Hi everyone,
I hope that you all had/are having a lovely christmas. Unfortunately for my S4 christmas has been terrible. The phone has had low storage for a week now and was crashing as a result and I didn't have time to fix it. Yesterday the phone was running horribly and wasn't doing anything that I touched. So I rebooted which took way too long and when I did it again the phone now does not pass the galaxy s4 screen and also TWRP recovery will not pass its boot screen either.
I have attempted flashing stock recovery which said error mounting all partitions, afterwards a reboot allowed me to wipe cache thinking it would allow the phone to boot, but no change.
I am thinking to flash stock samsung rom through download mode since it is still functional so I can recover my data before moving to my new phone. Will this be a good idea considering that the Lineage OS rom is significantly smaller than the stock samsung rom or will it not worsen the situation?
Thanks for your help!
Flashing a stock ROM may not allow you to recover the data.
Did you try re-flashing the same version of TWRP or a different version to see if that helps to mount the data partition?
audit13 said:
Flashing a stock ROM may not allow you to recover the data.
Did you try re-flashing the same version of TWRP or a different version to see if that helps to mount the data partition?
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Thank you for your response! I have tried flashing flashing both the same TWRP and different version which was in fact smaller. This saw no improvement in the condition and I still can not pass the TWRP boot screen.
What else do you suggest I try?
Thanks for your time!
Tried re-flashing the same ROM that was on the phone before the issue started?
Flashing a stock ROM may allow the phone to boot to its desktop without a factory reset. You may want to use this method as a last resort to get the phone into working condition.
It's also possible that the internal memory has failed which means there is no economical way to recover the data.
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Tried re-flashing the same ROM that was on the phone before the issue started?
Flashing a stock ROM may allow the phone to boot to its desktop without a factory reset. You may want to use this method as a last resort to get the phone into working condition.
It's also possible that the internal memory has failed which means there is no economical way to recover the data.
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I am actually unable to flash anything without odin because I can't boot into my recovery which hangs on its twrp screen. Also if I have set my partitions to f2fs will this interfere with flashing the stock rom?
I am not sure if the file system will interfere with Odin flashing the ROM. Sounds like you may have to try flashing with Odin which will probably result in data loss.
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I am not sure if the file system will interfere with Odin flashing the ROM. Sounds like you may have to try flashing with Odin which will probably result in data loss.
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Do you think it could possibly be a bootloader or kernel issue? Perhaps I could try flashing those first before a full factory firmware?
I don't think it is a bootloader issue as the phone will boot. The bootloader is similar to a computer bios. The computer bios checks to make sure the basic hardware is present and functioning. If the basics are met, the bios hands control of the device to the OS. In this case, the bootloader is handing control of the device to the OS but the OS can't boot.
I doubt that it is a kernel problem because the phone worked before so the kernel is compatible with the phone.
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I don't think it is a bootloader issue as the phone will boot. The bootloader is similar to a computer bios. The computer bios checks to make sure the basic hardware is present and functioning. If the basics are met, the bios hands control of the device to the OS. In this case, the bootloader is handing control of the device to the OS but the OS can't boot.
I doubt that it is a kernel problem because the phone worked before so the kernel is compatible with the phone.
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So I took the plunge and installed the stock firmware now the phone boots and I'm greeted with a message asking to factory reset because encryption failed. I reinstalled TWRP and for some reason that still can't fully boot. I want to get it working so I can access the storage to remove the important files through either mtp or adb. There is some form of adb working whilst TWRP is booting but it can't access or see anything in the partitions or mount them even running as root.
Any ideas to get TWRP or any other recovery working on the phone? (The stock recovery booted just fine before I flashed TWRP)
Any help is much appreciated!
Kind Regards,
Crapping_Bricks
I think the stock Rom doesn't recognise the file system and thinks the encryption failed.
I'm not sure what else to suggest other than a factory reset since twrp doesn't allow pulling the data via adb or mounting the data partition.
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I wanted to update from Cyanogenmod 10.1 to Google Edition 4.3, so I booted into recovery. I had enabled device encryption prior to this, and decided it isn't worth the hassle to me. So I decided to format the phone (I had backups of everything, but no NANDroid!). The formatting went well, there was no ROM to boot into anymore.
I had to use ADB to push the ROM onto the device, which I then flashed successfully. When I booted up, I was asked for my encryption password. The old key didn't work anymore. I was locked out of the ROM.
I looked into using ODIN to flash stock to remove encryption, but ODIN never connected to the device and I don't like this route because I'd have to root and get a recovery again. I tried Heimdall, but even when I installed C++ 2013 redist it wouldn't run, and again I don't like this idea but would do it if I had to.
How can I remove device encryption through ADB and recovery? I won't be able to boot up until I remove whatever files indicate that the device is "encrypted" and re-flash a ROM. My recovery is TWRP 2.600.
Dadasas said:
I wanted to update from Cyanogenmod 10.1 to Google Edition 4.3, so I booted into recovery. I had enabled device encryption prior to this, and decided it isn't worth the hassle to me. So I decided to format the phone (I had backups of everything, but no NANDroid!). The formatting went well, there was no ROM to boot into anymore.
I had to use ADB to push the ROM onto the device, which I then flashed successfully. When I booted up, I was asked for my encryption password. The old key didn't work anymore. I was locked out of the ROM.
I looked into using ODIN to flash stock to remove encryption, but ODIN never connected to the device and I don't like this route because I'd have to root and get a recovery again. I tried Heimdall, but even when I installed C++ 2013 redist it wouldn't run, and again I don't like this idea but would do it if I had to.
How can I remove device encryption through ADB and recovery? I won't be able to boot up until I remove whatever files indicate that the device is "encrypted" and re-flash a ROM. My recovery is TWRP 2.600.
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Did you ever find an answer to this? I am in the same boat right now.
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Did you ever find an answer to this? I am in the same boat right now.
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Have either of you found a solution, i have the same problem right now. i even tried flashing stock with odin but it is still asking for the DevicePolicyManager password.
Not sure if it's still a relevant question, but here's an answer for you:
I had an issue like this, only I didn't enable encryption by choice, it just turned on automatically (I think I had a bad app). Anyway, on reboot, it said Encryption failed, try a factory reset in recovery and go again. No avail, so I ended up having to re-flash to stock. I grabbed my old MG1 install, flashed though Odin, and ended up working. That night, I flashed a bad modem and effed myself over again, so I re-downloaded and re-flashed (using my mac and Heimdall) to get it back to stock that way. Heimdall command-line is the way to go, if you ask me. You can flash each and every partition manually until you find the one that is broken, and away you go.
The information I used was in THIS THREAD. Just use your TAR file and flash away.
So, yesterday i tried to install Euphoria OS on my phone, but in all of a sudden, the /cache partition corrupted, i was dumb enough and deleted it via TWRP, making my phone fall into the QPST status.
After fixing it, i proceeded and reflashed KitKat, but the phone only shows 8GB instead of 16GB, so i tried to fix this by flashing TWRP, everything went well, until i upgraded to Lollipop again.
It always bootloops no matter what i do, i really need my phone with my 16GB of storage back, it isn't a Hardware failure since the QPST diagnosis didn't say anything about mobo failures.
I can mount all the partitions, i can wipe it all, i can boot into bootloader and recovery, i can do basically everything but booting the system.
Any light on this? it either happens after i flash TWRP or after i try to root it.
Im running Android 5.1.1 stock.
List of tutorials i have tried (In order): http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/wip-unbricking-nexus-4-using-qpst-t2208289
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nex...unbrick-n4-t2347060/post43164157#post43164157
http://forum.xda-developers.com/google-nexus-5/help/nexus-5-stuck-boot-loop-lollipop-t3098632
Don't you dare tell me to reflash the ROM again, this is the first thing i have done, i did this 20 times already and it never worked. It isn't a ROM problem. It is a partition problem somewhere.
Fixed, had to use LGNPST to reflash JB 4.4.2, then upgraded to a ZIP version of the Lollipop ROM, then flashed the stock one.
I'm having the same problem with my Nexus 4. I read also about LGNPST, but I remember something about flashing the Optimus G cache partition I believe, then manipulating one of the prop files afterwards in order to get your 16gigs back. The problem is that all of the files needed to do this flash are attached to a stupid downloader site and so its full of pop up windows and adware from what I've seen. I can't get mine to boot into system, or bootloader, or recovery, etc. The device will not finish looping for debugging to be enabled, and even trying to boot into download mode is not happening. I've tried all I know to do, especially considering fastboot and adb both utilizeusb debugging. I really am baffled. Any root kits I've tried also don't work so far. Help please.
The first issue I started to notice after rooting via Odin & TWRP was when trying to flash the iOS and WP ROMs from this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/3oss-project-samsung-galaxy-tab-4-7inch-t3081478 , it would fail. I was able to successfully flash the Google ROM from same post. I believe it was with one of the other ones that it even said successful yet when i went to reboot said no OS installed. So, I figured update my TWRP to newest version, maybe that was the problem. Well after updating, now when i go to wipe/factory reset it either says unable to mount or it doesnt even make it that far and reboots system. I tried flashing PIT file with Odin and issue persists. Everything still works smoothly but any help fixing this issue would be much appreciated as I do not want to dirty flash anything. Thanks in advance.
So now...after flashing stock firmware, it boots all the way to nook screen (right after samsung logo) and stops. I can boot into TWRP but it still says unable to mount data. Also, in TWRP when i click mount, the only one already checked is cache. I can manually select all others except data. When i go to install, the internal sd has absolutely nothing on it...really hope i didn's completely mess it up, sometimes my eagerness to learn gets the better of me. Thanks again for any help!
I have the same issue, im stuck
So, my stupid completely stock A2017U started bootlooping (hey, did LG make these?). cache wipe, factory reset all didn't help, so I'm down to trying to do the full SD upgrade. However, the phone won't stay booted long enough for me to get into settings to enable OEM unlocking. Is there a way to do it from adb in recovery? The phone stays booted perfectly fine in recovery, so I'm guessing something got corrupted in a system partition somehow (emmc cell failure maybe?).
If not, I'll have to EDL it first, but I'd rather stay official if possible.
adb sideload is giving me problems, but it maybe that I don't have enough memory for that.
I take it you are not rooted? Reason I ask is I just experienced a boot loop after updating SuperSU. The solution was to install the previous version of SuperSU from recovery.
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I take it you are not rooted? Reason I ask is I just experienced a boot loop after updating SuperSU. The solution was to install the previous version of SuperSU from recovery.
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No, I'm stock everything. If I could get the damn thing to boot up enough again to get into settings, I could enable OEM Unlocking and then use the sd card method. But it won't stay up that long through the setup wizard.
Hi,
I unlocked the bootloader of my H870, installed TWRP 3.1.1.0 and SUPERSU. Everything was working great untill I decided to restore my system defaults to make a fresh start with my G6. After choosing the option to restore system defaults, my phone rebooted and it booted into TWRP. I rebooted my phone and it kept doing this all the time.
I decided to look for a stock ROM and flash that ROM.
I succesfully flashed the "LG-H87010f-Flashable.COMPLETE.zip" ROM (from autoprime's post) trough TWRP. But this did not work. I even wiped all the data from my phone (even system) and flashed the ROM again; still nothing.
Before having this issue, I had the same Baseband version, Kernel version, Build number. Only the dates and the Software Version are different.
I had the V10b-EUR-XX Software Version installed on my phone. I see this is the 10f version. I guess this should not be a problem right?
After this I took these steps solve this issue:
1. Downloaded new LG Mobile Drivers (LGMobileDriver_WHQL_Ver_4.2.0)
2. Downloaded and installed LGUP. LGUP doesnt recognize my phone as a LG G6 and this method did not work for that reason.
Fastboot mode is working on my phone; I can reboot my phone trough the commandline on my PC and things like that . However, my PC is not recognizing my phone as a LG G6 device in Fastboot mode.
My PC recognices my phone as a H870 when in TWRP. In Fastboot mode it recognices my phone as Android Device.
3. Installed LG Bridge for more drivers; did not work either
4. Downloaded Uppercut, but it doenst work without LGUP.
4. Looked all over the internet to find a Stock ROM in .zip or .img format; found nothing
5. Downloaded WindowsLGFirmwareExtract-1.2.6.1 and tried to extract the H87010d_00_OPEN_EU_OP_0327.kdz file. I extracted it into .bin files, but they were not usable. After that, I combined these .bin files into a system.img file. But that .img file was bigger then 5 GB and for that reason it was not usable to flash trough Fastboot or TWRP.
7. Looked for other methods to obtain a H870 Stock Rom, including another extraction method, but I cant figure out how to do this.
I have spend countless hours on this problem, but I cant find an usable H870 stock rom to flash my phone with.
Is there someone that can help me out with this problem? Im willing to donate some € if someone helps me to get my phone working again.
Really hoping for a kind person to help me out and provide me solution for this issue.
Thanks in advance
Try formating data in TWRP(not factory reset) then flash the 10f complete zip. Trying to perform a factory reset from within Android could have possibly messed up your data (due to TWRP being installed instead of stock recovery) so a full data format is needed.
Lgup most likely doesn't detect the phone because you wiped system. But flashing the complete zip should have restored system.
In the future make backups in TWRP to restore later.. or flash a kdz with lg bridge or lgup without wiping system first.
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Try formating data in TWRP(not factory reset) then flash the 10f complete zip. Trying to perform a factory reset from within Android could have possibly messed up your data (due to TWRP being installed instead of stock recovery) so a full data format is needed.
Lgup most likely doesn't detect the phone because you wiped system. But flashing the complete zip should have restored system.
In the future make backups in TWRP to restore later.. or flash a kdz with lg bridge or lgup without wiping system first.
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Thanks for your reply. I have already formatted data in TWRP, but im still having this problem . It seems like something is preventing my device from starting up. I have flashed several ROMS on other devices, but never experienced something like this. Is there something else I can try? Can I flash the stock recovery and flash the stock ROM? I got the feeling TWRP is causing this issue.
If its possible to flash stock recovery, where can I find it?
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Thanks for your reply. I have already formatted data in TWRP, but im still having this problem . It seems like something is preventing my device from starting up. I have flashed several ROMS on other devices, but never experienced something like this. Is there something else I can try? Can I flash the stock recovery and flash the stock ROM? I got the feeling TWRP is causing this issue.
If its possible to flash stock recovery, where can I find it?
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Flash the complete zip then boot into download mode and flash kdz. Lgup should see the device as a g6 now instead of unknown device. If lgup isn't seeing any device at all (including unknown device) then your setup is off.. missing drivers or something. If that doesn't work.. idk.
RoyalD said:
Thanks for your reply. I have already formatted data in TWRP, but im still having this problem . It seems like something is preventing my device from starting up. I have flashed several ROMS on other devices, but never experienced something like this. Is there something else I can try? Can I flash the stock recovery and flash the stock ROM? I got the feeling TWRP is causing this issue.
If its possible to flash stock recovery, where can I find it?
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Try formating data in TWRP(not factory reset) then flash the 10f complete zip. Trying to perform a factory reset from within Android could have possibly messed up your data (due to TWRP being installed instead of stock recovery) so a full data format is needed.
Lgup most likely doesn't detect the phone because you wiped system. But flashing the complete zip should have restored system.
In the future make backups in TWRP to restore later.. or flash a kdz with lg bridge or lgup without wiping system first.
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Don't factory reset using the in phone option. You can only do this through twrp's option. To fix this you'll need to boot through the hard side, using power and volume down until the lg logo appears then release power for 1 sec and then repress keeping volume down pressed. Confirm yes twice on the white screens to get to twrp. Once in twrp then reset again and reflash the system. Then using twrps img installer flash your twrp img(make sure it is on ext sd) again. Then reboot.
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Don't factory reset using the in phone option. You can only do this through twrp's option. To fix this you'll need to boot through the hard side, using power and volume down until the lg logo appears then release power for 1 sec and then repress keeping volume down pressed. Confirm yes twice on the white screens to get to twrp. Once in twrp then reset again and reflash the system. Then using twrps img installer flash your twrp img(make sure it is on ext sd) again. Then reboot.
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Ohhh F*** YEAHH!!! :victory: Booting the "hard side" fixed the problem!! It was the first thing I tried this morning. I just booted this way and rebooted my phone without resetting or flashing anything. Im so damn happy lol. I still dont understand what happened and why my device was actling like this. But I learned a hard lesson; backup, backup and once again: BACKUP. And dont Factory reset in Android!
Thanks a lot for your help guys! I really apreciate it! :victory::victory:
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Flash the complete zip then boot into download mode and flash kdz. Lgup should see the device as a g6 now instead of unknown device. If lgup isn't seeing any device at all (including unknown device) then your setup is off.. missing drivers or something. If that doesn't work.. idk.
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Thanks a lot for taking your time to help me out. The combination of your ROM/tips and Swizzle82's tip made me fix my phone. You're the man! :victory:
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Thanks for your reply. I have already formatted data in TWRP, but im still having this problem . It seems like something is preventing my device from starting up. I have flashed several ROMS on other devices, but never experienced something like this. Is there something else I can try? Can I flash the stock recovery and flash the stock ROM? I got the feeling TWRP is causing this issue.
If its possible to flash stock recovery, where can I find it?
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RoyalD said:
Ohhh F*** YEAHH!!! :victory: Booting the "hard side" fixed the problem!! It was the first thing I tried this morning. I just booted this way and rebooted my phone without resetting or flashing anything. Im so damn happy lol. I still dont understand what happened and why my device was actling like this. But I learned a hard lesson; backup, backup and once again: BACKUP. And dont Factory reset in Android!
Thanks a lot for your help guys! I really apreciate it! :victory::victory:
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Probably because you already did all the flashing prior to. Glad it worked. This happened when I first got my V20 and was stoned not thinking. I reset using the in phone option and it caused twrp bootloop. I too learned the hard way.
Had the same issue, fixed it, thanks.
My phone kept doing this booting into recovery no mattery what ROM I installed.
I got into twrp by holding volume down and selecting yes on next 2 white screens....but now this message appears all the time.
please can someone help??
Here is message:
"Encryption Unsuccessful
The password you entered is correct, but unfortunately your data is corrupt.
To resume using your phone, you need to perform a factory reset. When you set up your phone after the reset , you'll have an opportunity to restore any data that was backed up to your Google Account."
Matt.
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My phone kept doing this booting into recovery no mattery what ROM I installed.
I got into twrp by holding volume down and selecting yes on next 2 white screens....but now this message appears all the time.
please can someone help??
Here is message:
"Encryption Unsuccessful
The password you entered is correct, but unfortunately your data is corrupt.
To resume using your phone, you need to perform a factory reset. When you set up your phone after the reset , you'll have an opportunity to restore any data that was backed up to your Google Account."
Matt.
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Flash a firmware trough LGUp, or flash again the last TWRP available trough fastboot.
RoyalD said:
Thanks a lot for taking your time to help me out. The combination of your ROM/tips and Swizzle82's tip made me fix my phone. You're the man! :victory:
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Please help, i have the same problem and nothing, what exactly is a boot to the hard side? I ve tried to power off the phone, press vol down and power, realase power 1 sec, press again...but nothing...still boot on twrp...
Well, I finally solved it with lgup and uppercut... what a nightmare.
matthew33 said:
My phone kept doing this booting into recovery no mattery what ROM I installed.
I got into twrp by holding volume down and selecting yes on next 2 white screens....but now this message appears all the time.
please can someone help??
Here is message:
"Encryption Unsuccessful
The password you entered is correct, but unfortunately your data is corrupt.
To resume using your phone, you need to perform a factory reset. When you set up your phone after the reset , you'll have an opportunity to restore any data that was backed up to your Google Account."
Matt.
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Flash stocl .kdz with uppercut and lg up
Saved my G6!
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Don't factory reset using the in phone option. You can only do this through twrp's option. To fix this you'll need to boot through the hard side, using power and volume down until the lg logo appears then release power for 1 sec and then repress keeping volume down pressed. Confirm yes twice on the white screens to get to twrp. Once in twrp then reset again and reflash the system. Then using twrps img installer flash your twrp img(make sure it is on ext sd) again. Then reboot.
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Great tip @Swizzle82! It allowed me to restore my LG G6 after bootloop. It had not been detected by PC, and this hardware reset helped!
Hi, all
If I understand, and to sum up :
I rooted my LG-G6 few weeks ago, and intall TWRP. When OTA wants to install official update, the reboot stops in TWRP mod, so ... failed :-/
Is the solution to flash through Uppercut/LGUP with a .kdz file, without risk of brick the phone ?
Thx