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Torn Touch Screen Digitizer Flex

Ok so I tore my touch screen digitizer and just decided to sell the motherboard and working parts because this is my 3rd time breaking the phone and I'm ready for a new one. The screen turns on but the touch doesn't work and the problem is that I have a pattern lock on my phone that prevents me from being able to access and delete my data from the internal SD card. (Unlock phone to access data). Also, I just flashed the new Sense 5 rom but didn't enable Developer Options so I can't use ADB. Help?

dcaples002 said:
Ok so I tore my touch screen digitizer and just decided to sell the motherboard and working parts because this is my 3rd time breaking the phone and I'm ready for a new one. The screen turns on but the touch doesn't work and the problem is that I have a pattern lock on my phone that prevents me from being able to access and delete my data from the internal SD card. (Unlock phone to access data). Also, I just flashed the new Sense 5 rom but didn't enable Developer Options so I can't use ADB. Help?
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If your phone is S-off or you didn't supercid you could RUU.
Alernatively, you could boot to fastboot and do
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase preinstall
Ofcourse this will wipe EVERYTHING. So the person to buy it will have to be smart enough to get stuff on it again.

exad said:
If your phone is S-off or you didn't supercid you could RUU.
Alernatively, you could boot to fastboot and do
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase webtop
fastboot erase preinstall
Ofcourse this will wipe EVERYTHING. So the person to buy it will have to be smart enough to get stuff on it again.
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What if I just wanted to erase my data and apps? Should I just do "Fastboot erase Userdata" and "fastboot erase cache"?

dcaples002 said:
What if I just wanted to erase my data and apps? Should I just do "Fastboot erase Userdata" and "fastboot erase cache"?
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That should do it.

exad said:
That should do it.
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Is threre a way to factory reset via adb or fastboot?
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31ken31 said:
Is threre a way to factory reset via adb or fastboot?
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Not that I know of
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31ken31 said:
Is threre a way to factory reset via adb or fastboot?
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Wouldn't that be the same as erase userdata?

redpoint73 said:
Wouldn't that be the same as erase userdata?
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userdata wipes the entire sdcard

Can't get past Google Screen

I just restored from the official google 4.4.2 images and my phone cant get past the Google screen. Please help!

bobyum said:
I just restored from the official google 4.4.2 images and my phone cant get past the Google screen. Please help!
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You flashed the factory images?

bobyum said:
I just restored from the official google 4.4.2 images and my phone cant get past the Google screen. Please help!
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Do a data factory reset and wipe the cache both in recovery and reboot bro.

gee2012 said:
Do a data factory reset and wipe the cache both in recovery and reboot bro.
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Thinking the same thing. But.. I can admit getting in a hurry and flashing the wrong image! :laugh:

I made sure that I was using the right image and it still wont go past the Google screen. Any other ideas?
edit: okay the phone can't even write the recovery to the phone through fastboot! Any other thoughts?

bobyum said:
I made sure that I was using the right image and it still wont go past the Google screen. Any other ideas?
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Long press the power button force it to reboot. As soon as the screen goes black hold down the volume down button. That will boot you into the bootloader, from there you can get to recovery. Factory reset, wipe cache.
You flashed stock recovery?
If you have stock recovery go to the bootloader like I said earlier. Choose recovery. Then you will see android laying down. Press volume up and power button at the same time. Do a factory reset.

bobyum said:
I made sure that I was using the right image and it still wont go past the Google screen. Any other ideas?
edit: okay the phone can't even write the recovery to the phone through fastboot! Any other thoughts?
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If you flashed the whole image inclusing userdata.img it should boot usualy, never xperienced it did not personaly. So besides a wipe have no idea bro, you might try to reflash the rom again. Are you using a Toolkit?

gee2012 said:
If you flashed the whole image inclusing userdata.img it should boot usualy, never xperienced it did not personaly. So besides a wipe have no idea bro, you might try to reflash the rom again. Are you using a Toolkit?
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I did this with the flashh-all.bat provided by the official image. I can't even do that anymore because it just gets stuck when writing the bootloader. Totally out of ideas right now. Is there any way I can reformat the partition through fastboot? Would that help?

bobyum said:
I did this with the flashh-all.bat provided by the official image. I can't even do that anymore because it just gets stuck when writing the bootloader. Totally out of ideas right now. Is there any way I can reformat the partition through fastboot? Would that help?
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Try this:
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
After that flash the rom again with flash.all.batt

maybe flash each part individually (not using flashall)
Sent from my Nexus 5 using Tapatalk

gee2012 said:
Try this:
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
After that flash the rom again with flash.all.batt
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Unfortunately, it didnt help Still stuck at writing bootloader...

beaver2233 said:
maybe flash each part individually (not using flashall)
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Yup, that might work better maybe

hmm so in which order should i flash them in?
edit: I honestly think the flash storage failed. Ill just apply for RMA then. Do you guys know if I bought my phone in early December, will I still be eligible?

bobyum said:
hmm so in which order should i flash them in?
edit: I honestly think the flash storage failed. Ill just apply for RMA then. Do you guys know if I bought my phone in early December, will I still be eligible?
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How to flash a factory image. Erasing everything in fastboot should have done the trick. Erase everything then do method 2. You have to reboot the bootloader after flashing the bootloader and again after flashing the radio. One year to RMA. .
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These are the commands I would use. The name of the images for the bootloader and radio are for 4.4.2.
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-hammerhead-m8974a-1.0.25.0.23.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot format cache
fastboot reboot

Thanks all for the help! Will try it tomorrow. Hopefully it works

wantabe said:
How to flash a factory image. Erasing everything in fastboot should have done the trick. Erase everything then do method 2. You have to reboot the bootloader after flashing the bootloader and again after flashing the radio. One year to RMA. .
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These are the commands I would use. The name of the images for the bootloader and radio are for 4.4.2.
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-hammerhead-m8974a-1.0.25.0.23.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot format cache
fastboot reboot
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I'd go one better and look to do a COMPLETE reflash - userdata and all! I'd also rename bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img to bootloader.img and radio-hammerhead-m8974a-1.0.25.0.23.img to radio.img as it means there's less to get wrong! SO, to recap:
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot reboot-bootloader
fastboot format cache
I'd then boot into the stock recovery and perform a factory reset to make sure everything is in order and then reboot. I've done this exact method a number of times on my Nexus 5 and it works every time

EddyOS said:
I'd go one better and rename bootloader-hammerhead-hhz11k.img and radio-hammerhead-m8974a-1.0.25.0.23.img to just bootloader.img and radio.img to make it easier - less to type out and get wrong!
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I usually do the same thing too but I left the names as a hint to verify that he had the correct images.
I almost never flash userdata and recovery unless I'm selling a device. I've also never rebooted the bootloader between every image Except after the bootloader and radio images but I agree that your method is covering all the bases!

wantabe said:
I usually do the same thing too but I left the names as a hint to verify that he had the correct images.
I almost never flash userdata and recovery unless I'm selling a device. I've also never rebooted the bootloader between every image Except after the bootloader and radio images but I agree that your method is covering all the bases!
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As I hardly have any data to backup bar some custom ring tones I always reflash the userdata partition to be thorough. As for the reboots, I've just done it from habit, again just to be thorough. If it still doesn't work after that then it's goosed!

Try using the backup bootloader. Press and hold both volume buttons with the power button. That will take you into the backup bootloader.

Thanks to everyone for helping but I could not even get past writing the bootloader to the phone. I honestly think the flash storage and failed so will be RMAing. Hopefully they will accept it...

[Q] Bootloop with acess to Recovery

I've been using Cromi-X 4.7 since Mid to Late summer for my daily and have had zero issues. Last night however, my TF300 chirped to let me know I had an email, I turned the screen on and then it began bootlooping. I do have access to Recovery, and I've tried wiping and flashing a few other ROMs that I had on my SD card, but they all make it as far as the splash screen then freeze and reboot. So I'm a little confused as to where to go from here.
Recovery: TWRP v2.5.0.0
ww_epad-10.6.1.27.1-20130711
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!

cresco299 said:
I've been using Cromi-X 4.7 since Mid to Late summer for my daily and have had zero issues. Last night however, my TF300 chirped to let me know I had an email, I turned the screen on and then it began bootlooping. I do have access to Recovery, and I've tried wiping and flashing a few other ROMs that I had on my SD card, but they all make it as far as the splash screen then freeze and reboot. So I'm a little confused as to where to go from here.
Recovery: TWRP v2.5.0.0
ww_epad-10.6.1.27.1-20130711
Any advice would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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If you can use recovery, I suppose you can use fastboot too?
Try the following:
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase staging
fastboot reboot
If that won't work, look for Buster99's script to erase everything and reflash stock Asus ROM. Fixed issues for a lot of people allowing you a fresh start.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk

f69m said:
If you can use recovery, I suppose you can use fastboot too?
Try the following:
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase staging
fastboot reboot
If that won't work, look for Buster99's script to erase everything and reflash stock Asus ROM. Fixed issues for a lot of people allowing you a fresh start.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk
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Thankyou! I had to re-educate myself on Fastboot but once that was done I was able to try your suggestions. Your first one did not do the trick, but Buster99's got me most of the way. I had to reflash the TWRP near the end of his process to get it to work for me.
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase cache
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery C:\Users\Jeff\Downloads\twrp-2.5.0.0-JB.blob (THIS IS THE LINE I ADDED)
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system C:\Users\Jeff\Documents\WW_epad-user-10.6.1.15.3\blob
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
So maybe my recovery was messed up? At anyrate, it looks like I'm back in action. For anyone who needs to follow how all this was done, there is a good fastboot tutorial here. and here is the link to Buster99's solution.
Thankyou for pointing me in the right direction f69m!

cresco299 said:
Thankyou! I had to re-educate myself on Fastboot but once that was done I was able to try your suggestions. Your first one did not do the trick, but Buster99's got me most of the way. I had to reflash the TWRP near the end of his process to get it to work for me.
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase cache
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery C:\Users\Jeff\Downloads\twrp-2.5.0.0-JB.blob (THIS IS THE LINE I ADDED)
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash system C:\Users\Jeff\Documents\WW_epad-user-10.6.1.15.3\blob
fastboot -i 0x0B05 reboot
So maybe my recovery was messed up? At anyrate, it looks like I'm back in action. For anyone who needs to follow how all this was done, there is a good fastboot tutorial here. and here is the link to Buster99's solution.
Thankyou for pointing me in the right direction f69m!
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Oops, careful!
You are using the wrong recovery.
For the bootloaders coming with 10.6.* ROMs you need to use TWRP -42.
Don't use -jb, that is for the older 10.4.* bootloaders.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk

f69m said:
Oops, careful!
You are using the wrong recovery.
For the bootloaders coming with 10.6.* ROMs you need to use TWRP -42.
Don't use -jb, that is for the older 10.4.* bootloaders.
Sent from my TF300T using Tapatalk
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That would explain why I had to reinstall an updated TWRP to access recovery. I know just enough to make my self dangerous
Thank you again.

Moto G LTE can't erase anything in ADB/Fastboot

I swear I've tried every fastboot erase and fastboot flash command but Clockworkmod still says Can't mount cache/recovery and there is still the Cyanogenmod 12 boot logo looping FOREVER!!!
PLEASE HELP ME!!!
EDIT: I just read that someone's eMMC got fried... could that be the problem?

Trying 'every fastboot erase command' is the easiest way to destroy your phone. Please state exactly what fastboot commands you have used?

lost101 said:
Trying 'every fastboot erase command' is the easiest way to destroy your phone. Please state exactly what fastboot commands you have used?
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fastboot erase cache and fastboot erase system
I am pretty sure it's not reading or writing, which makes me think the eMMC is fried.

Try: Fastboot erase userdata

Nexus 5 Soft-Bricked HELP PLEASE!!!

Although my Nexus 5 is rooted with the toolkit I haven't done anything to it in months (no custom roms or anything)
My phone was working last night but when I woke up and it was in a bootloop.
so i tried fixing the problem myself, here are the things I tried:
- Hitting it (in case the buttons were sticky)
- Flash stock + unroot on the n5 toolkit
- Bootloader>Recovery>Wipe Data/Factory Reset
After that, the boot loop stopped and whenever I try turning it on it goes straight to the bootloader.
So I tried going into the wugfresh advanced utilities and i tried:
- Fastboot Erase*
- Fastboot format*
*flash stock + unroot after both
I have a little bit of hope because I can access the bootloader but I have no idea what else I can try.
Any suggestions?
thank you in advance

Does the bootloader remain unlocked?
Try manually flashing the latest marshmallow. After flashing, boot back into fastboot and run these commands:
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img (the userdata.img file can be extracted from the stock ROM for flashing in fastboot)
After running the 2 commands, boot back into recovery and perform a full wipe of data and cache, then reboot.

audit13 said:
Does the bootloader remain unlocked?
Try manually flashing the latest marshmallow. After flashing, boot back into fastboot and run these commands:
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img (the userdata.img file can be extracted from the stock ROM for flashing in fastboot)
After running the 2 commands, boot back into recovery and perform a full wipe of data and cache, then reboot.
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How do i run the 2 command "fastboot erase userdata" and "fastboot flash userdata userdata.img"

Fastboot on Windows
shbm111 said:
How do i run the 2 command "fastboot erase userdata" and "fastboot flash userdata userdata.img"
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Hopefully you are running windows
dottech.org/21534/how-to-install-adb-and-fastboot-on-your-windows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone

spacecaptain said:
Hopefully you are running windows
dottech.org/21534/how-to-install-adb-and-fastboot-on-your-windows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone
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Yup, I'm running windows.
anyways I don't think the nexus toolkit works on any other platform.

spacecaptain said:
Hopefully you are running windows
dottech.org/21534/how-to-install-adb-and-fastboot-on-your-windows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone
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So, I went through the method one adb setup and I still have no idea how to do the fastboot erase userdata
nvm got it.

Were you able to boot the phone?

I'm in the same situation and need help