I just bought a Viewsonic Gtablet. I was stupid and for some reason i thought i needed to downgrade from 1.2 firmware to 1.1 firmware (it was a old post) Well I replaced the updated.zip file then went into recovery mode and installed the update.zip using the internal memory. After that it turned off and now will not turn back on or go into recovery mode!
Things I've tried:
When i tried NVFlash my computer did not recognize that it was in apx mode, but instead said it was a unknown device so when i tried to install the apx driver It said "the wizard could not find a better match for your hardware other than the software you currently have installed"
2nd thing i tried was this that i read from a forum.
Download the above mentioned restore file.
Insert the SD card into the card reader and access it using your computer.
If the SD card has any important data, save it to the computer.
Format the SD card.
Unzip the downloaded file and extract the ‘Recovery’ folder and ‘update.zip’ file to the root of your SD card.
Power off your device.
Press and hold the Volume Up button, then press and hold the Power button. You should see the ViewSonic boot image logo and the text ‘Detected Recovery Image’ on your tablet’s screen.
Let the installation take place automatically. The device will reboot after completion. This did not work at all.
Please help idk what to do!
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When I turn on my phone using JUST the power button, it vibrates, and that's it. The screen doesn't turn, nor do any lights.
When I turn on the phone using the BL Screen (rainbow, POWER+Comm+Camera), it shows me:
TITA100 MFG
SPL-2.40 Olipro
CLPD-9
Then, when I plug it to my computer, it reads the device, and tells me its "WM 6.1.6965".
I want to be able to turn on my phone and let the OS boot normally, but nothing seems to work! I've tried flashing different ROMs and Radios, but they all seems to have either an "Image Error" or "They cannot find a device" on my computer.
I want to be able to use my phone, but I have no idea where to start. How did it get to this state?
I'm not sure.
PLEASE HELP ME. Much appreciated.
have you tried the sd card method. Where you rename the rom in the update called RUU_signed.nbh to TITAIMG.nbh and place it on the root of the sd card ( a fat 32 formatted non sdhc card) any small one will do as long as its big enough to hold the rom normally about 70-100mb so a 128mb or bigger card should work but nothing over 2gb card wise. All you do is put the file that you renamed onto the micro sd card then go into the boot loader screen of your phone via power+camera+reset it will briefly say serial then go to a screen prompting you to update follow what buttons to push to do the update via the on screen prompts, once done it will say update complete. It has been my best experience to take the battery out for 20-30sec when this screen comes up then replace the battery and boot via the power button. Hope this helps.
Oh I could have flamed you for not searching and provided you a link to one of the many forums on here already about the titan (ppc6800) but sometimes its just as easy to take 2 min to post what works as it is to digg up the proper forum via search results.
Thanks for the info.
However, I have searched the forums, and everyone seems to have a happy go lucky time when it comes to flashing, which would mean...that I'M not.
Nevertheless, I have tried the SD Card method, with the proper card (1 gig, FAT32, 1024), and when I put it in the Phone, it says "Loading...", then "NO IMAGE FILE!"
I don't know what's up with that. I've tried different custom and official ROMs, and each time I get that message.
put the USB earphone/ USB power plug into the phone and push the reset button
not to make you sound dumb but make sure that you put the RUU_signed.nbh file on there from the downloaded rom or official rom via looking @ the exe with winrar or similar software ... then rename it to TITAIMG.nbh and place on the card... i had similar problems but got past them via doing a full format of the sd card with these selected options 4kb sectors and fat 32 for the format and un-checking quick format once formatted that way the boot loader saw the image and i was able to flash.
I reformatted using the suggested parameters, and even so, it said "No Image File!"
I did rename the RUU.nbh file to TITAIMG.nbh, and even then.
That's why this is so frustrating for me. It makes no sense that this doesn't work.
Thanks.
i guess you need to search the forums for the program that un-bricks your phone seems that something is wrong and part of the phone is not working, however sense the computer sees the device you should be able to run one of the programs to bring it back.
on a side not try if you have one available another sd card some don't like to work with the boot loader but will still work fine with the phone as an sd card.
The file is on the card base directory and not in a folder right? If you place it in a folder it will not see it. I had to do the SD flash on my XV6800 because I screwed it up by not loading the Radio first.
I searched the forums, and didn't see an easy to follow answer to my question.
I just got one of the woot tablets, so I've only had it a few days. It is stock, but I did temp root it so I could apply the market fix. Everything was working fine for a couple of days, but this morning when I turned it on, it seemed to be in a boot loop (the Tap N Tap screen kept cycling until it shut itself off).
Will I need a micro sd card to recover? I saw some threads that talked about connecting to a computer and transferring a file to the internal drive, but my computer isn't recognizing the internal drive on my g-tab. I can only see it when the G-tab is booted up, and I turn on the USB transfer from the G-tab.
If there is already a thread with easy to follow instructions could someone point me in the right direction?
BTW, I have already tried the vol+ and power button, I get the message that says recovery key detected, and then the box in the center of the screen. but then it continues into a boot loop.
Thanks for your help.
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I searched the forums, and didn't see an easy to follow answer to my question.
I just got one of the woot tablets, so I've only had it a few days. It is stock, but I did temp root it so I could apply the market fix. Everything was working fine for a couple of days, but this morning when I turned it on, it seemed to be in a boot loop (the Tap N Tap screen kept cycling until it shut itself off).
Will I need a micro sd card to recover? I saw some threads that talked about connecting to a computer and transferring a file to the internal drive, but my computer isn't recognizing the internal drive on my g-tab. I can only see it when the G-tab is booted up, and I turn on the USB transfer from the G-tab.
If there is already a thread with easy to follow instructions could someone point me in the right direction?
BTW, I have already tried the vol+ and power button, I get the message that says recovery key detected, and then the box in the center of the screen. but then it continues into a boot loop.
Thanks for your help.
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You probably need to do the NVFlash to stock ROM.
Well.. I'll throw my idea out there.
I think you may need to re-partition the SD card.
Apparently this happens to all of them at some point, and in fact it did happen to mine.
The device comes rooted, so you aren't rooting or unrooting in any of this. Its already rooted.
Go here: (the clockwork guide)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
You'll want to download the cwmod_microsd from the first post, then extract the zip to the root of a micro sd card. Put the microSD card into the tab, then boot using the Vol+ and power. You will get the message that a recovery key was pressed then its going to automatically install clockworkmod recovery.
I dont recall if it finished booting at that point or shuts itself down. Regardless you'll still be in your bootloop so start it back up again using the vol+ and power key again.
This time you'll be greeted with clockwork recovery.
Once in the menu, you can go to Advanced and mount the sd card. Copy any files off of it that you may need to your computer, the next step will erase the internal SD card.
If nothing is needed, ignore this step.
**I repeat, the internal SD card will be wiped here.
From within clockwork mod recovery go to Advanced->Partition SD card. Choose 2048 for the first option and 0 for the swap.
Go back to the main clockwork screen and choose to restart device.
Cross your fingers that you boot up without a loop.
I'm doing this from memory, so if my verbage is a little off my bad. But you should see what I'm talking about.
Thank you... So I guess I need to go out and buy a micro sd card. Any size/class recomendations?
Depends.. Do you want it to get it back up and running.. 1gb or less.
Or do you want to also increase the storage of the device.. 4-32gb recommended.
If you just wanna get rolling again then get whatever the cheapest one available is.
If you're going to continue to use it, try and get a class 4 card or better, it will help with bigger file transfers.
LisaBham,
Yes, you probably will need a microSD card and it's good to get one that comes with an adapter so it fits in a SD slot to read/write. Also, if your computer does not have
a built-in reader that reads micro- or SD cards, you might need an adapter to USB.
Main thing is that you have two options, it looks like to me:
1. If you have a microSD card, you can make a CWM Recovery card out of it. Then
you can possible load CWM and get it to work even though you at looping (and BTW,
that's not your fault -- G-Tabs just do that one in a while.):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1020747
If you can get CWM loaded and up, go to Advanced and run the Partition (2048 and 0)
option and the Fix Permissions Option and the Wipe Dalvik Cache option. Then go back to the Main Menu and run the Wipe Cache and Wipe/Reset Factory Data.
The shut down, boot and see if the G-Tablet will come up and work.
2. If one doesn't fix the looping problem, then you will need to continue and nvflash
back to a fresh, stock copy of the os.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
If you follow this thread all the way through, it installs a copy of bekit 1105 which is stock version 2638. Assuming that boots and runs, the when you hook up the wifi
connection it shortly will offer you an OTA (over the air) upgrade to 3588. Then
you are back to where you can do what you want to.
Hope this helps.
Rev
Hello.
I wanted to change splash screen but now i'm stuck in bootloop + I can't go in fastboot because it is asking me to do this update. How to skip this update?
If i press no it says Press POWER to reboot.
How to skip it and go in fastboot?
I know easy solution but I don't have SD card adapter in my pc so I can't put it in pc. How to stop all of this?
Edit: Fixed eveything. I just took out sd card. Went in fastboot and then through cmd i went in cwmrecovery. After that I put in SD, mounted USB storage and deleted update.
So I may have bricked my phone because yes, I am an idiot.
Here's how I bricked it:
Pre-stuff: I downloaded ROM Manager on my newly rooted phone and installed Clockwork Recovery. My device wasn't supported, so I had to use one of the "Other models" options and it installed fine from the looks of it.
1. I was going to flash it to Xquizit 6.1, so I put the Superwipe and the rom itself on the phone's internal memory.
2. I went into recovery. I was given 4 options;
reboot system now
apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
install fota
3. I went to apply update from sdcard and was told to use the Superwipe. Well me not reading it correctly, apparently this was supposed to be done via an external SD card. Not the internal memory. So basically I'm assuming it got rid of every single trace of the actual operating system.
4. Mistake #2: I misread the Superwipe instructions thinking it already made a Nandroid backup for me (I have no idea what that is or how to make one) so I figured I was fine.
5. Now when my phone boots up without me pressing extra buttons, it goes to the Samsung splash screen and then the Exhibit II 4G splash screen for a long period of time before turning off, restarting, and doing it over again.
6. I was told that I should have used an external SD card, so I went out and bought a micro SD card + a USB card reader so I could put files on it. I put the Xquizit 6.1 rom on the micro SD card, but low and behold, I go into recovery and go into my file tree, find external_sd only to see that the only folder on said external_sd was an empty DCIM folder...
So heres some basic info:
When I hold Up + Power button, it will boot into the same recovery. I get 4 options, as mentioned above. No option to mount the SD card, no place to view the contents of the SD card. None of the options are any use to me right now except "apply update from sdcard". One problem though, since (I think) it's the internal memory, when I go to try and flash my rom through there I get an error:
Code:
-- Install /sdcard ...
E: Short write of /tmp/sideload/package.zip (No s
pace left on device)
Installation aborted.
When I hold Down + Power button, it takes me to a warning screen that says "A custom OS can cause critical problems in a phone and installed applications. If you want to download a custom OS, please press the volume up key. Otherwise, press the volume down key to cancel." When I press volume up, it takes me to a screen that says Odin Mode, has a lil bit of info in the upper right, and has the Android logo along with "Downloading... do not turn off target!!"
Except I left it on this all night and it didn't do anything...(probably a noob thing to say).
When I hold Up AND Down + Power button, it takes me to the ramdump screen.
So far from all my Googling I can't seem to find people who have had the same issues as me. Any idea on what I can do? Much thanks in advance.
I have an extra note 3 phone and when I plug it in and hold the power button down it comes on but only shows the Samsung screen in silver with the words up top left recovery booting..... In blue letters And then it will go black. And if I push the power, home and volume up or down instead of going into recovery or download mode it just vibrates and shows the Samsung in silver and recovery booting.... In blue and then goes black again every once and a while I can get it to make a sound like I took a screen shot. but it just gets hot until the battlery dies. So I wish I could fix it and sell it but I don't know what else to do so any help would be appreciated.
I think it's a timing thing. As soon as you feel that vibration press volume down and home key. Try it a couple of times. It happened to be once.
No I've tried that I'm good about the whole timing thing to get in to either mode. So not sure still I saw a thread on an unbrick image that you can put on an sd card and it boots from that but I have no clue on how it is done.
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No I've tried that I'm good about the whole timing thing to get in to either mode. So not sure still I saw a thread on an unbrick image that you can put on an sd card and it boots from that but I have no clue on how it is done.
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True there is a thread on that, but you have to be able to get into recovery, stock or custom so that you can toggle to the sd card. So just to be clear, you are holding down the power button, volume down button, and the home button at same time under constant pressure until a screen with a yellow triangle comes up asking if you want to go to download mode by pushing the volume up button or reboot the device by pushing the volume button down.
BTW here is a way to do it without toggling to your sd card. Here is the link for a SM-N900P unbrick img. for your sd card http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2651696&page=2 go to post #19 and download the file to your PC desktop, remove the sd card from your device and install in the adapter that allows it be installed in your PC. (black plastic adapter that comes with ext sd card) First, backup all data on sd card to PC. Format/erase your SD Card, then copy and paste .img file to sd card, install back in phone and boot up device. Once phone is booted, and settled down a minute power down device. Pull sd card, boot phone into download mode and use odin to flash a fresh copy of NC5 on phone. install sd card back in PC and format/erase it, now install back in device and all is back to normal.
Got the info from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600869 but you don't have to create the boot img file someone already did it in the link above on post #19.
Thanks for this. But no I can't get in recovery or download mode. So can I still do it if I can't get in download mode? Also I need to buy another sd card to use I don't want to use the one in my current phone. And the only other one I have is a 2gb sd. Also I have formatted a sd card once before to fat32 but I have forgotten how to do the formatting. How big of an sd card do I need?
Ok so I read the links and it seems I need a 16 or 32 gb sd card and I can just format the sd card on my current working phone in setting/ more storage. Hope fully this will work thanks so much for the help.
slade1style said:
Ok so I read the links and it seems I need a 16 or 32 gb sd card and I can just format the sd card on my current working phone in setting/ more storage. Hope fully this will work thanks so much for the help.
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Ok, but you are talking about a ext sd card in your working device, right? If so just copy the entire sd card via your usb cable to a file on the desktop of your PC. Then format/erase the sd card and copy the SM-N900P unbrick img file to the sdcard and install in the bricked device and boot it up. Then Odin the stock NC5 through download mode and once it is up and running, erase the sdcard via usb cable to PC. Put the sd card in the other device and copy the files back from desktop file, and all should be ready to go.
Before you do all this. Try booting to download mode. If you can get to download mode you can push a recovery image again via Odin. That would fix issue or even flash nc5 tar to go back to factory
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Thanks Jimzweb I will try that! And no Kaos I cant get into download mode!