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Stuck in TWRP

Hello,
I try to experiment with my phone a lot. I think I overdone it today.
Had no GPS running CM10.2 and went back to stock rooted.
Had a message today there was an update (from Sprint). Installed.
The phone booted right to TWRP and keeps on booting there.
I tried to restore the CM10 back up with no luck, tried restoring stock back up with no luck.
Then I wiped everything clean. Still boots to TWRP.
I do have my backups on my PC.
I have no roms in the phone anymore so I cant flash anything.
Any suggestions?
Keep in mind I am fairly new to this. If I have to read up on something just point me to the right direction.
THANKS!
Dominik

This belongs in the Q&A section. Do you know how to use adb? Chances are that even sideloading a rom will not work. I had this issue not to long ago and I had to completely restore my device using lg flash tool. It just keeps rebooting into twrp? Try downloading a rom on your pc. Download the android sdk, navigate to platform-tools inside of the sdk folder, place the download rom inside this folder, hold down shift key and right click, select open command window here, open twrp on your phone and click advanced and hit adb sideload, type adb devices in the command window and it should list your device(you need your phones drivers first!), the type in cmd adb sideload (name of rom) without "()". it should push it to your phone.
If that method does not work you need to use the lg flash tool. download this to your pc: http://storagecow.eu/index.php?dir=Xda/LG+G2/Stock/Sprint+LS980/
look at the readme inside the folder and it will navigate you to the step by step instructions. Just make sure you use the Sprint files included in the link above and not the Verizon files. Steps are the same, files are not. It's very important.

dozol said:
Hello,
I try to experiment with my phone a lot. I think I overdone it today.
Had no GPS running CM10.2 and went back to stock rooted.
Had a message today there was an update (from Sprint). Installed.
The phone booted right to TWRP and keeps on booting there.
I tried to restore the CM10 back up with no luck, tried restoring stock back up with no luck.
Then I wiped everything clean. Still boots to TWRP.
I do have my backups on my PC.
I have no roms in the phone anymore so I cant flash anything.
Any suggestions?
Keep in mind I am fairly new to this. If I have to read up on something just point me to the right direction.
THANKS!
Dominik
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1. Never flash an OTA on a phone that's been modified in any way.
2. Never post questions in development.
3. What typo said

phatmanxxl said:
1. Never flash an OTA on a phone that's been modified in any way.
2. Never post questions in development.
3. What typo said
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Sorry, I will ask in the correct sub-forum.
Dominik

dozol said:
Sorry, I will ask in the correct sub-forum.
Dominik
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its an easy fix. search the forums for a fix.

[Q] rooting nexus 7 first time

so i recently got the 2012 nexus 7 from my step daughter she wasnt using. i replaced the usb port cause it was messed up. im trying to root it and im following some guides and it says to make sure usb debugging is checked but i cant find it. im on 4.4.4 latest one and cant find it at all anyone shed some light on it please

nvm got it

still cant get the dang thing to root. i got recovery in there and everything but when i go to super user it says no su binary installed

ok i cant find anything can someone point me in right direction ive tried a couple different ones and none work

Hey man,
Use search in future, please
But here's what you need. I did this with my "virgin" Nexus 7 2012 (virgin by means, it ran over 1 year stock).
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1741395
But in step 4, instead of CWM, i flashed TWRP recovery, because I like it more. Process remain the same.
But PLEASE ! Read before you attempt to do anything.

I did search for like 3 hours trying to find something that would work with 4.4.4 and never came across this but thank u I'll take a look. I already have it unlocked and clock work instilled but I guess I can't get super user to install. I'm not sure

bjballar41 said:
I did search for like 3 hours trying to find something that would work with 4.4.4 and never came across this but thank u I'll take a look. I already have it unlocked and clock work instilled but I guess I can't get super user to install. I'm not sure
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Hi, bjballar41...
Rooting the Nexus 7 is a piece of cake... well, I think so anyway.
Essentially, it's a three stage process...two of which you've already accomplished.
1) Unlock the bootloader. Check... YOU'VE DONE!
2) Flash a Custom Recovery. Check... YOU'VE DONE! (ClockWorkMod installed).
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3) Using that Custom Recovery, flash ChainFires SuperSU root package. YET TO BE DONE...
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Here's how...
The third piece of this jigsaw can be found here...
http://download.chainfire.eu/567/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.13.zip
Using Chrome (or whatever Android browser you favour) download it directly to your Nexus 7.
Chrome, and most Android browsers, download stuff to the /download folder on your device. Wherever it gets downloaded to, it's important that you take note of it's location.
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Next, boot into your Custom Recovery (CWM), as follows...
** Fully shut down the device.
** With your N7 shut down... press & hold the VOL DOWN button... whilst holding, press POWER ON.
** Your N7 should now boot into the bootloader.
** Using either of the volume buttons, cycle through the options until you see the RECOVERY MODE option. Press the Power button to select it.
** Your Nexus 7 should now boot into your Custom Recovery, CWM.
** From the the CWM menu options, select the following...
- install zip
- choose zip from /sdcard
- select 0/ from the menu option
- navigate to the folder where you downloaded the UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.13.zip file to earlier
** Select it, and confirm... YES - Install UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.13.zip.
** Then tap Go Back (at the bottom) followed by Reboot System Now.
** Ignore any 'Fix Root messages'... this is a spurious CWM error message. Ignore it, and just proceed with a reboot.
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Your Nexus 7 should now be rooted. ...hopefully...
I've just run this exact procedure on my Nexus 7, and I had no problems at all.
You can check you have root via a plethora of root checking tools available on PlayStore, or just by installing and running Titanium.
Good luck, and hope this helps.
Rgrds,
Ged.

That worked thanks. Any suggestions on a custom rom

bjballar41 said:
That worked thanks. Any suggestions on a custom rom
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I would recommend you to convert to f2fs and use ART.
Try slimkat(all-f2fs) its fast and never slows down even after a month and tons of apps.
For playing around you can try Liquid smooth or Mahdi.

What do I have to do to convert to f2fs? Im so rusty I haven't put a ROM on since galaxy s2

Help! Marshmallow 6.0.1 ROM has been flashing for hours!

Over the weekend my Nexus 4 decided not to start. Saturday night it was working, and I hooked it up to charge. By Sunday morning it had turned off. When I restarted it, it got as far as asking for my password (encryption key), and then the four circles just danced around for hours. After letting it sit for a few days, the phone started again. But the experience made me decide it was time to update the system from Kit Kat.
So, more or less, I followed the instructions on the Team Android site. (As a new member of this forum, I'm not allowed to include the link. But Google "Update Nexus 4 to Android 6.0.1 Pure Nexus Project Marshmallow Custom ROM.") The main differences were (1) I only copied the ROM file over and (2) I used TWRP instead of CWM for the recovery. I was having trouble copying the Gapps file, so I thought it would be easier to install Marshmallow first and do the apps later.
Everything was backed up and copied around 7 PM yesterday, when I then wiped the data, did a factory reset, wiped the cache, wiped the dalvik cache, and finally started the installation. It's now almost 1 AM, and the ROM is still being flashed.
What should I do next?

Well it seems like the ROM you downloaded is a corrupt zip file.
I would like you to go to Original Development and download one of the ROMS from there, and then google opengapps, choose, ARM>6.0.1>Pico package (or any other package of your choice). I recommend Pico for your first install which is barebones google play services and Google Play store.
TWRP is perfectly compatible with most recent roms.
And for 6.0.1 , Flash the ROM and then flash GAPPS right away. After flashing, wipe dalvik/cache and then reboot.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to post them here. good luck
EDIT: If you want Vanilla android with zero modifications, get this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/development/rom-6-0-android-marshmallow-pure-aosp-t3220900
Also, if it helps, I got 4 hours of Screen On Time on this ROM, I never got it on any other ROM so it is very light and is exactly what you would be getting on a nexus device.

mohsinkhan35 said:
Well it seems like the ROM you downloaded is a corrupt zip file.
I would like you to go to Original Development and download one of the ROMS from there, and then google opengapps, choose, ARM>6.0.1>Pico package (or any other package of your choice). I recommend Pico for your first install which is barebones google play services and Google Play store.
TWRP is perfectly compatible with most recent roms.
And for 6.0.1 , Flash the ROM and then flash GAPPS right away. After flashing, wipe dalvik/cache and then reboot.
If you have any questions, do not hesitate to post them here. good luck
EDIT: If you want Vanilla android with zero modifications, get this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/development/rom-6-0-android-marshmallow-pure-aosp-t3220900
Also, if it helps, I got 4 hours of Screen On Time on this ROM, I never got it on any other ROM so it is very light and is exactly what you would be getting on a nexus device.
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Thanks, Mohsinkhan35. I followed the link you included and downloaded the ROM and TWRP 3.0.0-0, as the site requires. (I currently have TWRP 2.7.1.0 installed.) I was unable to download the Pico Gapp from that site, since the link seems to be broken. No problem. It's available from lots of locations.
So, as I understand it, my first step should be updating TWRP. I found instructions on how to do this at PhoneArena.com. Although written for Windows users, basically one starts the phone in bootloader mode and then uses adp commands to flash the new recovery (TWRP file).
But now Android File Transfer is not connecting to the phone. I wouldn't expect it to connect if the phone wasn't booted, as the file system is encrypted. Nonetheless, I tried this way without success. Then I tried using bootloader mode, with similar results. I then booted up in RM and got into TWRP, but AFT still doesn't see the phone. This is not altogether unexpected. If the new OS has settings and drivers to connect to my computer (a Yosemite iMac), and I've wiped the old one to make way for the new install, then how can the phone communicate with the PC?
For each of these cases (normal start, bootloader, and RM), I also tried issuing "adb devices" from a command prompt, but it's also returning nothing.
So any suggestions for the next step?

Von Neumann said:
Thanks, Mohsinkhan35. I followed the link you included and downloaded the ROM and TWRP 3.0.0-0, as the site requires. (I currently have TWRP 2.7.1.0 installed.) I was unable to download the Pico Gapp from that site, since the link seems to be broken. No problem. It's available from lots of locations.
So, as I understand it, my first step should be updating TWRP. I found instructions on how to do this at PhoneArena.com. Although written for Windows users, basically one starts the phone in bootloader mode and then uses adp commands to flash the new recovery (TWRP file).
But now Android File Transfer is not connecting to the phone. I wouldn't expect it to connect if the phone wasn't booted, as the file system is encrypted. Nonetheless, I tried this way without success. Then I tried using bootloader mode, with similar results. I then booted up in RM and got into TWRP, but AFT still doesn't see the phone. This is not altogether unexpected. If the new OS has settings and drivers to connect to my computer (a Yosemite iMac), and I've wiped the old one to make way for the new install, then how can the phone communicate with the PC?
For each of these cases (normal start, bootloader, and RM), I also tried issuing "adb devices" from a command prompt, but it's also returning nothing.
So any suggestions for the next step?
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NEVERMIND!!!!
Experimenting with several different USB cords and ports finally yielded a good connection! Even a native USB port on the back of the iMac didn't work, and neither did some of the ports on my USB 3.0 (2.0 compatible) hub. But finally one worked, and I ran with it. Currently reinstalling my apps on the shiny new Marshmallow system!
THANKS Mohsinkhan35!!!!!

Von Neumann said:
NEVERMIND!!!!
Experimenting with several different USB cords and ports finally yielded a good connection! Even a native USB port on the back of the iMac didn't work, and neither did some of the ports on my USB 3.0 (2.0 compatible) hub. But finally one worked, and I ran with it. Currently reinstalling my apps on the shiny new Marshmallow system!
THANKS Mohsinkhan35!!!!!
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Sorry about the late reply Von I just saw your replies, I am glad that you got it to work!!
For Future purposes, The easiest way to update TWRP is to download the .img from TWRP, put it on your phone, go to TWRP recovery, and instead of flashing .zip file, choose .img from dropdown list, then select the image file, select recovery option from the list.
Enjoy your new system! Which MarshMallow ROM did you end up flashing?
I found that MM breathe a new life into my Nexus, can't imagine going back to Lollipop, I don't know how you managed to stay with KitKat haha

[GUIDE] Systemless Root of your Nook Tab S2 710

With Barnes & Noble now selling the Galaxy Tab S2 710 (32gb) for $299 in the U.S. (and an extra 10% off if you're a B&N member), I picked one up yesterday and immediately came here to research rooting and set up. What I found were a lot of guides written a while ago, and a lot of confusing (at least to me) information. So I thought I would consolidate, in one place, in a new thread, what I eventually did, on the assumption that there might be a lot of new Tab S2 owners in the coming weeks. Obviously, you undertake these steps at your own risk, and YMMV. Also, hopefully equally obviously, none of the fantastic tools here are original with me -- credit goes to all those, like chainfire, ashyrx, wanam, engine95 and many more who have built and/or developed them.
1. If your Tab comes with anything but 5.1.1 XXU2BPB1, feel free to take the OTA update. In the US, it's the most current build as of 4.30.16 and you will still be able to root.
2. If you don't already have it, download Odin 3.10.7. You can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2711451
When you run Odin in Windows, probably better to run it in administrator mode (right click on the icon), although I haven't always found that to be necessary.
3. Flash a Custom Recovery using the PDA tab of Odin. Put your Tab into Download mode by turning it off, then pressing and holding the Home, Power and Volume Down buttons all at the same time. When the download screen comes up, press the Volume Up button to continue. Now you're ready to attach your Tab to your PC. Load TWRP 3.0.2-1 from Ashyx's thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/development/recovery-twrp-2-8-7-x-lollipop-5-1-1-t3205686 into Odin. Follow his instructions carefully -- once the custom recovery flashes, you have to manually reboot into the new recovery (so untick the auto-reboot option in Odin) or else your new custom recovery gets overwritten and you go back to your stock recovery.
4. Backup your Stock Rom -- While you're still in TWRP (or if you've already rebooted, go back to it), it would make sense to do a full backup of your stock ROM. That way you can restore your Tab to its original state if you ever need or want to.
5. Root -- Here's where I found the most confusion on these forums. You can do a systemless root -- i.e., keeping a stock, SE Enforcing, kernel (as opposed to flashing a permissive kernel and always getting the red SE Noneforcing Kernel message on a reboot and/or needing to use CF-Auto-Root). All you need to do is install Super SU 2.71 (BETA). Get the zip from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu/2014-09-02-supersu-v2-05-t2868133 and put it on your Tab. Then flash using the "Install" choice within your TWRP recovery. Reboot -- and when TWRP asks you whether you want to install SuperSU because you're not rooted -- you have to say "NO" (OK, that's counterintuitive, but chainfire's instructions are clear).
5. Debloat -- That's beyond this thread's scope, but I recommend Titanium Backup from the Play Store. If you want to get rid of the "Nook" logo on reboot, flash the zip file from post #2 of Engine95's thread (using TWRP) found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/tab-s2/development/rom-neked-nook-oj1-5-1-1-710-t3317823
6. SD Card Fix -- if you find your third party apps can't write to your SD Card, the attachment below describes how to fix it. If this type of editing scares you (make a backup first!), the Play Store app SD Card Fix supposedly still works with Lollipop and you can try that.
7. Netflix Fix -- for some reason, Netflix doesn't like root on the Nook Tab. The fix for this is as simple as renaming the file "system/lib/liboemcrypto.so" (using a root explorer of your choice) as "system/lib/liboemcrypto.so.bak"
8. Xposed -- I happen to like Xposed and don't find it messes up anything, while giving you a ton of customization options. Installation is a two-step process. First, find the correct version of wanam's Xposed zip from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/xposed/unofficial-xposed-samsung-lollipop-t3180960, and flash it using TWRP. For Lollipop on the S2, I used his SDK 22-arm version (SDK 23 is for Marshmallow). Don't worry if the reboot takes a long time -- that's normal. Then, once rebooted, simply install wanam's Xposed apk (XposedInstaller_3.0_Alpha4) that's available in the same thread.
That's it. I hope this saves some of you a lot of my trial and error, and, if it does, please press the "thanks" button.
EDIT -- Here's a #9 I just discovered --- Microsoft Office apps, although pre-installed on the device, will not open once you're rooted (or maybe it's just flashing TWRP that does it). Moreover, if you uninstall and try a re-install from the Play Store, if you're like me, you'll get a device not compatible message. My solution was to sideload the apks (e.g., Word, Excel and Powerpoint) from my Note 4, but I suspect you could also change your device ID within your build.prop file (backup first!) and get a similar result.
ANOTHER EDIT (5.2.16) -- #10 -- I can't get Google Play Movies to work at all on my T710 after rooting. Tried renaming libemcrypto.so without luck. Tried editing boot.prop to disguise myself as a Nexus 10. Tried the Xposed module Root Cloak. All no good. Any suggestions welcome!

Thanks! I just got a new nook and have started to come into these forums and also noticed the old and randomly updated threads. I appreciate the clear instructions. Are there any roms right now that you are recommending?

rawdikrik said:
Thanks! I just got a new nook and have started to come into these forums and also noticed the old and randomly updated threads. I appreciate the clear instructions. Are there any roms right now that you are recommending?
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Sorry, I'm trying to stick with stock. Engine95's rom seems to have some happy users though....

how do you manual reboot to recovery mode after download mode? i have tried the (pwr+vol up+home) but it does not work at all.. once i reboot normally the TWRP which i flashed cannot get installed at all. I need HELP!

The Simple Guide To Rooting The Alcatel Idol 4

Credit goes to dbgr for finding this:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-4s/how-to/6055u-root-method-t3598947
Link to download .rar:
https://mega.nz/#!U24zwYbQ!MwbIX_D01OyHHldd8c_9iCmht6wzcw1duNpGO-PRyWI
This is just a simpler, more detailed guide on how to root this phone.
Forgive me for the lack of pictures, its pretty straightforward anyways. I have included a .rar with this post that has all the essential files you will need.
(I only compressed the .rar, everything else credit goes to the creators)
1. Download the rootpackage.rar i have included, and decompress to somewhere safe.
2. Install SugarQct and install the drivers that came with it. (In the SugarQct installer, not the usb driver folder)
3. After that has finished, open the usb driver folder and run the setup.vbs script there. It should only take a second or two to run.
4. Plug phone into pc.
5. Place supersu.zip onto phone. You can put this anywhere, doesn't really matter.
6. Turn phone off and place into download mode. (Phone must be plugged in to allow download mode)
4. Open sugar with phone plugged in. Be sure to upgrade sugar if you can't see the 6055u in the list.
Set to 6055u, go to options, select save user data. Now press upgrade.
5. While sugar is downloading overwrite the r*****.mbn in bin/6055-*****. This folder appears once you start to download to the phone. You must rename the twrp_recovery_idol4_6055.img to the name of the r*****.mbn.
6. Overwrite again while files are being written. Do this as many times as you please. I only overwrote it more than once as a safety precaution.
7. Before sugar has completed fully, but after files are written, this should be around the time when it starts to download more files. As long as the writing completes you are good to go.
8. Turn phone on and enter recovery mode (power + volume up).
9. In the custom recover menu tap install and install the supersu.zip from the directory you placed it in.
10. Give it a couple of seconds (mine took 30 or so)
11. Allow phone to be rebooted and its now rooted!
Now I've had some interest in using magisk instead of supersu, but i haven't been able to install it after supersu. Choose your rom to flash wisely, as its a pain in the ass to go back from.
Please enjoy your newly rooted Alcatel Idol 4!
Thanks all!
P.S. If someone can dump their standard rom before they flash supersu.zip onto their phone, i'd like to try and find a way to get a custom rom goin and that would help.

I'm not seeing the download for the .RAR file. Am I missing something?

SeanMcCarte said:
I'm not seeing the download for the .RAR file. Am I missing something?
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I thought i attached it to the thread, give me a second and i'll try again.
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It seems my rar is too large, i'm headed to work now, but i'll try and get something uploaded in a bit.

Thank you. Much appreciated. Also,can I unplug the phone before rebooting to recovery,or does it have to be plugged in!

SeanMcCarte said:
Thank you. Much appreciated. Also,can I unplug the phone before rebooting to recovery,or does it have to be plugged in!
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As far as i know it doesn't have to be, but when i was successful i believe i had the phone plugged in. I did try to do somethings earlier today and unplugged the phone, and it was not successful. I do not know if it was because i unplugged the phone or if it was because i had failed to rewrite the recovery flash.

Thank you. I actually didn't want to wait for .rar so I just pieced the files from the forum here. Thank you anyway,at least somebody else will get the RAR. Also,my phone was plugged in when it worked.

I got magisk working for me I unistalled super super went into twrp and installed magisk ( I needed magisk to play fire emblem heroes lol) I'm not sure if I did something else but that's what I remember doing

Is this guide working for all the idol 4 variants or just for the cricket one? I've got the 6055k and I'm wondering if this guide works for my phone too.

scofield119 said:
Is this guide working for all the idol 4 variants or just for the cricket one? I've got the 6055k and I'm wondering if this guide works for my phone too.
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Theres another guide for the 6055k, i'm not sure if this will work for that one. I know it works for the cricket version and i see no reason why it wouldn't work for the 6055k, but it is a better idea to follow the guide made for the 6055k.

link22534 said:
I got magisk working for me I unistalled super super went into twrp and installed magisk ( I needed magisk to play fire emblem heroes lol) I'm not sure if I did something else but that's what I remember doing
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Would you mind checking if snapchat works on magisk? I know it doesn't work on supersu, and i've unrooted my phone because i was having troubles getting it installed after supersu.

NeonWhitey said:
Would you mind checking if snapchat works on magisk? I know it doesn't work on supersu, and i've unrooted my phone because i was having troubles getting it installed after supersu.
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Yep it works I had to change a setting to get magisk hied working it was magisk core only mode and I pass the netsaftey check

link22534 said:
Yep it works I had to change a setting to get magisk hied working it was magisk core only mode and I pass the netsaftey check
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Thanks for the info, but funnily enough i'm having difficulties getting the damn thing rooted again.

Thanks for the write up, I've flashed and reflashed many times... you have to be carefully about when you interrupt the process. Also know that a newer version is out. Cheers mate.

I'm not sure if it's the latest version of Sugar, but I've been trying so many times, but to no avail. Has anyone had any luck on the new version?
SUGAR QCT_SP V11.3.0
I've gotten to the point that when I start the upgrade with Sugar, it says my phone is already rooted. However, when I try to access Recovery, there is no option to install TWRP. It looks like it just loaded the same old recovery...no matter how fast and how many times I replace the Rxxxxxx.mbn file.
Cheers,
Wickster

6055p
is there any guide to root 6055p model

no luck getting this to work guys, could really use some help

Having the same problems as PizzaG - tried all the timing tips no TWRP
Having the same situation as PizzaG - same Cricket version, using the newer version of Sugar QCT 11.1.3. I've tried starting right after it reaches the last written file (4095M), Ive even tried waiting until you get the vibrate and Alcatel logo (which happens at the very end of the download, but was someone's tip), same story, boots into Android recovery. Any other tips?

Possible Solution to Rooting Troubles
I was having the same troubles as the above posters. What seemed to be the problem was that I had set a pin code to unlock my device, which made it encrypted. Unfortunately, the only way to remove a pin is to do a factory reset. Anyway, I did a factory reset and ran sugar immediately after - making sure to start the phone before sugar finished - and it worked! Perhaps there is something simpler to do and I didn't have to do a factory reset, but I don't know what that is, and this worked.

Someone have try with the 6055A?

hmm, im noticing mine says encrypted as well but i never set anything for security. just the swipe. @ ThisEndsInTears did you do a factory reset from stock recovery or from withing the phone settings? Thanks much, hopefully one step closer to getting this rooted. Y has nobody developed cm for 6.0.1 for this? cm13 im pretty sure it is