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I'm a dumbass and accidentally flashed an "update package" rather than a full ROM. I can not get past the "HTC ONE" white screen now..I have full access to recovery and bootloader, but can't boot the phone to mount as "Disk Drive" so I have no way to put the .zip file I need on the SD Card. Is there a way to put the correct .zip...even a stock ROM onto the SD Card without the phone being able to boot? I looked around and couldn't find anything.
Thank you so much.
-Brian
Boot the phone into recovery, go to mounts and storage, mount system. In adb push the file to /sdcard/
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Sent you a PM. Thank you
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Hi, I'm working on exactly the same thing. I am only about 20 hours in and have learned quite a bit, but not having an SD card you can slip into a PC card slot is a major challenge. I have managed to get recovery back on the phone, and am successfully connected via fastboot. I can't figure out the ADB shell...I've installed SDK manager and have tried to enter the ADB shell, but cannot. Keep getting error messages. WHen I attempt to flash a rom via fastboot, the process starts, but then quits with the error that my media does not include android-info.txt or android-product.txt. I have tried every tmo ROM available, and the Nandroid back up. It is a paper weight? Thanks to anyone who can shed some light!
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Hi, I'm working on exactly the same thing. I am only about 20 hours in and have learned quite a bit, but not having an SD card you can slip into a PC card slot is a major challenge. I have managed to get recovery back on the phone, and am successfully connected via fastboot. I can't figure out the ADB shell...I've installed SDK manager and have tried to enter the ADB shell, but cannot. Keep getting error messages. WHen I attempt to flash a rom via fastboot, the process starts, but then quits with the error that my media does not include android-info.txt or android-product.txt. I have tried every tmo ROM available, and the Nandroid back up. It is a paper weight? Thanks to anyone who can shed some light!
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That's not how to flash roms, perhaps that's why. If you don't understand adb you really should not be rooting or unlocking anything until you have a better understanding of the tools you have available. Otherwise you end up in here asking if your phone is bricked when really you just have no idea what you're doing in the first place. Flash recovery in fastboot, then flash the rom from recovery.
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Yea I figured it out..I had a recovery working though.
With regards to rsvjoon,
As stoneyjonez said...you need to flash a recovery (Say CWM Touch) using fastboot...something along the lines of "fastboot flash recovery recoveryimagefilehere.img" and then reboot into recovery...etc etc.
I followed this this step-by-step process exactly and got it to work, I recommend the same.
Cheers
hello...i as well need a step by step about pushing the rom to /sdcard/ in adb....if you could pm me that i would be thankful!
Thanks...and you're right. But I have successfully flashed CWM recovery...I just can't get anything on the phone to flash. Fastboot starts the process but ultimately I get an error with each rom I try that it can't continue because I'm issing those two text files. So anyway, your point is well taken. In the past, once I had recovery, I'd just slip the micro SD card into my computer and pop a rom on it. totally different deal without that capability.
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brwetz said:
Yea I figured it out..I had a recovery working though.
With regards to rsvjoon,
As stoneyjonez said...you need to flash a recovery (Say CWM Touch) using fastboot...something along the lines of "fastboot flash recovery recoveryimagefilehere.img" and then reboot into recovery...etc etc.
I followed this this step-by-step process exactly and got it to work, I recommend the same.
Cheers
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Thanks brwetz. That is exactly the process I followed when I originally rooted my phone...and everything was swell. I fongooled things when I flashed a custom rom (which also worked just fine) and then decided to restore my Nandroid. for whatever reason, that process left me in recovery with nothing on the SD card to flash back.
Thanks again for the response.
rjsvoon said:
Thanks...and you're right. But I have successfully flashed CWM recovery...I just can't get anything on the phone to flash. Fastboot starts the process but ultimately I get an error with each rom I try that it can't continue because I'm issing those two text files. So anyway, your point is well taken. In the past, once I had recovery, I'd just slip the micro SD card into my computer and pop a rom on it. totally different deal without that capability.
Thanks brwetz. That is exactly the process I followed when I originally rooted my phone...and everything was swell. I fongooled things when I flashed a custom rom (which also worked just fine) and then decided to restore my Nandroid. for whatever reason, that process left me in recovery with nothing on the SD card to flash back.
Thanks again for the response.
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What *I did* to put a .zip file on my phone without being able to boot it up was this:
-Go into Recovery -> Mounts and Storage.
-Plug your phone into your computer using USB cable
-Make sure it says "Unmount /sdcard/" and "Unmount /system/". If they do not say that, just press them (they are toggles)
-Make sure the ROM.zip file is in the same directory as your AndroidSDK/adb (for example, mine is C:\AndroidASK\)
-Go into command prompt and type "cd c:\whereveryouradbislocated"
-Once you are in your AndroidSDK (adb) directory, type "adb push romname.zip /sdcard/romname.zip
-Unplug phone from computer, close command prompt
-Go back in Recovery to main menu and do a factory reset/wipe cache partition/wipe dalvik cache (I can explain those more if needbe)
-Again go back to Recovery Main Menu -> Install Zip from SD Card -> Choose file from SD Card -> Select the romname.zip file you just pushed from your computer and install that .zip
-Reboot phone, be patient as it will take a minute to completely boot up.
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If you need further instructions, please PM me.
All of this information deserves much thanks to strker45 and doktartaru for their endless help getting me through the process.
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Should I make a walkthrough thread about this just incase anyone else has this problem?
brwetz said:
What *I did* to put a .zip file on my phone without being able to boot it up was this:
-Go into Recovery -> Mounts and Storage.
-Plug your phone into your computer using USB cable
-Make sure it says "Unmount /sdcard/" and "Unmount /system/". If they do not say that, just press them (they are toggles)
-Make sure the ROM.zip file is in the same directory as your AndroidSDK/adb (for example, mine is C:\AndroidASK\)
-Go into command prompt and type "cd c:\whereveryouradbislocated"
-Once you are in your AndroidSDK (adb) directory, type "adb push romname.zip /sdcard/romname.zip
-Unplug phone from computer, close command prompt
-Go back in Recovery to main menu and do a factory reset/wipe cache partition/wipe dalvik cache (I can explain those more if needbe)
-Again go back to Recovery Main Menu -> Install Zip from SD Card -> Choose file from SD Card -> Select the romname.zip file you just pushed from your computer and install that .zip
-Reboot phone, be patient as it will take a minute to completely boot up.
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If you need further instructions, please PM me.
All of this information deserves much thanks to strker45 and doktartaru for their endless help getting me through the process.
EDIT:
Should I make a walkthrough thread about this just incase anyone else has this problem?
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Thanks very much! I'll do this when I get home tonight. I'll let you know how it goes...If i get it up and running I'll buy you a CASE of beer!
Not a problem.
I posted a more in-depth walkthrough here. Hope it helps possibly even better.
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Not a problem.
I posted a more in-depth walkthrough here. Hope it helps possibly even better.
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I am back in business! I was able to flash the CWM Rom 9.0.0 and then ultimately restored the stock Nandroid made available here. It's a beautiful thing. I bought you some beers! Thank you very much.
Anybody know how to flash the rom through fastboot instead of recovery by pushing the boot.img and system.img from the ruu? sd card isnt mounting in recovery for whatever reason so I don't have access to the .zip files on my sd card. more details in my post from brwetz's thread here.
Thanks in advance for any help.
rjsvoon said:
I am back in business! I was able to flash the CWM Rom 9.0.0 and then ultimately restored the stock Nandroid made available here. It's a beautiful thing. I bought you some beers! Thank you very much.
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How are those beers? hahaha
Beer music
brwetz said:
How are those beers? hahaha
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You're the one that should be drinking the beers! Did you not receive donation?
rjsvoon said:
You're the one that should be drinking the beers! Did you not receive donation?
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lol wow no I didn't..I didn't even know we could do that. I'll update my PayPal...
I managed to root anr install twrp on nexus 5.. I installed walkman.zip and clicked on clear cache after that..then it just didnt end and i had to force it to restart... When i did re start, played a song, in 4mins, any file manager was not reading the sd card!! Now i didnt took a rom backup..but it did boot ventually..it says cache not found! I think i screwed with cache partition.. Now i am trying to side load a zip(paranoid android), cmd is not recognisizing it..(adb i mean)..when i type adb shell, it says its no command and all..now all i want is to flash a rom and get out of this misery...twrp when formatting too, screws up and just dont end..! Help needed...i also did try to format, it just didnt format you know, it just got atuck for minutes again....can anyone give me link to cwm(if its twrp error)..also do help..urgent required.
raghavsharmaxda said:
I managed to root anr install twrp on nexus 5.. I installed walkman.zip and clicked on clear cache after that..then it just didnt end and i had to force it to restart... When i did re start, played a song, in 4mins, any file manager was not reading the sd card!! Now i didnt took a rom backup..but it did boot ventually..it says cache not found! I think i screwed with cache partition.. Now i am trying to side load a zip(paranoid android), cmd is not recognisizing it..(adb i mean)..when i type adb shell, it says its no command and all..now all i want is to flash a rom and get out of this misery...twrp when formatting too, screws up and just dont end..! Help needed...i also did try to format, it just didnt format you know, it just got atuck for minutes again....can anyone give me link to cwm(if its twrp error)..also do help..urgent required.
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It would br grrat if solution is in step by step..irony is that i have rooted samsung devices, and odin does the job for me....now i dont have odin for this after all...i have paranoid .zip in my pc though..... Help needed....noob ..hell of noob in nexus.. Please help
Hello,
Flash factory images and go back to fully stock and then start all over again.. Here are the steps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
Don't know much about TWRP as I use PhilZTouch and adb sideload works just fine!
vin4yak said:
Hello,
Flash factory images and go back to fully stock and then start all over again.. Here are the steps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
Don't know much about TWRP as I use PhilZTouch and adb sideload works just fine!
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It says..fast boot mode is not recognised as internal or external command...it comes like 4times..and says,clixk any button to exit..pls do help...
raghavsharmaxda said:
It says..fast boot mode is not recognised as internal or external command...it comes like 4times..and says,clixk any button to exit..pls do help...
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Here is a tutorial to setup adb https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY4KSrgi-rE correctly. Guess you missed something somewhere
raghavsharmaxda said:
It says..fast boot mode is not recognised as internal or external command...it comes like 4times..and says,clixk any button to exit..pls do help...
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If you put the files in the same folder that Fastboot.exe is, it will work
Hi guys
It has been a long time since my phone has been this bad.
So last night I go to charge my phone because I had ZERO battery. So I turned it on and then plugged it in. The phone booted fine but then I noticed that the screen was not shutting off. I even tried hitting the "Go to sleep" button from the pull down menu and nothing happened. I also realized the phone was not loading my calendar. When I went into the file manager it didn't show SDCARD 1 or 2.
I decided to clear the memory (dalvik + cache) = SAME PROBLEM
I did a factory restore = same problem
Finally I cleared the system = now i have no OPERATING SYSTEM ON THE PHONE
I went to the external sd card and tried to install the latest version of OMNI....IT SAYS IT CANT READ FROM THE SD CARD.
I also tried to copy the file from external sd to internal sd card and it says FAILED
I don't' know what to do...
I am using Team Win Recovery Project 2.6.3.0
I have the latest omni rom on my external sd card. I can see it but install fails.
Please help :crying:
mfisher0 said:
Hi guys
It has been a long time since my phone has been this bad.
So last night I go to charge my phone because I had ZERO battery. So I turned it on and then plugged it in. The phone booted fine but then I noticed that the screen was not shutting off. I even tried hitting the "Go to sleep" button from the pull down menu and nothing happened. I also realized the phone was not loading my calendar. When I went into the file manager it didn't show SDCARD 1 or 2.
I decided to clear the memory (dalvik + cache) = SAME PROBLEM
I did a factory restore = same problem
Finally I cleared the system = now i have no OPERATING SYSTEM ON THE PHONE
I went to the external sd card and tried to install the latest version of OMNI....IT SAYS IT CANT READ FROM THE SD CARD.
I also tried to copy the file from external sd to internal sd card and it says FAILED
I don't' know what to do...
I am using Team Win Recovery Project 2.6.3.0
I have the latest omni rom on my external sd card. I can see it but install fails.
Please help :crying:
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Calm down dear. Same happened with me. I formatted /system and find that I don't have any operating system in my mobile.
Just pluggin your mobile in recovery mode to your PC. transfer the file-> Flash the ROM-> Gapps -> BINGO..
BTW, wrong area for creating a thread.
Don't worry. Do what D™ said.
Alternatively you can use "adb sideload" method. I used it once with Philz recovery. In sideload method, you won't need to copy the file in Sdcard. File existing on pc can be directly flashed. This would help if you still face problems copying file to Sdcard. Search it on google. You will find steps for it.
A bit more clear please...
D™ said:
Calm down dear. Same happened with me. I formatted /system and find that I don't have any operating system in my mobile.
Just pluggin your mobile in recovery mode to your PC. transfer the file-> Flash the ROM-> Gapps -> BINGO..
BTW, wrong area for creating a thread.
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Hey
Ok I am a bit calmer knowing I didn't brick my phone or anything...
But when I connect my phone to my computer I know it is connected (I see GTi9103 in device manager with an "!" ) but I cant transfer files.
Could someone provide a link to the adb method or maybe give a bit more advice on this problem..
Thank you guys!
mfisher0 said:
Hey
Ok I am a bit calmer knowing I didn't brick my phone or anything...
But when I connect my phone to my computer I know it is connected (I see GTi9103 in device manager with an "!" ) but I cant transfer files.
Could someone provide a link to the adb method or maybe give a bit more advice on this problem..
Thank you guys!
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It must installed drivers.. If u cant access the storage, just flash ics via odin and further known actions.
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Thanks dude! I will give it a try and post a response! It was just so strange that I couldn't see any of the drives (sdcard 1 or 2) in filemanager. I guess something must have got corrupted? Right now I am trying to push from adb method mentioned from Nikhil.
I am following this procedure.
http://hackerspace.lifehacker.com/how-to-install-a-rom-via-sideload-1505153925
PS. the android SDK is massive!
ADB FAIL
ADB IS WAY TOO complicated for me right at this moment (actually exhausted).
********Can someone provide me with a ICS download link? *******************
I'm going to try out the ODIN method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406664
again thanks to ALL who are constantly helping out!
mfisher0 said:
ADB IS WAY TOO complicated for me right at this moment (actually exhausted).
********Can someone provide me with a ICS download link? *******************
I'm going to try out the ODIN method
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1406664
again thanks to ALL who are constantly helping out!
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Download Stock Indian ICS
Btw, adb sideload method is as follows.
0. Install adb for windows (assuming you have windows). (There shouldn't be any driver missing)
1. Enter into sideload mode in recovery
2. Open cmd in computer with the directory in which zip file is kept. (shift + right click -> open command prompt here would do)
3. Enter adb sideload xyz.zip
Thats it.
I've tried it with TWRP recovery in my friend's phone. It didnt work. But When I tried with Philz recovery, It worked well.
Anyway, if you are finding it complicated, flash stock ics.
Edit : Did you try "mount usb storage" in recovery? because it is required to do. else computer won't recognize your device.
success!
OK so I successfully flashed via ODIN....Can I directly flash omni now? I am assuming yes...Can I flash it through ODIN?
Also can you recommend any good versions of ICS? It is really quite a bit faster than omni...
AGAIN thank you all
mfisher0 said:
OK so I successfully flashed via ODIN....Can I directly flash omni now? I am assuming yes...Can I flash it through ODIN?
Also can you recommend any good versions of ICS? It is really quite a bit faster than omni...
AGAIN thank you all
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Omni is best until now.
you can't flash omni via odin. Flash Philz or TWRP first and then flash omni.
Lv5 ZCLPD is best ICS Rom. But I would choose Omni over Lv5,
reinstall twrp?
Nikhil said:
Omni is best until now.
you can't flash omni via odin. Flash Philz or TWRP first and then flash omni.
Lv5 ZCLPD is best ICS Rom. But I would choose Omni over Lv5,
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Do I need to reinstall TWRP>??
mfisher0 said:
Do I need to reinstall TWRP>??
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Reinstall!
Not if you already installed it.
Read OP of discussion thread. Instructions are there. You will find everything you need.
ICS will faster for few days and then it slow down.. hang.. GB is best for our device..
Hello there.
My phone is in a state which is widely being reffered to as "bricked". After hours of reading through hundreds of forums and trying out everything possible/impossible, I came to this - I'm posting here, and desperately asking you guys for help.
I have Moto G XT1032. I converted it to GPE, to install a 5.0.1 ROM few months ago. I used it without any problems. However, today I decided to try out the stock 5.0.2 ROM. But I read that I'll have to change my Data partition to F2FS (from EXT4). I did that (using TWRP v2.8.5.0), and then I did this terrible mistake: I decided to do a clean install, so I wiped everything. I wiped System, and Internal storage as well. Yes, I know that I'm stupid.
Now my phone is stuck at my custom recovery (TWRP) or at bootloader. I can switch between these two, but I can't boot to the system, because I don't have any system installed (because I wiped the /system partition - what an Einstein I am -_-). I thought that it would be easy - I just have to somehow push the zip file of the new ROM to my phone, and then install it from TWRP. The thing is - I can't transfer any files to the phone. I'm probably missing some drivers, but the problem is, that the phone doesn't have any operating system installed (besides bootloader, I guess) - so I can't get any drivers working. My PC is running Windows 7 64bit.
I tried installing Motorola Device Manager, I tried using the drivers from android-sdk, but nothing helped. When I type a command "adb devices" to a command line, it says: "List of devices attached >emtpy line<". When I connect the phone to the PC, it doesn't even try to look for drivers anymore. I tried deleting them (drivers), placing there some new, but again - nothing helped. If anyone can provide any help, I'd be very, very, very glad.
Thanks in advance.
//edit: Nevermind, I made my phone alive again. I just had to use mfastboot tools. Moderators can close or delete this thread, please. I'm sorry for creating it, since it was kinda useless.
temme how to recover the system folder. i have a system folder on my desktop. help me. my phone isnt turing on
If you can get into fastboot and recover you can restore your phone. You just need a complete ROM, and restore it with mfastboot method.
It doesn't matter if you wiped system, you can do that in TWRP, if you reboot it won't boot into the OS (obviously) but go into fastboot mode.
Download mfastboot, a ROM image, and go through the command lines. There is a FAQ on how to restore.
felmaster said:
Hello there.
My phone is in a state which is widely being reffered to as "bricked". After hours of reading through hundreds of forums and trying out everything possible/impossible, I came to this - I'm posting here, and desperately asking you guys for help.
I have Moto G XT1032. I converted it to GPE, to install a 5.0.1 ROM few months ago. I used it without any problems. However, today I decided to try out the stock 5.0.2 ROM. But I read that I'll have to change my Data partition to F2FS (from EXT4). I did that (using TWRP v2.8.5.0), and then I did this terrible mistake: I decided to do a clean install, so I wiped everything. I wiped System, and Internal storage as well. Yes, I know that I'm stupid.
Now my phone is stuck at my custom recovery (TWRP) or at bootloader. I can switch between these two, but I can't boot to the system, because I don't have any system installed (because I wiped the /system partition - what an Einstein I am -_-). I thought that it would be easy - I just have to somehow push the zip file of the new ROM to my phone, and then install it from TWRP. The thing is - I can't transfer any files to the phone. I'm probably missing some drivers, but the problem is, that the phone doesn't have any operating system installed (besides bootloader, I guess) - so I can't get any drivers working. My PC is running Windows 7 64bit.
I tried installing Motorola Device Manager, I tried using the drivers from android-sdk, but nothing helped. When I type a command "adb devices" to a command line, it says: "List of devices attached >emtpy line<". When I connect the phone to the PC, it doesn't even try to look for drivers anymore. I tried deleting them (drivers), placing there some new, but again - nothing helped. If anyone can provide any help, I'd be very, very, very glad.
Thanks in advance.
//edit: Nevermind, I made my phone alive again. I just had to use mfastboot tools. Moderators can close or delete this thread, please. I'm sorry for creating it, since it was kinda useless.
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Also TWRP/CWM has support for adb, u just need to install the drivers manually. Then you can push whatever you want.
Of course you can try restoring stock as suggested above.
How did u fixed it? :/
As a last resort there is always OTG (this thing has OTG support right?). Life was so much simpler when you could just put your sd card into a card reader and put your zip on there. A quick google search makes me think its got support, but who knows
Greetings, the story that follows is embarrasing for me since i ****ed it up 2 times already.
I accidentally deleted my /system/fonts folder and now it won't boot up anymore, then I tried to get into my recovery mode (3e) and i tried to "update from sdcard" and restore a stock ROM, the manager sees the update.zip file but once i try to install it, it gives me this output:
Code:
-- Install /sdcard ..
Installation aborted(APPLY_EXT).
. It gives me that for any ROM, either cusom or stock.
Not sure what is causing, am I using a wrong sdcard format (FAT32)?
Also, this is the first time when I change my ROM, or better said in this case unbrick it, I'm not even sure if changing the ROM restores the fonts folder, but I think worths a try?
Moreover USB debugging is off and I can't use ADB.
Thank you for reading my post and sorry for my awful grammar.
adriancs35 said:
Greetings, the story that follows is embarrasing for me since i ****ed it up 2 times already.
I accidentally deleted my /system/fonts folder and now it won't boot up anymore, then I tried to get into my recovery mode (3e) and i tried to "update from sdcard" and restore a stock ROM, the manager sees the update.zip file but once i try to install it, it gives me this output:
Code:
-- Install /sdcard ..
Installation aborted(APPLY_EXT).
. It gives me that for any ROM, either cusom or stock.
Not sure what is causing, am I using a wrong sdcard format (FAT32)?
Also, this is the first time when I change my ROM, or better said in this case unbrick it, I'm not even sure if changing the ROM restores the fonts folder, but I think worths a try?
Moreover USB debugging is off and I can't use ADB.
Thank you for reading my post and sorry for my awful grammar.
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Hi,
Try posting here http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/help where someone with your device might be able to assist you.
Good luck