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[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] taviboy:
Hi, I recently got an update notice for my Nexus 7 (2013), previous to this I hadn't rooted or done anything weird with the unit at all. During the update something must have gone wrong because I was left with the robot with a red triangle, and its not in a continuous bootloop.

I've done lots of reading around to try and fix my unit, and because i didn't enable usb debugging I'm unable to use the ADB toolkit fixes so I have to rule these out.

I have been able to get into the bootloader menu and can use fastboot commands to try and unlock my unit. I follow the commands on the unit and select unlock with the volume control but when it gets to erase userdata it just hangs and does nothing.

Every command I try usually gives me the error FAILED (command write failed (Unknown error).

I've tried different USB ports and different cables, and I've tried using a PC and a MAC.

I have tried erase cache/user data in the recovery menu, but this does nothing.

I have emailed Asus UK to try and arrange a warranty return, but because the unit was bought in the USA as a gift for me, I'm not covered and will have to pay.

Is there anything I could try to fix my unit? I really wish I hadn't bothered clicking update now!! I've spent about 10 hours trying to fix this thing now. Any advice would be appreciated - my wife bought it for me and she is quite upset that an update has made it completely useless and Asus don't want to help.

If it is beyond repair, does anyone have any idea what ASUS charge to fix these things?

Thanks for reading
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] prstorero:
as long as you can access the bootloader and fast boot commands, it can be saved. You need to download the full image from Google. Search for "nexus 7 images" or something of the sort and you should find a code.Google link with images to download. Grab the ones for your device and you can extract the files and run the "flash all.bat" to flash all the needed images. If you need help feel free to pm me and I can get you fixed up.

prshosting.org
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] taviboy:
Thanks for your help and for giving me hope!

I have downloaded images and tried to flash all.bat, but they all seem to rely on being able to unlock the bootloader, and when I try and do that it always hangs on "erasing userdata". I've left it for 5 or 6 hours and it just doesn't work.

I'm able to access ADB sideload functionality - will that give me another chance of fixing this thing?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] prstorero:
I don't really have experience with adb sideload, but i do know the factory images should flash fine. How much memory do you have available when trying to do the unlock? Maybe your system can't supply enough. Another thing you can try is reloading the drivers from scratch, but i would try the memory part first. You can also use "fastboot -w" to erase userdata manually then try flashing the images again.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] taviboy:
Okay, will give it go once more. I think the drivers are okay because i get fastboot devices showing me my unit, so its communicating with it ok I think.

What do you mean when you say how much memory do I have available? On my laptop? How could i change that?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] taviboy:
Tried fastboot -w

It still hangs on erasing 'userdata'...

There is something funny about userdata for some reason - when I try and unlock the boatloader it hangs on the same thing.

Is there any way of unlocking without erasing userdata?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] opticaldh:
Try go to Stock Recovery (you said you hadnt rooted your phone yet), do a factory reset and see if it works.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] prstorero:
Unlocking automatically erases userdata, so i don't believe there is. I can try and help you out via teamviewer if you want. If nothing works then it may be a bad EMMC flash chip, which means there's nothing we can do and would have to be sent for warranty, which i know is an issue for you.

edit: I got another idea. What about overriding the data partition with the one included with the factory images then trying the unlock?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] taviboy:
How do I do that?

I've tried to flash a factory image, and I get command write failed (invalid argument) come up - it really doesn't want to play ball.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] opticaldh:
when you are at bootloader, choose Recovery. If you are on stock Recover, there should be an android guy lying with an red triangle on his belly. You will have to press the combination Power + Volume up (power first then volme up), then you should see the option to do a factory reset.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] taviboy:
Okay, tried to flash back to factory, not working - says command write failed.

When I go into recovery I have 4 options: Reboot, Apply update (sideload), WipeData/Factory reset, Wipe Cache

Choosing wipe/factory reset:

Says formatting /data...

formatting cache...

Data wipe complete

E:failed to mount /cache (invalid argument)

E:can't mount /cache/recovery/log etc etc

E:failed closing /dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/by-name/misc (i/o error)

E:failed to mount /cache (invalid argument)

Nothing seems to work...
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] taviboy:
How would I go about doing that?
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] prstorero:
It seems a lot of people that get the invalid argument are because of a USB port or jacked up stock recovery image. Can you manually flash the recovery image then userdata image?

---------- Post added at 07:04 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:00 PM ----------

Like when you did "fastboot -w" except in this case you would do "fastboot flash imagename.img" provided that the image file is in the same directory as where you're running cmd from. I'm telling you teamviewer could get this done a lot faster :)
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] mdamaged:
prsterero mention of USB port got me looking and this sounds like something worth a try, try a different PC, different USB port, don't use a hub, or extension cable, last resort, buy a new known-to-be compatible cable.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] prstorero:
We did a team viewer session and no additional cables, USB ports, or different computers solved the errors. So it has to be a hardware defect with the EMMC.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] mdamaged:
Oh, that's weak. Good luck to the OP then.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] jmasur:
I'm getting the same error, except that wipe cache partition, or wipe data/factory reset, both give errors as well.

The "(i/o error)" suggests to me that there's a hardware issue. Not really sure what to do, other than RMA the thing.
[Nexus 7 (2013) Q&A] prstorero:
Follow the instructions in this thread to check if your EMMC is fried http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1284196
[Sony Xperia ZL] djsnoopyxxl:
I present the Xperia ZL G2 Rom​

(the Ultimate LG G2 for Xperia)​

include :

- a new Navbar with 4 Buttons

- LG G2 4x4 Launcher (with Knock off option ) the best Stock Launcher with many Settings

- LG G2 Stock Weather App + Widget

- LG G2 Stock Picture Widget

- LG G2 Stock IME Keyboard

- LG G2 Stock Camera ( Beta Version....Not all Works )

- some LG G2 System Apps

- a Widget for the Xperia Walkman ( looks like the Xperia Stock Widget )

- the Dash Clock Widget ( from the Google Market )

Installation :

- MAKE A BACKUP

- Download my Home.zip and my Rom to the SDcard (int. SDcard)

- extract the Home.zip

- save the Folder Home to your SDcard

- boot to CWM , do an Full Wipe and flash my Rom

- after reboot you see the empty LG G2 Launcher

the next Steps are not important.You can do that....if you want

- press the Menu Button in the Navbar and a new Screen open

- go to the Launcher Settings

- press in the Settings the Option Save and Restore

- press the Option Restore

the Launcher restore his Screens

Screenshots :

The Lockscreen

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The Homescreens

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The App Drawer

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The Weather App

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The Camera

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Download :

Home.zip : https://www.dropbox.com/s/3oq6fh2eza9blxg/Home.zip

Xperia ZL G2 Rom : https://mega.co.nz/#!JtNx3BQD!adg9tGXUM7AVrkX5CWkY320yFcxXuNnjSoGpJA-hptc

Press the " Thanks " Button, please
[Sony Xperia ZL] pm2gonzales:
Would try but could you create a mirror upload somewhere else? The one you have posted only premium members can download.
[Sony Xperia ZL] butatx:
+1
[Sony Xperia ZL] djsnoopyxxl:
Sorry.

This s...t GigaSize.

I have 2 GB free , this Rom is 1.25Gb and it is not free.

I share tomorrow the Rom with a new link.

Sorry Guys
[Sony Xperia ZL] djsnoopyxxl:
New Link is Online
[Sony Xperia ZL] butatx:
G2 rom tested, i found that :

Bugs

1. Icons in the app drawer are quite big.

2. Inserting widget from the home screen (hold screen at the home screen) also has a bug, where widgets alignment to choose from are out of position.

3. There also some bug when you rotate ur phone while in the app drawer, icon tittle mess up.

The Goods.

1. Overall performance, it smooth.

2. Double tap to turn off screen was interesting and useful.

3. LG G2 camera processed better image compare to Sony stock camera.

My overall experience, i prefer Sony Honami Launcher compare with G2 Launcher because it simple, clean and neat.

Anyway, thanks for your effort djsnoopyxxl for bring us options for ZL users. :D
[Sony Xperia ZL] peksalvo:
where can I find the walkman widget for download?
[Sony Xperia ZL] djsnoopyxxl:
The Walkman Widget is a Third Party App .

It calls ... Music Widget ...

You find it in the Widget Section of the Launcher
[Sony Xperia ZL] leo_hacker82:
works in locked bootloader?
[Sony Xperia ZL] leo_hacker82:
the wifi doesnt work, dont turn it on, i flash 2 times with full wipes and no wipes and still no works
[Sony Xperia ZL] ATRIXXIRTA:
Flash Doomkernel V17r and you will be just fine ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] atheos777:
?

Would love to give your rom a try,but how do you get into the downloads???
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
oops....retry link
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] atheos777:
Thanks

Thank you for replying so fast.Downloading now,and will report outcome.Thanks for the KitKat!!!

Day one: Good battery out of box.Device tunables inop. Would like to see a KK rom with status bar options,ie....center clock......This rom is a keeper,looking forward to future updates! Thanks OP !!!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] eterno13:
Will try just now
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Still early in customization aspect like all other kk roms. I'll add stuff when they do til they start pushing out nightlies in which would be useless for me to continue once they do ;)

I did remove voice+ tho. Wasnt playing nice.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] atlharp:
Downloading now, will let you know how it runs. :)

Edit: Downloaded it. Got it running. Very nice. Uninstalled some system apps (Browser, Launcher- I replaced it with Nova as a system app). After the reboot it soft bricked. Other than that a nice start. I look forward to updates. Thanks again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] India85g:
That's it??!! Anyone have anything positive to say about this ROM? I don't wanna get soft bricked (even without removing any system apps)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Schnazzy:
This ROM is stable and fast. I've been running in for the last day and a half and have been very pleased. I ran into problems with some of the other 4.4 ROMs, mainly because I have an ext4 formatted SD card and the GPE ROMs don't support that filesystem. The CM builds do, but there were various issues with the cameras, FCs, WiFi cutting out, etc. I am going to stick with this one (and crack flash any updates) until official carbon nightlies roll out. Give it a try, but make a backup first just in case.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] India85g:
Yaaaaaay! Thanks I loved Carbon on my S3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
It wouldnt be posted if it did, without user actions ;)

As far as his issue, not to sure...havent really tried dup'n it yet.....been busy and getting Liquid smooth 4.4 to build which is like 99% done but stuck on an error with chromium_org that a bunch of other people are stuck on too with no resolution yet

Thanks for the feed back ;) I was going with people thought it sucked or nobody has any issues. :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] India85g:
Yup I'm running it. Best 4.4 ROM yet. Even has theme chooser tho I haven't tried it yet. Carbon always has the most stable and smoothest ROMs. I'm extremely happy
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] f100cleveland:
Been running it since last night and its been flawless. Can't wait for future releases.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] jerkwad:
are none of you guys experiencing signal dropout issues like the GPE 4.4 roms? The GPE roms are experiencing those issues unless the users update their baseband/modems/etc. That is excellent news if that is the case. I'm on Carbon nightly 4.3 so i'm chomping at the bit to get on board with 4.4 but I want my tethering (preferably) and consistent cell signal w/o having to update my bootloader/baseband/modems/etc...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
New build posted....

Change log...

12/02/2013 build here
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Im on MDL everything....

GPE roms are different then say cm,carbon, etc... Those firmwares came with a full update of bootloader,modems,system, etc.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
First one did too I think...I dont use it so didnt even check for it. Just looked tho. This one does have hotspot
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] melqui2004:
I checked but it wont connect any device :(
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Yeah the sound changes from rom to rom and android version to android version. The sounds are in the system>media>ui folder which you can add whatever sounds you would like by replacing the ogg's with ogg's that are named the same
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] josue276:
LINK 12/20?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
It'll be back shortly
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Removed 12/20 build, and did a 12/21

12/21 has the same change log except these were added:

Also all the device specific blobs were updated. When carbon updated the repo manifest, my noobish self, missed that they removed the device vendor directories. So that is now fixed and updated to the latest from TheMuppets. This is also what was believed to have caused the issues for the other s4's Im doing.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] atlharp:
Running 12/21 build. Everything seems flawless so far. Running KT's new kernel. So far things seem to be going well. :thumbup:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Specialist88:
Hey team! Here is a question for you. When flashing any of the nightly builds, do you need to flash Super User before rebooting into the ROM or does the nightly build already have root access? Thanks in advance!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] atlharp:
No. You don't have to flash superuser. It's already rooted.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] chirojunkie:
Question with KT's kernal are you able to get VoIP apps to work? Problem I'm having is I can hear and see them but they can only see me not hear me
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
It's not kernel related. It's something in the audio policies. It's not that it isn't working, I think the mic is on mute somewhere and voips aren't triggering it to unmute
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] chirojunkie:
Yeah I didn't think it was kernal related but figured I'd ask anyway. ? thanks for all you do shinyside !
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
So talked to a carbon dev....well kinda...about the voip issue. Asked in their IRC if any other phones had the issue or just us. And got this response "ShinySide: nobody on the team has released any 4.4 roms yet so dont know" ....durrr....Asked in Omni IRC got no response. Ill keep searching since that seems to be most people's "complaint". Hopefully we can get it worked out....Does anyone happen to know a 4.4 (besides GPE) that has it working?

Couple 100 downloads thru out my carbon builds and threads are dead Haha Im gonna start breaking stuff on purpose Haha :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] chirojunkie:
I haven't tried any of the GE ROMs but every 4.4 one I've tried has had this issue
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Cool. Thanks... I'll go search their Github when I get home tonight and hopefully find something.

Which rom? Their aokp?

Edit- wasn't much help. Looking for commit history since the commit history that where ever they forked them from is not existing. Which really ain't right to do.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Ahhh yeah GPE modified. I'll still take a look in hopes of finding something. Thanks bud
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] coyttl:
I have had this issue. However, it wasn't limited to your Carbon, it has happened to me on the 4.3 Carbons, too. Also, happened on MDL and the newer radio. In fact, I'll update it now with latest findings..

My thread:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2566673

Why was this done? Just curious, since I'm like, the one in 1 million users that used this. :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
That was due to Carbon removing device specific repos which caused libs to be deleted from the tree. But added them back and all is good.

Think it was conflicting with other stuff that was trying to be patched in. I didn't do it, was merged in. (99% of the time in that case, reasons aren't added into the commit message)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] coyttl:
Ah okay - I haven't had the issue since installing 12/20, BUT, that may also be because I haven't had to use my phone as much as normal since then. (No work, no commute. Issues usually happened during, before, or after my commute, which is about 45 miles in a train between downtown and rural area.) This week I am commuting in a couple times, so I'lllet you know if I see it happen again. :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
It didn't effect us (tmo) for some really odd reason even tho we were removed just like everyone else. Even tho didn't effect us for what ever reason I went ahead and rebuilt us after adding everything back for s4s just in case for people. Which was the 12/21 build
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Azrel37:
Love the ROM. It's been my daily driver now since the 20th. I've had no real issues. No data drops, but I'm on mk2 lte or modem, whichever is the one that doesn't Bork the sound and hitting up to 35 megs per second down in Houston Texas. Only problem I have is I can't find friends on Facebook, but since I don't really care about that, I'm good :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] SnoopyDog:
HW video decoding seems to be broken in 21st build. It starts playing back but then it freezes. With 20th build it still works fine
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] coyttl:
Allright, kosher. Installing 12/21 now, will run it for a few days, see what happens. :) :good:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Your Facebook issue has nothing to do with the rom. That's just Facebook.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] Azrel37:
I know. Sorry, was early and my brain wasn't turned on yet. Love the ROM :)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
A suggestion tho, if you're not already a part of it. Join the Facebook Alpha group. (if you Google it you'll find it) and sign up with your Gmail (it's a Google group) and you'll be able to download it from the market. You'll always be versions ahead of the normal Facebook and they update it almost daily fixing bugs and what not.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] atlharp:
Loving the ROM. Been running it with Chronic kernel. Some, small glitches (locked up and rebooted) other than that its been fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
New build up. Link and change log in post 2.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] chirojunkie:
Anyone confirm if VoIP is working with this build?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Negative still.

You should see how many calls I have in hangouts to myself trying to fix that. I don't even use it and it starting to drive me nuts
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
So I have another 12/28, same exact rom/update except for one thing. I added Qualcomm's optimized dalvik bin and lib files from the Moto X.

So if someone, who can tell between placebo or actual improvement, because I don't add useless placebo lines/files to what I run so I'm not going to give it to yall to run, would really pay attention to smoothness/quickness/etc through out the day of the current 12/28 build and message me tonight I'll give you the link . I've been running it since last night, and seems quicker/smoother but I only ran the build posted for a little bit before adding it, and just want a second opinion on if they are noticing a better feel.

If you message me tonight, and I don't reply, you were too slow :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] gbiggie:
Thank the...I didnt flash earlier :p
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Thank God nobody wants to see th... Oh wait... You slacker
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] gbiggie:
Hey I was busy :p

So whats this add on..pm on..odin'ed back to stock for a bit as the phone was flashed out LMAO
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Hey test for me. I've been working on this all night Carbon SuperMOD
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] gbiggie:
:p:o:sly:

Funny!!

Hangouts is the only SMS apk?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
:p

Na you should have the normal sms too. You don't have it at all?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] gbiggie:
Nope did not..went to a backup and will reflash when my chores are done.

The carbon supermod works great btw:sly:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Weird dunno why it didn't.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] cryptic3:
Have issue with the network I can download anything. It goes from downloading then stops and goes into standby and doesn't download at all
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
From anywhere or a specific site?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] cryptic3:
Anywhere. Even when trying to watch a YouTube video it'll stop. I'll see the icon got from H+ back to 3G and staying on 3G
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
Hmm that's gotta be tmos side for you. I download just about everything on my phone and I'm even throttled right now at .15 on HSPA and LTE and am having no issues.

Toggle your data and try rebooting if you haven't already
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] cryptic3:
I was thinking maybe it could be the download manager app? I can't download flawlessly in adownloader but that is a torrent app. I don't have issue with tw bases ROMs.

Edit: I even cleared cache app manager but to no avail
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
So question to users. For builds I have been releasing to ya'll, they are following suit with Carbon....Since ya'll are using this, and really I can do whatever I want with I actually run, Would ya'll prefer I keep following in suit with Carbon or cherry pick items/features which may or may not fully work yet?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
I'm not sure bud honestly. You're the very first to report this and I can't duplicate it.

Reboot into recovery and wipe cache and dalvik for S&G
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] montez.061-:
We wouldn't be here if we didn't like living on the edge.... Cherries make it more interesting for you and us
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] SnoopyDog:
WiFi tethering does not work anymore in 2812 build. I've tried with the new and "old" package, it just ends with "error" when you turn it on. I've read in other ROMs threads that there are similar problem with newer builds.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S 4] ShinySide:
It's working on the current build I'm on, which I plan on posting today/tonight sometime.