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[Q] Nexus s stuck on Google Screen

My Nexus s i9020T is stuck on the google screen. I was trying to root it and when it was done my phone rebooted and it got stuck on the google screen. My bootloader is unlocked and i was running on gingerbread 2.3.6 can somebody tell me how to resolve this issue using a mac

How long did you waited? Sometimes that Google logo could tale a long time. Try going through the root process again
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Same problem
I got the same problem. i can access recovery mode but my phone is not getting detected in PC. just hangs on Google logo (white) :crying:
bootloader os locked also.
My Model is GT-I9020T.
please help.
thanks in advance.

You should try the usb jig sold on ebay for the Nexus S.. It will bring the phone to download mode so you can flash your firmware with odin.. To use odin on your mac you need to have Windows installed with a virtual machine or virtualbox..
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Kumar Anil said:
I got the same problem. i can access recovery mode but my phone is not getting detected in PC. just hangs on Google logo (white) :crying:
bootloader os locked also.
My Model is GT-I9020T.
please help.
thanks in advance.
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Bad luck for you.. Since your bootloader is locked and you can't unlock it you can't do anything.. Also you are talking about stock Android recovery right..? No TWRP or CWM..?

same problem
thanks for replying.
actually
I have google nexus GT-I9020t. it hangs on google logo (white). fastboot oem unlock is not working. lock state : locked.
when i go into recovery mode and try to wipe data/factory reset, it says:
e:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhc1.0/byname/userdata
if i try to flash using fastboot, it says run fastboot oem unlock command.
it is not detecting in odin also. i have installed the drivers though.
else it is going to recovery mode, showing the lock status and i can also go futher in format, data wipe menu.
anything i can purchase will help or not, i dont know.
please help.

Kumar Anil said:
thanks for replying.
actually
I have google nexus GT-I9020t. it hangs on google logo (white). fastboot oem unlock is not working. lock state : locked.
when i go into recovery mode and try to wipe data/factory reset, it says:
e:format_volume: make_extf4fs failed on /dev/block/platform/s3c-sdhc1.0/byname/userdata
if i try to flash using fastboot, it says run fastboot oem unlock command.
it is not detecting in odin also. i have installed the drivers though.
else it is going to recovery mode, showing the lock status and i can also go futher in format, data wipe menu.
anything i can purchase will help or not, i dont know.
please help.
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I made a USB JIG And its showing me some screen. please Check and update.

Kumar Anil said:
I made a USB JIG And its showing me some screen. please Check and update.
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I remember this screen when I first rooted my Nexus S GTi9023. About the Google logo keep showing, phone probably not finding correct bootloader. I have this issue when I tried jellyBam rom. Fortunalty I had the nandroid back up of other roms that I have tried and I pick up then CM 10.1.2 and choose its backup file for restoring bootloader. Here you me also flash bootloader from PC as well as.

vikaskanani said:
I remember this screen when I first rooted my Nexus S GTi9023. About the Google logo keep showing, phone probably not finding correct bootloader. I have this issue when I tried jellyBam rom. Fortunalty I had the nandroid back up of other roms that I have tried and I pick up then CM 10.1.2 and choose its backup file for restoring bootloader. Here you me also flash bootloader from PC as well as.
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But how to flash a bootloader? when i try "fastboot oem unlock" it fails. and when it is locked i cant flash a bootloader. any suggestions?

Kumar Anil said:
But how to flash a bootloader? when i try "fastboot oem unlock" it fails. and when it is locked i cant flash a bootloader. any suggestions?
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You need to accept the warning message, the screen you attached.
Have a look at redmondpie.com/unlock-nexus-s-bootloader-how-to-guide/ (sorry cant post link as i am new user)
As I said, its been a long time, since I rooted, so I guess, you need to use power key or volume key for any action.

fastboot oem unlock not working
vikaskanani said:
You need to accept the warning message, the screen you attached.
Have a look at redmondpie.com/unlock-nexus-s-bootloader-how-to-guide/ (sorry cant post link as i am new user)
As I said, its been a long time, since I rooted, so I guess, you need to use power key or volume key for any action.
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I guess, USB debugging mode was not checked at the time of the crash. It is detecting in the fastboot devices command but not in ADB devices.
i did everything in the link, you provided me.
and any other way to force partion of somthing. Any Other Option.
FATSBOOT OEM COMMAND:
http://s10.postimg.org/r0rjcrxe1/fastboot_oem_failed.jpg
thanks in advance

Can you boot in jelly bean?? Strange issue!
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Problem unlocking bootloader

Hey so I am having a problem unlocking the bootloader.
This is my friends phone and he messed it up bad. What he told me is that he was trying to install a custom ROM on his phone which was already rooted and unlocked. When he went to install it he told me that the ROM locked his bootloader and earased everything on the phone.
When I got the phone it would only boot into fastboot and nothing else. The screen would just be blank.
I have run that color installed and now I get the opo screen when i turn it on and I can also boot into fastboot. I cannot boot into recovery because it is gone I think.
When I try and install the recovery through fastboot I cannot because the bootloader is still locked.
I also tried loading up the custom recovery with the command fastboot boot recovery recovery.img
This doesn't work because I am getting the error "cannot load 'recovery' : Permission denied
I am out of ideas and any help will be greatly appreciated.

smertz said:
Hey so I am having a problem unlocking the bootloader.
This is my friends phone and he messed it up bad. What he told me is that he was trying to install a custom ROM on his phone which was already rooted and unlocked. When he went to install it he told me that the ROM locked his bootloader and earased everything on the phone.
When I got the phone it would only boot into fastboot and nothing else. The screen would just be blank.
I have run that color installed and now I get the opo screen when i turn it on and I can also boot into fastboot. I cannot boot into recovery because it is gone I think.
When I try and install the recovery through fastboot I cannot because the bootloader is still locked.
I also tried loading up the custom recovery with the command fastboot boot recovery recovery.img
This doesn't work because I am getting the error "cannot load 'recovery' : Permission denied
I am out of ideas and any help will be greatly appreciated.
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I think your friend is giving you dodgy information, flashing a ROM doesn't lock the bootloader. So can you get into recovery at all by using the recovery button combo? Hold power to turn the phone off. Hold volume down, then hold power (so you're holding them together), when you see the OnePlus boot logo let go of power but keep holding volume down until you reach recovery.

Heisenberg said:
I think your friend is giving you dodgy information, flashing a ROM doesn't lock the bootloader. So can you get into recovery at all by using the recovery button combo? Hold power to turn the phone off. Hold volume down, then hold power (so you're holding them together), when you see the OnePlus boot logo let go of power but keep holding volume down until you reach recovery.
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I am sure there is something he isn't telling me.
I have tried booting into recovery and I will hold down the button for several minutes but it never boots into recovery.
The phone will only boot into fastboot.

smertz said:
I am sure there is something he isn't telling me.
I have tried booting into recovery and I will hold down the button for several minutes but it never boots into recovery.
The phone will only boot into fastboot.
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There isn't much you can do then, without recovery and without being able to unlock the bootloader you're pretty much stuck.

Heisenberg said:
There isn't much you can do then, without recovery and without being able to unlock the bootloader you're pretty much stuck.
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Darn. I was hoping there was some other way of unlocking the booloader. I know I can install a recovery if it was only unlocked.

smertz said:
Darn. I was hoping there was some other way of unlocking the booloader. I know I can install a recovery if it was only unlocked.
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That's right, recovery install requires an unlocked bootloader. It doesn't really fit your situation but this might be worth looking into.

Heisenberg said:
That's right, recovery install requires an unlocked bootloader. It doesn't really fit your situation but this might be worth looking into.
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Thanks! But I have already tried it. The second half of it requires that you have an unlocked bootloader to use fastboot.

smertz said:
Thanks! But I have already tried it. The second half of it requires that you have an unlocked bootloader to use fastboot.
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Oh yeah, I forgot you mentioned that in the OP. Well there's really nothing you can do unfortunately.

Heisenberg said:
Oh yeah, I forgot you mentioned that in the OP. Well there's really nothing you can do unfortunately.
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Ugh darn I was hoping there was something I could do. Thanks for the help!

Pixel XL Stuck, Can't even get into recovery mode

It is stuck on a screen with the battery. I can get to bootloader mode but cannot get into recovery. Bootloader is locked... Please help
Basically I had the bootloader unlocked and it was rooted. I unrooted the phone and then I locked the bootloader and I am here now. Just wanted to make it go back to stock.

tryfont said:
It is stuck on a screen with the battery. I can get to bootloader mode but cannot get into recovery. Bootloader is locked... Please help
Basically I had the bootloader unlocked and it was rooted. I unrooted the phone and then I locked the bootloader and I am here now. Just wanted to make it go back to stock.
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Try holding down power button along with either the up or down volume button for about 10 seconds. Can't remember which so try them both. That should get you in there or reboot. Again can't remember. Not really sure why you're trying to get into recovery though. If you got it through Google just reboot from bootloader mode and lock or relock in developer settings. If you got it from vzw I don't think you're supposed to relock.

Droid1019 said:
Try holding down power button along with either the up or down volume button for about 10 seconds. Can't remember which so try them both. That should get you in there or reboot. Again can't remember. Not really sure why you're trying to get into recovery though. If you got it through Google just reboot from bootloader mode and lock or relock in developer settings. If you got it from vzw I don't think you're supposed to relock.
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Mine is google store. Everytime I do that it just goes back to the bootloader menu and wont go anywhere else. I cannot boot so I can't get into the settings to do anything

tryfont said:
Mine is google store. Everytime I do that it just goes back to the bootloader menu and wont go anywhere else. I cannot boot so I can't get into the settings to do anything
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Since you're in the bootloader menu have you tried scrolling to the reboot option in there with the volume keys? It should say start next to your power button. Or does it respond to adb commands? You could reflash the factory image using flash all file which is the same as setting it up like new. Or edit that file removing the -W if you want to save your data. I think you've deleted the stock recovery so reflashing the factory image is going to be a must.

Flashing new TWRP 3.1.1 lead me to no recovery

Hi guys.
My issue: I had TWRP 3.0.2.1 on my honor and decided to update to latest version. Big error.
I have the TWRP app installed and I followed the procedure to flash recovery with that app. It seemed everything was fine, because it said ""recovery flashed".
Now when I try to enter recovery, my phone gets stuck at logo "your device is booting now".
I have to reboot in EMUI recovery to go out from that stuck page and to load normally the phone.
So I decided to flash recovery in the old ADB fashioned way: now when I get to "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img", the phone tells me "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)"
Practically now I have no TWRP and I do not know how to proceed.
Some good Samaritan out there?
Thanks.

My firmware is latest Nougat (BLN-L21C432B360).
I tried to flash TRWP 3.1.1. Before this try, I had version 3.0.2-1 as written above. I flashed twrp when I still had Android 6 with EMUI 4.
Regarding the way to enter TWRP, yes, I know the method and I do it.
The problem is my phone don't enter twrp but remain stuck at logo.
It seems that the recovery is not present or has problems.
I've tried even to reflash the old recovery, just in case. Nothing.

Try this-
flash stock recovery for your model.
boot normally.
flash TWRP latest.

Now I try and post later.
What a mess. I should leave the old 3.0.2 which was working good...

I was already on nougat and the 3.0.2 was still working perfectly. I had flashed that twrp when I was still on 6.0 and after the update with firmware finder it was still working.
Moreover I used the official TWRP app to update and it failed miserably even if it said flash successful at the end of operation....

Then I used the classic way with ADB and still nothing.
I can see on the Windows shell "failed: command not allowed"

Rommco05 said:
Frp in fastboot is unlocked?
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AFAIK, Factory Reset Protection is linked to account protection in case someone steals the phone. In this way it should be more difficult to wipe completely the phone and use it.
Anyway, just checked in fastboot and no, FRP is locked. I just had a look in developer options and I noticed that "Enable OEM unlocked" is greyed out. But it should not have nothing to do with flashing the recovery.
Or not?

Let's see

Diamantes said:
Hi guys.
My issue: I had TWRP 3.0.2.1 on my honor and decided to update to latest version. Big error.
I have the TWRP app installed and I followed the procedure to flash recovery with that app. It seemed everything was fine, because it said ""recovery flashed".
Now when I try to enter recovery, my phone gets stuck at logo "your device is booting now".
I have to reboot in EMUI recovery to go out from that stuck page and to load normally the phone.
So I decided to flash recovery in the old ADB fashioned way: now when I get to "fastboot flash recovery twrp.img", the phone tells me "FAILED (remote: Command not allowed)"
Practically now I have no TWRP and I do not know how to proceed.
Some good Samaritan out there?
Thanks.
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Unlock your boot loader

Bootloader is unlocked.
For some reason, my "OEM unlocked" option turned greyed out, and FRP is locked again.
I will try this eve to lock bootloader again and restart the unlocking operation from scratch.
Will see

Diamantes said:
Bootloader is unlocked.
For some reason, my "OEM unlocked" option turned greyed out, and FRP is locked again.
I will try this eve to lock bootloader again and restart the unlocking operation from scratch.
Will see
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In emui 5 OEM unlock option is not there and can only be found in MM or Emui 4.x

you mean that even if I can't access TWRP, this should be still there and I cannot lock bootloader?
And you advice to do a factory reset first.
If this doesn't work? Then?

shashank1320 said:
In emui 5 OEM unlock option is not there and can only be found in MM or Emui 4.x
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You mean that I couldn't even see the option?
I have nougat and emui 5, the option is present but greyed out

Diamantes said:
You mean that I couldn't even see the option?
I have nougat and emui 5, the option is present but greyed out
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Yeah exactly. See SS
This was there till emui 4

So how can I solve the problem?
Someone told me the only way is to lock bootloader in order to have again this option available to be turned on... And so start the process again.
At the moment I cannot access TWRP nor flash it through ADB. Practically even if bootloader is unlocked, I have a rooted phone with no possibility to do anything else... Regarding flashing of course.

Thank you for your replies.
Anyway I really know now that I cannot buy honor for flashing.
I just tried a factory reset from advanced options.
After all the pin request etc, the phone rebooted and get stuck on the initial window (your phone has been unlocked and cannot be trusted-your phone is booting now...).
So I had to press usual buttons to enter in emui recovery, the only way I can get the rebooting option from this state.
Of course the phone is not reset.
I give up. This crappy phone is taking too much time of my life.
I will keep it like this. And I'm not sure at all I will get future OTA update.
I never EVER had these issues with Samsung phones or HTC, and believe me that I was flashaholic... I flashed tens and tens of ROMs, I rooted and unlocked all my previous phones with no glitches or whatever..,
This time I tried honor for the price.
Never again for flashing or playing around.
Just for normal, classic phone use, hoping it will last some other month before I purchase another brand.
Thank you all.

Of course my thoughts about this ****ty phone were all right.
I received the ota update for version b365, downloaded and OF COURSE STUCK at boot logo after automatic restart...
I will never be able to install anything else because the recovery is corrupted.
I am condemned to stay with b360 until this cursed phone will die for natural causes...
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Diamantes said:
Of course my thoughts about this ****ty phone were all right.
I received the ota update for version b365, downloaded and OF COURSE STUCK at boot logo after automatic restart...
I will never be able to install anything else because the recovery is corrupted.
I am condemned to stay with b360 until this cursed phone will die for natural causes...
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But recovery can be changed mate. Try twrp with new thread in my signature and follow steps, it won't be a trouble. Try once in free time as i know you already are frustrated with trying all ways.

The TWRP on official TWRP site sadly won't work for our berlin devices, i neither know why it is still there sincerely. Personally i can't recommend the usage of TWRP official app for our phone as it downloads a wrong version... you have to get the OpenKirin edition from here https://forum.xda-developers.com/honor-6x/development/twrp-t3583413 and flash that via adb fastboot. Be sure to have "USB debug" on by developer options menu, and to have installed HiSuite (just to have all the functional drivers)

I thank you all for your patience and replies.
But as Shashank said, I'm really frustrated because I tried everything in the past.
Now I'm rooted (luckily) but with FRP locked. It seems the reason why I cannot flash nothing.
In any case I will try again the suggestion of redskull. The last hope!
Thanks.

[Help] Bootloop after re-locking Bootloader!

After reading the news that a new method had been found for Verizon/EE-UK Google Pixel (Sailfish) Phones to unlock the Bootloader - I decided to do so and then proceed to flash Magisk for root and other benefits however as there was recently a new update which was showing as 'Failed to Install'.
Of cause I wanted to update the device so I attempted to re-lock the Bootloader using 'fastboot flashing lock' and proceeding to select Yes from the prompt. Which seemed to be acceptable and worked to lock the Bootloader.
Now my phone is stuck in a crazy boot-loop where by the phone will turn on - flash the Google logo on the white background for a split second then shut itself down and repeat.
Does anybody have any tips for me to recover the phone from this awful state?

Mr Ian said:
After reading the news that a new method had been found for Verizon/EE-UK Google Pixel (Sailfish) Phones to unlock the Bootloader - I decided to do so and then proceed to flash Magisk for root and other benefits however as there was recently a new update which was showing as 'Failed to Install'.
Of cause I wanted to update the device so I attempted to re-lock the Bootloader using 'fastboot flashing lock' and proceeding to select Yes from the prompt. Which seemed to be acceptable and worked to lock the Bootloader.
Now my phone is stuck in a crazy boot-loop where by the phone will turn on - flash the Google logo on the white background for a split second then shut itself down and repeat.
Does anybody have any tips for me to recover the phone from this awful state?
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Man, when you lock the bootloader you need to make sure you're 100% back on stock without any modifications flashed. Seems to me you tried locking while having magisk flashed.
Try to see if you're able to get into recovery. Get into bootloader menu by pressing power button+volume down and the press volume upp until you get to recovery and then press power button. If you're able to get into recovery then download the full ota image for Google pixel sailfish from here https://developers.google.com/android/ota and then while you're in there should be an option to update using adb. You need to adb sideload the update from your computer to your phone. I know this should work on a non Verizon phone but I hope and assume that is what's needed this time. If you're not able to get into recovery and your bootloader is still locked then you pretty much have a bricked device.

Arju said:
Man, when you lock the bootloader you need to make sure you're 100% back on stock without any modifications flashed. Seems to me you tried locking while having magisk flashed.
Try to see if you're able to get into recovery. Get into bootloader menu by pressing power button+volume down and the press volume upp until you get to recovery and then press power button. If you're able to get into recovery then download the full ota image for Google pixel sailfish from here removed-link and then while you're in there should be an option to update using adb. You need to adb sideload the update from your computer to your phone. I know this should work on a non Verizon phone but I hope and assume that is what's needed this time. If you're not able to get into recovery and your bootloader is still locked then you pretty much have a bricked device.
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At the minute I've taken it to a Phone shop hoping they will be able to figure a way to get to the recovery menu - baring in mind I had TWRP flashed.
Yeah, It will go to the Bootloader menu but when trying to go into recovery it will just repeat the same process as before where by it will flash the Google splash-screen then restart. Any notes on how to go about hard flashing the image?

have you tried fastboot boot twrp.img? does it bootloop aswell? if so, you might have hard bricked your pixel... last solution is to try flash stock image and then try again with stock recovery / twrp img.

Mr Ian said:
At the minute I've taken it to a Phone shop hoping they will be able to figure a way to get to the recovery menu - baring in mind I had TWRP flashed.
Yeah, It will go to the Bootloader menu but when trying to go into recovery it will just repeat the same process as before where by it will flash the Google splash-screen then restart. Any notes on how to go about hard flashing the image?
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If you can't access stock recovery and your bootloader is locked then your device is pretty much hard bricked unfortunately. Don't think the phone shop would figure it out, they might change the motherboard as a solution if they don't have the right tools to reflash on a deeper level. Hope they figure it out. Please let us know if they managed to fix it. If not then someone else might have some suggestions. I'll try to think of something else.
Try either of these commands to see if you can unlock the bootloader again:
fastboot oem unlock
or
Code:
fastboot flashing unlock
And then try what the post above me suggests.

Hey, did you ever figure out a solution to this? I did the same thing to myself today...

any solution??
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Mr Ian said:
After reading the news that a new method had been found for Verizon/EE-UK Google Pixel (Sailfish) Phones to unlock the Bootloader - I decided to do so and then proceed to flash Magisk for root and other benefits however as there was recently a new update which was showing as 'Failed to Install'.
Of cause I wanted to update the device so I attempted to re-lock the Bootloader using 'fastboot flashing lock' and proceeding to select Yes from the prompt. Which seemed to be acceptable and worked to lock the Bootloader.
Now my phone is stuck in a crazy boot-loop where by the phone will turn on - flash the Google logo on the white background for a split second then shut itself down and repeat.
Does anybody have any tips for me to recover the phone from this awful state?
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Did you managed to unlock it???

You can unlock the bootloader with htc-fastboot if you have a bricked android 7-8.
They patched it on Android 9.
On android 9 your only chance is to reflash it in edl mode. Anyone here who can help me to enter edl mode with my pixel?