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Hi, decided to make this thread since I'm not getting help from the Ask questions thread. Friend of mine had me look into a N5 she got used and it's not working and wants me to see if I can get it to work. Thing is when you boot it up, it takes you to to the startup welcome screen no problem right to the 1st step which is choose a language, as soon as I select any language the screen stutters and the coloring goes all weird and goes to a black screen and sometimes reboots and back to the same welcome select language screen. I already tried wipiing everything, unlocking bootloader and wiping so I can get it back to stock as if it were new, I have no idea what they did to the phone but after doing that thought it would fix it but still having the same issue, any clues on what else to do? should i give up?
daLareid said:
Hi, decided to make this thread since I'm not getting help from the Ask questions thread. Friend of mine had me look into a N5 she got used and it's not working and wants me to see if I can get it to work. Thing is when you boot it up, it takes you to to the startup welcome screen no problem right to the 1st step which is choose a language, as soon as I select any language the screen stutters and the coloring goes all weird and goes to a black screen and sometimes reboots and back to the same welcome select language screen. I already tried wipiing everything, unlocking bootloader and wiping so I can get it back to stock as if it were new, I have no idea what they did to the phone but after doing that thought it would fix it but still having the same issue, any clues on what else to do? should i give up?
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Have you tried flashing the factory image with fastboot? That's the first thing I would do.
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Have you tried flashing the factory image with fastboot? That's the first thing I would do.
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You mean doing this, right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701/
Cause I tried that with no luck.
daLareid said:
You mean doing this, right?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701/
Cause I tried that with no luck.
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What do you mean no luck? Did you get an error message when you flashed it? Are you sure you did it correctly?
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What do you mean no luck? Did you get an error message when you flashed it? Are you sure you did it correctly?
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I was able to go through with the whole process but after the reboot, I started up the phone but I'm still stuck on the Welcome screen, as soon as I choose a language the screen stutters and goes black.
daLareid said:
I was able to go through with the whole process but after the reboot, I started up the phone but I'm still stuck on the Welcome screen, as soon as I choose a language the screen stutters and goes black.
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That's so strange. It seems like it would be a software issue but if you're 100% sure you were able to successfully flash a factory image then I really don't know what's going on. What software version did you flash? I would try to flash a factory image for a different software version. If you're on KitKat then flash a different KitKat image, if on Lollipop then flash a different lollipop image. Make sure to either run the flash-all.bat or to flash EVERYTHING in the image file that gets flashed in the script. That way you know 100% that the phone is back at factory conditions. If you're going to do it manually just open the flash-all.bat with a text editor and follow all the steps that are in the script and in that order. Take a screenshot of the terminal screen for me when it's done flashing.
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That's so strange. It seems like it would be a software issue but if you're 100% sure you were able to successfully flash a factory image then I really don't know what's going on. What software version did you flash? I would try to flash a factory image for a different software version. If you're on KitKat then flash a different KitKat image, if on Lollipop then flash a different lollipop image. Make sure to either run the flash-all.bat or to flash EVERYTHING in the image file that gets flashed in the script. That way you know 100% that the phone is back at factory conditions. If you're going to do it manually just open the flash-all.bat with a text editor and follow all the steps that are in the script and in that order. Take a screenshot of the terminal screen for me when it's done flashing.
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Phone was on kitkat so I did it with kit kat, I just flashed 5.0.1 on it and it did go through because it did boot to the Lollipop Welcome screen but same thing happened as soon as I selected a language screen stuttered and stopped working.
daLareid said:
Phone was on kitkat so I did it with kit kat, I just flashed 5.0.1 on it and it did go through because it did boot to the Lollipop Welcome screen but same thing happened as soon as I selected a language screen stuttered and stopped working.
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So this happened on KitKat as well as Lollipop? I don't know what to tell you then, it seems like it's a software glitch but that's pretty much ruled out. I wonder if it has something to do with data... like it's freaking out when it gets to the point that it has to transmit/receive data. Try doing it with WiFi on and off, SIM card in and out, and try flashing a different radio. If it still does it every time then I guess I'd RMA it.
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So this happened on KitKat as well as Lollipop? I don't know what to tell you then, it seems like it's a software glitch but that's pretty much ruled out. I wonder if it has something to do with data... like it's freaking out when it gets to the point that it has to transmit/receive data. Try doing it with WiFi on and off, SIM card in and out, and try flashing a different radio. If it still does it every time then I guess I'd RMA it.
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Unfortunately I can't set any of the setting such as WiFi on or off because as soon as I tap on something the screen goes off, I guess it might be hardware (screen) related, thanks for your help.
daLareid said:
Hi, decided to make this thread since I'm not getting help from the Ask questions thread. Friend of mine had me look into a N5 she got used and it's not working and wants me to see if I can get it to work. Thing is when you boot it up, it takes you to to the startup welcome screen no problem right to the 1st step which is choose a language, as soon as I select any language the screen stutters and the coloring goes all weird and goes to a black screen and sometimes reboots and back to the same welcome select language screen. I already tried wipiing everything, unlocking bootloader and wiping so I can get it back to stock as if it were new, I have no idea what they did to the phone but after doing that thought it would fix it but still having the same issue, any clues on what else to do? should i give up?
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Did you ever find a fix for this ?
qzcgd said:
Did you ever find a fix for this ?
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No, I later found that some of the hardware inside (motherboard maybe? not sure which part) but that it was most likely from some irreparable damage to it, and it seemed worthless looking for a piece of an old phone to repair.
Hi, anyone else had a random reboot to Erecovery? Last night was the second time that I left my MHA-L09C432B156 on charge, all was fine, and wake during the early hours before needing to get up to see that the phone was randomly on Erecovery. I unplugged the charger, forced a reboot and it booted back up normally.
Found it a bit weird and luckily I noticed this before I was due to wake or else the alarms wouldn't have gone off!
Happened to me twice as well. No idea why it did that though.
Haven't had this problem for the past 3 weeks. I didn't change anything, it just went away by itself.
But I think the alarm is going to work anyway: when you turn off the phone there's an option to keep the alarm even though the phone is shut off. Might work as well when in eRecovery (you could test it).
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Alta1r said:
Happened to me twice as well. No idea why it did that though.
Haven't had this problem for the past 3 weeks. I didn't change anything, it just went away by itself.
But I think the alarm is going to work anyway: when you turn off the phone there's an option to keep the alarm even though the phone is shut off. Might work as well when in eRecovery (you could test it).
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Ahh glad I'm not the only one! I guess I could have a logcat running and check that next time it happens, but indeed not a frequent problem so will just have to see how it goes....
On a second thought: are you rooted?
If so, how did you root? I think this "problem" didn't occur to me anymore as soon as I 'fully' rooted the phone (changes to system survive a reboot now).
Alta1r said:
On a second thought: are you rooted?
If so, how did you root? I think this "problem" didn't occur to me anymore as soon as I 'fully' rooted the phone (changes to system survive a reboot now).
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I am rooted, with the superuser.zip method, how about you?
Right now I'm rooted using rainondomartire's zip (it's for Mate 9 Pro but works the non-Pro version too). But before that I was on the first root method that was available for our Mate 9's, and that is when the reboot to eRecovery occurred twice. Might not be related at all though but haven't had it since (yet).
Alta1r said:
Right now I'm rooted using rainondomartire's zip (it's for Mate 9 Pro but works the non-Pro version too). But before that I was on the first root method that was available for our Mate 9's, and that is when the reboot to eRecovery occurred twice. Might not be related at all though but haven't had it since (yet).
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Ah nice, do you have a link to that one? Perhaps I could unroot and root again with that zip instead? Could I just flash it over it do you know?
Cheers
Link is https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3546976
You will need to flash a clean boot.img first and then flash the zip that's on the first page. You can extract the boot.img from an update.zip if you have one, otherwise on the 3rd or 4th page the OP uploaded as well.
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Alta1r said:
Link is https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3546976
You will need to flash a clean boot.img first and then flash the zip that's on the first page. You can extract the boot.img from an update.zip if you have one, otherwise on the 3rd or 4th page the OP uploaded as well.
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Thank you for providing this, will try it out sometime!
Im using Huawei Honor 4c running OS v4.4.2. Now I want to update my device OS with v6.0 EMUI 4. I found one on official website but with different build number. My device build number is V100R001C185B130 but firmware on website has build number C185B503. Will there be any issue if I upgrade firmware?
Also do I have need to first upgrade from Kitkat to Lollipop and then Marshmallow, or I can directly upgrade from Kitkat to Marshmallow?
I'm wishing to upgrade official firmware availabe on Huawei website.
If the firmware is wrong the update will fail and device will stay in previous state.
Trying to go straight to Marshmallow won't cause any issues, update will fail before starting if it doesn't work.
keikari said:
If the firmware is wrong the update will fail and device will stay in previous state.
Trying to go straight to Marshmallow won't cause any issues, update will fail before starting if it doesn't work.
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Okay, thanks for your reply. I will report you after flashing.
And can I upgrade it putting in device storage, but not in external sd card?
asdkazmi said:
Okay, thanks for your reply. I will report you after flashing.
And can I upgrade it putting in device storage, but not in external sd card?
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No idea. But trying it won't cause problems.
I tied to upgrade firmware both normally and force upgrade but it gives me error
"Version check fail"
keikari said:
No idea. But trying it won't cause problems.
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first I tried with Marshmallow but it gives me error "Version check failed". Then I tried to upgrade it into Lollipop, at start in upgrade it work fine but at the end of updating, it stucks, I can't update. It always stuck to end of updating.
asdkazmi said:
first I tried with Marshmallow but it gives me error "Version check failed". Then I tried to upgrade it into Lollipop, at start in upgrade it work fine but at the end of updating, it stucks, I can't update. It always stuck to end of updating.
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Does it give some error and how long did you waited after it got stuck.
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Does it give some error and how long did you waited after it got stuck.
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After some wait it has successfully upgraded to lollipop but now nothing is working, touch panel and volume up/down buttons are not working. Only power button is working. Also I haven't any backup of previous android.
asdkazmi said:
After some wait it has successfully upgraded to lollipop but now nothing is working, touch panel and volume up/down buttons are not working. Only power button is working. Also I haven't any backup of previous android.
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Try factory reset, I have never heard that anyone else has had any problems like that with normal update.
keikari said:
Try factory reset, I have never heard that anyone else has had any problems like that with normal update.
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I tried factory reset and then volume button was working but touch panel was not working again. Now I'm upgrading it to Marshmallow and will tell you after successfully upgrade.
keikari said:
Try factory reset, I have never heard that anyone else has had any problems like that with normal update.
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Upgraded to marshmallow but still touch is not working.... please help me
asdkazmi said:
Upgraded to marshmallow but still touch is not working.... please help me
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This sounds dump but give it a try. Open screen and wait for it to automatically turn off. Then try again.
keikari said:
This sounds dump but give it a try. Open screen and wait for it to automatically turn off. Then try again.
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Tried but nothing happened.
asdkazmi said:
Tried but nothing happened.
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And touch screen works in recovery screen?
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And touch screen works in recovery screen?
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No, recovery works with volume and power buttons.
asdkazmi said:
No, recovery works with volume and power buttons.
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Then it's most likely hardware issue. If you think it's software issue, you can either try to find rollback updates or install TWRP custom recovery and see if some custom rom will give your screen some life.
My wifi/BT was completely broken once and I thought it was hardware issue(factory reset and re-install didn't fixed it), but after I wiped all basic partitions in TWRP and then did stock force update, it started working.
So, what now I need to do is TWRP recovery flash?
asdkazmi said:
So, what now I need to do is TWRP recovery flash?
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Depending on your question, the answer is either "You need to unlock bootloader." or "Yes".
keikari said:
Depending on your question, the answer is either "You need to unlock bootloader." or "Yes".
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I just have given my device for hardware check and will tell you tomorrow.
keikari said:
Depending on your question, the answer is either "You need to unlock bootloader." or "Yes".
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Thanks for your support. Finally, I have repaired my device and that was hardware problem.
My phone did its overnight update last night (wasn't charging) and it seems to have been doing a restart loop since. When I checked it this morning, the battery was at 7%. It'll successfully boot into my homescreen, but restarts at about a minute in.
I just did a hard reset and it is still the same. Can't even get through all of the setup screen before the phone restarts. Anything I can do at all?
Edit: No root, no bootloader unlock. Stock.
Might have to get into Recovery Mode and do a wipe
cash2387 said:
Might have to get into Recovery Mode and do a wipe
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Already did that, but it's still restarting itself even going through setup screen. Worst still it's asking me to login to my Google Account, which requires 2FA, which was the phone. Also, it's not reading my SIM at all so the SMS 2FA option isn't viable either...
Manusia said:
My phone did its overnight update last night (wasn't charging) and it seems to have been doing a restart loop since. When I checked it this morning, the battery was at 7%. It'll successfully boot into my homescreen, but restarts at about a minute in.
I just did a hard reset and it is still the same. Can't even get through all of the setup screen before the phone restarts. Anything I can do at all?
Edit: No root, no bootloader unlock. Stock.
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I think I had something similar to that happen to my phone. I have an unlocked bootloader and I forced update using the HWOTA8 method. What I think happens is the phone could have downloaded a corrupted or impartial update. The phone will need to downgrade to a lower update or try to see if you can downgrade the phone back using firmware but I dont think you can downgrade on a locked bootloader. Whatever you try to do just don't panic and format all your partitions try to backup all your contacts and data if you can. If you can reinstall the .373 update try doing that again and if that will help it from freezing up.
vang2k said:
I think I had something similar to that happen to my phone. I have an unlocked bootloader and I forced update using the HWOTA8 method. What I think happens is the phone could have downloaded a corrupted or impartial update. The phone will need to downgrade to a lower update or try to see if you can downgrade the phone back using firmware but I dont think you can downgrade on a locked bootloader. Whatever you try to do just don't panic and format all your partitions try to backup all your contacts and data if you can. If you can reinstall the .373 update try doing that again and if that will help it from freezing up.
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Adding to this, try Download Latest from eRecovery. It should find B373 as it's approved for you.
ante0 said:
Adding to this, try Download Latest from eRecovery. It should find B373 as it's approved for you.
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Well....... that was simple.
My Google skills clearly failed me. I tried the dload method to no avail. At no point did my search returned 'eRecovery'. Even brought the phone in to 2 repair shops and one said they needed days to figure it out, the other said to send it to Huawei.
And now I have a S9+. Time to figure out which to keep. Thanks a lot!
Since I bought the phone a week ago and upgraded to miui 12, the phone just reboots randomly, does anyone know how to fix?
toros04 said:
Since I bought the phone a week ago and upgraded to miui 12, the phone just reboots randomly, does anyone know how to fix?
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Have you done a reset after the update, if not do it.
NOSS8 said:
Have you done a reset after the update, if not do it.
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I haven't done any restore, is it recommended
toros04 said:
I haven't done any restore, is it recommended
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It's up to you, if you want to retrieve your sms and calls or if you have a lot of apps (not all data is saved).You can use Micloud or google.
even after resetting, the device continues to reboot
toros04 said:
even after resetting, the device continues to reboot
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Ok,What version is your phone and which ROM is currently installed?
NOSS8 said:
Ok,What version is your phone and which ROM is currently installed?
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miui 12.0.3 global
toros04 said:
miui 12.0.3 global
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12.0.3 is not the latest V12.0.4.0.QJKMIXM is the latest android 10. And now V12.2.1.0.RJKMIXM android 11
try to update.
Otherwise you can flash it directly with miflash but you have to unlock the bootloadeer.
the problem is that I can not install it, both because manually from the phone it says that it cannot verify the rom I downloaded via zip, and through my flash, because to unlock it the bootload requires 160 hours. Now I have another 6 days before I can return, so I don't know what to do
toros04 said:
the problem is that I can not install it, both because manually from the phone it says that it cannot verify the rom I downloaded via zip, and through my flash, because to unlock it the bootload requires 160 hours. Now I have another 6 days before I can return, so I don't know what to do
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In this case, either wait the time to unlock or return the phone to the seller.
you can try:create a folder at the root,rename it to "downloaded_rom" and put the zip inside. try update.
download zip here https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/lmi/stable/V12.0.4.0.QJKMIXM/
NOSS8 said:
In this case, either wait the time to unlock or return the phone to the seller.
you can try:create a folder at the root,rename it to "downloaded_rom" and put the zip inside. try update.
download zip here https://xiaomifirmwareupdater.com/miui/lmi/stable/V12.0.4.0.QJKMIXM/
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it doesn't work anyway
toros04 said:
it doesn't work anyway
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1)Unlock bootloader flash miflash
2)Return the phone to the seller.
NOSS8 said:
1)Unlock bootloader flash miflash
2)Return the phone to the seller.
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I have a question, could it be that the reboots were due to the deactivation of miui optimizations? Because after activating them, there seems to be no more random reboots
toros04 said:
I have a question, could it be that the reboots were due to the deactivation of miui optimizations? Because after activating them, there seems to be no more random reboots
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It is possible, but why write "upgraded to miui 12, the phone just reboots randomly" because this parameter does not turn off by itself.
NOSS8 said:
It is possible, but why write "upgraded to miui 12, the phone just reboots randomly" because this parameter does not turn off by itself.
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I had turned it off before, and it didn't give any problems, after the update it started to give these problems, that's why, I thought it could be this
toros04 said:
I had turned it off before, and it didn't give any problems, after the update it started to give these problems, that's why, I thought it could be this
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You could have specified it and when you deactivate this parameter an alert message indicates "possible unstable system" and what is your problem? unstable system.