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HELP! can't install custom rom

Hi,
I've got an old Xperia S currently running TWRP 2.7.1.0 (the latest version). I'm trying to install cyanogenmod on there but the recovery doesn't seem to work with adb sideloading and USB OTG doesn't seem to show up. I also can't seem to mount the phone's internal memory to my computer. The phone is wiped so I cannot access the actual system. Therefore, I cannot install a ROM on there. TWRP is the only recovery I could find which worked and so I cannot use a different recovery (unless you know of one). I now have a phone which cannot access any external files for installation and without a ROM. Help.
the sony Xperia Emma software doesn't seem to show the phone in fastboot mode nor recovery mode.
Thanks

Bump, Need help fast :crying:

as you seem to be in hurry. Just a suggestion, search the forum with your device name. hope, you'll find some help regarding your issue.

No OS, TWRP fails to flash .ZIPs

Hey guys,
I'm having some trouble with flashing a new ROM and now I've soft-bricked my device.
I was trying to flash from CROMi to CM11 so I wiped data, cache, dalvik using TWRP. But when i tried to flash CM11 M9, i would get the "failed" error. I tried flashing other ROMs but same result - "FAILED".
So I thought maybe it was the recovery. I downloaded a CWM recovery (in .zip) and tried to flash it. FAILED!
I tried to restore my device using the "Recover /Downgrade from Jelly Bean to ICS/Clean Factory Restore with custom recovery" method from this post. Since it is basically flashing the stock ROM, naturally it fails.
Now I'm out of ideas. How can I save my tablet?
Thanks for your help guys!
PS: I'm trying to install CMW via fastboot. When I press power + vol down, I get to the screen with "RCK, Android, Data Wipe"; I dont see the USB icon. How do i boot into fastboot?

You are in fastboot mode when you see the three icons. Read the tiny script.
Except for CM11 M9 you did not give us anything to work with.
Give us the version numbers of:
- CROMi-X you were running
- your bootloader
- your recovery
My best guess is you are trying to flash something with an incompatible recovery, but that's just a wild guess.....
And stop flashing willy nilly until you know what's going on. You can brick this tablet if you try hard enough, you know....

berndblb said:
You are in fastboot mode when you see the three icons. Read the tiny script.
Except for CM11 M9 you did not give us anything to work with.
Give us the version numbers of:
- CROMi-X you were running
- your bootloader
- your recovery
My best guess is you are trying to flash something with an incompatible recovery, but that's just a wild guess.....
And stop flashing willy nilly until you know what's going on. You can brick this tablet if you try hard enough, you know....
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Hey bern,
Thanks for the reply.
My tablet got really slow so I decided to flash CM 11 M9, which is what I use on my Note 3.
I'm running TWRP 2.6.1.0. Not sure which CROMi I was running because I can't boot into Android. I did a data wipe prior to (attempting to) flashing CM11 and now it boots straight to recovery.
I read that TWRP is not compatible with CM11 and that I should flash CWM. But TWRP fails when I try to flash anything so I'm thinking I should attempt ADB sodeload or terminal command and load that way?
Thanks again
Edit: I downloaded CM11 M9 for tf700. I also tried various nightlies in case my original download was corrupt. It ends in failure

berndblb said:
You are in fastboot mode when you see the three icons. Read the tiny script.
Except for CM11 M9 you did not give us anything to work with.
Give us the version numbers of:
- CROMi-X you were running
- your bootloader
- your recovery
My best guess is you are trying to flash something with an incompatible recovery, but that's just a wild guess.....
And stop flashing willy nilly until you know what's going on. You can brick this tablet if you try hard enough, you know....
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Hi berndblb!
I'm also having this problem and I see that you're quite active in the TF700 forum that you could help me out. I wouldnt say I'm an expert but I have tinkered with phones (mostly Samsung and Nexus devices) in the past so I am familiar with ADB, terminal commands, flashing ROMs, etc.
I'm running TWRP 2.6.1. I was running CROMi-X (not sure which version) and wanted to flash OmniROM. However, TWRP would show "error flashing zip" and "failed" in red. I tried flashing a few other zips including TWRP 2.7.1.1 and CWM (I readTWRP is not compatible with some ROMs) and I would still get the error and "failed".
So now, I can't boot into the OS to flash a recovery via fastboot or via CWM Rom Manager, nor can I flash anything in TWRP. I also attempted to flash TWRP 2.7.1.1 via terminal command
HTML:
dd if=/sdcard/twrp.blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4[HTML]. I loads but it doesnt install when i restart my device.
What do you think I should try next? I'm getting pretty desperate at this point. Is my device bricked-bricked or can i salvage it?
Thanks!

oh.herro said:
Hi berndblb!
I'm also having this problem and I see that you're quite active in the TF700 forum that you could help me out. I wouldnt say I'm an expert but I have tinkered with phones (mostly Samsung and Nexus devices) in the past so I am familiar with ADB, terminal commands, flashing ROMs, etc.
I'm running TWRP 2.6.1. I was running CROMi-X (not sure which version) and wanted to flash OmniROM. However, TWRP would show "error flashing zip" and "failed" in red. I tried flashing a few other zips including TWRP 2.7.1.1 and CWM (I readTWRP is not compatible with some ROMs) and I would still get the error and "failed".
So now, I can't boot into the OS to flash a recovery via fastboot or via CWM Rom Manager, nor can I flash anything in TWRP. I also attempted to flash TWRP 2.7.1.1 via terminal command
HTML:
dd if=/sdcard/twrp.blob of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p4[HTML]. I loads but it doesnt install when i restart my device.
What do you think I should try next? I'm getting pretty desperate at this point. Is my device bricked-bricked or can i salvage it?
Thanks![/QUOTE]
Can you enter fastboot at all ?
Thx Josh
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r3dal3rt said:
Hey bern,
Thanks for the reply.
My tablet got really slow so I decided to flash CM 11 M9, which is what I use on my Note 3.
I'm running TWRP 2.6.1.0. Not sure which CROMi I was running because I can't boot into Android. I did a data wipe prior to (attempting to) flashing CM11 and now it boots straight to recovery.
I read that TWRP is not compatible with CM11 and that I should flash CWM. But TWRP fails when I try to flash anything so I'm thinking I should attempt ADB sodeload or terminal command and load that way?
Thanks again
Edit: I downloaded CM11 M9 for tf700. I also tried various nightlies in case my original download was corrupt. It ends in failure
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Right now the most important thing is the bootloader version ....
On the bootloader screen upper left there is a bootloader version in really small print ...
This is what we need to know ...
Thx Josh

lj50036 said:
Right now the most important thing is the bootloader version ....
On the bootloader screen upper left there is a bootloader version in really small print ...
This is what we need to know ...
Thx Josh
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Exactly.
I also would like to know how you performed the wipe you mentioned. The tablet booting only and straight to recovery would indicate that you used 'Wipe Data' from the bootloader???
Also, do not use ROM Manager. It does not work well with the Transformers and can cause a lot of problems.
I have a feeling another user is going to benefit from your excellent unbrick guide, Josh...
Aren't you glad you wrote it?? [emoji12]

lj50036 said:
Can you enter fastboot at all ?
Thx Josh
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Hi Josh. All i get is the Asus starting screen and "your device is unlocked". Power + vol down doesn't not take me to bootloader.

oh.herro said:
Hi Josh. All i get is the Asus starting screen and "your device is unlocked". Power + vol down doesn't not take me to bootloader.
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No boot to recovery ?
No bootloader ?
No nvflash blob backups ?
If that is the case then you are not looking good ...
There is no way out of this one ...
We need fastboot or recovery one or the other ..
Sorry for the bad news ....
Thx Josh

oh.herro said:
Hi Josh. All i get is the Asus starting screen and "your device is unlocked". Power + vol down doesn't not take me to bootloader.
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I agree with lj - not looking good. [emoji17]
Do you have adb access when it boots to the Asus splash screen?

[Q] fastboot and adb issue...I think

Hi all,
So I need some help. I was in the process of rooting and installing a rom on my TF300T a while back. So I got TWRP 2.6.3.0 installed, and before I could get a rom installed I started having issues with my computer. So I reformatted my hard drive and reinstalled windows. After that, I put back on minimal adb and fastboot, the ASUS drivers, etc. and things seemed like they weren't talking to each other anymore. Fastboot will see the device, but I can't do anything, tried flashing a newer version of the recovery to no avail, and adb kill me the "server is out of data. killing..." message.
So this is where I'm at, any help would be greatly appreciated!

Anyone have any insight into this?

macinjosh1 said:
Anyone have any insight into this?
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if you are already rooted you can flash a newer version of twrp from terminal emulator

[Completed] Bricked phone, need assistance

I tried to flash android 6.0.0 but something happened and it wouldn't let me access the operating system so i went ahead and wiped the OS with TWRP which i have done in the past so I thought I could work out what to do from there.
I ended up flashing android 6.0.0 but it didn't flash properly which caused TWRP to be removed. At the moment I can only access bootloader and Im not sure what to do to make my phone work again. I don't have an OS or TWRP.
Please help.

XDA Visitor said:
I tried to flash android 6.0.0 but something happened and it wouldn't let me access the operating system so i went ahead and wiped the OS with TWRP which i have done in the past so I thought I could work out what to do from there.
I ended up flashing android 6.0.0 but it didn't flash properly which caused TWRP to be removed. At the moment I can only access bootloader and Im not sure what to do to make my phone work again. I don't have an OS or TWRP.
Please help.
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Hello, and thank you for using XDA Assist!
Should be just as easy as going into the bootloader, connecting your phone to your PC, and then re-flashing TWRP.
Example command from the PC:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery /path/to/twrp.img
If I could get your device's make/model/carrier, I may be able to help further (device sounds like a Nexus 5 or 6, so above is based on such).
Hope this helps.

No OS installed message in twrp in ONE plus one

HI All,
Post this week, i tried to flash the lineage 15.1 in my One plus one using TWRP. Actually, I want this to be clean flash, so i wiped cache, system & Data except Internal storage. When I flashed the ROM, I got ERROR 7 and eventually it was failed. So i tried to reboot my mobile and in reboot screen I saw this message "NO OS IS INSTALLED ARE YOU SURE TO REBOOT"? and when i rebooted my device, its showing ONE PLUS logo and Android logo. Also, whenever i tried to connect my device to laptop, its not getting detected and it showing message" as malfunctioned. Above all, to the height of stupidity, I didnt take a backup before I flash this rom.
Please someone help me to resolve this issue.

TWRP version?
can you connect your phone to a desktop/laptop?
if possible , then just download the rom of your choice, copy it into your phone's internal storage. and flash it.

se7enlyn said:
TWRP version?
can you connect your phone to a desktop/laptop?
if possible , then just download the rom of your choice, copy it into your phone's internal storage. and flash it.
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Thanks for the reply .
TWRP version is 3.0.2-0. And my device is not getting detected when i connect it to laptop. And OTG is not detected in TWRP.

you will need TWRp 3.2.1-0
no roms in your internal storage?
guess you will need to find a desktop/laptop which will recognise your OPO.

se7enlyn said:
you will need TWRp 3.2.1-0
no roms in your internal storage?
guess you will need to find a desktop/laptop which will recognise your OPO.
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I have lineage 15.1 rom in my Internal storage for which I'm getting error 7: while flashing it. I have tried 2 other laptops which also couldnt recognise my OPO..

@Timmmmaaahh
help please
any suggestions?

se7enlyn said:
@Timmmmaaahh
help please
any suggestions?
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Please help me @Timmmmaaahh

Try booting in your recovery. Normally your PC can detect the device as USB storage. Than copy the actual recovery (I think it's version 3.2.1) and the zip file of your rom to the device.
Then install the new recovery from within the recovery.
Reboot in to the new recovery. Install your rom and reboot.
Sorry for not giving links to the latest recovery. But in not at home. Hope I could help.

Gaukler_Faun said:
Try booting in your recovery. Normally your PC can detect the device as USB storage. Than copy the actual recovery (I think it's version 3.2.1) and the zip file of your rom to the device.
Then install the new recovery from within the recovery.
Reboot in to the new recovery. Install your rom and reboot.
Sorry for not giving links to the latest recovery. But in not at home. Hope I could help.
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Thanks for the reply..
Now the problem is that my device is not detected by laptop even after booting device in recovery mode TWRP.

dhana101 said:
Thanks for the reply..
Now the problem is that my device is not detected by laptop even after booting device in recovery mode TWRP.
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The issue got fixed. My mobile got detected in laptop & i flashed lineage 15.1 rom. Thanks everyone for ur time to reply. This is thread can be closed.

dhana101 said:
The issue got fixed. My mobile got detected in laptop & i flashed lineage 15.1 rom. Thanks everyone for ur time to reply. This is thread can be closed.
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Eh.. You're welcome? lol
Driver issue? 15 second adb installer kicks ass when getting your system flash-ready.

dhana101 said:
The issue got fixed. My mobile got detected in laptop & i flashed lineage 15.1 rom. Thanks everyone for ur time to reply. This is thread can be closed.
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lucky you.
take this as a lesson learnt.
always keep some roms/gaaps in your internal storage so that you can flash from twrp in case a similar incident happens in future. or make sure you have an OTG cable+USB thumbdrive which you can use if a PC is not available.
Use the official TWRP 3.2.1-0 and update when available.
Keep a nandroid copy
KEEP A COPY OF YOUR IMEI/MODEMS SOMEWHERE