Stuck in CWM recovery. -Without root

[jezzie bumatay]

ah, I forgot, flash_eraseall is only included in xionia recovery itself.
wait. I'll try to find it.
get flash_eraseall <here>
put it in the same directory as adb.
copy and paste this whole block of code in your command prompt instead of the one in the other thread:

adb push flash_eraseall /sbin/
adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtd8
adb reboot recovery

let me know if it works.

could you possibly provide a different link 4shared dont seem to work for me..
ignore that i got it downloaded.. trying it now

 

[bigsupersquid]

ok, lots of people gripe about 4shared, but it's always worked for me.
download the attachment and remove the .zip extension. It's not really a zip file, but you can't attach files here on AC with no extension. Pfui.

 

[jezzie bumatay]

all im getting now is device not found, ive even tried spamming it

 

[bigsupersquid]

it takes perfect timing to get this to work.

you can also try

adb kill-server

and connect the phone again.
Then try this.

adb wait-for-device
adb push flash_eraseall /sbin/
adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtd8
adb reboot recovery

 

[jezzie bumatay]

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb push flash_eraseall /sbin/
4029 KB/s (74273 bytes in 0.018s)

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtd8
/sbin/sh: flash_eraseall: Permission denied

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb reboot recovery

I think i got the timing right this time but this is what i got

 

[bigsupersquid]

closer!
try this.

adb wait-for-device
adb shell mount -o remount,rw / /
adb push flash_eraseall /sbin/
adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtd8
adb reboot recovery

the wait-for-device line should take care of the timing issue.

 

[jezzie bumatay]

tried the new one and this is what i got

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb kill-server

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb wait-for-device
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *

And its still looping

 

[bigsupersquid]

push <CTRL><C> to stop adb wait-for-device
type

adb root

to restart adb
and try this again.

adb wait-for-device
adb shell mount -o remount,rw / /
adb push flash_eraseall /sbin/
adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtd8
adb reboot recovery

 

[vector84an]

might need to chmod flash_eraseall after pushing it?

"adb shell chmod 755 /sbin/flash_eraseall"

 

[bigsupersquid]

maybe.
but I forgot that even in recovery, / is mounted ro.
and since recovery is all ramdisk, it has to be pushed after every reboot since it won't stick through a reboot.

 

[jezzie bumatay]

push <CTRL><C> to stop adb wait-for-device
type

adb root

to restart adb
and try this again.

adb wait-for-device
adb shell mount -o remount,rw / /
adb push flash_eraseall /sbin/
adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtd8
adb reboot recovery

it says adbd is already on root then adb doesnt seem to respond after the wait-for-device command

 

[bigsupersquid]

ok, you'll have to ditch the wait-for-device command and try to time it right instead.

adb shell mount -o remount,rw / /
adb push flash_eraseall /sbin/
adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtd8
adb reboot recovery

I was hoping it'd co-operate with the easier way.

 

[jezzie bumatay]

ok, you'll have to ditch the wait-for-device command and try to time it right instead.

adb shell mount -o remount,rw / /
adb push flash_eraseall /sbin/
adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtd8
adb reboot recovery

I was hoping it'd co-operate with the easier way.

i got this.. dunno why permission is denied

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell mount -o remount,rw / /

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb push flash_eraseall /sbin/
1813 KB/s (74273 bytes in 0.040s)

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtd8
/sbin/sh: flash_eraseall: Permission denied

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb reboot recovery

 

[bigsupersquid]

ok, vector84an was correct.

adb shell mount -o remount,rw / /
adb push flash_eraseall /sbin/
adb shell chmod 755 /sbin/flash_eraseall
adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtd8
adb reboot recovery

it is such a PITA trying to do tech support through the forums, but this way everybody can see how do do things and what can go wrong...

the flash_eraseall on 4shared wasn't chmod'ed before uploading.
the attachment in this thread is.
I'll fix the 4shared upload but its link will probably change.

 

[jezzie bumatay]

ok, vector84an was correct.

adb shell mount -o remount,rw / /
adb push flash_eraseall /sbin/
adb shell chmod 755 /sbin/flash_eraseall
adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtd8
adb reboot recovery

it is such a PITA trying to do tech support through the forums, but this way everybody can see how do do things and what can go wrong...

the flash_eraseall on 4shared wasn't chmod'ed before uploading.
the attachment in this thread is.
I'll fix the 4shared upload but its link will probably change.

got /dev/mtd/mtd8: no such file directory this
time

 

[jezzie bumatay]

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell mount -o remount,rw / /

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb push flash_eraseall /sbin/
3296 KB/s (74273 bytes in 0.022s)

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell chmod 755 /sbin/flash_eraseall

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb shell flash_eraseall /dev/mtd/mtd8
flash_eraseall: /dev/mtd/mtd8: No such file or directory

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>adb reboot recovery

C:\Users\jezzie\Desktop\adt-bundle-windows-x86_64-20130522\adt-bundle-windows-x8
6_64-20130522\sdk\platform-tools>

 

[jezzie bumatay]

And again your android wizardry is much appreciated.. learning sooo much!! lol

 

[bigsupersquid]

what is the output from

adb shell ls /dev/mtd

 

[jezzie bumatay]

what is the output from

adb shell ls /dev/mtd

should i try it w/o the /mtd8??
either way it says no such file directory

 

[bigsupersquid]

how about output from

adb shell ls /dev/

you have to wipe mtd8, it's the problem causing the boot loop.