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So this just happened...

So I have been running Pure Nexus rom with Elemental X kernel and SuperSU and it's been working just fine. Well I made a nandroid, and flashed a couple new roms to try out. Didn't like any of them better so I decided to restore back to my nandroid. I used TWRP 3.0.2-2 to make the nandroid and when I tried to restore using same version it just constantly bootloops between the Google splash screen and the"Your device software cannot be checked etc etc screen". I did update my radio and bootloader to the newest versions via a flashable zip and also updated my vendor to the latest vendor image N4F26J. One of the roms said my vendor image was out of date or whatever but still booted fine for me to try out. Regardless I have factory reset phone including internal storage and flashed the factory OTA image and still no luck. Odd thing is I can still boot TWRP and also access my internal storage and move files from PC to my phone. It will even flash Roms and everything but it will not get past the Google splash screen. So wth do I do lol?

Kochoa940 said:
So I have been running Pure Nexus rom with Elemental X kernel and SuperSU and it's been working just fine. Well I made a nandroid, and flashed a couple new roms to try out. Didn't like any of them better so I decided to restore back to my nandroid. I used TWRP 3.0.2-2 to make the nandroid and when I tried to restore using same version it just constantly bootloops between the Google splash screen and the"Your device software cannot be checked etc etc screen". I did update my radio and bootloader to the newest versions via a flashable zip and also updated my vendor to the latest vendor image N4F26J. One of the roms said my vendor image was out of date or whatever but still booted fine for me to try out. Regardless I have factory reset phone including internal storage and flashed the factory OTA image and still no luck. Odd thing is I can still boot TWRP and also access my internal storage and move files from PC to my phone. It will even flash Roms and everything but it will not get past the Google splash screen. So wth do I do lol?
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Maybe stupid answer : 1 did you flashed boot.img ?
2. Is your data partition anything like ex4 or f2fs ?
Will it stuck on google logo ? (I had stucl for 10 min once ) or it just bootloops
Why not try to flash 3.0.3.0 recovery and try again?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/boot-loop-death-nexus-6p-t3533528

Vaseag said:
Maybe stupid answer : 1 did you flashed boot.img ?
2. Is your data partition anything like ex4 or f2fs ?
Will it stuck on google logo ? (I had stucl for 10 min once ) or it just bootloops
Why not try to flash 3.0.3.0 recovery and try again?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/boot-loop-death-nexus-6p-t3533528
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I tried flashing the factory image via command prompt but still bootlooping. data partition has not been modified it is still same as stock.

Kochoa940 said:
I tried flashing the factory image via command prompt but still bootlooping. data partition has not been modified it is still same as stock.
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Did you try to flash the OTA image or full factory image? I think there is a known problem with the latest build of Pure nexus where some people can't boot past the Google logo. If that's your issue there are workarounds. You should check the Pure nexus thread.

Try a full wipe(without internal) and restore your nandroid without the data partition and let me know how it went.

If your nandroid contained the efs backup (3.0.2-2 backs it up by default) and you restored your backup with the efs partition your borked since you used TWRP 3.0.2-2. That TWRP has a bug restoring EFS as there is efs.1 and efs.2 and I think it writes both efs 1 and 2 to just efs.1 on the phone which causes the boot loop.
You need to have had an EFS backup and then roll back your twrp to 3.0.0-0 and restore your EFS back from there.
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Kochoa940 said:
So I have been running Pure Nexus rom with Elemental X kernel and SuperSU and it's been working just fine. Well I made a nandroid, and flashed a couple new roms to try out. Didn't like any of them better so I decided to restore back to my nandroid. I used TWRP 3.0.2-2 to make the nandroid and when I tried to restore using same version it just constantly bootloops between the Google splash screen and the"Your device software cannot be checked etc etc screen". I did update my radio and bootloader to the newest versions via a flashable zip and also updated my vendor to the latest vendor image N4F26J. One of the roms said my vendor image was out of date or whatever but still booted fine for me to try out. Regardless I have factory reset phone including internal storage and flashed the factory OTA image and still no luck. Odd thing is I can still boot TWRP and also access my internal storage and move files from PC to my phone. It will even flash Roms and everything but it will not get past the Google splash screen. So wth do I do lol?
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If your nandroid contained the efs backup (3.0.2-2 backs it up by default) and you restored your backup with the efs partition your borked since you used TWRP 3.0.2-2. That TWRP has a bug restoring EFS as there is efs.1 and efs.2 and I think it writes both efs 1 and 2 to just efs.1 on the phone which causes the boot loop.
You need to have had an EFS backup and then roll back your twrp to 3.0.0-0 and restore your EFS back from there.

Vaseag said:
Maybe stupid answer : 1 did you flashed boot.img ?
2. Is your data partition anything like ex4 or f2fs ?
Will it stuck on google logo ? (I had stucl for 10 min once ) or it just bootloops
Why not try to flash 3.0.3.0 recovery and try again?
https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-6p/help/boot-loop-death-nexus-6p-t3533528
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Eric214 said:
If your nandroid contained the efs backup (3.0.2-2 backs it up by default) and you restored your backup with the efs partition your borked since you used TWRP 3.0.2-2. That TWRP has a bug restoring EFS as there is efs.1 and efs.2 and I think it writes both efs 1 and 2 to just efs.1 on the phone which causes the boot loop.
You need to have had an EFS backup and then roll back your twrp to 3.0.0-0 and restore your EFS back from there.
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If your nandroid contained the efs backup (3.0.2-2 backs it up by default) and you restored your backup with the efs partition your borked since you used TWRP 3.0.2-2. That TWRP has a bug restoring EFS as there is efs.1 and efs.2 and I think it writes both efs 1 and 2 to just efs.1 on the phone which causes the boot loop.
You need to have had an EFS backup and then roll back your twrp to 3.0.0-0 and restore your EFS back from there.
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Ok I am gonna try and revert to 3.0.0 and restore the EFS and then the backup. Would that be the correct resolution?

Ok so I fixed it!!!!! Btw thank you guys for all your responses!!!
Even though my version of TWRP was 3.0.2-2 this still worked for me following these commands. I randomly found this page and said what the hell I have nothing to lose so I did it and it freakin' worked! anyways here's the link in case anyone else has this issue of not booting past google splash screen
http://www.droidorigin.com/warning-nexus-6p-users-twrp-3-0-2-1/
Again thanks to those who responded and tried to help!

Help! Stuck at Google Logo

Hi guys,
So I made a backup of everything (all the partitions including vendor/system etc.) using TWRP in the morning and restored to it from TWRP.
The restored finished and I hit 'reboot' and now I'm stuck at the white 'Google' logo and it's not proceeding from there. It's not even taking me to TWRP.
Please help!
Update: I was able to boot into bootloader and thereon into TWRP. I did a factory reset and from there restored 'System, data, vendor, and boot'. My Q is now, do I restore vendor or vendor image or both? Note that I'm restoring from Resurrection Remix to Pure Nexus, so vendor image may not be the same.
Update 2: Restored and logged into the OS. Vendor image shows N2G47W (by Beatstown for Pure Nexus). So does this mean that restoring 'vendor' is the same as restoring 'vendor image'?

I believe in twrp if you choose to backup vendor.image it creates a flash able image and if you choose vendor, that's what you restore. Try getting the vendor.img of the backup version your trying to restore from Google factory images and after you restore you backup boot back into bootloader and fastboot flash that vendor image before booting OS.

Cannot update to 4.5.14

Hi,
I have a rooted OP5 with 4.5.13.
I tried to install the flashable zip (from here) via TWRP without wipe, but ended up in a bootloop.
I've restored to the nandroid backup, wiped data, and tried again. This time the OP5 managed to boot only to recovery.
I've verified the md5 of the file I've used.
Do you know why this is happening? Do you know how I can upgrade to 4.5.14?
Thanks.

Did you download the full ROM or just the update?

I tried both. I didn't succeeded to install the update (as it is not intended for rooted devices).
The full rom is what caused the bootloop.

If you are doing a dirty flash you wipe cache and system. If you are doing a clean flash you wipe cache, system and data. It doesn't sound like you wiped the correct partitions when doing your flash. You also need to flash Magisk or SU after the ROM flash and before booting up or you will lose TWRP and root. If your phone is decrypted for some reason you also need to flash a no verify zip or your phone will boot loop because OOS is made for encrypted phones.

[Question] How to restore TWRP backup of stock 8.0 ROM, after flashing 8.1 ROM

Before going into the subject, I'll say that I have tried to seach this matter in XDA and Google, but nothing showed up.
Okay, so my matter is that I can't restore my backup of stock rom(8.0) after I flash a 8.1 rom. I've backuped with official TWRP "recovery-3.2.1-2-oreo.img".
My procedures are :
back up stock 8.0(system, data, cache, efs) with official TWRP "recovery-3.2.1-2-oreo.img"
flash oreo rom(with wiping internel, data, system, cache) and boot it fine.
restore my stock backup with same TWRP
boot system
The results are :
Goes past boot logo
Boot animation('android one' with colors sliding) shows up
and... just infinite loop of boot animation.
The ROM I used is RR.
I think the main problem is related with encryption.... Just my thought, tho.
So what I'm asking is :
1. If you face the same problem as me?
2. If you aren't and you restore goes fine, please tell me your procedures including ROM used and TWRP used.
3. Whether it is safe to decrypt stock rom?
Thanks in advance!

You don't need to flash stock ROM again. You have a system image backup(system, data, cache, efs), right? Wipe data , system, cache if you are coming from any other ROM. Then reboot to bootloader. Boot into latest TWRP from Fastboot (don't flash). Then go to restore and restore the system image you had backed up. Don't restore efs if you haven't lost your IMEI.

I've done exactly as ypu told, but it doesn't boot...
Did you manage to restore without problem with your method?

Yes I was able to. No problem here.

What TWRP did you use? Also, what ROM have you flashed?

Used the latest TWRP by MohanCM for Oreo. I did it when I was on Lineage os and wanted to go to stock

@guy_infinity Okay, thanks for your answer! Gonna try out later, once more.

Hmmm.... Still didn't boot up.
I thought I had to do everything from the begining, but flashing stock with save userdata option rescued me.
P.S. does anyone know about the error E: recv error on uevent?

try flashing stock rom using mi flash and after flashing restore normally using latest twrp/deadman's without system image voila everything will be back

@arjunbalan1994 Big thanks for your suggestion! Will try that too later

Hi, did you solve your restore problem? I have the same w/ my Redmi Note 5 and stock Miui backup after flashing RR.
Thanks for your help

I was use 8.1 root and twrp recovery. Yesterday fastboot flash may rom and update 2nd may OTA

Don't understand : May rom is Miui rom?
And did you restore your miui rom 8.0 backup ith twpr after the fastboot flash stock?

Need help regarding twrp backup

So I was on stock rom that was unlocked plus rooted,I was also on a different kernel. Before flashing that kernel, I had taken a full backup(It had magisk installed) through TWRP. Full means I didn't leave any of the boxes unchecked,it was a 11GB+ backup. Then it was all well and fine until I found that these kernels weren't liking my 64gb sd card(I created a thread earlier). So I went back to TWRP to restore my backup, I did so, well and smooth no issues. Now when I booted my phone, my phone would just turn off after showing the Asus LOGO, I tried multiple times to no success. It would just turn off after showing ASUS logo. To get out of this mess, I flashed Stock rom through TWRP.
Now I'm clean and fresh, I want to take a good backup and then flash AEX rom! What partitions should I backup??

Backup
Deeptesh Basak said:
What partitions should I backup??
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Backup:
Data
Boot img
System
You may have to flash magisk/SU again after restoring in some cases...

Deeptesh Basak said:
So I was on stock rom that was unlocked plus rooted,I was also on a different kernel. Before flashing that kernel, I had taken a full backup(It had magisk installed) through TWRP. Full means I didn't leave any of the boxes unchecked,it was a 11GB+ backup. Then it was all well and fine until I found that these kernels weren't liking my 64gb sd card(I created a thread earlier). So I went back to TWRP to restore my backup, I did so, well and smooth no issues. Now when I booted my phone, my phone would just turn off after showing the Asus LOGO, I tried multiple times to no success. It would just turn off after showing ASUS logo. To get out of this mess, I flashed Stock rom through TWRP.
Now I'm clean and fresh, I want to take a good backup and then flash AEX rom! What partitions should I backup??
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Backup everything for your first backup.
For incremental backups - boot, system, vendor & data should suffice.
While restoring only select the above four i mentioned. For cross rom restore functionality vendor partition is required.
For restoring stock rom from stock - only boot, system and data should be enough.