My phone is struck in bootloop after failing to root it.How do I factory reset it? What programs do I have to use and what comands do I give, preferibly linux ones?
You can try booting into the stock recovery: Hold down the volume DOWN button and power button until the SONY logo appears. When you see SONY, release the power button but hold the volume down button until the recovery menu appears. Then you can factory reset from that menu.
Or, make sure you have platform tools (adb) and the Sony USB drivers installed, and you can boot into recovery by:
Making sure the phone is off. Plug in a usb cable into your computer but NOT the phone yet. Then hold down the volume UP button while plugging in a usb cable and release the button when you see a blue light. The blue light indicates fastboot mode. Then, in a command prompt, make sure you have the device connected by entering:
fastboot devices
If your device is listed, then it's connected. If not, repeat the above steps. Then enter:
fastboot boot recovery
Your phone should then boot into recovery which will allow you to factory reset the phone.
delfuhd said:
You can try booting into the stock recovery: Hold down the volume DOWN button and power button until the SONY logo appears. When you see SONY, release the power button but hold the volume down button until the recovery menu appears. Then you can factory reset from that menu.
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Problem: even that gives me "Your device is corrupted" error.
delfuhd said:
Or, make sure you have platform tools (adb) and the Sony USB drivers installed, and you can boot into recovery by:
Making sure the phone is off. Plug in a usb cable into your computer but NOT the phone yet. Then hold down the volume UP button while plugging in a usb cable and release the button when you see a blue light. The blue light indicates fastboot mode. Then, in a command prompt, make sure you have the device connected by entering:
fastboot devices
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ok that still work
delfuhd said:
fastboot boot recovery
Your phone should then boot into recovery which will allow you to factory reset the phone.
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; fastboot boot recovery
fastboot: error: cannot load 'recovery': No such file or directory
Then head on over to this thread: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/...re-and-gsi-rom-flashing-without-twrp.4344373/ and go through step 7 with Xperia Companion
I tried that but it gives me the error:"Xperia COmpanion cannot update the device: the bootloader was unlocked"
ok I had to do `fastboot oem lock`
ok thanks I've fixed it!
OP reported the issue was fixed, thread locked to avoid further bumps.
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Firstly, the power button has gone faulty on my Nexus S and I am due to send it back to Samsung for repairs, so I want to get it back to factory image 4.0.4 IMM76D using the Google image and to relock the bootloader. However, when I reboot into fastboot all the keys stop working and I presume it has stopped responding and the only way to reboot is to do a battery pull. Just wondering if anyone has had this experience before and knows a solution.
By keys you mean volume and power right?
Does a computer recognize it with fastboot. Example . Fastboot devices / fastboot reboot etc?
albundy2010 said:
By keys you mean volume and power right?
Does a computer recognize it with fastboot. Example . Fastboot devices / fastboot reboot etc?
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Volume and power keys don't work while in fastboot and it isn't recognised by that. And when it powers on regularly it say No boot or recovery img. Nope, doesn't get recognised by PC and just says No devices found...
Did it work before in the same system?
Only other thing I could think of to try is download mode/Odin
It was working fine that day. I even flashed CWM on it after trying TWRP. But then suddenly the power button broke, and when I used the key combo to get into fastboot mode using the plug in to charger method it loaded fastboot and just wouldn't respond
Hi I have the following problem: after I flash Cannibal open touch recovery I could not flash any .zip file so I decided that I go back to CWM touch so I restarted my phone. Phone booted into fastboot mode with the following message no boot or recovery IMG so I decided to flash recovery with fastboot. I opened the folder with fastboot command flash_recovery connect the phone to usb but the command line always showed waiting for device. I unplugged the phone and tried to press the volume keys but nothing happened as if it freezes. I pulled the battery and try it again but no response. I cant connect phone to odin because it has broken power button and after I insert the battery it always turn on itself. Please advise me what to do thank you.
Seems your drivers have gone corrupt. Try a different system and use Nexus Root Toolkit.
I tried this option but without success. Phone does not respond to anything. No volume up or volume down. It´s just stucked on bootloader.
This link says that if you get <waiting for device> , then fastboot is not configured properly. Check out the link over here.
You may also try this command "fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-6.0.4.3-crespo.img" to boot into recovery without installing it.
no hope
The reason you cannot navigate in fastboot/bootloader is that your powerswitch is probably stuck in the "on position"...does your device immediately power on when battery is inserted?
The way i solved this a few months ago was to completly remove my powerswitch from the board power my device on..use quickboot to enter fastboot menu and input commands...
Also completely removing your power button makes powering on your nexus alot more complicated.
what i did was go to download mode (holding vol+ and -) and pluging phone in..this takes you to download mode
then you need to get a copy of a boatloader file to flash via odin which will reset your phone and power it on...pm me if interested i can provide you with files necessary
Hello guys. I just got my N5 and ofc rooted it , unlocked bootloader. Then when I booted it into recovery mode ( CWM recovery) I did factory reset as ussually. Then I realised that all my files on card were deleted os I couldnt even flash CM. I tried to pull off the battery. Right now phone does not want to boot into fasboot mode or normal boot. But it can be seen via pc. Is there any way to fix it? I am sure in 99% that this is a problem of deleted software not hardware. Right now its coneted to pc and the screen is on ( but it does not show anything. just pure black).
wojwem19 said:
Hello guys. I just got my N5 and ofc rooted it , unlocked bootloader. Then when I booted it into recovery mode ( CWM recovery) I did factory reset as ussually. Then I realised that all my files on card were deleted os I couldnt even flash CM. I tried to pull off the battery. Right now phone does not want to boot into fasboot mode or normal boot. But it can be seen via pc. Is there any way to fix it?
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Connect the phone to the pc and type in cmd: adb devices (should see a serial number), if so type: adb reboot bootloader. Do you get into bootloader mode then? BTW did you format data or data factory reset?
wojwem19 said:
Hello guys. I just got my N5 and ofc rooted it , unlocked bootloader. Then when I booted it into recovery mode ( CWM recovery) I did factory reset as ussually. Then I realised that all my files on card were deleted os I couldnt even flash CM. I tried to pull off the battery. Right now phone does not want to boot into fasboot mode or normal boot. But it can be seen via pc. Is there any way to fix it? I am sure in 99% that this is a problem of deleted software not hardware. Right now its coneted to pc and the screen is on.
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if it doesn't boot on fastboot or recovery and you said that your phone's display is on.. in what mode is it?? well if you can go into fastboot simply download the original system and flash it.. After you will boot your phone and connect it to the pc and flash recovery etc etc :good:
gee2012 said:
Connect the phone to the pc and type in cmd: adb devices (should see a serial number), if so type: adb reboot bootloader. Do you get into bootloader mode then? BTW did you format data or data factory reset?
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I did factory reset. Tried to write in cmd adb devicies but it says that it doesnt know what it means. Maybe i need to download some kind of software to use adb?
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if it doesn't boot on fastboot or recovery and you said that your phone's display is on.. in what mode is it?? well if you can go into fastboot simply download the original system and flash it.. After you will boot your phone and connect it to the pc and flash recovery etc etc :good:
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It isnt any mode known for me. The screen is on but it doesnt show anything it is just pure black. The problem is that i can't get to fastboot mode ( volume down + power button).
wojwem19 said:
It isnt any mode known for me. The screen is on but it doesnt show anything it is just pure black. The problem is that i can't get to fastboot mode ( volume down + power button).
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hold power for 10 seconds. then hold volume up + down + power
samersh72 said:
hold power for 10 seconds. then hold volume up + down + power
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Okay did it. after those 10 secs the google screen showed up. Then i presed vol up+ down+ power and right now I am on this google screen. What should I do now? Right now I think it got some kind of bootloop.
Okay just updated my drives via windows and right now in Devicies menager it show up as a " Google nexus ADB Interface".
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Okay did it. after those 10 secs the google screen showed up. Then i presed vol up+ down+ power and right now I am on this google screen. What should I do now?
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sir, hold the power button until it turned off then directly hold the volume up + down followed by power
samersh72 said:
sir, hold the power button until it turned off then directly hold the volume up + down followed by power
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Okay did it and right now it shows in device menager as "QHSUSB_BULK" and windows can not find software for it. The google logo disappered and screen is off right now.
Okay i managed to turn it into fastboot mode. What should I do right now? and in devices menager it shows up as " Google nexus bootloader interface" Can anyone answer to me? it's really important for me.
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Okay did it and right now it shows in device menager as "QHSUSB_BULK" and windows can not find software for it. The google logo disappered and screen is off right now.
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now try to boot into fastboot mode, volume down + power or both volume + power
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Okay did it and right now it shows in device menager as "QHSUSB_BULK" and windows can not find software for it. The google logo disappered and screen is off right now.
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Can you get into bootloader mode? Hold power button for 10 seconds until it shuts off. Then press and hold vol + and- and then power
Sent from my Nexus 5
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Okay i managed to turn it into fastboot mode. What should I do right now?
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good. flash stock images or boot into custom recovery (you can flash it) and sideload a rom or push a rom (see sticky threads in general section)
gee2012 said:
Connect the phone to the pc and type in cmd: adb devices (should see a serial number), if so type: adb reboot bootloader. Do you get into bootloader mode then? BTW did you format data or data factory reset?
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Okay right now I am in fastboot mode and installed sdk manager. In folder sdk/platform-tools I enabled cmd with shift + right click. Run adb devicies and it said "daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037
daemon started successfully
list of devices attached".
And when i run it once again it says only "List of devicies attached".
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Okay right now I am in fastboot mode and installed sdk manager. In folder sdk/platform-tools I enabled cmd with shift + right click. Run adb devicies and it said "daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037
daemon started successfully
list of devices attached".
And when i run it once again it says only "List of devicies attached".
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run this command when you are in fastboot mode
Code:
fastboot devices
and not adb
samersh72 said:
run this command when you are in fastboot mode
Code:
fastboot devices
and not adb
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okay did it and now it showed a key. What should i do now ( i am really newbie in this things conected with flashing via adb. I always flash via recovery.) I already did fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and flashed the cwm 6.0.4.5
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okay did it and now it showed a key. What should i do now ( i am really newbie in this things conected with flashing via adb. I always flash via recovery.) I already did fastboot flash recovery recovery.img and flashed the cwm 6.0.4.5
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now follow this guide to flash stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
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now follow this guide to flash stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/general/tutorial-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2513701
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i love you man <3
So my nexus 5's screen died and only the right half of it is working. I cannot fix the display so I bought an OTG cable and connected a mouse to type in the passcode but the phone acts crazy and types things on itself therefore blocking the phone. Is there any way to pull data off that phone, it doesn't have TWRP installed so I cannot copy files over to usb through it..HELP
SasmungVE9515 said:
So my nexus 5's screen died and only the right half of it is working. I cannot fix the display so I bought an OTG cable and connected a mouse to type in the passcode but the phone acts crazy and types things on itself therefore blocking the phone. Is there any way to pull data off that phone, it doesn't have TWRP installed so I cannot copy files over to usb through it..HELP
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If your bootloader is unlocked you can install twrp and get your files
Power off your phone
Press volume down + power button to boot into bootloader
Then download latest twrp img from there site
Using fastboot from your PC run the command fastboot flash recovery filename.img
Then press volume down twice to select start recovery and press power button to enter recovery then your nexus 5 should showup on your computer
If your bootloader is not unlocked I'm not sure if stock recovery allows you to use adb pull but this is how you can try
Power off nexus 5
Press volume down and power button to boot into bootloader
Press volume down twice to select start recovery
Press power button to start recovery
With adb on your PC use command adb pull /sdcard
If you have android debugging enabled you can also use adb pull when booted up
hello i m to unlock oem from adb and reboot tablet but it won't start only restart and go to boot mode volum down not working to choose fastboot
If english isn't your main language then use google translate and I'll try my best to understand.
Anyway, does adb recognize your device? Does adb devices returns devices attached and a serial number?
If so then try adb reboot bootloader
Or try manually booting with volume buttons, usually it's (Volume Up + Power) combination, on some devices it's (Volume Up + Volume Down + Power) combination.
You have to enable USB debugging and oem unlock in settings for any of this to work.
After successful booting to fastboot. Use fastboot oem unlock for older devices or fastboot flashing unlock for newer devices.
Then use fastboot reboot after successful unlocking. Note: Most devices use prompt to confirm bootloader unlocking which in turn requires the user to select "yes" with volume buttons.
If your device doesn't boot to bootloader and you have oem unlock and usb debugging on and tried all of the above. Then most likely your device bootloader cannot be unlocked, which explains why you can't find your device in XDA forums.
I did all of the above, but after unlocking oem, this is what the picture became
volumn down not working
I'm not following here, what exactly happened? Did you unlock the bootloader?
yes I unlocked the bootloader but after fastboot reboot it does not turn on it reboots only as shown in the video
Try booting into fastboot again and using flashing unlock_critical
I can not enter the fastboot mod because it does not work for me volumn down
Is your device detected on your PC? Try adb reboot bootloader
after unlocking oem, the tablet does not turn on and does not see the pc
Try connecting the device to your PC while pressing volume button to boot to bootloader. If it still doesn't boot then you can only fix the volume button.
Can you tell me what's your device model?
my model is x101 china model tablet .
boot only working volumn up
I can not choose boot mode
I never saw a bootloop after unlocking bootloader before. Maybe you modified your device in anyway before doing this? Like one click root apps or anything whatsoever?
If you can get volume down to work then you should be fine. Also try power button too pressing it should have the same effect as volume down.
I haven't modified anything. only the power button does not work only the volume up and the volume down is not pressed Please help me how to recovery system
devmastsoft said:
I haven't modified anything. only the power button does not work only the volume up and the volume down is not pressed Please help me how to recovery system
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Is your device battery removable? If so, remove it and wait 5 minuets and connect your device to your PC while pressing volume button to boot into bootloader.
If not then completely discharge your phone and wait for 24 hours. and then try connecting it to your PC while pressing volume button to boot into bootloader.
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Is your device battery removable? If so, remove it and wait 5 minuets and connect your device to your PC while pressing volume button to boot into bootloader.
If not then completely discharge your phone and wait for 24 hours. and then try connecting it to your PC while pressing volume button to boot into bootloader.
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I discharged it but still nothing fixed
Hence the reason not buy cheap Chinese products. You can only take it to a service center to fix the volume down button.
XDHx86 said:
Hence the reason not buy cheap Chinese products. You can only take it to a service center to fix the volume down button.
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volume down button working only android systm n ot working boot
devmastsoft said:
volume down button working only android systm n ot working boot
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If it's working then boot to the bootloader. And use fastboot flashing unlock_critical
XDHx86 said:
If it's working then boot to the bootloader. And use fastboot flashing unlock_critical
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it only works when I turn down the sound, but when I go into the boot, it's not heaven