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[Q] Suddenly locked with "Load Kernel (boot) failed" message

Hi,
My phone suddenly locked up on me and stuck with following message:
AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S)
10.9B(*) (sha-61146a2, 2014-07-29 03:17:13)
eMMC Info: Size 32GB
Device is Locked, Status Code: 0
Battery OK
Connect USB
Data Cable
Load Kernel (boot) failed
Fastboot Reason: Boot Failure
I never rooted or flashed the phone or changed anything beyond stock version or OTA provided by Verizon. Tried the different options to reboot, or do factory reset, but keeps coming back to same screen. When trying Recovery option, I get the android picture with the triangle, but then pressing Volume Up and Down buttons at the same time does not do anything.
I am mainly interested in knowing if there is any way/hope to recover any of the pictures/videos that I have stored on the phone. As a secondary item, I am looking for any way to recover/restore the phone to operational condition. While searching for this online, I came across this forum. Any help you can provide is greatly appreciated!
Thanks!

Did you happen to set the storage location for your camera to "SD Card"?, because if you did, then just remove the SD Card and use a SD card reader to copy your pics to your PC.
As far as the phone goes, all I can suggest is to use RSDLite to flash the stock firmware while in AP Fastboot mode. Here is a link to RSDLite: http://rsdlite.com/rsd-lite-download/.
Here is a link to the XT926 (Droid RAZR HD) 183.46.15 firmware :http://www.mediafire.com/download/qwgk70yqf38ss86/VZW_XT926_4.4.2-KDA20.62-15.1_1FF.xml.zip. This will not wipe your phone, (At least it has not wiped my data as I have used it multiple times).
Before you use RSDLite, make sure you have all the drivers for your phone on your PC and while your phone is in AP Fastboot mode, plug it into your PC and let it load the driver. Let us know if you need any further help

Guapo613 said:
Did you happen to set the storage location for your camera to "SD Card"?, because if you did, then just remove the SD Card and use a SD card reader to copy your pics to your PC.
As far as the phone goes, all I can suggest is to use RSDLite to flash the stock firmware while in AP Fastboot mode. Here is a link to RSDLite:
Here is a link to the XT926 (Droid RAZR HD) 183.46.15 firmware :
This will not wipe your phone, (At least it has not wiped my data as I have used it multiple times).
Before you use RSDLite, make sure you have all the drivers for your phone on your PC and while your phone is in AP Fastboot mode, plug it into your PC and let it load the driver. Let us know if you need any further help
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Guapo613,
Thank you very much for the quick reply. As far as memory card, unfortunately it was already full a long time ago, so practically all the pictures and videos I am talking about are on the internal storage of the phone (not the external card).
As far as restoring using RSDLite, are you indicating that this would maintain my data (pictures and videos) and only affect the boot partition? It seems all other methods I came across by searching were indicating that those methods would wipe out my data. It's great if this will help me restore the phone and not affect the data.
Note, the data on the phone is automatically encrypted, so hopefully this method will still maintain the information and allow me to use the same password for access afterwards?
As far as the firmware you pointed me to, is it the same for my phone? i.e., no difference between the Droid Razr HD and the Droid Razr Maxx HD?
Regarding your guidance to ensure all the drivers for my phone are on my PC, can you clarify how I can make sure of that? When I plug in my phone in the current state, it does not seems to be recognized by the PC and nothing is getting downloaded in the form of drivers.
Thanks!

NewVerizon said:
Guapo613,
Thank you very much for the quick reply. As far as memory card, unfortunately it was already full a long time ago, so practically all the pictures and videos I am talking about are on the internal storage of the phone (not the external card).
As far as restoring using RSDLite, are you indicating that this would maintain my data (pictures and videos) and only affect the boot partition? It seems all other methods I came across by searching were indicating that those methods would wipe out my data. It's great if this will help me restore the phone and not affect the data.
Note, the data on the phone is automatically encrypted, so hopefully this method will still maintain the information and allow me to use the same password for access afterwards?
As far as the firmware you pointed me to, is it the same for my phone? i.e., no difference between the Droid Razr HD and the Droid Razr Maxx HD?
Regarding your guidance to ensure all the drivers for my phone are on my PC, can you clarify how I can make sure of that? When I plug in my phone in the current state, it does not seems to be recognized by the PC and nothing is getting downloaded in the form of drivers.
Thanks!
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rsd by default will wipe your data but for you that no longer matters because you said you factory reset and that erases data i recommend following this guide from @SamuriHL http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr-hd/general/fxz-4-4-2-183-46-15-t2873083
for your questions the razr maxx hd and razr hd are the same just different batterys and storage sizes
get Motorola drivers from here https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/88481

The XML in the download I provided supposedly has been modified NOT to wipe data and in the times I have used it, it has not. I cant guarantee it will save your data but it has worked for me on both my RAZR HD and my RAZR HD MAXX.

billycar11 said:
rsd by default will wipe your data but for you that no longer matters because you said you factory reset and that erases data i recommend following this guide from @SamuriHL http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr-hd/general/fxz-4-4-2-183-46-15-t2873083
for your questions the razr maxx hd and razr hd are the same just different batterys and storage sizes
get Motorola drivers from here https://motorola-global-portal.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/88481
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Sorry if I wasn't very clear enough on the factory reset. I mentioned that I tried that option after the Recovery option didn't work, and I know that would typically wipe off the data. However, when I chose it, it very quickly came back to the same boot fail screen, so I don't believe it actually did anything (including deleting any data). Given this information, and if assumption is that data was not wiped off and factory reset did not actually take place, is RSD still the best option, and will it still wipe off all my data? Is there any option I can try that may keep my data while just restoring the boot partition or clearing other areas such as cache (but not touching non-volatile data storage)?

Guapo613 said:
The XML in the download I provided supposedly has been modified NOT to wipe data and in the times I have used it, it has not. I cant guarantee it will save your data but it has worked for me on both my RAZR HD and my RAZR HD MAXX.
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still does not matter anymore op says he factory reset phone already that wiped data he seems new so i linked to @SamuriHL 's guide so he knows how to do it he can still use your images if he wants
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NewVerizon said:
Sorry if I wasn't very clear enough on the factory reset. I mentioned that I tried that option after the Recovery option didn't work, and I know that would typically wipe off the data. However, when I chose it, it very quickly came back to the same boot fail screen, so I don't believe it actually did anything (including deleting any data). Given this information, and if assumption is that data was not wiped off and factory reset did not actually take place, is RSD still the best option, and will it still wipe off all my data? Is there any option I can try that may keep my data while just restoring the boot partition or clearing other areas such as cache (but not touching non-volatile data storage)?
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so then yes try rsd with keeping data use whatever method of keeping data you wish use @SamuriHL method or the predone way from @Guapo613

billycar11 said:
still does not matter anymore op says he factory reset phone already that wiped data he seems new so i linked to @SamuriHL 's guide so he knows how to do it he can still use your images if he wants
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so then yes try rsd with keeping data use whatever method of keeping data you wish use @SamuriHL method or the predone way from @Guapo613
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Great, thanks! You are right, I am new and not familiar with any of this so details are very helpful. I appreciate the help and patience that Guapo613 and you are providing. Hopefully I'll be able to get this restored, especially the data (mostly pictures/videos of first baby).

Verizon is your carrier?, did you use Verizon Cloud or Google Drive to back up your phone??, because if you did, then your pics are stored in either or both clouds.

Guapo613 said:
Verizon is your carrier?, did you use Verizon Cloud or Google Drive to back up your phone??, because if you did, then your pics are stored in either or both clouds.
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Verizon is my carrier, but unfortunately I do not have most of the pictures/videos on Verizon Cloud or Google Drive. I copied a handful of them to Google Drive when I wanted to share them, but majority of them (95%) are unfortunately not backed up...
BTW, I have one more question. When I looked at the other link that was posted by SamuriHL, it had a warning "IF YOU HAVE NOT UNLOCKED, THIS BUILD WILL PERMANENTLY PREVENT YOU FROM DOING SO. STOP NOW and GO UNLOCK!". Does the same thing hold for the XML you suggested? Should I be doing something else to unlock first, or should I just proceed with rsdlite and your XML?

NewVerizon said:
Verizon is my carrier, but unfortunately I do not have most of the pictures/videos on Verizon Cloud or Google Drive. I copied a handful of them to Google Drive when I wanted to share them, but majority of them (95%) are unfortunately not backed up...
BTW, I have one more question. When I looked at the other link that was posted by SamuriHL, it had a warning "IF YOU HAVE NOT UNLOCKED, THIS BUILD WILL PERMANENTLY PREVENT YOU FROM DOING SO. STOP NOW and GO UNLOCK!". Does the same thing hold for the XML you suggested? Should I be doing something else to unlock first, or should I just proceed with rsdlite and your XML?
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i believe you were already on the latest ota/update so you cant unlock that is only for custom roms and rooting and it seems like thats not something you want to do anyway,
just be sure to check the xml file and make sure "erase userdata" is gone from the xml that way you have the best chance of recovering your data

NewVerizon said:
Verizon is my carrier, but unfortunately I do not have most of the pictures/videos on Verizon Cloud or Google Drive. I copied a handful of them to Google Drive when I wanted to share them, but majority of them (95%) are unfortunately not backed up...
BTW, I have one more question. When I looked at the other link that was posted by SamuriHL, it had a warning "IF YOU HAVE NOT UNLOCKED, THIS BUILD WILL PERMANENTLY PREVENT YOU FROM DOING SO. STOP NOW and GO UNLOCK!". Does the same thing hold for the XML you suggested? Should I be doing something else to unlock first, or should I just proceed with rsdlite and your XML?
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I'm going to assume that your XT926 was updated to the latest firmware available for your phone (183.46.15). If that was the case, then dont worry about un-locking the bootloader as this option is not currently supported by your updated phone.
Once you get this thing working again, you can root your phone, read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr-hd/general/root-droid-razr-hd-xt926-183-46-15-t3062040

billycar11 said:
i believe you were already on the latest ota/update so you cant unlock that is only for custom roms and rooting and it seems like thats not something you want to do anyway,
just be sure to check the xml file and make sure "erase userdata" is gone from the xml that way you have the best chance of recovering your data
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Sounds good. I downloaded and unzipped the RSD Lite (from SamuriHL link, since the original link seems to fail to download 6.1.6 and only works for older versions such as 6.1.5). Currently, I am in the process of downloading the XML (1/3 done, it's pretty big at 753MB). When it's done, am I supposed to unzip it, and then look inside for the modification? How can I tell if "erase userdata" is gone from the xml? I assume RSD Lite is going to expect the XML as an input, or can it take the zip file?
BTW, when I plugged the phone to the data cable, it looks like the battery was run down. It took a little while, but then it came back up to the boot fail screen but indicates Battery Low. Do I need to charge the phone and wait till Battery OK before starting the process?

Guapo613 said:
I'm going to assume that your XT926 was updated to the latest firmware available for your phone (183.46.15). If that was the case, then dont worry about un-locking the bootloader as this option is not currently supported by your updated phone.
Once you get this thing working again, you can root your phone, read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-razr-hd/general/root-droid-razr-hd-xt926-183-46-15-t3062040
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Sounds good, thanks for the additional clarifications!

NewVerizon said:
Sounds good. I downloaded and unzipped the RSD Lite (from SamuriHL link, since the original link seems to fail to download 6.1.6 and only works for older versions such as 6.1.5). Currently, I am in the process of downloading the XML (1/3 done, it's pretty big at 753MB). When it's done, am I supposed to unzip it, and then look inside for the modification? How can I tell if "erase userdata" is gone from the xml? I assume RSD Lite is going to expect the XML as an input, or can it take the zip file?
BTW, when I plugged the phone to the data cable, it looks like the battery was run down. It took a little while, but then it came back up to the boot fail screen but indicates Battery Low. Do I need to charge the phone and wait till Battery OK before starting the process?
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yes you will unzip the file then find and open the xml file and delete the whole line that contains "erase userdata" also erase any lines that contain TZ and yes the xml is the input for rsd,
im not 100% sure if the battery will charge with no boot.img i don't think it will and in order to flash you need that low battery warning to be gone so check if it will charge and if not you will need to make or buy a Motorola factory cable.

NewVerizon said:
Sounds good. I downloaded and unzipped the RSD Lite (from SamuriHL link, since the original link seems to fail to download 6.1.6 and only works for older versions such as 6.1.5). Currently, I am in the process of downloading the XML (1/3 done, it's pretty big at 753MB). When it's done, am I supposed to unzip it, and then look inside for the modification? How can I tell if "erase userdata" is gone from the xml? I assume RSD Lite is going to expect the XML as an input, or can it take the zip file?
BTW, when I plugged the phone to the data cable, it looks like the battery was run down. It took a little while, but then it came back up to the boot fail screen but indicates Battery Low. Do I need to charge the phone and wait till Battery OK before starting the process?
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Charge the battery to at least 70% before starting the process.
What I like to do is create a folder on your desktop and name it "RAZR HD" (or RAZR MAXX HD) and place the .zip file I provided in that folder, now just un-zip it inside that folder and when you open RSDLite, just navigate to the folder you created on your desktop and click on the XML document and click on "Start" and RSDlite will take care of the rest

Guapo613 said:
Charge the battery to at least 70% before starting the process.
What I like to do is create a folder on your desktop and name it "RAZR HD" (or RAZR MAXX HD) and place the .zip file I provided in that folder, now just un-zip it inside that folder and when you open RSDLite, just navigate to the folder you created on your desktop and click on the XML document and click on "Start" and RSDlite will take care of the rest
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Hi Guapo613,
Sorry for the delayed response. I was away at a conference out of town, and just got back home where I have access to a Motorola charger. It is the travel one, so unclear if it is charging or not. The phone seems to be in a state in which it indicates Battery Low, and then after plugging back with power and back directly to the computer, it indicates Battery OK (switches back and forth during subsequent reconnect).
I got it to Battery OK indication, then extracted the files from the zip as you suggested and started RSDLite with the XML. However, it failed almost immediately. It shows the following output on the first two lines (all subsequent lines are blank other than Port No):
Model Port No. Port Type IMEI/ESN/MEID Status Result
1 USB The phone failed to switch to fastboot mode. FAIL
Fastboot VANQUISH S 2 USB N/A Failed flashing process. 1/17 flash partition "gpt.bin" -> Phone returned FAIL. FAIL
Any ideas?
Thanks!

billycar11 said:
yes you will unzip the file then find and open the xml file and delete the whole line that contains "erase userdata" also erase any lines that contain TZ and yes the xml is the input for rsd,
im not 100% sure if the battery will charge with no boot.img i don't think it will and in order to flash you need that low battery warning to be gone so check if it will charge and if not you will need to make or buy a Motorola factory cable.
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Hi billycar11,
As I mentioned in the post I just wrote to Guapo613, I tried using the xml he provided with RSDLite, but it did not work. Also, when looking at the XML, I did not see any line containing "erase userdata", so I guess that's a good thing (i.e. it was already done in that XML). I did not see any lines containing TZ, but I don't believe I saw any lines indicating that the XML is the input for rsd or where I would change anything to yes. My assumption was that the file is already good as-is since Guapo613 indicated he used it multple times before, so hopefully the changes you noted are not needed.
However, that process did not work, so I am not sure if it means the phone is in a worse state than thought, or maybe it has something to do with the battery and needing the stock (non-travel) charger. Maybe the phone will just not charge without boot.img, but as I noted in the other post, I did manage to get the Battery indication to OK rather than Low (regardless whether there is actually any charge in it or not).
One other note, before it allowed me to at least get to the menu in which I could navigate between options such as Recovery or Factory Reset (even though none of them actually accomplished anything), but now it seems even that is not possible (it doesn't get there when I press Volume Up, Down, and Power).
----> I take this last statement back. After disconnecting and then trying again, it looks like it is still possible to reach that first menu. However, end result is still the same, with Recovery no being able to get past the icon of Android on its back with triangle, and subsequent reboot (requiring down volume and power) getting back to the screen indicating boot fail.
Do you have any ideas on what I should try next?
Thanks!

Are you able to boot into AP Fastboot??

Guapo613 said:
Are you able to boot into AP Fastboot??
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Can you clarify what you mean by this?
The screen I keep getting back to indicates at the top "AP Fastboot Flash Mode (S)".
Is there anything specific you would like me to try to get into AP Fastboot?

Fixing a Hardbricked SCH-i535 / SCH-S968C Running Marshmallow 6.0.1

I have a Galaxy S3 model SCH-i535 (Verizon) running Marshmallow 6.0.1 which is now currently hard bricked as far as I can tell (can't turn on, no recovery mode, etc.).
I've been in a similar situation before while it was still running stock everything (the model was originally listed as SCH-S968C as I guess it's the same exact thing and was running 4.1.2 but changed once I updated), but I managed to save it by writing a debrick image onto the external SD which allowed the phone to boot. Cut forward to now and I'm unsure what to do.
The problem started when my phone wouldn't recognize my SIM card and I tried re-flashing nightly cyanogenmod builds with TWRP, but it didn't work. Eventually I was told to install a new modem and eventually found a ZIP file that I had to install through the recovery. Once I installed it (same way I installed any random ROM), I rebooted and at that point it wouldn't turn back on.
I've tried using the same image as before, but it didn't work and I haven't been able to find another image that's for Marshmallow and I don't believe you can somehow revert it to stock by booting it through the SD or something so I could use the old debrick image.
I'm not sure what else to do as Google so far hasn't turned up anything.

use 32 gb sdcard
what is your os befor hard brick

khiero said:
use 32 gb sdcard
what is your os befor hard brick
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What do you mean by use a 32gb sdcard exactly?
Also it was running marshmallow 6.0.1 via Cyanogenmod, but if you mean before that it was 4.1.2 lollipop I think? Either way it was 4.1.2 something.

PastyBran said:
What do you mean by use a 32gb sdcard exactly?
Also it was running marshmallow 6.0.1 via Cyanogenmod, but if you mean before that it was 4.1.2 lollipop I think? Either way it was 4.1.2 something.
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What exactly did you flash?

BadUsername said:
What exactly did you flash?
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I believe it was the nightly build labeled "cm-13.0-20160510-NIGHTLY-d2vzw.zip" on the Cyanogen site (can't post links since I don't have enough posts I guess, but you should be able to find it easy).

You can't boot into download or recovery mode? Don't see a reason it should've been hard bricked.

BadUsername said:
You can't boot into download or recovery mode? Don't see a reason it should've been hard bricked.
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What I think I did was replace the modem file directly (ie deleting the current modem and dragging and dropping the new one in to replace it).
I'm not sure why I did that but I did.

PastyBran said:
What I think I did was replace the modem file directly (ie deleting the current modem and dragging and dropping the new one in to replace it).
I'm not sure why I did that but I did.
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Missed this somehow.
You're going to have to pull a debrick image from a 4.1 stock rom (whichever baseband you were on, not the actual rom you were using), write it to an sd card until it boots from that.
Once your phone boots, you can then move the debrick image to your internal storage and fix the modem, the hard brick repair guide should work for you.

BadUsername said:
Missed this somehow.
You're going to have to pull a debrick image from a 4.1 stock rom (whichever baseband you were on, not the actual rom you were using), write it to an sd card until it boots from that.
Once your phone boots, you can then move the debrick image to your internal storage and fix the modem, the hard brick repair guide should work for you.
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How would I go about pulling a debrick image?
I downloaded the rom from here, but I'm not sure how to make a debrick image out of it.

PastyBran said:
How would I go about pulling a debrick image?
I downloaded the rom from here, but I'm not sure how to make a debrick image out of it.
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I think that's too old, and if you look at the hardbrick repair guide it's posted in there.
I think the debrick image is a boot image, don't quote me on that though. I'm not really sure what it is because I never needed it.

BadUsername said:
I think that's too old, and if you look at the hardbrick repair guide it's posted in there.
I think the debrick image is a boot image, don't quote me on that though. I'm not really sure what it is because I never needed it.
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Which one do you mean exactly?
One of the files in the OP or was it posted somewhere else in the thread? I saw this file here, but I wasn't sure which one you meant.

PastyBran said:
Which one do you mean exactly?
One of the files in the OP or was it posted somewhere else in the thread? I saw this file here, but I wasn't sure which one you meant.
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The guide is stickied at the top :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166&page=38
Follow those directions with the appropriate bootloader you have. I think you have 4.1.

BadUsername said:
The guide is stickied at the top :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2581166&page=38
Follow those directions with the appropriate bootloader you have. I think you have 4.1.
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You mean the one labeled "Debrick file if you bricked before the 4.3 OTA" correct?
Sorry if I seem a bit dense, I'm just trying to extra-cautious.
EDIT: Also one more question. Does it matter if you use use a USB micro SD reader (something that looks like a thumb drive, but you put a micro SD in a slot on the top), or is there a higher success rate using a SD card adapter and putting it into a SD card reader?
I heard that somewhere while looking up stuff, so I was curious if there was any merit to it.

PastyBran said:
You mean the one labeled "Debrick file if you bricked before the 4.3 OTA" correct?
Sorry if I seem a bit dense, I'm just trying to extra-cautious.
EDIT: Also one more question. Does it matter if you use use a USB micro SD reader (something that looks like a thumb drive, but you put a micro SD in a slot on the top), or is there a higher success rate using a SD card adapter and putting it into a SD card reader?
I heard that somewhere while looking up stuff, so I was curious if there was any merit to it.
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Your phone has a microsd slot, put it in that.
Also if you use the wrong image nothing would happen, not really a risk to your phone.
Not sure why you'd need an adapter

BadUsername said:
Your phone has a microsd slot, put it in that.
Also if you use the wrong image nothing would happen, not really a risk to your phone.
Not sure why you'd need an adapter
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Sorry, I meant as in an adapter to connect it to my PC in order to write the image onto the micro SD card.

PastyBran said:
Sorry, I meant as in an adapter to connect it to my PC in order to write the image onto the micro SD card.
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O I see, ya you're going to need some way to get the file onto the sd card. That adapter should work.

BadUsername said:
O I see, ya you're going to need some way to get the file onto the sd card. That adapter should work.
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I tried a few times over a couple days writing the debrick file from the guide to the card (specifically the labeled "Debrick file if you bricked before the 4.3 OTA"), following everything to the letter but to no avail.
I also noticed the light turns red when I plug it into my PC without the battery if that means anything.

I figure I should give a small update. I sent it into a local repair shop to get it JTAG'd and it's working fine now, so I don't need help anymore (for now at least).
Thanks to everyone whose helped me, and good luck to the guy reading this from a Google search like a year or two from now.

[HELP?] Factory Reset on nougat now no keyboard

So, i got accepted to the nougat beta but i decided to hold off until later to install it. I finally decided to take the plunge and just to be sure i wiped my device and then installed it just to be sure that no problems arose.
After it installed i was greeted with the usual startup procedure but when it came to signing in there was no keyboard, only google voice typing which doesn't work for passwords. As a result i am now left with a phone with an unlocked bootloader and factory reset protection on without any way to get past setup (unless anyone knows a glitch/bug)
Any advice on the situation??

colliflower1107 said:
So, i got accepted to the nougat beta but i decided to hold off until later to install it. I finally decided to take the plunge and just to be sure i wiped my device and then installed it just to be sure that no problems arose.
After it installed i was greeted with the usual startup procedure but when it came to signing in there was no keyboard, only google voice typing which doesn't work for passwords. As a result i am now left with a phone with an unlocked bootloader and factory reset protection on without any way to get past setup (unless anyone knows a glitch/bug)
Any advice on the situation??
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It happened the same to me!
I had to rollback to b131 and do the update again.
Check my thread here

ViCioPT said:
It happened the same to me!
I had to rollback to b131 and do the update again.
Check my thread here
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Thank you SOOO much!!! It worked

colliflower1107 said:
Thank you SOOO much!!! It worked
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No problem, just thank me pushing Thanks button on the thread
Enviado do meu FRD-L09 através de Tapatalk

That is strange. I wonder if this is due to a software issue.

ViCioPT said:
It happened the same to me!
I had to rollback to b131 and do the update again.
Check my thread here
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Isn't it easier to just download an APK for a keyboard (E. g. Google keyboard, Swiftkey) and install that via ADB or push it to the phone and install it?

FreeLineTM said:
Isn't it easier to just download an APK for a keyboard (E. g. Google keyboard, Swiftkey) and install that via ADB or push it to the phone and install it?
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I just installed a keyboard apk and it fixed that issue for me.

Similar issue
Just encountered a very similar problem, (sorry if I don't explain well enough, I'm a newbie with this stuff) with a uk L09 model.
I recently had to reinstall an app using adb due to compatibility issues preventing me from using it. due to a misunderstanding on my part, I believed I needed to install it to an external sd card, rather than the /sdcard/ directory, this came up with some errors that I'm still unsure of, specifically it claimed the sd card was read-only despite me still being able to conventionally copy a file onto it and then play it back, so I went about looking for how to make it writeable, all solutions to this pointed to rooting the phone, so I decided to try that, I got as far as unlocking the bootloader, and failed to flash, after much frustration, I re-read the original advice for the app and managed to install it successfully. because the original issue was resolved, I decided not to finish rooting as It turns out, I didn't need it.
The next day I went about trying to re-lock the bootloader, this worked, but when I hard reset it, it directs me through the login process, at which point, I cannot proceed because there is no keyboard available. I still have the default recovery, I can use fastboot but not regular adb, and I cannot get to settings. I tried unlocking again through fastboot, but it returned command not allowed, reading other guides, it seems my only option involves the rollback, but I don't currently have a microsd adapter to put files directly onto it without using the phone, I've ordered one, but I'm unsure if it will allow me to considering even fastboot continue returned (Remote: Command not allowed). so far I've had no luck in flashing anything, so I'm incredibly nervous that my phone's effectively bricked.
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Rommco05 said:
If you have relocked bootloader can't fastboot and adb. Try download this zip. Make dload folder in root of your internal storage. Unzip files and pu to dload. Turn phone off and turn on with holding vol+/vol-/on,off buttons, this can may help
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I can't access my phone's internal storage because it defaults to charge only, and does not allow me to change the access to enable file transfer because I cannot get past the login due to the lack of keyboard.

Rommco05 said:
So, anyway you will need sdcard
edit: u can't skip all settings?
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No, it requires a google account which was previously synced, which I can't input, sadly. microsd reader has been ordered, will have to wait a little while though.

Help recovering files from an s3

Hey all! My friend has an s3. He is in a different state so I can't experiment on it quite yet.
He has a lot of files he needs to recover from the internal storage. He already has the sd data.
The issue is that the phone will not fully boot. It gets a little past the verizon logo and crashes.
He has tried wiping cache, and booting without the sdcard in.
What can we do to get those files for him?
Verizon said they can't use their diag machine since the device needs to fully power on for them to service it in that fashion.

Is it possible to flash the stock system partition without overwriting data via Odin?

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tr4nqui1i7y said:
Hey all! My friend has an s3. He is in a different state so I can't experiment on it quite yet.
He has a lot of files he needs to recover from the internal storage. He already has the sd data.
The issue is that the phone will not fully boot. It gets a little past the verizon logo and crashes.
He has tried wiping cache, and booting without the sdcard in.
What can we do to get those files for him?
Verizon said they can't use their diag machine since the device needs to fully power on for them to service it in that fashion.
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tr4nqui1i7y said:
Is it possible to flash the stock system partition without overwriting data via Odin?
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Really kind of a tough situation.
Can he get into recovery mode? If so maybe he can pull data from it that way. There's a few ways to do it. It's hard to tell unless I see what the phone does when it boots.
Sorry for the late reply, hardly ever check these forums anymore.

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Really kind of a tough situation.
Can he get into recovery mode? If so maybe he can pull data from it that way. There's a few ways to do it. It's hard to tell unless I see what the phone does when it boots.
Sorry for the late reply, hardly ever check these forums anymore.
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I know he can get to stock recovery, because he's wiped cache that way. I don't believe that he is rooted or anything. I won't know for sure until I'm in person. The issue is that he thinks Verizon wants him to send the phone to them. He used a free upgrade. They sent him the replacement phone with a return box, so he's still not sure at the moment. And I haven't used an upgrade in about 4 years so I don't remember ever having to give back a device.

tr4nqui1i7y said:
I know he can get to stock recovery, because he's wiped cache that way. I don't believe that he is rooted or anything. I won't know for sure until I'm in person. The issue is that he thinks Verizon wants him to send the phone to them. He used a free upgrade. They sent him the replacement phone with a return box, so he's still not sure at the moment. And I haven't used an upgrade in about 4 years so I don't remember ever having to give back a device.
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If he has USB debugging enabled be can use ADB to pull the SD card folder onto his computer in recovery mode.
Otherwise can't do much with stock recovery, if he's rooted you may be able to load TWRP from download mode and boot immediately into recovery mode.

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If he has USB debugging enabled be can use ADB to pull the SD card folder onto his computer in recovery mode.
Otherwise can't do much with stock recovery, if he's rooted you may be able to load TWRP from download mode and boot immediately into recovery mode.
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He's got the SD data. We're working on the /data/ partition now. I think it's mainly notes and pics if I'm not mistaken. I'm really hoping that he's rooted and just forgot or something.

We can make it into odin mode.

You don't need root.
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I can probably help you out.
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You don't need root.
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I can probably help you out.
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I'm thinking of trying to flash stock via Odin to see if that will make it boot. Otherwise, it may have to go jtag route.

I am going to attempt to ODIN on it. Unfortunately I don't know what version of android he was on.
Which ODIN files would you recommend? Preferably one that won't need me to wipe the data partition. Also, please provide links if possible. I have found some stuff on my own, but a lot of links are dead.

tr4nqui1i7y said:
I am going to attempt to ODIN on it. Unfortunately I don't know what version of android he was on.
Which ODIN files would you recommend? Preferably one that won't need me to wipe the data partition. Also, please provide links if possible. I have found some stuff on my own, but a lot of links are dead.
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Odin will wipe everything. Every .tar file I've come across essentially just return the phone to a completely stock state.
Wish I had old stuff but I don't. What have you found?

BadUsername said:
Odin will wipe everything. Every .tar file I've come across essentially just return the phone to a completely stock state.
Wish I had old stuff but I don't. What have you found?
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Ah, I had found one that said it wasn't​ going to wipe data. I'll try to find the link again today. They were saying it was like doing an ota update and it would leave data in place.

tr4nqui1i7y said:
Ah, I had found one that said it wasn't​ going to wipe data. I'll try to find the link again today. They were saying it was like doing an ota update and it would leave data in place.
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O wait I think I vaguely remember, but that we when the bootloader was unlocked, like 5 years ago.
Make sure you post the for here and I can try to help you, but if it's an older version it won't. You need to make sure the Odin file is the same or newer than your current bootloader.

@BadUsername I found this, which has the crappiest hosting servers I have ever seen. You can only download one file a day, so I need to keep changing my IP if I need more than one file from it. here
This is the no-wipe file i was referring to. I am just not sure if it is an android version that his device will accept. I am not sure if Odin allows you to go forward and backward. Here

tr4nqui1i7y said:
@BadUsername I found this, which has the crappiest hosting servers I have ever seen. You can only download one file a day, so I need to keep changing my IP if I need more than one file from it. here
This is the no-wipe file i was referring to. I am just not sure if it is an android version that his device will accept. I am not sure if Odin allows you to go forward and backward. Here
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Just open up download mode and post what it says in the top left corner.
Also that file you posted first is the newest one, assuming it's legit it would work. That would for sure wipe everything.
Bottom one is old, probably won't work. Odin should just fail and not let you flash it. If it did work, it would fail at the bootloader stage and brick your phone anyway.

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O wait I think I vaguely remember, but that we when the bootloader was unlocked, like 5 years ago.
Make sure you post the for here and I can try to help you, but if it's an older version it won't. You need to make sure the Odin file is the same or newer than your current bootloader.
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That's what I was afraid of. I have no idea how updated he kept the device. And since I can only get into stock recovery and download mode I can't learn much about the device. I wish I could just adb in and grab the data partition off of it. Verizon is hounding him to send the device back or they will charge him $500 or something absurd. Which seems extra crazy since he has had that device since it was released. I thought for sure he would own it by now. Verizon has never asked me for a device back.
Have you found any helpful odin stuff out?

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Just open up download mode and post what it says in the top left corner.
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I won't be able to see the device until tonight. I will try to see if he is around the device now so he can let me know. His house has terrible reception and no wifi so I am trying to gather everything before the next time I go there.

@BadUsername Do you know if there is a list of odin files anywhere? This sub seems so disorganized imo. I can't find a helpful sticky or anything.

tr4nqui1i7y said:
I won't be able to see the device until tonight. I will try to see if he is around the device now so he can let me know. His house has terrible reception and no wifi so I am trying to gather everything before the next time I go there.
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You can still pull nearly everything off the phone with adb from download mode if USB debugging was enabled, you can literally pull every partition and extract what you need.
You can load a very old version of cwm recovery through Odin and flash aroma file manager if you are rooted, if you can get into recovery. Then you can move whatever you want to an external SD card.
Other than that you're likely stuck.

Tried to update, now stuck. Failed to mount data

Is someone able to help me? I messed up in a big way. Long story short, I cannot seem to get the DATA partition back on my phone. I did read the part about encryption but was so excited I (Yes, confirmed dummy) was thinking that it meant android encryption and not simply lockscreen/password.
My passcode is correct, but the data is corrupted. I cannot repair the Data partition, nor can select it in TWRP. My computer no longer recognizes the phone. My backup somewhat works but not really, since the data part of the backup can't be installed.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I read the entire thread and thought I was prepared but nope. Or do I need to go phone shopping?

Peeptastic said:
Is someone able to help me? I messed up in a big way. Long story short, I cannot seem to get the DATA partition back on my phone. I did read the part about encryption but was so excited I (Yes, confirmed dummy) was thinking that it meant android encryption and not simply lockscreen/password.
My passcode is correct, but the data is corrupted. I cannot repair the Data partition, nor can select it in TWRP. My computer no longer recognizes the phone. My backup somewhat works but not really, since the data part of the backup can't be installed.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I read the entire thread and thought I was prepared but nope. Or do I need to go phone shopping?
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So why not just download the correct ruu for your phone ,,, flash that in download mode and start over ? Or has that been tried already?

It has not been tried. I didn't know what to do. I will try that, thank you. Any other tips or steps? Again, thank you!

Peeptastic said:
It has not been tried. I didn't know what to do. I will try that, thank you. Any other tips or steps? Again, thank you!
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Its pretty straight foward, load the correct ruu on the root of your sd card , rename it to 2pzcimg.zip , boot phone to download mode , press the up volume key when prompted and thats it. hth,, good luck,

Thanks! That worked and it was super super easy.

Peeptastic said:
Thanks! That worked and it was super super easy.
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Glad I could help