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hello guys..i'm a newbie in android, and, i have a big problem now. i tried to install another rom instead of the stock one (spanish), and now my device doesn't start at all. i tried many ways, and each time i was able to go to fastboot menu or recovery menu. now, after i've done some steps from this tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=491350&highlight=model+incorrect , my device keep restarting by himself. I cannot reach even recovery menu or fastboot menu. It starts the logo screen for 4-5 seconds, and after that is restarting and again the logo, even if i'm trying to press home+power or camera+power. what can i do???
My problem is like in this movie
if i press action button + power, nothing happends on the screen, but the blue led in the right top corners stays powered on. Do you know why?
If you cannot get in to recovery (home + power) or the SPL (power + camera) then you're doomed.
not even with jtag or something, cannot be done?
Unless you physically replace the motherboard (which doesn't look too hard) then no you can't. As of yet there's no Jtag method.
Hello to all of you!
My Tattoo has gone crazy lately...he deleted all my contacts, pictures and reset the settings...all when I switched it off and then turned it on. Ok I survived...
But yesterday when I turned my Tattoo on...he was stuck on the Tattoo screen and it was restarting itself on and on again...with no luck...then I pressed the buttons for hard reset, then the picture of the yellow exclamation mark appeared, and now I'm stuck with this Android System Recovery-which it's not working, I can't select anything, none of the buttons works...What Can I DO???? I have never made no changes to my tattoo, so it's not rooted or anything.
the system recovery says:
Android System Recovery
Use trackball to highlight;
click to select.
reboot system now [Home+back]
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
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E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
Could someone tell me what to do now...please
Please someone?? I really don't know what to do!! I need my phone! PLEASE
Try downloading stock ROM from here http://htcpedia.com/official_rom_htc_wwe_for_htc_click_tatoo/soft/htc-tattoo-rom/download.html
Then try installing this ROM from Windows...I thing that you need to have htc sync also...
Thank you for helping me, I really appreciate it.
But that's the problem, my pc won't recognize the phone, I have installed the htc sync but when I insert the phone from usb nothing happens. and i can't go into the phone to check if usb debug is on or off. I also tried with adb but it says device not found....so I think there's nothing I can do...
Leegirl said:
reboot system now [Home+back]
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
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Can you see some of these options? Did you try to download some of custom ROM and rename it to update.zip and then put it in root of sdcard and apply it? Im little confused with this....
Yes I see all of these options, but the problem is I can't select them or anything because none of te buttons work! I tried to put the ROM on the root of the sd card, but it make no sense because I cant select the option apply update.
Try Power+Home button (that is for recovery menu, but if your tattoo isnt rooted you should see only triangle with exclamation sign inside), then plug usb cable and then try installing stock ROM from post above...
With power+home button I see the recovery menu...it's just that nothing work in the recovery menu. I tried plugging the usb...the PC won't recognize it.
I told you I tried everything... I guess it's a hopless case
What about this?
To reset the phone using phone buttons
1. With the phone turned off, press and hold the HOME and BACK buttons, and then briefly press the END CALL/POWER button.
2. Press the ENTER button to begin the reset process.
Tip If your phone hangs or freezes, remove the battery then wait for a few seconds, and then re-install it. After re-installing the battery, turn on the phone.
This one is the same but has a pic of tattoo...
http://www.howtoreset.com/HTC_Units/HTC_Tattoo_Hard_Reset_Soft_Reset.html
ha...this was my first try...unsuccsessful...it's like he can't do nothing else-just showing the triangle with exclamation mark and if I press home and power goes into recovery which doesn't work....that's all he can do..
F*uck i'm all out of ideas...
Yeah...don't tell me...
Leegirl said:
Thank you for helping me, I really appreciate it.
But that's the problem, my pc won't recognize the phone, I have installed the htc sync but when I insert the phone from usb nothing happens. and i can't go into the phone to check if usb debug is on or off. I also tried with adb but it says device not found....so I think there's nothing I can do...
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Here is what you can do:
After you started RUU wait until you get the prompt to proceed or until you get the usb error and don't close the application
Go to temp folder to get the rom.zip file
to go to temp folder type %TEMP% in the run command bar
copy the rom.zip to your favourite place and rename it to CLICIMG.zip
Now you can close the RUU install
place CLICIMG.zip in root of memory CARD and turnoff your phone
Boot in to HBOOT mode (power button + volume down keys)
wait for few seconds and install would start
I hope you have a memory card reader to place the file in to it
key for this to work is, you need to have right Tattoo RUU to get ROM.zip or have a goldcard to work any Tattoo RUU derived ROM.zip
True, i forgot about that
Thank you fo helping me. I tried but it doesn't work. The volume keys won't work...
can you check if you could boot to fastboot mode (hold both power button and back button)
From there you can
either reset your phone (menu button)
reboot to HBOOT (action button - centre button)
change to HBOOT (volume down button) - l know it doesn't work for you
or turn off the phone (left button)
If none of the buttons work, then you might need to send your phone to the doctor
Nope...it doesn't work....not to the doctor i will send the phone to the trash...
Hi
I rooted my nexus 10 some months ago. All worked fine until yesterday. I wanted to go back to original firmware and used the WUGs nexus root toolkit to download 4.4.3 version and flash it. But afterwards the tablet doesnt boot anymore. Google logo appears and then the circle thing never goes away. I searched many threads, and all base on going into fastboot and flash again, but thats the problem. I cant get into fastboot. The usual combination (Power and vol+ and vol-) doesnt work! I tried many other combinations with different timings, longer press only vol+ and power ...., I always get to google logo after it vibrates.
Is there any other way to get into the fastboot mode ?
Can I connect it to the computer and interrupt the boot process when I switch it on via the PC?
thanks in advance
regards
Erich
Try to connect it to PC with original usb cable and run "adb devices".
If you see Nexus device, you can try "adb reboot recovery" and upload a ROM to /sdcard with "adb push" for flash it.
Hi
Thanks for your relpy.
But thats the problem, even if I could upload a file with adb, which is not working, how would I flash it if I cant get into fastboot or recovery mode ???
thanks anyway
regards
Erich
I think what patzzz is saying is that it depends on your bootloop, often is the case that when someone is in a bootloop the kernel does initiate and adb is functional. Not always but at times for sure.
So if so you can attempt
adb reboot recovery
Or
adb reboot bootloader
If the above doesn't work than you will have to continue trying to boot to bootloader manually with key presses (which I believe is power on while holding volume down)
Best of luck!
Hi
Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately it doesnt work. It made a batch file which calls adb devices and adb reboot bootloader in a loop, so it can send it to the device if it is found, but the tablet isnt regonized, tried some reboots and no luck, adb cant find it )))-:
regards
Erich
It seems a brick, but you can try using fastboot command instead of adb:
Code:
fastboot devices
fastboot reboot-bootloader
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Hi
I rooted my nexus 10 some months ago. All worked fine until yesterday. I wanted to go back to original firmware and used the WUGs nexus root toolkit to download 4.4.3 version and flash it. But afterwards the tablet doesnt boot anymore. Google logo appears and then the circle thing never goes away. I searched many threads, and all base on going into fastboot and flash again, but thats the problem. I cant get into fastboot. The usual combination (Power and vol+ and vol-) doesnt work! I tried many other combinations with different timings, longer press only vol+ and power ...., I always get to google logo after it vibrates.
Is there any other way to get into the fastboot mode ?
Can I connect it to the computer and interrupt the boot process when I switch it on via the PC?
thanks in advance
regards
Erich
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I suggest you do a factory reset from the stock. You have gone back to stock firmware so you should have stock recovery. I had this happen once and this work for me.
Hi
I will try it with fastboot too, maybe it works....
How can I do a factory reset without recovery mode ?
thanks
regards
Erich
hundsmiachn said:
Hi
I will try it with fastboot too, maybe it works....
How can I do a factory reset without recovery mode ?
thanks
regards
Erich
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https://support.google.com/nexus/answer/4596836?hl=en
1.If your tablet is on, turn it off.
2.Press & hold the Power, Volume Up, and Volume Down buttons at the same time for several seconds. You'll see the word "Start" with an arrow drawn around it.
3.Press the Volume Down button twice to highlight Recovery mode.
4.Press the Power button to start Recovery mode. You'll see an image of an Android robot with a red exclamation point and the words "No command."
5.While holding down the Power button, press the Volume Up button.
6.Use the volume buttons to scroll to "Wipe data/factory reset," then press the Power button to select it.
7.Scroll down to "Yes - erase all user data," then press the Power button to select it.
>>2.Press & hold the Power, Volume Up, and Volume Down buttons at the same time for several seconds. You'll see the word "Start" with an arrow drawn around it.
Thats the problem, it doesnt work! Tried it a dozent times, only Google logo appears.....
regards
Erich
hundsmiachn said:
>>2.Press & hold the Power, Volume Up, and Volume Down buttons at the same time for several seconds. You'll see the word "Start" with an arrow drawn around it.
Thats the problem, it doesnt work! Tried it a dozent times, only Google logo appears.....
regards
Erich
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Are your volume keys even working?
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Hi guys,
My Yotaphone 2 is currently stuck in a boot loop (shows android logo, then black screen, repeat) after a software update. I can get to the 'Downloading...' screen via power + vol. key and so have tried adb/fastboot as suggested in other similar threads. ADB can't see the device, which I guess is probably normal since it isn't booted up, but fastboot seemingly can. I've tried flashing the TWRP recovery which seems to go through fine on the PC end but doesn't seem to do anything at all on the phone itself. Calling a fastboot reboot gets the phone back to the boot loop and power + vol. goes back to the 'Downloading...' screen.
I've also tried using the Yotaphone flashing tool to flash a full android image - this also looked like everything was operating OK on the PC end but didn't seem to change anything on the phone once the process was complete.
Is there anything I'm missing or anything else I can try? Any help/ideas much appreciated!
Cheers.
pjrj said:
Hi guys,
My Yotaphone 2 is currently stuck in a boot loop (shows android logo, then black screen, repeat) after a software update. I can get to the 'Downloading...' screen via power + vol. key and so have tried adb/fastboot as suggested in other similar threads. ADB can't see the device, which I guess is probably normal since it isn't booted up, but fastboot seemingly can. I've tried flashing the TWRP recovery which seems to go through fine on the PC end but doesn't seem to do anything at all on the phone itself. Calling a fastboot reboot gets the phone back to the boot loop and power + vol. goes back to the 'Downloading...' screen.
I've also tried using the Yotaphone flashing tool to flash a full android image - this also looked like everything was operating OK on the PC end but didn't seem to change anything on the phone once the process was complete.
Is there anything I'm missing or anything else I can try? Any help/ideas much appreciated!
Cheers.
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Do you have any idea what caused the bootloop? (maybe installing xposed or something?)
When you keep vol-up pressed at (not after) the moment the phone vibrates during power on, you will end up in TWRP recovery. There you can at least wipe->factory reset. Don't do this if you have stuff on your phone you'd like to keep though. (you can try to rescue/backup those by trying "adb pull <path_to_file>" when the phone is booted into TWRP)
SteadyQuad said:
Do you have any idea what caused the bootloop? (maybe installing xposed or something?)
When you keep vol-up pressed at (not after) the moment the phone vibrates during power on, you will end up in TWRP recovery. There you can at least wipe->factory reset. Don't do this if you have stuff on your phone you'd like to keep though. (you can try to rescue/backup those by trying "adb pull <path_to_file>" when the phone is booted into TWRP)
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It was caused by doing an OS update (wasn't rooted or modified), I've only since tried installing the TWRP recovery and using fastboot to flash an official image to fix the looping. Flashing TWRP appears to work according to flashboot but holding the volume up key at the vibrate on power on doesn't do anything sadly.
pjrj said:
It was caused by doing an OS update (wasn't rooted or modified), I've only since tried installing the TWRP recovery and using fastboot to flash an official image to fix the looping. Flashing TWRP appears to work according to flashboot but holding the volume up key at the vibrate on power on doesn't do anything sadly.
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Maybe I should rephrase: the vol-up should already be pressed once the vibrate starts. For a timing-insensitive, fool-proof (no pun intended) way you can enable bootloader (like you did before: you get the Downloading... screen). Then keep vol-up and power pressed together, after 15 seconds the device reboots hard, keep both keys pressed until you see TWRP 'curtain' screen, then release.
Did you try to use the YotaFlasher Windows application to reinstall an official ROM and restore factory defaults? You can get it from here, also download a ROM for your region here.
Hello, I have a problem with my storm. Two days ago I received it and flashed the then latest cm13 and its corresponding recovery. Everything seemed to work just fine until yesterday when there appeared to be an ota update. After the download finished, the phone rebooted itself and is since then stuck with a black flickering screen. Every attempt to start the phone using recovery or bootloader seems to fail, as the phone keeps showing me the black flickering screen, no matter the combination of keys (vol+/vol-) I use to turn it on. If during the black screen I plug the phone to the computer adb can actually see the phone but says it's not authorized to perform any command. On the other hand fastboot won't even see the device.
Is there anything else I can try before sending it back to wileyfox?
Thank you in advance
I've made some progress, I found out that the device can be forced to Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode by turning it off and then connecting it to usb while holding vol+ and vol-.
I've also found the stock firmware at https://cyngn.com/support.
Now it would be great if somebody could help me, and the others in my situation, to figure the wole QFIL unbricking out, because I'm overwhelmed, and can't seem to find the right info on google.
Thanks to anyone who'll care to help, or share some info
I had a similar issue so have created a thread with stock recovery instructions, which resolved the issue for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wileyfox-storm/help/how-to-flash-stock-images-brick-recovery-t3319617
I hope this helps.
miSAKe said:
I had a similar issue so have created a thread with stock recovery instructions, which resolved the issue for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wileyfox-storm/help/how-to-flash-stock-images-brick-recovery-t3319617
I hope this helps.
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Thank you for your reply.
Unfortunately this does not seem to be applicable to my case because on my device fastboot mode doesn't seem to work.
I've spent an entire afternoon trying to get it to boot to fastboot mode using different vol keys combinations and timings, but none of them seemed to work. No matter the combination, it just kept booting to a black screen flickering.
I'm starting to think that it could be some problem unrelated to my actions because if, as I think it is, recovery mode and fastboot mode are two separated things, nothing I did would justify this kind of behaviour.
maxxie00 said:
Thank you for your reply.
Unfortunately this does not seem to be applicable to my case because on my device fastboot mode doesn't seem to work.
I've spent an entire afternoon trying to get it to boot to fastboot mode using different vol keys combinations and timings, but none of them seemed to work. No matter the combination, it just kept booting to a black screen flickering.
I'm starting to think that it could be some problem unrelated to my actions because if, as I think it is, recovery mode and fastboot mode are two separated things, nothing I did would justify this kind of behaviour.
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Sorry to hear you are still having trouble, it does sound like the same issue, was a CM13 update from the last couple of days, upon reboot I saw the wileyfox logo but when the Cyanogen logo would normally show during boot it displayed a black screen, which would flicker every few seconds. Holding vol- and power to reboot resulted in the same thing so I was unable use recovery.
When the display was black and connected via USB I was able to see the device using ADB but like you no commands were authorised.
Leaving the phone plugged in via USB and holding down vol+ and power until it rebooted I was able to enter fastboot, once the fastboot prompt was displayed on the screen I attempted using fastboot to boot from a custom recovery, unfortunately that just resulted in the same blank screen for me. I also tried booting the stock recovery with the same result, I admit I did not try many older CM recoveries, but I wanted to revert to CM12.1 anyway, as the accelerometer and gyroscope not working in CM13 at the moment is no good for me.
Only thing that worked was a stock restore, so I think something beyond the recovery got broken as you could not even boot a previously working recovery.
For the sake of sanity it may be work getting someone else try booting it into fastboot before resorting to Wileyfox support. Though your phone is really new so could claim a refund or replacement from the seller, that would probably be faster.
FYI if you do end up sending it to Wileyfox support they do flash it back to stock, I had a broken screen replaced, was repaired and back to me in just under 2 weeks.
What would be exactly the timing for it to boot to fastboot mode?
Because I just tried (again...) to plug it to the computer while powered off, then it powered on on its own.
After that I rebooted it by holding together power and vol+ and immediately after it rebooted (right after the vibration) I let the power button go and kept holding the vol+ until the black screen appeared again... no fastboot
maxxie00 said:
What would be exactly the timing for it to boot to fastboot mode?
Because I just tried (again...) to plug it to the computer while powered off, then it powered on on its own.
After that I rebooted it by holding together power and vol+ and immediately after it rebooted (right after the vibration) I let the power button go and kept holding the vol+ until the black screen appeared again... no fastboot
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Hi,
Just tried a few combinations to check timings for you.
Powered off, not plugged in, holding vol+ while plugging in phone end of usb connected to computer, keep holding vol+ -> boots straight to fastboot.
Powered on, already connected to computer via usb, holding vol+ and power, release power when vibrates to indicate reboot but keep holding vol+ -> boots straight to fastboot.
Are you seeing the black and white Wileyfox logo when first booting? When going to fastboot it should skip that. If you are not seeing the logo it might not show the fastboot screen either. You can try following the steps above and then issuing fastboot devices from a command/shell session to see if you are in fastboot mode.
I hope that is of some help.
Thank you but I can confirm that neither of these combinations work for me. When rebooted/powered the device shows the wileyfox's logo.
If I use your first method it just seems to freeze on the wileyfox's logo screen, and the computer won't even see it (it's not listed on the usb devices list) so fastboot's not an option.
If I use your second method, or any other I tried, it shows me the wileyfox's logo and then proceeds to the black screen, which can be seen just by adb (not fastboot) but I'm not authorized to perform any action like you described for your issue.
I'm out of ideas so I'm sending it back and getting it replaced. On the cyanogenmod irc they told me that to brick it like that it cannot be done just by accident but it should require a lot of deliberate effort, and that just installing cm13 + recovery doesn't justify this problem nor does an OTA update, so it's probably some other (hardware?) issue with a very bad timing.
I'm kind of sure it's not the vol+ button that's damaged, because if I leave the device powered off and then proceed to plug the USB while holding together vol+ and vol- it powers on, but the screen stays off meaning the Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode has been triggered.
Anyway thank you for your help, I could rule out my inability to start the fastboot mode and blame it on the phone xD
Hope I'll be luckier with the next one...
maxxie00 said:
Thank you but I can confirm that neither of these combinations work for me. When rebooted/powered the device shows the wileyfox's logo.
If I use your first method it just seems to freeze on the wileyfox's logo screen, and the computer won't even see it (it's not listed on the usb devices list) so fastboot's not an option.
If I use your second method, or any other I tried, it shows me the wileyfox's logo and then proceeds to the black screen, which can be seen just by adb (not fastboot) but I'm not authorized to perform any action like you described for your issue.
I'm out of ideas so I'm sending it back and getting it replaced. On the cyanogenmod irc they told me that to brick it like that it cannot be done just by accident but it should require a lot of deliberate effort, and that just installing cm13 + recovery doesn't justify this problem nor does an OTA update, so it's probably some other (hardware?) issue with a very bad timing.
I'm kind of sure it's not the vol+ button that's damaged, because if I leave the device powered off and then proceed to plug the USB while holding together vol+ and vol- it powers on, but the screen stays off meaning the Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 mode has been triggered.
Anyway thank you for your help, I could rule out my inability to start the fastboot mode and blame it on the phone xD
Hope I'll be luckier with the next one...
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No problem, I hope you have more luck with the replacement.
Here I am again, new device, still can't boot to fastboot mode (this time I didn't flash anything, just unlocked bootloader so it's not bricked).
"adb reboot-bootloader" works, advanced reboot menu works, yet the vol+ combination hangs on the vendor's logo.
I'm contacting cyanogen os people to try to understand what might be the issue...
Could you please confirm that your device boots into fastboot mode when using the vol+ way? thank you
maxxie00 said:
Here I am again, new device, still can't boot to fastboot mode (this time I didn't flash anything, just unlocked bootloader so it's not bricked).
"adb reboot-bootloader" works, advanced reboot menu works, yet the vol+ combination hangs on the vendor's logo.
I'm contacting cyanogen os people to try to understand what might be the issue...
Could you please confirm that your device boots into fastboot mode when using the vol+ way? thank you
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Hello again,
So these 5 methods work for me, someone else may have other experiences:
Phone powered off, hold vol+ while connecting USB, other end of USB already plugged into PC, continue holding vol+ until booted to fastboot (almost instant).
Phone powered on, already connected to USB, other end of USB already plugged into PC, hold vol+ and power until reboot vibrate, continue holding vol+ until booted to fastboot (almost instant).
Phone powered on and in OS, already connected to USB, other end of USB already plugged into PC, debug enabled, from ADB console, adb reboot fastboot or adb reboot bootloader
Phone powered on and in OS, advanced reboot options turned on, hold power, select reboot, select bootloader, reboot
Phone powered on and in Recovery, select reboot to bootloader
Currently I am running stock everything.
Perhaps try different USB cables or ports, though I still get to fastboot without the USB cable plugged in.
My Storm was a pre-order so is one of the first releases, it is possible they have changed something since.
Edit: I have come across a thread on the Cyanogen forums which implies this may be related to encrypting your device: http://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/117661-bootloader-hangs/ - I see you have been there already
as reference mine is not encrypted at the moment