TWRP recover unresponsive after OTA update - Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm running Optimized CyanogenMod 12.1 rom from the Jflte DevConnection Team.
After trying to flash the last OTA update for the rom my TWRP recovery has become unresponsive, stuck on its boot screen (TWRP logo).
What happen was that I downloaded the update via the OTA app and then pressed the Install button to reboot the device and flash the update.
But after the device booted into the recovery TWRP never opened up a process window or its menu but just stayed on the boot screen appearing to do nothing. It did not respond to any commands (buttons or touch). I waited half an hour before forcing a shot down.
But at this point I was in a manual boot loop, the device would boot into recovery instead of the Rom and I was unable to use the phone.
I managed to flash TWRP again using Heimdall which allowed me to boot again into the Rom, but if I tried manually going into recovery it was still unresponsive.
I tried flashing older version of TWRP using Flashy app, I clicked on a option in the app to reboot into recovery. This cost the origin boot loop problem again.
I than flashed CyanogenMod Recovery and was able to boot into that.
Tried once more to flash TWRP but the problem persists.
Anybody that could know what is going on or how to fix this issue. I'm hoping not to have to format the phone to Stock to fix this.

I had same issue with TWRP in the past and never found a solution, to run into the ROM directly and escape the loop thing try
Power Button and volume -
Then continue and it will boot up normally.
I had to change to Clockwork-mod recovery after this.

einsiol said:
I'm running Optimized CyanogenMod 12.1 rom from the Jflte DevConnection Team.
After trying to flash the last OTA update for the rom my TWRP recovery has become unresponsive, stuck on its boot screen (TWRP logo).
What happen was that I downloaded the update via the OTA app and then pressed the Install button to reboot the device and flash the update.
But after the device booted into the recovery TWRP never opened up a process window or its menu but just stayed on the boot screen appearing to do nothing. It did not respond to any commands (buttons or touch). I waited half an hour before forcing a shot down.
But at this point I was in a manual boot loop, the device would boot into recovery instead of the Rom and I was unable to use the phone.
I managed to flash TWRP again using Heimdall which allowed me to boot again into the Rom, but if I tried manually going into recovery it was still unresponsive.
I tried flashing older version of TWRP using Flashy app, I clicked on a option in the app to reboot into recovery. This cost the origin boot loop problem again.
I than flashed CyanogenMod Recovery and was able to boot into that.
Tried once more to flash TWRP but the problem persists.
Anybody that could know what is going on or how to fix this issue. I'm hoping not to have to format the phone to Stock to fix this.
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look at the twrp thread... i posted a fixed twrp there (look at last 2 pages)
try that one
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SdtBarbarossa said:
look at the twrp thread... i posted a fixed twrp there (look at last 2 pages)
try that one
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All I could find was recovery for I9305, is that one you ment? I tried it out but was not able to reboot into that.
But I tried now using the dd to flashed version 2.8.4 and got it to work finally.
dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21
Found this option on the TWRP page for I9505

einsiol said:
All I could find was recovery for I9305, is that one you ment? I tried it out but was not able to reboot into that.
But I tried now using the dd to flashed version 2.8.4 and got it to work finally.
dd if=/sdcard/twrp.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21
Found this option on the TWRP page for I9505
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i meaned the one i posted in s4 twrp page :-O NOT i9305 (wich is s3lte not s4)
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[Q] TWRP nor CWM will successfully wipe/format data

First, I searched and read all relevant threads concerning this issue. The five threads that showed up in the search did not help me solve my issue.
So on to my problem. I can no longer flash any rom onto my device. I attempted to flash the first official CM10 nightly (which I recently found out was not flashing properly for others) and had no success. I simply got a black screen and nothing more. I eventually got back into TWRP (v2.2.1.4) to try and Nandroid restore, but I noticed that /data was not formatting and the restore failed. Every time I would slide the bar across to confirm the restore TWRP would reboot itself. I then flashed CWM (v6.0.1.0) and the same problems were there. After that I flashed an earlier version of TWRP and successfully restored the backup. I'm not 100% sure how it was successful. So I decided to try flashing another ROM and no go. Same problems. Anyone have any ideas? When I was using CWM I got the error message below.
Code:
E: unable to locate volume information
E: unable to open ums lunfile '/sys/devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun0/file'
E: unable to format data
I'm running Bugless Beast with Motley #219
I'm having similar, if not identical problems. After flashing TWRP 2.2.1.4, I tried flashing a rom and gapps; the tablet would boot endlessly into recovery. Nothing I did would do anything, so I flashed the stock image to start over. This time, I used CWM 6.0.1.0 touch to make sure that it wasn't the recovery that was causing the problem. However, now after flashing the rom and gapps, instead of booting into recovery, I got stuck at a black screen and had to hold the power button in order to get back to the bootloader.
Now, like you, it seems I can't flash any roms anymore. It's frustrating to say the least.
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aznxk3vi17 said:
I'm having similar, if not identical problems. After flashing TWRP 2.2.1.4, I tried flashing a rom and gapps; the tablet would boot endlessly into recovery. Nothing I did would do anything, so I flashed the stock image to start over. This time, I used CWM 6.0.1.0 touch to make sure that it wasn't the recovery that was causing the problem. However, now after flashing the rom and gapps, instead of booting into recovery, I got stuck at a black screen and had to hold the power button in order to get back to the bootloader.
Now, like you, it seems I can't flash any roms anymore. It's frustrating to say the least.
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What rom did you attempt to flash?
elementur said:
What rom did you attempt to flash?
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So do I.I attempted to flash the first official CM10 8.18 nightly and had no success. I just got a black screen.Even more I boot into bootloader and choose to boot into recover but just stay at google logo.I try to flash recover once more,but just can't boot into recover!!
I have the same problem, i flashed the cm10 nightly which I learned would not boot. No I have no backup to boot to, and cannot even push a new rom to the storage to try to install.
Shano56 said:
I have the same problem, i flashed the cm10 nightly which I learned would not boot. No I have no backup to boot to, and cannot even push a new rom to the storage to try to install.
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Can't boot into recover,does anyone know what is wrong?When it is in android I can use APM boot into recover or via ADB,but unusually when it is in the bootloader I choose to boot into recover,it just stay at google logo!!What it is going wrong?
phiracle said:
Can't boot into recover,does anyone know what is wrong?When it is in android I can use APM boot into recover or via ADB,but unusually when it is in the bootloader I choose to boot into recover,it just stay at google logo!!What it is going wrong?
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There is a bug with the Nexus 7 where you cannot access the recovery through the bootloader. To fix this, boot up into the bootloader on your nexus 7 and, without doing anything, plug it into the computer you used for rooting it and then select the option Restart bootloader and press the power button. Once it gets you back into the bootloader again select Recovery mode and press the power button. It will now get you into the recovery and once you're in recovery you can unplug your tablet from the computer. Note that this fix is not permanent and you will have to do this every time you wish to access your recovery via the bootloader (and this problem is not relevant to the OP's problem).
android1234567 said:
There is a bug with the Nexus 7 where you cannot access the recovery through the bootloader. To fix this, boot up into the bootloader on your nexus 7 and, without doing anything, plug it into the computer you used for rooting it and then select the option Restart bootloader and press the power button. Once it gets you back into the bootloader again select Recovery mode and press the power button. It will now get you into the recovery and once you're in recovery you can unplug your tablet from the computer. Note that this fix is not permanent and you will have to do this every time you wish to access your recovery via the bootloader (and this problem is not relevant to the OP's problem).
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Thank You Very Much!!!
I am having much the same problem as the OP. I finally rooted my Nexus 7 using WugFresh's Nexus Root Toolkit. It seemed all went well. I chose to use TWRP in a first attempt to install a ROM (I was on rooted stock), and following the instructions for installing my chosen ROM I went into it to wipe cache, Dalvic Cache and data. Both cache and dalvic cache wiped without issue, but when I attempted to wipe /data TWRP simply reported that it failed. With that failing, I did not attempt to install a rom. I was still able to boot out of recovery, but even with repeated attempts wiping data always failed. Is any one aware of any solution or have any suggestions. Thank you!

From CynogenMod to WanamLite - Help me get there!

Hi,
I'm currently running CyanogenMod KitKat version with ClockWorkMod. Since the rom has several bugs and for the past few months they haven't published any updates to my Galaxy s4 I9505, I've decided to switch to WanamLite.
There I found out I need TWRP recovery so I went ahead and downloaded GooManager which installed an outdated version, as I've found out.
I tried wiping my internal storage as recommended but the recovery couldn't mount any of my partitions.
So now CyanogenMod won't boot. I know this issue is fixed in the updated version of TWRP but I'm not sure how to update it without the phone booting (Odin perhaps? It doesn't recognize it currently... Should I move to download mode for it to be detected?)
Anyways, I'm kind of stuck as of now. Any help would be very much appreciated!
Btw I have a question, what's the difference between using Odin 1.85 and 3.09? Why do people still use the old version?
Thanks in advance!!
Neta
Edit:
Alright, now I can't get into recovery either. When I try, I can see the Samsung logo and there's "recovery" written in the top left but then it just restarts again into the same logo without "recovery". I'm starting to lose my cool now. Anyone have any ideas?
Try flashing latest stock through download mode and see if it boots.
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Flash this recovery through odin. It's TWRP 2.6.3.1. Worked alwys for me.:fingers-crossed:
https://db.tt/SwLvOrZl
Uncheck auto-reboot in Odin.
Thank guys
I got freaked out and just did everything I could to make the phone working again.
I found a thread on XDA explaining how to return your phone to stock version, so I followed it, rooted with auto root, (btw Odin didn't recognize my phone because I used the front usb... how annoying!), then flashed the latest TWRP (2.7.0.1, not 2.6.x.x as GooManager downloaded for me), then booted to recovery and flashed WanamLite.
Everything is working now!
Except one thing - I'm still not able to access recovery mode through physical buttons, only using boot apps. Is this a kernel issue?
Could be some incompatibility since CyanogenMod uses it's own kernel and CWM recovery.
The recovery itself is working fine, but when I try to access it using buttons it shows the Samsung logo with the recovery on the top left, and then reboots again to normal boot.
What do you think?
Thanks!

[Q] ODIN fails while installing TWRP, stuck at boot

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.
Solved
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.

Problem with installing TWRP

My phone came with version 66.77.... (MIUI 6) from the reseller.
I have installed TWRP, rooted the device using adb and then flashed 5.9.24. So far so good.
After some time i decided to try AOSP ROM. I made a backup in TWRP and then flashed AOSP using TWRP. No problems so far (cleared cache, dalvik etc)
Then I wanted to revert back to 5.9.24. I cleared cache dalvik etc, and then I cannot remember anymore if i have reflashed 5.9.24 or restored the backup made previously from TWRP, the thing I wasn't able to boot into recovery anymore. The phone was stuck on the teamwin logo if booted into recovery but normal boot was working fine.
Then i reflashed twrp using adb.
After doing that, my phone was still stuck on the teamwin logo when booting into recovery, but with normal booting i was getting infinite boot loops at Mi logo screen.
After several ours of tries, i was able to solve the normal booting problem by flashing the stock recovery (so the phone is now back on the 5.9.24 - and working fine) but when I try to flash twrp using adb the same symptoms as before:
- Recovery boot - stuck on teamwin logo screen
- Normal boot - boot loops
I already tried to flash via Updater app, Flashify and Windroid nothing worked.
Can anyone help me to get this custom recovery working, please?
Thanks
Regards,
Nick
lukke04 said:
My phone came with version 66.77.... (MIUI 6) from the reseller.
I have installed TWRP, rooted the device using adb and then flashed 5.9.24. So far so good.
After some time i decided to try AOSP ROM. I made a backup in TWRP and then flashed AOSP using TWRP. No problems so far (cleared cache, dalvik etc)
Then I wanted to revert back to 5.9.24. I cleared cache dalvik etc, and then I cannot remember anymore if i have reflashed 5.9.24 or restored the backup made previously from TWRP, the thing I wasn't able to boot into recovery anymore. The phone was stuck on the teamwin logo if booted into recovery but normal boot was working fine.
Then i reflashed twrp using adb.
After doing that, my phone was still stuck on the teamwin logo when booting into recovery, but with normal booting i was getting infinite boot loops at Mi logo screen.
After several ours of tries, i was able to solve the normal booting problem by flashing the stock recovery (so the phone is now back on the 5.9.24 - and working fine) but when I try to flash twrp using adb the same symptoms as before:
- Recovery boot - stuck on teamwin logo screen
- Normal boot - boot loops
I already tried to flash via Updater app, Flashify and Windroid nothing worked.
Can anyone help me to get this custom recovery working, please?
Thanks
Regards,
Nick
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Tried this: http://en.miui.com/thread-152550-1-1.html?mobile=2
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timberwolf60 said:
Tried this: http://en.miui.com/thread-152550-1-1.html?mobile=2
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i saw the request of the message but i am not using a custom recovery on my phone,i use a custom dev rom made by miui france.
i think some china dev rom comes rooted by default with custom installer updater and gapps like mine.
i think twrp is not fully compatible with this device yet.
Have you try with sp flash tool method ?
http :// en.miui.com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=156838&extra=page%3D4&mobile=2
I just installed TWRP for the first time ever. I used the Flashify App from the Play Store, installed it and gave it root permissions and just selected the TWRP image on the phones internal store. Seemed to work just fine and did not have to plug my phone into a computer

S4 I9505 - Ressurection Remix - Can't Access TWRP 3.0.0

I'm running ResurrectionRemix-M-v5.6.5-20160316 with the latest TWRP recovery and Xposed.
The last time I used the recovery was on 22/03 to make a backup of my ROM (I've entered the recovery more than a dozen times before this backup with no issues).
Today I wanted to switch from Ressurrection Remix to crDroid (Ressurrection for some reason becomes laggy after use and only a reboot resolves this issue).
I downloaded all of the zips I required (ROM, GAPPS, SU etc.)
I selected to reboot to recovery using the advanced reboot option.
The phone rebooted and displayed recovery booting in blue as per the norm.
The TWRP splash screen showed for around 10 sec or so then the phone rebooted (this never happened before).
Thinking that this was a bug with the recovery, I tried turned off the phone via the power menu once my I got into MM and then removed the battery and used the power + up button combo to enter recovery however still no go.
Next I tried flashing the TWRP 3.0.0.tar file via odin, still no luck.
The question I have is how do I resolve the issue?
Try flashing a different version of TWRP.
Or flash an twrp.img file via the app Flashify.
Ok to downgrade?
GDReaper said:
Try flashing a different version of TWRP.
Or flash an twrp.img file via the app Flashify.
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So it's ok to downgrade to say 2.8.60 with F2FS support?
Fixed!!!
jdhot2 said:
So it's ok to downgrade to say 2.8.60 with F2FS support?
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I found a custom version of the recovery made by the JDC team http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal.../jdcteam-twrp-touch-recovery-3-0-0-0-t3312115.
I flashed the recovery using flashify.
All fixed now

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