Stuck in boot loop - ONE Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My phone is stuck in a boot loop.
The Oneplus one toolbox says "waiting for device".
My phone is not recognised by windows. when i try to install the drivers again, "android phone" is not on the list. i dont have twrp installed.
Dont really care about the data at the moment. Can someone help me?

Shounak Gupte said:
My phone is stuck in a boot loop.
The Oneplus one toolbox says "waiting for device".
My phone is not recognised by windows. when i try to install the drivers again, "android phone" is not on the list. i dont have twrp installed.
Dont really care about the data at the moment. Can someone help me?
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The first thing you need to do is get rid of the toolbox. Nothing but trouble. Plus, if you can't modify your phone without a toolbox you shouldn't be modifying it at all. Uninstall whatever drivers you have installed, reboot the PC, install these drivers, reboot PC again, connect phone, flash stock images (see section 8 of my guide thread).
Exactly how did your phone get into the boot loop?
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timmaaa said:
The first thing you need to do is get rid of the toolbox. Nothing but trouble. Plus, if you can't modify your phone without a toolbox you shouldn't be modifying it at all. Uninstall whatever drivers you have installed, reboot the PC, install these drivers, reboot PC again, connect phone, flash stock images (see section 8 of my guide thread).
Exactly how did your phone get into the boot loop?
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i've uninstalled the drivers and installed the ones you suggested. my PC still doesnt recognise the phone(check image attached). any solutions?
i was browsing something on chrome and the phone suddenly got stuck. i restarted the phone, but then was stuck on the loading screen.

Shounak Gupte said:
i've uninstalled the drivers and installed the ones you suggested. my PC still doesnt recognise the phone(check image attached). any solutions?
i was browsing something on chrome and the phone suddenly got stuck. i restarted the phone, but then was stuck on the loading screen.
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Did you reboot the PC between each uninstall and install? Are you using the official OnePlus usb cable?
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timmaaa said:
Did you reboot the PC between each uninstall and install? Are you using the official OnePlus usb cable?
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Yes... i did. I was reading somewhere and someone suggested using a different cable or a different PC. i'll try both today at work and report back.

no luck
Shounak Gupte said:
Yes... i did. I was reading somewhere and someone suggested using a different cable or a different PC. i'll try both today at work and report back.
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ok.. so another computer & cable worked.
I've followed your tutorial.
first unlocked the bootloader.
then section 8 all of it.
still nothing. i'm still on the oneplus loading screen. any other options?

Shounak Gupte said:
ok.. so another computer & cable worked.
I've followed your tutorial.
first unlocked the bootloader.
then section 8 all of it.
still nothing. i'm still on the oneplus loading screen. any other options?
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Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2970390
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timmaaa said:
Try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2970390
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awesome!! this worked. i lost all data though.
any tips on how to prevent the magical boot screen?

Shounak Gupte said:
awesome!! this worked. i lost all data though.
any tips on how to prevent the magical boot screen?
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I'm pretty sure you just got unlucky and had a corrupt persist partition, it's a bug that has happened to a few people, that particular automated flash tool flashes the stock images plus it flashes the persist partition. There isn't really anything you can do it avoid it, but i don't think I've seen it affect the same phone twice.
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I'm pretty sure you just got unlucky and had a corrupt persist partition, it's a bug that has happened to a few people, that particular automated flash tool flashes the stock images plus it flashes the persist partition. There isn't really anything you can do it avoid it, but i don't think I've seen it affect the same phone twice.
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i think i spoke a bit too soon. everything worked fine, but now my phone is getting stuck when it boots. the screen it totally unresponsive. this was the same thing which happened when i restarted my phone. it might be some app i have installed.
i might have to redo the process.
is there a way to find out which one it is?

The only real way to find out would be to start fresh and introduce apps one at a time to see which one is the culprit. But I'd be surprised if an app was causing this.

timmaaa said:
The only real way to find out would be to start fresh and introduce apps one at a time to see which one is the culprit. But I'd be surprised if an app was causing this.
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I did the whole process 2 times. the phone works fine for a few days and now its stuck in the boot loop again. I have already contacted OPO support, but waiting for them to get back to me.
any solutions in the mean time?

Shounak Gupte said:
I did the whole process 2 times. the phone works fine for a few days and now its stuck in the boot loop again. I have already contacted OPO support, but waiting for them to get back to me.
any solutions in the mean time?
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Did you install your apps again or is this still happening without them?

timmaaa said:
Did you install your apps again or is this still happening without them?
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i installed them one at a time. its all the usual apps. nothing special. the phone worked fine until today morning.

I think you'll need to talk to OnePlus support about this, it doesn't seem right especially after using their own reflash tool.

timmaaa said:
I think you'll need to talk to OnePlus support about this, it doesn't seem right especially after using their own reflash tool.
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the OPO support cannot seem to fix the issue. they have asked me to send them the phone back and i might get a replacement.
the issue is, I'm in Australia. the nearest location I can ship to is HK. There's going to be a long wait for my replacement to arrive. any other solutions?

Shounak Gupte said:
the OPO support cannot seem to fix the issue. they have asked me to send them the phone back and i might get a replacement.
the issue is, I'm in Australia. the nearest location I can ship to is HK. There's going to be a long wait for my replacement to arrive. any other solutions?
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I've gone through any potential solution that I know of. I'm in Australia too, it sucks, but we took a risk when buying this phone that something like this might happen.
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Added line to build.prop....now bricked?

So I wanted to wake up my nexus 5 with the volume buttons. Looking online I found that you could add code to your build.prop.. which I did.. then rebooted...
Now my phone does 'nothing'... When I press the power button it vibrates 2 times and nothing happens...
Help!.. Have no idea what i can do to get things running again
P.S. I've got Slimkat ROM running
S.Phrenic said:
So I wanted to wake up my nexus 5 with the volume buttons. Looking online I found that you could add code to your build.prop.. which I did.. then rebooted...
Now my phone does 'nothing'... When I press the power button it vibrates 2 times and nothing happens...
Help!.. Have no idea what i can do to get things running again
P.S. I've got Slimkat ROM running
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Can you get into bootloader? Recovery?
Lethargy said:
Can you get into bootloader? Recovery?
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Currently, nope... I'm trying.. I see that sometimes the screen is on... sometimes I see the Google Logo... but Can't fully figure out when that happens
[EDIT]YES!!!!!!!!! Got in.!!!!!!... *pfieuw*.. now what do i do?
Reflash the factory with the nexus root toolkit
Croc on Nexus 5 with Mahdi + ElementalX
Croc97 said:
Reflash the factory with the nexus root toolkit
Croc on Nexus 5 with Mahdi + ElementalX
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Please don't use toolkits.
Croc97 said:
Reflash the factory with the nexus root toolkit
Croc on Nexus 5 with Mahdi + ElementalX
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Don't exaclty know what you mean with that..
I've downloaded Kwongger's Nexus 5 All-In-One Toolkit , I hope that's what you meant. And then it says it's missing the hammerhead.image.zip... which I assume is the stockROM?.. If so, shouldn't I Reflash to Slimkat?
Sorry for being such a Noob. I've had Samsung for years and just switched to Nexus (bought it last week). Still need to learn my way around things
S.Phrenic said:
Don't exaclty know what you mean with that..
I've downloaded Kwongger's Nexus 5 All-In-One Toolkit , I hope that's what you meant. And then it says it's missing the hammerhead.image.zip... which I assume is the stockROM?.. If so, shouldn't I Reflash to Slimkat?
Sorry for being such a Noob. I've had Samsung for years and just switched to Nexus (bought it last week). Still need to learn my way around things
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Read my reply to your PM and the 2nd link in my signature, then refer to the first link if you need
Lethargy said:
Read my reply to your PM and the 2nd link in my signature, then refer to the first link if you need
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Let me start with, Thank you so much for your time
However, It seems like I'm unable to install the right drivers on my PC for my phone and adb doesn't detect my device (which is strange as CF-auto-root did see the device and worked fine)
I walked through multiple tutorials about installing drivers. Actually have windows detecting my phone fine (I see it in device manager) and I've reinstalled google USB drivers multiple times now, rebooting my PC and deleting drivers and reinstalling them
I've justed factory reset my phone, but that just got me to a Google logo stuck (which I read about in your link in your signature)..
Because adb doesn't detect my device I'm unable to pull build.prop... which means I feel stuck again.
Would you have a direction for me to go towards to continue my journey through Nexus5-Land?
S.Phrenic said:
Let me start with, Thank you so much for your time
However, It seems like I'm unable to install the right drivers on my PC for my phone and adb doesn't detect my device (which is strange as CF-auto-root did see the device and worked fine)
I walked through multiple tutorials about installing drivers. Actually have windows detecting my phone fine (I see it in device manager) and I've reinstalled google USB drivers multiple times now, rebooting my PC and deleting drivers and reinstalling them
I've justed factory reset my phone, but that just got me to a Google logo stuck (which I read about in your link in your signature)..
Because adb doesn't detect my device I'm unable to pull build.prop... which means I feel stuck again.
Would you have a direction for me to go towards to continue my journey through Nexus5-Land?
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If you're using Windows 8, 8.1 or 8.1U1 you'll need to disable driver signature enforcement.
Try flashing the factory images in fastboot?
Could somebody not just make a flashable zip with the correct build.prop?
Failing that, just reflash the ROM.
Lethargy said:
If you're using Windows 8, 8.1 or 8.1U1 you'll need to disable driver signature enforcement.
Try flashing the factory images in fastboot?
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It seems like it worked! Completly back to StockROM but the phone works again. Thank you so much for your time.
And you're right, I should learn to read and understand what I'm doing before I do anything with my phone. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for the help you've given.
S.Phrenic said:
It seems like it worked! Completly back to StockROM but the phone works again. Thank you so much for your time.
And you're right, I should learn to read and understand what I'm doing before I do anything with my phone. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for the help you've given.
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Glad you got it worked out
S.Phrenic said:
It seems like it worked! Completly back to StockROM but the phone works again. Thank you so much for your time.
And you're right, I should learn to read and understand what I'm doing before I do anything with my phone. Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for the help you've given.
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Glad you got it sorted but, unless you couldn't boot into recovery, you didn't need to go back to stock.
Flashing the correct build.prop or ROM you were using should have sorted it out, without losing any data (you would have lost any system mods if you flashed the ROM again, though).
I'm only mentioning this in case somebody else searches and finds this thread for the same problem.
I've changed the build.prop loads of times on many devices and only once it went into a bootloop. Flashing a build.prop zip sorted it.

[Q] Stuck in bootloop.

Hi everyone.
I have the following problem with a Nexus 5: During an update, the system crashed. The phone is now stuck in an endless bootloop, trying to install the update. When left long enough, the update screens eventually come up, but you are immediately blasted with a ton of errors and no matter what you do, you are unable to complete the update. This, however, is not the problem.
I have tried various utilities in order to flash the phone back to factory settings. I have made use of Unified Android ToolKit, as well as Nexus Root Toolkit, but a problem with the phone itself is preventing me from flashing it and the problem is as follows: I can access the phone via USB, as well as the bootloader, but when I unlock the bootloader to start the flashing, it immediately locks itself again and I'm unable to start the flash process.
I've searched for other instances in which the bootloader won't unlock, but I can't find any information. Is there perhaps a hardware problem preventing me from unlocking the bootloader or can someone help me find a solution to this problem?
Mystical_Titan said:
I've searched for other instances in which the bootloader won't unlock, but I can't find any information. Is there perhaps a hardware problem preventing me from unlocking the bootloader or can someone help me find a solution to this problem?
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If the lock state reverts on a reboot, 99 times out of 100, it means the internal memory has an issue. RMA.
rootSU said:
If the lock state reverts on a reboot, 99 times out of 100, it means the internal memory has an issue. RMA.
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Thanks for the fast response. :good:
Mystical_Titan said:
Thanks for the fast response. :good:
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No probs. Sounds like the update got stuck at the bootloader flash and corrupted. It's probably not a fatal NAND issue, rather corrupt partition or two but it usually means sending it in.
You can try the LG flashtool as a last resort before doing so though, as you never know...
You can find a link to it in the sticky thread in my signature. Best to stay away from actual "toolkits" though and either use fastboot manually or LG flash tool, although fastboot probably cant help you here - just saying for future ref...
Mystical_Titan said:
Hi everyone.
I have the following problem with a Nexus 5: During an update, the system crashed. The phone is now stuck in an endless bootloop, trying to install the update. When left long enough, the update screens eventually come up, but you are immediately blasted with a ton of errors and no matter what you do, you are unable to complete the update. This, however, is not the problem.
I have tried various utilities in order to flash the phone back to factory settings. I have made use of Unified Android ToolKit, as well as Nexus Root Toolkit, but a problem with the phone itself is preventing me from flashing it and the problem is as follows: I can access the phone via USB, as well as the bootloader, but when I unlock the bootloader to start the flashing, it immediately locks itself again and I'm unable to start the flash process.
I've searched for other instances in which the bootloader won't unlock, but I can't find any information. Is there perhaps a hardware problem preventing me from unlocking the bootloader or can someone help me find a solution to this problem?
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happened to me while installing the new SNAPSHOT version of Cyanogenmod, I wiped everything and reflashed it and it works
BruKnowsBest said:
happened to me while installing the new SNAPSHOT version of Cyanogenmod, I wiped everything and reflashed it and it works
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Can anyone suggest some steps for me to try before I RMA the phone? Although, being unable to unlock the bootloader probably limits my options.
Mystical_Titan said:
Can anyone suggest some steps for me to try before I RMA the phone? Although, being unable to unlock the bootloader probably limits my options.
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I was stuck in the boot animation and when it opened there was a lot of system errors and it would reboot by itself over and over again.
what fixed it was to do a wipe cache and dalvik and reinstall it
BruKnowsBest said:
I was stuck in the boot animation and when it opened there was a lot of system errors and it would reboot by itself over and over again.
what fixed it was to do a wipe cache and dalvik and reinstall it
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I tried the 'wipe cache' as well, but it returns a bunch of errors as well. I'm starting to think the NAND is screwed. What is dalvik?
Mystical_Titan said:
I tried the 'wipe cache' as well, but it returns a bunch of errors as well. I'm starting to think the NAND is screwed. What is dalvik?
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Dalvik cannot break your bootloader. Your only option was use lg flashtool and if that failed, RMA. Let's not get false hopes and waste time not doing this.
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rootSU said:
Dalvik cannot break your bootloader. Your only option was use lg flashtool and if that failed, RMA. Let's not get false hopes and waste time not doing this.
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk
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I completely forgot that you mentioned the LG Flashtool, I feel like such an idiot. I'll try that tomorrow as a last resort.
No worries
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rootSU said:
Dalvik cannot break your bootloader. Your only option was use lg flashtool and if that failed, RMA. Let's not get false hopes and waste time not doing this.
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i thought about LG FLASHTOOL but decided to try reinstaling the rom cuz i had no other option since i forgot to leave a backup rom on the device. So I did it as if I was installing a brand new rom Wiped dalvik, cache and system then reflashed the rom and then the gapps. Even tho it was the same ROM file I had a different outcome. It's working fine now but I did go back to the nightlies after it started working again just to be safe.
Now... people may have a different outcome when trying to solve this issue but this actually worked for me after having a minor heart-attack thinking I was gonna lose all my stuff
BruKnowsBest said:
i thought about LG FLASHTOOL but decided to try reinstaling the rom cuz i had no other option since i forgot to leave a backup rom on the device. So I did it as if I was installing a brand new rom Wiped dalvik, cache and system then reflashed the rom and then the gapps. Even tho it was the same ROM file I had a different outcome. It's working fine now but I did go back to the nightlies after it started working again just to be safe.
Now... people may have a different outcome when trying to solve this issue but this actually worked for me after having a minor heart-attack thinking I was gonna lose all my stuff
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Yes, but your issue is different to the OP's. His bootloader lock state reverts whenever he changes it. This is a pretty much "fatal" issue. What you did cannot help him unfortunately.
rootSU said:
Yes, but your issue is different to the OP's. His bootloader lock state reverts whenever he changes it. This is a pretty much "fatal" issue. What you did cannot help him unfortunately.
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oh ok, I misunderstood
rootSU said:
No worries
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It speaks about a KDZ file. What is it and where would I find it?
Mystical_Titan said:
It speaks about a KDZ file. What is it and where would I find it?
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Not sure, never used it. Are you following the Nexus 5 LG Flash tool guide? If not, have a look. You can get to it via my signature
rootSU said:
Not sure, never used it. Are you following the Nexus 5 LG Flash tool guide? If not, have a look. You can get to it via my signature
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Well, that's that. This phone is done.
Yup. RMA
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[Q] Locked Bootloader and no recovery =No hope??

G'day guys,
I was trying to install a custom recovery after unlocking the bootloader and something horribly went wrong
during the install, phone seemed to hang, gave it a good amount of time to do it stuff but nothing happend.
Didn't think much of it as i thought i could just start again with the install, but had no joy. Then somehow in
my panic i have managed to lock the bootloader again really making it difficult to do anything.
As it stands at the moment, i can do the following with the phone.
Can get into the fastboot screen
Cannot get into recovery.
Will start normally and show the powered by android screen then will just sit there as if it was starting (which it doesn't)
I was using the following guide :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632 for the process.
I must also stress that this isn't the 1st time i have tried to root android phones and have successfully rooted my S2,S3 and note 2.
That being said i have totally rooted this OPO.
I have spent the last 3 days basically reading any thread in this forum with the hope of reversing this cockup
and have tried many but to no avail. Basically road blocked i think by the locked bootloader.
The only thing i haven't tried yet is using a computer with Win xp as Win 7 is a pain in the arse for drivers.
Any of you guys got some idea whether this fixable or should i just give up and bin it? I don't want too and would love to be able to get
it back up running but this has really done my head in.
Cheers
U can flash factory images from fastboot:http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/orig-development/discussion-cyanogenmod-11s-t2840305
ashishv said:
U can flash factory images from fastboot:http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/orig-development/discussion-cyanogenmod-11s-t2840305
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Not with a locked bootloader.
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Moatmonster said:
G'day guys,
I was trying to install a custom recovery after unlocking the bootloader and something horribly went wrong
during the install, phone seemed to hang, gave it a good amount of time to do it stuff but nothing happend.
Didn't think much of it as i thought i could just start again with the install, but had no joy. Then somehow in
my panic i have managed to lock the bootloader again really making it difficult to do anything.
As it stands at the moment, i can do the following with the phone.
Can get into the fastboot screen
Cannot get into recovery.
Will start normally and show the powered by android screen then will just sit there as if it was starting (which it doesn't)
I was using the following guide :http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632 for the process.
I must also stress that this isn't the 1st time i have tried to root android phones and have successfully rooted my S2,S3 and note 2.
That being said i have totally rooted this OPO.
I have spent the last 3 days basically reading any thread in this forum with the hope of reversing this cockup
and have tried many but to no avail. Basically road blocked i think by the locked bootloader.
The only thing i haven't tried yet is using a computer with Win xp as Win 7 is a pain in the arse for drivers.
Any of you guys got some idea whether this fixable or should i just give up and bin it? I don't want too and would love to be able to get
it back up running but this has really done my head in.
Cheers
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I'm assuming that all subsequent attempts to unlock the bootloader again (fastboot oem unlock) are failing?
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Not with a locked bootloader.
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Yeah, thats right timmaaa, no joy at all in unlocking again.
It just hangs on the powered by android screen after hitting enter.
Moatmonster said:
Yeah, thats right timmaaa, no joy at all in unlocking again.
It just hangs on the powered by android screen after hitting enter.
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Let me search for something that might help, leave it with me.
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Cheers mate.
What build of CM11S are/were you on?
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timmaaa said:
What build of CM11S are/were you on?
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Pretty sure it was 38R ?, i definitely updated just after i got the phone in early October.
Moatmonster said:
Pretty sure it was 38R ?, i definitely updated just after i got the phone in early October.
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Ah, that's a shame, the method I was thinking of won't work since that update. This is it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/development/mod-reset-unlock-tamper-bit-t2820912
It relies on you being able to boot a recovery as opposed to actually flashing it, and then flashing a script with that recovery. I'm 99.9% sure that you can't do that since the 38R update though. It's worth a try, connect your phone in fastboot mode and try to boot a recovery (the following command assumes that you have 'openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.0-bacon.img' in your fastboot folder).
Code:
fastboot boot openrecovery-twrp-2.8.1.0-bacon.img
Like I said, it probably won't work, but it's worth a shot.
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Will have a crack when i get home, thanks for your help.
No good mate as you said.
Moatmonster said:
No good mate as you said.
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Bummer. @zephiK, do you have any ideas?
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Edit: After looking through some oneplus forums, looks like they have tried to issue out a patch for this issue. Have you tried this? I would try it out first and see if it helps. Again, the below one people were really bricked, hope it helps.
I haven't had to use this, and the thread is long, but a very good read. Please go to this thread. A lot of people were able to get their devices working again by using a few tools on windows machines xp win7 and win 8.1. Basically bricked device like the one you are looking at, then installing color OS somehow brought it back to life. The drivers are in chinese, but just clicking next gets them installed correctly. Mostly everyone there is in QHUSB_Bulk mode, not sure if you are or not, but worth a shot.

Brand new OP, O bricked, x-post from OnePlus forums

So I installed CM12S on my device and now i'm just getting a black screen, the phone still vibrates when buttons are pressed and I can get the device into fastboot mode, although I can not see it on screen, I can see it on device manager.
Now I've tried the various methods on this forum using ColorOS and the OnePlus Recovery tool, neither of these change the state of my device.
Currently dealing with OnePlus support at the moment which is awful to say the least, they have booked me in for a remote session which is in 2 weeks ... no appointments before then, ive disputed on PayPal with them currently as I dont think this is good enough, anyone got any other ideas to get my device back up and running?
Thanks
Id say to install adb on your computer so that that way you can reflash the roms manually from your computer. Or at the very least flash stock and then whatever customs from there. Here is a link to the thread with the links in the OP with straight forward step by step instructions. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632
tinyaznboi said:
Id say to install adb on your computer so that that way you can reflash the roms manually from your computer. Or at the very least flash stock and then whatever customs from there. Here is a link to the thread with the links in the OP with straight forward step by step instructions. Good luck!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2788632
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I have ADB and can succesfully get into fastboot, although I cannot see it on-screen I can see it listed in device manager in windows, Ive tried flashing several ROMs using the fastboot commands and still cannot get the thing to turn on.
I honestly dont believe the device to be completely dead, to note last time I saw this device on I was at 4% battery. But have also left the phone on charge overnight.
ConEP said:
I have ADB and can succesfully get into fastboot, although I cannot see it on-screen I can see it listed in device manager in windows, Ive tried flashing several ROMs using the fastboot commands and still cannot get the thing to turn on.
I honestly dont believe the device to be completely dead, to note last time I saw this device on I was at 4% battery. But have also left the phone on charge overnight.
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What do you mean you've tried flashing several ROMs with fastboot? You don't flash ROMs with fastboot. Do you mean the stock images?
Heisenberg said:
What do you mean you've tried flashing several ROMs with fastboot? You don't flash ROMs with fastboot. Do you mean the stock images?
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Yeah apologies ive flashed CM11S, Color, CM12S, also tried oxygen, cant flash ROMs as I cant even get into TWRP.
ConEP said:
Yeah apologies ive flashed CM11S, Color, CM12S, also tried oxygen, cant flash ROMs as I cant even get into TWRP.
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What is the outcome when flashing the images with fastboot? Do they succeed or fail?
Heisenberg said:
What is the outcome when flashing the images with fastboot? Do they succeed or fail?
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All of them seem to be successful (no error messages) but the phone still does nothing afterwards.
ConEP said:
All of them seem to be successful (no error messages) but the phone still does nothing afterwards.
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You said you've tried this right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/guide-unbrick-oneplus-one-t3013732
Heisenberg said:
You said you've tried this right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/help/guide-unbrick-oneplus-one-t3013732
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Yep, get all the way through till it goes green, but still nothing after phone just vibrates, no LEDs or screen activity.
ConEP said:
Yep, get all the way through till it goes green, but still nothing after phone just vibrates, no LEDs or screen activity.
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I'm out of ideas then, sorry.

G3 Bricked/Boot Loop

So I read other threads with similar issues but nothings seemed to work.
Basically my LG G3 (AT&T) started acting odd one day. Resetting every 3-5 minutes, overheating (more than usual), wouldn't connect to Wi-Fi. Eventually I reset it and the problems got worse. I downloaded a boot logger that can't figure out why, there's no physical damage (EDIT: when this first started, I noticed that the little pink water damage sticker on the battery was, well pink, however I never got it wet and could've been pink before but I don't know), I factory reset it again and nothing, swapped the battery and everything. I could've done more but it is still under warranty so I kinda gave up and decided to exchange it.
The new one is on the way and comes tomorrow or Wednesday however now my G3 won't even turn on, or rather it stays locked on the boot screen (the LG logo specifically) it won't go past that. I tried to hard reset it with the power button and it gets to the screen with the android logo with its chest open and just resets again.
I'm not trying to fix it anymore I just want advice on wiping it basically as I can't even wipe it through my computer. With my last phone what I did before selling it, and what I wanted to do again, is encrypt it, then factory reset to just be extra safe and I wanna know if there's anyway I can do this basically with the phone like this, or if I can get it to a state where I can do that again. I'm not all too familiar with android this low level so I want to know if I can basically "hard" wipe it because I can't even connect it to my computer (it keeps resetting).
Also one time on a boot it said the kernel crashed, don't know how relevant that is as it only happened once out of at least 1,000 times by this point.
Any help would be appreciated, super frustrated right now.
Thank you!
dan1229 said:
So I read other threads with similar issues but nothings seemed to work.
Basically my LG G3 (AT&T) started acting odd one day. Resetting every 3-5 minutes, overheating (more than usual), wouldn't connect to Wi-Fi. Eventually I reset it and the problems got worse. I downloaded a boot logger that can't figure out why, there's no physical damage (EDIT: when this first started, I noticed that the little pink water damage sticker on the battery was, well pink, however I never got it wet and could've been pink before but I don't know), I factory reset it again and nothing, swapped the battery and everything. I could've done more but it is still under warranty so I kinda gave up and decided to exchange it.
The new one is on the way and comes tomorrow or Wednesday however now my G3 won't even turn on, or rather it stays locked on the boot screen (the LG logo specifically) it won't go past that. I tried to hard reset it with the power button and it gets to the screen with the android logo with its chest open and just resets again.
I'm not trying to fix it anymore I just want advice on wiping it basically as I can't even wipe it through my computer. With my last phone what I did before selling it, and what I wanted to do again, is encrypt it, then factory reset to just be extra safe and I wanna know if there's anyway I can do this basically with the phone like this, or if I can get it to a state where I can do that again. I'm not all too familiar with android this low level so I want to know if I can basically "hard" wipe it because I can't even connect it to my computer (it keeps resetting).
Also one time on a boot it said the kernel crashed, don't know how relevant that is as it only happened once out of at least 1,000 times by this point.
Any help would be appreciated, super frustrated right now.
Thank you!
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Just follow my G3 back to stock guide and use the tot method.
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If the guide don't work. Try this. every guide did not work for me. Look at post 5.
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ge...ricked-lg-g2-stuck-twrp-no-download-mode.html
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hyelton said:
Just follow my G3 back to stock guide and use the tot method.
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Thank you sososo much, I'm gonna give it a shot later tonight.
hyelton said:
Just follow my G3 back to stock guide and use the tot method.
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So I'm going through the tot method, however when I plug the phone in I get an error that "Windows malfunctioned the last time the device was plugged in" I plugged it in last night to see if I could do anything and it kept resetting. But in device manager it just shows up as an unknown USB device and there is now no ports section.
dan1229 said:
So I'm going through the tot method, however when I plug the phone in I get an error that "Windows malfunctioned the last time the device was plugged in" I plugged it in last night to see if I could do anything and it kept resetting. But in device manager it just shows up as an unknown USB device and there is now no ports section.
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What's your OS? If windows 8/10 you'll need to unhide. But if your getting a windows malfunctioned the last time error that would be your computer problem.
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What's your OS? If windows 8/10 you'll need to unhide. But if your getting a windows malfunctioned the last time error that would be your computer problem.
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Windows 10. It seems like it can't recognize the device, it says under USB controllers: " Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
dan1229 said:
Windows 10. It seems like it can't recognize the device, it says under USB controllers: " Unknown USB Device (Device Descriptor Request Failed)"
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Yeah you would need to try another computer.
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Yeah you would need to try another computer.
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I just tried it on another computer, exact same error. It says that there could be something wrong with the device.
dan1229 said:
I just tried it on another computer, exact same error. It says that there could be something wrong with the device.
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Still windows 10? I've never even seen that error before. Try installing drivers from LGs site?
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hyelton said:
Still windows 10? I've never even seen that error before. Try installing drivers from LGs site?
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Do you know where I could find the driver files? Not the executable, I'm gonna try to "force" update the driver cause it just can't recognize the device but I need the drivers and can't find them.
And yea still Windows 10.
dan1229 said:
Do you know where I could find the driver files? Not the executable, I'm gonna try to "force" update the driver cause it just can't recognize the device but I need the drivers and can't find them.
And yea still Windows 10.
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Just go to LGs website. The executable should work fine. Are you not trying the ones in the Op? You might want to use a different OS. Not that I'm blaming 10 but for a lot of reasons I had to downgrade.
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hyelton said:
Just go to LGs website. The executable should work fine. Are you not trying the ones in the Op? You might want to use a different OS. Not that I'm blaming 10 but for a lot of reasons I had to downgrade.
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I'm using the ones on your guide, they're on oceanhost
dan1229 said:
I'm using the ones on your guide, they're on oceanhost
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Okay try the ones from LGs site and see what happens.
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hyelton said:
Okay try the ones from LGs site and see what happens.
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I think I figured it out, only issue (and this is the dumbest yet) is I can't find the .tot file? I downloaded the D850 stock image zip and it's not in there as far as i can tell.
dan1229 said:
I think I figured it out, only issue (and this is the dumbest yet) is I can't find the .tot file? I downloaded the D850 stock image zip and it's not in there as far as i can tell.
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You extract the zip file... All TOT's are placed in zip files due to size to help people who download it.
hyelton said:
You extract the zip file... All TOT's are placed in zip files due to size to help people who download it.
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I downloaded the wrong zip my bad XD. Also this doesn't void the warranty does it?
dan1229 said:
I downloaded the wrong zip my bad XD. Also this doesn't void the warranty does it?
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Wait. What are you trying to do? Why are you needing to flash it if you haven't already voided your warranty? Rooting/Custom rom "voids warranty" in itself.
Flash a tot or kdz puts the phone 100% complete back to stock as you bought it.
hyelton said:
Wait. What are you trying to do? Why are you needing to flash it if you haven't already voided your warranty? Rooting/Custom rom "voids warranty" in itself.
Flash a tot or kdz puts the phone 100% complete back to stock as you bought it.
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I have the warranty replacement device coming, I just wanted to totally wipe this device but I can't even get it to boot properly.
dan1229 said:
I have the warranty replacement device coming, I just wanted to totally wipe this device but I can't even get it to boot properly.
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Why won't it boot properly? Also keep in mind this is the only method of going back stock. Also the method only requires you to be in download mode.
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