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Bricked?

My hero is stuck on the HTC (white screen) reboot, it keeps looping every 15mins or so, until the battery dies.
I tried to go into FastBoot (which keeps flashing, the screen turns on and off), but I can get it to go into fastboot USB if I hold down the "search" button (and the screen stabilizes too)
I flashed the stock rom, but that doesn't help. I even tried to clear all the data by doing, home + back key.
Did I truly brick the phone? I even swapped memory cards to see if it would help, but no luck there.
Any help would be GREATLY apperciated.
Thank you!

I'm still pretty new to the rooting and flashing stuff (I've had my Hero for less than a week) but I ran into the same problem and was able to get out of it. If you have an external card reader that you can use, it would help greatly, because that's how I was able to add data to the SD card without having to access the phone. Turn your phone off and remove the SD card. Plug it into your reader, then into your PC, and add a custom ROM directly to the root of the card (i.e. - NOT inside a folder) like Fresh 2.3.3 or anything else you want to use (I used Fresh because I couldn't get CM6 to load). Put the card back into the phone and boot it into recovery mode (hold the HOME button whole powering it on). You should be able to access the ROM and flash it from there, just be sure to wipe first and backup at some point. Hope this helps!!

Did you completely wipe the phone (data and dalvik) before flashing a new ROM? If you didn't wipe the top 3 options (data, dalvik, ext3) before flashing a ROM, this may be what's causing your bootloop.

Bricking the Hero is very very very hard. Unless you flashed a GSM radio, you're pretty much safe
Go back into recovery, wipe EVERYTHING (except SD), flash original ROM, it should work.
Where is your dalvik cache btw?

cricketman24 said:
My hero is stuck on the HTC (white screen) reboot, it keeps looping every 15mins or so, until the battery dies.
I tried to go into FastBoot (which keeps flashing, the screen turns on and off), but I can get it to go into fastboot USB if I hold down the "search" button (and the screen stabilizes too)
I flashed the stock rom, but that doesn't help. I even tried to clear all the data by doing, home + back key.
Did I truly brick the phone? I even swapped memory cards to see if it would help, but no luck there.
Any help would be GREATLY apperciated.
Thank you!
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do the stock ruu and you should be
fine...

@jordanjackthomas
I tried to do what you said, I extracted the zip file and placed its contents in the root of the SD card, but when I tried to boot up into recovery mode, It was still stuck on the HTC screen.
@chromiumleaf
I don't think I have, but how would I be able to fix that issue if I didn't?
@derekwilkinson
Luckily, I have a copy of my SD card, So I still have it, if it would be any use?
@Big-O-Devil
I have been flashing the stock RUU for days now, and its still stuck on the same issue, (i just did it now, just to be sure, again) and will leave the phone on, till it dies basically. that way I know that I know I waited for it to boot...

cricketman24 said:
@jordanjackthomas
I tried to do what you said, I extracted the zip file and placed its contents in the root of the SD card, but when I tried to boot up into recovery mode, It was still stuck on the HTC screen.
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Don't extract the zip file. Just copy it to the root of your SD card. Hold down the home key + the power key to boot into recovery. If that doesn't work, try to using the volume DOWN button + the power key. Then press home when the screen loads up. I'm sure you know this, I'm just making sure you didn't forget anything.

YoungSinema said:
Don't extract the zip file. Just copy it to the root of your SD card. Hold down the home key + the power key to boot into recovery. If that doesn't work, try to using the volume DOWN button + the power key. Then press home when the screen loads up. I'm sure you know this, I'm just making sure you didn't forget anything.
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Okay before, when I extracted the zip there was a boot.img file in there, but now i'll download
http://link.geekfor.me/freshhero233
and saved that link, and placed that into my SD Card. [will update this as soon as its done]

Great! Keep us posted

cricketman24 said:
Okay before, when I extracted the zip there was a boot.img file in there, but now i'll download
http://link.geekfor.me/freshhero233
and saved that link, and placed that into my SD Card. [will update this as soon as its done]
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When you connect your phone to your computer does your computer make some kind of connecting. Noise.?.?.
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App

YoungSinema said:
Great! Keep us posted
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It's been about 1hr, and its just been on the reboot loop. I don't think it helped :/
Here is the some of the information thats on the "volume down" screen:
(HBOOT SCREEN)
HERC XC SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-1.47
..
Radio 2.42.01.04.27
@Big-O-Devil
And yes it does, I can see the device in ADB list of devices, but it is "offline"...

Big-O-Devil said:
do the stock ruu and you should be
fine...
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I'm gonna have to agree with Big-O-Devil here, stop trying to do it through recovery and just use the RUU from HTC/Sprint

@derekwilkinson
I have been doing that, I've tried to use the HTC/Sprint RUU and its still the same. I've been flashing the .5 RUU and .6 RUU, but none of which have helped. They are all still stuck in the reboot loop.
Is my hboot version correct?
My device does this when I boot into hboot..
"It also does a SD card check when it boots up onto this screen, says something like
herodiag.zip
etc etc"

cricketman24 said:
@derekwilkinson
I have been doing that, I've tried to use the HTC/Sprint RUU and its still the same. I've been flashing the .5 RUU and .6 RUU, but none of which have helped. They are all still stuck in the reboot loop.
Is my hboot version correct?
My device does this when I boot into hboot..
"It also does a SD card check when it boots up onto this screen, says something like
herodiag.zip
etc etc"
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Ok so flashing doesn't. Work... look for the stock ruu program that restores your phone back to the its original 2.1.. it's a program that does everything for you... if it works you are going to have to reroot again and start from the beginning.. let me know......
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
pm me i will give the file to you.....

Big-O-Devil said:
Ok so flashing doesn't. Work... look for the stock ruu program that restores your phone back to the its original 2.1.. it's a program that does everything for you... if it works you are going to have to reroot again and start from the beginning.. let me know......
Sent from my HERO200 using XDA App
pm me i will give the file to you.....
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Yes, I too suggest that you re-root.

chromiumleaf said:
Did you completely wipe the phone (data and dalvik) before flashing a new ROM? If you didn't wipe the top 3 options (data, dalvik, ext3) before flashing a ROM, this may be what's causing your bootloop.
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cricketman24 said:
@chromiumleaf
I don't think I have, but how would I be able to fix that issue if I didn't?
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From your recovery menu (holding Home then pressing Power to turn the phone on) there is an option called "Wipe". Select that one, then there are 5 options within that. Do the top 3 of them (data, dalvik, ext3). After that, push your Back button which brings you to the main recovery menu. Then select Flash zip from sd card and go through the process of flashing whatever ROM.zip you have on the root of your SD (the whole .zip itself, don't extract all the files out).
If that still doesn't cure your bootloop problems, then you need to download the stock RUU (you can find it at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6686401&postcount=2). This RUU is NOT the same as nfinitefx45's STOCK ROM! You have to run this RUU through HTCSync on your PC. But try the wiping that I recommended above first....then do this RUU if that doesn't work. Know that running the RUU will remove your root access, so you will have to re-root again after it's done.

chromiumleaf said:
From your recovery menu (holding Home then pressing Power to turn the phone on) there is an option called "Wipe". Select that one, then there are 5 options within that. Do the top 3 of them (data, dalvik, ext3). After that, push your Back button which brings you to the main recovery menu. Then select Flash zip from sd card and go through the process of flashing whatever ROM.zip you have on the root of your SD (the whole .zip itself, don't extract all the files out).
If that still doesn't cure your bootloop problems, then you need to download the stock RUU (you can find it at this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6686401&postcount=2). This RUU is NOT the same as nfinitefx45's STOCK ROM! You have to run this RUU through HTCSync on your PC. But try the wiping that I recommended above first....then do this RUU if that doesn't work. Know that running the RUU will remove your root access, so you will have to re-root again after it's done.
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+1.. that should do the trick for you... good luck....

I apologize, I wasn't using the correct terms.
I don't currently have the phone rooted, I have used the Sprint/HTC RUU_Hero_C_Sprint_2.27.651.5_R_signed_release(2)
file to "reset"(if you want to call it that) back to stock mode...but that doesn't do anything, it still is stuck in a reboot loop.
So currently, I dont have any options other than the default when I press "home" on the phone while turning it on. It just automatically clears the data when I do that.
@Big-O-Devil - I have used that file in that post before, and It doesn't help the situation. It is also stuck in a reboot loop.
@YoungSinema - If the file is different from the STOCK RUU, the "exe" that runs...then I would love to try that out. I went ahead and sent you the pm just incase.

Try running the RUU again via HTC Sync on your PC while your phone is turned on and during the bootlooping.

chromiumleaf said:
Try running the RUU again via HTC Sync on your PC while your phone is turned on and during the bootlooping.
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How would I do that, since HTC Sync actually never connects to the phone while the phone is turned on and during the boot loop?
How can i run the RUU via HTC Sync?

[Q] cant see phone storage via pc anymore

Hi, So I've follow through the steps from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265618
and i've reached the part "Flashing custom recovery" where i was doing the nandroid backup using CWM 2 from this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2172979
however backup is done i rebooted the device when trying to access files on the storage via my pc i can no longer see any files or folders.
I've rebooted a few times files do not appear any longer...
phone currently showing tempered and unlocked.

kenl said:
Hi, So I've follow through the steps from
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265618
and i've reached the part "Flashing custom recovery" where i was doing the nandroid backup using CWM 2 from this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2172979
however backup is done i rebooted the device when trying to access files on the storage via my pc i can no longer see any files or folders.
I've rebooted a few times files do not appear any longer...
phone currently showing tempered and unlocked.
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You need to flash the latest custom recovery .. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173863.
It is normal for your device to show tampered as you have tampered with it lol and unlocked because you unlocked the bootloader. Just flash the latest CWM and try restore again. Personally I never restore. If you're having issues I'd do a clean install of whatever ROM you are using.

AllAboutTheCore said:
You need to flash the latest custom recovery .. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173863.
It is normal for your device to show tampered as you have tampered with it lol and unlocked because you unlocked the bootloader. Just flash the latest CWM and try restore again. Personally I never restore. If you're having issues I'd do a clean install of whatever ROM you are using.
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My problem is not the fact that it says tempered and unlocked... I know that much...
Problem is I cannot see the phone storage , the drive shows up but it's empty

kenl said:
My problem is not the fact that it says tempered and unlocked... I know that much...
Problem is I cannot see the phone storage , the drive shows up but it's empty
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So just install the newest recovery and reflash whatever ROM using an OTG cable and flash drive. Have you even tried a factory reset or anything? You need to at least try and help yourself and do some troubleshooting. The first thing I'd do if I had a problem would be a clean install and see if the problem persists.
Installing the latest TWRP or CWM would be a start, followed by formatting the internal storage and see if it shows up.

AllAboutTheCore said:
So just install the newest recovery and reflash whatever ROM using an OTG cable and flash drive. Have you even tried a factory reset or anything? You need to at least try and help yourself and do some troubleshooting. The first thing I'd do if I had a problem would be a clean install and see if the problem persists.
Installing the latest TWRP or CWM would be a start, followed by formatting the internal storage and see if it shows up.
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dude of course tried everything that i know of outside of any other tools i am not aware of with unlocking... I have i just havent had to changed to say it, i was asking to see if anyone else know of the issue or if it was just something that is happening to me.I know I am a n00b at using these tools at the moment, you don't have to point each time trying to help someone.
so of course i have reset to factory, of cause i have try to try something before asking. i was seeing if this is an known issue rather.
anyway it turned out to be something on my machine that somehow its not showing the phone storage.

ok to make this post helpful to other users.
if you were to have your phone plugin to your pc while it reboot out of cwm ensure that you have the usb unplug first before rebooting from cwm else you may see a empty internal storage, if so simply unplug the cable from your phone, reboot and plug back onto your pc.
hope this helps someone else.
Regards
K

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[Q] Soft/Hard Bricked, Lost Root, Lost Recovery, USB Not Recognized

Hi all, this is a last ditched effort at maybe saving my phone. I did an update on my SU and for some unknown reason it rebooted my phone. It then loaded up my rom until the kernel settings loaded then rebooted once again. I then tried to go into recovery to flash a backup and it booted me straight into my unlocked fastboot. I then tried to reboot once again in hopes I could fast navigate into twrp through rom manager, once in I was prompted that I no longer had root. I then decided to start over from scratch and load a recovery in fastboot. Once I had everything good to go I plugged everything in and instead of recognizing my phone as a drive, HTC manager popped up instead. I then updated my drivers to see if maybe that would fix the problem with no luck. I am at a loss at this point. I would greatly appreciate any help you guys can offer.

grimzen said:
Hi all, this is a last ditched effort at maybe saving my phone. I did an update on my SU and for some unknown reason it rebooted my phone. It then loaded up my rom until the kernel settings loaded then rebooted once again. This is completely normal, you should have just rebooted the phone and been done I then tried to go into recovery to flash a backup and it booted me straight into my unlocked fastboot. Again totally normal, thats the bootloader use the vol to move down and choose recovery and hit power this will boot you to TWRP I then tried to reboot once again in hopes I could fast navigate into twrp through rom manager, once in I was prompted that I no longer had root. I then decided to start over from scratch and load a recovery in fastboot. Why ? Once I had everything good to go I plugged everything in and instead of recognizing my phone as a drive, HTC manager popped up instead. You should not have Sync installed only the drivers I then updated my drivers to see if maybe that would fix the problem with no luck. I am at a loss at this point. I would greatly appreciate any help you guys can offer.
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Is the whole point of this just to install SuperSU ?
does your phone still boot up ? at one point you mention using rom manager ?

clsA said:
Is the whole point of this just to install SuperSU ?
does your phone still boot up ? at one point you mention using rom manager ?
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I was doing a SU update. It restarted into a loop that boots about 1 min after the splash screen then resets. I've tried to redownload root through SU app as I can no longer connect through usb but it reboots to soon. I used Rom Manager to try and get into recovery as a second alternative.

grimzen said:
I was doing a SU update. It restarted into a loop that boots about 1 min after the splash screen then resets. I've tried to redownload root through SU app as I can no longer connect through usb but it reboots to soon. I used Rom Manager to try and get into recovery as a second alternative.
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http://download.chainfire.eu/372/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86.zip
flash in recovery
use adb push UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.86.zip /data/media/0
to get the file on the phone
Reboot to bootloader / fastboot USB
and from command line on pc
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot

I cant understand why people using those ROm manager apps to install stuff. And you said it rebooted after you update your SU. Then i tink you pressed reboot into recovery instead of NORMAL. Am i wrong?

clsA said:
Is the whole point of this just to install SuperSU ?
does your phone still boot up ? at one point you mention using rom manager ?
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bihslk said:
I cant understand why people using those ROm manager apps to install stuff. And you said it rebooted after you update your SU. Then i tink you pressed reboot into recovery instead of NORMAL. Am i wrong?
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I no longer have a recovery to be able to flash anything. When I try to load into recovery it just boots right back into fastboot. I was just using rom manager to boot into recovery after I couldn't get into recovery through fastboot, not to flash anything. I was updating Super Su through the actual app itself. it seemed to be downloading something when it rebooted itself and I lost root, recovery and the ability to connect to my computer.

grimzen said:
I no longer have a recovery to be able to flash anything. When I try to load into recovery it just boots right back into fastboot. I was just using rom manager to boot into recovery after I couldn't get into recovery through fastboot, not to flash anything. I was updating Super Su through the actual app itself. it seemed to be downloading something when it rebooted itself and I lost root, recovery and the ability to connect to my computer.
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I have updated SuperSU many times and never got any problem so there is something you did. Are you on custom or stock rom?
Are you s-off / unlocked bootloader?

bihslk said:
I have updated SuperSU many times and never got any problem so there is something you did. Are you on custom or stock rom?
Are you s-off / unlocked bootloader?
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My bootloader is unlocked and i'm running Viperrom. I've never gone through the process of s-off but for some reason it says it at the top of my fastboot screen...not sure if that's normal or not.

grimzen said:
My bootloader is unlocked and i'm running Viperrom. I've never gone through the process of s-off but for some reason it says it at the top of my fastboot screen...not sure if that's normal or not.
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Ok. I think you need to reflash recovery again.
Boot into bootloader and fastboot usb
then download TWRP recovery from here http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7 and pick 2.6.3.3-m7.img
put it into your fastboot folder and flash it "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7.img and hit enter
now try to reboot into recovery. When there Wipe Dalvik and Cache and reboot. If recovery ask you to root your device then accept it and reboot.
Remember to connect phone to right USB port not 3.0. Use 2.0 port and try annother cable also.

bihslk said:
Ok. I think you need to reflash recovery again.
Boot into bootloader and fastboot usb
then download TWRP recovery from here http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/m7 and pick 2.6.3.3-m7.img
put it into your fastboot folder and flash it "fastboot flash recovery openrecovery-twrp-2.6.3.3-m7.img and hit enter
now try to reboot into recovery. When there Wipe Dalvik and Cache and reboot. If recovery ask you to root your device then accept it and reboot.
Remember to connect phone to right USB port not 3.0. Use 2.0 port and try annother cable also.
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I've tried a few different cords and all 3 ports I have still nothing but the HTC manager thing. It will recognize it but only for a split second while booting up but it says HTC BUTTERFLY as the drive and i'm not sure if that's a problem or not but it won't recognize it at all through fastboot.

you cant boot up. if it doesnt recognize it in bootloader mode then i dont know.
Try restart PC. Maybe you have several adb at same time. Adn uninstall htc sync if not but keep drivers

bihslk said:
you cant boot up. if it doesnt recognize it in bootloader mode then i dont know.
Try restart PC. Maybe you have several adb at same time. Adn uninstall htc sync if not but keep drivers
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Ok will try that now. thanks so much for the help.

I hadthe same problem after flashing a kernel. I repeatedly tried the bootloader (audiodown key + power button) until it started. Recovery was not available, in the red triangle screen press audio up key,got the system recovery screen, wipe cache, reboot the system and then try installing Twrp recovery. It worked.
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jpaulpra said:
I hadthe same problem after flashing a kernel. I repeatedly tried the bootloader (audiodown key + power button) until it started. Recovery was not available, in the red triangle screen press audio up key,got the system recovery screen, wipe cache, reboot the system and then try installing Twrp recovery. It worked.
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I'm not familiar with the red triangle screen is there a way to boot into it?

Grizmen what are you talking about. Why should you boot into red triangle? There is no menu called red triangle. Only on stock recovery.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk

grimzen said:
I'm not familiar with the red triangle screen is there a way to boot into it?
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bihslk said:
Grizmen what are you talking about. Why should you boot into red triangle? There is no menu called red triangle. Only on stock recovery.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
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I think @jpaulpra was telling him to reflash stock recovery
then boot to it and do clear cache.. then reflash twrp

When I got into bootloader, I lost the Twrp recovery. So when I selected recovery I got the screen with a "triangle and exclamation mark". If you leave it will reboot the system after couple of minutes. But if the audio up key is pressed, it will show a system recovery screen, where cache can be wiped
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bihslk said:
Grizmen what are you talking about. Why should you boot into red triangle? There is no menu called red triangle. Only on stock recovery.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk
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Basically all I'm trying to do now it's find a way to get my computer to recognize my phone as a drive. When I go into viper settings and go to advance menu (with the short time I have before boot loop) there is an option to mount drive. When I select the option to do so it hands on splash screen and I have to hold power button to recycle back on. Once back in it's no longer selected. I've never seen a boot loop go pay the flash screen. Is this normal?

Pretty SOL with my son's Nabi2
I'm having a issue with my sons Nabi2 pretty similar. I messed up bigtime guys I rooted it and started messing aroung with the system files. Then didn't get a boot afterwards, wiped everything from twrps system, data, the whole shabang! Even lost my root! and access to on board flash cause I've been trying to recover using twrp with absolutley no luck. I still have the original stock unrooted backup saved to my pc from when I first installed twrp. Can someone please help me? I'm really out here trying to reach out for some help. didn't even know where to post this. Thank you guys. Note to moderators: If this is the wrong place to post this then please point me to the right direction and I apologize.

[Q] HELP!! I think I really screwed up!!

I just bought an HTC One M8(T-Mobile) last week and through "firewater", I successfully rooted it S-Off. Feeling confident, I thought I'd try to wipe it clean and try a few other ROM's. But all I managed to do was to accidentally wipe out the OS. Now, the screen only shows the "HTC & powered by ANDROID" logo.
I've made a Nandroid & Titanium Backup, but not sure how to get back to where I started. PLEASE, sombody throw me a lifesaver!!!!

theob_gyn88 said:
I just bought an HTC One M8(T-Mobile) last week and through "firewater", I successfully rooted it S-Off. Feeling confident, I thought I'd try to wipe it clean and try a few other ROM's. But all I managed to do was to accidentally wipe out the OS. Now, the screen only shows the "HTC & powered by ANDROID" logo.
I've made a Nandroid & Titanium Backup, but not sure how to get back to where I started. PLEASE, sombody throw me a lifesaver!!!!
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it's m7 thread
Find a nandroid copy to sd card & use
Or find a ruu flash it
from HTC One

yatindroid said:
it's m7 thread
Find a nandroid copy to sd card & use
Or find a ruu flash it
from HTC One
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I copied my TWRP Recovery & Titanium Backup onto the MicroSD, with a Scandisk card reader. Then inserted it in the M8, but it 's not responding. The screen will not shut off. It still shows the "HTC & ANDROID" logos. I'm not at all familiar with using RUU's, either. Is there a way you can talk me through, over the phone?

theob_gyn88 said:
I copied my TWRP Recovery & Titanium Backup onto the MicroSD, with a Scandisk card reader. Then inserted it in the M8, but it 's not responding. The screen will not shut off. It still shows the "HTC & ANDROID" logos. I'm not at all familiar with using RUU's, either. Is there a way you can talk me through, over the phone?
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Power + volume down for 10-20 sec it will reboot to fastboot
flash twrp there
reboot bootloader choose recovery
it will boot to twrp
twrp>> restore>> find your backup selecting storage option
default backp location
TWRP/BACKUPS/Your_Device_Serial_No/

yatindroid said:
Power + volume down for 10-20 sec it will reboot to fastboot
flash twrp there
reboot bootloader choose recovery
it will boot to twrp
twrp>> restore>> find your backup selecting storage option
default backp location
TWRP/BACKUPS/Your_Device_Serial_No/
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I really appreciate your help. Haven't done anything to it, since your last response, but I'm now able to get to the TWRP Recovery. Selected restore, but there's nothing to choose. Nothing in the gray field, at all.

theob_gyn88 said:
I really appreciate your help. Haven't done anything to it, since your last response, but I'm now able to get to the TWRP Recovery. Selected restore, but there's nothing to choose. Nothing in the gray field, at all.
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you have to find it on your ext/sdcard yourself

clsA said:
you have to find it on your ext/sdcard yourself
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Thanks for the advice. I decided to take it back and exchange it, for a new M8. I'm in the process of rooting this one, S-OFF, now.:victory::good:

Zte nubia z9 mini (urgent help required) bootloop

Hi ,
I am new on this forum so sorry moderators if i have posted this where i shouldn't have . I recently got a ZTE NUBIA Z9 Mini and i wanted to root it so tried different methords and somehow i managed to soft brick it or as they say its in a bootloop. Whenever i try to boot the phone with volume up button + power button just the home screen nubia logo appears and it stays there. I am absolutely clueless what to do ... followed some youtube videos to flash new rom using fastboot but apparently it needs back up files which i don't have .
Someone please help me
Thanks !

Possible Fix?
Hey have you tried to boot to recovery? it can depend where you brought it from. I got mine directly from the nubia store on thier website and it came rooted with a recovery system already in place, i had the same issue as you I booted into recovery power+vol down downloaded the rom again or most up to date rom from the website or in my case needroms website . Then i just installed the rom from update on the sd card View attachment 3357925 then it took about 3-5 mins to install and i rebooted it. View attachment 3357928 After this it should be as normal like flashing any rom onto any android device then wolla done even all my apps and data remained safe because it was only a software update flashed over.
DHASSIJA7 said:
Hi ,
I am new on this forum so sorry moderators if i have posted this where i shouldn't have . I recently got a ZTE NUBIA Z9 Mini and i wanted to root it so tried different methods and somehow i managed to soft brick it or as they say its in a bootloop. Whenever i try to boot the phone with volume up button + power button just the home screen nubia logo appears and it stays there. I am absolutely clueless what to do ... followed some youtube videos to flash new rom using fastboot but apparently it needs back up files which i don't have .
Someone please help me
Thanks !
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tre251 said:
Hey have you tried to boot to recovery? it can depend where you brought it from. I got mine directly from the nubia store on thier website and it came rooted with a recovery system already in place, i had the same issue as you I booted into recovery power+vol down downloaded the rom again or most up to date rom from the website or in my case needroms website . Then i just installed the rom from update on the sd card View attachment 3357925 then it took about 3-5 mins to install and i rebooted it. View attachment 3357928 After this it should be as normal like flashing any rom onto any android device then wolla done even all my apps and data remained safe because it was only a software update flashed over.
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I have the same problem.
If I press volume - and power device doesnt go to recovery, it just show Nubia logo on the screen for a while, then screen is black, That is all. If I plugg it into PC, computer can see one part of partiition with -Image- directory and a few unreadable partitions..
Do you know what to do, please????

majklB said:
I have the same problem.
If I press volume - and power device doesnt go to recovery, it just show Nubia logo on the screen for a while, then screen is black, That is all. If I plugg it into PC, computer can see one part of partiition with -Image- directory and a few unreadable partitions..
Do you know what to do, please????
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Don't do nothing I had the same bug here with the logo Nubia again and again.
Just let the phone discharging itself (as you can't remove the battery).It will take around 24 hours.
Put an official rom on your sd card.
When the battery is out (try to power and if nothing happens it's good) just plug your phone to charge (not on pc) and try to go to the recovery.It should works.
Then load the official rom and after you will restore your backup (if you have one).

Jeff72fr said:
Don't do nothing I had the same bug here with the logo Nubia again and again.
Just let the phone discharging itself (as you can't remove the battery).It will take around 24 hours.
Put an official rom on your sd card.
When the battery is out (try to power and if nothing happens it's good) just plug your phone to charge (not on pc) and try to go to the recovery.It should works.
Then load the official rom and after you will restore your backup (if you have one).
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I tried this already, just without sd card. Problem is, that I cannot go to recovery. If I press volume - and power I'll get just on logo screen, nothing else...
If I plug completely discharged phone on charger and press nothing, then just charging procentage appear for a while and then is dead again.

you can use one-click-tool.

first you switch off your.....try two or three times....or try again and again ....if you switch off your fone....then try to switch on in to fastboot....i have downloaded a fast boot rom..........1.16 version........extract the downloaded folder then first you click on ....z9 mini app in this folder.....and connect your mobile to pc......its start in automaticly.......wait for restart.......ohla....your mobile runs....https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B14zmeE7OLybaW5KWS1rME1Fd0U/view?usp=sharing

Problem solved!!!
This helped:
- Use a fast microSD card and copy on the root folder the original Nubia ROM (you can download it on the first page of this thread)
- Insert this microSD card into the phone
- Turn on your phone and let the battery completely discharge
- When the phone is turned off, press and hold Volume - than connect your AC adapter (USB cable connected to PC does not work), en Should start in bootloader menu
- If you can successfully start the bootloader menu, run the phone into recovery mode and than install the rom from external sd card
At the moment there is not any tool or bin format image for this phone

majklB said:
Problem solved!!!
This helped:
- Use a fast microSD card and copy on the root folder the original Nubia ROM (you can download it on the first page of this thread)
- Insert this microSD card into the phone
- Turn on your phone and let the battery completely discharge
- When the phone is turned off, press and hold Volume - than connect your AC adapter (USB cable connected to PC does not work), en Should start in bootloader menu
- If you can successfully start the bootloader menu, run the phone into recovery mode and than install the rom from external sd card
At the moment there is not any tool or bin format image for this phone
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where is the rom?

Hi @ all.
I have managed this problem using volume up and power button. After first bootscreen hold the on button and wait until the second boot screen turn of. Release all keys!
Thats all.
The smartphone is off and you can return to recovery.
z9minimal

majklB said:
Problem solved!!!
This helped:...
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Thanks a million, it saved my phone

Hello everyone!
I had the bootloop problem and I could solve it following your recommendations. My problem is that the original ROM installation process was suddenly stopped (I don't know exactly why) and now I have no access to the OS. Everytime I reboot it, the system goes to the bootloader showing this message:
Bootloader Menu
You entered this screen because:
No kernel (boot partition is bad)
Now you are in fastboot mode
The phone is fused
Then I have access to TWRP or to the original Nubia recovery, but I can't install a new ROM. I can restore backups but when I restart the system it goes to the bootloader menu again. Any solution for this issue?
Thank you in advance!

Problem solved!
oleg1980 said:
Hello everyone!
I had the bootloop problem and I could solve it following your recommendations. My problem is that the original ROM installation process was suddenly stopped (I don't know exactly why) and now I have no access to the OS. Everytime I reboot it, the system goes to the bootloader showing this message:
Bootloader Menu
You entered this screen because:
No kernel (boot partition is bad)
Now you are in fastboot mode
The phone is fused
Then I have access to TWRP or to the original Nubia recovery, but I can't install a new ROM. I can restore backups but when I restart the system it goes to the bootloader menu again. Any solution for this issue?
Thank you in advance!
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Hi again!
I finally could flash the official ROM via TWRP. Initially I was trying to flash this ROM from the SD card, but the installation didn't work neither with TWRP nor with Nubia recovery. Then I copied the ROM to the internal storage and flashed it with TWRP with no more issues. Hope this information is useful for other members.
Thank you!

oleg1980 said:
Hello everyone!
I had the bootloop problem and I could solve it following your recommendations. My problem is that the original ROM installation process was suddenly stopped (I don't know exactly why) and now I have no access to the OS. Everytime I reboot it, the system goes to the bootloader showing this message:
Bootloader Menu
You entered this screen because:
No kernel (boot partition is bad)
Now you are in fastboot mode
The phone is fused
Then I have access to TWRP or to the original Nubia recovery, but I can't install a new ROM. I can restore backups but when I restart the system it goes to the bootloader menu again. Any solution for this issue?
Thank you in advance!
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oleg1980 said:
Hi again!
I finally could flash the official ROM via TWRP. Initially I was trying to flash this ROM from the SD card, but the installation didn't work neither with TWRP nor with Nubia recovery. Then I copied the ROM to the internal storage and flashed it with TWRP with no more issues. Hope this information is useful for other members.
Thank you!
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Hi once again, dudes!
As I told you this morning, I finally managed to fix my problem with the no-kernel message. However, after the reboot, I have lost wifi and bluetooth connections. When I turn on the wifi it doesn't even search for available networks. I have tried with official ROMs 1.16 and 1.19 and with a custom multilanguage ROM, doing factory reset (sometimes even system formats) before each ROM installation. Everything is working properly but I can't turn on the wifi and bluetooth.
Any idea or solution? Thank you very much!

Solution to WiFi and Bluetooth problems
Just to let you know that I finally managed to solve my problem with WiFi and Bluetooth. I got a backup of the 'persist' partition from a colleague's Z9 mini that worked perfectly and restored it in my device via TWRP.

RAW format image caputure
hi guys,
Since Nubia Z9 Mini runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop version) with latest Camera 2 APIs with Manual control over camera, would like to know if the default Camera App supports Image capturing in RAW format.
Also can we use third party application like Camera FV-5 which supports RAW format image capturing feature in Nubia Z9 Mini,
Since you guys are users of Nubia Z9 Mini, pls. confirm this for me..
Thanks in advance..

Jeff72fr said:
Don't do nothing I had the same bug here with the logo Nubia again and again.
Just let the phone discharging itself (as you can't remove the battery).It will take around 24 hours.
Put an official rom on your sd card.
When the battery is out (try to power and if nothing happens it's good) just plug your phone to charge (not on pc) and try to go to the recovery.It should works.
Then load the official rom and after you will restore your backup (if you have one).
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And how do you let the phone discharging itsel if the initial screen with nubia logo dissappears after a few seconds???
It won't discharge itself because it switchs off every time.
Anyone can tell me what to do?
Thank you.

Problem with Nubia Z9 mini
I've had this phone for 1 month and installed this ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/rom-nubia-z9-mini-nx511j-rom-twrp-t3142204
Phone was working perfectly fine this morning but I noticed it had only about 30% battery left so I tried to charge it and it wouldn't charge? Tried computer cable, original Nubia cable and even others and nothing charged the phone. So decided to restart the phone to see if this fixed it and now the phone is just stuck on Nubia home screen . Can't restart or turn off or anything.... If i press volume down and power button it makes the screen print/camera sound and that's all i can do.
I'm not the most technical with all the mobile software stuff ect but can manage if guided
Also the phone is becoming really hot
Would greatly appreciate some help with this
thanks

I have a different problem here . I had stock ROM (India) when I purchased. Very laggy. I rooted, loaded TWRP, put MIUI-6, it was better, all working, but a little laggy too. Later put [email protected] The ROM is good (faster, very clean and clear voice, faster wifi etc...) but later found data not working. I read somewhere that the ROM may not be suitable for Indian version. When I want to load back the backup of MIUI-6, I am unable to boot in recovery mode. Only Nubia logo appears with all combination of switches. I am able to enter into recovery menu (Vol- and power). When I select "boot into recovery mode", only Nubia logo appears. I saw the directories in the PC, there is no TWRP directory in the internal storage. I tried to once again load TWRP, in the PC I get everything o.k, but in the phone, it strucks at recovery screen, and hangs. I have to press vol- and power to reboot again. It reboots o.k. Now, how do I get into TWRP recovery? Is there anyway to make data working with the present ROM? I tried all, like, draining the battery ...... etc.... not helping. Some information in this regard will be of great help.

I have tried everything possible as below.
As the above case, I am also using Indian version of Z9 Mini. I have flashed TWRP and then flashed MIUI6 & 7 and after that I came back to original rom through backup. Then after that, once again I came to MIUI7, after that when I tried to came to original rom, I can't. So I have downloaded last ROM from [email protected] , that is 3.61 . I that, my sim cards were not detecting. After that, when I tried to open TWRP , I can't. Just Nubia logo screen. After that I tried One Click Root Tool to flash TWRP. At that time , when my phone gone for rebooting , it's gone. Now whenever I tried to boot the phone or boot into bootloader , only that nubia logo screen appears. When I tried to flash through fastboot , device is not detecting. Why so ? . No partitions are seen on computer . I have tried all above steps , but no help . When I tried that fastboot flashable ROM by vijay2 , phone reboots to bootloader and in computer, it flashes everything. But after reboot , it is as same as before . What to do ? . If it is the case of missing driver , then please give me a link for it.