I almost had a heart attack last night doing some kernel work. This is what happened, and how I got out of it.
I had just finished compiling a kernel I was working on and was excited to flash it and give it a run. So I built the boot.img and did
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adb reboot bootloader
I got into the bootloader and
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fastboot flash boot [B][I]boot.zip[/I][/B]
fastboot reboot
Working quickly, a got a little sloppy. Most unfortunately, I had a boot.zip in the same folder as the boot.img so boot.zip got flashed to the boot partition. Upon reboot, I got the usual splash screen but the upper left hand corner indicated I was in "RSD Mode 3". I pressed and held Vol up + power to get into bootloader but that was unresponsive. All I could do was press Vol Down + power which brought me back to the same state. I was unable to issue fastboot commands from here as well. This is what I did to fix it.
While I was in "RSD Mode 3" I did
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fastboot flash boot boot.img
Even though there was no response from the device, I pressed Vol Down + power until the screen went black. I then quickly pressed and held Vol Up + power. The device then went into the bootloader, received the queued command from fastboot, and flashed the boot.img. Finally, I did
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fastboot reboot
and was back in the game.
Guys, I think the moral of the story is to slow down and be careful with fastboot. You can bet i'll be a little more careful
good post I'm sure this will help devs in the future
way to stay calm under pressure lol. good info.
Small world, I used to live in Fontana for 25 years and moved to NY couple of years ago Oh and thanks for the tip
Ran into this today, i had a similar, but different experience..hope this helps
Once i got into the RSD 3 mode, fastboot commands were basically dead...all i would get was <waiting for device>...
in order to get out, i had to hold BOTH VOL+ and VOL- and Power at the same time, then as soon as the screen turned off, I had to press VOL- and power at the same time to get to a 'regular' looking boot screen. I saw regular because there was no text at the top ofthe screen; however fastboot commands would work here. Because i FUBAR'd a kernel install, i just did
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
and voila...it was alive again
a bit scary though
Ok, so I definitely know the heart attack feeling, and hopefully someone here can help me out. I got my Xoom today(wifi), and went looking for a root. I found a link to a root here that -said- it worked for both 3g and wifi models(found out later that it doesn't, obviously). So, I flashed the boot image, and came up with the RSD message. At that point all fastboot and adb capability was lost, and I can't seem to get it back.
Here's what happens with the following button combo's:
Hold Power+VolUp and release on screen-black: Motorola splash screen(dual core etc) with no text in corner
Hold Power+VolUp until after the splash comes up: splash with "Starting RSD protocol support 3"
Hold Power+VolUp and then hold VolDown immediatedly afterward: Splash screen with "Starting Fastboot protocol support."
Hold Power+VolUp and then VolDown after waiting a second: Splash screen with NvFlash/RSD/Fastboot menu
Hold Power+VolUp and then press VolUp again: Splash with "Starting RSD protocol support 3"
If I choose Fastboot from the menu, it just sits at the "starting fastboot protocol support".
If I choose RSD, it gives me the "starting RSD protocol support 3"
If I choose NvFlash, it says "entering nvFlash (something) and the screen immediately goes black and the notification led comes on (sits there until reboot)
No other button combinations seem to do anything. Holding Power+VolDown doesn't do anything from any mode, and Power+VolUp+VolDown acts just like Power+VolUp.
In any mode, I can't issue fastboot or adb commands. Fastboot simply says <waiting for device> for anything. I tried the advice above, to queue up a "good" boot.img (from here at xda), but it doesn't recognize it on a reboot from/to any mode I can get to. I've tried each about 20-30 times now, and I'm about ready to test the thing's shatter-resistance with my fist, so any help here would be -greatly- appreciated.
Quick update to previous post: Resolved!!
My advice? If you get stuck unable to fastboot or adb in linux, try it in windows. I hadn't booted into win for over a year, so it never occured to me until I saw someone mention it in the Tiamat thread. Even a fresh JDK/SDK install in Ubuntu didn't work for me. I didn't have any tools or SDK's installed in my winXP partition, but after a quick install, it worked first time, so now I'm the happy owner of a rooted Wifi Xoom with SD card.
Once again, the XDA forum saves the day. I love this place.
I recommend everyone keep a backup copy of their system.img around just in case too. I was going nuts after messing with my framework-res.apk file to get SMS working (for the verizon web account activiation message). I used root explorer, and BAM! crash, crash, FC, FC, then stuck at the moto logo at boot. I couldnt get it back with just a boot.img flash. I went for broke and found a post of the HI66 system.img. it was HUGE, dont know if thats what I needed. but flashed that and I was back in business as nothing else was working and couldnt get ADB to take to push the old framework-res.apk.
I have a similar issue. I have tried for over three hours now to understand why I cannot reboot into fastboot. It seems lika I have lost both fastboot and NVflash. Only RSD mode and a logo screen without text. Can't shut it down with powerbutton or factory reset. I tried to root it with a 3g boot.img whitch was terribly wrong on a wifi-only xoom and I'm now trying to flash a stock wifi boot.img. It just sits there on the M dual core screen.
What can I do from RSD mode 3?
EDIT: I have a feeling that it has freezed on that logo screen. I want to try a hard reset and the only way for me is to try to first shut it down then power it on again. Don't know if it helps but it is silly to be unable to stop it. How can I shut it down?
I've tried all the suggestions above with no luck
Will try a windows machines tonight to see if that will help, but I fear I will need to send my Xoom back to mfg for rework
may seem a stupid suggestion but what if you let the battery go dead. it will turn off. Then connect to power supply and do a fast boot restart, holding power button and vol down.
Just a thought!
I will try but I think I already tried that. It seems like boot and recovery is dead. I tried to flash the 3g .sbf file today. Thought that an already bricked tab couldn't be more bricked and perhaps it would restore the recovery or boot but RSD Lite couldn't do it. It's unvisible for a computer. I've tried both win7 and my Arch Linux box. The device is dead. Hopefully they wont have to replace the motherboard. I'm sending it for repair on Monday.
mines bricked also says
failed image lnx 0x0002
starting rsd mode 2
i can get it in the fastboot protocol mode with the - button and power but cmd window says waiting on device. my started after i did an fastboot oem lock with a bad kernel.
dogma444 said:
mines bricked also says
failed image lnx 0x0002
starting rsd mode 2
i can get it in the fastboot protocol mode with the - button and power but cmd window says waiting on device. my started after i did an fastboot oem lock with a bad kernel.
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iirc the Failed Image lnx 0x0002 is due to locking the boot loader with custom stuff.
Unplug xoom usb
boot into fastboot
plug in xoom usb
fastboot oem unlock
orionshock said:
iirc the Failed Image lnx 0x0002 is due to locking the boot loader with custom stuff.
Unplug xoom usb
boot into fastboot
plug in xoom usb
fastboot oem unlock
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Man that just sound to easy to work. ADB has no clue the device is.....wel, a device! Its like my xoom de-evolutionized to a primitive state and is suffering from tourrets. Anyway command typed in adb gives you back < waiting for device >. I've tried just about all the techniques here on the forums. And the people who claim to have been brought back to life are not victims of this "RSD mode 2" Im pretty sure this is like a failsafe if you blow up the original bootloader, 3. IDK though, pretty sure they are going to require some hardware replacements. Im not sure people are recognizing the degree of our bricks. These are what appear to be real BRICKS. no "soft" ness up in here. straight up cement
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1041192
adb wait-for-device && adb reboot recovery
tried this command and seemed pretty slick but, still nothing
Same thing here, was there any solution?
Give this a try:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1079784
Please, I have same problem, but I can just reset it by pressing and holding Vol Up + Power On. When I press Vol Down + Power Down, nothing happens. If I press Vol Down when it restarts, it doesn't show me the message but shows the Motorola Dual Core logo and stops. Even in this situation I can't comunicate via usb. Now it just turn off when the battery is totally low.
I CAN boot into fastboot mode and issue fastboot commands from CMD. apparently mine is booting into RMD 3 mode or whatever it's called. when I boot normally (just hold down power button, I get the moto dual-core screen, and then it boots into the Clockwork Recovery Mod... PLEASE HELP
So as the title goes, I was helping my friend.
The phone first suddenly just crashed and went into safe mode and it wouldn't get out of safe mode. Even after rebooting it still doesn't get out of safe mode.
So I suggested to my friend that I help him reinstall his ROM and I was going to flash cm12 for him. So he rebooted the phone into fastboot mode and i did fastboot oem unlock
After fastboot oem unlock, the phone rebooted back into fastboot mode except this time the screen was blinking while the phone was plugged in. When the phone was not plugged in, the screen wouldn't blink but trying to restart it results in a black screen. So I suggested to my friend that the battery is probably low and he said the battery was low when we started. So I told him to plug in the phone to his charger and leave it to charge for a while. We met back after 30 mins and but this time it got even worse. I couldn't even detect the phone in fastboot mode. Previously it had "????? fastboot" when i ran the command fastboot devices but this time there was nothing. Also before we left the phone to charge for 30 mins, slightly after the "???? fastboot" fastboot devices wouldn't turn up anything but fastboot commands like fastboot reboot would work. I tried to install TWRP but it came up with a too many links error.
Now the phone doesn't even get detected by fastboot on windows and we're meeting up irl and im brining my laptop along to try to fix it. Does anybody have any idea about what went wrong?? Im kinda dumbfounded. I have unlocked the bootloader of the oneplus and install a custom rom on my own device but ive never encountered something like this... Any help would be great!
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tl;dr - Nexus 5 went into fastboot mode and the screen started blinking after fastboot oem unlock was issued. Previously, it was stuck in safe mode and you couldn't get out of it even if you rebooted. Now it the screen stops blinking if you dont connect the usb cord but the moment you connect the device to an adapter or a computer, the fastboot mode screen just keeps blinking and blinking and the computer can't detect it either so you can't do anything. rebooting with volume up and power also just lands you back in fastboot mode with the blinking. weird ass problem and it looks like im the first. it does say state unlocked though so theres that
I had something similar happen. In my case I had forgotten you have to completely boot up android after doing the oem unlock (not just boot loader). I had to do the opposite, OEM lock bootloader, reboot all the way, then OEM unlock, (again) then reboot all the way. Then continue as before.
It worked for me
Hi Guys, My Nexus 5 is stuck in a boot loop where it wont even get past the Google logo.
I have been searching around and have tried a number of things but nothing is working for me. Here's what I have tried so far:
- I thought the power button might be stuck down so I stripped and cleaned the whole thing. Button seems to be working OK but still in loop.
- Tried clearing cache through recovery mode. Once in recovery mode the power+vol up button will not bring up menu. It then reboots after 5 seconds and the loop starts again.
Currently I am trying to flash an OEM version onto the phone but the Bootloader is locked. Working through the guide here. I can connect to the phone. Execute the command 'fastboot oem unlock' but then when I attempt the reboot I get stuck back in the loop.
So yea that's where I am at so if anyone has any solutions for me that would be much appreciated.
Try nexus tool kit to unlock bootloader.
cukla said:
Try nexus tool kit to unlock bootloader.
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Do you mean the Android SDK Platform-tools or maybe the Nexus Root Toolkit? In either case the result is the same. As soon as the phone needs to reboot to unlock the bootloader it goes back into the loop and hence can not complete the unlocking.
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Do you mean the Android SDK Platform-tools or maybe the Nexus Root Toolkit? In either case the result is the same. As soon as the phone needs to reboot to unlock the bootloader it goes back into the loop and hence can not complete the unlocking.
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It's your power button then nothing to do with nexus root toolkit.
I'm having the same problem, power button seems to work as it does not reboot itself
It stops in the Google logo for about 10 to 15 seconds, after which it restarts and does it again
When I do unblock the bootloader by adb and I will execute the command to reinitiate it back again to the screen with the Google logo with the bootloader blocked and thus be infinitely with the logo for 10 to 15 seconds
Anyone have any idea what that might be?
Sorry for my english.
Yesterday i wanted to flash my phone to TWRP by following this: gizdew's tutorial, /root-ulefone-power-3s/
without the root part. (Cant post Links)
When it was done my phone was bricked. It starts the manufacturer's booting screen and writes out:
Orange State
Your devices has been unlocked and can't be trusted
Your devices will boot in 5 seconds
After 5 seconds my phone turns off and repeat the same thing.
I can't get into recovery mode, I tried everything, Power button, volume up, down, up and down.
I would like to know if is it possible to do anything, or i lost my phone forever?
try this....ok for me in the same situation 2 years a go...
adb devices
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot devices
fastboot oem lock
Hey guys off the forum,
my phone wont turn on anymore and is stuck on the boot picture.
I was running stock android 10 with unlocked bootloader. somehow it wasn't running smoothly and was planning on doing fresh install.
was running cmd then adb reboot bootloader then I did flash-all.bat ( I did not change the file just stock) everything went good until I restarted and cmd said error on the end. now cmd wont see the phone and phone wont turn on.
I was hoping if someone can please help me out I really appreciate it.
webjo said:
Hey guys off the forum,
my phone wont turn on anymore and is stuck on the boot picture.
I was running stock android 10 with unlocked bootloader. somehow it wasn't running smoothly and was planning on doing fresh install.
was running cmd then adb reboot bootloader then I did flash-all.bat ( I did not change the file just stock) everything went good until I restarted and cmd said error on the end. now cmd wont see the phone and phone wont turn on.
I was hoping if someone can please help me out I really appreciate it.
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I had the same exact issue when it switched to slot B and stopped showing up on my computer when the device was in fastboot and I had no access to recovery mode. Try powering the phone down from fastboot with the power off menu. Then turn the phone on by holding the power button down and keep it pressed (it should cycle on and off b/w fastboot and a black screen. Keep holding until you feel a short vibration after about 30s - 1 min) It should then show it in adb and fastboot on your computer.
EDIT: If the phone isn't powering on, try charging it and if that doesn't work, try hard resetting it by holding the power button down for 30s-1 min. Can't imagine a bad flash would completely cause the phone to at least not load the bootloader.