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[Q] Soft Bricked

OK Guys, I'm in big trouble right now. I wanted to install a Kernel. I was on Viperrom 2.1.0. Something went wrong and my phone went into a bootloop. After trying a couple of things(like installing another Kernel) Everything went from bad to worst. Now my whole Internal Memory is erased and there's still a bootloop. Luckily I can access my TWRP Recovery, but i can't mount my sdcard, because it says thats it's unable to mount sdcard. How can I transfer a rom to my sdcard so I can install it?

BoazCoenraad said:
OK Guys, I'm in big trouble right now. I wanted to install a Kernel. I was on Viperrom 2.1.0. Something went wrong and my phone went into a bootloop. After trying a couple of things(like installing another Kernel) Everything went from bad to worst. Now my whole Internal Memory is erased and there's still a bootloop. Luckily I can access my TWRP Recovery, but i can't mount my sdcard, because it says thats it's unable to mount sdcard. How can I transfer a rom to my sdcard so I can install it?
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Sounds like your internal memory may be corrupted. Have you tried flashing stock recovery?

Relock your bootloader
Flash stock ruu
Start from scratch
Always worked for me
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bstylz911 said:
Relock your bootloader
Flash stock ruu
Start from scratch
Always worked for me
Sent from my HTC One S using xda app-developers app
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Could you please explain it a bit more on how to do al that?

Installing the original recovery worked for me. The only problem is that when I install a custom rom my phone still goes into a bootloop.. SDcard can be mounted though..

BoazCoenraad said:
Installing the original recovery worked for me. The only problem is that when I install a custom rom my phone still goes into a bootloop.. SDcard can be mounted though..
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If you can get in in recovery(TWRP) try to delete SD card or phone storage and than mount and transfer the rom that you want.

hbforce
BoazCoenraad said:
OK Guys, I'm in big trouble right now. I wanted to install a Kernel. I was on Viperrom 2.1.0. Something went wrong and my phone went into a bootloop. After trying a couple of things(like installing another Kernel) Everything went from bad to worst. Now my whole Internal Memory is erased and there's still a bootloop. Luckily I can access my TWRP Recovery, but i can't mount my sdcard, because it says thats it's unable to mount sdcard. How can I transfer a rom to my sdcard so I can install it?
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if you want me to help you my brother, take my advice, i was an iphone heavy user but now i am 100% Android fan-boy, when i had the iphone previously i have encountered a prob like this, after days of heavy research in addition to my experience, you need simply to reset your phone motherboard !!! you can do this simply by two methods :
1- You need to self open your phone or by an experimenter and unplug your motherboard/battery cable, wait for 1 to 2 minutes and plug it again the phone will work again do kernel install and Bla Bla Bla .....
2- It may be take some time, but, it also works, leave your phone woke until the battery is completely drained, leave it for more 1 week to make sure that you haven't any current in the battery, charge it again fully and power on it, it should work and do the rest ...
NOTE : i have been an iphone repairer, i've tried to two methods and it works fine .
Cordially.
"IF I HELPED YOU HIT THANKS BUTTON"
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BoazCoenraad said:
Installing the original recovery worked for me. The only problem is that when I install a custom rom my phone still goes into a bootloop.. SDcard can be mounted though..
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Then you are not installing rom correctly--
So, you can flash a rom thru twrp, you can mount sdcard also, right?
I would back up sdcard to pc at this point to be safe
you probably have no nandroids on phone or pc, correct?
you also are not giving enough info as to kernels and roms you are flashing and exact steps to do it
are you S4 version on phone
most likely issues are you are not wiping all, including system 3x. and not flashing boot image with rom
don't do any iphone stuff--

AW: [Q] Soft Bricked
hbforce said:
if you want me to help you my brother, take my advice, i was an iphone heavy user but now i am 100% Android fan-boy, when i had the iphone previously i have encountered a prob like this, after days of heavy research in addition to my experience, you need simply to reset your phone motherboard !!! you can do this simply by two methods :
1- You need to self open your phone or by an experimenter and unplug your motherboard/battery cable, wait for 1 to 2 minutes and plug it again the phone will work again do kernel install and Bla Bla Bla .....
2- It may be take some time, but, it also works, leave your phone woke until the battery is completely drained, leave it for more 1 week to make sure that you haven't any current in the battery, charge it again fully and power on it, it should work and do the rest ...
NOTE : i have been an iphone repairer, i've tried to two methods and it works fine .
Cordially.
"IF I HELPED YOU HIT THANKS BUTTON"
.
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You're jokin' or what?
I do also prefer the method of relocking the bootloader and flashing RUU. That always helped me when everything went wrong...
HTC One S | RootBox 4.2.2 | BubbaKernel 3.6 OV | S-OFF

hbforce
rugmankc said:
Then you are not installing rom correctly--
So, you can flash a rom thru twrp, you can mount sdcard also, right?
I would back up sdcard to pc at this point to be safe
you probably have no nandroids on phone or pc, correct?
you also are not giving enough info as to kernels and roms you are flashing and exact steps to do it
are you S4 version on phone
most likely issues are you are not wiping all, including system 3x. and not flashing boot image with rom
don't do any iphone stuff--
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HI brother ....
he says that he can't access TWRP, and SDC is unmounted !!! read the thread carefully please ...
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foeti said:
You're jokin' or what?
I do also prefer the method of relocking the bootloader and flashing RUU. That always helped me when everything went wrong...
HTC One S | RootBox 4.2.2 | BubbaKernel 3.6 OV | S-OFF
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Hi brother ...
Am not joking bro, at least i give a solution, it looks strange may be, but, trust me i am an advanced user of this, if you have a better solution, am here to learn from you, give as the detailed work-way.
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hbforce said:
HI brother ....
he says that he can't access TWRP, and SDC is unmounted !!! read the thread carefully please ...
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Hi brother ...
Am not joking bro, at least i give a solution, it looks strange may be, but, trust me i am an advanced user of this, if you have a better solution, am here to learn from you, give as the detailed work-way.
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Man are you trolling or what--
In post 1 he says he can access TWRP and can't mount sdcard.
In post 5 he now has original recovery and can mount sdcard.
And we are not sure telling the OP to take is phone apart when he is having issues flashing a rom is the best idea. You may be advanced, he "may" not be.
Either way hope he gets it--

[Q] Unrooting the Razr HD

Hello everyone,
I rooted my Razr HD a while ago, don't remember why. Anyway, I ended up getting a new phone and switching with a friend. And now I need to unroot it so my Mom can use it.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? I know there was an automated tool somewhere but I can't locate it.
Btw, it's rooted with Safestrap. I don't know if that changes anything.

I suggest u to use universal unroot utility by MattGroff and u can uninstall safestrap normally
Sent from my XT890 using xda app-developers app

I would uninstall SS prior to un-rooting because you'll still need to get into the app to uninstall the recovery. It might not let you in if you don't have root access.

RikRong said:
I would uninstall SS prior to un-rooting because you'll still need to get into the app to uninstall the recovery. It might not let you in if you don't have root access.
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Can you give me like a little bit more detail ? I know Android but I know nothing about the back end of it.

dontsayhate said:
Can you give me like a little bit more detail ? I know Android but I know nothing about the back end of it.
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If you go into the actual SS app on your phone, you can uninstall recovery. Do this, prior to deleting the app. If you delete the app first, you'll never be able to delete the installed SS recovery because you need the app to do it. Uninstall recovery through the app, then delete the app, and then delete all the SS folders and backups on your internal to get you some memory space back. As for the root access thing, I'm not 100% sure, but I don't think you'll be able to open the SS app if you don't still have root access. It's a root access app but I'm not sure how that would work.

Well it looks like the phone has been set to factory..I turned it on just now, and I think my mom or dad may have done it. It works fine. But there is no SU or SS apps on the phone, I just checked. But when I boot the phone, I still get the bootloader unlocked message. Which means its something in the SD card correct? Any idea how to clean that up?

dontsayhate said:
Well it looks like the phone has been set to factory..I turned it on just now, and I think my mom or dad may have done it. It works fine. But there is no SU or SS apps on the phone, I just checked. But when I boot the phone, I still get the bootloader unlocked message. Which means its something in the SD card correct? Any idea how to clean that up?
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If your BL is unlocked, there's no way to relock it. However, I know there are some flashable boot logos running around somewhere in this forum. Just find one and flash it in recovery.

RikRong said:
If your BL is unlocked, there's no way to relock it. However, I know there are some flashable boot logos running around somewhere in this forum. Just find one and flash it in recovery.
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I want to clean the SD card out too though. The message is whatever. Can I do that without screwing up the phone?

dontsayhate said:
I want to clean the SD card out too though. The message is whatever. Can I do that without screwing up the phone?
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you can go to settings/storage and erase the sd card but that wont get rid of the warning. also, if it was rooted, it still is even though the su app may have been removed.

Retrieving photos when locked out of a Galaxy S6!

I am helping a person try and retrieve photos from a Samsung Galaxy S6 that is stock at the lock screen. The finger print scan is not working and they do not know there back up password. I researched two ways to get around this.
1. Entering in the google account user name and password
2. Signing into Find My Mobile with the samsung account information and unlocking the phone
If both of these options fail due to the owner not remembering there above credentials is there any other way to retrieve photos. How about putting the phone in dfu mode and using a program on a computer to copy photos from the internal storage. Is something like this possible? Appreciate any help on this issue.

Maybe flash a stock ROM with Odin?
That way all the data stays in tact and it may remove lock screen.
Sent from my SM-G920I using XDA Premium HD app

Thanks for the quick response. The lady is paranoid about losing her photos! Therefore flashing with Odin Stock Rom will not remove any data from the phone. Do you have instructions or a link on how to do this.
I also am able to sign into her google account through the web browser, but when I use those credentials to try and unlock the Galaxy S6 it says that the user name or email is wrong. Thanks
Obagleyfreer said:
Maybe flash a stock ROM with Odin?
That way all the data stays in tact and it may remove lock screen.
Sent from my SM-G920I using XDA Premium HD app
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Sounds like she could be learning a hard lesson. Backup passwords, knowing what accounts you used to setup, photo backups all exist for a reason.

krelvinaz said:
Sounds like she could be learning a hard lesson. Backup passwords, knowing what accounts you used to setup, photo backups all exist for a reason.
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I totally agree with your assessment! I don't understand how I can log into her Gmail account via the web and then when I enter the same information at the Galaxy S6 Unlock via Google it does not work. Could this have something to do with not being connected to the internet. It is saying that 4G LTE is connected. Doesn't seem to be a way to connect it to WiFi without unlocking home screen.
If this was my phone I would have no trouble trying to flash the Odin stock Rom, but do not want to lose her info incase someone else can retrieve it. Does flashing the Odin stock ROM wipe everything on the phone or does it retain photos and other information. Thanks

I'm in this same situation. Is there anyway to retrieve the pictures? Flashing with Odin does not wipe the phone?

Wasn't life easier when we had removable sd cards...?
Flashing the system partition does not touch the data partition.
Do you know how she managed to break the fingerprint reader, by the way?

My G920F stuck on bootloop because of fail on rooting and I was afraid of losing all my photos. First I flashed TWRP with Odin, booted to recovery mode and pulled photos and videos out with adb. Then I flashed stock firmware with Odin and made a factory reset (not mandatory). Everything is working fine now.

dsimpe said:
My G920F stuck on bootloop because of fail on rooting and I was afraid of losing all my photos. First I flashed TWRP with Odin, booted to recovery mode and pulled photos and videos out with adb. Then I flashed stock firmware with Odin and made a factory reset (not mandatory). Everything is working fine now.
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I suppose doing this you had USB debugging ENABLED before the boot-fail? Or does it turn on USB debug when flashing TWRP?
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WahFai said:
Wasn't life easier when we had removable sd cards...?
Flashing the system partition does not touch the data partition.
Do you know how she managed to break the fingerprint reader, by the way?
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Agree WahFai, much simpeler with SD-card! So you think flashing system partition will do the trick. I'll go read up on that, how to flash the system partition. In my case, afaik, the fingerprint reader did not break. The system failed accepting the unlock code from one day to another and she does not remember the backup code for the reader. Thanks for your reply!
All she wants are the pictures on the phone. She recently got a baby, all the pictures of the delivery are on the phone, so you sense the urgency to not loose the pictures. She'll still feel the effects 18 years from now.
By the way: does flashing the stock rom with odin void the warranty? Because the phone is still on warranty...

Flashing a stock rom via odin will not trip knox but flashing a custom recovery will.

Thanks for clearing that out for me.
WahFai said:
Flashing a stock rom via odin will not trip knox but flashing a custom recovery will.
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So I'm downloading the stock firmware right now. Still a question: I'm not sure which firmware is on the phone right now. Is it a problem if I flash a newer, say the newest available, stock firmware on the phone?

Go on samsung kies and back up the phone and the photos come up
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madchainsawer said:
Go on samsung kies and back up the phone and the photos come up
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The phone is locked out, it does not show up on Kies. Actually it does show, but says its locked.

Ok, I now flashed the stock ROM again. It still comes back on the locked screen. HELP!!

bronxboy1 said:
Ok, I now flashed the stock ROM again. It still comes back on the locked screen. HELP!!
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At this point, it sounds like flashing a custom recovery (TWRP) is your only option.

dsimpe said:
My G920F stuck on bootloop because of fail on rooting and I was afraid of losing all my photos. First I flashed TWRP with Odin, booted to recovery mode and pulled photos and videos out with adb. Then I flashed stock firmware with Odin and made a factory reset (not mandatory). Everything is working fine now.
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Hey dsimpe, I am willing to try this option, since I cannot acces de mediafiles after flashing the stock ROM. Can you confirm this will trip Knox? And I installed ADB Studio. I cannot find a simple explanation on how to pull de media with adb. Can you help me please?
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Sevael said:
At this point, it sounds like flashing a custom recovery (TWRP) is your only option.
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I just saw your post Sevael. I recon this is my only option now. I need to figure this out to pull the media, after that I can do a factory reset or whatever, but I never used ADB before. Thanks for your reply.

bronxboy1 said:
Hey dsimpe, I am willing to try this option, since I cannot acces de mediafiles after flashing the stock ROM. Can you confirm this will trip Knox? And I installed ADB Studio. I cannot find a simple explanation on how to pull de media with adb. Can you help me please?
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Check droidviews article of "How to Push and Pull Files on Android using the ADB commands".
I'm pretty sure that knox will be tripped.
Also go to my profile and check thread that I've started. I explain there how I did it.
If you've any problems post here or pm me.

I now found the instructions on how to pull files with ADB. I connected the phone to my pc and checked if the device was recognized. This was not the case. Does this mean, that the USB debugging was not enabled?
Edit: Thanks dsimpe. Saw the post too late again. Note to self: need to refresh page before making a reply... I'll go check out your posts. Thanks again.

bronxboy1 said:
I now found the instructions on how to pull files with ADB. I connected the phone to my pc and checked if the device was recognized. This was not the case. Does this mean, that the USB debugging was not enabled?
Edit: Thanks dsimpe. Saw the post too late again. Note to self: need to refresh page before making a reply... I'll go check out your posts. Thanks again.
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My device wasn't recognized either before I flashed TWRP with Odin and I booted to recovery mode.

Ok, tnx dsimpe. I guess USB debugging must have been turned on before also on the phone? And can you confirm knox will be tripped?
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Wifi wont turn on

I turned my wifi off yesterday to save battery life so it wasnt just searching and now when i try and turn it on it just keeps trying to turn on doesnt connect or anything. does anyone have any idea what to do? i have turned off and also just restarted it factory reset it. not sure what else i should do.

To be able to get some help, you need to tell the community,
1. What ROM (KitKat? Lollipop?) you have on the phone
2. Bootloader version
3. Rooted or not?
And maybe a few other things. But don't expect any help just by asking a question without giving any type of reference.

Its stock lollipop

bump, also having this issue

any resolution?
i am having this issue for the last 10 days. If i try to turn it on, sometimes it goes into a boot loop. A battery-pull fixes the loop, but WiFi is still broken. FYI, BT is okay

any resolution?
Hi
I am having the same issue w/ my LG G3 AT&T version, w/ stock Lollipop. This popped up about 2 weeks ago too.
Initially only the WiFi was an issue, for the last week, BT doesn't work either.
Hesitant to factory-reset my phone, just too much stuff on it. I tried to copy the pics over via USB (both MTP and PTP) but unable to do that either.
Hoping someone has found a solution...

Ok nobody likes it i fixed mine a while back try a restore from tot and lg flash tool even those who are not rooted software breaks all the time. Make sure to backk up your apps. You can try booting into safe mode to see if its in exposed or a rouge app if works there freeze all third party apps then one by one till u fi d the culprite. As for stuff on pho e set it all up on ext sd card all ure pics music .obb data sometimes a fresh instal goes a long way

TheMadScientist420 said:
Ok nobody likes it i fixed mine a while back try a restore from tot and lg flash tool even those who are not rooted software breaks all the time. Make sure to backk up your apps. You can try booting into safe mode to see if its in exposed or a rouge app if works there freeze all third party apps then one by one till u fi d the culprite. As for stuff on pho e set it all up on ext sd card all ure pics music .obb data sometimes a fresh instal goes a long way
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Thanks for the reply, but not sure what "restore from tot" means. Umm, never booted into "safe mode" on a phone, will search for the procedure on Google/YouTube.
FYI, I found a suggestion on another site that suggested that I toggle Airplane mode. This seems to help w/ my BT, but WiFi is still a no-show.

Safe mode
I managed to get into safe mode, but WiFi still doesn't turn on
Sometimes the device goes into a boot loop too

Tot is the file lg usses to program the zoftware to the phone u might have. Broken software deeper in the file system u use lg flash tool and with d850 .tot file and a .bin file to restore the fone new outa the box unrooted even if ure not rooted now u can do this and alzo if u r not rooted root folder files can corupt. Use this guide all downloads should be here cor ure phone as long as its a d850. http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-lg-g3/general/unroot-return-to-factory-stock-att-lg-g3-t2820827

TheMadScientist420 said:
Tot is the file lg usses to program the zoftware to the phone u might have. Broken software deeper in the file system u use lg flash tool and with d850 .tot file and a .bin file to restore the fone new outa the box unrooted even if ure not rooted now u can do this and alzo if u r not rooted root folder files can corupt. Use this guide all downloads should be here cor ure phone as long as its a d850. http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-lg-g3/general/unroot-return-to-factory-stock-att-lg-g3-t2820827
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I guess this will wipe out my photos and videos from my phone's sdcard. I am not able to copy them over

It will internel sd not ext sd
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Put em on pc

Recover a Wiped Internal

He guys, I accidentally check the internal storage on twrp,and it's all gone , I've Google about recovering data ,but still not sure yet wich one work or not. Maybe u guys have done this before and teach me how to do it. Thx , sorry for my bad English thxxxx

Azhar_Fahry said:
He guys, I accidentally check the internal storage on twrp,and it's all gone , I've Google about recovering data ,but still not sure yet wich one work or not. Maybe u guys have done this before and teach me how to do it. Thx , sorry for my bad English thxxxx
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I don't think it's possible.Even if you able to recover your data anyhow,it will be corrupted,so no use.

Bcoz some said that when u delete file ,its just get flagged and it still possible to recover it. K then,thx for ur reply btw.

Hans Brown said:
You forgot to leave your phone model and Android version my friends. OnePlus one with Android 6.0?
You have to ROOT your phone first before you use some tool to recover the lost data.
So I think this ROOT tutorial is useful for you: https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/...oader-install-custom-recovery-and-root.64487/
After you ROOT your phone, try this tool to recover data from the wiped internal storage.
PS: the ROOT function is included in the tool's data recovery module, you can try the tool directly before ROOT the phone yourself.
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When you unlock the bootloader all data gets wiped for security reasons .... So what do you think there is left to recover? Data will be corrupted even more.
Anyway there are tools but data is corrupted and not fully usable. So RIP.
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The OP said he did it from twrp which means the bootloader is already unlocked.