Eco S3 wont update after root - LeEco Le Pro3 Questions & Answers

Hi guys,
I rooted my s3 successfully, but now cannot install the 19s update. I've tried undoing the root and updating afterwards unsuccessfully. Do you guys have any other things I can try? Do I need to re flash the stock ROM?
Thanks !

Rooting typically breaks OTA updates in my experience. You can try flashing stock + stock recovery and then take the OTA. I'm not 100% sure that'll work, but it should.
Come to think of it, I think it's more twrp that breaks OTAs and not root.

benjmiester said:
Rooting typically breaks OTA updates in my experience. You can try flashing stock + stock recovery and then take the OTA. I'm not 100% sure that'll work, but it should.
Come to think of it, I think it's more twrp that breaks OTAs and not root.
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Darn, I was a moron and didn't back up the stock recovery, so I guess I'm stuck waiting for someone else with an S3 to upload theirs. Oh well, lesson learned!
Thanks!

try flashing the stock recovery from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/le-2/development/leeco-le-2-x526-stock-recovery-t3449208
it's from 16S, but it should work. after that you should be able to install the OTA. no gaurantees though

randomsmash said:
Darn, I was a moron and didn't back up the stock recovery, so I guess I'm stuck waiting for someone else with an S3 to upload theirs. Oh well, lesson learned!
Thanks!
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No prob, it happens. I keep seeing .20 builds on YouTube, that add theme store/more theme support and fingerprint sensor gestures. So I might want to do an OTA soon myself. Let us know if 99's solution works.
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benjmiester said:
No prob, it happens. I keep seeing .20 builds on YouTube, that add theme store/more theme support and fingerprint sensor gestures. So I might want to do an OTA soon myself. Let us know if 99's solution works.
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it wont. i fiddled with my S3 last night and accidently booted TWRP as "read/write", which the OTA can detect as it runs a checksum on the /system partition. if the system partition has EVER been mounted as read/write it changes, and therefore the OTA file will never flash/install. the only way around it is to have someone do a full system image backup from TWRP via a "fastboot boot twrp.img" then selecting to keep TWRP mounted as read only. this also affects all of us on the Pro3 (i have both). it would be wise if we could pull full system images for all US models as there are no full ROM's available
instructions on how to do that are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69758375&postcount=89

http://forum.xda-developers.com/le-2/help/x522-stock-019s-rom-lost-imei-baseband-t3505356
fixed it.

ExTREmE99 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/le-2/help/x522-stock-019s-rom-lost-imei-baseband-t3505356
fixed it.
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Hey man,
I followed your instructions in your post in that thread, but the modified ota update fails to flash as well, and upon reboot I'm back at my old home screen. Perhaps it was an error on my part throughout the bootloader unlock process; I'm also dumb and didn't know how to boot TWRP into read-only mode (what I did was check the "mount system as read-only" option in the "Mount" menu, don't know if that was right!).
Either way, congrats on getting your phone back to receiving OTAs!

Somebody still have a TWRP untouched system partition might try a dd backup. So we can compare where the different are

rainlake said:
Somebody still have a TWRP untouched system partition might try a dd backup. So we can compare where the different are
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I just got a new phone..let me know what needs to be done to get backup of stock ROM/recovery which can be later flashed to take OTA updates

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ICS troubles

Hi,
Anyone else having the following issues with ICS (stock, rooted):
Locked screen, using power button doesn't work
Reboot and stuck on Asus Logo?
both resulting in pressing on and power up to restart..
seems like this update isn't fully tested. I haven't done a full wipe, I simply updated through OTA... should I try this? If I do, can I do an ADB backup and restore?
Thanks folks
garpunkal said:
Hi,
Anyone else having the following issues with ICS (stock, rooted):
Locked screen, using power button doesn't work
Reboot and stuck on Asus Logo?
both resulting in pressing on and power up to restart..
seems like this update isn't fully tested. I haven't done a full wipe, I simply updated through OTA... should I try this? If I do, can I do an ADB backup and restore?
Thanks folks
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its most likely because you were rooted and did modifications that caused the OTA to fail and mess something up.
The OTA itself was tested by ASUS, its you who did mods to the tablet that made the OTA fail for you. You'll most likely have to wipe and start all over. Or just DL a custom ROM.
zephiK said:
its most likely because you were rooted and did modifications that caused the OTA to fail and mess something up.
The OTA itself was tested by ASUS, its you who did mods to the tablet that made the OTA fail for you. You'll most likely have to wipe and start all over. Or just DL a custom ROM.
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I wiped, totally cleaned the system, installed WW latest full blob then the update, and it occured. Just to note, my only mod was root, nothing else.
garpunkal said:
Hi,
Anyone else having the following issues with ICS (stock, rooted):
Locked screen, using power button doesn't work
Reboot and stuck on Asus Logo?
both resulting in pressing on and power up to restart..
seems like this update isn't fully tested. I haven't done a full wipe, I simply updated through OTA... should I try this? If I do, can I do an ADB backup and restore?
Thanks folks
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WTF? You have errors. You no you didn't wipe.....Always Wipe. Always. ..Always... IF you don't and then get errors. wipe. Seriously....Wipe it. lol did I mention you should have wiped it?
zephiK said:
its most likely because you were rooted and did modifications that caused the OTA to fail and mess something up.
The OTA itself was tested by ASUS, its you who did mods to the tablet that made the OTA fail for you. You'll most likely have to wipe and start all over. Or just DL a custom ROM.
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All I did was root... that shouldn't affect the OTA, especially as the OTA unrooted my device anyway!
I'll wipe now and let you know the outcomes.
fonix232 said:
I wiped, totally cleaned the system, installed WW latest full blob then the update, and it occured. Just to note, my only mod was root, nothing else.
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Why did you do this; installed WW latest full blob then the update
Full wipe and then install the Full ICS WW. Thats all that should be needed.
so if I'm using stock rom and recovery... whats the best way to wipe.. through recovery or just through rom?
garpunkal said:
so if I'm using stock rom and recovery... whats the best way to wipe.. through recovery or just through rom?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514658
OPTION B:
FULL version
In recovery do a full system reset. Delete that mofo.
Then install the Full US ICS zip.
can I use adb backup to restore all my apps and settings if I go for option B?
garpunkal said:
can I use adb backup to restore all my apps and settings if I go for option B?
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I wouldn't. Atleast not right away. You have an issue. You don't no whats causing it. First Wipe and then reinstall. If after that you can't make the problem appear again, I would do a nandroid, and then attempt the restore of your apps. If no issues; Profit. But if you find issues after you can then restore to the nand and go through your apps one at a time to figure it out.
ok.
I still can't understand why this OTA on stock (rooted but unmodified) has problems.
I shouldn't have to wipe it.
garpunkal said:
ok.
I still can't understand why this OTA on stock (rooted but unmodified) has problems.
I shouldn't have to wipe it.
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I have no real answers for you.
But I would assume its cause ICS updates the framework and countless other stuff that can't just be "updated". You would have thought they would have made the OTA auto Wipe. I would have. I could be completely off tho. Maybe its just broke. Lol
tweaked said:
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Why did you do this; installed WW latest full blob then the update
Full wipe and then install the Full ICS WW. Thats all that should be needed.
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- No ICS blob currently available
- This is the exact way everyone (I mean, every home user, without development background, etcetera, the "noobs") did it, who got the errors
So basically I did how officially it's done.
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tweaked said:
I have no real answers for you.
But I would assume its cause ICS updates the framework and countless other stuff that can't just be "updated". You would have thought they would have made the OTA auto Wipe. I would have. I could be completely off tho. Maybe its just broke. Lol
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You're wrong. Asus made it in a way it shouldn't affect the system, yet, in some cases it does.
fonix232 said:
- No ICS blob currently available
- This is the exact way everyone (I mean, every home user, without development background, etcetera, the "noobs") did it, who got the errors
So basically I did how officially it's done.
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You're wrong. Asus made it in a way it shouldn't affect the system, yet, in some cases it does.
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Well I said I could be wrong.
I wouldn't have done it that way.
On other Devices I have if you mess with the framework you have to full wipe. You can't just update. But, really what do I know. Im just a retard truely.
tweaked said:
I have no real answers for you.
But I would assume its cause ICS updates the framework and countless other stuff that can't just be "updated". You would have thought they would have made the OTA auto Wipe. I would have. I could be completely off tho. Maybe its just broke. Lol
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I bet people (non tech saavy) would throw a fit if the update did a full wipe, even if it had a warning beforehand.
Toast95135 said:
I bet people (non tech saavy) would throw a fit if the update did a full wipe, even if it had a warning beforehand.
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But I bet they would have still updated.
I swear Asus should fix these problems and they are more OTA updates issues and not the fact I didn't wipe.
Other people must be having these problems?!!?
garpunkal said:
I swear Asus should fix these problems and they are more OTA updates issues and not the fact I didn't wipe.
Other people must be having these problems?!!?
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I had no real issues with ICS when I was running it. I just preffered OC and UV.
Once a kustom kernel is available I'll switch for good.
That said, there are a few threads with issues. Give a look through the first 4 pages for so.....
just reading a few of the other forums threads and loads of people are having these issues...
confused why it's not been fully tested...
garpunkal said:
just reading a few of the other forums threads and loads of people are having these issues...
confused why it's not been fully tested...
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lol, you'd have to contact ASUS for that question and then you'd get some engrish answer about highly tested awesome upgrade.

[Q] Updating Nexus 4 once 4.2.2. is released

Just wanted to get a few pointers on the update process once 4.2.2. factory images are released.
I'm currently running CM 10.1 latest nightly complete with Faux's custom kernel. When the factory images are released, i want to take advantage of the new radio and bootloader, that hopefully will be shipping, along with anything else without having to fully wipe and start from fresh.
Please correct me if i'm wrong on any of my thoughts about how to update below, or if i've missed anything
Bootloader - extract from factory image and flash in fastboot with
fastboot flash bootloader bootloaderxxxx.img
Radio - extract from factory image and flash in fastboot with
fastboot flash radio radioxxxx.img
Kernel - hopefully faux will update once source drops and can be flashed via recovery
ROM - hopefully CM will update with 4.2.2 is AOSP and can be flashed in recovery, along with updated GAAPS
Am i missing anything else??
Thanks
That will do it.
You just have to hope they work with CM10.1 though...
peedub said:
That will do it.
You just have to hope they work with CM10.1 though...
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Yeah I'll check that out before I do anything, fingers crossed it will be good!
I haven't missed anything out then, bootloader, radio, kernel, ROM is all there is to update?
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Just not to start a new thread. Can anyone conform for me this: currently stock everything - except running CWM recovery.
I'll have to flash the stock recovery before trying to get the OTA update?
chrisastrous said:
Just not to start a new thread. Can anyone conform for me this: currently stock everything - except running CWM recovery.
I'll have to flash the stock recovery before trying to get the OTA update?
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Yes...u wont be able to apply the OTA update with a custom recovery...but u can flash the update through CWM...
Stock everything, never been rooted.. will the OTA update erase any data whatsoever? When can we expect it?
dralways said:
Stock everything, never been rooted.. will the OTA update erase any data whatsoever? When can we expect it?
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No the OTA will not erase anything. As for when you will get it? It should be soon. If you're impatient you can flash it manually buuuut i'd hold off on that becuase of all of the" help trouble after updating to 4.2.2" threads popping up recently.
I just received the update downloaded notification on my Nexus 7 but still nothing on the N4.
uploder said:
No the OTA will not erase anything. As for when you will get it? It should be soon. If you're impatient you can flash it manually buuuut i'd hold off on that becuase of all of the" help trouble after updating to 4.2.2" threads popping up recently.
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Will the stock 4.2.2 wipe my apps? I know it will damaged the internal SD.
What about my apps adn corporate data? Pls advise
Ramu
darkkid85 said:
Will the stock 4.2.2 wipe my apps? I know it will damaged the internal SD.
What about my apps adn corporate data? Pls advise
Ramu
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Just ran the update my phone is in exactly the same state as before. Nothing got deleted
chrisastrous said:
Just ran the update my phone is in exactly the same state as before. Nothing got deleted
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Thanks dude,
i just did too, all info reimained intact
ramu
darkkid85 said:
Thanks dude,
i just did too, all info reimained intact
ramu
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Well how about giving me a thanks lol
Apparently superuser remains but you still lose root! Will get back to you when I find out more info.

[Q][Root/cwm lost?]

Hi guys,
Recently I updated my i9505 to official 4.3 version XXUEMJ7...then i rooted it successfully, flashed philz cwm, it worked...i did a backup, then flashed a mod (lightning effect on lockscreen), turned on the phone. Suddenly my wifi won't work so I decided to do a restore from the backup that i made 10 minutes before that. While it was restoring i noticed that i didnt had enough storage so it skipped few things. When it was successfully restored, I turned my phone on and here are the problems:
When it has booted up i recieved so many errors and fc's like procedure system has stopped, com.google.process.gapps error and so on...
I taught ok, lets delete some HD games to gain space and restore it again. But now there was no cwm or any recovery. I can't use Google Play and every app that uses Google files (youtube, gmail, stock internet browser and even facebook)
I'm not sure if I lost root and/or cwm. My question is how to get it back? What do i need to flash over Odin? Download mode works.
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Hello.
I have same problem. Nothing works. I think it's a protected bootloader that will rewrite every custom rom/recovery. I had rom for ~20 days, and was just doing my daily routine, rebooted and lost root and CWM. After this same symptoms occured.
I downloaded XXUEMJ7 prerooted now, and it was only rom that I could flash. Have no custom recovery by now and root works... But probably not for long. What's most important - wifi works. This is partial solution for using your phone while someone smarter will explain us what's going on.
socah said:
Hello.
I have same problem. Nothing works. I think it's a protected bootloader that will rewrite every custom rom/recovery. I had rom for ~20 days, and was just doing my daily routine, rebooted and lost root and CWM. After this same symptoms occured.
I downloaded XXUEMJ7 prerooted now, and it was only rom that I could flash. Have no custom recovery by now and root works... But probably not for long. What's most important - wifi works. This is partial solution for using your phone while someone smarter will explain us what's going on.
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Thank you. I'll try that.
EDIT: can you give me a link, and you flashed it via Odin?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2250824
In this thread, use "ctrl+f" and write "PDA: XXUEMJ7" There will be prerooted odin flashable link.
By the way, flashing this new knox bootloader with 4.3 was worst thing that I done do my phone. And I'm really pissed off on samsung. Hope some smart devs will solve this someday and we will be able to downgrade or bypass this.
Well, I still get those errors all the time... :crying:
I taught this would remove them, but unfotunately didn't..
Samsungi9OO said:
Well, I still get those errors all the time... :crying:
I taught this would remove them, but unfotunately didn't..
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Try factory reset
socah said:
Try factory reset
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Thank you

Android is starting... Optimising app xx of xx on every boot

Hi all,
Have had my Nexus 10 with a few years now and rooted it not long after I got it, stuck with stock rom though.
All was fine until I updated to the latest LMY49H Build using NRT (Nexus Root Toolkit) which I always do and it has never let me down.
But with this update I get the swirling balls, Android boot screen then about 10 minutes of "Android is starting... Optimising app xx of xx". I have wiped via settings, via recovery (TWRP and stock), Flash Stock and Unroot (NRT), Root (NRT which wipes data), cleared cache, dalvik, data using TWRP but every time I end up with this optimising apps screen.
I have tried restoring previous versions at setup (apps, wallpapers etc.) and I have skipped all setup options for a clean fresh copy but always with the same result.
I have been looking around but didn't find someone running stock rom with the same problem, If I missed it then I'm sorry.
Please someone help me as I'm going on a trip soon and will need my tablet!
Could be your flash memory is wearing out. When you are using TWRP try copying a file then reboot into TWRP and see if the file is still there. If it is gone it is bad flash memory and you need a new motherboard...
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psiphi said:
Could be your flash memory is wearing out. When you are using TWRP try copying a file then reboot into TWRP and see if the file is still there. If it is gone it is bad flash memory and you need a new motherboard...
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Sorry I don't get what you mean. do you mean to flash a file? (or at least see if TWRP finds the file?)
e.g. copy a file, supersu.zip or something in downloads folder, then boot into TWRP to see if its in the folder ready to flash?
Oh I hope its not the motherboard, the tablet has hardly been used compared to others I know of.
Do you know if its safe to revert to a previous version of android using NRT? LMY49H or even G? I was happy enough with those versions and only updated thinking it would clear the security update (7.2mb) which I ended up doing manually anyway (Unroot & Update, install security update, Root).
I had a problem like this years ago when I flashed a ROM to my old Galaxy S4, flashing a different ROM fixed the problem then, I'm hoping it will now too!
Thanks for your help
fado5ster said:
Sorry I don't get what you mean. do you mean to flash a file? (or at least see if TWRP finds the file?)
e.g. copy a file, supersu.zip or something in downloads folder, then boot into TWRP to see if its in the folder ready to flash?
Oh I hope its not the motherboard, the tablet has hardly been used compared to others I know of.
Do you know if its safe to revert to a previous version of android using NRT? LMY49H or even G? I was happy enough with those versions and only updated thinking it would clear the security update (7.2mb) which I ended up doing manually anyway (Unroot & Update, install security update, Root).
I had a problem like this years ago when I flashed a ROM to my old Galaxy S4, flashing a different ROM fixed the problem then, I'm hoping it will now too!
Thanks for your help
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Not flash your memory but check your: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory
And yes it is safe to restock (another) ROM.
fado5ster said:
Sorry I don't get what you mean. do you mean to flash a file? (or at least see if TWRP finds the file?)
e.g. copy a file, supersu.zip or something in downloads folder, then boot into TWRP to see if its in the folder ready to flash?
Oh I hope its not the motherboard, the tablet has hardly been used compared to others I know of.
Do you know if its safe to revert to a previous version of android using NRT? LMY49H or even G? I was happy enough with those versions and only updated thinking it would clear the security update (7.2mb) which I ended up doing manually anyway (Unroot & Update, install security update, Root).
I had a problem like this years ago when I flashed a ROM to my old Galaxy S4, flashing a different ROM fixed the problem then, I'm hoping it will now too!
Thanks for your help
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Right, I mean just copy a file to it that is not already there and rebooting it and seeing if the file is still there.
If it works then you probably don't have a hardware issue.
It is always worth trying to flash a known working rom, though you may need to hard reset to get it working.
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Not flash your memory but check your: https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flash_memory
And yes it is safe to restock (another) ROM.
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Sorry, I know what flash memory is, I mean I didn't know what he meant by copy using TWRP.
I may try flash the previous LMY49H ROM then
psiphi said:
Right, I mean just copy a file to it that is not already there and rebooting it and seeing if the file is still there.
If it works then you probably don't have a hardware issue.
It is always worth trying to flash a known working rom, though you may need to hard reset to get it working.
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OK cool, thanks for clearing that up..
This literally just started when I updated to the new ROM (LMY49J). I have done a full wipe already so hard reset shouldn't be a problem, nothing left on it now anyway. Think I may have done it already tho
Before the update I had a full TV series and a few movies saved into it and it had no problems playing/saving anything. Think I may try stock flash & unroot with LMY49H and see how that goes.. I'm away from it at the moment so hopefully will try tomorrow.
I have a feeling it is saving files though, displayed my old wallpaper when I restored from previous tablet option on setup. Must be saving this picture somewhere after initial download at setup. It is booting up eventually like, just after it optimizes the apps, maybe 5-10min.
What other issues could I be having?
You really have to create or copy something new and reboot the tablet to test. Files and setting will stay in the cache and so give the illusion working unless you reboot.
Also are you doing a clean shutdown via the menu after hitting the power button for no more than 2 seconds? Doing power off without going through menu can cause your behavior.
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psiphi said:
You really have to create or copy something new and reboot the tablet to test. Files and setting will stay in the cache and so give the illusion working unless you reboot.
Also are you doing a clean shutdown via the menu after hitting the power button for no more than 2 seconds? Doing power off without going through menu can cause your behavior.
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OK I will try copy something tomorrow.. A TV show or something..
Yes I always hit power button and select "Power Off" and let it shut down, have since day 1!
Will keep you updated,
Thanks again
fado5ster said:
OK I will try copy something tomorrow.. A TV show or something..
Yes I always hit power button and select "Power Off" and let it shut down, have since day 1!
Will keep you updated,
Thanks again
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You have to copy something in recovery mode with twrp. From a different directory (or usb stick to your device) and then reboot to see if it is still there.

[! HELP NEEDED !] encrypted J510FN only boots to recovery after flashing / wiping

!!! I apologize if this is the wrong thread to ask for help and kindly request that a moderator move it, because I don't know where it's supposed to go and my brain is in panic mode right now, thank you. !!!
So, here goes:
DEVICE INFO: SM-J510FN, TWRP, stock ROM, encrypted data partition
ISSUE: Phone does not boot. Powering it on makes it boot to recovery. Selecting "Reboot to system" from inside the recovery, also boots back to recovery. Cannot mount data partition as it is encrypted (but it doesn't at least ask for PIN or anything, just cannot select /data in mount).
HOW IT HAPPENED:
1. I encrypted the phone while it still wasn't rooted.
2. I flashed TWRP (via Odin) and SuperSU (via TWRP)
3. Phone booted to system normally, everything OK. Root access, all good.
4. Reboot to TWRP, flashed some blacked out Google Apps (Team Blackout .zip files). I got no error message, just "cannot mount data" at some points.
5. I selected "wipe cache and dalvik cache"
6. Reboot to system
Reboot to system doesn't work. It boots back into TWRP!
Now I don't know if the flashing of the .zip apps or if the wiping bricked the phone as I don't have that deep of an understanding of how it works. If you can enlighten me , I'd really appreciate it.
FEAR: That the phone is bricked forever and that I won't be able to format the data partition as I cannot even mount it and TWRP needs it mounted in order to wipe it (as far as I know). In short, phone ruined forever because of my stupidity.
HOPE: That someone will tell me a way to re-flash the stock firmware or any ROM so that I get the phone to boot up normally.
I really really need help ASAP because this phone does not even belong to me. My employer gave it to me as a gift, provided I use it for work. That's the reason it's encrypted, he wanted it encrypted in case it gets stolen. Now you're probably thinking "why would you root a company phone??" Well it's not a company phone, it is my main phone, my daily driver. It was given to me by my employer, who said I can do whatever I want with it, as long as it remains functional (at work I use it simply for phone calls, WhatsApp, Skype, mail etc)
I assume that I won't sleep much tonight, will try everything to get the phone to boot. But first I'm going to wait for any piece of advice!
Thank you in advance for any feedback...
Can you get into download mode?
If so, you should flash your stock firmware.
Yes if you boot into download mode you can flash stock rom and all will be good
capsLock1337 said:
Can you get into download mode?
If so, you should flash your stock firmware.
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Yes if you boot into download mode you can flash stock rom and all will be good
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Hello, thanks for the replies.
Yes, download mode works. I will download the stock firmware and flash it via Odin then, yes?
But what happens with the encryption then? Will it remain in place and I will just have to enter my pin to boot as usual?
Can you please explain to me why it does not boot now..? As far as I understand, the boot partition couldn't have been damaged. Aka, stock ROM still in place, only difference is it's rooted.
bi11ie said:
Hello, thanks for the replies.
Yes, download mode works. I will download the stock firmware and flash it via Odin then, yes?
But what happens with the encryption then? Will it remain in place and I will just have to enter my pin to boot as usual?
Can you please explain to me why it does not boot now..? As far as I understand, the boot partition couldn't have been damaged. Aka, stock ROM still in place, only difference is it's rooted.
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Not sure bout the encryption, if you lose it, you can set it up again.
Something went wrong when you tried to flash the blacked out google apps, I honestly don't have a clue.
Good luck
capsLock1337 said:
Not sure bout the encryption, if you lose it, you can set it up again.
Something went wrong when you tried to flash the blacked out google apps, I honestly don't have a clue.
Good luck
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Haha I really don't care about the encryption at all! I'm just afraid it is going to interfere somehow but hopefully not.
I'm waiting for the stock firmware to get downloaded from sammobile. I know, I know, I should have done that first before anything else, but I was in such a hurry and I thought "OK, this is routine by now, nothing can go wrong", somehow completely forgetting about the encryption. Oops. In any case, I will post the results here later and will be VERY VERY prepared and organized in the future :'(
bi11ie said:
Haha I really don't care about the encryption at all! I'm just afraid it is going to interfere somehow but hopefully not.
I'm waiting for the stock firmware to get downloaded from sammobile. I know, I know, I should have done that first before anything else, but I was in such a hurry and I thought "OK, this is routine by now, nothing can go wrong", somehow completely forgetting about the encryption. Oops. In any case, I will post the results here later and will be VERY VERY prepared and organized in the future :'(
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How did it go?
capsLock1337 said:
How did it go?
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I'm flashing right now Let's see if it boots...
*fingers crossed*
Case solved
bi11ie said:
I'm flashing right now Let's see if it boots...
*fingers crossed*
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Ahh turns out I almost freaked out for nothing! All good! So, for documentation purposes:
1. I flashed stock firmware through Odin
2. Boot up started normally ("firmware update") - got asked for encryption pin!
3. Decryption took a long time, system booted normally - ALL DATA INTACT
4. No root and No recovery (not even stock recovery)
5. I flashed TWRP through Odin and SuperSU.zip
6. Phone booted normally, TWRP there, SuperSU app there.
The only change is that the bloatware I removed is back
I'm so glad it was nothing after all! I was honestly SO scared that I bricked it ^^;
Thanks and sorry!
bi11ie said:
Ahh turns out I almost freaked out for nothing! All good! So, for documentation purposes:
1. I flashed stock firmware through Odin
2. Boot up started normally ("firmware update") - got asked for encryption pin!
3. Decryption took a long time, system booted normally - ALL DATA INTACT
4. No root and No recovery (not even stock recovery)
5. I flashed TWRP through Odin and SuperSU.zip
6. Phone booted normally, TWRP there, SuperSU app there.
The only change is that the bloatware I removed is back
I'm so glad it was nothing after all! I was honestly SO scared that I bricked it ^^;
Thanks and sorry!
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No need to apoligize, we all do stupid mistakes sometimes
Glad that it worked!

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