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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tchs:
Hi all,

I have Gionee elife s5.5 and it had english rom (android 4.2.2) with google play installed. The problem was it kept freezing a couple of times a day, so I tried to reinstall the only official rom I could find (CBT5701A01_A_T2898) with flash tool. After the installation, it got stuck in the boot loop.

I tried:

- entering the recovery mode and cleaning the cache

- entering the recovery mode and factory reset/wipe

- reinstall rom with flash tool with update option

- reinstall rom with flash tool with download option

- reinstall rom with flash tool with download and format option

- reinstall rom with flash tool v3.1344.0.212 and v5.1352.01

So far, no luck. The only answer I can think of is that this rom is not for my phone version. Anybody has any idea what can I do? Or does anybody have some other rom I could try to install?

Thanks in advance.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidoz:
Where did you get the phone? Try looking here, translate it using Google.

http://www.mgyun.com/
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tchs:
I bought it on ebay from China. Thanks for the link but no luck. I've downloaded the new rom and the romaster program (I'm guessing I should use it for the installation) but the program is not detecting that the phone is connected via usb. Same thing with vroot.

Since this rom is in another format, I was thinking maybe I could install it via adb option in recovery mode but I'm getting 'device not found' message when I try to start adb shell.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidoz:
Have you installed the drivers for the phone?http://gionee.co.in/portfolio/elife-s5-5/#t4

---------- Post added at 03:12 AM ---------- Previous post was at 02:30 AM ----------

Try here, you need to register.

http://www.yougerom.com/bbs/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=265
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tchs:
Yes, I installed usb and phone drivers. I also installed adb driver (at least adb driver installer says it is installed as android composite adb interface) and yet when I try adb shell, deamon starts ok but I keep getting the message that the device is not found.

The rom from your link is the same one I already have, but thanks anyway.

All this is very frustrating. Seems like everywhere I go, I hit the wall:

- if the phone has sdcard I could try install rom from there, but it doesn't

- if adb connection works I could try that, but it doesn't

- if romaster detects the phone I could try install it from there, but it doesn't

- sp flash tool is working but I could find only one rom version and it's not working
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidoz:
You did the brushing before installing the flash've used Flashtool?

Have you looked in setting pc, peripherals, if you have something in conflict, if you do not have the yellow exclamation mark?

Also I have just bought this phone, by Liaow, who did the root and installed the Playstore. Now my phone is still stuck in Hong Kong and I do not know when it will arrive in Italy.

How did you like the phone, the battery life, becomes very hot since the minimum thickness?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tchs:
I don't know what do you mean by 'brushing' so the answer is probably not?

Everything looks ok in pc's control panel, no conflicts or unrecognized devices etc. It's win7 64bit.

I was thinking about buying it via Liaow but in the end I used ebay. It took 3 weeks to arrive, and I paid for DHL express delivery (!) Isn't EU wonderful thing...

I really liked the phone (in the brief time it was working). Display is great, it's fast and the battery would last for a day without a problem. The build is very solid. I wasn't playing any games on it or use any apps that would use cpu extensively, but in normal operational time I didn't notice any significant heating. I even liked the Amigo skin. It has some nice features and was working very fast. The only problem was it kept freezing couple of times a day, usually after long times of inactivity which led me to believe it has some sort of problem with power saving functions in android (or amigo). Oh one other thing: it doesn't have notification led. I miss that.

If you don't get your phone, I know where you can get one very, very cheap. It's stuck in the boot loop, but still... :)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidoz:
Brushing think it is to do a full wipe before doing the flash with Flashtool.

When you receive your phone, you've got an update OTA of 98 mb?

Thank you but the phone I have already paid and are waiting for his arrival.

I hope we put less than three weeks since I also took DHL.

In Italy we have a beautiful community where there are developers who work here in Xda, who are fond of Chinese mobile phones and in particular there is a person who develops rom alternatives.

So I guess I would be able to help me if I had the same problem, but I hope I do not have any problems.

You say you had blocks of hibernation in power saving mode enabled, then maybe in normal mode just fine.

I do not usually use the mode energy in any phone I've had.

I prefer to charge the battery when needed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tchs:
First I tried only update, after that I tried full wipe.

I did try to disable every power saving mode I could find, but the phone still kept freezing. Although, there are some options that are useful, like limiting cpu for more energy and lower temperature.

I didn't get OTA update, but the seller told me that they had to open the box to install english rom version with google play. Maybe they also installed this update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XPAction:
got another elife threat here http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2699708
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tchs:
Here's the quick update: after I manually edited adb_usb.ini file, adb sideload works now. But...none of the rom's I have can be installed with adb (I get 'installation failed' message after transfer).

So, what I need is:

- rom that can be installed via adb sideload

or

- rom that can be installed via flashtool with scatter file (after extensive search of the web, the only rom I could find on several places is the one made 11-03-2014 and this one is not working for me)

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] XPAction:
http://bbs.amigo.cn/thread-758-1-1.html
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tchs:
Thanks but I already tried that. This only works with Romaster app and it doesn't recognize my phone being connected while on boot loop or recovery mode.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jockyrider:
Even my phone is stuck on boot, can anyone help me

Tired of searching everywhere cant find it anywhere, can anyone please share a link from where I can download rom for my gionee elife S5.5 Indian version, my phone was working fine until I installed beats audio It asked to reboot and the then it never rebooted, stuck on gionee boot animation, I also flashed the Chinese rom but it doesn't support, phone was booting up but the rom is too lagging and unstable. I don't want to go to the service center cause my phone is rooted and warranty will be voided, I just bought it two days back. Is CWM available for this phone cause I couldn't find that too, I'd be more than grateful If anyone can help me out I just need the rom file (Indian version), thanks a million !!!!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuku9555:
i also tried to install beat audios on my gionee s5.5 ... and now it is not statting my phone get stucks at boot animation logo "gionee smatyphone"
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tchs:
Here are some good news people: needrom.com site finally released new rom version and it can be installed via adb sideload. It is CH/EN version and even when you switch it to English, some things still stay in Chinese but hey - at least it's not in boot loop anymore and now you have more options for rom installation.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jockyrider:
Thanks dev, was so sick of this phone and its features, especially free mobile heater(owen) + worst sound ever + lots of lags, even flappy bird lags on this phone though I had optimised the cpu performance using set cpu to its max by creating a profile to play flappy bird, mediatek chipset sucks happy after entering the snapdragon world, just bought M8 yesterday and believe me this is the best phone till date though the ram is 2gb the processor is a the beast and there's no comparison to it and when it comes to the sound no one can beat htc, the looks it feels so ****n premium, the touch is like butter smooth, loving it!! Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuku9555:
how to install rom from needrom via adb shell.?? can anyone explain?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] bogdybog13:
FirmwareFile

https://firmwarefile.com/gionee-s5-5 , i've used T8881 version , and it was good :)
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] monochrome83:
Ok, so i flashed the .zip in CWM for the Harmon-Kardon Audio update for the M8 to my M7, did not wipe dalvik, or anything else(stupid move on my part), and now I'm bootlooping hard. Attempted several times to wipe all, including system, to remove the update, and have tried several other softwares(Ecliptic6, UnSense) after the wipe to get away from this.... Nothings working, and best part, is my Windows 8.1(ADB+Fastboot) computer is not finding the device.... This is my first bootloop, and any other issues, i've been able to wipe, flash something new(or the same) and worked like a charm, but with this, I'm just lost. Any info would be appreciated.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] selayan:
It says on the first post of the Harmon kardon xda post: Do not flash this on an m7!

It will break it.

See if can boot it to recovery by holding power and volume down then connect it to pc and see if you can use fastboot to ruu back to stock.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] SynisterWolf:
you will need to flash the rom over again in recovery. there is no way of going back other than replace the files in the zip for the stock ones included in your rom.

edit:

wow, after looking at the zip its not going to be easy to get back. i would suggest RUU because of the mmcblk0p16 adsp.img you replaced. even a backup wont restore because youve written to a partition that isn't normally written too.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] monochrome83:
I read the post while searching for an answer, and then saw the warning.... The article on Android Central did not mention it, and I seemed to think that because my device was reading as a M8, due to it Sense 6 software. It seemed to make more sense in my head than it does right now, but you get the point. UPDATE: The update was for the Harman Kardon update, and the ADSP, which I assume is the Advance Digital Sound Processing, so I thought to myself, "hey, why dont I flash an AOSP rom that has none.... Device is up and working on an AOSP rom(CandyKat to be exact), but attempted to flash back to a Sense 6 rom, and it looped again. It seems that Sense 5.5 does not have, but Sense 6 does, due to BEATS audio not being present. Not sure how logical this is, but it means I may be able to get away with any rom that doesnt belong on an M8....
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] SynisterWolf:
the .img is present on the M7 also:

cat /proc/emmc
dev: size erasesize name
mmcblk0p19: 000ffa00 00000200 "misc"
mmcblk0p34: 00fffe00 00000200 "recovery"
mmcblk0p33: 01000000 00000200 "boot"
mmcblk0p35: 73fffc00 00000200 "system"
mmcblk0p26: 00140200 00000200 "local"
mmcblk0p36: 27fffe00 00000200 "cache"
mmcblk0p37: 680000000 00000200 "userdata"
mmcblk0p22: 01400000 00000200 "devlog"
mmcblk0p24: 00040000 00000200 "pdata"
mmcblk0p27: 00010000 00000200 "extra"
mmcblk0p31: 04b00200 00000200 "radio"
mmcblk0p16: 03c00400 00000200 "adsp" <<----------
mmcblk0p15: 00100000 00000200 "dsps"
mmcblk0p17: 007ffa00 00000200 "radio_config"
mmcblk0p20: 00400000 00000200 "modem_st1"
mmcblk0p21: 00400000 00000200 "modem_st2"
mmcblk0p28: 00100000 00000200 "cdma_record"
mmcblk0p18: 02000000 00000200 "reserve_1"
mmcblk0p30: 034ffa00 00000200 "reserve_2"
mmcblk0p32: 05fffc00 00000200 "reserve_3"
mmcblk0p29: 06069e00 00000200 "reserve"

i would still recommend a full RUU
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] monochrome83:
Update: Ok, so I've been running my silent M7 for a little over a week now, using it as a hotspot for another device for Hangouts etc. I've tried everything short of a full RUU, only because I cant, no matter what i try, i cant get 8.1 to register my device for ADB/Fastboot. I even have a .zip file for the RUU software, and it wont let me flash it. I've unzipped a few diff versions of ADSP.img, BOOT.img, and re-zipped, from various stock firmwares(Thanks Santod for posting), and either they wont flash, or still lock me into a boot loop with a Sense ROM of any kind.(5.5 or 6)

I have one trick left up my sleeve, and that is to de-compress one of my Sense ROMS(surprisingly, UNSENSE 4.4) and piece by piece, make a .zip folder with something that will look to my device to be some kind of update. And now, my device wont boot fully into recovery. It turns black after a few seconds, doesnt fully load, then goes right back to the HTC splash screen, and sits....
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] santod040:
fastboot erase cache

Then

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Should allow you to at least get back into recovery.

If you can get fastboot working on your computer or someone else's.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] monochrome83:
Update: 08/06 Still having no luck. Phone is still unable to boot, into system or recovery. Package I attempted to flash killed my CWM. Running Windows 8.1 has been a NIGHTMARE with ADB/Fastboot. Been running a Galaxy Nexus in the meantime, and the NRT has something to do with it.

NRT has been removed, anytime I try with a Universal ADB driver, it tries to say that it's a Samsung, and gives me an error. Unable to do RUU, because I dont seem to find one for VZW devices. Other Windows 8.0/8.1 machines dont apparently have the right drivers, or in my GF's case, a USB 2.0 port, they're all 3.0, and do not work. Tried my parents Ubuntu machine, and cant quite figure out the "Sudo blah blah", and my dad's always busy, and doesnt "get" Android devices(even tho he's really good with Linux of all kinds)

I'm at my wits end with this thing, I've got about 10 hours into trying with this ****er, and as much as I USED to love this phone, but **** me running, HOW HARD DOES IT HAVE TO BE TO ****ING UNBRICK?!? This thing has been bricked almost as long as it was working, and its really getting to me.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] carngeX:
To get the correct drivers, easiest thing to do is to download/install HTC Sync from their site, then uninstall the Sync software but leave the drivers.

I've been able to use ADB/fastboot on my Win8 system just fine.

If it doesn't recognize your phone after installing the drivers, then just manually point the phone to the correct drivers through Device Manager. Open up DM -> Click Update Driver -> First try the "Search automatically" way. If it doesn't find it, then pick the "Browse my computer" option -> If you know where the drivers are located or manually downloaded just the driver files, then pick the folder they're located in through the Browse menuand click Next. Otherwise, choose "Let me pick from a list of device drivers" -> Should be able to pick an ADB/HTC/Fastboot driver from this screen.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] woodsman4:
isn't harmon kardon a sprint thing?
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] monochrome83:
Yes, it is.

Update: Downgraded my comp back to Windows 8(thank God I upgraded through the store), and Fastboot will recognize my device. ADB as of yet, does not.... Attempted to flash TWRP, with the Univeral HTC Tool from another thread, which initially said it worked, but then failed, and wont boot. Fastboot flashed CWM, which just gave me a blank screen. Going to attempt to flash the 4.2.2 RUU, and start over from there.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] monochrome83:
Update: Pulled my head out of my ass, and ran a full RUU. Phone works swimmingly now, after RUU, then reflash to NuSense. Thank you all for your help, and saving me about $100 for an insurance replacement. Good thing about not having the phone for 4+ months?? It feels like a brand new phone again lol, and a HUGE step up from a rooted, banged up Toro Nexus.
[Verizon HTC One (M7)] lj50036:
Great to see you up and running ... Great input from some good people here mate .... :good:

Can you add SOLVED to your thread title...

Thx Josh
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skynyrd420:
Was curious about this feature of the phone. ...I know what encryption is. ... but, in regards to phones, I do not. Can anyone shed some light on this for me? Like, what it does exactly, how it works, does implementing it in my device effect it on an os level or kernel?...any other general information about it is very appreciated. ..... tried google, but it just kept bringing up "15 things you must know about your s5" articles and the like.

beav3r
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kprice8:
You can encrypt the device (Settings > Security >Encrypt). However, you will NOT be able to use the fingerprint scanner if you do this. This process takes around one hour and scrambles all the data. Every time you turn on the device you need to enter a passcode before it boots. This helps to provide an extra layer of security on top of the regular PIN or password.

Read more: http://www.itpro.co.uk/mobile/22034/samsung-galaxy-s5-top-15-tips-and-tricks#ixzz319NY0W4G
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tech_head:
Also recovering data off a damaged phone is impossible.

Unless you require your data to be fully encrypted and don't care if you lose it, because it is backed up; do not encrypt.
[Verizon Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Skynyrd420:
Thanks guys. Does anyone know the processes the phone goes through while encrypting? Or decrypting. ... just wondering if it would be beneficial at all If someone did a log cat while doing both, just to see if there is a hole that could have an exploit vulnerability. ... and, would dalvik vs ART during the process change that answer, since you're running "custom"while ART is on. ... I'm 99% sure it isn't going to help s#!%, but, never know, little things usually get overlooked.

beav3r
[Moto G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] droidx8:
I just bought this awesome device and I'm extremely happy with it so far. Great design, unrivaled performance at this price. It has great dev support (thank you for the hard work, devs), everithing is just fine.

My previous device was an Xperia X8, I used it for 3 years. It's kinda old and slow and has a very limited hardware. But the fact that there is a working MIUI port for even this old and crappy handset made me wondering why isn't the G supported.

I'm neither a developer nor a programmer, and altough I'm using custom stuff such as ROMs and kernels since 2011, I can only call myself an experienced user. I'm a former MIUI user, and i found it the fanciest and even the best ROM out there for the X8. I miss its features and UI, but as I mentioned earlier, I don't have the knowledge necessary for porting the ROM myself. Therefore must I ask/request it here: Would it be possible to make a working MIUI ROM for the G? I don't know how much work that would take, but I wanna kindly request the developers to at least give it a try.

Sadly I'm only 16 and I can't donate. All that I can do is to hit the thanks button and maybe to help at testing.

Best regards, thanks in advance

droidx8
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[Sony Xperia ZL] Bird40:
C6503 10.5.A.0.230 Firmware certificated on PTCRB

This is 4.4 KitKat!:good:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pbman1953:
Ok, here I am with kitkat nc5 , can I simply Odin my phone back with the mk2 file?

Thanks

I tried looking for this but couldn't find the answer
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dooley69:
NC5 backwards

Try reading these 2 posts. They haves some great info.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2720163

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2726868
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] pbman1953:
I should of mentioned that I went back to total stock then OTA'd. So I;m not rooting anymore. I think to use any of those link you still have to be rooted.

I may be wrong but I may be stuck for while until rooting the stock NC5 is figured out

The funny thing is I read that a lot of the updaters are having battery issues.The funny thing is that since the upgrade my battery usage has been very good. Typically with 4.3, I was at 64% with the screen stat. With the KK I'm at 34%.. Besides being in the power saving mode, I am using 2 apps I never used before too- Super Task Killer and a Sense V2 Flip clock a weather clock widget. Still using Clean Master because you don't have to be rooted.

Thanks
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Dooley69:
You can go back to MK2 and get root back. The following post has three peeps saying they have done it after taking the OTA nc5 update. They used Surge1223's method to downgrade.

References to this start on page 62.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2726868

Hit thanks if this helps. Hope it answers your questions.
[Motorola Droid 3] dbix:
Hello Guys. I really appreciate your help and dedication.

I spent a lot of time tryng fix my XT862. When I bought it, was working with Att. When I didn't have access to MY Contacts I install a new ROM but I can't make to work again.

The phone is unlock and rooted, v.5.7.906.xt863. the Baseband is N_03.18.29P but if I flash to "radio883", I get Baseband unknow .

I changed the build.prop 1 to 0 and 7 to 3.

Maybe my xt883 radio is not the correct one? Please help. Thanks
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
you are using files from here Guide - Band Unlock XT862 for T-mobile/ATT
[Motorola Droid 3] dbix:
Help please. XT883 on XT862 not working

Thank you very much for your answer and help. On my Droid has MotoBlur 5.7.906. Do i have do restore to MotoBlur 5.6.890 OTA ? Thanks
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
906 is fine.
[Motorola Droid 3] dbix:
xt862 help

I can't root with PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.09 .and I get this message:

SEARCHING FOR THE PHONE (connect it now if you haven't yet)... found!

Running exploit step 1 of 3 (setting up symlink)... done!

Rebooting your phone... done!

Running exploit step 2 of 3 (modifying local.prop)... done!

Rebooting your phone... done!

Running exploit step 3 of 3 (adding su, busybox, and superuser.apk)... FAIL!

ERROR: adb could not be granted root access via local.prop method

Try again from the start, but if the problem continues, check your version

of Gingerbread -- hopefully you don't have a version where this exploit

was fixed.

I rooted with Motofail. The "Root Checker Advanced" show that the Droid is Rooted.

I tried again PetesMotorolaRootTools_v1.09 and I get the some massage from the top.

Is the Droid Rooted? I don't think so because I can't uninstall system apps. What I have do to please. thanks
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
pete's does not root 906, use motofail
[Motorola Droid 3] dbix:
xt862, radio help

Thank you. This version rooted my D3. Please , can you help me with the correct radio.img. for flashing. All what I tried, change the baseband to unknow. Thanks
[Motorola Droid 3] sd_shadow:
radio must match build.prop

so either radio flash is failing or build.prop replacement is failing
[Motorola Droid 3] dbix:
xt862, radio help

how can I do this? do I have to do more changes on build.prop? thanks