Hi All,
My friend's Lenovo Vibe 3 was working properly but it started giving restart problems automatically. It was working perfectly fine but now it just starts and restarts and nothing else. I even tried to go into safe mode to do some changes in settings and try to the pull the data from the device but it restarts there also, all I want is the data thats it.
I can not install the custom ROM also in this device because of this condition.
Very long time back I used SP flashing tool just to install the custom recovery in my Mediatek device and in there I guess I was able to see some options to copy the data from phone's internal storage to the SD card, correct me if I am wrong because I did it long time back.
So is there any way just to install the custom recovery without wiping all the data in Snapdragon devices also ???
I read somewhere that if I try to unlock the bootloader that will also wipe all the data but the thing is I cant even go to fastboot mode, is there any alternative way to just install the custom recovery with all my data as it is ?
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I'm not able to get into my recovery mode even not able to flash my rom. I was wondering whether it's possible to delete every bit of data on my phone without starting phone or going to recovery.
I have Xiaomi redmi note 2, i wanned to install a new ROM which i downloaded, and to clear the phone from all the trash which gathered over the past year. i made a backup using twrp, and i went to clear data and stuff using twrp, seems like i accidentaly selected system as well, now the phone is totaly empty and i forgot to move the backup file on the sd card. twrp is still on, but it says that there's no installed system, internal storage is empty and i ahve no idea what to do. i would be greteful if someone would give me an advice or some sort of instructions on what to do.
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I dared to restart the phone from twrp, teh fastboot is working, but the Pc is recognizing the phone as "Android device" and nothing else.
SOLVED.
i managed to flash in a new ROM using fastboot and MIFlash.
Great that you solved your problem.
URGENT NEED HELP:-
MOTO G 1st Gen is not turning ON; Stuck on MOTO Logo. I have to save my phone data 100%.
I was facing the first issue:- Optimizing Apps x of xx 3 days before.
called MOTO helpline and suggested me to wipe cache partition and reboot. ( i did as steps written in moto g online help)
after doing wipe cache partition; the phone is not rebooting and stuck in MOTO start logo.
please help me to reboot the phone without data loss. (important I don't want to lose data)
please help me to reboot the phone without data loss
please help me to reboot the phone without data loss
Still need help? Is your phone rooted / custom ROM or completely stock or?
This generally doesn't happen without reason so I'm trying to get an idea of the state of your device before the issue started occurring.
Yes, still I need help
Yes, still I need help, no my phone is not rooted.
the device restarts and stuck on MOTO logo.
Yes, Still I need help
Yes, Still I need help. No Root. and No customizations. (i have not done anything in MOTO G ).
before this issue phone was working condition all functionality working; sometimes while restarting the phone it was showing Optimizing app's x of xx; one fine day phone stop restarting.. every restart phone stuck at MOTO logo and not coming out from the screen.
Yes, still i need help....
Ahightechtyler said:
Still need help? Is your phone rooted / custom ROM or completely stock or?
This generally doesn't happen without reason so I'm trying to get an idea of the state of your device before the issue started occurring.
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Yes, still I need help... No Root and NO customizations...
the phone was working condition; I observed 2-3 time every restart showing optimizing app x of xx and rebooted perfectly, one fine day phone not restarted and stuck in MOTO Logo and not coming out.
I want to copy of internal SD Card data.
Yes, still I need help...
Yes, still I need help... No Root and NO customizations...
the phone was working condition; I observed 2-3 time every restart showing optimizing app x of xx and rebooted perfectly, one fine day phone not restarted and stuck in MOTO Logo and not coming out.
I want to copy of internal SD Card data.
Yes, still I need help.
Ahightechtyler said:
Still need help? Is your phone rooted / custom ROM or completely stock or?
This generally doesn't happen without reason so I'm trying to get an idea of the state of your device before the issue started occurring.
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Yes, still I need help... No Root and NO customizations...
the phone was working condition; I observed 2-3 time every restart showing optimizing app x of xx and rebooted perfectly, one fine day phone not restarted and stuck in MOTO Logo and not coming out.
I want to copy of internal SD Card data.
please help me to reboot the phone without data loss
please help me to reboot the phone without data loss
Boot into Recovery.
Turn your device off and press Power + Volume Down simultaneously for 5-7 seconds-ish and then select 'Recovery.'
Try connecting the device to your computer after it has booted into recovery. You may be able to access your files from the computer and copy/paste anything you need.
First, I would try wiping dalvik cache / cache NOT DATA!
Or If you manage to copy and paste everything you want to keep from here, I would then recommend factory resetting the device which you should be able to do from Recovery also. THIS WILL REMOVE ALL DATA. Do not do this if you haven't copied all the data you need onto your computer.
edit: Here's a video with instructions on how to get into recovery mode, wipe the cache or factory reset from recovery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ax2DdQZVBQ
Ahightechtyler said:
Boot into Recovery.
Turn your device off and press Power + Volume Down simultaneously for 5-7 seconds-ish and then select 'Recovery.'
Try connecting the device to your computer after it has booted into recovery. You may be able to access your files from the computer and copy/paste anything you need.
First, I would try wiping dalvik cache / cache NOT DATA!
Or If you manage to copy and paste everything you want to keep from here, I would then recommend factory resetting the device which you should be able to do from Recovery also. THIS WILL REMOVE ALL DATA. Do not do this if you haven't copied all the data you need onto your computer.
edit: Here's a video with instructions on how to get into recovery mode, wipe the cache or factory reset from recovery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ax2DdQZVBQ
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Thanks for sharing; I had tried as you recommended but no luck.
1. Tried to wipe the cache after reboot still the same issue; Phone hang at MOTO screen
2. Not able to connect to the computer; no device found.
Please share me some other way to solve this issue.
after following all steps.. still i am facing same issue.. please sudggest what next i have to do.
Ahightechtyler said:
Boot into Recovery.
Turn your device off and press Power + Volume Down simultaneously for 5-7 seconds-ish and then select 'Recovery.'
Try connecting the device to your computer after it has booted into recovery. You may be able to access your files from the computer and copy/paste anything you need.
First, I would try wiping dalvik cache / cache NOT DATA!
Or If you manage to copy and paste everything you want to keep from here, I would then recommend factory resetting the device which you should be able to do from Recovery also. THIS WILL REMOVE ALL DATA. Do not do this if you haven't copied all the data you need onto your computer.
edit: Here's a video with instructions on how to get into recovery mode, wipe the cache or factory reset from recovery. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ax2DdQZVBQ
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Rakesh_moto said:
after following all steps.. still i am facing same issue.. please sudggest what next i have to do.
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Seems like your Android Installation is corrupt. At this point it may not be possible to recover data. You might need to do a clean flash using fastboot to flash stock ROM in order to turn of the phone.
I am running stock ROM and have bootloader unlocked and TWRP already installed. The phone was rooted without problems. I was getting an error from Super SU, so I looked up how to fix it online and the suggestion was to install an older version and then try to upgrade it. It was hard to find a zip from a legitimate source but once I found it, TWRP did not show the directory I was looking for (this was previously available when I rooted it). This is where I did something stupid and looked around in the settings and found the Slot A / Slot B option. I switched from B to A and the phone got stuck on the boot animation for several minutes after rebooting. I decided to reboot into TWRP and switched the slot back to B. This brought the phone back but WiFi is off by default and whenever I try to turn it on, it doesn't change.
I have seen a couple of other people mention similar issues about losing wifi after a root or changing the slot. What's the fix? I am wondering if there is anything else "broken" after the slot change and if I should do a factory reset (I would hate to do that as I was almost finished setting up this device). I have also received the error message saying "Process System isn't responding" in the settings menu a few times. It also seems like the finger print scanner isn't recognizing fingerprints any more and face unlock isn't working
One possibility is, that SuperSU isn't that compatible anymore. Magisk does a wonderful job and no problems so far. Maybe you should give it a try and switch from using SuperSU to Magisk.
shagexpert said:
I am running stock ROM and have bootloader unlocked and TWRP already installed. The phone was rooted without problems. I was getting an error from Super SU, so I looked up how to fix it online and the suggestion was to install an older version and then try to upgrade it. It was hard to find a zip from a legitimate source but once I found it, TWRP did not show the directory I was looking for (this was previously available when I rooted it). This is where I did something stupid and looked around in the settings and found the Slot A / Slot B option. I switched from B to A and the phone got stuck on the boot animation for several minutes after rebooting. I decided to reboot into TWRP and switched the slot back to B. This brought the phone back but WiFi is off by default and whenever I try to turn it on, it doesn't change.
I have seen a couple of other people mention similar issues about losing wifi after a root or changing the slot. What's the fix? I am wondering if there is anything else "broken" after the slot change and if I should do a factory reset (I would hate to do that as I was almost finished setting up this device). I have also received the error message saying "Process System isn't responding" in the settings menu a few times. It also seems like the finger print scanner isn't recognizing fingerprints any more and face unlock isn't working
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I had the same issue when I first got my 6 when I was playing around with the slots. Also my original TWRP install for some reason would crash and reboot whenever I plugged in the data cable while in TWRP. I ended up flashing back to stock OOS 5.1.5 through fastboot (used the flash-all command) and then reinstalled TWRP and everything has been working great since then.
MickyFoley said:
One possibility is, that SuperSU isn't that compatible anymore. Magisk does a wonderful job and no problems so far. Maybe you should give it a try and switch from using SuperSU to Magisk.
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The instructions I followed already installed Magisk to the phone. I wanted Super SU because some of the other chainfire apps like Liveboot and rooted apps like Titanium backup said Super SU is needed (Titanium said Magisk will work but may not be reliable for some newer versions of the ROM). I can live without liveboot but really need Titanium to reliably transfer data from my older phone.
To be honest I didn't know they did the same thing (magisk and Super SU). I am curious now, what if I factory reset my phone and attempted to install Super SU instead of Magisk this time?
If I do a factory reset (let's say I want it just like it was out of the box and I format the data partition as well), will I need to root the phone again? I am asking because I don't know which part of the instructions I should ignore. I am sure TWRP will already be installed after the reset so I would only need to install the extra apps...
You don't have to format data. Just factory reset it. Then use "fastboot boot twrp.img", don't allow modifications, flash a kernel you want (if you want one - I really recommend ElementalX) and then the latest version of Magisk (16.4 BETA currently). Did so - all fine. And yes: Even Titanium Backup works without any issue with Magisk.
We had similar problems with TWRP on the Razer Phone when it was new. We solved the problem by using the TWRP boot image to flash the stock boot image and then flashing a TWRP zip. I just got the OnePlus 6 yesterday and haven't really messed with it yet but everything sounds the same to me so far.
I read more about TWRP and realized what I was doing wrong when the directory with zip files wasn't showing up. When TWRP showed up I was supposed type in my regular unlock password to decrypt storage. When I did that the folder I was looking for showed up. I made a backup through recovery (which took like an hour, may be because the external flash drive I attached was really slow - and the size of the backup was about 12GB). After that I installed the zip file for Super SU, just to see if it worked - it showed the installation was successful but the app was still missing from the app drawer. Now I wanted to factory reset the device and start over.
I went into wipe and there was nothing listed under the wipe screen. I went into Advanced wipe and wiped whatever was selected by default. The selected items were Dalvik / ART Cache, System, Data. There was also "Internal Storage and USB Storage" that wasn't selected.
I swiped to wipe, it wiped everything. Then asked reboot, I rebooted, got a blank screen with white LED for a long time. When I plugged it into the computer it recognized the device as Qualcomm HS-USB Diagnostics 900E (COM4). I rebooted it by holding Power + Volume Up + Volume Down. I tried to boot into boot loader next. This brought me to another blank screen. The computer still makes a noise when it reboots but screen stays black. The only message that shows up is the one saying boot loader is unlocked. Did I brick my phone? This keeps getting progressively worse.
shagexpert said:
I read more about TWRP and realized what I was doing wrong when the directory with zip files wasn't showing up. When TWRP showed up I was supposed type in my regular unlock password to decrypt storage. When I did that the folder I was looking for showed up. I made a backup through recovery (which took like an hour, may be because the external flash drive I attached was really slow - and the size of the backup was about 12GB). After that I installed the zip file for Super SU, just to see if it worked - it showed the installation was successful but the app was still missing from the app drawer. Now I wanted to factory reset the device and start over.
I went into wipe and there was nothing listed under the wipe screen. I went into Advanced wipe and wiped whatever was selected by default. The selected items were Dalvik / ART Cache, System, Data. There was also "Internal Storage and USB Storage" that wasn't selected.
I swiped to wipe, it wiped everything. Then asked reboot, I rebooted, got a blank screen with white LED for a long time. When I plugged it into the computer it recognized the device as Qualcomm HS-USB Diagnostics 900E (COM4). I rebooted it by holding Power + Volume Up + Volume Down. I tried to boot into boot loader next. This brought me to another blank screen. The computer still makes a noise when it reboots but screen stays black. The only message that shows up is the one saying boot loader is unlocked. Did I brick my phone? This keeps getting progressively worse.
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OK good news! I tried one more time and fast boot showed up. I was able to get into recovery. I have the backup so I will try to restore that. I don't know what to do after that. I am thinking wiping without getting into advanced mode.
shagexpert said:
OK good news! I tried one more time and fast boot showed up. I was able to get into recovery. I have the backup so I will try to restore that. I don't know what to do after that. I am thinking wiping without getting into advanced mode.
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When your phone booted straight into that mode with black screen and the led, then you bricked it. Same happened to me 2 days ago. The solution was to use the Msmtool from another thread and it worked great. Just follow the guide. But it will wipe your device. And you have to install oxygenos manually via "local upgrade". If you have a question, just ask
What I ended up doing was restoring from the backup I had. This was the "bad backup" without WiFi and broken finger print and facial recognition. After the restore, I did a normal wipe (not advanced). This reset the phone to factory settings. Once I configured WiFi and signed into my Google account, Google offered to recover from a cloud backup of my One Plus - I didn't know Google made these backups. It downloaded all the apps automatically. I don't know yet if I have sign into all of them all over again.
The bad back up saved my ass, I wasn't even planning on making it. I was just testing the backup feature. That's why you should always do a backup, even if the device isn't in ideal configuration.
shagexpert said:
The instructions I followed already installed Magisk to the phone. I wanted Super SU because some of the other chainfire apps like Liveboot and rooted apps like Titanium backup said Super SU is needed (Titanium said Magisk will work but may not be reliable for some newer versions of the ROM). I can live without liveboot but really need Titanium to reliably transfer data from my older phone.
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I rooted my phone with Magisk and installed the 5.1.6 via OTA (and reroot via installed Magisk Manager). So no need to install TWRP so far.
Titanium Backup runs flawlessly with Magisk (already on my OP 3T and my OP 5).
So give Magisk a try, I never had such an easy and reliable update as the one from 5.1.5 to 5.1.6
Helium is a great alternative to titanium.
Please help!!
I decided I didn't want the lineage os I flashed a couple of months ago and wanted to go back to my old Lenovo os which I had a nandroid backup of ( my phone is a Lenovo k5). I opened twrp recovery and started the restoration proccess. However, Halfway through the proccess I get an error message that said *error:extracttarfork()proccess ended with error=255*.
This made my nervous and Instead of pressing the back option I pressed the reboot system, which is obviously wrong since the system wasn't fully Installed and the old one was deleted as part of the reboot process. So now I am stuck at the screen that says "lenovo" on it and the phone doesn't go any further. I can't open twrp recovery using the key combination ever since I flashed lineage and I can't boot into bootloader. Any computer that I connect to the phone won't be of any use since the phone won't be visible to the computer. Please tell me if you have any idea how to access the recovery page or how to make th key combination work again, or if you have another solution to solve this problem.