Hey all, just wanted to give a quick rundown. I shared this on Slickdeals earlier and someone recommended I throw it over here so that it might help anyone. My Coworker got his gTablet yesterday (from the Woot deal in March) and I had the chance to play with it/flash a custom ROM.
First about the stock ROM. His had angry birds and flash preinstalled, there were some funny directories setup on the internal storage which included a few apps (angry birds and flash amoungst them). I suspect they did some funny business at the factory with our units, but it did not in ~ANY~ way appear to be used/returned etc. The directories I remember were "Master", which I believe had apps and ... Oh hell it's too long now, something else. Anyways it didn't appear to be anything other than new is my point.
Next, the screen. It was definitely a TN panel and did have some odd viewing angles, and while not ideal it was certainly not anything that was preventing one person from enjoying it, vertical or horizontal. It was difficult for others to gather around and see videos well, so if that is a large concern for you then be concerned I suppose.
The stock ROM. It came with 1.1-3381 (or whatever the 33 was). It really does suck. They disable the menu button in most locations with the stock ROM, and it was slow/sluggish just like everyone has been saying.
Now I hope this crash course is of some help to anyone with their new toy. First to check your ROM version, you can go tab the Gears icon at the side of the screen, then choose About in the left menu. In here you'll find the rom version (should be something like 1.1-3389, 1.1-3588 or 1.2-something). Here's what I did to get his updated. Get familiar with XDA, it'll be a great friend and resource.
1.) I loaded the 1.1-3588 stock recovery, an upgrade from the 1.1-3389 recovery. It was possible to do this by going to this page (don't forget to thank Roebeet for putting all of this together), downloading the "3588 Recovery Pack v1.0".
2.) Unzip the 3588 Recovery Pack v1.0 then connect your tablet to your PC and enable USB mode (when you plug it in, you'll need to click the Yellow/Orange circle in the upper-right, then choose to enable USB tethering). Copy the "recovery" folder, and the update.zip to the root (what opens when you double-click the tablet drive) of the tablet internal memory (Probably D: or F: ).
3.) After the files copy to the tablet, turn off USB tethering, then turn off the tablet. You'll be restarting it in Recovery, which will automatically load the new recovery.
4.) To start the tablet in recovery, have the tablet turned off, then press and hold the power button and volume + button. You'll see a small message in the upper-left to indicate that it is starting in recovery. You can release the buttons now.
5.) After the update finishes installing the tablet will automatically reboot to Android once again, with the ugly Tap And Tap interface. This is OK, you're two steps from fixing it.
6.) Turn on USB tethering again, then open the tablet folder and delete the recovery folder and update.zip.
7.) Go back to this page, and once again thank Roebeet, and download "clockworkmod .8 bekit". Once downloaded, unzip it, then copy the recovery and update.zip to the root of the internal memory again. Turn off the tablet.
8.) Start the tablet in Recovery again by holding power button and Volume + at the same time. Once again you'll see a message in the upper-left and you can release. It'll do its thing and reboot to Android when it completes.
9.) After you get into Android again, start USB Tethering then delete the recovery folder and update.zip.
10.) At this point you can load what ROM you want (within limits, BE SURE TO READ THE ROM THREADS FIRST). I installed Vanilla AOSP Gingerbread ROM. Go download the file from that thread, then place it into the root of your tablet internal memory. Be sure to thank kornyone for their work. Also be sure to download the "gapps" available on this page as well, for you will have to install it to have the Android Market, GMail, etc.
11.) To install it, turn off the tablet, reboot into Recovery (Power button & Volume + at the same time..). You'll now be in Clockworkmod, a custom recovery. You can navigate the custom recovery by using the volume rocker to go up and down, the power button to go back a menu, and the Home soft key to press enter.
To properly install a ROM you should always first clear the data/system/cache. It's been a while since I've used clockworkmod, but I believe the option you are looking for is Factory Data Reset, choose Yes on the next screen. Then delete cache just to be sure.
Now you can go to "Install ZIP from sdcard", then "Choose zip" or something akin to it. Navigate to the file you copied, and tell it to install. Wait a short while and you should see that it successfully installed. Now just press the power key a few times to get back to the main menu and then choose to Reboot (whatever the top option is).
Enjoy your Gingerbread Android.
A few app recommendations: I use LauncherPro. It's available in the Android market and it's a "Home" replacement. Try it out, it's smooth and it has a bunch of extra widget if you purchase the program (1.99). Also check out Dolphin Browser HD. The last word of advice I can give is to get familiar with Long Press, it's basically right-click in Android. To do a long press just hold down on an icon or a blank area and see what happens.
A round of thanks go out to Roebeet and kornyone for putting the files used together, and a special thanks for the excellent documentation Roebeet. If I've left anyone out or placed this post in the wrong section please let me know and I'll get it fixed.
newbie question
I load the clockworkmod recovery and nothing changes. How do I get the clockwork mod to work? I already have my gTablet rooted. Now just trying to get to where I can load a custom ROM.
Thanks
apboswell said:
I load the clockworkmod recovery and nothing changes. How do I get the clockwork mod to work? I already have my gTablet rooted. Now just trying to get to where I can load a custom ROM.
Thanks
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If you have flashed clockwork properly then to power on your device hold the volume up key as press the power button. This will load the recovery kernel and the clockworkmod, from which you can backup your device and install custom roms.
Just wanted to posted a quick update -- Two of the tablets that people at my workplace ordered suffered an odd corruption of the internal memory. The symptoms were random app's force closing, then upon trying to reboot the device it simply boot loops (the OS screen displays, then flips back to Viewsonic -> Load screen, repeat endlessly). Got them booted into recovery and tried to load data to which it reported the data partition could not be loaded due to the block being inaccessible. After a quick search the solution to this problem if you encounter it is:
1.) Boot into clockworkmod .08 by holding the power button and volume + button until you see the Recovery key press detected in upper-left.
2.) Go to advanced using the volume buttons, then press the home key to enter the advanced menu.
3.) In here go to Partition SD Card and select 2048, then 0. Wait a few minutes and the data partition will be ready to go again.
At this point I went ahead and did formatted the following partition through the mount menu: boot, system, data, cache. Afterwards I loaded the ROM again and everything appears to be working well.
Hope this helps anyone else who gets this random error.
Good post! Thanks!
The SD repartitioning is a very common fix here, in XDA. Usually it's what we try if you have weird FC's or file corruption and a re-flash or data wipe doesn't fix things. I've had to do that at least twice on my own device, over the last 3 months or so.
Also, keep in mind that the 3588 Recovery Pack is designed with a rooted ROM in mind (it lets you flip back and forth between clockworkmod and standard recovery via a script that can run off the GTablet or via adb)
Righto. Before we go any further, jsut to say I am a relatively experienced rooter of Android handsets. Not tabs, granted, but handsets. Last night I rooted my TF and flashed Megatron and recommended kernel, no problem. I've had no problem taking nandroid backups or restoring as I've done that several times today, all with expected results.
Then I opened ROM Manager and allowed the app to update, I guess updating CWM too.
I then fiddled with SetCPU overclocking the CPU. This caused the tab to stutter a bit. Then freeze. Anyway, I hard rebooted and went into recovery to try and flash the backup I took about an hour ago. Now, CWM looks different (I guess this is where ROM Manager updated). I flashed the backup which seemed to go ok, but then when the TF rebooted I got an Android message saying that encryption hadn't worked properly, and that I would need to do a full (factory) reset. I hit ok and let it do it's think. The TF rebooted, but went direct into Recovery.
I tried wiping everything using Factory Reset, and wiping Dalvik, etc, but every time I tried I got a message saying "E: Can't mount /sdcard/" and then it reverted back to the main menu structure. Even when I choose "Install zip from sdcard" > "choose zip from sdcard" I just get a message up saying "E: Can't mount /sdcard/" and that's all she wrote. I think a) ROM Manager may have caused this and b) it's royally wrecked.
I did find teh following in a TF guide regarding cold booting:
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11. Now do a Cold Boot (aka Hard Reset). This cleans system caches, but does not delete any user data.
Unplug the power cord and shut the unit off. Press and hold the VOL DOWN and then POWER button at the same time for at least 10-12 seconds until after the start-up screen appears and is joined by some small print at the top of the screen, then let them both go. If the TF booted the way it always does, you have not accomplished the task, try again until you have seen the 2 icons in the screen.
After a few seconds you should see a couple of icons in the middle of the screen called "Wipe Data" and "Android". The right "Android" will have a green highlight fading in and out. Wait a few more seconds until the term "Cold Booting Linux" appears in the list near the top of the screens and let it reboot. If you own a keyboard dock be sure you do this with the dock connected.
This process applies to all TF models, however, if your Prime or tf300 is locked up, there is a reset available using the hole just below the microSD slot, this is NOT the same as a hard reset.
12. Finally, restore your photos, docs etc & reinstall your apps from the backups, one group at a time & cold boot between each group that you restore. (Unless you are resetting because of system instability. In which case, read the next section, first.)
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I tried doing this but the TF froze at the point where the unit says "Cold-booting Linux". I left it for a good 30 minutes but no joy...
The other issue I have is that even when I attach my TF to my PC the PC doesn't recignise the unit. It knows I'm trying to attach something but it doesn't know what. Therefore I don't think I can flash anything like a new CWM version or kernel if the PC doesn't know where or what to flash to...?
I'd love to hear anyone's thoughts on this one...
Thanks in advance!
"Then I opened ROM Manager and allowed the app to update, I guess updating CWM too." - Never use ROM manager on the TF, it causes extensive problems. There is a warning thread about this in General.
You'll want to try running Roach2010's fix, either via my PERI tool (in my sig) or by manually typing the commands.
Lifesaver! One problem - when I plug my TF into my PC using the USB cable it doesn't recognise it. Won't this be a problem?
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda app-developers app
(Also, I've replied a bit more to your post on Transformer Forum - Thanks mate!)
Alright you're going to want to download this while you read -- http://xdafileserver.nl/index.php?dir=Asus/Asus+Transformer+(TF101)/STOCK+ROMS/ICS+.24
Quick guide:
1. Connect cable to computer and turn device on while holding down Volume Up. Screen will stay off, but USB will come on.
2. Find “APX” device in Device manager and update driver, then point it at usbpcdriver directory from the zip.
3. Run download.bat.
In the link below a driver package is also included, you need to either...
Code:
Open the Start Menu, type 'cmd' and hit enter, then type:
pnputil -a C:\path\to\driver folder\NvidiaUsb.inf file
exit
Then plug in the TF in APX mode and windows will find drivers automatically
Or you right click computer and hit 'Manage' and then hit 'Device Manager', find the ? entry that says APX and right click and hit 'update driver', then navigate to the folder.
Download the unbrick .zip from here: http://xdafileserver.nl/index.php?dir=Asus/Asus+Transformer+(TF101)/STOCK+ROMS/ICS+.24
(Before each file are 2 letters, (US, WW, CN, TW...) pick the one that is your Region. I'm assuming you need WW, which stands for World Wide, but if you reside in Taiwan take TW, China take CN and America take US.
Also download Wheelie NvFlash from here: http://androidroot.mobi/2012/05/31/wheelie-for-windows-beta/
Extract it, and copy the Contents of the folder into the Unbrick .zip folder's contents main folder, Overwrite any files that conflict.
Then you should be able to run Reflash_Sbkv#.bat to unbrick your TF in APX mode that is connected, try Sbkv2 first, then if you get access denied try Sbkv1.
Hope you're sorted out!
Hello so past few days i had been toying with the idea of rooting and i got around to it last night.
> Rooted using Hasoon's2000 M8 Kit.
> Flashed TWRP 2.7.0.2
>Ran PermRoot
>SuperSU wouldn't work so i had to wipe my cache and devik cache then install a new version of SuperSU (Used this thread)
>Installed xposed
>On 5.0.1 so i had to flash the framework (Used this
>then i had a read around to find out that Snapchat has blocked Rooted users so i went to follow this thread (Link here)
Heres where it got ugly.
>Follow instructions and go to unflash xposed, boot into recovery and flash using the uninstall zip on the xposed 5.0+ thread.
>The flash fails so and i'm prompt to click reboot, do so.
>Startup screen, HTC logo, Then stuck on a black screen for +30 minutes, if i did a reset(held power and vol up) it would just go into the same situation
>Had to plug usb into pc, Hold all 3 buttons then release vol up, booted into recovery and it turned on properly.
However now i can't write to my internal storage it seems?
When i view my phones files on my PC all i can see is _nero_sync, Albums, mobile and Ringtones folders.
I can only find one file in the whole place and that is a ringtone OGG file. I move files from my phone to my PC without a problem. However when i try to move a file into the internal storage (Any folder or main directory) i get errors. If its a file im trying to move it just stays on "Copying" at like 2% on the bar forever. If i try and move a folder i get a big red x icon and "Cannot copy xxx_xxxxxxxxxx File may not exist or cannot be transferred. last of all my phone cannot download anything from the web, apps download okay from the playstore but any type of file i try to dload from online get "Download Unsuccessful) i can't even screenshot due to "Can't take screenshot due to limited storage space or it isn't allowed by the app or your organisation). There is around 4GB of free space on the phone.
Here is a album with screenshots from my computer - http://imgur.com/a/bWZMm
Really struggling with this and it's making my phone pretty unusable, if anyone could shed some light on this i'd be tremendously greatful.
Thanks!
Same problem
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Dooglag said:
Hello so past few days i had been toying with the idea of rooting and i got around to it last night.
> Rooted using Hasoon's2000 M8 Kit.
> Flashed TWRP 2.7.0.2
>Ran PermRoot
>SuperSU wouldn't work so i had to wipe my cache and devik cache then install a new version of SuperSU (Used this thread)
>Installed xposed
>On 5.0.1 so i had to flash the framework (Used this
>then i had a read around to find out that Snapchat has blocked Rooted users so i went to follow this thread (Link here)
Heres where it got ugly.
>Follow instructions and go to unflash xposed, boot into recovery and flash using the uninstall zip on the xposed 5.0+ thread.
>The flash fails so and i'm prompt to click reboot, do so.
>Startup screen, HTC logo, Then stuck on a black screen for +30 minutes, if i did a reset(held power and vol up) it would just go into the same situation
>Had to plug usb into pc, Hold all 3 buttons then release vol up, booted into recovery and it turned on properly.
However now i can't write to my internal storage it seems?
When i view my phones files on my PC all i can see is _nero_sync, Albums, mobile and Ringtones folders.
I can only find one file in the whole place and that is a ringtone OGG file. I move files from my phone to my PC without a problem. However when i try to move a file into the internal storage (Any folder or main directory) i get errors. If its a file im trying to move it just stays on "Copying" at like 2% on the bar forever. If i try and move a folder i get a big red x icon and "Cannot copy xxx_xxxxxxxxxx File may not exist or cannot be transferred. last of all my phone cannot download anything from the web, apps download okay from the playstore but any type of file i try to dload from online get "Download Unsuccessful) i can't even screenshot due to "Can't take screenshot due to limited storage space or it isn't allowed by the app or your organisation). There is around 4GB of free space on the phone.
Here is a album with screenshots from my computer - http://imgur.com/a/bWZMm
Really struggling with this and it's making my phone pretty unusable, if anyone could shed some light on this i'd be tremendously greatful.
Thanks!
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You do realize this fourm is the one for the windows varient of this device?
It's my sister's phone and I don't know What she did exactly all she said that she tried to install candy crush from google play and then the problem begun each time the mobile reboots after 5-8 seconds I get a ton of stopped working notifications mainly about google apps like "error com.google.process.gapps has stopped" which repeatedly appear each time I press OK and a ton of other stopped working errors like weather,settings and anything I try to open. No matter what I do uninstall any app, change settings, change wallpaper after reboot everything revert back I tried to wipe/factory reset but no dice, I tried to flash the stock rom using SP flash tool and flashed the rom successfully but nothing changed the same apps the same wallpaper I am not talking about the default apps and wallpaper no I am talking about the apps that my sister installed before like Facebook, whats app etc...
I thought about flashing a custom rom and picked one but it required custom recovery which in turn required root access I tried several programs like kingroot, oneclickroot through PC but didn't work then I tried to flash CWM recovery through SP flash tool following the instructions I found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61359133&postcount=4 and again the recovery was flashed successfully but when I tried to go to recovery I found the stock recovery instead I tried to flash the recovery using Fastboot but Fastboot came up with this error:
"FAILED (remote: partition 'recovery' not support flash)" which when I looked around turn out to be an error related to locked bootloaders but as far as I know the bootloader on Huawei y520-u22 is unlocked but wanted to make sure so I tried this command "fastboot oem device-info" but it gave me ... as in processing and nothing for a very long time until I gave up and closed the cmd. I then tried to boot into safe mode after pressing the power button then tabbing the shutdown option and selecting boot into safe mode but the phone rebooted into normal mode as usual.
and now I am out of options what should I do ?
Edit: eventually I found that my problem like this guy http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=895628 was that the \data partition is read only but I can't fix it the way he did since he used advanced partitioning in clockworkmod recovery but I can't flash it or any other custom recoveries.
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It's my sister's phone and I don't know What she did exactly all she said that she tried to install candy crush from google play and then the problem begun each time the mobile reboots after 5-8 seconds I get a ton of stopped working notifications mainly about google apps like "error com.google.process.gapps has stopped" which repeatedly appear each time I press OK and a ton of other stopped working errors like weather,settings and anything I try to open. No matter what I do uninstall any app, change settings, change wallpaper after reboot everything revert back I tried to wipe/factory reset but no dice, I tried to flash the stock rom using SP flash tool and flashed the rom successfully but nothing changed the same apps the same wallpaper I am not talking about the default apps and wallpaper no I am talking about the apps that my sister installed before like Facebook, whats app etc...
I thought about flashing a custom rom and picked one but it required custom recovery which in turn required root access I tried several programs like kingroot, oneclickroot through PC but didn't work then I tried to flash CWM recovery through SP flash tool following the instructions I found here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=61359133&postcount=4 and again the recovery was flashed successfully but when I tried to go to recovery I found the stock recovery instead I tried to flash the recovery using Fastboot but Fastboot came up with this error:
"FAILED (remote: partition 'recovery' not support flash)" which when I looked around turn out to be an error related to locked bootloaders but as far as I know the bootloader on Huawei y520-u22 is unlocked but wanted to make sure so I tried this command "fastboot oem device-info" but it gave me ... as in processing and nothing for a very long time until I gave up and closed the cmd. I then tried to boot into safe mode after pressing the power button then tabbing the shutdown option and selecting boot into safe mode but the phone rebooted into normal mode as usual.
and now I am out of options what should I do ?
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Hmm...
First, tell her to quit using Facebook app, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp and other social media and texting apps. I know she just HAS to keep up with all her friends and the latest gossip but her device can't handle all those system demanding apps, they are literal HELL on mid-low end devices. They all constantly run scanning for updates and notifications, CONSTANTLY. They are notorious for making devices act crazy, especially when you have more than one of them.
For Facebook, its best to bookmark the Facebook page in mobile browser then create a shortcut for that bookmark on her homescreen, then it has to be set so that it loads the desktop site for Facebook, then she can view her Facebook messages, if it isn't set to load desktop site it will request she install messenger but she won't need to if she uses the desktop site to view messages. Then she can set her Facebook notifications to go to her gmail account, then in gmail app she needs to make sure it is set to receive notifications for gmail, then when she gets messages or activity on Facebook she will get a gmail notification in her status bar letting her know to check Facebook, then she can open the bookmark to view it. That is just as convenient as having the two apps but without all the strain on the device, also takes less space on internal and has less junk running in the background eating mobile data and draining battery.
As for her texting apps such as WhatsApp, Kik, Snapchat, etc., she needs to pick 1 or at the most 2 of them and leave the others alone, her device will run much faster and smoother.
You can try booting to recovery and wipe cache partition(not factory reset).
As for fastboot and SP flashtool not working, do you have USB debugging enabled in developer options on the device?
well thanks for your reply your advice about phone usage is great but wouldn't matter If I can't revive this phone anyway yes I tried both to wipe cache partition and wipe data and yes I enabled USB debugging but in case of SP flash tool all i need to do is have the proper drivers shutdown the phone click download in SP then connect the phone using USB cable then the red bar would fill up then another yellow one then a big green OK tick and nothing would change in the phone and for Fastboot all I need to do is shutdown then power + volume up then select fastboot then connect the phone then open cmd and type fastboot devices it would show the device Id then use the command fastboot flash recovery recovery-cwm-y520.img then I get the error "FAILED (remote: partition 'recovery' not support flash)" interestingly I got my hands on a normally working similar set which I tried several things on it like *#*#7378423#*#* It accepted the code but didn't do/show me anything just like my broken set then having the set in Fasboot mode I tried "fastboot oem device-info" which yielded nothing but ... just like my broken set other things I tried on my broken set I tried following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38337401&postcount=5 using "Mtk_Droid_Tool_v2.5.3" to create CWM recovery for my phone and got the error
error :no find kernelgz
error: no split boot image
then I tried to use easy magic Philz touch installer which eventually asked for root access on the phone
but I can't since I tried every root method and didn't work.
I even made a logcat if it would help I could attach it
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well thanks for your reply your advice about phone usage is great but wouldn't matter If I can't revive this phone anyway yes I enabled USB debugging but in case of SP flash tool all i need to do is have the proper drivers shutdown the phone click download in SP then connect the phone using USB cable then the red bar would fill up then another yellow one then a big green OK tick and nothing would change in the phone and for Fastboot all I need to do is shutdown then power + volume up then select fastboot then connect the phone then open cmd and type fastboot devices it would show the device Id then use the command fastboot flash recovery recovery-cwm-y520.img then I get the error "FAILED (remote: partition 'recovery' not support flash)" interestingly I got my hands on a normally working similar set which I tried several things on it like *#*#7378423#*#* It accepted the code but didn't do/show me anything just like my broken set then having the set in Fasboot mode I tried "fastboot oem device-info" which yielded nothing but ... just like my broken set other things I tried on my broken set I tried following this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=38337401&postcount=5 using "Mtk_Droid_Tool_v2.5.3" to create CWM recovery for my phone and got the error
error :no find kernelgz
error: no split boot image
then I tried to use easy magic Philz touch installer which eventually asked for root access on the phone
but I can't since I tried every root method and didn't work.
I even made a logcat if it would help I could attach it
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The advice does more than help, its actually the REAL solution to the problem. If you get it fixed and she's still using all that crap it'll just cause issues again, I'm sure you don't want to have to go through all of this a second time, right?
Droidriven said:
The advice does more than help, its actually the REAL solution to the problem. If you get it fixed and she's still using all that crap it'll just cause issues again, I'm sure you don't want to have to go through all of this a second time, right?
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God no of course not I will till her to keep her apps in check and use as minimum social apps as possible but right now that won't help me revive this phone :crying:
mostafa_0017 said:
God no of course not I will till here to keep here apps in check and use as minimum social apps as possible but right now that won't help me revive this phone :crying:
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I don't get how installing a game caused this, I believe there has to be more to the story somewhere, somehow.
Besides, with some of the steps you've taken, you've probably created other issues than it started with. Whatever you do, don't format the device in SP flashtool, you'll probably lose IMEI if you do that.
Droidriven said:
I don't get how installing a game caused this, I believe there has to be more to the story somewhere, somehow.
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me too man me too I didn't believe it at all installing an app won't do all of this but at one point when I was rebooting I got this suspicious message which I took a couple of bad quality pictures for it here http://imgur.com/a/RIGqD
actually I have grown very confident dealing with the phone that no matter what I do It wouldn't matter since it will come back just as always and now I didn't create any other issues since no matter what I hit a dead end the device revert back no matter what I do, Do you feel me I am starting to go insane I am pretty sure even If I tried to brick this device on purpose I won't be able to.
mostafa_0017 said:
me too man me too I didn't believe it at all installing an app won't do all of this but at one point when I was rebooting I got this suspicious message which I took a couple of bad quality pictures for it here http://imgur.com/a/RIGqD
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Your pic keeps directing me to the imgur app to view it, I'm not installing the app just to view it, why not just upload the pic as an attachment to your post and it will display in your post instead.
Sorry old habits die hard I used to talk in this one forum before and their rules forbid to upload images or anything actually as attachments except in extreme cases here they are
hmmmm strange can't find the attachment button guess I will just post direct links hope they work
http://i.imgur.com/OrSWbzE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EcmrDlI.jpg
mostafa_0017 said:
Sorry old habits die hard I used to talk in this one forum before and their rules forbid to upload images or anything actually as attachments except in extreme cases here they are
hmmmm strange can't find the attachment button guess I will just post direct links hope they work
http://i.imgur.com/OrSWbzE.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/EcmrDlI.jpg
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When did you say it displayed that? That looks fishy, the grammar is a little off as if whoever made that didn't quite know the language, kinda like the way grammar isn't quite right like some of the questionable Chinese apps known to be malware.
If you're using a browser you have to select "go advanced" under the box you reply in, then you'll see "manage attachments"
If you're using an app you should see a paperclip symbol or a pic thumbnail.
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When did you say it displayed that? That looks fishy, the grammar is a little off as if whoever made that didn't quite know the language, kinda like the way grammar isn't quite right like some of the questionable Chinese apps known to be malware.
If you're using a browser you have to select "go advanced" under the box you reply in, then you'll see "manage attachments"
If you're using an app you should see a paperclip symbol or a pic thumbnail.
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Yeah thanks found it and it displayed this only one time when I was rebooting after doing various things and I never saw it again and yeah the grammar felt really strange when I googled its content I only found a couple of Spanish forums talking about this but couldn't get any information about the source of this message and that's why I thought about the logcat in the first place.
the same problem
hi i have the same probleme with my huawei y520 u22 i can do nothing just start up the phone i got the message and i can do nothing when i try to unistall any app the phone restart and go back to the same situation wipe cache and wipe data nothing change flashing 1000000000000000000 roms nothing change any one can tell me there the problem is
as i think the flash memory is the problem its blocked in write and read.
any solution plz
I read this and just think, what the hell... i can not understand why "/data" is write protected. Just some thoughts running through my head:
- phone is not rooted and completely stock, but factory reset not working!? in this case ask for warranty and send it back to seller!
- if no warranty, ask Huawei for support. don't tell much, just claim factory reset is not working.
- ask any mobile repair shop, they have special hardware like Octoplus Box and can do factory reset.
- if possible - make a "backup user data" with Android system recovery, you may restore it on working phone, later.
- if you have read-access to "/cache/recovery" look for file "last_log" and copy to sdcard. "/proc/emmc" and "/proc/partitions" are another useful files. keep this in case you have to manually create the scatter file.
- you can use MediaTek SP Flash Tool Readback function in download mode to make a ROM backup dump. for readback you need to install VCOM Drivers, then first click Read back, then connect the phone to PC while switched off and insert battery. MTK Droid Tools will then help to segment the partitions from it. or readback every partition separately with scatter file. the most important files are "nvram.bin", "preloader.bin", "boot.img", "recovery.img".
- if phone is locked, ask Huawei for unlock code (not sure if this works on broken phone). there are different kinds of S-ON some will lock only bootloader, some lock all partitions, too.
http://www.modaco.com/forums/topic/362724-official-code-request-to-unlock-the-bootloader-final-post
- try fastboot mode factory reset (not sure if working, just googled this stuff i found).
http://www.hardresetandroid.com/hard-reset/huawei-hr/huawei-ascend-y520-hard-reset-code-format-solution
- once you have unlocked the phone, do factory reset. phone should boot now. its hardly imaginable that "/system" is damaged because of never rooted the phone.
- if still not working, you should now be able to flash custom recovery, too. be careful, select tested binary for your special phone model only! flash in fastboot mode. avoid flashing with SP Flash Tool as long as you not absolute sure that scatter file is 100% correct (MTK Droid Tools may give you wrong scatter files for devices > 4 GB!)
- from custom recovery, you should able to root the phone via adb root method or install the "supersu.zip"
- once you have root, you can mount data partition read-write from adb shell (in recovery mode) and format or delete it. of course the custom recovery has a wipe data option, too.
- installing aroma file manager zip is another way to browse and modify everything in recovery mode. you can copy files from similar phone into "/system" folder, if phone still not working properly.
- don't restore a full backup from similar phone (especially NVRAM folder), this may clone IMEIs and WiFi MAC address.
- you can install a stock rom zip from custom recovery instead, and use my script bckp2cwm.zip to convert the user data backup into cwm format and restore "/data" folder only (converting script requires linux pc).
- delete suspicious apps from "/data/app" + "/data/dalvik-cache" + "/data/data" (every app has three entries with similar name). do it in recovery mode with aroma file manager, or on linux pc from backup file during converting (at this point where script is waiting for user input).
- search and read for "unbrick guides" on forum.xda-developers.com, as long as it is not a physical damage (Vol keys not working, emmc wearing out, etc) there must be a solution to get this phone working
- if no warranty, ask Huawei for support. don't tell much, just claim factory reset is not working.
yeaah I don't think they would respond with any helpful answer and would probably tell me to send my phone to the nearest service center.
- ask any mobile repair shop, they have special hardware like Octoplus Box and can do factory reset.
That's what I settled for eventually and I already sent it to my sister and told her to visit any mobile repair shop that has boxes like miracle box and such.
- you can use MediaTek SP Flash Tool Readback function in download mode to make a ROM backup dump. for readback you need to install VCOM Drivers, then first click Read back, then connect the phone to PC while switched off and insert battery. MTK Droid Tools will then help to segment the partitions from it. or readback every partition separately with scatter file. the most important files are "nvram.bin", "preloader.bin", "boot.img", "recovery.img".
done that already but what I got in the end didn't help me to fix the phone note that I don't care about the phone's content sure I care about the IMEI but the phone is not affected by any write attempts so I am not so worried.
- if phone is locked, ask Huawei for unlock code (not sure if this works on broken phone). there are different kinds of S-ON some will lock only bootloader, some lock all partitions, too.
I searched online and in threads talking about custom roms and recoveries for this phone and not a single one of them mentioned anything about the bootloader being locked.
- try fastboot mode factory reset (not sure if working, just googled this stuff i found).
haven't tried that but will try it ASAP since I don't have the phone right now.
One last note the phone boots normally but as I described in my later posts I can't edit anything without it reverting back after restart like changing the wallpaper or uninstalling an app.
And anyway thank you for your respond.
did you try to get (temporary) root access?
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did you try to get (temporary) root access?
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Not sure of What you mean but I think I tried and failed you can tell me What you mean exactly and I will tell you If I tried .
Edit: Alright I googled it and turn out to be temporary root for locked bootloader devices no special procedure just the same procedure as in permanent root but will lose root as soon I reboot again I tried a lot of rooting methods including kingoroot and 360root.
Not sure, too.. installing kingoroot.apk and root the phone may give root access until reboot (can't remember if rooting requires a reboot)?
Brainstorming. Lets come from other side. When you intend to write a malware - how would you realize this setting?
one thing is remount /data partition read-only, but is this really enough? what happen if /data is not writeable anymore - apps should crash or give errors on write cycle, didnt they?
but you claim phone is changeable until reboot. so we need the possibility to let them write in some other memory without noting that it storage has changed.
another way is copying /data to any hidden storage, and restore it on each reboot, but this should be time consuming, didnt it? and where can this amount of data be stored? sdcard? cache partition?
besides this, guess the malware needs root access to modify /data. or is it imagineable to change it without root access? lets find a conception to understand whats going on
No reboot is fast and not time consuming and I am always working on the phone without the SD card and about apps sometimes uninstallation is complete and the app disappear to show again after reboot and sometimes the phone restart upon uninstallation of an app