No image wrong image! Cant start phone - Verizon HTC One (M8)

Wasup fellas?
Pardon my crappy grammar, im writing on a french keyboard and its not familliar.
I was trying to do the HTC one m8 verizon to full t mobile compatibility change but something went wrong. Im stuck in the white screen and the only thing that works is recovery. I thought i backed it all up but when i went to restore, lo and behold, no file. So here I am. Stuck with the "no image wrong image!" message. It seems that my computer recognizes the phone because when i write "fastboot" in cmd a long list of stuff pops up.
This guy had the same issue; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789965
Somebody said "Flash stock rom and its recovery from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2701376 "
But the thread is huge and I dont know what im looking for nor how to install it since my phone doesnt show up in my computer in the way that a USB key does, so i cannot put files in it.
There seem to be other threads on this issue out there but to be honest i cant understand the technical mumbo jumbo. Im not completely computer illiterate but i am new to this whole phone hacking thing. So, in layman terms, what am I to do?

john805 said:
Wasup fellas?
Pardon my crappy grammar, im writing on a french keyboard and its not familliar.
I was trying to do the HTC one m8 verizon to full t mobile compatibility change but something went wrong. Im stuck in the white screen and the only thing that works is recovery. I thought i backed it all up but when i went to restore, lo and behold, no file. So here I am. Stuck with the "no image wrong image!" message. It seems that my computer recognizes the phone because when i write "fastboot" in cmd a long list of stuff pops up.
This guy had the same issue; http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2789965
Somebody said "Flash stock rom and its recovery from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2701376 "
But the thread is huge and I dont know what im looking for nor how to install it since my phone doesnt show up in my computer in the way that a USB key does, so i cannot put files in it.
There seem to be other threads on this issue out there but to be honest i cant understand the technical mumbo jumbo. Im not completely computer illiterate but i am new to this whole phone hacking thing. So, in layman terms, what am I to do?
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No image wronge image is not your problem. That simply means you don't have an RUU file on your SD card. The bootloaderr checks each time you enter it looking for an RUU file because that's how it flashes them.
fastboot flash TWRP. Boot the phone into TWRP (recovery). Copy the rom you intended to use to your SD card/internal storage. Flash that rom in TWRP.

dottat said:
No image wronge image is not your problem. That simply means you don't have an RUU file on your SD card. The bootloaderr checks each time you enter it looking for an RUU file because that's how it flashes them.
fastboot flash TWRP. Boot the phone into TWRP (recovery). Copy the rom you intended to use to your SD card/internal storage. Flash that rom in TWRP.
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Hey,
thanks for the assistance. I'm not quite sure what I should do. I'm in recovery / install and I have two files in there, Android_revolution_HD_one_M8_43.0.zip
and ElementalX-m8-0.4-Sense.zip
I've tried installing both (flash=install, no?) but I run into the same issue.
Edit: I was basically trying to follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2710720
What should I flash?
Thanks

john805 said:
Hey,
thanks for the assistance. I'm not quite sure what I should do. I'm in recovery / install and I have two files in there, Android_revolution_HD_one_M8_43.0.zip
and ElementalX-m8-0.4-Sense.zip
I've tried installing both (flash=install, no?) but I run into the same issue.
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Did you do a factory reset in twrp before flashing?
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

dottat said:
Did you do a factory reset in twrp before flashing?
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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I did not. I shall try that now. Spanx.

Nevermind I found it

dottat said:
Did you do a factory reset in twrp before flashing?
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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OK I tried it, didn't work. Still the same error message.

john805 said:
OK I tried it, didn't work. Still the same error message.
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Now just try flashing ahrd rom and not the kernel
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

dottat said:
Now just try flashing neos rom and not the kernel
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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Not really sure what that means.
I googled it and this came up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Y-xaVAGkQ

john805 said:
Not really sure what that means.
I googled it and this came up:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i2Y-xaVAGkQ
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I mean just flash ahrd. Don't flash elemental
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk

dottat said:
I mean just flash ahrd. Don't flash elemental
Sent from my Nexus 6 using Tapatalk
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I tried flashing "Android_revolution_HD_one_M8_43.0.zip"
but I get the same end result. If that's what you mean. I'm not really sure. If not, how do I flash anything if the phone doesn't seem to show up on my computer where all my hard drives are. Can I do it through the command prompt?

I'm totally lost, I tried googling what you said but a whole bunch of super complicated stuff shows up. I'm gonna need to take some baby steps here. What file exactly am I flashing and how?

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Help! Desire problem, won't do anything anymore

Hi guys, yesterday i tried to root my desire hd and flash a rom called icecoldsandwich 8.5, i started my phone and it got stuck at the bootlogo from ics. Then i think i deleted it from my sd card and now i can't do anything with my phone. i can enter the boot menu but nothing more.. if i select recovery, i get a red exclamation mark. I hope it can be fixed
thanx
Moved to General Q&A.
just download a ruu that is only for your device but be careful ( branded ones and unbranded)
then just put it in fastboot via bootloader and flash it and it will boot up
Sent from my HTC HD2 using Tapatalk 2
gesange said:
just download a ruu that is only for your device but be careful ( branded ones and unbranded)
then just put it in fastboot via bootloader and flash it and it will boot up
Sent from my HTC HD2 using Tapatalk 2
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If you read what they posted, they cannot get to the boot menu. I have a RUU program designed to run remotely from my computer over USB that works wonders if I ever have a problem. I could find the stock .img for your phone and send you the program where you would just plug your phone in over USB, run the program, locate your RUU file (which would be included) and your done. Should be back to normal, worked for me when I accidentally bootlooped. PM me for more info. This will require you to re-root your phone.
nicotje123 said:
i can enter the boot menu but nothing more..
thanx
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Looks like he CAN enter boot menu.... maybe you should read again as well.
snodrog742 said:
Looks like he CAN enter boot menu.... maybe you should read again as well.
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Sorry, I'm running on little sleep right now and must have missed that. Thanks.
TekGadgt said:
Sorry, I'm running on little sleep right now and must have missed that. Thanks.
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No worries. Sorry for bit rude response. Hopefully can get him fixed either way.

bricked one x

So earlier i attempted to do the 2.2 root.
i managed to get as far as rooting, installing superuser and CWM
now, the problem is when i went to flash the rom, i tried to run the super wipe, but was getting errors about the sdcard not being able to be mounted. and the wipe was not performed/failed/aborted etc
i tried to run flash the rom still, it loaded, but still gave an error at the end and did not work.
reboot the phone, and i get the HTS quietly brilliant screen with red text that says"this build is for development purposes only...." and from here it does nothing but constantly reboot to this screen.
i am able to get to the bootloader screen, and fastboot works.
ive tried factory resetting the phone, as well as using the CWM recovery. i am unable to do any. as the CWM cannot write to e:\sd card
its not mounted, and i cannot mount it, when i try to reformat the sd card, it says it is unmounted.
mount usb storage was not working either, and said files were missing.
i read on other threads about needing the sd card reformatted, but the one x has an internal card.
please help
i feel like it can be fixed, but im really worried my phone is bricked
eta: i tried to revert to the stock ruu, but i think i should have read it more clearly.
so i guess i flashed the ruu that was NOT 2.2
now my CWM is gone, and i can only get onto the bootloader and fast boot
under fastboot devices my device's serial does show up
ETA: i reflashed with twrp, managed to wipe my sdcard, and am now able to mount.
from here my phone is still not able to boot up.
i can attempt to run the super wipe, but am still getting an error
"E:error in /sdcard"
chinaman_chong said:
So earlier i attempted to do the 2.2 root.
i managed to get as far as rooting, installing superuser and CWM
now, the problem is when i went to flash the rom, i tried to run the super wipe, but was getting errors about the sdcard not being able to be mounted. and the wipe was not performed/failed/aborted etc
i tried to run flash the rom still, it loaded, but still gave an error at the end and did not work.
reboot the phone, and i get the HTS quietly brilliant screen with red text that says"this build is for development purposes only...." and from here it does nothing but constantly reboot to this screen.
i am able to get to the bootloader screen, and fastboot works.
ive tried factory resetting the phone, as well as using the CWM recovery. i am unable to do any. as the CWM cannot write to e:\sd card
its not mounted, and i cannot mount it, when i try to reformat the sd card, it says it is unmounted.
mount usb storage was not working either, and said files were missing.
i read on other threads about needing the sd card reformatted, but the one x has an internal card.
please help
i feel like it can be fixed, but im really worried my phone is bricked
eta: i tried to revert to the stock ruu, but i think i should have read it more clearly.
so i guess i flashed the ruu that was NOT 2.2
now my CWM is gone, and i can only get onto the bootloader and fast boot
under fastboot devices my device's serial does show up
ETA: i reflashed with twrp, managed to wipe my sdcard, and am now able to mount.
from here my phone is still not able to boot up.
i can attempt to run the super wipe, but am still getting an error
"E:error in /sdcard"
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Ruu back to stock 2.20
Edit.
If you can mount then connect to computer and try reinstalling boot image and the rom you were trying to install. Or adb
swagged out rooted jelly bean HOX
tae_254 said:
Ruu back to stock 2.20
Edit.
If you can mount then connect to computer and try reinstalling boot image and the rom you were trying to install. Or adb
swagged out rooted jelly bean HOX
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so from mounting
im trying to install the Android Revolution HD 9.7.2 Ice Cream Sandwich
it allows me to choose settings, and such and start install.
after starting install, it goes through the files and such, but when it gets to /system/lib/ it just closes on itself, and goes back to twrp screen and recovery home. the rom never finishes installing. right now im gonna re-download the rom and see if that works.
if i cannot install the custom rom, how can i go back to stock exactly?
do i need to find the stock ruu?
fixed it.
turns out im stupid and was using a rom not compatible with this phone.
i flashed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907324 so far, and it seems to be working
however, i prefer something closer to stock. can anyone suggest a rom?
hopefully you aren't using cwm anymore and flashed twrp for the evita.
chinaman_chong said:
fixed it.
turns out im stupid and was using a rom not compatible with this phone.
i flashed http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1907324 so far, and it seems to be working
however, i prefer something closer to stock. can anyone suggest a rom?
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I knew what you did the second I saw the words "Android Revolution", as that ROM does not exist for our phone.
Stick to the ROMs listed in our section of the forum (AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL) in "Android Development" and "Original Android Devepment" here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
Or just use my handy index, which is an organized list of all our ROMs and mods:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
And apparently, you missed these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813839
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944712
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952942
CleanROM on Viper XL
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chinaman_chong said:
however, i prefer something closer to stock. can anyone suggest a rom?
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CleanROM or Viper XL
redpoint73 said:
I knew what you did the second I saw the words "Android Revolution", as that ROM does not exist for our phone.
Stick to the ROMs listed in our section of the forum (AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL) in "Android Development" and "Original Android Devepment" here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1538
Or just use my handy index, which is an organized list of all our ROMs and mods:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
And apparently, you missed these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1813839
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1944712
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952942
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OMFG ..how did you get all these results, did you by any chance use that esoteric SEARCH functionality ?
Now all i have to do is read ?? Could you also pre-chew my food please ? :silly:
Crappyvate said:
OMFG ..how did you get all these results, did you by any chance use that esoteric SEARCH functionality ?
Now all i have to do is read ?? Could you also pre-chew my food please ? :silly:
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I didn't even have to use the search function. 2 are near the top of General. The remaining has slipped past the first page, but its still pretty high up there.
People who flash a ROM for the international version are simply neglecting to do any basic reading and learning before flashing things willy-nilly, that's my point.
thanks for the help guys. i flashed viper xl yesterday night right after, loving it thus far. i was just so used to the sense keyboard already, and hated the cramped jb keyboard, and this rom has simple little tweaks
i did read, but i guess not thoroughly enough. in hindsight, i wasnt aware that the one x was different than the xl, its fairly easy to miss that the other roms are not compatible with this phone. and is completely different alltogether.
if i had known that, i wouldnt have flashed cwm, and would not have need to post a help thread. all "solutions" i attempted on my own were based off readings of the hox, rather than the evita, once again causing more problems. it was easily enough fixed once i figured that bit of information out.
i am a noob, but this phone is not my first time rooting, so with my prior knowledge i felt i was more than ready to tackle this rom flashing, im sure plenty of others will make the same mistake as i did.
the other phones ive rooted and flashed had their one model of phone only, so all the roms available were compatible.
im just glad my phone is not bricked, and i now have root access
chinaman_chong said:
So earlier i attempted to do the 2.2 root.
i managed to get as far as rooting, installing superuser and CWM
now, the problem is when i went to flash the rom, i tried to run the super wipe, but was getting errors about the sdcard not being able to be mounted. and the wipe was not performed/failed/aborted etc
i tried to run flash the rom still, it loaded, but still gave an error at the end and did not work.
reboot the phone, and i get the HTS quietly brilliant screen with red text that says"this build is for development purposes only...." and from here it does nothing but constantly reboot to this screen.
i am able to get to the bootloader screen, and fastboot works.
ive tried factory resetting the phone, as well as using the CWM recovery. i am unable to do any. as the CWM cannot write to e:\sd card
its not mounted, and i cannot mount it, when i try to reformat the sd card, it says it is unmounted.
mount usb storage was not working either, and said files were missing.
i read on other threads about needing the sd card reformatted, but the one x has an internal card.
please help
i feel like it can be fixed, but im really worried my phone is bricked
eta: i tried to revert to the stock ruu, but i think i should have read it more clearly.
so i guess i flashed the ruu that was NOT 2.2
now my CWM is gone, and i can only get onto the bootloader and fast boot
under fastboot devices my device's serial does show up
ETA: i reflashed with twrp, managed to wipe my sdcard, and am now able to mount.
from here my phone is still not able to boot up.
i can attempt to run the super wipe, but am still getting an error
"E:error in /sdcard"
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Do not use CMW it causes lot of problems(not recommended for our device) . Use TWRP recovery instead
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda premium
redpoint73 said:
I knew what you did the second I saw the words "Android Revolution", as that ROM does not exist for our phone.
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That and Superwipe. I remember that zip from other phones I used that rom on.
Sent from my HTC One XL
Dang you guys are slipping through the cracks in the bricks lol, excuse my pun. You are lucky. You're the only person I've seen that has flashed android revolution and not overwrite boot and having a beautiful brick lol.
Subscribe to the OneXL forums and stay here till you recognize your community!
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda app-developers app
can't brick from it after 2.20
DvineLord said:
can't brick from it after 2.20
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Good thing eh
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda app-developers app
InflatedTitan said:
Dang you guys are slipping through the cracks in the bricks lol, excuse my pun. You are lucky. You're the only person I've seen that has flashed android revolution and not overwrite boot and having a beautiful brick lol.
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From what others are saying, the newer hboot that came with 2.20 is write protected. Hboot can't be overwritten by flashing a ROM for the international One X. ROM just fails to flash, and you get a recoverable condition like this one, as opposed to hard bricks on the older hboot.
Yea, at least there's one good thing that came with the dreaded update
Sent from my HTC One XL using xda app-developers app
How do i ruu back to stock 2.20? I unlocked my device. Tried flashing the boot.img but after I couldnt mount my sdcard to flash the rest of the ROM. I can enter recovery and bootloader though. Really need some help
h1m said:
How do i ruu back to stock 2.20? I unlocked my device. Tried flashing the boot.img but after I couldnt mount my sdcard to flash the rest of the ROM. I can enter recovery and bootloader though. Really need some help
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If you want to ruu grab the ruu file...lock your bootloader from within fastboot and run the ruu
omario8484 said:
If you want to ruu grab the ruu file...lock your bootloader from within fastboot and run the ruu
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Where do i get the ruu file? I can't mount my sdcard

[Q] Is there a way to completely wipe HTC One XL?

Ok... so, I'll admit it, I messed up my One X. Was trying to put CM10 on it, got stuck on the blue, circular boot screen. Tried several fixes from the forums, but nothing worked. One attempted fix even ended up writing over TWRP. Now all I can get is HTC boot screen (complete with red wording beneath) and occasionally the CM10 screen. The fastboot screen says "tampered" and "unlocked".
Here's my situation. AT&T is sending another phone. I have to send this one back to them, and I just want to make sure that they can't figure out I was trying to install a third-party ROM. Is there a way to completely wipe the device altogether so that I just won't even try to boot?
If not, I'll just take my chances that they don't know what to look for besides water/physical damage and won't charge me full price for the replacement.
Any help is appreciated.
Your device is in a completely fixable state but ok...if u want to make it so your device doesn't turn on at all flash a Rom called ice cold jelly ...if youother wise the best you can do is have it say relocked and they would know you unlocked the bootloader...
don't flash ICJ, just relock bootloader and ruu.
if you have no physical damage why are you getting a replacement phone?
Did you flash boot.img?
And how about you not ask how to defraud att because you don't know how to flash and fix a botched flash.
schumachermp said:
Ok... so, I'll admit it, I messed up my One X. Was trying to put CM10 on it, got stuck on the blue, circular boot screen. Tried several fixes from the forums, but nothing worked. One attempted fix even ended up writing over TWRP. Now all I can get is HTC boot screen (complete with red wording beneath) and occasionally the CM10 screen. The fastboot screen says "tampered" and "unlocked".
Here's my situation. AT&T is sending another phone. I have to send this one back to them, and I just want to make sure that they can't figure out I was trying to install a third-party ROM. Is there a way to completely wipe the device altogether so that I just won't even try to boot?
If not, I'll just take my chances that they don't know what to look for besides water/physical damage and won't charge me full price for the replacement.
Any help is appreciated.
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... and this is why we can't have nice things. Thanks, guy.
All I can think is, at least he did not throw it under his car.
It can be salvaged, where as other clown just destroyed it for nothing.
WR
Sent by WR's One XL
omario8484 said:
Your device is in a completely fixable state but ok...if u want to make it so your device doesn't turn on at all flash a Rom called ice cold jelly ...if youother wise the best you can do is have it say relocked and they would know you unlocked the bootloader...
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Brother, if you can tell me how to fix this thing, I am all ears. I don't want to replace it, but after trying so many different ways to fix it from the forums I just kind of gave up.
If you have any advice, I'd love to hear it!
Thanks for the reply.
schumachermp said:
Brother, if you can tell me how to fix this thing, I am all ears. I don't want to replace it, but after trying so many different ways to fix it from the forums I just kind of gave up.
If you have any advice, I'd love to hear it!
Thanks for the reply.
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All you had to do is fastboot the boot.img thats inside the zip bro.. Are you familiar with fastboot at all? If not we can walk you through it!
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2
InflatedTitan said:
All you had to do is fastboot the boot.img thats inside the zip bro.. Are you familiar with fastboot at all? If not we can walk you through it!
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2
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I did flash boot.img. It just never moved past the CM10 starting animation. And honestly, not super familiar with fastboot three days ago... fairly familiar at this point. But nothing seems to get this thing to work. Please tell me what to do!
(BTW - I only called warranty at the advice of an AT&T employee in the store. I'd love to just fix my phone)
Twrp 2.3.1.0, wipe everything, flash boot.img in fastboot, and flash cm10 and gapps in twrp.
How do I get TWRP back on it?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
schumachermp said:
How do I get TWRP back on it?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
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Try Goo Manager, go into its settings an select install open recovery script.
WR
Sent by WR's One XL
WarRaven said:
Try Goo Manager, go into its settings an select install open recovery script.
WR
Sent by WR's One XL
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Ok, great. I've downloaded the TWRP recovery image and the Goo Manager APK... now how do I use Goo Manager on a device that won't boot up?
You can't BC its an app.. Download tarp off the official site, a quick Google search brings it up first shot... Once downloaded, drop the recovery img into your adb and fastboot folder.. Enter fastboot USB on your phone. Now right click on your adb/fastboot folder and choose "open command prompt here"
Once cmd is running, type fastboot flash recovery <---- type in the name of the twrp img you dropped in
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2
InflatedTitan said:
You can't BC its an app.. Download tarp off the official site, a quick Google search brings it up first shot... Once downloaded, drop the recovery img into your adb and fastboot folder.. Enter fastboot USB on your phone. Now right click on your adb/fastboot folder and choose "open command prompt here"
Once cmd is running, type fastboot flash recovery <---- type in the name of the twrp img you dropped in
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2
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Woohoo!!! You guys got it going! Running CM10 FTW!
I hope you all don't mind me saying that I FREAKING LOVE YOU ALL. It's true.
Thank you SO much!
Deuces. I'm going to go play with JB.
schumachermp said:
Woohoo!!! You guys got it going! Running CM10 FTW!
I hope you all don't mind me saying that I FREAKING LOVE YOU ALL. It's true.
Thank you SO much!
Deuces. I'm going to go play with JB.
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I'm happy you got your phone running.
Don't get it all sticky with all that love.
Lol good job bro
Sent from my One X using Tapatalk 2
ECEXCURSION said:
... and this is why we can't have nice things. Thanks, guy.
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Exactly right! If you screw up your phone, take responsibility for it! Don't make somebody else pay for your failure.
Do you even read before you flash rom's? clear red letters. This could brick your phone or even worst if you dont know what you're doing
Research very much before doing anything, that's how I started
rodpgfx said:
Exactly right! If you screw up your phone, take responsibility for it! Don't make somebody else pay for your failure.
Do you even read before you flash rom's? clear red letters. This could brick your phone or even worst if you dont know what you're doing
Research very much before doing anything, that's how I started
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Completely agreed. The notion astounds me (and disappoints me also) that the OP was going to send the phone in for a warranty replacement simply because they didn't do the proper research and learning before modding the phone. And when the condition was completely and easily reversible. If the screen comes on with this phone, it can be recovered.

[SOLVED] Did I brick?

Hey everyone,
So I think I may have done something strange and i'm not sure how to fix it. Long story short, screen cracked, so I bought a new one and I used TWRP to backup my original phone. So now, i'm just trying to unlock and root, you know, the usual. BTW, I tried using ABD/Fastboot, which I never typically do, but I heard it was more efficient and whatnot so I thought I try. I think the unlocking of the bootloader went well. And I even think I flashed recovery properly. But when I tried to access recovery, it prompted me for a password.
I read on the TWRP site I was supposed to let the phone boot as normal before accessing recovery. Oops. So I tried formatting all the data on the phone and no I have no OS or any files to recover from and adb push keeps giving me "Device not found" and now I don't know what to do.
Help?
EDIT: In case anyone has this issue searching threads, I just used Wug Toolkit to flash everything back to stock and then used the same Toolkit to unlock and root. TWRP isn't going to recognize a backup from a different phone. To my understanding, there is a way around that, but I didn't look into it. Oh, and apparently, don't flash the EFS partition lol
New Jer-Z said:
Hey everyone,
So I think I may have done something strange and i'm not sure how to fix it. Long story short, screen cracked, so I bought a new one and I used TWRP to backup my original phone. So now, i'm just trying to unlock and root, you know, the usual. BTW, I tried using ABD/Fastboot, which I never typically do, but I heard it was more efficient and whatnot so I thought I try. I think the unlocking of the bootloader went well. And I even think I flashed recovery properly. But when I tried to access recovery, it prompted me for a password.
I read on the TWRP site I was supposed to let the phone boot as normal before accessing recovery. Oops. So I tried formatting all the data on the phone and no I have no OS or any files to recover from and adb push keeps giving me "Device not found" and now I don't know what to do.
Help?
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I never heard of this problem before, maybe you can use Odin to flash the recovery again
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mpalomba3 said:
I never heard of this problem before, maybe you can use Odin to flash the recovery again
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Oh, that reminds me, TWRP wasn't able to mount any of the directories, it seems. I think it can, now, but I remember seeing those errors in the log before I wiped everything. Thanks for that suggestion, i'll give it a shot.
No problem, report back if it works
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I can't seem to find on the internets which odin version is compatible with the Nexus 5. I'm not finding any hits to directly correlate and I don't want to damage further. Which one would you recommend?
Odin is for Samsung devices
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New Jer-Z said:
I can't seem to find on the internets which odin version is compatible with the Nexus 5. I'm not finding any hits to directly correlate and I don't want to damage further. Which one would you recommend?
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Odin is a Samsung thing. Not LG.
What you'll need to do is flash the 4.4.2 factory image. Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
El Daddy said:
Odin is a Samsung thing. Not LG.
What you'll need to do is flash the 4.4.2 factory image. Follow this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2513701
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OK!
So, I used the Wug toolkit to basically flash everything to stock, and then root it. I installed TWRP using the app and I tried using the app to restore from my earlier back up. So, it boots into recovery but nothing happened. Looking at the log, it says the TWRP isn't able to locate the files. Trying to just restore from recovery isn't helpful because when I hit "Restore" nothing pops up. As if the SDCard partition isn't being accessed. I can't see any of the files in any directory. Anyone have any ideas?
You need to let the phone boot into android before flashing a custom recovery.
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El Daddy said:
You need to let the phone boot into android before flashing a custom recovery.
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I realize that now lol. Well, I fixed that, but now have a new issue. Any ideas for me?
Flashing the factory image erases everything. Such as backups stored on your phone.
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El Daddy said:
Flashing the factory image erases everything. Such as backups stored on your phone.
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I had a copy saved on my desktop, so I transferred it back.
New Jer-Z said:
I can't seem to find on the internets which odin version is compatible with the Nexus 5. I'm not finding any hits to directly correlate and I don't want to damage further. Which one would you recommend?
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Sorry about that, I have a gs4 so I thought Odin was for all devices
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New Jer-Z said:
I had a copy saved on my desktop, so I transferred it back.
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Did you put the backup on the root of the sdcard? I think it needs to be in the TWRP folder. You should first make a backup of your current rom even if it's stock rooted.
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housry23 said:
Did you put the backup on the root of the sdcard? I think it needs to be in the TWRP folder. You should first make a backup of your current rom even if it's stock rooted.
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Someone explained to me TWRP won't recognize a backup with a serial number from a different phone. So essentially, I will just have to forego it. I used Wug Toolkit to fix this issue and just flashed everything to stock and had the same toolkit unlock and root. Using ADB was a fail and cost me a whole afternoon lol

nexus 5 stock rom help

hey guys so I recently got my nexus 5, messed around with a few roms but now I wanna go back to stock, well I downloaded the rom and before I reset my phone I forgot to transfer it, Iv got linux mint so i quicky downloaded adb, im trying to sideload the file and everything worked great expect this line comes up wile trying to install. E: cant open /tmp/update.zip (bad)
IM running clockworkmod recovery 6.0.4.5.
Can anyone help? my phones a paper weight now ):
p.s when installing I used adb push files dic and file name, (yes i made sure they where correct)
You obviously know how to restore with Fastboot, or you wouldn't be flashing ROMs in the first place
As mentioned, returning to stock needs fastboot. All guides are in general. Not hard to find.
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rootSU said:
As mentioned, returning to stock needs fastboot. All guides are in general. Not hard to find.
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Thats why i posted because I dont know, like i do now how to flash roms but for some reason its not working, the sideload does not work. and I cant seem to install sdk on linux nothings coming up. please help id like to use my phone again.
All guides are in general. There is even a link in my signature. I won't spoon feed what is already written
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evilxhakz said:
Thats why i posted because I dont know, like i do now how to flash roms but for some reason its not working, the sideload does not work. and I cant seem to install sdk on linux nothings coming up. please help id like to use my phone again.
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Why would you need to install the SDK?
Adb and fastboot are in the repos
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