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[Q] Restore on TWRP only leads to boot logo

I flashed the Slim Bean Android 4.3 rom on my D801 to discover the rom was unrooted. When I went to restore the rooted stock, (rooted with IOroot), TWRP restored the rom but when I rebooted the phone would only show the LG logo (doesn't look like boot loop). My PC recognizes that the phone is plugged in. If I can't access the internal storage, how to I flash a working rom onto the phone? What have I done wrong?

Agayvoronski said:
I flashed the Slim Bean Android 4.3 rom on my D801 to discover the rom was unrooted. When I went to restore the rooted stock, (rooted with IOroot), TWRP restored the rom but when I rebooted the phone would only show the LG logo (doesn't look like boot loop). My PC recognizes that the phone is plugged in. If I can't access the internal storage, how to I flash a working rom onto the phone? What have I done wrong?
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Wipe data/factory reset and reflash Slim Bean. Then download the root.zip and flash it. Now it's rooted.
SuperSU 1.69 https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct...=Tagov7Bq3zQLmXCTtqzDOQ&bvm=bv.56643336,d.b2I

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Mandelbrot.Benoit said:
Wipe data/factory reset and reflash Slim Bean. Then download the root.zip and flash it. Now it's rooted
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Thank you, but I have already tried to do that; the same thing happens. Is there any way that I can restore the factory rom without the use of TWRP? Because I think that the backups are the problem.

Sounds like you should just restore to stock via the LG flashtool.

Agayvoronski said:
I flashed the Slim Bean Android 4.3 rom on my D801 to discover the rom was unrooted. When I went to restore the rooted stock, (rooted with IOroot), TWRP restored the rom but when I rebooted the phone would only show the LG logo (doesn't look like boot loop). My PC recognizes that the phone is plugged in. If I can't access the internal storage, how to I flash a working rom onto the phone? What have I done wrong?
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I had this happen too. I loaded CleanROM and it booted up without any issue.
In TWRP I selected all the advanced wipe options except for Internal Storage. Then I ran the install.
If you can't get to the OS, then you'll need to adb sideload the ROM. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2317986

Adam1203 said:
I had this happen too. I loaded CleanROM and it booted up without any issue.
In TWRP I selected all the advanced wipe options except for Internal Storage. Then I ran the install.
If you can't get to the OS, then you'll need to adb sideload the ROM.
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Thank you, but I also tried to adb sideload. TWRP said "starting adb sideload" for about twenty minutes, and when I tried to load a rom it said the no devices were found.

It worked
simon_lefisch said:
Sounds like you should just restore to stock via the LG flashtool.
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I looked it up and my phone is like new again! Thank you!

Agayvoronski said:
I looked it up and my phone is like new again! Thank you!
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Glad you got it working! Nothing is as scary as bricking a brand new phone!

No OS- Oneplus 5- Stock recovery

Yesterday i wanted to root my oneplus 5. I succesfully unlocked the bootloader, and flash TWRP 3.1.1.1. Than I wanted to install Magisk v14 but I got an error message. I wanted to do a wipe cache, but accidental i format everything. When i wanted to reboot, i got the message: No OS. Than I dowloaded the offical stock ROM, and i flash the stock recovery. I wanted to flash the stock rom in sideload mode, but I coud not. My pc dont see any adb devices. Please help me!

kicsicsosz said:
Yesterday i wanted to root my oneplus 5. I succesfully unlocked the bootloader, and flash TWRP 3.1.1.1. Than I wanted to install Magisk v14 but I got an error message. I wanted to do a wipe cache, but accidental i format everything. When i wanted to reboot, i got the message: No OS. Than I dowloaded the offical stock ROM, and i flash the stock recovery. I wanted to flash the stock rom in sideload mode, but I coud not. My pc dont see any adb devices. Please help me!
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Just install the Android Studio: https://developer.android.com/studio/index.html
Let only the things install what the installer ask, restart PC and you should be able to sideload

kicsicsosz said:
Yesterday i wanted to root my oneplus 5. I succesfully unlocked the bootloader, and flash TWRP 3.1.1.1. Than I wanted to install Magisk v14 but I got an error message. I wanted to do a wipe cache, but accidental i format everything. When i wanted to reboot, i got the message: No OS. Than I dowloaded the offical stock ROM, and i flash the stock recovery. I wanted to flash the stock rom in sideload mode, but I coud not. My pc dont see any adb devices. Please help me!
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I would:
- install TWRP again (using the stock recovery)
- Download OOS
- Put it on a usb drive
- Connect the drive to your OP5 using USB OTG
- Install OOS via TWRP

Have you fixed this? Did ADB work on your device previously?

jameswalker457 said:
Have you fixed this? Did ADB work on your device previously?
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Yes it works perfectly !

Pieter20 said:
Yes it works perfectly !
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I don't need the help I'm just asking if he needs the help.
I found minimal ADB / fastboot works well with minimal installation.
PSB,
https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&s...gglMAA&usg=AFQjCNEpnolsbk9I-qWZ8Wd8_DPvQe6h1A

HELP! SM -G901F, TWRP can't find storage partition to mount

Guys this is help less.
After rooting my device I followed some instructions to get the Lineage 14. I flashed a BootLoader and a Modem as instructed and went forth to mount USB in order to transfer the custom rom into the device. But this is where the problem is.
It says E: Cant find partition to mount storage. I've tried to reboot, wide, data, storage, system and cache and repair the partition I don't know what else to do.
Anyone else can help? Btw I am fairly new to this stuff so please dumb it down for me.
Another thing, when I go to reboot my recovery it says my device isn't rooted and asks to install superSu, however it was rooted before I entered download mode and started installing bootloader and modem.
Now I have no operating system in the device so i can literally only use Recovery or download mode.
Is my device bricked? I don't know. :crying: :crying:

Pobi123 said:
Guys this is help less.
After rooting my device I followed some instructions to get the Lineage 14. I flashed a BootLoader and a Modem as instructed and went forth to mount USB in order to transfer the custom rom into the device. But this is where the problem is.
It says E: Cant find partition to mount storage. I've tried to reboot, wide, data, storage, system and cache and repair the partition I don't know what else to do.
Anyone else can help? Btw I am fairly new to this stuff so please dumb it down for me.
Another thing, when I go to reboot my recovery it says my device isn't rooted and asks to install superSu, however it was rooted before I entered download mode and started installing bootloader and modem.
Now I have no operating system in the device so i can literally only use Recovery or download mode.
Is my device bricked? I don't know. :crying: :crying:
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If you can boot recovery, all is not lost.
First, are you sure that you flashed the correct bootloader/modem for your s5 model (G900 T, P, V, F, etc? Odin should not let you flash the wrong one, but anything is possible.
If Bl/modem is correct, them the next thing is to get the custom rom onto the phone.
-make sure you have downloaded everything you need (rom, root method(pref Magisk), gapps if wanted)
- boot into recovery, I'm recommending and assuming that you are using the latest Twrp, if not, d/l official Twrp for your model, and flash that with Odin
-In twrp select wipe, format data, just in case.
-now you should be able to mount usb storage, using the option in twrp
- now you should be able to mount your phone to your PC and transfer the rom, put it somewhere easy to find on the phone. also copy gapps and Magisk zips
-now, still in twrp, select install, select rom zip, select add more, select Magisk zip, also flash gapps at this time if you want to use them.
-click the button to flash
-click wipe cache/dalvik
-click reboot
-pray ?

BlueCyclone said:
If you can boot recovery, all is not lost.
First, are you sure that you flashed the correct bootloader/modem for your s5 model (G900 T, P, V, F, etc? Odin should not let you flash the wrong one, but anything is possible.
If Bl/modem is correct, them the next thing is to get the custom rom onto the phone.
-make sure you have downloaded everything you need (rom, root method(pref Magisk), gapps if wanted)
- boot into recovery, I'm recommending and assuming that you are using the latest Twrp, if not, d/l official Twrp for your model, and flash that with Odin
-In twrp select wipe, format data, just in case.
-now you should be able to mount usb storage, using the option in twrp
- now you should be able to mount your phone to your PC and transfer the rom, put it somewhere easy to find on the phone. also copy gapps and Magisk zips
-now, still in twrp, select install, select rom zip, select add more, select Magisk zip, also flash gapps at this time if you want to use them.
-click the button to flash
-click wipe cache/dalvik
-click reboot
-pray ?
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Hey man! Thank you so much for your reply. I installed CPE1 bootloader and modem driver, honestly I don't even know what they do. Was this a wrong thing to do?
I rooted my device using cf auto root, then flashed the bootloader and modem using Odin. After that I (stupidly) tried to boot my stock OS and it was stuck in a bootloop.
Unfortunately I won't be able to try your instructions this till tomorrow evening but I'll keep you posted!! do you mind if I pm?
Edit: I was using twrp 2.8.7 I believe, could this have been the problem? Also I updated twrp to latest and tried micro sd as storage and flashed a Rom but the phone is still bootlooping

Pobi123 said:
Hey man! Thank you so much for your reply. I installed CPE1 bootloader and modem driver, honestly I don't even know what they do. Was this a wrong thing to do?
I rooted my device using cf auto root, then flashed the bootloader and modem using Odin. After that I (stupidly) tried to boot my stock OS and it was stuck in a bootloop.
Unfortunately I won't be able to try your instructions this till tomorrow evening but I'll keep you posted!! do you mind if I pm?
Edit: I was using twrp 2.8.7 I believe, could this have been the problem? Also I updated twrp to latest and tried micro sd as storage and flashed a Rom but the phone is still bootlooping
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Ok I see you have S5 plus. I'm not familiar with that device to know which baseband it should be.
One thing you might try is to boot recovery and clear cache/dalvik and then try booting the custom rom.
If all else fails, you might try Samfirm
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647
That should give you a stock firmware file to flash with odin.
You can pm if you need to, I don't own an S5+, nor am I a veteran flasher but I will try to help if I can.

BlueCyclone said:
Ok I see you have S5 plus. I'm not familiar with that device to know which baseband it should be.
One thing you might try is to boot recovery and clear cache/dalvik and then try booting the custom rom.
If all else fails, you might try Samfirm
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-tab-s/general/tool-samfirm-samsung-firmware-t2988647
That should give you a stock firmware file to flash with odin.
You can pm if you need to, I don't own an S5+, nor am I a veteran flasher but I will try to help if I can.
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Ive tried the suggestion you gave me, no success. However I honestly dont know if it could be my fault. I'm gonna flash the stock firmware and restart the whole root process.
Thanks for your help man!

Pobi123 said:
Ive tried the suggestion you gave me, no success. However I honestly dont know if it could be my fault. I'm gonna flash the stock firmware and restart the whole root process.
Thanks for your help man!
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Ok sorry I couldn't be more help
Oh, you don't need to use of cfautoroot anymore, you can just flash Magisk after the rom, and then use Magisk manager to manage all your root permissions.
So if you are going back to stock, I would:
-Flash stock in Odin
-probably boot stock once to verify (first boot takes long)
-odin flash latest twrp(uncheck auto-reboot, just battery pull after it says pass)
-power on phone with key combo to boot recovery
- format data
-flash rom/gapps?/Magisk
-wipe cache/dalvik
-reboot system (first boot will take long)
Hope you get your phone working again

BlueCyclone said:
Ok sorry I couldn't be more help
Oh, you don't need to use of cfautoroot anymore, you can just flash Magisk after the rom, and then use Magisk manager to manage all your root permissions.
So if you are going back to stock, I would:
-Flash stock in Odin
-probably boot stock once to verify (first boot takes long)
-odin flash latest twrp(uncheck auto-reboot, just battery pull after it says pass)
-power on phone with key combo to boot recovery
- format data
-flash rom/gapps?/Magisk
-wipe cache/dalvik
-reboot system (first boot will take long)
Hope you get your phone working again
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Good News! Phone is back in full working order after flashing stock firmware. It was kinda scary though, I had to fix an error in Odin and then the phone wouldn't even boot up! Left it over night, booted it again and it worked fine Thanks a lot for your help, I'll try not to soft brick my device again

Phone stuck at Decryption unsuccessful :crying:

I am stuck at encryption failed when I flash stock oreo rom. I tried formatting data using twrp and flashed no encryption file as well but nothing works.:crying::crying::crying:
I just want to use the stock oreo rom again with root.
Pls help:crying:

Which ROM did you try and flash / install?
Try upgrading your TWRP to the latest version too.

jl10101 said:
Which ROM did you try and flash / install?
Try upgrading your TWRP to the latest version too.
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I used partition dl mode to flash the stock oreo rom over 7.0 to keep the root. Then i flashed custom kernal for stock 8.0 but it didnt work. I have done the same procedure before and it has worked like a charm. But it keeps on giving the encrytion error when i try it now

Deadmeat03 said:
I used partition dl mode to flash the stock oreo rom over 7.0 to keep the root. Then i flashed custom kernal for stock 8.0 but it didnt work. I have done the same procedure before and it has worked like a charm. But it keeps on giving the encrytion error when i try it now
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Odd. If I had to guess anything, it would be that not all the partitions were flashed when going from Nougat to Oreo.
I once flash a Nougat ROM from an Oreo ROM and I had the same encryption issue and lost everything.
That was the last time I would trust myself again and not do a backup.

Flash stock recovery from KDZ through patched LGUP & do a factory reset .
After stock recovery completes the wipe do a battery pull, flash TWRP via fastboot, format data, flash Kernel & Magisk & you should be back on track...

Prowler_gr said:
Flash stock recovery from KDZ through patched LGUP & do a factory reset .
After stock recovery completes the wipe do a battery pull, flash TWRP via fastboot, format data, flash Kernel & Magisk & you should be back on track...
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I tried that as well. With stock recovery is says data is corrupted and doesn't do anything. I think it might be a problem with patched lg up because when i use normal lg up to flash oreo it works. But I cant root then.

I would try changing to 3.2.3-4 TWRP and then trying the procedure again. It seems that the 3.3.0 TWRP does not decrypt properly sometimes.

In the same boat as OP
scottyrick said:
I would try changing to 3.2.3-4 TWRP and then trying the procedure again. It seems that the 3.3.0 TWRP does not decrypt properly sometimes.
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Hi
Looking for a way to keep TWRP and root ... any help appreciated
I've got a US996 with the same issue as the op. I have the latest TWRP 3.3.1-0. The phone was working fine until I upgraded twrp but I might have done a mistake resetting phone outside of twrp.
I can still get back into twrp but I haven't been able to install zip files without getting that decryption unsuccessful message when booting to system.
When getting back into TWRP using hardware buttons sometimes there is a prompt asking "keep system read only?" which I never chose and swipe to allow modification. I think this happens after
I pull the battery after getting the decryption unsuccessful message. There is a reset system that I could chose under the decryption unsuccessful message but I'm assuming that will make me lose twrp
...but if my phone is a us996 and is still
unlocked, would it matter if I did select it? Wouldn't I be able to reinstall twrp using adb again on a computer after Oreo is reinstalled?
To do Prowler_gr's suggestion which guide do I follow (sounds like I should do the second option)
"Flash stock recovery from KDZ through patched LGUP & do a factory reset .
After stock recovery completes the wipe do a battery pull, flash TWRP via fastboot, format data, flash Kernel & Magisk & you should be back on track... "
1-[GUIDE][UNBRICK] Patch LGUP to unlock features & unbrick V20 (Variant mismatch fix) to use lgup
or this guide
2-Ultimate guide to unbrick LG V20(Only Variants with .KDZ)[No OS Firmware Update Loop]
Thank you for any guidance on this...

There is a reset system that I could chose under the decryption unsuccessful message but I'm assuming that will make me lose twrp
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Don't blame me if this goes wrong but I'm pretty much 100% certain that you mush press the rest button. This has happened to me a few times I'm sure. You won't loose twrp. Whatever resetting goes on in the background I don't think it's an actual Factory Reset.
Edit: Just to be clear you taking about a white screen with I think in dark blue or black text ENCRYPTION UNSUCCESSFUL and something like "reset phone" option directly under it, on the upper half of the screen?

Hi ezzony
Yes you are thinking of the right decryption unsuccessful page. I get it when booting to system
after installing Oreo and magisk 19 and having wiped everything (format data too). I will get the exact wording of it tonight
Thanks!

downgrade twrp i has same prob twrp 3.3.1 gives issues

ghet2rockuu said:
downgrade twrp i has same prob twrp 3.3.1 gives issues
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Hi ghet2rockuu
I downgraded twrp and that got it working Thank You! see also Phoenix591 thread [Recovery][Unofficial for the moment]TWRP 3.3.1-0 : 2019-05-17 #625
Thank You !

MY Redmi K20 Stuck!!

There was MIUI installed in my device and i wanted to install MIUI 12 so for which i had to unlock the device and install twrp..
Every thing was fine till then...
I went to advanced wipe and accidentally wiped the internal storage mount.. and FRD the device but still i was in twrp when i was trying to paste the custom while connected the device to the laptop it could not transfer...so i decided to re install twrp thought it might work...as i had done the same thing in the past...but this time my device is stuck in the fastboot mode and now im not able to install and recovery image like twrp or orange fox recover.. and not even shut down..
Some one pls help could not afford a new device right now..

Prasad.aditya21 said:
There was MIUI installed in my device and i wanted to install MIUI 12 so for which i had to unlock the device and install twrp..
Every thing was fine till then...
I went to advanced wipe and accidentally wiped the internal storage mount.. and FRD the device but still i was in twrp when i was trying to paste the custom while connected the device to the laptop it could not transfer...so i decided to re install twrp thought it might work...as i had done the same thing in the past...but this time my device is stuck in the fastboot mode and now im not able to install and recovery image like twrp or orange fox recover.. and not even shut down..
Some one pls help could not afford a new device right now..
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You should flash vbmeta.img of your current version of miui before you wipe it all.

flamedrops said:
You should flash vbmeta.img of your current version of miui before you wipe it all.
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But right now the flash is done so...what are the other options to bring my phone back to live..

Flash vbmeta.img is fastboot, by ADB command
Just like flashing recovery

Prasad.aditya21 said:
But right now the flash is done so...what are the other options to bring my phone back to live..
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If vbmeta flash didn't improve your situation, you must flash a fastboot official rom via Miflash tool.
If new to this use Miflashpro latest, it will guide you in the rom choice and download.

Prasad.aditya21 said:
But right now the flash is done so...what are the other options to bring my phone back to live..
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If the custom recovery will shown, then you can easily manage to flash ROM back wipe dalvic/cache, cache, data, system and format data type yes. And so you can flash ROM as brand new. But take note everything on your device will wipe including photos and files. But it is the way to get back your phone to life.

1 - Download this and unrar
2-enter fastboot
3-run Flash_TWRP.bat and follow instruction