So my 6p is unlocked and rooted. It was working fine.
Then i installed Pure Nexus rom and it was working fine.
Then i installed Elemental X kernal, didn't change anything from stock options other than double tap 2 wake, and it would stay forever in the boot animation. Not a boot loop, but the animation with the circles.
So i figured, i had a TWRP backup from before i rooted and all that and restored from that, still same never ending boot animation
EDIT::: I unchecked selinux enforcing but i still get the same issue. I noticed when trying to restore from recovery it would reboot when trying to flash the system, and that it would not be able to flash the system while trying to install pure nexus rom.
Anyone know what i should do? i can still reach twrp.
dirtyuzbek said:
So my 6p is unlocked and rooted. It was working fine.
Then i installed Pure Nexus rom and it was working fine.
Then i installed Elemental X kernal, didn't change anything from stock options other than double tap 2 wake, and it would stay forever in the boot animation. Not a boot loop, but the animation with the circles.
So i figured, i had a TWRP backup from before i rooted and all that and restored from that, still same never ending boot animation
Anyone know what i should do? i can still reach twrp.
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Try flashing a new kernel that's not elementalx. I sometimes get the same thing on a kernel for no reason.
Pilz said:
Try flashing a new kernel that's not elementalx. I sometimes get the same thing on a kernel for no reason.
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Could you recommend me some kernel that would revert those changes back to stock? or is there even a stock kernel?
So i tried reinstalling the elemental X kernel with all stock options and no SELinux enforcing. Same issue. I tried restoring from recovery again, and i noticed it rebooted in the middle of the restore when trying to flash the system image...
dirtyuzbek said:
Could you recommend me some kernel that would revert those changes back to stock? or is there even a stock kernel?
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The stock one would be good place to start. Just flash the boot image from Google or the systemless root one. If it boots then you might want to try DespairFactors Kylo kernel and see if the issue persists. Remember to flash the stock kernel before going back to Elementalx if you do
dirtyuzbek said:
So my 6p is unlocked and rooted. It was working fine.
Then i installed Pure Nexus rom and it was working fine.
Then i installed Elemental X kernal, didn't change anything from stock options other than double tap 2 wake, and it would stay forever in the boot animation. Not a boot loop, but the animation with the circles.
So i figured, i had a TWRP backup from before i rooted and all that and restored from that, still same never ending boot animation
EDIT::: I unchecked selinux enforcing but i still get the same issue. I noticed when trying to restore from recovery it would reboot when trying to flash the system, and that it would not be able to flash the system while trying to install pure nexus rom.
Anyone know what i should do? i can still reach twrp.
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Did you sort it? How?
Did you take the TWRP backup correctly and set the phone up so that it can restore it to an encrypted partition? It needs the PIN IIRC in order to decrypt the partition before restoring. Otherwise it ends up in the loop you describe.
Just reflash the pure nexus ROM. It has the stock kernal. Reflash of gapps isn't required
Were you in twrp and perhaps forgot to hit Do Not Install (it's root) when rebooting? THat will cause what you experienced. I did this. Just went back into recovery and flashed the proper root over it and was fixed
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UPDATE: After completely wiping everything(recovery, ROM, bootloader, etc), and putting it back in with fastboot I no longer have this problem. My recovery probably just got corrupted or something while getting sent over to the device.
Got my Nexus 7 3 days ago, had it unlocked and all that jazz within the hour(thanks to the people who put the stuff together). It's great, but I have a problem with flashing .zip files in recovery. It doesn't matter what type of thing I'm wanting to flash(ex-kernel,rom, or even the uber-simple 720p camera mod), if I don't do a full wipe before flashing, then it just ends up boot looping my device. The boot loop doesn't turn the phone all the way off, just the boot animation. Sometimes the launcher will pop up for half a second and then go back to the boot animation.
For example, whenever I flashed the rasbeanjelly rom, I first flashed that, then rebooted(got excited and forgot about gapps) and checked it out. Remembering about gapps, I went back to recovery and flashed gapps. Then it boot looped the animation. After flashing gapps again(trying different combos of wiping cache/davlik), I flashed the rasbeanjelly rom again, and then gapps immediately afterwards. Still a bootloop. So I did a full wipe(including data this time), sideloaded my .zips, and then it flashed and rasbeanjelly booted up with gapps just fine.
This exact same problem has been happening with every .zip that I try to flash(running TWRP, yes all my stuff is updated). If I want to flash a kernel, I have to flash it when I flash my ROM or else I'll get boot loop. I can't really make any modifications without having to completely wipe my device(which is annoying because I carry a lot of data around on my stuff)
I'm asking if there is a way to flash a .zip without having to completely wipe my device. I'm not a noob to android at all(ROM cooker over at androidforums), but I can't figure it out, I'd love to make stuff for the grouper but this is kind of a big roadblock for me. Logcat isn't helping either. Hopefully I just skimmed over something and it's a simple fix. Thank you for your tips/suggestions/solutions.
EDIT: forgot to mention something. When I flash a new ROM and get it going, I always make a full backup in recovery. If I flash something, and boot loop it, I can't restore it correctly. Recovery says that it restores all good, but it still boot loops(even though I just restored a backup of a non-boot looping system from no more than 5 minutes ago).
If I read your post correctly, you've only tried this on one ROM. Try the same thing on CM10 or PA or whatever you want.
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If I read your post correctly, you've only tried this on one ROM. Try the same thing on CM10 or PA or whatever you want.
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I've actually used several, and it seems to be happening on all of them. I've tried flashing things with PA, CM10, Stock, and RasberryJelly. The kernels I have attempted to flash have been Trinity, Motley, and Franco. All with no success and boot looping me :/
Guys I know there are a ton of threads with this problem but no matter what I try, i'm still stuck on a boot loop.
So basically I had PA Rom 3.99 RC2 on my nexus and everything was fine. I then tried to flash PA AOSP kit kat build
but my phone would not boot so I went with a factory image occam 4.3 Phone booted and all was good. I was liking the
stock experience and then about 4 days later after a reboot, phone got stuck on the boot animation X. It would not get out of it
so I decided to flash PA Rom 3.99 rc2 again via ADB push zip. factory reset, installed the rom and gapps, wiped caches and thought i was good to go. Well the phone again would not get past the boot animation of PA.
i then decided to go with the Factory image occam 4.3 via fastboot and installed it and everything. Again stuck on the X. So then I tried PSX rom 4.3 again via adb push, did my factory reset and flashed the rom and gapps and superSu. Also got stuck on the boot animation. Left it for over 2 hours bootlooping and nothing.
Going crazy I went and fastboot the 4.2.2 JDQ39 img and downgraded bootloader, baseband. Installed it and again, stuck on the X animation. just hangs there.
Any help? i don't know what else to try, currently using my HD2 and it is sooo slow :cyclops:
Make sure to use latest cwm recovery. Avoid using twrp recovery. Use the toolkit and flash stock image. It will wipe everything in the phone but it will fix it.
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badboy47 said:
Make sure to use latest cwm recovery. Avoid using twrp recovery. Use the toolkit and flash stock image. It will wipe everything in the phone but it will fix it.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk
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Thanks for the suggestion but still nothing. Updated CWMR to 6.0.4.3 and tried the 4.3 stock image. Still hangs on bootup. android file transfer recognizes the device is plugged in via usb but just gives me the error "could not connect to device"
Oh man I don't know what's wrong with my nexus
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I'm having this same issue, and it happened just like you. I flashed CM 10.2 nightly 20131114 this morning and I tested it to make sure everything was working. I decided to reboot the phone, and after that I keep getting stuck at the boot animation no matter what I did. To no avail, I reflashed a working zip, restored a backup, restored another backup, flashed the 4.4 factory image (wiping the entire phone), the 4.3 factory image, and then I read that the 4.2 baseband can fix it, so I flashed the 4.2 factory image. That 4.2 image gets it to boot, but without baseband. Right now I'm trying different radios just to see if I can get service again. If it matters, I was running the hybrid 33/84 radio for T-Mobile's LTE when this happened. Very, very peculiar situation here. I've never had anything like this happen, and especially remain an issue after wiping the entire device. I'm hoping it's not a sudden hardware issue.
i jst flash factory image of 4.4 n nw my phone is stuck o the boot animation screen plz help
Hmmy 4444 said:
i jst flash factory image of 4.4 n nw my phone is stuck o the boot animation screen plz help
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just re-flash 4.2, it'll work. I've been doing that since Monday. but I want kitkat too!!
my device is stuck on the boot animation too. is there a way to reinstall the default 4.3 recovery and just rerun the update or something basic like that? my device was almost at stock before running the update. the only two things: twrp and rooted via recovery. so i thought everything will work fine and now there is no backup...
badboy47 said:
Avoid using twrp recovery.
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Why?
Just fastboot flash all the image files (boot.img,recovery.img....) from the factory image.
I first rooted my Nexus 6p that was completely stock using the system less root method. After I flashed the modified boot and twrp and rooted, my camera wasn't working. It just shows the camera icon and a black screen. I looked up the problem and many people said flashing a vendor image would work, but after doing so, it just tells me there was an internal error, so I reflashed the factory images. After doing so, camera still wasn't working. I also saw one person flashed a different modified boot but this only gives me a bootloop. Does anyone know a fix to the camera problem? Thanks!
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I first rooted my Nexus 6p that was completely stock using the system less root method. After I flashed the modified boot and twrp and rooted, my camera wasn't working. It just shows the camera icon and a black screen. I looked up the problem and many people said flashing a vendor image would work, but after doing so, it just tells me there was an internal error, so I reflashed the factory images. After doing so, camera still wasn't working. I also saw one person flashed a different modified boot but this only gives me a bootloop. Does anyone know a fix to the camera problem? Thanks!
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It's most likely caused by flashing the wrong boot.img, when you flashed the factory images to go back to stock did you flash the boot.img too?
Heisenberg said:
It's most likely caused by flashing the wrong boot.img, when you flashed the factory images to go back to stock did you flash the boot.img too?
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I think I did.. I can try reflashed the stock boot.img again though. But I'm not sure what I did wrong because I just flashed the modified boot necessary for twrp?
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I think I did.. I can try reflashed the stock boot.img again though. But I'm not sure what I did wrong because I just flashed the modified boot necessary for twrp?
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TWRP doesn't require a modified boot.img anymore, it hasn't for a long time, unless you're using the Android N dev preview. You also need to ensure that you flash the right boot.img to suit your ROM build. For example, if you flash the MHC19I boot.img on a ROM that's based on MTC19T you'll get problems, like the camera not working.
Heisenberg said:
TWRP doesn't require a modified boot.img anymore, it hasn't for a long time, unless you're using the Android N dev preview. You also need to ensure that you flash the right boot.img to suit your ROM build. For example, if you flash the MHC19I boot.img on a ROM that's based on MTC19T you'll get problems, like the camera not working.
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Unfortunately I re-flashed the factory boot and recovery (using build MTC19T), and the camera is still not working. Do you have any other thoughts? Thanks for your help!
kwcty6888 said:
Unfortunately I re-flashed the factory boot and recovery (using build MTC19T), and the camera is still not working. Do you have any other thoughts? Thanks for your help!
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Flash the full factory images (except userdata), then flash the latest TWRP, not boot into TWRP and enter the wipe menu, select advanced wipe, tick the data box and wipe it. Boot up and see if that helps.
Hey team i flashed nougat 7.0 and it is rooted with TWRP and I wanted to add my own custom animation witch was all cool and I tried several ways and I was positive I had it right with the correct files in the correct folder. Long story short it didn't work. But it didn't boot loop my phone either it just wiped the Samsung boot logo. I thought I'd revert it back with official files and it didn't work so I got a fladhable version still no luck. Anyone got any ideas?
butters1236 said:
Hey team i flashed nougat 7.0 and it is rooted with TWRP and I wanted to add my own custom animation witch was all cool and I tried several ways and I was positive I had it right with the correct files in the correct folder. Long story short it didn't work. But it didn't boot loop my phone either it just wiped the Samsung boot logo. I thought I'd revert it back with official files and it didn't work so I got a fladhable version still no luck. Anyone got any ideas?
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Did you mount system first, and than flash the stock zip? This has worked for me earlier, if that doesn't work and you didn't make nandroid backup, flash the stock rom
But yes, try this first, when you get to twrp, go to option mount, than mount the system and than flash stock boot animation
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Did you mount system first, and than flash the stock zip? This has worked for me earlier, if that doesn't work and you didn't make nandroid backup, flash the stock rom
But yes, try this first, when you get to twrp, go to option mount, than mount the system and than flash stock boot animation
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I didn't make a mandroid backup but will try the other option now
I purchased a used Nexus 6p from ebay. I've unlocked the bootloader and installed TWRP. When I boot into recovery, I get a screen that's titled, "Mount Decrpt Data". It wants me to enter a password. I don't have the password. What are my options?
I want to root the phone and install custom ROMs.
@msmcintosh- The 6P defaults to data encryption on first boot. You need to do a factory reset and before booting to the OS install TWRP and then boot back into TWRP (reboot recovery). If you want to keep your data unencrypted you now have to either flash SuperSU or a custom kernel. Either of these will disable the force encrypt flag. Also make sure you are installing v3.1.1.0.
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@msmcintosh- The 6P defaults to data encryption on first boot. You need to do a factory reset and before booting to the OS install TWRP and then boot back into TWRP (reboot recovery). If you want to keep your data unencrypted you now have to either flash SuperSU or a custom kernel. Either of these will disable the force encrypt flag. Also make sure you are installing v3.1.1.0.
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I managed to screw it up. I'm stuck at the Google screen. I can boot into TWRP. I had tried to install Pure Nexus, GApps, Magisk and Franco kernel, but obviously didn't do it correctly. How can I recover my phone?
Uppdate: I download and installed the Oreo factory image and flashed it. Then TWRP. Now to figure out what went wrong flashing Pure Nexus. I'm coming from a nexus 6.
msmcintosh said:
I managed to screw it up. I'm stuck at the Google screen. I can boot into TWRP. I had tried to install Pure Nexus, GApps, Magisk and Franco kernel, but obviously didn't do it correctly. How can I recover my phone?
Uppdate: I download and installed the Oreo factory image and flashed it. Then TWRP. Now to figure out what went wrong flashing Pure Nexus. I'm coming from a nexus 6.
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I keep screwing this up. I have TWRP, factory Oreo, rooted with Magisk. I made a backup in TWRP. I per Pure Nexus instruction, I installed the Vendor image, Pure Nexus ROM, GApps and Magisk. The system won't boot. Gets stuck at the Google screen. Can't boot into TWRP either. I can reflash TWRP, but the backup is no good (gets stuck at Google screen). I end up reflashing the factory image and TWRP. Then it will boot into Android.
I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. It was easy to do this on my Nexus 6.
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I keep screwing this up. I have TWRP, factory Oreo, rooted with Magisk. I made a backup in TWRP. I per Pure Nexus instruction, I installed the Vendor image, Pure Nexus ROM, GApps and Magisk. The system won't boot. Gets stuck at the Google screen. Can't boot into TWRP either. I can reflash TWRP, but the backup is no good (gets stuck at Google screen). I end up reflashing the factory image and TWRP. Then it will boot into Android. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong. It was easy to do this on my Nexus 6.
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Not sure what you are doing wrong with the clean PN install, but you can't downgrade from O to N by flashing an older PN ROM. You may get more specific help in the dedicated PN install thread by nathanchance.
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Not sure what you are doing wrong with the clean PN install, but you can't downgrade from O to N by flashing an older PN ROM. You may get more specific help in the dedicated PN install thread by nathanchance.
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I ended up flashing Nitrogen O, which worked. Thanks.