My G2 continues to boot to twrp. I have tried to flash a new rom and it says it is successful but reboots to twrp. I have also tried to restore from two back ups and again says successful but reboots twrp again. A software update came out today and accidentally hit to push and from that point all the phone wants to do is go to twrp. Any ideas on what I have to do to make the phone usable again?
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Hello everyone and I apologize if there's been a solution to this before but I couldn't find it.
I was on Rooted stock V20F, and there was a new OTA update from LG (around 110 MBs). Before installing anything i made a backup from TWRP Recovery just in case anything went bad.
So after I download the official update, the phone reboots, and boots into TWRP recovery. From that moment, I can't get the phone to boot properly no matter what I do.
I tried restoring my backup, the phone will still boot into TWRP. Tried Factory Reset, Format Data, installing a new custom rom and nothing. It always brings me back to TWRP.
Also when i try to get into download mode so I can flash a KDZ file with flash tool, it boots into TWRP again.
Any ideas? Thanks a lot in advance.
edit: I actually found the solution here (it wasn't in the troubleshoot section and I didn't notice it..): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451696
Is there any way to install official OTA updates without the phone freaking out?
So I am going to trade in my phone soon and as part of it I need to go back to stock. I was on a stock rooted ROM for today and when I got home I saw it had a software update. I figured Id just install it but then after clicking on it remembered that I would lose root in the upgrade and didnt want to deal with that. It had booted me into TWRP as soon as I clicked on the update and so I just turned the phone off and then on cause I figured nothing tried to actually install so it would be fine. Instead of booting the OS, it booted straight into TWRP. So I figured it had set a flag and wouldnt boot unless the update finished installing, so I would just wipe everything and re-flash a new ROM again. Did that, but I still boot straight into TWRP. Can anyone help me get back to a bootable OS state where I can use the phone again? I know it is kinda retarded to click on a software update on a rooted device, but I never thought it would completely break my ability to boot and still wouldnt even work if I wiped everything and re-installed the ROM or tried a different ROM.
My guess is that as soon as I clicked on the update it set a flag in the bootloader itself, because this issue persists even after wiping and flashing. And if I try to boot into the bootloader it actually boots me into TWRP. Should I try to use ADB in recovery and push a flashable bootloader onto the device and then try re-flashing the bootloader?
I was trying to upgrade from CM11 to CM12, which went smooth except for GAPPS closing constantly. I read online that this was caused by an old version of the recovery, so I tried to update TWRP to 2.8.4.0. I first tried using the TWRP app from the Play Store (after recovering my Nandroid backup), which locked the phone where it would only try booting into recovery, but couldn't get there. Holding the power button to turn it off would result in a reboot right back into recovery, which of course never went anywhere. Now I am trying to re-install TWRP using ODIN but It fails every time [Complete(Write) operation failed.] I have an early S4 from AT&T and it has never had an official update. I can't remember which firmware it is using, but it is the original so I shouldn't have any problems there. Can anybody help me get this thing up and running with either TWRP or CWM and CM12 please?!
Update: I have been able to get the phone to boot by first booting into Download mode, then hitting the Volume Down button to cancel. This has twice booted it back into the OS. Still no recovery though.
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I was able to install TWRP 2.8.4.0 from the app after getting the device to boot. It worked correctly this time and all appears to be well. Odd that ODIN didn't work though.
So my phone downloaded the Lollipop OTA, which I didn't want to install. Thinking I'd gone into the cache partition and deleted it, I went ahead and let the phone reboot -- apparently I hadn't deleted it after all. So now every time I start up my phone, it boots into stock recovery and wants to automatically start updating to Lollipop.
Is there any way to boot to recovery while *skipping* the system upgrade process? I tried the regular VolUp/Home/Power thing, and that doesn't seem to do it.
Was on 6.0. Took the OTA no problem . Was running fine. Tried to put new TWRP on and sine then can't boot up. I can get into bootloader. I can get in stock recovery (no command). I tried to use back to stock and start over from LP. Probably not best option. Now gets to the screen saying that boot loader is unlocked and nothing happens. Was able to use fast boot and get into TWRP, but no where to go from there. If I try and use a flashable zip for 6.0 it just keeps rebooting TWRP. Any ideas? Help? Figure since I can still get into fastboot I have a chance, but not sure where to go with it?
SOLVED FOR NOW. Just keep going back and forth with wiping and trying to reset everything. Finally kicked in and back to LP.. been going back and forth for 3 hours.. no clue waht kicked it in, but using the restore tool.. then manually flashed twrp and wiped in twrp then rebooted and worked .. idk.. mods feel free to delete