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[Q] Lollipop Error Message

Hello xda forum
I had got my nexus 5 off contract from California, USA and am using it in Delhi, India. I dont know if this fact is causing the problem or not, so thought i'd mention it..
So ..my device wasnt receiving the lollipop ota update so i did the clear google framework app data trick and got the update..
When the system reboots to install the lollipop it shows "error" like after 10-15℅ of completion. This was yesterday. So now i got the ota update without the clearing the data of google framework and the same problem persists. It just shows 'error' and i have to restart the phone by pressing lock and volume up key..
Help. Please.
Thanks in advance

Also it was earloer rooted with towelroot. But i did unroot it with superSu a couple of weeks before ..

What error is it giving you?

_MetalHead_ said:
What error is it giving you?
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It just says error. But after a little digging i came to find that this is probably because i tweaked a few system files when i was rooted. Like the mixer_path... Now i cant seem to remember the changes i made neither can i find the oroginal file for nexus 5 stock on the net.. Could you or anyone please help.. Any advise

rahul9five said:
It just says error. But after a little digging i came to find that this is probably because i tweaked a few system files when i was rooted. Like the mixer_path... Now i cant seem to remember the changes i made neither can i find the oroginal file for nexus 5 stock on the net.. Could you or anyone please help.. Any advise
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Google nexus factory images. Just to be sure flash the recovery, system, and boot images in fastboot from 4.4.4
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jd1639 said:
Google nexus factory images. Just to be sure flash the recovery, system, and boot images in fastboot from 4.4.4
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Will i have to unlock my bootloader for all this? As i rooted my phone with towelroot i didnt have to unlock it earlier

rahul9five said:
Will i have to unlock my bootloader for all this? As i rooted my phone with towelroot i didnt have to unlock it earlier
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You do need an unlocked bootloader. Get bootunlocker from the play store it'll unlock without wiping the device.
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Latest OTA update unable to install - produced "Error" screen on reboot

A few days ago, I received a notification on my N5 for a new system update of size 10.1 MB. When I choose to install the update, the phone reboots as expected, shows the "Google" startup logo, shows a screen that indicates that it is installing the update for a few seconds, and then finally ends at an "Error" screen (please see the attached image).
The phone stays on this screen for quite a while (more than a minute), then finally the device restarts and the system update notification is still present.
I've tried rebooting the phone manually and installing the update again, both when charging and when off the charger, but this has not helped. I've also searched to see if others have been having this problem, but I haven't been able to find anything. Has anyone else been experiencing this issue with the latest update, or are there any suggestions for how I can go about getting the update to install properly?

I would suggest you flash the system.img and boot.img using fastboot. The latest factory image ends in 48i, Google nexus factory image and download that image, extract it and inside is another zip file, in there you'll find the system and boot images.
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Thank you for your speedy reply! I will do as you've suggested and respond with my results.

I get the same error when trying to update the OTA Update (from LMY48 to LMY48I). Is it possible to install the next update ignoring this one or will I only be able to install it after sucessfully updated this update?

Why don't you just do what jd1639 suggested?
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So, I'm coming back to admit that I still haven't attempted the solution proposed by jd1639, with the reason being that I don't quite have the time to deal with flashing and clean-wiping my phone, then setting everything up again. I know it's a simple process, but right now I don't want to do anything that could jeopardize my having a working phone. I doubt there's any better option than flashing the latest update, however, so I'm waiting until I have the time and the patience to do so.
I must say that I'm still curious as to why something like this would happen. I'm inclined to assume that it is a problem with my phone in particular, since I haven't been able to find any other complaints about this problem with this particular OTA update (although cj182 seems to be having the same problem as I am). I suppose anything can go wrong with a system update, especially on a Linux-based system, but I would like to figure out why such a small and seemingly inconsequential update would fail to install on my phone when past updates of much larger sizes and complexity seemed to install without issue.
cj182 said:
I get the same error when trying to update the OTA Update (from LMY48 to LMY48I). Is it possible to install the next update ignoring this one or will I only be able to install it after sucessfully updated this update?
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I must admit that I'm interested in the answer to this question, as well, though my intuition tells me that the answer is no because I would think that Google releases each OTA update assuming that the device is on the latest version of Android up until that point. I do not know if Google releases separate updates that would allow one to "skip" a version in between a previous version and the latest, though I may certainly be incorrect.

TomCatullo said:
So, I'm coming back to admit that I still haven't attempted the solution proposed by jd1639, with the reason being that I don't quite have the time to deal with flashing and clean-wiping my phone, then setting everything up again. I know it's a simple process, but right now I don't want to do anything that could jeopardize my having a working phone. I doubt there's any better option than flashing the latest update, however, so I'm waiting until I have the time and the patience to do so.
I must say that I'm still curious as to why something like this would happen. I'm inclined to assume that it is a problem with my phone in particular, since I haven't been able to find any other complaints about this problem with this particular OTA update (although cj182 seems to be having the same problem as I am). I suppose anything can go wrong with a system update, especially on a Linux-based system, but I would like to figure out why such a small and seemingly inconsequential update would fail to install on my phone when past updates of much larger sizes and complexity seemed to install without issue.
I must admit that I'm interested in the answer to this question, as well, though my intuition tells me that the answer is no because I would think that Google releases each OTA update assuming that the device is on the latest version of Android up until that point. I do not know if Google releases separate updates that would allow one to "skip" a version in between a previous version and the latest, though I may certainly be incorrect.
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If your bootloader is unlocked just flashing the system and boot images does not wipe your device. If everything goes right there will be no re-setting up required, you will have to re-root if you're rooted but that's just a matter of flashing supersu in a custom recovery.
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Or try recovery (stock) and find the flash update from cache (might work)
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That doesn't work. The update checks for changes to the system (root, etc.) and needs stock recovery to install.

I'm also having the same exact problem!
jd1639: Are you sure that will not wipe the data?

It doesn't wipe your data... many of us have done it.

jrosado said:
I'm also having the same exact problem!
jd1639: Are you sure that will not wipe the data?
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It does wipe your data. However,I strongly suggest you backup first in case something goes wrong, that's just good practice.
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Telyx said:
It doesn't wipe your data... many of us have done it.
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It does wipe your data. However,I strongly suggest you backup first in case something goes wrong, that's just good practice.
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Now i'm confused...it wipes or not? I'm referering to just flashing the boot and system files.

jrosado said:
Now i'm confused...it wipes or not? I'm referering to just flashing the boot and system files.
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Sorry about that, I meant it DOES NOT wipe the device.
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I'm sorry to say that it wipes all data and applications

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I'm sorry to say that it wipes all data and applications
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Did you flash just the system.img and boot.img? Just doing that will not wipe your data. I do that with every update. If you flashed other images, userdata.img, then you device will be wiped
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Only system and boot..don't know why, but it wiped all

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Only system and boot..don't know why, but it wiped all
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You didn't have to unlock the bootloader did you? That's the only other reason I can think of that would have wiped your device.
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jd1639 said:
You didn't have to unlock the bootloader did you? That's the only other reason I can think of that would have wiped your device.
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Yes, i had to do it..otherwise it would not write the firmware..is there any way to do it without unlock the bootloader?

This is why the first thing you should do when you get a nexus is unlock the bootloader...

Frp lock help plz!!!!!!

Hello & Happy Holidays. I have my t-mobile galaxy note 5 (n920t) that i bought off someone but its frp locked. I can't get an otg cable right now to use that bypass method. I tried to flash the stock rom but didn't work. Tried to flash individual parts of another stock rom (the bl and ap files from the PAC Firmware), still nothing. Tried to flash custom recovery, but blocked by frp. Adb only picks up my phone when it's in recovery mode as sideload, not even being able to reboot or anything from adb. I've been tearing my head out get this damn lock off for 3 weeks now, and i can't find the person i brought it from so i'm feeling hopeless right now. Can anyone please help? Any assistance is greatly appreciated.:fingers-crossed:

I can remove it send me a pm
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re: FRP
mannyfresh2k4 said:
Hello & Happy Holidays. I have my t-mobile galaxy note 5 (n920t) that i bought off someone but its frp locked. I can't get an otg cable right now to use that bypass method. I tried to flash the stock rom but didn't work. Tried to flash individual parts of another stock rom (the bl and ap files from the PAC Firmware), still nothing. Tried to flash custom recovery, but blocked by frp. Adb only picks up my phone when it's in recovery mode as sideload, not even being able to reboot or anything from adb. I've been tearing my head out get this damn lock off for 3 weeks now, and i can't find the person i brought it from so i'm feeling hopeless right now. Can anyone please help? Any assistance is greatly appreciated.:fingers-crossed:
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If you can get into download mode here is good news for you:
Odin Flashing the official stock 5.1.1 Samsung N920T Tmobile
firmware will get your phone running properly again..
You can download the official stock firmware at http://sammobile.com
Be sure to flash using Odin v3.10.7 (older versions may not work.)
Good luck,
Have a great day!

I flashed the stock firmware, the latest one to be exact. It is still locked. Do i have to wait 3 days for frp to be removed like i've heard on previous forums? Should i just try to flash it again? Im dying over here. lol

mannyfresh2k4 said:
Hello & Happy Holidays. I have my t-mobile galaxy note 5 (n920t) that i bought off someone but its frp locked. I can't get an otg cable right now to use that bypass method. I tried to flash the stock rom but didn't work. Tried to flash individual parts of another stock rom (the bl and ap files from the PAC Firmware), still nothing. Tried to flash custom recovery, but blocked by frp. Adb only picks up my phone when it's in recovery mode as sideload, not even being able to reboot or anything from adb. I've been tearing my head out get this damn lock off for 3 weeks now, and i can't find the person i brought it from so i'm feeling hopeless right now. Can anyone please help? Any assistance is greatly appreciated.:fingers-crossed:
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same thing happened to me too about 2 weeks ago. couldn't get past the google log in screen. The only way i was able to get around it was to use the Samsung bypass apk that is floating around on the web. I just bought an otg flash/usb drive for about $12 and used that to install the apk on the phone. worked perfectly. Hopefully you can get your hands on an otg flash drive soon and your problem should be solved my friend.
Good luck.

mannyfresh2k4 said:
I flashed the stock firmware, the latest one to be exact. It is still locked. Do i have to wait 3 days for frp to be removed like i've heard on previous forums? Should i just try to flash it again? Im dying over here. lol
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Have you fixed it ?

Don't panic. You're not screwed.
This happened to me. Odin flash the correct firmware (so if you were on COI5, you need to flash official T-Mobile COI5). It will reboot into Android and when you're going through the setup wizard it will say something like "this phone was previously locked, please enter your Google account to unlock it." Put in the google account you had on the phone before and the password and voila; it will work.
In the future keep OEM unlocking enabled to avoid this
Disregard that, I can't read

brashmadcap said:
Don't panic. You're not screwed.
This happened to me. Odin flash the correct firmware (so if you were on COI5, you need to flash official T-Mobile COI5). It will reboot into Android and when you're going through the setup wizard it will say something like "this phone was previously locked, please enter your Google account to unlock it." Put in the google account you had on the phone before and the password and voila; it will work.
In the future keep OEM unlocking enabled to avoid this
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He bought the phone from someone, how would he know that?
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darkjedi said:
He bought the phone from someone, how would he know that?
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Whoops I can't read

I still didn't fix it, no. I had a good feeling that i can do it without that damn otg cable, but it seems like i don't have a choice. Spent money, now i gotta spend some more. Smh.....

I can remove it for you.

Misterjunky said:
If you can get into download mode here is good news for you:
Odin Flashing the official stock 5.1.1 Samsung N920T Tmobile
firmware will get your phone running properly again..
You can download the official stock firmware at http://sammobile.com
Be sure to flash using Odin v3.10.7 (older versions may not work.)
Good luck,
Have a great day!
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mannyfresh2k4 said:
I still didn't fix it, no. I had a good feeling that i can do it without that damn otg cable, but it seems like i don't have a choice. Spent money, now i gotta spend some more. Smh.....
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Did you do what @Misterjunky posted? You do not need an OTG for this.
Can you get into recovery?
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OTG cable and the apk is the best route to go on this one. cheap too. I just did this.

So what needs to be done to deter this from happening??

recepo1 said:
So what needs to be done to deter this from happening??
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Avoid buying phones from people via Craigslist. If they aren't stolen, chances are the former owner is scamming some other way.
Simple way to tell the seller's motivation: If they know what they're doing, they'll use Swappa, if they've stolen or otherwise borked the phone, they'll use Craigslist.

I've had that same error , ended up i believe. ...that time (been so many soft bricks ) ...I actually used smartswitch emergency recovery mode. Try that or odin
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help with lg and samsung frp lock
I have sboot.bin files i can help you just flash with odin and bam its unlocked.....

You can splice some old USB cables together together a working otg cable. I've had one I did work for years now hooked up to my nexus player

the OTG and apk method was patched already.

gimmemiggy said:
the OTG and apk method was patched already.
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Just downgrade firmware to October update of lollipop and it should work

XT1250 wiped with TWRP... now can't install O.S.

So basically, after I rooted, I was stuck in a bootloop at the "warning: bootloader unlocked" screen when I tried to boot, so I tried "factory reset" with the same result. Then I DL'd the stock xt1250 firmware and the update back to 5.0.2 (which the phone had before I F'd it up), but TWRP won't install either of them.
I can access the bootloader, and TWRP recovery, but any other option from the bootloader, or restarting results back in the "warning: bootleader unlocked" screen loop
I've seen a few places on here that there is a Brazilian version of 6.0.1 that it TWRP-able, but living in the U.S.of.A. and not being able to speak Portuguese, I was wondering if that would work for me?
thanks,
N.K.

Actually, I just tried copying the Brazilian 6.0.1 onto the phone and I got an error that "the file is larger than the device limit", so I guess that option's out!
I feel horrible right now! I just got this awesome phone, and broke it within 2 days
I really hope someone can help!

Status Update:
-I downloaded a bunch of zips... American xt1250 4.4.4 and conversion to 5.0.2 (which the phone is), Brazilian xt1225 5.0.2 and 6.0.1
-I tried RSD because twrp was obviously doing nothing.
-I ended up getting one to work, which was the Brazilian 5.0.2 with some files from another one (I forgot which, but I think the American 5.0.2 conversion) because is was lacking some key components (which it seems they all were).
-none of the others worked at all
-I have yet to test my sim card in it, but...
Problem:
-I got my phone up and running, but now the wifi wont turn on. It says "turning on wifi..." but nothing ever happens. I looked it up and found lots of stuff about wifi and bluetooth not turning on, but my bluetooth seems to turn on as it should.

Aright... I installed Bliss Rom, and it all works! The camera sucks compared to the stock camera, but I can live with that. Thanks for the help everyone! :good: :good: :good:

albinoethiopian3 said:
I've seen a few places on here that there is a Brazilian version of 6.0.1 that it TWRP-able, but living in the U.S.of.A. and not being able to speak Portuguese, I was wondering if that would work for me?
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The TWRP-flashable 6.0.1 ROM was made by a Verizon user who lives in the U.S. It works for ALL Quarks. It doesn't matter what language you speak, you choose the language you want at the bootup screen. Just like every other version of Android.
albinoethiopian3 said:
Actually, I just tried copying the Brazilian 6.0.1 onto the phone and I got an error that "the file is larger than the device limit", so I guess that option's out!
I feel horrible right now! I just got this awesome phone, and broke it within 2 days
I really hope someone can help!
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Tons of people are using that TWRP-flashable ROM. You have 64GB storage space unless you've used it all up. So, there's no reason you shouldn't be able to transfer that file and flash it.
albinoethiopian3 said:
Status Update:
-I downloaded a bunch of zips... American xt1250 4.4.4 and conversion to 5.0.2 (which the phone is), Brazilian xt1225 5.0.2 and 6.0.1
-I tried RSD because twrp was obviously doing nothing.
-I ended up getting one to work, which was the Brazilian 5.0.2 with some files from another one (I forgot which, but I think the American 5.0.2 conversion) because is was lacking some key components (which it seems they all were).
-none of the others worked at all
-I have yet to test my sim card in it, but...
Problem:
-I got my phone up and running, but now the wifi wont turn on. It says "turning on wifi..." but nothing ever happens. I looked it up and found lots of stuff about wifi and bluetooth not turning on, but my bluetooth seems to turn on as it should.
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Glad you got it running! However, in the future don't just download and flash anything. Brazilian 5.0.2 won't work because it's not made for your phone (U.S. Moto Maxx XT1250), and the radio/modem won't work. The Brazilian TWRP flashable 6.0.1 file works in part because @iiWoodstocK used custom @bhb27 kernel to make it compatible. It's stock Motorola Marshmallow ROM otherwise. So, that one was OK, but just flashing XT1225 firmware for your XT1250 is not wise.
Also, you can't downgrade bootloaders, so be careful when flashing different versions of software. You can downgrade from MM to Lollipop or even Kitkat, but you have to leave out gpt.bin.
It seemed you were just flashing a lot of stuff, so be careful.
albinoethiopian3 said:
Aright... I installed Bliss Rom, and it all works! The camera sucks compared to the stock camera, but I can live with that. Thanks for the help everyone! :good: :good: :good:
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You can change the camera. There's stock Moto Camera files in this forum you can flash. This is from the Bliss ROM thread:
kitcostantino said:
^^ agreed. great ROM. as far as camera quality, that is just the stock CM camera. idk why. i never use it for that reason. there are a few "moto canera and gallery" flash able zip files on androidfilehost.com and mega. or you can try to install them from Play store. the moto ones are better in that aspect. the htc 10 camera works okay as do several others. find a replacement that works for you.
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the moto one works fine for me. i couldn't find the link i got it from, so i just uploaded it to mega. (where i got it from in the first place. ) https://mega.nz/#!ChsyQZSC!ULtLteziJ__n7GOt_XmlSvaFz_tf68u0RvEDsNq4NAs
Catch and release. lol
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Hello all here is my situation, was running cf's Rom and backed up in twrp backed up all available options using mod 04 version of twrp.
Flashed the newest cm 13 for a day then this morning wiped and tried to restore my backup of cf's Rom all goes well until it's about done then then in red letters it says no modem installed system busy. My phone is a 1254 any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.
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Steve One said:
Hello all here is my situation, was running cf's Rom and backed up in twrp backed up all available options using mod 04 version of twrp.
Flashed the newest cm 13 for a day then this morning wiped and tried to restore my backup of cf's Rom all goes well until it's about done then then in red letters it says no modem installed system busy. My phone is a 1254 any assistance with this would be greatly appreciated.
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Try reflashing the modem/radio in ADB. Not restoring in TWRP, but actually flashing the XT1254 radio again.

ChazzMatt said:
Try reflashing the modem/radio in ADB. Not restoring in TWRP, but actually flashing the XT1254 radio again.
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Have no computer to do with.
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Steve One said:
Have no computer to do with.
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there's also a TWRP flashable version

ChazzMatt said:
there's also a TWRP flashable version
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Thank you so much for your help ChazzMatt sir I don't suppose you could give me a link or pm me with a possible download kind sir, would this be a image file to flash like flashing twrp?
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Steve One said:
Thank you so much for your help ChazzMatt sir I don't suppose you could give me a link or pm me with a possible download kind sir, would this be a image file to flash like flashing twrp?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/development/droid-turbo-xt1254-bootloader-radio-t3259327
There's fastboot and TWRP flashable in that first post. Read carefully.

ChazzMatt said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/development/droid-turbo-xt1254-bootloader-radio-t3259327
There's fastboot and TWRP flashable in that first post. Read carefully.
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Does one flash as an image file?
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Steve One said:
Does one flash as an image file?
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In TWRP it's just a zipped file for the radio.

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In TWRP it's just a zipped file for the radio.
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Apparently twrp was hung up,just got back home from apple orchard played around in twrp and was able to flash a ROM again. Seriously thinking of flashing back to twrp mod 2.
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Fake Rom

To anyone who has bought a xiaomi Mi 5X and has a multilanguage rom, DON´T try to change the rom unless you wannna get a beautiful Brick.

Yeah! I have one device with this problem. After flash ROM in download mode, when try to power on device, this comes in 900E Diagnostic mode. Tried test point and flashed ROM again and after finish, again no boot, device is in 900E again and again. I have a nice paper weight here now! Please, someone post a way to fix this!

This happened to me today. Flashed TWRP and followed up with MIUI 9, on reboot...nothing. After much research I’ve ordered a deep flash cable as a last hope. I also get 900E in device manager.
Wife not happy.

Triceratops33 said:
This happened to me today. Flashed TWRP and followed up with MIUI 9, on reboot...nothing. After much research I’ve ordered a deep flash cable as a last hope. I also get 900E in device manager.
Wife not happy.
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where did you bought your mi5x?? mine was from geekbuying and it happens the same. i was trying to update it to miui 9 official chinesse beta and now its on Diagnostic 900E mode and i was needing a phone like urgent...
i'm disappointed rigth now.
:crying:

I purchased mine from Offical Xiaomi Store on Aliexpress ( I know not official ).
The flash to twrp went perfectly, not sure why it screwed up so badly.
People who have done testpoint, which rom did you flash?

Triceratops33 said:
I purchased mine from Offical Xiaomi Store on Aliexpress ( I know not official ).
The flash to twrp went perfectly, not sure why it screwed up so badly.
People who have done testpoint, which rom did you flash?
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I tried all available ROMs for Mi 5X using test point method and doesn't work unfortunately. After flash with success, when press Power Button to Power on device, this comes back to 900E diagnostic mode.

What about just twrp? Boot to recovery?

Triceratops33 said:
What about just twrp? Boot to recovery?
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When flash via download mode, no way to boot like in fastboot mode, then no way to access recovery anymore. Someone, like Guy that install this hacked ROM for sellers need to public the method to recovery It or publish moded ROM for try to flash this again or a way to recover device for use with official ROM again.

When I did the install, TWRP installed and booted to recovery without a problem. When flashing MIUI 9 I do recall an error about missing firmware, not sure if that was a problem. Seems strange the MiFlash and official ROM cannot fix this. I have doubts that the seller is going to help me in any way....

Triceratops33 said:
When I did the install, TWRP installed and booted to recovery without a problem. When flashing MIUI 9 I do recall an error about missing firmware, not sure if that was a problem. Seems strange the MiFlash and official ROM cannot fix this. I have doubts that the seller is going to help me in any way....
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Yeah. The better way is open dispute and send it back and get New one with official firmware out of box or get money back.

So is this something that only happens to the phones that have the global rom flashed from the seller? As in it can be avoided by asking for the phone with stock software/firmware?

I have the same problem. Phone ordered from GeekBuing and Fake Global ROM. I think Xiaomi has not issued a global ROM for this phone yet. I have already written to the retailers that I want to complain about the phone and let me write about how to revive it. So far no one knows what to do with that, is it?

honzyn25 said:
I have the same problem. Phone ordered from GeekBuing and Fake Global ROM. I think Xiaomi has not issued a global ROM for this phone yet. I have already written to the retailers that I want to complain about the phone and let me write about how to revive it. So far no one knows what to do with that, is it?
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Yeah, for now, no way to fix it. I'm with this problem too. :/

Absolutely I do not understand why flash there such a dull ROM. They had to know that people would want to flash the original ROM. Those bricks are their problem.

honzyn25 said:
Absolutely I do not understand why flash there such a dull ROM. They had to know that people would want to flash the original ROM. Those bricks are their problem.
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Yeah friend! idk why this! People that bought it know that this comes with Chinese ROM or Global ROM when it has Global ROM. If device has only Chinese ROM, sellers want to keep it and users choose if unlock bootloader and change the ROM or not.

Exactly.

Anyone can extract and upload this Fake rom, so we can at least have an slightly working phone? Or anyone managed to install other rom?
Thanks

Did anyone try to revive the phone via a deep flash cable?
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This has just been answered by GeekBuying a while ago when I wrote yesterday that I wanted to file complaint.
Dear
Thanks for your email
Is not the fake , it will be flash a firmware for a language before it send out
Hope you can kindly understand ,next step we will Looking for a firmware for you ,is that ok ?
Waiting for your reply
Best regards
Elaine
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Well done guys! Got attention from MIUI Staff. Let's see if someone find and publish a solution for our problem!
Link 1: http://en.miui.com/thread-797940-1-1.html
Link 2: http://en.miui.com/thread-799859-1-1.html

Today, I received another e-mail from GeekBuying:
Dear
Thanks for your email and sorry for the problem
Here is the firmware :http://blog.geekbuying.com/2017/09/...625-android-7-1-smartphone-firmware-20170907/
It is not fake ,just unstable ,so please used this firmware
Best regards
Elaine
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Can anyone check this ROM? I can not use the 900E phone