Hey guys! I am a bit of a noob on installing roms. I have a rooted s4 then I installed cwm. I restored touchwiz first just in case then flashed cm11. I liked touchwiz better so I restored it and its always stuck in a bootloop. I dont really know what information to give you since I'm a noob at this. My phone isn't with me right now but I'll be getting it soon. Also I flashed cm11 again so its usable. I haven't seen any thread that has this problem with the same phone.
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Hey guys! I am a bit of a noob on installing roms. I have a rooted s4 then I installed cwm. I restored touchwiz first just in case then flashed cm11. I liked touchwiz better so I restored it and its always stuck in a bootloop. I dont really know what information to give you since I'm a noob at this. My phone isn't with me right now but I'll be getting it soon. Also I flashed cm11 again so its usable. I haven't seen any thread that has this problem with the same phone.
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Hi mate ,
I guess when you said restored TW you mean backup, nandroid?
When you restored your copy of nandroid , did you did a factory reset ,clean dalvik and cache...it helps
imthesmallkid said:
Hey guys! I am a bit of a noob on installing roms. I have a rooted s4 then I installed cwm. I restored touchwiz first just in case then flashed cm11. I liked touchwiz better so I restored it and its always stuck in a bootloop. I dont really know what information to give you since I'm a noob at this. My phone isn't with me right now but I'll be getting it soon. Also I flashed cm11 again so its usable. I haven't seen any thread that has this problem with the same phone.
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The right way, if you want touchwiz back, is this:
go to your recovery, select wipe data. Wipe it and after that restore your backup, than clean cache. This should work fine
MAX 404 said:
Hi mate ,
I guess when you said restored TW you mean backup, nandroid?
When you restored your copy of nandroid , did you did a factory reset ,clean dalvik and cache...it helps
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yup sorry.
I didn't wipe cache, dalvik and other stuff when I did it but I tried restoring after I have cleared dalvik, cache, data and also a factory reset and it still goes into a bootloop.
imthesmallkid said:
yup sorry.
I didn't wipe cache, dalvik and other stuff when I did it but I tried restoring after I have cleared dalvik, cache, data and also a factory reset and it still goes into a bootloop.
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Hi ,
What recovery you have?
just to confirm , when you talk about restore you mean nandroid? or you mean like Titanium?
MAX 404 said:
Hi ,
What recovery you have?
just to confirm , when you talk about restore you mean nandroid? or you mean like Titanium?
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right now I can't tell which version of clockworkmod recovery I have since my phone isnt with me but I'm getting it real soon.
When I say restore I mean restoring using cwm. I think its called nandroid but I'm not sure.
imthesmallkid said:
right now I can't tell which version of clockworkmod recovery I have since my phone isnt with me but I'm getting it real soon.
When I say restore I mean restoring using cwm. I think its called nandroid but I'm not sure.
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Ok ,
When you get it back , let us know
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Ok ,
When you get it back , let us know
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I have ClockwordMod Recovery v6.0.3.2
imthesmallkid said:
I have ClockwordMod Recovery v6.0.3.2
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Hi mate ,
That seems a little too old , update it the latest one from Philz or Twrp
What model S4 you have
MAX 404 said:
Hi mate ,
That seems a little too old , update it the latest one from Philz or Twrp
What model S4 you have
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Okay sure.
I have an i9500
Flash the latest file from here: https://goo.im/devs/philz_touch/CWM_Advanced_Edition/i9500/
go to download mode. Select AP in Odin3.09 and uncheck auto reboot
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Hi mate ,
That seems a little too old , update it the latest one from Philz or Twrp
What model S4 you have
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I have updated it. Should I try restoring the backup? Sorry for the late reply
imthesmallkid said:
I have updated it. Should I try restoring the backup? Sorry for the late reply
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yes sure , try to restore your nandroid back up , if the backup is not currupted it should be fine
MAX 404 said:
yes sure , try to restore your nandroid back up , if the backup is not currupted it should be fine
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the lockscreen works but it keeps saying something like user proccess is not responding do you want to close it? then there is wait or ok. I tried to open the camera from the lockscreen and it works. I think the backup is corrupted. Do you think I should flash a rom like touchwiz? if yes, do you know any good ones?
imthesmallkid said:
the lockscreen works but it keeps saying something like user proccess is not responding do you want to close it? then there is wait or ok. I tried to open the camera from the lockscreen and it works. I think the backup is corrupted. Do you think I should flash a rom like touchwiz? if yes, do you know any good ones?
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Hi mate ,
you can try to
Clear from recovery dalvik and cache
or Factory reset
Or as you said flash another rom ( full wipe !! )
I like Omega rom...but there are many other out there that are good
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Hi
i have an i9505 its actually a live demo unit i just use as a small tablet, thing is i flashed it with a custom rom and im now just stuck at the first screen on boot saying Samsung S4. think i may of done something wrong on the install (slight over look) how can i get it working again. i have tried loads of things like trying to flash other roms but still the same problem. any help would be appreciated
Sirus2012 said:
Hi
i have an i9505 its actually a live demo unit i just use as a small tablet, thing is i flashed it with a custom rom and im now just stuck at the first screen on boot saying Samsung S4. think i may of done something wrong on the install (slight over look) how can i get it working again. i have tried loads of things like trying to flash other roms but still the same problem. any help would be appreciated
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Just go to Recovery wipe cache and dalvik and try reboot should work
123hiten said:
Just go to Recovery wipe cache and dalvik and try reboot should work
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I tried that already and still nothing tryed to install other roms but it aborts on most or installs and a get the same screen up.
thanks for reply though
Sirus2012 said:
I tried that already and still nothing tryed to install other roms but it aborts on most or installs and a get the same screen up.
thanks for reply though
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Ok k did u try wipe factory /wipe cache / dalvik should work
If nothing works flash Stock using Odin
and reset / wipe cache from stock recovery and it will boot up for sure
123hiten said:
Ok k did u try wipe factory /wipe cache / dalvik should work
If nothing works flash Stock using Odin
and reset / wipe cache from stock recovery and it will boot up for sure
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ok will try the odin thing is it wasy to use and get?
Thanks again
Sirus2012 said:
ok will try the odin thing is it wasy to use and get?
Thanks again
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Yes easy too
It will works and u ll have ur device boot for sure
Just have patience and don't panic
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Hello All,
I am hoping the XDA community can help me out.
My current situation is that I am rooted, runnig Madhi 4.4.2 rom. I also have TWRP installed, with backup for stock rooted rom, and a backup for
my current Madhi Rom. Here lies my problem. I can't flash any other rom, nor can I flash my stock backup rom.
When I try to flash a different rom I get bootloops causing it to constantly restart, which is the same thing that happens when i try to flash my stock
backup. Can someone be kind enough to tell me what I am doing wrong (before i was able to restore my backup to stock), and what do i need to
do to be able to change out my rom. Hopefully there is a way to do so without having to bring my phone completely back to stock, then rerooting.
I've searched the threads but i wasn't able to find the answer.
Thanks in advance for your help guys.
JD
jdizzle316 said:
Hello All,
I am hoping the XDA community can help me out.
My current situation is that I am rooted, runnig Madhi 4.4.2 rom. I also have TWRP installed, with backup for stock rooted rom, and a backup for
my current Madhi Rom. Here lies my problem. I can't flash any other rom, nor can I flash my stock backup rom.
When I try to flash a different rom I get bootloops causing it to constantly restart, which is the same thing that happens when i try to flash my stock
backup. Can someone be kind enough to tell me what I am doing wrong (before i was able to restore my backup to stock), and what do i need to
do to be able to change out my rom. Hopefully there is a way to do so without having to bring my phone completely back to stock, then rerooting.
I've searched the threads but i wasn't able to find the answer.
Thanks in advance for your help guys.
JD
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What version of TWRP are you running and how are you wiping? Make sure you go into advanced and wipe cache, dalvik, data AND system.
Do this 3 times! Because sometimes it doesn't work. Flash your rom then wipe cache and dalvik and restart.
scottdanpor said:
What version of TWRP are you running and how are you wiping? Make sure you go into advanced and wipe cache, dalvik, data AND system.
Do this 3 times! Because sometimes it doesn't work. Flash your rom then wipe cache and dalvik and restart.
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Thanks for the tip. I am running 2.6.3.3 TWRP.
I normally do the full wipe, but i took your advice and went into advanced wipe and wiped dalvik, cache, system & data but unfortunately still the same result.
do you have any idea of what boggered up my phone? for right now, im stuck on Mahi Rom. I can restore back to Mahi Rom, and flash Mahi Rom, but that's the extent of it.
I do recall that when I originally flashed Mahi Rom, i had to flash a patch for the Sprint version of the G2. Do you think that has something to do with my problems?
i didn't have this problem before...just kinda baffled that now its giving me issues....
Thanks for your time, much appreciated. Hope someone can help me get to the bottom of this
JD
jdizzle316 said:
Thanks for the tip. I am running 2.6.3.3 TWRP.
I normally do the full wipe, but i took your advice and went into advanced wipe and wiped dalvik, cache, system & data but unfortunately still the same result.
do you have any idea of what boggered up my phone? for right now, im stuck on Mahi Rom. I can restore back to Mahi Rom, and flash Mahi Rom, but that's the extent of it.
I do recall that when I originally flashed Mahi Rom, i had to flash a patch for the Sprint version of the G2. Do you think that has something to do with my problems?
i didn't have this problem before...just kinda baffled that now its giving me issues....
Thanks for your time, much appreciated. Hope someone can help me get to the bottom of this
JD
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I'm baffled as well, I would say it's time for a .tot restore. The rooting doesn't take long really, I think you'll spend more time trying to troubleshoot than it takes to wipe and restore your apps with TBU.
Are you by chance using the zva radio?
Sent from my LS980 4G using Tapatalk
scottdanpor said:
I'm baffled as well, I would say it's time for a .tot restore. The rooting doesn't take long really, I think you'll spend more time trying to troubleshoot than it takes to wipe and restore your apps with TBU.
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Thanks for taking the time out to help me out. I'm afraid you might be right. It's just the the files for the .tot restore are huge! One file was over 2.1 gb, which sucks for me cause my internet is really slow. funny thing is i was dl'ing that file took like 5 hours, and when it got to 2gb downloaded, the site froze and i wasn't able to pause/resume my download. it was very frustrating.
Dshook1979 said:
Are you by chance using the zva radio?
Sent from my LS980 4G using Tapatalk
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I don't think i ever updated my radio. is this something i should do in order to flash or restore?
jdizzle316 said:
Thanks for taking the time out to help me out. I'm afraid you might be right. It's just the the files for the .tot restore are huge! One file was over 2.1 gb, which sucks for me cause my internet is really slow. funny thing is i was dl'ing that file took like 5 hours, and when it got to 2gb downloaded, the site froze and i wasn't able to pause/resume my download. it was very frustrating.
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Most roms are around 1.5gb. If you are getting disconnects it could also be causing what you see with the other roms you're flashing. Unless they are the same ones that you flashed successfully before of course.
Either way having a .tot restore file backup up on your PC is really handy to have.
scottdanpor said:
Most roms are around 1.5gb. If you are getting disconnects it could also be causing what you see with the other roms you're flashing. Unless they are the same ones that you flashed successfully before of course.
Either way having a .tot restore file backup up on your PC is really handy to have.
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Thank you again...thats what im going to do tonight after work.
Hi!
I just backed up my phone using CWM on my SD card and i wiped it but now i cannot get back to CWM! I am stuck on the stock phone, all of my data is gone, I tired installing CWM again but it just doesnt show up!
Also, KNOX got tripped for some reason!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE try to help me, i'm honestly freaking out.
thank you!
REflash cwm and uncheck auto-reboot before flash.
Lennyz1988 said:
REflash cwm and uncheck auto-reboot before flash.
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I did reflash CWM and it still doesnt come! thank you for helping but im honestly so crushed after this. i really really wanna get back to my backup.
Hanzva said:
Hi!
I just backed up my phone using CWM on my SD card and i wiped it but now i cannot get back to CWM! I am stuck on the stock phone, all of my data is gone, I tired installing CWM again but it just doesnt show up!
Also, KNOX got tripped for some reason!
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE try to help me, i'm honestly freaking out.
thank you!
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Hi mate,
first of all calm....
Please more details , what S4 you have?
What rom you had and what rom you have now
please explain what you mean with I am stuck on the stock phone you mean stock recovery?
What cwm recovery you were using ? how are you re installing it?
You made a nandroid backup?
MAX 404 said:
Hi mate,
first of all calm....
Please more details , what S4 you have?
What rom you had and what rom you have now
please explain what you mean with I am stuck on the stock phone you mean stock recovery?
What cwm recovery you were using ? how are you re installing it?
You made a nandroid backup?
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I have the i9505, everything is stock. Stock Rom before, everything. I just rooted my phone yesterday.
I meant both. My phone, software, everything is stock. Its as if it came from the box. I can, of course, just re isntall everything but I had SO MANY things.
I am using i9505 CWM Recovery 6.0.3.2
I installed it and reinstalled it using Odin3 v3.09
And yes I did, but i cant get back to it because i cant access CWM.
thank you so much for helping!
I cant help but get freaked out as I LOVED my s4 so much but now its as if i didnt own it.
i give up. i think i'll just reinstall everything back and set everything up again. this gives me the opportunity to clean everything i guess. no custom roms for me. thanks everyone!
Hanzva said:
i give up. i think i'll just reinstall everything back and set everything up again. this gives me the opportunity to clean everything i guess. no custom roms for me. thanks everyone!
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Did you uncheck auto-reboot before flashing?
And yes I think a stock rom would be better for you. You shouldn't pannic when something goes wrong. It's almost impossible to brick your s4.
Hanzva said:
i give up. i think i'll just reinstall everything back and set everything up again. this gives me the opportunity to clean everything i guess. no custom roms for me. thanks everyone!
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Lennyz1988 said:
Did you uncheck auto-reboot before flashing?
And yes I think a stock rom would be better for you. You shouldn't pannic when something goes wrong. It's almost impossible to brick your s4.
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That is an option , start from o
+1 Lennyz1988
MAX 404 said:
That is an option , start from o
+1 Lennyz1988
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thank you all so much i actually think its better off this way, i only installed the apps i actually used, getting rid of around 50% of my apps. still keeping an eye out for battery life though, and the camera is still unusable.
A few days ago, I flashed a custom rom and after installing it, I realized that I didn't like it. So, I tried to restore my old rom through twrp(ive made a backup before). But then when the restore is completed and I reboot to system. It got stuck on bootloop.
I've tried wiping the system clean, factory reset.
I don't know how else to do.
Anyone got any idea why? I'd be glad
Rom that I restored is RR rom by tank.
Thanks
Gexg said:
A few days ago, I flashed a custom rom and after installing it, I realized that I didn't like it. So, I tried to restore my old rom through twrp(ive made a backup before). But then when the restore is completed and I reboot to system. It got stuck on bootloop.
I've tried wiping the system clean, factory reset.
I don't know how else to do.
Anyone got any idea why? I'd be glad
Rom that I restored is RR rom by tank.
Thanks
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did you backupped system +data ?
q0kHaN said:
did you backupped system +data ?
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Yes... Both of em. And when I restored and rebooting goes to bootloop
Gexg said:
Yes... Both of em. And when I restored and rebooting goes to bootloop
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is it possible to take logcat ?
q0kHaN said:
is it possible to take logcat ?
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Here
Gexg said:
Here
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Code:
512 I:Unable to open '/data/media/0/TWRP/BACKUPS/MedfieldC46A0596'
618 ro.build.fingerprint=asus/CN_a500cg/ASUS_T00F:4.4.2/KVT49L/CN_user_2.22.40.54_20150527_44:user/release-keys
it shows your backup is corrupted
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is it possible to take logcat ?
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q0kHaN said:
Code:
512 I:Unable to open '/data/media/0/TWRP/BACKUPS/MedfieldC46A0596'
618 ro.build.fingerprint=asus/CN_a500cg/ASUS_T00F:4.4.2/KVT49L/CN_user_2.22.40.54_20150527_44:user/release-keys
it shows your backup is corrupted
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So what's next? Anyway I could fix this
Gexg said:
A few days ago, I flashed a custom rom and after installing it, I realized that I didn't like it. So, I tried to restore my old rom through twrp(ive made a backup before). But then when the restore is completed and I reboot to system. It got stuck on bootloop.
I've tried wiping the system clean, factory reset.
I don't know how else to do.
Anyone got any idea why? I'd be glad
Rom that I restored is RR rom by tank.
Thanks
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see this thread:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ze...g-to-stock-t3358662/post71691464#post71691464
Hi guys, im in a very deep trouble since yesterday, i was testing trying to flash Renovate Rom on my S8 Plus SM-955F, unbranded exynos version, Ive test before almost 5 o 6 roms without any trouble, but suddenly I got a bootloop, so i decide to restore the backup I made before i was start to flashing any rom, along tow days ago. The backup apparently restores well, but it last only about 15 or 20 seconds, I rebooted and doesnt get pass from galaxy s8 logo at startup; so Ive restarted again , got to thw twrp and tried to flash again another rom, BatStock in this case, phones starts without a problema, but now network doesnt work, and Ive lost my IMEI , baseband, and i guess all EFS folder.
Apparently the backup on the sd is corrupt , and I tought when i tried to restore the backup, It get all erased and messed up.
Does anybody have some idea to solve the problem, Ive tried to restore the efs backup from the backup alone, apparently it restores, but i continue without imei.
Please someone help me, Im getting crazy aboyt that, ive buy the phone trough and Internet page, so I dont have warranty in my country Argentina.
Thanks in advance.
Any idea?
Please Help me folks
Try this way via Smart Switch
Hi, search in S7 edge forum, you have a guide to recover the IMEI. Are you using an external SD for nand backup?
bluheart said:
Try this way via Smart Switch
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I will try it as soon i came from working,do you think it will restore the efs missing folder?
sekelink said:
Hi, search in S7 edge forum, you have a guide to recover the IMEI. Are you using an external SD for nand backup?
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Ive tried the guide,but i dont have binary combination.
Yea ive used a external sd for backup,but i suspect the card is damaged or corrupt. When i restore im getting this message.
Twrp restoring
Twrp when restoring the backup:
check this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/guide-how-to-fix-check-drk-imei-issues-t3379516
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check this
https://forum.xda-developers.com/s7-edge/how-to/guide-how-to-fix-check-drk-imei-issues-t3379516
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Ive tried,but the problem is i cant find any factory binary firmware for my smg955f
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Twrp when restoring the backup:
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If you are sure that your backup was properly created, you can omit the md5 check.
There's an option in the TWRP settings.
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Paradoxxx said:
If you are sure that your backup was properly created, you can omit the md5 check.
There's an option in the TWRP settings.
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I think that was the beggining of the problem ,when i tried to restore without md5 check,twrp restores thebackup,but im sure its corrupt ,because it only takes 15 seconds,but phone get stuck at startup galaxy s8 screen.
Im getting this screen when restoring with twrp.
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I think that was the beggining of the problem ,when i tried to restore without md5 check,twrp restores thebackup,but im sure its corrupt ,because it only takes 15 seconds,but phone get stuck at startup galaxy s8 screen.
Im getting this screen when restoring with twrp.
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From the screenshot it looks like you are trying to restore the cache.
Can you try without it, and restore /efs ?
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From the screenshot it looks like you are trying to restore the cache.
Can you try without it, and restore /efs ?
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Ive tried right now Paradoxxx, and im still having this succesfull restore message , but nothing happen, right now when i was downloading Phone info from playstore, I ve noticed another weird thing : I CANT INSTALL ANY APP trough play store.
I upload the images Ive said before, about twrp restoring.
Phone info
Right now I'm checking phone info and I've that stats
Just wipe the cache part. Then it should boot
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Just wipe the cache part. Then it should boot
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Restore the backup and then wipe the cache?
Always whenevr we restore, we should wipe cache/dalvik cache then reboot.
Or try smart switch after putting phone into download mode and it does it's job well.
Some files have gone corrupt but majority Looks fine. Wipe cache n reboot n let us know
bluheart said:
Always whenevr we restore, we should wipe cache/dalvik cache then reboot.
Or try smart switch after putting phone into download mode and it does it's job well.
Some files have gone corrupt but majority Looks fine. Wipe cache n reboot n let us know
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I've tested wiping cache / dalvik previously and right now. Same result
Guys, do you know If it's possible to extract the efs partition or efs folder from the twrp backup, it's maybe posible?
And how I can check if the backup is allright or if it's damaged.?
Extract twrp backup via 7zip