[Q] flashed wrong boot.img. [solved] - Xperia Z3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

My mistake, my bad mistake, I was trying to gain root and to flash a CM rom, but after first successfull flash of a boot.img with fastboot, I have tried to flash the rom with TWRP but my device was recognized as a wrong model, so I couldn't to flash the rom (in settings it was recognized correctly as D6603), so I decided to flash another boot.img, but it was for Lollipop instead Kitkat and now I can't put my device in flash mode or in fastboot mode to flash the correct boot.img or a fw, turning on the Z3 the display lights on and seems to have a bootloop, I see the splashscreen, but nothing else.
Is there a way to recover it?
Thanks in advance.

Hold volume down and connect USB will take u to fastboot. Tried to flash a FTF yet?

Sindroid said:
Hold volume down and connect USB will take u to fastboot. Tried to flash a FTF yet?
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Yes, I've tried with volume down (flash mode) and volume up (fastboot mode), nothing seems to works.....
EDIT: wow! now I was able to reboot it into recovery, but I don't know if it's useful, it's the Cyanogen recovery.
EDIT2: Yeaaahhh, from recovery I could reboot it into fastboot mode and to flash the correct boot.img, the device is recovered, I've tried one hour before, sorry to bother the community.

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Brick?!?

Hello, I think my NS is bricked...
I was in recovery, I Unmounted /SDcard, I remounted /sdcard. I went to reboot system, but that's not what happened. Instead I'm in fastboot.
At the top, it says In red caps: FASTBOOT MODE - NO BOOT OR RECOVERY IMG.
My volume buttons and power button aren't working. I cant do anything. I'm not good with ADB, but is there a solution there? I can't get into my phone at all, I can only stay in fastboot. Can anyone help?
Your phone does not have a boot , therefore cannot start a ROM, and it does not have a recovery. It says that it is in fastboot, therefore it can listen to your pc and download a recovery from it.
You probably used fastboot to unlock your boot loader.
You therefore have to find a thread with instruction to unlock the boot loader. It will give you instruction and files for downloading a recovery image to your phone.
Good luck
Lionhe
Inviato dal mio Nexus S
I dunno about that, I'll try it, but when plugged in whilst in fastboot, my computer doesnt recognize anything.
you need to install the drivers on your PC, then suggest you install CWM, root, flash a rom of your choice.
This is a good place to start
http://nexusshacks.com/nexus-s-root/how-to-root-nexus-s-or-nexus-s-4g-on-ics-or-gingerbread/
I have the drivers installed properly, I rooted my phone a few months back..
nope, if your phone is not recognised you need to reinstall the drivers, happens all the time...just try it
Try this... Just "play along" until you get to the "unlock bootloader" option.
Once you get all that done, it should install CWM and everything for you. I have not tried it in your exact scenario; however, I have used variations of this tool for ages.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1845663
Bricked ?
if your stuck in fast boot mode , just flash original image from here :- https://dl.google.com/dl/android/aosp/soju-jro03e-factory-c9f5a67d.tgz , using fastboot flash commands , pm me if you need a hand , ok
Start with this get ADB working right.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Howto:_Install_the_Android_SDK
Then this guide to flash CWM
http://www.intomobile.com/2012/01/30/install-clockworkmod-touch-recovery-galaxy-nexus-and-nexus-s/
After getting CWM to work, press volume up +power to go to Fastboot then choose recovery to enter CWM
if all works well you can flash any ROM you want
Good luck

stuck in fastboot mode!

after lots of reading i decided to try out cyanogenmod 12!
after full backup (even ta-partition) i downgraded my z3 to .93 and then root it succsesfully with giefroot!
everything went fine until i tryd to install the boot.img over fastboot....
i dont know exactly what went wrong but now the normal boot hangs on the sony sign and if i want to boot into flashmode (vol+ & power on button) it just throws me into fastboot mode! so i kinda stuck here and dont know what to do
how can i get out of fastboot mode? what did i wrong?
please help!
a fastboot devices gives me a device back
an adb not
i hope there is some recovery option from fastboot
It sounds like you didn't unlock your bootloader? If so either try to unlock it with flashtool (just search for a tutorial on XDA) or reflash an official fw with flash tool to recover your device.
You should be able to enter flash mode by just pressing volume down (powered off device) while plugging in the USB port.
n1ete said:
after lots of reading i decided to try out cyanogenmod 12!
after full backup (even ta-partition) i downgraded my z3 to .93 and then root it succsesfully with giefroot!
everything went fine until i tryd to install the boot.img over fastboot....
i dont know exactly what went wrong but now the normal boot hangs on the sony sign and if i want to boot into flashmode (vol+ & power on button) it just throws me into fastboot mode! so i kinda stuck here and dont know what to do
how can i get out of fastboot mode? what did i wrong?
please help!
a fastboot devices gives me a device back
an adb not
i hope there is some recovery option from fastboot
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Not only does it sound like you have not unlocked the bootloader, but you probably have not backed up your TA, as you said you did that before you downgraded and rooted, however, you have to backup the TA partition AFTER rooting and BEFORE unlocking

Need Help. Nexus 5 says google when trying to turn on

I was trying to get the latest twrp '2.8.7.2'. I downloaded it and flashed the img to recovery and nothing seemed to happen so I tried flashing it to boot then I tried to reboot the system. Now when I try to turn it on I get stuck on the Google like it is turning but it just gets stuck. I tried Charging it now when I charge it I get stuck on the battery logo. When I try booting it Booting it into recovery(twrp) I get a black screen. I can tell the Screen is on because of the dim glow it gives off but it is not doing anything. Note: I am some what of a noob when it comes to this stuff, My nexus 5 was running Marshmallow, and I was running the Xtra smooth rom (it is very close to stock). Plz help. I have also just found out that the reason im getting the bootloop is I flashed the wrong version of TWRP need a fix PLZ HELP.
Did you try flashing stock recovery or twrp 2.8.7.1?
audit13 said:
Did you try flashing stock recovery or twrp 2.8.7.1?
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I cant flash anything because it is stuck. If you can tell me how to do that it would be great. also I gave you the thanks thing.
Judah04 said:
I cant flash anything because it is stuck. If you can tell me how to do that it would be great. also I gave you the thanks thing.
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All you have to do is boot into your bootloader (Power + Volume Up + Volume Down at the same time) and flash the stock recovery.
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Chances are you flashed an incorrect version of TWRP meant for another phone hence the boot loop.
asawoszc said:
All you have to do is boot into your bootloader (Power + Volume Up + Volume Down at the same time) and flash the stock recovery.
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Chances are you flashed an incorrect version of TWRP meant for another phone hence the boot loop.
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When i boot into recovery mode the screen is on but it is black.
asawoszc said:
All you have to do is boot into your bootloader (Power + Volume Up + Volume Down at the same time) and flash the stock recovery.
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Chances are you flashed an incorrect version of TWRP meant for another phone hence the boot loop.
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Also yes i do think I flashed the wrong TWRP. how do I flash the correct TWRP when I can't even get back into a tool to flash it?
Judah04 said:
When i boot into recovery mode the screen is on but it is black.
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You dont need recovery, you need bootloader.
telep said:
You dont need recovery, you need bootloader.
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Can you please explain to me exactly what to do. thank you. also my bootloader is unlocked. I also can get to fastboot so what is the diffrence between bootloader and fastboot.
Hold down the volume +, volume -, and power button. You'll be taken to a screen with the word START at the top. Now, connect the phone to your Windows computer using the USB cable, open a command prompt and type "fastboot flash recovery nameof twrpfile.img", press the enter key, use the volume button to select recovery, use the power button to enter recovery, press the power button, press volume + button, and you should enter TWRP.
Thank you but I do not own a windows computer
Then look up the respective commands. You flashed twrp over your kernel, you need to flash a proper boot.img (kernel) if you want the phone to boot. Fastboot is ran through bootloader. Flash the proper kernel in bootloader using fastboot.
wangdaning said:
Then look up the respective commands. You flashed twrp over your kernel, you need to flash a proper boot.img (kernel) if you want the phone to boot. Fastboot is ran through bootloader. Flash the proper kernel in bootloader using fastboot.
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Thank you this sounds like it will work. But can you put it in more simple terms and give me links? plz. thx in advance.
Do you have access to a Windows computer to flash the commands? How did you flash TWRP?
audit13 said:
Do you have a computer?
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I have a macbok air running mac os x 10.5.8.
audit13 said:
Do you have access to a Windows computer to flash the commands? How did you flash TWRP?
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I flashed TWRP using the TWRP app it installed TWRP 2.8.7.1 I also unlocked the bootloader with a similar app.
This might help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...olkit-root-twrp-recovery-unroot-11-6-t2515640
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This might help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...olkit-root-twrp-recovery-unroot-11-6-t2515640
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Just cheked it out I tried it and it didn't work but thx anyway. btw I am running android 6.0.
audit13 said:
This might help: http://forum.xda-developers.com/goo...olkit-root-twrp-recovery-unroot-11-6-t2515640
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It might not have been working because I did not enable USB Debuging. :crying:
USB debugging is required for adb commands. With fastboot mode, debugging isn't necessary.
audit13 said:
USB debugging is required for adb commands. With fastboot mode, debugging isn't necessary.
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Can you please walk me through this i am some what of a beginner when it comes to some of these things. I can try the tool kits agin but need help.

Stuck in boot

Hi! My Oneplus One is stuck in boot (the oneplus logo).
I can get into fastboot but not recovery. I have followed some softbrick guides and the problem that I have is that even after flashing twrp as recovery I cant get into recovery. when I try to start it to recovery (volume up + power) I only get to the oneplus logo again. and when I use "fastboot boot twrp.img" the backlight comes on but the fastboot image stays, fastboot doesnt recognize it from this point so i have to restart it into fastboot mode again.
i have tried to flash the factory images, but nothing seems to change.
I dont know what to do, pls help..
After flashing recovery from fastboot, do NOT issue the reboot command. Press and hold the power button till phone powers off. If you issue the reboot command from fastboot, custom recovery will be lost. Also, don't know which twrp version you are trying to flash, but I would suggest flashing 2.8.6.0 first, then after you know you can get into recovery, you can flash another version.
Additionally, to boot to recovery you have to hold
volume down + power
volume up + power brings you to fastboot
Last but not least,
fastboot boot twrp.img
does not boot the recovery which is on your device, but the recovery image which is located inside your fastboot folder on your pc.
kenboyles72 said:
After flashing recovery from fastboot, do NOT issue the reboot command. Press and hold the power button till phone powers off. If you issue the reboot command from fastboot, custom recovery will be lost. Also, don't know which twrp version you are trying to flash, but I would suggest flashing 2.8.6.0 first, then after you know you can get into recovery, you can flash another version.
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Ok, I did not know that the reboot command removes the custom recovery. Im almost certain that i've tried just powering down and trying recovery before too tho.
I was trying to flash twrp 3.0.0.0 so i'll try 2.8.6.0 asap
AcmE85 said:
Additionally, to boot to recovery you have to hold
volume down + power
volume up + power brings you to fastboot
Last but not least,
fastboot boot twrp.img
does not boot the recovery which is on your device, but the recovery image which is located inside your fastboot folder on your pc.
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oops, i ofcourse ment that i try to get to recovery by volume down+power, and i know fastboot boot twrp.img boots from the .img on the computer, i just think its peculiar that nothing happens.
nothing has really happend after this, so i still need help.
summary: bump
I don't really get what you say. Perhaps i don't experiences before. @kenboyles72 is correct, official ROM may delete custom recovery (you can change the setting). Then @AcmE85 gives you an option, but it does not work.
Here is my option:
1. download any custom rom. The best idea is as minimum MB as possible. (Flash ROM directly from your PC)
2. flash your recovery, do NOT reboot. (fastboot flash recovery rec.img)
3. flash your ROM. (fastboot flash zip rom.zip)
Let's see if this would help you.
I had some issues a while back, where I was caught in a bootloop and flashing another rom. So I followed this guide, https://www.reddit.com/r/oneplus/comments/31sf0x/guide_how_to_return_from_oxygenos_to_stock_cm11s . You can skip flashing the userdata.img to keep all data on sdcard. Also you can substitute flashing twrp recovery img for stock recovery. I myself went ahead and flashed all stock just to make sure everything booted correctly, then went into dev options and disabled update cm recovery, booted back to fastboot and flashed twrp 2.8.6.0. Evey thing worked like a charm.
Flasing stock rom did not affect anything noticeably.. phone is still stuck in boot/fastboot
Just to confirm, have you tried either/both of these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541
http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-unbrick-oneplus-one-t3013732
I have followed the return to stock guide, but not the unbrick, since my phone is softbricked, not hardbricked.
I have followed this guide tho, to no avail https://m.reddit.com/r/oneplus/wiki/devices/one/brickguide
the strange thing is that i didnt cause this. The phone started randomly overheating and one time it just never booted up.

No boot, no flashmode, no fastboot

Hi,
this is what happened.
I unlocked the bootloader of my z5, afterwards I flashed the twrp recovery.
After that I rebooted my phone and it only hangs on the kernel screen, it wont enter recovery neither boot into system.
Then I tried to flash the stock rom with flashtool but it wont go into flashmode either.
Tried it even with fastboot mode and nothing.
Any suggestions?
kristijan15 said:
Hi,
this is what happened.
I unlocked the bootloader of my z5, afterwards I flashed the twrp recovery.
After that I rebooted my phone and it only hangs on the kernel screen, it wont enter recovery neither boot into system.
Then I tried to flash the stock rom with flashtool but it wont go into flashmode either.
Tried it even with fastboot mode and nothing.
Any suggestions?
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After unlocking the bootloader you should have flashed a custom kernel like Androplus V36 first before flashing the recovery img.
I had a similar case I think but with my old z1 compact. When you connect your phone via usb, is anything happen? What color is the led?
What I did was just make sure fastboot and flashmode drivers are installed. Kept plugging the phone while pressing volume button up and down and keep playing with it.
Make sure battery is fully charged and maybe try a different cable if you have another one.
If you succeed and manage to get into flashmode then reflash your ftf file and then let it boot.
If all is good and well, then download androplus kernel for example and extract the boot.img
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z5/development/kernel-andropluskernel-v1-t3246100
Install minimal adb and fastboot and connect into fastboot mode
Place the boot.img file extracted from androplus kernel in your minimal adb folder and type fastboot flash boot boot.img
if it says okay two times u can then flash twrp recovery by using the command fastboot flash recovery twrp.img where twrp.img replaced by the name of your recovery img file.
Sorry if im not clear enough, but I hope this helps you.
Well, the led only flashes shortly in red, after that comes the kernel bootlogo and nothing else.
When the bootlogo shows up the is not flashing in any color.
When I try to connect it to pc it wont recognize it, and the phone starts booting and hangs on the kernel bootlogo again.
kristijan15 said:
Well, the led only flashes shortly in red, after that comes the kernel bootlogo and nothing else.
When the bootlogo shows up the is not flashing in any color.
When I try to connect it to pc it wont recognize it, and the phone starts booting and hangs on the kernel bootlogo again.
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Have you tried connecting and opening xperia companion to see if you can do a software repair there?
Or else, I would just leave it connected to a charger for the night and try again, and just keep playing with the volume up and down button while connecting it.
Also you can try installing your drivers another time, and try an older or newer version of Flashtool.... this has helped a couple of times too for me in the past so thats another thing you could try.
Good luckk:good:
Well at this moment my pc just decided to recognize the device so I am flashing now the stock firmware ATM
Thanks for the assistance
kristijan15 said:
Well at this moment my pc just decided to recognize the device so I am flashing now the stock firmware ATM
Thanks for the assistance
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Good to hear you revived your phone
Remember if you wanna flash custom kernel:
First unlock bootloader if it isnt ofcourse
Via minimal adb and fastboot flash boot.img from a custom kernel of your choice, I would recommend androplus kernel v36.
Next you could flash a twrp recovery.img via fastboot right after flashing the kernel, but I would first boot the system for a time to see if it boots okay.
Good luck
koekoek91 said:
Good to hear you revived your phone
Remember if you wanna flash custom kernel:
First unlock bootloader if it isnt ofcourse
Via minimal adb and fastboot flash boot.img from a custom kernel of your choice, I would recommend androplus kernel v36.
Next you could flash a twrp recovery.img via fastboot right after flashing the kernel, but I would first boot the system for a time to see if it boots okay.
Good luck
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Did it already now everything is ticking like a swiss watch
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