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I Am unable to mount system or cache either and also i cant flash certain files from my CWM recovery I think it is because I forgot to root my device before flashing the CWM from stock recovery. Now I can't do nandroid backup or root the device either i need help. The data speed is too slow at my home I'll not be able to download stock rom (it would take days to download)... Is there any way??
smartananallavan said:
I Am unable to mount system or cache either and also i cant flash certain files from my CWM recovery I think it is because I forgot to root my device before flashing the CWM from stock recovery. Now I can't do nandroid backup or root the device either i need help. The data speed is too slow at my home I'll not be able to download stock rom (it would take days to download)... Is there any way??
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Recovery Mode doesn't need root to function. Try the Universal GB Root package and tell me what happens, a bit more information would be helpful, like, if an error shows, or something like that...
EDIT: OH! I just realized what is happening! You are using CWM with a Stock ROM that you want to root, right? Well, CWM does NOT support .EFS file systems. It can't mount the /system/ partition to write on it. When you install a custom ROM with it, it re-formats the system partition to EXT4. So, you can't use both a Stock ROM and CWM. They do not support each other. You need to flash a custom ROM. Or use the Stock Recovery to flash the Root Zip.
another trouble.....
thanks i figured that out but also now there is another problem...please help me.
I downloaded the stock rom and it has only two files ( a .dll and an file HOME.tar) but i loaded the file as PDA in
odin and now there comes the problem.... the drivers are setup and the ID:COM section turns yellow and then in the
logs everything proceeds good and gets stuck at the setupconnection stage. I'll try to post the screen shot
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thanks i figured that out but also now there is another problem...please help me.
I downloaded the stock rom and it has only two files ( a .dll and an file HOME.tar) but i loaded the file as PDA in
odin and now there comes the problem.... the drivers are setup and the ID:COM section turns yellow and then in the
logs everything proceeds good and gets stuck at the setupconnection stage. I'll try to post the screen shot
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Ok, i'll wait for the screenshot =)
Also, this is a first i have ever heard of this problem. If the drivers are OK, Odin is showing the COM Port, and the Setup begins, my only guess is that you got the wrong flash files... Are you sure you'r device is "s5670"? not some other model? Also, i recommend downloading official firmware from SamFirmware. But for now, i wait for screenie =)
smartananallavan said:
thanks i figured that out but also now there is another problem...please help me.
I downloaded the stock rom and it has only two files ( a .dll and an file HOME.tar) but i loaded the file as PDA in
odin and now there comes the problem.... the drivers are setup and the ID:COM section turns yellow and then in the
logs everything proceeds good and gets stuck at the setupconnection stage. I'll try to post the screen shot
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Don't load it as PDA, instead load it as One Package(home.tar.md5 file)
my samsung doesnt open
i tried to install cyanogen 10.4.1 jelly bean to my galaxy fit but i didnt root it first i realized that later and it couldnt wipe and couldnt install the update. the problem is that it doesnt open any more. it stays at galaxy fit screen what can i do to restore it?
Stay Calm Bro
koukis32 said:
i tried to install cyanogen 10.4.1 jelly bean to my galaxy fit but i didnt root it first i realized that later and it couldnt wipe and couldnt install the update. the problem is that it doesnt open any more. it stays at galaxy fit screen what can i do to restore it?
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Hi @koukis32
Dnt wry Bro ur cell is just fine please download the Firmware pages that you want to flash from the link below by entering your phone model number or i shall also paste link where in you can download the package directly also.
You can find the required ODIN Firmware Package as you wish for the ODIN tool
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/ and put in the Device Model Number and download it
or complete Firmware Package of Gingerbread 2.3.6 DDKT3 you can find the link below
http://hotfile.com/dl/146050815/b3b9...2_INU.zip.html in case this link doesn't work please download the Packages from above link as I can't check it from my office so dntmnd
For ODIN Flashing Tool:
http://www.downloads.techdiscussion....ting-software/
and Procedure to Flash is:
- Shutdown Galaxy Fit and restart it in Recovery Mode. For that hold the volume down key + Home key and power key. Hold it for some seconds and leave it. The device will boot in recovery mode. When the yellow triangle, connect cell phone and a computer with a USB cable.
- Launch ODIN on your system. In that look under ID:COM section. The section will turn to yellow once the device is connected and detected.
- Now click on OPS. It will ask you to browse the downloaded firmware package. Browse to GIO_1.0.ops. Once it is selected click on One Package and choose S5670DDKT3_S5670ODDKT2_S5670DDKT2_HOME.tar.md5.
- Now click on Start. The update process has started and it will take few minutes to complete.
- Once it is done, the device will reboot itself. Later on you can go in Settings and checkout the firmware version.
And considering still you still in Galaxy Fit Page then go take a break and relax and follow the instructions in the link which I have shared you phone will come back to life.
http://www.androidauthority.com/how...xy-fit-s5670-android-2-3-4-gingerbread-35369/
follow the picture carefully.
:good::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
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Ok, i'll wait for the screenshot =)
Also, this is a first i have ever heard of this problem. If the drivers are OK, Odin is showing the COM Port, and the Setup begins, my only guess is that you got the wrong flash files... Are you sure you'r device is "s5670"? not some other model? Also, i recommend downloading official firmware from SamFirmware. But for now, i wait for screenie =)
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thaks for helping sorry for the long Delay. solved the problem!!!! just downloaded a stock deodexed rom.zip and flashed...... booted up fine
Please note: I know there are other guides here on XDA but none worked for me, so I'm writing this to help other stuck people.
Disclaimer: I tested this on my XT1032, I don't know if or how it will work on other variants. Following this guide you'll lose all data on your phone, make sure to backup important stuff. I'm not responsible for what you do to your phone following this guide (anyway if you're here probably you have not much to lose...)
Introduction
What happened: a couple of weeks ago I wanted to try GPE rom on my XT1032, so I flashed the appropriate rom for my device (4.4.3 KOT49H.M004) and then applied OTA (4.4.3 KOT49H.M004 to 4.4.4 KTU84P.M003). Today I decided to go back to stock, so I rebooted in bootloader mode and tried to flash stock 4.4.3.
Result: a bunch of fastboot errors, ranging from "wrong size partitions", to "preflash validation failed", to ... well I don't remember all of them, as I said they were a lot..
Then I tried older versions, I tried to reflash 4.4.3 GPE, I tried to follow guides, here on XDA and around the vast internet.. All with no luck. Until I found one and, long story short I did it. I'm back to stock 4.4.4 (flashed stock 4.4.3 and applied OTA)
I'm sharing this what I did to recover from the soft-brick, hoping to help someone. This guide is not a temporary workaround while waiting for full 4.4.4 GPE image, this will fully restore your Moto G.
Let's start
- Make sure you have fastboot drivers installed (if you managed to soft-brick it you probably have them already installed, otherwise you can get them here)
- Download and extract this
- Reboot your phone in fastboot mode (keep Volume Down and Power buttons pressed for about 5 seconds then release the power button) and plug it to the PC
- Open the extracted folder and run "GPE_XT1032_KOT49H.M004_CFC.bat". Wait for it to finish (ignore errors, they're normal), then reboot to bootloader again (choose Normal powerup and keep pressed Volume Down until it boots to bootloader again)
- Download and extract this (mirror)
- Open the extracted folder and run THE FILE "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img.bat" (poorly chosen filenames, I know)
- Wait for it to finish, then choose "Recovery" item in bootloader and let it reboot to recovery.
- Go to "mounts and storage" and select "format cache", confirm, then select "format /data and /data/media", confirm.
- Go back to main menu and select "wipe data/factory", confirm.
- Return to the folder and run the file "adb push a.zip sdcard a.zip.bat", let it finish (it will take a couple of minutes, the window will close itself when done).
- From recovery select "install zip", then "choose zip from sd card" and select "a.zip". Let it finish, then go back to main menu and choose "power options", then "reboot to bootloader"
- Download and extract this (mirror)
- Open the extracted folder and run "flashall.bat". You should see no error (I got an error while it was flashing recovery but this is not important, what you should notice is that all the errors you got before are gone). Let it finish, then give it some time to boot.
Enjoy
You're done. Now you should have a stock 4.4.2 retail EU moto g. At this point you can flash the rom you want (for example, I flashed the original retail de, since my phone is german) without getting errors
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More or less I followed this, but I wrote the exact steps I made, I fixed wrong commands and uploaded a more complete version for last file
i have the same problem... i am waiting for thoe missing files... and i will try to go back to stock
EDIT i can't download the filles from mega
and the first download is broken
bannab said:
i have the same problem... i am waiting for thoe missing files... and i will try to go back to stock
EDIT i can't download the filles from mega
and the first download is broken
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I fixed first link, I'm going to check the one from mega... If you find some other problems please let me know so I'll update
Edit: mega link is working. I suppose you're from Italy (me too), it's a DNS problem (mega has been blocked by AGCOM). you can follow this guide to change dns to google ones (8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4). When you downloaded the file you can set them back to auto. If someone can suggest an alternative good host (and possibly a way to directly upload from mega (I have a veeeeery slow upload bandwidth) I'll appreciate
i have already tried that method but no luck..
bannab said:
i have already tried that method but no luck..
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Try with tor bundle.. It's a version of firefox modified for privacy and security purposes, you should be able to download from mega with it
Or this
nope
again lo luck for me.. flash of stock gives me always the same errors.. i think i will keep gpe with root... and wait for a camera with slow-mo..
bannab said:
again lo luck for me.. flash of stock gives me always the same errors.. i think i will keep gpe with root... and wait for a camera with slow-mo..
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Did you follow exactly the guide? Did you get errors while wiping or flashing a.zip from recovery?
flashing stock
maybe beacuse i have booted after flashing gpe... i needed to boot it beacuse adb gives me error (device not found)
so i will keep gpe
bannab said:
flashing stock
maybe beacuse i have booted after flashing gpe... i needed to boot it beacuse adb gives me error (device not found)
so i will keep gpe
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That is due to drivers.. OK, in case you do it again, check recovery messages to be sure it's doing its things
You saved my phone, thank you ! :victory:
JcruzV said:
You saved my phone, thank you ! :victory:
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You're welcome.. That little heart attack when you see it's not booting and it doesn't flash anything [emoji1]
It worked! Thank you.
doodoo28s said:
It worked! Thank you.
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Glad I helped
Thank's my Friend ! You have save my phone ! Thank youuuuuuu !!!!!!! <3
Hello.I tried to root my device with superboot and now my phone is not booting up,i tried to reboot but still the same,my screen stays black.Can this fix my phone? thnks
Nicolae-Daniel said:
Hello.I tried to root my device with superboot and now my phone is not booting up,i tried to reboot but still the same,my screen stays black.Can this fix my phone? thnks
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This is useful if you can't flash anything. If you can, you can just flash stock or custom ROM
i suceed come back to 4.4.2 stock!!! thank you!!!!
finally a fix
thanks for posting this fix and all the others involved. i'm on EU so now i have to get back to my regular 4.4.4 Google Play Edition. this is good till i can get that back. been trying for 2 weeks to unbrick this thing and now i have it. thanks again and to the member JcruzV who linked this post. and not to forget PhilZ. :good:
bootsie35 said:
thanks for posting this fix and all the others involved. i'm on EU so now i have to get back to my regular 4.4.4 Google Play Edition. this is good till i can get that back. been trying for 2 weeks to unbrick this thing and now i have it. thanks again and to the member JcruzV who linked this post. and not to forget PhilZ. :good:
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Didn't know this was linked in other threads
I hope this will be sticked or something, to avoid being forgotten in a couple of months. When I was searching how to unbrick I read of people who gave up and bought a replacement, wasting money when fortunately there is a solution
It did work!
I used Linux, so had to change a few things in the command files.
There are also two things:
1.
adb push a.zip /sdcard/a.zip - no apsce before the 2nd a.zip
2.
after the 3rd step recovery complains about "new ROM will overwrite recovery" - I have answered Yes.
I have got also another problem. Meanwhile I tried to recover my phone after the downgrade from 4.4.4 GPE to 4.4.2 Motorola ROM (before this thread), I have lost the IMEI... Currently it's still 0.
Anyone have an idea to recover this?
UPDATE:
Hey guys,
One of our Romanian fellows has found an article with a much easier ROOTing method, in case you're wondering: http://www.androidvillaz.com/2015/11/how-to-root-gionee-m5-and-install-twrp-recovery.html
This one should be pretty easy and straight forward. ( thanks ovi_jer! )
The BACKUP part of the tutorial is stil valid and can be used to fully backup your STOCK ROM before you start rooting your device.
Best of luck!
Backup
Before doing anything, I strongly recommend that you perform a full backup in case something goes wrong along the way and you manage to brick your phone (I've bricked mine several times until I found the right method).
Once your drivers are installed you'll need to connect your phone to your PC
Drag down the notification bar and click on the "Connected as a media device" notification
Make sure "USB debugging is on"
Open "SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1528.00.000\flash_tool.exe"
Click on the "Download" tab
Click on the "Scatter-loading" button on the top-right
Select the "Allview_P8_Energy_0102_V6063_STOCK_scatter.txt" scatter file from the "ROM_Allview_P8_Energy_0102_V6063" folder that was created when you've unzipped the kit
Now click on the "Readback" tab
Click the "Add" button on the top-left
Once the new entry is added in the list below, double-click it and a file dialog will open
Now give your ROM BACKUP a name (you will need this later on in case you want to perform an emergency recovery)
Select the folder where you wish to place your new backup and click Save
A new popup will open allowing us to set the readback block start address - make sure Type: Hex is selected
Make sure start address is 0x0000000000000000
In the Length box, put this: 0x00000000d7800000
Click on OK
And now, to begin the readback (backup) procedure, you'll need to click on the Read Back button (top-center)
Now reboot your phone (long-press the Lock button on your phone until the Power Off/Reboot dialog appears and select REBOOT)
Once the phone reboots the SPF app should start saving the phone memory to file, and your backup is created
Once you see a green success message, you can safely turn your phone back on (unplug USB and long press the Lock button until the screen turns on)
Good luck!
downloading ), finger crossed ), thank you
next thing to try is xposed )
step 1 : flashed, no errors
step 2 : booting , optimising app ; probably did not format my old data partition ?
criszz said:
downloading ), finger crossed ), thank you
next thing to try is xposed )
step 1 : flashed, no errors
step 2 : booting , optimising app
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Glad to hear it. I might have noticed some issues with the network settings (for some reason my 2G network doesn't seem to work but it might be because I've overwritten something with the Gionee versions and forgot to restore it from the Allview version) - I'll investigate this further and come up with a solution.
Cheers!
step 3 : launcher stopped first second after boot, looping
step 4 : restart to recovery, here surpiseeeee : stock recovery, i flashed with twrp one )
step 5 : i will flash again, if factory reset not solve it
step 6 : fixed with factory reset , next step is to flash twrp
i don't have any problems with sim or network signals, except my imei are reversed, imei 1 are in imei 2 slot )), checked with *#06#
edit 7, tried to flash twrp again, same thing , stock recovery are present ), flashed both file, flashed my twrp file, the same stock is always present ))
NOW WORKING !! FULL ROM, ROOT &TWRP
Do you think allview firmare will work on M5? Am asking so that people will not go and end up with bricked phones
Sent from my HTC One dual sim using Tapatalk
mathy007 said:
Do you think allview firmare will work on M5? Am asking so that people will not go and end up with bricked phones
Sent from my HTC One dual sim using Tapatalk
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YES, i came from your rom who worked on mine, now working allview rom , rooted
criszz said:
step 3 : launcher stopped first second after boot, looping
step 4 : restart to recovery, here surpiseeeee : stock recovery, i flashed with twrp one )
step 5 : i will flash again, if factory reset not solve it
step 6 : fixed with factory reset , next step is to flash twrp
i don't have any problems with sim or network signals, except my imei are reversed, imei 1 are in imei 2 slot )), checked with *#06#
edit 7, tried to flash twrp again, same thing , stock recovery are present ), flashed both file, flashed my twrp file, the same stock is always present ))
NOW WORKING !! FULL ROM, ROOT &TWRP
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I flashed with the TWRP scatter and TWRP wasn't installed just stock recovery. So did you flash the TWRP recovery manually?
EDIT - To say I manully flashed the TWRP recovery and worked fine
Spare parts for Energy P8
As a quick update: I've hard-bricked mine . I then went for the battery (to do a hard reset) then while putting the screws back, I've accidentally put a longer screw in the wrong place and pierced my screen :silly:
So now I have spare parts for the Allview Energy P8 But nevertheless, it's still an awesome phone and I've already placed an order for another one.
Can't wait to get my new Energy P8 :crying:
Cheers!
Damn, sorry to hear that (((((((((((((((((((((((((((
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Damn, sorry to hear that (((((((((((((((((((((((((((
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Oh well, that happens. It's funny that it had nothing to do with the rooting itself ) It was just me playing around... Anyway, I've decided to cancel my order and just call Allview - maybe they can change just the case & screen, which should be cheaper than getting a new one fingers crossed.
I'll post the questions I receive in private just in case there are other people who could use the answer.
ganiyuwale said:
A big thank you for the rooting and custom rom you developed for gionee m5 and also sorry abt ur fone as well. But i will want you to describe only the rooting process and give me all the necessary file to achieve that including the sptool you use, ve been trying to do dat for the past two days but no success (thanks to crizzy and glbsolutions) but I still can't flash twrp (error message "PMT change for the rom").
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The files that I've used to root it are all present in the Preparation section: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B4y-lCr0oBtjcV9WcDJEb2hkcFE/view?pli=1
WARNING: I have not tested this for the Gionee Marathon M5 (only for Allview Energy P8 which is a rebranded version of the M5).
I recommend that you follow all the steps: Preparation, Backup, Flashing TWRP/STOCK (this is the part where it replaces your ROM with a rootable one) and then the activation of Root.
I believe you got stuck at the Flashing part. The trick I did was to use my STOCK ROM files but I've replaced the recovery.img file with the TWRP recovery (which also has rooting ability).
Simply get a copy of your ROM (see this post for links - don't forget to give thanks! - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=63816091&postcount=68 )
Replace the recovery.img file in your Gionee Stock ROM with the recovery_twrp.img you find in the Allview ZIP (ROM_Allview_P8_Energy_0102_V6063/recovery_twrp.img)
Make sure ONLY recovery and system are checked!
Don't forget to wipe the cache and user data - maybe @criszz has a few tips here?
You should now have your stock ROM with TWRP recovery installed. Once you have that, simply follow the steps in the ROOT section above and you should be fine.
Cheers!
My phone is Allview branded but before to put this rom was with gionee stock rom. I flashed allview rom and with allview scater i put twrp, with whole rom, not just twrp. Flashed 3 times before twrp to work ))
Sent from my P8_Energy_M5_Marathon
criszz said:
My phone is Allview branded but before to put this rom was with gionee stock rom. I flashed allview rom and with allview scater i put twrp, with whole rom, not just twrp. Flashed 3 times before twrp to work ))
Sent from my P8_Energy_M5_Marathon
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I think mine worked on the first run because I did an OEM Unlock before starting
WARNING: Performing an OEM Unlock will prevent your phone from booting, so make sure you have everything ready for flashing before doing that!
To perform the OEM Unlock you'll need to:
Enable OEM unlock from Developer options
Connect your phone to your pc via USB
run: adb reboot bootloader
then to unlock run: fastboot oem unlock
Cheers!
don't do that like me, after putting the rom, you will have bootlop and twrp bakup doesn't help. Now i'm flasing again with bootloader unloked )
hmmm, after flash im still not able to restore my data ), maybe it must be unlocked again, are you sure you flashed with bootloader unlocked?
locked bootloader again, still not working, i will flash gionee stock rom and again after allview rom with twrp )
criszz said:
My phone is Allview branded but before to put this rom was with gionee stock rom. I flashed allview rom and with allview scater i put twrp, with whole rom, not just twrp. Flashed 3 times before twrp to work ))
Sent from my P8_Energy_M5_Marathon
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My phone is a Chinese Gionee M5 and I've had both the stock Gionee Amigo ROM with TWRP and now the Allview ROM with TWRP running on it
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criszz said:
don't do that like me, after putting the rom, you will have bootlop and twrp bakup doesn't help. Now i'm flasing again with bootloader unloked )
hmmm, after flash im still not able to restore my data ), maybe it must be unlocked again, are you sure you flashed with bootloader unlocked?
locked bootloader again, still not working, i will flash gionee stock rom and again after allview rom with twrp )
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@criszz I flashed all files from the Allview ROM, rebooted and went into the ROM to check it was working, I then rebooted into recovery but it was stock recovery. I then just flashed the TWRP recovery (by choosing same scatter file but only ticking recovery). I then booted into recovery and TWRP was there
after some work i concluded : is not worth to unlock bootloader, so stay away of that.
Finnaly i restore my twrp bakup back right now.
For anyone who has 'Invalid IMEI' after flashing (as I did). Here's how I solved:
1. Download 'MTK Engineering Mode' from the playstore
2. Open app and select 'MTK Settings', scroll to 'Connectivity' tab then select 'CDS Information'
3. Select 'Radio Information' then SIM 1
4. Type AT +EGMR=1,7,"INSERT YOUR IMEI HERE", then Send AT Command
5. Select 'Radio Information' then SIM 2
6. Type AT +EGMR=1,10,"INSERT YOUR IMEI HERE", then Send AT Command
7. reboot and all was OK
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Hi tipuban, thank you sooooooooooo muuuuuuuuuuch for this tuto. I have a question for you if you may. But first a little notification to help you (You will need to download the Allview_P8_Energy_0102_V6063.zip file and unpack it somewhere you can access the contents.) i tried to download but the link don't work for me . Before asking my question, i want to tell you that i have a gionee marathon m5 with androide 5.1 but with the memory leak issue problem, that's why i posted a thread here to ask help to dowgrade to kitkat. Now my question for you is : if i follow your tuto flash the TWRP, root my phone with the stock Rom gave, will this androide problem disappear or it still gonna be present? Thanks
adamyd said:
Hi tipuban, thank you sooooooooooo muuuuuuuuuuch for this tuto. I have a question for you if you may. But first a little notification to help you (You will need to download the Allview_P8_Energy_0102_V6063.zip file and unpack it somewhere you can access the contents.) i tried to download but the link don't work for me . Before asking my question, i want to tell you that i have a gionee marathon m5 with androide 5.1 but with the memory leak issue problem, that's why i posted a thread here to ask help to dowgrade to kitkat. Now my question for you is : if i follow your tuto flash the TWRP, root my phone with the stock Rom gave, will this androide problem disappear or it still gonna be present? Thanks
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Hi adamyd,
Unfortunately it seems that somebody reported the file and Google has taken it down, which means that either Allview or Gionee do not want the software online for public access. Makes you wonder why wouldn't they want that tho... I feel this issue requires a bit of paranoia here so I'll investigate this as soon as I'll have some free time. Could it be collecting personal data? Usage patterns? Just wondering...
Aaanyhow, until some official from Allview or Gionee gives us green light to post their ROM online, we will have to do this manually.
Regarding the memory leak, I'm not aware if the Gionee ROM or the Allview ROM have this issue fixed - haven't had any problems with it so far.
Now, if you still want to root your phone the manual way, here is a suggestion of how it could be done (that's how I did it):
First, you will need to follow the steps mentioned in the Backup section of the tutorial and then generate your own ROM, which means you'll have to:
Download the SPFT application from the web (try searching XDA or simply use Google).
Get the scatter file for the Gionee Marathon M5 device ( try googling for "MT6735_Android_scatter.txt" ).
Follow the rest of the backup procedure described in the tutorial.
Dice the backup file (resulted from the BACKUP operation) into actual partition images, replace the recovery image file with the TWRP_recovery one and finally flash the entire MODIFIED ROM to your phone's memory.
Let me know if you choose to go the manual route, and I'll post a tutorial on how to accomplish #4 in the list above.
Cheers!
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Hi adamyd,
Unfortunately it seems that somebody reported the file and Google has taken it down, which means that either Allview or Gionee do not want the software online for public access. Makes you wonder why wouldn't they want that tho... I feel this issue requires a bit of paranoia here so I'll investigate this as soon as I'll have some free time. Could it be collecting personal data? Usage patterns? Just wondering...
Aaanyhow, until some official from Allview or Gionee gives us green light to post their ROM online, we will have to do this manually.
Regarding the memory leak, I'm not aware if the Gionee ROM or the Allview ROM have this issue fixed - haven't had any problems with it so far.
Now, if you still want to root your phone the manual way, here is a suggestion of how it could be done (that's how I did it):
First, you will need to follow the steps mentioned in the Backup section of the tutorial and then generate your own ROM, which means you'll have to:
Download the SPFT application from the web (try searching XDA or simply use Google).
Get the scatter file for the Gionee Marathon M5 device ( try googling for "MT6735_Android_scatter.txt" ).
Follow the rest of the backup procedure described in the tutorial.
Dice the backup file (resulted from the BACKUP operation) into actual partition images, replace the recovery image file with the TWRP_recovery one and finally flash the entire MODIFIED ROM to your phone's memory.
Let me know if you choose to go the manual route, and I'll post a tutorial on how to accomplish #4 in the list above.
Cheers!
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Hi tipuban. Thanks for the quick answer. Of course i'm interested in rooting my phone manually so it would be awesome if you do that tutorial on the 4th step. Thanks so much for your time ??
I tried to flash with odin with stock rom https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...t-cyanogenmod-11-samsung-galaxy-core-t3468602 but it failed on system.img.ext4 . Now i cant boot anywhere but download menu .
Can anyone help me ?
then its not exactly bricked. And you have not flashed the stock rom. ITS CM and not stock. Here is a small guide:
1. download the right versions of the software. or Google and find your country variant version and download it. you can download them from here: https://androidmtk.com/samsung-galaxy-core-duos-i8262-stock-rom.
2. Make sure to use a Good USB Cable with no lose connections on either side and connect you rphone in download mode and wait till it gets preopely detected by ODIN.( Download ODIN 3.07 and load the rom in PDA. You might need to extract the rom so that you can get that .tar.md5 extension.)
3. Thats it.
If u want that CynogenMod Rom then please flash the twrp and download the firmware and paste it into sd or transfer to phone or push it using adb. And click wipe and wipe dalvik and cache. then install and select the rom and install. Its that easy. If you got any doubts just DM me. Just wanna say that many apps don work on the rom that you are going to flash. Try cosmic rom. Its good.
P.S I know it really pisses when no one reply after so long. ( i saw it now so tried to post it asap). Good luck with the device. and yeah no need to laugh on my bad English. I am serology considering on ways o improve it.
My galaxy core never turned on
What is the solution
Unbrick tool by One-Team - EypCnn
First: This tool seems to be from EypCnn, One-Team. All credits to them!
EDIT2: I no longer own this device, so i will leave this thread here for people to use. But don't expect any direct support from me .
What can this tool do?:
Restore phone to Stock(International) Firmware (S048) Marshmallow (Locked & Unlocked bootloader)
Fix Lost or bad Signal / IMEI any software Problem
For who does this work?
Pretty much any Lenovo P2 Variant (Chinese and International)
Phones which can access bootloader(you have to boot into it)
Works on Locked & Unlocked Bootloader
Installation aka. Flashing-Steps
Put your phone into bootloader (which is also fastboot) mode.
Download the folder and unzip it.
Connect your phone to your pc.
Go into the unzipped folder and open "flashall - stock reco.bat"
Wait, for the process to end, your phone will reboot on its own.! A stock lenovo bootlogo will show up !
You can disconnect your phone cable from pc and plug into a wall charger, just to be safe. Once the lockscreen is showing up, you're done.
If you want to flash Custom Roms:
look below:
WHEN MOVING TO CUSTOM ROMS NOW:
1. Boot to twrp. (Make sure it is pietwrp from telegram or the official 3.2.3 or later version)
2. Select WIPE menu option
3. Select data partition
4. Change file format to f2fs or anyother.
5. Go back to Start Menu of TWRP, choose Reboot Menu Option
6.Reboot to Recovery
7. Repeat Steps 2 and 3
8. This time select EXT4 when changing file format
9. Do Step 5 and 6
10. Wipe System,Cache and Dalvik-Cache partitions
( for older twrp versions: 10.1 If you're on official twrp 3.2.3 or lower, you have to flash pietwrp or latest twrp now !)
11. Flash your Custom Rom, Gapps (optional) and latest Magisk(optional)
12. Wipe Cache and Dalvik-Cache
13. Reboot. First Boot might take a few minutes but never longer than 7minutes.
If it takes longer, you're encounter a so called bootloop.
Comment hear if that happens, containing information on your twrp-version, rom, gapps, magisk and mods(if present) you're using.
When you corrupt your internal Storage or geht TWRP Error 1001, Error 7:
1. Repeat steps 2-6
2. Repeat steps 7-8
Download(Official Link)
2nd Link(reuploaded because some couldn't download it from androidfilehost): https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wUOZiTwW8mo0IheAGONyj9-QnjimnY2M
I will help if questions arise.
Credits to One-Team & EypCnn.
Thanks a lot. You literally saved my life!
Works like Magic
Thanks a lot for saving my ass . simplest way to downgrade to mm too. Thanks again
Wait.... downgrade to MM? Does this mean you can regain your signal or did @krishnakoonala get it wrong?
I have a spare P2 lying around that I never used because the IMEI got corrupted and I couldn't flash the bootloader files since I was unlocked.
I assume this wouldn't solve my issue?
eried1 said:
Wait.... downgrade to MM? Does this mean you can regain your signal or did @krishnakoonala get it wrong?
I have a spare P2 lying around that I never used because the IMEI got corrupted and I couldn't flash the bootloader files since I was unlocked.
I assume this wouldn't solve my issue?
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My p2 was bricked and , stuck in boot loop. I followed the above instructions, 10 mins into it , it booted with mm version, the same version when i bought and booted for 1st time. It was like a new phone to me.
So i assume if one has upgraded to noughat and want to downgrade but is worried he might brick his device, one can take a back up and try this tool. It works flawless.
No harm in trying this one if ur p2 can boot up mate. Give it a shot. Good luck
Cheers
This tool has saved my device from multiple over a span of two years soft bricks. Can confirm it to do wonders.
eried1 said:
Wait.... downgrade to MM? Does this mean you can regain your signal or did @krishnakoonala get it wrong?
I have a spare P2 lying around that I never used because the IMEI got corrupted and I couldn't flash the bootloader files since I was unlocked.
I assume this wouldn't solve my issue?
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THis will solve your problem , Cheers.
I tried but cannot download it - do you where to find it?
can i flash this without pc?? if yes please tell how
@sm00th4f3 bro, i wanna know, does this tool flashes full ROM including modem files etc, even on unlocked bootloader?
What is the state of bootloader after using this tool?
amansehdav said:
@sm00th4f3 bro, i wanna know, does this tool flashes full ROM including modem files etc, even on unlocked bootloader?
What is the state of bootloader after using this tool?
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It flashed everything you have when you buy a new phone. And no, it doesn't lock your bootloader.
So you can either :
- keep using MM Stock Rom S048
- Update via ota in System like you normally would do.
- Update till latest Firmware, then flash twrp- and then Custom Rom of your Choice.
Bootloader is in the same state it was before you used this tool.
sm00th4f3 said:
It flashed everything you have when you buy a new phone. And no, it doesn't lock your bootloader.
So you can either :
- keep using MM Stock Rom S048
- Update via ota in System like you normally would do.
- Update till latest Firmware, then flash twrp- and then Custom Rom of your Choice.
Bootloader is in the same state it was before you used this tool.
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So how does it fixes corrupted modems? it cannot be flashed on unlocked P2 right?
amansehdav said:
So how does it fixes corrupted modems? it cannot be flashed on unlocked P2 right?
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I literally just answered it above somewhere.
(Literally in thread description)
You can flash it on unlocked bootloader or locked as well.
So many thanks for bringing up tis tool for us!
This thread should be stick as the "New user" thread is, they definitely belong together.
Download source
Thanks guys, if this works I can now revive my phone. But can someone please upload the tool to another place like google drive. From android filehost it will take an eternity to download!
HkQc said:
So many thanks for bringing up tis tool for us!
This thread should be stick as the "New user" thread is, they definitely belong together.
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I didn't bring it up, i just linked it . All Credits belong to ONE TEAM and EypCnn.
ryd3r89 said:
Thanks guys, if this works I can now revive my phone. But can someone please upload the tool to another place like google drive. From android filehost it will take an eternity to download!
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Link updated, Cheers
Lavesh05 said:
can i flash this without pc?? if yes please tell how
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Nah you need a Computer for this.
no signal after using "flashall - stock reco.bat", it finished successfully, but after rom setup still no signal
GPSSlovakia said:
no signal after using "flashall - stock reco.bat", it finished successfully, but after rom setup still no signal
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If you used some other tool for imei. You are pretty much done for.
Using this tool i can go to MM version and can upgrade to S251. However after installing twrp and flashing custom rom, it goes to bootloader