Dear Devs,
I have a dual sim indian variant of moto e 1st gen. I had flashed a custom rom CM11 and was using furnace kernel.
SInce i decided to sell the phone, i decided to restore it back to stock. while doing so following the guides given in this forum, i was stuck at a place where something like boot.img or what i dont exactly remember, failed to flash and since then i am stuck on bootloop.
have tried all ways everything but unsuccessful. i am thinking of giving the phone in service center but want to try to restore it to stock one last time
WHENEVER I FLASH, ALL GOES WELL UNTIL - FAILED TO VALIDATE SYSTEM IMAGE
please help me
These are some screenshots.
The broken android comes when I try to get into recovery.
Then there is the cm logo of bootloop
And there is the download mode.
Please help
TacTieTee said:
Dear Devs,
I have a dual sim indian variant of moto e 1st gen. I had flashed a custom rom CM11 and was using furnace kernel.
SInce i decided to sell the phone, i decided to restore it back to stock. while doing so following the guides given in this forum, i was stuck at a place where something like boot.img or what i dont exactly remember, failed to flash and since then i am stuck on bootloop.
have tried all ways everything but unsuccessful. i am thinking of giving the phone in service center but want to try to restore it to stock one last time
please help me
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If you have a custom recovery installed (which I suppose you do) the flash Strix's stock ROM zip(you ll get it under the development thread) , for the time being that ll do, and if you want to go back entirely to stock (including stock recovery) follow the steps one more time carefully, download the firmware of your device and use mfastboot, everything should be fine(I have myself done that)
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thanks for the lead am going to update what happens next in the thread thanx again
sagnik9 said:
If you have a custom recovery installed (which I suppose you do) the flash Strix's stock ROM zip(you ll get it under the development thread) , for the time being that ll do, and if you want to go back entirely to stock (including stock recovery) follow the steps one more time carefully, download the firmware of your device and use mfastboot, everything should be fine(I have myself done that)
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Actually, how am i supposed to flash the ROM when i cannot access my sd only? Except for download mode, i cannot access anything on my phone. nonetheless, ill try to flash it as per the instructions again.
TacTieTee said:
Actually, how am i supposed to flash the ROM when i cannot access my sd only? Except for download mode, i cannot access anything on my phone. nonetheless, ill try to flash it as per the instructions again.
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If you have a custom recovery, like twrp, you must be able go access your SD card, try entering into the recovery mode
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sagnik9 said:
If you have a custom recovery, like twrp, you must be able go access your SD card, try entering into the recovery mode
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in my first picture attached, that is the screen i get when i try to access recovery from download mode
OK so i guess i was able to restore it back but i just cant re lock the bootloader
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Okay so i had a rooted phone with xionia kernel and decided to use my nandroid backup to restore to stock VM Rom. Well like an idiot i factory reset from android GUI with stock VM ROM and forgot i had thuderc custom recovery. Now my phone is stuck in recovery mode and i cant flash to another rom or restore my nandroid backup. i"ve seen posts about this specific problem and people just get refered to a thread thats not specific for my problem. If i can get any help to get my phone back to stock or rooted just so i can still use it, it would be deeply appreciated.
You can try to help yourself by using the RomTools present here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971245
Other than that the only other solution I can see right now is to enter in Emergency\Download mode and flash with KDZ.
Please follow the guide here: http://prepaidandroid.org/index.php?title=How_to_restore_your_Optimus_V_to_almost_original_condition
and try to flash the stock recovery again.
chavezezequiel said:
Okay so i had a rooted phone with xionia kernel and decided to use my nandroid backup to restore to stock VM Rom. Well like an idiot i factory reset from android GUI with stock VM ROM and forgot i had thuderc custom recovery. Now my phone is stuck in recovery mode and i cant flash to another rom or restore my nandroid backup. i"ve seen posts about this specific problem and people just get refered to a thread thats not specific for my problem. If i can get any help to get my phone back to stock or rooted just so i can still use it, it would be deeply appreciated.
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truely kdz is the best option to revive your phone chk out this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883314 download your desired stock rom and flash via kdz if u need any file to download i.e.pc suite etc just get it from the thread i created http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=12959016#post12959016 and follow the guide from error i bet it is the best guide to revive the phone.
FIRST YOU CAN TRY THE GUIDE PROVIDED BY MARIO AS YOUR PHONE IS ABLE TO BOOT INTO RECOVERY GIVE IT A TRY IF IT DOESNT WORK OUT TRY MINE
good luck
k thanks gonna try to use romtools and flash my stock recovery. i"ll keep updated.
marioemp2k7 said:
You can try to help yourself by using the RomTools present here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971245
Other than that the only other solution I can see right now is to enter in Emergency\Download mode and flash with KDZ.
Please follow the guide here: http://prepaidandroid.org/index.php?title=How_to_restore_your_Optimus_V_to_almost_original_condition
and try to flash the stock recovery again.
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k so i tried flashing the recovery and it said everything worked but im back to thunderc recovery. Was i supposed to place the stock recovery in a certain folder to be flashed to the phone?
Got It Working
I Finally got it. I forgot to place the stock recovery in the romtools folder. THANK YOU GUYS for your help. i really appreciate it!
im really sorry to bring this up but i am trying this is NOTHING is working. I really need this fixed... Its driving me crazy.
iv tried flashing the recovery doesn't work, tried flashing a new rom, doesn't work. i dont know what to do!\
never mind, i had to manually remount and un mount system to get it to work, thanks a lot!!!!!!!!!
Ok so go easy on me please. I hadn't slept in two days ! so I was in the process of reloading Beans but when I was backing up and wiping this and that I stupidly decided to wipe internal and external SDs so I wiped my beans rom zip and so I can install it or anything. I am able to get to the TWRP. Is it a matter of just loading the zip to my microsd and installing it that way ? Please tell me it is . Also is there a way if I did this again to boot the note 2 normally so I can access the internet to download the zip that way or it doesn't work that way with android ? Thanks so much for all your help !!!
Sorry. I meant to say I can't install it
If you can get your micro sd card into your computer, via card reader or old phone, download your rom onto that. That's probably the easiest route. For the future, it's a great idea to keep a nandroid backup saved on your hard drive for times like these.
Did you format system? If not then yes your phone will turn on normally. If you did as the last guy said download to your computer and in twrp i believe there is an option to use your phone as storage or just grab a card reader. Basically just get it in your micro sd somehow then flash normally.
Sent from my DARK Note 2
Ok initially I was able to boot into YWRP but after I downloaded the Beans rom to my microsd card and tried to flash it on my phone It would not flash at all and now it won't even boot to TWRP. It's stuck on ODIN mode and I was unable to unlock bootloader and see if I can then get into TWRP. Was that not necessary ? Is my only alternative now to get my phone back to stock ? If so how do I do that exactly ? I really need help I'm sorry !
cnotes2019 said:
Ok initially I was able to boot into YWRP but after I downloaded the Beans rom to my microsd card and tried to flash it on my phone It would not flash at all and now it won't even boot to TWRP. It's stuck on ODIN mode and I was unable to unlock bootloader and see if I can then get into TWRP. Was that not necessary ? Is my only alternative now to get my phone back to stock ? If so how do I do that exactly ? I really need help I'm sorry !
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Have you pulled the battery and tried holding vol + home and power to get into twrp. You shouldn't be stuck in download mode.
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Yes I've tried that but didn't change anything
cnotes2019 said:
Yes I've tried that but didn't change anything
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I would say just Odin to stock and start over
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Ok omg I did that but now after I root and unlock the bootloader when I try to flash Beans rom 7 which is on my microsd it says failed and it says it can't read zip. Last time I flash beans rom I believe it was on my internal. Should it matter and if not what can I do to fix this ? Also isn't there a way to root and unlock the bootloader but not have to flash a rom but instead reboot back so the phone is useable and not on the TWRP screen ? Thanks !!
I'm sorry for all the questions. It's just frustrating to have done it right the first time then mess up and get it working to a point than cant complete the fix. I have it back to stock but why is it when I try to root it with either version of odin it passes and seems to work but I don't see SU and I don't have root as ive tested it by opening free version of titanium back up. No root. Also after returning stock I can download the paid version of titanium back up but there is no link to open it ? omg
Sorry I should have said I can't download it. It acts like its downloaded but no link to open it appears in the play store screen nor does it appear anywhere on the phone
I'd just try this method of rooting if your back to stock or is this the one you used ??
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2118348
These are the steps I did. Sorry am reviewing to see if it's the same as I type
Step 1. Turn your Verizon Note 2 power off. Then hold down the Volume Down, Center Home, and the Power buttons simultaneously for about 3 seconds until you see a warning screen.
Step 2. Next, hit Volume Up to enter ODIN Download Mode and connect a microUSB cable from your phone to computer.
Step 3. Download the root-injected stock firmware and ODIN:
Download root-injected system firmware for Verizon Galaxy Note 2
Download ODIN
Unzip both files, you should get a file ending in “tar.md5″ and two files for ODIN.
Step 4. Run the odin3 v1.85.exe program by double-clicking on it.
Step 5. You should see a yellow highlighted box with a random COM number. If you don’t, install Samsung USB drivers and repeat from Step 1.
Choose “PDA” and select the root-injected firmware file ending in “tar.md5″.
Step 6. Hit the “Start” button and ODIN will start flashing the root-injected system firmware to your Verizon Note 2.
Step 7. When done successfully, you will see “PASS!”.
just go to the link i posted and watch video and read it's incredibly easy from the looks of it. it should root unlock and install twrp. especially if you somehow took the OTA
But if we could can we go back to my previous questions. I was able to unlock bootloader and I believe root it in one process and I got to the TWRP screen but when I try to go to install and I choose the beans rom on my microsd it says failed then in small print it says can't read zip file. Do I need to do something different or is there a fix to this problem ? Last time when I was successful I believe my rom was downloaded directly from my phone. And if it was is there a way to root/unlock bootloader but reboot back to where the phone is useable and flash a rom at a later time ? Thanks for all your patience and help !
cnotes2019 said:
But if we could can we go back to my previous questions. I was able to unlock bootloader and I believe root it in one process and I got to the TWRP screen but when I try to go to install and I choose the beans rom on my microsd it says failed then in small print it says can't read zip file. Do I need to do something different or is there a fix to this problem ? Last time when I was successful I believe my rom was downloaded directly from my phone. And if it was is there a way to root/unlock bootloader but reboot back to where the phone is useable and flash a rom at a later time ? Thanks for all your patience and help !
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You probably have a bad download. If you're on twrp then you're unlocked already. Re download beans and try that one.
By the way you should be able to boot normally after following the unlock thread. All it does is unlock and change the recovery
Sent from my DARK Note 2
kintwofan said:
You probably have a bad download. If you're on twrp then you're unlocked already. Re download beans and try that one.
By the way you should be able to boot normally after following the unlock thread. All it does is unlock and change the recovery
Sent from my DARK Note 2
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I really appreciate all your help!! I will try both of your suggestions!! As far as being on TWRP and booting normally is it just choosing reboot on the TWRP screen or just powering the phone off and than back on? Thanks!!!
cnotes2019 said:
I really appreciate all your help!! I will try both of your suggestions!! As far as being on TWRP and booting normally is it just choosing reboot on the TWRP screen or just powering the phone off and than back on? Thanks!!!
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Either way works. Choosing reboot is faster
Sent from my DARK Note 2
Shawn it appears I do not have the update as I ran causal and it said I was outdated
Kinytwofan
If I can get back to the TWRP screen what if it hangs at the samsung screen ? Thanks !!
i have s3. i rooted the phone then tried to install flash miui v5 via with but failed -i guess- because phone is lack of cwm. so i installed cwm but the phone wouldnt boot to recover mode, instead there was always original recovery mode. so i tried again and again but still anything change. then i tried to unlock bootloder with a app named ez lock i guess i did it but after something my phone went to download mode by itself and there is nothing else. top left there is no version info. just download mode with a green android guy. i removed battery and take it back, and tried to open download mode again there was infos top left screen this time. but when i tried to enter recovery mode it just load something in cwm recovery then there is again download mode without infos top left.
now im downloading stock rom, hope it'll work. is there anything else i can do guys? please help me, im not good at this stuff..
Tried to Flash stock firmware ?
sent from the state where marijuana is NOT illegal !!
Bootloader ??? do you actually have a I9300 as bootloader is not locked .
please help me, im not good at this stuff.. That would be due to not bothering to read the faqs and guides first .
My guess is that you have bricked your phone and need a paid for service repair .
i tried to flash to stock rom with odin, but somehow it failed to flash :S then phone stucked at a screen that says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. please select recovery mode in kies & try again. then i found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2261153 and my phone opened.
i have a question though, why didnt cwm open in the phone? if it had opened i would've install miui
Things went wrong because you didn't read or follow the many guides on XDA that other members wrote to help you. Guessing what to do can be very expensive.
CWM didn't open because you flashed in onto a stock ROM, which immediately restored a stock recovery.
boomboomer said:
Things went wrong because you didn't read or follow the many guides on XDA that other members wrote to help you. Guessing what to do can be very expensive.
CWM didn't open because you flashed in onto a stock ROM, which immediately restored a stock recovery.
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but i couldnt install miui because cwm wouldnt open, before that i had stock rom which same now too. anyway now i have rooted 4.1.2 stock rom of samsung with counter 7 :laugh:
Hello! This is my first post
I am hoping that you guys can give me some pointers about resolving the issue with my phone, I searched around but I can't find anything
I can't boot into recovery mode after flashing ClockworkMod Recovery... It just restarts and boots normally if I try to enter into recovery... I used the instruction from this website to do it: (I am unable to post the link, so I am putting the text in the quote box)
How to install CWM Recovery
Here is what you need to do to flash a custom recovery image – more exactly CWM Recovery – on the smartphone.
First task for you to accomplish: find and then flash MobileUncle MTK Tool on the AQUA i5.
Launch it afterwards. Then be sure you do this: tap the option called Update Recovery and afterwards transfer recovery.img to the phone’s SD card root.
After you have patience for a couple of minutes (not more than five), the CWM Recovery tool will be flashed on the Intex AQUA i5.
If everything went well, your handset should reboot into the custom recovery image. Now your phone is both rooted and installed with ClockworkMod Recovery.
NOTE: In the eventuality of a problem, like for example the smartphone gets stuck in boot loop, you need to solve this by taking the battery out of the device, then inserting it back in and re-doing the tutorial from the first step to the very last one.
The I5 could also surprise you with this issue: getting stuck in “Welcome” screen. For this to go away, you will have to repeat the steps we gave you for the previous problem. All is well now.
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Is there a way to fix this or should I flash my recovery again? Thanks in Advance, TD
TheDcoder said:
Hello! This is my first post
I am hoping that you guys can give me some pointers about resolving the issue with my phone, I searched around but I can't find anything
I can't boot into recovery mode after flashing ClockworkMod Recovery... It just restarts and boots normally if I try to enter into recovery... I used the instruction from this website to do it: (I am unable to post the link, so I am putting the text in the quote box)
Is there a way to fix this or should I flash my recovery again? Thanks in Advance, TD
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Hi and thank you for using XDA Assist
Unfortunally i couldn't find the device forum for your mentioned one so the better way to ask is to do it here >>> Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting
Oh, It would be nice if a mod or admin can move this thread over there
ROM manager app may help
if your phone is rooted, then try installing a recovery from app called ROM MANAGER, hope that would help
I already tried that, Its says that my device is not supported
What phone have you got? Full model number?
Intex Aqua i-5.... That is all I know
try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2255657
Already tried, Can't get past step 7
7. You will see in the status bar below "Searching", now connect your phone (with battery inserted + Press and Hold Volume Up Key) via the USB cable.
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I was confused whether to do it while the phone is switched off or on... I tried both for that reason but no luck
Also, I can't see the status bar change to "Searching too"
TheDcoder said:
Intex Aqua i-5.... That is all I know
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i think you might have to reset your whole phone by installing stock firmware again,, this video i found from youtube. use your instinct to trust this video but its entirely your decision.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pYqKjOkihg
i wish i could help more.
Thanks
I will try to attempt it again... Will post the results here
Try Cwm rom manager, it will provide you with suitable recovery, otherwise try flashify, same function as Cwm rom manager but with extra recovery such as Cwm,twrp,pliz etc.
TheDcoder said:
Already tried, Can't get past step 7
I was confused whether to do it while the phone is switched off or on... I tried both for that reason but no luck
Also, I can't see the status bar change to "Searching too"
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switched off... flash tools usually require the device to be off. Did you install the driver correctly?
Yes, I did install the drivers correctly... atleast I believe I did
i installed cm13 custom rom in my s3 then with twrp. it worked fine then i factory reset my phone then it starts with twrp screen and screen flashes and again twrp screen comes(screen with twrp written not options).i can just go to odin mode. what to do now
please help!!!!!
Never factory reset from a custom ROM. It is recommended to do it from recovery. Your reset has wiped too much including important parts of the OS. Flash another copy again.
I tried to downgrade my galaxy r but i cant and i am stuck into twrp.PLEASE HELP ME TO FIX THIS!!!
admirk61 said:
I tried to downgrade my galaxy r but i cant and i am stuck into twrp.PLEASE HELP ME TO FIX THIS!!!
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Go the the forum designated for your device, do not ask here.
As for your question, please flash your stock ROM again. Make sure to follow the steps properly and be very patient.
How to do it
Jericho Arcelao said:
Never factory reset from a custom ROM. It is recommended to do it from recovery. Your reset has wiped too much including important parts of the OS. Flash another copy again.
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Thanks for ur concern but i cannot open my recovery it is just teamwin written on screen any other method plse describe.
Maybe it is just loading? If after waiting for 5 mins. can you enter recovery? If not can you enter download mode? If yes then download a copy of the stock rom from here and flash it via ODIN.
Jericho Arcelao said:
Go the the forum designated for your device, do not ask here.
As for your question, please flash your stock ROM again. Make sure to follow the steps properly and be very patient.
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I tried to restore my stock system that I backed up but when I finish it,it isnt rebooted into system.It reboots into recovery.
admirk61 said:
I tried to restore my stock system that I backed up but when I finish it,it isnt rebooted into system.It reboots into recovery.
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Go ask your problem here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-r
ive got this problem with my s3 so can i ask on here?
How do I get into Odin mode? Every time I try to hold power, home and volume down it just flashes the Samsung logo and then goes into recovery when I release the buttons, no download mode
EDIT: just solved it. Seems I didn't press the volume button "down" enough.