EMERGENCY!! screwed up my phone while loading a new rom

[insomniac]

SOLVED!!

[MaximalLazy]

Hey, first of all, calm down.

I'm no phone expert but, if i recall correctly, google phones use Fastboot - Android Wiki. Similar to ODIN (proprietary to Samsung phones), it allows you to flash your phone without using Recovery Mode.

It's a software that you download onto your PC, then you gotta hunt the ROM you wish to flash your phone with. Put your phone into download mode (you could do this by pressing a combination of buttons on your phone depending on model), then proceed to use Fastboot to flash the ROM onto your phone.

I do not own a Nexus S but I can safely assume that you are not the first Nexus S user who did this. So calm down for now

Edit: and wait for the phone gurus to rescue you.

[Tim Budong]

try this first
pull battery, power the phone by holding vol up+power, this should load into bootloader and allow you to select the phone to start into recovery. if not

power on phone.
use ADB to boot into bootloader
reload latest CWMrecovery

REMEMBER TO WIPE DATA/CACHE/DALVIK before loading new rom
XDA should have decent ICS options for NexusS

[insomniac]

Originally Posted by MaximalLazy

Hey, first of all, calm down.

I'm no phone expert but, if i recall correctly, google phones use Fastboot - Android Wiki. Similar to ODIN (proprietary to Samsung phones), it allows you to flash your phone without using Recovery Mode.

It's a software that you download onto your PC, then you gotta hunt the ROM you wish to flash your phone with. Put your phone into download mode (you could do this by pressing a combination of buttons on your phone depending on model), then proceed to use Fastboot to flash the ROM onto your phone.

I do not own a Nexus S but I can safely assume that you are not the first Nexus S user who did this. So calm down for now

Edit: and wait for the phone gurus to rescue you.

sorry im just choked LOL my phone is super important i can leave home without my wallet but i cant leave home without my phone LOL

but thanks for the tips, im home now and im going to try that now.

Originally Posted by darthchilli

try this first
pull battery, power the phone by holding vol up+power, this should load into bootloader and allow you to select the phone to start into recovery. if not

power on phone.
use ADB to boot into bootloader
reload latest CWMrecovery

REMEMBER TO WIPE DATA/CACHE/DALVIK before loading new rom
XDA should have decent ICS options for NexusS

i went into bootloader and went to recovery. tried that while i was out and no luck. downloaded cyanogen STRAIGHT from the website and no luck. i even downloaded and tried loading super ICS4.0 and a few trusted roms and everytime i load them it goes error "___ aborted" but google apps loads fine.

[Tim Budong]

Originally Posted by insomniatic

sorry im just choked LOL my phone is super important i can leave home without my wallet but i cant leave home without my phone LOL

but thanks for the tips, im home now and im going to try that now.



i went into bootloader and went to recovery. tried that while i was out and no luck. downloaded cyanogen STRAIGHT from the website and no luck. i even downloaded and tried loading super ICS4.0 and a few trusted roms and everytime i load them it goes error "___ aborted" but google apps loads fine.

reload Clockwork mod
u MUST load roms through clockwork...
can u list out hte exact steps?

[insomniac]

Originally Posted by darthchilli

reload Clockwork mod
u MUST load roms through clockwork...
can u list out hte exact steps?

okay ill do so now

1) turned off phone
2) booted into clockwork by holding power+up
3) went into recovery, google screen loads with unlock on the bottom
4) wiped data/factory reset
5) wiped cache
6) install zip from sd -> choose zip -> install UltimateICS-4.0
7) install google apps
8) reboot

rom doesnt load, i get an error.

i took pics! sorry for the shitty pics but you can at least see a bit of whats happening
here you see it gets aborted


tried it with cyanogen and i get the same error. however when i load the google apps file you can see that it installs properly.

[Manic!]

Go to FS or best buy and buy a cheap pay as you go phone and put your sim in it. You have 14 days to return the phone. that should give you enough time to fix your phone.

[Tim Budong]

tho this shouldnt have ANYTHING to do with the issue
goto advanced and wipe dalvik cache as well
and i do see u are running the latest CWM

try formatted the SDCARD as well

[insomniac]

Originally Posted by Manic!

Go to FS or best buy and buy a cheap pay as you go phone and put your sim in it. You have 14 days to return the phone. that should give you enough time to fix your phone.

thanks for the tips, but sadly im using mobilicity so ill have to grab some cheapo phone from mobi

Originally Posted by darthchilli

tho this shouldnt have ANYTHING to do with the issue
goto advanced and wipe dalvik cache as well
and i do see u are running the latest CWM

try formatted the SDCARD as well

yup downloaded cm straight from the official site this time
i tried loading it, im not running it, when i go to the home menu im still on honeycomb

nothing still works the phone is still fucked up, thanks for the tips though,

[insomniac]

at this point

i just want the phone to go back to stock so i can at least text with it.
but when i go to stock -> about phone the error " sorry! the applications settings has stopped unexpectedly, please try again" (force close)

is there a way i can wipe everything from my computer or something?

anyone willing to meet at a coffee shop tmrw and help me restore/reset/load a rom?
im happy to pay you and give the rs stickers and extra stickers i promised.

[Tim Budong]

Originally Posted by insomniatic

at this point

i just want the phone to go back to stock so i can at least text with it.
but when i go to stock -> about phone the error " sorry! the applications settings has stopped unexpectedly, please try again" (force close)

is there a way i can wipe everything from my computer or something?

anyone willing to meet at a coffee shop tmrw and help me restore/reset/load a rom?
im happy to pay you and give the rs stickers and extra stickers i promised.

can u load cm7 on there

[slsSpeC]

Are you able to transfer files to your SD Card?

Try this ROM: AOSP+.
[ROM][23-01-12][ICS 4.0.3]CodeName: AOSP+ V3.0.3|Many Mods-Customize To Your Taste - xda-developers

1) Turn off phone
2) Boot into recovery
3) Under "Mounts and Storages", wipe /system, /cache, /data, /boot
5) Under "Wipe", wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik-cache
6) "Install zip from SD" -> "Choose zip" -> "Install" AOSP+
7) Install AOSP+ Gapps
8) Reboot

If all else fails, download the OTA ROM Package, flash that and revert back to Gingerbread. Make sure the package correlates with your "Build Number".

You will lose root and CWM after the OTA update.

[I9020T][REF] All OTA and Available Full ROM Packages - xda-developers

[insomniac]

Originally Posted by darthchilli

can u load cm7 on there

nope i cant.

Originally Posted by slsSpeC

Are you able to transfer files to your SD Card?

Try this ROM: AOSP+.
[ROM][23-01-12][ICS 4.0.3]CodeName: AOSP+ V3.0.3|Many Mods-Customize To Your Taste - xda-developers

1) Turn off phone
2) Boot into recovery
3) Under "Mounts and Storages", wipe /system, /cache, /data, /boot
5) Under "Wipe", wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partition, wipe dalvik-cache
6) "Install zip from SD" -> "Choose zip" -> "Install" AOSP+
7) Install AOSP+ Gapps
8) Reboot

If all else fails, download the OTA ROM Package, flash that and revert back to Gingerbread. Make sure the package correlates with your "Build Number".

You will lose root and CWM after the OTA update.

[I9020T][REF] All OTA and Available Full ROM Packages - xda-developers

yes i am able to put things into my "external storage". im using the nexus s 4g. ill try to install the rom! its quite slow to download though.

[slsSpeC]

Originally Posted by insomniatic

nope i cant.



yes i am able to put things into my "external storage". im using the nexus s 4g. ill try to install the rom! its quite slow to download though.

The Nexus S 4G is the Sprint variant in the US. Use the regular "Nexus S" and download that instead.

I just tried the download, 4 minutes doesn't seem too bad.

[Tim Budong]

how are u on nexusS 4g
it doesnt work on any network here.........
maybe looking at wrong section

this was the last rom I was using
[v8][ROM] KANGY8 | ICS | AOKP | Fastest & Most Stable | 21/01/2012 - xda-developers

[insomniac]

Originally Posted by slsSpeC

The Nexus S 4G is the Sprint variant in the US. Use the regular "Nexus S" and download that instead.

I just tried the download, 4 minutes doesn't seem too bad.

oops failed myself -__- epic fail on my part :noob:
but thanks! i think im just going back to stock for now. i was running honey comb before you think i can flash the ICS version of OTA?

Originally Posted by darthchilli

how are u on nexusS 4g
it doesnt work on any network here.........
maybe looking at wrong section

this was the last rom I was using
[v8][ROM] KANGY8 | ICS | AOKP | Fastest & Most Stable | 21/01/2012 - xda-developers

yup fail on my part

[insomniac]

okay FUCK
now the phone wont even boot!!!!
it goes into the fastboot mode and says there is no boot or recovery image. this happened after i did

"3) Under "Mounts and Storages", wipe /system, /cache, /data, /boot"

[slsSpeC]

Originally Posted by insomniatic

okay FUCK
now the phone wont even boot!!!!
it goes into the fastboot mode and says there is no boot or recovery image. this happened after i did

"3) Under "Mounts and Storages", wipe /system, /cache, /data, /boot"

Wiping the /system, /cache should not have wiped your recovery.

Can you still boot into recovery?

If not, follow this guide and reflash ClockWorkMod.
[GUIDE] Step by Step ROOT Nexus S via ClockworkMod Recovery image (i9020T only) - xda-developers

Then just flash a OTA Gingerbread package so you get your phone working. Do all the tinkering (Rooting, Flashing, etc) after. Grab 2.3.4 or 2.3.6 and you can then update it later.

Most important thing is to revert back to a stable ROM.

[insomniac]

sorry for the late reply. i can boot into to recovery but when i connect my nexus s into my computer the computer cant even detect the phone so i cant reflash clockwork mod

[slsSpeC]

Originally Posted by insomniatic

sorry for the late reply. i can boot into to recovery but when i connect my nexus s into my computer the computer cant even detect the phone so i cant reflash clockwork mod

Are you booting into the stock recovery or Clockwork Mod?

What did you do after wiping /system, /data, /cache, /boot? You should have proceeded to flash the ROM and GApps. It should have no affect on your recovery whatsoever.

[skyxx]

[insomniac]

lol spent the whole night at ubc with friends trying to fix the phone. started at 6 and finished at 11 -___-
we tried flashing to OTA and everything but i still got the status 7 error with the "installation aborted"
turns out this is a common problem. google it. we tried looking at a lot of threads on xda developers but no one solved it.

we found out that the version of cwm i had doesnt work with a lot of roms i dont know why. ill ask my friend to post if you guys want. but we got another version of cwm onto the phone and now the phone finally functions!

im currently on the UltimateICS ROM right now. second time rooting and loading a rom onto my phone. it was easy with the sgs2 but this time was a pain in the ass. :/

thanks for the help guys, big ups to slsSpeC and darthchilli. you guys can pm me and i can give you my info and ill be willing to give you guys the shit i promised lol.

[Tim Budong]

no need
im good for stickers

[slsSpeC]

Glad it all worked out.

I'm good on the stickers, thanks though.