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Guys,i need SERIOUS help! PLEASE!

first off, im not sure if im putting this in the right forum section, forgive me if im not also this is long, but please read on.
anyway heres whats up.
Recently the Nexus S line started receiving their 4.1 update. I have a Nexus S 4G (so obviously Sprint). Angry - again- that the 4G model did not get the update (or will be anytime soon) i rooted my phone again after some time.
after some random issues with it (apps would crash constantly) i attempted to switch to CM10. that didnt work. so i went to CM9 and then CM10. everything was fine until the phone would reboot on its own from time to time and every now and then i would pull the battery. After some time the issues stopped.
NOW, the other night my phone died. this morning i decided to charge it. after charging for about 20 minutes i attempted to turn it on, but i ended up getting stuck at the bootlogo (Google with the unlock) i pulled the battery, and tried again. Same thing. I proceeded to go into recovery and flash a ROM that i knew was safe to boot into, except, the SD card would not mount- saying there was an error. Thats where im at now. the SD will not mount, and im stuck at the bootlogo. I believe i "bricked" my phone.
heres what i need help with. I locked the bootloader with Fastboot,but i still have CWM on the phone. i cant delete CWM without getting into the SD card, but the SD card refuses to mount. I want to get CWM off, so that i can send the phone in for repair/a new one. my warranty - although void now - still has a 5 months left on it. Im not worried about switching the ROM because the phone wont boot anyways,which means that when i give in, they wont be able to do anything besides see that its not rooted.
TL;DR
i think i bricked my phone, but i still have hope for it. SD wont mount, and im stuck at bootloader. i need a way to either fix this, or delete CWM somehow. Im on a Nexus S 4G.
PLEASE! Any suggestions are appreciated!

Do u have a backup showing when u go to backups?
Or is it SD card not mountable at all?
Next can u mount via USB?
If so copy ur SD to then format it.
Do u have a backup of ur SD card on ur computer b4 this happened?
If so then try to format SD card then put ur backup in it and then flash a backup or new ROM.
Vs Nexus S 4G

if you have fastboot then you can flash factory images... read this guide a couple times before trying it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307
but you need a ns4g image from here
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#sojus

vidaljs said:
Do u have a backup showing when u go to backups?
Or is it SD card not mountable at all?
Next can u mount via USB?
If so copy ur SD to then format it.
Do u have a backup of ur SD card on ur computer b4 this happened?
If so then try to format SD card then put ur backup in it and then flash a backup or new ROM.
Vs Nexus S 4G
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no backups at all, but even if i did, the backups would be stored on my SD card,which i cant access. when i go into CWM and go to install zip from SD card, it says "error mounting SD card"
AlphaEchoViktorSierra said:
if you have fastboot then you can flash factory images... read this guide a couple times before trying it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1572307
but you need a ns4g image from here
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#sojus
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ill check that out. another issue im having is that i think i found a way to fix this, but i can only fix it if my bootloader is unlocked, which, in attempt to mask my errors, i locked, and now i cannot unlock it. when i press "yes,unlock my bootloader" the phone freezes up. i need some way to unlock my bootloader OR enable USB debugging from my computer. thing is, while i DO have all the drivers for my phone, the computer will not recognise the phone. It makes a sound when i plug in the phone, to show something IS plugged in, but it does not show up in my drives.

Is the phone locked by a provider?
CWM works? Format all - data & system & cache & SD CARD.
Then use ODIN to flash a proper stock firmware, unlock & root your phone one again.
A lot of work but necessary...:fingers-crossed:

doa4ever said:
Is the phone locked by a provider?
CWM works? Format all - data & system & cache & SD CARD.
Then use ODIN to flash a proper stock firmware, unlock & root your phone one again.
A lot of work but necessary...:fingers-crossed:
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heres the catch about CWM, i can format all my data and system and wipe the cache. When i format the system, that also formats the SD.BUT under the advanced options in CWM, i cant format ONLY the SD. it gives me a mounting error. And i believe i found a solution through linux, but i need the bootloader unlocked, which i locked up again. Everyone says odin is the way to go but i cant get it on because the SD is unmountable.
is there some sort of adapter i can plug into the USB port at the bottom of the phone that lets me attach an external SD? i believe if i can attach an external SD card which contains the things i need such as a stable ROM, then i can get the phone working. i came across a website which repairs bricked phones. In a video of a Nexus S brick repair, the tech guy installed some files through a "jig"(?) do you think if i can get my hands on one of those i can fix my phone?

[Completed] (SOLVED!!)How to Pull files from internal memory when phone won't boot??

Hi!!
Ok I have a Samsung galaxy s2. My issue is that it won't boot past the Samsung logo. It's been that way for a week! I've tried battery pull, waiting, tried getting into safe-mode(no luck), however, nothing has worked so far. I just want to know how I can get my files from internal memory/storage. I would really like to pull my photos, videos, and possibly my music from there.
I can get into stock recovery, and see my device connected via adb, but I can't go any further to get my files.
Q1: How can I get my phone to pull my internal storage in stock recovery?
Q2: Is it possible to download CWM or TWRP without debug or when the phone won't boot?
I can't get in my phone and all I've been told was that there is nothing I can do and will be forced to factory reset.
p.s. I have nothing backed up via drop box or kies, and everything wasn't saved to my sd card(which is removed from the phone now).
Help would be greatly appreciated Thanks
...........Okay, Problem solved! ALL Thanks to this guys post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/soft-brick-stuck-samsung-screen-how-to-t2206517
Now I'm just trying to work my way back to flashing stock firmware for Virgin Mobile. I am a total noob at this, but I managed to get my files!:laugh: :victory: :good: :highfive:

Bloodyline said:
A1: i don't know.
A2: yes it's
i had the same problem yesterday and i tried anything nothing worked , you can just download the firmware of your phone then download SP flash tool and search for tutorial on youtube , your data phone and all your memory will be lost but you'll be able to use it
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I still would like to pull my data first. But Thank you anyways

Thread closed as user already founded the right place for his problem.

[Completed] [HELP] Lenovo K5 "Encryption Unsuccesful" + cant wipe /data

So recently my old phone died and i just bought this one, maybe i can take it to warranty but im not sure because i did root it and tried to changw the Rom.
So, I tried to changw the rom but I didnt realise that wiping /system would delete the Rom file too bc i didnt have an external sd, so my phone is stuck in TWRP. My computer is slow and adb doesnt seems to work, whenever i tried to sideload a Rom my pc would freeze and adb would stop with no explanation other than "adb Failed"
I got an external sd, upooad the stock and miui roms and tried to install em both (separately) but none seemed to work, my phone boots and i get the "Encryption Unsuccessful" message, but whenever I try to do a factory reset i cant wipe "data".
I already tried to partition data to the external sd but it doesnt works either...
Is there any other way I can fix this? Ive been trying for days, digging up every forum, but I cant find a solution.
I really need to make it work, im quite desperate at this point.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for my weak english skills haha

JoeBrand said:
So recently my old phone died and i just bought this one, maybe i can take it to warranty but im not sure because i did root it and tried to changw the Rom.
So, I tried to changw the rom but I didnt realise that wiping /system would delete the Rom file too bc i didnt have an external sd, so my phone is stuck in TWRP. My computer is slow and adb doesnt seems to work, whenever i tried to sideload a Rom my pc would freeze and adb would stop with no explanation other than "adb Failed"
I got an external sd, upooad the stock and miui roms and tried to install em both (separately) but none seemed to work, my phone boots and i get the "Encryption Unsuccessful" message, but whenever I try to do a factory reset i cant wipe "data".
I already tried to partition data to the external sd but it doesnt works either...
Is there any other way I can fix this? Ive been trying for days, digging up every forum, but I cant find a solution.
I really need to make it work, im quite desperate at this point.
Thanks in advance, and sorry for my weak english skills haha
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Greetings and welcome to assist. Is your bootloader locked ? that may be the problem. I did find this thread that has a twrp flashable stock rom if that helps to recover the device
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67461583&postcount=3
Good Luck
Sawdoctor

Nexus 5 bootloop, stuck in Rom intro - Don't know how to connect it to my pc

First of all, I'm pretty noob this days on Android so I'm very sorry guys, also english is not my first language.
My nexus was working great until today. I ended a Whatsapp Call and get a black screen, phone looks frozen (happened before). Reboot it and works fine for 5-10 minutes, after that it started to reboot itself the whole time in bootlop, stuck in the rom intro, after the Google text. My rom is one of the very first roms from Slim Roms, I'm sorry I don't remember the Android Version, but is "old".
I can access to the recovery mode tho. I tried to wipe dalvik cache and the TWRP failed, wipe and factory reset, fail as well... I don't know what else to do. I don't have any image to install in the sd, or any backup. Windows 10 recognize an "android" but can't access to it so I can't copy any file to it.
Is my phone dead or can I do something? I love this phone :crying:

Any help please? I tried using ADB and get to copy some files into the phone but still every time I try to do a wipe cache, factory reset or what ever I get a Unable to mount Data / Cache / Storage... every time the same error.
I google it and found that some people could fix that error by repairing the file system and select ext4. But I can't do that, my TWRP build is quite old (v2.6.3.4) and doesn't have that option here. Any suggestions?
Thanks btw

Me again
I've been reading forums for more than 7 hours today and trying different solutions, and nothing. But found this guy here https://androidforums.com/threads/is-my-nexus-5-dead.1099076/
He basically had the same issue as me few years ago, exactly the same, He didn't find any luck apparently.
How is it possible that a phone that can get access to TWRP or copy/flash files via ADB/Fastboot can't be saved? Theoretically in this case this is not a hard bricked, right? So? This is so so weird

It's possible that portions of the internal memory are damaged.
The only thing left to try is flash a stock ROM using ADB commands. I recommend trying a KK ROM.

No OS but twrp working
Hello friend.
If I have understood your problem correctly then you have twrp working but no os.
I found that there is an option in twrp to enable MTP. once you do that you will be able to access it. While the phone is in recovery mode connect it to the computer and it will get recognized and you can transfer zip file to it and then flash a new os.
Cheers!

audit13 said:
It's possible that portions of the internal memory are damaged.
The only thing left to try is flash a stock ROM using ADB commands. I recommend trying a KK ROM.
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I tried that already, it does the installation thing but always fail in the end
mevrik_007 said:
Hello friend.
If I have understood your problem correctly then you have twrp working but no os.
I found that there is an option in twrp to enable MTP. once you do that you will be able to access it. While the phone is in recovery mode connect it to the computer and it will get recognized and you can transfer zip file to it and then flash a new os.
Cheers!
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Also tried that: new rom+ gapps via usb adb and the TWRP says Failed...
I mean I still have OS because every single time I try to turn on my phone the animation screen of the Slim Rom goes in. The problem is I can't install anything new, no new rom, no factory image, no new version of TWRP, I can't wipe data or cache or do a factory reset because I get a big red Failed always. Feelsbad

ekeixdurden said:
I tried that already, it does the installation thing but always fail in the end
Also tried that: new rom+ gapps via usb adb and the TWRP says Failed...
I mean I still have OS because every single time I try to turn on my phone the animation screen of the Slim Rom goes in. The problem is I can't install anything new, no new rom, no factory image, no new version of TWRP, I can't wipe data or cache or do a factory reset because I get a big red Failed always. Feelsbad
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Try this: lock the bootloader and reboot back into the bootloader. If the bootloader remains locked, that's a good sign. If the bootloader is unlocked, that is a bad sign.

audit13 said:
Try this: lock the bootloader and reboot back into the bootloader. If the bootloader remains locked, that's a good sign. If the bootloader is unlocked, that is a bad sign.
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I tried that with the Nexus root tool kit and the bootloader still is unlocked

ekeixdurden said:
I tried that with the Nexus root tool kit and the bootloader still is unlocked
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Tells me that the memory chip is defective and needs to be replaced.
Indicates to me that the chip had lost its write capability.

audit13 said:
Tells me that the memory chip is defective and needs to be replaced.
Indicates to me that the chip had lost its write capability.
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Shieeeet... So nothing to do I guess? I already ordered a new phone but if I can save this beauty would be great

It would be great to fix it but the simplest solution may be to buy a nexus 5 with a smashed screen and working motherboard. I've done this before and it's worked out well because the nexus 5 is pretty old by today's phone standards so I got it cheap.

hmm not a bad idea at all. Thank you!

System UI Stopped Running

Hello.
Today I installed updates from via Aptoide (i know, dumb idea, but i thought, if smth isnt fitting, i can just deinstall the update) on my Galaxy S7, suddenly the UI crashed, cuz it appears that an App, i dont remember the name since it updated everything, has overwritten the system ui settings. All i remember is, it was a Samsung App.
Now the problem is, i just have a black screen.
I never synchronised my data and would loose like 200 contacts and the last years of my life in pictures and films...
I also hv all my passwords in a password safe on my phone, a lot of documents and so on, but the contacts and private life stuff is even more important.
So, for no chance I will wipe all my data to have a working phone again.
I tried to wipe the cache. Not working.
I tried to go into Secure Mode, but the UI is missing there too.
Maybe im too dumb to install the ADB correctly, but its not even finding a device when I connect the phone with the PC, even though im in Recovery/Apply Update from ADB.
I didnt allow the debbging by ADB in the phones options when it was working. So i dont know whether that could cause the problem or im not able to use configure the ADB drivers right on my PC.
I also tried to just connect the phone with my PC to save the data, but i need to enter the PIN on the Phone to get access to the phone storage.
I also thought about using a custom Recovery to just Save my data, but a friend told me that the phone would recognize that and encrypt the files on my phone then.
I hope you can help me out and excuse my stupid update behavior and my english skills. :/ Ive already learned smth from that incident.
Kind Regards.

RCEPaul said:
Hello.
Today I installed updates from via Aptoide (i know, dumb idea, but i thought, if smth isnt fitting, i can just deinstall the update) on my Galaxy S7, suddenly the UI crashed, cuz it appears that an App, i dont remember the name since it updated everything, has overwritten the system ui settings. All i remember is, it was a Samsung App.
Now the problem is, i just have a black screen.
I never synchronised my data and would loose like 200 contacts and the last years of my life in pictures and films...
I also hv all my passwords in a password safe on my phone, a lot of documents and so on, but the contacts and private life stuff is even more important.
So, for no chance I will wipe all my data to have a working phone again.
I tried to wipe the cache. Not working.
I tried to go into Secure Mode, but the UI is missing there too.
Maybe im too dumb to install the ADB correctly, but its not even finding a device when I connect the phone with the PC, even though im in Recovery/Apply Update from ADB.
I didnt allow the debbging by ADB in the phones options when it was working. So i dont know whether that could cause the problem or im not able to use configure the ADB drivers right on my PC.
I also tried to just connect the phone with my PC to save the data, but i need to enter the PIN on the Phone to get access to the phone storage.
I also thought about using a custom Recovery to just Save my data, but a friend told me that the phone would recognize that and encrypt the files on my phone then.
I hope you can help me out and excuse my stupid update behavior and my english skills. :/ Ive already learned smth from that incident.
Kind Regards.
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Damn that's crazy I be knowing how you feel like when you make that one mistake and it messes up your phone if your able to use a custom recovery I suggest you flash it and find a decryptor zip to remove decryption from your device and then factory restore from twrp or you could do a hard reset from your phone to factory restore just make sure you remember the last Google account you used when you set up your phone account as to your data like pictures and stuff if you wipe threw custom recovery you won't lose that as internal storage is its only partition not wiped by factory reset however with stock recovery factory reset wipes data and internal storage partition
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So a friend and me figured out that you can access the phone by pc in secure mode by not even entering the PIN.
So i have the files now, but cant get access onto my contacts, not even with software, since ADB is deactivated in phones options.
Any hint how to get them extracted too?

RCEPaul said:
So a friend and me figured out that you can access the phone by pc in secure mode by not even entering the PIN.
So i have the files now, but cant get access onto my contacts, not even with software, since ADB is deactivated in phones options.
Any hint how to get them extracted too?
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That's interesting if I knew I would of told you
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Which recovery works with Samsungs encryption and could restore the files?
Im noob in such things, sorry-

RCEPaul said:
Which recovery works with Samsungs encryption and could restore the files?
Im noob in such things, sorry-
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Xda is your friend you need to research and next time keep it simple modifying there phone is not for everybody it's a process and something can always go wrong cause you can't plan for everything
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