anything that says .bat file.
Sorry for being so ignorant on this.
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Windows batch file = .bat file. If you're going to screw with your phone, at the very least you should probably make sure explorer shows all file extensions...
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bahnburner said:
Windows batch file = .bat file. If you're going to screw with your phone, at the very least you should probably make sure explorer shows all file extensions...
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Thanks for the help! Sorry to annoy. I've been rooting and such for several years but was just a bit lost.

[help]trying to flash stock rom back but wont work..

i'm using nexus 5 toolkit and when i finish download the stock rom and starting to flast it
it get stuck, at first after trying send "bootloader"
then it's show error and return me to the main menu..? what to do?
i want to return stock rom and having like a new phone
tx for help

stop using a toolkit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701

Zepius said:
stop using a toolkit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
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This...
But have a look at my "adb and fastboot. what is it?" thread. It will tell you how to ensure you have everything you need installed first. You cn get to it via the sticky roll-up link in my signature.

Zepius said:
stop using a toolkit
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
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still have the same problem..
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harel013 said:
still have the same problem..
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Red my thread. Ensure fastboot is set up correctly and test if fastboot can see your device please. We cant really troubleshoot unless you do this.
If fastboot CAN see your device, flash the images separately (manually)
eg
flash system, then flash cache, etc

harel013 said:
still have the same problem..
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you clearly did not read the thread and links within the thread.
go read what rootsu told you to read now or you wont get anymore assistance.

rootSU said:
Red my thread. Ensure fastboot is set up correctly and test if fastboot can see your device please. We cant really troubleshoot unless you do this.
If fastboot CAN see your device, flash the images separately (manually)
eg
flash system, then flash cache, etc
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alright, i did everything right.. fastboot is set up correctly and i see my device through the fastboot
and when i trying to flash image separately i still get that error
rebooting into bootloader...
FAILED (unknown status code)
finished. total time: 1.015s
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i open the link in your signature and installed all the thing like adb in 15 sec and drivers.. tried to restart the pc also
dont know what now?

harel013 said:
alright, i did everything right.. fastboot is set up correctly and i see my device through the fastboot
and when i trying to flash image separately i still get that error
i open the link in your signature and installed all the thing like adb in 15 sec and drivers.. tried to restart the pc also
dont know what now?
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Which image did you try to flash?
Please provide screenshot of image files in Windows explorer
Please provide screenshot of command prompt when you have executed the commands

rootSU said:
Which image did you try to flash?
Please provide screenshot of image files in Windows explorer
Please provide screenshot of command prompt when you have executed the commands
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i feel very stupid... i think that was a problem in my usb port.. i just now replace the usb port and everything work fine!
very strange... although that the fastboot recognize the device in that "damge" usb port...
but now all work good! thx again! for you'r help! i'm sorry for confuse =\

No probs. Yep sending a file versus listing connected devices is very different
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yea but i used it before in nexus 4 and i had no problems all worked just fine.. but you right i need to start learnig how to do all in my self..

[Q] Unlock Bootloader for HTC one X+...waiting for device!

hello there, i am trying to root my htc one x+
But while typing "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" to unlock the bootloader, i get the response "waiting for device" forever!
on the phone,it is showing "fastboot usb" and also the cell is being detected on normally being connected to the pc!
I even checked the device manager, all the drivers are proper, no exclamation mark near the htc device.
I downloaded the fastboot files from htcdev and ran it. Also downloaded and installed Android SDK as mentioned on htcdev.Also downloaded AdbWinApi.dll and Adb.exe from here:
http://adbshell.com/download/download-adb-for-windows.html
Placed all of them in a separate folder &ran the above command.
Also i copied adbwinapi.dll and adbwinusb.dll in win\system32 just in case.
i also ran the adb.exe
Also turned off the fastboot option on the device
Also restarted the pc and left it overnight just in case....
I have no idea what's going wrong! Any help!

quantum94 said:
hello there, i am trying to root my htc one x+
But while typing "fastboot oem get_identifier_token" to unlock the bootloader, i get the response "waiting for device" forever!
on the phone,it is showing "fastboot usb" and also the cell is being detected on normally being connected to the pc!
I even checked the device manager, all the drivers are proper, no exclamation mark near the htc device.
I downloaded the fastboot files from htcdev and ran it. Also downloaded and installed Android SDK as mentioned on htcdev.Also downloaded AdbWinApi.dll and Adb.exe from here:
http://adbshell.com/download/download-adb-for-windows.html
Placed all of them in a separate folder &ran the above command.
Also i copied adbwinapi.dll and adbwinusb.dll in win\system32 just in case.
i also ran the adb.exe
Also turned off the fastboot option on the device
Also restarted the pc and left it overnight just in case....
I have no idea what's going wrong! Any help!
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Hello first run
Code:
fastboot devices
if you can see your device the procceed with your command. If you can't see it something is wrong with the fastboot configuration.

root-expert said:
Hello first run
Code:
fastboot devices
if you can see your device the procceed with your command. If you can't see it something is wrong with the fastboot configuration.
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nopes...on typing "fastboot code", it redirects me to the current directory:
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what to do?

Are you sure you are in fastboot mode?

root-expert said:
Are you sure you are in fastboot mode?
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pretty sure...u can see the pic at:
What now!? :crying:

quantum94 said:
pretty sure...u can see the pic at:
What now!? :crying:
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First of all download and install the official andorid sdk from google and then try to run fasyboot from there.
Follow these instruction to install the complete sdk tools.
If this doesn't help try reinstalling your device drivers.

root-expert said:
First of all download and install the official andorid sdk from google and then try to run fasyboot from there.
Follow these instruction to install the complete sdk tools.
If this doesn't help try reinstalling your device drivers.
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sorry for the late reply....
I tried the same thing on different pc and it worked!
But i have another problem!
I installed cm11 nightly for my on my x plus from here:
http://get.cm/get/qG0
After that my imei has gone blank along with the baseband version.
I did a bit of research and found that by using ruu, u can get the imei back.
So for that i needed turn my s-on to s-off by the foll commands:
adb reboot
if i am not mistaken, while the phone is rebooting i am supposed to put the 2nd command:
adb wait-for-device push firewater /data/local/tmp
The problem here that I think is the phone reboots so fast that i guess the command fails to execute and i get an error saying :
error protocol fault (no status)
So, how to turn off fastboot or quickboot in cm11? There is absolutely no option in the phone. I tried battery settings,power settings, everything!
is there a way to disable fastboot/quickboot in bootloader mode?
plz help!

help root

Hi everyone,
I tried the method given by @DallasCZ but I have an issue.
All the files are in the same folder but I have this message: "cannot load: 'boot.img': No such file or directory"
Please help me !
Thanks in advance.
Kisses

Bencaill said:
Hi everyone,
I tried the method given by @DallasCZ but I have an issue.
All the files are in the same folder but I have this message: "cannot load: 'boot.img': No such file or directory"
Please help me !
Thanks in advance.
Kisses
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Hello, are you sure you have the boot.img also in the direcotry?

DallasCZ said:
Hello, are you sure you have the boot.img also in the direcotry?
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yes, I am sure I have it

Bencaill said:
yes, I am sure I have it
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i tried it again and it works well for me.
can you post a creen of the folder where you extracted the files?

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you have to run the root.bat file, you cannot dir the boot.img

I know I have to run the bat file but you asked me a screen of the folder

I have this message:

strange... idunno for me its working well (windows 7 pro) and the boot.img is in the same directory... do you have some antivirus, anti spam apps running?

A other member of Frandroid forum has exactly the same issue. But he is running W8.1
That is really strange.

I am running win 8.1 as well

POThe only thing I can suggest is to change the line
fastboot -i 0x1bbb boot boot.img
to (in your specific case)
c:\users\user\desktop\idol3_6045_root\fastboot -i 0x1bbb boot c:\users\user\desktop\idol3_6045_root\boot.img
and see what occurs.
I'm thinking you may have fastboot somewhere else on your computer as well and that somehow, it's looking in the local directory of that fastboot. While that goes against everything logical (local directory should always be checked first), I'd give that a shot.
If that still doesn't work, open the cmd.exe with elevated permissions (right click "command prompt" in start menu, and run as administrator)

The problem seems to be resolved by using Windows 7 instead.
http://forum.frandroid.com/topic/223905-tuto-root-de-l-idol-3-55/?p=3417628

using win 7 is not a solution... there have to be a way how to do it, because there are thousands of users with win 8.1 who using fastboot and adb commands...

Is it a drivers issue? Does "adb devices" return anything? Or "fastboot devices" if you're in the bootloader? If you don't get a device listed after executing that command, the OS isn't fully recognizing the Icon 3.
I've all but abandoned using Windows for interaction with my Android devices. The driver issues are too big a pain in the butt. With Mac, and no need for installing drivers, the only issue is the occasional usb cable that doesn't work well. I don't mean that as a Mac is better than Windows thing. I use both and am not into these kinds of battles. But it is easier on Mac in this case.
OP, have you tried this with a different USB cable?

is your bootloader unlocked?

And I take it you've enabled Developer Options and USB Debugging?

After all my talk about the ease of communicating with Android devices from a Mac, I'm now unable to successfully issue fastboot commands when in the bootloader. I've tried using sudo, making sure to include arguments that address the device, etc. I can execute adb commands when the phone's system is booted, though. But fastboot commands either get me a "waiting for device" or nothing at all. I thought I was able to do this successfully yesterday, when I was just testing it out. Today, I was going to root by booting into TWRP and flashing SuperSU.

maigre said:
Is it a drivers issue? Does "adb devices" return anything? Or "fastboot devices" if you're in the bootloader? If you don't get a device listed after executing that command, the OS isn't fully recognizing the Icon 3.
I've all but abandoned using Windows for interaction with my Android devices. The driver issues are too big a pain in the butt. With Mac, and no need for installing drivers, the only issue is the occasional usb cable that doesn't work well. I don't mean that as a Mac is better than Windows thing. I use both and am not into these kinds of battles. But it is easier on Mac in this case.
OP, have you tried this with a different USB cable?
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If it was a driver issue, my phone would not restart with the command, every drivers are OK

ractar28 said:
POThe only thing I can suggest is to change the line
fastboot -i 0x1bbb boot boot.img
to (in your specific case)
c:\users\user\desktop\idol3_6045_root\fastboot -i 0x1bbb boot c:\users\user\desktop\idol3_6045_root\boot.img
and see what occurs.
I'm thinking you may have fastboot somewhere else on your computer as well and that somehow, it's looking in the local directory of that fastboot. While that goes against everything logical (local directory should always be checked first), I'd give that a shot.
If that still doesn't work, open the cmd.exe with elevated permissions (right click "command prompt" in start menu, and run as administrator)
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Your method worked !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! THX !!!!!

Moto G Play 2023

Hi all new here glad to be a member
anyway i just unlocked the bootloader and rooted with magisk through BOOT.img patching.... my Question is, are there any custom roms or anything out yet for this phone? Android 12 .thank you so much

Thats amazing. From my own research i understand this phone is so new that people have yet the get their hands on it to work on it also the fact that it uses a mediatek instead of a snapdragon is a sticking point for a lot of developers even though its basically the same phone as the g power 22 and g play 21

Hi sam9566
Yeah I broke my other phone cheap . So I looked for an unlocked carrier phone close to me and Walmart had like 7 maybe. But they were in lockup couldn't find it. So I asked the guy in the back he looked around and took his key out and went into this metal cage that you couldn't see into and pulled one out and sold it to me really quickly . Then I had to wait 9 days for the OEM UNLOCK to be UN-greyed in dev options. But in those 9 days I waited for an email from moto for my unlock code but never showed. So I got on live site chat and within 2 minutes the person gave me the 20 digit code . And after 9 days I unlocked the bootloader, then I used the Lenovo software to get the factory Rom extracted the boot.img used magisk to patch then flashed.. lol been debloating the crap out this phone.. it uses 51% storage after setup is completed

nice lets try to actually keep this thread alive so maybe we can get a lineage rom for this phone eventually???

well got rid of all the preinstalled apps and moto junk lol got down to 39% storage used. now what lol im bored

Yeah im still completely lost on how you did this could you possibly post a step by step guide???

lol ill try
1: download https://www.motorola.com/us/rescue-and-smart-assistant/p MOTOROLA SITE please be patient the program is slow just a warning if anyone thinks its hung..
2: Download magisk from GITHUB on your phone and install it.
3: download ADB_Fastboot
4: open rescue and smart assistant program and do the steps it says to do, then once it finds the ROM it MIGHT say already have latest... Say download anyway..
5: now once its done downloading dont do anything else. go to the download location and open the file and copy the BOOT.IMG to desktop or where ever you want it..
6: Now copy the BOOT.IMG to your phone's internal storage Download folder.
7:Run magisk and click top install then select and patch a file. locate the boot.img on your phone and patch it.
8: once done copy the patched file back to the PC i put it in ADB FASTBOOT folder. rename it too BOOT.IMG open CMD with admin rights or it wont work.
9: type (adb reboot-bootloader), should reboot into bootloader. now do this command (fastboot devices) make sure it see's the device.. then type ( fastboot flash boot boot.img ) -BOOT.IMG is what ever name you make it but for simple measures i did boot.img. let it finish reboot device with ( fastboot reboot ).. now open magisk and let it finish what its got to do...
10: ENJOY hope this helps someone out.. i never wrote a guide before as you can tell hahaha.. let me know if there is any QUESTIONS

Gonna have to dig out my windows pc ugh

lol what device do you have?
sam9566 said:
Gonna have to dig out my windows pc ugh
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My main rig is a mac running os 10.15 so idk if ill be able to run your tutorial step my step i do have adb tools installed but the paths etc are different because of the operating system

sam9566 said:
My main rig is a mac running os 10.15 so idk if ill be able to run your tutorial step my step i do have adb tools installed but the paths etc are different because of the operating system
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my bad i meant your phone.

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samtron6 said:
my bad i meant your phone.
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So what do i do next on my pc in still lost

sam9566 said:
So what do i do next on my pc in still lost
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do you have bootloader in dev option enabled?

Yes

samtron6 said:
well got rid of all the preinstalled apps and moto junk lol got down to 39% storage used. now what lol im bored
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Same here. Unloaded all the "Junk",and this little pistol is much faster-- however, still looking for a custom ROM.

dcluvsme said:
Same here. Unloaded all the "Junk",and this little pistol is much faster-- however, still looking for a custom ROM.
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same.

I was struggling to get my boot partition to flash (not found error). Ultimately I had to flash boot_a and boot_b as described here.
[Guide] Root Motorola with Magisk (UnLocked Bootloader)(Non-TWRP method)
Root Motorola Devices with Magisk Note: This method has been working with most Moto Devices that the Bootloader can be UnLocked. If the Bootloader cannot be Unlocked this method will not work. Please only use this as a reference. If you require...
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hmm i didnt have to flash the boot a or boot b.. i just did the flashboot boot.img command. maybe i didnt do something right lol now im going to try this when i get time today.. thanks

Yes, you must flash boot_a and boot_b