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stuck on twrp bootloop
stuck on twrp boot loop. any suggestions? i followed instructions as posted, but when rebooted into twrp and tried to reboot system, i keep going back to twrp. thanks
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I have the same problem,, although i did a backup and then a deleted everything cause it was looping,,, how do i fix everything to the original condition,, i won't be doing this again,, my model is an i version.. Although mine is not booting into twrp ,, just the original..
Restoring my backup does not work
I tryed everything,, i know not to do this anymore I think it's broke forever.
If you can get into twrp it can most likely be fixed.
Download the system image and try to install it. May need to put it on sdcard or USB otg.
This is all Alcatel's fault for not releasing anything when we kindly asked...
Where is the system image?
neilownz said:
If you can get into twrp it can most likely be fixed.
Download the system image and try to install it. May need to put it on sdcard or USB otg.
This is all Alcatel's fault for not releasing anything when we kindly asked...
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im in tears (
I believe there's a link in the thread about ota updates after rooting.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/want-to-able-to-install-ota-updates-t3163745
Yeah that what i was following and made a backup.. and now my crap is all screwed
I updated another backup from someone but it doesn't notice it,, same model and everything... sighhh
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TrevBlu19 said:
Yeah that what i was following and made a backup.. and now my crap is all screwed
I updated another backup from someone but it doesn't notice it,, same model and everything... sighhh
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Trying to make the other guys restore show up.... with my other phone and swapping.. trying to change timestamps...
TrevBlu19 said:
Yeah that what i was following and made a backup.. and now my crap is all screwed
I updated another backup from someone but it doesn't notice it,, same model and everything... sighhh
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Trying to make the other guys restore show up.... with my other phone and swapping.. trying to change timestamps...
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Tell us which backup you used and exactly what the path is to where you put it on the phone. Is it in TWRP/BACKUPS? If so, give us the rest of the path. If TWRP's Restore menu is not showing the backup you put on the phone, it's probably (assuming it's there and in the right place) because the folder name that starts with "4" isn't the right one or because it's in the wrong place. If you haven't already done this, from TWRP, make a system image backup. You probably won't use it, but it'll create the directory in which you can put the backup from XDA. It'll have a name that your installation of TWRP can recognize. Then, you can put that unrecognized backup there and it should be seen.
I can't even get into TWRP mode now it reboots too fast now..
maigre said:
Tell us which backup you used and exactly what the path is to where you put it on the phone. Is it in TWRP/BACKUPS? If so, give us the rest of the path. If TWRP's Restore menu is not showing the backup you put on the phone, it's probably (assuming it's there and in the right place) because the folder name that starts with "4" isn't the right one or because it's in the wrong place. If you haven't already done this, from TWRP, make a system image backup. You probably won't use it, but it'll create the directory in which you can put the backup from XDA. It'll have a name that your installation of TWRP can recognize. Then, you can put that unrecognized backup there and it should be seen.
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You mean it's looping every few seconds? What happens, exactly? Do you get the black logo screen briefly, then it all goes black and comes back again?
Maybe it's worth copying a command like
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
or, maybe better,
Code:
fastboot reboot bootloader
so that you have it in your clipboard. Then, keep entering them into the command line. You're bound to time it right at some point, at least if it can possibly be done in the state your device is in. You might have to do:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1bbb reboot-bootloader
If you can get into the bootloader, you should be able to get booted into TWRP from there. Keep in mind that when you do get booted into the bootloader, it won't look like anything distinct. It's just that same black logo screen you see every time you boot up (or loop, probably).
I soft-bricked my 6045i after editing the build.prop and didn't have a backup like a fool. I cannot get the phone to boot at all, stuck on the Alcatel Onetouch boot logo and can't go any further. I have tried to create an update.zip to be able to flash the build.prop thru stock recovery but so far no luck. Each time it would give me an error saying invalid footer, I tried editing the updater-script to match the device but still the error remains and I cannot sideload the update.zip.
Would it be possible for someone to upload a signed update.zip for the 6045i model with only the build.prop for use with adb sideload in stock recovery?
datkevjames said:
I soft-bricked my 6045i after editing the build.prop and didn't have a backup like a fool. I cannot get the phone to boot at all, stuck on the Alcatel Onetouch boot logo and can't go any further. I have tried to create an update.zip to be able to flash the build.prop thru stock recovery but so far no luck. Each time it would give me an error saying invalid footer, I tried editing the updater-script to match the device but still the error remains and I cannot sideload the update.zip.
Would it be possible for someone to upload a signed update.zip for the 6045i model with only the build.prop for use with adb sideload in stock recovery?
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Flash a stock system rom image from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/want-to-able-to-install-ota-updates-t3163745/
Important points: A corrupted build.prop should still mean you have adb access to your phone even though it won't finish booting...you can do an "adb reboot bootloader" then fastboot boot twrp and flash one of the stock recoveries.
How do I know this so well? I soft bricked mine for a day by editing the build.prop before TWRP was available.
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maigre said:
You mean it's looping every few seconds? What happens, exactly? Do you get the black logo screen briefly, then it all goes black and comes back again?
Maybe it's worth copying a command like
Code:
adb reboot-bootloader
or, maybe better,
Code:
fastboot reboot bootloader
so that you have it in your clipboard. Then, keep entering them into the command line. You're bound to time it right at some point, at least if it can possibly be done in the state your device is in. You might have to do:
Code:
fastboot -i 0x1bbb reboot-bootloader
If you can get into the bootloader, you should be able to get booted into TWRP from there. Keep in mind that when you do get booted into the bootloader, it won't look like anything distinct. It's just that same black logo screen you see every time you boot up (or loop, probably).
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If you can execute fastboot commands, your already in bootloader.
famewolf said:
Flash a stock system rom image from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/want-to-able-to-install-ota-updates-t3163745/
Important points: A corrupted build.prop should still mean you have adb access to your phone even though it won't finish booting...you can do an "adb reboot bootloader" then fastboot boot twrp and flash one of the stock recoveries.
How do I know this so well? I soft bricked mine for a day by editing the build.prop before TWRP was available.
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If you can execute fastboot commands, your already in bootloader.
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Believe me I've already tried. For whatever reason I cannot boot to fastboot, no matter what I try. I go into stock recovery and choose update from adb, when this happens adb gets enabled supposedly. Well when I try doing 'adb reboot-bootloader' it gives me: error: closed, no matter what I do. I've even added the 0x1bbb and same thing. When I try doing fastboot commands it just gives me <waiting for device> and nothing happens.
I either need to flash an update.zip with build.prop or somehow flash an entire image uploaded to the other thread which I'm well aware of.
PS: I've tried all different sorts of adb/fastboot executables as well as multiple adb drivers (Samsung, Motorola, Google etc) even the Alcatel ones provided with their Mobile Upgrade Q app which install more of the phone than any other drivers, I've noticed.
PPS: A handful of times I was able to get a tiny bit further in stock recovery adb sideload mode, of course it was an error: 'you must use adb 1.0.32 to be able to sideload' blah blah and I made sure I was using that version.
PPPS: Is there a 3rd party app I can use to flash the image like odin or rsd lite? I cannot for the life of me get to fastboot to flash the image. Adb devices detects the phone but beyond this I can't do squat.
PPPPS: Phone is rooted and bootloader unlocked. USB debugging enabled iirc although this may be the reason for all the 'error: closed' issues.
Please someone upload a signed flashable zip with build.prop in it for 6045i (USA) model. I love this phone more than my Moto X 2014 (XT1097), that's saying something considering the Moto has more power and smoothness to it.
twrp bootloop
im able to boot into bootloader and also able to get into twrp, but cant fully reboot. i have 6045i and if anybody has any solution to this, i would greatly appreciate it.
datkevjames said:
Believe me I've already tried. For whatever reason I cannot boot to fastboot, no matter what I try. I go into stock recovery and choose update from adb, when this happens adb gets enabled supposedly. Well when I try doing 'adb reboot-bootloader' it gives me: error: closed, no matter what I do. I've even added the 0x1bbb and same thing. When I try doing fastboot commands it just gives me <waiting for device> and nothing happens.
I either need to flash an update.zip with build.prop or somehow flash an entire image uploaded to the other thread which I'm well aware of.
PS: I've tried all different sorts of adb/fastboot executables as well as multiple adb drivers (Samsung, Motorola, Google etc) even the Alcatel ones provided with their Mobile Upgrade Q app which install more of the phone than any other drivers, I've noticed.
PPS: A handful of times I was able to get a tiny bit further in stock recovery adb sideload mode, of course it was an error: 'you must use adb 1.0.32 to be able to sideload' blah blah and I made sure I was using that version.
PPPS: Is there a 3rd party app I can use to flash the image like odin or rsd lite? I cannot for the life of me get to fastboot to flash the image. Adb devices detects the phone but beyond this I can't do squat.
PPPPS: Phone is rooted and bootloader unlocked. USB debugging enabled iirc although this may be the reason for all the 'error: closed' issues.
Please someone upload a signed flashable zip with build.prop in it for 6045i (USA) model. I love this phone more than my Moto X 2014 (XT1097), that's saying something considering the Moto has more power and smoothness to it.
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There are no install-script and install-binary example files to use to build a signed update.zip because there are no rom's available....maybe someone could build something using the spanish rom just posted but I don't read spanish and they seem to have built it for a 6045Y which isn't gonna help 6045i or 6045K users. If you were running twrp it wouldn't be an issue as twrp allows adb access....stock recovery doesn't..it also doesn't support rebooting to bootloader....if your bootup was "freezing" as a normal build.prop issue would then you should STILL be able to do an "adb reboot bootloader" or an "adb shell" and look around.
datkevjames said:
Believe me I've already tried. For whatever reason I cannot boot to fastboot, no matter what I try. I go into stock recovery and choose update from adb, when this happens adb gets enabled supposedly. Well when I try doing 'adb reboot-bootloader' it gives me: error: closed, no matter what I do. I've even added the 0x1bbb and same thing. When I try doing fastboot commands it just gives me <waiting for device> and nothing happens.
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Try this:
-turn off your phone
-run command line in direcotry where is fastboot and adb.exe
-connect phone to the pc and turn the phone on
-when the phone is booting you will hear a sound that new device is detected from your pc
-in this point type "adb reboo bootloader"
-the phone should reboot to initial screen and stays there
-now you are in bootloader mode and you can flash twrp recovery
-in twrp recovery you can run file manager and copy and delete files, so you can replace the bad build.prop with your backup (you surely have)
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faresbreech said:
im able to boot into bootloader and also able to get into twrp, but cant fully reboot. i have 6045i and if anybody has any solution to this, i would greatly appreciate it.
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if you have a problem then:
1- you have to tell what did you do before it happen.
anyway if you can go to TWRP, you can download system Image backup from @famewolf thread HERE, copy it to your sd card and then proceed with restore menu from TWRP. And just check the "system" .
First I rooted phone, then verified through root checker that I was truly rooted. After that I proceeded to flash twrp. Once twrp was flashed, I went to recovery to make a full backup. There I first chose read only and then backed up, but realized that I was limited on performing different actions so I reflashed twrp and this time I chose for twrp to fully work and again preformed another backup. It was when I rebooted system after the second backup when I started looping back to twrp.
I was wondering if maybe there is a terminal command I can execute through twrp to fix this like the LG G2 has. I had a problem like this before on my G2 but after executing the terminal command it would get fixed. Thanks
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DallasCZ said:
Try this:
-turn off your phone
-run command line in direcotry where is fastboot and adb.exe
-connect phone to the pc and turn the phone on
-when the phone is booting you will hear a sound that new device is detected from your pc
-in this point type "adb reboo bootloader"
-the phone should reboot to initial screen and stays there
-now you are in bootloader mode and you can flash twrp recovery
-in twrp recovery you can run file manager and copy and delete files, so you can replace the bad build.prop with your backup (you surely have)
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I tried spamming 'adb reboot-bootloader' as fast as possible, but apparently I didn't authorize my computer. ADB gives me this: error: device unauthorized. Please check the confirmation dialog on your device. ffs. Now what? I do appreciate all help. I am savvy enough to try to solve this on my own but any helpful advice would be awesome.
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Hey all,
So tonight I attempted to install the Unofficial AOKP Jelly Bean posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1862156
Before doing that, I followed the instructions to Unlock, Recovery, and Root my One S here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1583427
After following those instructions, I then followed the instructions for AOKP Jelly Bean however my sdcard couldn't be mounted and the phone was in a boot loop if I didn't boot into fastboot by holding down the volume - and power buttons.
I attempted these instructions below however I couldn't get a stock recovery flashed.
1) Use the All-in-One-Kit and flash your recovery back to stock
2) Boot into the bootloader and choose to "clear storage" and afterwards to reset to factory defaults.
3) Go back to the all-in-one-kit and flash a CWM recovery version again.
4) Reboot into recovery (CWM). Your /sdcard should now be mounted and visible.
5) Now, try the UTB rom (it worked for me), rename the zip file to something short (i.e. utb.zip), and push it to the sdcard using adb as follows:
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Still caught in the reboot loop, I relocked and tried to run an RUU file found here: http://www.htconeforum.com/forum/ht...e-your-htc-one-s-back-100-stock-relocked.html
I was able to successfully re-lock the phone however every time I try to run the RUU file it comes back with an error about 3-5 minutes into the process.
At this point, my phone boots into fastboot. At the top I have "Tampered, Relocked, Security Warning." My HBOOT is 1.14.0004 and my Radios is 1.08ts.50.02.16
I would appreciate any help if there is a solution. Thank you for your time!
Update: Not sure if this is helpful or not, but whenever I try to do something with The All in one toolkit the cmd window says device not found. Also, when I try to boot into recovery from fastboot, I get a green downward and circular arrows before getting the red triangle and exclamation point.
Update: Running the RUU mentioned above fails at the Signature stage and the cmd prompt when trying to write recovery returns "signature verify fail"
Are you s4 or s3? what kind of computer you got? The drivers need to be installed. then read up how to use android SDK. Then retry to flash the stock recovery using the same steps in your quote.
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whozilla said:
Are you s4 or s3? what kind of computer you got? The drivers need to be installed. then read up how to use android SDK. Then retry to flash the stock recovery using the same steps in your quote.
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I am pretty sure I am S4 (tmobile USA). I am on a windows 7 home build, and the drivers should be installed (at least, I could use HTC sync before all of this). I'll definitely try again tonight. If anyone has any other suggestions they would be much appreciated!
Make sure HTC sync is NOT active on your pc. Try searching for the original version of one s all in one toolkit. It has the stock recovery. I'm pretty sure this unbrick method works for all hboot versions but don't take my word for it. Focus on your goal. Get stock recovery flashed. You can also try unlocking your boot loader again and using the all in one to reflash cwm. In some cases like mine. The unofficial cwm touch is the only successful flash I got. Ps. Try having your phone in fastboot. Plug in USB and see if it says "fastboot USB" then type your android SDK directory for your fastboot folder. For example open cmd
cd\
cd androidsdk\tools
androidsdk\tools fastboot devices.
Fastboot devices command will tell you if your drivers are working.
You can also type in adb devices instead of fastboot devices.
Hope this helps. But you probably already know this
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whozilla said:
Make sure HTC sync is NOT active on your pc. Try searching for the original version of one s all in one toolkit. It has the stock recovery. I'm pretty sure this unbrick method works for all hboot versions but don't take my word for it. Focus on your goal. Get stock recovery flashed. You can also try unlocking your boot loader again and using the all in one to reflash cwm. In some cases like mine. The unofficial cwm touch is the only successful flash I got. Ps. Try having your phone in fastboot. Plug in USB and see if it says "fastboot USB" then type your android SDK directory for your fastboot folder. For example open cmd
cd\
cd androidsdk\tools
androidsdk\tools fastboot devices.
Fastboot devices command will tell you if your drivers are working.
You can also type in adb devices instead of fastboot devices.
Hope this helps. But you probably already know this
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Thanks for the help!
Here are my results:
HTC Sync is not running. Fastboot devices returns a device ID so that seems good. When trying to flash a stock recovery (that I got on this forum somewhere, but can't remember where) it sends it ok but I still get "remote: signature verify fail"
I unlocked the device and flashed TWRP 2.2.2.0 with the all in one tool kit. This put me back into the boot loop mentioned above. Once I manually got back into the bootloader and selected recovery, I was able to get into the TWRP recovery. At this point, I am kind of worried about doing anything. I would like to be able to push AOKP Unofficial JB if at all possible. Any further guidance would be appreciated!
Please, please don't use the toolkit. It makes people find problems later on and not know a thing about what to do.
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Oh well, flash AOKP through TWRP and then reboot into bootloader and flash the boot.IMG.
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Please, please don't use the toolkit. It makes people find problems later on and not know a thing about what to do.
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Oh well, flash AOKP through TWRP and then reboot into bootloader and flash the boot.IMG.
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It is clear to me that I didn't do enough research before getting into this. I thought my experience with putting custom roms on my galaxy S (a phone I really disliked) would give me the appropriate background. Clearly I was wrong! I'm a little unsure how to flash AOKP through TWRP when AOKP is not on my SD card. In fact, when I look at the SD card in TWRP, the only file on it is "TWRP."
I think I need to flash TWRP 2.3.0 (rather than the 2.2.2.0 I have), because it supports ADB Sideload (talked about here on their site which I can't yet link to). Can I do that through the Android SDK like I have been doing? I don't need to do anything to the TWRP 2.2.2.0 before trying to flash 2.3.0 do I? It seems if I do that, I could send AOKP to my phone through adb when it is in recovery.
And just for my better understanding, what is different about flashing it in TWRP and then flashing the boot.img in fastboot?
Thanks again!
You have to fastboot push the AOKP zip through the bootloader I think.
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Veritas327 said:
It is clear to fme that I didn't do enough research before getting into this. I thought my experience with putting custom roms on my galaxy S (a phone I really disliked) would give me the appropriate background. Clearly I was wrong! I'm a little unsure how to flash AOKP through TWRP when AOKP is not on my SD card. In fact, when I look at the SD card in TWRP, the only file on it is "TWRP."
I think I need to flash TWRP 2.3.0 (rather than the 2.2.2.0 I have), because it supports ADB Sideload (talked about here on their site which I can't yet link to). Can I do that through the Android SDK like I have been doing? I don't need to do anything to the TWRP 2.2.2.0 before trying to flash 2.3.0 do I? It seems if I do that, I could send AOKP to my phone through adb when it is in recovery.
And just for my better understanding, what is different about flashing it in TWRP and then flashing the boot.img in fastboot?
Thanks again!
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Just like the post above mine says, you have to adb push the file onto the sd card. I'm not to familiar with TWRP (using it actually got me into a bit of a dilemma) so I only know the process for CWM. If TWRP is anything like CWM then you have to be in recovery to adb push and have sdcard and system set to "unmont". It's pretty easy and there's a couple threads explaining how to do it. The command basically is :: adb push romname.zip /sdcard/romname.zip:: Note the space before "/sdcard" I'dpn't know if this ill help you or if you've solved your problem already but this is just my 2 cents, good luck!
Sorry for my late reply; I was rushed to the ER last night in excruciating pain. Looks like I'll be dealing with a kidney stone over the next few days.
So far, I have tried to push AOKP through fastboot. ADB says "no devices found" and when I type adb devices, I get "List of devices attached" and nothing under it. However, when I type fastboot devices, I do get a device ID. As of now, I am downloading the TWRP 2.3 recovery and will try to sideload with adb with that.
Update:
I was able to successfully install TWRP 2.3 and adb sideload the AOKP zip file. The phone then went back into a reboot loop, and I was able to get into recovery to install the .zip. The phone then rebooted, showed the HTC with red text screen very briefly, went to black, showed the HTC with red text screen again, went black, and now the aokp boot animation is repeating over and over. It has been doing so for about 5-7 minutes. I haven't yet installed gapps as mentioned in the AOKP post (I'm honestly not even sure what that is). Where should I go from here?
As a side note, the phone is plugged into power though the LED is not lighting up. It was at 98% when I flashed the .zip, but I obviously don't want it to die on me. Should I turn the phone off or is it still charging?
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And just for my better understanding, what is different about flashing it in TWRP and then flashing the boot.img in fastboot?
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The newer hboot versions (1.13 and up) don't let you flash boot images in recovery, even if it reports success.
So there is technically no difference, except fastboot always works and recovery depends on hboot version.
Did you fastboot flash the boot image that comes with your rom?
-Jobo
Edit to add: So it seems that following the recipe in your post #1 did in fact make your sdcard mountable again, or did you do something else as well for that?
Fixed!
I ended up flashing the boot.img with fastboot and then going into recovery, factory resetting and then re-installing the rom (and gapps which I now know stands for google apps). I'll be playing around with the ROM but at least I have a working phone again!
I think, in the end, it came down to my sd card not being mounted and my lack of knowledge about how to fix it.
First I'll give credit where it is due. From two threads on this site is where I got help with this issue:
I followed THIS guys steps for manually erasing and got the recovery images and lots of other useful information from HERE. Thank you guys very much!
OK, so, hopefully I can help someone with my little story as well. I was having issues with apps and programs crashing on me with lollipop and the new marshmallow update. The tablet just wasn't working properly and moving slow. I even had the SD card holding all my apps and larger files so I didn't overload the internal storage. So, I decided I wanted to flash back to factory/stock recovery and go from there. I did this using THIS method. I flashed via the "flash-all.bat" file (the command in fastboot is the same as the file name). I should note that there was one instance that failed during the install (I did try it again and got the same failure). Said something about “did you mean you wanted to flash this partition” or something, then showed it failed. After flashing I hit continue on the bootloader screen of the tablet and it said it was "cold booting." After about 5 minutes or so it started to boot but never made it past the NVidia screen. I tried wiping the phone with factory reset, wiping the cache, etc. and then re-flashing the recovery (again with the .bat file). I tried flashing TWRP but it didn't install apparently, because it still went to factory recovery. I even re-locked and then unlocked my bootloader to see if that would set everything straight. Nothing seemed to work. I knew I would eventually find a solution though so I kept looking. Stumbled on some other people that had the same issues but no solution (hope those people got it figured out). So here's what I did after some more research:
First, if you're in this situation and you did factory reset to try and resolve the problem, you may feel like you can no longer communicate with the device via fastboot/adb, but as long as you have the usb drive and your SDK tools installed (I used CodeWorks for Android all-in-one program) that shouldn't be a problem. You'll just have to be in the bootloader on the tablet.
-If for some reason you deleted or uninstalled your drivers and tools you'll have to download them again and then, the computer should still be able to communicate with the tablet. In the device manager under portable devices it will still show up as Module something or other. So the computer still sees the device but doesn't fully recognize it yet. Don't worry, this should still work! Just make sure you that fastboot is seeing the device by inputting "fastboot devices" in the command window and a 14 digit serial number should pop up. If it just says "list of devices" or there's nothing then you wont be communicating with the tablet.
Your device should be connected to your computer and started in bootloader mode. On your computer you should have the command prompt for adb/fastboot open. I just go to the folder where the .exe files are located and hold shift and right click in the white space of the folder, then select "open command window here."
From here follow the erase steps: stolen from manigault! :highfive:
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase cache
Then flash your recovery MANUALLY:
fastboot flash recovery {dir}/recovery.img
fastboot flash boot {dir}/boot.img
fastboot flash system {dir}/system.img
fastboot flash userdata {dir}/userdata.img
fastboot flash staging {dir}/blob
fastboot flash dtb {dir}/tegra124-tn8-p1761-1270-a04-e-battery.dtb
You can download whatever recovery version you wish. I downloaded 2.2.2 because that's what my device came with out of the box on Christmas 2014. It will more then likely be a .zip file. To make this whole process a little easier simply extract the files in the .zip file where the adb.exe and fastboot.exe files are located (folder should be named platform-tools) and you can completely eliminate typing the whole directory before the file name. ***After your done flashing everything you can go back and delete those files if you want. Just double check that you're deleting the right files by looking at the original zip file. Not sure if it makes a difference but I deleted them anyway.
For example the commands in fastboot will look like this exactly :
(after extracting recovery files into platform-tools folder)
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot flash staging blob
fastboot flash dtb tegra124-tn8-p1761-1270-a04-e-battery.dtb
Note: Do NOT use the flash-all.bat command as this doesn't seem to work for this situation. Do it manually like shown above. And let each individual process complete before attempting to input another command.
After this step I didn't select continue on the bootloader. You can either select reboot or simply input "fastboot reboot" into the command window. It may take about 5 minutes to start installing everything but just be patient, it should start. Sometimes with these things you have to do things twice before it works. If for some reason it doesn't work the first time then start from the beginning and try it again. It took two times for me, but that's because I installed system.img twice and was getting double screen. Newb error... and I was a bit inebriated last night when I did this.
Hope this helps someone!
Thanks again to manigault and MidgetMob!
NVIDIA download files HERE!
i think i done the same thing
but the problem i now have is i cnt get tablet into fastboot on pc. i can load fastboot on tablet with power and volume down , but the tablet only shows as MTP device in device manager. i have downloaded drivers from nvidia and no matter what i try i cant install them i have been through all instructions but scince it went to mtp device i cant get device showing in adb. The only way i can get device showing in adb on pc ist to select apply update from adb ! but none of these commands listed in your post will work because its in sideload. is there anyway i cn reset , flash custom rom ect bu using commands while device is in adb sideload.
all i get is now send the package you want to apply to the device with "adb sideload <filename>".....
if you could shed any light on this it would be much appreciated , thanks , lester
did you update official android 6.0 before? then, not working stock recovery, stock boot...
If you can enter bootloader mode, download unofficial twrp 3.0.0.0 (here http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/development/wip-twrp-2-8-0-1-unofficial-t2877117) and flash it.
i have a working boot.img file on marshmallow if you want.. please reply.
Sorry for the late response! I have no clue how you got into sideload??? Are you talking about through the recovery on your device? You're not able to get adb/ fastboot to recognize the device, right? It doesn't matter how you get the tablet into the bootloader. Whenever you have the phone in the bootloader then you'll use the fastboot command to "talk to" the device; i.e. "fastboot devices" without the quotes. That command should show your device if it shows as an MTP device whenever you open your "device manager" in windows. That's the same exact situation I was in. Download the codeworks from nvidia like I linked above. Hopefully then you should be able to recognize your device through the bootloader. If not DM me and I'll try to help you.
I'm having the exact problem as Lester. Tablet boots into bootloader but won't connect to computer. So I go into recovery mode and nothing works except apply update from adb. Which brings up the side load message that Lester quoted. And bootloader is showing "device=locked". I am attempting to fix this tablet for a friend that messed it up trying to flash a custom rom. Problem is he had no idea what he was doing and I'm not exactly sure what he did. I do however have a lot of experience with rooted android devices and flashing so any help would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!
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Also, I've already tried flashing stock rom back onto the tablet by applying update from sd card function in the recovery but when I try to do that the tablet for some reason can't mount the sd card.
rom fiend said:
Tablet boots into bootloader but won't connect to computer.
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If you've got the device in bootloader then you need to use fastboot, not adb. Try the command 'fastboot devices' and see if the device id is listed. If so then grab a factory image, unzip it and use fastboot to flash the .img files using the commands 'fastboot flash system system.img'. Just make sure to match the partition names to the files.
Hello i have similar issue except when i try flash something i get this error ''remote: file write failed''
and i have to reboot into fastboot to get it flashing fully
but even though i managed to flash everything by rebooting when i boot system nothing shows up, i can just see the back light coming on and turning off after a while
Please help
I'd like to know how to update my TWRP from v 2.4.4.0 to a later version. This version doesn't seem to allow flashing of an img file on external sd card. I have tried without success on 2 computers to get windows to recognise this android, so I'm hoping there is another way. Eventually I'd like to install Katkiss,Gapps and SU on this android. At present it has no rom.
Secondly, I tried to install Cromi X and all goes well up until I reboot and it continually spools on the opening screen so I don't know what that is about but hoping with a later TWRP I may be able to set the partitioning better which may or may not be part of the cause.
Reboot recovery twrp.
Go to install.
Click on install image.
Search downloaded recovery.
Select recovery.
And install.
Done
sent from moto g2014 with cm13
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Ot use flashify app.
It requires root.
sent from moto g2014 with cm13
There is no 'install image' on v2.4.4.0 and that version of TWRP does not seem to recognise .img files on the external sd card. On a later version of TWRP your solution would work.
If you want to flash the recovery in recovery it has to be inside a flashable zip (except for the latest versions).
You can use the Kang TWRP 2.8.x from post 2 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tra...overy-kang-twrp-tf700t-2-8-x-xarea51-t3049395
You can flash Katkiss with it no problem, and it supports the dock SD which the official TWRP does not do.
Somewhere there's also a thread where some dude keeps posting TWRP 3.x in a flashable zip, but I can't think of where right now.
That CROMi-X does not boot can have a number of reasons:
You did not format data before flashing the rom
You are on an outdated bootloader
Something is physically wrong with your emmc.
Your problem to get the tablet recognized in Windows is almost certainly a driver problem an you should get that fixed. At minimum it sucks not to have fastboot access to the tablet. And it easily could be lethal. For the tablet - not for you
Could also be a problem with a cheap knock-off replacement USB cable. If you are not using the original Asus cable that's worth investigating. And if you are using the original it may become worn. Mine is starting to allow a connection only in certain positions... Age....
Make sure the device drivers are installed and try the Google Universal Naked drivers. Minimal ADB and fastboot is an excellent tool that shimp208 still keeps current after all this time, and if none of those work try the 15 second adb installer if you are on Win 7 or earlier (just google it).
Hello my old friend. Well I have finally managed to get an adb connection and am going over to old posts of previous help you gave me with this device. Although the device is now recognised I can't get any commands to work e.g. fastboot devices simply returns me to the c:/adb prompt and adb reboot bootloader just takes the flashing underline symbol to the next line and nothing happens. I have hope that I will be able to get this working OK now I have adb access. How do I know if I am on an outdated bootloader? thanks
plato2 said:
Hello my old friend. Well I have finally managed to get an adb connection and am going over to old posts of previous help you gave me with this device. Although the device is now recognised I can't get any commands to work e.g. fastboot devices simply returns me to the c:/adb prompt and adb reboot bootloader just takes the flashing underline symbol to the next line and nothing happens. I have hope that I will be able to get this working OK now I have adb access. How do I know if I am on an outdated bootloader? thanks
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This is not the same device you helped me with earlier...it now purrs beautifully.... this is a new challenge.
plato2 said:
Hello my old friend. Well I have finally managed to get an adb connection and am going over to old posts of previous help you gave me with this device. Although the device is now recognised I can't get any commands to work e.g. fastboot devices simply returns me to the c:/adb prompt and adb reboot bootloader just takes the flashing underline symbol to the next line and nothing happens. I have hope that I will be able to get this working OK now I have adb access. How do I know if I am on an outdated bootloader? thanks
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Thought you looked familiar..... :cyclops:
Time to re-read this I think http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2688891
Boot into the bootloader and read the small script. The last bootloader for this tablet is 10.6.1.14.10.
Yes, that is the bootloader I have. Typing fastboot devices takes me back to the/adb prompt and then typing
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery <name-of-file>
I get a <waiting for device> but nothing happens.
plato2 said:
Yes, that is the bootloader I have. Typing fastboot devices takes me back to the/adb prompt and then typing
fastboot -i 0x0B05 flash recovery <name-of-file>
I get a <waiting for device> but nothing happens.
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Yeah, so you have a driver problem. This is nothing you have to do now. Just download the flashable zip of Kang TWRP and flash it in your current recovery.
But when you have some time to kill open Device Manager and connect and disconnect the cable to the tablet. It should give you SOME change in device manager. If it doesn't, reboot both tablet and PC and try again.
Then try a different cable.
Still nothing? This could take longer. Driver problems suck in Windows....
So - you got yourself another TF700? Had just too much fun getting Katkiss to work on the last one, eh?
berndblb said:
Yeah, so you have a driver problem. This is nothing you have to do now. Just download the flashable zip of Kang TWRP and flash it in your current recovery.
But when you have some time to kill open Device Manager and connect and disconnect the cable to the tablet. It should give you SOME change in device manager. If it doesn't, reboot both tablet and PC and try again.
Then try a different cable.
Still nothing? This could take longer. Driver problems suck in Windows....
So - you got yourself another TF700? Had just too much fun getting Katkiss to work on the last one, eh?
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Just download the flashable zip of Kand TWRP and flash it in your current recovery.
I don't know what you mean here.... how do I 'flash it in my current recovery' I have v 2.4.4.0 and it doesn't see img files on external sd.
plato2 said:
Just download the flashable zip of Kand TWRP and flash it in your current recovery.
I don't know what you mean here.... how do I 'flash it in my current recovery' I have v 2.4.4.0 and it doesn't see img files on external sd.
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If you downloaded from the second link, the flashable zip, you will see a zip file, not an img file.
Just hit Install, select the zip and swipe the button. Reboot when the flash is finished
All good so far. Up to the wiping data bit before converting to f2fs but this guide is missing, not sure why. I recall it was only a short set of instructions: Once that is done follow this guide to convert internal data to f2fs: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tran...p-2-8-t3073471. Can you recall that part? thanks
Got it, found it or rather another post of yours here: tf700/help/how-to-update-twrp-withoput-adb-t3437702/post68163144#post68163144 so did that and successfully installed Katkis, Gapps pico and SU....another beautiful TF700T purring...many thanks yet again...
Easy Flash to Nougat Tutorial (Unlocked Retail Devices)
Prerequisites:
Download RSD lite XML to Batch Script from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651430732235266
Download ROGERS_MPL24.246-45 from https://mega.nz/#!nssGEDiT!hhLkcTM106hmqbH_fiWfAytEV-fgdlYOhUwpcd_sGJY
Download Nougat firmware from https://mega.nz/#!608HGYqB!kKTc1196PhimDtVte6OdCWF6aXSWGSNLToEkvUePymE
Steps:
Unpack RSDLite XML to Batch Script to a folder on your computer
Unpack Rogers 24.246-45 firmware to the SAME folder
Run 2-rsd-flash-flashfile-windows.bat
Batch File #2 will convert the flashfile.xml file (included in Rogers zip) to a Batch file
Run flashfile.bat which will flash the Rogers firmware to your device (WILL WIPE EVERYTHING EXCEPT MICRO SD CARD)
Wait till its done!
Your device should now have Rogers 24.246-45 Firmware.
From the Bootloader, select Recovery Mode.
If you see No Command don't panic! That's normal. Press the power button for a couple seconds and press volume up or down (not sure if you need volume buttons but I always do anyway)
Once it displays on screen, Select ADB Sideload
From an adb capable command prompt, enter ADB Sideload <name and location of Nougat.zip> (minus the <> obviously)
This will take time. Leave it alone!
Once complete, simply reboot from recovery and let the device start like normal.
TROUBLESHOOTING:
If ADB Sideload gives you a Can't Read error, try these steps:
1. Download Large Address Awareness from here https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/large-address-aware.112556/
2. Download ADB from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
3. Start Task Manager and kill adb.exe if its running
4. Load the adb.exe file from Large Address Awareness and check the flag button
5. Continue on with adb sideload
I've tested this process multiple times today and it should work well. Let me know if you have any trouble!
I want to mention I have had NO success backing up with TWRP and restoring after this. Something changed with Nougat and any modification to System causes a soft brick (it did for me anyway). Do not attempt to flash system mode TWRP or flash the TurboZ kernel. They don't work and they will cause a boot loop.
UPDATE:
This method might not be for everyone, and if you're not interested in sticking with stock 7.0 and potentially want to roll around to other ROMs you should follow this guide instead; http://forum.xda-developers.com/moto-z/development/android-nougat-moto-z-versions-t3506342
Great thank you! Question:
Will all the radio bands (T-MOBILE) still work as normal?
Have you try this out with Google Day Dream VR yet?
I had the note 7 and the Galaxy VR., Kinda of miss that.
dallas90733 said:
Great thank you! Question:
Will all the radio bands (T-MOBILE) still work as normal?
Have you try this out with Google Day Dream VR yet?
I had the note 7 and the Galaxy VR., Kinda of miss that.
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Daydream works from what I can tell. Also I'm on att so I haven't checked T-Mobile bands but im assuming they work fine. I know there's an app to check which bands your device supports. I'll try downloading it and let you know
So I get to the point to sideload the nougat update and it always says "can't read..." I've done factory resets and everything else I could think of, still no go for me.
Prfndhatrdofman said:
...
I want to mention I have had NO success backing up with TWRP and restoring after this. Something changed with Nougat and any modification to System causes a soft brick (it did for me anyway). Do not attempt to flash system mode TWRP or flash the TurboZ kernel. They don't work and they will cause a boot loop.
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So... are you of the opinion that recovering a Nougat boot+system TWRP backup on a MM phone would cause a soft brick too?
What type of soft brick do you faced exactly?
Prfndhatrdofman said:
Easy Flash to Nougat Tutorial (Unlocked Retail Devices)
Prerequisites:
Download RSD lite XML to Batch Script from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651430732235266
Download ROGERS_MPL24.246-45 from https://mega.nz/#!nssGEDiT!hhLkcTM106hmqbH_fiWfAytEV-fgdlYOhUwpcd_sGJY
Download Nougat firmware from https://mega.nz/#!608HGYqB!kKTc1196PhimDtVte6OdCWF6aXSWGSNLToEkvUePymE
Steps:
Unpack RSDLite XML to Batch Script to a folder on your computer
Unpack Rogers 24.246-45 firmware to the SAME folder
Run 2-rsd-flash-flashfile-windows.bat
Batch File #2 will convert the flashfile.xml file (included in Rogers zip) to a Batch file
Run flashfile.bat which will flash the Rogers firmware to your device (WILL WIPE EVERYTHING EXCEPT MICRO SD CARD)
Wait till its done!
Your device should now have Rogers 24.246-45 Firmware.
From the Bootloader, select Recovery Mode.
If you see No Command don't panic! That's normal. Press the power button for a couple seconds and press volume up or down (not sure if you need volume buttons but I always do anyway)
Once it displays on screen, Select ADB Sideload
From an adb capable command prompt, enter ADB Sideload <name and location of Nougat.zip> (minus the <> obviously)
This will take time. Leave it alone!
Once complete, simply reboot from recovery and let the device start like normal.
I've tested this process multiple times today and it should work well. Let me know if you have any trouble!
I want to mention I have had NO success backing up with TWRP and restoring after this. Something changed with Nougat and any modification to System causes a soft brick (it did for me anyway). Do not attempt to flash system mode TWRP or flash the TurboZ kernel. They don't work and they will cause a boot loop.
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I did up until this
From the Bootloader, select Recovery Mode.
If you see No Command don't panic! That's normal. Press the power button for a couple seconds and press volume up or down (not sure if you need volume buttons but I always do anyway)
Once it displays on screen, Select ADB Sideload
From an adb capable command prompt, enter ADB Sideload <name and location of Nougat.zip> (minus the <> obviously)
But when I boot up i have no wifi and I am unable to get the no command to go away to select sideload any ideas?
pieman13 said:
So I get to the point to sideload the nougat update and it always says "can't read..." I've done factory resets and everything else I could think of, still no go for me.
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Same here, did you find a fix? Tried re-downloading Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip and got the same error...
pixelens said:
Same here, did you find a fix? Tried re-downloading Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip and got the same error...
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This happened to me as well. I think it came down to being an ADB Driver issue for me. I reinstalled a different set of ADB drivers and it had no issue after that.
enetec said:
So... are you of the opinion that recovering a Nougat boot+system TWRP backup on a MM phone would cause a soft brick too?
What type of soft brick do you faced exactly?
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Didn't work for me. As soon as the system partition was mounted R/W My device would boot loop. Could be a symptom of something else but im not sure.
Prfndhatrdofman said:
This happened to me as well. I think it came down to being an ADB Driver issue for me. I reinstalled a different set of ADB drivers and it had no issue after that.
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Interesting... I'm using the adb drivers from Android Studio.
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Tried using the ADB drivers from Minimal ADB and Fastboot, same result. Oh well.
pixelens said:
Interesting... I'm using the adb drivers from Android Studio.
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Tried using the ADB drivers from Minimal ADB and Fastboot, same result. Oh well.
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Yeah i struggled for about 3 hours trying to get sideload to work. I dunno why but after i completely deleted the driver, rebooted, reinstalled from ADB it finally worked. Its definitely not your device or the image its just ADB being a pain in the ass. I even tried multiple versions of ADB. One guy just tried on a different computer and it worked. I dunno why
Prfndhatrdofman said:
Yeah i struggled for about 3 hours trying to get sideload to work. I dunno why but after i completely deleted the driver, rebooted, reinstalled from ADB it finally worked. Its definitely not your device or the image its just ADB being a pain in the ass. I even tried multiple versions of ADB. One guy just tried on a different computer and it worked. I dunno why
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Yah, I've had similar experiences in the past - been ages since I've done this though (Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket days) so just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.
Quick question though, title says "unlocked retail devices" - does that mean the bootloader has to be unlocked? Or will this work with a locked bootloader? Cheers.
pixelens said:
Yah, I've had similar experiences in the past - been ages since I've done this though (Samsung Galaxy SII Skyrocket days) so just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something.
Quick question though, title says "unlocked retail devices" - does that mean the bootloader has to be unlocked? Or will this work with a locked bootloader? Cheers.
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I specifically meant network unlocked. Really just any device purchased directly from Motorola.
But yeah i think you might need to have an unlocked bootloader as well.
pixelens said:
Same here, did you find a fix? Tried re-downloading Blur_Version.24.21.46.griffin.retail.en.US.zip and got the same error...
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Fix was I went back to my pixel and sold the Z.
Mine has unlocked bootloader. Unlocked thru Motorola's website since the first hour I got it
Got the Nougat update to sideload (yay!) - tried a different computer that had no adb drivers installed, used the ones from Minimal ADB and Fastboot and they worked no problem.
Is it possible to lock the bootloader after the Nougat update? I tried and received "(bootloader) still require signed boot.img" message.
pixelens said:
Got the Nougat update to sideload (yay!) - tried a different computer that had no adb drivers installed, used the ones from Minimal ADB and Fastboot and they worked no problem.
Is it possible to lock the bootloader after the Nougat update? I tried and received "(bootloader) still require signed boot.img" message.
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Dunno. I get the same error.
Thank you for this guide!
Prfndhatrdofman said:
Easy Flash to Nougat Tutorial (Unlocked Retail Devices)
Prerequisites:
Download RSD lite XML to Batch Script from https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24651430732235266
Download ROGERS_MPL24.246-45 from https://mega.nz/#!nssGEDiT!hhLkcTM106hmqbH_fiWfAytEV-fgdlYOhUwpcd_sGJY
Download Nougat firmware from https://mega.nz/#!608HGYqB!kKTc1196PhimDtVte6OdCWF6aXSWGSNLToEkvUePymE
Steps:
Unpack RSDLite XML to Batch Script to a folder on your computer
Unpack Rogers 24.246-45 firmware to the SAME folder
Run 2-rsd-flash-flashfile-windows.bat
Batch File #2 will convert the flashfile.xml file (included in Rogers zip) to a Batch file
Run flashfile.bat which will flash the Rogers firmware to your device (WILL WIPE EVERYTHING EXCEPT MICRO SD CARD)
Wait till its done!
Your device should now have Rogers 24.246-45 Firmware.
From the Bootloader, select Recovery Mode.
If you see No Command don't panic! That's normal. Press the power button for a couple seconds and press volume up or down (not sure if you need volume buttons but I always do anyway)
Once it displays on screen, Select ADB Sideload
From an adb capable command prompt, enter ADB Sideload <name and location of Nougat.zip> (minus the <> obviously)
This will take time. Leave it alone!
Once complete, simply reboot from recovery and let the device start like normal.
I've tested this process multiple times today and it should work well. Let me know if you have any trouble!
I want to mention I have had NO success backing up with TWRP and restoring after this. Something changed with Nougat and any modification to System causes a soft brick (it did for me anyway). Do not attempt to flash system mode TWRP or flash the TurboZ kernel. They don't work and they will cause a boot loop.
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Hello
I flashed the rogers 45 firmware, but when I go to recovery mode I can't get the ADB menu to appear. I've held power and down, power and up, nothing, etc. Am I missing something? I did the rogers install, then went to homescreen, then powered off.
EDIT
after restarting my phone like 10 times in 5 minutes (rest in peace...) I finally figured it out. Now my issue is that I can't seem to get the sideload to work. I am going to try uninstalling android studio and start again. Did you guys figure out why it says * cannot read ' blur.....' * ?
I found how to fix the adb problem about being unable to read from another thread on XDA
1. Download Large Address Awareness from here https://www.techpowerup.com/forums/threads/large-address-aware.112556/
2. Download ADB from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979
3. Start Task Manager and kill adb.exe if its running
4. Load the adb.exe file from Large Address Awareess and check the flag button
5. Continue on with adb sideload
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Porcelainfog said:
Hello
I flashed the rogers 45 firmware, but when I go to recovery mode I can't get the ADB menu to appear. I've held power and down, power and up, nothing, etc. Am I missing something? I did the rogers install, then went to homescreen, then powered off.
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Do you see the "No command" picture after choosing Recover Mode? Once you get to that, I hold down power and tap volume up and down again and again
I tried to flash a custom rom (KatKiss), and it seems that I did something wrong along the way because the tablet is stuck in a bootloop.
So I rebooted my tablet and access the bootloader ("fastboot devices" recognize my device) and try to go to the recovery (with the TWRP splash screen, "adb devices" recognize my device). Unfortunately after 20 seconds on the splash screen, the tablet reboots (tries to load my katkiss android but bootloop everytime).
Bootloader : 10.6.1.14.10
TWRP : 3.1.1.0
Since the fastboot recognize my device while in bootloader, I think that I should try to flash twrp since it seems to be corrupted somehow.
Every time I flashed a rom nothing went wrong but now that I have a problem I don't want to worsen it and would like some help on the issue.
Did you flash the rom in your current TWRP?
Something is off... Did you possibly flash the TF201 rom version??
Whatever you do - do not use Wipe Data from the bootloader!!
Reflash TWRP, format data, then reflash the rom
And report in more detail what you did
Sent from my Nexus 5X using Tapatalk
Thank you for the fast reply!
I did flash the rom with my current TWRP and only downloaded the rom version for the TF700. Below is what I tried from your suggestion:
I check that my device is recognized:
fastboot device
So I tried flashing TWRP:
fastboot flash recovery twrp-3.1.1-0-tf700t
After it succeeded, I reboot the tablet:
fastboot reboot
And as a result... nothing changes, I don't know if I should try with older version of TWRP. Seems like I only have access to the tablet with the fastboot.
That is very strange indeed. Yes, try a 3.0.2 version of TWRP and see if that works.
If not, I would flash the Asus stock blob in fastboot and start from scratch....
Sent from my TF700T using Tapatalk
Kromlech said:
And as a result... nothing changes, I don't know if I should try with older version of TWRP. Seems like I only have access to the tablet with the fastboot.
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Not sure if this will help but I had a reboot problem with trying to load into TWRP. I posted my solution into a different thread but will toss it out here..
I just had this problem with a Transformer 201Prime. The cycle went something like this..
Power on.... get ASUS logo in middle, Tegra3 logo on lower right, and bootloader unlocked in upper left....
then a buzz... then reboot.....
So I would try the power button and hold the volume down... that got me into the bootloader but when I hit the volume up button it would give me the TWRP logo... then buzz and reboot...
After much monkeying around... I realized I would have to re install everything. Fortunately I had the original NVFLASH bloob files backed up so I was able to get into the NVFLASH commands.
Here is a great tutorial, it is for the 201 so be sure to download the correct files but the steps are basically the same.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/tra...prime-t3486237
The other problems is I had to download a bloob tool to 'unpack' the necessary .bin and .ebt files that are mentioned in the commands... I used the following link to download the tool.
https://github.com/AndroidRoot/BlobTools
I hope this helps shake loose a few answers.
Once I was able to get a working recovery I could flash an updated ROM. (KatKiss is my current favorite)
I tried to flash version 3.0.2 of TWRP and the problem is still the same.
@Unidave199 the link you put in your post points to a post that doesn't seems to exist anymore, has it been moved?
@berndblb how do I do for flashing a rom with the fastboot? any stock rom to recommend?
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Kromlech said:
I tried to flash version 3.0.2 of TWRP and the problem is still the same.
@Unidave199 the link you put in your post points to a post that doesn't seems to exist anymore, has it been moved?
@berndblb how do I do for flashing a rom with the fastboot? any stock rom to recommend?
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Unidave's link would only help you if you generated your device specific nvflash blobs when the tablet was still functioning. Did you:
flash a specifically modded recovery - flash the moddded bootloader, use wheelie to generate and save your blobs, return everything to factory specs?
I highly doubt it since you would have mentioned...
To flash the stock blob in fastboot you download the Asus firmware from here: https://www.asus.com/my/support/Download/28/1/0/11/29/8/
Extract the zip twice until you see a blob and a meta-inf file.
Move the blob into your fastboot folder, discard the rest of the file
Issue these commands one by one, letting each one finish before starting the next. Some will finish quick, others may take up to 3 minutes:
Code:
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot erase misc
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase userdata
fastboot flash system blob
fastboot reboot
The first boot will take a while, but that should put you back on a stock JB 4.2 system.
Trash all the files you used in your last attempt and redownload the rom, gapps and supersu
Fastboot flash TWRP
Reboot
Format /data in TWRP (this will take up to 1 hour - let it finish!!), then convert /data to f2fs
Flash the rom, gapps, supersu
If you flash Nougatella remember that you have to turn on wifi right after the language selection during setup or Google framework will crash.
Spend the end of the day doing it, but it worked flawlessly! Thanks a lot @berndblb, now I can use my tablet again!
Kromlech said:
I tried to flash version 3.0.2 of TWRP and the problem is still the same.
@Unidave199 the link you put in your post points to a post that doesn't seems to exist anymore, has it been moved?
@berndblb how do I do for flashing a rom with the fastboot? any stock rom to recommend?
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My apologies for the problem with my link, looks like you resolved it, but wanted to post a correct working link to take someone else into the full conversation and context...
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=71150385
berndblb said:
To flash the stock blob in fastboot you download the Asus firmware from here: https://www.asus.com/support/Download/28/1/0/11/fq2B3oq64av1O95/8/
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Broken link ? that post isn't very old, either. ??
berndblb said:
Did you flash the rom in your current TWRP?
Something is off... Did you possibly flash the TF201 rom version??
Whatever you do - do not use Wipe Data from the bootloader!!
Reflash TWRP, format data, then reflash the rom
And report in more detail what you did
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I did wipe data from bootloader, now I can't go to bootloader. How to revive my tf700t?
Please help
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ketulharini said:
I did wipe data from bootloader, now I can't go to bootloader. How to revive my tf700t?
Please help
Thanks
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You'll need to refer to post #8. However, the link to the tf700 stock blob is broken. You'll have to search Google for one. They're out there, but it does require digging .Make sure the one you get is for the proper SKU of your tablet (US, Worldwide, JP, etc.). I completed the process myself maybe a month ago. Good luck!
monogwai said:
You'll need to refer to post #8. However, the link to the tf700 stock blob is broken. You'll have to search Google for one. They're out there, but it does require digging .Make sure the one you get is for the proper SKU of your tablet (US, Worldwide, JP, etc.). I completed the process myself maybe a month ago. Good luck!
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I got the stock blob ww version.
Just tab doesn't stay on fastboot mode keeps rebooting.
Don't know how to do it.
Is it possible to get stable fastboot screen some how? Or just flash the bootloader to get fastboot working.
May be this noob question but I don't know how to do.
Thanks
ketulharini said:
I got the stock blob ww version.
Just tab doesn't stay on fastboot mode keeps rebooting.
Don't know how to do it.
Is it possible to get stable fastboot screen some how? Or just flash the bootloader to get fastboot working.
May be this noob question but I don't know how to do.
Thanks
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There is one more piece to the puzzle- hold short while I dig it up.
Here it is: http://www.transformerforums.com/forum/transformer-pad-infinity-tf700-tegra-3-development/46302-guide-help-my-transformer-tf700-boots-only-recovery.html
Do be *very* careful. Read thrice, do it once. Especially if you're feeling noob-y.
monogwai said:
There is one more piece to the puzzle- hold short while I dig it up.
Here it is: http://www.transformerforums.com/fo...my-transformer-tf700-boots-only-recovery.html
Do be *very* careful. Read thrice, do it once. Especially if you're feeling noob-y.
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Thanks for this information.
One more question,
My tab is keep bootlooping neither it stays on twrp nor bootloader.
It has blue screen of recovery that is twrp after 5 to 10 seconds it boots again.
Is this enough time to execute the commands while it is on blue screen?
Thanks
ketulharini said:
Thanks for this information.
One more question,
My tab is keep bootlooping neither it stays on twrp nor bootloader.
It has blue screen of recovery that is twrp after 5 to 10 seconds it boots again.
Is this enough time to execute the commands while it is on blue screen?
Thanks
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Well, that depends on several things. What I did was write a short little DOS batch file to process all the fastboot commands. So, with your batch file ready, open your command prompt (change directory to your adb/fastboot directory if it's not set in system's 'path=' environment variable) and have the batch command typed in, ready to hit enter. Tether to pc via USB, proceed to boot to adb. The second you hear windows make the USB notification sound, slap that enter key. It should just process and reset the tab and get you out of TWRP bootloop. Which is just step one.
If you aren't familiar with writing bat files for DOS, let me know.
monogwai said:
Well, that depends on several things. What I did was write a short little DOS batch file to process all the fastboot commands. So, with your batch file ready, open your command prompt (change directory to your adb/fastboot directory if it's not set in system's 'path=' environment variable) and have the batch command typed in, ready to hit enter. Tether to pc via USB, proceed to boot to adb. The second you hear windows make the USB notification sound, slap that enter key. It should just process and reset the tab and get you out of TWRP bootloop. Which is just step one.
If you aren't familiar with writing bat files for DOS, let me know.
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You mean a batch file with the adb commands right? Once he can boot into fastboot he has all the time in the world to run the commands for the buster99 (description in post #8). Depending on what situation he came from before, it might be a good idea to start all fresh...
The tricky thing are the adb push bootit.ko and the insmod command. Those have to be timed just right to get executed, so a batch file might come in handy. Both commands only take a second or two to execute, so your window of 5 seconds could work. Maybe not in the same session, but they should work.
If the insmod command does not kick the tablet into the bootloader, there are 2 possible reasoons:
adb push bootit.ko did not work
the insmod command did not work
To find out if the file push worked you could add a simple list command for the contents of /sdcard/. Again - tricky, I know since you still are working with the 5 sec window, but that's what you got to work with...
That would look something like in the attached picture. So after pushing bootit.ko you issue:
Code:
adb shell ls /sdcard/
Try it with the batch file, try it with single commands... Don't give up. As long as you have any kind of adb access you should be able to solve it.
Good luck!
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You mean a batch file with the adb commands right?
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Yeah.
berndblb said:
Once he can boot into fastboot he has all the time in the world to run the commands for the buster99 (description in post #8).
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Again, mistake in my terminology. What I meant to say is, batch commands for the process involving the Bootit.ko- the adb portion.
Thanks for clearing that up.
@ketulharini
Anyhow, I was unable to get the process to take without having automated *every last step* of the process. Literally open the cmd window, have the command for your batch file typed in ready to go, and plug in. Hear the noise from windows and slap enter asap. That's the only way I could get it in time, and I'm a ridiculously fast typist.
monogwai said:
Yeah.
Again, mistake in my terminology. What I meant to say is, batch commands for the process involving the Bootit.ko- the adb portion.
Thanks for clearing that up.
@ketulharini
Anyhow, I was unable to get the process to take without having automated *every last step* of the process. Literally open the cmd window, have the command for your batch file typed in ready to go, and plug in. Hear the noise from windows and slap enter asap. That's the only way I could get it in time, and I'm a ridiculously fast typist.
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Care to share the batch file?