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Okay guys, this is another one of those unbrick threads. I have been installing roms and kernels quite a lot recently, but I recently came into a problem. I hit wipe sd card, and it wiped all of the roms, and apps from the device. I basically have nothing installed. I do have twrp, nexus root toolkit, and adb though, so what should I do? Thanks
Try returning to stock. That also happened to my friend who has TWRP. It seems like TWRP screws up a lot of peoples devices. He had an S2. He just returned to stock and reflashed CM10 and it was fine. Now he is a CWM user.
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How would I re install those roms though, it even deleted the backups . I have adb but no fast boot
Adb push a rom.zip to /sdcard then install it from recovery
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Don't I need fastboot for that?
Also left recovery and now the hardware keys don't work but adb still does, so I don't know if I can get back in to recovery
Download your stock ROM, and reflash it.
You will get a ton of thanks if you can walk me through it .
The keys probably don't work while in the bootloader because of the stupid bug, connect it via USB and it probably will. You can use adb while the device is booting up (or stuck halfway booting up) or you can use fast boot from the bootloader to bring it back to stock. Check the unbrick threads for instructions on how to do it.
Just get Wug's toolkit and click on the "Flash Stock And Unroot" Button.
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Just get Wug's toolkit and click on the "Flash Stock And Unroot" Button.
I'll try it thanks
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Tried it, but at the end it said fastboot device not found. What should I do?
How should I go about using Odin ? Would it work? Thanks
Hi,
Last night i was playing with my N4 (with some root applications) and an app asked for a reboot. I just pressed yes so that the phone will reboot (I have done this earlier without any issues). Suddenly the device doesn't boot up. My N4 is stuck at a black screen. While trying to boot up, the Google logo appears and then a black screen. It doesn't advance to the 'X' logo. I'm running on stock, rooted phone (used N4 toolkit by Wugfresh to root).
I'm able to boot into recovery although. I tried all the possible means, wiped cache, dalvik cache, did a factory reset, backed up the system and tried to restore the same. Nothing happened.
Then i tried the "Back to Stock" option in the N4 toolkit and chose the option "Soft-brick/Bootloop" to recover my N4. These are what happened:
Downloaded the 4.2.2 image from Google servers and tried to flash in the device with prior instruction from the toolkit. Everything went fine until the flashing process. In the last step the CMD window opens up saying it is unrooting and flashing stock and immediately it'll bring up a complete message saying the flashing is complete and to wait until the device boots up. But nothing happens again.
I tried the automatic flashing and on the downloading window it saying download failed and hash checks failed meaning its not downloading.
I searched all the possible threads in a day to find a similar problem but in vain. I'm not a noob but i'm too lazy . But i would do anything to bring my N4 back to life. Anyone please show me a direction.
In short:
Status: Soft-Bricked (guess so), black screen after Google logo
Version: Stock 4.2.2 (rooted+busybox+supersu+twrp)
Able to boot to recovering: Yes, bootable to recovery and bootloader.
Tried Nexus toolkit recovery: Yes but in vain.
Gave up: No and never, I'm searching and searching for answers and I'm worried if I'll end up in a hard brick. :crying:
Guys, please help.
Thank You!
Aghil
I'm just taking a wild guess here - I'm not responsible if anything bad happens, and you might want to wait to someone else seconds my suggestion in any case (although I can't imagine things getting worse as long as you flash N4 stuff). But have you tried flashing a new boot.img/reset kernel from recovery or via fastboot/toolkit?
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I'm just taking a wild guess here - I'm not responsible if anything bad happens, and you might want to wait to someone else seconds my suggestion in any case (although I can't imagine things getting worse as long as you flash N4 stuff). But have you tried flashing a new boot.img/reset kernel from recovery or via fastboot/toolkit?
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Err...nope I haven't tried any and will wait until someone seconds you. Meanwhile I have wiped off the ROM through the option in recovery. Still will I be able to do what you said? Also if could direct me to a "how-to" thread would be great. Just that I don't wanna mess up again.
Also, is there a way to transfer a ROM to N4 through fastboot? So that I can install the ROM through TWRP.
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Err...nope I haven't tried any and will wait until someone seconds you. Meanwhile I have wiped off the ROM through the option in recovery. Still will I be able to do what you said? Also if could direct me to a "how-to" thread would be great. Just that I don't wanna mess up again.
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No, my suggestion would require that the ROM is still on the phone, so you should restore your ROM prior to my suggestion. And I'm by no means an expert (therefore the disclaimer), but I *think* that since it's a bootup problem, it could be solved by flashing a new boot.img (which is essentially flashing a new kernel to the system).
But yeah, let's see if others think this might help, haven't researched it, is at work right now. Just throwing in a suggestion, that's all...
Also, is there a way to transfer a ROM to N4 through fastboot? So that I can install the ROM through TWRP.
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I *think* (again, I'm totally not sure about this, as I haven't tried it) that you can sideload a ROM via zip file from recovery, but since I haven't tried it I'm not sure - can anybody confirm???
EDIT: Chromium's suggestion is better, by pushing the ROM.zip to the device and flashing from recovery (check md5 first, just in case).
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Also, is there a way to transfer a ROM to N4 through fastboot? So that I can install the ROM through TWRP.
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Yes there is. Your nexus is not bricked and this is why you shouldnt use toolkits to do things. This is honestly an extremely easy and simple fix. Use adb to push a rom onto the n4.
Code:
adb push \path\to\rom.zip /sdcard
Boot into recovery, do a full wipe, and flash the rom.
You said you downloaded the Google images.
Just boot your phone into the bootloader and run the flashall.bat that is in the Google image folder.
Note this will probably fully wipe you're phone in the process
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try this it may help u this toolkit is damn easy to use :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1995688
Okay, thanks guys. I'm on it. Will let you know when I'm done.
That same thing happened to me once. I had to extract the google file and look for the 4 img files(bootloader, system, userdata, recovery) and flash them with toolkit manually and it fixed it, but it erased everything on my sd
I tried to load the file "occam-jdq39-factory-345dc199.tar" into my phone using the ADB sideload feature in the toolkit. I don't have the SDK installed hence I depended the tool again. But now the tool only loads .zip file and not .tar as the one that i downloaded. Am I doing it right?
aghilvr said:
I tried to load the file "occam-jdq39-factory-345dc199.tar" into my phone using the ADB sideload feature in the toolkit. I don't have the SDK installed hence I depended the tool again. But now the tool only loads .zip file and not .tar as the one that i downloaded. Am I doing it right?
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K if you have a custom recovery installed, there isnt much you need to do to fix the issue.
First setup adb/fastboot by reading this
Then boot the phone into recovery, and plug it into the computer. Open a new command prompt window and use adb like this:
Code:
adb push \path\to\rom.zip /sdcard
Then you can unplug the phone. From recovery go to the install menu, find the rom that you just pushed, and flash it.
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K if you have a custom recovery installed, there isnt much you need to do to fix the issue.
First setup adb/fastboot by reading this
Then boot the phone into recovery, and plug it into the computer. Open a new command prompt window and use adb like this:
Code:
adb push \path\to\rom.zip /sdcard
Then you can unplug the phone. From recovery go to the install menu, find the rom that you just pushed, and flash it.
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Okay, installing the SDK. And the command saying "rom.zip", the file that I have is like "rom.tar". Does it matter? I downloaded the rom from here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
aghilvr said:
Okay, installing the SDK. And the command saying "rom.zip", the file that I have is like "rom.tar". Does it matter? I downloaded the rom from here https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images
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No the tar wont work through recovery. You should download a rom from here or here.
If you want to flash the stock rom through recovery you can download it here.
chromium96 said:
No the tar wont work through recovery. You should download a rom from here or here.
If you want to flash the stock rom through recovery you can download it here.
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Oh that's why it didn't work all the time
Thanks chromium :fingers-crossed:
Hey thanks guys, my device is back to normal. Chromium a special thanks for you for helping me out. See you guys with my next problem/queris!
This is really embarrassing.I desperately need help.
Earlier today i rooted my nexus 4 and everything seemed to be working just fine. I installed CWM 6.0.2.3.
Then i tried to flash my device with the latest ROM i.e. Kitkat
However i didn't copy the radio image in my device. And i panicked. However when i tried flashing the ROM, It showed status 7 error,
and i did a factory reset, dalvik cache wipe. When i tried starting my phone it didn't start.
Now finally, i can access my recovery mode HOWEVER when in bootloader, my PC does not recognize the device, But, it is recognized once in recovery. And the second problem is that when i try the
"Choose file from SD card"
i get error "No Files found"
So now i can't flash a new recovery. Neither can i flash another ROM because the choose file from SD card doesn't seem to be working
Please help me
Im sure this will help:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
And your phone isnt bricked yet.
ashishv said:
Im sure this will help:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
And your phone isnt bricked yet.
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Sir,i have visited this link. But my main problem is that i cannot access my phone in the bootloader mode.
t simply isn't recognized by fastbot option
please help
hmavani said:
Sir,i have visited this link. But my main problem is that i cannot access my phone in the bootloader mode.
t simply isn't recognized by fastbot option
please help
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Sounds like you just need the correct drivers installed on your computer. Once those are installed and your PC is recognizes your device in ADB then you can push a rom to you phone and flash it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34674471
Use Wug's toolbox. It has everything you need to get your device back to normal, including drivers.
hmavani said:
This is really embarrassing.I desperately need help.
Earlier today i rooted my nexus 4 and everything seemed to be working just fine. I installed CWM 6.0.2.3.
Then i tried to flash my device with the latest ROM i.e. Kitkat
However i didn't copy the radio image in my device. And i panicked. However when i tried flashing the ROM, It showed status 7 error,
and i did a factory reset, dalvik cache wipe. When i tried starting my phone it didn't start.
Now finally, i can access my recovery mode HOWEVER when in bootloader, my PC does not recognize the device, But, it is recognized once in recovery. And the second problem is that when i try the
"Choose file from SD card"
i get error "No Files found"
So now i can't flash a new recovery. Neither can i flash another ROM because the choose file from SD card doesn't seem to be working
Please help me
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panicked? modem is just 3g / wifi lol, if it does not recognize on recovery try on fastboot, install naked drivers then update adb / fastboot and try again.
opssemnik said:
panicked? modem is just 3g / wifi lol, if it does not recognize on recovery try on fastboot, install naked drivers then update adb / fastboot and try again.
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My phone is recognized in recovery.i tried pushing a ROM and flashing it. I could push it however, when i try to "choose zip from sdcard" it shows no files found.
This is my main concern. I have the correct drivers installed. because my device is being recognized in recovery mode.
Thank you
Nate14 said:
Sounds like you just need the correct drivers installed on your computer. Once those are installed and your PC is recognizes your device in ADB then you can push a rom to you phone and flash it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34674471
Use Wug's toolbox. It has everything you need to get your device back to normal, including drivers.
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My phone is recognized in recovery.i tried pushing a ROM and flashing it. I could push it however, when i try to "choose zip from sdcard" it shows no files found.
This is my main concern. I have the correct drivers installed. because my device is being recognized in recovery mode.
Nate14 said:
Sounds like you just need the correct drivers installed on your computer. Once those are installed and your PC is recognizes your device in ADB then you can push a rom to you phone and flash it.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34674471
Use Wug's toolbox. It has everything you need to get your device back to normal, including drivers.
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thank you very much. it worked.now using 4.4 kitkat
My mom would kill me
God bless you
I have a Samsung Google Nexus 10 (Wi-Fi) GT-P8110HAAPHE Which was running Android 4.4.3 (I think but it is definitely the latest version) and I simply wished to root it.
I started following a video on Youtube and now I am stuck at what I think is called the Fastboot mode where My options are to scroll through START/RECOVERY MODE/RESTART BOOTLOADER/POWER OFF. I was using the Wugs Nexus Root Toolkit v1.8.3.
No matter which I select it returns me to the screen with the START option. When I select POWER OFF it does indeed power off but when I switch it on again it returns to the fastboot mode START option. I can get into download mode if that helps.
I did create a backup but cannot restore it.
I have done some research and downloaded the Android SDK Suite and fastboot/ADB and drivers etc ready to try and recover but I don't know where to start.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 which I have rooted and installed a number of different ROMS on so I am familiar with rooting but not sure if I can use Odin or something similar.
I think I have included all the information I have and hope someon can assist.
Thanks.
matrixmainframe said:
I have a Samsung Google Nexus 10 (Wi-Fi) GT-P8110HAAPHE Which was running Android 4.4.3 (I think but it is definitely the latest version) and I simply wished to root it.
I started following a video on Youtube and now I am stuck at what I think is called the Fastboot mode where My options are to scroll through START/RECOVERY MODE/RESTART BOOTLOADER/POWER OFF. I was using the Wugs Nexus Root Toolkit v1.8.3.
No matter which I select it returns me to the screen with the START option. When I select POWER OFF it does indeed power off but when I switch it on again it returns to the fastboot mode START option. I can get into download mode if that helps.
I did create a backup but cannot restore it.
I have done some research and downloaded the Android SDK Suite and fastboot/ADB and drivers etc ready to try and recover but I don't know where to start.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 which I have rooted and installed a number of different ROMS on so I am familiar with rooting but not sure if I can use Odin or something similar.
I think I have included all the information I have and hope someon can assist.
Thanks.
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This is why I tell people not to use toolkits. Since everything is automated, it's hard to tell what went wrong and where. When it comes to Nexus devices, toolkits are entirely unnecessary IMO. These Nexus devices are so super simple to flash manually it's ridiculous. /END RANT
Okay. Sorry about that. Now, back to the issue at hand. The menu you are describing is, in fact, the Bootloader (aka Fastboot mode). Prior to using the NRT, were you completely stock? Was your bootloader already unlocked? To me, it sounds like you may have wiped your OS. Have you tried flashing the 4.4.3 factory image?
I was completely stock. Whilst using NRT I believe I had just succeeded in unlocking the Bootloader and the video then stated that with 4.4.3 a Factory reset was required which is what I did but I did not realise that deleted the O2. I thought that was on a protected partition like my S3 phone.
I can't flash the factory image as I can't get into recovery or is there another way of doing it?
I suppose where tablets are concerned I'm a book but if you could point me to any instructions on how to flash manually I'm hoping I can recover my tablet. Thanks.
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matrixmainframe said:
I was completely stock. Whilst using NRT I believe I had just succeeded in unlocking the Bootloader and the video then stated that with 4.4.3 a Factory reset was required which is what I did but I did not realise that deleted the O2. I thought that was on a protected partition like my S3 phone.
I can't flash the factory image as I can't get into recovery or is there another way of doing it?
I suppose where tablets are concerned I'm a book but if you could point me to any instructions on how to flash manually I'm hoping I can recover my tablet. Thanks.
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Dont know how you got your os erased. But im using a custom recovery since I got mine so maybe the stock recovery erses the os when doing a factory reset. A factory image cant be flashed via recovery and must be flashed via fastboot. Its really easy. But it will wipe the entire device. If you dont want to wipe everything you need to edit it..
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Cannot access Recovery Mode. Can Access Download Mode!
mrgnex said:
Dont know how you got your os erased. But im using a custom recovery since I got mine so maybe the stock recovery erses the os when doing a factory reset. A factory image cant be flashed via recovery and must be flashed via fastboot. Its really easy. But it will wipe the entire device. If you dont want to wipe everything you need to edit it..
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I don't mind wiping the device but I cannot access Recovery Mode. When I select RECOVERY MODE and press the Power button to take me there it just returns me to the START screen.
I don't know if the fiollowing is relevent but it displays the word START vertically in the top left of the screen and next to it
Device Information
Product Name: manta
Variant: wifi
H/W Version: 8
Bottloader Version: MANTAMF01
Carrier Info: None
Serial Number: Don't think I should show that
Lock State: Unlocked
Reboot Mode Flag: None.
I have tried RESTART BOOTLOADER and that brings me back to the Start screen but still cannot access RECOVERY MODE.
Holding down the Power Button and Volume Up/Down brings me back to the Start screen again
I can get into DOWNLOAD MODE
Is there ANY way I can flash anything onto my Nexus 10 without using RECOVERY MODE like using Odin or Heimdall with a Samsung phone?
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Great news everyone..........well for me that is :laugh:
Thanks to Androidbeat.com I now have a fully operational Nexus 10.
Just in case anyone else was following this I did it by downloading all the necessary files into on folder on my Windows Desktop, opening a Command Prompt from there and followed the instructions.
Thank you to those who offered advice here and although my Nexus 10 is showing itself to be unlocked I think I'll give a miss to rooting it and just suffer the limitations rather than risk bricking it again.
matrixmainframe said:
Great news everyone..........well for me that is :laugh:
Thanks to Androidbeat.com I now have a fully operational Nexus 10.
Just in case anyone else was following this I did it by downloading all the necessary files into on folder on my Windows Desktop, opening a Command Prompt from there and followed the instructions.
Thank you to those who offered advice here and although my Nexus 10 is showing itself to be unlocked I think I'll give a miss to rooting it and just suffer the limitations rather than risk bricking it again.
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Glad everything worked out for you. Just an FYI for future reference, the stock recovery factory reset does not wipe the OS (at least it shouldn't). By default, AFAIK there are no custom recoveries that will wipe your OS either while doing a factory reset. It must've been something with the toolkit.
Regarding root, it's super easy to get root on this device. All you have to do is download the custom recovery image file of your choice. I prefer Philz, but you can use CWM or TWRP as well. Then, download the latest SuperSU zip file (I believe it's v1.99r4 now). Simply fastboot flash the recovery image, boot into recovery, and install the SuperSU zip, and you're good to go. The whole process takes two minutes, and no toolkit required.
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Glad everything worked out for you. Just an FYI for future reference, the stock recovery factory reset does not wipe the OS (at least it shouldn't). By default, AFAIK there are no custom recoveries that will wipe your OS either while doing a factory reset. It must've been something with the toolkit.
Regarding root, it's super easy to get root on this device. All you have to do is download the custom recovery image file of your choice. I prefer Philz, but you can use CWM or TWRP as well. Then, download the latest SuperSU zip file (I believe it's v1.99r4 now). Simply fastboot flash the recovery image, boot into recovery, and install the SuperSU zip, and you're good to go. The whole process takes two minutes, and no toolkit required.
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charesa39 thanks for that. All done so thanks again.
I've posted in a few places here on xda but no responses yet, please help! I've unlocked bootloader, rooted, installed twrp, tried to flash cm13 but had the wrong gapps, so it failed, I tried to wipe and restore a backup I made in twrp but it says my device is corrupt then halts at the Google logo. I think all I need is to push the correct gapps to the phone through adb but I can't get my stupid pc to recognize it anymore. I boot into twrp, plug it in to the pc, tried multiple tools and sdk adb route, but nothing works! I have all the drivers installed, and reinstalled, keep getting a Windows error "The procedure entry point WSAPoll could not be located in the dynamic link library WS2_32.dll"
I read somewhere that the ws2_32.dll is only available in Vista and up... I'm running xp, I wonder if that's my problem. Sorry for all the posts and long explanations, I'm just frustrated and need professional help
You could get that dll somewhere and add it to your windows. I never flashed under Win XP... Also, you could try to download the factory image (NRD90U) from google. Boot your phone on fastboot mode and flash all the .img one by one and should be back to stock... That should fix your problem hopefully!
How do I boot into fastboot mode? I can get to the ko'd android and select options and get into twrp, it says download mode disabled and connect usb data cable, which doesn't change when I plug it in but I see my serial under fastboot in the skipsoft tool kit. I mainly get that error message when using that tool kit too
wonton9224 said:
How do I boot into fastboot mode? I can get to the ko'd android and select options and get into twrp, it says download mode disabled and connect usb data cable, which doesn't change when I plug it in but I see my serial under fastboot in the skipsoft tool kit. I mainly get that error message when using that tool kit too
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If you're running XP your pretty seriously out of date.
All of them say download mode disabled when you are in your bootloader. If you see the little droid on his back and the ascii device status in the bottom left corner of your screen you are in bootloader (which is fastboot 'mode' as you put it). Since it is returning your serial number it sounds like you're good.
I expect you may want to simply reflash the stock OS from your Skipsoft kit. Get it booted stock first, then install a custom ROM.
Ok thanks, got my bro here with his win 7 laptop, gonna try and see about pushing the correct gapps to the phone first, if I can't get adb to work when booted into twrp I guess I'll try the fastboot method to stock.
Is it safe to use the Skipsoft toolkit to flash stock Rom while I have twrp installed? And unlocked bootloader?
wonton9224 said:
Ok thanks, got my bro here with his win 7 laptop, gonna try and see about pushing the correct gapps to the phone first, if I can't get adb to work when booted into twrp I guess I'll try the fastboot method to stock.
Is it safe to use the Skipsoft toolkit to flash stock Rom while I have twrp installed? And unlocked bootloader?
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If your device is currently borked, just start from scratch. If you flash the factory image partitions properly as per Heisenberg's guide then recovery is overwritten anyway. And, you can't flash anything unless your bootloader is unlocked. You would need to reflash TWRP and SuperSU after it first boots.
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Thanks, I'm trying the skipsoft toolkit it's flashing the stock img now, I'll let ya know how it goes, fingers crossed!
wonton9224 said:
Thanks, I'm trying the skipsoft toolkit it's flashing the stock img now, I'll let ya know how it goes, fingers crossed!
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I would suggest booting it up stock and letting it set up before flashing TWRP and then rooting. And if you do, when you flash TWRP via fastboot, boot right to recovery and flash SuperSU, otherwise TWRP will get overwritten by stock recovery. Rooting stops that.
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I followed Heisenberg's guide with no problems the first time, it was all good before I was stupid and flashed a Rom with wrong gapps and tried to restore a backup, thanks tho, I really appreciate the help!
wonton9224 said:
I followed Heisenberg's guide with no problems the first time, it was all good before I was stupid and flashed a Rom with wrong gapps and tried to restore a backup, thanks tho, I really appreciate the help!
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So you went through that and flashed the wrong Gapps pkg again? I may regret asking but what custom ROM are you flashing? There are really only debloated stock variants right now.
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Not again, only flashed wrong gapps once, was trying to flash cm13 and got the gapps from opengapps.org. It's ask good now tho, I'm back to stock thanks to you guys and the skipsoft toolkit! Thanks again!